THE OMAHA DALLY 111215 : THURSDAY , MARCH 3 , 1892 ,
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AvrriiRp Circulation for Jimtmry U 1,531.
A , N. Y. , is the homo of David
BcnnoU Hill , and Eltuira goes republi
can by n hiindBomo majority. A prophet
is seldom apprcclntod where ho is best
known.
COUNCILMAN' CIIAITKB'S figures for
constructing the approaches to the Six-
toontli Btroot viaduct are too high , " , s ho
will discover if ho really takes time to
investigate before the next council
meeting.
Tim mayor recommends an emergency
hospital , the public demands one. The
city owns a suitable lot upon which to
erect it. There ought to bo no delay
by the council in providing funds and
awarding a contract for a building.
.TAJIKS G. BiiAiNJ : is a match in diplo
matic epistolary skirmishes with any
s.titcsmnn ; on the globe. When ho un
dertook to talk against two women ,
however , ho engaged in an enterprise
requiring something more than ability
and diplomacy.
UNLESS all the rumors and rumblings
are deceitful In the extreme , the Union
Pacific will experience another tremendous
deus upheaval at the annual mooting in
March. The indications point to the re
tirement of Gould and the succession of
Vatidorbilt in the control of the corpor
ation.
THK proposition of Mayor Bctnis to
hnvo the paved streets in the business
centre flushed from the fire hydrants ,
and the dirt washed down into the river
through the sewers , will commend itt > ulf
to any thoughtful person. The objec
tions of the water company and the plea
that the firemen have something else to
do are not worth considering.
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THK lumbermen are naturally enough
opposed to the construction of a steel
and iron viaduct on Sixteenth street , as
they are also opposed to permanent side
walks. Th < j lumbermen have had a
pretty fair show in Omaha over since the
town was incorporated , and they ought
by this time to bo satisfied to give the
iron , stone and brick men a chunco.
THIS railways have spent a good deal
of money fighting the 2-conts-a-inilo rate
in the Ohio legislatures horotofora , but
the same old bill comes up smiling at
each turn of the legislative wheel. The
Globe-Democrat suggests that possibly
the bill's mission in life IB not so much
to got into the Ohio statute books as to
muko lobbying profitable in the legis
lature.
Tin : coolness and presence of mind in
the midst of danger exhibited by Miss
Kelley , the superintendent of tlio Indi
ana reformatory at Indianapolis , where
by she succeeded in extricating all the
Inmates of the institution and prevented
their escape at the same time , although
the building was totally destroyed , is
rare enough to bo especially mentioned.
THK Manufacturers and Consumers
association is doing commendable work
for the oncourngomont of homo
Industries. At its last mooting
formal protests were forwarded to
Washington because Nebraska iron
manufacturers are ahut out of compe
tition for the work on the federal build
ing. They also called the county com
misslonors to time for advertising
for proposals for foreign starch and
oitmi-al , and thus preventing Nebraska
manufacturers from olloring to furnish
those articles.
His father's letter relieves the young
man's mother from the force of some of
the criticisms paused upon her in her
capacity us mother-in-law , but young
Jim Jimino cannot bo exculpated by the
mugnotlu secretary of state. Ho may
have boon very wayward and indiscreet
in contracting hln marriairo , hut ho was
old enough to know how to bo at least
respectable , humnno nnd manly. As
ho fell short In all these qualities the
American public must bo excused for
despising him in aplto of their high ro-
gnrd for his father.
Tun ground upon which the council
declined to take action upon the bonds
of the members of the now Fire and
Police Commission are wall based. The
council has already approved the bonds
of members of tlio commission whoso
terms have not yet expired. The mayor
nnd council have no knowledge olllchilly
that uny vacancy has boon created and
they Utwo no knowledge of the persons
appointed to fill such vacancies If they
do exist Under the circumstances the
council had no ulher option in the prem
ises , if they wanted to act legally , than
to decline to tuko any action on the
bonds.
A11WT A "BAtlK 7/OHSn. "
The Washington correspondent of a
western paper reports n movement
among republican lenders , opposed to
the nomination of President Harrison ,
in tlio Interest of seine one whoso tiamo
Is kept a profound secret who it is pro
posed to groom as n "dark horso" until
the mooting of the republican national
convention. The story is that the per
son who has been selected for this coup
docs not himself know what IB intended ,
but there suoms to bo no doubt enter
tained that ho will accede to the project
when ho finds it out. The description of
this ' 'unknown" Is that ho hns a notable
record in both military nnd civil life ,
that ho has achieved national distinc
tion , and that when his name is an
nounced it will bo received by the rank
and Ole of the republican party as that
of n vote getter. It Is also stated that
"his quaint personality would makohim
n picturesque figure in the national cam
paign and would stimulate enthusiasm. "
It is probable the story is a more Inven
tion of the correspondent or of some pol
itician who wanted to have u lltllo
amusement at his expense.
But it , is not to bo doubted that the op
position to President Harrison is netivo ,
nnd that it will exhaust every expedient
to defeat his icnomination. There are
a few politicians in the republican party
who are antagonizing the p.csidont on
purely personal grounds. They cannot
deny that ho has given the country a
clean , honest and eminently practical
administration. They cannot choose
but confess that in our international re
lations the administration IHIR been wise
and patriotic , i > nd that in the conduct of
the affairs of the government at homo it
hns been straightforward and upright.
But President Harrison has gone nlong
in the discharge of his public duties
without consulting those politicians ,
and Without regard for their opinions or
plans , and in this respect ho has given
them grave offense. IIo has had no use
for them , although they wore anxious to
make themselves useful in their own pe
culiar way , and now tlioy say that the
president , because ho ventured to rely
upon his own judgment and that of his
official advisors , has given too much of
a personal character to his administra
tion. According to the view of these
gentlemen ho has not been sufficiently
considerate of the interests of the party
and too much so of himself. Had he
shown more regard for the Quays nnd
Clarksons of the party they would not
now bo antagonizing him , though ho
could hardly have failed to loao the con
fidence of republicans whose friendship
is much moro valuable.
It is impossible to say what expedients
these politicians whom the president
has offended by his "personal" adminis
tration may not attempt , but it is pretty
safe to predict that there will bo no
chance for any "dark horse , " whatever
his record and however quaint his per
sonality , in the republican national con
vention. The party is too well provided
with men of sterling ability who enjoy
its confidence to make it necessary to go
outside of the long Hst of republican
leaders and statesmen to find a candi
date. If a majority of the delegates to
the Minneapolis convention shall con
clude that the ronomination of Presi
dent Harrison would not bo for the best
interests of the republican party , they
will have no difficulty in selecting an
availf.blo candidate from among those
who are already prominent in the
respect and attention of the party.
TJIh VARMKD AND OTUKll DKllTOItS.
It is a false impression , although
largely entertainedthat the farmers con
stitute the particular debtor class in this
country. This idea IUIR been created by
the reckless assertions of mon who tooit
no trouble to ascertain facts where facts
were accessible. It has been per
sistently dwelt upon until a majority of
farmers and many ether people have
como to bellove that nearly the whole
burden of individual indebtedness is
saddled on the backs of those who are
engaged in agriculture. This absump-
tion , which indisputable facts show to
bo unwarranted , is largely responsible
for the widespread discontent among
the formers of the country. It Is not
denied that the indebtedness repre
sented by farm mortgages is very largo ,
but it is not materially , if at all. greater
than the indebtedness in ether property
than that of farms , nor is It , on the
whole , moro oppressive. The fact Is
that a largo portion of the business of
the country Is done on credit and in
proportion to its relative importance
and extent the farming interest does no
moro than its uharo of borrowing.
Statistics recently obtained from the
bureau at Washington conclusively
provo this. The figures showing the
loans on real oatato and other uocurilios
by the banks of tlio principal cities imvko
an onormouB total. Thus in n single
day forty-sovon banks In Now York City
loaned In this way &J)7,000,000 ! ) and
twenty-one banks in Chicago $87,000,000.
The loans of banks in the cities , running
up into thousands of millions of dollars ,
are largely made to the manufacturers
and merchants , so that those classes are
never far behind the agricultural class In
the aggregate of their indebtedness.
The older the communities the greater
are the debts in towns and dittos as
compared with the indebtedness on
farm property. The Chicago debt is
$10,000,000 moro than the ontlro farm
indebtedness of Kansas and $11,000,000
more than tlio farm indobtodnosa of
Iowa. It is noteworthy that the mort
gages on town and city lots in Kansas
and Iowa amount to moro than one-third
of the mortgages on farm property ,
while in Illinois the latter are consider
ably loss in amount than the former. It *
is by no moans the owners of agricul
tural lands who alone are borrowers and
debtors.
From 7 < i to 00 per cent of the mort
gage indebtedness of the farmers of the
west and northv\o8t ; represents purchase
money , expenditures for Improvements
and outlay ( or gtook and the facilities of
agriculture. His not questionable that
in many cases there has boon extravagance -
ganco and in still mofo a lack of qualifications
'
fications for the 'business and of thrift.
There are thousands of inun engaged In
farming , as in ovofy ether business , who
are incompjtont or careless , and such
man do not succeed. But statistics show
that there are lower failures tunog : farm-
era than in manufacturing and inurcantilo
pursuits. Thus in the manufacturing
states of Pennsylvania , Massachusetts
and Connecticut the failures In 1S91
numbered 2,240 , with liabilities amount
ing to $42,000,000 , while" the number of
failures in the three agricultural states
of Illinois , Iowa and Kansnu. was 5)01 ) ,
with liabilities ! amounting to $13,000,000.
Facts of this kind carry their own com
ment to intelligent and unprejudiced
people.
There has boon a considerable reduc
tion In the farm mortgage Indebtedness
of the west nnd northwest within the
past year and It is still going on. The
splendid crops of last year , estimated to
exceed In value those of the previous
year by moro than $300,000,000 , have
brought prosperity to the farmers of the
country and will enable them to pay off
tliolr moro pressing obligations. An-
othoi1 bountiful harvest will go far to
putting them , out of debt , but in any
event the outlook for the agricultural
Interest of the United States Is most
favorable. The burden of the American
farmer has boon heavy , but it will grow
lighter from year to year. An increas
ing homo market , which in a few years
will consume about all ho can produce ,
ln uros this. In the meantime it is
proper that ho should learn that Indobt
cdness is not peculiar to the class to
which ho belongs.
AT JUS OLD
About eighteen years ago Governor
Furnas appointed Patrick O. Hawes as
special agent of the state of Nebraska to
collect amounts duq the state from the
United States government. By the
terms made between Governor Furnas
and Judge Hawes the state was to pay
25 per cant commission on the amounts
allowed , collected nnd paid Into the
state treasury. This was a very ex
travagant commission , but at the time
Hawes was appointed there were several
claims pending against the government
that had to bo urged before the depart
ments and advocated before congres
sional committees. Nobdy had any
idea that Judge Hawes was to DO con
sidered a perpetual agent , with a claim
for one-fourth of all the appropriations
which congress may see fit to make dur
ing his lifetime to the statoof Nebraska.
The last appropriation for the relief
of Patrick O. Huwos was made by the
legislature of 1837. Congress had dur
ing its preceding bession authorized the
repayment to the state of the sum of
$18,081 , which Nebraska had expanded
in the suppression of Indian hostilities ,
and Mr. Hawes was voted $1,520.30 out
of the state treasury for carrying a
draft , payable to the state treasurer ,
from Washington to Lincoln.
Under the direct tax bill passed by
the Fifty-first congress and the acts
reimbursing frontier states for the sup
pression of Indian hostilities , Nebraska
is entitled to about $37,000 from the
United States. And now Mr. Ilawes
bobs up in Washington again as the
state agent to expedite the payment of
the allowance made by congrois. When
the next legislature moots Ilawos will
bo on hand with another claim for
about $11,000 commission and as ho is a
very shrewd lobbyist ho will redout to
the old tactics of joining hands with all
the claimants , jobbers nnd oil-roomers
and besiege tlio legislature for sixty
days or until big bill is allowed.
Now it seems to us that this claimant
and agency jugglery has gone far
enough. The delegation of Nebraska in
congress is competent to attend to the
business of the state in the depxrtments.
And If there really is any action to betaken
taken which ouc congressmen and sena
tors cannot consistently perform , Gov
ernor Boyd could doubtless arrange
with thoroughly responsible parties at
Washington to attend to the routine
work for a nominal sum.
The claim of Ilawos to a perpetual
agency with 25 per cent commission ib
contrary to public policy. If , for In
stance , congress bhoula at some period
duringhis lifetime carry into effect the
proposition advanced by .James G.
Blaine seine years ago that the rove nuo
derived from the whisky tax shall bo
distributed to the states on a per capita
basis , Nebraska would bo entitled to
$1,250,000 ayour and Mr. Ilawos would
bo entitled to over $300,000 a year as his
share for carrying a voucher and draft
from the national to the Htato capital.
It seems to us high time that this so-
called agency should cease and depart
ments should bo officially notified that
the btato has no claim ngont It was
clearly understood and ngrood to by
Judge Ilawos when his claim passed
through the legislature of 1887 that ho
would retire from the Btato claim agency
business , but evidently the pledge was
made with a mental reservation.
THK SIXTKUNTH STltKKT VIADUCT ,
The viaduct committee should have
boon Hustalnod in its favorable report
upon the ordinance declaring it nec
essary to reconstruct the SixteenUi
street viaduct. There was no oc
casion either for postponement or
reference of the question. The council
knows as much about the matter now as
it will know in a week or a month. If
any member of the body is still in doubt
upon the subject his doubts are duo to a
want of proper diligence in nuking in
vestigation. The city engineer has reported -
ported the present wooden bridge un
safe. The oily attorney has glvon It an
his opinion that the city has the right
to compel the railroads to rebuild the
viaduct ami that the coat of the approaches
preaches not p.ild by the railways will
not bo chargeable to the city at lurgo.
Tlio course pursued in the counull
arouses the suspicion that the apposi
tion is not sincere. The members of
that body known to bo moro or loss
under tha influence of the railways voted
solidly with the majority to postpone
action. Tlio special committee ap
pointed by President Davis Is mu.de up
of three men who favored delay and the
fear Is very general that they were ap
pointed to delay and defeat the project.
Tliolr action will , therefore , bo watched
very critically. If u nlng' o councilman
known to bo friendly to the viaduct or
dinance had boon selected the edge
might have boon'taken oil of public
criticism.
The railways must rebuild the Sixteenth -
toonth street viaduct , They may as
well do so this year as seine ether year.
Tills has boon a very prosperous year
lor the companies and the plea of hard
times canijpt , bo made truthfully by
them. Tlyijf have In the past scoured
privileges iri'Hio ' way of street crossings ,
trackage faljlljtles and right-of-way that
are worth .millions. They have l)2on
prnctlenllyij } ' 6mpt from city taxation ,
The taxes wji jh they should have paid
Into the cltji jiroasury , but which they
liavo ovadodi'would p ly for half a do/on
viaducts. Had they boon compelled to
| ) ay for thumuso of alloys and streets
voted to thbfnjfor nothing , the money so
collected wo'utd have built no end of
stone , iron nnd stool bridges. The rail
ways ewe lt\V \ the people of Omaha to
make safe and ample crossings over or
under tholr tracks wherever they are
needed , and It is in bad tosto for thorn to
attempt by dilatory tactloa and the
manipulation of counollmen to evade
their duty. *
Tins South Sidors appear to have
united in favor of the Clark tract for a
park with the Murray donation. The
price asked for this land scorns high ,
but to all appearances nothing cheaper
Is available and therefore the park com
missioners will be justifiable in recom
mending the Clark property , always
providing that any purchases nro mndo
this year. It Is becoming manifest ,
however , that the city could save $100,000
if they would take the park grounds by
right of eminent domain.
Jonx J. ING ALLS has tendered his
services for the impending campaign to
the Kansas republican stata committee.
Mr. Ingalls' matchless oratory will bo
in demand in Kansas , moro especially
as ho couples his proffer with a point
blank assurance that ho will not bo a
candidate for United States senator or
any other office. The only possible
drawback Mr. Ingalls will experience
in campaigning will bo the speeches ho
made just before leaving the senate.
TilU Woild's fair directory has de
cided that work upon stnlo buildings
must bo commenced not later than May
1. This fact will emphasize the im
portance in Nebraska of organizing the
field for our state exhibit without delay.
Within another year the exhibit must
bo in place. If Nebraska is to make a
creditable showing her citizens must
arouse themselves to the importance of
taking early stops to push the work for
ward.
Till ! banks that refuse to pay 2 per
cent interest upon deposits of city funds
for January - because there was at that
time no formal coiitraot , should bo re
minded thiitctho council sitting as a
board of equaUy.atiqn on tax assessments
is liable to matte thorn pay compound in
terest. \
TIIKHK is no disposition to oppress the
railways in the demand for a viaduct on
Sixteenth iptrbot. The people are
simply nnkingithat the railways bo com
pelled to do'th6ir ' duty.
Mlswj" T.OVCM Company.
p ( Vifcnuo Trlliunt ,
The mnyor ot Indianapolis would sympa
thize with th6 ompsror of Germany if ho had
tirao. ! J * '
i / " TheTIor'H | Clnwri. ' '
jVcioIVri / H'ortti. '
Boas rule nt Albanv exorcised for pnrsonal
advantage , as uuuliecUod power is very apt
to bo , will moan doiiiocr.itio defeat at the
polls.
Imhrrlla i > r Democrat.
St , iiiui Qloboncmtiaat.
Tha Iowa republican who tells his pnrty to
cllnc to prohibition this year needs watching.
He ia either an imbecile or a democrat in dis-
BUISO.
rruvlilcit She < lttt tlio Drop.
St. I'wl Pioneer I'rfsx.
The new warships purchased by Chili are
doubtless for use in ar utnir with the United
States about the size of the indemnity for the
murdered sailors.
The OliI nnd tlio Nmv.
( Holio-Dcmocrat.
The situation In Germany servos to era-
phaslza the gratifying fact thnt It ! s only in
the United States ( bat labor 1s duly pro
tected and properly rewarded.
l'iy or U'ulk.
Cliluwi New * .
No moro free passes on the railroads are to
be issued to members of tlin Massachusetts
legislature. The thrifty descendants of the
DilcniLU will now Do 30011 counting railway
ties in their journeys to and f win legislative
sessions.
It Cannot Ho I > oj > r.
Grand /utrmcl Iiuteimt'lcn' .
Wo apreo with TIIR Bun whoa It says that
the republican party has no chance to carry
Nebraska this year "with a ttpuot loaded
down by men who have a record that must
bo defended nnd men who are notoriously
subservient to railroad corporations. "
Ituvivnd JOipolooulftm.
Sim 7'Yrtiic/oco / Chrnnlete ,
The "Young Napoleon of Fiuanco , " Henry
S. Ivo3 , U bacu again at the old stand , and
acooi-dlnp to reports has cloauod up 8300,000
by n recent dool. Mr. Ivos' exploits do not
appear to httvo Injuied his croJlt with Now
York business ineu.mw there la a strong
probability that fortune may rrmlo on him
sunlclently to onah'i him to tuko ii8 | pinco
nrnonR Gotham' II rod and Fifty. If ho
does and needs iuoii of anus his .wIUunco
In Sing SHIR mlglit bo commoinoratoU by a
fair array of pales.
Contniitoil
l\fw rlt litvci ( tier.
Allowing ttm fcjryof the nosro roasting In
Toxorltaim to Cio true -sonio tnlnttths details
have boon ovorrtrought thu paoploof Aus
tria are in no position to reproach our civili
zation , The news from abroad Is thnt "a
band of iniisltodjftp 11 , In thu small vlllago of
Mluln , la the oiwJiice of Uukowlna , wiint to
the honsa of a liaullsonio young widow mi mod
Marie Lepnor * forced their way Into her
bedroom , boun hcr , poured petroleum over
her arvl set hoco , llro , and then stood calmly
and watched tiunl > urn umld borrlblo shrinks
and struggles , mi til nothing was loft uut a
blackouocl masf. ' ThU wouunwussuspoctoj
of having murJmVd her husband ,
* * * i
ortf Ttmr * .
It is not good politics for any political party
hi Nobruslia to * muko a light on Omaha
\Vhilo wo do not hollovo In humoring or
babying any part'of the state , no party can
win In a uloiu contest \ \ hirh U controlled h ;
grievances and apltca. It h true that Omaha
did not glva tbo republican ticket as largo a
veto In lt > UU at wo hud reason to uxpoct , but
unfortunately there are many ntber parts of
the Ktat.o that did no batter than the motrop-
nlii. If the old Second congressional district
had given Richards as good a vote as It guvo
Thayer In IbW he would have been elected
by a plurality of ' 15,030 , , notwlttistanil ,
lug the dnfocllou In Oiiulm. If the
old Third dUtrlct tmd east its usual
republUun vote the result would unvo bt > on
nearly ilio same , notwithstanding the falling
oil in the .Second uUtiicl ana In OuuUin. Tbo
republican party wants to win those prodl-
gnls bnck. Man ) * of thorn are already tlrod
of the hog pena and lutslti of the domocnulc
nnd Independent parties , but wo can never
drlvo thorn Into the fold with prods and
kicks. If a republican victory n what wo
want wo must quit scolding and accusing
nnd adopt mothoiH that will win the prodt-
pals back to the pleasant security of the
paternal roof.
THIS JII..11M1 JH'tftUIH ! .
Chlcntro Time * ! Mr. Dlamo Is Just a llttlo
late In pleading the c.iuso of his ptuolom
son after the courts linvo decided tln ) casu on
Us merits ,
Olobo Democrat ! Mr. Blatno makes a
good showing for htmtolf In uU letter concerning -
corning bis son's unfortunate marriage ; bill
ha dooi not picture the son ns a very iloslr
nblo norson tor any young woman to marry.
Minneapolis Trluunoi Tlio public Is glad
It Is over , too , but before ilUnilssliip It en
tirely It may as well bu nckiiowlodrcil that
Mr. ulamo bas knocked n largo chip oft MUs
Marie Kovins.-Ulaino' , ' ) halo of Injured Inno-
con co.
Chicago News ; Doubtless the divorced
wile of Mr. Hlulno , Jr. , will not allow the
clJor Dtaino'.t letter to go unanswered ,
Having both sides of the story the public
may have to Jiulgo on some questions ot vor-
nclty hotwcon the parties. As the case now
stands young Blaine appears in no bolter
light than before ,
Denver News : It will bo soon how com-
plotol.v Mrs , Blatno , sr.'s , relation to the affair
has boon nuinndcratood , and that the
estrangement and separation were tan nata-
nil and logical outcome of n nmrrlago that
was concolvod and executed under circum
stances that loft no reasonable hope of any
but disastrous results.
Chicago Tribune . It is a sad plccoof busi
ness nnd one that is not pleasant to dwell
iilioii , Whatever may bo thought ot Mr.
Blalno's stntomcnt the moot prejudiced par
tisan must commend the manly shielding of
his wlfo ngiilnat the assault of tbo court ,
while his friends will regret the necessity
that compelled him to do so.
St. Paul Pioneer-Press : The Blaine story
Is only too eommo'j a uuo tu its essonttal de
tails , but the fact that release is troublesome
nnu oxp'tislvo too often preserves tbo mar-
rlago bonu , nominally at least. If this In
stance shall have served , by Its accidental
publicity , to suggest the devising of some
wiser marriage roRUlations , Its discomforts
will not have boon In vain.
Chicago Herald ; It seems almost Incrod-
Ibto that a man possessing the sagacity Mr.
Blalno Is creultod with should have given
such a statement to the public. Its only ef
fect must bo to strengthen tlio Improsstoa
that M.irlo Novlns-Bln'.uo ' did not secure her
dtvorcoa day too soon. When she got rid of
.1 nines O. Blaino. Jr. , as a husband aud
James O. Blalnc , sr. . as a fathcr-Iii-law she
deserved the heartiest coiigraulatlons of her
friends.
St. Loula Republic : Mr. James G. Blatno
will not bo Judged harshly by nnyono who
reads his defense of his wife auinst the
record as It was mndo in the South Dakota
courts on the ovldonco of Mrs. James G.
Bluiuo , jr. The position of the older Blaine
ai a husband nnd father whoso wife and son
were thus simultaneously attacked wns a
trying ono. and It Is easy to excuse his appeal
to the public in their behalf. Nevertheless ,
it is true In such cases , that "sllonco is best
and noblest to the end. "
nuuiir.r : iiunitKit omit
Two Men Accused of living Itojuibllciliis
Shot Dead In TcnneXHito.
MiiMi'ins , Tonn , , March 2. A double mur
der was committed at Fnyotto Corner , In
Hardoman county , Toin. , yesterday , father
nnd son falling victims to the bullets of the
assassin , A democratic primary was la progress -
gross when Tom Kogers , a young man of the
vicinity , wont up to the poll and offorotl to
voto. He tendered his ballot to ono of the
otliccr.i of the election , out instead of de
positing It in the box that person said Rogers
was a republican and had no right to vote
thore. With that ho toio the tlcltetuuthrow
the pieces on the ground and stamped on
them. That was the signal for the row.
Sam Hunter , n bystander , drew a pistol and
shot young Rogers in the head , killing him
instantly and then shot old man Rogers , who
was standintr near by. Tbo father was re
moved to his homo , where ho was dying at
last accounts. It is not known hero whether
or not the murderer bas boon arrcstod.
Shot In Her Hiioin.
Los Axor.i.cs , Cal. , March 2. A man sup
posed to bo lionry Avolc shot and killed
Karma Lelphton and tbcn put a bullet
through his own brain. The shooting occurred -
currod in the woman's room. She was hoard
singing when suddenly she shriuKctl for help.
Three pistol shots were heard and the crowd
on the street uaw the woman with blood
streaming from Ucr head , climb out ot the
wiudovv and fall a distance of twenty foot to
the street. The woman came to tLo house
thrco weeks ago nnd it I * supposed A you was
her husband. Ho left a loiter asking that his
parents at Aghog Avoklan , Turltoy , Asia , ba
notiflod. Ho gave his brother's address as
A. A. Vrakian , Constantinople.
y.v THIS HIUK.
Colonel Ioo/o ! Is .1 prohibition leader In Kan-
KIS. ;
Washington Slur : Men that declare the
world owes ilium a living nro usually too lazy
to luiitlo around and oulluut It
Ilobton Jester : Jenkins Ilagley guvo mo a
clear tills iiic.rnliiK.
Jor.es Old you HinoUo It ?
Junking No ; I gave It to Uagluy this after
noon ,
Somorvlllo Journal : "What HID you jiolni ?
to ttlvo up during Lout , Mhs Do IVysterV
asked ynuni : llr.-nlns. boldly , uuu Ml.ss Do
1'oyator promptly aniivorod :
'
'I think I'll glvo up thu pleasure ot soolng
you. "
BIIK mo TUP. iusr. :
Sweet Etlicllnaa sowed ono day
A billion on my vi'st ;
And us she was so nuiir and fweot
Ilur form 1 gonlly prussod.
She frowned , shu blushed ; the button danced
Uiisewod n bo ill my vinl.
Shu suld : "Vuu uri'ss thu button , Mr ,
And I will do ttio rest. "
lilnchumton Kupuhtloani "It'unll up" with
thu Inmllubbur whou ho takes Ills Unit auu
voyuiio.
Klnura Oa/ottoi Jngsnn uys yon seldom
see real concentration unlos * you Mud u man
wno isro.ullnx his own communlo.itlon In u
newspaper.
JllnKlmmptoii r.oadur : Wo suppose It Is not
Iimppinpr ute to rotor ton baminul In which
wu are iibont to participate as nonruous ,
Hlftlncs ! "lOxonse tbo llborty I tuko , " us
thu convict remarked when ho usuunuU from
the male prison
Tlio editor kept to his dusk nil day ,
And llkuwHu moil of thn nl ht :
IIu wrolu by blmsulf so tnuuli , at lust
IIo huuiiinoan anuhuwritu ,
Soinorvlllti Journal : " 1'n , what In I.oiuV"
usiuul tliii Inqulrm , ' ulillej.
"Lent , my dear , " responded thu dojectud
poultry farmer. "Is tliu season wliun lu'in do
not think Unit It U niioossiiry to lay
Columbus Post : A Mliiourl town nnmrts
Hitch b.ir.l tlnius that uvon the hruwurr
utopiiod.
Ilobton Justor : ' John , If you use such Inn-
euavu us that do you know whuru you will
turoly co ? "
"liually I dou'tcaru much , I have filumls In
both
Columbus Post ! Many a poor follow novnr
guts to see the silver llnlnx until ho jots
ubovo thu ulouds.
Union County BtHiidnrd ; Thn nionrnlnic
bund doon not'ilwayx denolo respccti Itnuy
bo used to cover up ilofucti In the iiat ,
31.1 ItVJI ,
KlUt H'hceler H'llwr in finite * ' llr > it Jnuriuil ,
IjIkoBiuuu reformer , whu with molii uuntMru ,
NeKlvotud iliei9 mid loud uxUtunt tonua ,
Moiuranuliu tliun lluf wronsju which shn bu >
Wulks through tlio liind and wearlusall who
* \Vln. yiit no know the need of such reform :
Bu coino * unlovely March , with wind uud
h to nil ,
To bruuk tlio sueil of winter , and sot frco
rhi ) nrl&onud brooks and crocus buda op >
urissi'd. :
Suvuro of faoe , gunnt-arniod , and wlldly-
ilre s > 'd ,
8hel n t f tlr nor bountiful toauu.
1)141 ) merry April iiu.l mvoul suillliu May
Uomii not till March ha llrit proparoa the
way ,
i WORLD'S ' FAIR ULTIMATUM
States and Nations Must Begin Their Build
ings By the First of May.
TIME TO BEGIN A GENERAL HUSTLE
\Vorltof linprtixiMnrnt t Washington I'urlc
llotlj of it .MiuiVlui DUiippciirviI ill
Clirl'tnmx Tlnui I'oiiml In
tlut 111\cr.
CHICAGO Bi'itnvu op Tnr. Br.n , 1
Cuir mo , IM. , March 2. |
Director General Davis and Chief of Con
struction Hurnhnni have decided that states
and nations desiring toconstruct buildings
on the World's fair grounds must begin wont
by May 1. This action Is tn'.ton ' because if
the buildings are completed by the beginning
of tlio fair the work of construc
tion must bo commenced soon. AnotUcr
reason for the stop Is that If the space
assigned to states ami foreign nations Is not
going to bo utilized by thorn , the dlrocton
will allot It for ether purposes. So far Illi
nois Is the only state to begin the construc
tion of Us bulldliic.
Imprcnlng U'liililngton Park.
The grand stand at the Washington Park
race track Is to bo oulargod and improved *
Architects yesterday hogan wont upon the
plans , which will bo completed In two weeks.
The main object ot the changes is to provldo
larger passageways and Increase the seating
capacity by 2,000.
round In tlio Itlxtr ,
The body of Dr. Robert G. Mlttor , who
mysteriously disappeared from his homo , 12
west Thirteenth street , a few days before
Christmas last year , was found this morning
> t\ lt river nt tuo Twelfth street bridgo. It
win L * remembered Dr. Mlttor started out
to buy some Christmas m-esunts and wag
never thereafter scan alivd by his friends.
Afti-r Wont I'olnt llcrllis.
Twenty-flvo young moa between the ages
ot IS ami 22 years were yesterday subjected
to mental and physical examination at Fort
Sheridan as to tholr illness for appointment
ns cndots to the West Point Military
academy. The candidates were from the
congressional districts of Illinois , Michigan
and Indiana. The examination pupora will
bo sent to West Point , and those who pass
tbo highest grade will receive the appoint
ments. Similar examinations are bolng hold
at Fort Loavonwortb , Kan. , Sail
Diego , Cal. , and several eastern
military posts. About 100 vacancies at West
Poiut nro to uo filled.
Oilils and Units.
Four couples took part in tbo cake walk nt
battorv D last nitrht , in which prizes valued
at SI,000 were distributed. The armory was
crowded with colored people and
many of Chicago's aristocratto whlto
people were present out of curi
osity. ' 'Sporting Billy" Hughes a six-
foot negro , and his partner , Ida Caskov , car
ried oft the lirst prize , a gold watch and up
right piano. The otbor prizes distributed
were a silver watch , seal plush cloak , silk bat
and sowing machine.
The Jury In the Byrnes murder case , after
bolng out ail night , this morning returned a
verdict acquitting the defendant *
Lieutenant Herman P. Flckbohm , United
States navy , was married last night to Sal-
HoTomllu. The wedding was a quiet ono.
DK31OV11.1C1''S STAXO.tKO IIEAKKK.
A Tow 1'ljiurcs on the .Strength of Hill nnd
Clovuliiiul.
NEW YOUK , March 3. The Herald's Wash-
inton correspondent has prepared a table
showing the presidential proforoacos of the
delegations to the democratic national con
vention. The Dgures are based upon inter
views with ttio congressional representatives
of the states in Washington. The compilation
is made on a basis of 000 delegates In the na
tional convention , of which the classlflcation
is as follows :
Hill , 285 ; Cleveland , 205 : for some western
man , ; )50 ) : necessary for choice , COO.
Cleveland seems to bo the choice of fifteen
states. Thov are California , Connocticul ,
Delaware , Maine , Massachusetts , Minnesota ,
Now Hampshire , Ohio , Rhode Island , South
Dakota , Vermont , Virginia , Washington ,
West Virginia nnd Wisconsin. Hill is said
to bo the cholco ot ten states Colorado ,
Florida , Idaho , Maryland , Mississippi , Now
Jersey , Now York , Pennsylvania , South
Carolina and Texas. The remainder of the
states , with the exception of Alabama , Lou
isiana and Oregon ( which are divided for
Hill and Cleveland ) afo for a western man.
Mr. Ingull * It In It.
TOPKKA , Kan. , March 2. John J. Ingalls
has again entered actively the political arena
and from now on his volco will bo hoard In
the state counsels of his party. Ho made his
ttrst really public appcuranco last night after
seclusion for nearly a year.
Ho made a speech before the State
League of Republican clubs In which
ho defended his late Inactivity In political
nfr.ilrs and announced his future program.
Ho said that some of the republicans who
passed upon the credentials of republicans
seemed to desire to oollovo that ho was no
longer a republican. Ho was a republican
and ho believed that that party Just now
stood moro In need of active recruits than of
victims ( referring to the attempts In his own
state to rend him out of the party ) . It Knd
boon stated , ho said , that ho hud tnkcn no
port In the recent state campaign. That was
n fact , but ho was obllcod to state that the
stnto control committee hud called nollhor for
his services nor his monoy. In conclusion ,
ho said : "I nm notncAndlilntofor the United
Stntoi senate. My niimo shall not bo used
In connection with any olllco In the pomlr.g
oloctloti. "
Ho oltorod Ms services to the state central
committee , volunteering to go ns n pnvata
wherever the gonornls of tbo campaign
should oitlcr him.
A Illow nt Clc\i > lund'K
PnoviDEXci : , R. I. , March 2. The demo
crats ot Rhode Island mot this morning for
the nomination of st.ito ofllccrs and the selection -
lection of delegates to the national conven
tion , Charles 12. Gorman win elected tem
porary ohalrmtn. Ills sncooli ouloglzod the
Cleveland , id ministration and his remarks
were greeted with loud applause and n tow
hUso . A resolution was presented nnd referred -
forrod to the platform committee Instructing
the delegates to the national convention to
vote for Clovoiand , It was received with
great enthusiasm.
Nominations for governor being called for
the faction conceded to Clovoiand presented
the namu of David S. Bnkor , Jr. Kx-Lleu-
tenant Governor W. C. Wardwoll wasplnood
in counter nomination. A vote resulted tn
Wardwoll bolng declared thn nomlnoo.
Iho temporary organization wns mndo per
manent. The platform reported to the con
vention demands trco raw materials , ap
proves thn Springer wool bill nnd urfjos Its
early passage ; favors placing Iron , coal and
timber on the free list. Upon the colnngo
question It reads overv dollar of American- .
money , whether of gold , silver or paper , N.
ought to bo equal the world over. RepealIng - '
Ing the Sherman net wns favored because of
Its falluro to accomplish the results desired
and for a like reason the frco colnngo of sil
ver was opposed nxcopt on International
agreement. The platform cloics with Mr.
Hovoy's resolution of instructions.
For lieutenant governor Charles F. Gor-
uian of Provldonco was nominated. The
Wardell mmi placed Charles Acton Ivos of
Newport In counter nomination. Mr. Ivos
was tupudlated by the Newport delegation
and Mayor Powell of Pawtucket Intimated
that Newport had boon traded for Senator
Aldrich , This was hotly denied. Tuo vote
was : Gorman , 100 ; Ives UO , and Baker 7.
HUP * Homo Coos Ki'pnbllriui.
Et.Mim , N. Y. , March 2.Tho city olootlon ,
hns resulted In an overwhelming defeat ot
the democratic tlukot and the election ot
Robinson , the republican candidate , by ] , 'J13
majority.
NHW YOIIK. March 2. Charter elections
were held In many cities and towns of this
state yesterday. Returns show largo repub
lican gains.
X ST.ITJ :
The republican electors of the state of Ne
braska are requested to solid delegates from
tholr several counties to moot in convention
In the city of Kearney , Wednesday , April S" ,
1892 , at It o'clock a. ni. , for the purpose ot
electing four dologntcs-at-largo to the repub
lican national convention to behold in Minne
apolis , Juno 7 , 1S9.3.
Till ! AI'POHTtOXMEXT.
The several counties nro entitled to repre
sentation as tollows , bolng based on the vote
cast lor Hon. George II. Hastings for
attorney general in 1890 , giving ono delegate-
at-largo to each county nnd ono for oaou 150
votes or the major fraction thereof :
It is recommended that no proxies bo ad
mitted to the convention , and that the dele
gates present bo authorized to cast tlio full
vote of the delegation.
Whereas , It Is desirable that there shall not ,
bo a clmngo ot committees during the con In ?
campiilgn , and
Whereas , ( iront care should bo. ovorclsod In
tbo selection of product uommltiucmon who
are woruors , and who wlllhr.-ly undertake the
labor of an arduous campaign ; therefore.
Hosolvud. That the republicans of evcrv
county In this state bo requested to sok-ctV
tbolr county central committee at the Hist X
county convention bold In tholr respective
counties. Suld committee to servo until the
county convention of 1SU.1 he held.
G. D. MBIICEII ,
Chairman.
WAI.T M. SKEiy ,
U. B. BAI.COMIIE ,
J. R. SUTiinm.AND ,
Secretaries.
ArrhbUIiop Ireland's Promotion.
MlNNiiAl'OMB , Minn. , March 2.On Arch-
bUhiiri Ireland's summons to the Vatican It
was reported that bo was to bo raised to a
cnrdinalate , but It has slnco transpired that
ho wont to llomo at the popo's invitation to
accept the position of cardinal protect.
CO.
is. W. Corner 15th mill I ) nl H t
A few < l
Stubborn Facts-
Our spring invoice of nice novelties in
now arrvng ,
The jerseys and
kilts are special
ly choice , and
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 ,
Browning , King & Co
Corner isth and Douglas St
