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IN view ottlio vast amount o [ material
abroad for uttite olllees , lliore is no pos
sible chance for tlio ollleo seeking the
intin thin year of grace.
TUK TH'opOHltlon of Se'erctary Proctor
to form ; t regiment of Jiuliau boltliers is
11 patriotic ono. A "bravo" army would
beeomo the nation's pride.
Tin : industrious work of the house
breakers and hold-ups is widly at vari-
uueu with this report that members of
"the finest' ' put Jti twelve hours of aetive
duly ouch day.
Tin- : eight hour movement in Minnesota
seta is said to moot the approval of the
Fnnimr.s' allianeo as n body. The mem
bers , however , will continue to work
from dawn till dusk.
TUB idiotie doom senior * of California
ought to pool prophecies with the Sho-
Hhouo weather Wiggins and give the
fool killer n olmneo to prove tlio pene
trating force of his club.
IvrmtN'ATiONAL oracles are now
busily engaged building republican
castles in Spain. The occupation is de
lightfully bloodless , nor docs it affect
the grip of the infant king on the milk
bottle.
Tun insurance commissioner of Kan
sas haw Kiircccdeil in treeing u number
of wildcat insurance companies , and un
less bis ammunition gives out will soon
bag the game. His example might bo
followed with profit in * neighboring
Btaten.
Ar , hall Htorms are un
usually numerous for the season. Ac
counts differ IIH to the si/.o of the stones ,
hut the industry displayed , In forcing
them beyond the hen's egg limit
strengthens the belief that they will
reach the baseball standard before tlio
beason clones.
Asioii from the justice of giving the
people homo rule , the admission of Idaho
and Wyoming will effect u desirable re
form in reducing the number of pivotal
states in presidential elections. The two
new Males will increase the number of
electoral votes to four hundred and
twenty , of which the republicans con
trol two hundred and one , only ten short
of a majority. Tlio contending hosts
will therefore bo concentrated in either
Now York or Indiana , reducing the
boodle area to one state.
Tine folly of a tenth rate power at
tempting to rank with llrst class nations
in military and naval strength is strik
ingly shown In the condition of Italy ,
The country Is taxed beyond endur
ance to maintain Humbert's ambitious
schemes , thousands have lied to other
hinds to escape the burdens and thousands
sandsof tlioeo remaining are on the
verge of starvation. Tlio hungry horde
cry for bread , the government olTors
sabres and bayonets. Rations of this
grade may prove olToctivo for a time ,
but it is doubtful If even the Italian
stomach will peacefully accept them as
a iH-rmnnont diet.
As a straw showing the current of
political winds In Now York , the recent
municipal election in Albany Is of na
tional significance. It was expected that
the Inlluence of Governor Hill would be
felt in shaping the local democratic ma
chine for " 112 , but the result shows that
David Is an Insignificant factor in the
politics of the city. Instead of being an
endorsement of the statu administration ,
the election proved iv vigorous robuko.
Tlio followers of Cleveland forced the
lighting from the start , nominated for
mayor lames II. Manning , son of the
late secretary of the treasury , and elected
him by a majority of sovonty-flvo hun
dred , an incrcaxo of forty-live hundred
over tlio city election of 16S8. The rebuke
buko of Hllllsm is all thqmoro emphatic
because the IIlHltqa forced Manning to
retire from the civil service commission
and withdrew the state printing from
Manning's paper , the Aryust owing to Its
outspoken friendship for Cleveland , It
is apparent that Hill's fences are sadly
out of repair in the Empire stato.
VK IX OL'lt MOXRV.
The nmount of money now In circulation
In the United States Is tin iKr : person , l-'lvo
years ago It jvas $23 per person , anil In t'ranco
now It U over tS ) i > cr person. Yet nnyono
who demands that the volttmoof our circu
lating ; medium IKS Increased Is accused of fav
oring Hat money , by which , no doubt , sotno-
thlnif very ilroadful Is maint. Hc-
forrlng back to the rcK | > rt of the secretary of
the treasury for 1W > , the H'orlMIeraM Is en
abled to make the following comparison :
VOI.UMR OF CIIICCI.ATION .
I I D'JU '
( lnMcnln. . . . . t 37it.nijn.lion . .
Hirer.lullnrt 21H.JDU. ( ( )
Sinnll coin TU.OM.01W
( liiltl rprllltmtix 11I.IKIMJOD
Hllrpr rortlllnitos . I IIMID.IMJ
XV.I.UIWH : ; iimXUK ) )
.Natlun.il bank notes. . . . , , . , j X JUMUU ]
TMnt tf .u M * jl ij.7liyino.piM
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This table sliOWN that there has been n
shrinkage of over $ . ' 00,000,000 during the last
five years. H'oHiM/eniM.
Howling about the terrible shrinkage
In the volume of our money docs not prove
that there is u shrinkage. The editor
of u metropolitan dally who gives utter
ance to Btich rot makes ti most Itimont-
tiblo exhibition of himself. It is not true
that the amount of money in circulation
In Iho United States has decreased from
twcnty-Hvo dollars to nineteen dollars
per pornon In IIvo years. On the con
trary , Iho aggregate of money in this
country has Increased since 1880 from
n Iran I twenty dollars to twenty-four dollars
lars per parson. Our acllvo circulation Is
now about thirty-one millions larger
than it was twelve months ago. It is
not true that the circulating medium in
Franco will Htipply over fifty dollars for
each inhabitant. AcTortling to the esti
mate of Mullhall , babed on Iho last
French census , 1880 , the volume of money
of Franco is" thirty dollars per inhabit
ant. There certainly has not been an
increase of twenty dollars per inhabitant
within the last nine years. And now let
us analyze the World-Iff raid's table.
The figures which the World-Jterald
gives as the volume of circulation for
1SS > represent in round numbers till the
money in the country , including the coin
and paper money in the treasury of the
United States , while the figures it quotes
for 1S)0 ! ) represent the volume of circula
tion exclusive of the money in the treas
ury which on tlio first of April amiJiiiiteil
to SGGO , 13,2iil. By adding this amount
to the total given in its tublo for. ISfKl ,
we would have a grand total of $2,0- , -
( HKvlSO , or an increase of $ : MOOOC.-ISO in
the aggregate circulation of I8)0 ! ) , as
against that , of 188- > .
But the World-J lei-aid's ino \ \ for 1SS' .
is gr < > N-ly incorrect and misleading. The
figures quote the circulation of sil
ver dollars us 1108,000,000. According to
olllcial records of the treasury the total
number of silver dollars in ISSo wns
fcflSf ) > ; :8.)07. : { ) Of this amount SlJIOI : ) ! ) , IO
were held in the treasury as a , basis for
silver certificates , leaving In actual cir
culation 80Si. ( > l , ; > 21.
Tlio total amount of gold coin in 1SS5
was & > S.H , < ; ! > 7,0m. : Of this amount $217-
Oi8G25 ! were held In the treasury , leav
ing in actual circulation $ . ' ! llGS-lll. ( !
The total of small coinage in ISSo was
! ? 7- , : ! ! ) ,820 ; held in the treasury , 831-
2 ; > 0S)0 ! ) ; in actual circulation , S l,702WO. ; ! !
Gold certilifiitcs , total , $ MOW : : ' > , MO ;
held in the treasury , $ iiS'U-110 : ' ) ; in ac
tual circulation , $12 < 5,72,70. ! ) ; !
The total number of greenbacks in
188-3 was $ : MiG81,01U ( ; held in the United
States treasury , $ -M,047'J7S ; in actual
circulation , $ : < oiu : < : : , G38.
The Hbril-//mifns ( ( altogether off on
its national bank note circulation esti
mate for 188" ) , which it quotes at $2 ! > 9-
000,000 , when as a matter of fact the
volume of national bank currency at that
time Wits 8307,18 l-l S. This is a blun
der ot over 8".SOno,000 against its own
showing. What a lightning calculator
the editor of the W.-If. is to ba sure !
The correct comparative tables for 18S3
and 1890 are as follows :
Acrr.u , cincrr.ATio.v.
10. j l six ) .
"
Cull ! coin "Fill .HIM , m
Silver tliillnrs
Siniitl mill 43.itri.lUU
( inlilrprtlMciitiu ( .urai , " ! ! ]
Silver certllk-utea l.v.i..oi.r.ir ,
lirt'cnlmi-kK
National bunk nnti'4
JM.wj.wi7i' _
This shows tin increase of $ l6s't" ( ) > ,878.
A clear idea of tlio true financial bltun-
tion may readily be obtained by a few
salient facts , which the mountebanks
and flutists sjom .purposjly to ignore.
It is true the national banks have within
the last flvo years retired $120 , . iiU'ij2 ( of
their currency , but " wo have issued in
their place 8IGO700Ulf ! in hllver certifi
cates anil increased our gold certificates
by $ S,20S.U : ) , making an increase of gold
and hllvoi"C3riilieatos over the retired
national bank notes of $ ISiM,70 ! ! ! .
Our store ot sliver and gold coin has
also increased within the past three
years and our greenbacks have not been
diminished in volume. Where then is
Iho alleged shrinkage in the volume of
our currency ; ' The olllcial estimate of
tlio aggregate volume of money in the
United States , including coin and paper
money held In J lie treasury at the end of
the fiscal year of 18SU , was computed at
$1.8l2,8iiII. : ! > . The oslinulo for April
1 , 1890 , Is $2Kio,003-lS ( ( } , or tin incroiiso
In three years and nine months of 8212-
IGii.Ml. The Increase In the population
of the United States is estimated at. ono
million a year , which would glvo ? ol in-
crctibo lit currency for each inhabitant ,
added since July 1 , 1BSO.
.t DlSAl'l'OlXTlXtt IKiISr.lTl'llE.
The prolonged session of the Iowa
legislature will come to an end today.
It has disappointed all expectation , and
the benefits to the people of the state
from the little it accomplished will not
repay the cost of the session. In the
line of general legislation the passage
of an act reducing the legal rate of In
terest from ten to eight per cent was
pel-Imps the most important , but it
cannot Iw certainly predicted that
the advantages hoped for from this
will be realized until the conditions of
prosperity in Iowa tire so Improved as to
offer greater attractions than tit present
to capital. This Is not reasonably to bo
expected whllo there continues In oper
ation a policy which depreciates prop
erly values , drives out enterprise and
retards the growth of the cities and
towns. Under present circumstanced
capital does not find as inviting a field
In Iowa as in most other states where
there Is no such barrier to pro
gress as the prohibitory law pre
sents , and the people of that state will
uot bo ublo to secure U oil terms as favor
able as communities not similarly Imiull-
capped. It Is quite probable , therefore ,
that they will find the new interest law
less bonollcltil than they hope for. In
the matter of railroad legislation , the
value of the authority given the railroad
commissioners to llx joint rates re
mains to bo determined. Since the
decision of the federal supreme
court in the Minnesota cases the value
of all state legislation regarding the veg-
ulatlon of rates of transportation has
become somewhat- questionable , and
whllo that decision stands It Is probable
most of such regulation will bo In the
nature of compromises. The right
allowed the railroads to subject all pro
ceedings respecting rates , on the part of
a legislature or a commission , to judicial
investigation , will bo assorted In every
case where any regulation Is attempted
regardless of the consent of the corpora
tions.
But the great and serious failure of
the legislature was in leaving the pro
hibitory law untouched , no provision
having been made oven for remedying
the abuses committed under it to which
attention was called In the last message
of Governor Larrabee. It matters little ,
perhaps , as to which parly is chiefly
responsible for this failure. The fact
for regret is that the law remains to
obstruct and retard the material
progress of the state , and that an Issue
which ought to have been disposed of in
compliance with the unquestion
able desire of a majority of
the people and for the gen
eral welfare , must bo fought over again.
As to the ultimate result there can belittle
little doubt. Prohibition in Iowa can
not be permanently maintained. The
demonstration of its failure being com
plete nnd conclusive , the practical com
mon sense of the people will replace it
by a policy which can bo successfully en
forced , nnd which will lighten the bur
den of taxation that has increased under
prohibition in nearly every town and
city of the state without any compensat
ing benefit in the decrease of intoinpdr-
uncc and its resultant evils. The tri
umph of high license and local option in
Iowa is as certain as any event of the fu
ture can be that depends Upon popular
action. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
JSO.VVllACTKAI ; , FACTS ,
A great deal that is said and published
regarding the depression of business is
mere assumption. Most of those who
utter it do not lake the trouble to look
up the facts of the situation. From in
terested motives , political or other , they
la Ice the complaints of hard times , of
which all years are more or less prolific ,
and make them the text for the
most exaggerated statements of in
dustrial and business prostra
tion. The country certainly is
not as prosperous as could bo
desired , but the depression is by no
means so general or so severe as is com
monly represented , and the country is
by no means drifting toward ruin.
The New York JFVi'bioic offers n few in
teresting facts which do not show the
business condition to bo wholly bad.
During the first quarter of the present
year there were fewer failures than in
the corresponding period last year , with
twelve per cent less liabilities. The pro
duction and manufacture of iron dur
ing the last thrco months was
larger than for the same time last year
by nearly three hundred and fifty thou
sand tons. The manufacture of boots
and shoes thus far in the present year
very considerably exceeds that for the
first thrco months of last year. The
transactions in woolen goods show an in
crease over last year , although this in-
duslry has boon represented as seriously
depressed. It has exported loss than
last year , but its domestic sales have
been much larger. Thu record of
tonnage shipped eastward from Chicago
for twelve weeks shows over twelve hun
dred thousand tons , against less than
eight hundred thousand for the same
weeks last year. In the matter of bank
clearings the actual payments outside of
New York for the lirst quarter of the
present year were over nine per cent in
excess of those of the corresponding period -
riod last year , which were larger than
those of any preceding year.
Turning from these facts showing the
domestic movement to the returns of
foreign commerce and the aggregate re
sults are found to bo on the whole quite
satisfactory. The statements for Jan
uary and February show a considerable
total increase in the value of exports
over the corresponding months of the
previous year , and the balance of the
foreign trade is in our favor. There Is
in the actual facts , therefore , yery little
to justify the extreme state
ments of expression and the
gloomy forebodings of ruin which
are being so freely spread abroad.
Business on the whole Is less active and
prosperity less general than could bo
wished , but tlioro is no evidence that
the industrial and commercial affairs of
the country are in tiny danger of disas
ter , and that in order to avert ruin re
course must bo had to extraordinary ox-
pcdtents. If congress shall pursue a
wise and safe course regarding silver
and the tariff , Increasing the use of the
former in the currency by issuing notes
against deposits of bullion , and re
ducing ( lullou. so as to give the people
some relief from the taxation which the
tariff Imposes , at the amo time avoiding
reckless extravagance In the expendi
tures of the government , there Is every
reason to believe that the business of the
country generally will realize a decided
Improvement before the close of the
present year. At any rate It Is clear
that the situation is by no moans so
gloomy nnd hopeless as the alarmists
would make it appear.
TUB subject of most importance that
will command the attention of tl e house
of representatives the present week Is
the naval appropriation bill. This
measure proposes to increase the mxvnl
Hoot by the addition of battle ships.
When the bill was before the house last
week there was a spirited discussion of
Ilia battle-ship proposition , and the
opposition shown to it leaves no
doubt that the house will refuse an
appropriation for this purpose. In
committee of the whole the vote was
against the provision , and there Is no
probability that the advocates of battle
ships will bo able to Induce the house to
reverse this action. It is bolloved , bow-
over , that wlitiij | lhe bill goes to the sen
ate the provision for battle ships will bo
In.oortpil , In w'HfcJi event a compromise
may ultimately' rj,0 effected. ' There is
plausibility ' \ \ \ ' . the argument that
wo cannot'1 ' ; have a complete
'
navy without ; .brittle . ships , but this
contemplatesVA jiavnl establishment on
the European > models , and do wo need
such a navy ? , & it not sulllclcnt for us
to htivoun tidormalo fleet of cruisers , with
a capacity for great speed and great coal
endurance , which Would afford all the
necessary protection to our Ocean com
merce ? Wo al-ft" neither contemplating
nor expecting war , and whllo it Is true
that war Is always a possibility , If It is
Intended to bo fully prepared for
it wo cannot stop with two or three bat
tle ships. The fact Is there is no ur
gency in this mutter , and at this tlmo
there is a justifiable sentiment , particu
larly in the west , agaltfst any cxpendl-
titro in this direction which cannot be
clearly shown to bo necessary. The
country ought to have an clllclent naval
force , but battle ships are not essential
to this , and the money they would cost
can bo otherwise applied with much
greater benefit to the general welfare.
This appears to bo the sentiment of a
sutllclent number of the members of the
house to defeat the proposed expendi
ture ] _ _ _ _ _ _
THEUK is no longer any doubt that the
Rock Island has perfected arrangements
to enter the city over the Union Pacific
bridge and build southwest' to u connec
tion with its Colorado line. The deal is
ono of great Importance to the city and
stato. It is is the entering wedge in the
blockade which has kept the Iowa roads
on the east side of the river for tlio solo
purpose ot enhancing the value of Dlllon-
vlllo real estate. It insures the con
struction of a genuine short line to Lin
coln and the curly opening of the third
highway to Colorado and the Salt
Lake valley. The agreement is as
surprising as it is gratifying in view of
the conflicting interests involved. The
proposed extension -Lincoln will nat
urally break up the profitable monopoly
which the Burlington now enjoys of
trafllc between this city and the state
capital and supplies the missing link
which makes the Rook Island a parallel
competing line with both the Union
Pacific and Burlington for Colorado
business. It will materially shorten the
Union Pacific line to Kansas City , en
abling it to cut into the Burlington
trade between Omaha and Kan-
sns City as Well as southern
Nebraska. The fact that the
Burlington and Union Pacific tire closely
allied in the construction of the union
depot , and that both should consent to
give a rival advantages of incalculable
value , goes to prove the beneficial elTect
of a competing bridge and the determi
nation of the Union Pacific to sacrifice
itself and its relations to maintain a mo
nopoly of bridge' trafllo. The combination
*
tion is certainly a queer one , and its
successful operation will be watched with
considerable public interest.
Tun bill recently passed by the senate -
ate , if equally successful in the house ,
will place several thousands of dollars
in the treasuries of 'Western slates. It
provides that the act which settled cer
tain accounts between iho United Stales
and Mississippi shall apply to Kansas ,
Nebraska , Minnesota , the two Dakota * ,
Colorado , Montana , Nevada , Oregon , and
Washington. The act gave the state
of Mississippi ilvo per cent of
all Indian reservation hinds , plac
ing them in the same class as
"public" lands , from which the states
derive five per cent of all sales. The
amount which Nebraska would receive
under the operation of this bill cannot
bo easily determined , because the bulk
ofjtho Indian land in the state was added
to the public domain , which netted the
state five per cent. The Omaha , Otoo
and Pawnee lands wore disposed of on
different terms , and five per cent of
those sales will materially swell the
state school fund.
THE county board has finally picked
up sullicient coin-ago to take the hospi
tal bull by the horns and give the ani
mal a vigorous twist. The attempt of
the jobbers to pack the arbitration com
mittee left but ono course open to the
commissioners to reject the scheme and
decide for themselves how far the coun
ty is liable for the alleged extras. Ar
bitration unless favorable to the contrac
tors would have merely increased the
raid on the treasury without effecting a
permanent settlement. If the decision
of the board is not acceptable , the con
tractors should bo permitted to prove
the correctness of their claims in court.
merchants add their voice to
the homo demand for iv broader and
more liberal revision of the tariff than
is promised by the McKlnley bill. Com
ing from a quarter which turned a cold
shoulder on the American hog , the ob
jection of the Berllneso will have little
weight in the final settlement of the tariff
question.
TlIK marked success of the Sioux In
"soldiering1' on government annuities is
a , guarantee that they would bo at homo
soldiering for government rations.
THE record of bank clearings , realty
transactions and permits issued for build
ings continue iUlng ) up fresh evidence
of a progressive HJtring.
' As A precautionary measure , future
grade meotlngs'Hbjould ' provide an active
BtnfTof JohuL.j ! > iilUvaiit3 to enforce or
dinary prize ring rules. '
"WlHLK the .Nebraska . Central brldgo
people are fritJfng | ( | | away their tlmo
the Union Pacillo Is harvesting the rail
road persimmon.
IT HKIIOOVES the Milwaukee to
promptly join the procession to the west
bldo of the river or retire from business
in this section.
She CoiirtH Notoriety.
Stoux City Jiuunml ,
Mrs. Helen M. Conger seems to bo predestined -
destined to nilso the dickens wherever sfio
goes , Sue lias split almost wlilo OJXMI the
First Baptist churcli of Blooinlngton , 111. Slio
juiiclo a speech there n short time ago in
which she mailo this declaration : "I have
grcntor respect for u saloonkeeper , yea , the
devil himself , hoof nnd horns , than I liavo
for a minister who does not vototho prohi
bition ticket. " The very next Sunday Dr
John L. .Tnckson , the pastor of Hint church "
scnthlngly replied to Mrs. OottRcr , denounced
her political bigotry nnd fiiantlcUin , nnd de
clared that n preacher hud the sumo right n.i
any other citizen to vote for what ho consid
ered right. The result Is n row hi the church ,
which bids fair to split U.
AuccptcillAnotlirt' Call.
Ilov. Mr. StiiKg Is the latest to nnnoutico
his retirement from the ministry on account
of low salary , llo hns signed to pitch fora
college base ball club.
A AVIsc Indian ,
l'lthiMi , > hla llteonl.
Sitting Hull and his followers have de
cided , nftor a formal pow-wow , not to go to
farming. A good innny pale-faced fanners
will npphuid the wisdom of this decision.
Tlie Jaundiced Kust.
0/ifoif/i / ) T/lilf / * .
From down-cast comes the announcement
thnttho prevailing fashionable color Is yel
low. The whole west hi a spirit of fun hiis
been declaring that the ctTcto cast was jaun
diced , ami now the cast comes along and de
clares It to bo a fact , llchold how ofttlmc * a
wont spoken In jest proves to bo the sober
truth.
Tlio Joy r Jay.
Chtcfliiti Time * ,
.fay Ootihl hns returned from the land of
the Aztecs In n very pleasant frame of mind.
In fact ho Is greatly tickled because ho re
ceived such n coiillal reception from the peo-
pie of Mexico. One can easily understand
the millionaire's joy. It has boon along ,
weary tlmo since Jay hns found Ids presence
welcome to anybody , nnd his delight Is very
much like that of u bubo with Ju new rattle ,
and very natural It Is , too ,
VOIOI3 OF Tins'STATIC 1UKSS.
l\atrneu Kntcrprt e ,
The house of representatives devoted a part
of Saturday's session to listening to eulogies
upon the late Hon. .Tames Laird of Nebraska.
The principal eulogy , according to custom ,
wn-s delivered by his successor , the Hon. G.
L. Laws. And it wns not until Laws had
iirisca anil proceeded n few steps with his
address that the members of the house fully
realized \yhnt they lost when the lion. James
Laird die'il.
1'rcpare HIP Grave
Madtstm Itcimitcr.
Every senator should bo elected by the pop
ular vote the same as any other onicor. It Is
high tlmo that the people should crush the ap
pointing power , which hns proved such a
fnrce and opened the door to the worst politi
cal frauds niul inlsrepresentntivos of the best
interests of the people of this country. It is
causing the largest portion of the corruption
to bo found in politics and disgraces the na
tion to that extent that honest men nro loth
to accept places of public trust. Let every
legislative ofllco bo Jlllcd by a man duly elect
ed by the people , and stop this tnifllc in fraud
and corruption. Let the appointing j > ewer ,
receive that just condemnation that it has so
fully merited. Bury it so dcop that its
poisinous fangs may never prick the liuiunu
mind ngaln.
Intolerance of I'roliihitionNt.s.
The spirit of intolerance exhibited by the
prohibition press toward the papers enter
taining opposite views is not calculated to
help the cause they affect to espouse on high
moral grounds. The Minden Gazette speaks *
of the paiiors opposed to prohibition as whisky
papers , assuming that they aio advocates of
and apologists for the liquor tniillc. The On-
zctto.would do itself moro credit if it would
stop to reflect that many sincere opponents of
the prohibition theory nro so influenced bc-
cause the ineffectual prohibition methods
have led to an unrestricted sale of the ardent
and a contempt for the enforcement of law
that has forced upon many communities n
very sorry state oC affairs indeed. There is
nothing that can bo said in defense of. the sa
loon itself , and nn unrestrained traflio in its
stead i.s u curse nnd a calamity.
ThurHliHi's Anchor < > AVliuIwuril.
Kcuriu'ti lluli.
It may not have escaped the attention of
newspaper headers that if there is a i > orson in
the country who has a "soft snap" it is our
own nnd only John M. Thurston. There arc
no flies or other insects on our John. Primar
ily he is the general attorney of the Union I'a-
elllc with a salary larger than that of any
cabinet ofllcor. lie is also president of the
national league of republican clubs. It Is .sup
posed that ho draws his salary rcguluriy from
the Union Pacific , but his time Is devoted
wholly to politics hobnobbillg with the po
litical powers that be , playing the Chatuicoy
Dupcw role at political banquets , and in u
general way putting up baled hay while the
sun shines. Shrewd ) AVell , that doesn't
begin to express it. John interviewed the
Washington I'ost the otlier lay , and ho "cast
an anchor to windward" in the following doll-
rate bit of flattery for the chief executives a
"About polities ? Well , the president Is giv
ing a good administration and living up to the
Chicago platform. These democratic victories
do not indicate any break In the party lines or
bolld party Issues. 1'reo tratlo democracy Is
not going to hhako tin ) solidity of the repub
lican west. "
John's boom Is ovldoatly all right particu
larly away from home , but it suffers percepti
ble shrinkage whenever he crosses the west
side of the Missouri river. It Is not betray
ing n confidence to suy that he is spreading it
on a trille too thick.
T1I13 SHOUT T.INI3 JJU1DCIK.
The following Is the report of thn commit
tee on the bill for a bridge across the Mis
souri river at Sioux City which has already
passed the senate and will pass the house :
"Your committee to whom WSIH referred the
bill ( II. U. 8'J.V ) ) entitled , 'A bill to amend
'an act authorizing the coiiEtructinn of u high
wngoti bridge neross the Missouri river at or
near Sioux Clly , Ja.,1" approved March ,
ISs'J ' , hava hud tliu sumo under consideration
nnd recommend the following mncndmcnts to
the bill :
Insert nfter the words "draw brldgo" in
line 10 , section 1 , the words , "with ono or
moro draws , as may bo prescribed by the sec
retary of war. "
Amend suction 1 of said bill by adding
thereto the following :
1'rovlded. That said ulty of Hloux City , la. ,
itSMlCCltvsl-hOr ! | IthhlgllS , hllllll at tlll'lroWII 0\-
punsc , build anil maintain , under direct Ion
htiilurvlsluii of the Rocrutary of war. mii'h win ; ?
diuns and booms or oilier worlis iit'covary to
maintain the channel within HuMlravvMian or
spans of said lirlilu'i1. mill blind , at thnlr own
o.vpuiiM' , maintain u tluplliof wnlor tlirouuli
snul tlruw span or spans not. . Ics- , than ilmt
now o.ihtlni. as hhown by tliu report of tliu
war department ultlm point \vlicrc said bridge
limy bti loeated , and If said city of Sioux City ,
Its successors or assigns , or elthtirof tliom ,
shall full to maintain sm'li clmnnul as nforu-
Hald , tlion the soiMvtary of war may uiuiso
said cliannc'l to ho opened and maintained at
proper di'plli for navigation tlirouxh said span
or spans al Ihu nxpi-nsoof thn owners of Ka Id
bridge , or reniovu obstructions to navigation
as provided In buutlon six of said act approved
Amendby inserting as section ! l of said bill
n.s follows :
Bee. ! l. That all rallrond companies desiring
the imoof .said bildgo approaelios and ncctii-
Miry works shall have anil bo entitled lomiual
rlKlits and privileges relative to the pnssaxo of
railway trains or cms over Ihu siinit ) ami over
tlio approaches thereto upon paymentnf u rea-
sonalilo compensation for mien use : and Incastt
the owner or owners of suld bridge anil tlio
several railroad companies , or any ono of Ilium
doslrlnn sueh use , hliall fall to agiee upon the
sum or sums 10 bo paid , and upon rules anil
conditions to which each shall conform In using
said lirldiie. all matters In Ksiie between them
Ahull I'U decided l > y the seerotary of war upon
reasonable notice to the parlies In Interest and I
iiimti consideration of sueli allegation ! ! and
proof * as may be submitted to him.
The Missouri river commisulun does nut
favortho construction across that rlvur of
unv excepting high bridges.
Vuur committee has become satisfied that
the use of a high bridge at this point U not
pructlcublo for the puriwucsdc-tircd ami have
I ? ovhlcd that the secretary of war may re
quire , If In hi * Judgment the unlnterniptot
navigation1 of tno river reaulres , Unit th
entire river mny IKS spanned by draws of no
leas than two hundred foot clear openings.
Tliin would obviate any trouble from Die
shifting of the channel In the river lied fron
ono span to another , as In cnso of the roll
Rtructlon ot the bridge on snub plan clthc
span could bo matte equally available for the
IHLisngo of boat. * .
Provision is also nutdo whereby thoclmn
ncl shall , at the UXIHMISII of the owners of tlu
bridge , bo maintained by works eonstructei
under the supervision of the war dcpartmcn
through any span of the bridge which the
war department may deem best for the In
tcrest.of navigation of the river.
As amended the bill contains the restrlc
tlons usual In this class of bills relating tt
terms on which the United Htntos , rnllnmt
nnil telegraph companies may use the bridge
and , as amende : ) , your committee recommeiu
that the bill do puss.
TU 13 PA W X1313 ? N 131 AN LANDS.
The following bill hna passed both brauchc.
of congress ami is now a law :
All purchasers of hinds of the I'awnco In
titan ivMisrviitton In Nebr.tslm who may bo it
default of payment of either principal or in
Urest ; under the provisions of the act nt
proved April 10 , ISTtl , and the terms of sale
thereunder , nro hereby required to innko fill
and complete pavmcnt therefor to the secre
tary of tlio interior within two years fron
the passage of this net ; and any person In dc
fault thereof for a period of sixty days there
after .shall forfeit his right to the hinds pur
chased and any ami all payments nuulo there
on.
on.Tho secretary of the interior is heroin
'
authorized and 'directed to declare forfeitct
all lands sold under said act of 18711 , full pity
incut for which shall not be made in accord
imeo with the provisions of this net ; and ho
shall thereupon cause all lands so ileclnivt
forfeited to bo resold at public auction In No
braslm in such manner and upon such terms
us ho may deem advisable , except Hint the
time for full and complete payment shall no
exceed one year , with clause of absolute for
fclture in case of default. And provided
that the same shall bo sold to tlio highcs
bidder , but for not less than the tippralsct
value , nor less than jW.M ) nn acre.
ST.ITK j7 TTlX < SS.
NolmiHka.
Wayne Is almost sure to sccurcn now bank
Cuming county stock feeders complain of i
lack of liny.
Bottling works are to bo established nt
llrokcn How.
Aiwloy Is the only prohibition town in
Ouster count v.
Two cisterns will be put in at ICcncsaw foi
urotcction against lire.
A company has been formed at Hushvlllo to
manufacture windmills.
Three deaths occurred in Thaycr county
recently from trichinosis.
A law suit over a jug of whisky nt Falls
City cost the county SUOO.
Ono farmer near Edgar is planting an or
chard of lOiX ) apple tre.es.
OverlXH , ( ) bus been subscribed to build a
Christian church at Sterling.
.There were lf > 0KH , ) bushels of potatoes
raised in Cass county last year.
A West Union man caught an caglo in n
wolf trap that measured seven fcot nnd a half
from tip to tip.
Only six hogs nro left out of a herd of 1.10
belonging to S. S. Lour , living near Sterling.
The swine plague did it.
The citizens of Oulboitson arc enthusiastic
over a schema for the building of a canal
from Ptilisntti ! to that city.
A. C. Tyrell of Madison 1ms received n
bronze medal from the Paris exhibition forliis
honey and the melissa honey plant.
A Johnson lady named White has brought
suit for $5,000 damages against a saloon
keeper for selling liquor to her husband.
Tlio first conflagration which ever visited
Curtis destroyed n bawdy house last week
and the inmates bait u close call for the ir
lives. .
A girl employed at the Bostwlek hotel in
Hastings took u dose of nitrate of silver by
mistake , but prompt medical aUend.inc'o
saved her life.
The eight-year-old son of Mrs. Middloton
of Frontier county died on Friday from in
juries received by being thrown from u
wagon during a runaway.
In digging a grave in the cemetery tit Hub-
ron the tibia of a mastodon was found meas
uring twenty-live inches in length and seven
and a half inches in diameter.
Harrfolmrg has been incorporated ostensi
bly for the purpose of Mopping the selling of
liquor without license. A township wus ;
taken in in in order to secure the required
population.
Hilly Collins , day clerk at the Palmer house
in Grand Island , wits married Sunday to Miss
Anna Erickson , nnd the traveling men in the
city presented the couple with numerous and
valuable presents.
One of Fail-field's fair damsels became in
fatuated with thu cigarette fiend of the Cut
ler comedy company and eloped with him.
Her parents traced her to Hebron and brought
her back to the parental roof. The man , who
gave his name as Dr. G. F. Davenport , was
run out of Hebron as a vagrant.
An Italian paper is authority Tor tlio in
formation that our own Colonel Cody served
under Washington and killed buffalo and
baby elephants at Vallcv Forge , says the
North Piatto Tribune. This news will bo
received with surprise by the colonel's many
friends at this , his homo.
Iowa Items.
O. L. Johnson , a Flagler minor , is under
arrest for attempted outrage on a six-vear-old
gii'l.
gii'l.A
A Knights of Labor assembly , with thirty
members , was organized at Spirit Lake las't
week.
A company with u capital stock of § 100.000
1ms been formed In Dnlmqiiu to establish a
brewery in Kast Dulmqne.
Work 1ms been begun on the now $73,000
court house at lied Oak , and the building will
probably bo llnishod by May 1 of _ next year.
The Cherokee union agricultural society
has purchased fair ground. ! at Marcus nnd
the necessary buildings will bo erected this
spring.
By the accidental discharge of a gun at
Marry a boy named Treloar lost ono of his
hands nnd another boy named Swain may
losu his nose.
Dan Marsh tried to help himself to n drink
in a Sunnier saloon and tlio proprietor was
obliged to Hhoot otla portion of his customer's
car before the latter would desist.
A newly mnrriod couple nt Washington
surprised n party of clmrivnriers by joining
them in the fun , the groom pounding sweet
music out of nn old wash boiler , and the bride
blowing u cyclone through an imeieat fog
horn. A f tor a few solos the civwd was glad
tt ) cscaiio and Icavo them In peace.
Arr.mgomonts for building a Hour mill of
fifty barrels capacity at Marcus are about
completed , In addition to a ca-di bonus of
J2,000 the town givtM 11 stito for Iho building
The mill i.s to Iw equipped with the latest Im-
paoved machinery and will bo owned and op
crated by n practical miller.
Many of the farmers In different parts of
thu stn'to burled their potatoes lust full rather
than to sell thorn at 15 cents u bushel , and
they imitlo big money by It. Tlio Monte/uma
Republican says that the farmers in that sec
lion of the sluto nre now selling their pota
toes at ! ! 0 to : i."i ccift.s a bushel. Uuo man sold
1,0110 biwhols at i0 ! rents a bushel. They are
to bo shipped to California , and as It costs 10
cents a bushel to ship them there the pooplu
of that state will bau the pleasure of eating
lowu potatoes at a cost of about § 1.50 pur
bushel.
A well-dressed , pleasant-appearing young
man stood on ono of our street corners with
shticiccls on his wrist , says the Kcokitk ( into
City. Ills is an Interesting and very sad hi
story. IIo and his twin brother resided in a
neighboring cit.v , and were bright , nctlvunnd
popular young men. They went on the road
o.s traveling salo-Hiiion , ami on a certain day ,
ut the samu hour of the day , both becumo In
sane. At this tlmo they were llfty miles
apart. Their friends were notified and the
brothers were taken to nn insane asylum In a
neighboring stato. The ono in question , who
was in the city yesterday , escaped and pro
ceeded to the homo or another brother In
an Iowa town. There the mania assailed him ,
ho IKVUIIIO violent and from there was being
convoyed bnck to tlio asylum , from which ho
had flown. At times hound hla brother am
rational , tu ho was yesterday , but was shack
led , the Irratlonul period being llublo to occur
at uny moment. Ho was In elmrgu of the
sui > crlntondont of the Juclcbonvillo asylum. It
U a strange case in natiiro why thcso two
hiothcrs , after a uheful llfo of thirty yean ,
were thus stricken thu sumo duy and thu
.same hour , mid miles apart- and hopclc.vsly
beyond recovery.
Tlio Two Dakota * .
The McCook county fartiiors' alliance will
meet at Salem April sil.
A Knight of Pythias ledge will be org.Ui-
Uod tit Klk Point Mny t.
Tlteiv aiv'.MXt studenUs attending tlio agri
cultural college at Uroohlngs.
The German Lutheran synod of the to t
Dnkotns convenes lit Aberdeen April iXI ,
Anthony HuRhe.s-of Kgan gave the billiard
balls such' hard punch thu other day that hu
dislocated bis shoulder.
A letter has been received by a North
Dakota loan company from Cairo , Kgyl > t , la
regard to the purohaso of stnto securities.
The rapid City Laud nnd Improvement
company has Hied articles of incorporation
with the secretary of state. The capital
stock of the company Is $ IHXUtX , ( ) ) .
After boring thirteen wells on his farm
near Arlington without Mioeo-ss , some of thum
to n depth utTUO foot , Fivd Holt last wool :
struck u How of water at ii depth of sixty
feet.
feet.Whllo
Whllo Emll niiutoh was sliding down the
bell roiw from the belfry of tlio Hurley Pris-
bytoriau yhurelt the rope broke nnd the young
man fell a distance- sixteen feet , sustaining
serious Injuries.
DMiutrieo O'Halr , now serving n llfo sentence - )
tenco In the Hi.smnivk iirnlti'ntinry for the
murder of I'ctor Casey , at Hlllshcro , in isso ,
has been granted n new trial bn the North
Dakota supreme court on the grcinnl of Ille
gality of the ludgu's instruction i to the jury.
A burglar was discovered In Gtmbv's Jew
clry store at Carthage the other night ami
while arrangements wpro being made to cap
titru him ho jumped through one of the big
show windows nnil made his escape , leaving
the booty behind him.
Mrs. A ikon , nn nged lady living near Get
tysburg , bad one of her thumbs completely
cut off tlio other tiny while tying a cow in ii
manger , by the animal suddenly lurking It.s _
head and catching her thumb In a loop la th
The body of an Infant was picked up on
the street in Fargo the ether day. It had
been buried la a snow bank , and had the ap
pearance of having been dead for moro than
a month , although in a perfect state of
Creservation. No clue to the parents could
u found.
Cheyenne , ( lie now town in Sterling county ,
although less than six weeks old. already has
twenty-llvo houses , a mission church and nn
Indian school with sovonty-llvn scholars , A _
polony of twenty-live German families from
Fargo is making uriiuigciauats to bottle in
nml around the town.
The wheat acreage of South Dakota la .t
year was ,0ii,78t : > ncivs. Estimates of the
acreage lor tins year vary , some grain ami
elevator men holding that it will bo fully
( quiil to thnt of last year , while commissioner
Ilugerty of the bureau of immigration and
statistics expresses the opinion that not to ex
ceed tit ) per cent of last year's acreage will bo
cropped.
The report that the Ynnkton asylum i.s
overcrowded and that no moro patients will
bo admitted for the present is tlonied , The
asylum has room to accommodalo sixty-live
moro patients , nnd while the statenppropriu
tiou is not adequate for that additional
number , yet tlio institution will provide for
nil unfortunates sent there , reports to the con
trary notwithstanding.
A party of Uapid City prospectors will
shortly leave for the coal Held. " recently dis
covered on the reservation about llfty miles
cast of that city. They will bo equipped for
a long stay and will make a thorough investi
gation of the-extent of the deposit. Keports
mi ! to the effect that this coal beds are mow
extensive than was at llrst supposed and the
coal i.s of a bettor qualitv. Tlio country sur
rounding the coal beds is a splendid one. foi\
ngricultui .il purposes.being well watered and-
the valleys wide and fertile.
A Gi'Jiy HairtMl
ST. Josirti : , Mo. , April M..1. . M. Sharkoy ,
sixty years of age , was arrested here ; today
for uttering jf.ViOO worth of forged paper on
various Nebraska banks. The warrant WHS
sworn out by .1. B. Ninsmore , president of
the Sutton National bank of Sutton , Nub. , n
victim to tlio amount of S.VH ) . Sharkoy owns
Mll ) acres of land three miles south of Sutton ,
upon which there is a mortgage ; for S'.Iit ) ! ) ,
and ho says ho committed the forgeries tj
pay it off.
A Colored Girl's Itlglits Vindicated.
Ot.ATin : , Kans. , April 11. The suit in the
mandamus proceedings brought by Luol a
Toluison , u colored girl , against the board of
education of this city to ndinit her to Iho
ward school house was decided by .ludg.i
Bnrris today , granting n peremptory writ
[ x-Uulgo Ilinimmn defended the school board
nnd gave notice that bo will appeal to the su
preme court In case a now trial is refused.
tints TollH.
Orriw.Out. . , April II. The goveiinnerit
has decided to place oat-s In the same category
as wheat and other cereals , on which a reX
dnced rate of toll is allowed for passage *
through the St. Lawrence and Wcllnndcanals
when hound for Montreal or ports east of that
city. Foreign oats for export will have to bo
bonded In passing through Canada.
Clly UllloialH Arrested.
MiXNHM'OM.s , Minn. , April M. Bench
warrants wore issued this morning for the
arrest of Aldermen John T. McGnwnn , Fred
Bruishnborand City Clerk Charles F. Ilnnlv ,
on the charge of bribery or attempted brib-
erv. The grand jury returned liiillctmOnts
this morning nnd the arguments wore set for
tills afternoon.
No Cause lotAction. .
CnicAiii ) , April M. The suit of the Mont
gomery Car company , n foreign corporation ,
ignlnst the Street Stable Car company of
Chicago for $ . ' 1,000,000 for infringement of
m Lents and fnrnn accounting canto up In tliu
Viloral court this morning. The bill was dis-
nissod on the ground that there was no cause
or action. x.
Tlio Vislhlo Supply.
Cmc.uio , April M. ' The visible supply for
hu week ending April I',1 , as compiled by the
hecretary of the Chicago board of trade is as
'olio war
Itii.sliels.
Vheat ai.llT.UtJO
orn LurriVJUil
) ats lISM ! i
tyi > ! , . ' ( ) IUI I
liirley l.ira.uoti
' Positively enroll by
these J.ittlo 1'illH.
CARTER'S
They nlso relluvu Dis
tress from Ijsjicpsla , Indigestion -
BTTLE digestion anil Too Hearty
Katlti ) ; . A perfect rem
edy for UtedncHM , Nausea ,
Drowsiness , Ilnd Task-
la thu Mouth , CoiiU'd
I Tongue , J'nln In thoj ldo ,
TOHi'iu UViit : , They '
regulate the llovrels. Ilirely Vegetable.
SMALL PILL , SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE ,
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Hnbsorlbod A ( inarnntced Capital . { .VW.fiOQ
I'ald InCapltiil . : i.Vbui )
IluyH and sells Hloelis and bonds ; iiL-gotluttii
eoinmmolal piipor ; receives nnd excuntus
trusts ; acts as transfer ii enl and trusted of
corporations ; takes ehargu of properly ; col-
OmahaLoan &TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK
S. E. Cor. 10th nnd Douglns Sts.
I'nltl in Ciiplial . . .IM.IHI
Subscribed ami IJiiariinteed Capital. . . .
Liability of tftodklmldcrs .
& 1'cr I'ent Interest I'ald on llepo-dls.
1'HANK J. lANii : .
Onicurn : A. V. Wrmnn , iire.ld.Mil : J. J. llr.iwn , vlou
prunl'lent ' ; W.T Wyiiiitn. iriMunri-r r
Director. : A. U. Wyuiun. J. II.MIIIunl , J. J. Ilrnwn ,
U. llurton , K. W. Nnili , Tliuiimi J. Kluiball ,
I.OUIIB In any fiinoiint made on Clly A I'mm
1'roperty. iimloil lulluturul buuurlly ut Low
C'jt iutc cnirenV