Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 28, 1894, Page 4

THE OMAHA B. ROSEWATER, Aomeiibe e PUBLISHED EVERY MORNINO. ————— TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Bea (Without Bunday), One Year Daily Bee and Sunday, r Bix Thres Month Bunday Iee, Baturday 13 Weekly I 1800 16 00 onths Year. Year OFFICES. Omaha 1ding. Bouth O yrner N and Twenty-fourth Sta Councll Bluffs, 12 Pearl street Chicago Office, 37 Chamber of C New York, Rooma 13, 14 and Washington, 40 I street, N. W CORRESPONDENC All_communications relnting to torial matter should be wddres The Tribune BIOg: ws and_edi 0 the 1 ANl busin hould be waed mittances Joe Pubush cckn and postoflice the order of the company PUBLISHING COMPANY P OF CIRCULATIO! rotary of The duly sworn, r of full and comps Morning, Evening and Su ho month of October, Pub. the George 1, 1shing eomy; says 03 16 2 1 18 2,812 2,131 Total . Loss deductions for Coples y unsold and’ returned Al sold Dally average net circulation before me 24 day of N Sworn t ence th Of course Bland is down on the bonds. Free silver is the only thing that Bland 18 not down on. Senator Hill is after recreation in Florida. He will be after something se when he gets back to Washington. Those who expect little from the short session of congress which commences next Monday are those ones who will not be disap| Had M ST performed before the ele possibly have had some 1 for gratitude from his p _— When the contest talk petered out the prospects of lucrative jobs went a-glim- mering for any number of corporation cappers and state house leeches ce act been *tion he might gitimate claim To stakeholders: You have used the money long enough. Better disgorge. Holcomb was elected and will take the oath of office. What more do you want? The over cautious stakeholder now has not the slightest pretext for longer withholding money that was wagered on the result of the election in this state. We suggest that the Burlington rail- road now abandon politics and devote its energies toward building up a bu ness that will justify an early return to 5 per cent dividends. It seems that the republican state committee took special pains to give ‘out the Majors-Morrill correspondence to those newspapers only which sup- ported the candidacy of the corporation candidate. The democratic party would doubtless claim credit for the reduced price of flour were it not for the fact that dur- ing the presidential mpaign they yelled: “Vote for Cleveland and $1.20 wheat!” G. If the property owners of Omaha want the fire department reorganized they know how to bring it about. If they take no action In the matter it may be assumed that they are satisfied with ex- Isting conditions. Ordinarily it is not a bad idea to so adjust the dates of correspondence that 18 to be made publie that it will purport to be written at the place where the party signing it happened to be on the particular day referred to. The county commissioners and Asso- clated Charities will work in concert during the coming winter in extending aid to impoverished and Lelpless people. They will not, however, give alms to the paupers sent here by outside counties to feed upon the generosity of our people. If the chief of police Is to designate acting officers of the police force with | all the privileges and emoluments of regularly appointed officers the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners may as well relinquish all claim to its power to determine the organiz of the department. We ference “the disgraceful for offi through unwarranted contest proceed- ings and in” deliberate defiance of law which was witnessed in this state four years ago™ was not intended to wound to the supersensitive feelings of his dear | friend, John M. Tha, The best friends of the recent canal bond proposition are the most ontspoken in deprecating any further action look- Ing toward its resubmission until after the legislature shall have had an op- portunity to clear up the law on the subject. The eanal promoters will do well to heed the advice of thelr friends. It is announced that Secretary Mor- ton 1u his annual report, which is to be given to the public in a day or two, will discuss the silver and currency question at great length from the farmers’ point of view. Strange, it is not, how Mr. Morton’s opinions and those of the farmers of the country have suddenl come to coinclde since the former's ele vation to the agricultural portfolio. The democratic administration is sup- posed to have in the chairman of the house ways and means committee and in the chairman of the senate finanee committee two representatives inti- mately connected with the financlal policy of the government, Although a very important financial undertaking s now under way nelther of these gentle men has been in public evidence for sowe time, {[tion but also the offici NN AN IRONCLAD DECREE. We have heard considerable comment during the past year about !ronclad court decrees In the several now famous strike Injunction proceedings, but in none of these cases Is the order of the conrt g0 minute in its details and so all inclusive in extent as the decree which | has just been made in answer to the petition for @ perpetual injunction | against the enforcement of the braska maximum freight rate should hesitate to a t that the decree is not strictly in accordance with the opinion filed by Justice Brewer, but it iinly leaves no loophole open by which the slightest move may be made on the part of the state authorities that | would in any way disturh the free con- trol of the railroads over the rates to be charged for the transportation of goods between points within the state. It must not be forgotten that the | plaintifrs in these injunction proceedings | are stockholders in several raflroads af- | fected by the law and that de- | fendants joined not only the offi- of the State Board of Transport: s who are in charge of the railronds themselves. | When, therefore, the injunction is issued restraining the making or publishing a cliedule of rates to be charged for the nsportation of freight “whereby such shall be reduced to those pre- seribed in the bill filed herein, hou: oll 33, approved April 12, 1803, and by | 1ow those now charged by said company, lor 1ywise obeying, observing or con- forming to the provisions, commands, injunctions and prohibitions of said ' the railroads are really forbidden to even voluntarily put into effect the reduced schedule of rafes in question, were they so inclined to do. There is perhaps some room for argument that the phrase “and below those now charged by said company” should be construed to mean that the railway offi- clals are not permitted to make any re- ductions at all in the rates at present {in force. That, it seems to us, would be a very forced construction, but it is to be noted that there is nothing in the decree that can be appealed to as pre- venting a ine e in rates that the railroads may choose to make. The decre of the court, moreover, drops the fine distinetion which Justice Brewer tried to draw between an un- constitutional act and the unconstitu- tional enforcement of a constitutional law. The maximum freight rate law is now declared to be “repugnant to the constitution of the United ites” in that it seeks to prevent the exaction of reasonable charges for the transporta- tion of freight by the defendant railroad companies. Just where that leaves the law we are in considerable doubt. Jus- tice Brewer apparently endeavored to convey the impression that the law re- mained perfectly valid but inoperative on the statute books, and could be resuscitated either by amendment or by showing in the future that the rates have, by altered circumstances, become reasonable. If, however, it is, as the decree says, repugnant to the constitu- tion of the United States, it is difficult to understand how it ean be galvanized again into life. So long as the order of court stands as it is the maximum ght rate law will be tied up so tight that no relief whatever can be secured to the people through that piece of legis- lation. 8 A CURRENCY COMMISSION. It is reported from Washington that there Is a difference of opinion in Mr Cleveland's circle of official advis with regard to the advisability of the president outlining any financial scheme in his message to congr It Is said to be the opinion of at least two mem- bers of the cabinet that it will be im- possible to accomplish anything during the coming session and that it would be better to postpone any agitation of the question for at least another year. It Is suggested that a currency commission be appointed, which shall take this sub- Ject into consideration and report a plan for the improvement of the present financial system at the meeting of the next congress. A bill providing for such & commission has been submitted to the president for his consideration. This measure provides for a nonparti- san commission of seven members. It shall investigate the nature and work- | ing of each kind of money in the United States, report as to the monetary standard that will have the most fayo able Influence upon internal and for- elgn trade and the best means of main- taining undisturbed the stability of such standard, recommend the best means of simplifying and unifying the various existing media of exchange in the United States, and also the most desira- | ble method of establisning an elastic | and automatic note issue. The advo- cates of this plan urge that probably | such a measure can be passed at the coming session of congress and the way thus prepared, under wholly democ auspices, for the desired reform in the | currency system. y Carlisle is sald not to favor the commission idea | and it will not be surprising if the presi- dent is found to be in accord with him. It is understood that both have for some | | time past been giving very earnest consideration to this subject and it is to be presumed that they naturally de- | sire to give their conclusions to the | countr Mr. Cleveland, it is believed, Is especially anxions to have his name identified with a plan for reforming the currency system since his failure to have carried out his policy regarding the tarviff, If such is the t the presi- dent will hardly be persuaded to give favorable consideration to the commis- slon suggestion. There is also opposi- tion to a eommission on the ground that such bodies have never accomplished any material good. It is entively safe to say that ther will be no currency legislation by the nt congress. The diversity of s among the democrats Is so great that there is not the slightest probability they can be brought to agree upon any plan, and least of all upon one proceed- ing from the administration, M. Cleve- land's financial ideas are antagonized by a majority of his party In congress and unless he maks unlooked-for conces- slons, In the event of his submitting a | abundant supply of plang, but an e tire { vestigation and deliberations wonld command respeet and might be very helpful toward a selution of the cur- reney problem. It would be able to present, at any rate, a great deal of | needed and useful information. The | ramount importance of the question is now fully recognized and it is certain | to command more attention in the im- mediate future than any other subject of public consideration. There is an authorized expenditures under this head will fall b great rapidity after the next fiseniffedr, and thevenfter entirely disappea oM the annual approprin- tions, It is estimated that with the expenditure of not more than s'..'vn,lmni for the fiscal y ending June 30, 1807, the existing new navy will have been | entirely paj . The secretary thinks | it will befungise from the standpoint of nationaf dfense to stop entirely the work of naval upbuilding, “that wisdom and experience demand t the present well organized, highly trained and ex- | y sound and safe scheme of cu rency reform is yet to be formulated. The nearest appronch to it is what is | ceedingly efy@fent body of mechanics known as the Baltimore pl which | and skilled Jaborers engaged in the congress will be asked to con dder, | work of Il:lrg‘ ship building shall not, | though there is hardly a possibility t at least, be Bytively dishanded.” Sc it will be accepted by the free silver | retary Herbert is a firm believer in the | democrats, without whose support it |necessity of having battle ships and | »uld not be adopted by the present con- | he closes his report with the recom- gress, mendation that congress authorize the construction of three more such ships and also twelve torpedo boats, Tt is not at all probable that this will be done. A few torpedo boats may be authorized, but when the treasury is compelled te borrow money to meet the current obli gations of the government and the reve- nue continues to run behind expendi- | tu it is not likely that congress will order the construction of battle ships involving an expenditure of $ 300,000 v more. Admitting the soundness of the contention of the secretary of the navy still the country will ve to be satisfied with the navy it bas until the condition of the treasury improves. A LOCAL BREAD COMBINE. On and after Tuesday, November 27, bread will bo sold at wholosale in Omaha, South Omaha and Courcil Blufts at the rate of thirty-six loaves for $1. This is the notice which has been pub- lished in the cities named, signed by the local organization known as the Bread Bakers association. It is an open declaration that the Dbread bakers of this vicinity have entered into a com- bine to fix and control the price of bread | sold at wholesale. There may be vari-| ous considerations of expediency that | have led up to this step. It Is, for example, maintained that the price of bread has been demoralized by the con- stant efforts of a few dealers to got-a large share of the busin by cutting under their competitor This has de- prived the bakers of a portion of their revenue without benefiting the public in any corresponding degree, because the retail price of bread has remained the same, the retailers simply appropriating to themselves a larger margin of profits. But these circumstances do not de- tract from the fact that the agreement to fix the priee of bread at wholesale is an unlawful combine. 'here is on the statute books of NeDhrasl a law in- tended to provide against just such undertakings. It dec s it to be un- lawful for any pe or persons, partnership, compan pelation or The postmaster general wants to ex- clude certain papers and periodicals from the grade known as second class matter. The reform will meet with general favor, for it will result in the suppression of many advertising fakes, whose promoters prey upon the adver- | tising public and swindle the people out | of their money, The time must come when publishers will be compelled to prove circulation before advertising con- tracts can be considered valid, and there ought to be a law to hold publishers to an accountability for money received on subseription to-a paper whose life m e snuffed out at any moment. There zed newspapers in Omaha today, publishers are utterly irresponsi- | transcend the bounds “!he blooming statesman who desires to suc- ceed PROPLE AND THINGS. Harvard's colors continue Mack and blue. From a French point of view, Miss Kate Field takes the Palm. The National Munic'pal Reform meets (n Minneapolls in two weeks ery well regulated college should vida ftself with an ambulance corps. Mr. Wilson's lecturing tour resembles his campalgn. It Is & commodious failure The Japanese do not waste time asking questions; when they see what they want | they take It. It is not necessary that an inspector should be a minister to point eut to men the error of thelr weighs. In docking the tails of his horses, Mr. Cleveland made the animals correspond with the condition of My party." Mr. Carnegle asserts that the dies rich dles disgraced. Perhaps knows the location of a blow hole in famous needle. New York has just discovered that its mayor-elect has been doing business in Phila- delphia for thirty years, The slow pace of reform s explained, The novelist of the future in dealing with the romance of college foot ball will not of truth in naming the work, “Maimed for Life Mayor-clect Strong of New York inclines o the belief that women would make excel- lent street sweepers. One obstacle to suc- cess is the tendency to hold up trains. A Buffalo minister went to New York to buy counterfelt money and returned with a grip full of sawdust. =~ We shall hear of him | presently leading a caloric crusade against Sunday newspapers. Music and medicine are neatly dovetaled | in Missouri’s delegation to the next congress. | In place of Dick Bland's silver-coated pills | a country doctor will diagnose the case and prescribe according. Champ Clark's melodi- ous mouth, though muzzled for the time, will not be forgotten in statesmanlike warb: ling of Mr. Treloar, a sweet singer of the Pinafore variety. Traffic in offices in Indiana shows a marked tendency toward Inoreasing the circulation. | Congressman Bynum was offered $5,000 to recommend a certain man for collector of in- ternal revenue, and Mr. Blatchly, state geolo- gist, asserts Lo was offered a large sum by a party leader for the privilege of naming the ofl, gas and mine inspectors. The im- pression that a public office is a private snap appears rooted in Hoosierdom. J. Edward Addicks is the musical name of league pro- man who Andy that Senator Higgins of Delaware. = Mr. Addicks parts his name and his hair in the same line, acquired the cockney accent and | the monocle by long residence abroad, pos- sesses a liberal fortune, and is otherwise equipped for the senatorial fray. As a senator Mr. Addicks would' be a Joy forever. With him it would be business from the word go. He hates talk. “I cawn't,” he declares, ‘‘waste me time in arguments, don’t you know.” Hooray for Addicks! DRUTALITY OF THE GAME. Chicago Record: TIntentional roughness is not good foot ball, to say nothing worse of it, and the player who Is gullty of malice not only should be put off the field, as the rules allow, but should be barred from all further participation. The close contact, when once | il feeling ts aroused, offers temptation to do | “dirty work,” and the strictest Is necessary to rule it out Chicago He In sulte of the adoption | of “new rules” the great feature of the Yale-Harvard foot ball game on Saturday was its brutality. The slugging was terrific, and sIX of the players were (njured—some of them quite severely. One man was knocked down, and, while he lay helpless and unconsclous, an opposing player jumped on his breast, breaking his collar bone. Murphy, the Yale tackle, was carried off the field on a stretcher and at last accounts was at the hospital still In a comatose condition. The 25000 spec tators, it is said, greatly enjoyed the slugging. The ball game seemed to attract litle atten- tion, but the cufng, kicking, punching and trequent knockdowns caused great excitement and enthusiasm. 1t is a travesty to call such an exhibition a ball game. It was simply a brutally managed prize fight Chlcago Times: It Is a pity that so manly and so good a gamé as foot ball should be marred by the brutalities which make the accounts of Saturday's contest botween Yale and Harvard read like the story of a battle, A procession of Injured players carried off the fleld by their companions, the collar bone of one Harvard man and the ribs of another | broken are features of the “sport” which are likely to make parcnts doubt its merit as part of a liberal education. If occurrences of this sort happened In any game played by professionals the police would interfere. Pugilism, which is under an almost universal moral ban, numbers its vietims by twos and threes, while foot ball, played by educated lads of | good breeding and wholly untainted by pro- | tesslonalism, numbers its by dozens Chicago Tribune: This game, like almost overy other one which been played this season, was characterized by brutal excesses It was tantamount to a breach of the and should have been stopped by the ¢ of the law. It Is a disgrace to the England colloges that such displays should be | allowed for the sake of alluring sluggers | to their academic groves. It has been ap- parent from the time this game was an- nounced that it was largely a matter of | gambling. The gamblers make their bets and then drill the contestants in the art of | slugging. They place their bets upon the team which shows the greatest proficiency in knocking down, dragging out, Jaw punching, collar bone breaking, and leg spraining From the moral point of view these games are no better than the gladiatorial combats of ancient Rome, which the Christian church shut down upon when it came into power. In | foot ball they do not kill as swiftly, but they | bruise, maim, pound, and batter by whole- | sale. UNCLE 8AM'S CREDIT, St. Paul Ploneer Press: No better proof Is needed of the great change which has res cently passed over the world of financlal opinton than the remarkable success of the new $60,000,000 loan as compared with the previous venture of the government on tho samo line. Minneapolis Journal: The new loan ha been subscribed for three times over, and th government will get the money at a rate of interest a fraction less than 3 per cent. It Is well that such rate Is obtained, for It locks as If the government will have to bore row another $50,000,000 by next spring. Philadelphla Record: Because certain pers sons who wish to buy the bonds of the gove erument are willing to pay one-eighth of 1 per cent for gold rather than go to the sub« treasury and withdraw It from the governs ment's present stock, a great cry is ralsed that gold Is selling at a premium. This sort transaction shows that the government's it is good, and that patriotism fs still at a premium. That's all Globe-Demacrat: The readiness and extent of the bankers' response to the government's offer of bonds for gold s gratifying to the contry. There was no room for doubt, of course, that the loan would be promptly | taken at figures which would practically re- duce the interest charge to 3 per cent, oF to a lower figure, but hardly anybody expected, what the bids exhibit, that money to the ex= tent of over three times the amount of the loan would be tendered. Minneapolis Tribune: It is a most gratify= ing evidence of the magnificent credit of the United States when in spite of the recent anic and hard times and the uncertalnty of cur financial system the capitalists of the world will climb over each othor to purchase a new Issue of bonds netting not more than 8 er cent interest. The fact shows how easy it would be to float any banking scheme which congress might adopt if it was based on sound principles of finance. The resources 0! the country are still unimpaired and will inep re confidence if honestly and intsilizently administered. Atlanta Constitution: Primarily, of course, | this eagerness to obtain the bonds is a tribute to the financial stability of the government, t it does not diminish that measure of criti= m_which has been applled to a system | which permits the gold reserve to reach 50 low a mark. That the government is able to borrow money at less than 3 per cent, how= ever pleasing to national pride, does not detract from the iniquity of & method which left the treasury at the mercy of those who had claims against it, and while it I true that the reserve of $100,000,000 is now restored, there cannot properly be any dee fense of a plan under which the reserve has gone far below that figure. Pumping Civilization Into China. Chicago Record At present the chief e promises to be the task of civilizing Chin armed clvillzation, and mes at all, will'be no military branch of the supervision | ct_of the war of the colossal It will be an dvancement, 1f 1t cenble first in the empire. But in the CONDENSED CACHINNATIONS. rbaric ¢ corporation to enter into any contract, agreement or combination whereby a cominon price shall be fixed for any article or produet, or whereby the manu- facture or sale thereof shall be limited ble in the commercial world and could pick up their grip-sacks tonight and leave the city without any personal loss. | These people entering into contracts with advertisers when they know the | holding the constitution, safeguarding liberty, | expediting the pursuit of happiness, valiantly Judge Scott of Oklahoma fs zealously up- Washington Star: ‘Do thinl simmons will ha Riordan incident ot a bit of it. when one pugllist re you defending the dignity of his court and doing divers things calculated to outshine Bill Cook Anybody as a terror. He has indicted sevoral editors much trouble over that knows hurts another it's present b this must be ndition of China k Fitz- The Seasc;fi that even coked upon as a step forward. | Heretofore an insufficiency of numbers { abroad, | for long distances. or the profits made a common fund. Violation of the law is made a mis- demeanor to be prosecuted by the county attorney. A combination to fix the price of food would have been a punishable offense at common law, even in the absence of a speclal statute. If the Bread Bakers association is to fix the price of bread at wholesale, what is to prevent the dealers from combining to fix the price of bread at retail? And what is to prevent the dealers in every other article of prime neces: from doing the same with respect to other articles? The bread combine strikes us setting a very bad example. existence of their publications is only a matter of days, or a few weeks at most. When it comes to agitating for a re- count of the vote on governor by reso- lution of the legislature the conspirators will find that they have run against any number of snags. It is extremely ques- tionable whether in the absence of a contest alleging, fraud in every precinct in the state the legislature has any right under the constitution to order a recount. ' There are numerous pro- visions of 1ay. which can be appealed to to prevent the proposed robbery of the governorship. Should the railroad tricksters persist in their design they will find their hands full before they have time to nm)&’ll\n first move. “The peo- ple are not dikely to stand idly by while a gang of Corfforation cut-throats at- tempt to nullify, their right of self-gov- ernment. - THE AMERICAN NAVY. The United States now has a navy of which its people can feel proud, for although it ranks fifth or sixth among the world’s navies the ships composing it and those In course of construction are unsurpassed. When the vessels al- ready provided for are built and put in commission the navy will consist of four first-class and two second-class bat- tle ships, two armored cruisers, thirteen protected crulser: three unarmored cruisers, seven harbor defense vessels, nine gunboats, six torpedo boats, and a dynamite gun vessel, a total of forty- one as effective war ships in their sev- eral elasses as any country possesses. The secretary of the navy, in his annual report, points out that as compared with other countries the United States, with its great seacoast and numerous ports, should have more torpedo boats than have been provided for. England has 175 of these boats, France 214, Germany 127, Italy 177, and Russia 163, while Brazil, Chili and Argentina have nearly four times the number that our con- gress has authorized to be built. The great importance of torpedo boats in the estimation of Buropean countries ought to have welght with congress and in- duce it to make provision for a larger number of this class of vessels, It is probably useless to urge this at present, when the condition of the treasury will not admit of any new demands upon it, but the mwatter ought (o recelve attention as soon as the government can afford to put more money into the navy. Secretary Herbert says in his annual report that during the period covered by it the v 15 of the navy in commission have been almost constantly employed and the necessity for such employment seems to Dbe continually Increasing. At the quarterly meeting of the direc- tors of the Burlington railroad, held in Boston last week, it was decided, in view of the decreased earnings of the company, to declare a dividend at the rate of 4 per cent per annum instead of at the rate of § per cent per annum, as has previously been the custom. Is it any wonder that the stockholders have to endure smaller returns on thelr in- vestments? Let the road go through a few more costly eampaigns like the one which it recently conducted in Nebraska and it would not be surprising if the dividends disappeared altogether. Ter- haps if some of the stockholders should institute an inquiry they might find where thelr money has been recklessly squandered. —eg She's All Right. Chicago Tribune. With the war indemnity it will get from China, Japan will build a navy capable of taking care of its own part of the ocean. Make no mistake about Japan. — ———— Help for the Sugar Factories. Norfolk Journal. It Nebraska wishes to become pre-emi nently the great sugar producing state of the unlon the state sugar bounty should be restored In some form or other. —————— The Long and Short of It. Buffalo Express. The Omaha Bee has discovered that but twenty-four ballots were cast in Clontarf, Neb.,” at the recent election, and that twenty-six persons were candidates for of- fice. What a paradise for an office seeker! e The Mistake of the Government. Kunsas City Star. The government is making a mistake in not sending federal troops to the Indian territory to wipe out the lawlessness which revails there. It is not true that the Tnited States marshals are competent to deal with the situation. Perhaps the mar- shals can catch the outlaws, but the facts remain that they do not. The depreda- tions go on, and the local authorities are apparently unable to Insure life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness to the peaple. Fed- | cases of sudden necessitated from one station to has, in emergency sending vessels another, frequently Now, howey that all the eruising vessels of the new navy for questioning his motives, imprisoned a lawyer for criticising the court, and gives promise of scorching all residents of Okla- homa City who refuse to bow and scrape and reverence the dust trod by the imperious Akoond of Swat. Although he is but 28 years of age, it Is not probable he will es- tablish any precedents sufficiently unique to interest the legal fraternity of Nebraska. NEBRASKA AND NEBRASKANS. Poultry is being shipped from Superior to Butte, Mont,, by the thousand pounds. G. W. Rice of Orchard has a pig preserved in alcohsl that has two well developed bodies and only one head. Oshkosh fs after the county seat of Deuel county again, but Chappell will not give up the prize without a big fight. The Standard Cattle company of Ames is shipping in large quantities of grain from Kansas for feeding purposes. Rev. J. 8. Van Alstyne of Genoa has ac- cepted a call to the pastorate of the Congre- gational church of Long Pine. While herding cattle near Kearney, Lew Summers was thrown from his horse by the animal stumbling, and suffered a broken arm and a dislocated wrist. Frefght trains on the Burlington collided at Alllance and a number of cars and one engine were completely wrecked. The train- men saved their lives by Jumping. 8. R. Razee, editor of the Curtis Courier, will establish a republican paper at Bertrand, Phelps county, to take the place of the Herald, a popullst organ, that was recently removed to the south. The Custer County Chief says: Mr. Benton Maret of Eddyville is in Broken Bow looking after the immense correspondence of Governor- elect Holcomb. Mr. Maret has been manag- Ing the populist campaign at Omaha since last September and is a very competent man, According to the Crelghton Courier H. M. Van Every of that town has deserted his recently wedded wife and departed for the sunny south, where they don't shovel snow. Mrs. Van Every gave up a pension of $12 a month for this man and now pension and man both are gone, leaving her to support herself and elght or ten children. A woman don’t show very good judgment in throwing aside $12 a month for any man. Pensioned widows should take warning. —_———— A Rommntic Career. Chicago Herald. The carcer of John W. Goff, elected re- corder of New York by 60,000 majority over Judge Smyth, 1s almost as romantic as that of John Boyle O'Reilly. Like the poet, Goff, a native of Ireland, belonged to the Tenian organization. More fortunate than O'Reilly, who was condemned to a life sentence of penal servitude in Australia, Goff managed to escape a free man to the United States about the time O'Rellly was preparing to become a felon. Goff's political sentiments underwent no change while he was working his way up at the bar of the United States. He way one of the chief instruments in sending out the whaling vessel, the Catalpa, in 1875, to rescue the British’ political prisoners still remaining at the penal colony, from which O'Reilly had managed to escape in 1869, Goff had a personal experience with Re- corder Smyth, which his election over that functionary makes not less striking. Smyth became enraged at Goff when the laiter was in a case before him and fined Goff §200 for contempt of court. Goff's management of the prosecution in the Lexow committee investigation has been rewarded by a popu- lar appreciation which cost its recipient less than $1 for compaign expenses. Sl Complimentary to the Farmers. Globe-Democrat. A western correspondent of & Boston paper necessarily an accident.” of Influenza is here. The head- ache, backache, sneezing, short breath and disordered stomach are symptoms which indicate the presence of the disease. Many people suppose these slight disorders are the results of a simple cold. So they are and for that reason should not be neglected Philadelphla Record: Visitor at the Zoo— What a_long neck the giraffe hi X panion—Yes; it would take him a lo to swallow his pride. Detroit, Free Pr Fisher, “I don't call simply’ a plain woman." Candor, ‘“you're plain fact.” o0, sald Mrs, myself a lady, but “Well," said’ Mrs. enough; that's a Washington: Harry e gave you a flat refusal ; nothing under a four-story brownstone ‘would satisfy her. Kate Field's understand sh Philadelphia Record: Maud beau believe in long oourtships? Eleanor— I guess he does. He usually comes soon after dark and stays until the milk wagons begin to rumble. Do your Inter Ocean: “I wonder who first thought of trying to Invent some way to fly? He—Probably some man who reached home at 2 o'clock when he'd promised to be there at 10. Life: He—Do you think blondes have more admirers than brunettes? She—I don't know. Why not ask some of the girls who have had experience In both capucities? TR of 7Norwegian Cod Liver Oil, with *hicago Tribune ames," sald Mrs. Mc- Spurlock, “when are you Boing to reform al YOu'vs papers!" Harper's Bazar: GUAIACOL is the safeguard against this common complaint. Take it when the first symptoms ap= pear. It will prevent the more severe and complicated troub- les which are sure to fol- low. A neglected cold, espec= ially at this season of the year, means influenza and perhaps pneumonia. The kind physicians prescribe. FOR SALE BY KUHN & CO. 16th and Douglas Streets, o Hungry Higgins (hand- ing back plate)—Ah! your cooking reminds me uv old times, mum. Young Wife (highly flattered)—I'm glad you like it. Hungry Higgins (grimly)—It reminds me of when I wuz a prisoner at Andersonville, mum, Chicagd Record: Emma—I'm in despair as to how I shall get my husband a Christ- mas present. Mary-How's that? Emma—You see, he's out of tawn these days that I' don’t have any cf go through his peckets. much ice to THE BICYCLE New York Press. No more along the broad highwayr We see the maiden fly; The tire¢ machine s put away, The bloomers are put by; And she 18 in the ball room gay Among the glddy throng, In gown cut en decollete, With train a fathom long. «Money’s Worth or Money Back,” v Not Smart. We confess to feeling timid among the brilliant ¢ " galexy of dealers who are always able to snap up the snaps from the jaws of ex- | piring wholesale dealers, 'or, by brilliant maneuver- ing, corral all the best cloth- ing ‘“from the Antarctic are, with but few exceptions, completed and most of them ready for active ser ice, the secretary has decided, In the interest of economy and efficienc, for the more perfect protection of our interests abroad, to put into operation a policy which will keep a number of cruising vessels sufficient for the ordi- nary needs of naval policing on each of six stations, namely North "Atlantic, South Atlantie, North Pacific, South Pacific, Asiatic and European. The ex- perience of the past year must be garded as abundant Justirying the con- structiod of the navy and there Is no reason to doubt that the experience of the future will still more strongly vindi- cate the policy. A great commercial na- tion like the United States, having trade relations that give it Interests to be protected in almost every land, and which are steadily growing in extent and value, must have an adequate naval force. It cannot properly guard its in- eral authority and power are clearly needed. Mo fuab B suill In the Party. Rushville Standard. Last fall, in the state republican conven- tion, when E. Rosewater's resignation as national commitieeman was read, the gang jumped up and hugged each other and there was great rejoicing to think that Mr. Rose- water had left the party and there would be no cne left to make them afraid by exposing thelr trickery:’ My. Rosewater, however, is | still in the republican party. Not only is he in the party, but he Is the leader of it; never again, will the party attempt to sei upon_him. Therg 18 no dodging the fact that he defeated Tom Majors for governor. bl e Something to e Thankful For. Cigitmrati Commerclal, The country 8 to be congratulated that the power for’évAl of the approaching ses- slon of congress is limited by the constitu- tional provision which ordains that it shall die without apy ¢hance of reprieve on the 3d of March. In other years the people have been disposed to grumble when con- gress would adjourn over the holidays, but there will be no grumbling at any vacation the present goneress may take, as every day of vacation I3 but one less for it to do mischief in. ‘The result of the recent elec- tion was not'w' vote of want of confidence alone in Mr. Cleveland and his cabinet, but | @ want of confidence in congress as well. says the populist vote has deserted the farms and taken to the cities, while its platforms are now anti-corporation rather than free siiver, This Is a substantial com- pliment to the farmers at all events. —_———— THE WEDDING MARCH. Truth. The wedding march from Lohengrin the organ loudly plays, The groom and his supporters greet the gathered public's gaze: The swelling music trembies as are touched the polished keys, But the tremble isn’t in it with the shake in Freddy's knecs. form Down the aisle the blushing malds proceed with stately tread, And each regrets the day is not the day for her to wed; But there's a silver lining to the cloud that hovers o They know they never looked so sweet in all thelr lives before. ding and simple souls And now the organ thunders forth a wel- come loud and clear, A hundred heads are turned biushing bride appear. Her father who supports her down the long and dizzy alsle Wil support her and her husband, too, In Just a little while. For instance a to see the evety stitch in 'em to ing line worth having for all sorts of prices from $7.50 up to $20, circle to St. Petersburg, and thence in a southwest- erly direction to Cudahy’s packing house.” —— We | never have been abie to ourselves into a hollow square — and surround everything in the cloth- But in the pride of our plod- we've been producing garments o, for 27 years that we've always guaranteed to be great big values at the prices asked. suit or overcoat like those shown We know be goon reliable value. They're plan for a mew currency system, his recommendations will be disregarded. As to a commission, If it were made strietly nounpartisan and composed of men of the highest ability as practical financiers, doubtless the result of its in terests and command respect without it. Undoubtedly this fact is very gen- erally recognized by the American peo- ple, so that there Is not likely to be in future so much opposition to the baild- ing up of a navy as there has been in the past. In submitting estimates Secretary Herbert says they will be the last of the large annual amounts required for the building up of the new navy, so far as the same has been authorized. He [ says that unless new constructions are Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U, 8. Gov't Report oyal YETTHS ABSOLUTELY PURE Baking Powde worth the price. 1f you get your money's worth these ey A days you're in luck, and you ought to be satisfied. You can't beat 'em anywhere for the money. Have you guessed on the turkey? See window, Browning, King & Co., R:liable Clothiers, 8. W. Cor. 15th and Douglas.