Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 28, 1890, Page 4

THE DAILY ‘BEE "~ E. ROSEWATER, Editor. PUBLISHED MORNING. | TERMS O and Sunday, ¢ i EVERY kiy Boee, One Yenr " OTTTC The Bee Buildi Corner N ith Streets reot, of Commerce. Kooms 13, M and 15 Tribune Building. Fourteenth streot. CF New Yor Washington, CORRESPONTY Al communications relating to news and editorinl mntter should be uddressed 1o the Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS, ATl business | and remit e nddressed to The Beo Publishing Company, O Drafts, checks and postofics orders to be made payable to the order of the Com= pany The Bee Publishing Company, Proprictors. The Ree I'lding, Farnam and Seventeenth Sta, noes should SWORN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION REFORMS WITHIN REACH. ‘While the Farmers' Alliance leaders are agitating all sorts of impracticable schemes of reform, such as government grain storage and two per cent lonns on farm mortgages, are indiffol about the most vite forms demanded in the ers and middle cla Our whole needs overhauling. our present law with the prevailing methods of tax shirking and fictitious assessment, the great bulk of all taxes falls upon the homesteaders and the home owners in Under the citics. Real estate is the only kind of property that cannot escnpe the eyes of the asesssor, Millions upon millions of property in the shape of stocks, bonds, mortgages and money aro néver listed. Corporations that have acquired franchises worth millions are assossod at a mere song and allowed to shift their proper share of taxes upon the , mills and owners of lands, storehous Bty of Dongins, [9%: factories who e not able to hide their George B, Tzschuck, secrotary of The Bee Publish Compnny, does solemnly swe nal eireulation of T ck ending Ju uno 13 June v, June d_subscribed presence this 215t day of June, A. D., 180, [Seal.] BANK A, Sy, Notary Publie. Etate of Nebraska, = County of Dovglas Georgo B. Tzschnek, being duly sworn, do- oses and Says that lie 1§ secretary of 'The Bee Pibiishing Company, that the aetaal <o daily circulation of Tig DAILY BER for i of June, 1880, wins 15,958 coples: 3 for August, 1850, 13,651 18710 coples; for for Noyember, 150, In my property from the nssessors. This is why taxes upon land are out of all proportion in Nebraska as compared with taxes in mogt of the states. In somo states, notably in Massachusetts and Pennsylvania, no state X levied upon land. The entire expenses of state government are borne by special levies upon corporations and from li- censes and franchises. In1 the state of Massachusetts de- rived a revenue of $524,341.17 from cor- poration taxes; $160,0 from bank stock taxes, and $057,385 from savings bank taxes. The life and fire insurance companies vaid in nearly four hundred thousand dollars for the privilege of doing busi- Jireoples, for De her, 1880, 20,048 copies; 1 g railroa i icopios, (0F Decomiier, 189, #0048 edblesi | nogs in the state. The railronds puid 1800, 10,761 coples; for Mare 20815 coples; | nearly twenty-five thousand dollars for April, 1820 20,004 coples; for Muy 1800, 20,180 ople special tax toward'the maintenance of the stave railroad commission. ofeign OFFICIAL population of Omaha 1 railrond companies incorporated in 742, Massachusetts were taxed sixty -nino thousand dollars on their fran- chisos. The Bell telephone company To TiE north side, the Nebraska Cen- tral scheme has become a bridge of sighs, Despire the incomplete work of the the onumerators, Omaha is satified with the result. Mavonr CUSHING doubtless feels a pro- fessional pride in having surrounded himself with a contractors’ eabinet. paid a franchise tax of 397,000 and othor concerns, such as telegraph, street rail- way, electric light and bridge compa- nies, were taxed by the state in propor- tion to their income and property inter- ests. During the me year the state of Pennsylvania lovied tax on corpora- tion stocks and limited partnerships of $1,052,771.53; on gross receipts of corpo- rations, $517,256.34: on insurance compa- nies’ premiums, $49,906.6 on bank tnstituted by the fire department will | Mes: $169:900.82 e e materinlly diminish the occupation of | #1d deods, 81 oL rEihin cign insuranco companics, 3174,316; g bonuses on churters, $164,361. Various FOISTING incompetents into office is aspocies of mayoralty spitework which will not be appreciated by the taxpayers who foot the bills. tongue duel going on between s. Powderly and Gompers is not caleuluted to do the cause of organized labor the least possible good. AN INCREASE of, ono hundred and four thousand inhabitants in ten is conclusive evidence of the wonderful stridos of the *‘young Chicago of the west.” )W that the hospital job has entered the courts, the custodian of the county records should see to it that the vouch- ers do not *‘mysteriously disappear” be- fore the trial. THE marquis of Queensbury rules have been radically amended in 50 s 10 allow professors of that peculiar code to worlk off their surplus flesh on the juicy stone piles at San Quentin. Tr DENVER is given another extension of time to round up surrounding towns and transients, it is barely possible that she will come within hailing distance of Omaha in population. THERF, is grave danger that Council- man O'Connor will be lost in the myste- rious mazes of the jail job bills, Fre- quent pulls on thie combine string will insuve his safe THERE is cause for congratulation in the fact that the steamship subsidy bills are slumbering in the congressional pigeon holes, Even with a strong lobby at the capital, there is not a shadow of a chance to resurrect them. The condi- tion of the treasury forbids it. Tre latest attempt to break down the electrocution law of New York was thrown out of the court of appeals. In doing 50 the court vigorously vebuked the luwyers for urging flimsy pretexts against a law already declared constitu- | tional. It is barely possible, after all, that Kemmler will die of old age. e — THE offorts of the democratic senators to talk to death the admission of Wyo- ming has failed. It serves to show, how- ever, that the party’s faculty for blunder- ing is undiminished. The strength of both parties in the te v is about equal, but the oppositic democratic leaders will turn a det o into a republican stronghold. Wyoming knows its friends. TrE Indian Pottawattamio government the to the swells the public domain by six hundred oession of reservation o | thousand acres. The land is situated in | Indian itory,on the southwest border | of Oklnhoma. In addition the commis- sion has coneluded negotintions with the Towus tnd Sacs and Foxes for nearly seven | hundved thousand acres, all of which | will be added to the territory of Okla- | homa, making the total area about three | millidn acres. The ceded land will be | sold to actual settlers and the procecds turned into the respective Indian funds. Tne Hawallan government objects o a repeal of the sugar duty and the offer of a hounty to Ame L sugar groWers, s proposed by the McKinley bill, Such action will be regarded by the Hawaii- | ans as abrogating the treaty of 1875, undor which Hawaiian sugar was ad- mitted free of duty in return for exclu- sive naval privileges to the United States. The treaty of 1875 was a jug handle affuir, The privileges secured | by tho United Statos were purchased at | a beavy price. It served to create the California sugur kings and strengthen u monopoly without benefittiug the public in the slightest degroe, » vs | el railroad companies paid over $400,000. Inother words, out of a revenue of elght millions and a half raised by Penn- sylvania in 1889 only seventecn hundred and eighty-nine dollars were levied against lots and'lands. Is there any valid reason why Ne- braska should not emulate the example of Pennsylvania and Massachusetts and sc the ontire revenue needed for car- fing on state government from the that devives their charters and their franchis incomes from the stat Another much needed reform is the creation of designated depositovies for state, county and city treasurers. Many treasurers in this state have grown woalthy on a four-year term from loan- ing the public funds to bankers. who are usually their bondsmen or political back- ers. In 1880 the state of Massachusests :d one hundred and seven thou- sand dollars in interest on its state funds from the banks which were designated as depositories. Nebraska has ordinarily not as much ready money in her state treasury as Massachusetts, but we venture to assert that fully twenty-five thousand dollars a year could be realized [rom state de- posits, These are only some of the many im- portant reforms which THE BEE intends to advocate during the coming campaign. s for earning enormous They are within the reach of our home rulers and can be brought about if they will center their energies upon things that are within their reach instead of fighting wind mills and agitating wild-c - jects that are not likely to material- ize during the present generation. Tae democracy of South Cavolina is hopelessly divided. The rents have be- come 50 alarming that Wade Hunpton hurriedly rushes home from Washington to pray and plead for havmony. success has not been particularly m On the contrary, the factions glav the more desperately at cach other, as though nothing short of blood, will sut- isfy their longing. The immediate cause of the disturbance goes to show that the so-called new south posscsses procious little influence in that section. Although the new element secured their candidate to head the ticket, the fact that he did not fight for the lost cause provoked a widesproad ruction. His plea that he was only seventoen years of age at the timo intensitied the opposition, who ave determined that none but a patriot of the war shall receive their suffrage. In the light of this political emeute, the re- port that the ill-foelings engendeved by the rebellion are fast dying out in the south lacks the vital element of truth. Tre official announcement of the pop- ulation of Denver shows a total of one hundred and seventeen thousand, includ- ing five suburbs outside the corporation limits of the city. A few corrections and additions are yet to ba made, but the aggregate will not be naterially changed. While the result does not come up to expoctations, the exhibit proclaims the wondorful development of the chief ¢ of Colorado. An increase of over three handved per cent in ten years is a vecord of progross and prosperity that ought to satisfy the most sanguine resident of Denver. Omaha tenders the usual con- | gratulations, —— A DANGEROUS foe threatens our new men-of-war, Although equipped with the latest conveniences for slaughter, they are practically use- loss for wunt of muReular wmotive power. It is impossible to secure a sufficient number of American seamen to man the vessels. The Enterprise is uaable to go into commission because no recruits can be had from the roceiving ships with which to man her. The Con- | cord, Pniladelphin and San ¥ ‘!hn- latest additions to the nav | even worse oft. This condition of | illustratos the decay of Ameri manship, and shows the necessity of | either inérensing naval training schools | | or suspending the work of shipbuilding. | The experience of seamen with com- | manders of the McCalla stamp is not [ tikely to encournge volunteers. an son- One of the strong points urged by Minneapolis ngainst thie charge of a stuffed census is that its school popula tion numbers twenty-two thousand. On this basis it claims a population of two hundred thousand, a ratio of nine to one. The school population of Omaha amounts to twenty-one thousand, and the foderal census makes the total population one hundred and thirty-four thousand seven hundred and forty Multiplying the school census by Yhe Minneapolis ration the population of Omaha would be one hundred and eighty thousand. In view of these facts it is evident that is up to stuff. Minneapolis OVER six thousand lots in Omaha owned by railway companies are practi- cally ex smpted from city taxation under that they are part of the right- Under the law the right-of-way side of the main track, Fully two-thirds of the lots now marked off as right-of- way should be on the assessment roll the same as other property. Many of them are held for speculative, warehouse, fac- tory and lumberyard purposes, £ OMATIA has passed the point where it was necessary for her welfare to confer public privileges on corporations. What is valuable to an organization of individ- uals is equally valuable to the city and should not be granted without compensa- tion. St. Louis, Chicago and New York have realized millions from the sale of new and lapsed franchises, Let Omaha follow the example and secure a sub- stantial return for the rights and bene- fits bestowed FAILING to hold up the county by or- dinary pressure, the county contractors have decided to appeal to the courts. We shall presently seo whether they can unload a boteh job on the taxpayers and at the same time raid the public treas- ury for thousands of dollars in excess of | the contract pr THE cutting of rates by rainbow rail- roads furnishes the best argument in favor of a state and inter-state reduc- tion. As long as corporations enjoy the amusement the authorities should promptly move to make the entertain- ment permanent OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. German enthusiasm over the proposal by Eneland to cede Heligoland to the Germun empire is calculated to make the marquis of Salisbury rather weary, The English prime minister evidently thought he was doinga rather sharp stroke of business when he pro- posed to relinquish Heligoland in exchange for a clear title of a large slico of Africa, He wasa little doubtful, apparently, whether Germany would consent to any limitation of her African empire, and the suggestion of the surrender of Heligoland was thrown in as a little bribe to conciliate the party of the other part, as a private citizen who wished to drive a good bargain might commence operations by ordering in champagne and cigars. The German delight over the recovery of Heligoland is, however, so hearty and over- flowing that Lord Salisbury must begin to think he hasn't made hulf us good a bargain as Le might have done. If he had offered Heligoland as the pricc of the cemplete with- drawal of tho German troops from Africa, and the recognition of England’s claim to ab- solute supremacy from Cairo to Cape Town, it scems probable that the offer would have been readily accepted. At least Lord Salis- bury, s a keen and graspiug merchant in real estate, must begin by this time to feel heartily ashamed of himself because he did | not make such a suggestion. The trouble with England’s chief shopkeeper is that he failed to appreciate the force of the senti- ment that makes Germany desirous of expell- ing a foreign garrison from the mouth of her North sea ports. » "% Tn its domestic legislation the Salisbury government has reachod the lowest stage of degradation. The anuouncement of the with- drawal of the licensing clause or the local taxation ill complete’s the session’s record of failure. The land purchase bill has been practically abandoned until the next session, nd the licensing question, on which the gov- ornment has narrowly escaped defeat, has been withdrawn. Lord Salisbury has en- forced discipline in his own party at the sacri fice of both measures, which have been undor discussion during the greater part of the ses- sian, u his proposal to thwart obstru tion by a change of proceedure by which measures cau be carried from one session to another has been withdrawn, and M. Gladstone's plan of o parliamentary inquiry substituted in’its place. The gov- crnment emerges from the business of the session discredited and humiliated. It has been unable to cope with obstruction. It has failed to accomplish any important legislative results. It is evident that Lord Salisbury's party suffers from the lack of effective lead- crship in the house. His own attention is engrossed with questions of foreign relations. His heart is in his diplomatic worlk, and he is remarkably successful in all his undertakings in his own oftice. As prime minister respon- sible for domest jon and the conduct of his party he is signally succossful. As un | 0ld tory he is singulurly out of touch with uew toryism, and a conservative prime min- ister whio fails to enlist the sympathies of the democratic and progressive elements of his party wself to defeat ina genoral clection. xposes b ol casts well-deserved ridiculo on tion of a German paper that the ent cordial relations of the British and man courts must have a powerful offect on the political sit ion. He points out that whatever may be the personal . influence of Kuiser William I1. on the foreign policy of Gormany, Queen Victoria has no voico at all in determining the foreign policy of England. | The attempt of the late Prince Albert to claim in the queon’s name some share in the mansgement of foreign affairs was resisted | and eventually batfled by Lord Palmerston; aud the experiment has never boen renewe siuce the death of the prince consort. In the present temper of the English people the lmowledge that the court had exerted pressure in favor of a treaty would be fatal to its ratification, If th queen, who, wo believe, never reads the new: papers, is blind to the conditions upon which vis still tolerated in England, we way bo cortain that the prince of Wales is fully alive to thom. The fact that the German emperor is Queen Victoria's grandson would unot have a pin’s weight iu deciding the atti- —_y AVOV tude of Eugland toward Gy of a contineutal war. = Wo porfect ashiidence that party happong to bo in vower in Eng ing the next continental will obsorve 4 poliey of strict neutrality bo- | tweon the combatants. Such an attitude on her part will, of coursé, leave the Italian peninsula at the morey of the Freach nay but King Humbert's government should have thought of ths before consenting to ally it- self with Germany and Austria. rmany in the caso way assume with whichever political | nd dur? | war, that country It is not unnatural that France is displeased with the Anglo-German compact for the par- tition of Afrina, for while Franco has no di- rect interest in the Central African regions about which the bargain is made, her indirect interest is very great indeed. Even the minor matter of the surrender of Heligoland by England is of concern to Fpance, because it gives Germany an opportunity to fortify a vulnerable pofut on her coast, whoso defense- less condition might easily have boen of ad- vantage to the French in case of war, But the primary cause of F'rench discontent is that the terms of the Anglo-German bargain clearly in- dicate the intention of Groat Britain to retain her present control in Egypt and tostrengthen and extend her dominion there. The treaty is in effect Great Britain’s deflant answer to the French demand for the neutralization of Bgypt, and the partition assigns territory to England the possession of which must greatly strengthen the British hold upon the Nile, The explanation of French discontent with the arrangement is also an explanation of the motives which prompted the British ministry to make it, * " Intense bitterness prevails at Trieste just now against the Austrian government in con- sequence of the latter’s determination to put anend to theimmunities and privileges which the ancient city of Tergeste, founded by the Roman Emperor Vespasian, has enjoyed since the year A. D. 1719, when it was first declared an imperial free port, and exempt from the payment of national taxes. On June 20, 1801 —just twelve months hence—Trieste will be reduced to the lovel of an ordinary seaport city of the empire and its commercial pros- perity will reccive a blow that will probubly prove mortal. The action of the Aus- trian government in the matter is mainly due to the influence of Hun- gary, which has spent vast sums in the construction of quays and docks at Flume, and which is naturally jealous of the extraordinary privileges enjoyed by her rival. Hitherto Tricste has monopolized almost the entire shipping trade of the dual empire, its annual fmports and exports exceeding £150,000.000. Unfortunately, however, it has for many years past hud the reputation of be- ing the most disloyal city in the empire. Tr- rendentism prevails among all classes of its inhabitants, who lose no opportunity of man- ifesting their ardent love for everything Ital- ian and their deep-rooted aversion for Aus- tria. This, doubtless, has greatly contrib- uted to bring about the government's decis- ion to rescind its ancient charter. P Ono of the most interesting serics of naval and military manceuyres planned for the present year is that which the Germans are to carry out in September on the Schleswig- Holstein coast. Perhaps should the British admiralty fail to continue this summer, as now seems probable, the elaborate and some- what expensive uaval campaign it has carried on for several seasons between Great Britain and a hypothetical enemy called “Achill,” the Germans ' may counton presenting the chief naval attriction of the year. The land | forces in this affair, which will .include an attack upon the Island of Alsen, will be supplied by the Niuth army corps, while adout a dozen armor- clads of various classes, a flet of torpedo boats and several light unarmored crafts aro expected to participate in the naval portion of tho programme. The occasion will be graced by visiting squadrons representing England, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, Nor- way and perhaps other countries. It docs not yet appear whether any representative of our own modern stecl fleet will attend. P “The pr oposed constitution for Brazil is a most enlightened and progressive scheme of government. It furnishes a complete vindi- cation of the patriotism, republicanism and practical wisdom of the revolutionary lead- ors. They were placed in power by thearmy, but they have devised a scheme of public law by which the sovereign people will be made supreme. The constitution is not pro- Claimed as a finality, but as a de facto system of government, which will be revised and legalized by the constituent assembly about to bo elected. The pro- visional government has successfully ro- sisted the temptation to usurp the functions of the representatives of the people. When the constituent assembly moets president and ministers will resign the functions exor- cised by them since tho revolution. A new president will then be clected and another ministry will be immediately formed; and then the constituent assembly will revise and promulgate the fundamental law. There could be no wiser method of procedure than this. The electors will have the tentative scheme of public law before them when they choose their deputies and senators in the constituent assembly, and hence they will vote more intelligently; but the constitu- tion will bo subject 4o amendment und final revision by the representa- tives of tho people. The constitu- tion involves an essential reproduction of the American politi®al system. Tho legislative and administrative functions aro scparated. The cabinet will be responsi- bloto tho president and its wembers will neither be eligible to seats in the legislative chambers, nor forced to resign their offices when there Is an adverse vote. The functions of the chambers will be purely legislativo, The American rather than the French system is imitated in these respects; and the election of president is to be conducted as it is in the United States. The first president will be elected by the constituent assembly, but sub- sequently the choice 5 to be made by an electoral collegg, whose members will meet in the capitals of the states. An era of extensive railroad constru on in China would seem to be unot faroff, It s evident that Ohina is becoming alarmed at the attitude of Russia. The completion of the Siberian rallroad would inc se the fear that outside burbarians are fast closing in upon her, and tho restlessness of Corea under Chinese suzerainty, tc h with the ad- vances that haye been made by the czar to the government at Seoul, have convineed the in- telligent Chinese viceroys that something should be donée to counte ot this influence, It is also uckgowledged that China needs railways in order to revive her o port trade, and while a number of per- sous now employed in boat and cart trafiic would necessarily be thrown out of work, and the use of foreign employes and material would injure native interests, it is admitted generally that the advantages of the innova- tion would greatly outweigh all the ob, tions. The proposed new road is to extend southward from Pekin to Hun-Kow, a treaty port ou the Yang-tse, 500 miles from the mouth of that river. The foreign trade of that port amounts to §3,000,000; and the line would be too far from the coast to be scized by an ewemy, 1f such a road should be built other roads would undoubtedly be structed between the various ports and the cities of the interior, gradually extonding to outier, and a uew fuctor would aid the d of tho world's comu | mittee on resolutions comprising Mos | Schnake, J. IRSONAL LIDERTY LEAGU A convention consisting of 242 delogates from representative German organizations throughout the state met in Bohanan's hall, Lincoln, on Wednesday, Juno 25, The com- s, B . D. Klutsch, Oscar Bornoeker, Rudolph Mack and Rev. H. Frinke, roported the following plalform which was adopted by an almost unanimous voto: 1. The name of the organization shall be the “League for the protoction of personal rights in the state of Nebraska." 2. We oppose prohibition, 3. Whereas, in our last logislature, ca com- pulsory education bill, known as house-roll No. 450, obtained a favorable report from the committeo on schools, and whereas tho bill grossly violates the rights of parents in the freo choice of schools for their children bo- sides secking to bring all private schools under state control with the expressed intent to suppress the same; therefore wo find our- selves forced to mako' the following decls tion: a. We acknowledge that the state hasa right to compel such paronts as negloct tho education of their children to do their duty. We therefore consider the compulsory edu- cation_law coutained in chapter 74, section 16, paragraph 1, of the laws of Nebraska, 1850, a necessary, wiso and wholesomo pro- vision which shiould be strictly enforced, b. But a compulsory education law_which, directly or indirectly, prescribes the lant guage and branches 'of instruction or the course of study for the private and pavish schools, by meéans of which prese undue control over these schools is given the state or the free choice of schools for their children is deniod the parents, is an attack not only upon personal rights but also upon the ous freedom which is_guaranteed to overy citizen of this state in scctions 1 and 4 of tho first articlo of the constitution of Ne- brask: . While we are entircly opposed to each and every appropriation of public money for schools, yot wo think that any pri- or parish school which is conducted vpon cducational principles and - in W thorough religious training is imparted can only redound as ajblessing to the state. Their vights should thercfore be in no way infringed nor should they be limited_in their activity but rather protectod. We therefore agrec to support no candidate for any public ofiice, who docs not promise to op- pose with all lawful meg unneces- sary and_ unconstitutional ‘measiro of this nd We hereby declare that the national con- gress and the legislature of Nebraska ought 1o enact such laws as would relieve the de- pression under w our farmers and mer- hants aro suffering, taking into account their necessities in regard to products, dis- tance from markets, relief of commerce and reduction of freight rates, We therefore recommend that as many farmers and merchants as possible be nou nated for exceutive officers of the state, ex- cept for the oftice of governor, as well as for members of the legislature. 5. An executive committee consisting of one member for each organized county shall be chosen by this convention, which shall have authority to call a state convention for the nomination of state oficers in casc the candi- dates of the existing parties do not approve our principl 6. The exccutive committec shall select a chairman and shall judge the difforent candi- dates by their chavacters and inclnations and shall report the results to the branch organi- zations. The executive committec shall also endeavor to bring about, in cach county, the foundation of a branch league, which shall sce that all German-Americans’ obtain their uaturalization papers as soon as possible. 7. Lincoln shall be the seat of the exceutive committee. 8. The ofticers of the permanent organiza- tion shall retain their positions until the county representatives have been named and have chosen their oficers. 9. The county delegations shall choose tem- porarily their ropresentatives on the execu- tive committec. The temporary representatives thus far chosen are: Louis Heimrod. 3 ernecker, Richardson, B C. Rugge. Burt, W. H. Going, Kearnoy, John Etzelmuller. Otoe, Theodore Webering, Howard, I, Ritterousch. Webster, Ph. Zimmermann, Pierce, 1. Magdan Johnson, J. P. Eilers, Dodge, G, . Perkins, F. Wittmack, Adaws, 'William Broed. Gage, George Rischers. Dixon, Carl Krakow. Suunders, C. %, Jensen, York, C. Zimmeter. Saline, Rev. L. Huber. Madison, 7. T. Walter. Hamilton, H. Korth. Lancaster, F. Beckmann, Cass, L. Kurges. Hall, G. M. Hein, mai gl Gotham is Well Equipped. New York Tribune. Firecrackers will be scarce on the coming Fourth, but we can at least hope for o fow sub-way explosion Not Satistied With Solid Fucts. Washington Post. Tt 1ooks as if the consus bureau would have to go behind the returns to sati: fy those cities which cannot produce the population they bragged of. AL Fraternal Congratulations. New York Sun. May the wind blow softly through the vory hamdsome whiskers of Major Jones of the St. TLouis Republic when he appears for murviage on the appointed day next month! We renew to bim on this happy ovent the assurance of our most distinguished co i S ey It Fits Miss Omaha. Kansas City Journal, “Her growth has but just bezun, and bo- fore auother census she will Lave over- shadowed every vival and will have assumod that place and power which are hers by geo- graphical right.”” This was really written about Louisville, but evory city in the coun try can give it a local application. Pith of the Federal E'ection Law. Chicago Inter- The most important fe; of the bill, when it comes down to practical results, is the one making the certificate of the super- visor of election, and not the goveruor of the state, in case the two conflict, primafacie evidence of electien, The clerk must give it preference. This is pivotal to the actual working effcet of the bill. Leave that out and the bill would be almost worthless, o Ll PROHIBITION OR HIGH LICENSE. The Great Debats at Beatrice July 5 and 7. Mr. S. §. Green, secretary of the Beatrice Chautanqua assembly, sends Tuk Bee the following for publication : There will bea joint debate on the ques- tion of “Probibition vs. High License" at the Beatrice Chautauqua assembly, beginning at 10 a. m., July 5, and ending the afternoon of July 7. samuel Dickie, chairman of the ational committee, and Rev. Sau debate probibition. Hon. Edward Rosewater Brx, and Hon, John L. W will argue for high license. hibition wall will editor of Tur bster of Omaha A Thief Repents. WASHINGTON, June Postmaster Gien- Wanamaker today roceived a lotter post- od New sand Unitod States gold oc the writer says, is the in money ho dofrauded tho years ago. He is the samo 1 Some months ago scut#1,500 to Wanamaker for the same purpose. The lotter accompany- ing the letter is signed “Conscience.” - A Mining Town Cugyrxse, Wyo., Meagre details of the burning of the mining town of Carbon, 200 miles west of hee, have reachod this city. Tywenty houses w stroyod, as also were the leading ui antile establishments of the town, No lives were lost. The losses aggre- gate §100,000. ork, inclosing three one thou- tificates, which, rost on & sum of vernment out of , he says, who Burned, THE NEBRASKA TURNBEZIRK. Closing Day of the Second Aunual Turafest of the Rociety, SUCCESSFUL IN EVERY PARTICULAR. Farmers Who Wish to Go to the Na« tional Congress Should Address Governor Thayer—State Capital News. Laxcory, Neb, June 27.—[Special to Tur Ber.]—The second annual great turnfest of the Nebraska turnbezick ended today and proved a grand success, surpassing all expec- tations. The fost commenced last Monday and has continued ever since. All the visitors are loud in their praiseof the handsome treat- ment they have received at the hands of the Lincoln people, no pains or expense being spared to e their stay a pleasant one. The turner societies ropresented wero Platts- mouth, Sioux City, South Omaha, Jahn turn- vercin of Omaha, Fremont, Eiche turnve of Sioux City, Lincoln, Omaba and Nebraska City turnvereins, making nine societios alto- gether. The contests in strongth and skill cupied Tuesday, Wednesday and Thurs at Sawyer's grove, and today tho prizes w awarded. There were about sixty prizes alto- ther, and all of the cities represented se- cured a fairquota, In the class prizes Omaha took flrst prize, Plattsmouth second, Lincom third and Sioux City fourth. This speaks well for tho Lin- coln turners, as the society is next to the youngest in the bez In the single apparatus contests the first prize was won by Fred Fruehauf of Omaha, making him the champion turner of the bo: zirk. Paul Wuerl of Plattsmouth won sec- ond place. Fiftoen prizes were given ulto- gether. In jumping the prize was won by Fred Breitting of Fremont, his record being 17 feet, 4 inches, The high vault prize was taken by Paul Wauerl of Plattsmouth, clearing the rope at nine feet above the ground. he climbing prize was awarded to I'red Kuehn of Omaha, who went hand over hand up a rope #5 feot and 5 inches, Thoe 200 yards dash was won by F. Breit- ting of Omaha. stonethrowing prize was given to of Omaha, who hurled the rock 18 feet, 7 inches. In the bigh jump contest C. Buechner of Omaha and Paul Wuerl of Plattsmouth were tied for fivst place, The prize in fencing was awarded to G, Mouasch of Sioux City, who showed great skill in the handling of ‘the foi The wrestling matchos ed more atten- tion than any other contest- during the fest Some splendid displays of strength and s were mado, but Otto Niederwieser of Omaha succecded ‘m downing all_competitors, He was chieorod tinie and again in s vietorics over his adversaries, In club swinging J. Pfeil of Sioux City stood first. The largest spoar hurling p awarded to Georgs Brackl AlLof the awards made were declaved just, Thousands of Germans from all parts of the stato have been in attendance at the. contests and an_enjoyablo week has b passed. Henry Kummerow of Omaha, bizivk turnwart, had full charge of all the exercises and us usual reflected great credit upon him- self and the socicties represented by his ex- ecutive ability. WIHERE 18 THE SCHEDULE OF RATES ““Why docs the state board of transporta- tion refain the secretaries at a cost of 37,500 per annum of the taxpayers’ money?’ asked a prominent citizen of your correspondent. “Why do youask?” was the vespouse. “Bocause,” said he, “in the recent report made by the secretavies of the state board of transportation it is claimed that the rates in Nebraska were 50 low that the poor railroads only made about 5 per cent interest on the pitalization and that the amount of iuterest s not too high and, tuerefore, the scero- tarics refused to follow their instructions set forth in the resolution to prepare a schedule of rates for Nebrasic, “This conclusion leaves but one thing for the hoard to do, and that is to lot the sce s o, There is no further use these They cannot earn. their vios. If atas are too low in their opinion th should be sent home and some others put, in their place who can look at the rate question through the eyes of the people, ‘“I'here is no doubt that the whole proceed- ing was a put up job from the inception of the resolution introduced by Cowdery down to the final report made by Garber. ““Tho secrotarics are willing that the peo- Ple shall pay rates that not the stockholders a ig interest on their stocle that more resem- bles a sponge than_anything clse, because it contains 0 much water, *“Thero” is ouly one rational con- clusion to come to and that s the majority of the board of transportution dictated what the report should be. They are all standing for are-election aud have sur- voyed the field, and having concluded that the corporations will succeed in the coming campaign, cast their lines in that direction, “But_they have reckoncd without their host. A nomination this year will not be equivalent to an election, and if the railronds should succeed in placing Benton, Cowdery, or Stecn in nomination, uo power that can bé brought to bear will eléet thom, “T'hoy have refused to listen to the voice of the people and now we ask that thoy save the people 57,600 by letting these sc s g0, If they must keep up the for m o for 70 was n of Lincoln. Gol's sake got men who understaud the wishes of the people.” TIE FARM ! CONGRESS, Governor T s that ho will appoint any farmers in this state as delegates to the tenth annual Farmors) congress of the United States, which will be held at Council Bluffs Angust, 26, 2 on application 1 All that the governor nsks is that th appointed w urantee that thaoy teud tho cor A written applic: the governor is ull that is necessary to socure an appointment. Owing to the nearn Council Bluffs it1s expected that a g many of the Nebraska farmers will attend. Reduced rates have been socured on nearl every railvond in the United States, and attempt is being made also to secure r ble hotel rates during the congress both at Omaha and Council Bluffs, STATE HOUSE NEWS. Articles of incorporation of the Culbertson canal, irrigating and watcr supply company were filed with tho socretary of state this morning. Tho principal place of transac business is to be at Culbertson. The auth ized capital stock is $1)0,000. Among the in- carporators ure George E. Bunks, M. C. Rey- nole - Arti corporation & ve painti this morning. Th business is to be in Lincoln, X0, plac Capital stock, ata board of transportation has ro- ceived notice from the national commission that o hearig on the rate question would be Lield at Washington July 8. IUis proposed at that session to wake o reduction in grain and provision rates from the Missouri river to Chicago. THE BARNES The Barues divorce case, whicn has at- tracted probably more attention than any other vimorial dissolution for several years in Lincolr { toduy in Mrs. Barues' securing a logal separation from I'heodore I, s, her husband. Mr, ( o W. Borge, who had been appointed as 1 filed his DIVORCE CAS report today, finding that Barnes' bad beon guilty of ‘extreme cruelty to bis wife, Burues fought the potition of his boetter half ~ to the bitter end, [ failed in his efforts to contiuue the part: hip. Barnes is to pay §3,000 for the sup- port of the chiid until shé is cighteen years of age. Seven dollars a wook is to bo paid for hor support until May, 1592, and after thut od $12 per mouth 15 to be paid by him rs. Barnos is to have the custody of the child, and was willing to accept 8500 in licu of alimony from hor wealthy husband. The court decroed that Barnes should pay the costs of iit, amounting to 180, To s cure the fulfillment of this contract Barnes was forced to execute a deed of trust to Mr Burnes' uttoruey covering land in section 20 117 CAN'T DEAT HER OUT OF ALINO! Mprs. Rebewenia Rasmussen, who is sceking @ divorce from ber husband, George Kasmus sen, claims that her husband is trying W dis- pose of his proporty during the suit that is Pending, in opder to provont paying her any alimeny. Judgo Field lstonod ‘to the two sidus of 'the quostion today and became sati fled that the nssertions of tho woman Wwore about correct. Ho ordered Rasmussen to pay 0 into court by August 1, and &0 per mon thoreafter until the case i3 disposed of. The judye further decrood that Rasmussen should i not sell any of his land until that time uuder penalty of arrest and irprisonment. A CLASH OF COU There was a clash of authorities in I today, tho squabble being ns to wheth courts of Butler county or the tribu Lancaster were to have the custody of one Iman Klomist, The man is charged with soll- ing mortgaged property, D. I. King of David City boing the complaining witness. Klomist was arrested by tho wolico here on receipt of a telogram from tho shoeriff of that county, and that officer camo up today to take charge of the prisoner, Meanwhile friend of Klomist had besieged the county Judge and secured o writ of haboas corpus to Kkeop the prisoner here, The writ was served just as tho sherift of Butler county was about to leave for the depot with his prisoner, and Klomist fell back into the hauds of the au- thorities here. TWO WOMEN AT WAR. The Leighton-Wilson caso wns again flauuted before the public gaze today. ‘This time Mrs, Harriet W, Leighton files” au_ ay swor and eross petition to the suit for $5 brought against hor by Mrs, Hattio Wilson, late matron of tho Williard home. M 1 hton admits having made the startling statements concerning Mrs, Wilson's actions toward male inmates of the institution, but claims it was before tho managers of tho home, who were investigating the con- duct of Mrs. Wilson. Mrs, Leighton elaims that she made these disclosures to nobod else. Sne in turn domnds £,000 damay from Mrs. Wilson on the grounds that that woman has caused to bo printed tho libelous statement that Mrs, Leighton was a thief, i Nebraska, Towa and Dakota Pensions, WASHINGTON, Juno 27.—[Special Telegram sions grantod Nebraskans : illiam W. Lester, Craig: Cyrus nlandingham, Frankling Is Whited, Lincoln; Froderick Mollo, Snydor. Ineroaso Jobn Tuxhorn, Febing; Robert Kendall, Nobraska City: William Linn, Gordon; Sam- uel Batty, Clirks; James M. Forrest, Oxford; Andrew . Ferguson, Soottville. Reissuo— George W, McConn, Crete. Towa: Original ihvalid-—William Prestes$ Monmouth; Charles Slocum, Charles City ames R. H. Michael, Mt. Pleasaat ol uthrio, Grandview alvin Peoria; George, woaringor W John - W. Jomes, ' Colfux Irank L. Faatz, Hampton: ¢, Tunmerman, Burlington: John Weilin, Witerloo: James Marlow, Burt. Increase’-Charles W Cresco;’ Francis M. Drake, Ceat John Meliiroy, Blanchard; John Kosslor, Davenport; William Shutaan, Dubuqu Joseph Bennett, Lenox; Alex. O. Adams, inton: Abram Bonnell, Montezumaj Henry Pfennebecker, Sigourney; Jumes S, acCall, Proscott, | Reissue - Georgo 1L Sharp, Oskaloosa. Original widows, ete. John E., father of Judah L. Groom, Prairie Lucinda, widow of James Marlow, Magdalena, mother of John Riss, Hub' bard. 5 bt Dalcota: Tnerensh—Bdward Moscrys, Selina. Original _widows, ete—Ellon iL., widow of Silas M. Bristol, Rapid City. e Xepublican State Convention. pub n electors of the state of No ure requested to send deleg al counties to meet in con the city of Lincotn, Wedne o'clock p. mi, for the purpc nomination candidates for the fotllowing state oflices: Governor. Licutenant G or, ‘— ury of to. Auditor of Publie Accounts, State Treasure Attornoy G eral. muissioner of Public Lands and Bulld- 'ndent of l"ul;ll\- llll~l on. business as may come before the e THE APPORTIONMENT. sevoral conntios are entitled to repre- ntation as follows, beingebased upon the vote east for Hon. ve H, 1 ings, prosi- ng one delogate-u nd one ction the Box Buti Brown... 4| Wobstor. Hiteheock 8 Wheeler’ Holt g K Ervres e organizod T Total commended that 1o proxie mitted it thic £ALes presen vote of the dele SIGK HEAUAGHE Positively cured by these Little Pifls, They also relieve Dis tress frova Dyspepsta, In digestion and Too Fearty Eating. 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