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J THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; WEDNESDAY , DECEMBER 30 , 1891. THE DAILY BEE. K. H6HBWATEK , KDITOII. PUBLISHEDKvTinF Tf-.UMS OK aiJIISCIlIITION. Pally HOP ( wit limit Siinilrtyiio ) ( Vcir ; I S ( X ) Lilly nnil Sunday.Ono Veur . 10 W HiiMonths . ft W Three Month * . 2 rnndiir lire , Ono Vrnr. . 2 ( X Hutu rdii v lire. Utio Vonr . I Weekly lice. Ono Vu.tr. . . . 1 W OITICMH. Oinnlia. Tim lion llnlldliiR. PnnthOnioliH. corner IS nnd Hli Street * . Council lllnlK IV I'ciirl Hired. tlhlcaio Oilier. III ? ( Immlirr of Cdinimiren. Now Vnrlc.lloniixlt , Hiiml .Tribune llulldlns NVashlnpton. .U'l Fourteenth Hi rout. All comntnnlr.iitlons rcliillnv to tintvi nnil editorial matter should lie addressed tc tlio ICdllorlul Ili'p.'rlinent. ' All btiMijcvi loiters ami roinlltaneiH should baaddre.vtud to The lire I'lihllxhliiz Company , Omaha. Drafts , cheeks nn'l pnstonioii orders to bo mndo piynhlo to tlio order of Ihn com- tmny. , Proprietors TUB HIB : Bint.ni.NT ! . KWORN STATKMKMT OP OIKl'IM.ATIOX. Matoof Nebraska ! _ . County of llonalas. f " Oco , II. 'IVsrhuck. secretary of Tlio HUB riihllshliut ( ompany. docs solemnly swear Unit the UPtuiiI clroiiliitlon of TIIK IHtl.Y IlKK for I lie \\rok ending December' ; I , l ; llwas as follnni : r'unday. Dec. 21 &M * Monday. Dot1. 31 KI.I6t TnriKlny. Par. ? J BWI ! ) Wednesday. Dee. LI ! -W * Thnrsdnv. Doc. ' . ' 4 ! WH - I I'rldiiy , floe. r. WWI.-I Saturday. Doe. M ' ! ' .333 Avcrapo 2-1.077 ( UCO. II. r/.SCHUUK. Kworn to 1 ofnrn me nnil Biibscrllied In niy nrrienco thls'.lllh day of Docoinlmr. A. D. 1801. BKAI. N. 1' . KKIU Notary Public. 7 lie prnwth of the nror.ico dully clrculnfon of TIIK HKK for six yenra Is shown In iho fol- lowlnt table : I Mi" I8SH . I Ml I Jnnunrr . J0.37S tc.w 14.201 IS.S7I T.1..VM Ffbruarj . HLIRTi MIM I. . .mil is.ww , , Mnrch . 1 1 , err u.iuo 19. WO W.SIS zim > April . l.au ; 18.711 JO..VII 2.1.1121 I4.W7 17.131 I8.IWJIJO.ISO Juno I2.SW ii. u ; I,2I1 - : . July I2.3U M.tr.i.1 is.u.i.1 ! IS.TOJU.OH 27,021 H.I.M Ifl.18.1 Ifl.MI - ? 7.un : t-eptcmtcr I.'I.U'KJ 14,319 ] HI. ' ) | 18.710 20.S70 U.MT October . 12.1189 18.011 IR..r.l ? 30,7(3 ( a.ioa KoTcmbcr. , . . 1.V5M Ift.IISII'liUIOlZI.I'IO ' ' 21 .KM Jitcembci 12.2.17 15.UI1 13.22.1120.013,2.1,171 , WAII nnd rumors of war tire two vor ; distinct TUB only way to restore Omaha'i normiil business activity is to push loc.i BtitorprLsos , add tributary territory ant Invltu now industries. CHILI can hnrdly make a casus boll of the absence of Minister Kgtm fron the Iniitigtmition ceremony. The Soutl American republic .should hit upor something liitfgor than Patrick Ejjan ai nn offset to the Bultimoro dilllculty. RUSSIA and franco may yet make f club out of Hulyarin which shall battoi down some of the pillars which supper the Sick Man of Europe. Russia wil no vor rest serenely until Constantinople is hers and she controls the Dardanelles , A nKSOT.trnoN- do his duty faithfully unswol-vintfly nnd intelligently durinp his entire torin of ollleo should bo taker on the side with the oath to support the constitution and laws by every ofllcc lioldor in Douglas county January 1,1892. ENTKUPIUSINO cities who wore sc anxious to secure the Shenandoah nor mal school or Prof. Croan , or both , arc .relieved from susponso. Lincoln has bagged the big game , and now every body in Nebraska hopes the Shonnndoah educator can deliver his thousand stu- donts. Ur/riMATKLV the local factorica of this Bootion will produce only raw sugar. At some central point rollnorios wilt bo es tablished and that point will bo the ecu- torof the boot sugar Industry. In this con nection it should not bo forgotten thai within a , radius of 2" > 0 miles of Omaha will bo the greatest beet sugar region in the world within twonty-flvo years. STRAININO at a cnat and swallowing a camel is exemplified by the Board ol County Commissioners in its last great net of allowing 81,2(10.74 ( each to two weekly newspapers for publishing the tax Hats and rejecting the bill of $40 fern n special engine ordered by the coroner for n wild , foolish midnight trip to Plattsmouth. The bill should have boon allowed and the amount deducted from the coroner's fees. THE building inspector of South Omaha has completed his annual report nnd it shows that 824 permits were issued us against 201 last yoar. The total cost ol tho'buildingg last year , however , exceeded - coodod $1,000,000 whllo the total this year is but $320,000. There U a good feature in the showing , however , which must not bo overlooked and that is the 1124 buildings are almost all residences ( nil roproson't a largo increase of pop ulation. IlAUUiSON's refusal to pardon Harper , the former president of Iho Fidelity Savings bank of Cincinnati , who was sentenced to ton years' Impris onment for embezzlement In 1887 , will moot with popular approval. The people - plo of this country want to see a few Uioro swindling bank olllcots punished before lonlonoy Is extended to these nlroady } u Uurnnco vllo. The term often ton years will lot this particular old scoundrel off easy enough. GOVKUKOU-HLECT Fl.OWKUhllB given directions that the ceremonies in con nection with his inauguration , January 1 , shull bo an simple ns possible. It was proponed by these having charge of the .irrangomcnta to make the occasion momornblo for the grandeur of the dis play , but Mr. Flower would permit nothing of this kind , and following his suggestion the event will bo notable for Ita luok of show and demonstration. The ( jovornor-oloot of Now York has not boon suspected of the modesty which this would imply , but It is nono'tho loss creditable to him if sincere. lie will hardly escape the suspicion , however , of using the opportunity to impress the people with the idea that although the poBuesBor of millions his tastes and ay in. jmthloa are altogether democratic , and ttiuroforo of nosing for political effect. It U really probable , however , that Mr. Flower Hlncoroly dostros to huvo as little demonstration as possible when ho is inducted into ollleo , and that he has no ulterior motive in directing that Hlinpllclty ahall bo observed at his Inauguration. WKC'K.VT .I/MM' f > KCW/t.ir/M.YA. A spwlnl recognition from the War department tor gallant nnd morltorlous conduct on the Hold of battle or In mil itary operations should moan HOIIICthing , A bron/o incdnl should bo a decoration wliloh nnv Holdler could wear with justi fiable pride. When it is glyon , or special recognition In olllclnl orders IB tu1- corded an ofllcor for services scarcely nbovothocominohpliu'o it cheapens the honors of deserving soldiers. Ttioro will always bo n difference of opinion itmong military men relative to Iho merits of the late Sioux campaign. Some of the bravest soldiers In America take direct issue with their commanding olllcor as to Itg necessity. They will also disagree with the ironwal of the army In the distribution of morltorlom distinction among olliours for services in cident to tlio campaign. Tlio roll of honor which has recently been published exalts some ofllcors who did not , Mro a shot tit the enemy and others who were not oven exposed to the Inclemency of the D.ikntti bHxv.ard. In military circles it is regarded tw ab surd because of tlio conspicuous slight put upon such bravo ollleors as Captain K. O. Fochot of the Eighth cuvalry. who re.scuod the Indian police from certain death at the Sitting Hull- light , Gen eral For.tylh and Cnutain Whltcsidos of the Seventh cavalry whoso intrepidity prevented further slaughter of the soldier.at Wounded Knee. There are other examples of the manifest partiality of the recent roll of honor , but these are by far the most glaring. The thing is a lamentable farco. The ordord announcing this roll of honor tend to bring the whole system of public recognition of military sorvicoa into ridicule. The brave men who are named in these p-irtijular military orders can hardly fool complimented or honored by the distinction , because of the manifest unfairness of singling out for equal honors olllcors whoso conduct was not deserving of special mention. The elements of personal likes and dislikes have npparontl ; entered so extensively into the re com incndations upon which tlio War department mont has based its action as to lowe the value of a military decoration instead of inspiring men and olllcers ti gallant and meritorious conduct ii trying circumstances. / / ; turtv.ii. J/K.V ir.i.v TKD. Tlio discussion in the Builders nni Traders exchange regarding building and plumbing inspection in the cllj during Iho last week or ton days wni boiled down finally to a complaint tha UIORO as well as other city ollicos art not always filled by practical men. The facts warrant tbo complaint In look ing over the list of officials who havt been drawing salaries from the public treasury for the past year or two , it it quite cleat- that many men have boot quartered upon the taxpayers , not because cause they were competent for tlio places to which they were assigned , but because cause they have boon serviceable ir ward politics. For instance , a saloon keeper was appointed street commissioner , a stove repairer sidewalk inspector , and n miller chairman of th"i Board of Public Works. The plumbing inspector was not a plumber , and-the license inspector was a real estate broker. The inspectors of ninto.'ial , working for $ ; ! per day , wore In many cased pot house politicians , and not taxpayers competent by experience for the dufies to bo performed. In soint instances men who have never boon known to pay their honest debts , and others who are common drunkardswort foisted upon the city pay roll in the interest of partisan politics. In appointing the olllcers of the \iow \ city government the authorities should select men of honesty , sobriety , capabil ity , experience and industry. There arc a host of applicants for the nlacos at the disposal of the mayor and other cit.y * olllcora and it goes wllhout saying that from them a first class man can bo ob tained for each position. .1 COSVLICV or ait .ii'fitontr.iTioxs. It is ttitod that Chairman Ilolmnn of the house committee on appropriations has announced his intention to cut down the appropriations for next year $118- 000,000. It is by no moans improbable that the Indiana economist believes that ho can accomplish this , and that ho will make n very determined effort to dose so is not to bo doubted. But. Mr. Hoi- man's committee does not have control of all appropriations. Tlio more im portant ones , that is , those carrying the .argost amounts , nro under its jurisdic tion , but there nro several other commit tees of the house whoio privilege it is to report appropriation bills independently of tlio commlttoo of which Mr. Ilolman a the head , and those may bo expected , o act with small regard for the wishes of that gentleman , flla appointment was of course designed to assure the country that economy Is to bo the watch word of the proaent congress , and all other committees authorized to submit appropriation bills will bo inoro or loss nlluoncod by this fact , but it does not locossarlly follow that they will bo ; uldod strictly by the extreme oconom- cal views of tha chairman of the appro- iriations commlttoo. It has oven boon suggested that ho will have dilllculty in jetting all of his democratic committee colleagues to concur In his plans of re trench nnnt. There Is very great probability , there- ere , amounting almost to certainty , that there will be mo.-o or less conllict imong the democrats of the IIDUSU over appropriations. The bills over which ho regular commlttoo liaa jurisdiction are six In number , and tha estimated total amount under them for the next fiscal year , to bo provided .by the proa- out congress , Is a llttlo loss than $220- 030,000. Manifestly It will bo impossi ble for Mr. Holman to ruduco 'this amount by the sum ho issild to hiivode- oldou upon as the out which this con. gross must make In apivopriiuloua. By much the lur edt item ho will have to ilnal with is that for pjinlain , estimated lit $117,000,000 , and ho will haruly ba iiblo to effect any matoi'lal reduction hero. The oatlnntos tor tlio other IIvo bills of .which his commlttoo will have charge amount to about JUiOO.OOO , and unless tluso QjUmiito-i are extraordi narily extravagant , anil they aggregate but little uiliro thin the amount appro priated for the current fiscal year , they cannot bo very greatly reduced wlllioi injury to tlio publlu service. Whore , then , Is Mr. Holmnn to mal hid proposed cut'1 ; The total upproprh lions for the ciirronl llscal year nmoun in round numbers , to 5102,000,000 , and reduction of $118,000,000 would bo ncarl . " 0 per cent. Granting that the p islet estimates will stand , mich a reduction i Mr , Hnlimui proposes would Icavo Onl n'boutl.'t7,000,0i)0 ) for nil other expend .lures of the government. Any practici ni'in'who will ulvo a llttlo attention I the matter will sco that this cannot I done without seriously impairing tli clllcicncy of tlio public service and n fusing appropriations where there is u gent nocd of thorn. It is not quustlonc that reductions can bo mado. A mi tube of the estimates for next year are lowc than the amounts appropriated for th current year. The present congroi will not bo compelled to provide fi largo deficiencies , as Iho last congroi Irul to do. It may decline to appropr ate anything for river mid harbor in provemonts , though in view of the cj traordlnary demand for legislation 1 this direction it will hardly venture t da this. But congress will not bo abl to make any such reduction in tippropr ations as Mr. Holnrin promises an make necessary provision for the n quiroinonts of the publicsorvlcc. Novoi tholcsri the chairman of the npproprli tinns committee will make the tittcinp' ' and may bo expected to light hard t carry it out , and ho will probably 01 counter the most vigorous opposition i his own party. TIIK uicui.uatu IL suitwr. A vigorous , but unsuccessful , offer was made in the last congress to rcduc the cost of the geological survey. I the discussion which was elicited it wn urged that there had been a wastofi : expenditure of money in this service and that the results attained were ne commensurate with the outlay. i strong array of facts was presented i evidence of this , and a good case wa made out in favor of materially cuttin , down this source of expenditure , tiniounl ing last year to nearly $000,000. But argument and facts availed notli ing , and through the favor of the sonati the geological survey received about thi usual generous appropriation. It pro vides places for a number of person who have claims upon congressmen , am this undoubtedly has had much to ci < with enabling the director of the survo ; to have his demands complied with. Ai effort will bo made in the present congress gross to cut down the allowance for thi sor-vico and it ought to be successful , a there is no reasonable doubt that tht work of the survey can bo clllciontlj carried on at Iciss cost to the govornmou than at present. No one will desire t ( ioe the usefulness of the geological survey voy immured. It is fi necessary tint important service , and it will not bt denied that its results have boon v.ihr able , but it can bo demonstrated thai thcso could have been attained at fai loss cost to the people , and the duty o economizing in this direction , when it uan be done without injury to the sor. vice , is obvious. In order to do this it will bo necessary to reduce the force now employed in the survey , and n number of persons whc hiivo friends in congress will lose coin- tortablo places which give good nay fet little labor , but if there are any such who are not capable of earning u livoli liood upon their merits they have nc business in this service , and justice U the people requires that they bi Iroppcd from it. But It is not alone it this direction that economy in ly be judiciously applied to this sorvico. There nro other sources of extravagance ind waste that may bo cut off without in the least impairing the usefulness o the geological survey , and congress wil liavo no dilllculty in finding thcso. Ii was a good purpose for which the sur i'oy was Instituted , but there has boon t liorslstont and successful effort to enlarge largo the scope of its operations , and il is time it were brought back to its orig inal object and functions. TIIK finding1 of the courts in the No yorlc election cases gives the control ol ilie senate of that state to the democrats , ind is therefore a triumph for Governor tlill. The now legislature of Now Yorl < , a thus iiiiulo democratic nnd will bt Jiulor the ( loiutniitiou of Tammany. It , vill have tlio duly of redistrlotlng the itato , and a nulical change from the ox- sting arrangement will uudoubtodly bo nado , both 113 to congressional and log- slative districts. It lias boon suggested .hut it might provide a now plan for the holco of presidential electors , either idopting the Michigan mnthod or pro- . idiny for their election by the loglsla. .tiro , and it will not bo surprising if one ) f these plans shall bo adopted more ikoly the latter than the former , if the L'ainmany-IIill combine can have its vay. This legislature will also elect a iiiccossor to Senator Hiscock , so that ifter 1803 Now York will bo represented n the United States senate by two lemocrats. Governor Hill will not fail o claim for himself whatever credit here may bo connected with this result , mil It is very likely to strengthen his 'allowing. At any rate it is certain to nako him stronger in the ildrairatioii md confidence of Tammany , and that is low the ruling power In Now York lomocracy. Elill has now a firmer rrnsp than ever on the democratic ma- ihlno in his state , and it will bo strangu f ho does not control the do'ogatlon in ho next national convention. BUSINKSS methods the manage- nont of our city and county affairs will lo more to wive money for taxpayers han spurts of false economy in the ox- onsion of public works. X thousand dollars for u 12,000 lot reduces the \ > ilutV.of the Jyron Hood library bequest by. a , snug uni. WHO will bo tlio republican nominee Jr congress from the Omaha district ? I'rnmnliiro IV.-Hlilciitinl Cliluk. But In Uio cuso ot Senator Palmar. , tUoro ro many who UnUovu tliat bit uouilnutiou ould imuro victory m u Ivauuu of tha .illotliij ; . Conrurtliit : ti ) u ul . r/ild c.'ji'iJu Insurer. Tbo auiioxuuon stmumeatu growing iieaU- lly In Crfffiflfii. When It has bocomot dominant acntlmont In that country , n tilltes slmwln ( a fornnit rctiuo.it from t ROVcrntnoa'tiT } will bo tlmo for this count to decide wuothor It will in ion i to the prot slllon. " J ami DlmiHtcr. It appoara'tjhat the principal cnuso ot t recent rovil ( } | inn In Hrnzll was the omlisi of a lavish Amount of paper currency , other wonlitho nlllanco policy was trie and It had ttHJb ntnndonod to prevent RC oral buslucsijjjmd political disaster. DnkVifn'n Divorce Ccnlcr. I'/i/la / letvhki Iterant , Divorce scandals nro Increasing In Sloi Falls , S. I. ) . Husbands and wives sooKiuc l lease from the Irksome chains of matrlmoi are rapidly Increasing the transient pan latlon of that city , although they cannot said as n rule lo contribute much to its socl attractions. Why tlio Muitivuinp Ijanietitn. Cincinnati Commercial , Twonty-llvo tln.plato fnctoi'los In Iho cour of construction In the United States In a fa which the talented and vociferous muiwuu : tln-plato liars of iho cast , west , north at south contemplate with Borrow. i < oglxs and Save I'Vnu-iMl The government of the United btatos w undoubtedly welcome nn apology anil roper tlon from Chill. This country has no ilcsi for war , but Its u.ilform must bo respect In every port ut nil costs. Il'lt Kcnmuloil Them of'Omo. Cliicauo Itci-iilil. Now York in covered with dense fogs , at Its niiirlo-iimnliius nra of course Uollghto They can saunter up Droadway and Imapli that they are taking a stroll on the Strand I'lcadilly In foggy London. A TcrKTTruth. Kfia Ynrlt TrlHnnf. A railway smash-up which might hai boon prevented by the oxerclso of a modonil iloproo of common sense canaot bo rcgardc ns an iiccicionU xojnl.\i UUT rafc/c A North Platte clll/an , In speaking of pol tics in general up In the Sixth district , sail "Tho congressional candidates in the Slxt district on the republican stile of the tlgl will probably bo II. M. Urlmos and Judi Church of North Plane , .rack McColl of Lo : liiRton , Judge Hamer of ICoiirney , Judc Wall of Loup City , Judge Ktnkaid of O'Noil and .lames Whitohoau of Broken Bow. think the matter will finally como down to contort , between the man soleutoil from tli Nortli Platte aspirants and Judge ICinUali I think- this beciiuso the counties west of i will support a North Platte man. Wo wi have at least eleven counties soli for the man selected by the Isort Plntto republicans. Then I bohovo thi Judiro KlnUuldiwiIl como down with tb northern Uonof 'countie.s at his back , so thr the contest \vlll i-uallv ho between him an the North Platte aspirant. Whitehead wl have his own county , Wall will huvo hi oounty and Hamer may bnvo his countv. " ' ' 'Whatis the fuelingamontttho ropub'llcan of the Sixth with regard to a candidate fc governor ! " , "There is a'coneral desire among repuli Means of the Sljqth to sco Douglas count : iamo the candidate for governor. Wo recog ' nlzo up there tha't tlio republicans of Douglo county saved Post and it is no more than fal to allow Douglas countv to tuuuo the cand u'ato for governor. " "Do you bear1 any particular man mer tlonoiH" ' ' No. 1'ho IiJoa is to lot the ronubllcans c Douglas county'settlo ' that thomsolvcs. " " 'vr .s . , / < / . / ; ' Klmlrn Ouzotto : You can't inuaaiiro a girl' love by Us sighs. St. Joe News : The dark ujtes nro the one that elderly Bilusturd | i-ef 1130 to divulge. Wiishlnston Star : "I wish. " said tlio olderl gentleman who gives mlvlup. "tluit I couli uorsuuilu all yoiint ; women touroiitliclreliuw ini : i ; u m. " "I have dropped mliiu. " s-ild a youns inNs. "Ah ? I nni uliid to hear It. " " 1 vuiiUln't help it , " site went on demurely "I w.i a so Interested In what you were say In that lswallo\vi-il \ It , " Now York Herald : Spavcr Wlint did th editor say about your | ) i , m on thu itarthV I.lnur Hald ho wou.d lll.-u to see mo g ileupur Into the subjeet. tipat-or How much ileupor ? Miier Ki-oni wh.it ho said I should jndg about six fuel. IIK.Il , , HHAT M I'UClf. She said the ring hu gave to her Was not a porfent lit. Oh. fatal error ! " Pur ho got Another girl for It. Columbus Pun ; Tlio debtor ninv have tin oonsolatlon ( if knuwlni ; tliat there In always Homebody thinking of him. Atlanta Constitution ! Old Subscriber calloil to pay you that W I'owo you. Editor ( loftily ) There was no hurry. You needn't deprive yourself. Old Subscriber In thit ease I'll defer It. as I really do need the money badly. Kdltor ( rising ) .lolin , look Iho door , and I lie maUe.s u break for th window knock him Jown with thu mailer. r\o\v , shell nut tliat } il WON Iir A NKCK , Kew Ynrlt Press , Her dress was out decollete And of Ins heart made quite a wreck : From others Him draw him away , In short , she won him by a nook. Washington Star : One of the siicnimeiis o Italian art conspicuous In Ibis country Is tin facile dexterity by which short measure 1- ; lvmi In a nickel's worth of peanuts. Hoston I'ost : It U true that a ronili ox- lerhir may cover u warm heart , but It la nol lafo to hot on the kindness of a doj h.ocuust > t the rasping quality of lib bark. A NKW VKAIl IDVIj. Muntenntt Dntnui. [ la resolved to leave oir Hinoklug , wotrliu. ; oliewln : ; , nasty jo fin ? , IrlnldiiL' . gnmblln ? . nnvcr | Mllne Ills ruddy nasal organ Into other folks' a iTnlrs Ilia great goodness HO. folio reckoned Undo tlio iinguls glad they beckoned , Vnd on January second lo started. | > nrj mid happy , up the broad celestial stairs. Ivnto I'liild'sVut > ] ilnilan : Jlr. Van OEOII- | [ huartliiit Jlr.s. t'r.iwfurd has left ht'r hits- > and and run oT. | wIM' ' another man. Mrs. Vim OsUun Itun oir with anotlioi nan ! Imposslmo.l'lmrUs ! ; she w.is a I'lilla lolphlaglrl. n it - inlr . Dallas Nowsij\YJien : wild yimng men starl nit for fun , lhovijiro iro.ng to have It if thtii lavutu light fur lu Chlcapo Trllnliijn A man Is like a postasi itaiiip. When life'ls'lcidly ntnck on himself. a I. wero. hi ) Is ni > iMYorth S cents for any pr.ie- , loal IMU. - Ohleauo Tlmqiif . Outside of the poker OOIIM oalllnz wllriiot bu fashionable thH Sow Year's day.'tflt hu Ilrolhor ! you with < tru\v | and frown , Why don tyuJiiui'ovu from Uruinblutown , Where everyUitu. : U liiinbloj down And life iH.Mwiy * dreary ? llovu over Intel' Cliid vlllo , where Your fiicu will ilon n Manny air And lay usldoihu look of cam ' all lirliiht and cliKtiry. In ( iriiinbletown thuru'n not a joy Hut hiix a AhuUow of alloy That will It.s happlncvi destroy Andiuakuyou to rosrut II. In Oladvillu they huvo not a , ire lint what It liMK | * inviting lliuru , And hus about It soinnthlir ; fulr That makX'S them pluascd to cot It. 'Tlsstraiito how dlircrtMit thn-0 towns Of ours lire ! Uond clu'or'ntimindi Inoiiu. tinU irriiesoniii growls and frown * Aru always In thu othiT , If you yo . rslilu-s of ashen'izr.ty \Voiiidcnaiiuu forsuiinv inilu > > of May , ' rrtiut I'iruiiihluliiivn , oh. haslo uwu.v ; Move InluCJIudvlllu. brother. An interesting program has boon prepared > i' the Pannur.-i Institute , lo bo held at Bow Junuury II , | f > and III. Chan- Jllot- Can Ik-Id and oilu r proluiiori of tbo university will deliver uiidrcsics. COMINC'ITTH THEIR COR ! Many Nobraski Fflrmora-Ea ar to Atd Ru aid's Starving Millions. PLANS FOR SENDING THE SHIPMEN" 31.x Onrq ilondy to Htnrt ut Any Tin Scoklnt ; Instruction from Wiifllilnutou Help la . tindly Needed. Hov. L. P. Luddon , ilooaty commtsalon of the NobriMlia IJiircau of Labor Statistic cuino up from Lincoln yoitcrJny at the r iinest of Secretary Ninon of the Hoard i Trade , to check up the lattor's reilof fui account of last winter , and it was found I bo correct. Mr. Luddon has charge of the work i raising a train load of corn for the fitmli sufferers of Kussia. and In response to in quirlos cnvo a very cheering report of tl : outlook. "Governor Tnnycr called for ono car i corn troin each county , " ho said , "but on ! counted on about sixty all told , anil so neil lloil Secretary Husk at Washington. 1 n sure Nebraska will contribute the .sixty ci loads , and I am hopeful of getting ono froi each ot the ninety counties. "Thn governor's proclamation was no Issued until December ' 'y , but wo could hnv had llfty cars ro'idy for shipment If wo ha had Instructions from Mr. Kusk how to son It. I \\n \ \ > t wrote letters to the boards < trade , then to the county clorus and today third series Is being mailed to the count agricultural societies. L shall also write poi Eonal letters to all the wealthy Uimlans I the state , whoso names I win secure , nsktn them for cash contributions. "Very little personal effort has been pu forth as yet , and thd most that has bee done thus tar has bean through the idmlnos of the press. Curiously enough , thonuicket responses have como from the district which themselves recolveu rollof suppllo last winter. Count en Contributing. "Uod Willow county lias a car of cor awaiting Instructions , Culbortson report another , Hivor.ua a third , York cour.lv i fourth , nnd Dodge county ofTor two. j committee is at work In Lancaster count ; and Douglas county will raise enough cash t buy two or thrco car loads. "It Is proposed to use part of ttie cash con tnbutlons to print circulars in the Russia language explaining the various modo.s o preparing corn meal for use as food. Thi will not only prevent a needless waste o corn , but it will help to advertise Nebra.sk and Us great stanlo product. During th Irish famine America sent the sufferers largo quantity of corn meal , and slnco tha time Ireland has consumed more of our con thai i nil the rest of Europo. It is bollcvoi that the present movement will have a sltnt lur result in Russia. If tbo railroads do thel part , there will bo no expense attached t the work except the small Item of printing Let mo say hero that contributions of smal sums of cash will bo acceptable , and the ; will bo put to tbo best pojsibio use , "We have had many letters oskini for shlppltiK instruction , but have beoi unable to answer them satisfactorily because wo have received no direc lions from Secretary Kusk. Senate Paddock , who was in Lincoln yesterday wired Secretary Tracy asking that the Nebraska braska contribution bo sent , In the Constitu tlon , which has'been designated by the government ornmont to carry America's offering ucros ; the Atlantic. Governor Thayer last nighi wroto.Secrolnry Rusk at length for shipping instructions. No arrangements have as yo been made for tbo payment of the froigh charges to the seaboard. Wo bopo Mr Rusk will secure free transportation from thi railroads , but if ho doesn't wo will make thi effort ourselves. Arr.ilicpniants for Shipping. "Wo expect , to begin loading our contrlbu lion about January 15. Wo hope to have the train ready to leave Nebraska by January 21 and to ro.nrh Chicago about the time tbo MIn ncsota train arrives. The governor of Miff nosota has been very anxious to have tlio con tributfons of the two states go together in the Constitution , and wa are wonctng to that end. Two Minnesota men , by the way , have volunteered to accomnany our joint shipmo.nl to Russia nt their own oxpcnso in order to .sco that our contributions are distributed among people actually in need. This will prevent its being diverted to the lisa of tbo'Russlau armv and protect It fron plundering officials. The corn will bo kilt dried before being put on ship , so that it wil reach Russia in the best possible condition. "A number of papers have published at interview with Colonel Charles da Arnaud author of 'Tho New Era in Kussia , ' in which ho douiod that that countrv is in ncod of out- sldo help. Some of our correspondents have referred to that interview us a reason for not taking steps lo gather the desired car load o corn. Tbo statement in the interview In In- , corroct. Wo have Information direct fron tbo Russian legation In Washington that aid is needed nnd will bo accepted. Before mak ing this announcement the legation cablet iu govcrnniontutSt.Potorsburg. so there can bo no mistake on this point. Wo huvo this assurance through Senator Paddock , "The governor's proclamation , by the way has been n good advertisement for'Nobrasu'a Itwassontout by Iho Associated Press am favorably commented on by papers all ovni tlio country. Wo have also rocolvod loiters of Inquiry from nil -sections of the union , in- dicuting that It stirred up a widespread inter- tercst In Nebraska. " .LVTOH ! > V.tM.tX 7A.S.I.V/ ; . The statemontof W. J. Scanlan's manager , Augustus Pltou , that the noted comedian Is Insnno will be a shocking surprise to the ad mirers of the popular comedian In the wost. - at the Fourteenth Ho was IHllng-an engagement teenth btroot theater in Now York and ap peared on the boards as late as Friday night df last weok. Ho did not nppour Saturday nftornoou or evening , nnd his manager nnd frlouus were forced to confess that hU mind [ s affected ; In short that ho is sulToring from paresis , the disease that has sent lo the iisylutn and to the grave Tony Hart , John McCullnugh , Bartloy Campbell , Charles E. Ulancbetto ami otbor theatrical men of note. In an Mntorvlow in the Now York Sun , Manager Pllou says of Scan hi n : "Yos , he's gone , completely so , Ills mind is totally unbalance Ho i.s a mental wreck , ina I'm all unnerved. " In response to a direct Inquiry Mr. Pltou said that. Scanlan was a victim of par- jsls. jsls."Why , you can hardly Imagmo tlio shock It gnvo mo , " ho said , "when I was hastily tummoned to the hotel early this morning 10 iiUonil ficnnlan. Ho had been attacKed In the nU'ht with ono ot the wildest hallucina tions Imagli a bio , anJ , whulM worse , ho hail raved , unit acted llko an out anil out manlau Tor the lirrft tlmo since ho had boon sirlckeu with the fearful ni'ilady. "I learned upon arriving at the hotel that Co had rushed down stairs Into Iho main corridor rider , and caused great consternation among the hotel employes and others proiont by his wild movements. Ho becnr.io so violent that it required half a dozen men to halo. him. Ilu Imagined that ho was being punned by some relentless enemy. Much as I halo to admit ibo fact , I must. Though perfectly rational it times , his mind Is comulololy unbalanced , ind tbcro is no lolling when ho may lly off iho hnmllo. I deeply rogntt Scanlan's state , is much as If ho wuro ono of m.v own fatnifv. ' "In fact1 Mr. Pltou continued , "I have a'l- oady mtuln arrangements to send my cbll- Iron and folks to my sifter's home and will ) ut Scanlan in my own house In West Mlnoty-llftb sireot , where ho will rc- uiivo Iho attendance of the bust bruin ipocinlhts and trained nurses. 1111 have ilin removed to my house early tomorrow nornlnp , for It is Impossible to keep him in my hotel , Boiiuos , ho has a holy horror of loitigconfined la nn Insane usrluni. In his uclii moments ho bogs ami Implores tils wife nil myself to keep him out of all such nistl- uuou.s , whether public or prlvnto , This wo /ill do ai long ni It Is In our power. With iroper care , I think ho mav bu kept under ur guardianship. His physical condition ls Uch that I hardly think ho will uo tortured my. HU general health Is broken nlmoit i much as hli mind. Isovtrlhulcsi , if ho houla linger , I will rqnt apartments tome- 'here orsccuro u house In the suburb ! and ave him removed to it , " It Scanlaa's Illness ahall prove to be us aorlmis m his friends fear , It will tnko frc the American Mage one of its charactorlsl llguros , A voting man yet , ho M nlrcnily star of magnitude , and ono who < o oarnln have been fur boyoiul popular boll of. I was born In Sprlngtlcld , Mais. , on Vobrun 1 1 , 1S.V1 , so that hu U not yct-'W. Ills paron were of Irish UciconU As cnrly as his ton vear hov.n on the professional stngo , ti only In his native city , but In this city , to yet there nro few playgoers of this ilay"li looking back to ISilO will tccognl/.o In W [ lam J. Scanlan the "Miwtor Wllllo" who boyish soprano delighted the frequenter * Broadway concert halls In the Hush tttn after the war. Mr , Scnnliin's projont malady ilrst man fo.neil Itself inoro than two years ngo , will ho was traveling through Texas , lie wi subject then to attacks of fatigue nnil depro slon. the results of which were quickly r marked by those who acted with him , If in by thojo before whom ho acted. On sever occasions during his tour through the soutl west the performance was dola veil while I was recovering from ono of his spot's. ' 11 manner of living undoubtedly U tlio cause i his Inmalrod health. I'liishod with success , young , robust and popular man wherever no wont. Im hubl became rocklo.s.s , mul ho ilctled the laws i health. It Is io secret among tils nearo friends that ho has boon excessively fond i the gaming tahlo a fascination that was in moro costly to hi * punu than It was rulnoi to his physical system. i-'itn.M 'itorxit . .trr ( r. < . Ncbrnskn. Harvard barber shops will hereafter clo ; on Sunday. A Nlobrara man shot a thlrty-Ilvo poun beaver the other day. Franklin county old settlers will hold a n union during February. The matrimonial fovcr Is reported op domic in Antclopo county. Farmers about Liberty have organized homo insurance company. Alvln Jenkins , a runt.or at Portal , slnppo several tons of broom corn ami received ? " > ton. ton.Willis Willis CJ. Brown nnd Miss Illta Thorn nurg of Oakdalo have JoinoJ fortunes fo life. life.McAullft's McAullft's dam on Ledge Polo crook non Chappoll , wont out the other day and lloodo the bottom lands. Fourteen now county bridges have boo completed In Dlxon county nnd two moro ur lindcr construction. It is announced that n pontoon bridg across the Nlobrara , connecting Bovil count with Atkinson , is now assured. The German citizens of Norfolk have 01 gaulzod n turi'voroln and the now society Wi start out by giving a granu ball January U The Improvements made In Hastings th past year amount to over f.M)0,000. ) with pros nocts that the amount will bo doubled 1 18hJ. ! 18hJ.Tho The B. & M. is to build a depot nt Me Landless station , bolwcon Shubcrt ah Nomaha City. An elevator will also b orcctod. Rev. M. F. Carny has in-oachoj his farewell well sermon n.s rector of St. . Murv's enure ] nt Nebraska City. Ho has accepted a call t at. Joseph. There is tain of putting in tanchtnory n L/hnppoll to extract the sweetness Irom suga beets , and then sending the product to Gram Island lo bo ro lined. While crossing the pontoon bndgo nca Stuart Fred Cooper , a Key a Paha count' " ' fanner , slid into the river with a load o" wheat. Ho saved himself , but lost his wagoi and grain. A peculiar case Is Interesting the people o York in which Mr. Bartholomew , a prosper oils farmer , is ono of the principals. Hi has a son In Texas who hud been married and , as the story goes , without petting i divorce ho remarried. Domestic trouble : iroso and Mrs. Bartholomew came up fron Texas about eight months ugo to her "father n-law's. A compromise was lixcd up whurebj she was given n note for $ ! > 00 10 pay her foi simply abandoning her claims. iVhen ih < iota became duo the old centloman discoveroi .lint If she were not his son's legal wife lu md no cause for paying her and ho refusci to settle the noto. She sued him nnd ho tilei a counter claim for board. The lady is stop- pine in York nnd proposes to light , her claim , and Bartholomew swears ho will not pay it and as both have money at their commanc ho ohancos are good for a very intorcsiinc awsult. _ lown. Marcus Bros. , Clinton grocor.s , have failed , There aru 3.44 pupils enrolled in the Bur- ington schools. Clarion's now court hoiisowillbe dedicated it the March torin ol the dlslrict court. Patrick Sullivan and Frank Dunn broke nto Mrs. Crook's shoo store ut Davenport Jhristmas day and secured $10 from tno safe. i'ncy were arras sed. The Odd Follows lodge at Atlantic is the argest in the state , its members nuinboriii ) ; iwu-ly UOO. The lodge has -about completed u low temple costing $ 'j. > ,000. Herbert Fro nnd John Houk bocnmo in- solved in n quarrel ut n shooting match at Davis' coal mlno. northeast of Corydon , unu , vhilo ono was attempting to got n gun. iVhich was lying near , it was discharged , in- itantly killing Newton HOUK , n companion , vho was attempting to separate ttiom. Thomas Loi'ghlin , n well known business nan of Clarion , Is dead. On Christmas day 10 went to Belmont on a railroad velocipede , o meet Father Egan , ft Catholic priest , When almost half way homo ho gave out. " 'ather ' Egan went to a house n short dls- ance away for hmp unil when ho roturuea rtr. LouRblin was dead. A Cedar Rapids mm who owns a vnhmblu lorso conceived the Idpa of testing human iiituro the other day. 'Accordingly ho hung i placard upon the horse , which was Uod in font of his ofllce , announcing that the onllro luttlt must bo sola for J-'iu. Soon there was L procession of exports looking nt tno tooth if that poor horse and lifting his foot with n nest knowing air , ouch ono In turn announc- tig that the price was much too high. It was i great object lesson nnd no ono had discov- irwl thut u.V)0 ) out lit was being otTorcu for TO when the owner ciunooutandilrovoaway. r.ii.v.ini.is 'efT ' Davis' Komi , Given on tlio OT 'I IMIIHOII , I. OHt. KICHMOVD , Va. , Doc. 20. It has become mown that the bnna given to the Uniteu itatos government by JolTorson Davis to an- wer to the circuit court of this city for reason Is missing from the court records. 'his paper bears the signatures of Horaro Jceeloy , John Minor Bolts , Jorrit Smith < tnil thor prominent oorsoiiB. The nreseTit clerk f the circuit court , M. F. Pleosants , who , -as chief clerk of thu Doportinontof Justice i Washington at the time of his appolnt- lent to his present position in 1870 , found lira the document was missing soon after his rrlvul as clerk , tuid over Binco ho has made lligent efforts to llnd It , but without success. lo bus had many offers for the original or a ic Klmile of thd paper , ono of the most impting bolncr from a | fl-ominent magazine. lo said today that ho had a suspicion as to 10 thief , but declined to say anything about im except that ho was dead. It id Yn.tr I'o iijil'it NKW YOHK. Due. 2' ! . The troubles of life i.suranco companies during the year ISUl ava boon ai numerous us ihoso of tha II ro isuranco companies , J.lfo insurance men o not deny that the year now closing has eon the \voru on record for them. Hardly ny ono in the biisinois hat made largo rollts. The grip , insurance men say , was 10 cause of largo expenditures and In marine irclos the loss of Ufa during the your has i3on larger than It has been for many yearn. he result of so much bad business will rohably eausn nome of the companies to con- illdutowlth others. If the grip opidemlo irrios away many victims thu winter thu umber of consolidation * will bo all the moro iiniorous , TlilH Chin WIIH I.oudoil. John Wilson , u I l-yoar-old lad , rojldlng at juth Hovcntoonth street , near the tracki , as returning from hunting yesterday after- ion and whllo Jumping a funco near the -nth street viaduct his gun wits discharged , oundlug him In the right 10,5 so badly that o limb had to bo amputated. to Cuiiuul .StninpH. Tbo Houol ' .rothoM were lined t-Vl and sis , and 0111 moumr ' of the llrm wa re- aodcd lo the custody of the marshal for u days for Keeping empty olooinarnurlnn B-s In their bajouiunl with uucaiicullud > wp > upon them. HIS VIEW OF THE WAR RUMORS Sontitcr Palmar 8u.ro tba AtlniluUtralioa Desires Pcaco. UNITY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT , Is the 1'olloy nn Ilu ( ) l > sii-v'H ! II - Notlilni ; In tlio Hltnntliin to Ap- l > rolu > iil Troiiblc Oilil-t mill ICinlH. Cinr.ino UriiKAc OK Tun Br.ic , I CIIK KIO. Ii.i. . . Dec. S'A f Senator Pnlmor , who u sondlng | the boll days nt homo In Springllold , In nn Interview regarding the Chilian matter , snld : "Tho trouble with Chill , In m.v opinion , Is net serious enough to warrant any prediction that there will bo war between this country nnd our South Amorlcuti neighbor. It , Is my opinion thnl there will bo no war. If the ad ministration had regarded the MUiatlon as very serious , congress would certainly have been asked In sumo way to remain In session , Instead of , uiounilng ] for the holidays , From what I tmto been nblo to Rather In Washington , 1 think It i.s the policy of Mr Dlaino to nvolii war between tlili country and Chill. This I.s in accord with the liluu of the unity of the American continent which bo entertains - tains and which U a good Idea. " W. It. ( JODllnli'H SlU-CRHS. W. R. GooJali , formerlv of Omaha and well known there , hits Just sold his play , "Tho Absent Minded Man , " which ho wrnta while in Omaha , to Roland Reed. The con sideration named Is f 10,000. The Herald says of the play editorially : "W , K. Goodall , u Chtcnpo newspaper man , has just sold n play to Roland Reed vvhich thu actor declares gives him the best opportunity of his lifo for genuine comedy work , Tl.u play will bo first given next spring at the Boston Museum nnd will doubtless score n splendid and Immediate success. Boston docs notproduco much of anything nowadays In Iho way of lltarnry or dramatic ar' , but what it has lost In thu creative faculty it has goined in the critical. Chicago is glad to wnto books and plays for Boston proud of the honor and con Melon t of the verdict. Boston - ton naturally demands what Chicago gives the boat. " Odds and D. A. Blodgott , owner of the Times build inp , has taken out a permit for n slrucluru to cost $700,1X10 and tiitcnos to convert thu present building into a sky scraper. The work of construction will go up in sections , llko the "Fair" building , so ns not , lo disturb the Times In Its occupancy. The dimensions nro 100 by 180 feet on Washington street and Fifth avcnua. A son of Lynmn Gage , whu has Just reached home from Now Yoric , says his lather is on the way lu complete recovery. All ho needs now Is * continuance of tbo sumo attention lie Is re ceiving in Now York and plenty of rest and quiet. His recovery Is assured , though it will bo some time before ho will bo nblo to re sume business. After a lively debate , the ordinance for the extension of the West Lalto street line of the West Chicago Street Railway company , for twenty years , was passed on unanimous vote , tbo light being made on Iho length of tbo franchise. Thomas L. Kimball has been In the city for several days to secure a permanent manager for the Union elevator at Council Bluffs. Iho present tenant , who took posses sion as a creditor for Brown Bros. , not wishing to continue in the management. The elevator building Is owned by the Union Pacific and .savoral other roads , wiiito the elo valor business is conducted by a stock company , of which Mr. Kimball Is president. Western I'ooplo In Ohio tjio. The following \vo.storn people are lu the city : At tbo Grand Paclflo-Carl G. Borch , Davenport. la. ; C. J. IVOH , Cedar Rapids , la. ; W. F. Banks , Marslialltoivn , la. ; J. A Rhulborg , Dubunuo , In , ; Thomas L. Kimball , \V. II. Wyman , Omaha. At the Palmer John J. Stork , Council Bluffs : F. J. Kahn , Sioux City , In. ; C. S. Hutchms , Burlington , la. ; Ii. H. Bowman , Beatrice ; H. W. Roiindtreo. At the Wellington James P. Donahue , Davenport , In. ; Miss L. Seaman , Grinnoll , la. Mr. and Mrs. Peabody , Omalm ; Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Robbins , Lyons , la. ; C. H. Bon- uright. DCS Mollies. la. At the Leland Mrs. Pohlmnn , Omaha. At the Auditorium Lewis Cotter , Musca- .ine , In. _ _ F. A. TOll.lCVO 1311'OKTIXH Vlt.l UltS. Special AfjontH of the Treasury Make n Uiscovoi-y- NKW YOIIK , Dec. ii' ' ) . At the Instance of American tobacco growers the department lomo.timo ugo Issued an order that all tobac- : o Importations should bo sent to the public i to re a and every bale examined. It was 'ound by the board of appraisers , In acting in the Llob case , that the Importers of Suin- itra tobacco were In the habit of entering vrappors as tillers , saving $ l.li. > on duties , md the American growers madn the muno tharco against many Importers of Havana obncco , Special Agent McCoy has Just com- ilotcd an examination of a lot consisting of ; ll bales which wore entered by Staohclborg c Co. as Havana tillers , dutiable at ! ) . " > cents icr pound. It was. found that llfty of the laics contained Iho Ilnost Havana wrappers , allied at $ ? 0,000 and dutiable ut W a pound. I'ho tobacco was seized yesterday on a chnrgn f fraudulent Invoice and thu Importers will 10 prosecuted for violation of the customs aws. Heretofore , when undervalued tobac- 0 had been found , thu entries have been alsed and no punishment hullctcd. There re now several thousand baloi of tobacco at ho public stores awaiting examination. Another Tin I'lulo Fiiolory. Pnti.iiiKi.i'iiiA , Pa. , Dec. 20. The N. G. 'aylor company , which has been operating small tin plato factory here , today com- loiod arrangements for the oractinn of a notary in this city which , when completed. nbo \ \ the largest , establishment of Its kind 1 the United Slates , Hush Kirn * /VuMrnlln. . SviiSBV , N. S. W. , Doo. 20. Extensive ush fires have swept over the districts ol .Ibany , Wagga-Wapga , Tomora and ludgt'3 , causing immense damage to crops nd burning a largo number of head of live took. . has no Equal. F quick leav ening agents Royal Bak ing Powder exceeds all others in strength , purity and wholesomeness - ness , because of its specially re fined , chemically pure ingredients. ! Gov. Chemist Dr. MOTT : "The Royal is undoubtedly the purest and most reli able baking powder offered to the public.1'