TIIK OMAHA DAILY BKE MONDAY , JANUARY , 10 , 1803.
TTIK DAILY HEJfl.
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foulh Omnlm , earner N and 20th Streets.
C'niincll HlillTs , 12 Pearl Hlrenl.
ClilcaifoOlllei1 , 317 Clmintwrof CJorninorPO.
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rrtltorltil mniu-r Miould bo nddrcssril lo tlio
Kdltorlnl Dt-partiiK'iit ,
IIUBINKKH I.KTTKUS.
All biiiliieH * letters nnd rfnjHIniipos should
1ioncldreR'.cd toTbe llco I'libllsIdtiB Coniliany.
Omnlia. DiaflM , cbeeks and itostolllco ordi-ra
lobetnadepiiyabloto the order of the com
pany.
U'HK UKK PUnUSniNO COMPANY.
BWOUN STATKMENT OK OIKOUIiATION
Htute of Nebrn.sltn , I
County of Douslas. f
Oeorgelt. T/scbiick , secretary of THE HUB
) 'iibllsfilnKciiiiimliy. | doi'HMiluiiinlyswnnrtlmt
lhiiietuarelriiilatfonof Tin : IMu.v HKK for
iboweok endbiK January M , 1B03 , was as
follows :
Sunday , .Tanmiry N.
Monday , January 0
Tuesday. January 10 22'2i ! !
Wednesdny.Jaiiiiiiry 11 45'2Ti ;
ThurMlav.ianuiiry 12 22'2i ?
Friday. January 1ft 25Z ! } }
featurduy.Januiiry 14 U4.3G5
UKOUOK II. T/80IIUOK.
fiworn tobeforo mo mid subscribed In my
liresenco this 14tb day of.Tniiitary , 1803.
[ f-enl ] N. V. VKll , , Notary Public.
Avoriin | Clreiiliilloii for Dereinlier , 24,520
IT IS about tlmo tliut the Bquattcr
governor iitul third house idiocy bo laid
away to rest.
JOINT commtttcc.3 otinvo'stiKiitionpen-
orally end iu a whitewash or a tele.
Kaeh house has ample power to curry on
liny investigation whlcli u majority of
Jts mcmbera may order.
TIIK corporation lobby at Lincoln is
worse than a leper colony. No
body can approach thcso whitened
fccpulclu-es without brooming con
taminated by the gangrene of cor-
Vuplioti. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THK hill Introduced in the lower
liouso of the legislature , to protect
women and children arrested for potty
offenses from undue public exposure and
tllugruco , Is a humane measure and ought
to pass. The ends of justice are not promoted
meted by the system which the bill pro
poses to remedy.
WliKN the senate committees are
announced today wo Khali sco whether
tlio corporations and the public plunder
ers that infest the state capital are to
liavo full control of the machinery of
legislation or whether the people have
' nny rational hope or expectation of ro-
) lof at the hands of the present
legislature.
THK anthracite coal monopoly , being
clearly liable to the anti-trust law , it is
not creditable to the ofllcials charged
with the enforcement of the law that the
great combine is allowed to go on rob
hitig the people unchallenged. Pro
ceedings against the monopoly ought
not to await the incoming of a now ad
ministration , giving it perhaps another
year of plunder in plain violation of law.
THK territories that are seeking state
hood from the present congress will
probably not have their desire complied
with. Jt is not at all likely that there
will bo any legislation of this character
before the next congress , and then
it Is possible there will bo provision
niado for creating four now states.
There will bo no harm done by waiting.
On the contrary , the delay may bo good
in enabling the territories to become
hotter prepared for supporting , state
governments.
THK proposition to suspend immigra
tion has never received much favor in
the south and the sentiment against it is
increasing. The southern states gen
erally want immigrants. An organized
movement on a large scale is making in
Mississippi to encourage people to go to
that state , and everywhere there is a
feeling that it is desirable to secure a
bettor class of labor than the south now
lias. This bolng the case the proposed
legislation to suspend immigration for a
year will got no support from the south ,
nnd it ought to have iiono from the
west. It is already practically settled ,
however , that the proposition will fail
Mil CMSVCLAND is said to bo profoundly
interested in the proposal to repeal the
Hllvor purchase law , His emissaries are
working hard to create a sentiment ii
congress favorable to repeal iimonj ,
these who want still more liberal silvoi
legislation. Judging from the oxprcs
slons of a number of democratic con
grcssmen , Mr. Cleveland's influence is
not very potent. The southern ropre
Bontativcs generally are opposed to anj
intorforoneo with the existing law. tin
less they can got something that will bo
Btill hotter for silver. It seems to bo at
entirely cafe prediction that there wil
ho no silver legislation by this congress
CAIICMTRS o-itielsms upon recent loca
wcathor predictions in particular am
olllclal forecasts in general nro heard 01
every car. Scathing remarks wouli
perhaps bo less frequent if a botto
kmwlodgo prevailed of the conditions
existing in the local observer's olllco , Iii
\i word , his hands are tied. S-j neglect
ful of the interests of Omaha have booi
our representatives in congress that the
department- come to look upon this
ulty as a country village , whoso people
do not want and cannot appreciate the
benefits of a goad weather sorvieo. The
commission merchants are right in tholr
protests against the treatment accorded
Omaha by the head of the weather bu
reau in Washington. They want and
ought to have the best weather reports
that Unolo Sam makes. The trouble is
that the Washington ofllcials insist that
they can make the forecast for Omaha
and Nebraska Iwtter than can the local
observer , and the forecast published hero
dally is therefore just as apt to provo
true us false. The business men of
Omaha should unite in a demand for
iinpr vo 1 v onthor reports. With two
Omahtuis in o ngrcss there should be
little dllllculty in securing thorn.
Tin : .wwHrw.v.inr uninv.
Tli ir-glslat < irc Is now fully organlxod '
ml onulppcd for iii'Uvo work. The I
inline I'ommlttoos have hrrti named I
uiil the semite o-ininlttei--t will
bo designated today. The only |
) lMtaclo In the way of needed
oglslatlon Is the posttfnrous lobby. Tlio
corridors of the uupltol and "the prlnel-
ml hotels swarm with a gang of political
nuruoimi'Iutf , cappers and vole procurers
n the pay of corporations , contractors ,
claimants and soimtorial candidates ,
domlyjrs are dogged at every stop and
mportuned to betray their trust for a
consldi'ratlon by vile wretches who are
lot lit to live and should not bo tolerated
outside of a penitentiary.
It is the duty of the legislature to pro-
ci't its members and olllcors from thcso
nonopoly body-snatchers and make the
iiLsereants who deal in votes harmlo-w.
I'ho legistuturo and all honest citizens
vho desire to preserve free government
mist break up and disperse this band of
ilreling eorruptionists by all the legal
neons' at their command.
The legislature should at once ap-
xilnt committees empowered to send for
mi-sons and papers and directed to in-
vcstlgalo all charges and reports con
cerning the attempt of lobbyists to
tamper with members or employes.
Pheso committees , made up of earnest ,
fearless and intelligent members , will
hid enough work to do from the start.
Most of the vultures and wolves in
shocps clothing that are now infesting
the capital attended the sessions of two
ind four years ago. They can and
should bo hauled up and forced to ex
plain their connection with crooked
deals and job.s which have scandal ( zed
: ho state. Bribery and corruption may
lave outrun the statute of limitations in
the courts , but they never outlaw with
i legislative investigating committee.
Investigations by a legislature are al
ways In order and their scope is unlim
ited as to time. A legislative investi
gating committee may go back ten years
to trace it ) ) a corrupt job , just as legiti
mately as it can investigate a conspiracy
or corrupt deal that has taken place
within the past two weeks.
When once the legislature , either
through the housoor senate , has reached
out after the oil room icoundrels and
forced them to explain their misdeeds ,
past or present , there will be a scamper
ing from the cupitol such as never has
boon witnessed in Nebraska since the
days of the impeachment of Butler.
It all depends upon'the make-up of the
legislature. If , the honest. unpurchaua-
blo men possess the nerve to assert
themselves and defend the good name
and fame of tlio state they will not allow
another day to pass without taking vig
orous steps to drive the lobby mercenar
ies out of the capital and keep them
away for the balance of the session.
LOCAL TAX HKFO113I.
Governor Boyd strikes the keynote of
tax reform in his farewell message
when ho points to the wretched system
of assessment which prevails in this
stato. All the property , real and per
sonal , cities , towns and villages , farms
and farm houses , cattle and grain , rail
roads , telegraphs and telephones , is ap
praised at less than $200,000,000. , The
market value of the products of Ne
braska in any one year is over $100,000-
000 , and the lowest approximate value
of real and personal property in Ne
braska is not far below 81,500,000,000.
The most glariifg abuses in the matter
of assessment exist right here in Omaha
and Douglas county. While the average
assessment of our town lots and build
ings is at about the same ratio to market
value as that of the town lots and lands
in the balance of the state , a vast
amount of corporation realty and per
sonal property is assessed at ridiculously
low figures or escapes'altogether from
taxation. This is not only rank injus
tice to the small and middle class of
property owners , but it is a serious det
riment to the whole city. Omaha's as
sessed valuation in 1872 , when the city
had less than 20,000 population , was
nearly Sllt.OOO.OOO. Today , with a popu
lation hoven times as large and a corresponding
spending increase In area and improve
ments , the assessed valuation Is only
820,000,000 , while Kansas City , Denver ,
St. Paul and Minneapolis range all the
way from $80,000,000 to $120,000,000.
This glaring dlsc.-epancy keeps capital
away from Omr.im and tends to frighten
investors. Tnoro must bo a radical
change in the mode of appraisement and
the sooner this change is made the better
for the future of Omaha.
LIADLK TO TIIK AXTI-T1WST LAW.
The subcommittee which investigated
the Reading coal combine will soon re
port to the house , and there will bo a
very general popular interest in what is
prcMjiited , for everywhere the public
has felt the weight of this combine. It
is stated that the conclusions reached by
the committee will affect the combina
tion directly and Indirectly by adjudg
ing it liable to the anti-trust law
and by attaching to the inter
state commercQ bill auditional amend
ments to head oil any hedging
on the part of the coal corpor
ation. A member of the committee is
quoted as saying that they had decided
to take the bull by the horns and will
recommend some interesting railroad
legislation , so that similar combines will
bo impossible. As a part of the larger
committee on interstate commerce the
subcommittee will Insist that the present
hotiM ) bill on the regulation of inter
state ( vminorco shall bo radically
amended before it is sent to the house
for favorable consideration. The pur
pose is to remedy the defects in
the law ' governing the operations
of the Interstate Commerce com
mission , with a view to making the de
cisions cf that body final and effective.
The committee think the Interstate
Commerce commission should ho given
wider jurisdiction , both administrative
and judicial.
It was reported immediately after the
C3inmltteo had completed the Heading
investigation that the members wore
uncertain as \Vhothor tlui . cojnbinu
was amenable to the anti-trust law ,
and also that they were a good
deal perplexed us to what legis
lation to recommend for the pre
vention of such combinations. It
Is very reassuring to learn that they no
longer entertain any doubt that the
Heading coal numopoly can be rcilohod
under the net of the last congre-mdeclar
ing unlawful e iinbtnatlous or agree
ments for the restriction of production
and the supprcttlon of e unpetitlon.
What IH strange about the matter Is that
there should over have been a question
that this combine violates both the
letter and the spirit of the act. Kx-
Scnator Edmunds , who had much
to do In the framing of the
anti-trust law , some time ago gave
it as his unqualified opinion that the law
applied to just such combinations and
agreements as the Heading coal monopoly
ely , and the language of the act seems
to leave no chance for a doubt as to this.
It Is to be regretted that the present ad
ministration has not given the law a
test by proceeding against the combine.
It Is also reassuring to find that there
Is an intention to strengthen the Inter
state commerce i < ct and to give it a vi
tality which it docs not now possess.
This is a matter that"- ought not to bo
delayed Iwyoiul the present congress.
As tlio situation now is the commission
is practically powerless , and the law is
inoperative so far as its principal func
tion Is concerned , that of preventing
discrimination. This state of all'airs
should not be allowed to continue one
day longer than is necessary to amend
the law so as to give it the force and
effect it was intended to have.
COS2' O/1 I'liltlJUVlA'd SfM'WH.
Senator McPhurson of Now Jersey , in
his speech In the United States s-enato a
week ago in support of his resolution to
suspend the government purchases of
silver , made an instructive contribution
to the general subject of silver by citing
statistics showing the cost of producing
that metal. The senator said it is con
ceded by mine owners that owing to new
and improved appliances now employed ,
in comparison with the methods of live
years ago , the cost of producing
silver is very much lessoned. The
proof of this is in the fact that for many
years the world's production of silver
has piled up in rapidly increasing ratio ,
until in the year 18 ! > I it reached the
enormous amount of 1411,000.000 , ounces ,
as against f > 8,000,000 ounces in 1871while !
the price it brought in the market was
the very lowest recorded in our history.
Under the more costly methods of min
ing and reduction five years ago there
was a good margin of profit , estimated at
. ' 12 cents per ounce , in producing silver.
A careful' investigation into tlio
present cost , eaid Senator McPherson -
Pherson , under now methods and con
ditions , of producing an ounce oi line
silver in the United States , gathered
from the mint and census reports , to
gether with such other confirmatory
evidence as is furnished by the public
press , mine owners reports and from
private sources , shows that the
average cost of producing an ounce of
fine silver is less than .To cents , which
gives to the standard silver dollar a cost
value of 2 ( ( cents. It is thus seen that
silver refining is the most profitable
of all the industries of the United
States , even if profits are measured by
the highest estimates ot cost and at the
lowest selling price we have over known.
According to the statistics of the last
census Arizona produced 1,817,030 ounces
at a cost of S95885 ; { , or a little moro than
52 cents an ounce ; Colorado 18,410,801
ounces at a cost of $ . > ,70i , ; , 11)3 ) , ' slightly
more than 30 cents an ounce ; Montana
13,437,001 , ounces , costing $5,50'J,3. ' " > 0 , or
11 cents an ounce ; and Utah 6,000,03 ; }
ounces , costing $3,387,0 lii , equal
to 48 cents per ounce. The
average cost of producing silver -
vor In these states and territories in 1889
was therefore 37.3 and it is undoubtedly
less now , so that with silver at. its present
market prtco of about 8-1 cents per ounce
the mine owners are manifestly getting
a much larger return upon tholr invest
ment than is derived from any other in
dustry in the country.
The farmers of the country would bo
abundantly satisfied if their wheat and
corn yielded thorn one-third of the profit
that the silver men receive on their
product and would consider their condi
tion one of great prosperity , but tlio
owners of silver mines are not content.
Their cupidity reaches out for more.
Not satisfied with having an assured
market for their product at its commer
cial value as a commodity , they ask that
they bo allowed to take their silver to
the mints nnd have it coined for them ,
the people paying the cost of coinage
while the silver men got $1.29 for what
is worth no moro that half that. There
has been a good' deal said recently
about-tho decline in silver mining , duo
to the unprofitableness of the industry.
The proof is conclusive that the business
is not unprofitable , but on the contrary
is really the host paying industry in the
country.
GOVKHNOH CKOUNSK expresses the
opinion in his inaugural that the appro
priations this year can bo reduced
$750,000 below the appropriations
voted by the legislature two
years ago , which exceeded $2,800,000
Tlio estimate of the state board for the
next two years foots up over $3,000,000
The legislature will take the advice o
Governor Crounso and give the tax
payers a chance to breathe for one sea
hon at least.
PAST experience has shown that com
mittees of investigation appointed bj
the lieutenant governor seldom invest !
gate and much moro rarely want to investigate
vestigato unless the investigation is
gotten up to blackwash respectable men
and to whitewash rogues.
itrliixloii : tlio ( tiipi'r.
. hllatlctiihtd lleconl.
If the president could shut out tbo Can-
ndlau weather along with the Canadian rail
ways bis "heavy blow" would bo a tc.i-strlke.
I'rmliu-t * for Kx
Ho s nro worth ns high ns ? 7.r > 0 In Omaha
nnd are still pohiR up , and TUB Bun remarks
that 100 imunds of pork will soon buy a ton
of coal. If Nebraska bad n few of tlio many
veins of coal found around Uawllns nnd Ho
untouched , 1X ( ) ] Kunds of pork at present
prices would purchase two tons of coal. Hut
Nebraska has the bogs and Wyoming the
coal.
Alli'ii Kiintritiif Wyoming ,
During the past week the affairs of Wy
oming bavo been under tlio R ] > ceial nnd per
sonal supervision of Tom Patterson of Den
ver and Ur. Miller of Omaha. They seem to
think that without tbolr Interference tlio
legislature will not bo able to i-hooso tlio
right kind of Unltod States srmtor. It U
as much as to say : "Tlio pooplo's represen
tatlvcfi are not rtllo dci Ide mioh Imporlnnt
maltars. It Is Ju-non residents to tell us
what tvo shall it ) , '
Not VMltbUn tin- Nuked
The Itondlni oatt combination has been
llsrupted. but IWtr result l not scan In any
reduction In tb < MrIi.'o ) of anthracite In this
art of the country.
Ilnpn fur Hie Political Drnd.
1KIM ( Hi/dm / Star.
A Toledo youiu ; _ uian who was thougbt to
jo ( load ten davH nio Is coming to llfo. Tills
diould bo notea-i Milli satisfaction by n mini-
> er of nooplo w.lip bavo been regarded ns
iwlltlcauy dofunijt. (
Comliliiiitlnn Qiinriiiitlnr.
Tlio senate has passed tlio quarantine bill
which provides for n combination of state
Tiid national quarantine nnd Increases the
powers nmt duties of tlio mnrlno hospital
service. Its most ! mt > ortaiit provision , per-
tmps , Is that which authorizes tlio president
Lo prohibit In wbolo or In part the Introduc
tion of persons nnd property. A deal of
responsibility Is thus tin-own upon the presi
dent , for ho may , on the ono band , erlpplo
L-ommeiro to keep dlsoaso out , or admit dis
ease rather than disturb commerce , but it
seems to bo necessary to have discretionary
authority lodged somewhere , as a fixed rule
would be sure to do injustice or work a hard
ship.
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Tilt : CLASH IX KAXS.IS.
Globe-Democrat : A few rotten OCRS judic
iously thrown among populist revolutionists
in Kansas would have a salutary effect.
Kansas City Journal : Other states bavo
exhibited rival legislatures sitting In differ
ent balls , but the spei-taelo of two hostile or-
ijanl/ations doing business under the same
roof and in tbo s-uno room is ono upon which
Kansas can Justly base a claim to tlio blue
ribbon.
Kansas City Star : Now Is tbo accepted
tlmo for testing tbu eftleacy of prayer. Let
tbo preaebois at Topeka petition tbo Al
mighty to put it into the minds of tbo fellows
who arc stirring up tbo animals in tbo Kan
sas state house that they are making fools of
themselves.
Philadelphia Hecord : Tbo Inaugural ad
dress of tbo i > opulist governor. Lewolllng , of
Ivnnsas , was a tirade against tbo state , tbo
money power and the mortgage law of Kan
sas , and a flamboyant , rhetorical rlalin that
"the people arc greater that tbo laws or stat
utes. " It is impossible to make out clearly
from such language Just what tbo governor
was driving at. Perhaps it was not a drive
at all , but tbo mere runaway of an uncon
trollable lobby.
our 01 ? nut oitmxAitr.
Jerusalem , they say , Is still supplied with
water from Solomon's pool through an aque
duct built by tbo crusaders. Jerusalem t
Taseott was discovered " 21 times in 1802.
It remains to bo seen how tbo industry will
prosper under tbo now administration in ISO ; ) .
Philadelphia appears to bavo hi her city
hull , which , though unfinished , lias cost
$1 ! > , ( )00,00'J ) , a veritable "elephant on her
bands. "
Tbo sausage dealers of Berlin are orgnnl/-
ing a boycott against sellers of liorso meat ,
but it will bo of .no avail. Tbo dog has bad
bis day.
In ono of tbo loading magazines for the
current month there is n story which was
written and accepted twenty years ago. Its
author is dead.
Because a conductor on a German train
playfully kissed ono of tbo female passen
gers bo was discharged in disgrace and sent
to Jail for four weeks.
In Brooklyn some of tbo flro engine bouses
are connected with the "nearest saloons by
gongs , so that tbo firemen can bo called with
the least loss of time *
It is whispered that Baby Uutb Cleveland
is soon to bavo a little playmate. Visions of
Grovcr walking tbo'loirg balls of tbo white
house in the stilly night arise before bis
party. '
Tbcro are cloven , barkeepers on tbo kew
York board of aldermen. When a corpora
tion applies for a franchise It. will bo very
natural for them Vo''Joiu In a1 "Wbat'll yer
bavo" oborus.
"Tbo statistics show that the chances of a
passenger being killed on a railroad Journey
are only ono In 2,000,000 , " or a little greater
than tbo chances of a principal being killed
in a Frcneh duel.
It is stated that tlio badge of the lord
mayor of London contains diamonds which
are valued at 120,000. That's all very well ,
but tbo trouble must bo that when bo wears
tbo badge tbo lord mayor is liable to bo mis
taken for tbo headlight of a locomotive.
The table on which the articles of agree
ment for tbo surrender of Vieksburg were
signed by General Grant and General Pom-
berton is in daily use in a beer saloon in
Vieksburg. Tbo saloonkeeper lias been
offered a largo price for tlio relic , but bo re
fuses to dispose of it.
Ono of tbo famous collections of coins In
tbis country is that owned by Mr. and Mi-3.
Charles Sebomo of Indianapolis. It was
made by William Wlnkler of Columbus ,
Ind. . who traveled all over Europe to make
it. In tbo collection is a piece which is said
to bo the oldest Saxon coin in existence.
Mr. M. L. AVoodbridgo , who won the Bos
ton Globe's $5 a week for life for bis close
guess at tbo popular vote for president , has
made a great record asngucsscr , having also
won a trip to Chicago , while ho is a disputed
winner of a trip to Lurope. IIo guesses by
wholesale when competing for a prlzo , using
Judgment nnd money freely. In the Globe's
contest bo bought 10,000 copies of the paper
and made that number of different guesses.
The townof TY > rsylh , Mo. , Is fifty years
old , and never bad a church.
Dr. Grav , incumbent of tbo new Episcopal
bishopric of southern Florida , lias work to
do. There are pagan Seminoles and unen
franchised Africans yet in the Everglades.
Tbo Methodist Episcopal Frcedman Aid
and Southern Education Society asks for
? T)0,000 from its 3r > 00,000 members for work
next year among tbo negroes and poor whites
of the south.
According to a recent decision of an Eng
lish court a man has n good case at law
against a clergyman who persuades bis ( tbo
man's ) to go to church instead of staying at
home and cooking the dinner.
Hov. H. T. Myor , rector of the Marquette
college iu Milwaukee , has been appointed
secretary of tbo English assistancy of tlio
Jesuit order , which includes all of the Eng
lish-speaking Jesuits in the world.
Pope Leo XIII. owns a pearl loft to him by
bis predecessor on tbo tbrono of St. Peter
which is worth $100,000 , and the chain of
thirty-two pearls owned by tbo Empress
Frederick is estimated at$17fi,000.
There is only ono ihstaueo of an English
man declining tbo offfcr of a cardinal's hat.
IJov. Dr. LIngard'tbo Catholic historian ol
England , was tbo ecclesiastic who thus pre
ferred to remain a clerical commoner.
Congregational .sjjiglng has been intro
duced into St. Paul's Homan CatholK ,
Church , in St. Lou.ls , by tbo pastor , Fatbei
Tuoby. There are f w Catholic churches In
this country where this innovation bus been
tried. . , ,
The Primitive Methodist Church of Eng
land , organized in Iblti , lias 1,010 traveling
preachers , lliU7 : looul preachers and 103,000
members. It lias in Africa seven European
missionaries , forty-four white and 46 $ colored
members.
An Armenian mm has Just died at the ago
of 1 \i \ years in a convent at Jerusalem. Ac
cording to ofllelal documents supplied by tbo
ecclesiastical authorities tills mm entered
tbo convent at tbo ago of 17 and bad not
crossed the threshold of the house for
ninety-eight years.
Tbo Protestant Episcopal church has been
of late years making u steady and continuous
improvement In tbo work of organizing Us
charitable nnd philanthropic work u | > on
stable and cflU-lunt lines. An important stop
in tbis direction has been In establishing tbo
order of deaconesses.
Shortly after the delivery of the Now
Year's sermon and several appropriate ad
dresses In the First Uaptlst church of WI1-
llamsbui-g , N. Y. . tbo puld-ott mortgage for
$ . ' . 1,000 , 'which bad stood against , tbo church
property'for eight years , was ceremoniously
b'lrnetl In an urn uinm tbo pulpit.
Bishop Jobn Williams of the dloreso of
Connecticut and presiding bishop of the
Protestant Episcopal church in America
was Intensely gratified by ono of bis Christ
mas u'lfts. The llm old colonial house in
Wood bury , which Is called the "Birthplace
# f.ho American Episcopate , " has been pur
chased by frbn-Js and prcaoutod to him. In
tills hoiiso on Heptcmber 17 17H.1 , mot the
second convention , determined to Art-urn an
American bishop mul which elected Samuel
Soabury to tbo first bishopric of Connecticut
and of the American Episcopal elituvb.
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AXTi.oi'riox mi.i. ,
OMAHA , Jan. II. To the Editor of Tins
BKK : Probably few people understand the
Import of the measure or bill now before
congress known ns tbo anti-option bill. The
general Impression prevails that tbo legisla
tion requested will prohibit speculation or
dealing in options or futures on tbo different
grain oxehanqos of the country. It is reason
able to suppose that when a legislator In
troduces a measure to become a law that
some Inliuc'ncc , cause or motive has prompted
him.
him.Who
Who arc the promoters mid strong advo
cates of the present bill ? Senator Wasbburn
of Minnesota nnd Representative Hatch of
Missouri , the former having largo milling In
terests In Minneapolis and the latter from
tbo district north of St. Ixmls and in a terri
tory where heavy mills operate.
Is their motive philanthropic or Is itselllni ) ?
Have they tbo interests of the farmer at
lieart , or Is their effort directed la behalf of
their milling constituency'
No ono has over questioned a man's right
to buy wboro ho can buy tbo cheapest and
sell where ho can sell for the most money ,
therefore tbo law of supply and demand will
regulate values , unless speculation steps In
and enhances them. Can It bo said that
speculation depresses values below a legiti
mate basis ? If so , the Investor , the miller
and tbo consumer should appear and call a
halt. Otherwise If this army does not remote
to tlio rescue of tbo producer , under such
conditions what would this same class of
artisans and philanthropists do , if the only
prop which now sustains values at times , betaken
taken away !
Why are tbo millers so universally in favor
of this proposed legislation ! Is It with the
belief that they can ana will pay the farmer
more for bis product , or is it because they
see that with such a law they can force
smaller dealers and competition out of the
way and bavo the producer and his property
at their mercy ?
Speculation lias increased in volume many
fold tbo past fifteen years and today all largo
conservative cash grain merchants sell on
option or future against their cash holdings
and purchases that they make from day to
day at Interior points. In this manner they
protect or hedge ( as they term it ) themselves
against loss by tuij fluctuation in tbo value
of tbo cash property , Were they unable to
do this they certainly cou'd not handle tbo
property on such small margins as they do
now. It is not many years since the
grain men at interior points required a mar
gin of profit of from 5 to 10 cents per bushel
before they would handle it. Tim same men
are working today on a margin of } / , to
S cents per bushel , seldom moro than vho
latter figure.
Tbo argument will bo advanced that tbo
present bills before congress do not Interfere
with any legitimate dealers who desire to
sell futures against their holdings. Take
the present situation , which Is not apt to bo
uncommon , who would bo the purchaser of
the S'.OOO.OOO bushels of wheat now in public
elevators at the larger distribuing centers If
not the speculator ? The bulk of tbo wheat
now jn store is owned by largo dealers , who
have some futures sold against same , and
were it not for the speculator the value of the
better artlcleandspeculativegradeviz : No. 2
wheat , would bo little higher than that of
tbo next lower grade , No. ! l , which in a con
sumer's mind is worth intrinsically within 5
cents per bushel of tbo No. 2 article. The
present difference between No. U and No. 3
wheat ranges from 10 to 13 cents per bushel.
Does this look like tbo miller and consumer
were making any endeavor to relieve the
producer when they istand by and purchase
their supplies at from5 to 10 cents per bushel
under the urleo speculation has set upon the
commodity ? Take speculation away , would
they not buy tbo No. ! i article at its intrinsic
value and within ! 1 to f > cents per bushel of
the price they now make for No. 8 wheat , a
non-spcculativo grade ? Wherefore , then ,
would the abolition of speculation benefit the
farmer or producer , and bow would any
ssnsiblo , thinking man draw bis conclusions ,
as to the motive that Induces the present
members In congress who are so zealous in
their efforts to pass thcso measures ? It
looks , from tbo frequent agitation in con
gress of thcso bills , that tbo prime movers
seek to influence speculative values so as to
enrich themselves and prey upon tbo public.
Ignorance of the true inwardness of tbo
measure has led many to believe it beneficial
to the masses , but a study into tbo true in
wardness of the scheme shows it to bo devoid
of merit , nnd tbo bills now up for action
should bo promptly and effectually squelched.
Yours truly ,
E. E. CYIIUS.
AMVSKMKX'fS.
Mr. Murphy In "Kerry flow. "
That line old frish drama , "The Kerry
Cow" opened a brief engagement of that
clover Irish comedian , Joseph Murphy , at the
Boyd last evening. The play In the present
production does not receive that attention to
scenic detail necessary to an ideal presenta
tion of "Tho Kerry Gow , " but the characters
of the play are In fairly capable hands , and
all in all a most enjoyable pei'formanco is tlio
result. Mr. Murphy diffeis agreeably from
tbo conventional Irish comdcian. IIo speaks
bis lines naturally and his action
is without that borso play and ultra
grotcsqueness usual and unspeakable
in "popular" interpretations of Irish charac
ters , yet ho never misses a point withal.
Then Mr. Murphy's singing is sweet , nml
bis tuneful melodies gain from bis manner
of singing them. Miss Belle Melville as
Nora , does not strain to glvo the brogue , but
is pretty nnd Interesting as a colleen
should be. The ox-process server and
sqnlreen , In the care of Mr. F. Kildny , is
villainous enough to earn the hisses of tbo
virtuous gallery , and the other parts are not
all unsatisfactorily filled , the Dennis Doj lo
of Mr. Daniel F. Thompson earning a
special word of praise. The theater was
crowded last evening , and will likely eon-
tlnuo to bo during Mr. Murphy's engage
ment.
"O'Dowil'slilil > < > rs" t tlio l-'iirinini.
"O'Dowd's Neighbors" is the title of the
wild , riotous , slapdash , mollo-furco-burles-
quo that began an engagement nt the Far-
nam Street theater yesterday. At both per
formances there was "standing room only"
and very little of that , and Judging from tlio
rare pauses in the hearty laughter those in
front enjoyed tbo efforts of the "comedians"
hugely. The company is a capital all around
combination. A pleasing feature of their
work is the lack of that rasping variety
voice and accent with the vocalists , and
every member of the cast Is a vocalist and
most are dancers. Mr. Mark Murphy , who
leads tbo company , is very funny in his
way and Air. Joe Roberts , who fills
n lead ing role , possesses considerable of the
art of burlesque as well as being a good
comic singer. Tbo ladies are all pretty and
most of them clover. Miss Mary C iblll's
singing and dancing are what tbo variety
bills would call refined. " She sings dainty
little ballads and plantation melodies wltti
equal success and dances easily and grace
fully. Amid all tbo wild burlesque there are
introduced selections from the standard
operas nnd those are surprisingly well ren
dered. Miss Taylor and Mr. Holcombo's in
terpretation of the famous Tyrolean duet
from the camp scene of "Madamo Favart"
in the first act is tbo gem , Miss Taylor's
rendering of tbo difficult music being par
ticularly brilliant , displaying a clear , fresh
voice of fine quality. "O'Dowd's Neighbors"
is meant to amuse and in the bands of Mr.
Murpbv and bis company It fulfills its mis
sion admirably.
NATURALFRUIT FLAVORS.
Vanilla Of perfect purity
Lemon Of great strength-
Grange Economy In their use ,
Flavor as delicately
and dellcloutly as the fresh fruit *
'WATTERSON ' FOR SENATOR
IIo is the Ohoico of Kentucky's ' Entlru Wash
ington Delegation.
MR. CARLISLE WILL ENTER THE CABINET
III * lie-mil Trip to the llluo < ! rn Slutn Snld
tit IInvi > Ili-oii for HIP I'lirpiKo of I'linli-
ItiK the ( Iri'Ht iilltiir' : < l
Klcfdoii ,
WAMHXOTOX r.uuuuor Tin : Ur.E , I
Mil FofitTKiiXTii STIIHRT. J-
WASIIINHTON , D.U. . Jan. in. )
Sointor Carlisle's Kentucky frloiuls hero
announce , ns they say , upon direct Information
mation , that the senator will surely bo Mr.
Cleveland's secretary of the treasury. Many
of them believe lh.it Editor Henry Walter-
son will bo Mr. Carlisle's successor In the
senate and that It was to arrange for the
editor's election that the senator recently
wont to the nine Grass state. Whllo Mr.
Wnttcrson does not seek the position It Is
stated ho would not refuse it. Nearly every
Kentuckian In Washington would HUe to aeo
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V'uttcrson come to the senate.
Oppugn ) to Speaker Crl4ii |
Possibly for the purpose of allaying the
small but ( 'rowing determination of the
Mills crowd to defeat the ve-cleetlnn of
Speaker Crisp upon the orR.iniz.Ulon of the
next house iu December , or whenever that
body assembles , the frien.ls of the speaker
have caused to be circulated tlio broad state
ment that Mr. Crisp will probably not want
the ofllec he now holds another term. Thov
say Hie Illness which lias srl/.cd Senator
Uolquitt will prove fatal , anil that when the
vacancy occurs in the ( Jeorgla seaatorshlp
Mr. Crisp is sure to get that place.
There Is considerable uneasiness in the
situation surrounding Speaker Crisp , despite
the fact that he would bo re-elected without
opposition , comparatively , were the election
to come soon. There is , however , naturally ,
n wiilo chasm between the speaker and Mr.
Cleveland , and any pati-lied-up peace which
may bo arranged Is liable at any time to bo
broken into Hinders.
.i Ciuml Adhlrs.
As the debate In tlio senate yesterday
plainly indicated , it can be eonilUcntly relied
upon that whatever congress and tills gov
ernment may do in the way of assisting the
construction of tlio Nicaragua canal , it will
bo done with a clear understanding that the
United States government will not have to
depend upon the indistinct , if not obsolete
Monroe doctrine for our commercial rights.
Senators Sherman , Hoar and Morgan have
some very vigorous views uton | that subject
which they intend to give before the resolu
tion of Senator Wolcott. introduced yes
terday , making inquiry as to the
amount of money expended upon the
canal , is llnally disposed of. President Harrison
risen has two or three times in his messages
recommended that congress should take
steps to secure the canal for our commercial
interests and the proposition has been well
digested in congress although there is no
probability that an.\ thing will be done in
that direction this year. Tlio shameful
manner In which the Panama canal is being
managed in opposition to the interests of the
United States , andi for those of the French
people and French government , has , ns
Senator Hoar sa.\s , reminded us of the
necessity of moving in no uncertain
way. The senators say that If wo
take parental care of the Nicaragua
euniil in any degree we will control it. Be
fore any action is taken , however , it is alto
gether probable that Inquiry will bo made as
to the extent to which the Monroe doctrine
lias been dragged In the dust by the present
management of the Panama canal. It is
stated that the inquiry into the Nicaragua
canal will bo made to cover the Panama
canal management , unless there arc some
men in congress who fear an inquiry touch
ing upon the Panama affair.
I'roposeil Tension Iti-forma.
The proposition to abolish all pension
agencies and pay pensioners by check direct
from the Treasury department Is believed
to be but the tirststep in the direction of
sweeping "savings" on account of pensions.
T.ho democrats declare time -if the pension
agencies are abolished there will bo $5,000-
000 or $0.01X1,000 saved annually , and no pen
sioner will receive less. The scheme of the
democrats in the house is to have the pres
ent administration assume the responsibility
for the lirst move and then for the Cleve
land congress and administration to "codify"
the pension laws so as to reduce pension
payment by retaining only those upon the
pension rolls who were wounded in action , the
widows of those whoso husbands were killed
or died from wounds received in action , and
the actual paupers now on the rolls. This
would , it is said , reduce the pension pay
ments one-third , possibly one-half. The
democrats nro determined to do something
of this kind , but they hesitate to begin the
work.
Settled It Ainir.-ilily.
A little fight between Secretary Klkins
and the surgeon general of the army over
the detail of an army surgeon for duty as
attending surgeon to the officers and their
families In this city , has Just been settled.
In anticipation of the early retirement of
Colonel Heger , who has been lilling this
desirable detail for several years. Captain K.
Ii . Mosley was ordered hero several
months ago to get in trim to
relieve him. This was done at tlio
instance of the surgeon general. Hut Sec
retary Elkins ordered Major It. M. O'Ueill.v
'
to do'thls duty before Captain Mosley as
sumed charge. As It is only a few years
since Lr. ) O'Ueilly had u term of duty here ,
Oennral Sutherland protested bitterly
npalnst his helm ; brought heroiigaln Orders
Ju.it Issued revolting Or O'Hdllv's nsMgn.
mrnt , show that Secretary Klkln.i has flu
ally yielded to the protest nf Ms bureau
chief , expecting , It Is said , that Dr. O'K.'llly
who was an attendant physician on Mrs.
Cleveland In 1837 , will accomplish his object
when the new administration comes In. ta
Nrnl Taking PIHVII.
Whatever may be the outcome of the In-
yestlgation now In progress bv a special com
mittee of the house Into charges that the
records and Illes of the Department of Stain
nro now , mid have been for years , under the
control of a literary ring. It cannot but have
a wholesome effect. The State department
is always tnoro or less snobbish. Its officers ,
with n few exceptions , are not easv of access.
1 hey are , to some extent , composed of men
who affect foreign tastes and habits. There
is not that American atmosphere about tint
State department which Is to bo found about
other executive departments of the govern ,
mcnt. Most of the clerks aK | > the manner *
of the English and other dlplomates and
attaches who hover about the department.
One of the faults with the systems In
vogue nt the State dnp.irtment , and which
breeds the snobbery there. Is the traditions
of the department which forbid the dis
charge of aiii clerk or minor nftleer except
upon Grievous charges affecting probity. A
man is never dismissed for common Incom
petence or pertnoss. Discourtesy Is not re.
gardcd a fault. There is a degree of security
which partakes of proprietary alT'-ciatlon
Clerks and small officers soon come to act
toward callers as though they owned the es
tamishment and wanted to close the doors
and hoped tor a cessation of bother It ts be
lieved that some of this atmosphere will bo
clarified , and It Is more with a \li-w t < >
general renovation and taking d.iwn a pop or
two smart clerks and custodians than am
thing else that the present \rstijraUon
was begun by the house committee.
VliI'rmidimt Morton' * rnpriillhtblo I'urin.
It Is stated that when Vice President
Morton retires from his present position he
will go back to Ills modest little farm lo
cated on the banks of the Hudson river , and
that he is eligible to membersh'p in the
farmers alliance. Mr. Morton raises a fair
crop nmt soils u portion of It Iu open market
and to his neighbors. It is not profitable ,
for one single item , butler , ho loses heavily.
Ho produces butter which costs bim about
f 3.78 per pound and only realties : ks cents per
pound In the market. Nevertheless the vice
president la a farmer as well as a banker.
\\Yiti-rii IVliHloiK.
The following Issues of pensions have been
reported :
Nebr.tska : Original Alison McDonald.
TaylorS. Smith , Edward U Moon , WilliaiM
Lowe. John H. Smith , .lames P. Hammond ,
iliimes Meadows. Additional James H.
Soden. John Lltidon , OJeorge Hineainan ,
FranciH S. Moses. Renewal and in.Tease -
ShcpheroP. Parker. Increase I'luti-les Mc-
( ice , Hugh Uay. Keis.siieWilliam 1 ! Hob\ .
( Icorgc ICrltes. Original widow Arietta S
Flora.
Iowa : Original--Cyrus M. Paul , fx-vl S.
Wood , Asa 11. Schoonover , Hiram Wlnslow ,
Jacob Woodring. Michael CVNeil. Job I ) .
Clark. Additional-Archibald Conk , D.ivld
C. Hlhhop , John A. Arnold , Malvin U. Whitehead -
head , Paul Dishorn ; , Henry Aldricli. John
West , Lawrence Ualen. Increase Harvey
Dunn , John A. Martin , James W. Itiiurham.
Kelssuo John A. Howan. Keissuo and increase
creaseicorjo Hoyd. Original widows -
Catherine E. ( Jraunls. Katriiia Doleshall.
South Dakota : Original Nelson II.
Holden. Additional - - Franklin Strong ,
Charles A. Scott , John Swift. Increase -
Josiah Allen.
Washington Notci.
Mrs. Joseph 'N. Carey of Wyoming has
returned from Philadelphia and is at the
Arlington for the season.
It Is said to be tlio private opinion of Rep
resentatives liryan and Kerr that the result
of the deadlock in the Nebraska legislature
will bo the fusion of the domo-rats and re-
punllcaiis and the election of a democrat to
succeed Senator Paddock , and that ho will
be , T. Sterling Morton.
S. T. Ifeckwith and .1. L. Carey are at the
St. James today.
Major Joseph W. Wham of the pay de
partiuent , United States arm.\ , has been
ordered before a retiring board , which
means that he will bo retired , his physical
condition being such that no board wouM
recommend his continuance on tlio active
list. U also means another vacancy In the
office of paymaster , wltn the rank and pay
of a major , making two mug little billets of
this kind .available for President -Harrison
IIUMK .11 Al > i ; MlltTll.
T < ynn Item : When theihiysbi-gln la lengthen
the pi-Ice of coal begins to
llull'alo K\I > ITS"How : can t bccoino a
coimirsiillotr.illit'i' " "Poi-sinule
ready your
self that yon haxuaclironlc dNca-iU of M > IMU
kind. "
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Chicago Post : Niagara Is In tlingroupof the
Ice king and several liai-Umcn are reported
badly frozen Hetrlbutlon , thy name. U
Hurras' '
AtebNoii Oloho : No lotrn looks ns ivi-11
from the car window us It does In a boom elr-
Piidth. fii-ay .VCo.'N Monthly : Mrs. Illsher-
man Now , ubiiiit that man yon sent over to
me Is ho honest ?
Mrs. l-'ireiimn Well , I should MI v MI. He bus
been tried twice for stealing and has escaped
both times.
A.V HO.NT.ST VniWICT.
Itoxtnii Ciiurlfi :
" \Vluil do yon Imagine that picture would
fulch
At u puhllc vendmi ? " hn Inijnlrcd.
As Him maulstick in hand hu the sjime did
( iiHsii-i-ti-h
Toward "A llullet Girl , " dimly alllreil.
Tlio friend turned Ids JM/U at Ihn plcturo a
while ,
Itathor da/ed at the a HM's caprice ,
Then ! iiis\u-u-d with more than a hint of a
MIlllC
" 1 think It would fetch the police. "
Largest Manufaoturari mil Ilotillori
of OlotUIng In tii
Put some more. , on
That's what we did. We have had such a
glorious success
with our ton dollar
lar sale that wo
have concluded
to continue this
week , partly be
cause we have a
few of the suits
and overcoats -
left. To make it
more interesting1 we've added a few rjiore overcoats
and suits of better value lo go at this same price ,
$10. They're all in the window , proper in style ,
substantial in fabric and well made. Choice of any
suit or overcoat in the window for $10.
I BROWNING , KING & CO ,
fctoro open Saturday every till evoinuj till 0.31 S , W , Cor , 16th and Douglas St
