Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 3, 1889, Page 4

~ THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. ——— TRRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, A1l com: c?nmmn nl'mn Eo‘n-wl and edi. un! ghl -gl'n:- ‘hould nuadn-‘udhtu Eprros k88 LETTERS, A ‘business letters and remittances should be %0 Tar Bre PUBLISHING COMPANY, MA. Drafts, chocks and postolfice oraers 8o made payable to the order of the company. 6 Beg Putlishing Company, Proprictors E. ROSEWATER, Editor. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Ciroulation. Btate of Nebraska, & County of Douglas, fom Georke . Trschuck, secretary of The floe Pab: HshingCompany, does solemnly swear that the actual clroulation of THe DAILY B for the unday. May 2.... onday, May 27, esday, Ma; iy.‘inna i * Average...... i GEOHGE B. TZSCHUCK. Eworn to hefore me and subscribed to in my presence this Ist day of June. A. D, 1889, Seal. N, FEIL, Notary Publia ““Etate of Nebrask, } County of Douglas. | 5% George B. Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de Jones and says that he ia sec of the' Bee iblishing wmplnI. hat the actual nr-ngo RIS N DA DT month of coples; for Ma; Pror une, 1 0 uAry, 189, 18574 coples: for Februar, 16 + for March, 184, 18,654 copi A0 coples: 10k L RGR B, TASCHUOR, Pencace (s 100k aa ot Ari A Do e 7 'N"BOFRIE, ‘Notary Public. * ABILITY, integrity, and character are combined in the non-partisan ticket for the school board. KILRAIN has arrived in the country, and we will hear less of Sullivan during the coming months. BY THE end of this year there should not be a foot of plank walk on any of +-our business thoroughfares. AT least three hundred miles of new railvoad will be added to Nebraska’s total this year. And the bulk of it will be laid north of the Platte river. . THE virtuous indignation of Vander- voort dragged him out of the shadow of . his mail bags. Desperate means were necessary to keep his name before the public. THE Gate City without a market house islacking in one of the essentials. * ‘What is necessary in all other cities of the size of Omaha is certainly not un- necessary here. . MATURED business judgment, prac- £ © tical experience in school affairs, legal » _ ability and youthful energy, are com- “‘ibided to an eminent degree in the non- . partisan nominees. THE cattle thieves of the Minnecadusa are cultivating involuntary suicide. It ~fs’ about time for the victims of the raiders to do some ‘‘lfting” for the . peace of the country. © ., THE non-partisan ticket is by long i odds the best in the field. Martin, " "Woodman, Points, Dufrene and Pop- pleton possess every desirable qualifica- tion for the school board. THE New York Sun shouts to the democracy of the country: ‘‘Get to- “gether!” The democracy of America, E:waver. has not been heard from. It 8 evident that it can’t find its frag- ments. _ THE revolt of the Chicago board of trade against the bucket shops is in- _tended to raise the limit and give the game an air of respectability. The " Hutchinsons of the city feel competent to herd the lambs and do all the fleecing. —— THE non-partisan ticket deserves the Bupport of every voter who has the suc- ©ess of the pubho schools at heart. Every one of the five men named is eminently qualified to advance the in- terests of education. THE flood-tide of dead-head naws- __papers which has covered the back and nt yards, not only in Omaha, but in @very town in Nebraska, with Omaha dailies that lack patronage is liable to produce a marked decline in the price of wrapping-paper. Loow—— THE capitalists of Minneapolis pro- pose to invest five million dollars in stock yards and packing houses. This enterprise will complete the chain of packing house cities in the Missouri and Mississippi valleys, thoroughly equped to handle the meat products . ' of the yast and growing western em- .~ . pire, Poor old Chicago! No wonder - _she squeals. 3 — ' THE Keya Paha cattle thieves are a menace to the settlement of northern Nebraska. Their recent profession of ~penitence and reform was a mask to cover their evil designs and throw the settlers off their guard. If they have r@added murder to their long list of corimes, as reported, the. authorities should hunt them down at any hazurd and mete out swift and effective punish- ment. S THE Sioux commission will begin its Iabors at the Rosebud agen oy to-day. Its conference with the Indians will be eugerly watched by thousands of in- tending settlers, anxious to secure a slice of the eleven million acres of land {nvolved in the negotiations. Judging from the temper of the Iudians, and the nerous tarms oftered by the govern- ment, there is a reasonable certainty that the commission will be. successful, ‘and a large arca of fertile land added - to the public domain within a few ; ths. Success means an additional fty thoussnd to the population of Bouth Dakota this year, and a corre- ~ ppouding fucrease in the material ~ wealth of the country. A FIRM FOREIGN POLICY. The conapicuous fault in the foreign policy of the last administration was its lack of firmness. In most essential re- spects the traditional principles of the government were assertéd and the rights which had been claimed by pre- vious aaministrations in international controversies were adherred to. There was bungling in most eases, the effect of which was to embarrass our position, but the great defeot was a want of deci- sion and firmness in pursuing our de- mands and insisting upon their recognt- tion. The foreign powers with which we had to deal knew very well of the existence of this weakness and took the fullest advantage of it. The history of the diplomatic controversy regarding the fisneries supplies humil- iating evidence of the indifference of the British government to our repre- sentations. The communications of our government were pigeon-holed for months in the British foreign office be- fore they received any attention, and wo believe soma were wholly ignored. Secretary Bayard himself told congr of the discourteous unconcern mani- fested by the British government, and of the great difficulty he had had in got- ting it to give any consjderation to the matter in controversy. This was simply due to the fact that Mr. Bayard’s timid and half-henrted way of dealing with international questions was well under- stood at London, and the British officials knew they could act at their own con- venience without running any visks. Mr. Bayard was more concerned for preserving friendly relations than he was for maintaining the dignity of .the government and the respect due his position as the chief of the department of state. There can be no question that the country got very tired of the weak foreign policy of the last administration and desired a change, but on the other hand there was an ap- prehension that with Mr. Blaine man- »ging our foreign affairs the change might be too extreme. There was never any substantial ground for such a fear. Mr. Blaine had at no time during his public life shown any desire to do more than insist that every just right and claim of the country shoula be main- tained. How the idea obtained that he was likely to go farther than any other patriotic American citizen in uphold- ing the rights of his country is not easy to understand, since he has never shown anything in the nature of jingo- ism., But the fear existed and was widespread. It can be said, with abso- lute certainty, that it does not now ex-. ist, and that, on the contrary, there is general and complete confidence in the ability of the administration to conduct the foreign policy with honor and ad- vantage to the country. What has thus far been shown is that firmness in pursuing a policy is not in- compatible with the most amicable in- tentions. A nation does not necessarily invite conflict when it insists that its rights shall be respected and its claims promptly considered. Doubtless Mr. Blaine would resent such treat- ment from the British government as his predecessor tolerated, but who is there that would not approve his doing s0? The success of the American com- missioners at Berlin is due to the firm insistence on just demands and the con- viction of the German government that the position taken would not be receded from. The conference held in Wash- ington two years ago came to nothing, largely for the reason that our position was not properly backed up. The rep- resentatives of Germany and Great Britain were under no pressure to finally determine the matter at issue. It is more than probable that had Mr, Bayard remained at the head of the state department the Berlin conference would not have resulted as it has, in a practically complete triumph of the American demands. In the other in- ternational questions which await set- tlement the government may not be equally successful, but without aggra- vating the difficulties or offering any invitation to hostilities, it can be relied uvpon to firmly insist on every just right claimed. And this every American citizen desires and expects. iy AN ALABAMA PROTEST. ‘The movement started by certain re- publicans of Alabama, to establish a league somewhat exclusive in its char- acter, has been measurably successful. There is an organization that claims some strength, but it is already en- countering & vigorous opposition from republicans in Alabama who are not identified with it, and some of whom, by reason of their color, can not be. The aim of this league is to furthor the cause of the republican party in the south, chiefly on the industrial question. It proposes to break the democratic ranks by drawing to itself manufac- turers and capitalists interested in in- dustrial enterprises #ho have hitherto acted with the democracy, but who are unfavorable to the policy of that party regarding the tariff. Itis believed to have obtained recruits from this source, and in order to carry out the purpose it. was thought necessary to exclude col- ored republicans from the league. How- ever swong the interest of demo- crate in Alabama might be in maintain- ing protection, it would not carry them into an orgaunization which tolerated the membership of colored men. Herein is the source of the difficulty which this league is encountering, and ugainst the recognition of which a pro- test endorsed by fifty republican clubs composed of white and colored men has been submitted to the president. This protest warns the president not to be misled by the league, which is charged with having a *‘vile and wicked scheme whereby they seek to destroy the party to promote their own selfish purposes.” It is declared that the league denies the protestants eivil and political rights by using the word *‘white,” thereby de- barring them from participating therein. The league is denounced as un-republican and calculated 1 its very nature to bring on strife and dis- cord among the races. Thus it is that at the very outset of the movement, designed to make a breach in the solid south, it 1s antago- nized by the old-time vepublicansof the state in which it originated, both white and colored. Itis impossible to ssy with any degree of certainty what view of the situation the ,....‘5..\ will talke. 1t has been supposed that he regarded the movement represented by the league with favor, and it has been stated that the leaders in the move- ment have received very friendly con- sideration at Washington. But it is hardly to be suppused that he will wholly ignore the representations of the thousanis of republicans wlo are not and can not become members of the league, and who, by virtue of their past and present loyalty to the party, are quite as much entitled to be heard as any others. There would' certainly be nothing gained in alienating these men, however effective the league might become in its particular di- rection, for the old-time republicans must still be counted upon as absolutely necessary to republican success in any portion of the south. This issue, much more significant than may appear at first thought, suggosts the difficulties that any plan for rescu- ing the south from democratic domina-~ tion must encounter, and gives warrant to the doubt whether that most devoutly to be wished consummation can ever be brought about any sort of political schome, It will come in timé, Noth- ing is more certain than that the south will not be always solidly democratic. But the change will be effected, largely at least, by other than mere political agencies, some of which are now in process of development. LATER intelligence from Johnstown, Pa., and other towns in the Conemaugh river valley confirms the first apprehen- sions that the deluge was the worst dis- aster that has befallen this country. Not only has the destruction of prop- erty been enormous, but the loss of life is certainly known to mount up into the thousands. The destruc- tion of several villages in Connecticut by the bursting of a dam, two or three years ago, is still fresh in mind, but the horrors of that occasion were not a comparison to the frightful calamity at Johnstown. It now devolves upon the people of Pennsylvania and othor states to relieve the distress sure to follow-in the Conemaugh valley, and it is safe to predice that the heart of the country goes out in sympathy for the unfortn- nate region. TaE forty per cent freight cut an- nounced by the Burlington & Northern has fallen like a bombshell among west- ern railroads. The situation is critical for them, If the reduction be put into effoct, a demoralization of freight rates through the west and to the Pacific coast is likely to follow. What new agreements and combinations will be formed to offset the alleged joining of hands of the Burlington & Northern with the subsidized Canadian Pacific remains to be see: THE eighth annual session of the Ne- braska Chautauqua assembly opens in Crete, June 27, and continues to July 9. The programme presents a varied and interesting series of exercises, comprising addresses by eminent men on a wide range of topics, meetings of lawyers, editors and other professions, vocal and instrumental music, and class rills in the arts, soiences and theology. The Crete assembly grounds are beauti- fully situated, a panorama of park, lake and river, thus affording facilities for recreation as well as mental culture. TaE first indictment ever served under the provisions of the inter-state commerce act, has been found at Chi- cago against several well known rail- road officials for manipulating rates last fall. The maximum penalty is a fine of five thousand dollars and the outcome of the suit will be followed with consid- erable interest. If an example be made of several of these wrongdoers who hold themselves above the law, it is safe to predict that the inter-state commerce act will be properly respected It is charged that the Ala*n. Fur company is at the bottom of the Touble brewing between tho United States and Great Britain over the Behring seal fisheries. Inasmuch as American seal- ers are as much excluded from the rights of catching seals in Alaska as any one of her majesty’s subjects, it is not likely that our people would sanc- tion a war for the sole benefit of the Alaska Fur company monopoly. THE Creek Indians have suspicions that their native agent who negotiated the sale of Oklahoma pocketed over two hundred thousaad dollars of the pro- ceeds and credited it to ‘‘sundries and legal expenses,” Now let a fine of a thousand dollars be inflicted on the em- bezzler and the Creeks will follow the precedent set by eivilized Chicago in the McGarigle case. The Chicago Style, Chicago News, To Willle Tascott: Come back, plead guilty, and pay a fine, i e i Cnltured Eastern Jowrnalisa, Philod ulrer.~ . b O Sw0TIE Bhings. 0 nly]:;:ufl s | “’:m" 7o R Mg ial effgots follow. - ___The people ot hrey are discussi = “fhe question of Wwhal works, and the eiti. From Edit Ka This from the Sun is plenty of time to get we all get together,” But must wo go over to Mr. Dana in order to effect this happy combination? We fear Mr. Dana's idea of getting rogether is a little one-sided. e Rauk Political Heresy. Cleveland Ledger, It would be a good thing for the mayors and police boards of cities to recognize the fact that there are still left quite a number of American citizens who are as capable as foreiguers of holding public oftices. o — Back From His Bath. Chicago Tribune. McGarigle yesterday wended his way To the sheriff's official headquarters, they say, And without more ado he made the avowal: “Canute, if you please, I've come back for the towel.” AL O s They Won't Fuse. St. Paul Plonecr-Press. Sam Randall says: ‘‘We fellows have got 10 get together in '92, and we will whip them ous of Sheir boots.” If Mr. Randall refers to the getting together of the free trade and Times. % K lthn poor old white horse could only al ———— High Treason in New England. Bofton dHerald, More bumptiousneas! Two-thirds of the graduating class at Yale this year are for tariff reform, ——— It Pleases Republicans. + StouniOnty Jowrnal. There will be an era of good feeling in politics if Grover Cleveland shall be ro- nominated. That is to say, there will ba good feeling among the republicans. iR Seistmtg This Cashier Was Bogus. Chicago Times, The cashier of an Omaha bank claims to have been robbed of $1,300 while on routo to California. He should have shaken the game when he lost the first $100. Omaha cashiers will never learn to beware of strangers and three-card monte Uhicazo's Stupid Police. Baltimore American. The Chicago police in managing the Cronin mystery have displayed a stupidity and care- lessness which almost justify the suspicion expressed in somo quarters that they are not anxious to unravel the mystery. o i But We Can Plav Ball. Anneapotis Tribune. A New York wowman is suing her husband for divorce because he left her and went to live in Omaha. We hope she will zain her freedom. A man who will voluntarily live in Omahaisn't a fit companion for any de- cent woman, EAIEI A Not a it Sncesssor of ‘Titden. New York Sun. Mr. Cloveland bhas for more tham four years held of his own prefercuce the post of chief Pharisee. philosophor, and friond of whe mugwumps. He is thercfore ineligible to the place for which our estcemed but er- ring brother in Springfield rashiy nominates Chicam Tribune. Among the men who have not been quoted as saying anything concerning the ineficiency of the Chicago police or detective fores may be mentioned Captain Aoson. This is com- mendable and in good taste. Captain Anson is mot in g position to catl attention to the shortcomings of Chicago’s other great men. e agp I N The Kansas Phi‘osopher. Achison Globe. Tt takes ro much work to get ready for some pleasures that you are too tired to en- joy them when they come. The man who becomes furious after his enemy has gone away is like the telograph operator who getainad! while operating at one cnd of a line fige/lyndred miles long; ha may know he is mg, buit the other fellow does not. x 1t has been found a sound principle in law t0 give the accuseft the benefit of the doubt. 1t is a good rule to adopt in your relations with people generatly. ' You hear many men. ¢omplaining that all they wantisa chence. Every man hus a dozen chances a dag for bettering his condi- tion that he does not improve. Although the devil deserves bad luck, heis really quite lucky. ‘Most people are com- pelled to chase that Which'they are fond of, but the devil's victims hunt him up. 1f men were as braye in_the presence of encmics as in the ptesencoof friends, busi- ness would be greatly- interfered with by fighting. Though they say a man’s sin will find lim out, it more likely to find him in, and waiting to give it welcome, Man learns to kick when he 1s a baby, for even then he has to cry if he wants anything to cat. The rainbow of promise nover appears un- til the scaro of tho storm is over, and it is not needed. 1f you wish to be thought good to-morrow, be especiully bad to-day. The worm that is used for bait should never boast that 1t caught the fish. Our idew of a prominent citizen is one who does not want to be postmaster. Woman likes to be ‘“onto” every new wrinkle, but it is not so funny when the wrinkle is on ber, There are more holesin the stocking than in the glove. You know why; a stocking is not on diplay as much as a glove. STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. Aftor a delay of two weeks, work is to be resumed on tho city hall at Kearvey. Judge Gaslin has tried ffty-sight murder cases during his career on the bench in this siate. The people of Norden expect a railroad this year, aud anticipate a boom in conse- quence. Four pupils wero graduated from the St. Paul high school at its first comu:encement last wee Mrs. Lizsle Aldrich, who was acquitted av Hastings of poisouing her husband, has gone to her old home in Fremont, O., to reside. Frank Abbott and John Davis, two How- ard county cattle thieves, have been found xui;t.v and sentenced to the pen for two years each. There was only one graduate from the Fairmount high school this year, the course having been extended from ten to eleven years. . Mount Elias lodge, Knixhts Templar, held a grand banquet at Holdrege, Friday, many visitors bemg present from other towns in the state, Harvey Smith, the negro who killed George Logan in the northeastern part of Wheeler county, has beep lodged in jail at Albion for safe keeping. Crawford & McPeak have started a weekly newspaper at Roseland, Adams county, and have christened it ee, The first issue looks like & honey: v, Tramps aud bumginfpst Covington all the ime, Ahey aro thépabta of both citizens rs. Arres) ke place every day, led on in the near r that purpose. itor of the Benkel- r Andrews, of jrat, for libel, placing OmAS is NOW & res- Wil %';uw vote M. L. Thomas, late man er, Benkelman at ident of Colorado/3 Lyons claims ti the person of L. 1, three weeoks has Svarmints,” T will net the hun A young son pf William YonnT living near Cortiand, was playing with a colt in the barn, Friday eveniug, when he became tangied in 4 balter, and frightening the colt it began kicking @ the child's ead to & p.u:s. ‘The colt then ran out into the barnyard, dragging the lifoless body ;nh him, where it was discovered by Mr. oung. Colonel 8. N. Stewart, of Philadelphia, owns the royalty for the construction of pontoon bridges, The man: who built the structure at Covington foegot to obtain his consent. The result was a visit from Mr. Stewart, -hthreua&:d o ::l:-a and a eowpromise, wherel by P wi mfimdn o‘;’dollm more than ke ampion wolf bunter in , Who'in_ the past sixty-six of the ¥ on their scalps Towa Items., Ida Grove 1s building a $3,500 opera house, Monona county wauts a new courty house. A new $10,000 schoolhouse is being erected Fort Dodge, market of home- and tile factory has been estab- lished at Eagle Grove. Joftorson county is out of debt and has a sufplus in the troasury. Sixteen suits are pondlnfi against the city of Davenport for the refunding of taxes, Arrangements are being made to convert the Burlington Baptist college into a publio hospital, Over one hundred apphicants took the civil service examination at Des Moines the other day. Fifteen head of cattle belonging to William Houck, of Humboldt county, were killed by lightning in one night. The Marshalltown Knights of Pythiag lndffl voted to offer $1,000 to secure the state building of the order. L. J. Meisel, a trusted employe of Meyer & Co., of Hampton, has mysteriously disap- peared with £1,000 belonging to the firm. The Towa City firemen have resigned in a body because the council refused thom an ap} propriation to go to the stata tournament. Since October swenty-one new lodges of the Knights of Pythias have been estab- lished in Io'wa, making a totat of 234. The membership in the state is now estimated at from 15,000 to 17,000, there having been an increase since October. Dakota, A new Methodist church is bsing built at Leola. The Marion creameries pounds of butter last weak. The Dakota National Guards will go into camp at Lake Kampeska june A mysterious discasa has carried off hun- dreds of chickens around Harrison recently. There are 3,200 Grand Army men in Da- kota, 800 in the northern half and 2,490 in the southern, Work has been begun on the new court house at Miller, and tae building will be comploted August 1. The kick of a horse broke the jaw of William Wilkins, a Columbia farmer, in two places and knocked out his front teeth, Royal Riblets, sixteen years old, has plowed and put in over 0o hundred acres of crops at Columbia, this spring, with the aid of four horses. The summer term of the Brookings Agri- cultural college opens this week and contin- ues for three months., ‘The fall term opens September 4. Leander l)ahvohof Deadwood, after living five months wi a broken back, has just died. Ho was crushed beneath amass of ore last winter and his spinal column broken. Governor Mellette has pardoned Amos B. Mitchell, of Codington county, who was sen- tenced in 1887 to ten years’ imprisonment for rape. Mitchell is seventy-five years old and can live but a short time. The following pointed by Governor A the soldiers’ howe board of trustees: eral Hamwmond, of Ashton; J. J. Kleiner, of Pierre, and T. A. I3ones, of Webster, An urrest made at La Maura last week disclosed the fact that vhe prisoner, who was dressed in regulation male clothes, was a woman. She said she was trying to secure work and thought she could succeed better as a man. shippad 5,000 —-— The Immanuel Hospital. To the Editor of Tur Ber—Dear Sir:— Please allow me througa your paper to give tothe public some statements concerning the [mmanuel Hospital and Deaconess in- tute. 3 First. We are glad to state that m spite of all obstacles, this work of charity is mak- ing steady progress. Baefore we commenced this work, we were prepared to meet all kinds of diMculties. We nevor expected that a work of this kind could be done with- out meeting trials and troubles, and we have already experienced the truth of this. After we had let the contract for the building last fall, our heaith failed and ‘“hard times” came, 30 it was aimost impossible to get in the necessary money. But yet we have struggled through all rizht. Of the sum of nearly $21,000 required over $16,000 is paid and the present debt of $4,000 we hope will soon be paid. For this and many other rea- A0US, we are more than ever convinced of success in the future. The decision to locate ‘the institution on the beautiful hill in Monmouth park, every one will now concede was a wise one. It is the very best location that could be found anywhere. ‘Phe reorganization of the association has boen done with general satisfaction. The Hon. J. M. Woolworth wrote an admirable charter, entirely unsectariau. The trustees selected are some of Omaha’s most repre- sontative aud responsible citizens. The building now enclosed and the general plan adopted for the buildings of the whole insti- tution will compare favorably with any other hospital buildings of this country. ‘Chus the work already accomplished has been done with an eye toward the future. We have laid a brbad and solid foundauon, on which can be built a great institution. But the most important of all is the fact that wo have, wili, and must have roal per- sonal sacrifice of labor in connection with this work of charity. After years of carnest inquiry, we are thoroughly convinced that it is real personal sacrifice, devotion and labor 1n the cause of charity that this great country of America needs most of all, In manyso-called *‘charities’ the element of not to be found at all. (o most of the great hospitais and other good institu- tions in the east, the money expended could go tivice and some cases three or four Limes us far to relieve the suffering masses of hu- if they had more genuine personal sucrifice in conunection with their work. ecarnest, concentrated labor, without in the cause of charity, is above ything else that this country needs. To in some degree meoct this want is the great aim of Iinmanuel hospital and Deacon- ness institute, The five Omaha ladies that we now have in the Philadelphia Mothers' House of Deaconness are being trained on this very principle. With this little force %o begin with, we are assured that 8s soon as we can commence work in Omaha many other devoted ladies will turn in and go with us. In fact,we have had already applications from different parts of this broap land. We know that amopg the descendants of emi- grants from northern Europe, particularly the Scandinavians, we have the best material for workers of this kind. And we also know that hundreds of such ladies stand ready to give their lives to the work of God and hu- Mmunity without the loast regard to sulary or otuher compensation of this earthly life, therefore, this work i8 worth sonie people's lives, why, then, should it not be worth other people's money ¢ That Omaha is just the right place in which to begin a work of this kind, no well informed person will deny. Five hundred miles on all sides of Omaha we have the largast number of the best Scandinaviana, A Mother House of Deaconesses well es- tablished in this geographical center will, no doubt, like in Germany and Scandinavia, 800n branch out and send swall companies of trained, self-sacrificing ladies to do great work of true charity all around. Such work- ers are in great need in all kinds of charit- able institutions. In Germany there are now over six thousand deaconesses divided among, and doing the good work from, about sixteen hundred stations, all over the em- pire and some in Egypt and Asia. Should not both the cust and the west contribute to a work of this kind in the very heart of Americal Is it not to a great extent eastern capital which develops the business interests of the wast! And do not the cast- ern churches and individual Christians send their money to the mission fields of the west! Why then should not the pailavthropic and humanitarian principle work the sane way! We are thoroughly convinced that an earnest, patriotic and philanthropic view of the condition of things in this country will demand an answer in our favor. If Omaha will continue to show true liberality in this work, we are also convinced that philan- thropic ple in the east and elsewhere will now take & in it. And on the other side, 1f some friends east would soon -u‘v;;idnummumm @id, we know that Omaha will do her part. As we are going to conduct the finances of this institution on the strictest business prin- , and will not allow it to be much in the weork will at present have to stop where it is, until the debt is paid and money is in hand for further developments. May the necessary sum of about $100,000 come in so0n. , ———— . Ladies néver have any dyspepsia after a wine glass of Angostura Bitters, the genuine of Dr, J. G, B. Siegert & Sons. Ask your druggist. LINCOLN NEWS AND NOTES. June an Bventful Month in the His« tory of the Oity. THE COUNCILMANIC MUDDLE, Some Important Matters of Interest to the City—The Death of Fire« man Cross—Gencral and Personal. LINCOLN BURRAU oF THA OMAGA Bun, 1020 P Staesr, LiNooLy, June 3. The current month will bo an eventful one in this city. As cast, the programme for the next thirty days will keep the public in a constant state of excitement and expeota- tion, for it has been well said that no one knows what a day may bring forth. Fol- lowing in the wake of the councilmanic in~ vestigation will come the findings, porten- tious alike to the city and the parties they effect. Secretary Garber, of the stato board of transportation, passes his findings on the Sutherland-Manning complaints, heard at Tekamab, to the public during the week. and it is almost unnecessary to state that upon them depends the auntici- pated order of the board, demanding an im- mediate reduction of freight rates on live stock and coal by all of the railroads oper- ating in the state. The non-partisan convention, called in the interests of submission by third party pro- hibitionists and anti-saloon republicans, con- wvenes on the 5th, when it is understood the plan of campaign that is to be carried iato every school district and voting precinct in the state, during the next year and & half, is to be decided upon. It is also quietly talked that the convention is to be a governor-mak- ing concern; that is, the availability of candi- dates will be considered, and such other political clap-trap as ‘may becomo incident to its deliberations and saucuses. So it will be seen that weighty matters are likely to be considered. ‘e state_university will send forth its~ class of graduates during the month. Com- mencement exercises begin on Thursday, coming almost u week in advance of com- mencement vroper. Apropos to this may be mentioned the fact that the Wesleyan uni- versity holds its first commencement. The high school also graduates its class and in- dulges in the convontional commenceinent; indeed, the next two weeks will be the most interesting ones of the school year, and teachers and students alike vie with each other for a successful and happy oculmina- tion. The board of pardons, created by the lute legislature, will also meet within the month for the purpose of de- ciding upon the liberty of two convicts, under sentence for life, who have served at loast ten years of their scutence. Indead, it is learned that a partial conference has al- ready been held, and that it is practically de- cided that Black Hawk, un Towa Indian, who has served nineteen years of his sentonce, and Francis Swank, who has served seven- toen years, will be tondered their liberty., It is understood, however, that the matter has already been broached to Swank, and that he vrefers to live and die is. He is now past sixty-seven years old, and in feeble health. He says he proposes to stay where he is because his old associates and friends are nearly all dead and gone, and that the chances are that he would come to the poor house cventually if given his freedom. The old man is in charge of the prison hospital, has wood food and comrortable clothes and concludes that present privileges would be better than the reminders of an uncharituble world that he has been a felon, and a strong probabitity that he would fin® ally become the churge of some charitable institution. Fireman ss' Death., The horrible death of Fireman Peter M. Cross in the collision in the Burlington yards in this city Wednesday night suggests many things not developed at the coroner’s nqueat. ‘The yard is covered with a perfect maze of tracks and switches, and at night the lights that cover this ground are enough o mystify even the initiated. The testi- mony showed that what is called tho ‘‘main track’ is not the one on which the main business is done; that since the erection of the new passenger and freight depots the main track has developed into an unimport- ant siae track, and the passenger and freight trains are run into the city over s switch that branches from the main line about 150 feet west of the Union Pacific crossing. Withour attempting to criticise the 1 ment, it would secm to a common observer that this change ought to have changed the name of the tracks, and when a track ceased to be a main one in use it ought also to cease to bear that name. But such seems not to have been the custom nere. All the switches are set 8o as to run trains on what i3 misnamed the ‘‘main track.” It seems further to have been an unwritten law -among the men who run in and out of this vity over that line that all trains should come to a dead stop boef reaching the senger switch, unls nalled by the switchman to provced. There is no written or printed rule of the company to that effect, and it_is not generally known among the railr men, but oaly among those who run in und out of that line. And, further, as tho switchinan has usually been at his post, the signal to come on bhus most always been gi and, therefore, & number of the men on that line actually koew noth- ing of the existence of such a rule or custom. Engineer Sheeley, who had charge of the train which ran into the switch engne, was shOWN to bo & very competent man—a man that stood high with the company and his immediate superiors, His run 18 from Au- rora to Kearney, and was almost entir acquainted with tho details of the tracks in the yards in this city, and knew nothing of this unwritten rulc or custom of stopping be- fore reaching the passenger switoh. He know of the Union Pacific crossing. 'I' printed rules in s time card told hun that he had a right to proceed if the semuphore was all right. He looked at that aud saw that it said come on, He knew nothing of this fiction regarding the *muin track’ and the “‘passenger switch,” but supposed that a main track was a main track, and us he was pulling No. 26, a fast fréight, which is a privilegzed train, he vulled on as cautiously as a train of fifty cars could go on @ night when the rails are heavily covered with dew. The coroner’s jury said that Crosa’ death was due to the failure of Engineer Sheeley to stop the train before reaching the passen- ger switch, though it found that this failure was not either wilfull or felonious. ~ While this is true, and perhaps Sheeloy is justly censured, yet it i3 equally true that hostunds in the position of s man who does un act, h, the law says, is criminal, but of b fact he is entirely ignorant. ' The law says that ignoranca of its provisions can justify no man, as everyone is supposed 0 know the law. Iuis equully true that every railroad man is rightly supposed to know the rules, which govern the running of trains on his roa But in this case the rule was a local one,—more & custom than a rule, and therefore was in the nalure of aspecial statute, which, to be effective, must be espeoi- ally ploadea. Many persons seem to think that there would have been more justice in the verdict if these facts hud all “been stated, and the plamo attached to the management for sending @& maun over that road with a heayily laden train, without informing hin of this local custom. It would have also been the province of this jury, and also many think, its duty, to have said to the company: *If this passenger switch, so-called, 18 to ba your main track, as you say it is, keep the switches set 80 that trains may como iu over it with- out interference.” If an engine would be. come unmanageable, as that one did at Omaha, last summer, when it ploughed through the Burlington aepot, collisions could not be avoided when the switches are set to run all trains on what is really a side track. Oity News and Notes. Dr. A. G, Warner lectured st St. Paul's M. E. church to-night on the subject of *“The Church ana Charity,” A erowdod house greeted him. 1t is learned that Mr. J. P, Waltou, sur- veyor of Lancaster county, will have bhis new map of the city completed in a week or ten days. It will convince the most skepti- cal that Lincoln has been going ahead ke a race-horse. ‘The first volume of Prof. George E. How- new At Tat: ion to tho Con al h‘fl?’ the United States," is just from the {mu It 18 pro. nounced thoroughly scientific, and reflects cradit upon the author as woll as the institu- tion he represents. The annual farewell programme of the Irving society was given at the high school building, last evening. It was tho most in- teresting of the many entertainments ever given by the society, and an appreciativo audience filled the room to its utmost capac- ity. The featuro of the svening was tho oration of Harry Barber, on_the subject of ““Our Postal Service and Its Development.” Charley Thomas, the ‘“‘German Count," was sontenced to five years in the penitenti- ary and to pay a fine of 81 and costs of pros- ecution, by Judge Field, yesterday after. noon. 'This disposes of “*Werner Von Man- teuffel,” a son of Governor Mantenffel, deceased, of the province of Alsace-Lorralne, for uttering forged paper, A. M. Bartram informs against Fred H, Woods, a rag and iron xoddlm-. and chary him with leaving & dead horse unburied within the city limits. It seems that Woods beat one of his horses so unmercifully on last Monday that death resulted, and he went his way and left the duty of burial to the city officers. Cruelty to animals is the additional charge in the complaint. Wood's trial will take place some time during the week. His arrest was effected last evenirg, ritduinsAubburm, Down Around the River. James Whitcomb Riley in Once a Week. Noonu:ns llnd Junetime, down around the river Have to fuse with 'Lizey Ann—but lawzy! I I fergive her! Drives me off the place, and says 'at all 'at she's a wishin', Land o' gracious! time'll come I'll git enough o' fishin'| Little Dave, a-choppin’ wood, nover 'pears to notice, Don't know where she’s hid his hat, or keerin’ where his coat is, Specalatin’, more'n like, ho aint a-goin’ to mind me, And guessin’ where, say 12 o’clock, a foller'd likely find me. Noontime and Junevime, down around the river! Clean out o’ sight o' home, and skulkin’ un- or kiver Of the sycamores, jack oaks, and swamp ash and ellum— Idies ,nll lnu jumbled up, you kin hardly tell 'om Tired, you know, but lovin’ it, and smilin® jes’ to think 'at Any sweoter tiredness you'd fairly want to drink it. Tired o’ fishin’—tired o' fun—line out slack and slacker— All you want in all the world's a little more tobacker | Hungry, but a hidin’ it, or jes' a-.not-a- keerin’; Kingfisher gittin’ up and skootin’ out o’ hearin’ Snipes on t'other side where the county ditch is, ‘Wadin’ up and down the aidge like they'd rolled up their britches! Old turkle on the root kindo sorto drappin® Into th* worter like he don’t know how 1t happen | ‘Worter, shade and all so mixed, don't know ‘which you orter Say, th' worter in the shadder—shadder 1 the worter! Somebody hollerin’—way round the bend in Upper Fork—Where yer eye kin jes' ketch th' endin’ Of the shiny wedge o’ wake where some mussrat’s a-makin’ ‘With that pesky nose o’ hisl Then a sniff o' con, Corn bread and *dock greens—and little Dave a-shinin’ Crost the rocks and mussel shells, a-limbin® and a-grinin’, ‘With yer dinner for ye, and a blessin’ from the giver, Noontime and Junetime down around the river. WYOMING OlL FIELDS, The Omaha Expedition at Ten Sleep Oreek. BaxY StaTE RANOnE, Wyo., May 27.—|Cor- respondence of TeE BEr.]—Our party, under command of Cal Casey, of the Arcade hotel, Omaha, arrived here to-night from Casper, Wyo., via Buffalo, making the trip of 250 miles in five days, mncluding one day's stop at Buffalo. The other party, under com- mand of General Hawley, arrived three hours after, they coming via the Lost Cabin route, Before leaving Casper i1t wus ar- ravged that both parties should take the routes above named, and to form a junction here to-day and then_proceed through the entire oii fields-in Big Horn basw, Salt vasm, Rattle Snake basin and Shoshons basin. From hero on General Hawley will take command, assisted by Col Casey, of Omaba, and Major R. J, Cole, of York. Hawloy and Coles being well acquainted with the country will pilot the party to all the points of interest pertaining to the oil fie?ds of this country, and, with the assist- ance of A. A. Richardson, theoil expert, they propose to show the country up in_its true light, good or bad. Should the showing prove satisfactory there will be some very heavy investments made, and active opera- tions will be commenced at once to bring the 0il to the surface. Wo are enjoying ourselves oatching trout and killing antelope on the way, To-mor- row the general will conduct us to Hyats- ville to witness the great round-up of this section, Respectfully yours, etc., “A.” e Militia Ordered Out. SPRING VALLEY, 111, June 2.—After nearly a month’s idleness, the Spring Valley Coal company started up yesterday. In the after- noon a large crowd of Belgian and Italian iminers gathered about the shaft, making threatening demonstrations, and in the evea- ing the sheriff sent to Princetown for a posse. The situation looked so threlmnlnfi last night that the sheriff concluded to as for troops, and several companies of militia were ocdered out by Governor Fifer. ————— Ald to a Railroad. N10DRANA, Neb,, June L—[Special to Trz Bae. |—The commissioners of Knox county, at a special meeting, yesterday, called spec ial elections to be held in the precincts of Lindsay and Lincoln, in the southeast part of the county, on July 32, for the purpose of voting aid to the Yankton, Norfolk & South- western railroad company. The amount asked for is $3,000 from each precinct to run twenty years. he two precincts contain beautiful land, which was selected by specuj Jators in 1870, and is mostly wild, with few exceptions, where school lands have been taken and cultivated by a thrifty oclass of Swodes. The bonds will without doubt carry. B ———— Cataarh to Consumption. Catarrh in its destructive force stands next to and nndoubtedly leads on to consumption. 1618 therefore singular that those afflicted with this foarsul diseass should not makeit the object of theirlives to rid themselves of it. 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