Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 17, 1895, Page 4

BEE THE OMAHA DAILY B. ROSEWATER, "~ PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. = = e S TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily Bee (Without Sunday), One Year. Daily Tiee and Sundiy, Ode Year... 8ix Months ... Three Months Bunday Tee, One Eaturdny Thee, Ons Weekly Bec, One Year OFFIC Dmata, The fee Dull Bouth Omaha, Singer Tk, Cor. N and 2th Sts Counetl Diufts, 18 Vearl Street. Chicago Office, 317 Chamber of Commerce. New York, Tthoms 13, 11 and 15, Tribune Bldg. Washington, 1407 Street, N. W. CONRESPONDENCE, All communications relating to news and edl- torial matter snowid be addresed BUSINESS LETTERS. All business letters and remittances sl addressed o The Bee Publishing company Omahn, - Dratts, checks and postofice orders (o je_pryable {0 the ovder of the company i1 BEE’ PUBLISHING COMPANY. Editor. TATE . ENT OF CIRCULATION Jeorge 1. Taschuck, secretary of The Hshing company, being duly sworn. the mctunl mumber of full and eomplete coples of the Lally Morning, Evening and Sunday Dee printed during the month of November, 154, was ws follows: ays that e Less deductions coples ... Datly avern Tt R T ; - s l‘”:”' 3. TZSCHLU Bworn to betore me and subscribod in my pres- ence Uits | (8enl) ry Publle. L TR R L s A Omaha will do its best to prevent the next state falr from showing a defi- clen By the end of another week make-up of the next United States ate ought to be definitely known. That Mosher bank faflure prom JSfurnishmaterial - for federal juries for the rest of the centur, The three tailors of Tooley street have once more gotten togetlier and issued prouuneiamento in the name of “we, the democratic party of the state of the sen- ses to grand Was the consideration for the accom- modating denials of the Doss mbler of South Omaha permission to elude the vigilance of the watchful constable into whose custody he had been given? That widely read book, “From the Tarm to the Presideney,” will now have a counterpart in the coming production of Thomas II. Carter, entitled “From Book Agent to United States Senator, The st s disclaim hay- of the ight demoe ing contributed to the election present governor of Nebraska. As if an official disclaimer were necessary to impress this fact upon the minds of the people! The bill for a branch mint at Denver has gotten as © as a favorable report from the financ committee of the senate. The difficulty is, however, that it is questionable whether it will get further at the present session. The State Relief commission insists that it is meeting every legitimate de- mand made upon it for assistance. If any large community is really suffering from destitution the immediate needs can and will be supplied by the re- sources at hand. Eugene Field intimates that the loss of her treasury cannot mean much to South Dakota so long as she has her divorce courts still with her. This is cruel: articularly after Oklahon competition has made such inroads upon the South Dakota divorce business. The monster mass meeting held in San Prancisco last week to take action on several matters of public importance in which the people of that city are particularly interested has borne its first fruits in the removal by Governor Budd of the obnoxious police commissioner whom his predecessor had foisted upon rancisco. It is not likely that this is the end of the matter because the deposed commissioner threatens to fight for what he claims are his rights. It means, however, first blow for the peo- ple. It also shows that the new gov- ernor Is disposed to do what he can in the promotion of better government, and this Is a substantial gain. Omaha will receive nearly 1 from the gas company for the privileges which the latter en- Joys under its new franchise, It st be remembered that the principle ot the city should secure some return fo 1ts favors to the franchised corporations was embodied In the ordinance only by reason of the sturdy fight made under lead of The Bee against the fifty-year gas franchise ordinance, which was railroaded through the council a little over a year ago aud stopped by a timely velo by Mayor Bemis, This §6,000 is but a small part of the sum d to the taxpayers and gas consumers by the new franchise. There has not been a suflicient increase in the consumption to bring a reduction this year in the price of gas according to the sliding scale fn force, but a reduction is bound to come so soon us the sales of gas in- crease sufficientl; $6,000 for in return The demand for a markét house. has once more been made upon the eity council” through the Commercial club But there are just a few impediments in the way for the present which must be eleared away before anything tangi- ble can be expected. First, there is no money in the city treasury for the ervection of a market house, and ther ean be no money raised by general tax this year for such a purpose, inasmuch as the levy is already above the limit of enduranc Second, the $200,000 in bonds voted more than a year ago can not now be issued by reason of the fact that our bonded municipal debt is al- ready up to its legal limit, There is, moreover, a doubt as to whether those bouds could uow be issued, even if the fssessment is raised to overcome the 10 per cent limit. The special market house committee has therefore several knotty problems to wrestle with, o the Taitor, | | Pub- EBRASKA'S NEW SENATOR. John M. Thurston has been duly elected by the legislature to represent Nebraska in the United States senate for six years beginning on March 4. Senator Thurston's career has been in many respects phenomenal and his elec- tion to the upper house of the national legislature by an agrarian state known to be intensely hostile to railway domi- nation I8 an anomaly in the political annals of the country. Only two years 1o John M. Thurston was defeated in his contest for the senatorship by Will- | fam V. Allen, a populist, who will be his | collengue for the mext four years. Less than three months ago more than 20,000 republicans voted for and helped to elect Silas A. Holcomb, populist, governor of Nebraska, chiefly because of the known subserviency of the republican candidate for governor to railroad corporations, Mr, Thurs ton's eandidacy in the face of such ad verse conditions was almost a defiance and his election by neariy three-fourths of the entire legislature seems ineredi ble. Mr. Thurston's triumph fs by no means to be interpreted as a sudden re- vulsion in public sentiment in favor of the corporations and the pernicious methods by which they have imposed their dominion upon the people of this state, It is due mainly to the immense popularity of the man and his brilliant ievements in the oratorical field, It was also brought about by the peculiar conditions under which the recent cam- paign was fought, and more than all else the tremendous republican tidal wive that swept the country from ocean to ocean and submerged all secondary isstes ander the irresistible impulse to restore the management of national af- fairs into the hands of the grand old party of Lincoln, Grant, Garfield and Harrison, Incidentally, Mr. Thurston was so for- tunate to encounter no opposition from competitors in his own party. This is the niore remarkable as there were Sevel able men in the field who might have blocked his way had they Deen courageous enough to plant them- selves upon a platform that would have touchied the popular chord. In ¢asting a unanimous party vote for John M. Thurston the republicans in the legislature have assumed a grave responsibility and Senator Thurston more than any other man must realize that fact. Tt remains for him to exert his talents and influencé to counteract the prejudicial impression that the re- publicans of Nebraska have committed themselves to the policy of fostering monopolies and making the common weal secondary to the promotion of cor- porate interests. When Senator Thurs- ton severs his official relations with the Union Pacific Railway company and en- ters upon his duties as a representative of the people of Nebraska he will be in position to divore himself from rail- road politics gnd devote himself solely to the interests confided to his keeping by the people of Nel He is still in the prime of life, possessed of great ustural gifts and a vast store of in- formation gathered in the political arena and by years of experience in the profession in which he has occupied high rank. We mistake very much if John M. Thurston will be content to stop on the rung of the senatorial lad- der. With ambition still further to be gratified we have no doubt that he will shape his course in the national legisla- ture so that it may receive the approba- tion not only of his constituency, but of the country at large. Sprung from the loins of the common people, Senator Thurston's instincts and sympathies are with the people, and if he obeys his ural impulse his career in the senate will reflect credit on himself, his ardent personal following and the state. 18 BANKRUPTCY LEGISLATION. A great deal of concern is felt by business interests throughout the coun- try in the question whether there will be any legislation by the presont con- gress providing for a uniform and equitable system of bankruptey. At present the outlook for such legislation is not very favorable. The term of the Fifty-third congress will end in a little more than six weeks and there are ur- gent matters to be considered in that brief time. A uumber of appropria- tion bills are to be disposed of, and there are other subjects which it is to be expected will be given precedence of the bankruptey bill. At the last session there was passed by the house what Is known as the Bailey Dbill, providing for voluntary bankruptey. This measure Is opposed by the leading commercial organizs tions of the country, as being a menace to business inferests, which in opera- tion would enhance the expense, the confusion and the injustice of the forty four state insolvency laws. I recently issued by the New York Board of Trade and T sportation calls upon the commercial bodies of the country to take such action as shall prevent this Dill becoming a law by receiving the approval of the senate aud president, and suggests that publle meetings be leld by business men throughout the country to oppose the enactment of the Bailey Dill and in the interest of the Torvey bill. Perhaps it would be well to do this, even at this late day, though there is really hardly a possibility that the measure passed by the house can go through the senate, and it is not even likely to be reported to that body. If the subject is reached in the sen- ate at this session it will come in the form of a new bill, which Is understood to have been prepared, though nothing definite as to Its character has been made public. The vital difference be- tween the Torrey and the Bailey bills is that ome provides for involuntary and the oth for voluntary bankruptey. The action of the Louse seems to make it absolutely certain that no bill which provides for involuntary bankruptey can pass that body, and the disposition manifested by the party in control has not been particularly favorable to any kind of bankruptey legislation, the quite general feeling belug that this is a4 matter which the states should be left to take care of. It is to this senti- ment that the adoption of the Balley bill was due. This being the situation, it will obviously be very ditficult, if not impossible, to get an agreement be- e e s i o o T THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, JANUARY 17, 1895. tween the two houses on any measure in the brief period remaining to this congress, and it may be regarded as practically certain that this, with a number of other important questions of general interest, will have to await ac- tion at the hands of the Fifty-fourth congre: In the meantime the business interests may very wisely and properly give expression to their views on this subject. They have already with prac- tical unanhnity asked for a uniform | bankruptey law and this request has come from all sections of the countr; Whatever opposition has come from this source has been of so little conse quence as hardly to merit serious con ation, But no harm can repeating the reques <t congress may understand that has been no change of mind business men as to the desirg and necessity of this side from the ne there that among Dility TRANSPER SWITCH LAW DECISTON. The decision of Judge Chapman that the transfer switch law enacted by the last legislature is unconstitutional is unfortunate, because coming as it « in the wake of a similar decision with reference to the maximum freight rate law it must tend to strengthen the im, pression alveady gaining ground that no law affecting railroads can hold in our courts, The text of the opinion in this case does bear out this theory be cnuse the decision is based upon purely technd grounds. The law is held to be unconstitutional because it contra- venes that provision which requires ¢ legislative act to contain no more 0 oone subject clearly expressed in the title and that no law be amended unless the new act contain the section or sections so amended. The transfer switeh law, it is held, in reality modi fies a previous law on the same subject and henee fails to comply with the con- stitution. The point whether or not the railronds can be legally compelled to give the use of a transfer switch with- out extra charge is alluded to as ques: tionable, but the decision turns solely on the technical defeet. Having the way thus indicated in which the law can De uttered so as to obviate the constitutional difficulties, it rests upon the legislarure to imme- dintely make the needed changes and re-enact the law. Judge Chapman him- solf s that a mandatory act of this kind necessary, and that had the leglslature observed in the construction of the act the Iaw in force and the con- stitutional provision governing the en- actment of laws there would in all probability have been no contest in the courts regarding the construction and maintenance of such switch connec- tions. It is the duty of the present legislature to remedy these omissions of its predecess is A DEPLORABLE STROPHE. The frightful catastrophe at Butte, Mont., stands unparalleled in the an- nals of recent years. Pen pictures are unable to portray the fterrible scenes that were enacted in the short period of fifteen minutes, within which not less than a half hundred of human beings were literally blown off the face of the earth and as many more seriously wounded. Such an accident or series of acci- dents could not possibly have been fore- scen by those who were made its vie tims. The first to be stricken down by the unexpeeted explosion of gunpowder were the brave firemen, who, in the fearless performance of their duties, were endeavoring to extinguish flame born of incendiarism. The men who were caught by the second and third explosions were herolcally trying to rescue the bodies of the dead and wounded who were first eitrapped. The sufferers in each instance were inno- cent vietims to duty. Should the in- cendiaries be still alive and be appre- hended at any future time the severest penalty of the law will be only lenient for them. In the meanwhile the whole country stands aghast at the awful wreck and extends its sympathy to the bereaved and the suffering people of Butte. The letter of resignation of President Casimir-Perier is variously construed by the Paris press and his enemies at- tribute to him motives which it is al- most impossible to believe him capable of entertaining, but it is a most re- markable fact that his course has no defende His explanation certainly will not add to his fame for unselfish devotion to the state and an elévated patriotism. That he had been subjected to great eares and perplexities, as well as to insults which deeply wounded him, is true, but all this will not excuse him for having deserted his responsi- bilities under ecircumstances most favor- able to the enemies of the republic. The oceasion demanded the most complete self-abnegation, but it found Casimir Perier unable to withstand at a most eritical juncture an attack on his dig- nity, and with a plea of powerlessness he capitulated and left the country to the conflict of factions. His predeces- sor, Carnot, would not have done this. It is useless to conjecture what the out- come of the erisis may be, but it is very probable that there will be some fmportant changes and a revision of the constitution is not unlikely. tional assembly will meet at Ver today, when action will be taken on the resignation, which, if accepted, as it probably will be, the assembly will pro- ceed to the election of a new president. 8 The fire and police commissioners have reached the conclusion that a 5-mill tax will not yield enough revenue to en- able them to increase the force to the proportions which they are ambitious to have it assume. They therefore want the general fund increased by 2 mills and let the treasurer transfer this in- creased revenue to the fire and police fund. This proposition will be resented and vigorously objected to by the tax- payers of Omaha. This is no time for increasing taxes. The fire and polic board should fit its garment according to the cloth. They should cut down expenses and devise means for reorgan- izing the police and fire force on the basis of the 5-mill income. They can dispense with several detectives, and by the time the charter is revised they will doubtless be in a position to organize come | legislation. | |of the three engines has the police force ated pay that crease the for pay of the vete out increasing police pay roll. n the line of gradu- | enable them to in- ithout decreasing the policemen and with- e aggregate of the One member of the city council ex plained his vote in favor of the resolu- tion authorizingy the purchase of two additional fire dhgines on the ground that he had beeflasured that the pros ent additional rdfe for insurance above the fhird story would be removed so soon as the increased fire fighting facili ties were at hawdh) This is an ancient tale. We have heard of frequent pros pective reduct®ns In insurance rates, but the reductions have always failed to materialize. 1f we remember rectly this same assurance was given out at the time an enlargement of the fire department was first agitated, Sinee then material fmprovements in the service have made and one Iready been seeured. Just let the nsurance com panies show their good intentions by immediately taking off one-third of the additional rate for nsurance above the third story. This would be no more than earrying out a proportionate part of their representations. When they shall have done that it will be time to consider the question of meeting the vest of their demands. cor Chairman Winsgpear of the Board of Public Works has been granted a ten leave of absence for a skip to lifornin and back. If the chairman means to be by within the time of his leave he will have very little chance to look around California. But why does he take this trip Just now, when the courts are liable to dissolve the in- Junction in the Sherman avenue paving case? The annual exhibition of the Nebraska State Poultry assoclation is in progre down at Lincoln. The display is said to include some of the finest birds that have been seen in these parts, but yet it is having a hard time to draw favorable comparison with the collection of polit- ical fledglings on view in the halls of the state house. Omaha will be very grateful for the $200,000 appropriation for her postoffice building contained in the sundry civil appropriation bill just reported to the liouse. That will enable work to be continued for another year, when we will be nearer a position for the final estimates. In the interval small favors will be thankfully received. That South Omaha Investigation. Chicago Dispatch Charges of blackmailing having heen pre- forred axainst the®South Omaba council, that Lody called a gpeelal meeting, went’ into committee of the*whole, investizated itself and returned a vprdict of exoneration.” The comic opera librattist. is overlooking a good thing by neglecting the Omahogs. Come Bowi ch orge. aigh Record, The fact that {he Missourl legislature Is professing a_determination to reduce Pull- man car rates indicates that the average Missouri statesman has a properly prudent hankering after a visible means of support. We look for o buginess ‘outbreak ot this character in the Tllinois legislature very soon, i Short Crop, Lurge Returne, Globe-Democrat. The corn crop of 1894 was not much more than half as large a5 the unprecedented crop of 1889, but its value is estimated at $551,- 719,000, agalnst $597,918,000 for that of 188), Thus ‘we have a striking illustration of the fact that a short harvest is often nearly as profitable as an excessive one, owing to the nereased price that it brings. s A Chance for Reform. New York World. It seems to be too late for the combina- tion between Messrs. Hill and Cleveland to do_anything for currency reform, but per- haps ‘they might succeed better If they would direct their joint energies to bringing the Sugar trust to justice and compelling Andrew” Carnegie to answer in court for the blowhole method of plugging up government contracts. B Reading Cleveland Out of the Party. Sioux City Journal. Congressman Bryan of Nebraskn, in a speech before the Virginia Democratic asso- clation in Washington, declared that Presi- dent Cleveland i not a democrat, that his conduct is not democratic, that he'is wreck- ing the democratic party,'and that he is the first democratic president’ who has been una- {0 control his party. ' The one member of the democratic party he has been least able to control is Congressman Bryan. e Southorn War Claim: Chicago Tribune, All the other old war claims should be lald on the shelf at once. If not it will turn out w years more that the south was a ect hotbed of loyalty, that there was no on for sending troops down there, and what little rebelijon there was was sup- presged by scuthern soldlers. No claim dat- ing back ppomattox should receive the least ation, Then it will not be uthern representatives to stultify them 5 by descanting on the ex- tent of southern loyalty during the rebzllion, L No Moshor Lusi KKansas City The present treasurer of to accept a certificate of deposit in a_Denver bank for $25,000 as o much cash. The new treasurer wants to see the cash counted out, and on the refusal of the bank to do talks of proceeding ngaln reasur h amount If he care- ssly of deposit and the ank should prove to be insolvent, then he and his bondsmen would be responsible, 1t is gratifying to see an officer occasionally who looks after the interests of those who elect him and indorse for him s Corporation Anarel Denyver of Gov s in His'n, o5, *olorado refuses ght, s, rnor’ Altgeld" radicalism American institutions tions of unscrupulous or managers of vast amounts of . None will ‘deny that these com- binations, taking advantage of the laws for the security of property rights, have to all intents and pury pretetndéd to set up an Independent soverefinity within the gov- ernment and to dictate, through the black list, that men shall iforever be debarred from ‘earning thelp bread by their accus- tomed means of livellhood. This is the law of the strong hand—the law of the robber baron—and It would bé a black day for the United States if the time ever came when it would "be necéssary to demonstrate whether the oppressor or the oppressed had the stronger hand. The American régublic 1s based upon equal justice to all, and'tht man who uses his millions to erish the worker 18 as guilty of treason to the spinit of the republic as the anarchist who hurls his dynamite bomb in blind rage at all existing institutions. o While some incline toward extreme. sees the danger (o s from combin vie clearly Defining a De rat, Kansas Clty Star, Representative Hryan of Nebraska taok the trouble last Friday night to tell the Virginia Democratfc association of “Wash- ington that Mr. Oleveland is not a demo- crat. It would be a pretty good idea to call ‘a national convention of the democracy t an early date and decide what a demo- at {s at the present time. When the con vention in 1892 made its declaration of prin- ciples it was supposed that a man could stand on that platform and be a tty fair sort of democrat for at least four years, but in less than & year congress did its best to disabuse the public of that impression Without arguing the particular question of the president’s democracy, It is submitted in all fairness that the question of what real democracy i8 has degenerated into a guessing contest, and it I8, therefore, the more desirous that Hil and Bryan' and oibley and other gentlemen who have of late run up against discouraging majorities should call a convention and take & f start. Of course it is likely that Mr. C land will keep right on in the obstinate bellef that people knew their business in 1392 when they accepted the platform of that year and elected him to the presidency, but that should not interfere with the demo- Avatia ranventian far amendmenia pr PROPLE AND THINGS. ‘To the brave belongs the fair. When Omaha pulls together something must give. 1t should be noted the Gould reservo sticks $80,000,000, with a tendency to Increase. It the president of the French republic was all wool instead of Casimer, he would have stuck to his job. Defaulting Treasurer Taylor to be on the ocean. he will cough up his victims The Ohlo man is getting there 4n good shape. Senators-elect Elkins of West Vir- ginia and Carter of Montana are natives of the Buckeye state British criticlsm of Japanese cruelties at Port Arthur took on a fresh stock of in- dignation cn discovering the placing of Jap- | anese orders with German merchants Since Mr. George W. Turner became a | fixture on Governor Morton's staff the New | York Recorder has shown marked cordiality toward the new state administration The Chicago detectives did not catch Seely but they caught two-thirds of the reward Squealor McFarland got the remainder. fly cops rarely miss a reward when loose, It New York railroads stick to the anti- pass law it means a saving of $25,000 a year on legislative transportation alone. Ten per cent <f members' salarles is wiped out | by the amendment. | A bill has been introduced in the New York legislature to re establish the whipping post 09 a means of checking crimes against helpless children. Evidently the Brockway paddle fs not a success as a reformer. Ono of the dramatic efforts of Henry James was hissed and hooted in London, Mr. James may extract some comfort from the fact that Henry Irving was hissed for a week In the same placa and survived. It was a thrilling moment in the Colorado legislature. A murmur of excitement was instantly hushed. Members held their breath and the atmosphere cleared, A lady member arose, shook the folds of her dress, and calmly surveyed the subdued and subjugated ex-tyrants about. “Mr. Speaker,” she ex- claimed, “‘am I in order?” “Madame is the better judge,” replied the gallant presiding officer, pointing toward a mirror. This is a merry old winter, varlations. A Kansas City girl from lockjaw, caused by Three moons have bheen seen Judge acquitted an accused man, because, being the father of ten children, he had suffered enough. Thirty reputable’ residents of Michigan affirm they saw a fresh water sea monster skating on the fce. Louisville, Ky., threatens to banquet the man who ex- claimed last summer, “Is it hot enough for you?” Omaha bagged a senatorship and the falr in the same day, but does not want the earth. Even strect car stoves wax warm on mild days. New York is reaching out for other citles to reform. And yet there are a few caloric calams who think life is not worth living. at 1s now said But it is not likely that anything of interest to it s despite its is suffering gum_ chewing. in Ilinois. A Pt TN NEBRASKA AND NEBRASKANS. B. A. Roberts of Albion was badly cut on the head while attempting to oil a windmill in motion. Miss Ella_Cullovin, lady of Chadron, died of pneumonia. The Nebraska Starch company has been re- organized with a capital stock of $200,000, of which $90,000 is paid up. Rev. John H. Frazer of Coleridge has been called to the pastorate of the Presbyterian church at Blue Springs. A 3-year-cld child of A. Krumenacher of Humboldt tried to light a fira with kero- sene, and was fatally burned. A 200 pound chunk of ice fell and struck Frank Mansfield of Albion and rendered him unconscious. He will recover. Bradshaw had a scarlet fever scare and the schools were closed for three weeks. Only two cases developed, and the schools are once more in session. Fire in the Episcopal church at Broken Bow destroyed the chancel carpet and the altar cloth, but was extinguished without doing more harm. A number of young men at Geneva make a practice of distrubing tho revival meeting in progress at the Methodist church, and the officers are after them. Hog thieves are at ladge in Niobrara. Mrs. Hugh Smith heard some of them operating in her husband’s hog pen and went out in the night and drove the intruders away. Some enemy of A. A, Hardy, a farmer near Elmwood, has caused the death of eight of his horses in the past four years. Two of the animals died last week, and it was discovered that they had been fed pounded glass. After cutting a hole through the ice with a borrowed saw, Rev. James Hiatt baptized six Nebraska City people who had been converted at his revival meetings. There were four men and two women in the band who defied the cold water with the thermometer standing only two degrees above zero. e JOKERS' HIGH JINKS, a_ prominent young after a brief illness Philadelphia Record: Hoax—Well, I must be going. Joax—I've heard that you had Wheels, but never thought you would admit Truth: He—Now, I—I am a lover of yours, A lover of twenty years' standing. She— Well, take a seat.” You must be tired. Smith's Monthly: Hairdresser—Madam, what color do you wish your hair dyed? Miss Oldgirl-Oh! T am not particular; any color 50 you “keep it dark.’ Vogue: “Dr. White is a specialist, not? What is his specialty?" —consultations and fee is he “He has two Philadelphia_Tnquirer: Wobly—Is your son working now? Jobly—No, bit he's got a party working for him. it's this way. He goes to his mother for spending money and she works me for the dough. Judge: to be mind Elder Sister (patronizingly)—Golng I suppose? What a shame! Never in a few years you will be invited too. Younger Sister (independently)— and in a few years you will not be invited out. Indianapolis Journal: “I'll fust fine you an even twenty,” remarked thé judge to the ambitious young man who had tried to lick a policeman. “Nobody but the mint director in this country has a right to put a head on a copper.”’ Boston Budget: A Little “New Woman''— He; What a shame it is that men may ask women to marry them, and women mayn't ask men! She—Oh, well, you know, I &up- pose they can always giyve a sort of hint, He—What do you mean by a hint? She. Well, they can always say, “Oh, I do love you so!" ago Record: Street Car Magnat ot an ldea. Let's have the street car heaters painted a flery red. iperintendent—That wouldn't Increase ivink qualities Street Car Magnate—Wouldn't, eh? Just think how it would stimulate the passengers' imagination. BEAUTIES OF THE New York Times s a young woman of Guinea, ed—for she was no nuinea— A game she called golf, But she was clear off, For the pastime was nothing but shuinea, Keep Quiet About 1 Cedar Raplds Gazette. Two Omaha judges are so mad at other that they ‘will not talk may be BLL There wa Who pla each That is what called a decent sort of a quarrel. THE NEW DIXIE, Atlanta C Oh, Dixle land is the land o' cotton— Tring five cents, an’ the crop's forgotten, Buy a bal Buy a bale, Buy a big 0ld bale in Dixie! Then 1 wish Today. Hooray! Then 1 wish I wuz in Dixie land, With five-cent cotton on elther hand I'd buy, ‘ I'd buy, The whole' blamed crop in Dixle! 1 wuz in Dixie Oh, the farmers planted lots o' acres Asked fer cash, an' there warn't no takers, Not a bale Had a sale That wuz worth the work in Dixie. Then T wish Today, Hooray! I wish I wuz in Dixie land With fifteen dollars in my hand, 1'a die Or buy Mhe whals hlamed aran in Diviat 1 wuz in Dixle The | THE 10WA RATE DEC Sioux Clty Tribune said on either side, it is reassurably plain that the railroads. have a difficult task be fors them to convince the people that their operation necessarily should be made com pensatory any more than a workingman's in come ghall be made safe against any intru slon of labor saving machinery, or a mer. chant's income be assured on a falling m ket. But if anything in a personal way will strengthen the caun of the rallrcads it Wwill be the courageous exampls of such men as Peter A. Doy, whose honor cannot be im peached, and whose great carcer of inde pendence of rallroad and capita nfluence cannot be forgotten Des Moines Capital: We believe the com. mission started into the investigation believ- ing that it was possible that the Towa rates were too low, but the railroads did not make as strong a showing as was expected, hence the finding made by the commission in favor of the present The rates in force are low, and the result of the same has been the discharge of many railroad This cannot be denfed, but when good crop and everything shall be booming the rallrcads will be entitled to another hear ing, This investigation has disclosed one thing which is pleasant to know, and that is that the masses of the people of the state have no prejudice against rallways. Des Moines Leader: The people of ara deepl. interested in the prosperity of the rcads. They want full employment for railroad men at living wages, and the very best train service poceible want im- provement in road bed, better bridges and culverts, double tracks and new branches, new depots and shops and round houses busy with cheerful m They know these things can only come from prosperous roads The contest for ruinously low rates is waged only in Towa by a few wholesale grocers, who ara willing to see the entire state paralyzed and half her strong men out of work if only thelr profits can ba enhancad a little, Why should_the ners be tender of thesa few men, who stand as toll gatherers the’ producers and con- sumers Davenport right here declare for rates are Whatever may be men Towa commi; middle between 0 Democrat: It may be observed that the two commissioners who the continuance of the present theorizts and politiclans, as well ans, whila Colonel Dey is a prac- railroad engincer and a man who is versed in the operation of railroads. He has made tha subject a life study; he has had a longer experience on the board than the other two commissioners togethe and he is out of office, whereas the majority members are to continue in the public s 3 is well known, Colonel Dey is a t, but he is not, and never has been, in any sense a politician. He was first appointed by a republican governor, because he was recognized as the fairest and best informed man in the state, who was, and is, in way connected with the railroad a THE PASSING OF Chicago Mall: Now Defaulter said to be on the ocean. Tomorrow he may be at the north pole, or in Australia. There is no limit to tho possibilities in his case. Chicago Herald: The bondsmen and the complices of the absconding treasurer of outh Dakota seems to include nearly ail of the republicans In thp state. No wender they are trying to ‘“compromise.” Cincinnati Commercial: South Dakota's treasury was looted by an absconding official. The state might’ recoup its revenues by raising the tax on divorces, the granting of which has been a flourishing idustry for sev- eral years past. Chicago Post: W. W. Taylor, South Da- Kota’s defaulting state treasurer, appears to be one of the most versatile men this country has ever produced. As a lightning change artist there is a great future before him, it he can keep out of jail. As a traveler he has a record that has never been touched. It is a well known fact to all people who have followed the reports of his case that he was arrested at Memphis, Tenn. It is cqually well known, of course, that just about the time that he was arrested in Memphis he was seen and recognized at Middleton, Tenn. Then, just to make the matter interesting, ke was located in Chi- cago. There is also an indefinite report floating around to the effect that he has been seen in two or three other places. 2 = FARMERS 1'ASS RESULUTIONS. YLOR. Think They Should Be Allowed a Larger Voice In National Legislation. CHICAGO, Jan. 16.—The executive com- mittee of the National Farmers alliance held an all-day session heré, at which Elwood Furnas of Nevada, Ia., presided. Resolu- tions were adopted declaring that as the farmers are the most numerous class in the country and have suffered from un- friendly legislation the farmers should elect their pro rata share of legislators. They de- mand nationalization of means of transporta- tion and communication, that the pooling clause of the Interstate commerce law shall be retained. A declaration was made in favor of female suffrage and a demand for strict legislation prohibiting adulteration of food products. The following officers were elected: President, Elwood Furnas, Nevad Ia.; vice presidents, E. J. Bye of West Branch, Ia.; F. E. Fitch, Bellevue, 0.; A. 8. Brewer, Tampico, 1lL; William Toole, Barraboo, Wis.; T. J. Melgher, Forestville, Minn.; W. A. Kelsey, Dunfee, Ind.; J. W, Arrosmith, Colfax, Wash.; Theodore, Redard, Frenchtown, Mont.; J. Burrows, Lincoln, Neb.; secrefary and treasurer, August Post, Moulton, Ia. s Worth Your Mong, Towa has a | no | | Ing, self-sacrificing devoted tri | Walther, | BOYD COUNTY DROUTH SUFFERERS “Windy Smith” Bowsts of Having Secured Sixteen Tons of Reliof. ORPOLK, Neb., Jan. 15.-To the Editor of The Bee: A trip into Boyd county at this | time brings one face to face with conditions not often met with, even in the new settles | ments, Hardships and privations there must be, to those who seek to build homes far from the railroads and established in- stitutions, but usually the hard work in- volved produces the means by which life is sustained and growth made possible, The loss of crops, which is keenly felt in any state, brings disaster to those ploncers Who have braved and chanced everything to secure a home. To many families in Boyd county it has brought disaster, but not altogethier such as has been described through the columns of the press. It s necessary for any one to make ine 1irles to be assured that destitution must the 1ot of many who have ventured their in this four-year-old county. Man can- | not live even by the sweat of his brow, if the soll will not yield back the borrowed | seed. “But the destitution which I have found upon my trip through the county | does not involye starvation and death, as reprosented. The common lot, experienee nd prospect in this county serves as a sufl | clent ground for a common life, and no person or persons will go uncared for so long as one sack of flour remains in_the | county. There fs undoubtedly o spirit of generosity and loyalty, which, while it may rot prevent " suffgring, will alleviate | It s far as possible, AN this 1 have proved | true while T have been aeting part of | the good Bamaritan for the Congregational | churches of the state, distributing a car ach O'Nelll u flour to the nee i t it was the f My car did fth of January 1ot which had been roceived for distribution, That my visit was very timely will be un« derstood when 1 state that up to the time the central relief committee of the county had only received about 1200 pounds of supplies through the regular channels, and 1 found this committee very solicitous about many families, even drawiig on prospectiv | supplies with ‘the aid of 11 el bankers, | With a voting population of about 1,200 and a class of people having maximum rather than minimum families, it will be readily seen that the committes was taxed to the utmost to tide over th long Intery: adequate supplics showld be forth Ivery preliminary had been arrang the equal distribution of supplies committe to_their care. The county contains elght Yll‘l(llfls and h of them had been carefully canvas: by subcommittees acquainted with their own ts, and their reports filed with the 1 committee. When I first heheld th | reports T began to wish that 1 had a train [lond at my disposal instead of one lone car, and T soon secured a list of names from the' different precinets. Fortified with these lists 1 went into the various districts and conferred with the s nmittees and I ing business men and soon weeded out names of any one who were inclined impose, or who were known to have other_means of support whatsoever list of the destitute and most nec | been arranged in this way so | ber were pressed into service to haul the flour m the nearest railroad. This in- volved round trip of from eighty to 100 miles by team, according to the location of the distributing points, This piece of work is the most difficult part of the process of distribution. The men who need the help and ought to be alded i this way to start off with praivie fod teams and very indifferent protection from cold W ther, | Fortunately, the weather has been fairly favorable for such trips, and plenty of time, combine with floury prospects, secured transportation, slow but sure. four depositorics of the flour were ar- red, the beneticiaries already selected - orders upon one of the the distribution secured and with the minimum When these orders are gned pape will be re shall have in my pos o y sack of flour The list of bene- names and the appor- tonment was made in accordance with the ize of the family or other determinin, fact: ‘his first car load of flour was used to meet the most pressing needs, and to give the committee time to distribute two | Other. shipments of which they had re- | ceived notice. The public & pressed upon my attention during my we stay in Boyd county. 1 The delay In receiving ald has resulted in the formation of local relief committees over the county, and by them the authoriza- tion of solicitors to go out and convass the state or states for suppl These | mittees are reported to be of the | corporation” order and, limit ficlaries to_those who ‘‘chip In" a dollar to provide for expenses of solicitation. One such solicitor returned from n canvass of | the surrounding towns and I saw him pass | through Spencer with fourteen wagon loads | of supplies collected for the drouth “suffer- But dostined to be divided among the sald close corporation, without any nee to the central committee or the needs of those who are really suffering through the county. If T remember rightly, this solicitor has earned the title of “Windy Smith” in his locality and he told me that he had secured sixfeen tons of supplies. Other such committees are doing similar work and the public should know that the central committee having i charge the Subcommittees of the precincts have not sent out anybody to canvass for them, nelther have they signed any recommenda’ tions or credentinls whatsoever. 2. The central committee 18 a hard work- the to . This v having o of the num- depositorie without expe amount_of labor. all supplied the s turned to me and 1 session . receipt for consigned to my ficiaries contai and hould be notified of two facts '8 a Lutheran ministe Rowland, a_real estate man full of business ideas, and Mrs. Forbes, mother of two sons in the banking and lumber business in Butte, constitute the committee striving in evéry way o make a fair and intelll- gel stribution of supplies. gent distributio pplies, ek, Edge nt Pythians Entertain. EDGEMONT, S. D, Jan. 16.~(Special Telegram.)—One of the great events cf the history of Idgemont took place last night in the dedication of the Knights of Pythias hall and institution of the lodge by Deput Grand Chaneellor Charles Color, of “Hiil City. . Knights from Nebraska, Wyomin, and South Dakota were in atididance, end fn elegant banquet was given at the 8. & M. hotel. All the prominent business men, as well as the railroad employes, joined the order, KING & ©0, or Your Moncy Back, 0. That BO)’! How to dress him has probably been : ~=——worrying you for sume time—Here is your echance—All this week we are knocking off the price on everything that a boy wears—You can afford to borrow the money and not use the clothes for a year rather than miss this our great sale of broken lots of everything that a boy wears— Wilson Bros. shirt walsts that ought to be 3150 and §1. ists that we wd §250 are. Walsts that were $1, $1.25 Children's Stoekings— fhe heavy ribbed cotton. BOYS' OVERCOATS— Al our own make and therefor quality now are should and Those that ought Lo be 75¢ 1.00 750 or 6 palrs for $1.35, sell for 160, $1.50 are...... re g $ Those ihat were $15 and $18, size 14,15 and 16, ave BOYS' ULSTERS— Boys' $9 ulsters are Boys' §10 and $12.60 ulsters are... Boys' §15 and $18 ulsters CHILD'S ULSTERS— In_all the most popular '5'00 $3.80 For ulsters that were The $1250, $1350 and §16 ulster BOYS' 2-PIECE SUITS— $4 BUS Are.....ooieraiiniens $6 sults are..... The $6.50 and §7.60 suits are BOYS' JUNIOR AND R Fancy Junior and Reefers that The $ kind are..... BOYS' CAPS— 31 caps are.....o.... 0.5 BOYS KNEE All wool BROWNING weave, . 6,50 $7.60 85,60 10.00 00 big heavy ones for comfort. always sold for $10. $7.50 8560 are..... .83.50 2 .$5.00 EEFER SUITS— were $5 are. :21% an 280 ... 81,00 50c¢