Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 7, 1895, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, JANUARY 7, 1805 1LY BEE THE OMAHA DA B. ROSEWATER, Editor, — PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Bee (Without Bunday), One Year. Daily Bee and Sunday, One Year Bix Months . Thres Months ... Bunday Bre, One Baturdny Tee, One Year Weekly Ber, One Year OFFICH Omaha, The Bee Dullding. s Bouth Omaha, Singer Bk, Cor. N and 24th 8 Gouncil w13 Fearl Sireet, & feago Office, 317 Chamber of Commerce. ow York, Tthoms 13, 11 end 15, Tribune Didg. Washington, 1407 F Sireat, N. W. CORRESPONDI All communications relating to news and edi torial matter, enould be nddressed: To the Editor, BUSINESS LETTERS, All business | A remittances h nddresscd |t Drat payabl THE BEE 800 110 00 1] 2 200 150 [ ald be 4 company. PUBLISHING COMPANY. ATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. George 1. Taschuck, secretary of The Bee Pub Hishing company, Leing duly “sworn, says tant the actual number of full and complete coples o¢ the Dally Morning, Bvening and Sunday flee printed during the monty of November, 1804, was as follows 2511 21160 217 2141 2512 .15 o 20500 21,157 ] .. 1. it i H i 2 | 2., 1 Less dedu Total sold. : Daily average net cir “I‘E‘ &worn 1o before me and suscribed fn my pres- his 3 day of Deg al) - N. ¥ ¥ Public. | R AR A e o At It is feared that the b Omaha donation party will now come to a very abrupt end. Stand in with the proper you can run any kind of In South Omaha. It is worthy of notice that Adlai Ste- venson has not said anything in publie since the new year hegan. We shall presently see how Colonel Ager and Major Murfin have distributed the chairmanships of legislative commit- tees. skin game Omaha continues to pay the interest and principal of its bonded indebted- ness promptly on the day that it is due. This I8 the sceret of the high standing that Omaha’s credit has secured. The democrats of the lower house of congress hold a caucus today to defer- mine whether the Carlisle currency bill shall be declared to be a party measure demanding party support. This is cor- tain indication that the bill is in a pre- carious position. If Joimn M. Thurston should, after all, decline to accept the nomination for United States senator which the repub- lican members of the state legislature have tendered him, what an interesting fight we would witness between the nu- merous and willing second choice candi- dates. But — The government of the United States vants to_secure an ornithologist for service in the Department of Agricul- ture, and for this purpose announces a civil ser nination. It is to be naturally assumed that ornithology can be prosecuted under the present adinin- istration only by properly educated and experienced cuckoos, Perhaps some one will be able to in- form us why a contract should be let b the State Board of Purchase and Sup- plies for furnishing “bulbs” to the Home for the Friendless at Lincoln. Do desti- tute childven thrive on bulbs? Why should the state make a speclal contract for bulbs for this one institution and for no other state institution? Senator Kyle on Friday presented to the scnate a remons nce of the Job- bers' and Manufacture union of Siou Falls, 8. D., against the Pacific funding bill. Have the commereial organizations of Nebraska any opinions on this im- portant question, or if they have, ave they afraid to give expression to them? The jobbers and manufacturers of this state ought to wake up to the situation, Governor Stone of Missouri recom- mends in his annual message the estab- lishment of agencies and means for ad- vertising the resources of the state with a view to inducing immigration. This I8 a subject which the Nebraska legisla- ture may profitably consider. Nebraska ought not to be behind the surroundin; states in inviting new settlers to make their homes within her borders. Ne- braska can offer inducements to immi- grauis as attractive as the best, The practice among state officers-clect of delaying the presentation of their offi- clal bonds until within a few days of the time when they expect to enter upon their duties is one that should be dis- continued from now on. There is no reason why a candidate elected to office in November should not have his bond exeented and presented within a month from the time that his success at the polls is assured. The same thing applics with equal foree to public officers every- where, state, county and municipal, The protection of the public demands that all official honds he fully examined before they receive the approval of the proper authorities. This cannot well be had where the bonds are rushed in at the last possible moment. slue the Holt enacted aud the af- to be more of a mystery than ever. Every one involved or in ny way counected with the occurrenc seems to be fnvolved In a maze of hope- less contradictions, and no two stories present a recognizable resemblance to one another. The one fact that Barrett Scott has suddenly disappeared stands out in unmistakable bolduess. Whether he is dead or alive, whetter his abdue- tors were hLis friends or his enemies, whether the abduction was with his con- sent or ngainst his protest, are questions that wre yet to be determined. meantime the publie interest continues almost unabated. The next few days ought to furnish light to clear up wmuch of the obscure clrcumstances of the case A week has passed connty tragedy was falr appea In the | T RA The Rev. George R. G. Fisher, Mis- slonary American Sunday School union, who claims to be a laborer in the South | Dakota missionary field, has taken it | upon himself to make an appeal on be- [half of the famine sufferers of N braska through the New York Sun. The Dakota missionary takes The Bee to task for discrediting the sensational r | ports of deaths from freczing and star | vation that have been set afloat through | the press and declares that The Bee is | simply contradicting these deplorable | facts as the tool of real estate men. Now | we do not know the . Mr. Fisher nor | do we care how much of a contribution | he and other professional mendicants ¥y gather in the imate field. But | The Bee a 1, and that | to warn philanthropists ¢ and west | agninst imposture under whatever guise | it may come. This is not the first time The Bee has performed such missionary work., Back in the early 705, when the Republican valic 3 hoppers, several professionals made it their mission to gather supplies for the jrelief of starving homesteaders, al- { though the state had made ample provi sions for supplying clothing, food, fuel and seed grain for the destitute settler A few years later, when the redoubtable T. W. Tibbles w making appeals New York and ooklyn for the arving Pon while he was living | sumptuously at the Fifth Avenue hotel, The Bee was also taken to task for dis- crediting the highly-colored stories of destitution and death among the abor- igines. It is passing strange, however, that the reverend missionary who parts his name in the middle does not confine his ef- forts to the relief of his own people in South Dakota, where there is more des- titution and relief in sight than there is in Nebraska, The following le ter, which has just been received, speaks for itself: MADRID, Jan. 3.—To the Editor of The Bee: Permit me to make a few statements in regard to the condition of the people in Perkins county. There have been many er- roneous reports published concerning the destitution of our people. Two are now called to mind, one appearing in the Chicago Record and the other in the Denver Daily News, both of which should certainly be corrected. These reports seem to have been made by the same party, and originated in one fertile brain. The reckless statement is made that 600 families have applied for ald; that a Mrs. Burns and two children near Lisbon, in this county, have died from want and exposure. While we do not claim that there is no distress among the people of this county, for we are fully aware that there are a number of families which have applied for assistance, the statements of the above named papers are absolutely untrue. It would be impossible for 600 families to ask for ald, as there are but families residing in Per- kins county. The parties who are said to have died from want never resided in this county, and moreover no person or per- sons have died from such causes. The facts are that our county and its peo- plo havo thus far been able to provide for those who have been more unfortunate than others in the loss of crops during the past two years. We know of no person who has made application for aid from the proper officlals who has been turned away. We wero Just told by a justice of the peace, an overseer of the poor, who has held the office for four years, that he had never been asked for an order for relief. Stock that 1s allowed free range is in good condition. In fact, cattle taken from the prairies and have not been fed a pound of hay or grain make as fine beef as you can find on the Omaha market. I trust that this will place our county fairly before the people, D. D. DAYTON. 0 has a missic is st in SOUTH DAKOTA LEGISLATURE. The legl ure of South Dakota will convene tomorrow, and the people of that state are expecting the session to be one of uncommon interest. A United States senator is to be elected to succeed enator Pettigrew, whose term expires March 4, and as there is considerable opposition to the senator a lively and in- teresting contest is looked for. But this is not the most important of the matters which the lawmakers of South Dakota will have to deal with. In common with most other states, and particularly with the newest of them, South Dakota finds it imperatively necessary to reduce ex- penditures. There has been some ex- travagance in the administration of the state government which has borne heay- ily upon the taxpayers, and they are no longer able to bear the burden thus im- posed. However commendable the past efforts to build up the state by a gener- ous policy in appropriations for the vari- ous institutions and in promoting public improvements, the conditions now are such that this policy can no longer bhe pursaed and must give way to one of caveful economy in all lines of public expenditure. The credit of the state as well as the welfare of the people makes this imperativ The debt of South Dakota is alveady larger than it ought to be, and the credit of the state must suffer if it goes on in- creasing. Perhaps nothing can be done now to materially reduce it, but it is certainly possible to provide against any addition to it. This means that there will have to be a general cutting down of appropriations for state institutions, together with a lop- ping off of all unnecessary officials and employes in such Institutions, and it is not to be doubted that South Dakota has her share of these. It will doubtless he found practicable, also, to reduce the sulavies of those in the service of the state, so as to effect In the aggregate a very considerable saving. It is said that it will be proposed to close one or more of the five edueational institutions of the state, but that this will meet with vigor- ous opposition. Such action should be taken only as a last resort, but it is probable that one of these institutions could be spared for a time without seri- ous detriment to the ise of educa- tlon. It Is not an altogether easy or siwple matter to make a radical change from a policy of generous, uot to say extrava- nt, appropriations to one of rigid economy, There 15 always vigorous op- position to such a course from people who consider only thelr personal inter- ests, but who exert more or less political influence. When the general welfare clea ple to meet the demand regardless of the clamor of self-seekers. The task ho- y demands it, however, it is the | duty of the representatives of the peo- | fore the South Dakota legislators may be difficult, but they should address themselves to it with a firm determina- | tion to give the people all the relief pos- sible. THE FIRST 1HING IN ORDER. This is a year for economy and re- trenchment. When the legislature re- convenes this afternoon it should at once | Institute a searching inquiry into the rranted, unlawful and ravagant hase of legislative supplies by See- tary of State Allen since the Novem- election, Parties who are well in- ! formed assert that the bills for the furni- | ture, merchandise and stationery deliv- (4 by Allen's orders at the state house | will aggregate from $15,000 to $25,000. | Most of these goods are piled up in the state house store rooms, and nobody ex- cept Allen and the favored dealers | knows anything about their quantity, | auatity, market value or cost | state. The high-back chairs that .. | been placed in the senate chambe [representative hall are said to have been bought at $6.50 each, or $050 for the Job lot. The pertinent question is, what me of the chairs that were in during the last session? They we in fair condition and most of them could have done service for several more ses- sions. The proper thing for the legisla- ture to do is to take an inventory of all the legislative supplies and trumpery which Allen bought contrary to law, retain - only such as are absolutely needed for immediate use and make the dealers take back what is not needed. This should be done with the high-back and high-price chairs, and Sccretary Piper should be directed to purchase in their stead chairs that will not exceed in price $36 a dozen. Such chairs are #ood enough for congress and they ought to be good enough for the legisla- ture. —_— LAW OF OFFICIAL BONDS. The delay in the approval of the offi- cial bonds of one or two of the newly clected state officers makes the law on this subject of more than ordinary in- terest at this particu time. Outside of the inhibition of the constitution of Nebr 1, that all state officers shall give official bond in a sum not less than $50,000, nor le than double the amount of public money that may come into nds, all the legal provisions gov- erning the giving of official bonds are to be found in the law of 1881, Official bonds of state officers must be. in form Joint and several and made payable to the state of Nebraska in such penalty and on such conditions as re- quired by law. Such bonds must be filed in case of elective officers on or be- fore the first Thursd after the first anuary next succeeding the election, allof them to be recorded in the office of the secretary of state, except that of the secretary of state, which goes to the office of the auditor of public ac- counts. The bond must be executed by the principal, with at least three sure- ties, who shall be residents of the state worth in the aggregate the amount named in such bond over and above their present indebtedness, and affida- vits of the sureties showing the value of the property owned by each and sub- ject to levy and sale upon execution in this state must be made and filed with the officer approving the bond. That offi- cer, in the case of each elective state officer except himself, 1s the governor. Until his approval is endorsed upon the bond it is impossible to have the latter filed and recorded. As to the penal sum in which the bonds must be made, the statute merely repeats the limitation of the constitution, adding $600,000 as the minimum for the state treasurer. The law goes on to provide that “if any person elected or appointed to any office shall neglect to have his official bond executed and approved as provided by law and filed for record within the time limited by this aet, his office shall thereupon ipso facto become vacant,” which vacancy to be immediately filled by election or appointment as the law may direct in the event of vacancy in the same office. The person chosen for the vacaney must give bond in substance and form corresponding with that re- quired of the original officer. In cases of re-clection the officer must qualify and give bond anew, first accounting fully for all public funds and property in his po ion, and when it Is asc tained that an incumbent holds over by reason of the non-election or non-ap- pointment of a successor or of the neg- lect or refusal of the successor to qual- ify, he must likewise qualify anew within ten days from the time at which his successor, If elected, should have qualified. It is essential for the safeguard of the state and the property of the taxpayer that the various provisions of the stat- ute governing official bonds should be scrupulously observed. It is true that the law declares that no official bond shall be rendered void by reason of any informality or irregularity in its execu- tion or approval, but this is not to be regarded as an invitation to reless ae- tion. The law is comprehensive and d tailed. Its value lies in its strict enfor ment, is RETRENCHMENT AND EFFICIENCY. Any scheme of municipal retrench- ment should have in view a readjust- ment of salaries rather than a cutting down of the number of employes. With the scale of wages adjusted to reduced rents and prevailing cost of living w shonld be able to increase the number of employes in departments where addi- tional Lelp is needed, and still reduce the aggregate of running expenses. We want an increase in tne numl of patrolmen and in the number of fire fighters, The fire and police ‘commission can secure an increase in the numbe of firemen and policemen by* establishing a graduated scale based upon length of fce and rank. They can readily re- eruit any number of able-bodied men for $20 a month during the probation of the first six months' service with $5 a month increase for every additional six wonths until fuil pay of $70 per wonth is reaclhied, at the end of three years' service. With such a scale the fire and police fund would be ample for of rzen which the chief of police and firve chief deem indispensable A shwilar standard of salavies Justed under civil service rules accord- | number to the | Ing to qualifjeatjons and length of serv: fee would ifprove the efficiency of the various departments, and still enable the city to reduce expenses. It may not be practicable; to reduce the clerfeal force in the, offices of the treasurer comptroller Hnlt’ clerk, but the salaries should be readfusted to correspond with | salaries paiditomen and women of like capacity in _the various banking and business houses of the city. In all those establishment ‘{here has been a adjustment of “salaries corresponding with existing conditions of trade and income, and the city is compelled to fol- low their eSample or fincur deficits which the i does not permit. 7 Sy The sheriff of Holt county is reported to have ealled upon the captain of the Bartle rds for*a loan of the arms 1l ammunition supplied by the state to its militia. "The captain, it is further said, promptly declined to honor the req- uisition. If this story be true the cap- tain of the Bartley Guards only did what he was in duty bound to do. Since when has a sheriff been empowered to issue orders or make demands directly of the subordinate officers of the militia The governor of Nebraska is commandoer of the Nebraska National Guard and all communications of this kind must be directed to Lim, We would soon witness L pretty state of affairs if the sherift in every county were free to command the L i his county and to make use of e's military supplies quite at his own free will. Have not the republicans of Nebraska had enough of Walt Seeley by this time? Why should he be put in position in either house of the legislature to resume the despicable role of go-between for boodle lobbyists and purchasable mem- bers? Even Tom Majors repudiated him during the late campaign and charged t the wretched oil room roustabout s foisted on him by the populist sen- ate in 1801, when he palmed off the fraudulent Taylor voucher upon him and the state auditor, It seems almost incredible that a fellow of his caliber should be allowed to set foot again upon the floor of the senate chamber or be given any opportunity to tamper with bills and public documents. May we not suggest to the Board of Fire and Police Commissioners that they have the officers of the fire department keep an accurate record of the use of the new hose which they have just pur- chased in order to ascertain by actual experience what make is most service- able and most economical. Then, hav- ing settled which kind of fire hose stands the test best, why not confine future purchas to a single make and brand, at least until it is proved that some other is superior in point of quality and price. There is no reason why the board should be constantly ex- perimenting with different kinds of fire The work of the charter revision com- mittee is completed so far as suggesting and formulating ‘amendments to the law are concerned. The next step is to have the proposed. amendments properly presented and ‘pushed before the legis- lature, This'is where the co-operation of the Douglas county legislative dele- gation becomes mnecessary. We shall not have to wait very long to learn just where every member of that delega- tion stands with respect to the piece of legislation most vital to the local in- terests of their constituents, Farmer Morton on Grub, M'nneapolis Tribune, To tell the people in these times to confine themselves largely to a meat diet is in effect to invite the majority of them to & Barmecide feast. This mission of the Agri- cultural department, If it is any mission and is to accomplish any good, is to teach farmers how to make two blades of grass grow where only one grew before—in short, to improve the agricultural methods, and not to set up a dietetlc school. The people of this coutnry are intelligent enough - to know what to eat and how to eat, If they can only get the wherewithal to satisfy their gustatory cravings, and do not need any instruction on that point from Secretary Morton. —_— Citles Governed by Gangs. Cedar Rapids (Ia.) Republican. The majority of our citles are governed by gangs. The heads of departments in very many of them would not be tolerated around any business establishment that exercised anything like care in the selection of its em- ployes. These gangs maintain their hold on the public purse and squander its con- tents by skilltully appealing to party pre- Judices.” They reason that a large number of very decent men are so welded to party that they will vote their party ticket no matter who are the nominees. They also reason that very few of the solid business and professional men of a city will take the time and trouble to attend caucuses which nominate candidates, and If they can organ- ize a small percentage of the population they count themselves masters of the situ- ation, ———— An Eyo to the Main Chance, Springfleld (Mass.) Republican. farmers of Georgla are to send a carlond of pro- visions of their own " raising to the famine sufferers of Nebraska. Of course they will do it, and North Caroiina and one or two other fouthern states will probably do the same. The southern states are well stocked with provisions this year, not only with corn, but with meat.. A full ‘train load i to be the amount of this southern gift, if ex-Governor Northen of Georgia and the others who have this project in charge have their way, and this limit scems likely to be overpassed. One feature about this relief project 18 not so very creditable, and that is the’ disposition to make of it an advertising heme in the Interests of immigration to the south. It is too bad to spoil a fine bit of genuine kindness and brotherly good will in this way. It is always well to keep an eye to the main chance, it Is true, but there are times when it s just as well to keep selfish interests out of sight, so far as pos- sible, and such an occasion as this is one of them. By all means let this southern gift to these hungry Nebraska farmers be sent, but let it go as a free gift, prompted by broth- erly love, and not be announced in advance as “an investment from which returns are expected as from an advertisement, - — The New Diphtheria Remedy, Chicago Herald. The efficacy of anti-toxine, the new rem- gdy for diphiheria, Keems (o have been en. tablished already by use in various American cities, as well as in the hospitals of Berlin and Paris. Favorable reports are n by those who have applied it, and there seems 1o be no reason to doubt that the discoverers of the serum have eonferred a blessing upon the world by securing at least an antidote for one of the most seriows ailments which afiict humanity. ‘The one, drawback to its use is the difficulty in 8ecuring it In ample quality | for general application, and this as well as 115 success, has led unprincipled parties in Europe to supply a fraudulent article. In view Of this Ganger It has bren sugg sted that anti-toxine shall be prepared under official stpaivision, and that the 1emedy «hall not te used until'it hes been tested by national | state, or municipal authorities. The sugge tion 15 an_excellent o cry safeguard | hould be thrown around its preparation ar | use. The dangers of fraudulent points have alréady been illustrated in vaccination in more then one city, but here 1s a disease more to be dre than smallpox b-cause its | progress is so rapid. Every physician should he absolutely confident he has the pure rem- edy in treating a disease where a brief delay may prove fatal The being asked the | nov Hughes, | 1. 6—The United ignored the ch | PHOENIX, Ariz., Je | States grand jury has ad- | @salnst Governor Hughes of appropriating | his companions, he had 300 bottles of the | 1o, himself the 30 salary allowed for - o, himasle " | FATE OF BARRETT SCOTT. Creighton Courler: Fvery member of the vigilance committee should be captured and pay the penalty of murder in the first degree, Seward Reporter: It Is a disgraceful af- fair, and shows that there is not the regard for law and order In that part of the state that there should be. Wahoo New : While the lynching of Barrett Scott, the Holt county defaulter, is to be deplored in a certain sense, yet, in view of recent events, it may have a salutory effect. Ashland Gazette: While his orime was a heinous one, the crime of his murdere is Infinitely more desperate. It is the duty of Governor Holcomb to do all in his power to bring these red-handed murderer: to justice. Scribner News: It the lynching theory should prove true it would seem that the | provocation was great enough to excuse them. as many of the taxpayers ard their fam'lies are destitute while the man who robbed them was 1iving on the fat of the land Madison Reporter: Scott got a sentence of five years for stealing $70,000, Mosher is serv- ing a similar sentence for stealing $200,000, and yet the judges who sentenced these men have sentenced men to longer terms for stealing trifles. Scott was released on a bond, which, had he jumped it, would have left him richer by $30,000. What wonder an outraged justice demands a victim now and then. The Reporter has no sympathy for | Scott. Plattsmouth Journal: Barrett Scott and his whereabouts seem to be the center of an Immense sensation just now. For a man who has been a curse to the county which honored him one would think he deserved little. There is nothing conclusive of the fact that he was not taken away by his friends to bo driven out of the county to avold the necessity of going to the pen. Holt county has a” pretty tough reputation, anyhow. Minden Courler: Barrett Scott, who robbed the treasury of Holt county, and has since piled up enormous costs on the county, has doubtless met a just fate. The manner in which it was done is deplorable and is a stigma upon any clvilized community. Tt is bad for people to take law in their own hands. It is also bad to see a villain and a robber enjoying freedom ‘and privileges upon stolen wealth that are withheld from many honest, law-abiding citizens. Cedar Bluffs Standard: Whatever has be- come of Barrett Scott, the law-abiding citi- zens of Nebraska will condemn the action of the mob who had no consideration for an Innocent wife and children, and if the guilt of the parties who committed this outrage could be clearly proven there would be no need of a court of justice to deal with them. Nine-tenths of the people of Nebraska will denounce this outrage in the strongest terms, and it is hoped that the authors of the crime may be traced to carth and punished as they deserve. Blair Telegram: While no sympathy can be expressed for the miscrable wretch, it must be said that he was at least entitled to a fair trial, How much longer does the government intend to submit to this outrag against law and decency? How long shall Nebraska's fair name be stained with such disgraceful doings? Shall she stand up as a civilized commonwealth with laws enforced in a spirit of justice, or is she content to be looked upon as a’lawless early Oklahoma, where might ig'right and the crack of the re- volver has supplanted the crack of the whip. And yet this is called a land of freedom from intimidation and blood-curdling cruel- tiles! S LR EOPL D THINGS, The succession of brilliant state inaugnra- tlons produce a painful goneness in the demo- cratic interior. The New York syndicate of bond buyers are regarded in treasury circles as knights of the golden fleece. Miss Alice Eikenbary, one of Plattsmouth’s most promising young ladles, has just finished the writing of a story entitled “Sunny Sons of Sunny Side.” A department for the training of newspaper men will be established at the University of Missouri as soon as the finances of the institution will permit. According to the ukase of Kansas rail- roads, the man must now seek the pass. This plan will save a great deal of railroad rustling, without diminishing the supply of deadheads. A Who is there so heartless as to begrudge Senator Hill a seat at the white house ban- quet board! Surely one who Is wandering through the valley of the shadow deserves a sympathetic handout. The Missourlan who broke two of his wife's ribs while giving her an affectionate caress deserves a life sentence in Chicago, where a colony of bears have thrown up In disgust a similar job. It is said a_pious disciple of Confuclus in the interior of China, will not travel more than a mile in twenty-four hours, when on a pil- grimage. Bven this pace would outwind an Omaha postmaster commission. The fool killer put in a few days’ effective work io Burlington, Ia., recently. During Lis stay two verdant residents exchanged $1,600 in current coin for $30,000 in green 800ds neatly packed in sawdust. Robert Louis Stevenson wrote to Dr. Doyle when the latter was about to sail for this country: ‘““When you come to America, call on me. My house is the second door on the left hand after leaving San Francisco. Prof. Neumann of the University of Koenigs- burg s 96 years of age and for sixty-six years has been lecturing continuously on physics and mineralogy. He fs the oldest professor in active work In Germany. Through the zealous efforts of Mme. Henrl Schmal, editress of the organ of the French New Woman, a bill has been approved by a committer of the French Chamber glying women full control over the product of their personal industry. The late Mr. Two Sticks, when on the witness stand, thus explained his understand- ing of an oath: “If a man tells a lie, that moment he drops down dead.”” The claim that Mr. Two Sticks was a civilized person is a figment of the imagination. Bx-Governor Simon Bolivar Buckner, who was the opponent of Grant in one of the campalgns of the rebellion, wants to be sen- ator from Kentucky. He is one of the rich- est men In the state, has large holdings in Chicago, and his fortune Is estimated at from $1,000,000 to $3,000,000. Governor Knute Nelson has leaped into the senatorial arena in Mmnesota as a con- testant for the east of Senator Washburn. The action of the governor tends to compli- cate the situation, but the semator's wheat temper is unrufiied, and his 4x bar'l may be depended on to scatter the dust at the right moment. The odd and ancient custom of placing two lamps in front of the mayor's residence is till In vogue in New York, and Mayor Strong proposes to follow it. A modification P the west, but they consider one gas lamp or an arch light suficient illumination in front of their homes, In his message to the legislature of Penn- sylvania, Governor Pattison estimates that in tho fifty-seven strikes of organized labor in that state in 1893 the workingmen lost 81,395,432, while the actual cost to employers was only $131,650. In 1894 strikes in Penn- sylvania numbered twenty-seven, and only three were successful, Colonel John T. Crisp of Missouri rode through Virginia not long ago. As the shades of night drew on, he turned to Governor Stone of Missourl, who was with him, and asked: “Is it possible we democrats of the west fought four years to keep the Yankees from taking possession of such a country as this? Wiy didn't we let them bave it and be blanked. The work of demolishing the old mansion on Lafayette square, where James G. Blaine | died, and where the Seward assassination was attempted, has begun. Articles that were in the room in which Mr. Blaine died are being carefully removed. They will be | appropriately displayed in rooms set apart | for that purpose in (he new theater that will | be built on the site. Some of the rooms of the house are found to have mantels of rare and beautiful black marble, painted over. Reminiscances of the famous San Fran- cisco Clff House show that during the bonanza days it surpassed in festal orgi the best efforts of the old Romans. Every speculator who made a lucky turn blew him- self at the CIift. Probably the most reckless waste of money ever seen at the place was made by an opium smuggler and dealer in Chinese return certificates, named Whaley. | After an expensive lunch ‘he lusisted on a | champagne bath, and d ¢ the protests of ( best wine broken into a tub, and then dis- of the custom prevails among councilmen in | VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS. Bloomington Echo: The same old gang 18 now in Lincoln looking for a chance to get a | pull at the public teat. If the party wants to main & polnt it will repudiate them. Wahoo Era: The B. & M. is in the sad dle at Lincoln. Nobody particularly blames the B. & M. for riding If it can, but it's a devilish foolish people that will be unhorsed o easily. | Fullerton News The naming of Dr. M. 0. Ricketts, the colorel member from Douglas, as temporary speaker of the house was a well deserved compliment to an able man, and hows that another step has been taken to ward blotting out the “color 1ine,” which is el e R R ALR T Ch) orfolk Journal: One resolution that every | Nebraskan should make for the new ye ar that he will get out of debt as rapidly as vossible and stay out. With such a rule steadfastly adhered to, it would only take a few years for Nebraska to be abs olutely in- dependent of the moncy lenders of the east about whom we have heard so much of late years Geneva Journal tions the legislatura One of the large ques will be compelled to handle will be the passage of an adequate ir- rigation law. It is only within the last cou- ple of years that particular attention has been drawn to irrigation matters and that the spread of irrigation ditches has made neces sary the enactment of legislation that will permit the proper operation of irrigation com panies, Nebraska will have the experien of several other states to guide her {n the en- actment of wise measures for the proper reg ulation of irrigation matters. Kearney Standard: The Omaha Be that John M. Thurston “‘may surprise those | who may expect nothing of him in the United States senate except subserviency to railroads and other corporate monopolies.” The Be Is not In favor of Mr. Thurston for United | States senator to the exclusion of other worthy men, but is not without hope that his manhood and independent spirit will lift him clear out from ralroad influences with which he has been identified for twenty y We shall see what he will do when he has oppor- tunity for action upon the Union Pacifie ex- tenslon matter. Ponca Journal: — With an overwhelming republican majority in both branches of the | legislature people may confidently expect to see work speedily done for the benefit of the state. Among the acts which will probably be passed will be one restoring the beet sugar bounty, and thereby Insure the butlding of more ‘sugar factorics. Sugar heets are the only sure crop that can be raised in the state, | Drouths do not hurt it and the business is a | road to wealth. o crazy war which the | last legislature waged against it by repealing the bounty law did incaleulable damage, but it can be cured, and the present legislature will without doubt do it. Then wa shall sce prosperity and plenty again, McCook Tribune: It seems to be generally expected and admitted that irrigation will an important matter of legislation in the con ing session of the Nebraska leg'slature. The representatives of the western portion of the state in particular must fee to it that just cquitable and wise legislation s enacted in this respect. There must be no “hogging’ of the little water now available for irrigation | purposes in western Nebraska. A reasonable | maximum annual water rental per acre should be established, as is the case in Colorado and other western states. Equitable and reason- able regulations should be provided. ither | give us fair and righteous laws on this matter or give us none. No jobs will go. e THE B | | Indianapolis Journal: Mr, Morris estfmates the value of the American cattle and dressed beef trade at $100,000,000 a year, Our for- eign trade in hog products was as much more and our Cuban and Brazilian flour trade was very large and rapidly increasing. Two yeirs of ‘democratic blundering have rulned this trade, and the end is not yet, Baltimore Sun: As for the offensive dis- crimination of one-tenth of a cent a pound against Buropean bounty-paid sugar, that feature of our tariff was first introduced in the McKinley act. The repeal of the sham reciprocity item of the act does not, there- fore, affect the matter. As a matter of fact, the lower duties of the act of 1894 on nearly all manufactures is worth ten times more to the trade of Germany and the rest of the con- tinent than all the favors of the reciprocity treaties. Chicago Tribune: The National Live Stock exchange has issued a letter to be sent to every stock exchange in the west urging the importance of prompt, vigorous action in the matter of embargoes laid by foreign countrles against * our meat food products. It states that Congressman Wil- son has taken the initiatory step by the intro- duction of a bill to repeal the discriminating duty of one-tenth of a cent per pound on bounty sugar levied under the Gorman-Wil- son tariff, and that probably this bill will be considered fmmediately. Kansas City Star: Of course It Is to bo regretted that the few pecple interested in this small continental trade in meats should suf- fer loss. But it is not an affair for the whole nation to fly into a frenzy over. The entre trade does not amount to as much as the tax which tho United States government collects on the sugar which the discriminat- ing nations ship to this country. Yet a good many partisan pepers and some live stock men’ are demanding that the United States government remit the discriminating duty on sugar imported from those countries which are restricting the free entry of Amerlcan cattle into their ports. LR FPublic Ownership of the Canal, Araphoe Ploncer, The Omaha Bee is right in its advocacy of the public ownership by the city of the proposed Omaha canal. | BROWNING, Your Money' Picked Pants— [ in" the THE BONANZA FAIR. ew York World: The death of ex-Senator Fair, who was in many ways a useful man In his generation, removes another of the principal proprietors of Cafifornia. In proe coss of time their death and the removal of their heirs to New York and Burope may te- store to the state a considerable measure of self-government Globe-Democrat: The late Mr. Falr's for- tune was first estimated at $10,000,000, and now it is being put at $20,000,000, with the probability that it will finally turn out to b still less. Tt is usually so with big for- tunes. They aro exagrerated by public im- agination far beyond their real dimensions, and shrivel terribly when the probate court pass upon them Philad tor hia Ledger Fair of Nevada clecd was a romanc: a poor boy, ha m o life of ex-Senas who died in San Fran- Coming from Ireland 1e his way to California with the ** *4gers.” His projocts were highly successful, and he was already ssed of extensive wealth when, in 1867, became one of the noted quartet of gold and silver prin Fair, Mackay, Mlood and O'Brien, HIs servics as a senator from the pocket bors ough of Nevada was but an incldent in his career e died a millionaire many times over, Tt is true that luck favored him, and that he took the tide of fortune at the flood, but he was a sagacious man of affairs, & skilled executive in h's numerous operations and a successful reader of human nature, - Duvuy Left Seattle with Money. SEATTI , Jan. 6 "heodore J, Dupuy, who was found dead at the Golden West hotel an Francisco Friday und circumst that indicated he had b sandbagged by highwaymen, had been a ident of § four vears. He here from During his career he was on the W York benc it 1s sald, and als neh of Chicngo. He was When he left this ty for way of San Prancisco he money and a gold wateh, THE COMICAL CR w York by had’ considerable Galveston News: Experience is merely a bother to most people Philadelphia Record: By over his store It doesn't abovo his business cause a man lives nify that he is believe the look at Lowell Courfer: It you don't wind had a strong pall last night the traces it left behind Atehison Globe world th: in responding to There I8 no cheerfulne t equals that of an amateur an encol Syracuse Post: McSw could get out of paying Dobson that owe him. McSwitt Why don't y up to him with a roll of bills in_your hand and say: *“‘Dobson, here's that fifty T bor- rowed ‘of you?” McSwatters—But’ T only borrowed ten! MeSwitters—That's all vight, The object is to kill Dobson by the shock, and the §10 is yours Har pecte ! door.” 5 “Well—I'm here just the same. “Why, my dear fellow, I can lend you all u want.' “I don't want mof these Christmas tters—T wish I $10 1 u go I never e wnbroker's ar: “Why, Jone you here [ ¥o v. I'm merely havin precents appraised, 1 p out §300, and I'm anxious to know how mucl I took In. 1'll charge the loss up against income and lower my tax." nal: “What do you think of this country sked the interviewer, “My deah feilow.” replied the eminent for- eigner, ““I have oniy been here ten minutes,” “That is just what I want to get at. [ nt to find out what you think, not what Indianapolis J. w ou know." “But, sire.”” urged Mar- shal Murat, *“if you take this step and it sastrously for France, what can in vindication of yourself?" tion,” said Napoleon, sternly, left with the American news® ago Recor an safely papers of 189 Here are a _few paragraphs from a recent sue of the Humboldt (Tenn.) Leader: Aunt Mollie Blue sent a fine basket of ap- ples to the Leader office yesterday. Aunt Mollie is one of nature's noblemen, and her gentle kindness has done much to brighten our dusty path as we journey down the river of life. Joe Brayton has named his new foxhound after us.” The editor of the Leader feels highly complimented by this mark of friend= ship. " Joe says he has the longest ears and loudest mouth of any dog in the pack, The grim reaper, with his deadly sickle, visited our nefghborhood last Thursday and rowed Uncle Abe Bruton across the dark river. He died of bowel consumption in the Christian faith, In these glad Christmas times let us not forget to succor those who have been overs taken by the bitter pill of adversity. S T00 GOOD TU LIVE. Chicago Record. Don’t let your anger-rise, Whate'er betideth you} To do so is unwise, And fn good people’s eyes, "Tis counted wicked, too. 8o, if you're called a liar By this man, that or t'other, Repress your rising ire Restrain the mad desire To yell back, “You're another.” Don't let your anger rise; Man's worst offense condone; E'en though he ups and tries His_best to black your eyes— Don't try to black his own, Be not to anger prone; Man robs you of your wife nd flies to parts unknown; ‘en this foul wrong condone— Don't yearn to take his life, Whate'er betideth you, Don't let your anger rise; And If you never do, Then earth's no [lace for you— Your home 1s in the gkics. KING & CO. s Worth or Your Money Back. 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