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cnee this 2.1 Uny nf June. 1WI ,
( Senl. ) N. I' . F131U .Votary 1'ubllc.
There la now n free Field In the First
congressional district of this state.
Docllimtlons to be a candidate for con-
Crcss nro tliu order of the dny. Next !
DurltiB the election In Oregon the "armp
of voters" Is this year compelled to give
way to the "navy of voters. "
Boss Wiley declares The Ueo lied when
Jt charged him with owning twelve council-
men. Ho says ho owns fourteen.
The police commission has been playing
hide-and-seek long enough with regard to
the detective scandals. It must cither fisher
or cut bait. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The New York Sim has dubbed the
stalwart chairman of the senate finance
committee "tho Hon. Denial AV. Voorhees. "
The man who can beat him In denying state
ments that arc absolutely true Is In vigorous
demand.
The chief detective that does not detect
defiant ! proclaims that he cannot bo dis
missed no matter what he may liavo done
because the chief dare not Incur his dis
pleasure , and It looks very much as If this
were true.
If wo are not mistaken It was Judge
Ilascall who publicly staked his reputation
as a lawyer upon the constitutionality of
his pet garbage collection ordinance. But
then the judicial decree overruling his
position will not disturb htm greatly , as ho
did not have much to put at stake.
The resignation of an assistant post
master general will bo welcome news to
the hordes of hungry democrats who have
thus far been left out of the patronage deal.
Deaths nro few enough , but a resignation
Is a veritable surprise. But the. coming ap
pointment to the vacancy carries with It a
train or darkness and dismal disappointment.
Nebraska populist representatives In con
gress are said to bo at perfect ease with
regard to their prospects for renomtnatlon
on the populist ticket. They do not care to
run the risk of having their salaries docked
for the tlmo they might spend In repairing
fences at home. They therefore prefer to bo-
llevo that their fences are In no need of
repair.
In deciding to Issue neither Invitations to
Ills wedding nor announcements of his mar
riage Congressman Mercer Is missing ono
of the opportunities of his life. The receipt
of ono of those precious cards by each ono
of his constituents would bo appreciated
tnoro than all the kisses that have over been
lavished upon the babies of the Second Ne
braska congressional district.
The milk dealers denounce an untrue the
claim that a license fee Is necessary to In
spect milk. At this point wo agree with
the milk dealers perfectly. Any milk Inspector
specter who should .attempt , to ascertain the
quality of milk by the means of a HCCIIHO
too would not only display his unlltness for
his position , but would also hold himself
up as a proper subject for the Insane
asylum. Let the Inspection of milk proceed
by the employment of the ordinary and
rcccgnlzed tests.
The democratic leaders in the senate arc
now particularly anxious to see that the
Bonato does a good day's work each day.
This Is an Intimation that It has not been
doing a good day's work of late and that
It has to be spurred on to do so. Of course
wo have to Judge the efficiency of every
legislative body by the results accomplished.
Judging by the work of the present session
of Qonuross , our legislators will have no
difficulty In counting tha number of days
on which they are accredited with the performance -
formanco of a good day's work.
The Gougar woman no wmakes public con
fession of what was known all along , that
her services were enlisted In the cause of
prohibition during the campaign of 1890 for
revenua only. She Is no exception to- the
general run of professional prohibition agi
tators except so far as the prlco demanded
Is concerned. She says that she received
oply 11,000 for speaking once or twlco a
day for a month. She may possibly bespeaking
speaking the truth this time , although the
truth is not usually In her line. Even the
prohibitionists will Imvo to admit that she
managed o rake off several times more
than she was worth.
There must ba kinks somewhere In our
system of criminal prosecution , when n man
can deliberately shoot n woman for no
reason whatever , ami then after languishing
a short tlmo In Jail , walk out without oven
the formality of a trial , i Imply because tho.
Injured woman does not care to prosecute.
Had he killed the woman , as was his In
tention , he would Imvo hud to undergo a
trial without reference to" Uio wishes of auy
of the parties Involved. If-prosecution Is to
depend entirely upon the whlma of the pris
oners' victims , a great loophole Is opened
for the escape of criminals. When a.caso li
BO plain that a plea of guilty Is almost an
assured fact , giving the prisoner his llboity
dnei not set a very wholesome example for
other offenders.
K Attn TIIK suaAti
The testimony of Secretary Carlisle before
the senate Investigating committee clearly
establishes his connection with the guar
schedule of the tariff bill. Whether what
he did In that connection was upon his own
motion or was dictated by BOIMO outside In
fluence the testimony does not make en
tirely clear , The secretary admitted that
he had drawn up a schedule providing for
an ad valorem duly of 40 per cent on raw
sugars and ono-clfilith of a cent on refined ,
and that ho had done this at the request of
Senator Jones of the finance committee. Ho
says ho agreed to do this because It was a
service the Treasury department was In the
habit of rendering the members of the son
ata finance committee. It Is undoubtedly
true that secretaries of the treasury have
always had moro or less to do nlth the
framing of tariff measures , but there Is
something peculiar In this case. Tliu sugar
schedule drawn by Secretary Carlisle , pro
viding an ad valorem duty for raw sugars
and a specific duty for refined , was accepted
almost without question by the democrats
of the finance committee , or a majority of
them , and It was satisfactory-to the Sugar
trust. Now this Is to bo considered In as
sociation with the , fact that the president of
the trust had visited the secretary of the
treasury , presumably upon business , and the
secretary had given him a note of Introduc
tion to Senator Mills , with whom It Is rea
sonable to assume Mr. Havermcyor also
wanted to talk business , but who de
clined to see him. What Is the ob
vious suggestion of the circumstances
that after the president of the Sugar
trust had called upon the secretary of
the treasury the latter was requested by
a member * of the finance committee to
submit a sugar schedule , which had been a
source of prolonged contention : that the sec
retary promptly compiled with this request ,
and hat the schedule drawn by him was ac
cepted by the democrats of the finance committee
mittee- and was satisfactory to the trust ?
Is there not a very strong probability that
the trust had some Influence In the matter ?
Secretary Carlisle said he could not remem
ber what was said by the several persons
who called to sco him about tariff legislation
on sugar , but he remembered that there was
no Intimation that th < 5 democratic party was
under obligations to the Sugar trust. Mr.
Carlisle Is esteemed a man of candor and
veracity , but a great many people will think
it strange that in the brief tlmo that has
elapsed since his talk with Mr. Havermeyor
and others Interested In the sugar schedule ,
and who naturally would have endeavored
to make their conversation as Impressive as
possible , ho should have forgotten what they
said.
Secretary Carlisle denies the allegation
that ha asked that the Interests of the Sugar
trust bo protected because of the demo
cratic party's obligations to It , but this must
bo taken for what It U worth In the light of
his admissions. These Indicate , considered
In connection Ylth the fact that ho had held
Interviews with several representatives of
the sugar refining Interest , confessedly In
reference to the sugar schedule , that ho
was not unmindful of that Interest when ho
submitted the schedule. Indeed It Is not
an unfair or unreasonable Inference that
the rates submitted by the secretary were
suggested by the representatives of the trust.
The disclosure will have the effect to Impair
popular confidence In Secretary Carl'sle. No
body will suspect that he profited personally
or Intended to profit personally by lite con
nection with this matter. The con
clusion must be , notwithstanding his denial ,
that ho was Impelled by political considera
tions which he could not resist to urge the
finance committee to adopt a schedule which
was satisfactory to the trust , and It Is per-
feftly obvious that several members of that
committee Were most willing to do so.
DISCUSSION.
It Is expected that the currency discussion
In the house of representatives will continue
through the present week at least , with the
probability of lasting longer. The proposition
upon which action will first bo had Is the
repeal of the 10 per cent tax -oh state bank
Issues , and from the debate on this thus far
no definite conclusion can be formed as to
what the result of a vote Is likely to be.
The opinion of those who have made a care
ful study of the situation Is that uncondi
tional repeal of the tax cannot carry , but
there Is a possibility of the adoption of a
measure embracing conditional repeal. The
southern democratic representatives manifest
a determined purpose to accept nothing short
of the removal of the tax without any con
ditions , but some of them will probably
change their minds rather than take the risk
of not having the tax repealed.
It has been shown in the course of the dis
cussion thus far that the opinion Is pretty
general that ono of the great needs In our
currency system Is greater elasticity. Those
who oppose the unconditional repeal of the
stnto bank tax conccdo this. Representative
Warner of Now York , who Is the author of a
banking bill that has been commended by
good financial authorities , said In his speech
on this subject last Saturday that the condi
tion of our financial affairs last summer had
demonstrated the Inadequacy of our bank
note currency system. During the late panic
the currency had been Increased by addi
tions to national bank circulation only about
IVi per cent , or less than half the amount
by which the banks of a single city virtually
Increased It by clearing house certificates'
alono. "In every particular except security , "
said Mr. Warner , "our national bank currency
system has proved a most striking uxampln
of what such a currency ought not to bo. "
Unquestionably this reflects the opinion of
a majority of the democrats In the house ,
and probably , also , of some republicans ,
as It certainly does of a number of
flnanclora. There arc national bankers In
the cast and elsewhere , who are not opposed
to a state bank currency under proper safe
guards and regulations. The difficulty Is to
provide these , for when It Is proposed that
the federal government shall exercise super
vision over state banks the objection 'is
made that this would be an unwarrantable
Interference with the authority of the states.
No plan has yet boon devised that over
comes this objection , The nearest approach
to ono Is the Warner bill , which provides
for the conditional repeal of the tax on state
bank Issues. This measure- proposes that
notes shall bo Issued to state banks and
national banking associations by the comp
troller of the currency , the notes to bo
registered In the olHco of that official. They
shall be furnished to a state bank only when
the laws of the state In which the bank
may bo located shall have given holders of
Its circulating notes a first lien upon Its
assets and made thorn a liability against
shareholders , as Is now the rule In the case
of national banks. It Is aisu required that
adequate provision bo made by the state for
the redemption of notes Issued by state
banks , cither at the state capital or eomo
city designated by the comptroller. Notes
Khali not be furnished to a state bank until
U shall have 'a paid-up and unimpaired
capital of not less than iso.000. The comp.
troller of the currency must also be satis-
fled that th r neKregato amount of notes
Issued , Including- national bank notes , has
been kept less In amount than 75 per cent
of the paid-up and unimpaired capital. All
banks , other th.in national banks , thus per
mitted to use notes are to bo subject to
the same requirements ns to report nnd In
spection now provided In the laws regulat
ing national banks. State banks established
under this bill would not bo confined to
United States bonds as a basts of circulation ,
but could use as security state , county and
municipal securities. The great Importance
of this question Is generally recognized
and a wlso solution Is certainly to bo dc-
slrcd , but this Is hardly to bo hoped for
from the present congress , owing to the
fact that tha party In power Is hopelessly
divided as to a policy , with a majority
firmly In favor of restoring to state banks
the privilege of Issuing notes which they
enjoyed before the 10 per cent tax was Im
posed. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TIIK COMMISSION MUSTSIIOH'ITS HAND.
About three months ago Mayor BemJs
requested Chief Soavey to report the number
of assignation houses andi dissolute women
outsldo. of the burnt district. Shortly there
after Chief Seavcy submitted a report In re
sponse to this requisition which was an ex
act duplicate of the -police court register.
Thereupon Mayor Bcmls Informed the chief
that this Information was accessible to hint
through the police court. What he demanded
was a report of the number of disorderly
resorts outside of the district that had failed
to reglster"atid the number of women of III-
fame scattered about the city. To this re
quest the chief made response a few days
later through a report signed by Chief De-
tectlvo Haze and Sergeant Slgwart. These
officers stated officially that after a full In
quiry they found but two houses of assigna
tion and no women of Ill-fame outside of the
district.
On the face of It this report was an au
dacious falsification of facts so notorious as
to bo beyond successful contradiction. Chief
Seavey must have known that.Hazo and Slg
wart had palmed off a statement- which
convicted them of downright falsification and
official dereliction which deprives them of
credibility. That a man who will lie w'lll steal
Is an old adage. It may not bo absolutely
true In this Instance , but we boldly assert
that no man Is fit for public duty who will
deliberately misstate facts. The least Chief
Seavey could have done was to suspend the
officers and call the attention of the police
commissioners to their misconduct. So far
as we know the chief has not even repri
manded the delinquents. And what Is still
moro inexcusable , he has recently Issued an
order directing Haze and another detective
to servo notice on the keepers of assignation
houses and women of 111-famo that subsist
In various parts of the city to move Into
the district within five days under penalty
of being sent to jail.
This Is an open confession that the reports
heretofore made to Mayor Bemls were false.
It there arc houses of assignation putsldd of
the two that have been reported as paying
fines they were here three months ago and
must have been known to the chief belled
cat of the detectives then as they are now.
If there were no women of 111-reputo scat
tered around the city three months ago they
are not hero now. There has been no Influx
of this class recently , except such as Land
lord Martin has Imported Into his preserve.
And yet a score or moro have been found
and received notices , as we are Informed.
This Is only an Index of the Inefficiency
of the detective force. When the detectives
are allowed to Impose upon the chief other
subordinates must naturally ceaseto respecl
him or his authority. Fro'm the highest to
the lowest the force Is demoralised. This
the police commission can no longer Ignore.
They must either reorganize the force by
weeding out Insubordlnatcs and crooks or
the public will begin to believe the stories
now afloat that the detectives hold clubs
over the heads of their superiors and that
the superiors do not dare to do their duty
for fear of exposure.
ANTIIUAOITB GOBS UP.
The strike of the coal miners and the con-
seqc"nt scarcity of bituminous coal Is bearIng -
Ing with untold severity not only upon the
strikers and mine operators , but also upon
the various Interests that are to a greater1 or
lessor extent dependent upon the coal sup
ply for their continued oxlstenco. kWe hoar
of factories and mills upon every side closing
down 'or running on part time , of the diffi
culties of ( he railroads to maintain their
store of fuel , of the stoppage of electric light
works and other power plants In different
cities , and of the substitution of wood , oil
and so forth for coal by numerous con
sumers. Whllo all these classes , however ,
are suffering Inconvenience and hardship , not
to mention the financial loss occasioned
thereby , there Is at least ono gigantic In
dustrial combination whoso members are rub
bing their hands In glee and hoping that
the coal famine may bring tha people * to
still moro desperate straights. The anthra
cite coal monopoly keeps Its forces well untlex
control and promises to make the best of the
opportunity which the scarcity of soft coal
has made for It.
Only last wenk the eastern sales agents of
the anthracite coal combination held a meet
ing In Now York to consider the situation
and before they emerged the prlco of anthra
cite coal had been materially raised. There
was said to have been some little opposition
within the ranks to this action , not by rea
son of any tender regard for the public , but
because the expediency of raising ratoj Just
at this moment was doubted. The coal
barons had had difficulty enough In restrict
ing the output sufficiently to keep prices nt
their present level. The Increase this tlmo
could not bo based upon any change In the
available s-upply. It could rest only on the
proipcct of a demand stimulated by those
consumers reduced to the extremity of burnIng -
Ing hard coal In place of soft coal. The
temptation , however , was Irresistible- the
quotations on anthracite suiftenly rose from
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15 to 25 cents per ton. Under the agree
ment to limit the output to CO per cent of
the total estimated capacity of the coal
mines the coal barons hope to bo able to
maintain the new schedule this scasorr no
matter how teen the strike In the bltuml-
noua mines may bo brought to a close. It
It | s much prolonged they will see to It
that anthracite Is shoved several notches
higher.
It Is only by reason of the close combina
tion ot the anthracite mine owners that
they are able to assume the position which
they now occupy. Any other Industry would
quicken Its energies nooon as U felt the
Impulse of a better demand for Its products.
Prices would bo raised only until the In
creased production could catch up with the
Increased demand. That the coal barons are
able to run counter to the ordinary laws of
corrpotltlvu pursuits shows to what an ex
tent they have converted tholr business Into
an exclusive and arbitrary monopoly.
Votf , Votol
Bt. Ix > uU Globe-Democrat.
Sherman's great upeech on the tariff prac
tically closes the debate , and all additional
talking will be superfluous. "
TltR RVd.llt COA
New York \MorWi Instead of Investigat
ing the fraudn > ot ltd own ticker-tainted
members the dark-lantern senate has mere
ly been trylng-to. find out who told the
newspapers nbqutilt.
Minneapolis Journal : The senate sugar
Investigating coilnnlttea will 111 all probabil
ity solicit a fc.vfjm ra denials , condemn the
newspaper correspondents who gave the
deal away and 'adjourn with a proud con
sciousness of dUty' welt performed.
Now York W6rldi' Senator McPherson has
found It necessary 'to explain another pur
chase of 500 snhrod of Sugar stock by his
son Just at thcutlnie , when the senate situ
ation was such , as , to make a tip from a
senator valuable , ills explanation Is that
a telegram ordering the purchase ) was
written and left , on his desk before- his son
consulted htm as to the purchase. Ho ad
vised against It flu unseemly and compro
mising , but neither ha nor his son remem
bered to destroy the telegram , and a super-
serviceable servant carelessly sent It off
with others that were Intended to go. There
are some explanations so Ingenious that It
Is on the whole better not to make thorn.
Chicago Herald : After considerable
squirming and wriggling Senator Mcl'herson
has admitted that although ho stopped spec
ulating In Sugar certificates when the tariff
bill came up for consideration he thought
fully turned his holdings over to his son ,
"who has made money on It. " There will
bo people mean enough to say that young
Mcl'horson's success In speculation may be
traced to the fact that the old man Is a
member of the finance committee , which
fixed the tariff on sugar , , but people will
talk , as every ono knows. Senator Mcl'her
son was , ns a matter of fact , only following
the example ot the bankrupt spoken of by
Private John Allen , who had everything ,
even to his religion , In his wife's name for
safety.
Washington Star : Senator Hill Is right.
The Investigation Is to dcu'rmlno the truth
or falsehood of certain charges against sen
ators , and not to discover and punish those
who made the accusations , on the assump
tion that they tire false. The statement was
printed that a lobbyist had attempted to
bribe Senator Hunton and Senator Kyle. If ,
Instead of questioning these two senators
and the alleged would-be briber on the sub
ject , the Investigating committee , carefully
refraining from recourse to these natural
witnesses , had summoned newspaper mon
and questioned them as to the persons who
had told them of the attempted bribery , and
threatened to Imprlsott them If they did not
disclose , the Buttz Investigation would have
.been as farclal as the sugar Investigation.
There Is no reason why a. different course
should bo pursued In the two Inquiries.
First , lot the senators and' others reflectjd
upon testify that the accusations are false ;
tl'cn will bo the fitting time to discover and
punish the makers and circulators of llbel-
ous statements ,
VOSFKItRUATK JlLOtt'IlO&ES.
Indianapolis Journal : Rev. Cave , who de
clared that the cause of secession was the
noblest of the century , yearns for a nonsectarian -
sectarian church. The church without a
belief would be Just the thing to go with
a government whose corner stone was hu
man slavery. ,
Globe-Democrat : Ilev. Dr. Cave , the elo
quent pastor of the wholly unscctarlan
Church of the Heavenly Secesh , will not re
turn at once to St. Louis. Ho will dwell
awhllo In the exalted ozone of the bowie-
knlvo chivalry of Virginia , before resuming
the salvation of the lost In the fetid atmos
phere of St. Loulf Puritanism.
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Washington Star ; . It Is unfortunate
that at thl $ . late day twenty-nine
years since the , war of the re
bellion came to jts , end a southern orator
should , with constilcupus publicity , and on a
day sacred to the union dead , revive and
cry aloud the do'qtrlno of righteous rebellion
onNtho part of ( hose who upheld nnd fol
lowed the flag ofjUhe ; confederacy. Sensible ,
Americans mualj' deprecate such outbursts.
For years the ppoplejof , the south protested
loudly against northern waving of the bloody
shirt ; they should. n all fairness , Insist
that their own , representatives permit the
ensanguined garjnenfTJo , rest In the Boll to
which all lovef-leaded * people have com
mitted It. The 'aayof strife is done this
Generation saw It not. Why then seek to
revive issues In.Jhe veins of which life
ceased long ngo to kflow ? ,
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"LoujSY llo " "Cour'icr-jJournal ! Itsls .1 pity
so imposing a ceremony ns.that of thv un
veiling. of the confederate soldiers' and
sailors' monument at Illchmond should have
been marred by some 'Ill-considered utter
ances from the orators of the day. nitrifica
tion of the dea'd heroes who surrendered tlelr
lives In defense of the southern causa dots
not require denunciation of those who fought
with equal sincerity and courage on the
other side. It Is surely possible to pay a
tribute to the conspicuous valor of the fol
lowers of Lee and Jackson and Johnston
without raking over old animosities and In
viting a reylval of boo'Iess discussions as
to the right and wrong of the war. It Is
surely possible to erect ' monuments that
shall perpetuate the memory of noble deeds
without charging thorn also with tin perpetu
ation of bitterness. It it Ja not possible wo
would better do without * any moro unveiling *
and reunions.
Conspiring AguliiHt i'cibllo Interests.
Chicago Herald.
Responsibility for the continuance of the
coal miners' strike cannot bo put upon the
strikers so long ns the operators refuse to
consider any proposal to arbitrate. There
Is a well justified suspicion that certain
of the mine owners are willing that the
strike should continue Indefinitely , or at
least until they have cleaned up their sur
plus stocks of coal at advanced prices.
Several of them Imvo admitted as much ,
Under these circumstances the miners can
not be charged with delaying a settlement
of the strike , although they will be held
to account for any outrage , that may be
perpetrated by disorderly nnd lawless mem
bers of their organization. Hut even for
these acts of lawlessness the operators will
bo In some desree responsible , unless they
meet their employes half way nnd take
measures to end the strike. The public ,
which is suffering loss and Inconvenience
through the * dlhputc , Is In no humor to
tolerate obstinacy on either side. If the
operators persist In delaylnw a settlement
they will feel the weight of popular re
sentment.
Itlglit SI 11 n for the Sannto.
Minneapolis Journal.
The Illinois republicans would make no
mistake In putting forward Editor Joseph
Medlll of the ChlciiRo Tribune as the suc
cessor of Senator Cullom in the federal
senate , as Is proposed , the- term ot the
latter expiring In 1S95. Mr. Media's 71
yeara rest lightly upon him. for he Is
sturdy as a matured oak , nnd Is splendidly
equipped for the duties of the position by
his strong maturity ot thought nnd judg
ment , his profound acquaintance with the
details of every question which has been in
public discussion In the last eventful forty
years ot onr national history , nnd his com
prehension of and devotion to the best In
terests of the country and of the republl-
'can party. Mr. Medlll bus occupied a con
spicuous and most honorable ppsltlon In
the councils of the party many years.
A iliiillrlul Ylmv of Corporations.
Judge. arOHscup'siMemorlnt nay Address.
It Is time that we should reverse , I think ,
the general policy r wn up In the United
States ot confecrwK.4 corporate existence
upon any lawful MoJat. . The license thus
extended has dona .mure than anything else
to obliterate the Imllvidual from our Indus
trial system. It IH' especially time that In
the management lot ( business enterprises
the old privileges pdoompetltlon should ba
re-established andmthe heavy hand ot Im
personal combination , removed. The exer
cise ot a power that prevents any man
from the pursuit .of such a calling tut his
means permit , without subjection to the
obstacles of unequal conditions , ought to
bo aa lawless as tlie Imposition of restraint
upon a right to work.
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MortoiiLuiiiJ Ilryun.
Chlfqn ) , Times.
J , Sterling Mortuiu'a cccord Is not of a na
ture to quality him to read W. J. llryan
out of the domocrAtlo party , and bis utter
ances will have no _ .effect In Nebraska.
where both men , their professions and their
practices , are known. What Mr. Morton's
Jibes and sneers may do. however. Is to In-
splro Mr. lirynn'H friends to announce htm
as. the candidate of the Nebraska democ
racy for the United Btatcx senate , and
should they do so Mir election Is as certain
as tlm defeat of U > e mortgage banker , now
secretary ot agriculture. In the eyent of his
ever asking unothcr olllcu at the hands of
the people whom li > 9 hypocrisy has long
slnco disgusted.
A Crnrk In tlm SolliTSmitli.
aidbe-Democrat ,
The municipal elections In Virginia lout
week were nqt , comforting to the demo
crats , They la t Norfolk , to the prohibi
tionist reformers by over 1,000 , und saved
Uoanoku from the republicans by only ten
majority. Their success In Illchmond was
probably due to the fact that no opposition
ticket was nominated.
inntas ,
I'al Carter of Council Hluffa U nn tip-to-
date Inventor. Dying machines are duo In
fly time.
The exposures of No. 1 typifies the fublo
of an ass braying over the dead lion. Tynan
lives , Parncll Is dead.
Philadelphia U outfUlng nn expedition to
bring Peary home. This Is itharactcrlstlc of
polar huntsr Send out your expedition ; then
send after 1U
The amount of swallowing done In the
vicinity of St. Joe and Atchlson gives color
to the report that the mouth of the Mlisourl
has forsaken Alton ,
Ono of the blgRCst mon In the country
wrapped the drapery of his couch .about him
recently nnd crossed the divide. His name
was William Dunlap , his homo Tlppecanoe ,
W. Va. Ho weighed a < auartor of a ton.
A ray of sunshine occasionally penetrates
the fog ot criticism with which the Chicago
press envelops the police. A courageous
policeman , who stopped a runaway horse at
the peril of his life , comes In for generous
praise on all sides. If the Incident Is a rare
one the commendation Is morn so.
The kinks of criminal Jurisprudence arose
so hopelessly tangled hereabouts that It Is not
surprising the usually wlde-awnko Chicago
Post gets confused In dealing with them.
The Davis twin , brothers were not sent to
the penitentiary together. Tholr game was
dfscovcred and checkmated In the county
Jail. Justice triumphed by accident.
Prof. Uogcr Ham Is adding new laurels
to the science of bttRology In the vociferous
precincts of Hogwallow. As a result of a
series of prolonged experiments the proforf-
ser Is forced to the conclusion that the
tumble-bug Is not n true 'symbol of rapid
transit , but cheerfully accords It deserved
pralso for the tireless perseverance mani
fested after the ball.
Judge Phillips of the United States court
at Kansas City has rendered an Important
decision Involving the question whether the
name of a corporation In one state could
bo used by another corporation In uny
other state. The Investor Publishing
company , publishers of the United States
Investor of Boston , brought suit for
Infringement of name by corporations In
Kansas City and Los Angeles. The court de
cided In favor of the Boston corporation ,
perpetually enjoining the defendants.
The Chicago Inter Ocean has undertaken
with refreshing zeal the work of revising
nnd amending the elegiac poem of Theodore
O'Hara. People who have hitherto admired
the heroic classic , the lines of which grace
the gates of national cemeteries , doubtless
observed certain Imperfections , but none es
sayed the task of correction. The poetic
expert of the I.-O. deemed the time pro
pitious for a modern rendition of the senti
ments O'Hara sought to express. For Instance -
stance , O'Hara ' wrote :
"Glory guards with solemn round
The bivouac of the dead. "
.Tho I.-O. export takes the sentiment by the
topknot , chucks In a fresh barrel , presses
, the button , and this Is the result :
"Glory walks with solemn sound
And guards the bivouac of the dead. "
KKItUASKA , AXl > AK11KASKAS8.
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j Potato bugs have appeared In the vicinity
.of Beatrice.
I About 200 acres of sugar beets have been
replanted In , the vicinity of Hagar.
' Herman Gehm's thumb was shot off whllo
'shooting gophers at Pierce last week.
Local Christian Endeavor societies held a
general conference at Pawnee City last week.
i Hepubllcans of Pawnee county reorganized
their league with a membership of about
200.
, A colony of 200 Germans will locate In
Cherry county near the mouth of Snake
river.
The business men ot Cook have subscribed
$100 for the support ot that town's base
ball team.
Schuyler Methodists have bought a hand
some new bell for their church weighing
1,109 pounds.
The postofflco fight In Talmago Is settled
finally by the apolntment of Colonel Will-
lam Eschmeyer.
Edward and Everett Lindsay , while on a
visit to Strahan with their friends , captured
seven young wolves.
The Ilock Island rain makers began oper
ations at Beatrice , Bellvlllo and Mankato
the first of last week ,
A number" of Omaha Indians and several
Mexicans , with a brown bear and two or
three monkeys , have camped down by the
I'latte river near Schuyler.
The executive committee of the Jefferson
County Old Settlers association decided to
hold tholr next reunion on August 30 and
31 and September 1 and 2.
Walt M. White sold his fine 300-acro stock
farm In Burt county , together with 140 head
of fat cattle , mules , horses and farm Imple
ments. The amount of the deal aggregated
some ? 17,000.
One hundred and fifty men are at work en
larging the canal at Kearney , which will
give that city a 9,000-horse power. Kearney
Is bound to bo In the swim and will see to
It that the water Is furnished.
Norfolk Is looking anxiously forward to
the location of a. paper mill there. A Mr.
Webb of Holyoke , Mass. , Is there taking a
view of the prospect of putting In a plant.
The chief requisite Is a good power and
water supply.
A circus train going to Hebron was
wrecked on the Rock Island crossing north
of Falrbury. A long flat car was derailed
on the frog. The wrecking crew went up
and soon got the car on the track again.
On .starting up another car containing a
wagon of birds , and another with a tiger ,
upset and the tiger came near escaping.
Dakota county has decided to Issue about
| 125,000 of refunding bonds to take up an
Issue of railroad bonds made twenty yeara
ago to aid the old Covlngton , Columbus &
Black Hills road. The original tssuo was
$93,000. Ten years ago It was necssary to
Issue $141,000 of bonds to refund them , and
slnco then the Issue has been cut down to
$125,000.
A party of hunters wore out near Waterbury -
bury when a wolf was discovered and driven
to her don. Spades were brought and an
effort was made to dig out the animal. The
excavators made good progress and were Just
about thinking that they had reached the
object of tholr search , when one of them
brought to the light of day a grinning
human skull. The Investigation was contin
ued until eighteen gastly human skeletons
lay sldo by side on the open prairie. Con
siderable speculation Is being Indulged In ,
the general opinion being that they were
the remains of a party massacred by In
dians.
Hlmntitlllftni In
Chicago rtecortl.
There are many thoughtful students of
finance In this country who are as firmly
convinced as Is Mr. Chaplin tliat prosperity
awaits only the adoption of lntcrnntlon.il
bimetallism and unite with him In urging
the president to reconvene the monetary
conference that met nt Brussels and ac
complished so little. The schooling which
the commercial nations have had In the
last tow months has taught many of them
lessons that would be useful at another
conference.
Awiiy with tlm Htur Clmmhur.
Chicago Pout.
Hill Is for nn Inveslgatlon that will In
vestigate. Ho Is for the widest publicity.
Ho Is for a popular verdict. He Is agnlim
cellar Investigations , packed Juries and the
punishment of the guiltless. We will for-
glvo him much In his checkered past If
ho will continue to stand for sunlight In
stead of darkness nnd for an unshackled
press against a censorHhlp.
A Hack Numliur.
New York Sun.
A gratifying proof of meteorological
progress Is the report from western Texas
of hull stones ns largo as orangm. Hen's
egg hall stones have long been fatiguing.
They should bo laid away In the refriger
ator of neglect with a cloud not larger
than a man's hand , and strong men who
are so liable to bo made to weep should be
packed In them. '
Locution of Kxtrnmoi.
Kala rielJ'a Washington.
My Idea of bell Is the present condition
of this country. My Idea of heaven Is a
defacto republic where patriots nro elected
to ofllce and refuse re-election rather than
volQ against convictions ; and where ladles
and gentlemen are known by their ills-
Unwished consideration for everybody's
feelings ,
Dmiionillilnc btrlku * .
Kansn * City Btnr.
There la not much ground for the belief
that there will bu any substantial Improve
ment In business until the strike In over
iiinn-T the inlneru and In the United States
senate.
TO TEACH THEM TO SHOOT
Congressman Mcrcor Trying to Secure Quna
for the High School Oadots ,
WANTS TO MAKE THEM REAL SOLDIERS
Hpenki ot the iillclcncy of tliu Nntlomtl
t'npltiil Ciulets mill How The ?
Mny Ilo Used lu Caio Wi r
llmtlts Out.
WASHINGTON UUHEAU QV TIII3 IJEE.
1407 F Street. 'N. W. ,
WASHINGTON , I ) . C. , Juno 1.
"Congressman Dcrry of Kentucky nnd my
self , " says Congressman Mercer , " were
fortunate enough to secure the detail
ot army officers for the Instruction
pf the High School cadets at New
port nnd Omaha. Wo nro now work
ing together to Induce the War department
to Issue arms for the use of the cadets ; and
wo-are urging the committee on military
affairs to give favorable consideration to n
Joint resolution authorizing nnd directing
the secretary of war to accede to our re
quests In this matter ,
' 'The High School cadets of this city are
a great credit Jo the national capital. They
are not only drilled to march well together ,
and perform all of the evolutions with n de
gree of skill which many crack compinles of
mllltla might envy , but they are also drilled
In the manual of arms , and trfb government
furnishes them with the latest and most
Improved rifles. They are well equipped to
enter upon actual duty as soldiers In the
event that their service might be required ,
and each and every ono of them Is skilled
In military affairs to such a degree that ho
could drill and discipline a company of re
cruits.
"I am satisfied that the High School
cadets of the leading cltle of the country
ought to bo encouraged In the study of mili
tary affairs , noti only by the municipalities
and commonwealths In which they live , but
also by the general government. Whllo wo
nil deprecate war , and hope that It may bo
forever averted , It Is well for us In times rt
peace to prepare for war. The young men
of this generation , If properly drilled at
school , can ralso companies In tlmo of
emergency and drill them for the field very
rapidly. This country will never maintain
n large stni.dlng . army , but we can have a
mllltla which could speedily bo mobilized
Into an Invincible martial host. I believe
that we will ultimately secure arms and ac
coutrements for our cadets. "
GEAH AFTER GOVERNMENT CASH.
Senator-elect Gear today Introduced a bill
authorising and directing the secretary of the
Interior to ascertain the amount of public
lands entered by location of military scrip
und land warrants In the states of Ohio ,
Indiana , Illinois , Missouri , Wisconsin , Michi
gan , Minnesota , Iowa , Nebraska , Kansas ,
Arkansas , Louisiana , Nevada , Colorado and
California , whose enabling acts of admission
Into the union contain a stipulation for the
payment of 5 per cent on the sales of public
land therein ; and after making said Investi
gation It shall be the duty of the secretary
of the Interior to certify the amount so
found to the secretary of the treasury , who
shall pay to said states 5 per cent on the
amount of lands located by military scrip
or land warrants , estimating bald amounts
at the rate of $1.25 per acre. The
bill was referred to the committee , on public
lands. Governor Gear today said If the bill
were to become a law there would bo duo
the state of Iowa alone by reason of Its
provisions $17,500,000 In payment on 11,000-
000 acres at $1.25 per acre.
EXPERIMENT IN IRRIGATION.
The house committee on irrigation today
decided to report favorably a bill by Con
gressman Sweet , appropriating $25,000 for
experiments In the Snake river valley of
Idaho , under the direction ot the secretary
of war. It Is expected that this appropria
tion will result in succe-sful experimental
work In Irrigation , and that upon the report
made to consrcss at the next session argu
ments can bo based which will result
In securing liberal appropriations for the
purpose of Irrigating the arid lands through
out the entlie region which needs artificial
aid In that direction.
Mn Lucas filed at the Postortlce department
toihiy a petition to change the name of the
postofflce at Black , Jackson county , S. D. .
to Interior , because the word Dlack Inter
feres with the distribution of mall to Black-
hawk , which Is a well known place. Ho
also presented a memorial of the Congre-
gatlonallst society of South Dakota In oppo
sition to the me of the United States malls
for lottery purposes.
PERSONAL MENTION.
Albert H. Scott has resigned from the
Postofllce department. He was appointed
chief of thp salary and allowance division
by Postmaster General Frank Hatton on the
1st of January , 1S83. He filled the position
for eleven years acceptably to the postmas
ters general. The position was ono which re- *
.quired a man of firmness , able to say no to
senators and representatives , and the man
who habitually says no never Is popular with
place seekers. The chief of the salary and
allowance division Is the autocrat who dis
burses according to his own Individual judg
ment about $6,000,000 per annum for expendi
ture In the postofilces of ever/ class for
rent , light , fuel and clerk hire. In order to
make the appropriation , largo as It was , last
throughout the entire fiscal year , Mr. Scott
wns obliged to divide tha appropriation Into
quarters nnd distribute proportionately
throughout the country one-fourth of the entire -
tire lump sum every three months , placing
the money proportionately with the office *
whoso financial returns Indicated a growth
of business or n sustained amount of busi
ness which warranted additional help In the
matter ot clerk hire.
Representative Mercer , In response to re-
quotts from citizens of Omntm , today called
on the secretary of the treasury and re
quested that an elevator bo constructed In
the old postomce building nt Omaha. Ho
was advised that there uro no funds now
available for this purpose , but that the re
quest will be compiled with nnd the elevator i
will bo put In nt the beginning of the next
fiscal year , wh ch h July 18 next.
A. I ) . Roedcr , formerly of Omaha , now ol
Denver. Is In Washington enroute to Huz-
? ards liar , where he will \lslt his family for
a summer vlilt.
Representative Ilrynn spent yesterday nt
iMontlccllo , Va. , the old homo of Thonma
Jefferson.
DIVIDENDS TO HANK CREDITORS.
The comptroller of the currency has de
clared a second dividend of IK per cent In
frt\or of the creditors of the Nebraska Na
tional Innk of lleatrlce. making 30 per cent
in all , on claims proved , amounting to $100-
501. He has also declared a second divi
dend of 15 per cent In favor of the creditors
of the Citizens National bank of Grand
Island , Neb. , making 10 per cent In all , on
claims proved , amounting to $187,091.
J. P. Pctenon has been Appointed post
master nt Pilot Mound , lloono county , la. ,
\lco Irwln Gore , remo\cd , and W. V. Doyle
nt Doyle , Mead county , S. D , , vice John
Mow at , resigned.
TIIK r/.M7ri ; nn\
Hitttlmoro American : There nro grave
misplclons that the queen ot May was a
water queen.
Wnshlngton Slnrl "It really looks. "
sighed the poet , "n-i If I had no writes
that anybody clue H bound to respect. "
Chlcngo Inter Ocean ; "Thorp goes ono
of the gieatoMt llctlou writers of the day. "
"Ah. Indeed. Wlmt Is his special line ? "
"Promising to pay what ho owes. "
Philadelphia Record : A cheap summer
trip on u banana skin.
Tloston Transcript : "One swallow docs
not mnko a summer , " but It may have
occuried to you that ono grasshopper makes
more than a dozen HptingH ,
Chicago Dispatch : A Cincinnati preacher
says he Is tired of a republic and "wants
a. king. " A great deal of money Is lost
here every night Just In that way.
Hoston Herald : When a man IB tired ho
feels a coolness toward his late employers.
Judge : Jamie ( In a whisper ) Observe him
well , Johnnie , fer yer may never see his
likes agin' . Johnnie Who Is he ? Jamie
Uat's do captain of dc Ate Ward Hangers ,
wet made five home itms In one game.
Detroit Free Pres : Idler Where are
you going this summer ?
Merchant Going to perspire. Do you
want to go 'long ?
Sittings : When a man nearly breaks his
neck getting out of the way of a lightning
bug , supposing It to bo the headlight of a
locomotive , It is time for him to sign thr
pledge.
BEYOND HIS REACH.
S'nslllnKton Star.
He kicked about his meals at home ;
He kicked about the weather ;
Ho kicked at people separately ,
Then bunched them all together.
He oft' abused the grocery man ,
The butcher and the baker ,
And sighed because he'd have no chanc *
To cuss his undertaker.
SENATORIAL RELAXATION.
\VnslilnRton Htnr.
Oh , let us have a little time ,
For life grows very prosy !
We long for childhood days to coma
With "ring around the rosy. "
Cut games undignified , like that ,
Would never Milt our station ,
And so wo seek the pastime old
That's called "Investigation. "
Congrt < mloiml rilm-Kliim.
New York World.
Of the many Indecent perquisites members
of congress have voted themselves few are
more Indecent than the allowance for pri
vate secretaries. Sometimes a member ap
propriates the money himself through the
illinsy pretext that his wife , his daughter
or his .son Is his secretary , but oftener
still Is It used for the still worse purpose
of rloslng the mouths of newspaper Corre
spondents who are sent to Washington to
keep the country informed of what is done
there.
. .IAJtrTr.it TAKIKQ.
Nixon Waterman In ChlcnRo Journal.
O Joyous , gladsome picnic morn !
How cool the air , the skies how bright
A thousand mental Joys are born
To fill the heart with wild delight.
The Incense from the tree-crowned hills ,
The babble of the woodland rills ,
The wild bird's song which grandly trills
And all the forest arches fills ;
The lisping of the "tongues In trees , "
The soothing crooning of the bees ;
A scene designed the gods to please ,
A dream of happiness and ease ,
That all our being thrills.
0 weary , dreadful plcnlo night !
I almost wish that I weio dead ;
m looking like a perfect fright.
And filled with aches from feet to head ,
It's rained Incessantly since morn ,
My clothes nro stained nnd wet and torn ,
I'm feeling miserably forlorn ,
1 wish I never had been born.
The- woods were full of beggars' lice ,
We drank rain water minus Ice ;
And dinners full of ants aicn't nice ;
Hereafter a picnic device
Will catch me In a horn.
HAT REFERS to our great $10 suit sale biggest
.success wo over had it's so genuine real
$12.50 $18 $20 suit for $10 beats the best of
them Just as good suits as are made , and if you
buy one , and it's not satisfactory , or you think you
don't , got your money's worth , we'll give your
money back. Strangers in the city are urgently
requested to call and see us. Ladies' private re
ception room always open ,
Browning , King & Co. ,
S. W. Corner 15th and Douglas. \
