Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 15, 1892, Page 4

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March 6, dany. Maroh 7 dny, March &, esiny, Marcii Thuradny. March | Friday, March 11 Buturdiy. March i Average ... Sworn 10 lefore me and_ Jresence this 19th day of Marc| ExAL subscribed in my A.D. 1802 N. P, Frit, Notary Publfe. Average Circulation for Fobrunry 24,510, (e ——————————————— CANADA is the dog-in-the-manger of the Bering sea controversy. mmee—eeee— GROVER CLF AND's attempt to pose as the Sir Oracle of the democracy is an up Hill business. ThE Jfact must be kept well to the front that Omaha’s long engagement as a convention city opens in six weeks. THE committeo on naval irs has tho decency to offer an elaborate apolog for cutting 8,783 out of the devar ment estimates for naval appropria- tions. EX-SENATOR JOHN J. INGALLS is the only prominent republican whoapproves of tho parsimonious appropriation ac- corded the navy by the house committee on naval affairs. CLEVELAND went to Louisiana osten- sibly to hunt ducks. Hill is going to the same state, buv he will waste neither time nor powder on ducks. He is hunt- ing bigger game. UNFORTUNATELY for his race and the Bloux nation in particular, Kicking Bear, the ghost dancer, stood his Wild West experience admirably and roturns to Americu in excellent health. PERHAPS General Bragg in his rela- tion of ‘‘truc and trusted friend” to Grover hoves to become the residuary legatee of the *‘man of density” and trot into the democratic saw dust ring as a dark horse. NOTWITHSTANDING the attempts of the democrats to discredit the principlo of reciprocity treaties tho government gous right on enlarging our markets. Nicaragua has just been added to Secro- tary Blaine’s conquests. SAM ALLERTON, the Chicago million- aire speculator, delivered an addiess in defongo of option grain and stock gam- bling in All Soul's church, Chicago, Sunday evening. This is in accord with the eternul fituess of things. SPEAKING of the Atlantic tragedy one naturally wonders how it was possi- ble for the murderer to secure liquor upon which to get drunk and remain in that condition so long in the interior of the prohibition state of Iowa. THE State Board of Transportation should not be at a1l backward in coming forward with a revised freight rate schedule reducing local rates on com- modities which comprise the bulk of Nebraska’s domestic productions and imports, GENERAL BRAGGS' fears that Grover Cleveland would henceforth decline further public duty are groundless. Grover like Barkis is always willing, but the democratic party has no inten- tions to risk another defeat under his londorship. S—— THUS far the Raum investigation has brought out no new facts, though it has enabled a democratic congressman to gratify his personal malice and has taken the commissioner and gceveral other officers away from their legitimate business for a period. — ACCORDING to the gospel of Saint Al- lerton gambling in wind, better known as trading in futures, s not gambling, On the contrary, *'it was built up by the best thought for an honest purpose. To destroy it now would be a calamity to the world.” Saint Allerton does not stato which world. ENTERTAINME is yot needed for noarly one hundred dologates to the Moethodist Episcopal General conference, These should be provided for the present week. It is hoped that citizens who have not yet responded to the call of the conference committee will send in their names without delay. ——— Dr. GeorGe L. MILLER'S explana- tion of his remurks before the Nebraska state contral committee, quoting from a letter received from ex-President Cleveland, relioves the worthy doctor from the charge of bad faith, but strengthens the importance of the state- ment made to the com'mittee. —————— DOUGLAS county goes into the demo- eratic state convention with 103 dele- gates. San Francisco’s represeuntation 1n a California domoceratic convention is 104 With that pbumber at his back Boss Buckiey was able to coutrol the democratic party of the state for yoars. The Omaha boss has not yet appeared, but 103 votes solid in a eouvention is a great temptation which a single demo- oratio success way develop into bossism. UNTIMELY WAR TALK Those people who are talking of pos- sible war between Great Britainand the United States as a result of the Bering sea_contention, and whose utterances may tend to incite public opinion in the two countries in favor of war, are un- wise in permitting their passions and prejudices to get the better of their judgment, According to of what transpired in the executive session of the senate last week, when the art tration trenty was considered, the spirit of “jingoism” was very prevalent. Sev- oral prominent senators are stated to have talked vory plainly about the duty of the government to retalinte uvon Canada for tho alleged courss of mem- bors of the Canadian government in relation to the Bering sea mattor, and to have said in unmistakable terms t they were ready to support tho adminis- teation in any course it should deem proper to take for maintaining the posi- tion of thiggovernment relative to the rights claimed for the United States in connection with the seal fisheries. There was opposition to ratifying tho treaty. on the ground that the United States has certain rights in the Baring sea acquired by purchnse, and thorefore need not ask Kngland whother those rights shall be enforced. The more influential senitors, however, urged that the ratification of the troaty would strengthen the position of the United States so far as the good ofiices of friendly governments were concerned, and that it would in the end be impos- sibie for England to decline a modus vivendi while arbitration was in nrogress, All fair minded men will admit that the United States has a fair caute of complaint in the refusal of Lord Salis- bury to renew the arrangement of last year by which the two governments on- gaged to jointly protect the seal fish= eries, There are just us valid reasons for continuing that protection during the progress of arbiteation as there were for establishing it originally, and the government of the United "States was fully warranted in expecting a re- newal of the modus vivendi, Lord Sal- isbury appears to have been urged to refuse this by the Canadian govern- ment, ostensibly in the interest of those who had investments in sealing vessels, but for the real purpose, it is not un- likely, of further complicating the con- troversy and perhaps defeating arbitra- tion. It is unquestionuble thyt the Can- adian government has shown a mis- chievous and unfriendly spirit toward the United States all through the con- sideration of this matter, nor can thera be any doubt regarding the influence it has exerted upon the imperial govern- ment. But it will not better the situa- tion nor improve the chances of induc- ing the British government to recon- sider its decision by indulging in threats and giving utterance to such sentiments as are attributed to certain senators. The administration has taken the right course in insisting upou a re- newal of the modus vivendi, and it is a diplomatic question to be-settled by the usual forms and methods of diplomacy. The American peovle have no right, as yet, to assume that Lord Salisbury will not be convinced that good faith re- quires him to comply with the request of this government. Publicsentiment in England, outside of the government cir- cles, is understood to disapprove of the position of Lord Salisbury, but this feel- ing may reasonably be expected to change if men in this country whose opinions ure influential publicly mani- fest an unfriendly spirit toward Eng- land. The war talk at present is unwise and untimely and can have no beneficial of- fect in either country. Itis especially blameworthy when it proceeds from senators who, in the performance of their official duties, may be culled upon to act upon questions arising out of the contention. reports CURRENT FINANCIAL FALLACIES, A short time ago Senator Stanford of California introduced in the senate a bill **to provide the government with means sufticient to supply the national want of asound circulating medium.” This measure, and the views generally of the adyocates of the currency policy which it contemplates, was made tho subject of a speech in the senate last week by Senator Dolph of Oregon, in which he made plain the fallacies of the arguments in support of currency infla- tion. Senator Dolph dealt first with the statements regarding the alleged wrongs of the farmers of the country. He did not underestimate the disadvantage under which the fatmers of the country labor, but nothing was to be gained by misrepresenting the actual condition of our farming communities. As a matter of fact, the condition of the farming in- terests of this country is not as deplor- able us the democratic missionaries of free trade ropresent. On the contrary itcan be shown that our furmers are better off, that they are bettor clothed and fed, that they work fewer hours than at any previous time, and that their children are better clothed and have better advantages for obtaning an educatiou, and the farmers and their families enjoy mors of the comforts and conveniences of wealth and civilization than at any preceding period. *The condition of the farniers of this country,” said Senator Dolph, “is immeasurably better than the condition of the farmoers at this or at any past time in any other country on the face of the earth.,” In justification of this view the senator presented tables of comparative prices in 1880 and 1890, showing that nearly everytihing which the farmer hud to buy was lower in the latter than in the former year, and ou many of these articles the price is less now than two years ago. Of all the schemes udvocated for the relief of farmers, that known as the sub- troasury plan the Oregon senator re- garded as the most visionary and the most impracticable. Nothing could more certainly destroy the crediv of the government, depreciate its notes and its obligations, and bring financial ruin upon the country. Unless the issue of government notes was in excessive amounts, but a fow favorites—the peo- ple who pow control the wealth of the country—could be accommoduted with government loans. The notes could only be mude to pass current while they wore THE OMAI redeemable by law at the treasury in gold and silver and the government pos- | sessed the ability to redecem them upon presentation. This would be wholly im- practicable, and from the first 1ssus of such notes they would part company with gold and silver, and if the issu were continued would depreciate until they would be as worthless as the conti- nental money became after the revolu- tlonary war. If the subtreasury scheme should be adopted and the gov- ernment notes should doprecinte to 25 cents on the dollar in gold, a bushel of | wheat might be worth $3in the de- precinted currency when it would bring only 75 cents in gold. 1f a deprecinted currency became n measure of value in this country, gold and silver, the value of which is fixed by the world’s demand and the move- ment of which cannot be controlled by legislation, would seek investment else- where and the business of this country would be conducted on the basis of choap money furnished by the govern- ment, The valuo of treasury notes do- pends upon the obligation and ability of the government to redeem thom in gold and silver and monoy convertable in gold and silver. , The amount of cu renoy required for the purchase of a product of human labor now depends and will always depend upon the value of that currency in gold and silver money. Discussion of this kind is timely. When demagogues are actively seeking to tompt the farmers of the country away from their allegiance to a sound and stable currency, with the promises of benefits which it would be impossible to vealize, it is well to point out to this large body of citizens, ubon whose pros- perity the general welfaro so largely depends, in a plain and straightforward ding and dangerous fal es to which they are asked to give their countenance and support. Senator Dolph has made a valuable contribution to the discussion of a live and most im- portant sub, RAILROAD TAX SHIRK The most glaring instance of railroad tax shirking in this state has boen pra practiced by the Omaha Belt Raiiw company. This company was incorpor- ated on the 10th day of September, 1883, at the instance of Juy Gould, with the manmifest design to control the ap- pronches in and out of Omaha and to afford the Missouri Pacific a right of way into Omaha at the oxpense of the Union Pacific. The articles of incorporition, on file in the office of the secrotary of state, read as follows: The undersigned hereby certily that we have associated ourselves togather for the purpose of constructing and operating a railroad, The name assumed by such company is tho Omaba Belt Railway company; snd as such it shall be known aund do business. The termini of said railroad shall both be in the city of Omaha, Douglas county, state of Nevraska. Said road shall commence at or near the intersection of Farnam streei and tho richt of way of tho Unfon Pacific railway east of Ninth street, in said city of Omaha, and shall pass from thence in & gen- oral northerly direction to some poiut'on or near section 3, township 15, range 13, east, in said county of Douglas; thouce in a gen- eral northwesterly direction to some point on or noar section 4 in said township and range: thence in a general southwesterly direction to some pointon or near section 17, in said township and range; thence in a general northerly diroction to some point on or noar section 32, in said township and ranee; thencein a general southerly and easterly direction to some voint on or near the main line of said Union Pacific Railway company thence along or near the main ‘ine of said railway to the place of be- ginning, with branch lines there- from to any point or powts 1n Douglas county, Nebraska, deemed neces- sazy, and especially to any raitroad and to any warehouse, shop, manufactory or public place fn said city of Omaha, on such prac- ticable route or routes as may be deemad ad- visable and hereafter determined upon. Said railway 1n a general way to forma circular or belt liue around the business por- tion of said city of Omaha, with branches therafrom 2s may be decmed convenient or necessary. The capital stock of smd company shall be in the amount of $300,000 and may bein- croased to any amount not exceoding $2,000,- 000 as proviaod by law. In witness whoreof we have. hereunto set our hauds this 10th day of September, 1883, Siuas H. H. CLaRk, LEAVITT BURNIAM, Jors M. Tiunste Fiaxk Monpiy, E. W. Nasit. The three first namet incorporators wera Union Pacifle officials. Murphy and Nash were simply annexed as a mat- ter of form. None of the incorporators had any ownership in the line which was primarily built out of Union Pacific funds. Under the laws of this state the prop- erty of railroads that have their termi- nais within one county only is to be as- sessed for taxation by the local precinet Assessors just the same as the real and personal property of any other corpora- tion or individual. The Belt Line rail- road by its charter begins and ends in Douglas county. If the plain mandate of the law had been carried out by the assessors and county commissioners its property would huve been listed for tox- ation just the same as other property, but the managers of the company have for the last eight years been permitted to evade the greater part of their taxes by returning the property to the state board and having it apportioned back as rail -ond mileage of the Missouri Pacific. ‘his was a downright fraud which the state ofticers could have readily pre- vented if they had been so disposed. Tho Belt Line railway has uever been con- solidated with the Missouri Pacific. No articles of consolidation have ever been filed. Even if there had been such con- solidation the Belt Line railway would bave to be returned for taxes in Doug- 1u% county alone, in complinnce with its chartor. The company has no track outside of Douglas county. The bulk of the property of the Belt company assessed in 1891 was us follows: 16.54 miles of track; 16 miles of siding; 60 acres of depot grounds; 6 depots; 1 engine house. Of tho 16.54 miles of track, 544 are outside of the city of Omuba and 122 are within the limits of South Omaha. As a part of the wain line of the Mis- souri Paeific, which was by the Board of Eqgualization of 1801 assessed at $5,100 per mile, the whole road, sidetracks, stutions, dopot grounds, engine huuss, | waxaion wh/§ \ locomotivgga, ears and other equipments, which arasvaedued by Jay Gould at not less than®@® 000,000, ware nssessod for 3,000. For city tixation this worth $8,000,0 0 was as- property | sessed at dBgut #54,000, wheroas if it was assessed af one-tenth of its value the ns- sossment showld be at least $700.000 for city taxaliof and #800,000 for county taxntion, p Now the-quostion is why don't the city and cdifity authoritics revise the tax list amtdevy an assossmonts against the Belt Iy vatiway company in pro- portion to tHé assessments of other pro perty? The county and city aro cloarly entitled to the differcnce between the state appraisement and the correct as- sessment, not only for 1801, but for the years preceding. If tho Belt Line com- pany resists this tax ‘on the protext of doubl axation, let the courts decide. We venture to preaict that no court would dure to susiain such a prepostor- ous claim in deliance of the plain letter of the law, P DOUBTFUL REFORM. The rules adopted by the republican city and county committees for the gov- ernment of primary elections are liable to result in more flagrant abuses than those from which the committees aro trying to purge our pre-election system The recognition and legalization of the caucus for nominating delegates orac- tically nullifies the whole program of reform. Caucusses always have been and always will be mere traps set by machine politicians by which a compact minority can dominate the rank and file of the party. A caucus may meet at any hour set by the ward committeemen and it may adjourn within five minutes. The caucus is nothing more nor less than a political policy-shop into which political suckers are roped to play with marked cards and loaded dice. The object of the law ! mary olections aro logalized and the time is prescribed during which the polls shall remain open was to away with packed caucusses manipulated by rvings und to give tho voters of every 'ty equal voice in designuting who shall represent them in conventions. “The arbitrary power conferred upon the commuttees in the registration of voters is liable to produce more fraud than downright repeating. Unscrup- ulous and designing politicians will be enabled to pad the registration lists and make it possible for gangs of repeaters to go from ward to ward and vote upon fictitious npines. The Australian ballot feature would be an excelletitreform, providing always the caucus did not forestall untrammeled action and‘ the rogistration was sur- rounded by safoeguards that would as- sure the purity of the ballot. which pri- Nu:,msdl.u\ completed a reciprocity arrangement’just in time to save herself from being fhcluded. among the coun- tries whose products exported to the United States, us described in the reci- procity clausg of the tariff law, will pay duties after:today. The proclamation issued by <President Harrison some aoks ago apotneed that after March 5 sugar, molasses, coffeo and hides ex- ported to the United States from coun- tries which had not at that date con- cluded reciprocity arrangements with this country or opened negotiations therefor, would be roquired to pay the duties designated by the tariff bill. Of the countries that send the specified artioles to the United States and will be affected by this regulation Venezuela will be the principal sufferer, since she may have to find snother market for $10,000,000 worth of coffee annually ex- ported to the United States. The im- position of duties is not expected to affect the prico of any of the articles designated in the reciprocity clause of the tarlff law, but itis likely to prove damaging to.the business of merchants trading with the couvtries involved. Justice to those countries that have made reciprocity arrang ments, how- over, requires the enforcement of the regulation. Tue district division convention of the Boys and Girls National Home and Em- ployment associntion at the Young Men’s Christian association rooms Tues- day of this week will be an occasion worthy of the attention of the friends of street waifs and friendless children. A very entertaining program has been ar- ranged in which business men us well as clorgymen will discuss questions con- nected with the well being of the lads and lusses of the cities, The district inciudes Omaha, Council Blufls, Lincoln and other cities and representa- tives will be present from the several local organizations. Colonel Hoagland, the friend of the boys and ginls who bhave no . other friends, will be present and this fact alone makes it certain tho meeting will be-interesting. —_— To PLACE the caucus nominees at the head of the primary election ticket, under the system proposed by the county and city central committees, would be simply to peripetuata caucus rule. The joint commffitgo is right in recommend- ing that the-wames of all candidates for convention*henors shall he printed on the tickets gifhl phabetical ordor. The Speak-Easy at Home, Chicago Times. A prohibitfow convention in Portiand, Me., was attended’ by exacuy nine enthusiasts. “Thore seem to be about &s many probibition ists in theory &s there are in practice. A -— wopllMuke u Better Run, Senator StanTord might get a second-hand uomination asent, but it is questionavle whether thoPelfple's party would not choose a better anioyek@ic Wake the race by going into the senater's Palo Alto stable instead of his mansion for a candidate. About th Globé-Democrat, Sen ator Blackburn bhas told Senator Hill that the lutter would lose New York by about 40,000 votes if he should be nomiuated. That’s porhaps about the right figure. Be- tweon 40,000 and 50,000 is whit we have been setuing the republicau vluraliny at - Emperor Williay olly, Harper's Weekly, A sharp reminder o the emporor that 1 Germau people are NOL slaies, ana that the solf-vespoct of every intelligent German is wounded by bis foolish assertions that he is the state, and toat bis will is tho law of Gor- many, would be very serv.cib.s 1o hi 1 to the pouce of Germany aud of | urope. His assortions that be is tae enly rulo i MARCH 15, pite and that o will have no othor are es- sentinlly troasonable. Thers is a constitution in Germany, and a legislature of ropresenta- tives of the people. The emperor is not the ruler of Germauy. His will is not law, and olthough his authority is groat, it is not su- | prome. The sullon rots in Berlin which fol- lowed immediately his rocent spsech at Bran- denburg show how deep and strong is the discontent {n Prussia fdent, Benjamin Narrison, Chicago Tribun Thero is no question on the part majority of the republican voters of the United States that Prasident Harmison should bo renominat The groat pre nonderance of ropublican sentiment is in his favor. His renomination is the natural and logical outcome of the political situation as it will appoar in Minueapolis in June. He ought to be reuominated becauso he has filled the oftico of prosidunt with credit not only to himsolf but to his party. His parti- san oritles cannot find anything to which they oan mako vaiid objection. If ho tad displayed lack of judgment, mads mistakes, or loft tho door opon to democratic assault upon the administration it would speedily have been mads appavent by his enemies, who have been iying in wait for the oppor- tunity to urga the attack. Ho has condu sted his offico in such a manner, and with such prudence, wisdom and business ability that his party has no oceasion to excuso, apol- ogizo or defend. It will take tho field, therefore, in aggrossivo fashion and make the most of the stupsndous blunders already committed by the democrats, 1892, Yor ¥ of the She Ought to Declare Hersell, Siowr City Jowrnal, Towa is happily free from the urgency of any favorite son who has an ax to grind and who asks for himself the indorsementof a ridiculous or a hopeless candidaoy merely as a means for grinding his ax. There may bo astate or two in which the party will bo reluctantly led to the support ot such candi dates. But lowa republicans would bo inex cusable to go out of their way to indulge in such folly. lowa is for Harrison. As a matter of cousse, it will sond a Hacrison del- ogation to Minneapolis, Why not say so with emphasis? New York / Morland, the Oxford tutor who attempted to draw certain distinguished Englishmen into 1llicit correspondence and then sought to blackmail them, was vesterday sentenced to ten years ponal servitude. He should have beon senteuced for life. If thoro is a more despicable scoundrel on earth than an oducated blackmailer ho has not raisea his head above thesurface since the work of recording the history of the human family began, b AL e PARAGRAPHIC WAR PAINT. New York Recorder: “1 have tho suns,” says Uncle Sam, “And plenty rounds of shot, And if John Bull still steals my seuls Tl1 give it to him hot." Chicago Tribune: Let us whisper a word in your ear, John Bull! Remember the Yankee privateer, John Bull! Notico to poachers in Bermng sea: games not allowed. Skia Mrs. McSwat—Billiger, if thero is war with England promiso md you wou't go and zht! Mr. McSwat—Me fight? Go to war to maintain the sealskin sacque industry{ Great Scott, Lobelin! What do you take me for! Do you think I'm a howling " idiot from Ijjit- ville? Do I look like a blooming, up-and- down, snub-nosed, caliper-legged, gogple eyed, 'frog-footed, dough-hended hunk of— of— ' [Words fail. Mr. McSwat kicks his chair over, jams his hat on, goes out to the oarn, and communes with himself 1n a loud, expiosive voice. | e Philacelphia Ti can’t be democr tunity is Baid-headed Mr. Hill opportunity, as oppor- Tways provided with a forelock. Chjengo Tribune: vou look scedy. 1t s time you suit. Phlatz—1 knov it, but my tailor refuses to —h'm—to renew the mo ius vivendi, New York Herald smile on [yuur 1ips, wait until the oaor somewhat, tnough. fellow had a new “Meet your wife with n says an exchauge. Better of the smile has abated St Joseph News: “Willlo Vansoft's beon malking the fur fly. T hear. Rising a row, Wis he No; shaved his Inciplent mustache." A PITIFUL TALE. Washington Star. pring poem soll 1t iy ound 1n snow drift led. and quite doad. Yothum ‘ome i humpin' yere an’ git yo' barf, nmy ain’t got no time ter fool, Yo' A travelling theatr wrote to tho owner o in the state of Washinzton for a booking. Ho oivod the following unswer: “Yours to d. 1 won't pliy on snaires no more. You ipany will Nay to send me 810 for ono night yd suply thair own kerrosean and. lumps. ey will aliso hav to buiid thalr own staige, ecius the lust cumpany broke 1t down. Thair ain't no money in playin on shalres in this town, and 1 wont a shure thing," manuger rocently a hall in & small town ash hout are Mome that cditor for you? went to the office, but I couldn't find Did you go and th ng ihose things hom did you find thero?" No one but'a great big, bull-necked fellow, who pi ded that he was responsible for that article, but I knew from his 1ooks that ho couldn't write."” Philadelphia Times: Massuchusotts trying to stop the use of cigarettos by unyone, leads to the conjecture thilt In Lime thoy might try there to prevent a hot plate of baked beans from smoking. Philadelphia Inquirer: The real harbinger of spring is the fact that tho base ball man 18 agaln ubroad in the lund. A Dakotn pootess hus dedicated to Senutor Peffor a poem beginninz “Arm! go forth, If Pefler wunts to cre for the flaht!" nsation let him he woman who wished to get tho shud ANCOSLOTS Lo hang at her parlor windows was not a descendunt of uny Mayflower famil Boston Trans omious and sober o much mental ungi Secretury Foster is couwing home on tho Sproe. - JEERY SIMPSON Indepondents do not Want the I but the Control of Congress. New Youk, March 14.—The Herald's cor- Jerpy Simpson yesterday. Simpson said General Weaver of lowa could get the alli- auce nomination for the presidency i ho wanted it. The alliance would carry eight states this year—four northern and four southern, 1 Weaver snould decline, Don- nolly of Minnesota, would be the best choice. Smd Simpson: *1tis not the presidency we are after. Our underlyiug purpose is either 10 obtain coutrol of the house and senate, or else to bold the balauce of power in both houses. What we want is the control of the legislative branches of the government. Wo can pever accomplish Our purposo in any other way." Bl FOUND AN UNDERGROUND RIVER. Discovery Made W Tosting t works at Plaintield, N, Prarseiein, N, ., March 14.—The people of this city are greatly puzzied at the discov- ories made by the Plaivfield water company. For a week the company has endeavored by tests to determine the exact magnitude of its | water suppiy. ‘)he water is prooured from driven weils at Netherwood. All the water | respondent at Washington talked with Hou, | wor of the pumps at the pumping station beon kopt stoadily at work day and night ot a week in the vain attempt to lower tho 1evel of the water in the wells 1o spite of the fact that they have beén supplying each day many hundreds of thousands of gallons to consumers and have poured to waste from its mains in brooks 4,000,000 gallons each day there has been no diminution of tho supply, und further investigation has establizhed tho fact that the wells actue!! tap a vast under. ground river flowing 1 n the northeast to the southwest directly under the city, many feet below. Soundings have boen taken ana othor tosts have been made, and it is now an- nounced by competent enpineers that a stream of extraordinary oxtent oxists unde the city. Tt has a swift current and swe over a'bed of \white, smooth pebbles. The quality of the water is of the purest and the supply is inexhaustivle, - SUPPORTING [HALF A MILLION MEN IDLE _ Rosult of the Gigantio Strike of Ooal Miners in Great Britain, TRAINS ABANDONED FOR LACK OF FUEL Stagnation in the I Shutting Down of Farnaces in P Mills and the Dis- ge of Men. Market Canses (he nne sylvan Loxnox, March 14, —Flintshire in Walos, appears to be the only place where the ordor of the Minefs Foderation to quit work has not been obeyed by the members of the asso- ciation, The latest estimates of the number | of miners now idle, is 350,000, Owing to tho easing down of other industries on accountm of the striko, fully 200,000 men in other emf ployments have been thrown out of work The Northeastern Ratlway company has Stopped many of its trains because of a lack of Tuel and a'large number of enginocers at Crewe have veen temporarily dismissed for whe same reason, HIS WIFE QUIT Him, nr Sult of & Kansas Man Under the Poverty Aet. Topeka, Kan,, March 14, Kausas has a poverty act which 18 sometimes called upon to releaso a man from jail when he is unable to pay his fino and has been used to release the litigant fom costs in exceptional cases. Never before the present instance was it called futo use to relieve a man who asks for a divorco from his wife for the ostensible roason of abandonment, but really breause she would no longoer support 1 t STAGNATION IN THE (RON TRADE, him, throwing him on the cruel mercies of - those who knew him. Fur) 8 Shut Down and M J. H. McOskey of Sumner county filed 1 from Several Dig . \ the aistrict clerk's ofice the papers in a suit Pirrsnune, Pa, March 14.<At the Olivel in which ho seeks logal separation from his | Iron and Steel company’s Tenth streot mills wife, Marlan, who, he clalms, “disregarded | 8l the puddiing crows have suspended on the solomnity of her marriago vows and | accountof an overstock and no orders. The without cause deserted and abandoned nim, | S8mMe company has curtailed the puddling and continuos to live separatoand apart | Crows atits Fiftoonth stroet mitls, About from him, against his wish and consent,” | 230 furnaces are 1dlo as a conseguenco Although a largo, healthy, able bodied man, :‘!'hhln (“l'rl“i, myl I{lm'rlfo'- l'l 'ml l-lmflf rolling Hie Was KAt 3 scossary g15 . Millin the West End has shut down in every oate, tut mURY e ,‘.L'“h;“"'i;“],‘u’\‘.m_fl, department and seventy-fivo men have been which onabied him to escape payment. ".“‘l"?"l;",“‘“ 'h'l“: \ "‘r' ""‘{'_“‘Q“ ""‘l“‘ down Tho judgo of that district is a peculiar one, | pRWEINC puddiing furnaces Saturday, A having peculiar viows upon the relations of | Bundred men have beon discharged at tho man and wife, and wiil rofuso to permit. Me- | Homestead stowl works of Carnogie, Phivps Oskey to become & burden on some other | & Co. during the lust threo weeks, aud Sat- woman who may bo foolish enough to | Urday 00 moro were discharged. wish to support him. The case s without precedent in the courts of the state, Married seven ye irs. McOskoy supported lier by two years, sluce which time, a tio has been compelled to * Stri O1rAwa, ck for Higher Wages. - Ii,, March 14.—Two hundred and forty employes of the Pioneer Fire Proof Coustruction company went out on a striko this morniug for highior wage: 1LING, An Old Woman Sets a Trap and $ T pur Corpse Corvmpia, S. C., March 14.—Colored peo- ple liviog in the outskirts of the city have been greatly excited of late over the sudden, inexplicable death of several of their neigh vors. It is now alleged that an old colored woman living in that quarter ncarly every morning missed a chicken or two from her large heuhouse, In perplexity the old lady tuvged from one expedicut to another to stop tho thievery, but without avall, the chickens kept going.Finally some poison was pur- chased and fed to a fow of the birds which would fatten them to a most desirable point but prove certain death to any one who ate them. Very s00n one negro of the neighbor- tood sickened and died. Shortly two or thres others followed. Chicken stealing in tnat neighborhood has ceased. Greaser Ran ng to Show That the Captain Has Abused Them, BAN ANTONIO, 'lox., March 14.—Tbe situa- tionon tho Lower Rio Grande border on the Texas side is assuming a ous aspect. Complaints from bonest and highly respected citizens of the alleged unjust action of cer- ain United States troops continuo to pour in from all quartors to the effect that they arc boing harrassed by troops for alloged complicity with Garza. Robert Summerlin the legal roprezentative of all the wealtny ranchmen who so far has_been avrested, has gonoe into the matter with a view of muking astrong lezal fight. He has already pre- ferred very sensational charees, backed by affidavits, before Prosident Harrison against Captain John Bovrke. Eakiael PROVED A DEADLY ASSIGNMENT. 3igger Than the Police, ., Ky., March 14.—Tho chief ol police attempted last night to arrest Matt MeNamara, o councilman of this city, for reckloss driving. He called the patrol wagon, but McNamara refused to go and defied tho three policeman, who could not or would not lay hands on him. In the courso of the trouble McNamara drew a bow knife, then got into his buggy and drove away while the people stood around and hissed the police. A Reporter Cont inthe L New Yok, March 1 typhus fever were reported from North Brother island today. One of the dead ver- sons is Frederick J. Hamilton, a reporter for @& morning newspaper, who ventured into a house on Twelfth street where suspected persons were quarantined and there con- tracted the disease, cts Typhus Fever While Daty, hree deaths from PUREST, MOST RELIABLE. I§ old Kig @le the merry old soul, . Had lived in this great age of ours, ) Hewould have called for BULL DURHAM § To smoKe in his pipe, ! And been merrier under its powers. The Millionaire in his palace, The Laborer in his cottage, The Swell on the street, The Sailor on his ship, Comfort-lovers everywhere, Prefer Bull Durham. Blackwell’'s Durham Tobacco Co., DURHAM, N, C. BROWNING KING Se W, Corner 15th anl Douzlas Sty Shamrocks for St. Patrick’'s Day--- We have made arrangements for a supply ot shamrocks, the picture on the left being a lifesize rep- resentation. These beautiful shamrocks will arrive in time to be given away to those who call at our store on St, Patrick’s day. It don't make any dif- ference whether you are a regular customer or never have or never expect to trade with us, you are welcome to one as long as we have any. The handsomest buttonieres in the city. Browning,King & Co Opon Baturdays til 10 p. . | Other ovenings vill 6:30 ; . W. Corner 15th and Douglas S