Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 29, 1894, Page 4

'.ITHE()MAHA I)AII.YJ}EE. HO# TER, Editor LIEHED B ¢ OF 8 DSCRIPTION OrFIC N A T Learl stroet K nimber of Commerce, W Y o 13, 14 and 15, Tribune Bdg Washing ¥ street, N, W. CORRESPONDY ANl communientions relntizx torinl m \: To E TiT mittan: Diishing e y-tourth Sta. to nows and edi the Editor. AL business Addressed Omain be ma orders o mpany BLISHING COMPAN T OF CIRCULATION, k, necretnry of The Tiee v duly wworn, says that the Actoal nu fll and complete coies of T Daily Morning, Evening and Sunday Bee printed during the month of April, was as foll Eiw 1040 4y 1504, Total MO, cooveveiniss Dally average not cireuiation.... *Sunday. GEONGE B, TZSCHU Bworn to befors mo and subscribed in my ence fids 20 dny of May. 18M. (e . T FEIL, Notary Publle. pres- If there fs any crank who has not yet had his scheme for the sceial regeneration of mankind presented to the New York con- stitutional convention he should lose no time In doing so. The millionaires’ pawn shop in New York is a great disappointment to professional frauds, who hoped to work it for all they could. But so far they are the only class that disappointed. The chairman of the ilist national committee Is out with a proclamation advis. ing populists everywhere to name full tickets with candidates of their own for every office to be filled. This doesn’t look Hke fusion. is po) The milk dealers’ combine will now have to submit gracefully to the inspection of their cans and contents by the city miik fnspector, and if any of their stock is watered or chalked they have to make their explana- tion to the police court. Whist! Did you read about the defeat of the hoasted whist players of Philadelphia at the hands of the card pushers from the Windy City? The western card fiend gives his eastern Brethren cards and spades, but somehow manages to keep the joker for himself. It the soft coal supply should be exhausted, thus compelling people to use oil or anthra- cite coal, the smoke nuisance in Omaha might possibly be in some small degree abated. The prospects of abating it by the use of smoke consumers do not seem to be improving. The democratic senators doubtless want to fix the day for a final vote on the tarift 0 that they can shut off debate on the in- come tax schedule, against which they must expect the greatest opposition from iwithin their own ranks. It would not be congenial for them to spend much time on that topic. Jesse Seligman’s will makes no less than forty-seven charitable institutions the bene- flclaries of his estate. Mr. Seligman’s char- itles during his lifetime were equally wide- spread and judiclously discriminating. Char- ity Is the one thing that wealth makes pos- sible that returns to the donor a credit that persists after his decease. The Springfield Republican taiks about the house of representatives voting In ‘“‘execu- tive sesslon.” Such an intelligent news- paper ought to know better than this. The only “executive session' known to our form of federal government is that indulged in by tho senate, and indulged in, alas, In the majority of instances, with but the slightest Justification, Before any proposition for a canal subsidy Is submitted to the voters the county com- missioners will do well to invite a full and open discussion of all the provisions of the proposition and the conditions under which the subsidy is to be voted. Before the citi- zens of Douglas county vote a million dollar mortgage upon their property they will want to know just what they are to get for their money. Anxlety to purge itself of the bribery charges does not scem to be affecting the health of the senate just at present. The different senators are too accustomed to rumors of bribery to be disturbed by the proving of bribery charges at the present day. The indiscretion in the present In- stance consists In the foolish offer of a money. bribe. The bait should have dangled on tho hook in some other form. Those new branch postofiices will certainly be a great convenience to people who reside In the suburbs. They ought also to increase the volume of postal business transacted in Omaha. Bringing postal facilities to the homes of the people uniformly results in an Increased use of those facilities. The re- turns of Omaha's postal business for noxt year ought to show the Influence of the es- lablishment of the new branch offices. Every general hollday in this country is made a day for sporting events in all the larger clties. Memorial day is no exception to the rule. There is no Intention what- ever to desecrate a sacred holiday. On the other hand, these events have come to be a part of the day's celebration, and those who participate in them feel that they are con- tributing toward its observance. It Is mani- festly impossible for every man, woman and child to spend the day in a cemetery. What shall they do? Chlcago is moving for a new federal post- ofice bullding, ten stories in helght, to cover the square now occupled for that pur- pose, and 1s told by the mupervising archi- tect of the treasury that the proposed bufld- M=~ lag can be completed within (hree years. We presume that this is a possibility, but we advise the people of Chicago not to count o it too surely. The plans for Omaha's new postofice do not call for even one-half of ten stories, and therefore do not involve pue-half the work of a ten-story structure, but Omaha will be happy . twice three years prove sufficient to get her bullding teady for occupancy. Chicago may yet have A mew postofiice at her command before Omaba sers her's completed. state commerce | and void. | were summoned T S ST ti—— UPHOLDING THE INTERSTATE LAW. The decision of the United States supreme court reversing tho former decision of the efrcult court presided over by Gresham and upholding the constitutionality that part of the intel s commerece law which 18 Intended to compel witnesses to appear and give testimony befors the commission will be hailed as a timely prop in support of the law, which has of late been regarded by the raflroads as being wore for show than for observance. Judge ssham'’s ruling really procoeded upon the theory that the twelfth seotion of the Inter- law was That section empowers the com- mission, in case any person who should be summoned to appear before it should re- fuse to appear or to answer the questions that might be propounded, to apply to the circuit court of the district in which the hearing takes place for compulsory process the witness to testify. The com- to force mission began to investigate cortain charges the management of certain Tllinols railroads, and on refusal of the officers to answer the questfons put to them they to answer the same ques- court. They again the matter was not agalnst the clrcuit refused, alleging that only f{rrelevant and immaterial, but also that the twelfth section of the Interstate commerce law was unconstitutional. Phis latter contention was upheld by Judge Gresham, who argued that congress had no power to permit an administrative board to make use of judicial process to prosecute jts investigations, and the witnesses were dis- charged. The supreme court, with a dissenting min- ority, takes a precisely opposite view of the constitutional question involved to that of the inferior tribunal. It states clearly that congress has authority to pass a law to en- able an administrative body to obtain infor- mation necessary for legitimate governmental purposes and to make refusal to appear and testify an offense punishable by the courts. It goes further to say that the provision of the interstate commerce law at issue is a proper and constitutional exercise of this power on the part of congress. It does not lend the fudicial power of the court in aid of a nonjudicial body, but makes the viola- tion of that act a cause for an original case brought at the instance of the. commission and one to which judiclal power extends under the federal constitution. “Without the ald of judicial process of some kind,” says the court, “the regulations that con- gress may establish with respect to inter- state commerce cannot be adequately or efficiently enforceil Armed again with this power to secure evidence upon questions which it may un- dertake to investigate, the Interstate Com- merce commission ought to’ be able to once more make its waning authority over the raflroads of the country’ felt. It will have the power to see that the law Is enforced and will be held responsible for its exercise. The railroads have for a long time been boldly and openly disregirding the law, con- vinced that they were secure from prosecu- tion by a commission which had been adju- dicated impotent. They have thus furnished ample material for the commission to work upon. If the commission fails to bring these rallroads to time the people will be forced to believe that it is for want of a will and not for want of a way. tions in PROTEST AGAINST THE INCOME TAX. New York business men have organized for the purpose of making a formal protest against the income tax provision in the pending tariff bill. The most prominent merchants and, bankers of that city are in the movement and they propose to hold a mass meeting at an early date to give ex- pression to their views. = In the call for this meeting the proposed income tax is de- nounced as an attack on the industries of the north and an attack without any ex- cuse on thrift wherever it may be. It ap- pears that the Insurance companies have already begun their attack in the form of petitions, In which they set forth that the contemplated tax would bear so heavily upon all mutual life insurance companies as to materially affect the surplus’ from which future dividends to policy holders are to be pald, and congress Is asked to exempt from taxation the funds of mutual life in- surarice companies and associations. These companies will unite with other business interests in the movement against an In- come tax, which would fall more heavily upon New York than upon any other state. It Is to be apprebended, however, that the protest comes too late to have any effect. The party in control of congress has known from the outset what the sentiment of the business Mterests of the Empire state was regarding an income tax. It was made plain’ through the utterances of the press of the state, In the speeches in congress of its representatives and its senior senator, and In numberless individual expressions. Nothing which the business men of New York may now say, in mass meeting or by petition or profest, can add to the impress- iveness or the influence of what has already been said. ~ They will hardly be able to furnish any new argument against the pro- posed tax or to state more strongly than has been done the manifestly sectional char- acter of that proposition and the equally vital objecticn to it that it is essentlally class legislation. The able discussion of this question by Senator Hill and others pro- duced no effect upon the advocates of an income tax, and there is not the slightest probability that anything which may now be said or done by the business men of New York will have the slightest influence. A majority of the democrats in both branches of congress are fully and irrevocably com- mitted in favor of this legislation and the country may prepare itself to see this tax adopted with the tariff bill. The south wants it and the desire of that section will be complied with, The south demands that the enterprise and thrift of the north shall be taxed and the democratic party ylelds to the demanB. It is useless to plead that it is an unnecessary tax, that it 1s not required for any legitimate purpose of the government, and that the $30,000,000 which it is estimated would be derived from 1t would corstitute a surplus in excess of the needs of the government. Such argu- ment goes for nothing with the paliticlans who are determined that the people of the north shall contribute unduly to the sup- port of the government. That the imposition of this tax will oper- ate unfairly upen the morth it is presumed no one will deny. Under the former in- come tax the eastern and m'ddle states to- gether paid 71 per cent of the total collected from 1863 to 1873 It s not belleved that under the proposed tax’ the result would be materially different. At any rate it Is cer- tain that the south would pay but a very small percentage of the tax, for otherwise that section would not be found supporting It It s this which condemns it as a thor- oughly selfish and sectional proposition. But all this has been sald agaio and again, and repetition of it now will have no effect. What the business men of New York might bave accomplished {f they had am organ- Judge | unconstitutional | ftod movemeont againsl & ideotme tak three!| cught net to Therd | prosont. months ago it s impossible to say. | can be no doubt that the protest they ars now making will be futile o far as congress 1s concerned. It may have Influence with the people. THE SUGAR SCHEDULE. How much of a fight the senate republi- cans will make on the sugar schedule, which will be reached this week, is uncor- tain, but the probability is that the re- ported demoeratic expectation that the schedule will be disposed of in two days will disappointed. More interest at- taches to the sugar provision of the tariff Bill than to any other, not only because it proposes a policy that must increase the cost of sugar to the consumer and at the same time abrogate what nearly all fair- minded men regard as a contract between the government and the people who have Invested capital in the sugar industry, but for the reason also that it gives ample pro- tectlon to the Sugar trust without showing equal consideration to producers. The pending bill makes the duty on raw sugar 40 per cent ad volorem, and on refined one- elghth of a cent a ponnd. Senator Gor- man, in his recent speech on the bill, which was a carefully prepared and adroit defense of the measure, asserted with rogard to the sugar schedule that it s not in the in- terest of the trust, his specious claim be- ing that the monopoly would be protected to the extent of only one-eighth of a cent a pound. The fact is, however, as has been frequently shown, that the actual protec- tion to the trust is 40 per cent of the difference between the prices of raw and refined sugar, w.th onc-eighth of a cent a pound in addition. Morcover, - the ad va- lorem duty will be levied upon foreign valu- ations, less tbe cost of transportation and other charges, to the advantage of the trust and the disadvantage of the treasury. The Philadelphia Record, a democratic paper, says in rogard to the sugar schodule: Senator Gorman Justly insists that the sugar planters of Louitiana, Nebraska and California are entitled “to some considera- tion and that in suddenly withdrawing the bounties they should not be stripped wholly of protection. Why mot, them, put a spe- cific duty of 1 cent a pound on raw sugar, of which the 40 per cent duty in the bill is as nearly s may be the equivalent? The specific duty, fixed and certain, levied upon the amount of fmportations would be in the in- terest of producers, of consumers, of inde- pendent refiners and of the public treasury. The 40 per cent duty, on the other hand, levied upon forelgn valuations of sugar, would afford a precarious protection to planters and an uncertain public revenue. What is the reason for clinging with so much tenacity to an ad valorem duty on raw sugar and a specific duty on refined sugar if this be not for the peculiar advan- tage of the trust?” Further the Record says, that 5o far from meeting with the approval of the democratic party the bill, if passed in its present form, with its palpable favor- itism to the Sugar trust, would be greeted with a storm of indignation. Representative Warner of New York, a demo- crat, has announced his opposition to the sugar schedule because he regards it as clearly in the interest of the trust, and undoubtedly there are other democrats who feel the same way. There is strong reason to believe that the demands of the trust in the framing of the sugar schedule were complied with. The fact that the representatives of the Louisana sugar interest have accepted the schedule as per- haps the best concession to the domestic sugar indpstry-that ean be obtained should not deter republican senators from making a strenuous effort to secure a modification that will be more in the Interest of the pro- ducers and less to the advantage of the monopoly. The value of the bounty system in stimulating sugar production has been most satisfactorily demonstrated, but, of course, any attempt to retain that system would be hopeless. What may be accom- plished 1s to have the duty both on raw and refined sugars made specific. The proba- bility is, however, that the schedule will stand @s it 1s in the senate, Whether the house or a conference committee can be in- duced to change it for the bemefit of the producers s problematical. e HOW TO BEAUTIFY A GREAT CITY. There s but_pne step from the sublime to the ridiculous, but it takes several steps and stages to pass from homely utility to cultured taste and artistic beauty in munici- pal architecture. A week ago the Chicago Herald invited suggestions for beautifying Chicago. The lnvitation is responsible for a spontaneous outburst from cranks, artists, architects and eccentrics,” whose sugges- tions are as striking and varfegated us Chi- cago itself, with its unsightly skyscrapers and more unsightly tinder boxes and shan- tles. Among the numerous prescriptions for beautifying Chicago the most pungent and original Is the following, contributed from the town of Elgin, Ill.: “Buy two of your largest lake steamers.. -~ Load them down with your anarchists, cut-throats, thugs, ul- cers put ina few of your aldermen and jus- tlces; cut loose and make for the center of Lake Michigan, and scuttle’the ship. Re- peat every two weeks for a year, and you will do much toward beautifying Chicago.” Here is another original suggestion: “One great help'for beautifying Chicago would be to adopt the single tax: when dog-in-the- manger land speculators would find it more profitable to adorn their holdings with per- manent Improvements and of a character that would possibly be more restful to the eye than flaming advertisements which now disfigure some of our otherwise beautiful Streets."" Here Is still another very pointed Idea: “Abolish the corner gang which stands for hours expectorating untll one needs rubbers to wade through it. If your stomach is weak you are lost. If you are fortunate enough without getting a cud of tobacco stuck on your back or a mud ball In your ear you are indeed lucky. And when all the clgarette smokers are trans- vorted, when a lady can walk the streets of Chicago with shopping bag In hand with- out beng Insulted or robbed, when a man can go to bed at night without trearms un- der his head, then we can truly -ay, Oh, Chicago! Thou art a beautiful cit These suggestions may appeal m-re to the vulgar five senses than they do to the aes- thetle sixth sense of artlstic culture. But they make a good starting point. Coming down to the more practical measures to be adopted, we note that a Frenchman, who s presumed to possess the artistic idea, strikes at the weakest spot as follows: “Get away with wooden sidewalks. Get rid of ten-story bulldings next to two-story bufld- ings and ash boxes on the sidewalks. Don't let the people throw banana and orange peels or papers on the sidewalks. Have the streets cleaned three times a week and you will have as nice a city as I ever saw.” An anonymous patron who claims to have trav- eled all the world over gives this advice: “Teach the ch'mneys some manners whereby they will thoroughly umderstand that they be smgke when here are ladies 1 inr; indeed, be a rofreshing sight 1a encountor on your business streets Iadles with clean faces and hands and gen- tlemen whose liwings not solled.” Pertinent as wef} a8 suggestive to Omaha is the following:” “\Wo must clean out the eity hall. We inust eject those boodlers and place honest Fned In their place It is triie wo have at legst n consclentious, liberal minded mayor, but he is like an island in a swamp.” It gHes 'without saying that if Chicago can be bédlitified by such drastic and Inexpensive Hiohhis Omana ought to have no difficulty In ‘HidKing herself a thing of beauty and a joy forever. In selecting a hew county physiclan the county commissiohers should see to It that they secure a man who will give the county charges the benefit of real medical as- sistance. If the county wants to hire medi- cal students let it make its agreement with the students themselves. But when the county pays for the service of an experl- enced physician the county patients have a right to demand that they be attended with the same consideration that is pald to pri- vate patients. Any physiclan who accepts the position under the county should be re- Quired to give his entire time to the county patients, if necessary, and to make his pri- vate practice a socondary matter. Because a“man must appeal to the county for medi- cal ald is no reason why he should be forced to submit himself as a subject for experiment at the hands of Inexperienced students. The pending Row. Springfield (Mass.) Republican, Nebraska Democrats are organizing a free silver league, wi h will convene next month and capture the state democratic party from Secretary Morton and the hands of the administration, if it can. The BInft of Mr, Minnenpolls Tribune. Mr. Buttz of BDuttzville has been con- victed by the senate investigating commit- tee of attempting to bribe Senators Kyle and Hunten, but he had no money of his own and represented no capital, ‘why did he make the biuff? The theory that he simply represented the pluggera for the crazy quilt tariff bill, and was sent upon his errand for political effect, is con- firmed. 7. e SRy Wreek of a Grand Opportunity. Boston Post (dem. In the senute it is not only the shame of weak delay which goes to the account of tho! creant democrats, it is the scandal of dickering with monopolies which has even shaken belief in the honesty of the men themselves, And the public are the readier to listen to strange tales of cor- ruption beeause they see the senate disre- gardful of its duty in the broader sense, “The people are right when they condemn the men who have placed the democracy in this position. It {s the most shameful wreck of a grand opportunity. — Mann, to Death. Louisville Courier-Journal. The democratic cause in congress has been “managed” to death., Some of its leaders have been too smart by half. There have been too many strategists and too few fighters, too much courtesy and too little grape and canister. Too many men have left the ranks to look after the com- missary. At any . rate the democrats have Iegrned o logson, although at grievous cost. They have fearned that no posi- tion Is so safe 4s dn honest one and that victory is not to be purchased at the sacri- fice of a principle or of any part of it. Colorado’s Deplorable Condition, Denyer Republican. Poor Colorade has been compelléd to take a great deal of “bitter medicine since the Populists came [hto’ Bower, Just now. It 1 swallowing a_very bitter dose. All of this hurts the stapding of “the ~state In quarters where it s desirable to maintain a good reputation, ,JBut it is to be hoped that it will teach, 1113] voters of Colorado a e lesson that they will profit by next fall. would 1ot one-tenth of this trowple if tne republicans had been suc- cesstul in. the fall of 1892.. The only way to avold a repetition of it next year and the following year s to elect the entire {rpubllcnn state ticket at the coming elec- on. There A R R Two Parties Only. New York Sun. There is room for only two great political parties in the United States. There has never been room for more. There is the republican party, representing principles of which proteetion is for the moment the chief, and there is the democratic party, Fepresenting what? At present, principally protection, which is republican, and the income tax, which s populist. Is there to continue to be a democratic party to op- pose republicanism, or is the democratic party to be resolved into republican and populist elements? Are the two great par- tles to be the republicans and the pop- ulists? In the white house, in congress, in the south and the west, democracy is, for the time at least, practically merged in pop- ulism. ~ Is this fusion or transfusion to last? ' Or will the democratic party recover its senses and its courage, put by the wavering_counselors of disgrace, and be- come truly democratic again? et Electric Light Wiring. ‘Washington Star. The burning of the Brooklyn tabernacle, which Dr. Talmage unhesitatingly attrib: utes to - electricity from an unsufclently guarded wire, cails attention anew to the necessity for' rigorous and vigorous laws by which individuals and corporations sup- plying the subtle fluid for lighting or power purposes will be compelled to make its dis- tribution harmless, to both property and life. The additional expense incurred in placing electric wires underground should not be considered by legislative bodles when engaged In perfecting legislation to make such a system compulsc for the enormous profits of telegraph, = telephone and electric railway: companies can easily stand the increased cost, Common sense, to say nothing of the motives of humanity, demands that the death-dealing wires of every description, which now gridiron the air of citles and towns, should be placed underground wherever feasible, and 80 pro- tected when InJexposed positions as to make them Incapable of exerting a de- structive influence. i FRAGRANCE OF FUN. Syracuse. Courier: -Some people never get higher than a towering rage. n: A—Hello, Charife! What' did you Harvard Lampoon: Mustache cut off, T see. nave that done for? B.~Fifteen cents. Chicago Inter Occan: *Look here, Stag- gers, 1 don't believe you can look an honest man’ in the fa Well, I won't deny, it until I'm brought tace to face with one.” Philadelphia Record: “No, Maude, you cannot sharpen fil Qld saw with a news- paper file, but many a newspaper file is 'mall:c.\ dull by thé \d saws that are found Boston Transétpt! She—And so you have been to Wakhington and actually stepped upon thesecred floor of the house of representatives, Were you not fired with enthusiasm He~No; by theldoorkeeper. New York WegHly: Husband—Do you think my full bearl¥ Is an improvement? Wite=How muchdocs it save yau a week? ‘About a dollat>" ¢ ‘es, i's an iniprovement." Galveston News: fvery man should try to live so that thié Wbrld ‘will not be made very much bettep by his getting out of it. 3 T Chicago Tribuné: —“This” groaned the wretched young father, shifting the wide- awake baby to thegether arm and making the turn at thi rthwest corner of the room for the 457th time, “is one of the hardships that pass in the night."” Harper's Bazar: — “How's business? asked Jimson of the furniture man, *Bac Our advertising agent made a fool of him- self,” sald the dealer. “How was that?' O, he bragged too much. In dwelling on the furniture of our make he said that it was always In the van, and people who have had experience In moving didn’t want that kind of furniture. TOO PROUD TO WORK. New York Journal. There was a snubbed snob from Dunkirk, Who was dunned till it drove him to work; But it tarnished his family ‘scutcheon, Which never till then had a touch onj 80 he got his quietus With appendiciti; Aud he's gone where his ancestors lurk. EE. TUESDAY, MAY 329, 1891 : PEOPLE AND THINGS. France reverses the old saw. Few of her office holders die, but many resign. Dessemor, the inventor, amulated & fortune of $10,000,000 by his steel process. Senator Hill's voeiferous desiro for an en- larged free list is not believed to include collars and cuffs, Mr. Breckiuridge does not experlence much difculty in driving a close carriagesthrongh Mr. Owens' fonces, The khedive of Egypt will move on France by way of Marsellles June 20. A war ecare In England s probable. The American consul at St. Thomas, Can ada, in patronizing a saloon drug store, was probably fitting himself for citizenship in Kansas. Yes, Old Subscriber, we observed the sub- stitution of Curtis for Custis in the Arling- ton article. The funeral of the culprit will oceur later, The arrival of Commodore Kelly's navy at St. Louls will enable the city at the end of the bridge to rival Boston in exchanging in- ternational courtesies, * Henry Barnes of Lawrence, Mass., lieved to be the oldest Odd Fellow In the United States, He was initiated in 1862, when the order was only a few years old in this country, and is now in his 90th year. The barber attached to the Massachusotts state house declined to shave Mr. Teamoh, a colored representative, unless the latter would procure a private mug. Evidently the colored mug is out of fashion in the Bay state. Governor Waite's thirst for gore to the bridle bits oozed out at the heels when Cripple Creek tendered the gory opportunity. Interest in the career of Henedict Arnold has been aroused in certain quarters by the frequent mention in party organs of tho B. A’ in the majority side of the senate. Judge Chetlain, ‘the Scott of Chicago, whose Interference in behalf of Assassin Prondergast evoked general condemnation, has been turned down by hie associates on the bench. The new assignment of judges for Cook county puts the Prendergast and other important cases out of the reach of Chotlain. General D, H. Hastings, republican candi- date for governor of Pennsylvania, is as popular a man as there is in the state. As adjutant general he was in command at Johnstown after the flood of 1889. He brought order out of chaos and ruled the stricken community with a hand that was as gentle as It was firm. His title of ‘‘General” comes from his militia office, as he was only 16 years old when the war broke out. The_report that Colonel Cockerill of the New York Advertiser had been reduced to a peace footing tbrough the persuasive in- fluence of a Georgia barbecue is manifestly premature. The shedding of innocent Ink goes on undiminshed. Here is the colonel's Iatest snort of deflance: “The editor of the Memphis Commercial lives in a pig pen, and when not so drunk that his vision fs obscured he looks at the universe through a ragged knot-hole. Naturally his range is timited, but while this feeble porcine bar- barfan sees very little of the world, it is gratifying to know that the world sces but little of him.” —_————— NEBRASKA AND NEBRASKANS. is be- A scientific and historical association has been organized at Niobrara. James Vail, a veteran of the late war, dropped dead ‘at Crab Orchard of heart dis- ease. A_blooded colt belonging to H. R. Travis of Wallace had its jugular vein cut by a barb wire fence and bled to death. The Epworth leagues of the Norfolk dis- trict will hold a convention at Pender June 18 to 20. About fity delegates will attend. Dr. W. S. Burdette, formerly a -well known physician at Nelson, died recently at Huntington, W. Va., where he had gone for his heaith. Mrs. David Adams, whose husband is in exile because of his connection with the fafl- ure of the Holt County bank, of which he was president, died Saturday at O'Nefll. The board of trustees of Bertrand is talk- ing of borrowing the money nccessary to build water works, as the people recently voted ‘down a proposition to issue the nec- essary. bonds. Elias Bean, an aged resident of Exeter, had his leg amputated between the anklc and knee because of a diseased bone and is now recovering from the operation, though he is over 75 years of age. Lightning rod peddlers tried the old game on Jesse Brown, a Thayer county farmer, and had proceeded as far as to put the rods on the house. Then they made the demand for money and threatened to sue, but Mr. Brown defied them and they finally gave up the game and took down the rods. While attempting to repalr his windmill during a heavy storm, J. B. Burdick of Berwin had his hand caught in the gearing and the flesh and bones were crushed into a shape- less mass. Before he could extricate him- self from the machinery Mr. Burdick was forced to amputate his hand with a com- mon jackknife. He then climbed down to the ground and summoned help. A doctor was sent for, and it was found necessary to perform another amputation of the limb above the wrist. e SHOOT HI:~ ON THE SPOT. Buffalo Express: The tearing down of American flags has become altogether too popular a pastime in Canada, It is about time the hot-headed idiots of the Dominion were taught better manners. St. Paul Globe: An apology Is not all that should be required of Canada for the outrage to the American flag at St. Thomas on the queen’s birtbday. The incident was a manifestation of the hatred of every- thing American that prevails throughout Canada, and should call for the exemplary punishment of the offenders. Denver Republican: The tearing down of an American flag in front of the United States consulate at St. Thomas, Canada, was the act of men under the influence of liquor, and as such it will be regarded by our government. It {5 to be regretted more as an indication of secret ill-will to- ward the United States than for any other reason. Minneapolis Tribune: The Queen’s Own should choose some other method of cele- brating the queen's birthday than hauling down the American flag from the American consulate in Canada. To be sure, this is a yery favorable time for indulgence in little freaks like that, but it is in bad taste nevertheless. The queen could make par- tial reparation by disowning the Queen's Own, but she s not likely to do so. Chicago Inter Ocean: The indignity heaped upon the American flag as it waved over the American consulate at St. Thomas, Canada, is one of those international out- rages which no self-respecting national gov- ernment_could afford to overlook or palliate. If the facts were as stated Consul Willis did perfectly right in refusing to accept the personal apologies sald to have been tendered by those dircctly and indirectly implicated. The flag of a nation must not be fnsulted with any such impunity. New York Recorder: A government can- not Justly be held responsible for the acts of hoodlum mobs in matters of this kind, but when the aggre:sors wear military uni- forms the offerse assumes an entirely dif- ferent color and complexion. Our govern- ment_should demand ample apology from the Dominios government, and that apol- ogy ‘should take the form of drawing up the “Queen’s Own Rifles” In front of the consulate at St. Thomas and make thom present arms to the stars and stripes. e LORD OF THE HEARTH, Cleveland Plain Dealer. Eyes with mischief brimming o'er— Mischief flows from every pore; Trouble in his cheeks' red glow— Hvery dimple fraught with woe— Wild, and rough, and free, Filled with fierce, demoniac joy, Thus he stands, my darling boy— Stands and grins at me. Valn, to him, advice of age, He alone the learned sage; “Let old Time his journey run— This bright world was made for fun!™ Ah, who shall deny The wisdom of this little man Who howls his way across life's span? Not I, alas! Not I! 1 only pray that bitter tears May not attend his later years; That when the shafts of battle fall, And sorrow spreads her gloomy pail, Aud golden locks turn gray Amid the struggling cares of mew My untamed darling shall be thes As happy es today, TALK WITH SENATOR CAREY. Any Logislation Would Relleva the Conntry —Industeinls and Treigation, Senator John M. Carey of Wyoming, as big as the prairle country which he repre- sents, a representative product of an Irriga- tion state, is In Omaha enroute ecast to assist in framing a tarift bill. To a repre- sentative of The ee Senator Carey said yes- terday: “It Is not the measure of legisla- tion but legislation which the country de- mands from congress, for any legislation will serve to qulet the unrest that is su- prumely noticeable in the marts of trade and commerce, The tarifft bill will probably pass about the second week in June, the sugar schedule oceupying the attention of t senato this week. By the last of next week I anticipate matters will have taken such a course that an expression may be had when the final vote I8 likely to be reached. If the free sugar schedule Is adopted it will give us two additional senators against the bill from tho south, but will have a tendency to put Senator Allen in a rather unpleasant pre- dicament.” Upon the question of the Commonwealers Judge Carey said: “The movement repre sents collective instead of individual tramp- ing. It s a fact that many, in fact hundreds, of theso men have been offered work at liv- Ing wages, but they have refused on the ground that it would prejudice their cause in the public mind. Since Judge Riner's de- fon the Commonweal will keep clear of voming, in fact a number of the bodies have so expressed themselves, and I look for little trouble from thi in the future. Judge Hallett of Colorado has fol- lowed in much the same line as Judge Riner of the federal court, and in a conversation I had with Judge Riner he stated that he had great sympathy for the men out of work but none for train stealers and lawles tramps.” Irrigation then came in for a moment's consideration, Mr. Orr of the executive de- partment of the Unifon Pacific having pre- sented Judge Carey with the latest Over- land publication, entitled, “Irrigation, Its History, Methods, Statistics and Results.” Senator Carey, speaking of the question, sald: “Irrigation is one of the strong prob- lems of the hour, and will be the salvation of the great plains of the west. We have demonstrated its practicability, we think, in the wheat fleld district which lies some seventy miles from Cheyenne, and with a good colony along the ditch there is no reason to doubt its ultlmate success. To get water into a drled up creek bed the Wheatland company had to tunnel through a mountain of granite almost a mile long, to tap a stream higher up, but the work is done, and the land looks like a garden, watered, as it is, artificially, It needs only the planting of crops to demonstrate the advantages of Irrigation to reclaim desert wastes."” Judge Carcy left in the afternoon for Washington, where he will remain until the settlement of the tariff discussion. VK WRECKERS FOU D GUILTY. Jury In the Indianapolis Case Unanimous on the First Ballot. INDIANAPOLIS, May 28.—“We, the jury, find the defendants, Francis A. Cofin and Percival B. Coffin, guilty as charged in all the counts of the indictment, and Albert S. Reed guilty as charged In the counts from 37 to 46 inclusive.” These three defendants have been on trial for wrecking the Indianapolis National bank, which Institution suspended payment la% July. Ex-Attorney General Miller immedi- ately moved a new trial and Federal Judge Daker will hear arguments Monday next. As Foreman Trotter handed the sealed ver- dict to the clerk the visages of the defendants gave no sign of interest or emotion. The Indianapolis Cabinet company, with branches In the east and in London, has through the men just convicted secured from the Indian- apolis National bank about $375,000 on prac- tically worthless paper. The jury was out eighteen hours—from 3 o'clock ~ Saturday afternoon until 9 o'clock Sunday morning. The verdict was, In the public mind, antici- pated, cxcept in the case of Reed, who, though considered technically guilty, had in his favor extenuating circumstances which it was thought might lead the jury to acquit him. His position with the Cabinet com- pany, which so mercilessly and systematic- ally looted the bank, was purely clerical, and for so comparative a short time that his ignorance of the company's methods was not regarded as wholly possible. The defendants were required to furnish bonds as follows: A. S. Reed, $5,000 (old bond satisfactory); Francis A. Coflin, $25,000; Percival A. Coffin, $12,500. Foreman Trotter said that the jury was unanimous for the conviction of the Coffins from the first. The first ballot showed, for Reed, eight for conviction and four for ac- quittal. After three ballots had been taken and cleven votes declared Reed guilty, Juror James Good, who had held out against Reed's conviction, gave in. Five years was regarded by the fury as proper punishment for Reed. The Coffins furnished bond at noon in $25,000 and $12,500 respectively and were allowed their freedom until Monday. e Court House Refunding Bonds. The county clerk and Chairman Stenberg of the Board of County Commissioners yes- terday begin the task of afixing their signatures to the 119 court house refunding bonds, which become due in 1914, The bends' aggregate $119,000 and draw interest T BROWNI & The largest makers and & ine elothes on earth, Your money’s worth or your monocy bas'c. At the rate of 4% per cont, payable semi- annually, and are issued in place of the old 6 per cent bonds, which would have been due iIn 1901 In aMxing thelr signatures the officials have to sign 4,870 timos each. RO o Y. M. C. A. EXPLAINS. [ Why a Ilall Game Will Not e nyed on Memorial Day. Tn view of the recent discussion of the subject of ball games on Memorial day, the officers of the Young Men's Christian asso- clation have prepared the following states ment The proposed game of base ball at the Y. M. C. A. athletic park on tho afternoon of | Memorlal day was arranged with others of the series for the reason that healthful pas- time under proper control and conditions, to oteupy the hours of lefsure, after the appro priate exercises of the day were past, seemed to be called for and could not well be obe noxfous to intelligent criticism. The Y. M. C. A. management, in harmony with a suggestion from the memorial com- mittee, fixed the time for tho game at an hour subsequent to that at which the exer- cisos at Hanscom park would be concluded. The secretary of the memorial committee, Mr. Jenkins, expressed himself as_entirely satisfied with the action of the Y C. A committee. But in view of the fact that the giving of the game on Memorial day may still be an occasion of offense to some the management of the Y. M. C. A. beg to ane o the entire withdrawal of the game, hoping that the hours subsequent to the memorial exercises at Hanscom park may not see anything more offensive to the spirit and memorfes of the occasion. Certainly ganization can hold Memorial day In T honor than the Y. M. C. A., nor be more ready to develop the fnterest and cher- ish the virtues of good citizenship which, after the due and sacred honor to be pald to the dead heroes of the war for the union, is the chiefest y e of this national holl- day. W. J. FISCHER, Presidont. FRANK W. OBER, General Secretary. WOMAN'S CLUB MEETING. OMecors T Oficers Elected and Reports from Depart ments Recelved. Th annual meeting of the Woman's club was held yesterday afternon at Myrtle hall, and the fight that ensued on the elec- tion of officers was spirited. The election resulted as follows: Mrs. F. F. Ford, president; Mrs. Z. T. Lindsay, first vios president; Mrs. W. W. Keysor, second vice presiden Mrs. Frank Cross, recording secretary; Mrs, Frank Heller, corrcsponding secretary; Mrs. William Fleming, treasurer. Reports were read by the retiring officers and by the heads of the departments of the club. They were all encouraging and in- dicated a prosperous condition. Interest in the educational features is increasing and the membership of the club has been materially augmented during the year. A committee was appointed to investigate the university extension system, with the object of arranging a course of lectures for next year, and is to report at the next meeting of the board of directors. The committee consists of Dr. Augusta Chapin, Mrs. Grace Sudborough, Miss McHugh, Mr Dr. Duryea and Miss Cook. During the course of the meeting Mrs. Towne, one of the delegates to the federas tion of women’s clubs lately held at Phila delphia, presented to the president a_gavs made of wood from Ford's theater, Was ington. The president announced that on each Thursday morning from 10 to 12 o'clock some officers of the club would meet at 120 South Twenty-fifth street to consider any, business relative to the work of the club. e S sdaie NEW METHODIST CHURCH., Congregation in West Omnaha Decldes teo Erect an Edifice. For over elghteen years there has stood on the corner of Thirty-seventh and Marey streets a small building called the West Omaha Methodist Episcopal chapel. During part of the time it has been used for public school purposes, Sunday school and preach- ing having been maintained most of the time, with a small and fluctuating soclety. Like a Rip Van Winkle the church has sud- denly awakened into a new life and made rapid growth during the past few months. Many have been rescued from sin and several have bid adieu to their cups and cards and company. Jn"l‘“lfl‘!‘ lehlflrl;":'iom zlccuypicll at Thirty-fifth and Leavenworth streets must soon be va- cated. The little chapel is too small, %0 the only remedy is to quit or build. As Methodists seldom quit a field they have de- e omahi (s one of the Mnest rosidance parts of the city and there is not a churoh of any kind within three-fourths of a mile of the one now under way. -— Burned Before Their Eyes. BONHAM, Tex.,, May 28.—The Columbisn hotel at Latonia was burned today just be- fore dawn. All but one of the guests cscaped with but little less than :o: . Charles Lewls was burn e ent and hoarins of frightoned | spectators who were unable to do anything ! to aid him. NG, KING co ar3at PRpeamATa: pnaeasams so great. all sorts of colors and in sell some of them as low S — i We'll fit you as well, give make it. Aboy’s nice su BROWNING, Never take the horse shoe from the door; Never throw away leafed clover four; Never fail to look our counters o’er; Never were such garments made before; Never were styles so elegant nor our assortment They are all new and fresh and come in more than half a tailor's price, with all the other good qualities of a made-to-your-own-order suit. will wear as long and look as well as any tailor can S. W, Cor. Filteenth the very latest styles. We as $8.50 and never much you as good material, that it $2. KING & CO., and Douglas Streets. o cer i e