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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 17, 1894)
TME OMAHA DAILYBEE. UritO.SLJ\V ATKtt , Kdltor. PtWUHHEr > BV'KUV MOUNINO. TKHMS OK PnllyrrMwItlmut Smut jyl Olio Year . * ,2 RS DnilvniKlsuiHl.'iy , OiicYcnr . " ' " " PIxMoiillm. . . . 5 V | { Tlin-o Montlm . . . ; i , Hiimlny IIPP. Dim Vnr. . . . f IJ , Pnmnlny ! : < < . ( Jiio Vrar . . . . J ! v \\c hly lii-c. onu Yc-ar . uo OKi'IUKS.1 rimm-ll rilnlTfi. 1'Jlvnrlnln1" ! . . .117 OlinmiHTm rotmnorrr. f iiimruonicc " Krw Vorli room" 1.1. I4nn.l . Kl.TrlbunelnilMIn * Waflillietoii.MiKourti'rnlliiitri'Ol. : All eomim-nlrnllnim rotnllnir 10 lorlul mailer nliuutil bo nrtrtrnwiwli IIHHINKSS fcBTTKtia. AH IjisRliiPKB Irtlcnt anil romllt.ineoft 1imiM bo SWOHN STATKMKNT OK CIRCULATION. Statoof Nnbrinhn. I C'omity of Douglas , I O.'orco II. Tw.clniclt.ficrrt-l.iry of Tur Hr.nl 'iili- llsliliiir pninp-iny , IOPH ! wilptmily w ir Iliat ii o ' - iirtti.-itVlroul'illoii of TUB IUII.Y IIKB for tlio week emlliiir January III. IbOI. wno as Jolluwtt : Bunil.iy. January 7 . S.5'92" MoiKl.iv. January H . S-TiSS Tiiewlay January I * . .irKti WciliifHilar , January 10 TlmrMlav. January 11 Vrlrtay January 12 Batunlny. January 1U . j , - _ . Sworn lo bofr.ru mo ami wihwrlbwl In 'frl ' Uiruiilatlmi for Ilpcnmlior , ! ja,33ri. M ) UUSINESS" was a winner from tbo word start. Si'KCUr.ATiON upon the president's prospective appointee to the supreme court vacancy is again In order. Sl'RAKBK Ciusi * Is controlling the proceedings of the lower house of the present congress and ho is taking great pains to apprise Congressman Boutcllo of the fact. WHAT an irresistible impulse it must bo that prompts worklnpmon to vote for a party pledged to tarilT reduction and then to repudiate their action in peti tions to congress. KMPOUIA , Kan. , has fixed a 8500 license for the sale of cigarettes , with a heavy penalty for violation. The en forcement of such an ordinance is an other question , but it is right. THE ralTroad managers seem to ho having some dilllculty in deciding upon the nature of the report they wish the secretaries of the State Board of Trans portation to make on the transfer switch law. MKMIIEKS of the Danish royal family have the grip. The grip spares neither high nor low , rich nor poor ; it knows no color line , has preferences for no na tion. Its chief function appears to bo to make man miserable and to enrich the physicians. OMAHA must have rates on cattle ihipmonts from Texas and southwest points that will enable our stock market to compote with that of Kansas City. Lot shippers in all lines of businees pool Issues on this-poiut and force the rail roads to terms. THE news that Nebraska has been given but 110 appointments in the vari ous departments at Washington when she is really entitled to 252 is positively distressing. Only 110 olllces , after the heroic light made against the free silver heresy in the state convention last fall ? This is rank ingratitude. Tim latest suit u'gainst Bank Wrecker Moshor is instituted by the state to ro- oovor $3,527.90 , , which was converted to his use from the funds appropriated to relieve the drouth sufTorora three years ago. Moshor probably thought that ho was as much in need ot state aid as the farmers whoso crops wore ruined by the drouth. AccouniNCi to the statement of gas consumption fllod by the local gas com pany with the city clerk , it will require an expansion of sales to the extent of 00,000,000 , cubic feet in order to secure the first reduction in price as stipulated in the now schedule of rates. Omaha ought to attain this in a very few years. Cheaper gas means larger consumption mill larger consumption will bring still cheaper gas. THE members of the building trades in eastern cities have resolved upon in dependent political action upon all ques tions alTectlng their interests. There Is a considerable ditToronco between in dependent political action and Inde pendent political party. Many evils complained of may bo remedied by inde pendent action along old party lines , while the same evils would go unoor- reoted by the formation of- now parties. A KKSOLimON has boon passed by the Board of Education instructing the ( uporintondont of buildings to employ no nioro men except under the direction of the board or its committee. If we. mistake not similar resolutions and rules have been adopted by the board before without perceptible results. Will not the superintendent take his roceiu whitewashing as special author ization to override any resolution of tha board ? ' NKIWASKA has at length arrived at that point in her commercial and in dustrial development whore she is vitally interested in the tariff question. The people of this state do not noons- Barily demand a high protective duty , but they do ask that industries that have obtained a foothold shall not bo wiped out. Under these circumstanced It is to bo regretted that the tftnto ia represented in congress by but three inun who stand for home interests. TIIKKB are several laws on Nebraska's ulntuto books whiuh have ootnu to stay , nnd stay they will despite the efforts of parties and olllulals to evade thorn. The depository laws belong to this class. So does the maximum freight law , either in its present of mod Hied form. And the law creating the State Board of Transportation will cither remain and be carried out in the spirit in which It was passed or bo wiped out by the legis lature. The board cannot bo manipu lated In the interests of the railroads much lougur. A NTAllTMMl SFATKMRXT. Secretary Carlisle has given congress nnd the country a plain , lucid statement of the present condition of the treasury and what may reasonably bo expected In the near future. This shows that dur ing six months and twelve days of the current Ilscal year the excess of expendi tures over receipts was more than $43- 000,000 , and the secretary says that if the same average monthly deficiencies should continue the total dcilcit at the end of the fiscal year , Juno 30 , will ex ceed $78,000,000. There Is not the slightest reason to doubt that they will continue. Two of the very beat months In the year , under nor mal conditions , for customs revenue , are December and January. But the revenue of last December foil below that of the preceding month and the record for January is certain to bo still urorao. There is no reason to expect any im provement In the succeeding months , but rather the contrary , so that there is almost abjoluto assurance that the average - ago differences between expenditures and receipts during the last six months of the fiscal year will bo greater than during the tlrst six , rendering certain an equal or greater deficit at the close of the year than the secretary of the treasury now estimates , It is to bo borne in mind that the government IB not only losing revenue from reduced importations , but also from internal taxes. The business depression and the curtailment of Industrial production out oIT a largo amount of internal revenue , and there is no prospect of early im provement in this direction. Meanwhile the gold reserve Is down to $7-1,000,000 , , and there is no other fund in the treasury from which to moot the ordinary obligations of the govern ment. If this fund shall continue to bo drawn upon Secretary Carlisle says it will bo reduced by February 1 to $00,000,000. , How much lower will it have to go before there Is loss of confidence in the ability of the government to maintain the parity of the various forms of currency and gold will command a premium ? And if that should occur , how long would it take the country to recover from the hitoiislliod depression and dis trust that would ensue ? Secretary Carlisle has pointed out in a straightforward way the urgent necessity for relief. Ho is manifestly most anxious to maintain the solvency of the treasury and the credit of the gov ernment. The way to a prompt and complete solution of the problem is obvious. The trouble is that congress is dominated by cheap politicians and self-seeking demagogues instead of by wise and patriotic statesmanship. JUMfilAO lULSE WIYA'KSS. "Thou shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor. " This command ment , handed down as part of the deca logue , forms a cardinal portion of the creed professed by Jew uud Gentile , Mo hammedan and Mormon. If it bo sinful and immoral for any man to bear false witness against his neighbor , how much more is it sinful and wicked for any man to bear false witness against.all his neigh bors , and how much more wicked is it when thesu neighbors constitute a com munity of 125,000 , people ? A sensational preacher who delivered a sermon on the social evil has declared from the pulpit that Omaha harbored in her midst 3,000 women who make a liv ing from criminal sexual intercourse. The only authority given by the preacher for this monstrous libel was the story retailed by an old woman. Now , what right has a minister to use his sacred calling for giving currency to such a charge that reflects so grossly upon , the womanhood of this city without taking pains to inform himself. Why should a preacher accept as a fact a charge that so seriously affects the repu tation of a community without exorcis ing his own reasoning powers and weighing the probabilities or possibili ties. The whole number of adult women under fifty years of ago in Omaha is only about 22,000 , and deducting from those the heads of families there are loss than 10,000. And yet this reokloss pulpit slanderer gives currency to the palpable falsehood that nearly one-third of these women are living a life of shame. Any man with a thimbleful of brains would know that that could not bo true. The unbridled tongue of old women gosslpors is very often responsible for heartburnings and blasted reputations of neighbors and neighborhoods , but the unbridled tongue of a reckless preacher can blacken the reputation of a whole community. What an old gossip would talk on the streets goes no farther than the circle of her immediate ) acquaintance. But when a minister makes assertions from the pulpit they carry with them the impress of sincerity and veracity which attaches to the teacher of religion and morals. Pulpit utterances are usually given wide publicity through the press and for that very reason the pulpit orator should refrain from bearing falsa witness botli against individuals and communities. Dons IN run MAKQBR. The gathering at Motz's hall which pretended to speak for the citizens of the First , Second nnd Seventh wards passed a sot of resolutions demanding that the Union Pnqitlo shall bo required to finish the depot on its present site , and it furthermore resolved that the so- called Connell settlement which the courts enjoined lust' year shall bo reenacted - enacted by the council. Now it may as well bo understood first as last that the Union Pacific railroad company cannot finish the depot build ing on Mason street so long as the com pany shall remain in the hands of a receiver , oven if the managers had the money on hand to complete the building and wore disposed to finish it. As a matter of fact President Clark would not llnish the depot on the present site if the road was In condition to spend the money , because , in his judgment , the structure would have to bo pulled down again in a very few years and at best would bo inconvenient of access to the public and inconvenient for the transfer of cars. It would moreover bo Inacces sible to roads coming down from the north andnorthwest. . In the next place the settlement would not bo ratified it submitted , unless the city would got n real union depot ac cessible to all railroads. Stuht , Kynor , Redman and all their associates could scarcely bo Induced to raise $8,000 for the expense of a spool.il election , oven if it win certain that the vote would bo unanimous. The protest of the Motz hall meeting therefore resolves Itself into this : "Wo , Kynor , Stuht & Co. , are opposed to the Metropolitan Union depot , oven though wo know that the Union Pacific cannot raise the money to llnish the Mason street depot and no other road will undertake to build on Union Pacific grounds until the government raises the mortgage and the city quit claims the Union Pacific. " Such a dog-In-tho-mangor policy Is not likely to moot with popular favor. In cidentally , wo may as well say that all the gabble about what the city is to do or not to do is premature until the ordi nance has boon revised and submitted In proper form. OKAlt l-'OIl SKXATOn. When the term of United States Senator James F. Wilson of Iowa ex pires on March 3 , 1895 , ho will bo suc ceeded by Hon. John Henry Gear , now representing the First district of that state in the house of representatives. The republicans of Iowa are to bo con gratulated upon the election ol Mr. Gear to the senate. Without desiring to in the least degree disparage any of the gentlemen who aspired to a scat in the senate wo do not think there can bo a question that the choice made was the wisest and best , from tlio point of view both of the interests of the state and of the republican party. Mr. Gear lias had a long and useful career in public lifo. No citizen of Iowa is more familiar with the affairs of the state and the condition , interests and aspirations of its people. Governor for two term * ho showed a high order of executive ability. As a member of con gress Mr. Gear has made a most creditable - able record and ho will enter tno senate fully equipped for tlio duties that will devolve upon him , and with a reputa tion as a legislator that will command respect in that body and maintain for his state the high position that it'now occupies there. In Ills brief and modest speech after his election Mr. Gear stated that ho had always boon a republican , that ho believes - liovos in an honest ballot , and that ho stands for protection to American labor. Those who know his record will have no doubt of the sincerity of these assur ances , or that ho will bo found faithful to them in all circumstances. Another thing to bo said in behalf of Mr. Gear is that ho does not wear the collar of , any corporation and may bo depended upon not to sacrifice or destroy the in terests of the people at the behest of corporate power. It is a matter of no small importance to have in the national sonata a man who , owing no part of his political success to the favor or influence of corporations , is wholly free to shape Ins course according to his best' judgment of right -and duty. The people of Iowa have reason to bo proud of the position of their state in the senate , andit will not suffer any de terioration by the elevation of Hon. John H. Gear to that body. THE liEJKCTlOyOF IIORKBLOWBR. The refusal of the senate , after long deliberation - liberation , to confirm the nomination to the supreme bench of William H. Horn- blower of Now York possesses a sig nificance far more important than any effect it can have upon the personal in terests of the rejected candidate for a seat in the highest judicial tribunal of the nation. It has boon understood that the question was raised as to the profes sional fitness of Mr. Hornblowor for the exalted position of associate justice of the supreme court , ho being compara tively a young man and never having hold a judicial position , but it was not this that compassed his rejection. Nor will the fact that such a question was raised probably result in any detriment to his personal interests. Ho will undoubtedly continue to enjoy an extensive practice , for his position as a lawyer of high rank is too ( irmly es tablished to bo disturbed by the adverse decision of the senate. Mr. Hornblowcr has bcon refused the highest honor that can bo bestowed upon a member of the legal profession in this country , but his standing as a lawyer has not been in the least degree impaired. The great significances of the senate's action in this case is in its political bearing. It demonstrates that there is in the senate a formidable democratic opposition to the president , and that Senator Hill , the implacable foe of Mr. Cleveland , was able to command it. The nomina tion of Mr. Hornblowor was sent to the senate last Soutombor and over since Senator Hill has been working to defeat it. Hornblowor was one of a largo num ber of the ablest lawyers in Now York who condemned the election frauds per petrated by Judge Muynard , the tool of the Hill machine , by which the state senate was stolen from the republicans. This condemnation the people of Now York approved last November by over whelmingly defeating Maynard as a can didate for the court of appeals. Inas much as Hill's hostility to Hornblowor was based chiefly , if not wholly , upon the luttor's course In this matter , and that course had received a great pop ular endorsement , the success of Hill in his fight against Hornblowor is the strongest possible evidence that there is In the senate a formidable body of democrats hostile to the administration. Indications of this had not boon lacking before. There had boon mi morons expressions of dissatisfaction with what was regarded as tlio dictatorial course of the president and a spirit of resent ment had been manifested by many democrats. The Hornblowor nomina tion supplied the opportunity for u test of this fooling and the result removes all doubt as to how the administration Is regarded by a number ot democratic senators sufiloient'iy largo to give it a great deal of trouble. Nor does the significance of Mr. Horn- blower's rejection end hero. It moans a continuance , with intensified bitter ness , of the conflict between the democratic factions In Now York. The triumph of Hill In the son- ate will Inspirit hla followers In the state , while- these democrats whoaro al ready organized for the overthrow of the maahlno and the Institution of lion- ester and docontor methods in demo cratic politics will fool the necessity of greater zeal In their efforts. The de feat of Maynard'was a disastrous blow to the Hill faotlbn ( but not absolutely destructive. The victory of Hill In the sonata will go far toward realigning his shattered forces' and reviving their hopes , while It 'restores to him a metis- uro of the prcstlgo ho lost in the last popular contest. ' The aspect which this latest development gives to the demo cratic situation is pregnant with inter est for the political observer , and It is one which republicans may regard with entire complacency. Tin : annual election of officers of that close corporation known to fame as the State Board of Agriculture has whipped around again. W6 do not apprehend that the event will in any way disturb the peaceful tranqullity of Lincoln or bo marked by any effort at a reorganization which will bring about an infusion of now blood into the board or the intro duction of up-to-date Ideas respecting the management of state fairs. The day of the pumpkin show and cheap horse race has outlived its usefulness. These necessary adjuncts , to bo sure , must bo included in the program , but the tlmo has como for sorao little originality in state exhibitions. The railroads , which are chiefly interested In the Nebraska state fair , should assist the board in pre senting attractions that will for once , at least , repay a visit to the fair grounds. JTJDGB BAXTKU by his decision yesterday - day practically put an end to the contest - test proceedings instituted by Charles A. Tracy against County Clerk Sackott's ' title to office. The judge hold that in order to properly roach the point of un sealing the ballot boxes and examining the ballots cast the contestant must pre sent testimony to provo fraud or gross irregularities in the election. Tracy made no such showing and it is ex tremely doubtful if he can. The sound ness of the judge's position will not bo questioned. EVEN if the republicans in congress have no opportunity to defeat the Wil son tarilT bill on its passage through the house , they ought to have a chance to olTor amendments calculated to deprive It of its more obnoxious features. The democrats might at least allow them the courtesy of seeing tholr proposed amendments rejected. NEWS of the influx' of Iowa congress men into Washington , now that sena torial booms ate no Iqngor to bo nursed , may bo expected hourly. Tholr renewed presence at the capital mayi bo rolled upon to insure the continued safety of the republic. FaUo 1'rctuiipc. Denver Keu-s. Just ns might bo expected. The dem ocratic papers arc beginning to present the claims of the Cleveland party as being a bolter friend to silver tliim the republican party. Well , supposing , it was once a frlond to silver , la it not responsible for Cleveland ? Itwon'.tdo , Tlio Cruolrat Cut. tit All. Kansas City Star. It may bo stated with n fair decree of au thenticity that Mrs. M. E. Lenso Is out of oltlco. uud that Governor Lowelllng has "scored" on the homo stretch , Stnto Audi tor Pr.ithor has refused to honor the vouch ers which Mrs. Lease presented for the last installment of her salary , and nobody in Kansas , not oven a woman with a grudge , over holds on to an oftlcn after tlio appro priations fail. Taxing .Noci'iMltien. IWlailtlpHta Prtss. Sugar Is a necessity of life , tin Indispen sable food. The abolition of the duty on it has boon followed by the cheapest sugar over known. Yet Chairman Wilson , In his article in the North American Ilovlow , de clares the duty on sugar , "in n just and proper scnso , a revenue tax. " Low wages und dear food Is the principle on which the democratic chairman of the ways and means seems to bo acting. A Iloform IMflu. dole Democrat. The Wilson bill Is an easy mark for the republicans , yet the way for thorn to do is to strike out as many objectionable provisions from it ns they can and let it bo enacted early so that the uncertainty will end. The republicans will secure control of all branches of the government in the elections of 18'JO , and then t.ho president who is inau gurated on March 4 , 18'J" ' , can call an extra session of congress for tlio spring or summer of that your and have tlio law repealed. Tnrlir In I Ini .Senate. Denver ItcjiubUcan. There is some , reason to hope that the Wilson bill will be defeated in the senate. A change of three votes in that body will knock it out , und Senators Hill and Murphy of Now York may possibly break away from tholr party on that measure. If they do there is good reason to bollovo that ut least three of their democratic colleagues will follow thorn. If the bill should bo killed general prosperity would soon bo restored throughout the country , but li it becomes a law wo will have 'bad times during the re mainder of President Cleveland's adminis tration. _ _ Whaling Hilly WIUou'n Hill. -Veio York > 'KH. In the house Hon. William ICvorott of Massachusetts tnado n speech full of inter est and charm ; but wo are surprised to ( hid a democrat of hli coarago and imiuly direct ness roaay to vote for a Ho and n cheat like the Wilson tariff for n deficiency only. Wo must remind Mr. Evcrott of the remark made by Hnn. Achilles Poloidcs , and re corded by nu early 'frlond ' of Mr. Everett's : "I huto , oven ns'tno gates of Hudea , the man who speaks ono thing with his lips and hides another in hi&Ugart. " Even so should Mr. Everett huto humbug , false pretences , poppycock und deceit , Jn short , nil the In- g rou ion ta of I'rof. " ' Wilson's great green goods bill. ' ' No llope.fur Holler. Tlio fact that Alexander Doll's telephone receiver * patent expires at the end of this month should dcluOohd1 ono into the bollof that telephone service" will then bo within the roach of tlio unemployed. The moro mn- clilno Itself box , battdry , receiver , trans mitter us it was seventeen yours ago , can thun bo bought and 'sold , It Is true , and pri vate telephones wijl bo cheap enough to these who care for the , luxury. But tlio tel ephone UH wo have It now , with its "ex- chungo" comforts uhu discomforts , will ro- tnain In the hands of its present owners. They have It invested with a double armor of patents and hodpcd about with roocnt privileges of vital Importance that will prob ably servo to defeat rivalry. Moreover , they bavo the machinery , the money and the men. Ttiat is ono of the features of our patent laws that while they apparently fix a definite term of existence for a patent tlioy make the monopoly so complete during this term as to Insure its permanency even after the letters have nominally expired. A United States patent on an invention like the telephone is prac tically letters of marquo and reprisal. And wo may s&y that the lessees of the I3oll Telephone company in this city have not shown much Costro to go out of tbo priva- tceriug scrviuu , MORNING AND EVENING TWO Separate Editions of a Publication Oannot Bo fJountcd as Ono Fnpsr , THIS IS SETTLED BY THE SUPREME COURT Decision In tlio I'rcdcrlcn i'ltuciulmm tinso llrliiB * Knilnrmiiiiniit tci Tlio Iloo' Contention In tlio I.tiinor LI * canto Publication Mutter. LINCOLN , Jan. 10. ( Special Tolognvm to THE UEB. ] Thosupromo court late this after noon hundod down an opinion In tlio case entitled Edward Hosowater against Frederica - erica IMnzonslmm. The opinion wnn written by Chlof Justice Norval , nnd the decision of the lower court is uiUrmod. The syllabus Is ns follows : Nollcoof nn application fora llcunso to soil Into.xicnlliiK liquors mint be published at least two week * In a newspaper puhllihod In the enmity huvjng the larKoH circulation tlipri'ln , lifforo any notion rim bo taken on tlio uppllc.itlun. VY'lion llm nottco U Ititurtuil In a dally paper it must oe piibllshud dully for tlio statutory porl"d. Second Tlio ulllduvlt of tlio publisher of a newspaper accompanyIIIBand annu.\eil to such a notice , stating , after giving the nanio of the pupilr , "that such uiwspapor ; lias tnu largest circulation In Douglas county , and that printed notlfo hi-rotn attachml wns to his ImowIiMlgo published dully In tlio nald dally nuwHuiipor from the 10th day of Dcomucr , 1HU2 , to the 28th day of Dcconilier , IHU'J , " Is prlmu fiiclo evidence of the publication of tlio notlco and that thu same was Inserted In the proper newspaper. Tlio nllldavll may bo tm- peui'licd by uompotunl evidence. Third A license board has no authority to designate thu now8pipor : In which thu publica tion of such notices Hhull bo made. How tr > Dotorniino thn Ulrcultitlon. Fourth The statute relating to the publica tion of notices of application for liquor llcin cscoiitomplutci that thu newspaper In whluh such notices are to bo published must bo onu having banii IMo subscribers , Thu cir culation of thu paper Is not to bo determined alonu from thu number of subscribers In thu county , but from such subscription list nnd the bona Ilile average sales of the publication combined. Fifth \Vliothor or no sovorul editions of a dally paper are separata and distinct publica tions U a question of fact to be dcturinlncd from thu evidence by the license board. Sixth Wlicro the matter published In each of suvunil editions of u dally paper Is not.sub stantially the Mime , and each edition has n ( lllTereut heading or name and IH .sunt to a dif ferent sot of subserlbors , liquor notices should be Inserted In but onu edition thereof , and thu circulation of which nlunu will de termine whether thu notlcu was Inserted In the proper papor. Seventh A license board , on thn hearing of a remonstrance against granting a liquor license , has power to comuol thu attendance of witnesses , thu production of books and'papers , and to commit for contempt a witness If ho persists in refusing to answur questions , or If ho wilfully refuses to produce books and papers before the board. Upholds Tlio lieu lit Kvury Point. In 1893 Mr. Rosewater remonstrated against the Issuance of a license to Freder ick Plnzcnshum , on the ground of insuftluiont publication , the applicant having published his notice In the World-Herald , taking ono of Mr. Hitchcock's guarantees. After the ' testimony had bcon taken In the matter DC- fore the board , the attorney for the World- Herald made the point that the applicant was Freclerlca Plnzenshum , and on this showing the license board granted the li cense. An appeal was taken to the district court , the question being whether the morn ing and evening editions of a newspaper could bo counted as ono paper ; whether the board could compel the attendance of wit nesses , and if it could compel a witness to testify. Mr. Hitchcock had refused to tes tify in this case , and had refused to produce his books , holding that both issues of the World-Herald wcro to bo counted as ono paper. Judge Kcysor granted the applicant n license , holding that she- had acted in good faith , and that the bad faith estab lished by THE Ben had benn proven against Frederick Piuzonshum , and not Frcdcrica. Ho also hold that the morning and evening editions of a newspaper wore not to bo counted as ono paper , but two. In order to got a ruling on these points from the supreme premo court Mr. Uosowator appealed the case , and has bcoa fully upheld in his con tention , the highest court of the state hold ing that two papers cannes bo counted as ono ; that publication must DO made in the single edition having the largest circulation in the county ; that the license board can compel the attendance of witnesses , the pro duction of boons and papers , nnd the answer ing of questions under the pains nnd penal ties attaching to contempt of court. Wnstoril I'ntmits. WASUINOTOK , Jan. 10. [ Special Telegram to Tun Bnu. | Patents issued Nebraska inventors today : Anderson Niels , as signed of one-half to C. E , Biok- ford , Omaha , means ior adjusting clcc- tno lamps ; William H , Belts , ubslgnor to E. J. Stoughton , Lincoln , mop wrlnccr ; Frank Krupoycks , Mllllgan , wlro ruol ; Michael Lillis , Beatrice , udjustnblu railway track lifter ; James U. Wallingford and T. Forhun , Cortlund , corn ; harvester. Patents granted lows inventors : Alexan der F. Batchelor , Hawarden.L'orn harvester ; Charles G. Klenneck , Mount Yiirnon , car coupling ; Hlchurd N. Lawrence , Xcorlng , draft equalizer ; Emil Lofoburo , Jr. , Fairfax , ludoxnd book. Congratulations lor Tube. Kew Yorli Sun. The Hon. Tobias Castor of Nebraska has been vindicated , as wo knuw ho would bo. The reason why ho recommended a repub lican for the Emerald postmnstorshlp was that no democrat would take it. The por- tcrhouseof all prosperity to the Hon. Tobias Castor and ovary otsier good damocrut. I'lmt Kxmir lon to 'I'riitoo'n Kalr. CHICAGO , Jan. 10. The first excursion party to the Kun Francisco Mid winter fair reached Chicago today , The party was twenty- eight in number and all were from Cleve land , O. AXIt XlSll Cedar Bluffs people have raised $500 bonus to secure the building of nn oponi house. The kick of n horse last September has just resulted in the death of Mrs , Uosina Uommor of Norfolk , Evangelist tlooplngarncrof Lincoln Is con- _ dueling successful revival services ut St. Paul in the Mothodlst church. Charles Whlpps has taken charge of the Dodge Advertiser. Ho was formerly con- noutod with the Norfolk News. The days of retrenchment by the Orand Island Independent are ended and It has ro- aumod Its old-time soven-column form. A Grand Island man has Invented n gas muchinu , uud un attempt U bolng made to organize a company to manufacture the article at thu homo of the patentee. The Infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs. E. L. Argabright of Namahu City WKB found dead In bud the other morning. It had either choked to death or boon smothered. William IJrcnnan , n Douol county farmer , has boon arrostnd on a churga of stealing coal from the Union Pacllio. Ho has boon taken to Sidney nnd Incarcerated , pending his trial. Mrs , James II , Peterson of Aurora tried to end her llfu at Grand Island by taking a dose of oil of tatisy , but the druggist who sold her the poison hud bean so cruel as to dilute it with \vhlsKy Into n harmless drink. She had had a llttlo trouble with her hus band , and although ho was willing to take her back shu refused to return to his anna. The Grand Island police , in ardor to got the woman off tholr hand * , took her back to Aurora aud left hor. unionrn.vw ) mounters. Now York World ; There are In the slftns of the times good rcnstm * for hopefulness and courage. The probability Is that the worst Is ever and Unit business has beaun n course of Improvement that will bo steady and continuous. Two developments of the last fortnight nro particularly cheerful. 1 hero Imvo been fowcr failure * than were oxpccled , It was easily possible anil was greatly feared that the Immudlata consequences quences of the now year's settlements would bo numerous and heavy failures , spreading gloom and discouragement. The lime has not been free of misfortunes , but they hnvn been so much fuwer In number and less In magnitude- than had boon feared that there Is u sense of positive relief. Another favor able symptom Is the resumption of work In many departments of industry. It appears to bo true now that moro men nro bolng em ployed than nro being discharged. This Is the condition of bolter times. If It con tinues it will bring good times , Philadelphia Times : A careful study of the reports collected by two of the well known commercial agencies shows that the average production In till ulusscs of manu factures during iho past six months has been diminished nearly one-third. The amount of Imported goods released from the custom houses during tlio same period has diminished in equal proportion. At the same tlmo the reports of retail trade all over the country Indicate that the ncluai con traction has pot exceeded 1(1 ( per cent of thu average nnd In some branches Is llttlo moro than nominal. These figures Indicate a con dition such ns has not existed for many years before. A merchant of largo observa tion Is authority for the di-claratton that the gcnnral stocks of murclmndlsu now on hand , taking all the leading branches of trade to gether , nro not cqiml to one month's con sumption , even at the recent rale of sales. With such conditions , the resumption of manufactures Is not only probable but Inev itable , and the reports which como from all the industrial centers , of the reopening of mills and factories thai have been closed since the panic of last summer , uro merely what must bo expected. oi' ' ' MI urn. Huffulo Courier ! Tlio export card player often has a good dual lo answur for. Oulvnilon News : Porno people' do not rcc.ognlzi } their obligations when thuy meet them. Olovolnnd I'laln Daalur : Tlio congressman doesn't always have a cold when ho has a roaring In his huud. Texas Sittings : it's u poor mule that doesn't work both ways. RlinlraGnzctto : Humlors Doctor. I'm cot- ting so nearsighted that I can't rcco nlzu peo- nlu on thu stroot. What shall 1 do for It ? Thu Doctor Umph ! Why not pay your dubts ? Puck : First Lawyer What do you think of the Inliurtiancu tax ? Second I/iwyor Wall , thnro'n ono thlnjs I want to know. In casu of a disputed will , does tlio government uxpuct to como In buforu the lawyers ? Ilarpnr's Hnzar : "Jack , " asked his father , "aro you going Into training for school ath- lotle.s this yuarV" "Vu.s , sir , ruplloil the un suspecting boy. "I'm goliiK to try for the mlle race. " "Well enough , " replied his fathor. "I havu a letter to bo mailed , und It's about a mile to tbo postolllio : and back. Lot mo suu what tlmo you can do It In. " Life : "Aro you still working for tlio dry goods linn ? " uskod onu very young man of an other. "No. I am not working for them. I am now In thulr employ. My salary has been raised from $7 a week to * 10. " rndfunfipolls Journal : StaRgor What.'s this I hear about you guttlngajob on a prohibition nowspapur ? Jagjrer That's what I've got , and It's a snap , tno. 1 have to go around at tor hours and got drinks ut all tbo saloons that are open unlaw fully. Washington Star : "yes , " said the senti mental man who had returned to his nntlvo village , "there Is the dear old landmark. " "Is it that pump yo'ro tulUIn' about ? " In quired ono of the residents. "Vos. " "Humph ! That ain't what I'd call a land mark. That's a water mark. " Chicago Record : Physician Don't look so downcast , my friend , llraco tip and lot's see what I can do for you. Why do you think that your mind is In ( laiisor ? Patient I don't think , 1 know. I attended n fiircu comedy lust night aud luughod at thu jokes. " 1'rubnlily Nuuils Uronilnc. Chfca.-o irtttune. When the white house clock strikes now the response by the "cuckoos" is much less pronounced , and sounds as if the machinery needed winding up again. TUK New Yin-It Sun. Out last night , Lots of fuu. lied all right. Half past one ; Nina o'clock. Fool so sick , Tutch tbo doc. Hurry quick ! Aching bones , Ilend'll bpllt. Horrid groans , Nuvcrqult : Iliinlly .spunk , Try again , tool so weak , Diirlluv pain , Splmil cord ( lives a twitch , Oh , good Lord , What a.stitch I Flat In bed , Uouu this trip , Boon bu dead , Gel the grip. CARLISLE TO DO IT ALONE Secretary of the Treasury Must Isauo HonJs Himself if Any Go Out , CONGRESS IS TOO BUSY TO HELP HIM Coimlilorntlmt of the WlUou Itlll Will 1'ro- vent tlio 1'rcnmitill ion of the Iloiul Proposition for Homo Moulin nt the NtmroiU WASIIINOTOX DUHK.VD OP TUB URB , ) Ola POUIITKKXTII Sritr.r.T , V WASHINGTON , Jan. 10. ) Chairman Voorhees staled today Unit after the senate llnaui-o committee had , nt a number of meetings , taken under con sideration tlio present condition of the treas ury , and had Informally talked ever the proposition of a bond Isiuo , nnd after ho himself had made nn Informal canvass of thn sonr.tu upon the subject , ho had reached n conclusion that It would bo useless to attempt at this time to scouro the adoption of n bill authorizing a bond issue , as the debate upon it would renew tha silver issue and prcolpitato the tariff ques tion. Ho believed that there would bo an almost endless debate , continuing until tha tariff bill itself was brought forth from tin finance committee. Senator Voorhees did not make the direct statement , but ho ns good as said that Sec retary Carlisle would almost immediately proceed to issue bonds under existing authority and olTor them in thu market ta the highest bidder , it will bo recalled that when near the close of the last administra tion it was reported Unit Secretary Kostur Intended to issue bonds democrats of the Voorheos school came near going Into paroxysms nnd declared that the secretary of the treasury had no author ity to Usuo bonds and that Itru ; little less than a scandal that any ono .should claim an existing necessity for nu Increase of the in- lerost-boarlug debt of the United States. Now that thu burden falls upon the demo cratic administration the Ilooslcr senator seems to think things are dilTcrcut und that It Is all right for a democratic secretary of the treasury to isstio bonds under the sumo authority thutaxislnd during the last admin istration. I'or tlio Suprninn Court Vnnuicr. When Senator George C3ray of Delaware , the administration's biggest brained de fender in the upper branch of congress , was this afternoon asked by your correspondent what ho thought about the talk about the president nominating him for tha vacancy on the supreme bench of the United States , continued by the rejection of the Hornblowcr nomination , ho staled that ho did not believe thu presi dent , had seriously thought of naming him to the position on account of his state being outside of the circuit to which the vacancy belonged. Ho said that ho was in the cir cuit represented by Associate Justlco Shlras of Pennsylvania , and that ho really believed that the va cancy would bo tilled by a Connecticut or Vermont Jurist. Inspitoof this reusonabto statement of the situation , senators on both sides of thu chamber expressed their belief that the president would nominate Senator Gray , as such a nomination would bo con- tlrmcd without reference to committee and without the slightest objection , and that it was now apparent that it would bo al most impossible to nominate any Now Yorker who could be contirraeU. Senator Gray is 52 years old , a graduate of Princeton , a line lawyer , fair and impartial , nnd physically ono of the flncst looking men in public lifo , being about six-feet-two ia height , weighing probably L i pounds , almost a physical counterpart to Justice Harlan of Kentucky and Gray of Massa chusetts. Postmaster General Bissell and Attorney General OIney have both beau mentioned , but neither seriously. renoiml anil Otherwise. Lieutenant W. F. Hanajck , Fifth artillery , U. S. A. , and wife are at the Coehrau for tha winter. Senator Allen introduced a bill today dis posing of all the lands yet rornalnintrin Lin. coin county , Nebraska , within tbe Fort Me- Phorson military reservation under tha homestead laws amtconflrmir.g tltlo to lands occupied by actual settlers on such land ! on January 1 , 1S9L The measure reserve * sections 10 aud 30 in each congressional township for state school purposes. Congressman Mercer nas secured the par don of Herman C. Lioborkuecht of company C , Second infantry , now confined ns a mili tary prisoner nt Fort Omaha upon the charge of desertion. This action was prompted by letters and petitions from citi zens of Omaha. Fourth-class postmasters appointed today for Iowa : Dorchester , Allumakeo county , Kueeno Bums , vice Coppersmith , removed ; Gahbrill , Scott county. Michael Hush , vlco S. S. Stone , removed ; Harper's Ferry , Alia- makoo county , Uobort Mullaly , vice J. M. Gcmmill , removed. Georco U. Pritctiott , ox-United States at torney" for Nebraska under Cleveland's former administration , is in the city for a few days. PBIIUV S. II BATH. FffHtQ rttsasr f 3a GO. : r . The Inrsrost multom : wU tt illor.i Jt rf ft- line cluthui on K.irtli 1 Your mouoy's worth or year money haolt. 1 It's a Big Feat To keep the business going the way wo have so far this January , when it is generally supposed to be dull. Dealers don't know how it's done , but our custo mers do. That $8.50 suit surprises them all. It's a whole lot better % than ordinary $12 suits and ho who if sees it knows it. But of all the really fine things our $16.50 suit is truly the leader ; because it's as 'fine as they make them and all good dressers seek it out every time. $20 is a small value i to plaoo upon it. In our coats we are also making equally as great reductions , though the goods must bo seen to understand it. Winter underwear is cut and winter caps at 20 per cent discount. BROWNING , KING & CO. , S. W. Cor.l5th and Douglas Sts ,