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SHE OMAHA DAJJGY BEE : SOTIQAY JANUARY 4 , 1801.-TWBLV13 PAGES , THE DAILY BEE. K. KOSEWATKlt 'IMIITOU. L'UHLISIIED KVEUY MORNING TF.ItMB OF 8UII5CUI 1'TION , JJnlly nnil Bund ay , One Year . Ill ) DO Hx months. . . , . . . . . > , . . . . . , . . . . . . B < M Three months. . . . . . . . . . . 2 BO Bundixy llco , Ono Yriir. . . . ZOO AYcckly lieu. Ono Year. . 100 OITICKS ! Oronlin , The Urn Imlldlng. r-'outh Oinnlin , Carrier N uiul Eflth Street * Council IllufTs , 12 1'earl Btrcot , Clilcag o Ofllcc , 317 Chamber ( if Commerce. Js'cw Vork.KoomH iiH : and n. Trlbiina llulldlng Washington , t > Kl Fourteenth Struct. connnsi'oNDKNou All communications relating to now * nnd rdltorlnlinnttor fthniild bo addressed to tlio Kdltorlal Department. 1UJHINKSS M-.TTKR9. All business let tern anil remittances should fco add round toTholleo Publishing Company , Omaha. llrntts , clrocks nnd postofllco orders toticinnilu payable to the order of tlio ooni pany. The Bcc Publishing Company , Proprietors , The lleo Il'ld'ir , I'lmmm nnd h'otontecnth Bt * fcWoitN S-TATKMENT oi < ' oiuouiiATioN Etntoof Nebra kk. I . . County of Don ems , f " Grnree il. T/BChuck , ecrotll y of Thn Hoe rubllsliliiz compunv. noes nolemnly sweat tbatthc uctiial circulation of Tin : DAILY HER for tlio wee * endliiK January a , 18U1 , wa-s as fol'nws : Hnnilar. Dec. ! N . 20.015 Womlnv. Dc. . ! i . 2l.i : Tuesday. Pec : . 24.4fil - 'i'5 Thursday. Jim. 1 . IM.OIO Prldnv. .Inn. 2 . 24,010 tuturrt-ay. .Inn. 3 . 20 , n Average . 2 1 , OS ! I ) GKoimn H. T/.SCIIUOK. Fworn In Veforo mo nnd Minseribod In , in jirrirnno tins 3d dav of .rnmmry. A. I ) . . Itai | FAI.I N. I' . Kin. Motary I'ubllo. Btiitrof Nebrnikn , I . . County of Douglas , f fJcorpo II. T/schuck , being duly sworn , do- rofcs nrid says that lie Is urcretnry of Tlio IIco I'nhllshlnK Company , that tlio nctniil average dully clrciilnttun ot TUB DAILY HER for tlio nionlli of Jnminry , JMW , in , conic * ; for I'ebrunrv , 1M > 0 , 19'til conies : for Mnrch. ] FOO , 0.8I , > cnjilpsj for April. 3 nO , m.tn roolcs : for Mny , IRIX ) , 20.1SC rojilcs ; for June. JWO , TO.rol copies. for July , ] f0Mf c copies ! forAlnrtiRt. lMK\SP.7fOcopos ! ; for tentriiil IT. I6IO.2J.STO copies : for October. 3FPO. tfl.7 ( copies ; for November , INK ) , 1S.130 copies ; for December. I'OO. 21,471 eon I PS. GEOIHIK It. T/RCIIUCK. Fworn tn 1'pforn me , nnrt Mihfcrlhed In my pmcncc. tluunistanyof December. A. I ) . . 189(1 ( N I1. KF.IT * . Notary 1'ubllo. "WlIATIIVnU Is lucking in Denver's record of 1890 , Uioro is not scarcity of caloric. CHAHITV Logins at homo , and the re forms of the now legislature should bopin with K-coping down the legislative expenses. SKNATOU "En "Wohcon1 of Colorado ppcuks eloquently against the force bill. IIo lives out west nnd knows a land tlitlovhon ho sees one. Tin : present governor of this common wealth is credited with H sluiHtor purpose to literally illustrate thut shut/by pro verb of the streets : "Ah. thcrol Stay Thavor ! " A SUCJIITY change has come over the npirit of the Union Pacific. Tor the first time in its history the company Wants to " " before "consultcongross" carryIng - Ing out contracts with other corpora tions. Tlio world do move. DKNVKII'S building record is Buffi- nldiitly largo to warrant the local press in keeping within hailing distance of truth in drawing comparisons. The diagram of the Republican placing the value of Omaha's building improvements nt $3,0121,272 , is absurdly fiilso. Reliable footings show tiyiro thnn double the bogus figures of the Republican. Tim Indiana Stnto Prohibition league has disbanded , having concluded that Iho last year's work was unsatisfactory. The failure of prohibition appears to bo general , and it is to bo hoped that the honest and well-moaning people who sincerely believe in it will coasoto ehnso the elusive rainbow , nnd will lend their enthusiasm and energy to the enforce ment of the good restrictive laws wo have. THE late watchdog of the city troas- xiry , Mr. Councilman Wheeler , Is setting his pins to capture the presidency of the board of trade. The election o three now directors will tnko plaeo tomorrow n $ the chamber of commerce. Without Haying anything to disparage Mr. "Wheeler's capabilities , wo question the wisdom of making a man secretary of the board who is neither merchant nor manufacturer- has nothing in com mon with the jobbing interests. Tin : Dcadwood I'ionecr issues a not- nblo Now Year's edition , with a com plete description- the splendid progress - gross and remarkable surrounding ro- Bourcos of the Black Hills metropolis. No one who roads this attractive setting forth of Dcadwood's advantages can fail to realize the benefits which Omaha will receive as a result of the establishment of through railroad connection. .Omaha extends hearty Now Year's compli ments to the lively town of Dead wood. AT TUB recent mooting of the Ameri can Poultry association an instructive paper was road on government lorostry abroad , from vrhloh it appears that European governments have learned to take much bettor careof their forests thnn la practiced by our government. Jn Switzerland the work of lorost reform ivas begun more than a century ago and lias boon ndhored to with the most satis factory results , and Iho success achieved is of pocnlioY interest to America for the reabou that the Swisa wore confronted by our own problem of extending a con crete forest policy over the various states of n common union. Franco stands with Germany at the head of the nations as regards thorough nos § of forest policy , though tlio mothous of the two govern ments dlltor. The results obtained , however , nro equally satisfactory , There lire many valuable suggestions in the practice of these foreign governments , which is the result of generations of intelligent - tolligent and careful experiment , which it would seem might be made applicable to a forest policy in this country , but the tllQlculty is that it ECOIIIS next to im possible to arouse congress from its indifference to this mutter. In the European countries the preservation of the forests , or their protection against reckless destruction , is n matter of vital iconcorn to governments and people , but it appears impossible to create a like Eontlinont on the subject in. the United States , It will undoubtedly bo de veloped in time , but the danger is too Into to accomplish much good. This Is one particular in which wo can well af ford to 1 oar n from Europo. 'A T11K MESACB OV T1IK Thomas G. Shearman con tributes to the January l } > rum a brilliant find forceful article on "The Coming Billionaire. " It is a subject of timely interest , and throws n , strong light on one aspect of the present social movements in Europe nnd America , which aim to "give the nmbsos of the people a larger uharo of the world's ' accumulations , and espec ially of the annual proAts of labor and production. Mr. Shearman's article divides natur ally Into two parts , in thd first of which ho makes it tolerably clear that another ( 'onorntlon or two in the path wo are now traveling will certainly bring us to the ago of the billionaire. IIo presents satisfactory evidence to provothat tho'ro nro now at least seventy American estates that average $35,000,000. Hoasonlng from the fact that sev eral non-spccttlatlvo estates that of the Asters is the bust instance have in creased five-fold in loss tljim forty years , ho asserts that these now worth $200- 000,000 will roach the billion point in another < 10yoars , at tlio furthest. And in this estimate ho makes no allowance for the occasional opportunities of ex traordinary profit that are somotiiiioa onon to man who can wield a vast capi tal. Jay Gould , for instance , is credited with n not gain of $30,000,000 in his last campaign of two weeks in "Wall tttroot , nnd many of the smaller fry who fol lowed his star are said to have profited in the sumo proportion to their capital. Mr. Shearman counts only on compound interest and the btondy rise in real estate - tate values to produce his billionaire forty years hence. In the meantime ho expects to BOO several half and many quarter billionaires. Everybody will agree with tlio essayist that the tendency of the times is to enormously increase the size of great fortunes , and that the same conditions that have made the Abtors from a cor ner groioryman : , and the Vandorbllts from a steamboat skipper , in loss than one hundred years , will make their de scendants worth billions in the course of time , if all conditions remain the same. But it Is when ho begins to annly/.o the causes and suggest the remedy that his renders will dilTor with him. Mr. Shearman is a free trader. Ho reasons from the hypothesis that all pro tection is taxation , with no benefits ox- ept to the rich. The train of logic by which ho tries to establish the point IB ingenious and misleading. IIo says the middle classes and the worlcingmon must spend at least three-fourths of their income for goods that are taxed by import duties and that they pay , therefore , ten times as much for taxa tion as the rich man , who does neb begin to spend his income for protected goods. By this process , according to the essayist , the rich man's fortune is steadily rolling up by reason of evasion of his share of taxes and also because ho generally profits , as the owner of mines , mills , or other protected interests , by the taxes wrung from the poor man. This theory is put forward as the solo explanation of the existence of pjroat fortunes today , and free trailo is offered as the only remedy for an evil that seriously menaces society. It is ex pected that free trade will make direct taxation inevitable , nnd that in that golden era the rich man will pay most of the taxes , while time will gradually lesson the distancobotwcon the very rich and the very poor. Mr. Shearman leaves out of considera tion all the peculiar causes which have mudo millionaires in the last10 years. The Asters , Vandorbilts and Goulds , are the best representatives of the multi-millionaires in this country. The Astor fortune traces back to the ownership by John Jacob Astor of immense - monso tracts of land in the very heart of Now York , acquired when the greatest city of the now world was a straggling village of dubious promise. These prop erties were rapidly increased in extent as the shrewd Dutch merchant realized upon-his first purchases , and it is still the policy of the family to buy city real estate nnd rent or improve it. In the case of the Asters , wealth increased not , as Mr. Shearman reoKons , by "compound interest at six per cent , " bufr by strides of from 100 to 3,000 per cont. The Van dorbllts made their money largely in railroad enterprises , and the Goulds by daring speculation and the manipulation of stocks. Is it fair to charge the pro tective system , or oven the notorious evasion.of just taxes , with the entire rfi- sponslbllity for the existence of these fortunes ? Manifestly the theory is fal lacious ! Illustrations could bo in definitely multiplied to riddle it. Tlio Rockefellers , for instance , became pluto crats from a monopoly in natural oil , Pullman nnd Westinghouse from the exclusive ownership of patents of ovtra- ordinary value , and all the rest from thotrudoor onprmously enhanced val ues resulting from tho. rapid develop ment of the country , marvelous Inven tions , or powerful monopolies. The existing tariff system errs on the side of too much protection and lays Homo unnecessary and unjust taxes on the pooplo. But it is not wholly nl > evil , and it by no moans restricts its bonollts to the millionaires. Reforms - forms nro needed and are bound to come. Direct taxation and a lower tariff will doubtless bo Included. And among other reforms there will bo some that will prevent the evolution of more Van dorbllts , Goulds and Rockefellers from the unholy system of trusts , combines nnd reckless speculations that now exist. No reformer yet nrosoribod a single panacea for all the evils of a complex civilization. Mr. Shoannnn has not done it with his suggestion of free trade and direct taxation , but his article is provocative of thought , and that Ts n great virtue. XQ SCHOOL STATISTICS. The census bureau has just issued n bulletin giving advanced statistics as to the educational conditions in several of the states , which , while too fragmentary to allow of general comparisons or the approximation of the results to bn shown in tbo country na a whole , still presents some- Interesting facts. Ono of the states whoso school statistics are embraced in the bulletin is Louisiana , and.lt appears that In the last ton years the number ol pupils enrolled in the public schools has increased ever fifty-three per cent whllo the population of the state shows n gain of only nlnqtoon per cent. This Is gratifying evidence of the develop ment of the school system of u state which Until n few years haa been very backward in educational matters. In round numbers there are fifty thousand negro children in tlio schools of Louis iana , nnd if Hint state continues to progress - gross as it has done in rccont years the cud of the decade now entered upon will find itoccupylnga front plnco among the states , at least of the south , in the important matter of promoting public education. The statistics of Now Hampshire , which has always been among the fore most In educational matters , show an ac tual decrease of ever seven per cent in the iiumbor of pupils enrolled in the public schools , tilthouRh in the last ton years the population Increased ever eight per cent. This showing docs not indicate that the interest of the people of Now Hampshire in public education has declined , but is rather to bo ex plained by the fact that whllo the omi- Rr.itlon from the slnto ot Americans \vhnso children were thus withdrawn from the public schools has boon inoro than offset by the Immigration of French Canadians , the children of these very Pfonorally attend parochial schools. Thus , while the population haa in creased , the on rollmoiit of pupils in the public schools lias declined. The fact is Instructive as evidence ot tlio change which is going on in the character of the population. The yoxtng people go away from homo in such largo numbers that comparatively few marry and settle down in their native stato. Their places are taken by foreigners , mainly unmar ried , whoso children do not avail thorn- solves of our system of public education. There Is un instructive comparison to bo mndo between the school statistics of "Wisconsin and Now Hampshire , as illustrating the effect of tlio different forces at work in the two. The popula tion of Now Hampshire is 870,530 , and of Wisconsin 3,080,880 , the proportion being - ing loss than live to one in favor of tlio latter. But the number of pupils ca rolled in NewIIampshiro's public schools is only 59,313 , against MO , . ' ! 12 in Wiscon sin , and the Now England state , with 22 pur cent of Wisconsin's population , has but 17 percent of its publicHchool enroll ment. It is to bo noted , also , that the proportion of parochial schools to public schools is much larger in the western state , and probably there is a higher ratio of children who do not attend school at all. The inference must bo that in proportion to population Wiscon sin has a far larger number of children than Now Hampshire. The advance sta tistics regarding education indicate that the figures for the whole country will show that-very gratifying progress has boon made during the past ton years. IIOMESKKKBKS AA'D TIIK SOUTH. The Atlanta Constitution Is displeased with THE BEH'S comments on tlio sub ject of the Ashvillo convention and im migration to the south. It denies that Ilia hind of Dixie lias been ovorbooined and that northern men are not as sin cerely welcome there as in the west , and concludes as follows : Tuo cry of these western newspapers Amounts to nothing more than a vain effort to restrict immigration. 'I'noy nro frightened by the threatened depopulation of tliovcst and are striving to build up their country at tlio cxpenso of the south. They cannot do this , however , by misrepresentation , and ills not Mr that they should resort to it. Tin : Ben would not willfully misrep resent the beautiful and -chivalrous south , but It must firmly insist that it is right in its propositions on the subject of immigration to that section. It is a notorious fact that the Magic City busi ness has been carried to unheard-of excesses in that locality in the last Jew years. ! Men have platted towns in Ken tucky , Tennessee , Georgia and other statesand , run vostibuledoxcursion trains lull of northern investors and , in some instances , sold "insido business prop erty" at $500 per foot before a dozen buildings of any dlscription had been erected. The Now York Herald recounts among its achievements for 1890 l'tho exposure of southern wildcat land sebomos , " and Illustrates it with a pic ture of n sign-board stuck into a tract of wilderness , bearing the suggestive legend "All-City. " " docs not gend , "Why thoCbn- btitittioii prosecute thoosteeincd Herald for liblo ? Hero isanothor item of evidence confirmatory of THE BKK'S position in the matter In the shape of n letter ro- coivcd in this olllce from a northern im migrant to Georgia : ATLANTA. , Oa. , Dec. 30. [ To the Editor of Tan IlEB. ] In your declaration In tlio en closed slip from the Atlantic Constitution you strike tlio nail at tlio rltrlit plnco. Living south during tlio lust fifteen years , I have traveled over almost every state , and I warn tlio eastern , northern mid western people. not to come to uiiy such poor , yellow ground country us tliK where southern people starve thcmsclvrs. Cotnohuro yourself , Mr. Editor , any tlmo butwcuu this and February , anil ut the rullrmul slut Ions you will too people mov ing nYiiy l y tlio hundreds. . Others nro mov ing with their toiims toToxm nndthowo-jt. Ami so you will Mud It In every southern state , Louisiana and south Arkansas alone uxcoutud. This U the plain truth. Tale notice , you northern people anil lot well enough ulouo , FIIIU.MITO This communication is from a stranger and was evidently called out solely by the truth of TUB BIE'S : remarks. The onthuslasni of our. A-lluntn contemporary for the south is natural and proper , but it cannot bo accepted by western and northern poojjlo against the mass of con tradictory evidence that is known to o.xlst. It is equally untrue that northern men receive the same hearty welcome in the south as in the west.Thoro is a differ ence which goes down to tlio vo'ry bottom of society in the two sections. It is Im possible for the southern aristocrat to believe that a northern man la just as good as ho is , or to forgot that the dream of a southern republic was shattered by northern "bayonets. The Yankee ) capi talist nnd manufacturer Is welcomed as capitalist and manufacturer , but not na neighbor , friend and follow-citl/on. In thowoatit is wholly different. Thoronro no Insurmountable barriers of traditions , no onibnrmhslng recollections , noprldo o : ancestry. The avenues of society , busi ness anil politics are as olonr ns the sky and as free as the eternal sunshine. A.1 men have equal privileges nnd oppor tunities' and work shoulder to shoulder to make the history of this section n ) prouder chnptor , thnn that of any ether section , , , , ( , , _ The south l ' Improving ami will con- tlntio to tic fid/hlit the west is to bo the seat of the gron st future developments in the United Giato * . rivt ! iffisTEiur VITIBS. Thoanmml ruviows of the growth of Omnha , Knimlts'Clty ' , St. Piuil , Minneap olis and Denver' ' furnish valuable ma terial for comparisons. The relative rank of each in population , as shown by the federal copsUs , was us follows : _ 1. Minneapolis , , , . , if400 U. Omalia . . ' l tiBIU t . St. 1'aul m.lffl 1. Kansas City 1tt,410 ! 5. Uoiivor 1015,070 The reoord of building Improvements during 1890makes a radical change In the order , n * is shown by the following : 1. Denver $10r.llW5 . ( 2. Minneapolis 10KJO,000 ( a. Omaha 0 , Mllt ! : $ . St. 1'aul G8HM.SI9 5. Kansas City 4-lir,000 , The number of permits for buildings issued and the average cost of ouch were : No. Average permits. cost. Omnhn - . ' , ( ) ± J f.lW | ( Denver ! I.J01 -ISIC ) Minneapolis ii.Ho 8,107 St.l'aul | , : w.l 1,571 ICnnsns City 1,000 4.417 While Dourer' : ) building record over shadows all others in the group , she lags in the rear in ootmnorco and Industry. The value of hur mantifauturuil products foots up $ 1-1,070,000 , , or $10,000,000 , losj than Omaha , $ ; ) ,000,000 loss than St. Paul , and equaling the onoitomof pick ing house products of Kansas City. The value of the jobbing trsido places the cities in the following order : Sti'.iul Sllo , : . ' ,8r , ( ) Minneapolis IOOTMl ( ) Omaha 4r'JH,7K ! ) Denver ! tSi70,4r : , , ( ) Kansas City , ( no llpires given. ) In municipal improvements , exclusive of the amounts expended by semi-public corporations , Omaha stands first with $1)51,518 ) ; Kansas city , $917,019 ; St. 1'aul , SSI ! 1,007. Minneapolis not known. The transactions of the clearing houses of the live cities place them in the following order in the ainonnt of in crease : Kansas City $13,000,000 , Omitm : iB.TJB.llK . ) Denver IS , 1 S3,2 , 0 St. 1'aul 10,153,515 , Minneapolis , estimated ntSO percent. The relative wealth of eaeh as shown in bank deposits , is : Minneapolis 827,7.12,517 , ICansus City a.,7-lSl ! ( 1 Omnha 8I.4KI,7 ! 2 St. 1'aul , ' li,045.V50 ! , Denver 18,185,370 These comparative statistics place Omaha second in population , first in value of public improvements , third in value of buildings erected , second in value of manufactured products , third in jobbing iptorebts , second in Increase of bank clearings and third in tlio amount of bank de posits. In none of the great Interest that gp to mnko a commercial nnd industrial center does she go below third rank , anil is steadily pushing for first place. AVitli , tlio possible excep tion of Kansas ( Jity , none of the group can appro.uih ' , hbr in miles ) of paved streets , grade ! * thoroughfares and sowers. These essential improvements , which have borne heavily on the tax payers , are now practically at an end for a few years , so that the energies of the people can bo directed to other pro gressive channels.v Ono of the most' gratifying features of the record is the splendid condition of Omaha's public finances. "While Minne apolis and St. Paul are staggering under a public debt of 87,050.517 and $0,217,065 respectively , Omaha's outstanding ob ligations amount to only $1,930,109. Omaha points with pride to her splen did position among the flvo leading cities of the northwest. POLITICS AKJ ) TUB IJXDhlX SBRT/CB. Wo print elsewhere a communication from Mr. Ilorbert Welsh , corresponding secretary of the Indian Rights associa tion , in which ho states the position of the association regarding the principle that should rule in the appointment of persons to the Indian service. Mr. Welsh objects to the "homo rulo" policy in selecting agents , that Is , ap pointing them from the states or ter ritories in which the reservations are located , on the ground that it virtually commits their ohoico to the local poli ticians , lie urges that the politicians wlio under this practice may bo enabled to secure appointments arc not concerned about the oflicioncy of the service , or the welfare of the In dians ; but simply to pay obligations to political backers , nnd that bad results must flow from such a system. There is unquestionably a degree of validity in this objection , but it cannot bo accepted ns conclusive against the "homo rulo" policy of appointments , unless It bo ad mitted that the policy necessarily in volves the abdication of all responsibil ity by the authorities at "Washington , which is obviously not the caf > o. It would manifestly bo unreasonable to say that qualified persons for the Indian ser vice cannot bonfound in the states or territories in which , , there are res ervations. On t'ho contrary It is the most natural thing to look there for such persons"regardless of the principle recognized by both , of the political par- tics , though faithfully observed only by the present adininistratlon , that none but residents shijuld bo appointed to places In the gift'of ' the federal govern ment. Wo should' expect to find among the people llvingin proximity to Indians , nnd pre8umabl ' < fainlliar with their character and Th'tibits , persons bettor qualified for their management than could bo foumV'iJsowlioro ' and , wo believe liovo there need 1 > no trouble whatever from the "homo rulo" policy if the Wash ington authorities will oxorcibo proper care in ascertaining the illness of candi dates. The fact that mistakes have apparently parontly been made in the case of ono or two appointments hardly warrants the conclusion of Mr. Welsh that the policy ho condemns is inherently inoillcient and weak. As to the position of the Indian Rights association that only men of capacity , character and experience should be ap pointed to the Indian service , and that the service should bo divorced wholly from politics and spoils , TIIK 13KK Is in full accord with it. Wo have recently quoted with approval the views on this subject of Commissioner Morgan , which wo litwo every reason to believe nro In complete harmony with the opinion of the president nnd secretary of the inter ior , as well ns with the Intelligent senti ment of the country. The country is getting a very costly lesson in connec tion with the Indian problem , but per haps it will not bo Wholly without- com pensatory results. At any rate itmnkos a demand for earnest , rational and un- proj udlood consideration. TilJH AMt TMFAT. Handing In a San I'ranclsco jiapcr n few days ngo of nn attempt to tni > n ruco wlro In that city , Mngi to mlniln siory told by an operator In tli Is city sumo tlmo ngo. "It was olisht ortuii'oursiKO"snl ! < 1lic. "lit I'lilluilolpliln , and tlii'ro rvero llvoof us In tlio Jol ) . In tlioso lays tlio pool rooms hail to ilo- pctul upon the regular mi'ssiuo service of tlio tcloKrnpli ciiniiuilo.s | ; for tliulr Information from tlio rnco tracks ) , and It was an uay mat ter for IH operators to beat ilium , OnuuC our mm was In the grand ftttinil at Siniltna , uti- olliur In a uraiich nlllco In Ilro.ul Strut1 ! , Now Turk city , I U-IIH hi tlionmlnolllcolii 1-lilliuicl- phlii iiinl iiuotlior 111:111 : Imu ? around tliuuonu- tcr of n branch olHco nuar tlio ] i ; il room. Our llfth imui was a "lawyer , " who did the foi'Uliit ; In the pool luoin. Wo hudanMin- lpr ) foro.icli luitMi1 , and at tlio llnlsh of each rnco our man In tliu grand stand , who was an t'Vport.Kuvothu niimlicr ecirit'siiomlliiR to tlio uliinorto the Minn In Sow York , who In tiaii KIVO : It In me. t iulelly ] rciL'huil ovur to iin- othur talilu mill umilo tlio ll uro on the wlro to Lhobrunch ollleo. Oiirnmn thuio u.s soon as liulicnrd t ho llnuru Untried to the pool room , Kn\o Lliuliifurnmtloii tlio " " to "lawyer" anil liu bought tlio pools' . Of coiino. In order to avoid siwk'lon , tlio lawyer soiiH'ilinos bought losing pools , lint In UiiHln.vuiicI 11 half In which wo worked tlio Hclii'iiHvu ) \ tilt'iifoil ovur ftiO ) , .My sluiru wan close on to illl. ivL-rytliliiKttdits\vIiiiinIii'ly : \ ( thollrstdayliufcon Uiusi'ooml our man wlm unrrlutl tlio winner from the toUwiph ollico to the "lawyer1 not gloriously drunk mid KIIVD dm sclii'ino away to Iho rt-gular operator ut the branch nllluo , who Inline- illAtuly gave It to the superintendent. This oixlctl our llttlo st'liomunii'l 1 loftat once fur tliowVst. It was ivsllclt Jiih though , for wo honiutliiK-s got Die winner bofuru tlio pool room hud tlio post ( idilH or tun to llflcun mliiuhM li" ) fore llit'y got tliu ulimur. ' 1'lino has changed everything , liowinor , mid tlio si-homo can novur loworleil ( uny inoro bvoiuiso the pool rooms nil ovoi thocountry now have tlio re sult of arucoalmoit licforo tlio jockeys Uuvo alighted fi oin thulr hcme.s. " \Vlilo ! Stanley was In Chicago last week , tlio story printed In TUB Hsu I'lincornlni ? Sturvu- t loncMiiiipand tliufalluro of the ovploiors to fish for food whim tlio river was eloto by , was culled totho scnt.lcmnn'sattention , "Do you thlnlc. " rupllcil Mr , Slanloy , "that Do Soto , MiriiiL'ttc ] , IiiiSallaor ether explorers of this continent could liu\u milislitcd on llsliVo ? woroHtircly not Inn situation wlicio llshliii : would help us any. Ilvon If every ono of our 1103 hticl been provided with llslilni ; taoklo It would hnvo done us nn trend for Mich n trlpiis wo ) iid : before us. We might find something In tlio woods to hi'lp us , liutNtiruly nothing In tlio water. ( Jn ono oc casion ono of my men cattclit tlirco or four little llsli In flvo hours. Uould wo have re sumed our marcli on Midi a block or provis ions ? It wis far more natural for muti car rying ammunition to limit for food In the woo U which llioy hud totravi'Mo than to sit down and llsli. Moieovcr , my corjH was prln- olually composed of natives who uoror think of n llsli dlot as a means of sustenance. To them llsli are simply u nort of s-uico for thulr regular food the broad'11111111:14 : uiul the In dian corn. Wo might have found a banana plantation fonrnr llvo nillusoiror twunty-flvo or fitly inllos distant , but wo never would Mini llby fi-Oiln , ' . No , sir ; llsli are not unions ? the possibilities of provision for tin African trip , unless tlicy urodrlod. " After the hot engagement at I'lno Uldgo ivftoncy tlio other day , tlio war correspondent of n local paper wired the homo ollleo that "After sovoii hours of iictlvo ungnKenteiib I have Just sent an Indian courier to the front. " The only "active cngugomunt" In which the correspondent has seomoJ to 1)0 participating Is In keeping in tlio rear. TliU statement Is confirmed by the fint telegraphed b.vthe same brainy Avar reporter that the soldiers hnd placed their ponies for safety "just back of the house I llvo In. " "All sorts of niplho.ls nnd devices arc adopted by dcndbouts nowadays torldo freu , " said a motor cur conductor to a reporter the other day. "Amonj these deadbcats are many well-to-do men , who never give up their fares until they are iislcerf * . The lussanjora who are Invariably Iryhu to beat us out of their fares are the mlddlo-asod men of the middle classes. Thulr easiest plan Is to stand on a corner nnd wait fora crowded car , and then jump on board nnd mix in with the crowd. The conductor Is kept busy and falls to notleo tlio man when ho gets aboard. Once Inside with the crowd thoocadbcat la safe , for the conductor docs not Know who has paid and v ho lias not. "I luut seven people on my down trip not long ago , and only collected six fares , being onobliort. rinally , tasked n icd-faced muii In the corner for his fare , and liu looked mo straight tnlhc face and bald holiad paid mo. I wassuro that ho had not , nnd asked him wheieho had goton. IIo replied that holiad hoardid the earat Ilarnoystroet. I roincni- bereddlstlnctlythattlioonly passenger I took on iitllarney Direct \\na \ an old lady , and I at once told the red-faced man so In tlio hearing and presence of the other passcngorn. Then ho caved and his faro grow htlll redder , and" ho reluctantly put his hunJ In 111 , pocket and pulled out u nickel. Tlioiihu got oil'the car In disgust. "Tho female ilondbcat U the hardest bet I have todeal with , for I never put a wnmnnolf the ear In inv life. If they have no money I lot them rldo for nothing. Thn most common method employed oy women In beating their way on tlio motorcai-Als to wait until the con- ductoroornes around and then suddenly put their hand In their dress pocket and proclaim , with a look of alarm , that they have left their pookot book at homo. " T.4 TK 1'lt l.'SSTfH'ICS. . North PlixttoTolograDli : Considered simply asa newspaper , Tim OJIAHA IIKK Is the p.it- tern for Nebraska newspapers and the deslro ot Nebraska renders ; and this Is true , not withstanding the joaloiiHyot bomo editors or the 111 will of same readers. Aurora Ilopubllcan : When n small man llko Jay Hurruus attempts to pick iipan In tellectual Klant llko Uoiiur.il Van Wye k by the black of the troiuurs ami throw him bodily ily over tlio transom , It dojs not take him long to discover that ho hii : undortukeu the biggest Job of his llf o. 1'lattsmmitli Journal : The Lincoln Call Is still calling Koscwuter all kinds'of names , blmply because Mr. Itosowator testified that the editor ot llm U ill oirotvil to oppose the l > inhMillion amendment pr.ivlilcit ho wai given a certain sum of uioiioy. As Mr. It'jsu- water was not buying papuiu the Call sup ported tliu amendment. flrand Island Independent ; It Is very easy to charge wlioleiilo ; frauds In elections , but much inoro dllllunlt to prove the allegations where no such frauds oxlslod. Thus far no fraud of any kind has been developed by the testimony In this state , It w.is all prohibition wind , tlia nearest approach to fraud being tin ) action of the prohibition loadoi-a , Mobrara. I'lonecr : No attorney general has loft his ofllco with a hotter record for the pei- plothun General ] < ecs . Ho has Htood out against thu great monopolies of Nebraska as mastorof Ihosituation , Though ho has boea crippled In bringing about the ends In view , his litrorla have nevertheless brought to the attention of the world the "Inwardness" of railroad values. Nebraska. City Nous : Mr. Itichnrdi , the gentleman who was not olvcU'd governor ot this btatt * . has written a lung and abusive letter "open letter" to Mr. Itosowater In which hoHhlncs llkoa bear with a tuuo head. Ho ghos'J'uu HHK cicdlt for defeating him and Intimated Hint Itosowntor has more Influence than any other man in thu stutu. Mr , ItloJ Urdu la politically doud and burled , and thin uost-niiiiteiu outburst will not tend to help the party. rjutrs ox TIIK ir. , Kearney Hubs ThoMory of fllotix treachery that the tolcgrapli hnd been tolling for the past twodays-atroclotts , foolhardy nnrt cloi- per to mil was occasions no surprise to liny person who Is fninlllnr with the western In- dlitn , and particularly with the Sioux. The affair on Wounded Knee creek created n great Hhock of couuo , but It waa what might hv\o : been ox pouted , Nebraska , City Press : The battle of Wounded Knco will go clown In history as ono of Iho bloodiest Indian buttles over In the country and smother example of the trcauhury of the rodskln , War , o\on with savajjos , U horrlblo , but now that the Indians have com menced , tlio soldiers should tmsli right over them and never atop until they are subjected or exterminated. Fremont Herald ! lllff Foot , lit spite ot his niinio , nuiimgod to got Ills foot in it whoit lie dulled thearmyof Uncle Sam. Thlswllldoubt- IcMsbo the catiso of more wccphiR by lender sentimentalists , hut there will bo much inoro oC a fcelliu of security ittnoiiK tlio people who have braved the dangers and privations of frontier llto tobnlldnp houses for themselves and families. Sitting Hull Is another roving nnarehlst who will gracefully adorn the hunt ing crounds. Hustings N'obraskan : The murderous rods are receding a taste ot tlio medicine they havolo n con coot Inn , anil nlthoiiuli a large number of the hr.LvoboyM In blue Imvo fallen the Indians are bolus made to .suffer. The only way toeivlll/ea malorltyof the Indians Is to kill them. So far considerablesympithy has been manifested for the red man and the goveriitniMil has been very lenient with them - toonimlisohut the tlmo has i-oino when they must gl vein or bo exterminated. Lincoln Journal : Had the Interior depart ment not meddled and muddled and Inter fered with ( ioneial Miles' order to lliiiraloltlll and his scontH to arrest Sitting Hull a few weeks ago. that busy-body would have had less tlmo to concoct mischief , and his killing by the Indian p dice mlnlit not have beonnoc- c saly , The desperate chances thut Ills 1'oot and his idem liable band took at Wounded Knee wus douhllu.ss the outcome of the fierce passion of revenue that wua stirred up by the Killing of Iho old medicine man , Itoatrlco Democrat ! If It had bcca the pol icy of the Rovernmontto IrO'ittho Indians as rebels , they would have been asked to sur render and lay down their arms , nnd having lofuscd to do so , they would have boon Hrod upon , lint Instead of that the soldiers wont Into their camp and undertood to t.iko their arms from them , as a parent would handle u disobedient child. The Indlans were followed about nnd i-ooxo I , and the soldiers were for bid to lire upon them , and when Iho Indians got Into their fastness In the had lands they opc'iii'dup the lire. The Indians have been whipped , but at what cost ? They could have been completely paralysed , without thu loss ota MliiK'lowliIti' , had they been treated us they should hiive hi on. llemlngford Advocate : Such papers as the World-Herald may MMitlntcntallzo about the Indian trouble as they know nothing of the re.il mutter , Lot the editor of the World-Her ald live on the frontier for a time with his wife anil children exposed to attack by In dians. If he Knew not what momi-nt Ids prop erty would Do destroyed , his homo left deso late and his . ' .unllv ( If ho had one ) , sulfur the most terrible death he could coneolvo orlm- iiKlni ) , or oven wnrso than his mind can pic ture1 , ho would say with the Advouato that the measures taken were not too severe , and certainly should not have boon deliberated on longer. Why not treat the Indian as wo would a white nun ? Is ho any better or inoro elevated , are lil.-i foollnss so Iliui that you are afraid to hurt them by holding him respon sible for hlscrlinis ? xnirs. The O'Neill Item has started In on Its eighth year with fluttering prospects. The render Times entered Its sixth year lust week with M. W. Muriay at tlio helm. Tim Noiunlm County Granger was eighteen years old last week and Is as lively and eblp- pcr as ovor. The Ilrownv'llo ' Xows has suspended publi cation as the support given by the merchants was not adequate. The Italian Hun und Alma Deacon have con solidated and will run under the name of the hitter as an alliance orjuii , The Oak Leaf , which foil before the storms of winter , lias been succeeded by the Oltlzcn , with C. II. I&raol us editor and pioprlutor. I'nstniastcr Warren has retired fiom the editorship of the Itod Cloud Ar us and Mc Millan and Knight have assumed controf of the paper. llnrdy , Kuckollscounty , will soon have an other newspaper In spllo or the fact that the Held Is already ably covered by U. 1C. Hill cdllnr ot the Herald. Jacob Horn has retired from tholtrokon How Leader , leaving W. O , Chapman la hole charge , and the p.ipor 1ms been reduced In size. Hard times did It. York county now has an alliance paper , the Independent , which mndo Us appearance last week with Worloy llrothor.s as editors. This makes the fifth paper for the city ot York. The Nelson Gazette gave all Its readers a Christmas present In thosbapoot a faoslmlln ot The Citizen , published on wallpaper July 2 , 1WU , ut the city of Vlcksbvrit , two days before - fore the surrender to Goner.il Krnnt. J. M. McDonough. formerly editor of the O'Neill Trlliinc.but now a reporter on the New. Vork Star , haseonoup Into the Indian country to ropic cnt his paper and furnish pen pletun'H of the struggle for supremacy between the icds and whites. . C. W. Hyatt of the I'romont Flail , Dodge comity's veteran editor , enjoyed a trio to the motrop-ills last week With n broailsmllo Mr. Hyatt asserted that thouirh sorno Ii're- nioiit editors seemed to bo troubled with bile , as for himself ho was In the best of health and at pc.tco with all the world. A neat little souvenir was Issued by thoJNo braska City News on New Year's day , on the front page of which was an embryo copy of ono day In November when the democratic papers of the state made conspicuous the headllnc"A I.andilldo. " Oulaldoof Its bour bon proclivities the News Is all rl lit. T. II. SodRWlck of the York Times was glvon an aRiee.iblo Christmas surprise by the em ployes of his olllce. Upon loturnlng homo from a tilp In the state ho found his editorial rooms , the lloor.s of which had been bare , nicely carpeted , and llf eon nmmbora of hU newspaper were gathered there to welcome him. It was a pleasant occasion for all con cerned. , Tliol'Iattsmoiith Journal , the llvo repre sentative of the capltul of Cass county , takes occasion to iemarlc that It ' . 'starts In with the new year without a mortgage hanging over It thu last dollar of Its looouled debt having boon paid oil and that ornamental iloctiment having come Into our poicislon .several days ago. Thu Jouinal Is toady to receive thu con gratulations of Its frlumls. " 11. V. Davis , the ontarprlslng editor of the Columbus Telegram , ono of the b Tightest 1IU tlo dallies in the state , Issued a neat nnd tasty annual number of his paper this year and alio sent out as souvenirs photos of the Tole.iam In miniature , showing facsimiles of the dally Sunday and weekly editions. Mr , Davis IIIIH rensim to ho proud of his work , which has to be seen to bu appreciated. Jnmos M. Kay , who ably edits the North I'lattoTelegraph , In Ids last Issue takes occa sion to rennrk : "It Is over liftoon years since thu writer commenced newspaper work In North 1'latto , and In all this time cannot re call asorlouii accident to aslnglo railway em- jiloyn whosu subscription to the Telegraph was paid up. It may not bo generally known , but a paid up newspaper subscription seinns to be better than nn accident policy , us It ap pours to prevent the accidents " Thodrund Island Dally Independent wan eight years old New Y'oar's duy , and the weekly was twenty-four. "Kor nearly a quar ter of a century , " says Kdttor Ilcildo , "thin paper has traveled along with thd people of this community. It lias wept when tlio people wept and rejoiced when the people had occa sion to rejoice. It lias In tum Buffered and endured the privations und hardships com mon to all ulong thu pathway of human exis tence , and ronpud with them also the honey of prosperity , and has grown to fool lUull an essential part ofn community of wlduh It la Justly proud. " Mr. Huddu's heart and liana uro with the people , and thu people scum to appreciate 1U During the Inst week of the departed yc > nr there passed away four notables whoso ili > rt in were merely mentioned In tlio dlspatchr And yet. In years gene by , at Various llmrs. the newspapers of the country hnd devoir ; ' grfMit ) > pico : to recounting the deeds ot tin sumo celebrities whoso demise attracted .sttrii little attention. In their lives ( boy Hindi' ' nc w. , some of which otartled the whole coun try , but they bad outlined their usefulness and tmssod a way almost unhonored and un .sun ; ; . Such Is the the Irony of fate. All did. not llvo useful live * , buLfO-ueof tliuliiktnncoitl ] | ot their ciiroors are Interesting. Of these four dead , the ono probably best known to the present generation wns M. A , D.uiphlu , Kvery nnnspjiper reader for.yenrs lias seen tbo name , not In thu news columns , but among the advertisements. Hut recently Iho name disappeared on account of the little dlllleitlty In which the Louisiana lottery com pany bccntno Involved , and now tncowni'r of the same lias succumbed to tbo Inevitable. Dr. Dauphin for he was a physlclan-was sixty-three years of ago. and ho bad been president of the lottery company for twelve years. Although the business In which ho was engaged was decide lly iniestlonablo , tbo the doctor , personally , was a man of much delicacy of temperament , was extremely charitable and was said to support scores of families , as well ns largely contributing to es tablished ami occasional charities , lie spoke six languages lluontly ; was fond of Intellec tual pursuits nnd , while essentially domestic In his h.iblts , had largo social Inlliience. Ills death will boa tremendous blow to Iho lot tery , as no ono will know to whom to write for ticket ! ) , and the lottery company cannot bo addressed direct , nor can It advertise who \ > lll succeed Mr. Dauphin as president. General 1' . K. Spinner's signature was better known a decade ugo than that of Dr. Dauphin. Theru wns no similarity , however , bcitte the two men , and no act of tlio general's life , either public or private , wits over considered questionable. As treasurer of the I'nlte , States , Qcncrnl Spinner gained a national fame. The greenbacks which were issue.i boio hlsHlgnaluio , and that signature was i i marvel In Its way , Itsoomed toslart nowlici" turn back uptn Itself , follow n series of d"t tud lines and end with a wondcrfulllourMi General Spinner used a pen ot peculiar inauo In writing. It was he who first btouiilit about the employ mont of women In thu various de partments of the government. It was during the latter portlonof the warwlion hundreds i > f deserving uoincn , widows and sisters were forced to Mini a me msot support. They came to Washington In laigo numbers , and tlio great pioblem was hoiv to provide for them. General Spinner suggested that much of the clerical work of the dep irtinnntcoillil bo douo by women as well as by by men. Places were found for n few tn the treasury department. They did so well that positions soon wcro found for them In other branches of Iho gov ernment. Generil Spinner always took great prldo in Ills suggestion which opened up a genteel employment for women. ASH public oillclal , General Spinner \vnssomowhat bump tious. He Irid his own opinions and his stub bornness In Insisting on them often brought him Into conlllot with bis oillclal superlius. although In lib ninetieth yc.ir atthutlmoof his death , ho kept up his Interest In public af fairs. Not very many readers will recognize the nsimo of IJeorgo Hull , yet about a wore of years ago Hull helped to bring Into existence a monstrosity which set half the w.orld by the cars. Hull died at Itlnghaniton , N' . Y. ; near thobconoof his success and subsequent fail ure , -lie was a clgarmakor by trade , but ho nlsoowned a farm In the to.vn of Cardiff , Onoiidaga county , N. Y. Among Hull's fel low workmen was a genius , who could turn many a tr'ok In addition to rolling up ruM I fragrant weed. This genius struck the Idea M making a giant of stone , planting the ( Iguro uW 1 i the earth and then " " ri-N. "discovering" It as a petri . fied man of prehistoric ages. Hut thogenlus : S didn't ha\o the cash to carry out hlssi-homo , " and be was forced to take hlsemployer. a man" named Cov , into the sec rot. Uox nut up the money , the giant was made after a your of hard labor , and then Hull w.is made a pirtner In the enterprise. The figure was carefully conveyed In a box from Add ( son , N. V. , where It was made , to Hull's farm In Onoiidaga county , and there It was burrrled deep In the earth. The next spring Hull "wanted to build a bam. " It was then that the "Cardiff giant" was"dlscovoiel. " There wns a great fuioro overtho find and scientist from all over the world visited the curlmia monstrosity. It was placed on exhibition and the owners wen > coining money , when .suddenly the fraud wns discovered and the giant became a drug on the market * The "discoverers , " howe ver , camooutovon , but they failed to make the fortune which they had fondly anticipated. The genius who spent a year with a neorllo picking pores Into the body of the giant Is dead , Hull Is dead , nnd Cov tbo third member of the firm , la eking out an existence as .1 clerk In the labor bureau at Albany , N. Y. On the stock farm of V. 0. Habcoisk , a wealthy banker of llcrnellsvllle , N. Y Smuggler , the famous stallion whoio feats on the turf In tho'70s were tluS wonder anil nd- ( miration of thosportliiB world , dlod. last week , Tbo story ot Smuggler's e.irocr Is ono that Is KCn.sntlunnl In the extreme , and his con version from a throo-mlnuto uacor to thu then king ot the trotting turf was the moans of bringing Into prominence Charles Marvin , who Is nov the manager nnd trainer for Sunn- tor Stanford's creat I'alo Alto farm. Smug gler was foaled In Ml , being bred by Jnslab Morgan of Columbus , O. lie wns med about us any hor'o not of blno blood would be used whllo temporarily In Kansas. The borsu mil nominally owned by ono Tlpton , who failed to pay for him , M > that the horse went back into Mr. Morgan's pntsosslon In IST1. Morgan put him la Marvin's hands to train , and after unsuccessfully trying to soil him , ho was purchased by Colonel Mussel for W,00) ) ) . This w.is In 18711. In the following year Smuggler made a sensational campaign on the track and a record ut ! i:2J. : at that tlmo the host stallion record. In 1878 reduced this to2:17at Itelmont p.trk , Phlliulolpnla , making ' a'nuwbtalllon rocoid. In July ot the sumo year he defeated thu hitherto Invincible Gold smith Maid In n live boa trace at Cleveland , lowering his record to 2lli'i. ; In the follow ing month at Hartford , Conn. , ho made ti lecordof 3il5'4 In the Charter Oak free-for- all nice , In whrch ho met ( loldsmlth Maid and Judge l''ullerUm ' , a race which the Maid won , but Smuggler canioout with about as inueL honor as did the Maid , as tlio record ho made -I. : " > U , was the stallion record for eight yeais The horse broke down In California , nnd twc years later was retired to the stud. Colonel Itnssoll did not miececd with him , and Mild him a few years ago to Mr. llnbcoek , whc owned htm at the time of bis death. Abolish tin : reunion HharkH. Si. 1'iiitl I'lonerr-l'rcsi , When the nation voted to treat the surviv ing soldiers ot the rebellion with unbounded liberality It did not vote or Intend that mil lions of this money should go to attorneys. His rldlouloiiH that the government should glvo a pension to any man and then reipmo him to employ a lawyer before iio can rnjoi his own. If there are legal services to ho ren dered , us thcro sometimes are , the govern ment should furnish them OMA.HA , LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscribed nnd Guaranteed Capital. , , , $ . " > 00WH ) 1'ald In Capital HTiO.OOo Duyiand soils stoclit and bonds ; negotiator oommurolal paper , receives and executes t rusts ; nets n transfer aaimt and trustee of corporations , iaktia charge of property , oJl- lucU taxoi. Omaha Loan&Trust Co SAVINGS BANK. S. E.'COP. 10th and Douglas Sta. 'old In Capital I 50.WO Subscribed and Guaranteed Capital , . . , 100,001 Liability of Stockholders 200,000 5 I'er Cent Interest 1'ald on Deposits. Flt\NKJ. I , AN ( IK , Cuihtor , Oaicarit AU , Wyman , president. J. J , llrown , Tloo-prusldent , W. T. Wyman , treasurer. Dlrooton : A. U. Wymau. J. H. Mlllard , J.tf. llrown , Quy O. Ilarton , K.Y , NasU , Thonm L. KlmDdll , Quorto II. Laka ,