THE OMAHA DAILY BEE } THUKSPAY , MAY 1 , 1800.
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A Nr.wYoiuc jury declares thsit Tam
many cannot bo libeled. Intullljjenco is
Steadily spreading1 in Gotham.
THIS stainpodo of loading' ollicials from
tlio Uurliiifjton indicates that the cor-
"poratldii has adoutcd a , pace too lively
for old blood.
IN IT.AGING their surplus capital in
Omaha industries , the fnonoyed men of
Sioux City show a commendable degree.
of business sagacity.
DKMOCHATIC organs arc grievously
annoyed because Senator Quay will not
resign. The bonator is never so comer
fortable or immovable as when under
domocra tie -fire.
Tun prohibitionists have placed a state
tiekot in the field in California. In Ne
braska they arc carrying water on both
shoulders ilnd dispensing the iluid from
non-purtifeilii jugs.
' Tiniilarming ; increase in the number
of religious , political , moral and social
cranlvS bombarding the occupants of the
white hous-o , goes to prove that our luna
tic asylums are not effectively guarded.
Tin : Chicago Inter Occun threatens to
read out of the party all papers opposed
to Ihq AleKinldy bill in its present form.
Fortunately the independence of repub
licans is not in the keeping of this
organ. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
WITH a public building assured , two
candidates for governor In training , a
Congressman in harness , and a liberal as-
sortinont of political patriots ready to
BacriHco their private interests to servo
the public , the capital of Dodge county
ti blt'Sbcd beyond measure.
FAUMKKS in eastern Colorado propose
"to follow the example of their brethren
in Nebraska , Dakota and California , in
cultivating sugar beets. Should the re
sults of experiments bo sustained on a
largo scale , there is little doubt that the
now industry will cause reduction facto
ries to spring up and multiply in the
western states.
DKNVIJK papprs send up a consump
tive yell of joy because the Burlington
runs a train through to that city without
touching cither Omaha or Kansas City.
There is really no occasion for hilarity.
The train referred to is intended to
hurry the lungloss residents of the
Windy city to the mountain hospital and
hasten the remains back to the friends of
tlio deceased. Such cargoes can bo re
plenished witH cod liver oil at any way
station. Speed is necessary to prevent
the victims dying on the company's
hands.
IT is a waste of time and money to at-
tomijt the permanent Improvement of
the present garbaga dumps. The steady
growth of. industries on the loveoand the
necessity for increased railroad facilities
will soon absorb every foot of ground.
It is an outrage on thousands of em
ployes and a positive injury to health to
maintain these filth piles on the river
front. Experience shows that tlio best ,
cheapest and most healthful means of
disposing of garbage Is by cremation or
dosieQiiUou. The amount of money al-
readypsquandercd on dump boats and the
salaries pitid dump watchmen would al
most pay for deodorizing and decompos
ing the garbage.
AUTKSIAX well irrigation will soon bo
put to tlio test in South Dakota. An ap
propriation of twenty-two thousand dollars
lars has booit made by congress for this
vror.k , and the money is to bo expended
under a commission appointed by the
president. A private artesian well re
cently sunk near Huron tapped an un
derground basin and secured a largo vol
ume of llowing wator. This and other
wells arc to bo thoroughly oxamlnod by
the commission and now wells sunk in
various portions of the souil-arld region ,
BO as to practically determine the truth
of the geologic theory that a vast area
of water underlies that suction. The
work of the commission will bo watched
with kqou Interest throughout the west.
TllK MM' MKKTISO.
Trustworthy advices Indicate that the
anti-monopoly republicans of Nebraska
fully realise the Importance of the con
ference to bo held at Lincoln May 20 ,
nnd that it will bo very largely attended.
TUB UBE has already expressed Its 'un
qualified approval of this movement , the
purpose of which Is to determine the
best methods to bo pursued In order to
rid the republican party In this state of
corporation influence and dictation and
elect public ofHclitls who will honestly
represent the people and carry out their
wishes.
It Is not necessary to repeat what has
been BO often Bald , and must bo pre
sumed to bo familiar to every citizen ,
regarding the past course of the rail
roads in connection with political affairs
In Nebraska. Their uniform corrupt
practices , their unscrupulous methods
In caucuses and conventions , and their
defiant domination of legislatures , have
for years been a reproach on the integ
rity and intelligence of our people. It
has long been tlmo that this dark
page in our political history were turned
down nnd a now leaf opened upon which
to record the triumph of the popular will ,
livery interest of our people , and the
welfare aud progress of the state , de
mand that the republican party shall
throw off the blighting incubus of corpo
ration control and reassert itself as the
friend of the people and the fee of mo
nopoly.
The promoters of the proposed confer
ence believe that the true way to purge
and reform the party is from within
rather than by organization outside the
party and antagonistic to it. They be
lieve that there is a sufficient force In
the party ranks , if united and wisely di
rected , to destroy the power of the cor
porations without , endangering the suc
cess of the party. They contend that
the anti-monopoly clement among the
republicans of Nebraska , if fully mar
shalled at the caucuses and in conven
tion , is strong enough to rule the party
and to nominate and elect its candidates ,
and they insist that the only
places at which the power of
this clement can bo safely exerted
are the primaries and conventions.
Waiting to apply a remedy at the ballot
box experience has shown to bo peril
ous. Party fealty then asserts itself
with too great force , in most cases , to bo
overcome.
THE 13in : fully agrees with these
views. It docs not bo'liovo that there is
any present necessity for independent
organization in order to defeat the
schemes of the corporations , but that
this can bo fully accomplished by thor
oughly organizing the anti-monopoly
republicans and bringing them into ac
tion at the caucuses and conventions.
We are therefore heartily in favor of
Die propo&od conference and confidently
hope that its success may be common-
sura'te with the overwhelming import
ance of its object.
LATlOlt SITlfATlOy AUROAD.
Tlio events of today in most of the
countries of Europe are certain to bo
memorable , and may prove to bo mo
mentous , in the history of labor agita
tion. For more than a week past the
dispatches from Europe have convoyed
ominous warnings of possible widespread
and serious disturbances to happen to
day in connection with the labor dem
onstrations in various countries. In
Franco , in Germany , in Austria and
in Belgium labor is in a state
of restless discontent that has caused
grave apprehension. French states
men , doubtless remembering how near
the second republic came to being over
thrown in 1818 by the uprising of the
workingmen of P.iris , have boon looking
forward with serious misgivings to a re
currence of htich an upheaval arranged
for today. The government has taken
precautions to suppress tiny demonstra
tions of a threatening character , and the
appearance in Paris and at easily ac
cessible points of u body of troops suffi
cient to cope with any probable emer
gency may prevent serious trouble , but
there is manifestly on the other hand
the danger that those very ade
quate precautions may oxclto and
exasperate the people and invite tire
consequences they are designed to nvoTt.
Undoubtedly in any event the govern
ment will prevail , but if it should hap
pen that law and order could bo main
tained only at the price of a conflict between -
tweon soldiers and citizens , it is easy to
understand that , the cost might bo very
serious. Doubtless there will bo no lack
of influences , political and otherwise , to
inllamo the workingmen to violence if
there should ba the least excuse given
for it.
In Austria the situation is oven more
threatening , for tho' reason that the
authorities have adopted a policy of ex
asperation. The governors of prov
inces have be\m publicly and ojilonta-
tiously reminded of tho'r. ' powers of pro
claiming martial law , and military of
ficers have boon ordered todisrogard the
merciful formality of firing blank cart
ridges at mobs before resorting to
bullets. Everywhere the authorities
have been fallowing their power in the
most relentless form , an example of
which was furnished in Gallicla about a
week ago , when ordinary street brawls
were treated as organized mobs and un
armed and unoffending men nnd
women wore shot down. In
Bohemia and ' Silesia there is
widespread discontent , a vast
number of minors in the latter province
being on a-strlko whoso ranks wll ) today
be augmented by many thousands moro.
In Hungary the state of affairs is not so
grave , but the situation in Belgium is
ropro ontod a.s wearing a serious aspect.
Bismarck has boon reported as having
no fear of any trouble In Germany , and
although out of power his judgment still
has greater value than that of any other
man in the empire. The government
has not neglected to take all precautions
doomed necessary for the suppression of
disturbances. Outdoor meetings and
processions in most largo towns
have been prohibited , and an ample
military and police vigilance will bo
o very where exorcised , but doubtless tlto
greatest security agaliut borious out
breaks is the fact that the friendly atti
tude of the young emperor toward labor
has disposed a very large portion of the
working classes to have greater con
fidence in the government as the con
servator of their interests and welfare.
lu Italy , Switzerland aud ovcu In
Spain , the artisan classes will today
celebrate what the International council
terms the "festival of the resurrection
of the working classes , " and only
In England will there bo no
general demonstration. In the contest
between the trades-unions nnd the so
cialist organizations as to which should
have control of the demonstration the
former wore victorious , and the English
workingmen will make their display of
organized strength next Sunday , when
it is expected England will witness the
greatest demonstrations of the forces of
labor In her history. In the events of
today in Europe affecting the laboring
classes the worldngmen of America ,
though not directly concerned , will yet
bo profoundly interested.
A TIMKLY
President Harrison , in his message
vetoing the bill appropriating two
hundred thousand dollars for an addition
to the public building at Dallas , Tex. ,
which was shown by the statement of
the supervising architect of the treasury
to bo double the amount required for an
ample extension , took occasion to sug
gest the necessity of greater care than
is being observed by congress in making
this class of appropriations. The con
struction and enlargement of public
buildings where it is necessary in tlio
interest of the public business ,
or where It is to the advan
tage of the government , the president ,
in common with all others who take an
unprejudiced and practical view of the
matter , approves , but the present con
gress has manifested a degree of care
lessness in this matter , of which the
vetoed measure is an example , that the
president has done well in calling atten
tion to.
Undoubtedly the public building at
Dallas requires an addition , but after the
supervising architect of the treasury ,
who is pronounced to bo com
petent authority in such matters ,
had reported that ono hundred
thousand dollars would provide
an ample extension and that amount was
originally stated in the bill , why was it
subsequently doubled ? And if there is
no apparent reiibon in this case why con
gress should have doubled the amount
of an appropriation which the proper
ollicial of the treasury reported to be
s"ufllciont , does it not furnish a reasona
ble ground for presumption that con
gress has ) been doing a great deal more
of this sort of thing than is prudent
under present conditions ? What is
meant by liberal expenditure in this
matter of public buildings must not bo
construed so broadly as to allow extrava
gance which will turn public sentiment
against this class of expenditure.
The suggestions of the president on
this subject are entirely judicious under
existing circumstances , and their influ
ence upon congress ought to bo bene
ficial.
OXK
Another tax-eater is to bo added to
the city pay roll. An ordinance has
been introduced in the council to pro
vide for analyzing the milk sold on our
streets , and the city chemist is to re
ceive fifty dollars per month for making
milk tests.
Now , wo heartily approve the propo
sition looking to the protection of milk
consumers from impure milk , but what
is the necessity of paying out fifty dollars
lars a month to a chemist when the city
already pays two hundred dollars a
month to a city physician , who ought to
bo qualified for making chemical tests
of food products ?
Less than three years ago the city
physician's salary was doubled for the
special benefit of a favorite of the late
mayor. That gentleman made way for
a favorite of the present mayor at the
same liberal salary.
Why should the taxpayers bo loaded
with an additional burden when they
are already paying for work that legiti
mately devolves upon the city health
officer ?
The city payroll is being increased
every month and no cutting down of ex
penses anywhere. Whore will this rcck-
lOss policy lead to ? Supposovprohibition
carries and two hundred and fifty thou
sand dollars are added to our city
payroll for the public school em
ployes ; how will wo meet the
enormous drain unless wo double our
present valuation. The experience of
Iowa and Kansas is that property values
shrink enormously under prohibition.
Docs not prudence dictate that rigid
economy bo exorcised in the manage
ment of our city affairs ; that supernumeraries -
meraries bo dismissed and no now ollicos
created under any pretense.
.4S TO ItltlGK PAVKMKNT.
The report of the council committee
which visited the Indianapolis paving
exposition agrees substantially with the
views of THE BEU on brick paving. An
examination of the various- methods of
laying the pavement , the quality and
durability of the material and the cost ,
goes to show that its success in Omaha
depends on homo manufacture. Unless
brick can bo produced hero , possessing
the requisite compactness , and capable
of sustaining a reasonable amount of
traffic , it would bo folly for property
owners to encourage brick pave
ment , or for the city to permit it.
It would bo necessary to import
brick whenever repairs are necessary ;
thus placing the entire coat on the city.
The fact that Beatrice and Lincoln have
produced brick equalling in quality the
Galesburg product , ought to stimulate
experiments with the clay In this viciu-
ity.
There is no doubt that paving bricks
manufactured from kaolin clay near
Louisville at the junction of the Missouri
Pacific and Burlington roads would bo
as good as any paving brick that has yet
been made. The only question will bo
the cost of shipping this brick to Omaha.
If the railroads will glvo the brick-
makers reasonably low rates the brick
pavement will bo almost as cheap as the
wooden block , which has at bust l > con
only a makeshift and must bo replaced
every six or Bovon years.
Tim Order of Railway Conductors is
on the eve of dissolution In the west.
Heretofore the gentlemen of the punch
were Independent of all kindred organi
zations , and declined to affiliate with
them , In fact a member of the order
was compelled to subscribe to an oath
not to strike fflvinny cause and to stand
by the complin In bvory struggle. The
seeds of f edof alton Imvo taken root among
the meinbersvihowovor , and it Is quite
certain thnf'el'thgr the clause against
strikes will fjib trickon from the consti
tution or th ) order will bo abolished
ished by " ' ' 'Iho noiy organiza
tion of ra'il'w'ay employes. In that
event ono'u of the most formid
able fedorafjbps of railroad men will
have been porfppted in the west. It will
include the engineers , firemen , conduc
tors , brakesn yfand switchmen. Against
their united .power few corporations will
invite a contest.
MA YOU GUSHING's veto of promiscuous
hydrant planting Is timely In the car'y '
days of Its career the council adopted a
resolution against an increase lu the
number of hydrants until H reasonable
reduction of the rental was secured. This
spasm of reform was soon forgotten. The
limit of the water fund having now been *
reached puts an end for the season to
hydrant planting.
As Much aH Could Ho JOxpccted.
Jjuufarnte Cnurlr-J < trna1 ,
A Pennsylvania congressman la mentioned
as having uttered a half truth. If lie did , wo
should bo very thankful. Wo could not , of
course , expect a Pennsylvania congressman
to toll the whole truth.
Tlio Hat lu Politics.
Ifcio York Tribune.
The wearing of a soft felt lint by a politi
cian la Kuroiio Is suflk'iunt to denote his
radical proclivities , and in the British liouso
of commons Mr. BraiUaugh and William
O'Brioa are almost the only members who af
fect that particular form of headgear. Every
body else makes use of the high silk hut.
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Mr. Gould'a lilnnd Ways.
Kansas City Times.
Mr. Jay Gould , in his southern tour , shook
hands with the good people of Dallas , Fort
Worth , El Paso and other enterprising Texas
towns. Then in his bland way Mr. Gould
told the people of each town that their place
was the finest ho had scca for a now union
depot , for a now railroad or anything clso the
people were clamoring for. He has worked
that racket threadbare In other regions , but
It seems to work well still in Texas.
Tied to the "Wrong Man.
The Epoch.
Miss Jennie Hart of Tribe's Hill , N. Y. ,
hurst out crying the other day just after her
wedding ceremony had beca performed , say-
iiig that she had "married the wrong num. "
Th.r.'s just the way New Yorkers feel to
wards young Mr. Grant. They got liolil of
the wrong maa too , and elected him mayor of
this great city u year ago last November.
And now decent citizens arc crying junt as
hard as did Miss Jennie Hart. Hut they will
dry their eyes next November when Mr.
Grant's successor is eleeted.
Don't IJclleve a Word of It.
. . Mlhc Epoch.
Harold Frcdeiic says in the Times that
English politicians "work ten times as nurd
as American p lticiaus. " Wo do not believe
a word of it. Thp 'chief work of an American
politician is to got offices for his friends and
constituents. To\accomplish that ho must
strain every nerVc , for if ho fails to secure
enough "pap" to distribute among his hun
gry and * thirstj fj > llowers , ho will never bo
re-nominated byVtlie'boys. . " No matter how
hard English politicians may work , grappling
with serious questlpus of statecraft , their la
bors ara not a circumstance compared with
the worry , thoaiixiely , and'-Hho wear nnd
tear inseparable from the importunities of the
hordes ol olllce-seekers , to which American
politicians are exposed day iu and day out.
VOICE OF TII13 STATE PRESS.
. HMmwl Ileraltl.
For a set of narrow-minded bigots com
mend us to the Omaha Ministers' association.
They are afraid of the truth. Their petty
spirit of intolerance would Jo credit to the
sixteenth century. Francis Murphy is
worth more to the world than the whole out-
lit , anil his great work of reformingclrimkanls
will go grandly on , notwithstanding the refusal -
fusal of ttio Ministers' association to endorse
his efforts.
Helen Badly Disappointed.
Mead Advocate.
Helen Gougar , the prohibition orator , did
not succeed in sending Edward Rosewater ,
editor of Tin : OMAHA BIE : , to the pen , as she
had expected to. The case was tried in the
district court at Tokamah and Mr. Rosewater -
water was discharged and the case dismissed
at oaco.
A Profesional Sailor's Opinion.
H'cflJ I'ulnt Progi tan.
John Sahlor , a professional Nebraska lob
byist , is of the opinion that prohibition will
carry la Nebraska , unless something in the
way of stimulating is ilono by its opponents.
The "stimulating" that John has reference to
is undoubtedly cold cash anil ho would uot
object to personally handling a good share of
the article.
Something iu tlio AVind.
XeicpoitAiIencate.
What's the idea of the mil roads in Nebraska
issuing free passes to the county officials over
the state at this stage of the anti-monopoly
gamol Do the officials of' the several coun
ties of the state hold the balaneo of power !
W'hllo the poor farmer is scouring his plow
and wading in dirt , the sly railway magnate
Is laying his trap Afctho game. It will take
hard work and lots Tft jastlliig this summer
and fall to elect a legislature that will reduce
railroad rates and thus give the farmers a
chance to market their produce.
OH a Candidate.
TfCiimsc/i Itrputiltnin ,
Tecumseh's candidate for attorney general
Hon. Daniel FM O.sgood when asked how
his prospects wow/ answered , that for the
past month ho had1 been so busy that ho had
no time to think or talk polities , but that ho
constantly received" "icttws from all parts of
the state pronii3liig support , and urging him
out In the race. The fact that Mr. Osgood Is
not a railroad attm'rfoy ' brings to his support
a strong following , y
A AVroiiR-.to Uu'lllglitcd.
l ( ( M < nul Chief.
Our next legishitura should pass a law
making it nocesjary In selling chattel mortgage -
gage property th/t\t , bring three-fourths of
Its value. There is a great wrong done the
people in thh regiVvfti Often n man's prop
erty is bought In Ijiulcr execution and sold
for less than ono-foiirth of its vuluo. It Is all
"wrong and should bo'rcmedlod. . The people
ought to have some rights that even rich men
are bound to respect.
Cor a Protest.
J/iidhoii llrtwter.
The Reporter asserts theru H not a line of
railroad in the state of Nnbraska , Including
nominal cost , that cost $1 over $10,000 a mllu
to build and equip , undyot every ono of them
ara bonded and stocked for from $ -V > ,000 to
$70,000 per mlle and their freight rates are
graduated to pay heavy Interest on from
f 15,000 to $ iW,000 of blue sky , No wonder
] x-oplo kick under suca circumstances and re
fuse to bo robbed uuy longer ; yet has any
man over hoard the Hon. Ooorgo Washing
ton Efforvosoont Doraey uttisr ono word i
against the Iniquity I Noj his Is a clear case
of the fat dog aud tlio brass collar.
ANNEXATION.
Ono of tlio strongest arguments In favor of
the Joining of South Omaha to Omaha Is the
fact that the former city will bo bcnoflttcd
by securing n lower rate of taxation. On
this point most of the homo builders and
wage workers of South Omaha lack Infer
mation. At first thought the fact that
Omaha's city levy Is 41 mills on tlio dollar
agahiRt South Omaha's 27 mill levy Is to them
n reason for opposing annexation , But there
Is moro to this point than they Imvo over
given thought and where they thoroughly
understand conditions they will bo found to
admit that In Omaha a lower rate of taxation
prevails than South Omaha now has or over
will have as a separate city.
tjTho first thing the assessor in Soutli Omaha
must look out for In assessing property for tax
ation is to make tlio aggregate valuation high
enough to produce enough money on the char-
toe levy limit to run the city government. If
the amount necessary to meet South Omaha's
annual financial obligation was $100,000 the
\iroperty valuation must placed at n high
enough llguro to realize that amount on an 18
mill lovy. So long as n separata city govern
ment is maintained the valuation must an
nually bo Increased to meet the financial re
quirements of separate government. This in-
civaso of valuation falls most heavily on the
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packinghouse employe who has purchased
himself a homo , for which ho is paying , and
without petting Improvements to correspond
with the Itlgh taxes ho must meet.
If on this high valuation city taxes alone
wore assessed the property owner would have
less cause for grumbling. But It is the
moans of causing him to pay a much
higher rate of taxation for county and
state purposes than his Omaha neighbors.
To lull the plain truth about the matter the
Soutli Omaha property owner is paying
double the amount in state and county taxes
on his actual property value than ony other
section of Douglas county , and so far as state
taxes are concei nod double the amount paid
by any other section of Nebraska of oinial
urea aud actual value.
The assessor is a county and not a city ofll-
cor. His returns are made to the county
clerk , and after the commissioners are
through with themOmaha , and Soutli Omaha
alike use them for making up the city tax
lists. Omaha , with its costly buildings , man
ufactories , residences , and expensive stocks
of merchandise , keeps her valuation down
low , so she will not have to pay an unjust
proportion of the expenses of the
state. South Omaha , with her
separate city government , must place horvul
uation high so she can raise enough money to
pay the running expenses of government and
thus pays moro than her proportion of the
state and county taxes.
To illustrate tlio difference between valua
tions in Omaha nnd South Omaha , six blocks
on a principal street in each city have been
taken and the valuations for city taxes secured -
cured on two lots in each. The South Omaha
blocks are the three facing on N street on the
noith side and the three facing on N street on
thu south side , from Twenty-fourth street to
T wentv-seventh street. The Omaha blocks are
six facing on Sixteenth streetthree on either
side fiom Dedgo street north to Cass , the Ma-
sonli ; temple eratt and Jefferson square prop-
city being omitted because they arc exempt.
Thu twelve lots immediately facing on the
streets named were taken for comparison in
valuation and they are assessed as follows :
Two of the Omaha lots given above are in
the block selected by the government for the
new poatofllco aud for which $100,000 is to bo
paid. A conservative estimate of the value
of the Sixteenth street property in Omaha is
an average of jWM ) u front foot ; that of the
N street property in South Omaha is SJ50 a
front foot. The Sixteenth street property Is
worth twice as much as the N street prop
erty and it pays city taxes at the rate of 41
mills on ? ' .H.V ) , > 0 , while the N street property
pays South Omaha citv taxes nt the rate of
-7 mills on § 08,41)0. ) When actual values are
compared with assessed values between
Omaha and South pmaha your South Omaha
property owner is paying dear for the privi
leges oE a separate city government.
What it shown by tlio figures in regard to
business property in South Omaha is true of
the less valuable residence property owned
by the workingmtin. Ho is paying over 5
per cent in city , county and state taxes in
South Omaha on a valuation of from one-
third to one-fltth , against Omaha's 0 | < J per
cent on valuations of about one-tenth.
It is argued Unit South Omaha business
property pays a revenue in rentals greater
than propei ty in Omaha of double its value
and thus can stand a higher valuation and pay
a heavier tax. Admitting this to bo a fact
does not prove it unwlso to annex. Property
owners would save money by the joining of
the two cities in a lower rate of taxation and
a lower rate of insurance without rendering
their property one iota less desirable than it
is ted a } * for business or residence purposes.
Property is valuable that pays 10 per cent on
its actual worth , but it isn't any the less val
uable if it pays 15 per cent.
But a small portion of South Omaha's pop
ulation is being benefitted by the separate
city government that is now being
maintained. They can afford to pay heavy
taxes because it comes back to them through
the channels of the city exchequer. The
great mass of the population is reaping no
benefit but is annually walking up to the cap
tain's desk and poj ing a high-priced tiddler.
Annex and the high property valuations will
bo reduced to the Omaha Imsls and the cost
of the city government paid by 100,000 people
instead of by 8,000. Lower tuxes , better
schools , cheaper insurance , better fire protec
tion and other benefits will follow.
As for public improvements , tno benefitted
property puys for paving , sidewalks , etc. , in
South Omaha.just as it does In Omaha.
Annex and you can have these public im
provements , if you are willing to foot the
billa. You'll have to do it if you remain
South Omaha.
The difference between n high valuation
and a low levy uud a low valuation and n
high levy is worth looking Into carefully by
the worldngmen and voters of South Omaha
before the annexation election.
Til 13 AFTKUNOOX TI3A.
A new woman's club In London , the Somcr-
vllle , has alroadv SOO members.
An Kuglish literary statistician has dis
covered that of the 5I5J heroines In last year's
novels ! I7J were blondes nnd UK ) brunettes.
Mabel How is that anti-hissing club over
on the avenue getting along I
Maud It's about dead. Nobody that's ' kissable -
able has over joined it yet ,
"I can always toll when my husband has
boon drinking , " said a young wife ,
"Yes ! " said another young wife.
"Yes , I know it the moment ho klssos mo. "
"I can also tell when my husband has been
drinking , " said the other.
"Ycsf"
" doesn't kiss . "
"Yes , When ho mo.
Priend Well , Ethel , how do you llko mar-
riedllfol
EtholeuthusIastivaUy ( ) It's slmiily delight
ful. We've been married u weuk and have
had eight quarrels , and I got the best of It
every time.
PhVhlclan ( reflectively ) IPm ! The case is
one , I think , that will yield to a mild stimu
lant. Let mo see your tongue , madam , If you
pleusj ) .
Husband of Patient ( hastily Doctor , her
tongue doesn't need any stimulating.
1 Mr. Venerable ( who had not seen her for
years ) How beautiful , Mrs. Grayulro , you
worn in your youth.
Mrs. Cmiymro ( lememhorlnghls weakness )
And how idlotlo you wero. Then after
looking nt him a moment , "And you have not
changed much. "
Muudo Why huvo you thrown Clarence
overboard )
Madge-1 couldn't marry a man with a
broken nouo.
Maude How did his nose got broken )
Madge I struck him playing tennis.
First young lady ( at railroad station )
"What tlmo i * It now , dear I" Second young
lady ( looking at her watch ) "Meroyl Wo
must begin saying good-by , dear. The train
will bo hero la half an hour , "
A "congress of beauty" is to bo hold In
Homo in May. Only Itonmn ladles of "tho
strict four grand brunehan , viz , brunette ,
blonde , auburn rod and llaxcn , " will bo al
lowed to compute , and they must bo between
the ages of slxtucu uud twentflvo. . Thcro
will bo only two prizes , the first 3,000 and
the second (1,000. ,
"Young Fathead seems to bo paying par
ticular attention to MUs Uuhvlti. What a
mutch that would bo. They wore made for
each other. "
"Forshamol That's the crudest speech 1
over heard. "
"Cruel to which 1"
"To both. "
: JOTTlXdS.
\clirnnku.
The Cuater county editorial association wll
hold its next meeting in Broken Bow May I ) .
Paxton Is to have n branch of the Nebraska
signal service.
The new Baptist church at Gibbon , costing
$1,500 , has been dedicated.
A now orchestra is to bo organized nt
Superior nnd Incorporated under the state
law.
law.Tho
The barbers of Friend have given bonds In
the sum of $100 not to open on Sunday on and
after May 4.
Jefferson county voted $ M,000 In bonds to
build a court house at Falrbury by over six
hundred majority.
The liouso of a widow named Collins near
Hubbcll was burned Tuesday afternoon , in-
llletltig a loss of $1,000.
A muss convention of York county pro-
hlbltlonisU will bo held at York May St to
organize for the campaign ,
The UlvHses Argus has succeeded the
Herald. The latter was democratic , but the
Argus announces itself as "straight repub
lican. "
The barn of O. W. Johnson near Grafton
took llro from heated mamtro piled against
the building and wus destroyed. Three valu
able horses were cremated.
While County Surveyor Pollard was on his
way to 121 wood ho encountered n black bear
lu the road. A party of hunters started utter
the brute but failed to Ilnd him.
Colonel D. F. Jamison , president of the
Hall county agricultural society , starts for
Scotland with his family in a few days and
will bo absent for three months.
A-warehouse In the rear of Darrah & Co.'s
store at Auburn was destroyed by ilro Tues
day afternoon. Bonsfleld's bunk nnd Hut-
Hold's bakery caught llro , butthollames were
extinguished.
A farmer near Filloy , wishing to remove a
largu quantity of potatoes which ho had
burled last full , set llro to the straw covering
the vegetables und now hns two tons of baked
potatoes on his hands ,
_ Leo Moreland , who lived on the Nlobrara
river in Brown county , was in town Tuesday
with a pocketful of silver bearing rock from
his farm , says the Atkinson Graphic. Ho
had just received returns from an assay of
ono saniplo that ho hud sent to Omaha , which
panned out $ ! IS'J to the ton.
The Thurston county jail at Ponder Is
haunted by the ghost of Big Bear , the Indian
who died last summer while undergoing con-
lincmcnt. Tom Seymour , who lias just been
released from the jail , had a terrible i exper
ience with t'no ghost tlio other nicht and was
scared into declaring that ho would reform.
The Club ranch property situated north of
Ledge Polo has been sold to nn eastern syn
dicate which starts in business with a paid
up capital of 4110,000. Twenty-live hundred
bead of high grade cuttlo have been pur
chased and will bo shipped the last of June.
A line grade of draft horses will bo added to
the other stock during the summer.
The McPherson military reservation in
Lincoln county , which was transferred to the
public domain three or four years ago , will bo
surveyed the coming summer and opened up
so it can bo settled upon. The reservation
contains in the neighborhood of ten thousand
acres , but as the Platte river runs through it
and part of iw extremity rough , the available
land is about six thousand acres.
George Smith , who resides hi Turkey Crook
' was in town-last Satuiday and al-
sidcd alone upon his farm for tlio past nine
teen or twenty yearsoccasionally visiting our
city for the purpose of procuring supplies.
Pointing to a pair of well worn boots upon his
feet ho remarked , ' -those boots linvo not been
off my feet for six months. " Again ho re
marked , "I haven't ' had a shirt washed for
twenty years , " and when pressed for an ex
planation , ho said , "Why , I put on a new
one , wear it until it is worn out , then got an
other one. " Soap ho does not consider good
for ono to put upon the llesh.
Iowa Items.
A brick and tile factory is to bo located ai
Kulfe.
The artesian well at Boone is now down
S-)0 , : ) feet.
There is a cash balance in the state treasury
of15T23r. !
A convention of bee-keepers will bo held at
Onawa May 7.
During the Murphy meetings at Marbhall-
town 1,400 people signed the pledge.
Ono thousand dollars have been expended
in improving the fair grounds at Waukon.
The Murshalltown glucose company will
erect an additional building at a cost of $25-
000.
000.Dr.
Dr. M. O. Bunu , formerly of the Boone
sanitarium , died Tuesday uight of consump
tion.
According to the Dubuque Telegraph , 1,000
hogsheads of bock beer wore consumed In that
city Sunday.
An Emmetsburg justice of the peace mar
ried a couple of children last week the groom
being sixteen aud the bride twelve years of
ago.
Charles Coonrod , living near Manchester ,
celebrated his ono hundred and tenth birth
day recently by walking to town aud having
his photograph taken ,
The Washington Press Is responsible for
the following rather remarkable story : While
drilling an artesian well at that pln < 5u the
other day the drill penetrated n picco of wood
atn depth of 221 feet. Among the debris
fijim the well came up a number of twigs still
wearing their native bark , and a seed which
is described us looking like nn nntlquo upplo
seed. The seed was cracked , but It was
planted and carefully tended , nnd now It has
sprouted. The shoot is over an inch long and
bids fair to develop into a healthy tree.
Koputablo citizens vouch for the truthlulncss
of tlio story.
"Graveyard Point" Is the name of n spot In
the noi thorn pait of Washington county , on
tlio west bank of the Iowa river , says the
Press. Mounds and earthworks abound and
members of three distinct races uro said to
huvo been buried there the iiioumllmllclere ,
of whom so little is known , the rod Indians ,
and Uio whites. Skeletons have boon unearthed -
earthed , all found in sitting posture , faces to
the east ; others were found lying prone bo-
ncath tlio mounds. Above these excavations
were found remains nnd relics of modern In
dians , the pre-hlstorlo men lying fur below
them. Above these , still , are the graves of
white settlers , dating beyond 1BIO ,
TlioTwo
Kapid City is to have tin extensive cracker
factory.
Work has commenced on the Vcrmllllon
creamery.
There are thirty-two Grand Army posts In
North Dakota.
Mitchell will try to secure the republican
stuto convention this year.
Small grain never looked bettor than It docs
now In Chillies Mix county.
The Farmers' alliance of Lincoln county
will stait n paper ut Canton.
Brookings county has purchased a poor farm
a short distance from Aurora ,
The annual round-up of stock on the Belle
Fourcho dud Cheyenne ranges will begin
May 10.
Mrs. Strieker , n Hyde county postmistress ,
has dlsnppeaied und Is alleged to bo short In
lior accounts.
Within the past six weeks five women Imvo
died during childbirth in the Uusslun. settle
ment near Marlon , Tumor county , owing to
the Ignorunco of wldwlvos In attendance.
A farmer in North Dakota llgures from his
own experience that u man can pay all ex-
JX.-IISOH and get fair wages for himself in rais
ing wheat when the yield In ten bushels per
aero and the prlwi Is tVS cents.
A farmer named Duliamcl. near Letchcr , setout
out sov.onty-llvo trees on his farm tha other
day , and when ho nroso thu next morning to
iidmlro his embryo forest hu found that u
thief hud visited it during the night and car
ried off the entlro lot.
In default of SI , 000 bonds , G. W. Foster
will remain In the Chamberlain jail until thu
next term of court , when lit ! will have n
chance to explain how ho cuma to ho wearing
u pair of p.mU belonging to Louts Klehards
of IWmball and what became of the ftlo which
was in the pockets when they came Into his
possession ,
At the date of division Hutchlnsou county
hail a balance duo in UiolHKorlnlroasitry
of frJt00 , The treasury was legislated out of
existence , and the only redress that can now.
bo expected will ho to put In n claim at thp
final settlement of the two states. An effort
will ho made to hav * the two state $ rgfnud im
C3tt i snnro of the amount. . . .
The Hit o town of PoVoo Is oxcltcd over an
attempted murder and sulcldo at that place.
Some tlmo ago J. D. Oliver and his wlfo quar
reled und the latter leit her homo nnd took
up her residence with a neighbor. The other
night while she was alone In the house hcf
husband called and tried to indueo her to re
turn homo with him. She refused , when ho
drew n revolver and shot her , the bullet tak
ing effect lu.hcr Irg. Hotlion llred n bullet
Into his own breast , but missed a vital spot ,
Oliver Is now under arrest ut Fuulkton.
IN T1113 HOT UN DA.
Dr. J , T. Armstrong of the institution for
feoblo-inluded was at the Mlllanl last evenIng -
Ing ,
"I Imvo been kept right down working llko
n slave for three months past , " said the al
ways very genial doctor , "and haven't hud
tlmo to Hcarcely look at a paper , say nothing
of u chance to get out and hear for myself
what Is going on I was In Lincoln today nnd
tried to get out nnd see If I could ciituh a
whlft of politics , simply for my own satis I ?
faction , but It proved to bo Impossible. > i
"I need some help at the institution , and
badly , too. This winter will see mo making
u big effort to get It from the legislature.i \
And In this I think the papers should turn In f
nnd help mo. I'm not ready to make the
needs of the Institution known Just now , moro
for the reason that I huvo not had tlmo to
formulate them as yet. Thcro Is nothing
now lu our big household. "
Thomas Brennan was heard to remark last
evening ut the Mlllurd that on lust Saturday
ho bought 105 acres of ground a mlle and a
half from the center of Dallas , To * . , for $100
an acre , paying one-third cash down. On
Monday ho received a telegram offering him
$200 an ncro for the property. "But I de
clined It , " suld he , "uud for the reason that
Dallas is having ono of the greatest booms in
the country , nnd I have reliable advices 3
which I consider suniclcnt guarantee that f J.
will treble my money on the deal within u fs
year. " . , h
Mr. Bronnnn will pay his first visit to tklitcf.
place of his comfortnblo little deal next wee some
"In a few days , " continued the dlstinido
gulshed son of Ireland , "I will begin thoU
erection of a block of as handsome residences f
us thcro are In Omaha on my property at \
Nineteenth and California streets , "
Captain Black of Fremont , whom nearlv
every ono who visited the lust session of the
legislature will recall as occupying the ic-
sponsiblo position of doorkeeper of the senate ,
was at tiio Pnxton yesterday , accompanied
by the gentleman who assisted him In that
capacity , E. L. Krwin of Furnns county.
Ho thinks that Mr. Dors > oy has a big strug
gle on his hands , and it also looks to him ns
though Lieutenant Governor Mclklojohn and
Judge Kincaid , if they really go in to win ,
can produce an anti-Dorsoy situation. Should
they do this and remain loyal to each other
they can have the pleasure of tossing up to
sec which has the plum. If , however , tlio
lieutenant governor and the judge cannot
come to such a desperate understanding , th < u
the captain says ho is of tlio
opinion that either ono of them
can muko or unmake Mr. Dowse \
so far as his getting another term it on
corned. Furthermore , ho vouches for the
assertion that Judge Kincaid Will Hover lie
the ono to help return the present representa
tive of the Third district.
Captain Black added , by way of n parting
remark , that ho had done considerable tnnv
cling recently and thought ho know pretty
much what ho was talking about.
The Silver Koom. - *
Silll'VllllcflCO QlHOHtdff. 1
The mining ir.en who congreg.raj in the cor"am
riders of the Palace Hotel were HI high spir * * 'r
Its last night over the rise in silvcy- . Not in
many years bus thcro been such excitement
and enthusiasm in mining circles JH j-gster-
day , when the price quoted was$1.05. Prom
incut mining men who huvo largo interests in
Alaska , and who were contemplating u north
ern trip are lying on their ours waiting for
the ultimata results of the silver boom.
John C. Green , who owns valuable mining
properties in Alaska , told n Chronicle im
porter last night that the rise in silver meant
millions of dollars to that possession and
would assist wonderfully in the rapid devel
opment ot that territory.
Colonel S. Wcnbon , who has largo silver \
interests in Nevada , said : "The spurt In ,
the mining market and the sudden rise In i
silver are giving n great impetus to the niin- - ,
ing business , especially in Nevada. The
Ixxmi has struck us in cauicst , and thcro will
be a general increase in the product of cverv ,
silver mine in Nevada and California. Tt-
dny silver reached $1.05. It it goes up to
(1.10 the result will be that the mining interests
osts of this coast will bo doubled , at least ] ' ,
will bo n boom that will mark n new cm o , re
the coast and create a bettor feeling in
circles of business. There are lots of iniiiiit
in both Nevada and California that nro lyliS ;
idle simply because the owners cannot obtain
the necessary capiUil to work them , But the
outlook now is excellent. Things HI o bright
ening up , nnd I expect to see the biggest
mining tlmo ever seen on the Pacillo coast.
A Colored Divine ( Jets Into Trouble liy \
Attending the Pugilist. ' * * Banquet. /
B uTiMomMd.April0-Spoclal : { ! [ Telegram 'f
to Tin : Bin. : ] At the session hero of the A
M , E , church conference n heated debate teen
place over the charge of the committed
against W. W. Wilson , pastor of Calvan
church of Baltimore. The report stated
that ho was guilty of ilagrant Impropriety in
making a speech ut a banquet in honor of
Peter Jackson , thu colored pugilist , und rec
ommcndcd that ho bo reprimandedin the con
ferenco. Wilson in dofcnso of himself said
"I was Invited to this reception. I heard ,
Peter Juelcson , und ho had talked with kjnps
queens , lawyers nnd doctors , and I wns in
formed Unit some of the best people of this
city would bo present. The president of the
club told mo ho wanted mu to muko a speech
of welcome. I told Jackson Jlo had achieved
great success In his line , which wns some
what different from mine [ laughter ] , nnd
hoped ho would use his strength In bunging
s > ouls to Christ , " fApplauBO. ]
It was finally voted that Mr. Wilson bo
merely told of his error , nnd thlj action was
taken amid much laughter and applause.
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Wiea slio bocaina Miss , slio cluiiK to Castorlit ,
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OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed and Onnnuitocc ) Capital..tV'1'1" ' '
1'aidIn capital ii.inufi
IlnyH und hulls stooks and bonds ; uoxoti.t'1'1
commeicliil papers lecelves unil uxiHiH' " *
tiiisl.sj nets us transfer agent und trust" ' ' " '
corporutloim ; takes uhurxu of luoperlyj colleen -
loon taxes , _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Om aha Loan& Trust Co
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Cor. 10th nnd Douglas Sta ,
Paid In Capital . , , , , , . , l o , < m
HulmeillieduiidfJtiimuitefd Capital . . lOu.ooi
Liability of btoukliolilor * . . . . . 200,00)
5 for Cent Inleiost I'uld on DupoMtn.
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OflUors A , I' . Wyman , | iroilil < iul ; J , J. llrnwn , il"0
nri'sldi'iit ; W T. Wirniiill , Iri'inuror.
Directors A I' ' Wrnmn , J. II. Mlllnni , J. J Hrown ,
( iur t Unrton , b , WNnali , 'lliununj , Kluitianvf
OcuniO II. Mko. , i
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