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Notary Public.
Tlio Impemllns session of the legislature
* 111 bo of vital concern to tlio pcoplu of tills
Mute , It Is of the utmost Impoilanco that
members of the legislature shall understand
iho wants of their constituents and bo pro-
n.'irrd to KI apple intelligently mid ndvlsedly
Wllh the Issues that lunst coino before them.
tt'tiE llnr. thcicforo Invites siiBKostlons from
Ilioso whonro fninlllar with any particular
subject that Is HKoly to CIWIKO tlio attention
ft the lughluturo. Parties favoring us , liow-
rver , are requested to niako their cominunl-
ratlons us brief as possthlo and to the point.
it la to ho iindi'istood that THE HKI : will not
no rcspoiislhlo for the published views of con
tributors , and It leservos the | ) rlrllga of dls-
riis lni * tlioin In Its own way and from tlio
Hamlpolnt which It deems best for the Inter
ests of the people.
the sanitary tail waff the
councllinanic dog ?
THIQ regular midwinter assurances are
ngaln given Unit the now postoflico will
bloom in the spring- .
SBXATOU BLAIR will hardly bo able
to tintio his boom from the tangled Now
Hampshire situation.
TUB president's message did not
please the democrats , but it made the
mugwumps blue with rngo. '
TIIKIII : is a fortune wilting for the
manager who will induce Mrs. O'Shoa
to star in the role of Cleopatra.
Now wo shall see in nil its nakedness
that "diabolical conspiracy" against the
political welfare of Dictator Burrows.
WllKN Unolo Sun ; has covered No-
lirnsku and the Dakota * with muskets it
will bo a favorable opportunity to clean
out the coyotes.
i : is some method In the Messiah
madness after all. The ghost dances
enable the redskins to lit their stomachs
to their rations.
K and Lincoln is a ticket sug
gested by Illinois politicians. It is pro-
jnaturo by at least eighteen months , but
It hath a pleasant jingle.
. IT WAS a master stroke of foresight ,
Iho clipping of the friendly Indians'
-liair. Long flowing locks nro decidedly
inconvenient in'a scalping match.
CLICK of Kansas is
Authority for the statement that Senator
Ingalls is worth $ J,000,000. . Nothing
further is wanted to insure his re-elec
tion.
'DKMOCHATic aspirants for the presi
dency of the council will consult their
Interests by consulting the sanitary com
missioner. The remnant of the combine
is at the disposal of Mr. Morrissoy.
Wiir.N a { jonuiuo snow blockade is
nddod to daily wrecks and overworked
employes the condition of trulllc onwost-
.orn railroads will ho deplorable indeed.
"What , then , will Nebraska cities do for
coal ?
Tim now bridge company has filed ar-
tiolos of incorporation in two stiltes , and
will presently move on congress for a
charter. Meanwhile the Nebraska Cen
tral scheme appears "lost to sight , to
memory dear. "
Till' : Irish envoys pause in the middle
of their American tour to turn sad faces
back to Ireland , where they now return.
But whether to assume the leadership
fit their party , or to stand back In the
Bluulow of I'arnell's disapproval , they
know not.
Tun popular democratic notion , that
the Alllnnco movement has arisen
largely out of the opposition to soctiou-
nlism , is entirely erroneous. It rostson
fleopor grounds , for which certain ele
ments that flourish equally in the demo
cratic and republican parties are respon
sible. A vast amount of philosophical
Ignorance has boon aired about the Al
liance.
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SKNATOR MAxmutso : ? does not claim
to bo much of an Indian lighter , but his
suggestion that the redskin bo deprived
of his lleot pony nud furnished with oxen
Instead has considerable merit. The
senator's Idea is that this change of
boasts will gradually turn the warrior
into n farmer , and the sword Into a
pruning lieok.- Considering the general
worthlossncbs of senatorial philosophy
on Indian civilization , the suggestion of
the Nebraska senator la realty quite
luminous.
t.OOKINO FOll CAUSES.
It ij well that the congress ol the
United Stated has given prompt atten
tion to Iho Indian troubles with n dis
position to Inquire into their causes.
The discussion In the senate on Wednes
day ought to have great results. On tbo
authority of General Miles , one pctmtor
ascrlbo'l the demonstrations of the In
dians wholly to starvation , and declared
it wns a crime on the part of the gov
ernment to stand by and do nothing but
furnish arms to the whites. Another
sunator , the chairman of the committee
on Indian alTalrs , expressed n doubt that
shortness of food was the origin of the
trouble , or that a good supply of food
would bo n euro for it. Flo intl-
mated that a constant change in
the policy of the Indian service
was in some measure responsible for the
revolt. The rations required by treaties
had been cut down year by year , by way
of starving the Indians into soil-support.
This senator admitted that tlio Indians
had just cause of complaint because of
the non-fulfilment of agreements made
with them by the government. A third
senator stated from personal observa
tion that tlio Indians generally are well
fed , and ho thought the trouble with
them is that being fed nnd clothed and
allowed to live on the bounty of the gov
ernment makes thorn mischievous. The
weight of these senatorial opinions Is
that the government has not boon doing
its full duty by its wards ; it has not kept
its obligations with them.
Tno inspector general of the divi
sion of Iho Missouri , who wns sent to the
scone of the disturbance to investigate
the matter of food supply , has returned ,
nnd his testimony must bo regarded us
entitled to full conlldenco. lie saya the
principal cause of trouble is the lack of
rations , principally of meat. The supply
of meat issued for the Pine Ridge reser
vation has been reduced within a year
1,000,000 pounds , and this is not all. The
cattle driven out to the Indians do not
weigh moro than two-thirds what they
are represented to , but the Indians lose
the difference. Is it at all surprising
that they are dissatisfied with thisV
The inspector general does not ex
pect a winter campaign , hut he
says that so long as the Indians
are not properly fed there will be
the probability of trouble. His testi
mony sustains the opinion of General
Brooke , expressed within two or three
days after his arrival at the scene ol
the demonstration , and loaves little
doubt that hunger was the chief in
centive to the rebellious spirit mani
fested by the Indians.
The interior department has gene tc
the extent of its authority in an effort
to remove thin cause of complaint , and
vury likely good olTocts will follow. It
may bo necessary to do moro in the same
direction , for which congress must make
provision. Senator Dawes may bo right
in the view that an additional supply ol
food would not bo a euro for the trouble ,
but the wisdom of trying the expedient
will hardly bo questioned.
AltaOMRNTS FOll STSAMSlIfPS.
The president , the secretary of the
treasury , and the postmaster general
have all submitted to congress argu
ments in favor of developing steamship
linos. Bills for this purpose , providing
subsidies , have passed the senate and
are now in the house. It is understood
that the friends of those measures out
side of congress are thoroughly organ
ized to bring to bear all the pressure
possible for their passage through the
house , and if they are passed it is not
doubted they would receive the ap
proval ot the president. When the
strength of the influence in favor of this
legislation is considered it is apparent
that there is serious probability of its
adoption by the present congress.
It will bo Interesting to refer tc
the arguments offei-ed. The presidonl
says that reciprocity will bo largely lim
ited nnd its benefits retarded and ciimin
ishod'if provision is not contemporane
ously made to encourage the establish
ment of first class steamship communi
cation between our ports and the ports
of such nations as may moot our over
tures for enlarged commercial ox-
changes. Ho suggests as the first condi
tion of foreign trade the steamship car ;
ryiug the mails statedly and frequontlj
and offering to passengers a comforta
ble , safe and speedy transit. The secretary
tary of the treasury regards the facl
that the percentage of imports and experts -
ports carried in American vessels during
the past year was less than in anj
year since the formation of the
government as appealing nliko t (
our national pride and our national in
terosts. Ho regards it as both a follj
and n danger to depend upon our com
potilors for the moans of access to for
eign markets , while "the humiliation o :
witnessing tlio disappearance of oui
flag from the high seas , without one effort
fort to restore it to its former proud po
sition , cannot bo expressed. " The secretary
tary reasons that aid tto our morchnnl
marine is not aid to u class , but to tlu
farmer , the manufacturer , nnd the merchant
chant , as well as to the ship builder uni
ship owner. The postmaster general h
equally earnest in favor of the countrj
having its own moans of ocean trnnspor
tatlon. Ho says the count'-y shouli
not bo subject to foreign capital
ists for moans to distribute its
mall. Unexpected differences witl
foreign steamship companies might at
any moment cut oil mall intercourse
with Europe \indor the present circum
stances. Besides , the foreign mail ser
vice yields a profit of not far from two
millions of dollars per annum , whicli
Hum , the postmaster general thinks
might bo fairly considered for disposal
In the encouragement of American ship
ping for American mails.
The force and cogency of these nrgu
raonts , not now presented for the firs
time , will bo universally conceded" , Tlu
fact that foreign ship owners got fron
this country between one and two rail
lions of dollars annually , the largos
part of which would l > n kept at homi
and distributed among our own poopli
If the country posbosscd the moan :
of transportation for its foreign commerce
morco , is one that challenges sorioiii
con tom plat ion. It Is an ontirolv sount
and unassailable proposition that i
great commercial nation like the
United States ought to have its owi
merchant marine carrying its Hag int (
every sou and into the ports ol all na
tlons with which it has * trade. But It
may be possible to obtain this at too
great n cost , not merely in money , but
in the sacrifice of a principle important
tct bo maintained in a government ot
tills character. The proposition that
subsidies to steamships would not bo
class legislation cannot bo successfully
defended , and besides this objection is
the no loss serious ono that the
policy would impose obligations upon
the treasury the extent of which
could not bo estimated with any dogrco
of certainty and the end of which could
not bo flxod nor foreseen. The measure
providing for mail contracts with
[ \inorlcnn-bullt steamships , although in
volving the subsidy principle , would per
haps bo accepted by the people. There
is very great force In the view that the
country should not bo subject to foreign
capitalists for means to distribute its
mail. Besides , the provision of this
measure that the steamships shall bo so
constructed as to bo available for gov
ernment use as auxiliaries to the navy ,
If an exigency should arise requiring
their employment , commends It to favor.
But popular sentiment is strongly op
posed to the other measure , known as
the tonnage subsidy hill , and Its onact-
moat into law would bo n great mistake.
l I'llKrOSTfiltOUS MKASUItR.
Homy Cabot Lodge , the father of the
"forco hill , " has promptly como forward
at this session with another measure of
far-reaching importance. Ho proposes
to deal with immigration by u now and
novel method , and to make illiteracy a
bar to the privileges of American citi
zenship.
Mr. Lodge's scheme is to turn our con-
snlnp agents Into an army of foreign Inspectors
specters and to admit no immigrant who
Uoes not bear a passport from thorn. He
would make them the moans of enforcing
the severest restrictions upon immigra
tion over imposed by our government
and attempt to stop all undesirable ele
ments buforo they had sot sail for Amer
ica.
ica.Mr.
Mr. Lodge may readily bo credited
with an ambition to perform high pub
lic service , but there is neither demand
nor excuse for his now bill. Present laws
exclude every class of foreigners whom
wo do not welcome and they accomplish
it by very simple and sensible methods.
They provide that .iO contract labor ,
paupers , criminals or diseased persons
shall bo admitted to our ports * , and they
make the steamship companies responsi
ble for the enforcement of the law , under
penaltyof returning without pay any
immigrants refused admittance by cus
toms ollleinls. This law embodies the
spirit of American institutions on the
subject of immigration. Wo have
neither right nor object in refusing to
receive into our citizenship any able-
bodied and sound-minded man who desires -
sires to como hero to improve his con
dition. The proposition to inako illit
eracy a bar to immigration is utterly
foolish. It Would place a stern limit on
the coining of foreigners , and would
alter the entire character of our historic
hospitality to all mankind.
There are also serious defects in Mr.
Lodge's plain to make use of the consuls
as judges of what constitutes good ma
terial for citizenship. Our consuls are
not , us a rule , fitted for such important
service , which would require the best
intelligence and finest discrimination.
Nor would it ba practicable to under
take any such examination in foreign
ports.
It is safe to predict an early interment
of Mr. Lodge's bill to abolish the in
alienable right of man to seek his homo
wherever ho may under the broad canopy
of honvon , limited only by his duty not
to interfere with the rights of others.
THE PltESTDEXT AXD TIIE WKST.
The western people have close nnd ex
tensive relations with the na tional gov
ernment. And what they ask of a chief
executive , above all else , is honesty and
promptness in tbo discharge of their
public business and vigilant and thought
ful attention to the development of their
resources. Judged by these standards ,
President Harrison's administration has
been eminently' satisfactory. It has
been notable for the sound business in
stinct which is his prominent charactor-
ibtic as an administrator.
The message well illustrates the atti
tude of the present administration toward
the west , both in its record of things
done and in Its suggestions for future
legislation. When it is examined with
especial i-oforonco to the subject it is
soon that the president has good reason
to bo satisfied with the results of his
work in this section.
The public land question was never
before in bettor shape. Under Secre
tary Noble the domain open to settle
ment has boon increased over fit teen
million acres by new treaties with the
Indians. Settlers nnd homesteaders
have never had bettor reason to bo
pleased with Commissioner GrotT's con
duct of-the land ollico. Cases have boon
pushed through with unprecedented
promptness and legal questions decided
with a strict regard to the rights of
honest settlors. These are precisely the
conditions calculated to encourage the
filling up of our vacant lands by a desir
able class of citizens. In connection
with statehood they have given a * mar
velous impulse to the growth of Wash
ington and the Dakotas. The Rooky
mountain region has strong reasons of
its own for remembering the first half
ol President Harrison's term. By his
approval Wyoming , Idaho and Montana
have joined the ranks of the sovereign
states. The passage of the silver bill ,
for which his administration is responsi
ble , has lent an impetus to their mines
and quickened their general prosperity.
Under his vigorous application of the
laws tlio Mormon power in Utah has
grown feeble and uttered its first cry of
surrender in regard to the doutrlno of
polygamy.
The department of agriculture ha ? bo-
coma an established institution and one
of great usefulness. It constantly seeks
to improve the conditions of farming and
is therefore becoming an important fac
tor in the prosperity of the west. It has
done much to protect the reputation of
American moat products abroad , unit Its
watchful attention to the volume of ag
ricultural exports Is worth much to our
farming interests. If to this rec
ord of usefulness is nddod the
erovynins. achievement of reciprocity ,
the producers of the west will liuvo
cause to put tho/presont administration
higher in thoir'stoom tlmnnny previous
ono.
ono.No
No portion of the president's mossnpo
Is moro gratlfyWjj to the west thnn his
emphatic deelaSition In favor of govern
ment nssistnncein } { preparing the way
for great systems of irrigation. He
would limit the work of the government
to making surveys , ascertaining the lo
cation and extent"of the water supply
and taking possession of It In the Inter
est of settlors. TAJid this Is all that is
nsked. Prlvnto clipltal and co-operative
enterprise will do the work when the
federal government has demonstrated
whore irrigation will bo an assured suc
cess and whore it will bo n hazardous
experiment. Great good may bo ex
pected from the president's earnest sug
gestion on this subject.
The west has benefited much from the
sound and sensible methods which char
acterize the entire administration o :
President Harrison.
The organ of the defunct combine as
sorts that If the now council makes as
good a record as the old gang It will
have done well
If the new council does not radically
Improve the present management of citj
nlTnirs , wo shall have several largo politi
cal funerals a year hence ,
It will not bo a question of ono ward
Every voter In the city will have n voici
in the selection of the next nine council
men. Even if a remnant of the preson
t'ang succeeds in manipulating a cltj
convention , they will discover that tlu
voters as a whole cannot bo bulldozoc
into supporting any member who prostitutes
titutos the interests of the people foi
selfish ends.
If the nlno members at largo an
anxious to succeed themselves , the'
should lose no time in disinfecting them
selves of the odors of the combine , fin
the sinecures , conduct the affairs ot the
city as they would their own business
and avoid the notorious scandals , favor
itisms and jobbery , which have been thi
conspicuous features of the combim
regime.
The wise councilman will put hiinsol
in accord with public sentiment , am
strive to bring municipal affairs to i
genuine business basis , o
TliBRK is no necessity for haste in th <
selection of a successor to the late Judgi
Savage on the public library board. Thi
qualifications of the soyocal person
urged for the position should bo carefully
*
fully weighed. j.lt is important that th
affairs of the library should bo con
ducted on a broad conservative basis , a
free as possiblo'ft'om sectarian influence
The position calls for a man of litornri
attainments , well'versed in history , ant
especially ono fclioroughly capable o
discriminating between strong , healthy
instructive works and the deluge o
erotic trash on the book market at tin
present time. Lot the oillco seek th
man. /
TUB most pathetic feature of the present
ont council situation Is the efforts of th' '
combine toolS to convince the demo
cratic majority that they wore no
forninst them on election day. Even tin
ardent supporters of the major nt thi
primaries and at the polls have disco\
orcd that they are "good enough dome
crats to hold the job. " The sinecure
are now as heretofore for anybody an
everybody if their grip on the troasur
is not ; disturbed.
THE Hon. Dick Burdish is too modes
by half. The fact that a majority of hi
political associates are anxious to pre
side over the destinies of the corainj
council should not deter him from entering
toring the lists. It will not detract fror
the abilities of others to say that Rich
nrd's masterly handling of a policeman' '
club would enable him to sbino rosploi :
dent behind a gayol.
. Tun awakening was a trifle rude , bu
under the circumstances it was ncces
sary to convince the Council Bluff
council that it takes two parties to mak
a bargain. _
Now that Mayor Gushing has a part
majority in the council wo shall presently
ontly see whether ho will insist on "busl
ness methods in city affairs. "
CIcvcInnil'H Unlinppy Pen.
St. .Louis Oo/c-/3cnifcrat. ( /
Mr , Cleveland should quit writlntr letter
to persona whom ho does not know. In faci
It would bo a ( ? oed idea for tilm to quit wri
Ing letters altogether.
AVerse in the Next Congress.
, lloaton Journal.
Republican absenteeism was the canso o
much delay nnd embarrassment In the las
session of congress. la the approaching se :
siou It will bo unpardonable.
Kansas Citu Journal.
Mississippi has cortnlnly done well in man
particulars with her now constitution , nn
ono of the features which will recommend li
self to the public la a provision that the lot
islnturo shall meetimco In four years. Thct
Is nothing more disturbing to the peace of
state than
Wlmt Will the HurlliiKttm Do ?
JVcit/ / York Time * .
The Union Pacific helup now In control
the Richmond Tor.mlnal pcoplo whipped int
submission , the Ifacillo Mull company sc
cured , tha Atchisou uuablo to fljjht an ;
longer nnd the H l Isluml interests coucill
ated , It remains to'bo soon how the Chlcngi
Burlington & Qufnd people will act. The
are still in a position1 to talk Independently.
lie linpoislblo ,
Chfiryiji Tribune ,
It is devoutly to bo hoped that some of th
many men nt Washington who have pe
8chcm93 for further enlarging the coinage o
silver will not doom it necessary to provid
that the mints of the United States must fur
nish an inlet for all the surplus silver of th
world. There appears to bo danger that th
philanthropy of tioino , If not a majority o
their number will outrun prifdenco. It I
thought probable that the act passed thi
year provides for using up the silver pro
auction ot this country , and that If the sup
ply to our mints couW bo restricted to that i
might not ho dllllculi to sustain the big moUi
dollar In comparison with the smaller on
after the present surplus has been worlcc
off. liut to undortnlco to coin all the sllvo
that could bo sent here from all other countries
trios , to do that on the reduced basis of rein
live weight , ns Is proposed by Bonn , nnd thei
to expect to kcop our gold In circulation b.
the sldo of It would bo to look tor the Impos
slble. Why should It bo attempted {
SCHOOL LANDS OF NEBRASKA ,
It Rests with the Housa Delegation
Whether the State Gets Its Duo.
THE TWO BLUNDERS IN TIIE TARIFF ,
Indications That the HopulillomiR
liuvo Conslclcrnblo Dlllluutty In
Correotltii ? Tlicm Seuil for
Nebraska BulTiircrj.
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WASIUNOTOK , D. 0. , Dec. 4. )
It probably rests with the NebrasUtk dele-
Ration In the House whether their stixto shall
get nbout forty-two thousand acres of school
lands or something like $120,00 , ) ( computed
at $10 an ncro ) In cash , It will bo recalled
that there nro due the state of Nebraska
42,000 acres of school lands which were not
located bec.iuso the public domain in the
eastern section gf the st.ito win exhausted
before any effort was undo to locate the
lands , nnd the law has been construed by
Commissioner Grolt to direct tluit the lands
shall bo located In certain land districts If
not In a certain county. A bill was Intro
duced by Mr. Laird providing that the stnto
should bo permitted to locate the lands any-
wharo within the stixto , but his dc.ith pre
vented any action behnr taken upon the meas
ure. Subsequently the proposition was
pushed by Senator Manderson , who laid
a brief of the case before Land
Commissioner Qroft and a reply was made to
tbo effect that the location of the lands must
be In the eastern district , where there nro
not now any lands subject to entry.
Senator Teller in the early part of this
congress introduced a bill amending sections
2275 nnd 2Ur ot tUo revised statutes , provid
ing for the selection ot lands for education-it
purposes so as to permit states to locate them
in districts within their border. Colorado Is
In the same condition ns Nebraska. The hill
was passed by the senate May a lust and was
favorably reported to the house on June U ,
where It now rests upon the calendar.
It Is expected that the members of the
house from Nebraska will immediately rnovo
to have the bill acted upon. An amendment
will bo offered to the bill , providing that If
desirable lands cannot bo found in u statolt
may receive cash payment from the govern
ment at the rate of'SlO nn acre.
TAHirP IJUJNDUIH IIA1ID TO COUUKCT.
It looks very much ns If the republicans
would have difllculty in correcting the two
serious blunders in the tariff bill , namely
the omission of the par.igraph nbout the
rebate upon tobacco and the violation of tlio
Hawaiian treaty without reopening the en
tire tariff question. Kveryono agrees tint
thcso two corrections must bo made , and
there nro imperative reasons why they
should ho rnado nt once , but the best parlia
mentarians on both sides of the house hold
thnt ns soon ns any such correction of the
tariff bill comes before the committed of the
whole house It rcopons the Hood gates of
any amount ot amendments. In short , the
rebate on tobacco and the Hawaiian treaty
cannot pass without offering a chauco for
tin plate nnd a thousand aud ono other
amendments.
A largo tobacco delegation Is here from
every part of the country. They appre
ciate that this dlfllculty is before
them , and held a * meeting at 4
o'clock this afternoon to devise some means
to overcome it. Mr. Samuel Baiter of the
tobacco house of SpaulUhiR & Mcrritt of
ChiL-aRO was especially commissioned to no-
jiotiaUj with. Representative Taylor and per
suade him to withhold his tin plate amend
ment , which ho has been keeping back in
order to sccuro a favorahlo chance to present
it. Other tobbaceo men were assigned to
labor with other congressmen who have
amendments to offer anil intend to press them
when the tobacco rebate is proposed.
"I ilon't see how wo can help reopening
the whole subject , " said Mr. Mills this after
noon , "much ns I want to help tliotobacco
men. Wo would have no trouble in the corn-
mittco on ways nud means in respect to the
tobacco rebate amendment and tUo Ilawilan
treaty , but the trounlo will como after the
bill comes up before the houso. If ono
amendment Is proposed it will ho
possible to olTor other amend
ments without sending them to the
committee , aud tucro are a number of ambi
tious democrats who wish to make records
who cannot bo restrained from attacking the
bill with other amendments as soon as an op
portunity is presented. "
Hepresentatlvo McMillan , who is , next to
Mr. Mills , the most active democrat on tlio
ways and means committee , takes the same
view. "Tho precedent was lonj. ; ago estab
lished , " ho said , "that If a tariff act was
amended in any particular it might bo
amended in all particulars , and any attempt
to correct the tobacco section will reopen the
entire schedule. There are only two ways to
get around It. The conimittu oil rules can
adopt a now rule to fit the case or they might
pass the amendment on suspension day If
they could get two-thirds of the house to vote
for it , but some such unusual course will
have to bo adopted to get the amendments
through. "
Mr. McKlnley today introduced the amend
ment to correct tbo bill so far as the Hawaiian
treaty is concerned. Ho also recognized the
necessity of inserting the tobacco rebate , for
the tobacco men say that their trade is being
jeopardised nnd they cannot do any business
until the error is corrected.
sunn FOU i > iiouaitTsuFPF.ncits ,
Senator Paddock has reported favorably
from his committee aud will propose to make
It an amendment to the regular agricultural
appropriation hill the resolution of Senator
Ingalls and Senator Manderaon providing
that seeds shall bo distributed by the ngri-
culturnl department to the drought sufferers
in Kansas and Nebraska. The- making of
this resolution an amendment to thu regular
appropriation bill will insure its success.
Senator Manderson today received this
reply to bis letter to Secretary Husk asking
if uny thing could bo dona for the drought
sufferers in Nebraska : "In reply to yours of
tholstinst. concerning the distress among
the farmers of your stuto and asking for sug
gestions looking to their relief through thin
department. I can only say that beyond tlio
regular quota of seeds thnt will bo allotted to
the senators and members from your state
nnd distributed and such other miscellaneous
distribution from the portion of seeds re
quired bv law to ho distributed by the de
partment nothing ran bo done without special
legislation. It would not bo In ac-cordadco
with the spirit of the present law to inako in
creased distribution In some sections of the
country from the department's quota of seeds
for miscellaneous distribution over the whole
country. "
SCHEMES ron SUITLINO ixnuxrnoum.Fs ,
Secretary Proctor today presented the out
lines of a novel olan for determining the causa
of the present Indian trouble and preventing
similar dlQlculties in the future. ' 1'ho ' secre
tary made an argument before the house com
mittee on military affairs and proposed the
increase of the maximum strength of the
nnny to Its former quota of ! ! 0,000 men of all
arms. If this is done , he &nld , no would Im
mediately enlist two full regiments of Indians ,
nil for the full term of three years , and all to
bo treated in every tcspect like the whlto
soldiers. The Indian force would consist of
both Infantry nnd artillery. The secretary
thinks thu enlistment of Indians would have
n very good ettVct upon thorn and their kind ,
us It would bring them closer to clvillznttoji
mid teach them business which it now seems
impossible to Inculcate. Thu routine of mili
tary llfo would bo ugruoablo to the In
dians , and it Is believed by tha
war department oftldnls that thcro would bo
croat rivalry among the Indians to bo en
listed. Only the host Indians would bo selected -
lected by the military authorities , and this
would put them on thulr good holmvlor unit
set a premium on loyalty and fidelity to the
whites. It would also Uuop the war dopart-
munt in closer touch with the Indians nnd
unable them to bu moro quickly apprised of
liny dissatisfaction among the mlskius.
iho members ot the military committee ro-
colvutl tha proposition very favorably , und it
is thought they will act afllrmatlvely ,
Secretary Wludom. upon the recommenda
tion of Secretary Noble , also took a move to
day in the direction of pacifying the disturb
ing .Sioux by recommending au Immediate
appropriation of IIOO.UIX ) , to houxpendod In
provisions for thq Sioux , The Interior nnd
war departments hnvu como to the conclusion
that It would be a good und Just experiment
to attempt the rcconcllmtlbti of Iho Indians
by llrst lining their stomacln. Then , If they
Inilstupon continuing their dances and dep-
mlntlons , force will bo used , and If the
worst comes they will bo roughly handled by
the military authorities.
TIUKD TO MARK rouTinn CXHTAI , .
There was a warm discussion lit the senate
for aomo tlmo today over the Indian question
In general. The democrats tried to give the
situation n political turn nnd throw the re
sponsibility upon the administration , insist
ing that the dissatisfaction on tbo part of Iho
Sioux and threatened outbreak. was the natu
ral outgrowth of nilsnmtmgrmcnt. Senator
Voorhccs said them was n lot of stealing
among the ngonts nnd these who distribute
the rations and that the dlfilculty wna duo to
honest tmm ImvliiR been turned out of ollico
to glvo republicans places. Senator Toiler ,
who Li probably better acquainted with the
affairs of Indians than any other man In the
scnuto , having been secretary of the Interior ,
acknowledged thnt there might bo Irregulari
ties among some of these who distribute ra
tions to the Indians , but snld the itrnllniM
could bo nothing moro than lHcoiiscquciitl.il
nnd that the system now employed
was the ono maintained by Mr.
Cleveland during the hist administra
tion nud , which had borne the scrutiny
of democratic statesmen nud politicians for
many years. The result of the discussion
was the adoption of the resolution providing
for the Issuance of arms to the citizens of
Nebraska , North nnd South Dakota and
Wyoming.
IAXD DECISIONS.
Assistant Secretary Chandler today af
firmed the decision of Commissioner Oroff In
holding for cancellation the pro-cmptlou cash
entry of .lames Carrlpan for the southwest
quarter of section 21 , township 12 north ,
raugo4 ; ! west , McCook , Nob. Kntry was
contested by L.esllo Conn.
Ho also afllrmcd the commissioner's decis
ion In holding for cancellation the timber
culture entry of Tovls A. Watson for tract
of land In section 18 , township 11 north ,
range 17 west , Grand Island , Neb. , on tlio
contest of Oscar A. Blulc.
A I.OSO COUUTSIItl' .
The serious turn that thoillncss of Admiral
Porter has taken In the post week makes it
improbable that the marrl.-igo of his daughter ,
Miss Kllcn , to Mr. C. II. Campbell will bo
surrounded by as brilliant features as the
couple had anticipated. The Invitations for
the wedding on the Ifith of this mouth were
sent out a week ago. The event is to culmi
nate nn engagement or nt least ton years
standing. No couple In Washington has over
ns stoutly dolled parental objection nnd cer
tainly no wedding can bo attended by as
satislled n company us lins neon bidden to
witness tl Is. Mr. Campbell's attentions to
the daughter of Admiral Porter began when
ho was a captain In tlio nriny. Ho has since
been retired and for several years past lias
been a valued attache of the depart
ment of state. From the very llrst ,
while his suit wns favorably re
garded by the ladv of his choice ,
it was violently opposed by Admiral nnd Mrs.
Porter. Miss Porter bus , however , never
wavered nn Instant in her determination to
marry Mr. Campbell when she could nianneo
to get her father's consent. For ten years
Mr. Campbell has never entered the Porter
mansion , because ono day Mrs. Porter had
said that if she over found him in her parlor
aho would leave the room. The courtship
has therefore been almost nn object of public
property. Everybody in the west end has
watched the devoted lovers every afternoon ,
rain or shine , out together for a promenade.
Mr. Campbell's custom was to call at tlio
door for his lady love , and as she was al
ways waiting ho had scnrcclv over to ring the
bell. Mr. Campbell lately fell heir to some
money , and this Justified him in asking his
fiance to imuio the day. When the subject
was broach to Admiral Porter It met with.
the usual storm of objection , but ho yielded
at last and the long-looked for consent was
won.
Chairman Dorscy of the house committee
on banking nud currency and Mr. Sherman
of thosouato 11 nan co committee are answer
ing Inquiries on the point to the effect tha
they do not hope for tUo adoption of their bill
giving national banks circulation to the full
parvaluoof the bonds deposited and induc
ing to $1,000 for each hank the required cir
culation , in view of the fight that is being
made made against the proposition.
Colonel Charles A. Dukor of South Dakota
was nmontr the president's callers today.
Thp commission of John K. Dramond of
Brooking , S. D. , to bo national bank exam
iner of that state , was issued today. This
appointment was anticipated in those dis
patches several weeks since.
Watson Pickcrell , special agent of the
bureau of animal industry of the agricultural
department , loft for Now York today. Ho
will bo in Omaha ou next Tuesday and then
go to his homo in Beatrice.
Senator Paddock intends to strengthen his
bill to create n permanent tariff commission ,
lutroduccd by him today , by the addition of anew
now section empowering the commission to
adjust apparent inequities , incongruities , etc. ,
of the now law with the sanction of the nrcsl-
dent , thus qualifying the provisions of the
now law. IIo believes that if the president
may lawfully ndjust duties , as provided in
the reciprocity provisions of the act , no may
on the same theory nuthoriro adjustments of
the character proposed In the now section In
dicated. The preliminary draft of the bill
was sentenced today to bring the general
subject before the senate at the earliest possi
ble moment.
First Lieutenant Francis E. Eltonhead has
boon designated by the secretary of war as n
member of the examining hoard for the lire-
motion of oflicers , to incot at Fort Leaven-
worth , Kati.
Representative Gear of lown presented a
petition in the house today from citizens of
ICeokuk , asking for the passage of the amend
ment to the tariff bill providing a rebate on
manufactured tobacco. Mr. Kcrr also pre
sented himilar petitions from citizens of Bur
lington nnd Marsllnlltowu.
Mr. Dorsoy presented a petition asking for
the passage of the bill known as the Fort
Hartsult , Fort Sheridan and Fort Mc-
Phurson bill. P. M. Spcaglo was today ap
pointed postmaster at ( Jarlleld , Lincoln
county Nebraska , Puuur S. HEATH
The hympli Itonoliea Now York.
Nuw YOIIK , Dec. 4 , [ Special Telegram to
Tun Bun. ] A small quantity of Prof. Koch's
lymph for the euro of tuberculosis was deliv
ered to Dr. Abraham Jacob ! of this city
today. It came by mall in n vlnl on the
steamship Worm nnd was sent by Dr. Koch
himself. The lymph will bo experimented
with , It Is said , at Mount Sinai hospital. Dr.
Jacob ! is consulting physician at the hospital
and ho will bo assisted In the experiments by
Dr. II. Newton Hoincman , who is visiting
physician. Thcro aio now half a dozen pii-
ticnts for treatment by Dr. ICoch's remedy nt
Mount Sinai hospital. Tlio lymph , It was
reported this morning , Is affected by atmos
pheric changes and it may bo necessary to
put It through a course of preparation before
It will bo lit to uso.
Duntli ol' n Famous IInr.sc.
FiiAXCisco , Cal. , Doc. ! . Klectloncor ,
the famous trottinir slro , aged twenty-live ,
the property of Senator Stanford , tiled yos-
torduy from rheumatism.
PROF. KOCH
Unhesitatingly recommends
Sodcn Mineral Pastiles ( tro
ches ) for all throat , lung and
catarrhal diseases. Dr. Koch
said : "A cough for which I
tried many other medicines ,
which had not the slightest
effect , soon became better and
has now entirely disappeared. "
If you are suffering from a
cough , a cold , asthma , bronchial
catarrh , or any throat trouble ,
the Soden Mineral Troches will
positively relieve where all else
fails.
fails.Be
Be sure to obtain the genu
ine imported article , which
must have the signature and
recommendation of Sir Morrcll
Mackenzie with each box.
None other are genuine.
JAY GOULD , TflE SQUEEZER ,
How IIo Accomplished His Purpose on a
Certain Kausas Lino. .
HOW THE HOAD CHANGED HANDS.
'
It In Now tlio Subject of Argument lu
tlio United Suite * Court ITmlor
tlio Title of Fitzgerald vo.
the Jf. 1 . It. It.
Judge Caldwell announced that ho would
hear arguments In the case ot Fit/Rornhl
against tlio Missouri I'ncllh In ch.imlors ,
The petition in the case covers llfty-two
liases of closely written typewriter copy. It
sots up that the Fltzgcrald-Mallory construc
tion company Is Incorporated uiulcr the laws
of IownwUh a capital stock of $1,500,000 .Tho
stockholders are Jay UouUl , Sidney Dillon ,
Itusscll Sago , QcorgOiT. Oouiil , Morton , Hllss
, t Co. , S. 11. Mullory anil John FiUgonild.
The Gould contingent hold A controlling In
terest , nud Fitzgerald nnd Military hold
115,000 In stock.
The construction company contracted to
hulld a road across Kansas from Its eastern
tolls western boundary for the DcnvcrMem-
phis & Atlantic railway company , for which
it wns to receive $10,000 per mlle In stock.nml
$10,000 per mlle In first mortgage loans.
These securities wore afterwards turned over
to the Missouri Pacltle railway company In
return for promises of $1IOOU per mile of
Missouri Pacllli ) S per cent bonds.
The construction company afterwards con
tracted to construct 11 ro.ul from I'uoblo
to the state line between Kansas and Col
orado , This wns to bo paid for In Missouri
Pacific bonds at thorato of Sl'J.OOO nor mile ,
thn construction company to have the right
to locate stations and , towns tmtl retain uny
protlts arising therefrom.
It Is alleged that tlio railway company
falsely represented that I s bonds wro worth
$1.05 , and agreed to deliver the bonds ns each
ton miles \voro completed. Tlio company re
fused to deliver the bonds as agreed and It Is
claimed this was n part of a ichomo to harass
and oppress Iho construction company.
It Is alsonllcgcil that the stock of "tho con
struction company should not bo assessed
for moro than ! )0 ) per cunt , but not withstand
ing this the Missouri i'liclllo directors , who
held u majority of the stock of tlio construc
tion company , made calls to the full amount
of the stock , 1'Mtzgcrald's ' share of the assess
ment amounting to Sii",000 , wtilcU wns paid
with money advanced by Jay Gould und
Sage. Afterwards .lay Gould offered $1.20
for tlio stock and tbo plaintiff being in flnaii-
ci.il distress solil $75,000 woith of his stock to
Gould.
The plaintiff further alleges that in Novem
ber , 18M ) , ISO mill's of road were completed
nnd ready to bo turned over to the Missouri
Pacific. Gould \\oi\t \ over the road unit re
ported thnt it was not complete and on his
recommendation tlio thrco stockholders ,
Gould , Dillon and Sage , voted to allow the
construction company only $10,000 per
mile for the first 150 ini'los , Instead of
fll.OOO per mile , as per contract. The
engineer of the Missouri Pacific afterwards
went over the liuo and approved Itniid the
railroad company has been operating it over
since.
It is charged that George Gould and SIICD
conspired with Jay Gould and agreed to
extend the ro.id from Stafford to Lnrued a
distance of thirty-six miles , for f 10.000 per
mile , which was at a great loss. The road
was built and was afteiwards turned over to
the Missouri Pacific company , the two
Goulds and Sugi receiving Jl'J.OOO . per milo
for the road. This transaction , together
with the previous ono , It Is claimed , netted
the Goulds .and Sago $1SI,000 ! , , which they
pocketed.
i'lio petition goes on In this strain for sev
eral pages , charging the railroad magnate
with squeezing ids victims and opponents by
controlling the stock market and soiling
bonds to stockholders for ! N ) cents when the
bonds were repicscntcd us being worth $ l.tr ) > ,
and many otlfer tiunsuctlous ol a similar na
ture.
The roads contracted to bo built by the
construction company weio completed and
turned over to the Missouri Paclllc December
15,1887 , and on the piomlso of the New York
parties to pay in a fo\v days , Fitzgerald paid
debts duo the sub-contractors from the con
struction company amounting to $ M,000. IIo
afterwards brought suit ugalnst the construc
tion for this amount and recovered Judgment
in full In the United States court In
this city which was alllrmcd by the suprpmrj
court. /
The case now pending , it Is claimed , was
referred ton referee without the knowledge
of FitegeiMld or his attorneys , and the rof-
erco has made n loport linding for the Mis
souri Pacific In the sum of SlbO.UOO.
The case is a complicated ono and several A
days will probably bo consumed in the
hearing.
Judge Caldwcll handed down a decision
yesterday In the case of John S. Baker ct
al against Samuel J. IIowcll ot al , a suit
founded on a promissory note for $ J,000 ,
brought against the makers mid endorsers.
The plaintiffs rolled on a claim of $ .1.50 us
notary's fees for protesting the note to bring
the amount sued for above the amount of
$3.000.
The court held tliattho question for deci
sion , was , "are the notary's fees to bo treated
as costs within the meaning of that word in
the act of congress , or as an Independent sub-
& tan two debt , wtilch may boused to inoreaso
the sum of 'tho matter In dispute.1"
These fees were found to ho those of a pul > -
Ho ofllcial which tire iixed l > y law. Numerous
authorities were quoted to show this.
The . court held that these fees
were uo part of \\\o \ \ \ debt sued for ,
and were "no such part of the 'matter in
dispute' as to give the court jurisdiction by
increasing the amount involved. "
"On a question of jurisdiction the court
has no discretion but to give effect to tlio net
of congress without liberality of Intcndment
or construction. "
The ca.se was dismissed , Judge Uuudy con
curring in the opinion.
TIIK GKNUINIS
Joliann Hoff's '
Mnlt Extract
The bcit NutrUlTO ,
Tonlu In nil ruio-i ol
DTHI'KVSIA M I.Sl
IIITION In CONVAI.F4
CKVCK. I'UI.MOVAItir
ri4 Tlirimt trouble *
_ InilnrHCil by nil 1'liynl
lliroiiKliuul tlio civilized world , 'llirrulxnuili-
Inn "Just rm K 0I"wlici ) you ciuinblttln tlio ifimiilna
article , which linn Urn nlk'naUiro of "JU1IAN.V llorr"
on thu nock of t-vcry bottle ,
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0 Barclay Street , Now York.
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY ,
Subscribed and Guaranteed Capital..KOO.OOO
Paid In Capital SlO.OOO
Buys ana sells stock * ait'l Ijonds ; nOKOllutoi
coiiiiucrolul papur : reoolvis und oxcculci
trusts ; acts no transfer itgimt and trustee ot
corporations , taUon charge of propurty , ool- -
Iccta tuxca.
Omaha Loan&TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Cor. 16th nnd Douglns Sta.
I'ald In Capital 153,003
Subscribed and Guaranteed Capital. . . , 100,001
Liability of StocUioldcrs 200.000
6 1'er Cent Inlurrst Ia Id on Dcposlti.
Ht.YM < J. I.ANOK , Umhler.
Officers : A. U. Wymun , president. J. J. llrown ,
vtco-prfl Muiit , W. T. NVyiimn. treasurer.
JJIructon : A. U , Wyinnn. J. 11. Mlllurd , J. J ,
llrown. UuyO , llitrton , K.V. . Njiab , TuuiiiKt
It. Kim lull , Gcorju U. hnko.
M. O. MAUL ,
( Siicoc < > r to Uroxul A Maul ) _
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At thold "land. l'f(7 Vimiam rtrout. . Oritori l > 7 tul *
rtpub ( olldui'l ' unit protupll ? uttuuiltM.
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