Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 20, 1895, Page 4

4 = THE OMAMTA DAILY BEBE: WLDNHESDAY, _— o FEBRUARY 20, 1895, l‘n ROSBWATER, 1ty PUBLISHED EVERY MORNIN: — s - TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTIO! Tiee (Without Sunduy), One Y nd Eunday, One Yeat Daily Daily e rner N and Al co torial matter v nus saed: To th TERS, addre LE ANl business letrers and remittances should be addressed to Omana, Drafts be made pay THIZ BEE PUBLISHING COM The Theo Publishing Cliecks and post STATEMENT OF CIRCULATIO Taschuck, secretary of ' Nshing company, bein duly sworn, the actunl number of full and conipl of the Daily Morning, Evening and Su printed during the month of Janu wa follows Total Less Dally *Sunda aron fore me and sul day of February, N. P. FEIL, LR 1h 180 Notary o Swarn o | enece this Call him Postmaster Martin. use waiting until March 1. Laneaster matte buildings grows until night, county's modesty apace from Perhaps Russell Sage might cate the favor by saying that he does | not know Senator Gray, and would be no pleasure i he did. No respectable tramp v all day and then begin his round gary after dark ten the man who night is an impostor, asks for me Senator Il forgot to repeat was only patron: doing his duty The s to be about all that he has had. The Department of Agriculture is the only department of given a larger for from cot it were, ot ress, Seerets has money thrust upon lelphia’ rh wmunicipal the first of the spring se larger cities. It is can wave to be still in the The willingness of the present legisla- ture to set a statutory limit to the num- ber of employes of succeeding tures has never had to sacrifice all his w cause of the union. Mr. Martin proffered postmastership withou to the great personal s will relieve the anxiet ever since he expressed doubt his ability to accept the appoin It is to be noticed t Mr. Reed arve all democrats, ats in congres avel with Mr, Reed leading the tion on the floor, but they fear that with Reed in the speaker's ch may become almost impa Nebrasks debtedness of over $600,000 or bonded indebtedness, although t constitution says that the publ debt shall never: exceed $100. reorganization of the state fing one of the most important if moest impertant subect that is crying £or legislative action, 1t grain commission as reported, stored Dby the State it the authorities the thieves. This grain In rea longs to the destitute drouth s for who: benefit it was Stealing it is like of a starving man's mouth, account is all the more Any one g cumstanc of the law, veprel What use Is there in the school for teachers? ney h in support of his official action training school 18 being maintained at pense. The one way to vote it out of existence, The constitution of & provision reg: state con tween wth Dal irding the taki us decennially the federzl censy s rontained in the constitutiol ska. aging condition of the state’ 08 the South Dakota legislature is not in clined to go to the e be nec if 4 anthorized. In this connection xpense tha ssary clslon of the supreme court that while the clause Is mandatory there is of compelling the legislature to the provision, is intere because our supreme court wo doubtedly hold the same way. legislature refuses to s cheerful'> forgiven, unawed tor from New York has had a veconcilintion, but that secms Board Tducation requiring 1ts attorney der a written opinion on the legal pow ors of the board to maintain a training | a. 24th Sts, Bldg. and_edi he Editor. company ders U e to the order of the company. IPANY. N Bee Pub says th nday 1 1805, wa 10,201 18 SHUCK my pros Public. It in the of appropriations for new state wmorning recipro that i 11 loaf around of Iy In nine eases out mey that Morton, as him. election i 5, Which in- cludes Chieago and a number of other not rash to predict that the results will show the republi counterpart since Artemus Ward declared himiself ready relations in the tha t re crifices involved under the people of Omaha have been laboring 8 as t tment. the people most active in raising up a competitor for the speakership of the next house against The demo- s have a rough road to e OPPOS! air - th ssable, has a floating warrant in- 1 which she is paying interest at the rate of 7 per cent in addition to the full limit of he st ic p 0. 1 anees s not th » Relie ar Lincoln is being stolen, ought t spare no efforts to deteet and run down lity b ffere contributed. tealing the hread out 1 on that hensible, ity of theft under sueh cir deserves the fullest penalty o ren The board’s attor s several times recorded himself while o member on this question, and it i8 idle to expect an opinion that s not THEE T as heen established and the publie ex- to abolish it i 1 ug of ko intervening he nilay t nof N But on account of the discour- t woul new census would be | the de no Wil enfor ting to Nebraska uld 1 ur th the necessity for a state census this year it will be le by which of THE KEYNOTE OF REFORM. The quickened conscience of self-re- specting republicans only needs to be touehed by such a flagrant piece of boodlerism as the Hilton incident to revive the demand for self-purgation from politicians and papers that exhib- ited intense resentment at the utter- anees and course of The Bee in the late ‘wirbury Buterprise, a staunch and ardent supporter of the defunct Nemaha Statesman, comes to the front foarlessly in behalf of party purgation in the following comment on thle de- faulting ol inspector: There is no excuse whatever for our public officials to betray their trust and the confi- a re of their constituents, yet If one may believe the charges, and a great do, an honest officlal In this state would be one of the rarest specimens of humanity lm existence It is high time the repub- | | lican party of Nebraska was purging Its ranks of such dishonest timber. They illy afford to wink at such things and hope be successful in future campalgns, It the guilty ones are found amoug thelr ranks they should use every honorable to prosecute to the fullest extent en- gaged in the dishonest work, might take warning and govern their a more carefully We arc iblican in uccess of party, but the same time do not believe a dishone: republican is any better than a dishonest man belonging to any other party, and think he should not be favored any more. Cleanse the ranks of these black sheep and let the party of progress and prosperity move ahead a few notches with a brighter and clearer rocord, one they can point to with pride instead of with apologie More caustic and incisive than the above is the comment of the Tecumseh Chieftain, a republican paper that never wiavered in its party allegi +[That paper indulges in the following cditorial denunciation of hoodlerism: Hilton be forced to disgorge, or the amount may be recovered from his bondsme but in either case the dignity of the party been insulted, and a secar is left of which the opposition will make all the capital possi- ble. When will the time come when rascal's chances for appointment to office are no better than an honest man's? How Is it that shady character: seem to have so much leverage on the appointive powers? Truck- h such men as Hilton, Seeley, Mosher a dozen others that might be mentioned, is the great cause why the republican party in Nebraska has been brought into disrepute during the past few years and why a third political party has flourished. The fact that the gubernatorial chair is at present filled by a populist instead of a republican fs accribed to the same cause. Is the time not ripe for the party to profit by a study of the humiliating history of the past and to learn the lesson that it is immeasurably better to place the affairs of public business in the hands of capable and trusty men? Now let the republican papers that are not published in the interest of po- Jitical mereenaries and rotten ringsters take up the refrain and proclaim to re- publicans who aspire to public favor that integrity and efliciency will be ex- acted from every man who aspires to nositions of honor and trust, and that men who betray a publie trust will be treated as outlaws, and the party will regain its lost power and prestige. t to ! ] means those that others a and that e | glory m 1 ve ling wii and a 1HE JONES SILVER BILL. The bill for the unrestricted coinage of silver, introduced by Senator Jones of Arkans and reported favorably last week by the senate committee on finance, was taken up y lay for con- sideration. The sily men in the sen- ate have thus shown that they have the rength to pass the bill if it can be brought to a vote, but the opposition can, if- disposed to do so, prevent it ching a vote. Whether the anti- senators will use their parlia- mentary privileges of obstruction to do this remains to be seen, The title of this measure is mislead- ing. What it does is to authorize the mints to receive and coin for any cit- izen of the United States silver bullion of standard fineness, payable in stand- ard dollars at the market price of silver in New York on the day of the deposit. The seigniorage, which would be the difference between the market value of the bullion and the number of standard dollars that might be coined from the bullion, to inure to the profit of the treasury. Such coin when returned to the treasury to be certified in the ne manner as the udard dollars now ave. The silver men, while not regard- ing this mensure as being so satisfac- s t e o A of raising the price of silver to $1.20 an ounce, which is the thing they want to attain, They say that having made the United States mint an open market for ver bullion to an unlimited extent, pobody would be willing to sell silver BLullion for less than could be obtained = | for it at the mint, and that if all owners of silver bullion should refuse to sell for less than the coinage valuation the price in York would immediately vise to hat figure, which is a fraction over $L20 an ounce, and henee ever, depsitor of silver bullion at any United States mint would be entitled to receive all the standard dollars that could be coined from his deposit, less the cost of colnnge, This looks plausible, but it conditions not likely to happen, first place the price of silyer N York would not be regulated, or at any rate only very limited extent, by the fact whether the owners of bullion should vef to sell at less than the age viluation or not. T'he London market still exe deal of in fluence in determining the price of sil ver, and doubtless would continue to do 50 after this bill should become law, It is a perfectly safe proposition that no legislation by this country can control the price of silver, that f; having been most amply demonstrated by the efforts that have been made to accompiish this. 1t can make no great diffe whether silver bullion is deposited at the mints for coinage or is piled up in the treas ury and certificates issued against it, so far as the market price is concerned, heeause it is impossible for this coun try alone to regulate the price of sily as a commodity. Perbaps the owners of bullion might at first refuse to sell ¢ [at less than the coinage valuation, but it is not probable that this policy would continue v long, for any material advauce in silver here would doubtless bring a flood of it from abroad. It is not clear that the silver mine owners would in the end be particularly bene- o New s involves In the in Now 10 a 1 coin s great s | 5 ° many | can | i fited by the proposed legislation, but it s pretty certain that its effect would be damaging to the financlal interests of the countr 1t is not believed that this silver bill can congross, Tt will probably not be allowed to reach a vote in the senate, but If it should do so and be passed by that body it is the opinion that it could not get beyond the committee of the house to which it would be referred. But should It make the passage in both houses it would undoubtedly fail at the hands of the president, and this must be understood by its supporters. There is no excuse or justification for the con- sideration at this time of such a m ure, the only tendency of which is to retard the restoration of financial con- fidence, [RRIGATION IN NEBRASKA. The bill relating to irrigation in Ne. 1ska, infroduced by Senator Akers, sed the senate and gone to the louse, This measure provides for the organization and government of irriga- tion districts, the acquiring of canals already built or partly constructed and of the, right of way to build irrigation ditehies or canals, and for the voting of bonds by irvigation districts for the purpose of constructing irvigating canals and buying suel as are already built or partly construeted. The bill is compr hensive and is to a large extent based upon the California irvigation law, the operation of which has been highly sat- isfactory. It provides for the plan or system recommended by the last irrigs tion convention in this state and mus! therefore, be presumed to have the en- dorsement of the y etical frrigation of Nebraska and those who have given the subject intelligent consideration. Without going into the details of the measure, it may be said in general way that the plan it proviles for is prae- ticable and that it would undoubt- edl, result in establishing a gen- eral system of frrigation where it is needed in Nebraska as soon as the re- quirements of the act could be complied with. It is to be expected that the im- portance of this question will cause it 1o be taken up in the house with the least possible delay. It should be acted upon by the present legislature, so that the work of irrigation contemplated ) be inaugurated earnestly and vigor- ously. Under present conditions prog- It must necessarily be very slow. What is needed is organized effort, hav- ing the authority of law nd - under proper regulation, and this is what the Akers bill provides for. Iverybody un- derstands that Nebraska will neve tain that measure of prosperity which is possible until the millions of acres of semi-arid tervitory ave supplied with sufficient moisture through irrigation to insure annual crops. There trouble with the soil of this territory. With an adequate supply of moisture it is capable of producing as abundantly as the soil of any other part of the state, and there can be no doubt that if prop- erly irrigated it would rival the pro- ductiveness of the irrigated lands of California and Utah. As to the question whether there is a sufficient available supply of water, the most careful in- vestigation appears to leave no reason for a doubt that even in the driest sea- sons the sources from which the water for frrigation would be drawn would be found to be ample. If the present legislature makes the proposed provision for the promotion of irrigation in Nebraska, as the people ex- pect it to do, the benefit to the state will Dbe apparent before the current year is ended, and within the next two or three ye there Is every reason to believe, we shall not only regain the population lost within the past year, but add many more to the inhabitants of the state. Successful irrigation means progress wd prosperity for Nebraska and noth- ing that legislation can do for the ad- vancement of the state is more impor- is no FEDERAL RELIEF DENIED. The rejection of the amendment to the agriculture appropriation bill offered by Senator Allen approprinting $300,- 000 out of the national treasury for the purchase and distribution of seed grain under the supervision of the secretary of agriculture among the destitute farm- of the drouth ridden states means {hat Nebraska need expect no fede aid in caring for her drouth sufferers. Senator Allen's proposition was per fectly legitimate and its adoption by ongress would have elicited only ap- proval from the gi ss of the peo- ple from whom the federal government really derives it revenue. There have been numerous precedents in its favor. Congress has been wont to treat leniently with those who, through mis- fortune, have been unable to carry out their obligations with the government, The farmers who must this year look for assistance in securing the necessary supply of seed grain are for the most part pioneers who have broken the praivies to the plow and have made {he western progress of civilization ble. If any class of citizens deser well of the federal government they cer- tainly do, and it is greatly to be re- etted that the senate should see fit to refu the small measure of help that was asked, It is true that the Allen amendment was ruled out on a point of order, but not be the point was sustained by an appeal to the senate on an aye and vote, Nor it ruled out of order before Senator Manderson had jzed the opportunity for an uncalled for exhibition of partisan rancor. Ap- pavently for no other o than that his populist colleague might get a lit tle prestige from the proposed appro- priation, Senator Manderson made ob Jeetion that there was uo need for fed- eral aid and that a federal appropria- tion for seed grain was not wanted by the people of Nebraska. He.alleged that the amendment sought to put his state In the attitude of a beggar and a pauper and that Nebraska could look after her own suffe 5. Nebraska can, and will if she must, provide fully for all her citizens who are in want of grain seed, but she would not spurn a measure of relief that was designed to enable her favmers to raise in 1805, possi- wis a crop A senate that in the ne hour agr to an amendment to the agriculture ap- ) | bors | run propriation bill for $10000 to be ex pended in exterminating the gipsy moth pest, which-is-exclusive to Massachu- setts and her mmediate neighbors, could well have assented to the expenditure of $300,000 8¢ seed grain for the drouth sufferers of ¢ western states. Were it not for SHAathr Manderson's untimely and inexcusable interposition the amendment _offered by Senator Allen might have*taitied. 1t is emidénfly proper for the officers of the Grafid Army of the Republic to organize a FOlaf corps for members of the order whomay be in want, but as a matter ofs fact the old veterans are for the most part better off than other drouth sufferers. A large majority of them receive pensions, which at least afford them some means, be they ever £0 small, for supplying themselves with the necessaries of life, while their neigh- have not even that pittance for kecping their families and stock from destitution. There s a broader hu- manity than that of creed, benevolent order or patriotic brotherhood. That humanity makes no distinetion, but seeks to alleviate the suffering of man- Kind because of the brotherhood of man and the fatherhood of On this high plane the worl £ should be conducted by the state, and to this end all efforts should be divected by the State Relief commission. The regents of the te university in their last veport, reprint and appar- ently endorse an address of the alumni that asserts that Nebr today owes the State university $275,000. This decidedly cool. We' should like very much to see specifieations as to how this debt arose and of what it consists, The university was originally expected to maintain itself from the proceec the liberal appropriation of university lands given it as a trust fund by the federal government at the time Ne braska w admitted into the union. In addition to this the state has been ars making regular annual appro tious for the benefit of the uni- sity by means of a special university tax. Yet the regents tell us that the state owes the university $275,000, and to liauidate the debt asks for only 155,600 in addition to what they now call the customary special tax. Somebody ought to take the trouble to secure for Senator Gray an introdue- tion to Millionaire Russell Sage, if onl to enable him to receive the acknowl- edgements of the latter for the ambigu- ous compliment which he paid him on the floor of the senate. A Patrio for Re 4 ‘Dehver News. Russell Sage is’one of the patriots who would deplorg the reduction of their gold dollars to 60 cents purchasing power. He has stowed away hnother $550,000 in his safe deposit vault. The Howling Show. Minneapolls Time: The women who are ‘“‘crusading” the sa- loons of Sioux City claim to have legal ad- vice under which ‘they will close all dram- shops that do not comply with the strict letter of the law, That being the case, why don’t they begin their “lawing” and_quit making howliug pageants of themseives? e A Hint for Partisan Shouters. NeW York Sun. g It is the American people of all parties who are the proper custodians of the mem.- ory of Abraham Lincoln, as they are of that of George Washington. Therefore, let the celebration of Lincoln’s birthday in coming years be as free from factional manifesta- tions as the celebration of Washington's birthday has always been. . Hill Touched the Button. Chicago Tribune. Senator Hill told the exact truth Saturday in stating that the true purpose of these professed friends of silver had been laid bare during the debate on his resolution; that they intended to pay our government obliga- tions in silver coin, no matter how degraded or how depreciatéd that metal might be; that “such men are not for bimetallism at all, they are for silver and silver only.” National Credit is Not Involved. Boston Traveler. Much as we disapprove of the wrangling in_congress over financial measures and the refusal to do anything, good, bad or in- different, we cannot sympathize with the feeling that stigmatizes the refusal of the house to be drazooned into passing a dis- criminating bond Dill_at the order of the president as “a blow at the nation's credit.” The credit of the nation does not rest upon 80 narrow a basis. It is the richest of the nations, and the other nations know it. Any higgling about the pavment of bhonds already issued would be a blow at its credit, but a mere 1 to issue more, of any particular kind, does not look in that dire tion. As to the difference in cost to us, that is me y a question of internal economy, nothing more. — - The University Tax, Blalr Pilot Notwithstanding the fact that whole coun- ties in N are unable to pay their taxes, a many counties there are titug ple who are suffering for and , the legisloture finds it pedient to pass an act adding a half mill tax to all the property in the state for the purpose of Improving and extending the buildings of the State university, or at least such a bill has been recommeénded to pass by the house committee of the whole. It would seem to an outsider that if there ever was a time in the history of Ne- braska when economy and retrenchment should be the watchwords, it is now. It would seemn, furthermore, that many men who are sent to the legislatur: leave be- hind them when they go to Lincoln all sense of propriety and consistency in the discharge of their official duties. “They ap- pear to join the mad whirl, motive power for which is largely supplied by an inter- ested lobby, and as they swing around the legislative tread mill, If an occasional op- portunity can be found to grind the inevit- able personal axe, all is se with them and in the end a few t ksters havi evolved some points of profit to themselves, along with a mass of crude, illogical, oftentimes enseless stuff that unde name of “session laws' fs added to th cumbrous statutes of Nebraska Yy two year I'his is the rule, and the exceptions are rare, The business of the state Is run without any nblanc: of a policy, and its s from year o year are changed and lied about among the log roller ab- solutely without refers e Lo existing condi- tions, the wants or wishes the people or the bills con- thelr’ inancial AbiLy to pay tracted. If the Lincoln lobby desires to tax the people of the state $100.000 or $300,000 to high sahool in the State university for the exclusive benefit of Lincoln High school pupils, 1 Seems casy to secure a ma Jority vote, and the thing s done, with no reference whatever to existing conditions or the interest of other localities of the state. It would appear as if th Nebraska legislature should realize that the republican party s to some extent on trial before the people, and their acts und doings will be criticisél sharply by the cnemien of the party, and that particularly at this time ‘undue extravagancs in appropriations will have a teiling effect with the people. The lessons of pop leglislation the past two sessions should impart ater wisdom to the members of this session, but so far they exhibit a strong tendency to even outdo the pops i the folly of thetr acts and thelr reckless expenditure of public money. This is made all the worse Just now by ihe well known fact that the siate is short of funds enough to pay the current expense the majority In the Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S, Gov't Report Roval ABSOLUTELY PURE VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS, Columbus Argus: After all, it would seem that tattooed Tom Majors has more influence with the president when it comes down to a scratch, lke it did fn the Omaha postoffice scramble, than has 76 per cent of the demo- crats of the state. elid Martin, Tom Major's right hand bower, was given the ap- pointment on last Monday. Kearney Hub: Secretary Furnas declares that the State Agricultural soclety intends to make the next state falr at Omaha a su- premo success. In fact, it s proposed that the next state fair shall “‘excel any that has previously been held In the state.” This is the right kind of talk and is just what might be expected from Mr. Furnas. There are no sore spots on his anatomy in the location of tho fair. Wisner Chronicle: Frank Hilton was an active rustler for Tom Majors fast campalgn, and his prolific mouth abounded with argu- ments to show the kicking republicnas why the Peru politician should be elected. The most potent spring to Frank's action was the earnest desire to increase for two or four years the amount of that deposit which he was collecting from the gasoline dealers for safe keeping. Nebraska City Independent: The pops are a wild and woolly set of anarchists no doubt, but where is the governor of any state who has displayed more quiet, gentlemanly dig- nity, coupled with calm, conservative de- cision, than have been shown by populist governor during his first of executive responsibility? Governor Hol- comb Is a credit to Nebraska as well as to the people who elected him. Lincoln Bill Dorgan at all times ready and eager to fulfill that part of the prison labor contract which makes it his duty to provide the prisoners with spir- itual consolation. He and his predecessor doubtless enjoyed peculiar ground-floor pri leges for securing large consignments of spir- itual consolation on short notice and at bot tom prices. The cost of spiritual consolation for the prisoners is doubtless not nearly so material an item in the prison contract as I the cost of plug tobacco. Silver Creek Times: Wooster can say, and speak the truth without boasting, that he has done more to discredit and weaken the pop party in the state of Nebraska than did ever the B. & M. Journal. And he can say further and speak a truth known of all men, that but for the Journal and others of that ilk there never would have been apy pop par in Nebraska at all and that the republican party in Nebraska never would have sustained even a partial defeat. The Journal may boast of its republicanism if it will, but the re- publicanism of the Journal is a republicanism that denies free speech within party lines, that would always keep the republican party in the control of the corporations and men who are In the party for personal gain even at the party's expense, and that would sup- port the devil if he happened to be on the ticket. Wooster has not been, is mot now, and never expects to be, that kind of a re- publican, Niobrara Pioneer: Ex-Oil Inspector Frank Hilton's attempt to steal $5,000 from the state is a black eye to ex-Governor Crounse's long record of usefulness, besides a disgrace to the republican party. Hilton was called upon by Governor Holcomb for a statement of his accounts, the governor being under the belid that Hilton owed the state about $4,000 excess of fees In his posession. After some prodding Hilton came in with a claim that the state actually owed him a small sum and that $5,000 in his present possession will not be turned over to the state. FHis reason for this is that the law did not require him to inspect gasoline, though the inspection was made and he received $5,000 for it. He pro- poses fo hold this fund so that in case the dealers who paid it demand it back he can pay it. But it ls a steal and nothing else and his bondsmen will pe obliged to foot the bill, though they, too, are willing to worry the state out of it. - EX-GOY ERNOR BOYD'S CILARGES. six weeks is doubtless Springfield (Mass.) Republican: ernor Boyd of Nebraska has been down by a Secretary Morton man in some patronage controversy, and he wrathfully puts out some of the choice expressions for merly used by Mr. Morton to express his dislike of Cleveland. Morton does not deny their truthfulness, but he had a change of heart in later years, and there will be no break in the cabinet. New York Sun: Mr. James E. Boyd, formerly governor of Nebraska, and an im- portant figure in the democratic party of that state, has attacked in an interview another eminent Nebraska democrat, Hon. Julius Sterling Morton. He accuses Mr. Morton of having been guilty of the hor- rible crime of lese-Clevelandism before he was called to hold sway among the sceds. Mr. Boyd's language Is painful and the ac- cusation almost incredible. It is our duty to a great subject (o record the charges, and then wait for the truth or falsencss of them to be decided. This is the essential part of the indictment: “Cleveland placed a man at the tall end of his cabinet who for ten years has publicly and privately abused him, and that, too, in such language that ft cannot be printed. Samuel Waugh, president of the First Na- tional bank of Plattsmouth, says he heard this man speak of Cleveland as a ‘pothouse politician among statesmen, and a statesmen among pothouse politicians;’ and in other phrases much more disrespectful and severe. Judge Matt Miller of David City, when ho asked this man why he did not mention the president’s name in his speech of con- gratulation at the Paxton hotel after the last election, says he replied: ‘I hate bim worse than 1 do the devil'” We must remark as to these charges that Mr. Boyd has an undoubted prejudice against Mr. Morton, who seems to have got ahead of him in the appointment of a postmaster at Omaha. But if ever Mr. Morton did use harsh and contumelious language about Mr. Cloveland, he must have made a thorough recantation before being admitted into the presence; and no doubt he has had for at least two years tho fervor of a fresh con- vert, And yet it would pain Mr. Cleveland to lave about him any man who had per- mitted himselt to do less than revere him since his first emergence in 1852, A NEBRASKA AND NEBRASKANS, The farmers ot Nuckolls county will or- ganize an institute at Nelson February 2T. Will Nickle of Grand Island is minus a thomb as the result of too close contact with a cog in a broom factory. John L. Dixon of Nebraska City has been appointed captain of the academic senior military company at Yale. The hardware store of M Co. at Pawnee City has be sherlff. The liabilities about $18,000, Dr. H. J. Arnold of Columbus has brought suit for $5,000 damages against the editor of the Monroe Looking Glass for publishing “false, scandalous and defamatory matters’ about ‘him. The puffing of an engine at Nebraska City caused the horse of a farmer named Holli- day to run away and drag the occupant of the buggy for quite a distance, badly in- juring the man. It has developed that the Carl Roth who lost his life in the sinking of the steamship Elbe, was not the Carl Roth who resided at Holdrege. Mr. Roth of Holdrege is still missing, but the man who went down with the Elbé was a resident of Hungary, and was bound for Philadelphia S The syndicate Kuke Philadelphia Pr des glying the gold selling syndicate an immediate profit of 1 per cent on a w0000 transaction, the administration . surrendered the whole matter of bond issues to its tender care for elght months, What this may mean to the government or | the syndicate” no man can tell, but the secretary of the treasury can make no bond sale without first getting the approval of Mr. Morgan and Mr, Helmont. This ties the government hand and foot with pretty short financial rop The act of M Cleves land and Mr. Carlisle becomes more and more Inexplicable the further it is looked into. Ex-Gov- turned cek, Skinner & ) closed by the are estimated at o, Baking Powder PREOPLE AND THINGS, The present tone,of congress is decidedly metallic. Ex-Governor Foraker s said to have a firo alarm cinch on Cal Brice's senatorlal Tocks. The New York police are making a desper ate fight against the appalling evil of Sunday billlards Count Castellane admirer of Gould $2,000,000 worth Legislation fs 1 its proper rank. its that quality. Considering the York reformers, Tom Platt Lilinakalani and abdicate, Harrlson solves the question, “What shall we do with our ex-presidents? ot them breaking wills, He has two on his hands Four experts In palmistry recently ex- amined Mark Twain's hands and were unable to discover any lines of humor. It was not necessary to go abroad to make the dis- cover: Ex-President Peixoto of Brazil, the herd®t the Rio revolution, is now struggling with a revolution in his Interior department Dyspepsia_has tackled him and he does not care whether the republic survives or not. The agitation for vestibule street cars for the protection of motormen has taken prac- tical shape in bills introduced in various state leglelatures, But as the eold waves re- cede the chances of reform goes with them. Major Bacon, the new senator from Georgla, is tall, well built, with a florid complexion and with a lack of hirsute adornment which entitles him to the very front row He pleasant in manner and has already made many friends. California cities, like those wholly independent of the legislature in the matter of municipal home rule. A new charter for San Francisco is about to be submitted (o the electors for approval or r Jection, It was drafted by fifteen freehold ers chosen for that purpose. Herr Joseph Treitl, an fronmonger of Vienna, who has just died at the age of 81 s left $00,000 florins to the Academy. partly for the promotion of scientific resarch and partly for promoting the moral and ma- terial welfare of mankind. He also left a quarter of a milllion florins to various charl- table institutions in Vienna. General McCook said the other day, in the course of an address at a mectin of the Indian Rights association at Denver, that in his forty vears' experience with the Indians he had always found a white man at the bottom of every dificulty. He said that his decisions in cases of trouble between whites and Indians had always been in favor of the Indians. The late General Bethune of Georgia was a strikingly handsome man, even aftef he had lost his leg and old age had begun to press upon him. He seemed outwardly a man_ of brusque and cavalier manner, much so that persons who knew him only slightly hesitated to approach him; but at heart he was kindly. His education of “Dlind Tom” was only an incident in his busy life. A San Francisco court and jury is wrest- ling with the mental soundness of a banker who looted and wrecked two banks. Prior to the ruin he was regarded as a shrewd, cunning and avarioious business man—a money maker every hour in the day. Now that he Is on trial for bribery, perjury and robbery, his supporters insist he is mentally and morally irresponsible, a harmless luna- tle. The Insanity dodge has- reached the pinnacle of absurdity in the case. BILL BRYAN'S BREAKS, is said to bonds be a devoted He will syndicate to t necessary ve butter old _indiffer nee st 50 Wshington Post: That was not a happy thought of Mr. Bryan's on Thursday when he had one of the clerks of the house read Sl lock’s bond by way of introducing a theatrical effect into his speech. The young orator from the land of blizzards missed his mark and was very properly called down by the in- genuous Walker of Massachusetts. Washington Star: There is an element of satisfaction in the fact that the defeat of the gold bond issuo was accomplished without Representative Bryan's being obliged to lay down his life. His expression of willingnes to do so makes the pleasure of observing that he didn't have to all the greater. Just how or why he was to lay down his life is not made clear, but the enthusiasm of the patriot, like that of the poet, makes it possi ble to perceive many things that ordinary people find obscure. It is proper to remind Mr. Bryan, however, that the habit of being willing to lay down his life is one which grows upon a man. While seldom fatal, it is to be avoided, for the sake of friends and acquaintances, who should be spared unneces- sary anxiety. e~y AN ECCENTRIC CONTRIBUTOR. About four weeks ago a letter was recelved addressed to Mr. Edward Rosewater, Omaha Bee. Four consecutive letters of the same tenor have been received, bearing the same signature, each containing a $10 bank note. The last one reads as follows CHICAGO, 1L, Feb. 13, 1895.—Mr. Edward Rosewater—Dear Sir: Enclosed find $10. Trusting that you will forward ft to the most desirable point in relief of suffering amongst the Nebraska farmers. Respectfuily, OLD TIME NEBRASKAN. The contributions from the eccentric Ne- braskan, who apparently does not want his name known, have been successively placed in the hands of Governor Holcomb, and through him transmitted to the relief com- mission, Much of the genuine inher- | of Missouri, are | | the ‘ THUMBSCREW CIVILIZATION, ew York World The San Francisco Call's story of the torture of witnesses In | Honolulu 1s revolting in the cxtreme-—so res volting that it will have to be fully cons firmed bofore ft is believed. It ought to be both incredible and untrue that the des scendants of American missionaries could | string a_prisoner up by the thumbs to make him confess. Davenport Democrat: The young republie of Hawall s starting off well. If the story of the barbarous tortures fts agents have in= | flicted in order to extort confessions are true it Is the Imperative duty of the United States to look after the interests of its oiti- zens there. The day of the torture chamber |'is past. It Captain Davies is an American Juntry owes him pros | citizen, as claimed, hi tection of life and limb that will guarantes that his suspension by the thumbs will not be repeated. If he has transgressed the laws [ of neutrality ho should be held to account for that offense, but no inquisitorial measures should be tolerated for a moment. It is the duty of the United States to probe this | matter. i | particutarly the inquis the queen st What loathsome 1s 120 makes the affalr the pretensions of i rs to lofty Christianity. When 1 was deposed the religlous new | papers gf this country rejoiced in the result of | the revolution as a victory of Christianity | over paganism and lewdness. It was moro than suspected by calmer judgment that the force and fraud by which the immoral dynasty of the Kanmehamehas was torn down would not give place to Christian tolerance and brotherly love when 10 per cent of the population undertook to enforce its mandates on 90 per cent. But the weight of a wave of rejoicing over the cstablisnment of another “Christian republic” was not to be braved without peril. Generally Americans looked | to Honolulu for a fine example to the coarser world of what Christian patriotism would do fn upbuilding and sustaining a republic in Pacific. The answer has been: “Tt will shoot and hang. It will murder and steal. 1t will truculently defy the amenities of inters course between nations. It will maim and flay and torture. It will restore the agencies of mediacval barbarism in the name of God and the Christianity of the nineteenth cens tury.” - COMICAL SHOTS, Galveston News: Feminine Instinet leads overy woman to carry a few pins about rna “Which do you Rubberneck Bill ,of "the at the Angels' Rest, “put or come outside and take tender e down new this veler (Inquiring at an see the antiques am afraid not, sir. My have ' gone to fa castle) today? Servant—I lady’ and her daughter town. Detroft Tribune: Landlady—Well, I must a6 something to keep the wolf from the door. Boarder—I don’t know that it is al- together necessary. Let him come in and tackle one of your breakf: and T don't think he’ll ever trouble you again. Harlem Life: surd, this ghosts in ra—It's really too abs anyone believing in of eleetric card t all, when y inventions are doing to Keep up the supply think my manager the prima donna. the c of my divorce legitimate as an_item advertising ex- pense Indianapolis Journal: Youngun—When I sked him for his daughter’s hand he metaphorically kicked me out. I was never sa_insulted in my life, Oldun—Ah! you are in luck. “In luck? “Sure. You said ‘metaphorically,’ didn" you? WHERE SILENCE WAS ELOQUENT. New York Herald, Sald the mistress to Bridget, With a shake of her digit, “How is it no sound from the kitchen is heard Whenever your ‘steady’ Is with you already— There's never A murmur, word?"" “Your pardon, I'm beggin’," Said Bridget McGreggin; “My beau is a ‘daisy’ that's qlite hard to beat; But so bashful is Barney That, havin no blarney, He does nothin’ at prisint but and eat.” not even & sit down ——— THE HUMMING TOP, Eugene Field. The top it hummeth o sweet, sweet 5ong, To my dear little oy at play— Merrily singeth all day 4 As it spineth and “spinneth away. And my_ dear little hoy He laugheth with joy When he heareth the tuneful tune Of thut busy thing, That loveth to sing The song that is all its own. Hold fast the string and wind it tight, That the song be loud and clear; Now_hurl the top with all your might Upon the banquette here; And straight from the'string The joyous thing Boundeth and spinneth’ along, And it whirrs and it chirrs ‘And it burrs and It purrs Ever its pretty song. Will ever my dear little boy grow old, As some have grown before? Will_ever his heart feel faint and cold, When he heareth the songs of yoref Will ever this toy Of my dear little boy, When the years have worn'away, Sing sud and low Of the long ago, As it singeth to me today? Staving Bargains-- to wear it winter, price for overccats now. pairs of fine scamless socks shirts 75c. BROWNING, Reliable Clothiers, N, W. Like the ones we are offering on our front two = tables won't last long-—-You hurry up for some of these days it'll be summer and you'll have to wear thin clothes and pay more for them than you can get a good winter suit for now. in now and it'll be a first class suit for next We've reduced the prices on some of them down as low as $7.50—on the {ront tables, caps, etc., come to a very low price mark, such as three tan socks for 25¢; natural merino socks 25c, or six pairs for $1.35; Cotswold merino genuine Shaw knit socks, 40c grade, for 25¢c. Our regular g1 unlaundered white dress American Hosiery Co.’s underwcar, regular $5 grade, for §3.50 per suit, fine ribbed form fitting ¢4 grade for 3, 15th street window where these wonderful bargains are displayed should be carefully watched this week, ) RELIABLE CLOTHIERS *& Your Money’s Worth or Your Monzy Bask, must You've got three months Almost any Heavy underwear, hosiery, for 25¢; two pairs of special American Hosiery Co.'s Besides, our KING & CO,, . Cor. 15th and Douglas.