Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 18, 1889, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. ——— TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Delly (Hnfl\!ll‘ Rdition) including SUNDAY Bek, One Yo r Six uafithn 1A Orr1ce, Nos, 014 and 916 FARNAM Brmer. 10A00 OFFICE, 607 ROOKERY BUILDING. =W YORK O] ROOMS 14 AND 15 TRIBU! TLDING, W ASHINGTON OF¥FIOR, NO. 6 WTRENTH BTRERT. N —— u wfim e ouid b8 aAdFossed to the HUITOR Bk, NUSINESS LETTERS, ll h"nlmwl Istters and remittances should be Tug BEs PUBLISHING OOMPANT ts, cl and postoftios oraers to ble to '.hl rrrdlr of the company. ke Bee Pablishing Company, Proprietors E. ROSEWATER, Editor. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Ciroulation. Etate of Nebraska, } County of Douglas, George B. Tzschuck, secretary ot The Bee Pub- HshingComba ny, doss solomnly swear that the actual cln‘nll\mn of T DAILY BER for the ‘week ending May 11, 1889, was as follows: £unday, May b... onday. May esdny, Mu{' . Jeanesdny, My 'd Thurada: y 0 Friday, er N Baturday, May 1i. Average. G KO Eworn to before me and unbflcrmud to tn my presence this 1ith day of May, A. D. 1889, Senl, N. P. FEIL, Nollry Publio George B. mmen and say: (blishing compsny, datly circulation of ' T month of April, 18, 1 38,183 copies; for June, 188 D Ty, 1900 TH.000 peploss ‘for Augirst, 1N, 1018 copiés; for September, 155 nl‘Nlm coples; ‘for Othober, 18, Thusk copies: For November, 1o, dngen copies; fof, Docember, 188, A2 oopies for January, 189, 18674 cobles: for February, 1680, 18,14 coples; for March, 185, 13,854 mpm GEORGE B, T2SCHUCK. Bworn to before me and_subscribed in my presence ihla 10th day of April, A, D. T8, FEIL, Notary Public. Bm TH O\uu.\ “wants to chungn her name. Nothing could be easier. By dropping its surname it would be wel- comed with open arms to the bosom of Omaha. St1. PAUL sends assurances that the Winona & Southwestern is pushing its way through to Omaha, while Yankton pledges her word that the Omaha & Yankton will be built this year. These are fair promises and their early fulfill- ment would carry joy all along the line. THERE is little question but that the management of the South Omaha stock yards is to be improved, The principal stockholders have opened their eyes to the necessity of placing a man in con- trol of affairs fully alive to the needs of this great institution. While the stock yards still maintain their place as third In the country, the time has come when .an effort must be made to swell the re- ceipts of stock equal to those of Kansas City. A e R R THE mossbacks and tax-shirkers are the chief opponents of the school bonds. Omaha has grown and prospered in pust years in spite of their united ef- forts. They toil not, neither do they ppin. Lacking the energy to keep pace with the active forces engaged in the upbuilding of the city, they attempt to pull down what they cannot manage or tontrol. They are millstones on the neck of the city. Casv them off by voting for tne school bonds. ¢ GENERAL CROOK has officially ac- cepted the position tendered to him on the Sioux commission. The commission meets in Chicago on the 27th of this mouth for instructions, and in all prob- ‘bility will proceed immediately to the reservation. The presence of General Crook among the Sioux will inspire them with confidence in the integrity of the commission, and but little difficulty As anticipated in securing the good will iof the Lndians. THE republicans of Ohio haye fixed 'the date of their state convention for Gune 25 and 26, and already half a dozen candidates for the gubernatorial nomi- nation are in the field. There is a dis- position shown to drop factional dis- putes, which for some time have been carried on to the damage of the party, and unless this is done "there is danger that the democrats may carry the state in November. The spring municipal elections were a warning to the repub- licans that they cannot afford to waste eny of their strength by conflicts within their own ranks. — ONE of our contemporaries points to the fact that all the Omaha dailies,with the single exception of THE BEE, are aeting in unison to defeat the school ‘bond proposition. This is not the first ‘time, héwever, that the Omaha dailies bhave placed themselves solidly in opposition toa proposition supported by Tae BEE. On the contrary, it would ‘be something extrasrdinary to have the Omaha dailies support anything that Tar BEE favors even when, as in this instance, they are giving advice that is liable to prove very damaging to the city of Omaba in crippling our schools. _The usual practice of these great dailies is to hold back until Tur BEE has taken position on any important issue, and then join hands and take the other side. E— OREGON is likely soon to become the battle-ground between railroad giants. The bone of contention is the control of the Oregon Transcontinental company. For some years the Oregon road has been used jointly by the Union and Northern Pacifio for through business from Oregon and Washington territory. The relation, however, has always been one of armed armistice, and now that the anunual election of officers at Port- and approaches each of these roads is bending its energies to obtain mastery of the situation, It is the purpose_of the Villard combination to obtain & ma- jority of the directory at the aunual election of the stockholders of the Ore- gon company June 17 and if possible to bend them to the will of the Northern Pocifie. This bodes no good to the IUnion Pacific and if effected would vir- tually freeze the latter out of its Oregon connection. It is a eritical moment for both the Northern and Union Pacific, a8 the stookholders of the Oregon Transcontinental have the power to say whether they will cast their fortune with oue or the other of the roads. AMNRESTY 10 DESERTER! The president and secretary of war are expected to give early consideration to the question ot proclaiming an am- nesty to deserters from the army. The 1ast order of general amnesty was issued in 1878, since which time there have been thousands of deserters, some of whom are still living under the dread of being recaptured. There are both humane and economical reasons in sup- port of the proposals for general am- nesty. It would relieve a very large number of men of a heavy burden of fear. Assistant Adjutant-General Kel- ton, of the army, talking of the matter, said that a deserter, even it ho has been out of the service for some time, is always fearful of discovery and arrest, and his mind is always on a strain. There isa reward for the detection and arrest of every deserter of the United States army, and in every city there are de- tectives on the lookout for such men. Knowing the 'danger he is in, the de- serter is in a continual state of appre- hension; which is alinost as severe a punishment as any that would be in- flicted in the service. As to the economical consideration, amnesty would relieve the government of the expense of recapturing those who should be tneluded in it, which in the opinion of Adjutant-General Kel- ton should be all who deserted orior to 1886, Desertions are costly to the gov- ernment. For example, the number last year was twanty-five hundred, and it cost the government two hundred *| and twenty dollars to replace each one of them with a new recruit. The de- sertions of last year tRerefore cost the government five hundred and fifty thousand dollars, aside from the ex- pense attached to those who were re- captured. An order of general amnesty would prevent the mnecessity of any further expense on account of the deserters now at large and if it should not tend to decrease the number of desertions in the future, it might, in the opinion of General Kelton, inspire some neceded mmprovements and reforms. The sug- gestion of an amnesty was made to the president by Senator Plumb, -and it is quite probuble that an order will be is- sued to include all deserters down to 1886, and possibly to a later date. It is not apparent thut any bad effects could result from such an order. The govern- ment would certainly lose nothing, and a host of men, estimated to number over thirty-two thousand, would be given relief from the fear that con- tinually haunts them. In his letter to the president on this matter, Senator Plumb malkes some statements regard- ing the conditions that produce so many desertions which ought to receive the attention of congress. There is evi- dently great opportunity for reform in army methods, without which deser- tions-are likely to be as numerous in the future as in the past. THE SILVER QUESTION. Ever since the present administra- tion came into power the advocates of an increased coinage of silver have been urging the monthly purchase of silver bullion to the full amount author- ized by law, four million dollars. It is announced that they have finally been informed of the decision of the secre- tary of the treasury not to depart from the present and long-maintained policy of limiting the purchase of silver to two million doliars a month, and that this will be adhered to until congress can have an opportunity to act upon the question. The rofusal of the secretary of the treasury to change the policy es- tablished under a republican adminis- tration, issaid to have caused the silver men a good deal of displeasure and cha- grin. If the friends of silver coinage seri- ously hoped that their appeal would be successful, they did so in disregard of the well known record of Secretary Windom on this question. In the senate Mr. Windom spoke very plaiiily and very foreibly in opposition to free coinage. In the ‘administration of Garfield, he gave no intimation that his views re- garding silver had undergone any change. Nothing in his sabsequent career affords any reason for belief that he has abandoned the opinions held ten years ago. Nor had the silver men any warrant to expect support for their policy from the president. He has at no time, either in the senate or since, been identified with those in favor of a radical bimetallic _policy. He ap- proved in bis letter of acceptance the declaration of the national platform in favor of currency of both gold and sil- ver, but neither in this nor anything else that he has said, which isof record, is President Harrison committed to any different policy than is now being pur- sued regarding silver coinage. If the advocates of more coinage are strong enough in congress, as it is quite possible they will be, to effect a change of policy, they will be in a position to compel a change of policy. Meanwhile the practical facts of the financial situation should receive atten- tion, as undoubtedly these have had an important influence in inducing the de- oision reached by the treasury depart- ment. These do not show that there is an urgent demand for an increase in the silver coinage. Atthe beginning of this year less than sixty-one million stan- dard silver dollars were in actual use in a total circulation of over fourteen hun- dred million dollars. While from the first of January to the middle of May nearly twenty million of standard sil- ver dollars were added to the treasury hoard by coinage and the return of coins mot wanted in circulation, less than half that amount of silver certifi- cates having been added during that time to the currency circulation of the country, With facts of this character before them it should not surprise any- body that the secretary of the vreasury declines to increase tho purchases of silver bullion, and to ecntinue the pres- ent policy until congress can say whethor or not it shall be changed. E— THE REASON WHY. In urging our citizens to support the main provosition of the board of educa- tion for the proposed issue of school bonds, THE BEE cannot be justly ac- cused of acting as the mouthpiece of the board of education. TuE Bkk has vot THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY. MAY 18 1880, boen known to stand in with the pres- ent board to any extent. It has oriti- cised the methoas of the board very freely and the board as a whole does not take kindly to Tk Ber. But this paper is not hide-bound and does not propose to countenance any move that would-inevitably cripple our public school system, and for two years to come, would deprive hundreds ot our children of school facilities. We can forego an enlargement of the high echool building. We can vote down the proposition to build a new wing to that structure. We do neea more school houses and can not afford to put off their erection another year, even if morally certain that there will be jobbery in the purchase of lots and erection of school houses. But there is to be an election two weeks hence for one-third of the school board, and if any member whose time is up does not possess the confidence of tl.e electors, he will be snowed under. But there is prospect that vigilance will be exer and jobbery thwarted. The people are wide-awake and the members of the board know that every move they make will be watched. Are we to vote down every bond pro- position for public buildings and im- provements because jobbers and specu- lIators are liable to work the council and board of public works? The school board is now paying nearly seven thousand dollars a year for temporary school rooms. The intereston two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars of five per cent. bonds is eleven thousand two hundred and twenty-five dollars a year. Is there any economy in paying out seven thousand a year for store rooms and fire-traps that are not ‘suited for school rooms, when you can morve than double your school capacity by erecting commodious and well- planned school houses. The talk that taxes will be lower if the bonds are voted down is all bosh. Omaha will never stultify herself by excluding several thousand children from her schools. She “will either rent all sorts of ouildings for school use, and pay out ten or eleven thousand dollars ayear rent, orbuiid uer own school houses and pay a fraction over eleven thousand dollars annual interest on her bonds. Whereis the taxpayer going to save money by voting down the bond proposition? On the othe hand, the purchase of lots and the erection of school houses will place two hundred and twenty-five thousand dollars in circulation among property owners, merchants and work- ingmen. That will make itself felt materially in this dull season, and whgn capitalists come to Omaha to locate, the fact that we can boast of large and ele- gant school houses and excellent school facilities, will go far toward inaucing therft to invest and locate here. Tt goes without saying that public school facili- ties are taken into consideration by the industrial class, which seeks homes where their children can enjoy the best educational advantages. THE decision of Judge Wakeley is an important and timely warning, to the county hoard of equatization. The court holds that valuations made by the as- sessors cannot be changed by the board without ‘“filing a written complaint against the owner and entering into a formal treatment of the case.” The decision brings up the question of un- equal assessments which is the crying evil of the present system. No im- provement, however, can be effocted under existing laws. The limited time allowed the board to equalize the work of the assessors makes it imperative that the latter shall exercise the greatest care in making their returns, and agreeing in advance on a definte method of valuation, equal and just to ail sections of the city and county. Ward boundaries should be ignored, and favoritism stamped out. Rich and poor should be treated alike, and unimproved realty should bear an equal share of the burdens of taxation with adjoining improved property. To place a premium on unimproved propnerty by low assessment is an outrage on home-builders. THE lead and silver producing indus- tries are deeply interested in the appeal made betore the treasury department at ‘Washington by representatives of the mines of Utah, Montana and Colorado, asking to have the present rule govern- ing the importation of mixed quantities of tead and silver ore changed. Large quantities of lead are imported from Mexico to be smelted 1n this country. These ores evade the specific duties on lead by being imported as silver ore, where the silver is less in quantity, but greater in value than the lead. It is claimed by the miners that under the present system the government is de- frauded and the lead producers of this country are compelled to meet the com- petition of Mexican lead in the market already overstocked. To remedy this defect the lead operators ask that the weight of the two wetals should de- termine to what class the ore belongs. It is a delicate subject for the treasury department to handle. The present ruling has been endorsed by the senate judiciary committee and is favored by the smelting and refining companies, In all probability the treasury depart- ment will be very cautious in coming to a decision of so much moment to the mining and smelting industries. E——— THE city marshal of Dubuque notified delinquent saloon keepers of that ecity recently that the first installment of their license fee was due. Dubuque, by the way, is in prolibition Towa. e — OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. The ofticial report of police operations in Ireland for the firstythree months of the present year is an interesting document re- ceived at the state department recently. Crime is classed under thirty-cight heads, ranging from wmurder to threats. Next to murder, in the opinion of the ofticial compiler, assaults on the police are considerea the most heinous of crimes, and two instances were recorded in three months. When one con- siders the autocratio power of the police, the cruel eviction practices, the searching raids on homes, and other provocatious, the moral resteaint and patience of the people is sur- prising. The record shows a total of one huddred and twenty-five crimes, and seventy of these were sendiog threatening letters and intimidation. It is aountful if there is au- other five miltton people on the globe that can show a ¢léaner and more creditablo rocord than that compiled by the political enemies of Ireland. . W Great dlmellfi”'l being expe cod by Lord Salisbury ;V porsuading any of his titled supporters to acoept the vice-royalty of Treland. Lord Spencor, as lord-lieutonant, was a cabinet officer, and his chief sooretary took orders fromshim. But Secrotary Bal- four eccupios the drish seat in the ocabinot, and the nominat govornor of Ireland is in consequence a ‘mére figurehead, without a voice 1n the IrishAwlicy. The salary is large, but the office is'fumonsely unpopular. This being so, it is' wery improbable that the prince of Wales" soeond son will consent to step in and fill the vacancy, although Mhis ox- clusive nautical exporience, and his com- plete ignorance concerning Ireland and tho Irish render him eminently qualified, from a tory standpoint, for the position. D o There appears to be favorable promise that the great strike of the miners of Ger- many, which has involved nearly one hun- dred thousand men and produced such great distress, will soon be settled. The govern- ment has manifested a great deal of soliei- ude in the matter, and the emperor must be given credit for showing marked discretion in his addresses w0 the represenatives of the miners who presented their case to his attention. He evidently appreciated tho gravity of tho situation and the expediency of bringing the difficulty to a speedy settlomens with a fair regard for tue claims of the workingmen. In no country in Kurope are the conditions for a political and social revolution more favorable than in Geemauy. Nowhere clse in the world are the tendencies to socialism 50 strong among the masses of the peopio, re the socialists so thor- oughly organized for action. The averago wages of the German coal miner 1s about sixty cents a day. This misorable pittance is urtificially reduced by a protective policy which taxes all his necessaries of living. ‘What increases the concern over this labor strike in Germany is the fuet that itis accompanied by a wild spirit of speculation. There is no great diftficuity in discerning the ogical relation of these two movements. The money accumulated by the favored classes insystematic spoliation of the masses, and which cannot find legitimate cmplog aent, is being flung into all sorts of financial adventures. It i quite nutural that popular discontent should increase and the social- istic movement spread in Goerinany when 1ts workingmen see that a few bencficiuries of government bounty are sumulating vast wealth, whilo they themsclves, with the most arduous toil, are scar able to procure the commonest neces: s of living. **n The condition of political affairs in Italy promises to speedily develop resuits of great interest. It is said that the present ministry is nearing a fall, and that the policy of the new ministry wili be to break away from Germany and renew the old allianca with France. Italy has been cov 1 mistake after mistake ever swmce Sedan, but her statesmen seem to have fully ized the sad plight of the country only when the re turns of Italian trade for 1883 came to be published. snowed that the custom house re vear had fallen off over 31 At the sffne timo Italian exports had dimimshed vy more than $28,000,000. It was impossivle to prevent the people from jumping at the conclusion that this bad exhibit wis a direct result of th abrogation of the French comnercial treaty. That the prime mimster himself believed the same thinz, or at least thought it good policy to appear to belive'it, is seen in his public announcement that, as far as concarned, he wou propo tion coming from or a renewal of the treaty. In the p ot itself Crispi had taken occaston, at the tine of the dis- cussion overthe 3 of an army ofice the most friendly sentime: ance. This does not mean, of course, a breaking off of the German alhance. Bismarck’s grip is mot so0 casily shaken. But it indicates that the Italian government recognizes the spreading povular sentiment against war and the heavy taxes involved in getting ready for war, to- gether with the general desire to avoid a quarrel with Frauce while restoring that in- ternational trade which was profitabla to both parties to it. - e All accounts agree in stating that the Paris exhibition is proving a grand success, and not the least of its beneticial effects is the completeness with which it has thrown the Boulanger question into the background. The building of the Eiffel tower has intro- ducea o new element into the plans of world’s exhibitions, ‘Tho exhibition dea in itself ias become pretty much worn out as a novelty, and shrewd projectors are learning that some particular feature of interest must be added in order, as theatrical people would say, to “draw.” Loudon has, for sevcral years, followed the pian of introducing special featurcs, such as the *health ox- hibit” of a year ago. The Eiffel tower idoa 18 iu the line of 4 marvel to excite the world’s curiosity. - »*s Whe rew Russian minister of the interior, M. Durnova, will, according to the czar, be animated by the same principles that guided the policy of his predecessor, the late Count Tolstol. One of these principles, it wul bo remembered, was that the universities should be closed against tho sons of the poorer or agricultural classes, for the alleged reason that higher education rendered them dissat- isfled with the habits and associations of their order, It also rendered them dissatis- fled with the most autocratic of govern ments, which accounted for the milk in that cocoanut. Tt would be difileult to find in the nistory of civilization a more cold-blboded order than the one issued by Tolstoi, delib- erately denying these peovle the privilege of advanced study. n*x Dom Pedro is said to have expressod au opinion to the effect That he is the last Bm- peror Brazil will ever sce. Whether or uot his majesty ever expressed himself as ro- ported, it is ceriain that a revolution is pending which will"lead to the early estab- lishment of & Brazilian republic. The liberal policy of Dom Pedro in regard to slavery has expedited the iuevituble. The liberated slaves refuse to work, and, while their places are being filled by Europeans, the feeling n favor of self-government is growing very rapidly. Brazil has s great future before it, and when relieved gf the incubus of royalty, will rapidly progri fn civilization and pros- penty. e Mexico is evidently anxious to Liquidate its debt as rapidly as cironmstances will permit. Its acceptance from United States citizens of $2,000,000 in Mexican bouds as consideration’ money for & concession worth a far lareer sum muy be cited as a -healthy sign, not only of an endeavor to be houest, but also of a spirited development policy. Besides deed- ing a large quantity of valuable government land, interest at the rate of 10 per cent is guaranteed on ll ¢apital invested in indus- wrial enterprises established upon it. Germany’s youthful emperor is rapidly re- placing the veteran commanders, so popular with his grandfather, with young officers, and is introducing combulsory retirement regulations with @& view to having only “soung and vigorous” mon as oficers. He can easily secure younger wen than nave led German troops to viotory, but if he searches the Fatherland through and through he will nardly find men more vigorous than the vet- orans he is treating with sueh scant courtesy. . wte The Argentine Republio is indeed pos- sossed with the spirit of progress, Buenos Ayros is expending $20,000,000 on its port, and the largest ocean steamers, whioh were previously compelled to anchor twolve miles away, ean now load and unload at the city's margin in twenty-five feet of water, Sta- tistics show that nearly 20,000 steam vessels, aggregating 8,000,000 tons, enterad the ports of the Argentine Republio last year, and a humiliating feature is that there was not one merchant vessel flying the flag of the United States. kil The Dakota Reformors. St. Louis Globe-Democrat, There is a strong movement in North Da kota in favor of so framing tho state consti tution that cultivated land may be practically exempt from taxation, and that the taxes on ungultivated land may be 8o high that they will for a time sufice for all outgoings. Like all ideal schemes of reform, this proposal has an obvious weakness, The idea is, of course, to expedite the cultivation of all land opened up for settlement or actually settled, and if this was accomplished, the new state's revenue would speedily be reduced to a very small total. On the other hand, the tax on grazing land would have to be 8o inordinate Iy high that cattle raising would become im possible. e We Brat the World, New York Herald, The Amer! sugar beet is sweoter by about 33 per cent than any other beet on the globe. We ‘don’t say this in a boasting spirit, but with mooest pride. The average extract of sugar from German, French, or English beets is 13 per cent. But out in Nebraska the beet has got itself down to business and insists on extracting 17 por centof “sweetin’ " out of the “sile.” e Only a Cler.cal Snob. Cineinnati Commercial, Bishop Pottor's sermon is objected to by reasonable people. not becanse it was in bad taste—for that mere matterof taste—but because his comparisons do not bear tho test of truth. There was more of the snob about it than unything else. The Mot.ve Not Surprising. Chicago Herald, Twelve young ladies of New Haven have founded a matrimonial society, each member of which has sworn to use all means in her power to got married. The only remarkablo thing about the affair is the fact that they have founded a society - David is Shrewd, Tho veto messago makes it perfoctly clear that, as long as Go nor Hill is governor, no bill providing for an exclusive oficial bal- lot will become a law in this state. it S aae New York's Philanthrophy. Chioago Times. It has taken scventeen years for New York to decide to build a Horace Greeley statute. And having “aecided” to do it tho metropolis turns around to the country and and asks for aid e HITS AND MISSES. A business man of Omaha who has been in Chic this week arrived home this morning. Over in western Towa, as the train sped westward, tho newsboy floated through the sleeper, crying the Owmaha and Council Bluffs papers, fresh from the press this morning. Our friend took a mental note of the tastes of the passengers as ex- pressed by the newspapers they ased. The boy offered every moraing paper in Omaha, but found tak ouly for Tue Beg, of which he sold six copies, Great is TAR Beg. Assurance came from Washington that the employes of the Omaha custom house are overworked, and that an increase of the force is desirable. This is cheerful news. Anvone who has watched the force file out of the federal building for the noov lunch, could not fail to notice the careworn brows, the weary, anxious looks, the bowed should- ers and other evidences of hard toil. Envi- ous partisans might ascribe their condition to the menacing fears of the bounce, but official inquiry shows that from collector to custodian the entire force is bowed down by the cares und responsibilities of ofice. A change of scene is necessary to save their lives, and the administration roalizes that a few years' rest will give them the longed- tor opportunity to recuperate. Republicans are magnanimous. The epicurcan taste of Couneil Bluffs is satiated. A pork roast worth 100,000 con- sumed at one sitting provos that their appe- tite and capacity are sufficient for all de- mands, The position of o United States juror is rich in possibilities, 2specially to the country- man. Favored with railroad passos, mileage, nd per diem, besides the favors liizants may shower upon him, his condition is one to be envied. Reports from Wyoming show that the calf crop is unusually large. This accounts for the overflow in Omaha at present. “ I commission is well equipped for bus- imed Mr, Lininger to the a Lake of great depth to navigate on.” ‘The chair shifted to leeward and pulled for the door. DUSTRIAL FIELD, Preston, which is not far from Manchester, Eogland, and which had formerly a great many cotton mills, has dwindled down, and the working people are becoming absorbed in the factories of its larger neighbor, Man- chesier, The wages of the mill operative in England aro reported to be slightly better than they were a month ago. Owing to the prevailance of cholera, the pearl fisheries of Western India, which are controlled by the British government, have proved o fuilure, and many hundreds of Civers are in a state bordering on fammne. The British government, 1tis claimed, has lost §300,000 by these fisheries, Late dispatches from Australia are to the effcct that the cight-hour law 18 working very well there, It is claimed that it has proved so satisfactory to both manufacturers and employes that neither of them who hvae tried it would be willing to give it up. ‘The reports from the famine-strickon dis- tricts in China are something appaling. The working people are dying of starvation in many thousands of miles of territory, and a number of deaths are reported daily.. Some of the people are almost without clothing, having to sell it piece by piece to supply the necessaries of life, Numbors of people are living on a kind of broth made of willow leaves or of mullet husks. The New Crusade, a labor paper of Spring- field, publishes a strong appeal to painters and decorators to unite. It says there are idle days forced constantly upon the work- men which are not taken into account in their wages. The glassworkers at Newcastie-on-Tyne are vory hopeful of the prasent outlook. The standard of wages has been raised, and a number of the glass factories are building extensions, and flud it bard to get workmen enough, The New York Waiters' union has fixed a day's pay at $2.25 and 25 cents an hour for overtime. The woolen mills at Benuington, Vt., after an ialeness of three years, are about to re- suwe operations. To Cleanse the Skir and Secalp whita scaba foll constantly from my head, shouldors, very ltehy, and would erack and bleed if scratched, 1 heard of the CuTrouma ReMEDIXS, and after usiug two bottles CUTIOURA and after I had taken four bottles, T w pronounced fncurable. Resorvext, T could sec a change of every §lemish and Impupity Cuticura R;medieg Cre [nfallikle, YT DISEASE (PRORTA. SI8) first broke out on oring my toce. T ran holo i cyes, and tho physician afrald T would lose my oy egtkht altogether. 1t apread all over my head, and my halr all fell entil T was entirely bald. headed; it then broke out on my arma and shoulders, until my arms were Just one ore. It covered my entire body, my face, head, and shoulders belng the worst. The the skin would thicken and be red and After spending many hundreda of dollars, I was almost cured; and whea I had used six bottles of CUTICURA RESOLVENT and ono box of CUTICURA, and one eake of CUTICURA So 1 was cured of tho droadful disease from which I hiad suffered for five years. 1 thought the disease would leave a very deep acar, but the Cuticuna REMEDIRS cured it without a cannot expreas with a pe and I feel it my duty to recommend thom groat benefit from their use. bad with cczema that he lost all’of his hair. mothera as the most specdy, economlcal, feel that every mother will thauk me for 80 doing. what 1 suffered before using the CUTICURA RENEDIRS. 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Yesterday afternoon Judge Field and a jury tried the case of Charlotte A. Delaney vs A. L. Metealf, The suit was to recover possossion of a house on M street, which the defendant was alleged to have held by forci- ble detainer; he was 1 possession of the property when the suit was commenced, but had quit it longlago, still, however, remain- ing lisble under the law. It appeared that John Latham had occupied the house until he broke up housokeeping in this city; and then, considering he hud an unexpired term uuder his claim of a yearly lease, he rented tho premises to Mr. Metculf, The question for the jury was whether Latham had this unexpired torm, and the verdict was 1o favor of ihe plaintiff. ‘There is another suit still pending by Mrs. Delaney vs Mr. Latham, which will be tried to the court. To-day, Judge Field and a jury had o trial the case of the Whitebreast Coal con pany vs A. S, Godfroy. Something over $100 is involved m this action, Mr. Godfrey, o well known merchant of Lincoln, claiming that sum in shortage in seven cars of hard coal which he bought from the plaintift com- pany in 1887, He had paid for the coal with the exception of the shortage. and this suiv is to recover this. The plantiff claimed that the coal was bought in_transit and at ship- per's weights, and if there was a shortage they k nothing of it and had themselves paid for the coal. The defendant's claim is that he bought the coal free on board at Lin- coln, und he had paid for the full amount of coal the Burlington freight bills showed he had received. It yeu remains for the jury to reconcile by their verdict the differing state- monts as to the mode of sale and purchase. LINCOLN BUREAU OF T OMA@A Bra, % 1 The Supreme Court. The court met to-duy as per adjournment to hand down decisions. In the case of the state vs Ball, leave was given to file record. Stephens vs Patterson, leave was given plaintiff to withdraw record for correction. Roberts vs Snow, leave was giventhe do fendant to serve and file briofs in ten days, and aiso in the case of Nolkamper v8 Wyatt. +State ex rel Corruth vs Dickinson, " dis- missed on relutor's motion. The case of Berglield vs Rothrock was also dismissod. Boston Tea Co, vs Brubaker. Error from the district court of Gage county., Aftirmed unless the plaintiff file remitu $1.49 in twenty diys; opinion by Justice Cobb. Leiberman vs the state. Error from the district court of Lancaster county. Afrmed; opinion by Chief Justice Reese. Jenne vs Gilbert, Error from the district court of Richardson county. Reversed and remanded; opinion by Justice Maxwell. Reed vs Colby. Appeal from the district court of Gage county. Decree for plaintiff ; opinion by Justice Cobb. Greenwood vs Colby. Error frew the dis- trict court of Gage county. Reversed and remanded; opinion by Justice Maxwell, State ex rel Mann vs Auderson. Manda- mus. Writ denied; opinion by Justice Cobb. Burke vs Perry. A.qu from the district court of Gosper couuty. by Chief Justice Reese, Elliott vs Atkins, Appeal from the district courtof Lancaster county. Afirmed; opin- ion by Justice Maxwoll. ¥ Afirwmed; opinion Error from the district AMrmed; opinon sher vs Coons, court of Hayes county. by Chief Justice Ioose. Osborn vs Fitzg district court of Lanc opinion by Justice Maxw Doane college vs L nham, Error from the district court of Saline county. Afrme; opinion by Justice Cobb, Appeal from tho ounty. Afirmed; Entertaining falladian ‘The Palladian society of the state univers ity entertained a full chapel this eveuing’ It might be called an eatertainment of art and music, and the spiendid sudience appr clated it fully, Dhe following was the pro- gramme: “lnvitation to the Dance’ “Modern Wood Eng A descrip- tion of the process. . ...Clement C. Chase Haritone solo, ** Quum of II o Karth” ., r. Harry Burkley 3 ~Temple Quartette Tho lecture of Mr. C. Chase, editor of the Omaha Excelsior, was most carefully prepared and proved Lo be highly interestiog. Mr. Chase recently delivered the same lec- —_— ture in Omaha, and with the Temple quar- tette, containing some of the best voices of that city, the Lincoln people attending en- joyed a rare treat. W. H. Snell Will Recover. The news was reccived in Lincoln to-day that W, H. Snell, formerly a resident of Jef- forson county and a wember of the stato senate, who was thought to have boen fatally injured in a storm at Tacoma, Washington Territory, last Monday, is very much better and will recover. ‘T'he first telogram rogard- ing the sad affair announced his death. ~ His many friends in this city and state will b glad to loarn that ho is convalescing. City Nows and Notes. Sheriff Hill, of Minden, Kearncy county, committed Mrs. Peter Westman to the hos- pital for the insane in this city, to-day. The cause of her msanity is unknown. Al Fairbrother, of the Call, returned to¢ day from a two weeks' visit in Washington and New York. Ho says his faber is sharp- ened again for the grind Attorney-Genoral L went to Omaha to-day o wind up his cases in the United States district court. Ex-Governor Albinus Nance is in the city. Mr., Nanco thinks tho time will come that ho will locate in Lincoln permanently. The traveling men will have a gathering at Opelt's to-morrow uight to furthor consider the pleasure for their week’s outing at Cush- man's park in June. The boys anticipate a great time. 1t scems that the name for the new hotel has not boen decided upon. A great many of our people think that thero is time enough to nume the child after it is born. It will prob- ably be called “The Fitzgerald,” however, as stulod. [ — GOOD OUT OF EVIL. Dr. Rosenau's Sermon at the Syna- gogue Last Night. The Jewish synagogue was crowded last night by the congregation of the ohurch to hear a sermon by Dr. William Rosenau, of Cincinnati, who is a prospective successor o Rabbi Benson us shepherd of Israel’s flock in Omaba. Dr. Rosenau is a graduate of Union college, of Cincinnati, and is a youn| man of excellent promiso. He is tall, flu looking, and under thirty vears of age, He was introduced by Rabbi Benson and con- ducted the opening services. Dr, Rosenau's themo was ‘‘Good Out o Ewil,” and he reached his text by telling in an_entertaining and eloquent manner the story of Jacob's son .who was sold by his brothers ns a slave to Egyptian traders. It as apparently a direful happening, but vh came to renown, the needy lud be- came the kind supporter, the monial slave became the respected priest, and said to his brothers who sold nim, in the language of the text, “You meant it for evil against me, but God meant it for good.” _ Dr, Rosenau held that much of the suffer- g and sorrow that affects the human race is due to the fact that wan in nis weakness of heart can uot understand that God will bring good out of matters that appear alto- gether evil and unfortunate, just as Joseph's hardships proved the salvation of a nation. Our incorroct valuation of our lot gives rise t0 lamentatious when disappointment groets our fondest expectation. We grumble at sickness, when disease often an esca) from othier afilictions, and, after it, the body is stronger and the mind clearor, xromd death is often the release of a suffering soul. Dreaded poverty has ability to work its shure of good. Penury and need have given to the world some of its greatest minds, mind that plenty would have robbed of courage ana as piration. Judaism has not lived an undis- turbed life, It has suffered by persecution such as no other creed ever received from enemios, Iivery page of its history records a perscoution, yet each calamity hus been but the precursor of greater benefits. The de- struction of the templo in sacred Palosting could not destroy the Sinai-born religion, It taught tho Jows to cast aside splendor and make learning paramount, Boour lov ever so sad, our misfortunes ever 8o discouraging, let usbo ready to give to all afflictions the answer thal the Egyptian prince gave 1o lis persecuting brothers: “You weant it for evil against me, but God meaut it for good.” Pour thy stregthening consolation, on, Lord, into the hearts of all distressed; bless and pre- Berve us, - Ten Cors of Whisky Wasted. Ciicago, May 17 —Information has been received here that a freight train was wrecked this wmorning on the Chicago, Kook Island & Pacific railroad, about fifteon wiles from this city; that the wreck took fire, and that ten car loads of whisky were consumed, The 1088 is 70, - The Karl of Malmesbury Dead. Loxpox, May 17.—The earl of Malmes bury is deid. ~ He was eighty-two years old. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Whon Daby was siek, we gave her Castoria. Whea shie was & Child, sho eried for Castoria, When sho became Miss, she clung to Castoris, Wh2u shio had Children, she gave tiem Castoria