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I't'HI/IStlKU EVEUY MOUN1NO.
TIUMH : OF al'jiHl'lllFrioN.
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Fix Month' . . . . . 00
Three. Mi.ntiii. . . 2 r,0
Punilny lire , Ono year BOO
Piiliirdny llee. One Yisnr } "JJ
Weekly Ik-c , Onu Year 1 " 0
Ol'FlrKH ,
Omnlm , The fire Hillldlng ,
Houlh Omnlm , corner N nnd 20th HlrcoU
rntincll IllillTH 12 1'enrl HtreoU
ChlcneoOrtlre , 317 Chamber of Ooinmcrcn.
New YcirU , Itootin 13 , 14 nml 10 , Trlbuna
nnllillnK ,
Wn > hliiRtonD13 Fourteenth Btrcot
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editorial matter should bo addressed to tlio
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Onmhn. Drafts , checks nnd noslolllcn orders
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BWOKN"STATEMENT" OF""untbui.ATIoN
Htato of Nobr.iskn. I
County of Douglns , I
Oeorso II , T/sehiicU , .secretary of Tin : HEI :
PubllMiliiKiiiinimiiy , doi'isoleinnlyswenr that
tlio nctunlclrriilntfon of THK DAILY HKK for
the week ending 1'ubruiiry 20 , 1HU3 , was ILS
follows :
Sutidny , February 10 20,000
Mondny. Februnry 20 23,831
Tueidiiy. February 21 23.701) )
Wednesday , February 22 23,873
Thursday , I'elirimry'JH 23,700
Friday , February 2-1 23,785
Saturday , February 25 2-1,328
anoia-.E n. T/.SOHUOIC.
Eworn toliofore inn imd unbscrlbeil In my
presence this UOtli day of Fobnmry. 1803.
[ Heal ] X. P. I-'KII. Notary Public.
C'lri-iiliitloti fur Jitiiiuiry. ! ! 4'JI7
THK Cherokee IndianH will ( jot $8,500-
000 for the hind ceded by them in the In
dian territory , the appropriation having
been agreed upon. Tlio Chorokces
should start a trust of some kind.
IT is gratifying to know that tlio Grant
monument fund lias been completed and
that the monument itself will ho llniahed
in the fall or 18 ! ) . " ) . Now York City has
not hurried herself much in this enter
prise. ,
OMAHA'S greatest danger from cholera
will arise from neglect of oanltary precautions -
cautions along the river 'front. Unless
the bottoms and the dumps are purified
they will almost certainly breed the
disease.
THK State Hoard of Transportation
complains that THK Bnn has not given
it credit for what it has done
during the past two yearn. THK BHK
will cheerfully credit the board with all
it has done if the board will stand up
and answer the people for what it has
left undone.
OMAHA modestly presents for the con
sideration of the thinking public an in
crease in bank clearings amounting to
52.2 per cent over the last week of Feb
ruary , 1802 , as an evidence of her mate
rial prosperity. , This is only commen
surate with Omaha's increase in other
directions.
THK important tariff changes an
nounced by the Mexican government
will have a tendency to stimulate trade
between that country and tlio United
States. The need of closer trade rela
tions between tliotwo countries is felt
on both sides of tlio line and it is to bo
hoped that there will bo steady progress
toward the achievement of this end. '
industries in the United Statoa
have shown such wonderful growth as
has that of glass manufacture. A dozen
years ago nearly all of the plate glass
used in this country was imported , but
now importation has almost ceased/
American glass is of such excellent qual
ity and can bo produced at such low
prices that it practically controls the
market in this country.
DISTIUCT ATTOKNBY BAKKK is said to
.be hopeful of the ability of Moshor's
friends to plank down $150,000 to save
Moahcr from going to the penitentiary.
This is very queer. What right has
the United States district attorney to
compromise felonies':1 : Suppose Moshor
had stolen a horse , and after ho was
caught nnd indicted his friends should
offer to pay for the hot-Be.
THK threat of the railroad managers
thata reduction of freight rates by legis
lative fiat will drive the railroads now
operated In Nebraska out of business is
n rotlcotion on the intelligence of the
legislature. The same tin-eat was made
ill Wisconsin , Town nnd Minnesota twenty
years ago when the granger laws were
passed , but the railroads have novel-
gone out of business in those states.
THK grand jury of Cook county , Illi
nois , has indicted the .superintendent
and three employes of tlio Chicago ,
Plttsburg ft Fort Wayne Railroad com
pany on a charge growing out of the
killing of several persons in a grade
crossing accident In Chicago some time
ago. The indictment is for murder , and
oven if the parties are not convicted
gome good may bo accomplished by mak
ing an effort to place the responsibility
for railway slaughter whore it belongs
and thus intonsifyiiii : the demand that
grade crossings bo abolished.
IT is not believed by JSrudstrctt'n that
the March government report on wheat
will have a bullish otTcot upon the mar
ket , although this result is anticipated
by many. Tlio theory of the latter is
that inasmuch as there is an unusually
largo visible supply stored throughout
the country the invisible supply , or that
which remain * in the farmers' bins ,
must bo uncommonly small. The March
report may throw some light upon the
subject , and if It shall have the effect
of sending wheat up a few cents from
the present low llguro the farmer will
mnilo ,
UNUKU the ear coupler law tlio railroad -
road * engaged in interstate commerce
will have until January 1 , 1898 , a period
of five years , to provide their locomo
tives and cars with the safety appli
ances required by the act. This is
ample time and the railroads ought to
bo well satisfied with it , but it is to bo
expected that they will make a vigorous
effort In the next congrojs to have the
law repealed or amended BO as to ex
tend the time. The popular sentiment
of the country , however , is so Btrongly
in favor of this legislation that the next
congrcHj will hurdly dare to Interfere
with It
TUG OUTOOINU AMtlNlSTnATtOtf
The record of the republican ndminifl *
trntlon which ROCS out of power today la
on the whole creditable to the country.
It la not flawless. Some mistakes have
been nmdo , thu most tjorlous of all , In
our judgment , being the most recent.
Tlio precipitate action in relation to the
proposed annexation of tho'Hawaiian
IslandH was a grave blunder which Presi
dent Harrison would not have committed
at any other period of his administra
tion , and thu only acceptable explanation
of it in to be found cither in a desire to
end his term with an act which he
conceived would confer espoohil credit
upon him , or to ] his yielding too readily
to wrong-headed advisers. 1'erhnps no
one appreciates more fully than he this
mistake , but it will not4 > o permitted to
weigh In contemporary judgment nor in
that of the historian of the future
against the excellent service which the
administration of President Harrison
has rendered the country.
During the la.st four year. " the foreign
commerce nnd the domestic Industries
of the United Stale ! ) have realized
marked progress. Our trade with the
rest of the world was greater in the
years of 181)1 ) and 1802 than dur
ing any previous two years in
the country's history , while the
value of the products of our in
dustries last year , built up under repub
lican policy , is estimated to have ex
ceeded $7.000,000,000. Tlio area of the
nation's trade has been materially
widened since the outgoing administra
tion came into power and markets long
closed against our products have been
opened to their unrestricted admission.
Wo have made trade arrangements with
other countries that have given us ad
vantages over commercial rivals result
ing giontly to the benefit of all classes
of our producers , and which promise , if
maintained , to bo productive f still
greater advantage. At the same time
there has boon a vigorous growth of
homo industries , only checked now by
the apprehension of radical changes in
the economic policy of the country.
It has been an administration dis
tinguished for integrity and sound busi
ness methods. Its political opponents
have not deemed it necessary to insti
tute an investigation to ascertain If its
management of affairs lias been honest ,
while they admit that in its practical
work it has sot an example Worthy of
emulation by its successor. Coming into
power to find a largo accumulation of
business in almost every bureau and dp-
partmont of the government , it will go
out with nearly every class of public work
completed as nearly to date as practica
ble. Industry and fidelity have brought
the public service up to a higher grade of
olllcioncy than ever before. It has been
essentially a business administration
and all connected with it have from the
beginning been impressed with the
necessity of n faithful and careful per
formance of duty.
It has boon an administration that
commanded the respect of foreign gov
ernments. This it lias done simply by
frankly and firmly insisting upon a
proper recognition Of our rights as a
nation. The settlement of the Samoan
controversy , the submission of the
Boring sea dispute to arbitration , and
the concessions obtained from the Cana
dian government in behalf of American
vessels , are tlio more important results
of the policy of the Harrison adminis
tration regarding American interests.
It has made the country stronger in
the regard of the civilized world than
when it came into power and demon
strated that there is no danger to
American peace and security in a proper ,
candid and firm assertion of Amorionn
rights ,
The historical judgment upon the
administration of President Harrison
must bo that it was clean , pratical and
patriotic. It may Bafoly challenge com
parison in all these respects with anv of
its predecessors.
THK FWTY-SKCOXD COiYGKKSS.
The congress which expires today has
not made a record of wise and useful
legislation that will cause it to bo long
remembered. With the house over
whelmingly democratic and the senate
strongly republican perhaps nothing
different was to have been expecte ,
yet there were important matters with
which politics had no'concorn that wore
left for the consideration and action of n
future congress. It will hardly bo gain
said that HO far as the house of repre
sentatives of tlio outgoing congress is
concerned a moro incompetent body of
legislators has not been known since the
foundation of the government. The or
ganization of the house was effected after
a bitter contest that loft wounds which
were never entirely healed , and hence
there has been throughout a sharp
division on nearly every important
question between the factions. The
uncompromising free silver democrats
and those who believed in attacking the
tariff in detail wore the successful fac
tion , and the men who went to the front
as leaders wore with a few exceptions
poorly equipped for the duties that
devolved on them. They probably would
have failed to carry out their plans even
had the senate boon democratic.
The time of the first session was
largely taken up with the discussion of
the silver question , brought on in both
branches of congress by .the efforts of
the silver men to force free coinage -
ago upon the country. They were de
feated , and this result was of sullleient
importance to compensate for all short
comings. Its effect was to reduce the
free coinage strength in congress and
doubtless also in the country. The plan
of attacking the tariff in detail was car
ried out in the house to the extent of
passing a few measures repealing duties ,
all of which wore buried , as they wore
expected to be , by the bonnto committee
to which they wore referred. As to
general legislation the first session pro
duced tho'Chinese exclusion act , which
is of questionable merit , nnd the bill
admitting to American registry the
steamships Now York and Paris , which
promises to have important results. The
most imiKn-tnnt legislation of the
second session was the passage of the
quarantine bill giving the general gov
ernment supervision of quarantine ar
rangements throughout the country ,
with power to provide regulations whore
"none exist and to improve such us are
found by the oOlclals to bo unsatisfac
tory Another important pleoo of legis
lation was the passage of tlio bill roqulr *
Ing nil railroads , after January 1 , 1808 ,
to tiso safety brakes and automatic car
couplers. But the most conspicuous
failure of the FIfty-Hceond congress la In
tlio matter of reducing the expenditures
of the government. When all the ap
propriations are summed up it will
undoubtedly bo found that their
total exceeds that of the preceding
congress. Reductions have been made
in certain directions , the probabfo effect
of which will bo to impair the olllciency
of the public service , but on the whole
the appropriations are not likely to bo
below those of the "billion dollar con
gress. " This will simply show , omitting
from the account the extraordinary ap
propriation for river and harbor im
provements , that when the democrat *
promised a great retrenchment In tlio
expenditures of the government they
did not know what Its needs aro. Demo
cratic statesmen like Mr. Ilolman seem
Incapable of understanding that with
the growth of the country there must nec
essarily bo an Increase in publlcoxpendl-
litres , and that it is absurd to attempt to
measure the requirements of the present
by those of twenty or ten years ago.
The Fifty-second congress has not
made a great record. Tlio leaders In it
have not distinguished themselves by
any notable act of salesmanship. Per
haps the country is to.bo congratulated
lhat it has done nothing that can result
injuriously to the general welfare.
COXSI'IIUKU TO DKt'KAT TllK CILUITKH.
The proposed amendments to the law
governing melropolllan cilies , known as
the Omaha charter , are meeting with
bitter opposition at the hands of power
ful interests and influential men. The
vital provisions sought to bo embodied
In the charter are in danger of defeat.
A strong lobby is al work at Lincoln
with no other object in view. The op
position is centered upon the proposi
tions made solely in the interest of this
city , to wit :
To creale the ofllce of city assessor.
. To provide for the assessment of rail
way property along the right of way.
To change the make-up of the Board
of Public Works.
To empower the council to change
streel grades without consent of prop
erty owners , as provided in present
charter.
To extend the city limits.
To require railroads to pay for via
ducts ordered built over street grade
crossings , as provided in present charter.
In other words , the corporations and
laxshirking property owners have com
bined against the great body of tax
payers who bear ! ) . " > per cent of the
burdens of maintaining our city govern
ment , The men who tire now opposing
tlio charter amendments arc only re
peating the tactics by which they have
defeated the ends of justice at every
session of the legislature for tlio last ton
years. They oppose the city assessor
provision because they have heretofore
been able to manipulate the asses
sors of the precincts in which
their property is located and have cov
ered up vast amounts of personal prop
erty" which the proposed assessor would
bo compelled lo place upon the lax list
at its market value.
To carry their point on fraudulent
assessments they join hands with the
railroads and other corporations to knock
out the viaduct and railway taxation
clauses , which are not only equitable ,
but absolutely vital to Omaha's future
growth. In every olhor largo city the
railroads are obligated to pay local taxes
the same as other property and in all
well regulated cities they are required
to protect , the public at grade crossings
by Iho ereclion of viaducts.
Omaha has been very generous to the
roads by granting them free right of way
for main lines and side tracks almost
everywhere they have asked for it. In
several instances the railroads have
never complied witli the conditions
under which Iheso granls wore made.
When the right of way was granted
across lower Farnam it was stipulated
between the city and the railroads that
they would build a roadway above the
tracks to connect with a wagon bridge
across Iho rivor. This agreement re
mains unfulfilled and so do other agree
ments equally binding. Omaha lias
always been a bulwark for the railrcads
as against radical rate culling , and Iho
least the roads could do in all decency is
to pay their equitable share of taxes and
pay for viaducts across their tracks ,
which would have them hundreds of
thousands of dollars in the shape of
judgments for injuries to persons and
property.
It is a long lane that has no turn. If
the men and corporations who are now
trying to mutilate the charier persist in
their efforts they may find Iho great
mass of taxpayers arrayed against
them and seeking redress under the
common law. ll is nn open question
whether the present mode of assessing
railroad property by the mile , with all
the side tracks , depots , rolling stock and
land bunched , would hold water in the
United States buprome court , oven if it
stood the test of the stale court , and 500
property owners contributing JJT > apiece
can secure tlio legal talent to test the
question whether one class of property
shall bo assessed one way and another
class another way.
There are other remedies at law and
in the ballot box by which our citizens
can reach Iho laxshirkors and corporate
conspirators. All It - Is
i-oqulr.cs an or
ganized effort on the part of the middle
class of property owners and homo own
ing working people. The one can fur
nish the sinews of war and the other
will furnish the votes to strike a blow
for honest assessment , equal laxation
and an enforcement of the revenue laws
upon rich nnd poor alike without fear or
favor.
IT is announced that General Harrison
has accepted a professorship In the
Lolund Stanford univorslly and will in
Oclober next begin a Borioj of leclures
lliere on constitutional law. He has re
ceived , according lo reports , numerous
offers of one kind and another , but ho
has chosen the one that is doubtless most
congenial and probably also the most
attruclivo In the matter of reward.
General Harrison is recognized as one of
the very ablest lawyers in Iho country ,
and his sincere devotion to his profes-
nlon Is well knowkMJo will IMJ n tower
of strength to thflfijlvorsltynml It will
bo surprising If M * SW department does
not become one > f l the greatest In the
country. , , , ; ?
A Mi A ft OKjfKVKtMl'MEKT.
The bill ponlUnt before congress
providing for n gf | it of curtain public
Innds In Wyoming t that state for pur
poses of technlcar'V.'tlucatlon In branches
of industry portalTilng'to the develop
ment of the unlvonwl resources of the
state has nn Mttsrost for people living
outaldo of the borders of Wyoming. The
bill proposes to give to the state -10,000
acres of unappropriated coal lands lying
within the boundary lines of the state ,
to bo applied solely In promoting tech
nical education in such school ,
college or university as the legislature
of Wyoming shall establish or designate ,
in the branches of learning connected
with the mining of coal and of Iron ore ,
in Iho production of coal , iron and sleel
and Iho manufacture thereof , to bo used
in the discretion of the legislature. It
is provided that the land shall bo
selected under such regulation as the
secrelary of the interior may deem
necessary , and shall bo under the con
trol of the legislature and such board
as shall be created therefor by that body.
It is said that according to the best
estimates and surveys there are in the
slalo of Wyoming , ' 10,000 square miles of
coal lands , or lands underlaid with coal
and iron deposits. Thus far the devel
opment of those rich resources has been
carried on by largo corporations not
especially interested in the state or its
growlli , and it nppeivrs that more
than four-fifths of all the pat
ented coal lands in the stale are now
owned by a single corporation the Union
Pacific Railroad company and that an
Increased acreage of such lands is con-
slnnlly passing under its control. The
principal object of the bill under con
sideration is to limit the great holdings
of corporations and lo stimulate compe
tition on the part of smaller minors and
manufacturers. The development of
the state by private enterprise is held
lo bo the greatest need of the lime in
Wyoming , and Iho technical education
of men to take hold of the work is re
garded by the friends of this measure as
urgently necessary. It is maintained
lhat the proposed grant would
not materially affect the revenues of Iho
United States growing out of Iho sale of
coal lands , while Iho results accruing
from it would bq iijgreat benefit to Iho
stale , and indir.pojjy to the whole
people. , , , iv.
There are many , matters of detail to
bo worked out in 'connection with this
plan before it can Jw'practlcally applied ,
but the contra ! purpose is a commend
able one. The pettplb of Nebraska fool
an inlorost in th6 development of the
mineral resources' ' Wyoming , for it
would be an advantage to our stale in
many ways. ThiS 'ducalional project
has somohovol feotfircs , but if congress
consents to its Irit l i , may prove as suc
cessful as ils frieaijla Iiojo ) and believe
that it will.
g'onoHillyMtTiJouglimft v tfio
country Imvs almoafT forgotten that a
monumciU is lo bo creeled to General
Grant in Now York , The great soldier
has been dead over s6ven years , and all
Unit time the Monument association has
boon struggling in the metropolis of the
nation , which pledged itself toerect a
suitable monument over his remains if
they wore buried there , to raise money
enough to make good that promise.
Last April the corner stone of the pro
posed monument was laid , President
Harrison officiating , and then it was de
clared that the money to complete
the monument would bo raised
without delay. Just now comes another
statement that the sum needed is almost
secured , and it has been.decided to go on
with Iho work. The original intention
was to raise a million , but a monument
to cost half that sum will have to do.
The judgment of tholiation was long ago
rendered that the burial of the remains
of General Grunt in New York was a
great mistake , but this had no effect
upon the sordid millionaires of lhat city ,
who generally know nothing of either
veneration or patriotism.
Tliuy Muy dot It.
Fremont JIcraM.
The state will play in great luck If the
railroads don't Insist , on a "raise" before
they are throuph with It I
Clmiicfl lor the Oharltulilo.
. Lincoln Kctn.
Subscriptions will bo received at this
onlce for the relief of the stnrviiiR railroads.
For particulars see the legislative proceed
ings.
Horizontal Olilvllou.
St. I'aul 1'lnnctr-l'ccst ,
The manful struggle ot Hon. William K.
Morrison against obloquy , obscurity and a
reserved scat in the Valhalla of oblivion ap
pear to have been to no purpose. All his
booms Imvo collapsed luul ho llmls himself in
the ash heap In spite of himself.
A Itogtiii I'niclatuiitliMi.
M. V. Gannon , the Omaha lawyer who is
president of the so-called Irish National
league , protests that his name was attached
without his permission 'to tin address issued
in the name of bis alleged. organization from
Now York Saturday , denotmcitiK the Glud-
stono'homo rule bill. Mr. Gannon adds by
wny of comment : ' 'U would bo tlio greatest
presumption for tltu looguo to denounce n
bill which both IrisW pitrllnmcntiiry factions
support. " Everybody regarded tlio address
which Mr. Gannon denounces as u humbug.
Now it is proved to 16 } ji fraud aad a forgery.
Ornunao mill Coiujifldiiloiiiir ( Inriiotili.
Semiriilla porter.
Much clamor has bucn made about the
Nebraska exhibit tj tljo NVorld's fair , and
some pressure has IM JJ brought UJKHI Gov
ernor Crounso to secure the removal of Com
missioner General ( JAfAoau and the appoint
ment of some othfr1 'man. A change in
management at this late ditto would bo unwise -
wise , as no man couUBlformultto now plans
successfully in the short- time , nor could any
now man carry out the plans already formed
as .well . as those who formed them.Vo
beJiovo that the governor'will do best to lot
the matter run us it Is , Perhaps , after all.
the work of Mr. Garuquu ami his associates
will turn out better than anybody expects.
Colonel Danu'n IrrlilUcent Caliliint.
tfeie 1'orft Sun ,
Secretary of state , Colonel Abe Slupsky ,
republican.
Secretary of treasury , Colonel Charles S.
Fnirchlui , unknown.
Secretary of war , Lieutenant Totton ,
prophet ,
Secretary of interior , Charles II. Park-
hurst , explorer ,
Secretary of navy , Colonel Jeremiah
Simpson , populist.
Attorney general , Captain Jenks , mug-
Postmaster general , Colonel Jones of St.
Secretary 'of agriculture"- Colonel Dink
Holts , ovorytbhip.
OTIlISIt JU.VMM TJMY Ot/IW ,
The now r/omlon chamber of arbitration
him many rommctulnblo feature * , landing
members of the various trades ntul nrofos-
stoim have lent their names and services lo
It , so that any dispute between employers
and worklngmcn , oricontrovorsles over the
proper Interpretation or fulfillment of con
tracts , call nt once bo submitted , at very
small cost , to men who nro experts In the
matter. The parties may themselves select
from ono to three arbitrators on
.tho list , or leave the cholco to the
chamber Itself , Kvldenco can bo taken
on oath , ami the decision arrived nt
Is as binding as n verdict In. court. Every
precaution is taken to avoid delay. Tlio
length of time to bo given In each case Is
fixed In advance nnd Is rigidly adhered to.
Counsel may oo present , but all "mnklng.tho
coort ring" Is discouraged by the fact that
all hearings nro private , nnd by the disin
clination of business men , anxious to got nt
the essential facts , to waste tlmo listening
to windy oratory. Hesort to the Chamber Is ,
of course , voluntary , although the law courts
have power to refer some cases to It ; but Its
operations begin so favorably that It Is
hoped that the custom will grow of putting
n clause In all contracts agreeing to submit
to"lho Chamber any differences which may
arise. '
* *
Marseilles has recently been the scene of
labor riots of n novel description. The mu
nicipality Is at present controlled by the so
cialists , Availing himself of the provisions
of an almost forgotten law passed In 1791 ,
the socialistic mayor issued the other day n
decree reducing .uul fixing the price of
bread. The bakers resented this Interfer
ence with their business and Immediately
closed their shops and announced their reso
lution of baking no more bread till the decree -
creo of the municipal council was withdrawn ,
The Journeymen made common cause with
their masters on being promised their usual
pay , and the redress of certain grievances ,
while the baiters of Toulon , Aries , Nimcs ,
Avignon and of the other neighboring towns
showed their sympathy wltn those of Mar
seilles by refusing to suppy bread
to the latler city. In Iho face
of [ .this opposition the mayor was
forced to rescind his ordinance , but
not before numerous riots had been caused
in the streets of Marseilles by the scarcity
of bread. It has had the effect , however , of
arousing almost universal resentment against
the socialist clement of the municipality.
The working people condemned the decree
as nn Interference with labor , the employers
as an infringement of their rights , and the
population at largo because it had the effect
of making bread bath scarce ami dear. It is
fortunate In every way that the. reforming
zeal of the socialist mayor of Marseilles has
thus been nipped in the bud ; for besides thu
probability that other municipalities might
have been encouraged by his success to fol
low his example , there was , moreover , the
danger that ho might be led to lix not only
the price of bread , but also of wino , meat
and oven of boots and clothes , thus giving a
practical Illustration of the doctrines of
socialism.
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One of the subjects considered by the commission -
mission which has been inquiring exhaus
tively into the agricultural condition of
Holland was the proposal to substitute for
fixed rents a sum to be determined in ac
cordance with the market values of produce.
The system would bo favorable to long
leases , and its advocates maintained that
the state might give a powerf ul supnort to
the movement by requiring corporations ami
public institutions to stipulate for rent on a
sliding scalp. Tlio commissioners report
that they cannot support this view. They
have como to this conclusion , they say , un
willing , for If the idea were practicable of
creating an absolutely just division of
the profits , the ideal requirements of fair
ness nnd stability would bo insured : It
has hitherto been fouml impossible to framq
a measure for determining the sliaro of
profits rightly belonging to landlord and ten
ant , and the commission does not profess to
bo able to do so. Where the cultivation is
very simple , they say , a bisis for forming a
calculation of their respective shares might
perhaps bo found , but in a moro developed
state of agriculture It would bo impossible.
The value of the harvest does not depend
nlono on the price of produce , but on the
quantity , nor can the fertility of the soil bo
determined by ono or two products , but by
the general result produced by factors which
may vary in their operation , not only In dif
ferent districts , but in different farms in the
same district.
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"Tho opinion on the Austro-Hungarlan
army expressed by General ICaulbars In a
Hussian work just translated , la likely to at
tract earnest attention in European military
circles , " observes the correspondent of the
London Times at Vienna. "General ICaul
bars was for some years military attache
to the Uussian embassy nt Vienna.
His subsequent achievements as the
Czar's special commissioner to Bul
garia are still fresh in the memory of
the public. The general must bo regarded
as a competent authority in military matters -
tors , nnd when ho contends that the Austro-
Hungarian army in its present condi
tion takes a foremost place among the
armies of the world , there ia no
reasonable cause to doubt the accuracy
of bis statement. I have myself hoard
this same opinion from n French oflleer
of high rank and unquestionable competence ,
who spent some time in Vienna a few weeks
ago. The Austrian cavalry had been under
estimated by some of its Gorman critics , and
it was , indeed , chiclly this circumstance that
led to the long-distance ride , which proved
that the Austrian cavalry was at lease a
match for Us German rival. The Germans
wore , moreover , alone In their opinion , nil
foreign critics having unhesitatingly recog-
Inestimable
Value
The discovery by Dr. Priw
of a new process"for extract
ing from the true fruits their
natural flavor will be of
inestimable value and benefit
to the consumers of flavoring
extracts. By this process the
flavoring principle of the fruit
employed is brought out so
perfectly that when used to
flavor cakes , creams , etc. , it
imparts the delicate and
delicious taste of the fruit
itself. Thousands of pounds
of the costly Mexican Vanilla
Bean are annually consumed
in the manufacture of Dr.
Price's Delicious Extract of
Vanilla. Ladies , try Dr.
Price's flavors if you wish
nice desserts. You will nevet
be disappointed in their use.
nlzotl the superiority of that brnneh ot the
Austrian nrmy Qcnornl Kaulbnrs niildiowt-
edges the existence of nmny other excellent
features , not tlio least ofvhleh U the esprit
do corps which provalls throughout the
service. Tlio oftlclcnt orpnnUntloti for
mobilizing the forces of tlio monarchy Is tt.o
object of special mention on the part of the
Ktisslan critic. "
*
r It appears that the Venezuelan boundary
dispute Is at last to bo submitted to arbitra
tion , Grout Urltnln having assented to that
very suitable method of disposing of the
affair. The question Involved KOC * back
moro than two centuries tu the tlmo when
the Dutch and the Spaniards held re
spectively , the domains now iwsscsscd by
British Guiana nnd Venezuela. Hut the
controversy only became ncuto about llfty
ycara ago , nnd then Venezuela protested
against certain frontier marks set up by
an English surveyor mid caused them to
bo removed. The claims of Great Hrltaln
appear to have Increased slm-o that time ,
whllo wfthin Urn last few years her encroachments -
croachments around liiirlnm I'olnt , at the
mouth of the Orinoco , and in the Yurtiarl
gold district of the Interior , have greatly
troubled Venezuela. Tlio extreme- conten
tion of the latter that her territorial rights
extend to the Kssc < | ult > o are not likely to bo
entertained by an arbiter , but she may , per
haps , hope to got a decision limiting British
Guiana to the line of the I'omaron or
the Moroco , which , in fact , were formerly
suggested , wo believe , by British statesmen
as possible compromises. Klther of these
would dislodge the British from Unrlma
Point.
Till ! I'llI/itlX I'llVtilCU.V.
( Innoral John .M. Tlm.vi-r CnrrrrtK Some Ml-
HtntriiienU llr lc > roro Made.
LINCOLN , Neb. , Feb. i > 7. To the Editor of
THE Ben : If one should undertake to cor
rect every misrepresentation ho might ilnd
himself occupied for a lifetime. I do not in
tend to engage In tlio work of correction , but
will submit ono misstatomcnt.
In the Lincoln correspondence of Tin : Bir :
of last Friday , which I have today seen for
the llrst time , oerm-s the following , referring
to Dr. Houlz , nominated to the senate for
prison physician :
"It is known that ho was originally ap
pointed by ox-Governor Thnyer nt the re
quest of Mosher nnd Dorgan , ami bis rn-
appointment has given Dorgan moro
pleasure than any other occurrence of the
past few weeks. This may bo understood
when it Is realized how much interest it is
to the contractor to have the prison
physician on ills side. This statement is
further made by tlio Lancaster delegation
that It was at the earnest personal solicita
tion of General Thnycr that- Governor
Crounso changed his mind regarding the ap
pointment of Dr. Simmons and substituted
therefor the name of Dr. Hout/ "
Now it Is well known that exactly tlio reverse -
verso of this statement is the truth , and
that Dr. Ilout/ was not appointed at the re
quest of Mosher and Dorgan and that it is
equally well known that they , Mosher and
Dorgan. labored earnestly to prevent his ap
pointment by urging the reinstatement of
Dr. Carter as prison physician , who had
been removed by Governor Boyd. I selected
Dr. Houtz of my own volition for that posi
tion because I know his great skill as a phy
sician and surgeon and his unusual Illness
for the place , nnd also for the reason that ho
could give all the time necessary In the dis
charge of Ills duties there because ho had no
other practice.
Of what possible use or advantage the
prison physician can be to the. prison con
tractor , except to keep the convicts in good
health and prevent sickness , is utterly be
yond my comprehension. Perhaps tlio vivid
Imagination ot a reporter may conceive it ,
but I cannot. Every convict who is sick ,
unable to work , Is a loss to the contractor.
The prison physician in keeping the pris
oners in good health docs bcnellt the con
tractor to that extent , 'and 1 do not suppose
the public would deslro him to keep them
sick to spite the contractor.
I sneait from personal knowledge when I
vouch for his most faithful and conscien
tious discharge of his duties , and it was this
that Induced mo to recommend his reap-
pointmonttoGoveriiorCroun.se. It will bo
news to the governor as well as to myself
that I induced him to change bis m.'nd re. ,
eardlng the appointment of Dr. Simmons. I
did not know he had decided to appoint tlio
latter and I had no communication with him
for several days prior to his nominating Dr.
iloutz to the senate. JOHN M. TIIAVEH.
"Convenience" thu Public PIIJ-H I'or. '
A'or/ul/c / JVctt' * ,
The senate has very gladly crawled out of
a discussion of the anti-pass resolution
When tlio time set for calling up the resolu
tion arrived the senate was conveniently not
in session , and the chair held that it could
not conveniently bo called up later. Every
two years the Nebraska legislature is going
' to wipe out tlio pass business from oil the
'face of the earth , but as regularly as the
legislature meets as regularly docs it ad
journ without doing anything of the kind.
When a Nebraska legislator ceases to ride on
a pass railroads will have quit carrying pass
engers.
Wlmt the U'mt WiiiitD.
Kearneu llnli.
Western Nebraska is not nearly so greatly
interested in a 2-ccnt passenger rate as in
securing moro lines of railway and better
outlets find connections. T ight reductions
in freight rates would do no harm , but a
20 per cent cut such as Is proposed , would
bo a reduction so violent as to parnly/o the
railroad systems of the state and impair the
servlco to nn extent that would provoke a
publlo chorus of ctirnea loud nnd drop ,
Knstcrn Nebraska would not Iw materially
affected by n heavy reduction , but central
and western Nebraska would bo set back In
development along nil lines for ninny years
to como. Existing abuses In the mnnngo
ment of Nebraska roads whereby the publlo
Buffers wrongfully should bo corrected ,
fairly and Intelligently , but no hue nnd ery
of political shysters making iKilltleal capital
should bo taken as n bauls for readjustment
of railroad rates either freight or passenger.
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Ii t ( lulil , Ili'diiniliint Silver.
Kl.l\tull'b > nter-ttrti.
We bohovo thnt If the Sherman net wern
repealed and nil possibility of free colnago
removed the United States would gain moro
gold In the next two years than It has lost In
the last two. If the present di-.Un continue *
wo do not earo to contemplate the cense
quences. It Is not the netual loss of the
metal trilling affair in Itself --but the do-
cllno of conndenco Indicated by It which
throws out the danger signal.
. *
. , AMnnnltoSlilpor ,
Tlio battleship Indiana , launched at
Cramps' shipyard , will bo the most massive.
ship of war over set tillo.it in the waters of
this continent , nnd she will take rank with
out question among the stoutest war vessels
In the world. The launch of such a craft IH
moro than a Heeling spectacle to thrill thu
tens of thousands who may look upon it -
moro than nn occasion of patriotic- national
interest made memorable by the presence of
the nation's highest dignitaries. l-\ir It
marks tlio dawn of u new era in the hlstorv
of our naval establishment , and ono which
will Ilnd recognition as promptly among for
eign governments as at home.
I'KI'I'KItJI'OIXTKHS. .
Plillndeliiblii Uerord : A new theatrical
spectacle Is tohavenn "eleeliIc ballet. " That
sounds us If It nilRht be a pretty sliocklni ;
.show.
Tidbits : "Doctor , when do you thlnl , u mull
wi'lchs motif" n < li'd u iiutlont ulio was nmlt > r-
coltiKii course of dhuarv trcutinunt. "Wlicu
ho HtoiM tin my corns. " answered tlio doctor.
Philadelphia Times : Klamii'l llsnlf nmy bo
retiring In It * rlinracter , but so fur this year
no mini shrinks from .vunrlng ll.
le.idur : The man with a Ionic
bond Is rnruly h
I'ltUbiiru ChronU-lo : CluirKlriK IniinlKrntitM
so much u bend Is the very ruver.su of an In
come lav.
Chicago News : "llrokelclKh says that hU
word Is as good us his nolv. " Yes , It's just as
good. Thai' : * whal'.s tlio matter with It. "
Troy Press : Just because n man happens lo
be boetlebruned is no .sign that lie has a bug In
his head.
Chicago Tribune : Anxious Mother Mabnl ,
dear , 1 wish you would trv ( uciiltlvato a taslti
fur coed literature. Why do you never try In
road Hi-owning ? "
Petted DaiiKlitor-I'vo tried Itrowiiliiu ,
mamma. If.siio Use , 1 Just can't gut onto Ills
curves.
Harper's Ila/.ar : "llnw do you manage to
Ki't rid of born.sV" nsKi-d Suoilgrass us lioi-iimu
In and took u seat by the. busy man's de.sl , .
"Oh , easily enough , " replied the busy man.
" 1 begin ( u tujl them stories about my smart
youiiKHter. Now , only the other day he Mild
What ; must you go ? Well , good moriuni : . "
FAI.SK I'ltni'inrr.
JVcio I'mk Jounnil.
Thn prophet who predicted that
This winter would be mild
Was surely "talking through his hat"
In a manner \ery wild.
Last full ho pawned his overcoat
And were his MUiuucr clothes ;
Ho has the hoarsest kind of throat
And dally groans , "I'm froze ! "
JIKI Jtiss OF itrrr.n.o ,
, /mHclmiJir/f.t / Jiidl'llill.
'Twas a lieolerof the purly , wliosatsiil.dniton
a keg ,
At the way the bloomln' mugwumps were
nullfn' | Orovnr's leg.
Hu thought of Orosham and ho swore In right
eous Iloiirhon woe ,
"And yut. " said he , "there's Hl.sscll IIIK Hl.ss
of HutValo.
"For I hoar that's what tlioy call him In Uix ,
town wlierohe l.s known ,
Which goes to show he's one of us , and not too
much high tone ,
I judgfi ho'll maku old Adhil'H ux go as she
used logo ,
So I gue.ss I'm safe In bankln' on Illg UUs ot
Duiralo.
" [ don't know a deal about , him , for ho ain't
been much Insight ,
Hut I 'low : i man that's i-.allcd 'Illg Hiss' Is apt
to bo all rlsht.
It sorter sounds Ilku onu of us--so common-
like , you know ,
And I guess the boys are In It with Illg Hiss of
lUilTulo"
en.
Largest Manufaoturori an 1 Itotallon
of Clothlns lu th3 World.
Spring Opening
On Saturday is our spring1 opening1. The first
of the season always the first
you will notice. Many novel
ties in suits and overcoats for
spring- wear have been made
up by our tailors this spring1 ,
and quality and price have
been so nicely blended that
the most fastidious wearer of
clothes , be he boy or man , can
find something1 to please him.
They are good to look at any way , and that's all wo
want you to do Saturday. We'll sell thorn later.
Lovers of nice things to wear will appreciate our
efforts this year , we are sure. Everything1 wo show
you will be now -absolutely.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Btoroopcn tiiiturday every till ovonlnj 10 till fl.1) . ! S.W , Cor. 15th and Douglas St