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AN AI'l'K.ll. TO THK I'KOI'T.K.
The sixty days for which legislators can
draw pay have now oxuircii. Very few of
the mcmbera uro In condition financially to
pay tholr own expenses : it tlio capltol for
more than n few days longer. At least ton
days moro outfit to bo plven by tlio law-
mnkcrs to finish the work of purglnc thn
state liouso by Impeaching nfllccrs who have
connived at fraud and permitted the treas
ury to bo looted by dishonest contractors ,
thieving subordinates and public plunderers
generally.
If Nebraska Is to be redeemed from the
curse of bootilerlsm and the majesty of the
law Is to bo vindicated by the lawmakers ,
the people should not only encourage and sus
tain their honest representatives In the good
work in which they are engaged , but they
should subscribe liberally to defray their ex
penses. Every citizen of Nebraska who an-
proves the work of thn legislature and
desires the work of investigation to bo car
ried to Its legitimate conclusion by impeach
ment proceedings should at once write to
his representatives und remit whatever ho
can afford to pay to Hon. J. N. Caflln ,
speaker of tlio house of representatives , Lin
coln. In towns and cities contributions
should bo solicited by clubs. Public meet
ings should .ilso bo held to express the do-
slro of the people for whatever measures
they want the legislature to carry through
before It adjourns.
There Is no tlmo to bo lost. Stand by
your local representatives and urge them to
stand up for Nebrask.i In her hour of tribu
lation.
All contributions received by Speaker Ga-
Jin will bo acknowledged through TUB BOB.
Total received up to March 20 , $220 ,
Republicans in the senate should slunil up
for Nebraska and redeem the plcdycs of
1S98 byvotinyfor house roll S3 ,
IN TincsK tomimatuous days it must
not bo forgotten that the Omaha charter
amendments are vital to this city and
ought to bo enacted into law before the
end of this week.
IP THK maximum rate bill passes the
senate mid impeachment is decided upon
by the legislative advisory commission
this will bo ono of the red letter days in
the history of Nebraska.
ANOTHER murder in South Omulm Is
now recorded and the assassin is nt
largo. If the local police authorities
succeeded In capturing till the murder
ord that are now wanted they will have
to bo active.
THE laudublo purpose for which the
labor mass meeting tonight is called
will doubtless insure a largo attendance.
Organized labor is alive to the necessity
of tendering support td the legislature
in the efforts being made to punish un-
wor hy oflleials and to pass laws designed
solely for the relief of the people.
A vote of censure by the legislature will
hare nomorc effect upon theItourdof Public
Lands and liuildings than pouriny water
on a duck's back. Turn the rascals out
and place the management of our state in
stitutions into the hands of men who will
not stand by and let the state treasury be
jtillayed by thieves and swindlers.
ONE of our contemporaries makes the
suggestion that the publication of bills
audited and paid by the State Board of
Public Lands and Buildings would pre
vent a good deal of corruption and job
bery. Wo fully agree with this view.
Publicity is the most olTectivo safeguard
against recklessness , extravagance and
dishonest practices in public alTairs.
A PIIOIILUM for those who are seeking
the best means of dealing with children
of criminal tendencies is found in the
case of Denver's 11-year-old boy who has
just boon convicted of murder. Ho
killed a man for the possession of his
watch , and had no other excuse for the
deed but that ho wanted the watch. In the
atato of Now York not long since a young
lad murdered his grandfather in oold
blood and with the utmost deliberation ,
lying in wait for him in the dark with u
pistol. Ills excuse was that his grand
father had scolded him. Is it possible
to reform nueh children ? There are
people who believe that it is.
OFFICK-IIUNTKKS must have noticed
that every day n declaration of policy in
respect to the distribution of putronago
omanatfl3 from the white house. The
president is attempting to improve upon
the methods employed during his llrst
term. For a week or two Nebraska
democrats have returned from Wash
ington fully satisfied that Mr. Cleveland
lias no nso for populist applicants for
olllco. The first appointment made In
South Dakota was in direct opposition to
Senator Kyle , the populist , who has
in ado a bitter protest. Congressmen
Item and McKeiglmn have run against
the same snag. They have nothing
moro to say about federal patronage in
Nebraska than has the minister to
Dahomey. Nona but true blue demo
crats need apply ,
AS TO STAtl Vn.lMIiKtt t'HUGKKntXfiH
The Into and cry about star chamber
methods and baseless persecution which
litta been raised by the organs of the
state house ring nt Lincoln is an old ,
familiar tuna which lias been played
with variations whenever an exposure
has been made thutcndangors the tenure
of dishonest ollleials or cuts olT the sup
plies from tax-caters who have fattened
at the public crib. When a republican
legislature impeached a republican gov
ernor on testimony taken with closed
doors the same hue and cry of star chain-
Iwr trials and persecution was raised
by the Lincoln Journal and the
republican members of the legislature
who stood up for Nebraska and vindi
cated the party from the blot of bribery
and venality wore hold up as monsters
of iniquity and injustice. In that session
as in the present session the committees
charged with Investigating Into alleged
frauds and dishonest practiced by state
ollielals have conducted their inquiry
like grand jurors.
There has been no disposition to pre
judge or convict any man before ho has
had a fair trial , but it has been
Jound necessary , to prevent collu
sion and the spiriting away of
witnesses and to traeo reports of
malfeasance and corruption to
their source , to examine witnesses
separately and in private. After
the masa of testimony was sifted
the facts bearing upon the subject
under Investigation , together with the
conclusions of the committee as to the
culpability of certain state ollleers , was
presented to the house and approved by
that body. If the legislature shall de
cide to impeach , or rather to arraign , any
of these men for misdemeanors or bad
behavior in ofllco ample opportunity will
bo nlTordcd for a full and fair trial
before the supreme court , a court
made up entirely of republicans
who cannot bo even suspected of bins or
prejudice against the accused. If the
court after duo hearing and impartial
inquiry shall deem the proof produced
on trial iiHiilllcient to sustain the im
peachment it will render judgment of
acquittal and the person thus acquitted
will receive a vindication that will
reinstate him in his position. If found
guilty their conviction will vindicate
the law , stamps the seal of condemnation
upon olllcial dishonesty and criminal
negligence and enable the state to fill
the important positions held by these
ollleials with men of known integrity
and reputed capacity to fulfill the duties
devolving upon them.
This is what all honest citizens hope
: md desire. But the organs and parti-
ans of the state house gang do not want
ustico. They want license to pillage
ind plunder and they prefer to see tlio
epiibliean party sacrilleod and destroyed
ban to have the ollleials who have be-
.ruycd . their trust deposed In disgrace.
1'ATKHSAljlS.V TILIT SIWUIO IIYiV.
Much is said by a certain class of
eastern journals andcjmmoroial author-
ties in deprecation of the growth of a
sentiment in favor of government pater
nalism in the west. Without nttcinpt-
ng to explain the causes underlying
that KQnthnonV the existence of which
; o a certain degree may bo acknowledged ,
t is interesting to note that it is nmni-
'esting itself in the east quite as plainly
as in any other part of the cjuntry. In
, ho state of Now York , for example , a
Mil has been introduced in the logis-
ature to give the state authority to own
and operate the grain elevators at
Buffalo.- This measure is approved by
men who deny that they favor the
general principle of paternalism , but
who declare that this is an exceptional
case because the elevator monopoly is
so outrageous as to bo no longer tolera
ble.
Passing by this inconsistency as an ex
cusable ono , it is worth while to look at
ho merits 'of the particular case re
ferred to , as it directly concerns the
grain producing states of the west. In
1883 , after struggling with the grain
elevator combined for eighteen years ,
the Now York legislature enacted a law
to fix a maximum charge for elevating
grain at Now York and BulTalo. Ii
New York and Brooklyn the rate for
elevating and trimming grain was re
duced $3.25 on every 100,001) ) bushels re
ceived by canal , while in BulTalo , ii :
deliaiico of the law , the rate was in
creased $1.23 on each 100,000 bushels
The law has boon invoked for the pro
tection of shippers from this extortion
and decisions [ against the elevator mo
nopolists have been rendered by the
courts , but for some reason not clearly
explained the robbery has not boon
stopped. The elevator men and
the railroad companion have stood to
gether in a prolonged and determined
war upon the canal. To what extent the
discriminations have been carried does
not appear , but a correspondent of an
eastern commercial journal shows that
the elevator chargoj for transferring
grain to canal boats have boon out
rageously extortionate. Tno expense
of transferring 100,000 bushels of grain ,
and the prolltsmadoby the elevator * , are
given as follows : Receipts for elevating
and use of steam shovel , not including
receipts for blowing , stowing , nulo of
screenings , etc. , 81,075 ; expenses for
labor and fuel , with $18.50 thrown
in for sundries , exclusive of intero.st ,
$02.50 ; not profit for only eight h'jurs
work , $1,012.50. At this rate all grain
shipped east by the way of the Elo
canal must pay 1 cent a bushel for the
cost of handling by the BulTalo elevator
monopolists. What the difference is be
tween the rates for the canal and for the
railroads wo do not know , but It IH well
known that whatever the discrimination
may be the canal Is the cheaper route.
The paternalism by which It is pro
posed to do away with this system of
plunder is entirely ojiumondablo. Every
mun interested In the transportation of
grain will bj glad to HOO the state of
Now York take the elevator business
into its own hands and protect the pub
lic from such extortion In the future.
But the elevator ring has immense
power in the legislature and the enact
ment of nuch a law can only result from
a demand so strong tlmt no representa
tive of the people will dare to resist it.
llEl'OKTS from Berlin concerning the
physical collapse of Prince Bismarck , If
not greatly exaggerated , show that the
old statesman eua never again become
Y
an Important factor In Gorman polities.
There is a possibility that theoo reports
may bo olorod to servo HOIIIO purpose of
the ox-ohanci'llor'fl entMuleo , but when It
Is remembered that ho is 78 yearn of ago
and has all his life unstained burdens of
responsibility and toil that would have
broken an ordinary constitution long
ago , It HOOIIH probable enough that the
end of his remarkable career is not dis
tant.
TIIK niisai.ix KXTii.iniTiox T K trr
Tlio people of the United States owe
no consideration to the Russian govern-1
ment which should Induce them to ac
cord to It any special concessions. There
has been nothing In the past relations
between that despotic power and this republic
public which calls upon this government
to make the slightest departure from Us
traditional policy In making an extradi
tion treaty with Russia. Several years
ago , uiuler the first administration of
Mr. Cleveland , such a treaty was
negotiated , and this was ratified
by the senate at Its last reg
ular session after being amended.
It cuntalns a clause which , in the
judgment of a great many American
citizens whoso opinion is entitled to
most respectful consideration , would
practically destroy the right of asylum
in this country for any subject of Russia
against whom the Russian government
might bring the charge of having made
any attempt upon the life of the c'/ar or
any member of his family. It is pro
vided that when such attempt comprises
the act either of murder or of assassina
tion or of poisoning it shall not bo con
sidered u political offense , or an act con
nected with such an offense. Secretary -
rotary Grcsham has been quoted as
Baying that this article is to be taken
literally ; that no person is to bo ox-
tradlted to Russia under it until it is
proved to the satisfaction of our courts
llrst that the crime charged has been
actually committed , and next that the
accused person directly participated in
it. But even if the scope of this pro
vision should not bo allowed to go
beyond thee narrow limits there would
still bo the danger under it of our courts
being constantly harassed by the com
plaints of Russian agents seeking victims ,
and the American people do not wish
their country to become a hunting ground
for these minions of a merciless and un
scrupulous despotism. Russia cannot bo
trusted for a moment in a matter of this
kind. The rules applicable to other
countries do not apply to her , and it is
therefore to no purpose to cite our extradition -
tradition treaty with Belgium as a prec
edent.
It appears that the provision referred
to is not the only objectionable feature
of the Russian treaty , which is charac
terized by senators as being crude as a
whole , and it is evident that if it bo still
practicable to do so it ought to receive a
thorough revision. It seems extraor
dinary that a treaty of such import
ance that has been so long under
consideration should have so much in it
that is objectionable , but the explana
tion is to ba found in the statement that
as these matters are conducted under
the veil of secrecy/Bcnators do not give
that close and careful attention to them
which they bestow upon matters that
are publicly considered. They uro
usually satisfied to accept the judgment
of a committee and to mukq , no further
inquiry- There may be circumstances
under which it would not be wise to
make treaties public in advance of
their ratification , but hero is ono
case where earlier publicity would
have been judicious. If it is within
the power of the executive department
of the government to prevent the Rus
sian extradition treaty from going into
effect until it is modified so as to remove
ho objectionable features such action
ffould undoubtedly bo approved by a
argo majority ot the American pooplo.
Wo should do nothing to compromise
our traditional policy regarding the
ight of asylum.
37 < e legislature should not adjourn before
it has stamped out corruption and placed
the stale institutions under the care and
supervision of officers uiio do not wink at
corrupt practices and have the integrity and
the backbone to stop thieves and plunderers
from robbiny the state and lootiny the
treasury. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE majority and minority reports
upon the appointment of u United Stales
onator by the governor of u state , in
case the legislatureirefuses or falls to
oleot , tire both strong from their respec
tive standpoints , but tho- weightier
argument SOOIIH to ba with the majority ,
whoso construction of the provision of
the constitution regarding senators is
manifestly grounded on common sense ,
it is a sound proposition that the con
stitutional purpose Is that every state
shall bo at all thnos represented
in the senate by two senators ,
and in order that this should bo so It was
provided that the executive should ap
point when the legislature failed to elect.
It makes no difference what the cause of
a vacancy may bo , If It exist when the
legislature of a slate Is not sitting ,
whether contingent or otherwise , as the
report of the majority says , the execu
tive may appoint. It Is true , m claimed
by the minority , that the senate cannot
compel u legislature to elect nor a gov
ernor to appoint. A state must determine -
tormino for itself whether It will be
represented , and whether the rep
resentation shall bo only In part
or ns the o institution provides , but
this has nothing to do with the question
of depriving a state o'f senatorial repre
sentation , n-3 provide J in the constitu
tion , whether It ba by election by the
legislature or oxo3Utlvo appointment.
The majority of the senate committee
on privileges and elections hold that
when the state has chosen a senator ,
either by the legislature or tha gov.
ornor , it hiu compiled with the oonUltu-
tional roqulromant , and suuh senator Is ,
entitled to ba seated. Itsconu to bo a
sound position airl ought ti.ba siu-
tainod. If so the senators appointed
from Wyoming , Montana anJ Waihlng-
ton will bo seated.
RKPOHTS cf bloodshed c ntlnuo to
como from the various theaters of war
in South America. Most of the lighting
in Honduras and in Rio Grande do Sul
has been in the nature of skirmisheswith
now and then u surprise massacre , but a
pitched battle of considerable impor
tance Is roporiodi from Honduras , In
which the rovolltUnlflts | : } wore easily vic
torious over tlin Jpreo.s of thu govern
ment. Revolutions Involving more
or less bloodtHfuH are of such fre
quent ocoiUTomV * nntonir the Span
ish-American republics that the outside
world has cotno taoxpect them as a mat
ter of course und'tHoy ' are generally re
garded us having I'fttlo significance. But
when the demoralising Influence of this
continued state q jUirmoll Is considered
It becomes interesting to all who care
anything about thci nil rancsment of civ
ilization on this cimtlnont. Many of the
southern republics do not seem to be ad
vancing at all. Honduras , for example ,
Is in a condition little bettor than that
of savagery , notwithstanding that she
has n republican form of government ,
with u president elected for four years
and a senate ami chamber of deputies.
In the present war both tlio government
and the revolutionists are murdering
their prisoners. The wives and children
of revolutionists are imprisoned and sub
jected to frightful tortures by the gov
ernment. If the government is over
thrown , as is now probable , the situation
will not be improved. A brief period of
comparative peace may ensue , but It will
soon bo followed by another revolution
and the authority will simply pass from
ono sot of bloodthirsty men to another.
That such a state of affairs should exist
at the close of the nineteenth century ,
among a people who have so long had
the examples of civilization before thorn ,
does not promise very well for the future
of these southern republics.
The people do not want the kyislature to
ailjoum before the state hour has been
pnrycd of dislmncst and faithless officials.
The people will cheerfully bear any taxation
the kyislature may impose on them if the
legislature will only do its duty fearlessly
und reyanlless of all pressure from corpo
rate injluencc or the corrupt lobby.
Jtailicay Aye has compiled n table
of all the railroads now under construc
tion , under contract , surveyed or under
survey , and in some cases only incorpor
ated or projected , but which seem likely
to bo built. The table shows a total of
425 roads with lines under construction
or prospective aggregating 27,705 miles.
Texas comes first in order of extent with
2,15 ! ) miles and Nevada last with only
four miles , though Delaware came near
being at the foot of the list , as she has
only live miles in prospect. The live south
ern states , Alabama , Florida , Georgia ,
Tennessee and Texas , are jointly re
sponsible for 7,010 tniles of the total mile
age estimated , iany of these enter
prises probably will not bo carried out ,
but there is a prospect of greater ac
tivity in railroad .construction for some
time to come than there has been for
three or four .yours past. This will
stimulate the irori trade , which is now
stagnant , and will -benefit the country in
other respects. '
THE Lincoln .Jpurnal persists in its
weak defense ot the disgraced members
of the state , b.0ard. Its subsidized
editor discount.-i-tliQ expression of pub
lic opinion throughout the state as
voiced through THE 13KK. The publica
tion of interviews with republicans is
characterized as a "rabid attempt to
get a verdict before anybody knows the
o.xact nature of the evidence. " This
evidence is a matter of record in the
house of representatives. The people
know what th'oy are talking about. It
is no longer a question of evidence , but
whether the gang that has had easy ac
cess to the state treasury for the past
wo years can succeed in its desperate
efforts to shield culpable state oflleials
from the punishment so richly deserved.
CONTRARY to all previous announce
ments Mr. S. II. II. Clark has been reelected -
elected president of the Union Pacific
railway , and his acceptance will make it
necessary for him to. resign the presi
dency of the Missouri Pacific , to which
position ho was called only a few duys
ago. It must be gratifying for any man
to have two of the greatest railways in
America compote for his services. It is
the highest tribute that can be paid to the
ability of a railroad manager. Mr. Clark
doubtless appreciates the compliment ,
but his gratification cannot bo keener
than that of the hundreds of subordin
ate oflicials of the Union Pacific whoso
tenures depended largely upon the out
come of the directors' meeting in Now
York.
THK hope that the settlement of the
cotton mill strikes in England would re
sult in a grcatly increased demand for
American cotton is said by good authori
ties to have but slight justification. A
great part of the decrease in English
consumption has beer made up by
increased production by the mills on the
continent , so that the consumption of
American cotton will not bo materially
changed by the renewal of activity
among the English manufacturers. This
assumes that tlio uggragato production
of the mills of th ) world will remain
about us before.
THK shipmonfe' ' Lf bituminous coal
from the United .States to foreign coun
tries during the .jwst year has far ex
ceeded that of any51 previous year. The
shipments from aPhiladelphia to the
West Indies niid''isouth America have
'
been especially lu'i c and the trade Is
rapidly growing. On the ether hand
the shipments of' "Anthracite are small
und show little inVaso. . Coal exports ,
however , cunnot jbjjeoino large enough
for many years t.oryonio to have any olTect
upon the homo market.
Cold ComtorbliTiir OUIIKDIHIIIIOII ,
KtwS\Hs } ll'nrM.
There uro no good reasons why members
of congress should make the federal apiwlnt-
incuts and them are many excellent reasons
why they should not.
NtiiiuM nml Sin UnrlviiltMl ,
Chicago Tribune.
In ono respect Mr. Cleveland's cabinet
stands unrivaled. It displaces moro air than
any similar aggregation of advisory states
men ever known In tills country.
The Ax Huro to I'ull.
Cincinnati Comnit/cJul. /
Resignation Is a gr.tcoful way of getting
out of ofllfo. Hut postmasters can depend
upon It that their Heads will bo cut ofT just
us cleanly If they do not voluntarily walk up
to the chopping block.
ruliiful PiMltlim of tlm ColoneU.
Kt , Luult ] lc ) > ulllc.
Mr. William C. Whitney will accept no
ofllco under thu Cleveland administration.
This Is n position of disinterested ulRnlt.v
almost ns striking n * Hint occupied by the
Missouri colonel * when Massachusetts Is
shaking the trco for plums.
Sprciilntor * fiillril Down.
tllnbe'Dtnuitml.
Secretary Cnrllslo Rives notice that the
treasury does not need any morn irold and
tlm speculator * are thus tulnionlshoit that It
Is not in tholr power to make money by do-
proclai'ng the public croiftt.
All i.irni"U : Truth Scitker.
Mayor lleinis of Omaha , who submits a
dozen questions to Mayor Gllroy ns to the
number of unlicensed s.iloons , disreputable
places , etc. , In this city , seems to bo an earn
est seeker after Information who should be
answered In ffood faith. Ho doesn't know
our "rulers , " however.
Will Coercion \Vurk ?
AViw I'orfr Adctrllftr.
Stripped of all ilapdoodlo Mr. Cleveland's
now policy of ignoring the recommendations
of congressmen In dispensing the olllces Is
simply an unauthorized exercise of power
In the hands of the executive to coerce a co
ordinate br.inch of the government. Ho
hopes by this means to compel the majority
in conprcss to comply with hit wishes. Ho
docs not withhold p.itroriaRo from those who
are willing to obey his orders.
diving OKI I'xtjilu Their ( Hru.
l > liHit < Mi > lil < l llreanl.
The land Rr.ibbers of the Southern 1'aclllc
railway have encountered an obstacle In the
person of Secretary of the Interior Smith ,
who has rudely brushed aside the company's
claim to lands granted to thu defunct Atlan
tic A : I'acnic Kallroad company , and de
clared forfeited seven years mjo. These
lands will now be thrown open to settlement :
and thus gradually , under demorratlc rule ,
the people are coming into tholr own again.
Safi'ty lurTrulii .Mm.
//iffitikljiMii / Iterunl.
It was known to the last congress that the
compulsory use of automatic railway coup
lings would necessitate the expenditure of
largo aums of money ; yet this illil not avail
to secure the rejection of the coupler law.
The burden of added cost will speedily bo
distributed , while the resulting saving of
life will bo a constant factor ! After the
change shall have been completed the rail
way managers as well as the people will
doubtless wonder why it was not earlier in
sisted upon. _
Hiitlroad CorpnriiUnin nnil llniployoi.
Siirlnaflrl'l ( Matt. ) HeinJillcaii.
While the railroad employe may reason
ably bo held to the obligation of giving duo
notice before quitting the service of the
road , the corporation itself must of course
bo put under llko obligations in relation to
the workman. As ( JcncralVagcr Swayno ,
the Now York lawyer , savs in an interview ,
the dilllculties may to a great degree be
overcome by requiring employment in such
quasi-public service to bo made on time con
tracts. Tills woulu servo to protect both
men anil the corporations and public. No
ono could then bo compelled to work n mln-
u to against his will , but action for damages
would Ho against cither party in case the
contract were broken.
IttillrimiNanil thu World's I-'itlr.
Clilenu/i Trllxinc.
The managers of the western lines are re
ported to be of the opinion that in order to
got a good fair business it will bo necessary
for them to reduce rates. Some of those
lines have practically decided to run excur
sion trains at not moro than 1 cent per mile
each way , and to run regular trains at one
anil a third rate for the round trip. Perhaps
the men who are now talking for the eastern
lines will como round to a similar view , after
they have discovered that full rates iio not
bring In all the business they had counted
on. They will then but repeat the experi
ence of the men who bossed things on the
lines which carried passengers to and from
tlio Philadelphia Centennial gatherings of
seventeen years ago , nml those who vainly
expected tlio people would pay full rates to
visit the Paris exposition of four vcars ago.
And in this they will but verify the wisdom
of a remark made many years ago to the
effect that it is only the comparatively few
wise men wtio are able to benefit by the ex
perience of others , while the fools have to
learn through suffering which might have
been avoided had they consulted the teach
ings of history.
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S3HT.KS.
Texas HlftltiRs : Uluoboard's trade evidently
was that of a hollo-liangor.
I'lilladelobla Tlmos : Raisins tlio honnot Is
a slcn of wonmn's respect for Kaster. The
In tlio case aio only expected to
ralso the money.
Troy Prnis : Ata big foolbnll game people
KO early , but It Isn t to avoid the rush.
Detroit Kroa I'rosst A surgeon Is tlio man
\i\o } \ has to carro out his foruino If he guts
any.
Now Orleans Plcayunn : Thomnn who can
not mad Is u great catch for a .Inry trial. The
lawyer for the defense can niako up the man's
ilnd for him.
Atlanta Constitution : ' 'Woll , how's the
paper doing now ? " "Klrst class got fifteen
siinscrlliers , ono tire In tlio stove , ono sldo of
meat and a summons to work thu road. "
Llfo : The Heiress Am I the only girl In
thn whole whin world you love ?
Old Hach No , dear , hut you were the only
girl I know who could alToru to marry mo. "
Tndlanapoll.s Journal : "Thoy say that ihor-
rld man next door compels his wlfo to put Ills
shoos on every morning. I'd ! n t llko to sou
you trying any such u trick. I'd "
"No ih.nicer , my duar. They aru too small for
you. "
Chicago Tribune : "I don't llko your milk , "
said thu mistress of thn house.
"What's wrnng'Wltlblt , mum ? "
"It'sdreadfully thin anil there's no cream
on It. "
"Arftcr you'vo lived In the city awhile ,
muni. " said tlio milkman encouragingly ,
"you'll git over them rooral lileaso' yourn. "
WIIKIIE UK FOOI.KI ) Hr.ll.
Ho mistook her for his sister ;
In the darkened hall ho klvud lior ;
llo Implanted sixteen klssus on her durlln
tabbing head.
When Hho exclaimed "My gooilnoss ! "
Ilo explained his seeming rudeness :
Ho mistook bur for his sistur. or at luusl that's
what lie .said.
TiiitKK .ir.i/o.s o.v .1 o.tn.
Chicago Inter Of tan.
They boarded n street cur , nial-Jcns thruo ,
Damsels fair as one might .see
In iiiiinv u day's or week's journeo ;
And the other pa songoM smiled.
For what Is thm-o so passing sweet
AH Chicago uialduns , frntli and neat ,
With dainty shoos clinelc full of feet ?
Three soat.s they took , thsso nrildom fulr
These nuililens with dlstlnguo iilr :
And lovely looked as they .sat there ,
Three pur.ses small that would not ope ,
And lingers snmll that cuud | nolcopo
With stubborn clasps : yet thorn was hope.
The hopn that comes In all distress
Caused each t > wish that lurk might bless
And grant hoi- the most clumsiness.
Conductor tall stood there before
The maidens tlnve ; and swift they toro
At imrsiM o.irmntly unit more.
Onu sweetly said : "I will don't you ; "
"I have It hero , " iiioth | Number Two ;
The third one , also , anxious grow ,
"hot mo , lot mo ! " said Number Three ;
"No , dear , 1 have It-do lot mo ! "
( Now , lliU was gonorosltoo. )
( Ijion , at last , three purses came
iTlioIr contents pretty much the same ) ;
Thelrownur.y e.liouks were llushod with
.shiinie.
1'or purses throa oh , what u pity !
TCI clvo away tholr owners pretty
And make them theme for doleful ditty !
Among them those thrnit purser bled
No single , solitary "rod"
O'er seven cents ; the maidens Mod ;
And tln < ntlior passengers laughed. ( Moat
old things. )
Cures Pain Promptly ,
TO DISMISS POSTMASTERS
Axmau. Maxwell Supplied with an Extra
Force of Olorks.
PREPARING FOR WHOLESALE BEHEADING
All or thn fourth Cli\ ! < > nlco III thn Dr.
purtmniit to Ilo I'lltoil in Itupldly
ai Dcmuvrnt * Cnii He
Appointed ,
WASHINGTON lluitnvu OF TUB llnB , )
5ii : Foi'iiTr.BNTit STIIIIBT , , >
WASHINGTON. 1) . C ! . , March 'JO. I
Axman Maxwell , the 'fourth assistant
postmaster general , evidently proposes to
surpass the record of any previous execu
tioner of the 0,000 fourth class postmasters
whoso heads are ill his mercy. Ho has fol
lowed his announcement of policy as to now
appointments and as to early removals , ex
clusively announced In those dispatches , by
n forced draft ot u regiment of assistants.
At 4 o'clock orory afternoon , which Is the
usual tlmo for relieving from duty the
thousand clerks of thol'ostofilcc department ,
the ehtlro clerical force of that depart
ment Is , by special order of Postmaster Gen
eral Hlssoll , turned over to Mr. Maxwell for
special duty until 5 o'clock In preparing
papers and passing upon the applications for
fourth class pastnnstors. This makes ap
proximately 0,000 hours a week of clerical
labor placed at Mr. M-ixwell's exclusive dis
posal anil It U expected largely to aid the
axman In preparing for the wholesale decap
itations which are soon to occur und which
In small Installments are already rolling to
ward tlio guillotine In thu ofliclal tumbrills.
A special force of clerks at the Treasury
department has also been detailed to work
at night upon the applications for appoint
ment in that department.
It U'aa u Cotnpi-omlM' .
Inquiries arrhe hero by every mail
from Nebraska and South Dakota as to
whether tlio I'icklor timbn- culture bill was
passed by congress during the last session.
An Inquiry from the Sidney land oflleo re
ceived by Tun I5iu : correspondent today
states that there Is inuchnloubt and Interest
In It. The 1'lclcliT amendment or 1'icklcr
bill , so called , was not passed. A compro
mise provision upon the same subject was ,
however , incorporated in tlio sundry civil
appropriation bill and is now r , law. U is an
follows : "That section I of an act
entitled , An act to repeal timber
culture laws anil ! or other purposes
approved March ! l , Vi'.H , bo and hereby
Is amended by adding the following
words to the fourth provision thereof ; And
provided further if trees , seeds or cuttings
were in good faith planted as provided by
law and the same and thu land upon which
so planted were hereafter in good faith
cultivated as provided by law for at least
eight years by a person qualitlcd to uiaice
entry and who has a subsisting entry under
the timber culture laws , ilnul proof may bo
made without regard to the number of trees
that may have l > con growing on the land ,
and provided further that where soldiers'ad
ditional homestead entries have been made
or initiated upon certillcato of the com
missioner of the general land ofllco of the
riirht to make such entry and there Is no
adverse claimant un.l such certificate Is
found erroneous or invalid'for any cause the
purchaser thereunder on making proof of
such purchase may perfect his title by pay
ment of the government price for the land ,
but no person shall bo permitted to acquire
moro than IliO acres of public land through
the location of any sucti certificates. "
Western 1'misloin.
The following pensions gr.iutoil are reported
ported :
Nebraska : Additional John Tj. Dingman ,
William A. Butler. Original widow Mary
J. Myer.
Iowa : Original Walker Hooper , O.
Hicks. Imle Eno , M. Adkins , D.ivid Clark.
Additional J. II. Sims , William Letter ,
J. Weaver , G. Stoner , Andrew Southorland ,
S. Logan , D.wid Dunce. Increase John
Kaston , O. Shiblcy , Lewis Buyer. Reissue
Collins Plielps , Original widow , otc.--Mol-
vina Warner , Harriett WUHauis , Sarah
Hughes , Ellen Houghtaling , Dicy Morgan ,
( mother ) Hobecca Bird , Elizabeth Wing ,
( mother ) , minors of Robert C. Potty.
South Dakota ; Original Michael Foley ,
Jay S. DoWolf. Additional II. Howard ,
Jesse B. Dallcy.
Miscellaneous.
Today Assistant Secretary Chandler af
firmed the decision of the commissioner in
the timber culture case of Charles T , Hall
from Mitchell , S. D. , rejecting his appli
cation.
Mrs. Carey , wlfo of Senator Carey , Is goIng -
Ing to Philadelphia tomorrow to meet her
sons , who will accompany her to Atlantic
City for u fortnight's stay. When Senator
Carey can join his family they will all go to
Chicago to see the World's fair , onrouto for
their homo In Cheyenne.
Mr. William E. Spencer , the nilnuto and
Journal clerk of the senate who was called
from the city ten days ago by the serious
illness of his mother at her home in Iowa ,
has Just returned.
Dr. McConnell is hero to get a position for
his son. who is a judge hi South Dakota.
Dr. II. W. Carpenter of Omalia Is at Wll-
lards.
The following entries were made upon tlio
books of the Treasury department today of
applications for olllccs in that service :
Hirsch Harris of Douglas county , Nebraska ,
for inoltur und reflnur in the mint at Carson
City , Nov. Dr. Jnmo * V. McT-a thy , Mu
buqiiu , ( n , for acting assistant marine sur
geon nt Hu'iuquo ,
1) ) , A Elliott wai toJay appointed post *
master at Buffutd ( lap , Ouster county , U. 1) . ,
Vlco D. GOM romovoil.
KiMiicls M. Snell of Spanish l\rk , U T. ,
is nt the Ilolvlitero.
A. W. Crawford , WlntoHot , la. . Is at the
Kbbltt.
K. 1C. Valentine , wlfo ami daughter of
West Point , Neb. , nro at the National.
Senator Mandurson will attend the old
soldiers Imiquot at the Imperial hotel In
Baltimore , Md. , on April 10. 1 . S. II.
HUMK .11 KX OF .Mm : .
Oukoy Hall Is once moro 'n Now York , en
joying himself at the Ixitus club and charged
to the muz/le with good stories.
Senator Hill will siK > , d some tlmo on the
California coast at thu latter part of the
year. Ho perhaps hopes to sue moro of the
Pa01 lie side of politics than ho has been able
to see of late.
ExGovernor.illicit of Ari/oim Is ono ox-
onicu holder who doesn't want thu u.irth.
Ho says ; "I feel that I was sufficiently
honored by holding the governorship ot my / ,
territory once. " ]
, Ex-Juilgo Garrlek M. Harding , L. D. Shoe f
maker and E. G. Butler of Wilkcibarre. Pa. , < .
are the only surviving grandsons In a direct t
line of pirtlclpants In the battle and massa
cre of Wyoming. * ,
Oliver Wendell Holmes has written to
Philadelphia man a letter In a chlrography
so neat and legible that it might h ivo been
the work of a young bank clerk rather than
an octogenarian poet.
Frederick Douglas Is negotiating for till
purchase of an estate In the Maryland
county where ho was bi > rn a slave seventy-
six . \cars ago , with a view to spending his
declining yo.irs thurc.
Speaking of Pod Dismuhc , Buck Whilklns ,
Mimic Irish and Potmlam Sams , dues any
body remember what became of the John
Smith who had his name changed some
years ago to Gagadlg Glgadam !
Governor Nortnen of Georgia has nn <
nounceil that ho will bo In the race for Sen
ator Colqultt's seat next year. It seems to
bo taken for granted that Mr. Oolqultt will
not seek ru-olection on account of poor
health.
Max Juild. who has been appointed consul-
general at Vienna , is one of the foremost
amateur chess players in the 1'nited States ,
The Austrians are enthusiastic lovers ol
chess , so this Is a very lilting appointment.
Mr. Judd is a wealthy Hubrow.
The government of Paraguay ordered an
observance of ofllcial mourning for ono week
upon learning that ox-President Ha.\es waa
dead. Mr. Hayes acted as arbitrator be
tween the Argentine Republic and Paraguay
and decided favorably to thu latter.
There is no such person as Stamlhope
Potsdam Sams. Ho has been annihilated by
a few protesting strokes ofthenen pertain
ing to the Hon. Stanhope Sams , private see-
rotary to the governor of Georgia. Ho
pleads not guilty as to thel'd" and the "PotS
dam. "
Dr. William Everett , "tho brilliant but
erratic Hamlet of Mass.ichi'sntts politics , " Is
said to bo weighing the respcc' vo merits of
a seat in congress and a pulpit in Now En-
gland. The resignation of Hc-nry Cabot
Lodge , member for the Seventh district , pre
sents allurements of oni1 kind to the reverend
gentleman , and ho was also a candulat foi'
the pastorate of a Unitarian church inQuimy
until that organization voted ill to UJ not to
call him.
XKIIH.iHK.lI.VJ XKllll.tSK t.V.S.
Grand Island Is aflllcledvltli a campaign
dally , the Democrat.
North I'latto has scored thrco business
failures in the past few days.
The thief who carried off a suit of clothes
from u Liberty store is spending thltty days
in the county Jail nt Beatrice.
While sitting in her chair at her homo In
Salem , Miss Nettle Tisdell breathed her last.
She had long boon a consumptive.
The popularity of Senator Allen will bo
greatly increased when the public ascertains
that ho was formerly manager of the Madi
son , Neb. , base ball nine.
While hunting , Albert Stiller , a Mcrrlok
county farmer , stumbled over a wire and
fell. His gun discharged and the load was
embedded in his ankle , making an ugly and
severe wound.
Thrcu burglars entered the rooms over th < J
Farmers bank at Fairmont and secured 8150
worth of plunder. Citizens started in pur
suit of the thieves and captured one , but tha
other two are still at liberty.
Tuttle , the man who attempted to murder
G. P. Baldwin hi Liberty in July , 1801 , cut
ting his victim's throat with a razor , hag
been captured and is being held for requisi
tion by Chariton , la. , oflicers.
Clarence Glor , a 13-year-old Oakdnlo boy ,
while hunting , shot himself in the leg ubovu
the knee withan old powder und shot pistol.
Ho was hauled home In a wagon. The deter -
tor extracted seventy shot from his leg. The
powder burned the flesh around thu wound.
Joe Wahl and William Stador , who as
saulted Wensul Wlcdun In Frontier county
and who were captured in Kansas City , aru
now In jail at Curtis , having been held for
appearance at district court for assault with
intent to commit murder. Wloduu has poor
chance to survive , and it may bo that tha
boys will yet have to answer to the charge
of murder.
Jacob Fries of DuBois placed a telegraph
polo and a railroad tie across the B. & M.
railroad track between Table llock and
Pawnee City , and a freight train ran against
the obstruction , but was not wrecked. Fries
was arrested , and was bound over to appear
at the April term of district court at Pawnee
City , his bond being fixed at $1,000 , Thu
prisoner admitted his guilt , but docs not
seem to bo very bright. Ho Is about iili
years old.
it Mintir.'ioturJM an 1
of Ulothlnglii Uio Worll
Great People
Are they who can do thing's to suit everybody
and \ve come about as near
doing- that very same as mor
tal man can. We don't claim
to be perfect nobody is. But
we do claim that our suits for
spring- wear are so nearly per
fect that neither you nor wo
can jmag'ine them bettor if
they were improved. The
styles are various and the col
ors and fabrics numerous. Of course we are in a
torn up condition just now on account of remodel
ing * and extending1 our store , but for all that wo
have not thought of yielding our grip on the ban
ner which proclaims us to be the leaders in fash
ionable clothing for men and boys. We are receiv
ing now spring styles every day which wo
are placing on our counters at prices within the
reach of all.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
S. W , COt
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