Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 2, 1894, Page 4

1 THEOMAHA DAILY BEE, 5 HOUEW AT, Vaiter (o ERY MOt HTton PERLII KD b e e ANBME OF 8018 o8 10 0 b on 4 b0 7 0y i wh 14 Yo [ {11 Ay 1o ik |y P, { ORI, PRI, Tl 1eh 1011 e H W A Pwenty Tonnn 15 rimine plbalog PONIIBNOE frrreetn WAt oM AL s LT o Bt b e e L i T comr Ay P Frii | anar! | { Avernge Clronintinn tuy November, cyelos have e prieos of standard ) tnkeon n fall hoy oo many Limes, he will have to drop t avar, Lo oo up with the thetr ridors foy Luck in the figure an nelenow led o nited will vertuinly T e de iy the eny the from Town e of for BeLon Hintos ot e e s n tido in the affaiea of mon whioh, talen ab ita food, le fortune " Itight to tak whioh fa nl now fs Omahin's tn ndvantage of n favorable tide Wt Lo aet in foreed to of nre nll the rlands ont TNTRLL RN olmoryor Moo the eminontly as for nelnaton that of witie woal Oy e anfe jrront nhi {and eurost pluos the tnvestment of monoey 1 alowly from vepublican incimbents of foderal e oxpiration oty fay JANATIONE are coming offioes, nnd the dates fo of the fonyonn t o i wall Ve ave atill g 1w Tong time to WAy onaos A MoBECATION of the Tiguor lnwa promised iy the republionn atate Wi platform upon which the new lowa state offisera wore electod, The party eannot fuatify any vefusal o live up to it plat form WVEN the elevation of Tta patron saint tooa poaition in the cabinet of the presi dent of the United States was not ablo to prevent the Morton honse at - Nebraska ity from olostig down tnder the atress of i tines mrid to he more thia year than for n for hilla inting railroads Intrenchiod AN atvonily Towa efate logislature back, Wateh ont to emasoulate the « ANy pro rail yenta Poate vond logialntion COMMIHRIONER U Mo muat b for Omalia and keep everlastingly at it, will of it all froight huvemi must be notive and ag aive, loat it do saniot merve (o masters ko n positive fight or nothing “ome anorate into a favee. DPRESIDENT CLEVELAND from his hunt without duek had a foeling axperionoed hy veturning may have somewhat akin to those the place hunters re turning home without an olfies. 11 s, the work of doling out the parronage may be expected o proceed a Hittle fastor from now on ONE ponnd of oleomargarine fs manu factured tn the United overy ohld within It one porson conetmes Niatos for man, woman and ineluded it houndarios Tosn than his pound sarine he may have the consolation that wome up for more than whe of Wik fallow oitizens makes hin omission by vonsumniy Wiz own shave COLONEL J. HAMBION Hocs e to patronize Awerican of lguid vefroshments, That have boon a welvome party loyalty, o will eon dapensors Chinose eonmnlehip wonld rewnit for his per bhat Ahe opinion of hi he will wot fort tont the eolonel will gal v defe oxt his an ate good Tiweny whatever in ol that Ier \ nsationa g emploved T Ve b Ports orop fa the The anther of W be iny with the AV Wa neern tution o northe <t Wi to connecte pre ONE of the SaMments latost a ninet the Imtroduction of a federal ine 5 that it wonld dition o the y ment emp e 00 WQUETe AN Emien EONE Wb i teotion, 11 s =afd that oy enforved wink neome pationag tax that the w rodproad At pice he corvespondingly articies that PR wany have lost the patonts W m taking oute eopyTight o his o A NEVENUE DUTY ON BUGAR The enstern urging on sugar and aboligh the hounty at once They all unqunlifiedly opposs an incoms tax, and, while favoring an of taxns npon oortain srticles, Insist dsmoaratio organs are | wongrews 10 put & revanie duty inoranse axoln thint the tris policy s 1o imposs & duty of At lomst | oant & PR BUGRT Hooh w duty, thay smy, would have 161060 835,000,000 {n revenue on the Im porte of 1802 wad #47,000,000 on the fm ports of the Inst flscal yenr ind on Hnya one of Pheme organs In advoosting n sigar duty o PPhers sould be no slmpler, surer, seonomisnl or more sg nable soutos of rev onne than this, Whiat ls the s of fooling with wild schames of tnguisitorinl taxes that the people that the damands of the sugar v to be would give have & in ad hate? Grant tates rognrdod wll Flight b nak w ranaonable e provoction IL b furthor vouney of this polley that n duty on raw Jugnr 1 onnn wigar in Lonfsinnn and of boot sigar in Nobrasks b protectod duty s thay wld ust, gt does nob proteet the and thit the prodwesrs of wnd Californin wonld inel 1y 10 the ¢ the bounty dent ot of | cont n pound, while would by saved to the Lronsury. tor hine baon Washing urged 1 apponrs that this m reouiving considerntion at on and of the ngainst the restoration of duty thit one ohjontion on A lend to AW Uhat 1t wo of the | ugar i tha ngzninat tho dung w-ostablishment ambrrgo Amerienn pork pro duets by Garmany, France, Belginm and The wis removed avsor of the pork from xlatod, but wnder the reeiprocity nreangzemonts our 1 of thoso i Able Tnst Nethorlands, which the fating tariit 1o pricetically i Fociprocity ¢ 0x Our products worn oxeludod thone oountrion while the embarzo hocome yonr June the exports of hod aver B,000,000 potnds and to The Nothorlands over 6 lieta have vy oonsl During the with ) o Gorany o ting s noarly |1, Helglum nearly 000, and Tha Nothorlands hought over 500,000 pounds 100,000, wluo malko 000,000, CGarmany received 000,000 ponnds of ham, 000,000, e Notherlands 6 Pranes over 100,000, Germany and Helghim nenrly of overnment 1o of pork ench, The froa adimission abilod thin procity tronty with Spain on rool which of Amorionn brondatulfa oxported to Cuba ico that of matorial advantage to onre mrelenltuenl producors. 16 b a debatablo question thos nmoreial onn he nadlifled in the way contomplated the Wilaon tarllt bill, but thore o doubt 1f thoy ahall affoctod will whatover polioy of rotalintion may find oxpedient. The Furo- oonntrion with which havo those arrangements and from which wo ted st 400,000,000 ponnds of haat ho v likaly to restors on mignr undon we obtalned concomsions in favor " Porto have beon whether 0 o ngroomonts hy onn no the eonntri they ponn wo im year BlgAr the monta ae soon s wo rhoald place o duty Take the value of our to thown coun trioa and place ngainat it the amount of the sugar bounty and it will be onsy to demonstrate whother our poople would iy anything by the proposed poll A duty of 1 oant n ponnd on raw sigar would mean that the wonld have 10 pay at loast annually for this necessary than with gt on the froo liat The bounty pald on domestio sugar for the Tast fisonl vonr was loss than $10, 000,000 wauld vy ombargo our on their sug et exporta lnat your Amorioan peoplo £10,000,000 more Phoso tigures make an fmpros favor of tho existing nothing of the fact that the bounty would dis- eonrage the domestio sugar industey and that the imposition of a duty on raw mugar would alimost certainly lead the Baropean countrios whioh wore induood by the reoiprooity olauses of the prosont tarift law to the prohibitory rogulations against our pork products to the embargo. A revenue duty on sugar and the abolition of the hounty wonld unquestionably go far foward giving neoded volief to the treas nry, but it wonld do sy at to the which the exigenay, worions an £ 1%, doos not justity THE Dix wive avgument in policy, to sy the aholition of remove resontahlinh oot American people WRDAR N NICHL Y, The sumoad outhreak fn Sioily has pProportions give it a disonder popiiar which The tonds to almoxt overy § of the island mart W has been overywhere proclaimed and the lavge | vory serfons aspect ox- althongh gartizons have been strengthened from by Ttaly oducad veinforcements of little effect kooms to have bee of and [ in allaying the popy spivit of vevolt toprove e nomie eondith fon the | op a bratal on of pri | veat | . ay Lend the indications are hal THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1804, maing bohind, The Itallan government 1s musting the demands of the situation with vigor and firmness and has the sup port in Parlinment of the most ad vancoed radionls, bt the task beforo 1t s mani fostly n werlous one, for In the applica tion of an extrome remedy, which is the 1o tront the case, thers Is only wa, dnngor of arousing troubls in othe por tlons of the kingdom throngh popular with the t 18 that the Ttalinn monarchy Mieh wtrongly mon neen The ministerial erlann throngh which the country has rocantly prssed, have demonstrated the werdonn of the problom that Tho treasury s bank- of the government is taxation Is enormous, and the country has not The monarchy de- to maintaln the nrmy and navy va- tublishmonts, whien will necossitato in cronsing tnxation. A very lnrge propor- ton of the people ~porhaps & majority it the popular sentimont conld be fairly tosted ~msk that those establish- ments bo reduced., This is the wituntion that Iw worely perplexing Ttalian sintesmon and causing King Humbert no end of anxioty. Tho dis- ordor in ly fa evidonco of ' popular diwcontent that Is very genoral in the kingdom and may have more widespread manifostation bofore the vornment shall have renched a solution of the troublesome problom that confronts it. wympathy $iolHans, The tn In tacing n crinin it oxistonce nature Awnlta solution the eredit oxhnuated, rupt for we ul yonrs BOnn - prospero AN INDEPENDENT CABINET OFFICER. Wao neknowlodgo roceipt of a neatly printed pamphlet containing the two livored by Secrotary Mor- ton ot the farmers' congrosses at Chicago Jast full, The pamphlet has been printed by n privato firm in Baltimore. It is d in nopatent onvelope, decorated with o Columbinn 2-0ent postage stamp, In tho seorotary's own hana Farmoers tainly oannot eomplain that tary Morton s using the government printing office to strike off hisaddressos, that consuming stationory fur- nishod by tho government for private purposes, that he i trying to beat Unele Sam ont of the postage to which ho is ontitiod that he is having his own madl mattor addrossed and sent out by elovkn drawing walarios from tho gov- arnment. T'o whow furthoer his independence and Wi imporviousness 1o tho poignant eriticlums that have beon aimed indis- eriminatoly at some of tho romurks mado dur [ his nddrosses, Soere- tary Morton has had the cover puges of his pamphlet froscoed with extracts from the comments of difforent nowspapors, ohiefly of those purporting to be dovoted to agreionltural ntorosts, and with vorbatim coples of numerous condomnn- tory rosolutions passod by difforont grangos in variotis seetions of the coun- try. Some of thoso nro oxtromoly un- complimentary to the keerotary,unoallod for and offonding against good taste and none of them desorve the wido eirenla- tion which thoy are securing as appens dioos to Seorota Morton's addrossos. They have boon reproduced toxtually, ncoording to anexplanatory note which aocompanios thom, for the purpose of onabliog the ronder to comparo the nd- dross with the oritiolsms bostowoed upon it and, wo infor, with the firm mvies tlon that in any comparison tho nddress will come out ahond. St another evidence of the tary's tndopondence s to b found in that paragraph dosoribing the foes of the farmor, in which he has taken pains to have the phrase “farms the farmers” conspionously printed in capital lotte Morton wants no ono to bo mistaken as o the oxnot torms which hoe employed, Ho is willing tostand upon the platform whioh he him- wolf haa built, and all who take excep- tion t) s tonor are at liberty to with- draw thele support from him. Seore- tary Morton {8 an independent oabinot oflicer, neld rounen and nddrossed chnrnctoristio cor- Seere- hoe in or i the course wich soore- obnoxious Soeorotar, SHORTLY aftor the of the Iast sorsion of the state logisiature, Tur Ber pointed out the necossity for botter business wothods in the purehase of on for state institutions. The faot voloped that no uniformity of privce or q ity was maintainod on the wame olass the state Estimatos wore accepted in tron boilers oloso supp! was d roods usad at all institutions n havhazard Pucchasad of and goneral convenient ho way wore azirists At proseription bought, when and qual matters tis truo s hoon made wo prices, RO0ods wore as oA rule, whore most fty and of secondary that in this is yot the price boing consideration some improvement ha vegard the past yoar, but there om, whioh costs nds of dollars an A N nual bo a bad | the Pure methods ¢ ase and S8 the We thoreby loarn the y n o of supplies oad arge aroa miles OMANA is 8y y n s not loss residents groator pop have oo Al say, at Viy Cam ' way wdmiss vos Dis persona parate oom | expeott: munity people oried: Lat them alone; lot thom have their thatftutions and prace thee will ot be In contact with Amorican civiligation. When they wore organized undér a territorial gov ornmont Brigham, Young, the head of the churelrand a man with fiftoon wives, wak tiflle torritorial Only after his death snacted % thoy our Mormon gov- ornor wero re- against accom- me The Mofmons have themsclves w the situation, although not without a struggle. They have the requisite pgpulation, stability, rowources and thero ds no longer reason for keoping the résidents of Utah in a wtato of territorial bondage prossive sttfiow polygamy modated TP A boat sugar factory is established in Omaha it will to im- port a number of expert sugar makers and growers from Burope to teach our people the art of sugar-making. Th oxperts will not take the place of Ame can mechanics or laborers, but, on the contrary, will assist in making places for hundreds of them, A new findustr; s to ated here in Douglas county which will not only bring hundreds of of dollars to our coffers, afford employment to of men in a distinc- field of labor. It would bo n physical impossibility to import one-tonth the number of men necessary for the work contomplated. This fact must patent to every intelligent mind, Omaha wants this proposed en- torprise, and wants enough men from Furope or anywhere else to tell us how to make the culture of sugar beets profitable and tho manulacture of sugar a swoot-scented success. ho necess be e thousands but will thousands tively new be WASHINGTON is the only city in the oountry whero the old New Year's cere- monial is kept up unabated. The eoti- quette of officialism has to be displayed at loast onee a yoar or tho various gov- ornmont employes might forget tho oxact order of procedonce so serupulously arrangod for them to observe whenever they have an opportunity to appear pub- licly on dress parade. Taril Kaform Detined, Globe-Democrat. Clovelsnd's phraso, “Exploiting a theory at the oxpease of the American people,” is tho boat definition of tho democratic tariff policy that has vot boen furnished. olished. ul Globe, Rhotoric is to loso wnother flower from its bouquot and another fact of natural bocaimos & mere delusive figment of some aginativo roamer's imagination. The ostrich doos not hido its hoad in the sand when pur- suod in the absurd belief that its whole body is hiddon. S The Worla's Greatest, Chicdago Herald, Thoro is not the siightest reason for sup- posing that tho Grand Old Man will not continue to grow oldor and grander in tho worvieo of his country, for, unlike his peevish and trucuient enoniies, ho possosses tho tranquility and elevation of spirit that is the bost assurance of longovity and health, - Mastorly Kauvoad Wrooking, Detrolt. Free Press. The allogations madedn the potition for the removal of tho roveivors of the Northern Pacifle rafllroad tend w show that they were eithor woofully fncomvetont or willfully ex- travagant, A hot both, Increasing its indobtodnoss to the tune of §50,000,000 in one yoar, and tho buyiag of worthioss roads of which tho divectorsmre said to have beon tho sellors, and on whioh thoy placed thoiv owa price, suggests & kind of managemont which doserves a punishmont more sovere than is inflicted by tho mere romoval of th rocoivors, i Light ts Droaking, New York » Porhaps there will bo botter times beforo long, ‘Phere is alvoady loss dopression than thoro was o whilo ago in Colorado, Minne. nota and othor statos boyond tho Missouri; thoro is not very much’ in Vermont, Now Hampshive or Maino: thore is loss thoro wan 1 the states of the south, includ ine old Kentucky ; thore is not as muoh hero s Lhoro wis oven o month ago. The clouds that lowor over the country do not look so black as they looked at the sotting in of the wintor. The Americans never sottle down {n the dumps, even though the admin: fatration bo hetatudinous and congress fatuous, and legislation nugacious. The anorglon of the \un\phh and the resources of the country, and the majosty of the Hag, and the beneficence of the skios are indestruoti- Wa should not wonder if 18%4 should A out to ba n far more satisfactory year rood wany paoplo than 1504 has boon Tho whirligie of time nover stops, not even when obstructed by hobetud inosity What Nebraska Neods. Beatrice Nobraska neads more people, aod, as a consequence, & greater diversification of in dustey. Thore ts ample wom within our state and unexcelled advantages fora wide aproad expansion of our industrial domain The agriculiural and stook-raising resources of Nobraska are unexceiled anywhere, while the olimate s as desitablo as it could wishod, But there are yet thousands of acros of exvellent lands, right he hoar of the most fertile and’ praduetive seotions of the atate, that ave still undeveloped. In the place of section afier section of ohaiee land Lying tdie there should be a far on every quarter, 'The ideal and roail Netraska from an mdusirial point of view will not bo realized till this state of population I8 reachea. What is true f ihe agvioultural advantages is teue of almost overy other (ndustrial enterprise. But does the world know systemaiic affort bolng made 10 seatter the intelljgence broadoast that Nebraskn offers ents 10 drod n as it is in Be watance. We have tho the agri 0 be fo opon With our _nnexe nducements o w more than duplicatet 0N peopie, orests de- S of these roes. Morohants have been d have Mivested (heir means, espuIves woukt be de- Qage 0o sanus of power we offer strios not We hawea ¢ varied Property i i any wh fola, or even ma of waall Tous morigige sales They 101l us ¥ ol e ot prodnce, henoe o Iher Inveslmenl OF SO0k another o hy an organized place the facls he hanas of e Romesoekors. ¥ siate ahould lve, wige-awake and toard of trade. Mool 1 a1 suated o8 wilh Te oFalos from es o effori &0 tact, while de the fipancial creda 1he slade Ras ©f Jale years wastipn. which cana I\ Bao1 1nis sinic oy WOOSRAL Y W ewr 4 po e & TrRlages he st hoor r Peal on fatare weltare W 1 hing 10 Ve AEVOIOIOLT 82 { our siale b | water | PEOPLE AN THINGS. The city of Detroit marketed $850,000 of 4 per cent bonds at a premium of $40,05 Nature has many base imitators. Observe how new leaves are turned before they fall Mary Loase und John J. Ingalls sabstan- tially agree that political reform 1s “an irrl descent dream The main objection to the nomination of Hornblower is the suspicion that he belongs to the tin variet, There is a large, juicy deficit in the cago treasury. Ditto in the national tre ury. Both are democratic Patrick Punch is an applicant and a Kentuckian, Of course flavor at home and with his party Senator David Hill says ho will never strive for the democratic presidentinl nomi- nation again. The Maynard lesson has made an impression . Secrotary Carlisle brings “alliteration’s artful aid."” cigarettos, cards, cosmetics should be taxed. Kastorn makers of collars and cuffs are bawling loudly agaiust tariff reductions. No mention is made of the exactions of the cuft and collar trust, Mrs. Martha Swain, who was born Decem- ber 17, 1702, and didn't change her name when she married, celebrated her 1018t birth- day Sunday in Le¢, Mass. She is remark ably bright and active. ‘The senatorial inquiry into the Hawaiian muddle will not command public contidence in cortain quarters unless it is established beyond a reasonnble doubt that Paramount Blount eats fish with his knife, Donjon's groatest mistake was in choosing ushington whence o utter his threutening letters. He should nave hesded Greeley, gone te Oregon for instance, secured a gov- ernorship and enjoyed executive immunity Abad man in Pennsylvania, who swore profusely, was stricken dumb, but sub sequently rocovered, and became a revivalist, If this process of infusing piety should be- come general the picturesqueness of explos. fve rhetoric would soon find shelter beneath “oblivion's languid wing." Sir George Mivart's disquisition on “Hap- piness in Hell” is not based solely on theory. Although his conclusions have been con demned and recanted their substantial cor- rections have been demonstrated out west. The governor of Colorado professes happi- ness, though he admits *hell's u poppin’ in his vicinity. Within the large house in Washington oc- cupled by Archbishop Satolli there is not a woman to be soen. All the servants are men, speaking Italian, and only his inte preter speaks Inglish. Satolli has but one fad. and thav is u fondness for birds. In al- most every room of the house there is a cage of birds, and the whole residence seems like a mammoth aviary, Captain Gerry Bassett of Hyanms, Mass., au remember an exciting incident of the war of 1812, when an English privatee chased a cotton-loaded schooner into Hyan- nis harbor, where tho captain ran his vessel ashore. Some of the townspeople secured a canton and fired several shots from the shore, which frightenad the invaders away without the coveted prize. Captamn Bassett is 84 years old and the son of & revolutionary pensione George W. Childs in a recent talk said that there was never anv jealousy betwoen Grant and Sherman, though th vo been rve- ports that such did _exist, and related Grant's of Kaufmann's painting, the “March to the Sea,” which hangs in the hall of the editor's house at Long Branch. In the picture Sherman is represented soated bofore his tent devoid of coat and vest, but clad in fine white shirt Grant's first romark, when he saw the paint- ing, was collent and looks just like Shorman, but I never saw him witha boiled shirt on." for is in oftice high to the doficit Ho says cigars, and cologne e e MEASURING BLECIRIC LIGHT, Owama, Dec. 20.—To the Editor of Tnr Ber: InTux B I notice an article on “How 10 Measure the Candle Power of Electric Arc Lights,” signed by Edward Schurig, who terms himself an electrician Ho states “The terms 1,200 and 2,000 candle power have become at the present time merely trade names, the former being ap- plied to & stx or seven ampere, high tension lamp, the Iatter to a nine or tes ampero lamp" (low tension.) 1 have added this, as 1t is apparont from statoments following that is what ho intendea w say. This is the first time I have had tho pleasure of heaviug this def- inftion given to low or high ton 1f My, Shurig will go to the trouble of v ing_the public liorary and inquire for Fred H. Whipple's work on “Municipal Lighting,” No. N 21564, and turn to page 76, he will find tho following statemont in_regard to high and low tousion ar “The hich tension system, to bo of ten ampere curreat aud forty-five volt & m. £. per lamp, and the low tonsion system of eightoen ampore current and Swenty-five volt e m. f. por lamp. * * « High tonsion—10x45 450 watis: low tonsion-— 152430 walls.” My judgmeut makos it clear that bigh and low tension has nothing to do with the high and low oxndie power. 1 wish to make the statement that it is impossible to use 450 watts in an are light when the sawe is poorly adjusted and not got SN candle power out of it and when properly adjusted can _be mado to show as high as 13K, Not as & wphorical measurement of candle power, however, but as measured from the anglo of the most intense light. If the author of the article reforred to had gone to tho trouble of ealling on electrician and asking him 10 show ain the Dr. Wobber photometer he probably wo: never have writton the pari of his lo perfaining to the difficulty of meas Lighis of difforent colors. 1 wish to s n accuracy between o show plain, stragrht lght rays of light of one-twe 200and prosent time mers irnis The > becomo st He says t} dle powor hav trade names.” Then bef, hecame a SUCCESS They W full amount of candle power, bu become W success they h candle power. 1 th it whon be said, TACLOrY 1o measure o @ power of an are | risk in guar will bo almost impossit 10 ascertain w v 1 Ahe standand or not." This book ten in 18, probably bel, provements in photomc known. i J Exaggerated Lanor g the ing U s diftic courately the and therefore they ru power. the pu no was writ Statistios. arm I7 per cent b ere ane & marke »4 5 Niexico a2 . another ancronchment of JUDICIAL SANDRAG The injunction does not Onleago Herald such time forbid omployes to quit work & and places that traffic will not beinter. apted. ITts main force is in forbldding them to interfere with now employes, of whom thousands can be procured and ara ready to go to work, If t} is a strike now it will not be againet indiviauais, nor rainst & corporation, but agwinst the United States government represonted by its courts. ‘I'hat, however, would not be ex tly a strike. It would be vebellion, which 18 0 very sorious matter. Denver Nows: I'ne order issued by Judge kins of Milwauies at the instancc of the ivers of the Northorn Pacific, restrain g the employes of that road from ‘‘com. sining aud coaspiving to quit the sorvice of the road, with or without notice,” marks courts upon rights of workiog people, which are now all out universaily conceded by the wivilized nations. It indicates o tendency which, if not cheekod, witl end in making the United States courts reflect an arbitvary form of despotism to which there will be no lwit short of congressional legislation, Chivago Recor still more vital point brought up by this intercsting case is the old question of labor's right to organization If such a right be conceded it will probubly scem to most workmen that no circum stances would justify its infringement. Tn the present case ihe railway men, who are 1o party to the financial embarrassments of the road, find themsclyes suffering therefor and_forbidden oither to relicvo themselves of the burden jmposed or to wotaid from their natural allies. 'The peculiar nature of the it wide interest to students of industrial probloms Chicago Record: A document of extraor- dinary character is the injunction issued by of tho United States court in Ml on petition of the receivers of the orthern Pacific rond, It appears that the receivers, finding the finances of the road in bad condition, have ordered soveral success Ive reductions in the wages of employes Whon they learned that the latter were on the point of protesting with a st they appiied for this injunction, which not only forbids the railway men 1o’ quit work, but onjoing the workmen's conference committeo from ordering & strike and the leaders of national orga.izations of railway men from lending any aid in casea strike should be made. Philadelpbia Ledger: An extraordinary step to prevent a strike has boen taken by the receivers of tho Northern Pacific rail rond. To anticipate the withdrawal on Jan- wry 1 0f more than 3,000 men in the employ of the receivers, because of a reduction in wages authorized by the court, tho receivers applied to the United States elrcuiv court ut Milwaukee and secured an injunction re- straining these employes from conspiring to quit work, with or without notice, for the purpose of cribpling the operation of the road and from interfering with the receivers or their agents in any manuer in the move ment of trains. The action was taken upon the refusal of the representatives of the em- ployes to accept the new schedule, st PRISUN STATINIICS, convicts, all males. ew Hampshire number o the Michigan has 56 The convicts of Maryland has 674 convicts, of whom 407 are unwmarried. Minne a has 312 white con colored and one Indian. Nevada has 104 convicts, making boots and shoes. Ihe North Carolina penitentiary contains ) white and 921 colorea convicts. Of the 1283 prisoners in California Awerican born and 464 are foreiene The Rhode Island penitentiary has 124 convicts and 1s run at an annual loss of §20,- 000, The United States has ¢ Fort Leavenworth, 220 of serters Indiana has 619 convicts. Of the Indiana convicts 498 are single, 200 married, thirty- one widowers, icts, sixteen employed in 769 are prisoners at whom are de- peuitentiary has one pris- rs old, two aged 75, one 74, one 73, one 72 and two 71 Maine has 135 couvicts who are employed in the manufacture of carriages, harness, broows, furniture and clothing. The New York state prison at Albany has 1263 inmates. The exponditures of the in stitution exceed the iacome over §100,000 & year, Tlinois has 142 convicts, S$6 per cent of whom ave under 40 years of age. Of the Liii nois convicts only 10 per cent are uu- over ¢ The conv! \ployed s of Ma King te was widow Their social st St 82; divoreed, 5 0ws, 25 Brass widowers, A the Hawaiian pr < 2,508 were Hawaiians, 256 English, American, 30 Geor ; Prench, 16; Portuguese, 212} Chinose, Japanese, '967; South Sea Islanders, On holidays Tllinois con turkey and roast pig, cranberry or apple sauce, pickled cucumbers, nuts, biscuits, gioger cakes, apples, coffee with sugar and cream, and cigars, Of 285 prisouers in Arizoun thirty-one were tled for wmunder ia the first degree, thivty-five ir sixty-five for man’ fe st year, ats have roast NEBRASKA AND NEBRASK AN, A young Swode who kad both hands rozen whilo husking corn near Lincoln has :n sent to St. Jos, whore he has rolatives. Hunger is given as_the causo of loss of reason by Mrs. W. B. McCune, wifoof a Lincoln county farmer. She has boen taken 10 the Norfolk asylum. Six woeeks aftor tho death from typhold fever L. Grimm succumbed to the sume disoa one day of being b6 yoars old The farmers of Cass county, who formed A mutual insurance company, only paid $40 in losses Inst yoar, though $00,000 in new insurance trad been placed durlng the year. Harry G. DeMerritt, the Custer county man who shot John Sandorson last week wis given a hearing oy Judge Shinn of Broken How, 2nd was then discharged with primand {t wus because his fathor objectod to his wifo that John Vavra, n Saunders county farmer, committed snicide. Ho had loaded up on whisky before he fired the shot that ended his life. Vavra was 24 years oid. He had recontly sold his farm and was going to Canada. He was the oldestson of Frank Vavea, ono of the pioneers of Saundors county, He leaves a wife and bab, I'red Smith, a 16-year-old Kenesaw hoy, accidentally shot his mother,s Mrs, J. D Smith, Sunday. He was foolifly with a 48- caliber revolver preparatory to a celebration of Now Year's eve, and his mother being in the same room when the gun was dischiareed, the bali entered the right side, vassing through the lower loboe of tne 'ung and lodg: ing just under the skin under the left shoulder blade, Medical aid was summoned, but the physician says that owing to hor ago and faeeble condition her recovery is very doubtful. The husband, two duughters and the son dre nearly insane with grief. MS of the First Na tional has returned to his home from Des Moines, whers he went to marry Miss Maude Orvis, u pretty school teacher. But he didn't mavry her, for after the license had been issued” and ‘whilo the wedding party was preparing to go to the church the bride-clect changed her mind and refused to let the ceremony o on, She gave Luebbeu no reason for her sudden change of mind, he says, and he is unavle to account for her action’ unless there Is an- other man she cares more for. Luebben had prepared a home for his bride and takes the matter hard, of his wi of Norfolk Ho iackea cashier tton Luebben, bank of 8 LAST s VEAR'S OLOP, ow Orleans Pleayune: There are a great muny men of note who have no ready cash Pack: “When Greek Meots Greek Wi There is & burglar going through your pants! Husband (unconcernedly)—You two fight it out between yoursclves. Lowell ( I A drum- 't et up nuif as biga rack tas a 10-y¢ 1 minor. chester Democrat: Boaraer —Is this genu- able soun? Wilter—Yos, sir; fourwen carrots fine. w Rocord: Tt is rather hard for a livos on the tenth floor of an tie down Philadelph bachelor who apartment house to se Elmira Gazetté: My son, observe the post stamp—its usefulness depends upon Its ity to stick to one thing until it gots there my—Paw, what 15 00 i ticket as & o bil- olis Journal: T n when a man Indiana does it i laboring man? Mr. Fige—It means that he has got tired of working tor a living Judge: Conductor—Now, then, why did you flig this train? Native—I wanted t' ask yo', sab, ef 3 enuy gemman on bow'd dat wanted t good coon dog. ) knew buy a Philadelphin Record: Mazzins—Hel gins! What ure youdolng now? Buggins—I'm a mail carrier.” Mugeins—Mall carrier, eh? Buggins—Yes, niy wife had twins & fow days ago, both boys. o, Bug- thief who stole toned thief. New Orleans Pica a trombone was no Courler: Affairs may bo straived but they are by no meaus clear. Lowe atl Indinnapolis Journal: Young Mr. Fitts— That pie you gave to the Commercial club for the poor i one of the most successtul e year. Young Mrs. Fitts— Tt has been ated even poor families so far." EPECULATIVE. cago Times. The Aquidaban and Nictheroy are likely soom And whe v ce will be lively, short, und sweet Itcan't be prophe: Has hopes, but they exploded other fello; alicad who'll win; the may be by the A NUTSHELL NOVEL Lite ary Digest A feather. ¥ talk walk, Together. A merry miss, A stolen Kiss, Del voL. T pleasure.” At lelsure. BROWNING, KING = " & C Your money's woth We're in it or your money back. no snap—its more K than ;we thought— but we are culling out Saturday January 6th. we begin ou Grand Sweeping Out Sale. Full pa BROWNING, rews 1! gou ven ticulars Friday. KING & CO,, £2