Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 31, 1893, Page 4

< ) i ! b 8 t i THE DAILY = cmmcm st e E. ROSEWATER, Editor. ERY MORNING M8 OF 5['“.‘“[“”[5- Jally Beo (without Sunday) One Year.. 8 8 00 Batty rd SNARY, Ono FoRe. 1or.ree 10 00 ix Sonths . o 1] Three Months .\ 2 Sandny Beo, Ono Year 200 'm ay Bée, One Yeur. 150 ly Bee, Ono Year 100 OFFICES, Omaha, The Beo Bullding. fouth Omaha, corner N and 20th Streots. Councll Blwirs, 12 Penrl Stroet, Chicago Office, 317 Chamber of Commeree. pivew York, Kooms 13, 14" and 15, Tribune fuliding. Washington, 518 Fourteenth Strect CORRESPONDENCE. All communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressod: To the Editor. BUSINESS LETTERS, tors and remittances should to Thoe Bee Pablishing Co mpany, fts, checks and postoffic orders piyuble to the order of the com- Partics o huye the Bre s order at this of THE Ity for the summer can cir nddress by leaving an BEK PUBLISHING COMPANY. Georgo 1, Mshing company, do wotunl cirealation of ending Muy 75, 1583, was as follow, Sunday, Moy 21 Bonany, uy 2 2. v, Moy 4. May 2. Eworn 1o before mo and subscribed 1n my pros once this Ath day of May, 18w, N P ¥uIL The Hso in Tur DALY and Suspay Bee Is on sale in Chieago at the following places: Palmer houso, Grand Pacific hotel. Auditorium hotel. Great Northern hotol. Gore hotel 2 BEE oan bo scon at the Ne- g and the Administration build- e, Exposttion grounds, wo big conventions which semble here this week will neither ovi tax Omahe’s welcome her hospi- tal THE route sed canal be- tween Fremont and Omaha is being ex- amined by expert civil and hydraulic engineers. Publicinterest in the project will largely depend upon their report. nov A MAN who hesitates to condemn what he knows to be wronyr is not entitled to respectful consideration. A magistrate who hesitates to condemn whathe knows t0 bo wrong invites popular exceration. GOVERNOR NELSON of Minnesota makes the announcement that every state and territory in the union will have delegations in the anti-coal com- bine convention except New York and Indiana THE weather is now favorable for building and all kinds of outdoor work. There is no reason why the city improve- ments in the shape of grading, paving = gmd sewer building should not be pushed with vigor. THE railroads are alrveady filing schedules with tho State Board of Transportation showing higher rates on outshipments of grain. - The should not be outdone in a mere matter of courtesy, but should promptly file schedules with the railroads, showing lower rates. A MINERAL palace is projected at Deadwood, for the purpose of attrac:ing visitors from the World's fair. The Hills country is immensely rich in mineral wealth, and the enterprise, if accomplished, would no doubt advertise the fact to the world, and thereby ad- vance the development of her limitless natural resources, MORMON missionaries are vigorously engaged in proselyting in San Francisco. According to the Clall, they have camped in that city in the hope of sending to Salt Lake a full 2,000 men and women, who will work in the Mormon vineyards and flelds and worship in their temples. The ultimate purpose, it is alleged, is a polit- ical one. This invasion has excited con- siderable agitation in the Pacific metro- polis. But we fail to see how it can be prevented. IT COMES from a source that is consid- ered authoritative that at the suggos- tion of Mr. Cleveland himself Senator Allison of Towa has had a conference with the president respecting the finan- cial sitnation. The impression is that the president indicated to him that he .was going to call congress together and probably earlier than August. There is Just a possibility that an, extra session will be convened early next month, so #olicitous is Mr. Cleveland to do some- thing to overcome the present financial stringency. THE project engineered by Ignatius Donnelly to have elevators built by the state for the benefit of the farmers of Minnesota is at a deadlock. The attor- ney general rules that by the terms of the act the olevator must be built out of the profits of the business. As no busi- ness can be dono until the elevator is built there are no profits, Contrasting entorprise is that exhibited by the farmors of the eastorn section of the state of Washinguon. They have already built their own elevators and are about 1o build another large one at a terminal point for loading upon vessels. Here is an object lesson from which, however, Mr. Donnelly, with his socialistic vagueries, will not learn — e LUMBERMEN overywhere are inter- ested in the through tariff just estab- lished by the Great Northern railroad feom North Pacific coast terminals to the Atlantic seabourd via West Superior, The rate is 40 cents per 100 pounds on fir lumber and 50 cents on other lumber, s, shingles, fence posts and wood tank material to the lavter terminus. Thence additional rates varying from 32 cents to Baltimore w 35 cents per 100 pounds to Boston are made. The north- west timbermen are congratulating each other cn the impotus this action is likely to give their business and tho people of the country may, for the time being at least, hope to get lumber for something approximating a fair price unless the syndicates step in to control the market. 'BEE. | board - A VERY MARKBD DIFFERENOR. This paper has cortalnly made itself clearly understood regarding the differ- erenico botweon the functions of the su- preme oourt acting in its primary capao- ity as a tribunal to interpret the state constitution as to the valldity of leglsla- tion and as a court of appeals 1n oases of error in the civil and oriminal courts and the supreme court sitting as a court of impeachment. In one case the functions of the court are purely judicial and limited by technicalities. In the other case the courtacts as & tri- bunal to pass in review conduct of per- sons chargedwith misdemeanors in office. But there are none 8o blind as those who will not see. The helmsman of the Lincoln Journal, who has a horror of impeachments, persists in asserting that he cannot comprehend the difference between 4 criminal trial and & trial under impeachment. For his information and all others who have taken exceptions to the treatment of the impeached officials by Tue Brgk, we will endeavor to make the distinction clear. When a person under indictment for a criminal offense Is placed on trial he is hedged about by all the safeguards the law throws around an individual whose person and property are in jeopardy. He is presumed to be innocent until he is proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and that doubt Is not to be removed by any plea that the party was in position to prevent somebody else from committing the crime. In other words it must be shown beyond a doubt that the crime charged against him was knowingly and wilfully perpetrated individuallyor as an aceessory. In trials under impeachment a much wider latitude is given and conviction or acquittal is arrived at by an entirely different process of reasoning. A public officer lays himselt liable to impeach- ment for failing to perform certain acts as well as for performing them cor- ruptly. Tt is not necessary to prove be- yonu a reasonable doubt that an official charged with misdemeanor has been guilty of dishonest acts in the perform- ance of his duties, but it is sufficient to show that his methods of doing business were such as to foster corruption and entail losses upon the state by his neglect to exercise reasonable care and diligence. In other words the court of impeachment has a broader scope than a criminal court. Its func- tions are to determine whether under the testimony produced the conduct of the officials can be justified, and whether they are safe and trustworthy custodi- ans of publie property and public funds. In reaching a conclusion the court is not hampered by technicalities or restrio- tions, but free to reach its conclusions after taking into accountall the circum- stances, both as to what tho officers have done and what they have failed to do when it was their sworn duty to do it. CANADIAN RAILROAD COMPETITION. The committee on interstate com- merce of the United States senate will soon begin to hold meetings throughout the country to investigate three trans- portation problems of urgent importance ~—the long-and-short haul, the pooling question and the matter of Canadian competition. Tt is expected that the committee will be able to report early in the session of the next congress, and it is thought to be probable that there will be some legislation designed to change the conditions under which the railroads of Canada compete with those of the United States, to the material ad- vantage of the former. The report of the Canadian Pacific railway company for 1892, just made pub- lie, has doubtless been read by American railway managers with whose roads that company competes, with some degree of envy. It is an exhiblt of prosperity which hardly any road in the United States could make. It shows net earn- ings for the year of over $8,000,000 and a surplus at the end of the year of nearly $7,000,000. The business of the road in- creased largely over the two preceding years, notwithstanding the unfavorable conditions of a light harvest and the low prices for wheat prevailing in the world's markets. This increase of Dbusiness came not from com- mercial development in Canada, but from the growth of transportation of merchandise over the Canadian Pacific between points in the United States. Under the privileges 1allowed that road by this government its traffic between American points is steadily increasing, and of course what the Canadian line gains American lines lose. The foreign corporation is unhampered by any legal restrainments. 1t is not compelled to conform to any system of regulations. It is under no arbitrary control. Its managers are free to make what rates they will, regardless of long-and short-haul conditions. Being thus unre- stricted it is enabled to successfully com- pete with the Amarican roads for tra fie that maturally belongs to the latter, with ,such liberal benefits to itself as the flgures of last year's business attest. That this is so is shown in the statement that the “Soo” line, controlled by the Canadian Pacific, made a large increase in gross earnings and profits for the year, and therve i8 now projected a branch line which when construoted will give the Canadian Pacific the shortest line between Chicago and the northwest and the Pacific coast, thereby increasing its facilities for compotition with Amer- ican roads. This aggressive corporation is strengthening itself in other direo- tions and is steadily making itself more formidable as a competitor to American transportation interests, both on the ocean and on land. The problem of how to deal with this competition %0 as to do justico to all American interests involved has been undor consideration for years and a solu- tion seems no nearer than when the dis- cussion begun. Soveral years ago the senate committee on interstate m- merce made an investigation of the sub- jeet, covering the same ground, doubt- less, that will be gone over this summer, and submitted a report to congross which set forth the disadvantages to which the American roads were sub- jected, but nothing was done by way of providing a remedy. The executive de- partment of the government has for yoars given the matter more or loss consideration without reaching any couclusion as to what s best to be done. The difficulty in the way of any radical mensures is the fact that the woers of the northwest and the maniifaoturers of New England are uncompromisingly opposed to any polloy toward the Can- adian roads which would destroy or greatly restriot the competition from which the people of those seotiona derive material benefit {n lower rates of trans- portation than they could probably get if compelled to be dependent wholly or largely upon American lines. Thopres- ent senate committee on interstato com- merce willdoubtless find as the result of its Investigation that public sentiment in the northwest and New England has not changed In relation to this question. —— THE RATE OF EXCHANGE. A merchant at any town of importance in the west may purchase a draft at a local bank and mall it to the jobber in metropolitan cities to whom he is in debt for a consignment of goods. Or, he may ship the money by express or buy an ex- press money order, for which he must pay a regular rato of exchange. Should he be compelled to purchase a postoffice money order, he must pay a fixed rate to cover the cost of transmission of the money. For the bank draft he pays as a rule a much less rate of exchange. In purchasing a draft the merchant escape¢ any risk that may attend the shipment of the money,which risk is assumed by the bank. There is also some expense to the country bank in its correspondence with the exchange bank respecting each transaction and for clerk hire in keeping the books of accounts. The nominal rate of exchange that prevails all over the country is not excessive. Without it the business world would be deprived of a most con- venient and safo means for the liquida- tion of debt. Bankers throughout the stato of Kan- sas have recently adopted the new ruling of the Kansas City Clearing House asso- clation to govern the charges for drafts and checks on out-of-town banks. The attorney general of that state has taken the matter up and sces in it a gigantic trust of banks for the oppression of the people. He threatens to cause the arrest of every banker who dare charge a rate of exchange for the transmission of money, and declares that the ruling of the ciearing house is in direct violation of the anti-trust law of Kansas. It will be difficult indeed for any fair- minded man to see the forco of the attorney general’'s reasoning or the wisdom ot his action. Suppose he can sustain his position that the action of the banks is in violation of the anti-trust law, which is not probable, can he in- voke any law that will compel a banker to transmit money for & patron without charge? The action of the Kansas banks is directed solely to the establish- ment of & uniform rate of exchange. Their right to make charges for the exchange or transmission of money has never before been contested. The unprecedented move of the attor- ney general of Kansas is attracting a great deal of attention in business circles throughout the west. It is said to have been born of the deep-rooted antipathy in the minds of the people of that state toward tlie banker and money lender. The farmer has been led to believe that the banker is his natural enemy and must ba put down at any cost. It is not at all improbable that the rashness of the attorney generalis due to the preva- lence of this sentiment, and that he is nursing a political ambition. It is not at all likely, however, that any state of- ficial can overturn or revolutionize a commercial system of exchange that is universally recognized to be both legiti- mate and sound. THE European correspondents are again talking of the prospect of war, One report is that Emperor William, on the occaslon of his visit to Rome, told the pope that he was determined upon war and would give no heed to the pope's pleading against war. It seems hardly possible that the kalser oould have sald anything so obviously indis- creet, particularly in view of the fact that his argument for the army bill was that its passage would be in the inter- o8t of peace, but the emperor has not at all times a prudent command of his tongue, so that the statement cannot be treated as incredible. Another report is that the popular feeling in Germany regards war as the possible outcome of the present political situation. Mani- festly the conditions in the German em- pire aro extremely perplexing and it is apparent that the government is sparing no effort to impress upon the popular mind that great danger will confront the nation if the army 1is not strengthened. There is plainly, how- ever, an inconsistency between the re- ported talk of the emperor at Rome and that of the finance minister of the em- pire, which may fairly be presumed to represent the sentiment of the kaiser at home. The correspondents agree that no safe prediction can be made regarding the outcome of the election, 80 numerous are the parties and complicated the situation, but the consensus of opinion is that in the event of the election going against the government the emperor will not hesitate to adopt extraordinary meas ures to ecarry out his purpose to strongthen the army. THE financial situation doss not grow brighter from day to duy, notwithstand- ing the reassuring opinions recently ex- pressed by eminent authorities on mon- etary affaivs. On the other hand, there does not seem to be any very strong rea- son for the great apprehension which somu persons are reported to feel. The country will doubtless lose more gold and the outflow may continue for the next three months, but no reasonable estimate of the amount likely to go out of the conntry in that time need create a fear that our gold supply will not still remain sufficient to maintain the parity of the currency and the eredit of the government. In the autumn, there is every reason to expeet gold will begin to return, and we ought to get back the larger part if not the full amount of the year's exports. The real embarrassment of the situation, how- ever, is not 8o much from the gold move- ment as from the contraction of credits due to loss of confidence. The process of liguidation going on, the end of which no one can see, has produced an extraor- dinary feeling of caution, but even as to thia 1t 18 to bo o od that in any ovent the real capital ot the country will not be Impaired nor wilt.any of ita re- sources bo lost. The cdre and conserva- tlam now belng generally exercised will, we belleve, avert an in the nature of a orisis, admitting {hat there has ever been any real danger of fuch an outoome to the financlal distprbance. At such times as this the tendenoy is far too common to exaggerata the diffioulties of the situation. e S ————— 1T 18 sald to be th thtention of the war department to make some changes whioh will be in the* nature of reform, in the detall of militaty éttachos at the sevoral foreign legations. Some of the officers now on this service have boen abroad for four or more years, and in such cases changes will be made. It is the opinion of the war department that an officer of more experience and higher rank than a second lieutenant should be sent to the principal military powers, and a3 & consequence a number of changes will be made in our mili- tary representation abroad. It is not proposed to do away with any of those details, but to improve them, for the fact is recognized that the military and naval officers sorving at the foreign le- gations have performed valuable ser- vices in reporting to the government the progress made in ordnance and other matters pertaining to the two branches of the military service, and their reports are being published and sent out through the bureaus of intelligence of the War and Navy departments to the two national academies and the schools of application established for the instruction of young officers of the navy and army. In addition to the valuable information secured by these officers for the government the personal experience and knowledge ac- quired of foreign countries adds materi- ally to their efficiency in their profes- sion, and it is contemplated to extend this service and 8o organize it as to in- sure the best possible results. THE supreme court’s opinion uphold- ing the constitutionality of the Geary law has placed a new phase on the re- lations herotofore existing between the Chinamen and the Six Companys. The latter have always exercised su- preme authority over the coolies in this country, and extorted a large amount of money from them upon the protense that they intended to protect them against the operation of the exclusion act. It is generally understood that a very small portion of the total amount thus contributed by the Chinese went to pay for legal expensed in' contosting the constitutionality of the law, and that the six companies appropriated several hun- dred thousands of dollars, to their own exchequer. Now the Chinese are en- raged at what they torm the imposition in exacting from them ‘the payment of money to no purpose, and at having been induced to allow. thb period of rog- istration to go by and be thereby ren- dered liable to deportation. The coolies have revolted against’ théir further ex- ercise of assumed authority, and it is ap- prehended that the “highbinders, who would as soon assassinate the heads of the Six Companys as §' common coolie, if they see profit or plunder therein, may by induced to put their dread tactlcs in operation. THE investigation into the books of the suspended bank at Ponca is said to reveal a startling state of affairs. It is « matter of surprise that an investiga- tion after a bank fails will.reveal crook- edness when an investigation before its failuro made by the same examiners seems to show everything tobe all right. Thore must be something radically wrong either with the present system of bank examination or with the exam- iners. A Timoly Suggestion, New York Kecorder, The best thing Mr. Cleveland can do is to oTn the whole platform aside and go it alone, —_— A Good Work. Nebraska City News. There is not & person defending the of- cers who would have kept them in their em- ploy fifteen minutes after thoy learned how affairs were conducted, and why should not the state's intorests bo as well cared for as those of private persons. Call the bringing of the men to justice and exposing thelr methods “‘maa partisanship” or what you will, & good work has been accomplished. Where Investments Pay, Globe-Demoerat, Australia 1310 worse condition than the United States was in when the panio of 1887 began, and a longer time will doubtless be required for recovery than occurred here, but recovery will come. Meanwhile the British investors who suffered in Australia, as they did previously in Argentine, will find it to their interest to place their money hereafter in United States properties, —_————— Prosperity Staved O, Kansas Otty Journal, ‘The as<urances of democrats that existing business troubles are the result of causes started under the previous administration do not agree with their former promises that prosperity would greatly increase when the democracy came fnto power. The country has been in a position to count with certuinty on democratic rulo for nearly soven months now, and ought to be showing some signs of the greater prosperity, e Stop Buying P'ig Sliver, Buffalo Courler, The first aud most TmySerious duty that will confront congress.wpon meeting in the autumn will be that of repealing the silver law of 1890 aud stoppfn te monthly pur- chases of plg silver. The gperation of that law has brought the country to s point where foreign confidence in the ability of the United States to maintain xfl? nfymeuu has be- come impaired and where dlstrust has begun to disturb commerolal conditions in this coun- try. It is encouraging to note the fact that even in quartars wheré™the* free silver craze has been dominant h""%“,‘rm the opinion s gaining ground that thi sed purchase of sllver bullion has been a failure and should be stopped, 3 —————— The Wyoming Oil Region. Denver Kepublican, The Wyoming oil flels Fe attracting the llwb!‘ll'i)lfn u{ lI‘lB capital - lr: it l|l hl;fghl probable that as soon &s that locality is \,up‘)al by the Northwestern road a great dea! of development work will be done. Fheru 1s evidence going to show tlat the ol re- sources of Wfimmlnu surpass those of Pen sylvavia. The formation Is said to ros ble that of the oil n%lon on the Casplan s where it has been shown that an enormous tity of ofl exists, and from which Rus- s 8U| is drawn. But the Wyoming oountry has been developed to only a small extent. It has been lmpracticable to do aoything with the oil \hat might be taken trom the wells, for the locallty is too far from any railrosd. There has been more or less talk about constructing a pipe line, but nolhlnghhns come of these profects. Doubt- less 1t has been thought that the expense of coustructing sud operating such s line would not be justified by the amount of oil which could be sold in the westeru market, But Matters will be different when the ol IS tappea by the Northwestorn rond. Tt it may bo m“““hl': hip ol from Wyo- 1801 ming as far as tho river, if not to the Mlnluln‘{vl. in competition with that which s supplied from wells in tho onst. Probably the use of ofl for fuel will becomo more common in the future, and this would, of courss, Incrense the market demand. It would bo especlally so of the Wyoming oil, whioh is of a heavy kind, well adapted for use as fuel, —_———— BlaMng and OMeoholding. Buffalo inquirer, A large number of the men appointed to offico take occasion to state that thoy are los- ing money 1n accepting the positions offered them. They possessn high sense of publ duty, however, and will not pormit moneta: considerations to stand in the way. Tho fact Is that the majority of these peoplo aro bluffing. Tho average ofMceholder: did not aceept the position with the knowledge that he was going to lose money. There aroe not 80 many mon making $10.000 and 0,000 o yoar as theso appotutees would lead the pub- licto suppose. — It Reats with the Court. Howells Journal. The impeachment caso now rests with the supreme court, tho arguments having been closed on Wednesday, after four weeks of continual labor on the part of the lawyers, For tho first time in the history of Nebraska tho supreme court sits as a court of impeac ment and it is ashame that {t has to be so, as it reflects upon the good name of our fair state, It is expectod that the court will re- port their findings at no very early day, owing to the great amount of tostimony to be reviewed and the large numbor of legal authorities that have boen presented. ResadiS-eink by Glve Him a Chance. Butler County Press. The democratio papers over the state are oll trylng to discourage Mr. Rosewater's efforts to purify the republican party. They are all agreed on one point—that it can’t be done—that there would be nothing left, except the memory of Lincoln and a few old heroes, in whose name they have committed many crimes. On the principle that *it is better tohave loved and lost, than to have nover loved at all,” our advice is to give Mr. Rosewater whatever encouragement we can. His offorts are a good thing for the state and common honesty. If his efforts prove to be misdirected, they will not be without good effect, to say the least. The wrong on taxpayers have been committed, and if Mr. Rosewater cannot reform his own party, the people will find men in other parties whom they wili trust. —_————— Gizantic Trust Fallure, Philadelphia Tunes. The failure of the Whisky trust, which was one of the most gigantic of its kind, is due to two causes which clearly foreshadow the fate of all similar organizations a‘xresfl those protected by tariff laws or which apply to articles of comparatively limited produc- tion. A representative of one of the with- drawing firms intimated that the prosecution of the trust by the attorney general of the United States under the Sherman anti-trust law would have proved fatal to it, as it was clearly in violation of the provisions of that law. The Sherman law apples with equal force to ail combinations in restraint of trade and the dissolution of the Whisky trust in advance of any decree of the court upon this subject probably foreshadows the like retire- ment ot all trust combinations when they are resolutely attacked by the authorities. E e The Alr Line Conventlon. Philadelphia Record. The populists of various western states will hold a convention in Lincoln, Neb., early in June for the purpose of booming the scheme for a railroad from Bismarck, N. D. to Galveston, Tex., which they hold would enable them to market their grain more cheaply than it can be dono at the present time, and also to find reciprocal markets in South America. Notwithstanding their confidence in the proposed enterprise as a business investment. it {s noticcable that the populists are not manifesting any active interest in subscribing for the capital stock, as they are of the opinion that the states should own and operate tho line. As n means of ameliorating the depressed condi- tion of the agricultural interests this pro- posed railway to the Gulf is scarcely less vislouary than was the agricultural sub- treasury scheme. But the proceedings of the convention will be worth watching, 1f only to seo.what to extremes honest natures may be misled by their enthusiasm. e R Hawattan Annexation in & Nutshell, Judge Thomas M. Cooley, in the June Forum, * It 1s perfectly manifest that unless we are to treat the American and English settlers upon the islunds as persons entitled to establish for themselves iustitutions at will, regardless of the wishes of the remainder of the peonle, we cannot for a moment sanc- tion what is proposed: but if we make the recognition and give offect to thefr will by receiving the Yroposed gift, we are bringing incongruous elements into & union never framed to receive them, and we are justify- ing an extension of the constitution formed for the government of a uniou of harmonious and contiguous states of the North American continent, so as to bring under its rule as a part of that union countries inhabited by races radically differentin physical and also in mental characteristics to those by and for whom the unlon was established, in whatever quarter of the globe we may find them, e —— PEOPLE AND THINGS. Receipts are now a lap ahead of expenses at the World’s fafr. It will cost #5000 to tow the Columbus caravels to Chicago. Philadelphia will explode about $25,000 in an old fashioned Fourth of July. A sugar dish owned by Mrs, I K. Smith of Roswoell, Ga., has been in use by her family for over 100 years. A covey of 216 snakes have been found in South Cavolina. This, too, before the state saloon is 1n full blast. London correspondents intimate that Queen Victoria's mind is waning. How the news affects Albert Edward is not stated, 'l‘wcmf'-s(x hundred and forty immigrants landed in Baltimore during April. They brought with them in ready money 849,688, June 14 is coming to the front ns a candi- date for holiday honors. 1t is known as flag day, the anniversary of the date when the stars und stripes were officially declared by congress the colors of the United States. The widespread plucking of dupes by the Iron Hall has a counterpart in the operations of endowment socleties in Massachusetts, Out of $12,000,000 collected from members, $4,000,000 stuck to the palms of the officers, A profound wailof regret fllled Missouri when it was demonstrated that one nervy man could hold up a train and pluck the pas- sengers. Think of the golden opportunities that had come and gone since Jesse James turned his voes to cloudland. Dr. Talmage's sermon last Sunday on the text, “Who Touched Me?" 1s said to have been an able discourse. Having just rawsed o large sum of money to cancel the taberaacle's floating indebtedness, the reverend doctor is competent to talk interestingly on the sub- Ject of ‘“‘touching.” The sultan of Johore, who s hastenin Chicagoward, 1s not as dark as he is paln nor is he a subordinate ruler. It is oficlally announced that he is an absolute ruler, a personage of high intelloctual calibre and' a refined man in every sense. Whereat the Lake city 400 is elevated severad pegs. The Maharajah of Kapurthala, whose wealth Is as extensive as his nawe, 1s aston- ishing the people of Cairo, where he has stop| on his way to England, by appear- ing in public wearing bracelets of pearls as large as pigeon's eggs and heavy neckluces of diamonds and emeralds, Otnerwise he is o sensible young man aud talks of coming to the World's fair. The evil of lofty cult permeates all Bos- ton. Even the police show symptoms of the plague. In his report to headquarters re- cently a cultered cop detailed an aceident on his beat and concluded. “A physician was summoned to the bedside of the d)‘iufi ma but his diagnosis of the case gaye the vic tim but little hope, and although the discipte of Esculapius oxerted all his skill, his ef- forts were fatal.” A Georgian poueulufi uotable analytic wers and pictorial dlotion, thus paints ebraska weather hereabouts: “The rhythmic waves of the vibrant ether, stirred by the music of the church bells, purified the pulsiag eircle of midalr in which we stood, almost touching the floeoy clouds, snd thefe, uuder the fiylng Dirds and wlvhyu and sunbeams, the smillug metropolis littered like a dazzling Kob-i-noor in a set- ing of royal magnificence and splendor.” FOR QOOD ROADS. OMAna,May B0.—To the EBaltor of "Tir B The editorial In Saturday's Bre headed “No Macadam for Us," carries an improssion which it seems to me, In view of the facts you will hardly wish to sproad. The term macadam is underatood and used by tho publicin a very loose manuer to des- ignato any rond surfaced with broken stone. The surfacing is only one point in a woll-con- struoted roadway ; and even 1f proporly laid may be rondered practically or largely a failure by neglect of other requirements.in the construction. You will hardly claim that because one local oxperiment was unsatisfactory, that broken stono an a rond surfacing has proved a fallure. Many who have little time to give to investigating such matters, and belleving in your care for the public welfare, wilt be led to bolieve that such 1is the_caso. The fact is that in the whole period of road building from the days of Roman roads till today, and from all the exporiments of rond buflders and experts, no surface has been found to compare with'ono mado of broken stone, that is applicable to an extended road systom. Such a surface is found on tho cole- brated roads of Europe and Great Britain, ond in localities through the United States where they have good roads. The Now York and Chicago boulevards and parkway are also of thut materfal, 8o it will hardly be in the nature ot an experiment if we uso the same, As citizens of o municipality having been brought to observe various classes of city pavement, and led in our ignorance to ex- perimont, with matorial loug” bofore vroved ailures elsowhere, we are influcnced by that kuowledgo of actual contact and stronely prejudiced in favor of what has proved satlsfactory, and fearful lest new experiments be forced upon us. Having dis- covered by hard experience a remedy for our local lls we should not husten to pre- scribe the remedy to our neighbors, whose troublo wo may understand ouly super- ficially. ‘T'he requirements of a satisfactory road in acity are so different from thoso mn su- burban and country districts that very dif- ferent means may bo usod, and in fact are demanded to “sccure them. Give the public the vesults of oxtended ex- periments in this to us nower fleld of roadways. Such informa- from a disinterested sonrce will have its weight and result in the only scusible busi- ness-like plan of benefiting by thoso results and not squandering our money in an ignor- antnfatuation that we have the secret of the philosoplier’s stono. In view of the results clsewhere attained. we may accept as a fact that the thing to use is a surface of broken stone. Of course we want a durabte stone for it. What it shall be must be determined by what has proved best, And we want our road surf: v unported, for, as I said, the surface is one polnt in a well built road. The ma- terlul for this support or foundation may be very different from the surface material, and it 18 my belief that we have, close at hana, at various points, stone that can be had cheaply which will give as good results for this Jurposo us could be had by bringing ma- terial at large cost from n distance, My position, in short, is this: First--That a broken stono surfaced road on good foun- dation has proved itself the best for ex- tended road systems. Second—That we should conform m choice of material as closely as possible to what has proved most durable clsewhere, Third—That weshould draw as heavily for material upon local sources as wise compli- ance with the last proposition will pormit. We want first class roads, but we want them distributed as widely and accessible to as large a portion of the county as possible. Weo want smoothness, durability and length, 1o 30-foot rondways when half that width will do, and give double the length and twice the number benefitted. We want solidity, with all unnecessary trimmings out off and their value expended In greater longth. ALY~ P. DIkE. e NEBRASKA AND NEBRASK.A One hundred boys from Chicago are at work in the beet flelds about Pierce. To settle for a load of hay he had stolen, a Pierce sport gave up his pet shotgun. Conrad Gasser, & Crawford saloonist, has been arrested for selling liguor to United States soldiers without a- license. : Amother search for coal is to be made near Brownville by the same man who drilled there for fuel ten years ago. Mrs. Kate E. Gillan died at Auburn after o long illness of consumption. Her remains have been taken to Pennsylvania for inter- ment, The annual field dnfr exercises of Hast- ings college will be held on Saturday next. The college commencement exercises occur on Wednesday, June 7, A frog floated into the water main at Crete and landed in a hydrant, causing a lot of trouble and expense before the difiiculty was located and removed. The frog was dead when taken out. Mrs. L. F. Folda of Howells who had started on a pleasure trip intending to visit the World's fair, was taken ill at the resi- dence of a friend in Milwaukee and died: of inflamation of the bowels. Tn spite of the fact that an ordinance pro- hibits the use of ‘“‘nigger shoovers" i the corporate limits of Hastings, some of the youths of that city have transgressed the law and killed biras with the tabooed weapon. Alively fracas took place at Shubert the other evening, In which three or four people with revolvers and other weapons partic- ipated. A number of shots were exchanged, but when the clouds of smoko cloared away it was found that the only damage done was the wasting of ammunition, NEEDED AT RONE. Nenator Alltson Will Not Continue ber of the Monetary Confe o Wasningros Buneav or Tne B "OURTHR ST STHERT, Wasiivatox, D, C., May 8 Senator Alllson was In New York lastd night on his way to Washington. The sena< tor said that under no circumstances couldh lie continue to act as & membor of the inter-& national monetary conferenco which is tef} meet In Brussols next November. The senad, tor said that he and every republican worel| needod in the senate and the for thet session which ho expects Presidonte id will call in Soptember, The sont-y tor balleves that the regu sion wiil fol low immediately after the oxtrea s that possibly by that time the moneta feronce will Bave reached Senator Allison also bolieves that unlessy some satisfactory substitute is submitted, the Sherman silver law will not bo repealed., Much, however, he thinks, aevends upon 1)\1" ¢ consd somo results. international monetary conforence, Contest of Army OMeers, Thero wilt be a lively contest among sovs cral army officers as to who will succeed Surgeon General Char Sutherland, o was placed on the retired list Colonel Charles Page is the senior colon 3 but tho fact that ho will reach the age ofy retirement next December lo 0 tho be- lief thut ho will not be selected. Dallag Bache, who is fourth on the list of lou: tenant colonels, is among those prominontiyh' named for the vacancy. The appointmen will be made soon after the return of theyy president from his fishing trip to Hog'd island on which he startea this afternoon 3 P.S H M —— MOSHER GETS A BOND. s Father-ln-Law Dled, He Secured Sured tles and Loft for tho Faneral. ) C. W. Mosher received word yestorday that his fathordn-aw, Mr. Manstield of% Peorin, had died of heart disease, and he a! once made a special effort to furnish a'bone s0 that he could attend the funeral. Mr Whedon, his attorney, and J. H. Harley of Lincoln went on the bond of $20,000 as sure- N ties, and the bond was_aceepted by Judgo! Dundy and Attorney Buaker. Mr. Mosher departed yesterday afternoon for Peorin, saying that he would be back immediatoly after the funeral. Nebrastca Fair Visitors, ! Creaao, 111, May 80.—- [Special Tologram to Tue Bee. ] —Frank Rogers, G. R. Dean, A. K. Banyen and wife, Mr. and N J. Le! Carey, Louis Mendelssohn ana Mrs. Spencor! Otis were the Omaha_arrivals who regis tered at the Nebraska building today. from the state included G. Beatrice: John 8. He y: Samuel Hall and wite,£ MeNai € tvo the devil his duog, e bim moro than that, as nearly everybody doe {. Fhiladelphin Tines: As 1o horse show, th best of them won't get any unless the jockey 1 stratght. Indianapolis Journal: The vegetarians hnvt;' a convention at Chicago next month, which lsy quite meet. T1d Bits: Seho Why was 1t _thatd his great discovery was not properly approcl-4f ated untll long after Columbus was dead’ Nineteenth Century Schoolboy: Becauso h didn’t advertise, sir, P Philudelphln Record: “Necessity knows no law,” salda tiresome lawyer 1n ono of thot! courts n few days ngo In finishing up o long spoech. “Yes,” sald the Judge, “and somo Tawyers know-littlo law." Detrolt Freo Pre: v life, but 1t will never pre stituto for cloves at the the ety Istho splee of an acceptable sub- ¢ atre. Washington Star: *Do your nelghbors keep chickens?™ asked the visitor. “No." replled the disconsolate man who owns o gurden; “they just foed ‘em and keop tho oggs. We koep ‘e most of the time." o Your wito has € Did you ever Nobbs—Thon l‘hlludnlrhlu"lhu_ rd a beautifal chin, Nobbs. meet oy wi you've otily seen hear 1t TELL-TALE. Browning, Ring & Co.'s Monthly. 8he welghod an even hundred pounds, 80 oft" wo heard hor giy 8ho lookod k0 sylphlike wo betloved, Till, on n fatal day, She dropped a nickel In the slot And gave horse THE STRAW HAT, a Somerville Journal. ruw hat! On fe 1t rests so Hghtly, In the dull streets of towns it shincs so brightly, What though' the jokers Jest about it tritely, Hall vhe straw hat! S SR e SN Hall the straw hat! No headgear ever yet dovised excels It. ! When a man's head grows big it only swells (6 < What If 1t does roll when tho wind propols 1t? Hall the straw hat! £ Hatl the straw hat! It 15 50 light and restful, and so alry, Wearing 1t, a mun feels fuy and lterary. )] Onee huving had 1t, would “we do without itiy Nary! ! Hall the straw hat! * Hall hat! &; It Is the greatest b nmer weathor, A contrast to tho b o v and leather, ' ¢ A shelter and o solaco put togother-- Huflthe straw hat! Astonishment Was depicted on the prices. BROWNING, n every evonlnzulll 6.3% lnrdll’dh w BROWNING, KING Largest Munufaoturers and Rotallors of Vlothing In thy West, visitors the past week—not only on account of our mag- niflcent new quarters, but also the great variety of new goods never weavers of the cloth con- tained in our suits have not | allowed any poor material to be used in their make, and we have made them up as well as tailors can do the work. We specially call your attention to theline of $10 suits that our tailors have made up to make an extra good im- pression during our opening week-—There many other choice suits in both the boys’ and men'’s department that it will pay you to see. you with the latest style hat at half of hatters’ countenances of all our shown before. The are We can fit KING & CO., 1 8. W. Cor. 16th and Douglas Sts.