Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 22, 1892, Page 4

i | | THE DATLY BEE. OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE CITY SUBSCRIPTION, . 280 TERMS Of Daflyecwithout Sunday) One Yoar Daily and Sunday, One Yonr. BixMonths ... Three Months. Eunduy Hee, One Yoar. .o Baturdny Bie, One Yoar. Weekly Bee, Ono Year, OFFIC Omalia, The Ree Builldin EouthOn aha, corner N A 26th Stroets. Council Bly 7l Streot, Chicuo Office, 3.7 t hamber of Commerce, New York.Roonal?, 14and 15, Tribune Bullding Washington, 313 Fotirteenth Strect. CORRESPONDENCE, All_comnunications rolating to news and dftorial natter should be addressed tc the diterial Depurtment, BUSINE 3 All business letters and renittances shonld e addressed to The Bea Publishing Company. Omaha. Drafts, chiecks and postofiice orders 10 be mude payable to the ordec of the com- pany. The Bee Publishing Cgfll]]fl.fl. Proprietor EWORN $TATEMENT Ftate of Nebraska OF CIECULATL fas unty of Douglal { Geo. B, Trechuck, otary of Tho BER Tublishin solemnly swear hat the a, 3 v Bew for the weck ending Ma 1602, was a8 follows: Eunday. March 13 Monday, Mar T y. M Thursday, M Friday. March 18 Eaturday. March TZSCTIUCK, Bworn tolefore me and subscribed in my presence this 19th day of Marcn. A. D. 1852, BEATL N. P, PRIt Notary Publie. — = Average Circulation for Februn — e WHATEVER may be thought of Uncle Jerry Rusk or his weather department, the woodchuck is vindicated. SPUBLICANS can afford to sit back in their ehairs and smile us the demo- crats struggle over the Bland silver bill from day to duy A sHIPMENT of pickles from Liverpool for an Omaha firm suggests the fact that Nebraska people are strangely indiffer- ent to the opportunities which soil, cli- mate and productions place within their Jreach, Tug Standard Oil company is one of the greatest, if not the greatest, and most successful of all the great trusts. It hus, however, concluded to submit to the republican anti-trust law and dis- solve itself, SENATOR HILL comes back to Wash- fngton thoroughly convinced that the south (except Texas) 1s a very hospitable clime and it may be remarked also that he bagged more electoral votes than Cleveland bagged ducks. TuE first thing of importance before the present city government is the pub- lic work for the season. No time should bo lost in taking the preliminary steps looking to a vigorous campaign of street paving, grading and sewer building. SECRETARY FOs thinks that the sentiment in favor of bimetallism is growing in England, but what that coun- try would heartily welcome is the free coinage of silver by the United States, because, as was said by members of Par- liament and bankers, such legislation would put this country on a silver basis. That would give England, with its sin- gle gold standard, a much greater ad- vantage in the financial and commercial world thun she now enjoys, for she could deal with the United Statves very much upon the same principle that she does with India, paying for what she bought of us in American silver purchased at a discount. It is evidently the expecta- tion as well as the hope in England that frec coinage will ultimately bo adopted by this country, and so long as this is the case it will be useless to talk about an international conference in the inter- ©st of bimetallism, SENATOR WARREN’S bill to cede the arid lands to the states and territories mppears to be an effort in good faith to open up those extensive and fertile tracts to actual settlers. It guards the interests of the general government very vigilantly, and makes it extremely difi- cult for speculators to perpetrate jobs upon the states in connection with these lands, 'The only question is whether or not the bill is so conservative and rigid as to provent the states from realizing what they hove from the cession of the lands. Unless men of means can see money in building resevoirs and supply- ing water to farmers, the chances are they will do nothing and the states will incur a tremendous indebtedness if these extensive enterprises are undertaken by the state governments, However, it is possible that the results desired will be more direetly achieved through the states than the general government, and with less scandal than if statgs go into partnership with individuals in develop- ing the arid regions. — GENERAL MILES thinks that more attention should be given to the subject of coast defense, and there are a great many people who will agree with him, He regards il as a delusion to expect that this country would have plenty of time to prepare for war, but of course a great deal would depend upon the nation making war, If we were to get into a conilict with England—a very remote possibility, by the way—we should prob- ably find that there would be no time to ‘wasto in gotting ready, because Great Britain is not in the habit of delaying operations when she gets ready to fight, Regardless, however, of the chances of war the country ought to have adequate coast defenses, and this applies as well to tho great lakes as to the- seaboard. A nation that is well guarded is in less danger of getting into serious trouble than one that is not, and we have had a souple of stirring lessons within the past two yoars as to how easy it is for dan- gerous controversies to arise between ourselves and other countrics. The present congress is not oxpected to do much for coast defense, but the work provided for by the last congress should be continued until defenses aro con- structed that will give safety to all ex- posed points, THE SILVER DISCUSSION, The Bland silver bill, providing for froe and unlimited coinage, will come up for consideration in the house of reproe sentatives today. and under the order adopted by the house a short time ago the discussion of the measure will con- tinde three days. An understanding may be reached, however, for continu- ing the consideration throughout the week and bringing the measure to a but the disposition of the demo- rats opposed to the mensure appears to boe to resist any proposition that would lessen their ability to prolong the fight against the bill to the utmost. Itis expected that the anti-silver men will present a better organized opposition than they did two weeks ago. Consid- erable quiev work has been performed by them since the vote on the order of the committee on rules specifying a day for taking up the silver bill, and they are believed to be now in a position to make o better fight than they did. As to the methods they will employ that remains to be developed, but they cannot filibuster to any great extent under present rules, The discussion is not likely to add anything to the public knowledge of the silver question, Like the tariff discus sion it is pretty certain topallin tho house and in the count The subject has heen so thoroughly and exhaustively treated that there is nothing new to be said upon it. Fvery intelligent man in the country, who can take an impartial and unprojudiced view of the question, ough* to understand by this time that the free ana unlimited coinage of silver, which means the opening of the Ameri- can mints to the siiver of the world, would eventually and at no very remote time expel gold from circulation and re- duce the currency of the country to the single dilver standard. ory pracu man understands w. this would mean. The money in circulation would depre- ciate. Iivery dollar of the currency would lose in purchasing powor. The country would purt with the honest dol- lar. Tho farmor would exchango his produce and the workingman his labor for a dollar representing only 70 cents or less, with a constant tendeucy to further depreciation, The pensioner would find that his monthly allowance world not buy much more than two- thirds of what it will purchaso now. The millions of depositors in savings banks would lose heavily from the de- ne in the purchasing power of their money. In short, all interests would suffer except the capitalists who could protect themselves and the silver pro- ducers who could take their bullion to the mints and obtain a dollar for what in the market would bring only about 70 cents, Nevertheless the chances are that a free silver bill will pass this congress. Nobody familiar with the situation doubts that one will pass the house, and all canvasses of the senate show a ma- jority in favor of freesilver in that body. The security of the country against this legislation is in the veto of the pe dent, and there is not a question that if given the opportunity he will exercise that prerogative. OUBLED PAR Thero can be no doubt that the condi- tion of the democratic party seriously troubles many of the leaders. With re- gard both to a candidate and a policy the democracy has not been so badly split up before since 1860, when the party put two presidential tickets in the field, one nominated at Charleston and one at Baltimore. There is some talk that this may be repeated this year, but it is not probable. Iastern advices, however, say that there is a very strong feeling there favorable to nominating a second ticket in the event of the Chi- cago convention endorsing free silverin its platform. It is not unlikely that there has been talk of this kind, and it is entirely credible that prominent dem- ocrats in the eastern states have de- clared that with a free coinage plank in the democratic platform it would be folly to run a democratic electoral ticket in Massachusetts, Connecticut and other eastern states. But there is hardly a possibility of two democratic candidates for the presidency being nominated this year. If tho platform udopted at Chicago does not meet the views of eastern democrats so far ns silver is concernod, and there is small probability that it will, they will be con- tent to manifest th dissatisfaction by refusing to support the candidate. At least it would seem safe to assume, from thelr expressions at this time, that they would pursue Yhis course. The division in the party on the silver question appears now to be irreconcil- able. Some sort of compromise muy be patched up before the consideration of the Bland bill is brought to a conclu- sion, but the indications are that the supporters of free silver in the house will not accept any proposition that would involve the least surrender on their part., They appear detormined to pass a frae silver bill and it is conceded that they are strong enough to do so. This would effectually commit the party to that policy, whether the Chicago con- vention endorsed free silver or not. IRe- gurding action on the tariff the division in the party is hardly less pronounced. The minority faction of the democrats in the houso of reprosentativos, under the leadersbip of Mr., Mills, wholly dis- upprove of the policy of attacking the tarifl in detail as being cowardly and in eifect u surrender of the democratic po- sition. This element has not given any help to My, Springer, and it is by no means certain that it will do so. Prac- tically, thevefore, the democracy as a party has no policy in respect w0 the tariff, having departed from the lines laid down by Mr, Cleveland. It would seem that it must bother tho Chicago convention to harmonize the party on this issue. Perhaps an even more troublesome difficulty is presented in the question of a candidate. Even if it be granted thav no New York man will be chosen the candidate selected must be acceptable to the democratic factions in New York or make a hopeless race. Obviously it will be no easy matter to fiad a man equally satisfactory 10 the followers of Cleveland and the friends of Hill. It is a very perplexing condition that the demoeracy isin, and the man who should brush away the difficulties and get the nostile THE factions togethor would be entitled to the everlasting gratitude of the party. DON'I MONKEY WITH A BUZZ-SAW. The editor of the esteemed Oxana Dee has been writing to postmasters, nowspaper men and others in various parts of Nebraska to learn why it is that “the circulation of Tar Bee is falling oft.” From the large number of theso lottors that have aiready come to the attention of the Woyld-Herald it would appear that a bundred or moro must have been seut forth from the building at the cornor of Saverteenth ana I'arnam stroots all over Nebraska. We are notadvised what replios our estoemod contemporary has re- ceived, but from what we know of the sit- uation we can tell somo reasons why the cir. culation of Tne Bee has fallen off, as thus admitted by its editor, —1V.rld-I rald. It is n well-established maxim among buginess men that the man who minds his own business usually succeeds best. The man who tries to meddle with the affairs of his competitoss and is trying to build himself up by pulling them down usually ends in failure himself, The utter failure of the voung man who most squandered an inherit- ance of $300,C00 in trying to build up a great nowspapar is chiefly dus to his propensity to meddle with the internal affairs of Tie Brkr and his ridiculous efforts to belittle the work Tue BEE has done in building up the city and state and misrepresent everything con- ning its real standing. It is nothing uncommon for publishers to send out periodical inquiries toagents and postmasters concerning complaints of subsc s coupled with requests to solicit for them increased patronage. Such lettors have been sent out by other Omaha publishers timo and again, but THE BEE hasnevor concerned itself about, them, much less has it gone out of its way to call public attention to them as evidences of the decline of circulation, There are 1,127 postmasters in Ne- braska and if it wore actually true that letters divected to about 100 small post- offices were sent out with inquiries about tho' prospect of increas- ing the circulation, what business is it of Mr. Hitehcock, and what he to construo this fact as proof that Tue Ber's circulation is on the wane, We ave aware of the fact that a coterie of political roustabouts ana twenty or thirty corporation ghost-dancers have mado it their business for several months to keep up a concerted orusade against Tk BEE under the most Hlims pretexts, but so far their efforts hav been just as dismal a failure as has the veproduction of their slanderous and malignant utterances in the columns of our disreputablo contemporary. Since the World-Herald has seen fit to ght has call public attontion to the decline of THE BEE we have taken the trouble to ascertain the relative positions of THE Bee and World- Herald. The following exhibit has been procured from local agents in a number of the most impor- tant towns in this section: W.-11. 6) 40 K0 0 110 30 50 Columbus, Neb, Nebraska Uity, No Chadron, No Dend B O 8 15 G " 4 4 5 3 10 orth, N 10 Rushviile. Neb. . 5 Ohlows, Neb 15 2 Wiicox, Neb. 12 2 Western, N, 1 3 Allinnce, N 47 15 Alma, Neb... b 4 Hill Gity, 8D 16 [ oh 1 4 16 5 Vi & 10 Aurora, Neb. b 9 Waco, Neb 1l 2 Bradshaw, 18 3 Hampton, Neby 1 3 Bancroft, Neb 15 of Oukdale, Nob. 5 Blair, Neb. 41 Neligh, 15 Lyons, Neb 0'Nolll, Neb Decatur, Neb Atkinson, Neb Hartington, Nob. Long Pine Crelghton Hay Svrin; Rapid City. Hot Spring Niobrara, Neb Total.... . . 22890 882 As to relative weokly circulations we have only to say that THE BEE circu- lates a greater number of wedeklies in the state of Towa than the total woelly circulation of the World- Herald, includ- ing something like 1,500 weeklies which the W.-I/ has placed recently by paying a bonus to agents and giving the papers away free. On such conditions THE BEE could eirculate 200,000 copies evory woul, or even 2,000,000 if its publishers had an inheritanco to draw on. It may bo also vemarked incidentally thut the World-Herald hooms its cireu- lation by taking back unsold papers, while the agents of Ti1k Briare obliged to pay for every paper they get and therefora find it necessary todispose of what they pay for, FIGHING HOME INDUSTRIES, The home patronage movement which has swept over Omaha and Nebraska has disturbed the greut manufacturers and monopolists of other parts of the union. The mill of Minnesota, of St, Joseph and St. Louis have been very much annoyed by the disposition of Ne- braska people in general, and Omaha people in particular, to patronize home flour manufactuvers, and they have ro- sorted to all sorts of schemes for circum- venting the local millers, Aftor a num- ber of extraordinary advertising schemes had faited they mado a material cut in prices for their brands of flour, and they have determined to crush out the Omaha und Nebrasku willers whatever muy bo the cost. The millers have not been alone in their efforts to destroy the eflects of the movement, however, Soap, starch, oat- meal, cigar and other manufacturers have been likewise active. Local shirt, overall, box and bag manufacturers have experienced u similar character of com- petition. Yeast makors have heen recks less in their assaults upon the Omaha factories. So indeed, hus it been in nearly every line of local trade. The outside munufacturers have discovered that this home industry movement means something and they are sparing { no effort to counteract its influence. | ‘They are soliing somo goods below cost | to crowd out local factories and the fight l has ulready begun in earnest. Nebras- 9 1 5 5 0 10 4 OMAHA DAILY BEL: ka and Omahg, are 10 be the scone of avery sharp and decisive engagement between home and foreign manufacturs ors this coming yummer. Upon the re- sults of the contest will depend the pros- perity of a groat many Nebraska indus- tries. s It is unfortunate for the local manu- facturers that thus far the retail dealers quite generally and many of the jobbers are too short-sighted to appreciate the consaquences at §take, Somo of tho res taii dealers, indeed most of them, have withstood the “movement and have stocked up their stores with Nebraska made goods only after repeated calls had been made for them by customers and they were in danger of losing trade by not filling orde After securing Ne- bra stock they have tuken especial pains to talk neainst it and push the samo articles made by outside houses. The jobbers and retailers have joined hands with n Minnesota firm and a St Joseph firm to force Minnesota and St Joseph flour upon the market by unf: menns for the express purpose of crowd- ing out Nebraska millers. They have likewiso nssented to special arrango- ments with outside firms handling other lines of goods. This is all wrong., Tho retail dealor and the jobber are both interested in building up local factories, because these establishments will hire men, women and children, who must in turn consume articles sold by retail dealers and pur- chased through jobbers, 1t is vory un- patriotic as well as unbusinesslike for these firms to lend themselves to the op- position to the doctrine and practice of home patronage. The people are with the home movement heart and eoul, however, and it will succeed Tire Towa legislature has done very little thus far oxcept talk and draw p; It has, however, enacted the Australian ballot law, and that act alone will save it from oblivion. If it will now pass the Gatch local option bill its claim to fume will be secure, SPEAKING of strikes and the Me- Kinley bill in the same breath reminds us that there are 92,000 men out on a strike in Durham conl district, Kngland, and the Butlery colliery has locked out 40,000 men. Thoy have no McKinley tariff in England. Where Ignorance Is Bliss, Chicago T mes, Is democracy a failure? ol g Oficial Information, Louigville Commercial. J. 5. Clarksob says ho 1s not a candidato for president. Tao Commercial knew ho was not, but was not sure that Mr. Clark- son knew it. o Proof of Da Abllity, Chieago Tribune. The painfully! conimoaplace charauter of soveral of Mr. Hill's speeches down south affords strong prosumptive ovidenco that he wrote them himself, e opg Plat Glohe-Democrat. Tho piatform adopted by the Iowa repub- licans 1s a good one for genoral imitation, beiug brief, disunct and comprehensive, without a lino that can bs objectoa to by any toyal member of the part) s e <l Nebraska's Grand Opportu Grand Istand Indzpendent. Nebraska should double her population within the next five years, and she will do so if sie properly advertisos hor natural ad- vantages, 'I'he great opportunity the World's fair offers should uot be everlovked as a means to that end 7 e e Ly ositive Proc Chicago Inter-Ocean, Neither Congressman Bryan of Nebraska uor any other democratic congressmau can infuse life to the dead body of tariff reform—- 80 calied, but moeaning free trade. There is an answer to speculative argument that sd- mits of no gainsaying, and that answer has been made sufticiently public. It is the lump of tin, A it, e An Outside View of Omaha. Norfolls News. Tag Brg has discovered three railway openings for Omana. The openings aro all a Rood distance away, 50 tnat the chances aro against Omaha boing askod to throw 3 dollar or two in tho slot as otber towns do when they want a railway opening. If Omaha would build an indopendent lna of roud, con- trollea by Omaha men, to Norfolk, she could | fina & railway opening that would ve of somo use to her. But Omaba will not. — Oficered by Juckasses, ' ew York Advertiser (dem.). The nervous Now York World falls intoa hysterical state lest the domocratic freo silver fools in congress destroy the party's chances in the forthcoming presidential canvas: When did the democrats ever fail to help the republicans elect their prosident! Ouly once in thirty-six years. Mr. Pulitzor used Lo say that tho democratio party was an army of lions officered by jackasses, Tho organization 1s still maintained intact. e It Was Wormy Forty York Times. It may be that Billy Bryan made a very good speech in congress, considering the cause he advocated, but he fell down miser- ably at last. He told the venerable “‘cahoots" story. When we first_heard that story, in 146, it struck us as very funny indeed. It was about the neatest story wo had ever heard, but in its canstant journeying during forty-threo years ishas acquired very lonx and frowsy whisketd, the bosom of 1ts pauts nas yiclded to tfb relontloss hand of time and foot of the d¥spgptic, and it has o3t all of 1t4 pristine beauty. It was mean of Mr, Bryan to drag it _forth in ats present dilapi- dated condition, from a seclusion of nearly hall a century, awg parade it bafore the con- gress of the Uniigd States. L Years Ago, IF YE'LL LAVE ME ALONE. ton Globe, 1t's no use a-talkin', thirely to suit a girl's O Lurry, now Lurp Ye're too boul taste! ' Ye'ra niver contel id nshmile an'a curtsey, Au' here ye ure 4oy wid yer arm round niy walst! Ve bodther my 1t wid beggin® for kisses, Au' the mord yi got, why, the bouldher ye're grown? Aw whin L'don't ‘#Ve ‘em, it just makes no alffer— Ye tuko ‘en but, Lurry, now lave me alone. Faith, what would the misthress suy, man, did she find ye Foriver u-£a0lin' round me at my work? Ye're o tyrunt that tukes what ye happen to i No hetthor, 'll swear.than a haythen-born urk! O Larry, my lad, ye've the tonjue for the blurney ! Sure, now, ‘twould bo meltin the heart of a shtone, Wid both hands.in the dough I kin niver re- sist ye Yo knoiw it- an yit ye won't lave me alone! O Latry, now Larry, be 200d aud stop taysin' Th somebody comin’, quit foolin” and . wili [ have yo? O Lurey, hiariiin' the very birds off the bush 0 the diuy S0on when the be published, Kin I niver essupe ye; och hone buns shall hane, lad, och ry yo wheddor or no, yo're a vil- TUESDAY, MARCH 22, A NEWSPAPER NERO, The New York J rnalist. The death of Fred Hamilton adds another name to tho already long list of newspaper heroos who have gone to the grave in pur- suit of their duty. Hamilton's case was a peculiarly sad one for several roasons. He made his own assignment, and insisted upon doing the work in direct opposition to the advice of Colonel Cockerill, who was uawill- ing that one of his men should so exnose himself to danger of contagion. Ho assumed the work, not from any desiro for nowspaper glory or pecuniary reward, but because ho folt it his duty, as & newspaper man, 1o keop the public informed. With all his pluckand tonacity of purpose he was a singularly nervous man, and totally unfittea for such % mission. Tt may scem unfoeling, at this tme, to criticise his judgment in the matter, bat it hardiy seems possibio that the results he might have at- tained could be commensurate with the risks e ran. With a wife, » happy home and an honorable career, it is a question if he had a moral right to risk his life in his effort to serve tho public. But he believed that he was right, and he wert into it with his eyes 1 to the dange He was not one of the less, daredevil stripe who plunge ‘into dangor bocause thoey lack foresight to calou late possiblo results. With him it was acaso of pure devotion to what he fancied to be his duty to his papar and the public. And he aied. His last letter to Colonel Cockerill is an in- dox of his character—plucky, conscientious und thoughtful, Weduesday—My dear Colonal Uockerill: Should I succumb to what promises to be a very pronounced case of typhus fover, 1 feel that 1t is a duty Lo you to say, now that I hovo the opportunity, that I do not consider you respousible in any way for the circum- stances unaer which the infection was con- tracted. Those circumstances were in tho line of what I cousidered to be a public duty, as an accurate and veracious reporter, whoso chief thought, first, last and all the time, the edior-in-chief and his ioterosts. Somo allezed uewspaper men would have called mo foolish, but you will not do so. It was 1o me servico first, compensation next My hoart is very full of afiection for vou at tois moment. My general health is in my favor for a fair chance of pulling through, Let us hope it may be so. It will be soveral weeks beforo 1 shail seo my wife again, and if you will Kkinuiy send the Press club steward ocea- sionally to see how sho is getting on, I would take it as a favor. Should I ate, I am insured in the Royal Arcanum, and my wifo will get the insurance. ITown a house and lot in Brooklyn, partially paid for, which 1s mort- gaged for £2,000; so you seo 1 don’t wish to 1 have always tried to provide a good home, ave succoeded. 1 have a lot in Voodluwn cemetery: but then, on the other bhand, [hops to beata good many monthly dinvers at the Press club, and hear Mickey Finn doing missionary work with bis fine voice. Yours very fra- ternally, Fren J. HasiLtox, He was called & ‘‘crank” among his fel- lows 1n the Press club, because no question of expediency or policy ontered his head when what ho considered right was in ques- tion. Whether his judgment was right or wrong in the matter, ho certainly dosorves all honor for his conscientious bravery. o KAISER WILLIAM'S CR. Philadelpma Times: Another cabinet orisis in Germany suggests that Emperor Wiiliam will not know tho real value of a pilot untilhe finds himself all av sea. Chicago News: But it is by no means cer- tain that Bmperor William will accept Von s resignation. Tho thoray bvath of semi-autocratic but constitutional govern- ment cannot be trodden alone. It is knowa that the emperor viows his present chau- cellor with special regard, and well he may. Von Caprivi has certainly proved a very able statesman, and one to whom modern Germany owes much. Philadelpnia Ledger: Once more the ship of stato in Germany has been abandoned to the hands of theincxperienced captain. Once wore the pilot has been bowed over the side. For the peace of Europe, for the prosperity of u great and -civilized nation with which wo are so closely connocted, it may bo honed ory whil further repeat itself and that a worthy successor to Bismarck and Von Caprivi may bo found, but the probabiiities seem al) against 1t. Boston Advertiser: It is impossible not to think of what the grim oid exile from Bearlin must be thinking abou* on ono side, and the trucuient young ingrate, who so un- ceremouniously kicked down the ladder by which the Hohenzo!lerns chimbed to the loftiest throne in Kurope, on the other. ¥Frederick the Great is said to have on one occasion affirmed his faith in the anoient proverb that revenpe is a dish fit for the gods. If Bismarck i3 ot the same opinion he must feel that at last he is feasting on ambrosial food. 5 —— BLASTS FROM RAM'S HORN Truth s the breath of God. It takes moro courage to endure than to act. March 1s the touch of a motber dressing a wound. Whenover a wise man makes a mistake it teaches him something. Whon the last hynocrite dies the devil will not own a foot of ground on earth, "Tho pastor’s preaching never makes any- body want any more religion than the pastor possesses. Somo of the organ’s swootest notes como from pipes that cannot be seen. Light travels at tho rato ot nearly 200,000 miles in a second, but it 1s a small consola- tion to thini of itwhen vou fall over a wheol- barrow in the dark. PALITE CURR. NT Philadelphia Tim ny jol ro afloat over Secretary Ioster comini from Europe on tho “Phis fact, however, doesn't coun- in_others somu for it was a Spree on ath: She—My darling. T have a torriblo co of news for you. Papshas lost every- thing. ko (risin; He still has you, New York Tr! 1o g0)—O0h, 1o, he hasn't. une: Saleslady--Oh, ves. miss, I ean recommend this stylo of wrip. Why, only last woek o lady triend of mine got en: kaged in oue of thom. " sald the Russian traveler, & there 15 0o such person s u 53 censor Well,” returned his interviewer, “that shows ihat you have been grontly misin- formed. Wall till you see the holes tho city editor will knock ou We pluy 1 took i Then aro vis she, cheeks the blood did rush 1 held al flush, On account of his baby." saby (e SOl 10, e left the baby home, Nowpop went 10 got some sioep Kate Pield’s Washinzton: Fitznoodlo ~Did you know, Wiggins, that the proprietor of this summer hotol offers special rates Lo young men who dance the gormis Wizgins—Indeod! What'n charming way to foot one's bill PAINFUL TO THINK OF, Chiicago Limes. The paragrapher now scratehos his head nd cudgels his brain like everything o discover if anything new can be suid About winter thut ingors in the lnw of spring. itical si eribed as Ltion unti- Washington Post: in Peunsylyunia may Quiy-te 1 can't stand this d, ley W I narke | the man who struck a ploce of loe wad suadenly sat dowu on the sidewalk Jagson suys that tho re son i man can deofy tho world ufter tho s bottle is because Lio knows there's good in i, - Lowell zette striotest railroad ay oceaslonally pass a Yes." sald Mrs. Boa- Ils, tortune by constre \ oad. the porsplra a man is “beside cuonstrates that he HBostan Courler: himself” he gonerally doesn’t like the npany Boston Transeript: T wump s like the police otficer who, cominy in between hus- Laud and wife, is set ubon by Loth. HE WILL PROTECT NEBRASKA Attornoy Gonoral Hastings Explains the Disputed Boundary Question. HOW THE AUTHORITY WAS DELEGATED Hon, J, M. Woolworth Recelves His Instrnes tions from Mr, Leese Before the Explra- tion of His OMcial Term as the State's Legal Guardian, Lt ~, Neb,, March 21,— [Special to Tie Per. | —The statement in the Omaha World- Herald of yesterday morning rolative to tho power of attorney delegatad by tho attorney goneral to Omaha lawyers to settlo the dis puted boundary question botwoen Nebraska and Iowa works a gross injustico to Attornoy General Hastings, That gentleman made an omphatic statoment 1n regard to the matter this aftornoon that clears him entirely of the charges made in the newspaper reforred to. The boundary question was first presented 10 the attornoy general’s offico during tho administration of Goneral Lonse. Tho latter delegated nutbority to Hon. J. M. Woolworth 10 represent tho state in the case. nothing in the oMcial recordas of the ofice to show why Mr. Looso was so accommodating, and his lotter delegating tho authority to Mr. Woolworth does not appear in the oficial lot- ter book. In alotter addressed to Goneral Hastings on March 21, 1591—just ono year ago today—he states that such authority was wiven, His letter was as follo: *In rogard to tho question of tho boundary line between Nobraskn and fowa, I will say that cortain lands claimed by tho state and taxed by Iowa authorities is on the Nebraska side of the Missouri river, cuused by the changes in the chaanel. Citizens of Nevraska have put permanont improvements upon tho lands and nave employed Hon. J. M. Wool- worth to settle the boundary Ime betweon tho two states, Mr. Woolworth askea my consent to bring the question beforo the su- preme court of the United States, and I con sented with thedistinet understanding that the state of Nebraska was to be saved harm- less from tho payment of all costs and ex penses, and so stated 1n my letter of anthority to him to bring the uction.” If anyone1s to be blamed for the matter the blame must be placed whero it properly belongs —on the shoulders of General Loes state, General Hastings has noe 1 tho case by proxy or otherwise. Ho says emphatically that if the attorney general's oftice can do anything to save the land in question it will be cheerfully done aud the authority to do it will not be delegated to attorneys who represent private parties. As long as he is attorney general he will look after tho interests of tho state whon upon to the best of his ability und not shirk his respousibility by transferring his power 10 act 1o others pect to Do a Big Business, Articles of incorporation of the Moberly Fuel and Improvement company were filed with the secretary of state today by Omaha parties. The headquarters of the company are in Omaha, and the business to bo trans- ucted will consist ot buying, owning or leas- ing coal lands, mining of coal and other minerals, quarrying stone, paving and a- cadamizing roads and streets, boring for oil and gas, manufacturing brick, owning and holding stock in manufacturing institutions, constructing and operating steam, electric motor and horso railways, constructing and operating electric light aud gas plants, and laying out and platting additions. All thesq improvements are to be carriod out at the city of Moberly, Mo. The company is incor- orated by C.F. Boyd, C, G. Alton, H. O. >ayne and F. B. Tiffany, and the capital stock 1s §500,000. Thayer Will File Notice Tomorrow, General John M. Thayer will file notice in the supreme court tomorrow, through his attoneys, that he will on Tuesday, March muke an application Lo reopen tho Boyd- Thayer case, which was dismissed last week owing to the non-appearance of the counsel for General Thayer. General Thayer stated today that the new step in tho great con- troversy would make no changein his pri- vate plans, *“The case has to be continned in my name,” ha replied, “and while I am as much interested in the final outcomo of the proceodings, as 1 ever was, yet I shall not allow it to interfere with my private busi- ness. 1 have ahsolutely no desire to again assume the duties of the governorsbip; but I do want to seo the question which is raised in this case settled, and this is the sole ren- son for further contesting the matter.”” The opiuion seems to generally provail that tho supreme court will reopen the case. Piano in Court. Judge Hall's court room this afternoon re- sembles o musio storo the day after May L. Ho is incidentally hearing & case where Youug & Elder sue Theodore Kaar for bal- ance due on @ pianosold him. IKaar says that the piano, one of the Chase make, 18 no good, that the keys stick togather, and when one plays on it and gets up the machine keops on ringing. In proof whereof he brings the piano into court. Heard in Police Court. The caso of tho state against Lister, wherein P. W. Hampton charges Officer Lister with assaultand battery, was docketed for trial before Justice J. H. Brown this morning, but a continuance was taken until Tuursday, March 24, at 5 o'clock p. m. This case, 1t will doubtless be remembered, covers the little diflicuity that a reporter ot the Call appearod il There is | who was at that time attoruoy general of tho called | had with an arm of the law, the action of the play taking place at the police station, The case against young Winnegar, chargod with horse stoaling, oamo up before Judgs Brown today, but was continued until Wednesday, In police court this afternoon the cases against O, H. Rateliff for assaulting Miss Lucy Hodees, and Thomas Coloman for petty larcony, were called, but both took a con-' tinuance. Coleman was Inclined to fight the case, but his attornoy wiited a little when ho dizcavered that Coloman had confossed to his employer, C. R. Richter, and made partial restoration, From the Judge's Docket, M. H. Souttwick asks judgment_for 81 against ., 15, Nowton and M. B. Hubbali on an overdu ote. 1 _Tho case wherein John Burge sued the Tabitha home for adivision of the property on which it 18 located, was settled and dis- missod today. Burt W. Richards asks that tho court set asido an order heretofore granted awarding bis wife temporary alimony on grounds set forth, Tho Westorn Union Telegraph company asks tho district court to awaru it a now trial fn thoe case wherein tho Uall Pablishing company secured a vordict for #07. Judeo Tivbetts is still on the casoe of Col- lins & Mockeit against the MeCormick Har- ter company, whito Judge Field s grind- ing on tho Maxwvell, Sharpe & Ross case, Tho disputo over the ‘Turner ostate bo- tweon Turner's sons and tho Prosbyterian missions camo up bofore Judgo Iield today, but was transferred 10 the law sido to bo heard by a jury Past Sues for His Salar; Probably one of the oddest suits ever filed was dropped in county court Saturday after noon. It vas ono where Rev. John F. Kubl- man suos the Zions Evangelical Luthoran church of Roca for &3.33 for salary from April 1to May 11, 1880, Ho says that they agreed to pay him, but havo failed to do so. All havo heard of cases whero the gentlo, forbearing pastor of country churches has roceived but a small portion of the yearly stipend promised, but Rev. Kuhlman is ovi- aently of the opinion that tho laboror is worthy of bis hiro aud proposes to get it. Odds and s, Tho schedule committee of tho stats base ball leaguo had n long sicege of 1t yosterday trying to fix up something that would be sat- isfactory to all, They adjournad, howover, without completing it; but " tho work will bo finished up by Manager Baker and Director « Coman of Fremont, ‘T'he ety council will have the task tomor- row ovening of designating the voting placos of the wara, tilling ull vacancies in the ranks of tho rogistrars and doing other routino work preparatory for the April eleetion. The dificulty over the ward ordinanco has unduly delayed mutters, and hasto 15 now necessary in order that the clerk can got out the necessary oleotion notices. An unexpected and wonderful improve- ment was noticed in Judge Borgeit's condi- tion this worutng. Judge Cochiran dropped in to sce him this morning as ho came down town, and found him drossed and ublo to walk arcund. He was feeling very well, ana said that he would bo down town attending to business in a few days. This will be good nows to the people of Lincoln,who buve been advisod heretofore that his case was compar- v hopele SNOWBALLED HE ACTORS. Students Pelta Theatrieal Troupe and One Gets Whippoed. New Havey, Conn,, March 21.—A party of 200 Yalo students attendod the performanca of “Fabio Romani, or The Vendetta,” | Saturday evening. During tho last act on% of the students threw a snow ball which struck Harry Linton, ono of tho actors, Ho { weot on with his part, paying no attention to ot the interruption, but ‘when a minuto ofter- ward a second snow ball felled Miss Frances 1 Field to tho stage, Linton came down to the footlights anddenounced tho thrower as a brute and a coward and offered to thrash him if ho would step up on_the stage. The offer was not accepted. Whon Miss [ield and another Jady member of the company, ac companied by Harry Linton, loft the opera houso together Lo ¢o to their hotel, outside of the stago door they wero met by a crowd of avout fifty studenis, who nooted and yelled at them. Oue of tho students, who was drunk, approached Miss Field and at- temptéd to tako her arm. Mr. Linton promptly knocked him down and contiued 1o punish him. No arrests were made. Editor Godkin ot the York Post Must Answer Charge, Nzw Youk, March 21.—Edwin T. Godkin, editor of tho Evening Post, has been arrested on a charge of criminal libel preferred by Dennis W. O'Halloran, secrotary of tho Feb- ruary grand jury. Mr. Godkin was taken to the ‘polico court, whero he was released $1,000 bail. The grand jury of which Mr, O'Halloran was secretary banded ina pre- sentment censuring Rev. Dr. Markhurst for his attacks from the pulpit upon the oficial acts of District Attorney Nicol. Tu comment~ ing on this the Evening Post referred to Mr. O'Halloran as ‘‘an ex-keeper of a low dive." ‘'he complainant denies that he ever kept a dive. —— Killed by an Ex-Con et, New York, March 21.—-William Lawn, one-urmed ex-convict, becamo involved fn a struggie with Michael Slattery yestorday and ended by drawing a razor and cutting his antagonist’s throat. The man staggered to his room and dropped dead in tho presence of his wifo and the mother of the murdere who had witnessed tho deadly strugglo. Tt | inurder was the outcomo of a Saturday night i debauch. 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