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

THE _OMAHA DALY Bee B. ROSEWATER, aitor. EVERY MORNI TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Dee (Wi Daily Bea and § Bix Months . Three M Bunday Haturday Bee, Weekly Bee, 2338333 One_Year. One Year OFFICE Dmaha, The Bee Bullding . Bouth Omaha, Singer k., Cor. N and 2ith Sts Council Blufts, 12 Pearl Strect Chicagn Office, 317 Chamber of Commerce. New Tork, Rooms 13, 14 and 15, Tribune Bidg. Washington, 107 ¥ Street, N. W. CORRESPONDENCE. All communications relating to pews and edi- torial matter should be nddresscd: To the Editor. B LETTERS. All business letters and remittances should be Addressed | to ] Hee Publishing com Omuha, Dratts, checks and postoffice made_payable 1o the order of the THE BF 7 Qeorge Hshing o the netun of tha Dil printed dur a3 follows: M * OF CIRCULATION. fhe Bea Pub- pany, being ays taat number of full and complete cop Morning, Evening and Sunday De 8 the month of November, huck, o emamma Less ded coplos Total vold iy Daily averago nét o worn to before me and subscribed In my pr ence this 30 day of Decemb (Seal.) N. ary Public. e SRR o AL e Y It Is Governor Holcomb now! Two more months of the Fifty-third congie ¥ as well bear it as manfully ible. We beg to point to the installation of Judge Holeomb in the governor's chair as complete verification of The Bee's election returns The new chief of the fire department is being afforded daily opportunity to work into the harness of the actual oper- ation of the department. e 1t the Board of Bducation is com- mitted to the policy of maintaining its own Insurance fund, what excus offer for continuing to waste time with the propositions of importu- nate insurance agents? When Mayor Bemis, In his annaul ge, declared that the Tenth street depot sheds should be condemued under the ordinances prohibiting nulsances he gave utterance to a conclusion that has forced itself upon the mind of every citi- zen of Omaha. Some Chicago people arce of the opin- fon that John Burns talks too much. In this they arc a trifle mistaken, It is not that he talks too much, but that from the Chicago point of view he says the wrong things. If he praised and flattered Chicago all would be cheer- fully forgiven It Is certainly a bad practice to in- troduce into the public schools of so- liciting the children in attendance to contribute to funds or collections of any kind. But if there is any deserving ob- Jeet which will warrant a deviation from the vigid vule it is the aid demanded by the povert, ricken drouth sufferers of western Nebraska. An appeal to the school children for their mite in pro- visions and clothing will do so much more good than harm that it will be readily acquiesced in even by those who would object to such a proceeding for any other purpose in the least degrec less laudable, There appears to be concord of senti- ment among legislators as well as in the minds of the outgoing and incoming governors that measures for the relief of drouth sufferers must be expedited. Whatever may be done in this regard should of course be done without delay, but every safeguard must be adopted to protect the relief fund against people who are @ to care for themselves if 80 disposed. When The Bee canvassed this matter early in the fall informa- tion was gleaned from county officials in western counties to the effect that people who make the most noise about thelr distressing condition are those who need assistance the le The honest and most deseryin ways hesitate to ask aid and must be sought out by the authorities, The unanimons renomniation of Sena- tor Wolcott by the republicans of the Colorado legislature to suceeed himself In the United States senate is a compli- ment not to be deprecated, however confidently it was expected by the r cipient. Senator Wolcott has unques tlonably voiced the sentiments of his constituents in the upper house of the national congress, and he has done so with persistence and ability, Although one of the leaders of the free silver fac tion, he has secured a wide influence for a fivst term member and is better prepared than ever to act as the repre- sentative of the Centennial state in the senate. He is sound on the general principles of republican doctrine and Will be found sustaining vepublican pol- fey under this president and the next, The republicans in the state senate explain their action in refusing their as- soclates of different political faith any representation on the committee empow- ered to wake up the standing commit- tees as an act of retaliation for similar treatment accorded them by the popu- Lists and democrats two years ago. The fact that the republicans were shabbily treated in the last legislature is no valid excuse for the same offensive proceed ing now. No one expects the republie- ans to give up the advantage which their number confers upon them. They could, however, have given the wminor- ity one place on the committee without fu the least endangering their own con trol. Such a place would have been no more than complimentary, but it would give the republicans good ground for remonstrance if at some futur time the tables should be turned. They have really set a precedent against themselves without deriving any benefit frow it worth baving, GOVERNOR ROLCOMB'S INAUGURAL. At the threshold of assuming the re- sponsible duties of chief executive Gov- ernor Holcomb delivered an maugural nddress which expresses In terse, plain and wnequivoeal language his deter- mination to administer the affairs of | state upon the broad fundamental prin- cipled of popular self-government. | Recognizing the exigencies under which Le has been placed at the head of the state government, he declared his pur- pose to make partisanship secondary to citizenship and to carnestly endeavor to be the governor for all the people. In this spirit he appeals for hearty operation to the legislature, and exhorts them to make it th t husiness to enact measures for fating distress in the drouth-stricken sections of the west and devise the ways and means that will enable the destitute settlers to | briage the season and provide | themselves with seed grain. As one of | the surest preventives of a recurrence of crop faflures in the arld region G co- ove W that will establish a tion by which the water from mountain streams and rivers can Lutilized for lusbandry. The railroad managers and - tion allies, who have been anticipating a rald upon public earriers, will be bly disappointed on the conserva- tive views expressed by Governor Hol- comb on the relations of the railw and the people, and expecially the as ance that there i no desire on the of the people who have been burdened by oppressive rates of transportation for any legislation that would tend to cripple the great highways of com m The governor's conclusions re the maximum rate case and Brewer's extraordinary decigion accord with the views of all class outside of railrond headquar lis recommendation to have ppealed s in harmony with iis predecossor., system of irriga- the corpor arding Judge citizens ters, and the case that of The pernicious influence of the rail- road pass upon public morals is pointed out in unequivocal terms, and his recom- mendation that the legislature abolish the pass system by law only reiterat demands and pledges made time and again by the various party platforms. The industrial will doubtle e pleased with the views expressed by Governor Holcomb in or of arbitrs tion legislation, and laws that will pr tect voters against coercion and insure for each American citizen of Nebraska the privilege of casting an untrammeled ballot and have that ballot honestly counted. Taking Governor Holcoml as the outline of his policy, all appre- hension that there is any danger of reckless or anarchist ion while he remains at the helm has been dispelled. classc Inaugural THE GOVERNOR'S MESS. The exhaustive and carefully prepared valedictory —message of Governor Crounse to the newly convened state legislature commends itself to the con- sideration not only of the members of the body to which it is addressed, but to every citizen of Nebraska interested in the welfare and good government of the state. The document is clear cut in language and dignified in tone. It will be classed among the longest, if not the longest, state paper of its kind that has come from the executive office since the foundation of the state, but its length is to be explained by the multi- plicity and the importance of the topics discusse: The governor furnishes a brief summary of the most salient points found in the reports of the vari- ous state officers, and makes his recom- mendations upon the several live state issnes plainly and without equivoca- tion. Governor Crounse's position with re- spect to the question of relief for the drouth sufferers has not changed since he declined last fall to summon the leg- islature in extra session to devise means for meeting the emergency. He Is of the opinion that in view of the peculiar financial lmitations at present resting upon the state, the state should refrain from approprinting direct aid to the un- fortunaie farmers and should confine its activity toward enabling the differ- ent counties to help themsely He outlines further how his plan may be carried into execution. There will quite naturally be some dissent among the members of the legislature to this propo- sition, but it certainly merits the most careful consideration. Next to the demands of the drouth suf- ferers the most pressing topie discussed by Governor Crounse is that of the state’s finances. As is well known the condition of the state treasury has for some time been far from satisfactory. By a series of decisions rendered by the supreme court the hands of the state officers seem to have been effectually tled against any effort to protect the people from warrant shavers and bond brol With a half million of dollars Iying idle in the permanent school fund the state still finds itself compelled to puy high rates of interest on hun- dreds of thousands of dollars of out- standing state warrants. Some of the rovernor's recommendations will com- menu themselves as well caleulated to these abuses, namely, a in the rate of inter- est pald on registered state war- rants, and the temporary i vestment of idle school funds in United States bonds, to be later converted into better paying investments, His pro- posal to abandon the state depository law by repealing it instead of strength- ening it, on the other hand, would be a retrogression, opening the way to old abuses against which the taxpayers have long rebelled. The fact is that the finances of the state can only be satisfactorily reformed after several necessary constitutional amendments shall have been enacted. This gives supreme force to the goy- ernor's endorsement of The Bee's pro- gram for constitutional revision by the submission to the voters at the next election of separate amendments on the following topics: Wirst, enlarging the supreme court; second, altering the re- strictions on the investment of the per- manent school fund; third, creating an clective railroad commission; fourth, waking citizenship a requisite for the AGE. ernor Holcomb recommends legislation | be | THE OMAMA DAILY BET: RIDAY, JANUARY 4, 1895, franchise, and fifth, empowering the legislature to create minor ex- ecutive offices. Once give e braska an up-to-date constitution and the doors to other reforms will be speedily opened. | elective rallway commission, responsi- ble to the people, will undoubtedly sim- ;pl”y the question of railrond As | to the maximum freight rate decision, | Governor Crounse advises an appeal to | the court of last resort, remarking quite | truly that the legislative power to enact | railway rate scheduules ean be of no practical value so long as the federal courts stand ready to nullify state law. A perusal of this message will disclose | the vast extent of the work to be per- "rnrnu-.l by the present legislature. tes, BRINC LTY 10 JUSTICE, cott tragedy up in Holt county ms to become more mystify- ing the more facts bearing upon it are developed. Up to the present moment nothing 1 been adduced to overthrow the first conclusion presented to the pub- lic, namely, that he was assaulted and taken captive by a mob of incensed dos- peradoes, carried to some secret Iynched and his body e At the same time there are v ures about the case that are suspic in the extreme The stories of the ties who were in company with rett Scott at the time of the assault not co in all particulars, but thi differ perhaps no more than is natural, considering that they emanate from women who were frightened half out of their senses. It the tragedy is an instance of mob violence it is to be condemued by all specting citizens in the most se- s terms, and every effort should be made to bring the guilty persons to the bar of justice. No matter what the crime of Barrett Scott may have been, nor what the provoeation of apparently wrried justice, there can be no ex- cuse for the commission of another erime more terrible than his. The Bee is sparing neither trouble nor expense to get at every detail of the horrible episode, Until more, however, s known, only partial judgment can be formed. In the interval it behooves the authorities to exert themselves to the utmost to trace the crime to its guilty authors, spot, rereted, do sy A BUNGLING PROCE For the las ms there has been an inexcusable bungle about the de- livery of the valedictory of the outgoing governor and the inaugural of the in- coming governor. The constitution pro- vides that the governor 1 at the com- mencement of each session and at the close of his term of office communicate to the legislature by m ge the con- dition of the state and shall recommend such measures as he shall deem expe- dient. Now the commencement of each ses- sion had always been interpreted, up to 1889, as Dbeginning as soon as notice was served upon the governor that the legislature was duly organized. This notice alway was served immediately after each house had chosen its officers and notified the co-ordinate branch that it was ready for business. Upon receiving such no- tice from the two houses the governor usually proceeded to the house of rep- resentatives to deliver his message. Im- mediately following the delivery of the message the two houses would pro- ceed with the canvass of the returns of the general election, which Is the first business the legislature Is dirccted to transact. On the day following the canvass and the publication of the per- sons who had received the plurality of votes on the face of the returns the newly elected governor is inducted into office and given the opportunity to de- liver his inaugural address. Four ago the populist legislature broke away from the regular procedure during the memorable Powers-Boyd contest, and the result was that Thayer, the outgoing governor, did not deliver his message until after Boyd, the incoming governor, had delivered the ing words, Thayer's mes: was permitted to be d in the legislature after he had ceased to be governor and had no more right to communicate to the legis- lature than any other private citizen. This stupid break In the opening pro- cedure established a precedent, so that two years ago and again this year the outgoing governor and. the incoming governor were almost telescoped, to use railroad slang, when in reality the mes- sage of Governor Crounse should have been delivered at least one day before the inaugural of Governor Holcomb, so that the latter might have an opportu- nity to supplement such recommenda- tions as his predecessor might have omitted and endorse such as com- mended themselves to his judgment. The precedent begun in 1801 should never agaln be repeated. It is contrary to the spirit of the constitution and contrary to all parliamentary usage, UL WHY RENTS ARE LOW, Omaha is not the only city in which the stress of hard times has had a de- pressing influence upon the rental values of Improved properties. In almost every other large city, both east and west, the complaint is general that desirable buildings have been vacant for some months past and that those which are oceupied by tenants are bringing a con- siderably smaller return than formerly to the landlords and owners. Year's review of the progress rental agency business in Chicago during the twelve months just completed, published in one of the Chicago papers, gives volee to the prevalent dissutisf: tion on this score in that city. It reluc- tantly acknowledges that the rent mar- ket was necessarily “influenced to some degree” by the general depression which affected every line of business the pre- ceding year, although it is, of course, careful to point out the two or three special eases which form exceptions to the rule. In New York City the same condition of the rent market exists, if auything, upon a larger scale. Rents for business purposes have fallen all the way from 20 to 40 per cent. Merchants whose leases for lofts or stores are about to expire are able, because of the redun- dant supply of available buildings, to renew their agreements on much wore favorable terms. Few buildings con- tinue to be crected for the accommoda- tion of speefal interests or in specially | desirable lockilfties, but even these do needed | An| not obtain the, prices of a few years ago. Make infmiries all through the list of smaller ¢itlés and the answers will | all tend in the same direction. This fall In rents Is naturally to be at- tributed to the industrial depression which has exerted its pressure in several ways. The élisination of firms and cor- porations that have gone out of busi ness Is only nosmall part of it. More potent is thé universal tendency to econ- omize operating to Induce merch: reduce expenses by sub-renting previously ufilized for themselves. Like- | wise with professional men who more than ever are found to have “doubled up,” several who once had separate | offices now contenting themselves with desk room in the office of another. The same Influence, too, is felt in residence cireles. Related families are living to- gether as one household or a family is | onomizing by taking lodgers or lv- | ing in a smaller and cheaper house than | before the hard times. In this lies the | very ground for hopefulness, Sueh con- | ditions ean continue only so long as en- forced by external conditions, So soon umstances permit these tem- ances must be dissolved and demand for stores, offices and resi- dences must experience a steady in- The movement must manifest itself in all the large cities where com- plaints are now made. Omaha having comparatively few vacant buildings must be among the first to reap the benefit of the revival, crease, The Agriculture department, it ap- from the statement of the chief i, is not prepared to assist the suf- ferers of the drouth-ridden district in the matter of supplying seed for a new | crop to the extent that the exigency de mands, If this is true no time ought to be lost by the Nebraska delegation in congr in securing the passage of a resolution or bill that will give the secretary full power and resources to supply the need. The federal govern- ment can hardly refuse to assist the helple farmers in this me: 1f additional legislation is nec con- gress ought not to hesitate in its enact- ment. Our congressmen in Washing- ton should look this question up without delay and see to it that all ob to the supplying of seed from the Agri- culture department be removed in ample time. How would it do for the legislature to provide in the bill appropriating money for the relief work that judges of the distriet court in western counties shall designate or appoint a man or a comiittee in each county where relief s to be dispensed to han- dle any state money apportioned to such county and to feport upon the merits of each applicant for aid? e Our Lotl, Caunda's Gain. Globe-Democrat. Canada has secured from Spain conces- slons _similar, to those possessed by the United States under the McKinley law, and is now gaining control of the Cuban market for flour, which, up to the time of the pas- sage of our new tariff law, was a source of large profit to;our millers and farmers. state Springficld (Mass.) Republis 3 Altogether it has been much such a year as that which followed the panic time of shrinking values, liquida- of old accounts at home and with and_readjustments to a new level . Now, as then, too, we face in- evitable changes in the monetar; iystem. Then we had to choose betwe:n specie or inflated paper as the basis of the circulat- ing medium. Now we must choose between ®old with a_reorganized bank note system, or silver and government paper. e Towa Lightning; Chicago Gold Cure. Chicago Times. Ex-Congressman W. H. Butler of West Union, Ta. who disappeired mysteriously and who was believed to have been mur- dered, has” discovered, himsel in-Indianap- olis trying to recoup his fortunes by work- ing as a book agent. Mr. Butler cannot ex- plain how or why he went to Indiana, or upon what theory he hoped to lay up wealth canvassing, but he claims to be perfectly sane, His career was a blank until hetfi‘“ some Chicago papers, whereupon naturally he was at once clothed in his right mind. The journalism of this city Is as sanitary as good plumbing. ey Boston's Sacred Codfish. New York Sun. A Massachusetts correspondent Informs us that, If necessary, the state constitution will be 80 amended as to protect the s ed cod- fish in the of representatives in ' the state house, and make it treason and lese- majesty to keep or attempt to keep him out of his place as the real ruler of the state. A lady of Wenham sends us this us prophecy from “Old_Lilly, His Booke of Propl 01'{& (Boston, 17 “When the state house codfish shall wither and fall, Down will ‘come state house, Cuperlo and all.’ Boston needs to walk warily, St The Embargo on American Beef, Chicago Post. Mr. Nelson Morris' grief over the em- bargo against American cattle will be shared in a degree by a good many people who are not directly intercsted in the trade in by The Belgian embargo 1s merely another feature of an appa tly precon- certed war of retallation by the continental nations of Europe against American pro- ducts, It would be folly to deny that there s not some justice in this embargo. Through the dickering of the senate with trusts and other “infant industries” we have brought retriby n on our hy In “protecting' the few millions tied up in southern planta- tions or In the r trust's stock- we have put in jeopardy (he meat tr: the country, involving hundreds of millions of_dollars. Whatever the cause of this ducl of com- mercial nation: the United States cannot afford to take a blow without striking back, even If it has been the originul aggressol cntimental copsiderations should Hot pre- vent the president from using firmly 'the sharp weapon of retaliatory and prohibitory ties agninst thecountries at war with us, ere is little do that If he chooses to on the law heican bring Germany, Bel- glum b Spain their knees. Certainly the threat to Amegican industries fmplied in these embargoes %u'rmllu summary action. LOVE'S OB ACLES, o Boston Courler, Fair as thé peach her rounded cheek, And sunpy brown her hair; Blue, dreaniy sunbeams be her eyes, With which.no skies compare, But on her olassic upper lip Lurks there a fuzzy mat; And tho' T love her, oh, 80 much! T can't gét ‘over that. Accomplished to the last ¢ Is she, and wealthy, too; And were-she-mine I know' there'd be No better half more true, And—yespd'diwed her even now, And bid her defect s But she's another's wife, and I, I can't get over that. du by egree | had | her | eyeles THE LATE MRS. BLOOMER. Sioux City Tribune: Council Blufts 1s mourning the death of good Amelia Bloomer, After a life of unselfishness and fulfilimont of duty as she saw it, peacefully from old age, death came to her. Thus ended a woman whose name has been one of the joke storm centers of the generation and who has been pursued by ribaldry and jest by thousands who never knew she existed ‘ Chicago Times: Bloomer, the lady who first gave conspicuity to the garments which bear her name, has just passed away at Council Bluffs, aged 76. It can be sald In all seriousness that faw women of the century have made & deepst or more evi- dent mark upon their times. It required a bold and original thinker—a sort of a female Columbus—to concede that her sex legs, and to put them even fn muf- evidence. The reform 1s only begin- ning to take hold upon humanity. It is the complement of the bleyele, and ft s growing. Mrs. Bloomer has bullt out of flannels a monument more enduring than brass. | Brooklyn Bagle: Mrs. but her trousers will live long and keep memory green, although she did not want to win famo ‘as the wearer of a po- cullar costume. The women who ride bi- doubtless will put up & monument in her memory. They ought to do it any | way, for bloomers make it possible for them to ride in comfort. Now that the 400 in New York has sct the seal of its approval on bieyele riding for women as well as on & convenlent dress, we may expect to see more bloomers in the park next year than ever. If they become fashionable and can be made becoming they will be worn. Hith- erto sporadio cases of bloomers have ap- peared. Now the trouble may become epi- demic, Chicago Herald: As matron upon whom greatness was thus thrust lived in the old style clothes to be nearly four score, it may be sald safely that she lived down lier own desert; but she builded better than she knew in submitting for even a fow years to reproach as ridiculous as it was unex- pected and undeserved. Today In the most fashionable driveways and walks of the great cities of her country may be seen her cos- tume modified in many ways, but all the ways loyal to the idea that she endeavored to establish, the idea to wit, that woman was made for something better than a clothes rack, and that it is her privilege to dress herself according to her own fideas of mode: health, economy and cleanli- ness. Not only in the bicyele dress of all cuts, but o every so-called reform of the general attire of womanhood, the once stig- matized ‘“‘Bloomer"” principle Is established and vindicated. fled Bloomer is dead, the ——— AND THINGS. Sewer gas and booze give the sidewalks of Chicago an elevating tendency. Buffalo has an_alderman named Kick. Taxpayers hope he will do something to Justify their confidence in his name, A recont political duel in Argentina ended fatally for one of the combatants, Argentina needs a good deal more French polish. As evidence of the popular district the fact is cited that the Kentucky reminiscence is unable to transform his silver tongue into standard dollars, The Hon. David Bennett Hill spicuous by his _absence from house reception. Perhaps he witnessed Gov- ernor Morton's installation incog. Under the new constitution of New York, the paths of the statesmen lead not to the regulation pass. But there is nothing to pre- vent the “‘courtesy” of a prepaid ticket, Four of the sachems of Tammany are worth In_the aggregate $5,000,000. And yet, despite the tight of events, impertinent fel- lows insist on knowing how they got it. Some people never learn. The promoters of the big bridge over the Hudson river at New York City are ineeting 50 many obstacles in behalf of navigation that they are convinced a railroad corpora- tion is hiding in the woodpile. Only sixteen names were needed last Wednesday evening to end the relgn of licensed saloons and reinstate the jolnts in Des Moines. The petition lacked but that numebr of names to represent the majority vote of the city. Chicago cult is shocked because an alder- man lugged into the sacred council chamber a beastly—no, a human jag. The saloon statesmen of Chicago may glean wisdom from the doctors and respectfully decline to take their own medicine. The late Captain Stephenson of New York, who was convicted of taking peaches as a bribe, finds comfort in the fact that other distinguished men toyed with forbidden fruit. The parallel ends there. Adam was cast out, the captain was cast in. 5 Towa’s liquor law is a promoter of philan- thropy. A Clinton vender of corn juice, fearing the proximity of a church to his irri- gating joint would endanger the congrega- tion, purchased the church and sent the elect rejoicing to another part of town. A friend of Senator Peffer says the Kansas statesman is bitterly disappointed because the country refuses to take him seriously, Uufortunately for the senator he permitted undue familiarity with his whiskers, It is never too fate to cut them off, however. The late hotel disaster at Albany supple- ments the experience of other cities in dem- onstrating the dangers of overhead wires. The forest of poles and wires surrounding the building not only delayed the operations of the firemen, but Interfered with rescue of inmates and endangered the lives of both. el JABS OF HE JOKERS. was con- the white Truth: Landlord—I'm afraid I'll have to se your rent. Tenant—I wish you would; I'm sure n't raise it. Philadelphia Record: The father of a teadlly increasing family may not be proud, even it he does put on heirs, Harper's Bazar: ere’'s a train of thought passing through my head at this moment,” said the lecturer. “I thought you talked ‘s if you had wheels in ‘your head,” murmuredthe dis- satistied listener. Judge: Husband (with desire to say some- thing " pleasant)—Do you know, kitten, I could recognize you from your style any- where? Kitten—I should think you could, seeing that you have let me wear this same old style " for two years. Boston Courler: The bachelor gir matter how progressive she may be, ¢ like you to refer to any new wrinkle hers, Philadelphia Record: When there's snow on the ground the wise girl never cuts the fellow who owns a cutter, Montgomery Advertiser: don't that drum and whistle drive you al- most cf Hostess—No. I rather iike the you see we are going to move into | that flat above the lady who gave them to | Willie. Friend—Mercy! Cincinnatl Tribune: “I heah they was a good deal ¢ up at yo' last dance, 55 Dey Zn't nuitin ob de All “de ladies an’ gemmen lef' dey razzers in de cloak room.’ Washington Star: *“I'h of 8in in this world,” said man who was us work wherever he could; 1 of sin."" r be.” Teplied the New Yorl policeman, distantly, “hut I beg to assur you that I'know nothing whatever abou Life: She—Would and “see a mar think of It. She—Hut, really in the least. He - you say such a thi truth, T want to a man mys know' he won't come over while THE BLOOMER GIRL. Exch As I saw her, blomoe flying wheel, To save my life, although I tried, T couldn’t help but feel It would have more appropriate evening, when she said That she to me a sister would be, It she'd mad> it a brother in:tead. object How can to tell the If, and 1 ou are here, clad, today upon her been last Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. S. Gov’t Report Roal ABSOLUTELY PURE Baking Powder MANDERSON WILL RETIRE| Deolares Ho is Not a Candidate for the Secretaryship of the Senate, TWELVE YEARS' SIRVICE 1S ENOUGH He ¥las Neen Honored by Mis State and by His Party n the Senate and Feels thet He Should Not Ask for More. WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BEE 1407 F Street, N, W., W GTON, Jan. 3. Senator Manderson today states that he s | not and will not be a candidate for the posi- tion of the sccrotary of the semate. The rumor of his candidacy arose from the fact that some of his republican friends in the senate started a movement last week in his behaif, without h's desiro or knowledge. He regards the ofiice as one of honor, but hav. Ing been a senator twelve years and president Dro tempore, he docs desire to become an employe. Senator Manderson today pre tions of the Nebraska State Db assoclation, urging the enforcement of the provision of the fariff law providing for a rebate of the tax on alcohol used In the arts | or In medical compounds. He also presented resolutions of the Denver Chamber. of Com- merce, signed by citizens of Nebraska, against the passage of any bills for the reorgantzation of the Union Pacific and Central Pacifie rail- ways In accordance with the provision inserted in the river and harbor act of last year, Cap- tain_Hodges has submitted his report, giving results of preliminary examination of the | Nebraska side of the Missouri river opposite Sioux City. The report recommends the ap- propriation of $100 for the construction of a revetment to protect the bank of the river, which has for some time past been cutting away. The recommendations of Captain Hodges are concurred in by the engineer department. . FREE HOMES FOR SETTLERS. Congressman Pickler of South Dakota today Introduced a bill, which will be known as the fres home bill, providing that setilers who have made entries for homesteads under tho law shall not be required as heretofore to pay for the land at the same rate at which the government bought the property, but shall ba granted the land free, and that the land shall become theirs after their five years' res- idence thereon. Mr. Pickler says that this measure will affect the settl on the Sis seton and the Sioux reservations and on the Yankton reservation, which Is soon to be | opened. Those settlers who have already taken homesteads under the present law will be exempted by the provisions of the bill from paying the balance of the sum due the government. In compliance with the roquest of Con- gressman Mercer, the Navy department has consented to detail a retired naval officer to the Nebraska State university for instruc- tion in mechanical engineering, provided, however, that the university will pay the of- ficer for his work. Mr. Mercer believes that satisfactory arrangements will be brought about by which the officer thus detailed will be compensated. PERSONAL MENTION. Major Charles F. Humphrey of Omaha, chief quartermaster of the Department of the Platte, Is in Washington for a short visit. W. . Gurley and wife of Omaha are visit- ing the mother of Mrs. Gurley in George- town, D. C., and will leave for home about the first of the week. Lieutenant Penn, instructor of military tactics at the Omaha High school, s in the city for a few days, on his way home from a trip to West Point. The claim of Peck Bros. of Omaha, amounting to $11,175, has been certified by the secretary of the interior to the Treas- ury department, where it is now recelving an investigation. Congressman Mercer has presented a peti- tion from the Carpenters and Joiners union of Omaha asking for the passage of the bill providing for the appointment of a won-par- tisan commission to -collect information and suggest a plan for the arbiiration of all labor questions. POSTOFFICE APPOINTMENTS. Tho appointment of a postmaster at Auburn is a case which is engrossing consid- erablo time of the Postofice department officials, David Campbell, who was the postmaster under Cleveland’s former admin- istration, seems to be the fortunate candidate. Congressman_ Bryan is supporting .Editor Barnhart, Roy Harman is a candidate, and he is said to have quite a large democratic following, which he acquires through his seven democratic brothers. Bessle Common was today commissioned postmistress at Angus, Ta. Mary O'Donnell was' today appointed post- mistress at Havelock, Lancaster county, Neb., vice G. G. Smith, removed. Bids for gas fixtures for the federal build- ing at Sioux Falls, S. D., were opened at the Treasury department today as follows: Horn & Brannon Manufacturing company, Philadelphia, Pa., $905; Morrison Southern Electric company, Baltimore, $1,032; Simon Manufacturing company, Philadelphia, Pa., $1,090; Brooklyn Gas ' Fixture company, Brookiyn, N. Y., $1,138; Schultz Gas Fix- ture and’ Art Motal works, R. Hol- lins & Co., Boston, Mass., Mitchell not onted resolu- rmaceutical burg Manufacturing company, Brooklyn, N. Y., $1392; Cassidy & Son Manufacturing company, New York, $1,456; San Franclsco i\mwny and Plating works, San Francisoo, 1,701 STRING O NOMINATIONS, Appointments Recommonded by the Prests dent for Many Offecers. WASHINGTON, Jan, 3.—The president to- day sent the following nominations to the senato: ite—Hon, Bert W. Bowman, to be consul genral ¢f the United States at Baroelona, Spaln; Andrew J. Patterson of Tennessee, con- sul at Demmar, British Guinea Justice~T, Frank Clark of Florida, attor mey of the United States, southorn district of Florida To be commissioner of immgration, Walter Stradley of Califorala, at the port ot Sam ancleco, War—Colonel G. Norman Licber, assitant Judge advocate general, to be Judge advocate With the rank of brigadier goneral. Navy-~Licutenant Commander Franklin Hanford, to bo commander; Passod Assistant Engineer Robert W. Galt, to be chief en- gineer; Assistant Engineer H. D. Leopold, to be passed assistant engineor. To Be Judges of Probate, Territory of Utah Joseph Judd of Utah for the county of San Pete; L. M. Olsen of Utah, for the county of Carbon, tmasters—Thomas J. Stiles, ‘Albany, W. Fletcher Horn, Grant's Pass, Ore, Briggs, Tifin, 0.; Danicl H. Gaume: 0.; Joseph B. N New Brauns- J. 1 Tex.: Thomas Menominee, Wis.; Carl Zillier, She- Wis.; James Petaluma, ank L. Wiggard h, Cal.; rick M. Meade, Maron, i Lavinus ark, Wheaton, TlL; > 1, 1115 Frank M. Berr < Teny William A, Simmons, Maploton Patrick H. Judge, Dewitt, Ia.; K. Marrum, Bldora, Ta.; Martin D, Madden, Lyons, In.; Joseph H. Unangst, Marion, Ia; Gaston A Dreulket, Jeanette, La.; George M. Talbott, Beardstown, Ky.: Willlam L. Brwin, Plague- mine, La.; George W. Hucker, Brunswick, Proston, Shelbina, Mo.; John C. v, Neb, Colonel Lieber Mado Judge Advoeate Gone eral—Retiron g WASHINGTO (Speclal Telee sram)—The president today sent to the sen- ate the nomination of Colonel G. Norman Licber to be judge advocate general, with the rank of bri neral. This action on the part of the president was not unex- pected, as it has been belleved for some time past that Cclonel Lieher would be made judge advocate general for the re son that he has been acting in that ca- pacity about elght years and deserved the promotion. As a Yesult of the promotion of Colonel Lieber Licutenant Colonel Wil- liam Winthrop will be made colonel and Senfor Major Idward Hunter will be pro- moted to the licutenant coloneley. For the ton of major, le vacant by the pro- lunter, there are numers one of whom is Lieutenant , acting judge advocate of the De- rtment of the Platte. e follow enty-fifth in- A5 MeNutt, ighth Eamond 1 John Grant, alry. I Liettenant Idmund Smith will be promoted to the captaincy in the Nineteenth infantry made vacant by the retirement of Captain_Jckerson. In the Eighth cavalry senjor T t Lieutenants Johnston and C ton will be promoted to the va. I taincies, thus resulting in the promotion of Lieutenant Crowder to the rank of senlor first lieutenant. Lieutenant Crowder will then be the highest ranking first lieutenant eligibl® for promction at the next vacancy im the grade of captain in the Bighth cavalry. What a queer World this would be if Quaker Oats were buried at the bottom | of the sea! Millions of ruined breakfasts! Sold only In 2 Ib, Packages. Your Money’s Worth or Your Monc y Back. 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