Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 22, 1894, Page 4

1 THEOMAHA DATLY IZF.I‘I_. 1. ROZBWATER, Editor. PUHLISHED BVERY MORNING. CRIPTION THIMS Dally 1 I Daily and Sunda Aix Mon) Three Month Hatu Woek! el N and T AFl Wtr Chamlwer of ¢ T oand 1 Counetl | 12 ¥ Chie I Now Vo 1 Washinzton Foiirt CORRESPONDENG LETTERS f Juld e mpa. I Tribun naedf 1itor Tor of i APANY SHING € STATEMENT OF CIRCULAT George 11, Tasoht Publishing compn the actunl number « The Dully - Morning s follow Total for th ‘cople month For unsoid and retarned otal sold vorage net cireniatic 1 ways al- over Tsn't the house aping senator together too much when it adjourn from Monday to Thursday without any Justi- flable provocation? tion finds itself at supply, why of our If the irrigation cony a loss for sources of water not the water out of a few over-capitalized corporations? wring As an anti-monopolist Hascall is entitled to take the whole bakery. Hascall posing as an anti-monopolist is like a crow trying to pass himself off for a can: The tall-end of March Is liable to catch up with the ground hog and create a new demand for overcoats and seal skins after ter bonnet has been flaunted 4o the A brewery trust supplies the missing link in our rapidly expanding system of indus- trial consolidation. The brewery trust will give beer the same dignity that whisky has already arrogated to itself. The Platte river canal has taken a new start. This time its promoters are ready to back their confidence with subscriptions. The only question is how can the project be transformed from the engineer's draw- ings Into a ditch. At last accounts George Woolridge, allas Woolington, the man who pleaded guilty of forgery and is presumed by law to be in the custody of the sheriff is having a good time somewhere in Iowa or Illinols, and further deponent sayeth naught. Telegraphing for absentees to return to their places in the house must he giving the telegraph monopoly a neat clalm against the contingent fund of that body. This is a rather novel way of compelling the people to contribute to the earnings of the great Western Union anaconda. Puff! puff! puff! Great is Scott. And greater still is the Hyphen. But really it is amusing that the pufiing of the only judge should appear on one page and ‘‘Conrad! Conrad!! Conrad!!! agent of the Loulsiana Honduras lottery” on the other page of the same sheet that lauds the judge to the skies as the terror of law-breakers. No wonder the jury gave a verdict for only $1 to the Iowa farmer who valued his injured affections at only $1,000. No woman would ever venture to sue for breach of promise for less than a cool $10,000. Any man who assesses the worth of his own happiness at a paltry $1,000 practically ab- Jurates all claim to a remedy in damages Lost, strayed or stolen, George Woolridge, allas Woolington, a self-confessed forger; presumed to be in jail according to the ap- pearance docket of the criminal court, but not in jail for all that. Any person who can give rellable information concerning the discrepancy between the docket and the facts Wil be suitably rewarded by calling at this office. Councilman Wheeler's plea that the ap- propriation item for insurance which the mayor vetoed does not cover a contract be- cause it Is for a renewal policy, Is puerile and absurd on its face. A renewal policy is a contract just as much as an original policy, although the agent’s commission may not be the same. If a renewal policy is not contract what would the policy holder have to show as a basls for his claim in of a loss a case The police commission cannot remaln in- different in matters that relate to the discl pline of the police and inefiiciency, dishon esty and debauchery of so-called detectives The time for disbanding the bogus detective force should not be deferred. The scandals relating to the conduct of the chief detective and some of his associates are if anything more unsavory than were those of the Doug las county Jail during the incumbency of the late sheriff. 2 The decislon of the supreme court in the case In which the Western Unlon Telegraph company sought to evade the collection of an occupation tax imposed by the city coun- cil of Fremont Is important. There is not much to say In favor of the occupation tax. It is simply desirable to meet temporary emergencies, but should never be resorted to except In cases of urgent necessity. But long as the emergencles may arlse it is tmportant that the laws governing its col- lection shall be fully defined. An fnsurance policy s a contract between the insurance company and the policy holder. 1t this contract 18 botween the city and an insurance company no councilman can be a party to this contract without violating the charter provision that forbids members of the councll from belng Interested directly or indirectly in any contract. The amount Involved and the profit therefrom cuts no figure. It Is the principle and there is no getting around it. If & councilman can act as agent for an insurance company that tssues policles on city buildings he has a right to act as agent or as principal for the purchase of auy commodity that the city may need. | IN OF FIGURES NECESSARY. What amount of rey will the tarift bill as reported they senate yield from duties on fmports? It was calculated by the so-called experts that the Wilson bill as it the house would provide a from customs the first year of its oper: of $12 of 150 As amended senato A REVIS e passed revenue fon ipte from this source of about $74,000,000 by the subcommittee of the finance it figured bl would farnish an income from amounting to $165,903,771 the threatened deficit from the measure It passed the house by a littlo over §41,000,- Under the bill as it left the hands of three of the financ committee charged its re- 1t was_figured that we would import to $530,000,000. There about these fractions of a dollar but perhaps this is way of experts and should throw any doubt upon their trustworthiness. Let it be accepted as a correct calculation that the bill as ft was changed by the subcom- mittee of the senate finance committee have yiclded from dutles on imports to § 0 exactly § ) dollar cont more or less. in the meas- and a revision it will be ,603,004, a decrease from the ri committen was that the duties lessening as 000, the member senate who were with visig Roods the value of IS a remarkable exactness figures, from which are uniformly excluded, the not would amounting TTi-not a or a or Further ure as reported to the senate of the estimate of re necessary. Will the bill in its present more or less income to the before? It s to be expected t bill is taken up for consider senate and the chair ot committee makes his promised that will present fresh tions as to what it will yield from It is also to be expected that the experts will their figures with reference to creating as favorable an impression as pos- for the Dbill. They may not be exact to a dollar as in the calculations ~ already —made. It Is pos- that in figuring the value of im- 3 the will not dhere strictly to mil- lions and that cents will figure in the amount of revenue, but at any rate they may safely be counted upon to make their calculation 50 as not to disparage the bill. As a mat- ter of fact, it is practically impossible to make an approximately correct estimate of what the pending tariff bill will yield under the system of ad valorem duties which it provids As was said by the republicans of the ways and means committee in their report on the Wilson bill, if prices could be exactly determined nothing would scem to be falrer than an ad valorem duty, but unfortunately prices are very much mat- ters of opinion, “on which honest men may differ much and rogues much more.” As the duty depends on the price a cheat on the price is a cheat on the duty, and the with which this may be done is a matter of cxperience. A foreign manufac- turer who is not compunctious on the sub- ject of duties has his confidential importing agents in this country. Goods sold to these agents are marked down iIn value to any extent and dutles are paid on these under- valued articles, If a piece of goods is worth $6 a yard and the duty is 25 per cent the correct duty is $1.50. If the price be invoiced at $5 a yard and the fraud not de- tected, the duty collected becomes $1.25, and the ad valorem, which seems to be 25 per cent, becomes about 20 per cent, and not only is the government cheated out of its quarter of a dollar, but the manufacturer is cheated out of one-fifth of the protec- tion the government has promised him. It is true that fraud is possible under specific dutles, but the danger of its practice Is very much greater with the ad valorem system. This is one reason why it is much more difficult to make an approximately cor- rect estimate of revenue from customs under ad valorem than under specific duties, Another difficulty in the way of making a trustworthy calculation of what revenue from duties the preceding bill will yield is the impossibility of determining in advance of its operation what effect it will have upon importations. There is probably not an im- porting merchant who at this time has any definite idea as to what the extent of his importations will be.under the workings of the proposed tariff and it is manifestly absurd to suppose that anybody else, what- ever their attainments as experts, can have the knowledgo necessary to make estimates of revenue, under totally changed conditions, worthy of acceptance. changes wero mac enue from form furnish treasury than at when the tion in the the finance statement expert to nan caleula- dutles. mak sible sible cas HASCALL AND ANTI-MONOPOLY. The free-for-all electric lighting franchiso which Bellwether Hascall has forced through the council under direct and indi- rect pressure is claimed by that impudent fraud to be an anti-monopoly ordinance. Now suppose there was to be a free-for-all hurdle race and half a dozen twenty-foot tight board fences were planted across the track, who would venture to run the race? This s precisely what Mr. Hascall and Wiley's jumping jacks in the council have done. To call this an anti-monopoly fran- chise when the conditions imposed cannot be complied with is an insult to the common intelligence of this community and an out- rage upon the taxpayers. Yes, indeed, freo for all, ‘when In reality it is a barrier against everybody excepting the concern that now has a monopoly of electric lighting in this city. It Is the rankest plece of job- bery that ever has been attempted to be put upon this community under false pre- tenses by men who are recrcant to their trust. Let us call attention to a few of the provisions of this anti-monopoly ordinance Fence No. 1. The ordinance requires 30- foot iron poles within the fire limits for any company that proposes to enter the field. If iron poles are the right thing, and 30- foet the proper helght, why didn't Hascall make an effort long ago to have the wooden poles of Wiley's company re- placed by 30-foot iron poles? And why does he not Insert a provision in the free- for-all ordinance that will require the poles of the Thomson-Houston company to be replaced by iron poles? In view of the fatt that nobody cai carry out this provision without great expense and risk It is mani- fost that Hascall's anti-monopoly ordinance is gotteh up solely to maintain monopoly. Fence No. The anti-monopoly ordi- nance makes all companies liable for all damage done by reason of defective insula- tion of Its wires. This would be proper enough, but as it does not apply to Wile company, and creates a lability that migh Include the cost of bulldings as well as damages for killing and maiming firemen and people who come in contact, tho fn- tent to prevent anybody from accepting.a tranchise: under these conditions,. i3 mani- festly in the Interest of monopoly. Fence No 3. The rate of electric light to private consumers is fixed at about 25 per cont below the rates mow charged by the Thomson-Houston monopoly. Such a redue- tion would doubtless be desirable, but it is a dead glve-away on its face. It It is true that Wiley's company 1s extorting 25 per cent more from private consumers than is THE OMAHA Hascall and th reduced th 4 They lighting wang for have a charges fair not that him private consumers long ago right to electric under the charter. The wholo ordinance 1 begotte: and born in Hascallity, which spell with a big R. Its proper title should be electric lighting and perpetuate the existing why trains have with rat regulate i inlguity some people in an ordinance to prevent competition monopoly. A STRONGHOLD OF CORPORATIONS There Is a well-grounded bellef that the Department of Justice s at present a strong- hold of the corporations. Attorney General has, during the greater part of his professional life, been in the service of cor- porations and is sald to be drawing a salary this such Whethier siich Is the ease or not there is no doubt as to where his at time for service, ympathies lie, and this causes him to be distrusted in connection with any- thing affecting the r govern- ment to may fairly be arded of this dis- trust resolution re- ations of the orporations. What distinet evidence was furnished in the cently introduced in the house of representa- tives by Mr. Boatner of Loulslana providing for instituting a suit against the men who, or past directors of the Union Pacific Railroad company, are charged with wrongfully applying to otlier purposes money which ought to have been used in paying Just claims ot the United States government. Ordinarily a duty of this kind would be devolved upon the Department of Justice. The attorney general of the United States would be expected to have charge of such proceedings as the Boatner resolution pro- vides for. A sult of this kind is properly within his functions. But this resolution proposes to exclude the attorney general from any connection with the proposed pro- ceedings. It directs the president to employ special counsel to take full charge of the prosecution of the case and further provides that no attorney employ suit of the government shall be a person at any time having business of professional re- lations with any of the defendants or with the Union Pacific company. The significance of this, in its application to the present at- torney general of the United States, is ob- vious. It is as plain an avowal as could be made, short of a personal reference, which would of course be inadmissible, of a want of confidence in Mr. Olney o properly and hon- estly guard the Interests of the government in procecdings against parties connected with great corporation to recover moneys due the government. We recall no precedent for such a declaration of want of faith in the official integrity of the legal adviser of an administration, and if the resolution should be adopted, as probably it will not be, because of the reflection upon a cabinet officer which it carries, Olney would stand alone in the list of attorney generals of the United States as an object of congressional distrust and rebuke. The plain truth Is that there is warrant for the feeling disclosed in the Boatner reso- lution. The charge that Attorney General Olney s now in intimate relations with one or more corporations and drawing pay there- for has never been denied. The fair inference is that It is true, for otherwise he would hardly permit such a charge to stand uncon- tradicted, knowing that the effect would be damaging, not only to himself politically, but also to the administration and his party. Moreover, the course of Mr. Olney regarding the trusts shows that his sympathies are with organized capital and monopoly. The present administration came into power pledged to an earnest effort to enforce the law against the trusts, but the pledge has not been kept and the attorney general sub- mitted an argument in his annual report to show that the law was insufficient. It will doubtless remain a dead letter as long as he is in office. If Attorney General Olney Is cognizant of the public feeling regarding him he ought to resign. It he is not willing to do this Mr. Cleveland, for the credit of his administra- tion, ought to remove him. The fact that the department is generally believed to be a stronghold of the corporations is one which the president cannot afford to ignore. re, as as present 1 to prosecute the DAILY BEE: THURSDA | expert commission, made up of private citizens and an effort be made at the short oblem, Perhaps this irse to pursue, since sed legisla- to be ex- sossion to solve t wonld be the wiser there is no urgency for the prop tion and the changed conditions pected the next ten months might an important bearing on the question N UNPARDQNABLE AFFRONT. Under ordinary conditions a man s not presumed to be responaible for what he says at a banquet. An,appeal from’ Peter drunk to Poter sober somditmes gets a fellow Into a peck of trouble, and this is how it happened In response to the toast, Omaha,” at the Commercial club banqget the editor of this paper urged Omahd husiness men to culti- te the Towa trade and incidenta marked that Council Blufts had become a suburb of Omaha. This is resented as a most flagrant outrage by The Nonpareil in the following lurid appeal for an uprising all the way from East to Chautauqua station, Mr. Rosewater assumes thority in claiming Council Bluffs as suburb of Omaha. A more direct in could not be hurled at one of the principal cities of the west and the most important in lowa. The Nonpareil takes great plea in informing Mr. Rosewater that Cour Bluffs is a city of 40,000 people. It is not any more a suburb of Omaha than Omaha is of Council Bluffs. Because that city has a few more people within her borders is no reason she is any greater city than the one on the lowa side. * * * Council Blufts citizens should have enough pride in their own city to ariss in their dignity as one man and say: “We have submitted to these insults long enough and intend to do 0 no longer. It is with us Council Bluffs first, last and all the time.” Such a spirit exhibited as this will make Mr. Rosewater feel like creeping through a knot hole before many months. Well, really, this is would have thought that would kindle such a flame! nant friends across the river accept no apologies for this affront? Are we to cut all connection between the bridge and motor line and abandon the effort for a fa Are the good people of Council Bluffs to be relegated to patent plate chestnuts served up on the half shell and stop reading the only paper in these parts that supplies the news of the world, and discusses live issues? Joking aside, why has Council Bluffs any more right to feel offended at being classed as a suburb of Omaha than Kansas City, Kan., would in being spoken of as a suburb of Kansas City? Why should not Brooklyn, with 700,000 population, resent the imputa- tion that she is a suburb of New York? Does not everybody on the other side admit that merging the two towns into the greater Omala would be advantageous to both if it were practicable; in other words if the state line that divides Iowa and Nebraska could be wiped out? n have Omaha considerable au- a stunner! Who a little spark Will our indig- 5-cent There are eight detectives on the police pay roll. They draw full policeman’s pay and §5 for expenses, presumably to pay for refreshments in resorts they are obliged to visit. At the present time, according to Chief Seavey, there is need of ten additional patrolmen. Now, why not dispense with the cats that don’t catch mice and appoint five additional patrolmen? That would give us police protection where we need it and relieve the city from the depredations of pseudo detectives, who are prowling around the town levying blackmail and covering up crookedness and lawlessness instead of ex- posing it. In any event three detectives are ample for cilywark, and there is no good reason why the city should pay salaries to detectives for going out of the city in quest of escaped tPiminals, when that work properly devolves upon the sheriff and his deputies, If throwing the Union Pacific. into the hands of receivers absolves it from all duties imposed by state statute it must also absolve it from the necessity of comply- ing with federal laws intended to regulate the actions of railway officials. In other words, a receivership, according to the rail- road idea, places the railroad and its em- ployes entirely beyond the reach of law of every kind. To recognlze such a corpora- DISCUSSING THE CURRENCY PROBLEM. The banking committee of the house has recently been glving much consideration to the currency problem, with mo very great prospect of reaching a solution. It has be- fore it several measures, at least two of them drawn by members of the committee, and the dificulty seems to be to harmonize these or to frame from them a plan which will be acceptable to a majority of the com- mittee. The republicans adhere to the theory of a national currency and the demo- cratic members have not been able to agree upon the details of a new banking system. The trouble appears to be that even mem- bers who appreciate the fact that bank notes are not money and are only a more con- venient instrument of credit than promissory notes and bills of exchange are afrald of golng too far in encouraging free banking. The question becomes with them purely one of detail, but they do not wish to sanction any details which will result in bad banking and drive the country again to a fiat paper currency or a crude attempt to maintain bimetallism. One of the bills before the committee, to which reference has heretofore been made, is that of Mr. Springer, its chairman, which provides for a national currency commission, to be composed of the secretary of the treasury, the treasurer of the United States and the comptroller of the currency, which shall be charged with the duty of supplying currency to state banks as provided for in the bill. This measure contemplates the fs- suing of notes to any solvent bank having a paid up capital of over $25,000 on the de- posit of federal, state, county or city bonds, the circulating notes to be exempt from the 10 per cent tax on state bank issues, and provision being made for the security and re- demption of such notes. The author of this plan states that his obfect 1s to give the and elastic currency, which all times and under all circumstances to the wants of trade and com- merce, and which shall be uniform value throughout the United States and at all times shall be maintained at par by being con- vertible Into coin on demand. Another bill is that of Mr. Warner of New York, also a of the committee, which appears to with rather more favor than but as to the details of which there seems to be a good deal of disagree- ment. he fact doubtless Is that the southern influence in the committee will not be satis- fled with anything that does ot provide for the unconditional repeal of the 10 per cent tax on state bank issues, and the democrats who do not favor this policy have not the courage to unite with the republicans of the'committee In declaring against It. This is undoubtedly the real stumbling block to an agreement among the democrats on a banking system. It is suggested as likely that near the close of the session the entire | people a safe shall be equal at membe be regarded the above, currency problem will be referred to a jolnt committee of the two houtes or to tion as being superior to the government control is to make the creature master of Its creator. There must be some limits to the effects of receiverships upon the legal obligations of the insolvent corporations. Auditor Moore is making a commendable effort to drive wild cat insurance companies out of Nebraska, It is pretty safe to as- sume that the insurance concern that evades the insurance laws of the state will evade its responsibilities to its policy holders if occasion presents itself. The Nebraska In- surance laws are not burdensome nor exac ing. The fees required are much less than in many states. The laws are intended solely for the protection of the policy hold- ers, and the regular insurance companies realize this as well as anybody. It is now Intimated in a roundabout way that the maximum rate injunction cases will be geached by the federal courts some time in May. The cases were commenced last July and the railroads have held up the law therefore for mearly a year. Still, this is hardly a circumstance to the length of time that will elapse before the railroad attorneys permit the courts to reach a final decision in the case. It secms to be well understood that the case will end only with a decision from the supreme court of the United States. Congressman Bryan's activity In securing additional help for the Lincoln postofiice seems to have been wonderfully stimulated by the accession of a democratic postmaste The work done at that office has not been materially Increasedl in ‘recent months, but a change in administration makes a notice- able difference in the allowance for salaries of employes under its control. The constitutional 'goints raised by the able attorneys for the ,Unlon Pacific will be of no avail if the State Board of Transpor- tation and the attgrriey general do their full futy to the people ln the matter of the transfer switch law, When Chalrman "Wilson gets back to Washington the first thing he will ask for will be an introduction to the Wilson tarift bill. Y, MARCH 22, 1894, PEOPLE AND THING Philadelphia hundred dollars osculatory theft Washington advices indicate that the dls- cussion of the pot and the kettle continues in popular favor, Of the 176 members of the coming con stitutional convention In New York, 133 are lawyers and ninety-elght are repub. licans, Mayor Annfe Austin of Pleasanton, Kan has been weighed In the balance and tipped the beain at 200 pounds. Quite a striking figure The halr trigger and vociferous governor of Oregon Is aflicted with a startling im- pediment fn speech. Coxey and Walte are plucking his vocal laurels. Perlaps the oldest son-in-law in country Is Uncle Dave Brewer of L n, Ore. He Is 84 and his mother-in-law is living with him at the age of 99, George Meredith rejoices n a profusion of hair which falls in artistic neglige round his classically chiseled face, aad he looks younger than his years, which are 62. The hilarity observable in certain monocle circles fn Omaha during the past foggy days was deucedly clevah, dontcherknow The chapples exclaimed in chorus: *Lune non, weally, deah boy.” Josiah Hoopes of Westchester, Pa has been collecting American birds' for forty years past, and now has carefully mounted what is believed to be one of the finest col- lections in the United States It numbers 6,000 specimens, There fs no visible the east and the west in municipal mat ters. It is observed in both sections that when solons take hold of electric wires of moderate potentiality they hang on while the current lasts, Donald G. Mitchell, otherwise known as “Ik Marvel,” s 72 years of age and his white hair is like a crown. He has a hor ror of publicity either in the newspaper or magazine and clings tenaciously to his quiet life on a farm in Connecticut. John de Haven was a wealthy Frenchman who came to this country before the revo- lutionary war, and loaned the government a round sum of money when the struggle began. The amount is stated at $400,000, and the thirty living heirs—scattered through three or four counties of Pennsyl- vanla—are willmg now to accept $5,000,000 and call it square, Senator Hoar in his address in Brooklyn on Thursday night on “The Northwest Ter- ritory and the Ordinance of 1787 spoke at considerable length of the time required in getting the ordinance passed through con- gress—it took mot less than four years— and then, with a merry twinkle in his eye added: “A longer time than that require to secure a repeal of the purchasing clause of the silver ac His sally provoked a hearty laugh and a round of hand-clapping. This was the senator's second visit to Brook- Iyn, the first having been made forty-one years ago. has raised the is the tax now Hmit. F levied for difference between R e The Indian as a Soldier. Chicago Herald The experiment of enlisting Indians as regular army soldiers has been abandoned as a hopeless failure. Iivery one who knew anything about the matter predicted the result. Nothing could keep the red men under discipline, They were coddled and petted like sick poodles. ~ They were relieved of guard duty and given extra ra- tions. They were not even compelled to wash themsely But the inborn yearn- ing for dirt, breechclouts and blank oo sirong to be resisted. in squads, and now it has been dec! disband the troop. ~The experiment has demonstrated the hopelessness of doing anything with the Indian beyond keeping him on the reservation as much as possi ble and dispatching him to the happ hunting grounds whenever he evinces his natural propensity for ghost dancing and homicide. — Insurance and Sulcldes. St. Paul Globe. Another decision has been rendered in the United States courts in Louisiana against the insurance department of the Knights of Pythias, which will probably end all future efforts to defeat the collection of policies upon the lives of persons who com- mit suiclde. All policies contain a clause aring them void in case the person in- 1 shall commit sufcide. The courts repeatedly decided that suicide is an evidence of Insanity, and as fnsanity cannot De set up as a defense, neither can its man- ifestation or development—suicide. s g ey Moving In the Right Direction. New York World. The movement of the provisional govern- ment of Hawaii to adopt a constitutfon and estahlish a republic is in exactly the right direction. The independence of such a gov- ernment would be recognized and protected by the United States. Home rule for Hawall is as right and just as it is for the United States. COMICAL SNAPS. Elmira Gazette: Naturally when a girl goes to work out she hates to stay in. + New York Press: ‘“Jones says the ocean 1s a living thing, and that it has intelli- The ided of water having intelli- Don't know about that. I've seen the rain pouring over a book. Yonkers Gazette: When a man Is asked to foot a bill how can he be blamed for “kicking. Glens Falls Republican: A woman may be very timid, but she is never afraid to strike a bargain. Yankee Blade: Tom—Did Maud tell you the truth when you asked her for her age? Jack—Yes, Tom—What did she say? Jack—She said it was none of my busi- ness. . Journal: “T don’t Kknow se pictures or not,” said “They seem rather in- India whethe the young womali distinct.”” “But you mu the wily photo not at all plain."” t remember, madame,"” sald pher, “that your face i3 Somerville Journal: Whyte—So the people where you went to board last summer rather got the best of you, did they? Browne—Yes; 1 was & stranger and they took me in. & CULTURE AND DRESSMAKING, Detrolt Free Press. She had ten sets of summer skirts, But had not one for spring, And she debated long how she Might rectify this thing. She thought for hours and hours and hours, And would be thinking yet, But all at once she jumped right up And turned a summer se THE HUMMING TOP, Eugene Field in Chicago Record. e top It hummeth a swee 0 my dear little hoy at play— Merrily singeth all day long, As it spinneth and spinneth away. And my dear little boy He lauisheth with joy When he heareth the tuneful tone Of that busy thing That loveth to sing The song that is all its own. Hold fast the string and wind it That the song be loud and Now hurl the top with all your Upon the banquette here; And straight from the string The joyous thing Boundeth and spinneth along, And it whirrs and it chirrs And 1t burrs and it purrs Ever its pretty song. Will ever' my dear little boy grow old, Ay some have grown before Will ev his heart feel faint and cold, When he heareth the songs of yore? Will ever this toy Of my dear little boy, When the years have worn away, Sing sad and low Of the long ago, Y As it singeth to me today? Roal Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report. LUTELY PURE Baking Powder WILL INSIST 0N FORECLOSING Representative Geary of California on the Pacifio Railroad Mortgages, ONLY WAY LEFT TO PROTECT THE PEOPLE Hels in Favor of Making a Figh Square on the Issue and Sults Against o1 ir and to Start Managements, and New, WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE DEB, ourteonth Streot WASHINGTON, March 21 Representative Geary of California intends to appear before the house committee on Pacific railroads tomorrow and make an argument in support of his bill to foreclose the government mortgages upon all Unlon Pacific railroad property, Mr. Geary said today that the government should foreclose all of these mortgages, refusing to accopt anything but full satisfaction in cash and that criminal and civil suits should be in- stituted against all of the general officers and managers of the Union Pacific systom since the government took mortgages upon the properties, and that where officers and managers have died civil suits to recov should be brought against the estates of the deceased men who had mismanaged and robbed the properties. Mr. Geary is in control of the Union has been either mi open war against the Pacific. He says it management or robbery from beginning to end, and that there is only one course for the government to pursue and that is to force payment of the obligations due it or foreclose and sell out the property to the highest cash bidders. Mr. Geary is not one of those who believe the government should take charge of and run railroad interests. He expresses sus picions, however, that the Union Pacific railroad committes in congress will not take full care of the interests of either the government or the people in dealing with this question BW YORK'S REBELLIOUS SENATORS, There was a revival today of the talk about the possibility of finally defeating the Wilson tarift bill in the senate. nators Hill and Murphy of New York and Smith of New Jersey, democrats, broadly intimate that they will vote against the bill on its final passage on account of the income tax feature primarily and the refusal of the finance committee to grant certain conces- sions demanded by them in the way of in- creases of duties on manufactures second- arily. One of the senators named, who re- fused to permit the use of his name in con- nection with the observation, sald today: “President Cleveland will sign the Bland silver seigniorage bill. He will do this as a result of a trade with free coinage demo- crats and the populistg, who are to support the tariff bill. T could not countenance such a scandalous bargain, and feel that if there was nothing in the tariff bill to which I di- rectly objected, 1 could not in the light of what 1 know vote for it, or, to put it in better language, I could not consistently ap- prove such a shameful act by supporting the result of the bargain. We administered one rebuke to Mr. Cleveland for trading patron- age and intimidating senators when we re- jected the Hornblower nomination, and an- other when we refused to confirm the nomi- nation of Peckham, and I feel that we would have done ourselves no credit for these acts it we countenanced the silver bargain which has just been consummated.” PERSONAL MENTION. Judge John H. Drake of Aberdeen, S. D., who was until a few weeks ago United States consul at Kehl, Germany, arrived in Washington this morning to close up his official business with the State department. Mrs. Drake and children are with friends for a few days at Syracuse, N. Y., where Judge Drake will join them and they will return to their home in South Dakota. Judge Drake and family, before leaving the continent, visited Switzerland and the various points of inter- est in Italy and sailed for home from Naples. Senator Manderson has received a_com- munication from the supervising architect of the treasury, advising him that the Drexel Stone company will be required to use the Milwaukee cement in the construction of the public building at Omaha. Thomas Donahoe was today appointed postmaster at Dorchester, Alamakec county, Ia., vice F. G. Thomas, removed. Senator Manderson has been notified that he has been elected an honorary ‘member of company L, First regiment, infantry, Ne- braska National guard. He has written, thanking the company for the honor be: stowed and expressing the hope that on the conclusion of the session he may be able to express his thanks in person. John C. Sauter, a well known Nebraska journalist’ and politician, is at the Owen house. M. J. Mayer of West Point, Neb., and Hon, J. J. Richardson of Iowa are at the Ebbitt. PERRY S. HEATH. NEBRASKA AND NERRASKANS. Thero fs a building boom on at espocially In the residence line. The Methodist of Platte district at May 8, 9 and 10 The Lutheran teachors of norfhern Ne- braska held a two days conferonce at Nore folk with about twenty instructors present. York dry koods and shoe dealers have agreed to keep tholr stores open until 8 o'clock, instead of closing thom at 6 as for- merly There are so many children attending the public schools at Grand Island that room must shortly bo secured to accommodate the pupils. Shelton,* the Big orth Springs ministers will meet The signal sery! been ordered clos o station at Kearney has 1 on March 81. A vigor- ous protest will be made by the business men to Secretary Morton. The Women's Chiristian Temperance union members at Beatrice are circulating a peti- tion to the mayor and city council for an ordinance preventing the free distribution of trashy literature to the young Two Norfolk girls concluded to have a lit- tle fun by dressing up in male attire and taking a promenade in the evening. They met a friend who was entitled to wear pants and thought they would try his courage by threatening to hold him up. They ceeded beyond their wildest expectations, and as souvenirs of thelr adventure one of them was presented with a a the other with a bloody nose. They will never imitate footpads again, even though they did scare thelr male friend out of a year's growth A curiosity in the shape of a double-headed calf was born on the ranch of Tierney Bros., on the South Loup, one day last week the Custer Chronicle. The calf only a few hours, but Mr. Frank Tierney ing it mounted and it will be pla hibition in his meat market. The calf was of the Hereford breed, and the two heads and necks were perfectly formed and joined at the shoulder. The body of the calf was also perfect In every respect, the only de- formity about the animal being a multis plicity of heads and necks. The damage suit of Oswald hawka against the Missouri Pacific Railway company has finally been settled. The suit was instituted against the company to ro- cover damages for the death of Mrs. Baier, who was killed by the cars in eping Water over three years ago. The case has been appealed by the railroad company from one court to another until it finally reached the United States suprome court. In each instance the verdict was in favor of Mr. Baler, the supreme court affirming the de- cision of the lower courts. The damages recovered, including interest, amounted to $6,213.58. THE MOTOAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NEW YORK RICHARD A. McCURDY, PRESIDENT For the year ending December 31, 1893 Income Recelved for Premiums - $33,501,237 08 From all other sources = - 8,368,807 70 < 841,053,145 68 Disbursements To Polley-holders $20,885,479 40 For all other accounts - - 0,484,507 47 930,870,030 87 Assets e United States Bonds and other Securlties - . . Firat lien Loans on Bond and Mortgago - - - . Loans on Stocks and Bonds MOAIERStAtoM = S o Cash in Banks and Trust Com- panfes - . black oye says lived 18 hav- 1 on ex- Baler of Ne- - - 4 I =0T 10,844,601 73 Acclucd Intereat, Deforred Pre- 7o 1001 ¥ TS 6,009,608 39 $180,707,080 14 Reserve for Pollcles and other 8,766,071 28 ‘Liabllities 71 Surplus- " - ,608 01 miums, &c, -~ - Insurance and Annuitios assumed and renowed $708,602,552 40 Norn—Iusurance mersly written is discarded from this Statement, as wholly mislesding, and only insuranco actaally iseued and paid for in eash is included. I have carcfully examined the foregolng State- ment ud find the syme (o be correens. CriarLis A. Prerren, Auditor From the Surplus a dividend will be apportioned as usual, ROBERT A. QRANNISS, VicEPRESIDCNT General Manager 2d Vice-President Freoeuc CrouwrLL Treasuree Enoxy McCLINTOCK LLD, FLAs Actuary W. F. ALLEN, Goneral Agent Nebraska, Wyoning and Utah OMAHA, NEB. Good amctive responsible agents wanted, Apply to W. F. 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