Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, July 11, 1891, Page 4

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D. 1801 N P Fein, stary Publio. WHERE else on the globe are so many religious conventions held and where olse do 50 many people attend so many convocations of religious organi No where. coples 2501, 2 WHILE the alliance in Amer complaining about the low price of pork, the alliance in Burope is fizuring upon & prohibitory tariff which shall eoffec ually shut out the American hog from European markets. GOVERNOR Borss and the ITowa domocvacy are singing low since the convention. Both Boies and the democ- racy are on the defensive. It takes all tho time thoy have to expluin the ut- torances they so sincerely regret. JOHN G. N1COLAY has the best of the argument thus far in the controversy with Colonel A. K. McClure over the question as to whether Lincoln desived Hannibal Hamlin renominated for the vice presidency or Andrew Johnson. IF THE heat of discussion maintains itself the tomperature of the atmos- phere in scientific circles will be higher than that of tho electric apparatus which caused the death of the Sing Sing murderers. The discussion is burning dosper than the electrodes and creating an odor about as offensive, while the re- sults are by no means so satisfactory. CHAPLAIN DEFFENBACHER is not so forgetful about thanking the Deity for the promise of a good harvest as he was of his promise to turn over his salary as chaplain of the lato legislature to the relief fund according to promise. This is creditablo to the somewhat grotesque individual who made sensational prayers last winter at Lincoln for 83 a day and mileage, and kept both. KANSAS has an eight hour law, but the supreme court has exempted the stato institutions from its operation. “This is not necessarily good law, but it is good financiering for on an eight-hour basis the cost of the institutions would Do so largely increased a8 to require an extra session of that very remarkablo legislature of last winter to appropriate movey to carry them through the year. In Kansas anything is more cheerful than the prospect of an extra session. MINNEAPOLIS s doing herself credit in entertaining the ten thousand or twelve thousand delogates attending the groat roligious convention of the Young Pooplo’s Society of Christian Endeavor. It is & magnificent test of the capacity of that ity for the cave of the next ropub- lican national convention and shows she is equal to that emergency if it comes. But it will not come for Omaha has the persimmon polo ready for use whon the conyontion fruit is ripe and ready to be knocked down. SECRETARY FOSTER 18 roported to have remarked that the treasury do- partment Is fuil of rubbish and dead- wood and that two-(ifths of the divisions under his suporvision might just as well as not be dispensed with. Secrctary Fostor is undouhtedly correct. Sevoval yards of red tape could be spared from evory subordinute division between the expendituro of money and its final pay- ment. In nearly overy department of the governmont service this is likewise true. Thero is an immense waste of force und money in tho red tape mothods provailing in Washingto “MeMBER of Parliament” was greatly dazzled by the garden party given the German emperor by his royal cousin, the prince of Wales, otherwise he would not have dwelt so significantly upon the fact thut tho emperor steppad out of bis way to shake hands with “‘Lady Dudloy, one of the handsomsst and one of the purest women of the age,” on whose “‘fair fame the foul broath of scandal has never left even a passing cloud.” There were 80 many groat and beautiful and pure English women pres ont on the ocension of *the most bril liant garden party of 1501 that the rouder cannot avoid wondering why Lady Dudloy should be singlod out for these spocial complimants, oven at a fot> glven by Albert Edward, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THREE IMPORTANT MATTERS. Omaha s quence in progress. There isa great deal of it under contract, but the board of public works, the council, the con- tractors or somebody is responsible for tho delay in its prosecution, It cannot be charged to the inclement weathe entirely, for when the streets are in condition for work, the does not proceed. The newspapers have prodded the public bodies day after day, and ap- parent efforts to do something have been made. Still the fact remains that laboring men who should be earning wages are without employment and the improvements are not undertaken. The newspapers have awakened inter- est throughout the Union in Omaha's ambition to entertain the republican na- tional convention. Favorable comment has appeared almost ev Bpt in rival cities. The Towa conyention, by the help of our Council Bluffs neighbors, fired the first gun for Omaha. The state of Nebraska and the middle west gener- ally are our friends. The movement is woll under way, but it cannot succeed merely by reason of its present momen- tum. An active campaign, an aggres- ive, continuous fight must be made. T Bri has aroused intense enthusi- asm in Montana by its articles urging a div Ailway connection between Omaha and Helena. The Burlington ilroad is within 200 miles of the Mon- tana tle ranges. A proper union of effort in Nebraska and Montana will at an early day bring the states together. The reciprocal trade which this would make possible would be. immensc profitable to both states and to the rail- way line which enables exchanges to be made. We need Montana cattle and sheep for our stockyards and packing houses and Montana gold and silver for our smelti Montana needs our corn, pork and produce for the people who raise the cattle and dig the gold and silver. There are other important enterprises of course, but today these three subjects are the most important bofore her peo- ple in their bearing upon the immediate future of Omaha. The board of trade, the Real Estate Owners’ association, the real estate oxchange, the stockyards company, the packing house men, the labor organizations, the politicians, in short the people gencrally should be aroused to the situation. The labor or- ganizations might take tae public works problem off the hands of the other organizations. The Rea D) Owners’ association and politicians could dovote special attention to the convention. The board of trade, stock- yards and packing house men might take up the Montana rail- rond. Tho people generally should encourage all these organizations by in- fluence, enthusiasm and cash to carry forward tho important enterprises named. The reader himself has a re- sponsibility here which must not be shirked. work ry where ex r works. DIRECT TAX CLAIMS. Thero is a great doal of misapprohen- sion regarding claims under the act of the last congress vefunding to the states the direct tax paid to the govern- ment in 1861. THr Bes bureau of claims has received a large number of requests frem persons who resided in Tllinois and Ohio when the direct tax was levied to prosecute their claims, and all of them proceed upon the iden that their payment of internal revenue taxes, for which they racoived receipts from the government, gives them a claim upon the money refunded to these states as direct tax. For example, ono party cites the fact that he paid to the government a considerable sum as a manufacturer’s tax, and ho assumes that this entitles him to recover an equal amount of the refunded tax. In this he is mistaken. Both Illinois and Ohio, as Tue B bureau is officially informed, paid their apportionment of the divect tax out of the state troasuries and from the gen- eral rovenues of the stato, so that no individual in either of those states paid this tax directly to the genoral govern- ment. Conscquently neithor stato holds the money refunded to it by the g ment subject to tho claims of indi viduals, It is state money, to bo ap- plied to such public usos as the leg- islature shall orde. In me of tho states thoro were individual collections of the direct tax, and the law provide that money appropriated to mest indi- vidual claims is to bo held in trust by tho state authorities, six years bel allowed for the veception of theso claims.” Tue Bee bureau of claims is in re- coipt of & communication from the at- torney general of [llinois, saying: “*Tho state does not hold this fuad subject to the claims of any individuals. No such claims oxist. The state, as such, paid this money to the general governmont, and on its return it bolongs to the state.” Governor Campbell of Ohio furnishes the information that “‘no por- tion of said funds will be ropaid to any individual, but that all of sawme will be appliecd to public uses.” This sottles the matter as to thoso wno have assumed that they were entitlod to a part of the direct tax refunded to Illinois and Ohio. vorn- T0 PROCEED AGAINST TRUST: It is stated that the department of justice at Washington has determined to enforce the anti-teust law passed by the last congress, and is preparing to proceed aguinst the larger trusts, If true the information is geatifying. Tho law has been declared constitutional by a federal court. It empowers circuit courts of the United States to enforce its provisions and requires United States district nttorneys to proceed against the clusses of combinations prohibited by the luw. It is clear and oxplicit in its terms, and nobody doubts that it was the intention of congress that it should be enforced, It has been in effoct nearly two years and but one case has been brought under it. Meantime the trasts that were in existence when the law was enacted have pursued their way unhindered, and the immunity the have enjoyed has becn conducive to the formation of other combinations of a like character, It is time that an varncst effort made to give the anti-trust law force and effect. The administration has been taunted with neglect of duty in this mau wore languishing this year be- | causo there {s no public work of conse- | tor, and it will gain a great desl in pub- lic confidence if it will now show that it intends to enforce the law. Let it proceed vigorously oyainst the Standard oil monopoly, the re- organized sugar trust, the cotton-seed oil combination, and all the other mo- nopolistic arrangements for controlling production and prices, and it will not want for popuiar support. Once the people are aware that the government has seriously determined to the combinations there will ward thousands of accusers to assist the prosecution. The immediate effect of such a move, as to many of the trusts, would undoubtedly be to lead them to seok safety in dissolution. The ger and wenithior onos would doubtless Lfight. but with the law and public sentiment against them they would carry on a very unequal battle, the result of which could not bo at all doubtful. The republican party pledged itself to suppress trusts and all combinations in rostraint of trade or to control produc- tion and prices in any branch of bus- iness. A republican congress put this pledge into the form of law. The obv ous duty of a republican administration is to see that the law is enforced, as it was intended to be, and from the polit- ical point of view it has erything to gain from a fuli and faithful performance of this duty. The people demand to be freed from ull forms of monopoly. suppress come for- Mavor Ct is taking his own time for deliberation in selecting the third member of the board of public works. This is a good indication that he is seeking the best man. The board now contains two democrats and one re- publican. This degree of non-partisan- ship should be maintained. The new member should be a republican, a prop- orty owner, a gentleman not conspicuous as a partisan,a man who has grown up in and with the eity and is recogaized among his Dbusiness associates honorable, reful, strong and eapable. He should not be u politician retired on account of his age or a business man who has seen his best days. Neither should he be one who has been interestea in city contracts or who would be influenced by contract- ors. There is merit in the suggestion that more new blood be injected into the board. Among the several candidates offered a man combining all the qualities named can be found without difficulty. The council will cheerfully confirm him if appointed. AN INDIANA country editor who is probably looking for notoriety has got himself interviewed in New York and tells the country that Governor Hill and ex-Ggvernor Gray of Indiana have en- tered into a combination to capture the next democratic national convention, and hiwve themselves nominated for presi- dent and vice president respectively. The reported statoment of the news- paper man regarding what Governor Hill said to him is of a nature to bring discredit on the whold report. It is not necessarily improbable that Hill would bo willing to muke some sort of a tie-up with the Indiana ex-governor, but it is not the least bit likely that he would give it publicity through an unknown country editor. Hill is a pretty shrewd politician and the very last man who would unmask himself in this way. as Tur board of trade will take official notice that Montana wants to get ac- quainted with Omaha. It will be a gracious and proper act to send a delo- gation of our most enterprising business men to Helena to accept the courtesies s0 cordially extended by the mayor of the city and the Commercial club. Mean- time a telegraphic acknowlodgement of the invitation to visit Helona ought to be forwarded to the mayor and presi- dent of the Commereial club of that city. EX-SENATOR INGALLS huving safely nurtured his potato crop to maturity is devoting his time to loctures, and will deliver one at the Council Bluffs Chau- tauquu next Thursday afternoon. For tho sake of American patviotism and common decency it is to be hopod he will omit his sneering reforences to the character of George Washington, the purity of whose patriotism it will take something more than an innuendo to impeach in the minds of Americans, an WHAT Is the committeo on the na- tional republican convention doing in relation to that important subject? The newspapers alone will not secure the | ought prize. Minneapolis is alive and working hard. Chicago never sleeps on her arms. Omaha must be aggressive, do- termined and ready for emcrgoncies. The live men of the committee should be vory busy these days arranging the plan of campaign and divecting prelimt- nary movements. OMAHA cunnot afford with the management of the schools hey ave in excellont condition now. hey must be maintained upon a metro- volitan basis commensurate with the size and importance of tho city. No or- dinary person 1s compstent to manage them successfully. No empiric in edu- cational work should be considered for a moment. We must have the best man available and no other A GREAT grain market involves some- thing wore than an open board for transactions in greain. It involves mills, warehouses, elovators, malt houses and distilleries. These must come before the market can be great and these should be looking longingly at Omaha today. to experiment Tur B violates no confidence when it whispers into the ear of the public the unfortunate fact that the board of public works has not yet persunded the contractors improvements un- finished last yoar to begin uctive opera- tions. uvon AN lost his temper and sessed one of the suvings banks of the city at $200,000. The commissioners re- duced the figure to $4,933, This rebuke to bring the assessor completely under control for ture assessor temper the fu- A MINING exchange is outirely feasi- ble in Omaha, e Tre 158 $1,000 bridge bonds which turned up due to surpriso the commis- SATERDAY, sioners, draw Typpe cent intorest. Thoy will bo refunded at5 per cent. THE BEE believes 'they would find a roady market at 4 pot! cdnt [T — Wittt eloved Ajiplicants and the back precinets to heay from,the board of educa- tion ought to oxperienes no difficulty in selecting o goad man for superintondent of schools atuits adjourned meeting Monday night o ——— ALTHOUGH 'the paid up capital stock of the banks of Omaha excoeds $4,675 000, the board'8f' county commissioners assoss them for $02 9, It 13 fortu- nate indend that the 20 conts was not overlooked. THE coroner receives a fee of 810 for viowing ndend body. He receives other fees amounting usually to at least $ additional. This explains why an in- quest s held upon the slightest protoxt. Tie Baptist young people’s socioty convention was a success of course. The season has been especially favorable to Baptis Many Followed Him. Chiicagn News Perhaps Columbus landed on Watling's island and perhaps ho didn’t, The one point about whick thore can be no dispute is that Columbus was tho first advertising agent in tais country to hustle for a Chicago paper. A False Prophet. Chicago Tribune, A Baptist preacher in New Haven informed his cougregation lust Sunday evening that the noxt president of the United States would be a democrat. The spirit of John the Baptist, we foar, does not rest upon his good brother. Enl e ol The Green tiyed Monster, Kanwas City Jowrnal. Now that that esteemed Chicago Herald has discovered and forever marked the spot where Columbus landed, it should interest itself in the much vexed problems as to where Moses was when the light went out and who struck Biily Patterson. — o Without a Superior. Colonel Lee, Democratic P, M. of St. Paul. There hasn't boen a botter postmaster gon- eral than John Wannamaker for a good many years. Idon’t care what they say about him, he is a man of unexcelled business qual- ities, and that is the kind of & man wanted for that place. Ho has no superior there, s Perhaps D Washungton Star. Something’s wrong in Indiana. According to the last census report, with a gain of 10,82 per cent 1 population, she shows a 10ss of .46 per cont in school.enrollment, and tho 2,192,- 404 people of 1590send 4,987 less scholars o school than the 1,087,501 people of 1850 did.: il Hill Compliments Harrison. Governor Hill's ®ourth of July Sprech. I thank the president of our country for patriotic uttorances on his recent memorablo trip throughout the south and west, ana 1 was rejoiced to observe that he was every- where received with unusual demonstrations of respect and untjuestioned evidences of loy- alty to tho great government of which he is the honored chiefgxecutivo. His words were most timely and do infinite credit to his heart and judgment, e Primer Lekson of Patriotism. New York Sun, We bave learned from New Orleans that on the Fourth of Juty the Italian shops there were profusely decorated with American flags. In New York city, also, on the same day, many American flags were displayed in those quarters and streots and blocks in which the Italians avide. In fact, the Italian masses here celebrated the Fourth with cheerful spirit, and gave evidenca that they are proud of their country and quick in learn- ing the lessons of American patriotism. PASSING JESTS. No wonder Mr Blaine is reported dangor- ousty ill. Five doctors are waiting on him. Washington Sta Miss Antiquet—You, sir, do not know whit woman's sphere is. Mr. Smartleigh—Don't1? What's the n Detroit Free Press imperiously, pointin “Lshull, "he Miss PortStrete, this is Go!" sho ex toward the doo ootly, 0 hor Philadelphia Recorc band is both economical und extravagant. whit way?" “Woll, I and extra; In ving praise ant in glvin A DIEAM BURSTED. Momphis Commercial, 1 walked with her as fn adream, Enchanted did the eity soon, Lshieldod her from the sun's heam, On her my eyes did Condly xleun, Of other maldens did T deom Thitt this ono wits the qucen suprome; I taflied her by the wholo r And said that wo were a full t My cash 1L was at the extreme And then she sald: “Tow's the ico cronn:: Do you g know that arpe-Indeed! And is that why you p such a 0w of conversution? keep Washington Pos and s0me of the citi tention th u man hor=es. What organizition s that?’ asked an tern man a8 the crowd passed. *'Some sort of a seerot soclety?" ot oxuctly,” wis tho reply. “That, stranger, 1s our villate string band.” Amy—Do you T troublod with Insdim- as I tho far west us woro giving thelr at who had been stealing Germantown Telozraph: know, Mr. Goslin, nin. slin—Now I woad n the papah that the way 10 k0 o slesp prowptiy Is to think of nothing, doncher know Amy—That's vory simpl very night, an | think of you. Ull try lv this Birmlngham Tho soprano of a church cholr has beon known to make a hit that entitiod her to the second bass for life. WHAT I8 LOVE? New ¥rk Herald. What 15 love?” [ asked of sweot sixteon, But the only answor that 1 could g Erom a flow of wordk ffom the malden rash, Was i witehing plow for w big misticne, Jgnteen deairod i dshing youth, tvonty funclof Wit 6ve was truth, © 10V 18 10 Wode't wald twonty=two. But with elreamspecyjon” —u eautious view. Eaeh thoreafeer plppd Wis refrain Though at Lust (15 inkiess began to wano— Vill e thirty [ easify to sonr And sho gasped and yhispored—Just a man!* Binzhamton Republiean: Mabel you 50 silent, doar? was listeilivk to thy Do they miko ydwiiervous? Noi they only ke wish that men were a8 DrompL L'y ) Why aro ckers. Tostfu A1y ou g0 GuiT— rotty darn cold_one. i said shiphad no meat and offered o the lco creum lofbaver from last night's SWATEY. Akors—What that hou yourself all the time?" 0, 1stop oceasionally : 4D the you Disrby k Recordor u see it happenod oyt oW got bad deuces sed the man thit ope 1 mo. Ul never '‘mvery sorry, this way,” ex 0 4 quivt liteie JACK-pot Wik od it pluy pokor agi SWihy pluying pokor ' Johnt haven't been it il You koe Blade: Tom—Y< o co Phil that the Sereamer hestnuts, o k—Y Lo thought othery Tom—Hus the Seroamer ever publishod any of your Jokes: Tircl yo Tow—~Thon why didn't you argument? tryinz publishes brinz that in - - washington Stur: Unclo Jerry is the bello weather of the flock, JULY 11, 1891-TWELVE OTHER I l:‘". Tl;.l.\ 1;1'[(':7 Tho British parlismont will probably sit until August 1 and then adjourn to Novem- ber instead of Fobruary, as usual. The pres- ent will bo one of unusual length, having opened November 25, and with the excoption of six weoks Christmas vacation and a brief one at Whitsuntide, has been con- tinuous, It has accomplishod little and thero s serious danger that at the ond of tho session the goverament will flnd itself In practically tho samo prodicament n which tho last session loft it—with very little of its programme accomplished. So far not a single ono of the important government measuros has passod the commons, and somo of these have yet to pass the committeo staco; the laud bill is still beiug amended, the tithes bill is hardly heard from, the education bill 15 but fairly introducod, and the wholo mat- ter of supply or appropriation is as yot un- touched. All this means a good deal yet to bo dono before this session ends, becauso all bills loft over incomplote must fail and bo reintroduced from the boginuing at tho com- ing session. The next session will be tho last of this parliament and cannov bo of great length, 80 that bills which fail of delay at this session are in dauger of being finally killed in the same way at tho next. sossion The offect of the proposed European cus- toms league upon tho contracting nations cannot bo fully doterminod, because even tho basis of the arrangement is not vet known, but if it means a breaking down of customs barriers, in whole or part, between the four nations, as seems certain, it must stimulate trade between the contracting nations just as the German zollverein has done in Ger- many and as freo trado between the states of our own union has very greatly facilitoted commercial intercourse. The whole volume of trade that would be thus affected is im- menso. Moro than half tho exports and 40 per cent of the imports of Austro-Hungary are with the other three nations of the pro- posed league. Fifty-five ver cent of Swiss exports and 40 per cent of her imports; 15 per cont of the Italian exports and 30 per cent of the imports; nd 20 per cent of the German imports and 25 per cont of the exports aro between the contract- ing nations. It will be scen that if such a zollverein is formod it will aftect fully ono- third the foreign trade of the four nations and have an immense influence upon Euro- pean commerce and European poli 11, as is unofficiully reported, tho formation of this customs league is to be followed by the abrogation of the treaty of Frankfort be- tween Germany and France, tho result can hardly fail to be war. Certainly the strong likelihood of tho success of the plan shows in a most impressive way the tremendous drift of European opinion against France and is a menace to her peace and even to her exist- ence that cannot be lightly passed over by the student of current events. "The security of Germany resides in her immense fighting power rather than in any alliances that her emperor may be ablo to form. Her avmy today is probably as much superior to that of France in real effective- ness as that of 1870 was superior to the Freuch of the same period. All persons who have any opportunity of kuowing are agreed that the military art has advanced im- mensely sinco the last great conflict, and that Germany leads all other countries now as cusily as sho aid then. In fact, this is her chiof occupation, the arts of industrial life being socondary and supplementary to that of war, notwithstanding which her inclina- tions are essentially peaceful. 1f it rested with herself (that is, with the vast majority of the German people), there would be no war in the next 100 years. $ho has got what she wants, perhaps moro than she wants, and sho has had so late and bitter a taste of war that only with tho greatest reluctance could sho be dragged into another. She would probably give back Alsace and Lorrame iu_exchange for continued peace with [rauce, if any guarantee of peace could bo given. It is still an open question whether the annexation of those provinces was wise volicy. There is & peaco party in France which might bo the dominant party it the war faction had not theimages of Strassburg and Metz always at hand to conjure with. Since things are as they ard, Gormany must bearmed, and armed to the teeth. If a con- tlict should come and she should fail for lack of tho last rogiment thut might have been put in the field, those responsible for that lack would bo ruined and disgraced as tho ‘Thira Nupoleon and his incanables woro twenty years ago. Because Germany is ready at all times, and is known to be, the poace of ISurope is, up to this timo, preserved. The triple allisnce is only an annex to tho main structure, although certainly a very importautone, Tho tremendous preparation of Germany for war, however, has a new significance when this instrament is in tho hands of a ruler whose mood is uncertaia. Switzerland has adopted by populer vote a new law which empowers 50,000 citizens to submit the texts ot biils to the chamoers, and to compel the chambers to discuss such bills, A similar law has loug existed in tho local government of some of tho cantons, and is not in itself extraordinary. Without any law on the subject, it 15 safo to say that a logislative body in this country would, least, consider a law recommended by 50,000 eleotors. Bills are frequently introduced in our legislatures **by request,” even when submitted by an individual or a score or two of voters. It is truo that such bilis are fre- quently neglected after buing introduced, but if backed by 50,000 votes they would no doubt got consideration. in tho cautons the ivitiative is accompanied by the referendum, under which, whother tho council . passes or does mnol pass such bills, they aro roferred back to tho people, and become Jaws if ratifiod by & ma jority of the voters. The referendum, in a modified form, 1s provided for iu the foder constitution. Any law passod by the fedoral assembly must be submitted to a popular vote on the demand of 30,000 Swiss eloctors. Under this new law 50,000 electors can forcs 10 u popular vote the revision of a law in exuct torms; but if the federal chambers aro opposed to it,.they may submit at the same time an alternative proposition. The scheme, though somewhat clumsy, is in entive har- moay with the idea of popular goverament. {u small communities the people make their own luws; in large communities this duty is necessarily delegated to representatives. The Swiss are simply trying to get in important cases legislation by the people, instead of by their representatives. While the recent anti-foreign riotsin China have been numerous and violent, it is romark able how fow liv been lost in them, ‘Phere 15 a statement, which perhaps may yet need verification, that a British missionary 1 a customs oflicor were killed at one plaso; but there have uoticeably few injuries to persons auiong so many to property. After the original attack on the missions at Woo- Hoo u Methodist scbool was Nanking; mission buildings were pillaged at Tan-Yang; a church was demolished at Ching Y1 while a missionary was proaching fn it, although ho was not har at Kioo-Ki ang and other pla outbreaks occurred, and, in fact, mob violeace raged througn a s have beeu dastroyed at d; part of the Yang-tse-Kiaug valley Yot even women and children everywhore wero able to escape, and tl ort ront that personsl not nimed Y by the secr instig ing tho attacks. Of course, the lives of for eiguers may still be in danger, but it is very gratifying to flud that fow, if any, Lves have | yet been lost, vas our injury to foreignors was socletios PAGES. THINK THEY'LL MAKE A COUP, Alliance Leaders Decide to Nominate a Gubernatorial Candidates ELDER ~ MUST SPEAKER EXPLAIN. Litigation in Which the Farmer-Poli- ticlan is Alleged to Bo Mater- ially Intore Nebraska Worlil's Fair Prospects. LixcoLy, Neb,, July 10.—[Special to Tue ]—1*rom romarks lot fall from time to time by allinnce bosses hero it is apparent that the intention of tho alliance people dur- ing this campaign is to quietly nommato & candidate for governor, to hoodwink the re- publican and democratic parties in regard to the matter und thereby have tho only candi- dato {n the field. This candidate, it is assertod, will have to bo doclared elected by the returning board and for a year at least Nebraska will have an allianco governor. It is bolievod that onco clocted, tho alliance governor will be able to succeed himsolf and tho alliance will thereby have control of the stato for three yoars One of the alliance bosses in a communica tivo mood today revealed a portion of the plan of campaign, “Now," said he, *if you over breathe my name I will nover forgive you. But if you are a botting man and want to makoe an hon- est dollar, I will give you a private tip. In- sido of a yoar you can bot that Nobraska will bo ruled by an alliance governor, Now re- member. this matter is not for publication. It is simply a personal tip and we do not want anybody to flush the game.” “But how can you nomimnate a man for governor when it is not the regular alternate sar for clections, and there is no vacancy of any kind? Does not Governor Thayer hold over until tifo next regular alternate year for elocting the governor ! was askad. “Well, now, dou't fool yourseif for a mo- ment," was the reply. *“Mark my word if an aliiance governor is not inaugurated next January. Now just listen to what tho revised statutes have to say in rogard to this matter: ‘Section 101, Chapter 24— Every civil oftice shall bo vacant upon the happen- ing of ither of tho following cvents at any time beforo the expiration of the term of such oftice, as follows: His removal from of- fice, The’ decision of a competont tribunal doclaring his oftice vacan *Now, don't the statutes declaro that tho ofico of governor was vacant when Jawmes & Boyd was removed from office! Why, such a guestion 15 absolutely childish. Of courso the oftice was vacant, and tho former gov- r, ‘Thayer, again took the heln tempora “'Yos, and holds over until tho olection of a governor noxt year, docs ho not ! ot auch,’’ was tho reply. “Iam not a er, but I have learned a fow things ' bearing on tnis case. Now, lot me road to you section 107, chapter 26, of the revised statutes. It reads as follows ! “Vacancies occurring in_any state, judicial, district. county, precinet, township or any public lective office, thirty days prior to any gouoral olection, shall be filled thoreat. Now, was't there a vacancy last May? Isn't May thirty days before November! Now what course romams! Why, to fill this va- cancy, which occurred over thirty days be- foro election. We haveto doit and wo will do it. But tho quibblers will howl, ‘Is this & goneral election? Isn't it¢ Woll, then, just read section 13, article 16, of the constitution, It says the general election of this state shail be held on the Tuesday succceding tho first Mounday of November of each year. Al stute, district, otc., officers, shall be eiccted at a goneral eloction to be hold as _aforesaid. Now will anybody daroe deny that tho coming tall eloction is not & general election, and that we have a right to fiil at that time such va- cancies as oceur in the executive offices !’ “But who will declaro tho result of such election Don't worry your head about_that. tion 111, of chapter 26, says: ‘Within days affer said special olection * * * the board of stato canvassers shall meet_and canvass the votes cast to fill such vacancy, nd if the returns havo not coived from all the countics * % they may adjourn not exceeding five days for the purpose of receiving such returns.’ So you sco tho regular board of canvassers will have to declaro the result. The members will not daro to refuse to can- vass the returns. There will be no chance for such a coup & ctat as that of Miklojohn last winter in favoring Boyd. Neithor tho ropublicans or democrats will nominate a mau and tho alliance candidato will be de- clared elected. Now don’t breathe my name in any way or Burrows will hound ma out of tho party. It is ho whehas instructed the alliance in regard to this matter and you would be surprised if I told you the politics of the lawyers who informed Burrows about. tho statutes bearing on the case.'! NEBIASKA MUST NOT GET LEPT, Governor Thayer has received a communi- cation from George R. Davis, director goner- alof the World's Columbian_exposition i which bis attontion is callod to the fact that it is now time to select locations for tho var- ious stato exbibits. Governor Thayer has thy fore written a letter to Messrs, A, G. Scott of Kearney and Euchd Martin of Owmaba, national commissioners for the Co- lumbian_exposition from Nebraska, stating that he has 10 authority to appoint o commis- sioner general until August 1, but since all the desirable locations may be taken by that timo he recommonds that Messrs. Scott and Martin go immediately to Chicago and make a proper selection that Nebraska may bo spared the huwiliation of getting an indifer- ent location, LEVY FOR TS YEAR. Tho county commissiouers finished thei bors as a board of cqualization yesterday, and fixod tho lovy for the next fiscal your as follows: Goneral fund, 7.2 mills: rond, %.3: bridge, 2.8; sinking, 4.2; insane, 0.4; soldiors’ veliof, 0.3; Midland procinct bonds, 1.0; Cap- ital precinet bonds, 1.0. A total of 197 mills, which is 2 wills less ‘than_last year's lovy, showing that tho affairs of tho county have been conducted with fivo commissioners at less oxpenso than with three. The totul porsoual property 1s figured at §1 ), of which tho city has $1,018,170 and the country $575,050. The total realty 1s 7,925,470, of which' tho city nns $4,917,450 aud tho 'country $2,08%,020. The total as- sossod vatuation of tho county us fixed by the board is $0,613,600, and of the city alono 625, 0 'this should bo addd the valu ation of tho railroads, $1,195,310.44, making o grand total of $10,514,000.44, RLDER 13 SUED. ; or & Son, propriotors of tho Lin- dell hotel, havo brought swit, it is autiorita tively stated, in Judge Foxworthy's court against S. M. Elder, speaker of tho Nebraska house of Tepresentatives, eluiming thut thoro is due them 5 as balunce on a board bill contracted by the spenker during his sojourn in Lincoln last winter. Tho court would ueither afirm nor deny the rumor. This af- ternoon Eldor left for Omaha, considerably crestfallen over tho case BDITOR EMMONS' CASE, Judge Foxworthy is ongaged today In hear- ing the case against P.S. Ruce, landlord of the Depot hotel, who is churged by Captain James A. mmons of the Democrat with us- Sault with intent to do great bodily harm, Tho charge is an outgrowth of the squabblo between Lhe parties for the posse: of the notel. While Emmous was in ro- moving some of the goods belonging to him, See- ten Al Hoc | Now the Courier-Journal, | to bo held in Chicago during the fair, opportune assistance of an oficor would have thrown him out of the window. ODDS AND ENDS, Mr. O. C. Boll, rocontly assistant seorotary of state, has boon appointed to the position of rocorver for the First National bank of Ked Cloud Judgo Stowart and a jury are case of J. E. R. Megahan vs O ctal, an action on & promissor: et al is Mrs. Harrison, who objects callod on to pay n note which s without consideration Tho roport of Shorift McClay for the first six months of ISHI hns boen propared by Doputy Hoagland. For the first quurte $1,454.80 in foes was earnod and for_the ond quarter §2,307.32, total of six months, - Of tais’ amount collocted. J. V. Wolto secured a tomporary Injunction in district court today restraining lsaiah N Whiteley from trespassing on land southeast of tho city leased by him and used as a pas ture and hay meadow. Ho sats forth thut ulthough [saiah had promised to keep off the land, he hus driven off Wolfe's cattle and is entting hay for his own benefit, Jonnio 1), Bean asks tho probato court for letters of administration on tho estate of hor husband Osear W. Boam, one of the victims of the rocent wrock noar York. It is statod that petition for &,000 damagos is being propared against the railroad company. Auditor Henton and Bank Examiner Howo have returned from their northern fishing excursion and are telling wondorful tales about their piscatorial experience. hoaring the L. Harrison hoto. The to boing signotl gt Nl kel POLITICAL HOT SHOT, Cincinnati Commorcial Gazotto: A roofing tin is now on top of the house New York Herald: Tho wagos of sin have not boen affectod by the MeKiuley bill Washington Post: Governor Hill is again georing fito tho - crater of tho freo silver esuvius, Dotroit Kroo Pross: split in the farme party oue that runs crosswise Peffer's nose and chin. Now York Advortisor: Goutlemen like Quay and Brice should got togother and form a fourth party. If they can be quick about it, o much tho better. New York Recordor: Henry Watterson names Carlisle for president, Carlisie, werson and the star-eyed goadess make a groat aad beautiful western combination, but they WOI'L araw in the east. Morning Advertiser: Editor Watterson denied clared for John ( riean ‘The most disastrous s to be the between Senator A fow days ago that he had de slo for president Mr. Watterson's newspaper, swings out for Carlislo with a wild Kentucky whoop. Tho Carlisie movo. ment vids fair'to be confined to the stato of Kentucky. New York Sun: Thero will be one great and gilt-cdyod evont to engago the attention of tho Stuffed Prophet in 1803, Wo do not rofer to politics, for although theve may bo some rudiments of politics in him, ho is not in politics, We refer to tho fat stock show will o exhibit ! Philadolphia Amorican: Here is a littlo oxamplo in tal arithmetic which tho aomocrats ¢ y solve, if they will: If Major M came within 300 votes of being elec gorrymandered congres sional district that should give 3,000 demo cratic majority, what will be his majority for governor in the state of Ohto, which is casily republican by 15,0001 s i S SPEAKING ABOUT WEATHER, Philadelphia Amorican: Speaking about the weathor, the Prophet Jeremiah scems to be doing very well for a starter. Philadoiphia Record: With tho weathor bureau on a Webb KFlanagan basis, what vaddling thore'll be for the political ducks! New York Advertiser: ‘The fame of Secre- tary Rusk as a weathor provider seems to have reached remotest Thule. Tho first na tive woman of Iceland arrived at the barge office yesterday en route for the hitherto semi-tropical regions of Dakota. Washington Post: If Secretary Rusk in- tonds to work his rain producer overtimo he should issue a bulletin on umbrella raising. These rain_balloous which Jerry sends, May yet bring forth to view A preidential ligntning streak For eighteen ninety-two. MET KIS FATE ON THE OCEAN. Wooed and Won a Bride Trans- Atlantic Linc New Yok, July 10.—The steamship ‘Thingvalla, which arrived in port yesterday, brought a couple who had mot for the first time on board of her and who wore married beforo they left the vessel. Christian Skow isa Norwogian who came to America a fow years ago and made a comfortable fortuno for himself in Portiand, Ore. Christian de- termned to spend his forty-sixth birthday in his native land and bring back u Norso bride. Heis a fine specimen of tho hardy Norwe- gian, but ho failed to flnd among the fiords of his country just the woman who ho thought would make him happy in his west- ern home. So, after a stay of thPee months in Norway, ho found himself, onJune 206, at Christiana’ on board the Thingvalla, hoart whole and a bachelor, bound for his western farm. ristian is'a man of good appetite, but at bis first dinner ho could eat_but_little. Op- posito liim at the table was his “fate,” Miss Betty Day, » woman of thirty-two, about to visit America. Sho was in’ charge of Cap- tain Lumb, commanding the vessel. As soon as dinner was over Christian asked thoe cap- tain to introduco him to his ward and things wont smoothly from the first, and so quickly that the captain, who is used to sudd gusts, had his broath taken away when with. in_twoenty-four hours tho ardent Christinn asked loavo to proposa to Miss Botty. That evoning the other passen were told by the captain that Christian and Betty wero engaged. Some ono had some myrtle leaves, id with thom a wreath was made for thd bride-clect, as is always done in Norway, aud the betrothial was carried out with ull | coremonies on board the steamship, another twenty-four hours tho couple wanted to get marriod, but there was no parson ou board and the captain, not caring to ofciate, persuaded the couple to wait ull they reached 1o “There was no timo lost whon the vessel did reach her pier at Hoboken yesterday morn- ing. Captain Lamb himself went to Mayor Stanton of Hoboken and asked him to marry the couple, Thero wero great proparations for the wedding on board the ‘Thingvalla and by b p.m. the saloon was bright with flowors, I'ho mayor was punctual to the minuto, and neither bride nor bridegroom dallied, It was a brief ceromony. Then everybody con- gratulated Mr. and Mrs. Skow and sat'down to the weddivg supper. The couplo started for Portland, Ore., last uight. It was rather a quaint wedding. Evorybody kissod overy- as tHat is the way thoy do things in - Murder, Swouvx Crry, Ia,, July 10.—Peter Butler, a young man living on a farm in Union county, South Dakota, has beon arrostod as the ro- sult of the coroner's investigation into tho killing of James Cassidy at Richland, a swmall town fitteen miles from here, on June 13 last He protests his tnnocence, but the revoiver found under the dead man was ownod by Butler and the two men were rivals for tho hand of a girl. Says Reports Were Exaggerated. Ciry or Mexico, July 10.—Dispatehes from Guatemala say tho reports of a rovolution in that country telegraphed to the United Statos and was in the act of dropping o mattross out of a second story window, RRice rushed up bebivd him sud had it wot'been for the Qa LIS from Moxico are exaggerated. Thore has been some rioting, but it was meroly tho rov sult of cleotion excitement. Highest of all in Leavening Power..--Latest U. S, Gov't Report. Baking Powder - ABSOLUTELY PURE 7