Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 6, 1889, Page 4

THE OMAHA THE DAILY BER. PUBLISHED EYERY MORNING, e TRRMS OF 8UBSCRIPTION, ity Morning Editton) tncluding SUNDAY . o BER, One Yeor. . " or ‘Thron Morthi ros Mon! h 'k OMAHA SUNDAY BEg, matled to any naidress, One Year . .. WeRKLY BEE, Ono Year..... OMANA Orricm, Nos, 014 and 916 FARNAM BTReeT. HICAOO OFFICE, RooKERY BUILDING. ®w Yonk Or: ROOMS 14 AND 16 TRIBUNR BUILDING, WASHINGTON OF¥iOE, NO. 618 FOURTEENTH BTRRET. CORRESPONDENCE. All eommunications relating to news and edi. Borial matter should be addressed to the Epro) oF 1is HEE. BUSIN K All business Jetts addressed to THE BER PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMAIA. Drafts, checks and postoffice orders %0 bo made payabls Lo the order of the company. ke Bee Pablishing Company, Propristors, E. ROSEWATER, Editor. THE liAIlT\"ilh‘lu. ] Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nebraskn, | Ly County of Dotglas, George I Tzschuck, secrotary ot The fes Pub- AshingC v, dogs solemnly swear that the mctual circulation of Tk DALy DBems for the week ending May 4, 1850, was as follow: funday, April 28 Monday, April 20 saav, Avril 3. Wednesday, M Thursday, M Friday, My 3. Buturday, Moy i, Average .....18,001 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK., Eworn to hefore me and subscri to in my wresence this 4th day of May, A, D. 1889, Seul, N.'P. FEIL, Notary Publio, Etatoof Nebraska, | County of Douglas, 5% Guorge B, Tzychuck, being duly sworn, de- es and says that he 1§ secretary of the' Beo hlishing. company, that the actial average y circulation of Tk DALy lixg for the month of April, 1885, 18,744 copies: for May, 1883, 35,183 coples; for Juns, 1884 10,343 copie: July, 1888, 18,033 ceples; for August, 18 coptes; for September, I8, 15,151 copié October, 1888, 18,084 copies; for November, 18,086 copres; for December, 1885, 18,223 coples ), 18,674 coples: for February, ‘for Marcli, 1849, 15804 copios. GEORGE B, T28CHUCK, Sworn to betore me and subscribed in my presence this 16th day of April, A. D)., 1880, N. P. FEIL, Notary Publc. THE South side isclamorous for street railways; not for injunctions, St. Louis is likely to lose one of 1ts fmportant industries if the cotton- bagging trust removes its manufac- tories to New York city, as contem- plated. The annual capacity of these ,wm-ks is equal to forty per cent of the lentire amount of bagging consumed in the countr; ! THE grand jury at Chicago. investi- gating the Joferson msane asylum hor- rors, attributes the evils 1o the ex- tremely overcrowded condition of the institution. With a few more such at- tendants as caused the death of lunatic Burns, there could be no complaints of overcrowding. THE Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad claims to make a route into the Black Hills from Omaha,which puts this city on an equal footing with any competitor. If this be so it is the fault of our own jobbers if they do not secure their legitimate share of patron- age of the northwest, ITIs more than probable that the extradition bill now before the Can- adian parlinment will contain the retro- active clause, by which the boodliers pow in Canada may be returned by requi- sition. There is consternation in the American colony, and many a fugitive carries his heart in his mouth in conse- quence. Tug condition of crops in this section for the week just passed has been some- what backward. The cold, dry weather and the want of rain has retarded the growth of wheat and onts. The week, however, has been favorable to corn planting. In the southern part of the ptate copious showers have materially hdvanced spring wheat and oats. Though pln.nMng is much further advanced this z'enr than in former seasons, rain and arm weather are needed for the grow- ,m{ cereals, THE revublicans of the Fourth con- ymssiouul district of Kansus have nom- nated Horace Kelley, of Ottumwa, to succeed Congressman Ryan, the new minister to Mexico. A nomination in #his district is tantamount to an elec- tion. Mr. Kelloy is a veteran of the war, and a farmer, He served Kansas in both branches of the legislature, has been director of the state penitentiary, and for a number of years was collector of internal revenue. Mr. Kelley is not atall a stranger to public office, and there is every reason to expect that he will reflect credit on himself in his con- gressional career. THE deal by which the Northern Pa- eific gains entrance into Chicago over the Wisconsin Central, has just been closed, Under the contract the Wis consin Central is practically absorbed by the Northern Pacific, which beco mes a transcontinental line from Chicago to Portland. ‘The result ol this consolida- tion is likely to effect all through busi- mess wost of Chicago. Of the six com- poting lines, including the Wisconsin Central, between Chicago and Minne- apolis and St Paul, five will throw their business to roads othor than the ‘Northern Pacific. On the face of it this looks as if the Northor Pacific had nothing to gain by consolidating with the Wisconsin Central. What action tho Iowa and Pacifie roads will take in protacting through business to the evast remuins to e seen, They will portainly unite in a defensive alliance showid the Northern Pacific enc ch wpon their traflic, MASSACTIUSETTS is about to experi- ment with the Bnglish system of parlia- mentary elections. A bill to that offeet 15 pending in the logislature, If passod 4t will be the lirst measure of the kind enucted in the United States, und will challenge the attention of tho whole country. One section of the biii pro- wides that any member of a committoe who recejves or disburses money for political purposes must give o sworn and dotailed account of the transastion, The bill furthermore deciares ille, the expenditure of money to influen the action of a caucus or convention, or the result of an election, or the vote of Any parson except by certain legitimate means like eirculuting printed matter, The purpose of such a measure is plain to reform, if possible, the illegal use of mouey in our elestions which hus come $0 be an abuse of gigantio propovtions. the party leaders, that before the matter is decided there them to submi BARNUM'S SUOCESSOR. The question of & successor to the late William H. Barnum, as chairman of the democratic national committes, is al- ready one of serious discussion among The intimation is islikely to be a pretty lively row in the democratic camp, waged between the tariff reform and the protection ele- ments of the party. It is well known that the late chairman was not in sym- pathy with the former, and his reten- tion at the head of the national com- mittee 1n the last campaign was not at all pleasing to the Carlisle-Mills ele- ment, though circumstances compelled to it. Thero was good reason to believe that he was not friendly to Mr. Cleveland, he was op- posed to the nomination of Thurman, and the platform was adopted against his protest. Notwithstanding the fact that in the campaign he appeared to labor with his wonted energy and zeal, a great many democrats distrusted him and regarded him as a detriment to the party. In the discussion of his successor this fecling is being explicitly ox- pressed. The member of the national commit- tee who was perhaps in fullost sym- pathy with its chairman, was Mr. Gor- man, of Maryland, and that shrewd, energetic and aspiring politician now wants to succeed Barnum. It is hardly questionable that as a sagacious and aggressive political manager he has no superior in the national committe or in the democratic party. Nearly his whole life has been passed in politics, and he has a sort of genius for it. He knows all the tricks of the trade, and he1s foarless and unserupulous in the use of the means at his command. But while his qualifications, as a politician, are acknowledged by the party leaders, they do not generally trust him, and he is particularly obnoxious to the tarifi- reform element. The announcement of his candidacy has aroused the active hostility of this element, and a very earnest fight is promised. It is most natural that the names of ex-President Cleveland and Governor Hill should be involved. It is very well understood that the former is not averse t¢ having his name kept before the country as a presidential candidate in 1892, and that he has a very formidable following which he will hold is not questionable. Governor Hill will undoubtedly be in the field, with what amount of strength can not be now forotold, but certainly with greater prestige than he had a year ago. The chances of these candidates may be materially affected by the organization of the national committee and tho sympathies of its chairman. The belief “that Gorman would favor Hill is probably well founded, and thus there1s a strong probability that his candidacy will bring on a conflict be- tween the supporters of the ex-presi- dent and the governor that will de- termine long before the meeting of the next democratic national convention, who has the stronger following. The result may also determine whether the democracy in the next unational cam- paign is to reafirm its tarift policy of last year, or modify its position. It is thus apparent that the matter of select- ing a new chairman of the democratic national committee is really an affair of very considerable significance to that party. TIN MANUFACTURE. The manufacture of tin plate in the United States is beliaved to be a possi- ble industry of the future. The presi- dent of vhe North Chieago rolling mill company said in » recent interview that this industry is mueh nearer being es- tablished than most people suppose, and stated that his company was preparing to inaugurate it. Ina short time he will visit, in company with experts fa- miliar with the tin mines of Europe, the Black Hills in Dakota, to gain full information as to the extent of the block-tin deposits there, investigate the attempts already made to reduce the ore, and secure specimens for more scientific expe riment. eful investigation has left little room for doubt that the deposits of block-tin in the Black Hills region are very extensive, and it appears that all that 18 now necessary to lead to the rapid development of this resource is the discovery of a method for separat- ing the mica which is comoined with the ore. As mica will not burn it cannot be separated from the tin by smelting, and, as yet, experiments have not resulted in finding an expeditious and profitable method of separating the two metals. But as the president of the Chicago rolling mill says, the ob- stacles presentod will undoubtedly yield to American ingenuity as soon as they are taken hold of in a comprehensive wany. With the immense capital of the Cnicagn corporation enlisted in the ontorprise, and the tull confidence of its managors in ultimate success, there isa guarantoe that nothing will be spared ary t0 achiove thu desired re- sult. . The establishment of the tin plate industry in the United States may be remote, or a clear way to it may be de- veloped within & brief time, but when- wver it shall come it witl be the source of an immense boom to the Black Hills. Ii as estimated the deposits there are greater in extent than those of the Welsh, Bohemian, Saxony and Por- tugueso mines combined the possible future weaith of thas region can not be computed. 2ED REPUBLICANS. No one has evor Jdoubted the inten- tion of the adiministration to give fair tion to colored republicans in ution of the publie offices. The only question ha¢ boen as to how d be most judiciously done so as 1o avoid aggravating the race issue. he mass of the colored populution is in the south, and in the opinion of many republicans it was desirable that tho administration should give most ex- tended recognition to the race in that section, To do this, it was urged, would have the effect to strengthen the alle- giance of the colored voters of the coun- try to the republican party, while ad- ministering & merited vubuie to the dominant white element iu thatsection. If president Hurrison ever sympathized his view, itapoears that Lis wind PLACING CGLS has undergone a change, and that the policy of the administration hercafter will not be to appoint colored men to ofMces in the south, only one such ap- pointment to an important position there having thus far been made. Such is the inference to be drawn from the action of the secretary of the interior in ap- pointing a colored citizen of Missis- sippi for servico as a special timber agent in the west, and the statement that this is the first of a number of rep- resentative southern colored men who are to be given positions under the de- partment of the interior, with duties elsewhere than in the south. The be- lief is said to have obtained in admin- istration circles, that it will ba the wiser policy to appoint colored men to places located in sections of the coun- try where they will have the moral sup- port of the people and will not have to encounter the hatred that would con- front them in the south. On purely presidential grounds this position is doubtless correct, but a great many republicans will be likely to re- gard it as a concession that ought not to be made to prejudice and intoler- ance. And it will not be surprising if some objection is heard from repub- licans in the sections to which southern colored men shall be sent as public officials. We know of no portion of the country in which the applicants for office do not greatly outnumber the ap- pointments to be made, and it will be but natural that the filling of offices by non-residents, however meritorious the motive, should encounter the pro- test of resident republicans. The ad- ministration may see its way clear to avoid any difficulty of this sort, but that it is one likely to arise is obvious. Meantime, whatever the result may be, the disposition to give the colored race a fair representation in the service of the government is to be commended. It is justly entitled to this consideration, and a republican administration would be stultified that did not accord it. THE committee to investigate our re- lations with Canada, of which Senator Hoar of Massachusetts is chairman, passed through Omaha on its way to the Pacific coast. Some six weéks will be spent by the commission studying the coast defenses of the Pacific, the fisher- 1es of the north Pacific, the transconti- nental trafic as affected by the Canadian Pacific,the commerce between the two countries, and such kindred subjects as may suggest themselves. In view of the importance of the relations between the United States and Canada, the senate committee will proceed with its work with the utmost thoroughness and the data to be laid before congress at its next session will be most valuable. Undoubtedly the report will have great influence in shaping the future policy of cougress toward Canada and in set- tling the disputes now pending between he countries. JupGE COOLEY, of the inter-state commerce commission, not long since declared it to be the intention of the commission to enforce the venalties authorized by congress for violation of the inter-state commerce act. An op- portunity is likely to be afforded in cases agninst the Milwankee & St. Paul and Chicago and Northwestern roads, charged with giving illegal rebates to a cosl shipper. The country would welcome an evidence of the purpose of the commission to enforce the penalties of the law, and unquestionably an ex- ample or two would have a wholesome effect. AF¥AIrindex of the growth of business in this country 18 furnished by the in- crease in the number of national banks. Within the past four months, sixty-six new national banks have received their charters, a8 many as during six months of last year,andonly nine less than dur- ing the four months of 1887. While the banks organized have been mainly of small capital, averaging about one hun- dred thousand dollars, the record for 1889 bids fair to equal that of any pre- vious year. THERE are certain lines of industries well established in Omaha which can with sores effort obtain a fair share of the trade of Utah, Idaho and Montana now going to Chicugo and St. Louis. The fact that a well known cornice manufacturer of Omaha by personal canvass obtained large contracts in the cities of Ogden and Salt Lake in com- petition with St. Louis firms should open the eyes of our mauufacturers and merchants to the possibilities awaiting them. gm— Friendly Tip to the Anarchlsts, Kansas City Times, Every anarchist should carry this warning duly photographed on his brain, if he has one: Don't monkey with the stars and stripes. et aig Who Dares ? New York Herald. When Joseph Benson Foraker and Simon Bolivar Buckner ride harmoniously in the same procession, aud share alike in the same popular applause, Who can ¥ay we are not one nation 1 —— The New Bank Act. Chicago Bankers' Monthly, Tue OmanA Bee publishes an able resume of the Nebraska new bank act. We are glad to see s0 many states brushing up their banking laws and getting these important statutes in good modern shape, and active, practical working order. It is a good sign. L Times Have Changed. Banker's Monthly. ‘The gradual and inevitable disappearance of the national bank circulation does not dull the faith in the contwuauce of the systom, In 1851 Nebraska (Great American Desert) had 12 national banks, capital $1,000,000; and now 103, capital, §6,500,000, with deposits $11,500,000! In 1851 Iowa had 76 national banks, capital §6,000,000; now 134, capital $11,000,000; deposits $23,600,000, Omaha's Henry George Men, FremontgTribune, Omaha has a single tax society with a small membership endeavoring to inculate the doctrines of Henry George. They may succeed in ultimately reorganizing our tax system, but when they do upou the George basis, tnere will be long, sandy whiskers on the wmoon. O Let Bishop Porter Read. New York Sun. Tn one respect the politics of to-day show a vast improvement over that of Washing- ton's time. Party spirit has sobered down, and it is no louger marked by the violence DAII BEE: MONDAY, MAY 6 1 which it then displayed. Bitter as the polit fcal rancor anfi us somotimes is, it is mild in comparisol ith that which attacked Washington iaduls cofin, led to the killing of Hamilton, andiproduced the countless libels which filled newspapers and bubbled over into pamphlets a contury ago. Let Bishon Potter read tho two extant volumos of McMasters" #History of tho American Peovle,” and hehvill find abundant reason, not for praisingjthe past at the expense of the present, huflmmcr for thankfulness that the past is pasty never to return. -~ - An Able Western Man, Digdn (1) Telegraph. ‘We unders! that the entire delegation in congress fAdm Nebraska is now urging John L. Webster for the vacancy on the su- preme bench of the United States. The newspapers of that state are warm in their support of Mr. Webstor. Ho is an able lawyer and a man In the vigorous intellectual age of life; and this is a groat point in his favor. There has been some reasons for the complaint that the policy of the presidents in selecting men for these places has been to turn the supreme court into a sort of museum of antiquities. Men have been selected at an ago when thoy should have been ready to retire from the cares of life instead of begin- ning a career. This has been a serious ob- Jection which has been generally recognized in our supreme court. Wo beliove that the states west of the Mississippi are not prop- erly represented i the suprewe court. —_— All Have Endorsed Him. Benkleman Republican., Newspapers generally throughout tho state are earnestly presenting the name of John L. Webster, of Omaha, a8 a successor to Justice Stanley Mathews, of the United States supreme bench, Mr. Webstor is an old resident of Nebraska, a citizen of good reputation, an attorney of more than or- dinary ability, being ono of the leaders of the Nebraska bar, a thorough republican and a man whose political record is spotless. The Nebraska delegation in congress have all endorsed him together with the leading nowspapers, ThoRepublican takes pleasure in stating and hopes it voices tho sentiment of the republican party in Dundy county, that nothing would suit the people of this section better than to have President Harri- sou appoint Mr. Webster to the vacancy on the supreme bench. el The Say of the Biomer. icago Tribune, Now there comes a pamnful rumor, that the Oklahoma boomer, in no meek and gentle humor, is upon the homeward track. He 1s coming o'er the prairie, and with rich vocabulary, blasphemous and sangui- nary, he 18 blazing his way back. From the Oklahoma region, Hoosier, Sucker, Towegian, and. the rest, a_motley legion, s00n you'll sce get up and dust. For the boom of Oklahoma, has a queer, de- funct aroma. 'Tis beyond the stage of coma—it is nofv about to “bust.” The Broad Pl m of the People. Attanta Constitution, There are somejin the north who want the southern people fo admit that they were traitors ; there arg some people in the south who want the people of the north to admit that the war for the union was wrong. Be- tween these extramists come the people of both sections, andithey are already reunited on a common nlu!.t)rm——thu glory of the flag, the perpetuity of the union and the prosper- ity of the whole cuntry. Itisa broad plat- form. 3 e Our Megchant Princes. Wahoo Wasp. From the extéiisive reports given in the Omaha papers of the trip of the Omaha board of trade to the Black Hills and return, one would think thoy were composed of knighted princes from the court of St. James, — An Evidence of Enterprise. Phelps County Herald. Omaha is as enterprising as over. Last weelk she scnt her board of trade on a trip northwest through Dakota and into the Black Hills country, the object being to draw tho trade of that section towards the Gate City. —_— THE INDUSTRIAL FIELD. Saxony wool, the very finest in the world, comes from sheep that are across of the Spanish upon the Saxon merino. In 1888 we exported $2,000,000 worth of sowing machines and $6,000,000 worth of steam engines and machinery. A Wheeling firm says that the American laborer thinks whilo he works, and an Ital- ian simply works like a horse. A cotton fabric which has been patented in England has the appearance and soft feel of chamois leather, and it is guaranteed will not losc its special qualitics when washed. A Baltimore & Ouio railroad brakeman got 8550 damages for injuries caused in an ac- cident. The company claimed that it was not liable when the air-brakes refused to do their work. Chicago has 20,000 girls working for starv- ation wages. me make 82, and & number get as high as $3.50 por week. Professor Rogers of England told Henry George that the wages of a common laborer in the days of Henry VII would be equiva- lent in the money of our day to £145 per an- num. Mr. George afterward learned that the present wages of a coal muner in good times were about £65 a year. “When 4 man has handled the carpenter’s tools till b is seventy-five years old,” says the New York Sun, speaking of a suicide, “he is apt to be crowded out of his trade by younger rivals, but they must not forget that he ought to get a show as long as his life 1s dependent on s labor." During the past half century the wages of labor have about doubled, while food sud clothing cost little less than 50 per ceut of what they cost fifty years ago. These are faots sufficiently kuown w0 be beyond any successful contradiction, says the Irish World. The fleece of ten goats and the work of sevoral men for a half a year are required to make a cashmere shawl a yard and a balf square, Houstholm, Jutland, has the world’s big- gest olectric light. It is of 2,000,000 candle- power, und has arange of twenty-six miles, A pointer for workers from the National Economist: The reason why so small a num- ber of monopolists have so long succeeded in preventing tho masses from making any neadway against their designs oraccomplish- ing any great reforms 1s that they work har- moniously, with a fixed and definite design, and are persistent and tenacious in their un- dertakings. In England the represcntatives of 261,575 organized miners demand a further increase of 10 per cent in wag They think that the employers will think twice before throw- ing 500,000 men out of work. The Birming- ham colliers demand 10 per cent advance and eight hours per dav, and five days per week for underground workmen. Cuba made 1,000 cigars, tne finest ever made, for the New York centennial, for #0600, s CLEVER WOMEN. Miss Rose Elizabeth Cleveland’s second novel is almost ready for the publisher's hands. 1t will not deal wholly with Wash- ugton life, but if report be true, it wil be another tale of two cit New York. Queen Victoria will attain the ago of threo score and ten May 24. The state banquet in honor of the event will not be given until the next day. She has beon enjoying unusually good health lately. Nancy Washington (colored), of Westches- ter county, New York, thinks the facts that her father and motLer belonged to George Washington, and that she herself is snow 106 yoars old, entitled her to a ticket to the cen- tennial ball. Texas women are working on convas a huge map of that huge state. The name of each of the 204 counties will be worked ‘‘with some beautiful product made in the county.” One county—Tom Green—is larger than Massachusetts and Connecticut combined. Miss Mollie Sherwood, the San Francisco society beauty,now in this city, whosesaperb voice is highly spoken of, is going to go on the operatic stage. Miss Marie Louise Fve is a rising poctess of Augusta, Ga., who is spoken of by an ad- miring eritic as one “whose pure and gentle spirit is naturally attuned to the unwarlike settlement of controversies, who has made the south respected ana loved, and with her woman's hand, unbarred many a door to love which political disturbers had closed to hate.” Miss Mary A. Brigham, of Westboro, Mass., who graduated from Mount Holyoke seminary forty yoars ago, has been chosen s the first president of the institution, which is now a college as well. Little Devereux Blake and her fellow suffrage boomers have held an indignation meeting to denounce the tyrauny of the New York centennial authorities and to for- mally protest against the glaring injustice which excludes women from any share in the public proceedings of the celebration, ‘while imposing upon them their share of the taxation which pays for the display. And Ward McAllister chuckles in ghoulish glee. Mrs. Morton, the wifeof the vice-president and the leading spirit in the centennial dance preparations, was Miss Anna Living- ston Street before her marriage, and is a descendant of Lord Stirling,of revolutionary fame, Vashington and et o 18 THERE A TWINE TRUST? Binding Twine Said to Cost 5 Oents an Acre More Than Last Yenr. SciinNer, Nob., May 4.—To the Editor of Tue Bee: From the fact that there is no twine trust, it scoms folly to discuss tho twine business, or any devices to avoid its use. The fact is, thoso who have written the most about it know the least. For instance: The Nebraska Farmer has an item as fol- lows: “The machine agents are asking farmers 25 cents per pound for binding twine. The same kind of twine could have been bought five years ago for 13 cents, It is an outrage.” There isu’t a word of truth in_either end of this. First. The machine men are not asking 25 cents per pound for twine. The best twine can be bought for 19 or 20 cents—better twine than_has ever been sold heretofore. It may cost 3 cents per acre more for twine than last year; but, the rise in_price is just as legitimate as the price that raises hogs from 4 cents to 6 cents in sixty days. There is no talk of ‘“trust” then. The fact is, those who have writton the most about twine, never saw a binder, and wouldn't know binding twine from any other. Give us facts on this twine business, and not non- sensical laeas about *“foilng." w. STATE JOTTINGS. Sunday shaving at Norfolk is prohibited by ordinance. Corn planting has commenced in sections of the state. The clerk of Buffalo county gathered in $804.90 during April. There are nineteen irrigating tanks in Fremont, licensed at $500 each. The state press unanimously agroe that “now is the time to .subscribe as well as liquidate.” Indianola has tackled the aquestion of waterworks. T'he natives realize that its vir- tues should be piped. The Omaha Association of Congregational churches will conveno at Fremont to-mor- row, for a session of three days. The business of the Kearncy postofiice for April amounted to 81,157, an increase of $245 over the same month last year. By a singular coincidence Wahoo's water- works were put in operation just as the sa- loons were corked with an ijunction. Fremont shows a gain of 215 school child- ren in a year. There are 6,212 in the county, an increase of 340 in twelve months. Blair called the turn on the liquor men by raising the license to $1,000, the amount to be divided between the school fund and the city troasury. The Democrat peers into the future and exclaims: *“When paved, Beatrice will have the finest streets of any city of the country. We say, ‘when paved.” Just when, we will not say." The State Medical association will swap prescriptions and exporiences ol Kearney on tho 21st. After gravely discussing the ius and pills of mankind, they will diagnose a banquet at the Midway. What profiteth a man who gathers the dross of the world and hides it in a trunk? The Rev. Schmitt, of Blair, is seriousty meditating on the text, having losta roll of $52 in that way. The fifteenth annuai tournament, of the Nebraska State Sportsmen’s association will open in Norfolk, on the 21st inst. About $500 will be hung up 1n purses, and some fine shooting is expocted. A combination of Brall, Brown and Boose furnishes salucious food 'for the gossips in Nebraska City. The first two aro apparently anxious to bask in_the sunshiue of Boose, Dbut the law stepped in and temporarily pre- vented a scrap. Dave Hillyer and Tke Heflfiswck, pilgrims from Kansas, tarried on the bridge at Rulo and were relleved of their spare cash, about $37, by highwaymon, They were given a pair of sore heads as momentos of the meet- ing, but their names were permitted to go in peace, The editor of the Phelps County Herald i8 a man of merry moods, T'wenty-six woeks ago he launched the Herald on the uncertain tides of public favor, and has had a varied and lively race for bread and butter. Ac cording to his own confession, the commun- ity has at last rewarded him with tha title of colonel. It tickles the fancy but falls to fill the long felt want in the region of his waist band. Charley Rief, of Grand Island, visited Omaha last week and spent a day sampling prohibition in Council Bluffs, Mr, Rief is now thoroughly convinced that in order to be fully understood the “‘besuties of prohibi- tion’" must be actually wituessed with one's own oyes, as they present a spectacle of such dazzling delight as to create doubt if simply one who has n, Like the sweetness 0f & smack, it must be experienced 1o be appreciated, as it can not be described even by the most verboss enthusiast. A funeral procession was rudely halted out at Shell Creck, Platte county, one day last week. The active imagination of tho hearse ariver conjured up & wild weird ery from the corpse, and_generously stopped to inquire the cause. The box was opened and a dootor sent for, but the corpse gave no evi- dence of lifg. The incident filled the neigh borhood with ghastly yarns, while the driver insists that his passenger muttered a blood- curdling protest against the omission of Friends of the family invited” from his obituary, “Show me the newspapers of the country, " exclaimed a western sage, “and 1 will tell you the character of the people.” ~ Thero more truth than sentiment in th saying. Newspapers are the mirror lic and private life. In form and contents they reflect surrounding conditions, Their patronage is a barow of their influence as well as of the prosperity of the community ‘Taken as & wholo the press of Nebraska is unsurpassed by any state in the union of equal population. Active, vigorous, onter prising, cleanly printed and well patroniz the daily and weekly papers reflect the p gress and prosperity of the people. Aly leading and guiding public affwirs, vigilaut i | local concerns, and energetic in def of iocal interests, they arc truly *‘maps of busy life, its fluctuations and its vust concerus.’ various IS LIVE STOCK PROTECTED? Thayer Explains How Matters Stand in Nebraska. QUARANTINE LAWS IN FORCE. Why He Vetoed Scnate File No. 10— The Councilmanic Stew—Egan and the London “Blun- dorer''—Items, 1020 P Streer, Lixcouy,” May 5. “Well, governor, I see that the press dis- patches have gone from Lincoln that the live stock commission has discontinued its own oxistenco, owing to the failure of the logis- lature to make appropriations for its sup- port, und that the state is therefore left with§ out protection from contagious and epidemic diseases to which domestic animals are sub- joct. What do you think of it?" Wt is well known that no appropriation for the support of the live stock commission and astate voterinarian was made, but it is not true that the state is without protoction. sy the veto of what is known as senate file No. 10, the guarantine law is still saved and in full force. True, the state is now without the proper agencies for enforcing it, but if the emergency arises, I shall find the proper means to provide for its enforcement. I shall call upon the sheriffs of the respectivi counties of “tho state to perform that dut The live stock interests of Nebraska are of such vast importance, and are so vital to the wellfare of the people that thoy must not bo endangered, and I am certain that means will be devised for protecting then I am glad to know that the railroads en ing the state are extremely anxious to avoid any infraction of the quarantine laws; fur- thermore there is a heavy penalty attached to every such violatio 1 have been re- ferred several times to the opinion of Attor- ney-General Leese, rendered in 1885, to the t that the auditor can draw warrants agaiust the live stock indemnity funa, pro- vided for in the act of 1885, by the levy of onc-quarter of one mill against the taxable property of the state, for the support of a live stock commission, veterinarian and pro- viding indemnity to the owners of dis animals slain by their orders. The 1 viding for that levy is still in existence. legislature having failed to make any appro- priation for continuing the commssion, I determined not to appoint such officers, The opinion of the attorney-gencral above re- ferred to is as follows: LixcoLy, Neb., Aug, 14, 1885, —Hon, H. A, Babeock, Auditor of Public Accounts :—In answer to your interrogatory, whether or not you as auditor of public accounts, are authorizea to draw warrauts on the live stock indemnity fund, as compensation of commissioners, and for animals_killed, T will say, section 20 of chapter 4, laws of 1585, provides: That tho members of the com- mission appointed by the governor shall ro- ceive £ per day for the time ne employed, and each member shall the actual traveling expenses by him curred and paid in duties required of him, which said per diem and expenses shall be drawn from the treasury out of the live stock in- domnity fund on the warrants in the audi- tor, to be issued on the filing of his oftice of an itemized account thereof, properly veri- fied. And I am of the opinion that whatever itemized accounts of the commissioners are presented to the auditor, properly verified, it is the duty of the auditor to draw his v rant on the live stock indemnity fund for the amount of compensation and expense, and in regard to the payment of amimals killed by thew, section 19, of said chapter 4, provides ‘When live stock shall beappraised and killed by order of the commission, it is the duty of the commissioners to 1ssue o the owner a certificate showing the number and kind and general description of animals killed, and the amount to which the holder is entitled, and report the same to the auditor, and on presentation of such certificate to the auditor ho shall draw his warrant on the treasurer for the amount stated, payable out of the live stock inderanity fund. It seems to me that under this provision the naditor’s duty is clear, and I am of the opinion, that the au- thority 1s here granted. Yours very truly, LINCOLN HUREAU OF TR OManA Baw, } in- the discharge of the WiLnias [ Attorney General, “Auditor Barton declines to draw any warrants against the fund raised by this levy, for the reason that no abpropriation has been made, and I am clearly of the opin- ion that he is correct. I, therefore, con- cluded to discontinue the commission, the veterinarian and the payment of indemaity. Section 22, of article 3, of the constitution, says: ‘No money shall be drawn from the treasury except in pursuance of & specifican- propriation made by law, and on the presen- tation of & warrant issued by the auditor thereon.’ Section 19, also, says: ‘Each legis- lature shall make appropriations for the ex- penses of the government until the expira- tion of the first fiscal quarter, after the ad- journment of the first regular session, and all appropriations shall end with such fiscal quarter. 1t is clear, therefove, that no money can be used that Lias not been regularly sot apart by law, and any such appropriation, it made, will cease at the end of the first quar- ter after the adjournment of the legislature. Even if it be contended that the act of 1855 or of 1857 carries an appropristion with it, which 1 pan not admit, it coases at the end of the fiscal quarter named. 1 will here state that the board of equalization, composed of Treasurer Hall, Auditor [3enton and myself have decided not to mako the levy of one- quartor of one mill to which reference bas been made. ~ This will relieve the g&:oplc of &;{o state of & tax amounting to about §00,- 0. “Since the adjournment of the legislature lettors have continued to come in, reporting glandored horses, asking that the veteri- narian or live stoclk agents should visit their localities, for the purpose of eradicating the disease, but the same reply bas hoen sent to them that we are without the means to re- lieve them, “Our newspaper Las undertaken to show that the vetocd bill containod the same pro- visions as the live stock bill of 1887, with the exception of the one authorizing the payment of live stock ugents. This is a mistake. The act of 1887 contained most stringent provi- sions for enforcing the quarantine laws and against the introduction of cattle, not only diseased, but against ail cattle from certain states naned in the proclamation of quar antive. Those provisions were omitted in the vetosd bill. True, the latter suthorized the governor to declure quarantine against cattle with infections or contagious diseases, though without the proyisions to enforce it above referred to. 13ut it did not authorize nim to declare quarantine against all cattlo from certain sections of the country. And hore is the difference betwoeen these two bills in thix respect: Under the vetoed bili Toxas cattle could be brought into the state. 1 have stated oucs bofore that Texas cat- tle way he porfectly sound and healthy and may be killed for boef, and yot they carry within thomselves a germ or something, which, though it may be entively harmless o themse!ves, yet is fatal to our nutive cattl For instauce, if a herd of Texas cattle bo driven through our state, cattle on their trail ure as cortain 1o s the Texas ol Alitics, be. that dread Texas or among cat- | 2 fever and die as persons are Lo take the 0 10 low fever and die who go fors the coming of frost, diseaso has prevailed. wh In fact, Siunish fovor, a 1t iy known, i tl6, very sl 1kn yelow fever among the Hutuan kind. Each comos, if 1t comes at all nitor the frosis havo disappnured, and 1eives again after the ccming of the frosts. It is to 3 w is to the human Honoa our nrcsent quarantine law | s the introduction of cattle from diseases is against cuttle having contagious not sucient, but that we uwst b tined rigidly siainst the Toxns caltle into Nobruska bets day of March and the zirst duy of Novamber, “Tln the vetcsd bill failed o do." " ‘The Me The couac! | unubated for. tion in the distriet court ast g asking for 6 Writ 0f quo warrento In the Fourth ward contest case. His petition re condit cites ut lonzth nof whairs in the | tions caneios on the board, For these reasons th petitioner prays judgmont and asks Hamil. on's ouster, and that the relator bo installod n his stead. Tho relator also oxplains that ho prosecutos in his own behalf, County Ate tornoy Stearns having rofused 1o give the matter any atteution, The Fourth ward has its heels in the air and, in thelanguage of the slang phrase, “Thero is kicking going.” Egan and the London Timoes, The rumor is curront that Hon. Patrick Egan will sue the London Times for libel. Doubt about the truth of this statement, howaover, is exprossod and Tur BEr repro- sentative sought confirmation or denfal to- day from his own lips, but failed to find him, Ho was from home. But, the rumor gocs, that ho will petition the court for §0,000 in dam- ages, and will commence the action as soon after his arrival at Valparaiso, Chili, as possi. ble, but that he will not go to London uatii tha date of tho trial is ixed upon. Itis no se- crot, howover, that Mr, Egan is bidaing a permanent good bye to Lincoln. IHis family will remove to Chili as soon s he can are rango forthem. At the expiration of his mission it is said that he will locate in Chi- cago or Now York whero he will widor fleld for political fencing, Lineoln will loso an enterprising citizen and & vig- orous political worker, City News and Notes. Lincoln will get the next inter-state ora- torical contest. Griunell, Towa, was honored with tho last one—just closed Col. Al Fairorother, managing editor of the Call, left to-day for a two weck's visit in Washington and New York. The Hart Hardware company has asked for u receiver. Tho petition, for tho purpose of winding up the business of the firm, was tiied 1ast evening. Lincoln is now reasonably sure of a§190,000 hotel. It is suid that the “contract for the building has been lot. 1t will be 100x142 feet and five stories high. George D. Scrambling, formorly editor of the New Ropublic, 18 having some difiiculty in collectiug his judgments against that paper, aggregating nearly $1,800. A party Irom INirth has stepped m and is trying to enjoin him from_collecting or disposing of them, and bids faur to succeed. gttty LIFE AMO! THE HINDOOS, Interesting Discourso by Rev. Smith at the Newman M. E. Church, Avthe Newman M. E. church, yesterday morning, Rev. Sydenham Smith, a mission ary who has spent the groater part ot his life in Tnaia, preached an intoresting dis- course ou the Hindoos, dwelliug particularly upon the condition of the women of India and the work of fomale missionaries among them. Among the interesting statements of the speaker ‘were the following: —- “India has 270,000,000 of people—over five times as many as the United Statos—and yet nearly all are religiously venighted. True, 45,000,000 are Mohammedans, but their re ligion {8 nothing better than a fan- aticism, The other ,000,000 are steeped in idolatry. The worship of idols indicates @ low stundard of in- tellectuality for the men of a nation. But what must bo the condition of the Considerable good has been done b $ tom of the English officials i India, by giv- ing government appointments there only to thoso natives who have mastered the sng lish language. These government positions are for life, or at the end of twenty-five vears the incumbent can retireon & pension. These positions are, therefore, desirable, and us a conscquence tens of thousands of young Hindoos learn the Inglish language every year, and in the reading of Koglish books ‘receive a great deal of enlightonment “The women of India occuny the lowest position of any of their sex in the world. They are but little bettor chattels. The greatest desiro of Hindoo woman is to give birth to ason. birth of a daughter is considered a misfor tune. As soon u8 a boy becomes four or five years old he is sent to school, but not oue girl in 10,000 receives any education. By the time the girl reaches the age of soven or eight years sho is married, and every girl in Indin 1s married before she reaches the ago of thirteen. The women belonging to the lower castes do all sorts of manual lappr, They sweep the- streets, carry brick <fnd™ stone, do grading on_the railronds, and all other work usually done by men. Yet the condition of these women is really bettor than those of the upper classes. Those be longing to the higher custes are shut up in their houses all the tine and see nothing of the world. They ocan not read and are wholly ignorant. There aro scarcely any household duties to which they can devote their time, like the good women of this country. Tneéy huve no chairs, no tablos, no beds, no furniture of any kind. At night they sleep on rugs, They have but three things to do: Sweep the fioors, wash their clothes aud prepare tho simplest meals. “The great majority of poople eat no meat. Can you conceive anything more deplorable than the enforced idiencss of these women ¢ The poorer classes of women sco more of life and are more intelligent. All that many of the rich women have to do is to put on their dresses and pearls, and take thom off and listen to the talos of their servant women As 1 consequence, these women are fearfully superstitious. They believe m the evil oye spells and witchery. If thoy lose a clild_ they believe that the evi spirit has taken it away because they love it. and to their next ehild they give somo contemptible namo such as “Stone' or “Heap of Rubbish,” or similar appellation to make the eyil spirit think they donot love the child. They beliove that veople are sometimes possessed of devils, and if any person does something extraordi- nary it is attributed to a devil within him. A nation is as its homes are. The homes aro as the women are. ‘The way to advance these people, therefore, is through the . women, Yet in Indin no respectable woman will speak to & man. Male mssionavies, therefore, can do little good. Tho great solution 0f the problem is through women missionarics. I'he fow that are i India to- day are doing untold good, The women of India ace that these ladics are botter edu- cated and more intelligent than themselyes, and welcome them into their homes, Tho uso of lady missionaries is the only courso to be pursued in saviug India from idolatry. L'would rather have five lady missionaries come over to India than ten men, 'Iho Hindoos come from the same original stock as oursolves-—the Indo-Buropean. Thoey aro Caucassians, like oursclves; in fact, they are our brothers, and we should help thew. e Use Angostura Bitters to stimuluto the appetite and keep the digestive organs in order. Dr.J G. B. Siegort & Sons, sele manufaciurers. 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