Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1894, Page 4

THE OMAHA DALY BEE ®. l'loilWAm: Ed“.nh g TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ly Bee (Without Sunday), On fly Tee and Sunday, One Year. Bix Months 4 v Three Months Bundny 1 Baturday fATSLISS Dmaha, The South Omaha, Council Bluffs, Bee Bullding. ornet N And Twenty-fourth Sts. 12 Pearl Street Chicago Office, 317 Chamber of ew York, Rooms 1 Y rashington, 1907 * Street, N. W CORREEPONDENCE, All_communieations relating to news and edi- forial matter should be addressed: To the Editor. BUSINESS LETTERS. All business letters and remittance addressed to The Tee Publishing Omaha. Drafts, checks and po be made_payable to U 2 24 BRE PUBLISHING COMP.AZ mmerce. Tribune Blag. should be any, TION. 3 ary of The Iee Pub- g duly sworn, says the nctual number of full and complete of the Dafly Morning, Evening and Sunday ec printed during the month of Novem as follos Nshing company 16 Wiiviii Biiivie W 2).. 2 22 .8 u . 0z 2123 ] Dally ave ed in my pres- 1894, N Sworn to before me an ence this 34 day of December, eal.) N. P. FBIL, ary Publie. On January 1, 1895, make a mental resolve to eat only Nebraska made flour, and keep the greater share of the 200,000 now sent out of this state for flour within the state to pay Nebraska laborers and meet the interest on bor- rowed money invested in Nebraska mills. A legislative committee should be ap- pointed early in the session to inquire fnto the necessity, if any, for the great number of supernumeraries in the office of the land commissioner. Investigation, if honest, will show that half the num- ber of clerks could readily do the work of the office The people of Nebraska want reputa- Dle and responsible fire insurance com- panies to do business within the state, but if such corporations would show more respect for our statutes they would not constantly encounter a hos- tile sentiment among the people of this commonwealth. The first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January is designated by the constitution as the day on which all state officers enter upon their terms of office. In other words, the new governor and the new state officers will be sworn in and as- sume the functions devolving upon them on Thursday, January 3, which will be two weeks from tomorrow. Prominent advocates of reform in city charters have adopted the view that the best way to get good city govern- ment is to let the people of every city govern themselves. If the people of this city were permitted to frame and or- dain their own charter there is little doubt that many abuses now prevalent would be wiped out, and that a higher degree of economy in municipal affairs could be attained. What right has the secretary of state to sell booth privileges for peanut stands in the capitol Building during a legislative session? And, for that mat- ter, where Is there any law authorizing the State Board of Public Lands and Buildings to let such booth privileges? If there are to be restaurants estal lished in the building for the session there should be rooms set apart for them and public competition invited. If there has been a lease made for the coming session the question is, what is the price and who gets the money ? When any public officer denies the press or public access to the records of his office he should be held up as nn object of suspicion, and it must in- wvariably transpive that he thus seeks to concenl shady transactions that would not bear the newspaper searchlight. Any newspaper that for a time is de- prived of its right to inquire into the official acts of a state officer must later on get at the facts. An honest official will court publicity and cheerfully grant any reputable newspaper access to the records and documents of his office, Succeeding years show a gradual ad- vauce in the municipal tax levy of South Omaha. The legal limit having been reached the proceeds of the present levy will not meet the running expenses of that eity for six months Last year $4,000 a month was required to pay cur- rent expenses of city government, and this year has shown but little improve- ment fa the wmatter of economy, The general bonded indebtedness of South Omaha is over §300,000. Under such perplexing conditions it would seem that the agitation looking to an- nexation with Omaha must receive a new fmpetus. The chances are that before many moons the taxpayers of that suburb will upon bended knee be- seech Omaha to take them in under her protecting wing. Our advices from Lincoln indi that another state printing steal been engineered by the Lincoln Journal aud its associates whereby the state is 1o be chiseled ont of thousands of dol- lars in the coming year. The bids for printing are from 50 to 100 per cent higher than they were for 1803-4. There certainly is no excuse for letting such a job. The price of printing waterial is lower now than it was two years ago and printers’ wages have also been re duced.. Had there been honest compe- tition there should Lave been u reduc- tion instead of a ralse in prices. Mani- festly there was collusion between the bidders to raise the price. Under such conditions the duty of the board 15 to rejoct all bids and if accepted the contracts should never be ratified. Fraud vitiates all things, Will the print Ing board do its duty? 4 (e has A PERNICIOUS PRACTICE. The state of Nebraska should turn over a new leaf in the Incoming year by conducting the affairs of every de- partment on a business basis. For a nnmber of years past it has been cus- tomary for state officers, from the gov- ernor down to distriet judge, to draw their salaries three months in advance. No corporation or business firm would permit such violation of sound business principles. In no other institution, pub- lic or private, can any officer or wage worker draw his pay until he has earned it. The pernicious practice of drawing salaries n quarter ahead was doubtless begun by some of our ¢ ecutive offi- cors who were hard up and worked the auditor and treasurer to issue vouchers ahead of time as an accommodation. It may also have come in as the nataral sequence of allowing members of the legislature to draw pay and milenge before the service was rendered or the mileage traveled. No officer, executive, judicial or legislative, Is individually to blame for drawing pay In advance so long ns this has been the mode of doing Dusiness at the state eapitol, but it is all wrong and unauthorized by any statute. The president of the United States cannot draw his pay in advance, neither can one of the supreme justices, army or navy officers. No voucher can De issued legally for services that have not been rendered any more than a voucher can issue legally for wares before they have been delivered, It is a matter of record that several very ugly seanda)s have been smothered at the state house that were caused by issuing prepayment vouchers. An officer is liable to die at any time, or he may be disabled from performing the functions of his office, and the salary which he had drawn ahead would have to be paid to the officer required to perform his duties. In such a case there would be two vouchers drawn on the treasury for the same service. Such a thing never was contemplated by the consti- tution or the laws of this state and should not be countenanced. Bqually pernicious with the practice of drawing salaries three months in advance has been the practice of state treasurers in cashing vouchers for mem- Dbers of the legislature and other officers before there is any money in the fund on which the voucher is drawn. It is not presumable that the treasurers ad- vance the money out of their own pock- ets. They simply reach over into an- other fund and take the money out without warrant of law. In other words they become law breakers in order to accommodate the law makers, and put them under an obligation that is usually reciprocated by liberal appropriations of state funds for perquisites and in- cidentals. MEN OF SUBLIME CHEEK. It is currently reported that the State Board of Transportation desires to have authority conferred upon it to appoint the state grain and warehouse inspec- tors, which have heretofore been com- missioned by the governor. The pre- text under which this is d to be sought is that the board wants direct control over the inspectors in order to make their supervision of the ware- houses and grain elevators more effi- cient. The board also proposes that the inspectors shall be made salaried officers instead of depending upon fees for their income. v It goes without saying that there Is nothing small about the State Board of Transportation. The bonrd is known all over this country as a monumental misfit and fraud. It was the creature of the railvond corporations, conceived in sin and begotten in iniquity. It has cost the state thousands and thousands of dollars without rendering any re- turn. Its voluntary inactivity has been a seandal and a reproach upon the state and a curse to the republican party. It is the height of impudence for this do- nothing board to seck executive appoint- ing power, for which it lacks integrity of purpose and popular confidence. The board has had the filling of three sine- cures known as secretaries at $2,000 a year who have not earned $2 a month. Now they want to create more salaried sinecures for the benefit of political heelers who probably do not know the difference between a bushel of clove and a bushel of caraway seeds. They want to make salaried offices for grain inspection when there is no grain to inspect. It strikes us if the board has incurred any political debts it should not attempt to saddle them upon the state, Let them give these barnacles an order on railroad headquarters. There is" where the secretaries and would-be inspectors should get all their pay, and the railroads ought to be only too glad to pay them. OURRENCY DEBAT Phe curvency bill agreed upon by a majority of the house banking and cur- rency committee was introduced in the house yesterdny and the debate on it begun, Those who desired to rush the bill through this week failed to induce the rules committee to make an order that would enable them to do this, so that a vote on the measure will not be reached until after the holiday re thus allowing ten days for its considera- tion, certainly little enough time for so important a measure to be discussed. The report submitted by the repub- lican members of the banking and cur- vency committee vigorously arraigns the democratic majority for the course pursued i committee in. refusing all opportunity to consider or offer amend- ments to the bill, but there is nothing surprising in this, since it has been the custom of the democrats of the various committees to shut out the republican members whenev the majority has agreed on anything. In ueither the house nor the senate were the repub- licans given a fair opportunity to con- sider the tariff bill in committe In this respect the democrats of the pres- ent congress have been exceptionally Aiscourteous to their political opponents. Referring to the bill, the minority points | out nuwerous defeets which should be fatal to the measure. Awong other things the opinion is expressed that to compel the national banks, within the time specified in the bill, to withdraw bouds deposited to secure circulation and deposit as a guaranty fund legal tender and treasury wotes could not fall to produce a panic, “and the reck- lessness of such legislation wonld startle not only financiers in this country, but throughout the world.” Tt is further urged that the discriminations in favor of state banks would drive every ex- isting national bank that desires to take out circulating notes into the state bank system. The inevitable effect of the bill, says the report, would be to force the national banks to operate under state charters. The fact is this Carlisle bill is from first to last a crude, ill-digested meas- ure. It was framed by the secretary of the treasury without that care and deliberation which its importance de- manded, and it was accepted by the democrats of the banking and currency committee, in spite of the adverse criti- cisims of almost every expert financier who was heard by the committee, be- cause the administration wanted it rushed through, so that the party might make a record for having done some- thing in the way of currency legisla- tion. It will undoudiediy encounter the opposition of a number of democrats in the house, though its passage by that body is to be expected, while it is probable that in the senate there will be enough democrats opposed to it to defeat it in unfon with the republicans, should it ever reach a vote in that body. It is very questionable, however, whether the republicans of the senate will allow it to come to a vote. We think it perfectly safe to say that there is not the least danger of the Carlisle currency bill becoming a law. BURNS STRUCK THE KEYNOTE. The keynote of municipal reform in Ameriea was strucl the champion British labor reformer, Mr. John Burns, whose work in Parliament wrought such wholesome reforms in the modern Babylon. There never can be and never will be good government admin- istered on a business basis in any of our great cities until the municipal monopolies are put under public owner- ship and control. The rottenness and corruption engendered by the New York Tammany and all other Tammanys can be readily eradicated by publicity and civil service regulations, by which the police and fire departments of cities are taken out of politics and municipal sinccures arve abolished and every city employe is required to perform a full day's work for a r day's wage. But the boodling of councilmen, boards of public works and inspectors will always continue so long as private corporations are allowed to operate the waterworks, gas works, electric light plants, street railways and telephones. No effective municipal reform can be looked for until all those necessary pub- lic conveniences and supplies of light, heat and water are owned and operated by the cities, for the cities, and not for private gain. Municipal monopolization of water, gas and electric lighting has been in progress in many of the larger cities for years with the most satisfac- tory results. This is notably true of Philadelphia, the foremost manufactur- ing city in America. The acquisition of street railways, or tramways as they are called abroad, and telephones by our great cities is only a matter of time. The corporations which have acquired franchises for these municipal monopo- lies will of course resist the inevitable change with all their might and main. Many of these corporations have londed their plants down with mortgages of two or three times dheir value and be- sides paying interest on this inflated debt are earning dividends upon mil- lions of watered stock. These extrava- gant profits all come from public use and privilege, which by rights should re vert to the municipality But these excessive profits are not the worst feature of municipal monopolies. Their most pernicious feature is the constant tampering and corrupt manipu- lation of councilmen and city boards which result in the general demoraliza- tion of th officials and keep reputable citizens out of city councils and other city offices because they do not want to ssociate with boodlers and ward heel- ers. On the other hand the tions that own municipal make it their business to control party primaries and conventions in their own interest, which is promoted by boodlers, while hounest men would not allow them to violate their obligations and saddle upon the taxpayers excessive claims for service that is wretchedly performed. Manifestly the mzpagfag citizens can only hope for relief from misgovernment and legalized robbery by the repeal of all franchises that are not already in force, and the gradual acquisition by purchase of all the municipal monopo- lies that are now controlled by private owneyship. - corpora- monoplies There is something more in Hascall's proposition to rechristen Riverside park than the beatification of the name of a respected pioneer resident of Omaba. Tom Murray owns land adjacent to this ideal park throngh which it is proposed to run a boulevard. The owner, ac- cording to Hascall, is willing to dedi- cate to the city the strp of land neces- sary for a boulevard, on condition that Riverside park be hereafter and forever styled Murray park. Few people will see the virtue of such a tender, but many will agree that it would be more consistent and in better taste to name the boulevard after the generous donor. But there is another ve interesting phase of this matter. Should the city accept this boulevard as a gift it will be done on condition that the cost of grading, curbing and paving be horne by the taxpayers, while the property of the donor on either side of the boule- vaird is 10 be exempt from special asses - ments to pay for improvements above noted. In view of this fact it is diffi cult to see why the most appropriate nawe given Riverside park should be changed. ___THE_OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, try I8 not likely to increase so rapidly in the future as in the past. The Chronicle’s comment on this view is that the people of this country live under too much nervous strain and ex- citement, which is undoubtedly true. While enlightening the British public as to many interesting things regarding America, derived from an intelligent and careful study of census develop- ments, Mr. rter is also supplying most instru e information to the American pubfic regarding economics and social conditions in Great Britain, We know of no one more capable of performing well this highly valuable work. The law under which Auditor Moore caused the arrest of an insurance ad- Juster was enacted to protect property owners against irresponsible foreign fire insurance companies which do a clandestine business In this state in order to evade the law. They enter by the back door and escape without paying the state for the privilege, with- out paying the tax responsible com- panies are willing to pay, and without satisfying our state insurance depart- ment that they are responsible corpora- tions. The arrest is the first under the Iaw, and in justice to the many fire com- panies that have complied with our laws it is to e hoped that it will have a salutary effect, The Pie ¢ounter. Kearney Sun. Governor Holcomb's ple counter isn't tall, but a democrat hasn't yet been found who can reach any of the dotighnut; i No Premature Promises. Beatrice Times. Despite all reports to the contrary, Gov- ernor-elect Holcomb has made no promises as yet for any of the places at his disposal, and asserts positively that he will not do so until he has taken the oath and can calmly size up the situation. ——— A Touch of Economy. Druning Bulletin, 1t is proposed by Auditor Moore and Secre- tary of State Allen, so far as they can see to do it, that the incoming leglslature shall feel a fouch of economy in the matter of expenditures as well as the rest of us who are not elected to .office. This Is not going to be a juck knife supplying session nor a session of junketing trips at the state ex- pense. Er I A Spocific for Land Runger. Philadelphia Record. New lands for new experiments. The leg- islature of Victoria, Australia, has passed bill taxing unimproved land values. The op- eration of such a law in a country in which the opportunity to get land must be com- paratively easy will be watched with inter- est. If there be any cure, barring carth- quakes, for that almost universal distemper known'as “land hunger,” probably the un- improved land tax may prove a specific. — Wenkness of the Carlisl Minneapolis Journal. A new currency scheme which does mnot effectively proyide for the redemption and cancellation oflthe greenback and treasury notes Is hardly worth considering. That involves redemption and cancellation to_the amount of $500.000,000. Until this is done these notes will trouble the country. The Carlisle plan not only fails to take care of this paper, but will inject into the currency the additional feature of distinctive state bank issues inadequately secured. ——— Something of Farce. Lincoln New. There may be some persons In this world who believe that the federal grand jury at Omaha will return indictments against other officers and stockholders of the Capital Na- tional bank, but the News is not so san- guine, The makeup of that body and the fact that Outcalt and some of his friends have been putting in same very hard work at Omaha since the investigation was started is enough to destroy any hopes that slow-moving justice will reach out after any more of thewrascals who helped Charley Mosher lgot the bapk. It has become evi- dent that me"“t‘n nctions of federal —grand juries are the 'lndicting of poor devils who are helping to solve ‘the Indian question by feeding the aborigines poor whisky and running down. friendless violators of minor federal statutes. When it comes to indict- ing bank thieves who have a ‘“pull” the grand jury is impotent. It needed but the Mosher travesty to convince the people of Nebraska how farcical a tribunal of justice the United States court Is in dealing with inflyential rascals, and they do not expect anything from it other than allowing Mosh- er's confederates to run at large to prey upon this community. Unreasonable Freig! Chicago Tribune, The Nebraska Board of Rallroad Commis- sloners recently undertook to prescribe “reasonable rates’ of freight to be charged by the railroads of that state. The railroads appealed to the courts and obtained from Judge Brewer a decision in their favor. He has affirmed the right of the commissioners to regulate rates, but ruled that “‘reasonable rates” must be rates based on the capitalized value of the lines, not on the cost of con- struction. He is quoted as saying: “If a road cost $20,000 a mile to bulld and is stocked and bonded for $70,000 a mile its freight rates may be based upon its capi- talization, not its cost, and courts must still construe them as reasonable.” 80, according to Judge Brewer, if a rail- road is capitalized at twice its actual value, the bonds having been made to pay all the cost of construction and equipment, while the stock was absorbed by men who paid nothing for it except the small amount expended in the preliminary organization of the company, it 18 ‘fair and reasopabl="" ior them to charge rates which will pay full diyidends on that water-stock in eddition to interest on the bonds. According to him it is just and right to mpke the net income twice as much as would have Le:n reasonable had the line been honestly built and honestly managed, with due reference to the rights of the people as well as of the men who hold the securities. Shippers are to be made to piy seyeral conts per 10) pounds extra on all the freight they send by rail in order that a lot of sharks may collect *dividends” to which they have no moral right and to which they ought not to have any right in law. ‘Lhe two bullons or more of water in the railroad stocks of the United States, and another large amount in bonds that equally are “water,” is to be a source of revenue placed on a par with the securities that were paid for with the money usod to build and equip the lines against which they were issued, This water revenue 18 to be squeezed out of the producers, most of whom already are recelving for' their produce prices that do not pay a sufficient return for the cost of raising the crops. If this be law it i3 of a kind that makes judges odlous and causes the people to be dissatisfied with the institutions of the coun- try in which they live. It {3 of the sort that breeds disrespect for the law and tempts those of the weaker consclences to violate it, But it cannot be good law. Such a def is not in accordance with the d mon sense. Therefore it i3 bad law. tory law is supposed to be written ‘common sense, which this decision is nc al, fuch as is gought to be collected on in ska, dces not’ stand on the same level as real capital, '®nd any court that decides otherwise runs counte (o the interests of the people and to their legal rights unaer the common law which these courfs are chosen to interpret and administer. If the supreme court sustains this decision there will be an agitation to reformithe court, for the people will not contentedly accept such an inter- fon of thedaw, and they ought not to Plan. Rates. 0. | Fair and reasonable rates' are such as a falr sturn on |.|ls al invested after the costs gf opprating and mamntaining the road have beerl met. Rates which are put 80 high that théy will pay the dividend and interest on a vast quantity of water in the shape of stocks and bonds are unreason- able and unjust,’anél cannot be otherwise, no matter how inganiously the case may be ar- gued by the parties who want to reap where they have not sewn &nd to gather and enjoy the fruits of other men's toll. And this is precisely the point at Issue in the clamor by Ccertain rallroad mapagers for permission to po2l, to have the law afirm they have a right to levy blackmall upon the people that they may be able to pay annual returns on bogus pital as if it were real Bogus cap- | ER! PROPLE AND THINGS. The future is not half as bothersome as the present. Lexow comfittees are talked of in Phila- delphia and Chicago. Talk does not ‘“‘cut any fee. Things have come to such a pass in New York that when Goff presses the buttons the finest groan and squeal. Conan _ Doyle's visit to this country warmed his heart toward the people. The size of the warm spot is $12,000 gathered up in nine weeks. Secretary Morton's disquisition on the evils of overfeeding is a delicate benediction for those who hungered for but failed to reach the ple counter, The weather clerk’s contributions to the poor proves him to be a gentleman with a warm heart of generous proportions. He is the kind of people the banana belt de- lights to honor. Two and a half years ago, when the Tam- many braves invaded Chicago hurrahing for Hill and harmony, checks were conspicuous In their attire. Now there is a distinct ten- dency toward horizontal stripes. Qeneral Lee's grandson, Robert B. Lee, lives on his father's estate in Fairfax county, Virginin, but goes to_Washington every day to practice law. Mr. Lee is about 6 feet § inches in helght, and weighs over 200 pounds, When Tbsen writes a new drama he goes about it 8o secretively that not even the mem- bers of his own family know what the sub- ject is. He coples the manuscript himself, and it is sald that a printer has never recelved neater copy. Mr. Cleveland has gone on a hunting expedition down on the South Carolina coast. If he succeeds in evading Tillman's constables it will bo conclusive proof that gout and rheumatism yield to the benign influence of the periodic bracer. The decision of Secretary of War Lamont in favor of a suspension bridge over the Hudson river at New York has not dis- mayed the projectors. They have discovered the enterprise warrants an expenditure of $50,000,000. As a consequence, the quantity of water in the stock will not come up to expectations. The Massachusétts Board of Agriculture issues an annual catalogue of abandoned farms for sale in the state. This year's catalogue shows that of the 400 farms listed in the catalogue of last year 150 have been sold. Most of them have been purchased for farming purposes. The average price was $1.50 an acre, and they averaged 100 acres in extent. Most of the abandoned farms sold in New Hampshire and Vermont were purchased for use as summer homes, Those who have followed the vary- ing fortunes of the Chicago Times since the days of Wilbur F. Story, the spasmodic and futile efforts to invest it with the virile personality of the founder, would scarcely know the Times of today. Under its new management the Times displays the vim and enterprise and intelligent energy which characterized it in its golden days. Im- provement is marked in every department, but in none so conspicuously as in the com- prehensive scope of its news-gathering facili- ties. From being a tailvender in the Chi- cago mewspaper procession, the Times has forged well to the front, and at one bound becomes an aggressive rival for first place. et THE RAILWAY POOLING BILL. Indianapolis Journal: No pooling arrange- ment-of railroads can be entered into_until the contract has been submitted to the Inte:- state Commerce commission and approved by it, and any arrabgement for pooling which that commission disapproves after it has been in force may be set aside after twenty days’ notice. Chicago Tribune: The Wall street stock brokers who handle railroad securities are pleased with the passage by the house of the bill to legalize pooling, and they are anx- ious to see it through the senate. They think that when the bill is a law there will be more extensive dealings in stocks and bonds and they will get more commissions. They look for heavier dealings on the ground that the value of railroad securities will ad- vance, If there is a permanent advance it will be due to an increase in rates. The peo- ple will pay more than they do mow for an equal amount of service. Thus, in order to make good times on Wall street and provide stock brokers with employment, the people must be taxed more heavily for freight and passenger service than they are now. Is there a western senator who is golng to vote for Wall street and against his constit- uents? LIST TO THE MERRYMEN, Galveston News: The American belle cares very little for the free ballot just so you will give her a fair count. Philadelphia Record: Visitor to Gloucester —Do_you live here? ~Gloucesterite—Live here? " Nobody lives here. We are just stopping here,” waiting' for the resurrection. Chicago Tribune: George was gazing dreamily at the dear girl's back hair. “Laura,” he sald, making a motion as if to adjust it, “do you know there is a lock © No,” she answered, golng to be a strik And he got it on his ear. “but 1 know there's Yes, I've been working like a dog lately,” grumbled Swiggles, lean- ing back in his chair at the club house. loalilke @ setter dog?” asked the other fel- ows. Without shifting his position Swiggles laz- ily pushed the button of the electric bell and ordered four large beer Detroit Free Press: how did Fannie man as that? John—I understood she met him first at a dry goods emporium on bargnin day. Kitty—What difference does that make? John—Oh, "a. woman_ will take anything then Chicago Tribune: Kitty—Good gracious, ever comé to take such a AWFUL, Buffalo Courler. Oh! how my heart is achin’ An' my back is nearly breakin' With the load ‘at I have taken In this awful married life. How I wish 'at I warn't livin® Where a man an' woman's given One fond chance o' bein' driven Nearly wild with family strife. Man gits married when he's crazy, When his sky 1s thick an’ hazy, An’ he's feelin’ sort o' mazy, When he begins, The golden rule's “love one another,” But my wite is now the mother Of a sister an' a brother, An' they're twins, ———— A TERRIBLE REVENGE. New York Sun His hour had come, his foeman lay In his power hard and fast; or the wrongs he'd suffered at this man's hands Revenge was his at last. He looked on the prostrate, helpless man, With malignant joy in his eye; And said in a voice of fiendish hate: “Ralph Mugwump, you must die, “In that dim past you wry You stole my goods away The anguish you have caussd to me Has turned ‘my black locks gray. When first your perfidy 1 learned, 1 swore a solemn vow My time for vengeance yet woul And that time is here just now cked my life, The vanquished looked up, sneered and sald: “I khow for blood you thirst, But I defy your utmost hate, And bid you do your worst." “RBut you know not" the other hissed, “The death T have in view: No pistol, knife or polsoned cup Have 1 reserved for you. “A tortured, agonizing death Awaits your cruel deed For Cleveland's message I propose Unto you now to read! And then, despite the wretch's cries, The victor slowly read; The message done, he walked away, And left his foeman dead. Hon, Robert P. Porter, ex-superin- tendent of the eleventh census, who is now sojourning in England, delivered a lecture on December 4 before the Sta tistieal socicty of London which re- celved commendatory editorial notice in the Chronicle of that city. Mr. Porter's subject related to the growth of popula tion in the United States, and his co) clusions, drawn, of course, from the facts disclosed by the census, seem to Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U, S. Gov't Report been that population in this coun- | DEATH BLOW OF PUGILISM. Detrolt Free Press: A trial or two for man- followed by conviction and sen- tence, might bring the pugilistic fraternity slaughter, to a realizing sense of what it is they doing when they set two men up in a ring to take the chance of killing one another. Minneapolls Times: It the gentle art prize fighting should ever get so that it was looked upon In th: same light as that flerce and dangerous game it might then b: sub- mitted to the surveillance of the police, which would be very unpleasant and annoying to the sensitive gentlemen who mostly affect the pastime Chicago Times: of Bowen has been killed by a from the fist of another pugilist Lavigne, in the auditorium of the letic club at New Orleans. Tt 1is be hopsd that Lavigne, who 18 in the cust of the police, may be properly punished his brutal work. Kansas City Star: The should be a knockout blow to pugilism, it won't. Only popular sentiment de stirred can work reforms, and unhappily public is indifferent to the death fighters. nan ers increase and multiply. Chicago Record: Curiously enough, the gen- understand the cdifylng and ennobling features of this eral public, however, does not display. It maintains that such that described are not refining. scenes And, have its way. brutality of pugilism until the brutality resulted In manslaughter. stop this “sport’ once for all. New York Tribune: Some two Orleans on Friday night and set two of most feroclous of their number to fight each other, urging them on with all poss violence, until killed. the brute which did the actual killing for rest of his life, and of the ring-leaders among those who set him on to his victim, for a term of years, and in the prohibition of any more such bestiality in a city which has long been notorious for it, the decent part of community would be enabled to regard it with some degree of composure. Philadelphia Times: Since the sluggers have there is more has existed before that we may sce an end of slugging. There taken to Kkilling one another ground for hope than have been three fatal glove fights wit two months, and it is not possible that t kind of thing can be allowed to go on, the fighters themselves are not frightened of it to themselves or of such injury to their ponents a; of the la very little, and they have long learned laugh at the policeman; but when stalks into the ring in this way that @:fferent matter. e COAL MINE ON FIRE. Gotten Oat After Herole Efforts Thelr Comrades. SEATTLE, Wash., Dec. 18. in the Oregon Improvement compan Newcastle coal mine at Coal creek, miles from that city yesterday and the creek was turned into mine to extinguish the flames. At 7 a. John Morgan found flames in a cedar st on the second level. He put it out, but Men Al hour and a half later another saw fire com- from a breast on the third level and Morgan started down the and ing gave the alarm. Slope, but sent back for a wrench while waiting the flames burst out and abandoned the attempt. him from certain_death. In the midst wild confusion Superintendent Ande: telphoned below, telling the 125 men in the mine how to escape and stayed at the tele- By this time the 125 men had come out, but more remained, and five men, Will Hann, Andy Reynolds, John Erickson, Andy Stewart and phone till fire drove him away. Joha Morgan, went down the air shaft warn them, though the slope was burning them, The fans were kept goirg, though they fanned the flames , and men imes from them, for a moment's stoppage would have was brought the roll was called. The openings were then stopped, Coal creek within 100 'feet of and_enormously Increased the 1o worked like demons to keep the The ln . and meant death. out at 2:30 p. t man damned and turned into the mine, and day the fans were reversed to draw c the smoke while men went down to fight the were fire, The machinery and tcpworks saved, except the roof of the slope, b twenty-two mules, harness and cars_were aggregate $50,000, destroyed, and other loss —_————— Contesting s Singer's WilL CHICAGO, Dec. 18.—The contest over the will of Mrs. Magnusson-Jewett, the famous singer, Wi day. will was admitted to probate, thi ants, represented by Luther I giving notice of an appeal. Th suddenly last May, leaving $20,000 s begun in the probate court John P. McDowell. Her husband, question her the will. also made against McDowell, who s t brother of Mrs. Magnus on-Jewett's d.vorc husband. nity at the time of drawl Let the Strikers Off Easy. DENVER, Dec. 18.—In the district court today on each of the four tarding the United States mail at Trinid; during the strike last July. A pugllist by the name blow Ath- death of Bowen of prize As long as there are fools enough to give $40,000 and more to see a couple of bruisers punch each other, o long will bruls- now that a_man has been killed in a conspicuous prize fight, it would be well to let the public Tt hag put up with the shocking Now it is time to thousand brutes in human form got together in New one of the combatants was The incident was a deplorable one; | but if it should result in the locking up of These men ars not generally anxious to take large risks, either of serious injury may bring them within the grasp Mere denunciation of prize fight- ing affects them or those who encourage them death 18 a Fire broke out ten | morning, the This_delay saved ‘A few witnesses were heard, and the e complain- fin Mills, singer died of her 360,000 estate to her brother-in-law, Attorney brother and other relatives claim Howell exercised undue influence over the testator and also Charges of attempted fraud are United States Judge Hallett imposed a fine of $100 and one-twentieth of the costs men convicted of ve- PRICE OF PRINTING PUT UP & M. Journal Rewarded for Tts Loyal Efforts in Pehalf of Republicani are of CONTRACTS SECURED AT HISH FIGURES Bids Increased from 80 to 100 Per Cent In Amonnt for the Same © ot Work and Awards Made on that Basts med to ody for LINCOLN, Dee. 18.—(Special)—A compart- son of prices at which the state prioting | was let by the board for 1892 and 1594 dis- closes some Interesting figures. In some in- stances the amounts for 1894 are nearly 100 per cent more than the price paid for the same work in 1802, Particularly is this true in the bids for work awarded to the State Journal company. In 1892 class 1, legislative printing, was let for 81 cents per folio per 800 copies, and 7 cents aplece for each extra house roll or senate file printed. This year, at the last meeting of the State Printing board, th class was let to Jacob North & Co. copies at $1.67, and 8 cents aplece for each extra copy. The following contrast in prices between 1882 and 1594 will show the great gain made by the State Journal company: but ply the as has Auditor, 1,000 Secretary of Treasurer, 1,000 . Commissionier Public Buildings, 1,000 . Adjutant General, 600 | Superintendent Public tion, 800 «..vesas State Librarian, 500.... e The State Board of Agriculture printing was let in 1892 for $3.99 per folio for 5,000 coples. This_year the same printing was let to Jacob North & Co. for $5.20. In 1892 the State Journal company did the printing for the State Board of Transportation for $1.48 per folio for 1,000 copies. This year the same company received the same print- ing at a rate of $2.25. In 1892 Calhoun & | Woodruft did the printing of the Bureau of Labor and Statistics for $1.04 per folio for 1,000 coples. This_year the State Journal company Jumps to $1.95 for the same print- ing and recelves the contract. S COLLEGES GAIN THEIR SUIT, the ing ible Instruc- the the hin his it out Declston Handed Doy Wil ¢ NEW YORK, Dec. 18.—Judge Truax's de- cision has been handed down in favor of the plaintifs the suit brought by Am- het Hamilton, Williams, Rochester and Dartmouth colleges against Thomas A. | Rich, Justus L. Rulkley and Henry W. Vanghan, executors of Daniel B. Fayer- weather and of his deceased widow and numerous educational and charitable insti- tutions which were the beneficlaries of a deed of gift executed by the three execu- tors, by which they distributed the residue of the estate at their own disposition, claime ing it was their to do with as they pleasad. The plaintiff sued to have the residue im- essed with a trust in their favor and to have the deed of gift declared vold and of no effect. The colleges named in the scheme of the will did not join with the plaintiffs, because they fared better under the deed of gift than they would under the will. The total amount’ involved is over $3,000,000. The residue of the estate, if any, under the deed, was divided into ten parts, of which Yale,' Columbia, Harvard, Prince- ton and the Presbyterian were to have one each, while five parts were to go to the Wonian's hospital for a Fayerweather pa- villion. ‘nyerweather op- to ot v's m. fck an he of on —_————— P1ERCE'S FRAUDULANT BONDS. New York Oapltalits In South Dakota Figuring on the Deal. YANKTON, 8. D., Dec. 18.—New York parties arrived here today with $76,000 worth of the fraudulent school bonds that had been £old them by J. J. Pierce of Yankton and $125,000 worth of fraudulent tax sales certificates, bearing the guarantee of the American State bank of Yankton, /These were endorsed by Plerce. A number of the bonds bear date cf 1857, and interest has been paid on these up to' December. e Fired Iuto the Family. CINCINNATI, Dec. 18.—Anthony Martin, whose brutal habits caused his wife to at- tempt to secure a divorce six months ago, today entered her house and proceeded to fire ‘at the inhabitants, Mrs. Martin re- ceived three bullets, and Martin then shot himself. Mrs. Martin will recover. —— Fire In College Dormitory. TERRE HAUTE, Dec. 18.—Fire was dis- covered in Coaivs college for women last night. Little damage was done, but there was great excltement among the young lady pupils, who rushed out of the dormitory buflding in their night robes, Wholesale Grocer A JACKSON, Miss., Dec, 18.—A. Verden, the oldest and largest wholesale and retail mer- chant here, has made an assignment, nam- ing W. Harper and A, C. Jones as as- slgnoes. Assets, $55,000; liabliities not stated, but thought to ‘be heavy. e Pt Bulgarian Ministry Has Resigned. LONDON, Dec. 18.—A dispatch from Sofia, Bulgaria, to the Times says that the ministry has resigned. to to- ut hut to- ng ign he ed ad Your Monay’s Wor th or Your Money Back, Dream Clothes. Here are a coupl e of garments for night wear. We have most every sort of night shirt at all sorts of prices, from the plain white up to the silk em- broidered or the latest striped silk. The suits and overcoats at $15, $18 and $20 are splendid values at those prices. Perhaps not the best in the great wide world, but certainly the peer of any in this congressional district. @® From now till Christmas the children’s de- partment will show some very handsome boys' furnish- ings and novelty suits and overcoats, BROWNING RoYal povds ABSOLUTELY PURE Reliable Clothicrs, S. W, , KING & CO,, Corner Fifteenth and Douglas Sts. W