Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 3, 1891, Page 4

"DAILY BEE | VATER Eviron. 'I'HE EVERY MOR \I\( SLISHED TERNE OF SUBSCRIPTION y Reo (without f‘?\lu:\l"“"l Y OFFICES cmalia, The Ree Buflding. Fouth Ominha, Corner N iind 20th Strests. 12 Pearl Stroet, 17 Chamber of Gon York, Roors i, 1 and (5, Trib ington, o1 Fourternth stree CORREEP NDENCE Al comminunications relating to editorinl matter should be addresse 1. torial Departrient. BUSTNERS LETTERS Allhusinesslotters and_ remittances should Ve nddressed to The Bee Pabiishing Company, O, Drafts, cheeks and postofce orders 10 e made payable to the order of the co rany The Bee Poblishing Comeany. Provrietors THEF BEE BUILDING. b el EWORN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION utn o Nebraskn, | County of Douglas, | George 1, Tzechuck, secrotary of Tho I Tl lixhing ‘company. does solemnly swyonr that the actual eireulation of Ttk DAILY JRE for the week ending June 27, 1801, was o8 fol- Jows, Eunday, June 21 Mondny, Jine csdiy. Tune Wednesday, Jur Thursday, Jur F'riday, June 2 Faturday, June roe. | Bullding | news and tc the 88 Average........... GEOI CHUCK. e and subscribed In my ¢ worn to hefore I of June, 1501, L . FeIn, ry Public. £1:100f Nebras s Sunty of Douglas, Goorge i i bemng duly sworn. de- s A says thAt he (& secrotary of 11k BE Jiiihing camipi v, that th M average daily olrvqlation o it of e, 180 662 copioss for Tor Boptembor. 100, 3,671 coplos 180, W62 caplos:” for Novert voplest’ for. Thoe mber, 100, 2 Tinuary 15 captes: for Fohru RS bless for March, 1801, April, 1601, 2,08 copos o Uarn to e Prosenco this 2 0301 1T Z8CHUC eritied in b e me and day of June, A i of whatever nationality, information that pidly regaining his Ame color VERY true party, creod, jolces in the cheorin James G. Blaine is health. or ro- PERHAPS the job printing department of the State Journal has some intevest in the Hastings asylum investigation, and this may explain the irritation of the newspaper end of the concern upon the subject. TWENTY Indian boys are at work in the sugar-beet fields at Norfolk and no ult s found with their presence. The momentary foolishness of a labor organi- zation which resented their employment hus been almost forgotten. GOVERNOR THAYER is participating to a rather unusnal oxtent in the asylum investigation. This will enable him to pass upon the findings and act upon the recommendations of the board of public lands and buildings without delay. HASTINGS is to entertain the inde- pendent stato convention, which is an- other straw to he grabbed at by Judge Gaslin before he sinks out of sight in the turmoil of allianee politics in his strug- gle for a place on the supreme bench. ERASTUS WIMAN is right. Every- thing points to good prices for American ceronls this yoar. Nebraska farmors will be wise if they hold as much of their surplus as is not necessary for imme- di to requirements for the winter market. OUR people must not forget that we cannot make a great grain market here without storage facilities and manufac- tories. We need hugo elevators, flour- ing mills, malt houses, cereal mills and distilleries to cave for and consume the product offered. — T Missouri river is now running in a new channel at Atchison and a slice of land from Missouri has been loft on the Kansas bank of the river. The border troubles between Missouri and Kansas will never cease so long as the Big Muddy continues unconquered. The corn-crackers who are thrown into the prohibition community from old Mis- ourd will never again be happy. CEDAR RAPIDS hasa vopulation of 18,000. The Iowa republican state con- vention numbered 1,065 delegates. The little city entertained them handsomely and satisfactovily. Omaha, Council Bluis and South Omaha have a popula- tion of 185,000. The national conven- tion numbers about one thousand dele- gates. The conclusion is clear. Omaha can entertain the national convention. THERE are 85,000 strangers in Indian- apolis today. No complaint of a want of hotel and other accommodations comes back from thit cliy. Her popu- lation is 107,000, As many as thir thousand people attend the state fair at Lincoln and yet that progressive little city manages to entertain the crowd. There will be probably ten thousand people at the national convention aside from those coming from western Towva and Nebraskn. It will be a very re- markable fact if this city and its close neighbors are not*equal to their proper entertainment, Tite officials of the department of ngriculture beliove the farmers will not avail themselves of the Nebrasku ware- house law to any groat extent this year. Why not? The warehouse nct goes into effect August 1. There is a large surpius of grain in tho state. There is warehouse room for a_considerable por- tion of it. 'Why should the department conclude that the Nebraska farmer will continue to sell all his surplus grain im- mediately after harvest when he knows to a moral certainty that prices this win- ter will be better than for yeuars preced- ing? Tho trouble with the dopartment is that iv does not understand the Ne- braska law and does not appreciate tho opportunities it offors the farmer. The railway companies believe they will feel the effects of the Inw ina better equi- librium of trafic. The railways know more about the probable effects of the law than the clorieal farmers in the agricultural department. THE I0OWA REPUBLICANS. The republicans of fowa have nomi- nated a strong ticket. The candidate for governor, Hon. Hiram C. Wheeler, fs one of the best known and most popu- ler men in the state, Ior 30 years he has been identified with the tural intorests of Towa, and no man has done more for their development. He n of ability and of the highest character, and being thoroughly familiar with the wishes and the needs of the farmers ought to receive the support of a very | majority of hat dominant cloment in tho politics of low: The candidate for lieutenant gov- ernor, Mr. George Van Houten, is also n succnssful farmer, w known and popular, The oth men of eonceded nbility and irreproach- able charncter, who merit the full sup- port of the party. he platform, so far as it national affairs, is thoroughly r lean in tone and spirit. It jud commends the national administration and the work of tho lnst congress, favors the policy of veciprocity, and justly claims for the republi arty in the country the merit of having ulways fa- vored tho purity of the ballot and pro- moted legisiation for that purpose. But national affairs will not pl novery large part in the Iowa c unpm,:u of this year, and in denling with the cardinal and vital of the coming contest the pintform is a aisappointment. It re- commits the party, it successful, to the maintenance and enforcoment of prohi- bition. To have done this in the face of the fact that the party has never been anle to enforce probibition whero that policy was not supported by public sen- timent, that it has been more distinetly a failure in Towa than in any e, and that thero is undouhtedly ty of republicans opposed to pr hibition large enough to transfer polit- ical power to the ey on this issue, must be reg: 18 0 most de- plorable blunder, B does not desire to prejudice in the slightest degree the of the lowa ro- publicans. It recognizes that the suc- coss of the party this yoar is of ver great in the influence it would have upon the national contest of next year. Ifthe democracy securos full control of tho state administration Towa will bocome a doubtful state in the bat- tle of 1892 with the advantages in favor of the democrats. As was said by tho tomporary chairman of the republican convention, if the demoeratic party ob- tains control of the legislative and executive branches of the state govern- ment it will so gerrymander the con- gress districts as to give it the greatest possible opportunity to cap- ture the delegation in the con- gressional olections of next year, and may imitate the example of the Michi- gan democracy and provide for the elec- tion of presidential electors in the gerry- mandered districts, thus assuring to the democratic candidate for the presidency in 1892 a part at least of the electoral vote of Towa. These considerations should induce every republican in the state who desires the success of the party in the nation to give it his vote this year, and it is probable that they will ‘influence many to do this who, opposed to prohibition, would in differ- ent circumstances vote against the party. But THi Beg believes that the republicans of Towa would be in a for sufer position if they had courage- ously acknowledged what all the world kknows to be the fact, that prohibition i: a failure, and promised the people a ju- dicious system of license regulation and local option which can be enforced. The blunder of the republicans in this vespect will make their fight harder and the outcome more uncertain. But with a ticket in all respects stronger than that of its opponents, the party may still be successful. agricul- 18 an relates to pub- susly issuo other demoe rded THi uso importance THANKS, GENTLEMEN, The Omaha delegation to the Cedar Rapids convention return to the city full of praise for the Iowa vepublicans. Thoy found the delegates to the state convention almost unanimous for Omaha as tho place of holding the next repub- lican national convention. Congre man Porkins of Sioux City, chairman of the committee on resolutions, Hon. John Y. Stone and Hon. J. H. Gear, tomporary and perma- nent chairmen of the convention, Hon. David B. Henderson and the Pottawat- tamio county delegation were especially active. Not one word of detraction was offered and no doubt of Omaha’s ability to entertain the great political gather- ing was suggested. In fzct every man to whose attention the Omaba people brought the subject was heart and soul for our city. Aside from the high compliment paid Omuha by the resolution éndorsing her ambition for the honor of entertaining the convention in 1892, the people of this city will be gratified to learn of the universal good will existing among rep- resentative lowa people for this city Commendations of her enterpriso, sur- prise at her marvelous growth and con- fidence in her great future were upon overy lip. It was u great day for Omaha, not only in furthering her present purpose to secure the national convention but in concentrating and giv- ing utterance to a generally friendly sen- timent toward the city socially and com- mercially. The gentlemen named, and a thousand others whose names ought to be printed, will please accept the thanks of Omaha for courtesies extended, and may rest assured wo aro ready on call to CONDITION OF THE TREASURY, The public debt statement for June is caleulated to reassure the country as to the coudition of the treasury. Witbout going into details it is suflicient to say that it shows a net balance of a fruction less than $00,000,000, and any practical man who will study the figures cannot doubt that tha finwneial dopartment of the government. is at this time entively solvent, wh is nothing in the situation to suzgost that it will not con- tinue to b so. Theve is snmple means at command meet all current de- mands and the plans of Se retary Foster contemplate abund- ant provisions for future wants. Today it is expected thatthe cabinet will act finally upon the proposal to extend 4} por cent bonds at a reduced rate of interest, and according to advices to | gome to Burope will have returned. THE OMAHA I)AILY 2 percent is li\(fll'y to be the rate mlvvptm]. It appears that the secretary of the troasury wns able to overcome ope position to that rate in favor of a lower rate, on the ground that extension would probably be a failure at a less rate, and the necessity of extending the bonds in the interest of the money market, !ll as to relieve the trea- sury of what might be a perplexing task if compelled to take wup the bonds at maturity was doubtless an ar- gument of sufllcient force to overcome 1l scruples or objections, It that if the extension plan is successful there will be nn addition to the circula- tion during September and October of #15,000,000, which will be a very muter- ial aid at that time to the business of the country. In the meanwhile a further addition of an equal or larger amount will be made to the currency. So that between now and the last of October it appears safo (o say that the available cipeulation will be in- creased . to the amount of be- tween 30,000,000 and $40,000,000,0r from one-half to two-thirds of the amount of gold the country has lost since the be- ginning of the current year. It is prob- also, that within the next three months a part of the specie that has At any rate the present situation is sound and the promiso for the immedinte fu- ture appenrs altogether favorabl retary Foster is uot giving the cronke and alarmists much encouragement. CLAIMANTS AND ATTORNEYS. It is important that claimants under the Indian depredations law should un- derstand that all contracts made by them with attorneys were cancelled and annulled by that act. Section nine of the law explicity says that ‘wull tracts herotofore made for fees and al- lowances to claiman attorneys are hereby declared void;” and the secretury of the treasury in issuing warrants for judgments required to make them able only to claimants, their lawful heirs or other representatives fied in the act, “‘except so much theroof as shall be allowed the claimants’ at- torneys by the court for prosccuting said claim, which may bs paid direct 1o such attorneys " and the amount of the allow- ance which shall be made is specified. The claim agents and attorneys are making a fight on the law upon the ground that congress has no power to annul private contracts, and hold that contracts involving a contingent fee are evocuble. Claimants who are thus in- formed should pay no attontion to it. Their obviously wise andproper course is to be guided by the provisions of the law, which are so plain and explicit that no one can err as to their mean- ing, and to pay no regard to the opinions or representations of men whose interest it is to defeat the intent of the law. The evidént purpose of con- gress in declaring contracts with attor- neys void was to protect claim ants, and evenifit be granted that there isa quostion s to the power of congress to do this, until that question is judicially determined claimants will mako a mis- take not to take the advantage which the law allows them, and by failure to do 80 subject themselves to the exac- tions of the greedy claim agents and at- torne But it hignly prob- able that the power of con- gress in this matter will never in the courts, since it is is stated ab! con- spey is be tested hardly to bo supposed that the many able lawyers incongress would have al- lowed 80 important a feature of the In- dian depredations act to remain in it if there was a reasonable doubt regarding the right of congress to so legislate, The thing to b8 understood by claim- auts under the above act is that con- tracts made with attornoys for fees and allowance woro rendered void by the act, and that they are at liberty to place their claims in other hands and to- fuse in all respects to be bouad by such contracts. THE suggestion that a new office bo created in the board of education comes not from the necessities of that organiza- tion, but from the neglect of its officers. The duties which it is proposed to im- pose upon the assistant secretary, chief engineer or purchasing agent, are all comprehended in those of the secretary and superintendent of buildings. If these men are made to perform their whole duty there will be no oceasion for adding a tax-eater to help them neglect its performance. The superintendent of buildings can be present at any building whore he is needed at any time. The secrotary ean leave his office on call at a moment’snotice, Between these officials every ton of coal and every pound of other materinl can be inspected on de- livery. if this is nocessary, and yot the gentlemen will not be ov ALTHOUGH the total pack of hogs for the seuson shows a decronse of 830,000 Omaha falls off but 11,000, Kansas City is still over 100,000 ahoad of this eity, but has packed nearly 200,600 hogs less than last year. Last year at this time Sioux City made a showing of 216,000 hogs. This yearshe has packed but 80,000, A single spurt of a week's dura- tion would run Omaha up to second plice as a pueking centor No man is competent for superintond- ent of the Omuha schools who is conrse in his language, brutal in his criticism of teachers, openly partial to favorites, and frequently unfair to those whom he personally dislikes, We want a man in this position who can hold the respect of patrons, tenchers and pupils, who will maintain the high standard of excel- lence already attained by our schools and who will grow with Omaha and her school system, THE drill contest at Indianapolis rests between Omuha, Neb.,and San Antonio, Texas, with odds in favor of Omaha The guards promise to cover themselves with glory and return to ihe city with first prize, first money, and the next drill for Omaha. —_— WITH a cash balance in the United States treasury of $153,803,808 bank- ruptoy does not stare very impudently at Uncle Sam. . THE secrotary of the board of educa- tion ‘should not be a cunning ward striker, a partisan whose highest pur- BEh. FRI l)AY JL LY '3 1891 poso is to adyguce the interests of his volitical party,m busy-body who contin- ually intermed#os with matters in which he has 1 right to interfere, a proverdial tale-bearer who brews and breeds ill-feeling among teachers, a tricky, truculagt trimmer whose meth- ods arouse comtinuous suspicion of his motives, and a’ individual whose name is synonymous with sly manipulations to advance his own interests and ciroum vent by foul manns the pland®f persons for whom he hus conceived dislike. 1f there bo any sweh person in the field for secretary he should be promptly and offectually remanded to private lie. SENATOR TELLER is making ex- hibition of himself which will bring the blush to his cheel in after life, and alt on account of his extrome advocacy of the free coinago of silver. Senator Tol- ler has permittod his finar heresy to throw him directly against his party in ation, which, if sincore, will pre- vent him from supporting Harrison for re-election in caso he is nominated. The senator cannot afford to make a fool of himself, but he is nevertheless operating quite ex antly in that divection. an XPERIMENTS in the school depart- ment of our city government, especially in co-nection with the instruction of our children, « dangerous. The board cannot afford to bo influenced in favor of any applicant for a position as superin- tendent or teacher whose fitness is not demonstrated by actual experience or known qualifications. C1T1ZENS of Omaba and patrons of the publie schools are indifferent as to the individual candidates for offices in the board and schools. They desire, how- over, above overything else, that pot- house politicians, ward strikers, and general rounders shall be barred from the offices of sccrotary and superinten- dent of building: OxAnA to Towa The keys of the Thanks, gentlemen, city ave yours and the best we have in the house is at your dis- posal. Come and make your- selves at home, over TARVESTING and cultivating corn are the diversions of the Nebraska farmer these da Ho has no time for walking delegates or polities, He is all right. As Tne B predicted the Cedar Rapids convention declared by a de ive vote in favor of Omaha for the next republican national convention. SoME of the proposed rules of the board of health are absurd, but in gen- cral they ure oxcellent. “The New star. Washinston Sta Beginning July 4 our flag must bear forty- four stars. July 4—H stars. Where's the 111 plaeT(ohs kel Patriotism a Virtue. New Orisans Pieayune. Patriotism is a virtue that caunot be too carefiilly fostered and cherishad, and there- foro wo applaud the disposition which at- tracts our citizens.to a public observation of the day. bl L An Old-Fasioned Fourth, New Orleans Tines. It is going to bo “an’old-fashioned Fourth" throughout the country. The dificulties througn which the country has passed in the last, few montns have arouscd all the patri- otic spirit of the American, and ho is going t0 show it the Fourth, > Fourth, g News. coping the Fourth” is simply the Amor- ican’s expression of an _inalienable right to tis possession of that holiday. It is his to “keep,” and keep it ho will through the course of ceuturies. Ho will keop it as it suits him, too, and no one can object whether he commemorates 1t with pwans of music or blows it up with firecrackers. The phrase is pretty nearly perfect, and only the literary art of the bible and of Shakespeare equals it. et il s Give the Boys a Chance. Savannah News. What's the use of having a Fourth of July if the youthful American is not allowed to celebrate it! Nearly all of the large cities are thus carly aunouncing that the bright and cheerful firecracker is to b prohibited, Sup- pressing youthful patriotism in that way is not altogother wise nor a_wholesome poiicy for the republic. 1t should be fostered and encouraged instead of being suppressed. No country caa afford to forcibly rostrain the patriotic demonstrations of its future citizens when such manifestations do no injury to others. There is too iittle of such enthusiasm to allow it to be in anywise reduced in vol- ume. Give the boys a chanco, - How to Obscrve th Chicago News. To properly observo this day freedom should be made to rulo everywhere aud slav- ery of every sort should bo suspended. The observance will ba incomplete if auyvody is obliged to perform work by which ho or oth- ers jutend to onrich themselves, unless the same is a matter of absoluto necessity. No store should be kept open during any part of the day excopt those devoted to absolute nec- ies which cannot be anticipated. will umot be a hoilday unless 13 done. Every open storo on the Fourth will be a denial of the declaration of submis- sion and fealty to an alien power—mammon and therefore bigh itreason el diy YTURN THE RASCALS oU1.” Day. Kearney Hub: The steward of the Hast- ings insane asylum admits that he duplicuted vouchiers on which bo drew money twico from the state treasury, but disclaims a dishonest intention. He thereforo has his choice of two horns ‘of' the dilemma, one la- beled **fraua” and tho other *foul.” In either ovent he is an untigpublio servant. Fremont Tribune: It bogins to look as though the confessiond of the managers and dovelopments of fhie” investigation of the Hastings asylim wdi{ld result i dropping Dr. Test and Superintendeat Liveringhouse in the mulligatawny, , Fromont Flail: ‘Twi Owima Bee is de- serving of a great deal’ of credit in exposing the rottenness of the Hastings asylum. When our able newspapers bocome fearloss and vig- ilant the rascals in the public service will the better curb their beastly inclinations. Tho investigation of tho asylum has produced a seusation, to say the least. It has proven that Dr. Tost and Steward Liveringkouse are not ouly dishonest with the state but vile and aishopest geaorally. If the sworn statements of the fumalo help can be believed Test and Liveringhouse should be both bounced from the institution before they have time for auother polluting breath, and they should be ostracised from deceat society. It seemed to bo ® case of *‘doy eat dog,” but the assaults of both on the lady employes were damning In the ex- treme. Would it not be a good thing to re- place each of them In the management b { ago Yy good men and confine them in the insane asylum until their charactors ara fumieatod ! Hastings Nebraskan: So far the evidonce in tho asylum investigation shows that neither Tost nor Liveringhouse are fit or competent men to manage an institution of that kind, and even if they are whitewashed enough to escape eriminal proceedings they should be ousted. By their actions thoy have not only brought disgrace to them. selves but the city of Hastings and tho state of Nobraska. Tho present indications ure that thare will be but little whitewashing done, and in the face of facts that have al- ready boen brought to light it is a wonder that Superintondent Test and Stoward Liv- eringhouse do not resign. en with what ovidence has already been given they are guitly of suMicient questionable transactions to warrant Governor I'ha; in suspending them indefinitely and in pushing tho investi- #ation into the last noteh. kbt o HISTORY OF THE FLAG. The forerunner of the American flag of today was the military and naval standard adopted by the congreas of the thirteen ocol- June 14, 1777, That standard difforod from the present flag only in the number and tho arrangement of the stars in the “union,” o squarc, in the uppor left corner. It sisted of n.n-w. stripos alternatel white, beginning with red, and & anion dark blue with a circular grouping of thirteen white stars, ‘Tho union was a square with a sido equal in length to the breadth of the first seven stripes. Provious to the adoption of this flag thore had been no distinetive American flag. Soveral of the colonies bad therr favovite devices which they used on colors borne by militia organiza- tions, but there had heen nothing like a roc- ognized flag for all the colonies. In 1775 the Philadelphia troop of light horse, in cscort- ieneral Washington from Philadelnhia ow York, had carried a flag which con- tainea red and white stripes, and it con- tinued to carry the same flag until Septem- bor, 1777. The sight of the stripes in tho troop's banner, aud the fact that the army under Washington before Boston, and sub- sequently in the vicinity of New York, car- riea fiags in which red and white stripes were prominent, may have conjoined to induce the 'members of the con- gress to chooso the stripes as the principal characteristics as their national standard. But stripes in the Philadelphia troop's standard and those in the contnen- tal army were botn doubtless duo to the fact that tue flag of tho United Provinces of tho Netherdands, familiar to and respected by the colonial settlers, consisted of stripes of orange, white and blue, Bands of rod, white and blie had been used a la_ chevrons to do ignnto somo of the military grades in the first the war, before the cont properly uniformed. sult of ull these things led to the choi stripes 1 the national flag, and the cho red, white aud blue as the uational colors. Ked and whito having been chosen for the coiors of the stripes, it was imperative to use blue as the background of the “union’ orc ner field. White was thon selected in prefoi ence to red as tho proper color for thirteen sturs ranged in a vircle, to evidence tho strength of the union of the thirteen colonies. The flag as constructod in 17:7 floated ov the continental armies at Yorktown and tho standard of St. Clur's and Wayne's forces in their conflicts with tne red m Remaining unvaried until 170 it was then ocnlarged by the addition of two stripes to mmemorate the entry of Vermont and Kentucky as states into the Union, aud two now_stars were also placed with those in the Union. The stars wero then urranged in three parallel rows. No further variation was made until 1818, when the stripes were again made fifteen in number and tive additional stars were dis- tributed in the union to represent five new states. At the samo time when theso alter- ations were made by congress, it was mude obligatory by that body that another star should be added on the Fourth of July first ensuing after tho admission of a now state. THE FORTY-rOUKTH STAR. On the Fourth of July the forty-fourth stur will_be added to the “flag. That will bo for Wyoming. It did not get quite re last year. Tho order of the war department prescribes that after that date the forty-four stars on the flag shall bo disposed in six rows, the upper and lower rows to contain cight stars, und the four intervening rows to coutain_seven stare each. Here arc the terms of the prosident’s latest order as an- uounced to tho army: The field or union of tho national flag in use in the army will, on and after July 4, 1801, cousist of forty-four stars in six rows, the upper and lower rows to have cight stars and the second, third fonrth and fifth rows seven stars cach, in a biue ficld arransed as follows : A year ago today the American ensign had only " thirty-cight stars, but as North and South Dakota, Montana'and Washington and Idaho had been admitted into the union, were made ana hoisted on July 4, containing five rows of seven stars, and one row, the top one, of cight stars. Iduho had been admitted into the union on July i by the approval of the act by tho president, und the additional star was at once put_on. ‘The symmetry of the flag will not be changed by adding another star for Wyoming, admitted on July 10, since it will be puton the lower row, so thiat there will b four rows of seven stars cach, and two rows, the upper and lower, of eixht stars each. hould any more states bo admitted the stars will be added to the_intervening rows. Por instanco, should New Moxico and Arizonn be admitted; one star will be added 10 tho second row, another to the fifth row. PAST EVENIS OV THE Surrender of Vicksburg, 1563, iround broken for tho Erie canal, 1812, Bartholdi statute of liberty presented, 1870, The declaration of independenco is 115 years old. Cornerstone laid, 1543, Ex-Presidents Thomas Jefferson and John Quincy Adams died, 15206 ormal worl begun on the first chartered American _railvoad at Baltimoro, 1825, by Charles Carroll, one of tho signors of the declaration, then ninety years of age. COMING E mineral FOURTH. of Washington monument ENTS. Pueblo’s (Colo.) palace will bs opened tomorrow. Congressman Bryan will delugo the Big First with lingual pyrotechulcs, ovornor McKinley will start out on the Fourth of July and make the welkin ring for protectior in Ohio. The laying of soldiers’ homeo the Fourth of Ju events of that day. “Tho National Letter Carriers' has erected a statuce of 8. 5. Cox in front of Cooper institute, Now York oit. o stutue is the work of Miss Louise Lawson, and will be unvetled ou the Ifourth of July’ he work is a toaching tribute of labor to one who in life labored for tho cause. the corncr stone of the Monto Vista, Colo., on will be one of 'tho notable association A RED LEZ1EI DAY. Youth's Cmpuiion The flags are foating aguinst the sky, The erackers crack and tho rockots (ly, Whilo we celebrato our nation great Aud letter in red J-u-l-y Tomorrow the biades, so steady und bright, Will flash through the clover rod and white We'll rake the hay through the shining day, And rido aloft on the load at night, Of all the frolics tu all the year There's none that's jollier, Daisy, my doar And the city cousins shall come by dozens To the fragraut fieids and tho great iound sky For it's hot fu the town down, Aud tho gay littie calendar spells July, - Enough Left. Philadeldhia Record: The is getting rid of its *‘counters,” b enough left to inish the game, whon tho sun glaros corsus bureau but there'll Lincoln Takes Steps to Secure the Vetorans' Next Ieunion Lixcory, Neb, July 9. —(Special to Tix Bre.)-Prosidont R. H. Oakloy of the board of trade, to whom was wiven the duty of se- locting & genoral committeo to ralso funds for securiog for Lincoln the natioual oncamp mont of the Girand Army in 1802, comploted his committes today, aud it is composea of the following gentiemen: R. H. Oakley, J H. McClay, J. D, MoFarland, K. W. Littie, C. A, Atkinson, H. M. Busanell, A, C. Biemor, K. R. Siger ana C. E. Montgomery. T'his committes wiil meot tomorrowy some: time and appoint subeommittoes, and thon | work will aotively bagin, looking to the se- curing of the encanpment that will bring to Lincoln men from almost every city and bhamlet in the United o8 and spoctal trains from the Atlantic wnd Pucific consts, the Gulf and the Canadian borde It is ! proposed to make cazps at Grand Viow, the | stato fair grounds, Cotner and Wosieyan | universities, Union college and Lin- coln parks. All ‘these places aro reachod by street railways, and the managors have partially agreed to vass old soldiers on badges from camp to camp, that they may visit each other and at tne same time see the city thoroughly. The encamp- ment will be held for one week either in July | or Auguat, and during that time will bo spent in Lincoln' botween £%0,000 and 1,000,000, Therefors it is urged that the enterprising people of Lincoln bestir themselves. But a comparatively small sum of money is needed to secure the oncampment and this, it is be- | lioved, ought to bo raised very readily. THE SUPREME COURT, The suprame conrt hns beon hard at work the past month and in that time the three judgos Lave written sixty-six decisions. The | Jjustices are dotermined not ouly to avoid a further accumulation of cases, but also aroe attempting to lessen time between the filing of a case and the de- | cision thoreon, By keoping up the present gait the juoges will be ouly o year behind October 1. WHO WILL FURNISIL SUPPLIES. The state board of supplios has nade the following award of contracts for supplies for | tho vavious state 1nstitutions Tndustrial Home —Milford : Johnson & Co.: coal, Georg Co.; meats, D. A, Howard Warriner & Co. Home for Friendless Lincoln meat company; coal company Hospital for Insane—Lincoln: Coal, White- breast coal company i paints and oils, Mear- ¢ Sons; drugs and medicines, MeArthur butter, J. M. Betts; boots and shoes, . Webster; dry goods, Herpolscheimer & Co.: flour, Kendall & Smith; meats, Hub- bard Brothers; groceries, Raymond Broth- ors. Soldiers’ and Sailor's Home Meats, N. Watts & Co.; drugs, H. B. Boy- flour, Glade & Co.: butter, Roessor & | Co.; groceries, W. B. Kerr; coal, . R. Kerv; | dry ‘goods and clothing, Sam Wolback. *nronic Insane—Hastings: Meats, Palmer Brothers; groceries, Charles H. Kipp; dry goods, Pickens & Sons; bread, Jacob Fisher; boots and shoes, George Kent: drugs, Me: | Wade & Smith] clothing, & Bloon; | coal, Hastings' fuel The board passed a vesolution thav the whole of tuo druge bill be purchased at once. State Industrial School—Kearney Son; coal, dry goods, C. B. I tlour, ney milling company, Insane Hospital—Norfolk Leonard: coal, Raymer ard, Bridges & Co.; meats, W. H. Enderiy; groceries, Raymond Bros. & Co. Feoble-minded—Beatrice: J. L. Mageo & Co.; grocerie: bread, Brenker Bros. " Wilbor Deaf and Dumb Institute, Omaha—Broad, Otto Wagnor, Institution For the Blind—Nobraska City Meats, G. W. Eiser; coal, C. Chapman; ro- ceries, 1. T. Davis; bread, T. W. Weldering. our and feed, | A. Raymoe & | ; groceries, L. A. Lincoln: Moats, | coal, Whitebreast Grand Isiand : Gro- Raymer | } ich; oar- Drugs, A. K. ¢ Co.; bread, Birch- | men will assuss thomselves in order much as possible the (3 of intornal revenue has appointed the follow. ing su tho tarift bill in regard to the bounty domestic sngar: Honry O, Morton, Dis of Columbia; Haryey N. Slusser, Ohio: GGoorge . Fletoher, New Hamp hire Everoti H. Norton, Maiae; R. Loranz, lowa. iaw limits tho number of th twolve - END OF 4 WEARY Simms Winsg & Thousand from Galveston to Chicago. Criicaao Oeriee or Trr Dee, } Cireaao, Jnly 2. There arrived in the city yesterday a travel stained foot-sore pedestrian. He wns George Simms, and he had counted every railrond tie between this town and Galveston, Tex. G. (. Fox, of Galveston, waged 81,000 that Simms could not walk without money from Galveston to Chicago in sixty days Simms accopted the chatlenge. Yestorday ho compieted his long tramp, finishing four or flve hours abead of timo. Simms says that ho had all sorts of thrilling experiences. So many adventures wore crowded into his tramp that ho will writo a book. DENOUNCE THE PIUSSIAN PLOTTER. The Roman Catholic laymen of Chicago do not take kindiy to the Caliensly scheme for planting foreign bishops in their midst. Not even thoe language of condomnation used by Archbishop Ireland and leading Roman Cath- olic papers exceods in heartiness the censuro which tho laymen of the faith utter in rogard to the “Prussian plotter, Horr Cah ensly has been called. IRON WORKERS CALL The iron workers hold a night and decidod to call out all the strue- tural men emploved on the buildings now under protection and the structural to sup- port tho shopun who are on a strike. The ‘al mon are lnstricted not to work or bandlo iron made in non-union TRAMP. D oUT. big meating last ops. CHEATED WITH PAssrs, No. 40 of “Confidential momoraudum, which “contains w list of individunls who have violated railroad passes, has just boon issuod. The railrond oficials will mot divulgo the name of the compilor or publisher of this unique monthly, which is circulated seerotly among them, ' Tho presont numver comprises ninoteen pages dovoted to indi- viduals and soven to minor uewspapers Amouge tho individual delinquents avo min- isters and nationul, state and local officinls o are chargod with having sold, ioaned red, extended and oven forged passes and special and editorial trip and mileage tickets. DEADLY DOSE OF Ol John Melntyre, living near Crawfordsville, Ind., whilo in the harvest field stopped to rest’ under a troe and was approachiod by threo young Indies, one of whom he groatly adn So interested did he becomo i ho reached for tho water Jug o tako a driik ho got hold of 8 jug of machino oil Justead aud swallowad nearly apint bofore ho realized the mistake. Ifo hias been iu convulsions ever sinco and may not. survive. DECKEASED TIE WIHSKY OUTPUT, The whisky trust this moraing notitied th collector of internal rovenuo that the capa i city of the Shufeldt and Catumet distillerins { been reduced. At Peoria asimilar reduce tion has taken placo and the same 1s trae of the other distillories of the trust. The trust officers claim the docrease in the output from tho Shufeldtis - imply because of the usual summer stagnation, but the trust_distilleries universally restricting their owput is pro- sumed to mean, by those who are in a posi- tion to know, that the trust doesn’t intend to wasto its capital whon it is unnecessary, — BARDSLEY SENTENCED, Fifteen Years in Prison and to Pay a Heavy Fine. i, July 2 —Ex-City Treasurer siey was sentenced this morning to fif- vs solitary confinement in the peni- ovns AND The now coliseum association of Omaha has filed articles of incornoration. ‘o cupi- | tal stock is $50,000. The mcorporators ure M. L. Rooder, M. S. Lindsay, George W. Povuter, Luthor Poland and John A Wako- field I George McDouald, the supervising archi- tect of the stato industrial school at Geneva, ! has filed his baud for $10,000 with the secre- tary of state. His surotics are B. K. Cobb, W. H. Jamison, W. H. Stewart and . S. Huston, { oriff Jones of Gage county has brought | J. K. Burns and Thomas Wright to tho poni- | tentiary. — BALMACEDA'S SUCCESSOR. A New President of Chill Reaay for a Battle. New Your, July 2. the Herald : | Coquinno, Chili, June 23.—The new presi- | dent of the goverument party hus been olected. The provinces in south Chili, all under Balmaceda's control, voted on Satur- day. As was a forogone conclusion, Bal- macedw's candidate, Vicuna, was choson his successor. This is only a general report of | the vote. The final result will not be made public until July 25. Between now and then Balmaceda will remain in office and will nes- itato at nothing to stamp out the revolution. Ho1s m the fight to the bitter ond. ‘Thore will be no compromise, Either o must fall or the insurgents will have to make an un- conditional surrender. | This town is alive today with warlike scenes. bing points to a flerce fight ata very te. Nows roaches hero that all the ships of the insurgent fleet, with the one exception of o Esmeralda, are in rendezvous at Caldera, 200 miles to the norch, the port where the Blanco Encaluda was sunk. ‘Tnejr purpose is, without doubt, to attack Coquimbo at once. ' It secms that tho insurcents have boen encouraged by the ro- ports emanating from here of dissatisfaction amone the supporters of Baimaceda. They hopo to be joiued by hundreds of deserters 05 soon as they make a descent upon this place. I this is s0 it will mako a difference in the coming fight. It looks as 1f the insur- euts aud the Balmacedists would be in con- flict by July 1 or 2. Thero aro 5,000 govern- ment troops in this town. Much less than one-half of these aro regulurs. The rost are volunteers. They are not to be much de- ponded on.” It is from their ranks that most of tho deserters to the othor side are gatn- erod. There is no telling what the strongth of tho insurgonts at Caldera is. Itis thought thiat they have 6,000 troops in all, which are well arnied, wnd that only for luck of ammu- nition they could put a much larger force into tho field. ~ I have been informed that an at- ack by both land and sea upon Coquimbo may be looked for. Balmaceda’s ofticers here are making overy every preparation. for a savage resistance, They are trained men and good fighters. The akuess of the Balmaceda army is in its volunteers, The message was filea at Co- quimbo on Suuday, June 25, for transmission. A reporter asked the manager of the Western Union telegraph company lust night how ho ounted for the delay in its reaching New Yovi. He said tho dolay was due to the im perfect telographic facilities in Coili. These cablegraws reach New York via Galveston, Tex., and the mauuger of the telegraph office there tolographed last night that the message wats not received from Coquinibo till yestor- day. It is possible that the deiay was partly due to the opposition of the representatives of Balmacodu, who control Coquimbo, to the sending out of nows. Former reporis from that country have alluded to_ the dificulty of sonding out news, thougn the Horald corro- t does not refer to any dificulty in g Lho 4bove tory. - ctors Appoainto 1 July 2.—The commissionor Elected— ° The following is from e Iny W ASHINGTON, ITi ! pen tentiary and to pay a fino cqualling the sum to which he pleaded guilty. The fact that Bardslov was to be sentenced taday was not generally known and there was not moro than fifty peoplo in the court room. Tho dis- trict attornoy spoke briefly. In the course of his remarks ha denied Bardsloy’s conten - tion, made in his statement to the court a week ago, that the ex-treasurer had not mis appropriatod a dollar. Giraham shewed that by Bavdsley's own statement ho must have at least, misappropriated §220,000. as that was the amount required to be made good by his suretics. Although ho was not ublo as yet to specificially stato_ where the money had gouo to, Graham said Bardsley’s shortage wouid amount to about $10,000 or $300,000. Alexander, counsol for Bardsioy, reviewed tho statemont mado by his client and up- pealed 1o tho court for merer on the ground of Bardsloy’s ploa of guilty and lis past ser- vices to the city. Alexander said Bardsloy did not get a doilar of the money he put in the Keystone bunk, and that within months it would bo Shown who did. stolen a dollat. but that he had only pleaded guilty to the statutory offeuses of loaning and” speculating with and roceiv- ing intorest on public tunds. Never with his consent, said Aloxander, should Bards- loy appoar bofore the investigating commit- 160 of the councils to testify, but if at aoy timo the district attorney desired any infa mation or assistanco, his client was willing 10 aie him, Whilo his connsel had been speuking Bardsley sat with bowed hoad nervously traciug imaginary lines with tho back of upon tho table before him. With tho exception of his brother-in-law not one of tho hundreds of friends that Bardsley had a year ago were present when ho arose to receive the ratenco of the court. Judge Wilson's severo words caused Bardsley tho most palpablo distress. A th judgo said he could fina no patiiation for Bardsley’s malfonsance and that his offenso was more open to censure from his abuse of officiul _position, the prisoner almost collapsed and seemed about to sik to tho floor from his chair. Nevertheless, hef Judge Wilson had concluded and ordored him t arise to receive his sentence, Bardsley had completely regainod his composure and re- ceived the words that sent him to prison fif- teen years with an utter avsence of any wao tion. FIGE-CRACKERS, They say George [I1 was imbacile, A regular royal gilly "T'was Washington prepa ‘That knocked his Jigl Bascball in its present perfect form has come into being only lately, but along about 1758 Uncle Sum made a buse hit, aad Johuny Bull scored one of the most luminous home runs on record. He wasn’t an 1diot—only the dude son of an anglomauiae, He had beard of shootag firoerackers, but ho didn't know how they did it. e put bis paci as a targot and tried to shoot them with his bow and arrow. It was very English, but not entirely success- fut, and now ho wonders why the neighoors’ duightors gigglo as they pass by. Itis not known whore the thermometer stood on the Fourth of July, 1776, but it is an historical fact that John Buil and the anglo- maniacs found this country protty hot on the day in question. Orator of the Day—1tis a glorious event wo colebrate. Do you know that! Why are you here today, do you know? Boy in the Audience—Yes; we thought you wasn't coming. We had an elogant timo on the papa burned his eyebrows off. econd Boy—Pshaw. That's nothin', My yupa's house gouburned down and there WASD'L D0 insurance—only a mortgago. Virst Boy fourth, My hest of all in Leavening Power. —Latest U. S. Gov't Report, Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE inspectors under the provision of Tho {nspoctors to ( Walking %. N ¥ i y ithin six ander vohomently declared his client had o