Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 27, 1889, Page 4

S sk e THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SATURDAY, JULY 27, 1889, ——————————————————————————————————————————— e ————————————————————————————————————————————————— THE DAILY BEE. B, ROSEWATER, e s = PUBLISHED EVERY MORNI ——— TERMS OF SURSCRIPTION, D atly Morning Edition) including Sunday Bee, One Year. ForSix Montha. rThr es Mont 0 Omahn Sunday fioe, address, One Year........ Weekly Hoo, One Year. .. i Omana Offce, Beo huilding, N. W. Co Beventcenth and Farnam Streets, Chnieago OMce, 547 Rookory Building. New Vork Offics, Rooms 14 and 15 Tribune Butlding. Wastington Office, No. 513 Fourteenth Street, CORRESPONDRNCE. All communications relating to news and edi. k{’":‘ n;l"k-r should be addressed to the Editor of the Lee. BUSINESS LRTTERS. All husiness letters and remittances should b6 addressed to Tho Bee Publisning Company, Omaha _Drafts, checks and postoflice orders to bemade payable 10 the order of the company. The Bee Publisking Company, Proprietors. Brr Building Farnam and Soventeenth Sts. THE DAILY BE Sworn Statement of Circulation. State of Nebraska, . County of Douglas, 4 George B, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing Company, does solemnly swear that the actual circulation of Tk DALY Ber for the week ending July 20th, 1559, waa as tollows: Sunday, July 14. Monday, July 15, Tuesday, July 16. ... Wednesday, Il{ 17. Thursday, July 13 Friday, uy Baturday, Ju| Average GEORGE B, TZSCHUCK. Bworn to betors me and subscribed to in my presence this 20th day of July, A. D, 1650, (Seal.] N. 1. FELL, Notary Publis. Btate of Nobraskn, 14 County of Douglas, § %5 George B. ‘Tzschuck, being_duly sworn, de- ot and sy that ho 18 secretary of ‘T Tee ublishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of T DALy B for the month of June, 1888, 19,42 coplos: for Jul 1888, 18,057 coples; for Angust, 1848, 18,183 cople: for E@P”mbfir, 1888, 18,174 coples; for October, 18 0%4 - con! November, 188, 18,05 coplos; ‘for Decen 1588, 18,223 coples; for January, 1850, 18,674 coples; for February, 1880, 18,996 copies: for March, 189, 18,864 coples: for April, 1680, 18,566 coples: ror May, 188, 18,000 cople GEORG E B, TZSCHUCK. 8worn to bofore me and subscribed in my (8enl.] " presenco this rd day of June, A . 1880, N. P. FEIL, Notary Public. Tne union depot will not be allowed to go to sleep this time. Tue slipshod manner in which the street car companies are laying their tracks on certain paved streets should not be tolerated. THE Canadian and Southern Pacific roads have locked horns over differen- tials, There is no danger, however, that they will gore each other. SOUTH DAKOTA isthreatened with an important election every year under the proposed constiwution. What a popular stato Dakota will be with politicians and office-seckers. STEPHEN W. DORSEY, of star-route fame, has just been arrested in New York City for cortempt of court. Colonel Ingersoll’s services, - however, will not be necessary to get him ouv of this scrape. THE Elkhorn valley may in truth lay claim to the title of being called the garden of Nebraska. Its magniticent crops were never excelled, and the prospects for a rich harvest are highly encouraging. THe floods have played havoe with the homes and property of hundreds of farmers in West Virginia, d that state will now have somothing more serious to think of than counting last fall’s clection returns. BEDS of terra cotta clay are said to have been discovered near Topeka. This s an important find that will soon develop into a great industry. There are but few terra cotta beds in the gountry, and Topeka will have a very extensive region to supply. S———— Iris proposed that the citizens of New York shall raise three millions to meet the expenses necessary for the next world’s exposition. That is, that New York City will soon pass around the hat for the country at large to con- Aribute the requisite amount. THE fact that Secrotary Tracy has algned o contract for the construction of another war vessel at the Union Iron works at San Francisco, would indicate that the navy department can not be dissatisfied, as charged, with the work done by that firm in building the cruiser Charlestown. THE Mormon has been read out of citizenship in Idaho. He will neither be allowed to vote, to hold office or to sit on a jury if Idaho comes into the union under the constitution now being drafted. Under such disabilities Mor- monism in Idaho is likely to wither and perish in a short time. , e JouN CHINAMAN will now be allowed to pass through the Unlited States in transit to foreign countries. The treasury dopartment has seen fit to sus- tain Attorney General Miller’s ruling, This will settle a much-vexed question and relieve the country of the em- barrassment which arose over the inter- pretation of the Chinese exclusion law. S ‘WOMAN suffrage has not fared any better in Montana than it has in Ne- braska or any other state. Every prop- osition brought forward to give the women of the new state the right to vote and hold office has recoived a very cold reception at the hands of the delegates to the constitutional convention. But of course the women of Montana are not in the least disappointed. Only a very small fraction of their number want to g0 1nto politics, — A MyYSTERIOUS disappearance of four bhundred and sixty-eight thousand dol- lars paid by the treasury a few months 8ago to the Creek commissioners has been giviug President Harrison and the cabinet no end of worry. An in- vestigation has been ordered and the governmont will satisfy itsell whether the money has been misappropriated by these agents who were to pay over the funds to the Indians. If it be shown that the commissioners converted this sum to their own use, not only will the government be scandalized, but the thefy will be recorded asoneof the bold- est and most shameless in the history of this country, TALKING OF REVOLT. There isalloged to be a combination among republican members of congress from the south to attempt to elect an independent candidate for speaker. The actuating influence is said to be dissatisfaction with the manner in which the president has dispensed the patronage in the south. The instigator and leader of this proposed revolt is Congressman Brower, of North Caro- lina, and he has publicly announced that he 13 & candidate for the speake ship. Inthisway thisstatement hasonly just attainad national notoriety. We find Mr. Brower described as a compara- tively young man, a native of North Carolina, who has boen a candidate of the republican party for various offices since 1872, He is a farmer and tobacco manufacturer. After several efforts to be olected to congress, in which he was defeated by only small majorities, he finally had his ambition rewarded by being elected to the last congress and re-elected to the next. Itisnotrecorded that the congressional care of Mr. Brower has been particularly notable or brilliant. He is cred- ited with having been attentive to his duties, but he was not a conspicu- ous member of the last congress, and neither his achievements nor the exhi- bition of any striking ability give him any warrant for aspiring to the speak- ership. There are seventcon republican rep- resentatives from south of the Potomac, and 1f & majority of them were to com- bine upon any project they could make themselves troublesome and embarrass the situation. The republican major- ity in the next house can not eoxceed eight, and it may not be more than seven. Therefore, any eight republican membors of that body who should con- spire to attempt the carrying out of some scheme of their own concocting could make a great deal of mischiefl. There isextromely little probability, however, of any such combine being made. Thus far Mr. Brower appoars to be playing alone. Congressman Houk, of Tenuessee, was reported to favor the scheme of the North Carolina represen- tative, but he has repudiated the sug- gestion, ng that he is a republican from principle. It is not to be doubted that most or all of the other re- publican congressmen from the south will refuse- to join the proposed revolt against their party. They can not fail to see t! such a proceeding would be disastrous to all hope of re- aiming any portion of the south from democratic domination, at least for many years. If southern republicans prociaim hostility to the administra- tion and conspire to embarrass and worry their party reprosentatives. in congress, simply tor the reason that the spoils have not been distributed in their section to their liking, obviously republican effort in the south might as weil ceuse. It could not be exvected to make any headway against such a state of affairs. It is quite probable thers is some d is- satisfaction among southern republi- cans with the manner in which the president has dispensed the patronage in the south. This was to have been expected, and very likely under no cir- cumstances -could the president have avoided creating some displensure. Ho has been unable to prevent this among northern republicaus, and the task of trying to satisfy those of the soath was far more difficult. But southern publicans could make no more serious mistake than to subject themselves to the charge of being republicans only for the spoils, and as un- doubtedly only a vory small number of them are 0, a very general repudiation of the scheme of Mr. Brower can very safely be predicted. Meanwhile he will doubtless not lack all the encourage- ment from the opponents of tho repub- lican party which they can find oppor- tumty to give. THE COST OF BOOMING. The Republican claims tw have drummed up five hundred and fifty-one subscribers at Lincoln who are willing to take the sheev on trial for ten cents a week, delivered by carrior. If this is true it is not a very flattering testumo- nial to the financial management of the concern, nor encouraging to its stock- holders. If veryone of these probation patrons can be induced.to pay for his paper, the receipts from Lincoln would aggregate fifty-five dollars and ten cents a week, of which at least fifteen dollars would be retained® by the carriers, and- eighteen dollars by the man who has charge of the boys and does the collecting, loaving twenty-eight dollars and ten cents to pay for thirty-eight hundred and fifty-seven papers, of which thirty- three hundred and six are eight-page and five hundred and fifty-one twelve- page. In other words, the Republican does not get back enough to pay for the blank paper it has used. At that rate it only remains a question of a few months before the concern goes into hands of another receiver. That in- evitable outcome, of course, does not concern the people, who pay their dimes at the end of each week, and that large class who never told the can- vasser that they iutended to pay. But the dupes who pay five dollars in advance, because the paper is offered at half price, may be concerned should the receiver find himself unable to liquidate the liabilities to prepaid sub- scribers, E———— THE FIGHT IS ON. New York has entered upon an or- ganized effort to socure the exposition which is to commemorate the discovery of America. A large meeting was held on Thursday to start the movement, and from now on until congress determines where the international fair shall be held New Yorkers will devote much of their enerfy to the effort to convince the country that the metropolis is the only city in the country where the exposition can be properly and profitably held. It is covtem- plated to raise a fund of three million dollars, which ought to bea very easy matter since all the business interests of New York would be enor- mously benefitted, ‘“‘New York,” re- cently remarked the Sun, “docs not waste money on vain show, but when it sees a profitable investment it has the millions to put up.” There will be big profit in the exposition, and hence New York may be expected to make u very generous bid for it. Meantime Chicago is not idle. The council has authorized the mayor to appoint a committee of one hundred ocitizens whose duty 1t will be to obtain subscriptions to a fund, koo public interest worked up, and get Chicago's cluims properly before con- gress. It is proposed to raise a million dollars, but if New York raises three doubtless the western metropolis will put up an equal amount. A site for the exposition has already been designated and the contest Chicago will wage will not lack in energy and interest. It is likely to bo assisted in congress by a very generous westera support and New York may find Chicagona much more formidable rival than Washington, As to Washington, her people appear to be entirely confident of the result, Doubtless a considerable number of con- gressmen are already committed in favor of holding the exposition at the national capital, and the commit promotion is actively engagec. in wor! ing up publicsentiment. An important disadvantage to Washington, however, is hor inability to compote with the other cities financially, and when Now York and Chicago go to congress with their offers of millions to insure the success of the exposition some of thoso who are pledged to the national capital may find it expedient to recant. Theve is promise of a highly inter est- ing contest, with a by no means unfa- vorable prospect for the westera city. NO HALF-WAY BUSINESS. Our business men, who, of course, comprise bankers, merchants, manu- facturers and real estite men, must not allow Omaha to bo outdone this yeur in the impending annual exposition. Kan- sns City, Minncapoiis, St. Paul and Sioux City have made the sy win- ter carnivals and corn es profit- able. They have not ouly dvawn upon the region tributary to them, and reaped a gelden h st from thousands of visitors, but they hav their enterprise and publi and wide and attracted c abroad. It goes without saying that Omaha can do what others have done in the way of public exhibits ana entertainments. No timn is to be lost, however, if we want to succood this y Our busi- ness men must not only oromptly and ener v co-operate with the men upon whom devoives the munagement of Merchants’ Weelk, but they must also exhibit public spirit by liberal subsceriptions. It would be far better to abandon the projected demonstrations altogether than to d > Omaha by a second-rate display. What is worth is worth well doing. Omaha must either improvise an imposing ex- hibition of her commercial resources and manufacturing industries, or let the Merchants’ Week project drop. We must . supplement the trades purades and exhibitions of our wares with brilhiant and varied pageantry and that will impress and entertain the people who come to Omaha during merchants week. Other- wi it would be better to postpone our entire fair and exposition programme indefinitely. Omaha never done anything by halves and she cannot af- ford to do so this year. There is no time to be lost and there should be no need of conxing our busi- ness men into signing the necessary funds. pital from doing Tue information that the free de- livery system of the Omuha postoflice is to be improved and accelerated by the addition of new carriers will be received with great satisfuction. Of all the men in the employ of the postoffice depart- ment of this'city, the mail carri the most faithful and tireless worke It is not uncommon for these public servants to be called upon to cover large suburban districts daily, makiog their task a difficut one. The mcreased ter- ritory taken into the city limits re- cently, coupled with the fact that Omaha possesses a rapidly growing population, makes the present carvier force wholly inadequate. [t would not be asking too much of the department to increase in the numt riers fully one-third in order to insure a prompt delivery all over the city. THE appraisers of the postoffice site have met, listened ‘to a horde of cluim- ants, and adjourned to hear from the Folsom claimants on August 27, 1889, By September, 1890, they will probably be ready to make their final adjustment with the Folsom claimants and Mr. Hitcheock. By Junuary 1, 1891, we confidontly expect that the clouds will be removed [rom all the titles and about the time President Harrison is inaugurated for a second time, the plans will be ready for tho approval of the next secrctary of tho treasury. This provoking and damaging delay and red tape proceedure *is directly chargeable, of course, to E. Rosewater and Alvin Saunders. * THERE is & loud call going up for some action of congress when it shall convene to lessen the duty en sugar and so break the power of the su monopoly. This question is no longer one of free trade or protection, but one in which & prime necessary of life hus been tampered with for the sole gain ‘of a selfish syndicate of refiners. Congress will not be able to dodge the question and the people of the country will ex- pect from it an early recognition of the ger and a prompt remedy to check the baleful influence of the sugar trust. —_— OUR amiable contemporary the Woild is not as 1nquisitive as it used to be as to where the responsibilty lies for the delay inthe new postoffice construction. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. The marriage of tne daughter of the Prince of Wales is not likely to be & happy political stroke. The first announcement, that the queen would Lerself assume the ex. peuse of setting up the nuptial pair in an appropriate style of housekeeping, turns out to have beeu untrue, and the British tax- payer is expectod to make another of the “‘royal marriage grants” which are 50 pain- fully femiliar to him. This aspect of the marriage disgusts the British democracy, while the British aristocracy is repelled by the possivility that the fruit of it may be & future ruler of Great Britain, Princess | tures Louise, who was much furthor out of the line of succession: than Princess Louise of Wales, and 8o much better entitled to please herself in the matter of her marringe, did an unpopular act in marrying a subject, though the heir to the Pul{sdom of Argyll is a much more considerable person than the Earl of Fife. Probably the most unfortunate thing for royalty as an institution in England is the prolific charactor of the reigning fawily. Queen Victoria/and her descendants have overdone the bifdinss of providing the coun- try with princos§oss and princelings ot vari ous dogress of highness. Thers are too many possible suotessors to the throne. If there werea throno in each of the three kingdoms ana one in every colony of the em pire, the Victorian brood 18 numerous enough to fill them all and still call for more. 1f,1n view of this great surplus of royalty, Queen Victoria had been endowed with sagacious liberality, she would have provided for the younger limbs of her too far spreading family tres out of her own huge purse, which is variously set down at from £20,000,000 to $25,000,000. In this way she might have spared the institu- tion of royality the froquent and damaging shocks which it now receives from the popu- lar remonstrances against each new grant proposed in parliament, for the benefit of some ono or other of hor children, their hus- bands or their wives, thoirosildron and their childron’s children, to the third and fourth generation. Boulangism dies hard, but its ultimate de- mise scoms assured. Every new effort of tho demagogue who ropresents it i3 a step in this direction. It derives much of its ani- on from the support given it by the im- perialists and logitimists, though their intor- estsare wholly disfinct and antagonistic. The triumph of Boulwngism moans revolu- tion, the overthrow of the republic, aud either out of the one they respectively hope to pull an emperor or a king, or upon the ruins of the other construct the empire or kingdom. So long as in any form the endurgs there is no possibility of arciial snceess, but if, with or without id of independents and legitimists, Bon- langer can pull down the republic they will have at least an equal chance to sot up anew one of the other of their old rded struc- The eatire opposition to the republic is playing the gamo of 1 thou only the communists, so: are sincere in yheir support of that wretched, selfish demagogue. A short time ago Don Carlos asserted his right to throne of Irance, and made the ralori his accredited representa- then he has writton a letter to as been one of the most sof the Comte de Chambord, which ta3'just got into print, and which con- tains some in paragraphs, Don *urlos says that he looks to his unele's illus- ple toaid him 1 of the two kiag loms, s revolution is in this tof a hundred God's rights. We, who ha o1 being faithful to our traditions o sund years cnary n the consoling wordsghat Christ used to the humble men of Paray-le-Monwl" He does not quote these consoling woras, which -arp not to be found in a gospel known to the new testa- ment critics, thangh probably familiar to do- vout French royalists, but goes on: 1 wish to unite with the Feench Catholies in ren- dering pu to the sSacred Heart, even s 1 wcimorated m Spain the thir- teenth o ¢ of KKing Re vor- sion. It is constantly made ent that God protects these two Zlorious nation The letter shows much faith, and even more hope—n fact, an almost heroie degree of t great v 1t is also very devout; for it Don Carlos believes, as he doubtless aoes, that the interests of the house of Bour- bon arc especinlly & care of the Diving Buing, he must oiten have forced upon him the lesson that Divine Providence is inscru- table and moves m mysterious ways. The drawing togetier of Russia and Servia omine of serious importance. Directly yustration of favor shown to ni, the Russian minister to Servia, at the anoiatment of young King Alexander, come stories of Russian ofll s going to Bel- grade and of Russian manitions and pontons being sent to Bessarabia and the mouth of the Danube. is not at present, how- or, the slightest dunger of war. There is no question at 1ssue whicn could provoke hostilities, and the arnics are not in a posi- tion for the dectaration of war. But the Rus- sian propags v is evidently 1o be pushied to the utwost, and in LZosnia and in parts of Aust s 10 Slay feelings areto bo kept up. The regents, by th threats agzainst Kiog Milan, forbidding his re- turn to Servia, their close watch upon the younz monarch, and their favor to pro-Rus- sian demonstrations play their part, Possi- bly some day trouble may come in the shape of the overthrow of the young king in the interest of the pretender, Prince Kara- georgevics, who is relied upon by Lis adher- ents to unite Bosnia and Herzezovina to via, That would certainly bring w is a8 yot only a dream of the future, directing the “The lus pla The clections for members of the pro- vincial diets of Bohemia agd Galicia issued in results that have much significance. In Bohemia there has long been considerable antagonism between the Czech and German clements of the population. The former bave stood for o greater measure of local control of local affairs, while the latter have beew thorough imperialists, An attempt was made to stave off the struggle botween the two nationalities ana the two poticies by uniting all the great landed propriotors in & common party, irrespective of the differences mentiones but this failed complete] and the election was contested ns @ fight between Czech and German, be- tween home rule abd mmperial domination, The battle resulted in o great triumpn for the “Young Cuoli” varty, under Count Taafe, which cdgricd twenty-nine out of forty-nine sests-—g gain of twenty-throe seats. The Germans are natur down over their defeat, and the imperial government is répoyted to be much con- cerned over the pruspect of a demand for a Bohemian constitytion drawn on the lines of that granted w Huugary. Count Taafe, in- doed, has all ulong held out this consum- wation #s the thing tq be striven for, though he may not find 1t 0 easy to reach as he maintained it was before the election. In Galicia, to0, the ‘dobility lost five seats to thewr opponents, 64d in the next diet of the province the unprecedentea spectacle will be presented of seven members taking thelr scats as peasants, elected by a peasants' party. o An expedition with the purpose of reach- ing the North Pole will set out from Nor- way next year. There is plenty of money behind the eaterprise. Mr. Gawel, the mer- chant who fitted out the Little party which crossed Greenland last summer under Dr, Nansen, is its chief capitalist. Avout $100,- 000 bas been subscribed, and more can be had if needed. Dr. Nansen has accepted the command, and for the next few months he will be a busy young man. He has to write & book on his adventures in Green- land, to be published in Europe and this country. He has to superintend building a stout little vessel for the North Pole. The North Pole quest is a mania that wil probably afilict daring young spirits eager for Arotio laurels, until the goal has been reached and photographed. If it is ever at tained, it will probably bo by a small expodi- tion of pickod men in chargo of a leader like Nansen, who has plonty of dash, vigor, strength and intellicence. 1f next soason proves to be an unfavorable 1o year, the ox- pedition may raturn to await a more hopeful oceasion; but if Nansen, finely equipped, has such a chance to steam as far north as Leigh Smith enjoyed on some of his trips to Franz Josef’s Land, he will bo likely to makea notable Arctio journcy whothor ho fetches the Pole or not. Within the last two months, if the reports conveyed from China are true, not loss than soventy- thousand persons have been drownod or burned to death in the empiro. The horror of the Conomaugh disastor bo- comes insignificant, 8o far as loss ot lifo was concorned, whon compared with the terrible floods that devastated large districts in the Chinese provinces, and notw cones the nows of a recont fire at. Lu Chow, which burned for twenty-three hours, destroyed 7,000 dwellings and caused the loss of 1,500 lives, vo less than 1,200 persons having burnod n the flames. Should theso calumities con- tinue to follow upon each other's hoels even the population of China, groat as it is, would s00n bo swept away. Tho loss of 70,000 Pooplo out of a population of 120,000,000 may seem small by comparison, but 70,000 in two months would mean 430,000 in twelve months, and from present indications it would seem as though the percentage of 1o from calamities of all kinds, including the veriodical famine, would be maiatained if not increased. The tact of the shah was demonstrated bo- yond question at Birmingham, England. When ho stepped on the platform tho crowd fairly mobbod him. He took in the situation at a glance, smiled, and readily responded to the requests of scores of men and woien to shake hangs with him. Had he been a Eu- ropuan, says ono London journal, instead of an castern sovereign, he cound not have shown himself more apt to comprchend tho i d ood-natured spirit of an English No one wonders at his ability to rule a. When he went to ShefMeld, on en- tering the station, after listening w0 an ad- dress of welcome, he found the waiting-room packed with presents for him, the gifts of the various local manufacturers. Thero were fishing rods, tackle of all iinds, a mar- vellous variety of artificial flies, minnows, and other small ware, all put up in handsome boxes, The shah, through Prince Malcom Kbhan, expressed s thanks and said _the presents would bo put on exhibition in Per- sia, and would bo a kind of educational aid t0 his people, and let them ses what ingen- ious and useful things tho English can pro- Professor Sayce, who spent last winter in YDt investigating some newly discovered hive that from these records we learn tnat more than fourteen hundred years hofore Christ, and a century before the ex- odus of the Jews from Bzypt, there was ac- tive literary ictercourse between Babylon, Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Mesopotamia and castern Cappadocia, This intercourse was carriea on through the Babylonian lan- guage and the complicatea Babylonian script, showing that all over the civilized east there must have been libraries and schools where this language and literature were taught. Babyloniau, at that time, must have been as much the language of dinlomacy and cultivated society as French in our day. e Another Confession Needed. hicaan News. Horse-Thief Woodruff should come to tho front and confess what is the real trouble in the late domain of the late Wilbur F\ Storey. Delicate Newspaper Repartee. Cineinnati. Commereial-Gazelte, Ohio 15 getting more wind than it knows what to do with.—Philadelphia Times. Well, shut your big mouth or point it else- where. el Uhicago Fashion Notes. Chicago Timss, Pompadour foulards are in vogue for sum- mer morning toilets, altbough it the weather is favorable it is permissible to run tho lawn moywer 1 your shirt-sloeves. The poet and the politician Are nearly of a stripe; For one is always piping lays While the other is laying pipes. The Lunch Trust, Kansas City Times, A trust to control free lunches has been formed in New York. Trusts for 1 o'clock # m. lunches have been formed by the bright literary geniuses of tho various large cities for years, They aro the only trusts which can be classed as necessary evils, RE B L A New York ldea. Boston Globe, In view of the highly explosive propertics of Gotham's strects, the New York World citizens make parachutes a portion of their costume, In this way 1t is hoped that when a contingent of good people are blown up sky-high they will be able to spread out their parachutes and sail grace- fully back to mother earth again. f Kentucky Chivairy. Chicago Herald, Is the “chivalry” of old Kentucky dying out? In a court room the other day one Ken- tucky gentleman called another Kentucky centleman *'@ Liar,” yet he was not shot through with the revolver which “chivalry" always corries for such emergencies, nor ripped open with the reulation bowle knife. He was merely knockea down with a vulgar wooden chair. The D WORK OF THE WITS, Texas Siftings: A scrintural quotation by disgusted law students—*'Hang all the law and the profits,” Chicago Tribuno: Actor (looking throngh peep-hole In curtain)- Big crowd for such o hot night as this. Kearney Enterprise: The punch has made John L. Sullivan's fame. Therefore it is needless to ask hum to stop drinking, Gloomy mauager (who knows just how wuch money there is in the house)—Yes. 1f the theater was on fire you couldu’t keep the dead-heads out. Boston Transcript: A great man is hap piest when be can sit down and write his memoirs and forget sll mean things he knows about himself, Boston Courier: *Doctor, how do you find your patient to-day#" *‘Oh, Mr. Jones, he is no worse ¥ Do you anticipate a fatal result!” “Fatal result! Well, medicine never failed o do its work yet.” Kearney Enterprise: Monk—*I saw Smith out to-day with a carriage and pair.” Boy— “What? Ididn't know Smith had a horse or buggy to his name" Monk—*He hasn't; baby carriage and uwins are what I referred to.! Lawrence American: Ofice Boy—There's aletter for you on the table, Mr. Spinks. [Spinks looks at it and finds that it 18 a bill for his wedding suit. As he has been mar- ried fifteen years he wonders how it happens to be on bLis table.] Spiuks—Who brought thist OMce Boy-—-A messenger boy, sir. Spinks—Ab! That accounts for it A SMALL RIOT AT THE PEN. The Foroman of the Collar Shop Gota a Drubbing. BREAD AND WATER FOLLOW. Plain Diot and Solitary Oonfinement Prescribed For the Unruly Oonviots—State House Jottings., 102 P Staser, LaNcoLN, July 26, For some timo past “Cooney” Schlandorf, foreman of tho collar shop at the peniten- tiary, has boen on bad terms with several of the convicts i his employ, owing to the fact that they did not work to suit him and were consoquently reprimanded. This morning, while Schlandorf was at work with his back turned toward two of the insubordinates, they jumped upon him, and boaring him to the floor, woro administering severe punish- ment, when Albert Mudra, foreman of the harness shop, took & hand in the fracas. Ho struck one of the men a severe blow but failod to floor him, but he himsolf had a finger broken on his right hand. The noiso of tho struggle brought one of the guards to the scene, but as he was about to separate the men another conviet picked up a hammer and struck the guard, knocking him down, At this juncture a half-dozen guards appoared and they quickly downed the three re- calcitrants and put them in the dark cell, where they will do penance on n bread-and- water diet for one week. Schlandorf and Mudra and the guards were pretty badly cut about the hoad nnd face, but all are back at worl this afternoon. There are about fifty convicts employed m _this department, aud thoy wero all witnesses of the affair. LINCOLN BOREAU oF Tim OMAmA Bee, } The Trombley Case. Tt goes without saying that the case of Sueridan Graves, charged with ravishing little Cora Trombley, and that of James Sharp and Della Berry, churged with entic- ing the girl to a life of shame, tried beforo Judge Stewart yesterday afternoon, is the most aggravated case of moral crookedness ever hoard in the county court of Lancas- ter county. Tne Beg cited the fact this morning that tho parties de- fendant bad beon bound over to_ answer to the district court, and in default of bonds had been committed to the county jail. It appears that the end of the case is not yet. To-day Mr. Trombley, the father of Cora, swore out warrants for the arrest of Charles Doyle and Gardinor Haynes, charging them with debauching Cora, who is under the age of consent. In conversation with Tk Bre representative, Mr. Trombley states that he little dreamed ‘of his daughter's wayward- ness until he found out that she had gone from home, when he commenced a riwid in- vestigation into her conduct and habits. o further states that the parties complaimed of caticed her into the life she has been leading for o short time past, and that he docs not believe that she is conscious of the enormous sin she has committed. Her sincerity and testimony before the court at- test this. It is thought that there 13 plenty of testimony to convict the woman Berry of being a procuress. Other arrests are to bo made, and some of them will creato no_little surprise. Mr. Trombley says that he proposes 10 see every porson punishea who has had a hand in ruiniog his daug hter. State House Jottings. Tho state board of transportation will meat again Monday, August 5, at 3 o'clock p. m. Auditor Benton will have the assessed val- uation of the state by counties ready m a day ortwo. It will show a marked increase over that of last year. Deputy ‘reasurer Bartlett, who has beon on the sick list for several days past,is again at his post. The builder of the boiler and engine house is pushing his work. The walls are going up rapidly, and the building is assum- ing shape. It ia'said that 1t will be com- pleted a month before the contract calls for it. Lauham still whittles away on his con- tract on the capitol grounds. Uuless there is a change in present movements his work will not be finished this year, There is talk that a good deal of the work that he has done will have to be gone over again. Robert Glenn is Insane, The testimony in the casc of Robert Glenn, alleged to be insane, was concluded this morning before Judge Stewart, and the de- creo is that he is not of sound mind, and is in- competent and unable to transact business. Richard Cunningham was appointed guar- dian to take chargeof his affairs. Glenn owns a fine farm that adjoins the Wesloyan university on the east, and has been a resi- dent of the county for over twenty years. Ho appoars to bointansely melancholy, and is the victim of vagaries, but is not violent in any manner. On the contrary, he is very tract able, and shuns the companionship of any of his neighbors. ‘He has been a Catholic ce municant until within the past year, but he hugs the delusion that the church if cuting him, or, as he puts it, has it in for . Another of his delusions is that bis house is the abode of witches. Judze Hilton Arrested. George H. Hilton, familiarly known as Juage Hilton, was arrested to-day as he was about to take the train, on the complaint of Baldwin Bros., for uttering checks without the money in banik to cash them. Ho was taken before Judge Snelling, who fined him $1 and costs and adjudged that he pay the amount of the face of the s, $10, or stand committed to the county Juil until paid. Hilton is a man nearly or quite sov- enty years of age, and at one time posscssed considersble wealth. He has lived in Lin- coln a number of yoars and is well known. He asked that the sentence of the court be carried out, as he had no meaus to pay tho judgment fixed. City News and Notes. John E. Sherwin, mayor, and F'rank Dale- zell, city attorney of Fromont, were at the auditor's office to register five sets of pav- ing, curving and guttering bonds to-day. The case of Laura Vencman vs. Addison McCurtain, on error from the distriot court of Pheips county, was filod for hearing be- fore the supreme court to-day. J. M. Hill, with Lininger, Metcalf & Co. Omaha, passed though Lincoln to-day e route to Tecumssh. He reports & splendid trade in the implement business. The local political pot is fairly sizzling, It appears that the fight has settlod betweon the candidates for treasurer and sherifl, Burnham and Cobb appear to be running neck and neck for the former and John Trompen and Sam McClay for the latter but the conviction scems to be growing that Burnham and Trompen will come in on the home stretch, * Guests at the Hotel Hopkins number 257, Fourteen have been received during the las! month and eleven discharged. The warden says that he hus # very orderly set of boys, all things considered, It is sugs ed that the cupola of the new court house would be the proper place for the town clock. “The -paving grumbler is again abroad in Jhe land. It is quite generally talked that not more than half of the brick paving con- tract c finished before the close of the season. Grumblers, therefore, are legion along all stroets where this part of the city’s 1 in hand. 3. Stebbins, . M, Morsman and E. J, Murphy, of Omaha; 5. M. Correll, of Habron Frank M. Osterhout, of David Uity; G. Norberg, of Holdrege, and Charles M. Murdock were among the Nebraska reg- istrations at the Capital to-day. i'red - Beuzinger, of the Capital City Courier, and W. Morton Swmith, of the — e Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. When Daby was sick, we gave her Castoria. When she was a Cbild, she cried for Castoris, ‘When she became Miss, she elung o Castoria, Whon sho had Chilldrea, she gavo e Castoria Omaha Republican, roturned home from the Tewa rogatta at Spirit Lake to-day, vis Fremont. The boys report an interesting time and exciting races, —— EDITOR WEST IS OUT. The Alleged Wrecker of the Chicago Times is Bounced. Ontoaao, July 2.—[Special Telegram to Tir Ber.)—The troubles of the Times news- paver company have culminated in the re- tiroment of Mr. James Wost. He not only rosigns from the editorship of the papor, but surrenders also his entire interest in the property. The story of Mr. West's Napo- leonic carcer as a newspaper publisher is & composite and highly colored narrative. By the investment of a few thousands of dollars, the streteling of credit to the utmost, and the exorcise of extraordiuary boldness, ho acquired and has held for twenty months control of a once powerful . and extremely valuable newspaper. Tho details of the schemes he employed, as disclosed by the in- vestigation of the stockholders, just closed, would fill several bulky volumes." ‘The article goos on at great length to de- tail the affairs of West and the Times since the syndicate purchased it a yoar and a half ago. Italleges that when Westand Clint Snowden, his managing editor, had o disa- greement cight months ago, Snowden com- pelled West to pay him 20,000 after he had retired. Since the Iowa stockholders havo been here investigating there huve beon many stormy sessions, West holding a ma- jority of tho Times' stock was disposcd to hold on at all hazards, but finally a compro- mise was reached. A 'last meeting was held yesterday. West is to retiro within a weck The exact terms of the agreoment are un- known, but upon excellent authority thoy are believed to bo that West rotires from the editorship of the papor and surrenders to the other stockholders his entire interest, they to assume all liabilities, The stook- holders are to pay Mr. Wost in cash & sum botween $10,000 and $20,000. Mr, West is to be let down easily in the editorial columns of the Times und itis to be given out that an amicable settlement was reached. Who is to edit the Times? It is understood that one of West’s stipulations was that Mr. Dunlop tshould not be made editor in his stead, but that the stockholders reserved this right, and it is probable that Mr. Dunlop will presently turn up as managing editor of tho paper. Now the controlling stockholders are said to have money to make the Times com- pany wholly solvent, B - IS MARY ANDERSON INSANK? A Report That the Actress is Suffer- ing From Paresis. =W Yonk, July 25.—[Special Telegram to Tk Bre.]—A weekly society and theatri- cal paper asscrts that Mary Anderson Is suf- fering from a dangerous form of paresis, and at present is really confined in a private asy- lum abroad. It_issaid ber failure in thus country before going across tho water was the result of a gradual breaking down of her faculties and physical powers consequent upon excessive work. For two years beforo she had studied harder than ever, and at tho samo time attended with care to the minutest matters connected with the stage manage- ment of her company. Being of an exceed- ingly nervous and high wrought tempera- ment, this told on her. The report us given above b vorified, and Miss Anderson’s fri city are' very louth to belive it. Nearly all the theatrical people are horror-struck at the announcement, but declare it must not be s0 bad as reported. Itis feared, however, that little reliable information can_be ob- tained until the return of Henfy Abby from abroad, whera it is understood he has beon to see Miss Anderson. A Dakota Whent Freld. Hamlin Garland in Youth’s Companion, Like liquid gold the wheat-flold lics, A marvel of yellow and russct and green, That ripples and runs, that floats and fies, With the subtile shadows, the change, the sheen, That plays in the golden hair of a girl— A ripple of amber.—a flare Of Light sweeping after—a curl In the hollows like swirling feet Of fairy waltzors, the colors run To the western sun Through the deevbs of the ripening wheat, Broad as the fleckless soaring sky, terious, fair as the moon-led ses, t plain flames on the d; ed eye Under the fierce sun’s alchemy. The slow hawk stoops To his prey in the deeps; The suntlower droops ‘To the lazy wave: the wind sleeps. Then all in dazzting links and loops, A riot of shadow and shine, A glory of olive and umber’ and wine, To the westering sun the colors run Through tho doeps of the ripoming wheat. O glorious land! My western land, Out-spread beneath the setting sun! 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