Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 14, 1889, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE E. ROSEWATER, Bditor. = = PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. | MS OF SUBSCRIPTION {ly and Sunday, One Year ey 810 Monthe A Months, Pas ol Onie Year . . One Year with Premiam. OFFICES, Omana, Bee Bu'iding. Chicago Office, 747 Rookery Building New York, Houms 14 and 15 Tribune Build- n Washington, No, 513 Fourteenth Street Council Blufts, No, 12 Pear] Strest. Lincoln, 1020 T $t1eet, uth Omulin, Cornet N and 20th Streets. CORRESPON( All communieations retatin torial matter should be addre ial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS, &8 letters and Aittances should be addressed to The Bee Publishing Company, Omaha. Drafis, checks and p oriers to Be made payablo 16 the order of the company, The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors e Dullding Farnam and Seventeenth Stree: e I'ne Bee on the Trains, There 1s no oxeuse for a fallure to get Tie BER on the trains, Al newsdealers have been noti- ted to carry A full suply. Iravelers who want TiE Bk and can't get It on trains where other Omaha papers are carcied ate requested to no- Uty Tre Lek Plenss be particular to give in all cases full suformation us 1o date, railway and number of train Givo us your name, not for publication or un. necessary use, but as a guarnnty of good faith, to news and edi ed to the Editor. | ANl Vnefy ———e— THE DAILY BE Sworn Statement Etate of Nebraska, ' County of Donglas, 5% 1, Tzschuck, secretary of The Nee nipany. does solemnly swear that dreulation of Tie DALY BeE forthe week ending December 7. 1 5 as follows: e, 21,400 21,461 10,443 f Circulation. Trios Wednosd Thursday, Dec. Friday. De. Eaturday, Average SCHUCK SWworn to before me and s to in my Pprosence this ith day ot Decemb D. 1859, (Sewl, | FEI L, Public Stato of Nebraska, County of Douglas George B. Tzschu being duly sworn, de- Ppores and gays that he s s rtary of The Bee Lublishing Compay, that the actunl averags daily circulation of T'ne DAir. Ber for the mouth of Decembor, IN&, 18225 coptes; for January, 199, 15,574 coples; for February, 188, 8006 coples; for March, 158, K84 copies for April, 189, 18630 coples;for ) ', 1880, for Juiie, 188, 18858 copiess for I8T33 coples; tor August, 1880, 18- 651 coples: for Septeinb 1540, 15,710 copies: for October 183, 1 for November, 1880, 19.310 coplen EOGE 13, TZ8CHUCK. Sworn to and subseribed in my presence thisjith day of November, A. D,, 18 [Seal.] N.P.F —— OMATIA cannot afford to let the trade of South Dakotaslip through her fingers by pursui policy. stin giving advice to Cushing should bottle the article. It is strong cuough to keep if properiy corked. Tre Kansas swindle has collapsed, leaving the communities which voted bonds immersed inaflood of diluted moluss OMATA will secure a rich dow when the union with South Dakota consummated and every public spirited citizen will speed the happy day. THe federation of labor saved itself from premature death by rejecting a wotion to form a political party. Pol- ities und labor organizations are invet- erate enemies. —— JARNEGIE smiled significantly Cleveland when he suggested that the best thing to do with our ex presidents is to *‘run them ags Like every good republican Mr. Car- negie is anxious to secure a walk-over in 1892, GOVERNOR 'RANCIS of Missouri has sprung his senatorial boom with a loud whang. Francis has a large rvoll and an ambition to gratify, but wath all his sil ver plated accomplishments there is only one way to defeat Vest. Klecta republican Boston pro- duced a violent aftack of nausea in the neighborhood of the Now York capitol. It is now in order for Hill to come out and arouse the multitude with the an- nouncement that, I am ademocrat.” Tie Ohio bullot hox forgeries, which figured in the late mpaign, will be investigated by congress nt the request of Mr. Butterwortn. The circumstan- cos surrounding this romarkable polit- dcal deception indicate a case similav to the Pigott forgeries in London. Editors shave been deceived by the Ohio fraud, ;and the names of the deud and living attached to a document by unkunown “parties. The inquiry promises some “ startling political sen ANY attompt to nullify the Glocumb ‘law, by dividing the license into four payments, will be promptly squelched by the courts. The law explicitly re- quires the payment of one thousand dol- lars into the hands of the city treasurer bofore a license can be issued, and the license bourd cannot legally consider an application unless the applicant can produce a receipt from the treasurver for the money. The people of this city will not now surrender the froits of u " two year's struggle to enforce the law, ‘WiiLe Omaha is veady to encou the location of factories, care and inte ligence should be exercised in tho se- lection. Industries started on u small scale ure more certuin of permanent success than those inflated conce which promise to employ large num- bers of men at the outset, A factory which creatos a market for its product and expands with the demand is what Omaha uceds, The character and ex- ‘tent of the market, the wants of the people, as well as the chances of suc- cess should be carefully weighed by the board of trade and real estate exchauge before they endorse any scheme, how- ever beneflcial it may appear at fivst glance. There are too many , irvespounsible parties ufloat in the country, seeking bonuses as an inducement to move west only to fail #nd ivjuve the communities in which they locate. The antecedents of all manufacturers should be thoroughly ex- amined before their propositions are approved and commended to the peo- ple. " ix-President Cleveland loses no op- portunity to keep himself in the pubiic mind ana to pave the way for capturing the next democratic national conven- tion. Ho is always ready to respond to every domand upon him of a political nature, and the ealls upon him recently havo been numerous. It isto be said that he has met them with a measure of sagacity which shows that he is keep- ing well in line with the tread of the best popular thought A short time he addressed a letter to a young men's democratic club in Ohio, in which he told them that the young men ave the hope of the republie. More recentiy Mr. Cleveland assured a dem- lot reform club of Brooklyn, (hat he was in full sympathy with their obj The latest enun tion of the ex-president was guet of Boston merchants Thursday vight, where he delivered an address the burden of which was a plea for free and uncorrupted suffrage and hallot re- form. Mr. Cleveland did not exaggerate the importance or the urgent necessity of reform in respect to the suffrage. e did not point out too strongly the indif- ference that exists among certain ele- ments vegarding this vital matter. e in part corrcetly indicated the in- fluences and conditions which have brought about i degradation of tho suf- frage, and he was right in saying that the consequent evils should nolonger be temporized with. As to all that Mr. Cley nd snid on this subject the honest and patriotie sontiment of the country will agree with him. But he dia not say all that he might have suid, and what he omitted to consider is quite 1s important as that which he called attention to. Me. Cleveland made not the remotest refo e to the intimidation of voters in every state of the south,in consequence of which thor never has been a free and fai expression of the popular will of that section. The corruption of the ballot and the intimidation of voters in the northern states for the promotion of selfish interests are facts which 1= not be too greatly deplored, but the wrong they do is not more serious or dungerous than that involved in de- priving hundreds of thousands of citi- zens of the south of their poli Lright by threatening and employing vio- lence. No voter in the north who has the manhood to resist intimidation can be deprived of his right to cast his bal- lot, and whatever risk he may run in the exercise of his freedom of choice, of losing employment., he does not put his life in peril. In every state of the gouth, however, thousands of colored citizens are denied the suffrage and so terrovized by the certainty of violence and ontrage that they do not dare a sert their right. This great natios wrong. the injustice of which touches the whole country; this bold and reckless deiiance of the con- stitution and laws, by which the south is kept solid for the demo- cratic party, escaped the attention of M. Cleveland, Yet we venture tothink it as great and serious a menace to the security of our political institutions as any of the evils connected with the suffrage which suggested in the ad- dvess of Mr. Cleveland. It is to be borne in mind that where- ever ballot reform has been instituted it has been the work of the repub- lican party. Wherever an effort to introduce * reform bas failed it has been because of democratic oppo- sition. This was the case in New York, whose republican legislature passed a reform bill which was vetoed by the democratic governor of that state. Re- publicans, therefore, will cheerfully welcome all the assistance Mr. Cleve- land can render in advancing the cause of ballot reform and freeing the sufirage from the evils and pevils that now beset it, bui if he desives to impress all men that he is sincere and honest in his vro- fessed anxiety for a free and fair oullot he cannot leave out of consideration those citizens of the south to whom his party in that section denies the free ex- ercise of the suffrage, and who, accord- ing to Mr. Heanry W. Grady, will never be allowed to exercise it when doing so would give them political control. NEW EMIGRATION SUHEMES. Two measures huve been introduced into the United States senate which merit pussing attention, whether any- thing ever comes of them or not. One 18 a bill for the emigration of persons of color from the southern states, and the other u resolution instructing the committee on foreign relations to in- quire into the oxpediency and practica - bility of acquiring or setting apart ter- ritory for occupation by the negro or colored citizens of the United Sta, und also how far and in what manner the government of the Uaited States can and ought to equita- bly tonid the freedmen of the United States and theic families and descend- ants to emigrate thercto and settle therein. Botn these measures were in- troduced by southern senutors, and thoy indigate the anxiety of the people of that section 1o got vid of at least a por- tion of.tho lored population as the most certain and practicable way of solviug the race problem. The prasident, 1 his annual messuge, referring to the race problem, usked what solution the south- oru communities hud to suggest. The unswer is supplied by these propositions in congress looking to some plan to get the negroes out of the south at the expense of the government, Is it at all probable that the problem ean ever be solved in tnis way? Unquestionably the government way sequire or set apart tervitory und iuvite the wegroes to oc- cupy it, but this is as far as it ecan go, without perpetrating a great injustice. I has no more right to compel the negroes to leave their bome: and settle somewhere elise than it has to force any other class of citizens W emigrate. Such propositions as those in the senate imply that the negro has only a qualitied citizenship, whereas he stands upon an equal footing with all other citizens, vative or natuvalized. There is no more authority ia the gov- ernment o seud the negroes out of the country or to compel them to colonize on its own terri- tory,than there dsto vequire a body of ago { or Trish or Scandinavians who have become citizens, to remove from their homes beeause they are not agreeuble to another element of the population. And if the government cannot compel the negroes to emigrate what is the use of seriously discussing projects for their emigration? Why should the government acquire or set apart territory for something it has no power to accomplish? Besides, the, government properly cau have nothing to do with such schemes, which are hos- tile to its character and spirit. Tts duty is to prolect itscitizens in all their rights, treating all equally, and it would | violate the republican principles upon which it is founded the moment it should attempt to exclude from full par- ticipation in its privileges and pro- tection one class of citizeus at the de- mand of another class, It is certain that the negro emigration schemes of southern vepresentatives will have no show in the present congress. MOTOR PROGRESS. The completion and open motor line to South Omaha of much importance to our people though promised months ago, it is none the less gratifying that the closing yoar witnesses the welding of the steel bands which bring Omaha and its thriving southern suburb into closer business and social relationship. The advantages of frequent and con- venient transportation facilities be- tween the two points are incalculable. The growth of both cities and the in- creasing commercial intercourse ren- dered new avenues of communication absolutely necessary. The fact that the motor trains penetrate the business heart of both cities, and connect with lines radiating in all directions, re- moves the inconvenience of going to and from the depot and the delays inci- dent to hourly trains. The result will be increased travel, cheaper rates, and advantages mutualty beneficial. dvery link which tends to make tho two communities ‘‘one and inseparable” is to be welcomed as a harbinger of unity and progress. Separate in mu- nicipal lines, their interests and des- tiny are the same. The vitality and industrial strength of South Omaha is dependent on the parent city. It is the child of Omaha enterprise, and must sooner or later cast aside the self- seeking politicians, unite with the metropolis and become a part of its mu- nicipal life, as it is now in trade and commerce. The motor line will ma- terially hasten the union by huilding up the intervening country and increasing the facilities of intercourse. UNpER the democratic administra- tion over fifty millions of government money was distributed among the na- tional banks of the country, a large proportion of which went to friendly institutions. This species of favoritism was one of the most effective weapons in the hands of the republicans during the last compaign. Secretary Blaine em- ployed 1t with telling force during his tour of the country and so alarmed the democratic managers that a slight ve- duction was made in the amount of the deposits, At the present time forty- seven million dollars ave on deposit 1n the banks. Sceretary Windom proposes to reduce this enormous sum to twelve million dollars and ailow only such sums on depositas are necessary for the re- quirements of the local agents of the nment. This move is expected to e the banks to increase their circu- lation. The effect of this withdrawal on the volume of circulation is already seen in the advance in the interest rate in New York. A temporary stringency is provauble unless the operations of the treasury are conducted gradually. TuE enormous corn crop of Nebraska is moving to market at such a rate as to overwhelin the carrying capacity of the railroads. Farmers who cannot convert itinto beef and pork have wisely con- cluded to ship it to market. To hold it in anticipation of a rise and pay inter- est on money to carry 1t, would simply wipe out the small margin of profit. Although the crop has been the great- est in the history of the state, the profits in the aggregate scarcely compensates for the labor of caltivation. This is es- pecially true of the interior countics, and is illustrated by the mountains of corn piled up along the Crete extension of the Missouri Pacfic railroad. The corn is exposed to the elements. To build protecting sheds would cost more than it is worth. The railroads prac- tically confiscate the crop in hauling it to markot. — MODERN thought and influence are working wonders in the science of ohilology. The harsh and rugged words and phrases which, in not very remote generations, were employed by a1l classes have been toned down, the sharp edges rounded and the picturesaue and high-sounding “substituted. A few years back people incautiously dubbed the man who betrayed confidence and squandered funas entrusted to him as & “thief.” The term racked the modern ear and soon changed to a ‘‘deficienc, in accounts,” or a ‘‘defalcation.” Cashier Silcott’s raid on the congres- swonal treasury for seventy thousand dollars goes echoing down the corridors of history by being oftigially pronounced a “shortage.” In the lexicon of our day theve is no such word us *‘thief,” THERE is evideutly a political coon behind that petition of Nebraska eiti- zens, introduced by Senutor Voorhees of Indiana, praying that **IRobert Ash- ley, agent of the Omaha and Winne- bago Indiaus, be restrained from elec- tioneering, influencing or intimidat- ing voters at the election by virtue of his official pesition.” Under former agents the democrats of surrounding counties enjoyed the political influence of the red man. Judging by the vigor of the squenl and the fact that the peti- tioners ignored the state delegation, it is reasonably certain that Ashley pre- veuted the democrats from buying and voting the Indians like so many cattle, The sgent snould be commended for squelching the trickstors. —————— PromwsrrioN and irrigation are the great questions agitating the law mak- ers of Dakota. The emotional *'pulver- 1zers of the rum power” are struggling 1o put the law into effect on the] fi the new year,but as that requires an enmergency cliflidy and a two-thirds ma- jority of the Jlegislature, there is not much prospect of onforcing the consti- tutional prowisivn until nincty days have elapsed affor the adjournment of the legislature. . Conservative members insist that a thovough system of irriga- tion is necessary to make prohibition a fuccess, forgetting the fact that the drug stores and s joints, ns in Towa and Kansas, will prevent a serious droug ht. energetic men to push her interests Yankton 18 bound to Wynn. R LANDS TIHHAN OURS. It is & Wolsh question which will first challenge tho attention of parliament at the coming session. It fs anderstood that the government will at _onco introduce a bill making the payment of tithes in Wales obli- gatory on the land ownor instead of on the occupler and empowering the tithe owner to recover arrears by action in the county court against the landlord instead of by dis- traint upon the goods of the the tonaut. This method of settling the Welsh tithes question has been heartily approved by many dio- cesan conferences lately held in England, aud it now seems probable that the torios, with the help of the unionist liberals, will be able to pass the bill, which, it will be remem- bered, had to be withdrawn last session. It cannot, however, escapo vigorous opposition 1 parliament and whether, when passed, 1t wili quiet agitation in Wales is questionable. The government had to withdraw this tithes bill at the last session owing to the defection of land owners, Obstruction from this source may now be overcome in conse- quence of the prounounced attitudo taken by the English clergy. The Gladstonians, how- ever, will oppose the measure as sturdily as ever, not on account of the proposed method of collection, but on the score of the contem- plated application of the tithes, They will contend that the woney raised from tithes should be applied, not to the support of a chureh, to which three fourths of the Welsh people are opposed, but to some general purpose, such as the advancement of na- tional secular education. In other words, the disestabhishment of the Anglican church in Wales will inevitably be forced into the foreeround of discussion. On this capital question, whose ultimate bearing on the Church of England: itself is obvious, liberals and tories will be compellea to.s how their hands, . 3 o Honduras, San Saivador and Guatemala have alreaay signed the treaty under which the United States of Central America is to be formed, Under the treaty the union for the first ten years is be simply a con- federation, an offensive and defensive alli- ance, and the president of the confedera- tion is to have no power oxcopt in the aiplomatic und foreign relations of the allied states. At the close of this provi ional period, if the Central Amorioan states find the experiment satisfactory, a union will bo formed, based largely upon the princi ples of our own’government. A constitu- tion will be adopted covering all political, commercial and other relations between the five republics and foreign powers. A com- mon monetary standard and common tariff laws will beestablished by the fedoral gov- ernment, which is to have under the proposed plan very similat powers and prerogatives to those enjoyed by the national government at Washington; so that the Central American republics will be cemented together strongly asone nation, while they will still enjoy, through their reserved rights under the con- stitution, the largest measure of freedom as regards their home affars, % The reluctance of Nicaragus to enter into the new confederacy can be easily under- stood, and the wonder is that President Sa- casca was so hasty in pledging his govern- ment 1o the plan before consulting the law- making and treaty-ratifying power of the repuolic. The stumbling block of Nicaragua in ber progress toward union with her sister repubtics Is the very thing which promises to make her future as a state—the Nicaragua canal, now begun with every prospect of being pushed to a speedy aud successful ter- mination. ‘This great waterway, to be built by American capital and American energy, is at no point to pass without the boundariss of Nicaragua, and when it is finished Nica- ragua will command & connecting link be- tween the Atlantic and the Pacific which will briug the commerce of the world to her very doors. The material advantage which this great canal will prove to the little Cen- tral American republic can hardly be over. estimated and to gain iv she might profitably have mada even greater concessions than sho has to its Awerican projectors. This canal and its vast possibilities Nicaragun will con - trol 8o long as she maintains her independ- | ence, and incidentally it brings to her the moral prestige of protection by the United States of America in case of threatened dan- ger to the property by invasion or otherwiso. . M The commercial aspect of Central Africa is the one that impels exploration and settle- ment rather than any desire to promote knowledge for itself or love of adventure, Stanley looks upon the basin of the Congo a8 more promising, commerciatly, than the valley of the Mississippi was beforo its de- velopment. Railroads 800 miles in length and estunated to require a capital of $17,000. 000 would, he thinks, open up 22,000 miles of river banlk on four great rivers to commerce, with 80,000,000 of people. It would, of course, take much less time now than it did tnree or four hundred years ago to reduce a continent and establish commorcial relations therewith, and the forests of hardwood in the Congo basin would be of immeaiate value to the old world if the lumber could be transported to the sea coast. The natural products ready at hand for immedi- ate use—such as wood, gums for varnish making and ivory—would be, on account of their scarcity in other couuntries, of almost incalculable value if transported to market, but these are of small importance, compared with the possible |productions of future farms and of mines of, precious metals, There is, of coursé, @ great deal of risk about buying land in the denter of Africa, even ai 15 pence per acre, uuless a very powerful corporation should ‘take up the enterprise and insu¥e the opsning of the dark continent to civilization, but With that work done Stan- ley's wildest dreams of commercial profiv would, no doubt,’ be reaiized as similar dreams.ave become actualities in India and America, - o~ There are solid grounds for wpprehension that the overtherow of the empire may result in the ultimate disiutegration of Brazil; the great preponderance of the Caucasian popu- lation of the three southern provinces und the difference of matevial interests of the in- terior provinces alike furaish reasons for deeming possible the establishmeut of three —possibly more -political groups In Brazil, The difiiculty of adjusting their respective sharos of the imperial uutional debt, the pos- sile interveution of foreign governments to protect the interests of their citizens in Brazil, the danger of intestine conflict on ac- count of difference of local interest and dif- ference of race, the possibility of wviolent dissension growing out of the rivalry of the wilitary leaders of the revoiution—all of which may well arise from the disiutogra- Uon of Braul—are vogeut reasons why for- eign governments should act cuutiously ,in . lutest utterances, unon whi both* recogrfizing the “*United States of Brazil, 1n entering into compromising relations with the new republic, until its character as a government de facto hus boen satisfactorily demonstrated. Particularly does it bocome the Unitod States at this time to avoid undue haste, and to consider the Brazilian question in its far-reaching conssquoncos, affecting not only Brazil, but possibly involving our relations with other nations of America and Europe. The death of Emin Pasha, after escaping the many dangers that environed him 1n Central Africa, would be all the more dej plorable now in view of tho remarkable efforts the world has made to rescuo him. It seems to be nearly forgotten that Stanley's expedition is only one of several that were despatched o carry relief to Emin after the Mahdists cooped him up on the Nile. First Dr. Iischer, the first white man to make an extonsive journey among the fierce Masai, entered tho continent from Zanzbar with a largo quantity of supniies for Emin and Jun ker. While working his way uo the east const of Victorin Nyanza he died of fever, and his stores becamo the booty of the natives, Then Dr. Lenz, the last white man to cross the Sahara and visit Timbuctoo, was sent up tho Congo to follow the route Stanley took later, but he could not get reports from Tivpu Tib, and so came home. Then Italy, concerned for the safety of Fmin's com- panion, Captain Casati, raised a large sum and organized a relief expedition, but just before it started the sudden fitting out of the Stanley party led to abandoning th scheme, Finally the Peters expedition wi fitted out at an enormous cost, and no one knows as yet what has become of various expeditions to relieve Emin have un- doubtedly cost soveral hundred thousand dollars. - Grover's Little Istand. Chicagn Neios, Ex-President Cleveland is reported to have bought some islands in a Massachusetts lake. Perhaps the ex-president is going to organize a little republic of his own. ST ST A Saving String. Chicago Tribune, It is surely not forgotten that Col, Bob Ingersoll once said: “In tho dark night of death hope sees a star and listening love may catch the rustlng of & wing.” His i excitable cor- respondents base the statemont that ho is becoming a convert to Christianity, ave no stronger in that direction than the words we have quoted. There has always been a string tied to the colonel’s atheism, —~~ A Quoram of Millionaires. Cineinnati Commercial, Mr. Brice of New York, the Jeading eandi- date of the democracy for the senate of the United States, is supposed to be an “inhabi- tant"” in his private car. Where a million- aire's private car 1s, there he is eligible for the senate. There are a few more mil- lionawres wanted in the senate. There is not anite a quorum! When there is a quorum of millionaires in tie senate, and the senate or- ganzes the house and bullies the president, we shall of course have a free country. It will be a big thing, too. - Play-Grounds for Children, Philaelphia Record. That is a pleasing story which comes from Boston of the establishment in that city of play-grounds for little children who have never known any ligher delight than to roll on ash heaps or wade in foul gutters. Roomy yards, with heaps of sand; shells to make them like tho seashore, and toys and 1mno- cent ganies have brought sunlight and Lappi- ness into the heart of many a little waif soiled by contact with the influences of the street. This beneficent project furnishes renewed testimony to the value of small things in rendering others py. A flower, atoy orasimple word of kindness has its place in improving social conditions no less than the most claborate scheme of philan- thropy or social economy, —~— New York,s Electric Juggernaut. Chicago Herald. Another man has been burned to a crisp by au electric wire in New York. Like the lineman Feeks who killed a fow weeks ago, he climbed to the wp of a pole to repair a broken line. While at work he incautiously took hold of a *live wire,” and his body, emitting smoke and bluish flame, was roasted almost to cinders in sight of a large crowd of borrified spectators. It is difcult for other cities to understand the supine acqui- esconco of New York to the rule of the clectric companies. . In the present state of things such horrityme accidents are likely to happen any day, and the wires are a con- stant menace to everybody, Yet mo one in New York does anything but talk about it, and no serious attempt has been wmade 1o re- move the danger. e QUAL RIGHTS, ror Political Questions Which Are Agitat- nz the People of Canada, Otrrawa, Ont., Dee. 18.—([Special Telegram to Tus Bre.|—Dalton McCarthy, M. P., the nominal leader of the equal rights party, ad- dressed alarge audience under the auspices of the equal rights association last night, He declared that the solution of the political differences which beset the dominion rested with the Koglish-speaking people. While claiming absolute freedom of religion to all, he would deny to any sect the powento in- trude itself on the sphere of civil power, On this point_alone tho equai rights sup- porters differed from the Catholics, whom be regretfully observed were rauging theni- selves on the opposits side for a struggle. Once sud for all it must be understood that the present difficulties would never be sot- tied by aunexation, Separato schools and dual langua: must go. If the Quebec legislature obtained & recognization of French as the ofcial language fifty years ago, why could not the imperial pariiament amend the federal constitution in 18007 A resolution endorsing the speaker’s position was carried unavimou MUST QUIT THE STAGE, Lawrence Barrett Suffering from an Affection of the Throat. New Yous, Dec. 18.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—It is the talk of theatricul circles that Lawreoce Barrett will have to quit the stage, He has canceled his engagement at Boston for next weck. 1t is well known that Barrett has been sufferiug for a long time with glundular trouble, which caused his throat to swell out beyond its natural pro- portions. At the close of last scason Barrett parted with HBooth and went to the German baths for trestment, When he returned he appeared to nave been benefitted, aud Le said he never felt better in his hfe, During the season, while he has been traveling, the throat trouble was as bad as ever. Saturday last Mr. Barrett closed his season and brought his company to New York, and hus now canceled his New York engagemeut, which was to begiu January 20. He i 10 be suffering intensely aud bis frienas wlarmed. S — Tne Honse Electivn Commitiee. Wasmixaron, Dec. 13.—The house commit- tee on elections beld its first meeting and ef- fected an orgauization this morning, Ches- ter H. Rowell ot Iilinois, son of the chair- man, was selecled as clerk. A sub-commit- tee on rules was selected which will be charged with the urrangement of the seventy contested election cases now wwaiting settie- ment b The great European oxpositions have awarded the premium to Cook's extra dry imperial chumpazae for bouquot. REHEARING WILL BE ASKED. The Blmwood Elevator Contest Will Go into the Courts, FULL. TEXT OF THE FINDINGS. eresting Correspondence Betweon Governor Taylor of Teanocssee and overnor Thayer of Nebraska ~A Rumored Scandal, Laxcons Bureav or Tug OMury Bes, 1 1029 P Stuger, Laxcowy,' Neb., Dec. 13, | Owing to the widespread interest in the Elmwood elevator complaint made by Farm ers' Alliunco No. 365, the findings snd order of the secrctaries and state board of trans portation will be of unusual iaterest. They aro as follows ¢ 1. "That the defendant has @ within the limits of its depot grounds at tho station of Elmwood. 2. Toat there aro two_elovators at said station of 1, having the com bined capicity of 10,000 bushels; and that said elevators are insufficicnt to hundie the grain shipped av said station, and that the owners and opecators thereof have entered into a combination and do combine and fix the prices of grain and prevent competition in the purchase prico thereof ; and that there are not sulicient facilities for the handling and shipping of grain at said station. #. That it is necessary for the convenience of the public, vatrons and shippers of grain of smid railrond company. and that aaother clevator bo erected and operated at said sta- tion, 4. That the defendant has permitted two elevators to be erccted upon its grounds at snid station, and that the same are now being oporated and that the said defendant has fusd to grant the same privilege to the de- fendant, 5. That an clevator is necessary for the shibment of grain by railroad, and that by reason of the side tracks being placed within the right of way and depot grounds, the plaintiff cannot ship grain without building ils clevator upon the grounds of tho defend- ant, 6. That there 18 room upon the ground: tha defendant of said station for another ele- vator without r ully interfering with the operation of ailroad, ana the build- ing of the elevator by the plaintiffs upon said grounds will not materially effect the de- fendant in the use of its grounds, or be an unreasonable burden to the defendant, 7. That granting of the right and privile by the defendant to the two elevators now standing upon its right of way snd depot crounds at said station, and refusing to grant the same right and privilege to the complamant is an unjust and unreasonadle discrimination against the complainant under the circumstances of this case. That the i respondent discriminated against the complai ant; and that it has _ unlawlully made and given a preference and udva g to Adams and Gilbert and to Kllis Brothers, owners and operators of clevators at said station. ‘I'ne order of the board 18 in effect monding the Missouri Pacitic railway comi- pany to grant the Elmwood Fgrmers' alli- ance, No. 85, a location on its side track at Elmwood for the erection of an elevator upon the same terms and conditions as granted o the owners ol other clevators lo cated at the station The findings, as above set forth in sections, were unanimously reported for adoption by the secretaries, with the exception of the last clause of section 5 and parts of others in conflict with the theory that only elevators operated for the usa of the weneral public as 8 component means of shipping grain and not as a facility to enable any one individual or corporation to buy and control lurge quantities of grain, were entitied to locu- tion on the grounds of a common carr Secretary Garber held that_elevators being indispensabie to the loading of grain into cars were on the same footing as stock- yards and chute attachments for the loading of live stock into cars; that carriers must be made responsible for their eviction and operation in sufficient capacity to meet the wants of the shipping public; that they could allot this branch of their servico to an mdi- vidual, but_that an individuai, in nccepting it, obiigated himself to serve the public with- out projudice or disadvantage to any oue, viz.: Like accommodations and like rates of charges for service rendereda to all alike. Ho could not become a dealer and estaolisn prices in accordance with his views of the market und so meet tie re- sponsibility of the carrier to the pub- lie to furnish all facilities needful to the proper handling of the traftic. Holding in accordance with that view the secretary could not concur in the recommendation that the board issuc an order compeiling the Missourt Pacific to locate the alliance on its grounds; the operation of the aliiance ele- vator to be devoted to the hanaling of its own property exclusiveiy. The end of the case 18 not yet. Loeal at- torneys of the Missouri Pacific were in this morning and secured copies of the evidence, findings and order for the purpose of moving fora mew triul or rehearing before the board. It is learned that the Burlington folks are up in arms and will assist in fighting the case to the bitier ond. It is openly stated that the case will be taken to the supreme court. 1 itsside tracks f-way and com- Correspondence of fublic Interest, The following correspondence between overnor Tayior of Tennessee and Governor hayer of this state will doubtless be of in- terest to reacers of Tue Bee urTive Orrice, Nasuvinie, Tenn,, His Excellency, the Governor ir: 1 desire to request your excellency’s co-operation in promoting’ the purpose of the National Jacksoa club Lo L:ovor the name of that illustrious patriot. The first annual meetiog of the club (uon-par- usan) will oceur in this city on Junuary $ next, and 1t is ntended to celebrate the aa- niversary of his greatest military achieve- ment by an assembly of patriotic wen of all partics from ali the stutes. 1 swceroly in- vito your excellency to attend, and, if your excellency will do me the kinduess, to com- municate this invitation and auncuncement 1o the people of your state, to invite all your citizens who admire the churacter of “this firl.'nl chieftain to assomble with us to honor is memory, 1t will be of intorest 1o those who huve never visited us to look inupon the rich domaim added to our @reat country by the valor of Jackson und his compatriots—a country not only rich within itself and des- tined to take the lead, but which adds a mighty volume of wealth and giory to the whole nation and reflects honor and glory upou the patriots and Leroes who rescued (v from the wilderness and savage domination, Very respectfully yours, Roueir L. Tay Lok, Goveruor, Neb., Dee, 18, 1559, —Hon, 1tob- or of Tennessce, Nush- ville, Tonn. —Deur Sir: 1 have the honor to uckuowledge tlie receint of your excellency s very cordiul invitation to attend the first nual meeting of the Nutionul Jaekson club (non-partisan) 1 Nashville on Juauary 5 next, and 10 join in honoring the memory of tho illustrious patriot, Andrew Jackson. In reply I have to say that | sincerely re- #rev my inability to be resent. 1 am about starting nn i trip to the City of Mexico wnd cannot rewurn bere until January 7. Buat for this I would gladly mect with the patriotic people for Lue purpose named. Andrew Jackson stands out as one of the grandest characlers of American bistor 13y his unswervivg devotion 1o bis country, by his rigid and unasseilable integrity ho il- lustrated o the fullest exteut the exalied position of a true patriot and an honest man. His name and tame will grow brighter as age succeeds age. 1 shall cause your lotter o be publistied to the people of this state, that they inay learn of this patriotic mwoyenent. Very respectively aua troly yours, Joux M. Tuaves, Governor, State House Jottings Water works bouds to the amount of §50,000 Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. 7hon Baby was sick, wu gave her Castoria. Wheu she was & Child, ahe erind for Castorie, Wheu she bucame Miss, she eluog to Castoris §71 20 oo bhad Children, s gave e ¢ were rooeived for registration by the suditer of publio accounts today Bank Examiners M ughton and were at the eapitol thisafternoon, Thoy say that a mare tranquil state of affales oxists in }ml\khw circles than late reports would fn- dicate, ‘I'io following cases wero filed for trial in the supreme court ; Buffalo County National ba E. Hanson, Phoenix Gibbard A. T. Gamble va John Wilson. All errors from the district court of Buffalo county The state board of transportation is today 0 receipt of the first wariff so far received, 1ssued by tho state lines, in accordance with its rocont order fixing the maximum rates for the transportation of coal. The tarift was 1ssued by the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific railway company. Its settles ali questions of the aceentan * yavious railronds of the Brink nk vs Charlos Insurance company va Kenard state v News and Notos Hon. (. Kaley of Red Clou of the sl e normal school board, was at the capital this morning enroute for the moet- ing of the board at Pern tomorrow. Dore Stout of Omaha, connected with the United Statos mwail servioe, was in Lincoln today on a busitess errand The talk goes that Lincoln is on the eve of a social sensation that will stir the firat cir- cles of the eity from center to circum ference. A promiucnt bank official and the wife of citizen who amussed a fortune in real estato deals a few years ago, aro the Hgureheads, ember FRAUD A Lot of Worthless Mexican Bondd Being Floated Throuzh the West ICANsAS Crty, Mo, Dec., |Special Tele gram to Tur Ber.l—Mexican Vice Consul Maurice Rabden of this city nas discovered that a large amount of fraudulent AMexican bonds are floating around the west and that many persons are being vietimized. Thou- sands of dollars worth have been placed in the two states named and i many instances bunks have besn caught, they taking the worthless bouds as collateral in many ine stances for monoy loaued. The history of the bonds dates buck to the carly '60's, wheu the United States was in the midst of the great struggle between the north and the south. At that time Carson & Company, a banking house in New York s longsinee extinct, was granted uuthor- ity by Mexico undor a_special nct to issue £500,000 worth of bonds on the Mexican provinces of Tamanllibus and San Louis Potosi. I M. Marical, the thea secro- tary of thoe lecation ut Washington and tho present secretary of state of the republic of Mexic, was authorized to countersign the bonds, which were issued in denowinations of £5,000 cach. None were genuine without his signature. The unsettled condition of this country and also of Mexico, where Maximil- ian was making a last effort, opened up such a ficld for fraud that a speculator in New York has issued several willions of bogus Mexican bonds. They were also is- suod on the provinces of Tamanlihus aud San Louis Potosi. These latter, however, were issued in denominations of £1,600 and were not countersigned by the secreta of the legation. The genuine bonds, popu- larly called Carvajal, bonds werg issued —in 1565, payablo in twenty years. Consul Rab- den received word yesterday that a handler of these bonds is now 1n this city and has made offers to several of the banks here, ono bauking firm notifiod him that they had been anproached by an individual offering to sell these bonds at a very low figure. Lt An Aged Wretch New York, Dec. 13,—Dr. Louis E rich, a tottering man ot seventy of age, was leld in the Tombs today on the charge of assauifing two twelve-year-old girls, It was alleged thut on numerous oceasions he induced children 1o visit his offic by giving them candy und small suins of money. Ho did not deny the charge. Ald - wo years police court — Three Boys Drown Ponr Hore, Ont., Dec. 13.~Yesterday evening two litule sons of Joseph Malletio and a son of E. M. Mitchell were skating on the electric ht pond, where they were lust seon. ‘They undoubtedly broke through the ice and were drowned. 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