Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 29, 1895, Page 4

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AL PP b Bl o S What has happened to the wonde ful Baltimore currency plan? ibed In my pres- The best way to get a popular loan is through the agency of postal savings banks. President Cleveland will now stand back feeling that one great burden has been lifted from his shoulder The anti-pass bl is still slymbering in committee, and the prospects are good for an undisturbed sleep. Political weather prophets may now turn their attention to predicting the life of the new IPrench ministry. Emperor William persists in referring to “my army,” but he Kindly permits the people of Germany to supply the funds for its support. This is the week that the legislature ought to accomplish something, even if it does nothing more than kill off a lot of the vicious bills that are before it. The county commissioners must tackle the question of county employes’ salavies, and it must tackle them with a4 pruning knife and not with a der- rick. Insurance men insist that the valued policy law has been regularly evaded Dy them. If this is true, and the law is a d letter, why are they so anxious to wipe it from the statute books? l Queer, isn’t it, that the heads of the various state Institutions have so much public business to attend to at Lincoln while the legislature is in session, and so little to take them there at other times? Senator Hill is after democratic unity now. A little while ago he was after the governorship of New York. If he I8 no more successful this time he will still have his seat in the senate to fall back on. It was really too much to expect our friend Jerry Simpson to let so good an opportunity as that offered by the Brooklyn strike go by without making a play for a little populistic political capital. The Chicago Herald discou edly in a recent issue upon “Sound Democratic Pinanciering.” It is need- less to say that no reference was made to the democracy management of the national treasury. es learn- Commission Williams' apology for voting for the continuance of Superin- tendent Stryker in charge of the county poor farm was quite in order. It will not be the first apology he will have to offer for his action. In the good old days before the rail- roads made their advent into Nebraska every Indian claimed to be a chief, and now ery other man that solicits aid braska sufferers claims to be nan of some relief commission. The men who seem to suffer most from the hardships entailed by the Brooklyn street railway strike are the members of the social club known as the Seventh regiment, who have been compelled to remain away from home over Sund If any one can discover the useful purpose which the seeretaries to the State Board of Transportation serve, let him speak out. There is no more need for the state to pay $6,000 a year in saluries to the sccretaries than it is to buy a fifth wheel to a wagon, It begins to look as if Omaba were now assured of at least two more theaters before the next season opens. The more the merrier. Two new the- aters will only replace the two that have been destroyed by fire, Eve other city of Omaha's size supports no less than three play honses, and Omaha ought to do equally as well. If anything more were necessary to counsel retrenchment in municipal ex- penditures the amount of delinguent city taxes would be enough. The pen- alty of delinquency is attaching to over $2,200000, although only $250,000 of this is comprised in the regular tax list The great bulk consists of special taxes for street improvements, and will certainly be paid just as soon as the property owners are in condition to do so. In the interval, however, a lightening of the burdens of general taxation would be & welcome assistauce, TAE PRESIDENT APPEALS TO CONGRESS. The specinl message ‘of DPresident Cleveland to congress, setting forth the exigenc of the treasury and urging legislation to relleve them, will com mand the thoughtful attention of the country. The condition described by the president is familiar. All the facts contained in the message have been communicated to the public through treasury statements and fully com- wented upon in the press. It Is a matter of common knowledge that the gold obtained by the last fssue of bonds, but little more than two months sinee, has nearly all been with- drawn from the treasury and that the reserve is again close to the danger point. The process by which this drain upon the treasury gold is accomplished is well understood. The eastern banks have practically suspended gold payments, and will neither supply gold for shipment abroad nor for the pay ment of fmport duties. These institu- tions have now an enormous hoard of the metal, probably not less than $75,- 000,000, and are still adding to it. The sury is forced to meet the foreign ¢ old and so long as pres- conditions continue the govern- ent ment can keep good its coin reserve for the redemption of its paper by a This is a long main- of bonds. ot be periodical issue process which tained without seriously impairing the credit of the government and produc- ing a disastrous financial p: clearly nic. and candidly de- the president sug- Having seribed the gests measur slief. In doing this he shows that he has learned little from his study of this subject and from the discussion it has received in congress. He proposes an issue of bonds for the purpose of redeeming and canceling the United States legal tender notes and the treasury note issued for the purchase of silver unde the law of 1800. Mr. Cleveland ought to be aware of the fact that popu- lar sentiment is opposed to the with- drawal and cancellation of the green- backs, and that being the case it is idle to present the proposition to congress. There is no real necessity for getting rid of the United States legal tender notes and if congress will make pr vision for enabling the treasury to ob- tain a sure and steady gold income those notes will cause no trouble. On this point the president makes the only really strong suggestion in his mes- sage. He says: “As a constant means for the maintenance of a reasonable supply of gold in the treasury duties on imports should be d in gold, al- lowing all other dues to the govern- ment to be paid in any other form of money.” This would be simply to re- turn to the former practice and would afford the treasury a certain gold income annually of about $200,000,000. Per- haps it would not be necessary to re- quire that more than 75 per cent of the duties be paid in gold, since that amount would doubtless be sufficient to provide the t iry with all the gold necessary to the maintenance of the redemption reserve. As to the minor features of the president’s plan it is unnecessary to consider them, since they are of no importance apart from the leading feature, and the failure of that may be regarded as assured. In- deed, it has already been plainly indi- cated in congress that no such propo- sition will be seriously entertained. Everybody will agree with the presi- dent that the emergency is very seri- ous and appeals to the best wisdom and the highest patriotism of congress, but outside of eastern banking circles there will not be a very general senti- ment in approval of the plan sug- gested by Mr. Cleveland. THE CANAL BILL IN THE HOUSE. The Nicaragua canal bill has gone to the house and.the probable fate of the measure in that body is a matter of interest. The majority of ten by which the bill passed the scnate was quite as lar, as its advoceates had loped for and showed . the effect of their very earnest work. The final amendments to the measure are im- portant and will probably strengthen it in the house. One of these requires that all material for the 1 shall be bought in the United States; another gives the president the power to re- move any of the directors appointed by him, and still another provides that no more than one dollar in stock of the company shall be issued for every dollar in truth and in fact expended by the company. A provision was also inserted requiring contracts to be let to the lowest responsible bidders after advertisement and limiting the entire amount of awards to $70,000,000, It was further provided that no contract shall be made with any company in which any stockholder or director of the canal company is a wmember or divector or is in any wise interested. As passed by the senate the bill pro- vides that the capital stock of the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua shall be $100,000,000 and authorizes the company to issue $70,000,000, indorsed and guaranteed by the treasury of the United States and secured by a first mortgage on all the property of the company. The United States Is to re- ceive $70,000,000 in stock of the com- pany, §22,500,000 is to be used for the extinguishment of former issues of stock and the construction of the canal, and the remaining $7,500,000 is to go to the governments of Nicaragua and Costa Rico. There are to be fif- teen directors of the company, ten of which shall be appointed by the presi- dent with the advice and consent of the senate. There was nothing of a parti- san character in the vote on the bill, though the opposition was most largely made up of democrats. It is in no sense a party measure, however, its most active champlons being Senator Morgan of Alabama and Senator Frye of Maine. There is doubt as to whether the bill can be put through the house, owing to the short time remaining of the ses- sion and the probability that it will be sharply antagonized in that body. It is possible that there may be a majority of representatives who are in favor of giving the enterprise some sort of gov- ernwent support and aid and who be- lieve that the canal, if constructed, ought to be under the control of this country, but it is questionable whether | sion, a majority will be found disposed to involve the government in the project, under existing conditions, to the extent which the senate bill proposes. Tt is true that the measure appears to pro- vide ample safeguards against any loss by the government, but the well founded popular distrust of such schemes will be heeded by a great many representatives, the number of which who will refuse to involve the government at this time is likely to be found large enough to defeat the bill or to prevent action on it at this ses- Such a result would be a serfous matter, perhaps, for the investors in canal stock who are hoping to recoup themselves through this legislation, but it would hardly be of any disadvantage to the country. LICENSE MONEY FOR SCHOULS. Some weeks ago a resolution was iIn- troduced in the Board of Rdueation urging the enactment of a law that would transfer the revenue derived from fines and licenses from the school fund into some other channel The avowed motive for this proposition was the easing up of the public conscience which revolts against educating our children from the proceeds of the liquor traffic and fines imposed upon the erim- inal classes, And now Mrs. Alfa Wil- lett Harvey wants to start a crusade against the raising of blood money for educational purposes. Mrs, Harvey takes it upon herself to “call upon Christian and moral people to arouse from their lethargy, to act—4act in the living present.’ Ior the sake of mothers who have children to educate; for the sake of the mnoble teachers who are developing those tender minds; for the sake of our grand educational system —our public schools; for the sake of God, let us purge our school system from the blight that has so long fas- She calls upon the Board of Iducation “to stand firm for right and justice, knowing you will have the approbation of God, a cles conscience and the people who asked you to care for our schools.” Having worked herself to the highest piteh of enthusiasm, Mrs. Harvey concludes: May God help us all to— Strike! 'till the last armed foe expires, Strike! for your altars and your fires; Strike! for the green graves of your sires, God and your native land. This quotation from Marco Bozzaris has an inspiring sound, but lamentably Incks application to the case in hand. “The Boy Stood on the Burning Dec would have sounded equally well if sentiment were all we have to deal with. Let us now look the matter squarely in the face. The framers of our state constitution grappled with this question twenty years ago, and they reached the conclusion that the reve- nue derived from liquor license and police fines could go to no better pur- pose than popular education, which is the most potent agency against intem- perance, vice and crime. They, there- fore, engrafted into the constitution the provision under which such revenue has ever since been set apart for the maintenance of public schools. Mani- festly no change can be made by law in this regard. It can only be brought bout Dby changing the constitution. Now, suppose that were done, where should this so-called blood money go to? If it is placed in the general fund it would be used for paying salaries of our judges, lawmakers, governors, and other state officers, including the state school superintendent, and inci- dentally it would be paid out to the chancellor and faculty of the univer- sity. What would the gain be then to public morals or the overburdened conscience? Wouldn't Marco Bozzaris have to strike a few more licks until the last armed foe expired! Viewed from the realistic standpoint, this spasm of offended conscience Is the merest bosh. If it s against public morals to pay teachers and janitors with license money is it not equally ogainst public morals to pay the salar- ies of our congressmen, our army and naval ofticers, our federal judges, in- cluding the United States gupreme court, and the president of the United States himself out of the same fund? This Is precisely what has been going on ever since a tax has been levied upon whisky, wine and beer. Abraham Linecoln, Ulysses Grant and Tecumseh Sherman, Garfield, Arthur and Harri- son, Seward, Chase, Sumn Blaine, and even Blair of New IHampshire, the typical prohibitionist, all received more or less of this liquor lic fund as their pay. As n matter of fact there is not a church, not a Young Men's Christian association organization, or any institu- tion depending upon voluntary contri- butions that has not gratefully received and disbursed some of this so-called blood money. How could it be other- wise? A saloon keeper or his family make a purchase of clothing or fuel, or ice, and the blood money finds its way into the pocket of the merchant and the banker, and they in turn drop it into the contribution box or pay their pew rent or their subscription for the maintenance of religious or benevo- lent institutions, and no minist the gospel, and no manager of a cha institution ever inquires where the con- tribution came from. Wowmen of the town buy jewelry, millinery, dry goods or furniture, and their money perco- lates through various channels into th pockets of men and women who wor- ship, the teachers of the gospel and the women who minister to want and distress. Nobody revolts against this system, and nobody has yet demanded that every dollar that circulates from bad people to good, and vice vers shall not be accepted or used for a uoble chavity or moral purpose with out a certificate of good character. Iu the face of these stubborn tupalatable facts, all the sentimental gush about the wickedn of using the license fund for educational pur poses is irrelevant and pointless. and Chief Seavey in his annual asks for the appointment of a surgeon to take charge of sick jured police officers, Other of the city usually have to ) own physicians, although it might be no more than right for the city to look after those whose injuries or sickness 15 dircetly due to the performance of report police nd in- nployes their THE OMAMA DAILY BEE: police dutios ut when we come to this, it may rtinent to ask, Where is the city xi\\ jclan? There are two physicians | (11‘ employ of the city | health department drawing regular salaries froml, the public treasury who ought to be amply able to take care of any policemen wounded in the service, No new taxenter are needed. IR ek, NORTHW LT /RN BUSINESS FEDERA- ' 110N. There was rpeently organized at Minneapolis what is designated “The Northwestern . Business Federation, composed of hoards of trade in Minne- sota, Wisconsin and the Dakotas. The object of thg federation is to enable the various bodies associated in it to bring their united efforts and influence to bear in Dehalf of mensures and plans for advancing the interests of the northwest. As indicating the spoe- cial objects of the federation, resolu- tions were adopted recognizing the vital importance to the northwest of water transportation to the seaboard, and calling upon congress to pass the bill now pending providing for the cre- ation of a commission of investigation into the best methods of securing ‘a deep waterway to the Atlantic; favor- ing the tematic development of the feasible waterways of the northwest; and pledging efforts to remove discrim- ination in railrond rates now existing and as far as possible to place the dif- ferent sections of the northwest on an equitable basis, The spirit of the speeches made by representatives of boards of trade in the convention indieated a strong feeling that united and vigorous ef- fort is necoss on the part of the business interests ‘of the northwest in order to secure for that section its just share of prosperity. There was earn- est denunciation by some of the of unjust discrimination by railroads against the northwest, being given to show how Chicago is favored in the ter of transportation charges to the disadvantage of northwestern trade centers. It was urged that the federa- tion could accomplish muech by oppos- ing a united front to this discrimina- tion, and spec man- ifested in the subject of Improved ery as a means of uring cheaper transportation rates. This is undoubtedly a vital question for the whole northwest, and it is one regard- ing which a livelier interest is likely to Dbe developed in the future than has yet been manifested. Whatever the growth of railway facilities may hereafter be, and in a portion of the northwestern territory these sbem now to be inade- quate, it is hardly possible that trans portation rates ig this section will ever be on a satisfactory basis until there are Dbetter water outlets for its pro- ducts. It will require time and the expenditure of a great deal of money to secure these, but their importance must be kept conpstantly in view, and it will be move strongly impressed with the development:of the productive re- sources of the northwestern states. While the.federation of boards of trade effected dbes ‘not represent the whole northyyest, if it shall be instru- mental in accomplishing any good for the region it does represent all the other portion of the northwest will be the gainer by it. And such a combina- tion of business organizations ought, if judiciously adhering to sound prin- ciples, to command respect for its wishes and make its influence felt wherever it shall make known the one and exert the other. the some very conclusive fae A few members of congress are re- ported to have suffered new pangs of conscience on discovering that the in- come tax for which they had voted is to be collected not only from their sala- ries as congressmen, but also from their allowances for stationery and mileage. They think this an eternal outrage, because they had come to look upon mileage as one of the sacred per- quisites of the office. Some of them are said to be so incensed at the prospect that they would like to vote to exenipt their mileage allowances if they only dared, but unfortunately are not to be favored with the opportunity. Since, however, they still draw 10 cents a mile for traveling expenses that can not cost more than 3 or 4 cents a mile, they may possibly be able to save a little even af the income tax shall have reduced it to 9.8 cents a mile, A code of civil service rules for the police department would not be out of place in Omaha, as suggested in Chief Seavey's report. Other cities require stringent tests both as to physical and mental capacity of all applicants for positions on the police force, Because no such stringency has been applied to the men now employed is no reason why it should not be applied to all future ap- plicants, e The garrulous Cuban jourt made a vicious attack on Mexico at a reception given by the Mexican com- mander-in-chief has precipitately em- barked for Cuba with a pocketful of challenges to mortal combat. He prob- ably proposes to fight his ducls at long range from Havana, He who fights and runs away may live to fight an- other da list who pre— A Greap Nowspaper. Hartington Herald, In spite of the pérsonal enmities ace by its publish o Omahn Tea Stands head “and shoulders above ils contempos raries as a newspaper. And, be it said to his eredit, the guccess of The Hee as Wi dispenser’is dug to the & and ex: ceptional capaclty. of Mr. ater. He s the paper” KIS personal Supervision and his watchruness is ble for the complete and accyrate 2P o) il its columns. : RRYR FORAIW . that n illustration of Mr. Rosewater's enter. PFiSS was conveyed In' the excellont work done i connection with the Harrelt Sonty mystery. The sHee had a reporter on the ground during the entire search, and, in ad. dition, Mr, Rosewater was in communica- ! with l‘h" great Pinkerton detective eney at Chieggo, with a view to enlisting their services, when the body was found. WfiSDAY JANUARY MEXICO AND GUATEMALA. New York Sun: There Is cloarly no need of anyt other than an amicablo solution of this controversy, in spite of the present excite- ment and occasional talk of war. Chieago Times: As long as labor and its employers fight to the death in the United States, It Is grimly incongruous for the United States to be playing the part of a peacemaker in foreign lands. Chicago Post: The Guatemalan government evidently appreciates the folly of withstand- ing Mexico poor match for an army of perhaps trained fighting men, commanded by educated officers, and incited by the spirit of conquest that prevails through Mexico. Kansas City Star: Because wars of any kind are interesting, the almost certain con- flict between Mexico and Guatemala will be watched by the people of the world, but it will not be half so much talked about as the Chinese-Japanese tronble unless it should happen that little Guatemala, l'ke little Japan, should make havoe of big Mexico. Philadelphla Ledger: Unless Guatemala submits to Mexico'’s demands, President Diaz declares it must take the consequences. These, in view of the condition of affairs in both countries, are likely to prove dis- astrous to Guatemala, Whatever sympathy one may feel for the little republic is greatly lessened by tho reflection that it has brought this trouble on itself by its own foolish and un onable actions. Chicago Herald: fairly drilled army. is not The Mexicans have a Thelr military academy to be despised. Diaz knows, never- theless, that war would be a costly luxury while natlonal debt s pressing productive industries to their knees, South America, ntral America and Mexico are growing lowly to the conviction that fighting is poor use for men, and that the cost of war is rarely recovered in its results. Chicago Tribune: There is nothing in the situation that cannot be settled casily and promptly by arbitration. Guatemala can afford to withdraw its troops and Mexico can do the same. Then let outside parties settle the boundary line, and if Guatemala has been trespassing upon Mexican territory it should pay an indemnity for whatever losses it has occasioned the Mexicans. In any event it would be absolute folly for Guatemala to g0 to war with Mexico unaided, with a comparatively small army, and with- ot financial resources. Chicago Herald: The people of this country have paid too scant attention to Diaz, who is the embodiment of the strongest qualities of the races whose blood he boasts. He has the cunning and cruelty of the southern Indian, and all the reckless courage and romance of the unsoftencd Spaniard. He is disposed to carry things with a high hand. No collar is easy enough for his neck. He fought side by side with Juarez against Maximilian, but he turned and fought Juarez with equal ferocity later on. Lerdo admitted him to Mexico by proclaim- ing amnesty, and he promptly disposed of Lerdo. More than ten years ago he had put the constitution under his foot and de- clared himself life president, with powers no royal dynasty this side of Russia pre- tends to. His relations with the United States brought to the surface the same characteristics of independence of control. In the innumerable disputes as to the treatment of citizens of the United States he bore himself with extreme haughtiness, and generally came off with all the honors of diplomacy. —_——— PEOPLE D THINGS, President Cleveland insists on taking the gold cure. Robert Louis Stevenson's literary earnings in the last eight years amounted to $200, 000. The Minneapolis Tribune prefers to weep at the grave of Washburn than jump into the Nelson band wagon. The junior senator of Kansas, Luclen Baker, 'is 48 years old and has a_moderate quantity of dough, estimated at $100,000. The New York legislature has passed a law prohibiting the floating of any other than the American flag from public build- ings. Before swallowing Guatemala at one gulp Mexico should take a day oft and diagnose the case of the whale that swallowed Jonah. Congressman Boutelle threw a few gobs of hot gore on the steps of the white house, but no one accused him of infringing on Waite's patent. g A New York legislator who isplayed evidence of sudden -prosperity explained to inquisitive neighbors that he had dispensed with a servant girl. Great head, that. Notwithstanding the rage of blizzards down east, signs of spring throw a little sunshine on the congealed residents. A sea serpent las been sighted in Orange lake, N. Y. A Berlin theologian predicts a great war in 1897, a new Napoleon in 1899, a terrific earthquake in 1901, and the end of the world in 1903. Now is the time to sub- scribe. Delays are dangerous. Mrs, Isabella Macbeth Richardson, who dled in New York a few days ago, always asserted that she was a lineal descendant of that king of Scotland whose story is told in Sifakespeare’'s drama of ‘‘Macbeth.” Her maiden name was Macbeth, A Maine statetsman proposes to solve the booze question by offering a state prize of $50 to every man who remains sober for a year. The offer is in the nature of a sani- tary measure, for prohibition booze is pro- nounced by experts a terror on wheels. Lady Randolph Churchill is the third titled American now to wear the Weeds—the duchesses of Manchester and Marlborough being the other two. Lady Randolph is rich in her own right, the duchess of Man- chester is poor, and the duchess of Marl- borough has plenty of good American dollars, Those who imagine the World's fair is a thing of the past are slightly mistaken. It is in existence and is sure to continue while the treasury holds out. At the presev! time it costs $1,500 a month to run the fair, and there is $400,000 in the treasury. As a specimen of native grip, there is no oc- casion for a Chicago blush for it. Senator Teller is really one of the most accomplished men in public life. He is a student of finance, conversant with all diplo- matic questions, and, through his experience at the head of the Interior department, is thoroughly familiar with every problem of domestic economy. He fis a linguist and a scholar, and at the same time a thoroughly practical man of affairs. Poetlc cult is firmly entrenched in Chicago. A native woover of the divine muse com- peted for the laureateship of the town and ran away with the prize easily, Here is what aid it U phero was a young girl named Weller, Who had a very keen smelle he sald to her b ‘Quit cigarettes or go,’ But he stayed and smoken an etceter. Too Little Bus 8t Paul Globe, often, when business matters are under discussion among men, we hear the remark: ““That may be business, but it {sn't politics.” And it is regrettably true that very often business and politics ar Alametrically opposed—that all Lusiness sa gacity and ordinary gcod judgment are excluded from the consideration of party councils, and that partles array themselves against our business Intercsts on grounds of purely partisan expediency. B fouth Dukota's L me Five. Loulsville Courfer-Journal. A carcful search of South Dakota's treas- ury has revealed a golitary 5 bill which Treasurer Taylor left behind. It ought to be_expended in reprinting thit part of the sovernor's message 5o beautifully eulogiz- g the treasurer's business methods, Very The Way Chicago Record, g The effort to put a stop to the practice of donating l’lllfwuy passes to public of- fcials 18 evidently regarded by some states- men as a blow aimed at one of the prime purposes for which the institution of gov- ernment was invented. dal ABSOLUYELY PURE Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U, 5. Gov’t Report Baking Powder Her 8,700 troops would be a | 25,000 | THE CANAL BILL. New York World: completed under this plan it will be of Im. mense advantage to the commerce of thi country and of the world. Chicago Times on guarantesing the bonds of corporation somebody will have to guarantee the bonds of the United States. But that Nicaragua bil will never pass the house of representatives. Davenport Democra Many a man with a big bank account and compara tively unlimited credit has been brought to grief by signing notes but i it goes into the note-guaranteeing business i will probably have the obligations to meet This Is just what the senate has voted do in the Nicaraguan canal matter. Chicago Post: The advantages to com merce from the Nicaragua canal are mani fest. h a short waterway might be in estimably profitable to this city If the future must, a our river to the should_develop, as many navigable channel from Gulf of Mexico. But it would be far pre think it ferable that the company should be owned by private capital than that should be drawn into an the governmen unprofitable part nership of this sort, except as a last measure to prevent the control from falling into the hands of foreign bankers, Indianapolis News that the United States is more interested than any walorway, It controlled by Americans, and that American commerce should enjoy all the benefits which it will confer. to time that British capital was back the enterprise if the United States le! the opportunity pass. This may have been merely the voice of the lobby, but it is plain It the canal ean be It the United States keep business The United States | has the collateral in untold amount, to | Alda as the result 1t goes without saying other country in the completion of this is ‘essential that it shoull be It has been hinted from time likely to NERRASKA AND NERRASKANS, A contract has been let for sinking a new - [ elty well at Pawnee City, 8| Protracted moetings at Newman Grove re- sulted in many sinners turning from their ways, § | Thirty-five people are ready to join the Baptist church at York as the result of re- 1| vival meetings. ‘| The Humboldt water works system has been completed and will bo turned over to the city in a few days. Stella_ Washburn of Nemaha City was ?|Kicked by a horse and one ear was nearly L | torn trom her head. There have been fifty-three conversions at of the revival meetings in the Methodist church, Ten-year-old Nlima Hurlbut of Broken Bow fell upon the fco and fractured her skull. - | Tt is feared the accident may prove fatal Thieves carried off a_quantity of clothing from the store of Poter Poort of Firth. They Teft their old clothes to take the place of the ones taken. Rev. Mr. Ricker of Alma has accepted & call to the pastorate of the Chadron Congre- gational church and will enter upon his new duti Februa 1 Somebody pried into the office of Dr. John~ son at Pawnee City, and with a poker opened the money drawer. Ten dollars in money and N | $500 in notes were taken. The pipe of a hired man started a confla- gration, o t i which destroyed N Anderson's 3 | barn, tear St. James. Al the ho wero rescued except one old mare. Martin Martinson of Sparta, Knox t dropped dead while engaged In her n Nhold duties. Three little children were n | With her at the time, but her husband was that even the indirect influenco of any for- [ away from hon elgn power in Central America would become | A call has been issued for a conference to intolerable to the United States. bo held at Broken Bow February b for the Chicago Journal: The principal advantage, [ purpose of forming a new political party. which will be the impossibility of maintaming | The call suggests that the new organization the present freight outrageous rates when route comes inta ways, is the hope v all the western stat ple generally are looking to the lighten many of their burdens. The gain t Australia will be very great and tha whol world will profit. But the United States wil transcontinenta cheap and short watc smpetition with the rail own and control the canal, and, if that should sary, could close it to the war- prove nece ships of other nations. But let it bo under stood that no monkeying with that lien” will be tolerated a single day Kansas City Star: The endorsement the senate of the United States of the g work of constructing the Nicaragua cana is another and a decided step toward th actual construction of the work. Of th advantages of the work there is no doubt no more than that constructed, is an the c: advantage. That nal is constructed it should be unde the control of the United States Is admitted. All that {s wanted is.a guarantee that th construction shall be honest, and that n robbing corporation is in the ba receive the benefit that should inure to th United States. If the United States can ge the Nicaragua canal well and safely con structed for seventy millions of doll th work is worth the money. Galveston New: A busybody is a trou blesome person who wastes time trying to do somebody else's dut; Los Angeles Time on which California and are living; and the peo. canal to “first by the Suez canal, already when kground to 1| be desig r| A 14y - | Chadron and stole hi ed as the union § ar-old son of Tom Madden ot oncluded to try life as a bandit father's horse to ride into the rt Wyoming lands, The boy was cap- tured after a hot chase and was ordered O fsont to the reform school, but when the © | sheriff started to carry out the sentence the 1{1ad escaped. ME, DA From Tils Address on Journalism. Never be in a hurry. Y| Hol fast to the constitution. 1| A word that is not spoken never does any o | mischief. | If you find you have been wrong don’t fear to say so. LA the goodness of a good egg cannot make up for the badness of a bad one. [ Stand by tho stars and stripes. Above all, stand for liberty, whatever happens. o = ing by Machine. Al o ¢ gnizes a8 many par the law recognizes. It enables - | the by touching a button to record e | the to which he ad- heres of the candidates Who m he wishes to kets, but for whom vou the voter against the dru ol the ruf- fianly judge, and the il clerk. 1t kes ‘false’ counting impossible. Tt is - k against substitution of ~dishonest ballots in_violated ballot boxes. The 1 islature should authorize villages, towns, cities and countfes in this state fo adopt ‘“Three times this | it, and should make its use regular in all week to see_the same opera; didn't you feel | elections, if not, inde also at all party ther bor "0, dear, no; we said dis- | primaries. ble things about different people each e sut'ny am s'priz 'r see how much néighbors knows 'bou runnin’ de guy'ment dan dey does 'bou runnin’ dah fahms.” Chicago Record: First Brooklyi It's terrible the way these street car men are rioting. Second Brooklyn Citizen—Oh, T don’| know; 1 raf like it. It's the first real citement we've had over here since the bat- tle of Long Island. Citizen— Shall We Act the Peacomnker? Philadelphia Pre o | Mexico has as good as declared war on { | Guatemala, or, what is much the same t | thing, insiSted ‘on its own settlement of a auestion with two sides, the Guatemalan side, being the strol being accepted by atemala under penaity of . Therg 7|15 no excuse for this except the right of the stronger, and under our present policy ¢ | there is mo ‘remedy. With a different ex- o of our weight and influence on this ntinent by the State department Mexico would be forced to submit the question to arbitration. Atlanta Constitution: *“There stands a m: G "1FIO FAC: SYhiG SR BB isra toEWa terloor o | e sope bl STARTLING SCIENTLFIC FACTS. “Fact.” Crossed the ocean last year and visited the spot.” Judge: Judge—You particular friend of yours? Mrs. Killboy Yes, your honor; he hurled two of my h hands. Harlem Life: has Colenel Derringer? Colonel took the Keeley cure some time ago, but i all other respects he has always been a consistent democrat. Chicago Tribune: “Are you looking a aim Mr. Coffin as a Colonel Corkright (a prom- inent Kentucklan)—What kind of a record jore—He Judge. There's a cunning young bacillus and a natty little germ, Or some frisky diatoma or a microscoplo worm, Or some scientific wonder dragging 'round a Latin term, In our food and’ air and water, and, by. jings! it makes me squirm. 2| And the sun will be much colder in about & million years, And a portion of earth’s moisture slowly ¢ dries and disappears, 5 o 3 And its crust is slowly cooling and excites T R R e D by Singel You meédn't wonder i 1t filla ‘‘Yes," replied the little girl at the win- |50 B8V o yoRs dow. “It'a’all covered with snow and It my/eyes withitears. looks just like mamma's face when she goes out calling.” In a hundred gencrations men will have no teeth at all, aoyats”puiling, 16 on, pretty, ik, 9 | png 0SS5 Nif'he an makea. as o sniny “Yes” sald Kitty, “that's the way | g, pHllatd balle 5 superfluous toes will vanish, he will be A I () oo hupfouriastitall | RSSO Washington Star: “My furnace,” said one | S0, by jings! you cannot wonder If my fles man who keeps house, *is out of $ig SR besinsjtoReran] aniiog s mine,” replied another; “out of | yro i travel with electrics, bicycle, and TO A CHAPERON, Vogue. Tomorrow night, when three of us Are sitting at the play, If 1 should chance to hoid May’s hand, Please look the other way Later, as in the carriage we Are'speeding homeward, say, Dear chaperon, don’t see'my arm— Pray look the other way. But when at last we're in the hall, My friend, I beg, I pray, ‘When I begin to say good night, Don't look—don't even stay. cable cars; With his air ships he will wander like a meteor 'mid the stars; He will open navigation on the waterways of Mars, by Jjings! where will you stop him And, when” he once lets down the bars? And now Edison's inventing patent food, and I'll be blessed If it won't knock out the farmers and the wheat fields of the west; Ana this baby incubator—and perhaps that way is best, sut T'll go to Philadelphia, where my brain can take a rest. <" RELIABLE Your Money's Woi CLOTHIERS €D rth or Your Monzy Back, ’ 3 bY) We're Cutting Prices— That's an assertion so easily made that every once in a while somebody makes such a romark—they may mean it—We don’t know—but we do know— that—we are cutting prices—and we are culting prices as we never cut prices b ofore. A good long black beaver overcoat with an ulster collar—our $30 coat is cut to $15—How’s that--also a genuine Irish frieze ulster cut from $28 to $i Same way all through the added a lot more pants. to —$2—$2.560—$3.00— $3.75. and formerly sold as high as $7. our own good make—Oh, outting prices hard. BROWNING, Reliable C) 5; downright good coat— suits and overcoats. We've our cut price counter—at Pants in the lot worth All good trouseers— we're cutting prices and KING & CO., othicrs, S, W Cor. 15th and Douglas,