Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 22, 1895, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEEy FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1895, — e — oo ToE OMAHA DAILY BE® — ROSEWATER, Bditor, — UL ING. ILISHED EVERY MOR — ——— TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Beo (Without Sumday), One Year.. Dafly Tiee and Sundey, One Year. Bix Montis...... v o Throe Monthe, Bundny Ieo, One Year. turday Do, One Year.. ‘eckly Iiee, One Year..... OFFICES, Omatia, Tho Des Buf Bouth O, Council 1 Chicago Offic v Tilk., Cor 13 Pearl Street, , 217 Chamber of Commerce. New York, Rooms 13, 14 and 1, ‘Tribune Bldg. Washington, 1407 ¥ , N, W. CORRBEPONDENCE. ke All communicatio to news and edi- torial matter should d: To the Bditor. All business letters and remittances should be addresscd to The Bee Publishing company, Omaha. Dratis, cl d postoffice onlers 1o made paynlie to th r of the ¢ 4 it Yok PUBLISHING COMPANT. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION. B. Trschuek, sscretary of The Beo Pub. npany, being duly sworn, says that number ot full_nnd complete coples vening and Sunday Dee snth of January, was 17 18 the actu printed 0 as follows: .. 10,201 10,189 19,170 20150 i returned copies GEORGE R, TZSCHU Bworn 1o befare me and subacribed In M ence this 20 day of February, 1895, GIL, Notary Public. The expiring cot unreginerated, tens to die Omaha is far from proud of her con- tribution to the oil room lobby down at Lincoln. This the kind of weather that tempts people to conclude that the ground hog was mistaken in his prem- Ises. The position of deputy labor commis- sloner without a sa is hardly a sufli- clently lucrative honor to attract even a patriotic populi The young IFrench count who is about to marry into the Gould family appar- ently does not share in the prejudice against f n gold. The settlement of $2,000,000 upon the flance of Miss Anna Gould removes just that much from the jurisdiction of the income tax collector. On low much of the profits of the re- cent bond transaction will the members of the bankers' syndicate pay the 2 per cent federal income Why not a legislative inquiry to ascer- tain how many and which members of our lawmaking bodies tripped the light fantastic as guests of the Knights of the Faucet? There are other lobbyists at Lincoln who sorely need the effects of a pene- trating newspaper searchlight. The; may yet perchance be accorded that dis- tinction. After finding that they can accom- plish nothing, the silver men condescend- ingly announce their willingness to sac- rifice their cause temporarily to the ap- propriation bills. Ex-Senator Ingalls has been heard from again on the presidential outlook. The principal pleasure of being “out of politics” for him consists in telling those still in what they ought and ought not to do. The Knights of the Grip are about to break bread and slake their thirst pver the festal board. We commend to them the use of bread made of Ne- braska flour, and cold tea distilled from Nebraska grown corn. A St. Louis weather prophet predicts a very wet spring. It can hardly be too wet for the farmers of Nebraska, With no rain in the fall and no snow this winter, the soil of this section will stand any amount of moisture, The police are going to try to suppress the marauding tramp. If the household- ers will ect in conjunction with the police nnd refuse to encourage these nightly visitors the nuisance can doubt- less be in a great measure abated. If Nebraska has any money coming to her from the federal government under the act refunding the direct tax of 1861 by all means let her take the necessary steps to claim it Nebraska never needed money in her treasury worse than she does today. The Manufacturers and Consume assoclation has not yet expressed approval of the oleo Dill in the legisla- ture—a bill that strikes the death knell of one of the promising industries of South Omaha, The association is non- political, neither is the Dbill a party wmeasure, ] dis: The Bee some weeks ngo exposed a store building lottery scheme at Lincoln. Names were given and record proof wi exploited to u finish, Yet the a single I officer of the state or fed- eral government who had nery to call the participants dow state! Groat peop’e! Great Enstern papers continue to regale their readers with stories of dive dis- tress among the settlers of western Ne- braska. There is no longer any fear that people will suffer from starvation, but there is strong probability that if seed grain is not donated in liberal quantities the crop of 1895 will be re- duced to a drouth basis. Give our farm ers seed grain! 5 enough Great W Ctficars! Despite the fact that the government s paying for the rapid delivery of Chi eago papers they find it expedient to consolidate and reduce expenses. There I8 growing up throughout the west a | hoardin > wais not | RETAIN THE DEPOSITORY LAW. It has been known for some time that there was to be a concerted attempt on the part of the state and county treas urers, whose emolnments of office have been reduced by the depository law of 1801, to secure the repeal of that, to them, ohjectionable statute at the pry ent session of the legislature. The first step in that direction was accomplished in the senate when the repealing bill was | recomniended for passage by a part vote, the republican senators constitut- ing the affirmative majority. The osten- sible reason urged in favor of repeal is that the present law has proved to be a failure and has operated injuri- ously to the public interest. The fact is held up that since the law went intp | effect twenty-four Nebrasgka bhanks have | failed, in which public money to the | amount of $445,1¢ ) was deposited, and that this money is for the most part still tled up pending liguidation. But included in this computation is the 5,000 belonging to the state which disappeared at the time of the notorious Capitab National bank failure, and all the financial entanglements arising out of that failure are charged up to the | evil influence of the depository While, as we have said, the detrimental effects of the law are held up as the ostensible for the movement to repeal it, the real reason | is that it deprives the various state and county treasurers of {he interest on pub- lic money which they previously con- verted to their own use, There are be- yond question provisions of the exist- ing depository law that are imperfeet and 1 to fully protect the state and counties, but all of them can be reme- died by adequate amendmen The principle behind the law is sound. It is that the public should have the hene fit of any interest earned upon public mon public money should he posited only in approved depositorie: and that the public should be aump protected in its deposits by good and sufficient bonds. Because banks failed sinee the depository law has been on the statute ook does not prove that any of them would have remained solvent in its absence. Beeause the a ceptance of worthless bonds has en- tailed the loss of large sums of money not prove that the abolition of bonds would have resulted in any less In fact, had the depository law more strictly and more honestly stered much of this loss of pub- lic money would undoubtedly have been prevented. The loss has oceurred not on account of the law, but in spite of it. What the legislature ought to do is not to repeal the depository law, but to strengthen it. Its principal weakness is that it permits bank officers to be sureties on the bonds furnished by their own bauks for faithful safe keeping of deposits. This should be prohibited. The state and county boards ought further to be vested with diseretion to accept or reject the highest bidder, vrhere, in their opinion, such bank is known to be weak or the bond pre- sented of doubtful value. The present law exempts the treasurer from liability on his bond for any money kept in duly authorized depositories. In other words, while the treasurer has a certain discretion in placing money in particu- lav depository banks he is free from all responsibility for the exercise of that discretion. Where the treasurer’s negli- gence results in an actual loss of public money there is 1o 1eason why he skould not be required to make the same good. Finally, a limit of time should be pre- scribed during which the bonds of any depository bank shall runm, and provi- sion made for periodical examination of the condition of banks in which public money is deposited. The depository law will operate satis- factorily whenever state and county exercise proper discretion in ing it. The republicans in the legislature will not help their party if they repeal this law simply because it s originally passed by a populist leg- ature and approved by a democratic governor. to Inw. lleged reason does loss. been admin HOW LONG WILL IT LAST? It is natural that the question should arvise in connection with the purchase of zold by the government as to how long the supply thus obtained will prob- ably last the treasury. The two issues of bonds last year, in Icbruary and November, gave the treasury about $116,000,000 in gold, and at the time the contract for the new issue was made the gold reserve had been reduced to $42,000,000. Thus within a year the treasury had lost all the gold obtained from the two issues of bonds, and some millions in addition. A part of this amount, as shown by the statement re ntly submitted by the seeretary of the treasury to congress, was paid out for current expenses, but the larger pro- portion was withdrawn for export and for swelling the bank hoards. Ilor sev- eral weeks before the contract for the purchase of gold was effected there had been what was in the nature of a run on the treasury, the outflow b tween January 17 and 30, inclusive, amounting to $18,000,000, Over $80, 000,000 in gold was withdrawn from the treasury in December and January, more than $43,000,000 of which was for purposes. The run on the treasury ceased a8 goon as it beeame known that negotiations were completed for another loan, and the tide turned. Since then the treasury has been in creasing its gold supply independent of the syndicate deposits, which amount to about $30,000,000, or very nearly the sum to be supplied in this country. The proportion to come from abroad is un- derstood to be available at any time, though by the terms of the contract the foreign members of (he syndicate cannot Dbe required to ship more than $3,000,000 per month, It is suggested that as the conditions which enabled the banks to withdraw gold from the treasury before the nego- tiation of the new loan continue, as soon as the syndicate shall have fulfilled its contract the bauks may resume their policy of depleting the treasury, and thus compel the government to again spirit of dissatisfaction upon the part of newspuper publishers which must result fn the abandonment of the government newspaper trains or the establishment of eastbound fast mall lines. enter the market as a borrower of gold There is no danger of any movement on the part of the banks in this divec- ton before October 1 next, when the | produced by the latest piece of finan- | youth of Ame thern is a possibility of a return to the treasury dreaining policy after that date. If this should be done the good effects g would be destroyed and the problem of staving off a suspension of gold payments would still e unsolved. It wonld thus seem to rest largely with the banks to determine whether the re- «pite which the treasury has obtained from its last purchase of gold shall be only temporary, lasting during the period of ite contract, or shall be pe manent. There is reason to believe that the banks will be induced to aban don the policy they have pursued to ward the treasury and return to nor- mal relations with it. It is believed to Do o part of the plan of the gold syndi cate to bring this about, and if such is the ease 1t will probably accomplish it Those who have sources of information regarding the purposes of the great bankers and financiers who are supply- ing gold to the government say that they will not hand over the money and then turn their back upon the treasu but will stand by with theiv immense resources until confidence s re-estab- lished, not only among our own people as towards the treasury, but also among foreign investors as towards the whole governmental and corporate credit of the United States. There can be no doubt of the ability of this powerful syndicate to exert very influ- ence in the direction indi nd if it s any such aim the results r ably to be expected will more than com- | pensate for the ligh rate of interest the government Is required to pay on its Dbonds, ason- s There is HINGTON'S BIRTHDAY. L growing tendency among the American people to fitly honor the | memories of the fllustrious men whose achievements glorify the republic and whose characters furnish the highest | examples of pure patriotism and per- feet loyalty to the duties and obliga- tions of citizenship. It is a tendency that should veceive the heartiest encour- ement and the most careful fostering, for the measure of popular patriotism is very largely determined by the extent to which the people learn to venerate the character and honor the work of the great statesmen and soldiers whose w dom and valor made and preserved the nation. There was for years too much apathy and indiffevence regarding this matter. The anniversaries of the birth- | days of our greatest men were allowed | to pass with litile attention. Thir five years ago the hirthday of the Father of His Country was generally brated. It was made,the occasion for appealing to and stimulating the popu- lar love of country. While it has never ceased for any time to be honored, it is only within a few years that it has regained in the consideration of the peo- ple the place it occupied a generation The celebration last we of the of the birthday of Abraham Lincoln was more general than ever be- fore, and so it is with all the distin- guished Americans whose memories publicly honored, the anniversaries of their birth receive increasing attention from year to year. At present the num- ber is not large—Washington, Jefferson, Jackson, Lincoln, nt. Perhaps in the future there will be additions to this illustpious galaxy, for tliere are other names in our history worthy of such distinction. Today is the one hundred and sixty- third anniversary of the birthd. of George Washington, a name that in- spires not only in America, but through- out the ecivilized world, the homag and veneration of all men capable of understanding and appreciating the character of this illustrious man, whose greatness grows with the years. In all history Washington stands alone and pre-eminent. Not only was he the em- bodiment of the loftiest and most un- selfish patriotism, but he had qualities of mind which would have made him distinguished anywhere. He had great ability as a military commander. He possessed the insight of true statesman- ship. He was a natural leader of men. Whether in the eamp or on the battle- field, presiding over the deliberations of the convention which framed the fed- eral constitution, or as the first presi- dent of the young republic <hington was everywhere ys the same dignified, serious, earn- 5 t, unsclfish, patriotic man, performing every dufy that came to him with conscientions fidelity, and ever loyal to the highest ideal of repub- lican ecitizenship. Surrounded by great men, Washington outranked them all in the affection and confidence of the people, and while not without enemies the declaration of Lee that e was first in the hearts of his countrymen, as he was first in war and in peace, was en- tively true, The study of the career and character of George Washington cannot be too often or too urgently commended to the ica. It inspived Lincoln, the saviour of his country, and it is a fountain from which may be drawn unlimited store of patriotism and loy- alty to the republic. cele- re George and al- THE BLAMEF The report of the president of the lnst Board of Education in cheap pamphlet form has just been distributed among the citizens of Omaha through the chil- dren in the public schools under the title, Le Omaha Public Schools A Clear and Forcible Presentation of the Facts.” Instead, however, of being a clear and forcible presentation of facts, it is chiefly an arraignment of the city council in it tions to the school board and an earne: 1deavor to throw upon the former all the blame for the recent mismanagement of the school finances. When the people are asked to believe that the deficit of' $33,580 in the school fund for the last fiscal year was not due to any extravagance or neglect of the hoard, but solely to the refusal of the city council to do its plain duty in making the tax levy, they have a right to demand sowe reason more convincing than this bare assertion. As a matter of fact the deficit is several times in amount the sum by which the tax levy was re- duced, so that even if the council shared the blame its action would account for only a third of the . But grant ing the straitened resources of th contract with the syndicate expires, but board, imputing to the city council “the presumption. without warrant of law and withontiany adequate knowledge of the situatioh " to arbitrarily reduce the amount asked for” does not excuse the sch ol boat¥ for its refusal to bring its | expenditures within the limits of its revenues, . The action of the present Board of Bducation in eutting down expenses | and freely dpplying the pruning knife cuts the ground from under the absurd claims of its predecessor. If it can now economize of uppl stationery and »xt books, and lop off one month's sal- 'y appropriation, the same thing could have been done a year ago. Had the last | school board lived up to the full meas- ure of its duty it would not have left a | 000 deficit. The Bee does not desire to constitute itself the cl pion of either the city council or the school board, but if, to quote the pamph let, “it is only just that the citizens of | this city should be advised of the facts,” they are entitled to facts and not mis- | representations, fek Doug L who died at his in the District of Columbin Wednesday, was the most distinguished | man the colored race in this country has produced. He was born in slavery, but his environments were more fortu- nate than those of the great majovity of his people similarly born, and hav- ing ecarly in life got a taste of education 1 some knowledge of the outside world, when he reached manhood's estate he left the scene of his servitude and was thereafter a free man, able to devote his talent to the cause of his en- slaved r This he did with great effect. For many years hefore the war he labored assiduously with tongue and | pen in creating public sentiment against | slavery, and there ean be no question that his efforts exerted a great influ- ence. e had very marked abilit n orator, and was also a strong writer, As the Teader of the colored race in this country he enjoyed for many years not only the confidence and respeet of his own people, but also that of all who sympathized with them. His servic to his race entitle him to a | and enduring in history. Frede home ce. ominent | It is a question whether the several connty sinking funds which it i posed to use for the purchase of seed tin under the Stewart bill are not a constituent part of the contract between the county and the holder of the honds which they are expected in time to pay off. 1f so, {hey ecannot be legally di- verted from the trust for which {hey are held. Beyond that the right of any public authority to sell grain for notes of private parties is a questionable one. What is to be done with the notes after they are secured? Can the county take proceedings to eyforee collection in case payment is defaulted? When the notes are taken up, what is to be done with the money? The whole proposition is s0 involved 1n legal difficulties that it be hard to make it really practica- pro- One of the LIl récommended for pas- sage in the state senate makes minor changes in the law fixing the fees ex- acted by sheriffs, but leaves the mileage allowed at the oid figure of 10 cents a mile. The expenses of traveling in Ne- b may some day have been as high as 10 cents a mile, but that time has long been passed. There is no good rea- son why a sheriff or any other public officer should draw as mileage any larger sum than he has actually ex pended in the service of the state. Why should not every public officer be com- pelled to bring in a verified expense ac: count? The 10-cent mil lowance is sadly out of date. The tendency of the times is to put ater respousibilities upon the execu- tive branch of government and to pass laws prohibiting division of such re- sponsibility. When a blunder is made by a public official the people want to know whom to kick for it. Vast sums of money are annually spent by the eity council through resolu- tions for the grading and opening of streets and alleys, A little less of this worl during seasons of business depres- sion would be highly desirable, ‘Tribulations of the Virtuous, Chicago Record, Tvery night before retiring Congressman Bryan"looks under the bed for u bloated goid monometallist. Washington Post. We gather from numerous floating re- marks that the Omaha democrats suspect their new postmaster of pernicious activ- Y, —_— A Public Confession, Dubuque Telegraph (dem.), 1O libert, aimed Mme. Rolan “what crimes a mmitted in thy name. Many heretical, disaster-breeding and lib- erty-destrdying ' doctrines and policies are advocated in the name of democracy, —_—— A Mamplo of Harmony, Philadelphia Press, vernor Boyd of Nebraska Is after Secretary Morton's scalp, He accuses the great sced distributor of saying that he “hated Cleveland worse than he hated the devil”” As a sample of democratic har- mony this is a. rich specimen, —_———— . A Roag from the Rookics, Denver Republican. It is amazing that congr mitted this intameus job to through unquestioned byl @' concurrent resolution | for its aunulment. “The president and his secretary of the freasury might just as ell stéal that''milch money out of the treasury and bestol it as a bonus on the Shylock syndicate as they did in that se- | ret deal, and we are amazed that no ator or represeptative could be found poa sessing the coupdge and common sensé. to move to prohibit the steal on the ground of fraud, he ground pe Repetit of the O1d Story, Cle e and Plain Dealer, he Brooklyn strike was the ory repeated. Dollars don't "need o ot 240y stomachs must_Laxg food. The men’ with dollars bided h pmw, and the strikers with stomach nothing to fill them had to give in a4 last. The strike is o timated to hayeleost,” directly and fndi- vectly, not lok UKD $5,00,000 e tribe: lost “about $5.0,000%in" cash and uncarned wages, the companies twice that sum. and the public, in oNe‘Way or the other, the remainder.’ crybody los e Hio Waa benedted ' rY20dy lost “and ndbody | by | much | last one did. | Gitford REVIVAL OF BIMETALLISM, Globe-Democrat: The change in the temper of Germany as regards silver, which | the Relchstag resolution discloses, is a favor- able omen, and the project deserves the en- couragement of all countries like the United States, In whose circulation silver forms an important element. Cincinnati Commercial: There is a cufious interest in the bimetallic coin question in Burope. The agitation is serious in England and Germany. This is largely because the United States is not stimulating the produc- tion of silver by stated purchases and forced silver colnage. It is our gain to let Europe cry very loud for a silver confercnce before we manifest much concern on the subject. Philadelphila Record: The movement in Germany in favor of bimetallism will renew discussion, but unless it shall be followed a definite understanding of the powers to abide by the determinations reached by an ir ternational conference ft is not likely to bring about any change in financial policy. Should the United States government break down in its attempt to maintain the gold standard it might precipitate action. Philadelphia Ledger: The German Reichs- tag has adopted a resolution calling for an international monetary conference, and the Bimetallic League of England is preparing for an_ active campalgn. The purpose is to re- habilitate silver by an international agree ment, as it has been abundantly demonstrated that no one nation can safely undertake the 1t is doubtful also whethe inter- national agreement can be reached as long as silver speculators have anything to do with the conference: Chicago Inter Ocean: Perhaps remarkable thing about this for ment for the rehabilitation of sil everywhere it is the conservatives, and not the radicals, who are urging it. The poor people of the large cities and centors of trade do not seem to be in sympathy with the movement. The agricultural ciass of Buroj and America are agreed in demanding bimet- allism, There is no doubt about it, and the politiclans, from Maine to Oregon, from Reed to Doiph, would do weil to recognize the fact that with all our urban tendency the rural population a very ge majority throughout the country New York World: If of the Reichstag reflects the nant German sentiment, the next metallic conference will meet under more hopeful auspices than the With Germany and the United anxions for a restoration of siiver international agreement, the nations embraced in the Latin union will naturally be in accord. Only Great Britain among im- portant nations will in that case stand in the W and even in Great Britain the pinch of the decline in the rupee is severely felt. Still, as the greatest of foreign traders, Eng- land is the greatest of creditor nations, and the creditor naturally desires not only to be paid in the best money there is, but to main- tain every condition which may enhance the value and_the purchasing power of that money. But whatever England’s position may be, this German change of front will make the next international monetary con- the most ign move- or 18 that Il action don: bi- this ates under | ference very much more interesting than the last one was. — PEOPLE AND THING. Several copicus holes have been kicked in the moral atmosphere of Lincoln. Returns from Philadelphia indicate that the party of Harrity was a victim of mis- placed confidence. Reports from the South African gold fields indicate that the dark continent will surpass South America as a graveyard for European fortunes. The Goulds protest against the valuation of $80,000,000 placed by the courts on the family estate. Should a few more counts be had the estimates will require a radical revision. Congress has just began consideration of claims growing out of the Ford theater d'saster. 1t will doubtless dispose of them Dby the time the families of the victims have passed away. Justice Harlan is now talked of as a can- didate for the republican nomination for pres- ident. As the judge hails from Kentucky his friends are justified in claimng he would take a nomination in his'n. A Kentuckian named Junip s acquiring fame and dyspepsia as a consumer of hard boiled eggs. Twenty-two at a sitting is his best record and he is willing to shell out $50 that he can't be beaten. The eggs, surely not. At the charity ball in Berlin Emperor Wil- liam and Ambassador Runyon exchanged an- ecdotes and jckes in the utmost good fellow- ship. The funny story ‘s an American spe- clalty against which Emperor William de- sires no embargo. M. Faure, son of President Faure of France, has just been elected to the Chamber of Dep- uties, taking the seat occupied by his grand- father years ago. He is a young man of marked “ability, a good linguist and one of the few Frenchmen in public life who have traveled widely. Senator Hill is not an crnament in the ad- m'nistration enterprise—not by a jugful. When not engaged in the patriotic work of defending the president he applies himself diligently to the duty of correcting and re- jecting nominations for ofiices in New York. Mr. Hill is determined to guard the admin- istration against mistakes, Colonel Willlam T. Seward, who has been condemned to death at Hawaii, formerly lived at Orlent, L. I, and was very pepular on the castern end of Long Island. Mr. Seward is about 55 years old. He is a per- sonal friend of Senator Hawley of Conneet cut and has a wife and two children living at in Connecticut, Mr. Seward served in the union army. Mr. Gladstone is giving several profs of the recovery of his health and intellectual vigor. He has just finiehed his edition of the pictorial bible, in which he gives evidenco of own. It will be published in two or three weeks both in England and America. Then, again, ho has completed his preface to a pictorial bible, in which he gives evidence of the old strength and imaginative capacity. Mr. Runyon, United States ambassador to Germany, has been in receipt of many ap- plications from Americans in Berlin for his good offices in presenting them at court. In self-defense he has been obliged to make pub- lic announcement to th® effect that he cannot grant such requests. If he devoted his whole time to being m go-between for travelers who wish to say **howdy” to the emperor he would have time for nothing else. e NEBRASKXA AND NEBRASKANS, Henry Benson of Superior was badly in jured by a rupaway team, and one of th horses had both legs broken, Tho McCook Water Works company has begun to sink an artesian well, and it is hop:d that a gusher will be struck. Ivangelist Rosewarne, whose revival meet- ings at Salem resulted in 125 conversions, has opened a campaign againet sin at Falls City. The fair grounds at Falls City will soon be ordered sold by the sheriff, and there is talk of purchasing the grounds and organizing a district fair, Frank Pavlik, a Crete butcher, who was hurt a week ago while killing a steer, died from internal injurics caused by the animal faling on him. - E. Frascher of Tecumseh isn't expert in (e use of a mallel, and as a consoquence he will probably lose the thumb of his left hand, which he pounded into jelly. Three unknown men held up H, H. Fulk of Calhioun, but before they could rob him an- other citizen appearsd on the scene and scared the robbers away. The highwayme: were after some money that Fulk had just received in a horse sale, The plant of the “red hot man at Norfoik blew up with a deafening report the other night, and for a few moments the alr was filled ‘with rye bread and weinerwurst, No fatalities, though all thers was left of the machine was the handls in the grasp of its owner. 1 Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Latest U. 8. Gov’t Report Roval Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE | iron MILLIONS HAVE VANISHED, Startling Statement of tho Presdent of a g lron Company. MILWAUKER, Teb, 21.—Solomon 8. Curry, president of the Metropolitan Iron and Land company, makes an astounding state- ment regarding the future of that busin and predicts a revolution in the industry “Over $100,000,000 has vanished,” he de- clares, says the opening of the Mesaba and other ranges bas been a Lig blow to the Wisconsin-Michigan companies. Mr. Carry conveys the idea there has been depreciation of property to equal this great sum. Curry has just returned from Cleveland, where ho attended a conferenco between nearly all of the representatives of the prin- cipal iron ore corperations of the United States. “The mecting,” he says, “‘was like a funeral dirge. We sobbed at the sight of wealth as great as that of the Rothschilds vanishing into mist, all through the discov- ery of ore flelds from which can be mingd more ore than the world needs. This is all due to the development of the Mesaba range, and the billions of tons of ore which can be placed on the cars thero at a low price as- sure the world of an adequate supply of the mineral for 1,000 years. This conditfon con- fronts us when we had just commenced to believe a famine the production of Bes- semer fron ore was about to be inaugurated Wo had somesof the most experienced iron m in the world visit England, Spain, Al giers and Cuba and make examination of th mines, and from their report€ believed that In a few years Burope would be obliged to call upon America for its Bessemer This will prove to be true, for the United States has the ore and the fields in the old country are playing out.” B b TUCSON FARO DEALER HELD UP. tobbed by a sked Man Gambling Rtoom Ariz, Feb, 21.—Congress the old-time establishments, tered at midnight by a masked man who held up the faro table. The game was progress when the dealer, George Huston a fellow enter by a side door with a mask covering his below the neck. Huston thought some practical joker was tryiag to have a little fun and when the robber covered him Huston pushed the gun aside. The rob- ber did not utter a word, but shoved the gun up to Huston's breast and with his free hand took about $340 in gold, which he put in_his pocket. He did not take all the gold and $500 or $600 in silver was not molested. Those playing at the game did not move while the robbery was belng committed. Bartender Green, who was in an adjoining room, heard the ng made by several $20 gold pieces which th robber dropped. He thought at flrst thero was a row, but a minute later learned the trouble and seizing a shotgun loaded with buckshot etarted for the faro room. The side door had just closed after the fellow and the bartender rushed in. As the robber turned the corner of the building Green ehot, but missed the mark. Had he learned a minute sooner of what was tran piring Green would have shot the robber dead as he was pocketing the money. Officers have not as yet the slightest clew in a Crowdea TUCSON, ne of was en- ask in saw — - ROBBER LEFT BLOODY SIGNS. Merchant Murdered In His Stors and All His Money Taken. ELLIOTT CITY, Md., Feb. 21.—Mr. Daniel T\ Shea, a well known merchant of this town, was found murdered in his etore on Main street here last night. Robbery was evidently the principai motive that led to the crime. Yesterday the store of the murdered man had remained closed and it was concluded that he had gone to Baltimore on business. Late last night, however, Chief of Police Van Zant proceeded to make an investigation. Ho forced open a window of the second story and entered. When he descended to the lower floor the first object that met his gaze was the Stiff form of the dead man lying in a pool of blood, while everything in the room showed signs of a murderer’s work. The money drawer, containing only ‘a few papers which had been smeared with blood from the fingers of the murderer while he was emptying the drawer of its contents, was left on the counter. Near the back docr in the second story of the house a tin pan of bloody water was found, in which the assas- sin evidently washed his bloody hands. Several strangers saw a strange white man enter the store about closing time. e ICE CROP OF THE MISSISSIPPL All Dealers Have Lheir flouses Fail und Large Quantities Have Been Shipped. ALTON, Feb. 21.—One hundred and twenty- five tons of ice have been cut and stored in the houses opposite this city and 2,000 car- loads have been shipped to other points. In addition there are immense quantities at Lock Haven, Loulsiana, Hannibal, Quincy, Peru, Beardstown and other places along the Mississippl. Al dealers here have their houses full. The Ice gorge at the mouth of the Missouri river has broken, but wagons are still crossing on the ice here. The river is rising and a break Is expected soon. Saved from a Lynching by Being Shot. HARTWELL, Ga., Feb. 2l.—Some time ago a negro named Elisha Burrows assaulted the daughter of Robert Willlams of Franklin county. Tuesday night G. Bond of Elbert county, in attempting to arrest Burrows near here, shot him so that he died yester- ay afterncon. Had the negro been taken ive he would probably have been lynched. Mr. | LINCOLN WANTS THE EARTH. Kearney Hub: There's something just & trifiing shabby in the attempt to relocate the state fair at Lincoln through tho assistance of the ctate leglslature and make the location perpetual. The falr having been located at | Omaha for five years, there shouid be no die= turbance of that arrangement until the five years have expired. To undertake any legl | lative Juggling now will be disastrous to the intorests of the state fa'r, and will be a body blow that the State Agricultural soclety would not recover from in many years, Lincoln should accept the loss of the falr in good part and bide her time. | Weeping Water Republican: A states- | man (?) who happens to be a member of the | present legislature has introduced a bill which, it passed, will locate permanently the state fair at Lincoln. It even goes &0 far as to remove it at once from Omaha, where 1t has recently been located for the coming five years by fair and sharp com- | petition. Just what right Lincoln has to -empt the fair for all time to come and do away with all honorable competition be- | tween cities, which results In great good to the fair, fs not known, unless it fs the capital city thinks she has a mortgage on all the stato Institutions, | Fremont Herald: The effort now being | | made to have the legislature amend the con- tract of the State Board of Agriculture, to | hold the state fair at Omaha for the next | five years, Is the latest exhibit'on of Linecln’ greed, If the men fn charge of this absurd measure are able to secure enough support to place it on the governor's desk that of- ficlal can hardly be made to accept the view held by every prominent resident of Lincoln that nothing can be wrong, illegal or unjust that contributes to the advancement of tho ‘state of Lancaster.” Some one should sug- gest to the Lincoln “porkers” that a reaction | Wil certainly follow upon the heels of such disgraceful attempts to steal the whole state. If they persist (L may require a magnifying glass to discover the former site of the pres- cnt capital of Nebraska. i ITY OF DAVID, Philadelphia Record: Tt will not, perhaps, lessen the perplexity of President Cleveland that at the moment when his motives and his policy are mcst savagely assalled he finds an active defender in Senator Hill, New York Sun: Again on Saturday Hon. David Bennett Hill figured 'n the senate as the defender and apologlst of Hon. Grover Cleveland’s administration. Indeed, Senator | Hill seems to be the sole member of the ecn- [ ate who is at the same time capable of using | the English language effectively, and willing |and ready to render a se to the white house. This is magnanimity of the highest type. There is nothing in Plutarch’s “Lives" surpassing it. It places Senator Hill's name | high on the roll of those great men who have | possessed and publicly exercised the rarest of the virlues, All the same It must cut like a knife, M "OLD IN JEST. Boston T pt: A lady friend insistg that the women's blg hats are not half 80 ridiculous as the big head that some of the men carry around with them. New York Herald: “Poor Turks! He was found this morning ~dangling from the limb of a tree in Contral park.” He showed his good breeding, even in the manner of his death, by boughing himself, as it were, out of the world.” Boston Globe: Mrs, I've had a fruit thirty years. Tim Ryan—If you'd have advertised you might have owned the block by this time. Murphy—Yes, sonny, nd on this block for Times: Georgl I'm top where you are, George. I'm ever so glad to see you, of course, but I just will not have my sleeves rumpled! Los Angeles “Laura, dearest, Detroit Free Press: cashier_has_skipped. Mrs. B.—What, that modest, unassuming gentleman? Why I thought he was posi- tively shy. Banker—He was shy—S$50,000 shy. Life: (After the concert) He—I envy that man who sang the tenor solo. » She—Why, 1 thought he had a very poor vol Yfie-So did I But just think of his nerve! Banker—Well, our Harper's Bazar: “My dear,” Darley to his wife, we shall sald Mr, have to wel cheerfully. club, replied Mrs. Darley “Suppose you resign from your give up smoking, and shave your- 's a pretty program, T must say. And what will you do as your share of our economy: “I will cut your hair. BUT HE LIVED WELL. ‘ Greenboro Herald, “We've peddled pills for white and blacl, Dealt doses many & day. Lived on promises twelve long months And this is now our pay. Corn and hay and shucks and fodder, Sorghum, ‘lasses and a calf, The way they bring them ‘taters in Would make the judges laugh. 1t’s good enough, but it beats me hollow, The rarity of the almighty dollar."” S WASHINGTO. Frank Dempster Sherman in Harper’ Upon the scroll of honor, year by year n shining letters written, we behold The names of those whose glory grows not old, Whose memories remain forever dear. Foremost among the splendid sun, ‘Who gave to liberty her path of light, And led her hosts victorlous through the night; First of our nation's heroes—W: the stars, shington! 0"‘“‘“ See that Star— cost terns, years piece urday in cheviots, ca:simmcres, wor: stripes and checks der nine he’ll get the best s ever seen in Omaha, for have been most in demand. $2.50, $3, $3.50, BROWNING, For two days—Friday and Saturday--we're going to sell stars—stars that always Waists, the dollar kind for 75¢— seventy-fine cents, all winter pat- get the room for our spring stock of Stars soon to arrive, We've also picked out a big lot of valuable 2- year sizes—to go I'riday and Sat- and 85, b casted—the very latest stylesmw— and if you happen to have a boy un- but these, up to nine ycar sizes, will go for two days at 84, $4.50 and g5 and g1 Star Shirt Waists, years 3 to 14, for 75¢, for two days. Reliable Clothiers. N, W. C.izy, QO RELIABLE ctorm:fi"’q Your Money’s Worth or Yoar Mo 12y Bask, you a dollar—Star Shirt to fit any boy from 3 to 14 old—We make this cut to suits, most of them under 9 for $2.50, €3, $3.50, §4, $4.50 They are all double steds—in plain colors, plaids, uit for the least money you've these are left from suits that We've sold lots of them— KING & CO, Cor, 15th and Douglas.