Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 15, 1890, Page 4

DAILY BEE E. ROSEWATER, Editor. PUBLISHED Y MORNINC TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, Datly and Sunday, One Year Bix imonth Three months One Year Boe, One Yo W OFFIC Iy Bee Omaha, The Bee Buildin viin, Corner N and 36th Streets, 2 Poar Street uber of Comm 15 Tribune Bullding, THE 10 00 5 00 250 Now YorkKooms Washington, 513 Fourte Al nows and editol Editoriul De lottors and re cos should e addressed to The Bee Publishing Company, Omnha. Drafts. ohecks and postoffice orders 10 be made payible to the order: of the Com= piny The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors. The Beo 'lding. Farnam and Seventeenth Sts. A1l husin, EWORN STATEM JLATION Btnte of Ne NT OF CIR }as , secrotary of The Beo ly swenr Pubiichi AT DATLY BrR that th for the Tows Sunday. Juno 8 Monday, Jane 9 sy, June 10, Wednesduy, June Juine 12 Jine 13, V. June 14 week en " ounty of Dovgias |8 George B3, Tzsehuek, being duly sworn, de- hoses and says that he Is secretary of The feo Pabilishing Company, that the i nverag latlon of THE DAILY BEE for the coples: for Jul 8 5 1880, 18,661 coples; for September, Octolier, 180, 18,607 copie 10,410 coples nt 188, I8, 1880, for N 340, 10, for April, 1870 2,56 copies s Gronar B. TZscnuek. to YWatore me and subscribed In my f Muy, A, D.. 1800, 1 Publio. Viy not call it Richardson in honor of the chief donor? park, Tre Union Pacific taken in Holland LH the million dollar: MISFORTUNES The Russian crown phobia will mak States together. THe weekly bank statement shows the reserve has increased The banks now hold 36, legal requirements. como singly. ice and Russo- of the United pr A tour ,000 in ex ONLY stalwart repubiicans who ¢ ried a Fowie knife for Lininger last are eligible to membership in the Tam- many Twenty-cight club. 17 is asignificant fact that the “peace of Europe” hecomes painfully insecure whenever an inereased approprintion for military purposes is wanted by the pow THE reports of he real estate in Beatrice by the Rock Island company point significantly to the route of the proposed extension from Omaha to the southwest. S0 far the only paper of any prom- inence that has championed the aspira- tions of Missouri River Commission Pensioner Broatch is that stalwart ve- publican orgun known as the World- Herald. vy purchases of AN investigation into the construction of the city hall of San Francisco de- veloped & condition of things that actually overshadows the Douglus county hospital job. That is ng a greut deal I 1s & notable fact that the highest honors of the university of Cambridge were awarded to a woman this year. The gentler sex is steadily crowding mankind in the higher fields of educa- tion. THe hth annual session of the Chautauqua at Crete will open July 1 and continue twelve days. The session promises to bo more than usually inter- esting, the talent engaged to participate in the work including many of the brighest orators in the country. Tk venerable Bishop Vincent, the founder of Chautauqua, will attend the session, and among others announced are Rev. T. Dewitt Talmage, ex-Governor Cum- baek of Indiana, Gen. Clinton B. Fisk, the prohibition can- didate for president in 1888, Dr. Duryea of Omaha, Dr. Price of Livingston uni- versity, North Carolina, noted as one of the most eloguent of colored orators, many others of distinguished ability in vavious ways. programme has been arvanged, insuri s of tho most entertaining o character, and there is every renson to expect that the ninth on of the Crete Chautauqua will be one of the most profitable and memora- ble in its history. 5 proposed to establish a school of licine open to women in connection with Johns Hopkins university, The movement to do this was instituted by Miss Mary Gaveett, a member of the well known Baltimove family of that name, and she has associatod with her a number of ladies of that city of wealth and social position, us well as some in Washington, among them Mrs. Morton and Mrs. Windom. There appears to be no doubt regavding the success of the movement, which is noteworthy as an in- stance of the expanding field for women in the medical profession. Boston took the lead in enabling women to enter the profession, followed soon after by New York and Philadelphia, and now Bal more promises to fall into line, than a genoration ago the doc most all our medical colloges wer to women, and a member of the gentler sex who desirved to become an educated phyeician was compelled to go abroad. She could find admission to the medical schools at Paris, Vienna, Zurich, and even St. Petersburg, which have long granted this privilege to women, thus setting an example to the republic. The prejudice against female physicians in this country having been once over- come, however, the reform grew rapidly, and now some of the best medical col- leges in the country are open to women, The establishment of a school at Johns Hopkins university will be anothor Jong step forward Lo this matter, s of al- closed A most comprehensive’ SAAANARAR APAAMAS A AIAAN TURNING OUT SCHOLARS. We are in the midst of when the colleges of the sending out hundreds of young men to enter upon the practical duties of It is on the whole a hopeful and fident he the professional and business armies, A | few there may be who will turn their backs upon the the world with some y and misgiving, but the large majority will look out upon the future with the eye of the optimist, seeing nothing but bright- ness and fair promise beyond. So far as the schools could equip them they are well prepared for the contest, and it is only natural they should feel that the large store of knowledge they have gar- 1 from the fields of philosophy and must, command a ready and profitable market. Some undoubtedly will realize this expectation, Amply provided as every department of activity ppears to be there is still room ap the for men of energy. al and there will always be a place But to the many the strug- nment of their hopes will and not a few must suffer disappointment. When one re- fleets that there must come to the majority of these young men a proc of disillusion more or less bitter and a rude awakening that will put their man- hood and their faith to the sev: it is a question whether the colle; uate is to be congratulated or commiser- ated. It is really a sad reflection that some of those who have spent the be years of their youth in prepar- ing to serve the world are sure to find the world, like an ingrate, refusing to ept their services at any price, There has been some discussion in recent years of the value to be placed on a college education, and the weight of opinion is that it is rather a drawback than o help to those who must employ their talents in the practical affairs of life. Mr. Carnegie has found in his experience v few college bred men oceupying the highest positions of responsibility as munufac- turers, bankers, merchants and 1 roud mar Senator Ingalls said that college graduates arve a small minority in either branch of congre They are not numerous in jour: Even President Eliot'of Har cently said that he was not thorough mental training helps a man in ordinary practical affaivs, though he thought that in every business which is conducted on a large scale, and therefore demands administrative power, the col- lege bred men have a great advantage, There would be no difficulty in show ing that the men who have or- anized and buiit up the greatest indus- trinl enterprises of the country, who have projected and controlled the great- est railrond interests, and who have pr moted and ¢ ed to success the grand- est commercial undertakings, were not college bred men. But nevertheless a colle education has advantages, and very great ones, and it is not to be decried or disparag cause it does not make practic chines of men. Tt provides the most thorough mental discipline, teaches elevated ide of life and its duties, disseminates a cul- ture thatis essential to the security and proper growth of society, and exertsa moral and intellectual influence of ine: timable value. No education, correctly observes President Eliot, can supply a youth with natural shrewdness and good judgment, but college cducation i of a youth who possesses these natural faculties a much more effective man of business than he would be with- out that education, the senson country are con- ne scien top, and mbition in the race. gle for the atts be hard and severe, has BUCKET SHOPS DOOMED. The decision of the supreme court of Iilinois, irf the case of a party who had been convicted of violating the law of that state for the suppression of bucket shop speculation, declared in effect that no option dealer can find shelter in Illi- noi: By the revised criminal code of 1874 it is made a criminal offense to deal in options, and the validity of- this law is now afirmed by the highest tribunal in the tate, The c: in which the conviction was obtained was similar in character to thousands that have occurred in all the principal cities of the country, namely, that of trading on margins without the article traded in being received or di livered by either party, and in declar it to be simply a gambling cont and therefore having no validity or binding force, the judgment of the supreme court of Illinois condemns all such transac- tions, whether effected on a ular board of trade or through ths agency of a bucket shop. It is true that the law of Illinois was in- tended only to suppress bucket shop speculation, but a like form of specula- tion is not less of an evil because under the guardianship of an institution hav- ing d legal status, and indeed may be more havmful for that very reason. This decision will effectually put an end to the bucket shop business in Illi- nois, where it perhaps reached its high- est development, and its destruction there must be »oedi followed by its disappearunce everywhere. Sinco the action of the Chicago board of trado withdrawing quotations from these in- stitutions thoy have been rapidly dying off, in most cases to the financial loss of their confiding patrons, and very few grain and produce gambling bucket shops remain, The total extinetion of these institutions will be cause for gratulation, but will it not be necessary to go further and provide against option trading in boards of trade? Grant- ing this form of speculut to be an ey doing nec more or harm to pro- ducing interests of the country, it is manifestly desirable to remove it alto- gether if a practicable way can be found to do so. But the proposition in congress to pass a law intended to do this is vigorously antagonized by tho bourd of trade speculators on the ground that the system of dealing in options and futures practiced by them is a blessing instead of an injury to the pr ducers, and that if it were done Ay with the farmers would find themselves at the mercy of combinations of cap- italists who would constantly impose on them. In noothercountry has specu- stion baving all tho qualities of simple reg- con- less life. | that will recruit the ranks of | gambling boen found necessary to protect [ the interests of producers, and why it should be in the United States it Is hard | to understand, Certainly the produc do not r «d it as essontial to their prosperity and very generally demand legislation that will at least put a check upon option trading and kindred forms of speculation. The bucket shops be doomed, it might be well totry what more can be done to bring dedlings in food products to a strictly legitimate basis. HE. ng APPEAL. We print elsewhere a communication from Mr. Henry T. Clarke, urging ter effort in behalf of the people of wishaw, By devoting as much of his time as possible to this work, Mr, Clarke ha cured the liberal sum of over seven- teen hundred dollars in contributions, and it is not to be doubted that had there been u fow other equally zealous men en- gaged in the work an amount sev- eral times larger could easily have been obtained, Very few of the people of Omaha who will gladly and generously contribute to this most worthy have been called upon, and an should be made to effect a fuller canvass. Mr. Clarke suggests that it would be well for members of the real estate ex- change and of the board of trade to take an active interest in this ma ter, and also that the ps tors _of the .churches make an appedl to their congregations for contri- butions. Both are excellent sugges- tions, which, to be hoped, will be promptly acted upon. Mr. Clarke urges, as THe BEE ha 1 times done, that the help neaded by the stricken people of Bradshaw should not be dels There is an imperative duty upon their fellow citizens to lift them out of “their desolation, and it should be discharged at one W, possible before the end of another week, with proper effort, to obtain money enough to restore every destroyed home in Bradshaw, and it ought to be done. We trust that the practical suggestions of Mr. Clarke will receive immediate at- tention, and we are confident that if they do the result will be in the highest de- gree gratifyin KRS it is or THEY STILL HANG TOGETHER. ‘When Olsen and Shriver joined Davis, Wheeler, Chaffee and McLearie and brought suit for ten thousand dollars cach for alleged damages to their respec- tive reputations we were charitably d posed to designate them as chumps who did not know enough to keep out of bad company But their course on the witness stand when asked to testify regards to their relations to the combine shows them to be no hetter than their co-conspirators in the combine. Why should any member council refuse to answer questions gon- cernime his conduct as a public servant? Why should he decline to tell what sort of an agreement he had entered into with other councilmen and what obligu- tions he assumed toward the combin The mere fact that their attorney: vised them not to answer these tions affords no excuse for them. On the contrary, it shows that they have something to conceal from their constituents. True Olsen and Shri- ver each want ton thousand dollars damages for being des nated as members of the combine aind associates of men who were brought into the combine by boodling con- tractors, Ave they really after dam- ages ov are they trying to mend their reputations by a libel suit ? If they are ter a vindication their refusal to give away the secrets of the combine will y inspire people with much con- fidence in their integrity. of the city ques- A MASONIC SCHISM. The grand lodge of Ancient Free and Accepted Masons which is to convene in this city during the present week will be confronted with a very grave issue. A factional and intensely bitter con- flict was precipitated upon the frater- nity in thi e duving the past year by the edict of Grand Master Mercer, which proseribed one of the Scot- tish Rite bodies and directed all symbolic lodge Masons to sever their connection therewith. This edict pr voked a revolt and threatens to disrupt the whole order in this state unless the grand lodge shall display wisdom and prudence enough to restore harmony and remove further incentive for dis- cord, It claimed justice that some reason of the grand master made a serious mistake in issuing his edict which has acted like a firebrand in the order and has arrayed Mason against Mason in a controversy which docs not and should not concern York Rite Masons, It is not for any secular paper to cen- sure ov criticise the conduct of the head of the orderin this state, nor is there any disposition on our part to discu: oither the merits of the respective Scottish Rite hodies, or the rightful priovity of either. We do, however, deem it proper to vegrotfully admonish the grand lodge ng the breach in the order that must inevitably demor- alize the craft and seviously impair its usefulness and efficiency in the noble worlk of fr 1L is with f YOUR NAME: Mr. Cooke, the census supavintendent, has been untiving in his efforts to hay a complete count made of all eltizens of Had he been permitted to pick out the best men for the work according to his judgment there would have been no cause for complaint. No matter how wnestly he may personally desive per- ot veturns of Omaha’s popula- tion he power in cortain cases where enumervators arve indolent and have no conception of the importance of the work they ave but indifforently doing. In half the districts of the city perhaps, good men have been appointed 48 enume but the balance ward strikors appointed at the dictation of the Vandervoort-Broatch club in liquidation of old debts or under pledge that appointees shall work the Broatch boomlsat in the coming campaign. It an outrage that such timber should be forced upon the superintendent, who will be held re sponsible for all omissions of the polit- ne om [nformation In the possession of is tors, re is | residents O Uiy Tite BEE it s safe to say that at loast ton of the city enumerators are not mak- ing any attemptat a faithful count of the in keir districts. Reports reach this ofice from families who complai the census taker has count them or their near SMighbors. A canvass throughout Tl Bee building rev: the fact that not more than one-half the families of the, tenants and employcs ave bebr ORI If this be a fair indication of the con- dition of the count throughout the city, and if it be true that the work will cease on the 18th inst,, the census of 1890 will be a roaring farce so far as Omaha is concerned, All Te Beg asks is that every bona fide resident be counted. The enumer- ator who shirks his duty must be pun- ished. As a means of detecting the omissions Tie Bee will undertake to print the names and addresses of resi- dents who will notify this office in writ- ing that they have not been counted. If this plan is carried out it will serve as a check upon the careless enumerator and as an aid to the superintendent in making the final footings. als Tne discussion of the question, do Americans hate England, started in the ay issuc of the North American Review ldwin Smith, who asserted that of all nations Americans chiefly hate Eng- land and showed that F hmen also hate Americans, and which was contin- ued in the June number of the magazine y & symposium of writers, includi ‘arnegie, Murat Halstead, Colonel Higginson and several others, seems to be an altogether profitless ex- penditure of thought and labor. The broad assumption of Goldwin Smith that the people of either nation generally hate the people of the other will be repudiated by all intelligent men. Everybody understands that the fulsome expressions of friendship that ave ex- changed between representatives of the two countries at dinners and on public ons not wholly sincere, or at st do not accurately represent the general public sentiment in the two countries, but it is no less a misrepre- sentation to say that the people of either country, speaking of them as a whole, hate the other. It is to be ad- mitted that there are historic dices and conflicting mater interfere with a hearty feeling of ndship on A-ler side, but after all the better ¢ in both countries un- questionably haye a decent respect for ench other, and it is not to be doubted that a more friendly and fraternal feel- ing between Englishmen, pavticularly such asave of libdral political tendenct and Americans is steadily growing. is but natural that this should be so be- tween peoples of a common ovigin, with a common tonxue and literature. Love between the two there may never be. It aps, neither de- sirable nor nece: But it is not. true that there is any general feeling of hatred on eithersid are The stilled and super xh bitions to which our citizens are annually treated by the duating class of the high school s y afford a true in- sight into the utilitarian work of our publicschools. A more convincing proof of the practical training afforded to the pupils of our schools will be given in the exhibition of mechanical skill, proficiency in drawing, penmanship and composition which is about to open in the art rooms of THE BEE building dur- ing the present week. The patrons of the public schools will be ably sur- prised by the very interesting collection of actual work done, and we have no doubt that the effort made by the teach- ers will be h JonN CLARKE would not divulge any of the names of the officers of the T. I. club, but he desired to impress upon Judge Anderson, before whom he was giving his deposition, that the main ob- ject ot the oath-bound conspirators who organized that club was the purification of our elections. stas of O1d, Chicago Inter-Ocean. The crackermakors have formed a trust; but the bread winners continue to do busi- ness in the old way. - The Chickar Philad:tphia The proposition now pending in congress to dedicate the Chickamauga battlefield as a na- tional park should receive the unanimous ap. proval of the s ad house. The Quarrelsome Twins. Kansas City Jowrnal mof the cemsus may ba de- ag for the roturns from the Minneapolis and St. Paul distri The su- pervisor in cach of these distriots is deter mined not to make his complete returns until those of the other man are in. —— The public: layed by wai 7 Field. imes. If the Che; and Crows maintain their insurrectory attitude the bo o first class chance for the United ¢ make a fow hupdred good Indians. only good Indian,\ declared the sug dead Indian," “The “isa QRS B Pretext for Arvrest. 1Chteago News, William O'Buden; the Irish editor an tor, has mar Rapfachovitch. . If will now be in order for the British authorities to clap him into jail for entering into a nibilistic allianco. He has been arrested upon almost every other pretext. Anothe ti it Puzzling to a Stranger, Chichigo Tribune. Curious Visi “Why is it that all these big buildings gee faced with hard, smooth brick " Resident—*That's for looks.” “And why are these streets paved with soft and rotten wood P “That's for use," - - Will They Work in Politics New York Sun An improved brontometer which indicates “the instant of each lightning flash and the beginning and duration of a thunder clap" is on exhibition in London. In the interest of sclence, we hope that a few brontometers will be imported before the fall cawpaign bogius in Michigan and Kansas - Oregon Still Log Portland Oregondan, Perhaps it would be well to remind our tic brethren that the vote on the publican state ticke ernor excepted) in s Up. Xedy | the n | publishes the alady whose family name is | AOTV 1A L AYAYAN dicatos that Orezon is & pretty good republi 1 stato—a state morcover that doesn't prom- ise great things for the democratic party in ar future, A majority of 8,000 looms up something like a mountain peak. i The Turner Letter Tekamah Bur The V u partisan prohibition York which is evidently of the opinion that it is running the Nebraska campaign, oplies of certain papers to the advertising proposition of Charles Turner. Tt draws to great extent upon the proposition that the Nebraska press can be bought to aid the liquor interests, and is corrupt itk Oxana Ber was correct when it said that the proposition was the work of some prohibitionist. Tho Burtonian, true to its promise, denounces the act as a contomptible and dirty game which will make more votes against the amendment than for it. The guilty parties are not Nebraska citizens who favor constitutional prohibition. The Voice took the responsibility and it may be, and is quite likely, that Wolfenbarger, the man who assisted to so nearly defeat prohibition in Towa last fall, was a copartner in this scheme, The Voice borates the fournals which ac- cepted the proposition. How much better is that papert It is continually foraging on the prohibitionists and circulating in every . state in the union for subscriptions to its Nebraska fund. Out of this campaign it is say that its publishers will realize 25,000, A thief who steals a million is spoken of as a gentloman and receives the applause of alarge rof people, but for stealing a loaf of 1some people would hang a tramp, It Do that on this ground the Voice excuses its voracious grabbing after prohibition dol- lars, Nebraska papers that oppose the amendment have as good a right to aceept aid from anti-prohihition sources as a prohibition paper from prohibition sourees. Prohibition lecturers in this state have de- plored the fact that certain high license state papers refused to publish their matter when pay was offered. Is the buyer any better than the seller! Ts not a high license organ that will sell its columns to prohibition as much a subsidized press as the other! The Voice is doing Nebraska much harm and it is hoped that the mass of voters from xpect to obtain the votes which the amendment, will not judge the y this sheet. If the paper did not fall as it does, into the hands of those who ave wayering between two sides, it would do no harm, but as it is the paper had better be burned before it reaches our fair state. st > THE rand, nian (Prohibition ) Yolce VOICE OF STATE PRIESS. Norfolk Tre Ovama Brk s getting all the can out of the seven councilmen who sued it bofore its $70,000 suit is tried. Libel suits come high, but they keep up public in- torest iu a newspaper wonderfully. fun it Leese's Foolish Encmies, Kearney Hub. The newspapers of Nebraska that continue to ubuse Attorney General Leese are pursu- ing a very short-sighted policy. His strength with the people has been created lavgely by the cnemies he has made, and the more those cnemics howl at his heels the greater the probability that the people will not permit him to retire from public position. Don't Go to Sleep. Metool Record. If the people sit 1dle and allow the machino to run the convention, as has been too much the case in the past, they eannot expect to ac- complish auything n their interest: but it and stand united upon men 't have the moral courage to stand by thei ts and send such men to the county o conventions, they can succeed in accomplishing any desired end. Off Year for Self-Seckers, Hastings Nebraskan, This is a good year for the man the honors and emoluments of oft above all things the trait of modesty. time when the par should be committed strong and unequivocally upon the right and honest side of the questions of the day and when the candidates should be sought after. The claims of indiv will have very little wi who seeks to show Itisa ght in this campaign. A Golden Opportunity. Seward Repos Tho farmers should atiend the primarvies and seo to the election of delegates to the county and state conventions who will repre- sont their desires. They can secure the nom- ination of just such men as they want if they will adopt this course. The farmers have the power In their hands and all the poli- ticians in the state cannot prevent them from securing what they want if they will take advantage of the means provided. On the Road to Victory. Kearnen Enterprise. The ropublican patty in Nebraska is on tho road to victory. Nothing but monumental stupidity on July 23 can prevent it. If the Lincoln convention of that date is composed of men who represent the actual voting cloments of the party, rather than corpora- tion hoomers and the hired men of ambitious politicians, we shall hy tand plat- form that will command the confidence of the party aud state, and_that will therefore win Equal to the Emergency. Broken Bow Republican, The calling of the state convention at an carly date meets with the approval of a_ great arty and it will have a ten- dency to harmonize all factions. This action of the contral cqmmittee will very much strongthen the party. The p. s strong cnough in Nebraska, if the convention judicious in its action, to eléet every man on the ticket. It always has proven itself ejual to any emergency, and being the p: of the people there is no reason why it will not be able to meet the demands of the public and judicionsly serve the best lutorests of all, The convention should nominate the best men the state affords and thei fon is assured, is Keep Up the Pace, Blair Pilot, The action of the republican state in calling an carly convention meets with approval on every hand. The popular voice has hoard and heeded in its demand for hotter and the way is open for healthy action upou lines of equity and honor. 1t remuins now to finish the work so well begun. The popular voice must not cease making itself felt. Having demanded and received a just concossion, its inspiration must not ceaso nor its influcaco be less potent. central committee b methods Strong a uential. Hustings Nebaskan The Hastings membership of Business Men's and Bank wred in the_city by Soecre ces a very strong and infiuen matureof no man in any way identified with the liquor interest was taken, Lawyers 1d doctors were pussed by—the organization is in the strictest senso precisely what its name indicates it to be, d the men who have thus united themsclyes in a protest against the prohibitionists' impracticable theory of suppressing the liquor trafc and the liguor habit are in the bost tomperance men, and in many instances tectot It is o stone wall that will stand firm and unbroken i the midst of the intemporant agitation that stirred up in the the State association Rog al showing. gen will be ampaly mer Has the Floor. Friend Telegraph hor state duals are nothing and | ERFENE JUTS 3 the logislature. One more pull at the state treasury, be it ever so short, would have been & sweet roliof. Another legislature will as- somble in six months, but it will bo of a far different complexion. Thore will bo less cor- poration attorneys and moro mw vho come from positions nearer the people ¢ may not wear so good clothes, smok fine clgars. or support blonde mustachos, but when questions come up that affect the gon eral interests of the people they will not bo found wallowing in the dirt, and when tho session 1s over we hope to be able to say that they have done something besides to draw their salaries, The farmers of Nebraska will doubtless have somothing to suy as to who shall warm a seat in the next legislature of Nebraska, Another Candidate Brought Out, Gothenburg Independent. Among the prominent men of the state be- ing named for gubernatorial honors, none are moro favorably mentioned in central and western Nobraska than Hon, J.* H. MacColl of Loxington. Jack MacColl, as his intimate friends are wont to call him, is a man among men, and would honor any ofce in the gift of the people of this state. His long residence in this state has made him familiar with its needs. Ris carly days in the state were not flavored with caso and idleness; he weathered the storms and hardships of pioneer life, and has reached his prosent standing among men of the state by energetic efforts and force of liar to the man, The republi- w would do well to place his name at the head of their ticket in the com- ing campaign. He would make them a leader worthy of the full party support and enjoy the confidence of the people generally, Cen- tral and western Nebraska should send a solid MacColl delegation to the state convention, OUR CONTEMPORARI St. Paul Pioneer-Press. Itisa singular formof government care which selects n certain industry and pro- poses to give it unduc advantage at the cost of another already established and equally reputable in law and in fact., The protest of the consumer and the protest of the merchant have as much right to e heard and as much claim to consideration as the petition of tho manufactw For every dollar's worth of the almost fabulous total of commodities handled by these importers is paid for by the product of American labor. And:we cannot destroy this commerce without destroying with it our markets abroad. Significant Census Returns. Chicago Tribune. West Feliciana parish, Louisiana, may claim the honor of the first census return, its ist having been filed the 9th inst. The return gnificant one. Ttshows 2,178 whites There are whiteand 12 negro voters in the al of voters, but, this pavis demo- 8 publicans gave Cleveland in son 46, a total of 1841 votes, which indicates that something 000 republicans failed to vote in that Of course there may have been some in population in West Feliciana sh since 1855, but by no means enough to explain these curious results which grow out of the census return: Canada's F New York T The most aceurate forecast of the future of Canada is contained in a volume published twelve years ago by Professor Goldwin. Smith. Tn that treatise he assumed, after an exhaustive analysis of the political, social and religious tendencies of the province that Canadian nationality was a lost cause; that confederation would do little more than to develop the bad side of democratic gov- pnment, and that the ultimate union of nada with the United States was moral! certain, That experienced observer im- paired his popularity in the dominion by that publication, but he has found no reason dur- iug the last twelve years to modify his judgment. His arguments have never been answered and th ht of his conclusions increases every v The equal rights movement, which ‘is the outgrowth of the Jesuit legislation, points uncrringly to fon as the remedy for reactionary re- us intrigues and clericalism. uture. iune. Grant and Lee—North and South, Charleston News and Courwr, Better let the hero of Appomattox rest in the tawdry brick vault at Riverside than to proclaim to the world that the people for whom he fought are so parsimonious that they will not spare anything from their hoards of treasure to pay a fitting tribute to his name and fame. Tosay that New York, with its millions of monay, fs “too poor to pay for a monument over the graveof the dead hero” is to place a low estimate indeed upon the public spirit and patriotic impulses of the metropolis of the nation. The people of the north, with their money and resources, have not evected a monument to Grant; the people of the south, in their poverty and dis- tress, have built a grand statue to Lee. The people of the south are worthy of Lee; the people of the north ave not worthy of Grant, The contrast between thescctions is striking. Pacific Railroad F New York World. ror the first time sinee the Pacific railroad companies have undertaken to secure an ex- tension of time on their indebtedness to the government and a veduetion of interest, there seems to b a disposition at Washington to deal intelligently and on business principles with these public debtors. The sum and substance of this is that the corporation has no respect for the laws of the country whose debtor it is, and that, instead of extending the term of payment and reduc- ing the interest, the government ought to be considering the best and cheapost method of ending all relations with it. Beforc any action is taken on the Frye bills there should besuch a thorough congressional investiga- tion that there would be no doubt as to the policy of congress in dealing with the delin quent debto GO NG AGO. Rtiley. A SOD James Whiteomh A song of long ago, 12 It lightly—sinz it low Sing it softly™like che lisping of the lips wo used to know When our bavy-laughter spilled From tho hearts forever filled With a music sweet as robin ever thrillec Let the fragrant summer bre And the leaves of locust t And the apple buds and blossoms, and the wings of honey All palpitato with gl 7Till the happy hurm Tivingn bk ach ehildish joy to you and mo, Let tho eyes of fancy tur Where the tumbled pippins burn | Like embers in the orchard’s lap of tousled grass and forn And lot the wayward wind, Still singing, plod behind The o1 press —tho good old-fashined kind! | Blend in the song the moan Of the dove that grieves alo And tho wild whirr of the loc: ble's drowsy drone; d the low of cows that call hrough the pasture burs when all The landscape fades away atevenfall st and the bum. Then, far away and clea “Throligh the dusky atmosphere, THE LIGHTN Thunder Bolts Play Sad Havoo at th‘, State Capital. ONE LADY VICTIM REPORTED DYING. Destroyed and Homes Dis 1 7 Folled in the Humors of the Oy- Other N Barnes mantled ; Street clone Lixcory, Neb., Juno 14.—[Spocial to Tin Bre.| —About 1 o'clock this morning Lincoln was visited with a torrible eleetrie and rain storm that played general havoe and paralyzed the female portion of the popula- tion with fear. The lightning struck in five different places, leaving its feavful traces and one old lady, Mrs, J. L. Baldy badly shocked that she may not recove The first place struck was the barn of J. L, Baldwin {n the northeast part of the city The bolt struck and killed n valunblo hor 3P inthe barn and then glanced toward th" house, tearing open the weatherboards and giving Mrs, Baldwin such a shock that sho y for several hours in an unconscious con- dition and completely paralyzed. The phy- ans have grave fears that she will not survive, Tho ne vis on T truck was that of Mr. Har- ghth and N strects. Tho damago was confined mainly to the tower at the corner of the house, the lofty spire scen ing to act us an attraction to the fluid. Tho shingles on the roof were torn off for a dis tance of six feet, and the weather-boarding and studding bursted, lea wo great holes in the side of the house through which tho rain poured in torrents, The members of tho family wi bntire re paralyzed with torror. struclkeRobert. Mitehell's e of Ninth and (i streets, d burning it to the ground. nity we did 1o appriso partment of the blaze for fear od while at the telephone. Chie saw the blaze and started out him- oI in tho drenching rain to find it After 1 ating the blaze he then sent for the depus ment, but its best efforts led nothing 8 About $200 will cover the loss. wThe fourth place struck block. ‘A bolt of lightning singled out ark, and after teaving it picces, plowed up the and thien glanced off a the latter point_we and Kinney of the poli ) wero knocked down by the fore but Kinney was not even shocked The cottage belonging to Mr Twenty-ninth and N strects was lightning and a large portion of the roof tori off, allowing the rain to pour in. The side of the house was also torn open and hole in tho ground marks the point where the force the bolt was spent. AL the members of Mr. Warner's family were ed, but none se t place nod Wi T'he third bolt barn, near the corn setting it on fire Persons in the v the fire d being was the Burr tho to of the bolt, Warner on ruck b rumors of damage done BOAKD OF REGENTS. The board of regents of the state uni atter a three days’ scssion, has finally finished its work, Prof. J. 5. Kingsley was appointed biologi- al agriculturalist on the station stafl. My W. Perin was reappointed foreman of the ation farm and Mr. Jarel G. Smith cxperi- mental agriculturist’ on the station staff for the ensuing year. - allor was authorized to « sivuctor in the department of g and biol paint cultu Ar tiure to approp: library building. A séries of resolutions were passed abol ishing ordinary farm work at_the university farm on_account of the legislature failing to it. For the i-cnnivm, or until the logislature makes the appropriation asked for, the farm is to be used merely as an agricultiral exper- iment station only, and is to be meanwhiN known us the *es nental tract \ HUMORS OF TITE CYCLONE of Brad- after .. M. Shallenber .-n.»nuu» for that” eycloncswept lled at the state housé and while e related @ number of humorous inci dents of the storm in addition to the puthctic ones. The first story was at th expense of young man who had called to see his affianced that even ing. When the storm camo up the yonngs man and his girl adjourned to the dining room, where the other members of the youny lady’s family were sitting. The windows suddenly blown in and the light extin guished, An'exclamation of fright fell from ¢ the lips of his inamorata wnd throwing his arms about the willowy figure nestling ne him ho whispored: “Don's get. scared, dar- ling.” Tlhe next moment the house atoms and the fragments scattercd to the winds. The young man, still clasping tht frail figure in his arms, went. flying through the air with the debris- and _landed nearly block away with her still clinging to hing. Neither were hu yond a fow *t and the jar reccived in landing. g ering from the temporary the lady exclaimed : +0n, how kind astonishment, the he was embracing not_his best gitl but his prospective mother-in-law. Mr. MeDermott, the school princips out walking with’'a young lady at th lone struck the town. ] ply eugrossed in conve did not notice the approachi tho first intimation they had_was when' they found themselves sailing through the ait They were thrown into a troe, and i one 1bs, MeDermott held on fo life. 'The young lady also held on to a limb, i ged 1 Mr. - MeDermott, and fier alary of $1,000. ed uriging the logisla- ate $100.000 for a fireproof was torn to g storm, an e was blown child were Josoph Whitfield's hot and_husband, wife a founid terribly disfigzured, the infant heir taken out for dead, they took refuge in i neighbor's cellar. Here a candlo was lit, and Mrs. Whitfield's first exclamation was: Phank heaven, Joe, you have got on your best breeches.!! Despite the solemuity of th other persons huddled “in the c laugh, cone all tho lar had to NEWS AND NOTES. Pfenning at pted to shoot a frail cature _of the demi-monde, known s Frankio Moore, last oy Ho was in Lydin Ste 3 at the t and that threw him into the st b, He wus arrested later and ailed A number of the Lincoln newspaper left at noon today on the Black ~Hills exc sion given to the joyralists of Omaha und Liv n by the B. & M. They were T. H Hyde s L D, Hathaway and ¢ ohn M. Cotton P or red Benzinger, of W. E men the Courier W. L. Dutcher, one of the victims now defunct Capital loan and investine company, is suing for $00 foolishly put it that institution by him and for which he 1 celved nothing. Ju Stewart ha formerly pronouneed these confidenco opera tions illogal and awards the yietim invariably the full amount of money for which e wis W of the E 4 OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. anteed Capltul .. 0000 Subsoribed and Gy Paid fn Capital Buys and sells stocks and honds; negotiates commorch por; rocoives and exeeul trusts s trans for agont and truster of corp ot ‘property, cols Tects taxos Omahal.oan & TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. Let the wailing of the kilde¢ boe sound you hear. O sweet and sud and low As the moi miy Know | s the glad pathetic song of Long - John thou Ag M. Palme \tless pors val John s lic Chic Tribune compared by son | Allen G. Thurman. ( | in several of the qualifications beside tho red Landans that are necessary to warrant this comparison | S.E. Paid in Capital absoribed and Guarantesd Capitall 100,00, ability of Stockholdors W00 5 Pér Cont Interest Patd on Deposits, FRANK J. LANGE, Cashier Officers:A. U, Wy ont, J. J. Brown, Vieo-prosident wn, Lreasuror Directors A, U, Wyman. 1. 11, Millard, 1. J. Brown, Guy O, Barton, B.'W. Nusk, Thou s JoKimball; George B. Lke Corner 16th and Douglas Sts # 50,400