Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 30, 1889, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. e TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. - sv'n Dfiwwm malndln( - AY " Three Month E o-AnoAnmnmr Tiww, mailed fo any WeRKLY 0;. :u:nd ANA Opyice, Nos.il4 ol o’lun JAGO OFFICE, BT ROOKERY B New YORK OFrFicE, ROOMS 14 .um ln ’num- v was 88 888 BUILDING. WASHINGTON Or¥icE, NO. 613 Mnu-rn Orun'r. RESPONDENCE. All [ reluting to news and edi. )orl-l m;tur should beaddressed to the EDITOR ¥ THE BEE, 3 BUSINESS LETTRHS, 11 hunlnmn letters and romittances should b ressed to THE BER PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMANA. Drafts, chooks and postoflice orders to # Dbe made payable to l.lha order of the company. k¢ Bee Pablishing Company, Proprietors E. ROSEWATER, Editor. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nebraska, ummy of Douglas, }“'- B, Taschuck, secretary of the e Pub: solemnly swear that the Tie DALY Bee for the 50, wus a8 follo; pany, dges m..flf‘ circuation of ‘week ending March 23, Bunday, Murch 17 onday, March 18 Em-y March 2. . turday, March &, Average TZSCHUCK. Bworn to befors e and sbROribed (0.1 my presence this 23d day of March, A, D. 1889, Seal. N."P. FEIL, Notary Public, Btate of Nebraski County of Dougl ins, George B. Taschuok, being duly sworn, de- Aud fays that ho 18 secretary ol the oo Dbiishing company, that the actual avera daily circulatio of oF tho month o March, 1 for April, 1874 coplos ay s 1S o8:) el D, 1888, 10,2 ALDIe8 o h 16,083 _'coplen; ngust, copits; forSepiamber. 8% INB covles: or October, 1888, 18,034 coples; for Novem- Der, 1885, 14,186 coples; for Dacember, 1885, 18,223 coples;, ;g'r fim.ry. 1840, 18,574 copl Fe Tuary, copies. A BEORGE B, TZSCHUCK. Sworn to befors mo and subscribed in iy presence this 2d day of March, A. P NRIL Rotary Pavite. BUNDAY l‘l’l‘EllA TURE. Bome of the Interesting Articles Fre- pared For Bee Keaders. Demons Sit in Judgment—Frank Carpenter graphically portrays the horrors of Chineso courts of justice, the torture of witnesses, executions by strangulation and slicing, and kindred subjects, One of the most - tensely interesting letters of the eerles. Begin at the Beginning—Elizabeth Cady Stanton on heredity and its relations to the morals of the nation. Dr. Miller's Reminiscences—A continuation of the Interesting incidents connected with the early days of the Union Pacific road. Prospect Hill at Midnight—A reporter de- scribos his sensations in & walk threugh that cemetery during the hour when grave- yards yawn, A Nebraskan in Africa—A former Omaha man who spent ten years on the Dark Con- tinent, tells of its diamond flelds and other wonders. Superatitions of the Diamond—Some of the charms, both good and bad, in the base ball players’ repertoire. In the Field of Sport—A complete review of all the interesting events in local sport- ing circles and & forecast or coming at- tractions, Echocs From the Ante-Room—General gos- s1p about the secret socletles of Omana, In Omaha Social Circles—The notable events of the week and the movementd of socloty leaders, The News of the Churches—What is trans- piring in religious circies and all the local Qenominational news, The Laborer and His Hire—Trade union matters and items of interest for all who earn their bread oy the sweat of their brow. Other Features of Interest—The New York Herald's cable dispatches from European conters: our own special service from the national and state capitals; all the happan- ings in Nebraska and [owa gathered by our speclal correspondents; complete trade re- viows; fresh and well solected miscellany, and the brightest and most complete local news. “Let no guilty man escape.” l THE city council chamber has been converted temporarily into a lying in hospnnl. THE senate railvoad investigating committee will have some little work to do in Omaha. ‘! BETWEEN the anti-trust bill and Sun- day closing, the condition of the tippler s a stand-off. ANOTHER crisis is threatened in France. Boulanger’s fainting spells are on the increase. S———————— AN Omaha lawyer presents a few roasons for his belief that Nebraska should be represented on the supreme bench. THE resurrection of Robberts must fill with ghoulish glee every political corpse in Nebraska. An advanced stage of decay is the best commendation for office. SE————— COUNCILMAN LOWRY will have some difculty in explaining away his part in the conversation with ex-Counciiman Kitchen, It smacks loudly of crooked intont. —— THE alarming report that Congress- may Connell lost his political “grip” is A loathsome invention of the enemy. The luggage arrived safely in Wash- ington. Tae members who grabbed the ‘wrong end of the conduit are now pain- fully shocked to find that it was loaded. It must be confessed that there is con- siderable in it for the publio. 3 Tre Beg is in favor of subways for electric wires, but it is not charmed the ideaof the council voting a fran- ehise to a subway company or any other company. The city of Omaha has grauted too many franchises already, e——s———— PRECAUTION demands that the back @oor as well as the front door of the leg- Aslature be guarded. The boodlers and lobbyists are desperzte enough to drag Aheir claims into the final conference shrough a knot hole. ey PURCHASING land at Bellevue at nty dollars an acre and working up e selling price of it one thousand per gent for the site of Fort Omnha was » soheme altogether . too preposterous #ven for Uncle Sam to swallow. E——— Tne first assistant postinaster general bas uuom-ed that the appointments e by his r were polit- ly bad and physically unfit for the tions, and must go. Mr. Clarkson doveloping a wholesome regard for - weform without eivil service trimmings. SOUTH DAKOTA PROSPECTS. The people of South Dakota, while for the moment chiefly conoérned s to the political futnre of that territory, are not unmindful of the equally im- portant conditions upon which its ma- terial progress and prosperity depend. Counting with entire safety upon the beneficial influence of statehood the business interests of the territory are already expanding and making prepa- ration to take the fullest advantage of the larger and growing market which is certain as soon as statehood is attained. Just at present the growth of population is not rapid, though the territory is doubt- less getting its share of the people who are transferring their homes from other sections to the west, and of those who are coming into the country from abroad, but the tide of population toward South Dakota will undoubtedly be largely increased when it shall have become a stite. The portion of South Dakota which gives promise of not only becoming the seat of a marvelous prosperity, but of contributing to a most important ex- tent to the wenlth of the nation, is the Black Hills. As will be seen by corre- spondence elsewhere printed, there is developing in this section a vigorous activity, and the outlook is regarded ns most flattering. It is no longer ques- tioned that the mineral resouces of the Black Hills are of enormous value, and a large amount of capital for the de- velopment of the tin mines is assured. If these investments prove as profitable a8 it is believed they will, they will at- tract others, and it is altogether proba- ble that within a few years this section of South Dakota will equal, if not ex- ceed, the eastern portion in population and pmsper!ty. A contributor to oneof the Deadwood papers presents this cheerful view of future possibilities: *“The opening of the Sioux reservation to actual settlement, and the develop- ment of the vast mineral resources of the Black Hills, will in a fow years, in all probability, throw a population into the western part fully equal to the eastern half, The beauty and fascination of the great river will eventually induce thrifty townsand cities along its banks, and the romance and wooded grandeur of the Black Hills, will number 1ts pleasure-loving devotees by tens of thousands, and its cities, towns and hamlets in scores.”” The Deadwood papers report that the activity preliminary to railroad build- ing is more general in thatsection than ever before. Nothing is more essential to the progress of this region than the opening of the Sioux reservation, and the people of South Dakota generally are exceedingly anxious that the com- mission to obtain the assent of the Indians shall be appointed without fur- ther delay and enter upon its work. With this reservation open, itis reason- ably certain that within a year two or three through lines of railroad would be constructed to the Black Hills, giv- ing that sectlon a tremendous impetus and also building up the country through which they would pass. There isin the outlook everything to make the people of South Dakota jubilant and hopeful. THE ELEVENTH CENSUS. Representative Cox, of New York, author of the bill providing for the next census, called on the president a few days ago to suggest the importance of haying a thorough, capable man as superintendent of the census, and to describe the kind of man to he placed in charge of this work. Mr. Cox said there seemed to be plenty of good ma- terial willing to sacrifice itself, so that the only embarrassment the president is likely to experience is in determin- ing who is best qualified. Undoubtedly Mr. Cox could very greatly aid him in making a proper selection, and as he would probably suggest only republi- cans, although lumuelr a democrat, there is no good reason why the presi- dent should not listen to so valuable a counsellor in this matter. The appoint- ment of a superintendent of the census ought to be made at an carly day, as the business of organizing the work re- quires a great deal of time and ought not to be hurried. The preparations for the last census, owing to lack of time, were not 8o complete as they should have been, and while the work of the next census will not be so great, the number of subjects upon which in- formation will be obtained having been reduced to seven, whereas twenty- seven were included in the last census, it is none the less important that ample time be given for a thorough organiza- tion of the work, so that when it iscom- menced all connected with it will un- derstand just what is to be done and can proceed without obstructions or delays. The plan of the last census was far more comprehensive than there wasany necessity for, and as a consequence it was faulty and defective as to & number of its subjects. Very glaring errors have been pointed out, which very nat- urally create a distrust of the accuracy of the entire work, though undoubtedly it is in the main fair and complete. No other country has ever undertaken so ambitious a task ns was that of the tenth census, and the demoustrated impracti- cability of successfully accomplishing so great & work in time to render it of any value led congress to cut off twenty sub- jects and confine investigation to those which are of permanent import- ance. With but seyen subjects to obtain information on, there would seem to ba no reason why a thor- oughly competent man should not be able to give the country the full results of the eleventh cen- sus within two years at farth- est from the time of taking it. Undoubtedly the president fully realizos the importance of having this work thoroughly done, and it is safe to say that the man appointed to take charge of it will be chosen because of his approved qualifications. It is a matter regarding which the clamor of the politiclans should have no in- fluence. Tug Penusylvania legislature re- jected the bill to exclude from that state dressed raeat kulled in other states, and in that respect set a meritorious ex- ample to the legislatures of other states before wnich this same question is pending. 1t looks probable that Ohio mo will be ranged on the wrong side in this matter, and there isa very yigor- ous effort making in New York to get an exclusion bill through the legisla- ture. These measures generally do not in terms provide for excluding dressed meat from other states and are advo- cated as sanitary legislation. They simply provide that no meat shall be sold in the state unless the animal was inspected while alive by the state health authorities, but obviously the result is the same as it would be under a prohib- itory interstate tariff on meat. Legisla- tion of that kind, however, would be unconstitutional, and by the other plan this objection is avoided, although the effect is precisely the same. Itis not likely that a law of this kind will stand long, wherever adopted. Consumers would soon discover that it was not to their advantage and there would arise an irresistible demand for its repeal. REPRESENTATIVE BERLIN'S amend- ment to the school law affecting metro- politan cities, provides that no expendi- tures greater than two hundred dollars shall be voted by the board of educa- tion except in accordance with tbe provisions of a written contract, nor shall any money be appropriated out of the school fund except on a recorded affirmative vote of a majority of all the members of the board. The measure directly affects the school board of Omaha and is most timely to pro- tect the interests of our citizens. For years loose and unbusiness- like methods of auditing accounts have been the rule in the board and the school fund has been paid out for con- tracts which have never seen the light of day. The provisions just enacted will check this sort of fih‘uz. The greatest publicity is to be given to the financial affairs of the school board. The monthly examination of the city comptroller required by the act will still further hedge about the security of the school funds. Taking it all in all, the prospects are that the board of educa- tion will not be as fruitful a tree to shalke as it has been in the past. THERE are depths of gall and breadth of cheek which dety ordinary methods of measurement. Cadet Taylor is a specimen of this class. He is now en- deavoring to boost himself into the state board of transportation, and is log-rolling in Lincoln for the necesunry influence to secure the position. Tay- lor’s notorious career is so familiar to the public that no official can give him the slightest encouragement. He is totally incompetent to perform the duties of secretary. His record in the government printing office is alone suf- ficient proof of the fellow’s dishonesty. Since his arrival in Omaha he has been the champion of every disreputable ele- ment in the city, the champion of job- bers and contractors, and an unwaver- ing advocate of the railroads patroniz- ing his job office. His touch is a blight, and his friendship ruinous. By treachery and double-dealing he brought disaster to his nearest friends and wrecked the family estate. A moral and financial bankrupt, he is now vainly striving to squeeze himself into a state office. Step on him, HITCHCOCK is needlessly worried about Mr. Rosewater’s mortgages. The editor of THE BEE is fully prepared to meet his obligations. He did not ask the public fora bonus in cash or the equivalent to invest half a million dol- lars in a maguificent building. He backed his faith in the future of Omaha by placing his money in stone, brick and iron. A few months ago Hitchcock was exceedingly anxious to stagger under a mortgage of a quar- ter of a million dollars for a hotel, provided the board of trade raised the money and gave it to him at five per cent. A guaranteed cash bonus of one hundred and twenty-five thou- eand dollars was not sufficient induce- ment to him to invest his money and puild one respectable bullmug in the city. His enterprise is a series of broken pledges and false promises which would bring a blush to the cheuks of Tom Murray I MAY smack somewhat of the white- whiskered chestnut te again refer to that double-leaded pledge which Mr. Hitchcock declared had been made by President Harrison to Mr. Thurston. For the edification of new subscribers of THE BEE it may besaid that this pledge run to the effect that ex-Senators Saun- ders and Van Wyck and Editor Rose- water were to have no voice in Ne- braska patronage or, strictly speaking, in state matters under control of the administration. Yesterday, however, Mr. Hitchcock printed a spscial tele- gram stating that ‘‘Rosewater, Saun- ders and Connell are making good pro- gress in Washington” in their requests that the best people of Omaha be heard in the matter of postoffice location. Like Mr. Thurston, that little pledge has probaply gone fishing. ] Tue secretary of the interior, from all appearances, is carefully deliberat- ing as to whom he shall select to nego- tiate with the Indians for the opening of the Sioux reservationin Dakota. The failure of the Vilas commission to come to a definite understanding is still fresh in mind. The task is certainly & most delicate one and can be entrusted only to men who are conversant with the In- dian question and who have the confi- dence of the Sioux. The apparent slowness of Secretary Noble in the mat- teris galling to the people of Dakota, who are impatient to rush the negotia- tions. There can be but little question that the secretary of the interior has taken the proper course and that the opening of the reservation will be brought about as soon as expedient. S—e—— TaE declaration before the annua meeting of the stockholders of the Bell Telephone company that the corporation earned last year 24.45 per cent on its stock will foreibly impress the people of the country with the magnitude of this monopoly. When it is taken into con- sideration, moreover, that the stock has been plentifully watered, as much as five or six times the sum actually in- vested, it is bigh time to inquire how much longer the extortionate tribute is to be exacted. The efforts made in Ne- braska and other states to regulate the little too far. DAILY BE SATURDAY rates for telephope service by legislation have been defeated by the combined forces of the parent and local companies. But the day of reckoning cannot be de- layed much longes. SEle——— HITCHCOCK'S pecuniary patriotism crops out every time he opens his mouth. He confesses that his first choice for a postofice site was Twen- tieth and Farnam, and bis second choice the Planters’ hnuso. He owns real es- tate in both blocks and would realize a snug sum from the selection of either site. This fact, however, did not warp his judgment nor increase his desire to secure the adoption of Linton’s report. A matter of fifty thousand dollars merely sharpened his anxiety to avoid delay under the shallow protense that the prosperity of this city depended on the sale of his real estate to the government. S — THE Ber will instruct its special cor- respondents to report the location of every sequestered nook where the angler may expect rich returns.. The senate railroad investigating committee will soon be here, and in anticipation of their coming, John M. Thurston will doubtless bait his hook and slope to the mossy banks of some laughing mnll where he may hold sweet communion with nature. Toe BEE prints the news, and we take it that Mr. Thurston will want to know the date of the com- mittee meeting here and also of locali- ties where fish do congrogate. Tie rush to Oklahoma threatens to depopulate Kanssas, Colonies are camped at all points, ready to descend on the promised land, The number of people organized for the raid exceeds the wildest expectations of Captain Payne, and every man who secures an eighty must be plcpurod to defend it with his life. Oklahoma is a good coun- try to stay away from. — MONTANA seems well pleased with thc appointment of Benjamin F. White ‘governor of that territory. Mr. White is described as a first class man and a staunch republican. As Mr. White was not an applicant for the position there is more cause than evefor r wish- ing him well, THE railroads of Towa in taking off their express trains between local points and substituting mixed trains are carrying their childish spite work a The people of the state are entitled to.proper passenger ser- vice and they will see to it that the rail- roads provide it. THE Stout, Kennard, Butler gang en- deavored by artrick to smuggle their claims through the senate. The items were tacked to.the amendments made by the senate, ‘but the conspiracy was discovered in time to insure their de- feat. It was undoubtedly done in the job office of the, Robbers’ Own, where the state printing is done. WHEN Field' Marshal Halstead in- serted his rapier in the senatorial soft spot he turned the edge of the weapon and left arankling sore. The wounded senators never forgave him. The aveng- ers’ hands are at his throat, and his chances of escaping to Berlin are decia- edly slim. IT WOULDN'T be abad idea for the senate investigating committee to look into the past relations of the Omaha Belt line with Union Pacific officials. It is said, but we don’t know on what authority, that this very interesting matter will be brought to the attention of the committee. THE subway investigation develops an interesting variety of assertions and contradictions, of favors tendered and declined, and tempting baite dropped in the council pool to hook the unwary sucker. The squirming and flounder- ing going on indicates that ‘‘there was something in it for me.” JAKE ROBBERTS, a notorious tool and trickster whom the people of Butler county shelved years ago, has been nominated for aland office in Oklahoma. We congratulate Butler county. His room is more desirable than his com- pany. THE expiration of the legislative rail- road passes will cause some lively spurt- ing on the home run. The exercise will not be half as warm as the recep- tion some of them will receive from their outraged constituents. VALENTINE'S day is waning in Wash- ington. His sun set in Nebraska years ago. The delegation inflated him with vain hope and left the disagre8able duty of pricking the bubble to the Vale, Valentine. president. THE legislature fixed the value of the state saline lands at one hundred and fifty dollars an acre. The figures squeezed the brine out of the Lincoln land syndicate, mnl pickled a snug little job, They Are All There Yet. Philadeiphia_Times, The great edito Philadelphia are still at their posts, lal with that zeal that over characterizes them and showing them- selves worthy of thpproudest diplomatic ap- poinment on the lis An Injustice to Editor Bullivan. Chicago Inter-Ocean, The Marquis of Queensberry is quoted as saying that John L, Sullivan has “done more to bring prize firlitg into disrepute than avy other person in the world.”” John never has much fighting apreund where he is, heszey . annsad Gloom in Maryland. Baltimare Herald, During the Cleveland administration Sen- ator Gorman gobbled for Maryland a number of valuabl® prizes, including Indian agencies, department bureaus, the Krench minister- ship and the consul.generalship to Berlin. The conditions are changed and thus far un- der the succeeding regime we boast of one revenue gauger at $1,200 a year. ———— The Spell-Binders Distanced. Indianapolis Journal. Thus far the editors secem to be in better favor with the administration than the spell- bounders. In truth, editors address vastly larger audiences than orators do, and they address them after campaigus are over and in off-years, when the voice of the spell- binder {s not heard in the land. 30, 1889 OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. The reassombling of the Parnell commis- sion next Tuesday will turn public attention to the case of the defenss in what 18 now looked upon as & national fiasco. The col- Iapse of the prosccution through the flight and suieide of Pigott would have been suffi- olent justification for any court to render a verdict for the defense, but the Parnellites, even if the court was so disposed, insisted on probing the conspiracy to the bottom. They have accumulated a vast amount of evidence, oral and documentary, and the develop- ments promise to be ah startling as was the downfall of the forger. The defense has se- cured possossion of Pigott's diary, contain- ing the details of his methods of dealing with the Times, the amounts roceived for the forged letters, ana other important informa- tion which is withheld for the time being. Everything the forger did, everything he said, everything that was ulhl to him, and doubtless & great many things that were not said, he shoved into this diary. Its chief value to the defense is the proof it furnishes that the government and the Times were in- separably connected with the case. It seems that Pigott shapod everything he did with a view of making the most possible mischief for those he deluded into trusting him. Other surprises are in store for the prosecu- tion. Scores of responsible witnesses have voluntarily come forward to refute the wicked slanders of government spies and hired perjurers. The result of this unpur- chased evidence will greatly accelerate the home rule movement in England and possi- bly force an early dissolution of parliament. " English politicians are again stircod up by the renewal of troubles i Afghanistan, to a realizing senso of the menace of Russian domination in that auarterof the globe. During the last twenty years Russia has do- veloped remarkable strength, and has shown great expansive force. The peasantry of the great empire are ignorant, and are subject to the soverest despotism; but they aro full ot religious and patriotic spirit, and so well dis- ciplined that with the exception of a very small minority they obey, unhesitatingly aud without question, the will of a single man. This obedience has been an important factor 1n the carrying out of the imperial policy of conquest and aggrandizement. Singu larly enough, too, the Mohammedan subjects of the empire now bow the knee to the czar, Unlike England, Russia has uever attempted t0 found colonies in such regions as were tor- bidding to the idoa of material development. Russia sccks out places already thickly peopled by alien races, and av once makes herself popular with those whom she has conquered, con- tinuing the work of assimilation until her influence dominates everything with which she has come into contact. Innothing is this charactoristic more plainly seen than in the way in which she had pushed her frontier southward, Four years ago she decided to oxtend her Trans-Caspian railroad to Bokhara and to Samarcand, once the most famous city of Central Asia and memorable as the capital of Tamerlane and the center of the trade and learning of Asia. The work has now been completed. The new railroad is nearly as long as one of the trunk lines from New York to Chicago, and the intention is to push it forward 175 miles, to the center of Turkestan. While the railroad forms a new artery of commerce, and is likaly to aid the industrial development of the country through which it passes, it has a military value of the utmost importance, Iu fine, while a collision between Russia and anlnmi may not specdily ocour, it is evident that the British would do well to be on their guard. A Russiav mvasion of India is no longer a possibillty, but a menace. The political troublu of Hungary, which recently have culminated in an ussault with hissos and stones by a mob upon the head of the parlismentary government, are of long standing. Premier Tisza belongs to the Aus- trian, in distinction from the strict Hungar- ian party. That is, he and his followers favor a closer alliance with Austria, and wiping out to some extent of the lines of #s- tinction between the two component parts of that strange anomaly among nations called Austria-Hungary, Herr von Tisza is an im- perialist rather than a nationaiist. His ideal of government is found much more in Vienna than in Buda-Pesth. He represents political ideas which were long abhorred by tho masses of Hungarian people, and are still re- jected by very many of those people with ab- solute fury. Insome respects the historic relations between Austria and Hungary are like those which have so long existed be- tween Great Britnin and Ireland. The stronger country has at times overrun the weaker by fire and sword, at other times has given it an equal sounding share in the im- perial title, but at all times has cndeavored, by fair means or foul, to make sure that both countries should be governed in the interests of the stronger. That 18 not saying that Hungarians wero always in the right, or that Irishmen were always in the right. It is simply stating facts as they are sot forth by impartial historians, and facts which must bo borne in mind by any one who wishes to study intelligently the problems of the day in Kuropean politics, Only after a long, hard, bitter struggie did Hungary succeed in establishing, in the year 1848, her claim to control her own affairs by her own parliament. Onlysince 1867 has her claim to an equal voice in imperial questions been admitted at Vienna, It is nov strango surely that a Hungarian prime ministor who stands for a closor union between his native land and a country which many of his fellow citizens regard as a hereditary enemy should find his position & very difficult one. The people groan under a burden of taxation al- most 100 grievous to be borne; the greater part of the taxes go to support, the gigantic military establishment under the control of an emperor whom they neither love nor trust: and when they are told, even by the tongue of slanderous gossip, that their pre- mier, who favors that alien court, is enrich- ing humself while helping to impoverish his country, the very suggestion of tho possi- bility of such a thing drives them frantic. . o B The ascession of the son of King Milan to the throne of Servia, while it cannot be ascribed to Russian dictation, as some of the St. Petersburg newspapers possibly might like vhe world to think, and while it is not likely to produce any wmaterial change in Bal- kan politics, yet undoubtedly Russia profits by the change. The monarch who has ab- dicated was thoroughly committed Lo Austria in his polioy, and that fact alone makes tne succession 8 Muscovite gain. The moral effect is also likely to be seen in a freer ex- pression of pro-Rnssian sentiment in Servia, Coupled with recent Ru n gaios in the in- ternal politics of Roumania and Bulgaria, the influence of the great northern power has upon the whole been strengthened in this quarter since the year began. That, how- ever, is quite a different thing from imagin- g that Russia has gained & vantage ground suflicient for reviving the schemes of armed intervention which she definitely abandoned E————— Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. When Baby was sick, we gave her Castorta. ‘Whea sho was & Child, she eried for Castoria, ‘Whea she became Miss, she clung to Oastoria, Whnghe hat Children, shie gave them Castoria, last year. mtorests as woll as his own claims on Serviap might have come in; but now that ground of discontent is gone. N The tide soems lo hnve turned at last against Khalifu Abdullah, the sucoessor of Mohammed Ahmed in the title and ofice of Mahdi. The defeat which he has suffered at the hands of Senoussi, the Kordofan sheik who has always opposed his protensions, will do much to destroy his prestige, which, like that of his predocessor, depouded on uniform success. The battle at Sinan is not the only one in which the Mahdi has met disaster from Senoussi, but it'is the one about which the most dcnmta naccounts have been given, It is evident that ho can no longer maintain his authority throughout the great provinces southwest of Khartoum. Tho suggoestion at once occurs that with the division of his forces in Kordofan, in the operations around Suakim, and in lholl‘ on the Upper Nile near Emin Pasha's stations he will bo likely to withdraw his pressure against the last. Un- less EEmin has already perished or been cap- tured, the difficulties which Khalifa Abdullah is experiencing within a couple of hundred miles of Khartoum must give ground for trusting that Emin's hardest time is over. The disintogration of the vast power that has been built up in Ceotral Africa under the Mahdi ahd his successor will perhaps now be in order. The proposed new penal code now under discussion in the Germau roichstag is likely to meet with serious opposition from the llberal element in that body. According to this code, to publicly attack *‘the basis of public and social order, especially religion, the monarch, marriage or property,” would be to commit a crime punishable with a long term of imprisonment. This would make it possible for an unscrupulous and autocratic government to shut oft legflimuln criticism of official acts, and to estal censorship over the press. ——— lish & crushing Nebraska in the Supreme Court. Omana, March 20.-~To the Editor of Tue Bee: I was very much pleased yesterduy on reading an itom in one of tho daily pap suggesting Hon. John L. Webster, of thi city, ns a suitable person to succoed ' Justico Matthews on the supreme bench of the United States. Knowing Mr. Webster's abilitics as a lawyer, and believing him to be eminently fitted for the high office, 1 desire to “‘second tho nomivation,” and' in support of my “ncu\m.\” Loffer the following suggestions : ‘The office of justice of the supreme court should be filled by a lawyer of more than or- dinary ability and of unquestioned integrity. 2. The justices should be well distributed over the United States. 8, More than one-half of the territory con- trolled by the decisions of the Umited States supreme court, lies west of the Missouri river, o 4. Justic Field, of California, is the only justice living wess of the Missouri. 6. The_territory lying between the Mis- souri and the Rocky mountains may justly ciaim a place ou the supreme bench, not ouly on account of its vast extent, but also on account of its commercial aud politi- cal greatness. No other portion of our great and growing country is developing with any- thing like the rapidity and solidity that char- acterizes Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado and the Dakotas. 6. ‘“Minister to Chili is hardly a sufficient recognition of Nebraska under a republican admibistration, 7. The office of justice of the supreme court should be filled by a man that is more than a mere politician, Of course, it is to be ex- pected that this adminstration will do as all others have done before, and as all ovhers will do hereafter—appoiut gentlemen of ac- knowledged standing in the political party of which the administration is the recog- nized head, to all important offices in every depnrtmcnt of the government, but in selecting a judge, ability as a lawyer should be a consideration of primary importance. ‘I'here should be no purely poli cal appoint- ments to positions on the supreme bench. Mr. Webster, to my mind, meets all the ro- quirements above enumerated. Ho is a gen- tleman of unquestioned _integrity, and as a lawyer has no superior among the eminent and'learned gentlemen who would be_ his as- sooiates if he were to receivo this appomnt- ment. While ho is in no senso_a politician, yeuho has ever been a pronounced repub- and has at all willing, great sacrifico and money, to do all in to aid the ropublican party. A cool-headed, _clear-sighted, hard-working, painstaking, finely educatod lawyer—with the experience of & great many years of prac- tice in all the courts of tho land, including the supreme court of tho United States, with a record for success in the trial of cases be- fore bench and bar enjoyed by few men in his profession, John L. Webster is eminently fitted for yud should be appointed justice of the suprome court of the United States, vice Justice Matthews, deceased. Let the press and bar of the great west take up the refrain and sound it in the ears of the administration from all sides, and I sec no reason why Mr. Webster should not be appointed. LAWYER. been of time his power Tican, times On the contrary, she even loses one source of strength for that purpose. The antipathy to Milan on the part of many of his subjocts was enough to give an open ro- volt chances of suocess, in which case the Montenegrin prince, who represonts Russia LINCOLN NEWS AND NOTIIS- A Gas Works Employe Meets With a Painful Acocident. PASTOR MINEHART'S SUCCESSOR Dr. Creighton Will Hereafter Ocoupy the Pulpit at Grace Church— New Notaries—Personal and General, L1xco1N BURRAU oF TR OMARA Baw, 1020 P Staeer, LiNcoLy, March 20, Lato yesterday afternoon Mr. Andrew Munson, of First and F strests, met with a | very painful accident at the gas works, A dripping pan was put under a loaking tank to cateh the escaping coal oil. As Munson was removing the pan there was an explo- | sion of its contents and burning oil'was thrown all over his face and arms. A phy- ician was summoned and his burns were skillfully dressed. Largo areas of cuticley were completely burnod from his face and wrists, and while not considered dangerous his wounds will prove very painful for some time to come. George Baker, tho Elovonth stroot butcher, was thrown from a two-whoeled cart as he rounded the corner of I streot for his shop, to-day, and was severely bruised. His horse was also thrown but escaped ine juries, His load of moat was scattered into the middle of the street. Minebart's Successor Chosen, The announcement is made to-day that the l’)\llnlt in Grace church has been supplied. Rev. Creighton. father of Chancellor Creighs ton, of the Weslyan university, and late of Ashland, O., succeeds Rev. Minohart, and ho will |Imlrh tus initiatory sermon next Sunday morning at 10:30 o'clock Rev. Creighton is= among the venerable preachors of the Math- odist Bpiscopal church, and it is phought that the prosiding elder has chosen wisely in supplying the pulpit of that broken and sadly disorganized church. The new pastor comes very highly commended, and the hope is freely oxpressed that he will meet none of the breakers that came upon Minenart dur- ing the past few months of his ministry for the Methodist church in East Lincoln. New Notaries. The following new notarial commissions wero issued yesterday: E. C. Cooper and J. C, Hamilton, Omuaha, Douglas county; P, C, Richards, Lincoln, Luncaster county; David Speser, jr., Humboldt, Richardson county; . H, en, Orleans, Harlan county, l\cw- and Notes. The funeral of the late Edward Mosher wok place from St. Paul M. E. church yes- terday afternoon. William Stoddard, charged with an assault onason of Samuel Lord, was before Judge Stewart yesterday. Charles Woods and Gus Lockner are at the police station. The first is oharged with grand larceny and the latter with assault and battery. The military band gave a very pleasant ball at Temple hall Thursday evening. Valentine Augee vs W. A. Denton, is the ttle of a case filod in the district court. Ths < plaintiff asks $5,000 damages because the da- fendant publicly accused the plaintiff of poisoning a man named Bript. Shaffer vs Traner, was the title of the last case in this term of the distriot court. — BOTTIALD SUNSHINE. New York \v\'orld' Jones—Let mo con- gratulate you on your brand-new boy. Smith—But there's two of 'em. Jonos— Then I'll extend my congratulations, Life: Mrs. Lyon-Hunter—How was it you didn't invite tho baron to your house be- fore he went away? Mrs Frank—Because I was afraid my husband might be rude to g hum. You know he hates to have strangers ask him for money. ) New York World: Fish (to worm, wig-$§ glingon the hook)—Thanks, awfully; don’t eat flesh during Lent, Inter-Ocean: The Boston station hounu‘ **drunks” are hcoked as dipsomaniacs, Atchison Globe: Don’t cry over spilt wmilk; swea Fpnch “Mr. Barker, do you think we will go to the seaside or mountains next summer!” asked ‘‘the power behind the throne,” as the family sat about the evening lamp., “‘Mrs. B.,” answered her husband, “L have not paid the bill for the (,hrlnlmns present you gave me yet,” and a dull silence | a reigned. New York World: Jorum—Tom's a good- natured fellow, but he's too fond of drink. Pipkin—Yes, he's generous to a fault. Chicago Times: Bostonians have made the discovery that Rev. Joséph Cook is dull ana prosy. Now let them try and find out that ‘“‘the Concord fight” was not a battle of the last war. 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