Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 8, 1894, Page 4

1 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE. ROSEWATER, Bditor. PUBLISHED EVERY PTION. o Year. TERMS OF SUR: Datly Bee (without Sunday), Daily and Bunday Year 8ix Mo v Threa Mont) Bunday Tee, O Eaturday Roe, One Weekly o .88 10 OFFI¢ Bouth Omani eriner N A Twenty-fourth Sts. Counell Tufts, 13 Tearl street Cheago Oftice, 317 Chamber of € New York, rosma 13, 11 und 15, Washington, 613 111 strcot CORREAPONDENCE X g To the Editor. 88 LETTERS, tances o Omaha, Th mmerce. Tribune bullding All torial mat aed and rem uld be ) ficePubl any, Omahn. Drafta, checks and postoflice orders 0 be made pavabic to the order of | any. HiTEE T8 PUNLISHING COMPANY. All buy addressed OF CIRCULATION of The Bee sworn, says ad - complote and Sun STATEMENT ge M. Tmchuck, Publishing .y, being duly that the wotual number full coples of The Dally Morning, Ewenin day Bee printed during the mo 1804, was as follo; 1 B, TZSCHUCK. siweribed in my 3 Notary e €1 ibite. York are offered The of the town and city elections held Tuesday a8 additional eviderice that this is a republican year, results office scekers: Don't de- your applications vears of his term To spalr. before t shall have expired. the patient Grover may reach e remuining three Washington correspondents ought to have known better than to charter the lighthouse tender David B. Hill for a trip down the Potomac to meet President Cleveland on his return from the south. The coincident arrival of the Honorable Tobias Castor and President Cleveland in Washington may be full of significance to the hungry democrats who still look wistfully toward places in the federal building. Things have come to a pretty pass when senators who have access to the deliberations of thelr colleagues upon the tariff schedules make their official positions a basis for dis- graceful speculations upon the stock ex- change. The charitable associations are still appeal ing for aid. The condition of the unem- ployed and destitute is still critical. While mild weather prevails the helpless must have something to eat and wear. Well-to-do people should not forget them. There is a prospect of locating a large tannery in Omaha. No place under the sun affords more advantages for such an enter- prise than does Omaha today. The wonder is that we have not had a dozen of them. It is an unexplored field of profitable enter- prise. We fecl greatly relieved at hearing that the president brought that ‘“‘elastic step” back to Washington with its elasticity more elastic than ever. The government could scarcely continue to exist had the president lost his elastic step in the murky marshes of the dismal swamp. The irrigation convention booked for Omaha March 21 and 22 promises to be an fmportant event. The Bee has had so much to say on the subject of irrigation in western Nebraska and the beneficent results already attained that it is scarcely necessary to en- large upon the subject. The Bee has stated positively ‘that woman suftrage has not improved political condi- tions in Wyoming. The allegation has been denied, but such denials come from office holders, party bosses, prospective candidates and their cuckoos, who dare not tell the unvarnished truth concerning the matter. A petition asking that the street raflway company be required to use all the tracks which it has lald in the strects has been presented (o the ecity council. A petition asking that the street rallway company be required to remove all the tracks which it does not use would strike nearer the mark. Dr. George L. Miller's appointment to the vacaney upou the Interstate Commerce com- mission {8 now assured. The mayor and city councll of the city of Crote have tele- graphed to the president that they join with the rest of the state in carnestly endorsing his candidacy. The president dare not turn down “Crete and the rest of the state. — It is suggested that whilo New York and Brooklyn are moving for consolidation and Chicago is reaching out for all the Illinois towns within sight, Philadelphia’s only hope to keep up with the procession lies in annex- ing Delaware. Quite a good idea we would say. But there Is no hurry. Next century will be soon enough for Philadelphia to bestir herselt, Editor Stead announces that he Intends, as 800n as he {5 able to reach London, to enter into the movement against the House of Lords with all zeal possible. If he succedds in reforming the Lords no betier than he has succeeded in reforming Chicago no member of the peerage will have dificulty in handing down to his posterity the honors and privis Joges of his station unabated. The negro colonization scheme is now well on the way to a successful prosecution, Thirty negroes have.already embarked for Africa, where they expect to form a nucleus o which their American brethren may be attracted. It is interesting to note that ac- oording to the latest census returns there are only about 7,600,000 negroes remaining in the country and still to ba colonized, Those thirty never will be missed, A bank In Franklin, which recently falled, 1s sald to bave been Insolvent for the past two years. This may or may not be true, but the clarge cortainly demands Investi- gation at tho hands of the State Banking Board. The opinion that our state bank fnspection Is weak and superficlal prevalls In certain quarters, and the case In point will only serve to strengthen such belfef. The law providing for bank inspectors was framed ‘for the especlal protection of depos Itors, and if it shall develop that such Inspee- tlon does not luspect the responsibility for the amission of duty must be borne by the banking board. THE REPUBLICAN ATTITUDE. Speaking for himself, Senator Allison an- nounced on the floor of the senate Tuesday that he an opportunity to consider paragraph intended to have the tarift bill In every and in every ltem. “We might as well lay aside the idea,” sald the Towa senator, “that this fmportant bill is to be rallroaded through the senate.” It is not known how an senators are in accord with but very likely a of 3 not improbable that they are n determination Senator Allison. At the be- glnning of the sessfori it was understood to be the general sentiment among the pepub- licans of the senate that they would ask for nothing more fair ity to discuss tho tarift bill as a whole. ey wero having stated their objec- tiong to the measure in a general way, to onsibility for the proposed leg fslation with the party In power, At that time the senate re felt that It would be sufficient to reaflirm the economic many republic Mr. Allison, them, and it practicaliy announced by majority unanimous the than a opportu dlsposed, = efter leave the re: iblican: principles and policy of their party and that | in this they would form thelr whole duty to the counte The declaration of Senator AMison be as indicating that ther of fesling and that ropu now their be than that of reafirming and de- fending the party policy regarding the tariff. It would seem probable that they have come to the conclusfon that the inter- the country demand of the proper means at changes e may haa can acerpted been a ¢ ce duty to some- senators thing more of them of their mand to secure in the posed tariff law as will minimize its power for injury, and falling in that to defeat it it possible. It would not be such Republican of th to posed Iming. expressed M in Ohio, in in stronghold New Jersey. It shown fn the election of a republican ropresentative from a New York City con- gressional district for the first time in four- It was declared tre; in the ests use every com to such pro- surprising it 18 the case. senators are to public opinion in the welght the pro- It wa SahtNatEs. the former opinion tarift law last November Towa and of democracy, opposition rwh in even was teen years. with on- republican victory in Pennsylvania last month. It ha found in flood of pe- titions and protests from the industrial masses as was never known In congress before. All theze evidences of the popular dissatisfaction with the proposed democrati tarift poliey the party in control of cor gress has declined to take notice of The senate finance commitiee turned its back pon every interest—iith the possible exception of the Sugar trust—affected by the tarift and which desired to bo heard. Delegations representing un army of labor in manufacturing industries were sent away without receiving any attention. The senate tarift tinkers rojected all counsel and sus- gestion from the people deeply con- cerned and avowed thelr purpose to frame a bill according to their own ideas and rush it through the senate as soon as pos- sible. They met with a check as to the first part of their program, due to the de- tormined protests of a few democratic senators agalnst proposed changes Inimical to the Interests of their constituents, but they still intend to hurry the measure through the senate, It possible, without al- lowing that fair and free discussion which its importance demands. Senator Allison has served notice that so far as he is concerneil this will not be per- mitted, and if the other republican senators foel as he does this part of tho ‘democratic program will fail. Under the circumstances It ought to fall. The refusal of the demo- crats to those interested in tarifr changss an opportunity to show wherein the proposed law would work an injury and in- Justice to Industrial interests and to labor makes it incumbent upon the republican friends of these interests to show it for them, and this can be fully and faithfully done only by considering the tarlff bill in every paragraph and in every item. No general review of that measure will answer the pur- pose. Senator Allison has stated what is obviously republican duty in this matter. The plain fact of the situation is that a very large majority of the people are unquali- fiedly opposed to the democratio tariff policy. Nobody whose judgment Is worthy of serious consideration will question that if the people had an opportunity to vote on this policy now it would be overwhelmingly repudiatcd In every state outside of the south, and It s quite possible it would be rejected in two or three of the states of that section. Can- aia democr: the next house of representatives will be republican. All these considerations justify the senate re- publicans In demanding the fullest discus- slon of the tarift bill and In using all proper and parliamentary to prevent that measure being railroaded through the senate. dous force unparalleled expression such a any most give ts concede that means PAYING DEARLY FOR OUR WHISTLE. The present Board of County Commis- sioners is entitled to the thanks of the tax- payers for introducing business methods into the management of our county affairs. For the first time In the history of Douglas county we have a board that has established rules for every ofiicer and office under its su- pervision that will compel faithful and efli- clent performance of duty and a systematic accounting for funds and materials in their custody. In this good work the commis- oners have made commendable progress in spite of opposition from officials who have heretofore been allowed to carry on the bus ness of the county in a slipshod way without restraint, A great many holes are yet to be plugged up by the commissioners. On February 24, 1893, Charles Unitt was appointed personal tax collector at a salary of $125 per month. The resolution of appointment provides that “‘he shall devote the whole of his time to the collection of personal taxes and that he shall in detail each month the amount of report tions, nce_that ports to the port was on coll has made two re- commissioners, The fivst r February 1, 1894, This report stated that he had sent out 3,000 postal cards during the preceding month, notify- ing the parties that the tax of 1593 would be due. He says that, responding to thoso cards, 674 parties reported at the office of the treasurer, where they paid $42,417.61 to the county treasurer. He says that in ad- ditlon to this he notified the people of South Omaha that their school tax was due and that in response to these notices the sum of $1,017.06 was paid into the treasury, The s other report made by Unitt was on March 1, 1894 this report it appears that Mr. Unitt personally succeeded In collecting § and he claims credit for $3,206.83 pald into the treasury by delinGuent taxpayers whom he has dunned. In other words, Mr. Unitt has drawn $1,600 for collecting a fraction less than $2,100. Are we not paying very dearly for our whistle? To be sure, Unitt has mailed out 3,000 postal cards durly the year which any copy clerk would be glad to do for $50. He also sets up the pr ous cjaim that the money pald in time Unitt ond and only over rom has be oster- by the $2,091.57 | should be Suppose durned by these placed to his credit as one of the treasurer's clorks had mailed out these dunning cards, would Mr. Unitt have the cheek to claim any credit tor the parties card collector. responses by the dunned taxpay Is it not palpable that Mr. Unitt Is a tax. cater the position he 18 a eoft berth expressly created for him? Is it not stly the duty of the commissioners Mr. Unitt.oft the eounty pay roll and the out the dunning and holds anit to take let card treasurer send A NO-LICENSE FARCE. The Springfield Republican in a recent fssue makes a careful and very Interesting exhibit of prohibition works in of the no-license towns of Massachusetts. The town whose liquor traffic it has set about to study is Westfield, which ft as- sures us Is a typical New England town of the better with about 10,000 fn- habitants, which the educated native stock predominates. Westfield dry a year ago, the status of a no-license town being assumed on May 1, 1893, The liquor carefully sealed while to all itward Mppearances the people were con- scientiously observing the provisions of the Massi s liquor laws. It ever, t the graceful submission its Inhabitants to the ‘dry" of affeirs was outward only. Thanks to the drug stores and a clause in le of intoxicating beverages for medicinal purposes no one Westfield has compelled to thir, s0 long as he has been supplicd with the necessary funds to satisfy his appetite. The transfer of the liquor traffic in West- field from oms to have been made with dispatch and with neatness, had begun than increasing calls for “medicine” admon- ished the druggists to lay in a sunply of g00ds to meet the demand. In one drug store, for example, the trade grew from a v average of 46.1 sales of 47. pints dur- ing the week of May 1 to § to a daily aver- age of 603 sales of 70.3 pints dur- ing the week of May 8 to May 13, nd to a daily average of, 66.3 sales of 7.6 pints during the week of July 3 to July 8. Six drugglsts in thirty-one days immediately following the Inauguration of no license sold 7,076 pints of intoxicating liquors, the number of sales aggregating 5,658, BEqually interest- ing Is the table show the character of the liquors sold, from which it appears that of the grand total of sales beer constituted 43 per cent, or considerably less than one-half, while whisky, gin, brandy, wine, porter, ale and rum followed in this order of their p ity. An iastance is cited where one Woman purchased at the same drug store eighteen and one-half pints of gin, eight pints of beer, six and one-half pints of rum and five and one-half pints of whisky in the short spacc of time of twenty-three days. On July 3 she made four separate purchases in anticipa- tion of the celebration of the next day, and there were numerous others whose records approached closely to hers. While the well known drinkers were in no way reluctant to sign thelr own names to blank applications for “medicine,” the people who preferred to use the names of others or of fictitious per- sons, were found in abundant numbers, This study of Westflel’s liquor traffie under the no-license system emphasizes once more the Impossibility of legislating people sober. Where the state of public opinion is not such as to support the demand for no license, the drug stores and speak-easies offer irresistable opportunities to evade the laW. Transferring the traflic from the saloon to the drug store furthermore transforms it from a beer trafiic to a trafic In more in. Jurious intoxicants. It encourages people to buy liquor in quantities when ordinarily they would Indulge themselves but temporarily, It stimulates deception and fraud, the use of false names and the falsifying of the pur vose stated for which it is wanted. It sus. tains the conclusion of the Republican that under the Massachusetts statute regulating the sales of liquor by druggists, the policy ot no license is a farce. It must remain a farce under any statute in cvery colmunity where it lacks an overwhelming popular sentiment behind it. how some class in “went ons were how- of state seems, at convenient the atutes permitting the s in been remain oon to drug store the no-license era TAX WILL REMAILN. As was shown in the resolution intro- duced 1n the United States senate on Tues- day by Senator Hill, there Is-democratic op- position in that body to the income tax feature of the traiff bill. How many demo- orats besides the New York senators are opposed to it has mot been developed, but the best opinion is that there is not the slightest prospect that the income tax will be stricken from the bill. A vote to strike it out will undoubtedly be had in the senate, but as some of the republicans favor its retention it is thought to be certain that the effort to have It eliminated cannot succeed. The estimated revenue to be derived from the proposed income tax is about $35,000,000, and if stricken oit this amount could be made up by Increasing the tax on whisky, beer and tobacco, The restoration of the duty on sugar, the retention of the duty on coal and iron, and the increases reported to have been made by the senate committee in the rates of the house bill, together with an advance of 20 cents per gallon on distilled spirits, would in themselves be sufficient to meet. the deficiency that would be created by the striking out of the income tax. But most of the democrats, particularly those from the south, prefer that tax to retain- ing duties and Increasing taxes on liquors and tobacco, and, oconsequently, it will doubtless remain a feature of the tarift bill, The democrats figure that there are fewer votes to be lost:by this plan than by that sugested as an alternative. There has been no recent intimation as to what Mr. Cleve- land's views are regurding a personal in- come tax, but it is probable that If a tariff bill goes to him carrying this tax he will not withhold his approval on that account. At any rato fact that administration senators are favorable to the tax is to be accepted as indicating that the presideat is at least not disposed to antagonize it. One of the strongest and most convincing statements of the objections to an income tax has been made by Mr. David A. Wells, than whom there is no better author- ity on the question, Having had intimate knowledge of the workings of the income tax prior to 1872 he s peculiarly qualified to discuss the subject. Mr., Wells shows from the results of all experiments in taxing incomes how entirely the mon- archical and Inquisitorial character of such a tax has been demonstrated. Mo sirongly points out the incompatibllity of the Income tax with our political system and commer- clal organization and the practical certainty that It could not be enforced without exert ing the most demoralizing Influences. With regard to the proposed exemption of $4,000 Mr. Wells declares it to be as illoglcal as it is soclalistic. When the limit of emption is placed at $4,000 It Is on the purely soclalistic plan of taxing the rich for tho benefit of the poor, but even on this princi ple, 8o foreign to a democracy, it falls; for an income of $4,000 represents an . estate THE INCOME e the ex- 1 | 1in many resy THE_OMAHA DAILY BER: THURSDAY, of $80,000 If bearing Interest at & per cent, of more than $130,000 it at 3 per and thus exemptd the groa to-do persons wha hould bear a of taxation. Mr,, Wells finds the expe * of mdy natlon or of any state any otber conclusion than that tncome tax would disappointing its results as. it is inquisi- torlal and tyrannical in its mode of execu tion, n the cont mass of well full nothing share in to warrant the in be as necossarily and neces: to excuse revenuo Justification nothing afford slightest for the resort to a m thoroughly discrediled by experience and so offensive to the prisieiple of personal liberty and immunity from, offieial Interference with and exposure of private affalrs, Mr. Wells has glven much help to the democratic party in its efforts to educate people to an acceptance of its pnomic but in respect to the income tax, which the demo- persistently antagonized twenty-five years ago, his opinions and will have no wolght with the element of the party which is directing gislation at Washington The south wants the tax and the south will doubtless be gratified. e ety our sities or asure the policy, crats counsel income Mo the part of councilmen to Th revoks Mr ing inspector rant in law. by the mayor council and is within rescind its within the power of the an appointment after the council | to The mayor to appoint certaln Ject to confirmation When these appointments made and submitted to the council for con- firmation the mayor has exercised the pov in hi nd if the appointment confirmed by the council cannot revolke it. The only way he can get rid of the officer is by removal for after due trial. When the council confirmed an appointive office have been ex hausted and no action to reseind would be valid. Building Inspector Deverell had been appointed by the mayor, confirmed by the and he had, reover, qualified by presenting a bond which the council voted If every councilman had voted to appointment it wouid had effect legally than a res fon passed by the Commercial club to the effect. Deverell's appolntment as build- was puerile and without When officer appointed las irmed by the been approved it of the more mayor war- any been cor has power his bor council to than it to recall s voted not the action any is empowers of city © confirm, charter to sub- city ors the have by ouncil once been vested be he cause has its powers council to accept. undo his no mo havo same Whenever Isaac 5 n a member of the eit neil th has been turmoil, legis! anarchy general deviltry. It w ble Holly waterworks against the poli forth again e re aiy tive and s0 In the memora- fight; in the fight commission and bursts few during present term. Tt manifested itself flagrantly during the brazen attempt to shut out the mayor's veto of the fifty-year gas job, and is emphasized in the repeal of the city clec- trician ordinance.. In all these bold revolu- tionary attempts Haseall has been the head and front. The attempt to abolish the of- fice of electrician |s a high-handed plece of legislation that cannot be excused under any pretense. It isinot done in the city's interest, but at the behest of Wiley. Mr. Cowgill's competency cannot be successfully assailed, but his integrity s in the way of tho contractors. Had he been a tool and catspaw nobody would have suggested that the office of city eleotrician should be abol- ished. 2 ry weeks his That was a neat turn’which the purchaser of the Douglas county road bonds made at the expense of the taxpayers of this county and state. He invested §$151,000 one weck and pulled out $160,000 the next week, all because the state authorities preferred to negotiate With a broker rather than di- rectly with the county officials. There was nothing whatever to prevent the state board from making a bid when the Douglas county bonds were offered upon the markel. Had it tendered a small portion of the broker's commission as a premium on the purchase, the county would have been so much ahead, while the permanent school fund would have gained the remainder. The taxpayers have simply been deprived of $9,000 by the poor financiering that has culminated in this deal. The broker whe has pocketed that amount no doubt stands ready to help the county to dispose of any additional bonds it may desire to sell. If the bill introduced into the Towa legis- lature, to compel the judges of the district courts to work ten hours a day, should be- come a law surrounding stares may expect an influx of ex-judges who would rather re- nounce their office than work ten hours daily for the compensation allowed them, It would then be In order to commence an eight-hour agitation among the overworked legal fraternity. Few litigants would want to have their cases taken up by the court during the tenth hour of its session. Something like a blizzard must have struck tho gasoline lamps during the month of February if the sudden fall of candle power disclosed by the gas Inspector’s report to the city council Is to be accounted for. Yet it s dificult to believe that a light con- forming to the required standard In January should be found so far below it in February. What was the gas inspector doing before February? One Joseph Donjan s serving a in the Maryland penitentlary for writing threatening letters to public men. He asks the president to pardon him. It would have been better for Donjan if he had thought of all this before he penned his threats, He got just what he deserved. Too many people of his ilk escape punish- ment. They never would be missed, now sentence Speculative Sta unship, Cincinnatl Commercial The fate of the Wilson bill In the senate 18 not yet known. It is sure to be amenae cts, § ay be def ent the o democratic subcommittee be malinly useful fn form ting tion, or misi , for speculative pur- poses in Many scandals in this connecti in circulation. Mean- time there a delay and uncertaint the business of the geuntry Is suffering d hundreds of thousgnds of willing workers are in enforced idlcress. - ! - Hryan's Silver Min cago Tribune Why should a cbinage mill be established at the capital of Nebraska? give a satlsfactory re of §100,000 on such an B with great deal ing. Th coinag wanted anyhow, I2 I} tent to see certificates | ed against s bullion, provided it were done on a b thet would break down the curr 1 than Malf its p ent value, fo nothing about silver except us an with which to derange the fin es of the countr in the supposed Interest of the debtor class as a inst the creditors Probably Bryan sees in the pas: selgnlorage bill through the house an omen of free colnag e long, and wants a por- tion of his ¢ stituen to be in at the death, But eve if the event should turn out as he anticipates the mint at Lincoln would be of no more use than a fifth wheel would be to a coach, seeing that If new ints were wanted at all they would b anted as near as possible to the place of production. ending stitution at the out nore to keep it run- more silver is not and would i 318 unit to he cares gency ge of the | MARCH 8, 1891 HERE AND TRERE. 1 tr effort Patriot Kossuth's refusal of medic ment s regarded as a profouws proloug life. Freedom fs not doing much shrieking at Kosclusko, Miss, but the coroner appears to have his hands full The pa ow York movement n on, and Chicago Is casting cov Milwaukee and St. Louis. General Sic expressive crutch sesses the quaint force of a boomerang rarely misses a democratic head. The Sugar trust carned $13,000,000 yoar. This sum lends a halo of interest he sugar clause of the tariff bill he advent of several energetic revivalists In Chicago was followed by a verdict award- ing Satan $35,000 damages. The Windy city is loyal to the The fame of Nehraska Iyncher is of a doubtful Louis Republic locates “Michigan City, Neb." Prudente Moraes, president-clect of Brazil, Is an extensive coffee raiser, but the grounds upon which he was elected are that he is a man_of great ability, an uncompromising republican and a patriot of unquestionable integrity Amelia Barr Is about 50 and liv seclusion on the top of Storm King mountain, n the Catskills. Thero she stays with her daught in her work and contented with the society of the dwellers on the mountain The pres at 1 ous eyes on Iast to City as an quaiity. Thi the incident in dentiel aspirations of Senator Cal Brice a hilariously mmended in Chicago. W't been much hilarity for Cal since he collected $700 from Chicago democrats for supervising the Washington convention, When Galusha A. Grow the house he found there with whom he had served before—Holman of Indiana and Sickles of New York—and only one m in either senate or house who was rving wi his first term began in 185 ator Harris, who was then in the house. Archibald Phillp Primrose is the name of the man who will rattle round in the Grand Ol Man's shoes. He the fifth Barl of Roschery, a Scotch peerage, and figures as Baron Rosebery in the English p su; aded his grandfather, the fourth & of Rosebery, who died March 4, 1868. that time he had just attained Lis majority, having been born in London in the 1847, He was educated at and Univ y of Oxford. The Quaker City resents with the moth-eaten charge of sleepiness and inertia, Paragraphers who have unrefls ingly drifted into a rut plowed by the in of Gotham must henceforth cease echo. ing provincial jealousy and award Philadel phia the credit for took his seat In y two members in ton rs! auch vigor activity and enterprise. Statistics are produced to show that during the hard times period, when conditi favored the undertaking business, the | ple clung to life with greater tenac The number of deaths las 892, while the number of births increased It is evident Philadelphia is a desir- city to live in. Judge Grosscup of the Chicago 1s making interesting and instruc- tive contributions to judicial literature, Having roasted as public robbers the bond lottery promoters, and later drove a coach and four through the interstate commerce ct, he has just concluded a judicial a sis of a bad cgg. A Chicago preacher wiio had been likened to a vociferous egg applied to the court to ass amages duc him for the fowl appellation. The court held that the remark was open to criticism, but it was not libelous, since it merely intimated that the preacher smelled bad. The judicial interpretation of a bad egg forms an im- portant precedent for the guidance of har- assed auditors during hot campaigns. —_—————— NEBEASKA AND NEBRASIKANS. federal bench of Gering is having another mad dog scare, A German Lutheran church Is to be built near Basin, Boyd county. E. E. Wisner has become the editor of the McPherson County Ne: William F. Combs has been bound over to the district court for trial on the charge of gambling at Table Rock. Fire at Oakland destroyed the Independent office and Rditor Brewster and his wife barely escaped with their lives, The loss will amount to about $4,000. Ephriam Farmer, veteran of the war and a rospected resident of York county for many years, died at his home near Waco after a long struggle with Bright's discase. Several Beatrice boys took a notion to run away from home the other day, but the police discovered them in a box car with their grips packed and sent them back to their fond parents with a lecture. There are only three criminal cases on the docket of the Madison county district court now in sesion. One is for incendi. s, one for obtaining money under false p tenses and the third for assault with intent to kill. While hanging out her clothes at Oakland, Mrs. J. P. Soudenberg was stricken with heart disease and expired. Her body was found in her back yard by neighbors. She was the mother of City Boller Inspector Soudenberg of Omaha. James Hunt, a wealthy farmer near Syra- cuse, has become suddenly insane. He dis- appeared from home one day, and after a three days search was found wandering around on the farm of John J. Wilson in Johnson, county. He had become a raving maniae. orge W. Brewster's Populist has made ppearance at Falls City. He acknowl- s in the first issue that there wasn't enough money in Omaha to support the paper and o he took it to a country that had wealth, He expects to make a winning in Richardson county. The trial of Gage & Douglas, owners of the broken Banl of Franklin, resulted in the dis- agreement of the jury after it had been out thirty hours. This will necessitate another trial of the case at Bloomington in August While on the stand Cashier Douglas ads mitted that the bank had been insolvent for two years before it closed its doors. Says the Grand Island Independent: Mr. TFerrar, who is contracting beets for the fac. tory, informs us that already 2,500 acres of beets have been contracted for, as against 555 at this time last season. He says he has practically done very little soliciting, and in most Instances farmers have made personal application this year, and all seem satisfied with the résults of last year's experience in beet raising. Because the ladies at a ball at Basin, Boyd county, refused to dance with the Indians present ten of the red men got mad. They mounted their horses and rode past the win- dows, hurling bricks into the room as they went. One lady was struck In the face and sentleman in the side, after whic both lined up on each side of the maln streot and began firing. After a hot fusilade the Indians were worsted and forced to depart. = bl Is it Plagiarism? Loutaville Courler-Journal, The capstone of Senator Mor report on the Hawailan matter 18 In his solemn conclusion that we are justified in uphoid- the provisional govérnment because of alle tion that Liliuokalani's utteraices are 80 unsulted to the character of a gueen &0 crowned by a Christiun and civilized and 80 out of Kkeepin with her i woman who had received | \dly recognition and personal rezard from ¥ ‘..1:’ good. and linéd ladles that they Shock all right-minded people in Ch dom." This arks of Mrs, 1 ads susplciously like some of the Findora Challingord Whig- at the meeting of the Loulsville Current club last week when the Hawallan question was formally discussed and declded by the adies of that o Taclon ol tha y forcibly that cognized by the Liliuokalani should not be r United States government because she would be mo longer recognized by the good W\ refined ladies of the Current club, ur Senator Morgan's adoption of this argu- | ment was announced 50 §oon after the pub- | lleation of Mrs. Whiggle's remarks that it is not that the fric of this es- timable are already Indignantly whis- pering the chalrman of the senate Yorelgn uffairs committee has shamelessly AppI ed Mrs. Whiggl 15 We are not golng to sit in judgment up ween the ladics of the ('u lady of the forelgn do not feel called upon co any farther into this matter than State the case and to simply add that ator Morgan had stolen Mrs. Whi nt it should be no cause for Very naturally that grade of states dy that thig lesue be club and the ol committee. W hip which would steal from a lot of semi-barbarians thelr throne and thefr Country would not scruple to defend sich action by stealing Mrs. Budora Challingford | Whiggle's justification of it. | man MARCH MERRIMENT, Orleans Pleayune i to dance or to trip the, light W not g ready althoush fantastic toe. that over w wded men Dalias News: Tt have much wenker than they have ov 18 belleve influenc r bald-he Brooklyn Life: He (indignantly)-1 now my own mind{ She (swee you surely ought to know as muc that, Siftings woman s man's how easy it fs for for him to becom There are many superior. For her and how . poetess. inst impos Buffalo Courfer: pearance of the average printing towel would indicate that it had been to wipe the face of the earth, Plain Dealor you think any Colonel Stoton op out o Mrs, Captain Smith soldier can be fear all he has to do mam! Kangas City Journal: An Ohfo girl with 'v locomative weok. It wa strictly a_love mateh, but there was a der aftachment Indianapolis Journal: “I have noti d Mr, Jason, “that it 18 in the nat man to worship some'hn. B it Almighty or a tmage, he ginerly wor hisself."” Washington Star: * no e rying a joke too far,” said a Washin man to i New “Philadelplh nearly as slow we have b to_helleve her “You thi su hey wis ovar use 1894 calendars, ADING IN PRAYER. Kansas City Journal. vas tall and thin and dignified, With ministerial look And he took fror out hds gripsack, What looked like a small hymn boo Then inquiringly he looked around, And gald (twas in a smoker) “Would any gentleman like to take A little hand at poker?” Democracy and the Populists. New ¥ Those sanguine individ the specious argument populist crank theor attract to its suppor of the country would case of New York. In this s list party has been fn existence ous desiznations for twenty y organized in all of our sixty cour voting strengih varied, in the pr election of 1892, from twe ht Hamilton county to 2,366 in New Yorl, populists of the st n those who, under our toral system of official bal numericals, voted t ticket by ‘mistake year, stimulated b had made in 1502, and al of the times, always favorable to nk organizations. the nopulist I made a spirited effort to exceed the t of 1892, and succeeded in head of their ticket 17, 631 At the same ratio of ing ulists will poll 17,700 votes in 1895, 19,100 in 180 50 in 1 30 in 1809 and 23,750 in 19 he total vote o and of this total th tufe about 114 and their politic: monopolists, gre workingmen's’ party, h minority candidate of the civil war. They headway, and the but undaunted by ould appear, of ga continue thel 18 who that by the democracy the populist v ad under nt the fine showing ) by the hard 1se (he 1804, 13 000, the have n none now and incapable, iy proselyt 3 tion and throw away outside, third-party ticket. Does any sane citizen suppose tha any concession, short of an abject render of policy and principle, the d cratic party of this state could’ secure or more populists? Probably nc what would they amount to, and w ference would they make in the resul any election if they entered the democ party? Not a particle. The only which the New York populists can rc the democratic party is to keep out of Looks that Way, Kansas City Star. Charges are openly and oth dictator in regard to the tarift legis the senate. Recent events make th bear a strong resemblance to truth. e AT THE "PHONE cha J. G. Hildebrand in Northwest Ma There are sounds that seem to soothe us, There are sounds that seem to move As the cradle song in opera, or the roos rly crow; There Then it does musical “Hello." good to listen "Tis 50 nicely regulated And so sweetly modulated That T oft would listen longer if T did not jealous grow; For some fellow’s sure to break in With a sound that I must take in While more “Hello," “Wait a moment,” says she sweetly, And she switches him off neatly; Then, uninterrupted, tells me what knows I want to know. Yet there are no honeyed phrases, Tor “‘the chief” s “kéeping cases; But she manages to call more than mere “Hello.” Although I've never seen her, Curiosity's no kecner Then when first T heard her volce repeat a call, distinet and slow; For in my mind I've photo-ed her, And in my heart I've voted her, The loveliest and the brightest girl ever sald “Hello,” Torn carpets are they ways in which Jillson says that the ap. office ain't there the other the sani adopti do well to study ate the popi ) side told, including securing for this state is about 1,400, lists const populists ackers, labor party and ve been voting for continuously since the are mak- defeat, agito- their suffrages on an at dif- made that the Sugar r trusts are plaving the roles of tion in re times when nothing pleases And tormenting thoughts will tease us— to her I'm patiently awaiting to hear one me something ALL CHASING A GOOD PLACE AT Demoorats Who Are Available Want the Interstate ommerce Commissionership. tars men hope tly) h as WILL GURLEY THINKS HE'D LIKE THE JOB Lochre ako it, and Poter wia Will Not See the Placo Suffer, Commissioner Would 1 of 1 Ance, saible used WASHINGTON BUREAU O 3 Four HINGTO? * of Omah THE B h §tro March 7. will have & for the va- tate Commerce commis~ desirablo that every i the ply And loss? 10| pr, George L great cancy on the Inter sion. The is prominont democrat ot could with propriet for the position ur of | Is entering the con Those who have the | entered the race from the northwest, which ShIPS | goctton Is regarded as entitled to the place, are, besides Dr. Miller, W. F. Gurley of Omaha, Peter A. Doy and J. D. Yeomans of ? Towa, Judge Hough of Louls, Commissioner Lochren of Minneap Judge Jenkins of Wisconsin, The po pays $7,600 a year, and is for years Ropr Miil many rivals in his race oped not ten country who 8t Pensi , and tion L term of six entative Mercer a letter from a man at f look up a pension Nemaha county introduc that he is a “good o enclosos his card, upon the back of w Is printed th following Law—the guess of the supreme court; eriminal law nets to catch the little ra Is nd let large escape—they differ from the fish ne an honest judge—the noblest work of mar lawyers—men +who handle the commercial interests of the world without bond, tho most trusted and disirust praised when they win, dispraised when they lose, and who live benigno numine; dishonest clients make dishonost lawyers, the demand creates can | the supply; going to law is like going to oters | a church fair—you take your chances and the | pay for them.” After such a frank thou e Aubn el tion, Re psentative Mercer, went to the pension ofice and 1 the status of the pension case looked up. This card has made more fun in the house and proved the greatest curiosity essmen have cver seen.”” TO ABOLISH ELECTORAL MESSENGERS. The house committee on eloction of presi- and vice president has agreed to re- favorably Mr. Mercer's bill abolishing ders | the messenger sorvice in eloctoral c Mr. Mercer says there Is no longer any the | necessity for sending election returns to Washington by special messenger; that when the system provided, over a contury ago, there were no railroads or other rap or safe modes of transportation. The repeal of tho law requiring the transmission of presidential and vice presidential returns to hntie | Washington by a special messenger will de- Drivo a man in each stato every four years of a very enjoyable trip to the national capi- tal at the government's cxpense. This is the first effort that has been made to alter the law since it was passed by our colonfal fathers. Representative Gear of Towa today intro- duced a bill to pension at the rate of $30 a month William Tolle, father of Francls Tolle of lowa, he being over 94 years of age and physically helpless. WILL SAVE THE SCALPERS. It is generally believed that the Dbill of Senator Wilson of lowa, prohibiting ticket Iping on interstate rallroads and forb ding the of railroad tickets, excepting by regularly authorized agents, under pen- alty of §5.000 fine, will not be favorably acted upon. There is @ good deal of sympathy with ticket scalpers umong men in congross. liey contend that scalpers afford the only means of securing: reduced or reasonablo rates on some roads It was stated today that General Howard, in command of the eastern army, with heads quarters in Ne York, has abandoned his intention to take a leave of absence on Juno 1 next, and until he is retired in November, and that he would close up his military reer on the active list. General Howard as not yet applied for leave. It is said that 3oneral Ruger can have the command of tho Department of the Missouri if he desires it, but it appears that there has as yet been no move made for the promotions which will follow the retirement of General Howard. . D. Dickinson of South Omaha is at the Razdall. has Just reoe Auburn asking The eitizen 1 himself by s e-horse lawyor 1e as ok; nce as this, I atten- and T statement vari- en deserved It i Its ntial es in Th I < thoy i dent such | port slleics. never ining t by sur- emo- 17,000 Anid It of tic vice snder it. Arges us '8 NEW POSTMASTERS. . L.King was today appointed postmaster Oacoma, Lyman county, 8. D., vice Henry Bradley, resigned, and Albert Hagen at ammoth, Juab county, Utah, vice R. M. Wilkinson, resigned. Assistont Postmaster General Maxwell today made the following appointments of postmasters for Nebraska: Bingham, Sheri- dan county, J. 8. Goldsmith; Osmond, Plerce county, Edward C. Hass; Freeport, Banner county, Mrs. Amanda B. Harmon; Howells, Colfax county, Mrs. Bertha M. Phelps; Homesville, Gage county, R. B, Shelley; Mead, Saunders county, ~Michael Kane; Moorefield, Frontier county, Thomas F. Darwick. Thomas Davis was appointed clerk of the United States land office at Lincoln today, at a salury of $900 per annum. PERRY 8. HEATIL she o™ that, ROWNING, KiNG The largest mnk . e Your money’s worth or your moncy bac'. Made a Hit did-—We are having an elegani sees Lhomjzilways takes one—The styles and makes are very handsome. Bros.’ plain white shirts carrying them; haves after. have no trouble in disp BROWNING, KING & CO., Wil ey theexpicsslf you send the morey 100 werthornore You can get a good shirt cheap new spring styles in hats are creating quite a sensa- tion—They are not only up todate, but the prices are so decidedlo much better than hatters’ get that we 4 - Al J Sims Utaivee e WALKSIRIME VA SUS VI EMEVIER ors and sellers of othes on earth, trade.—selling more spring overcoats than our tailors can press. They are beau- ties and no mistake. Everyone who has any notion of buy- ing one, when he We're selling all of Wilson adollar straight;going to quit hirts made to our order here now. Our 0sing of them. | 5. W. Cor.13th and Douglas Sts,