Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 6, 1894, Page 4

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Taschuck, secretary of The Bee Pub. tishing comp: belng duly th the actual number of full and Dally Mo 1 during the month of N ows: 0 1 18 19 2 Less deductions for unsold and return coples ok vetivedeveits Soesnes Total sold Dajly average in cribed 1804, Sworn to before me o) presence this 34 day of D (Seal.) P. F xt theater be nearly fireproof as it can be made. Omaha's ne must as Governor Kolb show red good sense in shedding ink rather than white blood. The sugar refineries apparently find it to their interest to run on half force just 80 long as congress runs on full force, of The consumption waste baskets during the last two sessions of the leg- islature was responsible for the death of 50 many bills The people with schemes for monetary reform that beat the Baltimore plan all hollow arve legion, and they are all bound to be heard before congress con- eludes its consideration of the subject. The advantages of annexation would accrue to every resident and taxpayer of South Omaha, while the disadvant- ages would be felt mainly by the fow in- cumbents of unnccessarily duplicated city offices. The example set by Congressman Bland, who refuses to claim fraud or to institute contest proceedings, although his opponent was elected by only ten Vo , Is one that ought to be more gen- erally followed. Now let the Thon pany be coutent with supplying the city on-Houston com- with electric Jighting and leave off the work of manipulating eity councilmen. If it will confine itself to its own proper sphere it need have no more difliculty in its relations with the city. a o Senator Peffer was on hand promptly ‘with his customary batch of bills to re- generate the universe. If the Kansas senator would devote more attention to the quality than to the quantity of his proposed legislative measures the peo- ple might derive considerable more ben- efit from his efforts. Well informed members of congress express themselves as anticipating noth- ing more than talk on financial matters during the present session. President Cleveland and Secretary Carlisle have already reduced their talk to writing, Few of the congressmen will feel ealled upon to stop with anything less volumi- nous. It is to be hoped the incoming le lature will be more frugal in its diet. The last two legislatures lived on muci- lage, ink and steel pens, and had to take excursions to Colorado and Hot Springs after the session to renovate their di- gestive apparatus. Some of the mucl- lage eaters and knife swallowers wear liver pads up to this day. A Lincoln druggist who sold carpets, iron boilers and steel pens for the use of the legislature is sald to have left a horse and buggy hitched in front of the residence of the officer who does the purchasing, and the horse and buggy did not know enough to walk back to the steal pen man. That probably will shed light on the remarkable exhibit re- cently made by the state auditor. It is reported from Washington that the democratic members of the house are not cast down, but that they have their eyes on the future. We don't blame them for looking to thé future, ‘Where else should they have their eyes? The past and the present do not pre scenes that are in any way attractive to them. The future is their only excuse for existence. Who would want to tak that from the The supreme court of Missouri has rendered a decision to the effect that the license law of that state does not apply to ‘clubs which distribute liguor to their members even if money Is neted in return for the service. Now watch the number of soclal clubs in Missouri take a sudden leap upward. It won't take the Missourians long to discover that it is cheaper to organize a club than to pay for a liguor license. — The finance committee of the eclty council will do well to consider all the obligations that will be entailed on the eity by the purchase of the additional fire engines, horses, hose carts and hos recommended by the special committee on fire protection. The question s not solely whether the apparatus is useful or desirable, but whether the city has the means to purchase, The expenses of the fire department have already this year greatly exceeded the original ap- propriations and trenched materially upon the resources of the general fund, WILL SECRETARY ALLEN EXPLAINY According to the report of Auditor Moore vouchers were drown upon the state treasury for an enormous quan- tity of merchandise which was pre- sumed to be delivered to the legislature during its two last sessions. The ex- | hibit made by the auditor shows that among other things there were charged to the state as legislative supplies dur- ing the session of 1801 517 gross of steel pens, which, apportioned among the 133 members, would have given each mem- ber 560 pens during the session, or nine new steel pens each day, while the supply of steel pens charged to the state for the legislature of 1803 aggregated 322 gross, or 349 pens per every mem- be Will the secretary please explain how It was possible for the legislature, with all its extravagance and waste, to use up more steel pens than would sup- ten commercial colleges for five rs? Inasmuch as these steel pens were bought and parceled out by the secretary he ought to know whether or not the quantity for which the state paid was received from the contractor and actually delivered. If not, why were the bills O K'd and why was the state made to pay $832 for steel pens during two sessions of the legislature lasting loss than 130 days? According to Auditor Moore the state paid for sixty-four dozen pen Kknives during the session of 1801 and for thirty-nine dozen pen knives during the session of 18¢ That gave each mem- ber of the legislature of 1801 six pen knives and each member of the session of 1803 three and a half pen Knives. Will the see ¢ please explain what on earth made him buy 0 worth of pen knives in two ars? Where was his authority for buying them, and what proportion of them were actually used, and how many were lost, strayed or stolen? According to the auditor’s report mem- bers of the legislature of 1801 and 1803 were each presumed to be supplied with two pairs of shes for which vouchers were issued to the tune of $447 during those sessions. Can Sec y Allen ex- plain what became of these shears and for what particular use they were pur- chased? et The same questions suggest them- selves relating to the vouchers for brushes and brooms, carpets, hardware and other merchandise for which vouchers were drawn upon the treasur) under pretense that the articles bought were legislative necessaries. Only one rational conclusion can be d from the exhibit made by Audi- ore and that is that there has been the rankest jobbery in the pur- , delivery and handling of these legislative supplies. Reports that veach The Bee from other soure concerning the methods pursued by Secretary Allen in connection with his office are, if any- thing, more scandalous than the revela- tions made by Moore. Some of these scandals were touched by the legislative investigation two years ago, but the story of the worst abuses is yet to be published. The republicans of the next legislature must do some active hou cleaning and make it impossible for any officer to Incur bills at the expense of the state before there is a specific appropriation for the supplies or to in- vest in commodities that are not needed or certify to the delivery of merchandise which never reached the state house. A POIN ) THE COMMITTEE. Before the committee appointed by the Commercial club, which is to report on the location of the proposed mile- track and exposition grounds, takes ction it would be well to consider the advisability and feasibility of location on one of the tracts recently purchased for park purposes. ‘ake, for Instance, Miller park, which has as yet not been materially improved and can not be made available as a competitor of Hanscom park, Elmwood park or River- side park for years. Miller park is almost level and could readily be con- verted into a driving park, besides af- fording abundant space for exposition purposes. If there is any need of addi- tional ground on either side it can be secured by the right of eminent domain through the park commission at a fair price. The probabilities are, however, that no additional grounds will be needed, except for railway approaches. The roadway from the city to Miller park Is a boulevard, and if it was de- sirable the street railway would be ex- tended from the fort to any point ad- jacent to the exposition grounds, All the railroads can without a very heavy outlay extend tracks to points within easy reach. Quite apart from the advantage to be derived from the fact that the city alrendy owns this park and no taxes will ever be collectible thereon there is the further incentive that all im- provements can be made with a view to a permanent exposition or a zoo- logical garden on the plan of Phila- delphia and Cincinnati. That would form an attractfon all the year round and justify the acquisition. In its pres- ent aspect Miller park appears to be a municipal tree nursery which can only be made an attractive park by the ex- penditure of hundreds of thousands of dollars. To expend money on leased ground is a reckless waste, besides being a ba rier to the erection of sightly agd sub- stantial exposition buildings. The fact is, every building for public use should be constructed with a view to stability and permanency. Even if Omaha should not get the state fair this project Is feasible and would eventuate in an interstate exposition of the first magni- tud THE ARMENIAN ATROCITIES. The United States senate has asked the prasident for information regarding the massacres of Armenians in Turkey and as to what protests the government las recelved from Armenian citizens there. Another resolution offered in the senate and referred to the committee on foreign relations protests against the Turkish outrages and directs that the rewonstrance of this government be communicated to Turkey. The presi- dent's message devotes less than twenty lines to this matter, which has aroused the indignation of the civilized world, and the prompt attention given to it by Is this to be a regularly recurring con- dition? Omaha must Mmit her fire de- " partment to her means, the senate will be universally approved as In the interest of humanity and jus- tice, It would be unfair, perhaps, to assume that the president was Indiffer- ent, but it does seem that he might have glven congress and the country more In- formation and perhaps suggested what might properly be done by the govern- ment to show Its abhorrence of the atrocities. Perhaps it would not be quite consistent with our policy of non interference in the affairs of European countries to communicate a formal re- monstrance to Turkey, but it does seem that we could with propriety give ex- pression to sentiments that would have as much influence as a remon- strance. For a great Christian nation to stand speechl in the presence of atroclties which shock and appall hu- manity seems utterly Indefensible. The well authenticated reports of the horrible cruelties and outrages, some of them unspeakable, that have been per- petrated by the Turks upon the defense- less Armenlans ought to unite the en- tire clvilized world in demanding of the Turkish government reparation and future protection for the Armenians, so long as they remain under its authority, and the condign punishment of those whom it is found possible to convict of the outrages. This done, the govern- ments of Burope should lose no time in allowing the Armenians to establish a government of their own, It is not the business of the United States to take the initiative in such a movewment, but the American people are interested in the cause of humanity and they may with propriety join their voice with other civilized nations in reprobation of deeds of atrocity which are a re- proach to the age. BISHOP NEWMAN IN OMAHA. The presence and residence in Omaha of a man like Bishop J. P. Newman of the Methodist Episcopal charch add greatly to the importance and repute of the city. Of all the bishops of that great church Bishop Newman is the most cos- mopolitan, the one of the largest dis. tinction as a world-wide traveler, scho and orator. He has had a gre career for many years, and is now in the zenith of his fame and intellectual prowe Sinee 1860 Bishop Newman has been a large figure in American histo Close to Mr. Linco'n during the great war, and immediately after an active and ardent upholder of the federal government in the chief city of the south, the intimate friend of General Grant, :nd at all times and upon all occasions the eloquent de- fender and advocate of the nation and its interests, both in pulpit, on the ros- trum and through the press, Bishop Newman, more than almost any other man of the time, has impr: *d himself both upon church and state. Few men have traveled more than he, and none to greater purpose. His scholarship was early recognized by the learned bodies of Burope, of a number of which he was made a member, so that when he has gone once and again to the leading countries of the old world the highest cireles of culture and statesmanship have been open to him. For the last seven or eight months the Dbishop has been traveling in continental and northern Europe. His trained eye has seen below the surface of events as they have transpired in his personal presence and notice and he brings back with him stores of information that will be of the deepest value and interest to those that may be privileged to hear him. With respect for the city he has chosen as his episcopal residence he has thus far refrained from saying anything in public regarding his long tour abroad. What he has seen and heard and what the events of the past year mean to him as he looks at them with his practiced and experienced mind he has reserved to tell the people of his own home. His first word will be said in his lecture to- night at the First Methodist church. The people of Omaha will welcome Bishop Newman back to his home with an audience that will evidence their ap- preciation of his high character, his cos- mopolitan reputation and his great abili- ties as a profound scholar and a grace- ful orator. odium of for legis- Any attempt to throw the the extravagant expenditure lative supplies during 1891 and 1893 upon the legislatures of those years can- not befog or mislead the intelligent tax- payer. The legislature did not authorize the purchase of these supplies and it did not certify to the bills rendered. The purchases in those years were made be- fore the legislatui were in existence, just as the purchases of this year have been made before the legislature has convened, and contrary to law. The re- sponsibility of the eriminal recklessness of these purchases is in the state house and not with the legislatures. The leg- islatures of 1801 and 1893 were reckle: in making appropriations, but they were not to blame for acts of officers that in- volved the state In needless expense or for the notorious swindles perpetrated by contractors in collusion with officials. The coming legislature should repudiate the lawless contracts for supplies which the previous legislature had not author- ized to be bought and for which no requisition has been made, Chicago capitalists are perfecting plans for a huge structure to be known as Old Vienna, which, among other things, is to include a reproduction of the Old Vienna of the World's fair, a Vienna cafe, a first class hotel, lodge and meeting rooms, and an immense auditorium with seating capacity for 12,000 persons. Of course, Omaha can not hope to do things on the Chicago scale, but the idea of a combination amusement, auditorium and hotel ven- ture may not be inappropriate. Omaha certainly needs all three, and if it can secure all at once, so much ths better. If all are not attalnable at present let us have as many as we can and take the others separately at the earllest possible da, The appeal issued by the people of Boyd county for aid for those of their residents who have been rendered prac- tically destitute by the crop-destroying drouth of last summer is doubtless meri- torious and should receive the immedi- ate attention of the Nebraska Relief commission. The more fortunately sit- uated citizens of Nebraska are respond- ing to the call for contributions for the drouth sufferers and in this part of the state have recognized the state commis- slon as the best agency for distributing m DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, rellef. Tt Is impossible to Institute sep- arate solicitation for each appeal that may be made from particular sections of the disthGhbed district. It is to be feared thaf){ha people have not compre- hended the magnitude of the work that devolves wpbf ‘them nor the urgency of the cases. This last statement from Boyd county should spur on the commit- tees who haye the relief work in hand and impress upon every one the neces- sity for immediate contributions of food and ('lu(hIr;: 4o the extent that each one's resoddes will permit Thaoks, Awfully. RbKy Mountain News. Ja @e congratulated on having Omaha is won the hold¥ of entertaining the next se. sion of the Transmississippi con Th cholce was a wise one, as the city combines all the requirements for successfully enter- taining the delega Looking Out for Number One. * Globe-Democrat. England owns 61 per cent of all the mer chant vessels in the world, Germany stan g second, France third, and the Unite States fourth, It will be noticed that Eng- land is not anxious for any difficulty ‘that will bring forth a swarm of privateers, et o Coal Combine. New Work World. there be a more cruel conspiracy this which clips the miners' scant | earnings, makes warmth arbit arily dear and causes an increase in coal-carrying div- | idends to be coincident with an increase in the death rate among the poor? If there al no laws to prevent or punish such conspiri cles, what are laws for? gt ¥ A SR Harmless Amusemont. ’ Courler-Journal t Is a harmless amusement to su : ggest names for the next democratic presidential nomin m, but in indulging in it at least an apps ‘ance of consistency should be con- sulted raining from~ proposing men eady left the demc atic part. 1 these remarks fo our coj spondent who wants young Mr, Bryan of {H&r ska to head the next democratic The Could than PR, AT, BRING THE SETTLERS BACK. O'NEILL, Neb., Dec. 4.—To the Editor of The Bee: I note with interest your editorial in last Sunday's Bee, headed: “Bring the Settlers Back.” It fs timely and to the point. Nebraska has lost a great many set- tlers the past year or two by reason of dry seasons and short crops, and this section of the state has, I regret to say, furnished her quota of the deserters, It affords me no little satistaction, however, to be able to say that a united effort in the right direction is now being made by our people to arrest this tide of migration, and also to induce those who have left us for perhaps more favored localities to return and renew their operations in house building, as well as to encourage others seeking for homes to do the same. This united effort is in the direc- tion of taking the idle surplus of waters which have for so many years run wasted to | the seas and utilize them for the purposes | of agriculture—to supply the molisture which | the growing crops need so badly and do not get in the regular way. Already many en- terprises are now under way which have for their object the reclamation of hundreds of thousands ofy mcres of our fertile lands on which the most” bountiful crops can be raised when only the moisture can be had. The Elkhotfi‘Trrigation company has just completed a thirteen-mile ditch south of this town which redeems over 9,000 acres of as fine land as,can be found anywhere in the state. All of;it was at one time settied up, but most of jt iy now abandoned. That it will readily Do resctiled now, however, is | quite probable. Much of it can be bought | at very reasonable’ figures yet, as it is largely owned by non-residents. All' of it is within slght of the city of O'Neill and under irri- | gation will ing ,-Tn time become very valu- ‘i able, The Niobrata Hiver Irrigation and Power company aref fow at work taking water rights for th nammoth enterprise. Their projected dif wilF be 250 miles long, be- sides several Wiindred miles more of laterals Two - to three<“wundred thousand ~acres of land will be watered by them in Cherry, Brown, Rock and Holt counties. The Bwing Irrigation and Power company has been organized with a capital of $25,000. They propose taking water from the South Fork, south of the town of Ewing, and re- claim some 10,000 acres with it. A number of smaller enterprises in this county are also under way along the Eagle, Red Bird, Black Bird, Sand creek, Cache creek and Verdigris, and many of our farm- ers will erect windmllls to irrigate ten and fifteen acre patches. In the south part of this county there are a number of smali arteslan wells which irrigate a number of small tracts already, and more will be sunk to the flow and made to answer the same purpose the coming season. All in all, this section of Nebraska prom- is¢s to Dblossom again as the veritable rose in the near future. The certainty of a crop with irrigation will give us a permanency and our real estate a value which they have hever possessed before. Irrigation will make us & country of smail farms developed to thelr fullest capacity and our people a pros- perous and happy class. It will usher in a new era, better, richer and more permanent. Yes, Mr. Editor, your suggestion is a good one. Let our railroads assist the people to recover what we have lost in way of popula- tion by calling the attention of the emigra- tion public to the fact that even the blister- ing rays of an August sun or the meager rain allowance of a parsimonious weather clerk cannot paralyze the energy of our en- terprising people; that our genius and push are equal to any emergency, and though the clouds may refuse to weap over our thirsty and dying crops, our rivers and lakes will supply the deficlency through ditches and laterals carefully constructed. Yours truly, CLARENCE SELAH. il NEBRASKA JOURNALISM. Schuyler Quill: It is amusing to so often read in the World-Herald about “‘the poor, old Bee,’ when the facts are that The Beo is a successful, profitable enterprise and the World-Herald is an expensive luxury to its owners, Hastings Nebraskan: The discussions in- Qulged in by a number of Nebraska news- papers with respect to Rosewater's connec- tion with the gubernatorial fight reads like | child’s prattle. Some editors should eat liberally of fish diet while the weather is cool. Aurora Sun: The people are not fools. And they would almost be considered so if they thought more people were subscribing for | the B. & M. Journal than The Omaha Bee. The Journal may give away more papers than The Bee, but it is preposterous to suppose it sells more. The news is what the people are wanting, and they find it in The Bee. - A FAIE RETURN. New York Sun. ‘Twas after the play, as we bowled along In the carrigge. Ah, how well There lingers now in my heart of hearts The magic of that spell! I dared not speak in an uttered word The thoughtin my heart that night, But I gazed i her eyes and I felt she knew, And 1 thrilled with wild delight. Then it was that J dared, as we sped along, To touch her hand with mine Under the robe, and I thrilled again With ecstacy divine. And I pressed it gently. Alas for me! For later on, I own, I found I'd pressed not my dear one's hand, But that of her chaperon. 0, reader dear, pray blame me not, This shows in me no lack; I squeezed the wrong hand, it s true; But then, she squeezed mine back. DEB 6, 1894, | clearly better let alone for the present. — THE PRESIDENT'S MESSAGE, Kansas City Journal (rep): Like all his officlal acts during the present term tho document is a disappointmeny to the people and must be a humiliation to his remaining adherent Chicago Tribune (ren): With the excep- tion of the brief tar:’ stalement and the somewhat longer financial statement the mes- sage s purely clerical and reflects the rou- tine work of the departments Chicago Herald (dem.): On the whole, it 18 a satisfactory document, which clears up the situation amazingly, which will excite but_little hostile criticism and which is a creditable American state paper. Minneapolis Times (dem.): The document contains a good deal of valuable information for all good citizens, but it will require a day's hard study to extricate it from the ocean of verblage in which it flounders. Chicago Times (denf.): It is characteristic of him in its boldness, in its devotion to the principle of tarift reform, and, most un- happlly, in its complete acquiescence in those principles of monetary science preached in bank parlors and practiced for the profit of bankers St. Paul Globe (dem.): Was Mr. Cleve- land ever a newspaper man? is a question that may be asked when reading his recom- mendations concerning the mails. He thinks a reform in the line suggested would event- ually result in carrying periodicals and news- papers free. Paul Ploneer Press (rep.): rency is the only subject of first-rate portance with which it deals, and that The cur- im- were The | best advice to give to this congress is that which the president refused to follow in con- structing his message, “Cut it short. Chicago Mall (rep.): President Cleveland's annual message gives the impression that it was written by a tired man. He falls to pitch into the democratic congress, he scolds no one, and he ayoids Cleveland phrases, For the most part he contents himself with a tiresome review of the reports of the various abinet officers, agreeing with their recom- mendations for legislation. Kansas City Times (dem.): The message is written in that vigorous style and rugged period which marks all the state papers of Mr. Cleveland. It is likely to make a pro- found impression on congress and the country and may stimulate such a measure of energy on the part of the senators and members dur- ing the short session as will secure some of the important reforms recommended. Chicago Fost (dem.): Every one who glances at the message will be struck by the austerity of style whish it shows. The familiar Clevelandesque aphorisms and axioms, those ponderous and awful alliterations which he has hurled at our devoted heads for ten years, off and on, are wholly absent. We icok in vain for the “innocuous desuetude’ phaso of his genius. The illuminations are extinct. The springs of fancy are exhausted. The message is as dry as a covered bridge. Globe-Democrat (rep.): The message of President Cleveland this year s the longest ono that he has ever written and the one that contains the least matter of original interest and importance. It is composed mainly of abstracts of the reports of the different departments, with passing recom- mendations upon points that do not particu- larly affect the general welfare. * * * That part of the message which will attract the most attention is the outline of a plan for a new currency systen Denver Republican (rep.): Before his last election to the presidency Mr. Cleveland was constant, In season and out of season, in telling the country how the rich were getting richer and the poor poorer under the repub- lican protective policy. What a pity it Is that he found no space in his latest volumi- nous and platitudinous message to tell his fel- low citizens how both the rich and the poor having been getting poorer ever since his party obtained absolute control of the leg- isiative and executive branches of the gov- ernment! Denver News (pop.): The “elasticity” that fills the president's mind is not that flexi- bility which the changing moods. of commerce may require, but the ability upon the part of banks to contract the volume of currency at will. Like the fabled Aeolus, who held the winds by wkich he sped his voyage confined in a bag these favored corporations will hold the entire money of the country under the control of the syndicate which will repre- sent them, to flow out or be drawn in as it shall desire. It is shocking to think of the vast power for evil such a law would confer upon the greedy and remorseless of the coun- try—a power which would inevitably be used for the inordinate enrichment of the bankers and the misery and impoverishment of the people. Courier-Journal (dem.): The president's annual message, transmitted to congress yes- terday, is unusually long, and is almost as uninteresting as it is long. Aside from the endorsement and synopsis of Secretary Car- lisle’s plan for currency reform, with one or two other recommendations, the message has but little other significance than attaches to a clerk-like condensation of the various departmental reports. In this respect it is different from some of the preceding mes- sages of Mr. Cleveland. * * * The fea- ture that will attract most attention is the recommendation of a plan looking to the commendable object of divorcing the govern- ment from the business of banking and pro- viding for an ample, elastic and perfectly sate bank currency. e Looking Backward. Wisner Chronicle. Once on a time the Fremont Tribune led a bolt against k. K. Valentine for congress, and yet it was not read out of the party. On the contrary, its editor, Ross Hammond, is still very mich in evidence at every state convention. There Is one thing in politics that is more foolish than nominating candi- dates to spite somebody else, and that is this talk about reading out of the party all who refuse to support all of its candidates at all times, — BARBS OF MIRTH. Buffalo Courfer: If youw'll notice, the hatchet-faced man seldom splits his’ sides with laughter. Richmond Dispatch: With the college barber it s an everyday occurrence to score a touchdown. Ol City Blizzard: Stag called, so it is said, because usually stagger home from them. parties are so the men Yonkers Statesman: The horse Is ‘sup- osed to be man's best friend, unless he happens to bet on him in a race. Washington Star: “Full sleeves are still very popular,”” sald the girl who was de- signing a new dress, i * replied the girl who enjoys foot but not as popular as full backs.” Dallas News propose liberate old lawyer who ¢ a young widow on busin vacious client exclaimed, “I accept.” are now partners. " began the de- d around to see , when hig vi- They Texas Siftings: She—It is very nice to go to the theater, but you never take me along when you go.” He~Well, I'll take you with me tonight. "There 18 a play on the boards you ought to see, She—What s it? He— *The Taming of the Shrew." Yonkers Statesman: Tramp— s's ear for a minute? Husband—I think you can get her ear, but I'm you wait until she comes downstairs you can get a piece of her mind. “an't 1 get Buffalo Courier: No matter how others of ‘his race may have to live, the colored sleeping car porter always insists upon good quarters for himself. Somerville Journal: Wiggles—Excuse me, old man, for saying so, but that was a pretty tough cigar that you gave me yes- terday. Waggles—Yes, 1 thought so. It was one that you gave me yourself about a week ago. A WORD OF CAUTION, Detrolt Free Press “I know a bank whereon the grows," He sang, when s And’ whispered, hear— He has too many wild times now, I fear.” wild thyme ddenly his hostess rose Do not let my husband Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report al Ro Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE GOV, BOYD HAS A BACKSET His Namo Sail to Have Been Withdrawn from Oonsideration at Washington, MAY NOT GET THE POSTOFFICE AFTER ALL Connoyer 18 Morton's Prefercnce for tho Place and He Stands a Good Show of Winning—Lowe and Rus- tin Are Applicants, WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE DEE. 1407 F Street, N. W, WASHINGTON, Dec. § It 1s understood at the Postoffice ¢ partment today that the name of ex-Gov ernor Boyd had been withdrawn, or will bo withdrawn, from consideration as a candidate for appointment as post master at Omaha. Secretary Morton is in- clined to urge the appointment of Charles Connoyer. It Is also ascertained that W. W. Lowe and C. B. Rustin are candidates for the position, and either one of them might prove satisfactory to Secretary Morton as a second cholce, It seems likely, however, that the secretary may have his first choice gratified in the matter by the appointment of Connoyer. Governor Boyd has told a personal friend here this afternoon that he will not voluntarily withdraw. ALLEN INDIGNANT AT PUGH Senator Allen secured the passage of a reso- lution in July last calling upon the attorney general for all telegraphic and other corre spondence between the railroad corporations and the Department of Justice concerning the strike at Chicago. During the absence of Senator Allen on the following day, on mo- tion of Scnator Pugh, the r lution was reconsidered. Senator Allen did not know of this proceeding until today, when he intro: duced a resolution striking from the Con- gressional Record all accounts of the pro- ceedings by which his resolution was rescinded, He will address the semate to- morrow on this resolution. He says that Senator Pugh flagrantly violated courtesy” when he opposed the Allen resolu- tion at a time when its author was absent from the senate chamber. Edgar M. Westervelt, the receiver of the Citizens National bank of Grand Island, which failed some time ago, is here closing up the matters connected with his office. He had a short conference today with Comptroller of the Currency Eckels. W. P. Taylor, an Omaha banker, is here on his way home from New York, and called | upon Congressmen Mercer and Hainer of | the capitol today Senator Manderson has accepted an invita. tion to deliver an addre at the exercises connected with the presentation of the statues | of General Stark and Daniel Webster, to be placed in Statuary hall in the capitol build- ing by the citizens of the state of New Hamp- shire on December 21 PICKLER WANTS TO KNOW. Congressman Pickler of South Dakota today introduced a resolution directing the secre- tary of the tre: ry to transmit to the house a list of the soldiers of the late war who have been discharged from the different bu- reaus of the department since March 4, 1893, senatorial with a statement as to the cause dismissals. The resolution was referred to the committee on invalid pensions. Mr. Pick- ler says that this resolution is introduced by the request of a large number of Grand Army of the Republic veterans, Senator Kyle today introduced a bill grant- ing right of way through the Sioux Indian reservation to the Forest City & Sioux City Railroad company. The bill was referred to the committee on Indian affairs. The secretary of interior has rendered de- cislon on appeals from the decisions of the commissioner of the general land office in the following cases: Eugene M. Cooley against Sidney Fisher, Watertown district, South Da- Kota, application for certiorari denied and Fisher's entry is held for cancellation; Frank Shank against Lawrence S. Gillick, McCook district, Nebraska, motion for review denied and Gititck's” entry held for cancellation. Postmasters have been appointed as follows: Towa—Massillon, Cedar county, Ida M. Keith vice H. J. Brockman, resigned; Oswalt, Jas- per county, Stella Clark vice Elias Frieberg, resigned. ' South Dakota—Clarkson, Turner county, Mary A. McKercher, vice Milton Salmon, resigned, Dr. F. S. Hunt has been appointed an ex- amining surgeon for the pension bureau at O'Nelll, Neb. GOVERNMENT FOR 1 IAN TERRITORY Senator Berry Introduces a Bill to Create the Territory of Indlanola. WASHINGTON, Dec. 5.—The bill intro- duced in the senate today by Senator Berry to provide a temporary government for the portion of the Indian territory occupied by the five clvilized tribes provides that a terri- tory shall be formed, to be known as the territory of Indianola. Among the first pro- visions made Is one to the effect that any time In the future the boundaries may be changed or any portion attached to any other state or territory by the action of congress without the consent of the inhabitants of the new territory. The bill provides for a governor and a secretary of the territory, a bly. All male citizens of tho United Statey Who are actual residents and over 21 yeart of age are to have the right to vote, as a also all male Indians who are citizens any tribe in the territory. It is provided that no law shall be passed by the legisla« ture Interfering with the primary disposal | of the soil or with the titles of the Indiang of the various tribes or thelr manner of hold« ing the same. Indian homesteads are made inalienable and are exempt from taxation. The bill provides for a complete judicial syse tem and adopts a large number of tho laws of the state of Arkansas. All the provisions of treaties heretofore made by the United States with the civilized tribes, except so fat as the treaties relate to land titles, are abro- gated and repealed and all governments ese tablished by the tribes abolished. The landt now held in common by the several tribes are to be divided in severalty among thy members of the tribes, each to have a home: stead of 140 acres, and after this division the residue is to be sold and the proceeds dis vided among the Indians. | INAUGURATED A TARIFF WAR. | Germans Moving to Shut Out One More | Amorlean Product. ¢ HINGTON, Dec. 5.—Germany has | taken the initiative step toward curtailing the importation of another American product in the proposition now before the Bundesrath to enormously Increase the duty on cotton seed ofl. The proposition #s to increase the present duty, which is §1, to $2, equivalent to a duty of 250 per cent, and as the proposi- tion is supported by the combined agrarian and protectionist industrial parties there can be little doubt that it will succeed. Tha subject iy treated at length In a report ta the State department by United States Cons sul Merrit, at Bremen. He says that in the future cotton seed oil and oil nuts and seeds will pay a high duty. The ralsing of the duty Is supported by the report that its use for food purposes rose from 142,000 pounds in 1885 to over 600.000 pounds in 1893, By means of simple processes of res fining, cotton seed ofl can be turned into sweet ofl, and is used to a great extent in the manufacture of artificial butter, and also for the ervation of fish. “All this means,” says the consul, “that ermany intends to strike at cotton seed oil and means to strike oleomargarine. If offi- cially drugged so as to be unfit for trans- formation into food the oil will be admitted at a much lower rate. The result will be a considerable rise in the price of the mater- fal for the marufacture of oleomargarine, but, unlike our American manufacturers, the Germans have not succeeded in producing the oil frem the seed fit for food purposes.’ The consul marks the progress of this trafic war in the significant paragraph: “I had hoped to be able to report that there was a sincere desire on the part of the Ger- man people to join the people of the United States in a mutual effort for the extension of the commerce of both countries, but the foregoing, together with recent edicts against American beef, would indicate to a certaln extent a different attitude in this country toward the enlargement of trade in American products.” The Slightest Celd in a delicate constitution is the nursery of consumption. If a cough follows, it should be regarded with suspicion, Itis frequently one of th: earliest symptoms of consumption. 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