Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 17, 1892, Page 4

DAILY BEE E. ROSEWATER, Eprron. THE PUBLISHED KVERY MORNINC. i TRECRIPTION. IV:AV\ One Year TERMS OF aily Bee (without & Yaily and Sunday, O Eix Months ... Throo Montha Bunday Hee, One Voar. aturday Bee. Ono Year eekly Bee, Ono Year. #6800 10 00 5 00 OFFICS Omaha, The Bee Building. Fouth Omaha, corner N and 26th Streets. Jouncil Blufrs, 12 Poarl Street Chicago OMce, 317 ¢ hamber of Commerce New York, Roe 5,14 and 15, Tribune Bullding shington, 515 Fotrteenth Street. CORRESPONDENCE All communications refuting to news and -editorial matter should be addressed tc the Editorial Department. All husiness letters und romittances should be addressed to The lee Publishing ny, Omaha. Drafts, checks and postoffice orders 10 be made payable to the ordor of the com- e Bec Pudlishing Compaty, Proprietors iE BUILDI ORN ST R ILATION, Etate of Nelras 02 County of Doug Geo. B. Tzschuck, secretary of Publishine company. does sole that the actual eirenlation of forthe weok ending January follows The BEE nlv swear ; DAILY BEE , 1802, Was as Wednesday. Jan. 1L Thursday, Jun 4. . Friduy, Jan. i Baturday, Jan. 16 Avorage ibed in my : Bworn to be . D). 1802, Dresence this SEAL. th duy of Ja ry Public. The growth of the averago daily ¢irculat on of Tue BER for six years is shown in uhe fol- Jowing table ey = AT | TesE | sy January Fobruary Qctober Novemner. December =z BOTKIN announces that he will hot rotire. T'he judge belongs to the class that die but do not gn. FrANCIS MURPHY has knocked out John L. Sullivan. He got him to sign the temperance pledge and to make a temnerance speech in Tacoma PrrIAPS some fiat money fatalist can see something gloomy und foreboding in the findneial fact that the weekly bank statement shows the New York banks now hold $24,579,000 in excess of legal, requirements. DR. SPAULDING was graciously per- amitted tosign the bonds for school build- ings and sites in his capacity as presi- fent of the Board of Education. Small {nvors from the school board combine re no doubt gratefully received by the floctor. SoME of the cities which last year tade merry over the demoralized weekly clearing house reports from Omaha are invited to watch [the pro- cess of complete recovery which the weekiy reports wili evidence from this time forward, THe Chilian situation has developed the patriotism of a number of southern brigadieis to such an extent that they ask congress to remove the prohibition which makes it impossible for them to be appointed to any position in the United States army, CONGRESS should blush at the thought that an Englishman is endeavoring to raise by private subscription among ship owners, a fund suflicient to convey the gifts of tho American people for the Russian peasantry from New York to the desolated provinces. SIR EDWIN ARNOLD has the grip and . bould not lecture at Trenton, N. J., I fay night. Whether his victims were ¥efunded their money or otherwise is ot stated. The experience of Omulia people leads to tho conclusion that the money remained in the box office. IN 1HE first of the railway cases to erjoin the city clevk from listing rail- Way property outside the right of way the people win, It is to be hoped like success will be oxperianced in the nited Statos court when the Union Paci makes its fight against the prop pssessmeont. T'HE Motroplitan club has opened its P“" rooms on Harney street. The Athletic club is in cunning ovder and a puccess. Tho Omaha and Union clubs are about to purchase the lot on which they propose to erect a $100,000 club house. These are evidences that Omaha is growing metroplitan, r— THE general publ will be satisfied Wwith a Board of Health even if Dr. Clarke Gapen is not n member. The footor’s ability need not be questioned, but it goas without saying that almost any other respectable physician can do the work and draw the salary of the gommissioner of health without friction, THE activity of the government in all the navy yards and ordnance fuctories and the Sunday cabinet meeting ave Hfairly conclusive evidence that the gov- groment is preparing itself for an emorgency. However, we ave still of the opiniou that war with Chili is im- Probadle. A glant cannot fight a pigmy. PRESIDENT HARRISON is to have a tabinet meeting today, This meeting is not religious in character either. It fvill discuss important state atfaivs, As the president isa consistent Presbyte- ian, the sabbatarians who will be dis- éufied to criticise his action should be atisfied that the meeting is a military pecessity, —_— ™ JupGe InvINE having decided that othing but the High school can be ogally maintained in the building on jhe capitol grounds, the Bonrd of Fdu- Pation should now direct its energies oward providing propev facilities for o grades in tne central part of the ity. Dr. Towne aud Judge Tiffany eserve the thanks of the community for bringing this matter wuto court and a fical settioment, “THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: HOW 70 USE WEALTH, The present era has witnessed & mare velous inorense of wealth. livery large city has its millionnires and some of the population centers have men who count their wealth by the tens of millions, The Vanderbilts, the Astors and the Rocke- fellers, Juy Gould and Leland Stanford are reputed to have amassed more than one hundred millions each. How are these millionaires to their wealth for the benefit of humanity and posterity? This question has been discuseed by several eminent clergymen and philanthropists through the columns of the New York Independent. Rev. Dr. Buckley suggests to our men of wealth to select from the threo classes for which the state does not and cannot make adequate provision—the hospital, the orphanage and the home for the aged. Mr. D. Willis James would have money expended in great churches in which not architectural beauty but ca- pacity and methods of atteacting the people should be the desideratum of mission work. He wouid <have billiard and pool rooms and other forms of inno- amusement, perhaps not in the basement of the church but. next doo Then he would pay men good wages to eir time to the religious effort. sllogg, the secrotary of the New York Charity Ovganization so- ciety, regards soup houses, coal nd clothing societies and ‘“‘other sontrivances for supplying able-bodied persons with what the gooa TLord intended they should earn for them- selves,” as a means of demoralization. In his opinion money expended among the dagraded and destitute in founding libravies, lyceums, lecture course schools, elevating amusements, cledn r sorts, missions and other provisions f religious, mental and moval culture is far more ad vantageous to the deserving poor than if used for physical relief. He excapts from this generalization the veally helpless people, children, aged, cripples and imbeciles. The diseussion covers a wide ngo, and coming from a variety of sources is interesting as a study of tho methods of charitable work to which the funds of the rich may be applied. It is strange, however, that among all these eminent men, not one comes forward with a sug- gestion for public parks, or institutions where healthful physical recreation is imming baths in cities, athing spots in the crowded tenement sections, floral gardens to cultivate the love of the beautiful innature, publicart galleries, children’s’ playgrounds and pure air excursions are all omitted. But one of the writers refers to kinde: tens, industrial schools and similar insti- tutiotis. Thecontributors almost without exception lose sight of the natural side of public charity in their zeal for relig- ious training. All are strongly of the opinion th: wealthy men should distribate thel surplus aceumulations during lifetime. One of the laymen thinks the giving should bo lavish enough to make the giver feel the sacrifice, while another calls it cant to spealk of sacrifice and would have the giving appreciated as privilege. Both are gonerous practical philanthropists, and therefore their opinions are worthy of attention. It is uoted, ulso, that wealthy men arecoming more and more to regard their riches as trusts, to be used, not for selfish ends, but for the public good during their live: Vassar, Rockefeller, Colgate and Carnegie are cited as examples. Tt is gratifying to thoughiful people to know that men of our day are far more generous in their benefactions than were the men of the preceding generation. This 1s doubtless chiefly due to the fact that great fortunes have heen more readily made within the past fifty years, 'The men who have amassed these fortunes are for the most part self- made. Some of them have already set the exampie for other men of wealth by establishing museums, public libraries and charity hospitals, and evecting li- brary buildings, music halls, and endow- ing colleges, manual training schools and other institutions of learning. Others ve immortalized thewmselves by donations of parks, public bath houses and great resorts for the recre- ation of the comwm on people. Such a distribution of wealth -during the lifetime of the men who have ac- cumuluted fortunes, and bequests for benevolent and charitable institutions, are the most effective arguments against communism and anarchy. They are, moreover, the most lasting monu- ments to the possessors of wealth, which in most instances is certain to be dissi- pated by their heirs within the lifetime of the thivd generation. use ARBITRATION IN SIGH It appears probable that within the next thirty days the Bering sea con- woversy will be submitted to arbitra- tion, The recent causes of delay, it seems were the requests of the UBritish government for increasing the number of arbitrators, It was oviginally in- tended ‘that there should be three, but Lord Salisbuvy asked that the number be increasod to five, and after this was agreed to he made another request that the number be enlarged to seven, which the United States government also ac- ceded to, with the condition that three of the arbitrats shall be selected from the countries which have no interest in the questions at issue, This haing set- tled the matter of choosing the three disinterested arbitrators cannot be very difficult, so that there is reason to ex- pect that the issue may be prescnted to arbitration within o wonth, or at any rate in ample time to got a decision be- fore the opening of the sealing scason in May, if that be desirvable, he fact is made appavent that the Canadian government has hoen exerting o good deal of influence in this matter and is largoly responsible for the delays that were asource of considerable uungy= ance to the government at Washington, Canada has never been favorable to ar- bitration, and it is understood endeas vored to induce lLord Salisbury to aban- don that plan of settlement even after ho was fully committed to it. Failing in this the Canadian government de- wanded representation and will be als lowed one of the arbitrators. There is | perhaps no reasonable objection to be made to this, but it furnishes another il+ lusteation of the policy of interference and obstruction which has been uni- formly pursued by Canada in relution to . all questions between the United States d Great Britain in which Canada had any interest, and this country 's fuily justified in rogarding this polioy as an expression of hostility, It*ought to be obvious to Canadian statesmen that they have nothing to gain by persisting in a courso which induces a belief that they are unfriendly to the United States. Certainly such a policy will not tend to promote n feeling here favorable to commercial concessions which a very large number of the people of Canada regard as most essential to fheir pros- perity and welfaroe, The interests of Canada will bo best subserved by culti- vating the most friendly velations with the United States, but her tory govern- ment seems incapable of appreciating this fact. Thera is a growing party in Canada, however, which in the not res mote future may effect a material change in the attitude of that govern- ment toward the United States, A BUR The conditions which make the sug- gostion of a bureau of justice timely are, of course, regretable. They exist, how- ever, and hence in Chicago such a bureau has been successfully maintaing for three years, The purpose of the or- ganization is to employ competent at- torneys, who shall give porsonal atten- tion to cases where poor people, espe- clally working givls, working women and worl:ing orphan boys, are subjected to fmpositions by employers or others, and in general to teach those who would oppress the poor doso at their peril, The burenu also takes cognizante of the workings of existing laws and methods of procedure and is expected to suggest improvements, to propose new and be ter laws and to make efforts toward their enactment, The Chicago bureau in its first year conducted 1,164 cases; during the second year, 2,407, and during the third yeas, 8,783, During these years it collected $20,000 in wages, which has been placed to the credit of those who earned it. The experience in Chicago has demon- strated the importance of the bureau. The poor in every large city suffer from the greed of conscienceless employers and the usurious interest demanded by chattel mortgage sharks. Again, it is the observation of most men that the poor ave frequently forced to accept a nce of the wages they earn, scause they cannot afford to enfore their rights in the courts. Not infr quently innocent persons are convicted before our justice and police courts chiefly because they are unable to cure proper defense at the hands of hon- est attorneys. Cases where people bor- row moaey at exovbitant rates of inter- est, and, after payieg the principal two or three times over, finally lose all and are turned helpless and homeless upon the streets to beg or steal or worse are not uncommon, even in this city. Denver has recently organized a bureau of justice with two leading cler- gymen and one of the best known attor- neys of the city at its head. The bureau is supported by private subscription. The ideu is one which will take root in all large cities eventually and will tend in a great measure to remove one of the just causes of discontent among the bread winners. se- THE FAIR AND AN APPROPRIATION. The outlook for the proposed $5,000,- 000 government loan to the World’s fa is manifestly unfavorable, though coi gress may still be induced to give some additicnal financial assistance to that enterprise. The resolution adopted by the house by a decisive majority de- clares that no money ought to be appr priated by congress from tho public treasury, except such as is manifestly necessary to carry on the several depart- ments. The democratic majority is thus distinctly committed to the policy of limiting appropriations by the pres- ent congress to the absolute roquire- ments of the departmental service, and aithough the author of the resolutions, Mr. Holman, chairman of the appro- priations committee, expressed the opinion that they were broad enough to permit any and all appropriate and legitimate legislation, it i8 to be noted that he psid no attention to the sug- gestion that an appropriation for the fuir might be considered such legisla- tion. At the same time he indicaied that private pension bills and the like, as they all belong to the departments of the government, would be o consid- It is altogether probable that the feel- ing of the New York democracy, or more properly the Tammany faction of it, regarding the World’s fair is exert- ing an influence upon the democrats of the house. Itis well known that the former do not desire the success of the fair, and therefore will undoubtedly spare no effort to prevent any further aid from the government, whether in he form of & loan or otherwise. The leading organ of the dominant element of the New York democracy has per- sistently opposed the proposition that the government shall do anything more in a financial way foe the Columbian oxposition, and it 15 not to be doubted that it voices the general sentiment of those it represents. The force of this influence must not be underestimated. The democrats in congress will not con- sider this matter independently of polit- ical considerations. The World’s fair will not be a fai if corigress shall refuso to give it financial sid which iv is proposed to ask for, but without such aid it must fall short of the magnificent proportions now contemplated. It may still be the groat- est exhibition of the world’s products and achievements in science and art ever made, but without more money a part of the grand design will have to be ubandoned, inducing a” sense of regret that all could not be accomplished which American entorprise and ingenuity have gosted, It will be unfortunate if political rather than patriotic considera- tions shall have the greater weight 1n determining the question whether the government should lend further financial support to this great enterprise, to which we bave invited the world with the promise that it shall surpass all previous undertakings of tho kind, It may be that the request for $5,000,000 is extravagant and that o much less sum would be sufficipnt for every reasonable requiroment, but at any rate there should be a general and sincere desire ure the St JANUARY to provide whatover may ha found nec- essary to the compfSfe siccess of the fair. The charactdgal, the nation for enterprise, as woll as its honor, s in- volved, and it wouldde.alosing economy that for the sake of a few million dollars would permit these to be impaired in the estimation of the \Vcrlll OFFICIAL NEPOTISM. The departments at Washington re cently found it necessary to call & halt upon the systom of appointing velatives of department officialsfo important posi- tions, The nepotism practiced by pub. lic oMcials is demoralizing. Commis- sioner Raum’s troubles came largely from the fact that his§on occupied a con- fidential position in ;:n pension office. Congressman Springer has appointed hisson clork of the ways and means committee, and relatives of congross- men and senutors, as well ns department officers, are scattored all through the civil service. Governor Thayor's son is his private secretary. Superintendentof Public In- struction Goudy's wife is his deputy. Chief Grain Inspector Blanchard has appointed his son to a position in his department. A district judge proposes to name a nephew as court stenographer, Other instances will occur to the reader if he is familiar with the organization of the state and local offices, all of which gotoshow that the public service is made too often a matter of family profit and convenience, It is suggested that some of the new city officials propose to practice this same vice of nepotism, It should not be allowed, If necessary to protect the public otfices of Omaha from the demor- alization which so often follows its prac: tice, stringent ordinances should bha passed prohibiting any city official from appointing a relative to rkship, deputyship or any other position of trust or profit. A rule of this character should be likewise adopted by the Board of Education. nless something is done we shall soon find our city, county, dis- trict and state offices converted into asy lums for the benefit of the relatives of the people whom we solect to perform ofticial publie duties. A CLOSE CORPORATION. The annual meeting of the State Board of Agriculture will take place next Tuesday. On that day the horny- handed bankers, political posey gard- eners and agricultural walking delegates composing a majority of the board of managers will proceed as usual to per- petuate themselves in office. The presi- dents of county agricultural societies will participate of course; that is thoy will vote upon certain propositions, but they will be mere lookers on so far as the actual business of the board is con- cerned. A select coterie known as the state board of managers, a self propa- gating society of vefy shrewd gentlomen who know a good thing when they see it, and enjoy the spdeial privileges their positions afford, will Prdaiu what the board shall do. - In other states the Board of Agricul- ture is made up of practical farmers and stock growers, who eenduct the affairs of the sdciety under: state supervision for the promotion of the interests of land tillers and cafife raisers. In Ne- braska a self-s so corporation of shrewd wire-workers conducts the business of the board. They were created by a territorial law which has been so manipulated that rings of politicians have controlled not only its affairs but its membership. With the exception of Governor Furnas, the secretary, there are no men on the board who can lay claim to eminence in agriculture, horti- culture or stock growing. Bankers, | broken down politicians and men With political ambitions to subserve make up the organization. A gentleman closely associated with the B. & M. road and two or three Lincoln manipulators carry on the business, and by proper dis- crimination in issuing passes manage to have their friends present when they are needed and to shut out those who are not in the ring. The financial affairs of the board will not bear close inspection if rumors ave correct. Thero is said to be a shortage of several thousand dollars standing against a former treasurer. A fow years ago when the total receipts® from the annual fair raached less than $25,000 the board had a balance of about $10,000, Since that day the gate receipts have doubled but the cash bulances each year are nominal. The whole thing 18 open to suspicion, There is no law for the gov- ernment of the state board, Tt is doubt- ful whether or not it has any legal ex- istence. There is no proper check upon its oxpenditures. It is a profitable sine- cure for a number of gentlemen who are not farmers or stock growers, and a good thing for the passenger business of the railways centering in Lincoln. There should be some new blood injected into the board of managers, and the secret mechanism by which it perpetuates itself year aftor year should be exposed, BISHOP NEWMAN'S SUGGESTION, Bishop Newman, who has just re- turned from Oklahoma, makes some suggestions with regard to the opening of the Cherokee strip which should com- mend themselves to the secretary of the interior, The strip is a fine tract of land and has long been covéted by the whites. There will be a great ruph of speculators, as well as home seekers, to the strip when it becomes possible to obtain the land. Unless something is done to check them border desperadoes and conscience- loss speculators will by fair or foul means endeavor to get possession. The bishop would avoid bloodshed and down- right fraud in the 'ipevitable scramble by & tem of tickets issued only to 17, 1892-SIXTEEN parties who can establish their right to acquive a homestead, and each ticket holder to be given equal chance by lot for the land to be opened for settlement. This does not imply n lottery in any sense of the word, but a division of the land in quarter sections without favorit- ism. Precautions would of course have to be taken to prevent fraudulent man- ipulation by the officials to favored land soekers or speculators, Under such conditions there would be no chance for claim-jumping. Kach parcel of land would be recorded from the outset as the property of the ticket- holder who had previously established his right to settle upon the land. The desperado who would gain possession by force would be ousted in due time and the speculator could not acquire title until after the legitimato homestonder had secr red his patent at the end of five years' residence, Thero is, however, another way of preventing a bloody squabble. If the Cherokee strip subdivided into quarter soctions was put up at public auction to the highest bidder who must likewise be an intending settler would not only take off part of the wire edge of enthu- sinsm, but prove profitable to the gov- ernivent. Some means shonld be do- vised at all events which will prevent a repetition of the scenes when Oklahoma was thrown open. FOREST R RVATIONS. A law passed by the Fifty-first con- gress authorizes the prosident to set apart and reserve, from time to time, in any state or territory having public land-bearing forests, any part of the public lands wholly or in part covered with timber or undergrowth, whether of commercial value or not,as public reser- vations. Under this law the president lust year proclnimed a reserve about the Yellowstone National park, and also the reserve of the White river plateau in Colorado, embracing the head waters of the White, Grand and Yampa rivers. Referring to this authority the secretary of the interior snid in his annual report that if it is freely exercised it will antic- ipate many applications for licenses to cut timber, and he urgently recom- mended that congress take proper action to have the reservations that ave pro- claimed by the president ostablished as national public parks, or granted to the states to be preserved unimpaired and used for the benefit of the public only. There is an carnest effort now being made 1n Colorado to have a game and forest reservation established in that state vunning north to the south line of Wyoming. A number of temporary reservations, embracing over 3,000 square miles, have been established in Colorado, all of which it is expected will be mado permanent, and petitions are now in circulation asking for several others, among them a reservation to take in the forests which protect the headwaters of the South Platte. A Denver paper says the establishment of such reservations is of groat importance in its relation to the preservation of the* forests and tha future of Colorado agri- culture. Perhaps as much progress has heen made in this matter as could .rea- sonably be expected since the passage of the law, loss thanu A0, but a great deal may yet bz done in establishing these reservations that will prove of in- estimable value. It is the most effective plan that has vet been provided for protecting and preserving the forests, and it should be applied, with as little delay as possible, wherever there is necessity for forest vrotection. How general this demand i3 the statistics of timber destruction show, and le this was not so great last year as in some previous yoars, it continues to be large enouzh to warrant the fear that if not checked the next genervation of Americans will not be able to learn from personal observation in their own country what a forest is. The American Forestry association, at its last meeting, formulated ina bill to be presented to congress some valuuble suggestions which if adopted would so- cure very complete protection to the forests in the public domain, but exper- ience hardly warrants the expectation that they will be adopted, particularly in view of the fact that they will involve some additional expense to tiio govern- ment, In the meantime the reservation plan offers a very safe and satisfactor expedient, so far as its application is practicable. THE suggestion that Nebraska manu- facturers make an organized effort for an exhibition of Nebrasica made wares next fall cannot, if carvied into effect, fail to stimulate the patron: of home industries. An exposition ot the pro- ducts of our manufactories and mills will not only be an instruetive object lesson but a genuine surprise. Few people vealize the magnitude and varioty of our industrial establishments and fewer still have any conception of theopportunities which Nebraska holds out to men who intend to embark in transforming her raw materials into merchantable com- modities that ave now imported from other sections. A CORRESPONDENT a8 “In case no candidate for president receives a majority of the electoral vote and the election is thrown into the house, how many votes is each state entitled to?” Article 12 of the "constitution of the United States provides that in choosing the president by the house of repre- sentatives “‘the votes shall bo taken by states, the representation from each state having one vote; a quorum forthis purpose shull consist of a member or wembers from two-thirds of the states, and a majority of all the states.shall he necessary to a choice.” Of course, a ma- jority of the representatives of a state Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U, S. Gov't Report. Roal Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE PAGES would determine how its vote should oast, which would bo according to the political division of the representation Thus, if the cholce of the president should devolve upon the present house of representatives the one vote of over) state a majority of whose represanta- tives are democrats would cast for the democratic candidate, and the states having a majority of republicans in the house would cast their votes for the re- publican candidate. In case of a tie in tho political division of a state’s repre sentation it loses its vote. In the ent congross th two states have a majority of democratic representatives and twelve a majority of republicans. THE United States party to the treaty for the suppression of the slave trade in Africa, it may be oxpected that active measures will now bo taken to carry out the object of the convention, to which sixteen European nations have given their “assent. The delay of the senate in ratifying tho tronty waus due to u reluctance to recog- nize the justice of a partition of Africa among the nations of the world, and the actof ratification is accompanied with the declaration that the United States isnot to ho understood as oxprossing any opinion as to the lawfulness or jus- tice of the colonizing proceedings that have gone on in Africa, nor as sanction- ing any further operations of that sort. The terrible barbarities of the African slave traflic have long appealed to the moral and humane sentiment of the civ- ilized world, and it is eminently peoper that this country should unite with other nations to suppress a system, the crimes and cruelties of which are al- most incredible, while avoiding ‘“‘en- tangling alliances.” It is something of a departure from the historic policy of nonintervention in the affaivsof tho eastern hemisphere, but it is justitied by the righteousness of the caus ———— tate Board of Agriculture, or rather its board of managers, were earn- estly engaged in advanci tural interests of the state, they would not have missed the opportunity afforded by the state convention of the alliance to enlist that organization in behalf of the World’s fair exhibit. It is gene ly accopted that the state meeting of one year ago killed the sugar bounty. agricultural topics the local alliances take their cue from the state organiza- tion. The late meeting would undoubt- edly have given a suggestion re the Nebraska exhibit careful conside tion and the State Board of Agricultur as well as the Nebraska World's fair commission, must share the blame for the failuve of the state alliance to give an expression on the subject. By the President Powers is a member of the Nebraska World's fair commission and he should havo brought the ques- tion of an additional appropriation be- fore his organization. [ bo pros- having become n tho agricul- - ToM PATTERSON of North Platte is almost too elean and honorable o repub- lican to expect the appointment of reg- ister of the North Platte land off An oil room politician from-some oth part of the district, who huas been dis- owned by his neighbors, is more likely to succeed, of the i Lobe-Democrat A business hoom for 1802 1ike that of 1830 and 1881 is predicted. This may not be fully realized, but the out'ook Is certainly encour- uging, — Telephonic Trivmphs, San Franciseo Chrovidele. The possibility of tolephoning whispors from San Prancisco 1o Boston sounds like a great triumph of selence. but in the interest of peo- ple with nerves it is to be hoped that the sys- tem will never be so pertectod as to bring lcng-distancoe telephoning into common use, The telograph has Its disadvantages, but tiere is no “hello!” about it, — Russin d Indiana, New York Tribune The Indiuna whits caps are up to thelr pranks again. Last week a mun was taken frow nome and whippod until ne hud faintod twice, and u defonceless woman was ducked in s crevi until she could neither stand nor ery. The man may die and the womun is likely to. Meuntime the good peoplo of th state uccopt the situation caluly, and nuss resolutions donouncing Russian burbarity, BROWNING, KING & COo. 8, W, Cor. 16th and Doug'ay "ts, only, at 75c. Southwest Corner 15 Open Saturday evenings til! 10, On | SPIRIT OF THE STATE PRESS, Tho mesting of the Stata Farmers alliance at Lincoln the past week stirred up & good dealof Intarest in indepondent politics, Toe Bew's rop t the procoodings and talks with the leaders on the situation have been closely watched by the papers of the wnd largely commented on. The plans fort distribation of candidacios for the fall enmpalgn havo deawn out a fow of Interest. In roferriug to the aeal whereby if 18 sald Van Wyek is to stana for gove v, Powers 18 to run fo " Mee Kelghan's plue nd Burrows 18 to attempt 1o Jump into Paddock's shioes, o Htor says SOf course all suoh roports are the mersst oonshine, for arm we not assured m high thority that the allfunc not w political ors anizations” Anothor paragraphs " arks on Van Wy ull d future ndidaey: “Haa pendents put him up o 1800 tho uost toyd's ¢itizenship would stiil be sleeping K's the inde i ot appolntment of Burrows and Van s joint delogates tothe alllunce con for ds a publicopinion moulder to sny: “This Tooks 1ike harmony, but it isn't=it is stmply n schene to put these two dictators Whora they e i each other, The Wyek laer's candidacy for the United auses i good many caustie ro- marks. One democratio shoet says i ho o Suceessful ho ean joln witl Peffer and make 1a two-ring elreus. Spoaker States sona Tom Majors seems 10 have hoen putting hiniself en rapport with the republican editors of the oy southwostern part of the state. The Culbertson Kooublican has decinred for Tow for governor and the Beaver City Tribune endorses the Republican's position The ramor that Lo 1. Richards hus organized abu msolf for tha gubernato rial nomination, while not ubsolutely c firmed, has been glven color of triuth by the report that e will take personal churgo and pay all expenses of the stute oditoril convention which nicets afl Fromont Junuary N and M. The four editors who hive aiready joined “the bureau will undoubtedly b on i) an to boon | Apropos of the Fremont statesnian's candi- dacy the Grand [sland [ndepenc SRivhards would be a playtie of Van Wyck." nt remarks i the hands « Lincoln paper, Churen Hows d at the Farmors ail Acgordin § ropresent stat neo lie Sh ontod John C. Santee, who has by turns, there was in it 18 again at the front, this tin riony with the national administration. reason for this 1 ) b apparent when it is to be postmaster at Butto City, the county of the new county of Boy and democrat call, who is hoom- conzrossionnl nowi- used of ho- he query s sprang: “What hacome Uncle Erastus Brown, the standiy ndidate forthat job. and why is he passed over silently in this matter:" Bushnellof the Li Tesse Strode for the fon In the First distele The demoeratic Howells Journal has seen G, W. E. Dorscy’s namo mentionod as a candi- o for congress in the now Third and it akes the editor's weath to rise, “Can it ho g1 dIVEWo doubt it very (,,}oing to Change Shirts--- We've closed a contract with another factory to make our white shirts this we goods, good as the new ones, want them in the when the others come in, we will sell Monday only, our No. 150 regu- = 1 lar $1.50 white launder- ed shirt, open back, also open back and front, all sizes and length of sleeves at $1. Our $1 shirt,almost like No.150,0pen back Qur three popular lines of 50c, 75¢ and $1 unlaundered white shirts in one lot at 50c¢ a shirt. Browning, th and Dougl: possible.” hie suys,“that there are f0ols cu in this aistrict to again r sminate Dorsey? aieh, To he sure, his non tnation would 1 e the dony nd indep publi inst. Dorsey th the election of Ken The latest name mentioned for the nomina- tion for attorn general is that of A, D. Mo- Gandless of Wyinore. The York Democrat announces that it ex- pects Celonel Colby tohob up as a candiaate for corrress, und It declares itselt in favor ot the republ 1s nominating hin MILING POINTS. Washington Star: * “Curlous.” * remarked Jinkiusoi “*how many people it takes to do one tl Whon my lundlord raises the rent 1 have to hustle around and raise it too. ‘The unusuul absenco on 15 ot Philadelphin Ledger of witticisms about the plumber this se due to the fact that the weather is out joint. No freeze, no bust; no bust, no Ana—How co it L b Mary Boston Transcript: | sounds to hivea teamster shout out YOu witen you are crossing thestreet Yes; it does sound low. be very constdorad pocket 1 Roston Courler: A pi bt Dy export at his business and 3 4 Just “gotting his hand i, MISTAKEN ZEAL. New Yok Herald. There was a young man of uducah Who sot out to gather in lucab, Jet on the ace I iunocent grace And found the result was w euchah, ihar 1n Sho i for tho dif- al: Hewl am mode of spellin uke i wices Tndianapotis Jour fuvor of the English indeed! St in i in the world, Detroit Free Press: Ue was profounily in- sted in writing a tetter . ren’t you up to see your nsked the 1 next to him. I'm writing to her father now."” 07 Asking him for he Askinz bim for my overcont and hat o didn’s glve me time to et as L went out.” girl last Washington 8tar; “Didu’t [ hear one of your mon executing a I'yroloan warbl od th benevolont stranger of the forewin of w gans after some hesili- this 45 log heavin'y was the answe Lo roll this is. shirts cellent year, The have are e as we don't way but Monday only, King&Co Streets, Other days till 6:80