Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 11, 1894, Page 4

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HUCK Sworn o hefore n cribed In my pros- ence this 34 day of ow 18 the time to do your tree-planting this year. Hil will the cratic senator to punch holes in the proposed tarift bill for Senator not be only demo- i special wtor ought his tarift request before the lower E to repeat speech house of congress, by There several tion of assfstant fortunately fish are lines out for the posi- attorney, but un- hook catch the distriet only one can The activity of petty thleves and burglars does not indieate that the criminal have either respect or fear for our valiant detective force. classc Senatar Morrill of Vermont deserves a place on' the retired list as a birthday pres- ent from the government which has served so long and faithfully. he April appears to be trying to see how many different kinds of weather it can produce in different parts of the country at one and the same time. Yet people in this vicinity have no cause to complain of their treatment so far, Revivals after financial crises always go by fits and starts. It is the general ten- dency that tells. All competent observers agree that the general fendency, despite particular obstacles, I8 now toward rencwed industrial prosperity The salaried of the Union Pacific road have plausible grounds upon which to base thelr claims for a restoration of pay. There is no reason why they should be com- pelled to continue to bear the brunt of the raflroad's misfortunes, men The maximum rate law has been held up in the federal courts nearly a year by mere preliminary proceedings. At the present rate of progress, how many decades vill elapse before the case is finally decided by the United States supreme court? Every few days brings reports of newly ap- pointed receivers for more insolvent railroads, If the courts continue to give the insolvent roads additional advantages over the solvent roads the privately managed railroad will soon be the exception Instead of the rule. The coming national convention of the Anclent Order of Hibernians will make the people of Omaha feel more than ever the need of a large auditorium capable of accom- modating a great concourse of people. Such a building would enable Omaha to bid suc- cessfully for dozens of national conventions each year. Omaha ought o have an audi- torlum in the very near future. The Rallway Employes association has had nothing to say throughout the tempes- tuous days of the past month. The of its leaders have not even been heard in behalt of a restoration of pay of salaried employes of the Union Pacific. A few of | its leaders, however, are traveling over-the state plugging up holes in railroad candi- dates for next fall's campaign. voices About the time those New York miilion- aires are authorized by the state legislature to open their proposed philanthropic pawn shop people will have ceased putting arti- cles in pawn and will begin to redeem the pledges upon which they borrowed money at ruinous rates of interest. The million- alre pawnbrokers may possibly be ready for business before the next great financial depression arrives, Senator Martin wants congress to pass a bill providing for the retirement of federal Judges on full pay whenever they find them- selves physically or mentally incapacitated for judiclal dutles. Very well! But how | about senators who are ineapacitated from torial duties? rule that compels them to re as soon as they are unable to attend to th work, and some of them would have to resign the moment they secure thelr certificates of ele tion. sen Inaugurate a ir legislative by the example of Bank- wrecker Mosher, Bankwrecker Haughey of Indianapolls, who equalled the for- mer's exploits so far as getting away with other peopls's money Is concerned, has like- wise pleaded guilty on a few of the counts in the indictm against wiil rely upon the mercy of the court for a short sentence. As the mintmum sentence is five years Imprisonment he will not be Qiscount Mosher In the matter of oft easy. Encouraged almost brought him and ablo to getting The Jenkins Investigating committeo ought to give the full_facts at the bottom of that famous Injunction. If it Is disclosed that there undue influences at work or that the judge was led into signing the injunctional order by any artifice or trick such matters ought to be taken into con- sideration by tho court to which an appeal is to be taken in the case. The investiga- tlon has not been instituted to persecute Judge Jenkins, but to get at the real his were tory of the proceedings in his court. HAND. the have MUST SHOW ITS after the time when Jlaw was supposed and six months after the rellef from the penal- the State Board of ision THE BOARD Bight months transfer switch one Into operation filing of petitions for tles provided by that law Transportation finally gives its first ¢ upon the questions thus raised. This slon Is against the railroads and in favor of enforeing the We do not how It could possibly have been different under the circumstances, Had even within a reasonable period from the date the penalties for neglecting to con- the switches called for began nomin- ally to eccrue, the peoplo might have been impressed with the idea that the board was doing all In its power to bring the recusant railroads to time. But begin- ning the board has convenlently played into the hands of railroad attorneys and has assisted them in every way In the policy of ay. The whole proceadings have been one grand farce from start to finish. A careful reading of the transfer switch law shows that the in- tention of the the hes at all common decl- law. see it eome months ago, or when struct from the very the in legislature was to com railroads to construct swi points on their lines within this state, and to enable shippers to send goods by the shortest route between the points of destination on a through way bill at rates no higher than the sum of the two or more locals. Only in ca the construction of such switches should be found “unusually and therefore unjust and unre was the state hoard authorized to the rail- roads from the performance of their duty at those particular points. A fair construction of the statuto would require the railroads to prove by affirmative testimony that they were entitled to relief. But what has been the proceedings of the board in these cases? Instead of taking up one case at a time and promptly arriving at a decision on the first one, it commenced by announcing that it would secure testimony on all of the eighty 0dd cases that were filed before it would con- sider the equities of any one case. Only after having frittered away four or five months of precious time did it at last become convinced that it had adopted a wrong plan and deter- mine to pursue two cases to a decision with- out delaying longer. But even in these cases at Schuyler and at O'Nefll it acted on the theory that it was incumbent upon the board prove that the construction of transfer switches would not be unjust and unreason- able. It thus accommodated the railroads by shifting the burden of proof from their shoul- ders to its Yet, even laboring under this disadvantage, it was forced to decide ad- versely to the claims of the railroads in- volved. Now the railroads the farce if they can. the law, and if they their object one way they are ready to turn to another. Having accepted the benefits of the law so far as it permitted them to apply to the State Board of Trans- portation for relief from the burdens, they now threaten to attack the constitutionality of the law and to delay its enforcement still further by appealing to the courts. There is no provision of law authorizing an appeal from the decision of the board just rendercd, but there Is one way of speedily terminating the farce. The law inflicts a penalty of not less than $50 nor more than $500 for every day that any rail- company neglects or refuses to com- with its provisions, and authorizes the suit to be brought in any court of compe- tent jurisdiction. If the State Board of Transportation is in earnest in this matter should not lose a day in prosecuting the law-defying raiiroad companies. The board must now show Its hand and at once force the lssuo before the supreme court. Let us know whether the laws or the railroads govern the people of this state, to be burdensome,’” asonable, relieve to to to own. propose to prolong They wish to evade cannot acccomplish road ply RAISE THE TAX VALUATION. Everyone acknowledges that there is ‘ab- solutely no excuse for the fictitious valua- tions of real and personal property made by assessors under our absurd system of taxa- tion. These ridiculously low valuations do the city of Omaha incaleulable injury. They create a false impression abroad. They present a huge obstaole to securing the in- vestment of foreign capital n this city. They prevent the city from incurring additional municipal debts. They necessitato a tax rate that unexplalned would indicate un- bearable burdens of taxation. They foster incesssant deception and perjury. They keep every citizen of Omaha busy explaining their purely fictitious character. They serve to cover up tax shirking and inequali- ties in the assessments, and above all they are In direct violation of the law. It has been suggested that the reason these abuses are tolerated is because thereby a limit is Set to the amount of the tax levy that can be imposed by the state, county and city authorities; that property is al- ready bearing all the burdens 1t can sup- port, and that the only way to have the tax valuation raised Is to first limit the power of taxation possessed by these authori- tles. “Say to the city council that tax levies for city purposes shall be only one-half of the present levy and you will soon see that the assessors will double the valuation of the property they assess.” As it such a procedure would not effectually destroy the very objects which it is hoped to obtain from an increased tax valuation What are these objects? First, to raise the limit of indebtedness, and thus to enable the city to undertake needed works of pub- lic improvement. But how can incur additional indebtedness without imposing ad- ditional taxes to defray the interest upon the money borrowed? to the false impression created by our absurd valu- But how will a further restriction of r of taxa we Second, remove ation fon persuade the assessors to obey the law any they now What assurance does it offer that the valuation will be in 11 cent? Third, to the city more revenue from a smaller This 15 one of the legitimate ob- tax valuation. A pro- have constantly fin- the powe better than do? reas give tax Jects of raising gressive city creasing resources at Its command. Cut the legal limit of city taxes half without providing a system of assessment and the great abuse of our pres sy will ouly be accentuated. As things are now, the assessors hold the real power of taxatio; The clty authorized to impose speeiflc taxes for spe- cific purposes, but to themselves the power to say how much each mill levy shall plain lotter of the law, each mill called for by the councll should bring one one-thou- of the real value of the taxable property in the city. The assessors under- take to make the levy bring but an arbitrary traction of the legal levy. The assessors are irresponsible, each acting for himself and with no one to call thela to account. The council on the other hand is supposed to be responsible for the tax levy. The levy which It determined on this year and for some years past ls considerably less than what the limits fixed by the charter would allow. There is so much revenue needed and the levy is adjusted to meet the re- rate, the must on new ent om council is the assessors assume produce. Actording to the sandth | | | | | quirements. silver. THE OMAHA valu Raise the The way to ralse the ation Is enforce the law the valuation, the deoi in rate will quickly correspond tax to presant and ase tax OR SILVER in the A NEW MARKE A resolution States senate by Senator Wolcott orado, looking to providing a new ma t for American silver, has passed that body It proposes, with to encourage extend our commercial relations with China and other Asiatic that the fdent be requested to enter into negotiations with the republic of Mexico to the colnage by the United States, mints, of standard Mexiran dollars, under some proper agreement with Mexico as seigniorage, and amount of In other words, the pro sition fs to accept silver from all who may offer it and coin it into Mexican dollars, the United States making a charge for the cost of coin- and giving to Mexico The Mexican silver dollar is preferred to all other silver coins in China other castern countries having the silver standard This the French government and the Japanese government have all tried to force thelr dollars on the Chinese with- out success. The trade dollars sent from the United States ~to China Qid not enter into circulation there, but were simply treated as s much bullion. Tt has thus been abundantly shown that China will have no other silver dollar, or silver in any form, than the Mex fcan dollar, and, Senator Teller in it becomes a ques our silver in that form, we cannot new market for it. or these dollars would not obtain currency in the United States and it would rest with those who them coined at the mints to digpose of them. Mexico last vear colned 26,000,000 silver dollars, of which 000,000 exported to CI who in turn exported a large number to the East indics. These dollars remain in-the eastern countries and pas current at their mint value. We settle our balances with China gold, and it is urged that if the posed treaty could be made a profitable market would be opened for the disposition of a large quantity of American silver in the form of Mexican dollars, with corresponding saving of gold. It appears that we paid last year to China $17,000,000 or $18,000,000 more than she bought from us, and the idea is that it can pay that indebtedness hereafter in silver we shall be so much the better off. It was also urged in support of this proposition that we may find a market for these Mexican silver dollars in India. Among the advocates of the resolution was Senator Lodge of Massachusetts, who sug- gested that If we can make an arrange- ment by which we can put our silver into the form acceptable in China we facilitate its export. It would also cnable us, he thought, to make our payments directly through San Francisco in our own com- modity for the teas and the silks or what- cver else it may be that we import from China, instead of making our payments, as now, by way of London. But this is not all which, in the view of the Massachusetts senator, makes the experiment worth a trial. If we can pay China direct from San Francisco it will throw Into our hands a certain amount of trade that passes by way of London, leaving there a profit. “However we may differ,” said Mr. Lodge, to what is our domestic policy in regard to silver, there is one thing I think all are agreed on, whether they fayor im- mediate free coinage or the effort to restore silver by means of an international agree- ment, and that is that it is England which is today the great enemy of any effort for the restoration of silver to the world’s currency.” The mighty moneyed interests of England are responsible for this, and therefore it seemed to the Massachusetts senator If there is any way in which we can strike England’s trade or strike her moneyed interest It is our clear policy to do. it In the interest of “We want, if we can,” continued the senator, “to force England to take the view of the silver question which we believe is not only for our interest, but for the inter- est of trade, of good prices, of better wages all over the world,” and he would go further in the effort to do this than the experiment contemplated in the resolution. The proposition Is an altogether novel one, and whether or not it would be found prac- e is a question. As it would have no bearing on our currency or financial system there is no objection to it on that score. Its object is simply to get a foreign outlet for the silver product of the country. The ad- vocates of the plan believe that Mexico would agree to it, and there is no reason to suppose that China would decline to accept Mexican dollars coined in this country. If the proposition could be carried ont the re- sult would be greatly to the advantage of our silver interest, it is not to be doubted, and this would be gratifying to everybody. United of Col introduced a view countries, pres looking at its to method sald coinage. age the selgniorage. and government, therefore, as was said by sgard to this proposition, fon whether, having put obtain a course have were in pro- we. now The Bee in recent issues has shown that there is positively no justification for the advance in fire insurance rates as ordered by the Chicago board of underwriters cover- ing this territory. We have reproduced an expose of the New York Times which s well worth the consideration of every busi- mun. The false assumption by fire insurance companies that increased rates are necessary because they have been losing money will not be accepted by any policy holder who knows that good insurance may be had at much less cost. When these Joint stock plead excessive penses, incre moral hazard, etc., in ex- tenuation, they should be required to glve a statement of the salaries pald their officers and adjusters and explain the loose methods of fleld agents in assuming risks. The Times instances one company which pays $400,000 a ye This item, of goes expense account in some ness companies ex- r in salaries. swell the cases reaches 69 per cent of And the policy holder is expected tribute to pirate kings. course, to which receipty. to pay such In nearly every county of the state there are agricultural socleties that have estab- lished fair grounds at the county seat upon which the conventional annual fair is held. These grounds are held used for other purpose. They do earn a dollar in rentals for their The law empting such grounds from taxation is gen- erally regarded with favor. But it was not framed for the of exempting from taxation fair grounds that are leased to owners of stables and to anybody who may use of the. grounds for an exhibition, for which a money considara- tion 15 pald What is known as the Douglas county fair grounds are now practically owned by one man and are not coutrolled by the Fair assoclation. The property should not be permitted to «scape the tax assessor and no not owners. ex- purpose racing want the the owner. If the State Board of Transportation s as energetic In pushing the enforcement of Its findings under the transfer switch law as it DAILY BEE WEDNESD AY, APRIL 11, 1894, the raska tom the was In reaching deciston con ot will not afford employr this year, next its first atruetion switches by N raflvond laborers after transfer any year year or It is unfortunate that the legislature made appropriation to enforce law. The men who passed soem to have taken It for g rafironds would obey it without delay. A little forethgught would have con- vinced the Iruhl:‘purk that the oxscutive power of the state woflld have to bo exerted to compel the observance of the and that Rgovern ould have been pro- vided with a contingent fund for just an emergency that now confronts the state. The law is held ive lawsult s no the maximum the bill that the tion or rate anted que law the such Wd a long and expen- follow The state are take tho testimony of many witnesses residing in different parts of the state and in c taorder this they Heir penses in to at torneys who are representing t compelled to stern cities. to do are to of their own wonder that they have been somew tory. compellad pay ex out pocket. It is no dilas The Towa practical tion, = It to keep law s and took a_sensible the Russian thist the duty of every land free of the will be fr will not be legislature view of made it his own and nies- farmer it from pest. obeyed Uncle the thistles cent Towa Sam out a Sizing Up the evolution. Kansas City Star. Last_ the Rhode Island tood 55 to 51, a republican majority on joint ballot. —This year it stinds 104 to , & republican majority of 9. This is one of the lessons of congressional interpre tion of the platform of 1502. And There's Trouble Quit Platismouth News The Omaha city council Is cisco studylng the secrets overnment and having o good the side. The life of an Omaha is a ve cate affair unless h to divide, then there i trouble. - — Wil Turn. land Leader. A Columbus lawyer who insulted a wit- ness he was examining was knocked over a heap of paving stones by the man as h was leaving the court house. We do not advocate a resort to fisticuffs as a means of righting wronss, but we are inclined to believe in this instance that the Columbus lawyer got about what he de: A Squeezing Out n Surplus. Philadelphin Ledger, ator Voorhees fi out that the in- x will amount to $0,000,000, and that DIl will produce a surplus of Thus, if the income tax should out, the revenue would be the needs of the government omically administered, and, according democratic doctrine, {he government h no right to collect more than may be suffi clent for that purpose Ear— A Kentucky Simile. Journal the national house of s are as hard to hold in their drove of mule colts. They have a natural antipathy toward attending to business unless they are forced “to, and theéir neglect of duty en- ables the republicans frequently to put the ty In the ridieulous attitude of being in spite of ts large majority, to ansact any business, Truth, as Usual. York Sun, working niaghificently, the Wilson make states republican, It is prov- efficiency wheréver it is tried. We do not concur in the conclusion of our es teemed contemporary, the Cincinnati Bn- quirer, that if this gofs on “the democratic party ‘might as well be disbanded.” There will be no need of any formal process of dissolution. The Wilson bill, to make states republican, will take care of that. Not an American, Chicago Wost. ““There s not an American among them,” says a dispatch® concerning the ar the murderous rioters in the o Not one. Huns and Slavs, Zed this moment with anger with fear, sodden, starved and jgnorant,” debased and hopele; God, there “is not an American thern, But how many Ameri among the men who raked Austria_for these wretched Henry C. Frick an American? Don't Do 1t Chicago Herald. A person injured by accident of any kind, caused by a corporation or by an in- dividual, should not he solicited and bull- dozed to make a scttlement of his claim for damages before he can out of the mud or dust and brush hi before he knows whether he is seriously hurt or not, and in the first nervousness which he experiences in his ignorance as to whether he is safe from further immediate conse- quences of the disaster. Agreements made under such circumstances, if inequitable, will be set aside by the courts, and do not estop a future suit for damag — Repudiating the Administration. Cincinnati Enquirer (dem.). We do not say that the party should unload the president, but we do say that it should unload his vagaries, his anti-demo- cratic policies, his autocraile methods, his subserviency to the gold Kings, and his ap. rent_contempt for the rightiul authority of congress and for the will of the people. 1t will be uscless to ask the president to change. He knows how to change. He has undergone many changes since 1581, but every change has been for self-agg - An elephant was taught the iving m; and placing 1t in a small box as high s his trunk could reach, A countryman, who had loaned him $5 for that purpose, asked the Keeper of the ani- mal to have him take it down again, The Keeper s “We have never taught him that trick, 3 eland has never taught himself to change i the direction of giving effect to the people’s will when he can as Well nave his own way. Party’ 1 wil do’ well to waste none of their ene in_efforts to make this a democratic ad- ministration. Let the party wagon be thor- oughly overhauled and painted; loaded up with viands for a democratic feast: fix tha place for the banquet, and nam 3 for starting. Let it be free for all, president to hodearrier, and If elther of them gets behind let him catch up with the procession as best he can. legislature of 1 quently. in of San Fran- municipal time —on alderman refuses le, The Wor Clev come the Wilson 00,00, be' wiped cient for to pl seem to Telling the New bill, to ing’ its £ clothed, Thank among s are there the sewers of serfs? Is ———— BOUGHT FOR THE “Q." World's Fair Buildings to Tio Used for Rail- rond Depots and Car Sheds. April 10.—The purchase by of the remaining World's s something of a mystery here until today, when it was learned that Mr. Garrett acted on behalf of the Chicago, Burlington & Quiney road, which will use the iron and steel in the construction of sheds, ete,, for which its present form ren. ors it admirably adapted, and for which the railroad has great need in the system of terminals and depat construction in and near this city, which it has entered upon, The fact tha also been connected with deals 1n the city on behalf of the “Q" road s taken as confirming the theory that part of the material will be in_ buildin, mately, an indcpendéht station at tieth and Washingten avenue. ST, L. C. Garrett fair buildings wi Indian Killed by n Bartender. FORT SMITH, Ark, April 10. Pldgeon, one of the most prominent and wealthy Creek Indians living at Muskogee, L, Was Killed here last hight by Jack Moore, ‘a bartender. Pidgeon resented a demand for pay before he drank liquor called for by him, and Moore beat his brains out with a'wagon spoke. then robbed the corpse and the and fled. PEOPLE AND THINGS. The silenco terious and mendation 11 the governor of South Carolina to the governor of Colorado, “It's a darn long time between wars 1t is said of Governor continued, Pennoyer. excitos while mys- pread the Commonwallers he mitten. At least on Pittsburg’'s soot. Senator Morrill will celebrate his birthday in Washington on the 14th inst giving a large reception, It some despondent friend should Judge Jenkins for ten, would the classed as an fllegal strike? Archibald Forbes thinks the will not occur before 1596 Waite must have postponed tour. It is generally agreed that a large number of democratic congressmen will be spared, next fali, the expense of applying to the courts to change their names to Mudd Congressman Morse's lugubrious speeches might be tmproved with liberal coatings of stove polish. There Is a chance for him to shine if he applies his own material and muscle, Fine baronfal estates and eastles are a drug in the market in Bngland busin of inducin A an heirs recoup titled wrecks abroad secms wofully dopressed The oldest men in ate are Morrill of V. mer of Illinois, 77; Pugh of Alabama, 7 Hunton of Virginia, 71 B Bliss is the name of a young man in Bloomington, Ill., who weighs 452 pounds. He wears a 19% collar, a 7% hat and No. 12 shoes. He fs one of the best waltzers and foot racers in that part of the country. he supreme court of Pennsylvania has de- cided in the Masonic Home case that charl table institutions which are not open to all persons are not public charitics; and there- fore not exempt from taxation. The decision is far-reaching in effect and a reversal of former rulings. Le Caron, the British who died on Sunday, enlisted in 1862, in Philadelp! a bugler in Anderson's (Fif- teenth Pennsylvania) cavalr became chief bugler, and held this -position until 1868, when he beeame a lieut ant in the Thir- teenth regiment United States colored troops. Arthur G. Brand, libe , who was elected to Parliament from Cambridgeshire this week, was sung into his seat by Mrs. Brand A speech from the candidate and a song from his wife were the drawing features of his election meetings, and it appears to be con- ded that her singing is what did the busi- ness. Brand new idea over there Mr. Charles H. J. Taylor, the colored gentleman from Kansas City who is travel ing a rocky road to a federal job, is a farmer by profession and an office seeker from necessity. Mr. Taylor means well. In an unguarded moment, either in a dream or a burst of passion, he called Cleveland ‘“the man of destiny.” The senate resents the imputation by rejecting Taylor. Moses P. Handy, whose stately lambre- quins.caroiled an unbroken welcome to the press during the World's fair, is slated for the vacar created by the death of Librarian Poole in Cl 0. Moses t right man for. the place Before adopting whiskers for a living his face the “pale caste of thought” so much affected in Chicago, and so desirable in the presiding clder of a convention of leather-bound authors. gave Pitts b thoy did not smile 8ith by strike act be ropean war Tillman and their foreign galoro The o8 to to be the United States sen mont, who Is 84; Pal Harris of Tennessce, 7 herman of Ohio nd government spy. e RED LODGE NEW IDEAS, Spring has come. Let's open a keg of nalls and paw dust up over our heads. Louis Blakesley and Hal Blakesley, the raw and unlettered jays of the Otto Courier, broke for the high weeds and pumpkin vines when our scathing article appeared. As th pulled for tall timber in the Big Horn canon each had the ashy hue of death stamped upon his mug. Hon. Lafe Pence, the Colorado congre man, has a voice like the rumbling intona- tions of a Kansas tornado and could talk a wild Nebraska cyclone Into a gentle and tranquil Rocky mountain zephyr. Pence ac- quired his oratory punching burros in the Centennial state. C. G. Coutant, the big, ignorant hoo the Lander Clipper, Is frightened almo: death of us and wants to back down durn old siwash poltroon. We will let back down when we get through with and not before. We knocked the old out of the Christmas tree the very first s and the Kansas jayhawker acks for mercy. It scems that the more the country bp- comes civilized and cultured and educated and refined and good, the more chilly and rigorous and beastly the weather s in Mon- tana. In the old-time history of Montana, when the pinkfoot pilgrim was slceping on feather beds and eating custard pie, we had weather that was as amiable and mild and tender and suave and debonair as the charm- ing Madeline Pollard, The old-time days of the banana belt of this grand common- wealth have gone flitting down the corridors of time like a snowbird's tail in a tornado. POINTED PLEASANTRIE Philadelphia Tim The man who Is scared at ghosts is afraid of nothing. Somerville Journal: Tommy—Pa, what is a pessimist? Pa—A pessim you want invar t, Tommy, is a man whom ably to aviod. for a Christian coupy two seats Ram’s Horn: A poor wa to let his light shine is to in a crowded railway car, Senator—Did you s; friend_had a_place in Washington? clan—Yyes. nator—By the day or Politician—Oh, by the job; he's a lob) Free Press: your, iti- job? ist. ews: Some men seem (o think angels it is only necessury Galveston that to become to plead suilty New York World: Wife—My milliner was here today to see you, and I told her ou were out. Husband'-What did she y? Wife—She said that when she had seen you you would be out still mo; Rastus Latherwell Philadelphia Record ball last night in Our club done gib honah of mah burfday. Patsey Mulligan—So ye wor blackballed, wor ye? Well thot's too bad. Washington Star: “Miss Twilkins has gone to Ilurope to cultivate her voie “Dear me! I didn't know she afford it." “The neighbors sub could cribed the money." Indiananolis Journal—First Populist Lead- er—Ain't you kin' a good deal of risk i shavin' off your whiskers Secona Populist Leader—1 it 1 ain't ashumed to let no marks of honest toil on my jaw. guess I'll resk an see the Philadelphia Record: Muggins—Burglar robbed me last night of $1,000 worth of dia- monds, but they didn’t get my cash. Bug. Tlow was that? Muggins—The dia- monds were in the burglar-proof safe and my money was in my wife's pocket. Tribune: st was sad he mused, AbiL"" head, Detrott The dusky daughter of for Introspective She shook her f only—"" eyes grew moist, had as clear a complexion as some “I cannot cultivate the IMATURE PIPING, Cleveland Plain Dealer, Robin, robin, on that tree Dost thou carrol thus to me? See'st thou violets, answering To thy medley song of spring Blushing rose, or lily fair, Bathed n soft and balmy’ air ? Thou “sces't the apple bloom ugh the shadow and the gloom? dy crystal snowflakes fly— Robin, sweet, I fear you lie. Take no Substitute for Royal Baking Powder. It is Absolutely Pure. All others contain alum or ammonia. NERRASK A AND NEBRASKANS. DAKOTA DEMOCRATS SPLIT | L. L. Johnson has been elected president of the Clay county allianes. The Broken Bow Republican sometimes fssues a morning well as an evening edition, “Koarney, o the as Oleveland's Passing of the Plums Does Not Suit Those Who Wers Left. WOODS' CHOICE NOT LIKED BY WARD'S MEN sags the Hub, * great an and manufacturin must city of Gambling will be a thing of the past at Loup City if the orders of the village board are carried out. Three hundred dolla was the haul made by b the store of Georgo Center As the result of being thrown from a wagon by a runaway team, Alexander Mo- Millan of Ainsworth, a prominent stockman, 18 laid up with a broken leg The two men who robbed awford of $35 in cash have of petty larceny and days in the cou Jail, worth of hardware rglars who entorod Scheidel at Platte Sionx Falls, Yankton Loeal Organizatio Against (i Chamberlain Arms 1 Other and WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BEE, 513 Fourteenth Street, % WASHINGTON, April 10 ( atic party in the state of [ KLY Dakota fs anything but a harmonious ¢ Mrs. Catherine Epp, a well known Beatrice organization. War has been declared all A S S L A e i woman, has been declared insane as tho along the line and it is all on account of | result of religious excitement and has been recent presidential nominations. Every | Sent to the asylum at Lincoln mail brings to certain senators a batch of [ J. L. McPheely, chafrman of the republi protests a inst the confirmation of recent {“: ‘I'.m Al committee of the Fifth cong Today Senator Pettigrew i rict, has recommended that ommittee meet at Holdrege May 1 for ived a letter signed by sixteen leading | purpose of fixing the time and plac democrats of Sfoux Falls, asking him holding the congressional convention vote against Mr. Tinsley for postmaster df [ Len, the 8-year-old son of J. T. Wood, that thriving tgwn. These gentlemen base | Spencer hotel keeper, awoke at midnight to their opposition to Tinsley on the ground that he Is not a property holder in the city find that his father and mother had gone out to a party distance from homoe, and has only been a resident about three years and, although there was a nurse in charge of him, he succeeded in stoaling out of the house unseen for the purpose of finding his A letter recelved the county ton requests Senator mother. It was a bitter cold night, and the child only had on a night gown. A man who was awake heard a child's cry on the strect and Investigation showed it to against Dr. S, 8. Turner, nominated to be postmaster Yankton. Mr. Ward, chair- man of the state democratic committee, who Is now in the city, wrote this endorsement: emanate from poor little Len, who had wandered three blocks from home and was “Turner is no more to the democratic party of South Dakota than faraway Moses.” nearly frozen to death Spenking of the Sennte. Chicago Time: Silver has been slaughtered fn that nest The knife has aleo been drawn on Clark | Of Assassins. Tonest tarift reforim has been A. Rowe, nominated last week to be regls ter of the land office at Chamberlain, Charges have been preferred against him They allege that he is a land attorney and was dismissed from the service of Uncle Sam during Cleveland’s first term because admirable platform upon which Cleveland and an overwhelming democratic congres- of certain transactions of doubtful char- acter. sional majority were elected been lived up to. Under such conditions there is no son to repine at the reproof administ the democracy by the people at the elections. The party needed a licking and ot {t. Perhaps it will stimulate the people down at Washington to bestir_themselves for the avoldance of a like chastisement this fall The Bee correspondent asked Senator Pet- tigrew what his course would be touching the cases of the parties referred to. *That problematical,” said ‘the senator. “1 1 wait until all the returns are in before making up my mind. The gentlemen who Py are up in arms against Mr. Cleveland's i appointees are for the most part known to ; me and I must give the matter the most When he told his f serious consideration before taking final She listened in despair, action.” But she evened up the matter It the general impression here that When at the next church fair, no matter what the fate of the gentlemen whose nominations are hung up the outcome of the matter will be a disastrous split in the ranks of the democratic party of South Dakota which it will take years to heal. TO COMMEMORATE MORSE. Mr. Rosewater today had a conference with Senator Gorman relative to the proper commemoration of the fiftieth anniversar of the sending of the first public telegraph message. It was sent from this city to Baltimore May 24, 1844, by Miss Ellsworth, daughter of the then commissioner of thi general land office, and was in these words: “What hath God wrought?" Mi Ells worth is still living, a resident of New York City Mr. Rosewater's idea is that congress should appropriate sufficient mon to erect in front of the new library building in this city a statue to Samuel Finley Breese Morse, inventor of the electric tele- raph, or a suitable telegraphic monument. 1f congress will not do this Mr. Rosewater thinks the telegraphers of the country would themselves contribute a sufficiont um to achieve the purpose. Senator Gor man enters enthusiastically into Mr. Rose- water's idea, and promised to bring. the matter before Senator Voorhees of the library committee. Senator Gorman fs a member of the appropriations committee, and can do much to secure the necessary appropriation. PATENTS AND POSTMASTERS. Patents were issued as follows today: Charles D. Brown, Ames, Ia., clock striking apparatus; Joel B. Edmunds, Manchester, la., barbers' bottle; Alexis F. Gillett, as- gnor to himself, G. W. and J. D. Win- teaker, Kearney, Neb., steam generator Otto Magenan, Fremont, Neb.. display rack; ‘rank P. McElfresh, Kimballton, Ia., boat | '€ propeller; David e, Fort Callioun, Neb, mattress for riprap; David Neale, Fort Cal- houn, Ncb., pile point and permanent anchor for piles or cables; August Schnell, Clinton, Ia., spirit level atiachment; Augus Seberg and D. Connor, Marshalltown, fa., lamp shade; Willlam Smith, Clarinda, Ta., assignor of one-half to A. D. Smith, Chicago, rotary engine; William Smith, Clarinda, Ia., assignor of one-half to A. D. Smith, Chi- cago, rotary steam engine; Jacob A. Stein- inger, Creston, Ia., brake cylinder pressure graduating_and maintaining triple valve; Theodore Tobias, Plerpont, S. D., school seat and desk. The following postmasters for Towa were appointed today: J. S. Knowles, Delawurs Delaware county, vice Martin Kingsley, r ed; E. K. McKogy, Lelia, Benton county, e W. W. Norwood, resigned; John Van Rooyen, Newkirk, Sioux county, vice N. Balkena, resigned. the depot at been found Tho sentenced (o South democi Als the the for nominations re- from democratic the chairman of committee of Yank- Pettigrew to vote SIGNS OF SPRING. Boston Transeript, with basket, bait and rod, the trout brook hies, ir him little later on ing last year's If Tquipped He t You'll b ories Dotroit Free Pross. The corkscrew spouts in a modest way, The bait jug starts to climb The fish pole tree on the i "Twlill soon be fishing time. Atlanta Constitution. His hope was high, his faith was firm, For grace and glory wishin'; He never trod upon a worm When bait was scarce for —————— ) APRIL’'S NEED OF SLEEP. fishin'! ~Tired Housckeepers, ts and Men and Women m the Whirl of Society Lack Rest. Sweet sleep is nature’s soft nurse. Half the fretfulness, sickness and com- plaining might be laid at the door of lack of sleep. There is not one man or woman in ten thousand who can afford to do without seven or cight hours’ sleep. Al the stories about great men and women who slept three or four hours a night make very interesting reading, but no one ever kept healthy in body and mind with less than seven hours' sound sleep. Americans need more sleep than they are getting. This lack makes them thin and nervous, weak and complaining. But one can not will one's self to sleep. If sleep will not come, there is an evid derangement of the nervous system. tired, worn out nerves need better nutrition to restore them to their healthy action. The rapid building up of nmerve tissues is what makes Paine's celery compound so pre-emi- nently the great modern nerve and blood redy. Sleep Is the time of lowered expenditure of nerve force and of increased repair all over the body. ne's celery compound quiets the disturbed nervous system, feeds its impoverished tissues and robs them ot all irritability; sound, refreshing sleep en- sues, and the tired, despairing invalid starts at once on the way to assured health and strength. A freshness In the counfenance and an ab- sence of that pained, worn expression comes after a short time taking Paine’s celery com- pound. Neuralgia, rheumatism, palpitation of the heart, headaches and the host of couraging of shattered nerves are ban- ished by this great remedy. It makes peo- plo well. Students and ieachers stand the fearful strain of preparation for spring ex- aminations by building up the body, strengthening the nerves and purifying the blood with Paine’s celery compound. It gives vigor to mind and body. BROWNING, KINg The largeat makers and sellers of fine ¢lothos on earth. Business Men, Teachers, Stude THE COMING MAN. THE COMING MAN—is the man who clothes himself in a befitting manner—that is, his clothes fit him.—clothes that are made up in the latest styles. The new styles we are showing in Spring Suits are nobby creations of the tailors’ art and never fail to please. Ask to see the $10 suits. BROWNING, KING & CO., | S. W. 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