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THE OMAHA DAILY BlfiJ jFKJDAY , DEOJBMBBH 11 , 1891. THE BAILY BEE. K. H03RWATiH. : PUBLISH W TI-.KM8 oFsiniSOHIt'TION. Jlally Ileofnllhoiit Sunday ) Ono Year..t 8 WJ Jlally nnd Sunday , Ono Your. W 00 Kix , Month * 0 ! $ Throe Mdtitlu 2 Hilmliir lci' ! , Uno Yenr. r 9" Pnttirifnv Ilee. One Voiir ! SJ weekly lieu. Unu Ycnr. . . . . lw OITIOES. Omaha. Tlio Iteo lltllldlni ? . HotltliOimilin. corner N imil Sflth Streets. Council muffs. I'J I'eurl Htrect. oi c o on < . : . ? imwiw' " " ' " ' 0.6 ; ? ! , . lluildlnj Now York.KoonmU Mnnd l.vrrlbuno Washington , fiii : I'oiirteuntli Street. COUKESI'ONDKNCK. All cornmniiloiilloni , rolutliur to news and edltorlnl tnutlnr should bo addressed to tlio Ldltorlal Department. IH'9IM'.SH IjRTTBHS. All business letters and remittances Miotild Vie addressed ( o Tlio llco I'libllshlna Cotnpiiiiy , Oiniilm. Drafts. chocks tunl postnilleu orders to bo miido p lyublo to tlio ordorot the com- DBiiy. The BccPulilisliing Company , Proprietors run nnn BUII.WNO. HWOUN STATEMENT OF OIKOUIjATION. fctatoof NiihrnsUii ( . . County of Douglas. I" Oeo. H. T/si'lmi'k. secretary of TIIK HUE I'ublUhlntr ( onip'iny. iloes solemnly swear tlnit the nctuiil clruulntlon of ' 1 un IUIIA IIBE for the week endliiB December u , IS'JI , was ns follows : , . . . . . Hundny , Nov..n , iSolX , Nov.OT > - ' Monday ; ; { Tuesdny. Ho' . I Si ; ; ! Wednesday. Dec. S 31m Thursdiiy. Dcu.il o.'r-JJ Trlduy , lie4 -f Buturday. Dec. 5 -J < " ' ' Average 24.O8O OHO. II. TCSCHUOK. Bworn to I efore me nnd subscribed In rny pretence th.s 51 h day of Dnromlinr. A. I ) . 1891. SEAI. K. N. HOVKJ.U Notary Public. lliedrnwtli of the avrraco dully ulrculiitlon of THE HKK for six years Is shown In vho fol- lowliri tnble : ST. PAUL captured tlioVnltcr A. Wood IJiii'vcstor company's works. It Is worth biff money to St. Pnul to annex this grout Implement factory THE Contrjjl Labor union declines to bo ignored by tlio members of tlio city council which has no regard for the rights of employers of Omaha working- men. GKNKUAT , MILES is again coyly nurs ing the puny presidential boom which was started ever champ'igno glasses at n San Francisco banquet about two ' years ngo. IN NEGOTIATING with the Cherokees for "tho strip , " the Indian commissioner must nut forgot that they are civilized. They know too much to sell $5 land for 81.25 per aero. SKNATOU CAKMSLK of Kentucky said on Sunday that Crisp's election to the spoakorship would cost the democratic party 500,000 votes. Senator Carlisle Is usuallv correct in his estimates.- TIIK donso. Impenetrable silence of the whole gang of oil inspectors on the presence of the d.vmaging facts placed before the public in the columns of THE BEE and copied into its state exchanges Is suggestive. SENATOR PEFKEU is said to bo booked for a place on the committee on agricul ture. _ Possibly ho is placed there to bo company for Senator Paddock , who knows a thing or two about farming as well as Mr. PolTor. LINCOLN'S boot sugar convention promises to bo largely attended. Omaha should bo well represented. Wo want at least ta keep pace with the current discussion of the boot sugar Industry if wo do not take- the lead In the dobato. THE Yuma Indians under sentence of death for slaying a modiolno man who lost three cases in succession are sav- ngcs , but a great many people may pre fer this aboriginal method of dispensing with quacks to a state medical law and n state board of health. A KANSAS democratic club has passed resolutions asking that the statesman from the LMrst Nebraska district shall bo glvon tiplaco on the ways and moans committee. These resolutions wo are told wore entirely spontaneous. To a man up a tree it looks as if they had boon potion up at the instance of the valiant free trader. MAYOH GUSHING says the reason the paved streets are In so ilfthy a condition IB that there is no city ordinance re quiring them to bo cleaned If this bo the case , the city council is at fault. An ordinance should bo immediately onaotod which shall relieve thooxoeutlvoolllcors Btipposod to bo in control of the streets of all excuse for neglecting to keep thorn passable and decent. THE vigilant stock men In the coded Sioux lands in South Dakota who have engaged mon to patrol the northern border of the Sioux reservation to Icoop their cattle off Indian lands , should instruct their patrolmen to drive back any Indian cattle that may seek to lese themselves in the herds of the white men. The latter duty is likely to bo overlooked , however. Possmiw Senator Gorman had no thought of the next presidential cam paign when ho did it , but the fact is that ho glvos Cleveland's friends a very poor allow for Bonuto committees when ho names Cockroll , Ransom , Voorheos and Blackburn on n committee to determine the minority representation on senate committees for the present session. Mr. Gorman is iv very plausible and uti- rutllod politician , EIGHT votes represented the strength ot the independent people's party in the apqakoi-shlp contest and seven of them wore from Kansas and Nebraska. The other one was from Georgia , and in order to keep him from voting with the demo crats ho was given their caucus nomina tion for speaker. It Is a sail couimontary on political lldollty that the thirty-two other Independent congressmen turned up missing and were doubtless kept away bucauso of their hankering utter , j&o democratic iloshpots. Otnt OltH.tT TAHIl'l' ItRFOKMKK. Mr. William .T. Bryan was elected to congress from this district on the single Issue of tariff reform. Mr. Bryan plumes himself on his free trade spocehoa which regaled the oars of the farmer with visions of the political mil lennium when death arid taxes would bo unknown. Mr. Bryan was not merely for tariff revision ; ho hold thuta tarllT was n tax no mailer upon what it was levied , nnd ho was opposed to all compromises. In hU campaign harangues on free trade ho went further than Henry Watterson or .1. Sterling Morton ever dared go. The opportunity for Bryan to glvo his cherished free trade principles practical olToct presented Itself in the election of a speaker of the house of representatives , The man who , of all othc'i'H , stood for that principle was Mills of Texas. Mills win recognized all over the land us the Henry of Novarro of radical tarllT ' oformors. Ho had lotight against protection and hold up the colors of free trade in season and out of season. Ho was endorsed by Grover Cleveland , who represents the aspirations and hopes of free traderon ; / both sides of the Atlantic. Everybody in Nebraska expected Bryan would give his ardent support to Mills. But lo and behold , our Incipient tarilT reformer turned his bade on Mills and voted from fir t to lust for tlio lloxlblo Mr. Bill Springer. This was carrying free trade pigs to the wrong market. Why did Bryan vote for Springer ? Simply boouuao Springer had promised to jump the precious youth from Nebraska ever the heads of older , democratic members Into the ways and moans committee. Tlio Nebraska free tr.ido and tarilT re form contingent has sullorod a severe shock , from which it is not likely to re cover. Their idol dropped from the high pndcf.tal . on which they had reverently - ontly placed him and now turns out to bo like other professional politicians "Tlmt Itcop the word of promise to our car And break It to our tiope. " Mr. Bryan has taken a tumble on the political skating rink the first titno ho tried his reform skates. STATK 1-XlllltlTS AT ' / / / / ; FMH , A spirited discussion is in progress in Chicago ever the question whether state exhibits shall bo massed in state build ings or. distributed , throughout the grounds in the various departments. The national board holds that all arti cles p osontcd for competition must bo in the departments to which they be long. The state commissioners , es pecially of the western states , antag onize this idea and with good reason. There can bo little use for a state building costing anywhere from $10,000 to $50.000 if the state exhibit is to be distributed about in departments of the general show. With the com paratively small states , llko Nebraska , which are behind the older states In the manufactures and the arts , no exhibit of any value to the state is possible except in a separate building or massed in some particular and restricted locality. However , on the other nido , the national board argues with some strength of reasoning that the World's fair is tin international exposition and it must not bo made proviqcitil to conserve the looal.intorcsts of American states. The foreign visitor will look tit the fair from the cosmopolitan standpoint and will not DO disposed to compute the ag gregate exhibit of the states in making an estimate of the magnitude and re sources of the United States. Unless the commissioners modify their ruling tlio only thing exhibitors from the states in the Mississippi valley can do will be either to duplicate their ex hibits , having one sot in the proper competitive departments and the ether in the state building , or abstain entirely fromolTo'ts to secure premiums. The decision of the managers on this question will bo awaited with interest. N ua G K * ri oss. The views of President Harrison re garding what the government should do in connection with the Irrigation pro blem will be concurred in by everybody who has given the subject Intelligent consideration. Ho realizes the importance - portanco of the matter and the urgent necessity for legislation that will pre vent the water supply available for ir rigation from falling into the hands of private corporations. Ho insists , in common with the secretary of the interior , that tlio government should part with its ownership of the water sources and the sites for reser voirs , whether to the states and terri tories or to individuals or corporations , only upon conditions that will insure to settlers their proper water supply upon equal and roasomiblo terms. Ho regards the granting of franchiser of enormous value without recompense to the state or municipality from which they proceed - coed , and without proper protection of the public interests , as a crying evil of present legislation , and suggests that this fault should bo omitted in deal ing with a subject that will before many "years alToct so vitally thousands of poor people. The honest promoters of Irrigation will nnd no fault with those views of the president. The policy suggested will not interfere with the proposition to code the public lands to the states in trust. It does not touch that at all , but simply contemplates the retention by the government of the right to resume control of the water supply whenever the privileges granted should bo abused , or , as suggested by the secretary of the interior , there should arise a conlllet of interests be tween states threatening to lead to actual violence between their respective populations a state of alTalrs by no means unlikely to happen when it Is remembered that the rivers and streams running through the arid regions pass from slates to states or ter ritories. Still another roiibon for such n policy Is to prevent the irrigation of vast districts falling Into the hands of monopolies without xulllclont protection for the people. The attention given to this problem in the message of the president' and in the reports of the secretary of thii interior and commissioner of the general land olllce , together with the olTorts that are being made in the west to keep the subject prominent in public attention , makes it probable that some practical legislation will bo secured from the present congress to advance the cause Of irrigation. What the frlimlA of the movement to this end need to do , therefore , is to reject al ( plans obnoxious to the judicious counsel of the president and secretary of the Interior , and to avoid all ap pearance of BcoKlng to Inaugurate a policy that might bo turned to the advantage of monopoly or would give to corporations the power to op press tlio people. The suggestions that have been submitted to congress on this subject are sound , practical and pru dent , and they should have recognition in any legislation relating to irrigation In the arid region whore the authority of the general government extends. J > O.\'T 3IIIHI Till ! Ort'OllTUXtTY Fully twenty thousand Omaha people who should have patronized the art ex hibit have neglected the opportunity. Almost if not qtilto as many visitors have been from the outside r.s from the city. The display of paintings and works of art and mementoes h the best ever made in Omaha. The exhibit on its own merits should have drawn thousands whore only hun dreds have attended. In any other city of the size of Omaha it would have created a furore and would have assured the promoters a largo surplus , instead of entailing upon Mio art association a deficit. It is u duty as well as a privilege to patron- i/.o this exhibit. Our people ewe it to the cnuso of art to oneourngo the enter prise of the Western Art associa tion. The great public can have no conception of true art except through exhibits of this character and the association instead of receiving an inditToront support should have been so heartily sustained that next year it might venture upon a more extensive un dertaking. Wo ewe the art association a cordial co-operation , too , because it is striv ing hero to build up u college of instruction in the flno arts which with a proper show of interest on the part of our citizens will become an at traction of as much value to the city directly as is Brownoll Hall school for young ladies. Tlio profits of this exhibit are all to go to the benefit of the school of art. Tlio managers have concluded to ex tend the time of the exhibit until Sun day night in order that those who have not yet contributed admission foes may have the privilege. Lot our citizens wake up and show their appreciation of the olTorts of the art association and its friends and give the exhibit an attendance for tno last throe days which shall not a handsome profit. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ J-llK Tnb.tSVKY ICK1-UIIT. The annual report of the secretary of the treasury shows that lor the fiscal year ended Juno 30 , 1891 , the receipts of the government exceeded the expen ditures to the amoufft of a little over $157,000,000. There was a falling off in the receipts as compared with the pre vious year of over $5,000,000. while the increase in ordinary expenditures exceeded $57,000,000. For the cur rent fiscal year the secretary estimates an excess ot receipts ever expenditures of $24,000,000 , and a statement of the probable condi tion of the treasury at .the close of the year , Juno 30 , 1S92 , shows an avail allo cash balance of over $139,000,000. These figures attest that the national treasury is still far from being bankrupt. For the fiscal year 1893 , which is looking far enough ahead for all practical purposes , it is estimated that there will bo a , sur plus of $1-1,000,000. Manifestly there is no reason to apprehend that for the next two years at least the treasury will be unable to take care of all ordinary demands upon it , andsin the light of the figures now presented it is not easy to understand why there should ever have been any doubt ot its ability to do this. The facts completely refute the democratic charge during the late political campaign that the government was practically bankrupt. Regarding the much discussedquos- tlon of circulation , the report shows that there has boon a steady in- croaso. On July 1 , 1891 , the cir culation was $1,497,440,707 and the amount per capita $23.41. On December - comber 1 , the population being stated at 01,080,000 , the per capita of circula tion was $24. ! ! 8. Since July 1 last the volume of currency has boon increased nearly $80,000,000 , which lias certainly kept p.tco with the growth of popula tion and business. The stock of gold and silver in the United States on No vember 1 of the present year is stated to have boon $1,210,000,000 , of which $071,000,000 was cold and $539,000,000 silver. The coining value of the gold produced in the United States during the calendar year 1890 was $32,815,000 and of silver $70,40 ,045. There was an Increase In the foreign commerce of the country doring'tlio last fiscal year of over $82,000,000 , and more recent statistics 'than these embraced in tlio treasury report make a much bettor showing than this , the exports during the last tlvo months having buon very heavy. The advantages to bo expected from reciprocity are suggested by the fact that during the six months ended September 30 , 1891 , our experts of morohnndlbo to Brazil exceeded in value those of the corresponding period of the previous year $1,307,000. Owing to the late date at which other reci procity arrangements wont into ofTect , there are no available statistics to show their ollect upon our commerce. The report presents an instructive table , showing the losses of shipping in the foreign trade , from which it appears that in 1858 ever 73 per cent of our maritime experts and , Imports was carried in American vessels , while In 1891 the amount carried was loss than 13 per cent. The secretary of the treasury justly observes that no words can add to the force of the figures , and he makes another observation in connuution with this subject that is worthy of con sideration , namely , that our annual cus toms receipts scarcely exceed the money palil annually to the owner * of foreign voxels for the ocean transportation of our own peoplu and merchandise , most of which largo sum of about $200,000.000 would ho paid to our own vessel owners under the fostoting Influence of friendly legislation. IJiJ The assumption by the Treasury de partment of thtrnirout control and man agement of yhiyiilgrjUlon , the secre tary says , Jyjs proved to bo n beneficial change , giving to the service unrfiVFInlty , method , nnd greater oflloldncp. The secretary states that an nnnlysiHLpt the arrivals during the last fiscal year shows that an In creasing proportion of Immigrants Is coming to iirirom those classes nnd those countriei'bV Huropo whoso people are least adapted to and least prepared for citizenship In a free republic , and are least inclined to assimilate with the general body of American citizens. The application of existing laws has very greatly diminished some of the spe cific abuses at which they were aimed , but it has not prevented a largo increase In the total volume of immigration and a distinct deteriora tion in Its avorag" quality. The secre tary very propc. > y observes that the question of regulating immigration is peculiarly one which ought to bo treated independently of partisan politics , nnd It may bo added of national prejudice also. Ho thinks the process of sifting immigrants should at least begin abroad , to bo completed , and not commenced , at the United Slates port of arrival. As to the entrance of alien immigrants across the Canadian border , the remedy will bo found either In securing an international arrangement for a uniform system of foreign or sea port inspection , or , falling that , of making our own inspection at the border ns cfTectlvo as possible , as a part of our own general system. With regard to the exclusion of the .Chinese , the secretary expresses the opinion that any legislation will fail of its full purpose so long as the Canadian government admits Chinese laborers to Canada , whence , armed with Canadian permits to leave and return to Canada at pleasure , they are at liberty to invade our territory along its entire northern frontier. The first report of Secretary Foster is a thoroughly practical document , and its presentation of the condition of the financial department of the government will bo reassuring to the country. ant. n.iMtr ! , or mix ran. General William A. Ilamill , the Colorado member of the National Re publican committee , returned to Denver a few aays ago and had himself inter viewed concerning his treachery toward Omaha. The Colorado swashbuckler starts out by casting , contemptible slurs upon this city. , llo says : Ono of the grnatost efforts was ttmt made by Omiiha. That pity based its claims 011 tbo assertion that ltwns , a mid-continental city , and appeared to" tliinlc that everybody west of the Mississippi" jclvor should vote for U. You may romomheiYtbat at the last Colorado republican convention , hold itt Glen wood Springs , it wasxlcslrcd thai tlio Colorado inombor of tno 'national comtnittoo should vote for Omaha , bjjjt ! so far as I was concerned the fact was uovctjjuiprossed upon my mind that Omaha had any of the requisite fltuoss for a convention city , or a place In which to hold largp'politicaV ' conventions/ If Mr. HamilL had ! been content with this explanation of'his recreancy to a trust which had boon , reposed in him by Colorado republicans , wo might permit the matter to rest between hiaisolf and his constituents. But Mr. ITamill is a political demagogue and in that capacity ho had to in vent an excirto that would strike the popular chord with the ' masses of the centennial state , With this end in view ho supplements his con temptuous ilings at Omaha with an ex planation that would at once silence all criticism among Coloradoans. Says ho : When 1 readied Onialm on ray way to Washington , I became very thoroughly con vinced that Colorado , at least , should not vote for that placo. In the Issue of Tim OMAHA BEE of Friday , November 20 , which I picked up on the , way east there was a very nasty articio on Senator Stewart's advocacy of the free coitmg-o of silver , the paper taking the ground that n silver dollar was an un sound medium of currency. This would have determined my vote If nothing else ns it would unvo boon used by eastern single- standard men as an argument that the wast was not a unit on the froocoinngo of silver. Now this terrible , nasty assault upon Senator Stewart consists of just seven lines on the editorial page. The offen sive paragraph roads us follows : Senator Stewart owns stiver mines enough to excuse him ns a business man for Insisting upon free coinage , out ho Is a United States senator and In the capacity of statesman ho cannot bo excused for insisting upon con gressional action which shall daoase our cur rency. rency.What What is there nasty in this paragraph ? Is there anything in it that would justify oven an Inference thatTiiKBicn regards a silver dollar as an unsound money medium ? There are thousands of people in the Rockv mountain states opposed to free nnd unlimited silver coinage and there are millions of them west of the Missis sippi. Ilamill assorts that he voted for Minneapolis and against Omaha from the start because TUB BKB is not in favor of free coinjlgo , and yet this brazen hypocrite knows'that the loading papers of Minneapolis and St. Paul have always hold and do no\Vjittld the sumo position " ' that TIIK BKi4"ipos ! on free and un limited coiwtgo.uoj The true Jj yardnoss of Hnmill's treachery is foim.d in the concluding portion of his interview : 'It Is my opiufc/ti' / , ' " anid General Ilamill , "that there Is n'ljijjjiioro suitable place In which to hold a national convention than in Denver , and a strung effort should bo made by Colorado to soufrro the national republi can convention foGr oars honco. " This Is the inljjfjn the Ilamill cocoa- nut. Denver wuns the national conven tion four yoaray iico. If it had gone to Omaha In IB'.CJit might have boon impolitic to send it to Denver In 1890. It was Hamill's design from the outset to defeat Omaha If .possible. Ho not only voted against Omaha but talked and lobbied ngufiist her and belittled her claim by misrepresentation. But Omaha will bo on' hand four years hence and will not forgot Ilamill. Denver has had several Important conven tions , including the , national Grand and the Army of the Hupublio reunion triennial conclnvo of Knights Templar by lho help of Nebraska and Omaha. It would have boon grace ful and neighborly for her to show a friendly dlspoalllon toward this city even if she did not Intend to stand by her through thick and thin. Siio has thrown down lho gauntlet and will find Omaha a pretty lively antagonist when she appeals for any favors whore Omaha has any thing to Hay. ANY * deal on the part of the county commissioners which contomplajos con tinuing .1 , J. Mnhonoy us superintendent of the poor farm will bo disapproved by the taxpayers of Douglas county. They have had enough of his style of malad ministration. in transit rates should bo the tocsin of war for the Omaha Board of Trade until the railways nro con vinced that this city Is entitled to equal facilities with Minneapolis nnd Kansas City In the matter of grain transporta tion. OMAHA is the Chicago of the west in one particular. Her streets nro in fully ns.bnd a condition as those of the great city which Is oxpoctlnir the World's fair. In some particulars Omaha ottt-Clilea- goes Chicago. Tnosi ! of our citizens who have not yet contributed admission foes to thd Art exhibit have failed in their duty. The opportunity is still open , ns the ex hibit will bo continued until Sunday night. ' ' ' * AN OMAHA physician proposes to cross awords in court with the State Board of Health. The secretaries of that unique institution should not bo backward in accommodating him. COAL dealers are proverbially lucky , and it is therefore no surprise to find that the city ordinance providing for a dealer's license of $100 is Illegal and void. Tins doctrine of patronizing homo In dustry when homo industry is the lowest bidder is recognized in equity courts as the council boodle gang may discover. ErinvATOHS will come all right and immediately when wo have a milling in transit rale on grain. A SIDEWALK inspector who will in spect is a crying necessity In Omaha. ItV H n AViniicr , I'lioujjli. AY ic Yoilt llrcniilcr. The battle of the southern brigadiers for the spoaUorshlp Is tlio most exciting fipht they unvo boon in slnco the surrender of Loo. Victory and Doi'ont. Olobc-Jifmiifrat. Hill gained u Dig victory in the defeat of Mills for the speakorshlp , but his scheme to sot aside the verdict of tlio people in his state nnd steal the legislature has struck a snag. Chi'ckini ; Conspiracy. AVin York Tribune. . The cause of honest elections in this state gees marching on. Hi splto of the malignant olTorts of David B. liillmul his coconspirntors. Judge Barnard has rendered a decision which operates ns a wnolosomo check upon the state board of canvassers. Bciicfloont IlcHults. fi'ew Ynrk ntcorilfr. A few years ago wo wore obliged to borrow plans for naval vessels from England. Wo were unable to manufacture the armor , guns , or powder needed for modern warships. Now wo excel all ether countries in those and similar arts of scientific production. Shall wo abandon republican policy and depend - pond upon foreign countries for American de fense ? IIonfHt Inir Ijoncfiomc. SprfituficM ( MM'.I Ilepiiiillcan. That solitary vote for speaker which Mr. Stevens of Massachusetts was getting from his colleague. Mr. O'Noll , through all the balloting , mutely but powerfully testified to the extreme scarcity of candidates before the democratic caucus who had not free silver leanings. That campaign promise made the Boston representative a moro lonesome figure evidently than ho anticipated. But ho did well to stick. A I'roflt-itilo Advertisement. \Saraloia ( l'i/o. ! ) Sun. Although Omaha failed to secure the re publican national convention the citizens' committee selected to present tlio claims of the city succeeded In convincing eastern neoplo that the country beyond the Missouri has grown so big that its demands must bo hoard nnd respectfully considered. It must not bo forgotten that. It was TUB OMAHA BEE that started this movement that resulted in advertising the west to such good ad vantage. fix ; I'onplo. lieatrlte Democrat. The good work of agitating the question of patronizing homo industries is bqint ; carried on with unubated vigor by the press of the state. The people of Nebraska are being aroused to a sense of thoirduty In the matter and from reports so far the results have been most gratifying. In order to become a manufacturing - ufacturing state the people of Nebraska must foster and encourage her infant indus tries , thereby enabling them to grow larger and Inducing others to locaio within her bor ders. Ho Mudu Some History. Hir land Oreaondm , A few days ngo , In a poorhouse In Ohio , the author of the homestead law died at the ago of 81 ! } oars. Thirty years nro bo was a very popular man in congress , and was known ns "Land Bill Alien. " Several months ngo ho went to the poorhouse , and now ho has gene to the gravoyard. Whether bad luck , bad habits or bad management brought him so low In his old ago Is not stated In the brief dispatch published. In fact. It doe * not matter which. The p ilnt ho nindo in history was inndo Jn its oxvn tlino , and thu result helped to hurry the world on Its way. Many stntos have coma into the union sincn thu homoitcad bill bcoarno n law , and several were kept In the Union which were trying to got out about that tlmoj and , slnco facts in history are Uopt alive by preserving - serving memories of mon , perhaps some homesteaders will think It worth while by- ana-byo to oroot a monument to "Land Bill Allen , " Ho got into the poorhouse himself , but ho was m his. own time instrumental In keopliiK a good many ether people out of it. Ho died without an nero , but helped many another man to n good farm of 100 acres. Ho pointed the wuy to a , plentiful nnd peaceful old age , and in many a spceoh advocating his pot bill drew a picture of comfort and con tentment ; but somehow fate made a sort of gulaoboard of him to point the way and never go. l.HHUb AtfH SllAimUM. I'htttiiMnhtii I'rw. The ilmtor pleaches , tlio proiiehors'iis. Anil thu ttUo until , Htiirvlnir. wrlloi ; Tliu winked thrive nnd thoHOldler whin Till' battle , who never I Tims thu mlnglod stream of humanity ( lows To thu culm , still sun of thu iluad ; Tlutdiinuurstluncu uiui thu tollurgouii To his dully task , half foil. What pnipoio hath Qnd In such thlnxi ? you Is tli ru Justice bohlnd It all ? You Hhiill l > novt somu day , when thu palutod musk From the fool' * cloud fact ) shall fall , XKtr/nti'Kit xnira. The Wllcox Sun U for sale nt a bargain. C. II. Polhomus has roll rod from the Nel son Hornld. The 1'rtwnoa Kopiibltcnn Is 21 yoaiM old , but shows no sign of ngo. The ( Irani ) Island Journal U one yonr old nnd has no causa for complaint. tt U rumored that the Lincoln Journal U about to start an evening edition , The Hnrblno Hustler is a now twpor , with William H. I'nrrls ns proprietor. It is little , but bright. W. A. Thompson , formerly of the Oroto Globe , is likely to tr.v newspaper llfo In Saline - line county npnln. Miss M. A. P. Spencer , who formerly con ducted a paper In Urayton. Urcelov county , Is noW publishing the Kicker ut ndgcmont , o. I ) . Keosc Mnyoi , who disappeared from No braska newspaper circles some tlmo IIRO. has rottlfiiod nnd will tuko charge of the Hlalr Kopubiican ofllco. The defunct Ord Independent has boon ro- suscitatoil , nnd under the title of the People's Advocate will bo comluctoil by Dennis Mnrtz , n tntoutod young attorney. Judge Parks of the Urooloy Herald has of- llclally announced that ho has quit writing poetry for this year. The ] udso would do well to keep It up at least twelve months morn , Mayvvood has lost two papers In the last year , but u now ono has settled down in that community nnd ml op ted the name uf the Eaglo. It proposes to roost there perma nently. Ex-Chaplain of the Senate tJoarluirt tried his hand at the newspaper business In Frank lin , but miulo n failure of it. Ills plant has boon taken possession of under n mortgage. Ho will return to preaching. Editor Sprochor of the Schuylor Quill has united his fortunes with Miss Woods. Mr. Sprccher Is a r.xbtd independent mid Is op posed to political fusion , but his views change radically when it comes to homo life. Captain Eric Johnson , clerk of the late state house of representatives , has a now wife in the person of a Mnrshnlltown lady , nnd will start another paper of Independent proclivities at Stromsburg about January 1. The Grand Island Times Is nineteen yoar.s old. During its varied career it * lias sometimes - times played. In pretty hard luck , but under the management of Mr. C. P. H. Williams it Is regaining Its prcstigo and is bettor than ovor. Plans nro nearly perfected wborobv n monthly paper will bo established nt Colum bus , which will bo published entirely In the Intorestof the Knights of Pythias. Colonel W. B. Dale , Carl Kramer , D. frank Davis and others nro prominent movers in the matter. The people of Ponder got U into tholr heads that when Mark Murray of the Times wont away ho was going to return with n bride , so they decorated his pew in church nnd prepared several other nlco little sur prises. But Mark fooled thorn nnd cainu back single. The Mndlson Chronicle has started on its nineteenth year. For ten years Carl T. Soeloy has boon connected with the paper ns com positor , foreman , editor nnd proprietor , and though ho ndtmts thatnt times it 1ms bcon hard work to keep the old craft sailing , still hi is not kicking. There has been a great fight on for months in the independent newspaper ranks at Kear ney between Editor Holilun of the State Lib erty Bell and A. Udgerton , a brother of the late lamented candidate for tlio supreme court , who has boon running the People's Sentinel , Harmony has nt last been restored by both men retiring , and thotuo panors will be consolidated with an imported editor. The program foiKho next annual session of the Nebraska Press association , which moots Jn Fremont January 01 and U'J , has been com pleted by the president and secretary. It is as follows : First day , 2 o'clock p. m. , address - dross of the president ; report of the secretary and treasurer ; report , of delegation to the na tional association by Major J. D. Kloiitseh of the Lincoln Free Press. Evening ses sion : Address of welcome by Mayor Fried ; response , E. M. Correll , Hebron Journal ; poem , A. L. Bixby of the Columbus Sonli- nol ; historical paper , Ed A. Frv ot the Nio- brara Pioneer ; oration , M. A. Brown ot the Kearney Hub. Second day , 9n. m. : Paper , "Business Methods , " E. O" Edgoconib of the Falls Cltv Journal ; paper , "Legal Ad vortls- Ine , " W. N. Huso ot the Norfolk News ; paper. "Independent Journalism , " Seth P. Mobloy of the Grand Island Independent. Afternoon : "County Correspondence , " Alice Hart of the Dakota City Eaulo ; paper , "Local News , " George P. Marvin of the Beatrice Democrat ; election of officers. t\lTAT JtlllU.VK. MorplilnoGiven to Solicr Up a Man ICilU Him. DKNVCII , Colo. , Dec. 10. About ten days ago A. H. I hue and his brldo came hero from Sallda and took rooms on Twenty-third street. Lust night Hnzo met an old frlond named M. A. Hargor , and the two determ ined to have a bpree ever the event. They romnidod down town until nearly midnight when they started homo , Huzo greatly under thoinfluoncoofliquor. Hargor being ad dicted to the use of morphine and not wishIng - " Ing to talto his friend to" his wife in such a condition , suggested a hypcrdermic injection of the poison , which was agreed to. Shortly after tbo drug was administered IIu/.o was taken violently 111 atid died within un hour. Hargor declares that ho gave the morphine upon the request of Unzo and his wife , and that afterwards ho tjavo him a dose of atio- phlno upon the advice of a physician. The physician present at the tlmo of the death was unnblo to Jotormlno whether death wns the rosulu of the morphine , ntrophlno or wtmicy. I.OG.ITKD TIIK TAlfrlXUS. Plncer Minors In Nevada TiiUo in Some Valuable l'r < iportv > VmaisiA CITY , Nov. Dec. 10. No'.lcc of the location of placer ground in Six Milo canyon was illod with the county recorder yesterday on the reservoir containing 1,000,000 tons of ere tailings which were flumod tlioro In bulk from the Omega mill from 1874 to 18SO and where the residua of tlio workings of the Consolidated California and Vlrgldlu ore , after the tailings had boon tun through the pans at the Omega mil' ' , from which Moasrs. Flood , Fair , Mackay and O'Brien are said to have realized $75.000,000 , bottled. The title to the talllnus wn heretofore vested In the Bank of California. The average assay value of thu tailing ! ! is said to bo W per ton , rcpro- resenting a total value of $ $ ,000,000. Ho Kills'I wo United States MnrclinU In liidinn 'lorrltnry. MiTHKOOUE , I. T , , Deo. 10. Joseph Apploby nnd James Whltohcad , two deputy United. States marshals , were killed yesterday r.oar Tauloquau by Hampton , u Cherokee boy. ilnmpton and his father were convicted at Fort Smith of murdering a man named Conahan ono year ago. The old man wns sent to the penitentiary for twonty-onoyoars nnd the boy to the house of conoctlon for ton years. Tu'o latter ojcapod and this bloody deed was tno sequel of the arrest. Young Hampton is 1U yoar.s old. Just before ho killed Conahan ho murdered his cousin Bill Christ ! , n nopbow to the desperado Ned Cliristl , thinking ho was Killing the latter. Itudnuzd Holiday Itatus. KANSAS Crrv , Mo. , Uoo. 10. At the mootIng - Ing of thu Transnnssourl Passenger associa tion hero it was decided to mnko slaglo faro rates for the round trip for the holidays. The rates are to bo made locally botwccn nil association points within a distance of COO miles for tlckuts sold December ! M , ' . ' 5 and Ml and January 1 , good colng on data of sale only and with linal return limit of January 4 , CttlS I' COMStKXT. Now York Hoconlor ( rep. ) ! The xpectncla of Tamm my nt Washington In force lobbying for the spo korshlp ninkos Cleveland rontlro how sharper than a serpent's tooth Is tiger Ingratitude. Chicago Intor-Ocenti ( rop. ) ! Tlio election of Crlsiuneans nothing loss tlum that th ? uth has chosen batwui-n Cleveland nnd Hill , to the banolltof the latter. Cleveland Is , to nil Intents and purposes , outof the race. Chicago Herald ( dom.i Mr. Crisp took the earllo t opportunity after his nomination to assure the CAUCUS that his election would moan no stop bnuKwnnl In respect to tariff reform. It is fair to assume that ho meant what ho said , Cincinnati Commercial frop. ) : The most significant fcaturoof the matter Is the fact that Tammany Hntl , after taking complutu possession of Now York nnd capturing Albany , has nt last laid Us triumphant claws upon the national capital Itself. St. Louis Republic- ( dom , ) : And if thorn Is aifiiln In the democratic party a faction of reactionists sued ns these who supported Butler In I8SI ; if these throntoii "n split" If they nro not allowed to control , now Is the tlmo to ferro them to the split. The demo cratic party must bo right before It can olcct a m-esldont , New Yorn World ( dmn ) : His election represents lho conviction of the majority that the end aimed at by the party namolv , the righteous revision nnd reduction of our tariff Is moro surely to bo nttnlnod through methods loss radical. 1 ho choice Is slgnlll - cant of tun domlnnncu of u prudent spirit In the great democratic majority. Pnlladolphla Uecord ( don'o : Mr. Crlsn 1ms shown himself on the floor of the house to bo n cool , courageous , cloar-huadcd , adroit nnd resourceful parliamentarian. In the .speaker' * chair ho will doubtless oxorclso nil these qualities for the best intoroUs of the democratic party , which In the llfty-socond conurcss stands for the whole country. Philadelphia Press ( rop. ) : Wnllo Crisp will got the speaker's chair the victory in party leadership must go to Arthur P. ( ! or- mnn of Maryland and David B. Hill of Now York , It opens up some Interesting features for the coming stnigglo in the domocrntlo party. It Is an nnnounoamont to the country of very serious differences of opinion , at least in the matter of party policy , New York Times ( Ind. dom. ) : The election of Mr. Crisp by the coalition of the dumn- gojruery of Hill , the spollsmongorlng of Tam many , the protectionism ot Gorman nnd Brice , the half-corrupt , half-fanatical , freo- sllvcr movement , nnd the old south must inevitably - ovitably "glvo pauso" to the men who have believed that the democratic party would bo a fit Instrumentality for the accomplishment of tariff reform nirl for the clean and honest administration of the government. Now York Sun idem. ) : This ronilt Is n triumph for the consorvntivo forces til the democracy and n kick at the mugwumps. It Is a promise of n sufo and moderate course on the part of the democratic majority In the houso. It makes brighter the prospect of electing n democratic nrosldoit. U will bo especially wulcomu In this stnto nnd this city , and the Now York congressmen who have helped bring It nbout deserve well of tl.o dnmocratlo parly in Now York. New York Tribune ( rop. ) : The two wines of the democratic party have boon lighting each other with nil the Intensity of mon who have rooted convictions , and whoso convic tions are , moreover , supplemented by per sonal interests of the gravest nature. If the western nnd southern policy should bn adopted , Mr. Cleveland would have to sland aside for somebody olso. No wonder there was Intense feeling , and the result of the de cision which the caucus finally ronchod can onlv bo dollnitcly anticipated. Now York Herald ( Ind. ) : All right. The house of roprescnlativos will now bo able to got down to work , tfco country will breathe moro freely nnd Tammany will bo able to send in its little bill for services rordorod. The object of the contestants has not been to elect a fitting and well equipped chairman simply , but to push tno claims of Mr , Cleve land or Mr. Hill in the coming presidential campaign. The light was waged In the inter est of n favorite candidate wha stood In the backgroundbut who hopes to como to the f ron next year. A.l/M IX Z-'f/.V. Harper's Ilazar : A yoimir Rontlornan took in overcoiit to u woulil-bu aristocratic estab lishment to havu It cleaned and repaired. Aftnrsoino llu'drlng on thu part of the clurlc , ho "as told H would amount to Jill.- ' ( ) . "All rluht , " ho salil. "And you will bo will- Inn to take the overcoat as p.irt pay wbo'i It Is llxeU'C" KOMINCK AND IICU.ISM. Ctullilcr tin < l furnisher. Ho threw his arms iiround her neck , And words of love he spoke : And tnun went homo : i total wrook , llo threw Mis arms around her nock ; U was induud nojoliu. For his suspender broKo. Philadelphia Press : Tr.anip ( timidly ) lines yer big do ; , ' halo tramps , inndam'/ Lady No : he just hives them fairly chuws up and swallow * uvury ono ho can Unu , lluie , Tlo. Truth : "Is th'r boss In ? " "Whose boss ? " "Yourii " "I ain't sot no boss. F.fyor menu the man what puvs in o ; ' , ) u week to answer fool ques tions. IIO'B out , and won't be In uaulu tilt you'ro Kone. Detroit Kreo I'ross : Miss Elder N'ow , Mr. Dolluy , you are surely not ono of those who think that a woman cannot keep a Buerut. Dolluy Certainly not. Miss Elder. Quito the contrary. I never Heard of you giving your ago uwuy. 1'atleiit ( who hud just paid part of his bill ) You belong to thu old school ? Doctoi What niadi ) you think that ? " Von bollovu In bleeding. Texas ' 'I'm " Slftlnss : rnUiuf chonfullcn , exclaimed the biitclmr. us mutton took u tumble of II cunts on thu pound , Wfisirngtoii Star ; "Thuru's a great art , " says Mickey Dolan , "In Uuowlii'whut not to know whin yoi don't want to know It. " A WINTKII'.S TALK. , I'htlaileliHita I'ifis. An otter capo , u jaunty hut And Koldun hair ; A sweet round fuco , a bit nt lueo- Thu loungers sturu. A dulntv boot , a glimpse ot hose , How nlcu ! A trip , a scruam , and down she goes Upon thu leu. A tall young man with eyes Dark liluo Hies to hur Hide. "Muy I ? " "Thank you. " Another year , tun aaiiio sweat girl Hut by Her Bldo The tall young man. with arm around Ills bride. I.lfo : "I novoririw any thing uiiiut | to Ktliul'i conceit ; she actually Milnks alio Is a gloat dual pruttlur than I am ! " "Him didn't toll you so. did nho ? " "Yus ; that Is , xhu uikeit mo to bu her brides maid , " Epoch : Trotter ( Yalu , ' 91) ) You say youi father writes to you with unrenilttliii ; ruuul. urltyi1 iJainpnrlYule , ' 00 Vns , u luttorovory week , but no cash , Harper's Iluzar : Cut hnd boon with u sovuru mid piolouguil attauk of the "Wul'l , I'at , " said u frlond , muutin him on the Htrcul , "I hoar you'vo been liiivlnit a prutty hurd tlmu of It. " "Faith un' I liavo , " Bald Put. "An'lt'Hthn rl ht niiiiiu thuy glvu It , too , for whim It onuut tuxes holt of u man It's no mind to lot go It toolt mo thraa walcns to fulu butter uf lei I wui luloiroly woll. " _ Hultlinoro American : This 1.1 the season when the annual rupurt mulcos llsulf hoard from onu nnd of thu land to thu ether , IllnKhumton Loader : Tnorn Is no IIHU In pooplu uoderuikln. to trudu uvun. U Is a bootlim tusk. Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. f