Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 19, 1893, Page 4

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Tarchuck, secrotary of THE BEE pub- Ushing company, doos solemnly swear that tho motual cirealtion of 118 DATLY HNK (or the wook ending May 13, 1503, was as follo COMPANY. Iny, May 13 Baturday, May 13 . R0, B TR C Bworn 10 before me and_subscribod @nce this I5th day of May, 150 N Average Cl reulation for April, 1803, 24,281 Tue State Printing Board is to be commended for its action in out the printing combine knocking Was the World-Herald's silence in re- gard to the attempted state printing steal a part of the price it was com- pelled to pledge the ganyg at Lincoln for its support of ho roll No., 2332 THE impeachment trial will at least sottle the question as to whether the state institutions are managed by the Board of Public Lands and Buildings or by Bill Dorgan. Up to the present time Dorgan seems to have had the best of it. FROM all parts of the country come complaints of excessive railroad rates to the World's fa It is not impossible that the financial success of the fair will be seriously endangered by the action of the railroad managers in maintaining high rates. o reform as practiced by the present administration is bearing down hard on the democratic country editors. It is now reported that the postmaster general refuses to remove even fourth-class pustmuslufl's except on the grounds of official misconduct or offensive partisanship. CIVIL servic THERE should be no occasion for alarm over the somewhat precarious condition of one of the Lincoln banks. The institution has been declared per- fectly sound by the state bank examiner, as well as by officers of Lincoln banks. It has withstood a run covering a period of three days, and is backed by all of the banks of the city. THE position of the lower Farnam street editor in reference 1o the im- peachment trial is explained largely by his connection with the lobby at Lincoln during the recent session of the legis- lature. Inorder tosecure the passage of a bill for his own personal advantage he formed an alliance with the Dorgans, Agers, Secleys, Majors and other mem- bers of the state house ring. In return for their support he agreed to sing very low in regard to the impeachment. EX-SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR JouN W. NOBLE has decided to imitate the example set by numerous aspiring statesmen of late years by settling in a territory with the object of growing into the United States senate when it shall have become a state. He has com- mitted his destiny to the future of Okla- homa, where he has purchased land and will make his home. He thinks the statehood of this territory will not be long deferred, and his ambition is to be- come one of the first senators from there. l THE Louisiana sugar planters now concede the probability that the incom- ing congress will repeal the present bounty, but hope in licu thereof that an import duty will ba authorized on the product. They would veil this tacit rec- ognition of the utility of a protective tariff, however, by the pretense that what they mostly desire is a guaranty of & permanent policy. That is one of the chief arguments that holds against con- tinual revisions of the customs schedule, Lack of confidence in its stability ren- ders commerce uncertain, BrHOLD how wicked and ugly a thing it is for political brethren to decline to banquet together in unity. The stal- warts of the California democracy as- sembled around the festal board in San Francisco the other night to aid the re- cently recounted-in demodratic repre- sentative of the Third congressional dis- trict, W. B. English, fittingly celobrate his victory. All went morrily and well until W. W. Foote, whomade a hard fight against White for the United Btates senatorship last winter, foll t» wrangling with Congressman Tom Geary over the latter’s railroad record. The finale was a blow from the ponder- ous fist of the congressman that fell on the jaw of the senatorial aspivant with the trip hammer effect of sprawling him under the table. Au indiscreet Oakland editor denounced the conquering con- gressman, when half a dozen of the lat- ter's friends fell upon him at one and the same time, and his mangled anatomy was swept up and carted home. Hos- tilities were hore suspended, but the subsequent fostal proceedings interested the Mfilpquu no more. Foote ap- peaved in court the next day “with his lamps badly smoked,” says the observant chronicler, and thus it is likely that San Francisco is also to be edified with law suit growing out of the pecul- exploits that vary the festivities of democratic banguet table. HAS THROWN OFF THE MASK. The impeached officials now on trial before the supreme court for gross care- lessnoss and shameful neglect of duty have uncovered a champion who has secretly aided them ever since the legis- lature commenced the investigation which ended with the adoption of the articles of impeachment. The fact that the latest apologist for official miscon- duct is the adolescent editor of the World-Herald will occasion no sur- prise in the minds of the people of Nebraska, who for several years have watched the erratic career of that individual with feelings of mingled curiosity and amusement. Fortified with a collection of excerpts from the editorial colums of THE BEeE printed during the state campaign last fall, this acrobatic purveyor of sophistry makes a labored attempt to prove that this paper is inconsistent in the position it has as- sumed toward the impeached officials. In support of its charges it quotes liber- ally from editorials in which THr BEE last fall discounted the sensational charges made by E. C. Rewick and de- fended the officials from what at that time seemed to boe the unjustifiable as- saulte of a disappointed place hunter. THE BEE has no apologies to make for its defense of the members of the Board of Public Lands and Buildings—a de- fense made ata time when there was every reason to beliove that they were the objects of the malicious and unwar- ranted assaults of political and personal enemics, [ts treatment of the entive matter, not only in its editorial utter- ances but in its news columns, was per- fectly fair to the public and just to the officials,. When Rewick made his first public address THE BEE refrained from publishing his charges in detail until the officials who had been attacked could be given an opportunity to publish their statemant side by side with the al- leged disclosures. The same issue of THrE I which contained Re- wick’s charges in detail also contained interviews with Attorney General Hastings, Commissioner Humphrey and Deputy Auditor Bower- man, all of whom characterized Rewi a blackmailer and a disgruntled place hunter who had offered his silence as the price of an office, The same issue also contained an interview with ex- Attorney General Leese, whose integrity had never beon challenged by any politi- cal party, in which he asserted emphati- cally that the frauds charged by Rewick were of such a natuve that the Board of PPubl’e Lands and Buildings could not, in the ordinary routine of business, have detected. ither is there anything in the atti- tude of THE BEE during the campaign to justify the charge of inconsistency. It did not suppress a single fact: but at the same time it accepted the statements made by the very men who are now on trial as true and worthy of credence. Going further, it gave the same officials the benefit of the endorsement of & politi- cal opponent in the person of ex-Attor- ney General Leese. The course of THE BEE through the entire campaign was courageous, in that it printed in detail the charges made by the enemies of the state ticket: fair, in that it cheerfully accopted as true and without reservation the statements made by the officials who had been thus publicly assailed: and loyal, in that it rendered the state ticket an honest, unqualified support, based upon an unprejudiced investigation of all the facts at that time alleged or hinted at—an investigation as complete as possibly could have been made at the time. But in its sickly attempt to score a point against the editor of THE BEE the World-Herald overreaches itself by clos- ing its apology for corruption with a gross misstatement of facts. Tt asserts, with the careless disregara for the truth which has ever characterized its edi- torial vaporings, that ‘Rosewater, as well as the general public, was informed as to these identical charges upon which the articles of impeachment were based. Nothing new has since developed which may offer as an exeuse for his change of The untruthfulness of this statement is apparent upon its face. It is a matter of record, as well as of general public in- formation, that the articles of impeach- ment were based principally upon the rveport of the cell house investigating committee, which was not presented to the legislature until late in the session. Tho investigations of the grand jury were not made until December, more than a month after the close of the campaign. The public was in blissful ignorance of the frauds per- petrated by Gorham Betts and John Dorgan until they were disclosed by the indictments of the grand jury. No one had ever heard of the transaction by which the state officials spent $500 of the people's money on a junket undertaken solely for the benefit of the prison con- tractor. The action of the Board of IPublic Lands and Buildings in appoint- ing W, H. Dorgan as superintendent of construction of the new cell house, when he was at the same time acting as the agent of the prison contractor, had never been exposed. The sharp practice by which the state was com- pelled to pay two and three prices for the material which went into the cell house had not been hinted at, as far as THE BEE or the general public know, until the legislative investigating com- mittee made its report. And yet, in the face of all these disclosures, all made after the close of the campaign, it is brazenly asserted that “nothing new has been developed.” The state officials themselves, who are now asssulting the editor of THE BEE through the columns of a paper which dare not openly express the sym- pathy for them it actually feels, have no right to believe, nor do they believe, that this paper would have defended them, much less have supported them in the campaign, had the real significance of the charges against them been known before elee- tion day. On the contrary, they kuow for an absolute certainty that Tae Beg would have opposed their election with all the strength and energy it could have commanded. But bicsuse THE BEE relied upon their truthfulness and refused to lend credence to the unsup- ported charges of a man, believed at the time to be a disgruntled place bunter, as unworthy of consideration, they now cunningly seok to shield thom- selves behind the very words of com- mendation inspired by their own un- truthfulness. That they have failed goos without the saying. A SPECK OF WAR. A speck of war has appeared on the edge of the northwestern horizon that is at least of sufficient import to have called out the United States troops from Vancouver barracks. From what can be learned of the matter it appears that the determination of the government to re- sist the intrusion of a railroad construc- tion party on the Puyallup Indian reser- vation in Washington is the cause of the appearance of the military on the scene. General Ruger ordered Captain Carpen- ter and his company of the Fourteenth infantry to expel the intruders. The road building from Tacoma into this reservation, it is claimed, is at the re- quest of the Indians themselves. They are doing the slashing and grading and say they are doing the work on their own severalties, for which they have government patents. Puyallup chiefs appealed to Major French, who assembled them on the res- ervation for the purpose of conference, that they were anxious for the railroad. They asserted their citizenship and legal rights, and insisted that there was no United States law prohibiting them from improving their own lands. The major replied, however, that as an army officer he would have to put astop to the operations, and hence his call for troops. A significant suggestion in connec- tion with the matter is the assertion of the projector of the rail- road enterprise that the Northern Pucific Railroad company is opposed to the project: that they wish this right of way for themselves, and that they have offered the Indian owners $750,000 forit. Itis probable that the Indians have been influenced in their refusal by those who arc opposed to the new line passing into the hands of this corpora- _tion, and it is just as likely that the ex- pericnced army officer who has super- on of the reservation understands the law governing the case, and has acted accordingly in protecting the rights of the aborigines. Yet if the situation is as represented by the Indians, they must have experienced a shock in having United States troops interfere with theiv novel enterprise. CLEVELAND'S LATEST INNOVATION. Grover Cleveland evidently does not belong to that class of presidents who have been content with exe ng the functions and prerogatives which per- tainexclusively to the office of chief mag- istrate, leaving the legislative branch of the government to work out in the contention and strife incident to parti- sanship, its own policies. His prede- cessors for more than a century have endeavored, with a greater or lesser de- gree of enthusiasm, to execute the laws conceived in the wisdom of congress. But few of our presidents have im- pressed their individuality upon the laws now upon the national statute books, and the people haveso long been settled in their conviction that the framers of the constitution wisely separated the functions of the executive and legisla- tive branches that they will be illy pre- pared for the startling innovations likely to be witnessed during the next session of congress. It is pretty well understood that Presi- dent Cleveland will have but little re- gard for the pledges made and the prin- ciples enunciated in the platform upon which he was elected. While he will not repudiate them, he is likely to ignore them and formulate a policy of his own to meet the great questions with which his administration is to be prominently identified. A tariff moasure is alveady being constructed under his personal supervision. The silver question will be similarly handled, and so will others. ‘When congress meets again, either in special session in September or in regu- lar session in December, Cleveland’s own personal ideas upon these questions will bo presented in the shape of bills al- ready prepared, and every effort of the administration will be bant to secure their passage. The results of Cleveland's innovation will be awaited with interest by the peo- ple of the country. It may be taken for granted that the democratic majority in 58 will not tamely submit to the al and unwarranted interference the purely legislative function. with There will doubtless be a division of the democratic majority along a new line, and we will have in congress two par- ties, the ‘‘government” and the “‘oppo- sition.” The vparty whip will give place to the government whip, and a feature so long prominent in English parliamentary tactics engrafted upon our owa congressional routine. Mr. Cleveland will doubtless spring many surprises upon his party, and his attempt to introduce new methods to the delibarations of cong s ono of them. THE establishment of shotgun quaran- tine at the town of Hugo, Colo., against the introduction of Texas cattle, shows the apprehensions that are aroused among stockmen of the district upon which it was proposed to unload the objectionable bovines, However, the prompt action of the State Veterinary Board, it is thought, will prevent any sanguinary trouble. They have sent word to inspectors at points in New Mexico, through which the cattle must pass, not to permit them to be moved further north unless satis- fied that they had passed at least ninety days in the region from which they were shipperl. If this limit can be proven the board are confident that the cattle ave harmless, and can be brought into Colorado without fear of disaster, such as swept away over 20,000 head from the Lincoln county runges alone in 1884, THE administration of the populist governor of the neighboring state of Wyoming is by no means popular. Not only is hg censpred for his official acts, but it is now charged that his too fre- quent indulgence in indiscreet verbiage is tending to bring the character of the state into disrepute. The people do not take kindly to his telling strangers that Wyoming is not a state of progress, and the sheepmen think lvz unkind of him to describe, to people 10 never saw & westery sheep ranch, the wool industry THE OMAMA DAILY BEE: FRII in the stato to be at a very low ebb, The Cheyenne Sun says that the vetoing of the stock associations appropriation bill gives cattle thioves a golden opportunity, a8 the small stock owners have absolutely no protection whatever for their cattle. But the editor is almost inclined to en- dorso the governor's estimate of the state’s progressive condition, and the reason alleged therefor is one equally applicable to other communities. “‘In all our towns there is a class of people who make their monoy in the state and buy their goods outside.” The axiomatic fact is generally recognized, and the solfish motives that lead to it arve well understood. Abstractly, doubtless, overy one hasthe right to purchase wha' le buys in the cheapest market, but pree- tically the exercise of this prerogative is not likely to prove advantagejus to the interests of the community in which one resides. To patronize home enter- prise is in the long run the wisest economy. THE proposal of Mr. Gladstone to con- fer the laureateship upon John Ruskin has elicited various opinions as to the possible motive af the premier. It is re- garded by some as an act of magnanim- ity on the part of Mr. Gladstone, since Ruskin has never been in sympathy with him politically; by others as evidence that in the opinion of the prime minis- ter the eminent art critic is the best et titled t5 this honor among the litecary men of England; and by still others that Mr. Gladstons's purpose was to bring the laureateship into contampt a3 a uss- less anachronism—the latter a most im- probable theory. It is not to be doubted that Mr. Gladstone could give, if quired, very plausible reasons for his se- lection, but one of them could not be that Mr. Ruskin is a poet. The liter: work upon which his fame rests confess odly shows him to have possessed the poetic sensibility and spirit, but his claim to be a poet, as the world under- stands that term, rests upon a small vol- ume of verse, of no great merit, written in his ear! ears. Another thing that renders this selection difficult to understand is the fact that Mr. Ruskin is 84 years old and has given up active literary work, having for several yoars been living in strict retirement. It is hardly probablo that he will accopt the honor tendered him, since it would add nothing to his fame, and he does not need the small emolument that goes with the position. A BOSTON philosopher draws an apt illustration of the impracticability of communism from the incident of thoe re- cent discovery of the clam beds at the mouth of the Delaware bay. The people have a common right to the clams, “labor being the first title to the property, and usufruct being the only title to the property in clam lands.” The discoverer of the new mine resorted to the most ingenious devices to keep his find secret, but it would out. Others hastened to the diggings, and finally a Chicago speculator offered to take the whole output at 30 cents a bushel. Then a whole army of diggers appeared, ‘‘all property rights being based upon the proposition that no man, has a right to more of this earth (below high-water mark) than he can personally occupy, cultivate and improve.” And herein is exomplified the failure of communism. Behind the speculator lies the power to legally get virtually all the clams. It is his capital which induces the diggers to voluntarily take money in lieu of clams. Thus againisevidenced the impossibility of communism ever becoming a success ‘‘until all men are born on the same level of intelligence, enterprise, energy and caste.” Editor.al Realization, Chie *go Tribune. Many an able democratic editor is bogin- ning to feel sorry already that he elected Cleveland president s TR Consecrated Chummies, Indianapolis Journal, Prosident Cleveland and William of Ger- many have the same job on hand —compelling majoritics of legislative bodies to vote as they do not wish. e Bubbles Al ne Barat. Philadelphia Kecord, The reported failures of western banks do not appear to have resulted from causes of sufficient importance to awaken more than local interest. As a rule, the banks of the country are in good condition to protect their own credit and to care for solvent customers. Bissell Blasts His oipects. St Paul Pioneer-I'ress, Postmaster General Bissoll will never be president of the United States, Any man so blind to the duties of statesmanship that he refuses to remove a southern postmaster be- cause his complexion is not_ blonde is un- worthy of a democratic nomination, in the opinion of the dominant wing of that party A Political Delusion, Globe-Democrat, Colonel Clarkson seoms to think that there is a Harrison and an anti-Harrison fac- tion in the republican party. This is a de- lusion, At this stage of the game the repub- licans are not putting anybody forward for 1896. Two or three years hence will be early enough for us to begin quarreling about can- aidates, Grover the losy, Chicago Inter Ocean, So it seems “My Commissioner” who so succossfully pulled_down the flag is to be richly rewarded. But it will be noted that he had more power delegated to him by the resident than had Minister Stevens by the stitutional authority of the government. Kings would hesitate where the president treads fearle Clearing the Decks for Kreo Tra Loutsville Coyngsr Journal, To clear the decks for freo trade we must first reform the tariff; we must study the needs of the treasury. We must select for the tax list such articlés udlyield a maximum revenue with a minimum of provectivn. With such alist providing money to meet the necessities of an economical government we can put everything elsg on the free list. Then we shall realizs Jefferson's dream, “free commerce with all uations.” Polion and ¥y Chicaya News. Webber S. Seavey,;ohief of polico of Omaha, cannot bo succassfully contradicted when he says: “Above all things divores the police force from polit A Ylolh'um:m can’t be a poli- tician and orm his duty. Politics is the matural enemy of a good pclice force," Chief Seavey expresses the unanimous opinion of all who have given the subject any thought. Until the police are made to un- derstand that interference in politics will result in their dismissal, a high degree of efficiency canuot be secured. Nothing is more demoralizing to discipline than the ve- liance placed by subordinates upon the in- fluence of men whom they have helped into office to shield them ubless it be the con- tinual scheming of their supeviors to secure promotion as a reward for political services vendered. The convention of chiefs about to be held in this city will accomplish something if it shall deviso tomo blan whereby the police can be freed from the baueful infidence of politics, BIRDS OF A FRATHER Nobraska City News: The Lincoln Jour nal is daily doing all it ean to throw discredit upon the impeachment proceedings and re- flects "l""" all connected with the vrosecu- tion ho News does not say that the state officors will be impeached, as they may bo | saved by some legal technicality, but from the evidence as published we know that there was somothing decidedly rotten in the building of the cell house, the insane asylum gement and the flour deals. We be- lieve the Journal, If it would admit any thing, will admit that fact. The Journal has waxed too rich to admit or puolish ¢ thing concerning the former state officers chuyler Herald: Up to this date enough ence has already been brought to light in the impeachment trial at Lincoln to show that the affairs of this state have been in very poor hands for many years. The Lin- coln ~ Journal is still ‘aefending the im- peached republican officials, but many of the more respectable republican papers of the state gro condemning them. That the re- publican ring, that has been in full control of the affairs of the state for over twenty years, has boen corrupt to the core thoro is no doubt. At lasta day of reckoning s at hand hose who have made it a practice o rob the public treasury for years are at last to be brought to punishmont and made to understand that the peoplo haveat least a few rights that even the members of the g. 0. p. are bound to respect. Plattsmouth Journal: The attornoys for the defense in the impeachment cases resorting to very ingeuious methods to cure thoir clients' acquittal. One of theso is the assortion that some of these charges were mado and printed last fall beforo the election, and the election resulted in the vin- dication of the officials. In other words, that the people condoned the offenses. This is very far-fetched. True, Mr. Rewick had presented certain facts relating to the asy- lum frauds, but they bore none of the char- acteristics of a judiclal examination: no- body had bean indicted, tried, convicted or acquitted on these charges, and the merits of them were little known. Further, not a word was hinted of wrong-doing in_ the building of the cell house at the peniten- tiary. The defense 1s.a great coming down from tho attitude of inunocence assured at the beginning of the trial. Grand Island Independent: There seems tobe noend to the attempts of greedy men to put their hands into the public treasuries, We haye had repeated examples of that kind in our Hall county history, we have experi- enced the same thing on a large scale in the swindles and frauds which led to the im- peachment proceedings. And now we have it again bofore our eyusin the attempts made by a combination of corruptionists, to take unjustly from the state treasury about £25,000 by State printing contracts which should give the bidders prices from two to ten times higher than they ought to be, and than ¢ have been before. The head-center of combination is the Linc , which always undertakes to get rich v tapping the state treasury. The Lincoln Journal favored the gangof state officials who are under indictment, and it is and always has been a defender of railroad ag- gressions. That such a concern is trying to make the most unjust attacks on the state treasury is not surprising at all. [ — REGISTE: Oit MIGRATE. Chicago News: The aunti-Chinese legisla- tion enacted by congress promises to boar fruit of a rather unpalatable kind. Mission- aries announce that if Chinamen are d ported from this country under the Geary law, Americans will be expelled from China. Star: It is suggestive that the one justice on the supreme bench who might havo been certainly expected to affirm the constitutionality of the Geary law— Judge Field of California—pronounce: human and violative of the constitution in every soction.” That sort of an opinion, uttered by a jurist from the Pacific coast, where the prejudice against the Chinese is most violent, is significant to say the least. St. Puul Globe: To what extent the en- forcement of this law will disturb our rela- tions with China, it is dificult to forecast. Chinese merchants, and the better class of that country are not excluded, and it scems probablo that the advantages of trade with America will prevent China from making any serious retaliatory movement. It is cer- tain that China would suffer much more by losing our trade than we would by losing its trade. Chicago Post: The supreme court’s decis- ion in the Geary Chinese exclusion case pre- cipitates a situation which promises to be very painful to this country. On the onc hand, the feacral law officers confess their inability. to enforce the act, which must therefore fall into contempt #nd breed dis- order and lawlessness. On the other hand, there is every reason to believe that the Chinese emperor will take reprisals in the manner already hinted at, by deporting all Americans from China, St. Paul Pioneer-Press: Against the ex clusion of Chinese desirous of coming to this country we have nothing to suy. But thisex-" pulsion of those who are legally here, who have been regularly admitted and are now guilty of no crime, is not only parallel to the unenlightened policies that we have con demned so severely in the case of other na- tions, but it is sure to react more disas- trously upon our own citizens and not im- probably to_involve usin a war which we should find it hard to justify. Globe-Democrat: There are about 100,000 of these people in the United States, and comparatively fow of them have complied with the provisions of the law, having been assured by their friends and advisers that it would be declared null and void. The dis- crimination against them is direct and abso- lute and the court says that it is constitu- tional. They have no chance of appeal to another tribunal. The case is finally set- tled, and they must abide the consequences, whatever may be thought of the act in point either of justice or of expedience, Chicago I'Tibune: Its immediate and uni- versal enforcement, however, is clearly out of the question if the Chinese laborers per- sist in their refusal to register, even after taken into court, owing to the fact that not enough money was appropriated by the last congress 1o cover the expense of deporting any large number of the Celestials. That does not make it any the less the duty of the ofticers of the Treasury department to go ahead and arrest Chinese who are found in this country without a certificate, and to take them before a judge so that their cases may be heard. Chicago Herald: Tt is not improbable thay this decision which affirms the validity of the Chinese exclusion and deportation act will beresented by China. American mer- chants and missionaries in China may look for a similar edict of deportation. The Chinese government may cut off commercial intercourse. Diplomatic intercourse may also cease. The Chinese government, ac- cording to this decision, has a right to shut out Americans and o send away Americans now there. It is Jmulblu that the dema- gogues who procured the enactment of this cruel law and others like it may have over- shot their mark. . NEBRASKA AND NEBRASKANS, Oakland’s schools will graduate a class of seven scholars June 9. The Spring Ranch mill, built in 1878, has been destroyed by fire, causing a loss of 5, A camp of Modern Woodmen of America has been organized at Hubbell, with twenty charter members, About 75,000 pike and half as many Ger- man carp have been dv(mslwd in the lake at Oakland by the state fish commission. John Bradford, well known as the starter of several papers in Nebraska towns, has begun the publication of the Reporter at Bethany, Lancaster county. Eileven head of horses perished in a fire which destroyed the barn of John Jansen near Jansen. The flames are supposed to have been of incendi origl 1t is reported that General L. W. Colby has sold sixteen of his young Arabian horses to @ circus. He still retains possession of Zintka Lanuui, or the waif of Wounded Knee. A Columbus laundryman of the pigtail persuasion has offerea a reward of a year's washing for the conviction of the thief who stole his watch and the return of the property. Mrs. Caroline Aunderson of Omaha has brought suit agaiust Metz Bros., saloonists at Loulsville, for $5,000 damages for selling liguor w her husband, which resulted in his failure in business. A stranger hired a team of John Howard, @ Fairmont liveryman, five days ago, and, as no trace has been found of the rig or the driver, the conclusion has been reached that the stranger was a thief, | vidiculously tow fig FARE TO THE FAIR. AURORA, Neb, May 17.—To the Fditor of ‘ine Ber: Your editorial, “Lower Rates Demanded,” strikos tho right place. Rates are too high and wo all know it, and like many others proposs to wait till they come down, or stay away. We have arranged a party of seven, but before we will pay them 200 for tickets we atay at home. No doubt thousands are in the same state of mind When the railiroad companies got to fighting cach other they can put rates iko & to San n- cisco and other fornia points ach year they make rates at 1cent amile to encampments and such places. Ono rate for the round trip will bring mora money than the present rate. Had they placed the rate at one fare at_tho opening of the exposition, instead of 14,000 to 20,000 per day they would have twico that, Now people are waiting for lower rates and when they come, for como thoy must. there will bo such a rush to Chicago that everything will be packed full Let the railroad companies understand that the people mean “no reduc no transpor- tation.” PERSONAL AN Miss Eloanor Calhoun, grandneice of John C. Calhoun, is making some stir as an actress in Paris. Mrs. Angelo, a )-year-old residont of Port dads, La., was devoured by alligators in ad- jacent swamps. A Pittsburg invontor of a boar trap is fully convinced of its merits. The first trial snapped off his log. There is a real substantial side to fictio Mrs. Amelia Barr makes from $10,000 to 000 a year from her literary work. Henry M. Stantey says he has no intention of returning to Africa. He will be a candi- date for a seat in the British Parliament at the next election Dr. Conan Doyle, the novelist, bogan life as an eye spocialist, but his groat success as a story teller has irduced his abandonment of the former profession. Dr. Doyle was boru in Edinburgh in 185 Frederick Waltoer, GENERAL. Philadelpina lens- grinder, whose poverty stricken appear- ance appealed to the charitable, died recently, leaving stocks and bonds and cash in bank of the aggregate value of 851,506, In the bright lexicon of the avariciou: yer there is no such word as honesty. estate of tho late Rich pssup of San Francisco, valued at $140,000, omipletely absoibed in four years by the lawyers o. the young herr. Colonel John Tosby, the famous ex-con- federate guerilla, is rly 60, and his hair is nearly white, but he stands as straight as an arrow, walks with a firm step and s s to be full of vigor. He1s practiciug law in San Francisco. Adjutant General T\ week, though se th rmy, bearin; nd being several times brevetted for meritorious and distinguwishad services, was never in a battle, The mayor of Chicago 1s a man of bright idcas. When he wants to firo a persistent oftice hunter who abhors a barber he puts a lighted match to his whiskers, and allows the lake breezes to fan the conflagration as the owner ry des from view. ¢ runs to quantity re- 10 be sury 5 Examiner, nounces a Columbian_edition of 125 pages. Less bulk and more brains would be a de- sirable diversion in the big cities. Kaiser Wilhelm is now said to pass a good deal of time waundering about Berlin in dis- guise. Ho is reported to have gone through the Hebrew quarter of the city recently in the guise of & Hebrow poddler and to havo discussed the condition of the Hebrews with a groat number of the working class of the race. The Infanta Isabella, aunt of the young king of Spain, excels in all outdoor sports and oxervises. She leads shooting parties in the royal preserves and brings down part- ridges, woodoock, hares and rabbits. She rides after hounds in the solitary, rough country around Madrid and is often the first at tho death of a fox. The Maharajah of Bhownugger is the lion of the hour in London. He 18 an oriental potentate who has traveled from India to England to attend the opening of the Im- perial institute and to fultill a long cherished desire of paying personal homage to the queen and empress. He is an enlightened young man of 35, who is considered one of the most benevolent of the native rulers of India, having spent 5,000,000 in charities. Comparing the paid admissions to the World's fair for the first twelve days with the first twelve of the Centennial, shows an increase for the former of 225, On the opening day in Philadelphia, May 10, 1876, the attendance was 76,172; opening day in Chicago. 120.200. The receipts at the World’s fair so far do not meet the expenses. Running expenses aro estimated at $45,000 per day, requiring 90,000 paid admissions daily to make both enas meet. THE BERING SEA PROSPECT. Mew vork Sun, Put on the gloves, said Morgan; ‘And Russell put thom on, And'straightwiy went for Morgan ‘As sluggors oft huve gone. But Morgan and his backers Aro standing up like moen. They find somehow thatslugging Is mightier than the pen. And Uncle Sam I3 watcling Tho deeds his statesmen do, And if ho finds them weak'ning, He'll tako a hand there, t0o Ana it he dogs, by thunder— (RIS IS PR e R Rally R | A s iy W—-H-0-0-P >! ! LOOKS LTKE ANOTHER DELA' Oontract for the Omaha Postoffice Work i Not Yot Awarded, BY NUMEROUS COMPLICATED BIDY As a Resnlt of the Misunderstanding in thy Specifications a New Proposition is Requested by Arehiteots teo Settle the Matter, 518 FOURTEENTH STREET, Wasuivaros, D, C., May 18 There scoms 1o bo a tie-up on the letting] of the contract for the Omaha postoftice Geddis, Seorlie & Co. of Denver, who ard constructing the new public building Kansas City, were the lowest bidlers whie complied with the spocifications, but the con tract has not been awarded them, and Super § vising Architect O'Rourke, who has thi matter under considoration, now sa may bo sevoral days before the contract i awarded. Thero seoms to be no doubt that some§ complications havo arisen to delay mal ters. At the timo the bids were read, Mr, Seerlie, who was present, objected to the reading of bids for li tone or sandstone! construction because these did not comply with the specifications, Ho was informeq by an ofMcial in the architoct's oftice that) the law required that every bid should by read. Mr. O'Rourke intimated today to} Tue Ber correspondent that thore scomod} to bo so many different kinds of material€¥ proposed in tho bids as to complicate mate ters general 3 It is possible that there may be a readverd tisement for bids, but hardly probable. Often when complication arises through | anding in tho spocitications, ete. new bids are requestod to settle the matter, | It 1s the belief here, though, that in the end cerlio & 0. will havo the contract. 4 Wasnivarox Brareav or tne Beg, } Westor 'enslons, 4 o following pensions granted are res od J Origmal—Ninnian D, Nicho J, Lowe. Increaso—Richard Powell, § Origmal, widows, ote.—Judith A. Parker, § minors of Cornelius Linchan, Original— Charles H, Blakslee. Re m Foster. Orig- { inal, widows, ete. D Pyles, Juliana Leonh ennie 1. Denni: Al Christopher Additional-—John se-—Joh lomas Goodloo, Vogol 2 Riggin, Peter Quinn. Edwards, Original, Holdsworth, Sarah Heber, Orig- | arles sue—Charles C. Danner, viginal, widows, ete.— | 2 Howard, Elins Evan Sarah Ellis (mother), Polly 4 Widows, Indian swars—Al« Samuel Loui Isthoer 1 “Tripp (mother.) mira Ames South Dakota: fors. Original Dike. Secrotary Morton made tho following ap- pointments today for the bureau of animal industry ut South Omuha: David Rush to be cleric at §00; Philip Smith, to bo tagger at §70. P.S. H. Reissue—Charles T, Jef- widows, ete.—Martha C. ——— FLASHES OF FUN. Chicago Tribune: *“That what! I call rotty hard lines,”” mused the young man in E‘nu, l{mklng dejectedly at the parallel iron ars in his narrow cell'window. iy Lowell Courfor: Tho man who patronizos bars often has trouble with his gait. { Chicago Tnter Oc porous plaster can cure biim of stattoring? . octor—Yes: whon he comos to tako 1t off he will swear right along without stopping. “Do you think a Washington Star: \Who sags that woman's work Js never dun" said Cholly Chipking® landlady as she applied for his room rent. Statesn “Are cable cars hy?" asks an exchange. As amatter of neighbor, the grip never made its ap= pearancs in this country until the introduce tion of the cable curs. Yonkors Chicugo Record: Bolle—That vhotographer made n horrid picture of me, Her Brother—But he did fobly with the mas terial hie had to work on. 't expect a good deal Troy PPress: You ca y from & poor card player. Philadelphia Record experimented with a Wagnor music 18 bolng rain-producer. Buffalo Courier: Tho el a loafer. He firmly bel urning bis dust. atlonlst 13 never 05 in every man New Orleans Pleayune: Rain Las no respect for the baso ball pliyer. 1t falls upon the Just and the unjust; and also upon the umpire. “How was it Miggs had to pay 81 for a cup of coffee?” “Woll, you soe he stuttors, and they charged 10 for ‘every time he repoated the word coffee.” Inter Ocean: WHAT A FALL THERE WAS. Boston Courier. A dude through a theater alslo Trippod along with u satisfied smisle ‘And a confidont mion That reflected, I wien, A conceit of his rayishing stisle. Butho trippod on a lurking chapoau,s Shot forward u furlong or soau, And the gathered debris Of the same secmed to bis Like a relic of long, long agesu. We're Cleaning Up You've no idea what a relief it will be when BROWNING, KING Largost Manufasturors anl Rasullacs 2 of Clothing la thy Worll those everlasting hammers get out of the store. For years we've been hampered for room and for weeks we've been hammered for more room—andnow we've got it — then comes the cleaning up. We'll be ready to show off our new room in a few days now. We're so glad to get done that we feel like as if we might present a house and lot to those who come to the grand opening in a week or so—provided they don't say anything about hammers—and speaking of hammers reminds us that we're hammering out a lot of suits, the prices on which have been hammered down to the lowest ebb. BROWNING, KING & CO., . 1 Blore open every eventugull 6.3 urday w0 | 8. W. Cor, 16th and Donglas Sts.