Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 10, 1891, Page 4

4 THE DAILY BEE E. ROSEWATER Eniron | | PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERME OF SUBSCRIPTION v oY without S Ay, Ot Dally Bee Dally nne Baturday Moo Weekly Bee, Une OFFICES ilding. Orunha, The raih'd ner N and %th Streets ! Sonth O, « Counell | %) « co Offec, Now ¥ork, itoom Tribune Buliding | Washington nth street | ORRFSPONDESCI munfeations relating to news miutter should be addressed to the 1 Department. All c editorial Editor] JUSTNESS LETTERS. | BUSTNESS LET i aittances shonld ¢ Cotpany, Mee orders order of the com- pany The Bee Fublishing Company. Proorictors THF BEE BUILDING. TION. BWORN STATEMEN crret Etute of Nel County of Robert s for Tnw Be Pub- 1shi; con soleninly swear that the act i of Tik DAILY BER for the w . 3801, was as follows A Runday. May 3 8020 Monday. Muy 4 2,501 Avorage. . (OBERT TTNTER. Eworn 10 Lefo nd mubscrited i my ce thisuth duy of Muy. A 1801, presen y N Notary Public Etate of Nebraska, | County of Douglas, (% George . ‘Izachuck, befng duly sworn, de- oses and suys that he'is secretary of Tiik Her Publighing company, that the actual average duily circalation of _Tne DA BER for ‘tho month of May, 180, 20,18 coples: 1660, 01 ' coplen; for July Copies; for August, 1800, ) ptember, 1800, 20,870 coples; for Octoler. 2 coples; for Novem- 1800, 22,10 copies: for December, 180, coplest for Junu chruary, 1901, Cople 4,005 coples. for April, sl 446 covles: for ch, GEORCE B TZRCAUCK. Sworn to Lefore me. and subscribed in my presence, this2d duy of May, A. | K01, N Fer, Notary Publie. High Water Mark, 26,299. Nex1 Wodnesd isin good humor, day Omaha has eve if the weather clerk will ho tho biggest - enjoy WILLIAM Q. JUDGE now have a chance to become the apostle of theosophy. Madame Blavatsky has gono into the beyond in earnest. She is dead. S, will TuE phenomenal outburst of vice in the English purlinment affords no polit ical capital to any of the English polit- ical parties. The black sheep were di- vided among all the flocks. CULBERTSO big irrigating ditch will be completed in a few months and one great step will have boen taken to redeem the beautiful and fertile Re- publican valley from drouth and ecrop failures. NEWFOUNDLAND looks to Gladstore to defend her against the coercive meus- ures proposed by the English govern- ment. English colonists all over the world naturally turn to the old man elo- quent as the champion of home rule. Tue National Medical a ociation is carefully preserving that antiquated reminiscence known as the code of ethics nnd has appointed a committee to dotormine whether or not it is infracted by the surgeons with whom railway companies huve contracts, I¥ Prosident Harrison would consent to attach all the special enrs which more or loss distinguished persons desire to couple to his train, a doublo-header would stall with the load on a three per cent grade, He treats all impartially and refuses 40 load his train with special cars. THE city clerk of Chicago broke his jaw reading the names on Treasurer Among the sureties ski, Arknozewski, Nowaczewski, Jendrzejek ana Pazkie- wicz, They qualify for sums ranging from $20,000 to $150,000, which will be as startling to their Polish friends abroad as the names are to Ameri s at home. ONE week from Tuesday occurs the annual meeting of the State Business Men’s association in t it On gen- eral principles, and especially in view of the good prospects for crops and in- creased trade, Omaha will make the visit of the state business men as agree- able as possible. There should be a large attendance. The welcome which Omaha will give the visitors will be cordial and sincere. THE Universalist clergyman in Boston who resigned after 43 yours’ sorvice as pastor of ono church, was true to his faith and denominational indifference as to the hereaftor when he informed a re- porter that he had no plans for tho future, It is stated, however, that he is to become the editor of the Krening Traveler, which Is punishment enough for an orthodox sinner. THE ministorial brethren of the Evan- gelical churches in Lincolu have formed a sort of theological trust which freezes out tho clergymen of the Catholie, Uni- tarian, Universalist and non-Christian denominations. This narrow action caused the withdrawal of Rev. Lewis Gregory, 50 many years pastor of a Con- grogational church at the capital and Rev. Hewitt,an Episcopalian. In thisage of tolerance the action of the two clergy- men will be commended and that of the association will be criticised. SAN DiEGo is & hotbed of startling rumors. Wars and rumors of wars, con- spiracies, filibustering expeditions and internationu] deviltry generally grow spontancously in the brain of the San Diego newspaper correspondent. The information that came from that eity in regard to the war-like behavior of the Ttata, a Chilian insurgent vessel was dis- counted in advance, but we were not prepared for the denouement which shows that she had no concealed arms or { eftect of the r THE PARM PORECLOSURES 1IN NERRASKA | from the violation of & trust to actual Some exaggoerated reports of the confirm a mort snle court at gy in usal of Jndge Hamor to | Broken Bow havin n sent through- out the east it seems proper to explain | more at length the object and effect of tho judge's action. As is well known mortgage sharks are on the lookout for snap judgments which shall give them | vuluable properties at trifling cost. All | over the agricultural sections of the states where crops have failed the farmers have been unable to pay either interest or principal. It is not because they are dishonest, but because thoy are unfortunate. By the terms of most of the mortgnges held by eastern loan com- pauies it is provided that a default of in- rest or taxes shall be ground for action Seizing upon the Aitions under which the mortgagors aro Jaboring, a numbor of rolentless money sharks have sought to obtain possession of farms whose owners have failed to moet their interest and taxes, In other eases the principal is over due und fore closure is begun to enforce its payment, The effect of foreclosure at this par- ticular time is to wipe out the equity which mortgagors would have in ordi- no local buyers foreciosure, con- There are routh and adversity there are no foroign purchaseos on the ground. Land to all intents and purposes is worthless solely because of the condi- tions which have forced mortg: nary years nd owing to d s into default. A singlo good crop with fair prices will re-estabiish valu The land is the hope of the farmer for sus- tenance nnd for future prosperity. To take it aw him without the means of supporting his family and ve- couping hfmself for past losses, The which gave rise to Judgo Hamer’s vigorous and manly protost was a flagrant misuse of the court machinery and a relentless attempt to obtain pos- session of the land at about one-fifth of its true value. The farm contained 160 acroes, all tillable and lar y under cal- leaves caso tivation. The iand and improvements wer Iy worth $2.000. It was ap- praised at 3600 and bid in at the sale for have used for obtaining titlo to a $100. Jhe judge was unwilling to his court good tract of land at only a fraction of its worth. His senso of ‘honor and his judicial integrity revolted at such a bare faced fraud. There were several other foreclosures of the same character aud he simply notified the land sharks that he would be no party to such dis- veputable deals, Loan agencies and capitalists who ad- vance monev on land for the interest they are to receive, and not with the in- tent to secure title by fraud and sharp ctice, have nothing to fear from Ne- courts, Foreclosures made in good faith, and according to the spirit as well as the letter of the law, will not be interfered with. Thne men who are ssisting western furmers to develop their property will thank the judge for his action, for it protects honest land owners and maintains the value of the securities ulready held, because it pro- vents absurd under valuations. aska AN AGE OF DISHONESTY. Cashier Hill of the nth National bank of New York died and was followed to his grave with sincere sorrow by hun- dreds, who, throughout a long business career had respected and trusted him. His associates in business were snrprised to discover that through ull these yenrs ha had been a methodieal, relentless and consclenceless hypocrite and thief. They paid #400,000 for the information, and now his wife is sacrificing her home, lifo insurance and all personal property in an attempt to remove, so far as practica- ble, the disgrace which attaches to his name, Banker Kean of Chicago was a promi- nent temperance worker, a leader of moral reforms and a man whose personal character was apparently above re- proach. The stricken depositors who trusted him have long since reached the conclusion that he stole the livery of heaven in which to serve the devil “Barne Donnelly of Kansas Ci had made his name a synonym of good faith in years of strict attention to bu: ness. His countrymen would have as- saulted any man who should cast an aspersion upon his character, yet ho deliberately and heartlessly cheated the poor people who made him the trusice of their savings, tho earnings of toil and the nccumulations of pevsonal sacrifices, Two Germans in Louisville conducted the business of a great bank. Fora generation Theodore Schwartz had been oceupying the front seat of German con- fidence and esteem, but he went to jall for faithlessly appropriating to his own use the money of those who bolie ved implicitly in his honesty, capacity and solvenc, Public officials all over the union have wastod and stolen the funds of the peo- ple. Archer, Bates and Woodruff are comparatively recent examples of the abuses of public confidence. Their thefts and violation of oaths of office are bad enough, but the villain who delib- orately accopts for keoplng the savings of poor people, the patrimony of widows and orphans and the cash which ties betwoeen business men and financial ruin, to prove false to that trust is guilty of a felony hich involves a moral turpitude for which law provides no adequate penalty, Why are these axamples so common? Why are men dishonest? Are they more dishonest than formerly? These three questions involve too much to be fully discussed in an ed- itorial article, but the answer to the first is that men in this age are too anxious to become suddenly rich, It is un age of corners, squecze gambling dnd speculation. The rapid- sulo ity and extensive development of the material resources of our country, the rush of people of all clime the opportunities for speedily acquiring wealth have permeated our society with the canker of money-getting, There is too much truth in the Italian charge that the American god is gold, and we worship at the shrine of mammon. Out of theso conditions dishonesty takes root and grows, feeding upon the opportuni- ties which speculation offers for cove ing cash deficits, Men do not deliberately cannon, and no hidden marines, The act is the government and govern- mental representatives made a sensation out of very small occasion for it. steal 50 much as they misappropriate, with the expectation of replacing funds put to improper use from results of subse- quent gambling. It is an easy step theft and it is froquently taken. Men are more avaricious, more ambitious for lth, more indifferent us tothe rights of others which stand in the way of im- mense profits and more dishon st than fifty years ago. It is tho unhappy result of conditions for which they we they not responsible. This is no excuse for individual misconduct and does not reliev thief from guilt, but it will tako many yearsto correct the ovils which eircumstan beyond indi- vidual control have occasion ROBERT I PORTER. Mr. Robert P, Porter, superintendent of the national census, who is now on a tour of inspection over the region west of the Mississippi, was warmly wel- comed in this city yesterday. Twelve years ago when Mr. Porter visited Omaha first, this city had less than 80,000 population. He has now had visible evidence of the marvelous growth of Omahaand histour through Nebraska and the region beyond cannot fail to im- press him with the fact that the star of empire lies west of the Missouri. Superintendent Porter is arars execu- tive officer and an incomparable statis- tician. He has performed the immense and difficult task set before him by law with conspicuous ability, The vastness of the scope of inquirics can only be ap- preciated by those who have boen inti- mately associated with the details of col- leeting and compilin They embrace uhqut every subjoct upon which figures can throw light. They involy the painstaking iabor of thousands of clerks and hundreds of special agents who have garnered in every field of in- dustry and enterpri and thoroughly explored the domain of sociology in all its phases. This great task Superintendent Por- ter has placed upon the shoulders of a man thoroughly equipped by previous training as a statistician and ph, ally capable of the most brain and body tax- ing exertion, The BEE takes pleasure in ucknowledging the obligations under which Omaha and the state of Nebraska 08 statistics, have been placed by the consus bureau in general and Superintendent Porter = in particu He is a thoroughly w ern man and his researches into the r sources of our section cannot fail to fu ther stimulate their development. THE NICARAGUA (. The enterprise, which the hearty endorsement of Pre Harrison in several of his add appears to be making very satisfactory progr From the account of a corre- spondent who accompanied Mr. Warner Miller, president of the canal company, to Nicaragua, it is learned that the canal has been excavated for 1,300 feet inland from the mouth, and for that dis- tance has 200 feet of water. One enormous hreakwater at the en- trance has been constructed and an- other is in process of construction, which, when completed, will give a capacious harbor at the mouth of the canal The opening through the for- ests of the low lands has been completed for a distance of 11 miles. The corre- spondent states that the wholo work is being pushed with t energy and care, and while the work is one of great magnitude there ave no enginoering dif- ficulties in the way of its rapid and easy execution. A railroad under con- struction parallel to the canal, and 1s already in operation for a dis- tance of nine miles. Doubtle: Presi- dent Harrison does not exaggerate the importance of this enterprise in its relations to the commercial interests of the Mississippi valley and the Pacif states. There 1s every reason to oxpect that the canal will be of very material advantage to these scctions of the country, and the ice it will render to commerce will be much more exten- sive thun this. Itisto be hoped that nothing will oceur to chock the pro- is gress of the work and that it can be carried to completion within the time specified by the engincers, The fact that it is being vigorously pushed forward shows that congress made no mistake in not making the goverment responsible for the bonds of the com- pany, which in effect it would have been if the proposition to guarantee the in- terest had prevailed. As an enterpriso depending for success wholly upon pri- vate oapital, it will doubtless be com- pleted sooner than otherwise, will be constructed with greater care and economy, and will be managed more ju- diciously and prudently SHORT TERM INVESTMENT. There has receatly been a disastrous fatality among the “‘short term invest- ment companies” in the east, and thou- sands of people who could illy afford it have lost their savings through these or- ganizations, Several of the companies have failed in Massachusetts within a few weeks, having large liabilities and very small assets, and of courso those who entrusted their money to them, at- tracted by promises of returns which a little intelligent calculation would have shown to be impossible, will got nothing, and it need hard- ly be said that the great majority of these losers belong to the wi class. An examination of the books of some of these concerns showed liabilities to s1x and eight tmes the amount of cash capital. In every case investigation has disclosed fraud and de- ception of the most flagrant kind. Itis estimated that in Massachusetts over #800,000 has been put into these companies by the laboring classes of the state during the past year., Many peo- ple, it is said, have drawn out their entire savings from the local savings banks and have dumped them into these companie Others have been compelled to borrow largely in order to koep up the installments on their “bonds.” The impending ruin of 50 many of these concerns will therefore mean not only a severe loss, but actual destitution to many unfortunates who have been entrapped by them. These institutions have also infested Pennsyl- vania, particularly Philadelphia, where the authorities have recently been ag- gressively pursuing them with the effect of forcing a number of them to suspend operations before they had an oppor- tunity to do as much harm as was done by those in Massachusetts, Concerns of this character are very OMAHA DAILY BEE, | SUNDAY. MAY 10, 1891 -SIXTEE numerous throu | when driven lrl:n one place the anseru- pulous adventtirers go in search of dupes. They thrive upon the credulity and «Farice of people who are easily persuadetd with the promise of great deal for a very little, Such per sons roally deservh vory little sympathy, but nono the less it is a reproach to the country that such institutions can any- where obtain m.u’m-n, to put in opoer tion such a [{taud, that the 1 of any states aré so loose to all of these companies to obtain n ter. There is a lesson in the rent experience with these concerns in the eust which it will be well for people everywhere to be acquainted h. The simple moral is, entrust your savings only to financial institutions of substantial chaeacter and established reputation, which promise no more than is practicable from a careful and hon- estly conducted busin JWN AND COUNTRY It has been said by some one who pre- ferred rural to city iife that “God made the country and man made the town.” The tendency of modern life is toward the latter. This is particulurly so in the United States, as the last census abund- antly shows. The relatively large in- croase in the pooulations of the citics bears testimony to the constant draft they are making upon the young men of the countr The rural-born youth early conceives a desire to try his for- tune in the city and to mingle in its galety and its eager, restless, pushing existence. He hears or reads of its merry life, its sports and pageantry, its attractions and allurements, and while he also learns something of its poverty and misery and crime, in the innocence s nature he looks only upon the oht side of the picture and confidently fancies that he would never be in danger of having any of those sad and bitter elsewhere ws ole har- curs as experiences which come to so many in the great towns. He can see no reason why, being industrious and willing to work, he should not find it easy to sccure the means of subsistence, for he can- not understand that there is a limit to the demand for worke| But in any event he has faith in himself, in his lexicon there no such word as fail, and wanting a larger fiold for the xorcise of his ambition and the grati- fication of his spirits, he exchanges the quict and monotony of the farm for the bustle and variety of city life. Not in all cases does this prove to be a mistake, Thousands of men 'who have had succ ful and brilliant careers in business, in politics, and in fthe professions, came from the farm. Superiorability and en- ergy will find their opportunity in the cities. But for every great success there are hundreds of lures, and thousands of young men who annually arift from the gountry to the cities would be happier and better off if they had remained in- their rural homes. They gain somd c¥perionce of tho world not otherwise to Do obtained, but in very many cages itis most dearly paid for. ¢ Tt appenrs from th e last Canadian minister of agricul ture that a similar tendency of population to drift to the cities prevails in the Dom- inion, and that official makes the matter tho text for a comparison between farm and town life. He urges that not only is life on the farm healthier and hap- pier; but that the wealth of agricultural districts is more equally divided, and a more general state of comfort, manhood and independence obtuins in them than in the cities. He says that while 90 per cent of the young men who leave the country for the towns, without other capital than physical and mental health and strength, can have no reasonable expectation or chanco of becoming mor- chants or manufacturers, %0 per cent of those who go to work early at farm- ing, with the desire to become owners or tenants of farms, can realize their wish by the ordinary exercise of the virtues of sobriety, industry and thrift. But dospite all warnings and arguments, we shall doubtless continue to seo the young wmen of the country moy- ing into the towns as numerous- ly as they have done in the past, some to their own advantage and the benefit of the communities they entor, but the larger number repeating the hard experiences of those wio have gone before, The tendency is grounded in human nature, in the desirve oi men to enlarge their range of observation, to soek broader fields of action, to put their capacities to the test of severer competi- tion, to gratify a longing for those ox- periences which make up tho spice of life, and nothing will affect it less po- tent than experiment with the stern realities. 85+ sport of the EDUCATIONAL PROGKESS IN THE SOUTH. No better argument could be adduced against the policy that has boen per- sistently urged of appropriating mon from the national treasury for promot- ing the public school system in the states than is supplied by the statistics showing the grawth of the public scnools in the south. .During the years when the educational Bifl was under disussion in congress the adyocates of that meas- ure continually insisted that popular ed- ucation was makKing very little progr in the south goperally, and in por- tions of it none/as all. Such fac as were accessiblg' refuted these state- ments, but they; lacked the official ty ofa nntional census to give it. Thecountry is now get- ting the facts with this authority and they show a muahi better statement of affairs than wa¥ supposed to, exist. They show that. the percentage of gain in enrollment tery generally in the southern states has been largely in ox- cess of the percentage of gain in popula- tion and that contrary to the commonly prevailing opinion the colored children are sharing generously in the progress. The last census bulletin gives much interesting information asto the state of public education in several of the southern states where it has been sup- posed to bo most backward, Mississippi is one of these statos, and the facts show that while during the last decade the gain in population was but 14 per cont, the school envollment gained nearly 48 per cent. A still stronger showing is made by Arkansas, which gained in pop- ulation nearly 41 percent and in the public school enrollment 106 per ghout the country, and ' cent. Still more notable has neen | the educational progress in ‘Texas, where the gain for the decade was 133 pet cent in school enrollment and a lit- tlo loss than 41 per cont in population In Mississinpi the enrollment exceeds the white, the figures being ro- tively in round numbors 1f 157,000, In Arkansas the of whites enrolled is 163,000 and the num- ber of colored 59,000, In i parity is greater, the number of colo pupils eorolled being 98,000, out of a total enroliment of 410,000, In the threo states there are a little over sixteen thousand white teachors and about seven thousand colored teachoer These figures will compare very favor- ably with those of some of the northern states, and while it may be true that the public school system generally in the south is not so broad and comprehensive in its scope nor so thorough in its methods s that in the north, it eannot be doubted that in due timo it will at- inan equally high standard. The pro- gross made during the past decade demonstrates a greatly improved public sentiment in favor of popular education, and there is no danger that there will bo colored spo number Texas t a reaction, or that this sentiment will not continue to grow, probably more rapidly than it has yet done. There is every reason to expect that the advance of popular education in the south will Koo pace with the progress of that s tion in material developement. ITis currently reported that some very eminent legal authorities h reached the conclusion that Lieutenant Governor Majors still has a right to in- tervene and demand that the vacancy caused by the ousting of Governor Boyd be filled by himself. In other words it is asserted that Lieutenant Governor Majors may demand through the preme court that Thayer shall give way to him as the proper constitutional suc- cessor to fill the vacaney caused by the Vo su- ousting of Boyd. Such a course upon the part of the lieutenant gov- ernor, even if he had the assurance of the supreme court reversing itself on the gubernatorial succession, would be a grave political blunder. It would only complicate our state affairs, make the state appear in a condition of political anarchy worse than over reigned in South Carolina or Louisinna and place the republican party in Nebraska beyond resurrection. A rArTY of Louisiana capitalists are aking steps toward establishing a large sugar refinery in Kansas City. Omaha might investigate the subject to ad- vantage. This city is the bost distrib- uting centre for an industry of this char- actor in the west. Louisiana and all cane sugar must be refined before going into the market. All that is sold in Omaha for shipment must bear the bur- den of the transportation from tho place where grown, whethor Louisiana or Cuba, to the eastern rofineries, and the cost of reshipment from the refineries The establishment here of a refinery would avoid a part of the cost of trans- portation. Tue railroad presidents found it nec- essary to sacrifico somebody to indicate the gentlemen’s agreement, and Mr. Lecds, freight traflic manager of the Missouri Pacifie, was good naturedly discharged by Mr. uld. If he is not well provided for elsewhere, it will be the first case on record where a live railrond man was ousted for cutting a rate to secure business worth sccuring when by cutting a rate the business was successfully corralled, Handle More Softly. Fre: Press, A Canadian judge has beon prescntea with a pair of gioves. The present was doubtless designed as a gentle hint to handlo wrong-doers a little moro softly. Quite Numerous, Washington Post. Jack the Ripper was caught Saturday in New York, Washington, Nowark, Port Jervis, snd Jersey City. Up to date 135 of him have been fucarcerated in New York. A Benefit to Nebraska. York Republican. Tue Osans Bek has extended its telo- graphic and cable reports till it stands on an equal footing with the motropolitan dailios of Chicago. The benefits of tho enterprise of Tue Bee are shared by the stato, For Indian Rights, New York Herald, The Tndian Rights association probably paid out more moncy for tho defense of the murderer, Plenty Horses, in his recent trial than they ever contributed to the support of Indian schools or Indian missions. aquel to the Task. Chirchman, An Episcopal bishop has proclaimed that the laws of the church will not permit the omission of the word, obey, from the mar- But are those laws equal to the enforcement of the iojunction after marriage! Haraly Cincinnati “Tnere 15 talk of oponing tho World's Fair with & chorus of 100,000 voices, A free-trade spoech by H. Martin Williams would louaer, though perhaps not quite so melo- dious. Colonel Williams can taik against half adozen locomotivo whistles, but the whistles know more about the tariff than ho does. - - A Mighty Host. e Dom serot, When a preaghor at St. Charles, Mo, saw his slim eo tion lnst Sunday, “and remembered the large numbor of fish poles he saw curried by the parsonage early in the morning, he suggestod to tho fow faithful that thoy join the rest of the brothers on the river bank, where the services could be con- ducted In the presence of a mighty host. A Fair Ponanza. Washington st rrog Undor a Pensylvania statute against profanity, fmposing a fino of 63 cents per oath uttered in a public: place, an ox- mayor of the town of Sinbary was fined §20 the other day, Such u statute would be & source of largo revenue to nearly every city and town in the country. There arc men in every place that would be a fair bonanza the wunicipal treasury s i Aceomplished Mirac New York Tribune The ae o constantly barpi it har the gove sumwer and fall obligations, Tt that they intentionally misreps tors or that the Harrison adm accomplished finmocial miracles. Jocratic papers that o a deficit in the tr to justify their present opinions after ut has gone safely through the punctually mecting all its ¥ wiil bo compelied to admit souted istration has PAGES. ,000 and | to | asury will fing | mat- | THAYER-BOYD, | | Denver Republican: It is tothe cradit of Governor Hoyd of Nebraska that no forcible means were required o aisplace him, 1suar by the supromo showed himself authority than cessor. e of the judgment of ouster court. In this respect he more amenable to law and his predocessor ana sue- Chicago Tribune The Boyd case will henceforth take its placo among the colebrated cases, For the first, so far as sur information goes, the people elected & gov- ernor who has been held inetigible,” and that also not only to that particular ofifco bat to any othor within the popular gift. The coart found that he is not a citizon. Ho had supposed himself to bo and hal at- toppted no fraud. His father had taken out his first naturalization papoers in the minority of the son, but, as it appears, rep.) never completed his assmption of American citizenship. But it was claimed in behalf of Governor Boyd that he was a citizen by vire tus of his having been a resident of the state at the time of its admission into tho union. The supreme court thought differently and by ousting Boyd reinstated Governor Thayer, who is to hold the ofice until his successor has been clocted and qualified. Kansas City Journal (rep.): kvents have Justified the correctnoss of the position origi- nally assumed by Governor Thayer of No- braska with rof to Govornor Boyd's ineligivility, The decision of the supreme court was, however, something of a surpriso, as it was thought that in case of Boyd's being adjudged 1neligible Licu t Majors would be nawmed his or. The case has been a very interesting one and its further progress in the supreme court of the United States, whero it will be carried, will ba watched with a great deal of interest. Kearney Hub (Rep.): On the spur of the moment there will be considerable hot talk and no littlo criticism of the docisiou, but the Hub is prepared to believe that the court has not been influenced vernor suac by any partisan or ulterior considoration. Tho greatest sur- prise is not that Boyd should be onsted but that Thayer should bo reinstated, the public being genorally agreed that Majors stood in the line of succession Davenport (a.) Democrat: Tho supreme court of Nebraska has ousted the democratic governor elected by the peoplo of that state last fall and vestored Thayer, s republican predecessor. It common law were common souse the lately elected licutenant governor would succecd Governor Boyd, as that was clearly the intention of the people. And again, if the supreme court of Nebraska were not a partisan machine Governor Boyd would not have been deposed. It is noted that the judges were not & uait in their views, - WIT AND WISDOM. ONE WHO KNOWS. Puck My name's *Responsibility,” P'm awful hard to fix; But when well fixed to fix the fix s one of my sly tricks Globe-Democrat: “I'm a tote-al wreck,” said the southern porter s he set the trunk down. Puck: “Sweet nothings!' he exclaimed softly, as he looked at the row of ciphers after the figure on the check. Once a Week: Tiue smail boy 15 not looking for a side issue at this time of year. What he wants at the circus tent is aside entrance. Chicago Tribune: Duxon—That's an elo- gant new houso of yours. 1tis all Anished, isn't it Druix (uneasily) —T don't know. My wife hasu't looked through it yet. Free Press: “What do you think of the complexion of the new board of aldermen " *4) think the board should take something for it.” wiiv? Philadelphia Press. What is an ulimatum, Pa, That people foar 1t 8ot Ts it alive, and has it hornst Is what'T wa.t to know. And when you get 1t in the ring With all conditious right, How ofton must you stir it up Beforo the beast will fight! TO K158 Seattle The colonel left the lov He'd called that o Aud as he went she eri T'ho regiment for me.” Please kiss Lifo: When aman borrows a pin, a woman atways wonders what he intends to do with it. B ASKS TOO MUCH, Puck. The milk of human kindness Is a g1ft supreme; But our impecunions fricad s wants the eremm | g Tag Chicago Journal See the savage catchers swarming ant streets all down v shricks of cruel | As they snare the tagloss pup. (Chorus.) 'Way down the av'nue, Hear that doleful sound! All the family is weeping Doggie's in the cold, cold pouud. Truth of the Case, New Yok Hevald, "T'was not in the early springtimo, The fiowers were not iu bloom, were uot singing O'er winter's emerald tomb; We stood not in the twilight, Her vice did not speak low, She did not bide her eyos to But stern he said, N - tul P Life. winter's cold is spont p & moving ! Iasier tar than paying rent, IKeep a moving ! 11 the janitor oppress you, And the landlord won't redress you, You'll find no relicf, uniess you K. moving ! A Doubt | | market. | | HE DIED FROM STARVATION, irible Ending of & Loug Oarcer of Debauchery. PHILIP ANDRES MADE TO WALK THE PLANK His Successor Not Yot of Boyd's Appointments Recog- nized by hayer Lincoln News Notes, Named Somo fovern LixcoLy, Neb, May 0. [Spocial to Tun Brm ] Adam Ruckor, an aged negro whose name hias often adorasd the police register, was found dead in bed this afternoon in his room in an old brick shanty in the rear of 520 P street, Itisnot known exactly how long the old fellow has been dead, somo a: serting thit e has boen dead o week others that thuy saw him alive yoesterday The discovery was mado by people who came up to ses him soon after noon today. The room is a dosolate lookine place, almost entirely destituto of furniture, some colored the old bed being about the only thing in that line. Rucker was lying with the di bod ciothes half covering him, wuile his hoad lay thrown back on the pillow. Tho jaws woro sot as though death had been en tirely painle: The theory of suicide was advanced, but those who know the old man do not beliove it Six years ago he lived in Falls City and was possossed of considerablowealth, Aftor his removal to Lincoln in 1855 he entorad on a cavoer of drinking and gamuling, which soou dissipatod his wealth, and his vroy torship of a crap-shooting den and a baw: house brought him bofore the police ou n merous occasions. Two years ago his wic died, and for the last stx mouths the old mun has boen in ill health from rhoumatism other causes. He was probably years old. The old man walked with a limp, and was a woll known charactor about town. He has eked a livelihood latterly by gathering rags, and it is more than probable that it is a « of slow starvation, his limbs and body bei terribly shrunxen! and about sixty ANDRES DEPOSED, Hon. Philip Andres, deputy labor comm sioner, has been beheaded by Governor Thayer, but the report that he is to be suc ceoded by Harry C. Downs is denicd by the latter gentleman. Downs says that he is merely custodian of the offico until Thayer appoints a successor 1o Andres, The follow ing is a copy of the letter sent to Andres by ¢ Downs' Thaver and it appears to corrobora statement Exscurive Der. 1891 Ton. Philip e commission Y Downs Very truly yours, JOIN M, THAVER, this lotter Andres immedi- yed its commands and retired from for the sanic. On receiv) ob enes qualifiod today as state oil in- spector. THEY WILL ESCAPE DECAPITATION, Governor Thayer authorizes the statement that he will make no changes in the appoint ment of delegates to tho trans-Mississippt s, which will meot in Donver May 19, Hoyd. He hopes that Nebraska miay be well ‘represented at this _convention, aud trusts that every delegzate who can do so will attend. FIVE TIOUSAND FOR A LIFE: Charles A. Wickersham, administrator, be- gan suit today against the Lincoln gas o vany for $,000 damages. Columbus Mag- gard, wnose estato plaintiff represents, was omployed as a_teamster, aud on the occasion of the boiter explosion at the gas works was getting » load of wood near by. I*art of tho iron struck and Kkilled him. Plaintiff claims ihat the engineer, William Dinneen, was in- compotent and the boiler unsafe, rickety, rusty and worn out THE KAY DIVORCE CASE. Judga Hall this morniug finished up the testimony in the Kay divorce case and took it under advisement. Kay was on the stand the greater part of vestorday afternoon and created so.ething of a scusation by his quecr actions. In_reciting his tale of woc, wherein ke said that his wifo had treated him cruelly, toaring out his wealth of whis kers, he broke down and cried lustily, At terwards he endeavored to make a speec but th that h doing the talking. BILLY BARR'S CASE, Judge Tibbetts was working on the motion docket all morning and disposed of a number of matters. Counsel for Mrs. Hattie Nims filed objections to the demand of Barr's at torneys for a medical examination of theit cliont. They said that the court had no lega right to make such an order; that further more the notice had been served only on the attorneys; that plaintiff was absent from the and couldn’t afford to pay out money tc \ from Kansas Citv, besides it was im able that she could Stand the physical strain of the ordeal. The court expressed the opinion that he could gra vaer, but was in_doubt, sincs plaintiff was in another state, whether hecould compel her attend- ance. ODDS AND ENDS North, wifo and daughter 1 left today for New York, from which pla ¢ they will sail May 20, on the steamer Majo-t ¢ for Liverpool. They propose doing London Paris and the various continental Spas. Boyd wants a divorce from her hus- haties H. Boyd, to whom she wis fed in Lincoin November 5, 1 Sho that he has repeatedly beaten and and last Decomber drew kuifo on her, and threatened to kill her, She was compelled to leave the house by reason of his s and bratality. She owns fifteen acres nd near Cushman park et §3,000, and wants him resteained from annoying ' bher She also wants protection, alimony and hes proper Lizzio Skinner Cieorge B. Skinuer for & has oceupied three lots near Twelfth streots for four years, which she pays taxes on sid the cash demanded rent. The hoard of manag held a meoting last o hotel. Ropresentatives Jacob o beging suit 0. 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