Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 28, 1892, Page 4

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Drafts. checks and postofice orders 10 be made piyable to the order of the com- i Bes Publishing Grnpay, Propritrs EWORN STATEM CIRCULATION, ttate of Nebraski ™~ Douglas. | Kk, socretary of The BER pany, does solemnly swear the actual eireulation of Tik DATLY Bre forthe week ending Jonuury 25, 1802, was as follows: Wednosday, Thursdny triday, Jin Eaturday, J Average..... G Byworn to Lefore me and co this Zid day of Janunry. A. N. P. FEIL, Notary Publie. ———e e TnE Chilian misunderstanding out of the way, the next question is how to dis- pose of Garz —_— Ir OMATIA does not secure a beet sugar factory this year she will miss an excellent opportunity for focalizing the beet sugar business at this city. subscrived In my D. 1802, STANFORD and Peffer, the plutocrat and the croaker, selected a most inon- portune time for springing their finan- cial vaguries upon the country. JINGOISM and the resentment of for- eign insults are two very distinct things, but there are some Jnorthern democrats whose perception is not fine enough to detect the va THERE can be no question but England helpea to foment the ill-feeling of Chili toward the United States. Probably England would have been less meddle- some except for the Irish accent with which our minister speaks South Ameri- can Spanish. SOME notion of the extremity to which the Russian peasunts are reduced may be obtained from the fact that they are emigrating from the famine districts to Siberia. They prefer the rigors of a Si- berian winter to starvation. COMMISSIONER STENBERG deserves great credit for the offorts he is making to introduce business methods into the management of our county affairs, While the task which he hus under- taken is a laborious and thankless one, he wilt have the moral support of the taxpaying citizens in every offort to give Douglas county a more officient ad- ministration. THE American correspondent of the London Chronicle, who claims to know that Secretary Blaine has been merely proteriding to favor peace to gain time and that it is his purposé to conquer Chili in the interest of American trade, is entitled to a leather medal as a very gifted liar, If he keeps on in the way he has begun the laurels of the distin- guished Santiago prevaricator of the T.ondon Z¥mes will be endangered. WHITELAW REID has bad about all the honor, glory and enjoyment that can be gotten by an American minister at the French capital. He has enter- tained in princely style, and his $17,000 a year scarcely paid the house rent for his palatial regidence on Avenue Hoche. He now proposes to resume his vosition at the head of the great paper founded by Horace Greeley, which must have an experionced hand at its helm during the coming national campaign, No mun in America can veplace Whitelaw Reid at the head of the Z'vibune. THE Sixteenth street viaduct has out- lived its usefulness. Sixteenth street is now and always will remain the princi- pal artery of commerce between the ex- treme north and south sides. The gap hetween Leavenworth and Pacific streets agross the main tracks of the Union Pa- cific and Burlington roads should be spanned by a viaduct fuily as substan- tial, if not as broad, as the Tenth street viaduct. In view of the unsafe condition of the wooden bridge, which has taken the place of a viaduct for more than ten years, stops should, be taken promptly for the erection of a real iron and stone p er viaduct, It is within the power of the city to order this viaduct built and nssess the expense upon the railroads benefited. ~ Until the old viaduct is abandoned and anew one constructed the city has full power to compel the railroads that pass under it to recon- struot and make it safe for travel and teaffic, E—— SENATOR CHANDLER of New Hamp- shire is determined to break up, if it be possible to do so, the system of free rail- road pusses which he charges has been the means of corrupting, in the interest of the corporations, legislators, judges, and other officials of that state. He has sucoeeded in showing the wide extent of this abuse and in securing a ruling from the Interstate Commerce commission ‘that ought to remedy it in part, but he is not yet satisfied with results and is ‘keeping up the warfare. The country needs more such men as Ssnator Chand- lor, who will dare to publicly and fear- Jessly uttack this evil and who have the tenacity of purpose to maintain the fight against it. The New Hampshire seuator is setting a most worthy exam- ple, and the service he is doing in the interest of the people the peovle will not full to appreciate. Were thero but one equally able and persistent foe of the free pass evil in each state of the union thut abuse would be entirely ve- moved within a year. THE WAR CLOUD DISPELLED. There will not bo war between the United States and Chili. Our govern- ment is officially informed that the Chilian government has ncceded to its demands and is willing ‘o leave the question of indemnity to the decision of the supreme court or to that of a neutral power. The chairman of the house com- mittee on foreign affairs is quoted as saying that the apology of Chiliis en- tirely satisfactory, and that the only thing that remains to be done is to settle the quostion of indemnity, which can havdly be attendoed with any serious dif- ficulty. The government of the United States will not bo disposed to be exact- ing. and undoubtedly Chili will cheer- fully pay whatevor amount may be as- sessed ngainst her as damagos, The country is to bs congratulated upon tho prompt and peaceful settle- ment of this imbroglio, which might have been greatly proionged, with more or less disturbing effects, but for the firm and decisive policy of the adminis- tration. From theinception of the diffi- culty President Hurrison, while show- ing a proper degree of patience and for- bearance, has never temporized, and the result most amply vindicates the wisdom of his course. The country will fully appreciate his able, firm and pat- riotic management of the issue, and other countries will learn fromn it that there is at the head of the government an executive keenly sensitive to an at- tack upon the honor and dignity of the nation, fully alive to the duty of protect- ing its citizens in foreign lands and cap- able of wisely and fearlessly asserting its international rights. Whatever carping ceitics at home and envious critics: abrond may say, the United States will gain in the respect of the world by this incident and will also im- prove her position asthe arbiter of the destinies of the nations in the western hemisphere. . Chili has pursued the wise and pru- deunt course, and whatever her present sense of humiliation may be the time is not far distant when her people will heartily approve the action of the states- men no ¥ at the head of her affairs. It is not o be expected that popular hos- tility toward Americans wiil at once die out, but passion will cool in time and will be followed by a renct’on that will bring the two countries into closer and move friendly relations than have ever subsisted botween tiem. The episode ought to bo usefully suggestive to the statesmen and people of both countries. STATIST! STATISTIOS. Figures are of great importance if they are properly combined. They are useless as the basisof an argument, how- ever, if the conditions producing them are entirely different from those to which it is proposed to apply them. Nevertheless, we are all unxious for sta- tistics upon which to form opinions upon all manner of subjects for the future. The oflicial statistical reports of the gov- ernment are invaluable, taken for a series of vears, as u basis of comparison for those years, but they are so long in preparation that they fall far short of our demnds for immediate calculations. For instance, the “‘advance sheets” of the railroad statistics of the Inteistate Commerce commission for the period ending Juae 30, 1890 are just making their appearanca, The conditions ex- isting in 1889-90 avo very diffarent from those prevailing today. To say nothing of the growth of population.and wealth of the states peaetrated by these lines, the crop results and prices are fur bet- ter than thoy were at the time of the report, and a year of unparalleled agri- cultupal distress has been experienced meanwhile. The figures of the commfs- sion will not afford congress or the state legislatures a fair basis for action upoa transportation matters, There are like objections to many of the reports issued by the departments at Washington. The newspapersulmost invariably anticipate the crop reports. The commercial agencies, with their excellent facilities for collecting and disseminating information concerning crops, business, etc., ure far suparior to the Agricultural department in this par- ticular, and all because of the intolera- ble deliberation incident to compiling government reports. There is no ex- cuse, either, for this unfortunate condi tion of the national statistics, for the government can as réadily pather and compile facts and figuves as newspapers or commaercial agencies. The practice of publishing statistical information so long out of date as to bo practically worthless is not oniy expensive, but it is ridiculous. A live, intelligent reformer ought to bo welcome in each of the vari- ous stutistical bureaus at Washington, THE SUPREMFE COURT VACANCY. The late Justice Bradley was ap- pointed from New Jersey, and he pre- sided over tie judiclal district composed of that state, Pennsylvania and Dala- ware. Out of regard for precedent, not, however, uniformly observed, it may be that the president’ will uppoint an asso- ciate justice from the district composed of the above states, and already a num- ber of available men have been pre- sented to his attention. Pennsylvania, particularly, has several candidates, among them the chief justice of the su- preme court of the state, who is com- mended as a jurist of very superior qualifications. New Jersey will of course expect 1o be recognizad, and it is quite probable there will be candidates from othor parts of that section of the country, If sectional considerations may prop- erly have any weight in determining appointments o the supreme bench, and all other things being equal there is no valid reason why they should not have, the president would find warrant in the existing sectional distribution of mem- bers of the court in going away from the east 1o find a successor to the late Jus- tice Bradley. The east has two repre- sentutives on the supreme bench, Jus- tice Gray of Massachusetts and Justice Blatehford of New Yori. The south is representod by Justice Loamar of Missis- sippi and Justice Harlan of Kentucky. The middle states are represented by Chief Justice Fuller of llinois and Justice Brown of Michigan, The central west is represented by Justice Brewer of Kansas, and the Paelfic states by Jus- tice Field of California. The greav northwest has no represontation in the supremue court, and, as has been observed , | lar she must bestiv herself and THE if sectional considerations are to count for anything the northwest is clearly en- titled to a place on the bench of that tribunal. The fact that that section has not furnished n memberof the coust, un- less Town bo regarded as having been a part of it when the late Justice Miller was appointed in 1862, is ensily undor- stood. But it is no longer to be regarded asanew country, and thera are living in it jurists in every wiy qualified to oc- cupy a place on the suprems bench. Until the existing vacancy occurred, the east had a preponderating repre- sontation in the supreme tribunal, which from the sectional point of view it was not entitled to. There would be no improvement in filling the vacancy by apvointment from Pennsylvania or any other eastern state. The court would undoubtedly be made stronger in popular confidence by taking a succes- sor to Justice Bradley from the north. west, and the distribution of the mem- bership of the court would be more sat- isfactory. THE TARIFF REFORM PROGRAM. There is a threatened split in the ways and means committeo over the question of the best plan to be pursued in reform- ing the tarift. It is well knowa that some of the democratic members of the committee do not regard with favor tho plan of Chairman Springer of attacking the tariff by separate bills, and the judgment of some of the most influential members on the democratic side of the house is unqualifiedly opposed to this polic; It appears certain to encounter the vigorous hostility of Mr. Mills, and there is every indication that he will have a large following whenever he shall decide that the time has arrived to manifest his opposition. These men regard the plan of Mr. Springer as in the nature of a surrender, and they are not at all moved by the argument that it wou!d be impossible to pass through congress a bill for a general revision of tho tariffl. They insist that the demo- crata of the house have a plain duty to perform, in obedience to the instructions of their constituents, and they are not to consider what may or may not happen in a republican senate. Having been elected to revise and reform the tariff, eay Mr. Miils and those who think with him, they should proceed to do this by one general measure, regardless of the result of the effort, and not by separate bills aimed at particular features of the law. . If the faction of the majority that holds this view can obtain some assis- tance from the republicans, it will very likely be able to defeat the Springer policy. It is said that the republican moembers of the ways and means com- mittee are disposed to make such a com- bination, perhaps expecting thereby to defeat all attempts at tariff legislation. If this should be the result it would probably be accepted as good party tactics, but some of the proposed changes in the tariff for which bills have been introduced are to be desired and it would be wise on the part of the republicans no‘ to oppose them. Lum- ber and sult ought to be on the free list; and there is no very good reason why coal should not also be exempt from duty. It is highly probable that sepa- rate bills providing for the free admis- sion of these articles could be passed through congress and would receive the approval of the. president, and .such legislation would be quite as valuable to the republicans as to the democrats for politicul capital. A general revision of the turiff by this congressis clearly out of the question, but something may be done to relieve the people without material detriment to the revenues of the government. GIVE US AN UNCLOUDED TITLE. The Byron Reed heoirs donot relin- quish their reversionary interest in the library lot. Until u conveyanceof this is placed in escrow pending the comple- tion of the structure, not a dollar should be expended on the library building. A city should never accept realty for public buildings with conditions in the title that would cause a reversion of the property to the heirs of the donor. The concessions made by the heirs of the Reed estate with regard to the di- mensions of the proposed library build- ing and its partial location on the ad- jucent lot remove someof the most vital objections urged by THE BEE against the acceptance of the bequest. It seems to us, however, that the will of the late Byron Reed will be complied with when the city has erected and completed a substantial library building upon the lot donated. If the fee simple to this lot be held in escrow by a trustee agreed upon between the heirs and the city until the building shall have been completed, the city would have a clear and unclouded title. There is no excuse for tying up this building for all future generations. If it is constructed as it ought to be, not semi-fireproof on wooden joists and foors, but strictly fireproof with steel boams and tile or concrete flooring, this will afford abundant assurance thut the structure will continue as a public library for fifty to u hundred years. ‘When Omaha has passed the half- million population mile post the build- g erected in 1892 or 1898 will be altogether 0o contracted and the lot might also be inadequate for a greunt library, museum and art hall. In thai event the city should be free to use the building for whatever purpose it may best be fitted, A BEET SUGAR ACTORY. Several well known citizens of Omaha who have devoted considerable time to investigating the subject have inaugur- ated s movement which, properly sup- ported by Douglas county furmers and citizens of Omuha, will result in the es- tablishment here of a beet sugar fac- tory. Great enterprises froquently erow from small beginnings, There is reason for the hope that this movement will be 50 encouraged by our citizens and farmers that it shall bacome the nucleus of the most important industey in the Omaha of filteen years henco, As Tie BeE has frequently femarked, Omaba is the natural center of this in- dustry which promises to be the most important and profitable in this central section of the union, To profit by her geographical advantages in this partieu i 0 Lirst & sugor factory and later develop OMAHA DAILY THURSDAY this into a gefinery and refineries which shall bo fed By, the factories of all this interior region: The farnifgof Douglas county have aninterestavstnke, With the establish- ment here ofd factory they will notonly find a profitable market for their sugar beets, but the sfactory will cmploy men, women and Bpys who in tarn will con- sume other faem products. Should the business findfl§ grow into the import- ance promised,it will fequire an army of employes and every man, woman and chiid of therfi il help to make a local market for the food products of Douglas county farms. The farmers should at- tend the meeting of Saturday morning in strength and guarantee enough acres of beets to leave the city gentlemen without excuse for abandoning the scheme they have proposed. THE average ward politiciap is always shouting reform and retrenchment be- fore election, but resists every effort at reform and retrenchment as soon as his candidates have taken possession of the offices. This has been the practice heretofore but the time has come when our city officials must carry out the pledges made before election. “Just before taking’ is one thing, and ‘‘just after taking’ quite another thing. ——— THE committee engaged in soliciting subscriptions for a guarantee fund for the Inter-state drill report encouraging progress. There should be no delay in this matter. The Inter-state drill meet- ing will leave more cash in Omaha than a national political convention. Now let every business man in Omaha and every farmer in Douglas county give the sugar beet careful thought and consideration, so as to participate intel- ligently and effectively in the Board of Trade meeting Saturday morning at 10 o’clock. TomM MURRAY has good horse sense. Ho needs a fire engine house on the cor- ner of Eighteenth and Harney to pro- tect his famous row on stilts from going up a flume some night. WHEN the people elected the present city administration on the retrenchment issue they supposed they had sufficiently emphasized their will to influence every officer to do his duty. ‘WITH new blood in its official veins, the Omaha Driving Park association should do something more than drive out toits grounds and look them over this season, °*/ It REMAINS 'to bo seen whether the taxeaters haye greater influence over the city council;than the taxpayers, ~(Perse Truth, New York Recorder, Naturalized Minister Egan is a far better American oitizgn than are some of the natur- alized editors Wib are assailing him. sl e, tort to the Enemy. Demncrat. The Iowa replidlicans who are teiling the ir party in that ststy to stick to_ prohibition 1 the canvass thisyear are laying themsolvies open to the suspicion of being in the pay of the democratic party Glving Co “al - Get Thee to the Museum. Detroit Free Press. Colonel Shepard wants space at the Co- lumbisn exposition to publish a newspaper and show the world how the thing is done. As well have a whitewasher on hand to turn out o1l paintings, or a boilermaker to do the work of a lapidar; st A The Allegation Rofated, St. Paul Ploneer-Piess, The statement thit the wife of Chris Columbus, one of the alleged discoverers of America, was 8 smarter man than her bus- bana and first put him onto the schoms of starting out to discover this continent, is too thin. A woman of that sort woula have beeu burned as a witch too quick to talk apout it, in the good old da; e Workiug for Votes, St. Paul Globe. Congressman Pickler of South Dakota is one of the cheap demagogues who ure always trying to make capital by oftering tidbits to the old soldiers, as if they were children to be treated to tafly, or mendicants in need of constant donations. He has introduced a bill to admit all war veterans to the World’s fair free. Very few of them are likely to thank him for indulging 1 such claptrap at their expense, Utah and Statehood, Washington Post, There will doubtless be opposition to this meusure on the part of those who still per sist that the territory should be held under a pelitical ban, because of the unsavory odor of a system that has lierally been buried out ofsight if uot of recollection, but the wiser view to take is that the sins of the father should oot be visited upon the children by whom these sins have been renounced and repudiated, whoso qualitios as good citizens bave reached a stage of fruitful development, and whose loyalty to the union is unques- tioned, ————— A Warning Note, St. Louis Republic, The New York World esserts that Mr. Cleveland, before leaving home on his hu ing trip to Loulsiana, prepared a lotter aa nouncing formally his withdrawal from the presidontial contest, and that he was dis suaded from jpublishing it by a number of hils frienas whofi'fie had ucquainted with his purpose. Ther§ 'l probavly no basis for this, 08 such ug,ajaouncement would be vre- macure at this thpe, snd at a later psriod might be shownso be unnecessary. Hut we take occasion 20!repeat what we have said before, that if At #ny time Mr. Cleveland is conviuced that he cannot have in the na- tiouval conventigy.ghe support of the New York delegation, ;he should apprise his frieuds throughoit the country of that fact, and thus leave Thém freo Lo concentrate upou a wostern cand with whom to defeat the senatorial combine which has taken tha party in charge 3d proposes to run it. This wust be done befepe it is too late, Chicago News: Chili ought to take antife orine for ber temper. phis Appeat: Say, Chuli, buzz-saw you are monkeying with. Washington Post: Chili has undoubteily decided that ic is better to be surly than Lo be sorry. Coleago Times: Somchow 1t seems as if licking Chilt would leave a bad ta.te in Uncle Sam's mouth. Miozcapolis Tribune: 7The Chilian gues- tiou: *Well, Uncle 510, what are you golng 1o do about 1" Chicazo luter Ocoan: Chilian forecast Warm and cloudy with showers of advice (o 53 from all qua 3 nnati Comni apologize and make a hardsome app tion Jor the Warld's fair, snd all will be for ziven. Minneapolis Tribune: Cmir's positicn We dow't like Minister KEg Therdfore, thut's o | b I of my head off. ARY 28, 1892 keep yoar sailors at home or we'll stab ‘em in the back. Washington Post: Chili is demanding time, There are quite a number of peonle who think she should ve given a monkey and parrot time. Chicago Post: The best way to intimidate Chili is to send her marked copies of the rural papers containing woodcuts of the United States navy. Boston Globe: Chill may find to her cost that there's no grip so “rattling” and utterly demoralizing as the erip of the wrathful Yankes, tried boyond endurance, Chicago Tribune: Will Chili please look at the four-word motto on an ordinary American coin and remember that Uncle Sam has the heavy battalions also! Denver News: Men who pretend to b so eager to march to the “‘front' as volunteers do not take into consideration the beauties of a steerage voyage around Cape Horn. PN TALKED ABOUT IN THE STATE. Nebraska is on the eve of & new ceparture in politics. A number of republican alliance farmers in tho westorn part of the state are about to organize repiiblican alliance clubs. Some time ago a prominent alliance man who was not an independent, ana who still affili- ated with the republican party, asserted that @ @ood percentage of the members of tho alli ance were still, like himself, good repub- licans, On his suggestion a poll of the alli- ance members in the state was quietly taken and it was discovered that the gentleman quoted was correct. The exact result of this poll s not koown, but it is true the figures wero so favorable that it was agreed toat once inaugurate a movement to raily these republican farmers around a common center. The initial stops have alreadv been taken, ‘The plans of the new organization are as yot only partially matured, but those who inow tho designs of the leaders say that the alliance republicans are afraid of tho man- agers of the republican party, They have been so often cajoled by false promises that thoy aro suspicious, They want to vote the republican ticket, but in past years the party ieadors have folsted mon upon the ticket whom the allianze men could not conscien- tiously supnort, They fear a repetition of the same tactics this year. Asaconsequence they will keep away from the republican primaries and conventions. After tho state ticket has been named, however, they will call a convention of their own. If the nomi- nations made by tho republicans aro satis- factory to the alliance men, and the platform is ono on which they can stand, they will proceed to endorse them. If, however, the nominations aro unsatisfactory, thev will name a ticket of their own, solecting such of the nlluurlllecs of the old party they may sce fit. Colonel E. D. Webster, the veteran war horse, asserts that the only hupe of succoss for the republican state ticket the coming fall is to nominate a man for governor who resides in the extreme westorn part of tho state. 'If we do that,” the colonel is reported to have said, “‘we can knock out the independ- ents. Powers will be their candidate, aud if the republicans namo a wman from Powers' own county, there’ll be no question about the result. Thatll settle it.” Colonel Webster lives At Stratton. Strat- ton is in Hitchcock county. Powers resides in Hitchcock county when he is at home. The pretty little tale told about Colonel Colby presenting to President Harrison a bridle made from the hair of Linden Tree has been spotled by a Lincoln paver, #-ich asserts that decoption has been practiced. “Linden Tree,”” says the narrator, ‘‘would be balu of mane and tail had he been plucked to make a bridle for the president, but ho is not bald. The bridle came in another way. Out at the Wyoming penitentiary work has been scarce and the prison contractor has allowed trusties to go out from the walls and scalp dead_ponies on the plains left by the cowboys. The tails of tne dead ponies were taken into the pen where the contract- ors have been making hair bridles in large numbevs, ''hese bave been taken east, gvon so far as Washington and sold, and as Goneral Colby is fertile in resources ho saw his opportunity. A bridio was purchased 1n color much tke same as Linden Tree. Today the president is cherishing, more or less, a bridie that, while accompanied by an eloguent speech as to its noted origin, has, 1n fact, no greater pedigree than that it came from a dead brorcho left upon the plains of Wyoming within reach of the workmen in he penitentiary of that state,” Charles Weoster of the Silver Creek Times is an allisnce man ana an uncompromising republican and he isn’t bashful about letting it bo known. As a consequence he ran up against Dictator Burrows some time ago. He now recalls the fact aad says: *More than a year ago Brother Burrows neaded a article in'his paper in this way: ‘One by One the Roses Fall, Van Wyck and Wooster Gone.’ It is observed, however, that Var. is still on deck and next fall will probably be the inde. pendent candidate for governor. Wooster is still plugging about 1 the dirt tending his calves and pigs, but continues to keep his weather gye open and will try and keep up with the procession.’’ In one issue the Svu Paul Republican “‘throws up its bat” for Ross L. Hammond for congress in the Third district, shouts for Rev. J. G. Tate in the Fifth, and endorses Juck MacCali for governor or for congress in the Sixth district, The Grand Island Tudependent has this to say: “Van Vyck for governor on the inde- pendent ticket seems a very strong proba. bility, and should such & nomination be made tho republicans will nead as a candidate a mau about whom no wioged insects hover, and one who is strong in the ‘wet there’ and ‘stay there' qualities. Senator Van Wyck is a rustler, aud oneof the very best campaign- ors in the stato of Nebraska in spite of his *pernicious politics.””" . coMIcar NGS. Washinzton Stur: The truly happy man Is the one whose digustion lives in harmony with his appetite. Lowell Courler: A happy pare—an old- fashioned apple-bee. Deotrott Kree Press: Miss Chinner--O, I'm s0 fond of the viviet! Ithink it s the most modest flower that srows. Spigzit--You forzet the pink of propriety, Miss Chinner. Columbus Post ho gront puglilsts are try.05 1o defeut ench other by w knockout DION. g Ella (ut the opera)—There's Charle d L'do belleve he's got on Harry Siun- t. sense! He wouldn't borrow n dress cont. a (excitedly)—Dou't you suppose I know vhut right sleevo? BEFORE AND AFTENR, Washington In Washington a consressman, Some 2ront things thou ht to do. He folt like this when ne bogant And this when be got through: ki New Orleans Ploayuno: When there is any- thing extra olug on the newsboy 15 alwiys ready 10 wiey Lho Issue. Puck: The Czar—A horrible thought strikes n The Lord 1lign Executioner-Whut is that, your majesty? The Czur—1f thut dentist wus 4 nihilist he pd iy toeth with dynamite. Then ¥ have i first time I bite nurd Ishall blow the top Detroit Free Press, 1 thought she was u jewel, A nd pure wid br Sho was 08 beiliang e that winter night. 1 know she dazzled me— "I'wits easy GUILe Lo 00 % e, S hud a ra; Somervil o Journal: We all distrust the Doastiul wun, but somehow most of us do not stop Lo think that if we boast peop.e will dis- | trust us. No habitual weather prophet will ever go to heaven iton e wusio of the poan st s but 1t 1 sounds like sixty. HAVE TAKEN ALL THE SPACE World's Fair Managers Oan't Begin to Ac- commodate Would-Be Exhibitors. MANY DEMANDS MUST BE CUT DOWN Congress Wil be Asked for More Money An Enoch Arden Tale in Which an fowa Man Is the Principal. Ciricaao Bunsav o Tie Bre, | CHICAGO, [1L1., Jan, 27, | Divector General Davis called his devart- meat ohiefs around him and discussed the time for shutting the books on applicants for space in the exposition buildings. No date was fixed for closing the books, but it is un- derstood that no applications will be re- coived after July 1. “We have more applications now than we know what to do with, aid the director general. ‘“‘Eyery availablo inch of space in the buildings has been appliea for. Of course it will be necessary to cut down the demands of applicants. In view of the flooa of applications, 1 am of the opinion that they should not be received after July 1. The matter, however, will be loft to tho board of control for its decision at its next meeting bero. The last report of the number of ap- plications, made several weeks ago, reachod 15,000. This was nearly 7,000 more than was recelved by the centennial management up to the time of opening its gates.” Lady Managers Want Moy The board of lady managors want $125,000 from congress to carry on_its work for the fiscal year beginning July 1, 1893, and ending July 1, 1803, Mrs, Potter 'Palmer has pre- pared a detailed statement showing how the money can be spent to good advantage by the board. This estimate will be put in the hands of some congressman who is interested in the work of the lady managers, and it 1s belioved a separate nll[mul will be made to congress for funds. The national commis- sion has also askoed for $125,000 to pay 1ts runuing expenses, in_addition to the $700,000 wanted by the committee on awards, oveltios to be Exhibited. Seven London financiers have organized a syndicate with the object of building on the World’s fair grounds in Chicago an exact re- vroduction of the tower of London. Gloster Armstrong, ropresontative of tho syndicate, arrived in this country in December and was immediately prostrated by the grip. Ho has now rocovered and is gotng to England im- | mediately. Pictures made by Sivux artists will form a department ot the I[ndiun exhibit at the World's fair. Pine Ridge has its painters. One or two of unusual talent wera recently disvovered by Miss Emma C. Sickles. Nativo miners in South Afr summer costume, washing diamonds out of earth iw- ported for the great Kimberly mines, will bo aunique exhibit from Cape Colony, South Africa. M. Beorlina, special commissioner from the cofuy, is here to sec what arrange- ments can be made for the exhibits. His Wife Had Married Hls Brother. Hallet Mooney, who deserted his first wite near Creston, Ia., twenty-two years ago, came to Decatur to learn’that his first wife bad been living twelve yours, married to his younger brother, Abrahwm Mooney. The couple met and parted, and today Hallet left for his western -home. The first wife after waitiug eight years and hearing that Hallet had died, concluded to marry again. The vawr looked at the situation philosopbically and decided not to make a row. ©0dds and Ends, Miss Florence Hall's claims to a portion of the estate left by the late W. J. Florence is branded by local theatrical people as an at- tempt to make a sensation. M. J. H. Mc Vicker, who knew Mr. Florence over forty yoars, when questioned on .the subject ex- pressed unbounded surprise and denounced the story as ontirely false. “‘Mr. Florence's reputation as a man was entirely above such slander,” said he. There ;s at present no disposition on_the part of the Chicago employes of the Erie road to join their Huntington brothers. As the result of the efforts of Miss Gurnoy of London there will be formed in Chicago a branch of the religious society kaown as the International Police ussociution. Yerkes' imported steam motor, already described in Tir Bie, has boen tested with satisfactory results, There was no escape- ment of steam and very little noise. Ed Ahearn knooked out Jim Gallagher in nine savago rounds in the rear of asalcon in Tweifth street, near Halstead. - TWO MEN ROASTED T0O DEATH. Unable to Escape from a Burning Dwélling They Perish. AviLa, Ind., Jan. 27.—Yesterday morning the farm house of George Myers, three miles west of Kendallville, was burned to the ground, and Marion, the 18.year-old son of Mr. Myors, and Mr. Owens, a brother of Mrs. Myers, who were sleeping in an upper room, were literally roasted to death, When discovered the flames had gained such head- way that it was impossible to rescue the un fortunates. Mr. Myers and his wifo and fiy children barely esoaped with their lives. “This morning the_unrecognizable remains of Mariou and Mr. Owens wero taken out, and the bones will' bo buried in ono caskot. Otners wore sleeping i tho upper rooms and escaped by jumping from a window. The family is left utterly destitute, and citizens are contributing liberally to their aid. Cooperage Factory Burned. Ciicago, 1L, Jan. 27.—A fire occurred in D. W. Ryan’s cooperage factory, 1927 Coven- try stroot, last evening, which did about £73,000 damage o stock and bullding. The dryicg kiln contaized about 150,000 staves and barrel heads, which maae good material for a fierce blaze. ‘'he greater part of these were consumed. From the drying room tho flames made their way 1o the portion of the ouilding in which the machinery was sta- tioned. Two hours of hard fighting wero ro- quired to extinguish it. Another Blew- Cuioago, TiL, Jon. 27.—E. H. Reeven, s woalthy cattle man of Glidden, Ta., was found dead in bed at @ hotel this morning. It ls supposed he blow out the gas beiore retiriug. Mother and Child Cromuted, GALLERY JUSCTION, Pa,, Jan. 27.—Early this morning, Mrs. Hiudmun aud her child per- ished in the flames that aestroyed their home. 2 Perished 1o nt Fire, Pirrsnung, Pa., Jun 27.—~In Alleghany last umight a boy was burned to death in a fire which destroyed two tenemsnt houses. Mr. Spurgeon who, 1t was announced yester- day, was suffering from an attack of gout in the head und hands, has become worso. It was said yesterday (hat he was progressing toward recovery. but this morniug it is an= nounced that he is in a critical condition, A doctor is in constaut attendaace on him. e Boequests of J. L Case, Racixg, Wis., Jan. 27.—The will of the late J. L. Caso hus been admitted to provate. The ostate, valued at $1,100,000, is left to the widow and childreu, except a couple of small bequests, one of §5,000 to Mrs, Jane Wright, n sister of the deceased living at Denver mnother of $2,000 to Klorence Holbreok o Chicago. Everything is bequeathed in trust for the children to Charles H. Lee Jackson 1. Case, & son, wiil manage the threshing machine works. - WORKING IN EARNEST, Efort to Get the Independent National Con- vention Becoming Serlons, The committeo appointed to take stens toward sccuring the next indopendent na- tional convention for Omaha met at Gate City hall yesterday afternoon. Most of the committeemen present wero menbers of the independent party, but lot ters were read by the secretary from Hon, John M. Thurston, D. H. Mercer, R. S. Bor- lin, Rev. Joseph T. Duryes, T. J, Mahoney, Judge C. R, Scott, Hon. James E. Boyd, Hon, R. C. Cushing and Mayor George I, Bemis, assuring the committoo that thoy would assist in any reasonable effort to se- “cire this great gathoring of citizens iu Omaba next June. After discussing the situation thoroughly, the committee decided to push right ahead. The first thing to bo accrmplished is to cure funds to bear the expense of a com- mittee of representative and influential men in making a trip to St. Lovis on February 33 to lay before the national committee the ad- vantages possessed by Omaha as & conven- tion city, It is"the intention to send a strong com- mitteo down to St Louls, thoroaghly equipped with printed matter and informa- tion rogarding Omaha. The committeo will open a headqu hotels in St. inhabitants ard members of the national committee full of enthusiasin for Omata as the meeting place of the next nationat inde- pendent convention. Mr. Strickler, Mr, Joffcoat, Mr. Fawkner and others believe that Omaha has an excel- lent chance to get this convention, and with a little well airected offortit may be seoured. The following gontlemen were appointod as u special committee to raise funds to pay the expanses of tho committeo, which will go to St. Louis in_ February: V. O. Strickler, W. N. Nason, G. H. Boggs, Alfred Fawkner and William Cobura. ‘This committee is thoroughly nonpartisan for the reason that this entire offort to secure the convention is intended to be more of an effort for the berefit of Omaha than as a vull for tho indepondent party of Nebraska. It is estimated that there be not less than 20,000 people present at the indevendent na tional converition who will go from all parts of tho country to the point selected. The committeemen feol that the citizens of Omaha cannot well ignore such an oppor- tunity to entertuin a large concourse o, peo- ple, and that all those who are interested in the welfare of Omaha will take hold and as- sist in getting the convention. THE RATES. for the Republican Na- Not Satisfactory. Cnicaco, Tl —1It has been discov- ered that the rates and arrangements made for tho republican natioual convention at Minneapolis next June must be changed. They provide for only threo days of sale for tickets—June 5, 6 and 7—and considerable ob- jection has been made to this provision. Chairman Finley has now submitted a new proposition for the votes of the members of the Western Passenger association. It is that one lowest first class fare ne made for the round trip; tickets to bo sold from points within a distance of 250 miles of Minneapolis, June 1 to June 7, inclusive, zood for return passage until aud including June 253 tickets , 1o be good for going passage on daté of sale only, and for corntinuous passage in each ai- rection; ordinury nonsignature excursion tickets to be used except that tickets from or through shall be the ironclad signature; such terminals to be understood tobe Kansas City, Leavenworth, Atchison, St. Joseph, Council Blufts, Sioux City, Milwaukee, Chicugo, Peoria, Hannitul and St. Louis; contracts on tickets to be issued from or through these termiuals to provide that such tickets not be good for return passage leaving Min- neapolis prior to June 10. e D WO Institution Which a Few Ladies Are Trylng to Establish, A few devoted ladies met yesterday after- noou at the rooms of the Youug Men’s Chri: tian association to liston to reports and dis- cuss the prospects of the Nebraska Homo for the Aged. From the reports it appeared that the institution began its benevolent work three weoks ago and tad two inmates, whilo eight applications were on file. About §128 had been expended, and the treasury had a balance on hand of $145. ‘I'ne home 1s located ut 1420 North Twenty- seventh street. While the beginning is small, the managers bave received many words of encouragement, aud they hope to have thestate take the institution under n..\ tostering care. Applicants are not admitted unless they aro at least 60 years old and have been. resi- dents of Nebraska for tive years. They will be recelved on probation for six mouthst wheu the managers will decide whether thoy remain pormanently, Inmates must pay an admission fee of #300 or more, and if not al- lowed to remwain the fee is returned minus $1 a week for board, Rev. Mary Girard will lecturo at tho Young Men's Cbristian association hall on I'riday evening of next week in the interest of the home, and it is expected tha W. Savidee will also make an add FOR A6 REFORMERS Opening of th Cran Cmicaao, 1., Jai 'oday the national conference of reprosentatives of tho various political reform movements now existing in this country, including prohibitionists, farm- ors, lavorers, greenbackers, general reform- ors, etc., was held iu secrou session. Miss Francis E, Willard presided and stated tho objoct of the confereuce 1o be to devise ways and woans of olocting @ prosident of the United States who will with one blow kill the rum traMe, Among those present. were Lady Somerset, George A. Washburn of Boston, secretary of the peuple's party Gilbert Delameter, the greenbacker of Akron, O.; Mrs. Anna M. Diggs of Kunsas: Generul Weaver of lowa, and A. Wordell and H. L. Loucks of Huron, 8. D. Ignatius Donnelly was down for tho n:noulrm speech, but he falled to appear. The i ea s 1o unite all these elements on one canaldate for the presidency in the belief that thay outnumber either “of the regulur pariies, SOME DROW D SOME FROZEN. Supposed ¥l w York Workmen New Youk, Jan. 27. of the missing employes of the street clea' = 1ug dopartment blown out to sea on thesco ® vesterday were drowned. It is said the remaining, unless they have boen picked up must cortainly have bsen drowaed or frozea 1o death, e Lumpy-daw Cuttle All Right, PuirApgLriia, Pa,, Jan, 27,~The result of the special investigation by the doctors of the university veterinary suhool on the subject of lumpy jaw, common to cattle, bhas been made public. They find no case on . record where the diseaso v'as transmitted to man from eating diseasea meat, The couolu slon is reached therofore, that where Lue lungs, liver and other orgaus are found not affected, it is probably safe Lo use the meat, aud Lthey see no reason why such meat suould not be sold after proper wspection. Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report. ol Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE 7/ is thought ten % rtors at one of tho leading Louis and proceed to pump \h . ) N, 4