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Avi't-iiK" : lr iilRlliiii lor November. 3I.3IO.
IT MUST huvc belMi a nceily thlof who
votitururt to rob the delegates to the
Aiuoriemi"r'odornt'on ' of Labor couvoii-
lion.
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( \ UKKT htiuar factory at Otnulm will
Im a wolcutno addition to our gradually
lucrcuHing number of iiwmifnuturlng in-
ISN'T it almost .timo for tlio sohool
Iwuril to look M-rlously into the question
nf retroiKihiuutit in niitiuIpaUoii of do-
croiisod revenue * for the coming year ?
Tim days arc getting very short , but
not quite as short as they are way up in
Sitka , Avnore daylight docs not coino in
until 10 in the morning and night sots
In before I ! in the afternoon.
Two I'KUIT.TUAI , maturity bond promoters
meters were arrested in Council Bluffs
j-osterday by postotlluo ollleials. There
booms to bo "a broad area of low barom
eter" for bond investment people just
now.
KANSAS CITY i * becoming unneces
sarily worked up over the ehango in
grain rates on the Unrlington. She still
keeps the big- end of the horn. The
grain dealers of Omaha ought to bo al
lowed some relief from the discrimina
tion against which they have been eon-
tending so long.
Tin ; trial of the Akeson murderers at
Pliittsmouth is aUraeting widespread
Interest. Judge Chapman has modilied
his order forbidding the press from pub
lishing the testimony adduced , which
will disarm criticism and make it possi
ble for the press to pursue its legitimate
business of news gathering without
clashing with the court.
FUAXCR appears to bo in earnest this
time in its decision to repress the
preaching and practice of anarchy
within its jurisdiction. If other coun
tries will only join in an agreement to
take common measures against ail ttn-
tirchistic outbreaks against society
bomb outrages would become much less
frequent in the immediate future.
THAT the state treasury was de
frauded of thousands of dollars by means
of vouchers for supplies that were never
delivered to the state _ institutions at
Lincoln is an undeniable fact. Hut if
all of the men Interested in the supply
contracts have been declared to bo inno
cent by u Lancaster county jury , the
question still remains , who plundered
the state trousnrv ?
MASSACHUSKTTS comes almost solidly
into the fold of high lieen&o states. The
example of prohibition Maine does not
appear to be very convincing to those in
close proximity. It only gains itluusi-
' bility as a prohibitionist argument when
pointed to from a distance. The marked
tendency of the temperance movement
in this country is toward regulation of
the liquor trallic , nottoward , absolute
prohibition.
Tiir.ur. ought to bo no trouble in in
ducing the farmers residing within a
radius of twenty-live miles of Omaha to
pledge (1,000 ( acres for the cultivation of
migar beets next season. It is a most
prolitahlo crop and self-interest will in
duce the farmer- try It for at least
one season. Thereafter it will require no
outside inducements.Vo predict that
they will double the acreage for beets
, the second season. There is money in it.
Tin : exclamations of admiration for
our superb flro department drawn from
the visiting mayors and eiiiofs of police
of the numerous interior Nebraska cities
contrast wonderfully with the constant
complaints of local lire insurance agent *
and adjusters. Omaha's tire department
has kept pace both in numbers , apparatus
and ollifionoy with the growth of Omaha
and the demands for lire protection. In
surance companies are buiiuil to llnil
Boniu pretext for raising rates on local
policies and our lire department , is held
up UH Inferior for this purpose only ,
IT is certainly a rellu of htirlmrlsm to
conllnu a patient sulTcring from diph
theria in the city jail. With all the
hospitals and charitable institution- *
with which Omaha has boon provided a
place ought , to bo found in one of them
where people with onntugiou-f diseases
might bo cared for. Not only is some
thing of this kind required by considera
tion of humanity for the patient , but the
remainder of the community demands
protection from unnecessary exposure.
The city juil should bo the last place to
bo resorted to an hospital'for con
tagious diseases. Hollers no accommo
dations for caring for the sick and it
constltutos a distributing center for the
rapid and olllclont spread of disease
genus to nil parts cf the city. Arrange
ments should have boon made long ugo
for the use of a contagious ilUou o ward
at one of our many hospitals. Nor la it
yi-t too Jato to take precautions Iw the
Immediate future.
.IS TO K\PLOSIVK Utt , * .
The chief state oil Inspector and his
deputies positively deny that there has
boon any negligence on their part in the
inspection of oils during the present
year nnd they also assert that there is
not a pint of oil on sale In the state that
will not stand the test required by our
statutes. On this point they challenge
contradiction and they go so far as to
offer a $100 bonus to anybody who will
prove that there lias been a.llro or dam
aging accident caused anywhere in this
state within the last six months by the
explosion of a coal oil lamp.
This certainly affords an opportunity
to parties who claim to know anything
about accidents caused by explosive oils
to come to the front with particulars.
Insurance companies and their agents
are especially Interested in this ques
tion.
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So far as Tin : 13KU is concerned
It 1ms no light to nrnko on the
chief inspector or any of his depu
ties. In calling attention to the
Inferior and dangerous oils that have
boon coming into this state wo have
no disposition to incite hostility toward
the Standard Oil comp.uiy or any other
party who deals in oil The tests that
have been made for us by competent
chemists wore with oils purchased in
Omaha and In other parts of the state
within the past ninety days.Vo have
In our possession a letter from the sec
retary of the Iowa State Hoard of
Health in which ho ullirms the charge
that coal oil condemned by that state Is
shipped to Nebraska.
It Is possible that the Iowa test for
explosive oils Is more rigid than that
made with the Foster cup In our state.
In that case the law is to blame and not.
the inspectors. In any event .Nebraska
should not bo made the dumping ground
for dangerous oils that have boon re
jected in. other states. It would bo
much bettor for the people of this state
to [ iay a higher price for oil and bo safe
than to have life and property exposed
to the risks of spontaneous explosions
for the few cents difference between
lirst class oils and third grade oils.
In agitating this subject TilK BUK has
only one object in view , and that is pub
lic safety and a compliance with the
laws relating to inspection of illuminat
ing oils. On that score wo have no
apologies to mako.
TIIK SHKA'IK IWIKS.
It is understood that the republicans
of the United States senate will unitedly
and persistently oppose any ehango in
the rules of the senate with a view to
restricting debate. This does not nec
essarily mean that all of them are in
favor of the "courtesy" which permits
unlimited debate and allows senators , in
order to maintain debate indeiinitoly , to
introduce any amount of extraneous mat
ter , as lias frequently boon done. It is
well known that some of the republican
senatois regard this as a bad practice ,
and under different circumstances thcso
senators would doubtless give their
voice and vote for a change in the rules
that would place a reasonable limit upon
debate and allow action to be reached
upon any question after both sides had
been given a fair hearing.
But the democrats , having unitedly
and uncompromisingly opposed any sucli
change in the rules when they
were in the minority , now that they
have control of the senate and desire to
pass certain legislation of a distinctively
partisan character , are willing to re
strict debate , and in view of the past
attitude of the democrats on this ques
tion the republicans feel .fully war
ranted in assuming a like position and
uncompromisingly maintaining it.
They see no reason why they should
make any concession to the democrats
in this matter when under-practically
similar circumstances , tho"democrats
being in the minority , they ! refused to
allow any change In the rules that
would curtail their right to-carry on a
debate indefinitely. The republicans
simply insist that the democrats shall
bo hold to the record they have made
on this question and not bo given an ad
vantage they refused to allow their
opponents. Fair-minded men will ilnd
no faultjdth this decision , and if it is
firmly adhered to there will bo no
chapgo in the rule's of the senate affect
ing debate during the present congress.
The time must come , however , when
both parties in the senate will bo com
pelled by public opinion to abandon the
practice which is comprehended in the
term "senatorial courtesy , " and shape
the rules of that body so that the will of
the majority cannot bo defeated through
interminable debate. The defenders of
this practice , it will bo admitted , make
out a rather plausible case , but they do
not dispose of the proposition that much
of what is done in the name of sena
torial courtesy Is essentially uimmori-
cuu and unropubllcan , and the fact that
It lias prevailed from the beginning of
the government is not asulllcient icason
for continuing it. Tlioro can bo no
doubt that the popular sentiment of the
country is against it , and this will in
the course of time bo so vigorously expressed -
pressed that the senate will bo coin-
pel lyd to lined It.
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Omaha merchants cannot view the
oijuallxing of the rates on grain from
interior Kansas and Nebraska to the
terminal points on the Burlington road
as anything more than a tardy act of
justice. The grain tariff on the Burling
ton has notoriously boon one that fa
vored Kansas City dealers atthooxponso
of Omulm. The railroad olHolals for a
long time denied that this was the fact ,
and all the olTorts of our business men's
organizations to have the abuse rem
edied hud up to this month been made
in vain. Now , when the road has at last
given partial satisfaction for the Injury
uoiio by preceding rate tariffs , the oltl-
oiuls , in upholding the new order , have
been compelled to acknowledge that
they are only removing ; n discrimination
operating against Omaha up to this
timo.
The position of Kansas City on this
question can be easily appreciated.
Having enjoyed the fruits of an unjust
( lUcrimiiiatbn In her favor , she is of
coiuvo reluctant to give them up with
out a roraistont light to retain them.
The Kansas City merchants claim that
they do not fmvr Omaha or Ht. Joseph as
competitors iu the grain business , but
that Chicago and St. Louis are their
only rivals , and that with the now rates
grain will bo shipped by Kansas City to
those points. In other words , they try
to justify the continuance of a discrimi
nation against Omaha on the ground
that it's abolition would affect them Un
favorably as compared with St. Louis.
This on its face Is no argument for the
restoration of the old rates at all.
It Is a matter of IndilToronco to Omaha
merchants just what forces have been at
work to move the Burlington to thli
act of justice. The representations of
the Commercial club probably have had
much to do with it. On the other hand
railroad men assort that the rates have
been readjusted merely as n business
proposition. The discrimination In favor
of Kansas City , it is said , did not bring
to the Burlington the amountof business
which it had been led to expect. It is
learning that discrimination In favor of
one city and against another does not
pay the railroad. Omaha , wants no
favors beyond what Its importance as a
commercial and shipping center gives it
a right to demand. If the railroads will
give our merchants fair play without
unjust discriminations of any kind- they
will be able to hold their own with any
legitimate bushiess within their terri
tory. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
o//'osmu.v TO THII TAUHW iinit.
A good deal of dissatisfaction with the
Wilson tariff bill has already been man
ifested on the democratic side of the
house and there Is every reason to ex
pect that when the measure comes up
for consideration democratic hostility to
numerous features of It will bo devel
oped. The constituents of a number of
democrats have petitioned them to op
pose changes in the tariff which affect
their interests , and it is safe to say that
in many cases thcso requests will bo
complied with. The representatives of
democratic constituencies will not bo
likely to ignore the wishes of the people
ple they represent , however strong the
appeal may be made to them to support
the bill as it has been framed
in the interest of party harmony. Mr.
Cleveland clearly anticipated democratic
opposition to the now tariff policy when
he said in his message ilat ; the .success
of the Wilson bill "can only bo attained
by means of unselfish counsel on the
part of the friends of tariff reform and
as a result of their willingness to sub
ordinate personal desires and ambitions
to the general good , " but this appeal
will hardly induce democratic congress
men to risk defeat at the hands of their
constituents by disregarding their
wishes. The democratic members of
the ways and means committee have per
sistently refused to make any changes
in the bill before it is reported to the
house , which it is expected will bo done
this week and whatever changes are
made in the measure will have to bo
made by the house. That there will bo
numerous changes seems -to bo regarded
as certain.
The senate finance committee will
enter upon the consideration of the
measure this week , and it is understood
that it proposes to give hearings to
those interests which are affected by
the bill. In that case the committee
will undoubtedly bo afforded the fullest
facilities for ascertaining the views of
both manufacturers and the labor em
ployed in .manufacturing , and if the
hearings are not merely perfunc
tory , as was the ease with
those given by the ways and
means committee , it ought to be entirely
safe to say that the information which
the senate finance committee will get
will bo very likely to lead it to make
many changes and modifications in the
Wilson bill , at least in the direction of
correcting its numerous incongruities
and inconsistencies. The industrial in
terests of the country appear to bo
thoroughly aroused and determined to
bring every proper pressure upon congress -
gross to prevent the passage of the now
tariff bill in its present form. The
promise , is that in this they will have
the help of a , number cf democratic
representatives.
T//OSW SUUTIlRltX CLAIMS.
It Is evident from the favorable re
port made by the judiciary committee of
the house on the bill relating to the
settlement of claims against the United
States growing out of the loss of prop
erty by residents of the seceding states
during the rebellion that the present
congress Is determined to go as far as
possible In helping southern claimants
to raid tfco public treasury. Tills bill
proposes to extend the right of action
on such claims before tno court of
claims two years and ronpons all eases
which have boon adjudicated by
the secretary of the treasury or
barred by the statute of lim
itations. It also admits to those
benefits all claimants whoso claims
have boon adversely determined by the
court on account of disloyalty. Heretofore -
fore people in the south who have filed
claims'for damages or loss of properly
sustained by the reballion have had to
prove that they wore loyal. The act of
18W ( , relating to sol/.uros of property in
the south by the federal military au
thorities , took cure of those who had
been loyal by permitting thorn , if they
had been the owners of any such prop
erty , to prove within two years after
the suppression of the robsllion
their claim and the fact that they
hud never given aid or comfort
to the rebellion , upon doing which j
they wore to receive the residue of
the proceeds of the property sold ,
the law autiiorl/lng the seizure of
property requiring the proceeds to bo
covered into the treasury. Over & 10- ,
000,000 thus found Its way Into the treasury -
ury , of which there remains at this time
about $11,000.000.
If the bill reported from the house ju
diciary committee should become u law
the $11,000,000 in the treasury repre
senting proceeds of sales of property
taken In the south during the war will
have to be paid out to claimants of
whoso disloyalty to the government at
the time of the seizures there is no doubter
or question. The report of the minority
of the committee says ot those claimants :
"Thoy wore In fact In arms against the
government from which they now demand
justice , " Considering their numbers
and inlluonco it will not bo denied tliut
they did great injury to that govern
ment , its property and its citizens. It is
R fact beyond dispute thnt the popplo
who are Booklnc1 to secure this money
from the nntlounl treasury caused the
government vastly more expense and
loss than the amount they are after.
But the proposed legislation would go
much further than this , slnco it would
nllow nil those iwraons who have boon
restrained from presenting claims
against the government by reason of
their known dRlSiJalty to enter the list
of claimants , and the aggregate amount ,
which the government would thus bo
asked to pay wpuldrba enormous. Such
legislation would bo utterly indefensible.
It would bo infl.lo ( nature of n re
ward for disloyalty to the government
and cannot bo approved by any fair-
minded and patriotic citizen. It Is per
haps sufficient explanation of such a bill
being reported favorably that of the
cloven democrats in the house judiciary
committee seven are from the south.
THK report of a majority of the civil
service commissioners Is au unqualified
endorsement of the action of the Harri
son administration In extending the re
form , particularly with respect to the
postal service. The commissioners
make special reference to the results of
this action"ns evidence of the benefits
secured to the public service by the
proper application of civil service rules ,
stating that its effect was to secure a
higher grade of intelligence , nnd consequently
quently greater efficiency and fidelity in
the class of employes affected. The
minority report charged that the
extension , bncause made near the
close of the last administra
tion , was prompted by partisan con
siderations and it is creditable to Mr.
Cleveland that ho manifested his disap
probation of this view by" removing the
member of the commission who publicly
proclaimed it , though it is to bo re
marked that the postmaster general ap
pears to have entertained about the same
idea. It is to bo said of the latter , however ,
that ho seems to bo thoroughly in sym
pathy with the cause of civil service re
form and desirous of its further exten
sion where practicable. If the present
administration docs as well in advancing
the reform as did its predecessor not
much will be loft to bo done by the suc
ceeding administration.
THE Burlington Voluntary Relief
department keeps bobbing up in
court as a cunning device by
which the railroad seeks to es
cape liability for damages caused by
accidents to its employes while engaged
in 'serving the company. The latest
case appealed to the state supreme court
in which the department figures once
more illustrates the methods bv which
the scheme is operated. When the rail
road company is sued it sots up the
membership in the relief department as
a surrender of all rights against it. Hav
ing defeated the plaintiff by this plea
the relief department turns around and
refuses to settle the insurance for which
the employe has paid , alleging that by
beginning suit against the railroad com
pany ho has violated ono of the rules
and regulations and forfeited all rightto
assistance of any'kind. It is battledore
and shuttlecock from the railroad company
panyto the relief department , and
when the injured or maimed employe
regains his consciousness ho finds him
self excluded from both and without re
dress. The relief department is prov
ing ono of tlio best paying investments
of the company.
Tun questions to bo discussed at the
irrigation convention at North Platte
next week are among the most impor
tant problems before the people bear
ing on the future of farming in Ne
braska. If irrigation can give the state
a largo increase in the number of tilla
ble ueres available for agriculture the
result will bo the same as would bo
the discovery of entirely now lands.
The desirability of irrigation is no longer
open to question. It is now the most
economical way and moans that must be
found and the coining convention may
be expected to throw considerable light
upon this aspect of the subject.
IT LOOKS as if the war in Hawaii
wore to bo fought out in newspaper re
ports and congressional speeches only.
rrciniiluru .Sijiicullnc.
JiuliniMiinlti Juiirnnl.
It is no\c rumoroU that the rircsidotit had
no Intention at any time of restoring Queen
Liliuokalani. If tills bo the cuso , there lius
been an unnecessary stow on the part of a
great many people.
Tim l'nrii < li u ol Trumps.
CMfagi ) I'ott.
Tlio effects of Governor Lowolling'a pro-
nunoianiet.to on bolmlf of "tramps" are just
w'.mt the whole country knew they would
be. Kansas is overrun with vagabonds.
Tim state is : t paradise for tlio Icllu and
shiftless. It is u land Mowing with milk nnd
honey like Canaan of old , a net the great
horde of undisciplined and utiwushoci loafers
of tlio United States U moving up to possess
it.
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Follnwlnc Olil Union.
Globi'Democrat.
Money piles up in the ilmmclal centers
nitorcvor.v panio , This was tlio casu after
the Hurry In 1SSJ iiud tlio convulsions in 18711
and 1857. Tlio present condition of things ,
therefore , is the rule and not the exception.
A few woolcs or mouths hence , when the
trade revival sets iu , bank reserves will
begin to go down to their normal lovcl
agulii. There Is nothing alurmlni ; Iu the
blif bank surplus. '
Colil hi' ' Ooluruiin.
.
The increase in ifca , 'Production ' of gold hi
Colorado is uimuhifjiavnn to these most fa
miliar with tno vast imdovcloped gold re
sources of the state. A't ' the present rate of
growth , within thrtu years the annual out
put of our irold mines will oxueed the best
record of the silvoi' ' mluos during the bo
nanza period , and H' shoulii bo romom tiered ,
too , that gold luinins : is-u - much more endur
ing Industry than sllvgr mining , The silver
output of Colorado' for the present year will
bo much larger than most people imagine ,
nnd wo have no doubt that next year the
npgrcgato output of'tfnld and silver will QJ-
ceoil tliiit of 1BUJ , vihicn beat all previous
records. ' '
VKOl'l.K . . .VIHAMS. .
The ilnw.ili.in situation Is mainly n w.int
of ono.
Pott.iwnttnmln county , Iowa , contribute *
n bride and groom to tlio matrlnioul.il world
aged respectively IU nnd GO.
Mrs. tiimulmln Kites of Uoeklan'l ' , MJ. , U
Wyears old and isint nblo to tnlco n tr.tnip
of snvcrnl miles n dny and llko it.
Chicago did some clean and ulovor pluck *
Ing a few months ago. 'the tables are now ,
turned , but the change h n.it relUhoil.
Clans Sprcckol * proposes to make n dnsh
In the social alTnirs of'b'rlseo. Ills advent
in the svrtrn Is expected to swcotun lifo un
Neb Hill.
If tlio snirlt of 'TO wai Invoked In Honolulu
lulu , it only proves the YnnKcc squatters pos
sess r.tro Rood taste In the interior ilecor.i-
tlvo lino.
nr.ikebcain tourists ilnd It dlfllcult to de
cide botwccn Chicago nnd Kansas. They
would bo happy with either were t'othor
dear charmer nw.iy.
There i s an unnecessary ninouut of agita
tion about the Hawaiian business. Trouble
them is not u now thins. The country Is al
ways raising onne.
Interest in the coming Uorhott-MltchoU
scrap is at n low ebb. Flsttmm falls to real
ize thM it li outclnssod. The country has
had n turn at foot ball.
Ooubtlesn some of tlio guarantee bond com
panies could ho induced to furnish tliu gunr-
nntcenskcd hy t.llti in return for the jinvl-
logo of plucking the natives. The promoters
nro short on snaps nnd guarantees cost
nothing.
T. Calamity Ptatt of Mo-Too Is convinced
that Providence nnd Cleveland administra
tions anullviilcd by speechless antng-miisnis.
Slnco his involuntary rotlromunt from pall-
tics the MoI'oo statesman has shown mar
velous aptitude in discerning the handwrit
ing on the \vntl.
Sidilhu and .llnda Kain , two Hindoos , have
arrived in St. l ems to begin tbu work of con
verting the city to the twii'ts of the Arya
botnii ] , Last Sunday Hinln tj. Nnb.ikon"
sounded the Mussulman call to prayer in
Union Square , New York. It might be a
peed Idea to send n few Christian mission
aries to these benighted cities.
Twenty-two yeara ago there were ! i22
bearers of titles In the French Chamber of
Deputies , where now thuro are but sixty-
live. Only three marquises nro loft out of
thirty , while the counts have declined from
llfty-two to llfteen. At this rapid rate of
disappoarnnco onlv n few decades more will
sec almost the entire extinction of titles in
the republic.
Frederick Uuckort , the famous Oornian
painter of nnlmiils , committed suieldo by
drowning himself in the river Spree , near
IJerlln , n few dnys ago. Ho Inhcritud a for
tune from bis father , n wealthy Hamburg
merchant , but spent it In aiding unfortunate
colleagues , paying for the education of n.uny
of them , nnd In purchasing the work of poor
artists. A second fortune , received after
the death of bis brother , went the same
way. Ruchert was (52 ( years old. Ho had
traveled over the entire Orient.
Eugene Kelly , ono of Now York's , wealthi
est Irish Catholics , nnd by bis benefactions
the leading Cuthollu laymen in that city , is
to retire from the banking IIOIHO of Kugeno
Kelly & Co. Ho cnmo from humble parent
age in County Tyrone and Is 80 years old. He
was tu California during the gold times and
opened n banking bouse with .Joseph A. Don-
ohoc , a partnership still existing. He 1ms
been n great friend of tlio Irish homo rnlo
movement. In appreciation of what ho has
done for the church the pope last year np-
pointed him n "Camciiero dl Cap pa o
Spnda , " or Chamberlain of the Cupo nnd
Sword , on honorary olllco In the household
of iho holy father. Only two other Ameri
cans have been honored by the pope with
this oftlco. Mr. Kelly was reluctantly com
pelled to forego this distinction , ns it re
quired a personal visit to Home , which bis
advanced ago and enfeebled health we-
eluded.
HHltlt.lSK.1 AXI > XKUK.lSK.l.\a. .
A commercial club bus boon organized at
Plattsniouth.
Grand Island clerks will give a charity
ball January U.
Revival meetings are stirring up the sin
ners at Fairbury.
Pioruo business mon proposa to build an
opera house in the spring.
A ledge of Knights ot Maccabees has been
organized at Dodge with eighteen charter
members.
McPherson county farmers haul their
grain 100 miles to Gothenburg to have their
milling done.
Evangelist , Hidnour is conducting revival
services in the Christian church at York ,
aud much interest is manifested.
A West Point man who lias invented a
combination foot rule has applied for a
patent and hopes to make a fortune.
A headend collision on the Burlington at
Steinauor resulted In two wrecked cntrincs ,
and Conductor Corey had his arm broken.
Thieves relieved L. S. Deots , chairman of
the Buffalo County Honiii of Supervisors , of
four sots of harness , ten horse collars and
eight bridles.
The closing of the Banic of Hay Springs
was the result of an order from the state
examiner. The causes leading to the order
are unknown.
A young son of Conrad Yost , n Clay
county farmer , will go through lifo with ono
hand'lingerless. Ho fed the missing mem
bers into n cornshoilcr.
Because John \Vllliam Seller of Grand
Island "hurlod cups , saucers nnd other vile
epithets" ut his wife the much abused
woman has hcen granted u ulvorco aim tno
custody of her children.
James H. Barber of Elgin was fatally In
jured by a runaway team. Ho was crossing
tlio road with some lumber when the horses
struck him and .Knocked him under the
wagon wheels , inflicting Injuries from
which ho cannot recover ,
MonnrcliM of tlio Missouri.
Kansaii City Mttr.
The supreme court of the United States
has recently decided that , Inasmuch ns n
man owning an island in the Missouri river
undoubtedly loso'j it in case of its washing
away , so ho Is entitled to nil Its accretions.
The river gives und the river takes away ;
so says the supreme court. This decision
will greatly gratify the 'slanders of the Mis
souri , inasmuch as it guarantees thoui a
title to all the islands they hold and also to
nil they can catch.
Lot Tlitiin Try It On ,
JHIII Fnincl ci > Chronicle ,
The democrats nro showing1 a disposition
to put the Wilson bill through under wall
nnd spur. They may succeed in tholr efforts
but if they do it will only bo another case o !
"sinning In haste nnd repenting ut leisure. "
It Is Acllvoly llnrriinrliiK , ThoiiBli.
/tinimi * Cltll Jnurnal.
Whatever may bo said of the present ad
ministration , farmers will hardly accuse It
of running to seed.
.1 AO.W ; UF Horn.
Frank 1 * . Stai\l \ u In Atlanlti ConrtltiHton ,
If earthly Ills wore fowur.
Wo couldn't tlion complain ;
Anil If tlio sklos wuri ) Iduur ,
I'uihaps wu'il huvu no ruin ,
It tnttiMii IIUlo sorrow
To luncl our Units arU'ht ;
Tim. sun that gllil * tliu morrow
J.s xwuutor for Iho night.
Wlii'n winter winds are l
Thu HIIOW tiL'Hlnst 'thu punt' ' ,
Homnvrhrru iho birds uru Hinging
Thoy'll bina for us ugulu.
Toll not thy mournful story
Slim not thy * oloiiin SOUK' .
Whllo In Ooiru Bra co und lory
Thu ulud world rolls tilon : ? .
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
Baking
Powder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
ASSAULT ON MAJOR ClARIiSIS
Djiiiosratio Djsiro for tlio Postoffica Plum
Loath to a Peculiar Situation.
CUSTOMS SURVEYORS ASKED TO RESIGN
Altxnmlrr of Omnlit nu < l McArllmr nf I , In-
coin llriur | lril to ( let Out unit I. el
.11 in .McSlmtin nnd nn Un.
Patriot Out In.
WASIIINTITON timip.u'nr TUB HER , )
Mil KoritTKKsrii STMKKT , V
. Dins. U. 1
Senator Mamlnraoii nalil to Tun HII : : cor
respondent today that ho had boon advised
thalstoiH were to ba taken to remove I'ost.
master1 CUrloon at Omaha upon elwrnos to
the uffivt that ho hail hold ImcK mall lit
the interest of the republican party. Thu
senator said that such a inovo would moot
with his earnest protest. Major Clarkson's
jiredeoe.ssor was permitted to servo over the
four yeaia of his commission , Konntor
-Mandurson said , and tncro would bo no In-
Justlco of the sort proposed upon Major
Clarlison permitted If It was possible to
prevent U. "Tho effort to remove Clark-
son , " said the senator , "will meet with de-
termini" ! opposition not only from nir > , but
others who bclicvo in direct dealing ami
fair play. "
It is the Intention of thr > democratic
botses to install Uhark's t'onoyi-r in the
Omaha postomco at an early day , if Clark-
son can ho ousted.
.t'Otcil for Thuir OMIcc * .
Secretary Carlisle today railed for the
rcslRimtlon ofV. . H. Alexander , surveyor of
customs at Omaha , nnd H. C. McArthur ,
surveyor of customs at Mneoln. It is de
cided that .lames Methane shall bo inducted
nto the Omaha surveyorshlp bv the emlof
tills year. H was stated at the Troasurv
lopartmont today that Con ( Jnllaclu-rj was
lot in tlio r.ico nnd that Secretary Carlisle
lad said that Mc.Shano would bo pivisn the
) lace in a few days. Tobias Castor was at
.ho 1 rensury uoiiartincnt this nmriiliiK and
t is presunipu that the doinmul fm- tim
csijpmtum of these two republican customs
ofllcors h XobrnsUu was made at Ills In
stance. Who is to oo appointed customs oftl-
oor at Lincoln Mr. Castor refuses to say.
Will Dnluitt Their Own Mi-itsuro.
It looks as though tlio larltT bill may bo
defeated in the homo hy a refusal on the
> art of a largo number of democrats to sup
port the measure ns n whole. There is a
great revolt URainst it. The petition v hich
was drawn by Uoprosontativo HMIMTV of
Hartford , Conn. , with n vlow to bin'dlnc
democratic niombors'to vote against the bill
upon its final psissago has already been
slL'ticd l > y over thirty democrats , and it is
I'olleved that before the bill is placed upon
its passage Hfty diMiiocratic mumbors will
liave pledged themselves to vote against it.
It will require only lorty odd ad verso demo
cratic votes to defeat thu nioasuro , as
ill republicans will vote against it.
The rscw Jersey democrats , led bv
Mr. Cadmus , are up in arms a ains'i
the measure and nro said to bo as ouo man
in opposition to it. There are several New
York and I'onns.vlvaiiia democrats who de
clare thnt tho.v will vote iiL'tiinstthn bill if
it is not amended materially , and iho p.irtv
is pledged against the amendments which
are to bo proposed. Those have not yet
signed tlio petition. It is Mated that Mr.
Stevens of Massachusetts , n democratic
member of the ways and means committee ,
has assured his associates that while it.
would not look well for him to sign the
ptcdgo against the bill ho intends to offer n
number of amendments to it when it comes
before the houso.and If thov arc not adopted
to vote against the bill on its linnl passage.
Mr. Stevens' opposition will ho pownrful.
It is not likely that the bill will bo re
ported to the house before .ianuaryaltbousb
promised early next week. The idea in
holding it hack is to strengthen it with dem
ocrats by making amendments.
To Itollovo n Hey .Snltllor.
Senator M.uulcrson today reported with
favorable recommendation from tliu senate
committee on military affairs the bill of
Senator 1'ottigrow to correct the mill Ury
record of John \V. Taylor of Omaha. It an-
pours that Taylor was lute musician of com
pany A , First Wisconsin heavy artilletv ,
und on tho. llth of June , 1801 , entered the
military service of the United States and
continued to servo to the close of the war.
receiving an honorable discharge. Owing to
bis extreme youth at the time of cntcrilig
service , being but twelve years old , h < 5 was
not mustered into the service until October
2'J , ISO. ) , although ho was onhste.l and did
duty as u drummer from Juno 11 , 1801 , to
that time.
Senator Mandcrsou also reported with
favorable recommendation Irom the sumo
committed the bill for iho relief of the citi
zens of Oregon , Idaho and Washington who
served with the United States troops in the
war against the Xc1'crcos and Bannock
and Shoshone Indians , and for the relief of
the holrs of tnoso killed in such service , and
Senator Ilansbrougn's bill , authori/.ing iho
restoration of the name of Thomas II. Car-
neuter , lute captain of the Seventeenth
United States infantry , to Ibo rolh of the
army nnd providing that ho bo placed on the
list of retired ofllcor.s.
roHtiiKimiu-H Appointed.
Nebraska Ashton , Sherman county , A.
N. f'oiiklin , vice K G. Tuylor , resigned ;
F.rlcson. W heeler county , Peter DahlUcti ,
vlco I'oter Kncson. removed ; ( iarflcld , Ijiu
coin county , WllltSm I' , Campbell , vlco V
M. Sp.ienl , reMened ; l-nnluvm , ( ! IIRO connt\ ,
W. F. Ho.s/oll , vlco William Kb.v , resigned ,
I i Platte , Sarpy county , U H. Uobcrtson ,
vlco Mjra U. liognbuoui , roslRnrd.
Jowa Oonesvlllo. Muscatlno county , U , H
Wolfonl , vice Mary A. Urocltvrny , removed ,
tJrand Mound , ninton county , R O. Kelly ,
vlco U I ) . IlarrliiKton , icslKned ; lx ) < UNn >
lion , Clinton county. Henry Dahllni ; , vice
U. W. Contstock , rcinovcd ; Ixiw Moor , Clln >
ton county , A. S. Vnximl , vlco 1 ! , 11. Mlllnnt ,
removed ; Oxford. Johnson county , Frank
MeD.niouRh , vlco W. U , Pool , removed ;
Keasner , .lasper county , W , P. C-ildwoll ,
vico.l. F. Wheeler , removed.
Idaho Klk City , Idaho county. N W.
Poltlltone. vlrp H. II. Stuart , resigned
ITtnh Siilliiii , Sevler county , P. II Ciud- ;
land , vico.l. F. llnrmml , removed.
liiUlni ; ow NtiirA.
U Is believed that the sennta will promptly
pass the bill adopted by the house lulnilHiiiR
Plnh Into the union of states , In spltoof the
opposition from the gold standard men anil
Iho friends of President Cleveland , who
opltosed it on the ground lliat I'lah'.s admis
sion mentis two mow free silver senators. It
Is bollovcd that Ariromi will shortly coma
Into the union , nnd possibly Oklahoma , but
the ehiineesitf the latter are very slim
I'ultlle Ilimit Ir * In Nrlirnnkn.
From the Iturenii of I'Muontlon there lias
Just been issued a circular Riving informa
tion of u Htatistical character upon the
public libraries of the country , from which
Iho following , limlcnlitiK the number ot
public libraries In Nebraska , Is taken , thu
IlK'jro.s In p.ircntheses showlns iho nunibor
of public IllirnrlUM In cities lutviuir moro than
ono nnd the llcurcs following indicatlm ; thu
number of Ixuttid volumes : Omnha (0) ( ) ,
: dUVi : ; Ueatrlee cJtor ) : > 0 ; llrownsvtllo. I.O.MJ ;
1'olumhus , ISOtl ; I'rotn rJi , T.HW ; Franklin ,
J.'th ) ; liraiul Island , a.rv.'l : Hustings. ' MX)0 ) ;
Iliimboldt. 'J.'iM : Kearney , I.IKXI ; l.tincastor ,
-.litVt ' ; Mncoln irn. is.owi ; Xcbi-aska City ,
1.41MI : NoliKh , 0.tHHi'Nobevtllo. : WIHI. .North
Plutto , IHO ; Porn , iV > lli ; Poiic.t..ODD Uo-
publican City , J.OOd ; University Place. 1.000.
Council Ululfs has two libraries , a roK.it-
liu iitit ; * > S volumes.
riiiHiimti MiMitiim.
K.\-(1overnor ( Hoyd nnd Con ( > ulla < ; hcr
lunched with Senator Mauder.son at the senate -
ate restaurant today. There were pres
ent also UeprosontHtlvos Meiver and
Moiklelohii.
Tlio comptruller of currency today , upon
the recomniendation nf Tobias Castor , up-
pointed Kdgar \\estcrveltof Lincoln re
ceiver of tb'o broken Cillrons National bank
ot ( iruml Isluml.
Dr. .1. P. NoclyofCantorvlllc , It. C McCoy
of Algonn and T. A. O'Hnen of Kminols-
burir , lu. , have been npnolnted members of
the pension e\untming board at their re
spective cities.
Miss Morton , sister of the secretary of
agriculture , was at home during tins after
noon anil saw callers in the apartments
situated in the end of tliu building where
Fourteenth street and Vermont avenue con
verge in a 'nolnt , affording facilities for
plenty of sunshine and : i good vlow.
Mr. ami Mrs. Westel W. Willonghby will
spend the holidays in nubnqnc , la , tlio
former homo of Mrs. Willonghby.
PKIIIIY S. HU.VTU.
\\\in \ Turps lor Itxpmiic ?
Ilcennl.
A descriptive narrative of the World's fair
is to bo issued in edition do luxe atlUCO n
volume. When it is completed an expensive
edition should bo issued for people who do
not euro to litter their libraries with cheap
boo us.
TKIPl.Kt MSXICIt H'lril
Hoc-hosier Democrat : It. may "
Ihmnelally toproposu In u ulfl , built often
temporarily embarrasses him.
r.lndra ( la/ctti,1 : JIIRSOII says Hie oulv way
to eluvato the stage Is to lower the curtain.
I.otilsvlllo Otmrlor : There Is n tender con
nection between tlio railroad engineer and hU
. , ' Pool , h-ill .
New Orlo.inI'lrayumt : playor.s
are everywhere wnlenim'd lo hearty eomrndo-
MI | | | > anil hif.pllal homes.
( iiilveslon News : A plillo > ophor Is a man
who does not try to iir uo with others until hu
knows he can down Ilium.
Huston Courier : A cow ( Hen In
( ) . , from outing too iiiiiny upnle- , which gave
rKo to some I rouble In elder. *
I'llt--hiirj : Chronicle : "Vou oem to be a very
H'-oful | ! , " * : tint door knou to Iho
elect rli1 lint ton.
"YVV replied the. latter , modestly ; "Im
right in thi push. "
I'lillailulphlii I.viteer : Thoglrlsof UaddllTo
college ( formerly Harvard's Ami.l have no
yell yet , hut if somebody should spring a
nioiisu An llioin the yell would Invent Itself.
Clilciigo Tribune : "I'or huuven'.s silo : ; , llo-
lliidit. " groitned Mr. Uiillnyte , openlne his
sleepy ey"do mop your lecturing ! 111. put
my tinners in my ears If you lion t. "I
' . " retorted bis wldo-
wouldn't if 1 we.ro yon ,
awuki ) spouse. "Vou'll got your lingers caught ,
In the cogs. "
ChU-ngo Record : "Suuins to mo young
Sliorcher grows an Inch taller every /lay. /
"Hit's merely atralnlitiinlng up. lie IIMHII t Inul
acliaiico to rklo Ids blcyclu slnco Ibo snow
fell.
HKASONAIM.K.
CliTdiiii'l I'ltiln Dealer
Ih Hiitldy Clauds would odly hrlRtl
.IniKt whad yon inldosjlocl.
Ail Klho yon chohlco oboveiythldg
WJinil would my sweed o specie
Ib I coulil odly huh my clmldco
Oh , ( Jonrge , my lubber trim-
I'd lior-ehuw-uiil my heart rojolco
Ad try to ab-ah-Kotch yoii-n-n !
ThoIariroHliiiakurttniiilmlleraof
line clutlios on iirlh ; :
Twlcu your inoiioy'.s worth or your imiimy buck ,
What she heard
Sec top of page 5
r :
It'll tell you about the biggest sale you ever
heard of. Comes off Saturday , Suits and overcoats
half price no guesswork.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
the Will mouoy tnyth9oxpre3 for M worth lf you or moro send | I " C W " Cor . 15th and DoUI'lilS i/uuoiU3 StS ,
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