Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 6, 1888, Page 4

S T S —— 4 JTHE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. ——— TRRMS OF SURSC fly (Morning Edition) including Sunday Ome Year ‘ L) Six Montha ree Month RN e Omaha Sunday Biw, maiied 1o any ad- Aress, One YOAT....... ...........ccooooeis OMAA OFFICE, NOSGUAND 010 FARNAM STREET. W YORK OFFICE, ROOMS 14 AND I5 TRIBUNE UILDING. WASHINOTON OFFick, NO. 513 FornTreNTi ST CORRESPONDENCR. 1 communications relating to nows and edi- Cogm matter should be addressed:to the EpiTor Bk, OF THE BER: 1 INESS LETTERS, 11 business letters and remittances shonld be dressed to Tiix BEE PUDLISHING COMPANY, HA. Drafts, chocks and postoffice orders to ‘made payable to the order of the company. The Bee Publishing Company. Proprictors 5. ROSEWATER, Editor. THE DA;I.Y BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nobraska, unty of Douglas, }.‘ 00, l{ Teschuck, secre of The Nes Pub- Mshing company, does solemnly swear that the setual circul ’tlon of the Daily Bee for the week ing June |, 1888, was as follows: ny, May 20 18, GEO. 3. TZSCHUCR. 2By of ines A D b NI, Iny of June, A.D., i £ 4 hl'?"& Btate of Nebraska, ' County of Douglns, (™ ® George B, Taechuck, being first duly sworn, a and says that e 15 secretary of The Be Diisning company, that he actul averige circulation of 'the Daily Bee for the month of June, 187 was 14147 coples: for July, 1687, 1408 coples; for August, 14,051 copies; for Se coples; for October, 187, 1 tomber, 1887, 533 coples; for foyember, 1857, 15,228 copies; for December, , 16,041 copies; for January, 188, ' for Februnry, 188, 15,802 copies: for Marc E“mu;popm'gfi for April, I8, 174 copl 5. a7 188 1081 PG . mygonuck. Bom fo betoro me and’ subscribed ii ty presen of June, A. D. 1888, 0 this 200 OF TYRYL, Notary Public. e e——— AVERAGE DAILY CIRCULATION 18,152 Total for the Week - - - 127,067 During the democratic and republican conventions THE BEE will print more complete telegraphic reports from both St. Louis ond Chicago than any paper in the west. Reports will be sent by able and cx- perienced correspondents, covering the field in every detail and particular. The facili- ties of THE BEE for gathering news are wnexcelled. If you want the latest and most veliable information from the conven- tions ask your newsdealer for THE BEE. Tk 0ld Roman’s red bandana seems to be nailed to the top of the democratic flag-pole at St. Louis just now. ROBERT T. LINCOLN quietly sailed for Europe the other day without as w= much as saying good bye to his presi- dential boomlet. Jin Boyp is cock of the walk at St. Louis. As a member of the national committee, whenever he opens his lips the Nebraska contingency of the great unwashed bow down to the ground. ————————— THE president’s salary is $50,000 a year, while the vice president gets only #7,000. But for all that,a man hasn’t got enough fingersand toes to count the number of hungry democrats who are jumping at the $7,000 plum. THE BEE, through dispatches from its ‘Washington bureau, was the first news- paper to print intelligence of the incep- tion of the Thurman boom, which to-day bids fair to place Allan G. Thur- fan, of Ohio, in the second place on the Democratic presidential ticket. LiKE the Arabs of old the brace of ad- venturers who succeeded *“Dr.”” Reeves in his nefarious practices have silently folded their tents and stolen away. It is a good riddance to bad rubbish. Tne BEE has all along kept its eye on this class of quack practitioners, who have bled credulous people by infamous methods. A UNITED STATES frigate was sold at the Brooklyn navy yards the other day for 810. At this price every head of family ought to lay in asupply of fri- gates. Everybody ought to own a navy, and no home ought to be complete with- out its gunboats. A frigate can’t be used every day, but when it is wanted, it comes in pretty handy IN BOLD, black letters, the Omaha World Monday evening made the aston- ishing announcement thatitis *‘the only afternoon daily in Omaha that is not a rehash of the morning edition.” As a charming display of crystallized gall, this assumption is decidedly cool, in yiew of the fact that two-thirds of the telegraphic news of that paper is taken bodily from the morning edition of T BeE. Emmmm———— THE most scandalous proceeding in the school board election was in the Sixth ward, whore Herb Lesavitt, the notorious embezzler, who had been ap- pointed judge by the mayor and coun- eil, had the insolence to declare that he would not allow a non-partisan vote to be cast in his ward if he could help it. He was there when the ballot box was tampered with and taken away before the count was completed. It is high time that criminal proceedings be in- stituted against ballot box stuffers and Judges who transgress their authority. THE official statement of the earn- ings of the Union Pacific railroad for April, just published, ought to be most gratifying to the stockholders. In spite of the discouraging reports coming from eastern railroads of losses and de- pression, the Union Pacific shows a clear gain over last year's earnings. The gross receipts for April were $2, 242, an increase of $197,487, Operating expenses decreased and net earnings of 81,116,682 wore left, an increase of $270,- 832 as compared with April, 1887, Furthermore, for the first four month’s of 1888 the Union Pacific’s net earnings have increased $354,834. With such a showing, the management has no ex- cuse for maintaining its system of ex- tortion against the merchant, and es- pecially against the farmer of Nebraska. The Union Pacific owes its increased earnings largely tolocal transportation. ‘¥t should thevefore be the policy of that road to establish cordial relations with “she people of Nebraska, and not harrass - sud iojure thom at every turn, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 6, 1888 ~TWELVE PAGES. Nebraska's Oontingent at St. Lonls. ‘ The representatives at St. Louis of Nebraska democracy cub & emall figure in that swarming rendezvous of the | Cleveland host. They are completely overshadowed by the sohorts that bear | aloft the banners of Tammany and of Troquors.and which have poured in from Pennsylvania, Indiana and the solid south. Men who represent a constita- ency hopelessly in the minority cannot expect to receive a great amount of con- sidgration in a national democratic con- vention. But this little band of faith- ful bourbons is not without interested observers of its conduct. The one hundred thousand eyes of the demo- cratic voters of Nebraska may | fai be supposed to be fo- upon it, and as many of these voters as were so fortunate as to read THE BEE of yesterday must have found material for a variety of re- flections. The most interesting fact revealed to the democracy of Nebraska was that the Hon. James E. Boyd is to retain his position as the leader of the party in this state, and in all probability, in the event of the re-election of Mr. Cleve- land, to be the chief dispenser of federal patronage. The fine skill of Mr. Boyd in making himself secure in this po- sition will be no surprise to those who are familiar with his political tact. The eloquent Mr. J. Sterling Morton was slow in getting to St. Louis, prob- ably not suspecting ° that the delegation would have so little regard for the courtesy due him as to take any action in his absence. This tardiness of Mr. Morton, however, was the opportunity of Mr. Boyd, and it wag promptly and effectively used. The ambition of the Hon. James Creighton to cast the vote of the Nebraska delega- tion for Cleveland was gratified, other members of the delegation were pro- vided for to their satisfaction, Mr. Boyd was continued as a member of the national committee with all thatimplies, and there being nothing left for Mr. Morton, that somewhat distinguished democrat will content himself with con- tributing to the campaign fund and casting his vote on the day of election. ‘What might have happened if Mr. Boyd had waited until the arrival of Morton it is not easy to say. It is not probable that the hon- ors would have been distributed just as they were. Verylikely the pro- gramme would not have been carried out with such entire harmony. But the shrewd Mr. Boyd pl ays politics to win, and having the game in his hands he didn’t propose to run any risks by wait- ing, even though in doing otherwise there was a palpable discourtesy to the absent members of the delegation. It is to be expected that the friends of Mr. Morton will feel a little warmn over the way in which he was ignored, but there is nothing left them to do but to grin and bear it. Boyd is securely on top, and for the reason that he was on time. The matter will probably make wuo difference so far as the democratic vote of Ne- braska is concerned. The bourbons of this state can be depended upon when wanted, whether led by James E. Boyd or somebody even more objectionable asa political boss. But a party that tolerates such leadership cannot expect to make progress. Meanwhile it would be well to suggest to the would-be ri- vals of Mr. Boyd that they must be up and doing if they would avoid being “loft.” Not Above the Inter-State Law. The Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City railroad proposes to take the bull by the horns and will ignore the long and the short haul clause of the inter- state law. Owing to the constant rate cutting between St. Paul and Chicago this road has given notice to the inter- state commission that it will no longer readjust its rates at intermediate points on the basis of its Chicago-St. Paul schedule. This action is in direct violation of thé long and short haul clause which provides that the rates shall not be greater for a shorter than for a longer distance, The Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City, however, justifies its position by the special rulings of the inter- state commissioners some time ago in the e of the trans- continental lineswhich were threatened with ruin by the competition of the ocean carrying trade. The officials of that road claim that the Burlington & Northern, which is the cause of the con- stant demoralization of freight rates, has cut rates via the lake and water route and in that way can make a cheaper rate than an all-rail line. Whether the inter-state commissson will allow this claim set up by the Chi- cago, St. Paul & Kansas City is a ques- tion. The traffic manager feels that is case s similar to the spe- cial rulings of the commission. But that is a point for the commission- ers to decide, If the road wins its case the railroads one and all will at once assume the offensive. They will break through the provisions of the inter- state law where it is to their advantage, and trust to legul interpretations to break the back-bone of the law. The Chicago, St. Paul & Kansas City is the first vailroad to defiantly beard the inter-state lion to his face. If the action of this company be a violation of the law it should be made to suffer the penalties preseribed for taking the law in its own hands. EE—esm— The School Board, That the sentiment in favor of non- partisan schools is growing was demon- strated at the election Monday. With scarcely any time to orgauize, and no- thing'more than'the individual exertions of candidates and afew personal friends, the ticket put forward received nearly one-half of the entire vote cast in the city. As a matter of fact, on a square count the non-partisan ticket would have been declared elected by a major- ity., The econduct of some teachers and their lady friends as solicitors of votes, was, to say the least, not very com- mendable. On this point we shall have a great deal more to say at the proper time. The question as to whether high-salaried teachers of the public schools shall organize combines to control the board and threaten me m- bers with their displeasure is one of very serious import. The poor teachers of the primary grades who receive from five to seven hundred dollars per [year had no fear that their salaries would bo aut down, and were not influenced by that bugbear; but favorites who are receiving pay beyond their merit wore chiefly conspicuous in meddiing with the election. The new board will doubtless be an improvement in some respects on the old. At any rate, we expect a revision of methods and managemeut and more business-like application. *THE successful candidates of the re- publican party for president were western) men; the one candidate taken from the east was defeated. The prostige of success is thus with the west, a fact which the Chicago conven- tion will perhaps not fail to consider, since the west will present for its con- sideration several men whose ciaims and availahlity are certainly not matched by any man in the east with Blaine out of the field. As the situa- tion now looks the cast scems likely tohave but one candidate to present, and the republicans of that section may wisely conclude before the meeting of the convention that it will not be expedient to bring him forward. His strength lies in the belief that he could carry New York, but the party would sk in his nomination the-loss of several western states, so that the chances are t0o hazardous to be taken. The repub- lican party can succeed without New York, and as to the other doubtful states, any one of at (least three of the western men whose names will be pre- sented to the national convention should be asstrong in those states as the east- ern candidate now most prominently mentioned would be. All the conditions point to the expediency of nominating for the presidency a western man and associating with him as a candidate for the vice presidency a strong man from one of the three doubtful eastern states. THoe republicans of Kansas are strongly disposed to attempt a presi- dential boom for Senator Ingalls, and it is reported from Washington that some of the Blaine men in the east regard the Kansas senator with great favor. They express great admiration " for his aggressive qualities, and profess to he- lieve that he would make a fight which would arouse the enthusiasm of repub- licans as perhaps no other man could. A majority of the Kansas delegation to Chicago is understood to favor Gresham, but it is not doubted that if there should appear to be a chance of Ingalls sccur- ing the nomination the delegates from his state would supvort him unani- mously and heartily. The Kansas senator has certainly grown very much in public attention during the last month or two, and it is not questionable that regard for him among republicans has grown. But there is room for doubt respecting his availability under present circum- stances. Yet stranger things have happened in politics than his nomina- tion would be, and unquestionably if he should be the candidate the campaign would not lack interesting and enliven- ing features. AMERICAN enterpri and capital seeking investments in Mexico indicate that our southern neighbor offer: tractive field for profitable operations. A California syndicate headed by Sen- ator Hearst has just purchased 2,000,- 00 of land in the state of Vera Cruz for the purpose of raising coffee and tobacco. Another California com- pany has obtained a charter from the Mexiean government to build a railroad from the City of Mexico to the Pacific coast. Itis a matter of surprise that California millionaires do not devote their energies to a development of the resources of their own state, where the opportunities are many for the investment of capital. The conservative party of Mexico harbors a lurking distrust to the in- trusion of Americans and their methods in Mexico. At any moment the fickle populace may be inflamed against the foreigner and cause disustrous loss to the investor, In spite of these draw- backs Mexico continues to be the dorado, where the prospects at least promise a golden hurvest. WHEN prominent business men of this city are willing to subscribe stock to the amount of $500,000 to the rail- road company which will build a road from Omaha to the northwest in good faith, the project assumes a tangible shape. It is the aim of the capitalists interested to malke the road +a home enterprise. For this purpose it is deemed necessary toask the countyto aid the project with a bonus. The plan for a home railroad, as proposed, does not mate- rially differ from the one brought for- ward several months ago. However, it is yet too early to discuss the question in detail, Untila definite plan is de- cided upon, and a thorough understand- ing ishad of what the projectors propose to do the county can take no action. One thing is certain. The road to the northwest will not be shelved. The business community is keenly alive to the necessity of an outlet to the north- rn counties of Nebraska. It is only a matter of time when the details of the plan will be arranged satisfactorily to the projectors, to the people of Omaha, and to the counties which the new line will drain, THE department of justice at Wash- ington is at least trying to live up to the claim of being free from “offensive partisanship.” A United States mar- shal at Pittsburg telegraphed to Mr. Garland, the attorney general, that he was going to the St. Louis convention. The reply came back: ‘“‘Don’t go. This is forbidden by the department.” Mr, Garland is to be commended for the stand he has taken. Butitisasadrop in the bucket. Such an order should be adopted by Mr. Cleveland himself and rigidly enforced against all gov- ernment officials whose lips are smack- ing for the flesh-pots of spoils. Presi- dent Cleveland has been wantonly de- relict as a civil service reformer since the issue of his famous manifesto to federal office-holders. The activity of the civil service in “fixing” delegates for St. Louis is as brazen and scandal- ous as at any time in the history of 81- | politics. To this, gtate of affairs Mr. Cleveland has deliberately shut his eyes, and in conseggonce he is ip dan- gerof losing that Popular respect and support which followed his determined stand at the outset g( his presidency. T friends of the gdministration are congratulating théjnse ves over the de- feat of Senator Uulisjof Louisiana, for re-election, The sendtor has been one of the most prun%udpml among the democratic opponents of the administra- tion, and has made more severe stric- tures upon the policied of the president than any other derfiderat in the country, his criticisms being chiefly directed against civil service reform. It is not questionable that the influence of the administration was used to compass his defeat, and as Eustis is not s particu- larly formidable man it was not found very difficult to elect another man to succeed him. He does not retire from the senate, however, until 1891, so that he will still have opportunities to thrust thorns into the flesh of the ad- ministration, and he will very likely not let any of them pass unimproved. S ———— PROMINENT PERSONS. R. E. Lee, son of the great rebel general, has his father's gold spurs. They were be queathed to him by his mother. The wife of Secrctaty Whitney is a fear- less rider, and keeps a beautiful blooded saddle-mare for her extlusive use. Justice Lamar's ancestors came from France and were French Huguenots. One of his uncles was a president of Texas. Cleveland's great-grandfather wasa pootat nineteen, and his grandfather wrote poetry. Grover himself does not toy with the muse. Prof. Heory E. Parker, of Dartmouth college, and his daughter are at Constanti- nople, and will probably reach home in July. The venerable John C. Whittier, the Qua- ker poet has a lingering fondness for the rade he learned as a boy, that of shoemaking. Miss Amelia Rives, whose last story emp- tied the critic's vials of wrath upon her head, 18 said to pray for her defamers every night. b Washington Trving Bishop is at onolulu, but will not give any mind-reading exhibits there. His coief aim now is to get his health back. Governor Beaver, of Pennsylvania, has given £1,000 to the $1,000,000 permanent fund for ministerial relief that is being raised by the Presbyterian church. Julian Hawthorne has in lis house at South Plains, N. J, a little table on which Mary Stuart is said to have written her last letter on the morning of her execution. Ex-Governor Evans, of Colorado, is one of eight or ten millionaise-delegates to the gen- eral Methodist conference in New York., Ho founded the suburb of, Evanston and was ono of the first settlers of Denver. Dr. H. H. Furn e eminent Shakes- pearean scholar, lives in a luxurious old-fash- ioned house at the corner of Seventh and Locust streets, Philadelphia. He is a charm- ing companion, but on,accouny of his deaf- ness dislikes to meet strangers. Gen. Ben Butler, notwithstanding he en joys a monopoly of the mapufacture of bunt- ing in this country, 15 not overladen with decoration day patriotismi He refused to deliver the memorial address in Lowell, and another orator had to be seeured. The grave of Hefty Ward Beecher in Greenwood cemeteny,' Brooklyn, was at- tended to on Decoration day by the Sixty- soventh New York regiment, which (then the First Long Island regimont) was organ ized largely through Mr. Beecher's efforts. General E. C. Walthall, the junier sena- tor from Mississippi, is said to look likea cavalier who has just stepped out from one of Sir Peter Lely's canvasses, He is six feet tall, symmetrical, with a fine head of darlk hair that falls in curls abount his neck. Walt Whitman is in better health this spring than three or four months ago, some- what stronger, and able to move about more freely. Withall nis years and the pressure of paralysis he still drives his spirited horse alone and works day by day at his new vol- ume. Ex-Governor Berry, of New Hampshire, now residing at Bristol and in his nincty- second year, organized in 1526 the first tem- perance socicty in that state. It was formed at Hebron, where he was o manufacturer of leather, and was known as the “Tanners' Temperance society.” United States minister 1blic, has lad auother severe attack of ravified air—to put in most : terms, what's the matter with Hanna. » seems to be good ground for the asser- tion that Hanna is indeed an euvoy extraor- rard, whose 133th birthday an- ry was celebrated Monday in Phil delphia. Yet not a member of the Presby- terian General assembly, now in session in Philadelphia, would be vermitted to cnter the college which old Stephen's money founded. Sarah K. Bolton describes Will Carloton as *u tail, vigorous looking man,who believes in outdoor exercise, especially walking, who is fond of rowing, sailng, and horseback riding, who uses no stimulants, who is kindly in manner yet decided in character, who bonors womanhood and all that is pure and clevating, and who 1s fond of music, playing on several instruments. jeneral Bragg, minister to Mexico, is ap- parently well pleased with his position and the $12,000 salary attached. He writes to a Milwaukee friend that he “would be foolish to pack up and return to Wisconsin for the purpose of entering into & maelstrom such as one must enter into who secks u seat in con- gress from the Second Wisconsin district.” At seventy-six Mr. Browning does not look to be more than forty, nor actso, Ho goes cverywhero and sees everything. Within a few days he weat to the funeral of Matthew Arnold, to the Academy, the Gros- venor and the New, to_say, nothing of the numberless “‘at homes.” Mr. Brownin has no affectations. Unlike his ffend and contem- porary, Lord Tennyson, @ slouch hat and long cloak in some country “palace of art have no charms for him, Grear Scout! Washington, Post (Dem,) Cleveland aud Thurman ! and uot Thurman and Cleveland. Gry Only Two Graduates, Liochester Post-Express. There are never but two graduates at the Electoral college commen i — A Stiffening Market, Critic. “The murket in republican candidate booms is stiffening by reason of'the late foreign dis- patches. wiing —— Denver Wants the Smell. Denver News, Omaha beads the list as a hog-packing town. This carries smell and distinction in about equal parts. —— Take a Carload to 8t Louis. Lioncer Press, A New York man has invented a sort of pocket reflecting tnicroscope, by gazing into which one édh see all that is going on behind his back. This will doubtless have a great sale among politiolans this year, et o A The Mother ot Vice Presidents, 8t Paul Globe., An Ohjo womap fills just given birth to her twonty-fifth child; fot there are not offices enough in Ohio to go round as it is, Not ¥et a Waterway. Chieago Herald. General Fiske expects to poll a good many votes, but is free to admit that tne way to the white house is not yet a water way. - Time to Turn a Flip Flap. Providence Journal, Isn't it about time for Benjamin F. Butler to turn a flip-flap into the presidential ring, or has the warrior-statesman decided to be- come a political sage! o Tax Reduction. New York World. The public debt reduction for May will amount to about four million dollars, twelve millions having been paid out in pensions. The tax reduction was again 0. — Fit for Treason. Inter-Ocean, The man who invents a malicious presi- dential roorback is “fit for treason, strata- gems, and spoils”—chiefly spoils, for he is a democrat of the meanest dye. —— Put Up or Go Our. Portland News. Federal officials are required to contribute for campaign purposes again, in spite of tho law. Refusal results in removal. Cleveland means business this year. [t is put up or go out. —— Booms Like Omaha. N. Y. Sun. Edwin Booth has just bought a house in Gramercy Park for $1. How property has risen in value! Several centuries ago the ‘whole city was bought for$24, and to-day one single lot goes for a twenty-fourth part of that sum. Pt Posted on D Walls. Chicagn Herald, An eastern paper thinks that the Depew boom will soon be forgotten. No. It will be pleasantly recalled from time to time by the huge pictures of that genial and popular cir- cus man, Adam Forepaugh. b A Cluster of Favorite Sons. Philadelphia Record. New York, Depew, Ohio, Sherman. Towa, Allison. New Jersoy, Phelps. Indiana, Harrison. 1llinois, Gresham (by adoption.) Michigan, Alger. Mo Not a Cut and Dricd Affair. News. “The story that the proccedings of the St. Louis convention have been alrcady cut and dried in Washington is absolutely false,” said an indignant delegate yesterday. “I know,” he continued, “that two, and per- haps three, of the door keepers were chosen without the knowledge of anybody connected with the national admimstration. This talk about dictation from Washington is simply nonsense.” e Mr. Mac, of Omaha. Tribune. . Mr. McClelland, who heiped to steal §130,- 000 from the Maritime bank, of St. John, N. B., is said to be operating largely in real es- tate in Omaha, where the New Brunswick authorities cannot molest him. He is sort of an exchange for MecGarigle and the New York boodlers we presume. The United States senate, by its refusal to adopt the ex- tradition treaty, is responsible for the free- dom and security of the rascals on both sides of the line. e *To Reform the 1ariff {s Suicide.” Providence Journal, The Chinese wall of protective duties which Congressman Reed wisbes to have maintained around our country seems at pre- sent to be in a deplorably oppugnable condi- tion, considering the hundreds of millions of dollars that have been spent in its mainten- ance during the last twenty-ive years, The amount of foreign-made goods that finds casy entrance through the wall is growing larger every month. Undervaluation at the New York custom house is reported on the increase, and every instance of that sort simply means the destruction of an equal amount of home business, provided that home business is paying a tax on its raw ma- terials. Bven in the case of honest importa- tion the increase is large. Take, for example, worsted yarns. In March, 1557, the quantity imported was 198,447 pounds. But recent figures from the treasury department dis- oloso the fact that in March, 1588, the worsted yarn imported amounted to 806,949 pounds. And this sort of thing must go on s0 long as our laws compel muuuf to pay higher rates of duty on raw than they get protection on manufactured goods. What kind of protection is thist And yet, in the face of this failure of the tariff to keep out foreign competition Mr. Reed and his ilk declare that as tarviff reform is free trade, and free trade is industrial death, therefore to reform the tarift is suicide, et The Little Busy Bee. Washington Critie, You never hear the bee complain, Nor_ hear it weep nor wail; But, if it wish, it can unfold A'very painful tail. Nebraska, Hebron has a brass band. The Long Pine militia company resembles soldier The schools of Scribner have been tempor- arily closed on account of diptheria. An _excursion of the Hebron schiools to Beatrice is being planned. The best base ball team in Greely county bags #2000 to_be given by enthusiastic citizens, Wheeler county is to have her first county fair this fall, at Bartlett, They will also exhibit at the state fair, The Kennesaw Times will suspend on the 26th and the material is forsale. The reason is want of sufticient support. The water in_the Elkhorn is now low enough that work can be done in repairing the damage done by the flood. Nebraska City is reaching for the main line of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy and wants to be un eud of a division. The legislative committec of the state press association, called to meet at Lincoln, May 81, is being urged by the state press to ac- ‘complish something, The Farmer's clubof Dakota county held a meeting at Dakota City on Saturday. Denorning was the subject’ of discussion, The sentiment of the eeting was about evenly divided. In digging for the .sewer construction in a Beatrice street a day or two ago, & mammoth tooth was found. The tooth resembled the teeti of a go-devil, was many inches in length and was supposed to have come from the jaw of a man who talked tariff in the misty, imusty, cob-webbed corridor of the past. The Austin Dispatch contamns this sogiety item: *“Quite a number of Indians are camped along the north side of the Niobrara river, The tented villages can be seen at quite a distance; as many a8 four teams can be seen plowing around one small piece of ground, and from appeavances are having what the peopie call ‘a bee,’ with @ picuic attachment.” The Hastings excursionists had a great time going to Kansas City. Among otuer things a gentleman took the weight of each passenger in seven cars, 808 in number, aud obtained the . following result: Heavicst man, 240 pounds; heaviest woman, 100; lightest man, 120; lightest woman, 90; aver- Sunday age, poun After consultation with the temperance martyr and wllhgm y friends of RHJMMHOI\. it has been decided to bt & ne educational building, on the campus of Mallalieu unh~crmi/, Bartley, Neb., as a memorial of the Rev. George C. Haddock, This building will be 130x7§ feet, with three stories, besides basement and attio. The plan of architocture is very fjne, having boen prepared by F. M. Ellis, of Omaha, and the ntornal arrangement and adaptation to the purpose of its eroction are equal to its exter- nal appearance. It stands in the centor of a fifty-two-acre campus, resorved as a per- manent part, and bounded on all sides by avenues 130 feet wide. s&:)‘ Average wolght in each oar 6,500 [dow of the Towa. Hardin county is now financially solid and warrants are at par. The population of Boone county falls but sixty-one below that of Marshall county. The Creston Knights of Pythias lodge is discussing the question of organizing a uni- form rank. The mine inspectors will meet some time this week and commence their term by elect- inga etary, The people in the eastern part of Polk count, ¢ Just now engaged in slaughtering their spring crop of wolyes. A parent in Creston says that there is one advantage 1n the Indian camp there: He always knows whero to find his boy. It is oharged that ex-Superintendent of Schools Welch, of Jackson county, permitted fifty-seven teachers to teach without certifi- cates. They say there is only one regularly or- dained dude in Burlington, and he changes his raiment threc times per annum, on a gen- eral average computation, The Adventists are now holding their annual camp-meeting at Dos Moinos, and there are already 135 tents on the ground occupied by over 700 people, and there are many new arrivals daily. There is some talk ot establishing a regu- lar market day at Clear Lake, 8o that the farmers will have a chance to exhibit their stock, ete,, and also have an_opportunity to dispose of anything they may have for sale. Ormsby, of Emmetsburg, has logical garden in Palo Alto county. The park is fencod with wire, and contains deer, English and Russian, silk haired black and white rabbits, prairie dogs, guinea pigs, crows, red jacobins, rufiled neck uu&orwd pigeons, wild geese and domestic cats. oy RN BOOK REVIEWS. ety Yeanrs or Excrisn Soxe," edited by Henry F. Randolph, New York: Anson D. Randolph & Co. Notwithstanding the fact that the past few years have been remarkably fruit- ful of “‘song garlands™ and “*treasuries,” Mr. Randolph’s collection will be a welcome addition to all libraries. He has sensibly limited his field to the Victorian period, and has collected within the covers of his three volumes the creme de la creme of English poetry of that period. It cannot besaid that there is any erying demand for an additional collection of English poetry, yet for those who desire it “Fifty Years of English Song’ contains in a com- pact form, and typographically fault- less, not brief specimens of the style of the various authors, but the very purest gems of the modern masters of English verse. “Tue Story or THE Gotns,” by Heary Bradley, New York, G. P. Pitnam’s Sons. For the first time an English author has presented in a readable shape the iragmentary records of a people and an age so intensely interesting to the Briton and his descendants. The author has contented himself with the simple narrative, in graceful and unaffected English, of the historical facts in the life of the Gothic race from the earliest times down to the end of the Gothic dominion in Spain. The work is the eighteenth in the publisher’s excellent series, “*The Story of the Nations,” and fills an ancient gap in the chain of his- torical literature. The series is hand- somely bound in 12-mo. form. beauti- fully printed on heavy white paper, and copiously illustrated. Covering, as it does, & wide range of subjects, and at the reasonable price (1,50 per volume), it is one of the most salable of modern publications, and will be especially ap- {n'lwia\wd by readers of moderate means. NSSOLVING VIEWS IN THE HISTORY OF JUDA- 183, by Rabbi Solomon Schindier, Boston, Lee & Shepard. The dissolving views consist of a series of lectures delivered in the tem- ple Adath Isracl, Boston, by a man dis- tinguished for his erudition. In each lecture some prominent personage in Jewish history is selected and caused to stand forth from his contemporary age. The series opens with “Moses and his time.”” and concludes with *The present hour.” The lectures have been pre- pared with much care and ench cpoch W pe is ushered before the der with skill in language easily grasped and understood. This prosons tation of facts, from the Jewish stand point ina atonce elegant and forceful cannot fuil to be welcome to the student of every ereed. SJuparsm oN THE Socian Qi Rabbi H. Berkowitz, New Yo Alden, In these days of the very fiercest of the so-called conflict of capisal and lubor the view of the question from a Jewish standpoint cannot fail to be of interest. The author in the course of his thirteen discourses passes In review the various solutions of the subject know under the names of socialism, nihilism, anarchy and their attendant train and finds that they are “distructive in their method uttérly subversive not only of the social but the moral order.” Of the varions remedies proposed the author makes ou selection, but concludes with the parn- mount truth: *“That the masses should be educated up to a recognition of the real evils and be made to see the true methods by which alone any reform can succeed,”” The little volume contains a vast amount of information, historieal and otherwise and is especially inter- esting as coming from o source which may reasonably be presumed to be im- partial. Citirs Frosm A Tescner's Wonksuop by L, It‘dl{lumm, Ph. D., Boston, Lee & Shep- ard, American book stores are pretty well supplied with alleged expositions of the theory and artof teaching and is not to be supposed that the appearance of a new one will ereate a very appreciable sensation. It is in educational asin other matters a comparatively casy matter to propound atheory. The young American teacher however, 1s notin need of a theory 50 much as a few prac tical suggestions and hints not so much concerning what to do as how to do it. The writer who will practically solve T iy Aaae oy s “the weunls speller,” “the bad boy in arith- metie,” and the like is the writer who will find a door to the heart of the American teacher, These ‘hre the problems Dr, Klemm attempts to solve. The work makes no pretence to rhet- orical excellence but is simply the practical suggestions of an experienced and success uA' teacher in the solution of the difficulties encountered by every teacher, In this respect the volume is one of the most valuable which has yet appeared. SummER AssEMBLY DaYs, or what was seen, heard and felt at the Nebraska Clautau- qua, by Aona K Hahn, Boston, Congrega- tional Sunday school and publishing so- clety. The local interest attaching to this work will commend it to Nebraska T10N," by John 1. readers, whilo the airiness of the sub« ject will make it a welcome visitor else« where. The author is an easy and frtwcful writer and the picturesque catures of the Nebraska camping ground lose nothing from her treats ment. ‘A Paren City," by D. R. Locke (Potroleun V. Nasby) ; Boston, Lee & Shepard, The idea conveyed by the much utile ized expression “‘a boom” is graphically portrayed in the author's well known style in “The Paper City.” Nothing from Mr. Locke's pen can fail to inter< est the American reader and he has done nothing better than his account of the rise and fall of New Canton. the paper city, At thisa ge of the world there is no great need for the ‘‘moral” of his story, since the ruins of paper cities are as thick as the leaves of the forest, but the very familiarity of the vn:limxg iucid‘iuzulwhon clothed A]n the author’s graphic language give eman mldmomfi ix}tcmst. Fhodig IN PRESS, Messrs. Cassell & Company will pube lish at once a 25-cent edition of “‘A Tragio Mystery,” limited to 100,000 copies. One bookseller alone has sent an order for 100,000 copies of the edi- tion. “A Tragic Mystery” was tho first issue of the now famous Byrnes Hawthorne series of detective stories and one of the most popular, and its a; arance in new and cheaper form wm insure the sale of every copy. The same house, in view of the fre« quent inquiry for the novels of Mrs. Elizabeth Stoddrd, are about to issue a new and revised edition of those re« markable books, which are absolutely ‘“‘out of print.” Published at first under adverse circumstances, during and after the war, their vividnoss and orig- inality made a lasting impression upon readers.. “Two Men,” one of the most striking of these tales, will appear in June, with a short preface py Mr., Steds man. A new and special'edition of Miss Douglas’ superior novel, $‘Lost in a Great Oity,” isin press by Lee & Shep- ard, Boston, her publishers. When this facinating story was first published a few yoars ago, it achieved for its brilliant author increased fame, because of its excellence, and for the elements of popular interest which it contained. This new edition of “‘Lost in a Great City,” will be welcomed by Miss Douglas’ constantly enlarging cirs cle of admiring readers. It introduces the reader to a child of seven, the daughter of a Hungarian nobleman, who at this time had gone to Hungar, on important business, leaving her wlt{ her mother a native of New York, where they were living. The mother dies, leaving the daughtor in charge of the nurse-maid, who is instructed to keep her until her father’s return. In crossing Broadway, the maid is knocked down and the frantic girl rushes down the great street toward the bowery. Here the real story begins and hence- forth it increases in power and interest, as the many strange scewes are told with all Miss Douglas’ well-known ability as a novelist. ———— A Compromise Probable. WasnixgToN, June 5.—[Special to Tam Bee.]—There is a belief entertained by many men of national prominence in the re- publican party and now in Washington, that before the Chicago convention meets a com- promise will be reached whereby a number of the candidates will retire from the fleld. There is to be no wrangling and no harsh feelings in the convention, say the managers of candidates in Washington, and whoever is nominated is to be the unanimous choice of the delegates, It can be truthfully said that Senator Sherman is not as anxious for the nomina- tion this time as he was four years ago. He 18 not exerting himself for his advancement, and I have it from men who have just con- sulted with him that he is ready at any time to withdraw when a man who will meet the geueral endorsement of the party is sug- gested. The friends of Judge Gresham are obstinate and are doing their utmost to referment of their choice. They adfastly refused to entertain any .&mposmun which does not include Judge resham for the first ov second place, and whatever there may be done in the way of consultation upon any man for first or sec- ond place on the ticket, it is likely that Judge Gresham will be left out. 3 Gresham men have been so antagonistic In all their campaigns, to all_appearances, that they will likely be left with the field against them. A republican senator who admon- ished me against the use of his name, sald this afteruoon: “There will not be more than three men before the convention after the first ballot, and I do not expect to see over four names balloted for at the beginning. It may be that there will not be over two men in_the field after the third or fourth balloy. I think the people at large are’ mistaken when they expect u dead-lock and & tiresome series of balloting, and a lot of speeches and plead- ings, TIthink the thing will be pretty well settled a day or two before the convention meets, and after there are complimentary votes the conclusion will be arrived at, every- body will b pleased, and the convention will adjourn, There will be no hard feeling. We intend to have harmony and success. . Does Not Mind Amendments, WasmINGTON, June Chairman Mills says the tariff bill will not be laid aside during the Chicago convention as was intim- ated some days ago. He insists that the work of consideration shall progress stead- ily, and without interruption until the meus- ure is completed, Mr. Mills' enthusiasm goes up and down like the mercury of @ thermometer carried through hot and cold celis. He is in o glow of happiness one hour, while the bill is under consideration by the five-minute and as he moves from party success 1o defeat and disfiguration of his bill his atmosphere goes down. He belie: however, in the ultimate pussage of his bil, and says he does not care especially about amendments so far as details are icerned if_free wool and two or throc other articles, which he thinks cannot be effected, are re- tained as they were originally proposed by the comumittee, Tl To Meet Biaine. NEW Youx, June 5.—[Special Tolegram t Tue Bek]—The Republican club, at~a meeting last night, velled itself loarse over Jumes G, Blaine. There wa large attend- ance. Joséph Pool said he understood from a gentleman who had recently been with Me. Blaine that he was coming bome to work for the nominee of the Chicago convention as he had never worked before, and the speaker moved that a committee be appointed to con- sider the propriety of the club meoting him &8 far as possible at sea. The wotion Was pub and unanimously carried. SUACOBS O], T 3svs Gutt Complets Without 1L Bruises, Wounds. Sold jlala and Dewies Th Chas. A Vet G0 Balks, M *NOSvas