Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 1, 1894, Page 4

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FEIL, Notary Public. Hanging in efigy In Nebraska appears to be almost as dangerous as hanging the orlg- inal. Only essmen can be safe from base calumnies in the congress of today. smooth shaven congr From the whimper of the cuckoos in the orred that the taken | state house dome it may be i vindication slgn has been down ordered many wild id Congressman Pence has s running around in his cranium that it Is fm- possible for him to prevent them from get- ting out. The courteous retort of the gamblers to Colonel Seavey's polite request to in their chips should be framed and Lung up in ters. pass police headq Despite the fact that the professional poli- ticians left the Grand Army peopic scverely alone last week, several ambitious buomlets were hatched at the encampment. «-President Harrison will stop making speeches during his trip to San Francisco and his sojourn on the Pacific coast. A few talks to the people on the road is all he will indulge in. It is interesting to read of the important patents that are daily expiring by limitation, but for every patent that thus expires there is a new one recorded to stifle competition for the legal number of years. The Nebraska State university is to be congratulated over the fact that brutality is not included in the curriculum. Wazing is practically an unlearned art at the institu- tion, and as time rolls on this fact will be better appreciated by the friends of cduca- tion. The statue of liberty may be crumbling away and its artificially lighted torch may be extingulshed for want of appropriations, but the form of liberty will tower higher and higher in the world, shedding its light over an ever greater number of liberty-loving people. The Chicago assassin that the newspapers are all against him. complains bitterly His complaint is hardly a new veriest rascals that ever live are addicted to the same complaint. Your genuine rogue is the first to complain that the newspapers are all against him. cne. The The Colorado leglslature has made a mis- take in refusing to pass the bill providing for a system of state bank examination. Bf- ficlent examination prevents loss. This has been demonstrated in Nebraska. In thls state the banking board has more than earned all'it cost the state If the gambling resorts are all closed up for good burglars, footpads and other crimi- nals who are hauled up before the district court will have a hard time of it. They t be able to work upon the sympathy of the impressionable judge by pleading that they have been lod-astray in some gambling Nouse or lost their last quarter in betting on the wrong card. Wwoi Lincoln imagines that it can show a cle n bill of health from today on, when the mayor's reform order goes nominally into effect. But abandoned women do not con- stitute the sole blemish upon the morality of any Making an example of a fow will afford ¢ sense of satistaction and give community scapegoats sinners a the mayor an opportunity for considerable cheap notoriety The moral tone of the community depends upon th who are driven out, ay in it, not on those who A Lincoln sheet been busy that defending has for the regard some time position of the | state treasurer with to the disposi- | tion of the permanent school and trust funds, in discussing the effect of the recent supreme court decision on this matter, naively predicts that “these funds will re main unproductive in the treasury as he tofore.” It must ant ¢ have m unpro- ductive to the treasury as heretofore.”” Up to this time they have not been in the | treasury nor have they been unproductive | 80 far as state treasurers are concerned, The members of the council who voted to award the electric lighting contract to the lowest bidder in the face of the pressure from within and without are entitled to great credit for the firm stand they have taken In behall of the taxpayers. What ever may be the outcome of this award they have done thelr duty and the city can not be the loser In the long run. There is no reason why the Thomson-Houston com- pany or any other company should have the monopoly of electric lighting in Omaha, un- less they furnish the light at a -ate as other cities of equal population are gotting it. Rochester [ a city of the same population and has franchised three electric lighting companies. Other clties of smaller population have two and three companies competing with each other. It will be enough to create a monopoly when the eity owns Ite electric lighting plant, as low time THE CHAOS AT WASHINGTON. With the country drifting along under a cloud of business depression asd financlal distrust; wih labor everywhere clamoring for employment; with a vast accumulation of capital lying idie in the banks and in vestments in every form of enterprise yleld- ing no profit, chaos prevalls at Washington and no_one can say with any degree of cer- tainty what will be the outcome of the contentions and conflicts in the party hav- g control of ation. For more than vo weeks past the country has witnessed a humiliating spectacle in the house of rep- ntatives in the efforts of the supporters Bland seignorage bill to get a quorum. has been wasted, bitter per- denunciations have and for a great part re. of the Day after day sonal accusations and been freely indulged in of the time the popular branch of the con- r has been a scene of wild confusion & | disorder. ‘The responsibility for this most discreditable state of affairs is with the democratic element which insists on thrusting upon the country legislation for which there I8 no excuse or justification The proposition to coin the so-called silver selgniorage is utterly Indefensible. As was sald by that stalwart d at, Abram 8. Hewitt, it would be as ible to talk of coining a vacuum. Every dollar of silver nted by a right thiat 1s In the treasury is repres certificate by which the owne to demand a dollar as good as a gold dollar. Instead of there being a selgniorage or profit, it all the silver in the treasury at this time were sold at fts market value it found that the government has mously on its silver. Every ou white metal the treasury accumulated under the 1890 is held in trust for the redemption of treasury notes, and were It converted into once not a dollar would be available save by a stretch of interpretation. To issue more certifi cates against this silver would be both dis- honest and demoralizing. Yet the support- ers of this vicious and preposterous measure declare that they will block appropriation bills and bring every class of legislation to has a would be lost enor- e of the in of act the coin at a halt until the opposition to the silver bill consents to let a vote be taken. In thelr reckless madness these men appear willing to stop the machinery of government it they cannot have their w and th 5 fortune is that if they can be held together they have the strength to do this. They are a majority of the democrats of the house. he situation in the senate is not very ch better. The members of the finance committee to whom was committed the duty of revising the house tariff bill, character- by the democratic senator from Ohio as country lawyers who knew very little about economic principles, have been dilly- dallying with the measure for three weeks, until finally the other democratic senators decided to take the bill out of their hands and complete its revision. The democrats of the finance committee having refused to give hearings to the industrial and laboring interests of the country, the subcommit- tee having immediate charge of the Wilson bill have been no less heedless of the de- mands for modifications of the measure coming from senators of their own party. As a consequence the time at which it was promised the bill would be reported to the e is long overpassed and in the anged situation there is .greater uncer- tainty than ever when the measure will be brought forward for discussion. One day the report is that a number. of democratic have announced thetr determina- tion not to vote for the bill unless certain changes are made in the interest of thelr constituents, and the next is the statement that some of these senators have weakened in their demands and Wil support the measure in any event. Such is the chaotic situation, and when the end will come no man can tell, but every intelligent man knows that it is most detri- mental to the financial and business inter- ests of the country., In the midst or the strife the president leaves Washington on a hunting trip, openly expressing his dissatis- faction with aspect of affairs in con- gress and his desire to get away for a time from its disagrceable environments. Mr. Cleveland 1s said to have spoken before his departure iIn strong terms of the lack of m ized se o senators the ‘unity displayed on all important party ques- tions. It is indeed a deplorable condition of affairs from the point”of view of the country's material interests and welfare, but it is furnishing an object lesson in demsocratic incompetency which the people will not soon forget and which cannot fail to have valuable political results. ENCOURAGE BRICK BUILDING. The council has made another extension of the fire limits. This should have been done long ago. It might, in fact, have been bet- ter to include the whole arca of the city within the fire Hmits, There is a very sharp contrast between Omala and Kansas City and Denver. The latter two cities are bullt entirely of brick and stone. That glves them an appearance of stability which a city built largely of frame structures does not possess. The high price of brick Is sald to have been chiefly responsible for the erection of most of the frame houses in this city. The fact is that the building of frame houses was responsible for the high price of brick. The price of brick is governed largely by the laws of supply and demand. So long as.the demand for brick was limited to a few store buildings the supply was nec- essarily kept down. The raw material for brick making was as abundant in Omaha as it was in Denver and Kansas City. But so long as Omaha kept on building frame houses there was very little or no room for competi- ick mak- tion or enterprise in the line of br ing on Kan makers of a ready could turn growing, the brick found the other hand, as City and Denver market for all the brick they out Ko long as the town kept on and the fact that every house in these cities was built of brick or stone gave an impetus to in bulldings and made their lots proportionately aluable than they It At a built town would afford a greater at- than a town that looks as if it could be put on wheels. And this brings us to the main point at issue—the building up of home industry. The bulk of all the money in brick-making is pald out for labor and culates at home. Fully 80 per cent of all the money paid for building lumber is sent 50 investment more v stands to reason t are in Omaha. solidly traction for capital expended abroad for Its purchase. The ouly part of the money paid out for lumber which remains at home is the profit of the lumber merchant and the pay of the teamsters who haul the lumber. The price of brick has been going down steadily in Omaba as the demand has Increased. From now on a brick cottage can be bullt very nearly at the same vost as & frame cottage, and @ brick house s certalnly more comfortable and economic. It saves fuel and insur ance and costs less for repall A brick house makes the ground on which it stands more valuable than does a frame struc ture, For these reasons brick building should i THE OMAHA DAILY BE B THUR be stimulated and encouraged by our city authorities, and the erection of frames solutely prohibited within city limits Such a course might arbitrary, but the end justifiee the means, In this in- stance at least. GERMANY AND BIMETALLISM, The report that Emperor William of Ger ny Is interesting himself in the question and the fact that a com- by the German govern- ment {8 now considering the subject rant a hopeful feeling on the part of the friends of sflver that the timo may not be far distant when a satisfactory international the reem very n of bimetallism mission appointed a war- agreement will be effected by which the white metal will be in a measure rehabil- itated in those countries that have prac- tically rejected it. Senator Alllson fs re- ported to have said that the question of bimetallism s becoming very important in rmany, a fact which was made apparent v the government responded to a pop- ular demand by dppointing a commission to into the subject, but it would not be to that Germany s likely soon to take any very active steps in behalf wise conclude of this poliey The controlling financial sentiment of that country s not favorable to a larger use of silver, and it is only a short time ago that Chancellor von Caprivi publicly that the government was very well satisfled with the existing mone- y system. Besides, ny is largely controlled in this matter by British policy, while it is true that there has been a in England in favor of there Is not the slightest evi- British government take in the matter now tha it did a year ago. That the German em- peror should desire to familiarize himself with a question of such wide-reaching im- stated Germg and growing sentiment lism that any more interest the portance is easily understood, but it is not to be inferred therefrom that he contem- plates taking any action regarding bi- metallism. In reference to this subject there a few days ago an interesting !ntervi the Mexican minister at Wash which he said that the Mexican of the treasury had received private advi to the effect that the German government was leaning toward a policy regarding silver which would prove favorable to that metal and that it was almost sure that the inter- national would again with better chances of favorable results. The minister further said that if the infor- mation should prove incorrcet the states using silver as money will have to take the ques- tion into their own hands and come to some conclusion, as far as thoy are able to do so, with a view to prevent further decline in the price of silver and to awaken ‘the interest of the financial world on the subj There do not appear to be any very promising signs of andther international conference on silver at an early day, for in order to have such a conference either Great Britain or the United States would have to take the initia- tive. There is hardly a possibility that the Gladstone government could be induced to do this and the disposition of our govern- ment s to wait for a European movement In behalf of bimetallism, our experience in the matter of inviting conferences having been far from satisfactory. It is evident, however, that the subject s one of increasing interest abroad and nowhere more so than in the German empire. ppeared conference convene TRANSCONTINENTAL RATE WAR ON. It is announced that the transcontinental rate war, of which the air in railway circles has been full for weeks past, Is now on in earnest. The initial cutting of passenger rates to the Pacific coast has been made and the slashing of tariffs and the lowering of fares may be expected to go merrily along for some time to come. The warring railway magnates have determined to lead their forces to the fray, each confident that his sido is in the right and that the right will always win. This new rate war is by no means a sur- prise to the railway world. It has ben fore- shadowed for some considerable time, and the wonder is only that it was not sooner precipitated. With three of the transconti- nental routes in the hands of receivers and unable to pay the interest due on the capital invested In them, the temptation to cut-throat competition has become irresisti- ble. The policy of the roads appears to be for present aggrandizement without regard to the possible effects on the prospects for the future. The railway managers evidently think that the situation cannot be made worse, and that a rate war may offer a faint chance for improving it. No one will contend that the railway business of the country is not demoralized, but it is doubt- ful if the present is a step in the direction of betterment. The history of pre- vious rate wars is all against it, most of the roads being left in utter exhaustion at the expiration of every such contest. It becomes at once a serious question whether the usefulness of the Western Pas- senger association has not been outlived. That organization has exerted all its influ- ence to avert the present war and to In- duce the transcontinental roads to maintain rates. Secret rate-cutting has, however, continued right along, and has culminated in open war, despite the association and its efforts. The association is already disrupted move by the withdrawal of several roads. The present war threatens to disrupt it still further. Since the association has been unable to put an end to the rate war, the rate war may put an end to it before it terminates. Trade in Omaha is not what it ought to be, but our wholesale men have little cause for complaint. A comparison between the reports of trade journals concerning condis tions in Omaha, Kansas City and St. Paul gives positive ovidence of Omaha's superiors ity as a commercial center. Business ls more active and collections are better., This is because the territory tributary to Omaha is stronger and richer than that from which the other cities mentioned draw traflic. This true it is rational to predict that a complete revival of business may be expected long before it will be noticeable in Kansas City or St. Paul. being here The sale of the Douglas county road bonds ring 4% per cent interest at a slight premium reflects well for the credit of the county. It indicates a on part of investors in the ccntinued prosperity of the inhabitants and in the advance of property valu which obliga- tions rest. The exp of this money in improving the county roads will give inc stability to the foundation that supports the county’s credit. be confidence the upon these wise diture ased Eugene Debs, president of the American Ruilway union, is working with zeal and enthusiasm for the best interests of the men employed by the Unlon Pacific. In the light that he has, he no doubt is doing the best that he can. But if Mr. Debs has no better control of his men than he has of his tongue we fear that he will not accomplish the task he has essayed. In two recent instances his pyrotechnical and ecalamitous romarks have been unwarrantg nd class him with the common walkin®idblegate, whose methods are ben tho lknity of a man in Mr. Debs' position, s now in a fair way of gaining Iimporta# Goncessions for his men, but it he succcedff @ will not be because of his lurid talk affl frantic appeals to the prejudices of th Jople. When he and his worthy assoclates arrive in Omaha for a conference with the rallway men and tho federal judges thgy will be required to show by logieal argumebf and hard facts and fig- ures why the pfdposed reduction in the | scale of wages shd@ld not bo decreed by the court. It i3 possitle that such a showing can be made, and if so it must be made to the court and for the consideration of the arbiters. Mr. Debs should attempt to try the case before the people. not A Lincoln paper, whose editorial expres- sions are supposed to voice the sentiments of the raflroad contingent, glves a long list of republican aspirants for office with ref- erence to the next state elections. It Is nothing but a rehash of the idle twaddle that pervades the hotel lobbies at Lincoln. The only point in the whole screed is the omission of the slightest reference to the impeachment triumvirate in whose behalf so much has been said looking to a vindication, Coming as it does from a recognized mouth- plece of the railway politicians it is some- what significant. From it be taken a grain of hope that a sentiment is crystaliz- ing in this state favorable to the nomination of clean capable office next fall may and republicans for state have themsclves proven to the country that the Reed rules are the only ones by which a ma- Jority can transact business in the filibustering minority, The wisdom and good policy of the republicans in adopting the Reed rules has demonstrated. The democrats doubtless realize this fact, and nothing but the memory of their own ridicu- lous and peevish opposition of two years ago prevents them from adopting the same rules now. As it is, the country is prepared for a subterfuge almost any day. The democratic leaders are likely to adopt the same odious rules, but they will satisfy their dignity by disguising them as much as possible. The democrats in congr mous’ face of a been The eight-hour to stay. work day A majority of the building contractors of this city are reported to have signed an cight-lour agreement for the com- seems to have come ing building It is easy to bring about such a compact when business is slack and the tendency for re- duced wages is marked. It is within the range of possibilities that when wages shall again be advanced in more prosperous times, wage schedules will nearly all be based upon the eight-hour system, and thus will the lot of the waga earner become more and more bearable. scason comparatively The announceient made that the is state treasurer will.pay off the floating in- debteduess of the stale by the 1st day of October of the present year. The indebted- ness at the present time is, In round num- bers, over $500,000. In addition to collecting this sum within the coming seven months the running expenses of the state institu- tions will have to be met. The state treas- urer nas imposed a task upon himself that he will £nd dificult to fulfill. The fee co tainly hopes that he. will s but must confess thatl it has doubts upon subject. it the wad, ong Kange Blaff, Kansag City Star., The talk about Prince Colonna challenging the proprietor of a New York newspaper to fight a duel is all bluff. A coward who will gtrike a woman with a wine bottle is not going to stand up against anybody of his own size. e Put Them in Alcohol. Globe-Democrat. If this were February, 1896, instead of two years earlier, those McKinley, Reed and Harrison booms, or imagined booms, might mean something. At present, however, they are a waste of time and breath. The masses of the party are not ready to shout for anybody yet. — Sensible and Soot Chicago Herald., The course of Judge Caldwell will allay that irritation, and it Is safe to predict that other judges,” before whom like motions may come hereafter, will adopt as their guide the precedent set by Judge Caldwell as sounder law, broader manhood and truer expression of American conscience than the unfortunate but not fll-meaning ruling of Judge Jenkin: ng. Simply an Oversight, Bea rice iimes. E. Rosewater, in one of his fam letters to the Topeka Capital, pr Nebraska is several car lengths ahead of Kansas. Mr. Rosewater omitted one sug- gestion. That is, that in Nebraska insane people are sent to the asylum, while in Kansas they are allowed to run at large, John P. St.” John, Governor Lewelling and Mrs. Lease, for instance, ekl R Make Mummies of the Dummies. Clay County Prog css. The State Board of Farce-portation has spent a very profitable and enjoyable time riding over the state taking evidence as to why the railroads should not comply with s open es that the law requiring them to put in transfer switches where two roads cross each other. This farcical body should be branded as a worthless piece of furniture and placed in an air tight casket for preservation for fu- ture generations to look upon as a thing used to represent the foolhardiness of the people of Nebraska during republican rule, ali i F o Handicapped by Their Folly, Fhiladelphia Press. The democratic majority of the house is helpless. It flounders and blunders and wil 8 time, yet can do no business so those opposed to its policy refuse to vote. It cannot bring them into the cham- ber, they are y there. If the Dy could cc n as Mr. Reed did business in order. But the democrats compelled to them- ational o ance be use they selves this 50 vicious! or intr abused Spen! ducing the rule. The will re- store the rule, "1t is the sensible and con- stitutional method. Under ft business goes, without it all business halts and chaos is let loose, L Uprising of Democrath Lincglu Herald. 1t is noticeable that.a good many of the democratic editors pf the state, who have Editors, been silent and nhonfommittal for some time—waiting to give' the administration and the national managers of the party time and a chance to prove their loyalty to democratic principles—are beginning 1o be more open and emphatic in their criticlsms. The time has gonel by when men applaud in their own party, what they condemn in another. It 18 no longer suflicient that a measure or policy! mdy have been origi- nated or advocatéd by our party leaders it must commend itself to our best jud t. The people are becoming as fre ticise and condemn their own leaders those of the other political camp, and the say, “If we must have' misrule, let it ¢ from our enemies Tather than our friends me to Roal SDAY, MARCH 1, 1894 HERE AND THERE. The notorious “Mother Mandelbaum’ is dead. Over the fenco and out Lato white house quotations show the en dorsements of the Missourl senators to have fallen below par. There has been a marked falling off of patronage tenders to certain democratic sen ators since Peckham was laid on the shelf. Much comment is fndulged because Prin [ Colonna, having shaken the dago, per- #lsts In wearing the title. The critics forget she purchased the latter, J. 8. T. Stranahan of Drooklyn, the only living American who has a public monument of himself, drives out every ploasant after- noon to Prospect park and takes a look at his statue. Mrs.Quantrell, mother of the famous guer- rilla of that name, still lives at Canal Do 0., where her notorious son was born. She i a pleasant-faced woman of 74 and carrie her years well. Miss May Philbrook Is the first woman to apply for admission to the bar of New Jer- sey, and the justices over there are so both ered with the problem that the whole su premoe court of the state will consider the auestion Senator Blackburn of Kentucky has aston ished every one in Washington by being an almost constant attendant at the Moody re vival meetings that are now going on. Not only does he attend the mectings, but he sits on the platform In a very prominent seat and listens to what is said with the most profound interest. Congressman Breckin- ridge has not yet appeared at the meetings. Ac ding to Kate IMield, the most tragl episode of the war occurred during the siege of Charleston, when the wedding of Gover- nor Picken's daughter was interrupted by a shell that came crashing fnto the house from the federal batteries and expoded in the parlor. When the smoke cleared away the bride lay on the floor, her white robe stained with the blood of a death-wound. All the others had escaped unhurt. Unele Sam is something of a land monop- olist himself. Although he has distributed his acres with lavish prodigality in years past, enough is left to give a nine-acre farm to every resident, regardless of sex or age. The present area of vacant public land is 2 acres. Of the western state Montana has the largest amount of gove ment land and Nebraska the least, thou one territory, Oklahoma, has a smallc amount. g NEBRASK.A AND NEBRASIANS, Fire at Brock destroyed the residence of J. Letchia, causing a loss of $1,000. Tramps broke into the depot at Nehawka, but they didn’t get a thing for their trouble. An ordinance has been introduced in the Crete city council reducing the salaries of- all city officials. A well boring machine at Pawnee City did a clean job of amputating when it cut off two of Frank Riddle's fingers. Henry George has just embarked in the aloon business at Scribner. He Is not the original single tax discipl A Dorchester hunter was arrested for shooting quail out of season, but the court let the prisoner off with a caution. Rev. E. J. Bosworth, pastor of the First Baptist church of Kearney, has resigned and will preach his farewell sermon on Sun- da School teaching 18 evidently profitable at Wood River. W. L. Sprague has resigned as principal of the schools to become a banker. The Elk Creek Sentinel has changed hands, W. S. Taylor retiring and A. E. Ovenden, the former proprietor, resuming control. The cattle feeding plant of John Powers near Humboldt, was entirely destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $1,000. A spark from an engine caused the conflagration. Miss Kittie Watson, a_former Grand Island girl, has surprised her family and friends by ‘suddenly leaving Lane seminary and joining a theatrical company. Her stage’ name is Catherine Carlisle, and she is now touring through Indiana, Ohio and Kentucky in Shakesperian plays. The irrigation enthusiasm is at its height just now in Custer county. The preliminary survey of the Middle Loup River Irrigation and Power company is now well along, and will be finished in a few days, when articles of Incorporation will be filed. The capital stock will be placed at $50,000, with the privilege of increasing to $150,000. Shares are §25 each, and work is to commence on the ditch as soon as 10 per cent is paid in. Water will be taken from the Middle Loup in Blaine county, and the ditch will pass through Custer and part of Valley county. Great interest is being taken by the farmers along the proposed canal, and it is expected a large amount of the capital stock will be taken by them. Sl g S IN RE ERASTUS, Indianapolis News: Erastus Wiman wrote a book on how to get on in the world. In the light of recent events, a more appropri- ato title would be, “How to Get In On the World."” Kansas City Journal: Erastus Wiman was not a *“Napoleon of finance,” but he was re- garded as an experienced and reliable au- thority on financial subjects and as an ex- cellent man. ‘His fall will be noted with general surprise and regret. Chicago Tribune: If Erastus Wiman really has succeeded in absorbing $229,000 of the funds of a mercantile agency he certainly is entitled to distinguished consideration. What is a mercantile agency for if not to protect people against financial losses? St. Paul Globe: Until all the facts con- nected with this unfortunate affair are known, public opinion will be held in abey- ance. There will be a universal hope, how- cver, that Mr. Wiman will be able to dem- onstrate his inaocence of the charge laid at his door. Indianapolis Journal: ~ Mr. Wiman's friends now say there is no doubt he com- mitted the forgeries charged against him, and the only explanation offered is that he acted thoughtlessly, without definite crim- inal intent, and without any conception of the consequences of his conduct. This is about equivalent to saying that he is utterly lacking in moral sense. obe Democrat: The number of thos who, like Erastus Wiman, win popular re- spect and confidence by correct and useful service, and then suddenly commit moral suicide, 50 to speak, is still relatively so small that they are counted as exceptions; but such examples are too frequent, ne theless, and they admonish us that we an- not afford to trifle with those things which make for virtue in the every-day transac- tions of life. GROVEIR 3 RIKES BACK. Cincinnati Enquirer: President Cleveland says that he is not il at all, and in saying it he hits more savagely at the newspaper correspondents than he did in his former “ghoulish glee" interview. He declares that he is “forced to believe that there is an cpidemic of mendacity emanating from the dull and stupid brains of some of t respondents.”” This I8 a serlous accusation; and, as every one knows, the correspondents haye not the faintest show iu the world of talking back. Indianapolis Journal: The president i» right; it correspondents can see him every day at his work and oceasionally be informed regarding his health, the sending out of ports to the contrary is a greater out upon the reading public than annoyance 8o to Mr. Cleveland. Because a correspondent wishes to get even with the president for some slight or because he or his friend has not got an office, the country should not be vietimized with a fake to the general dis. credit of the newspaper men in Washington, Highest of all in Lcaveningi’o‘wet.—l.atcst U. S. Gov't Report, Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE OMAHA'S FEDERAL BUILDING Supstvising Architect Consents to n Change in the Cement Spesified, IRON WORK WILL GO TO MILWAUKEE Firm Gets Over a Thu Lower than the Bid of the T Contractors- Other Washington Wisconsin Dol Om WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BEE, 513 Fourteenth Street, WASHINGTON Feb. 28, Senator Manderson called upon the super- vising architect of the treasury with Mr. Thornton, representing the Drexel Stone company of Omaha, to whether what ts known as tho Utica nt could be substituted for the Milwaukee cement In the construction of the Omaha public build- seo ing, for the reason that the Milwaukee Cement company was not willing to comply with the requirements and submit their cement to a test of 130 pounds pressure for six daye, The supervising architect agreed that the Utica cement could be used in the brick work and insists that a cement shall be used for the courses of granite that will not stain the stone. The Drexel Stone company writes that a large force of men Is at work preparing the granite, and sev- eral carloads have already arrived at Omal It will be to put up: the walls with great dispatch as soon as the weather will permit. The supervising architect told Senator Manderson that the probabilities are that the Paxton & Vierling company will lose the contract for the fron work of the Omaha building. They are $1.200 higher than the Milwaukee firm that bid. for the fron, and the supervising archifect says that both parties being responsible he must award to the lowest bidder, although his preference would be to give the contract to the home firm. POPULISTS AND THE TARIFF. Lfforts were made by the populist senators today to get together and agree upon a line of policy on the tariff. It was agreod by Messrs. Allen, Peffer and Kvle that they would stand firm and exert every possible effort to secure the retention of the sugar bounty and get either a protective duty upon wool or have woolens placed upon the free list. They all declare that it would be a great injustice to farmers to make them com- pete with the wool growers of Australia and South and Central America without any protection, and when they come to buy their clothing and blankets have to pay a protec tive duty to manufacturers, They all agreed too that they would oppose any duty upon sugar as a protective substitute for the bounty. They want sugar free. While these populists are announcing th ¥ intention to fight for changes in the Wil- son bill, they are at the same time announe- ing that they will support it as it stands on account of the income tax features; that in taxes will cover a multitude of sins suflicient to compensate for the death-dealing blows to the interests of fa ers in the bill 1f the populist senators would only come out and demand these changes in a way which would convince the democratic managers that unless the changes were made they would vote against the measure on its final passasge. they would succeed, and they will accomplish nothing unless they are ready to vote against the bill if their demands arc not respect DEATH OF M. J. FENN. Some weeks ago Representafive Mercer received a letter from M. J. Fenn, formerly a resident of Nemaha county, but who, when the letter was written, was an inmate of the Soldiers home at Los Angeles, Cal. He wrote concerning a pension claim of | own, and in which he was much interested. Upon receipt of the letter Mr. Mercer im- mediately replied, asking for the char: of his service, number of claim, order that he might look it up. The letter was returned, bearing upon the back the information that Mr. Fenn died on Ieb- ruary 9 inst. Mr. Fenn was at one time editor of a paper at Peru, Neb., and took a prominent part in the polities of Nemaba county fifteen years ago. This announce ment may be a surprise to some of his many friends in that county. IN A GENERAL WAY. Towa democrats are daily expecting the termination of their long drawn and bitter postofiice contests in their state by the ap- pointment of John F. Duncombe to be post- master at Fort Dodge, Bdward K. Stall at Mount Pleasant and Frank Tanner Towa City. Stall is endorsed by Vice Presi- con dent Stevenson, he having at one time been vice the a resident of Bloomington, IIL, the president’s home. The contest over Towa City postoflice is 50 warm and the c didates 80 numerous that it is mot cert Tanner will be appointed, although he regarded as a reasonably sure winner, Senator Pettigrew has proposed an amend- ment to a regular appropriation bill appro- priating $461 to pay Edwin H. Van Antwerp and Charles H. Bates, deputy United States surveyors, for surveying the west boundary of the Pine Ridge Indian reservation as per contract with the commissioner of the gen- eral land office. Although the contract was regular and the work properly performed, it appears that the commissioner holds that it should have been included in some other contract. There is to be a joint debate on the in- | come tax botween Representatives Bryan of | Nebraska and Walker of Massachusetts at some point In New Jorsoy scon, probably nest week. Mr. Walker, who s one of the oldest republicans in the house, Is bitterly opposed o income taxes, and will try to os- tablish thelr viciousness and unconstitutio Ality except as a war moasure, while Mr, Bryan whl defond them About a n Dakotans joined fn a ban quet at the Con lonal hotol last night te Juidge Graybill, recently commissioned rogls of the land office at Chamberlain, 8, D, which point he loft this afternoon. itep entative Lucas of that state made n happy spoech bidding the guest of honor goodbys and wishing him success, which was vicvorly responded to by Judge Graybill. There wore short speeches, songs, st telling and a | good time generally Ropresentative Lucas made an argument today before the house committee on publie ands fn support of his bill providing for freigation and reclamation of arld lands, for the protection of forest and utilization of agricultural, horticultural and pasturage lands. ~ Captain Lucas also made an ar- gument before a subcommittee of the house military committee In support of his bill for the establishment of a soldfer's sanitarium at Hot Springs, South Dako Ho was strongly supported in_his argument by General Averill of New Yori neral Black of Mlinofs, ex-commissioner of pen- slons, who is chairman of the subcommit- tee, is an ardent advocate of the bill and there is every prospect that it will bo favorably reported Compositors at the government printing in z abo is not more printer rolls, in rats. loaf is t composi becaus them to L. B for a fe 5 posty vie as kit on mon Detrol cold gir pletely Siftings ing i brisk mer wr my lett Yonke wants hed wh atl Tnter 1 th grain? | it has 1 n m v nof when it comes to handling su ward Kson— 1 chester om Nebraska and Towa are complain- ut furloughs cnough han half continues order His etter tors the st Stronach w days Hart, ter at W. Thorn, at Alb t Hoxe wor of idea tal I8 ne m a ir. to to give seoms than none Kk of giving up their positions They work abeut half the time. k to the put em it enc visit W t ¢ ned PE - it 1 Wi ire vill ite b Journg ter? rs Statesms to set the ile h on. Oce he o Mr. Cr sroved an M th t be a b Alib Democrat “He fellow! s\ th in: N world on wife kindles the kitchen con- rs. is rain man Al are on employ timo, ~ the new men iployment t 0 be that About hall ough work in Washington of Omaha is tn today onto, Clinton county, removed and Alfr ounty, S, RRY S. H married And he us of tain the winging imson—\Wh; canse then people could 50 quickly tice how little I really have to 1t they we 1y lany i s wi ugh iy oth he v man ly glven Although there force > public on the half a [ of tho to pay the city appointed Ia 1 Ten vice D., H. such a is coms don't read uld no- who 1 e in grocer er time, > geners ally has plenty of sand. Indianapolis Journal: “Who's your friend?” asked ‘the catfsh, an- ed “I "thought knew ell off, is he? ““Oh,” re- the slanglly, “he has about bones, Philadelph ct just s tenced for lif w York is miking { appeal for per chair a which tl Somer: s te opine: not sing nd go off here i ) increasc is th the button touch nan w iission to sit in the electrical with something v n—about hing. ille Journal: One of the’evils that the sum total of act that a t all often has moncy human ho can- enough to take lessons for the cultivation of his voice, The n And g “ah Till_sh The brig So, vi The She cried for The slee LTRAG 1 Y. Iidianapolis Journal. When Mary Hannah's dress was done, cizhbors all he wa v owa it cl s nning gown r las, W ves, ed and “‘my came an (iing to the nelghbo She thought to put the gars And go out for a little w was ¢ a er in to see, and ‘ol d the sun ent on a" and proud as proud could be, ild shone s talk, She couldn’t get them through the doort Philadelphia 1t's expected of Mr. G Times. row something particularly big in congre wants to look in the face of the without blushing. e One sweet and shy of “1 wish for fame." the lily And I for wealth and ¢ ¥ Then gently spoke the third: THREE WISHE, Frank Les'ie's Three girls sat idly. on the beach; Oue like a lily tall and fair, One brilliant with her 1 ask for love instead.” 1 pa And told their des: Fame “Weal “l is not all," t th futile If t ve been lovec Ly ne'll do 59 1f ha returns n beside the sea a nd fain, v sighed; irt be dead e women sat with whitening halr, _ Still graceful, 1 ROWNING, K| & CO0. 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