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THE DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATER koyron. e - e PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, | Intly and Sunday, One Year L0 00 | 1% months . veesiicivess B 00 | Three monilis MV Eeh v ¢ L 280 | \inday Bee, One Year 200 Weekly Hee, One Year. 10 OFFICES Hea Build Cormer Nand Mth Stroets 12 Pearl Btreot 317 Chanber of Commerce, A 1,14 and 15, Tribune Bullding 5 Fourteenth Strect 5 | | Omahn, T) Fouth Oma Covnell Bluffs, Chicago Office, w York Ko shington CORRESPONDENCE AT communi s relating to news and editoriil ratt 11d be addressed to the itorial Dop: i8S LETTERS, and remittances shonld Ye addr 0 Pu ADANY, Ol Drfts, diecks and postofice orders 10 be made payable to the order of the com jiny. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors, The Bee It'1d'g, Farnam and feventeenth Sta FWORN STATEMENT OF N Etuteof Nebrska. County vf Dosimna. | 99 Geore w. Trschuck, seoretary of The Bee Tublishing compunv. Goes solemnly Awear inat the netual eireulation of Triv DAILY BER for the week ending Junuary 4, 191 was as 1ol lows Kunday, D Jondar. T 1 | uesdny. Vel Wednesday, ceen | A hisine CIRCULA Friday. Buturds Fworn to lefore me and subseribed In my presence tnis 4d day of Janugry. A, D.. 1891 IFEAL N P, I'Eie, Notary Publio. Ftute of Nebraska, 1 County of Douglas, (5% George 15, Trschick, belnz duly sworn, de- otes ind sns that he s secretiry of The Bee ‘ npany, that the setuul average of DALy Bem copies; for May, 150, Jine, 1 cop'es: fo oples terolor. . 20109 cople covies; for D ! Gror TYECITTOK, o Yefore me. and rited in my thisilstaay of Decenler. A, D., N PRI Notary Pablie. Eworr Dresen Pt Dairy Circuration Sunday. . Monday . Tuesday.... Wednesdlay. .... Thursday Friday. .. ..28,908 81,856 81,033 W die and none resign AT LAST accounts Colonel Majors on Decl at Lincoln, GIvVEe the prohibition bosses more ropo. They will soon strangle them- solves, — A LONG and honceable public career ought to remove Thayer’s repugnance o the “ex.” fow men so badly left at pital that they cannot roal- hen ALLIANCE men should remember that their encmies, the corporations, observe i nd suicidal tactics with the state c: iz0 what h THE fame that many a man has tried for a lifotime to win with his brains, Jorry Simpson has won in two short months with his bare feet lone. THE republican party, as an organiza- tion, has keptits skirts entirely out of the mud of the Lincoln fr: It may suffer unjustly, however, for the foolish wets of some of its prominent members, THE members of the legislature were chosen to enact laws for the public good. The soover the majority realize this patent fact and perform their duty the better it will be for themsclves and the state. How would it doto fill up the Behring sea, utilizo it for an overland railway to Siberia, and thus quietly dispose of the scal question and the cause of Lord Salisbury’s insomnia? Mr. Blaine could then devote all his energios to reci- procity. THE comments of tho Iowa press on recent events in Nebraska are rather unkind, but are to be expected under the circumstances. The sound Ameri- can roverence for constitutional methods of government is a sentiment that quickly resents any encroachmonts, Toun democratic governors are today sitting in chaits long filled heretofore by republicans. They are Russell of Massachusotts, Pattison of Pennsyl- vania, Peck of Wisconsin and Boyd of Nebrasks, Mr. Boyds inauguration surpassed all othors in dramatic in. terest. CoNGRESS should go to the bottom of the silver pool scandal. It would be mighty interesting for the country to learn just at thisstage whether silver legislation is considered on its merits as amatteraffocting the good of the people, or whether it is merely the football of speculative statesmen. —_— ‘WuILE the people of Lincoln county are calling for aid for the distressed, the county’s representatives in the leg- islature are fomenting strife, attempting to overturn tho laws of the state and conspiring ugainst public safety. They wasto their enorgies in pushing mercen- ary,schomes and pay no heed to the de- mand for velief for the unfortugate drought sufferers. THE final act in the tragic death of General Barrundia on board an Ameri- can naval vessel at Acupuleo has been performed by Secrctary. Tracy. In a letter relieving Commander Reiter from duty, the secretary administersa scorch- ing castigationto” that oficer, and de- nounces his cowardly inaction in per- mittng the murder of & foreign citizen who sought protoction on his vessel, It is doubtful if since the war a military officer has received such a terrible scor- ing from a superior officor. Secrotary Tracy declares thatan officer **who so abdicates his authority and that of the nation he represents and surrenders it to others, has a lesson to learn before he can safely be entrusted with the com- mand of avessol of war,” o fuir THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: GENERAL THAYERS POSITION. General Thayer has been honored by the people of Nebraska as has no other of her citizens, He was the first United States sonator from Nebraska and has been twice elected to the office of gov- ernor. He has made a creditable record in every position he has filled and has been held in high estoem by all classes of people, But the general's ambition to con- tinue in the office of governor for the term to which another man has been elected will not meet with support even from his most staunch personal friends and most zealous party associates, Ours is & government by the people. No man has amoral right to force him- selfintoany position to which he has not been elected. But General Thayer secks by mainforceto hold a position for which he bhas not received a single vote at the last election. 'While he may have a technieal ground for contesting ght of Governor Boyd to the place h the people have clocted him, he presents the unseemly spectacle of a man who persists in refusing to be dis- missed from public service. Tue BEE has supported Governor Thayer in every political contest in which he has ever engaged within the last twenty yes But it will not coun- tenance usurpation of power. It isunre- publican and at variance with the spirit of American institutions. The republi- can party gave up the control of national af and yielded gracefully to the mandate of the people when Grover Cleveland's majority over Blaine in w York was about the same d’s plurality is over Powers', Had the party been disposed o resist Clove- land’s accession to power it could have shown irregularities and fraud enough in New York city toovercome ten times the majority which the returns showed for Cleveland. By the position Thuyer has assumed he alienates not only his best friends, but he is certain to lose tho respect and good will which the people have al- ways manifested for him. As a republi an lie ought to realize that the course he is pursuing is cortain to react di trously upon the pavty two years hence and he owes it to the party that has ele- vated him to positions of honor and trust in and out of thisstate to desist from a course which it cannot defend and for which it wiil be held responsibie. 00OMPULSORY ARBITRATION. Governor Hill of New York takes ad- vanced grounds in favor of the compul- sory arbitration of controversies be- tween corporations and their employes. New York has aboard of arbitration and mediation, and the statute contemplates that the functions of the board shatl only be invoked by the voluntary action of both of the parties to a dispute, Either party may decline to accept the intervention of the board, and for such refusal there is no remedy or penalty prescribed. The theory of the law scoms to be, says the governor, that the state mply creates and impartial standing tribunal which is always at hand, and to which the parties to a labor controversy are at liberty to volunt subait their differences for amicable adjustment, but no method of compelling such submis- sion is provided. The difficulty last summer between the New York Central and IHudson River railroad company and its employes emphasized the fact which had atready been demonstrated that the law providing for voluntary arbitration is practically worth There have been few cases since the board of arbi- tration was created in which it has been called upon to act, and while in the rail- roud troubles the employes weroentirely willing to submit the issue to the board, the company refused to arbitrate. It is remembered that in consequence the patrons of the road were putto very great inconvenience and some loss. Legislation to compel the arbitration of labor controversies between indi- viduals may not be practicable Where private interests alone are involved parties to conflicts may be left to settle them in their own way, But asbetwoen corporations and their employes Gov- ernor Hill suggests that it is possiblo as well as feasible to compel a gubmissi of disputes toarbiteation. Corporations, ys the governor, are the creatures of the law, and their management and a tions, s well as the conduct and rela- tions of their employes, can to a large oxtent be reguliited by statute and the cuforcement of arbitration practically controlled thereby. There can be no question regarding the soundness of this view, as there can be no more as to the vital importance, in the public interest, of requiring all controversies botween railroad companies and their employes, the effect of which may be to impair the sorvico of thoso corporations to the public, to be submitted to a tribunal au- rized by law to arbitrate such diffi- This principle has boon ro- peatedly advocated by THE Ber for ye and the consolidation of ilroad interests that has taken place, tho ten- deney of which is to make tho corpora- tions more arbitrary with respect to their employes while not any more con- siderato of the rights of the public, makes the demand for such legislation more urgentthan ever before. Under present conditions it is possible for the business of the country to be par- alyzed by conflicts between these corporationsand their employes, and the great public that would suffer is abso- lutely without remedy or redress. A wrong-headed railroad offcigl may pro- cipitate u contest having unlimited pos- sibilivies of injury to the public intorests and there is nothing to restrain him. Obviously such a condition is danger- ously unsafe. What may not the com- bined railroad interests not attempt in the future respecting labor? It is cor- tainly not wise to assume that thoy will develop any greater concern than they now show for the rights and welfare of labor. 1t is plainly the duty of every state to require that controversies between rail- road companies within the jurisdiction of the state and their employes shall be submitted to arbitration, and there must be national legislution of a like caracter applicable to railroads engaged in inter- state commerce. It is demanded as a safoguard to public interests of great magnitude aud for the protection of the which Governor business of the country against the con- sequence of widssproad and protracted labor controversies, THE MILITIA IN THE FIELD. Nebraska is having an experience such as no other stato has had sinco war times, and it is almost as intercsting from a general as froma local stand- point. Allof the state’s available mili- tary resources have heon suddenly ealled into play by an emergency. A wide e tent of country on the northern bound- ary is under martial law, and every town is a camp, The militia was ealled out atamoment when the frontier settlements appeared tobe in grave peril. Thero was every reason to believe that the men who re- sponded would see serious business be- fore thoy returned. The regular troops were fully occupied in the field, and the seattered settlomentsin the northwest wore all exposed to tho dangers of an Indian raid. is was fully understood, but the officers and men of the national guard responded to the summons with fuller ranks than they have ever shown ata imustor. Notonly did no one shrink from his duty, but absent membors camo from other statesand new men volun- tecred to enlist. This exhibition of a tof eagor loyalty is very grotifying to Nebraskans, and is evidence to the ceuntry that we still have the material for the volunteer armies with which all our great wars have been won. The news columns of Tur B have faithfully portrayed the daily life of the militinat tho front, which is a subject of very general interest throughout the stato and of strong local interest in many towns and cities, From all points the news is to the effect that the pros- ence of the guard has allayed the costly panic on the frontier and restored the fecling of sceurity so itiol at this time. General Colby, from his head- quarters at Rushville, has disposad his fortes to good advantage, and the sot- tlers inSioux, Dawes and Sheridun coun- ties are now, apparently, assafe in their homes as residents in any other part of the state. This ult is worth allit cost, whether future developments show that the country was actually ind of invasion or not. The panic was ity, and a very expensive and dist ing one, and it has been alluyed by the presence of the militia, The state has reason to be proud of the spectacle presonted by its militia in theficld. There are other states that have troops better uniformed and equipped, but there are none that could more promptly rally an effective force to meet an emergency. ess ngel are A NOTABLE RECORD. The live stock record of 1890 is a nota- ble evidence of the growth of stock rais- ing throughout the country. Despite various drawbacks the number of ani- mals marketed during the year far exceeds any previous record, and proves that the farmers of the west are turning the butk of their tereal crops into pork and beef. The three leading markets of the country—Chicago, Kansas C and Omaha—show receipts aggregating 21,- 000,000 head, an incronso of nearly 6,000,000 head over that of 1880, Chi- eago’s supremacy | ted by an in- e of 3,000,000; City 2,000,000, and Omaha 700,000 Age and superior d facilities naturally give Chicago City decidedly the best of the record, but it must be remembered that the Omaha market in existence only seven and draws from a comparatively newly settled country. Yet the business of last year excceds the combined receipts of the first four years, and surpasses any of the first thirteen years of Kuusas City's existence as a market. ‘While the increase in receipts was about the average, or32 per cent, the greatest advance was scored in the pack- ing industry. Onme-ifth of the total re- ceipts, or 419,649 animals, were taken by the packeries, an increase of 75 per cent over the previous year. The value of the product was $2,900,000. The output of the Omaha packeries during the year was limited to their ca- pacity. Lven with vast additions to the various plants they have not been able to keep pace with the demand, The record is a notable one, and Omaha may well congratulate itself on its splendid progress as a stock market and packing conter, been A PROPOSED TRUST ABANDONED. The farmers of the country areto be congratulated upon the fact that the projected hurvester trust has been abandoned. It appears that, having consulted the most eminent legal ability in the country, the projectors of tne combine were advised that the legal ditficutties in the way of their scheme were insurmountable, and thereupon tho president of the organization announces that the trust witl not be formed. All the preliminary arvangements had been effected, and had the combina- tion been consummated it would have been one of the most formid- able in the country. It was distinetly designed to raise the price of the implements manufactured. There s no hesitation in declaring, by way of justifying the scheme, that for sev- oral years the profits of manufacturers had not been satisfuctory, and that it was necessary to reduce competition and clevate prices. There was no conceal- mentof the purpose of the proposed trust, Itintended to make the farmer pay more for his harvester and the price established by the combie would hold everywhere. Under the proposed ar- rangement the profits of the manufac- turers would have been swelled to any point they deemed safe, that 18, to the full extent of the farmers’ will- ingness to pay the exaction. The aban- donment of the scheme, therefore, prob- ably means a considerable sum in the pockets of the farmers of the country, besides which there is something gained in the moral effect of abandoning the project. The logal difficulties in tho way of organizing and maintaining a trust of harvester manufacturers are equally potent with respect toall such combinations, It is presumed that the obstacle found by the eminent legal ability consulted by the harvester people is the anti- trust law passed by congress at ! the lust session, This piece of legis- TURDAY JANUARY 10, 1801 lation is undoubtedly sufficiently com- prehensive to prpvont the creation of any trust, combinntdon or agreement in- tended to inte regulate the fidduotion and prico of ticles of commece, It is very cloar and explicit in its'toPms, so that no one can possibly misappichend its meaning. Y trusts exist, nndksome of them have been organized sincé the imw went into effect We are aware 6f, but one instance of an attompt tq apply the law, and that is in | the case of tha' chmbination of coal com- panies and dealers in Te There was '@ very gone persistent demand for this leg- islation, but now that we have the law no concern is shewn for its enforce- ment. The peoploin whose interest it was passed are indifferent, and of course the authorities will only move under popular pressure, Consequently a num- ber of trusts continue to flourlsh, paying generous dividends to those who partici- pate in their profits and limiting pr duction which if freed from restraint would benefit the people. Still it Is somowhat reassuring to find that the law is not wholly lost sight of and that it has prevented the carrying out of ono scheme of monopoly which if counto- nanced would have taken millions of dollars out of the pockets of the farmers of the country. nessoeo. and BANKRUPT RAILROADS, A table of figures prepared by the Railvay Age, showing the number of franchises of railroad properties in 1800 and previous years, is making the rounds of the press and calling out many touch- ing remarks from newspapers noted for their tender regardfor corporations. The figures show that in the past year ) compunies were subjected to fore- closure sale, with a funded debt of 00,851,000 and a capital stock of $01,654,000. Statistics for the lust 15 years show oven a higher por cont of railvoad bankrupteies. Since 1875 fore- closures have been executed against 50, miles of rond, with combined stock and bonds of $2,865,000,000. ““These facts,” says a sympathizer, “strikingly represent the depressed condition of railroad interests,” Asa matter of fact, the figures throw little light on the legitimate opera- tions of railrouds in general, or of thoso particular properties foreclosed. The amount of a corporation’s outstanding stock and bonds no longer indicates the cost of its plant or value of its property. Thedeclared dividends no longer fur- nish a clue to the amount of profit carned, or loss sustained, Stock, bonds and dividends all rest on a fictitious basisand the real results of the enter- prise are shroudad in impenetrable mys- tory. Moreover, a foreciosure fs mno longer satisfactory evidence of genuine insolvency., It is more froquently an in- dication that some “daring operator’ wants to wreck the company and buy it up. A few months later, when he wants tosell, the same property will appar- ontly be enjoying ariotous prosperity. If the figures veported by the Rail- way Age were really worthy of credence on the basis in which they are given itwould showa most ' remarkable and dangerous state of " affairs, Wo should then be bound to believe that in spite of general prosperity in the last 14 the railroad business had been steudily losing ground, and that the present high rates levied upon the trafic must bo in- creased in order to averta final catas- trophe. Such a conclusion would bo anything but ereditable to the country. The real facts are thatthe railroads have been largely used as gambling ma- chines to fleece the publicon one hand and verdant speculators on the othor, and that the collapse of a railroad has often no more conneetion with the gen- eral prosperity than the bursting of a faro bank, THE sonatorial contest in Kansas is a political kaleidescope, Its changes are rapid and startling, so much so that it is almost impossible to note the effect of one before another takes place. The one conspicuous fact is that Senator Ingalls proposes toremain in the figt totheend. His defeat can only bo accomplished by an effective working union of the alli- ance party. Whether the slliance mem- bers can be manipulated remains to be scen. At present’they are woefully dis- cordant, and recent scandalous develop- ments do not tend to harmonize the party. President McGrath of the alli- ance is charged with conspiring to sell out the organization on the senatorship and deliver the prize for a stipulated price. A letteris published from Con- gressman Turner, a republican, to Mc- Grath offering the latter, itis said, for the alliance vote. This discovery, coupled with the ambitions of new fledged leaders, tonds to widen the breach in the alliance ranks, and unless the rope lash ls vigorously applied, there is every prospect that the inde- pendents will not only lose the senator- ship but wreck the alliance as a political party. THE news from the front is still seri- ous, General Miles and his little army are maintaining 3 winter campaign in the face of a welliarmed and desperate foe, and although there have been some signs of a peacefu] settlement, the great body of the hostiles has yet made no move to lay down its arms. It is still plain that ghe apmy must either frighten orwhip the Indiuns into a compliance with the conditigns essential to the per- manent safety of ¢he frontier. Decisive news may come avany moment. —— THE Samosetd possess a large bump of discretion. Thefy” sniffed trouble from afar and wisoly fefrained away from the state capital, SHERIFF MCCLAY’S experience in the house illustrates effectively the seriptu- ral story of the camel and the needle, Nebraska should tender a large gob of sympathy to Chili, where a fresh revolu- tion is on tap. ——— THE constitufion is considerably bruised but it is sti'l in the ring. LAw reigns and the government of Nebraska still 1iv. — TRE real estate exchange proposes to spread the light of Omaba’s growth and rivn-wuhmum.-timm and | oy | its horn. prospects, A more important work could not be undertaken, As weo have repeatedly pointed out, the city has been altogether too modest in blowing Tho planof the exchange for systematic advortising of the eity urces will fill & long felt want and de- | + N serves the active support of all citizens, THE state is to be congratulated on the peaceable conclusion of the muddle brought about by the contested gover- norship. This is largely due to the prompt docision of thesupreme court and the recognition by the republican stato officers of the right of Governor Boyd to control the exceutive depart- ment. A double-header governmont at this time would have been very unfortu- nate indeed. The pressing nocessities of the suffering setilers in the frontier counties, and the disturbed condition of the. settlements in the mnorthwestern counties bordering on the Sioux resery tion, would render any divided authority ut this time calamitous to thousands of our citizens. Now let the legislature take a rocess until Monday and give the speaker timo to make up his committeos, and if the speaker is simply to obey the orders of the independent steering committee, then let the committee go to work and get the legisiature in shape to proceed with business. .D gives Senator Wolcott o handsome endorsement for his h onthe force bill. It is interest- ing to observe that when a woman be- comes a journalist her editorial endorse- ments retain all the fervor of her sex. WHEN it is recorded that Mr. Meikle- john “thanked the joint convention for the courtesy shown him” it is plain to be seen that the ex-lieutenant governor isa very polite man, with a nice regard for the amenities of life. Jivyy HusTED has this year omitted his annual custom of being elected speaker of the New York assembly. But tho innovation was ontirely due to cir- cumstances over which he had no con- trol. Tre sudden revival in 1he natural gas industry significantly coincides with the assembling of various state legislatures. ween Two Fir Cansas City Times, on the Indians on tive ghost dance at betw and the le the D but a “real nice time.” Tt Sockless Jerry's Dilemma. Chicago Jorry Simpson’s only regret over his lack of hose is his consequent inability to turn it upon the host of newspaper paragraphers who are following him (ke R over is Willin St. Lows Glohe-Democrat, Governor Hill says that seven years, a pe- riod which expires with 1891, is as long as he cares toservein the governorship. Grover Cleveland would be glad to seo him hold the oftice at least o year longer. g The Work of a Traitor. Kansas City Jowrnai Justus Schwab was not sarprised at the re- port that 3ergius Shevitch had turned out to boa Russian spy. Mr. Schwab recalls the fact that Shevitch “never relished his beer and wanted to gointo sassiety.” Iudeed, Mr. Schwab's contempt for Sheviteh is such asto excite suspicion that ke had detected him in the act of washing. ——— The Late Boulanger. Chicago News. One Geneval Boulanger has informed the French public through a bulletin that he has uot abdicated his place as a leader of 6ne of the natiow’s parties. But who is this Gon- eral Boulanger, anyway! Thera wasa Gen- eral Boulanger somo time ago, but that one was caught andinterviewed by a German newspaper correspondent, and it 1s hardly presumable that he bas come to life again, e OTHER LANDS Til4 the border at Lincoln, N OURS. The Irish question is not out of the way because the leader of the Irish party ha been deposed, The English have it always with them. At least they have had it with them since long before “the beginning of the constitutional period,” and 1t has been in- creasingly trounlesome since that period began. Tnis was inevitable, for constitu- tional government means, amoug other that everybody who thinks himself il have an opportunity to pro- ances, and the Irish haye much facility inthat direction, Moreover, their griovances aroreal and solid griey- ances, not in their own opinion alone, but in thatof the civilized worll. The English have from time to timo striven to con- tent them by giving them, not what they wanted and asked for, but what the English thovght they ought to have, and when thoy have not accepted it as satisfac- tory the English have considered them un- reasonable ingrates. Mr. Gladstone is the first English statesmon who has tried to find out what the Irish really wanted before traming Irish legislation, but hie is not likely to be the last. Under one leader or another, the Irish members of parliament will con- tinue to trouble the English mind, and they will be all the more troublesome now that they have succeeded in convincing a great part of the English public of the justice of their claim to local self-government, *“Thu cause of lome rule’ may not be successful for a long time yet, but it will not “forever perish’ except by succeeding. claim his It is not to bo doubled that Bismarck hon- estly belioved that his retirement would be a terrible, if not fatal, misfortune to the coun- . His prolonged service had convinced him that he was indispensable, That was his t mistake, as ho 15 now ablo to sco, but probably not willing to acknowledge, The government was not injured or embar- rased in any perceptible degree by the loss or his ability and experience. Another man stepped into his shoes and the wovk went on without iuterruption. His influence vanished as soon as he forfeited his authority, Oune day ho was a character of autocratic force, fearca by all Europe; the noxt day he was but an ordinary citizen, whose word bad no ht and whose Iife had lost its public t. The same mistake has beeu made by other men in different countries from time to time. It is asingular charac- teristic of great men that they are aptto in- terpret their success s & proof that they ean- ot bo spared, when they should know bet- ter than others that the man never yet lived who was an absolute necessity o his coun- rance of & prowmi- ways lamented as if blo calamity; but beforo urning is over some other man assumes the vacant place and the former is soon for. s this fact now It did beforo. He has lived to have cal refiection forced npon him that rmany is able to get along without him, aud that be was not so great, after all, that his fall signified the tottoring of the empire, The forthcoming general eloction in Hol- land is likely to bring on a crisis in the af- fairs of that country, In no otner country of the world does religion dominate national poli- tics to such an extent as in the Netherlands The average Hollander is deeply imbued with the bigotry of his faith, no matter whether it be Catholic or protestant. The three most vrominent and popular political leaders of the nation are ecclesiastics, Tho chiof of the Catholic party, Schacpman, is a spriost, the head of the Calvinist party, Dr. Kuyper, is a ministor of the church, while even the boss of tho powerful socialist movement, Domela Nicuwenhuis, is @& protestant pustor who owes much of his influence among the masses to the fact that he wears his hair and beard as in the pictures of Christ; to his froquent citations of texts from the bible, and to the pulpit character of his remarkable powers of oratory. Moy over, the minister of the colonies, M. Keu- chenius, is o former missionary, who spent thirty years of his life in futile attempts to convert the inbabitants of the Dutch East Indies to Coristianity, and whose proselyting poli 2y while in his present office has led to such @ costly insurrection among the Islam- ite population of the colonies that an enor- mous deficit has taken tho place of the usual largzo surplus in the national anuual budget. This, of course, furnishes another cause for dissati with the administration and an additi ason for its overthrow. For not even thodeep roligious scutiments of the Dutch are sufficient to enable them to view with equanimity such injury to their mate- rial interosts, o' There is no ground for hoping that the new year will witness any change in the interna admiuistration of Russia. It is plain that Alexandor JIL has no intention of reverting to the plan of a constitution, which Alexander ILis belicved to have been considering at the time of his assassination. There is not even any likelihood that the protests and ap- peals that reach bim from English-speaking es will induce the present czar to relax rsh decrees issued in 1882 against his Jewish subjects, The unabated interest with which tho news from Russia will bo scrutinized willbe due totho uncortainty touching the autocrat’s intentions with ro- lation to the Balkan peninsula, Does ho yet fecl strong enough tocope with the tri alliance, or does the imporfect equip of his army render it expedient to valt until 15021 Will ho permit his s, now once more preponderant in to overturn the Obrenoviteh dynasty substitute the pretender Karageorge- h? Wil he allow Prince Ferdinand and ambouloff to beard him for a year longer in Bulgaria! Will he try to bring about the projected pro-Russian alliance between Rou- mania, Servia, and Greece? Will he seeretly. impel the new prime minister at Athens, Mr. Delyannis, into a war with Turkey, and would be let Greece be erushed in such an unequal contest? Will he leave unhear: piteous entreatics from Armeni ke up the role whic are renouncing—the role of defende Christian subjects of the Porte in Asial these questions will be answered before the vear has rolled away. st #"n Ttaly, which keeps in tho front rank in naval construction and appliances, is crod- ited with being so well satisfied with her ro- cent experiments in the use of petroleum for the fucl of war vessels as to bropose intro- ducing it very largely into hor fleet. It its advantages are so great Russia and America, with their o1l resources, ought not to be distanced in its application by Italy, But the cost of petrolcuw, compa coal, is undoubtedly an influential consider- ation agninst its use, even whero tho element of safety 1s not regaraed as of prime importance under such precautions as might be taken, This difference in cost, how omes less noticeablo in small where ot y great. As an offset, also, we have tho ungestionablo fact that the petroleum will last longer than the same quantity of coal, so that the “radius of action” of the vessel is increased, which is an important consider- ation. Fewer firemen also are required, and e several other advantages for oil in such as freedom from coal smoke that often betrays a vessel. 1t is probably THE SUNDAY BEF. IRRIGATION 1N NERRASKA.~The socond | by & stafl writer on & subject of intor every Nobraska f; willappoar in Tre THE ORIGIN oF MR INGALLS.—Mr. Carpenter, the famons Washln spondent. will teil, in his e elo fn THE SUNDAY Ber, of tho political birth of Kansas' Vinegar statosman and o lotot othge good storles of Wa statosmon: Frank ton co yrighte WHAT 18 DOING 18 SOCIRTY.~Tits Tew's rella ble soctul columns are thotalkof tho town and tomorrow's record of the dolngs of the smart world will be up 0 the reputation the socloty editor hus made as a falth ful chronlelor of soolal alfalrs. FUGroives,—The oponing s of a thritling story of the prosent Stoux revolt wiil be published In L1 Sus- DAY BEE. It 13 from the pen of u ro- mancer whose pen has alroady won him a reputation s a wrlter of western ro- maunce, “THE NEBRASKA chapte NEWS FrOM THE BAD LA stated by tho Philadeiphia Ledger Tur BEE Is furnishing the on with the only complete and reliable news of the groat Sioux uprising inSouth Dakota. T E'S corps of war correspondents at Plne Ridge turnishos full, grapnic and corroct reports ot the movements of the soldiers of the zular ¢, While spec o the readersof th the movements of the militia men who are protecting the Lomes of tho settiers on the Nebraska frontier. p3.~As trathfully al corresponden ts papor postod on ThE Ber's News & VICE-Tn exeiting times like the the people want the news—all ot circulation of the rate of clusive cvidence that and the same time appreclative publle knows where to look for its news. With speclal correspondonts at every news ter 1 the eust and at every town in the west Trg Ber has un equalled facllities for furnishing the lute: news of the nation and these tacllities are fully employed. Seo the news features of the great Sunday edition, Tuw B thousand 18 Jumping up at a day 1s con- seriminating OUR CONVERCIAL PAGE—Tn no westorn paper but THE BEE can the business man find complete chroniele of the doings in the s of the world. Speclul correspond- wiro dircet to THE BEE the eastorn ts 1u detudl, while the local flold 1s red by a commereial editor of large experience, whose work Is acoepged s standard goods by the local delers. The market page is u great foature of Tie BUNDAY ents) mark cov “THE FATuER OF U, S. GrAsT Do Tho secret soclety columns of Tne SUNDAY By always contains ail of the treshest and most reliable news of the lodzes and fra- ternal societies. The leading featuro of this de, t this week wiil give the G, A. R men food for gossip for a week. OuRr SPoRTING D — As usual 1s these considerations that have determined the Italians to makea largor use of potro- leum in their navy. SPARKS OF WIT. Boston Courler: A farmer can often give his wife points on patchwork. Indianapolis Journal: When money gets tight there is a call for the coppers. Rochester Post: Tt is quite natural for a ship to get into the trough of the sea under he influence of a sou'-wester, Boston Herald: Thero will be both a Keteham and Cheatham in the next congress, just as there are in this one, Yaukeo Blado: Tom—Doctor Pille is a re- liable doctor. Jack—He is, eh? Tom—Yes, he either kills or cures, New York Morning Journal: A “beering’ —“Working the growler” on Sun- Pittsburg Chronicle: A man could not rve two masters in the old days, but nowa- sailors often serve three-masters, Somerville Journal: It is not wise to say everything you know, but how can some people help it if they say anything at allf newsy and complete, consisting of latest bull gossip, both prof amateur; an Interesf Nykbrai: pusilivets tion galore, shooting notes uud catehy miscellancous sports. PASTORS AND THER PrOPLE-The o workers of the oity find in Tne Su DAY BEE @ complete resano of the dolngs of Christian workers in the varlous denomi- nations. The coming church conven Jons and the railroad Young z\lumw.‘}& oclation work will be among the load' ng features of this dopartment this wook. WHAT THE WITS ARE SAVING I} ht obser- vations in y lifo by the world's funny men. Crisp cullings of the crop of humor. THE LOUNGER IN Tk Lonny—Tne Ber's dramatio eritle tells a touching story of mma Abbott’s exhibition of wom nly sympathy at the bedsido of o womun who died of want in a New Yol tencment. Latest gossip of the play houses. oF of Nebr ipors. Eacl seloct eireles and exel vy member of theso ted to know what the othiers aro doi Tur Susvay Bie will cover the chief soclal events in leading towns of tho stato, I7 18 TE Tan wr—Every town and vil has Its gossip and Hinity has Its Ive social clubs. coteries 1s fnter THE FikLD oF E Worker—Allof the news of abor orgamzations witl o found in’ UNDAY BEE In a more com . plete and reliuble form than in any other publication. —— Our Country, iizht or Wrong. 2 Minneapolis Tribune, Johnny Buli Is treading upon dangerous ground ‘and should Yo made to understand that he will get rough handl'ng it he does not conform to the wishes of this c untry when within the jurisdiction of the ne. Even I England wero technically right, the wanton destruction of such valuable comn mands that the ‘Tnited States enfo or and absolutely equitabie r ofit of the world, This we she will do, und do promptly ax —— it Railroad Men. LAkE, Utah, Jan. 0.~In view of the ened Indian trouble at Pocatello Acting Sells has secured from Fort Doug 200 rifles and ammanition to be sent up railroad for the protection of its employes - there. rreo do hor su- ts for th no doubt fearlessly, —~ Emma Abbott's Remains. Cuicaco, Jan. body of Emma Abbott arvived from Salt Lake City this morning, accompanied by the members of tho opera company. ‘The casket was transf to the Continental hotel, whero Miss Abtott's mother and sister are siopping. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S.. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889, Roal Baking - Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE NEBRASKA National Bank U. 8. DEPOSITORY, OMAHA, NEB, Capital, = - - = $400,000 SurplusJan, 1st, 1890, - 57,800 Gyt Tons! durings W A W Morst. Joln 8. 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