Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 16, 1890, Page 4

DATLY B. ROSBWATER, Editor. FUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. CHSCRIPTION Daily and Sunday, One Yea Weekly Itee, One Yoar with Preminm. Omaha, Itee Building. Chicago Ollice, Rooms 14 and 15 Tribuns Ballding. rteenth Street. Bouth Omalia, Corfier N an 1 2ith Strasts, CORRESPONDENC) Allcommunieations relating to news and torinl matier shouid be addressed to the ki BURINESS [, suletters and remittanees should d to The Bea Publishi or of the Compuny. The Beg Pubishing Company, Proprietors yable to the ord building Farnam and. fsonth Btrest THE BEE ON THE TRAINS. a failureto get Thr There is no excuse f ravelers who want il can't get 1t on trains whera other > requosted to Aarry a full supply, in all cases full and number fnformation as THE DAILY BEE. Sworn ftatement ot Circulation State of Nebraska, County of ouglas, e Georao B, 'Izschuck, secretary of THe Dex does solemnly swear that DAILY BEg for the the actual cirgnlation of T week cndine March 15, 18%, was as follows; Monday, Mar: sdny, March 12 saturday, March 15" £worn 1o hefore me and_subscribed to in my preseare this 1ith day of March, A, D. 180, Notary Public. uly sworn, de- s secretary of T Company, that the actual daily circulation of T motith of March 165, 18854 copies: for April, 9 coples: for May, 154 ples’ for July, 198), 18 Bre for the st 189, 18,051 coples: 18,710 copies; for October, for November, 1540 to pefore me and subscribed i my March, A. D., 180, ence this Ist day o N.” P. Feir, Notary Public. weekly bank statement shows s increased sold #1,051,000 in excess of logal requirement IN the war between the arowers, the west will cheerfully back the former on the issue of tarifi reduction A NEW YORE court | value of o church snore at ten dollars. The gentlemen of the pulpit should s to it that the pri THE twenty boomers who hurricdly invaded the Cherokee strip will go out with gr troops get after them, er haste when the seluding Nebrask ious metal producing states, to await returns from the gold-fringed eanyons of the it would be KAN=AS reports seven thousand, o o uinety-one granted in twenty years v is not a howling ¢ havmonizer. Drug store ceess as a do Tieke is much signifi fact that the first elec of oflicers of Superior & Southwestorn railrond was held at Cawker City road is bound to be a commereial corker. Itis now provosed to convey the a Falls to New York by means of a cable screw costing fifteen thousana dollars per mile. doubt of its abili the surplus of those who take the bhit. ‘natorial smelling committeo ecutive session abandoned the he investigation was fcolish in coneeption and ridieulous in conclusion. The senute might as well undertake to ions of the planet as suppression of secret ses- led to discov ulis, and has viret check the reve to attemipt th TIHE prospects > production of steel rails thi Some five thous ds ave undor construction while seven thousand miles If to whatever demand come from this source purposes of renewal be iticipations are not at all of new railr added, the ¢ ICAN artists have at last won the recognition they have so long de- three prominent painters of this coun-~ try as mewbers of the jury salon exhibition By dint of prejudice and dis- courngement Americans have made for themselves a nume in the art capitol of for the ap- tote Nationale. ance in the face | i | \ | story of the infamies connected with the abandoned city hall founda- urt house retaining wall are gradually cropping out vorifying the adage; * When roguc out honest men come by their own, is not probubio that the taxpayers will vegain the substance riotously squan- derea on favored facts coming to light tion and the schemers i the future and prevent the y of the people, —_— black picture of the barbarities to which Russian political exiles ave subjected. The prison is totally inndequate to the room *‘the sick were placed in the open air, with the temperature at the freez- ing point, and 1n consequence of this oxposure the mortality was enormous,” considered prison isthe largest and best in Sibe au idea may be formed of the horrors of maintained by an alleged civilized government. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THE NEBRASKA DEMAND, The castern press, even that portion of it which professes a desire 1o be fair, falls into the railroad way of reasoniag that a reduction of transportation rates would not benefit the producers of No- nraska. We have so frequently com- batted this idea, with reasons which | seem Lo us impregnable, t! it appears liko a work of supererogation to go ovor the ground again. Those whomako | this contention must necessarily main- tain that railrond charges exert no in- fluence, or an influence relatively in= considerable, upon the prices of dom- modities. Such an assumption every man of practical intelligence will re- pud All'men familiar with econo- mic conditions know that the cost of transportation is one of the most im- portant in 1ts bearings upon the cost of commodities. It is a factor of prime consideration, ‘and in the progress of modern affairs, nothing as exerted o greater influence upon the course of values than the cost of transportation. All the improved ap- pliances of production and the econom- ical utilization of labor by means of labor-saving machinery have not had more to do with determining values than this matter of the cost of trans- portation. If we could imagine a sys- tem of production such as pre- vailed say hall a century ago existing contemporancously with the present system of trans- portation facilities we should be the better able to comprehend how greatly the cost of the latter has had to do with determining values. After the cost of labor it is undenianly the most important factor in the price of commodities. It is this incontrovertible fact which sustains the demand of the farmers of Nebraska for a reduction of the rates charged by the railroads on corn. The infiuence of sunply and demand is of course not lost sight of. Every intelli- gent farmer understands what this means. But he knows also that what- ever the odds on one side or the other, the cost of transportation enters largely into the ultimate value. There is no getting away from this proposition, and the efforts of the railrond managers and those who are insympathy with them to befog the producers with the argu- ment that transportation rates play an insignificant part in fixing the prices of their products will not stand the test of intelligent examination. The demand upon the railvoads in bohalf of the farmers of Nebraska simply is that the vates upon theic staple pro- duct shatl be placed upon a fair and cquitable busis as campared with that of other states. Nobody bas asked that the railvonds shall make exceptional rates in favor of the producers of this state. .The farmers of Nebraska do not ask and do not reqnive any dis- crimination in their interest. They simply demand, what is just, reasonable and cquitable, to be determined by what is accorded to the producers of other states. They do not desire thut any special favor shall be shown them, but they do ask and insist that they shall not be diserimated against and placed at an undue disadvantago in the murkets of the country. They believe that this is the position they occupy now by veason the excessive charges of the vonds—charges which, by compar Kansus -and other hown to be unjust ask that remedied. with those in Towa, states, can be clearly and unreasonable—and they this diserimination shall be This is the whole meanin id pur- pose of what is called in the eastern press the “Nebraska demand.” If there is any injustice in it, if there 13 any- thing in it that is not justified by the facts, the railronds will have the oppor- tunity to show before the federal com- mission wherein the claimsof Nebraska are at fault, The farmers of this state will await the result with the fullest confidence. THE ALIEN OWNERSHIP LAY Congress a few yt ago passed a law prohibiting aliens from acquiring title to lands or real estate of any kind in the te oris his law was passed for the reason th nized companies of for i wad taken up im. mense tracts of the public lands on which were placed large hevds of cat- tle, and in many instances had obtained by purchase tracts of land embracing thousands of acres. This law prevents aliens from investing in mines as well and to that extent is objectionable to the mining regions. In all of the ter tories the governors have recommended hat the law be so wmended us to per- mit aliens to invest in mines, and the house committee on mines has agreed to report a bill repeaiing so much of the law as prevents aliens from inv ing in mines. There wuas a dis- position shown in the comwmittee to report a bill to repeal the law en- tirely, but after consideration it was thought that such a measure conld not be passed, and therefore the committee decided to confine its recommendation to amending the law so as to relate to the mining interests. in lands, 1t has been abundantly demonsteated that the effect of the law, as as the mining regions concerned, has been to keep out a large amount of capital that would otherwise have been invested there, and the mining communities generally are in favor of the proposed nmendment, Very soon aftor this law was wne appavent that its offect be very harmful to the mining interests of the west. As soon the meaning and scope of the law were understood in the foreign stock exchanges there was an immediate abandonment of all investments in mining stocks it became impossible to negotiute the sale of mining shares ex- cept upon guarantes that maae the purchasers perfectly secure. The sult has been very damaging to the mining ivterests of the west, and it is unquestionable that many millions of foreign capital have been kept out of wsped b i would be us and § re- investment in ‘the western mines by reason of this law. : In its primary purposo the policy of prohibiting the tuvest- ment of foreign capital in this count, in such a way as to ab- sorh ya st tracts of land was sound, and i the expadiency of maintaining that policy wilt not now be questioned. But when®this is made to shut out the in- vestment of foreign capital in mining interests, which usually comprehend only a very small area and that not of a character to be available for agri- culture, the matter assumes an altogether different aspect. The bill introduced in congress reflects the sentiment of the west for a modification of the law, which will allow the invest- mert of foreign capital in mining en- terprises without permitting those wholesale purchases under which for- cign syndicates have become possessed of vast areas of land in this country. AN IMPERATIVE DUTY. In thelight of the experience gained at the county and city elections last fall. there is no room for argument on the question of increasing the polling places 1n the city. The main point is the number of polling places necessary to enable every qualified voter to exer- cise the rights of citizenship without hinderance or dela, There is no oc- casion for hasty action. The council should consider the question in all its bearings, and particularly with rogard to the coming state election. Four separate amendments to the state constitution will be voted on at the November election. Prohibition ana high license, though incorporated in one act, are distinet and will require separate ballots aud boxes. The third amendment proposes to increase the number of supreme court judges from three to five, and the fourth proposes an advance in the salaries of the dis- trict and supreme court judges to three thousand and thirty-five hundred dol- lars respectively. In addition there will be a complete roster of state officers elected, one congressman, four district judges, a clerk of the court, twelve members of the legislature. one county commissioner, and such local proposi- tions as may be submitted. All these will require at least five hallot box The difficulties and de- lays experienced at the local elections, the lack of system in the registration list, and the incompetency displayed by a majority of the judges and clorks, renders imperative a radical redistrict- ing of the city. Of the seventeen thousand voters registered at the city election not more than seventy per ocent voted. With the labors of the judges and clerks doubled at the state olection, and three or more parties in the field with long tickets, it is clear that the number of poliing places must be suflicient to prevent crowding or the disfranchisement of voters. Iv is safe to estimate that the registered vote of Omaha will exceed twenty thousand next November. By provid- ing one polling place to each four hun- ared voters, which should be the mas mum figure, the city would have fifty voting booth This number would not be too much, in view of the labor de-° volved on the judges and clerks, and the necessity for prompt counting and declaration of the result. It allows one minute and a half for each voter to cast his ballot. Another important point should be considered and acted on by the council The reizistration law compels non-regis- tered voters to appear dt the city clerk’s office with two freeholders of the ward, to swear in his vote. The intent of the law is to facihitate, not to hinder the exercise of citizenship, The council should therefore authorize the city clerk to appoint a sufficient number of deputies to place one at cach polling place. The one issue of prohibition at the coming election involves the vital in- terests of Nebrasia, the prosperity or paralysis of our commercial and indu trial hife,and it is of paramount im- portance that the *voters of the chief city of the stato should be afforded cvery faciiity for voting. UNWRITTEN HISTORY. The credit of conceiving the idea of building the Burlington & Northern railroad for speculative purposes sole must be awarded to the late A. Touzalin, The execution of that brill- jant plan and the method and manner by which this stub road became a thorn I in the flesh of the Burlington systemn and a disturber in the happy railroaa family are worthy of the luckiest strokes of a Jay Goyld and afford an i.lustration of the scandals in railroad construction and management, When A. E. Touzalin, long coanecte with the Burlington, severed his connection a5 vice president in_ 1883 and went into the servico of the Atchison, he waited for an opportunity to strilkke a blow at his old friend and to display his ability as a railroad 'magnate of the first rank. He theraupon conceived the project of building a road along the east bank of the Mississippi from a point near Bur- lington to St. Paul. This was a field fully occupred with railroads. The best railrond authority of the country, notably Thomas H. Potter, then with tho Burlington, recognized the fact that the road could not pay and that its coustruction threatened danger, $lrange as it may seem, however, Mr. Touzalin interested in the plan a num- ber of directors of the Burlington itsoll who pledged tho = support of that road in the face of the strong pro- tost of the other members of the direc- tory. Mr. Touzalin and of his friends holding two-thivds of the stock of the Burlington & Novthern, leaving the other third in the hands of the Bur- lington 1 gevs, pusned his rond rap- idly to completion and oponed it for business November 1, 1886, Prom the first it was bent on m chiel and took itsvhances of being a sorbed by the Burlington after the ex- ample of the Nickle Plate. Two poli- cios were opan to the Burlington: to treat this adventurer as an enemy or to foster its intevests as a parent. The latter course was chosen. Swallowing its pride the Burlington-coneluded to court the favor rather than to vislca war with this swaddling infant. Accordingly an agreoment was drawn up between the two railvoads for a twenty years’ traflic arvangemont of amity and friendship. But from the beginning, the new road failed to earn operating expenses and interest and ran head over heels in debt. 'he policy mapped out by its some projectors was carried out to the letter. It began evoty fate wer of prominence which has involved the vailroads west Of ChiCAgOmult. fomented strife and trouble wherever it could. It pur- chased peace by bringing its powerful rivals to ‘terms, and finally tri- umphed by compelling the Bur- lington to, [ buy up the con- troling interest of three hundred and sixty-five milas of road at a fabuious price after feeding and fattening off the Burlingfon’s rovenues for four years. How much of this blood money wont into the pockets of the original promotors and of the Burlington direc- tors who bled the parent for the benefit of the unnatural offspring may never be known, But the story of the Bur- lington & Northern adds a dark chap- ter to the h story of construction and operating rings. Between the lines one may read why it is that the people have lost faith in railroad financeering. IBRASKA AND THE NEW STATES. The letters published in Tk Bre during the past two months, detailing the characteristics, resources, develop- ment and prospects of the four new states, and Wyoming and Idaho, soon to be admitied into the union, furnish re- liable and unbiased data, derived from actual observation and inquiry, to aid i forming an intelligent opinion of their future possibilities. Nebraska does not suffer by comparison with any of them, although in the production of the precious metals, of lumber, fish and coal, and of wheat in the Red river valley, they severally claim precedence. Interior Wyoming is fitted mainly for stock raising with incidental farming. Its inexhaustible stores of coal are as yet scarcely touched, although for twenty years there has been a constantly in- creasing ontput. Of its oil development which is as yet confined to experimental borings, great expectations are justly formed, and the iron industry will in the noar future attain to a great devel- opment. Tho two or three railroad Jines which are now passing west be- yond its eastern borders, will soon ren- der practicable development in all di- rections, which will insure atan early day alarge and prosperous population. The development of the gold and sil- ver mines of Montana 1s on the increase, both in the direction of production and of new developments. In the produc- tion of copper the Butte City mines stand second only to theexports of Lake Supericr. In stock raising the state, east of Helena, has possibilities be- yond computation, and in connection with that industry the raising of small grains and fruits, already successfully begun, will attain to great importance as incidental to its development in the directions above named. Of Tdaho nearly the same can be justly said. Here. as in Montana, vast tracts of land raquire an artificial sup- ply of water in order to become pro- ductive. With irrigation ene-third of cach state will produce the small grains and the fruits and vege- tables in the greatest abundance, Tdaho in its mining devglopmeut., js. rapidly approaching the font ranlkiamong the Rocky mountain states, and its known resources have been asyet only tonched. In both Idaho and Moutana there are supplies of timber adequate for the uses of the people for many years to come. Washington west of the Cascade mountains, will year by year surpass its present growth. To the vroduction of fish, coal and lumber no assignable limit can be fixed. Western Wash- ington will take the precedence in small fruits and vege- tables, which are remarkable alike for their variety, quantity and quality nd it will as the timber dis- appears, and with the construction of voads through the heavy forrest bot- tom, become in the course of two or three. generatiogs a prime farming country. Its t eading citics on Puget Sound, with these resources back of them, cannot diminish in their pr ent impertance. \What city will ult- mately assume ~whether Tacoma or Seattle, or some third entre- pot whicn is yet to avise—it is impossi- ble now to predict. The question is one which will finally be set- tled Ly railway needs and oppor- tunities, and by the condition which ocoan mnavigation imposes. Fustern Washington, which*has a lively and growing city in Spokune I"alls on the Idabo bovder, possesses in its valleys vesources for agriculiuve, and especially for stock raising on its gl plains, and bids fair to take a prominent pluce in its mining development and in that of northern and central [daho. The eastern one hundred miles of the Dakotas are much like eoastern Ne- braska, only that wheat instead of corn precedence is the leading erop. General agricul- ture is, however, becoming more im- portant. The Red River valley in North Dakota, and almost equally the valloys 1n the south and east of South Dalkota, are phenomenally.sproductiv Tho deep and rich soil is underluid with a sub- stratumof limestone possessing strength- ening qualitics, and orly intelligont and careful farwing 1s needed to rend it permanently productive. From Yunlkton north through both Dakotas and west nearly to Bismarck, there is supposed to be an underlying body of pure water, which can be reached by artesian wells, throughout its whole ex tent, as it is aleeady tapped at numerous points in twd®ar three counties. The country west of Bismarck in North I kota is noyl {inviting to agricul- ture; 1o stopld raising, and e pecially in gheep, it is destined, to take the first rvank. south Dakota west of the Missours river, recently opened to settlement by the purchase of reservation lands, possesses no attrac- tions at present to the husbandmun, and few even to the stock raiser. The most that can sonably be looked for in some yeuars to come is thatlittle by little the business of ste ng may become profitable and- extensive. So far as agriculture is concerned, while the soil possesses the cloments of productive- ness, the absence of moisture must be a bar to the pursuits of farming. When the Black Hills are approached, how- ever, this condition disappears; the farming is sucezssfully carvied on, and certain crops are raised which in quan- | there. tity are not second to those even of eastorn Dukota Upon the whole, no state has beon found, and no considerable section in any state among the six above referred to, which bears comparison with Ne- braska in all the elements of successful farming—in good so1l, variety of pro- ductivoness, abundance of moisture, oure air and an equable climate. There is not in any of these localities anything which should for a moment tempt the average farmer, stock-grower or fruit- raiser in Nebraska to abandon his tried and oproved so0il and climate in search of ‘“‘frosh fields and pastures new.” Of course the climate of the northwestern states may possess attrac- tions to the enfeebled and the diseased. For persons in ordinary health and strength nothing whatever is to be gained by agtransfee to the conditions presented for industry and enterprisoe in the new states. The opportuhities for business and mouey making are eaual 1n most Nebraska towns and com- munities to those presonted inthe cities and towns of Montana and Washington. Hore, as there and everywhere, it is the character of the business man and his methods, rather than any mere advant- age of Jocation that determines his success or his failure. Those new states are, like others two thousand miles away, pleasant placds to wvisit. The ’'magnificent mountain views, the noble forest scencs, the far-reaching landscapes, the beautiful water vistas, the plains and valleys, the rivers and cascades, all possess a novelty and interest to the visitor from the rich and beautiful Ne- braska prairvies. But scenery, while it is attractive to those from other re- gions, is not the all-important thi It cannot outweigh the elements exist- ing here which attract the husband- man to the soil, which win the busi- ness man to the pursuits of trade, and which render society at once beautiful and beneficial. Schools, churches, libraries and theéaters oxist there as they exist here. As to bettering his condition, the merchant, the professional man, the farmer, the laborer can do that here as well as It is the character, the aims, the method, the determination that makes the difference in men there or here, and the world over. There are doubtless thousands of people, residents in the states to the east, who can better their condition by going to the new states, as they indeed might do by com- ing to Nebraska. But no Nebraskan who is reasonably successful in his chosen pursuit, can better himself by the change. There is nothing in the way of lands easily productive equal to the lands of Nebraska. Nowhere else is the climate so favorable to production and health. The Nebraska farmer and business man should remain content with his state, his condition and his lot. These cannot be improved by any change which removal to a new field and new conditions would bring. HERE AND THERE. A very active scramblo is just now going on among the young attorneys for the assist- ant United Statos district attorneyship. Said a disinterested observer yesterday : “Yes, young Mr. Balbridge has gone to Washington to see what he can do for his fences, and to test his steel with that of Ralph Breckepiridge, who is considered in the lead for the vacant ofice. Yes, Iam told there are a score of candidates for the unimportant place. It's the honor, they scek, you kuow--not the salary. Then, of course, the appointmont is something of an advertisement,”” I learn that R. S. Brvin telegraphed Sen- ator Manderson for the place the day Gur- ley declined it, and that the senator has written certain parties here to learn who Lrvin is, and how long & string he pulls. I do not think, however, that Ervin's appoint- ment will depend upon the reply made to the senator’'s quories. “Tnen there are Charles Goss, R, A. L. Dick and J. L. Kaley, (formerly of Red Cloud) of Omaha, W. Scott of York and Lawyer Burke of Bluo Springs, all holding a lightning rod in hourly expectation that the appointment will strike thowm,” “I wish our banks could be induced to have some style about them and abolish this title of ‘cashier.’ It doesn’t represent what peo- ple suppose and to mo is a standing source of useless interruption.” 1t was William Wallace of tho Oma tional who thus gave expression to his ings, after having been requested by no less than five men in tureo minutes to cash 5. Atthetime hewas chatting with o ¢ reporter on amusement topics, an being compelled to_break into the conversa- tion 80 frequently, long enough to direct his customers’ atteution to a paylug tell ross the oftico, irrtated tim, “What sort of distinguishing mark would you substitute should the titie of cashier be abolishod “Anything not impression that tho monoy N ol calculated to convey the is handled here. In Eugland 1 believo they uso the word ‘mavager,’ which is appropriate and really covers the work of the position. Nino tenths of the peoplo present thewmselves at my window simply becauss they seo cash- ier in gold letters aoove it, supposing that 1 bandle all the money, when the fact is I nardly ever touch the stuff, A paying telior ys does that part of the work." many dollars does your man handle course of a year?” I have no idea, but he 1s always busy as you 80 him now."” “Ho seems to iy tho tru s though its value had v with him?* “That is true of all bank omployes, and an old man said to me when I was a boy that it spoiled young men to work in banks. I'hey soor: learn to rogard money s having no particular value and spend more than they i about his cage v little weight A tall, weathor-stained man, with long red mustache and blue oyos walkod 1uto the Omaha National bank yesterday mornin and of President Miilard inquired whether Paymaster Wilson kopt his mouey there or in some other depository “I think wo have a few dollars balonging to him,” rephed the presideat. *Why, do you want to get some of it! " Phat 15 what I came in for, and you will ablige we by cashing this " In the mean time Mr. Millard's visitor had gone deep down into tho recesses of his in side pocker and brought up a dirty looking paper which when unfolded proved to be a draft for $500. Get somebody 1o come in and identify you and we will give you the monsy for it,” “Well, I am not acquaiated here and ex pect it will be hard to find any one who can vouch for nie.” “Unless you can do it wo cannot advance the movey."” With that the strange and slowly walked out. “Why do you put him to so much incon 1 sadly about turno | ber railroads and venience and troudle,” asked a reporter who happened to overhear the conversation. “Bocause it is ono of our rules,” replied the banker, “But you could easily put him down as an honest man. Have you no tact for reading human nature?"” “Yes, 1 would, wero I a betting man, wager ten to ono that this follow is honest, still wo can't bo o careful hnd must troat all people alike. Men are often put to much Inconvenienca to get themselves identified, but there is no place to draw the line except whore wo have it drawn, W. J. Arnold, who has chargo of the beof Killing department of Armour's Kansas City packing house, was a guost of his old friond, Jake Markelil, several days last woek at the Millard hotel. Spoaking of an alleged mu- tual admiration entertained by Philip D, Armour and Senator Vest, (sarcasm, of course), the conversation naturally driftod on to Mr. Vest's great beef :nvestigating hobby. “Lam suro,” said Mr. Arnold, ‘“that ho will wither ap and blow away before discov- eriog anything resembling a combination among packing men to control the meat pro- duct and prices io this country.” “From your nssertion, then, one might be expected to mfer that thero is no such com- bination in existonce?” xactly, and [ desiro to emphasizo utterance. Thereis no combination and nover has been.” ““Why, then, 1s it that tho price of boef to consumers is out of proporsion to wnav you pay tho producer for his animal on the hoof?" “It is not, and any one who will take tho trouble ana time to investigate can verify that statement.” *One of the charges against you people is that a western shipper who stovs at the Kan- sas City or Omaha markets with his cattle finds that the price doesn’t meot his expecta- tion, and going on to Chicago, discovers after arriving thero that he can do no better—has been confidenced, “cinched” and must ac- cept just what he cau got.” “That is o deliberato falschood. Thero is no exchange of crooked courtesies or secret understanding between the buyers of these three markets. Weall try todo the best possivle, and even at that, were it not for the fact that every particle of an animal can be utilized, we would lose money." *‘And beef worth 15 cents a pound?" "My dear boy, ouly the very choicest steaks bring that price, and there are not many of them in an animal, the way we are compelled to cut nowadays. You can pur- chaso roasts, good. enough for anybody, at 83 cents. But the only way to discuss this subject is by giving figures and practical il- lustrations.’” ——— - ACCIDENTALLY OVERHEARD. my uow, Stroet Railway Director—We have some claims against the city aud the city has some agaiust us. Can’t we get together and fix matters up 8o we can get & uew start with a clean balunce sheet? Member of Financo Committes of the Council—How are you folks fixed up theroat your power houses for insurance! I was looking the matter up the other day and 1 don’t think you ave proverly protected. Street Railway Director—I don't know, I am sure. Ihaveall my earthly possessions in that plant and T want plenty of insurance on it. Go up and examine the largest and fix it up if any more insurance is needed. Member of Finance Committee—All right, and we'll fix up those claims in a few days. Good day. Street Railway Director—Much obliged. Good-bye, * Councilman—W hat have you there! Waterworks Collector—A bill for 80 for repairing a break in a water pipe in front of your son’s home. e Councilman—Give that to me, I'il see tho company aboutthat. There was an arrange- ment by which that was to be repaired. You tell the superintendent to seud me & recoipt. That other business will_be recommended for adoption atthe council meeting” tomor- row might. Councilman—Aro you going to take that lot I showed you? Street Railway Magnate—I am not cortain yot. By the way, where will you locate the new electric lights? Councilman—0, they're already located. They will be along the cable and motor lines on Dodge, Leavenworth, Sixteenth, Cuming and North Twenty-fourth streets. Couldn't have been better suited if you'd selected the locations yourself. Street Railway Magnate—Well you might fix up the papers for tho lot, it suits mo first rato. - VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS, > the Pruning Plainview G 0 Attorney Goneral Loeso has stood by tho vroducars of Nebraska faithfully. Wil tho farmers soe that he is renominated and clected, or will thoy aliow corrupt politicians to pack the primaries and conveutions. Weo shall sce. And, by the way, would it not be a good plan to'looks after othior ofices as well If any official has not shown bimself to be the friend of the peoplo, weed him out, The year 1500 will bs a propitious time to uss the ning knife, Us inite, Nominnate Glean Men. MoCool Record. The Farmers' All.ance in Nebraska now numbers 0 wembers, What doca this wean, republican bretiren of Nebraska! It simply means that the republican party must nominate clean won, that are thoroughly identified with the interests of the or the party will have to givo way and let dem- ocrats and independeats carry off the plums at the coming ef A C Weile passenger nto rapid decline freight rates seam endowed with re markable vitality, ~Perhaps tho farmers could make wonoy by giving away their and making excursion orn trips for their health. on Lieesn, o an Kye Gothenburg ndspenden Leese’s position on the trausportation question has placed him prominently befo Lie the peopie ws an opponent of corporation rule and that's why they like him. His three torins as attorney general have d onstraged him to be a man of ability and ono not easily swayed by corporation influence, Only Supposed to b sery Platte County Sentinzl, All that 18 asked of the st teansportavion is justice. If whoy are un- willing to demand that of the railroads in tha interests of the poople of Nebraska, it will bo a pleasant sight to see their several ofticial heads drop into tho basket attho next republican state convention. Tue mem bers of the board shoula remember that they aro the servants of the people—not the tools of corporations, board of Chuck Full of pense, Superior Times, Wo aro pleased to nots tho interest T Omana Bee takes in the enterprise of our little cities 'round about the state. An articlo published iu that papor retativo to the prises and munufactories is securiag of en chuck full of good hard sense, and predicts great prosperity for thoss towns active enough to secure them. That Superior is oue of them is evidenced by the number of her exertions put forth to socure more, one of which wili doubtlers bullt this coming summer, A World of Meaning. Kearney Iub, The simple announcoment that two tune dred and sixty alliances were organized in Nobraska last month has a worid of meaning to the average politican. - Tho Distinguishing Featuro. St. Lowis Glol Democrat The house rules have simply onabled the majority to rule. This 18 just what the veople intended, and fs the vital principls which distinguishes froe goverament from despotism, - Itanay Too Realistic. Kansas City Time: Wken Lord Randolph Churchill speaks agaln in the house of commons the Asso- ciated press should put his specch in the hands of an expurgator beforo sending it out in this country, The vulgarity of bis last effort was nuuseatin, “ L BOOKS NEW AND NOTABLE, A collection of Chauncey M, Depew's ora- tions aud after dinner specches as edited in book form by Joseph B. Gilder and revised § by Mr. Depew himself constitutes some brilliant reading. Fifty-two selected ropresontative spesches subjocts gravo and gay give the reador an adequate idea of the wido range of thought of this gifted speaker. Not alonoe are his subjects instructive and of absorbing interest, but the polished dic- tlon, the gracefully rounded periods and tho ready wit constitute a. charm all their own. His happy manner of treating subjects in thomselves bordering on dullness, meta. morphoses thom quite and renders them de- lightful reading. Hia charming shados of thought in lighter.... vein make this volume desirable halt bour's diversion when continued read- g is impossible, 1t is a book that will stand in after years a monument to a bright mind of remarkabie versatility. Extoriorily itis attractive as well, boing amartly bound in blue, white and gold, with good paper and admirable print, A woman’s life between bool covers and a useful, wholesome, God-fearing lifo is found in “Gliunpses of Fifty Years, 1830-1580," by Frauces . Willard. has a poworful por- That Miss Willard sonal magnetism is evident to all who read_e- her book. Written at the urgent insistence of the white ribbon women, whose president she 18, hov original idea of personality was doubtless narrowed to the intimacy of a eir- cle of sympathetic friends. But the result :r & book interesting to all the reading pub- o, In her desire to bring herself nearer to tho scattered men and women who are working daily in the common cause she has beea too diffuse in trifling description, her book b visibly weakened by useless and tiresomo detail. Women will be interested in this journal of an ambitious, busy and useful, although in many features hom life. Encouraged in her girlhood by her mother and father to do her best in the direction indicated by her inclination and wtuitive self-knowledge, sho has developed into a widely known aod widely loved leader among the advocates of temperance and woman's rights. Hor book 18 _interesting from the stand- poiut of a Christian woman OUragiug progressive thought and noble endeavor, and will doubtless be & spur to many similiarly ambitious, “The fear o' hell is a hangman’s w that drives the wretch to order,” must cer tainiy have invaded the mmd of the author of *Letters F'rom Hell,” as snown in ! result of rrowing pen pictures. I black covered volume with its title lotters has an introduction by Geor Donald, LL.D., in which he says the letters first appeared in Denmark ighteon yeurs since. The first issuo was short- ly followea by an IEnglish trunsiation 10w out of p Recently it appeare Germany in a modified form, and the prescnt version is a trausiation from this German by A. C. Kollmeyer. Doubtless a tormeated conscience can cre- ate for nself a black world of torture that consumes without destroying, but happily such a fearful condition as here described is very rare The book is ghastly in its imagery, and although its purpose is reformation through fear, it affects me as savoring to0 much of fire and brimstone for our enlightened ago, Page after page of descriptive terrors tn fseczo the marrow in oue’s bones cnlminate in a denouement of horror that conld only bo conceived in the uttermost reaches of u heil where God’s wercy aud loving kindness have no place The advertised cure for mala compauying misery following mmediatery on the closing cry of agony in the book appeals to me us peculiarly fitting. Such a book, cording to y mind, is wore apt to producy chills and fever than a right spirit of godii- ness. Edward Bellamy's **Six to One" is a ae- lightful, breezy little story, aptly Nantucket Idy: A newspaper man, Frank Kdgerton, utterly braiw-tired and wea body and spirit, is ocdered by his phys to Nantucket for u long stay. He positiv objects to burying himself “in *that ridicu- lous little dead-alive down-east sand bank' and urges us us a protest **Iherc bound 1o bo six girls to u man.” ing overcome finally by persuasion and iving at Lis destination, he finds the six girls, onr of whom is a pretty cousin to be & bowildermg panorama of beau it und guilelessness. After a dozen days ho writes his doctor that he is “rejuvennted,” nhas i the fountain of youth in a resorvoir ninity 1" hoit, is touching heads, with no fear of touching nearts, boing safo in numbers, Gradually ho fal whom he calls the face he describes as you have the She” is weaded to 80 that in reality there Hquest, in ‘me s ho loye with a girl naid,” and whose 1z a8 much boauty eyes to nee into,” who sea, tuis maid, are two o six in the ly far into the b rescues her, sho acknowled; rity o the old love. Promising Lo leave her' loved island for tha busy city of which sbe has not ied, whenovor he shali come Lo fo of Svlvester Honnard,” by u beautiful story o f i dear, able old man, who during the progress of tho tale winds' himsolf so closely uvout the tendrils of one's heart us to render his personality indissoluble over after with tho ctiarm of old uge, Simple, innocent, ascholar and a dreamer with absolutely no’ business avility, carried v wlways by the impulses of his tender heart, he 18 simply adyerable, His' uncelfishishness and gencrosity, his Lindly irony that nover hurts, his joy iu lifo youth with his uuderrating of self aud compunctions of conscience make him character in French literature o be ciagso with 1'Abbe Constanti His cat, lns housekeeper, s good fricnds, Unclo Vietor and the altogether charming Jeranuo make a circle of sympathy about this contial figure, Auatole Erance combines realism ns syn- onomous with truth and romanticism where he lifts this truth beyond the roiim of tae familiar in Lhis story an bo read and re- read to take tho the mouth lefi by many novel ol of gross aturalism and 1joy mo it. gerou ton IRTY Ocern LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. 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