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Avcnipo Vlrrutntlon lor April , 1HD3 ,
SBVKUAti laino ducka are flitttoring In
dilToront parts of the otato over Tnii
BKK'S attack on the stiUo printing com *
buio.
.TilEUElsn widespread canviotlon in
the minds of the democratic editors of
the country that civil Borvlco reform is
commencing1 at the wrong end of Clove-
land's term of olllco.
THE Kansas populists are reorganiz
ing the state militia and placing it upon
a war footing. No ono not in sympathy
with the populists will bo permitted to
enlist. The movement is ill-advised
and will do much to excite popular dis
trust. ' *
THE news that General Van Wyck has
been prostrated by an attack of paraly
sis and is now in a critical condition at
his home near Nebraska City will bo
received with expressions of sincere re
gret by thousands of friends , not only in
Omaha but all over Nebraska.
Ij ? THE postmaster general has confirmed
fc
the report that no fourth-class postmas
ters will bo removed except for caubo.
The country postmaster who has at
tended strictly to buhincss and given
politics a wide berth will have a chance
to grow gray in the service if tuo now
rule is enforced. , *
"THE decision of the state superintend
ent of public instruction to the oiTect
that the selection of teachers shall bo
made after the nowly. . elected inemtfifrs
of the school boards have taken their
seats , ' is one which will overturn long
established customs in Nebraska ; but
that it is based upon good grounds of
public policy will scarcely bo denied.
IP THE accounts of the murderous
work of the Italian Mafia in Now York
and Brooklyn are correct , and they ap
pear to bo well substantiated , it is high
time that measures were taken to rid
this country of'a class of foreign immi
gration much more objectionable than
the Chinamen. This
band of bocrot as
sassins has seemingly transferred its
operations from Now Orleans to thcso
f cities nnd Is carrying on the deadly work
with appalling boldness. Assassinations
are becoming alarmingly frequent. The
police records show that slnco August
last fifty-two persons , mostly Italians ,
liavo boon picked up on the streets of
the two cities In an unconscious or dying
condition. Each ono hud been assassin
ated in Homo form or other , but of tlioso
who recovered not ono could bo induced
to discuss the probable causes loading to
the attack , so terrorized wore they by
fear of the oonsoquoncsa at the hands of
those dread secret ttotmln It seems
almost incredible that in this country
such murderous foreign .banditti could
exist and carry on their bloody work
without detection , but thus far the
authorities have boon unable to make a
case against the loaders of the Mafia ,
whom they know and who direct the
assassinnations.
IT is the opinion of the oldest close
observers of the trend of public affairs
iu Washington that never since JelTor-
m adopted the theory that "to the
victors belong the spoils" ha * the
pressure for ollloo boon BO great as ainco
the inauguration of the present ad
ministration. The drastic ultimatum
Issued by the president to rid himself Of
the annoyance of persistent seekers for
public place merely transferred their
importunity to the various executive
dopurtmonts of the yovonnnont. And
now they in turn liuvo issued orders
shutting out the olllc6 Hookers and di
recting applicants for place to call upon
the respective heads of bureau * * and
divisions in which appointment is'
nought. The political legacy left by the
father of democracy to bo potfectod by
Jackson is proving a most grievous
inoumbranco to their latoat HUO-
ccHior. It would not bo strange ,
therefore , should the statement
of the Now York /S'liii'.s Washington ooi
respondent prove correct , that "Mr.
Cleveland's oxporionoa with ofllco
"eockoru has convinced him that thopros-
Iff ont method of appointment to ofllco
through political influence has booome'a
scandal , and ho is now revolving in his
mind a scheme to do away -with it on-
viMj ply by a complete reorganization of
the system , " A oommlsslo n on appoint *
incuts as far removed frpm nolltlcul in-
fluonoo as the supromi court , a law for
the creation of which , ik is Btutodln the
dispatch , he will probably recommend
to congress , might provo mnbst effectual
remedy for the evil resulting from the
present system , , It is a subject that may
well command the attention and enlist
' the curliest exertion of the ablest civil
wrvico reform statesmen of the country.
Alf OtlTEOX I.KSSON.
The collapse of n ecoro or moro of so-
called banks that worn branches of the
Columbia bank of Chicago or vroro moro
or loss intimately connootcd with that
institution furnishes an Instructive ob
ject lesson which the American people
would do well to give attention to , in
view of the proposal to restore the old
system of state bank issues. Those
financial traps wore organized under the
laws of the states whore they did business
nnd the 'promptness' with which
they wont down" after the collapse
of tlio parent concern demonstrated
how much confidence is to bo placed in
Biich institutions organized under the
laws of most of the states.
Of course those banks did not issue
currency. Tlioir business was to take
deposits from the confiding people in
their neighborhood and to make loans to
almost anybody who wonted to borrow.
They required no capital beyond some
body's note of handy the capital being
furnished by the depositors. The parent
institution fluppllcd the branches with
ready mOney until the deposits began to
como in nnd furnish n capital and after
the deposits came in in sufficient
quantity there-was a flow of capital back
to the head concern , which regulated its
operations according to the aggregate of
deposits in the system. As a naturar re
sult , when the parent institution went to
the wall the entire system followed.
There seems to have boon no regulation
or supervision on the part of 'the states
whore these banking traps wore put in
operation , and they wore" permitted to
gooniin tliolr own way without any at
tempt to protect the people against pos
sible fraud nnd robbery. ,
But what if these banks had issued
currency ? In that case , as the Phila
delphia North .dmcrictm remarks , the
head bank would have issued notes
enough to furnish capital for the twenty
or forty banks that constituted tlio body
and tail of the system. Then the de-
posltora who had deposited national currency -
, roncy would have had their checks paid
in the notes of these banks and the coun
try around the banks would have been
drained of legal tender currency which
the parent " institution would have
absorbed. When the inevitable time of
accounting arrived the public would
have only the worthless issues of
these banks to show for the good
money they had deposited. The
advocates of state bank currency will of
course reply that if there Should bo a
return to that system adequate safe
guards could bo provided to protect the
public against loss from the deprecia
tion of such a currency or from its
changing value in passing from ono
state to another , but it is hardly possi
ble that this would bo done , The whole
business of regulating the issue of this
currency and making provision for its
security would rest with the states ,
and while some jof them wpuld
'undoubtedly make every provision
necessary to the security of note
holders others would pot , nnd iff
time the volume of depreciated currency
in the country would exceed the good ,
the latter being hold by banks and cap
italists , while the former would find its
way , as during the period of state bank
issues , into the pockets of the wage
earners and the small producers of the
country. It is practically impossible to
have a currency of uniform value
throughout the country when every
state has the privilege of au
thorizing an unlimited Issue of
notes under Whatever regulations
it may prescribe , and no argument
'is needed to demonstrate the proposition
that a currency which is not of uniform
value is capable > of working-injury to
all interests , but particularly to the interests -
_ torests of labor. The question of re
storing state bank issues , which the
democratic party is pledged to do by its
demand for the repeal of the tax on
such issuott ; is likely to command a great
deal of public attention in the near
future , and everything bearing upon it
is worthy of consideration. The col
lapse of a number of banks organized
under state laws supplies a timely and
portinout object lesson.
LUOKIKO AFl'Blt THE TIIUSTS.
If the announcement coming from
Washington that the attorney general
is preparing to institute proceodinga
against the Sugar trust is true , there is
a probability that the country may soon
lourn that the administration bus not
been unmindful of the implied promise
made by President Cleveland in his .in
augural address that it would use all the
authority it possesses to relieve the people
ple from the interference and exactions
of the trusts. The president , in
that utterance , loft no doubt as to
how ho regarded these combinations
for the purpose of limiting production
and fixing prices. IIo declared that
"thcso aggregations and combinations
frequently constitute conspiracies ,
against the interests of the people and
in all their phases they are unnatural
and opposed to our American sense of
fairness. " In thl-j view of them ifo
voiced the practically unanimous public
sentiment of the country , as he also did
.when lie said : "To the extent that they
can bo reached and restrained by federal
power , the general government should
should relieve our citizens from their
interference and exactions. " Mr. Clove-
land'gaid these things withn full knowl
edge of the fact that there is a
general law which thoa combinations
have boon violating for three years isv
more and what ho said win in effect a
promise that his administration would
endeavor to enforce this statute. Tlio
country will bo very glad to learn that
there is a prospect of this being done.
Proceedings against the Sugar trust
would bo regarded with moro general
intercut than against any other of the
great combinations , for the reason that
the exactions of this rapacious monopoly
roauh a greater number of people than
do those of any other. Every household
in the land pays tribute to the combina
tion whlc.li regulates the production a'l
fixoa the price of sugar , and however
small this may bo In individual
cases It amounts annually to a sum in
excess of legitimate protlt , Which la an
unjust and unlawful exaction of which
the people ought to bo relieved , It can
be said moro truly of the sugar monopoly
than of almost any other that it is a con
spiracy against tuo interests of the
pooplo. Another reason why it Is espe
cially desirable that the government
should proceed first against this power
ful combination , rather than against ono
less firmly Intrenched , la that itwould
probably afford n bettor test of the law.
If the federal statute against trusts
is found to bo strong enough to
break down the sugar monopoly ,
none of the kindred combina
tions hold to bo obnoxious to
the law can stand , and the overthrow of
this combination would undoubtedly bo
speedily followofl by the dissolution of
others if the government determined to
vigorously pursue the work of suppress
ing them. The anti-trust not has not
yet boon subjected to a proper and ade
quate test , and the way to bring it to
this is to proceed against the stronger
combinations.
It would have boon unreasonable to
expect the administration to take up im
mediately after its advent to power the
task of enforcing the anti-trust law.
Tlmo was necessary for a careful study
of the situation and for proper prepara
tion. The people will not bo dis
posed to complain at any reasonable
tlmo the authorities at Washington may
find it expedient to take in order that
when they do act it will bo on sound nnd
safe lines , so long as It la known" that
this important matter is not being disre
garded or neglected. It is reassuring
information that the legal department
of the government is giving it attention.
WILL KOT IIKTAI.IATB.
The assurance said to have been given
Secretary Grcsham by the Chinese
minister that his government will not
adopt any retaliatory measures or do
anything to disturb the friendly rela
tions between the two governments will
redound to the advantage of the Chinese
government in the good opinion of the
world and places it In a far moro cred
itable attitude than that occupied by
the United States. While there ia very
little to bo said in justification of the
policy of this government toward
the Chinese , and particularly with
regard to the legislation for
sending them out of the coun
try , China would have no dilllculty
in justifying resort to a policy of retalia
tion. If the Chinese government wore
to at once break off diplomatic relations
with this country by withdrawing its
embassy at Washington nnd handing
our minister at Pekin his papers , and
should follow this up with the expulsion
from China of every American mission
ary and trader , it is not to be doubted
that this action would bo approved by
the enlightened opinion of the world.
It certainly would bo by European gov
ernments whoso manufacturers and
merchants would find their trade
with China materially enlarged if
commercial relations between that coun-
try and the United -States wore cut off ,
and it is rather to bo expected that Eng
land , Franco and Germany may find op
portunity to encourage the Chinese to
have as little as possible to do in a busi
ness way with this country. Of course
there will bo no direct effort to influence
hostile sentiment toward the "United
States , but there are ways in whicli this
can be insidiously and effectively done.
Our security against anything of this
kind lies in the fact that the Chinese
, v
care less about patriotism and national
dignity than they do about their
commercial affairs. When it be
comes a question of sacrificing their
trade with another country as the price
"of maintaining their national character
they can bo depended upon to decldo in
favor of the trado. There is no people
whoso avarice is stronger than that of
the Chinese , and everything- is sub
ordinated to it. They have a good ap
preciation of the value of the United
States as a market for their products ,
of which we buy annually about $20,000 , =
000 worth , selling them our products to
the value of leas than' $6,000,000 a year ;
so that , the balance against us annually
paid in cash is a considerable sum
as the Chinese regard it. They
know very well that their trade with
this country is certain to steadily grow ,
and as wo are now ono of their bqst cus
tomers , there are the strongest possible
practical reasons for not disturbing
commercial relations. The mercantile
interests of China may , consuquontly , bo
relied upon to employ all their influence
with the government to prevent any
rupture , and , doubtless , this influence
will bo sutllciont.
The danger to bo apprehended is from
popular resentment , which may bo man
ifested against the lives and property of
American missionaries , and it is not
likely that the government 'ould take
much trouble to prevent this. But at
any rate the forbearance and magnanim
ity of the Chinese government , under
circumstances that would have led any
European government to promptly adopt
measures of retaliation , is very much , to
its credit.
How WELL Omaha's business inter
ests have withstood the financial tem
pests of the last few day a is shown by
the report of the clearing houses for the
week ending Thursday night , as com
piled by tiradstnet't. This city stands
well in the front rank , the increase over
the corresponding time in 1892 being
33.5 per cent , and the total volume of
business amounting to more than $1,100-
000 per day. .
DOKS the fact that the Sugar trust de
clined to contribute to the republican
national campaign fund last fall have
any connection with Attorney General
Olnoy's reluctance to enforce the antl-
trust law ?
I'oiide mil tut ; Claptrap.
( Hnlte-Deinocrat ,
It is an encouraging feature of the repub
lican situation time nearly every influential
republican paper that has had anything to
say about Clurksou's address in ixjulsvillo
baa uoudotnuod it.
Time * Huvo Dl
1'MlatMphH limey.
A month or so since the oftlcoholdcr
tbouiriit all ho had to do wan to goto Wash *
ington and talto his pick. Now in many
cases he thinks it' would have been money in
lilt * pocket if hu'd stayed homo and gone to
worjc with the shovel.
BcotchliiR i'olltlciU llerciy.
CMcauit Inter Ocean.
' President Cleveland suems to bo as sensi
tive about his democracy us Senator David
H. Hill , now that ho is in oflicu and has no
further use for the anti-snappers. Ho re
fused to appoint Bascom Myrlck , editor of
the Americus ( Gu. ) Hccord , to the post of I
consul general at Horlln , Myrlek
last summer called bin n n ugwurap. Mr.
Cleveland will appoint m on > to ofllco who
calls him a mugwump c . Ir UmiUes that ho
Is not a ( rood democrat , Ho3ia said so , nnd
before lonff wo may oxno ttc sco the presl-
dent adopting Dave HI I'B motto , "I am a
democrat. "
The Ar ologf ,
Hattfonl luf.
Tlio mugwumps have got a now phrase for
the wholesale discharges tak na place in the
civil service in violation 01 the spirit of
civil service reform. They c xll It "weeding
out ttio worthless. " Wnon , a republican
president "weeds out th { > | rorthlcss" the
mugwumps take columris tojtoU how their
virtuous , feelings are outraged.
Cnn IlSpnrcd.
Itnrfdenc * Journal
The , country can gofnlong very well with
out Dolcgato Uawllns of Utah , who has re
signed his scat In congress because the pres
ident appointed to ofllcon candidate whom
ho had declined to indorse. If Mr. Hawllns
has been tinder the impression all along that
a congressman's duties are simply these of
the patronage monger , the best place for
him Is within the conflnos of his original
bailiwick In Utah.
Itunnlng linnki on Wind.
The practical lesson which the country
has lust had of the folly of running banks
on wind appears to have been needed in the
central west. In recent years no ono coilld
have organized such a systotn of banks as
Mr. Dwigglns projected In any of the eastern
slates. The laxity of the Indiana and Illi
nois Lives presented the opportunity for
some conscienceless speculator of the Uwig-
glns school to step forward and do exactly
what Mr. Dwigglns' Uld. The detailed re
ports of his operations show that ho took
full advantage of the chanco/and they also
indicate that ho would still bo in the same
business ' had an unexpected reverse not
haltcd'htm in his motcorio career.
Irrigation' < Irent Future.
Jtlnncaprilts Tribune.
Irrigation has reclaimed BG31,33l acres of
arid land at a cost of $20,011,000 and given it
n value of $ U1,011,000. There are estimated
to bo 542,000,000 acres of arid and worthless
land in the country capable of reclamation
by irrigation. The value of Irrigated hind
ranges from $31 in W.vojning to $150 per acre
in California. The annual value of the Irri
gated product varies from $3.25 In Wyoming
to $10 in California. Tne average tlrst cost
of bringing the water to the arid land-Is
$3.25 , nnd the subsequent cost is$1.07 a year ,
the water right thus created being valued at
$20 per acre. As less than 1 per cent of ttio
reclalmablo land has thus far received
water , II is apparent that irrigation In this
country has a largo future.
TUB VlllNKtK I'ltOltLBJl.
St. Louis Hopublio : If the Geary law Is
to ho enforced lot the alien and sedition laws
be enforced along wilh it so the people will
have full opportunity to realize what kind of
a government federalism makes for them.
Philadelphia Lodger : Besides the gross
injustice done to tens of thousands of hard
working Chinamen , wo are likely to see sim
ilar injustice done by way of retaliation to
Americans now in China. That nation will
be more than Justlfled in severing all rela
tions wilh the United Slates and excluding
all Americans from the country.
* NCLW York Tribune : In ilu'rming th 3 consti
tutionality of the so-callc 1 KGoary exclusion
act the supreme court gain demonstrates
the fact that ic understands and respects
the limits of its own juri : diction and author !
ity. This has always be mjcharacteristic of
the court , and , perhaps i tore than anything
else , has assured to its. idgments the conil-
donee of the people.
Detroit Proo Press : 'ho discovery that
there is no money with which to pay the
cost of enforcing the Ohlneao exclusion act
puts the nation in a postlioilihat falls very
little short of being ridiculous. Fortunately ,
however , the Chinese arpT'nbt very strong in
their perception of hirrhor ? Perhaps the
people of California ; if Upplied lo , would advance -
vance Iho necessary funds ito carrv out the
provisions of the ret.
Boston Advertiser : TOioafllrmation of the
United States supreme f court of the consti
tutional power of congress lo exclude the
Chinese from this coujitryjwiU'bo pralofully
received by the majority of people in this
country. This is not a government or a sys
tem under which Asiatics are a desirable
addition to our people. They do'not amalga
mate with us , and their presence in any con
siderable numbers is most undesirable.
Throwing all sentiment aside , the Chinese
are not wanted here by the gront majority of
our citizens , and they will not bo sorry that
the bars against them are to bo sot.
Now York Herald : The decision ot the
court calls for the enforcement of the law.
Bui enforcement has its ridiculous us well
as serious aspects. There must be from
Ce.OOO to 80OiX ) Chinese in the United Stales
without certificates. If iho ace is enforced
Ihoy must bo banished. They cannot re
main hero without certificates , and they can
not now got certificates. They must bo de
ported by the United States to the country
from which they came. That will onlall an
enormous expenditure , and no appropriation
Is made by the act. It will require a fleet of
steamships , and where are they to bo had ?
Cincinnati Commercial : Chinese retalia
tion on account of the exclusion decision , the
mode of that retaliation and subsequent
war are all as yet matters of theoretical
speculation. It is assumed thai deporting
the Chinese now iu the United States would
bo mot by u reciprocal exclusion of Ameri
cans in China ; and we cannel exactly see
what great unfairness there would bo in
that proceeding. Surely intelligent persons
who have urged tlio passage and enforce
ment of the Geary act must have taken lhat
not unnatural or illogical result into consid
eration. But it is also assumed that in the
exclusion of Americans every American
building m China would bo destroyed and
many of our countrymen killed. In that
ovunt , should iho Chinese government not
bo able to show itself wholly without fault ,
there would bo war indeed , and wo should
welcome its speedy declaration.
OTllKK C..IN1M THAN OVHS.
The intense and increasing blttorncss of
the opposition toward Gladstone personally
is In tlsolf a tribute to his' mastery of the sit
uation , and is based upon the anticipation of
his ultimate success In accomplishing homo
rule for Ireland , Really the whole obstruc
tionist policy of the torlcs and unionists Is a
confession of defeat upon the merits of the
controversy. Another thing , which If true ,
points the same way , is the reported falling
off In subscriptions to unionist funds. There
was plenty of unionist enthusiasm and
unionist money , too , at the back of the anil-
homo rulers when tlio parliamentary session
opened. The opposition boast then was that
the government maJoriljMw.ould not hold to
gether a fortnight , or mo/ith at the most.
Now both this enthusiasm and the money
have diminished In tljeyafce of the steady
gain in solidity and hVehgth the govern
ment parly has made , aM , ttio apparent uselessness -
lessness of unionist opposition , And yet tlut
opposition cannot bo said ) W have weakened.
No government measure was over more bit
terly contested. ProbaUljJ jfho property ownIng -
Ing , the privileged , and/.fojajx > nsdorablo ! extent
'
tent the educated classe , jgf' Great Britain
wore never so solidly nutfayod against a bill
which had a tithe oFctheT support which
the homo rule bl Jas. Certainly
no bill was over uu ) jjwiti } such care
fully planned and _ systematic obstruc
tion. All that haV'/lxsca accomplished
so far is to pass through committee ( ho first
clause throa lines , of the bill , nnd there are
said to bo some fifty pages of the clerk's
order book now covered with opposition
amendments awaiting consideration. Many
of these will probably mcot the fate of the
thirteen "Instructions" to the commlttoo of
the whole , which the Commons was asked
toU vote , but of which the speaker declared
twelve out of order. Others must bo de
bated ; , and may 1)0 some of them will bo
adopted as tlio best way on the whole to advance -
vance the passage of the bill. Still others
will bo dlsjioscd of by the closure , which has
already been used so effectively. They will
all bo disposed ot in some way or other , nnd
the bill wilt finally emortro from the committee -
too in a condition substantially satisfactory
tc Its author , or , moro properly , Its insplrcr ,
*
There Is doubtless n great deal moro nolso
than sober earnest In the republican agita
tion which has again broken out In the
Spanish Cortes ami In tlic streets of Madrid.
A party which has been nblo to muster only
a score of votes in the Spanish Parliament
to six times the number of votes iu favor of
the ministry of Sngasta docs not constitute a
very substantial basis for n now republican
movement. As for the midnight mob of
men : and woman marching through the
streets of Madrid , shouting for the re
public , it was an easy matter for the
municipal guards toput them to rout
ITb a few slaps of the sabro on the
backs ot the noisiest. Paris may bo
Franco , but Madrid is not Spain. It must
bo said , however , that within a recent
period the conditions have bccomo exceed
ingly favorable for the agitation against the
existing : Spanish monarchy. Tlio queen
regent has tried the patlonco of the people
nti tin the utmost by her mistakes in govern
ment , nnd she , as well as the Infanta
Isabella , is regarded as a.mcro creature of
the detested party of reaction. Spanish
pride , too , has been deeply wounded by the
action of the queen regent in taking into
Her councils the ambassadors of Germany
and Austria , whoso advice has bacn any
thing but friendly to liberalism. The
gravity of the situation is still further in
creased by the discontent of the army with
the projected military reforms of the mln-
later of war , Lopez Domlnguez.
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The prospects of the general election in
Germany are not at present very encourag
ing to the omporor. Though the radicals
stood very firmly together during last Satur
day's division they have slnco split into two
factions. But even this circumstance is not
likely to give Count von Caprivi a majority.
The social democrat vote is sure to bo
increased , probably from thirty-six to llfty ,
and the Catholic center , which proved lo bo
Iho pivot of disaslcr , will lese none of its
strength at the polling booths. The em
peror's language to his generals al Tcmpol-
hof Is interpreted throughout Germany as a
threat of a coup d'otal. His declaration
that the patriotic minority was overborne
by a hiajority which did not represent
either the allied princes , the people or the
army has greatly irritated the con
stituencies. The week has also witnessed a
revival of the anti-Gorman partioularlst
fooling in the southern states of the empire.
It is not improbable that the first vote will
bo taken upon many general issues and will
show the anti-Prussian fooling above indi
cated. It Will also bo felt in the second bal
lots and may decide the fate of the army
measure. It is not expected.that Prince Bismarck - .
marck or Dr. Bamberger will seek re-election.
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Nicaragua has an area not quite 33 largo
as the state of Georgia and a population
that is estimated , at 300,003. Its fertility
has been known from the tlmo Columbus
discovered it on his fourth voyage to this
homlsbbero , In 1593. It produces all the
tropical products , including sugar , coltco ,
indigo , dye woods nnd fruits , in abundance.
There is uo country of Central America with
which intimate relations are so desirable" .
If'the intcroceanlc canal is built across its
territory and a stable government assured ,
an era of prosperity will open for Nicaragua
which has had no parallel on this continent
south of the United States. Its rich mines
will again'bo worked , its valuable pro ducts
will find a market and wealth and popula
tion will quickly flow in. But the coming of
none of thcso good things will bo hastened
by sunh political disturbances as are now re
ported.
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Baron Nathaniel Rothschild has just
taught the anti-Semites a lesson ia charity'
by. a splendid gift which ho has made for
the benefit of Viennese sufferers from pul
monary diseases , whlclr are peculiarly prev
alent in that city , owing to the cold winds
and the dust. For some time-past a number
of philanthropic persons have been trying to
found an asylum for patients of this kind ,
bul only a fraction of the sum required
was forthcoming until Baron Roths
child informed the promoters of the
scheme that ho wished to present
them with his chateau at Roichenau , in
the Sommering , for the now establishment.
It would.bo dlMIcult lo exaggerate either the
timeliness , or generosity of this gift. The estate -
tate and pleasure grounds , worth 5,000,003
florins , are widely known among the most
beautiful in the Styrlan Alps. The baron
will transfer the chateau and grounds to the
society on the 1st of August , nnd has prom
ised to make all necessary alterations , It Is
hoped that It can bo got ready for the rocep -
tlon of patients by next winter. Baron
Rothschild has already thrown open Ills
park and greenhouses in Vienna to the pub-
Ho for a small entrance 'fee , which goes to a
local charity. Ills chateau in the Semmcr-
lag will afford accommodation for 600 bods.
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The report of the latest census in Bengal ,
which has just been published , upsets sev
eral beliefs which hitherto have found gen
eral acceptance. For instance , it proves
that the natives , instead of being averse to
leaving their ancestral villages , are steadily
jribving from moro densely peopled areas to
those where the population Is less crowded ;
also that widow remarriage is practically
universal in Behur , Orissa/Chota-Nugporo ,
and among the lower castes of Bengal
proper , and is unknown only among a very
few high castes every where and the moro
respectable Sudras of Bengal proper. Ttio
report also states that infant marriage docs
not exist to any appreciable extant except in
northeast Behar 'and among the Brahmins ,
Kayasths , and other purely Sudra castes of
western Bongal. It also shows the great
progress of Mohammedanism , which basin-
creased more than 0 par cent iu Bengal
proper in the last dccado , while the increase
in Hinuulsm is less than 5 per cent. This
fact is explained to bo duo to the desire on
the part of the lowest castes to adopt a re
ligion which treats all men as equals.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Baking
Powder
PURE
IflKlK BINS FOMn fllKM
\Vahoo NowKrat Figures show that the
mpoached ofllcinls did less work than did
tholr predecessors. The Overworked sohotno
doesn't po.
Springfield Monitor ! According to the
testimony brought out at the Impeachment
trial there was a steal ot Just 4,371,530
pounds of coal nt the asylum from July , 181)1 ) ,
o February , 18W ,
Blnlr Pilot : H Is not very remaricable , If
true , that In the Impeachment trials nt Lin
coln certain record books , when wanted by
the prosecution , wcro not to bo found , but
any records desired by the defense are forth
coming without demy. The atmosphere
about Lincoln li said to bo bad , but It seems
to bo worse sometimes than others. When
danger hovers over somebody's pot , the fog
gets In Its work with great vigor.
Dodge County trader : Lot the Lincoln
Journal howl that the Impeachment will hurt
the state , It they will. The follow howU
loudest that is hurt most. The people of the
state have not howled yet , but as the screws
are applied to the gang of thieves tholr
mouthpiece sets up a torrlblo howl. Injure
the state , forsooth. Why didn't the Journal
think of the state when its proprietors were
growing fat on the pap of the state. If the
Journal had had the Interest of the state In
her keeping shocortalnlv has been blind to
that Interest , or shn would have attempted
to have called n stop to the stealing ,
Schuylor Quill : When a newspaper makes
the statement that no truth exltts In the
charges made against the boarl and at
tempts to show that it is only a scheme of
another political party and makes light of
it , that paper is devoid of honesty , honor ,
and endorses the plundering. Such a wonk-
ling Is worse than the thieves themselves.
Enough has already been unearthed to con
vince every fair-minded citizen of Nebraska
that n wholesale and systematic robbery has
boon going on by state employes and under
the apparent sanction of the stato'oniclals.
Every honest citizen is indignant over such
a stnto of affairs and says that the perpetra
tors of the frauds ought to bo punished ,
Wahoo Wasp : According to the testi
mony Introduced In the impeachment trial ,
ittl took a wonderful amount of coal to run
the Llucoln Insane asylum during the year
1891. But the worst of all , the state paid
for nearly thrco times as much coal us was
actually used. To bo moro explicit , for the
month of December , 1800 , and cloven months
litl 1801 the stale paid for 7,124. ' tons , whllo
the actual amount delivered Jo the asylum
was a Httlo less than U.IKU tons. People
gone-roily inuko a vigorous kick if they are
called upon to pay for something they didn't
get and wo don't believe that the slate
should bo made to uay for what It doesn't '
got any more than a private citizen. If the
testimony in regard to the coal deal ii true
our stale oMtuials were certainly guilty of
gross negligence in paying tor such mi enor
mous amount of coal.
Plallsmoulh Herald : A number of small-
borcd newspapers lliroughoul Iho slalo nro
still bollttlolng iho last legislature for ap
propriating 1 ] J15.000 to prosecute the confi
dence men who. by some misapplication of
Iho mercies of Providence , were clccled to
hold state ofllcos. In the estimation of all
patriotic | i , fair minded , honest citizens it was
the ono act most worthy of note which was
transacted during the lasl session. Whether
thcro bo conviction or not , it will make the
people ' moro careful who Ihoy elect to hold
responsible state oftlces and will make a
noticeable difference iu the deportment of
these who are honored by such positions ,
whether they bo of the Uorgan ilk or are
honest , trustworthy men. To those who
are trustworthy , such proceedings will re
move the temptations so far from thom-lhat
they will not tnink of shrinking from their
duly J even though it were thrust into their
faces , and to the dishonest ones , the fear of
Impeachment and the all-seeing eye of the
newspaper men will keep them In the "nar
row path" whether they so desire or not ,
_
Tlio country has tor centuries Invited for
eigners to come to our shores , unJ , ' 'ifob-
scone harpies dofllo the banquotof liberty ,
they are not unbidden guests , " says ox-Son-
ator IngalU in a letter to THE SUNDAY BEE.
Don't fall to road it.
SHOUT sitAifrx ox' nir.
Boston Transcript : I'rnlllo photographs are
admired by tlioso who are fond of sldo shows.
KlmlraGa/otto : The uvorago college stu
dent noctln Jess.toot ami tiioro "tutor.
Philadelphia Times : DaubUom the Chtua-
nuin thinks Undo Sam's abrupt way of tullln"
him to go Is a kind oC collar uiul cuir.
Texas Sittings : The man wlio keeps hU
mouth shut has never to t > at any crow.
Philadelphia Inquirer : A. political orator
out west was recently alluded to as a harangue
outung ,
Washington Star : "Do you think cigarettes
inukosii man proof against epidemics ? "
1 do , " replied the pliyalcliui ; "thoy don't
watt to give the epidemic u chance. "
Philadelphia Uocord : "Old Coupon has
Blven up trying to euro his son of freshness. "
' Ves ; i heard ho said ho wasn't worth his
suit *
Atlanta Constitution : "You are dvlnsr , "
said " the preacher to thu ancient olllco ifolder.
"Have you any request to make ? "
"Yes , gaapod the sufferer. "Wrlto out my
resignation ! "
Kato Field's Washington : Callowo If our
engagement Is broken , I suppose you will re
turn mo the ring.
MarioT-.Why. certainly , If you can pick out
yours from this boxful.
I'ICNIO TIIAOKDY.
Washtn'jlun News ,
Ho was strong and halo and hearty , till ho
joined a picnic party ,
And wont gaily to the woodland on a day of
pleasure liont ;
Now the doctors'la.nc.rn hit him whore the
Miakos and hornets bit him.
And they siiy Ills constitution is not worth a
pewtorcent.
PVI.J
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Democrat * Oldont to HI * Snpj I
I'ntronitEe.
. . . HunisAU pr Tun BEII ,
M3 FountRntfTn STHRRT ,
WASHINGTON , D. O. , May 19.
Juan Boyle , a mcmbor of the democrat
stnto commlttco from Kearney , has bo"
hero looking after patronagn. Ho called
Secretaries Lament nnd Morton and Po
master General Hlssotl.
Don M. Dickinson , chairman of tj
democratic national executive comm *
tco , had his right to boss ti
postmasters in Michigan question ,
today in nn emphatic manner. Chnlrm\
Campau of the Michigan stnto commlttA
filed a protest against Dickinson's aotW
with the postmaster general today. It w
sign oil by Chairman Campau nnd mombo | \
of the stnto commlttco. Dickinson , It '
claimed , has controlled every postoftlco r. r ,
polntment up to this tlmo. The mattiyi
promises to attract national attention b'i ,
cause of Dickinson's pull with Preside
Cleveland.
Wottorn I'viiRlont.
The following pensions granted are
ported : . . „
Nebraska ! Increase David Rock , 'Georp'If
Riser. Original widows , etc. Minors evil
Frederick Gust , Jr. ? ?
Iowa : Original Barclay Bcnbow , Jnoxfyi
Anafew , Milton Black , James Hanky. I/u
crease Henry Harrington , Edgar Mois. U * i
Issue Thomas Denny , William J. Mogcyi
John Pattlsoii. Original widows , otaiu
Ellen Patllson , Auna Hoavcr , Mary JV >
Williams , Cathnrlno Curtv , Mattto Jackso ; . .
Leah Bozarth ( mother ) , Knlhnrlno Adrnl4 < ji
South D.ikota : lucrcaso Henry HaBo.v'V
George Brown , Reissue John Small. \ f
Nolirnxkt .Miittcrn. fa
It wns stated nt thoonicoof the suporvL' j
Ing architect today that II was not probabljj.
that the contract for work on the Omahlw
building would bo lot before next week , fi
Pi-csldcnt Cluvcland this afternoon ar/t |
nounccd the appointment of John M. OrocUr-Vfj
postmaster at Konrnoy. *
Comptroller Ecklcs has decided on t
name of receiver for the failed bank at Ltnii\
coin , ami the name will bo announced proK v
ably tomorrow. There has been n llvolfr *
scramble for the place. P. S. H.
AlrfsoiiRnr Hey Wnntrd.
WHlto Kohl , otherwise known as
rock " a bay in the .
, messengcr employ of n.-- ;
American District Telegraph company , an& j
Willie Jacobi , a companion Of ICehl's , nnj'f
wanted by the police. ICohl , whoso par " "
11 vo on South Sixteenth street , and who . . . . , ,
been In the employ of the company nbouV ,
six months , was sent to the b.mk ThursdnY
afternoon with $35 , and ho and Jacobs * '
shire been missing. In addition to Iho
Iho company is at a loss to account ft .
or $20 which should bo In the drawer t M
which young Kohl had access. ft * ;
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from a regular use of Ayor's Pills.
lie says : "I wns feeling sick nnd tired
and my stomach seemed all outof order ,
I tried a number of remedies , but none
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feel like a now man. I think they are
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