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VS ,. Jfc B .rTj,.- nVs5rw.r"Sri, -.' -rri.- " -- - fK!v i - if Sii.-'&V VI .??li MMCMMmhcHI a?.- tmCi-it -i '-' -'sfc. -.. i i VOLUME XXn.NXIMBER 22. C0LTJ1MEBUS. NEBRASKA, WgpNlSPAY. SEPTEMBER 16, 1891. WHOLE NUMBER 1114. r :-,, y-i,v- " ' "' "" t!m!f:1&. - jjftssjj-ikt-y'yaLgg'''gr,j:9iM.,j . jfrufiatE eBaBaBaw A 4 fTiiirai BPliMT''atlfrSr Wji - MmM mm Baf m maWAeT LT r IF .ICHb;?0 EHiiw ij. m-mmam BOI Saw eaWAnW' 007 ..ilr l 7NKi v .vwosnv awi mm t . "" Bra '?'- " 53F-3" J'-v "".. - J.mJm " BB ' BB (L gt is umtmmis h, -- . :$ f. I' ' r' i, . r r i' i. ajtoebson, . , J. . OAIXKT. Via a & bosk. .AKEmow xx! r JACOB OBEIBBf. HEKBY BAOAT& JOBN J. SJTJELIVAN. First National Bank, Columbus, Neb. .BewlifCiriitinlayn.ltM. , m BE80UBCEB. ; Leans aad Dfecousts . .Baal estate. famiLure aaA , fixture 17,1 . . UBIirOBOIMrMOXl sas,77xn Dra from U.S. Treasury.. 675.86 . '- Cnk kttl.C. 1M7S.4S $t7t,BB6i IJABILITIEB. Capital HlWpl . . CaliTideuBToSte 16.CBM4 " NatAanaibaAkmataaaal Boa" sconBts uae sepostters .. T Zf.MIfAUl, 9 DrVTCRMM CVIAITA1V4 ATTomtrmAtZmUK V. A. MatlJ.pma. W.at M irmmtn r iUir. It aBOTA 111 and SheeUrti Wirt! lolvWttk, iMiif Mi : twmiy. HENRY &A8a COFFINS AND METALLIC CASES. tTItrpalring U Mn4 UM Ury Gootb. Mt C9M.1 A STRAY LEAF z DIABT. JOURNAL OFFICE LOUIS SCHREIBER. ulWaoiIibr oaiii All Hill f Mill f iMtMif in wit MtttM. liqi, Wif- M ill wwk Im SMrt itMi. Ate nil tit Wnjl tow, Bwjin, OmM mmmBSSLmmSEr kf Illlllll ttM -TbW BV M SUBSCRIBE NOy Til AIBKAI lAIAXOl, ntawjthi K mmm apyaika t-KI TUB JMT I tnVi.uiw. Jt wiu h i mummnnikmmmwU.immtolmHto isssnssrasSimn INti ohSmI UNDEPTAKBE I i i iM 6- SaSrSXftSB&CMM AifJM c tl i i4 BlaH iifc io-a:iar jBIIIIIZEI IttfEMHS. A Brief Compendium of the Busy World's Events. COLLISION 0i THE SEA ONE STEAtfR SUNK AND MANY DROWNED. Ab Itallaa Sttancr Strikes a Ck -Tet-el aa tk termer Slak la a tew SUa atos mta a Um ar Life Ellakair tit Oa Uaadrad I'anaaa. A collixiott U45 taken place off Cape Col oaaat In the Mediterranean, between the Italian steamship Taromina. of the tttin Mcfisagerie company, ana tfcf t &team ship Tbessalia. Th Tarotnlna mnk soon after, drowning her captain, several of her crew an4 part of her cabin passenger. The second officer of the Taromina and a nuin ber of passengers standing on the bridge at the time the collision occurred were saved by boats. The datotafcft tbne to the Taromina by the collision with the Thessalla was so great that she sank a few minutes after being struck by the Greek steamship. Host of the Taromlna's passengers were It their berths at the time the Jewels Collided, and the latest estimate 'is 100 persons drowned. The Thessalla was badly dam aged forward, but by keeping the pumps going they succeeded la reaching Phaleron. Debts la The census ofice has issued a bulletin which glres the mortgage indebtedness of the state of Kansas by counties. The total sswcrmul valuation of real and personal aroperty la 1890, not including the railroad property, which Is placed at fsrt8W.C33, was t2l,593.711. The estimated true value Is between eight aad nine hundred millions. It Is found that Kansas has a mortgage debt of 1335,185,108, which does not include the state and railroad land contract debt of 7,661.718. This debt Is S? per cent, of the estimated true Value of all the taxed real estate. The average amount of debt per mortgaged acre is placed at f6.65. Of the total mortgage debt 8187,145,039 Is upon acres aad $68,340,669 upon lots. Thirty-four per cent, of the total debt la force is on real estate la the western part of the state, where it Is said the values are low and where a settlement was made but a few years ago. Beware ef Wemaa, Bob Winteon, alias Lewis Sherry, was hanged at Newport, Ark., in the presence at tweaty-lve witnesses, as required by the Arkansas law. Wlntson, who is a negro, killed a actio preacher named Smith at the Instigation of a negro woman, Mattle Green. On the gallows he uttered a fervent inco herent prayer aad twice repeated: ''Beware tke temptations of wowttt they will lead you Into trouble, and you may not escape." toeAullaw tfca Lightweight Champion. Sporting men say that no prize flsbt in the country since the great battle between Dempseyand TlUslmmoas attracted such universal interest as the lightweight championship match between Jack McAu liaTe aad Austin Gibbons, at the Granite As sociation club rooms at Hoboken, K. J. It was stopped by the police la the sixth round aad Referee Jere Dunn awarded the ightto McAullffe, amid much enthusiasm. BeeUtoM College Eadersed. The twenty! ret annual meeting of the association of Congregational churches f South Dakota closed at Watertown. 100 delegates being In attendance. A lively discussion was created over the resolution Indorsing Kedteld college, and recommend ing the college aad educational society to place it on Its list for aid. The resolution was carried. Tke Oaaaha Saaelters May Ge. A dispatch from Deaver states that the Omaha aad Grant Smelting and Refining company Is buying a large tract of land at that city. It Is believed la Denver that this means a removal of the works from Ouaha and it Is argued that the labor troubles ef this and a previous season havo determined the company to take this costly step. Itena la rr pact. Rangers from Baa Antonio, Tex., are in dose pursuit of tke Southern Pacific train robbers and may come upon them, at any time. There are eight robbers and fifteen rangers, aad whea the two parties meet then is likely to be a bloody fight. IN THE EAST. Macte now has a people's party. The Cincinnati platform was adopted. The people's party of Massachusetts nominated a ticket with Henry Wins tor governor and Wa. J. Shields for lieutenant governor. IxsTinrcrnoxs have been received by those in charge of the Blaine house on Lafayette square, Washington, to put it la order for the return of the secre-tary-aad his family about October 1. J. Sloaic Fassktt. collector of the port of New York City, was nominated for governor by the New York republi cans. The platform declares against free coinage, stands by the McKinley bill and reciprocity and vigorously assails Got. Hill- and Tammany. Tars story of a horrible threshing machine accident comes from Lima, O. In a quarrel John Johnson knocked Bates Lewis into the cylinder of the machine, where he was ground to pieces. Lewis' brother who was present disem boweled Johnson with a pitchfork. At the bicycle races at Hartford, Conn., in the half mile safety race for the national L. A. W. championship, A. A. Zimmerman, of the New York Ath letic dab, won in 1 minute 22 1-f sec ends, making the last quarter In 39X seconds, breaking the world's record of SO 4-5 seconds. J. G. Cajtsoh, vice-president of the Fourth National bank of New York, eonlrmed the report that that bank had decided to emulate the example set by European bankers last fall, aad lend money without interest to importers of gold, while the gold Is in transit. Oui determinatioa to da this," said Mr. Can non, "la due to a desire to accelerate the movement of gold this way. The European bankers found last fall that the import of gold by their custo mers was greatly stimulated by the plan mentioned, and we have decided to get some of the gold back a little earlier than it would come naturally by adopt ing their plan." Book after the assembling of congress in December Secretary Busk will ask for an appropriation of respectable pro portions for the purpose of further pur cuing the experiments for the produc tion of rain in arid plains la the line that Gen. Dyrenforth and his associates have been conducting in Texas. Unless the laurel won by the experimenters are taken away.from them ft is riot likely there will be any objection to a trst rata appropriation, as it Is conceded oa arary hand that should there be di coreriea which will enable anyone to prednee rain, it would mark one of the saeat important epochs In the history of the government. It Is also nndentood at Washington that the legislatures in the states aad territories where there Is need of rain in crop .growing siassns will take steps toward making expert ments on the Dyrenforth plan 4aring the awxt summer, aad it to probable that there will th a great many appro 'prt&tfons made by them for next sum mer's use. The Texas experiments, it is thought, will stop the .feOleslcal sur vey oitroitc all I It3 XUhctions in the wa bf Irrigation. Investigations and experi ments and that congress will turn all of tnts work over to the department or agriculture. There is nothing more heard of artesian wells, catch baSins, canals, ditches and other old-time nieth ods of Irrigation such as has trteri talks over ll congress and uogltattd upon for many yttarl lh the geological survey. Everything is pointing in the Iftlrectfon of precipitating rain byarttftciil tteahs. Tata, icenfeua ofnee has issued a bulle tin which furnishes statistics as to sen tences imposed by the courts upon pris oners In penitentiaries! Of 45,233 pris oners In penitentiaries, 53 were not sen tenetd; 3,486 were serving sentences of less than one year, 39,757 had been sen tenced to imprisonment for a definite term of years, 2,688 for life, 12 during their minority, and 63 were Under sen tence f death awaiting $ecutiori A tendency tt.rtiter severity of sentence fft apparent in the south and west. The average sentence of a native white con vict of native parents Is 5 years and 208 days; of a foreign bora convict S year! and 193 days; of t colored convict 6 I ears and il3 days. The average sen ehce of a male convict Is 5 years and 285 days and of a female convict 4 years and 215 days. The difference between the average sentences In different states', the bulletin says, are a surprise. They range from 2 years and 356 days in Rhode Island to 13 Years and 116 days In Mississippi, and seem to be gov erned by u6 discoverable law. Thb board of manager of the na tional home for disabled Volunteers has about concluded a quarterly meeting in Washington. At the last meeting pro vision was made for the creation of medical boards of each branch to exam ine the inmate and ascertain what pro portion of them are able to maintain '.themselves and are not disabled. These .reports are now under consideration. ;Tho board at the California branch re ports that there is not a single inmate who could properly be excluded; . tn the central branch the board found thirty five inmates who should be excluded, because they have sufficient income to maintain themselves, and seventeen be cause they are physically able.. The Milwaukee branch has not yet reported. Their board has not yet determined upon the line of policy to be pursued in these cases. It is the desire to rid the homes of inmates really able to take care of themselves 10 order to afford room for deserving veterans, but so many considerations arise that It Is not practi cable to apply any general rule. IN THE WEST. Tbx bureau of statistics has recently Issued a volume which deals with the development of the Pacific slope, in cluding the states of California, Nevada, Idaho, Oregon and Washington and the territories of Utah, Arizona and Alaska. Thb lands comprising these states and territories, exclusive of Alaska, consti tute quite a fourth of the total area of the United States. Alaska, acquired by purchase from Bussialn 1867 at a cost ofS7,2O0,000, has already returned in revenue to the treasury more than its purchase price, and has produced in values to our citizens not less than 985, 000,000. Of this sum 980,000,000 is the products of the Isherles, for the protec tion of which from Canadian poachers we are now contending with Great Britain. Tbk assignment of the Central Mar ket company, of Chicago has been an nounced, with liabilities of $160,000 and assets of $305,000. The attorney for the company said that the failure was merely a suspension and due to the lack of ready funds. F. L. Cabboxx, of Fresno, Cal., aged forty-one, committed suicide In a San Francisco hotel by exploding a dynamite bomb in his room. His remains were scattered all over the room and one of his arms was found in the street. The jury in the Davis will ease at Butte, Mont., reported they could not agree.' It Is learned that they stood seven to ive for contestants from first to last. They eliminated the Knight will from their deliberations. Tbb Farmer? Review of Chicago pub lishes reports from correspondents in ail parts of the United States which show that the damage done by the late frosts was greatly exaggerated. The Minneapolis boardtf trade de clines the proposition of the St. Paul chamber of commerce for municipal union. THE SOUTHERN SUMMARY. Gktt. T. M. Habris, of Ritchie county, W. Va., a member of the court martial which investigated the death of Lincoln and condemned Mrs. Surratt, has just finished a history on the assassination of President Lincoln. The history was compiled from stenographers notes In Gen. Harris' possession. In the book Harris boldly asserts that Jefferson Davis and certain members of his cabi net were interested in and encouraged the assassination of Lincoln. He fortifies the statement by a large amount of doc umentary evidence. The book will cre ate a sensation. A Galvestoic, Tex., special tells of the organization of the colored cotton pickers, who have agreed to pick no cotton after a certain date for less than Si per ICO pounds and board. The or ganization has been perfected through the medium of the colored alliance and now numbers more than half a million. It is learned that a secret circular has been mailed to all the pickers through out the cotton belt, fixing the date for the inauguration of the strike at Sep tember 15. Thb anti-lottery voters of Louisiana have been reinforced by the women in that state, who have formed a women's anti-lottery league and issued an address to the women of all the states, asking for their sympathy and encouragement In the struggle In which their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers are engaged to free themselves from the demoraliz ing influences of the lottery octopus. Nkab Magnolia, Ark., Mr. Couch, a prominent planter, was In a small cot ton house with five or six others weigh ing cotton. Lightning struck the build mg, killing Samuel Carter and his 15-year-old son James, John Brown and Doe Blakely. Tbb following dispatch has been re? eeived at world's fair headquarters from Weatherford, Tex., the headquarters of the Texas state fain "One hundred thousand Texan protest against the Sunday closing of the fair. The day of fanaticism to passed." Ib a fight between Texas raagars and train robbers two of the former and thirteen of the latter were killed, aad several oa both sides wounded. ' Tnextreato cc4d weather to telling badly oa tke cotton crop. It toesti mated the condition has fallen of 20 per cent, within the last week. These is great commotion among shippers by way of thtMissiseippl river to bt. Louis and other points over the discontinuance of the running of all steamers to St. PauL TO DECIDE BY A VOTE. THE BLACK HILLS AND THE WORLD'S FAIR. A Beareseatatlv Caavaatlea at waad Asks Canary Cemmlssleaars to Call a Vata ea the aaaelal Sasslatt at ib CeagressMMtal BWcileJt Ail enthusiastle.cbnventiBn was Held at Deadwood for the purpose $f arrang ing i Black Hills exhibit al the world's fair. t Resolutions were adopted asking the commissioners Sf the dlffererit coun ties to call a special election the same date as the congressional election, for the purpose of seeing if a majority of the people of the state favor the calling of a special session of the legislature to make an appropriation. Should the vote be in the negative the Black Hills counties will spend 1900O0fnra8peclal exhibit J! their .dwjl .resource. tDel& gates weire present from all over the Hills: . A Slgaiaeaat Mava. The official plats have, been received at the United States land office at Chamberlain from the land commis sioner of 188 acres of land adjoining that city and 640 acres on the west side of the Missouri river. This land, together with right of way to the Black Hills, is granted the Chicago, Milwaukee St St. Paul railway by the Sioux bill, and as this company must extend the line and hare it in running order within three years of the issuance of the president's proclamation on February 10, 1890, in order tB secure the title, the filing of these plats at this time, is believed tb Indicate a determination on the part of the company to begin work on this im portant extension at ail early day. Turning Out Better Than Ever; The coal mines on the middle fork of Hay creek in the Bear Lodge range of mountains, now being opened by George M. Nix A Co., of Dubuque, Iowa, are showing up better than ever. They have a coal formation of eighteen feet and a working vein of solid coal that ranges In thickness from nine to twelve feet. They have twenty-two coal filings made covering 3,560 acres of land. It is rumored that the Illinois Central railroad company will take the mine when further developed. Not 8 Bad as Baperted. L. D. HtxkLEY, crop inspector of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St, Paul Railway company, visited the scene of the recent Faulk county prairie fire that was re ported sd disastrous. He reports about 2,000 bushels of grain, seventy-five tons of hay and four or five old shacks and shanties, which were unoccupied, and one or two barns burned. There is no distress in the burned district and no homes were burned. KapaMieaa Convention Called: The republican central committee of South Dakota chose Aberdeen as the place and September 29 as the date for the republican convention to nominate a candidate for congress. The basis of representation is the same as last year, except in counties where an increased republican vote appears, such counties to have proportionately Increased repre sentation. DasneeraUe Convention Called. Tbe democratic state central com mittee has named Mitchell as the place and September 30 as tbe date for hold ing the state convention for the purpose of placing a democratic congressiona nominee in the field this fall. A Blaak Hill Baca Circuit. PBBLmncABT steps are being taken looking to the formation of a four town Black Hills race circuit, consisting of the towns of Buffalo Gap, Rapid City, Belle Fourche and Spearfish. IadapaaaeaU' Caavaatlaa. Hvboh Is the place and September 30 the date chosen by the Independent cen tral committee for their congressional convention, which will have 250 dele gates. A PROMINENT FARMER'S DEED. Poison to Three Neighbors Instead r Aleeael. Orb man dead, another with the sands of life slowly running out, a third re covering from the awful agonies of a death from poison and a prominent and wealthy citizen behind prison bars, are a quartette of factors in the most sen sational and mysterious poisoning ease in the annals of Nebraska crimes. An drew Olson, one of the three men who were given a drink of bedbug poison in stead of alcohol, by a prominent farmer named O'Flaherty near Hartington, Neb., lingered several days in great agony and finally died. Martin Knut son, another of the victims of O'Flaher ty s criminal carelessness or vlciousness, is lying in a very precarious condition. O'Flaherty is a prisoner, charged with a crime that makes strong men shudder, and, if intentional, cannot be parall eled in western criminel annals. The absence of motive of any kind that would prompt O'Flaherty to deliberately poison the tbreemen adds a mystery to the affair that is puzzling those who are best acquainted with it. He was known to be sober on the night when he gave the men the bottle, and yet their hesit ancy only caused him to urge them to drink the liquid. With an honorable career resting on the foundation of many years his present difficulty seems all the more inexplicable and surprising. Public indignation at Hartington is re ported as having exhausted itself against O'Flaherty is a growing sympathy, and there is intense interest in the develop ment of details of what is an awful crime or an awful mistake. Like Fanr Hnadred Thrashing Machines. Phil J. Gibabdet, a Nebraska City traveling man, while in the western part of the state, in a small town called Rapids, was awakened in the middle of the night by feeling an insect crawling in his ear. There was no doctor in the town and he had to wait until a train arrived to take him to the next station, where a physician took a miller about an inch long from his ear. He says that during the eight hours that miller was in his ear the buzzing and humming of 400 threshing machines wouldn't be a marker to what he could hear. Ceasaaenetag tao World's Fair ExalMt. The Nebraska world's fair commis sioners held a meeting on the state fair grounds at Lincoln which was attended by representatives from aver forty counties. It was agreed that Nebraska should commence now and prepare and arrange its exhibits for the world's fair, and if possible secure crop specimens from every county for two successive years. Tbb coroner's Jury -at Harjongten found Dennis O'Flaherty guilty of ad ministering poison with felonious in tent. VMMU'm Arteetaa WoTJ. O'Nbux'b artesian well is bow 1,275 feet down and projectors expect seen to strike m good f ow of water.' Soldiers' Bowaleav' Tbb moat successful soldiers' reunion ever held in Nebraska dosed at Grand FOREIGN JOTTINGS. The how Itqnor law proposed by the Gar mai iverriist is a radical meas ure compared With existing iMislstfort, and makes several sweeping enatirfei' tat the relations of the saloon to the public. Under its provisions no license will be granted except in cases where there is heed ft a saloon, and this need must be Shown, which is htft always easy of detiidristratlori, QSoA moral character also is requited of the applicant arid the saloon hiust keep away frtfui ihe vicin ity of schools.and chdrches. The polico ref ulatIbhs,of the' liw are .Stringent and place the' saloon1 under thdro'ugti sur veillance. The saloonkeeper is made responsible for the good order of his place and will be punished for selling liquor to minors, to intoxicated persons, or those who have been convicted of drunkenness within three years. The law also provides for plaeing common drunkards tinder legal guardianship, and, whed iiecessary, cdnfining them iu asyluinS. Retailers, that IS; those who sell beldw fifty litres, or fifty quarts, in round numbers1, will ndt be ailowed to sell in Quantities' less thad half a litre, or one pint. For violation of this law fines of from 30 to 60 marks, or in our money $7.20 to$14.40, and imprisonment up.to fourteen days are imposed, and in cases where persons saving life, pre venting fire, or attending the health of others get drunk the heavy fine of 100 marks ($24) or a montk'a Imprisonment Is provided. .The English campaign for the election bt a new house of edsimons has already practically begun: Candidates' may not be named hor polls opened for months, or a year, to come. But the men who are to dispose of candidates are named, and the books which are to govern the polling are made up. The registry sys tem in Great Bfitairi differs in some re spects from that in vogue In the United States, for one thing, in that the regis tering takes place so long before the voting. It is, however, perhaps even more than here, the first skirmish of the electoral battle in which very largely the fate of the whole contest is decided. On the 1st of August the overseers pub lished their lists of voters id various classes. These have been posted at the doors of churches, public offices and elsewhere, so as to give all persons op portunity to Inspect them. For three weeks they were thus displayed, and during that time claims might be filed for the insertion of new names or the removal of names no longer entitled to be there. This period of popular scru tiny and revision expired on August 21, and the lists were then turned over to the registration courts. The latter will begin their work this week, considering and investigating carefully all claims that have been filed, and finally revising the lists in accordance therewith. This task must be completed by October 12. The rolls of voters thus prepared will come into force at the beginning of next year, and will form the basis cf the next general election. The Catholic congress which was re cently held In Berlin assumed unex pected Importance. Over a thousand delegates were In attendance. A reso lution was adopted declaring that the time had come to convoke a great inter national Catholic congress for the con sideration of the question of the restora tion of the temporal power of the pope, and a committee was appointed to ar range for the holding of such a congress. In discussing the question of the neutral ground for the place of the meeting of the proposed congress, Switzerland was most in favor. Delegates will be sum moned from every Catholic community In the world. The question of the res toration of the temporal power of the pope will be treated, not as an Italian question, but as one of universal con cern. The congress affirmed the deter mination of the German Catholics to re main resolute supporters of the dreibund and decided to continue the policy of Dr. Wlndthorst in working for a recall of the Jesuits and for religious instruc tion in the primary schools. After con siderable discussion it was voted to favor the state regulation of labor ques tions. v The Viennese press is wide awake to the significance of the passage of Rus sian ships with "volunteer troops" on board through the Dardanelles. The object, of course, is to establish a prece dent. The Nate Freie Prate, in a lead ing article, remarks that Russia is evi dently passing troopships systematically through the Dardanelles, in order that it may be able to raise a diplomatic question with regard to the closure of those straits. It Is also evident, adds the writer, that Russia relies on the support of France. The French are burning to give tokens of friendship to the Russians and will probably make no scruple about assisting them to set aside existing treaties. The Nate Freie Prcese and the Political Corretpondence both point out that in this question Russia will be opposed by all the great powers excepting France. The right of Turkey to close the Dardenelies to the warships and the troopships of all nations was laid down in the convention of London in 1841 and the treaty of Paris in 1856; nor did the London conference of 1871 or the Berlin congress of 1878 alter the previous settlements in any way. The schooner Pannonia, from the Marshall islands for San Francisco, has been wrecked on the Hawaiian reefs and all on board were drowned, includ ing the crew of seven men, Capt George D. Lovedale, of San Diego, Mr?. Love dale and the captain's three children. THE NATIONAL GAME. Games Wan, aad fjost How the Clabs Smr Stand. Following Is a showing of the standing of each of the teams of the different associa tions: STATION At LBAGOB W. L. c. W. U Be. Chlcagos....7B 43 JB9CIevelands..53 65 .411 Bostons 67 48 i83JUroolUyns....S3 63 .441 NewYorks.ee 46 .5fi6,PiUbunp..i9 67 .13. Phlladelp'sJO 63 4S7ClnrInaatls 45 70 JW AmUUCAM ASSOCIATION. w. u Bostons. ....81 SS St. Louis... .73 -45 Balttmoras.At so Phlladelp's..es 64 M W. l me. .711 IOolamtms..J7 6 AB AlMMuwaakees.49 17 .437 J61WaahinsfsJ 74 J II J5S8 LouisvUles. JS 76 Xi WBBTEBjr ASSOCIATION. W. L Bc.l SioaxCltm.68 SS JM8 Omaha W. U me. ...50 55 At KaasasCrysSO 66 AlSIDenvers 51 68 .461 THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. Carls Common to prime. f g 65 6.25 Hoas Shipping grades 4.50 9 5.'.5 SHsBbwB. ao aoa.aao 40 V 4v Wheat Cash 91 & .9iH Cobb Cash .62 OATS ... .o4 BTB.. ............. ..-.. " BtaTiBT. ............... ... .S"5 .61 Flax l-O-W Bttrbb Western dairy.... .1" .!' lows Wasters "Xw .17 eioox CITY. Gaxtlb Fat stoats f 4.oo a 5.06 GAzna Feeders...... 2.75 ( 3.50 nOsBal oaoaaaooaoooooaaa W O Mf Om " B$BwBBBBvao ooooaooo oo oooooao SSaZj (0 4 " WaB4StSMtti( W OolSoiao ooaoooooooooaoaoo ooo afBraBBBV -4nA BpSaJSBBB? a aoooooooooaaeooo o o mm aSBV oVawBawKo ooooooooooooo oooaooooo oU OMAHA LIVE STOCK. Carls Common to prime. 3.00 4 9.26 Hoes Shippers i.'Jj a 5.10 SEW YOBK.PKODlJC':-!-Wbbat S l.no'49) i.OQ; vlthBaV o ao o ooooooooooooooooaao ll t Osva Wnsteta .33 A .3: PROJECTION WATERS IT RAILROAD CHARGES INCREASED BY THE TARIFF. PwmUSmmm'ickmtk-Tli9 Vt lB-Praau sat VorolssI TiaWs BwmHtaw vs. MeBtelay-A Fatal AawaS BeodlaS Notes. Watered ay Protection. Otir farmers very justly complain that fsllfoaa are', vert often capitalised at much more titan their actual yaltis, and then proceed to chcrgi. freight rate high enbugh to earn dfvklendg fcffcn. theif watered stock. This coniplairit is, in many cases, only too well founded; yet the men who make it often overlook the fact that they themselves bste a very deep pecuniary Interest In cheapf-ening- the legitimate expenses of rail road building and equipment Even ti railroad honestly capitalized at Its actual cost has to earn dividends upon a mtich larger capital than wouli be otherwise Becessary; owing to the artificial values caused by tbe protective tariff. There are some farmers whs fadcy that the price of steel rails, for example, 11 tid concern of theirs. But they must see that it ddes concern them, since whatever Increases the cost of making railroad becomes an element in fixlef freight and passenger charges The New York Commercial Bulletin, one of the highest authorities la business matters has recently said: "Whea It Is eonstdervd that the materials and labor required In the construction aad operat ing of onr roads are Increased in cost oa ah average probably fully 30 per cent through tte Operation of the protective policy, li trill be seen that our transpor tation Is costing us gome $32'5j000.000 per annum more than it need," and It went oa: "that ($325,000,000) needless tax has to be paid out of our products and labor, and thereby becomes an embargo noon Oar whole bommeree and Industry, and an obstruction to our competition for the commerce of the world. A correspondent having asked for far ther explanation of this, the BuUetto answered la part as follows: "In applying this 30 per cent, ratio to the enhancement of the cost of railroad construction and transportation, we aimed to be largely Within the truth, as will appear from the fact that for the years 1865, 1875, 1880, and 1885 the duty on iron rails averaged 40 per cent, and home-made rails must have ranged above foreign prices approximately in about that ratio. For the period between 1863 and 1890 the epoch of high duties the cost of railroad constructed, as It Is ex pressed in the stocks and debts of the companies, has amounted to 8,500 millions; and, therefore, taking the en hancement of cost of construction at only SO per cent, wa have during that period Incorporated into our railroad system no less than 2,550 millions of virtually fictitious - capital, or nearly double the present amount of the nation al debt; upon whieh the roads, not being responsible for this artificial Increase f their outlay, demand with some show of right that they must be allowed to earn Interest Allowing them only 4 per cent on this compulsory Inflation, it follows that the protective policy is now forcing upon the railroads a necessity for exacting from the public, for capital account alone, 8102,000,000 per annum more than would have been required in the absence of that policy. This item was embraced in the aggregate of $325, 000,000 given in our remarks of the 15th Inst , based oa the fact that every item among which the 1,080 millions of cur rent gross earaings Is disbursed has been directly or indirectly subject to the In flating effect of the tariff. "We hardly know bow to make it plainer to our correspondents than we already have how this artificial increase of tbe cost of rail transportation 'has to be paid out of our products and labor. What else is there but products and labor to provide the means of paying for transportation service? The cost of transportation has to be added to the cost of labor and products, thereby en hancing the price of both; aad so far as there is any artificial augmentation of this element of cost there is clearly so much abnormal embargo upon both our industries and our trade; which must be an obstruction to our competing with nations which are less subject to tariff Impediments o o o " "And Just here lies the fundamental blunder, the fatal weakness, of protec tion. Whatever producers may be sup posed to gain through the tariff raising prices, they cannot but lose through a corresponding increase In the cost of labor, plant, materials, management and all other outlays, aad the result of the artificial contrivance Is simply nil. For the device diverts a large amount of cap ital and labor from pursuits for which we have the best facilities to those for which we have the worst; and the net result is a waste of productive power and a failure to turn the national re source Into the most natural current and to the best account. Protection Is sim ply an attempt to subvert and counter act natural laws: and aa such It caa never benefit the Industry at large of any country, although It may be so contrived as to help some Interests to the corre sponding detriment of others." The Use! Wool Tart. If we are to continue to be, on the whole, the best-clothed people In the world, we must continue to consume a large portion of the product of wool growing countries. The proposition of Judge- Lawrence and his associates, to grow all the wool of every kind that we require, Is known by every manufac turer, and this should be evident to any intelligent person who will Investigate the subject, to be the most arrant non sense. Thousands of farmers in this country, who have attempted the raising of special breeds of sheep In various lo calities and abandoned it as unprofitable business, know it to be impracticable. They can do something else more profit able, for which tbey are better circum stanced. Practically, therefore, It Is the same as impossible to force this business to any great extent Under any cir cumstances, it Is a matter of many years experience In the adjustment of various breeds of sheep to special locali ties. This cannot be done by Increased duties on foreign wools Wade Fibre tmd Fabric. TarlB tao Main Zasoo. In a recent Interview upon the issues of 1892, Senator John G. Carlisle says: T have no hesitation In saying that tbe Democracy should keep tbe tariff to the front It Is the great Issue of the day and on it the fight should be made. Upon It the party is united and can make a confident and aggressive battls "Tbe -party is not united on the free coinage of silver, and it would be suicidal to advance that Issue to a position of equal Importance with the tariff; but this will not,' In my opinion, be done. Nothing can get in front of the other Issue; the cause of revenue reform wi 1 till be tbe paramount question, even with free coinage. If the drain on the people prodacei by high prices is con tinued, how are they benefited? Their money will still be wrung from them through custom house exactions." It Is quite possible that we have spoken disrespectfully of reciprocity, aad why not? Isn't It a humbug, pure and simple? Isn't it a rouadaboat aad awkward way of arriving at the eads which th j tat iff reformers have ia new? The worst of it is, It does not promise valuable returns, but the admission of rabid protectionists that reciprocity la desirable- means much: It gives the He to many of theif arguments in the Bast. and deals a sever blow to the fabric of wrotoction-. alreadv totteTla to Its falL New' Torh Merchants' Bevtetc. la tao rorotea Mmtmwt s) d Our enormous crops, with good prices. Which would not be possible In the Bar row canines of the home market are how teachiffg or farmers (he value of iisefr foreign market as they have never seen J! betortt Whllf the? are thus learning Ib a most practical way tbe im- tease importance Of Ihe European mar et, let thera not forget what the pro tection do-trine about that market is. The principal Americas book settlBg forth the doctrines of protection Is that of Carey. This is the greatest work yet produced by' tn American protectionist and our high tariff crowd ar acens (0md to swear by Carey. Aad What says Csre? stoat the foreiga market? "Our country Would be better off if the Atlantic were aa Impassable ocean of fire, aBd a prolonged war between this country and our best customer, En gland, wou'd prove an advantage. " Do the farmers think so? Let them Imagine what would bow be the. price of wheat if the 200,000,000 bushels which Europe will probably call for this year wero kept at home to glut our own market But this queer doctrine is also the doctrine' Of McKinley. Here are his words: "If our trade aad commerce are in creasing aad profitable within eurown borders, what advantage can come from passing by confessedly the best market that we may reach the poorest by dis tant seas? In the foreign market the profit Is dltided between our own rit izen and the forelgaer, while with the trade and commerce among ourselves the profit Is kept la our own family and increases oar nstlonsl wealth, snd pro motes the welfare of the individual cit izen." Yet "the poorest by distent seas" Is now booming the prices of wheat in a way to make the farmers smile Would It not be wiser to court that market very vigorously by taking more freely what It has to offer in exchange? ftotoetWsCfeaofc. The great crops of all kinds of agricul tural products are now attracting uni versal attention; and already the protectionist organs are congratulating themselves that thesa big crops are go ing to make the farmers so happy that they will forget all about agricultural depression and go on toting for the blessed high tariff. The organs do not even stop here, but have the snbllme cheek to claim that these big crops are due to the MeKlaley law. Thus the New York Trttmac; the chief sinner of them all, has the assur ance to say: "The expansion of production at this time to not entirely a matter of lack. One principal object of the new tariff was to afford better protection to agriculture. It contained new duties for the express purpose of enabling American fanners to secure the home market more fully. At the same time It gave them assurance of expaa sioa of manufactures snd establishment of new industries, croatlaa- a far greater horns demand for their products. Early lsst fall, as soon ss tbe new tariff went into effect, these result were perceived. Americas farmers, thus eacoaraged, la crsssed their production la every direc tion, sad so rapidly that they might have fouad reason to regret it if unususl for eign demsnds had not arisen. The en couragement of Industry here was the legitimate fruit of a tariff Intended for that purpose." But who caa discover a siagle farmer that planted more this year because of the McKinI?y law? Such a farmer ought to bo found at oace for exhibition pur poses. Any dime museum eoald offer him a good salary. The Idea of McKinley encouraging farmers who export aa eaormoas surplus of their productel A Pofat Atoatt B Mistakes will occur even In the best regulsted protection families. Here for example, is one of the "tariff pict ures" of the New York Press: "Ladles, the McKinley bill has not advanced the price of needles Tbey cost SI. 10 a thousand last year, and only 73 cents this year; because we make them in this country, aad the tariff does not touch home-made goods If we make enough of them. That's mighty good reason why we should make enough of them, isn't it?" And here Is an exttact from McKin ley's speech at the great protection ban quet In New York last April: "Do you know why we put sewing needles on the free list? We did it upon the great underlying principle of pro tection, because we' didn't manufacture them at home." That is why needles sre lower now. The duty takea off by McKinley was 25 Br cent, and already needlea have lien In price, according to the figures given by the Press, more then the entire amount of the duty. But do we make needles? McKinley says no; the Press says we do, and that this Is the reason that the price has come down. McKinley says he put needlea oa free list; the Press says there is still a duty on them. Yet it is a well-known fact that this organ was subsidized by a rich Connecti cut manufacturer to expound and defend protection. FroSta an Foratga Trade. Here are the yearly profits which England gets out of its foreign trade, together with its interest on invest ments in foreign countries: Pr otts oa freight Interton tha capital m foiohai Bm0TC9 a aaaaaoaaa as XBSTITsUaOO aaa Profits of tha merchants Interest on Investments. .m s.ooo.en l 6B9.rO 8A09JWO 17,500.006 . 65,000.060 XotoUcao 196,O0v,0nO or $612,000,000 per annum made out of foreign trade and by putting money into foreign countries. Yet we hsve msny protectionist wiseacres in this country who tell us that "British free trade" Is bringing a "bitter harvest" upon Eng land. Do these figures show that for eign trade is sn unmitigated evil? Thk organ of the Protective Tariff League has found a new consolation for the woolgrowers to compensate them for the decline ia the price of their staple since the McKinley bill went into effect It says: "The duty on wool may or may not increase the price of this year's clip, but five years from now the number of sheep will be Incressed, and the fleeces which are cut from those sheep will weigh more than those cut in 1890 or even in 1884." This maybe tbe effect of the tariff on the sheep, though wa cannot see how it will come sbout But if the effect on the farmer is to make him weigh less (and that is the way it works now), we shall still think that there is a net loss to the country from the wool tariff. Evening Poet. "The overthrow of the present horri ble system of tariff taxation Is absolute ly essentisl to the liberties of tbe people. Taxation of the laboring masses for the enrichment of the protected aad privi leged few Is a re-enactment of slavery In this country more odious and abomina ble than African bondage when It ex isted. Tdis issue is to be fought out to the bitter end; snd I have faith that sooner or ater the people will triumph over the rains of the plu'ocracy. There are other issues also which must take their place ia the Xatlona: Democratic platform. "5cwrn- Koor'teetr. THE OLD at BsT.TanWT X ; Columbus State Bank FIJI Usttst ilM Dt$ms. latuLasaMUat DBATTBOM Yessksj IXLL1 wTUWUlr TICDTbI BUYS GOOD N0TS8 AndBabMttS they a OmCBHWABB MCANDKR OKBBABD. : H.M.HCHBT. VMS ItSWnaws. JOHN BTAUFTEB, CaaalOT. aCBBUOOXB, aW.BUUT. -" . a COMMERCIAL BARK, OF COLUMBUS NEB. HAS AH AitaTid Caiibi if WW Pail ii Cajital 90,000 OTWWMMMt 5KSStlW Ylcs-Fm a a. mwuiK. Cashier. DANIEL SJCsmAaf. 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