Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BlMFltlDAYt _ AUGUST 11 , 1893.
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CONOUKSS wax not mirrmionud to pre
pare n plan of uelion ; it was Biuumoncd
to net.
TllKSK oiMHirttino ruins arc clohi } , ' much
to nsauro tlio Nobnislcaiirmor of u sue-
ucssful
THE country is now psifo. MelCcighan
1ms put in an uppcarunoo at the capitol
at Washington.
IT is now ovlilont that thu president's
moHsnjjo is not sulliuiont in itself to
restore uonfhlonco.
THK dtaiiMtorti of ttio lirst Cordage
trust oiifjht to be a warning to the pro
jectors of Juiothor.
THE ( Joiiiinoi-oiiil club is letting no
groan grow unilcr its foot in the matter
of securing ; an Indian supply depot at
Omaha.
FOHKION intervention in Samoa has
failed , seemingly , to bring the natives
to a propm- appreciation of the innuinor-
nblo blessings of civilized government.
THK socialists are complaining of ox.-
cossivo hours in the working day.
American laborers are complaining that
Iho working day has itself disappeared.
WE WONDKlt whether congress will
take , .stops to furnish safe quarters for
the department clerics at Washington in
accordance with the lesson of the Ford
theater disaster.
HOLDING a diplomatic olllco and using
language rollectlng on the secretary of
state are incompatible clmnonts. The
next minister to Siam will bo appointed
toflll a vacancy caused by resignation
duo to incompatibility.
WiM. some of the Now York news
papers who have boon crying so loudly
about "trolley victims" lot us know
how many people have boon injured by
the Broadway cable in the few months '
it has been in operation' ?
AUGUST purchases of silver commence
at a price several cents higher thai ;
those accepted for July. This moam
that silver is on the rise just now. II
the sllvoritos' program is oventuallj
carried out wo may never again see silver
vor Helling at loss than 70 cents poi
ounco.
THK Iowa state chemist now adds hii
testimony upon the purity of the beverage
ago drawn from the Missouri river ,
Without bacteria or injurious inattoi
the sparkling fluid of the IJig Mudd ;
challenges comparison with the wato :
supplied to other cities.
Six weeks notice of an extra eessioi
does not seem to bo long enough for congress
gross to determine on what lines it
button should bo conducted. But tli
tame indecisive attitude would bo prc
Bonted if the president's proclamatio
not the ( Into of assembling a whole yea ,
ahead.
As MIGHT have boon expected , count
poor relief olllcials report a greatly ir
creased number of applications fo
public assistance from people who tint
recently were solf-siipporting. The ni
ministration of such relief at times lil <
the present must be doubly dlsoriminc
ting and careful , and conducted so as IK
to throw those who are willing to vyor
Into the permanent rank of paupora. '
THU party whoso courage has boon i
terribly att'ectod by a "rumor" that coi
filgnmont > i f arms and ammunition ai
being constantly received by Catholli
bent uixiii a gonorul uprising in th
Mate should refrain from alarm tint
ho has something more tangible upc
which to base his fears. When he hi
reasonable proof thatanysuch diabolic-
plot is in making it will bo time to ca
on the governor for assistance ,
THK people of Omaha mu t not forg
that the movement for securing an I
dian supply depot at this point was b
gun over a year ago by Senator Mundo
son. Senator Mandorson has lent h .
aid to thu plan from thu bogiunin
Tobo Castor is doing all ho can
further it , as Is aUo Secretary Morta
The whole Nebraska delegation w ;
join lu the cavalcade us soon as the
attention id called to the matter.
want the aid of uvoryonoof thorn ai
wo are anxious to give thorn credit f
nil that they may do.
ItWKH OF THK ST.47'R TO
MAXIUVMMfMIMf / JMTKS.
Some of the attorneys for the railways
Interested in the pending injunction
proceeding have taken pains to glvo it
out that the confidence of the railways
in their ability to overturn the maxi
mum freight rate law on the ground of
unconstitutionality re.itd upon the decis
ion of thoUnltod States supreme court
in the colobratcd Minnesota milk cao.
Arid they have contended that the
judgment in that casu virtually
overruled the doctrine enunciated
in connection with the granger
cases In the 70's to the effect that
the state legislatures might constitu
tionally proscribe maximum rates of
charges for transportation upon the
railways operating within these states.
Whllo it Is true that one of the judges ,
in Ills dissenting opinion in the Minnesota
seta milk case , reported in 131 IT. S. ,
did claim that the majority opinion
practically reversed the decision in
Mtnin va Illinois , the loading granger
case , yet the court did not profess to go
so far. Thatcasoaroso upon the prosecu
tion of u railway company for violating
the rates for transporting milk as
fixed by the Minnesota Railway commis
sion. When the railway claimed tha t
such schedule was operating to deprive
it of its property without tine
process of law because unreasonable and
unjusttho state court refused to admit
any evidence upon the question of rea
sonableness. What the United States
supreme court decided in that case was
that the action of the state court
violated the 14th amendment. Tliolr
ordonupon that occasion was made on
the special assumption that the state
court persisted in Interpreting' the
local statute as conferring llnal deter
mination of the roaHonableuoas of rates
upon thostato commission without appeal
in any caso. The inference is that if the
state court had so o HHtruod the law as
to permit a judicial invo-itigatlon of the
reasonableness of the charges , the fed
eral court would have uphold the consti
tutionality of the law.
The decision in the Minnesota milk
case has boon much misunderstood. The
very fact that the railways hailed it a ?
overturn ing1'the doctrine of legislative
regulation of rates impressed it upon the
supreme court that its ruling was not en
tirely clear and consequently that court
embraced the earliest opportunity
that presented to explain its position
upon that point. This explanation was
made public so recently as February ,
18)2 ! ) , and is to ba found in LJudd vs Now
York , MH U. S , 517. In this case the
validity of an act of the legislature of
Now York , establishing a maximum
rate of charges for olovatiiur and \varo-
housing grain within that state , was
vigorously uphold as a constitutional
exorcise of legislative power.
The late Justice Blatohford. in delivering -
livoring the opinion of the ojurt , said
that the main question involved was
whether tlio cqurt would udhoro to its
decision in Munn vs Illinois. Ho care
fully reviewed the interpretation which
had boon put upon that case by the state
tribunals , and realllrmsd the views ( tf
the court of appeals of New York based
thereon , so tar a-5 they support the
validity of the statute in question. The
doctrine laid down in Munn vs Illinois ,
ho said , vrai that private property de
voted to a public use becomes subject tc
public regulation , and that this regula
tion might properly take the form of n
legislative lix'tig of reasonable maxi
mum rates. He cited the cases in whicl
the supreme court had followed it
earlier decision , and continued :
In Chicago , otc. , Knilwayicompany vs Mln
nesota. It was said by Mr. .lustico Bradlo ;
In his dissenting opinion , In which Mt
.Tustii-e Gr.\y and Mr. Justice * Lainar con
currcil , that the decision of the court in thai
ease practically overruled .Munn TJ Illinois
but tlio opinion of the court did not say sc
nor did it refer to Munn vs Illinois ; and w
arc of the opinion chut thu decision in ill
case in 154 ! U. S. is , as will bo liereafto
shown , quito distinguishable from the prcs
cut enso.
It is thus apparent that this court 1m
adhered to the decision in Mimn vs Illlnoi
and to the doctrines announced in th
f opinion of the court in that cuso ; and thosi
doctrines have since been ropoatoUly er
forced in tno decisions of the courts of th
states.
Justice Blatchford then gees on ti
oito the cases in the state courts re
fori'cd to , among thorn the wostori
telegraph case , 17 Neb. , 120 , whor
the business of the defendant was holt
to bo subject to the public control , am
concludes that "ivo must regard tli
m-iiuiiplu nniintuined in Miuui va Illinoi
us Ih'inly established. "
What is said in reference to the Mir
iiOHOtn milk case nnd in reference to th
claim that that mine made the llxing c )
chariot ) a judicial question as 1
whether they are roasonahlo or not , i
HO important as to deserve literal qui
tat ion :
r But this Is it misapprehension of the d
elslon of this court in the ease referred t
In that case the legislature of Mlnnosol
had passed an net which established u rai
road and warehouse commission , and tl
suprcniu court of that atato had interpi-oti
the nut ns providing that the rates
charges for the transportation
property by railroads , m-ommondcd ni
published by thu commission , shou
bo flnul nnd conclusive as to what wei
equal and ro.iaonablo charges and that the ,
could ho no judicial Inquiry as to the roaso
nblone.s5 of such r.ttos. A railroad comp.in
In answer to nn application for a nmndain
30 contended that such rates in regard to it we
li unreasonable and , as It was not allowed
lire
re tlio state court to put in tostlniony in si
C8 port of its answer on the question of ti
la reasonableness of such rates , this court he
|
.11 that the statute was In conflict witn tl
in constitution of the LInitoJ States as depri
Ing tlio company of its property wiiho
duo proi-i-ss of law and depriving it of t
al equal protection of the laws. That was >
ill very different i-asa from one under the st ;
uta of Now York in question hero , for in tl
Instance the rntn is lixod directly by t
et legislature. What was mid In the oplnl
of thu court in 1U1 U. S. had reference or
to thu ease then before the court ando
o- Uxed by a , commission appoint
ir- under an net of the legislature under a ei
.isS atltutton of tha stale which provide , ! tli
S < all corporations , being common carnu
to should be bound to carry "on equal and n
tom. sonablo terms , " uiul under a statute whl
ill provided that all charges made by a coinin
dr carrier for the transportation of
drft or property should bo "mjiul and roaai
)
able.Vhat was sajd in the opinion lu 1
nd U. S. as to iho question of the roasoimb
or ness of the rate or uhargo belli ? one I
Judicial investigation had uo reference U 3
CASO whnro the nxto are proscribed dlroolly
byTho
The dissenting opinion In this case
was concurred In by Justices J3rowor ,
Drown and FIoM. Justice Field has dis
sented In all those cases , from Munn vs
Illinois on. Justice Urowor'a dlsjont
was on the express ground that a ware
house did not constitute private prop
erty devoted to a public use ; ho would
evidently have no dllUoulty In support
ing maximum rates for railway trans
portation. Justice Brown's position is
not very clear.
It is thus evident that the railway at
torneys are trying to mislead the public
as to the status of the already decided
cases where maximum rate laws have
come before the United States supreme
court for interpretation. That court , as
it stands constituted today , stands com
mitted to the doctrine that the states
have the power to establish maximum
rates of charges for railway transporta
tion. To sustain the railway point of
view , their attorneys will have to win
over to tholr side several judges on the
highest federal bench.
TllK UHH ) DKMUCIl.lTS.
The Ohio democratic convention
yesterday noininutad Lawrence T. Neal
for governor , thus placing In opposition
to Governor Mclvinloy a candidate who
represents the extreme anti-protection
wing of the democracy , and is also an
advocate of the free and unlimited coinage -
ago of silver. Mr. Neal obtained a na
tional reputation at Chicago in connec
tion with the plank in the national plat
form denouncing protection as fraud
and robbery and without constitutional
authority. It has been a question
whether the authorship of this plank
belonged to him or to Mr. Wnttorson ,
but Neal has publicly claimed it and
there is no question as to his having in
troduced it as an amendment to the
platform framed by the committee on
resolutions , and made it speech In its
support. His identification with the
first declaration over made by a politi
cal party that protection is unconstitu
tional is , therefore , sullieiontly com
plete , and it is a matter of public knowl
edge that Neal is very proud of the fact.
His nomination is also regarded as a
triumph of the free silver element of
the party.
The candidacy of Mr. Neal will make
national issues predominant in the cam
paign and the republicans of Ohio would
not have it otherwise. It will bo a
square light between the acknowledged
representative of the policy of protec
tion as embodied in tlio McKinley law
and a i-ccogniznd champion of practical
free trade. In such a contest there
ought to be little doubt as to what the
decision of the voters of Ohio will bn ,
and especially unrlor present conditions.
With the business interests of that state
suffering as severely as those of any
other from the clTecU of the distrust
and depression that are at least
measurably duo to the tariff doctrine
propounded at Chicago , it would bo a
most surprising result if the intelligent
voters of Ohio should endorse that doc
trine by electing the man who is re-
sponsibie for it. Moreover , Mr. Nea'
has many enemies in his own party , nol
all of whom will bo placated. Twice
before ho was a candidate for the gubernatorial
natorial nomination , . and on both occa
sions he led factional lights which an
tagoniy.cd men whom it will now bo fount
dilllcult , if not impossible , to con
ciliato. The fact is that Neal se
cured the nomination largely foi
the t-cason that there was no one ols <
especially anxious to get it , the onl.i
explanation of which is that thoi
could see little prospect of success. No
only are the prevailing condition :
peculiarly unfortunate for the de-mix :
racy of a state like Ohio , but Govornoi
McKinley is a most formidable opponcn
at any time.
The platform is of the charac
toribtic democratic typo.It arraign
the republican party as responsible fo
the financial and business ills from whicl
the country is suffering , declares fo
more currency , and throws a sop to thi
old soldiers , who will hardly bo mislci
by it in view of the policy rc < jardin <
them that has been instituted at Wash
ington. The Ohio campaign will sooi
become interesting , the republican
being already pretty well organized t
prosecute the contest with vigor.
.1 HKTTKlt
The action of the free silver member
of congress in their caucus Wednesday
pledging themselves to support a bil
for free coinage of silver in such a rati
i- as will provide and maintain the parlt
i10 between gold and silver , indicates
10f f hotter spirit among them which is a
to welcome as it was unexpected. Froi
the utterances of the advocates of fre
silver coinage at Chicago and numorou
individval expressions since there wane
no reason to expect that they woul
° "
make any concession or offer or accoj
ta any compromise. Indeed the platform c
11- the free silver men adopted at Chlcag
ho distinctly declares that "thora must ban
od compromise of this question , " and thu
of "all legislation domonothln < r silver an
of restricting tno coinage thereof must b
nd immediately and completely ropoale
by an act restoring the coinage of tli
ri , country to the conditions established b >
m. the founders of the nation and whiu
continued for over eighty years withoi
us complaint from any part of our people
ire It was also declared by the convcntlc
by "that the only remedy for our motall
up financial troubles is to open the mints <
hu the nation to gold and silver on oqui :
terms , at the old ratio of aixtoon of nl
vor to ono of gold. " This xvu
ut put forth only nine days
.hu as the irrevocable ultimatum of tl
.hua
a free nil vor men , which every ropr
at- sentativo of that element In congro :
his was expected to adhere to unfaltorlngl
ho The change that has taken place In tl
on sentiment of some of them , B.I far in r
ily
teen latos to the question of ratio , ovidonci
the force of public opinion. They hu\
on- manifestly become convinced that t
lat American people will not have free at
rs , unlimited silver cjinago at the prose
ea- coinage ratio.
Ich The caucus did not indicate what rat
ion the silver men will bo willing to acco )
OIK but Mr. Hluml intimated that tin
might be disposed to have it establish
j0. at 20 to 1. At present the commorcl
for ratio is about 23 to 1 and the pri <
a of sliver has improved within the lu ,
few days in oonsoquonco of an increased
domi.nd from Ohlna. When that de
mand .snail hnva Iboon supplied It Is
probable that thi"prico of silver will
again fall. Al any rate it iftnt bo a
long time before the relative market
value of silver android la 20 to 1 , and
while it might bo unreasonable to ask
that the commercial ratio bo made the
coinage ratio , obviously 20 to I would
not represent the difference between the
two motals. Aa the silver men have
manifested a dispoSUibn lo compromise
on this question of r-ijtlo , however , there
ought not to bcTMntiy great dlfll-
culty in reaching an undorstandlng
as to what a fair ratio would ba , pro
vided that free colnago at any ratio
could secure a majority in congress and
the approval of the president. The
former Is possible , the latter altogether
Improbable. Tlioro Is reason to bollovo
that Mr. Glovolnml is opposed to the
free and unlimited eo.inngo of silver
under any circumstances or conditions
and that ho would veto any measure , for
this purpose regardless of the coinage
ratio that might be fixed by congress.
IIo was hostile to free 'coinage ' during
his first administration , ono of the
strongest arguments over made against
this policy Doing that of Clovo-
Innd's first secretary , of- the treasury ,
Mr. Manning , sent to congress in ISSOf
in which the president expressed his full
concurrence. "It is possible that Air.
Cleveland has since then somewhat
modified his views regarding silver , but
certainly not to the extent that would
allow him to approve a measure for its
free coinage. While , therefore , the
free silver advocates are to bo com
mended for manifesting a more rational
disposition regarding this question ,
there seems no probability that their
proposition can prevail.
With free coinage of silver at a ratio
of say 21 to 1 , wo shouldbe , innodangor ,
probably , of being ilood&d with foreign
silver , as would undoubtedly bo the case
if there was free coinage at the present
ratio. Wo should coin only the product
of our own mines , and it is more than
likely this would bo reduced. As wo
have heretofore said regarding an in
crease in the weight of the silver dollar
lar , it would bo attended with consider
able loss to the government on account
of the largo amount of silver it holds ,
but doubtless this would in time bo more
than offset by the gain to the public
credit , the business interests and the
general welfare from thus insuring for
years to come the soundness and stabil
ity of the currency. / . -
So KAGKK is the Lincoln Journal to
defend the contemplated action of the
State Board of Educational Lands and
Funds in disposing "of the saline lands
to the present lessees * , that it rushes for
ward a trillo too fast in its anxiety to
uphold the job. Cin ono page it an
nounces that ono of the lessees has ap
plied for proceedings by which ho may
secure the title to tU'p land and that the
board hud referred iho petition to thu
attorney gonorul lor a report on the
legality of the t-ccont sallnoland _ sale
law. When the i attorney/ general makes
his report Iho board' " promises % to gauge
its action byJiis.recommendations But
another pa go"of the same Journa
says that the board ' " 'will carry
out the law to the loiter , no
matter what it may bo con
strued by tlio most eminent author !
ties to be. " Isn't this anticipating
the report of the attorney general u
little too much ? Wo all accept it as i
foregone conclusion that such repot-
will bo favorable to the proposed sale
but wo are willing to wait until the decision
cision is made public. As the law stands
the whole matter of compensation rest
with the Board of County Commissioners
and the Lancaster countycommissionors
are not apt to burden the lessees with un
necessarily heavy payments to the state
Wo have boon complaining of this little
job over since its real purpose became
apparent and wo shall continue to com
plain after the perfunctory sale has
taken place.
Ohio' * Savior.
JYcui York Mill.
For governor of Ohio : Larry Neal ; the
straight platform and no squeal !
I'nrly Illstiir/
'iiiinin ( .
° "When the democratic party Is out of power
it is n continual menace. When it is in
power it is a continual disaster.
e
Halt lor tlie lluirH. ;
( 'Me iyo Tribune.
Dcslto ) ) the peed features of Prcsldonl
Cleveland's message , a two-point drop in
Blocks yesterday afternoon bore Involuntary
testimony to the usual depressing effect ol
thu document.
. Mouldy UiMtonm.
I'MlaiMvMn Time' ,
The senate nilsht have postponed it !
tribute to AJr. Stanford long enough to hen ;
the president's message. Hospeot for thi
dead is all very well , but the interests of tin
living uro more urgent.
Action , .NotVonU. .
Mtnnttnitilli Trllnine ,
A condition , not a theory , confronts th
congress of the United UUtos ut this June
turo. A very prompt suruicnl operation i
10 what thu people demand unit they will toloi
it nto no filibustering or joplijoying for partisai
, advantage.
le
id
Europe sees that Anjovicnn wheat nt pro :
cut prices is cheap , r < injl is buying larg
y quantities of it. l-'or ; u similar reason it 1
ih buying heavy blocks of , .Aiiierican scouritio :
Thus the imports of gold , which are no
itn reaching ( largo proportions , will bo kept u
n i or several months to oijltn.
> n
I'lpos n Nnto uf Warning.
ic
if Mr. Dolford.oneafatnllltirly known ns "tli
il Hud-Headed Itoostor oFJhe ICockIcs , " pipes
note of warning. lIes jBithat the rusourci
Iis of Colorado are so Immeii .u that sliu has le ;
is to fear from the destruction of silver thn
any other state in thu union. If that bo tl
case , Colorado's disinterestedness is the mo :
10 vociferous artlclo of ttui fund in tin ; marko
10o She couldn't bo louder If lior iinxloty woi
o33 purely seiilsh ,
Tompuniry
1O n. ) Itcpuliltcan.
O- If anything in certain it is that preset
O03 business and financial conditions arc ten
03 pjrury. iso prediction is safer tuan th ;
the essential prosperity of thu country wi
ho overcome thasu antagonistic influences jui
ns soon as the forces which maku for th
prosperity are allowed to have full pla ,
lit When that time comes , and everybody
easy and prosperous , the attempt
make party capital out of th present strii
lo ( 'L-ncy will look pretty smhll in the retro
l > ect Thu thoughtful business man , wl :
bore the burden and suffered tno unxlol
eyed and worry of those days , will recall lie
ed men who were recognized as party loadoi
al could not risu above the level of uhoup pa
tisnnship In such times as these , but risUe
CO ndrr.nn to thu fair and distrust which ni
,3t tlio great dangers of the tirao , lit order I
uoro A point on the ol.ier fellovri , It mil
seen thuMhoT sunk this pitrlotuml states
man In thu polltlcnn , nml for tha tftko of n
osslblu cfirty ndvanWRO ridded lo the Inllu-
ncos which Are oporntlro to prolong tha
'ending uncertainty.
A Oh - = n lor tit *
I'tiKatltlphln lr r.
The enpngomont of $15.000.000 of cold for
mport in six days has proilucod a marked
h.inRO In sentiment in every department of
mslnoss. It is trim CMHOS of a temporary
n.ituro have compallod thai-losing of mills
ind factories , but the fooling of confidence
s norortholcsa groivtor than It lias boon lor
invcral wooks. That ts to say thoru has
icon less liquidation in stocks. Ions liquidation
n cereals , except nt ChlcftRo , unit less
loprcclatlon in values nil along the lino.
lohlcrs have not continued to press salon ,
vhilo thu reduced priced have induced
niycrs to conio In. Despite the unfavorable
lovclnpmcnts In thn industrial situation ,
therefore , the outlook , ns nicasurnd by the
course of prices , is more encouraging than n
wcok .
ago.
_ _
Itepcnl rirftt , Tiilk Afterward.
The conprcsimon who are most ro.iity to
ulr their opinions on llnauco nro uenonvlly
.hosu whoso opinions have least valuo. This
s OUR of the occasions when the country 1m *
vary llttlo use for thu talkative crank or the
man who knows it all.
Iluty Alxivn I'urljr.
Mlmicapnll * Trlfnme.
Gentlemen of the American congress , lat
your duliboratlons bo short , sharp and de
cisive. The people want no pettifogging for
purposes nt this stage of the game.
XKIIltAUKJ. .I.V/J XKIIltJHK.lXS.
Walt Jarmln of Oscaol.t is minus thumb
ns the result of carelessly londinir a shotgun.
Mrs. Leroy Johnson , a prominent laity of
Ilubbull , died of an attack of neuralgia of
the stomach.
William Fullers , nn old resident of Table
llock , has boon forced to have his log ampu
tated ns the result of nn accident July D.
Fred Edwards , a 1'J-ycar-old Tnblo Rook
lad , used a hammer to explode a car't htuto.
ilu will recover , but his face is badly disilg-
urcd. ,
According to President Perkins of the
llurlington , Nebraska City is the only town
on his road that has shown n positive in
crease in business tins year. The business
there has boon M5.000 bettor so far this year
than last.
Mark M. Goad of Fremont will bo nn ex
hibitor at the horse show of the World's
fair and 111 next wonk ship about a. dozen
of his Pcrcherou horses to Chicago to bo
entered In the horse show , which will con
tinue from August Ul toSuptomber 0.
An unknown party of men secured an entrance -
trance in the rear door of the Catholic
church at North Platte and drilled In the
top of the safe , which was used for the pur
pose of keeping records , and exploded
dynamite within it , blowing tlio door off and
causing much confusion. The parties
mounted horses and csc-npcd.
Two very bad casualties happened near
Arlington the other day. Mrs. Herman
Stork , while returning home , her team be
came frightened nml ran away , throwing
Mrs. Stork out and tearing the butrgy to'
pieces. She is dangerously hurt. Mr. H.
M. Hamilton , living four miles in the
country , was thrown down by a vicious bull
and badly , if not dnngerou-il.v , injured.
Two emigrants burglarized the house of J.
W. Armstrong , a Sarpy county farmer , dur
ing the owner's absence and secured a shot
gun , some money and a few other articles.
They were seen leaving the house by a young
brother of Armstrong and followed to Louis
ville , but ns the marshal was out of town
they succeeded In passing through town un
molested , but were followed by a posse of
men , and when near the Hurlington depot
loft , tholr team and took to the woods. The
team was taken in charge by their pursuers
and taken back to Sarpy county. The men
swam the Platte river and made good their
escape.
DOUGLAS COUNTY KOAD3.
Couimtftttoner Steinberg Itevifnvfl the Work
In X'rogrfltti unit Propcnt.
Chairman Stenborg of .the Board of County
Commissioners was asked yesterday morning
ns to what the commissioners were doing
with reference to county road work.
"Well. " said the chairman , "there Is really ,
nothing of any special importance going on ,
but wo are getting the roads of the county
m first class sliapo and nt a minimum of ex
pense to thu county. Practically none of
the work now in progress is costing more
than 11 cents a cubic yard to handle. In
stead of waiting for tlio rainy season ,
when the expense of road repair
ing is so heavy , wo have taken
time by the forelock this year , and all but
one or two of this season's contracts are nl-
rend5' lot and being carried out , nt the aver
age price stated. The roads of Douglas
county will be in as good condition this fall ,
generally speaking , as can bo desired.
"As to what will bo done in the matter efFort
Fort Crook road I can't say Just now.
There is moro or less objection to the ox-
icnditure of any county funds in this mat-
.er , and I have not yet been able to bring a
majority of the board around to my view of
the caso. That the opening of this road
would bo a good thing there can be no rca-
sonablo doubt whatever. It is bound to
jring lots and lots of trade that is not now
coming hero nt nil.
"As far ns the expense is concerned , my
resolution does not call for any great outlay
on the part of the county , but recommends
; ho apptopriation of suflleient fund i to cover
ihe expanse of paving intersections , which
South Omaha cannot afford , and for building
i sewer under the road where it crosses the
creek , thereby involving an outlay of loss
than $ < ) , < > " < > . That is all , and if people will
only look nt thu matter from a business
standpoint they will sco almost incalculable
ad vintages in making the small outlay sug
gested.Vo are drawing trade from Wash
ington county now that wo never had before
tlioso improvements were inndo up near the
line , and the same can bo done with n great
amount of Sarpy county trade if the roaa la
opened to Fort Crook. "
KI' ifii.r Jixi'oitT ji.tr.
3r Northwestern Dniilern rinil Tlioy Can .Muk <
13 lllg Money Till * Your.
0 Sioux CITV , Aug. 10. A mooting of 1m :
dealers of the northwest was hold hen
yesterday at which the Interstate Ilu ;
Dealers' association was organl/od and olll
o cers elected. The association will take inoas
os uros to promote the exportation of hay dl
s The who lit th
root to England. inun nro
u head of the movement presented to the meet
Ing statements of the terms which railroad
and ocean transportation lines Have made o
shipments of hay to England , nnd from tlics
the mooting decided the surplus hay of thi
section can be exported at a good prollt , an
that foreign demand will plat-o higher price
on hay than over buforo. Thu now assocli
tlon will invite all the hay dealers in th
northwest to become members , nnd expect
to muko this staple ono of the loading ni
tides of export from the northwest the conIng
'
Ing fall.
/.v
Tivu OcntliB nt runmtoolu anil 1'oniiln Iem
IMC Ti > ivn by the llundri-il.
PCNSACOIA , Fla. , Aug. 10. The count
Hoard of Health has issuud n nullotin nt
nouneing that two deaths have occurred I
this city that of Kov. F. C. Walto an
ICllon Wood from pronounced yellow fovei
This created almost a panic and nt least 15
people loft thu city by last night's train.
MOSTOOMKIIV , Ala. , Aug. 10. In view a
thu ureaklng out of yellow fever in Pcnst
cola , Fla. , and two deaths there , Uovorno
Jones issued a proclamation last nigh
ngalnst the infected district of Florldi
Montgomery begun Iho enforcement of rlgl
( | uarantlno. No Pensacoln passengers wcr
allowed to stop hero last night. Coasldoru
blu scare prevails.
llrnilrlck Hramliall.
, Mr. W. H. Hradrlck was married to MU
s
r. Oracle Hramhall , both of Omaha , at 8a :
id o'clock , at the resulenco of the groom'
brother yesterday. Kov. I. A. IJrudrlcU , th
father of the groom , oOlciatod.
llUV.fl ) AllUVT Till ! PA lit ,
Another mnn with wheels in his bond hfi
Announced that ho will soon give nn imita
tion of A man who thinks ho lint n succctiful
air ship. The show rrlll come off on the
plftlsMicn.
Capo Colony hni the distinction of exhibitIng -
Ing the larcrrtt elephant tusk known of in
thu world. It U seven and one-half foot in
length and wolth ; l&S pounds.
The colored people of Chicago nro mnklng
strong efforts to bring members of tholr
race to the fair , that they may prollt bv Its
winder * . The nr t excursion will bo from
Louisville , August ai. The date has not yet
boon fixed for an excursion from this section.
Joseph Jefferson will appear In an outdoor
production of "As You Llko It" on August
! ttl. The play will bo given on the open
space of ground hack of the Oorman build
ing , which 1ms boon given the name of
Sylvundale. The plnco Is admirably sup
plied with trees for the purpose of ft stage
setting.
In tlio Ohio collection of prehistoric relics
of thn people who Inhabited the Ohio , Mis
sissippi and Missouri valleys there are to bo
seen in the Anthropological building skele
tons well preserved , battle axes of stone ,
spo.ir and arrowheads , pottery nml weapons
made of copper and ornaments of tlio same
metal. Two kinds of waves have been re
produced , ono a stone gr.ivo , with Us ikclo-
ton within , the other n reproduction of n pit
In the tumulous , or mound , m which the
true mound builder was Durltd.
Nevada contributes to the fair a number
of remarkable prehistoric exhibits showing
footprints in rocks of the mammoth , the
horse and of mail. The rocks nro from a
quarry .it nn altitude of about 5,000 feet
above ) the sea level and are dutined with
great clearness and In great numbers , Foot
prints of gigantlo birds nru also shown , the
bird being or the species thu remains of somu
of which nnvu boon found in Kansas , whom
It was tlrst shown that nt ono period birds
existed which had teeth. They existed
previous to the cretaceous period.
In the Government bulldlne is a table
showing the land patunted "by railroads
during thu lUcal year endinglunu HO , 1MVJ.
The Union Pacilio claimed r > : t,017.Si : acres in
Colorado , and 54ii : , : > Vt.ai acres In Kansas.
The Atlantic & Pacific railroad was given
HTU.O'.l'.l.as acres of land in Arizona , while the
Northern Piieiilo secured 'Jt4G'Ji , > . 12 acres in
North Dakota. The Hastings it Dakota railroad -
road got iS/JM.lV.i acres in Minnesota , and
the Southern Minnesota railroad 1,810,80
acres in the same stale. Thu total number
of norcs of lands vateiitcd in that year was
2OlSn.-iUM : , against ; iU&Sli7U.23 acres , which
Is a marked decrease from the preceding
year.
"Over by the Anthropolock-al bulldintr , "
says a Chicago paper , "there is a hlffhiy
educated Indian who speaks in n very qulut
way about the 'uncivilized whites. " The
other day whiln ho was making his toilet the
curtain to his tent wns lifted , and two
women wearing badges and from Uoston
stood then ! and watched him go on with his
dressing. Ho finally turned around and said
to the ono holding the curtain : 'Madam , how
would you like to have mo walk into your
nrivato dressing room and watch yon make
your toilet ? ' She looked astonished nt his
pure English , blushed and walked away.
That Indian is called the handsomest man at
thn World's lair. "
A largo map south of the big globe in the
Government building shows how and when
the territory of the United Stntna was
brought together. The thirteen o iginiil
states are represented in modest cr.iy. A
largo streak of bright .yellow running n-oni
the Gulf of Mexico to the northern bound
ary of tlio country has printed on its sur
face : "Province of Louisiana coded to the
United States by Franco , 1803. " The terri
tory known as the Gadsden purchase of 185:1 :
is shown in dark rod , while the Texas an
nexation of 1845 is portrayed in white.
Florida , coded hy Spain in 1819 , take * a lUht
pink color , and the territory coded by Mexico
ice in 1848 shows in bright green. Tlioso
cessions , together with the area Just west of
the Alleghnny mountains , which became a
part of the United States in 1815 , make up
tlio present territory of the country.
K AXII T111XUS.
R : Take Grovor's confidence renovator.
liland Is the short for "Man-Afraid-of-His
Own-Hallo. "
It is evident the silver men will experi
ment with air restoratives.
The market for war clouds abroad appears
to bo overrun with Russian bears.
To maintain a show of consistency the
white mutallists must talk. That , like the
metal , is cheap.
The Corinth canal , bosrun in Emperor
Nero's timu , has just been finished. Lot
the Omaha postofllco take courago.
A Uoston poet confesses that his voice
'bore him up and onward to somber
heights. " Ho probably inflated the balloon.
An Omaha grave digger banishes melan
choly reflections wliilo on dutv by softly
murmuring , "Man wanti but little hero
below. "
"The beautiful simplicity and harmony of
the platform , " exclaimed the Now York Sun
in tonus of ghoulish glee , Just Cleveland
kicked a hole In section 1) ) .
A Boston Post reporter , recently describ
ing n suicide , said : "It is qnltn certain that
lie was unmarried , and * there Is absolutely
no apparent motive for the self-destruction. "
Joseph HcsscI , the Austrian who is said to
have invented the inarino screw propeller ,
died in abject poverty. H'.it a monument
was erected to his memory the other day in
Vienna.
Strange things happen nowadays that are
lost in the financial maelstrom. Thu New
York World lucidly sketches this phenom
ena : "To facilitate matters Xclgllng picked
up the girl end carried her In his arms. Ill
hml not Rene more thnn thirty feet when
deafening thunder clap waa honrd , followed
by n blinding flash of llRlitnlng. "
The monument erected over the grave of
the poet , Jnmrs Ontos Perelvnl , nt Hazel
( Jrecn , Wls. , through tlio efforts of the fac
ulty of Ynlo college nnd a few others , will
soon bo unveiled. It Is of Connecticut granIte -
Ito , In three sections nnd vrclghs five tons.
U bears this Inscription , vrlth his name , nnd
dates of birth , trrndiiAtlon nnd death ; "Km-
Inenl ns a poet , rarely accomplished as a lin
guist , learned ami acute In science a man
without gullo. "
When n wixvo of Icy dissent struck Tommy
Patterson's silvery tones in the Chicago
wigwam a year ngo , n large gob of dlsliko
was congealed in Tommy's palpltator. Ho
Joined the popa forthwith nnd began a bom-
b.trdment of Huzzard's Hay. AVIitlo neve-
laud did not surrender , Tummy imagined
tlio innu of destiny was humbled. He
turned his picture to tlio wiill nnd bided liU
lime. The "crowning Infamy" catno with
the message. The turned picture was reno
vated nnd now graces "tho galaxy of exe
crated celebrities" In the lumber room of
the Itoi'ky mountain terror. There Is no
hope for Cleveland unless ho buys Tommy a
bowwow.
mi : /-o.vu ji.i.v/r ,
Cur.KK , Nob. , Aug. 0. To the
Editor of Tur. HKI : : In your morning edition
of Tiiu HER yesterday on page 4 , under
thu head of Tscbraska nml Nobr.iskans , wo
notlco the following ; "The broken Hattlo
Creek Vnlloy bank , which has been In the
hands of Hecoivcr Kdgccomtm for some time ,
wns transferred last week to the i-nro of J ,
W. Hosu , a now receiver. "
This Is an error. 1 1 should bo Farmers and
Drovers bank In place of ours.Vo hope
you will correct the error at once. Yours
truly , S. 1C. WAIIHICK , Cashier.
A
Star "There conditions "
Wimlilngtnn : nro ,
Raid iho man who started thn vuntllullni : fan ,
"nnilur which ono Is Jnstlllud In putting on
nlrs. "
Itnltlnmro American : As liny U to ln < lUtoil
on tlio.Ninv YorlStock.'orlmnin ; ft will nut l > u
considered n want of enterprise to gu tu
tgrnsti ,
I'hlhidulphln Times : It proves thn Inllnencn
of n hlKh position Unit In looking ut the mer
cury In tno HI rout thurnioniutur tumie men
tnku oil thulr linUs.
Hoimirvlllo Journal1'nt : iivuti n slnulo drop
of whlsl.y un it scorpion and It will Immrill-
nloly slim ; llsolf to death. A scorpion Is o
dltfurtmt from a innnl
Imlliinupolli Journal : Miss 1'lw Doe * your
husband love you as much as ho did nhon you
llr.st wuro wed ?
YOIIIIK Mrs l-'ltts I gnoss so. 1 h.ivon't
avkud him about It In thu lust throe or four
woeks.
Philadelphia Iloi-onl : "How Is Ilorrowoll
getting 'lotiRf" "N'ot very well. Kiimi tlio
fnct that ho just tnm-hed mu for live , 1 linnglnu
hu Is gutting Miort. "
SI. Louts Post : Itoburt Homier Is said lo bn
liiK rapidly. U Is likely , however , that Mr ,
Itunnor hopus "tu Im continued. "
Washington Star : "Who siys there U nolhlmi
now under thusnnV" : defiantly asks the .small
boy with thu now shoos.
Chicago I'ost : llt-roiiftcr the shortening
powers of lard will have a deopnr HlKnlllcanCii
lo certain members uf thu ' ! liioago Honrd of
Trade.
Foniervlllo Jonrn.il : Somebody declares that
American women are urowlnv ; taller , whllu thu
men nro getting shorter. A now bonnol ci-r-
lalnly 1msa tendency to make a woman tall
and nt the name time tu make her husband
short.
Washington Star : "llnvoyou a Rood car for
inu.Uhu Inquired of tnu youiiK man who
Is both nmitor-nf-fact nnd alHuiit-mlndi l.
"I don't know , " was the reply , "I nuvor tried
to pluy on It. "
Philadelphia Time * : It Is a wnndur nobody
has thought uf frou colnagu for American tin.
Iltiffnlo Ooiirhrn"Tlioy ) : sny I'rlntmn'H nun
story paper lias talien like wllclllrivnmoni ; thu
women. " "Y sj thu result uf one of I'.rlmom'H
llttlu schemes. " "How's that ? " "Uifr
thu last , chapter uf each serial llrut.-
ClilciiKO Record : Smlthson What time hava
yon Ron1
Tlio financier ( despondently ) Thirty day
ut U pur cunt.
A gilKKV.
nctrnlt Free I'I-CM.
"Ilu Jiltos tha dust , " the pout crlos ,
When In tlio poem Hnpi-rt ( lies ;
Anil nil of us of nlalrier mind.
To liner shades of meaning blind ,
Itisn ni ) and ask why Unpurt should
Do such a thlnfr. Is dust su Kood
Ho wants to eat It ? Or Is It
An enemy that must bo lilt ?
Thu dust Is linlpluhs ; Rupert might
Ilavu bolter bit thu othur nlKbt ;
Or but Int It RO. Why , oh , why ,
Must lEupurt bite the dint lu die ?
cuxt :
Slur.
Aren't yon xlnd to sen oongross ntjaln ,
.lolly nnd noliy and full of K < > OI ! elieur ,
1'iuzllng o'or matters that you think are
plain ,
MaliliiK some mutters that pu//.lo you
clear ?
Tliinm'li yon have called It some things that
nro bad.
Say , now honestly , iiron't you gladV
Aren't yon clad lo sen IVITor and .Tones ;
Ulad fur tin ) chancus to llngur and hark
To the music of Simpson's oracular to iis ,
Anl : the novel eirmlcms of ( JiingroKsnian
lilarUV
Though soini-tlinos yon say that those tlilngj
nialfo you sud
Buy , now honestly , aren't , you glad ?
" & COL
Lurrfost Mantif lolnrars : in 1 Ilntallorj
ol Ululhlnx In tin ) World.
This eold weather
Reminds us that Christmas is coming1 , and
before many weeks
we will be "showing
ono of the Ilnest lines
of new fall goods
over brought"otc. .
you know the song.
But we'll talk about
that later. Wo are
now showing some
great bargains in boy's
and men's light weight suits at such low
prices that we are busy dealing them out. In
these times a man wants to make his dollar
go as far as possible and for that reason buys
his suit of us because it will wear longer and keep J
its shape better than any other and ho won't have
to be spending some more silvers before the times
\ , get better. Long headed people buy the best clothing
d
do ing to be had. Our prices many broken sizes am
i-
about half what they used to bo.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
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