Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 5, 1892, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATER, Eniton. PUBLISHED K TERMS OF ¢ }lnl: e l1'||||1IH| & i1y and Sunday, O Exx M onthe o Months. n( Ree, One Yo rday Bee, One cokly Bee, One Y e MORNING. 1PTION. ERY 3 & W OFFICH Imaha, The Bee Bullding. 2outhOn oha, corner N and 26th Streots “ounoll Blufrs, 1 Streot. fenco Office, 3.7« ham ber of Commerce. New York,Rooms1%, 14and 15 Tribune Building Washington, 513 Fourteenth Strect. CORRESPONDENCE All_communications relating to news and ftorial matter should be addressed tc the ditorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. All business jotters nid romittances shonld teaddressed to The Bee Publishing Company. Omaha. Drafts. checks and postoffice orders 10 bo made puyable to the order of the coni- nny. Ttie Bee Publishing Company, Propritor EWORN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. ate of Nebraska Tik County of Douglas. | eo. B. Trschuck, socrotary of The BER Jublishing company, does solomnly swear that the nctunl oirenlation of TiE DAILY Rek for the week ending February ¥7, 1502, was us followa: Eundny. I Mondsy, Tueaday, Fob, 2. Wednesday, Fob, Thuradny. Feb. Friday. Fob, Buturdny. Feb. 9. ... 24,460 EO. i 780N UOK, Eworn {0 Lefore me and subscribed in my Tresence this 27th day of February. A. D. 1803 BEAL P. FEin. Average .. Average Cireu! Tne longer the park comm purley with property owners the cheaper the lands become. A coNpUIT franchise or privilege is worth money to the city and should not be voted nway without consideration. TWENTY dollars per car is the pres- ent differential rate against Omaha on Texas cattle shipments. This is un- reasonably high and amounts almost to a prohibitory tariff. SENATOR GATCH'S speech 1n favor of courty local option for Iowa is forcible. Tt should convince the legislature that the liquor question has disrupted honest politics in Towa long enouzh INASMUCH as the National Coraage trust has nine twinoe factories in Canada, it can readily be seen that no serious op- position to free binder twine will come from that grasping concern. THE statements of the Heffman-Keefe File company regarding the way in which the award of contract for vault fixtures was made is circumstantial enough to challenge attention. It wiLL be in order for Mr. John Groves to inform the public why the Chicago firm was not vouchsafed a reply to its letters asking for information re- garding proposals for the vault fixtures fn the new city hall. NEBRASKA prohibition warbler, Huckins, and his colaborer, the oratori- cal cyclone, Wolfenbarger, are about to onter upon a prohibition campaign in Oregon. The peopls of the far north- west have the sympathy of Nebraskans. NON-PARTISAN free coinage leagues ave ndvocated by the Denver News. As the News is a democratic organ and the republican party will have no free silver plank in its platform it is not difficult to interpret the term non-partisan cor- reotly. ALL this talk from Lincoln about re- newing the gubernatorial contest is balderdash. There is no purnose on the part of the republicans to interfere with the democratic incumbent.” They pre- fer to give him rope and patiently await result: NEBRASKA is a great deal more inter- osted in building up the binder twine and boet sugar industries and in grow- iug hemp and sugar beets than in tink- “ring with the currency. Mr. Bryan, however, has not lived 1n Nebraska long enough to understand her wants. THE failure of the California Na- tional bank at San Diego is responsible for the suicide of two bankers, Presi- dent Collins at San Diego and Cashier Baird of Colling' Cheyenne bank at Cheyenne. It is not often that a defal- eation is followed by such fatal resuits DemocrATS will probably make no special mention of the fact that Louisi- ana has received 32,580,917 as her share of the sugar bounty for 1891 out of 82,502,020 allowed thus far by the Treasury department under the terms of the “soctional” McKinley bill, Ne- braska's share is 853,074, NOTWITHSTANDING numerous pre- dictions to the contrary, Indiana has elected a solid delegation to the Minne- apolis convention, instructed to vote for Benjumin Harrisou for president. Note the returns from other stites as they come in. This is a Harrison year and other aspirants for the presidency must wais until 1896, THERE is encouragement for repub- licans everywhere in the results of the town and charter elections held in New York lasi Tuesday. Almost without ex- ception the republicans made gains, and in some of the counties there was a po- litical revolution. In Orange county, for example, a republican board of su- prvisors was elected for the first time in thirteen years. Another notable viotory for the republicans was in Elmira, the home of Senator Hill. Last weelk the senator was in that city con- forring with the political workers and giving directions as to the management of the local campaign, and it is not difii- cult to i ine his chagrin at the elec- tion of u republican city government by an unprecedented majority. There were 8 number of other surprises for the democratic managers, and altogether these elections, which ordinarily would be regarded as of lLittle general smport- ance, are at this time sigmficant and re- assuring for the republican cause in New York. There are very strong reasons for believing that tho republicans will oarry the Empire state next November. ! CANADIAN COMPETITION. | Woestern producers and all the com- mercial interests of this section are con+ cerned in the judicial decision just ren- dered regarding shipments to Canadian points by railroads in the United States. The decision is rogarded as the hardest blow the intorstate commorce act has received, since it declares that the law does notapply to any traffic to or from points beyond the border or seaboard. In view of this decision the opinion is expressed that the act must be so amended as to place the same restrictions upon all carriors allowed to compete for the same business, or be wholly repealed. If this is not done the law, it is asserted, will become practically a dead letter, This subject of Canadian competition is an exceedingly important one, and al- though it has been discussed for several years no satisfactory way of meeting the difficuities it presents has yet been found, Two years agoa commitiee of the United States senate made a very thorough investigation of the subject, taking a largo nmount of testimony in the northwest and in New England. The greater part of this was unfavor- able to any interferance on the part of the government. It was vory generally admitted that Canadian railronds doing business in the United States ought to be subjected to the same regulations prescribed for American roads, but be- yond this very limited oparation of the law upon tho foreizn competition it was quite generally held by those reprosent- ing the producing and commercial classes that nothing should bs done. The report of the senate committee urged that the Canadian competition had proved a serious matter to the American railroads from which it at tracted business, and that it was mani- festly desirable that something be done to protect the domestic roads agninst the injury they were suffering in the al- together unequal contest. The secre- tary of the treasury was also appealed to to exercise such authority as ho pos- sessed for putting some sort of restraint upon the Canadian competition, and the late Secrotary Windom had the matter under consideration for months. But nothing has boen done either by con- gress or the Treasury department. The proposition to oxclude the Cana- dinn railroads from traflic to and from points in the United States is not likely to receive sarious consideration. It would be vigorously antagonized by our own people in New Engiand aad in the rorthwest, who maiunuain that they are benetited by the Canadian competition. The suggestion that the alien corporations should he required to pay u license for the privilege of doing business in the United States. revocable for a violution of the rules which'gov- ern American roads, does nov appear to bo especially objectionabie unless the license should be placed so high as to practically amount to an exclusion. It is evident that the present situation cannot continue perpetually, and it ought to be possible to find a practicable remedy for the conditions complained of. Itmay be that finally some arrange- ment, equitable and reciprocal, will have to be made between the two goy- ernments, THAT BRIDGE ARBITRARY. The wholesale dealers of that charm- ingly good natured little metropolis of Pottawattamie county, Iowa, are ad- mitted into all territory westof the Mis- souri river on ‘he same terms us are those of Omaha. Upoun this score Omaha jobbers are making no complaint what- over. What they demand and what they are entitled to is a reciprocity of vates which shail place both towns upon the same footing for western Iowa trade. There is nothing unfair about the prop- osition. It issimply an application of the same rule to the traffic on both sides of the Missouri. It comes in very bnd taste from Coun- cil Bluffs to threaten retaliation through an officer of the Iowa railroad commis- sion upon the lowa roads if they con- cede Omaha's demands. It is in very much worse taste for the commissioner himself to be interviewed in the public prints upon the question. 1t looks very much as if he had been inspired to utter theso sentiments by the railways who desire some excuse fordenying Omaha’s reasonable request for an abolition of the bridge rate. The city of Council Bluffs has had ex- perience enough in fighting Omaha to learn that she can gain nothing by at- tempting to cripple Omaha, T'he ter- minus controversy did Omaha n great deal of harm in times past butin no way benefited Council Bluffs, That city never had any murked growth or business prosperity until Omaha capital bagan to give tone to its realty market and Omahu enterprise constructed the wagon and wmotor bridge. The people of the Bluffs and of all the country round about owe a good deal of their present prosperity to the fact of their proximity to Omaha, As this city grows, Council Bluffs will grow. Couneil Bluffs is the commercial con- ter of western fowa, but Omaha is and will always remain the commercial matropolis of the Missouri v.lley. Granting that Council Bluffs is the natural jobbing center of western lowa, is there any reason why her merchants should be aamitted on equal terms to Nebraska and the west when a rate of b cents per hundred is interposed as an embargo upon Omaha trade in western Towa? If Brritory west of the Missouri river is common to both cities, should not that east of the river be likewise common? m— A CONVENTION HALL. Unless our citizens erect a suitable auditorium for the uccommodation of the people’s party national convention, this ity will suffer move in reputation than it will gain in cash by the coming of vhe third party politicians, A suitable temporary structure can be erected for from $15,000 to $23,000 in the heart of the city—on the triungle at Twentieth and St Mary’s avenue, for instance. This would be available for the great events of this summer, and probably would last several years if so desired. If not, the lumber and other material used iu its construction would bring within 50 per eent of its first cost, 80 that if the wigwam wore used buu once the expense of its construction would be trifling. We prefer to see a betier building erected. This city should have an THE OMAH i auditorium with a seating capacity of | have been 15,000 at lonst for many great public meetinga. Our citizens should make the present necessity the opportunity for securing the public hall we have so long needed. THE RECIPROCITY CLAU The reciprocity clause of the tariffact has been persistently assailed by the democrats as conferring unconditional authority upon the president. Men of that party have staked their roputations as constitutional lawyers upon this con- tention. When the amendment was be- fore the senuts elaborate specches were made by the democratic sonators to show thay congress could not confer upon the president the authority con- talned in this clause, which it wus maintained was a distinctly legislative und'not an executive power. It is but just to say that the democrats were not absolutely alone in ‘his view. One prominent republican senator, Mr. Evarts, held a like opinion, and perhaps one or two other republican senators were not entirely sure that congress was not going too far in giving the president authority to reimpose duties. But the democrats were a unit in declaving that tho reciprocity clause was unconstitu- tional 8o far as it conferved upon the ex- ecutive the authority fo restore, after a specified time, the duties on certain ar- ticles imported into the United States from countries which did not, on or be- fore the time stated in the act, January 1, 1802, make reciprocity arrangements with the Unitad States. The supreme court has settled the question of the constitutionality of tho reciprocity clause of the tariff act, and it has settled it adversely to the demo- cratic contention. The court interprots the authority given the president as that ot an agent of the law-making power. The conditions under which he was to act were prescribed by congress, and empowered him to execute its will whenever he should find these condi- tions existing. There was, in the opin- ion of the court, no transfer of logisla- tive power, but congress simply gave the president power to determine when the will of congress, as expressed in the act, should be carried out. All the presi- dent bad to ascertain was that a partic- ular fact existed, and then it was di- rected that he execute the act, He was a mere agent of the law-making power. This decision is not only important as sustaining the republican position, but it is timely in view of the fa that the president” will within two weeks exer- cise the authority given him by the re- ciprocity clause of the tariff act. He has given notice that on March 15 duties will be imposed on sugar, molasses coffee and hides imported into the United States from countries which at that date have not entered into reci- procity arrangements or negotiations therefor, and undoubtedly this will be done at the appointed ti ge. It is well, therefore, that a decision of the highest tribunal, anticipating this nction, re- moves all question us to the validity of the law authorizing it. On the whole the supreme court has given the democrats seme pretty hard slaps recently, and the party cannot de- rive much consolation from the fact that Chief Justice Fuller and Justice Lamar did not concur in the opinion that the reciprocity clause of the tariff act i constitutionat A PROMISING OUTLOOK. The prospects for business in Omaha during the ensuing soason are very en- couraging. The revival of trade and improvement in public confidence 1s al- ready marked, Real estate is always the last thing to feel the impulse of a business revival. The gradual improve- ment in the real estate market is un un- mistakable index of better times. No city in the country offers greater prom- ise to investors than Omaha. Men of means who have been operating exten- sively in Chicago in anticipation of the ‘World’s fair are quietly dropping out of that market and are making investments here. The number of business buildings and private residences has already been mentioned in these eolumns. The large expenditures proposed for public im- provements and the extensive prepara- tions for enlarging the packing houses of South Omaha afford assurance that Omaha will during the present year make another stride forward as an in- dustrial and commercial center. Itonly remains now for enterprising and public- spirited business men to take advantage of-the tide of prosperity. SENATOR GORMAN of Maryland has been formally announced as a candidate for the presidency, so far as this may be doue by the leading organ of the demo- cratic party in his state. That journal says many beiieve Gorman to be the only eastern man who will develoo any strongth at Chieago, and expresses the opinion thut as he is on good terms with the Iriends of both Cleveland and Hill he could carry New York. For this lo- cality the most interesting feature of this anvouncement, which it is pre- sumed was not made without the knowl- edge and approval of Mr. Gorman, is the suggestion thut Governor Boies™ should be his rubniag mate. Thut would be a combination in which the tail of the ticket would be in most respects stronger than the head. Boies has not seen 80 mueh of public life as Gorman, but he is quite his pser in ability a1d far more respectable as a politician, Gorman is the emb)diment of the demo- cratic spoilsman, with o record that would piace him wholly on the de- fensive, and it is oxtremely doubtful whether Governor Boies would care to risk his chances of political promotion with such a standard beaver. At present the possibilities of his doing much bat- tor seem very good. THE statement in democratie journals that the republican members of ¢the house of reprosentatives are disposed Lo prolong the session, and that in order to do this they intend to do everything in their power to embarrass the demo- atio majoity, is not warranted by the conduct of the republicans thus far, o by the expressions of those who have ! expressed an opinion us to what the mi- nority would be likely to do. is, there hus been 0o arvangement for concert of action on the part of "the ve- publicans, aud 50 fur a3 known no steps The fuct | taken looking to such an ar- rangement,9*There has been more or less guessing as to what the republicans will pl'uhnhfi"bn regarding proposed sil- vor legislatigh—whether thay will nnita with the antjisilver democrats or stand aloof and lagye the whole responsibility with the damocrats. The line of duty is plain enongh, and it ought to be en- tirely safe t predict that it will bo fol- lowed. In this matter the interests of the country should be above any consid- orations of purty advantagoe, and it is not to be doyhted that this will be the view of the republican members of the house. As to ombarrassing tho major- 1ty by obstructive tactics, the republi- cans will hardly stultify themselves by such a course after the principle and precedent they established in the Fifty - first congross. / about the time the ¢ the Board of Public Works gets himself together with a view to doing something to clean the streots, rain or a freeze-up interfor Mr. Birkhauser ought to keep himself in working order, so that when the thaw and sunshine makestreet cleaning possible he can go at the worlk withoat delay. The Seventh ward states- man should not wait every time to be told that he is indolent and negligent before attempting to perform his duty. Tiik Georgia crackors do not harmor.- izo in congross to any kittenish degree. Watson and Livingstone, the two alli- ance men, are perpotualiy at war figur- atively sveaking and only day before yesterday the little alliance leader took oceasion to give Speaker Crisp a tongue- lushing It muy be remarked in this connection that tho republican minority is enjoying the majority bear garden immense A Dy Boss. Washington St . It appears to be Mr. Gorman’s astute polit- ical purpose to bo for the present only mildly prominent, and so avoid any risk of becom- g offensively conspionons ——— Blaine's 1 scter New York Sun, The lottor of Mr. Blaine is an_exprossion of pavental fecling which will gain for him tho sympathy of evory father. It is the true story wrung from him by torturo b sy Apologies Ave in Order, Chicago Tribune. New York claims that the Tammany cen- sus will show a populution of 1,800,000 1n that city. This was what it claimed in 1500, Let Gotham cither acknowlodgo 1t has not grown any in two years or apolozize to Porter. All Ringars Mt i rand dsland. Indepsndent. Nebraska ropublicans should now be turn- ing their eyes'toward their best and strong est men with & view to nominating them. In no other way can the republicans hope to succeed. No weakling can defeat Charles H. Van Wyck, who, if ull signs do not fail, will be tke nomiifeo of the people’s party. priC=nie e Interesting wnd Instructive, Hastings Republican. The Omany , Ber, with characteristic on- terprise. very, anpropriately celobrated No- braska’s twenty-fifth birthday anniversary with & fourspage review of Nebraska progress and' growth under the captious “Story of Nebraska,” *'From Territorial De- pendency to Sovereign Statehood.” It con- tained many interesting facts and datas rela- tive to the state's earlv history. R e s Characteristic Susil Pace. St. Paul Pioneer-Press. The house has passed one appropriation bill in its ten weeks of dawdling—that for the military academy. It appears to have found one wholly useless expenditure, from its point of view, which is ruthlessly pruned away. This was an appropriation of §50 for soap. Mr. Holman doesn’t propose tho gov- ernment shail educate a lot of young dudes who can’t wash withont, such luxuries, kit e s The Turning Tide, New ¥ork World, March 2, The city and town elections in different portions of tho state yesterday show general demooratic reverses. The ropublicaas elected mayors in Utica, Oswego and Amsterdani, and in Bimira the regular democratic candi- dato, championed by Senator Hill, carried but one ward m the city. Largo sums ot money was spent on both sides for votes, it is said. and the indopenuent demoeratic cun- didate, for whom Cleveland democrats and ropublicans voted, was chosen. 1n Utica, too, Hillaud Cleveland democrats were arrayed against caoh other, while in Oswego a split between tha democratic fac- tious paved the way for a third republican vietory, The ropublicans also mado gaios in super- visors, and 1n Dutchess county, where last ear the board stood eighteen democrats to eight republicans, it is believed that tho re- publicans have elected fifteen members and the democrats eleven. — Hurruh for Omaha, Lireoln Sun, When the independent national convention meets at Omaha tho dolegates will find thew- salves groeted with truo wostern hospitality. They will find on the basks of the Great Muddy a city with ampla hotel accommoda- tions and the people with one accord doing all in their pawer to make thom feel ut home. Like all cities, Omaba has its shortcom- ings, but they will not be visible to those who visit there on the glorious Fourth of July. As aconvention city Omaha has shiod its castor in the ring. The capture of the independent convention is its first vie- tory n thavt'! respect. There will bo 1,770 doloKites, as meny alter- nates, aud the .usual followers, which will swell the crowd to at least 50,000 people. If Omaha accorumodates them, and she will, the word will;be passed all along the line that our sister town 18 o graud place as a couveution city, tIn four years, then, she will reach out Wifhi falr prospects of secur- ing other large gatherings. The national venvention at Omaha will belp Nebraska mud it will help Lincoln, There will be thousands of visitors from the eust and south dvop off here to take a look at Nobraska's capital and returo home ladon with praises of, ‘the grand sights they have seen, Let every Lown iu the state sing the one song of success for Omaha and her con- veutiou, and, likelfread cast ubon the wators, it will return %0 bloess us all. Petty joal- ousies should never push themselves iu to block the wheels of great machinery. Hur- rah for Omaba! ——— A BIG BOY NOW, New York Mercury. As wo turned the ienyes of un slbum 0,116 wid e tee names of 1hose seeu, With niuny an Inferjection Aud Interrogution berween. Then we came to a full length picture Of i child of two or threo Whio stood ereet on the table With his frock below his knee. But thou <ht that i U Anil 50 asked the sturdy fi *Why. Qiiver, who is th W s pat, W, Vit thats And his Hips, as he guve It 100k & fun-y earl; Uit I e Yo atuid, Whon § was a litle OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. The disaffeoted classes in Germany that have recently been so demonstrative do not stand alono in their opposition to the throne, Directing, encouraging and supporting them are mon of thought and purpose, who find fn politics what thoy bolleve to be the remedy for many of the ills from which Germany suffers. Liborals and socialists find 1n theso discontonted masses the elements of future power. With them are other multitudes, composed of nearly all classes and conditions of society, that also furnisti forth recruits to the liberals and socialists. The growth of these two political bodies has been so extra- ordinary during the last five yoars as to give good causoto the imperial government to fear their influsnce hereaftor. The old chan cellor, Bismarck, attempted to crush thom out with his anci-socialist laws, yet still thoy grew amazingly in numbers, confidence and aggressiveness, Porceiving the prince’s failure, theyoung ompoeror adopted a policy of coneiliation, the anti-socialist laws were aiscarded, and “labor rescripts” for the ame- lloration of the condition of the working peo ple were put forth to dispel popular discon tent. The emperor's failure has oeon not loss signal than that of the old chancellor's; the liberal and socialist parties have grown as rapidly undor the policy of conciliation as they did under that of coorcion, and in the Reichstag, in society, their political strength is shown not only by numbers, but by their frankness of spoech and independenco of action. ‘The church fu Wales still lives. By a ma- Jority of forty-seven the House of Commons has declined to adopt a resolution for its ai ostablishment. Last yoar's majority against asimilar resolution was onty thirty-two. It 13 & question which rouses strong feeting on both sides. Welsh nonconformists have the hot temper of other Welshman. They say that the churceh is the church of a minority. “It flaunts the banner of Ipiscopalianism in the fuce of a Calvinistic nation:” and it lev- ies tithes, Of course; if 1t did not do that less would bo beard of other objectios The majo of Welshmen do not like it. That, in Mr. Glaastone's viow, is the decisive argument. The partisans of the church reply that itis a growing church; that its clergymen are men of higher character vhan heir rivals; that it is a linoal descondant of achurch which has existed 1 Wales since the sixth century; that 1t receives twico as much from donations as from endow- ments; that the argument fry num- bers is pressed by sects which de- cline to submit to a census and that itis an outpnst of the Churcn of England, against which the roal al k18 dirocts “Its enemies demand disostablishment," said Mr. Balfour, who had absorbalsoma of the Welsh heat from tne opposite benches. “They really desire not reform, but plund er. BEnvy, tot piety, is the motive of their ac- tion.” Theumputation of low motives is a mistake which Mr. Balfour need not to have made. It is rather remarkable that he and others who opposed disestablish meut drew freely for their arguments on Mr. Gladstone's speech of last yearin favor of disestanlish- ment, if, indecd, it was in favor. It was said of him at tho time, and is now said again, that Mr. Gladstone then gave excel- lant reasons for maintalning the church in Wales, and ended oy voting to destroy it. ‘Tho question is one of those which ares raised year after year, and can finally be an- swered in only ono way. A state church is an anachronism. The rmodern spirit is against it, and not in Wales only, bat in Englaud also, must what Bright called the adulterous connection betweon state and church be ended. # Thore ara signs in France of an intent to propitiate tho clerical conservatives on the one hand and the radicals on the other. M. Fallieres, who somewnat hastily and need- lessly prosecated the urchbishop of Aix and thus checked tho natural offact of tho popa's frienaly overtures. has wv3eu definitely dropped. The sacrifice of this man will bo construed as a warning against the exhibi- tion of too 1much zeal on the part of tho anti- clericals. On the other hand, in the reten- tion of M. Burgeois as minister of public in- struction, tha radicals raceive a pledge that their program of sccular education will b rigorously adhered to. By these two con- concessions, made to the right and left re- spectively, M. Carnot obviously hopas to avert & combination of those factors for purely destructive purposes. [t must, however, be mnoted that while he may have strengthened bhimself on his two wings, he has weakened himsell n the center. All of the 218 members who stood by M. de Froycinet ia the division which caused his downfall cannot be de- pended on to support a cabinet from which M. Constans is excluded. That is plain from the indigoant outeries of the newspapors de- voted to the late minister of the interior, in- cluding particutarly the Republique Fran- caise. Nor is there any doubt that in their protests these journals ropresent the feelings of M. Jules Ferry, whose influcnce, though unobtrusive, is still considerable. The new ministry will, therefore, have to deal with an element of opposition in the ranks of the opportunists, who have hitherto constituted the core of President Carnot’s supporters. It is manifest from this analysis of the condi- tions under which the new munistry takes oftice, that its tonure of power depends en- tirely on the toleranca of M. Clomenceau. He can no doubt upset the Loubst oabinat, as he did its predecessor, by compalling it to define precisely its intentions with relation to the ohurch. Wt The Swedish-Norwegian controversy is tne old ono of the people against the court ;| It has been the general impression in this country that the functions of the king of sSweden and Norway wors maraly nominal, and that the main power of government rosted with the people. If the assertions of the popular loaders are to be balioved this is not strictly the cass, The Norwegians and many Swedes claim thav tho Bornadotts family havo usurpad powers which properly beloag to tho popular assemblios, especially as rogards the pos ition of Norway as an in- dependent nation. The best authorities on the national constitution of 1814 declare that Norway is entitled to all national priviloges which are now enjoyed by Sweden, but that the king of Sweden, who is alsothe king of Norway, has persistontly refused to recog- 0120 such an equality ot the nations, Thus, while there are ministers or diplomatic rapry sontatives from Sweden at the capitats of all the great civilized nations, Norway has noue. Sweden has a minister of foreign affaivs empowered Lo negotiale traaties, but the samo right is not granted to Norway. Under this syswem of affairs the Norwegian people refuse to consider themselyes bound by every treaty or convention made by the Swedish court or cabinot, but as yet the representa tions of the Norweygian parlisment have not availed to sscure any change. 1f the matter rosted with the people alone the trouble could be easily remrdied, as many of the Swedish popular represantatives concedo tue justice of Norway’'s claims; but the fact that the king has wished to pledge the support of the two states to the Fravco-Russian alliance has 1ed him to resist the vopular demand. - urally, from family reasons, bis sympathy lies entirely agaiast Germany, while that of Norway is 4s strously opposed to the czar, On this account popular feeling in Norw: has ulready reached a bigh pitch and may culminate in open hostility to the king. rodding the Hoosk Washington Poxt. No man with 4 _goatee was over clected president of the Uniwd States. Go to, Goy eruor Gray. (o Lo & barber shop. | GERMANY DISCOVERS AMERICA Largest Electric Company in the World to Locate in Ohicago. KATE REILY GETS INTO TRIBULATION twith Her Business Manager Causes Charges of Smuggling to 1o Peefor of W Priest Burglar, with a Cineago Ben Cricaao, i The largest, electric light company in _ the world is about to locate in Chicago, making this the center of its operations in tho United States, [n comparison with tho magnitude of tho work contemplated by this foroign competitor, the combined strength of the Edison and Thomsou-Houston companies, it is suid, will sink Into relative insignificance, The new rival in the fiold is no less formid- anle a concern than the Siemens & Halske Electric company of Berlin, which has con- structed nearly all the ocean cables laid, and which has works in London, Berlin, Vienna, and Belfort, France. Soveral weeks ago papers of ncorporation for the Siemens & Halske Electric company were filed with the secretary of state at Springfield, Il They wero takon out in the name of O. W. Melsen- berg, Edwin ¥, Bailey and Otis H. Waldo, the two latter acting mercly as attornoys in the matter. At the time Mr. Meisenberg would sny nothiug further than that T many has aiscovered America,” averring l}ml tho matter was then unripe for publica- tion, Fashionable Dressmaker in Trouble Stuart Chiarles Wade, o tall and muscular young glishman, ontertained quite a crowd of fushionable pedestrians by publicly thrashing J. A, Cummiings, ciief manager of Kato Reily’s dressimaking establishment_at Sixteenth street and Michigan avenue. M. Wado claims Mr. Cummings grossly insulted his wife, who up to yesterday afternoon was ewmployed in_Kate Reily's Chicago es- tablishment. Hoe also alleges that his wife and many other voung women wero indaced to feavo England by Kuto Roily's sentatives, who promised them larger s, and aiso induced thom to smuggle large quatities of wraps and Purisian robes, which, Mr. Wade claims, was the only object in bringing them over. Two Lours after Manager Cummings fled from the irato Wade, United States authorities visited Mr. Depow, who rogards the renomination of President Harrison as most expedient, was not, however, to go as a delegate-at-laree as a Harrison leader. One of the most promi. nent republican leaders present personnlly advocated the nomination of Secretary Rusk, wkose gallant war sorvices would fitly repro. sent the rugged honesty of westorn r«nub/ licans. 11 Mr. Morton retires, Secretary Tracy is rogarded as ono of the strongest candidates for vice president. Aftor the conference was over, one of tho leaders said “You know that until a month ago [ was in favor of Blaine as a candidate. We can win with any good candidate, but I think Harri. son is the man,” Death of an Old Slave Trader. Monie, Ala., March 4. —Captain Timothy Meabor, a venerable steamboat man identi- fiea with the palmiost days of steamboating on the southern rivers, is dead here, aged 7 Ho was noted as the importer of the last cargo ot slaves brougnt to the United Ho stood trial for the importing of 1 groes, but proved that ho had made every Lrip on Lis boat, the Tony, and he was dis- charged for want af ovid Convicted by SavLt Ste. Manir, Mich,, March 4, —There is great excitement at Manistiquo, Mich,, over the cscape of Bon Heffron, found guiity of keeping a houso of {il-repute where young girls wero enticed. Herctofora it has beon impossible to conviet him. Today he was found wulity, but friends hurried Him away and hie escaped in a cutter, hid under the robes, A posse is in hot pursuit N el ity TOM REED D HIS QUORUM. N Chicago Post: Reed doubtless regards his vindication in the nature of a passport to the white house. New York World: The supreme court may sustain the power, but right-thinking men have condemned tho practice. New York Trioune: Was “Tom” Reed a tyrant! Say ail ye who have been declaim ing against him. ~ What then is tho supremo court! Chicago News: Under tho circumstances the “victory” claimod by Mr. Reed and his collengues on account of this decision is at vest dubious. Globe-Democrat: In the next house oM representatives if the republican speaker counts a quorum the democrats wiil know enough nov to make any objection to tho pro- ceeding, Baltimore American: And what a serone smilo must play over tho rotund features of tho ex-speakor as ho reads the approval of his “methods” by the highest judicial tribunal in the land! ‘I'his 18 one of the cases where he who laughs last laughs best, Chicago Ti Tom Reed declares Kato 'Reily’s placo, No, 1073 Michigan a nue and seized several robes, which, it is claimed, wero smuggled 1nto Lhis coustry by Kato Reily herself. Kate Reily or “Mrs. Major Arthur Grifith,” as sne is known in London society, is among the celebrated dressmakers of the world. In London, England, she is court dressmaker and lives in a mansion at Nos. 14 and 16 Dover street, Picadiily, Her hus band is an ex-major of ‘the English army and is federal inspector of prisons at a salary of £8,0008 year. In Now York city she con- ducts a large establishment at No. 477 Fifth avenus, which is patromzed by the 400 of Gotham. Her Chicago establishment on | Michigan avenue completes tho list. Priest Outwits a Burglar, wo masked burglars entered the residence adjoining St. Josepl’s Catholic church at Oluoy at 3 o'clock this morning, One of them approached Rov. Father Schuelton with a lamp in_one haud and a revolver i the other. The priest sprang from bed and at the same 1instant threw the bed covers over the burglar, extinguishing tho lighted famp. The robber fired s revolver, but it falled to penetrate the blanket A terrible strugglo in the darkness ensued, Father Schuelton suc- ceeding in throwing his assailant down the the stairway. The heavy covers saved bim | from injury, and after joining his companion | burglars jumped through an open window and escaped, followed by two shots from tho priest’s revolver. Sulclde of a Bride, Mrs. Martin Brown was married last Sat- o spite enother lover. Last her husband came home ho found dead in bed with a bullet holo in ner brain and a revolver clenched 1n her right hand, —— IS THE MAN. That is the View Taken by New York Repub- lican Leaders, New Yonrx, March 4.—A republican morn- ing paper states that tho loaders of the re- publican party of this state held a verv im- portant conference at the Fifth Avenue hotel in this city last night. It lasted from 8 until nearly midnight and was devoted entirely to a discussion as to the best means of achiev- ing success in the coming elections, Secre- tary Tracy and Senator Hiscock came over from Washington in tho evening. After din- ner they adjourned to a paricr where Chaun- coy M. Depew, J. Sloat Fassett, Cornellus N, Bliss, State Senator Erwin, Collector Hen- dricks, Postmuster Van Cott, William Brock- fieid, ex-Senator Platt aud several other well kuown leaders of the party joined them, The discussion was wformai. A majority of the conference believed that the renomination of President Harrison was probable, aithough anumber of expressions favorablo to other candidates were made., The names of aele- gates-at-large to the convention were cousid- ered, but nothing like a slate was suggested. nohas been *vindicated” by the sup court decision upon the coustitutionality of the McKinley oill. Mr. Reed’s vindication arrived a triflo late and is of secarcely sufi cient force to overulo the judgment of a greater tribunal whick was handed down o year ago last November. —~——— POINTED MERRIMENT. Atchlson Globe: If the law agalnst carrying concealed weapons was literally enforced, some pooplo would have tocarry thoir tongues out of their mouths. Chicago Tribuno: Rozular Guest—This cot- feo tastes mighty queer. Somothing Is the matter with ft. Walter (at restaurant)—Yes. We used it by aceldent. It's gonulne The mistike —T'm awtully glad® 1t has cor t. hiel—Are you preparin [ ve known all )0 fust. Jack—Oh. yes, I'm pro winter that I was coing THE STUDENT'S LAMENT, Roseleaf, My empty pocketbook today Gives ciuse for much repining; Uniike thodurk and storuiy clods It has no siiver Hning. ton Star: *How do you like the city she sald 10 the visitor from the coun- W, bustl try, “1 don't know,"he answe er abashed, It kinder struck me that they warn't wearin' ‘em any wore.”" Son) that Big with What wus the troubls iption? Wigzzs— W what tho matter was, but it couldn’v have been consumption. s lungs must have heen all right or he couldn't have breathed his last. Binzh is some he is mtoa Leader: The professional th mos “cal.ed a bird of prey, y a-robbin’ Washington Star: “All there I8 needed for this business,” suld the nuctioneer, “is plenty of wind and sale,” Good News: Tndulgent aunty (after stuf- finz tittle nephew with douglinuts and frai ake)—What does vour mamma give you be tween meals? Lit- e nephew—Orders not to cav. Lowell Courier: *Thres hundred younz ladlos in one of tho normal schools huve turned their backs on the corset.” I this I3 true there will be Just 500 misfits. Somerville Journa here 1sn't a1 ing who would be whotly satisfies if h know exactly what the bapers will say ubout bim the duy after ne dies. an 1v- 1t does seem stranze put on sowe men's 0y uppear, Columbus Post: Thoso who are in the hatit of 1ooking at the future through n glass .ro apt to have bud refloctions left with then. Yonker's Stats thui the more 1i characters the b ho dexterous wrestlor ess when he drops on his Gulveston New: gots down Lo bus! & Stubborn FFac BROWNING, K| friends. co. Se¢ W, Corner 15th and Douglas Sts. A few 1§-- Our spring invoice of nice novelties in children’s wearis now arriving. The jerseys and kilts are special- ly choice, and mothers are ur- gently invited to call at our hand- somely appointed children’s parlors on the second floor and inspect the new things. We will not show ou your boy because we and desirable. Gent special prices. Ope o Sat Other oy t of date clothing for haven’t carried over a single dollar’s worth, Everything is new lemen will find it ad- vantageous to purchase their furnishing goods of us this week as we are making Browning, King & Co P |S. W, Corner 15th and Douglas Sts