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tor tlio week ending Mar. 4th , 18(17 , was a *
follows :
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Hoc Publishing company , that the actual av-
eraire dally circulation of the Dully Iee for
the month of March , 1880,11,637 copies ; for
April , 1880,13,101 copies : for for May , 1880,12-
439coplcs ; for Juno , 1880 , 12,298 copies ; for
July , 1880 , 12,314 copies ; for Auenst , 1880 ,
12,404 copies ; for September. 18W5 , 13 , W
ropies ; for October , 1880. 12,089 copies ; for
Novemlwr , 1880 , 1:1,343 : copies ; for December.
1880,13,237 conies ; for January. 1887. 10.1MW
copies ; for February , 1887 , 14,193 copies.
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SINCE lite sixteenth century Europe has
liad 289 wars , and within the last two
years has attempted 3,239 times to get up
another war.
CUTTING has not said anything for a
tow weeks , Envoy Manning has finally
sobered off , and the news from Mexico
Is painfully dull.
ON FIUD'AY , March 18 , President Cleve
land will bo fifty years of ago. It is said
that ho will not celebrate the event. And
It is possible that if lie docs not , no one
else
TIIK New York 8un has neatly dis
posed of the question , "What will Presi
dent Cleveland do when ho retire * to pri
vate life in 1833 ? " It says ho will prac
tice law.
THE Apache Indians in Arizona are
ngain becoming unsettled. Several out
breaks are reported. AVith Gcronimo in
Florida spending the winter for his health
BO great loss of life is expected.
THE blind may bo made to see , but thn
inmates of the blind asylum at Nebraska
It City , according to legislative ropoits this
morning , will never see the 13,000 ap
Itj propriation asked for that institution.
j THE railroad strikers at Lincoln make
open boasts that the railroad commission
will not bo repealed. The railroad
Strikers , it might be said , are in a posi
tion to know what they are talking about.
Vi3iTOii3 to the state house -have ex
pressed a desire to know Mr. Agco's oc
cupation. It is said that about a year
ago Mr. Ageo confidentially Informed a
friend in Hamilton county that ho was a
lawyer. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE bill making pocket picking a felony
ony , with a penalty of not loss than one
year's imprisonment , has been favorably
reported and will become a law. At
least thcro has boon no purse raised to
defeat the bill.
A "HELLOING" constituency watches
the telephone bill introduced by Mr. Wat-
eon , reducing the rental of Instruments.
ft * The member from Otoo should ring up
§ all the members of the house , and see
that it becomes a law.
NT IT was the pleasure of the house yes
terday , to vote down Mr. Ewinqt's
motion to investigate the charges made
ngalnst the Insurance company of Beat
rice , graphically discribed In these col
umns a short time ago.
THE following sentences arc part of an
editorial in the Boston Globe : "Hath
not a man eyes ? If you hang him doth
Ins nook not break ; " It gratifies us to
bo able to answer such deep questions
of philosophy , and accordingly we will
say it doth.
THE Moral Educational society of Chicago
cage has recently addressed to Mrs.
Grover Cleveland its heartfelt thanks ,
because the president's wife has refused
to wear dccollcto dresses. The great
pork center grows more fastldous each
day. Poor old St. Louis.
A COLUMN article appears in one of our
esteemed eastern contompories headed
' ' 'The Next Generation. " If a man would
0 down to Lincoln and take a look at
I our law-makers , if there was any of the
juilk of human kindness in his soul , the
present generation is all ho would care
to think about.
TIIK San Francisco Call saysIt : is a
reproach to California that the legislature
elected in 7880 is declared by correspon
dents who have attended its daily ses
sions the most corrupt that has yet as-
scmblod in tills state. While there are
men in both houses above suspicion ,
their efforts in tliu way of legislation are
set at naught by a band of mercenaries
who act under orders of their respective
bosses. " It would seem that Nebraska
Is not the only state that has boon dis
graced by the actions of its legislature. It
Is a frightful fact that no year over before
witnessed such glaring inconsistencies as
Imve been exhibited by men elected nnd
who are now under oath to servo the
people , but who uro in collusion witii
railroads , jobbers , hoolots and bum-
inors , forgetful of whatever honor and
iteconcy Ihoy may have once possessed.
California's respectable element nepd not
blush alone. Nebraska has been dis
graced and ii r people outraged. ' '
Omnlm Newnpnfior Properties.
The recent sale of the Omaha Herald is
discussed by the Doa Moines Register
from a strictly commercial standpoint.
Taking the purchase price of tholtcpubli'
can hist fall nnd the Herald last week as
its basis , our DCS Moines contemporary
marvels at tlio low figures at which the
two "leading Qmalui dallies" were dis
posed of. Taking Omaha's present popu
lation and future prospects as a basis of
Value , the Register declares these papers
should have brought double the amount
rcall/.ed by their former proprietors.
In proof of tills assertion the Jlcgis *
Icr boastfully points to tlio stand
ing offer for 1U own purchase
which , compared with the purchase price
of the two Omaha dailies , represents
more than all the papers in Omaha
would yield. This the Regtslcr claims to
bo a significant fact in favor of DCS
Molnes as against Omaha.
Our DCS Moincs neighbor should not
judge tilings by delusive appearances.
The trouble with that comparison is the
assumption that the Herald and Repnbli-
can are the leading papers in Omaha be
cause they have existed since the flood
and , In the language of Mr. Clarkson ,
during the lute presidential campaign ,
"claim everything. " The truth
ia that both these papers have
for years been "leading" only
in name. They have not been
and arc not now , paying properties , as
newspapers. Any paper that is not on a
paying basis , no matter how old it is or
how many franchises it may own , has no
intrinsic value outside of its machinery
and real estate. Its good will is in reality
its ill-will , and a positive draw-back.
Had the Register taken the trouble to in
form itself about Omaha newspapers it
would not venture the reckless opinion
that the standing offer for one loading
DCS Moines paper would more than buy
all the Omaha dailiescombinod. Wo ap
prehend that the BKE , were it for sale ,
would be worth a little more than any
Dos Moincs paper , and possi bly more
than all of them put tognthcr. its daily
circulation iu the city of Omaha
alone , is larger than the entire -
tire circulation of the Register , and its
total circulation is more than double that ,
of the Register. During the last year the
BEE paid out over $50,009 for the blank
paper on which it was printed. It has
paid more money for special dispatches
in the same year , than all the dailies in
Nebraska and Iowa put together. Its
New York Herald cable specials alone ,
cost more than the entire telegraph serv
ice of the Register , including the Asso
ciated press.
From a strict business standpoint , no
comparison can bo made between the
DEE and the two so-called leading
Omaha dailies. In the city of
Omaha the BEE covers the field
with six papers for every one
paper that each of the grand old concerns -
corns can show on their lists. In fact the
BEE delivers by carriers in Council Bluffs
as many dalics regularly as the Herald or
Republican deliver to their patrons in
Omaha. The general circulation of the
BEE outside of OmMia stands in about
tlio same ratio. As to weekly circulation
the posloffico record affords a striking
contrast. During the year 1880 the post
age paid on the WEEKLY BEE aggregated
nearly $2,200 , while the Republican paid
on its weekly for the same period $157.50
and the Herald paid $51.48. In other
words'tho WEEKLY BEE paid postage on
cloven times as many papers as the Her
ald and Republican combined , and forty-
four times as much as the Herald alone.
With those stubborn facts before it. the
great DCS Moincs daily may modify its
view about the relative positions and val
ues of Omaha newspapers.
A Dissatisfied Labor Champion.
Congressman O'Neill , chairman of the
house committee on labor in the last ses
sion , is said to bo very much chagrined
at the indifference shown at the last ses
sion toward measures proposed in the
interest of labor , nnd especially at the
failure , owing to the omission of the
president to sign them , of the only im
portant measures affecting labor that
passed both branches the bill prohibit
ing the employment of alien labor on
public buildings and works , and the bill
providing for arbitration in cases of dif
ferences between inter-slate railroad
companies and their employes. The lirst
of these measures , ' if wo are not mistaken ,
came over from the first session , and
there was no good reason why it should
not have boon acted upon in ample time
to have permitted the president to give
it consideration before more urgent
matters interposed near the close of the
session. The other measure was intro
duced late in the last session , but it is
not of a character that made extended
deliberation upon it necessary or an
excuse for delay , for it simply proposed
to apply a well known principle to the
settlement of controversies between cor
porations over which congress has author
ity and their employes , with the object
of preventing , or at least diminishing in
extent ana continuance , interruptions
to the commerce of the country
incident to labor disputes. A short
time before the close of the session Mr.
O'Noil complained to the house of the in
difference and neglect wiiich had boon
shown respecting these and other de
mands of labor , and the effect scorned to
bo salutary. But it came too lato. Tlio
Important measures were passed , but not
in time to receive the attention of the
president , or so late that the president
was enabled to find excuse for ignoring
them in the urgency of other matters.
It will doubtless never be known
whether the failure of these bills to re
ceive the attention of the president was
duo to the delay in getting them through
congress or to the disfavor of tlio presi
dent , which , under the circumstances , ho
could gratify without much danger of in
curring the responsibility of doing so.
The one obvious fact is that if Mr. Cleveland -
land had felt a very keen interest in these
measures ho cculd have found an oppor
tunity to glvo them his approval , and
with this in mind a great many people
will bo disposed to hold him measurably
responsible for their failure. But if this
bo regarded as a somewhat profitless
field for surmise , the labor of the coun
try may address its attention with per
haps better advantage to an inquiry as
to the meaning of thn indifference to its
demands complained of by the loading
representative of its interests and wishes
in tlio popular branch of congress. It
need not bo said that no responsibility
for that state of tilings rested with the re
publicans. The organization of the
house was democratic. The majority of
that body was largely democratic. That
party had absolute control of the busi
ness of legislation. It | s professedly the
friend of labor. What was the motive
In keeping legislation in the interest of
labor in the background until the closing
days of tlio session , and then sending it
to the president so late as to givn him no
opportunity to sign it ? How docs tills
conduct comport with the democratic
profession of friendliness to labor ? In
considering these pertinent questions ,
the labor of tlio country may find some
help to a .solution In a study of the opin
ions of Mr. Hewitt as expressed in his
celebrated letter to thcilomooratic club
of Brooklyn , both with regard to organ
ized labor and those democratic leaders
who coquet with it in order to use it ,
keeping in view the fact that the author
of this letter is one of the foremost load
ers of democracy , and particularly of
that clement which is most earnest in
supporting tlio president. It is possible
that the labor of the country is so care
less as not to think of these things , but
it will be a most singular and surprising
example of tlio indifference of men to
their own welfare if when the opportunity
comes this labor docs not show that it is
keenly conscious of the falsity of the
democratic pretuusc of friotullv concern
for its interests and vigorously attest that
conviction.
The Cry of "Stop Tlilof. "
Persons owning property outslilo the city
limits will now rest easier. They will not bo
Inconstant fear of having their properly gob
bled up by laud jobbers without rccolvlnj ? a
fair price. Omaha ncimvllcan.
This refers to the defeat of the propo
sition to give Omaha parks outside of the
city limits. Now we would like to know
whether giving the city of Omaha the
rigbt to appropriate land for public parks ,
just as all other large cities have done , is
an attempt at jobbery ? Every intelli
gent person kno vs that the right to ap
propriate land for parks does not confer
a right to take the property without pay
ing for it , and that payment must bo
made before the property is appropri-
ted. This cry of jobbery conies like the
of " thief' * from the
cry "stop very men
who have boon notoriously in collusion
wilh the boodling contraclor.s and
jobbers at Lincoln. It is decidedly sug
gestive. It is m accord with the
eternal fitness of things for a paper
whoso owners have acquired nearly all
their wealth by the most glaring jobbery
and fraud , to insult men who are battling
for the public welfare , by charging them
with favoring jobbery.
Daniel Manning.
Mr. Cleveland's cabinet has not gen
erally , wo think , oven by his own party
been considered an abln one , and some
members of it iiavo proven themselves
unable to rise even to tlio aveoago com
prehension of the dignity , justice and tin-
partisan spirit and methods which should
bo inseparable from the important offices
'they hold. In the retirement of Mr.
Manning , however , wo think the presi
dent loses the ablest of the lot , not as
finance minister , but as a man. In the
treasury neither his theories nor his
methods secured more than tlio approval
of the money dealers of Iho country.
Indeed , ho was Ihoir representative and
advocate , as against the larger commer
cial , manufacturing and industrial inter
ests of the country. But ho was bold ,
positive and aggressive. He was * pre
pared lo make swooping and sudden
changes in our revenue , coinage and cur
rency laws , forgetful of or indifferent to ,
the fact that oven admittedly bad poli
cies cannot bo suddenly changed without
doing positive and great injury to the
vital interests flf the country.
That Mr. Manning retires from the
treasury a disappointed man there can
bo no question , lie undertook its dulies
wilh great enthusiasm , worked zealously ,
indefatigably and untiringly until na
ture entered her protest. This gave Mr.
Manning time to reflect , and that reflec
tion convinced him that neither his party
nor the country at largo endorsed his
polii-y , and hence without doubt ho
gladly retires.
We believe that Mr. Manning would
have boon a much greater success in the
state department. His report on tlio
status of the fishery question shows with
what industry ho studied its various
phases , and his clear , bold and unminc-
ing manner of stating his conclusions
showed him to bo thoroughly American
in his sympathies. As secretary of stale ,
in our opinion , ho would never have
blundered In the Austrian matter , nor
made himself ridiculous in the Culling
affair , as Bayard did , and ho would have
had long ago some real progress to show
in the direction of an adjustment of the
fisheries dispute by negotiation. It would
have boon a wise move to transfer Mr ;
Manning to the state department. His
labors there would have boon less ex
hausting , while more bonolicial to the
country , and ho could the re hayo cayod
the distinction of success.
PAT GAUVEY will , In all probability , stand
before the people of Omaha as the one man
who really represented Its tnteresls In the
legislature. That Is , from Douglas county.
Omaha RcintltUcan.
This is a fair sample of tlio standpoint
and morals which actualo our con
temporary. A man must bo convicted of
larceny and till-lapping in order to se
cure its admiration. A man must get on
the lloor of a legislature while full of
liquor and make himself supremely con
temptible to all sober and decent men ,
in order to earn the plaudits of tlio high-
toned editor who prides himself upon his
"social standing" on short acquaintance.
BY roforoiii'o to our telegraph columns
this morning , it will bo nollced that the
legislator's path is not always smooth.
Mr. Miller enjoyed himself and pleased
the spoctalors yesterday afternoon , by di
recting a few remarks to the lined-lunged
Hamilton dodo , causing the man of many
normal school schemes to appear bravo
but only for a moment. Mr. Agoo. our
correspondent says , immediutoly col
lapsed. Mr. Watson , of Otoo , to 1130 n
strictly legislative expression , "churned"
Whltmoro , and taken all in all it seems
that the state is getting its money's
wo r Ih. _ _ _ _
A WICKED compositor made us say
' extenuated cars" yesterday morning in
speaking of Mr. CaldwolC What wo
intended lo say was lhat Mr. Caldwell
had succeeded in making a commodious
ass of himself. Natural history should
bo correct.
Mu. Surra , of Douglas , told Russell on
the floor of the house lhat ho was a coward
and lacked the instincts of a gentleman.
Growing warmer , Mr. Smyth further
said ho way ready to moot Russell on the
Inside or outside at any time. It wns
caused by the cvdtomont ot a heato'J
debate , yet nt the same lliuu itshojvs lhat
Mr. Itussoll is nothing but u wind-bag ,
blown up for sixty days. Ilo ia liable to
exhaust nt any tlftic.
"Untnsof feather will Hock together. "
The rogues and jobbers in tlio legislature
are receiving the praise of the jobbers
and rogues who came to Omaha to buy a
paper with money stolen fro m the gov
ern in en I.
Other Lands Than Ouri.
Tlio past week has developed no very
important events in Europe , with tlio ono
exception of the success of the septennalu
bill , which the German elections had
rendered a foregone conclusion. The
victory of the government in this mailer ,
preceded as il was by renewed assurances
from the emperor thai it would be in the
interest of peace , appears to have had
very generally a soolliing effect upon Hie
irritable tempers of the Euro-
paon rulers. It might bo a grave
mistake- ! however , lo suppose that Iho
prevailing calm extends far below Iho
surface of things. On tlui contrary il Is
not Improbable Unit the turbulent el
ements are still nt work , though held in
restraint , anil a day may bring forth an
unexpected and startling move in the
conplux game which Is being played. It
is by no means certain that Iti.smarci ; lias
yol fully shown his hand , and lliero can
bo no question thai France is watching
for his further play with very great In-
leresl. Meanwhile the Gorman govern
ment is manifesting no anxious hurry in
regard to whatever other measures of
preparation and protection it may have in
contemplation. Having easily gained the
first and most important step , and hav
ing at full command the power by which
Ihis was accomplished , il can pru
dently and perhaps advantageously take
its own time for the attainment of its
further demands.
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The revolt of the ga. ( i- .t v.t Silistria
last week , which was believed to have
been inspired from Uusslan sources , has
not boon followed by any now demon
strations , which fact throws a doubt upon
the assumed Russian-origin of that out
break. Nevertheless there are reasons to
believe that the mind of Russia is
filled with the Balkan problem , and thai
her hand is busy with operations for its
solution during tlio present spring. In
some respects Russia can now return lo
Ihis purpose under greater advantages
Ihan when she temporarily dropped it
last autumn. Austria and England then
seemed ready to combine aguinsl
her ; Germany looked with disfavor upon
all disturbing and aggressive move
ments , and Reuniania , Bulgaria and
Servia appeared ready to coalesce for
their common protection against Russian
aggrandizement jjJJut now Germany has
distinclly sustained Russia's claims to
political control in Bulgaria ; France has
greater reasons thnn ever for being pro-
Russian , and Ihe portc , to which Prince
Alexander acknowledged allegiance , lias
urged the Russian'candidate for Ihc suc
cession. Even ltaJrv protests lhal her al
liance wilh Germany and Austria would
not call upon It6r to go to war with a
power against wh'i'ch she has no cause ol
complaint. No A&glo-Austrian compact
has boon formed , and Roumania will
think Iwico before merging her forluncs
wilh Ihoseof hcrdislurbcd and still head
less neighbor on Ihc opposite bank of the
Danube. The indicalions , Ihercforo , are
lhal Russia could accomplish any mod
erate purpose by peaceful processes. Her
military activily suggests lhal she hopes
lo achieve more than moderate advan
tages , provided she can bo assured oj not
having too strong a combination formed
against her.
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*
The stupid and obstinate Incapacity of
Iho Salisbury mmislry in dealing wilh
Iho Irish qucslion is producing its legitimate -
mate fruit and the crisis is ripening fast.
The policy of the government thus far
has failed , as was clearly seen by all bul
lhu most radical lories it must do , and in
its present hapless situation thnro seems
lo be no certainty what the future course
of the ministry will bo. Its failure has
not only greatly diminished its claim
upon public confidence , bul has threat
ened il with disintegration. Lord Salis
bury is still bent upon coercion as the
only remedy for Irish troubles , bul Ihere
are strong indicalions of returning in-
tolligouco on Iho part of Mr. Chamber
lain and Sir George Trevolyan. Although
these gentlemen will probably support
Iho government in opposition to homo
rule , they will not go to the extent of
voting in favor of coercion. It is even
said of the latter that ho may ono of
these days make a public announcement
of bis entire conversion to Mr. Glad
stone's policy. Meanwhile Iho Irish
cause is unquestionably gaining friends
among the masses of Iho English people
who resent the policy of suppressing pub
lic meetings as arbitrary oppression ,
and the brutal thrcals of Sir Michael
Hicks-Beach as a disgrace lo Iho English
name. The publication of Iho evidence
of Sir R. iUiller , showing the op
pressive character of the tenant laws in
Ireland , which is said lo have crcaled a
sensalion , will go far to increase popular
sentiment in behalf of Ireland. The crisis
cannot bo long postponed , and Ihc pres
ent indications arp that the Salisbury
ministry will bo dashed to pieces on the
rock of coercion.
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*
General Boulangcr has retaliated upon
Bismarck , who liasj begun to Germanize
Alsace and Lorrain o by suppressing all
1'ronch sociolics thai exclude Germans
from membership , making tlio study
of German oblig.1 tiry in Iho public
schools. Boulang JEJ has forbidden all
officers of Iho Frnn\oh army to employ
any Gorman sorvn l4 male or female , eras
as governesses or t jrakrs. The occasion
for this order is | ig discovery that the
governess of the gjildroii of General
Davonot , commanding the Fourteenth
army corps at Lyons , is thn wife ot a
Prussian oflicer who was murdered on
the frontier. A London correspondent
writes lhat Boulangor feared thai Iho
governess might bo promoted by patriot
ism to prowl about at night making maps
of forts and drawings of repealing rifles.
Only a short time ago Germany was
highly indignant because loy school
houses , manufactured In Franco and sold
to Gorman children , had maps upon
the walls on which Alsace and Lorraine
wore represented as being parts of
France. But all these straws indicate
Ihe direction of Iho wind.
* *
Verdi , since the production of''Olollo,1
has Uad conferred upon him by Emperor
\yilllatu Iho Pruslan order of inorlt. As
Verdi Is a strong opponent of thu music
of the future and of thu German element
in music , thi ) K'mporor \ \ llllain's grace
ful act will acquire a greater significance
in thu recipient' ; ) oyos. Whim Iho in
signia of Iho companionship arrive , they
will doubtless bo relocated to thu famous
glass case at Saul' Agala in which Verdi
keep ? all liis ribbons nnd decorations.
The great musician has his sharu of
vanity , anil is nol In any way averse lo
companionships ami honors of lhal ilk ;
bul ho has a rooted objection to wearing
even the slightest decoration on his
breast. He will nol oven consent to
garnish hi.s buttonhole with a ribbon. If
people wont to see his crosses anil deco
rations , they must stud ; , them , ho says ,
In the glass casu at Sant' Again , for ho
will not wear them and be1 stared al.
V
The city of London , proper , la to have
its affairs inquired Into by a committee
of the housa of commons. Such an in
vestigation is needed , if there Is any truth
in Ihe stones of packed meetings and
bogus petitions lo prevent any reorgani
zation of the government of the me
tropolis. At present London is ruled
and managed by vestries , and corrup
tion runs riot all through this system of
by-gone days. The inquiry now ordered
will doubtless hasten Ihe adoption of
some now form of municipal manage
ment for the whole city. Jl is a reform
that lias long been demanded by well-
informed nnd honi'sl Englishmen.
1MIOM1NKNT 1'IUtSONS.
llydcr Haggard Is In Cairo , Esypt , getting
materials for his next novel.
Itosa Donheur is painting a picture of Iwo
Hour tor an American connoisseur.
Capl. John ICrlcsson , Ihe great naval In
ventor , Is eighty years old and works ten
hours a day.
Aline. Christine Mlsson has just completed
a successful conceit tour of France and wilt
spend the spring la Hnglatul.
Tieasurcr Jordan.afterbeing relieved of his
olllclal responsibilities , will sail for Kuropu
on business connected with the new bank.
Secretaiy Manning has had under consid
eration a trip to Kurope for the benefit of his
health , but has finally abandoned the design.
Minister Pondleton is said to bo very reluc-
taul lo luturn to Berlin , much preferring to
lemaln In this country in some olllclal capa
city , but the call docs not come to him.
Jay Gould , Kusscll Sago , and Cyrus W.
Field do not use tobacco in any form. Any
smoker who will leave olt the habit may
asplie to be as good as they are , though pos
sibly not as wealthy.
Alexander McDonald , of Manchester , N.
II. , has discovered a brother In the now
lieutenant governor of Michigan. They last
saw each other about forty years ago iu their
old homo in Sydney. C. U.
Then and Now.
Mttcon Ttleorafh.
Formerly people who intended to become
actors were wont to prepare themselves for
the event ; now they prepare Ihe public.
How Chicago Cam nro Heated.
Chlcagn Tiiliunc.
A man In Omaha is Iho inventor of a
method lor heating street cars by mixing cor-
lain acids. In Chicago the cars are still
heated by the profanity of the driver.
Possibilities of the West.
St. Mmt Otube.
The hopeful immigrant , truest harbinger
of spring , begins to appear at the depots on
his way west. The same Individual , five
years hence , Is likely to appear on his way
easl with the litlo deeds to a ICO aero farm
and a substantial bank book In his Inside
coal pocket. Great are the possibilities of the
western country.
A. Mayor of the Right Kind.
St. Louts Fust-Dispatch.
It is Impossible not to admire the pluck of
Iho mayor ot Mice , who undertook lo resloro
Ihe contulcnco of Iho frightened people by
Klvine his ofliclal assurance Immediately af
ter the earthquake lhat the worst was over ,
and lhat they had nothing more to fear. A
man who can guarantee a city against an
earthquake shock Is a mayor worth having.
Take the Hunny Side.
Let's oftener talk of nobler deeds ,
And rarer of the bad ones ,
And sing about our happy days ,
And not about our sad ones.
We are not made to fret and sigh
And when erk'f sleeps to wake It ,
Brlu'lit happiness Is standing by ,
This lite is what wo make it.
Let's lind the sunny side of men
Or be believers in It ;
A light there fs In every soul
That takes the pains to win 11.
Oh I there Is slumbering good iu all ,
And we , perchance , may wake It ;
Our hands contain the magic wand ;
This lito is what wo make U.
Then here's to those whose lovlnic hearts
Shed light and joy about them I
Thanks be to them for countless gems
We ne'er hail known without them.
Oh I this should be a happy world
To all who may partnkeIt ;
The fault's our own U It Is not
This life Is what we make it.
GENEKA.li CltOOK IN BOSTON.
Sound Opinions Given on the Indian
Question.
General Crook , who" has just returned
from Boston , is most enthusiastic over
this , his first visit. It was a revelation to
him. Meeting as ho did with some of its
most prominent ctl/.ens , ho found thorn to
bo people of wealth , culture and position ,
spending largo portions of their incomes
yearly in charilics. This visit was caused
by an urgent invitation given before
from some of the principal citizens , in
cluding tlio governor an d mayor , for
General Crook to moot lliem and give
them his views on Ihe Indian question ,
in reply lo the question :
"Aro not the Boston people visionary
on the Indian subject ? " ho said.
"Nol by n long ways. They under
stand the Indian Just as lie is. They don't
believe ho is an angel by any means.
Their idea is thai the present policy has
proved a failure. They believe in trying
something which will put him oii the
level with the white mini and sen what he
can do , and then if hu makes a failure let
him go down. "
When asiicd whal ho thought of the
Dawus bill , the general answered.
"It is a most excellent bill anil in Iho
rlghl direction if properly carried out.
Land has to bo given and the Indian
taught how to use it or it will be a fail
ure , except in tlio case of a very few of
mosl advanced. Force should bo exer
cised wilh authority al first , nnd after
two years of this training the Indian see
ing the result of his labors , the problem
is solved. "
As lo Iho present system of cducaling
Indians ? The general Ihought it is
good , as far as it goes , bul it makes no
provision for/ / the Indians of to-day on the
reservations. These should bo put lo
work under the provisions of the Dawos
bill , so as to- become solf-hiistalnlng.
Then those educated away from reserva
tions will have a place lo return Lo and
can apply Iho irados Ihoy have been
taught. The interview was short , for
the general is a busy man , bat it may be
assumed that the Bostoniuns wont to bed
rock on thn Hubjeot , as tiny usually do in
all all mailers in which they take an in-
tere l. . . .
UNION I'AOIPIO
1'romioctlvo Chnn c" In the Ucml * of
Itopnrtnioiil.i Inttrflrilto KmnoiM.
It has been currently reported for
some time that many important changes
in the olllcltits of thu Union Pacific rait-
way were pending , but nothing authora-
live has boeii made known or can bo
bo mndo known as yet. Nothing di'liu-
ile , it i.s believed , will bo ilono until the
annual mooting for the oluetion of olll-
cor.s , which occurs the lattnr part of tlio
present month. Rumors and sensational
hazards nl moves contemplated , liayo
been gossiped about and published , but
more conjectures are not of sit ( Detent
weight to cllt'cl Iho powerful railway
corporation Interoslod. The Hlalumont
that Ihe president , Charles Francis
Adams , had failed in his efforts lo carry
otil certain needed improvements and
obtaining certain expected aid
in inducing congress to defer Iho collcc-
lion of certain liabilities due the federal
government from thu company , on ac
count of assistance furnished some limo
since , may bo Iruo but it cannot bo
claimed thai Ihis is the cause of nny
changes contemnhUed in the manage
ment of Iho company. Thai vast Jin-
provemenls have been made in the road
bed , in building or buying "feeders. "
engines and cars , in atuicipatoin of dila
tory aclion on the part of congress , with
reference to thu company's indebtedness ,
is unquestionably true , but the claim that
an cflort on Iho part of Mr. Adams lo di
vide Iho responsibility for expending
money in Ihis manner wilh his subordin
ates has rcsullcd in p. change of officials
is not siisccDtiblc of proof.
Chief ClcrkOrrsaid , yesterday morning
that there is a great deal of sensational
ism in tlio reported condition of the com
pany. Ho was iiskcd :
"How about the reported meeting iu
Boston v"
"Well , CGcnoral Manager Callowny ,
General Superintendent Smith , General
J ralhc Munaner Kimball and Assistant
Manager dimming * , were in Boston
Ihrec weeks ago , and may have had a
meeting , but I know nothing of it. "
"Will there be any change in the ofli-
cialsy"
"Yes , Mr. Callaway will bo acting
vice president , and Mr. Cumniings will
bo appoinlcd as general manager , the
appointments to bo made at the annual
meeting the last of Ihis month. "
Mr. Orr said ho knew nothing of the
rccission of any conlracls on account of
the failure of congress to act favorably ,
nor did ho know of any further change
in ollicials contemplated.
The reported resignation of General
Traflio Manager Kimball lacks aulhonlic
conlirmalion.as well as tlio many rumors
which elevate certain persons to
prominent positions in Iho company's
employ.
Cutting Krolght Kates.
The BKE'S lolcgraphic dispatches con
tain advices of considerate rate culling
on all classes of freight from Chicago.
It is claimed thai larifF rales are 25 per
cent , oft' .
Mr. Nosh , of the Milwaukee , when his
allention was called lo Iho mailer ycslor-
day afternoon , said lhat he did not think
the situalion was quilons bad asrepresen-
led. "There is a slight break up in rales ,
I know , " ho said , "and I sup
pose it is being taken advan
tage of by shippers from Chicago
to Omaha. When the inter-stale law
goes inlo cfTcct of course all this will bo
done away with. "
A Northwestern man expressed the
same opinion. Ho did not think the cut
would result in anything serious.
NOTT.9.
General Superintendent Smith , of the
Union Pacific , returned yeslerday morn-
ingf rom Boston.
General Passenger Agent Morse , of
the Union Pacific , has gone to Washing
ton , Jo atlend a passenger agenls' con
vention.
Tlmo for Reflection.
Chicago Herald.
The response which Mr. Van Wyck's
valedictory has received from most of
tlio moneyed centers of the east is that
the proposition to have United States
senators elected by the neonlo is danger
ous , because it would destroy that con
servative influence which , under exist
ing conditions , Ihe upper house is sup
posed lo exert upon legislation. "It is
highly desirable , " says one organ of
opinion , "that if a majority of the
American people should take il into their
heads lo make fools of llicmsclvcs a
power should be lodged with some body
less uudcr lhat influence , so to restrain
them as lo give them time for reflection. "
This was Iho idea on which liio Ameri
can house of lords was founded , bul it
manifestly docs not now apply with the
force which it was originally thought to
have.
In Great Britain the form of govern
ment on which the American system was
in some rospccls modeled has been
changed until Iho principle of an upper
and a conservative house has almost boon
lost sight of. The form is still there , it is
true , but the substance is lacking. The
British house of lords merely registers
the decrees of Iho British people as ex
pressed in the house of commons , and if
it were to do otherwise its legal existence
would come to as effective a close as its
actual legislative existence in its primi
tive form has. already done. Such a
thing as the house of lords being empow
ered to place an effectual veto upon the
wishes of llio people is at present un
known in Great Britain. The lords may
demur , they may even threaten obstruc
tion , but in Iho end they give in their
acquiescence. On Ihoso conditions that
body has its present oxistenco. Without
these limitations il could nol last , for in
Iho first conflict with the popular will ,
long accustomed lo absolute power , it
would bo swept away.
Thu American house of lords , instead
of losing strength and influence in na
tional legislalion , as ils Brilish prototype
lias done , has gained in these respects.
It started out as a conservative and non-
nartisan body. 11 was judicial in { is
character , and it was thn habit of its
members to consider all questions on
grounds of public policy rather Ihan
with reference lo Iheir oiled upon par
ties or partisans. Now wo see thu narrowest
rowost partisanship in the country exem
plified in the stMiato , and , what is much
worse , the occupation of perhaps a ma
jority of its seals by ktfbwn representa
tives , not of parties , not of states , not of
political principles , although Ihesu arn
assumed , bul of private interesls. Most of
these interests are such us are in
imical to Iho mass of Iho neoplo
and menacing which all modern
reformatory k'gislalion unerringly tends.
To leave this body in thu posses
sion of these interests is to defeat the self-
governing idea. There i.s lhat in the con
stitution of thu soimto and in Die method
of its election which must inevitably de
feat the popular will when that will be
comes dangerous to Ihe intcrest.s there
represented. Conservation is well , and
in some circumstances a system of chocks
and balances is desirable ; but when it
comes to a system which builds up In one
wing of ihe capilol a body enjoying an
absolute veto , in the election MI which
Iho people have found that they can have
little or no influence ) , II is a very dill'iironl
matter.
The public is no longer an experiment.
A century of self-government , under
many Irving conditions , has shown that
the American people may bo trusted with
the power over llicir own alliilrs. They
do not need lo bo placed in leading-
strings , and above allthey do not need to
have those leading-strings hold by the
ring-i and corporations which are prey
ing npou them.
liife &g $
A CARD ,
TO Til K PUHUC
AVith tlio approach of spring
and the increased interest man
ifested in real estate matt ITS ,
I am more than ever consult
ed by intending purchasers as
to favorable opportunities for
investment , and to all such
would say :
"Wlioii'piitting any Proper
ty on the market , and adver
tising it as desirable , I have
invariably confined myself tea
a plain unvarnished statement
of facts , never indulging in
vague promises for the future ,
and the result in every case
has been that the expectations
of purchasers wore more
than realized. I can refer with
pleasure to Albright's Annex
and Baker Place , as sample il
lustrations.
Lots in the "Annex" have
quadrupled in value and are
still advancing , while a street
car line is already building
past Baker Place , adding hun
dreds of dollars to the value of
every lot.
Albright's Choice was se
lected by me with the greatest
care after a thorough study
*
and with the full knowledge
of its value , and I can consci
entiously say to those seeking
a safe and profitable invest
ment that
Albright's Choice
offers chances not excelled in
this market for a sure thing.
Early investors have already
* * >
reaped large profits in CASH ,
and with the many important
improvements contemplated ,
some of which are now under
way , every lot in this splen
did addition will prove a bo
nanza to first buyers.
Further information , plata
and prices , will bo cheerfully
furnished. Buggies ready at all
times to show property ,
llespectfully ,
W. G. ALBRIGHT
SOLE OWNER ,
218 S. 15th Street.
Branch of lice at South Oma-
iia.
N. B. Property for sale in all
parts of the city