THE OMAHA DAILY BETS : WEDNESDAY. K 7 , 1803.
THE DAILY BJ5E.
K. HOSEWATEK , Editor.
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BILL DoiiOAN' is In hick.
TiiKASON in public ofllchil to the in
terests of the people must bo
odious in Nebraska.
ACCORDING } to ntcountH that come
from the mining sections of the country
everywhere there Bcoms to bo a general
revival in this industry , especially
noticeable in the gold-producing dis
tricts.
' 'I I'MCAU that the result of this ma
jority opinion will be damaging in the
extreme to the state and dt5morali/.ing
to public ollleials , for it seems to mo to
bo establishing a very low standard of
oflieial conduct.1' Jwlyc Jont > c.
PEOPWJ generally are beginning to
undorstamlfrointho experience of return
ing politicians that planting corn on the
boundless prairies of the west is a far
more certain and lucrative pursuit than
that of seeking olllco at Washington.
1ON DECORATION day the governor of
Kansas dropped into poetry while de
livering a memorial address. And forth
with the Kansas City Journal lias the
unkindncss to say that Governor Lew-
olliyg is. a better poet than statesman.
DUTJI-NO the past two years thousands
of dollars have been stolen from the
stnto treasury by the Lincoln plunderers.
Is there no law , and is there no officer of
the law by which the offenders may bo
punished ? If not , the state bettor shut
up shop. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
DENVER'S energy in railroad enter
prise is such as not only to attract atten
tion but to excite admiration. The
latest project ia that nut on foot by her
Chamber of Commerce. It proposes the
construction of a line to Middle Park ,
thence across northwestern Colorado to
Salt Lake City and Ogdcn.
THE Tennessee semite , sitting as an
Imijcachmont court for the trial of Judge
DuBoso of Memphis , has just convicted
and removed him from ofllco and forever
disqualified him for holding any other
public position of profit or trust. Ho
had 'refused to recognize a writ of habeas
corpus , and other misdemeanors in ollfce.
Moral obliquity is not condoned every
where in this country.
REPRESENTATIVE SHERIDAN of Rod
Willow was prominent among the
friends of the impeached state ollleials ,
waiting in the supreme court to hear the
verdict , as ho was on the memorable
night of the final adjournment of the
legislature. People arc- beginning to
Inquire why the mortuary remains of
this defunct statesman have not yet been
transferred to Texas.
I FKAH the result of the decision , if
adhered to , will bo to open a door to the
grossest frauds in the public institutions
of the state. A number of the witnesses
for the state testified if under constraint
and there seemed to bo powerful influ
ence affecting some of thorn , aside from
the immediate friends of the respondents
at work In their favor. The respond
ents , of course , are not responsible for
these inlluoncos , but it is my duty to
mention thorn. Chief Justice Maxwell.
GOIUIAM BUTTS bus been found guilty
of defrauding thostateund will probably
servo a term in the penitentiary. Now
the question arises , will ho bo miulo the
scapegoat of all the members of the
boo"o gang at Lincoln or will the oth
ers oe convicted ? Of all the men in
dicted by the Lancaster grand jury
Bolts was the only man who lacked the
political inlluonco to sucuro ball. I To
was the only member of the gang not
defended by the ring. Is ho to bo the
vicarious sacrifice for the Dorgans ?
WHEN a minister of the gospel so fat-
forgets his Bucred culling us to afford
opportunity for charges of drunk-
. .gniiuua and ether conduct to ho
preferred against him ho is
pretty mire to lese the rcsnouftuul
confidence of respectable people.
Should lie boa chaplain in the army lie
la us certain to lose his oommluaion. It
In for just such reprehensible laches
that Secretary Lament gave Chaplain
William 1C. Tulloy , stationed at Fort
Leavonworth , tiio chance of resigning
or btundini ; a court uiurtiul. llo hut
resigned.
coNanuss TO MEKT jv
President Cleveland has announced to
the country that ho Intends to call the
Fifty-third congress together In Sep
tember. It has for some time been un
derstood that ho purposed doing this ,
butlnjtho absence of an authoritative
statement there was a feeling of un
certainty that had a more or less de
pressing effect. Now that thefcountry
knows the intention of the president it
is quite probable that-a better feeling
will obtain in financial nnd business
circles. At any rate it is to bo hoped
that such will bo the cose.
Din making this announcement Mr.
Cleveland indicated that the object of
calling the extra session would bo to
consider the financial condition , which
ho significantly remarked is the only
mptinco to the country's welfare and
prosperity. In what ho is reported to
liavo said to the representative of the
Associated press , the president made no
allusion to the tariff , and the inference
is that it is not his design to have that
subject considered nt the exira session.
It would scorn obvious , granting that
what Mr. Cleveland said is correctly re
ported , that he does not regard the
tariff as being at this time a menace to
the welfare and prosperity of the coun
try , and that ho is entirely willing to
postpone the consideration of that"sub
ject until something is done to avert
the dnngjr of the financial condition.
There are a great many members of
the president's party who will not
ugrco with him in this view , but there
can bo no doubt that it will bo concurred
in by the financial and industrial inter
ests of the country. _
Mr. Cleveland leaves no room for a
doubt us to the attitude of the adminis
tration when ho says that it will bo well
for the people to take up for themselves
the subject of the financial condition and
arrive at their own conclusions as to the
merits of a policy "which obliges us to
pureha-,0 idle silver bullion with gold
taken from our reserve. " Ho regards
this as a dangerous operation , the con
tinuance of which "will ultimately bring
suffering to the very humblest homo in
the land. " This , enunciation foreshadows
an earnest offorton the part of the admin
istration to boeuro the repeal of the sil
ver-purchase act and suggests that Mr.
Cleveland will have no compromise to
offer to the extreme advocates of silver.
IIo evidently believes that the time has
como for the government to have as lit
tle as possible to do with silver , nothing
in what ho is reported to have said indi
cating that ho has any sympathy with
the declaration of the democratic
tional platform in favor of-"tho coinage
of both gold and silver without discrim
inuting against cither metal or charge
for mintage. " Manifestly Mr. Cleveland
is firmly and uncompromisingly opposed
to the existing silver policy of the
nation. The president olTora some
wholesome counsel to the Jinan
eial and business interests of the
country which ought to receive serious
consideration. He is quite right in the
vicnv that our vast national resources
and credit are abundantly sufficient to
justify confidence and that there ought
to bo coolness and calmness in financial
circles instead of the feverish distrust
that so widely exists. There is no valid
reason why sound and substantial enter
prises should bo made to suffer bccaus
certain inflated and recklessly con
ducted undertakings have been forced
to the wall under the pressure o
liquidation. The losses sustained by
those who have speculated in in
diistrial securities have not im
paired the substantial resources
of the country and when
readjustment of financial "conditions is
fully readied it will doubtless bo found
that the injury done to legitimate inter
csts has been far less than apprehended ,
Confidence is expressed in some quar
ters that the silver-purchase act will bo
unconditionally repealed by the nox
congress. On the other hand the sil
ver advocates insist that this cannot bo
done , and they will spare no effort to
effect the strongest possible organiza
tion in and out of congress against
conditional repeal. The probability is
that the struggle will bo a hard one , the
outcome depending upon the course o
the republicans in congress.
T1IK 1iKII , TELKPIIOXK MONOPOLY.
Tlvo popular movement that has been
inaugurated at Chicago looking to the
suppression of monopoly should not lese
sight of one of the niObt rapacious and
extortionate of all the monopolies the
American Boll Telephone company.
There should bo raised from one end of
the country to the ether a united voice
of piotost against the perpetuation of
this monopoly , sought to bo fastened
upon the people for years to come by
what an ox-attorney general of the
Uiuteii States officially declared to bo il
legal patents fraudulently obtained , a
charge which has boon recog
nized by the action of the pres
ent secretary of the interior in
citing the attorneys of the Bell company
and the ox-commisslonor of patents to
show cause why they should not bo dis
barred as patent attorneys.
The circumstances under which the
Bell Telephone company seeks to retain
its grip upon the public for another
seventeen years have been made familiar
to all interested by repeated explana
tions. The Boll patent expired in Feb
ruary last , but in anticipation of this the
company hud secured a patent on
the so-callod "Berliner improvement , "
which is not an improvement at all.
Under this the company claims the
right to a telephone monopoly
for another seventeen yours. An
Investigation instituted by ox-Attorney
General Miller led him to the conclusion
that the whole schema was fraudulent
and ho began prccecdings to declare the
now patents Illegal and void. It is
understood that Attorney General Olnoy
shares the view of his predecessor and
that it is his intention to thoroughly
prosecute , the case against the company
on the ground of the illegal and fraudu
lent character of the .patents under
which the company is now operating.
Meamvhilo the attorneys of the mono ] > -
ely and the ox-commissioner of patents
will bo given an opportunity to explain
to the Department of the Interior what
they know about the methods by
which those patents were obtained.
A grout uiuny petitions , representing
business , Industrial and
tlons , have been sent to the president
nnd attorney general asking that the
government take the necessary action
to Invalidate the patents upon which
the monopoly now rests , and petitions
will bo sent to congress urging that the
people bo protected against the extor
tion of the Boll company. These ought
to carry with thorn such an array of
names as will compel attention to them.
The matter is one of general concern ,
but it particularly interests every busi
ness and professional man. As Attorney
General Olnoy is reported to have said ,
there never existed on earth a more impudent -
pudont system of extortion than that of
the Boll company , and when It is con
sidered that the power to practice this
extortion is based on fraud , made possi
ble , it would seem , by the corruption of
government officials , the duty and neces
sity of destroying this monopoly be
come most urgent and imperative.
IMriJItTtlt ) LAH01I.
The committee of the United States
sonuto investigating violations of the
alien contract labor law lias discovered
some interesting facts. Ono of these is
InitO.'O contract laborers had boon sent
iack to Europe in a single month , which
[ hews that some of the largo employers
f labor still keep agents abroad and
oubtlcss a considerable percentage of
ho labor they contract for finds its way
nto the country. Colonel Weber , for-
iierly commisslouor of immigration , cx-
iressed the opinion that the alien
iontract labor law cannot bo cn-
'orced ' by merely sending back
ho few immigrants who may
detected from time to time in at-
to evade the law. JIo thought
t would bo necessary to muko some
.vholesomo . examples by bringing to pun-
shmetit the employers who send to Eu-
opo for their supplies of cheap contract
abor whenever they find the rates of
ivagos hero unfavorable.
The wisdom of this suggestion will not
bo questioned , but the difficulty is to se-
uro evidence of the violation of the
aw. The agents who make the con-
racts with these European laborers are
careful to thoroughly instruct thorn
ivhat to say and do when they
arrive in this country , and it is
only a very few 01 the unwary immi-
rants who can bo caught. It is thought
that for every contract laborer who
is sent bnclc 100 reach their destination ,
but this is doubtless too largo an esti
mate. It. is manifestly the fact , however -
over , that the law is being constantly
violated and that thousands of contract
laborers are annually brought into the
country to work for the great corpora
tions , chiefly those engaged in coal
mining. Whether it is practicable to
make a law of this kind that cannot bo
evaded may fairly bo questioned. It
would seem that so experienced and in
telligent a student in these matters as
Colonel Weber believes that it cannot be
done , but at any rate the experiment
should bo tried. Certainly the Ameri
can people will never consent to again
allow the unrestricted importation of
alien contract labor as it existed some
years rgo.
THE shutting down of the extensive
works of the Black Hills Mining and
Smelting company is the chief topic of
comment in the Hills. But the sus
pension is regarded as only temporary
and is not construed as in any way affect
ing the general prosperity. It was
caused by an attachment , levied on the
plant to secure freight dues to the Elk-
liorn Railway company. The ore bins
are full and represent some $25,000 or
$30,000 , and it is thought it will start up
under now management in a few days and
demonstrate its claim as the largest mill
of its class in the world. THE BEE
takes special interest in everything per
taining to the advance and prosperity of
the Hills country , and it is gratified to
read side by side with the announce
ment of this financial misfortune in the
columns of the Rapid City Republican
that the crop outlook in the southern
Hills counties , both in extent and condi
tion , was never bettor. "Tho banks of
the east may fail , and the wildcat en
terprises explode , but western South
Dakota , with plenty of Dread and beef ,
and ample fuel to cook with , can hardly
coma to want. " It is similar confidence ,
energy and independence that insures
the thrift and development of every com
munity. _ _ _ _ _
IP THE claim of the striking Kansas
coal miners , that the penitentiary offi
cials have neglected their duty in failing
to provide safety catches for shafts in
the state mine , as required by the min
ing law , should prove correct , the pub
lic will not chide thorn for resorting to
legal authority to close the mine on that
account. It will prove , too , one of the
rare instances where the interests of the
community are to some extent subserved
by a labor strike. Nor can the public
take exception to the moral support ex
tended the strikers by Governor Low-
oiling nnd the stuto officials in this
matter. It appears that the slate mine
inspector had already notified the peni
tentiary officials to put in the catches ,
but Ills instructions wore treated with
defiant disregard.
A MAJORITY of the supreme court has
decided that there was a steal In con
nection with the construction of the new
cell house at the state penitentiary.
And yet the Lancaster grand jury ad
journed without bringing in an indict
ment against W. H. Dargan , the man
who perpetrated the frauds. The
county attorney of Lancaster county
is not without recourse , however.
Ho may still file an information
against the man already convicted
by the highest tribunal in the stuto.
Will ho do it ? Or will the fact that ho
owes liis nomination and election In
part to the men ul ready convicted pre
vent him from doing his duty ?
the Now York is the fastest
cruiser in the world the United States
navy is likely to huvo a'so ' the most for
midable lighting ship when the Mon
terey , now building at San Francisco , is
completed. Notwithstanding the uppro-
henslons that had boon rulsod by un
founded reports as to her probable ofll-
cicncy , the trial trip from which she has
just returned demonstrates that elio is
admirably adapted for the purposes for
which she was intofMbdi nnd nmply
justifies the plans of Iftjr ijoslffnorfl and
work of her constructorsrtAlthough the
now vessel isa harbor defense ship ot
war she has proved hermit also an ex
cellent sea boat. Her tWjoWo-inch breech-
loading rl llo armatnont'provcs well fitted
for the vessel and tf perfect success.
With the completlon'6f ! ior armoring
Sun Francisco will haVe so * formidable a
defender in her bay tliut wo need never
again apprehend a rqpntition of the
alarmist newspaper stocles as to the
helpless condition of the Pacific metrop
olis should a hostile fleet1 make its ap
pearance at the GoldcnXJato.
AN OPINION just filed by the secretary
of the Interior is of vast importance to
thousands of settlers in those western
states. It places on record the decision
of the department that if a settler
honestly trios to fill the requirements of
the timber culture act the government
will not hold him responsible If nature
falls to permit trees to grow. The case
eliciting the decision was one involving
a valuable farm near Grand Forks , N.
D. The cntryman had for successive
years planted seeds in compliance with
the low , but had failed to obtain trees
therefrom. Secretary Smith sustained
the claim in spite of the fact that no
trees had grown on the laud. The
decision was anticipated under the law
passed by the last congress. The action
of the secretary establishes a precedent.
WHEN the Canadian Pacific completes
its short line through Crow's Nest pass
to Vancouver it will shorten the trip
from that terminal to St. Paul to some
thing loss than three days. In view of
the position it will tnon bo in , with its
fast steamship line to Japan , to mnko a
bid for the oriental trade , the people of
the Pacific coast are congratulating each
other on the probability of the ether
overland lines being forced to expedite
their service. "It is about time , " says
the San Francisco Chronicle , "that the
Southern Pacific and the Union Pacific
ivcrc forced into running trains on bet
tor time across the level parts of their
'outos. ' To fall below thirty miles an
iiour on the nearly dead level in Nevada ,
Utah and Nebraska is a mere caricature
of railroading. "
WHEN a corrupt ring is once the roughly -
oughly entrenched in its iniquity it may
withstand the siege of the law and pop
ular opinion for a long timo. But in
stances are multiplied in history to civ
courage the assurance that sooner or
later it must inevitably succumb. Trca
son in a public official to the interests of
the people is the blaVkefet of crimes.
The protest of public .fiouttmont thereto
may not always bo loud but it is terrible
when aroused , and the time has passed ,
in this state at least , when truckling
subserviency to the l ohost of corpora
tion wealth and intluqnco ! can bolster up
individual popularityrTOr.advanco politi
cal aspirations. > i , u'
HiiitE is suggest ! vo enterprise : I
dianupolis capitalists have organized to
connect that city with half a dozen
smaller towns in IndjLaha. ' What surer
method can' be devised to contribute-to
mutual prosperity than by a system of
electric railway between neighboring
cities and towns ? Electric lines cost
comparatively little to build and to
operate. This is a subject wortliy the
attention of every city and town in Ne
braska.
IlopUUktiii : PartFoos. .
Ololic-Dc mocra t.
The great foes of the lown republican
party are the prohibitionists nnd Clarkson ,
and the republicans have repudiated the
llrst and suppressed the second.
Mortification Develops.
JUIIUKM Citu Journal.
It is said for the mortification of the pass-
angers on the robbed Missouri Pacific train
that the bandits' pistols only cost $1.50 each.
Some passengers are peculiar unouch , how-
cvor , to object as strongly to being killed
with a $1.50 pistol as with a $10 pistol.
Ilomeitead'a Costly I.OIBUII.
Denver Ktm.
Carncglo and Frick lost moro than $1,000-
000 by Imperfect work and ruined machinery
through the employment of unskilled labor
during and after the Homestdiul strike. Now
the imjiortcd colored labor is being discarded
as a. failure and white union men recalled to
their old places. The strike has been a
costly lesson for Carnegie.
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AH Honorabln Kxftinple.
J7oou ( Ololie *
Ex-Secretary Foster's statement to his
creditors was that ho thought IM ; could pay
DO per cent soon , and if God gave him health
and lot him live ho would pay every cent , as
ho didn't want to die and have it said that a
Hlnglo pleco of paper of his had been paid at
f > 0 cents on the dollar. In these times of lax
commercial "honor" nobody can fall to ro-
spcct a man like that.
o -
The ITojeittuil I'lip Houit.
The scheme proposed for constructing the
road is that each stnto build its own portion
tion , using convict labor in its construction ,
the plant and rolling stock to bo furnished
by appropriations. The governors of the
states Interested will Jointly uluct a prcst *
dent and each state will providu the man
agement for its own section , The road as
proposed would bo 1,500 miles long. The
whole project is to bo discussed at a conven
tion of governors to bo held at Uncolu , NOD. ,
Juno US.
tlm I'emtoii I.iuv.
Globe-Democrat.
The dependent penslqn.tyill was designed
to roach all soldiers who are permanently
disabled , and to help them according to the
degree of their Inability/1 ) / } earn a living by
manual labor. That is Mytt It says In plain
words , and that Is the milyMvlow that can
logically bo taken of it. Secretary Smith
has a perfect rigut to promote the causa of
economy in all authorlzcdjuutl suitable ways ,
but ho has not the right to sivo inonoy for
the government by taking or withholding it
from those to whom it legally belongs.
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Fodder for Kurnpo'a VTur C'nmp.
CliicfnnuU Commercial
The 23,000,000 armed fMea-that the powers
of Kuropo are supporting is a burlesque upon
civilization , but a good thing for these peace
ful , prosperous United States. The with
drawal of such a vast ; number of pioduccrs
from industrial and agricultural competition
lessens fie produutlvo capicity of the na
tions that support them , aud broadens the
markets of the United States. Europe's
crops this year will notbo bettor than during
the past nvo years. The harvests in the
United States glvo promise of coming up to
tha munlllcoat standard of the past. The
deficit abroad will bo filled from Uncle Sain'
rich granaries. "It's au ill wind , " oto.
UnUiutlrable Immigrants
The fact broueht out before the senate
committee on immigration , now sitting In
Now York , that about 30,000,000 are annu-
nlly sent by f tallan laborers in this country
to their families In Italy , is nn important
item in the balance of trade , and in deter
mining the immigration question. Years
ago the savings of the Irish servant girls ,
which found their way to Ireland , attracted
a good deal of attention and were regarded
as a drain upon tUo country , aud later the
money sent by the Chinese homo hnd boon
ono of the causci of hostility to that rnco.
Hut tt la doubtful If both thcso drains to
gether cxiu.illed. the drain of Itnly.
Look Here , nnd nn Thl .
From AiHvnl' * mid Kroin ( 'hief Justice
rail's Onfiifnn. MtlTttrWi I'plHi'm.
Upon Iho npnolnt- 1'roof win Inlroducott
tnotit of DorRtut hu was on bolmlf of tlio re
required toglvo.i ! > end pendent * to snow that
In the sum of ft 0,000 , lot-Ran , Knnpp ntxt
conditioned that hu others had gtvi'ii ImniU
would faithfully ills- lo tlu > stnto. It tsovl-
rlmrRo his duty and luntthat nonoof thosu
account for all nionoys tx > itN.will ( cover the
which might cotno Into ictiwf U > s < to tlioatntc.
Ids hands. That bond ind oven If enforced
It admitted to bo good would bo an Inado-
and ampin security for luato remedy.
liny amount now duo
the statu.
There li ono fact The protection nc-
which cnnnnt frill to cordcd to a judffo
Impress the Judicial ngnlnU n prlvnto uo
mind from tin oxnm ) . tlon dooi not upply
lint Ion of ourronstltti' when ho Is nn trlnl
lion , viz. : That the iniilpr n spi'clflL1 olinrRO
provision for the trial ot limioiiclunont. Kvon
of Impeachments be a JiHlRo of tlili court
fore the supreme court could not plead pro
was to limiro u strictly tection nRalnst such
judicial Investigation cimrRo. In sucli case
according to Judicial his conduct and gen
methods. It cannot eral manner of con
b successfully main ducting his huslnusi
tained that this court inny bo Inquired Into ,
has succeeded to auv and If hu ti found
ot the pnlltlclal func KUllty of mhcondnct ,
tions of tlio sen a to as a on tiny of the chaises.
court of Impeachment 10 may bo declared
under the llrst consti guilty.
tution.
It Is In ovldonco that llo [ Mr. Allonl nlso
no Itemized account to.stlflus that all the
of thulr otpensos was inciillH-rs had pnsses ,
over llled with the so thulr mllnmd faru
lioanl or submitted ti wivs nothing. So far ns
tlm legislature , but hu stated , the visits to
each of the ivspoiul- tlut various state In
ent.s and the warden stitutions by the board ,
testify that the money I ho expo nd It u ros
was nil expended for should not huvo ex
traveling expenses and ceeded J100 , mill prob
other necessary coslM ably did noU
of the trip , and that In
addition to the (500
used for that purpov
each expanded from
$15 to J4tot his private
funds.
HXTtiltl'JtIHK 1.V JJ.1STJ3/J.V
OMAHA , Nob. , Juno 5. To the Editor of
Tun 13nn : I have read your article of yester
day taken from the Now York Sun. I have
no doubt many of the eastern papers have
expressed themselves in a similar way and
perhaps quoted this statement of the Sun.
Just at present it pleases all eastern finan
ciers to denominate all western enterprises
as "airy" everything is airy that docs not
bring some grist to their mills. Of course ,
all tlio railroad enterprises running cast and
west are opposed to any running uorth and
south , especially any road running from the
center of the richest agricultural region of
the west to a seaport nearly 1,000 miles
nearer than Now York or Boston. There
is nothing wild In the project of build
ing such n road on the credit
or the bonds of the states named.
The states of North and South Dakota , Kan
sas. Nebraska. Texas and Oklahoma are
fully able to build such , a road. Nor would
they bo likely , o water the stock necessary
to do the work , us all the roads running cast
nnd west have done , . In printing the article
from the New York Sun a mistake is made
< iuito an important one of saying that the
gross sum invested in American railroads Is
$10,000,01)0. ) It should have been $10,000,000-
000 , or , as some other competent writers
have said , $11,000,000,000. That the gross
oarninirs are about Sl'JOO,000OOOma.vbotruoi
that the annual payments of interest ana
dividends has amounted annually to &KiV
000,000 ; that this is at the rate of 8)4 ) per
cent. I might criticlso this statement.
Iimight say I have very good authority so
doinir , so that all this stock may bo highly
"inflated" or watered , that when the water
is all squeezed it the 10.000,000,000 may bo
reduced to 5,000,000,000 , aud that the actual
money value of all the roads and their
equipments hardly readies this sum. If
this bo true then the bondholders are re
ceiving ( i'.i per cent on their investment in
stead ot a # . Hut all this flguriug is only
approximately true. One thing is certain ,
should the states named enter upon a
project of building such a north and south
line to the sea no eastern banker would
handle the stocks or assist in building such
a road. It would liavo to bo built with
local capital and in the most economical.
Way. Nor would the people of these states
desire to pay interest on watered stock.
That wo have the products for a prolltablo
commerce with the gulf ports there is no
question. Our eastern friends show prcat
zeal in trying to hold it as long as possible.
This diversion of the old lines of rominorco
may not como today , but must corao in the
near future. Omaha especially will muko a
great inistalco in opposing such a scheme.
She would bo from 800 to 1,000 miles nearer
a market than she now is. Of course the
New York Sun is opposed to all such windy
projects in the west , and oven to tno World's
fair at Chicago. The competition of such
an enterprise would bo a good object lesson
to our eastern brethren. " SIQMA.
AXD XKllIt < tSK.lNS.
Shelton Knights of Phythias will indulge
In n ball and banquet on the night of Juno 10.
Many prominent Nobrjskans are already
Ui Chicago to ] > .irtidipato in the exorcises
attending Nebraska day at the fair.
The Logan Valley Keller mills at Ponder
were entirely destroyed by lire Monday
night with all their contents. The loss is
estimated at $14,000 with $9,000 insurance.
A wild broncho tried to kill its rider ,
Frank Oolsligln of Tildcn , by dashing nsalnst
a tree. The broncho wasn't hurt but Frank
had his Jaw broken in two places and was
knocked senseless besides. llo will recover
but ho'll not rldo bronchos for some time to
como.
Jim Johnson , nn Ashland liveryman ,
loaned a team to a stranger the other day
to peddle groceries , but when ho found that
the fellow was trying to sell the rig , ho
made up his mind ho wanted his property
back. Then ho discovered that man and
team had disappeared from the state , but
they wcro finally located at Pacific Junction
and the team recovered. The stranger is
still a stranger to Nebraska justice.
A pollution for the pardon of Jasper
Clausen , a convict in the penitentiary , is
Doing circulated In Cass county. Jasper was
sent up from that county In April , lb' 3 for a
period of three years , after having been
found guilty of being Implicated In rohblr.g
n grain bin near South Bond. The convict's
family are allowed $10 u month from the
county , and ns this is far too small they nro
now on the verge of starvation. The fact
was developed at the time of the trial that
Clausen was led into the robbery , and also
his pal , Itobert Mlokcnmim , made away with
nl ! of the spoils. Thcro are ether oxtonu-
ntlng circumstances and as Clausen has al
ready lived fourteen months ns a convict , it
is thought that Governor Croumo will feel
warranted iu granting u pardon.
I'JSOl'LEl.VJ T//f.V a.
SInce January 1 $07,007,129 In gold has
been shipped abroad from this country.
As royalty has given Spanish cigarettes a
boost to popularity violent upheavals mav bo
looked for when Chicago women takoou the
fad.
fad.Sixty
Sixty thousand scats have boon placed on
the World's fair grounds and may bo used
without extra charge.
John Iliinaon Craig of DanvIHo , 7nd. ,
weighs 007. Ho Is only 83 and hopes to
round a ton before tin century wanes.
The cruel Insinuation is abroad that Sen
ator Poffer is cultlv.Ulmr his whUkors Into
the shape of a presidential lightning rod.
Four Mornjon ciders have disappeared
from St. Clalr county , Georgia , Several per
suasive shots accelerated their departure ,
A Kansas rainmaker claims credit for Sat
urday's downpour , which extended south
Into Kansas , ills nerve U surpassed by the
verdancy of the residents who bolluvo him.
Dick Crokor assorts ho has his hands full
In managing the tiger and grooming n string
of r.ico horsei without straining his gray
matter with newspapers. Hlchard's head is
lore ) .
Princess Kulalla loft ? 300 with the manager -
agor of the Arlington hotel , Washington , to
bo distributed among the servants who
served her und her party whllu shu was at
thut hoiuo. They regard her as a princess
from her head to her linger tips.
The koou Norwegian explorer , Dr. Naoson ,
who Is soon to start oil another expedition to
the North polo , has been preparing himself
for coming hardships by stooping as often us
possible during the winter in u tent on his
place near Chrlstiania. Several members of
his expedition hnvn endeavored lo hnnlcn
thomsolvrs by passlmr the nights In the
open Mr with only wolf nidus as coverings.
Dr. John Mackintosh , author of tho''His
tory of ClvlHiatlou in Scotland , " to whom
f'W ) 1ms Just been granted from the royal
bounty , was originally a working shoemaker.
Ho struck lltcraturo as n last resort and
stuck to It.
Charles F. Wrlttht of Ixindon , who li now
spreading the light of thonsophy In this
country , declares that the elixir of lifo Is no
dream of the nlchcmtst.s , butuuxv bo roncliod
through the "expansion of the Individual
consciousness,11 whatever that means.
Krnest Caniot , the eldest son ot the presi
dent of the French republic. Is a mining on-
plnecr. Ho will Icavo Franco parly In July
for South America on a tour of inspection
for the Cotupngnlo lies Mcssagorics Marl-
times , of which institution ho Is chief In
spector.
Kugonlo. ex-empress of France , Is the god
mother of il.XH French children who were
born on March 10 , 18T > 0 , the day of the birth
of her son , who was killed by lliu Xulus lit
South Africa. The ex-empress promised to
stand sponsor for the children bom on the
same day ns the prlnco imperial.
.Michael P. Chalk of Dulutli , the most fam
ous diver nlona the lakes , has Invented a
submarine armor which ho bolloves will
withstand tlio pressure ot the sea nt n depth
of l.BOO feot. llo Is going to show tlio faith
within him by testing his apparatus In the
deepest part of Lalto Superior , sometime
this month.
John Vnryait ot Indiana Is probably the
oldest legislator In the world. Ho Is In his
Ulst year but Is In full possession of his
bodily and mental health. Ho has voted for
oightoeii presidential candidates and had
the honor of being the author of the llrst
law enabling married women in Indiana to
hold property and make a will.
Mrs. Hannah Stovonsou of Urookllold ,
Mass. , who celebrated her 100th birthday
last Sunday , has used tobacco since her 18th
year , nmokiug It regularly and also using It
In the form of snult. Mrs. Stevenson is one
of the few remaining pensioners ot the war
of 1813 , her husband having done duty In
Boston as a minute man during that conlllct.
nvssr.t.v j.rrittrio.v T/JK.ITI- .
Clnuin Dcflulnc Xonpollllciil Crimes Whlcli
HIM dinned So Jinny 1'rotrKti.
NEW YOIIK , Juno 0. A Washington dis
patch is published hero purporting to glvo
the text of the extradition trc.ity between
the United States nnd Russia , about which
there has been so much talk lately.
It makes the following crimes extradita
ble : Voluntary murder and manslaughter ,
r.ipo , abortion , arson , burglary , robbery ,
larceny of over JCOO , forgery , counterfeiting ,
embezzlement , piracy , mutiny , obstruction
of railroads endangering life. Kxtradttiou
for the punishment of political offenses is
not permitted under the tretty , but the
clause to which strenuous objection has been
made by Uusslan refugees in this country
defining certain acts as nonpolitical , Is as
follows : ' 'Attempt ag.xlnst the llfo of the
heads of cither government , or against that
of any member ot his f.imily , when such at
tempt comprises nn act cither of murder or
assassination or poisoning , or ncccssoryship
thereto , shall not bo considered a political
offense , or an act connected with such an
offense. "
Neither country is required to give up its
own citizens. If the person demanded
is held for trial , Iho country on
which the demand was made may either de
liver him or proceed with the trill. 'Iho
delay is not , howovoivto prevent final extra
dition , unless the trial is for the crime for
which extradition is asked. The remainder
of the treaty provides the form ot proceed
ings for extradition. It compiles tha sur
render to the demanding government of any
articles connected with the commission of
the crime for use on the trial , to be returned
at its conclusion and requires six months no
tice for the termination of the convention.
Ilomnlim of tlio Victim * of tlio Fucntos
Mlno UisiiKlcr Found.
EAOI.I : PASS , Tex. , Juno 0. The mine was
finally extinguished yesterday and the work
of rescue was commenced at once. After a
thorough search fourteen blackened and dis
torted bodies were brought to the surface ,
making with the two before a total of six
teen who lost their lives iu the mine.
Clvon a I.tfn Sniitnncc.
111. , Juno 0. The trial of
Jacob Simon for poisoning his sweetheart ,
Susie Hoover , last October , closed last night
with the address for the prosecution by ox-
Governor Fifcr. This morning the jury
brought in a verdict tlxiug tno penalty at
imprisonment for life. A motion was made
for a now trial.
Hnd to bhock Mini Twlcn.
DANNEMOIU , N. Y. , Juno 0. Sapiono Mar-
tcllo , an Italian , was electrocuted hero at
noon for the murder of Giovanni Parcllo ,
another Italian , at Saratoga a year ago.
Jealousy was the cause of the deed. Last
night ho imulo au unsuccessful attempt to
suicido. Death was declared after two con
tacts.
9
Qiilatly Wedded nt Chicago.
CHICAGO , III. , Juno 0 , Mrs. Henrv Fields ,
widow of tno wealthy Journalist of this city ,
was qulotly married at noon to Thomas
Nelson Page , the well known southern
writer , at the residence of Hon. I. B. Hryan
nt Elmhurst. Their residence will bo
Washington.
rums . .i.vt
"Thcro vras nowr A harder time to tlml
lillo laborers In Omaha than Just now , " sulil
a coal merchant to n UKK man ye.stordny ,
"Wo know It from actual experience brcausa
wo have had need of some axtra help In the
past few days and haven't been nblo to got
all wo want. The lioavy rains of Saturday
nnd Sunday washed the dirt down so that It
burled about two hundred nnd fifty tons ol
coal for us , and wo are trying to got It un
covered. Had no Idea It was so hard to gel
men They all seem to bo employed on tha
largo number of public or private improve
ments that are being made all over town
this spring. I take It as n pretty good sign
of the active and healthy condition ot busi
ness In the cltj Iu general , when no laborers
are Idle , don't you ? "
"Tell you one thing I cnn't understand
about this silver question , " said n business
man from the east who Is stopping at the
Paxton. "It Is the .statement wo frequently
hear that our silver Is driving out gold , and
the statement made nt the same time that
the Kiu-opean governments nro using our
gold exports to carry out their Hnaiielnl
plans. Now , It seems to mo that that gold
which those governments are gutting from
im would liavo to loavu us Just the aamo tf
there wasn't a dollar of silver In the coun
try. "
* *
"It puzzles us , " replied another , "to un
derstand why , If the government decides to
Issue bonds to got gold with , the Now York
ban Its should stand ready to part with their
gold for the bonds , If they really feared that
wo uero drifting toward any financial crisis.
For at the present rate ot gold exports tholt
stock of the metal would only last n tow
weeks , until the treasury reserve was back
n en I n as low as It Is now. 1 am inclined to
think that a great deal ot this outcry
against the so-called 05-cont silver dollar
( but which will still buy ns much as a gold
dollar ) hi the result of Ignorance or self-
interest. nnd It is iu my judgment doing
moro to unsettle conlUlcn % o than the expor
tation of gold , several times over , and if It
was not for the cool common sense of tha
people this kind of talk would have stam
peded us into a frightful panic two or three
years ago. "
_ _
1'iiuittir.ix
A Town IllllTid.iti'd nnil Klrv.-n Paopl *
Killed by I'nllltig Mouses or lro\vnnd.
VinxsA , Juno 0. The excessive ralna have
swollen the river of Uukowlna. Wtznlu Is
under water. Many housoa liavo collapsed
and cloven people have been killed by fall
ing structures or drowned. The whole town
is in danger of being laid waste.
To Ki'li Kn I''itmnm Swindlers.
H , Juno 0. The ICclalr says the court
of appeals will release Charles do Losseps
and his associates , condemned by the lower
court on the ground of error in the trial.
TlVHLHtll TJl'S.
Mary Women do no ) have the chance to become -
como expert liars that men do. They not ergo
llshlnx.
.lohii No , but people frequently ii ! > k thorn
thulr UKU.
It certainly sounds like a marvelous tale
A im'iislcr , doubtful myth , .
lint nonoof the Chinamen registered yet
Have given the name of Hmllli ,
\Vo-turn Miner How do you expect to ROt
rich In Kansas ? There are no gold mines
ICansan You forget tlio drug stores.
Merchant ( to applicant ) Do you think you
know enough to assist inn III thuolllctsV
Hey Know enough1Why. . 1 loft my last
iilucit because thu boss said I Itmnv more than
ho did.
_
Elmlra Oarntto : Wo don't envy the alligator
although ho has u great .snap.
HulTalo Courier : The lawyer with aspira
tions to a seat un tlio bunch never fools hurt
when his friends dually gut him Into u trying
pillion.
Hocliester Democrat : A man In Indiana has
lint < lk d from iiM-usslva tob.icco chowlnu.
Tlm music nt bis funeral should not bo u dlrgo
buLimovercliuttor.
Tndliiunpotls Journal : I'apn-So you let the
MiiYlxMry Klf' ' Ket away with nil thu class
honors , oh ? I am almost ashamed of you.
iswofttUIrl ( Jnidiialo-Oli , well. If t were us
honioly as she l.s , I should have gene In for
that sort of thing mynulf.
Pomcrvlllo Journal : How much nroH ( does
a man nmlto when ho sivos : a dollar by sliarp-
enlni , ' his own lawn mower , nnd , In doing It.
spoils a good suit of clolhos with axle KIUUSO ?
Washington Star ; "Aro you afraid of bur
glars ? " said tlio lady who was making a short
"Notslnco our now plrt camo. The police
man ( .ponds most of hts time at our house
now. "
A. ItLOir TO IltlKXDSllIi :
Indlcinajmllx Journal.
Perhaps you've mot a fellow whom you thought
of pretty well ,
When you hud a brand now story that you
fairly ached to toll ;
So you'd pin him in a corner or nualnst an
area rail , ,
And begin with Joyous unction to reluto your
Whllo ho hearkened , all nltontlon , with the
liuddliiKs of a .smile
Showing faintly on Ids Interested countcmancu
'
And you trylo bo dramatic , and to Interest
Whne'lili IhTenod most Intently till you almost
roachnd thotmd ;
Till you'd nearly reached the climax , when ) ,
tbo listener should ioar ;
Tliini li'i'd say ; "It cuds Just this way I'vo
heard that yarn btiforo.
& CO.
Largest Manufacturers nnd Kotallora
ol Ulothlnx In MJO World.
Easy Riding Now
When a stranger steps into our palaos these
days ho is first impressed with
the magnitude of our stock.
After going around through
the building he finds not only
a great assortment , but some
of the finest tailor productions
over brought out. Every
single garment from a boy's
' ' $2 suit or a man's $10 suit to
the most expensive in the house is carefully made
of the best material money can buy. Being the
largest manufacturers of clothing in the world , it
is easier for us to put in good cloth than most people
ple to buy shoddy. Shoddy we will not sell at any
price , but we sell the very best at the lowest liv
ing prices.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
evonln tlll Ml fl , ( JOf , fo and DgngaS | $ &
