Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 11, 1892, Page 4

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The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors N STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, ebraskn ton nty of Douglas., | A POLITICAL CANADA BIL About twenty years ago there came to | Nebraska a lank, awkward and homely individual by the name of William Jone William hailed from Canada and was a comme traveler of very sentric habits and ¢ that resem- | bled those of the heathen Chinese. He always boarded the railroad trains adorned with a pair of muddy cow-hide boots with tops reaching above his knees; a pair of butternut pants, a lenther belt, coarse cloth coat of Con- federate gray, a hickory shirt, slouch hat and a blacksnake whip completed his usual traveling wardrobe. Te always looked meiancholy and dejected not a friend left His appearance was that of a drover who had just sold his hogs, swapped off his horse for a cow and was waiting to be plucked again. It was the habit of this peculiar in- dividual to take a seat in the smoking car and talk to himself in a squeaky voico, bemoaning his ill-luck at cards. Presently he became an object of atten- tion and his tale of woe aroused sym- e like a man who had and was at outs with all the world. Trachuck, secrotary of The BER Jutlishing company, does solemnly swear 1hat the actual circilation of for the week ending Marcl follow, Funday. Feb Mondny, Feb. 2 Tuesday, March Wednesday. Mar Thursdag, Maren .. Eriday. March 4 Euturday. Mar. Average . i, TUCK. subscribed in my A, D. 1802 V. FRriL. Notary Publlc. GE Eworn to Lefore me and Tresence this th day of Marc SEAL =—— Average Clrealatl for Jan GOVERNOR BoyD’s first official proe lamation will sorve notice on the people of Nebraska that the 22d day of Awvril will be Artor day. Tue Omaha Fuke- Factory falls glee- fully back upon the stale and unprofit- able chestnut about re-opening the Boyd-Thayer c FIFTEENTH street property owners can afford to be patient. Sixteenth is the principal northand south thorough- fare. Fifteenth street will get its via- duct in due time. Krurp, the German gunmaker, pays taxes on an income of $1,500,000 per annum. Attention should be especially called to the fact that Krupp is not an American manufacturer, NO WONDER the weather office haa been demoralized when the oldest in- habitant is unable to point backward to the time when this section was visited by a more protracted gale. SENATOR CULLOM and General Alger ought to be shrewd enough to see that this is a Harrison year and reserve their strength for a grand rush in 1896, which promises to be a free-for-all race. UNDER ecret. sion order congressmen will not be able ry Noble’s new pen- to expedite pension claims for their con- stituents. On general principles this is pathy. Then he would pull out & pack of greasy cards to explain just how he had lost his money in guessing which one of three cards was the jack. Soon the crowd about him bogan to ban ter and after a good deal of coaxing he would stake his last $50 against an equal amount or a gold watch that no man could guess which of the tnree cards was the joker. Then ho made a pass and the money or the watch was his. “Idid not wany to win your money, my friend,” he would say gently, and after returning it to the owner and being bantered by everybody on buard who had a dollar he would clean out the crowd and mourn fully pick vp his hat and quietly slip out at the first station with his booty. This simpleton cowboy wus none other than the terror of the western railroads, the most adroit three-card-monte gambler, Canada Bill, ‘anada William died years ago. DBut his prototype from a political stand- point has for several years been posing the farmer candidate from Nemaha. make-up s a champion toiler is patterned after Canada William. He has traveled up and down the state for months in his hickory shirt and slouch hat, aud with his plaintive Hoosier-like voice he has pointed out the danger which threatens the state from the dic- tation of Omaha and poured vinegar upon the scars of all ropublicans who felt sore over the disaster of 1890, Meantime his man Feiday, who was put upon the pay roll of the state during the last session of the legislature as his private socretary, was distributing rail- voad passes to politicians **by direction” of our political Canada William. The blue-shirt masquerade is abruptly at an end. The pass books which the private secretary has for months been handling will now be remanded to rail- roud heandquarters and the republican party will be rid of an audacious impos- tor. OUR NORTHERN COMPETITORS, right and its effect will be a relief to congressmen and senators. SHOULD a platform be adopted by tho republicans declaring that any protected commodity controlled by & monopoly at the expense of the people should be placed on the free list, trusts would rot be 80 greedy and the people would ap- prove the sentiment. INSURANCE rates are to be raised in Senator Morgan of Alabama has intro- duced in the United States senate a bill declaring inoperative all laws and parts of laws which exempt from the payment of duties articles of commerce that are not on the free list entered in the cus- tom house for transportation through the United States or from any British possession. The purpose of this measure is to deprive the Canadian Pacific road of its valuable concession of the right to Omaha by the insurance combine. Nev- ertheless it is shown by the figures that Omaha’s fire protection is exceptionally good and at former rates Omaha busi- ness left the insurance companies a rea- sonable margin of profit. — PEOPLE west of the Missouri river will follow the course of Senator War- ren’s bill to cede the arid lands to the stutes in which they are situated with o discussion or Bland’s silver bilt. It is a subject of vastly more importancoe to the future of the arid regior For the information of a hysterical contemporary the fact is made public that the tariff upon manufactures of whalabone, ete.. was not changed by the McKinley bill, and therefore the wail over the recently increased cost of cor- sot stays and the like must be charged to somebody or something elso. — CALIFORNIA will occupy five acres of the Worl d’s fair grounds with her ex- hibit, about equally divided between the two sections of the state. It goes without sayiug that for novelty and in- torest California’s display will be une ceollad. Tho expensive show this state will make but emphasizes the niggard- liness of the Nebraska appropriation, THE stories told to Tue Brk by Ne- braska farmers are worthy of perusal. Thoy explain why the state s prospor- ous and why so many now settlers a coming into every county. It is a fact beyond dispute that no industrious, 80b :r, sngacious farmer, starting with an improved farm, who has devoted himself strictly to business for ten years in this state, has fuiled to be successful, 100 has been knocking for admission into the Union for twenty years. For forty years she has worn the swaddling clothes of o territory—hus been a place of banishment and u haven of refuge for politicians whom it was necessary either to be rid of or for whom no otl'er places could bo secured. Cer- tainly New Mexico has many equities in favor of her appeal for admission, and she should not much longer be kept on probation, . Tue Omaua Bre tells a palpable falsehood when it says that the cordage company is in favor of free binding twine, This company controls the entire output of American fac- tories, with the exception of a very few in- sgnificant plants, and the protection of ‘even-tenths of & cent per pound is willions n the company’s coffers.— Columbus Te egram. Inasmuch as the National Cordage sompany owns und operatesevery single cordage mill in Canads the statement | transport goods in bond through the United States from European and other foreign ports. This matter has received more or less attention and discussion during the past four or five years, and was madé the sub- ject of investigation by a congressional committee. Under the concession made to the Canadian Pacific road it has become a formiduble competitor of the Ameri- n lines to the Pacifie, annually taking from these roads a very large amount of traffic. The foreign corporation trans- ports to the United States the greater part of the tea brought to the Pacific coust, getting this business, of course, by reason of lower rates than the Ameri- can ronds can make in consequence of the reswraints imposed on them by the interstate commerce law. The Canadian Pacific also transports a very largo amount of goods in bona from At- lantic ports to points in the United States, thus depriving eastern trunk lines of u large amount of business for which they cannot successfully compete owing to the legal restrictions they are subjected to. A great many people other than inter- ested railrond managers and stock- holders have felt that the concession accorded to the Canadian Pacific is an injustice to American railroads. That corporation is practically a government concern. It was heavily subsidized by the government, its construction having heen prompted by military considera- tious, and its demands upon the favor of the government are always honored. It 15 thus in a pecul favorable position, being free from uny such ro- straints as American roads ave subject to, to carry on business upon conditions which render its competition formidable and which the American roads cannot meet without violating the law. This being the cass it certainly does appear that our government is fur too gener- ous in the concession it makes to the alien corporation, and 1f we remember rightly this was the opinion of the late Secretary of the Treasury Windom, who was called upon to consider some proposed modifications of the valuable privileges ailowed the Canadian Pacific. It is doubtless not to be questioned that this competition, as well as that of other Canadian roads—in one or two of which a considerable amount of Ameri- can capital is invested—is of benefit to a large number of our own people. 1t op- erates as a wholesonie check upon trans- portation rates, saving annually to the people a very considerable sum. For this reason there is and alwaye will be a large and determined oppesition to log- l isiation intended to destray this compe- | tition. But it is confessedly a fair and | rousonable demand thatour government shall not assist in building up, to the detriment of American praperties, a for- that it is in favor of free binding twine | does not look very much like *‘a pal- pable fulsehood.” eign subsidized railroad which to all in- i tents and purposes is & government j property. The pr.position that the THE United States government should do nothing to prevent the free and fair competition of Canadian railroads mu be entirely defensible, but this does not | involve the requirement that this gov- | ernment shall grant to any of these for- eign corporations highly valuable con cossions which givo them an unfair ad- itage over American roads, restrained as the latter are by n law to which the alien corporations are in no way amen- able. WILD CAT FINANCIERING. When Kansas City was enjoying her hoom u gentieman with the attractive name of Winner was her most famous boomer. While real estate transactions wore lively this wide awake gentleman made a great deal of money for himself and helped no end of customers and clients to littla fortunes, When the collapse came it caught Winner, how- ever, and serfously crippled, not himself alone, but alrost everybody who had reposed confidence in him. American Investments, a financiat jour- nl, makes an exhibit of the Winner In- vestiment company’s appraisement which is fairly startling. It shows this big Kuansas City concern to have been awild cat of the most ferocious and voracious character, The investment company contanined nominal assets in stocks of auxiliary corporations, railroads, manu- facturing institutions, water works, syn- dicates, notes, mortgages and real estate equities amounting in the aggrogate to $2,436,528, The total value placed upon this miscellaneous assortment of vagar- ies, plunder and confidence schemes, is $10,797. In commenting upon this show- ing Investments says: Shrinkage does not seem to be a word of sufficient force to express the above state- ment. The securities behind the bonds is- sued by the various Winner companies may, in some instances, pay their owners from 10 to 25 per cent, but 1n the majority of them, prior liens will absorb everything, leaving them out in the cold. We may have a per- verted taste, but we cannot help confessing that after reading the above we have no special fascination for comviex fluanciering. ANOTHER COMMERCIAL TREATY. The French foreign office has an- nounced the conclusion of a commercial treaty with the United States. This resuly, for which Minister Reid has labored with great industry for several months, is a recognition by the French government of the reciprocity policy of the United States, and is consequently another important and valuable victory for that policy. The terms of the treaty are not' at hand, but it is known to make concessions which cannot fail to materially enlarge our commerce with France, the benefits from which will of course come chiefly to our agricultural interests. The struggle to obtain these conces- sions has been a hard one, for the rea- son that the French government and people are strongly inclined to an ex- treme protection policy. It was this sentiment that prevented the conclusion of a commercial treaty with Spain, and it has kept France out of commercial al- liances with most of the Europsan pow- ors. Her economists have long taught the policy of commercial independence for the nation, until the whole people have become thoroughly imbued with faith in the soundness of this view. Hence when the American minister proposed a commercial arrangement that would give recognition to the reciprocity principle he encountered an opposition that promised to b insur- mountable and which made his task a very arduous one. But the French people know the value of the American market, and the possi- bility of losing it for any of their pro- ducts was sufficient to induce the gov- ernment to seriously consider the pro- posals of the representative of the United States. A long step was taken toward the consummation now attained when the regulations against American pork products were revoked. That ac- tion, secured after prolonged effort and discussion, was notice to the French people that the tiwe had come for the United States to demand just treatment in its commercial relations with other countries and that this country meant to exact such treavment. Having ac- complished this the way wa made easior to a commercial treaty more favorable to the interests of the United tates than any ever before made with Erar nd more favorable thun any ex- isting treaty botween that country and any other European nation, The testimony to the force of the reci- procity policy which this action of the French government supplies is even stronger than that furnished by the like action of the German government. As a vindication of the wisdom of that policy nothing better could be desived. And it is an overwhelming rebuke of the democratic charge that reciprocity is o humbug and sham, OMAHA The sale of $175,000 of city hall bonds CREDIT. bearing interest at 5 per cent per annum at a premivm of $14,717.50 is a most gratifying proof of Omaha’s credit. In 1872 $2(0,000 of school bonds bearing 10 per cent interest were sold at a fraction over 99 cents on the dollar, Ten years ago it would have been very difficult to place a 6 per cent city or school bond at par. Today there would be no difficulty | whatever in securing a premium on a 44 per cent city bond. At the rate which has just been paid for the city hall honds the board of education will realize $483,642 for its $400,000 five per cent bonds and the same amount of premium will be at the disposal of the park commission if it is decided to con vert the bonds which the board is au- thorized to issue. That will leave quite & margin over the amount to be ex pended for park lands which the bourd has already accepted. It is a question, however, whether it is prudent or advisable to issue all these park bonds during the present year, The chances ure that an Omaba city 4 per cent bond will be soleable at par within the next twelve months. —_—— THE New York World has discovered that Governor Hoies is certain to be an important figure in the national conven- tion. That has been apparent for some time to the western vision, and it has grown clearer with every new develon- ment in the dewocratic fuctional light OMAHA DAILY Pary in New Yorlk orously grof politics, and that the wes! there is cver loies is just now a vig- i in demoeratio t appears almost cortain il fuenish tho candidate nson to expect that he will continue to grow. e has the ad- vantage over ail othor w candi- datos that he is not in his G has strong and bitter enomies in Indiana who will probably prevent his controlling the delogation from that state, and who will at any rate use their influence against him in ure stern gonized own state, the national convention. Palmer of Illinois is antagonized by Morrison. Iowa has but one candidate, and tho democracy of that state will give him their unanimous and enthusiastic sup- port. If the national convention, there« fore, shall find it necessary or expedient to take the candidate from the west, it is obvious that Governor Boies’chances of being selected are better than those ot any other candidate thus far named. THE Indiana state republican conven- tion for tho appointment of delegates at large to the national convention enthu- siastically endorsed President Harrison, and instructed the delegates to support him for renomination as long as his name is before the Minneapolis conven- tion. Only one voice was raised in op- position to the president and that was entirely unavailing, so that the conven- tion was practically unanimous. The districts having chosen Harrison dele- gates, the president will go before the national convention with the support of a united and harmonious delegation from his own state, earnestly detor- mined to secure his renomination. OVER 4,000 names, mostly of Omaha ladies, have been signed to the general membership roll of the Manufacturers’ and Consumers’ association and the good work goes on. The canvassers expect to secura 10,000 names. Every signa ture represents a personal agreement on the part of the signer to give Nebraska- made goods the preference in all pur chases, quality and price being equal. A list of 10,000 names will represent a purchasing constituency of 100,000 per-~ sons and will be an organized sentiment in favor of home industries which can- not fail to put new life into the munu- facturing interest of the city and state. Tue number of known murders com- mitted in the United States the last year is placed at 10,196 and the number of murdevers who saffered death for their crimes at 552. Of these 322 were Jynched and 230 executed in pursuance of law. These figures not only show that more murderers are lynched than are legally executed, but_they also explain why so many are punighed by uprisings of the people. The onjy way that lynchings can be provented is by better enforce- ment of the lawwand increasing the cor- tainty of conviction and punishment. Tne Chinese ‘minister at Washington threatens thathis government will ex- clude American missionaries if we shall continue to shutjout, Chinese merchants, This would be retaliation against which we ought nét*a complain. Chinese missionaries are very expensive and Chinese converts are said to cost on an average of §10,000 each. If the Celestial emperor decides to drive away Ameri- can missionaries undor these circum- stances wo can probably get more for our money in other heathen lands. In selecting a site for the Central school the Board of Education should keep in view the convenience of the largest number of pupils that are toat- tend that school ~ Next to this comes the question of sightliness and accessi- bility. [t is to be expected that the new Central school building is to be a hand- somo structure, and it would hardly be creditable to the city to plant it out of sight insteaa of placing it where it will attract attention. S0 LONG as the treaty between Great Britain and America obtains and Can- ada undertakes no naval construction on the northern lakes, the people on the American side need experience no un- ensiness. It would be a great waste of money to fortify lake ports and attempt to put fleets on the great lakes. How- evor, Ingland should keep her war- ships out of tho upper St. Lawrence as evidence of good faivh. THE Mission wood yard will be a terror to some of the individuals who have hitherto been recipients of charity from the county There are beneii- ciaries of public charity to whom wood- sawing will offer no attraction, and who will perhaps, take their names off the paupor roll rather than work 00k county, Illinois, is doubtless right for Palmer, but when Horizontal Bill Morrison attacks the wigwam with his Egyptian janizarvies the democracy of Tilinois will discover that General John M. Palmer was elected United States senator by accident and is not persona grata to Egypt. e — T steamer Missouri is loading with the donationsaf the west for the famine districts of Russin, She will shortly sail with 4,088 pounds of flour and 1,500,000 pounds.of corn meal as the noble gift of Americx.” Twenty-twostates, one territory and the District of Columbia ure contributorss Aadile silence, ittty Times. 17 thero is anyihug in German affairs just now moro interggting than the emperor's lo- quacity it is Bismarck's silenc Ty cugo Liberality, tiieago Madl, The man who'tun Rel a §20,000,000 fran- chiso for $1 could write Shakspeara with one band tied behind him. Thereforo we givo it out publicly that we are believers in the Baconian theory. - A Home Thrust. Globe-Democrat. 'ne overwhelming republican victory just galned in the city of Elmira, N, Y., the place of Senator Hill's residence, shows that the dictator hias about reacbed the end of bis political rope. C - neficial Measure. Chicago Herald. A pure food law for the beuefit of oar own people would involye uo greater stre'ch of the uational authority, aud there is reason to believe that it would be muc more bene ficial. Even the producers of compound lard aud of the cotton seed oil which euters A 3E1: FRIDAY, MARCH 11. 1892, largely into its composition would not be rjured in the long run by being required to offer their usofal and harmiess article for what it roally is, and not as pure oxtract of hog. . Ameriean tdeas Ab Philadelphia Ledger . London 1s so strict in 1ts building laws and 10 thoir enforcoment that it is often held up as a model for Amorican. cities, yet out of school houses built at a cost of §10,000, 000 in tho last twenty years, 163 nave been found to be defoctive, thoir sanitary condi tion being bad. The blame is placed upon swindling contractors and dishonest oficers just as though tho school houses had been built in this country under a republican form of government. - > Wanderers In Space, Philadelphia Ledgers Prof. Swift discovered what he took to be acomet, small and tailless, but which will doubtless bo claimod by some presidential candidate. Thero are several booms at large answoring that deseription. ool VOICE OF THE STATE PRE! Atkinson Graphio: If mortuary condi- tions do not intervene, the World-Horald will be awarded the sonsational take prize at the Columoian exhubit. Grand lsiand Independent: If the ropub lican party should commit the immense blunder of nominating Tom Majors for gov- ernor, it would be certain defeat. Grand Island Independent: A forced nom- ination is likely to result in a fearful defeat. It republicans hobo to win they must put up candidates upon whom all republicans can unite and whom all sections will support. The spirit of punishing sections must not have place in our convention, naless wo court defeat, Union Lodger: Tire Ber's bistory of Ne- braska 18 the most interesting skotch of the oarly orgunization and rapid advancement of our groat state that has ever been placed be- fore the people. It records many imteresting ovents connected with the leislatures of territorial days, also some vatuablo statistics carofully compiled which will be useful for future reference. Lincoln Journal: The alleged ticket of Clarkson ana Belden, putup by some of the republican politicians in Iowa, will not ex- cite a very large boom. Iowa will doubtless send a Harrison delegation to Minneapolis. That her first choice might have been Blaine @00s not argue that sne will have another choice than Harrison, since Mr. Blaine has de:lined to be considered a candidate. Amsley Chronicle: On the twenty-fifth an- niversary of the admission of Nebraska, with its usual commendable enterprise, ‘Imr OwmAma BEE published a very elaborate re- sume of the history of the state from its early territorial days down to the present time, reciting the many exciting political events of the first years of its statehood and showing the marvelous development of its material wealth and its natural resources. Tekamah Burtonian: The republicans of the state can gain nothing by keeping up the spiteful fight among thewselves. Let's all be fair and acknowledge that Omaha with her thousands is entitled to a little bit more consideration than a towu of a few hundred inlabitants. And, too, some of the country editors might be considerate enough to ac- knowledge that Tur Bee is entitled to a better standing in the party than soms six- teenth sheet with a fow hundred circulation. If some of ihe kicking republicans in the state think they are better than their party, why in thunder don’t they get out; the party craft would sail easier. —_— HORIZONTAL BILL. Kaunsas City Times: Colonel Morrison would stand better with the national democ- racy if he would not rerard it as his duty to opposo Senator Patmer on all occasions. Chicago Tim Modest stillness and hu- mility is uot a Morrison characteristi Wherefore tne interstate commerce commi sioner flies high. Nothing less than tenancy of the white house will suit his towering am- bition, Chicago Herald: Bill Morrison of St Louis thinks be is a caudiaate for the presi- dential nomination on the democratic ticket. e has the unqualified support of every re- publican paper and politician in Illinot Globe-Democrat: Colonel Bill Morrison is convinced that General Palmer fs too old for the presidency. I'he colonel is a giddy young thing, who will not be 70 for throe yours to come. Denver News: The Morrison-Palmer fight in Illinois has becomo bitterly personal. Morrison deciares Palmer unfit for the pres. ideucy, while s for himself, why, Mr. Mor vison considers he is just the men. Neither ono of tho gentlemen need loose any sleep at night sitting up thinking of the whito house. Hlinois wiil scarcely be honored this year by a democratic presidential nominution, Fools Sowln al Hatred, rand Island Independont., Some professedly ropublican papers bave unjustly and unprudently attacked Tk Owana B and all Omaha on the protext thay Tur Bk and the Omaba republicars bad not supported iv 1540 the republican can- didate for governor, Mr. Richards, and from this pretended fact they have drawn the foolish conclusion that in futura every Owmuba republican candidete who might be nominated must bo opposed by the people outside of Omaba. ‘Thero is neither truth, nor justice, nor pru deuce in such a statement of the situation and the conciusion drawn from it. No truth, becauso Tur Bie always de- fonded that poor candidate of the republican party, and at least the same proportion of re. publicans voted for him in Omana us did 1n any other locality, if not a largor one; no justice, becauso that what a miuority of a place did or failed to do is not the fault of the majority and caunot draw rovenge upow the whole community; and before all it 1s no prudence to ondanger the whole party by drawing local projudico and local hate in the decision of an eloction which is of great HORRORS OF THE PEST HOUSE Terrible Stats of Affairs Discovered by Reporters on North Brother Island, LITTLE RELIEF FOR SICK AND DYING Typhus, Su Scarlet Faver and Suffering Awful ause of n Lack of % and Nurses. alipoy, asles Patients Agonies ¥ NEw York, March 10.—A starthing condi- tion of affairs at the city’s post house on North Brother island is set forth by the World with much display. Tue Worla ro- porters landed on North Brother island at midnight Tuceday night and visited the smallpox hospital, the typhus fever hospital, the scarlet fever and measles ward and the lepers’ tent. The reporters went into pavil- fon after pavilion and found neither attend- ants nor doctors, and were appealod to for water and assistance by the uneglected vatients, One attendant was found who had thirty- two typhus fever pationts in his care Twenty-six of them were in pavilion No. four in paviliion No. 4 and two outside ina tent. Six of the typhus victims were delir- ious and were tied to their cots. This at- tendant said very frankly that he had mora to do than six men could attend to in the pavilion where twonty-six of uis patients lay. If anything went wrong in paviion No. 4 0r in the ‘tent he could not help it. A thick fog was blowing over tho island and an intermittent drizzle was falling, but tho windows of the pavilions were open’ and the wind and fog swept down on the cots where the afflicted wretches tossed in fever- ish delirium. In the quarantine tent for men, fifteen cots had no mattresses. The men were Iying on tho canvas coverings, with one thin blanket to each cot for bed clothes. lu this quarautine there were five persous who did uot oven have cots. They made beds on chairs and benches, As the reporter peorea into the littlo over- flow tent where the two patients lay, they stretched out their arms and cried : *Give us something to drink. For God's sake gol us some water, Nobody is l0oking after us.” _The attention of tho attendant in pavilion No. 3 was ocalled to the sufferers, and ue said dusl)mnnptly 1 know it; I know it; but two of the people in here have just died and I have got another one dying. I cannot be at thirteen pluces at once.” **What do you do with the bodies?" asked a World reporter, *Who helps you remove them “I wake up some of tho convalescents and make them help me," he roplied. The reporters then discovered by an exam- ation of the dining room the extraordinary fact that all the attondauts in the various infectious wards and pavilions eat their meals together. Side by sido at the table sit attendants from the smallpox, typhus, measles aud scarlet fever wards, ‘Ihoy stop from the bedside of their patients to the common dining table without fumigation or change of clothing. The reporters asked what was to prevent a general spreading and intermingling of all the contagious diseases, and the attondant admitted that there wus no safeguard, He had sat at the tablo with a smallpox-nurse at his right and a scarlet fever attendant on his left, and another from the measles ward across tho table. If he carried disease to his patieuts he could not be heid responsible, he said. Denies tho Story. + President Wilson of the Board of Hoalth was seen today by a reporter in relation to the report, that the patients confined in North Brother island in the typhus and smallpox wards were not attended to; that they wore strapped down to their cots in cold and unin ble tents and uot visited sometimes in four hours. Wilson said that Dr. Pereival, physician in chargo, donies tho story. “As to men being strapped to iron cots, you kuow that becomes & necessily in a great mauy cases when patients bocome delir- ius.” The tents, ho said, were all heated by steam. the PREPARING FOR FR COAL. American Capitalists Bond Big ields In Orrawa, Ont., Mar Anticipatiug the | romoval of duties from coni imported into the United States, a syndicate of American capitalists have bonded several valuable coal tracts in Cape Broton and Pic: ., 0 enable them to compste with the Penusyl- vania mines in the New Kugland market if coal is put on the free list. Morsover, in the ! juterest of the mine ownors, o considerable | coal property in Nova Scotia has also been | bonded which would mako the Peansylvania men entirely independent of any llagutinlluu in the way of removing coal duties in the - terest of New Buglund—taat is, if they man- ago to secure u monopoly of a' cousiderable area of Nova Scotia pronerties. Canada imported 1,50),000 tons of anthra- cite coal from the Unitéa States lnst year and 1,600 tons of bituminous, the latier being subject to a duty of 60 cents per ton. o the United States Canads exported 830,- 000 tons of bituminous, which, with the ox- 4 dilted coption of 175,000 tons, was shipped from British Columbia to California. Tho Nova Scotia mino owners, supported by members in the parliament of the prov- inces, are protesting agalust the appeals of Ontarfo and Queboc to have vituminous coal placed on tho Troe list - SHE BESTED THE A, 0. U, W, A Woman Wins an Important Suit and Se. o Hashand's Tnsar BroowiNaroy, 1ll, March 10,.—A vory im | portant decision was rendored in the oircuit court hore yustorday which has a boaring upon the business of all insuranco associa tions, It was rondered in tho case of Mrs, Maggie Beicham, widow of Thomas Bel- cham of this city vs. the (rand Lodgo of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. Mrs Belcham's husband carried a life policy for £2,000 in this order for twelve years, but was expelled from the order & few months veforo nis death for deafness. The claim was made by Mrs. Belchain that when he was expellod her husband was fnsane. The verdict rendered gives Mrs, Bolcham o judg- ment for §2,1 ritory Wa Anpyone, I, Maroch he foderal grand jury, in its final report to the United States court in session hore,contatned special requests for the establishment of courts of competent jurisdiction in the Indian terr- tory. It refers to the fact thatitis notan experiment, but an unqualificd success, and that the charge thut competent jurors cannot be tad in the territory is groundless. The faculty of self-governiment of the people and the thrift, intellizence, enterprise and love of law and order of the people of this country are reliable guarantees that the people are not only fully competent to operate home courts with fuli and comvlote criminal as well ny civil jurisdiction, but they will be found equal to any emergency when callod upon, —— SHI Hunting the Sedalin Fiond. SEDALIA, Mo, March 10.—Another hopo was dashed to earth 1n this city when Sherift Smith recerved a tologram from Detective Kuney at Sulphur Springs, Tex., saying that the negroin _custody there was not tho man Davis wanted in_this city for the Tay- lor outrage. The ufiicers still base their Indian T the Indian territo ! and Chief Kinney and his force of detectivos aro closely following the trail. Sheriff Smith is in constant com- munication with Kinney and as soon as tho arrest is made 1t will be known here, New York to ilave A New Yok, March 10.—A new thoater is 5000 to bo built in Fifty-ninth streot, bo- twean Madison and Park avenues, that will probably surpass in magnificenco anything heretofore nttempted 1 this city. The pro fected uilding is the outgrowth of a plan aiscussed some time ago amoug the miliion aires living in that vicinity. 1t will cost about #100,000 and bave seating room for about 1,500, TRUTHS heator LES. on Globe: Td hands aro usually ac- aniod by u busy niue. It Mr. Charlos Miteholl § rd and as often us e talks he would e n great pugiiist. eiph!a Ledger: Colorado has a news- lied the Witermelon, which must for 1t to the core at some of the romurks made about it. New Orloans Picayune: Some sucrifices must bo wade during Len i in an oleo- margarine boarding house it is casiest to givo up butter, 1. Wickars—I don't be co betweon goniu rs—Oh. yos, thore Is; / atic 15 sure of his board uné Indinnnpolis Journ leve there is much differe and heap. Ingunity. Vi The funa STRONG IN DEATIL New York Herald. T was crowded to the doors, hung on by the straps, And child d in tho throng aps. (uctor took them on, ushed down in the braut, o ed his last words were, ove up thers in front!" Clothier and Furnisher: Bingo--1 wish you would try some aleohol on this coat. and see If vou ean 2ot some of the spots out, Mrs. »—There isn't any alcohot loft, but you might breathe on it Mr. Howell (of the firm of 08, i3 there any erapo hicago Tribun tup & Howell) in 1ho ste Clerk=-Pienty of it, sir. Mr. Howell=-You may t'e a ploce of it on tho knob, put up the shutters, lock up every- securely wnd <o home. th. T liope t, but there probub Tho jzas bill has come,” (Gloomily.) = Nof wii be vefore nizht, Somerville Journ ) res the man w knows thit ho an extra price, ho hatter always a greav head, [y pust make his hats to order ut THE FUNERAL. Chicago Times, *1 am running, Exypt, runnlog,'" Thus quoth Horlzontal Bill, But his boom will tili n cunning Little grave upon the hiil. OIl City Blizzard: In England they stand for office, in this country they run, and in both countries they lie more or loss, Glenn Falls Republic The lover who 13 should cover his wounds with court pluster. Binzhamton Repubican: A vted to women, for they ners. hitecturo is are born de- Hoston Courler: Th tmmovable in his cony stern judgo Is always ons! " BROWNING, KING 3 W. Corade Ldbnanl Doazlus it Wewve Got a Jag of Wainter--- The man who has lived through Marches hopes of capturing the fugitive in ToXas Orves. , N importance to the whole people. | Tur Bee has in 1590 dono more for M. Richards than it was its duty to do for hiw it could mot do more forhim, bocuuse he was & poor man, who would and could not do anything for himself, a weakling who at the time when the auestion of prohivition or no probibition was to be decided had not the coursge to declare himself, either for or against it. Aundif Tur Ber, a strong worker agalnst prohibition, was to be blamed for anythin, it was for the fact that it did not dociaedly declare azainst Rictard But all over the country there were repub licans onough who would not vouw for w mau for governor who showed bis subserviency Lo the prouibitionists openly by his refusal 1o doclare against probibition, aud they pre ferved to vote for Boyd, ull Tur Bei's de fense of Richard’s notwithstanding. This was e cause of Richards' deteat, and it is an evidence of childish ignorance | || to lay this defeat to Tue Bue avd Omaba, And it s the height of political folly, now in the preseat tame of | |! dauger to split the party by the demand that every candidate from Owaba must be op posed because a K'romont mau was_defeato and justly defeated, by tue people of b wholé state. ‘The locality of man’s birth or residence, or his religious creed, or Lis prolession, or any other irrolevant qualifications ought not to lufluence u nomination or election. Oniy the true morits of & man, his honesty ability, bis independence und bis uvali are 1o be considerea. Phe ublicans by toeir politicar | || +vors buve lost o much that they are re- | || du. ed to a doubtful plurality, which by the | || least wistake cau b turned 1nto a aefeated | || winority. T'te foolish advico of suort-sighted | || men, who propose to sow local discord and tactional hosulity, wust vot be beard Wo know that ibe other pariics will pu forta their best men as standard bedrers,ani if tho republicans 4o not Mo the sime. ibe) l_ nis ||| My own will earu merited defeat, [t He « Open Buturdays til 10 p. w Oveniugs til 6% .an buy just as cheap today and have his pick before others have got the best of them. { ito be 'buying his spring suit deterred from or overcoat by this lit- tle flurry of weather. He knowsthat the best jsclections are always taken first and he’'ll not wait for a warm day, { Macintoshes that look like spring overcoats are the thing now and we're go- ing to sell lots of them., novelties in shirts that you ought to see. Browning, King & Co |S. W. Corner We've got some 15th and Douglas Sts of years goneby is not |