Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 16, 1894, Page 12

| [ e THE e QMAHA SUNDAY BEE WATE — PUBLISHED —_— ARY MORNING. TERMS OF Daily Bee (Without & § 00 10 0 Daily 1 i Bix Months ew Three Montha 230 Bunday one Year 200 Baturdny Weekly 1 Omaha, The Tiee uth Omaha, wen! ith Sta, el Chicago New mme 5, TribY s Blog. All communieations tordal matter shouid LUSINE All business letters o nddressed to The O D chocks and be made paye TiLe TLATION. wecrotary of The 1ee Pub- n, snys Gt STATEMI George 1, Tzachuck, fishing company, being duly &w OF CIRC the actual number ¢ ind complet of the Dully Murning i and Sun printed during the mont November, i as follows: Less coples Total #o'd... Dally avera "It now looks as If the Japanese army would its Christmas turkeys in Peking. ¢ Board of Transportation has rvecommended that the maximum freight rate s be appealed to the court of Iast vesort. In this the board s eminently correct—but dc it mean it? The St Ol Fort Omaha would afford a su- perb site for a government military school. We presume the Nebraska dele the fact vith local gation in cong ppreci and will take action accord sentimeat in the matter, The new line of the Postal Telegraph between Omaha and San S just been completed. Thi enterprising company is rapidly cover ng the entire country and is already lusty competitor of the great Western Union The Bee tomorrow will contain the full text of Mr. Rosewater’s Beatrice ad- dress. As a chapter of early political history, it will prove of interest and value to thousands of readers who have taken up their residence in this state in recent years. An Omaha railway official expresses himself in opposition to railroad rate pooling, on the ground that vailways will not keep faith in any compnet made. That is obviously true, yet the principle involved in the law prohibiting pooling, recently repealed in the house, is no less sound and commendable. company The government has spent millions of dollars In recent years in Missouri river improvements above and below Omaha, while this city has had to. get along with meager appropriations for the pur- pose. There is reason for the hope that Omaba’s claims will soon receive recog- nition at the hands of congress. W. P. St. John of the Mercantile bank of New York, who has been associated with the silver bullionaires for the past ten years, has appeared before the banking and currency commission of the house to present the views of the eastern capitalists who are favorable to free silver. The eastern capitalists who are favorable to free silver are about as scarce s hen's teeth. e It is fortunate that the promoters of the frrigation movement have cliosen Kearney for their convention next week, The people of the central west know from vbservation the work accomplished by ‘rrigating enterprises and they see the importance of a state-wide move- ment looking to the encourngement of any effort to reclaim the arid lands of the western portion of this state, —_— The socialists of Germany have a way of showing their disrespect for royalty by keeping their seats when they are asked to rise In legislative assembles, This negative revolt was strikingly il- lustrated at Munich, when one of the socialist-democratic members retained his seat when all the members of the city council were asked to rise as a token of gratitude for the prince regent’s ‘dhqmnnuhnm of charity, wrung in the shape of taxes from his Bavarian sub- Jects, | Oue of the causes of the shrinkage in the school fund apportionment for the last half of the fiscal year is said to be the defielt in the temporary school fund caused by the failure of banks in which the state had deposits. This will he one of the subjects in which the legislature will have to take an interest.. The con- stitution makes it incumbent upon the legislature to make provision for replac- Ing all losses to the school fund and such action should be tak earliest possible moment, even if a di- rect tax has to be levied. — Judge Jenkins has decided that the wages of employes of a railroad now under control of thé federal court can- not be garnisheed. If such a decision holds good with respect to the Northern Pacific, employes of the Union Pacific road may have some interest in it, al- though the laws of Nebraska are de- cidedly favorable to employes of rail- roads as well as those of private cor- porations and firms. ‘There are mem- bers-clect of the leg' slature who are now formulating bills desigued to facilitute the collection of debts of employes. The law committee of the federation of labor will doubtless contest such a bill, yet they will not seek to shield any man who makes a practice of cheating his ereditors, The subject i3 oune entitled to careful consideration. noat the | RALLWAYS AND RAILWAY STRIKES. | The decision of Judge Woods of the | federal cirenit court in the Debs con- | tempt cases has revived the very grave | fssues fuvolved in the wre Pullman | | strike, hose fssues will never e set- | | tled until they are setticd There ! | are 800,000 persous. emnpl by the ra d companies of the Tnited ntes | and there are 70,000,000 of people vitally | concerned n the safe, speedy and unin- | terrupted operntion of American ralil- | | ways, which form the main arterios of {onr commerce and fndustry. Public safety demands that nothing but the | {uncontrollable force of the shali at any time block highy s or render tr dangerous, It therefore becomes of amonnt importance that railroad | all be made fmpossible, not by | force or by compulsory servies, hut un- dor conditions that.will gecave fair pay | and fair treatment to all railroad em- ployes and attach them to the service | by self-interest, This is the problem | t must be solved in the very n | future unless the country: is to be plunged n and again into industrial anpreh, The average American workingman is 80 congtituted that he will brave dun- [ geons and cven the gallows i the a sertion of what he believes to e his in- plienable right under our form of gov- nment, Among these inalienable rights is the right of association for mu- tual protection and advancement of common interests, and another is (he vight to withhold his services when the tions under which they arve to be performed are unsatisfactory or oppres- . These fundamental rights Ameri- can workingmen will never surrender. The consensus of opinions rendered by our courts gives ench workingman the vight to refuse to work providing he will not interfere with the man who has been hived to take his place or resort to attempting to coerce his employers to accede to his demands either as an individual or collectively as a1 member of a labor organization, The deecision of the courts in the Debs se has, however, gone one step fur v practically decrecing that the officers of labor o zations shall, if enjoined from orde a boycott, he punishable for its violation. This posi tion is taken on the ground that rail- United States mails and , under the interstate commerce act, employes bocome subject to fed- ulation to protect the property of the United States while it is in transit. If this decision is sustained by the su- preme court we shall have veached a stage in our jurisprudence that must sooner or later bring about railway su- pervision by federal authority. If this hecomes the fixed policy in dealing with ilrond problem the railway man- agers will have to submit to regulations that will place employes under the pro- tecting care of the government, just the same as if the railroads were owned and operated by the government. The patrons of the railroads will hail the day when such conditions shall pre- vail. What the railroads should have done long ago, and what they should do voluntarily now, is to exact loyal and efficient service from every employe, but accord to each employe steady emgloy- ment, fair pay, humane treatment and promotion based upon merit and long service If this were done railrond strikes would be rave, if not absolutely impossible. Most of the. railrond strikes that have occurred within late ws could have been averted by mu- nl concession and arbitration, but autocratic managers who do not own a thousand dollars of railroad property have entailed losses upon their com- panies amounting to millions and Jjeopardized the lives and limbs of their patrons by their despotic dealing with employes and general bullbeadedness. The great body of American working- men, and especially the rallway cm- ployes, should endeavor to bring about the solution of the problem on those lin If they pull together in favor of a well digested plan that will place every em- ploye of a railroad under government supervision and protection and require railway managers to submit all differ- ences that caunot be amicably settied to arbitration courts and arbitration juries of disinterested experts they will obviate all future incentive for strikes. clenents se public | sit over them | violence in TO AMEND Till} SUGA K SCHEDULE. It is reported from Washington that Senator Vest is determined to make an effort to get up the bill to amend the sugar schedunle of the Wilson tariff anct. notwithstanding the action of the demo- eratic caucus adverse to the considera- tion of taviff questions at the present sesslon, The Dill, it s said, which the Missouri senator wants considered is the measure passed by the Louse just before the close of the last session mal ing all sugar free, and which the finance committee of the senate reported with an amendment providing that a duty of 40 per cent should be levied un sugar of every grade, eliminating the differ- entiai and discriminating duties im- posed under the existing law. It is understood that in this move- ment Mr. Vest will have the support of Senato Wy, Vilas and a few other democrats, and i he should be gene ally supported by the republicans he will be successful in having this bill taken up. It is thought to be un- likely, however, that the DIl as amended by the senate will receive an affirmative vote. According to trust- worthy information, should the bill be taken up, the republicans will offer nu- merous amendments, covering nearly all the tariff schedules, and the Louis- iana men will make an effort to add a provision for payment of bounty on the last crop of domestic sugar. Thus the fact consideration of any one mental taviff Dbills would iscussion on the en- tive tariff’ n will doubtless op- erate to deféat any effort to get up the sugar bill. That there 18 a very strong feeling in both branches of congress that some- thing ought to be done to check the ex- actions of the sugar retining monopoly there can be no doubt. The significant declaration of the president in his an- nual message that “so far as the sugar schedule is coacerned, I would be glad, under existing. aggravations, to see every particle of differential duty in favor of refined sugur stricken out of | still 1a { hop | of onetenth of a SUN DAY, DECEMBER 16, 1894. our tariff law,” undoubtedly is con- enrred In by a majority of the mem- bers of congross, as it unquestionably is by a 1majority of the people. As the prosident pointedly said: “If, with gl the favor now accorded the sugar re- fining interest in our tariff Jaws, it refineries and thousands of discharged workmen, it would seem to present a ogs case for r nable legislative afd” In a recent Interview, Repre- sentative Wilson, «hairman of the ways nd means comm’tiee, nrged that it 1s the imperative duty of congress to re- peal the one-eighth of a eent duty on refined sugar, the only excuse for which is the protection it gives the trust, It wounld seem, however, that the chances are unfavorable to this being done, 1d probably the only change that will be made in the sugar schedule is to strike out the diseriminating duty cent on sugar im- ported from countries that pay an ex- port bounty. This must be done if we expect to have restored to us the mar- kets of Germany, Denmark and other continental countries for our cattle and to retain those markets for our hog produets, and the pressure that will be Drought upon congress to do away with this diseriminating duty can hardly fail to have the desired result. Con- s will not, it is safe to say, d gard the demand of the great meat pro- dueing interest of the count BUILDING AND LOAN 'l'l.'lTH)l.\'.". The recommendation of Hon, Bugene Moore, state auditor, I his report to the governor, for amendments to the aw governing building and loan asso- dations was warmly approved by the convention of the Nebraska State lenge. Auditor Moore uriged that the law “be made more speeific and less cumbersome, the better to enable a cor- rect intcrpretation and enhance the ofulnes of as fons. The growth of co-operative lome buildin in the state and throughout the countr commends the movement to the foste <0 ing cave of legislators. Experience is constantly improving on old systems. So rapid are the changes that laws of five and ten years ago are unfitted for the conditions of today. The present law of Nebraska follows too closely the original homestead act of 1873, and re- stricts within narrow bounds the opera- tions of co-operative associations. Too radi innovations, should not be countenanced. The is that which experience in the older states justifies and commends, And there is an abundance of experience to draw from in formulating amendments to the Nebraska law. The present law is open to many objections, one of which, as stated by Auditor Moore in an address before the league, is the premium bid system of awarding loans. The re- stricted holding of shares is considered too low and should be materially in- creased. In- Ohio and Pennsylvania, where the association movement has venched fts highest development, no limit is placed on the holding of shares, and the fear of clique. control, which suggested the limitation in Nebraska, is now shown to be groundless. - There ‘ought to be no great difficulty in securing the desired improvements in the law, whether in the form of amendments to the present law or the enactment of a comprehensive meas- ure covering the best features of build- ing and loan laws of other states. The majority of legislators ave familiar with the beneficent influence of co-operative associations and may be relied on to give their support to measures designed to encourage their growth and safe- guard the savings in their keeping. FOREST PROTECTION AND CULTURZ. In his last annual report the secretary of the interior renewed his recommenda- tion of legislation which might lay the foundation for a wise, comprehensive forestry system to be applied to the timber upon the public lands and forest reservations. He referred to the bill introduced at the last session of con- gress, which had been approved by the land office and numerous forestry asso- ciations, and said that the passage of some such measure would ‘be a sub- stantinl stride in the direction of pre- paring for a forestry system which would preserve to the people of this country a great product now plentiful, but from the want of intelligent cure being rapidly wasted and deplenished. This wmeasure has recently been under consideration in the house. It provides that upon the authority of the secretary of the interior dead or grown trees may be removed in order to promote the growth of the young timber. - The secretary is authorized to establish regu- lations by which the trees selected for felling shall be appraised and turned over in limited quantities to the several purchasers. The money arising from the salé of the wood is to be applied to the culture and preservation of the forests. 1f parts of the forest reservi- tions prove better fitted for agriculture it than for timber culture the presidi , on the recommendation of the sec retary of the interior, restore them by proclamation to the public domain for homestead settlement. A good deal of opposition to the measure was de- veloped. 1t was declared by its op- ponents 1o be a scheme to facilitate the industry of the timber thieves and it was urged that if these depredators were permitted to enter the forests under this legislation they would soon corrupt the agents of the land office and pursue their work of desolation with impunity. According {o official statement, during the ten years between | 1880 and 1800 timber to the value of more than §54,000,000 has been unlaw- fully cut on the public domain and the depredation still goes on. The ultimate result everybody can see. The western reservations will within the life time of a generation be denuded of timber. The secretary of the interlor says in his repor “In view of the large number of depredations upon these reserves it seems imperative that congress should appropriate sufficient money to place at least one superintendent upon each reservation and upon the larger reserves to provide him with a sufficient number of assistants to prevent the publie property from being wantonly de- stroyed.” There are some cogent measures against the proposed legisla- tlon, but there is also good reasou to ruishes to the estent of closed | belleve THAF its operation would give better protection to the forests of the public domain than they now have, and In view of the fact fhat it has been ap- proved by the secretary of the interior and the § commissioner we think | congressipi gt safely adopt it. With all the consideration this matter has re- ceived :nx'l__wltll the example of foreign | governmends to guide us it would seem that A‘HHtN'i‘r ought to be able to reach o wise shifibn of the problem of forest pres '\'nl!my It is difficult to under- stand whi # has not long since done 8o, ! IMMERCIAL LAW. UNTF A Dill recently introduced in the house of represeritatives lodks to uniformity in the commercial law of the various | states of the unfon, It proposes to create a commission to prepare codes of procedure in the federal courts. It i8 provided that this commission shall prepare codes of substantive law upon subjects of commereial and mercantile law, and especially the law upon sales and sellers’ liens, stoppage In transitu, the Hability of cs zotiable paper, the making a xecution of deeds and the law of domestic rel | tions, including marriage and divoree, and upon such other topies of the as to which it may scem desirable to the commissioners that there should be uniformity throughout the country; and to prepare codes of civil procedure and criminal procedure for the courts of the United ates. Drafts of proposed laws are to Dbe submitted to the commis- sioners of the several states and ter tories that have appointed or may here- after appoint commissioners on uniform laws for their advice and co-operation. The important object of this measure is to have sowme uniform practice in the great commercial states regarding com- mercial matters, It is urged that the way in which the country is knit to gether and the promptness of communi fon over inte te routes make it desirable to put an end to the wide differences Doth in statute law and the interpretation by the courts of the states of the Iaw merchant. Such: questions as those of the delivery of security for a debt after the creation of the debt. the liability of a first endorser on 2 note as co-maker, the liability of com mon carriers and the manner of ac- knowledging deeds, are constantly caus- ing annoyance beeause the decisions in different states vary so from those in other states or in the supreme court of the United States. Some progress in the direefién_of uniformity has been made by the meetings of state railrond commissioners held annually in Wash- ton under the' auspices of the Interstate Commerce'commission, and it is desired to continye this system of recommend- ing the best laws in other commercial relations. 1t is suggested as not unlikely that some of thdé lawyers who will appear before the heuse judiciary committee in advocacy,of the bill will advocate direct federal legislation on certain sub- jects and open up a very broad ques- tion as to ‘the extent and scope of federal pojverr; It Is maintained in some aypartérs_that the power of congress:to regulate . commerce between the' states cin be exterdedl to cover such subjects as the liability of common carriers when engaged in interstate commerce, and the validity of commercial paper and all commercial transactions between parties who are citizens of different states. This would be such.a long stride in the direction of centralization that it is likely to cause a lively debate in committee and a deal of opposition if it is proposed in. the house The question of uniform laws among the states, particularly upon subjects of commercial and mercantile law, has re- cefved attention for several years past from the National Bar association and there can be mno doubt about its im- portance. ¥niformity in the commercial law of the various states of the union would certainly be in the interest of a more prompt and better administration of justice, while it would simplify the work of business men and their legal advisers. —_— e The State Board of Transportation asks Governor Crounse to recommend in his forthcoming message that the legis- lature shall make an appropriation to cover the expense of appealing from the decision of Justice Brewer in the maxi- mum rate case. So far so good. Small vors thankfully received. If the board would now urge the governor to recom- mend that the legislature shall dispense with two of its three secretaries who are drawing $2,000 a year for doing nothing except helping to set up pins for ratlrond politicians, packing prima- ries and conventions and furnishing railrond organs with ready-made mo- nopoly editorials, they would place the taxpayers of the state under some obli- gations. One secretary is all the state board needs, in view of the fact that it has no other functions than to register the edicts of the railroad manager: It has cqmé.to be a custom to elect lawyers, fawi laboring men and professiona)” peliticizas to seats in the state legijlatdre. Little interest Is shown in ;haging the great body of business men <properly represented in our state 1AW making body, yet there important as the trade 1vewill devolve upon some of the membery'bf the forthcoming session to devise Jaws in promotion of trade and to pretect the commerce of Ne- braska froth 1bbyists who will seek to secure the passage of laws detrimental to tradeswen. — )Y ¢ Bhould Smile. 4y Gaurier-Journal Kate Field 4sKs: “Are we financlal cow- ards?’ Indeed, no! = Observe how every mother's son Of us Is rushing forward to settle the national finances interest. The Cuckoo is Calling. Kansas City Star, The clvil serviee is extended to all classes of government officials and s exerting a purifylng influence In American politics Which the country would never have known had it not been for Grover Cleveland, Pliladelphia Record. There s likely to spring up midway between the Atlantic and Pacitle coast a rolific source of sugar supply. The sugar et grows in'Utah to a great size and in perfection of saccharine quality. The sys- tem of irrigation makes the crop a matter of certainty, ‘There is nothing to hinder the manufdcture of sugar. near to the acres where the beets grow, and it can be put upon the market at prices which the trust on t*: Atlantic and Pacific ccasts can- tot meet. SECULAR SHOTS AT THE PULPIT. New York Sun: There are In the city a half dozen or a dogzen clergymen who seem to be crazy for notoriety and willing to do anything o obtain it. A number of them have brought shame upon the pulpit Chicago Dispateh: Rev. Dr. MacArthur, a New York divine, preached a sensational sermon last Sunday, in the course ¢f which he charged that the teachers fn the New York public schools were compelled to pay tribute to politicians, The Board of Education promptly called upon him and demanded proofs. Whereupon the dominie crawfished completely and admitted that lie was “merely talking for effect, without any idea that the newspapers would get hold of it."” Minneapolis 'imes: A member of a fash- fonable church in this city, who is an en- thusiastic admirer of his pastor, said of him the other day that he *“is a true minister, a man of God—-more than that, he is a man of brains.” This i+ almost equal to the remark of the gentleman who, writing to his ¢ paper, described his tor as a great preacher, “who never fa elow the average, but often rises above it.” This suggests the old story of the English parson who was once berating a parishioner for some offerse, and who wound up with the remark: “In acting as you do, you not only sin against God, but treat me with positive disrespect Christian Advocate: A trade which has recently sprung into 1if2 is in our judgment an attempt to make “gain of godliness.”" We refer to the traffic in “indlvidual cups” for the Lord's supper. REnterprising manufac turers, with “an eye to fhe main chance, have taken advantage of the scare of cert fashionable church circles, wing out o the discovery of “microbe or disease germs, on the rim of the cup containing the communion wine, and are offering for sale very small glasses, in which the wine can be passed separately (o the communicants. When Uhe sclentist peeped through his microscope and discovered the polsonous germs and pro- claimed danger busin:ss right at once saw a source of revenue, and “individual cups” are cn the market, or may be manufactured to order on short notice. Philahthropy does not p:ompt this trade—it Is a sanitary meas- ure for the money that is in it. The whole thing is ridiculous. We do not blame the trade; it Is their business to meet demand, to create it, It possible; but it is only a “fad,” the outgrowth of a fear. The scare is a clear cas: of running before getting hurt and this makes the craze for ‘“Individual cups” too silly to be followed by sensible and religious people. Admitting the possi- bility of danger, no well authenticated case of a contagious or infectious diseas: has been traced to the single cup, as far as we have heard or read. And religious people who love and appreciate the communion of saints ought to be the very last to give countemance to that which, at one strok:, destroys, if not the essence, taken away at 1 the sem- blance of Christian communion. PAOPLE AND THINGS. The Rutland, Vt, Herald celebrated the centennial of Its birth on the Sth inst. It doe:n't look it The young men are at the helm in South Carolina, and already things have taken on a corona of carmine. The man who shaves himself may be par- loned, on the grounds of economy, for in- dulging in cutting remarks. Texas has a deficit of $700,000 in the state treasury, with little prospect cf making it good. There is mothing small about the Lone Star state. Congressman-elect Sauerherring of Wiscon- sin pronounces it Sowering, He is a Cana- dian by birth, and naturally drops an h out of respect for motherland. The sudden departure of Sherlock Holmes Doyle from New York was probably due to the premature publication of his opinion that Philadelphia is the finest city in America. Nathan Strauss, Tammany’s original can- didate for mayor, finds more comfort in sell- ing coal to the poor at wholesale rates than could possibly be extracted from the distribu- tion of spoils. A great deal of the gayety of the western world is lost because no one has attached & coplous transmitter to the lower house of congress. ‘There is an opening for genlus and enterprise. The argus-eyed cops of St. Paul .can be bought cheap in job lots. Seeley, the de- faulting cashier,” visited that ciy, had a dispute with a hackman and was taken to jail. He was treated with gentlemanly con- sideration ‘and dismissed. Notwithstanding the kindness shown him the ingrate reserved his identity and $5,000 for Chicago. The Christmas number of the New York Herald last Sunday was superb in every fea- ture. The color printing surpassed anything yet attempted by newspapers, illustrating in a most attractive form the perfection of mod- ern printing, Hitherto newspaper attempts in that line resulted in dismal chromos. The Herald's color work was notably artlstic, del ghtful to the eye and charming in the blending of tones. ~The fact that the work in every detall was done in the Herald office furnishes evidence of the marvelous complete- ness ot its plant. . The Oklahoma judge whose notions of jud!- cial dignity are not without precedent in Nebraska commanded a convicted crook to stand up. The trembling victim tottered to his feet, and received, in addition to a evere lecture, a eentence of hard labor for life. With trembling lips and tear-filled eyes he moaned “Great Scott!” The hard jud'clal lines suddenly vanished and a smile of in effable sweetness spread over his honor's features. observe with satisfaction,” sald the judge, ‘“‘that though steeped in crime you have an intelligent grasp of the dignity and capacity of the court, 1 appreciate the compliment, sir, and cheerfully reciprocate, Sentence is suspended during good behavior. Rev. L. A. Lambert of Scottsville, N. Y., succeeds the late Mr. McMasters as editor of the New York Freeman's Journal. Father Lambert is regarded as one of the most scholarly clergymen in the United States, and is admired by men of opro:ing creeds for his famous ‘““Notes on Ingersoll’ and his progressive spirit. Until recently he wa the ed.tor of the Philadelphia Catholic Time Scottsville, his parish home, is In the dio- cese of Bishop McQuaid, and his presence there is not voluntary on the bishop's part Father Lambert had a little difficulty with McQuaid several years ago, and the upshot of it was that the purpled gentleman received such a critical skinning that an appeal was made to Rome for mercy. Some balm was poured on his wounds, but he could not de- prive Lambert of his parish, It Is a signifi- cant fact that Lambert's introductory over- ture in the Freeman’s Journal is a scathing reply to Bishop McQuaid's attack on Arch- bishop Ireland. ——-—— SEASONABLE BENTIMENT. It is pleasanter to receive than to give, The New York Press presents this pretty domestic idyl: Wil you gt me e She asked, with a kindly look, And he answered; “My darling, I've got it here.'” And he gave her a pockethook Then she hugged and kissed him for a half & micute, For she saw there was something hand- some in it, Life: a Christmas bock, my Harlem Grace—Are loyes you Dick—Positive. have me save my money Christmas present. you sure she She sald she would rather than buy her a nge 1 sweet—though old the cry— Yet ‘tis very huma For Christmas gifts we now may buy Neckties for the women! Truth, “wish you a ' glving you a to pay the coi son than it is to settle pr pliments of the se with Banta Claus. Here's a_tip from the Household News: Take mistletoe; lash of Snow; en add a sprig of holly; To sweeten this, You steal a kiss From the red lips of Polly. Minneapolis Times: She—Well, my dear, we ought to get the children something nice for Christmas this year. He—Yes, 1 suppose 80; and yet money s awfully scarce. Bhe—Well, I must know how much 1 am t0_have for this purpose. What s the limit? He (absently)—Four dollars is as high as I ‘usually play Mental and finavcial agony is the Indian- | apolis Journal etching: It is oh, for an isle in the southern sea, Where the weather is always pleasant; Where the pocketbook from strain is free, And a palm leaf fan worth pennies three is all that a man working on salary need be thiuking of saving up his money to | buy for “her'’ - miking for the letters are identioal LIEBFRVS ("\\CI‘S \RF (001) of Marion has written two lettors / ANEY ARE W charges against a leading candida postmastership. These in handwriting and signature. But today there was filed a ietter signed Montgomery Bell, written by a different hand, and bears ing an altogether different method of algna= ture, This latter lotter withdraws the charges and denfes them. One or the other ot the communications iy unquestionably a forgers, but no clue to the identity of the criminal has yet beon obtained. The department will, investigato the case. fice has been cstablished at Island Park, Pottawa county, la, with t George M. Catterlin as postmaster. Th name of the postoffice at Minnfe, Dickinson county, has been changed to Orleans. J. R. Evans was today appointed fosts master at Garden City, Clarke county, §. Dy Newell, resigned. | ¥ Smith today appointed W. H. Richards of South Dakota a transcriber in the office of the commissioner of the general land office, Charles H. Rabbitt of Towa, a $1,600 clork Sucoessor to Judge Advooate Genoral Swaim | Agitates the Army, ASSISTANT SECRETARY DOE HAS A CHANCE | Should Lieber Bo Appointed a Number of Promotions Will Foilow —Licuten Crowder May e a ficiary, WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BE 1407 Street, N. W WASHINGTON, December 16 Speculation Is rife in army circles now as to who will be the chofce of the president in the appointment of a Jjudge advocate general | It the Interior department., has tendered his to fill the vacancy which will be caused by the | PRI o (L retirement on the 22d inst. of General David | \ymmitteeman for lowa, is here looking after G. Swalm, now judge advocate general, with | some personal interests the rank of brigadier general. The most Dr. L. L. Crawford has been appointed prominent candidates are Joseph 1. Doe of |40 examining surgeon for the pension bureaw Wisconsin, who is at present the assistant | At Broken Bow, Net etary of war, and Assistant Judge Advo- REPUBLICANS WILE CONE General G. Norman Lieber, who has been, since July, 1884, acting as judge ad- | Wil Take the vocate general. It is abrolutely Impossible to Leglslutore tell at present who will be selected by the | SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 15 president for the appointment, as he has not | llean state central committe yet given any intimation as to who will be sslon_here today, finally his choice in the matter. While a-good deal | €8¢ the election of James 11 Budd as gov has been said and done by the friends of Mr. | oo | A comunittee of seven was appointed Doe In urging his appointment, it 1s not at | {lature and domung & reenint 't oo i atu an man recount of the entire all likely that the president will choose a particularly the vote civilian, who has had no record as a soldier S cate ht Agalnst Budd to the “The repub~ in executive resolved to con= Iepublican “politiclans. profess to believe that the count of the v and consequently would not be specially fitted | of S8an Franci will overcom :-M-' s ‘,,‘f.‘.‘! for the position. And then it is improbable | ralit in the state. This. action that the appointment will be made over the lght in the coming stato Which ‘convenss on January 8 ure is overwhelmingly influential republicans are lieads and over the rank of the old and ex perienced soldiers who have a record upon which to base their claims, The stronge argument which has been put forth in of the appointment of Colonel Lieber is, that, while acting as judge advocate general in the absence of General Swaim, he he- come thoroughly familiar with the workings | o steam colliers of the office and its duties and hence is pe- | wanwa, the former from . Nansimo culiarly fitted for the position and would be | the Iatter from Comox O ana; the right man for the appolntment. Be- |are five days overdue o ) sides, it is urged, that to give the appoint- | rine ci es it s @ n, ma to the oppe Several Ship SAN FRANC hour tonight no r Keported Missing. 0, Dec. 15.~Up to a late” port has been received of Montserrat and ment to another instead ot promoting Col- | both vessels have bee me anxiety onel Lieber would be extremely discourteous | 18 also felt f 2 ba Germania, coal o that officer, in view of .the fact that he n and_th L ut from Seattle, > lumber Columbia, eleven s dally ate the the re= has been doing the work of his superior for 50 many years, although not receiving the GLRGLA benefits of the rank nor receiving the pay of A - at that grade. So that it appears at present ¢ as if Colonel Lieber is the person who will be selected to be the mext judge advocate general. in 1 PROMOTIONS TO FOLLOW. LOS ANGE , Ci Of course, if Colonel Lieber, or, in fact, any [ son, the young rancher who pleade other colonel in the army, shall be ap-|to complicit in the two train pointed, the change will result in‘ several | near Roscoe, in one of which promotions . the lower grades. On the |and a passenger were killed, was arraigned , > this afternooh. With tears down his face Johnson reiterated fon_and begged for the clemency. g . The man was senteneed to life mprisonment at San Quentin_ penitentia seneral will go to Colonel Licber, a |and. showed signs of relief When he rulll"; [ few predictions can be safely made as’ to |realized that he had escaped the death pen- some of the consequent changes in the lower | alt grades. Lieutenant Colonel William Win- throp will be made colonel, vice Licber, and Major Edward Hunter will go up to_the licu- enant coloneley, vice Winthrop. These two promotions will be made on account of the seniority of rank of the individuals. As a result of these two promotions thera will be a vacancy in the grade of major. This ap- pointment will also lie with the president, upon whose choice it depends, There are now about forty applicants for this position. Among the number is First Lieutenant Enoch H. Crowder of the Eighth cavalry, who is now acting judge advocate of the Depart- ment of the Platte. As with the appoint- ment of a judge adyocate general, it is im- possible also to foretell who wiil be pro- moted to the majority. While it will not be safe to say that Lieutenant Crowder will be made major, it can be stated with assurance that his chances for the position are most excellent. Papers are on file from the friends of a number of the applicants, and many strong letters have been recently’ received in behalt of Licutenant Crowdcr, urging his appoint- Mment. Should ho be slected his position will | The man who thinks the world owes him be filled by the appointment of one of the |& ¥VIng finds it hard nowadays to collect senior second lleutenants, It is likely that | the debt. this latter apppointment would go to Second | The devil likes to see the man join the Lieutenant Nathanlel F. McClure of the | church who expects to do all his work with Fourth cavalry, who s the next in line of | his mouth. promotion in the list of senior sccond lieu- | rPhere is no wisdom in having a man to Wiillo the above statemonts are in the na- | N{ch & bank, who belleves that stealink chickens i3 right. o ture of predictions, it i3 not atall tmprobable | Y FEE "0 LIy caster for some peoplo that the promotions will occur as indicated. | 1t 18 8 Krear 000 CUURT O0 SIME BEORS It is not likely . that the presi- dent will depart from the customary rule and | their part toward his support. An Infidel is a man who bullds a house appoint a clvilian to the position of judge adyocate general in the person of the assist- | without windows, and then blumes God be- cause ho has to live in the dark. Dee. 15.—Al gullty: bheries brakeman other hand, were Mr. Doe to be the person | for sente chiosen for the position line streaming his confe of the court no changes in the would result. However, taking for nted that the appointment as judge ad- Booth Arrives at Oakland. OAKLAND, Cal, Dec. 15.—General Wil- liam Booth, commander of the Salvation army, wrrived here today and will remain until Monday, when he will go to San Frans cisco. The Balvationisis of Oakland and San _Francisco received thelr leader with considerable display. — ——— AM’S HORN. BLAS The closet of prayer ought to be carpeted with praise. The roliglon that costs nothing is worth Just that much. The man who does not look ahead soon has to fall back. Tho devil is generally close by when the preacher trades horses. The important thing is not how long we are going to live, but how. The religion of some people makes you wonder If they were baptized in ice water. ant secretary of war, Mr. Doe. However, there will be some uncertainty, and at the same time anxiety, until the momea: when Mr. Cleveland announces in an officizl order what his choice will be. SOME POSTAL INFORMATION. Congressman Mercer today received the designation of an inspector of the Postoffier department to visit Omaha and investigate e SENATORIAL SOLILOQUY. ‘Washington Star. Al all s peace; the sun shines fair today, “and eyerything invites to making hay; The ship of state rides forth in waters clear And all that's needed is to gently steer; Sweetness and light the atmosphere 'per- the condition of the service with a vievw of | Vade— St ; ” ! srace dis- reporting concerning the necessities for in-| SUEAT And Eas With charming & creased seryice between Omaha and South | A few months more and our careers are Omabha. Mr. Mercer believes that the pack- ing houses will soon receive nceded relief in this matter. Mr. Mercer toddy secured the admission the Bellevue Phoenix to the mails as ond class matter. The postoffice case of Marion, Ia., is likely to develop a case of forgery. Montgomery Bell eped, - Our votes are counted and our gay Is nnlgi Our names on glory's page no more we'l view; Alas! They’ll vanish from the pay roll, too, But, come what may, our fates we'll calmly meet, We are sustained by trustfulness complete, or EVENINGS YNTIL 8:30 I, M, l Hints— Holidays— Happiness— Hoopla— SUSPENDERS —Fine silk and satin KERCHIEFS — All SMOKING JACK- embroldered In all the new effects and BTS of English colors “and several novelties in long Jacket Cloths, quilted styles. shawl kerchiefs and watin trimmed, from mufllers; extremely $3.50 o $15.00, UMBRELLAS Blegant silk, paragon frames, natural wood handles, all prices. 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