Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 2, 1895, Page 4

TERMS OF Sii Dafly Beo (Without Sunday), Ome Year. Daiig, tee and fundiy, Orie Year Hix Months ........... voeron ‘Chree Montha . v Bunday Bee, One Year Baturday Tice, Ong Yo Weekly Bec, One Year OF Dmaha, The Bee Bullding Bouth Omaha, Corner N and Twenty-fourth Sts. amerce, fribune BIdg. CORRESPONDENCE. All communications relating to news and edi- tordal matter should be addr To the EdRtor. nus * LETTERS, All buginess letters and remittances should be addressed to The Tiee Pub ny, Omahn, Drafts, ehecks be made_payab ULATION, huck, secretary of The Bee Pub. ishing company, being duly sworn, says t the actual mumber of full of the Dally Moming, 1o printed during the month of Nove us follows: STATEM George B, coples Total Dally ave wold before me and subscribed in my pre: A day of December, 1594 N. P. FEIL, Notary Public. e ———————— THE BE LEGISLATIVE REPORTS. Full, accurate and critical reports of the proceedings of the legislature will appear in the columns of The Bee from day to day. ANl questions and measures will be discussed and treated from the standpoint of the ma- terial welfare of the state and for the promo- tlon of good government. The Bee will com- mend what it believes worthy of praise 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 Beo will spare no expense. It will not be confined to one wire, but will have the use of as many wires as the telegraph companies can place at its command in any emergency. Sworn Mayor Bemls for another yer New calendars pressed into actiy Why is it that a 8o much longer when than when behind us? The work of bre T good resolu- tions has already atta’noed the plane of a most thriving indust Reems of us There will be very little legislative grist until the committees of the house are announced by Speaker Richards. When it comes to upholding the dignity of the bench the judges of the federal court do not propose to be left in the background. The most Impressive portion of the chaplain’s prayer at the opening of each legislative session should be: “Lead us not into temptation.” Compliments of the season. Judge Edgerton to Judge Dundy—A happ) new year to you and very few more returns. Dundy to Edgerton—The same to you, judge. Calling Mr. Gladstone “the grand old mischief maker,” as some of the British newspapers do, only shows that his power Is still felt and feared by his political opponents throughout the realm. ! Senator Watson has been honored with the position of president pro tem, but Lieutenant Governor Moore will be found in the chair as regularly as a clock at every session, even if it should hail pitchforks. Dr. Chauncey Depew has evolved an- other set of New Year's resolutions for Americans who are afilicted with bad habits, but, like all other doctors, Dr. Depew has o intention to swallow his own prescription. According to the statistics of execu- tions, 132 persons were removed in the United States in 1804 by the rope and trap and three times that number had a narrow escape from being removed by the hanging of the trial jurl Since the revelations of the Lexow committee in New York public officials everywhere seem-to have become rather cautious about demanding a full and open investigation every time some slight imputation is made agaiust their official conduct. Douglas county easts more than one- tenth of the vote of the state of Ne- braska and pays more than a corre- sponding shave of the total taxes that go into the state treasury, but when *it comes to the distribution of legisla- tive offices it seems to lose its relative importance when compared with the remainder of the state. The chilly reception being aceorded Congressman Breckinridge of Ken on his present lecture tour must be taken by the general public to be a slgn of good omen. It means that the American people prefer to frown upon rather than to encourage such careers as Breckinridge professes to glocy in. Mr, Breckinridge ought to have hecn satisfied with oblivion. It is greatifying to have an official statement from the physician in attend- ance upon Senator Gear conveying the assurance that his illness is by no means alarming and that there is every pros- pect of his complete overy within a comparatively short time, Friends of Governor Gear were rendeved really anxious about him by the meager re- that had previously found their way iuto print. They will now cer- talnly rest easier and join in the hope that he wmay have a speedy aud cow- Pplete recovery, TITE BARRETT SCOTT TRAGEDY. The realistie account of the terrible tragedy in Tolt county, which will be found cwhere in this Issue, will cause most intense and profound indignation among all law abiding citizens of our state, Lynch law is excerable under all circumstances, but the dastardly mur- der of Barrett Scott will scarcely find a parallel in the annals of crime in this country. The discuss the causes that have led to this We stmply voice public senti- the strong arm of sins to justice ate and county authori- Bee cannot at this hour tragedy. ment in invoking the law to bring the ass: The ties must now see to it that the law is speedily. vindicated THE TH LEGISLATUR) Tn most of the states legislatures will assemble this month. These congresses |of the commonwenlths which make up the little union, while ordinarily receiving more than local attention, are really entitled to great consideration, since they represent more direetly the interests and wishes of the people of the several states and in most respects Lave more to do with shaping their wel- fare than the national congress has. The framers of the constitution of the United States left a great deal to the states, While that instrument was most wisely framed to effect a more perfect union and to perpetuate a re- publican form of government, it allowed to the states large powers, to be e cised by the people through their legis- ative representatives. The making of provision for the public health, the vegulation of corporations deriving their franchi from the state, the levying of taxes for state, county and municipal government, all matters of public im- provement within the state, and many other things vital to the welfave of the people were left to the determination of the states and cannot be interferved with by the national authority. Within the limitations preseribed by the federal constitution the power of the state legislatures is supreme and in the exer- cise of this power they exert a v great influence upon the general wel- fare It is of the first importance, therefore, that state legislation, affecting, as it does, most directly and intimately the interests of the people, hould be based upon the wisest and soundest prineiple The legislatures of this under circumstances that more than ordinary exercise of wise, conservative and patriotic stutesman- ship. The conditions, generally, are not propitious. There has been a prolonged depression that is not yet ended and which has left the people, as a whole, poor. There is reason to believe, or at any rate to hope, that the termination of this state of things is not far off, but still the future is uncertain and even the most optimistic cannot feel entirely sure that the clouds of depres- sion will be dissipated as soon as could be wished. Under such circumstances the first requirement is to observe prudent economy in all public expendi- tures, to thie end that taxation, always burdensome, and especially so at such times as the present, shall not be in- creased, but, if possible, reduced. There is hardly a state in which it is not practicable to curtail expenses with- aut impairing the public service and no legislator who is unwilling to do this is a friend of the people’s interests. It is unquestionable that, taking all the states together, many millions of dollars are annually wasted, the saving of which would be a material rellef to the people. The present is a most aus- picious time to cut off the extravagant and useless expenditures in state gov- ernment. One of the most important matters to which the attention of the state legis- latures should be directed is that of legislation for the suppression of trusts and combinations. BExperience has pretty fully demonstrated that not much is to be expected from federal laws against these monopolistic organiza- tions and that if the people are ever to be relieved from their exactions it will have to come through state laws, which ought to be, as far as possible, uniform. We have had a federal anti- trust statute for four years and the present tariff law contains a most stringent provision against combina- tions, but they continue to flourish. Perhaps this is largely due to the apathy or indifference of those charged with the enforcewent of the laws, but whatever the explanation may be the fact remains that the hope of the people for relief from the exactions of monopoly is upon state action and there is the strongest reason to belleve that if the combinations are ever stamped out it will have to be through such action, Much is expected from the state legislatures that will be helpful to the people at this time, when to a greater extent than for many years they have needed whatsoever relief can come through legislation, and it Is to be loped these bodies, generally, will be guided by wise counsel and actuated by patriotic purposes. P —— THE SAME OLD TACTICS. Gver since Omaha has been a city of the metropolitan class it has been cug- tomary to organize charter committees every two years to frame the municipal organic law in such form as may be deemed most desirable for the govern- ment of the eity. These committees have usually been made up of men who were presumed to be familiar with the wants of the city and the reforms which arve deemed essential in order to do away with defects in our system and abuses that have grown up under it. Our invariable experience has been that all changes in the organic law that af- feets franchise corporations and tax shirkers of the first magnitude have been resisted and opposed in the charter committees, and whenever they failed to carry the day in the eommittee their influence was brought to bear upon the legislature for the purpose of defeating every provision in the revised charters that clashed with their interests. In 1887 they succeeded, by corrupt manipu- lation, in mutilating the charter and ar will meet call for a cutting out of it the right of the city to acquire lands for park purposes by con- THE DAILY DBEE: demnation under the right of eminent domain. This alone damaged the city milllons of dollars. Quite apart from the fact that the city was compelled to pay $400,000 three or four years Iater for park lands that could have been bought for less than $200,000 in 1887, they pre- vented ~ the acquisition of suburban lands which are now within our city limits, and fostered the laying out of additions that have ruined thousands of people and contributed to the deprecia- tion of inside town property. The same combination In 1887 de- feated the provision for annexing South Omaha, and thus laid the foundation for the enormous waste and burdensome debt engendered by duplicate municipal government, In 1889, 1861 and 1893 char has been obstructed by the and by the same pernicious methods of legislative boodlerism. The bribery by venal men in the legislature, hired to mutilate our charter in the interest of the corporations and contrac- tors has become a periodic state scandal. Our charters have become the foot balls of the lobby and the boodlers. They are purposely tied up with the most rotten jobs, and held back to the t days of the sesslon as trading ma- terial. The same tactics will doubtless be pur- sued this season, and ¢ effort to change the existing methods of as ment and ecarrying on public wor be thwarted by the paid corporation lobby and men who are retained for such work on the floors of the two hous NEW YORK'S REFORM GOVERNMENT. New York City now has a government elected to reform the methods, political and financial, under which the affairs of that metropolis have been conducted for the past twenty years. It is a gre task which Mayor Strong and his sociates bhave before them, but if they will address themselves to it, as there is no reason to doubt will, with energy, zeal and firmnes can be accomplished and perl time than has Deen expected. oms highly probuble that they be materially assisted in the cleansing the augean stable under the domination of Tammany by the voluntary dropping put of many of those who for years have been fatten- ing upon public plunder, a large part of it obtained by the most corrupt and unscrupulous practices. Undoubtedly there are hundreds of men in the public service in New York City who will be only too glad to step down and out without being asked to do so in order to escape the danger of undergoing an investigation, and who at any rate would much rather be outside than in- side in the event of an investigation. Of course the new government will make a searching inquiry into the methods by which the public busi- ness has been conducted. It is bound to do this. It is also probable that the legislature will appoint a committee to investigate the municipal departments. That there will be some exceedingly interesting disclosures if this is done there can be no doubt. Nobody will hesitate to believe that during the long reign of Tammany over the government of New York City the people of that city have not only been most ruthlessly robbed, but a considerable part of this robbery has been employed.in enriching the men who have ruled Tammany. A thorough Investigation would undoubt- edly reveal the fact that many millions of the public money have been diverted from legitimate use not only to the serv- ice of the political machine, but also to the aggrandizement of individuals. ‘When men like Richard Croker, for ex- ample, become suddenly rich without having any business, there is good reason to suspect that they have been appropriating money that did not be- long to them, and it is a well known fact that noboby who has stood well with Tammany and been prominent in its councils has failed to amass a com- fortable fortune. Mr. Croker was a comparatively poor man when he be- came the leader and chief of that political organization and today he is several times a millionaire. - Alleged successful speculation in stocks does not satisfactorily explain this, any more than it does, the wealth accumulated by Byrnes, the superintendent of police. The course of the reform government of New York City will be watched with general and great interest. Much Is expected of it. Mayor Strong is a man of high character for unflinching in- tegrity, sound judgment In practical af- fairs and great fairness in pursuing what he believes to be the right course. The men who were elected with him stand high In the public respect and confidence. They enter upon their arduons duties with the best wishes of all good citizens everywhere for their SUCCESS, will THE W ATORSHIPS. By a peculiar sequence of events the legislature of Wyoming, which meets next week, will find the duty devolying upon it of electing, at the same time, two men to represent the state in the United States senate, For two years Wyoming has had only one-half the representation in the upper house of congress to which she would ordinarily be entitled. The fact that there is a vacancy to be filled In addition to the term to succeed that just expiving Is naturally operating to complicate mat- ters to such an extent that the prospect is good for a very lively senatorial con- test. One of the Wyoming senatorships carrles with it a full period of six years, the other a period of four years. But each is sufficiently attractive to draw out a whole host of aspiring candidates, each one of whom, if he can’t have the long term, will still be willing to sacri- fice himself to the short term. Out of the melee Wyoming is certain to re- gain her equal representation in the senate, for it would be absurd for a legislature so overwhelmingly republic- an to repeat the blunder of two years ago and perpetuate the vaceney which at present exists. The two successful candidates will, of course, be republic- ans and will act with the rvepublicans in the senate upon questions of party policy. It is watural to expect further that one or both of them will be com- mitted to the free coinage of silver | the Dougls stematic | and gold at 16 to 1, beeanse the majority of, Ih\ people of Wyoming are well klllv“‘ll‘ be Impregnated with the free silver fallacy. The senatorial elec- tion, however, should not be allowed to turn on'® Wansient free silver issue. od citizemseverywhere are interested in seeing Wyoming represented in the senate by fwo republicans of high character -.'A ‘(wn ability. TH® MAYOR'S ANNUAL. The annukl Yessage of Mayor Bemis Is a compaet,'well-digested public docu- ment that Wiif*prove Instructive to the new councibasawell as to the taxpayers. The message embodies many recom- mendations that should commend them- | selves to the city legislators as well as s delegation, which is charged | vesponsibility of charter re- The greater part of the message is very properly devoted to subjects that are uppermost in the minds of our citizens, namely, the improvement of | our water supply, the gas and clectric lighting contracts and the efficient | management of the health department | and the proposed power canal. While Mayor Bemis is outspoken In favor of the canal project he equally out- spoken in his preference of public ownership over corporate ownership and urges the insertion of provisions in the new charter that will enable the city to venture upon the undertaking without the interposition of the canal company. The mayor's strictures upon the Board of Public Works may be too sweeping and too severe, hut there was great provocation for his outburst of indignation over the dilatory tactics pursued in connection with the Sher- man avenue paving contract. The mayor's views with regard to the urgent necessity of retrenchment in all departments and the restriction of pro- miscuous sidewalk construction and im- provements that impose unbearable bur- dens upon property owners will meet the approbation of all cltizen The message would doubtless have been much more instructive had the mayor been furnished with detailed reports of the condition and operation of every department under his super- vision. In this respect a of methods would seem very The reports of municipal department heads for a year ending December 1 or December 15 should be placed at the disposal of the mayor at the end of each year. with the vision. is THE COAL COMBINE AGAIN ACTIVE. Not satisfied with their present or- ganization, which enables them under ordinary circumstance output and fix the prices of their pro- duct, the anthracite coal barons are attempting to. aprange the details of a new and still stronger association which will place fl‘gc tonsumers of anthracite completely ‘ut the mercy of the coal combine. Hithesto they bhave had an organization; and have promulgated de- crees regulatingt the business of opera- ting the mines, but there have always been a few independent owners and one or two ing railroads who refused to participate in the combine. As a result fhe jealousy of the mem- bers has congtantly led to secret rate cutting and'excess production. Almost eve company has been eager to take lar contracts: at prices below the circular. It is to stop this and to give the combine a vise-like hold upon the market that a stronger association is desired. The situation in the anthracite coal industry is further complicated at all times by the fact that the operators and the carriers are to all practical purposes the same. Even where they are not lidentical their Interests are substantially one and they may be re- lied upon to act as a unit whenever their mutual welfare is at stake. In a word, the coal combine has always adopted railroad methods and its pres- ent purpose is simply to copy in an in- dependent association the organization of the Trunk Line association. Accord- ing to the program announced a few days ago, the working body of the as- sociation I8 to be an executive com- mittee composed of an influential official of each coal company, probably the traffic manager or vice president, and a commissioner, who shall act as chairman, and to whom will be referred disputes in regard to allotment and other matter An appeal to the board of presidents will probably be provided. To the executive committee, which will be made up of a representative selected by each company, will be referred the question of determining whether there should be a readjustment of percent- ages for the coming year and deciding what they shall be. Market prices are, of course to be controlled by restrict- ing the output and establishing circular prices as in the past, with the addition that some new way is to be tried to hold the members strictly to their alleged obligations to their assoclates. But while the strength of the coal combine lies in its intimate connection with the coal-carrying railroads, there is in this also a source of weakness and danger. . The association W they propose to 'form and the system of alloting percentages of traffic which they propose to openly introduce Is nothing less than a railvoad pool and a flagrant violation of the anti-pooling clause of the; interstate commerce act, The railroads say that they are acting in the confidence that the pooling bill will be enacted into law by the present CONZress. Here/ however, they seem to be anticipating things a trifle pre- . Pooling is at present illegal and whetherthe bill passes or not it will not excuse violations of the exist- ing law. The anti-pooling clause may offer an avenue® of approach to the anthracite codl combine. In the inter- val it is the consumer who must suffe) | and so that | Wil it be ich |" nn JAN MINTS POR LEGISLATORS. Hartington Leader: One of the first lnfl| most urgent duties of our state legislature, which convenes next month, is that of ap- propriating a reasonable sum to be used as a reliet fund for tht drouth sufferers. Stella Leader: The legislature should not tamper with the pollcy law. The people of the state who buy Insurance are just aching | to get a whack at the legislator who wili | Introduce any measure looking toward the | repeal of this measure Stanton Picket: One-fonrth the mone stolsn from the state by dishonest officias during the last ten years wouid alieviate the sufferings of all the poor within her borders But it is gone. The hoodlers have got it, the people paid it and the people are suffer- ing for want of it. Howells Journal: Rigld econoiny should be the watehword of the state legislature, We can meet our expenses this year, but raiso an emphatic kick against lavish expenditures Don't bank on good chances that are coming but fit the expenses to fit the actual needs | we are able to met conditions | that exist at present. Sidney Ponlard: The question of what the ature will do on party measures s too understood to be a matter of speculation, and hence, of interest. What it promote irrigation, to establish public works to relieve the destitute and the suffering, i a matter of serious conjecture. Something tangible should be expected along these lines. realized? Neligh Leader: A systematic effort Is ab- solutely necessary to be made by the mem- bers of the state legislature to reduce appro- priations within the levy of the state. The state is in no condition to countenance extravagance of any character. Ispecially In the expenses of the legislative session wlil there be abundant criticism if they are not reduced much below that of the two previous sessions, which were controlled by the popu- lists. The people, and republicans especially, have a right to expect that the coming session will be short and very economical. All_expenditures should be cut off except what arc absolutely necessary, and we be- lieve they wilt be. Creston Record: There Is a blg screw loose in our state machinery when a_fellow in state prison, like Mosher, is permitted to keep a hold on the state government by proxy. View it from a plain business stand- point—there is not a bank or a business man that would permit a defaulter one minute after detection to have any connection with their respective business whatever, nor is there any law in the land that could compel them to do so, thereforo it will be the fore- most duty of our coming legislature to see that no such demoralizing condition remains as now exists in our state government. Governor Crounse is an able and honest man and would no doubt have changed the con- dition if there were not some legal obstacle that forced him to re 1t is therefore necessary that a thorough overhauling take place and all avenues of fraud and stealing be closed. —_————— Hyperborean Howl. Louisville Courier-Tournal ‘What with the frequency and frigidity of our tidal waves and cold waves, it 100ks as If America has become the land of the freeze and the home of the wave, — Towa Knows a Good Market. Davenport Demaocrat. The best butter that finds its way to the tables of the Omaha epicure is made In Towa. And butter that is good enough for the most particular in Omaha used every day in the year in Towa, because Towa has the best of everything. -~ A Progressive Department. Cedar Rapids (Ta.) Republican, Hon. J. Sterling Morton is certainly a fad- dest. "His latest move in his grand scheme for regulating the universe is the publica- tion of a bulletin urging the people to eat more meat and less vegetables. Probably the next step will be a bulletin on dress reform. The department of agriculture could just as logically touch on this subject as it can upon the matter of diet. . e A Startling Precedent. : Springfield Republican, How far out of joint the times are get- ting with the past is well shown by ‘the recent verdict of a Kansas jury that the prisoner was indeed the man who commit- ted the murder, but was not responsible, being under the influence of another man through hypnotism. This, we believe, Is the first time a_murderer has secured ac- quittal in the United States through such a defense. It constitutes a decidedly start- ling precedent—one which cannot be al- lowed to govern very generally without making justice much more lame-footed than she is now. — Retallation and Other Rubbish, Philadelphia Times, All this talk about retaliation In trade be- tween Spain and the United States is a tempest in a teapot. Our Spanish trade is mainly with the West Indian dependencies and especially Cuba, and Cuba is one country above all others whose exports can- not be seriously affected by our tariff. We need Cuban sugar and must have it, and we pay the duty on it. We send 'Cuba flour’ and other products in return, as long as we can furnish them cheaply. Of course, the Importation of Cuban sugar has been temporarily “interrupted, for obvious rea- sons, and the export trade with Cuba has declined in a corresponding measure. But we shall begin importing again when _the present stock is exhausted, and then Cuba will take our flour. The Spaniards ought to have sense enough to understand this and fo ought the people who are talking about retaliation and other rubbish. —— Dan Webster and His Trousers. New York Sun. Tt is but justice to the legs of Danlel Webster, who was a distingulshed citizen in spite of the late M. de Bacourt, to say that the statue of him with which Nelv Hampshire has just adorned the capltol is a crural crime, Mr. Webster's head and eyes and port and madelra have been commented on with appropriate reverence, ~His legs and feet were not of clay. When he walked the streets of Boston the clerks and shop- men ran out to view him with reverence protruding from their eyes. O, he had legs, and they were good ones, and they never were shrouded In gunny bags as they are In the statue. We hope nona of the guides and hunters and heroes of the gun and rod with whom Mr. Webster used to be o happy, will go ‘on to Washington. They are hero worshipers, and they have seen Mr, Webster's legy taking many o good stride. He was not only a deep thinker, but his trousers fitted him. —_—— Now on Trial. John J. Ingalls. The meaning of the two elections as I interpret them is that the mass of the people are opposed allke to prohibitory tariffs and to free trade, and that they de- mand a system of protection that will be equally beneficlal to labor and to capital. They will not be satisfied with any sy tem that permits a fow privileged manu- facturers to control the entire sugar pro- duction of the country, and compels the people to pay millions into their treasury, and at the same time allows them without penalty to close their works and throw thousands of laborers out of employment whenever they desire to raise the price of their product and gamble in their watered stocks, We are now on trial in Kansas and in the jon. We have a great opportunity and shill be judged with inexorable justice, By economy of administration, by wise, courageous and conservative policles, we may commend ourselves to public favor and our tenure of power may be indeflaitsly prolonged. But if we “prefer to perish by precedent rather than be saved by innova- tion" our exaltation will be brief. The issues of today are must be met with vigor. e question of protection is settled. Bimetallism is at the front as the basis of a more elastic, co- plous and stable circulating medium. To this must be added the establishment of justice in the relation between employers and employed, and a more equitable distri- bution of the burdens and benefits of so- clety, The republican party is competent to deal with these great problems of the nresent and the future, as it has successfully met and solved the problems of the past. it hus a history. It has great experlence trained leadership. 1t represents the cou age, the conselence, the convictions, the as- pirations and the brains of the Amorlcan people. We shall succeed because we have succeeded, Our ultimate mission is to s cure the industrial independence of a co tinental republic. ell defined and and Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov't Report al Re Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE [ he will do to | ¢ | must seek in the courts, it he wal i ¥ Chicag Tribune: Andrew Carnegie should be satisfied It he succeeds in having that $140,000 roturaed to him. e must not in- sist 'on an apology from the government. Cinclnnati Commercial: Mr. Carnegle ap- poars to have made up his mind to not only make the government pay for his blowholes, but effer togy on a solid silver salver gle 1+ a canny cosmopaolite, Kansae Cu may i out blow negle is un blowhole ar siblo to market it Chicago Times The C ie has cut down the wages the m stood hy It two vears ago when thel: lows struck and helped Mr. Frick to ' the labor organizations,” Now they are grumbling. What in the world did they suppose Carnegie and Frick wanted to smash labor organizations for? Chicago Herald: Andrew tempt to intimidate Secretary signal in succees than his refusal peacc to adjust his disputes at Homestead tary Herbert had no favors to ask of. o to extend to, the monopolist, and he s it, pay- sceretary City 1t wages in may b order that make armor plate with- do not believe Mr. Car (o on making longer pos that tor company fol mash Carnegie's at- Herbert was ment for Inferior not pay for, Philadelphia Times: The new wage scale for the Carnegie Steel works at Homestead Introduces the query as to what year in the past ten wages have nct been reduced at Homestead. The average reduction this time 18 16 per cent, although the high-priced men suffer a 5 per cent cut Doubtless the new tarift measure will be given as the cause, even though Carnegic declared that he wanted no tariff protection, 1t nust be remembered, too, that Mr. Frick stated in 1892, In reference to the reduction which caused the rlots of that year, that the tariff had nothing to do with it. But Mr. Car- negle has protection and lots of It. What burdens the new tarift bill must bear, bt v OPLE AND THIN plates the The Son of Heaven is determined to Foster peaceful relations with Japan. Andrew Carnegie's wage scale ¥s as debill- tated as triumphant democracy Mr. Gladstone's voice is not trained to soothe the pains and torments of the sick man of the east. The esteemed T. Calamity Platt has loft the church of Dr. Parkhurst. The congre- gation could mot well serve two bosses. The amateur skater is not much astronomer, yet he frequently see: dreamt of by veterans of the telescope. It is‘ reported that the Japanese bribe the Chinese generals to run away. This explains why they turn tael and scoot for shelter. The late Mr. Breckenridge had an audience of 230 in Cincinnati, and less than forty in Terre Haute. At this rate it will not take long to shrival the Ashland corpse. The emancipated woman is coming to the front at a lively pace in Denver. A small, inoffensive looking woman has been caged for burglary, and confessed her guilt. W. W. Thomas, ex-minister to Sweden and Norway, says that, relative to its size and population, the railroad system of Sweden is the most complete in the world. The native of these parts needs but read the reports of the ravages of the storms back east to arouse within him profound pity for the hapless inhabitants of the blizzard belt. With President Pro Tem Watson presid ing over the Nebraska senate, it is reasonably certain that leglslation desgned to legalize long hair as a badge of genfus will be warmly discouraged and sat upon. The sense of humor is not always repressed by professional crooks. A New Jersey horse- thiet pawned a_horse and buggy on a chiet of police, and a Chicago burglar raided the house of a police inspector while the latter slept. The will of John Lithgow, who died in Boston a year ago, has been disallowed. By its terms his estate, worth $150,000, was to be held until all of his children and their issue were dead, This might have locked the property up for 100 years, and the courts decided that he was of unsound mind, The complete collapse of the townsite boom in Kansas s shown by the fact that the site of Sumner, three miles south of Atchison, is being fenced in with the idea of converting it into a farm. Some years ago Sumner was a town of 2,600 people, and among the prominent people who used to live there were Senator Ingalls, Albert D, Richardson and Minnie Hauk. A structure of steel and stone will soon rise upon the ruins of the famous Clifft House at Golden Gate. - That beautiful spot, with its charming surroundings and varied memo- ries, is one of the chief atiractions to the occidental tourist. ~Nature and art combined to make it a delight for visitors, and they will rejoice to know that its restoration has been determined upon. “The Fairmount Park Art associatlon,” says the Philadelphia Times, “has at length undertaken a public duty that has been recognized for many years. This Is the erection of suitable memorlals to Benjamin Franklin and Robert Morris, the two Phila- delphians most conspicuous for their serv- ices to American independence. Franklin is variously remembered in Philadelphia, but there s no actual public monument especlally dedicated to him, and Morris, than whom no civilian is more entitled to national gratitude, and who Is, moreover, a distinctly represent- ative Philadelphian, is without any fit memo- rial at all." of who | will | | | | NERRASKA Tho young Wedles of Niobrara gave charity ball New Year's night. The Beatries Times has been sold under foreclosre to Its former owner, W. Ia Knotts A co-oposative stock company has been formed at Laurel for the purpose of building a creamery. The vew Presbyterian church at West Hill, Nance sounty, will be dedicated with appropria‘e exercises next Sunday. George Baker, for thirty years a resident of Gage county, died at his_residence, six miles north of Neatrice, aged 76 years, he Oto county commissioners have begun to economizs by ordering all but one of the telephones out’ of the offices In the court houso, Robert aup: int oppor AND NERRASKANS. Johnson wants to be one of the visors of Valley county, and o he has uted a contest against his successtul nt, J. N, Sample. Judge Chambers of Niobrara was taken with a fainting fit in the county troasurer's office and fell to the floor, cutting his head auito badly. He s now recovering, but Is somewhat disfigured Jake Stallinis, a Dakota county farmer, while sitting in his home the other even- iug about 6:30 o'clock was called to the door by (wo parties, who Inquired it they might allowed to put the'r horses in his barn. this request Mr, Stahlmis replied that his barn was already full; whereupon one of them drew a revolver and holding it to the head of Mr. Stahlmis, demanded his money. The fellow's accomplice then pro- ceeded to bind both Mr. and Mrs. Stahimis hand and foot. They then proceeded to thoroughly ck the house, and succeeded In securing n money and jewelry to the alue of about From the house they procceded to the barn and, securing two of the best horses, they turned the rest loose and departed. 'Mr. and Mrs. Stahlmis re- mained in their uncomfortable position until before they were able to liberate Mr. Stahlmis Immediately gave the alarm, but the thieves had a good start. JONGRI i The Nudo In Towa. Minneapolls Tribune, The attempt to reduce everything to bare fact and absolute propriety is to assassinate the imagination and banish beauty. The perfect human figure is the most beautiful thing in nature, and while fs should not be revealed in any e or suggestive way in pictures or statuary, to rule out the nude altogether Is as absu to_put pantelettes upon the legs of the table. The object of & statue to convey the idea of beauty, grandeur or strength, and it is to be hoped that the lowa authorities will leave the pose and draping of “lowa’ to those who have made a study of art, and not to those whose vision is narrowed to the one con- sideration of propriety and hard fact. iy OR I Ada—Is Jack Rogers oUT Ov Life: man Helen—I've been trying for two years to make him speak. a talkative Tribune; nd. Cineinnati asked th roaring trade 1 am, 'hy “Aren’t s0 you glum?* doing & admitted the basso, “but it “What are you ar- * asked the ‘curlous me too much gab,” sald Polices Wanted to know if 1 was marked m $1." man 9 down fr >hilac id thy one remark th And thus the itor, upon hearing honesty s the best ving becam: current, Inter Oc: d fellow! was this smoking jacket a gift from vour wife?" “1 don’t know; 1t's too soon for the bill te come in."” poliey. Detroit Tribune: tow I am goligto Second Flea—Ha rst Flea—I don't know ake a living. you tried it on a dog. Buffalo Courfer: ‘‘Colonel Spouter claims that the women supported him during the campaign, if the men didn’t.’” “Yes; his wife took In washing and his mother plain’ sewing.’ Truth: Gladys—Mamma, my teacher was talking about synonyms today. What Is & synonym? Mr Catherwood—A synonym, darling, Is a you can use in place of another one when you .do not know how to spell the ofher one. : Washington Star: “This passage the publisher to the great author, ambiguous to me. by it? “I don’t know,” replied the great author. “I left it theré for the commentators to work over when I'm dead.’” ‘seems What do you mean Puck: Once upon a time a Bicycle ac- costed a_Horse, “Get off the earth!" sald the Bieycle; “I am golng to supplant you entirely.” “Nay, ‘nay,” it rejoined, gently; *they can’t make canned corned beef out of yow. —_—— A S0CIAL HERO. New York Press. ‘When the mercury’s freezing at zero or near To that figure, he notice is seeking, And awe struck his auditors stand as they hear hear ‘Whene'er of the matter he's speaking. You see him the center sometimes of a ring, Where ev'ry neck's strained with atten: tion, But he fells It as if "twas a commonplace hing, A trifle 'scarce worthy of mention, ir dread of consumption or sciatic aches appalling to list to him scorning; This man is the hero, dear reader, who takes An ice water bath every morning. e T — Your Money’s Worth or Your Money Back, Happy— Happy New Year— May it be as happy for you as it has been successful for us. We are under obligations to our friends -for this, and believe us, we intend to return the kindness in the shape of extraordinary values taking stock now during the coming year. We are after that, we'll have a sale—watch for it—you'll be interested. Again, we wish you a happy, happy New Year. BROWNING, KING & CO., Reliable Clothiers, 8. 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