Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, June 16, 1893, Page 4

g G e e —— THE DAILY s BEE. F. ROSEWATER, Editor. 5 L (Y MORNING, SURBSCRIPTION. Boe (without Sunday) One Year., ily and Sunday, One Yenr lonths . . 8800 oo, One Yenr. . Bée, Onp, Your. wo, One Yoar ........ OFFICES aha, The Ree Building. Cth Umtiha, corner N aid 26th Streota Counell BlnfTs, 12 Pearl Street, Chiengo Office, 817 Chamber of ( New York, Rooms 19, 14 and Pallding. ‘Juln(nl'nn. 613 Fourteonth Stroet CORRESPONDENUE. All communieations relating to news and glz‘(lnl'hnl matter should be addressed: To the Itor. RUSINESS LETTERS, All business lettors and remittances shoald 1 ressed to The Beo Pablishing Co mpany. Drafts, checks and :]mn.m.--v ord nado payable to the order of the cokiy merce. Tribune Parties Joaving the clty for the summer ean Nave the BExsent tholr address by leaving an order at this office. THE BEE PUBLISHING e — COMPANY. The Bee In Chieago. Tre DALY and SuspAy Bee Is on sale in Oheago at the following places: Palmer house, Grand Pacific l|n|ll~|. tel. thern hotel. re hotel, dand hotel. ells 11, S1zor, 180 Stato street. . les of The' Bep can be seen at the Ne- braskn building and the Administration bulld- ngg, Exposition grounds. BWORN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Ftato of Nebraska, ty of Douglas. Rovert Tunter of Tite NER pavlishing company does rolemnly swear that tho netual cireulation of THE DALY BEE for the week ending Juno 10, 1803, wan as follows: Eundny. J Mon Tue Wednesday, June Thursdny, June Butariy, June 1o ) June rany ROMERT HUNTER. Sworn 10 before mo and subseribed in my pros- once this 10th day of June, 150, N. P. Fr! Notary Pu e pRARS Average Cireulation for May, 1893 24,417 Stx of one and half a dozen of the other is the verdict of the Williams- Olmstead jury. This might be called a draw, with the incidental remark that Williams holds the fort while Olmstead holds the court. IN THESE days of favoritism, tax re- mission and tax shirking, aremonstrance or injunction on the part of the Omaha Real Estate Owners association would be in order. But it looks as if the asso- ciation had gone into innocuous desue- tude. THE city of Baltimore places a tax of 82 on each telegraph, telephone and electric light pole in that city, and will realize 812,000 from the system. A tax of $2 on every similar pole in Omaha might have the qchcL of hastening their removal. THE Omaha be ys havo started on their homeward tramp from the colleges, and if they are not dotaiped by Buffalo Bill and the ovation to' the Chadron cowboys they may be expected, to reach Omaha in time for the impending event, the ro- union of the High school graduates. THE Kansas militia is being rapidly placed on a populist footing. Six entire. companies were mustered out of service this week. Their places are to be filled with men who are known to hold to populist sentiments. But why should the militia in any stato belong to men of one political creed any more tian one réligious creed IF 1T takes the Board of Health two or three years to dislocate half a dozen squatters on the municipal malaria and cesspool grounds, how long will it take the Board of Health to clear up the eutire unwashed settlement? This problem in municipal mathematics is re- speotfully submittea to the graduating High school class of '03, THE starch trust has begun to feel the general depression which has effected so many of the gigantic combinations of capital. It has been compelled to pass its usual semi-annual dividend, and its stocks have within the past few days suffered severely on Wall street. Slowly but surely the investors in stocks and kindred sccurities are beginning to realize that the trusts are entirely too flimsy in character to become good and permanent investments, and the wring- ing out of the water has a tendency to smash tho trusts more effectively than any law that has yet been devised. THE new maximum rate law which is to go into effect in this state by the 11th of July is, after all, not an unmixed evil a8 has been predicted by leading Omaha jobbers and bankers. The prospect of the cut in local rates is viewed with alarm at Kansas City, and the long- headed business men of that town boegin to doubt whether they can hold their grip on southern and central Nebraska trade as against Omaha unless the roads come to their relief by recasting and re- ducing their rates correspondingly through Kansas. This is not likely to happen, however, because the roads will have no advantage from rate cut- ting where they are not obliged to re duce. WHILE the rapid depletion of the timber area of Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin is exciting comment, the rapid development of the timber re- sources of tho northwest is also at- tracting attention. The supply in the state of Washington alone is immense, Already vast quantities of lumber are sent to not cnly the eastern markets, but as well to Nicaragua for use in the construction of the canal, while large amounts of box stuff are sent to Chili and the west coast of South America. But indications are that the next few years will develop the great resources of this region to a point compared with awhich the present condition will be a mere beginning. As illustrating the prosperity of the shingle industry alone @& Washington exchange remarks that a few years ago small shipments of Wash- fugton cedar shingles appeared in the eastern markets, reaching there via Cape Horn. Last year the Northern Pacific carried 546 car lcads during the months of January, February and March, During the same time this year the same read has carried 1,664 2ar loads, A PLAN OF RELIEY. The great for upon the banks of New York from the banks of the interior, causing a drain last woek o the extent of about 814,000,000 | and which is expected to continue so long as the vresent feoling of distrust romains, has led the Clearing House assoclation of New York to adopt a plan of relief which will doubtless prove offectual in meeting the requirements of the exigency. The association will issue certificates carrying 6 per cont interest and it proposes that this plan be adopted by all the clearing house centers of the country. There can be no doubt that this action of the New York Clear- ing House association will have an immediate beneficial effect, and if the example shall be generally fol- lowed by the clearing house centers it will go far to quiet apprehension and allay distrust. What it means is sim- ply mutual helpfulness among clearing house banks; and although it isin the naturoof a last resort its potency has been more than once demonstrated. In the financial crisis of 1873 the New York Clearing House association adopted this plan with good resuits, and recourse to it has been had once or twice since, always advantageously. It is not probable that the association will find it necessary to issue a very large amount of certificates, for the reason that there is likely to soon be a cessation of the demand for currency from the interior, The in dications are that the feeling of distrust, which is undoubtedly chiefly responsible for the demand, is wearing off, and, as stated in yesterday's dispatches, as soon as the interior banks that have been drawing upon New York to fortify them- selves are satisfied that the danger is passed they will restore their eastern balances. As the situation now appears there seems to bo no reason why they may not do this within the next thirty days, and perhaps less time. But, in any cvent, the precaution which the New York Clearing House association has taken is unquestionably wise, and there is every reason to expect that its beneticial effect will be at once apparent. That the financial situation is on the whole looking much brighter than it did a weck ago must be apparent to everybody who has given it intelligent consideration. The outflow of gold has nearly ceased, the treasury resorve is increasing and there is a manifest abate- ment of the goneral distrust. Unless something not now discernable shall arise to renew disturbance the country ought to experience a steady movement toward a restoration of confidence, so far at least as all legitimate enterprises are concerned PROTECTION FOR LABORERS. At the meeting in Chicago last week of the National Conference of Charities and Correction a report was submitted making suggestions for legislation for the better protection of American labor against imported labor. It was urged that tho existing federal statutes against the importation of alien contract la- "borers should be more rigidly and thor- qughly enforced than heretofore, in re- spect to the unskilled class, and that further legislation should be had to protect our unskilled resident home laborers. It was suggested that this' could probably be best met by the imposition of a heavy capitation tax upon all alien immigrant passengers failing to furnish satisfac- tory evidence to the inspecting officers of the port at which they sought to land that they came to the United States for the purpose of permanent residence or settlement. It was also urged that we should greatly restrict or exclude the incoming of foreign tem- porary unskilled laborers when they come in such numbers as to injure and distress our permanent resident popu- lation. This is a matter which is very certain to command the attention of the next congress and there is very great proba- bility of some more stringent legislation than we now have for the protection of American laborers. We recently noted the fact that the congressional com- mittee investigating the operation of the alien contract Jlabor law had madethe discovery that 300 la- borers brought to this country under contract had been returned to Eu- rope in a single month. This plainly showed that the corporations which em- ploy large numbers of laborers either still keep special agents abroad or have arrangements by which they are enabled to contract for alien labor. This ad- mitted there can be no doubt that thou- sands of laborers are annually brought into the United States under contract in violation of the law. One of the most experienced men in the country regard ing immigration expressed the opinion that the law could never be enforced unless the employers of this labor were found and punished, but when the diffi- culty of obtaining testimony is consid- ered it will be seen that it would be practically impossible to reach the em- ployers or those who have authorized contracts with alien laborers. Just what would be the most prac- ticable and offectual plan for putting a stop to this business, without going to the extreme of excluding un- skilled laborers, is a matter for dehiberation, but there can be no question as to the duty of the gov- ernment to protect the resident laborers of the country against an unlawful com- petition. The principle of the alien contract labor law has been accepted by the people as being sound and just, and a way must be found to enforce that principle. I7 18 a satisfaction to learn that the Chocktaw authorities have taken timely precaution to debar that generally worthless class of the population that hangs on the borders of our western frontier, known as “‘squaw men,” from receiving any of the money recently awarded those Indians for their lands in Oklahoma. © A considerable number of these men are found among all the In- dian tribes. Some of them may be worthy persons but many of thom are vagabonds who have been driven from civilized communities and, too lazy to work, have attached themselves to the squaws and lead the indolent life of the Indians in such questionable manner as they way. This recent legislation leaves have acquired marriageable rights among the Chootaws. It also cuts out the negro population who have cit- izens' rights in the nation. Governor Woolf of the Chickusaws has issued a call for the legislature of that nation to assemble at once at Tishimongo, when an attempt at similar legislation will be made. However, the number of squaw men among these Indians is very large, and it is apprehended if the authorities adopt the same measures as the Choe- taws that4rouble will result when the payments come to be made CITY TREASURER AND SCHOOL FUND Now that the bank flurry is over it may not be out of order to resume con- sideration of the proposition now before the Board 6t Education to have surplus school monoys placed on deposit the samo as other city funds at such rate of interest as resvonsible banks will pay for money on call. It may as well be understood first as last that tho treas- urer has no legal right to mage use of the school fund for his own benefit, whatever technical flaws there may be as regards the right of the board to designate a depository for him. Section 99 of the amended charter con- tains the following provision: The treasuror shall keep all monoy in his hands belonging to the city or school dis- trict of the city separate and distinct from his own mioney; and he 18 hereby expressly prohibited from using any such money or any warrants or other securities in his cus- tody, or receiving any interest thereon either Airectly or indirectly for his own use or benefit, or for the use or benefit of any other persun or corporation excopt said city or the school district therein. Any violation of this provision shall subject him to immediate re- moval from office by the city council, who are hereby authorized to declare such offico vacant, and the mayor, with the consent of the city council, shall appoint @ successor, wio shall hold his office for the remainder of the term unexpired of such officer so re- moved. All interest on moneys of the city shall be reported by the treasurer to the oity council and comptroller and be covered into the general fund of such city, and all inter- est on moneys of the school district shail be reported to the Board of Education and placed to the credit of the school fund. This is so plain that any man who can read must understand. It is the mani- fost duty of the traasurer to turn over to the school fund any interest or allowance which the banks that handle the school money may have seen fit to pay directly or indirectly. Itis manifestly the duty of the Board of Education to have the surplus school funds deposited where they will yield the largest amount of in- terest under safoguards that will afford assurance of prompt repayment on de- mand. There should really be no con- troversy over this matter. The law makes it mandatory upon the treasurer to turn into the school fund every penny of interest derived from the use of the surplus school moneys of which he is custodian, and he should not stand on ceremony or take advantago of technical flaws in carrying out the provisions of the charter relating to school funds. THE trial of Lizzie Borden at New Bedford, Mass., is one of the most sensa- tional that has ever taken place in this country. Newspaper attaches crowd the accommodations of the dreary old village and even the gamblers in the east are selling pools on the probable verdict. The ablest counsel in Massa- chusetts is engaged in the trial and Judge Blodgett, the ablest member of the supreme bench of that state, will charge the jury. The courts of Massa- chusetts are noted for their legal sound- ness and the summary character of their proceedings are noticeably emphasized in the conduct of this case. For in- stance, instead of spending days in a vain effort to socure a jury, asis the case in the courts of almost every state, a jury was empaneled for this momen- tous trial in a few hours on the day the case was set. The court instoad of the lawyers examined the jurors and only received suggestions trom the counsel in the case. Only when it came down to direct challenges by Miss Borden did the judge permit the candidate for po- sition on this famous jury to pass for a moment out of his hands. Then if the defense did decide to challenge, Miss Borden herself would arise and say ‘I challenge.” Only when the juror was conscientiously opposed to capital pun- ishment or had formed an unchangeable opinion was he disqualified. Thisis in striking contrast to the general custom of allowing lawyers to ask a long series of apparently unimportant questions to the annoyance of the panel and court alike, the latter being deterred from interfering lest the bench might appear unfair toward the de- fendant. As the chief justice of the state and two associates occupy the bench there can be no question that the method thus adopted of selecting a jury is within the law. The custom of having three judges preside at a criminal trial scems, however, unnecessary. Moreover, the old rule observed by the court of obliging witnesses to stand throughout a long examination and cross-examina- tion seems a barbaric severity. COLONEL MENDELL of the corps of engineers, United States army, has sub- mitted an important question to Attor- ney General Olney, the decision of which may have an important bearing upon the officers constituting the Mis- sissippi river and the Missouri river commissions, as well as upon those of the light house board. Section 1,222 of the Revised Statutes provides, ‘‘No officer of the army on the active list shall hold any civil office, whether by election or appoinument, and every such officer who accepts or exercises the functions of a civil office shall thereby cease to be an officer of the army and his commis- sion shall be thercby vacated.” Colo- nel Mendell asks if the acceptance of three engineer officers of places on the California Debris commission does not amount to a vacation of their commissions as army officers. In this connection it may be suggested that, should the attorney general hold that this section of the statutes applies in their cases, section 1,224 of the Revised Statutes becomes oqually effective upon officers engaged in other duties foreign to the service. It reads, ‘‘No officer of the army shall be employed on civil 5 or internal improvements, or be allowed to engage in the service of any 14 bo employed as acting paymastor g dishursing agent of the Indian departmient if such extra employment roquires that he shall be soparated from his opmppny, regiment or, corps, orif it shall otherwise inter- fore with the porforthatite of military duties proper.” A subsdfuent act of con- gress authorizes tho president to detail army officers to act as Indian agents when, in his judgment, he may deem proper. A similar aot exompts officers detailed for duty at educational institu- tions from the restridfiotls, of the stat- utes. But it would seem,that there are a number of other fficers separated from their commands Afiienable thereto. The decision of the attorney general will therefore be awaited with peculiar intor- est, especially by the officers of the army. THE news from Europe regarding the revival of the germs of last year's chol- ora epidemic and of a fresh importation from India should have the effect to arouse the quarantine authorities of this country to greater zeal in preparing against an invasion of cholera than they seem to have yet shown. Perhaps all has been done in the way of precautions that is immediately necessary at the principal seaports, but so far as known there has been practically nothing done on the borders, and cholera can come in that way quite as well as through the seaports. It ap- pears that the Canadian government is doing practically nothing to prevent dis- ease coming in at the ports of Canada. Tt proposed some time ago to institute a thorough systom of quarantine, but all the testimony is that it has failed to do this. Immigrants aflicted with small pox have been allowed to land at Hali- fax and a competent authority states that the system of disinfectionat all the ports is worthless. This state of affairs suggests that it will be necessary to strictly quarantine every port of entry in our northern frontier, and it would seem that there is no time to be lost in doing this. All the indications seem to favor a widespread opidemic of cholera in Europe, and while there may be no occasion for alarm in this country it is not possible to exercise too much care in providing necessary precautions, GEORGIA newspapers talk about Mr. Blount coming home to enter the guber- natorial race in that state this fall. It is known that he bas for some time been an aspirant for the executive po- sition. Soberlng Up. Cinotnnati Commereial. The country is staggering under the effects of a silver fag. It will slecp it off, however. No free silver prescriptions are wanted just now, thank you. = And the Octopus Bmiled. Washington Post. One of the orators at the Ohio republican convention took a fall outiof *the glittering claws of the octopus.” /There's nothing too doep for the average convention orator. — e They Proved Tholr Ssundness, Globe-Derocrat. The run_on the savings banks in Omaha will doubtless result the same way that that in Chicago did—those who drew their money out will lose. As a wholé, thesavings banks are probably like the national banks—they aro sound. ; That's the ‘Question, New York Recorder. The democratic party is pledged to the re- peal of the silver law. It hasa majority in the senate and house of representatives. It controls the executive department of the government. Why does it not_ston this awful destruction of property?! Why wait? PRl ety Lively Campalgn in Prospect. Detroit Free Press. Politics in Ohio will be worth watching from this time until the votes aro counted in November. There is to be a vigorous thrashing over of old tariff straw, the finan- cial question will be an ever-prasent theme with the stump orators, the race problem will not be overlooked, and every public question of a national character will ‘receive heated consideration. —_—— The Secrot of Stewart’s Convictlons, St. Louts Republic. Senator Stewart of Nevada is quoted as one of the strongest opponents of the repeal of the Sherman law. The Nevada senator is one of the largest silver mine owners in the world, As long as he is able, as at present, to exchange his bullion for coin notes deemable in gold at the United States treas- ury he is as well satisfied as he could be with any financial condition short of the free and unlimited coinage of silver. Sen- ator Stewart is ono of the few veople to whom the Sherman law is a joy forever. He will never voluntarily relinquish it until sat- isfled that behind it there stands a law to coin the entire product of his mines into doilars and put them on the market at a parity with gold. e Who is Amsworth? Philadelphia Press, Colonel Alnsworth is an army surgeon who has shown strenuous and pushing abil- ity in making his way to the front. He has shown groat ingenuity in devising ways and methods in which to make pension records of oasy access, great eoxecutive power in managing a large force of clerks and singu- lar skill in getting appropriations for his work and rank for himself out of congress. The results of his work have been remarka- ble, but he has shouldered & good many men aside in doing it, made & good many ene- mies aud generally beon the sort of man whno has few friends when disaster comes. The unquestionablo tendency at Washing- ton will be to put the responsibility for the collapse of Ford's theater on his shoulders; but he has the right to an absolute suspen- sion of judgment until the evidence is in. —_— Too Much Indisn, W 1shington News, At ths dedication of the Nebraska build- ing at the World’s fair the other day Buffalo Bill, who is a colonel on the staff of the goy- ernor of that state, gave an exhibition of his fiery untamed Indians spd, his ¢allant and greasy cowbcys. 1t was witnessed by vast numbers of people from allover the world, who supposea that such @ demonstration was typical of life in Nebraska. It is a wonder that the govérnor didn't veto sucha display in the’natho of the state. That sort of advertisingwon’t do the glorious commonwealth any good, as strangers are liable to tkink that people who go thero ure scalped while they waRiof playfully pre- pared for the coroner by cowboys. As a matter of fact it is possible to ride a wng- winded horse until it is before seeing an Indian in Nebraska, unless the seeker after truth goes to a reseyyation; and con- servative people have been known to live there for years withott being scalped or burncd at the stake. b THE BUSINESS SITUATION, Globe-De t: The movement of money from Now York now is to the intorior—that 18, principally to the west—instead of out of the munng. Vory little money is being ex- ported. The change is in tho right direction. Atlanta Constitution: Thero is a better fooling all round and wo look for & steady improvement In the business situation. Every movement in the political or business world has tho swing of a pendulum. When it goes Just so far in one direction it stops and swings backward, We hope we have reached the turning point in financial mat- ters, and we may now got mml{ for the backward swing of the pendulum. In other words, we may expect a reaction for the bettar. Kansas City Star: The feeling at Wash- ington is that the financial orisis is past. The condition of the country as viewed from & troasury standpol shows general im- provement. Accompanying this report comes the weather crop bulletin from the Depart- ment of Agriculture showing that the past wock has been the most favorable one of the entire scason. These assurances from tho seat of government is all that the country ought to require for tho restoration of its financial ejuitibrium. With a sound national credit and the prospects of abundant harvests, the people can afford to take the president’s advice and keep cool. Dotroit F'ree Press: The masses are very apt in such times to get rattled. They do not understand very clearly the principles upon which banking is done, and a ?oml many of them cannot comprehend how it 1s that every dollar they deposit is not at all times waiting for them with their name on the bundle. Because of this lack of compre- hension on their part they lose their heads when anything is said about hard times and rush to the banks for their money. They can always be induced, however, to liston to the counsel of thoso who are better posted than thoy, aud it is at this point that the cooler mombers of the community can get in their work. Lot them show their confidence in tho banks ana by example and precept in- duce their fellows to do the same. Washington News: The closing days of the week markod a much more hopeful feel- ing in financial cireles, and itis now be- lieved that with the return of confidence wo shall feel the good effects of better con- ditions. Foreign exchange has fallen so low that gold _exports are not likely to be con- tinued. Furthermore, heavy = oxports of grain aro turning oxchange in favor of this country, Railroad earnings have increased s0 largely that sccurities are rising, and are likely to continue to appreciate for some time at least. Another hopeful factor is that sinco the president's announcement relative to tho extra session, the foreigners have come irto the marketas steady pur- chasers of the best diviaend-paying secur- ities and bonds. Such a condition of affairs should atonce remove theincubus of de- pression from the mercantile world. Ftisa well recognized fact that this depression was due rather to a lack of confidence than to any positive elements of weakness. Now that the return of confidence is becoming more marked, the banks will be readier to accommodate their customers, and timid in- vestors will make a market for sound issues of securities. R e s SIGHTS AT THE FAIR. Ex-President Harrison will dedicate the Indiana building at the World's fair this week. ‘Wood carving is shown in all its perfection in the Itallan exhibit in the Manufactures building. There is a 235,000 coral necklace in the Ttalisn exhibit which is never without a crowd of envious admirers. Mexico exhibits rare and exquisite needle- work, much of it done by nuns. and consist- ing of priests’ and bishops' vestments and church decorations. Tho Keyless Lock company of Indianapo- lis, Ind., has offered a challenge of $10,000 that its keyless postoftico placed in the Indiana building at the World’s fair is the handsomest oftice ever erccted. Montana and Colorado both have exhibits of asphaltum, which are of great interest on account of the assurance given that tho monopoly now enjoyed in the use of the Trinidad article will soon come to an end. Most prominent in the Italian exhibit is the majolica work from Achilles Mollica of Naples. Mollica is the first artist in the world to successfully paint and burn the terra cotta bricks. The process is most elaborate. In the wooded depths of the island stands a hunter's cabin. An old canvass covered wagon is outside. Inside are all the com- forts of a home to the hunter. The camp belongs to the Boone and Crockett club, who are the builders. Until one has made thorough investiga- tion of the contents of the Transportation building, he can form no idea as to the num- ber and variety of the modes of locomotion used by the different tribes and nations who inhabic the earth. A new attraction has been received in the Horticultural building in the shape of a col- lection of pressed mountain flowers. Nothing is quite so frail ana tender and beautiful as a mountain blossom, budding in snows and blooming in the rare atmosphere, often above the clouds. e PEOPLE OF NOTE. His highness the Thakor Sahib of Gondal, India, has offered a prize of $500 for a satis. factory national anthem. Composers are re- quired to send in_their music, properly ar- znngcd for a band, not later than next Octo- or. Wee Hun Penk, the rich Arizona miner, has sold out his interests in that territory and is going to South Africa. ‘Lhree years ago this enterprising Chinaman was cook in 8 mining camp; now he is a millionaire and the husband of an American wife, James Tyson, lately appointed to the ({uaensluml legislative council, is said to be the richest man in Australia, He wasa squavter, who realized that much money could be made in sheep, and who placed overy penny he could command in the sheep- raising industry. Librarian Whelpley of the Cincinnati pub- lic library is setting & movement on foot to secure a bust of the late distinguished actor, James E. Murdoch for the main hall of that institution. After that isan uccomplished fact he is desirous of obtaining busts ot Alice and Phoebe Cary, who were both born in Cineir L, Henri Me r, ex-premier of Quebec, says that Canadisn ‘annexation to ‘the United States is as certain as the sunrise. *“When the earth wus created,” he said, *God made s, and show that they should He says the initiative will have to come from this side of the line, however. Ex-Senator Wado Hampton, now Unitod States railrond commissioner, is in San Francisco, whither he has gone on a journey of inspection of the Pacific roads, He has with him a party of about a dozen people, including bis two daughters. tlo will go from San Fraocisco to Tacoma, and from there begin an examination castward of the Northern Pacific, In modeling the horse for his equestrian statue of General Grant for the Union League club of Brooklyn, tho sculptor, William Ordway Partriage, has had casis made from a living charger kept at his country home iu Milton, Mass., where he is at work, It is believed to be the first time that casts of a horse have ever been taken for such a purpose. “Rattlesnake Pete,” one of tho riders in the Chadron broncho race to Chicago, 13 s man of growsome taste. He wears a sack coat and a pair of trousers made of rattle- suake skins so arranged that tho stripes form a pleasing effect. Ho wears a belt of rattlers, which will be shaken as o warning to bumptious reformers who may impede his path. Mr. R. Pete hisses through clothes nd talks through a 45-calber. . u e Hignest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest 1), S. Gov’t Report. Reval Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE NEBRASKA AND NEDRASKANS, ‘The Richardson county Chautauqua will be held at Salem from July 1 to 10, Dr.T. P. Livineston, chief surgoon of the B. & M. road, was marriod at Plattsmouth to Miss Margarot Vallery, and the hanpy couple are now enjoying an extensive wod- ding tour. There 18 trouble on the Scott farm near Sargent, because of an unexpectsd mar- riage. The 16-yoarol daughter of Farmer Scott clandestinely weddod Robert Duncan, the hired man, and now her parent h covored wvhat Duncan has a wifo hiv lowa. Ho has accordingly bepun procesd- ings to have the marriage annulled, and is being abetted by his_daughter, whose hoart has turned against Duncan since loarning of his duplicit, "The handsome new farm house and exton. sive and valuable barns, granary, eto., owned by Herman M. Mayer, two miles south of McCook, were consumed oy fire, togother with almost the eutire contents, besides hay and grain and a portion of his housohold goods. The supposition is that tramps had been slooping in the barn, This Was one of tho finest ranches in the upper Republican valley, and the loss is heavy, reaching in the neighborhood of 8,000, There is £3,700 insurance on the property. Thore has been considerable thioving dono on the ‘“‘threo-mile strip,” along the north border of the state_in Boyd county. In_tho meighborhood of Bakor vostofice a vigilance band took one. Fritz Lersmeyer from his home, dcagging him out of bed with a rope around his neck. He woakened and @avo the names of his confederates, in- cluding ono Adams and othors. He was then notified to leave the country in forty-eight hours, Adams was givon like notice, War- rants have been sworn out for others of tho thicves. The property stolon has been mostly cattle, which wera butchered. Senitor Halo of Battle Croek is roported to have smd, “*Noversaw anything like it," when asked about the crops in his part of the state. “Thero is cortainly tho bright- ©3t prospect for an immenso harvest that I have over soen in this country, and I have lived here a good many yoars. The small grain fields are magnificent, with a good stand and exceptionally clean. Corn plant- ing is finished and most of it is up and worked out the first time, and it has a won- derfully healthy color and thrifty look. Northern Nebraska will be on the top wave of prosperity this yoar, as never before." 1IDLE THOUGHTS, Philndelphia Times: The; “‘ple” becauso the inside Is outside. call it officinl tter than tho Washington Star: Tho pienle scason Is horo and the young man no longercares whether ho can dance or not. he needs is muscle cnough to push a swing Philadelphia Record: is nsane, is he? What Is the ment? Baggs—Why, when ho eame back from thoe World's fair he” never once kicked about being swindled. Life: aid you Brown! Boggs—So poor Buggs Teen sick, eh! Why Jones Instéad ot Dr Willis—You've call in Dr. —Well, you seo, Willls, T owo Dr. Jones and Dr. Brown owes me New Orleans Picayune: When engincers and trainmen aro weil trained the locomotive £oes off on & tot. Dallas morning him up. News: Tho fce man now calls evory t the homo of the coal man and does urier: When a morcantile concern A" 1tds In the interestof the bal- Philadelphia Times: Sunday school plenes sometimes utilize the horso cars as convey- ances. This Is eminently propor. There ouldn't bo the least suggestion of anything fast about them. Buffalo Courl officers in_hoodlum to have many a Indianapolls Journal: tungry Higgins— Execuse mo mum, but do you wantyour ro- frigerator cle Mrs. WV few cold v ;. Hungry Higgins—Exactly, mum. is nothing In It buta Philadelphia Ledger: The mosquito-pest seuson seoms to have reached Boston, when n clergymun preached a sermon tho other day on *The Bigness of Littlo Thing: i Sardines are not gencrally classed among works of art, yet they are usually done in oil. DOMESTIC JEWELRY. Kansas Oity Jour His wife ho considered a jowe A Pearl, for that was her But had it beon Jenniv or Lucy, Sho'd have boen his rare gem' just the same. His mother-in-law camo to live With them, A hard-headed, shrewish old girl; He dldu’t consider her precious, Although sho was motherof Pearl. ——— MEASURED ON THE FLY. Detroit Free Press. Within the car, not half awake, My gripsack by my slde, T sat absorbed, prepured to take A Dblisstul throe-hours ride. Ayay the tran began to whirl, I closed my eyes meanwhilo; 1did not know u pretty girl Was standing the alsle, But suddenly my dreaiws all fled, Ioro'er mé inthe car That maiden stood, and gently sald: “You ought to meet my pa." “Ohleago Is our home, you know! And, 18 along we jog, He'd tuke to you aionce, for oh! Ho dearly loves a hog!™ ture of his ail- ! Ex-Senator Ingalls WRITES ANOTHER EXCLUSIVE LETTER FOR The Sunday Bee IN WHICH HE GIVES A REPUBLICAN'S OFINION OF POLITICS AND PUBLIC AF- FAIRS, ENTITLED: “Our Parties and Our Future” MR. INGALL'S LETTERS ARE ATTRACT - ING COMMENT ALL OVER THE COUN: TRY, NO MAN WHO SEEKS TO KEEP PACE WITH FHE POLITICAL DISCUS. SIONS OF THE DAY CAN AFFORD TO MISS THE INGALL'S LETTERS: BUT THIS IS NOT THE ONLY BRIL LIANT FEATURE OF The Sunday Bee. THERE ARE OTHERS JUST AS ATTRACT. IVE. HERE IS AN OUTLINE OF A FEW OF THEM: Glimpses of the Empire City: AN OMAHA PILGRIM WANDERS THROUGH THE STREETS OF NEW ~ YORK CITY AND JOTS DOWN HIS IM- PRESSIONS, African Legions: HENRY M, STANLEY, THE GREAT EX- PLORER, WRITES SOME UNIQUE AND HIGHLY INTERESTING LEGENDS OF THE PEOPLE OF THE DARK CONTINENT, Colonel Ainsworth: SOMETHING ABOUT THE MAN WHOM SURVIVING CLERKS OF THE WRECKED FORD THEATER BUILDING THREATENED WITH PERSONAL VIOLENCE, Riding Through Easy Street: A LADY WRITES ABOUT MEMBERS OF HER SEX WHO ARE ALWAYS CHEERFUL AND AGREEABLE—REPROOF OF “FOR- WARD" CHILDREN. The London Slang-Coiners: WAKEMAN TELLS OF THE COSTERMON- GERS OF LONDON—THEIR HABITS, \MANNERKSMS, DIALECT3 AND SLANG PHRASES, A CHAPTER UPONA PECU- LIAR CLASS OF PEOPLE, Woman's Wants and Ways; A BUDGET OF CHATTY,GOSSIPY STORIES ABOUT WOMEN AND THEIR AFFAIRS -+ THE LATEST 1DEAS IN FASHION'S DOMAIN,----THIS DEPARTMENT 18 FRESH AND READABLE, The Duke of Yorfi and Prin- cess May of Teck: GOSSIP ABOUT THE ROYAL PARTIES TOA WEDDING SOON TO BE SOLE- MNIZED, Standard Features: SECRET SOCIETY NEWS, SPORTING GOSSIP, SOCIETY EVENTS, THE LOCAL NEWS ROUND-UP, ETC,, ETC, The Very Latest: THE BEE'S SPECIAL CABLEGRAMS FROM EUROPEAN NEWS CENTERS, IT8 COMPLETE ASSOCIATED PRESS RE- PORTS AND SPECIAL TELEGRAMS FROM EVERY IMPORTANT POINT IN THE WEST, MAKE THE SUNDAY BEE A NEWSPAPER IN THE BEST SENSE OF THE TERM. THE SUNDAY BEE. BROWNING, KING Largest Manufacturors and Rotallers Be%i Clothing in the World, Brown Stiff Hats.. For the next few days we are going to offer 15th street entrance. all our$2.50, $3.00 and $3.50 stiflhatsin brown shades for $1.50. They are first class goods, but as our hat de partment has been moved around from pillar to post lately, we thought it would be a good idea to again remind you that it is permanently located in the southeast corner of the first floor at the If you will come and see it you will be able to get a good brown stiff hat for $1.50, that usually sell for $2.560, $3.00 and $3.50. We have a few boys' suits left from the $3.50 sale -—all the style. BROWNING, Btore opep every eveningtill 6.1 BRLN i ¥ KING & CO., 1 8 W.Cor. 10th and Douglas §ts