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AT ) CAMA UDALLY DBl SALTUKRDAY, MARCH 28, 1801--TWELVE THE DAILY BEE . ROSEWATER Evrron PUBLISHED BEVERY M(HIN’NG; TERNE OF SUBSCRIPTIO! Daliy Bee (without Bunday)One ¥ Tally and Sunday, One Year. Bix months, Thtee months. gunday lee, One ¥ Weekly Bee, One Ye OFFICE Hee Bullding. o, Co r N and 2 arl Stroct. hamber of Commerce. 3,14 4nd 16, Tribune Buliding 513 Fourteenth street. .88 00 10 00 Gmaha, T) Fouth O Connesl Dlufrs, Chleago UM ow Y ork, | Washington 1 Streets. All communications relating news and ditorinl matter should be addressed tothe ditorial Depar BUSINESS LT ANl Business lefters s should e addressed to The Bee Pubiishing Company Omahu. Drafts, cheoks and postofiice orders 10 he made payable to the order of the com- puny. The Beg Publishing Company. Pronrielors THE BEE BUILDING, EWORN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. Btate of Nebraskn, {0 County of Donilas, { George B, Tzschuck, secrctary of Tne Ber Tublishing eompany, does ln.h\mnl_v swear that the actual cirenlation of TaE DAILY BER for the week ending March 12, 1801, was as follows: Monday, escny. M Average JHUOK. ibed in my areh A. D, 1801 N, P. Frin, Notary Public. Eworn t0 before me a presence this 215t day of ) Etate of Nobrask County of | George B Joica and say Publishing dinlyelreulation month of March, 150, wis 2.K1 April, 180, coplest for Ma coples; for June, 180, 1 coples; 62 coplos; for August, 1860, 2.7 Eoptomber, 1890, 20,870 for October. 762 coples; for 1 for December, A46 co} being duly sworn, de- 1 he'Is secretary of THE B 1y, that, the actunl average of THE DAILY for the copies; for 1800, 20,180 copi 3 n (o hofore me, wnd subscr) keeps himself ignation before the public, but he continues to draw his salary. THE treasury s have assemblod in force at Lancoln. And it isthe busi- ness of the legislature to see that they are beautifully repulsed It 18 a curious and instructive fact that as the Cleveland boom gets smaller the Hill boom gets no larger. How does Uncle Dave account for that? THE Arkansas legislature has taken down the portrait of George Washing- ton and put the portrait of Jeff Davis in Its place, There’s a portrait of Arkan- sas for you. THERE can be no lasting political union between a party that aims to cheapen money and enhance the cost of living and the army of workingmen in the Unitea States. Wxo paid for the senatorial medals and what was there about their bur- nished surfaces to attract the most notorious oil-room lobbyist and corpora- tion bireling in Nebraska? 4 THE spoctacle of the republican presi- dent of republican France accepting an imporial decoration from the czur of Russia is one which shocks the Ameri- can notion of republicanism. THE California legislature has ad- journed after electing two United States sonators. Look out now for the organi- zation of a new bank with a capital that will throw the Bank of England into the shade. THE Knights of Reciprocity is a boom- ing organization in Kansas and other western states, Considering the author- ship of reciprocity, it is to be assumed that the members are all plumed knights, — ‘WISCONSIN democrats have managed 1o gerrymander that state so as to make six out of the 10 congressional districts safely democratic. Wisconsin domocrats are as conscienceless as those in New Jersey. GOVERNOR BOYD has not hud as much experience in the newspaper business as the candidate for governor on the demo- cratic ticket at the election of 1888, but nevertheless he was able to give the democratic editorsa few valuable sug- gestions. — AGAIN it may be remarked that the Omaha man is irrepressible. Her old citizen, R. A. Harris, is about to open an extensive packing liouse in San Fran- cisco. He made a fortune in this busi- ness here and will make another at the Golden Gate, E—— TRUSTS are not confined to America. The worsted manufacturers of Bradford, England, have entered a combination to raise prices and control the wool market. In Great Britain worsteds are being trusted, so to speak, while in this coun- try trusts are being worsted, THE democratic governor of Rhode Island has recognized the right of the occupant of the gubernatorial chair of Connecticut to ask for the return of es- caped criminals, The Rhode Island man may not be a good democrat, but he {5 a man of good common sense. —_— THE bill to protect farmers from news- paper publishers is a useless mensure. The prosent postal laws prevent them or any other citizen from being imposel upon. Allthatneed be done to save them from being compelled to pay for 8 newspaper they do not want, have not subsoribed for and on which they owe no subsoription is to refuse to take it from the postoffice. It thereupon be- comes the duty of the postmaster to notify the publisher that his periodical is refused by the party to whom it is addressed. The responsibility of both postmaster and party to whom the paper 1s addressed ceases. If the publisher ignores the notice he has no recourse upon either, If the pustmaster fails in his duty, the party whom it is sought to force intoa subscription is not to blame, and no publisher will have a valid claim against him. The bill is un- nocessary. 1t will merely cumber the statutes. THE FLAG AND THE SCHOOL HOUSE, The biil panding in the legislaturo requirlng every’ school houso in N braska to float the stars and stripes pro- posesto burden the state with o large and wholly unjustifiable cxpense. It ought not to becomo u la w, In 1883 Nebraska had 5187 school houses and now has more. The lowest price for which a serviceabls flag can bo bought is 810, and it would require at least two of these to outlast a year of such breezes as we enjoy in this bracing westorn climato, Fven on the figures of 1888 this would require an annual ex- penditure of $103,740, which is intevest at 10 per cont on more than $1,000,000. Has the state, inits presentstage of do- velopment, no botter or wiser use for this amount of money? It isto bo read- ily. conceded that the passage of this law would be a go od thing for Ben But- ler and other bunting manufacturers, but itis difficult to understand how the people of Nebraska would receive any proper return upon their investment. It looks like the class of legislation in- spired by somebody who wantsa con- tract, Tho idea of the flag house is a worthy one, from a senti- mental standpoint. It fosters patriot- ism and keeps our nationality prom- inently before the future cjtizen in the most impressible period of his life. But there is absolutely nowarrant for voting alarge sum from the brewsury every year to carey it out. In Massachusetts and elsewhore schools have very gen- erally provided themselves with flags through the liberality of citizens or the efforts of the children. Funds for this purpose have beon raised by entertain- ments and otherwise, and when the flag is obtained by these means it doubly dear and significant. Nebraska schools may well be encour- agedto provide the stars and stripes and float it perenially from their roofs. But the legislature could make no ex- cuse to the people if it should vote awsy over 8100,000 a yewr for the purpose. on the school becomes VALE VANDERVOORT. At the Newberry medal jamboree Paul Vandervoort announced inmost thrilling and car-piercing tones that he was done with the republican party henceforth and forever, and would from now on be found in the ranks of the Farmers® Alli- ance independents. This is an acquisition to which the in- dependents are welcome. The repub- licans of Nebraska can truthfully ex- elaim, **Good riddance of bad rubbish,” Had it not heen for Paul Vandervoort and his ilk of oil-room procurers there would have been no occasion foran Alli- ance uprising. Kven at this very legis- lature Vandervoort has been the paid lobbyist of the telephone and telegraph monopolics and is probably now on the pay-oll of the railronds, playing inde- pendent for the grandstand. Six weeks ago Postmaster General ‘Wanamaker learned through a special agent that Vandervoort was lobbying and capping at Lincoln while draw- ing pay at Omaha as superintend- ent of mails. And when Paul dis- covered that his head was about te drop he sent In his resignation. That ac- counts for his disgust with the republi- can party. So long as Gresham and Wanamaker remain republicans, Paul has no use for the party. But for goodness sake, Messrs, Inde- pendents, keep the reprobate in your ranks. If the republicans of Nebraska can get rid of him and about two dozen of his associates, there is good prospect that the party will beable to resume full sway in this state and redeem all the pledges it has made to the people. TIN PLATE MANUFACTURE. It takes time to inaugurate nnew in- dustry. MWhenthe now tariff law in- creasing the duty on tin plate was passod it was promised that it would lead to the establishment of mills for the manufac- tureof the plate, but because this was not done at onee 1t was assumed by some, in their eagerness to discredit the influ- ence of the tariff in this particular, that the promise had failed. Its fulfiltment, however, was simply delayed. It is now announced that the St. Louis stamping company has begun the erection of the first tin plate works in this country, which, when completed, will employ 2,000 men. Companies have been or- ganized elsewhore in the country for the Ppurpose of manufacturing tin plate, and the fact that they have not already erected mills is not to be regarded as conclusive evidence that they will not. The statement is made upon what ap- pears to bo good authority that none of the stock of any of these companies is for.sale, and if such is the fact it is not onlyan assurance of confidence in the possibilities of this industry, but of ulti- mate large investments for its develop- mont. The increased duty on tin plate goes iato effect July 1 next, and it is reported that the agents of the English manufac- turers aro offering tin plates duty paid to the dealers in the United States at as low a price as they are paying at pres- ent, If this s true, and itis by no means improbable, it may have the effect to re- tard the development of the manufac- ture of tin plate in this country. It was said at the time the duty was increased that the inerease was not suficient to havo any effect in reducing the im porta- tion of the foreign product and thereby stimulating home manufacture, and it is not unlikely that some of the companies organized to carry on this industry may have postponed active operations until the foreign manufacturers have demon- strated what they intond to do in order to overcome the. increased tariff duty and retain the American market. If they ean afford to pay the duty of $24 per ton and sell here at present prices it will show that they are now reahizing a splendid profit on this branch of trade. There 15 another consideration that may also have a deterrent influence, and that is the chance that the duty under the new tariff law may not be al- lowed to stand. Nobody doubts that the law will be attacked in the next con- gross, and it Is altogethor likoly that tho tin plate duty will be ono of the foatures which the democratic house will vote to lower, with at leasta pos: bility of being sustained by the senate. These are the chief obstacles now in the way of a rapid development of the tin manufacturing industry ia the United States, and the last mentioned 1s per- haps more soriously regarded by those who afe disposed to engage in the in- dustry than the first. It is novertheless an encouraging fact that a substantial beginning has been made, for it that is siccessiul and the results obtained justify the promisos held out, other en- torprises will follow, and their value being demonstrated their permanence will be assured. DEFENDIN Tie Bew has received a communica- tion in which the writer charactorizes as the “height of impudence” the de- mand of the United States government that Germany and France shall aban- don their unjust discrimination against American hog products. He asserts that those countries did not adopt this policy for the purpose of protecting the home producer, but that having laws wh require the most careful mi scopic inspection of pork they were com- pelled to exclude our hog products be- cause we had no such thorough system of inspection. He claims that the Amer- jcan hog ismuch more subject to the disease peculiar to that animal than the foreign swine, but remarks that even if they were not it wouldbe impudent to expect Grermany and France to let Americans do what their laws expressly forbid their own people to do under se- vere penalties. Our corvespondent is right regarding the inspection laws of those countries, but in the ease of Germany at least thoy were adopted after the restrictive policy nst American pork was put into ef- When the German stockraisers wanted protection they needed something more plausible with the public than the injury to their intevests from American competition, and they made their appeal chieflyon the ground that the pork of thie country could not safely bo used for human food. Bismarck was ready enough to grant them protection, but such aplea was necessary to silence popular opposi- tion toa policy that was certain to raise the price of meat andto benefit those who produced it at the expense of tho great hody of consumers. The effect, however, was to disparage all pork as an article of food, and in order that the home producers might not suffer therefrom stringent inspeetion laws were adopted. Lt is not true, how- ever, if the reports of our consuls can be depended on, that these laws are strictl enforced, the fact baing that a great deal of pork enters Gormany and goes into consumption without being in- spected. With regard to France, it has never been pretended that the chief ob- ject in prohibiting the importation of American pork was not the protection of the home producers. This was clearly implied in the corres pondence with Min- ister Reid of tho KFrench minister of agriculture, who could not sustain the policy of his government on the ground that our pork was unsafe as an article of food. There has never been any ade- quate testimony presented either in Franco or Germany to justify such a claim, for if there had been our govern- ment could not and would not have asked the removal of the discrimination against our meats Our corvespondent says that our so- called inspection is not such inspection as the German statutes prescribe. We take it that he has not read the new law or the regulations under it promulgated by the secretary of agriculture. It would be hard to conceive of anything more thorough in the way of inspeetion than these require, and there can be no doubt that they will be rigidly enforced. They ure intended to secure the most complete protection, both to foreign and home consumers, agsinst unsound or dis- eased meats, and when in operation no foreign government will haveany excuse for excluding our meats on the grounds they have heretofore setup. It will cer- tainly not then be the “‘heightof im- pudence” to demand that the discrim- ination against us shall be abandoned, nor in the event of the demand being rejected shall we be to blame if we have recourse toa policy of There is room in the great west and northwest for a score of prosperous cities. Omaha will, of course, be the greatest of these and this conclusive probability occasions a great wailing and gnashing of teeth among her pro- grossive and more or less prosporous rivals. It was abitter dose, for Kunsas City to swallow whicA Superintendent of the Census Porter, propared and forced, by the logic of facts, dcan her unwilling throat. Omaha had out- stripped the **young Chicago” ina five year race for population. Kansas City dies hard and hopes against hope to re- cover her former supremacy. It is vain, of course, as time will dbundantly ptove. The future is with Omaha, and Kansas City must acknowledge it. Minneapolis is now facing the dread cortunty that Omaha will sweep past her within the next ten years. Shelis oven more aggressive thau our Missouri neighbor. Recently two emissaries were dispatched by her business men’s association to Sioux City, Omaha, Den- ver and Kansas City, apparently to pick up points which should brace up the courage of her citizens and persuade in- vestors to continue to pay boom prices for Minneapolis real estate. These emissaries alter accepting the hospitalitics of the Omahu real estate exchange and alter being afforded ex- ceptional facilitios for obtaining accurate information, vetyrm with false state- ments regarding the business in- terests of the city, Omaha has in her banks, deposits amounting to 3160 per capita—$20 more than Minneapolis— but the report of the spies places it at 303. Omaha employes abount 15,000 per- sons in her manufacturing establish- ments but these individuals deliborately inform their friends that about 6,000 is the number, Omaha has $23,500,000 de- posited in her benks which have a capi- tal representing 865 por capita. Minne- apolis has deposits amounting to half a million less and banking capital, includ- ing surplus, of but 836 per capita, The Minneapolis ambassadors put Omaha banking capital at $36 per capita. Other like gross misstatoments are made and published to the worldas truth, This eity is not in the habit of traduc- ing her neighbors in her own interest. The truth™ is good enough for Omaha, She must resent misrepresen- tations, how: % eveon if in doing so she oxposes the wolknesses of hes traducers. Omaha is w g to concede that her northern rival is a beautiful, o prosper- ous and o promising city, but Minneapo- 1is should not lag herself open to attack when her armonre is so vulnerable. The Minnéapolis Jowrnal of = last Wednesday contains the information that on the Wif preceding the finance committoe of the city hall commission met for the pwpose of opening bids for ablock of citf hall 30-year, 4 per cent bonds, amounting to $75,000. Eighty requests for bids had been sent out by this committee and the date of opening the bids was advertised (ar and wide. Tothe chagrin of Minneapolis and her city hall commission not & singlo bid yas offered. Omaha has marketed hundred of thou- sands of dollars worth of her bonds, and they have beon greedily taken by inves- tors at a premium, Her credit today stands higher than that of any westorn city. The last 43 per cent bonds offered by this city were sold at a premium of 8 per cent on a market which refused bonds at par, bearing the same rate of interest, from the city of Chicago. Omaha has an indebtedness of $2,000,0005 Minneapolis ~ $7,000,000. Omaha has neyer defaulted nor detayed in the pay- ment of either interest or prin- Her city treasurer ro- ceives letters every month from enstern brokers asking for Omaha secur- ities. Her 44 per cent bondsave good today for from 4 to 6 per cent premium. Minneapolis has apopulation of 164,- 000; Omaha 139,000, Minneapolis has reason to fear the growth of this me- tropolis, but the Flour City eannot afford to waste any time attempting to under- mine the prosperity of this ecity. She will have her hands fullif she keops thelead in population for five years. She should devote her energies to the development of herown resources anddo her aggressive fighting nearer home. She wili be worsted in any contest with Omaha. THE BEE presents today, in an inter- view with Colonel R, J. Hinton, the first complete statement of the plans for the coming onof the irrigation inqul of the argicultural department. Ltisa matter of great interest and importanc tothe people of Nebraska, Kansas, the Dakotas and Montana. The general publie has little conception of the pos bilities of artesian and underflow water supply for irrigation. Colonel Hinton states that the Missouri river receives above Omaha 300 eubic miles of water by precipitation. of thig vast total 15 per cent is poured into the Mississippl. A part of the rest is lost in evaporation, but by far the larger portion goes into the earth. To, locate this water and bring it to the surfuce isone of the prob- lems with which the present inquiry deals, among many others. This single statement reveals: its importance. The results will bs awaited with great in- terest. NEBRASKA’S two .senators ave after everything insight in the way of official patronage. The dispatches announce that they have presstited candidates for land commissioner, for judge of the court of land claims, for register of the treasury, for minister to the:Central American states and for assistant at- torney general for the court of claims. Among the names presented are those of Julge S. P. Davidson, Judge O. P. Mason, Hon. L. W. Osborn and General L. W. Colby —_— THE judicial apportionment bill has passed both houses. The seramble for appointments is nov as indiscriminate asmight be expected. Aspirants forthe places it creates are waiting for the su- preme court to say who is governor be- fore laying out their plans of campaign. Some do not know whether to seek dem- ocratic or republican endorsements. Others are seeking both. calls down the chairman of he board of public works and street commissioner with a publie statement to the effect that more than a month ago an order was issued to these officers to keop the crossings in the business portion of the city clean. ‘What excuse will be offered by the two en who draw the salaries for after theso matters for this neglect? A MAJORITY of the commitiee to ex- amine applicants for positions in the Omaha city &hools should be entirely disconnected with the schools in eyery other capacity. At least one of the two teachers nw on this committee should resign. Let us have an examining board wholly disinterested. railway company or the Union depot company, one or the other, should put Seventh street under the viadugt in passable condition. One of theso corporations or the other has imposed upon the good naturo of the city and citizens lovg enough. S r— MINNEAPOLIS ‘voted long time bonds for a new city hall. Bids were called for in the usual asapner, and to the sur- prise of all concerned there was not a single bid offered for a block of $100,000. E— PROFILES, crosssections and other en- gineering details and all clerical work incident te exténsive street improve- ments can be and should be done while outdoor work is im gl‘xwtivnbh:, EVERY mun in the basement of the court house on thq city pay-roll should bo at work preparing for the summer, We must push pphlie work without un- necessary delay. — WE shall have 50 per cent of the county road tax for our city streets the coming year. That initself is enough to start extensive public works, —_— MORE public work; more money in cir- culation; more private enterprise; more people emploged and more overything leading to prosperity. OMAHA is bound for second place as a packing center this year. OMAHA bonds never went begging for buyers, Tr is strange thut any papers lost by committeemen in the eity council should be in the nature of petitions to compel rail way or other corporationsto do their duty. Welcome to a Tenderfoot, nta Moniea (Cala,) Outlook. Monday noon a friendly cow stuck her nose In tho front door of our oditomal sanctum, and tho question is whether she was drawn hither by the luxuriant grass that abounds around our offico or whethor sho had heard of the change in the Outlook office and was seekcing to devour tho verdant young team Inside, ——an. Only General Who Made a Mistake. Senator-Elvot: Palmer of Tilinols may or may not have been o good generol during tho clvil war. But at any rato he was conspict ous as 000 of the few, if not the only oMcer who confessed that he made a mistake. In his offielal roport to his corps commander of the part taken by his division in the engage- ment at Chickamauga ho says : “Hazen had been relieved by General Turchin, who had formed on Cruft's loft, and ho (Hazen) had retirod to il his boxos and protect some artillery which was threat- ened from the rear. 1 then committed tho error of directing Grose to move to tho right to engage in 4 severs fight going on in that direction,”” vt Lieg'slutors Rob a Graveyard. Arthur MeEwen's California Correspondence. A gontlemen from Sacramento tells me that the custodian of the cemetery thero has of late been very greatly incensed by the theft of flowers from the graves. For a time ho vainly sought to detectthe thieves and finally had his suspicions aroused by tho fame which three senators had achieved by their lavishness in giftsof flowers to their lady friends, who went about everywhera with loveLy corsage bouquets, and appearing m socicty looking like porambulating ear- dens, Thelibel further runs that oneof the senators, being under tho influonce of some- body else’s liquor, committed the error of sending an elaborate floral design the founda- tion of which was wire. The composition was executed in white immortelles, bearing iu violots the word “Rest.” A S On the Ground of Equity. Albany Journal, Certaiuly on the broad grounds of equity a man who has been to allintents and purposes a loyal and devoted American for more than two scores of yoarsis entitled to considera- tion as a citizen even if unwittingly he failed to comply fully with the technical require- mentsof the naturalization laws. Indeed, the non-compliance was the neglect of the father rather than the son, A similar case in the Fiftieth congress will be recalled where Captain James B. Whito, the republican congressman-elect from the Twelth district of Indiana, retained his seat in the democratic houso through the aid of the soldier element among the majority. It was urged against Captain White by his democratic competitor that he had never fully complied with the requirements of the naturalization lnws, and the charge appeared to bo well founded. But on the broad ground thata good record us & citizen and gallant conduct as a soldierof the union outweighed tho technical neglect Captain White retained his seat, James E. Boyd is quite likely tobe de- clared the governor of Nebraska, but the in- convenience to which public men aro occa- sionally subjected, as illnstrated in the Boyd and White cases, should lead to due care on the part of foreign-born citizens to perfect their technical titles to citizenship. S e DENON OF THE SAEBER SHOP. Phitadsiphi Times. The deepest depths tho ocean holds May bo both plumbed and gaueed, T'he highest mountain top and peak By daring scaled and staged. But where's the plammet that can sound, With all the aid of art, ‘The caverns of the human breast, The dark way of the heart] Upon him gazed a score of eyes, By inward fire fed, As tho’ each were a basilisk, "Tho' not a word was said ; Forseldom had that barber shop Scen such a fearful sight, For he was having his hair cut on A crowded Saturday night. g RS OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. The reported alliance between France and Russia gives interest to past negotiations looking to such a relation. Since tho days of Peter the Greatalmost every Russian sov- oreign has attempted, although unsuccess- fully, to form an allisnce with France. Peter was anxious that his danghter Elizabeth should marry Louis XV, and his successor endeavored to bring abouta match botween ter and a younger princeof the Freach dy- nasty. Both projects failed, howoyver, and altnough France and Russia during the lat- ter part of Elizabeth's reign were allied with Austria, there was no community of inter- ests between them. Catherine, the wife of Peter III, never forgave the French ambassador for refusing the loan she wanted with which to win over the imperial guard so as to secure the crown for herself. Indeed, she entered into an allianco with Austria and Prussia looking to the par- tition of Poland, and went so far in her con- demnation of the promoters of the Fremch revolution that she expelled all F'renchmen from the empire who would not taie an oath that they detested its principles, Napoleon, when first consul, made an attempt. to induco Catherine's son, Paul T, to form an alliauce with France, but before the alliance could be carried out Paul was assassinated. Then Alexander I, after his defeat at Friedland, betrayed the king of Prussia, declared war against England, and accepted Napoleon's proposal for & partition of Europe. But all theseschemes proved abortive through tho refusal of Napoicon to give Constautinople to Alexander, snd tho disastrous cam- paign of 1812 ended the relations between the two countries. At thecongress of Vienna, in 1814, Alexander's pretension to annex Poland led to asecretulliauco of Krance, England acd Austria against Russia and Prussia, although because of ‘the return of Napoleon from Elba it came to nothing. After his coup d'etat Napoleon 11T attempted to form an alliance with Russia, but Nicho- las showed himself to ba stroagly epposed to the president's assumption of imperial dig- nity, and the estrangement thus caused brought about the Crimean war. Passing down the record of events bevween 1870 and 1854, we come to the time when Russia began to assume a hostile attitude toward Germany, Then it was that the Muscovite party, headed by Katkow, demanded an alliance with France. Fora time everything sseméd to favor the hopes of tho Pan-Slavists, and France supported avery move of the Russian policy. But the deathof Katkow and the rosignation of President Grevy acted as a check upon a closer friendship, For some time there has been in Seandi- naviaan undereurrent of dissatisfaction with the policy which the king and his advisers have for many years pursued. Tne Swedish farmers are opposed to the introduction of universal obligatory wilitary service, whilo the landowners insist on highor protective duties, the increass in the revenue from this source to be applied to the vemissiom of the taxeson land. Butit is in Norway that the spiritof unrest has been most plainly seen National equality with Sweden is strongly insistod upon, its advocates domanding tho abolition of the Norwegian viceroyalty, of tho dolegation of tho councll of state in Stookholm, and of the union symbolin the Norwogian flag; and, abovo all, that the forelgn relations of the United Kingdom shall be conducted by a eouncil of stato in which the lwo countries shall have equal reproseatation. The re- fusal of the goverament to nccode to theso demands has Yed to a crisis {n Nor- wegian politics, and there 1s overy prospect of a flerce strugglo botwoen the SwedisH con- sorvatives and tho Norwegian radicals. A contention of this naturo naturally attracts attention beyond the national boundaries; and it is, thereforo, not surprising to hear that Russia s eagerly watehing thej progeoss of events, in the hope that internal dissen- sions in Scandinavia may givo her territorial advantages, She is sald to bo anxious to ex- tend her northwest frontier to tho seaboard, and to got possession of a port on the west const corresponding to Vladivostock, near Corea, on the east. By this means she would be enabled to extend her raflway sys- toms from ocean to ocoan, The cont inued frustration of Russia's dosigns wpon Bulgaria has not weakenod her persistence nor hor genius forwtrigue; but in attonpting similar tactics with the Scandinavians she 1s not | likely to flad weak and pliant tools, The condition of rural France has somo resemblance to that. of rural New England. Tho Economiste Francais givos a digest of a number of recent documents relating to the condition of the agricultural laborer there. ‘Wages of farm hands have quadrupled dur- ing the present century, and tho greatost increase has been in the lowest form of The man of all work who was paid )6 franes por year in addition to his board in 1834 now gets 400 francs, while the shepherd, “the aristocrat of the farm, who received then 36 francs and board, now gets only (0. His wiges have not doubled, while those of the humbler work- man have more than quadruple The fn- crease of wages of farm hands is ascribed in part to the demand for labor in factories andon ralroads, and In part to the mili- tary service, which takes young mon from thefarmsat the period when their habits are forming, and gives thema taste of town life from which they are never wholly weaned. When their term of sorvice ex- pires, they begin to look for situations in the towns and to worey the public men to find places for them. These drafts uon the rural population, tending to lessen the number of farm laborers, raise the wages of those who remain. The result is smaller profits to the farmer and a sort of agricultaral crisis. Still another fact in the matter of rural depopula- tion is noticed, namely, a dininution in the numbe¥® of childven, Several cautons aro named in which thero has beon a marked de- crease of population since 153, In two of these the ascertained reason for a dimnution of the number of births was “the desire of the parents to improve their own condition,” and it is added that this effect has followed. Hero we find real Malthusianism in practice. The agricultural class in Russia ls carry- ing on a desperate struggle against adverse conditions, The land has been rapidly losing its productiveness and has been in many places thoroughly exhausted; yet in propor- tion as the profits have diminished the taxes have becn steadily increased. To pay these taxes the peasant is compelled to borrow at & high rate of interest, and in some districts it has become a regular custom for whole com- munities to borrow monoy for this purposo at 60 per cent interest, although we are told that 100 por cent is the usual rate of interest, and that in many cases from 300 to S00 per cent has been obtained! Many wretches who have borrowed money and repaid it several times over have boen obliged to soll their labor for the ensuing harvest, and others have been forced to toil for anumberof years in the service of their *‘benefactory’ who is called the “soul-dealer.” These dealers <cour the country in search of children, whom they buy fromneedy pareuts for a triflo and forward to St. Petersburg, whore they are resold for double and twble the money to manufacturers and shopkespers. Nothizzg even remotely approaching prosper- ity is visible in any corner of the empire. Mendicity is becoming the profession of Lundreds of thousands, Moneyless, friend- loss, helpless and almost hopeless, the veas- autry arorising up every year in tens of thousands and migrating to the south, to the west, anywhere, not knowing whither taoy are drifting, nor caring for tho fate that may awiit them. Toe moral effect of these hard conditions uponthe peasants of the young generation is admttedeven by Russian news- papers tobe truly horrible. Sons persecute their fathers, and druaken fathers dissipate their property uud abundon their families to despair. “Chis,” one Russinn official says in his Teport, “is not a proletarial; it is a re- tum to- savagery. No traco of anything human has remained.! W Thera is no other crowned head fn the uni- verse who has contributed so much as King Milan to bring royalty and monarchial insti- tutions of every kind into disrepute. His cowardice during the Servo-Bulgarian war, his extremely questionable financial transac- tions, his scandulons conflict with his wife, and his flagrant immoralities, have rendered his very name a by-word and term of re- proach throughout the civilized world, At tho present moment he is employed in ex: changing accusations of murder with his former vrime minister, M. Gavaschanine. Tho latter has responed to vhe charges brought against him of having caused or con- nived at the murder of two women imprisoned for an aempt to sssassinate Milan by broadly insinuating that it is his former master and accuser, and not himself, who 1s responsible for their death. (nasmuch as M. Garaschanine was absent ou leave in France at the time, and as, moreover, ho is able to show that the or- dinary guards of the prison were replaced by soldiers of the king’s own bodyguard on the eve of the muraer, Milan appears to have dis- tinctly the worst of the argument, and to have added to his other numerous offenses oriminal respousibility for the violent death of two defenseless women. Acting under in- structions for the council of regents, the pub- lic prosecutor at Belgrade has n an in- vestigation of the charges and counter- charges that are being bandied between Milan and M. Garaschanine. Andin view of thoanxiety of the Sorvian government to puta final stop to the perpetual intrigues and interference of the ex-kiug, it is not only possible, but even provable, that the world will shortly be called npon to witness the prosonce in tho criminal dock of one of the lord’s auointed on @ clarge of complicity in tho murder of two women. ‘ PASSING J Unclo Sam fsn't a sio. He has Just lost two ¢ Buflalo Expres coss as an athlete. P o war, Baltimore American: Tho next time tha grip gots to work hore it will be, we Lope, on | tho cablo roal, Boston Herald: Many persons bouget of fine wines, but alinost liquor will make & nose gay if you u of it. hivo the Atehison Globe : lutions you have forned until Indianapolis Journal: ““These money erl bors, ' said Bobemian A, “disgust me.” 1ok at old Gotrox, He would tmperil bis soul for 50 conts.” SWhy shouldn’t hod” asked Bohor on whom Mr, Gotrox held a chattie “The iuvestment would be well wor riske.” Annie—What boa I wonder if it Texns Siftings : talr Miss Fanny has. ownt Bessie—~T don't know whother sho iton the installment plan or not. New York Recorder: “A famous man nas suceceded in training geese 1o oo form.” Now let some one train govs o :(\'n'l) still while other persons are perform g Texas Siftings : Indians are not much dis posed tojoin secret societios, although thoy aro fond of establishing lodges. At a ball an adoring admirer appro: young girl who was drossed in bl Task you to dance?” he asked. replied, “but please dance very slowly; T am 1ot yet'out. of mourning.” Puck: ‘“Are Harvard boys genorally fast!" “Very, So fastthat the faculty of Hi vard think thoy can get through the pre scribed course in throo years.” Washington Star: He—Are you golug to the Faster ball, Celeste ? She--How can 11 I've nothing to woar, He—Well, isn't thet enough ¢ N. Y. Recorder: “Why is laziness tho most prevalent of all shortcomings ' asks a roliggious contemporary. Because it is the easiest, for one thin Puck: Rounds—I've seon peoplo they eried, but T never kuew of a fello: ing till bo 'laughed. Neophews—Guess you never lost a rich uncie! 1t was Bacon who said t) males the exact man,” I { of writing noy man very tired. t ‘'w 4 8 8 good deal iays that makes the exict om iy, why little dead Judge: Tather i go and see your Smith? “Tommy-—Because bo won't como and sco me waen I'm dead. THE SUNDAY B EF, don't vou friend, Joliny The Nowl of the Futu e—Leading authors of to- day express their opinions of what tho future novel will be in a highly fascinatins and instructive style, Renders of litorr taste will find in these papors o foast. They willappear exclusively in Tie SUNDAY ti1 Among those quoted Newman of Omaha, John Habberton, Kate Field, Mary J. Holmos. Edigar Saltus, Max O'Rell and othor distinguished men. Erpensive Congressional Funera 18~"Carp," the celebrated Washington correspondent, con- tributes to Tie SUNDAY BES a highly Inter- estingbudget of exclustvo gossip. His leador fs upon the subject of expensive congres- stonal funerals ~ and the novel itoms found on tuneral bills. The letter is a striking featuro. Questions and Answers—THE BER'S packet of questions was quite large this week and the answers prepared form o speclal andin- structive feature. This department 1s galn- ing Infavor. It is fuil of substance, The Lounger in the Lobby—An interview the Lounger had with Liuwrence Barrott fs ro- called when the tragediam was last in Omaha starring in conjunction with Edvin Booth, Soctety's ResHits leased fro mes McCosh, LLD.. Ended—The gay we re- the thralldom of Lent will aln the round of pleasures wi sh Wednesday bronght to aclose far the period enjoined by the church. “The Lord 4 Risen"~Thv Euster story re= counted and the manner of the day's ob= servance by various nations. Programmes of the sorvices In the Omaha churches. Work of pustors and pious people. General Greely's Insultors—A story on the chief signal servico man couplod with recital of amusing Incidents in the carcors of well known army officors. Our Sporting Page—The basebull senson has arrived and Omahw's pennant winners are on the grounds. Patrons of the natlonal game and lovers of zentlomanly athletics get the latestnews to their liking in Twe SUNDAY BEE as In no other western puper. Omaha’s Printers—The leading feature of the labor page in Tre SUNDAY BEE this woek willho a review of the growth of the typo- graphie; unions of the city. Newsofin- o terestfor alllabor organizations. Mason and Cathotie—A story ot Lawrence I rett’s last hours in which he, though a Mason, received tho lust rites of the lic church forms the leader of the dopari- mentdevoted tosecret societies. This de- partment 1s replete this week with latest newsof the lodge roorn and of the flontish- ing fraternal societies of Omaha, Fun for the Million—A little nonsense nov then Is a good thing in any newspaper. Tie SuspAy Bee will containa bunch of frosh Jokes that you have never road, Rowd it and laugh a bit. Tor the Ladies—This department ombrices o varlety of topics dear to the feninine heart —the lntest fads and fancies in wodes and fashions; what busy women are : pointion social forms and observane a thousand now Ideas especfally int to the falr sex. Swept the Town Away~The tenth nniversary of the big flood on the Missour! that n wiped out the thrivinz town of Niobrara und did great, damage in Omauha. Miscellancous Matters~Readers of the miscol- laneous news in Trm BEE always getthis class of matter as it is culled by un expori- enced editor from the exchanges of the country as they come fresh from the press. The departments sre carefully edited and will be found interesting. Crimes We Shwddered At—~Brief reviews ot the noted murders and erimnal cases that have marked the history of Douglus county. The Business Man's Pay The mian who buys or sells merchandise, 1ve stoek, grain, honds or stocks. finds in Tue Bk the fulledt and most ports from the market con- ters o The local markets ar thoroughly covered. The market pago is a feature of the great SUNDAY BEE and nc business mun ean afford to miss It Our News Service.~Whenevor anything b pens In the world, n the busy meiropolis or the humblo hamlet, speclal correspondonts wire the facts in detall to Tk Ber paperin the west attempts to rival Tin loteness and effectivonoss o telegraphloservice, Read the speclal nows wtho- features of THE SUNDAY Bek. Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U, S, Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889, Rl Baking Powder ADBSOLUTELY PURE — an By aro Bishop John P. - -

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