Nebraska Newspapers

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PJCKJIAM IH causing n peck of trouble
for both liis friends and his /oo9.
NOT oven in the ratio of passes to paid
ndmissions will the Midwinter fair yield
the palm to UB Columbian predecessor.
Tin : Union Pacific receivers have no
reason to llml fault with the judicial cut
of salaries. They still remain in con
dition to keep the wolf from the door.
Tin : proposal of the Bell Telephone
company to increase its capital stock to
830,000,000 , may bo taken as a pretty sure
Indication that that company proposes
to go into politics.
IT REMAINS to be scon whether the
income tax sop to the populists will
servo to bring the populist support in
the senate to the president's policy of
making federal appointments.
No PROPOSALS for the coming Issue of
bonds seem to have been withdrawn as
yet by the threats of injunction pro
ceedings to restrain the secretary of
the treasury from accepting them. It
will not bo for want of bida that the
bonds will not bo Issued.
TiinitE is but , little liopo for serious
competition in the matter of public tele
phone rates. The Bell company will
doubtless control the telephone business
In the United States for many years.
Legislative action and the postal telephone -
phone alone can give the people relief
from extortionate rates.
WHEW Emperor William proceeds to
return the visit just made him by Prince
Bismarck wo may expect to see the ox-
chancellor try , if possible. , to outdo the
recent lavish hospitality of the emperor.
A royal reconciliation' could not bo
properly effected - vvithout the many
costly accompaniments of splendor and
pomp.
Tins Is the last week of the tariff
agony ag far as the house is concerned.
It is to to Itopod that the senate will
waste no time in either accepting or ro-
jccting the bill. The business interests
of the country have n right to know jus.t
what they are to expect from congress ,
and they have the right to know as soon
as possible. *
EIGHT years seem to have brought
about a marked change ol sentiment In
the mind of Senator Hill. Then bo
wont on t ecord with the statement that
the president should bo unhampered
by senatorial interference In making ap
pointments. The New York senator
should vote to recommit the views ho
holds at the present time.
THE loss to the Nebraska Wesleyan
university by the fire visitation yester
day morning is to bo deplored , even if it
will not cripple that Institution. The
Wesleyan university has been one' of
the moat progressive of Nebraska's de
nominational colleges and. It co'uld 111
alTord to lose so valuable an adjunct as
the Iluish Manual Training school.
AN OMAHA prcachor having answered
the question why young men stay away
from church satisfactorily to hnnsolf
propobos now to find out why young
women do likewise. This seems to bo
nn altogether unnecessary inquiry.
How can ho expect young women to
crowd into churches from which the
young men continue to absent them
selves ?
THE Town legislature announces that
It is ready to tueklo the Russian thistle
and to proceed to demolish it by means
of radical legislation. Tackling the
Russian thistle ought to bo good prac
tice preparatory to tackling the liquor
problem. A strict compliance with the
demands of the hint republican state
platform is what is needed to restore re-
epoct for the laws which the legislature
enacts. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tin : quick recovery of the Sugar trust
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from the assaultof the stock brokers im
mediately after the action of the home
in placing raw and refined sugar on the
free list proves conclusively that that
great monopoly is not to bo frightened
oven by the prospect of free sugar. Ac
cording to the oft-repeated assurance of
the free tradu contingent the Sugar
trust ought to wither like a blighted
rose. Thcro is still nome work out out
for Attorney General Olnoy.
UTAH'S prospects of early admission
to the union are l.illy brightening , and
Jta years of patient waiting now promise
_ the expected reward. Wore the Utah
statehood bill free from every connec
tion with the blllH for other territories
there would bo but an insignificant oppo
sition to Us Immediate einiotinont. But ,
even tied up as it is with lesa worthy
applicants fcr admission , there la every
Indication that it will bo favorably acted
unon by tlio present congress. The re
publicans having decided to interpose
no obaieuctlona Its fate must rest eu-
tiroly with the democrats.
A SECTIONAL DKMA.HD.
That veteran democrat , General
Sickles of Now York , said In the house
of representatives a few days ago , re
ferring to the income tax proposition ,
that ho regretted to see a drift in the
debate toward the idea that the wealth
of the north and cast should bo subjected
to peculiar charges tor the support of
the government. lie declared that it
will be a dangerous menace to repub
lican institutions when such a principle
is tolerated in tlio name of democracy.
Feeble attempts wore made to refute
tlio charge made by Mr. Sickles that tlio
demand for an income tax is sec
tional , but they only served to
justify It. There can bo no doubt
thatthosouthorn democratic representa
tives , with a few from the west , and
particularly those who advocated free
silver , see in tlio Income tax an oppor
tunity to punish tlio east for defeating
their pot project , and with many of those
tlio income tax will bo supported mainly
for the purpose of revenge. Looking
upon the cast as tlio seat of the "money
power" they advocate tlio income tax as
a means of mulcting that poctloii. Mr.
Livingston of Georgia declared that the
Hrcnlth of the north had boon obtained
by unjust taxation In favor of that sec
tion , referring , of course , to the policy
of protection , and this is the spirit and
sentiment which control the men
who are demanding an income
tax. Their disposition is that of
retaliation and it is a disposition which
every fair-minded man mustdoploro and
condemn.
The southern representatives do not
fear such an income tax as the one pro
posed because they know it would belittle
little felt in that section. They remem
ber how It was-durlng the lastflvo years
of the first income tax , when it was ns
applicable to the south as to the north.
Then all but an insignificant fraction of
it was paid by the latter section. In
1807 , when all incomes over $000 wore
taxed , a single one of the thirty-
two collection districts in Now York
paid moro income tax to the na
tional government than the eleven
states of Virginia , Texas , Tennessee ,
North Carolina , South Carolina , Missis
sippi , Louisiana , Alabama , Georgia ,
Arkansas and Florida. In 1809 the states
of Now York , Pennsylvania , Massa
chusetts , New Jersey , Ohio , Illinois
and California paid 75 per cent
of the income tax collected by the gov
ernment , while they represented but 40
per cent of the wealth and population of
the country. It is true that the south
has made a great advance in material
development and prosperity since the
period of the first Income tax , but it is
questionable whether it has a larger
proportion of incomes over $4,000 as
compared with the north than it
had In 1807 incomes over $000.
But grant that it has and it Is still
true that the north will pay
much the larger share of the
proposed income tax and in a ratio much
exceeding its wealth. It is the knowl
edge of this that makes the south prac
tically solid in support of the tax. Can
anybody doubt that if it wore proposed
to impose an income tax similar to that
of 1803 , which was far moro just and
equitable in its provisions than the ono
now under discussion , it would bo vigor
ously antagonized by the south ?
It was strictly appropriate from every
point of view that Mr. McMillin of Ten
nessee should make the opening speech
in advocacy of an income tax , and
if anybody can road his remarks ,
so fur as reported , without find
ing justification for the charge
of sectionalism and prejudice made
against the supporters of the income tax
proposition , there must bo some fault in
Ids mental processes. But th'o country
may as well bo prepared for the success
of this measure , so far as the house of
representatives is concerned. The
southern free traders demand it and
that element dominates the houso. The
revenue scheme as it stands will un
doubtedly bo ipasscd when It comes to a
vote and the majority for it will show
that few democrats dare to antagonize
it. What will happen in the senate is
not so clearly foreseen , but there Is
some reason to hope for wiser action on
the part of that body.
AS TO O.lXADIAlT TKADE
The National Board of Trade , in ses
sion at Washington last week , adopted
a resolution proposing an amendment to
the tariff bill with a view to enlarging
trade with Canada on reciprocity linos.
The idea of those practical men was
that the tariff bill as it is , while it pro
poses to open the American market to
Canadian products , does not provide any
plan by which American products may
find their way moro freely into Canada.
Of course no attention lias boon or
will bo paid to their suggestion. The
statesmen who are in charge of the
now tariff bill are not concerning
themselves about markets for the
products of this country , agricultural or
manufactured. What they are seeking
to accomplish is to make our homo mar
ket moro accessible to foreign producers ,
professing to believe that in this way the
prosperity of our people will bo en
hanced. They do not believe , so far as
can be judged from their course , in com
mercial reciprocity in any form or with
anybody. Tlio very term is offensive to
them , and they propose to do away with
tlio policy as It now exists just as soon
as that can bo done. Tlioy have taken
a stop in this direction by repealing
a section of tlio MoKlnloy lawrelating
to reciprocity , the expected effect of
which will bo to bring about an early
termination of the arrangeinonts with
various countries effected by the Harrison
risen udminlstrattq'i.
So far as Canada is concerned It ap
pears that her people are very well sat
isfied with the dem.'ci'atlo policy , and
are cugorly hoping that it will bo suc
cessful , They see In it a great oppor
tunity for the agricultural interest of
that country , which for years had been
on the decline. Until now the Canadi
ans eagerly desired reciprocity , but
with everything they could reasonably
oak and oven more assured them under
the proposed now tariff policy of the
United States , they have no longer reason
ta wish for any such arrangement , If
the democratic tariff policy goes Into
effect they will not only have a free mar
ket hero for nearly ull of their natural
products , but will bo able to dis.ioao of
n considerable quantity of their manu
factured products. Certainly they could
have no bettor or moro satisfactory ar
rangement for thomselvoa than this ,
and they are not called upon to umko a
single concession in return for the great
boon of tlio American market. On the
contrary they may. if BO disposed , In
crease their tariff discrimina
tions against 'the products of tlio
United States of all kinds coming
into competition with their products ,
and It Is to bo oxpcctod that they will do
this as soon as the time arrives when It
can bo done expediently.
The practical men -of the National
Board of Trade could plainly see those
things. They understand that the
American agricultural producer , already
hard pressed to-mako ends meet , will bo
placed at a still greater disadvantage
when ho encounters unrestricted Cana
dian competition in his homo markets ,
and they reasonably thought that In re
turn for this wo ought to ask some con
cessions from our northern neighbors.
But this is not according to democratic
ideas. That was strictly mil distinctly
a republican policy , and , therefore , not
to bo tolerated by the party now in con
trol of the government.
AO FH.IST A&D yo FAMINE.
The outburst of spasmodic charity
which has boon worked up in this city
within the past few days by emotional
appeals for "immediate relief" bodes no
good to the multitude of destitute
people. It simply results in a feast
followed by a famine. The good people
of Omaha have responded to the
hysterical cry for immediate relief and
piled up a mountain of perishable food.
They are falling over each other
In the mad rush -to feed the
hungry , and for the time
being there is a glut , not onlv of the
things needful to support life , but ol
luxuries and delicacies , It coos with
out saying that many of the destitute
have received moro than they can possi
bly consume as the natural result of in
discriminate and unsystematic distribu
tion.
In another week the reaction will sot
in. The feast will bo over and there Is
danger that many will go hungry. And
if a three days blizzard should sot in ,
which is likely to happen any time
within the next six weeks , or oven in
the latter part of March , wo may witness
some terrible suffering. Now what is
wanted is not spasmodic charity , but
well directed , systematic relief. All
charity organizations and every man
and woman imbued with a desire
to succor the destitute should
unite their energies and act In
concert to tide over the winter.
Their solo aim should be to prevent suf
fering for want of fuel , food or clothing.
There is such a thing as reckless and
wasteful charity , and that is precisely
what wo are stimulating when wo resort
to excessive and promiscuous distribu
tion of perishable food and provisions
instead of supplying only what Is needed
and keeping up the work through the
entire season.
THE POSTAL TELEPHONE NEXT.
The expiration of the principal tele
phone patents has raised the expecta
tions of the numerous patrons of the
telephone that the monopoly will soon
bo broken , with beneficial results in the
way of improved service and cheaper
prices. A.f tnr having paid the royalty
upon the exclusive privileges granted
by congress for the legal term of years
the people certainly have a right to de
mand that they bo given some of the
advantages which have accrued , from
this erroat invention now that its in
ventor has been royally rewarded.
Yet wo doubt very muoh whether this
reduction in the cost of telephone serv
ice Is to bo secured through tlio organi
zation of rival telephone companies and
the encouragement of competition. The
management of the telephone has so
many points in common with that of the
telegraph that wo cannot afford to over
look the obvious lessons that have boon
taught by every experiment that
has been made to establish a per
manently competing telegraph sys
tem outside of the great Western
Union. Every such attempt has
ended in dismal failure , the smaller
company being swallowed up by the
greater , followed by a moro than corresponding
spending inflation of the already watered
stock upon which the people are re
quired to pay dividends in the form of
exorbitant tolls. A telephone war , no
matter where it may bo precipitated ,
cannot bo muih different from the many
telegraph wars which wo have had and
which have always led to consolidation.
When , for example , the Philadelphia
paners cry loudly for competition in the
telephone business , astthoy are now do
ing , they persistently ignore . the fact
that competition would bo disastrous to
an efficient service ; that the very nature
of the telephone excludes the regulating
influence of competition. No ono will
contend that the lines already in exist
ence are not , with their ordinary ex
tensions , in a position to accommodate
all the patrons who may apply or that
the Investment of largo additional capi
tals will enable the work to bo done any
cheaper than la now possible. A very
largo part of the value of the telephone
lies In the very fact that it is conducted
by a unified management as a
single concern. Every patron of the
telephone wants to bo able to com
municate with every other patron of the
telephone in tlio hamo territory , and
this Is plainly an impossibility whore
there are several warring competitors.
What is aimed at is a reduction In price ,
not a deorcasod efficiency.
It is useless then to expect per
manent relief from the telephone
tnonoploy through competition. Tlio
telephone must be treated as
other municipal monopolies , it must
bo compelled to pay for nil future
privileges for using the public streets
and ilH tariff of charges should bo
subject "in logislatlvo control. This
policy will do for the present. In the
near future thu government will under
take to acquire the telegraphs of the
country for operation as a part of the
postal system , and to this system the
telephone naturally belongs. The postal
telephone and the postal telegraph are
the ultimate goals of the latest postal
development , both hero and abroad.
Relief from the telephone monopoly lies
not In the indiscriminate grant of tol-
cphono franchises tj'o ' pretended com
peting companies , but rather In the
postal telephone. ' '
TIIK OXLVrWWB TUST.
T. W. Blackburn- , who has boon ap
pointed city prosoc'jj'jftr.byMayor Bemis ,
has resided In Onmlia almost continu
ously for nearly eighteen years , lie
has always been'ah"active ' republican
and a good citizen1 ! Ho Is a man of In
tegrity and standing , ! ' ! ! the community.
Although it la IcsV than three years
since ho was admitted to the bar his
firm has already a'n ' established practice
and there Is no question ns to his compe
tency for the officer. Nevertheless some
solf-appolntcd leaders of the A. P. A.
say ho shall not be confirmed , because ho
had the hardihood to state publicly in n
communication to Tin : BEE about a year
ago that ho did not approve of the meth
ods or purposes of that organization.
'Such intolerance is unamoricau and
unropubllcan. Free speech , free press
and free men wore the watchwords ol
the founders of the republican party , and
no good republican will deny the right of
any man , whatever bo his creed , race 01
nationality , to speak and write his hon
est sentiments concerning any public
measure , public issue or political organ
ization. If reputable men are to bo pro
scribed and barred from official positions
because , and only because , they have
thocourago of their convictions and dare
to express their honest sentiments about
any measure or organization , what becomes -
comes of our boasted American freedom ?
Republicans in and out of the council
should remember that proscription for
opinion's sake Is a dangerous two-edged
weapon. The only crucial test which
republicans have a right to apply in
dealing with appointees is their republi
canism and reputation for Integrity.
IT is reported that the Canadian
authorities have come to the conclusion
that the experiment which they have
been making In offering .bounties to
immigrants who would settle upon the
lands in northwestern Canada has
proven a failure and- that the practice
will bo discontinued in another month.
This does not mean that they are con
vinced of the failure of the bounty
system , but that no bounty which
they were In a position to offer would
bo a sullicicnt counter attraction to
the natural advantages offered by the
United States. The opportunities open
to every immigrant who comes to this
country are in themselves a bounty
powerful enough to draw the energetic
from their cramped positions in European
countries. So I6ng'as ( America con
tinues to harbor a laboring class bettor
paid and better'cared for than other
lands the dllTor6ncOjWill constitute a
practical bounty for immigrants , who
will not fail to take advantage of it.
ANOTHER year must ? elapse before the
reports of the Interstate Commerce 90111-
mission will show ; the actual effect of
the depression of th'o'past ' season on the
railroad intorests'of , the country. The
report just issued from , Washington
simply carries the operations of the rail
roads of , the country up totJune 30M1893 ,
and the business depression had just sot
in at that date. 'Ehottgh is known , however -
over , to assure investors that the six
months following Jurto 30 wore ex
tremely disastrous 03 far as railroad
operations are concerned. It is to bo re
gretted that some method cannot bo de
vised which will ontiblo the commission
to bring its statistics up to the times.
POLITICAL lightning struck so close
to Omaha yesterday that there is reason
to hope that the next bolt 'will reach
this side of the Missouri river. Ex-
Congressman Tom Bowman becomes
postmaster at Council Bluffs , as was fora-
shadowed exclusively in THE BEE , not
withstanding the fact that howont all
the way to Washington to use liis influ
ence in another candidate's behalf.
Bowman's appointment is a moro streak
of luck , but there are numerous demo
crats in waiting hero who would give a
great deal for a taste of Bowman's luck.
EVEN the most flamboyant imagina
tion has as yet failed to see in the rec
onciliation between Emperor William
and Prince Bismarck the assurance of
the long promised European war. The
Incident possesses no international
significance and may bo taken as an
evidence that beneath all his frivolity
the youthful emperor of the Germans
possesses a heart that can bo warmed to
friendship for the man whoso genius
cave the empire of Germany to Europe.
THE unexpected opposition of Richard
Crokor , the Tammany chieftain , to the
Income feature of tlio Wilson bill has a
sinister significance which the dem
ocratic majority hi congress will dis
regard to its sorrow. Your Tammany
chieftain has an unpleasant manner of
righting what ho considers a mistaken
piece of legislation. Ho simply over
turns majorities and trusts to future
campaigns for a majority moro com
placent to his Ideas.
INTEREST In the tariff debate this
week will bo some ha.t overshadowed by
the projected contest In the United
States supreme courtiovor the legality
of Secretary Carlisle's proposed bond
[ ssuo. Aside from1 'their ' moro legal as
pects there is a wpll-fdunded doubt as to
iho expedience Qjt'lao ' contest to bo
started by the Knights of Labor.
IF THE contest jjotWooii Senator Hill
and the president icontlnuos much
ongor It will soon 'necessary for No-
jraska laborers iii'nthp democratic vineyard -
yard to forward their .petitions for place
; o the Now York senator.
N1SIIHASKA AXlt .V/5/IJU3/f.I.Y.V.
J. M. Snvdor has been elected president of
the Sherman County nlllaucu.
Charles U , Page , n yountf mnn from Illi
nois , now nils the editorial clmlrof tlio Hold-
reso Progress.
To tulvortiso Dutta nnd Boyct countlci the
Ilutto Ciazotlo urges the resurrection of the
defunct board of trade.
Bcrtraml shipped a totnl of S31 cars dur
ing 189.1 , consisting of C'.h ! cars of grain , 111) )
of stock and twcntj of broom corn.
An Irrigation convention of delegates from
the lour northwestern counties of the atnto
is to bo hold at Crawford February 0.
Editor Barnes of the McCook Times-
Democrat tins taken unto hlmtclf Mr. O. N.
Peterson ns a partner hi his journ.illstlo
miseries.
Furnng county expects a building boom as
soon ns spring comes , nnd work in the quar
ries around Beaver City Is ovdn now being
vigorously pushed.
Out In Ouster county a Jack rnbblt
roundup Is designated n wolf hunt If the
party succeeds In bairglng ono wolf to every
fifteen of the smaller game ,
A Table IZock editor records that n fellow-
townsihau who lost n here recently while
loading tlio niilmal to watnr know not that
It was sick until It bcgau to drop dead.
J. F. Uosonbcrgcr , n Nebraska City barber ,
wagered his long auburn loolcs on the out-
coinn of the prize light. Ho now has n severe
cold in pac ) < ) of his banclsomo head of hair.
Valentino wants n city hall and opera
house. It la suggested that twenty of her
citizens contribute each 8100 to the enter
prise and form themselves Into a company.
Alliance children have outgrown the ac
commodation of their public school. The en
rollment no far this year has reached ! MO
pupils. Every week , save ono , since the
school opened In September now names have
been added to the roll. Another teacher has
recently been engaged to aid In the grammar
department.
That 2-400-pound heifer which was sold
by the Ticrncys of UroUcu How at South
Omaha for $ Ht has turned ui > again. She
was purchased by n Jersey City man , who
believes ho can feed her up so that by the
end of another year she will weigh 3,000 ,
pounds. She would then bo the largest cow
known to American history.
The town of Maynard has a budding sen
sation. When the town wns started a female -
male barber named Mrs. Hitt opened a bar
ber shop , and all the male population for
miles around Hocked to her chair to bo
shaved. The female portion of tlio village
became suspicious nnd held nn indignation
mooting. This did no good. Saturday Mrs.
"Buck" Ncllgh called upon the barberess
and notified her to leave lit once. This she
has not yet dono.
Harry cio Mcrrltt , the bad man from
Custor county , with two or thrco shooting
affrays to his credit , has started in a now
line of business. Last week ho pleaded
guilty in court to assaulting Mrs. Shroat , a
teacher in district No. 33 , throe miles south-
cast of Broken Bow. The lady drove across
n corner of his hay farm , instead of follow
ing the laid out road that goes around the
claim , and Instead or proceeding against her
In a legal way on a ehnrgo of trespass the
uugallant and unmannerly man resorted to
physical force.
Farmers in the northeast portion of Buf
falo county are having their lives made weari
some by a gang of cattle thieves. The bold
bandits , indeed , are content with almost
any kind of live animal. They take hogs or
chickens or whatever comes In their reach.
Hecently they made a raid on the hog pen of
n farmer near Kavonna and took twelve fat ,
hogs , leaving in their sic&it the same num
ber of scrawny pigs. A note tacked on the
fencoread : "Got these ready for market
as soon as possible and wo will bo back after
them. Good nicnt.- There is talk of or
ganizing a vigilance committee.
I'EOL'LE .1AZ IllIUQS.
If Rio is kept In hot water much longer It
will settle Itself.
Reducing the duty on cod liver oil will tend
to soften the coflln next fall.
Later details contradict the report that
Mitchell declined to take Corbott's hand.
Colonel Tom Ochlltroo lost his watch in
Now York and is in a mood to Corbottizo the
thief. Time I
The debate on the diamond schedule of the
tanff.bill shows that orators , like death , love
a shining mark.
The prosidentof Haytl is elected for seven
years at nn annual salary of $24,000. , Hence
the occasional scrimmage.
Mrs. Gladstone Is 81 years old and she
possesses that vieor and vitality which is so
remarkable In her husband.
Having resumed the tobacco habit after a
lapse of four years , Tom Reed counts thrco
cigars a day a working quorum.
The objection of the administration to the
nude figure on the Columbian medal was
not against its artistic features , but because -
cause the nakedness mirrored prematurely
the effect of the tariff bill.
The Lodge In some vast wilderness the
poet sighed for has nothing in common with
Henry Cabot , the Massachusetts senator ,
who has just completed a $100,000 residence
on Massachusetts avcnuo , Washington.
The paramount minister sent to Invite
Lobongula to corao into camp is prepared to
secure peace oven if ho Is obliged to light
for It. His supply of olive branches consists
of machine guns with 500 men to pump
them. -
Increasing the duty on diamonds , " exclaimed -
claimed the exchange editor , "wns n blow
aimed at the profession , but it falls short of
the mark. Our attachment for paste sur
vives the storms and vituperations of low
brewed statesmen. "
Bourke Coekran came to this country In
1871 , poor and with only a fair education.
Ho worked nnd studied hard and It was not
long before his talents were recognized. Ho
is now regarded as ono of the wealthiest
lawyers in the counfy.
Dr. Cyrus Edson's experiments with n
view to curing smallpox by the aid of red
light recalls the big run General Pleasanton's
jlue glass fad had for n timo. And lots of
> eoplo believed the blue light cured them
> f various Ills or benefited their general
health.
Mrs. John Braddoek , a native of Hungary ,
who was sent to Siberia for expressing
political opinions in St. Petersburg , was
laid to bo 80 years old when she escaped
'rom Siberia and made her way to this cotin-
; ry fgrty years ago , She died In Hazleton ,
r > a. , last week.
Tom Rood has begun his campaign for the
presidency , nnd in n practical way. JTho
ncmbcra of the house have a habit of bring-
ng their little children in on the floor of the
louse occasionally. Whenever a republican
member does' this Reed is careful to take the
child on his lap , talk to it , and toll It stories.
The late George Washington of Savannah
was u great-grandson of Lawrence Wash-
ngton , n brother of the great George. Ho
was a North Carolinian by birth , a graduate
of Yale und a lawyer. His ago was 70 years.
3eforo the war Mr. Washington was an old-
ino Whie , but when hostilities bogau ho
ast his lot with the confederacy.
Mrs. Annlo S. Austin , the newly elected
nayor of 1'leasantou , Kan. , is described as
a buxom woman of 200 pounds , nnd quite
Int'olllRcnt. " Her husband Is a * railroad em-
iloyo. She was the leading speaker In the
lamnalgn which resulted in her election ,
nnd electioneered so cleverly that she wont
nto oflico with a majority ot twelve votes.
A Connecticut youth Is trying to break
ils father's will on the ground that the old
rontlomau was not lu his right mind when
10 made It. As a proof of hla extreme ec
centricity evldoneo has boon produced show-
ng that ho was caught In the act of kissing
n governess within a few hours after her In
stallation. There can bo no doubt that this
conduct smacks of insanity , unless It can bo
shown that the governess was an irroslstl-
) lo visbn of animated loveliness. In that
event the old man's sanity wns above par.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
OLD WISK AS A Plt.lClMA.KKK.
Boston Oloboj 1'rlncu Ulsmarok nnd Emperor
poror William are to moot nnd kiss with n
smack that will bo hoard nil over Kuropo.
Washington Stnr ; The present of n hottlo
of wlno from the emperor qf Germany to
Bismarck tuny bo merely n ruse to shako his
popularity with the German temperance
voto.
Philadelphia Times : In their coming
friendly meeting Blsnmrck will remark to
the emperor : "I bow to the popular Will , '
and Wllholm will answer : ' ! Otto say the
same. "
Chicago Journal : Hochl The compliments
of the season , nnd will Prlnco Blnmnrck nc
cept the distinguished consideration of Km
poror Wllholm and n bottle of rnro old
Rhenish wclnl
Chicago Times : pmporor William nnd
Bismarck having kissed nnd made up , there
might bo hope for the reconciliation o
Cleveland nml Hill If the president had the
Gorman emperor's aenac.
Chicago Herald : The effect will bo grn
clous on the national spirit of Germany ; nni
If , as reported , It was Crlspl , restored to
premiership at Rome , who brought It about
the mutlvo will bo found In an Invlgoratci
domestic policy In Italy and the lending o ;
tnonuy enough by Gorman bankers to get
the nuances of a tottering dynasty Into nt
least temporary working order.
Cincinnati Commercial ! The reconcilia
tion between the kaiser and Prince Bismarck
does not necessarily mean that the "old
man of blood nnd iron" is again to bo in
trusted with the reins of government. II
means rather that Caprlvi will stay to do
the bidding of the mastciynnd that Bis
marck , ns far ns possible , will bo used to
civo n semblance of indorsement to the
Kalsur's Imperial policies. The kalsor Is a
wily young man.
Chicago 1'ost : William Is full of sur
prises , but ha has furnished none that com
pares in novelty witli this. If the founder
of the German empire hau drowned in wlno
the fires of resentment which have llamcct
fiercely for four years against whom ho
styled "that presumptuous boy , " then wlno
has at last been put to a use which even
Neal Dow would not condemn. When the
lying enemies of Grant sought to weaken
Lincoln's confidence In that famous soldlci
they told him that Grant spent the greater
part of his time In drinking whisky. "Toll
mo tha brand , " said the president , "and I
will send n barrel to every ofllccr In the
army , " It would bo Interesting to know the
brand of wlno which has reconciled the
enmities of Bismarck nnd William II.
tlmt rays.
Korfollt Journal ,
Whatever else may bo said of Tun OMAHA
BEE , it is n peed hand at awakening the
conscience of derelict public ofllcluls. Since
Tut : BCD began stirring up the question of
deposits of state funds there is a largo In
crease in the number of banks that are will
ing to pay interest on such deposits.
An Unfortunate Union.
iMUtselllc Courtcr Juw nal
It Is unfortunate , wo think , that it has
been decided by the democrats o the house
to tack the income tax to the Wilson bill.
While It Is not probable that It will defeat
the Wilson bill in the house , it may en
danger it , and there is no good reason for
such tactics. Every tub should stand on its
own bottom.
Irrigation.
Keaiiey Stiii.
The question of Irrigation is being brought
to the attention of the people of the west
with n force never before equated. In most
of the western counties of this state local
organizations have been perfected and pub
lic agitation of the question has been wide
spread and general. The organization In
this county is ofllcorod by wide awake and
progressive men. If other counties nro ns
fortunate in this respect much good may bo
expected when all orcanizatlons make a
united pull for n single purpose.
Tim Socljrwlck's Surprise I'nrtr.
Lincoln llendil.
It Is n matter of some surprise to see
Colonel Sedgwiek of the York Tilribs uiako
the following ferocious thrust at the rail
roads :
In fact there has boon n good deal of an
archist tall ; .Lu Nebraska , and.lt ,111011 , can betaken
taken at their word thuiu are .somo anarchists
hero who would borloii3ly object to being
called such. When u man runs contrary to
existing iroverniiHMit , whun ho defies thu laws ,
damns the constitution , rofnsos to submit/
the mandates of thu court and resists olllcors
of the law , ho is an anarchist.
That's the talk. Brother Sodgwlck knows
that the law is for the great ns well as for
ths small , for the rich ns well ns for the
poor , and ho is a man who is not afraid to
say so.
Hurrah for the awakening of Brother
Sedgwick !
o
Fnrmorn n < l Sticiir Moots.
KVtlmrn Exchange.
There is being great Interest manifested
by the promoters of the supnr boot project ,
they havlnp formed committees for the pur-
peso of canvassing the farmers to secure the
required acreage. It Is to be Hoped that
every farmer wilfdo his part , nnd thus so-
euro for Douglas county the sugar factory ,
which will give employment to many , nnd
besides raise the value of every foot of real
cstato in this nnd adjoining counties. Wo
would bo pleased to see some of our Elkhoru
farmers get a move on them ana do their
share toward securing the proposed factory.
Other towns , especially Valley and Millard ,
have been making qnito nn elTort in the wny
of contracting ncreago of beets , but as yet
our Elkhorn people have done biic very
littlo. Don't got behind ; gotahustloon
you and make n showing ,
r/j j.v / .
The lloa I'rlnl * till. Nrw , Willie U.'nltl-lla
lllVilU Itnn'l.
Just to show Its readers how much they
nro Rottlnp the best , of It Tun Unit hits ngnin
made n comparison of the amount of reading '
matter In Tut : HKK , \VorUI-lIorald nnd
the Lincoln Journal of yesterday , Tha
inures follow :
Mon.NlNii tlnr. lonK , wldocolutnns 43
Morning \V.H. , short , narrow columns. , UU
Lincoln Journal , short , narrow columm. , 'JM ) {
Kvf.NiNO HKK , IOIIRrlilocolumii9 , , . . . . . ! I7
Uvonlng W.-ll. , short , narrow columns. . . U'JH
The best Is the cheapest.
an Unluily I.D.IBUO.
Journal.
Ono year ngo the Nobr.isun leglslattirn
passed n maximum freight rate moasuro.
While the bill was not nil that had boon
hoped for nnd wns no doubt faulty lu some
respects , yet It was a move in the right
direction nnd the people In uenornl rojolcod
that It had hecomo u law. The railroads
used every means In their power to prevent
this measure lieiug made n law , but after It
had been passed nnd slutted by the governor
they announced that they would not light It ,
but would reduce their rates to comply
with the bill. This statement on their
part was too good to ho true and the people
wnro not nt nil surprised when thonttornuyn
of the several railroads doing business In
Nebraska commenced proceedings In thu
federal court to test the constitutionality ol
the measure. Since that time nothing lias .C -
been hoard in regard to the law and the
railroads nro still charclnir their old rates.
Now the pcoplo of Nebraska would like to
know how much longer it will bo before
the court will hand down Us decision In
regard to the law In question ? Many thltiit
that it would not be nt nil out of the way
for the members of the State Board of
Transportation to order n reduction In
freight rates , the .same to remain in effect
until the court should hand down its decision
In regard to tlio maximum freight rate meas
ure. But perhaps In view of past events
this is asking too much of a board that has
done little moro slnco its creation than make
excuses for the railroads. It Is f.ilr to presume -
sumo that the court will render Its decision
before the meeting of the nuxl state legisla
ture , o that if the law is declared unconsti
tutional ono may bo passed that will .stand
the test. The way thlngn stand at present
it looks very much as though the courts nro
In league with thu railroads.
A Conlllct of F.nw * .
//illmlcJpMa I\ccnnl
The provisions of the proposed Income tnx
bill , relating to the taxation of the revenues
of corporations , would seriously encroach
upon the domain of the several states.
Apart from the centralizing and sorlal'stla '
tendencies of this proposed legislation , lit
effect would be to cause a conflict of laws ,
with both the federal nnd state government !
tapping the same stream of revenue.
Thcro Are No I'llps on Us.
Fatrbury Faliylav.
THE OMAHA BKK la walking right along ID
its usually industrial path nnd furnishing
the pcoplo of Nebraska as rcllablo news as
over. The plague of a fly bothcroth not the
busy DEB.
o
I'UIXTKD RKatAKKS.
Boston Transcript : The tattoo artist haa
designs on Ills customers.
Buffalo Courier : The outcome of. n man's
courtship nowadays Is laigoly dependent upon
his Income.
Philadelphia Record : A Malno man snmUod
n cigar .won from a slot machine and fell dead.
Mnn-slot-orl
Utnghamton Republican : A street car con
ductor knows what the wild waves nro saying
when ho sees n woman wuvo her parasol.
Indianapolis Journal : Watts Do you sup
posn these meteors wu see sometimes com
from some other world ?
Potts Krora the way 1 hey blaze , I should
say that they must eomo from tlio next world.
Ilarpor's Uazar : Pat Vlmt bo that yczaro
dhrlnkln' wld yor whisky ?
Mlko Anolllnnrls , I'at.
1'nt How cluz It tsisto ?
Jlllto As If mo fut wor nslaool
Washington Star : "Doos literature Day , "
asked the Kllor.
"I should say so , replied thocountry editor.
"Every time wo print apoom tho'ntithnr comus
In and buys nt loiiat , twenty copies of thupupur
: o send away. " SSiJ
Llfo : Olty Editor Wull , what dirt you learn
ibout , tlmt accident on the I' . I ) , ( t Q. K. U. ?
Now Reporter Oh , It was nothing. City Kd-
ifor Nothing ! Why , the dispatches say It was
lorrlblu ! Now Reporter Well , 1 Just came
from the president of the road , nnd ho ought
Lo know.
Pmk : Young Wife What is baby trying to
snv , dear ?
I'lusband Give It uu. lie seems to bo trying
LO mnuufacjuro a word about twenty syllabic *
° Yo'ung Wlfo-Isn't that lovely ! Ho'll bo a
great scientist bomo day I
Indianapolis Journal : "My dear youth , "
said the solumu old gentleman , "did you not
enow that playing marbles for Uoops wa
ambling ? " ,
"Is that so ? " aslmd the small boy In great
astonishment. "W'y , I always thought b'atu-
jllng was something wicked , "
EQUAT. TO TUB OCCASION.
Aetu Vorft'CMS
What hours of happiness I Hpcnt
Tlmt day behind tin ) speedy span ,
When Joyfully I sleighing went
With Snrnh Ann.
The lovollKlit sparkled In lior eye ,
llor chuuks glowed with crimson tint ;
She took the ruins from mo , and I
1 took the hint.
rrrrro
The larsrcat nuicera atid sjltsrJ of
Una clothes oa K.irtli
Your mouoy'B worth or your money
Foreign or Domestic.
It makes but little 'difference to the purchasers ,
but when the. Lewis full fashioner !
4
underwear , that sells never for loss
than $3.50 to $4.50 a piece , goes at
a straight $2 a garment ; or when
Dr , Warner's well known health
underwear that retails for $5 and $6
a suit goes for only $1.50 a
garment then it does make a dif
ference. We won't do it long , because
851
cause we'll be sold out then wo
won't buy any more can't afford to sell such fine
goods and sell them at such ruinous prices for any
length of time. Also some awfully low prices on
broken sizes of other underwear. We will , also , give
choice of a fine selection of our $1.50 and $1 neckties
at 50o a tie. As drawing card we have put in all our
50o four-in-hands and teoks at a quarter atie. . You
know when wo say double value , it's so. No such
chance again. You may bo too late if you wait.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
I S.V. . Cor.l5th and Douglas Sts ,
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