Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 11, 1887, Page 4

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Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing company, does solemnly swear that the actual circuiation of the Daily Bee for the weck ending Feb, 4th, 1557, wus as follows: ke, muliod 16 Any AND 18 FARNAM STREET. )\ 68, TRIBUNE BUILDIN 0. 513 FOURTEENTH STREE Tuesday, Feb, Wednesday, Feb, Thursday, Feb, Friday, Feb, 4, Avorage Subgeribed ana sworn 1o in my_presence this5th day of February A, D., 1857, N. P, Frin, ISEALI Notary Publie. Seo. B, Tzschuck, being first duly sworn. deposes and says that he 1s secretary of 'The Beo Tublishing company, that the. actual av- eraze duily circulation of the Dailv Bee for the month of February, 1885, was 10,545 copies; for March, 1886, 11,687 copies; for April, 1886, 12,191 copies: for for .\l 1886, 12,430 copies; for June, 1856, 12,208 coples: for Ju 185, 12,314 copies; for August, 1856, 12,404 coplos:for Septomber, 1886, 15,030 copies: for Octol 1856, 12,080 copies: for November, 1886, 1 or December, 1850, 13,237 copics for January, 1387, 16,206 coples, @r0. B. 12SCHUCK. Subseribed and sworn to betore me this Sth day of February A. D, 1887, [SEAL.l "N, P. Frir. Notary Public. ANMONG the army retirements, the tirat one should be the retirement of the Sal- vation army. sPATCHES from Montreal, Canada, counterteit one dollar United States bills are being circulated there. Tize sublime check of some of our visit- ing cashiers really excites admiration, ve finally agreed that earthquakes are caused by olectrie dis- turbances. All electric disturbances, however, do not produce earthquakes. If they did Lincoln would long ago have been swallowed up. The bell boys in the hotels are quite often disturbed down there by the lobbyists who press the but- ton for cock tails, THE statements of the some of tho larger ecastern citic gratifying evidence to the prosperity and thrift of tha people, and show that not- withstanding labor troubles and the com- mon complaint that the wage earners are unable to more than subsist, there arc hundrods of thousands of working peo- ple yho haye their bank account. As a single example, the savings banks of New Yorkcity report that at the close of 1886 they owed to 669,443 depositors tho sum of $270,569,390, and that the mcrease- 1 their deposits during the year was §14,623,218. Assuming the population of the city to be 1,400,000, it thus appears that 48 persons out of every 100 have money on deposit in the savings bank: THERE is a breach in the republican ranks in New York which may prove to be serious. Senator Miller has not taken his defeat by Hiscock with the compla- ceney which a man who takes his chances in politics is expected to do. On the con- trary he is reported to feel very hostile to the senator-elect, whom he charges with having made a corrupt combination to secure his election. This aiso involves Mr. Morton, who surrendered his vote to Hiscock, and is an imputation against all bat the original supporters of the latter. Miller declined an invitation to the din- ner given in Washington last week in honor of Hiscock, on the ground that the latter was not fit to associate with, It is Baid also that the senator is not less vicious toward Blaine, Miller has a con- siderable following and his attitude is quite naturally a cause of concern to the republicans of the state, and especially to the friends of Mr. Blaine. A repetition of tho stalwart-halt-breed contention would be a yery dangerous matter for the party next year, and something of this kind seems 10 be threatened. Of course there is a very wide ditference between Miller and Conkling, and the former probably will not be able to make and maintaln the breach ereated by the latter, yet he can do mischief. There appears to be an parnest effort making to placate the re- palcitrant senator, but its success is ques- tionable. S— Ir is noted as a significant straw show- Ing the direction of the European war wind, that all the great manufacturers of powaer and explosives in the east are extraordinarily busy, and they are ship- ping large quantities of their product to Franceor Germany. The Dupont pow- der mills, near Wilmington, Dela., have neyer in their history been more actively employed than at present. The men are worked night and day in some depart- ments of the great establishment, which 1s turning out by the tons black powder such s is used in war. The powder makers are told that the orders now on band eannot be filled fast enough, The mills of the Repauno chenneal works, at Thompson's Point, N, J., at which the most destructive explosives in the world are manufactured, are alsorcported to be uncommonly busy. These mills are the most famous in the world, and have nearly always furnished a large propor- tion of powder to European nations on the eve of & war, a fact that gives signi- ficance o their present exceptional sctivity, Just before the Franeco-Prus- sian war the mills were run on extra time, as this is the case now, and this was taken then, as now, to be a pretty sure harvinger of wi The manufac- turers are reticent regarding the cause of the unusual activity, or give evasive and unsatistactory explanations, which to- gether with the fact that they known 20 have been endeavoring for some time Eul to have large consignments sent to rance by trans-Atlantic steamers, war- rants the belief that they are working on Luropeun orders. | from the Oma | YHE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 11, 1887 A Word of Caution, here are duties which an honest news- paper cannot shirk without forfeiting povular confidence. The sense of such un obligation impels usto utter a few sober words of caution at this critical time, It is an open secret that the Bee is reaping a golden harvest in midwinter a real estate boom. With full knowledge that we shall materally curtail this very profitable patronage by what we are about to say, we propose to fearlossly eall attention to the breakers which we sce ahead in the very near fu- ture. Witk all her bright prospects, the failure to pass the new charter, which is now almost certain by reason of the or- ganized opposition, Omaha is about to perience a very marked reaction in her real estate market and more es- pecially in real estate values out- side of the present city limits, Itisno use to disguise the fact that the outside real estate boom is already unduly in- flated by over speculation. The only thing that holds it up to-day 1s the pros- peetive extension of the city limits, pro- posed boulevards, parks, and projected public improvements, All these must be abandoned for two years or more if the legislature adjourns without passing the new charter. What the effect of the impending collapse of the outside property boom will be on inside real estate we can only conjecture, The failure to enlarge the tax area of the eity will certainly retard and prevent some im- portant enterprises. All public building projects, except alone school houses, will, of course, have to be given up, and with them many important business blocks that would otherwise have been built this year. In view of the fact that thousands of industrious workingmen and working women are liable to be drawn into the speculative chasm and have their earn- ings of the past and future swallowed in property that may become uusalable, we feel it our sacred duty to say—go slow. You can better afford to wait uutil after the legislature adjourns than be ruined by hasty or reckless speculation. Do They Want 1t? The house has passed the bill abolish- g the bogus railroad commission. Pub- lic sentiment is responsible for a result which all the work of the corporation lobby could not obstruct. The commis- sion was conceived in fraud and born in iniquity. Its ereation m open viola- tion of a popular expression through the baliot box. Two y of its operation were suflicient to prove its paternity so clearly that no honest man doubted its origin or the n ssity tor its burial. It remains for the senate to complete the obsequies. With the railroad commission abolished the work is only half done. Another duty still remamns to be performed. The legislature cannot rest upon the mere abolition of a means for redress which proved only an obstacle to reme- dial legislation. The people of Nebraska and a law which will curb the rapacity of the giant corporations which attening from the proceeds of honest lahor by exorbitant passenger and freigzht been charged that Rose- water has said that all the legislation needed could be put on one sheet of per. The charge is true. It has been charged at the samo time by the railroad lobby that the assertion was evidence that the editor of the B is 1 league with the railroads, Are they anxious to discover the fact by a practical application? The test will be an easy one. If the scoundrels who for the sake of misrepresenting the editor of this paper will re assurance from their corporate mosters that no opposi- tion will be made to a bill of the length mentioned we shall be glad to make the attempt withoue any fear of the public disapproval which they intimate would follow. A single page would be ample room., A half a page would do. Twenty printed lines wonld suflice. That Charter Compromise, The compromise between the citizens’ committee and the Douglas county dele- gation throws the confederated editorial bushwhackers and contractors 1nto spasms of rage and contortions of agony. Why? Because it bids fair to assure the passage of a new charter for Omaha. The only aim of these charlatans and frauds has been to defeat the whole char- ter for personal ends and to precipitate this entire commurity mto man al chaos to advance their own private interests. Backed by the Iroads, who were determined to kill the charter if the sweeping taxation of railroad property was insisted upon, these adventurers thought they read their title clear to what they termed a great ictory over the tax payers and progres- sive elements of this city, Now that mu- tual concessions have assured an even chance of the passage of the charter, practically as it ecame from the hands of the committee of fifteen, these hyenas are shrieking “fraud’’ and “treachery” with ear splitting vigor, butto empty benches. Omaha has never yet secured a charter which was not the result of compromise, If the new charter passes, it will be no exception to the rule. The Douglas dele- gation were brought face to face with the alternative of carrying their point in the tax clause and defeating the charter, or of yielding to a compromise with a farr chance of its ps They were besought by the leading merchants and capitalists of Omaha not to imperil every interest both of lubor and capital by throwing this eity nto the disorder and confusion of operating uader the charter framed for Lincoln, They were assured that the railroads would agree to municipal taxation on a large amount of property now untaxed, and in return for the concession would withdraw their op- position to the passage of the charter, It Wi fair issue of no charter or a moditied charter. The delegation, much to our regret at the necessity, but with the wisdom that takes three quarters of a loaf in preference to none, decided to a compromise which while not all that could be desived is & great advance on the tax question over what we have had heretofore. 8o far as this paper is con- ccrned, its views of the equities of equal taxation have not changed. What should be unfortunately does not always coincide with what ean be. Partial taxation of y property 1s better than total ex- empticn. Municipal government -under A new and enlarged eharter is better than ta¢ confusion snd depression’ which would nevitably result- from the defeat of the bill now pending. = For these rea- g0, sons and these alone our citizens will reluctantly endorse the compromise mude, Ojl Inspection. The strong sentiment in favor of the necessity of a stato inspection of illumi- nating oils has resulted in the introduc- tion of two bills in the senate whose ob- ject is to throw greater safeguards around the sale and use of petroleum and its pro- ducts. The earliest of these is senate file 71, introduced by Senator Colbs, 1In its general provisions and aims it is almost identical with that introduced later by Senator Conger. Each provides for a state pector with power to appoint depu- ties who shall test and brand illuminating oils and condemn such as is found defi cient. Bothfix penalties for violation of the law. Senate tile 71, however, when compared with the best laws on other statute books is lacking in & number of impoitant details which are more fully covered in ator Conger’s moasure. The fees as fixed by Mr. Colby's hill would make the oflice of inspector of oils the most lucrative in the state. A tax of 20 cents for the inspection of a singlo barrel of oil, whichis the feo hich it fixes, is at least double what it should be. In the end the consumer pays the inspector's fees, They should therefore be as reasonable as is consist- entwith affording a fair ary to that of- ficial and his deputies The test required by Mr. Coiby’s bill is nceedlessly high. It is placed at 1159 flash test, while the most required in our largest states is 1052, A flash test of 105° means a burning test of S, and oil of that degree is safe beyond all question, There is no reason why the public should be forced to purchase fancy oils when safe 1lliminating fluias can be proenred at a lower cost. Another deliciency in Senate File 71 is its failure to preseribe the testing apparatus to be used. O1l men are agreed upon what thisis, and name the Foster cup auto- matic testing machine as the only relinble tester. This 15 the apparatus vsed in Ohio, Illinois, and a dozen other states, and which is in universal use among heavy exporters New Yor Lt is reliable and antomatic, and leaves no room for mistake and col lusion. Other points in Mr. Coll bill which are open to criticism are its failure to provide some authority to whom an avpeal can be taken 1 cases of dizpute, and its indefinite provisions as to the sale of oils denominated as “‘deficient tor illnminating purposes.” While the measure is a commendable effort to reach a desired end, it is crude and fails to cover the ground Respect the La It1s ifying to find that ther judicions men connected with th. road interests who regard the inte commerce law an enactment to be spected, and are disposed to aid in giving it a fair trial, rather than to scek to ob struet its operation. T'nose who are dif- ferently disposed, and it is not doubted there are some such, have time before the law goes into effeet to vefleet upon the folly of their attitude, and it will be well for the interests they represent if they shall sce the futility of further op- position, and the mistake they would make in attempting to put obstac! th e of u full and fair trial of the Nobody expects that the law will provi to be perfect. The beginning of legislation is necessarily experiments Pract with this [aw will undoubtedly he mnecessity for changes and mox i which quite as ligely to be favorable to the rail- roads as otherwise. But the principle of the law s fixed and immutable, and having i afier a struggle of years, will never be surrendered oy the people. The power to regulate commerce between the states, devolved upon the representatives of the people in cougress by the constitution, and declared by the highest judicial au- thority in the nation to exist there alone, will hereafter be exare mnl as a pe ent part of public .y, This being assured it is oby for the railroad cheertu of the law, but to every a which they may properly render to the authorities apvointed under 1t in orde that it may be freely, fully and fai exceuted. In this way will faults defects, if they exist, be mosy surely promptly discovered and the required changes and remedies suggested. ‘Lhat it is the interest of the railroads to pur- sue this course ought to be piain to every oflicial conneeted with them, Such is the view taken by the Central T'raflic association which held a meeting a few days ago at the oflice of President Newell of the Lake Shore road, m Clove- land, Ohio. It was determined to con- tinue the association, and among the resolutions adopted was one declaring that the mntor-state commerce law should be aceepted and interpreted with a just regard for the great mutual rail- way and public interests involved geuerally, in conformity with the definitions of the law explained in the senate debate thercon, It was also resolved that the association will co- operate with the commissioners under the law in seeuring, as far as possible, the benefits of the statute, and in the faithful observance of all 1ts provisions. This is in the right spirit, and it is the policy which the entire railroad interests of the country should pursue, The Difference in Mathods, When private enterprises, munici ties or individuals feel that propos legislation will unjustly affect their in csts they appear before the proper legis- lative committee and advance arguments against the measure. Facts and figures are addueed, Papers and statements arve broy f rd. Suech ciuzens assume that legislatures and legislative commit tees are composed of honest men. The; ceed on the theory that their members soning und reasonable, open to argument and unwilling to commit an njustic: When a public corporation believes itself assaled, it orders out its speeial car and a few hundred blank passes. It ts for hire & mob of strikers and heclers, and invades the state capi with & heavy lobby composed of dead beats and bilks. Steering clear of com- mittee rooms because such a following could have no influence upon reputable men, it concentrates all its energies to the task of bribing and browbeating in- dividual members to defeat the measure when it comes before the houses. - The bill, which might have been amended in comwittee, is killed -in’ open - session, Underhand means are resorted to for the purpose of accomplishing what manly opposition might more easily have attained. The corporations proceed on the theory that every man has his price. Sometimos they find themselves mistaken, Railroad methods are chiefly respon ble for the antagonism to railroads. Itis a oreature of their own making fos d by themselves and nurtured by the disre- putable methods used to curb its influ- enoe, Manly men respect an honest fight. They are not won over by the dirty work of the lobby. A Recital and a Soociety. The piano recital given by Miss Bella Robinson, of Counecil Bluffs, under the auspicos of the Ladios' Musical Society, is deserving of something more than passing menuon. Miss Robinson's per- formance was an agreeable revelation to many present who had not before had the pleasure of listening to a display of her powers. In a programmo which covered the musical field from John Sebastian Bach to Chopin she showed uncommon versatility in execution and exhibited quite remarkable results of the combination of natural talent and pains- taking stndy. In portions of her render- ing of the programme, Miss Robin- son displayed a mastery of techmeal difliculties and an appreciation of the spirit of the composers which left little room for criticism, even by comp: ison. Butthe concert was noticeablo not less for the fine audience which it at- tracted than for the brilliancy of the per- formance. Any evidence of an increas- ing interest in musieal study and musical appreciation in our city is worthy of at- tention and comment. Culture, like con- tidence, is a plant of slow growth in new communities. It does not seek virgin soil. When transplanted it requires caro- ful nurture and steady forcing. The original impetus to any development of art mwust come from the few and not trom the many, aud the conso- quent education of the public taste 1s in- v oly the result of the conscientious and unselfish labor of a small coterie of enthusiasts. No one who has followed for years the” current of musical events in Omaha needs to be told that this has been the ease in our eity. Little by little through recitals in private hous, through the pecuniary sacrifices of mu- sical organizations working for the love of music and striving to batter down public indiference more than public prejudice, the work has been going on. None of these educational forces has done better and more faithful work than the Ladies' Musical Society, now in its fourth scason with a strong and a growing membership, and which owes much of its su to the faithful and disinterested labors of Miss Elizabetr Poppleton and Miss Rustin,’” The society has done a genuine work in stimulating musical” stady and the enjoyment of music. Its influence has spread outside the walls of the halls where 1ts unpre- tentious concerts have been given, and has furnished a valuable impetus to mus- ical culture in our mids| keonumy for ¥ Our Washington dispatches of Tuesday noted a fact not fumiliar to the gene but well known to vverybody in- 2 s1onal conduct, policy of the poropriations to the very lowest point, always under the esti- mates furnished by the several depart- ments of the government, with the cer- tainty of making a deficieney unless the senate increases the amounts to some- where neav the estimates, The efleet of this course with the public has been to create the impression that the scnate 1s proverbi zant, and from th members of the house like Mr. Randall and Mr. Holman have won a reputation as champions of economy. There ap- pears to haye developed in the senate a it of revolt against this policy on the part of the house, which is characterized as one of the cheapest tricks of politieal hypoct r i , and it hus become ion among senators what course shall be pursued in order to protect themselves against what they claim to be the unjust charge of ex- trayvagance. Qur dispatch quoted a sen- ator as saying that if the policy com- plained of shall L ntinued in the next congress it is now the yery gencral feel- i mong senators that the best course to pursue would be to sull further reduce appropriations from the estimates when the bills come before the senate. Some senators think the w ourse will be to leaye the whola responsibility with the house by approving the appropriaiion bills as they come from that body, while others maintain that if the house refuses to make adequate appropriations it is the duty of the senate to supply them and to insist vpon its independent right to ex- its viows as to the means necessary ry on the government, e have boen several recent exam- plos of the house method of providing in- adequate appropriations, Our corres- pondent expressed the opinion that the rfected in the house it in a deficieney, and that this is well known to the chair- man of the appropriations committee, Mr. Randall, who also knows, or expects, that the amounts necessary to be pro- vided will be added by the senate, This, however, will not detract trom the repu- tation of My, Randall as an economist, Anothel ample 15 the appropriation for the coast survey, which is claimed to be so far short of what 18 required that it would yery seriously eripvle the efliciency of that organization, and if made a prece- dent would result in & few years in ruin- ing it. S another example 15 in the proposed proyision for an expedition to Alaska for the purposg of setding the boundary question and investigating other matters in that territorial annex The house was furnished an estimate of the amount that would be required to maintain the expedition during the four or ive months of the' season when the work ean be efficiently performed. This was cut down to a sum said to be not more than suilicient to send a steamer to Alaska and directly back again, leavi nathing with which to defray the re penses of the expedition, It is cha that all through the house appropria- tions which have gone to the senate the extreme paring down poliey is manifest, tn consequence of which the senate has felt called upon to make additions ag- ating nearly $3,000,000, T 1combe, forme thatit is the invariabl house to pare down gance. 1t is donbtless to be said in behalf of the house that the restraining influence of its policy has not been without advau- tage in curbing the tendency to extravi gance, but on the other hand, there are features of ita pohey which cannot be commended as in the direction of a wise economy. Of such is the method of mak+ ing piece meal appropriations for public buildings and improvements, which hav resuited in an untold waste of public money. In this direction especially the system of appropriations has been niost unbusinesshike, adding largely to the legitimate cost of all such imvrove- ments, The great obstacle to reform in this matter is in the fact that almost every district representod in congress wants at every session a slice of tho amount available for appropriations, and in order to satisfy the demands for unnecessary oxpenditures, made to strengthen members with their constitu- , those which are nocessary must Neither can that policy be com- mended which so reduces the estimates of the departments as to impair their working efliciency, asihas frequently been the case, or makes certain a deficiency, which ocenrs every year in some depart ment, ‘The people have the right to ex- pect suflicient practical wisdom on the part of their representatives to avoid serious mistal in this respect. As to the charge of political hypoerisy in con- noetion with this matter, there is very likely good ground for it. Messrs Ran- dall and Holman have been conspicnously suceeesful in advancing their political fortunes by playing the role of econo- mists, and 1t may fairly be questioned 1t either of them is sincerely actuated by any higher motive than this. Asto Mr. Randall, so long as he insists upon main- ning a system of taxation that takes unnecessarily from the people millions of dollars annually, and supports an expen- sive sorvice, the sincerity of his professed concern for economical government may properly be doubted. CoxtrovERSY over the McGlynn case will not help matters. No one doubts Dr. McGlynn's honesty. No one ean question his independence. He is & bold thinker, a forcible speaker, and has been for years a greatly beloved parish priest in the largest city in the countr, All this will be granted by the authorities of the church with which he has been so long conneeted. But these facts, unfor- tunately tor Dr. McGlynn, have nothing to do with the issne which he has raised. ssue is the simple one whether a who has listed in an or- tion, secular or religious, is bound to render obedience to his superiors or leave its service. In the Catholic church there ean be but one answer. Subordination to authority is the basis of the church governinent, There can be no line drawn between the priest and the man where i which the chuarch consides its interests are involv:d. Chureh disci- pline, like mili discipline, cannot brook disobedience to orders, however saintly the priest or popular the man. the sole issue in the MeGlynn There has been no question of raised, no charges of false doc- trinal interpretation preferred. The charge against Dr. McGlynn is simply one of repeated disobedience to the orders of his superiors, his bishop and the pro Yor refusing to obey he is s difficult to sce other :ould have been adopted, wlecting heresy course T ~Llhnu*ut from Was hington that the pr able to the pro- posed legislation in oongrors regarding Canada, and that he had expressed a de- sire that no action shall be taken, needs confirmation. It is quite the opposite of what the public has understood, with good reason, to be the sentiment in ad- ministration ecircles. ontributions of both Secretary Bay: Manning to this question ha lingness, if not an part of these ol overnment might b tect the rights and interests of Americ and muirtain the natio: dignity. 1t was cluimed in the debate on the retalintion m the senate that the measure was approved by the admini tration. So recently as last Monday S rotary Manning sent to the chairman of the house committee on foreign affuirs a communication in which he strongly de- fended the position of the goverument in this controversy, and submitted a bill providing for non-intercourse which dif- fered from those proposed in congress chiefly in being more explicit. It has been understood that the president and his cabinet were in entire accord on this question, 8o that it the latest statement from Washington be true the president’s change of views has occurred since the writing of Mr. Manning’s letter to Mr. Belmont, We think this improbable. enabled to pro- Tue gang of roughsana attacked a meeting of the Salvation Arm) and broke up the guathering with brick- bats and revolvers should be taught a lesson. Three policemen were in the neighborhooa and left the scene. They should also be taught a lesson which will remove them to other business than t of making a false pretense of proserving the peace. Therae is a state Zainst disturbing a rehigions lum*lln:: 1t is plain and explicit in its provisions. 1t can be enforced and it will be enforced, Crit- icism of rehigious methods is silent be- fore the brutal attacks of physical force on defenceless men and women in what they consider the pe of duty. When the issue is made hetween the rights of conscience and the power of bravudo the public will not hesitate on which side to throw it infl If the Salvation army disturbs the peace there is a law to cover the case, But within their own meeting room they have every right to security from the at- tacks of toughs and bruisers. Tue government has been always loth to build and maintain permanent mili tary posts on reservations where full con- trol is not ceded by the state, Nebraska has ceded her legal rights in the site of Fort Omaha. Both linois and Colorado bave recently ceded all rights oyer the sites granted to the government tor mili- tary posts at Chicago and Denver. Sich cession is needed to prevent unwarranted and petty legal interference with the mil- itary justice in the garrisons. Colonel Kautz has called attention to. the fact that Nebraska bhas not ceded her rights over the Fort sbrara re- serve, and. that until such .action is taken he shall not recommend any addi- tional building at that post.. Governor Thayer's message on.the subject has al- ready beep sent to the legislature. If they are not already included it would be well for the committee in charge to in cludo any other military. reservations in the state on which garrisons are now maintained. Such action would assist niaterially In ensuring theit permanency. ————— Couvxert, BLures, under the influence of the real estate boom, is just now ex- hibiting & great deal of enterprise. Broadsway has been ordered payed clear to the river and an ordinance for the protection of the river front has been passed by the council. ‘The probability is that steps will be taken in the near future towards the construction of the long-talked-of new bridge between Council Blufls and Omaha. All this looks like business, and we predict that within five yoars the bottoms on the east side of the river will all be raised above high water mark and covered with ware- houses, depots, factories and residences. There is no longer any jealousy between the twin-sister cities, whose limits will soon only be divided by the river, but united by another bridge and a street railway line. TrE total militia of the country, avail- able tor military service, is stated in lotter of tho secretary of war to congre to be 7,655,502, The organized mulitia numbers 94,000, the increase last y having been 10,000, which the officials of the war department regard as sati tory. It is understood to bo the inten- tion of the war department to look more carcfully in future after the interests of the militia, which must be the depend- ence of the government in case of war, and the fact that congress proposes to double the appropriation for arms and equipments, making the amount §400,000, is evidence of a more favorable disposi- tion in this matter. Tuk New York Swun's preferred presi- dential candidate, William T. Coleman, has a “bar'l” containing about three mllion dollars. Mr. Dana knows a gocd thing when he sees it, and s Sun con- tinues to shine for ¢ M. GREELEY'S cold wave was fifteen hours behind time, but it got here all the same. For a new man in the weather business Mr, Greeley is doing quite well. THE FIELD OF INDUSTRY. American manufacturers are making stea headway in Australia in erowding out En lish agricultural implements, rails, saw lamps, hatchets, sewing machines, ete. The southern farmers and planters threaten to have all tho laws repealed which permit the mortgeging of the crops in the field. The rates of interestare enormous, and tae peo- ple are kept poor. Looms are idie at various points in the w England and middle states, so eareful p ary goods manufacturers notto permitan aceumulation of stocks. Many brands of cot- ton goods have advanced. The jewelers,silversmithis, engravers,cHain- makers and watchease-makers of the United ates will probaby form a separate district sembly. The membership throughout the ited States is said to be 6,000. The bituminous coal miners mined last year 75,000,000 short tons of coal, against 65,000,000 in 1885, Pennsylvania i 4,000,000 tons, The total anthracite and bi- tuminous output last year was 101,014,000 tons Now railroad enterprises are springing up The Union Pacific will construct 1,800 miles of road. The Atchison people have a bazful f railroad building schemes. A 260-mile road is to be built through Louisiana to western Arkans naa road is projected trom Illinois to K: s City (capital, $12,000,- 000) ; another from Peoria, Ill, to Vigo, Ind., at a cost of §5,000,000, A 170-mile road is to be built in Missouri, and a 200-mile road in Nebraska. The number of 1ailroad schemes is almost endless. A mill to manufacture railroad track joints is to be built at Rochester, Pa.;a larce steel at Hoboken; a $20,000 co-operative store will be established at Be: H asteel company will erect 100 houses workmen twelve miles from Pittsburg, 100-ton blast furnac to be erecled at Belle- fonte. The total number of workmen on strike in New York and vicinity is put at 40,000, Sinee the 1st of January 87,000 men have struck throughout the country as against 47 duringa similar period Besides these 16,300 workers in fac are idle on account of coal, or 104,000 in all. Out of eight of last year's strikes four ended in vor of the 1,170 men employed. During January tarted, involving 000 -two have ended,twenty- ult nine failed, involving men two were succes 5,200 men. s et I‘urPly Railroad Organs. Gra'd Island Independont., There i3 not an iota of difference between the polities of the Omaha Republican, Omaha Herald and Lincoln Pirate. All are simply and purely railroad organs, with no other party principles. oo Van Wyck for Railroad Commissioner. Schuyler Herald, Van Wyck 1s spoken of as a fit person to be appointed on the commission authorized by the inter-state commerca bill, Under the present administration there would be two republican and three democratic members, We would liko to ses Van Wyck appointed as one of the republican memb ers, - Senator Van Wyck's Friends, uyler Quill, bas more friends to- day among the workingmen of the state than he had before his defeat. They have the power by reason of being in the wajor- ity to say who shall b our officer: Wil thiey use that power? Wil they stand idly by next fall and allow these party frauds to g0 usurping their rights? 1t they do, thoy deserve to have no right -~ nele Sam to John Bull, 13 ston Globe, Now, Johnny Bull, do you believe e game is worth the candle I'm slow, but when | draw the knife It goes'in Lo the handle, Senator Van W 1'm mighty patient, but I swow ! At last you've roused my dander, What for the goose is sauce you'll find 15 siauce, to, for the gander, wsy-going, I'm no fool, 1 tell you whe a stone s Shied more than ouce at we, why then I try lex talionis. “Phat blue-nosed boy of yours has made An awfulsight of troubl Just keep him in your own back-yard, Or some day Master Bub'll Wish that he never had been born; For, John, 1 swow to—well, £ Will Strip the brat stark nake “Then bgand bim casus belli, And then to that big boy of mine, Why, Joun, I'll haud him over Who'll trash bim soundly, sou As sure's his nawe is Groyer - The ladies of the Gerr tion will give & 1 Germania hall, March - . Haughawout has dismissed his ¢ in Justice Anderson’s court, D Chase for assaulting hum, and A bat, an Schoal uerid th A850- all in That Coal Has Been Dis: covered in Omaha There can now be no doubt The most skeptical are ready to admit that such is the case, and the future of Omaha is Man. ufacturing of all kipds will bo solved beyond a doubt. in full force within one ycar >acking houses will spring up like magic In fac down. Now is the time to buy in South Omaha. we can not hold Omaha Do not wait, as property is ad-: vancing every day, and you are loosing money every day you wait. WE HAVE SOME e Bargains SOUTH OMAHA. on Place TAKES THE LEAD. Everybody is rushing for lots in this addition on account of its location. Be sure and look at this addition, Lipton Place, before buying elsewhere. First come, first served, is our motto. Ve Have Bargains in Al Parts of Town In improved and unimproved Car at the door at all times to take you ut. property. 1ges Call and sce R, Archer AND G, H. Sobotker ROUM 9, REDICK BLOCK P-STALR