Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 21, 1891, Page 4

DAILY BEE. £ ROSEWATER, Epiron THE £ 3 PUBLISHED EVERY MORNIN SUBSCRIPTION. Year TERMS OF Vafly Beo (without Sunday) O ] $800 Bix Months 7 I4 10 00 500 firee Monthe One Year. Ona Yoar. + Ono Y ear, nday foo Buturday B Weekly B OF FICES, Omala, The Bee Bullding. Fouth Omahn. corner N & Conncll Blaffs, 12 Pearl Str Chlenso OMce, 317 ¢ humber of Commerce, Rew York, Rooms1”, 14 and 15.Tribune Bullding Washington, 514 Fourteenth Streot 1 20th Stroets. JONDENCE, rolating 10 I bo addressed to CORRF A1l conmunientic editorial matter Yditoriul Department aws and the INESS LETTERS, ness lepters and remittancos should «d 1o The Teo Publishing Company. Drafts, checks and postofiice arders le payable to the order of the coni- Bl All bu Lo nddres Omahs to be piany. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors THE BEE EUILDING, PRSI Loeest ¥ EWORN STATEMEN Ftate of Nebraskn Connty of Don { Geo. B, Trschn rotury of Tublishine company, docs sol . 1hat th tual elreafation of Tie DATLY B for the week ending December 10, 1801, was & followa: Funday, Dee. Monday, | Tuesday, Dec. 15 Wednesday, Doe Thursdny. Dec Friday, 1 OF CIRCULATION 58 Tie Bre Bworn (0 before me_and subserib presence (h's 19(h day of December. A SEAL P ¥ 3 The growth of the averaze daily circulaton of Tue BEF for six years i shown in whe fol- Jowin: table 1 4 Tog | TRH7 | 1R%R 1890 [ 181 10,578] 16,254 15,206 1 0505 1418 | 15,000 15 4580 19 18344 18, T a3 20,042 27,021 Aunt. L Feptember. Octover ... olence. IMPEROR WILLIAM continues to be the most picturesque and originai mon- arch in all Burope. Tie New York banks now hold $19,- 165,000 in excess of the legal require- ments. What better proof can there bo of the fuct that there is cnough money in the country to carry on all the busi- ness there is to transact? As A letter writer Mills is more direct us well as more forceful than the gentleman practicing law on Williams street in New York who so frequently takes his pen in hand. Speaker Crisp cannot fail to gather Mr. Mills’ entire menning. Tre European nations in the triple alliance are about as harmonious in their views of government as the mem- bers of the old time tripartite railway compact which paid our friend and former fellow citizen, E. P. Vining, a princely sulary as a commissioner. WiLLIAM PrrT KELLOGG of Louisiana has again enteved the political arena. He was elected a member of the state central committee over ex-Governor Warmoth to fill a vacancy, Mr. Kel- logg’s re-entry into politics in Louisiana may be takon as an assurance that the famous Lousinnian sees a fighting chance for something in view of the split in the democratic ranls SOME men have greatness thrust upon them. According to his Omaha organ, which is to be remunevated by a$6-a-day sinecure for the man who runs its Wash- ington washstand, Mr. Brvan is un in- telloctunl Colossus. His marvelous genius will shino resplendent like a comet in the political skies and startle mankind with its offusions of sky-rocket oratory und sky-scraping pathos. TAE beet sugar convention at Lincoln proved a most gratilying’success. It has been the menns of concentrating a great deal of information regarding this prom- ising industry which can be dissemin- ated by those who purticipated in tho proceedings and through the pub- lished accounts of the mecting. Tho fact cannot be too froquently empha- sized that tho beet sugar industry promises immense results in this coun try and farmers and people generally should be taught to appreclate its im- portance. THE Cherokee commission has finally reached n provisional agreement for the purchuse of the Cherokea outlet oe strip from the Cherokee nation. Chief Mayes, who stood most in the way of succossful negotiations, having recently died, it is quite probable the sale will be confirmed by the national council. This will open to white settlement a fine tract of land lying on the northern border of Oklahoma and Indian Territory contain- ing 6,000,000 acres, It will invite another rush of settlers and will afford land sharks und railvoad construction rings a profitable opening. THE president stated in his message that the ouly preliminary point unset- tled in rogard to the Bering sea arbi- tration was the selection of arbitrators. This has been disposed of, the number and powers of the arbitrators having been fixed, and a Washington dispatch says it is confidently oxpected that the appointment of arbitrators and tho torms of arbitration will be announced in a fow days. So far as the terms are concernea they are already known from the correspondence dofining them. The real gist of the matter in dispute is found in this question submitted by Secretary Blaine to Lord Salisbury: “What are now the rights of the United States as to the fur seal fisheries In the waters of the Boring sea outside of the ordinary territorial limits?” An answer to this question will practically sottle the controversy. Our government claims a control over these waters, and the in- habitants thereof, outside of the terri- torial limit, and if this claim is allowed there is practically nothing more to ask for. Both countries are to be congratu- latod upon the fact that thie long-pend Ing dispute 15 at last to be decided by the peaceful method of arbitration. | Friday HE OMAHA DAILY BE DEATH OF SENATOR PLUMB. The sudden death of Senator Plumb of Kansas, stricken down in the maturity of his powers, impressively suggests the rtainty of human life. If the de- d had any warning apoplexy that killed him it was brief. He in his in the senate last and of the incidents of the executive that day was a talk by him ta upon the careless way in viirmations were being rushed through. He instanced the fact that on the previous day over 300 nominations had been confirmed in thirty-five min- utes, and he expressed the opinion that it would not cause a great amount of dis- in th service if confirmations were delayed a day or even a week whiie the character and fitness of the nominees were made a sub- joet of inquiry. Senator Plumb was in his third term in the senate, haviag first taken that body March 4, 187 was a nple of what may be accomplished in this country, in the pursuit of politics, by patient industry and Indefatigable effort. Though not distinguished for great abil. ity, Mr. Plumb had attained high rank as an intelligent, careful and in- dustrious legislator. He took an active part in the deliberations of the senate, and his views and opinions commanded respectful consideration, sen- tinlly practical, and this characteristic marked hisspeechies on public questions, w h he studied with re and thoroughness, Always a republi- can, Mr. Plumb nevertheless held views regarding some questions opposed to those of a majority of the party, and he did not ate to avow and defend them. Thus, with regard to the tariff, while he believed in protecting Amer- ican industries and American labor, he would have extended the free list to em- brace some articles of general use which do not need to be protected and from which the government der] little revenue. In the death of Senator Plumb the state of Kunsas loses a capable and zenlous represontative of her interests in the national congress, one whose place it will not be easy to fill, and tho nation an honorable and patviotic citi- zon. The term for which Mr. Plumb was elected will expive March 3, 1895. The duty of appointing his successor, pending n choice by the next legislature to be elected in 1892, will devolve upon Governor Humphreys, so that he will be succoeded by a republican. was seat one ported sion of to the sen which ¢ urrangement public the middle of United States his seat in His career od ex He was e hes! A MIXED SITUATION. The democratic situation isvery much mixed. How it is to be got into orderly and hurmonious form preparatory to the campaign of next year presents an inter- esting problem that is just now perplex- ing more than one democratic leader. In the first place there is unquestionably a strong feeling of antagonism on the part of the friends of Mr. Mills in the hovuse of representutives toward the men who elected Mr. Crisp speaker, and they threaten to make this conspic- uously apparent at the very first ovpor- tunity that offers. One of them wos re contly reported to have said thatas soon as the house gets down to practical busi- ness the element which opposed Mr. Mills will find they are not going to ave matters all their own way. It would seem that the Crisp element are quite prepared for this and that the speaker himself can be depended upon to meet at loast half way any factional hos- tility that may be shown. The correspondence between Speaker Crisp and Mr. Mills regarding com- mittee assignments for the latter is significant. The proposal to give Mills the second pluce on the committee on ways and means clearly indicates tho in- tention to constitute that committee with reforence to a policy of tariff changes such as has been sug- gested by Mr. Springer, and which is quite different from what the Cleveland and Mills tarviff reformers have oxpected to do. Of course Mr. Mills declined the tender, and that conspicuous and earnest champion of democratic tariff reform will not be a member of the ways and means committee. How will his fol- lowers receive this treatment of their lender, and what is to become of the chances of Mr. Cleveland, if ademocratic houso of representatives iguoves his tarifl views and refuses to muke a platform for him by adopting o general measure of tariff revision? An- other complication arises out of the sil- ver question. The election of Me, Crisp seaker was largely due to the fact that he is strongly in favor of the freo and unlimited coinage of silver, but it issaid that he is now disposed to drop that question for the present. It appenrs that ex-Congressman Collins of Massachusetts has been to see Mr. Crisp and succeedod in convineing him that free coinage legislation at this session would be fatal to the party. It is very likely, however, that a large number of the democrats of the house will decline to necept this view and will insist that the party shall clearly define its position on the free coinage issue, in which event party harmony may be seriously dis- turbod. Indeed it seoms hardly possi- ble that with the strong factional fecl- ing that exists, and the diversity of opinions as to the course the party should pursue regurding the most im- portant questions of public policy, that harmony can be brought about and maintained. The speaker has suid that he will announce the committees this week, and it is understood he expects the composition of some of them will rmso the biggest kind of trouble, Al- together the democratic situation is one which republicans can contemplate with absolute complucenc, Con N FOR RUSSIA, Following up the suggestion of Socre- tary Rusk and Senator Paddock, Gov- ovnor Thayer has called upon the people of Nobraska to contribute a train load of corn to be shipped to the fumine dis- tricts of Russia. D erno amon 's proposition will meet w our people. The dot Ludden have aiso been announvad and now it remains for the hoards of trace, churches und other socistios to take of the stroke of | | burveau subject in hand and collect the contribu- tions. 1t is highly proper which is the banr commonwealth of the union, should ini- tinte this movement. Minnesota, the rentest wheat growing country in Amorica, {8 successfully engineering a project for forwarding a ship load of flour. There 20,000,000 famine st ants in Russia. The fail- | Europe make it quito comparatively little from neighbor- Iy admittod that this state, corn producing are on pos ures of crops in that be contributed probable food can ing nations, and it is geners that the realm of the czar will not be ablo to cure for its suffering people. The benevolence of the civilized world must be depended upon to save the destitute people. Contributions of spacial food products of districts is the most practicable method of meeting the demand, A car load of corn from each county in this state would make u grand train load to be shipped to Russia and it is believed every corn-grower in the state this year can spare a little from each acre for so beneficent a purpose. KING AWAY. In the first week of November the Omaha police requested the publishers of the Omaha dailies to submit sworn statements of the circula- tion in Douglas county of their morning and evening editions. The business manager of Tne Bk filed his sworn ate of circulation in exact com- pliance with the directions of the board, giving the aggregate number of papers civculated during the month of October in Douglus county for the morning and evening editions, separately. Not so with the World- Herald. With its usual tactics of evasion and duplicity that concern filed a sworn certificate of one Dox, who is Hitcheock’s man [ri- day in the manufacture of circulation aflidavits, covering the ontira cireula- tion of all tha daily editions of that sheet. Hitchcock himself, when re- quested by the hoard to present separate exhibits, persisted in his imposture and had the insolence to demand that the evening edition of THr BEE should be offset by the ageregate civeulation of both editions of the World-Herald. Thereupon the board passed a resolution declaring that THE EVENING BEE was the paper of largest circulution in Douglas county. This resolution oper- ated us a notice to all applicants for liquor and drug licenses to insert their notices 1n the columns of TiE NOT SNE commission cer Tue BEE did not crow over this vic- It has heid undisputed position as the most widely circulated daily in Omuaha both before and since the high license law was enacted. Tt has never been dislodged in its supremacy in the newspaper field, and is not likely to be by the World-Herald under its present imbecile and unprincipled proprietor. Instead of submitting gracefully to the inavitable, Hitcheock followed up his repulse in trying to bulldoze the po- lice commission with an attack upon the veracity of THE BEE'S sworn civ statement, coupling his malicious inuen- does with an assertion that a fraudulent circular had been issued by the pub- lishers of THE BEE to their advertising patrons lasy spring in which the total circulation of THE BEE was represented as tho circulation of the evening edition alone. Hitcheock lied deliberately when he made this statement and ho knew that ne lied. Copies of thecircular in question still in possession of Omaha merchunts completely refute the charge. THE Big very naturally repelled this under- handed and uncalled for assault and in- cidently discredited the World-Herald affidavit of alleged ciceulation in Doug- las county and pronounced it as padded out to suit the occasion. Ton days after this article had ap- peared in print and while the editor of T Beg absent from the state, G. M. Hitchcock filed a complaint of criminal libel against him in tho police court. Ten days gave him time enough to have the circulation records and lists doctored and re-arranged so they would fully cor- respond with the bogus claims of his sheet. But even with allthisadvantage he insists that the county of Douglas shall hear the expense of a great farce ostensibly gotten up to vindicate him- self, but in reality to humbug adver- tisers. And because the attempt toload this county up with the enor- mous cost of farcical and malicious prosecution is resisted from the outset by the interposition of legal barriers, this wretched newspaper wrecker goes out of his way to make another cowardly thrust. He says: Mr. Rosewater, the defecdant in tho case, is particularly backward about coming for- ward. He erects ovory possible legal bar- rior to obstruct the state in getiwg at the authorship of the oditorial and skulks benind overy technicality which his attorney can point out. To sueak away from the case in this way is eminently characteristic of the man whoso paper published such a defamatory, ground- less aud reckless accusation. Rosewater has never sneaked away from any contest. If Hitchcock wants to vindicate himself let him bring suit for damages in the civil courts and he will be cheerfully accommodated. THE Brg Publishing company is vesponsiblo for any wmount u jury will give him in a cou't of justice. HBut he does not hanker after such a vindication. He knows that the costs would mount up to thousands of dollars, and he would have them to pay before he got through, All he wants is notoriety, und if he persists in it he may get more than he has bar- gained for T proposition to establish a porma- nent census bureau is meeting with fa vorable consideration from the commer- 1 bodles of the country, und it is cer- tain to grow in popularity the move it is discussed. The cluss of statistics such a would supply stantly for instruction and should be supplied annually instead of once in ten yeurs. Another consideration in eonnoction with such a noedod in logislation is con- | bureau is that it otwithstanding the | corps of statisticiuns, who would be of tivesomo length of his letter, the goy- | inestimuble vulue h favor | work at euch dece s of the | prospect ¢ plan as proposed by Labor Commissioner | would give u trained the The | con- | in organizing il the p permanent be entively favc the purpose census. f inducing gress o establisn may bu- reau not anle, owing to of the ] tho democratic bouse to cut down e ponsos right Tnd loft, rogardloss of tho intereste of Uyggpublio service, but this is not a renson for deferring the agita- tion of the subject, of the Interstate Bridge u‘unmunvu!hm they are about to begin §work on their bric across the Missourl viver. Tt is hoped they are in earnest. THEmAnag: company s to ba smelling the ive THE telophone compan, battle from afar, will take the initi and go intogdhe ground with its forthwith. “ telephone company is farsighted and shrewd. ato Owners association is on the right track. It should not cease to work for economical and honest as well us efficient and progressive local government. Tirs Real Titi two-mile limit saloonkeepers will show great discretion if they come down with 8300 apiece and solicit n d of the suits for violution of the Slocumb law. FrozeN sand may not be a good foun- dation for paving, but it promises well sis for investigations into the methods of inspecting public work. MAJOR BIRKHAU notions about street cleaning are as vacillating and rtain as his record. They are also about as murky and dense. COUNTY COMMISSIONER BERLIN re- turns from the Missouri River Improve- ment convention full of enthusiasm for appropriations, une NERAL RETRE given command of the city offices forth- with. The Watchword. Philadelphia Press. Reciprocity is stiil the watchword of this administration, and while a confused jumble and jabber about tariff reform and free trade distinguislies the conferences ol democrats, the republican leaders are of one mind. A Monume Chixago Tribune. “War has slain its thousands,” exclaims the Buffalo Express, “but the aeadly grade- crossing has slain its tens of thousands.” Fiction never looks so insignificant, so help- less, so commonplace, as whon it bumps Useless Advic Phila leiphia Re-ord. Tho Minnesota alliance has issued anothor bold-your-wheat circular, the facts and arguments of which are of much wider ap plication thau stato boundary lines. Yet it will be a very dificult matter to estimufe even approximately the effect of such suasion s0 long as car famjnes and glutted clevators shall interpose a check to the marketing of the vast body of grain already enroute to the seaboard. ———— A Needless Anti-Confederate Law. St. Lois Glohe-Dzmocrat. The bill introduced by Seator Daniel of Virginia to repoal the law which prohibits ex-coafederate officers from serving in the army or navy of the United States ought to bo passed. MeaSures of like purport wero proposed before,;bu they wera lost sight of in. the pressure of -legisiation which con- gressmon deemed more urgent. We trusy that this bill will have botter fortane. e b Away with the vian-Killers. Phitad:iphia’ Record. Senator Cullom's bill to provide for the adontion and use of a uniform automatic car coupler is a mova {n the interast of humauity which has several times been ofticially urged by the president, and the enforcoment of which should not involve any serious me- chanical or other dificulty. In fact the chief dificulty would probaly b to make a choice awong the multifavious dovicos of fered. Ll A Life is Too Short. Chicago Mail. The distingnished editor of the London Telegraph, who at present is engaged in a laudable pursuit after American free silver, says that the papers of this country are too careless in their style. No piece of news- paper work, ho holds, should be turned out in less than threo hours. If Sir Kdwin bopes to secure a position as reporter on any American newspaper he would do well to modify his views materially. Imagine a night-police reportor handling a big fire at 2 o'clock in the morning according to the Ar- nold system ! — - ILERS RIGHTS, ‘Whuile Uncle Sam means to do right in dealing with his customers, people who buy land from him often find him hard to get along with. He has so much land, and he is engaged in somany different transactions, that he has to conduct his business on an ex- travagantly complieated system. He has no personal acquaintance with the settlers on his domain—ne does not know which are honest and which are trying to cheat him— and so he has to assume as a working thoory thap great care must bo exercised by him in every instance. When & man files on a piece of land to which there are uo other claimants and all his evidence is perfectly straight, and there i8 nothing to jog bis case out of the ordinary rut, he may transact his business through the local land office and in the course of time receive his patent. But when there is the least irregularity or tho slightest contest, so that a question is raised for the special con sideration of the general land office, the claimant becgaes helpless without a r resentative in Wasnington. No loc ney, no matter how bright, can be of service to him. He must bave somebody who is sta- tioned permanently. at the capital, who is thoroughly fawiliar with the intricacies of the huge machine: controlied by the commis- sioner of publio lands, and who knows just the course taken by each class of claiws, and just the pointsatavhich a claim is likely to stick or become sidetracked. This is precisely the position of Tue Ber Bureau of Claimg,”” When a man has a con- test on his hands.ior when his patent has unreasonably delayed and dunming 7 been letters haye no effest, or when he is unableto complete his titiéthrough no tault of his own, and wauts % got his monoy back, or wheu mistaken #hivoys have led him to givo . wrong dascription of his land, or whon any ono of a thousund other mischances bas interfored with the or- derly course of procedure in his case, this bureau, backed by the resources en- dorsed by tbe reputation of three of the greatest newspapers in the west, is roady, at anominal charge, to employ its intimi knowledge of lacd ofice mechods to the moval of the difleulty, The ciaimant pays nothing uutil his patent or his mouey, as the case be, is procured, and very lit then, 'To sena u localattorney on to try to do what Tue Bek Bureau of Claims asily and promptly for §10 wou ost eral huudred, aud then the en s are that he wouid not suceeed. iy to does sev How Basiness is Expedited. Withiu the past three Tur Bes Bureau of Claims nas secured tho allowauco days MONDAY, DECEMBER 9 1, 1891 in Washington eity of throe pension olaims. One of these claimauts is & rosident of Omaha, another of Kearnoy and tho tnird lives at Konnard, The Omaha_claimant is Mrs. Annio M Lewis, n professional nurss of 1808 South Fiftoenth streot. Hers was a widow's cluim her husband having been shot and wounded in the war, from the effects of which injury he died shortly after. Ho was a vrivato in tho Eighth regiment of Lynn, Massachusetts, volunteers. Mrs. Lawls placed nor elaim for a pension 1n the hauds of a Boston lawyer and for five yoars he vaialy tried to get it She became impatient and vexed . Bnd was about to give up ting a sottlement, when 10d how Titn Bre Bureau oxpedited matters in the handiing of clnims. The Boston attorney had overlooked cer. tain foatares in the prosecution of the claim and that was the reason Mrs, Lewis could ot got. her pension. Sho applied to and was advised by Tug Bee Buroau what to do when the defect of the claim was pointed out to her, Sheactea under the aaviee of tho bureau and within two weeks she was overjoyed to be informed through the piumns of Tie Bre that ber claim had boen allowed. Mrs. Lowls was very inuch plensod and was very grateful for what tho bureau uad gratuitously douo for her. She will now et w quarterly ponsion. The claimant nt Kearney is H man, an_old and focblo man. He also hud his claim in the hands of an attorney, but transferred it to Tug Bre bureau and got it James A, Bates of 1611 Avenue E, Kearnoy, was given powor of attornoy when the elait was presented to the burenu. Mary S. IPrench of Kennard, Neb., was a widow claimant. Hor husband, Harvey S IFronch, was in company B, Bifth regiment of the Michigan volunteers, Her claim v in tho hands of Blair attornoys, who failed for somo renson o get it allowed, Her son in-law, M. A. Finnor of this city, got the bureati to talko hold of it, applying August 24 lnst. The bureau was soon successful in getting the claim allowed PATRICK R. Halder- GENERAL E. CONNOR. The announcement of the death of Genoral Patrick Edward Connor in Salt Lake City will cause profound sorrow in every pioncer bome 1n the west. To Salt Lake City be was a guardian, a protsctor, when assassination was rifo; to Utal, u deliverer from “Danite" domination; thousands of emicrants who crossed the mountains in the early '(0s owe their lives to him; and in his death the nation loses oue of the bravest solaiers that ever led tho vanguard of civilization tarough the wilderness of savager, General Connor was o soldiec of the old rogime, Ho enlisted as a private in tho goons during the war with the Seminoles 1n Florida in 1833, remaluing with 3 king out of the Mexican wav, meanwhile being promoted to alioutenancy for gallant conduct on the feld. At the battic of Buena Vista he was almost riddled with Mexican bullets, receiv- iug wounds 1n the legs, avms and chest. The wounds, however, did nov prove serious and at tho breaking out of the rebellion he was agor to battle agaw for his country. 1°rom 1835 10 1862 the federal government was annoyed and irritated by the numerous crimes perpetrated on emigrants crossing the mountains. The overland trail was beset by hosule Indians, desperadoes iu search of plunder, and thewnurderous army of Brig- nam Young, How many innocent victims were massacred in these four years will nover be known, but thoso that were re- corded were so numerous that tne govern- ment wus forced to action. o thorough system of protection was undertaken until the organization of the California and Nevada volunteers in 1562, and General, then Colonel, Conzor piaced in command. The command, consisting of one brigade and a light battery, was ordered to Sult Lake, which™ point was reached in October, 1562, ' Under an agroe ment made with Brigam Young by Buchanan's “‘peace commissioners” in 1858, it was stipulated that the foderal army should not be stationed witnin forty miles of the city, and that should the army, from any reasonable cause, be compelled to march through the “neutral” forty miles, it should do s0 without halting. To} Brigham Young and the Mormon “arny" the violation of this absurd treaty by Colouel Counor was a grievous offense, “The command was eocamped on the banks of the Jordan, Brigham sent a bishop to Colonel Connor to inform him that the government had oxempted the locality from occupation by federal troops: thut his presence was not desired and that he must retire al once. Colonel Connor neard the bisnop through and then mwade answer: Bishop, will you tell Mr. Young that we've marched ‘many a long mile, and that were tired! We find good camping ground nere, woll drained and watered, aca we're comfortablewhere we are and we dow't want to reure unless we haye to. And tell Mr. Young that if we do retire ‘twill ve to the front--down into Salt Lake, with our guus 1n the main_ streets aud my headquarters in the prosident’s house. ~Thav’s all, bishop.” Brigham Young comprehended the temper of tuat speech, and wisely refrained from molesting the command. ~ The permanent camp then established is the Fort Douglas of today, which stands on tho heights over- looking Salt [.ake City, and is one of the finest posts 1n the United States. With the advent of Colonel Connor and his command began what is popularly styled the ‘“Golden age” of the geutiles of Utah. For four yoars he protected the rights of American citizens, and assisted bundreds of dissenting Movmons to escape from Utah, Life and property’ was sccuve. Federal courts and federal ofticials were upheld in performing their dutios, and the system of outlying posts establisbed gave security to emigrants on tho mountain trails. His ad ministration was a perfect success, and laid the foundation of a strong gentile colony, the nucleus of the present aggressive and pro- gressive anti-Mormon population of the ter- ritory. Colonel Coznor’s labors were not confined to overawing the emissaries of Brigham Young. In 153 the Bannocksand Shoshones broke out and raided the whole country north of Salt Lake. Colonel Connor set out after them, He made forced marches to the novili, reacbing Bear river in midwinter, where ho encountercd the hostles and killed or captured tho entire for of Indians, putting a quietus on the outbreak very suddenly. In that engagement ho lost thirty-four men, kitled and wounded. In 1564 ne was made brigadier genoral and was placed in command of the district of the plains, which embraced the country trom old ort Kearney to Salt Lake, and as far_north us the boundary line of the United States, Captain Palmer, now of Omabu, was his a sistant adjutant general. In 1865 Geueral Counor organized an expedition composed of 250 soldiers and_eighty Indians against tho Cheyonnes and Arapahoos and marched uorth by way of Fort Laramie to Tongue river. In August, bevween Touzue river and Rose- bud, he envountered the hostiles and com- pletely demolisbed them in a hard fought bat- tle. There were about 700 Indian warriors, together with their women and children, and the little band of soldiers charged upon thom and put the whele village to flight, One hundred and thirteen Indians and fifteen soldiers were killed and 1,200 Indian povies captured. in 1866 be was mustered out of the servl as brigadier gencral of voluntoers aud en- gaged in the miniug busioess. He was bray- eted major genoral for gallant services in the campaigns montioned above. In the ups and downs ol mining General Connor made and lost several fortunes, aud died u poor man. Abgut one year ago the secretary of war assigned Gecral Connor a burial ot by the side of the men who were Killed in the Indian battles in which Gener Counor commanded, and that is all that the government did for him, axcepting to grant hima pension of $15a month forservices in the Mexiean war. A bill was introduced during the presont term of congress to place Gen- erul Connor on tho retired list with the rank and pay of o brigadier goueral, but the effort was 100 late. He is gono whore salaries are not needed. He loaves two sous as the only of his family €0 moury bis loss. ng of the deceased general, Colonel suid: A braver soldier, a more patriotic man or u truer friend never lived than General Connor, kivery loyal citize will take pridu in the history und military cos of General Conuor. He was modest and quiet, freo from tho arts cf the politieian, out thoronghly devoted to the cause of bis country.” - NVENLION SPIRIT, THE TRUE CO vaukeo claims hy virtuo of its Milwaukes must have democratio clurue rotty Philadelphia Inguirer: the democratic conyention renowned b stagied the Philadelphia i Milwaukoe will sond acar load of beer glou to euti the democsatic n convention. St Paul, not to be outdone, is br audi toriuwm. cord o W fonal HOW TO USE KEROSENE OIL. Fractical Suggestions from an Export TImportant Topio. on an LAMPS, BUINERS, CHIMNEYS AND W.CKE, Essential Points to Bs Considered in the Selection of an illuminate ing Agent ~Kfeot of th Altitude, Des Morxes, Ia., Doc. 19.~To the Editor of Tue Bre: You have demonstrated quite couclusively the dofects in tho kerossne in spection law of your state, and the in- efficienoy of tho inspection service, While it is true the standard in your stats of 1003 Fahrenheit, flash tost, is too low, yot, with careful inspoction in a reliable cup (which the Foster open cup is not), a faie dogroa of safety could be socured. It 18 & fact that the lighter tho ¢ ter the illuminating propestios, oil that will give botter il tho bot- bat is, an flash at 06 Fahrenneit, will illumination than one that flashes wt 12> I'abrenheit. The averago consumor considors illumi- ation wore important than safoty. Hence, the pecessity for protective legisiation for the safety of the people. Iowa has fixed tne standard at wnat is believed to be tho minimum safoty point, as koroseno is uni versally and ordinaril It affords safety, and also socures satisfuctory illumin- ation. ' Not au accidont from lamp explosion has occurred In this state since the inspec- tion was croated. Accidenis have oceurroed from broken lamps, the result of caroless- ness, but _not from oxplosion of tho ' oil. No system of fuspection will protoct against gross careiossness und neeligence. 1t should bo borao in mind that keroseno 1s a dangerous fluid. It is not intended for kindling fires in the kitchen stove. T'ne tendency in your state now will ba to g0 to the opposite extreme, and purchaso heavy oil with a vory high flashing point, as tho so-called headiight oil. Whilo1t is truo such oil is safer, it will not give satisfactory rosuits with ordinary flat-wick burn There is a limit to capillary attr Heavy oil will not rise freoly in'the wi also congeals more or less in cold w It is more liablo to harden and clog the wick, hence, thore is imperfect combustion. It also tends to_overhea; tho wick tube. The dealer 15 then condemned for scliing poor ofl, Lamps, burners and wicks should bo adapted each to the other. Atout the Limps, For practical use the lamp bowl should bo large in diameter and shallow, not exzeeding two and one-half inches in depth, $0 as to bring the flamo as near the oil as possible, to secure an even combustion of all the con- tents. Wit deop lamps the wick will fail to raiso the o1l when half consumed and cruste tube and overheated burner, and delicient illumination is the result. The base should be large and heavy to prevent overturning. “'hoy should be cleaned and filted overy day, and once cach week entirely emptied of their contonts to vemove the drogs and sodi- mont. When oil has been kept forty-eight iua half filled lamp in & warm room a us vapor forms. This will be ro- leased by the process of filling the lamp, Never remove tho top nor refill a lamp when burning. Boforo lighting turu tho wick down even with the tubo and raise it sradually, as the burner bocomes heated. Never blow down a chimney to extinguish a lamp. Turn the wick down_until the flame flickers, then give a quick puff of breath hor izontally across the top uf the chimney. During tho day keop the lamp where_the oil will not become warm, Nover set it ona mantel over a fireplaco, grato or stovo where there 1 a fire, Never leave a lamp burning with the wicic turned down. Air curreats aro liablo to cause tho chimuoy to brenk. The wick tube will then become greatly heated and the lamp filled with a aangerous vapor. A burn- ing lamp with a broken chimney becomes Dable to violent explosion 1n_about fifteen minutes. A lamp should not bo left burniug atall in a vacant room or houso, What B irners to Use. The successful combustion of kerosone de- pends lavgely on the burner. Two kinds are made, one for heavy oil, the other for light oil. Of thess there are numerous devices aad patents. Competition and universal de- mand for cheapress have filied tho markets with worthiess burners, The succossful and commendaole hinge or sun burner for ordin- ary house lamps has been largoly displaced by cheap imitations, somo of which are sim- ply brass washea tin. The burner should be adapted to the oil to be used, whether heavy or light. It should bo well nade, of brass, and s short s possi- ble. Itshould e properiy constructed for draft and ventilation for tho escape of vapor from the vapor chamber of the lamp, For light oil it should burn without heating the burner—the cooler the better. for heavy oil in flat-wick burners, proper feeding of o1l was formerly securcd by using addi- tional wicks, following the old rule of making a hole and 'nserting a wick. Tho modern idea is to mako a hole and put the wick around it. as seenin the center-draugnt lamps now 50 popular and eflicient for heavy oil, and equally satisfactory for light oil. Burn~ ers should bo kept perfectly cloan and free from crustation on the wick tube, and accum- ulation of charrea wick on the perforated disk, The disk is for tho purpose of supply~ ing draft and the necessary amount of ox gen of the atmosphere to consume the carbon of the oil. When the disk is clogged, impor- foot combustion and smoke ure tho result. A bad smelling lamp wdicates waste of oil, Keep the vent tube along the wiok tube into the lamp open and clean, as it 13 the safety valve of the lamp, Guinzed and clogged burners can be oasily cloaned by boiling a fow moments in sal soda or concontrated lye and water, . Chimneys and Wicks, The chimney is an important factor in successful lamp. I Loo large at the top the flamo is unsteady; if too small the burner and oil ar soverheatod. Kvery kind of burner ro- s m chimuey specially desigued for it to tio rigit draught. ~ When broken thoy should be replaced with the same. Get the vest flint or load glass, bearing the muker's naiae, costing a littlo more, but the cheapest in the oud, Thoy are mudv of the purest and bust material and will a0t broak from hoat, There is no ecouomy in buying the cheap, common glass chimneys to be'found in stores generally, 'Ihoy are usually worthloss. A pufl of coid air upon them whon beated will cause their breakage and rendor the lamps dangerous, Probably not ouo person in a hundred gives a lamp wick thought or attention. Yet 1t 1s one of the most importaul factors in the burning of keroseno, as 1t is also one of the most probable causes of complaint of the unsatis- factory burning of oil. ‘The mariots are filled with ¢heap wicks, worthiess and valueless at any price. They are hard, soft, rough, smooth, thick, thin, wide, narrow, regular snd irregular, all in'the samo wick. 'Select & wick of s0ft, oven toxture, thick enough Lo carry oil sulticient to supply tho flame. As wick tubes are presumed o Lo of proper size for the burner, the wick should snugly fit the tube, yot more freely when saturated witn oil. It should only reach the bottom of the lamp. Wicks should be changed once each month. If the wick is 100 Light in the tube draw & few threads from it longthwise. Effect of Altitude. Ouo point I have not seen mentioned in the oil inspection controversy in your state: T'ie clovation of Omaha is 1,113 above son lovel wator boils at 2125, That Is the "'boil, ing point on all Fahrenheit scalo thermomo. ters, At Omaha wator will boll, therofors, at 210° Fabrenhelt. Honce, in testing ofl, for 100 there s an orror (n the thormomo: ter of say three degrees, that with tha barometrio difference of two de. groes will make fivo _dogreos, 20 that while an inspector with such a ther. mometer would approve the oil, it would actually be but ry dangerous articlo 10 have about a house. Sich ofl in & lamp placed on a sholf in a house in summer would govorato naptha vapor suMeiont to oxplodo it, if it came in contact with flame, Tho lamp noad uot even be lighted All thermomotors are graduated lovel, and whon used for sclentific purposes the altitude or vation wmust be taken into nocount. With so low as standara as you have in your state, it should be considered, especially if the thormometers used have not beon correctod for errors. L. F, for son ANDREWS, BLUE MONDAY SMILES, Chicago Times: Tho drivers of mali-wagons should wear coats of mail in Chicago. Wasl ston Star: Do think 1be tiught ¢ " ho asked ‘L naver put the quoestion that wa ropliod Always wonderod whother Aould bo tanght not to o (hat o they Kate Flold's Washington you ure whappy father'” Y os, “ATO you settln “No. T'm st “They tell me 1D tho clzaps?” g uD nights, Epoeh: Dell—1 wondor if Maggle Morr Drought home one of those spoons taaua with her BIl-Oh. yes: | soclul last night n rom Chaw saw hor with him At tho Somarville Journal: *“Is Bjonkins a it man oflicos” asked one voter of anothor I should sy hia was,” the other made roply “He bought a tricyele for my little girl last week. Now Y is rapldl ri Press: A slang exprossion which Pteing 10 Voguo, but which, 1t 13 | lievod, fias not yot boen fnoluded in any printed ecollection of Americanisms, 15 thy word “push.” It 1s un expression of clreis orizin, and to Lo *'In the push” 13 to be, in o oncral sense, “in the srowd,” or golug with the crowd. A Point Kan.) poet. sir of tha unble’ t mity politician took in that state at tho fast eloction, sings: Up was ho stuck, And fn the vory upness Of nis stuckitudo Ho tell C'rook Because one oan play first ne it does not follow that i ill the position of first buso Tho pitel Is somewhat dif- Lowell Courle baso In cun sue ina church chotr, terent, Chicago Tribune: =L wil Insort tho ftom withh ploa v editor, “as U ntleman it refors to nophow of yours, it a httlo” You terestad 1n know- i about to omburk expression 15 not ro I8 u fiul “Tho publ ¢ will he nat Mr. Orville Awdu e lecture fiela,’ Tl ly aceurato. Tho Persoiis embark in_vessels kind, you know. Thoy don't em fiold." e ficure (s all right,” said tho old sub seribor, after reflocting u moment. I oxpect 0 tloat him." HE KNEW TIE MAN. Allanta Conatitution. 1d the sheriff, sick and dying: hall we over meet again? ot each other fiylng (1 that's free from pu hope not.” quoth the editor; “The thoight no comfort brines, level, which makes a aifference of quite two degrees in tho atmospheric pressure, At soa it levy mony wings r you'd Innt up some old croditor And i Now York Sun: Oustomer—Isn't that a pretty good prico for a_porous pluster? Druigist—Yes, but just think how long iy will tast, THE FORSAKEN. Philadelohia Cres, Lam Mr. Mills, Plain, sim Rozer Q., I'vowritten several bills, But now have nought to do; Andt'here 1 sit and sulk, W ringer geis the cake, on Clovoland’s bulkc Lput my huwmble stakes Yea, T am Mr. Mills, Plain, simple Roger Q. St. Joseph Ne -t night.” ¢ll, there's no use unvelling the bust, is there? Wi peoales, Van Arndt was out on a “I would ifke somo nins and a lady at the small wares ton dry goods store sald” the clerk, ins ana Imean.” New Vork Herald: She started the fire with kerosenc: blew up and hasn't since benziue. Kute Fiold’s Washington: Rlinks—fTow about the girl with the 300,000 and 1he cough that vou were engaged to 1ast summer? Winks—I marrioa her. Blinks-—Is the $100,000 zono? Winks (sadly)--Yes. So Is tho congh. Philadelphia Record: Bililards hus been suzzested to boom chureh uttentance in N York, but the ministers are slow to take the cue. VARIOUS GRIPS, Philadelphia Press. Now tho gentle arip has got us, How Its puroxysms knot us And, to wird off complications of its multi- farlous ills. Seo the doctors, what wisencres, Skilrulas the Indlun fakirs, Who doi t for our dulcctution pilos of shiny qainine pills; Or, if vou do not like them, a doso of simple sauills. Yonkers Statesma deor s one of tha swiftest animal Zven when lailed —and served as venison you will notice that it goes very fust. Columbus Post: The the school housy fla should be kicked on the v Sharpstown, lids not. Ofl ity Blilzza very mis old baucholor fu the country ought' to be fiued for contemptof court. Binghamton Republican: The bartender should bo i man of good spiits. e THE RULING PASSION, Memphis Apyeal. ch 1ives distress wonder how A falr young bride in quoenly g0 Comes down © ] The mighty And on b And in bor W prayor For truthfully wo must confess Sho's thinling this: “U'd 1ike to kn What folks ing of my dross. A miatror near the gates of death With weoping kindead ut her side, All foarful tihal each flaoting broath Will bear her soul a5 tho tde, 8he tries 1o speik ! Sho faintly clusps The kindly forys thit bends abovs And with her dying broath she gusps, “Soo that my shroud 15 ruftled, love It all the seriptures say fs trus, There'll be wore women, ton (o oro, In that sweot by and by, whoro vou And 1 may meot when life Is done But ail the Joys deslinod to blsss Bright crowns and haros wtrings Won't pi Eaoh bk the 1 with goldew o the women thers unlnss o8t pulr of wings. Ce A Fatal Straddle, Minneapotia 1ribune. Senator KKyle wanted 1o rids two Lorse at once in the committee business; but | sooms ho has boen given only u littio douko) to ride after all. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S, Gov't Report. Real Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE