Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 3, 1894, Page 4

TERME OF SUBSCRIPTION, Daily Bee (Without Sunday), One Year. Datly Hee and Sunday, One Year Bix Months , covessivarny Three Montie. . Bunday Hee, One Year.. Saturday Hee, One Year. Weekly Bee, One Year OFFICES Bullding. 3800 10 00 500 1% 10 150 Omaha, Thi Houth Oma Counefl 1iluits, Chicago Office, 317 ¢ New York, Rooms 13 Washington, 1407 F st CORRESPONDENCE. Al communications relating to news and edi- torial matter should be addreased: To the Editor. it LETTERS All business lotters and remit addresscd | 1o The Tiee Publishing ¢ Dratts, checkn and postoffice « be made payable 1o the order of the [ COM a Twenty-fourth Sta et Commerce. Tribune BIdg. npany, ders 10 pany ANY STATE Goorge B, CIRCULATION. y of The Bee sworn, says thi nd complete eople ine and Sunday printed during the £, 1584, wa an follows H 21,121 21,03 2141 21,041 © 2280 1. 2,151 £l Total Geisacssimtaith Tooss dedy for “unsold a coples % BH,407 Feturned 10, a1 71 TZICHUCK fbed in my pres- 1801 N Total Daily a O8> s it crage not cireulatio GEORG Bworn (o before me and subs ence this 30 day of November (Seal. N. P. FEIL, Notary Public How do you do, congress! The local postmastership situation is ‘becoming decidedly interesting. Tt is greatly to be feared that congress will prove a poor substitute for foot ball as a topic of conversation. Congress resumes business at the old stand with the firm conviction that it has not really been missed during the autumn adjournment. There will be several disappointed democratic applicants for Major Clark- son's shoes before the senate shall have Dbeen in session many weeks, It scems quite reasonable to expect Senator Hill to make a speech on the president’s me no matter what that document may contain. s0, The New York police ean't see thing wrong in living pictures. Why should they when they couldn't see anytling wrong in a great many much worse things any- If the federal grand jury is bent on going to the bottom of the Capital Natienal bank wreck its members may make up their minds to a temporary residence in Omaha. Congressional proceedings during the session just commencing will be one long series of political obituaries for the democratic members who look for- ward to the seclusion of private life after March 4 next. Thnt Tarkish investigation of Arme- nian outrages has been in progress sev- eral weeks, but the prospect of redress for fhe injuries suffered by the Chris- _tian subjects of the sultan Las not im- proved so far as the public is able to observe. President Cleveland will not depart from the custom of sending his message to the two houses of congress by lis executive messenger. It would not be altogether pleasant for him to imitate the example of President Washington and deliver it in person. The county survey has been in- structed to ascertain the depth of the macadam on the newly paved county roads at points not more distant than twenty rods for each mile of pay ment. Where were the county paving inspectors when the material was laid? While Jopan is in the market buying warships and cruisers why can't the United Statés sella few of its older ves- sels at a good profit and reinvest the proceeds in the construction of the newest ships? American shipbuilders would have- no objection to a deal of this kind. The two men who have been en ployed s county agents to see that only worthy applicants for poor relief are assisted out of the public funds can earn their salaries if they w! impostors can be cut off to a very large extent. The people will watch to see if the work of the new agents has the expected result, The colossal statue of William Penn that has for so many years stood in the court of the Philadelphia public build- ings now surmounts the tower of that structure, It has taken Penn a lon while to get up in the world, but at last e has succeeded in attaining a plane where he can live high and look dewn on the rest of humanity. Two governors have taken the oath of office in Alabama without bleodshed or clashes of any kind between their follow: The American people are essentially lovers of peace. The citi- zens of Alabama may be velied upon to do everything possible that will con- tribute toward a peaceful settlement of the controversy that has arisen over the Traudulent election returns made in that state, Almost every city in the United States does something to encourage skating in the public parks during the winter time, The sport is one that is health ful and vecreative, and not attended by any extraordinary risk or injur much public money should be spent to maintain ice in condition for skaters is a question that must be determined after counsideration of the ource of the authorities in charge of the par but it must at the same time be membered that theve I8 a large fuve ment in park property that is to a great extent idle during the colder wonths, The people should get the largest possi- ble benefit from the money which they have supplied to counstruct a park sys v. How re | eall for consideration during that brief ca anowit ve | OfTOrt i Pub- | | countries which pay an export bounty. | to the others it is more than probable ‘.-ull of the fonly policy by which the United States | ployed by Nebraska mills sixty might THE MEETING OF CONGRESS. The second session of the Fifty-third congress will begin 2t noon today and end March 4 next. Allowing two weeks | for the holiday recess the actua) work- | ing time of the session will be about nine weeks, and there Is a large amount | of already proposed legislation that will perfod. The most important measures on the senate calendar are the supple- tal tariff Dbills, which it is under-| stood to be the intention of some of the democrats that body to press for action. Senator Jones of Arkansag, a member of the finance committee, has given out that there will be an earnest le by the democratic senators to secure consideration for the *pop gun” bills, but there is little probability that the effort will be successful, exeept, perhaps, as to the sugar bill, which | provides for a duty of 40 per cent on all sugar, cutting off the one-cighth of a cent on the reflued and the discriminat- ing duty of one-tenth on sugar from of This measure is likely to receive con- sideration and may be adopted, but as they will receive no attention. The re- ite elections must have con- vineed the conservative democrats of the senate that the people do not want auny more tinkering with the tariff, and these with the republicans will be able to prevent consideration of the free raw material bills. It is understood to be the intention of Senator Hill to fmmedi- ately urge a change in the senate rules limiting debate. He sought to bring this about early. in the Jas fon, but not having been well supported on the democratie side could accomplish noth- ing. Now the democrats seem to be well disposed toward a change and Mr. Hill expects it will also be supported by some republieans, for the reason that it would enable them to facilitate legisla- tion when the again in control of the senate. Still it is very doubtful whether the proposed change will be made, for no republican will support it unless ther an unde nding that the democ s shall let the tarvifl alone. The republicans certainly will not cur- tail their privilege of debate while the is danger of more democratic tariff le islation. The calendar of the house is crowded with measures, Among the more im- portant of these ave bills relating to the Nicaragua canal, to create a na- tional board ef arbitration, to amend the act to regulate commerce, to amend the naturalization laws, to limit the Jurisdiction of United Siates courts, to cotify and arrange the laws relating to pensions, and the free ship bill. The last named measure will doubtless be the subject of prolonged debate and its passage by the house is highly probable, but it is entirely safe to say that it will fail in the senate. It is understood that President Cleveland will in his mes- sage endorse this measure and make an argument in favor of free ships as the can secure a merchant marvine. There seems to be a favorable prospect for legislation in the of the Niearagun canal. The president has approved of the construction of the canal and it Is said will take up the matter again in his message, having promised to say a good werd for it, though it is not known whether he will avor government aid. The sentiment in the south and west appears to be strongly in favor of the government doing something to promote the success of this enterprise and this has been strengthefied by the belief that Great Britain desires to put obstacles in the way of the construetion of the canal, The currency will undeubtedly rece consideration and a flood of bills on this subject I8 to be expected, but it hardly possible that there will be any legislation. As we have heretofore said in reference to.this the diversity of views among the democrats is so great that they are not likely to come together on any plan, and if they should agres upon a -eurrency measure it is ahmost certain that it would be of a character which would prevent its acceptance by the republicans. As now indicated, there Is no danger of anything being done at the short ses- sion of the Tifty-thivd congress to further disturb the finuncial and busi- ness interests of the country or to check the restoration of confidence and the progress making toward a recovery of ‘prosperity. PLOUR TRADK WAR. Few people realize the extent and im- portance of the milling industry in this state. There are nearly 250 flouring mills, whose combined capacity, run- ning full time, is great enough to supply all the flour consumed by the people of this state and still leave a large surplus for export. In ne other manufacturing industry is there more money invested or more men employed. The total value of the annual output runs up into the millions. A conservative estimate place the amouut of flour consumed by the people of Omaha at 150,000 barrels an- nually. This would give the average family of five persons about ninety-six pounds of flowr per month. While the price paid fluctuates, it is safe to say that the average price of flour the year round is §1 per ba The people of Omaha pay $600,000 a year for the flour consumed by them. Omaha has but one flouring mill, with A capacity of 350 barrels a day, full time. Its product is about 150 barrels, or about 47,000 barrels a year, Run at its full stint ‘this mill could supply only about: two<hirds the flour co sumed in Omaha, but as a matter of fact it sells less than 25000 barrels a year to Omaha consumers. It Is stated upon competent authority, however, that at least half the flour consumed in Omaha Is the product of Nebraska mills. This means that $300,000 is sent out of this city every year to pay for flour manufactured outside of this stat It means that for every ten men em- is be employed if the people of this clty could be made to realize the importance of patronizing this great home Industry. When the agitation in behalf of home industries was lnaugurated fully 75 per cent of the money paid for flour con sumed in this city was sent out of the state to pay for the product of foreign mills. The people of Omaha are to be congratulated upon the growth of sen- | | trade. timent favorable to home manufactures. The Bee hopes to see the day when at tenst $500,000 of the $600,000 spent an- nually by Omaha for flour shall go to | Dbraska millers to help pay the wages | of Nebraska mechanies and interest on | capital fnvested in Nebraska property. | The great mills of the north have felt the influence of the movement in sup- | port of the producers of Nebraska flour. Formerly they controlled the trade as | thoroughly as does the smmnn-d{ Oll company control the coal ol | But their sales have shown | a steady decline the nst two | years, until today the Minnesotn millers re determined to break the force of | appeals by loyal Nebraskans in advo- | cacy of Lome manufactur They can- | not, however, meet the competition by | legitimate means. They have found in many cases that jobbers and denlers must either be forced or bribed into | handling their goods. Their traveling men are scouring the state and resort- ing to every trick known to the trade to induce Nebraska merchants to handle their goods and engage In an open war- fare with the millers of this state. The Bee, in a recent Issue, the methods employed by the northern flour men, and showed conclusively that they cannot successfully compete with our state millers by fair and legitimate means. We again appeal to loyal citizens In this city and state to stand by our home industries, and notify retail dealers that only Nebraska flour can be delivered at thelr homes, especially during the continuance of the reprehensible ¢ tempts of the northern millers to break down one of the great and growing industries of this state. exposed THE BLUFE OF THE SUGAR TRUST. It is the geueral impression that the action of the Sugar trus deciding to shut down a number of its refineri was simply a bluff, intended to influence congress. Of course the president of the | trust has a plausible explanation for its action. He says that it is made ne sary by the demoralized condition of | the sugar refining business, due to the ge of the democratic tariff law and the threat to enact a free sugar law at the coming session of congress, In regard to the alleged effect of the new tavifl it is sufficient to that very little refined sugar is imported under it, so that it has created no competition to account for reduced pric If the sugar refining interest is demoralized, as claimed—though the independent finers are not in evidence to this effect | -the explanation is to be found in the course of the trust itself, which im- ported large quantities of sugar last summer in order to escape the duty, thus loading the market with a supply greatly beyond the capacity of consump- tion. It is asserted by the trust officials that the current price of sugardoes not de- fray the cost of refining it and they claim that it costs more to refine sugar in the United States than in Burope. “We cannot compete with the wazes paid in Burope,” says Mr. Haveme It is true that wor in BT fineries in this country arve better paid than those abroad, but notwithstanding this it was maintained during the de- bate on the sugar schedule at the last session that sugar ean be refined more cheaply in this country than in Europe. Congressman Warner of New Yorlk stated in a speech made in the house Iast August, in which he discussed most thoroughly the business of sugar re- fining, that as longz ago as 1SS0 the American refiners had so improved their processes and utilized machinery as to be able to refine more cheaply than their rivals elsewhere in the world. In support of this he quoted from the testimony of Theodore A. Havemeyer before the ways and means committee, in which he admitted that with perfect free trade in sugar the Ane u refiners could beat the Buglish refinérs in competing for the trade. “We can rve fine sugar here mor v than they ean - in Tngland, s Mr. Ha meyer's testimony. was in 1881 and since that time the cost of refining sugar in this country has been ma- terially reduced through the application of mew processes and the economy that is practicable in the mav of great plants. Mr. Warner asserted that the trust's new refineries, by far the | largest and most cconomically working in the world, refine sugar from 10 cents to 15 cents per hundred pounds of product cheapty than do the smaller and less effectively working re- fineries of other coumtries, The meaning of the Sugar trust's tae- tics is 8o obvious that no one need be deceived. It simply does not want any further sugar legislation and it hope by the course it has adopted to induce congress, in the ivterest of the labor employed in refining, to let the sugar schedule stand as it is. It is quite pos- sible that the trust’s bluff will not have the effect hoped for, a8 ors su gement The foot ball situation among the eastern colleges s decidedly anomalous. | ¢ the peculiar outcome of the big games two the University of | Pennsylvania and Yale, are left facing | each other with elnims of superiority | and with no opportunity to try th regpective merits against one another. One of the chief reasons why Yale has | refused to play Pennsylvanin was the cry of brutality and ungentlemunly con- duct. Yet now we find Yale herself assailed on all sides for the most dis- gusting exhibition of brutality and viclousness in the Harvard game that has ever been witnessed on a foot ball fleld. Every one must agree with the Philadelphia Record that “Yale is in no position to maintain the supercilious air toward the Pennsylvania kickers of the plgskin which she has hitherto been disposed to manifest.” teams, Omaha will be most pleased to enter- tain the delegates to the Transmissis- sippl congress when it convenes here a year hence. The cholce of Omaha as the place of the next amnnual meeting is a compliment which we all certainly appreciate. It is a compliment that imposes reciprocal duties which will be gladly performed. Omaha hospitality has been ‘tested by numerous national conventions of various kinds, and will not be wanting on this occasion, and the visitors will bhave the additional | tainty protest privilege of seeing a most excellent ex- ample of ghe type of city which the Trnusmlangpl country ean construet, | We can ‘Conbeientiously bespeak the congress g, welcome that will not dis appoint s most expectant, ryfirm The suggtstion of Judge S the salaric§ ot the thr receivers wheare supposed to represent more parttedlarly the interests of the United States government should be | paid out of tle earnings of those lines | only over avhich the government lien extends myst strike the general publie a8 4 most quegtionable proposition. The iden which, the judge doubtless tried to give expression to is that these veceiv- | ors would mot be necessar; it not | for the fact that the government r quires protection for its claim by some | one participating in the conduet of the road. He therefore intimates that the | expense should be borne practically by the government alone. Under such a rule, while the subsidiary lines would be contributing toward the salaries of | two only, the bonded line would be contributing not only its share | of the salaries of these two receivers, | but also the entire salavies of three | more receiver But these receivers | lave been appointed receivers for the whole system. They all hold the same | warrant of authority, and though they | may not all perform the same quantity or quality of service, what they do is for the whale system and not for any | part of it. The people will cer- | against any attempt to saddle the whole burden of the receiy- ership upon the government, which is nothing more than the t nborn that Union Pacific receivers Some of the members of the Board of Bdueation profess to be bothered by the question whether a new contract should be made with an attorney for legal services for a year or only for the period intervening to the close of the | fiscal year next June There is an casy way out of the labyrinth. Abolish the office of attorney the school board and get e from the | city law departent. to advice Silence in This Case s safety. Globe-Democrat. The western man who wants (o run for president on the democratic ticket in 1896 Is keeping mighty still about it. - A Pardonablo Cuss. Kansas C'ty Star, (1 against Private ugh o 1 when listenini Well, grant that he d 18 fallible, and if the ever was a time when Presbyter democrat was excusable for n slight la the night of November 6 was that time. gt Growiw of the St Paul Glob The members-clect to the New York legis- lature are digmayed at the adoption of the constitutional smendmert which absolutely prehibits, undgl’ severe penalties, grant- ing of ra 8 to any pirson. They are now ¢ ¢ brains for some means of getting around the constitution In the end ghey, will utdoubtedly openly dety it. Tt Thur elder, hi vlection Human “to tne Flonds. Tmnihgrtion Satlie Fofiddeipiia Rocord. 1t _this be the fthest country o live in, the Jatest con immig hitve failed statistics show, that duy mcre forcigners have left th than heve comé into ft land of the freé, but there be a searcityrufl ifree land and up of the avemw to_profitable \ ment so atfpetive to Jand-hungering and industricus Miropeans. -~ o, in the world the The Ovortarning the Xupreme Coart, | Philadelplita. Record | The supreme court has decided that the | feder: nt cap do no Wiong, but an Arkan hae fust handed down a Aiam opposite opinion concerning ihe fallibility of the supreme court itsel Unjted States District ~ Judge Isas Parker of the western district of Ark: has, in fact, overruled a writ of ixsued by no 1ess a personage than Associate ! Justice White. All of whith goes to prove to the befuddled lay mind the wisdom of Bumble Beadle's remark that “the law's a ass! ——— Faces the Musie Like u Minneapatis Tribune. Colonel Coit of the Ohlo militia, in his testimony before the court of inquiry, shoul- dered the responsibility like a man. " He tes- tified (hat sentinels on the balcony had orders to fire if persins commanded did not halt. The guards inside the court house had orders to fire immediately shonld the rs be broken open, and the guards on the de at the north side of the court house were ordered to fire should a shot be fired at them, cr o stone thrown, or an assault made. ““These orde added the colonel, “werc given by me. If there were more militia officers like Colonel Colt there would be fewer mobs and lynchings. bR Civil Fervice Txtension. Washington Star. The vear 1884 will be remarkable in fcan political history, for, perhaps, tu ons; in it occurred one of th peaceful revolts that ever took Or any other country, and Low it oppears s theugh it would have another claim | upon fame because it will witness the in- auguration of wmended civil service refcrm methods, such as even the most sanguine reformers had hardly dared expect for years to come. Already has President Cleveland extended the rules so as to include a large number of federal employes hitherto unpro- tected, but the good thus done s but a Jittle thing when compared with the good he intends to do and a8 to which he 15 now conferring with the eivil service commis- sioners. Al th on_to be had at this time indicates presidential belief that should be no limit to the extengions. cry federal employe is to be selected and | retatned only because of fitness and wi out any regard whatever for political pi dilections; in short, the affairs of the gov- ernment are to be run just as are the affairs of every well conducted and success- ful business house. — A Gigantic System of Hribery. Fremont Leader. A number of times the Leader has stated | that the operation of the railroads in Ne- akka was @ glgantic system of bribery p first to last, and every day proves | truth of the Statement. The election ¢ passed was one in which the rafliway Qictated the nominations of the vepublican party, and determined to elect the nomi- hees, ‘right or wrong. They furnished im- mense sums of money for the purpose of corrupting andcontrolling the electlons. It is openly charged that from 12,000 to 15,000 | persons were cplonized in the state. These probubly cost on_an average not less than | 3 each. An ATHY of cappers were kept constantiy on the alert to spy out and re- port what was transpiring in various parts of the state, dhd 'to thus secure informa- tion and place the'colonies where they were needed. Ther# is’ reason to believe, also, that large sums of money were pald to democrats at ¥arius points to secure their support for Majdrs, “and, in_fact, funds were forthconfifig’ wherever boodle could be used either to purchase or intimidate voters. The lovers of free government may well agk how Jong this can continue? The | will of the peoble!has been overridden for | years by the wOrrupt use of money and other means, and: each year I8 adding to | the strength of the great corporations that | have already subverted free government in Nebraska. ~ W @ppeal to thoughtful re- publicans, §f ey are in favor of perpetuat- P Faliroad mile in- Nebrusia, and. thus destroy the government of the people by the peaple? SEE— Man. Amer- s Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. 8, Gov't Report | the | before. | nated for county attorney a popular Bloom- | 18 an author, an editor, an orator, and, from | three years' POLITICAL AND OTHERWISE. Although the governorship contest has beon Qeclared off and matters in that line have quieted down perceptibly, there are still con- galore on the tapls, and Nebraska's roputation as a peculiar politioal state will not be allowed to sufter. Tven should there be no recount of the vote on Majors and Hol comb, the legislature will be forced to de- vote considerable time to looking up the rights of certaln people to assist in making the laws of the state, and the taxpayers will be obliged to_pay the fiddler. Among the men who were not elected to the senate on the face of the returns was Samusl C. Samplo of Boyd county. Mr. Sample Is a republican, and John Crawford, his popu- opponent, received just an even dozen votes. Sample charges fraud of the worst kind upon the other side in his own county, and testimony in the case will be heard, baginning today. It will be remem- bered that Boyd county once before furnished basis for one of the prettiest contests ever held in the state. At that time the men in the case were Norton, republican, and Kruse, popullst. After an exciting fight, in which deputies scoured Knox county to arrest people whose evidence wos badly wanted, Kruse was given his seat and Norton disap- peared from politics and has never been heard from since. more Up in the same section of the state the tak- tng of testimony in another contest case will also be begun today. This time John Trom hausser, repuplican, will try to wrest L in the lower house from John Robert- populist. Mr. Trommershausser alleg gross frauds in two precincts in Holt coun and he claims to have the evidence to prove his assertions, The scene of the contests already men!io is in northeastern Nebraska, and that sect of the state will also furnish a third contest, | this tima between a democrat and a repub- | liean. Nick Fritz, democrat, captured the | Indian vote of Thurston county and was con- sequently elected, But Mel Jay, “the silver- | tongued orator of northeast ehraska,” hinks the Winnebagoes wanted to vote for him, and he proposes 1o show skulduggery on the reservation on electicn day. It is quite evident that the evidence in this case will be worth going miles to hear if the stories told by both sides are to be believed. The Indian vote is the feature of Thurston county politics, and the man that gets the red men solid is all right. Fritz has always captured the vote when he has been running for office, and this year he had the Winnebagoes more solidly than ever This Indian vote has been in evi- denca before In a contest, the last time being | when Judge Crawford attempted to oust Judge Norris on the strength of the Winnebago vote. In that case Crawford failed and Norris retained his seat. These are all of the contests in sight for the lcgislanure, but there are a number of contests for local ofices in other parts cf the state. Clay county has one coming. H. C. Brown of Sutton was elected township super- visor on the republican ticket by a majority of two votes over Oscar Swanson, the popu- 1list nominee. Swanson does not propose to let* Brown take his seat without a struggle, and so the contest is on. It Brown takes his seat the county board will be a tie, and s0 the case Interests the whole county, and particularly the newspapers, as on the com- plexion of the board depends the giving out of the official printing. With the newspapers interested, ook out for fun. The republicans of Franklin county n mi- ington barber, whos> knowledge of law has been mostly acquired by talks with his cli- ents in the tonsorial chair. It is said that | the nomination was made In the way of a joke, aud the joko has lost none of its flavor now that the barber has beeen elected to the office. This is not the first time that Franklin county has enjoyed the same kind of a joke, for some years ago the electors had @ bushel of fun by placing an obscure country justice on the county bench when the man running against him was one of the best attorneys in the Republican vall:y. Church FHowe has followed the example of John M. Thurston and has written a letter 1o the republican members-elect of the l-gls- lature annoancing his candidacy for the United States senate and giving reasons why he wants their support. So far as known Thurston and Howe are the only m:n who have taken the field by the letter route, but the candidates who are using the newspaper puft are legion, John A. Davics for speaker of the house seems to be covering as much ground as the next man. There are only fifty-two other candidates for the offic There was some talk of circulating a peti- tion in southwestern Nebraska asking the governor to postpone Thanksgiving until an- other crop could be raised, but the idea was abandoned when the result of the election was known. The Plainview Gazette has been obliged to reduce its size because, as it says, the Christian people did not give it the support to which it was entitled. Perhaps if Editor Frost had been a little warmer in his char- ity he might have succceded better, but Brother Frost i3 not one of those who suf- fereth long and is kind. Another editor who doesn't get along with all Christians 1s Bd Whitcomb of the Friend Telegraph. Mr. Whitcomb is finding fault with the protracted meetings now being held in s town because the revivalist doesn't try to convert the Christians before starting in on the sinners. e KATE TAKES THE PALM. Washington Star: Kate Field has been decorated in France with the distinction of the academic patm. Miss Field is a shining example of the fact that a woman can get along nicely in this life without wearing bloomers or trying to get on the police force. Cincinnati Commercial: Tn honoring Miss Kate Field of Washington and the United States at large the French government honors one of the brightest woman journalists in this country. Miss Field has done much, not only for her own sex, but for the whols people. May the sparkle of her eye brighten as the years go. Kate Field is a journalistic brick New York Sun: In conferring ipon Mi Kate Field the academic palm and naming her as “officier de I'instruction publique,” the French government has homored an American woman whose brightness, ambi- dexterity, chic and savoir vivre made her famous long ago in her own country. She some points of view, au artist. gracefully wear the academic proudly bear the title of honor. We con- gratulate her upon her distinction. We do not see how she can wear her life away in Washington. The place for her is in New York, where women of talent abound and flourish, and where she would daily receive the admiration of unoumbered literary and artistic sisters, We would never call her Kato if that were not the name which she herself prefers. We salute Miss Field! ey The Suftering Sugar Trust. Minneapolls Times The sympathy of the mation goes out to the Sugwr trust in these hard and troublous times. Having handled sugar enough for supply In anticipation of the new tariff, and in order to escape the duty, they now find that they are compelled o shut down their refineries and throw some 50,000 men out of work at the beginning of what promises to be & hard winter. A profit of only $25,000,000 on a borrowed capital of 310,000,000 last year was one of the calam- ities which has brought the trust to this sad plight, and knowing this, it is only meet that at this season we should be grateful and thankful that we are not lke the sugar men. She will palm, and Baking Powder POINTERS FOR LEGISLATORS. Central City Nonpareil: Under the pres:nt law Nebraska Is the dumping ground for the Standard OIl company. Change the law; the people are as much entitled to good ofl In Neb:aska as in any other state, especlally they pay for it McCook Tribune: The next ture would render the newspaper fraternity a worthy turn by enacting a law similiar to the one now in force in Kansas, which requires that newspapers shall be established for one year before they are competent to publish legal noticrs. Superior Journal: rates is one which state leglsla- The question of freight the incoming legislature will be Iled upon to meet and try to solve. Every western st has had to go through the same experlence, and the solution in the end has always been an elective board of rallway commissioners. hat plan Nebraska will sooner or later adopt, and the sooner the botter for all concerned. All agree that th present conditions should not be continued, and a short cut to the solution of the vexed question would be to profit by the expericuce of other states. Sllver Creek Times: The new constitution of New_ York prohibits public officers from accepting free passes of any kind. Our leglslature, which is soon to meet, could not do a more meritorious act than to make a law to the same eficct, only it should, possible, be made to include the great army of men who hold passes on account of politi- cal services rendered or expected to be rendered to the rallroads. The greatest obstacle in the way of the enactment of such a law would be, we apprehend, the fact that members of the legislature usually carry such passes Blair Courfer: The Omaha Bee, in order to expedite the count of votes at olections, favors an amendment to the election law providing for an expeditious count of baillots in cities having a population of 10,000 or more, The Courier would go a step fur ther and favor an amendment to the law requiring the eclection of a double set of Judges and clerks in every precinet in the state, one set to receive and the other to count, the ballots. By providing two boxes and changing ery hour, in ¢ne hour afier the polls close the result’ would be authora- tively stated. Hardy Herald: The incoming Nebraska legislature should improve the present ballot, provide for hourly counting the votes and gt our election Iaws in such shape that it will be possible to hold an election and ascertain the result in a reasonable time. It is a sad fact that in states having the educational facilities that Nebraska and Kansas have that there are hundreds of voters lacking in common_education sufficient to fill out in telligently the present form of ballot, but the recent election in these states prove such to be a fact, and there seems to be as much difficulty in Kansas as in this state. Hastings Democrat The legislative dele- gation from this county should be asked to use their efforts in behalf of several im- portant matters. The present law, which compels citizens of Hastings to pay taxes at two different places, is a nuisance, to say the least, and causes much confusion. We are forced to pay county and city taxes with the county and city treasurer. law should be amended for the convenienc: of the public and to lessen the expense. All taxes should be paid to the county treasurer. He in turn should turn over to the ci treasurer at the end of each month what is due the cify of the taxes collected. The only real objection to the present law is the inconvenience to which the taxpayer and the public is put. The law should be made as simple as possibie. Red Cloud Chief: course of preparation the next session of which provides for county affairs much the same as the present system in Towa and Indiana. Should the bill become a law, the counties in th> state will be divided into five districts, each dis- trict being entitled to one commissioner. Each township will be entitled to one super- visor or trustes, who, with the two township justices of the peace and the township clerk, will constitute the town board. These township boards will meet in their respective precinets at a specifcd time and at the ex- pense of the township. It will be observed at once that this will give each community a good measure of local self-government, and makes them self-regulating in regard to all local matters, including roads and bridge This lcoks reasonable. a bil is in presented in legislature Just to be the state the administration now The new car wheel works at Raleigh, N. €., which have been building for several months, have been put in operation. The Arcade File company Ind., announces that it will erect a two- story brick addition to its already large plant, which has doubled its capacity within the past year. A full force is working full time. In 1880 nearly 1,120,000 children under 16 years of age were found in factories and workshops by the agents of the United States census department. The number had increased to over 2,000,000 in 1890, according to official reports. * The Leadington Lead company of Lead- ington, Mo., has closed down its large mines at that place, throwing u large number of men out of employment. They claim that the present low price of lead does not justify them in working the mines. Charles Schneppe of Typographical union No. 274 has been appointed editor pro tem of the oficial organ of the Journeymen Bak- ers and Confectioners union during the ab- sence of Henry Weisman, who goes on an agltation tour through Massachusetts. a if | This | of | of Anderson, | PEOPLE AND THINGS. Congress has the fleor. It things do not come your way the best | polley 1s to get out and hustle them. China eries, “Hoid! Enough.” And there by hangs a tael, several millions of them. The world's pickle crop Is said to be short, notwithstanding the pickling of November 6. It President Cleveland's gout clings to his | foot much longer it is feared he will cancel | that kick he has coming | The cable announces | Moosh has been decorated | base ball club 1s withheld The eternal fitness of things foot bail I shown in Philadelphla. A surglcal school and hospital is just across the street from | the grounds. | Tuere will be over 200 new members in | the next congress. This number, with the new hangers-on, will make rich picking for | the walking guides to high life in Washing- ton. One of the polnts involved in a iibel sult in Brooklyn is the exact meaning of the word “bunc Several confiding betting men hereabouts who banked on bogus election | figures late one Wednesday afternoon, are | ¥ to enlighten the court at current rates. The great Trinity corporation of New York does not practice those lofty principles it | vame suggests. The testimony taken by the | tenement house commission presents it in the light of a soulless, grasping landlord. It | 1s not only the personification of greed, but, by reason of its great wealth, delays or de- feats by litigation every measure of sani- tary reform designed to make its tenements | habitable for human beings. Just now it is fighting in the courts the law providing for the Introduction of Croton water on every floor of tenement houses. The stenographers of the United States who write the system of shorthand invented by the Andrew J. Graham are preparing fto erect a memorial to his memory, for which several hundred dollars have already been subscribed. The matter has been left by contributors in the hands of the following committee: Mr. T. J. Ellinwood, twenty- eight years officlal stenographer of Henry Ward Beecher; Mr. E. N. Miner, editor. ot the Phonographic World, New York, and Mr, Willlam Anderson, official stenographer of the court of general sessions, that city. Con- tributions to the fund may be forwarded to Mr. Ellinwood, chairman of the committes, 199 Montague street, Brooklyn, N. Y. e el SMILING TEXTS. that the mufti of The name of his York Press: Husband—You can't k like mother could. Wife—No, nor I can't whip like your mother could, either. Puck “irst Convict—De governor ain't keepin® de promise he made before election. Second Convict—Which promise? First Convict—\Why, to turn de rascals out! Syracuse Post: Mrs, Parvenoo—And what s your husband do? Mrs, Heavyplate—He chases silver, Mrs, Parvenoo—So does mine, but never seems to be able to catch it. Indianapolis Journal: “Here, Bill,"” gasped the man on the ground to the man who was jumping on his stomach with a_pair of heavy hoots, “that ain't fair. This I8 nothin' but a fieht; it aln't no foot ball same!” he Buffalo Courier: Wiggs—Poor Rusher. He received many a telegram while he_ wi | alive. Woggs=What of it? Wiggs—Noth- | ing, only they wired his skeleton up at the medical college this moruing. Harper's Bazar: Employer—How did you break that vase? Office Boy—I had it in | my hand when I heard your bell ring and | dropped jt because you told me yesterday to drop everything and answer your bell when- ever you rang. ew York Press: Sweet Anna was, as many know, a woman suffraglst; but when gweet Angw got a beau, she was an Anna kissed. * Puck: Cholly Chumpleigh—Do you know, Miss Coldeal, from the way my dog looks at me, sometimes, I'm positive he thinks. Miss Coldeal—-Very likely, Mr. Chump- lelgh. But I wonder what he thinks! ““There Indianapolis Journal: between degree of sympathy said_ the professor. & spered young Treshly to his seatmate. “I knew that before. 1 winked at a pretty girl at a picnic once, and before the day was over the other eye was black as your hat DISTRIBUTED JOY. Washington Star. | Oh, gentle touch of vanity How useful in kind nature's plan; How many conscious £miles we see At thought of “some good western man," —— REDUCED 10 A SCIENCE. is quite | the eyes, New York Times. ‘When man smashes man on the most ap- proved plan, When eyes ard knocked out'in a sickening bout, When noses are broken by just the same token, | And teeth are sent flying, and each man is | trying To hit his opponent till senseless or dying, To law and to order is this a deflance? Oh! no, that is boxing reduced to a sclence! When boy me dehoy, And they kick and they fight in a perfect delignt, With shouling and swearing and each other tearing— A terrible strife, for it's war to the knife, “iul some of the youths are disabled for life, Would you call it a game, this free fight of | " “the giants? Oh! yes, that is foot ball reduced to a sci= ence! with boy, or, say, hobble- —— “Money’s Worth or Money Back,” Two of *E1ne—— Either of 'em will b ing, with embroidered re facing, heavy silk lined all througzh. e a lucky strike for you it 7| it happens to be what you need. We mean the two special things we offer Monday-—No, 1isa fine $20 Cheviot overcoat, oxford mixed color, silk piped fac- lief work down inside of It's an extra heavy lining, and this, combined with the tight weave of the ecloth, give with light weight—It has each sleeve—It's not long S & very warm garment fly front, five buttons on [only 41 inches]—In fact it's a very stylish all around garment for fall, winter and spring wear. We always sold it for $18 and $20. There are 41 left and you get pick for §12.50-—nearly all sizes in the lot. A neat brown Cheviot, flannel lined, well made—Sold Saturday for $7.50—Balance of tha lot, only 27 left, Monday for $5 each, Browning, King & Co., Reliable Clothiers, S. 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