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THE OMAHA DAILY BEK : THURSDAY , JUNE 15 , 1803.
THE DAILY BEE.
E. UOSKWATElt , Editor.
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Itolictt lluntor of THK IJr.K pnbllthlni ! comtinnr
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of THE DAII.v HKK for tUo nook cndlnit Juno 10 ,
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IIOI1KUT IIUNTKK.
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AvoriiKoClrriilnlliin for Mny , 18HH , 34,417
THE polel rcsorvo Is ngnin slowly con
valescing , but Dr. Carlisle ) is still sitting
up nights with it.
Tim financial situation 1ms assumed
another complication. Jerry Simpson
has announced that ho will not consent
to the repeal of the Sherman act.
Tinntr.'s nothing like plenty of good
hard cash to discourage a run on a bank.
The Omuha people discovered this
fact to their satisfaction yesterday.
TJIK fact that just now Europe is mak
ing heavy purchases of wheat in the
Unltca States will do more to check the
drain of gold from this country than all
the schemes that can bo devised , by the
money tinkers of the nation.
OMAHA people will do well to lend the
encouragement of their prcsoiico at the
fair ground during this week's mooting
of the Gentlemen's Roadster club. The
club will do much for legitimate sport
In Omaha If ita initial meeting proves n
success.
TIIK cowboy race was success fully
started at Ghadron last evening , and
under the auspices of the humane so
ciety , at that. The spectacle of oighl
individuals starting for Chicago at a jog
trot was not one to fill the mind of the
humanitarian with apprehension.
DISTINCT ATTOKNUY BAKER has cor
talnly not been hasty in bringing Moshoi
to trial. Tie has given the bank'
wrecker abundant time to make an up
peal to Attorney General Olnoy. It is
getting pretty close to the time whoi
the trial must begin in dead earnest
Delay Is dangerous.
TIIERC Is nothing at all hnpracticabh
about Commissioner Utt's attempt t <
locate a paper mill in Omaha , and then
IB no reason why it should not succeed
The entire product for several yean
would bo consumed right bore in Omaha
and several dependent industries woule
naturally come with the plant.
THE neatness and dispatch with whic ]
Collector Peters was decapitated and i
successor appointed has inspired tin
waiting contingent with fresh fron/.y
The delegation of democrats who mo
by chauco in this city yesterday are sal <
to hold the opinion that it would tuk
loss than a week to put a democrat ! '
district attorney into Bon Baker's olllco
but .
A CHICAGO judge has dealt anotho
Bovoro blow to the trusts. In a suit ii
which the American Preservers associn
lion is ondeavorlnir to prevent one of It
members from withdrawing from th
trust , Judge McConnell ruled In favo
of the recalcitrant member and In dolnt
BO said : "No court of record shouli
loml HH legal operations to further thi
interests and carry out the purposes c
a trust. "
TIIK matter of aboming local ratlroa
property outside of the right of wa
-BOOIUS to bo sleeping peaceably. It's
plly to disturb its ulumbors , but a gron
many people in Omaha fool like askln
the council what it proposes to do abon
it. Will it go ahead and enforce th
provisions of thu statutes and the no'
city charter , or will it permit itself t
bo silenced by the first bluff nmdo by th
railroad attorneys ?
A niSTiucrr court jury has decide
that Candidate Olmstoad received tli
same number of votes that Commlsslonc
Williams received in the Third cominli
slonor district last fall. It is stated I
the lawyers that the only way to finall
decide the contest Is by casting lot
Mr. Williams , however , has not o :
pressed himself on this point. Jin
what would happen if ho stubbornly n
fused to Hip pennies is not writtqn in tl :
books.
THE members of the State Board i
Purclmsa and Supplies have adopted n
eluborato system of rules for their guii
anco. The rules are those suggested I
ordinary business prudence and shoul
have boon observed even without 11
formality of adoption. If they had bet
observed from the beginning of tl
prosuiit board's ' lease of life the uta
would not have boon defrauded out
thousands of dollars by dishonest co :
tl actors and the members of the boat
would have boon in position to commui
popular confidence.
OERMAftrS EltEOTlOtf.
This will bo a momentous day in Ger
many. Throughout the omplro there
will bo fought today at the ballot box
the battle between the supporters of
militarism and that largo portion of the
people who believe that the burden of n
vast military establishment Is already
heavy enough and that the drain upon
the resources of the nation ought not to
bo increased. The voting today may
not bo decisive ; indeed it Is not ex
pected to bo , but It will doubtless pretty
clearly indicate the final result , so that ,
by the close of the week Germany and
the nations that are awaiting the out-
coma with an interest only less than
that of the fatherland will bo able
to form a pretty accurate judgment
ns to the prospects of the army bill ,
which is the grout nnd vital stake in
the contest. To the people of this
country perhaps the most interesting
feature of the contest will bo the test of
strength of the social democrats. From
1887 to 1890 the vote of that party in
creased from 703,000 , to 1'I27,000 and it
had thirty-five representatives in the last
Reichstag. It is expected that the vote
of the social democrats this year will
show a considerable gain over that of
three years ago and that they will
increase tholr membership in the Reich
stag.
stag.Tho
The strength of the different parties
in the last Reichstag was ns follows :
Clericals , 117 ; conservatives , 72 ; na
tional liberals , 41 ; social democrats ,
35. A nmubor of minor parties
made up the remainder of the member
ship of 307. For these scats there are
morn than 1,000 candidates , nominated
by about a score of parties , which will
give some Idea of the porploxlnp character -
actor of the political situation Inthoom-
plre. In many districts only one or two
names have been presented to the voters.
Some districts are so overwhelmingly In
favor of one great party that there Is
virtually no competition and no interest.
On the other hand a largo number of
districts are being contested by not less
than half a dozen candidates , and sev
eral parties and factions are purely
local at that. The splitting up of parties
into some twenty distinct groups .makes
a state ofthings the outcome of
which nobody can forecast with any cer
tainty. In Germany a majority of all
the votes cast is required for an elec
tion , and the first ballot , in probably
two districts out of ovbry throe , will
only determine which two candidates
shall bo voted for In the final contest.
It is the opinion of all intelligent ob
servers that the socialists will make n
greater show of strength than over before -
fore , but owing to the splitting in two
of the Gorman liberals and the center
party it is probable that neither will
return to Berlin stronger than it was
in the last Roicnstag , and If the conservatives
vatives and the national liberals hold
tholr own they will do all that thoi readers
oadors hope to accomplish. It is
, ho judgment of these who have care-
ully studied the situation that probably
every prominent party with the excep
tion of the socialists will find It's main
body weaker in the now Reichstag thar
n the one which was dissolved. The
socialists will doubtless gain most ol
the seats lost by the other trroat parties. .
The outlook , therefore , does not
> remise a parliament any moro favorable
to the demand of the emperor than the
the ono ho dissolved for rejecting the
army appropriation asked for. and it if
quite possible that the opposition to th <
army bill may bo strengthened. In thai
event the emperor has threatened tc
exercise his imperial prerogative am
declare the army measure a law icgard
loss of the Reichstag , and it is not to b (
doubted that ho will do this If thi
exigency arises. It would ho a desperat
alternative , which would subject tin
patriotism of the German people to thi
severest possible tost.
THE TREATY NIIUULD liB AlJtlOQATEO
The extradition treaty with Russii
will go into operation Juno 24. The ne
gotiation of such a treaty was a grav
mistake , but it having boon done tin
president was perhaps bound as a matter
tor of duty to promulgate it. It bai
been most clearly and amply demon
strutcd that public sentiment is oppose i
to the arrangement , and that sontimon' '
is not silenced now that the ratillcatlor
has been completed and the date for thi
treaty to go into operation Is near a
hand. Nor will It be eilpnt so long a
the arrangement continues , be
cause these who entertain it sincerely
coroly believe that the Unite
States is compromised by thi
treaty. It is provided In thi
extradition arrangement that it can b
terminated by cither party on si
months' notice to the other. It is th
duty of every citizen opposed to it t
keep up the agitation against it untl
there is developed such n public fool in
as will compel this government to notif
the Russian government of its deslro t
terminate the treaty.
It has boon asserted , and the Stat
department ejuotod as authority , tin :
this Russian extradition treaty isslmilu
in scope to the other extradition treatie
negotiated by the United States in rccoi
years. This is not so , as the Spring
field , Mass. , Jtcpublican conclusive !
points out. That paper says that tli
Russian treaty is unique in at least or
particular , aiiel almost so in another. Tli
treaty with I3olgiiim is the only othc
ono which makes the assassination of
member of the royal family 11
extraditable offense , and no othc
treaty Includes the "counterfeiting <
public , sovereign , or governmental acts ,
among the extraditable kinds of fo
gory. "Tho concession made toRussI
in that forgery clause , " justly says tl.
Jtcpublimn , "Is as discreditable to us i
anything in the treaty. It enables Ru
sla to demand the return of any politic )
refugee who has escaped from thi
country on a false passport. This mean
in elfect , that wo have put another o
staolo in the way of the oscaj
from that country of any porsc
who for any reason the govornmei
or the police wish to detain , fl
Russian can leave the country without
passport , nnd the alternative is a fraui
ulontly obtained leave to go or to r
main within the grasp of the police
It must bo obvious to everybody , oxcci
these who are in sympathy with Russif
methods , and it is to bo presumed thoi
are very few or none such iu this oou
try , that our government is compro
mised by this nproomont.
While the treaty expressly provides
that no ono shall bo extradited for of
fenses of n political character , nnd that
no punishment shall bo Inflicted for
other than the offense for which extra
dition is granted , manifestly this Is not
a satisfactory safeguard. The accused
must show that ho is really
wanted for n political offense in
order to escape extradition , and this
will very often bo impossible. The re
sult is that the right of asylum to many
of the oppressed of Russia will bo prac
tically denied in this country. It Is of
course to bo oxpcctcd that our courts
will exorcise very great care In extradi
tion cases arising under this treaty.
Doubtless they will bo slow to surrender
any person on the demand of the Russian
government and will require to have it
made very clear that a person whoso sur
render is asked for is not liable to bo
dealt with for a political offense after
wards. But It will bo hardly possible to
wholly avoid wrong and injustice from
the operation of this treaty. It can beef
of no value to the United States , and our
government should find an early oppor
tunity to glvo notice of its termination.
J/AAVKOK Till : UKNEF1T OF
TIIK vmr.
At every session of the council within
the past sixty days there has either
boon a donation voted in the shape of
confessed judgments to parties who have
trumped up damage claims against the
city or a remission of taxes to property
owners who have a pull on the council.
A fair sample of this inexcusable favor
itism was furnished at last night's coun
cil meeting. The Omaha Driving park ,
which represents a tract of land worth
several hundred thousand dollars , was
struck off the tax list and the amount
assessed against it will have to bn shoul
dered by other taxpayers. Now , why
should the driving park ba exempt from
taxation any more than a base ball
ground , a tennis lawn , a circus ring , or ,
for that matter , any tract of land hold
for speculation ? The fact that this land
is leased to the Driving Park associa
tion does not entitle it to exemption
from city taxes , neither docs the fact
that it may bo used ono week out of each
year for a pumpkin and cabbage show
under the auspices of the Douglas
County Agricultural society. If valu
able tracts of land in the middle of the
city can go free of taxes whenever they
are used for sport or exhibitions ol
products wo will presently have twenty
societies organized under cover of all
sorts of enterprises , with a view of bilkIng -
Ing the city and county out of taxes.
The whole thing is wrong in principle
and an outrage upon honest taxpayers.
The order of the council to the city at
torney to confess judgment for $3OOC
claimed by the St. Mary's avenue church
as damages from change of grade , is
equally pernicious. A church la entitled
to no greater consideration in regard te
damage claims than any other propertj
owner. All that it Is entitled to Is the
difference between the estimated in
crease in value to Its property by the
change of grade and the cost of placing
its improvements to the now grade. Ii
that difference is computed at $3,000 it
could readily recover the amount at the
hands of an impartial jury. If the dif
ference is less than $3,000 , or if for tha
matter the benefits olTsot the damages
then the council has robbed other taxpayers -
payers for the benefit of the church. Tin
city is paying its lawyers by .the year
and these orders to confess judgment cai
only bo viewed from the standpoint o
favoritism , which means Injustice to tin
many for the benefit of the few. This i
decidedly at variance with the spirit o
local government which aims to do jus
tlco to all by distributing the burden ;
and favors impartially.
In remonstrating against these fla
grant abuses THE BEE is impelled by ni
fooling of hostility toward individual
or associations. Wo simply enter pro
test because wo regard the practice o
remitting taxes and piling up judg
moms as dangerous and demoralising
There is already too much tax exemption
tion and the recent decision of tin
supreme court will make the iniquitou
system of tax-cmptlon unbearable.
THE Country will bo gratified to knov
that Chicago has had a surfeit of snobc
cratic title-worship. It was right am
proper to extend to the sprigs of royalty
male and female , including princes
dukes and infantas , the generous hospi
tallty of the Columbian expositioncltj
but it was a humiliating spectacle to se
the best people of the proud ropubll
slop over and toady to the scions c
effete monarchies. There is nothin ;
more disgusting to the true lovers c
liberty nnd equality than the spcctacl
of a money aristocracy aping the mar
nors of princelings , dukolings an
klnglings and playing lickspittle an
valet to seventh-rate nonentities in th
regal circles of Europe. With the past
ing of Eulallu wo hope Chicago hn
dropped all her pompous and stnpl
demonstrations in honor of the dcscom
ants of pampered claimants to tottorln
thrones and crested bric-a-brao.
A MONTH ago , or such a matter ,
committee of the Council Bluffs comic
met with a like committee of the Omah
council to decide upon joint action lee !
ing to a forced reduction of the bridg
motor toll between Omaha and Counc
Bluffs. Representatives of the mote
line were present. They asked fe
time to consider and to make a stat <
ment to the committee as to what tl
motor company would do in the pron
isos. Since that tlmo the propoaltic
has been sleeping , in which state it mo
bo expected to rest unless some slncoi
representative- the common poop ]
summons courage enough to revive tl
question. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE rapid development of the groi :
of now states west and north of Ni
bruaku oilers a magnificent opportunit
for the expansion of Omaha's comtuorci
This vast region will bo to Omalia wht
the southwest has boon to Kansas Cit ;
The Inexhaustible resources of Missour
Arkansas , Kansas and Texas made
great commercial metropolis of Kansi
City. The northwestern group of elate
with tholr immense stores of coal , iroi
gold and silver , their trackless forest
their unbounded grazing distrlc
and tholr vastv 'agricultural ' re
sources will make icvon a greater-
city of Omaha. , But this great
ness will not 'come unsolicited
or unaided. If Omia'want3 it she must
go after It , The great lines of railroad
now reaching into 6Vory part of the now
omplro in the northwest will bring but
a small share of tho' vonlth of trade to
Omaha. From the 'vory nature of tholr
organization these Eoaas will carry the
largo bulk of the bnsiiloss on through
to Chicago nnd thq ca t. Omaha must
emulate the axatnpta jo profitably sot by
Kansas City. She inliitt build and own
her own system of railroads.
Tun only obstacle now to delay the
manufacture of the Krag-Jorgonson
magazine gun Is the lack of special
tools. These are being rapidly provided ,
and the work will begin at the Spring
field armory abDUt July 1. The car
tridges for the now rlllo are to bo made
at the Frankfort arsenal. It Is not gen
erally known that the olllcors who de
termined the superior excellence of this
fine nnd effective rlllo gave It the
preference over a Hold of something Hko
sixty other guns. Among the competi
tors were the guns officially adopted by
Austria , Belgium , Denmark , England ,
Germany , Japan , Portugal , Roumanla ,
Russia , Switzerland and the French
cavalry. These approved systems , as
well as other famous arms of private In
ventors , were esteemed Inferior to the
Krag , hitherto little used. Considering
the rapid improvements that have been
made in firearms within recent years ,
it would not bo surprising If again , before -
fore long , this now magazine rlllo should
in its turn bo superseded by a bettor.
THE troubles In which the Northern
Pacific elevator company Is involved
promise to load to endless litigation.
The company does business in the five
states , Minnesota , North Dakota , Idaho ,
Washington and Oregon , and owns an
mmonso amount of property. Auxiliary
ocoivers have boon appointed for each
of the states , and the first fight will bo
on the priority of right of the receivers
or the plaintiff stockholders in the suits
under which attachments issued and by
which the plaintiffs are now in posses
sion. The starting of the suits is said
to bo an attempt of a number of stock
holders to pool tholr claims and rights
nnd force a reorganization of the eleva
tor company in their interests.
A Sioux CITY paper , in discussing the
radical reduction in freight rates re
cently announced by the Great Northern
system , draws the conclusion that the
Union and Southern Pacific roads , being
unable to meet the reduction , will bo
forced into liquidation ! It then proceeds
to warn the country toj > roparo itself for
the catastrophe. There is nothing in
the situation to .warrant such dismal
forebodings. Neither the Union Pacific
nor the Southern .Pacific has com
plained over the reduction which is now
general between the coast and Chicago ,
and both seem to bo 'meeting the now
rates with cheerful .equanimity.
THERE is a general demand from all
parts of the state ! fpf the abrogation of
the penitentiary contract. No ono
knows whether it belongs to Moshor or
to Dorgan and both are notoriously unfit
to hold it. There can bo no question
but that the statute confers upon the
Board of Public Lands and Buildings
the power to manage the penitentiary
until a now contract can be lot. The
inability of Moshor to fulfiU his con
tract with the state gives the attorney
general substantial grounds for going
into the courts for an annulment of the
contracts.
Abound thut Is Never Stilled.
Chicago Tribune.
Amid the din of fulllnff stocks , the bellow
ing of frantic bulls , and the growling of
excited bears , the listening oar can still hoar
the regular , monotonous , ceaseless thud of
Mr. Afiixwell's nxe.
A I'oBilblo Fuio.
St. Louis Republic.
The populists nnd the prohibitionists are
to fuse in Iowa. The ollcct of such a fusoas
that in Iowa or elsewhere depends largely
upon who is to touch it off.
A I'rnplirt and Ills rropliooy.
Chlcayo Inter Ocean.
Senator Dan Voorhcos iu n speech In the
senate in 16t > i Is on record as saying : "Lot
each eye which now ooholds the sun tnkoits
last look at scenes of plenty nnd prosperity.
Our fall from bounding wealth and unllm-
Itod resources to pinch and shrunken pov
erty ami cowering bankruptcy is as certain
under our present policy ns the fall of Luci
fer , the morning star , from houvon. " Dan
Is still among tlio democratic prophets.
of Good Will.
Kew York Tribune.
That was a hl h compliment which north-
era business men nnd veterans of the union
array p.iid to General John D. Gordon ol
Georgia when they Invited him to deliver In
this city n lecture on the closing days of the
war and to t'ivo his personal estimate of the
two great captains , Grant nnd Leo. Genural
Gordon lias accepted the invitation , and In
doing so ho pays a tribute to the north and
assures these to whom ho sends his lottei
that \vlmt ho has to say will bo said In the
spirit and interest of a sincere and cordial
American good fellowship ,
"Them'H Our Sentiments. "
Chicago Ilcconl ,
Dlcss the girl graduate ! She may have
her ideals that are to bo rudely shattered
but stio can look oil iho wreck it 1th oquaiv
Imlty. She may iinvdr bo ugain so innocent
and fresh and girlish , ' 'but she will grow
wise , tender \vun\unlyin \ tno great after
school which has iior vacations and no em
until the irroat Too lier ahull proclaim ii
llnlshcd and she ia graduated at eternity' :
commoucomont.
liloss the girl Rrnduato ! Laugh nt her
who will , kindly. 'I or out of the ranks o :
the girl graduates will rise up the wives am
the mothers of tljq Land mothers whosi
children shall Uvn caJl thorn blessed.
Uumlui ; tii 111 Hunnea.
at. 1'iiuWlbnter lrti > .
Congress will noti bo nblo to stand the
pressure of accumwaUjic misfortune. The
man uho can go to Washington this full nnd
In the face of what 1ms happened and wha
threatens , refuse his yoto to help repeal tin
silver bill , will nujoUto have a solid con
sUtitcnoy of mine owners or ropudlntors to
ose-apo Ills punishment. H will not huppem.
Wo bttltavo that the report of scmtlment In
conercis M nwurata nnd will bo supported
by facts. The disastrous experience of tlio
past will nnvo purchased for us the repeal of
the Sherman law , without nuy stop toward
free coinage or the Issunnco of wildcat bank
notes. The country Is about to oxorcUo Us
sober aonso ami to declare that national
solvency shall bo maintained.
THE nvbisKHs SITUATION :
St. Louts Qlobo-Domocr.it ! Very few
business failures nro taking place thcso
dajs , nnd theao are of minor importance.
Undoubtedly the financial storm has about
bloun over.
I'lttsburg Dispatch : It was hasty of the
psalmist to exclaim : "All moii nro liars. "
It Is more so of the alarmists to proclaim the
insecurity of the whole financial fabric bo-
causa of the uownfull of n few mismanaged
concerns ,
St. Ixnils Glebe : There Is moro money In
the country now than there over was before
nnd itlll soon bo obtainable again on the
usual terms. Lot the people have patlcnco
till the clouds roll by. That Is all that Is
needed nnd it is something that doesn't cost
n cent.
Cincinnati Garotto : Thoromustbo a setback -
back In this country at periods to puncture
bubbles and restore matters to n solid foun
dation. Passing the period of the war there
wnsn revulsion In 1ST ; ) , again In 18S3 , and
now wo hnvo it in Ib93. Mnrlc the regularity
and then make uoto of what followed.
Philadelphia Inquirer : Sterling oxohnmo
has fallen U ) cents In a week , gr.iln exports
have boon resumed on an extensive scale and
the fooling of alarm over the business situa
tion lias qulto subsided. It may bo concluded
that the storm has passed over , and while
Its effect s will bo felt for some time to come ,
the process In mercantile affairs will bo dis
tinctly a constructive ono rather than de
structive.
Springfield ( Mass. ) Hopubllcan : The six
business days of last week brought In close
succession the darkest tlmo and the most
decided turn for the better that have yet
characterized the existing financial crisis.
It Is a curious fact that to the p.xmcky state
of the earlier half of the week should bo di
rectly traeoablo the causes Justifying a later
improvement Iu the temper of the business
world. The at ono time threatening run
upon Chicago savings banks oroujrhta money
pinch which sent thu prices of wheat down
to the lowest figures on record. Foreign
buying of grain , hitherto slack , was nt once
Immensely stimulated. Wheat Immediately
took the place ot gold In satisfying foreign
claims against this country.
St. Louis Republic : Ono of the best evi
dences of the continued prosperity of the
country Is to bo found in the trafllc reuorts
of the rntlro.uls for the mouth of May.
Kvory trunk line and every largo railway
system In the United St-ites did a tnuoli
larger business last month thun In the month
of May last year. The fact that the heavy
tr.Ulle was not. conllned to the Chicago roads
shows that the World's fair was not the
only factor In the increase. The South-
\\estorn loads gained U.5 per cent , the South
ern roads over 7 per cent , the trunk lines
over (5 ( per cent and the eastern roads with
out Chlc.150 connections 10 per cent , while
the increase of the central western
group , mostly In Illinois , Indiana nnd Ohio
nnd favorably situated for a heavy World's
fair trafllc , was only 10 per cunt. The
granger roads 01 the northwest hud the lar
gest increase of all , some 10 per cent due in
part to the heavy movement in grain last
month nnd in part to the World's fair pas-
monger traftic. Some of the Pacitlo roads
. have not shared in the increased business ,
but that was duo in the llrst place to the
cutting of rates , nnd socondlyto the gonoial
business depression that has prevailed west
of the Hocky mountains nearly all the year.
Almost every other part of the country , and
particularly the west , northwest , south and
southwest , had a prosperous spring In trade
and business generally.
VMOI'LE AND Z111XQ8.
The country is safe. Delaware's peach
promises an abundant yield.
In the Columbian social game it appears
Chicago fluked on discovering that the in-
fnnta hold a royal flush.
The now sun spots discovered by astrono
mers have no connection with the Sun spots
visible on the Cleveland democracy in Now
York.
The unanimity of the country for nn extra
session of congress is rudely broken by the
information that Now Hampshire Blair is
loaded with a speech.
The coolness between royalty and the sov
ereigns of Chicago comes at an opportune
moment , as the mercury is frantically reach
ing for the 100 notch.
The phwnlxing of Fargo , N. D. , develops a
strong aversion to continuing prohibition ,
The disastrous iuelllciency of water was
demonstrated at the tiro.
When Mayor Harrison aoffod his shiny
tile and fondled the princess' hand , n sus
picion spread over the land 'that the game
would break up in a row. Revolutions spring
from lesser deeds ,
The total production of silver in the world
during the last year was placed at 14,000OOC !
ounces troyof which the United States pro
duced 00,000,000 ounces , or upward of 41 pei
cent of the whole amount.
Under the ruling of the postmaster gen
eral , doctors cannot use the mulls to trans
port microbes , animated orotherwiso. They
may scatter seeds of business in other ways ,
but Undo Sam docs not propose to become n
nursorj of disease ,
George Davis , n Pcnohscot Indian , who
has lived In Boston for a number of years , is
working his way to Old town , Alo. , wheio hia
trlbo is. Ho loft Boston a week or so ago
and intends to tramp all the way. Ho Is 70
years old , straight as an arrow , and has long
black hair.
Ono by ono our Idols arc dashed Into
smlthorccns. The claim that a ICentuckiun
won't hold water Is a vile slander. A blue
grass native was rescued from diuwnlng neat
the World's fair , nnd after vigorous lolling
something less than a bairel of Lake Michi
gan was squeezed out of him.
Ex-MInistor Thomas Jefferson Coolldge
returned to this country last week. A Now
York paper cruelly declares that Mr. .
Cooltdgo's solo claim to fame ns our minister
tor to Franco is that ho gave a private en
tortulnmont nt his hotel atvnluh Lou
Fuller , the skirt-dancer , was the principal
attraction ,
Till ! Ol.lt HVHOUl. ISXlliniTlONS ,
Alluntti Constitution.
0 , the old.school exhibitions ! will they eve ;
coiiu ) again.
With tlio good , old-fashlonud spcaUIni ; fron
tlio boyi und Hlrla so plain ?
Wlllwoovur ho , r old "Jner. " with Its raplc
roll and sueup ,
And " 1'llot , 'tis a fourf ul night ; thoro'a dangci
on the deep ? "
Sweet Mary doo-n't ralso her lambs Hko Man
did of old ;
Thulr lluucti Is not "as white as snowj" they're
wumlurliiK from thu fold ,
The boy upon "tliu burnlny dock" Is not ono
half as Una
Ho WHS not "born atlltngon , at Illngeu on thi
Uhlnul"
The girls don't speak In calico , the boys 1
cotton Jeans !
Thoy'vo clmn od the old-tlmo dresses 'Ion
with thu old-time HCUIIUS ;
They mnllo and t > i > uuk In ancient Oreokj ti
broadcloth unit In lacu :
And you can't half BOO the speaker fur tli' '
collar'round tliu fucol
O , the old school exhibition ! It Is gene fororc
i no rot
Thu old school house is dojortod , and the gra :
liusuhoknu tliu door ;
And thu wind uwoup * 'round the gables , will
a low und mournful \\lilno
1'or the old boys "bom ut Hhigon at lllngci
on the Hhluol"
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Now York Tribune The sham economy
of which the disaster nt the capital h a hoi-
Iblo conseqnonco has boon exalted ns n
vlrtuo by IU exponent What do they and
heir constituents thlnu about It now ?
New York Commercial ! Twenty-two
dead nnd llfty injured , and economy of thn
folmnn strluo I * responsible for It. H Ii nt
his point whcro parsimony In public ox-
ictmliuros for private gain becomes n crime.
Philadelphia Inquirer : The Holmnn Idea
if housing the covernmcnt employes In nny
kind of shanties may do for the HooMcr
state , but It won't take among men of pivtrl-
itlsiii nnd senso. It is too dangerous en-
Chicago Post : A spochl session of con-
press will , it Is believed , bo called In Sup-
pmbor. Heaven send that It will not oven
then bo too late to make provision against
another murder qulto as horrible ns that
which in Ford's theater , a generation ago ,
stunned the whole world.
Now York Herald:1 : The fact that the
covornment is responsible for the catastro-
) ho makes the neglect nil the moro surpris-
ng , Inexcusable and criminal. The least It
; an now do to ntono for the great wrontr is
to make proper compensation to the living
sufforois nnd the representatives of the dead
victims.
Buffalo Express : If nny private employer
lad kept n largo foroo of men in a building
< nown to bo unsafe until It e-ollapsed , caus
ing many deaths , ho would Imvo boon Hublo
to Indictment. The government of the
United States has doiio this , and it is In-
dlctablo nt the bar of public opinion.
Washington Star : The widows and the
orphans weep for the husbands and fathers
sicrlllcod on the altar of legislative economy
ind administrative dlsicgard. Over the
whole citv thcro Is mourning for the dead ,
lamentation for the dying , sympathy for the
Injured. Ot nil the horrible occurrences
which this city has experienced , none approach
preach that awful catastrophe which thU
morning stopped the public pulse and then
liustencd Its movements to fever point.
Philadelphia Lodger : It Is possible that
Ford's old opera in Washington was
wrecked through the stoiugo in the building
of too great a weight of p-ipcrs. Few people
ro.il/o ! the weight of a mass of documents.
Each package is so light that there Is no
thought of overloading when n room U
packed full of thorn. When men deal with
articles of lend , Iron or other motnl , they
calculate the strength of the floors and walls
that are to sustain the load , but If paper Is
to bo stored they too often treat It as though
It had no weight.
Chicago Tribune : The Immediate rauso
of the calamity seems to bo duo to criminal
carelessness. It was known that the build
ing had been condemned ns unsafe long ago.
nnd yet government dorks were permitted
to work in it without any steps having been
taken to make it socuro. Worse oven than
this and still moro criminally negligent ,
with the knowledge of Us insecurity , con
tractors allowed workmen to excavate under
It for nn electric plant , thus bringing the
whole weight of the building upon the un
supported beams of the ilrst floor.
. ! { . - XE1IK.ISKAXS. .
Thcro Is talk of extending West Point's
electric light plant.
It is proposed to greatly improve the city
park at Nebraska City.
The Cuming county teachers institute will
convene at , West Point July 17.
While George Harrison was swimming in
the Niobiara near Butte ho ventured beyond
his depth and was drowned.
A bain and a quantity of bilcd hay at
Cicto wont up In smoke n the result of a
spark from a Burlington engine.
They are still talking of erecting a college -
lego at Beatrice , and the chances are that
something besides talk will como out of it.
Fred Sargent , the Battle Crook wllo mur
derer , is now in the penitentiary ut Lincoln ,
the sheriff of Madison county fearing
lynchors.
Holdrego people gave President Updlko of
the First National bank n farewell reception
on the occasion of his departure for now
Holds of labor.
A telephone line h about to bo built be
tween Fremont and Norfolk , connecting the
principal towns of the Elkhoni valley with
the State exchange.
Sparks from a chlmnoy caused the destruc
tion of Robert Alsworth's house near Atkin
son , All the household goods , two gold
watches and some money were lost in the
ilro.
Butte Is Droparlnu for n throe days cele
bration of July 4. Over 1,200 Indians have
been engaged to glvo a representation of the
Mountain Meadow massacre , also ghost
dancing , oto. Fifty boovcs will bo supplied
to leed them.
The completion of the bridge across the
Niobrarn boUvoefi Holt nnd Boyd counties
and making n direct road from Butte to At
kinson , was celebrated by a picnic , which
was participated in by people from both
towns. Butte is now within thirty miles of
a railroad point.
The neighbors of James E. North , the now
collector of Internal rovouuo for Nebraska ,
ratified his appointment Tuesday night by
shooting off ilroworks , building bonllrcs and
having a regular jollification , interspersed
with congratulatory speeches , for all of
which Mr. North briefly returned his
thanks.
While Ernest Day , foreman of the printing
oftlco at the Industrial school at Kearney ,
was taking a Turkish bath ho slipped and
foil into a tub of scalding water. Ho had
strength and presence of mind enough to
jump out immediately , but the skin nnd part
of the Ifesh on ono side have oomo off. Ho
has sufllclontly rocovoicd to bo taken to his
homo In Lincoln. TUo doctor says that had
ho stayed in throe seconds longer the proba
bilities nro that ho never would Imvo re
covered.
TAI.K9 AllUVr HIS HAT.
Otter llnrrUmt KiplnliK thn Origin ot lit *
lull Cuily.
"I have a friend on the North Side who It
n hatter , " said Mayor Harrison to n Chicago
Tribune reporter , ' 'Ho got my measure In
someway. I think Graham gave It to him ,
nnd the proof Is the Int. That's where I
got It. It was sent over here to mo , nnd It
was in the office this morning when I got
down , and I was informed that I didn't dara
wear It. People who know mo know that I
never tnko a dare , so I put it on. Then
some of the boys snld my hair was too long
for a silk hat I went over to the barber
shop and told the harbor to cut my hair. Ho
nsked mo how I wanted It cut , Yet know I
seldom pa tronl/o a bai bur shop , nnd 1 didn't
know there was moro than onu way of uni
ting hair , nnd I said so. Ho said there were
several. I told him to mow U so I could.
wear n silk hat. While ho was nt work on
mo some of my fool friends came In. and before -
fore the man had finished his Job the news
had traveled nround the block that Carter
Harrison was having Ins haircut nnd his
whiskers trimmed.
"When I returned to the onlco 1 mot sov *
oral of my recent appointees , whom I sn.
luted , but they looked nt mo strangely nnil
passed on. As I was going up the elevator I
heard a joung lady sav , 'What a nice look
ing old gentleman. ' That's the story about
the hat. "
"When before did you over wear n nllk
hall"
' Not since I was mayor the first tlmo.
You know I have been major several times. "
"When yon were In congrossl"
"No ; you know 1 live on the West Sldo. "
"Don't they wear silk hats on the West
Side ? "
"Thoy didn't when I ran for congress. "
"Ono of your acquaintances recalls the
fact that ho saw you wear a silk hat In the
month of November , 1871 "
' I nm n Kcntucklan , and It may bo that
thcro was some event which called lor my
wearing a silk hat. If sd , I were ono. "
"What do you think of the silk hat ? "
" 1 am afraid of it. If 1 was a betting man
I would wager my best liorso that I will sit
dow n on this silk hnl before I have it a
wook. "
"You mean on the style or the halt"
"Both. You notice , 1 suppose , that this Is
a boll-crown hnt. I wouldn't wear ono of
these straight things for $100. "
"H Is hinted that you were this slllc tlio
bocnuVo Mayor Colvln were ono when ho
welcomed old ICalukaun when ho cauio to
Chicago. "
" 1 suppose some of tlio newspapers think I
ought to have welcomed the infanta In my
bare head. You nuwspipor fellows would
have liked that. "
"It is said you propose to wear nn English
derby tomorrow ? "
"That's another newspaper slander. I had
ns soon wear n Coumn llv trap. "
"Will the police foroo ho required to wear
silk hats while the Infanta Is hoiol"
"Now , that's nn Idea. I'll call up Me-
Claughry ut oneo nnd suggest It. I confess I
nm tired of the things they nro wearing. If
you have no moro fool questions to usk about
this hat I will Imvo to ask you to excuse mo ,
us I am going over to have my photograph
taken with this hat on my head. How's
that ? "
itu.\s ox TIIK , ioKiita.
Ttoy I'ress : Uanth , ta\os and the sprays
from u slioot sprinkler are all hard things to
dodge.
Cleveland Plain Da-iler : The scout heads the
list In Industry. Ills hnilno&s Is scouring
plains and sc.illn mountain" .
llulTulo Courier : Tlio modoin landlord
doesn't get frlghUMiecl when he bees thu handwriting -
writing on the wull. IloJiHt K < Hs mad.
Chicago Trlbu.no : "Von can't sulTocato a
hhoumakur , " observed the exchange editor ,
"bocausu ho c.an always broatlio his last. ' .
"If ho does , " rctortod tlio financial editor ,
"won't It bring him to liU waxed end ? "
Philadelphia Times : When n girl han two
strings to nor bow It simply moans that It she
may not with ono she will knot with the
other.
Lowell Courier : The author who sent to nn
editor "a story of Ids own composure" didn't
add much to the editor's stock of tranqullUjr ,
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European LMfdoii Kcw Ynili Herald
A HOUSE nnnss.
Dross of gray cropon ; accordion pleat d
skirt ; bodlco and sleeves trimmed with
cream ombroldeicd tulle ; bolt of rod velvet.
A COL
Largest Manufacturers and Retailers
ol Ulotlilnx In the World.
Brown Stiff Hats.
For the next few days wo are goingto offer
all our $2.50 , $3.00 and
$3.50 stilThats in brown
shades for $1.50. They
are first class goods ,
but as our hat de
partment has been
moved around from
pillar to post lately ,
we thought it would
be a good idea to again
remind you that it is
permanently located
in the southeast corner
of the first floor at the
15th street entrance. If you will como and see it
you will be able to got a good brown stiff hat for
$1.50 , that usually soil for $2.50 , $3.00 and $3.50.
We have a few boys' suits loft from the $3.50 sale
all the style ,
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
vontmtlll fl.ll J S , W , COf , 10th aOu DOUgllB St ! ,