THE OMAHA DAILY BEE ; WEDNESDAY , MARCH 2 , 1892.
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AtflniKu ( 'Irrigation lor January lMr.M. :
MKIUIY : us it nmttor of economy nsldo
from huniniin considerations the omor-
guncy hospital ia n crylnp necessity.
A CONWUKSS devoting1 itself to vote
catching for u presidential election can
ordinarily bo rolled upon to drive owny
Jnoro votes thnn it catches.
SINCK the Bupromo court of the United
States has sustained "Czar" Reed's
rules , the democrats in the house are
lower and sweeter than usual.
Now that the grand jury has brought
in some indictments , the organ of the
boodlurs claims to linvo boon instrumen
tal in unearthing and exposing the job
bery. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IN BiFcrssiNd the law's delays no
member of the Sundown club thought of
the Ilelfonstoin cf303. : They have
been so long delayed as to bo partially
forgotten. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
BUYAN will vote to repeal the sugar
bounty and for free binder twine , not
withstanding the injury that would fol
low to Nebraska industries were his vote
to bo effective.
IN THE course of its investigations the
grand jury may bo able to discover why
a prominent public oillciul should claim
the courtesy of a street car pass not only
for hlinsolf but for his son-in-law.
JAMKS FI.ANNKKY Is indicted for
working his own teams on the street.
If tlio indictment sticks there will bo
novornl other ox-ollicials quaking in
their boots who are likewise indictublo.
NF.IIKASICA has gained several million
dollars' worth of real cstuto by the deci
sion of thu supreme court in the East
Omaha land case , and Douglas county
has been enlarged by several thousand
acres.
THE Indian appropriation bill ia hold
ing the carpet in the lower house of
congress with a tenacity which shows
that the majority is determined to
tinker with tha Indian problem regard
less of result *
CALIFOKNIA will uut $05,000 into her
building at the World's fair. The little
structure which Nebraska proposes to
erect will cost $15,000. Our people will
BOO from these two fautH what competi
tion Nebraska will bo forced to meet at
the great exposition.
AN UNDiiiiSTAXDlNQ Una been reached
between the city and county physicians
'regarding the care of sick and injured
paupers and It IH to bo hoped tlir.t hero-
nftor the unseemly controversies which
have for years disgraced both city and
county will not occur.
OMAHA homes should bo opened to
the distinguished trontlomcm who come
here in May as delegates to the general
conference of the Methodist Episcopal
Church. It will not do to quarter all
these people at the hotels. They enjoy
private hospitality and deserve It.
now. ZKIIUI.ON VANCE , United States
Bcnator from North Carolina , is ono of
the largest ivs well as brainiest of the
southern senators nnd it IB therefore the
loss surprising that his chair should
hivvfl given way under him while loan
ing back listening In astonishment to
another southerner who waa advocating
the seating of a northern republican
( senator.
E.V-CONaitKssMAN MoitiULlj of Kan-
Fa's has entered the race for the ropubll-
cm nomination for goyornor. Mr.
Merrill is n banker at Hiawatha und a
gentleman of good ability. Ho served
acceptably several terms in congress and
possesses , us ho doborves , the respect of
the people of his stuto without regard
to party utllliatlons. Ho would make u
strong head for the republican ticket in
thatfitnto.
TUB Now York Sim saya It Is nn un
written law of tlio democratic party ,
which has passed into one of its tradi
tions , that no domoorulio aspirant la oil-
glblo for the presidential nomination of
the party unless backed und suatiinod
by the delegation from the state where
ho lives. In proof of this it cites numer
ous historical precedents , The puruoso
is to show that Mr. Hill has u. very good
chance of securing the nomination , Now
York being a pivotal state , and Mr.
Cleveland no chtinco at all. The sug
gestion of it ia that "fuvorlto sona , "
who believe themselves to ba providen
tial possibilities must bo careful not to
go to Chicago without the support of
the delegations of their own states.
Governor Boios must not Ions Bight of
this important requirement.
MH.
When Mr. Uiaino announced , several
weeks ngo , that ho was not a candidate
for the presidency , and that his name
would not bo presented to the republican
national convention at Minneapolis , the
great majority of republicans regarded
the nnnouncotnont ns decisive. Men
having confidence in the candor and
political Integrity of Mr. Ulalno could
not iHTloss thnn believe that in declining
to longer pormllhlmsolf tel > 3 considered
a possible candidate of his party ho was
sincere. To doubt or question this , to
assume that there might bo an ocoult
motive in the declination of Mr. Itlalno ,
was to bo expected of his political op
ponents , but not of men of hlsown p.vrly.
Pour years ago Mr. Ulnlno declined to bo
a presidential candidate and the party
accepted it unquostloningly. Why
should there bo any loss conlidonco now
in the sincerity of his declination ?
There Is not among the masses of the
party , but a few self-seeking politicians ,
holding positions of tnoro or loss inj
lluonco to which they hsivo boon mis
takenly elevated , do not hesitate to dis
credit the sincerity and integrity of Mr.
( Maine by persisting In the demand that
ho shall ho the candidate of his pirty :
and implying that there tire conditions
under which ho would accept the nom
ination. The men who are doing thin
may not roallzo the magnitude of the
wrong they tire doing the distinguished
lender to whom they profo39 such
loyalty and friendship , or the possible
Injury to the party from the unwarranted
reflection thus cast upon ono of its fore
most men. In the eagerness of their
nmbi'.ion . for noraontil political advance
ment they may not see that in discredit
ing tlio sincerity of Mi' . Ulnino they are
doing what may impair his intluoncu in
the coming campaign and what is oven
now furnishing capital to the onomlos of
the republican party. But thought
ful republicans , anxious only for the suc
cess of the party in the national contest
of this year , see in the persistent olTort
of certain politicians to make it appear
that Mr. Blaine niny bo forced upon the
party in other words , that ho may bo
induced to stultify himself by accepting a
nomination under certain conditions
only danger to the republican cause.
Among the professed friends of Mr.
Blaine who are thus discrediting him is
Mr. J. S. Clarkson , chairman of the re
publican national committee. Through
his paper , the Iowa Mute ] { ctjisler , Mr.
Clarkson bus boon slondilv urging the
republicans of Iowa to send a delegation
to the Minncnpolisconvontion instructed
for Mr. Blaine. That paper of March 1
contains an article bonded "Blaino or
Harrison Which ? " that concludes ns
follows : "Iowa is for Blaine and it has
the power to make him the next presi
dent of the United Slates. Why not in
struct for him at the state convention
and thus remove all doubt as to the re
sult of the campaign in the state and
nation ? " Now what is the real motive
of Mr. Clarkson in this matter ? He
does not believe that Mr. Blnlno will bo
nominated. Ho knows as well as any
man that Mr. Blnino's declination to bo
considered a candidate was llnal nnd
conclusive. Ho understands perfectly
that under the circumstances Mr.
Blaine could not honorably accept a
nomination.
But if Mr. Clarkson can induce the
ropuulicans of Iowa to instruct their
delegation for Mr. Blaine it will bo in a
condition to bo manipulated in the in
terest of any other candidate from whom
Mr. Clarkson might hnvo reason to hope
for valuable political consideration for
himself. The republicans of Iowa ,
however , will not fall into the trap that
Mr. Clarkson has sot. Ho has no claims
upon them. There is no reason why
thov should look to him for admonition
or confide in his counsel. As a leader
he bus always led them astray , nnd in
the exigencies of the party in recent
years ho has boon no help to it. His
past course is in no small degree respon
sible for the decline of the republican
party in Iowa , and it ia entirely just to
measure his claims to present consider
ation by the record ho has made. The
republicans of Iowa should send to the
national convention an untramelod dele
gation , free to vote for any candidate
whom the majority of the delegates believe
liovo to bo the most available , . and
which cannot bo manipulated in the in
terest of any self-seeking politician.
COKSTlTUriHX.il , AMHXn.VKX'1'li.
The present congress will probably
Immortalize itaelf by voting to submit
several amendments to the constitution
of the United States for ratification by
state legislatures. One of these will un
questionably bo nn amendment provid
ing for the election of United St'itos sen
ators by direct vote of the people , and
another will bo a proposition that the
president nnd vice president shall bo
oloctcd by a direct vote of the people for
a term of six years , and shall bo ineligi
ble to ro-oloulion. Another pending
amendment introduced on January 18 by
Senator I'lntt in the upper branch and by
Hon. William M. Springer in the house ,
reads us follows :
"No state shall pass any law rcnpoctiup an
establishment of religion , or lu'ohlbltln g the
free oxonilso thereof , or nso its property or
credit , or any rnonuy iMis > od by tuv.Uion , or
authorlzo olthar to bo used , for tbo purpose
of found I up , maintaining or uldtnc , by nppro-
nrlmlcn , poyn out for son-Ices , oxponuM or
otherwise , uny church , rollgious denomina
tion or rollgioustocloty , or any institution ,
society or u"dor akin ? , whloh is wholly , erIn
In part , under sectarian or ecclesiastical con
trol. "
This amendment Is being urged especially -
pocially by the National League for the
Protection i f American Institutions , of
which Hon. Joh i J y , formerly minister
to Kngland , is president. The national
louguo has boon organi/.lng for the adop
tion of this a mo idmoiu for a number of
yours , but it has not boon formally pro
posed in congress until now. Tlio pros-
pacts nro good for its submission , as the
sentiment of the country is entirely in
accord witli its terms and there U a
wide-spread feeling .that it ? adoption
would entirely obliterate sootarlanlsiu
from American politics.
Tin : Bici : is in favor of the amend
ment , not bou.uiso it apprehends any
possible danger to the etatofrom tlioon-
oroaohmonls of the churches , but for the
reason that it nlaoos In the suproina law
of the land a principle expressed in deti
nue terms which is iv part of the un
written but nevertheless potent Iiiw
upon which the American repub lo is
founded. With this provision In the
American constitution there can bo no
further excuse for any port of political
controversy between religious denomi
nations. It ought to take religion out
of politics entirely nnd forovor.
The tongue olllcors request citizens
Interested in thla movement to forward
numerously signed petition ! ) to their
delegations in congress. .1. M. King ,
general secretary , MO Nassau street ,
Now York , will upon application supply
persons desirous of oncouragimj the
cause with blank petitions and circulars
explanatory thereto.
run nwsTS MUST no.
A decision just rendered by the supreme
premo court of Ohio , In a case brought
by the attorney gonornl of the stale
ngalnst the Standard Oil company ,
strikes a blow at that corporation which
will probat ly have the effoRt to deprive
it of the great power it has exercised in
crushing out competition. The case
wits brought to oust the company from
its corporate rights and franchises ob
tained from the state of Ohio. The de
cision of the court docs not disturb the
franchises , but It does what Is far moro
important , from the point of viowof the
public interests , in prohibiting' the com
pany from in any way continuing to
carry out Or fulfill any provisions or
agreements under the trust contracts.
Tills can hardly fall to bo a serious matter -
tor for the company , not only In iminodi-
ate ( hmnclal losses , but in opening the
doors to unlimited competition. It is an
Important anti-monopoly victory , however -
over , and ono that Is especially signifi
cant from having been won In the
stronghold of this great corporation.
Another important anti-trust proceed
ing is the case brought in the United
States court at Boston ngainst the
Whisky trust , all the members of that
combination having been Indicted by tlio
federal grand jury , and a number of
them have already been placed under
arrest. This action Is brought under
the Sherman act passed by tlio Fifty-
llrst congress , and will probably bo re
garded as a test caso. The constitution-
nllty of the law lias already boon af
firmed by a lower court , but undoubt
edly the whisky trust will , if beaten ,
carry the ease to the United States
supreme court for a decision as to the
constitutionality of the statute. The
whisky combination is not quite so for
midable as the Standard Oil monopoly ,
but from the legal point of view , if not
from that of public policy , it is equally
objectionable.
Tlio friends of anti-monopoly will find
reassurance in these proceedings , which
indicate that public sentiment hostile to
trusts and combinations is still an active
force. There has boon just complaint
that during the two years or moro in
which the anti-trust law passed by con
gress has boon in force , no proper or
adequate olTort has been made to give it
effect , but there is reason to believe
that an earnest endeavor is now to bo
made to enforce the law in all cases to
which It will apply. In that event the
present year may witness the dissolution
of most of the combinations for control
ling production and prices.
KIEI > ur WITH THK
Omaha is not keeping pace with her
reputation for public spirit and enter
prise. Her business organizations are
positively indifferent or culpably negli
gent. It is a shame that we should per
mit enterprises dependent solely upon
public spirit and individual liberality to
lag for want of support. This city is
famous all over the world for its push
and energy , and wo have advertised far
and wide thut Omaha is n marvel in
pushing every project that tends to pro
mote her material prosperity.
What are the facts ? A few men arc
forced to take the burden which should
bo laid upon a thousand shoulders.
Mossbncks sit in their homes or their
offices calculating the percentage of
income to capital invested and public
meetings called for purposes important
to every citizen enlist the attention and
attendance of but a baker'a dozen. Ruil-
rouds discriminate against us and the
protest is so weak that the oppressors
laugh at it. Railroad builders , manu
facturers and capitalists come and go ,
and wo barely hint to thorn that Omaha
is the geographical center of n most
productive country and they should give
her resources some considointion.
The people of this country believe
111010 in Omaha than do some of bur old
est citizens. It it were not go wo should
not now bo confronted with the problem
of what wo are to do with the conven
tions and the international drill. Wo
are falling behind the procession in
Omaha. Something must bo done to
nrouso the Intent public spirit and in
herent energy of the people to the ac
tive duties of today. Wo need to roach
out after factories , railways , jobbing
houses nnd Investors. Wo Bhould assert
our rights moro vigorously and deter
minedly against rate discriminations on
the part of railways. Wo should take
hold of these conventions with the
vigor which marks Minneapolis , Denver
and Chicago in similar matters. Wo
must bo as good as our reputation.
CHILI is too poor to make an exhibit
at the World's fair , so a government
oflicial informed the representative of
the United Stale.- ) , but she appears to bo
financially able to buy war ships. A
few thousand dollars expended by the
Chilian government In showing the
rosou.'ccs of that country at the
Columbian exposition would bo the boat
possible evidence that could bo given of
friendly tooling toward the United
Stales , and in declining to ilo this on
the bcoro of poverty , while at the ,8iunu
time contrautin.tr for coHly voijols of
war , suggests the natural inference that
Chill doesn't want any closer intercourse
with us than she is compelled to have.
The representatives of no other country
would bo moro kindly treated here ,
but if she doesn't care to bo a party to
the great fair there will be no trouble
in utilizing the apico : she might occupy.
Si'KNuim SMITH , the Council Bluffs
m mber of thu Iowa Board of Kntlwny
Commissionersin nn interview * throutotiB
retaliation in his oillciul capacity if the
unfair bridge arbitrary ia removed r
demanded by Omaha jobbers. Mr.
.Smith's interview is merely disturbed
atmosphere , Everybody knows that
neither ho TTbT Commissioner loy will
interfere wi.th , the present prclltsof the
railways of pur neighboring Htato. They
were not olcclrd to harass the railways.
A linroiiTKli for a Chicago dally has
just compldtiid Ins Investigations into
the liquor Iranio of Dos Mnlnos , ' 'the
only city of .oJ,000 ( people In the world
without a saloon. " The correspondent's
Information is/1 not generalized either ,
for ho gives" ,1'ho , location o ( the places
nnd In many cases names the propri
etors. DCS . ! Mylncs ) hna r > 0,000 people
nnd moro than 200 joints and from forty
to fifty drug stores where liquor may bo
obtained. Omulm bus 140,000 people
nnd there are but 210 wholesale and
retail liquor doalors. Dos Moincs Is
simply another evidence of the worthlessness -
lessness of tlio Iowa prohibitory law.
TllK alliance managers admit that
many of the olllcors and stockholders of
the National Cordage trust are identi
cal with these of the Nalionnl Union
company , yet they insist that the two
companies nro entirely distinct. This
is a distinction without sulllclcnt dilTor-
once to relieve the average honest yeo
man from the suspicion that the
National Union is merely n smaller
wheel within the larger National
Cordage wheel.
Tim supreme court of the United
States , after deliberating upon the
Boring son controversy ns its issues-wore
presented , in Iho Saywnrd case , handed
down an opinion which does not go lethe
the merits of the question at Issue
between Great Britain and America.
The arbitrators will not therefore bo
hampered by any judicial dltllcultlos in
settling the question.
A riiiinhiK Truth.
Glalic-Dcmncnit.
Cheap dollars cheapen the men who use
them by making ovary llitnir lUoy buy dear.
INillliCiil Iluinnr.
niicfmiuK Commercial.
The cry of the "boys" of Iowa Is for
Boies. "Give in Uoloa , " they say , "ana wo
will ijlvo lown to the democratic column the
nrst , tlmo in a prosiitontlal canvass for forty
years. " This la brag that the republicans
at.
laugh
_ _
Ductorx Dlsiicrre.
No other country in the world is enjoying
such prosperity ns the United Slntos.
Thtnl I'nrtii Dcdamttnn.
This nation is on the verijo of moral , polit
ical anil material ruin.
Proper Snli.i'cts ( ! of Pili > rimllstn ,
St. A'III ! I'loncer 1'rtss.
Senator Mnndareon Has three bills In con
gress to protect the rural Jay from the green
goods men. As they decline to protect them
selves hy reading1 the nowspauors they uro
proper subjects' fqr the paternal solicitude of
the best government upon wiiich the sun over
shono.
KlIY'ct ot Tlmnk Oirbrlncs.
Xcw'l'ork Advertiser.
When John J.r Uookcfoltor sotno months
ago increased his gift to the Chicago uni
versity to $ tGO,000 ) ) ho sol a splendid oxam-
pic to other wealthy gentlemen. By adding
another § 1,000,001) ) to this benefaction ho has
emphasized that good example. Mr. HocUo-
fellersay ? . no makes thislasl gift'a special
thanh offering for 'returning health. Mr.
Gould is reported quite unwell. The public
will watch his restoration to robust health
with much interest.
JMllHt I.OCllC 11 I.Ittln Ollt.
Gmiul Island ImlfiKiident.
If the republican pirty of Nebraska , in
making nominations , overlooks tlio Important
item of availability the consequences will bo
upon the party. It should bo remembered
nmoug other things that votes nri > essential
to success and notice the importuned of
selecting candidates who will commend them
selves to the voters. A nomination is no
longer equivalent to an election in this state ,
and it is well for the people that this Is so.
Care in convention is commondablo.
I'arllnr ; of tlin Wuys.
Jlnriifi's Weekly.
At present the argument for the democratic
party as an nconcy of reform is not that it is
a reform party , but that some democrats hope
to make it such a parly , bo far as the inde
pendent vote is concerned , it seems to bo
protly clear lhal the democratic hold upon It
is relaxing , and all the moro that many inde
pendent voters , wo thinlc , were grievously
misled in New York last autumn. The fact
thut neither party is sound upon all the three
or four most pressing questions of the IPO-
inont greatly increases the independent vote
and makes Its course this year extremely
uncertain. _
Jtisur.r.f
St. Louis Globc-Domocrnl : The old doc
trine that the king can do no wrong Is getting
some oretly hard knocks in Germany these
days.
Now York Herald : In the twentieth cen
tury Iho masses will dlutato the national
policy and the so-called ruler will oo their
most'humblo and obedient servant , for "b >
hold , the neoplo shall rise up as a great
lion. "
Now York Sun : It is absurd to suppose
that with two nays' Incffectlvo rioting will
end the efforts of German workingmen lo
improve their situation. Sooner or later the
disturbances will be renewed , and perhaps
on so formidable a scale thai Iho military
will bo ordered to quell the uprising. But
you cannot drown discontent In blooJ ,
Detroit Preo I'ross ; ICalsor William , In
his Brandenburg speech , advised those who
do not like his government to ' 'slulio Iho
dust of Germany from their feet. " A good
many of the people of Berlin seem to bo fol
lowing Ihls advlctl'ln ' a measure. They nro
Blinking tlio Unfttvtml oven while they uhako
it they keep thoirJfcot in ll and in Germany.
St. 1'aul PioniAiF Press : The Gorman em-
piiv , proud and JWworful nnd dominant in
Uurope us it Is , roils after all uimn luo slop
ing skies of tli4VK'"al ' volcano whoso mighty
eruptions havo1' sliakon to their ruin the
proudest guvoruiuonlul fabrics that over
roared their haughty heads toward heaven.
It will bo well for Germany to heed t.nd be-
waro.
Philadelphia Hcoord : The tone of notu-
lancii and roscnLmunt in tlio Iculser's ' ) ust
Bppor.li. in whlcD Din clulini thut his govern
ment U the victfnrof "nagging persecution , "
deus not consist well with hU expression of
conlldonuo that t'.iu ' Kulor of huavon and
earth is on his /ndo , and that ho U prouos-
lined to load tin/German people to a glorluua
fuiuro.
Now York Advertiser : Thoio socialists In
Gonnauy arc u sorry lot , out they constitute
110 vantiuimi of the grand republican army
which is moving on the. shaky tnrono. As in
Russia , Iho nihilist Is only a form of tlio ex
pression of Uei'psculud discontent. 80 the
Gorman socialist is a protest ngainst militar
ism und Brandenburg aristocracy. Civiliza
tion Is tnarchlng close upon the heels of tne
old world despoiH. . ,
Now York Times ; That hols not In at
much dungur ns the ciar | iruvot that Ger
many has lout ; outgrown hU political Ideas ,
HU coni-ell of his power and his functions
ROU * very near the lengtli of downright in
sanity. It is a verv solemn reflection that
this tiulf cruzy umichront.sm of a man hits not
inprolr tint power to thxv.iri Hie political do-
slfjni of ( Jermmis wiser and morn patriotic
tlmn hlmsulf , but nlso Iho power tn bring on a
general w r In Ktiropo whenever Ills strong
passions overcome his wonlt judgment.
Ulihv Herald : Germany | m * fallen Into
in II Uny \vhon instead of the sturdy and be-
nljn iloxnmtic and dogged old kuUcr who
reunited divided realms by strength of sword
nnd fatlinr.'lno s of rule ; Instead of the hu-
muno Frederick , anxious for pcaco and promoter
meter of arts , her nnclont crown Is sported
by a drunken bov , maudlin with wine and
vnnlty , yet sustained by accomplices in pros * ,
In diet nnd In Reichstag who have not the
excuse of his Inherited distemper nor the
pretext of bis preposterous alms tn Justify
botruynl of their follow countrymen.
cur OFF mior ir.s r.vr.ie// i.
Tim .Htntuliiril Oil Octopu * lilt lly Iho
Ohio Stiprotno Court.
Cof.i'Mtirs , O. , March 1. The supreme
court of Ohio hi the case ot State Attorney
General Watson vs Standard Oil company ,
handed down a decision today. This case
was Instituted by pollllon in quo wnrranto to
oust the company from Its corporate rights
and lo forfeit Its franchise. The judgment
of the court ti lo oust the company from
the right , to nmno the trust agreements
sot forth In the petition mid of the power to
perform Iho snmc. Thu decision sustains
Iho attorney general's dornurror lo Iho
answer of the Standard , which sets upnsn
defense Hint Iho trust ngtvoinont WHS en
tered into by individuals nnd not hy the com
pany as the corporation holding the fran
chise. While the decision does not oust tha
company from Us franchise , 11 prohibit * It
from In any way contlnulnc to carry nut or
fulfill any provisions or agreements under
Iho Irust contracts.
cojn'/.i/.v oi'VAt'i'.tr
( Jamil's l'ulln > i"ln-luv : Don't I.lhn UIPViiy
lit ; 1'crrorini Ills Ditty ,
AUSTIN , Tex. , fob. 20. Sonors Gonzaloa
ana Canols , together with tholriiutornoy , U.
L. Summorll of BAH Antonio , have called on
Governor Hogg r.nd General Mnbroy rela
tive to the trouble growing oul of Iho arrest
of various citizens by Captain John G.
Bourlto of Iho United Stales Iroops in Nonces
county and especially on the Palo Blanco
ranch. They decline to bo interviewed tint
they disapprove the manner of Captain
Uourlco m urrcsltng nnd mistreating private
citizens and entering their houses without
authority , staling at the same tlmo thut
many complainls and charges had already
been made and referred lo General Stanley.
Governor Hogg , nflor seeing the parties ,
concluded to refer the mnttor to General
Stanley for further information rather than
ncl upon exparto statements.
Iteci'lvcil Ills ltiviinl. .
NEW YOKK , March 1. Pollco Commis
sioner John H. Voorlus , loader and orcanlzcr
of the New York county democracy , has
boon appointed by Mayor Grant as police
Justice in place of Jusllco Ford , whose lorm
expired on November 23 lasl. Mr. Voorhls'
salary will bo $10,000 a year , and Iho lorm of
ofllco eight years. It will bo remembered
Ihut Mr. Voorhls announced a few days ago
that his organization would not aid the
opponents of Hill In their light against
Tammany.
Disastrous mill Fatal Holler KYplnslon.
SAVANNAH , Gn. , March 1. The boiler In
the Savannah , Florida & Wcslorn railroad
shops hero exploded , killing two men and
fatally injuring another. The ouildtng was
wrecked nnd the p.itlorns of the company's
machmcrv and locomotives were destroyed.
The killed nro : John C. Murishy , engineer ,
white , and Fireman Stall , colored. A colored
norlor is falally injured. The damage oul-
slJo of Iho loss of patterns Is estimated at
$3,000.
A Correction.
WALLACE , Nob. , JTob. 29. To the Editor of
Tun UEB : In your issue of Tun DAILY BKB
of Iho 27th Inst. appears a telegram from
Wallace announcing Iho conclusion of a case
of ndullery , The telegram is erroneous in
the fact that Hulllngor is the defendant and
myself the plaintiff , while Hullinger is the
party bound over to appear at district court.
Please make correction through your paper.
L. A. VAN TILIIOHO.
Miller' * Victim Drnil.
Dr.XTEit , Mo. , March 1. Marshal Sprinkle ,
Who was shot by Miilor , Iho horse Ihiof , has
died. His murderer was captured near
Campbell , Mo. , yoslorday afternoon nnd is
now in jail hero. Miller declares his
Innocence and says Murphyallas Moore , did
f 11 the shooting.
S3III.K 1'ltd rOKIiltH.
"SlftltiTs : They have a brand of whisky In
Kentucky knoun as llio "Horn of Honty , be
cause It will corn you copiously.
Philadelphia Tress : In the Gorman em
peror's speeches the I's always have U.
llrooklyn Life : Totllng-WolI , his wife
rnlxod Unln.
Diluting Whoso wlfo ?
Tolling Adam's.
Now York Herald : The mnii who places
ashes on Ills sidewalk on n slippery day Is a
hottur Ulir titlan than HID ono who , while put
ting ashes upon his head , laughs at tlio antics
of tlio man who has .lust landed on his spine
on the Ice In front of his huuso.
SUARONA1II.K TIIOUOI1TS.
'Tn the spring a young man's fancy lightly
Turns to thoughts nf love. "
And his ulster on his uncle ho endeavors
Now to Hhovo.
fviilo Field's Washington : Ilookknuiior I
would llico to have this afternoon on" , If you
ploasu.
Keillor partner What Is the mutter Mr.
I'onn ?
llookkoopor I wish to nttoml my wife's fu-
noral. I feul thai Ills soinothliK I ouxht to
attend to personally.
Diillns News : Tlio heel of progress hears the
spur of the moment.
Boston Ilullutln : Oculists ought to lie able
to proscribe for see sick people.
AN IIONr.ST CO.VIT. S1ON.
Smith it ( Imii'K Monthly ,
"Toll me. darllns. hy I lovn you'/ "
\Vurhlud Maliiil , soft and low ;
And 1 answurod my doarcharmor ,
"NVo'ro not marrloil yet , you know. "
Somorvlllo Journal : It la not true that the
nmmigrrs of the Columbian exposition have
Invltoil tiusm : II. Anthony to live hur personal
lecollectlons of what Columbus said when hu
llrst discovered America.
Washington Star : "What liuvo they wound
til ) on Hint curt ? " asked the old liuly who was
visiting tlio llro oniflno house.
"Klroinon'M lie o , " wa tlio answer.
" ( Jo away , " him rololncil Indignantly. "You
aun't make mo think that any dromon or any-
boily else over had loss to ( It thosu. "
Now OrloiitiH I'lr.'iyunu : When the position
of a statesman m u logical betioni'e | , ho ought
to know whore lie stands.
Courier : The tobacconist rocox-
nles thii lltnoss of things when ho wears a
plug hut.
Colnmlma I'ost : Tliu footpad Is conerally
successful In stilliliiK a man tor a job.
Union County .Htmulnril : When thu tired
mother asks bur linsbiinil lo tul i Iho baby hu
U apt to answer. "I don't mind. "
1'lilliidelphla Times : Swiss authorities nro
arriinirliiK for nxpcrlNiunU with currlur pis-
eons In connect on with tno postal service , It
Usl.itotl , Only mall birds should bo selected.
THUS I ! .IXXI'Al. ll.l I.Lfi.
Courier ,
This Is I ho dn oful time of year ,
I irrlevo to ay ,
When wlnu Iho olllce dnora are thrown
Homo tw CQ a day.
And In there slips In uniform ,
In brass mid uluo.
A flrciniiii or a sturdy cup ,
' Who snys to you
"I'm soiling ticket * for our ball , "
Tltori IIP you irliinco
' I never un to ilium at nil ;
I do not dance. "
And thnn he gwcuily smllos and snys
"Why. don't you know-
Yon bnv ( ho ticket , lint of uourso
Von do uot tso.
"Thu tlekoU are hut two nploco ,
Bo klmtly state
Ifow mtiny of tlmtii you would Ilkn
Siy , six orolxhli"
Anil foarln ? were you lobbed or burned
Tuoy'd help you nui.
Vuu Imv of tickets nix or olirlit
Unlit on thoKpot.
Oh I worthy cops and fl > o lad *
I 1 1 vu vim uluutr ;
lint Him sliulyDur bills occur
Hut OIKO a your.
CHICAGO'S ' CROOKED COUNCIL
The World's ' Fair Oily lias Aldermen Slio
Does not Trust.
DEALS WHICH LOOK VERY SUSPICIOUS
Thrt < in : Trust Mill Prohnhly Swnllow tlio
Krntioinli ) Cotii | > ; \ lijItrport < il I lie
drifts Hull Iliilil Notes.\lioul
thu Uolliiiililiin Inhibition.
CIMOAOO Ui'URAUOFTitr. Bun , 1
) , In , , March 1. 1f f
In splto of the virtuous nctlvily of Iho clly
council In seizing Iho plant of Iho Keonomlc
Gas company iintl revoking Ihe franchise , It
la doubtful If the transfer to tha
trust will bo provontoJ. While overy-
bocly knows thai Iho Irust has
bought out Iho Economic , nnd while It is
equally plain thai Ihu latter concern was or
ganized for Iho purpose of being bought out ,
it promises lo bo oxlremoly dtfllcult to dem
onstrate this in court. The Koouotnlo people
say that they sold out , nol to Urn trust , bul
to certain Now York capitalists. It Is Iruo
lhal iheso stuno capllalisls are also largo
sluckholJers tn Iho Irust , but the moro fact
thai o man had previously invested In ono
concern cannot provonl him Irom also pul
ling money inlo another. Grave doubt is
nlso cast on Iho sincerity of a majority of Iho
council In this condemnation proceeding by
the fact thai they Immediately followed this
notion by passing nn ordinance turning over
lo n private corporation all the streoln.alloys ,
avenues and piihliu places in the city of Chicago
cage lor all limo lo come. This was Iho or-
dlnnnco of Iho Chicago Power-Supply nnd
Smoke-Abnllng company which was Intro-
dticod in the council Just two weeks ngo.
There were forty-six aldermen who
stood solidly for it through all thu attacks
made on ll by way of amendments or mo-
llons lo postpones or deter.
The ( Irlol'H Hull Unlit.
Aflor holding back Us report on Iho Grief's
hall raid for more limn iwo months without
giving any reasons for so doing , Alderman
Gorman's subcommittee has submitted its
tlndings , In which tha conclusion Is reached
tnat "whilo it is the duty of the pollco lo
prevent schemes of disorder und violence
rath or lhan to lot them roach such n culmina
tion as would rcqulro the sacntico of life or
property , it would bo an extremely danger
ous principle to establish that police oftlcors
may , without search warrant , Intrude them
selves upon and break up peaceable meetings
and nrrosl participants therein simply be
cause Iho police department Das Information
v .lich Ihoy consider reliable to the effect
that the meeting Is assembled for unlawful
purposes , "
United u llrouch.
There nro strong Indications that Governor
Fifer und Jclm 1 { . Tnniior have declared n
truce in their long standing squabble. Gov
ernor Kifcr returned to SprlngllelU lust night
but his most ac'.lvo lieutenant , Warden Uo-
ment , remained hero. This morning Dement
and Adjutant General Koeso hadn'lonc talu
with Tanner , In Iho course of which Ihe-
opinion was expressed that the Kichlatid
county delegation would bo solid for Flfer ,
and Tanner will probably bo the next slalo
Ireasurcr.
Odds ninl Knils.
Forty-five thousand dollars Is to bo ex
pended by the World's fair directors on Iwo
pollco stations , QUO at Hyde Park and the
otncr at Woodlawn , to accommodate the
extra force of city police needed there durlug
thu exhibition.
The Woman's Chrlslian Temperance
Union is uruing Iho grounds comrntttco to
grant it 100x400 feel of space for a pavilion
to bo used for an exhibit of the entire sys
tem of temperance work.
There is a rumor to the effect that the
Heading combine , which recently secured
control of the hard coal output of Pennsyl
vania , has aOvancud the price of coal. Load
ing representatives of the Heading com In no
hero deny any such raise , though other deal
ers say it will como.
Plans have been completed for a magnifi
cent station lo cost S3r tK,000 , which the
Chicago Elevated Terminal Hallway company
proposes to erect at State am ! Twelfth
streets. The main building will bo eight
stories high and surmounted by a steep tiled
roof and will have a frontage of : i. > 0 loot on
State street. The style of nrcnltcuturo is the
English renaissance. S. S. Iloniau of this
city , who drew the plans for TUB Biis build
ing , is the architect.
Prominent young Hebrews of Chicago are
forming a society for the relief of the fuinino-
stricken people of Russia.
Some weeks ago a brother of Hiram Leo of
Fail-mount , III. , died leaving him fii.OOO. A
few days afterwards ho received u voucher
for & ) ,700. This good fortune upset his mind ,
ho refused food and ( lied of starvation.
The city council Is to be asknd for a fran
chise for an elevated road on the West Side.
in which it is proposed to use the Uoynton
bicycle system. It Is to bo operated by
electricity nnd run on a single rail.
Western I'uoplo 111 C'liluiKO.
The following western people are in the
city :
At the Grand Pacific .f. K. Hannltran ,
Cedar Rapids , In. : George \V. Oiilviu , . Dos
Moincs , In. ; John L. jWnbruhcr. Ottumwa ,
Ia. ; James Peavey , Sloyx City , la. ; C. A.
Atkinson , Lincoln.
At the 1'almor A. Kahn , Clinton , lu. ;
Mr. and Mrs. A. D. IJrandors , Omaha ; Mr.
nnd Mrs. A. lj. Whltcorab , Mls.i Nettle *
Crabb , Choslor , Ia.
Al Iho Wellington Mr. nnd Mrs. S. II.
Havdon , C. 1C. Collins , ( Jmahn ; Mrs. A. I ) , k
'
Mc'Conl , Mrs. U.V. . Poasloy , Hurllngton ; J
Ia. ; Georeo { ) . Miller , Iloonc , In.
At Iho Auditorium A. II. Alton , Waterloo ,
la , ; George H. Douelas , Cedar Kaplds , Ia. ;
0 , A. llosmor , De.s Mnlnos , In , F , A ,
Titni > Ttnwi > ai : .
I'rUnncr on Trlnl for Muntrr Attiirk * Ihu
litgUtritto Mltliu Iliitohnl ,
Uo.Miur , March 1. A report of n most
sensational occurrence In n court room was
received hero today. Nanpaur ( city of serpents
ponts ) , capital of the contra ! Indian prov
in cos , wn < the scono. A murder trial Is In
progress , Iho accused being n natlvo of
India. Una of Iho oxtilbiu of tlio prosocu
lion was n hatnhcl which had boon used In
the commission of the urltno. This lmplo <
inont was lying upon u table In front of Iho
bench. The Irial was proceeding when
suddenly , without Iho attendants having an
inkling of wbal Ills InloiiUons wcro , Ihu
prisoner , with a litlio bound , sprang from
the dock and seized the hatchot. Hoforo the
Wardens could ruiMlii their prosnnco of mind
Iho tiailvo .sprang toward .Itul o Voimor , who
was pivsiiiing , and notwithstanding tlio
efforts of Hie.1 laltor to word off the blow
alined al ins head the nnllvo struck him , In
flicting n suvoro scalp wound , finally , after
u long struggle , with the aid of some of the
court atloiulants , the hntehot was secured
and tlio man was securely manacled. During
the con test some of l'io ' persons In the court
cried oul lo kill him , bul Iho wardens usodN.
no moro violence lhan was nbsoluiely neeoi \
sary to subtitle tlio prlsonor. The scone has
never boon equaled HI Indian courts. Though
.ludgo Vonner's wound Is qulto n bad ono ,
scaroolv any doubl is cntortnlnod of nls re
covcry.
Arraigned u Itcvorrnil Itrule.
LONDON- , March 1. John Uoodall , aa
ovnngolUt , was arraigned yesterday on the
charge of having commlt'.od on January lii
lasl on ossaull which occasioned grovioua
bodily harm upon Mrs. Mary Ann Siddalls ,
When Iho prisoner , who is aboul 33 years old
nnd the son ot n furmor living near Alton ,
was confronted with Mrs. Siddalls , she 1m
mediately identified him ns the man who had
boon In Iho comparlmonl ot Iho car with her/ *
They were Iho only occupants of Iho car , and
the man outraged liar In conversation. Ho
llnnlly mnilo improper proposal * to tier , which
she declined to listen to and ho then attempt
cd to force her to submit to him. She
slrucoled desperately toosoapo his embraces.
Finding horiolf being overpowered hy her as
sailant she managed to force herself through
the door of the comparlmonl and to the foot
board of the carriage. Hero clasping the rail
with one hand she signaled with Iho olhor
for help , but of course It was impossible tor
these beside the tr.ic * . who saw her to run
dor her any aid ns the train was running at a
high rate of spcod. Mrs. Siddalls says after
reaching tlio foot board she bocaino so ox-
ircmoly nervous that she lost her hold and
fall and remembered nothing moro. Klin
struck the ground with great violence and It
was feared that shu would nuver recover
from her injuries.
Arabs Itopi-l Against Conscription ,
LONDON , March 1. A dispatch from
Tripoli announces thai there has been ser
ious rioting there growing out of the issuing
of a manifesto by the sultan making natives
liable to conscription , from which Ihoy liavo
hithorlo been exempt. While nn ofllclal was
reading the document to the public In tha
market place , ho was altacuod anil beaten by
a mob and the paper torn up. A detachment
of cavalry had to bo called out lo disperse Iho
mob. Aflorwards Ihousands of Arabs
assembled outside Iho walls of the city and
advanced to the gatosi > demanding the with
drawal of the document. The Arabs have
already had an encounter wltn the troops ,
sover.il being killed and many wounded.
Europeans living in the vicinity have lied
and their business is suspended.
Comment on tint Saywnnl Decision.
LONDON- , March 1. The Standard this
morning , referring to ttio doctsion of Iho
United States supreme court. In the Sayward
Boring Sea case , says : "This decision leavoj
the diplomatic situation precisely where It
was before. There is no reason to assume
that the Judges consideroa the internal
oijuities. The failure to procure n judicial
pronouncomonl on the validity of the pretension -
sion set up by the Washington authorities
will rather facilitate lhan prejudice a full
and umlcablo soltlomont by Iho arbitrators. "
I'rciich Stiitrsincli < < > Into i : llri > mi > nt.
I'AHIS , March I. M. Cassels , minister of
public saloty , and M. Ktionno , tinder colonial
secrelary , have followed M. Constnns , lalo
minister of tbo interior , Inlo retirement. It
is rumored thai Iho radicals will join the
members of the right and that they intend to
bring the matter of the alleged intrigues of
th'j secretary of the president's militia house
hold before the chamber of deputies with thu
view of having him dismissed from Ihu
Etysce palace.
Stock Yard * lor Montreal.
MONTKCAI. , March 1. The Dominion gov
ernnient has been applied to for a charter for
Iho incorporation of Iho Union Stock Yards
company wllh houdciunrtors hero. Thosn In
terested nro Hobcrt Blohurdlko , John Crows.
Cornelius Coughlin , Michaul Ureon nnJ
William Cunningham , nil of Montreal , who
will bo Iho llrst or provisional oflict r.s , Tno
capital of the company is in the neighbor
hood of $200,000.
S CD.
! s. > V. Connsr lolli mid Douglas SU
A few .
Stubborn Facts
Our spring invoice of nice novelties in
children's wear is
now arriving.
The jerseys and
kilts are special
ly choice , a n d
mothers are ur
gently invited to
call at our hand
somely appointed children's parlors on the
second floor and inspect the new things.
We will not show out of date clothing for
your boy because we haven't carried over
a single dollar's worth. Everything is new
and desirable. Gentlemen will find it ad
vantageous to purchase their furnishing
goods of us this week as we are making
special prices ,
rowning , King & Co
. ,
Open Saturdays tntfliW till M p. m I I D' C \\T vvornc.r 5th and Douglas St