Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 31, 1890, Page 4

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May 20, 1800, is requested to Capital hotel in Lincoln,fat 4 p, m. v, June 4, 1800, for the transaction of such business as may properly come before it D. M. NerrLeros, Chairman, mittee monopol Jincoln SILCOTT and Tascott have boen heard from again, but the Poor murderer main- tains a_profound silence. RerorTs from the announce “a big boom in 1 words a boom in prices is incubating. logging country THE season is ripe for congre pudiate the arro; 5 to re- ntopposition of Major Suter to the erection of drawbridges over the Missouri river. For the first time in years the travel- ing public has enjoyed a genuine long haul at the expense of the railvoads. In nine days rates will begin business at the top noteh. ARY GARBER of the Nebraska st board of transportation has grown weary of the do-nothing policy of the board and desires a more congenial sphere of activity. SECRET T1e energetic vesidents and Idaho will not permit statehood to be buried in the senate. They are not of the class to retire from the field with victory half gained. C \vn«m\mw Credit Mobillionaire, Senator Stanford, has hurried to Iurope to fresh stock of paternal schemes to palm off on the credulous farmers on the two per cent plan, of Wyoming secure a The wagon bridge managers are Pponny wise and pound foolish.” In Maintaining unreasonable rates on traffic between Omaha and Council Blufls, they are laying the foundation for a free bLridge. THE causes of the late siosmic dis- turbance in the Mohawk valley are wrapped in an impenetrable mystery. Reliable reports show that Governor Hill has not recently procluimed, “I'm a democrat,” NATOR STEWART and Major Powell are exchanging ivrigation sentiments in anything but complimentary language. As thoy maintain arespectful distance, thero is no necessity to quote prices on coffec and pistol — I is worthy of note that the establish- ment of original package depots in Topeka, Kan., has destroyed the busi- ness of the joints, and according to local authority “the police records show fewer arvests for drunkenness than at any corresponding period for the last seven years, BEFORE legi for an interna- tional bank or bunks as a medium of ex- chango between the republics of the new world, it would be highly proper for con- gress to fivst encourage trado by prope legislation 8o as to provide business for the banlks. No STATE in the west can approach Colorado in its wealth of reul o frauds, The salted mine industry hay- ing collapsed, the sharpors und natives who linger there for their health have planted booms in foothills and canyons, and raked in the cash of the tenderfoot. The Holyoke swindlo is one of dozens, by which credulous people were taken in and the veputation of the state in- jured at home and abroad. THE Missouri horse thief who s play- ing the role of Denver bank vobber is giving Colorado officials more exercise than they bargained for. He has located the treasure in various localities and the officers have cheerfully hunted and dug in vain, The light is gradually fil- tering into their skulls that the Mis- souriun possesses uncommon lie-nbilities, and from this the Rocky mountain sleuths draw the sage conclusion that he is just the kind of a man to hold up banker with a castor oil bottle, WHAT MAY WE EXPECT? The | will convene Thursday unless Governor Thayer con- cludes to revoke his proclamation by venson of the almost universal sentiment slature next agninst the oxtra session Under the call the legislature s lim- ited to dealing withonly three measures, ximum freight taviff, Austealian of voting and the tion board of transportation® The in favor of free silvar coinage and more currency will vendily be disposed of with very little discussion, unless members desire to make political capital out of bom- bastic speoches in favor of more money. The most intricate problem will be the framing of a maximum freight rs bill upon whicha majority of both houses can agree. The rational and practigal ¥ to formulate such a tariff would be through a joint committee of both houses made up of members who honestly favor such a law and who cannot be tampered with or swerved from th duty. Such a committeo should take at least two weeks to make a careful inquiry into existing freight in states, the relative earnings of Nebraska voads and cost of handling the traffic, Iiven two weeks might not suffice for making an exhaustive inquiry, It would then bo a question whether the maximum rate bill recommended by such a committee would pass the present legislature, The chances are that the best maximum rate bill that could possibly be devised would be amended as well as talked to death. It is safe to predict that nearly eve other member of the legislature will either ecarry a hand-me- down maximum rate bill in his pocket, or offer a dozen amendments to every provision that anybody might offer. These men will make noisy anti- monopoly speeches and insist upon passing their own bills and insert- ing their own amendments, and if rejected, as most of them must be, they will vote for their own bill and against evory other bill. Such always have been the railroad legislative tac- ties unless the railroads could havea bill passed that would be a dead letter from the outset or could he made obnoxious by ingenious complications. What is true of the maximum rate bill applies in a measuve also to Australian ballot reform. There are half a dozen different Australian ballot laws now in force in aus many states, differing very materially in their methods and scope. Which of these will our legislature enact? Can any of them be grafted upon our election and tion laws without turning every- thing topsy-turvy and possibly forcing anothor extra session to straighten out the kinks which the supreme court might'pronounce unconstitutional? The proper and practical preliminaries to the enactment of an Australian ballot law would be an investigation of its op- crations by a compotent com- mittee in the states « and cities where it has been tried. That would take two or three weeks at least. Of course, the two committees might be led to make their inquiry at the time, but the session will necessar- ¢ bo prolonged for at leasta month, and instead of sixteen thousand dollars, the extra session will involve an expense of thirty thousund. But suppose we adopt the imported Australian ballot system pure and sim- ple. Under that system the names of all candidates and %also any proposition submitted to the voters are printed on ofticial tickets furnished by the state. :h voter is expected to oxpress his choice of candidates by a cross-mark or mark with a pencil opposite the printed name or opposite the proposition. Now, suppose this is enacted into law, what effect will it have upon the three pending constitutional amendments? Iach of those, as sub- mitted, require that the elector shall either vote for or against the proposi- tion in the exact language or words pro- seribed by the joint resolutions sib- mitting the amendment. Would mark- ing a cross opposite cither of the amend- ment propositions be a valid compli- ance with the law? If not, what kind of a muddle would we land in? It does scem to us that the extra session may turn out to be not only very expensive, but abortive, excepting so fur as it may express o wish for an increase in the volume of the currency, and for the free coinage of silver. THE IMPORTED LIQUOR BILL. After extended discussion of the ques- tion raised by the decision of the supreme court regarding the importation into a state of liquors from unother state, and the consideration of various proposi- tions intended to enable statesto enforce thelr laws relating to the sale of liquors, the senate adopted a bill which provides that “liquors transported into any state or territory for use, con- sumption or sale, or storage, shall on their arvival be subject to the operation and effect of the laws of te or tervitory enacted in the exercise of its police power, and shall not he exempt therefrom by reason of their being introduced in oviginal pack- of the memorial schedules western such st age: This is the conservative of the soveral m that were proposed, and is to be regarded the cavefully digested judgment of the senate in this matter. The original proposition, which declared that no state should be held to be limited or restrained in its power to prohibit or tax the sale of intoxicating liquors because of the fact that the same were imported from anothor state or aforeign country, wus objectionable as being in effect a grant of power by ongress to the states, It assumed to delegate to the statos a power vested by the constitution in con- gress, to do which would be practically to abandon the of con, interstate commerce, To this asubst ptute was offered defining the act of im- portation of liquors into a state as ceasing when the continuous trans- portation terminated, such liguors to be then regarded part of the common mass of property within the state and \t to the powers of the state in ve spect of all police rvogulations of prohi- bition, regulation or taxation. This avoided the constitutional obj to the first bill, but was clearly vari- with the decisions of the most asures control 038 OV a8 4 otion at supr ACe we t constitutes an with claved | court in rogard to wha act of importation, and especially the last decision, which that the right to import carries with it the right to sell, by which act alone it would become mingled in the common mass of property within the state,” and thereby subject to the regu- lations prescribed by the laws of the stato. The bill adopted simply suys that all liquors imported into a state or terr tory, under whatover conditions or for whatever purposes, shall be subject to the laws enacted by such state or terri- tory in the exercise of its police power. It is said that a number of ators who voted for this meas- ure do not beliove it will stand the constitutional test, and there certainly is room for a question whether it does not authorize an unconstitutional interference with private rights. It would allow the authorities of Towa, for example, to enforce the seizure law in the case of any liquors arriving in that state, whether imported by citizens for their personal use or consumption or by persons presumably for sale or stora ot is practicablo to vile a way by which im- porters for private use could be protected, but this would necessitate more or less annoyance and they would always be liable to malicious persecution. But the bill makes as conseryative pro- vision for meeting the case as is perhaps possible, and should it become law will supply another opportunity for the su- preme court to pass upon features of the interesting and complex problem which are but indirectly referved to in its last decision. course it pro- A BLOW AT IRRIGATION. The merits of the controversy that has arisen between Senator Stewart of Ne- vada and Major Powell of the geological survey cannot tly determined by what has thus far been said, but it is obvious that theeffect of it must be dam- aging to the cause of irvigation in the present congress. There is very likely some truth on both sides of the contro versy. No one has shown greater interest in promoting legislation and avousing public interest in behulf of a policy for reclaiming the avid regions of the west than Senator Stewart, and it would not be just to him to suppose that he would willfully put any obstacle in the way of the success of this great undertaking, the importance and value of which he has done as much as any one to demonstrate. In what he has said, therefore, regarding the di- version of appropriations and the useless expenditure of money in surveys must in fairness be assumed to represent his sincere convictions. But this can be granted without conceding that the sen- ator is wholly right in his view of the matter. On the other hand the assertions of Major Powell that the fault found with his management of the irrigation surve has another purpose than that which ap- pears on the surface, and is really de- signed to cover up the alleged schemes of irrigation companies to get possession of vast areas of irvrigable lands which are or should be reserved for bona fide settlers, is by no means to be accepted as conclusive. It is highly probable that compnnies have been organized with a view to getting possession some of the lands, but it is not likely that any such vast designs of land ab- sorption as Major Powell talks of are contemplated, because it would bo im- practicable or impossible to carry them out. The enormous figures quoted as having been named by Major Powell as resonting tho the reservoi sites and lands are sufficient to sutisfy practical men that they are beyond the reach of private schemes. Major Powell hasshown great interest in the subj of irrigation and has contributed very greatly to the sum of information as to the advantages to be expected from reclaiming the avid re- gions, so that he must be acquitted of any desire to retard the grent work and credited with having said only what he believes to be true. The matter can hardly fail to became a subject of congrossional in- \tion, and meantime all proposed tion with reference to the arid region will undoubtedly be held in ance. The disagreement of the senate committee regarding methods left little hope of anything being done by present congress, and now the pros- et seems more unfavorable, be corr GOING BY DEFAULT, This paper has beeny and always will Dbe opposed to partisanship in the selec- tion of the school board. The position of a member of the board of education is an honorary one and therefore no hon- est man can afford to scramble among ward politicians for the honor. Neither should any member of the board obligate himself to ward politicians and use his position on the board for rewarding political strikors and hangers-on of the political machine, Our school boards, like our courts, should be kept out of the mire of parti- sun politics. The proposition to have the two parties unito on the same candi- dates looks very commendable if it were not for the fact that behind the move the wire-pullers of the Omaha Tammany, who reach into both parvties, are exert- ing their influence to have men chosen who ave ready to co-operate with them in their All of the officers have already slated and the con- tractors will find the way prepared for making profitable contracts. There may, however, be a chango of front at the eleventh hour, by the rejec- tion of the proposed fusion. Then we will have five rank partisans on one side opposing five rank partisans on the other with a chance of the rottenest timber floating on top on the day of election. This is the natural outcome of the villainous scheming and plotting by which both conventions were put off until Saturday night proceding the election on Monday, That was manifestly done to tighten the grip of the machine the school hoard and off any effort to nominate a non-partisan school board ticket For this the better are to blan interost in lie schools. BRUTAL and vulgar policemen ave fined to Omaha, They bad schomes, been on choke lass of our citizens They ought to take moro the management of our pub- not | sylvania of | | other da reached I the heyday of their power in Minneapolis, but in an evif hour they fell upon n citi- who belléved he had some rights which even policemen were bound to re- spect. Nelson and Josephine White wore arrestd’ for ejecting an abusivo guest from thefr house,and were clubbed and insulted with indecent epithets on tho way to jail, Suit was entered against five policemen for fifteen thousand dol- lars damages for . false imprison- ment and a rdict for seven thousand two hundred dollars was rendered, In charging the jury the court declared: an arrest without a warrant ho must have such knowledge as would lead a person of ordinary prudence to believe that the person avrested committed the offense. An officer has no more right in making an arrest of a citizen, to strke him than any other man. Nothing will justify an officer in abusing a prisoner and calling him vile names.” The sult of the trial will have a wholesomo effect in restraining thumpers clothed with authority, It is a warning to their kin hereaboats that there is a clearly de fined limit to their power. ¢ — zon re- THE picturesque Dick Vaux is now a temporary ornament in the of representativ His reappearance in public life was worthy of a courtly bour- bon. Co vinglets of hair fell in confusion over his collar, fluted rufiles graced his immaculate shirt front, with a background of broadcloth cut in an- tique while silk stockings and patent leather pumps encased his ex- tremities, All this, decked with a pro- fusion of flowers, formed an animated “what-is-it” that attracted curiosity and admiration in equal proportions. Mr. Vaux is indecd a notable antiquarian ac- quisition not only to the house but to the democratic minovity. Apart from his eccentricitios, the fact that he never a pair of silk stockings more than one day, can out-cuss any man in Penn- and stay with a case of sour mash with the gi and grip of a vet- eran, places him in an advanced pew among the political leaders of his party. The wonder is that a man of such marked abilities was kept in the back ground so long. house style, THE prompt arrest of a self-confessed perjurer by Judge Shiclds is highly com- mendable.” The circumstances surround- ing the case point to a conspiracy to rob the living by trumped up cluims against an estate in probate—a conspiracy which death altered and which the conspivator confessed in court. The crime is particu- lurly aggravated by the attempt tosecure property, and thus profit by the infamy TWENTY-FIVE hundred Lincoln eiti- zens can petition against the extra ses- sion without being censured, but when Omaha citizens protest they aro de- nounced by certain addle-pated organs. As Omaha‘taxpayers would have to pay elaven per cent bf the expenses of tho on, they certainly have a right to protest against a needless burden. Tire possibility of the defeat of Con- gressman Mills oxcites well founded alarm in republican ranks. The Tes reformer has rendered invaluable vice to the republicans in congress and as long as he continues to lead the democ- sacy, republican victories will follow cach other in checrful suceession, IN issuing permits for the erection of wooden poles for motor wires, the bonrd of public works clenrly and knowingly violated the laws of the city, Whatright has the board to issuc a permit contrary to law? Of what use are luws anyway if officials openly violato them? Do NOT forgot to cust your vote against the school bond proposition tomorrow. Our motto should be: Millions for public works and public schools, but not a dol- lur for combines and boodlers. se THE anxiety of ward heelers to work without pay on the school board is proof positive of mercenary motive " t 4lx-|1 more vitality in the Neb Central bridge scheme than appears on the surface. sk Vore down the school bonds and de- prive the jobbers of an incentive to plunder, A VOTE against the school bonds Is a voto ugainst the outh-bound Tummany gang. ike a Poultic Milwaukes Sentiuel Since the str: out of Philadelph quictest in the country and Senator Quay silent the can take his afternoon nap wi ance. Silence Comes. been driven ¥ is said to bo the With bands silent Philadelphian thout disturb- The Way of the Wes Minneapolis Tribune. Through the generosity of a Chicagoan a monument to General Grant, to cost 20,000, will be erected in Galena, It will be finished within the year. Thus does the western me vropolis continue towalk on tho prostrate form of New York They Were Thirsty. St. Paut Pioneer Press. When the “agent” at Leavenworth, Kan., opened the first “original package” house the he gravely announcod that he uothing smaller than quart bottles of voices immediately as- “But we want two-quart bot- would se A wild sailed tlos.” chorous him: n lowa. ) Tribune. fruit attracted Woula Chica A horned toad Madison et v's window on crowds of sight seors yesterday, This shows the character of Chicago for temperance. In some clties a sight like that would have made the cltizens fall over each other in their mad haste to get away. IS i Mr. Murphy's Discern St. Paul Globe Francls Murphy has returned to Omaha and opened up a second campaign on the moral suasion line that so many reformers won't have anything to do with. In his in troductory Murphy said: ““The newspaper the best men living.” This was not meant to be local, of course, but the Omaha papers feel that he is ablo to recognize werit, and they love him for w A Great Cloudburst, Wis.,, May 30, Au Aroa The greatest cloud irred last night nent, men a t ho says MiLwat speciul says known here o das wer is flooded son was d Lling “When an officer makes | ‘Freyeinet and of the late M. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. Lord Rosebery has announced his squaro and emphatic adhesion to the project of {m- perial federation. There can be no doubt that the sentiment in this direction 18 grow: ing in England, and that its wisest statos- men recognize the nocessity for the adoption of such a systom if the British empire is to be held together. The federal system has worked satisfactorily in Switzerland for con turies, securing for each canton the right to govern itself according to its own ideas and giving to all a_common Interest in the affairs of the republic. It has worked well if the United States, and, with the elimination of slavery, which created sectional differencos, there is every rcason to beliove that it will continue in force for centuries to come. But neither in Switzerland nor in the United ates have the local conditions so urgently demanded the adoption of the foderal system a8 is the case with Great Britain, What sentiment there is in Kngland against the adoption of the federal principlo is probably due to the fear that it would bo followed at distant day by the aboli tion of royal and aristocratic distinctions and the establishment of a ropublic. It is possi ble, however, that other members of the avis. tocracy may see, as Lord Roseberry evidently sees, in federation the only hopo of a pro- longed lease of power for cxisting institu- tions. Familiarity has bred contempt for and nobility to a very large extent, 50 far us England is concerned. The Eng man has scen enough of the profligate princes and drunken imbecile lords to know that they are a very poorlot. But in India, in Austria or in Vancouver's island alittle royal blood goes & long way, and a duke or an carl is received with a degree of overflowing en- thusiasm that cannot be duplicated within the four soas that wash the shores of Great Britain, Itis possible that the privileged classes themselves may ere long join in the demand for imperial federation to interpose a barrier of colonial snobbishness against the rising tide of ratical democracy in England The universal satisfaction with which the nomination of General de Miribel as_chief of the general staff of the French army has be received constitutes a remarkable tribute to the sagacity and patriotism both of M. de Gambetta. It who in 1882 first braved the opinion of the entire republican party by in- vesting General de Miribel with the all-im- portunt duties of chief of the staff—an oftice stmiiar to that formerly held by Field Mar- shal Von Moltke and now filled by General Count Vou Waldersce in the German army, Gambetta was bitterly eriticised at the time for making the appointment. For M. de Miribel was not only known to harbor strong monarchial sympathies, which he tool little pains to conceal but had also taken a promincnt part in that abortive coup d'ctat of 1876, which has remained on record as the “Seize Mai.” He was therefore in every way obnoxious to the republican majority. Gambetta, however, was _sufficicntly enlightened ond broad- minded to recognize the fact that of all the generals of the French army M. de Miribel possessed the most brilliant military gonius, and was the best fitted toundertake the work of reorganizing the army and claborating the _plan of mobilization. Placing the mtercsts of the nation at large above those of mere party, he appealed to the patriotism of the goneral to devote his entive future to the ser- vice of France, instead of to a political fac- tion thercof, and having assured himself of M. de Miribel's absolute fidelity to the gov- ernment which the French people had elected to rule over them, he invested him with an oftice which is practically that of commander- in-chief of the I'rench Of course when the Gawmbetta administration was foreed to retive a short time afterward M. do Miribel was transferred by the now cabinct to another post. But so thoroughly im- pressed was Gambetta with the necessity of confiding the military destinics of his beloved country to the general in question that al- most the last words which he uttered in a tone of entreaty on his deathved were “Gardez de Miribel 1 M. de Freyeinet, who is tho first civilian minister of war since 1871, has inberited much of that talent for dealing with military affairs which was displayed in such a remarkable manner by Gambetta dur- ing the Franco-German conflict. Indeed, the present premier was the principal assistant of the famous tribune in the days when the latter as military dictator at Tours and Bor- deaux raised levies en masse and orgunized huge armics for the defense of the father- land. It was there that M. de Freycinet ac- quired his experience of military matters, and under the cireumstances it is not surprising that he should have remembered the dying request of his illustrious friend and chief not to let go of Miribel. no was the latter At the close of 1887 Russi of the eastern fronticr 200,000 men and 40,520 horses, while Germany had 106,753 men and 22,942 horses; Austria having only 36,505 men and 10,926 borses— the strength of the allics on the frontier be- ing, therefore, inferior to that of Russia by 56,710 men. Russian military authorities felt, however, that this inferiority was more than compesated for by the fact that Aus- and eGermany 1 between them n railroads to the frontier line, by ws of which reinforcements could bo easily brought forward cither in case of in- vasion or for defense, Since that time Rus sia has built new lines of railway, extende: others to the frontier, and greatly strength ened the fortresses within the lines of the trinngle formed by St. Petersburg, Odessa and- Warsaw. Besides this, there has been during the last few years a steady flow of the Rus sian army to the southwest; troops have been withdrawn from a number of garrisons in Central Russia, while Poland and the towns on the middle Dnicper swarm with armed men. A rapid accumulation of her forces has, however, not been practicable in the territory in question. There aro few great populous centers; villages, except in parts of Poland, are small and scattered, while want of com munication and the patriarchal condition of society in general afford few facilities for a quick and well ordcred massing of troops But, even with these disadvantages, Russia has by her movements succeeded in concon trating in the border provinces a force sups ior in numbers to thvse of Germany and Austria by 90,000 men. The coming mancuvres will, therefore, be watched with great interest. Military author- ities in Europe estimate that, in the event of war, IRussia would be compelled to quarter 850,000 men in Poland and Volhy- nia, The management of her railroad s is far from being perfect, and her stock is insufticient. On the other hand, it is believed that the German SICK HEADAGHE Positively cured by tle Pifls, They also relleve Dis tress frora Dyspepsia, In- digestion and Too Hearty Ealing. A perfect rem edy for Dizatness, Nauso| Drowsiness, Bad Taste) o the Mouth, Coatod TORPID LIVER, rogulate tbe Bowels. Purely Vegetublo. SMALL PILL, SWALL DOSE. SMALL PRISE, a had on ner side an effective force of volling forces | Whether she would *closcly could be | ready in saven and the Austrian in fourteon days; 80 that Ruseia would bo compelled to mako a strong defonse of her outworks pend ing the concentration of her fleld armies ke the offensive and awoep down into Galicia, or confitie hersolf to defensive warfare, romaius to be seen; but it is not. a pleasant sight to seo threo great powers, fully armed, watching their frontiors and waiting for an overt act to set central Europo in a blaze. . There can be no doubt that the Argentine Republio is suffering soyerely from the financial crisis now fully upon her. Immi gration during the first throe months of the year has decidedly fallen off, and a new foa ture in the returns is the springing up of a movement of emigration, no less than 18,000 persons having abandoned the country in the period mentioned. The volume of foreign commerce has also undergone considerablo diminution, and the customs receipts are di- minishing in consequence, Still the adminis- tration is making a more resolute and intelli- gont effort to face the difficulty than it has before display President Celman has taken occasion in various public addresses and messages to congress to insist upon the need of a rigid economy in the administra- tion of public affairs, Ho has given the best carnest ot his determination in cutting down the estimates for the current year by as much as $10,000,000, or about one-sixth of the whole, Remedies for the great evil of a depreciated, becausosimmensely inflated, currency are diligently sought for, and the lowering premium on gold shows the flcfal offects of contracting the volume of paper money. A now scheme for a national currency, based on land, has beon put for- ward, and, curiously enough, appeals to our own Senator Stanford's similar proposal s a valuable precedent. There is no thought of adopting it, however, there more than here, In spite of all, tho country’s diffculties are ouly momentary. Asa whole, the national position is sound and the public credit is un- impaired. As the president said at the open ingof the great mew La Plata harbor, a nation carrying through such a vast en ter- prise as that, is not going to suffer irremadia- bly from mistakes in financial legislation. 3 Ever since the Franco-Prussian war mado Germany the first power in Continental Eu- rope it has been playing with success what used to be the British part in the drama of planctary politics. Time was when, to use the slang of our day, it was England who “wanted the earth.” During the past fow years it has been Germany, and its greed has not been effectively resisted by England, even in the quarters in which England has a vital interest in resisting it. The procedures of Germany among “natives” have been modeled upon the precedents of British swashbuckling, and the Germans scem even to have bettcred the instruction. This has been shown as clearly in the Pacific as in Africa. In the affaiv of the Cameroons the Germans bullied the English and the English took their bullying with a meckness that vesembled pusillanimity. To be sure, the British character asserted itself in “pass- ing on” the bullying, and Great Britain turned upon Portugal and other feeble claim- ants with gheat ferocity. It is not Portugal, however, but Germany that is the rival of Great Britain for the control of the African trade, and from present appearances it scems likely that Germany will be the successful competitor. Tho czar has within the last few days mad e aseries of appointments in conuection with his army in Asia which cannot fail to create considerable uneasiness in London. For they clearly indicate that amove is contemplated which can only be in the direction of the Indian frontier. Geueral Rosenbach, who built the Transcaspitn railroad, and who sought in overy way to develop the agricul- tural und industrial resources of Turkestan, has been superseded in_the governor gener: ship of that province by General Krevsky, formerly chief of the Odessa police, and who is noted for bis energy and chauvinism. Gen- eral Komazoff, too, a man whose interests lic more in the dircction of scieutific achieve- ments than in that of military glory, has been transferred to another post in order to make way for the fiery and dashing General Kuropatein, who both in character and in personal appearance. resembles the late Gen- cral Skobeleff to such an - extent that ho has been nicknamed Skobeleft IL. Professor Vambery, the famous explorer and pre-emi- nent authority on all matters pertaining to Central Asia, regards the appointment of these two men in particular as exceedingly bene- | ominons taward tho malntenance of paach ba tween Great Britain and Russia, Stormy times provail in the little Canton of Tieino, the most diminutive of all the sem! independent states which constitute the Swiss confederation. A short timo ago tho treas- urer of Canton disappeared with $100,000 of state funds, The radical opposition there- upon attempted to impoach the members of the local government for eriminal negligence, and assumed so threatening an attitude th tho authorities deomed it prudent to call to arms thoe constabulary force of thirty gon- darmes, Cowed by this display of power, the radical of Ticino are now appealing to the other states of the Swiss federation to r them from “the despotic and iniquito: of a protorian government.” R ROTUNDA, Hon. Lewis A. Groff, commissioner of tha general land oftice—no, lot’s imagine all that to bo the wearisomo littlo dream that it roally is to the sincerely respected eitizen of Oy and lot's say simply that plain Judge returned from Washington yesterday to hig old home for a little breathing spoll L “Judge, you are not looking as robust o when you were appointed to the land oftice at | Washington,” observed the writer, who had studied him day after day for two years as ho | sat upon the district beneh in this city & ‘My looks do not, then, belie my feclings a particle,” was the reply. *The fuct is,” con tinued the judge, “I have been working like a | dog ever since going to Washington. [ | have been cooped up in my offico all the tix have been putting in long hours—longer than avy man should put in, seems to me. 1 havo 1,600 men to keep track of, and I don't believe the man lives who could keep them all without looking a little worn." “You are not overly well plensed, with Washington life?” was suggested +Oh, Washington is a fine city—everybody knows that—but I'm only mederately well pleasod with being there, and for the reason, 1o doubt, that I have had solittle opportunity to enjoy it. 1 tell you I think lots of old Omaha. 've only been back an hour, bu* that ono hour, seems to me, has done me more good than anything I've experienced = Washington. Yes, T love old Omaha and 17 mighty glad to sce the familiar strects and buildings again—depend upon it, sir, depend upon it!" and the expression upon the speale or's face showed that the words came from about as near the bottom of his heart as it is possible for words to come. “Is it business or pleasure that home, judge?” 0L, I've just come home to pay my taxey and spend three or four days looking into old faces, I'veonly got a fifteen duys’ leave ot absence and four of those are up tonight. My daughter is in St. Louis and I must go aul spend all the time T can withher. T hope now that yow'll be kind to me this time and not i sist on making me tall, for really T couldn'’t tell you anything newer than T Bre's Washington letter gave this morning or will give tomorrow morning. This time lot ask you some questious,” and the judge forti- with proceeded to enquiro all about times in Omaha, what the board of trade, the real estate exchange, the council and the builders were doing, and ali about any new moves, cte., that were on foot. When this part of the conversation had ended the writer was probably the most thoroughly interviewed man regarding the city of Omaha that there was in the city. Every question was put with eagerness and the replies of the news paper man listoned to with a keenness that was not a little interesting. The judge is stopping at the Millard Ex-Governor Dawes slipped in and out of the Millard hotel last evening, takiug a6 o'clock dinner on the jump, and then disup pearing. Mr. Dawes paid for his dinner, course, but somehow or other entire rpEot about leaving his opinion of the spacial se sion quesition placarded in a place convenicnt for the members of the press of Omaha, seue s rulo IN THI straight then, brings you The commissioners of Cheyenne county, A. Frame, C. L. Crigler and Morris Davis are in the eity negotiating with H. T Clarke for the purehinse of the bridge at Canip arke, thirty-seven miles north of Siduey i that county. This bridge, which is now offered to the county by Clarke, is across tie North Platte, and although its owner now desires but 25,000 for it, the struct once a bonanza. In the carly days Mr. Clarke used to 'tend o, gate” there and modestly demand §2 fron cach foot passenger and & for every tewn that crossed. 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