Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 1, 1895, Page 4

B. ROSEWATER, Bditor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING, M S TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. ily Bee (Without Bunday), One Year iy Des and Sunday, Ome Yoar.. Bix Mon| on ey Three Months Bunday Fee, One Baturday Tee, One Year.. Weekly Ber, One Year OFFICES DOmaha, The Bee Building. Bouth Omaha, Corner N and Twenty-fourth 8 Council Bluffs, 12 Pearl Street. Chicago Office, 317 Chamber of Commerce, ew York, Rooms 13, 14 and 15, Tribune Bldg. ‘ashington, 1407 F Street CORRE! All eommunications torfal matter should BUSINESS L All business letters and r nddresscd The He eheck: 1o th enr 2838333 to news and edi- a: To the Editor. mittances ® ublish George B. Tischuck, meeretary of fishing company, being duly the nctual number of full and of the Dally Morning, Evening o printed during the month of Noverm as follows: 1 " 18, 18 ays that smplete coplos unday Be L 1504, was sig 20,897 21,001 20’563 © 19,08 20,020 © 10082 69,654 coples Total sold Dally avera, Bworn (o before me and sutscribed in my pres- ence this 3d day of D . 1804, (Senl) . T THE BE. 1 Full, accurate and critical reports of the proceedings of the legislature will appear in the: columns of The Bee from day to day. All questions and measures will be discussed and treated from the standpoint of the nfa- terlal welfare of the state and for the promo- tlon of good government. The Bee wiil com- mend what It believes worthy of pralse and condemn what it believes to be detrimental to the public good. It goes without saying that The Bee will print all the news worth reading and proposes to keep its patrons ad vised of every movement at the state capital inside and outside of the halls of legislation. In procuring the news and all the news The Bee will spare no expense. It will not be confined to one wire, but will have the use of as many wires as the telegraph companics can place at its comm: N LEGISLA REPORTS, nd In any emergency. Write it 1 A happy New Y. uall! May the year just commencing be a noticenble improvement over the year Just concluded! America Is still good enough for a burial place for deceased members of the Astor famil, King Caucus has again held sway at the capital and the rule of minorities over majorities is once more established. One good thing is promised by the coming year. It is the cnforced ad- journment sine die of the Fifty-third CONGress, Do the people of Nebraska govern themsclyes? Just put your ear to the ground and listen to the returns from the state capital, The newspapers do not fail to appre- clate Dr. Parkhurst, even if Dr. Park- hurst refuses to give the newspapers due credit for what they accomplish. The men who are republicans for revenue only are swarming at Lincoln in quest of soft jobs as clerks of com- mittes, with nothing to do except to draw pay. The trite saying that everything the late Jay Gould touched turned to money seems to had special application to funds belonging to New York police officials entrusted to him for safe keep- Ing and investment. Nebraska's next governor will be in- augurated without any military pomp or display. The ceremonies may be less ostentatious than those in some of our neighboring states, but they will not be less impressive. The only practical move to give silver f boost has been taken in New York by the managers of the principal silver smelters of the country, who propose to ‘take concerted action In the future in the silver bullion market. Governor Oates of Alabama went all the: way to Washington and back to learn that congress will do- but Ilittle this session. Most people of average intelligence are able to gather this in- formation without leaving their present places of abode, Ex-Senator Falr of California is dead Just three days, and the lnwyers are al- ready getting up the papers to contest his will. Moral: Kvery millionairve, be- fore making bis will, should set aside a retainer for lawyers to defend it within twenty-four hours after he is buried. Chicago's annual New Year's jnmboree came off according to program. There 18 @ striking similarity between the Chi- eago carnival and the Venetian way of celebrating. In Venice they blow the flour into each other's faces through funnel-shaped tubes. In Chicago they pelt each other with sackfuls of pow- dered wheat. —m— A fine spectacle of heroism and self- sacrifice was presented by Millionalre Bradley Martin making a public offer of $500 to any one who would risk his _life to recover the jewel case which he ~ had left In the burniug Albany Lotel in ~ hls haste to Insure his own safety. Bome one might have suggested that Mr. Martin take up his own offer and keep both the reward and the jewels in the family. Senator Morgan is preparing to reply 1o the speech made by Beuator Turple weeks ago against the Nicaragua ~canal bill, As the Indiana senator was anable to confine his observations to a slugle day's session of the senate it is ~ Adle to expect his Alabama assoclate ~ to s his answer over a less period ool time. We may be sure that Senator | Thurston, | present hour, and The Bee proposes to | | corning his fitness or unfitness THE UNITED STATES SENATORSHIP. Two weeks from this day the legisla- ture will elect a successor to Charles F. Manderson in the senate of the United States. The consensus of opinion is that the cholee will fall upon John M. The fact that The Bee has | maintained an unbroken silence con- cerning so vital an issue as is the elec tion of a United States senator has very. natarally created much surprise and cansed a great deal of comment. The question is asked from various quarters why has The Bee shown such stolid in- difference regarding the and why, above all things, has it not vigorously opposed Thurston's candi- dacy, in view of lis known affiliation with railway corporations, and espe- tions to the Union Pacifie ailroad? Where is the consistency in | making an auti-corporation fight on the governorship and allowing the most | prominent railrond attorney in the state to be foisted into the United States sen ate without firing a gun? These are pertinent questions at the senatorship, wswer them in all candor and without reserve Pirst. The Bee has maintained silence about the eandid £ John M. Thurs- | ton it say nothing con- | tor the | position or his relations to raflrond cor porations and employment general solicitor of the Union Pacific that was ot known to all men who fake any | interest in politics. The battle of The Bee In the campaign was opposition to raflroad domination and hoodlerism and that issue was made and forcible that every voter must have ul wowed candid: w 1 senatorial force (he becanse could 0 cle; in th Thur A allenged attention ¢ his competitors in the and not for The Bee, to fighting upon the railvoad n on's issue, Second. During the The Bee was acceused with prevent the election of the senate, and it was that at best the legisl close. The failure to elect a repub- n majority to the legislature would therefore justly have been ascribed to The Bee had. it waged war upon Thurston, and eandidates who were committed to his support. Third., Since the close of the paign The Bee has not seen fit to an- tagonize John M. Thurston because his would-he competitors in the race either Iacked the courage to plant themselves boldly and squavely upon the platform of opposition to railway domination or were merely masquerading while bid- ding for the support of anti-monopoly republican: We make bold to affirm that every candidate in the vepublican field counted on dividing the railroad vote and earrying the day on pledges to do under cover just what the railroads expect Thurston to do above board. Men who vote for John M. Thurston will vote for him with their eyes open. He will not deceive them as to his po- sition on the railroad issue and may surprise those who expect nothing of him in the senate except subserviency to railroads and other corporate monop- olies. Apart from his eorporation attach- ments Thurston possesses qualifieations superior to those of any man in Ne- braska, and bhis ambition will doubtless prompt him to make the best use of his ey ordinary talents. Let it be understood, now and hereafter, that John M. Thurston is not the choice of The Bee and does not represent the methods or principles which The Bee deems essential for the salvation and future supremacy of the republican party, nor does Mr. Thurston represent the sentiment of the toiling masses which constitute the rank and file of the republican party, excepting so far as the general prosperity of the country is promoted by his support of the policy of protection and reciprocity. ampaign conspiring to a republican to | erally helieved ture would he eam- HUSTILITY TO AMERICAN PRODUCT: There is evidence of widespread and increasing hostility in the continental countries of Burope toward American produets. "This comes, of course, from the producers of those countries, and is not surprising when their condition is u: derstood. The farmers of Burope have had a very hard experience for the last two or three years. The depression in prices Las brought the majority of them to the verge of ruin, and as the burdens of taxation under which they struggle have not been lightened, but, on the contrary, have very generally been increased, they have been brought almost to a condition of desperation. The appeal made some time ago to the emperor of Germany by the agricultural producers of a por- tion of Prussia pointed out the real con- dition of this element of the population throughout the empire. The farmers of other continental countries arve no better off, even those of France, who are the most provident and thrifty of all, being far from prosperous. And the outlook is anything but favorable. Sub- Jected to increasing competition, the ag- riculturists of Europe see no prospect of bettering their condition unless they can induce their governments to put such a check upon this competition as will enable them to enjoy a larger share of their home markets. It is to this t they ave now everywhere directing their efforts, and they are doing it with an energy and zeal which the governments cannot wisely or safely ignore, Inspived by the example of the agravian element in ermany, the farmers of France are now urging the government to take aetion looking to restricting the importation of Awmerican products into that country. They want our beef excluded and ask as a prelim- inary step to action for that purpese a more rigid enforcement of the quara tine laws, Of course these laws have always been enforced, but a pretext is wanted for shutting out American bee and it is highly probable that it will be found. This will be but the begin- ning, for after our beef has been ex- cluded an attack will doubtless be made upon pork products, and perhaps on others. All of these agrarvian acts of hostility to Awmerican commodities may not succeed, but there Is wanifestly serlous danger that our export trade will be serlously hurt. Of course there will have to be a limit to a movement of this kind in any Buropean country. The exclusion of American meats or other products will be followed by an advance fn the price of the domestic products in the interest of which such exclusion is made, and this could hardly fail to create a counter movement among the consumers in the cities and towns. The fact that our meats are not subjected to more stringent restrictive regulations in England is due to the circumstances that the influence of the consumers is stronger with the govern- ment than that of the cattle raisers of the conntry. Itisa us and important question as to what this country shall or can do in the matte The threat of a g exclusion of our meats from the markets of continental Burope is one not to be ity W over. 1t Is possible that the danger might be averted by adopt ing a policy of retaliation, as has been suggested, and for which a plausible pretext could be found, but the inaugu ration O commerc rfare between the United States and Burope is to be avoided if possible. Yot we must pro- tect our interests, and a poliey of i ation would be justifiable agaiv country that unwarrantably disc inates against our products. The situa tion £ 3 wts the wisdom of building up the home market. HE NEW YEAR. In the hope that it will bring better times, the year 1805 will be most heart ily welcomed the world over. It would not be an altogether ¢ matter to point out the grounds of this hope, but that it exists there is no question, and this fact is somewhat reassuring, for the hope of better things inspires effort to attain them. There cannot, however, be any suddon or immediate transition from to activity, At this season the year many enterprises that invite the investment of ecapi and give employment to labor are at a standstill. This is the case with huild ing and with public improvements, while industries that are in operation all the year round are ac at this midwinter time than usual. The ensuing two months will therefore be a period of preparation for better times, rather than of realization. The begin ning of a new year a thme of gene accounting in the business world. The books are to be carefully gone over and balanced up, an inventory of stock to be made, and the serious settlement is to be made. Until all this is through with financial and business men are not in a position to determine what they will do for the future, and even after these things are completed many will be disposed to wait for de- velopments. Rarely has there been in every de- partment of business life so strong a feeling of conservativism as there is now. The severe experience of the past year and a half Las deeply impressed upon all the expediency of great cnre and caution in investments. Looking over the field there appear few chances for new financial and industrial enter- prises Hkely to return a profit. We have pretty nearly all the railroad lines that can be used profitably; all the wild land available for cultivation without irriga- tion has been taken wup and the low prices of agricultural produets discour- age enterprise in this direction; capital will not seek to open more mines or mills or factories uniil those we have yield better returns. There seems to be a sufficiency for the present of all the instrumentalities that contribute to the necessities of mankind, so that there is no urgent demand anywhere for great amounts of fresh pital. It would seem that energy for the’ present must Dbe restricted to the mutual supply of our daily wants, leaving new enter- prises to a more propitious era. Yet the world cannot and will not come to a halt in the matter of material devel- opment, for that would be practically retrogression, which is inconsistent with the spirit of the age. A nation of 70,000,000 of energetie, enterprising, progressive people will not long be satis- fied to plod along in the way they have Dbeen going for some time past. Want- ing a change, they are pretty sure to find it, although the course to it may not now appear quite clear. At any rate, no harm can come from taking a hopeful view of the possibili- ties of 1805, There will be no political excitement to distarb the people in their ordinary pursuits this year; the economic conditions affecting the in- dustries of the country, so far as .they are created by legislation, will not be disturbed; there is no danger of any radical change in the currency system; and there is every reason why the coun- try should feel absolutely secure from any unsettling or injuries legislation by the next congress. Having these things assured, it does seem a reasonable ex- pectation that the new year will witness a very copsiderable improvement in the industries and business of the country, and that both eapital and labor will find more profitable employment than during the past two years, NOT SO VERY UNPROFITABLE, The Ncw York bankers' combine that purchased from the government the last lot of 5 per cent bonds have a grievanc They ave very much incensed over the shabby treatment by Secretary Carlisle because he has pursued a finaneial pol- icy which is not caleulated to raise the price of their new securities. As a con- sequence they have dissolved their little bond-buying syndicate in a huff and are giving the secretary of the treasury to understand that he will not again have their assistance in tiding over his difliculties on such easy terms as the last. Accompanying the announcement that the syndicate is dissolved are state- ments that of the original purchase of §060,000,000 only something less than $20,000,000 remained in the bhands of the first owners, and that these were merely to be divided pro rata among the sub- seribers, iustead of being longer held for sale as the common property of all, After the bid of the syndieate had been accepted and the whole bond issue had been turned over to its representatives the bounds, it will be remembered, were placed upon the market at a neat ad- vance over what the treasury had re- depression loss © | ing within the thiety days peral | lon the purel ceived for Them. The public was quietly informed that:the subscribers expected to realize #6t’less than a cool million dolars on fhe money advanced by them. The termingtign of their agreement to act as a unit in respect to their holdings means thatsthey have fafled in these boasted expicthitions. But a little figur- ing will show. fhat they have not made sqat, financtal sacrifice in up the eredit of the nation, 1,000,000 of bonds were bought by the yudicate for dutside partios and turned over to theip, and we may rest assured that the syndieate received some re- muneration for its servi Of the re- maining $30,000,000 it succeeded in sell- per cent, which it Some or more than £10,000.000, for | obtained prices in the neighborhood of | 119, an advance of from 1 to 2 per cent se money. Some of the sold to western banks at high as 11¢ The profit of the syndi- on what it did sell during month could therefore not be less than §150,000, and may have been twice that sum. The bankers comprising the syn dieate may pehaps feel disappointed g the result, but they can not claim that thelr so-called patriotism has gone en tively unrewarded. Should the exi- gencies of the treasury require anoth bond issue, bankers will again figure out the price at which the hond L be profitably b their stand patriotic Donds we these Iy along with the | other bidders for the husiness. A Denver paper has followed in the wike of an Omaha contemporary in ad- ing its enterprd h the ted press by wiring harrowin s of alleged starvation and destitu- tion in western Nebrasl According to this report 5,000 families are on the hands of the te relief commission and that body is overwhelmed with work in forwarding supplies. Such e tod reports are doing this state an infinite amount of damage and cannot help Col- orado in the leas! The truth is there is some destitution in western Ne- braska, but everything possible i8 being done by the county authorities to re- lieve fmmec o want, The stories that the relief commission over- whelmed with work are evidently a figment of the imagination. The state relief commission has had no material to work on uy to date, and will not lave until the legislature makes pro- vision for relief, which doubtless will be done within the next two weel state is The Chicago Record is making a vig orous onslaught upon the colloge glee club junketing tours. It may be safely asserted that the Record will not be serenaded by the college singers who happen to visit Chicago. this winter. ———— The game of foot ball between the B. & M. picked efévens$ of the legal and op- erating departments over the speaker- ship is over and the umpire will award the pennant'at ligh noon under the regular constitutio Qualitied for Senator. Louisville Cirler-Tournal. As measured by the modern United States senatorial standard of statesmanship, what a great speech could be made by that In- diana man who has gone for ninety-three days and nights without sleep. et bl € B Merely u Bluff, Philadelphia Pr Spain will in all probability pay no at- tention to Secretary Gresham's threat of retaliation on Spanish customs rates, be- cause any such step would advance the price of sugar in the United States and cost American consumers more than the trade would amount to, o bels s L The Fall of Saint Anthony. Cleveland Plain Dealer. Anthony Comstock, after years of war- fare against the nude, may now be par- doned if he feels mortified over his trans- actions .with green goods men being laid bare to the pubiic gaze. Considering An- thony's modesty in I things pertaining to nakedness, yesterday's developments by the Lexow committee were, to say the least, indelicate, e g The Halance of Trade, Globe-Democrat. We are gelling Europe far more than we are buying there, but, nevertheless, forelgn countries are making a run on supply of gold, because we render the operation extraordinarily easy for all comers. ' For the cleven months ending with November the balance of trade in merchandise was $130,- 0,786 in cur favor, and in the same time the excess of exports over imports of gold was $71,795,711. il Sugar and Retaliation, Louisville Courier-Journal. to the effect that retaliation ain would put up the price of ts a pound is unintelligent and absurd. We are not dependant upon Cubu for sugar. It is said we get five-sixths of our raw sugar from Cuba, but we not obliged to import it raw. We can get G man refined sugar by paying a duty of 2 cents per 100 pounds, in addition to the 40 per cent ad valorem. This is a great deal ess than § cents and than 1 cent a pound. It would hurt the Sugar trust, but that is not imnortant. As soon as the Sugar trust withdraws its opposition the discriminating duty on sugar can be repealed; until it this it s entitied to no consideration, pecdat i Tom Edison and the Patent Laws, Philadelphia Record, Electrician Thomas Edison's fayorite {erm of endeurment for the framer of the Ameri- can patent laws (s to call him “that Him alayan Andesian jackass.” He will undoubt edly look around for ‘some more over. whelming geogruphical simile before ex pressing his latest opinion, now that the supreme court of the District of Columbia has decided in favor.of the American Graph- ophone company jgalnst the Edison (or Col- umbla) Phonograph company. *Substantially this oninion awardé the higher honors to Alexaider Grahdm 'Bell, on the ground that B:Il's phonograph, ¢ylinders A truer value to the instiiment than Kdison's orig- inal tin foil plhte. “If Idison should ai- tempt. to whispee his' comment into one of his own phonographs the cylinder might melt. Edixon presents the strange spectacle of an inventor whore claims almost all the pecple honor, ik’ which almost all the courts deride. —— Some One S(uled the Salary Bill, INDIANAPOLIS, Dee. 8L—Attorney Gen- eral William A. Kgfehum of Indiana today began suit in the, Marion county eircuit court, praying that,the fee and salary ac- o purged of its unconstitu- tional features apd rystored to the manner and form in which it passed the general as- sembly. The sufl &i‘!{muxhl on relation of ernor Matthewd dnd the defendants are y of Btate WR. Myers and a num- ber of county officers. The charges of the attorney general are in effect that a certain section of the bill, ugh carelessness or fraud, had been changed to a discrimmat- ing degree when it finally reached the sec retary of state for filing and custody. All the persons who had o do with the bill after it passed-the legislature will be called as witnesses. one | ndled and will take | THE PASSING OF THE PASS. Chicago Mall: An order has been fssued forbidding Gotham policemen to ride on street ears withont paying fares. The New York copper’s cup of woe s slowly over- ranning, but the depth of his misery will not be reached till he secs his peanut per- quisite slip away forever. Chicago Herald: The new constitution of New York, including the prohibition of rail- | way passes to public officers, goes into fore January 1. Governor Morton and the other | state cfficers will have to pay their fare to | Albany to attend the inauguration, and the | members of the legislature will have to do the same, or deciine to servo and stay at | home. Cleveland Leader: The example which has been set in New York ought to be followed In every state M the union. The acceptance | of passes puts money in tho pockets of pub- | lie officials, for every pass amounts to a | bribe. The cutting off of the passes always sure to put money in the poc of the people. The people, therefore, ought | to see to it that the pass is cut off—in Ohio as well as in New Globe-Democrat : stitution prohibits celving anything | vantage in New York's new public officer from re of value or personal ad ition to his regular salary policemen and firemen will | pay their farcs on the street railways after d 1. The midnight bells on the last ear will ring out the old and | w for the Empire state to an | med of twelve months ago. | New York Tribune: There seems to be no question that policemen are public of- fielals in the eye of the law and cannot, under { the new constitution, ride free on public conveyances after January 1. But accord 1ng to the interpretatio: on this provision | by Attorney General ock, firemen do | not come within the prohibition. Probably the question will be carrted to the courts for final de for the ungel of ¢ | railroad company hold that neither the fire |men nor policemen can ride on street cars without p. eon- a | in the extent not drea OFF CHEAP, Indianapolis Journal | penitentiary who robbed Bight s not a long sentenc the bank in which he was a trusied employe of $350,000, but the court may have been lenient because he owned up and thus admitted that stealing from a bank Is a crime. Springfield Republican: The poorly-pald suhordinate of a’ New York bank gets eight years in prison for embezzlement; while a | couple of ‘men who ran nk in Chicago and wrecked it get one vear each. The atter went so far even as to accept deposits up to within a minute of the time the bank's doors were closed. The New York clerk was punished none too severely, but in tha the law must have acted inexcusably the Chicago bank wreckers, Des Moines Leader: Seely stole $334,000. If he behaves himself his term of imprison- | ment, allowing for good time deducticns, will | be a little over five years. In other words, his pay for the time he spends in prison is the rate of $70,000 a year. The logical lusion must be that such sentences will rather tend to encourage crime than to pre | vent it. Many a bank will figure that a few years in the penitentiary at an annual salary of $70,000 would be profitable, Globe-Democrat: — Bookkeeper who has been sentenced to eight year: marks at the conclusion of an account of his crime, that “‘no ome can afford to hide a mistake he may inadvertently have made with money that belongs to other Mr. Seely's first inadvertence was with an overdraft for $1,000, and he kept adding to it for ten years, unt the defalcation amounted to $354,000. He is just a persistent thief, and there is no moral lesson in his career, except that he was caught and punished, while his confed- erate committed suicide. years in the for a man with Write 1t 1895. Happy New Year. Thanks, the same ta you. Resolutions are now in order. Never put oft till tomorrow | tions_ made. today. 5 Every man who has perfected a plan for the reform of the currency may be classed as a patriot for revenue. It the sultan really desires an investiga- tion that won’t investigate, he should send for the Chicago grand jury. The Charleston News and Courler congratu- lates the New South on the fact that South Carolina sturgeon “is converted into th salmon sold in the northern market The testimony of Mr. Streep and the de- nials of Mr. Comstock supply the material for a modern revision of “The Temptation of St. Anthony.” The war between the beer brewers and soclalists of Berlin has been amicably ad- Justed. The brewers agree to give the socialists a practical monopoly of froth, Philip Freneau was the first metrical writer in this country who attained any popularity, and he was materially befriended by Thomas Jefferson. His songs were sug- gested by passing political and historical events and only one, an Indian ballad, out- lived his death in 18 The late Senator Fair profited by the ex- perience of Blythe, Davis and other mining millionaires, ~ whose heirs multiplied amazingly after death. Mr. Fair left $50,000 to be divided among such, of whose existence ho professed ignorance. The late distin- guished member of San Francisco’s big four can rest assured the lawyers will find the unknowns, Charles A, Deshon, president of the South- ern soclety of Gotham, made the egg-nog for the annual banquet of the Southrons the other day. According to a tradition of the soclety only Virginfans are put on watch when “the reputation of the order EwWings op an egg-nog hinge, and as Mr. Deshon filled the bill in all particulars, the CBE-NOE Was egg-nog, sah! Martin Gillen of Middletown, N. Y., merly manager of the telegraph cffice Paterson, had his right leg taken off above the knee several years ago. He purchased a cork leg and became so proficient in its use that few of his acquaintances knew of lis Injury. He fell from a train the other day and the wheels passed over the cork leg at the ankle, cutting it off. Meyor-elect William L. Strong of New York has been presented with a looking glass framed in old mahogany, which be- longed to Mayor Willard, the first mayor of New York City, who was elected in 1665, The presentation was made by J. A. Born' gardner of Providence, R. 1.~ Mr. Borngard- ner is a lineal descendant of Mayor Willard, and a cousin of Mrs. Strong, the mayor- elect's wife, The history of the glass is printed on its back. the resolu- for- T AR, Joel Bentcn, in Denves Tipitop upon the morning hills Il rosy with the east, Now stands a prince whose advent thrills The greatest and the least, Young as a Cupid with his bow For love's dear longing bent and where the sun hung low He comes Last night, his forbear went repit, old and 8lid_down' the sunset Where ebbed his life away. He bore a bundle in his hand Of tales of joy and wos Strange thing re there But—let the graybeard go. to understand— To life, not death, we turn our face nd_greet the prince alive, Though he who went filled well his place, Hurrah for ninety-five. Wreaths for his fresh and We bring this natal morn; May al’ auspicious omens now Stspound the king, new born. beaming brow Let paeans greet his advent here And make his veign sublime— The whitest, fairest, dearest year In all the ranks of time. Highest of all in Leavening Power,— Latest U. S. Gov't Report Royal IBSOLUTELY PURE Baking Powder | transfer to the desolate homes of the suftering AS! TO RELIEF FOR THE DRESTITUTE. General Van Wyck on the Present Situa- ton in Nebrasks. WYOMING, Neb., Dec. 31.—To the Editor of The Bee: However, correspondents may differ as to the extent of destitution by rea- on of the drouth in Nebraska, the people do not, as to the fact that it exceeds (hat caused by grasshoppers, and that many counties cannot relleve all the suffering within their borders, and that hundreds, even thousands f hungry and cold men, women and chil dren will go cold, unfed and unclad, unless the state shall at once make adequate ap- propriations and speedy distributions, Three hundred and fifty thousand dollars were quickly taken from the pockets of the people and given to the banks. Our legisla- tion on administration of the state government seemed disposed to make that transfer easy. Now, let us appropriate at once a like amount, or more, and then provide that its at least be as sudden as was the trans- er of the first $350,000 into the pockets of those not suffering for bread and heat e state will have to lend this assistance | before the spring time. Better do it now | and satisfy the world that Nebraska can take | care of her own destitnte, and that they can | subsist without begging from the world's generosity. C. H. VAN WYCK. el ccion KA AND NEBRA Mrs. 0. M. Kem has left Broken Bow for ashington to foin her husband John A. Andrews has, retired rship of the Benkelman Bee, Fifty Christian sclentists have organized a | ety at Crawford and incorporated | ditor Burnett of the Miller Union has de- | cided to take a vacation, and has leased his paper to C. M. Houston The Central City dated with the cott, one of te state Editor Browster of the F list wants to sell his paper so that he can | devote his time to runuing a hotel. His | eyesight is too poor to conttnue the printing | busin A sneak thief pried open the money drawer in the Rock Island ot at Hebron, but | failed to make a cent by the transaction, for the agent had placed all the funds in the safe | before leaving the building. Brakeman Hamilton attemped lamp on the rear platform of train near St. Libory, but and fell the ground. bruised up, but will recover It is alleged that W. H. Chappell, princi- pal of the Alvo schools, has decamped, after having o enced some of his friends out | ot a considerable amount of momey. Not he bounty of NEBR KNS, from the Courfer has been consoli- npareil, under Editor Wal- | t newspaper men in the lls City Popu- to hang af Unlon Pacific | his balance was badly to He |in | Natic SENATOR GEAR RECOVERED Attending Physician Issues a Bulletis Ucncerning His Tllness, WAS A CASE OF CONGESTED APOPLEXY PostofMico Changes In Towa and Nobraska— Reserve Agents for Totra and Nebraskn Banks—leaves Granted and Ol Loaves Extonded in the Army. WASHINGTON BURBAU OF THE BEE, 1407 F Street, N. W, WASHINGTON, Dee. a1, The first reliable information from the beds side of Senator-elect Gear of Towa was given this evening in the form of a certificate from the attending physician, as follows: “Governor Gear has had an attack of cone stive apoplexy, from which he has about recoverad. He fg able to sit np several hour: day, and with &ue care, in a short tim be practie well “F. A, GARDENER, M. D. Congestive apoplexy is a simple congestion of the blood vessels, without rupture or effue sion of blood wpon the brain. There is no effusion into the brain substance. From such a condition a vast majority of patients entirely recover. 1t congestive nor pro- will almos apoplexy ductive he pointed L~ 9% certain I8 not neces of subsequent following pos! Nebraska Simonton, viee I moved. Tewa—Nordn G. H. Johnson, vi Comptroller lowlng reserve banks: Valley while fatal, results, have been ap ra, uckolls county, M. Thurman, re- Winneshiek county, amuel Odsan, removed. has approved the fol- nts for lowa national National bank, Des Moines for First National bank of Rolfe; First al bank of Chicago for the First National bank of Sible David H. Westfall was today commissioned postmaster at Waxo, and Vesta V. Holden postmistress at Fairview, I Colonel Charles G. Ba fantry, has been granted leavy Major” Washington Matthews, months' leave extended; Captain Joshua We wobs, ns t quartermaster, four months; ond Licutenant Samuel V. Ham, Twenty- fourth infantry, one month estended; Second Licutenant Samuel McP. Rutherford, Fourth alry, one month extended. arily evil masters fett, Ninth In- for six months; rgeon, four or Mint Cil N, Dec he quarterly ouly are the Alvo people mourning his de- | parture, but he managed to fleece at least one man at Bfmwood. Some time ago Chappell | pledged $5 toward building a new Christian | church ar Eimwood e day before Christ- | 1 Chappell borrowed Repr ative | Cooley's h drove to Elmwood. He | was very anxious to pay but “had forgotten to bring any money with | him. He had a good bank account at Alvo, | and wanted a little Christmas mone anyway,” he wrote a check for and as he was a stranger to the bankers at Elm- wood, he asked Critchfleld to indorse it so he could draw the money. He did o, but luck- ily went along to the bank with Chappell and secured the §5 pledge. Chappell drove to Murdock, boarded a train for Omaha, and from there wrote to Mr. Cooley that his rig was in the livery stable at Murdock. Chap- pell drew two months' salary ahead from the treasurer of the school board. He leaves a wife and several little children in need. nd e S AIDS TO HOLIDAY MIRTH. Buffalo Courler: To Ang tists are not sent to the enemy’s fire. Harlem Life: Wynham the country)—C-can 1 f-find my w. t-through these w-woods, Man Accosted Not if it is true that the man who hes tates is lost. eline: No; war ar- front to draw the (taking a walk in Philadelphia Record: A man who is cuitivating his bees h lightni work at night. shrewd Kensington honey has crossed g b 80 they can Bufalo Express: Just before the fight be- gan the other man said to the butcher: “Go on, now, or I'll give you a smack in the choy New York Ledger: A Saco physiclan has certified that an old lady “died from old and that sald disease is not conta- Detroit Free Pres She—T wonder whether Chinamen exer ? use intoxicants to excess? He—The war has demonstrated that they don’t. You don't hear of them doing any- thing but taking water. Indianapolis Journal: “Books that have helped me?" ‘said an eminent citizen, ks that have helped me? 1 guess that Webster's dictionary contributed as much to my elevation as any. I used to sit on it regularly at meals when I was a small boyr A MISTAKE Detroit Free Press. [ said you were Leartles: I take it all back And ask your forgivene My memory's slack. For now 1 remember, How could I forget? That mine has been given, And you' got it yet. his church pledge, | ablishment of the value of foreign coing v the director of the mint show Al reduction in the values of foreign silver coins on January 1, 1895, us compared with October 1, 1894, as follows: Count nd Mon- Oct. 1, 1594 « Un't Vilub in R T Jan. 1 rupee en (silv Tripoli, mahbub Howgate Fighting Hard. WASHINGTON, Dec. 3.—The determina- tion of counsel for the defense of Captaln Howgate to fight every inch of the way in the prosecution was shown in the pro- ceedings in the criminal court today. When the case was called Judge McComas, without argument, overruled the demurrers to thres of the indictments, two charging embezzle ment, and the thinl forgery. Captain Hows gate 'was then arraigned, and pleaded not guilty, under the statute of limitations: District Attorney Birney immediately filed a_reapplication,"and the defense followed this move in the afternoon and entered & demurrer to the reapplication, The courf promptly overruled these demurters, and defense interposed a rejoinder, setting that Howgate was not a fugitive from juse tice during a period designated by the court, To this the district attorney demurred, and the arguments on the demurrer were posts poned until Wednesday afternoon. More Smniipox at W hington. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—There were two deaths und one new smallpox case today. Joseph Brannon and Willlam Green, colored men, were the victims of the epidemie. Both were buried in the potters' fleld. The new case is that of Millie Watson, an li= year-old colored girl, who was found suffer ing from an attack of varioloid and promply taken to the smallpox hospital. xtra precautions have been taken by the health officials, and Health Officer Woode ward has lssied an appeal for the cos operation of the physicians of the city and the persons in whose families susplolous cases appear, In order to check the oute break. 2 Remitted Bostick's Sentonee. WASHINGTON, Dec. 31.—Secretary Her- bert has remitted the unexpired portion of the sentence of Lieutenant E. D, Bostick, suspended for one year by court martial for drunkenness while attached to the rangers at San Diego. About four and a half months of the (ime remained to be served, and as the officer had lost twelve numbes the secretary felt that his punishment had been sufficient. Your Money’s Worth or Your Money Back, Happy— Happy New Year— May it be as happy for you as i been successful for us. We it has are under obligations to our friends for this, and believe | us, we intend to return the kindness in the shape of extraordinary We are after that, we'll have a values during the coming year. taking stock now sale—watch for it—you'll be interested. Again, we wish you a happy, happy New Year. BROWNING, Reliab! lothicrs, 5. W, KING & CO., orner Fifteenth and Douglas Sts.