Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 14, 1895, Page 4

TH == B, ROSBWATER, Editor. UBLISHED EVERY MORNING. SIMS OF SUBSCRIFTION. Bea (Without Sans One Year Dally Beo and Sunday Bix Montis Thren Months Sunday 14 Daily Nee Bullding ¢ Singer Bik., Cornot 12 Penrl sireet 17 Chamber of € s 13, 11 and, W7 I &oet, N. CORRESPONTY AL communi atter sh BUSINE Tetters Chicago Office New York, I Washington, mm: “Tribune W, E. orders 10 | | et of the company. o ) PUBLISHING COMPANY | THE DEE STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION George D, T Tishis pany sworn the actual nun Wl complete ¢ of the Dally \ine and Sunday Beo printed uary, 189, w Pub huck, ecretary of | that 19,201 19,189 1917 150 | this kind, and it would seem to be still | the dut 81t 1 and peturned copies. ... GEORC 1nd sl el S enc M 1o before ma i Notary in my pr Publ And we will n W cnlture, The state fair will open its gates in this city September 13, Note the fact. Political valentines ashion in the democs vieinity hear from the seere- ave iic quite the i uny in this | President ( ideas respecting the proper loeation for the proposed union depot are eminently gound —_— Nobody ean blan the freezing to tl cllow metal. ever failed through an exce of gold. banks for No bank ssive supply The fce cut will exceed that of last year, while the demand can be no greater. Under the inexorable law of teade the price should be reduced. But will it? Seeretary grossly offended certain these parts. A eabinet patronage dispenser bowling suceess. Morton seems deme otlicer uot alw; to lhave is i as a is a The late Dliz pecinily severe in postoftice headsman. Nebraska masterships falling like the first severe frost. the vicinity of the Post- ples after The new postage stamps will voll and erimple 1o worse under Euelid Martin than has been the case under Postmas- ter Clarkson. Demoeratic mucilage causes all the trouble. There are a number of prominent politicians in this neck o' the woods who are now inclined to question the truth of the old saw about the early bird catching the worms It uite evident that century hos inereased minished the affection with which the American people cherish their martyr president, Abraham Lincoln. a third of a rather than di- is Wei-Iai-Wei Japane: re in full possession of the fortress, If this celestial warfare is to go on at this rate there will be ab- solutely nothing to arbitrate. has - fallen, and the A man w Ao, s fined in Missouri the other for insisting on wearing his hat in the theater. He would probably have Dbeen fined double the amount had he insisted on having the woman in front of him remove her hat. If Queen Lil does not show her appre- clation of President Cleveland's efforts by sending him the handsomest valen- tine which Hawaii can produce she will run great risk of being accused of in- gratitude of the basest kind. Good men must be scearce, judging by the time it takes to agree upon a comm THE PROPUSED SILVER COINAG) The bill reported to the senate from the | finance committee, authorizing the sce- | retary of the treasury to coin silver | dollars, may pass congress if the repub- leans adhere to thelr reported inten tion not to oppose it with defent, leaving the democr i determine whether they are prepared n.‘[ assnme the responsibility of i such n Senator Sherman stated that the minority had done all it could to prevent the bill being re ported, and e declared his opposition to it, in which undoubtedly voieed the sentiment of a majority of the publicang, but it seems, according to made by Senator Aldrich and concurred in by Senator Platt, that beyond a declaration of their opposition and the r therefor the senate | republicans will make no effort to pre vent the passage of the bill. This may | tae ym a politieal point of view, but the friends of a sound cur- | reney have confidently relied upon the | senate refublicans who do not favor | froe silver to defeat any legislation of | view to its } ts free to sure, he statement 1SONS be good of these senators to 1espect this | confidence. The good record which the | mblicans in made in resisting efforts to dehs the currency ought to maintained to the end, so that the party ean go to the countr with a clean showing that it has never faltered or evaded its duty in this di rection, It is therefore to be regretted that the republican senators who are op- posed to silver coinage at this time have uded, assuming the report to be correct, to be satisfied with a slmple declaration of their position, instead of cmploying all the means at their com- mund to defeat the latest proposition of the free silver men, It suggests a com- promise of principle with @ view to pos- sible partisan advantage. It is to be presumed that the bill re- ported from the finanee committee is ne- ceptable to ull the free silver men of the senate, and as they have a clear jority they can pass it if repub- lican opposition is withheld. Undoubt- edly, under like circumstances, it would throngh the There nger of its becoming law, howey for the executive veto of such a measure can be regarded as assured, and the free silver strength in congress is not suflicient to ov 1 veto, Mr. Cle land said in his special message cougress that he not an cnemy to silver and that desires to it recogn 1 extent as is con- sistent 1 safety and the preservation of national hono and credit, but he vetoed the seigniorage bill, which was much I mischievous than the present proposition, and it is not to be doubted that he would regard this Tatter, if it should pa cor menace to financial stability and to the national eredit. The introduc- tion of this mensure will tend to strengthen the feeling abroad that theve is still some danger of the United States drifting to a silver basis—a feel- ing that found expression in the de- mand for o higher rate of interest on government bonds, payable in coin, and 1 this bill for the unlimited coinage of silver made its appearance before the negotiations for a gold loan were completed it is highly probable that the government would not have been able to effect the loan on as favorable terms as it did. It cannot be supposed that the free silver men expect this bill to become Iaw, and it is not easy to divine their motive in bringing it forward «t this time. It looks like veckless and mischievous purpose to aggravate the financial situation and to delay as long as possible the restora- tion of contidence. DIVORCE 1¥ SOUTH DAKOTA, The pas of a new divorce bill by the South Dakota senate threatens to precipitate anew the fight over the divorce question that has several years been waged in that state. South Da- Kota immediately upon her admission to the unfon acquired considerable notoriety a place the nullification of mar- riage was made a merean- tile pursuit rather than a legal proceed- ing. Special inducements were offered to applications from residents of other states by making the requisites for a standing in court as easily furnished as possible. The perversion of the law became particularly flagrant in where decrees of divorce were g against non-resident defendants, who congress have con 20 house, is no to he see; as | for for uniform divorce legislation and for legislation making legal separation more difficult than more easy, this turn of afaivs in South Dakota will inspire alarm among all who see in the pres ervation of the family t only safety of the nation. If one state, from sor- did motives, mak marriage and di voree a subject of barter and sale, the other states ave left absolutely help- less. If South Dakoia wishes to main- tain the respect of the general public any changes made in her divorce law will be in the direction of greater stringeney. AN OVERZEALOUS LOBBY. The railroad lobby at Washington working for the passage of the pooling bill is said to be one of the most for- midable that been known there many sessions, and the excessive zoal it has shown for this legislation has disgusted some senators. One such is reported as saying that he was in cor of the bill, “but the omnipresent lobhy disgusted me, and I shall be only too glad to see the bill laid on the shelf.”” He also said that there are at least a dozen senators who are determined to prevent the passage of the Dbill, and he thought they would bhe able to beat the measure without difficulty unless they are it nap ping. “We have been overrun with railroad presidents and pool commis: siones id this senator, il sena tors beginning to see that such a big lobby not maintained here in the interests of the people, and men who were undoubtedly for the bill when it came from the house are now anxious to dodge. They Know the power of the railronds, but they are afraid of the people and do not want to go on record,” The Washington cor- spondent of the Chicago Tribune say that of the hits at the pooling bill was contained in the serfes of resolutions adopted by the Minne- sota legislature profesting against the passage of the measure. These declare that the pa of the bill to repeal the anti-pooling ¢ of the inter- state commerce act would legalize a g gantic trust, destroy all competition among common carriers, and sweep away the only protection the people of the country have against such monopolies, The supnorters of the bill, however, claim that there ave fifty-five senators who will vote for it, and if they are correct this count the efforts of its opponents will have to be divected to preventing a vote being reached. Per- haps nothing has done more to reduce the chances of the passage of the pool- ing bill in its present form than the attention directed by Senator Chand- ler to the fact that it would enable the cight lines of wvailroad between Chi- sago and New York to establish a prac- tical monopoly of the railvoad t portation of the country, dictating and controlling passenger and freight rates 1l regulating at will the wages of railway employes. The vigorous state- ment by Senator Chandler of the in- sidious danger in section 5 of the pend- ing bill ha tracted general attention. The New Hampshire senator proposed soveral nmendments, the most impor- tant of which requires that the parties to a pooling contract shall before filing it pie ent he commission with . ch»iules of rates, and if these are found by the commission to be just and reasonable the contr le for a period not exceeding four years, during which the rates shall not be disturbed. The importance of a requirement of this kind obvious and there ought to have Dbeen no difficulty in having it adonted by the senate, but the railroad lobby insisted that the bill Dhe passed as it come from the housz. It understood that Senator Chandler intends to pe st in urging his amend- ments, and if there are as many as a dozen senators who will support him they can prevent a vote being reached on the measure unless these amend- ments are made. It now looks very much as if the bill would fail in the present congress. has has one strongest s A CHAPTER ON TAX SHIRKERS. The Bee has been steadfast in advo- cacy of a policy of retrenchment in county and city affairs. Months ago it was shown that the procecds of the 1894 levy would not mieet the outgo of the city based on ruling estimates. Allow- ance was made for the general shrink- age of yalues and the fact was empha- sized t | retary 1895, compan ntend would. 3 3 The Belt lme and other corporations are not payfd'a fair share of taxes. In times liketigse they should be will- Ing to step {h Aud relieve the common taxpayer of the! excessive burdens le s compelled go axsume. We commend KHlI« subject to the care- ful consideratian:of county and city au thorities, awd “hlso to the whose work tifist begin within the next two months. ‘fax-shirking has developed into a fine art. Jt is the purpose of all corporations w evade the tax collector whenever and wherever possible, The situation calis for a firm but hmpartial enforcement of ‘our tax laws, The whole respon¥ibility rests with city and county officials elected to office to fm partially administer the laws and ordi nances. They must not shirk such re sponsibility. and expected that it NSSOSSOTS, Despite the repeated ealls for a state ment of the business transacted by the State Relief commission, no report has as yet been made of purehases by the comission, the prices paid, and doalors of whom supplies were purchased. T'his is a very important branch of the celief work, and the public is entitled to the fullest information concerning all transactions pertaining to it. The s cannot afford to longer with- hold such information, dating from the time the commission was first quested by the governor to resume tion: The commission 18 not ouly responsible to the legislature its aets, but to the people as well. re oper We repeat our suggestion that in planning the buildings for the new state fafr grounds some attention be given to the general appearance of the whole group of ytructures, Usually the Dbuildings used for state faiv purposes are ereeted piecemenl as needed, with little or no regard for general har- mony. The opportunity to create the whole plant at gnee I8 @ rare oconrrence and should not he negiected in this in- stanc It possible make buildings an integral part of the nual exhibition. What the State Board of Agriculture ought to do invite designs from architeets for the general plan of the ground is 1o the an- Some members of the Woman's club of Omaha are asking how it is that the department of parliamentary practice assunies to commit the elub upon pub- lic_auestions by the adoption of reso- lutions that meet the approval of only a small number of the women. It is imed that the club has heen put in false position on the proposition to deprive the public schools of the moncy collected from fines and licenses. If the women insist on dabbling in this matter they should be sure that they express the sentiment of a majority of their elub. The bondsmen of the defaulting Tlli- nois state trefistrer made good his short- age without dwiditing legal procecdings and did their best to keep the whole matter secret. The hondsmen of ex-0il Inspector Hilton, = however, not made of this kind of stuff. They prefer to encouragesMr: Hilton in his trans- parent scheme 10" mulet the state of a sum amounting to three times his an- vual salary. ———— ldence Conclusive. Globe-Democrat. The action of the house In defeating t administration's finance bill furnshes wa other conclusive reason why no man who es his country. can afford to vote the democratic ticket, ——— Unjust Discrimination. s New York Tribune, he fact that the train robbers who looted an express car in California the other day took only the gold coin aboard, leaving ail the silver behind, will doubtless he pointed out by the silver-plated statesman ns an- other " goldbug discrimination against the White metal, e They Lseane Nevorthe Chicago Tnter Ocean. Attorney General Olney’s maxim fs: low no guilty man to es pe.” He ha cided that “army office must pay {ncome tax on all moneys received for uilense lieu “of "quarters’ and rations when - Such. added to salaries, reach $4,000." T at is, if it costs an army officer $200 to move one distant post to another and he should be allowed that much, with rations for the time, he' must pay income. tie fust the samé as 1610 went futo i pociet. 1t s o a par with Olney's other Teid” desimioos upon points of aeiplons)| b A Ter e rial for Mother, Minneapolis Times, 'he most pathetic and pl g1 the sorrowtul drima 10w bethe. entirg 1 this city is that of the hearthroken mother of the iwo brothers so unnaturally arruyed against each oth A lovely woms re RS, “AL the United States and Japan. bears the emperor's signature, de- {and th one OICE OF THE STA Fremont Herald: Bx-Oil Tnspeetor Hilton may have that $5,000 in bank so as to be able to pay It back to the gasoline makors, but when did the tiger begin honoring checks made of paper? Atkinson Graphic: 1t the Nebraska legis lature realized the fmportant fact that it can better serve the state by repealing many ex ting laws than creating new tes, the hirty-fourth assembly would maks a record to which the present and succeedng genera tions could point with pride. Broken Bow Republican: Chief Oil Tnspec tor Hilton manifested a large degree of what is commonly called gall in his report to Aud Mcore of his officlal doings, The reten- n of $5,000 of the state’s money, on the theory that he had no legal right to collect it won't eatisfy Auditor Moore and Governor Holcomb. If he fs not worth the fees retained it is to be hoped his bondsmen are tth Platte Tribune: The question nat- uraily arises, has Mr. Hilton been blackmail ing the Standard Ol company out of these fees for the alleged inspection of gasoline, although he candidly confesses that he be- lieves under the law he had no right to doso? Next, has this levying of tribute been the means of closing the official eye while ferior coal was permitted to enter state? Line that tat oil the In News: If it be the supreme court state auditor is not true, as claimed hay decided that tho authorized to {ssue war- rants for legislative committee clerks, then the taxpayers may reasonably expect Auditor Moore to refuse to fesue them. He has shown a d'sposition to conform to the law in the reg ulaticn of state expenditures, in the face of strong pressure to induce him to override it It is needless to say that while he may have lost friends by it he has gained ten to where one has been estranged. He has won the friendship and respect of all honest peopl and the friends who may have heen offende are the men who would sacrifica him for pr vate or political gain, just as they sacrifice the Interests of the taxpayer Nebraska City who was not squared with the state and his avar imply disgusting. He served three days as lieutenant governor, for which he charged the state $55.40. Of this s s his per diem and $28.40 for mileage. as New elected his accounts clousness s Thomas J. governor last Majors, fall, has ate $30 w The law gives the leutenant governor cor pensation "double that of the senator, and agacious Thomas Interprets that to also include the mileage, or 20 cents per mile, Now as Tom has never been accused of pay- ing fare on a railroad, but travels on a pass, it scems a little cheeky for him to charge the state double rates. And in this con- nection it is interesting to note how the tance from Peru to Lincoln has shrunk. In 1886 he collected for 160 miles; 1888, 187 miles; 1800, 144 miles; 1802, 140 miles; 1894, miles. Fremont Herald: The Herald congratu- lates the members of the party in the state, who are democrats mot only in name but in the spirit as well, for the nomination of Martin cannot fail to produce a beneficial result in the mind of every unprejudiced and intelligent adherent of Jeffersonian democracy to have such a flagrant insult heaped upon the party. The appolntment to office of a man who has literally proven himself to be a political anarchisf, by re- fusing to abide the decision of a regularly conetituted convention called by himself and organized by and with the consent of three of his stool pigeons, who served as members of the credentials committee, furnishes con- clusive evidence to prove that the present administration cares nothing for the wel- fare of the party, since the majority of its members have rcfused to prostrate themselves at his feet. The recovery may be slow, but democracy will triumph “in spite of Cleve- land and his tools - SOME NOTED PEOPLE. “EQ” Pardridge, the Chicago wheat spec- ulator, is guarded by a detective wherever he goes. He recently received notice that If he does not make wheat rise 10 cents a bushel he will be killed. Buropean newspapers call Countess Wagner ‘“‘an intrep'd amazol At Ponte Salario, near Rome, she recently created a great sensation at a successful fox hunt, getting in at the death in fine style. Many of the most influential persons in Germany have signified their intention of making valuable presents to Princa Bismarck on his coming 80th birthday, on April 1. Imost every jeweler of prominence in Berlin s at work on some souvenir, N. H. R. Dawson, a brother-in-law of Pre ident Lincoln, died at Selma, Ala., Friday. He was a South Carolinian by ancestry and birth, a descendant of Paul Hamilton, who was secretary of the navy in 1812, and of several of the colonfal governors of his na- tive state. Charles, Gayarre, the famous Louisiana his- torlan, died last Monday at 2 o'clock, at the age of 91 years. He was probably the widest the known literary man the south ever produced, his history of Louisiana and of Phillip IL being almost as well known in Europe as in America. He was born in New Orleans Jan- uary 9, 1805. The library of the German Reichstag has been enriched by a series of drawings from the hand of Emperor Willlam. The sketches represent vessels of the most recent con- struction, selected from the navies of France, Every sketch “W. I R. date on which he made the drawing. In seven years the bequest of $1,000,000 for a free public hospital in Boston, to bear his name, made by Peter B. from | of Vermont, eighteen years ago, will become available. during which, by the terms of the will, the sum Brigham, a native At the end of twenty-five years, was to draw trustees will interest and accumulate, he have nearly $3,000,000 in their hands. Mrs, P. Carpenter, who lives near Kansas in 1894 made and sold 1,206 pounds of er, $301.50; sold eggs for $39.86, and poul- 0; sour milk to the value of $37.45; g .31. Besides this, she cared for boarder, gave 150 music lessons, and | fair LOS. Sult for Fitteen Thousand press Com YORK, Feb. the African explorer, In night. She will leave today for w snit for $15,000 will b the Adams Express ¢ for the loss of a part Mrs. French Sheldon In her petition thirteen boxes, which, at the close fair, had removed by th ss company from the Woman's bufld the Auditorlum hotel, but when de livered the bexes numbered only twelve, (he migsing box containing the part of the exhibit, valued in all at about $3,000. It was said that when )58 had become known $30 had been offered by the expross company, the offer being at once refused Some time after this It was stated that a message had been received declaring the box to have been found, but upon investiga- tion with the counsel of each party prescut the box, it was asserled, which was totally unlike the one that had been lost, had con tained a prepared assortment of cheap Imita tions of the curlos and a number of articles which had been a part of the exhibit also asserted that the greater part time since the fair had been occupled connection with this matte, that now unable to give the Madagascar leety as formerly owing to the loss and disposal of her exhibit, which had becn assured. M I'rench Sheldon sald that it was her inten- tion to return to her home In London as soon as possible and that a trip to Africa would prebaBly be taken within a few months, Against an By NEW Sheldon, last cago, town Chi ere brought skortly agaln mpany which World's exhibit of Adams of the exhibit had at the sho says tho flled the Bxpr ing to xos been choicost i she was ——-— MRS, PALR'S SISTER STARVING, connrd Dire Distress, N. J, Feb. 13.—Mrs. Leonard, who claims to be a sister Charles Fair of San Francisco, what s known as “the Hollow A borough over in the Orang in dire distress, occassioned by the hard times. Her husband who works at handy Jobs around Caldwell, has not been employed for three months. This week a letter was written to Mrs. Hannah E. Nelson of New market, N. J., the woman's mother, stating the circumstan of the family. She is maintained by a handsome allowance made by her daughtor, Mrs. Fair, and it is thought she will do something to help them. Mrs. Leonard left home when she very young, on account, her husband says, the temper of her stepfather, Abraham M son. There were five children, Frank, Wil- liam, Sarah, Carrie and Laura, all of whom left their home for the same reason. Carrie, now Mrs. Fair, went out to service in New York, and Laura went south, where she died.” What had become of Carrle remained a mystery for some time, and was not dis- covered until she married Mr. Fair in 1893, A married Mrs. Bonnell, lives In J., and the brothers reside in Mrs. Joshi of Orange, N. J,, In ORANGE, of Mrs. living in ' in Caldwell, mountains, is a was of Oklahoma. WERE LUCK DGET OUT. Captain Swailn Thinks the Men Banlshed From Hawaii Got Oft Easy. VICTORIA, B. C., Feh. 13.—Captain Swain of the bark Ophir, which was wrecked at Fiji, who was a passenger on the steam- ship Warrimoo, does not believe that Messrs. Muller, Cranston_and_Johnston, who were Danished from Hawaii, have been so harshly treated by the ailan authorities they claim. He says that had the consuls kept to their protest at the wharf they would not have been put ashore, but that after they had had a conference with the attorney gen- eral of Hawall they scemed willing to let the men be deported. He says that there is little doubt that if the men had been kept at Honolulu and been tried they would have been found guilty. He believes that official reports from the consuls will put a different complexion on the matter, but adds that he believes the men should have been given trials before being deported. NEBRASKA AND NEBRASK.AN. A little son of George W. Smith of North Loup while attempting to climb into a chair fell and broke his arm and dislocated his clbow. During a fire at Fairfleld, David Lovell was thrown from his horse and had his leg broken, besides sustaining other serious in- Juries. A son of Fritz Raditz, a farmer living near Milford, was accidentally shot by his brother, the ball passing through the fleshy part of his hip. He will recover. C. M. Christianson, one of the ploneers of Phelps county, died at his home at Holdrege of some peculiar stomach trouble which the doctors could not diagnose. Frank Lysinger of Havelock had his hand caught in a machine and before he could extricate himself his wrist was dislocated and the leaders of two fingers were severed. The big Corliss engine at the Havelock shops “ran away” the other day and before it could be stopped an emery wheel had been broken into a hundred pieces. No other damage was done. Neligh aitizens refused to vote bonds to aid in the construction of an irrigation and power canal, but it is believed that a private company_will carry out the work just the same. The company proposes to build a canal from a point fourteen miles from Neligh and ending near town. It will take a sufficient amount of water from the Elkhorn to irrigate the land along its course and also to furnish 900 horse power at the terminus ot her | Joshua | @ POINTS. Texas Siftings: You often hear a woman eay It's no use talkiog,” but she doesn't think so all the same. Dotroit Tribune: faltered the h ugh her hlinding ped and Kkissed her hand. “Nit,"” he answered gently. “The author has yet to tell how he came to write this book.” “And roine tears is in this the the novel, The * hero Philadelphia Times: Instead their women's feet €0 that they Ghina should have done dlers, of binding can’t rum, this with her wol Indianapolis Journal: Miss Motto ~Love, according to the Venetlans, s discovered easfer than a hole in a_stocKing He—Yes, and according o fthe modern fdea It can be patched up about as sily. Chicago Record: The Police Magistrate (sternly)—You hit' this man, did you? I'll fine you_$50 and The Culprit (pleading)-Your honor, he d me {f T had read "“Trilb—" the Pollce Magistrate=You are dis- Atlanta vide,' fow ' § Journal ald w south Georgin ways ago. Then ment he exclaimed Hut in such times as these, my brethren, e expects every- body to hustle and wateh his hen house.' “The Lord will pro- preacher a 1SInE A mo- Washington Star: She—Return your lets ters? 18 all over between us, then? He—Oh, no, not at all, But, you see, T have had a poem nccepted and my lettors Ml beworth “something @ few years e Fliegende Blactte kindly subgerd mething sions in- Africa The money T conversion of heathen children.’ “Very well, you may have a few chil- dren converted ‘and send the bill to me, New York Weekly given me many friends, but not one of anythir I didn’t know Medium (with dignity)-1, would have you understand, sir, that the spirits of the dead have ‘something better to do than to come back to earth and teach school, “Madam, would you £Or the mis- will be Skiptic messages You have from departed them has told me THE SEAS Atlanta Constitution Never mind the blizzard; You're feeling prime Might's well freeze in winter As fry in summer time. When the winter closes— When the fcehergs go— There'll be tons o' roses For every pound o' snow. sy A SOUTHERN VALENTINE. Atlanta Constitution, Here's a song o' sunshine! Let us all be me Here's a regular v Fourteenth Februar; Heart of mine, T love you— Sweetest here below: Take, oh, take this violet— If it doesn’t snow! Queenliest woman ‘neath (When he's shining nic Come to me, divinest one, Through a wall of fce! the sun, red rose ck this partridg ur hat, ‘and through the south v mouth; ONE ENJOYS Both the method and results when Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses th BY8- tem effectually, dispeis colds, head- aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro- duced, pleasing to the taste and ac- ceptable to the stomach, prompt in its action and truly beneficial in its effects, prepared only from the most healthyand agrecablesubstances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug- gists. Any reliable druggist who may not have it on hand will pro- cure it promptly for any one who wishes to try it. ~ Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP €O, SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. LOUISVILLE, K. NEW YORK, N.¥. Bfowning, King & Co. Your Money's Worth or Your Moniey Back, had not even so much as an inkling man for the county fonership. of the procecdings, much less an op- The delay cannot be due to a dearth of the enormous amount of per- sonal property that escapes the assessor taught a class in the Sunday school for fifty Sundays, attended twenty-six meetings of the Woman’s Christian Temperance unfon, sewed , With a gentle and refined face, and her beautiful gray head bowed with grief and misery be- side her accused boy, while his bri applicants sceking the oflice—but prob- ably to the fact that the office is seek- fug the man. The postoflice authorities can't get | after the bond and insurance concerns that use the mails to promote lottery schiemes any too often or too soon. The Tottery is a hydea-headed monster that reappenrs in two places as soon as dis patehed in one, overnor Holcomb has filled two more oftictal places within his gift by appoint ment and he has noa corvesponding degree lessened the pressure of the pe sistent’ office seekers who have been camping « his trail ever since his election beenme assured, Postmaster Martin - now reads title elear. The trying ordeal of decid ing to accept or reject the proffered commission can no longer be postponed. We feel confident that My, Martin will cheerfully make any personal sacrifice which he thinks the welfare of the country requires. his Another meeting of the cit but no report from the finance com mittee on salary retrenchment. In the meanwhile the extravagant salarvies go right on, Let the council show what it | tends to do without further delay. What is wanted 18 verrenchment for this year. Next year will be actended | to in due time. couneil, There is some complaint { Nebras. ka's credit is being assafled in the east, not by a populist governor, hut by exag- gerated and fietitious stories of pitiful and worelieved distress among her in habitants. Governor Holcomb has taken care on several occasions to contradict the tales of dive destitution circulating in other states. The governor 18 stand- ing up for Nebraska i the way that counts, portunity to interpose an objection or defense, Two years ago the divorce law of Dakoti was modified a trifle in estof decency at the instance of the church-going inhabitants of the state. The bid made abont the same time by the newly organized territory of Oklahoma for the divorce trade con tributed to give the business in South Dakota o slight sethack, muech to the delight of people who regard marriage as the mog 1 contract which can be entered. But the parties who reap a profit from this luerative industry, the lawyers, the hotel keepers and the merehants in the larger cities, not be expected to submit its legislative discour seei o have quietly by using it to the best advan have secured the assent of to o bill that promises g ments than ever for discontented con jugals to purchase the South brand of ration, e new sures o divorce to every applicant who will tarry in South Dakota for six months, At present only a six months' residence is required before instituting divorce proceedings, but as the triul vecessitates attendance of two to three wouths more the whole period of resi dence §s seldom less than nine monihy 1t is proposed that the plaintiff be per- witied to file his application without prior residence, but the decvee be with held until after the six months' resi dence has expived. 'his, added to the lax grounds upon which divorees re granted in Routh Dakota, is rveliod upon to make that state the most sought-for und popular haven of mis mated humanity, and at the same time 1o fill the pockets of the men who de vote their energies to procuring di vorees with secrecy and dispateh at a stipulated price, could tamely to agement. They fund and they the senate ter induce I Dakota bill In In view of the widespread movement would render it impossible to collect sufficient taxes fo maintain city govern- ment on the extravagant scale that now obtains, This state of things gave rise to the agitation for a charter amend- ment providing for a single tax assessor, the sole object thereof being to insure the assessment of all property, real and personal, that Is “legally assessable under the revenue Inws of this state. No newspaper has been move consistent than The Bee in its appeals for a better reement of the revenue laws, for a more equitable assessment of property and for a general reduction of expenses of local government, A condition predicted by The Bee a year ago now confronts the taxpayers of Omaha and Douglas county, One of two things must be done, A way must he provided for the ssient of all personal property and all railrond and sleeping car property, or the estimates for maintaining city government must undergo radical reduction, Three years ago the city elerk listed over 00,000 worth of railroad property lo cated outside the right-of-way which should bear its due proportion of the burden of city government. The rail- roads contested the right of the city to collect such tax. They hid behind a mere subterfuge, upon which they took the matter into the courts, where it will remain until the legal department of the city succeeds in bringing about its adjudication, The Pullman Car company, which has long enjoyed liberal patronage in and out of this city, has pald no taxes since 1886, Less than a year ago the city treasurer attached one of the company's cars in licu of delinguent taxes—but nothing has come of it. The law depart- ment of the city seems to have forgotten the outrage agalust the taxpayers of this city and the case has been per mitted to drag along, as the Pullman brothe: repeats the horrible details of the m{.r‘d‘.‘-x{ ous plot with which the communit is al- ready famil It is a spectacle (o move the hardest hear| and it seems almost sacrilege to approach even with words of sin. sympathy the unspeakable an- gul at rends the mother's heart yearn- ing with inextinguishable love over both her boys. Whatever may be the result of the terrible ordeal through which this gen tle woman is now passing, there can be but one sentiment in the community for her, that of profound commiseration and re. spect T Nebraska’s Way, Buffalo Express The example of the vigorous y of Nebraska is commended to old, whining Louisiana, Nebr ana, Is a sugar-growing sta raises *ts, Loulsiana raise sugar growing being new and uncertain | an industry, naturally uid require more nursing than the tablished cane sugar industry. It was m e to roduce beet culture than to foster cane production that the McKinley law put i bounty. on sugar. Nebraska v retain that law with the bounty, which, right or wrong, was doing much s Loulsiana voted to repeal the aw, B suffered by the loss of the, bounty. Louisiana |3 filling the land with "lamentations and is begging the newspapers all over the country to me to her ald and join in an agitation to secure the restoration of the bounty, o, at least, the payment of that portion of it which would have been due on this year's crop If the law had not been rxpl‘uh'wf braska, on the other hand, with the s reliance of th t, 1= looking out for her- self. A bill has be introduced in her leg lature, and has# béen considered favorably by on branch, offering a state bounty of five-elghths of ‘1 cent a pound to all sugar heet factories now in existence, and an 4i- al threé-elghfhs of 1 cent a pound to new factorles started. It is expected that the bill will pass, is the way Ne- braska looks oug. for i kling: industrie I Loulsiana do the If any bounties to be pald. the people who derive benefit from them Id pay them. The people of the whole United States should not. ung state beggin | which the buttons on ler husband's shirts, and never got mad. A statue is to be erected to Burns' “High- land Mary” on the rocks in front of Dunoon castle, on the Firth of Clyde, whero a site has been granted by the duke of Argyll. Mary Campbell’s birthplace is in the imme- iate vicinjty, and the figure will face *‘the land of Burns,” which lies on the opposite side of the estuary. It is intended to unveil the statue on July 21, 1896, the centenary of Burns' death, when there will be a national demonstration at Dunoon. The prime minis- ter, the marquis of Lorne, marquis of Dufterin and Ava, Sir Frederic Leighton, Mr. Henry Irving, and many other notable figures on the list of patrons, The Worcester Gazette says that the late Judge Hoar read carefully the newspaper r ports of the dinner some months ago in Bos- ton to the Hon, Edward L. Plerce. He read nis brother's statement of his condition and the Hen, Charles Francis Adam's speech, in which he sald that the judge had a pair of sleeve buttons glyen to him by Governor Andrew, which he (Judge Hoar) had promised to leave to Mr. Adams, The judge presently called one of his sons to him, and said “Well, young man, 1 think that my friends hardly expect me to last a great while longer 1 see George has given me up, and Charley Adams has already begun to administer my effects,” —_——— ion of nendous fmport, Brooklyn Eagle, It has been decided by a New York court that the accidental dropping of fares into slatted floor of a street ¢ tutes payment of car an- othe nportant of course, be better hand payment than tc at, But the decision bearing, and should case « the careless person who drops a re ing nickel upon the church floor on Sunday, forthwith rolls out of sight around et of other shipers. althou to mak drop a hi nickel [ the f Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. 8. Gov't Report Roral Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE Wilson 3150, W ant jron, boy's o boy's ulsters looking and w g boys' ulsters ¢ very latest fashion Lest $1.00 g Reliable Clothiers. N. W, Cor. 15th and Douglas,