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'Another silver congress Is now In HU -
slon in Salt iMlic City tliresliliiK over
old Htrnw. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Now prepare for another Hood of free
Bllvcr 1(5 ( to 1 resolutions from the
neighborhood of the Great Suit hike.
South Carolina does not take much
more kindly to United States judges In
181)5 ) thiin she did to United States troops
In JS01.
Tt costs the taxpayers of Omaha
? 20,000 a year to run the city treas
nrer's ollleo. Is there any rational ex
cuse for Biich reckless extravagance ?
"Colonel Cockerlll's conditions of the
China-Japan treaty are slightly Incor
rect , lie ought to have known that
cable telegrams will outrun a. Piicillc
mail steamer.
The keynote of New York municipal
reform Is , break up the sinecures and
retire the taxeaters. This would an
swer as well for Omnha as It does for
the American metropolis.
The Chicago Times-Herald calls upon
the grand jury to Indict the city hall
thieves. Who does that refer to ? This
Is altogether , too general. The grand
Jury will want particulars.
If the reported Impending consolida
tion of the Northern 1'nclflo with the
Great Northern proves true nnd goes
Into effect within thirty days there will
be n small army of railroad olllclals
looking for Jobs.
Several prominent democrats have
been recently mentioned as possible
cabinet olllcers In case of possible resig
nations or deaths In the olHclul family
of President Cleveland. In this , how
ever , history will repeat Itself. Few
die and none resign.
And now It Is proposed to do a little
more tinkering with the Kleventl
street viaduct and spend ? r > ,000 In
bracing up the stilts on which It Is pos
Ing. Would It not bo better to raise
enough money to reconstruct the via
duct so as to make It permanently
safe for trafllc ?
The United States supreme court Is
expected to render u llnal decision or
the Income tax cases next Monday. A
good ninny of the Wall street star
gazers are looking toward Washington
for a sure sign that will enable then
to turn a trick or two on the stock ex
change on the result.
The Gieat Northern railroad , other
Vise known as the Jim Hill line , Is
about to swallow the Northern Pacific ,
receivers , general managers and all ,
This Is only a repetition of the expert
cnce of the days when the father of al
blacklegs , Pharaoh , dreamt n drean1
that he saw his herd of fat cows liter
ally absorbed by a herd of lean ones.
The general conference of the Meth
odist denomination in session her
ruled , after n protracted debate , tlui
women were not eligible to spats In
that body. Now the Catholic Knights
assembled here take similar aotloi
The burning Question Is , Can Oinah
be a hoodoo to the wave-tossed cuns <
of woman's rights ? Perish the thought
"We are told by grapevine telegrap' '
that the bombastic General J. S. Clark
son has held a meeting with himself a
Washington recently , preparatory to th
opening of the quadrennial bl-nietalll
harvest which ho expects to reap
1800. For a man who has no vlslbl
means of delivering anything at th' '
next election except his own vote Clark-
BOH Is doing a very heavy political op
lion business on very small capital.
The new police board of New York
City , of which Theodore Hooscrclt Is a
prominent member , recently made the
following response to a petition signed
by a number of cltl/.ens In favor of n
young physician who desired the ap
pointment of police surgeon : "There
Is no vacancy at present among the
police surgeons and no vacancy will be
made to suit any one ; that Is , no one
competent to till the position will be
dismissed to give a place to anybody's
friend. " This terse statement was
coupled with the general declaration
of the bonrd's attitude In the matter of
appointments : "Any one whose ap
plication or nomination for a place In
this department Is supported by repre
sentatives and In the name of any
political or religions organization will
prejudice this board against him. " This
la the essence of police reform as de
manded by the citizens of Now York as
trail as the citizens of Omaha.
TKXAS LAUD
A Wisconsin attorney has just been
arrested In Chicago charged with being
concerned In one of the most extensive
land swindles operated In this country
In years. The lands were presumed to
be located In the state of Texas , and
hundreds of thousand * of dollars have
been Illchcd from the pockets of credu
lous victims under false representation.
The swindle was carried on systematic-
nlly'In Illinois , Iowa , Missouri , Kansas
nnd Nebraska. The pnrtles Implicated
In these fraudulent land deals have
managed to carry on their trnlllc In
Imaginary land titles nnd paper town
lots for years and the recent arrest Is
only the beginning of the breaking up
of the conlldcnee game that caused such
n brisk movement In the direction of
the Gulf region from this section of
country two years ago. The requisition
for the arrest of members of the gang
who are supposed tu be In Illinois reads
ns follows :
Hon. John P. Altgelcl. Governor of Illinois ,
Springfield. 111. Dear Sir : I beg herewith
to hand you copy of letter recently received
from the commissioner of the general land
odlco of this state , from which you will see
that there Is a well organized B ME of land
sharks located In Chicago who pretend to
deal In Texas lands. You will readily ob
serve the Injury done to this state and to
the people of Illinois who are Imposed upon
by these swindlers , and this letter Is sent
for your Information and such action on your
part ai may be deemed necessary to prelect
the people of your state against the Imposi
tion. I have the honor to be very respect
fully your obedient servant ,
C. A. CULDnUSON ,
Governor of Texas.
According to the Chicago Inter Ocean ,
number of civil suits are already pend-
ig In Nebraska against the Wisconsin
ttorney whoso arrest was made by Chi-
ago detectives , and startling develop-
nents about the Texas and swindles
nay be looked for. It Is to be hoped
hat the Texas authorities will keep on
: i the good work they have begun and
run down the fraudulent land deals so
hey may be fully exposed and justice
nvy be meted out to every man who
ms been knowingly implicated.
TllK AOK OF
Nebraska Is not the only state which
as recently by law raised the legal
ge of consent. The legislature of New
York has just passed an net making
lie age of consent of girls In that state
8 years Instead of 10 years , as at prcs-
. The New York law will not go
nto effect until September next , but
wing to one peculiar provision It has
ailed forth from one of the Judges of
he superior court a warning to clergy-
uen and magistrates that would not
> e amiss elsewhere. The section to
iVhlch reference Is made provides that
liny perbou who shall take a female tin
iler the age of 18 without the consent
f her father , mother , guardian , or other
icrson having charge of her person , for
he purpose of marriage , is guilty of
ibductlou and punishable by Hue and
mprlsoument.
Th'j law does not declare in terms
inch marriage void , yet , being in viola-
Ion of law , It may be voidable. The
udge , therefore , announces that no
nnglstrnte or clergyman should after
September 1 perform the marriage cere-
nony where the female Is under 18
ivlthont the consent of her parents or
guardian. If he does he may nncon-
iclously become nccesbory to a criminal
iffense. lie furthermore learnedly de-
ilares that the age of n female Is al
ways problematical. The polite way to
determine It is to let the woman speak
for herself nnd to accept her state-
nent , but this will not satisfy legal re-
iiulremeuts , and no olllclal will be safe
n performing the ceremony under the
lew law without first consulting the
bride's parents or guardian unless ago
las made Its Impress In such a manner
us to defy deception.
The new Nebraska age of consent
aw Is materially different from that of
New York , yet a timely caution to
clergymen acting In this state Is not
out of order. It Is n question still to be
de cYinlncd how far the j ena'tlcs therein
prescribed will apply to a person who
marries a minor female without the
onsent of her parents or guardian. The
marriage laws of Nebraska permit the
marriage of females over 10 , but re
quire , to make the contract perfectly
valid In the case of minors , that the
persons legally responsible for them sig
nify their approval of the union. Should
narrlage with a minor without the nec
essary consent be adjudged under the
new law to be a crime , the magistrate
or clergyman negligently aiding In the
ceremony without reasonable inquiry to
ascertain the ages of the parties may
have rendered himself liable as an ac
cessory. Clergymen cannot be too care
ful In exercising their authority to sol
emnize marriages.
PROMISING MOVK3IKKT.
The sound money movement In the
south appears to bo making vigorous
progress. The convention to bo held at
Memphis next week , to give expression
to the sentiment of the business Inter
ests qf that section In favor of a sound
currency , promises to bp very largely
attended. The commercial organiza
tions of nearly every southern city will
send delegates to the convention and
the fact that Secretary Carlisle Is to de
liver the principal address will attract
a popular attendance which cannot fall
to make the occasion a notable one of
Us kind. Representative Patterson of
Tennessee , one of the very few mem
bers of congress from the south who
took a firm stand against free silver
coinage , has been speaking In a number
of cities to large audiences and doing
excellent service In the cause of sound '
money. The mot InllnenUal southern
newspapers , such as the Louisville
.
Courier-Journal , the Atlanta Journal ,
the New Orleans Picayune nnd the l
Charleston News and Courier , are zeal-
on sly and ably championing sound '
money and showing up the fallacies of
the advocates of free coinage. The task
of converting the people of the south
to the principles of a safe currency ,
after the work that has been done by
the free sliver propaganda , is not an
easy one , but there are abundant Indi
cations that a change of sentiment is
taking place , justifying the belief that
If the campaign of education In the In
terest of sound money Is vigorously
pushed the majority of the voters oi
the south will n year hence be uncom
promisingly opposed to the free and
unlimited coinage of silver by this coun
try.
try.A
A letter Is published from a southern
cotton merchant , -said to be perhaps the
most extensive dealer In the country In
the great southern staple , who says that
If congress should pass a free coinage
or silver bill It would be Impossible to
keep on a gold basis , because this coun
try could not keep silver on n parity
with gold. Keferriug to the assump
tion of the free silver advocates that
the low prices of commodities are tine
to the demouetl/.atlon of silver , this
practical man of affairs declares that
they are due to the overstipply and re
stricted demand. "As to cotton , " he
says , "the decline was due to the enor
mous crop of lSl- ! ) . . Our cotton plant
ers should desire only the best money
for their crop'that which has the great
est purchasing power , which Is gold or
Its equivalent. " It Is practical men of
this kind who are making the fight In
the south for sound money and there
can be no doubt that they will exert a
great Inlluence. The southern people
will listen to the views and counsel of
men having business Interests In that
section and directly concerned In Its
development and prosperity when
they would turn n deaf ear to
the opinions or advice of north
ern men on the currency question. It
Is therefore reasonably expected that
the Memphis convention will have a
most Important and salutary effect nnd
the result of Its deliberations will be
regarded with very general Interest.
mtixaixa UUT THK
Dispatches from Milwaukee announce
the Impending transfer of the street
railway system of that city from the
control of its owners Into the hands of
receivers. The reasons given for plac
ing the corporation that owns the Mil
waukee street railways under the
guardianship of the courts nnd leaving
It to be exploited by expensive lawyers
embody the same old story. The street
railway company Is insolvent because
It Is stocked and bonded for three or
four times Its actual cost. The bonded
debt alone exceeds $11,000,000 , when
the plant probably could be duplicated
for less than half that sum.
In this respect the Milwaukee street
railway wreck Is only the counterpart
of every other corporation that has been
placed In the hands of receivers. The
corporation was a huge balloon , Inflated
by fictitious capitalization. Every dollar
honestly expended for labor , materials
and equipments Is represented by ? 3 to
! ? o of fraudulent evidences of Indebted
ness. The corporate balloonlsts who
floated Its debt abroad played a con
fidence game that has reacted dls
astrously upon American securities and
credits. In the first place the actual
outlay for building the road was exag
gerated and in the next place Its future
earning capacity nnd value of Its
franchise were magnified. The con
fidence men who negotiated the bonds
at a discount doubtless pocketed the
usual handsome commission nnd the
proceeds of bond sales were divided
among the rapacious speculators who
held the stock , after reimbursing them
selves for the money advanced for con
struction nnd equipment. What should
be called n gigantic swindling scheme ,
punishable with involuntary service In
the penitentiary. Is regarded and treated
under our peculiar system of financier
ing as simply a shrewd piece of Ameri
can financiering. The pnnlsnment
merited by the promoters of such legal
ized rascality Is visited upon the whole
American people Instead of falling upon
the heads of the guilty offenders.
The penalty has been sure and severe
If It has not been swift. It comes in
the shape of periodic panics and
financial distress , as n consequence of
the destruction of confidence nnd withdrawal -
drawal of credits. The crash of 187JJ
was brought on by the stock Jobbing
swindles of giant corporations that had
been exploited by Credit Moblller con
strucllon rings nnd confidence sharps
who hud flooded th'e money market *
with worthless securities. The crash of
1S1K1 was brought on by colossal mort
gage frauds , perpetrated by corporations
engaged In every species of speculative
enterprise. Like the Milwaukee street
railroad company , each of these cor
porate promoters had borrowed millions
upon the future , with nothing Avitl
which to meet their obligations. Whei :
the knife was Inserted Into their in
tinted balloons nnd the gas nnd water
rushed out there was a smnshup. The
wringing out of the water by llquldatlor
and foreclosure Is the Inevitable consc
quence of widespread commercial dls
honesty fostered by our fust and lees
corporate system. Unfortunately th
common people suffer , while the rob
hers and plunderers who brought about
the disaster live in grand style upon
the proceeds of their corporate ventures.
Councilman Taylor defines nnd de
fends his views regarding the prero
gatives of the council to negative the
appointment of members of the police
commission by refusing to approve
their bonds , even though the sureties
were more than ample. This position
is certainly untenable. The functions
of the council are confined by the char
ter to the approval or rejection of the
bond , nnd that function is purely inln-
isterlal. If the sureties are good for
the amount specified In the bond they
must so certify by their votes ; If not ,
they must certify that In their judg-
ment the sureties are Insulllcleut The
law does not contemplate that the
council shall pass upon the quallllcn-
tlons of the commission. The gov-
ernor might appoint an Idiot wholly unfit -
fit for the place , but the council could
not veto the appointment by refusing
to approve his bond if the sureties
were good. The remedy for Incompo-
tent or bad appointees is , under the
law , vested In the executive. lie Is
required to remove such appointees for
csiuso upon proper showing. Any
other Interpretation would give the
council co-ordlnato power of appoint
ment , just ns It has by charter in
the appointment of ofllccru by the
mayor \vhowj names ore to bo sub
mitted for continuation by the council.
Omaha has always been partial to
the army olllcers located In this city ,
and the commanders of the Department
of the Platte , from General Augur to
General ItqmlM , have each and nil en
joyed the Mnrfrt hospitality of her best
citizens tuuL received the most courte
ous nnd generous treatment at the
hands of ctifllfiKfllclnls of the city ami
tttate. GoifeitUl Copplnger , Hie new
commander _ ottho Department of the
Platte , may vest assured that the good
will which "hail' been shown upon all
evasions toward his predecessors willet
ot be wlthjuild , from him.
ll-jhtrnad.
> c niobe-Democrnt.
The abllc-badled liars In Havana who were
nanufacUirlriK Spanish victories may have
een drafted Into the army to fight tlio vie-
orlous rebels. They have been silent of
ate.
A fennrrnuntK "If , "
Chicago Test ,
If Japan shows the grace of self-possession
n a crisis like the present , she will prove
! Ven more effectually than by any previous
ichlcvemetit her right to membership In
; he family of civilized nations.
n Sonnriiu * Solo ,
Courier-Journal.
As near as can be made out , when young
r. Dryan of Omaha makes a free silver
tratlon It sounds like nothing so much as
. sonorous solo on Ihe name of his own city
iomelhlng like Omahaw-hee-haw-hee-haw-w !
Sold 111 * I nun anil Ties.
Lincoln Journal.
Church Howe has sold his big homo farm
o a Chicago man and will build a residence
in Auburn. He leaves the farm to prevent
ila fish from annoying Tom Majors' cows and
a get out of politics. He Is no longer farmer
Ihurch Howe.
IIVII1 Tukn llnlh.
illnncMpolls Tlmeg.
A man at Brownsville , Neb. , Is ripping
nad. He ssys bad luck has punued him all
ils life. Here he had been digging for water
tor three weeks , and Instead of striking
-ater has struck gold bearing ore. It means
ealtli , but what he wanls Is water.
Ilio Htnr of Kmplro.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Senator Thomas II. Benlon , on a notable
iccaslon , when a transcontinental highway to
ho Pacific was being projected , pointed
\estward , exclaiming In a fine- Impulse cf
.irophecy : "This way lies the east ! " One
Incidental result of this war , now happily
inded , has bse-n to teach us , when we think
if Japan and China , to let the geographical
Imagination look forth westward.
Amiirettii Ni-rvc.
Indianapolis Journal ( rep. ) .
The supreme council of the A. P. A. has
esolved to make Its organization worldwide
ind at the same lime will Beck to Influence
he politics of the United States an-1 of every
state In the union. The principles of the
A. P. A. may be very well , but to have men
In Canada , Great Britain and elsewhere shap
ing a political policy to b ? enforced al the
polls In the United States Is not In accord
'lth ' the American Idea.
iiunou ; Olil .Mini.
Cmc.iKq , Timcs-Hi-rald.
Hugh McCulfoch , now on his deathbed , has
[ or many years been the oldest but one of
ill the famous old persons of America , Neal
Dow alone of' the , emlnent old men of Ihe
United States is his senior. Dow Is now DO ,
wl.lle McCullobh Is' Ihree ana a half years
your.ger. . Gladstone. Caseins M. Clay and ex-
Secretary of lhe , N < ivy Thompson are of the
same age ns McCulloch. ' 1'ope Leo XII. , ex-
Senator Payne' ; of bhlo and Senalor Morrfll
of Vermont are a year younger. Unit ] qulle
recenlly Mr. McCulloch has been a famlllir
figure on the street at Ihe national capital.
He has always bejen an ardent horseman ,
riding Into town every day from his place ut
romantic old Bladensburg , a place whereon
ho has a little vegetable and fruit garden ,
which for several years he has lovingly tilled
with his own UandSv With his saddle horse ,
hla , Garden , lili-ibooks and many friends , the
fan-cus financier ana political ecpnomhl has
passed his declining years In contentment.
A Split un tlio Itiitlo.
Globe-Democrat.
The division which has revealed Itself
among the democratic Ellverltes on the ques
tion of the- ratio Is significant. It Is a break
In the free coiners' line which Is bound to
extend , and which will demcrallze and de
feat that element In the national convention.
Of course , the only ray of sense that can
be found In this free silver projecl Is on Ihe
side cf ex-Speaker Crisp and olhers , who
want tp cut loose from the 16 to 1 absurdity.
In 1893 Senator Vest proposed a 20 to 1
ratio , but the bulk of the free coiners re
filled to accept that change , ana , as the
sound money men rejected It , It dropped out
of notice. Crisp and the rest of his fac
tion , who see the Impossibility of forcing
the 1C to 1 ratio on the democratic conven
tion , may or may not ba willing to adopt
the Vest compromise. This Is a mailer of
detail on which probably there Is no agree
ment as yet among the chiefs of Ihe bolters.
* * * With a division In their ranks they
will be powerleis to accomplish anything , and
the conservative ejement will bo master of
*
the situation , as It was always In the past.
The convention of 1890 , like every other dem
ocratic national gathering which touched the
silver question , will make a straddle. This
will be dishonest , to be sure , but U will save
the party from annihilation. The democracy
will be beaten In 189G. no matter what atll-
lude It takes toward free sliver , but In re
fusing to Indorse that folly It will at least
secure Itself a future. Reason has not en
tirely abandoned the democracy. The party
will refuse to commit suicide.
THE FiailTHfG DOS.
St. Louis Republic : It should be > remem
bered , by those who may bo Inclined lo
deprecate Don Dlcklnton's defiance of the
British lion , that It was hurled In Detroit ,
which is Just across the river from one of
the lion's lairs.
Courier-Journal : Our antl-admlnlstratlon
Jingoes are so Infuriated against John Bull
because he evacuated Corlnto before Unolo
Sam declared war against him , that unless
Uncle Sam at once declares war against
John Bull for evacuating Corlnto before Uncle
Sam declared war against him our Jingoes
will promptly start a campaign for the re
peal of the Fourth of July.
Cincinnati Commercial : Have Don Dick
inson and President Cleveland fallen out ?
If not , why does the foremost of the cuckoos
wildly cry out for an American policy ? Can
It be that Don thinks It time to get out
from under the falling timbers of the admin
istration bulldlnc.1 mow lhat he has secured
much palronage and foisted the Immortal
Thurber upon Mr. Cleveland ? That would be
sad Indeed. it > '
New York WorMj Don M. Dickinson ,
President Clevelindjs first postmasler gen
eral , sees no patriotism or good statesman
ship In anything bat the Increase of our
navy , extensive > co at defenses and "a Urge
( .landing army/'isp Uiat "we may have peace
with dignity In these later days and extend
and hold the world-Vide commerce that we
need. " Is the klnd'of peace that Germany ,
France and Italy- enjoy with great standing
armies and grinding , taxes "peace with dig
nity ? " If so , hRW , * Jpes it compare with the
cheap and peaceful Immunity from foreign
Insult or outraey that we enjoyed for sev
enty-five years , when our defensive arma
ment by land ami-sea was less than a tcnlh
of what It Is nuwl-DId our smaller army ,
scattered among .Una remote outposts of our
western wilds lo" protect settlers from sav
age tribes now extinct , or did our lltllo old
wooden navy have anything to do with the
spread ot the commerce which gave us be
fore our civil- war the second largest com
mercial murlno | n ( he world !
( / ' TllK tITATK l'JtlSH.
Tfcunnch Journal : The spoils system In
Nebraska , It seems , Is dividing the populists
worte than the silver question docs the dem
ocrats.
York Times : The populist party In rapidly
drifting away from Governor Holcomb , but
the old democratic ship is dragging Iti anchor
over his way ,
Fremont Herald : In appointing Dr. Greene
to the position of asslstanl physician at the
Lincoln asylum Governor Holcomb seems to
have ffectually spiked the guns of one Hay.
Tccumseh Journal : It half we read about
the Twenty-fourth session of the Nebraska
legislature Is true and wo have no doubt U
Is that body Is not only dead , but It has
the foulpit smell about It that ever offended
the nostril of man.
Superior Journal : One of the fool things
done by the late legislature was to create
a stale board of Irrigation , with a clerk to
do the work , at a salary of $2,000. The
reason thai It ever passed was thai fully one-
half of Ihe republican members each ex
pected by creating this office either he , or
his son , or some Intimate friend would be
appointed secretary and draw this nice lltlle
salary.
Lincoln News : There Is food for thought In
a reflection upon tho. action of the governor
of New Jersey In declaring forfeited the
charters of some. GOO corporations In thai
state because they had not paid their taxes.
There are some corporations in tills state
that are not in the habit of paying their
taxes. If they can bo coaxed to pay up by
the method suggested by the action of Gov
ernor Wertz Ihe facl may be profitably re
membered In this state.
Lodge Pole Express : Those who have In
vested In Irrigation outtlts , however small ,
are the ones who are ahead so far this
reason. The dry weather has no terrors for
them , because- simply lifting the floodgate of
their reservoirs turns the life-giving fluid
on their crops , and the way they grow Is
a caution. We must all come to the fact that
Irrigation Is the only sure means ot growing
a crop every year , and the sooner we make
up our minds to Ihls the better off we will
be.
Lincoln News : The rumor that ex-Warden
Becmer Is to become superintendent ot the
penltenllary aftsr a short vacation may be
taken as an Indication that the Board of
Public Lands and Buildings Intends to take
charge of the penitentiary contracl labor al
an early -dale. The slalo conlrol of the peni
tentiary convict labor contemplates the ap-
polnlmenl of a superintendent In behalf of the
state. The framers of the law for Ihe pur
chase of the Dorgan plant provided that the
board could , If It so wished , lease the labor
for two years longer , and therefore made no
appropriation for Ihe opcrallon of Ihe labor
by the stale during the coming two years ,
but perhaps the Board of Public Lands and
Buildings knows what It Is doing In arrang
ing to take charge of the penltenllary with
out the funds deemed necessary lo operate
the plant during the next two years. Perhaps
they imagine that the Institution will be self-
supporting from the start under Superintend
ent Beemer.
Papllllon Times : The great state of Ne
braska Is a chump. It has never yet re
covered a single dollar stolen from It by
crooked public servants , and today the scores
cf thieves who have looted the state treasury
In various ways walk the streets unmolested
and breathe frej air as regularly as their
more honest fellow men. Men can even steal
the funds set aside for Ihe unforlunale In
sane , and Ihe volers of Die slale applaud Ihe
deed and re-elect members of the same gang
lo ofllce. A state oil Inspector dips his hand
down Into the public crib , extracts a half
dozen thousands of money paid by the tax
payers and laughs at Ihe boyish efforts of the
state to make him put It back again. A
Lincoln banker plays horse with the state
treasurer , holds him up for a quarter million
of the public funds , and the treasurer's bonds ,
men wink at tli ? childish efforts ot the slale
lo recover Ihe stealings. Perhaps the state
can go on Indefinitely pulling a premium
upon rascality by falling to ferret out and
punish public thievery , but a business man
wouldn't last long If his business principles
were not bsller. The lime Is ripe for Iho
appearance of a publlo servant who will em
ploy Iho last resource of the stale to hunt
down and bring to Justice the man who be
trays a public trust and steals the people's
money.
AiTHK.JAK.l
Hebron Is helping on the business revival
by establishing her fourth weekly news
paper.
Nebraska City will extend her street car
line from the business portion of the city
to the cemetery.
A 4-year-old son of Godfrey Nasel was
bitten by a rattlesnake six miles ! from a
doctor. He Is dead.
Gage county has gene to law to collect
$4,2CO from the depository bondsmen of the
defunct American bank.
The city of Norfolk Is all torn up over the
fact that a wild mountain lion , life size ,
prowling In the vicinity.
A newly organized company at Hebron
will manufacture a patent wagon dump and
shoveling board Invented by a citizen of
that place.
Farmers In the vicinity of Wakefleld are
cultivating 500 acre ] of sugar beets and are
endeavoring to Induce the location of a fac
tory at that place.
The city of Kearney has collected $350
at the first result ot an assessment of
upon every flre Insurance company doing
business In the city.
Twentythreetramps were found In one
Missouri Pacific freight car at Nebraska
City and the police authorities ! claim that
they have broken the record.
John Day , living near Elk creek , had him
self bitten with a rattlesnake and the doctor
gave him the usual remedy. Ho Is all right
now If the Kecley cure will do him any
good.
After a long legal battle the Western Union
has decided to pay the occupation tax as
sessed agalnit It by the city of Fremont and
the first check for $150 has been paid Into the
hands of the city clerk.
Mrs. Charles Tyler of Sterling went out
buggyrldlng last Sunday and during her ab
sence her husband packed up hi ] persona !
effects and decamped. He left word lhat ho
had gone to Minnesota and was not coming
back.
A Columbus hired girl filled the kerosene
can with gasoline and when she. started the
flro In the kitchen stove the next rooming
the usual results followed. In attempting to
save his house W. A. McAllister was severely
burned. The hired girl escaped.
JHO.VB1TALKS ,
New York World : Mr. Bland says that thi
democratic party must adopt the free alive ;
policy or go to the wall. If It does adopt thi :
policy under present conditions It will go over
the wall and Into the last ditch with a broken
neck.
Globe-Democrat : Not a republican paper
can bo found In Ohio to advocate trey silver
at the 1C to 1 ratio , and the platform to be
adopted at the state convention week after
next may be counted on to support a 100-cent
dollar as the corner-stems of bimetallism.
Indianapolis News : The lask before us isle
lo double the value of sliver , and not .merely
thai , but lo lie gold and silver permanenlly
together at the ratio of 1C to 1. Th thing
cannot be done. Reduced to Its simplest
terms the problem Is how to make sixteen
ounces of silver worth one ounce of gold when
they are In reality worth only a halt ounce.
That Is all there Is to It.
Indianapolis Journal : The assumption that
there is not sufficient money In the country
for the transacllon of Us business Is without
foundation or reason. We have never had
more money per capita than now. there never
was a time when there was more Idle money
In the banks or when the rate of Interest on
good security was lower. But If the volume
of currency were quadrupled no person could
get his per capita share unless he had some
thing to exchange for It or good collateral on
which to borrow.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U.S. Gov't Report
Baking
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LAUUttH AT TllK CJI.HlHKfi.
Itrporl oti r odlnir Mnp to Cuttle CHIIIC *
Indignation nml Aiuunrinrnt ,
FEOniA , May 16. The report of tlio stnto
Bcnato commltteo against tlic feeding of dU-
illlcry slop to cattle \a \ recclvcJ with mingled
Indignation nnd amupomcnt In this city ,
which Is the center of the Industry anil where
as many as 2f ,000 head ot cattle have been
ff\l at distilleries at ono time. The past
there have been 8,000 , head fed at
the Distilling and CattlefeeJIng distilleries
and 5,000 nt independent hou-'ca In 1'eorla ,
To prolilb'.t feeding of the cattle would largely
redtico the revenues nnd prollls ot the dis
tilleries , and Walter llarkor , manager of
the 1'cori.i distilleries of thu Distilling and
Cattlcfocdlng company , said this morning II
would drlvo the distilling business out of the
Jtate. lie elated that slop feeding had1 been
hammered at now for live years , and In his
opinion somebody wanted to make coma
money , but within his knowledge no ono had
attempted to get any money from distiller ? .
Another distiller was arked If he knew of
any such efforts being made , and he replied
lhat ho did not , "Hut In former years , " he
said , "wo were able to fix the things. "
Mr. Barker voiced general opinion In
Peorla when he said Hint the menl from dis
tillery fed catllo Is considered Ihe choicest
and finest there Is , and It command ; the
highest price paid. It is sold in the cast
and abroad , but not nrounJ here , because it
costs too much. Ho said he would Ilko to
feed ori It every day In the year.
Milk Is not eold from the cows fed at the
distilleries , but It Is not contended' ' thai good
milk ID produced from slop , II being thin
and watery. Feeding of lop to cattle at
distilleries should not bo confomule ; ! with
carting Hie refuse from breweries for feed
ing purposes. Except lumpy jaw cases n
few years ngo , mosl of which were dis
puted , there has been no disease among the
cattle fed at Peorla distilleries , and out of
every 3,000 not more than ten have died dur
ing a season , and rome of Ihose from breakIng -
Ing their necks. The cattle have- room to
lie down , and It Is denied thnt they suffer
from confinement. They are fed hay as well
as sloo. The pens arc- cleaned out every
day and are well ventilated. When the
scnale commllteo paid the first visit to
Peorla they came without warning and an
Associated i > ress reporter accompanied them
to the pens at the Monarch , where over
3,000 head were being fed , and , although the
day was warm , there was scarcely any odor
nt all , and the pens looked as clean as cattle
pens could. The charges of the committee
are regarded In Peorla as ridiculous.
T.I.IXOJS aiiAAD Aiiatr is NKVXIIAI.
Refuses to Tnlto Any I'nrt In the Con-
foilcrnta Mfimorlnl Dedication.
BLOOMINOTON , III. , May 16. A business
meeting this afternoon terminated the en
campment of Iho Grand Army of Illinois.
Cairo was unanimously selected as the place
for the next encampment. The resolutions
adopted are considered conservative and digni
fied , that regarding the administration and
Secretary Hoke Smith especially BO. The
whole pension matter Is referred to the
national encampment at Louisville. The dedi
cation of the confederalc monument nt Oak-
wood cemetery , Chicago , Memorial day , was
discussed at length. Many hot speeches were
made In regard to the selection of the holi
day for such a purpose. The resolution
adopted dpreclatea such a disposition of
Decoration day , declares thai while Ihe
Grand Army of Ihe Republic cannel presume
lo deny the right of Individuals to participate
In the ceremonies , the Grand Army ot the
Republic organizations as such can have
nothing to do with It , adding that had any
other day than the nation's Memorial day
been chosen for the dedication no notice of
the affair would have been taken by the
Grand Army. The delegates to Ihe national
encampment at Louisville will bo voted for
this afternoon. Mrs. Flo Miller ot Montlcello
was re-elected state president of the Woman's
Relief Corps ; Miss Emma Weaver. Spring
field , of the Ladles' Aid society , and Mrs.
Arthur Qulnton , Chicago , of the Ladles'
Grand Army of the Republic.
I'nter Morrls oy'g I'rnynrlpM l-'unoral.
ST. LOUIS , May 16. The funeial of Slate
Senator Peter II. Morrlssey , who was shot
and killed Monday morning by his mistress ,
took place today from Ihe family residence.
Interment was In Calvary cemetery. There
were no prayers over the remains and no
services of nny kind nt either the house or
cemetery , owing to the refusal of the Ilomnn
Catholic clergy to conduct the same. Ills
fnmlly are heartbroken nt the nctlon of thu
church. A large crowd of the friends of the
dead politician nnd snloon keeper were pres
ent nt the funeral , among whom were the
sennto committee appointed to attend It.
While the r mains of Morrlssey were b Inn
borne from tlio home Maud Lewis , his
slixyervng being removed from the hold
over lo the jail on a wnrrunt chargingbsr
with murder In the flrst decree. The process
was somewhat more expeditious than usual ,
aa the authorities were desirous of removing1
the woman to the jnll ns speedily as pos
sible for fear ot trouble.
l're < entrU llnrrlinn irlth n Modal.
NEWARK , N. J. , May 1C. Many promi
nent citizens of this state were attracled
hero today to the celebration of the fifth an
niversary ot the New Jersey Historical so
ciety. Ex-President Benjamin Harrison Is
the chief guest of the society. He arrived
this afternoon over the Pennsylvania rail
way. Ex-President Harrison was presented
with a. gold medal. The- medal was struck
by the society to commemorate the formation
of the constitutional government of the United
States and the centennial and Inauguration
of Washington as first president on April 30 ,
1789. The medal Is Inscribed : "Presented by
the New Jersey Historical Society to Benja
min Harrison , Centennial President of the
United States In 18S9. "
I
New York lucks the courage ot Its census.
The New York cat show served to show
a reasonable decree ot cult among ( he purrs-
proud.
The suaplclon Is growing that furious fight-
K Is raging In Cuba. War correspondent !
are not saying much.
There Is rcaron to believe- the ranking ad.
mlral of the United States navy will not
recelre the customary meed of praise on his
retirement.
-
It 1s evident Minneapolis has not enough
mills by a dam site , and the contract Imi 5 > J
been let for another , which will supply clcc- 7
trio power. 1 ,
Although a week has pissed since the legla- ' |
latttrc adjourned , Gasman Addlcks persist- '
cntly refuses to throw light on the Delaware .
senatorial situation. ,
;
The mercury tumbled 20 degrees In leu
minutes In New York one- day this week. ,
In the matter of temperature changes Now M
York Is an easy winner. . " | S
An Illustrious Austrian physician who accumulated - ! H
cumulated a fortune said the poor wcro his ,
best patients because Clod paid him for them. ,
The physician belonged to the old school. k
According to Iloston estimates the builders - 1
ers of the Defender are spending $200,000 on J
the craft. This looks as If they had de
cided lo supply the yacht with gold ballast.
lllsmarck says he cannot spsll because h
was lazy at school. This deficiency serves
to explain the dllllcnltles experienced by all
Europe In getting on to his orthographical
curves.
Qustav Preying , the German novelist , died
almost unnoticed In America , yet his "Debit
and Credit" had Immense vogue In this country - " > i
try about 1S55 , and ho was as fitmous as the V
author of "The Heavenly Twins" was a J
year ago. <
"It was hard to bellcvo in Iloston , " says
thq Globe , "that It was snowing In Ne
braska yesterday ( Saturday ) . " And It would
be much harder for a resident of Nebraska
to believe a statement thai has no visible
means of support.
Ann O'Della Dlss de Uarr , alias Vcra Ava ,
has turned up In Chicago again , and under
u new alias dupsd a family out of their spare
cash and locked them out of home. Ann Is
a fraud and swindler of superior attainments ,
not the least of which Is her ability to dud go
the penitentiary. Just now she Is endeavor-
Ing' to work a Chicago court with a long
tale of woe.
TICKLISH TALK.
Gulvcston News : After a m.in loses Ills
ante lie goes out Into the world to find hla
uncle.
_ _ _
Washington Star : "Eb'ry mnnA said
Uncle Kben , "dal pride blsself on beln' a
peHslmlsl , am cr walkln * dcnunclallon ob
his wife's cookln' . "
Clnclnnnll Tribune : Oldun The girls nre
not so attractive ns they were when I was
a young man. Youngun Don't you menu
they nre not BO nllracled ?
Boston Transcript : "No , " Bald Fosg. "I
wouldn't go so far ns to call Krntiker nti
odd character , Imt I will say that he la
so unconventional that he wouldn't take
the measles In the regular way. "
New York World : "Doctor , I Imvo nn
Important physloloKlcal question to nFk you.
When I stnml on my henil the blood rushes
Into my head. Now , when I ntntul on my
foot , why does It not ruFh Into my feet ? "
"Because your feet nro not hollow. "
Life : Dashaway Jogway has Just In
vented n new cocktail. I saw him yester
day , nnd I RUCKS It's going to be a HUCCCSS.
Cleverton Wlmt did he say about It ? Dash-
nwny He couldn't talk.
Boslon Courier : They have invented n
mnchlnc for picking bones out of xlmd.
Now If they would only produce something
Unit would rnlue thu llsh from the pinto
to the mouth we would consent to do the
chewing and try to be satlslled.
Printer's Ink : As rivers to the ocean
flow , to spend their gathering prizes , so do
the streams of buyers go , to him who ad
vertises.
Chicago Tribune : Young Hanlclnson
Been buying a ( Ine , new bicycle for a young ;
Indy , have you ? And I suppose you paid
about JG a pound for It ?
Young FetRUHon ( with porno fierceness )
That's all right. The girl that's Rolm ? to
ride It Is worth $0,000,000 n pound , and don't
you forget It.
Indianapolis Journal : Tommy Paw , what
Is an ecotlHt ?
Mr. I'lcB Ho Is a man who thinks he Is
smarter than nny one else.
Mrs. FlgB My dear , you have thai wrong.
The egotist Is the man who saya he Is
smarter than any one else. All men thlnli
that way.
CURRENCY IN KENTUCKY.
AVanhlnKton Star.
Speak not of our coinage
With bother so fraught ;
Let's Klmra In the treasure
The wood nymph has brought.
Who cares for the color
Our money's shall glint.
So long1 as Ihe julep
Comes fresh from the mint ?
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LKT J1K11 ItOLT .
Atlanta Constitution.
What's the use In ftrowlln' 'boul Ihe weath
er ? Let her roll !
AVo'Il all Bet home together It there's sun
shine In the soul !
So , never mind the blizzard ; noon the sum
mer winds will sigh.
And we'll strike n , warmer climate , nnd
we'll get there by and by !
What's the use In Browlln' 'bout the
weather , day or night ?
We'll nil get home together It the heart la
bentln' rlsht !
So , never mind Ihe blizzard Iherc Is sllll
a brlchter Fky ,
And we'll strike n warmer climate , and
we'll get there by and by !
BROWNING , KING & 60.
Sold more Neckties than all the
Necktie stores in town 50c and 7Sc neck
ties for 25c Flowing ends Tecks
Four-in-Hands Band Bows all rich
and rare until they're gone you're
choice , 25c.
Reliable Clothiers , S.W. Cur. 15th auJ Dou-lus Sts.