Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 25, 1895, Page 4

DAILY BEE TERMS O] Daily Bee (Without Daily Bee and Sunda Six Months 3 Three Months Bunday Ve, One ¥ Omahn. Bouth Omaha, Siny aneil Blufls, 12 Chicago Ofic New York, o Washington, 1407 F CORR ANl communications relating to news and edi- torial matier should be addressed: To the Bditor. BUSE LETT! Al business lotters and remittances should be addressed to fee Publishing compan: Omalia. Drafts, checks and postoffice orders be made order of the compan BLISHING COMPANY. The Tee Bulldin ! ¥ ik Corner N and 24th Sts, “ommerce. ibune LIdg. NT OF CIRCULA huek, encretars belng duly sv r of full and ¢ vening and Su W of January, TION I'he s that coples L 201m GEORC me and ¥ of Fehru. SHTIC Sworn t hefore my pre ence this 24 ¢ One more gross. The legislatur stage when mg will be in ordes Senator Chandler is to lated once move, dead, and Le did hatehet. has now reached the work and less talk o congratu- The pooling bill 1s | it, with his little Now if the prince of Wales will only be taken with the influenza that discase n have attained the height of fashion. The present congress will be forgiven if it will not be forgotten. It knocked out and buried a great many pernicious measures. been on the point apluring Peking so long that they surprise themselves when they take possession. Every taxshirker and every property owner who has a pull with his assessor 1s against the proposed change in the a ment of city property. Every one else is in favor of it. Will the Dougl delegation the Omaha charter bill to be dela obstructed until the closing session? permit ved and of the Will they allow contractors and franchised corporation lobbyists to mutilate it? Options on desirable realty in South Omaha will:now be in order. To those Wwho may own sunitable sites for the gov- ernment building we venture a tip. Take the secretary of agriculture into your confidence, We suggest that the legislature im- mediately upon reconvening give prompt consideration to the question whether it is not necessary to adjourn over Shrove Tuesday ana Ash Wedn . 1t would be a pity if our solons le any holiday on the calendar get away from them, By the kindness of congress the old Chieago postoffice will go to the highest instead of to the lowest bidder. If the Didders can agree upon some sort of a combination it may not make much difference to which of them it goes. It is even possible that the lowest and highest bidders may be identical. Senator Gorman once mo; turning down his Baltimore political op- ponents. The most active leader of the peoling bill lobby was Congiessm n-e'ect John KX, Cowan, the general solicitor of the B. & O. railrond, who was nomi- ed and elected last fall in spite of the protest of Mr, Gorman. The failure of the pooling bill means the triumph of Gorman over Cowan. The lowest estimate of the needed ap- propriations to carry on state govern- ment is $1,000000 a year. This is a very heavy burden to carry in times like these. But that fact does not seem to put o damper upon schemes for new state buildings and extensions and en- Jargements of old ones. The most ef- fective way to cut a dog's tail off is to lop it behind the ears, and the mos fective way of lopping off extr building appropriations is to chop out all propositions for new wherever they way come from. The taxpayers of this state are not in con- dition to bear these burdens. All they will submit to is to have the legislature appropriate enough money existing buildings in repair buildings, to keep the The chain letters instituted for the benefit of a cripple at Kaneville, 111, have grown to be such a nuisance that the postoftice authorities have been com- pelled to take official of them. Not only orlginal scheme practically the little office where it started, but imi- tations have sprung up in different parts of the country with various ob- Jects in view that are proving equally obnoxious. It is to be noted, however, that no complaint been made in the Oninha postoffic Although the felgned enterprise of a local hyphenated newspaper claimed to have instituted a chain correspondence soliciting con- tributions of 10 cents in aid of the drouth sufferers, which, in the brain of the fanciful mathematician, have wounted up into the weeks ago, no deluge of lett overwhelmed the Omaha postoftic The hair-brained scheme may have some results, but the public is still anxiously cogniznnee has the swamped were to millions s has | factory at South Om DON'T CRIPPLE HOME INDUSTRY. The dairymen of Nebraska, In whose Interest the legislature has passed the bill that fmposes conditions upon the manufacture of oleomargarine which are regarded as absolutely prohibitory, have struck a blow at an lmportant home industry without compensating benefits to themselves or any other producer. Four-ifths of the oleomargarine product of America Is manufactured outside of Nebraska and the bulk of all the oleo- margarine manufactured at South Omaha has Deen exported to other states and forelgn countrics. Now, what will the dairymen or butter makers of this state gain by closing the South Omaha factory? With that factory closed the output of oleomargarine at Chicago, Kansas City and other pack- ing centers will be increased just that much more and the same quantity will come into competition with the dairy products in this country and abroad as there Is now. We may assert without fear of contradiction that the price of Nebraska dairy products will not ad- vance one penny on a thousand tons over what they would be salable for if the South Omaha packers should con- tinue the manufacture of oleomargarine. The price of butter and cheese, like the price of wheat and pork, is not estab- lished by the Nebraska market, but the Nebraska market is gauged by the market price at Elgin, Rochester and Liverpool. Closing the South Omaha oleo factory will not increase the product of the dairies of Nebraska by one pound. Those creameries will continue in the future, as in the past, to buy all the butter that the farmers of Nebraska can make and that product will continue to keep pace with the increase in the number of dairy cattle, regardless of all oleo factories that might be established in the state. Where, then, will the creameries gain anything unless it is by destroying a competitor for the purchasers of the farmers’ cream that would enable them to reduce prices of the raw material to the farmer, and by chemical treatment and manipulation revamp it into amery butter of the same luster that is now given to the oleo? On the other hand, it must be mani- fest to every intelligent farmer and stock raiser that by closing the oleo ha the Nebrask packer is placed at a disadvantage as a buyer of stock, because he cannot utilize that part of the live stock product that is now converted into oleo. The natural consequence will Dbe that the South Omaha packer will have to deduct the loss he incurs from the price he pays. This may only amount to 10 cents a hes on sto but it will run into millions as the years go by, and Nebraska farmers and stock raisers will be the losers unless they see fit to sell in the Chicago, Kansas City and other avail- able markets. That would also entail heavy losses upon Nebraska producers. Their interest is in building up and en- larging the home market and in the con- densation of the meat products to the smallest bulk so that the conversion of these products will employ labor and through the employment of labor in- crease the number of home consume! who, of necessity, require flour, poultry, eggs and other products of the farm. While there cannot in the nature of things be any increase in the quantity or price of dairy products in Nebras so long as oleomargarine is manu tured in other states the law that will not permit its manufactue in this state for export is certainly an inexcusable blow at home industry. If he who makes a blade of grass grow where nene grew before is a public benefactor, he who destroys any manufacturing in- dustry and throws workmen out of em- ployment at a time when hundreds of thousands of laboring men ave idle is an enemy to the state and should be so regarded unless he can show beyond a doubt that the manufacture endangers the public welfare or that the breaking up of an established industry will estab- lish a new industry, or at least cause an increase in the demand for labor in the old channels to correspond with the number of workmen displaced. AN EXTRA SESSION IMPROBABLE. Talk of an extra session of the Iifty- fourth congress has been current for some time, but there seems to be little ubstantial ground for it. Recently members-elect to the next con- s called on the president to pay their respects and the report went out that the president intimated to these gentlemen that a special session of the ifty-fourth congress would be called. It is stated on good authority that th was no foundation for this report. A few ago Senator Chandler sug- gested in the course of a debate that session should be held to in- the action of the president and secretary of the treasury in con- ting for the sale of bonds, but it no one has attached serious to this, doubtiess for the reason that it is not within the province of the senate (o institute a formal in- auiry into the action of the executive in exercising a discrotionary authority with which he is invested by law. The failure of one or wore of the general appropriation bills is the only con- tingency that would make necessary a called session of the IPifty-fourth con- there will be such a contingency. The appropriation bills are in fair way to be completed in ample time to receive ex- ecutive approval and it is believed that none of them will be permitted to fail, Republican senators have given assur- ance that nothing will be done on their part to needlessly retard the passage of these bills, though they may be used by the republicans to prevent the con- sideration of certain measures obnox- ious to the It has been thought that Mr., Cleve. land might call an extra session of the next congress with a view to securing financial legislation, but there ave good reasons why he is not likely to do this, chief among which is that it would un- doubtedly have no practical rvesult. It is to be expected that the next house of representatives, with its large re- publican majority, will propose a cur- rency plan on the lines of republican awaiting an accounting for the dimes that the chain may have pulled in. policy, but with a majority fn the sen- ate in favor of the free coinage of silyer gress, and there is no indication that THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1895. it Is hardly possible that the two houses can be brought to agree upon any plan. Nelther is it at all probable that the president and the next congress can agree upon a currency measure. It would manifestly be uscless, therefore, to call an extra session to consider this subject. The treasury Is again getting fnto a safe condition as to the gold re- serve, which is now up to $75,000,000, and no fears are entertained of another serious depletion before the regular time for the meeting of congress next December, so that an extra ses- sion 1s not required in the in- terest of the treasury. With the ppropriation bills disposed of this week, it is pretty safe to predict that the country will have relief for the en- suing nine months from congressional discussions and parliamentary squab- bles. THE TENNESSEE CONSPIRACY. The current issue of Harper's Weekly, which is well known as an independent newspaper with distinetly democratic leanings, takes the democratic politi- clans of Tennessce very severely to task for what it chooses to term “a conspirncy against their state, its constitution, its laws and its people,” in which they are at present actively engaged. There is no quoestion whatever as to the legal election of the republican candidate for governor, Mr, Henry Clay Evans, and there las been none ever since the result of the vote last November was shown to be a ma- Jority of 748 agninst his opponent. Yet the time for the inauguration of a new governor has been passed now for nearly two months and the office is still administered by the democratic hold- over, who sought re-election by the suf- frages of the people only to be em- phatically repudiated at the polls. The democrats in Tennessee have been able to carry this high-handed out- rage to this point only because of their strong intrenchment in the legislative body. Control of the legislature gives them the power to override the popular will and they seem fixed in their de- fon to exercise this power without regard to consequences. “They to quote the language of Harpe Weekly, “depending upon the mere power of numbers, moved and governed by the obstina of unreasoning and senseless partisanship. They ave bent on counting out a governor. They are determined on a resort to fraud, to violence, to revolution. They are actually engaged in committing what they professed to believe to be the especia in of the republican part It is a serious question whether the Tennessee legislature in thus defying the constitu- tion and robbing the duly elected gov- ernor of his office is not de- priving the state of the repub- lican “form of government which is guaranteed to it by the federal constitution and thus inviting the in- terference of the next republican con- gress. It is certainly alienating from the democratic party all the citizens who have a sense of -political justice and fair play. Governor Evans may at present be helpless to insist upon his rights, but the people of Tennessee may be relied upon to right these wrongs 50 soon as they are accorded the oppor- tunity at the next election. are, THE NATIONAL CREDIT. The eagerness with which the new vernment bonds were subscribed for in London as well as in New York strikingly demonstrated the high char- acter of the credit of the United States. In accordance with the agreement of the government with the syndicate, one- half of the loan was taken a 1 and thé other half at home. The subscrip- tions remained open in London two hours and they exceeded ten times the amount offered, while in New York they remained open only twenty-two min- ute Referring to this the London "Pimes expressed the opinion that it was almost too great a success, because of the danger that it might encourage the American people to think there was no necessity for alarm at the position of the treasury, and also that currency re- form is not urgent. The American peo- ple, however, are now very generally convinced that the loan was not nego- tiated a day too soon, and their one regret in connection with the matter that the incompetency of a democ ic congress and the lack of patriotism on the part of domestic bank- ers shonld have compelled the secretary of the treasury to look to foreign bank- ers for the relief whicn the treasury urgently needed. It is al:0 a source of that after the negotlation had been completed and an issue of bonds us certain to be made congress re- fused to authorize the change of a term which would have saved the treasury more than half a million dollars annu- ally. 3 The gratifying evidence of the un- impaired integrity of the nation's credit which the prompt marketing of this loan supplies will be regarded as show- ing that there would have been no dif- ficulty in disposing of it in this country, but it is very questionable whether the treasury could have obtained the r quired amount of gold here, either by a popular loan or from tne banks. The latter, according to the best informa- tion, manifested no disposition to go to the aid of the treasury. Indeed, the exi- geney was very largely due to their course in depleting the gold reserve, and it seemed to be their determination to adh to this policy until the last dollar in gold had been drained from the treasur With the banks holding this attitude it is hardly to be supposed that the people would have been eager to take the bouds. When it was found, however, that foreign anciers were willing to take them and to exert their influence for maintaining the treasury is misgiving as to the eredit of the gov ment was immediately dissipated a holders of gold were ready to fall ov each other in their anxiety to get bonds. The alliauce of the treasury with the powerful syndicate of foreign and domestic financiers gave the mnew loan a prestige which it could not have had under other con- ditions, and the result has had a greater influence in the direction of re- storing finaneial confidence, there can be no doubt, than would have followed the sale of ‘the bonds entirely in this country, eyéh could that have been done with equal promptness. The syn- dicate will realize a generous profit from the transaction, but this will make no difference to the government, which must pay’ thé same amount in any event. When the Inestimably valuable service to the publie credit is fairly con- sidered, earpimg about the profits of the takers of the Iban must seem very small business. The action of the administra- tion is already justified by results, and there is every reason to expect that fu- ture effectd ‘will more strongly demon- strate its wisdom. Two bills have been Introduced in the legislature to abolish the three secre- taries of the State Board of Transporta- tion, who draw $6,000 a year out of the treasury without rendering any service except to draw their pay. One of these bills was introduced in the house by Mr. Cramb, and the other was introduced by Senator Black in the upper house. Both of these bills have been slumber- ing In the pigeon holes. Congross a Misfit. Globe-Democrat. 1 to be a representat s depends. The house h nothing since last No alanche — of condemnation, while twenty-one democratic senators aré misrep- resenting republi gress fs but The Up-t St. Louls Republic. In ordering some new battleships the house of representatives has made a wise deciston. Americans have invariably built superior ships when they set themselves to the task. So they will in meeting modern naval demands. The United States will be formidable enough to prevent careless in- sult, Tho Hawailan € o Scheme. Detroit Free Press. It may be assured with a reasonable de- gree of confidence that when business jus- tifies a_cable line to Honolulu there will be plenty of capital available to build it, There s no substantial reason, therefore, for the government of the United States to invest millions of dollars in an enterprise that is without use or reason. seramble for Dead Men's Shoos. New Yok Tribune. The scramble among the democratic pol- iticians for the post of American minister to Mexico, made vacant by the death of Mr. Gray, shows that this country is suffering from a burdensome surplus of statesmen out of employment. It is unfortunate for our productive industries that a few hundred of these waiting gentlemen cannot divorce themselves from the profession of politics and go to farming or cutting logs. A Congressional Record Breaker. Pittsburg Dispatch (Ind.) Within the history of this countr; gress has shown the incompetency of the one nearing an end. During the two years of its existence it has passed hardly a dozen bills that are noteworthy, and it has made a botch of nearly all it has passed. It has shown an utter incapacity to grasp or ap- preciate national - problems. It has been torn with factional dissensions. Its over- whelming democratic majority has brought that party into utter disrepute. O e Thé ‘Calamity Prophet. Kankas City Star. When the United States signal service so often fails to verify its predictions twenty- four, or even:twelve, hours ahead, it is not reasonable to belleve that the long distance weather sharps ate entitled to respect. The country is full of these pretended prophets, and the trouble of it is that a great many people are honestly alarmed by their croak- ings. A man who is guessing all the time ie likely to guess right once in a while. And when he does' he |s the most surprised and the happlest man in the country. no con- Supproastog Nows Thieves, Chicago Tribune. A bill was introduced nearly a_month ago by Senator Chandler providing for the pun- ishment of wire-tapping, or, to use a more high-sounding phrase, the stealing of_inter- state news. This measure has been allowed to slumber, while there should have been no difficulty about passing it, late as was the day at which it was introduced. For the Justice of its provisions Is apparent, and it is not likely that a single vote would be cast against it in either house were it un- derstood. The offense it 18 designed to pun- ish was committed at first only on a small scale and at rare intervals, but it will be- come a regular business uniess checked. It was found out In this city some weeks ago that this thiévery, which had been confined chiefly to the dispatches of commercial bodies, was being extended so as to take in those of the Associated press. A gang of dishonest men was stealing its news for the collection of which it paid, and then ped- dling out that news to othérs. As much of the intelligence thus stolen is in course of transmission from one state to another, the subject clearly comes within the jurisdiction of the general government, whose laws are usually better enforced than those of the states. Though the session is very near an end, Senator Chandler ought to make an ef- fort to get his bill before the senate. If he can do that there will not be the least frouble about getting a practically unan- imous vote for it. — L HILTON AND HIS SHORTAGE. Hebron Republican: If Frank Hilton owed Crounse $2,000 and Crounse made him ofl inspector to get even on the debt, as alleged, it doesn’t figure that Hilton should hold out on the state to play back at Crounse. Kearney Democrat: Hilton, as state oll inspector, Inspected 101,064 barrels of oil, and rejected none. Either Hilton, as inspector, Is a fraud, or the ol companles are getting too darned honest to support an inspector in this state. Wealth Makers: Hilton would seem to be the sort of a man for Inspector that the Standard Oil trust can make use of. A col- lector of $5,000 fees for what he did not do, and which he asserts are illegal, that he may retain them in accounting with the state, would doubtless allow his stencils to be used in stamping dangerous, inflammable ofl. Neligh Leader: Our state will probably commence a c'vil lawsuit against the ex-state oil ingpector, Hilton, and his bondsmen for a shortage of several thousand dollars, while Hilton claims that the state owes him yet more than @ thousand dollars. This shows agaln the necessity of a regular and close inspection of the accounts of the state, county and city officers, before a shortage can grow to any considerable amount, Virginia Times: The chief Paramount L. F. Hilton, we expected when Mr. Crounse appointed him chief oil inspector. We have the ex- governor to blame for the shortage of $5,000, as Mr, Crounse was well acquainted with Hilton,s gamblipg and thieving propensities. He being In debt to' Mr. Crounse appeared to qualify him for the position. It seems he is short this amoupt, ‘and the state's attorney will sue his bopdsmen for the amount, Seward Reporter: The greatest example of pure, unadulterated ‘gall on record is exhib- ited by L. F. Hiltop, late state inspector of olls. Mr. Hilton neglected until a fow days ago (o file his report with the state auditor and account for. the feea that he had col- lected. When hg dla fle his report it was a stunner. He claims that h's total rece during the two years have lacked $4,52i of paying the salaries and expenses of the office. But he siates that he has collected $10,149.20 as fees for the inspection of gaso- line, which he claims he is not required to account for to the state. Admitting the de- this would leave the neat little sum 47.96 in Hilton's hands, which he thinks he can keep. The amazing nerve of the man paralyzes the entire com- munity. Even if, as he claims, the law does not provide for gasoline inspection, the fact that he made such Inspection as the agent of the state, and put his officlal stamp on the barrels, is prima facie evidencs that the fees for such work should be accounted for as olher fees. The general Impression is that Hilton is short in his accounts, and is making & big bluff, but he will hardly be able to make it win. Governor Holcomb has instructed Attorney General Churchill to get after the ex-luspector and his bondsmen, and it is more than likely that the excess fees will eventually be turned into the state treasury, oil inspector, has done just as YOICE OF THE STATE PRESS. McCook Tribune: Some reports that come up from Lincoln respecting the present le islature would indicate that that body needs & lberal appropriation {tselt-—of good horse sense. Kearney Hub: Mr. Ludden itemizes the recelpts of the State Relief commission. Now It be will ftemize the expenditures so that the public can know how the money I8 being spent his reports will be perfectly sat- Istactory. Central City Nonparell: Nebraska {s pay- ing interest on $600,000. It also has several thousand farmers who know not where they will be able to procure feed and seed this spring. Still the legislature has the gall to levy a halt-mill tax for the benefit of the State university. Lincoln News: Lieutenant Governor Moore is under bonds to see that the state treasury {8 not filched by the employment of unau- thorized supernumeraries about the leglsla- ture. Can he afford to sign the vouchers of tho twenty-eight committee clerks in the senate after the supreme court has recorded an unreversed decision that there is no au- thority for thelr employment? Seward Reporter: The legislature finds that things are in quite a muddle in relation to the penitentiary contract. C. W. Mosher was the contractor, and he assigned the con- tract to W. H. Dorgan. Dorgan never gave a bond to the state, and Mosser's bond is worthless, so there seems to be no protection to the state whatever, In this emergency it would seem as If the proper thing for the legislature to do is to take control of the property and let the contract to some one who will put up a bond. Of course there is somo property there that belongs to Dorgan, and for that he should be paid. There seems to be no sense in continuing the con- tract under circumstances such as now Platte Center Signal: A scheme to relocate the state fair Is now being tried by a few of the lobbyists at the state capitol, but Omaha is the only city In the state that can decommodate the multitude of people Who attend the fair, and it should be held at that city until the expiration of five or ten years at least, and then possibly Lincoln will have lotel accommodations sufficient to accommo- date the visitors to the fair. For the past ten years visitors to the state fair at Lin- coln have had to stay up all night because they eould find no place to sleep; others have had to pay from §1 to $2 to sleep on cots in a store buflding, and roomers have been forced to sleep four in a bedygo the landlord might exact an exorbitant price from a vis- itor for a sleeping room. Blair Pilot: Omaha has been unnecessarily agitated the past few days over the introduc- tion of a bill into the legislature to locate the state fair permanently at Lincoln. We say unnecessarily agitated because the State Board of Agriculture, which had undoubted authority to do o in the absence of any legislation forbidding it, has some time ago made a contract with Omaha peple whereby the state fair is located there for five years. The legislature cannot repudiate or anmul that contract. It may order the location of the fair from and_after the expiration of existing contracts, but hardly sooner. It is not probable, however, that the bill will pass, as it is the undoubted growth of a re- vengeful feeling at Lincoln on account of losing the fair at that point—a scheme to try to punish Omaha, but it will hardly carry. At any rate it should not, as it is too con- temptible to be worthy of a serious recogni- tion in the legislature. - PEOPLE AND THINGS. Mrs. Amelia Rives Chanler has not lost her grip. She is down with It in St. Louls. The Hon. Robert E. Pattison bucked against a republican majority once too often. Three times and out. Somo reformers in New York resent the suspicion that they were made for Platt's ex- press company. After passing a woman suftrage bill, the California legislature swung around and gave the ladies a slap by enacting a law imposing a fine of $50 for wearing a hat or bonnet in a theater. Mr. Swift of Chicago has achieved another nomination for mayor. So Intense was the enthusiasm that several chairs were lifted oft their feet and brought into collision Wwith pugnacious mugs. General Van Vet fs not the oldest living officer of the regular army. Lieutenant Michael Moore (retired) entered the service as music boy in April, 1812, before Van Vliet was born. The lieutenant is a Brooklyn man. The total disappearance of the code and its chivalrous associations is sadly apparent in Alabama. A mayor and a legislator, both colonels of high degree, during a somewhat affectionate encounter, smashed three chairs and two bookcases before the doctors inter- vened and stitched the fractures. Clara Louise Kellogg, whose sweet voice once charmed two continents, is living in New York In comparative poverty. Once she was worth nearly $1,000,000, but it has all been swept away by unfortunate business ventures. The once famous woman has lost her voico entirely, and has no way of re- couping her shattered fortunes. A colony of enterprising 16 to 1_silverites have put in circulation in New York and vicinity about $1,000,000 worth of silver coin. The product is not bogus, because it contains as great a quantity of pure silver as the government article. The makers simply bor- rowed the government fiat and cleared a profit of 50 cents on the dollar. Mrs. Jefferson Davis has recently regained some property in New Orleans which belonged to her husband before the war, and was con- fiscated by the United States. The property was sold and the purchaser held it until 1892, when Mrs. Davis and her daughters got pos- session of it. They are now asking the parish of New Orleans to remit the unpald taxes for some years before they became its owners. D18 S ey THE BOND SALE. Globe-Democrat: ~ When Senator Sherman speaks of the sale of bonds at 1043 when they ars worth 120 as “an improvident act,”” he states the case with the mildness of skimmed milk; but it is easy to imagine the stronger language he would use if he cared to be quite plain about it. Kansas City Times: The United States government didn’t get as big a price for the new bonds as the syndicate is getting. But it saved the treasury from defalcation and preserved the honor and integrity of the gov- ernment, and that's a good deal, according to the old-fashioned notions, Philadelphia Press: No argument or exi- gency can change the blunt fact that Cleve- land and Carlisle sold in secret to the syn- dicate at 104% 4 per cent bonds which the syndicate is able to turn around and sell at once at 112. The more the American people think about this bargain before the next pres- idential election the madder st will get. New York World: It took just twenty-two minutes yesterday for the syndicate to go through ihe form of selling the new bond issue at 112% and to pocket a profit of about $5,000,000. That profit was not earncd by any servico or by the taking of any risk. It was gratultously given to the syndicate by the administration in a secret conference and will be paid out of the public treasury. Denver Republican: The 4 per cents re- cently sold by the administration in a dark lantern transaction to the Rothschilds' syndi- cate at 104% are now quoted in London at 117%, thus showing that the people of the United States have been defrauded djrectly of more than $8,000,000 on the deal in the short perlod of ten days. “Ab, for a tongue to curse the elave whose treason, like a deadly blight,” etc. Indianapolis Journal: The great success of the new government loan cannot but be gratifying to patriotic Americans, notwith- standing the blundering management by which its negotiation was marked. The rapidity with which both the foreign and domestic allotments were absorbed affords signal proof of the financial stability and high credit of the government at home and abroad. For this no thanks are due to the party now in control of the national govern- ment. Buftalo Express: The subscription lists for the new bonds were opened in New York yesterday at 8:30 o'clock. At 10:30 they were closed. In those two hours the Morgan- Rothschild syndicate had received bids for considerably more than they cared to sell. The price of the bonds fixed by the syndicate was 112%. The buyers bid it up to 116%. This is the way financiers rush for the securities which, in his message to congress, President Cleveland said would be hard to market at all, and which the secretary of the treasury, acling on this fatuous belief, sold for 104%. The secretary and president seem to have been worse afficted with lack of confidence than anybody else in this country, | an open vessel or “cup” shall be rejected for | HOW OIL IS INSPECTED, 1T ON SECTIONAL LINES, Damplag Ground for OIl Which Does Not Stand the Test in Other States. OMAHA, Feb. 23-—To the Bditor of The Bee: The recent exposures of the careless- ness—to put it mildly—in regard to oil in- spection in this state show that the law of the state in this respect is Inadequate and utterly falls to protect the public. It ap- pears that the law, as it is, was enacted sim- ply for the benefit of the oil monopoly, &0 a8 to make Nebraska the dumping ground for all oil rejected by eastern states and rail- way companles, at the same time keeping out competition of independent small refineries and shifting the responsibility in case of ac- cldents by explosion upon state officers, thus avolding sults for damages. The amendments to the original state law clearly shows the ear-marks of Standard OIl methods. The original law provided that oll of a flash-test lower than 110 degrees F. in Southern Baptist Young People Talk of Scoeanion, DALTIMORE, Feb. 84.—The Daptists of Baltimore are discussing the question whether the Baptist Young People's soet eties of the south shall seccde from th Baptist Young People's Unlon of Amori and form a separate organization. Such & movement I8 being urged by a considers able number of southern Baptist clergys men, The matter will come to an issue at the Southern Baptist convention al Washington, May 8. “Fhie reusons irged by friends of the plan are that it w ve the southern socletiea a unity of location through land sympathy. The matter in- teresis Baltimore, as_this city is chosen for the great Baptist Young People’s union convention next June, for which a_tent has been engared 198%135 foet. The Balti: more Baptist editorlally opposes the scheme of secession and editorially_calls upon all the friends of the Baptist' Young People's union to make it a point to be In Wash. fngton on May 9. with the full determina. tion of doing” all that is possible to hold the organization Intuct. The Baptist says: “'We of the southern states cannot affol to pull out and organize a union bound: by sectional lines, A southern departmen of the Baptist Young People's Union of America is the thing and the only thing we need S Strike of Panamu Canal Laborers. NEW YORK, Feb. 20.—A special to the World from Panams Men employed illuminating purposes, while the amendment | only requires the ofl to be of a flast test of 100 degrees F. in a “Foster cup which olls, if heated fn an open vessel, would emit inflimmablo vapors at less than 100 degrees. The Foster cup Is one of the many appar- atuses for testing ofl, but, unfortunately, a Door one as far as the public is concerned, and which an inspector may manipulate so as to make the flashing poiut of an ofl vary mich to the benefit of the dealer. e . KUARAERIHE 3 It would lead t0o far to describe the details | f G Cqnal ate ahundoning work. Bven of the various “cups,” but from experience | {ho Tow wages offored (o rosiane tho stk the “Elliott” shows plainer than any other | ers, It is now 1 that it s the pure the explosion of the vapors mixed with air. | 1o put wages 8o low It gives very accurate results, which can 'pt, and so have a pre. be duplicated, and I8, therefore, the most de- | t "'”””;;"”'_4 ,"‘"""k ,:"I“l( . fresh sirable. The ““Tagliabue' closed cup, used by | * Are. PiG g Ak the United States army oll inspector, is a | Nt S Al e very elaborate device, and, in order to secure | belleved that the government will uniform results requires a skillful and ex- ase the import dutles imposed upon Detionced oparator, of the most important articles of The “Tagliabue™ open cup, which used in Nebraska before the amendment was made, is & good and simple instrument, and gives satisfactory results. The pster’ cup, now used by the state oil inspectors, I8 uncelia- | comps d the engiiesrs ol ble, for the reason that the least draught of | §irrmtior thoy it 1 ncers in e esine alr, or even tho breathing of tho ofl inspec- | stead of by the day of the trip. as formerly: tor, will prevent an accumulation of vapers | Many of the delegates left for thelr homes sufficient to extinguish the little flame in the | yesterday, and Chief Arthur receptacle provided for that purpose. ;'I'_‘l'" ’\.‘;l‘:m‘!u n Oil flashing below 110 degrees F., when | Pian. as proposcd Y ! tested with the Eiliot cup, is unsafe, ‘and, as | §1, HAKe3 of enainecrs would have been re- it only takes more care in the refining of it, | system they will be redmed about 6 per cent. thera 1s no reason why the public should not by atahes have the benefit of a reliablo and safe oil. JRISP CUTT] Tho United States army specifications are L2 AA2 much_stricter still, requiring ofl of a flash test of 136 degrees, and while railroad com- panies are very eager to save expenses, they do not desire to put the lives of so many into jeopardy by buying low flash ofl. The state of Towa requires an ofl of 105 degrees F. flash test, Elliot cup standard, still the | raillroads of the state in their purc procure ofl of much higher flash test Union Pacific railroad, whose ofl 1 inspected for years, and iIn whose laboratory 1 made | Judge: comparative tests on the value of the differ- | you ent oil testing devices by the request of the | United States military department of the Platte, T found that the Ellioc cup gava the most satisfactory and accurate results. The present method of inspecting , branding barrels as it is and has been car- | teacher! ried on in various places, ma well be S5 v called a fake, with no real benefit to the pub- [ o Chicago Records | he Boreoh (I’l{rk::::l”?;ly tends to lull it into a false state | “rhe Tady—I'm af ‘.m not—you e I have ; an engagement two hours from now. - The practice of ofl inspectors leaving their L stencils unprotected in the hands of the oil company, as has been done to my knowledge, is not apt to prevent the putting on the mar- ket of low fire test oil, even I the ofl is tested in a manner 50 a3 Lo protect the pub- c. The law in its present form allows the Standard monopoly to dump all the ofl re- jected in Towa for being below 105 degrees F. into Nebraska, where it is considered “gafe” even at 100 degrees. In order to be a benefit and protection to tho public the legislature should pass an amendment to make the flash test 110 degrees F., and adopt the Elliot cup as the instrument to'be used. J. C. BUEHRER, Ph. D., Chemist. e Garza Still In tho Revolutlon Business. NEW YORK, Feb. 21.—A special to the World from Port Limon, Costa Rica, says: Catarlna Garza, who caused much trouble for Mexico two years ago on the Rio Grande frontier and was holly pursued by Mexican and American _troops, turned here from Colombia, where he went to participate in the revolution. General Acosta grew tired of him there and com- pelled him to leave. Garza is sald to have boasted that he will go to Guatemala, where he Wwill offer to the government his services and a regiment of volunteers to fight Mexicans, e Fatally Injured by Footpads. LITTLE ROCK, Feb. 2i.—Frederick Wild- berger and Louls Walters, two young busi- ness men, were attacked by footpads last night and ordered to throw up thelr hands, and on refusing the footpads opened fire. Wildberger is fatally injured, several bul- lets having penetrated his abdomen. Wal- ters s scriously shot in the left arm. Walters is cashier of the Commercial bank. s Inciplent Biozs in the Astor House. NEW YORK, Feb. 24.—Night Elevatorman E. J. Morse of the Astor house, at 1:10 o'clock this morning, noticed smoke com- ing up the elevator shaft. Two alarms were sent In, and the department extin- guished the ‘flames, which were in the raveler's Supply company store, with a loss of $1500. There was no excitement among the guest: ——-— Fottled for Mrs. Manstlild's Injurles. Ma MILWAUKEE, Wis, Teb, 24.—Richard Mansfield, the actor, has received §2,5 from the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railrond as a settlement for the injuries his wife reccived in the Union depot” Monday, when switch engine crashed into his pri- vate car, os—" ) Sonthorn SAN FRANCISCO, ¥ has be ers Compromise. 2—A settlement n made between the Southern Pacifio- will start for Under the readjustment the railroad company, exclalmed the care for the grapes at ot on your life!” Detroft T fox, loftily, “1 don Appendicitis? wdelphia Record: Tt doesn't follow that use o man sees double he is gifted with cond sight. ston News: It takes a 1 of push’ to “r mean it, take this in man of a *ta pull these days. lie, father.”” *D y?' “On_the dea tax blank and prac- South Bend News: lers belong to the 1 and { O, dear, no! Miss J.—Does Mr. smart set? Miss K.— Why, he's only a school Indianapolis Journal is_an “intellectual soir Mr. Figg—It is general freshments do not c dime a head. Philadelphia furnace “Tommy-—Paw, what y one where the re- st much more than & Times “Now, here is a that we guarantee to be simple enough _for the average servant to run.” “Um! What you need is one that will run in spite of the average servan Chicago Record: ““Why are you sure that Blinks has succeeded so remarkably?* “They used to call him a ‘disreputable stock jobber,” and now every one calls an ‘enterprising and brainy speculator.’ Chicago Record: The Teacher—If a man's salary 15 33 a week how much will the man have at the end of the year? The Alderman’s Son—Anywhere between $8,000 and $10,000. Chicago Tnter Ocean for the national flower? “Yes, indeed.” “What s it? “Buckwheat.” ‘Have you a cholce CUT IT SHORT. Truth, ‘When you write a merry jest, Cut 1t short; It will be too long at best— Cut it short; Life is brief and full of car Tditors don’t like to swear; Treat your poem like your hair— Cut it short —_—— MOLLIE. New York Sun. s a g'plcion in the atmosphere o' SnOwW, TS nhkca my heart g0 pit-a-pat, for OF I kin almos' feel the tingle, An’ hear the merry jingle, An’ the creakin' o' the cutter on the snow! ere’s a sharp an' likely feelin' in the alr, ThatCuets the blood a-glowin’ rich and rare, I kin almost see the glimmer O' the stars 'at shine an’ shimmer When a-sleddin’ in the sparklin’ winter airt ot B Munger for the tinkle o* the hells, An’ the neer forgotten story 'at it tells, O straw rides quaint and | olly: the days when pretty Mol 10 Ty heart sirings tinklo-tinkle like the bells celin’ in my heart "5 every sting un' smart, e € love's folly! e Thlkhin time when- Mollie Put_her {ness an’ her sunshine in my heart There's a soft a AL drives away NNING. /7y, Q*?tmm ctotm:fi"’q 's Worth or Your Monzy Ba, Your Monz; The Heighth of His Ambition— Seems to have been attained by the designer of new Spring Neckwear, especially one of these artists who has en- abled us to show exclusive high class novelties in Scotch Plaid Neck Dressings in all the new shapes, that look good enough to eat. They are in the window— ought to see them. We are also showing the new Spring blocks in Hats-—all leading makes including the * Stetson Special”’ at 84,50 and “Browning King Special” at $3.50. New light weight overcoats are in. In fact we will very soon have all our new Spring goods in, and while you are resting you are letting one of the nicest opportunities slip you by to get a heavy weight suit or overcoat of the highest quality for little or nothing, We are making you price inducements now on winter clothing to get you to even lay them aside for next fall, We are not bragging much about it—don't have to— but if youwant the realliest, choicest bargain in the way of a suit or overcoat for yourselt or your boy, come to us and you're sure to get it, BROWNING, KING & CO, L cliable Clothiers. N. W, Cor, 15thand Douglas. <y