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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (April 13, 1893)
Tiir OMAHA DAILY nm TIII'KSDAY. APRIL i , TIUM ; Pally llreivrlllioiit HiiiiiliiyiOna Year. . I 8 00 lialivntitlHiimlay , Uno Yonr . I'lix ' Plx MimtliH . 000 Thron Months . . . -p" "ilndny llec. Umi VVar . ? 00 Hnl imfny lire , One Yi ! . J fjj \ \ crk ly lift' . Ono War . * ° ° OI'I-'H'KS. ' Ornnlin , Tin- HIMllillldlnz. . - South Otiiiiliii , ronii'r N and 2filli fMreoti rninirll llliilTH IVIViirlKtreel. t'hlriico ( Jlllre , 317 Uhnnitinriif f.'oinnirrrs Now York. llooini 13 , 14 null 15 , Tftbuno IltilldhiK. Wiihhlnr.toti , ! ill ! rourlcentli Street. All romiiiuiili'atloiis feinting to nnw and rrt torlal matter should uo addressed : To the mVINKHS I.ETTEUS. 1 All business letters nnd ipmlttiuirps should flip addressed in The Ili- < Publishing I'ompany , 'Omaha. Diufts , cheeks mid postofllco orders ID bo made payablu to thu oidur of the com pany. THE niSK PUBUKIIINr COMPANY. HWOIIN HTATK.MK.vr Of UIUCUI'ATIO.V. Btatouf Nubrnnkn , I County nf Dnuglni. f Ocomo II. 'I'traliuck , socretnrr of TIIK Urn pub lishing ruii ) | > .inr. iloeK noluinnly nwunr tlmt tliu RCtiinl clroiiliitlcm ( if'I Mi : DA 11,1 llii ; ; for Iliu wi-nk rnillnx Aiirll 8. ltFJ.1 , wus in follows : Hnmlar. April 2 Mumlnjr. Ajrll II Tui-mtnr. AirlM | Wpdiicmlnr , April ft 4IIS ! Tlnirpilnr , AtirllO 2-M4 ! Krldnjr. Airll | 7 SI.IM Httturrlny , April 8 2I.U3J OKI ) . II. T/SCIItlOK. Sworn to bnforp mo nnct fulmcrlbi'd In my prci- coco this Btli ilnr f April , 1MU. N. I' . KKU Nolnry Public. Airmen Circulation for Mnri-h , 1HH3 , ! , I7lt AT tlio wliito house no poor relative need apply. THAT Orniiln , is favorably located is evidenced by the fact , that dlsusl-ons storms lltfht Hhy ot her. IT IS quite wife to assume that the circular miw is just now the object of Htudious and Hulicitoiw inapee- tion in I he executive olllco til the btato capital , _ IN KKii-ovsi : ta an anxious Inquirer wo impart the thrilling information tlmt the Hiicreturies of Uio State Huiml of Transportation are still drawing sal aries. K the adjournnieiit of the tnro the iiiHimuu'o men have not boon saylnjj a word. The conclusion in that they can bo induced to continue business in the Htate. DOUIITLKSS Arbor day , which occurs on the -2d inst. , will be fittingly ob served throujrliout the state iu harmony with the HUjjtjestion1 * contained in the gonorons proclamation and the spirit which inspired the institution of the holiday. A UKSOMJTiox is pending in the Min nesota lofjislaturo providing for the ap pointment of a o munission to investigate grave charges against a number of prom inent olti/.cns of that stale of gross frtiudn "in relation to the nalo of public lands. " It is to bo hoped for the good name of Nebraska that the disposition of its milino lands will afford no occasion for a similar scandal. Tins is tlio season for prairie fires and again Iho destruction of the property of farmers is great. " "Why will they not learn from experience to take the nec essary precautions to guard against these annual visitations ? It. is a very Bltnplo matter to establish lire breaks about their dwellings , barns and corrals , and those who utili/.o thy safeguards that experience has taught are noeos- Hary to protect their property from these ( ires are seldom nufforors. WHISK the law was passed creating a State Columbian commission it was drawn up on the theory that members of the commission should bo appointed lecatiso of their political faith. Little or no regard was paid In making these appointments to the personal Illness of men for Iho peculiar duties of the posi tion. It is fair to assume that there are a number of republicans in the state possessing necessary qualifications for a place on the commission , yet there maybe bo no good reason why the palilies of the appointee should bo considered. TUB direct allegation of the Washing ton JYett'K that the only reason Secretary Carlisle has for dispossessing the resi dent clerks in the Treasury department is because they have no votes and no po litical inlluonco because ltit is that by substituting other clerks who are voters political patronage may bo bestowed and political power increased by the admin istration. " Is it possible that so promi nent a member of President Cleveland's cabinet should attempt to Inaugurate a system glaringly at variance with hia chief's boasted policy of civil service re form ; * Perish the base insinuation. TllK remains of Jell Davis are .to bo transferred from Jvfow Orleans and ro- inlorrod at Richmond on the Hint of next month. That date is the anniversary of the battle of Fair Oaks in 1S1W , which marked Iho nearest aoproacli that Gen eral McClcllun made on thn eapltol of Iho confederacy. Tlioro was a good deal of exciloment in Richmond on Unit oc casion , it will bo remembered , but it will bo surpassed by the patriotic demonstra tions , from a southern standpoint , on the occasion of the approaching ceremony to judge by the exceedingly elaborate preparations making lor the event. Ox Sunday next a total eclipse of the sun is promised. It , however , will not bo observed in this part tf the world , nor will the United States government send out any olllcial expeditions to take observations of the phenomena con nected with the event. Several astro nomical expeditions will be on hand , nevertheless , In Chill , Brav.il. and on the Central African coast , where the shadow of the moon on the earth can be best ob served , fully equipped with the most ingenious scientific apparatus and in- KtrnmontR for viewing nnd photograph ing the awo-lnspirlng spectacle. Two American parties are in Chill In charge of astronomois from the Lick and Har vard observatories , and the English gov' eminent lias an expedition for absurvu- lion in Brazil and another in Seneganv blu. If the weather is favorable the o.v petitions should be able to secure numerous photographic views of the eclipse which will bo of grunt intorosl und selumitio vjiluo. HtlAt.t , UK 8HIX Oil \ KTOt Tremendous prosauroha-tboiMi brought ujxin Governor Croun n to veto houtto roll No. : i.'l , the maximum freight rate bill. Railroad inanagoro , wholesale dealers , bankers and railroad employes have each In turn argued , Importuned and remonstrated against the bill. It is clalnu'd that the bill IH vicious because It Is class legislation , that the bill * Is unconstitutional because it makes exception In favor of roads built since 18S1I ; that the rates llxod by the bill are unreasonable and would , If enforced , prove ruinous to the railroad companies ; that the rates , if enforced , would ruin the farmers In the western part of the state and bankrupt the job bers In the eastern part ; that it would prevent the building of now railroads and stop the cetenslon of established lines , and finally that It would reduce the wages of railroad employes , cripple the retail merchants and alTord no benefit - fit to anybody or any locality. Now a bill that would really produce all these disasters and fail to benefit anybody would certainly bo a vicious measure , and should not become a law. But it strikes us that there is such a thing as painting the devil altogether too black. The opponents of house roll 311 have overdone the thing when they piled up their objections mountain high , in the llrst place , if the bill Is really unconstitutional , the courts will soon set It asidn. The railroads have the ablest lawyers in the state hired by the year , and they will be at very little expense in showing up the constitutional defects. The Union Pacific claims an exemption because it is a national road , and if this claim is sus tained in the federal courts competing roads will have go-iil grounds for insist ing Unit they shall also lx > relieved. At any rate it is not for the governor to interpose his veto under pretext of constitutional defects unless they were too glaring to bu passed over. Inas much at the renrmstrants and protestants - ants against the bill llaily contradict ouch other in their predictions of the ter rible things that will happen if the maximum rate law goes into effect , great allowance should be made by the governor for their extravagant assump tions. Maximum rates have been established in various western states from time to time and their railroads have not been ruined , their cities have not been de populated nor have their merchants and farmers been itnnovuflshori. In none of thuno states has railroad building ceased entirely : on the contrary , their mileage has kept pace with and gone oven ahead of population. It does not stand to reason that the proposed rate law will increase the tolls on staple farm products and heavy com modities in tno larger half of the state and yet reduce the earnings of the roads , much less is it reasonable to assume that the bill will cripple whole sale dealers and heavy shippers and at the same time increase the cost of com modities to the consumer. The truth is tlmt the opposition to the bill is inspired almost entirely by the railroad managers , and their opposition is not so much to the now rates as to any regulation by legislative act. It is nat urally to bo expected that the rates will in some instances bo found too high and' in other distances too low. Tf they are too high the railroads are at liberty to lower them ; if they are unreasonably low the courts Will set them aside. Whatever defects may bo found after a season's experiment can readily bo cured by the legislature. It is absolutely cer tain that a special bossion will have to be called for next winter to plug up the holes in our various state institutions and meet the deficits caused by the collapse of the Moshor bank and readjust the penitentiary labor under stale control. So much on that score. Viewed from u partisan standpoint , the votoof house roll 113 by the governor , in defiance of public sentiment , his per sonal pledges in the campaign and the party platform , uld simply mean political suicide and party dissolution. TUB CnNCKbSlOX TO lil'SSlA . The arliclo of the extradition treaty with Russia negotiated six years ago , and which failed of ratification at that time , together with the article substituted by the senate in the treaty recently ratified , have boon made pub lic. The object of this is to obtain a public discussion of the latter article in advance of the formal ratification of the treaty by the two governments. A great deal has already been said re garding the concession which it is pro posed our government shall make to Russia in tills matter , and the weight of intelligent judgment Is un questionably opposed to it. The view has boon expressed by able writers that the treaty is essentially one -sided so far as the objectionable article Is con cerned , and It has bjon well said that an extradition treaty botvvoan a liberal government like the IJnitiJ Status an I Russia despotism could not bo made on equal terms. Tills treaty roo3gniy.es no difi'oreneo batweon an atlompt on the life of the heal of a representative gov ernment and on that of a despotic ruler , yet there Is obviously a very essential difference if the matter bj considered from ethical and political standpoints. The objectionable urtlclo roads : "An attempt upon the Hfo of the head of either government , or against that of any member of 'his family , when such attempT - tempT ujinprUoj an aut of either mur der or assassination or poUjning , shall not constitute a political oltonsn or an act connected with such offense. " Man ifestly no such protection as this is needed for our presidents or the mom- bsr.s of tliolr families against possible attempts upjn their lives , and hence it .is wholly In the interest of the czar and his family , for whoso safety the Amur- lean people are in nowi-so called upon to concern themselves. The secretary of state has baon quote : ! as saying that this article must ba taken literally , but we should not lose sight of the Russian code under which conspiracies against the government are hold to bo attempts upon the life'of Its head or acts conneci3d with such of' fonso. Under Ibis code any plan 01 preparation or conspiracy against the royal family , if It only amounts to join ing tt ooeret society whoao object is sucl conHplnu'j1 , or to expressing opinions or using language which Implies a threat against the c/nr , Is equally criminal with attempted or aeeoMpllshed murder and Is subject to the same penalties. Any one giving shelter to pornutu mis- peeled of tho.ni olTonses Is regarded in an aceompllco and Is liable to capital punishment like the principals in the conspiracy. Under the treaty wo must extradite any one accused of the attempted murder of any mem ber of the royal family of Russia , which moans , under Russian law , practically every political refugee from that coun try In Iho Untied States. Certainly If the American people can bo made to fully understand all that this concession to Russia despotism means , and how wide a departure it involves from the traditional policy of this coun try regarding the right of asylum to political refugees , they will with ono voice repudiate the treaty. Extradition with the Russian government is not so necessary or important to the United States that in order to obtain it wo should sacrifice a great and vital prin ciple which has been adhered to from the foundation of the government. XUMHKH o.v- ; . The first proposition in the circulation challenge which G. M. Hitchcock ac cepted , but allowed to go by default , reads as follows : I will match the subscription list of any edition of the WorM-HrniM in the city of Omaha with two subscribers for Tin : EVIININO Bnn to one of tlio irui-W-//ritiW or forfeit ? 1)00 ( ) , payable to yourself or any charitable or benevolent institution you limy name. The comparison of circulation to be ntaclo by publishing the names and addresses of paying carrier delivery subscribers for tlio months of December. 18U- , and January and February , IS/K ) , with twenty days for verification of the lists after their publica tion. tion.Tho The time within which this proposi tion was to remain open was limited to thirty days. The concluding para graph of the agreement under which a deposit of live certified checks of $1,000 , each was made with Mr. Henry W. Yates , president of the Nebraska Na tional bank , reads as foil * ws : It Is furthermore agreed that if tlio U'drM- Jferntil fail to furnish proof of its circulation under the conditions ombartlod in the four propositions In the open challenge within thirty days from this date ; or if after com plying with the conditions of cither of the four first propositions It is found that I have imulo good any proposal concerning relative circulation , then jou arc to hand br.ck . the checks to tno. This shows conclusively that the Wiirhl-llfrulil was to publish its paying city subscription list and give TUB HKB an opportunity to verify the same within thirty days from and after March 10. The assertion that TIIK BEE refused to publish its list on any given day is base less , That was a condition sought to bo imposed upon THE BEE by Mr. Hitch cock after he had accepted the challenge and the forfeit had been deposited. It is to bo expected , of course , that our contemporary will throw a tremendous amount of dust and keep up the cry of foul , but inasmuch as proposition No. 5 contains a proposition to match the actual paying subscription list of the World-Jlenthl in the btato of-Nebraska , including Omaha , two to one , and that ofi'or remains open to tlio 20th of April , there is no excuse for its failure to earn the $1,000-that still remains on deposit. I'LKASK l-'OitK OVillt. On March 10 Mr. G. M. Hitchcock made the following offer over his own name : "I will give you $1 to each paying sub scriber to THE DAILY BEE in South Omaha if you will give me 7o cents for each paying subscriber to the daily World-Hemhl in South Omana. " This proposition was promptly ac cepted and the lists were published on MarclT-18. The alleged list of the Wet Id- Ilcnthl aggregated 875 names , the pub lished list of THE BEE 810 names. A few days iator the Wvrlil-Jlcrald acknowledged that 111 of the names it had first claimed asits sub scribers wore fictitious and should bo deducted from its tolal. In the same issue 10 } now names wore given in place of the 111 bogus subscribers , with the request that they bo substituted for the bogus names. This open acknowledg ment of the utter unreliability of its pub lished list was forced upon it by our canvassers .who had found that the list had been padded with the names of dead men , people who had never lived in South Omaha and people whose address was in blocks where not a single house stands , After sifting the lists the following facts have been arrived at : Total list of morning and evening Wurld-JIeruld March 1 , carrier delivery subscribers , in South Omaha , 771) ) ; total subscribers to the morning and evening BEE , 810. Computed at $1 each , total amount for THU BEE $810 ; computed at 75 cents each , total amount for World-Herald $581.25. Mr. Hitchcock will therefore please make certified checks for $225.75 , pay able as follows : To the First Congregational church of Omaha $150. To the Young Woman's Home $75.75. HONT. JuiJL.vMouuB , a Dakota pioneer and hitherto ono of the principal loaders of the republican party in that section , but whoso vote and inlluonco In the North Dakota legislature were thrown in defeat of Senator Cu oy and to aid the election of William N. Roach to the United States senate , is in Washington on the warpath in bjhalfof the now senator whoso antecedents threaten to prevent him keeping his seat without difficulty. Jud is going to bee Gorman , "tho biggest toad in the .democratic puddle , " ho says , and "put him'on , " and make it hot for Senator Ilansbrough ot ul if they "don't let hU friend Roach alone. " Ho charge1 * that the railroads have controlled the election of each of the throe senators .that have represented North Dakota slnoo she be came u stale , and that { ne.se corpora tions tried to defeat R'moh by the use of money. "Tho--o was money there ; 1 hoard It frying , " says the bucolic states man , and , lud ought to know , for ho wan about as constantly behind the curtain in all these lights as any political manipulator who over frequented Bis marck. It Is u pity that the investiga tlon sought ibj Senator Hoar 1 * llkflly ( o toii .npoii the methods em ployed by tluMiiM'piu'ntlonf : to ftoeiH'o th- > election of railroad tools to the senate from North JSakota , for the scandalous Inllueneo of thb lobby there Is notorious , and whatovor'liitiy ' have been the offense of the new soHjitor , committed while a bank olllcer \yashlngton , the fact that ho was able to ita/oiit / the candidate of the railroad corjioratlons Is at least In his favor. That HVjJ ( Is objectionable to the corporation iing < 3 may Indeed be the Inciting cause of the attempt to deprive him of Ills seat. THE United States scored a very im portant victory before the Boring sea court of arbitration in the decision not to admit for the present the supplement ary report submitted by Great Britain relating to the condition of the seal , as made by a special British commission. Tlio representatives of the British gov ernment , It was made clear in tlio dis cussion , attached great value to this re port In connection with the opening de liberations of the court , and when Its Introduction was vigorously attacked by Mr. Phelps , who plainly charged unfair ness in connection therewith , the action was vigorously defended by Sir Charles Russell , who professed surprise that Great Britain should bo charged with injustice in her conduct of proceedings preliminary to the meeting of Iho court. The attitude of the American counsel was also sharply criticised by the Eng lish press , all going to show thai the British government had counted on u decided advantage if successful in gel ling Ihis report before the tribunal at the outset. The argument tlmt had greatest influence with the court un doubtedly was that of Mr. Carter , who proved himself more than a match for the English lawyers and whoso plea had none of the offensive features which characterized that of Mr. Pholps. U'lmt Ticklri CImrlcy. iYcic loilc fun. The axe that was once Adlai's is in ener getic hands. rirst In 1'riiru uiulViir. . iVcii1 Viw'f SHU. Russia is in llrst at Hamilton Roads. Russia was in first with her ships , let it never bo forgotten , when this government was most in need of aid and encouragement. -o ( ilvc ( hi- Kill a Shoiv. I'entlrr Itciiiilittcitii. \Yhothcrornot ttio rate bill will bo a benefit to the people remains to bo broupbt out by actual experience. It is admitted by its wannest supporters that it is sadly defi cient in many reMiocts. However , if it is any improvement at all over the present rates it is a uood thing. . ; lluliy for the Hoy. ] { cbcter Ilcmld. That was a notable election at Palmyra Tuesday , when ' .S. " Nelson Sawyer , republi can , was cloctcu president of the village over his father'S. AV. Sawyer , democrat , by ninety-eight majority. In th's ' case not only was the bciy ' 1'athcr of tlio man , but ho gave tlio old man sojne points on hustling. Down on OUlrliil Snolilii'ry. I'lilea , i > Ilcmlil. True American , itignity in our legations does not consist it ) aping monarchical dis plays , but in livlng'ivi.thin . tlio allowance of the itost , which is. ai.y pnough , and in mak ing democratic institutions respected by self-respect anil simplicity in all things ap pertaining to them. AVhorn iRiioriuiri' Is ItlUs. /iTllls ( Cltu Tiinct. The maximum freight bill passed by the Nebraska legislature is similar to the one passed by the Texas legislature and signed by ( Jovcrgor Hocfr. and which the United States courts decided was unconstitutional. As the Nebraska bill will bo similarly dis posed of investors in railway .securities have nothing to fear. \Vhnt the Vote Is 1'or. Slmti Cltu Journal. A bill is pending before Governor Crounse of Nubraslca for signature ! which provides that if the right to go upon a street has been granted to one street railway company and it has been exercised , a like right may not bo given to another company. The veto power was given to governors to defeat such harmful measures. Taking u I'res 11 Shirt. Af it1'nrli Trlliitnc. The results show that the republican party at the west is already distinctly stronger than it was last fall. Us opponents bavo only repelled voters of tlio more intelli gent and worthy sort by their fusion in dis graceful disregard of tboir professed convic tions and still more by their conduct In oflico wherever they bavo beer tried. ISlutt I.iuvs III IViiD.iylv.uiin. Not content with prosecuting the pub lishers of Sunday papers , tlio so-called Law and Order society in Pittsburpr announces that the publishers of Monday papers are to bo prosecuted if they have any work done on them before midnight. Thus Abuse bigots tut ) doing more 10 bring Sunday observance into contempt than all the Sabbath breakers in the land. Distil at i > rnl I'liinki-ylsin. Ht. Linits Itrimlilli : This country lias novcr been guilty of a worse piece of llualccyism than in raising tlio rank of its superfluous diplomats. When Thomas Jefferson went abroad ho was con- tout to go as a minister , but now every little tbrce-for-a-uartcr ( | politician who is rewarded for his sacrifices with ono of those sinecures must be made into an ambassador , so that ho can associate freely with royalty. - o - Davicn lli > nnr il Ills Tarty. Yurk 'flint * . One of the pleasantcst and most honorable members of the legislature was Mr. Davies. Ho is a man who creates a favorable impres sion on llrst acquaintance and sustains it. The nioro you kninv of him tlio higher you esteem him. He 'i manly , honest and able. His record inthatato , legislature is otio of which ho and tjm. republican party maybe bo proud. Mr. DajjM will ho heard from in the future , and lijsadvaneement will be a credit to tlio Our l.ust tiCKUliiturv. The men sent to iho last legislature , hav ing gone througlMli three mouths session , cannot claim the kvnutation of having been a good business society , having paid close attention to all their duties , and accom plished all they coulll and should have dono. They have used up a whole month and squandered a laruo : imouut of the people's money In a wild tlidllc about the election of a United States seufttor. The result was Dually as satisfact/juy as could bo expected , but the expensed , were by far too lartfo. Hardly anything else was done during that long time but voting for senator , and It hat. once more been shown clearly that this elec tion should bo taken from the legisla ture and given to the poojile , who could attend to It at the general election , without any loss of time and money. The election would not cost u cent more on that account , the voter would have to make only one cross moce. iu ono day the election of the senator would bo accomplished and the chance for bribery and uiuluo intlncnce would bo considerably less than tit present. And oven after the election of the United States senator the legislature did not settle down to quiet and regular business. The maximum rate bill nnd the Investigations of corruption and impeachment proceedings kept up n continual excitement , causing tne neglect of many good bills , to the detriment of the whole people nnd certain localities. Hut though these results nro to bo deplored they will bo forgotten on uecount of the two great measures , iniiHtachmont and maximum rate bill , which after hard JIuhtiiiK' have been earriod throuuti. These nro matters of u'most importance , which will redeem the Inftl legislature mid tnnko thin neMlon a intmiomhto une The honest In vest Igat loin of our public Institution * have discovered an Inimeinii amount of nlwiiiluablc corruption , never be lieved to exist , nmt have led to an Impeach ment of the probably guilty onU'tM-s , who to nil appearances will bavo to jwy dearly for their malfeasance. This will have a whole- ome Influence on our \vliolo oftlolnl world , mid tench all those , who tire tiielluud to wrong doing , Hint they cannot succeed Iu their nefarious work with impunity. Of perhaps greater Importance yet to our pooplo's welfare , may bo the passage of the railroad rate bill. If through approval by our governor. It becomes a law. In the fateof this bill several great ques tions are Involved , the itiostlon | whether the railroads and other great monoiallcs are subject to the authority of our state or whether they shall in future as in 'the past control the state : the question whether our whole people shall have adequate rales or not , whether all our Interior cities nnd towns shall bavo a eluinco to live and grow , or be suppressed for the benefit of d few favored el tics ; nnd finally , whether the re publican party , which for a quarter of a cen tury lias promised such a measure , shall bo killed or not. A great responsibility rests on the gov ernor , and we believe he wilt be equal to the occasion. If the bill has become a law and the railroads will fight it In the courts on the ground of alleged unconstltutlonallty , or try to evade it ami iniike it odious and burden some by chicanery , let them do it. They will hurt themselves , bring about stronger and more effective measures , will learn that they are not the musters but the servants of the people. I'KUI'I.H < > ! ' XUTK. .loslab Qulncy , the assistant secretary of state , is a strong believer in cremation as a means of disposing of the human dead. Abe Huirnrd , tlio pardoned Welsh niouii- l.ilu outlaw of Pennsylvania , proposes to make a lecture tour throucli the country. The president's mail has now reached an average of WK ) letters a day. It takes the entire time of live clerks , besides Secretary Tburber himself , to dispose of It. The democrats of Palmyra. N. Y. , have nominated Samuel W. Sawyer for president of the village , and the republicans have nominated his son , S. Nelson Sawyer , for the same office. I'Mwin Dun of Ohio , the now minister to tfupnn , is a nephew of Allen G. Thurman. lie is a farmer and has never been h on ill of ill Ohio politics. Ho has lived in Japan since 1S1H , and married the daughter of n Japanese general. Herbert Spencer , it is said , is tne most tortunato writer of philosophy that ever lived , so far as bis incomes is concerned. His "First Principles" brought him * iTXIO ! ( , his "Principles of Psychology1' about $ .18,000. It is reported that his total receipts from his works will not fall short of 100,000. I'Mwin Booth watched the performance of Alexander Salvinl as Don Ciesur from a box at the Manhattan opera house in Now York the other night. The part was ono in which the voterun actor excelled in his prime , but none who recognized the feeble old man as ho was assisted to his place in the box could believe that bo will ever act again. William K Douglas , who is talked of as a probable democratic candidate for governor of Massachusetts to succeed Governor Uus- sell , lives in Urockton and is one of the largest shoo manulacturers in the state. Ho was born iu Plymouth in 1845. He has been in both branches of the legislature , lias been major of lirockton and once ran for congress. Perorations are Mr. Gladstone's strongest point. He may confuse his audience with figures , overwhelm them with words , but when the time comes for him to round off his speech and when bis voice , dropping in volume , takes on the magnetic thrill that has helped to make its owner a power in England , then the audience mentally rises to meet the orator. General Lew Wallace is not one ot the literary lights of the lanti who are in confi dent expectation of a piece of pie from the presidential cupboard , but hoisnotunlmppv. The latent returns ho has liad from hist pub lishers show that fully r > uOOW ) copies ot "Bcu Htir" have been sold to English readers , while there is a steady demand for transla tions ol the book In foreign languages. Secretary of Agriculture Merion was seated in his betel lodgings the other even ing , breathing ficoly nftar u hard day's work. A card was brought in on which , in addition to the man's name , was written : "Don't want au olllce. ' ' "For God's sake show him up , " cried the secretary eagerly , and the message was , translated literally to the caller down stairs , to the great amuse ment of the auditors. Mukhtar Pasha , recently recalled by the sultan from the Egyptian mission to please England , was one of the bra vest of the Turk ish generals in the war wich Russia in 1877- ' 78. Ho was sent to Egypt in 1SSO to further the cause of direct control of Ecrypt by tlio Porte , but could do nothing. He was the in fluence behind Khedive Abbas in his late at tempt to establish a ministry hostile to IJrit- isb ascendency. Governor Urown and ex-Governor Duckner of Kentucky have been engaged in a bitter war of words , the ox-governor claiming that Governor Brown reflected on him and bis administration in some of his public and official utterances , and judging from the lan guage ho uses ho wants to tight. Unless there is a reconciliation before the expira tion of Brown's term , and sonic suggestion like that made by the governor of North Carolina to tlio irovcrnor cf South Carolina , the matter may end seriously. Both have records as lighters. What is regarded -'absolutely the last" letter penned by George Washington was sold in Pniladclphia Wednesday for * S50. The purchaser was the Historical Society of Pennsylvania. George W. Childs has what was long supposed to be the last letter writ ten by tlio father of his country , as It was composed six days before bis death , but the letter sold the other day was written only twenty-four hours before Gcorpo Washing ton's decease. It is dated ' -Mount Vernon , IJItb Dec. , 17K1. ) , " and gives very unromnutlo directions about matters connected with the management of his farm. i..iitoit .ix Carnegie paid Stt.OOO lor a 110-ton saw. Spanish-America leads in gold production. Merldcuhasmadoa thirty-two-blado knife Birmingham , Kngland , makes half the pin output. The coloring ; of aluminium has been achieved. In 1800 our product of hardware was val ued at $100,000 ; ill 1S3S tit S'JTU.OOU.OOO. The business world is divided into two classes people who get wages , and people who pet salaries. For-01) ) years the paper from which Bank of ISiurlund notes are made has been manu factured at I.averstoko in Hampshire. The sounding-board ofiplnnos , thu most im portant part of the instrument , is made of American spruce , and is as carolully chosen ns the wood for a violin. The first locomotive ever seen in Bangkok , Slam , was recently started on the Kor.it railway. The native population took im mense interest in the trial run over Iho half milo of railway 1mw laid. A number of orders have boon given to Philadelphia Iron workers for machinery to bo used in distilling alcohol from sweet po tatoes. A gallon of alcohol can bo distilled from a bushel of sweet potatoes nt a small cost. It Is said tint the new city directory of Baltimore indicates an increase of ! ! tiOUO In the iwpulatlon of the city during the past year , duo largely to the growth of manu facturing interests in the city and suburbs. Light , absolutely destitute of beat , i.s produced that shines through a solid wall as the present light through window glass. The light within a house enables onooutsido to reiid by it as though the brlok wails were translucent glass. Four hundred y cars ago the annual pro duction of pig iron amounted to liO.UUO tons , nnd Franco produced oiio-llflh of It , morn than any other country. Now the annual output is about ilO.OOO.OOO tons , and Franco contributed only oiio-llftoenth of it. The United States produces moro than one- fourth of the whole amount. Papier-maolio , which can bo compressed almost to Iho solidity of Iron , promises to como into vogue us a building material. A portable ! hospital largo enough to aceomo- date twenty beds has boon made of com pressed paper. Hvory part of the building is numbered , and the whole can bo packed I up in fcucli a way as to bo carried n.v three transference trucks. These trucks are so i planned as to form the basis of thn hospital , I T-shaped Joists of Iron keeping the founda tion steadily Iu pluco. Over this comes u flooring of eomproMcd nnd vnniliihctl imwr bonrd i. which ndnpt themselves ml mini my to I'hMiilIuess. The wall * nnd rolling nro of the snmo material , whilst thn Iwnnm , com posed of thin Knlvitnl > .otl Iron wire , connect the parallel walls. Holes are bored between the wnlls nnd tlio celling for purpose * of veil- Illation , nnd the windows nro inndo of wire gntiro with n transparent contlne Such a building would be of great sorvleo In tropi cal countries , C ! | K-clnlly U In addition U > its lightness nmi strength U can bo Hindu fire proof. XHIIItASKA AXlt XKItll.tMKAXS. The German Lutherans of llccmer nro building n church. The teachers of lUtfT.Uo comity will bold n meeting nt Kearney Saturday. A lodge of the Order of the Eastern Star lias been Instituted nt Sunnier. The Wheeler Advocntn hns been resur rected nt Bartlett by F. H. and F. C. Wough. A good many farmers from Iowa nud Illi nois arc settling In Cumlng county this spring. Butte celebrated her victory In winning the county seat contest with u banquet and pyrotechnics. Aurora expects to have a local telephone exchange soon and connection with neigh boring cities , The Hurlburt & LoftwL'h circus that lias been wintering at Norfolk will "lilt the road" April ! ! 0 uiul begin it tour of tlio Da- kolas. Several Interesting criminal cases nro booked to come up at the present term of tlio district court at Pawnee City. Uov. 11. Flory will probably bo tried for forgery and Jacob Frceso for train wrecking. Mrs. Ed. Plainer , residing near Nebraska City , tried to recover suine grain which her son had taken from her farm and sold , but when she found that she couldn't secure the property without la.Ing the boy liable to a term in tlio penitentiary she let the matter drop. During the big prairie tire in Castor comity two men driving across the country near Lodi ran a race with death. The team in their terror became uninatiagcable and finally til * wagon was overturned and the horses broke away from the vehicle and ran for dear life. The two men scrambled under Iho wagon box and bugged the earth till the tire swept over them and crawled out of the wreck unharmed. TICKLISH I'lillndclphla Times : It's remarked tlmt In Kansas the women tiiko dellnllo sides In poll- lies. Ho much WHS lo bo nxpcctcd. A noinnii will talk over a fence , but sins won't bit on it. C.'lnveliind 1'liiln IVnlur : Many a man who "starts oil' well" .spoils everything by coming back. C'lolhler's Weekly : Miss Clicker ( the- new stenographer ) Von dictate better than liny person I over beard , Joblols ( tlio clothier ) You ought lo bear my wlfo. Now York Times : Illrk 1 licks Did Ciod make woman after liu inndo nmn ? Mr.s. I licks Vi'.s. dear. Hick I licks ( after .serious tliouuht ) 1 suppose tlmt accounts for thulr being so much younger. Kow Orleans IMciiyuno : The nmlnrprailuntn Is one who Is trampled to Jelly In a foot ball rush. Lowell Courier : It Is doubtful wbotber n. blind in n can posiessthe prophetic Rift ; ho is misucr. Harvard Lampoon : "That air ts very fa miliar , " said the musician , us a gust of wind look bis hat away. Detroit Free I'resMen : who never take a stand anywhere oNe frequently have to take ono In a Mrcct car. Indianapolis.Journal : " 1 am worth twenty of you , ' " said the dollar 1)111 tn tlio nickel. " 'Hint's wbal you 'say , " replied the nickel , "but I notice thit ; I can buy aclar without hnvlnsi logo broke , which Is more than you ever do. " sseaa Atlanta Constitution : If a feller's seed at lyln' not lyln'In tbe shade , but lyln' likea feller lies when lyln' In Ills trade In this hero blossom weather he can llsb ail' take his case , for the nerch aie gottln' hungry , tin1 bltln" bad as fleas ! Sl'IIINfl PUOVOCATIONS. ( Vifrni/ii Timo. Though the sky Is blue above you , And tin' sun Is shining bright , If you'd llvo for HIOMI who love you Don't sit out too late : it nl ht. Lest pneumonia should claim you , Maiden , do not bare your throat. And lest your fate lietlio sumo , you Tool , don't "souk" your overcoat. .1 KAIX 1IKAI7. The dull. I bud a big nmhiolla , slio had none "I'wns rainy weather- Arid , joy too e.viulslto to think upon , \Vo walked together. No woodland shnilo was ever half so kind Nor so poetic As that gaunt dome , unlovely and unllued , lllack-rlbbed , ascetic. And .surely never bird sang sweeter MIIH ? From bougliH or hedges As that the ruin sang , dripping from Its strong Drown silken edges. 1 blessed the driving gusts Iho clouds that frowned The blue to cover ; I blessed the muddy puddles on the ground And helped her ovur. What rapture thus from angry wind and storm To shield and bold bur All to myself close nestling , kind and warm Against my shoulder ! I wilt/ed until the rising of the sun To in lisle sweetest That ever made two hearts beat as one , In waif/ the lluuti'st. Hut of all aids and adjuncts that beguile The soul to passion I'll swear n wet umbrella cup- , the stylu And leads the fashion. tlmr Ilio Pnlilln U I'lurkod by H .Milo.i Monopoly , Telephone charges In our title * nro hlu becmno tlio Amcrlunn Hull Telephone con pany steadily luorenses Its capital Its roy.U ties nmt its profits , nnd to n much less ilegivr because of the expenses or prollls cf tlir local orgnnlratloo with which the customu deals , The lot-ill companies nro oy no mean. ' worked ns charities or innnngnl for the bem-- 111 of the public , says the Philadelphia Press ( , Milto the contrary. The Bell Telephone company of Philadelphia puvs. amt has paid for years past , n steady 1'J percent on Its capital of KM.IKH ) , all cash ns u loe.il . , subscriptions. H hail aecumulnteil In I IM'I. ' after ten years , a surplus of $ ii.U. ] , ! ! ' and It putmlCl of this Into undcivrouml conduits and the loss Incident to the change. Since the yea.- ending December ! U 18SO , when Ihis company began Its regular < iuar- tcrlv dividend of It per cent , it has just about doubled Its business , advancing Its gross re. ccipts , ns nearly as can be made out from lu very Inadequate reports , from fWUI'J In the calendar year ISSrt to ? riOWl in the year ending Juno ltd. Is'.U ' This i * very fair prosperity Dividends uf It ! per cent , an addition of Sin.iio to surplus. nnd flll.li.'il put into plant in live years on an original Investment of j.V .iHKt' , Is rer talnly such a return as would satlufy most. But this is simply nothing to the march of the parent company From iss , to iwy , a span of five years , the Ami-rim Boll Telephone company has raised its eai tnl stock from $ ' .iSO'JUH ) to $ ; , > 00.000 ! nearly doubled it. U lias issued $ -J.OKH)0 ( ) ( ) debenture ! bonds and it has added $ lr > ir > .iOi : to Its "patent account. " In this live years and these the last years of Its chief patent It has added $11. Ill I , ( Hi : ! to tlu > capital < > n which it collects money and takes In profits from tbe public. H lias inldeil rCi per cent lo its net s'arulngs , which have visru from $3 M0fi' in IssT'tofcUH.OTrt ' < * ' ' - nnd I'1 ' * dividends , which were Sl.fitys ; js In iss ? were J'.JIIU.WK ) in 1WI3 , or nearlj doubled Now Iho American Bell Telephone com pany holds one-third the slock of the local companies , and charges them n ro.alt.fur . . the telephones into the bargain IU this Ingenious plan every man who p-iys . KH > a > car for the privilege of saying "lu-lio" first and Inter using stronger language pays the American Bell Telephone tvi ice lie helps to earn one-third the dividends of the local company for stock on which no cash was paid and by which dividends tbe liell re ceived $ l.-t22Vl8 ( in Ih'JJ against fcl.oilUM in 1S.H7 , and bo pays his share of thn $ : i.0 : ! ; ( . < ' ' > : t received for rental of telephones in IS,1 ! ) : , one- fourth more than in 1SST , when f .U4s ( ! iwns paid.Tho The local company makes money , no doubt of that ; but by the time it has paid over dividends on one-third iU stock , paid the rental of its telephones nnd met the charges of new plant ami so on iu putting itH lines under ground. It is making a great di-al less money than the large charges would up pear to indicate. By this double arrang' menttliore.il offender , the American Bell Telephone company , is screened from the public which u.ses Its telephones , and th-1 real cause and source of high charges Is ef fectually concealed and protected. Itt-st U'ho l.atlj-lm lnst."cj , t'htcaao Intrr Uccun. Au amusing oflort is making to induce busi ness men iu such promising cities as Kansas City and Omaha to turn a deaf oar to ( . 'hi cago's siren of wholesale trade when they visit tlio fair. While Chicago wauls all the legitimate business she can get , nnd expects a lot of it between May and November , she hopes her tributary sisters won't try too bard to keep tbeir boys at homo , for once a man gets at the forbidden fruit he never quits until the tree i.s bare , and Chicago is n tree that never eels bare. Tlio.v'll t'oiiin li > Timo. TfMrn ritizen. When Uosewater , unaided , has succeeded in clearing the rascals out of the state house , there will bo several swell head editors in Nebraska , who are afraid to open their mouths now , crying "we did it ! " .1 IIIXT j-'iton iinis. lltnii Kcw I'uf/v / Ucral-i. AN I'.UHUNT \STir. . A mantle composed of crepe do . bine of loaf brown , figured with the same sliail > s The collar is of Pekln silk of the saiini shade , and all is bordered with a vcr\ nar row fur The toque i.s trimmed wilh twc small velvet knots , fastened with straw buckles & CO. . . Miinutaclurori AII I of C'lothtna la tUj Worll , See That Hole They've started it now , and it is only a day or "two now until the wall will bo down We've Tenced oil' thu front of the stura so that wo are still doing- business in as g-ood shape as ever. Wo have never before gathered around us so fine a line of spring- suits 1'or boys and men as this year Our children's depart ment on the second floor is the largest and most complete in this western country Boys' suits from $2 up Men's suits fron $8.50 up. The hats are temporarily on the third floor , and wo are selling lots of them at lower prices than hat stores do. BROWNING , KING & CO. , Etoro open ovorv oyuiiUi j till ( UJ. j g ( y fjj anJ ( Q 1\ \ } [