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' * - ' f ' ' . ' ' . . ' . . ' . ' . ' ' . . . ' . " . . " . " . ' . ' . : . . ; - [ - . . ' " ' . * * THE OMAHA UAILY BEE : 1VEDNESDAY , . .DECEMBER 7 , 1887. .THE CARES OF STATE Cold Metallic Sounds From the Ca pacious Depths of Cleveland. - THE SURPLUS AND THE TARIFF. A Brood of Evil Consequences Hatched By a Oroaiilngf Treasury. CONDITIONS VERSUS THEOrilES. ' Opposition to Reduction a Culpable Betrayal of Party Pledges. THE TARIFF WOLF LIKES MUTTON Combinations and Trusts Usurp the Profits of Toll and Thrift. j THE DANGERS OFDELAY. . The PrcHldctit'H Brief Hut Vigorous Message ( o CongrcsH , Devoted Kntlrrly to Taxation and tlio ol'Immedi ate KclicI' . Cleveland' * * Cash Cni'il. To the Congress of the United States : You nre confronted nt the threshold of your leg islative duties with a condition of tlio na tional finances which imperatively demands immediate and careful consideration. The amount of money unnually received through the operation of the present laws , from the Industries nnd necessities of the people , largely exceeds the sum necessary to meet the expenses of the government. When wo consider that the theory of our Institutions guarantees to every elti/on the full endowment of the fruits of his Industry nnd enterprise , with only such deduction us may be his share towards the careful and economical maintenance of the government which protects him , It Is plain that the ex action of more than this Is Indefensible , and n culpable betrayal of fairness nnd Justice. This wrong , inflicted upon those who boar ' ' the burden of natiotml taxation , like other _ wrongs , multiplies u brood of evil consequences. The public treas ury , which should only exist us a conduit conveying the people's tribute to the legiti- > inate objects of Its expenditure , has become a hoarding place for money needlessly with drawn from trade and thu people's use , thus crippling our national energies , retarding our country's development , preventing in vestment in productive enterprises , threaten ing flnunclul disturbunco and INVITtNO BCItUMKii OF 1'UIIUC I'l.UNIICll. This condition of our treasury is not alto gether new ; and it has more thunonco of late been submitted to the people's rep resentatives in congress , who alone can apply the remedy , and yet the situation still continues with ug- t nruvnting Incidents , more thun over presug- ' Ing financial convulsion und wide-spread dls- ' lister. It will not do to neglect this situation l > ocuusc its dangers uro not now palpably im minent and apparent. They exist none the . less certainly and suddenly they will bo pro- t cipitulod. upon us. On tlio UDtli day of Juno , 1S85 , the excess of revenue over public expenditures after com- ' ) ) lying with the annual requirement of the I vlnking-fund act , was JlT V.i.TM.SI ; diiring the year ending.luno ! ltl , l&Sti , such excess timountcd to f-l'.i , lO"i,5I.VJO ; nnd during the year ending June ISO , ibb" . It reach- , Vd the Hum of $ . 'Vil. ii)7i'.54. ) ) Tlio unmiii } contributions to the sinking fund durIng - , Ing tllu three years above spcciliedamounted in the aggregate tolHS1i."i3K.lM ( ! ( ) , und deduo- r" tjons from the surplus , us stated , were miulo by culling In for thut purpose outstanding it IK1 ) ! oont bonds of the government. During tlio bix months prior to Juno BO , 1SS7 , the sur plus revenue hud grown so largo by icpeatod iiccwnulutions , und , ns it wns teared the ( withdrawal of this great sum of money ' piccded by tlio penplo would so ulTect the busl- iicsb of the country , the BUIII of ioSU4- 100'of such sunilns was nyjilied to the pay- inontof the principal and interest of Uio S : ) or cent bonds still outstanding , und which tycvo Ihou puynblo at Uio option of the government ; The precarious condition 'of ' flnunciiil affulr.s among the people still needing relief , imtnodiutelynftcr tlioiiOth day of June , 18S7 , the remainder of the 1) ) per cent bonds then outstanding , amounting with irtncipiil and interest to thu sum of SlSb77- XX ) , were milled in and applied to tlm sink ing : fund contribution for thu current fiscal your. NothwitliHtuiidliig thvbo operations of Lho treasury dep.utmcnt , rilKyKNTATlONS OK DlPrltUSS in business circles not only continued but ! uerousci ! | and absolute peril soei" ln't hand [ n those circumstance the conrribution to Uio ; . . " , ning"TUm'l for the current fiscal year 'wan at once comiiloted by the expenditure of B7US4,2t.f , ! ; } > 3 In the purchase of ( jovernmcnt bonds not yet duo , bearing four and four and a half per cent interest , -ituo premium paid thereon averaging about 'J4 per Cent for thb former und 8 per cent of the latter. In addition to this the in terest account accruing during the current year upon the outstanding bonded indebted ness of the government was to bomo extent bnticlpatcd und banks selected as depositories of public money wcro permitted to somewhat Increase their deposits. While tlio oxpedl- icnla thus employed to release to the people the money lying in the treasury served to [ overt Immediate danger , our surplus rovcn- Vic.s have continued to accumulate , the excess for the present year amounting on the 1st day 'of ' December to & . 'i.V # , S71.1U , and estimated to reach the sum ot f UiOOO.flOO ! on the iWth tof Juno next , at which date it is expected that this bum added t6 prior accumulations , will swell the surplus In the treasury to $ MO,000,0X ( ) . Vhure t > cems to bo no insurance Unit , . , \yitli Mich iv withdrawal from the .people's circulating medium , the business community may not In the near future bo "Subjected to the sumo distress which was hullo lately produced from thu sumo cause. * " And while the functions of our national treusury should bo few and simple , and While its best condition would bo reached , I ' IjoUove , by its entire disconnection with-thu lirlvutc uusiness Interests , yet when by a iwrvcrslon of its purpose , it idly holds money uselessly subtracted from the channels of Vtra lo , thorn seems to bo reason for the claims that legitimate means should bo de vised by the government to restore in tin emergency such money to its place among lhe people. 4 IV SUCH AN KMRltOU CY AHlir.S there now exists no clour und undoubted ex- pcutivo power of relief. Heretofore tha re * j-ilempUou of the three per cents only , which , ' * * voro payable at the option of the government lias afforded a means for the disbursement ot the excess of qyr revenues ; but tlieno bonds liuvo ull been retired , und there are no bonds . , outstanding the payment of whichkwo huvo a right to insist upon. The contribution to the N'BinUing fund which furnishes the occasion for expenditures in the purchuso of bonds lias been already made for the current year , 60 there U no outlet in that direction. In the ' .tireseiit. stuto of legislation the only firetenso ot the executive power to rc.storo ut f hUitimo any part of the over surplus reven ues to the people by Its expenditure Consists In the supposition thut the liwretnry qf the treasury may enter the Cnarkct and purchase the bonds of the gov ernment not yet due nt a I'll to of premium to Iw ufrecd upon. The only provision of law lipon which such u power could be derived la found in an appropriation bill passed u num. lor of yours ugo , nnd it is subkvt to the sup- foiilion thut it was intended us temporary .fend limited in its application instead of cou- fi'ring , continuing discretion und.uithnHty. | f < o condition ought to exist which would Jus- tlfy Uio grant of power to a single tenicial , upon his Judgment of Its necessity , to > V'lthhold from or release to the business of tlio | xplo in an unusual inanneivmoneyhrhUn the treasury und thus nffeot.at his will , the Jinan , rial situation of the country ; ami if it is flecmod wise to lodge in the hocrotury o the treasury the authority in tliopro'Siit Juncture to purofiaBo bonds , it * hcu'i < t bo plainly vested. t > nu provided ns fr as possible With uiich * ccHt5iI ] , llmltntloiift at will-doflao hi * ofll- wilfiglit undaifciytlon , uml , tit the clime imu reliovc Ulm from undue rct-ixinsibllityl In conglduriiig the iuei > tlon of piirvhiislngi > ; 9tul as a mean * of .rdstorjug to clrouiutloji.- .ho surplus money ui'cumuluilug | n. tli . , IfaUouid be boraelu mind that pro- mlums of course must be paid upon Auch pur chase , thnt thera may bo n iBrgb part of these held us investments which cnnuot be purchased nt any price nnd that combination among holders who lire willing to scl ) may unreasonably enhance the cost of auuh bonds to the government. IT HAS mnv : si'noKSTKi > that the present bonded dubt might bo re funded at a less rate of interest , and the dlf- feleneo between the old und now securities imld In cash , thus finding nso for the surplus in the treusury. The success of this plan , it Is apparent , must bo founded upon the volition of thu holders of the present bonds ; and it is not entirely certain that the Inducemwit which must bo offered them would result in more financial benefit to atho government than the purclm o of bonds , while the luttor proposition would reduce - duce the principal of the debt by actual pay ment , instead of extending it. The proposi tion to doiKisit the money held by the govern ment in bunks throughout the country , for use by the people is , It seems to mo , exceed ingly objectionable , principally as creating too close lelutionshlp between the operations of the government and the business of the country , and too extensive a co-mlngllng of their money , thus fostering nn unnatural re liance in private business upon public funds' , If this scheme should be adopted It should only be done as n tcni | > o- rary expedient to meet nn urgent necessity. Legislative and executive effort should gen erally be in the opposite direction , and Khould huvo n tendency to divorce ns much und ns fast us can safely bo done the treas ury department from private enterprises. Of course , it is' not expected that unneces sary and extravagant operations will be made for thu purpose of avoiding the accu mulation of nn excess of revenue. Such ex penditures , besides demoralization of all just conceptions of public duty which it en tails , emulates a reckless Improvidence not in the least consistent with the mission of our people or the high and boncJlcent pur poses of our government. 1 have deemed it my duty thus to bring to the knowledge of my countrymen us well ns to the attention of their representatives , to the responsibility of legislative relief , the gravity of our llnuncinl situntion. The fnll- ure of the congress heretofore to provide against the dangers which it was quite evi dent the very nature of the difficulty must necessarily produce , caused u condition of tbmnciul distress and apprehension since their lust adjournment which taxed to the ut most nil the authority and expedients within executive control ; und these appear now to bo exhausted. ir TimsTEii nr.sri/rs fiom the continued Inaction ot congress , the responsibility must rest where it belongs. Though thu situation thus far considered is fraught with danger which should bo fully realised , and though it presents features of wrong to the people as well as to the country , It Is but n result growing out of n perfectly palpable und apparent cause , constantly re producing the same alarming circumstances a congested national treasury and n deple ted monetary condition in the business of the .country. It needs hardly bo stated Unit while the present situation demands n rem edy , welcan only bo saved from n predicament in the luturo by the removal of the cause. Itnvonno Kudtiutlon. Our scheme of taxation by means of which this needless surplus is taken from the people and put into the public treasury , consists of a tariff or duty levied upon importations from abroad and internal revenue tuxes levied uiKiii the consumption of tobacco und spiritu ous nnd mult liquors. It must bo considered thnt none of these taxes , ns relates to things subjected to intcriml revenue taxation , are , strictly speaking , necessary , nnd it so ni > - pears to bo no just cause of complaint of the consumers of the articles and there seems to bo nothing so wellablo to bear the burden without hardship to any portion of the people. IJut our present tariff laws , the various inequit able nnd Illegal source of unnecessary taxation , ought to bo at once revised nnd amended. These laws , in their primary and plain effect , raise the price to consumers of all articles Imported and subject , to duty by precisely the sum paid for such duties. Thus the amount of the duty Mr.AnUiiKd THI : TAX PAID by those who purchase for use these Imported articles. Many of these things , however , are raised or manufactured in our own country nnd the duties now levied upon foreign goods and products uro called protection to thuso homo manufactures , because they ruiulur it possible for those of our people who arc man ufacturers fo mnko thcso taxed articles and sell them for n price equal to that demanded for the imported goods that have paid customs duty. So it happens thnt while comparatively few use the imported articles millions of our people , who never uie Hiid never saw any of the foreign products , pur chase and use things of the t amo kind nnuto in this country , und pay thorefor nearly or quite the Hume enhanced price which the duty adds to tlio Imported articles , The great ma jority of our citl7Ciis who buy domestic ar ticles of the same class , pay a sum at least approximately equal to this duty to the homo manufacturers , This reference to the operation of our tariff lawn is not made by wny of instruction , but in order that wo may be constantly reminded of the . ni ; ir.m which they impose n burden upon UIORO who consume domestic product" us well us those Who consume impsrted articles , and thus erjutt ! n tax upon all our people. It is not proposed to entirely relieve the country of this taxation. It must bo extensively con tinued as the source of the government in come ; and iu n readjustment of our tarltl the Interests of American labor engaged in man ufacture should bo carefully considered , as well us the preservation of our manufac tures. IT MAY HE CALLED ntOTnCTION , or by uny other name , but relief from the hardships und dangers ot our present tariff laws should bo devised with especial precau tion against imperiling the existence of our manutuctiirlng interest , but this existence should not mean u condition which , without regard to the public welfare or n national ex igency , must always insure the realization of the Immense profits" instead of moderately profitable returns. As the value and divers ity of our national activities increase , new recruits nre added to those who. dcsiro n con tinuation of the advantages which they con ceive the present system of tariff taxation di rectly affords them. So.stubbornly have , the efforts to reform the present condition been resisted by those of our fellow citizens thus engagedthat they can hardly complain of the suspicion entort.iiucd to a certain extent that thoio exists i AN OWIAXJZKI ) COMlllX\T1OK nil along the line to maintain their advantage. Wo nro in the midst of a centennl.il celebra tion and with liccomliig pride wo rejoice in American skill ami ingenuity , In Ameri can energy nud enterprise , and the wonder ful natural advantages and resources de veloped by a century's national growth , yet when an attempt Is made to justify n hchemo which permits a tax to bo laid upon every con sumer hi the.laml for the benefit of our manu factures quIU'beyond aiensnnnhlodemand for governmental regard , it suits the purin n of manufacturers to insist that infant lmuislrle.s nro still needing the highest and greatest dc- groti of favor mid. cure Unit can bo wrung from federal legislation. It is said the Increase in p'rlco of domestic manufactures resulting from the present tariff is necessary In or-Uw thnt higher wages may bo paid to our worklnginon than are paid for what is called "pauper labor. " Wo nc- knowlcdjro tho-forco of the argument which Involves the we ) fare nnd liberal compensation of our laboring people. Our labor. Is honest In the eyes of every A'ncrlcnn citUen and lies ut thu foundation pf' our development. It is entitled without affectation" hypocrisy to the utmost regard. The standard of our la borers' lives should not bo marred by thnt of another country less favored and they uro entitled to the full share of our ntlvantiiRM. r.v TIIK I.\ST rrxsvs It Is made to appear thnt of the 17,8MPW of ourpopr ' ilustries , lure ferv vants and Inborer * , while 1SIO.V ) aru cm ployed in trade imd transportation , and a,5 > : > 7llirb ! ; ! classotl us employed nt manu facturing ami luinliKT. For tha present jiur- po cs , however , the last number given should bo cohsWerably reduced. Without at tempting to enuncrato ull it will be con ceded that there should bo. deducted fiom those which It includes , a5-t4J caryciners mid Joiners. , 1IS.V170 milliners. dinsniui < ivrs nnd seamstresses , HSfhsT blacksmith' . , UV&Mnllors n j-lailoresses , 10T.OUI ma sons , 7i.Viil nulehors , It.stoa baUoie , S-J.lb'J 'ri ! Mcrors , nud 4SOI manufacturing atrkil- turnl implements , leaving 2iV.3OMt , ! persons , employed In mamifactm-lng industries ns nru c.lalmed to bo licncnttod. by a hlch tariff. To Iheso the upi > c\l Is mndo to snve their em ployment und inuiutalii their w'ageb by re sisting n ehnnjTO. There should bo no d.L | > o- sltion to answer HUch suggestion by the ullo- patloi : thnt Jhcyave , l.n H' minority among tho.- who labor , nnd , therefoj'e , should .forego nn ndvaiitU in th.e 'iniorest of low iiviccs fpr'as \ Ma'ovUy , ' Their couiyeuwtlou as it tnnv bo affected by the operations of tariff Inwsi should nt nil time * bo scrupulously kept In view ; and yet with slight reflections they will not overlook the fact that they nro consuineis with the rest : tlmt they too have their own wants nnd those of their families to supply from their earnings und that the prices of the necessaries of lifeas well us the amount of those wants , will regulate the measure of their welfare and comfort. Hut the reduction of taxation demanded should bo so measured as not to necessitate or jus tify cither the loss of employment by tno worklngmnn nor the lessening of his wages ; nnd the profits still re maining to the mnnufucturcts after u necessary readjustment , should furnish no excuse for the sacrifice of the interests of his employers In either their opportunity to worker or the diminution of their compcnsntion , nor can the worker in manufactories understand thnt while n high tariff is claimed to be nec essary to allow payment of remunerative wages , it certainly results In a very largo In crease in the price of nearly all sorts of man ufactures , which , in almost countless forms ho needs for the use of himself nnd his fam ily. He receives at the desk of his employer his wages , nnd pcrlmps before ho reaches his homo is obliged , In a purchase for family use of an nrtlclo which embraces his own labor , to return In the payment of the Increased price which the tariff permits , the hnixl- eurned compensation of many days of toll. TUB r.VIIUKU AMI Till ! AOIIICrt.TflllST who manufactures nothing , but who pays the increased price which the tariff Imposes upon every agricultural Implement , upon all ho weai-s and UIKHI all ho uses anil owns , except the increase of his flocks anil herds , and such things as his husbandry produces from the soil , Is invited to aid in maintaining the pres ent situation. Mind , he is told thnt n nigh duty on Imported wool is necessnry for the benefit of those who huvo sheep to shear , in order thnt the price of their wool may bo increased. They of course uro not , reminded thnt the farmer who has no sheep is by this scheme obliged in his purchase of clothing and woolen goods to pnv a tribute to his fellow-farmer , as well as to thu manufacturer und merchant ; nor is any mention made of the fact that the sheep owners themselves , and their households must wear clothing und use other articles manufactured trom the wool they sell ut tariff prices , and thus as consumers must return their share of these Increased prices to the tradesman. ] think it may bo fairly assumed tlial a lurgo proportion of the Sheep owned by the furmers throughout the country arc found in small flocks numbering from twenty-live to iifty. The duty on the grade of imported wool which the sheep yield is ten cents euch pound , of the value of thirty cents or less , and twelve cents if of the value of more thun thirty cents. If the lib eral estimate of six ixjunds bo allowed for each lleccc , the duty thereon would be sixty or seventy-two cents , nnd tills miiy bo taken us the utmost cnhunccmcntof its price to the farmer by reason of this duty. Eighteen dollars lars would thus represent the increased price of the wool from twenty-live sheep , and fcili that from the wool of fifty sheep ; und ut pres ent values this addition would amount to about one-third of its price. If upon its snlo thu farmer receives this or u less tariff profit , the wool leaves his hands charged with precisely that sum , which iu all its changes will adhere to it until it reaches the consumer. When manufactured into cloth and other goods and material for use , its cost is not only increased to the extent of the farmers' tariff profit , but a further sum has been added for the benefit of tlio manufac turer uudqr the operation of other tariff Inwit. In the meantime the day arrives when the farmer finds it necessnry to pur- chnso woolen goods nnd material to clothe himself and family for the winter. When ho faces the tradesman for thnt purpose , ho dis covers thnt ho is obliged not only to return in the wny of increased prices , his tariff profit on the wool ho sold , nnd which then perhaps lies before him in manufactured form , but Unit ho must add a considerable sum thereto to meet a further increase in cost caused by a tariff duty on the manufacture. Thus in the end he is aroused to the fact that he has paid upon n moderate purchase us a result of the tariff scheme , which , whoil ho sold his wools seemed so profitable , an increase In price morothan suf- lieielit to swr.r.i1WAV ALL TIII : TAIIUTrnoriT ho received upon the wool ho produced nnd sold. When the number of farmers engaged In wool raising is compared with all the farmers in the country , and the small proportion tion they bear to our population is considered ; ' when it is made apparent thnt in the 'case of a Inrgo part of those who own sheen the I benefit of the present tat Iff on wool is illu sory nnd , nbovo all , when itmustbo conceded thnt the increase of the cost of living caused by such tariff becomes a burden upon those with moderate means and the poor , the cm- ploved and unemployed , the sick nnd well , und the young nnd old , nnd thnt it consti tutes n tax which with relentless grasp is fastened upon the clothing of every man , woman and child in thu land , reasons are suggested why the removal or reduction of this duty should be included iu n revision of our tariff luws. COMIIISVTIOXS AXI ) T1IVST . In speaking of. tn ir.ofeased cost to the isnsiui0i : ! > e ? our homo manufactures i-esult- s rrom n duty laid upon imported articles of the same description , the fact is not over looked that competition among our domestic jiroduccrs sometimes hns the effect Of kcei > - ing the prices of their products below the highest limit allowed by such duty ; but it is notorious that this competition is too often strangled by combinations quite prevalent nt this time , und frequently called trusts , which have for their object the regulation of the supply nnd prfco of commodities made nnd sold by mem bers of the combination. The people cun hardly hope for any consideration in 'the operation of the selfish schemers. If , how ever , in the absence of such combinations a healthy niul free com ] > ctltion reduces the price of uny particular dutiable nrticlo of homo production below the limit it might otherwise reach under our tariff laws , and if , with such reduced price the manufac turer continues to thrive , it Is entirely evi dent thut ono thing bus been discovered which should bo carefully scrutinized in an effort to reduce taxation. The neces sity of combination to maintain the price of uny commodity to the tariff point furnishes proof that some ono is will ing to accept lower prices for such com modity , and thnt such prices nro remuuqr- tive ; and the latter prices produced by com petition prove tlio sumo thing. Thus , whore either of thcso conditions exist , a case would seem to bo presented for an easy reduction of taxation. The considerations which have been pre sented touching our tariff laws are Intended only to enforce an earnest recommendation ( hut thosuplus revenues of the government bo prevented by the reduction of our customs duties , and , at the same time to emphasi/o a suggestion that in accomplishing this pur pose wo may dlsehurgo A DOVIILK 11UTV to our people by granting to them a measure of relief from tariff taxation in quarters where it is most needed and from sources where it can bo most fairly nnd Justly ac. corded. Korean the presentation made of such consideration be , with any degree of fairness , regarded us evidence of unfriendli ness towi.rd our manufacturing interests , or of nny lack of appreciation of their value or ImpovtHiice. These interests constitute u leading und most substantial clement of Our ? uulioi-al greatness , nnd furnish the proud proof of our country's progress. ' Uut if In the emergency that presses upon us , our manufacturers are usked to surrender something for the public good , end to avert disaster , their patriotlsmas well nva grateful recognition of the ndvantngcn already affordedshould load them to bo will ing to co-operate. No demand Is made that they shall forego all the benefits of govern mental regard , but they cun not fail to Wo ad monished of their duty , sis well ns their en lightened self-interest and safety , when they arc reminded of the fuct thut financial panic nnd collapse , to which the present conditions tend , afford no greater shelter or protect tion to our manufactures than to our other Important enterprises. Opportunity for s&fe. careful atad. deliberate reform is now offered ; and nine of us shuuhl bo un.'nliulful of a tlmu when an abused and Irritated people , Jtcoilless of those who have resisted timely nnd renf-onublo relief , may in ss unou n radical nnd sweeping rcctillcntion of their \ \ rongs. rongs.Till Till : IIIFFICI'LTT allcnting a wUO und fair revision of our turlf laws Is not undc.r-e.stiuuted. . It will require en thd 1 > nrt of congress great , labor and care und upccutU.v u broad and national content plntlon of the subject , und u patriotic diarot puvd of such k > cal und selfish clnuns us an unreasonable nnd roubles * of the -welfare o : Uio entire country. Under our present law mo re thun four thousand articles arc siibjcc to duty. Many of these do not In any woj compete with our own manufactures , am many are hurilly worth attention us Bubjects. ot revenue , A coiislderablo reduction.csu bo made in the n'gKrc. < Mlc by adding them to tha freii lUt ; Tuo tiuutwu ol luxuries no features ttf hardships ; but the noi > cssa ' rles of Ufa used nmU-onsumud. all the pc < > - ' pie , the duty Ujwn which add * to the cost-of living In everv liotne"sh'rjruld ; bo greatly ehoupi encd. The radical reduction of the dutlus iin- IKistxl ujion raw material mod In manufacture * or Its free imi > oituUoii , i * of comm < , mi im portant factor in any. effort to rcdttco the prlco of these neetmurle's ; It would not only relluvo them from the increased cost caused by the tariff on such material , but the manu factured product boln * thus cheapened that l > art of the tariff now luld upon such product , us a compensation to our miinufucturcrs for the I'URSKNT I'ltlCJ : OP IIA\V MATHItt , could bo accordingly , modified , Such reduc tion or frco iinimrtaUon would serve beside to largely reduce tins revenue. It Is not up- parent how such n chunito can have uny in jurious .effect upon our manufacturers. On the contrary , it * would appear to give them u better chance In foreign markets with the manufacturers of other countries , who cheapen their wares by fiee material. Thus our i > eoplo might huvo the owwrtunity of ex tending their sules beyond the limits of home consumption , suvlng them from the depres sion and interruption in business ami loss caused by a glutted domestic market , and affording their employes more certain ami steady labor , with its resulting quiet and contentment. The question thus Impera tively presented for solution should bo approached In u spirit higher than partisan ship , and considered in the light of that regard for patriotic ! duty which should characterize the action of those intrusted with the weal of a contldlng people. IJut the obligation no declared VAurv I'ouuv AMI riuxcii'i.r. Is not wanting to urge prompt and effective action. Uoth of the great political parties now represented In the government have , by repeated and authoritative declarations , con demned the condition of our laws which per mit the collection from the people of unneces sary revenue , huve , in the most solemn man ner , promised us correction ; und neither us citizens or partisans tire our countrymen In a mood to coudono the deliberate violation of these pledges. Our progress toward a wlso conclusion will not bo imtirovod by dwelling upon the theories of protection and frco trade. This savors too much of bandying epithets. It is a condition which confronts us , not a theory. Hellcf from this condition may Involve a slight re duction of the udvuntuges which wo award our homo productions , but the entire with drawal ot such advantages should not bo contemplated. The question of free trade is entirely irrclevont ami the persistent claim made in certain quarters , that ull efforts to relieve the people from unjust und unneces sary taxation uro schemes of so-called u frco traders , is mischievous und fur more re moved from any consideration for the public good. The simple and plain duty which wo owe the people is to reduce tuxu- tion to the necessnry expenses of un econom ical operation of the government , nnd to re store to the business of the country the money which wo hold In thotrcasury through the perversion of governmental powers. These things can nnd should bo done with safety to all our Industries , without danger to the opKjrtuiity ) for remunerative labor which our workingmen need , nnd with bone- lit to them nnd all our people , by eheupcnitig their means of subsistence and Increasing the measure of their comforts. Department Summary. The constitution provides that the president shall , from time to time , give to congress information mation of the stuto ot the union. It has been the duty pf the executive in compliance witli this provision , to annually pxhiblt to congress , nt the opening of Its sbsslpn , the general con- ditionof the country , rind to detail with some particular the operations at the different ex ecutive departments. It would bo especially agreeable to follow the course of the present time and to call attention to the valuable ac complishments of these deportments during the lust llscul year. Hut I am so much Im pressed with the pnramdtint importance of the subject , to which this communication has thus far been devoted , thai I shall forego the addition of any other topic , and only urge upon your immediate consideration the state of the union us shown in the present condition of our treasury , and our general fiscal situation , upon which every element of our safety und prosperity itcpcijds , The reports of the heads of departments which , Will bo submitted , contain full and explicit information touching the transaction of the business intrusted to them , and such recommendations relating to legislation in the public interest as they may deem advisable. I ask for these reports and recommendations the deliberate examination and action of the legislative branch of the government. There are other subjects not ombr.iced in the department reports demandIng - Ing legislative consideration , and which I should bo glad to submit. Some of themhow ever , have been earnestly presented In pre vious messages , and as to them , I beg leave to repent prior recouimoiidr.titms. As the law makes TIO provision for any report , frr.m the department of stuto a brief history of the transactions of Unit Important department , together with other mutters Y iich ! it may hereafter bo deemed essential to commend to thu attention of the eong > ; CB.s , may furnish the occasion for n futar& com munication. Gnoviiu. CMVII.AXI : > . WASHINGTON- . 0,183V. Kansas City's AVntorworkH KANSAS CITY , Mo. , Dec. ( ! . [ Special Tele gram to the 13ii : : . ] Early this morning the extensive reservoirs of the Notional water works company at Quindnro , which gives Kansas City its water supply , sustained a bad accident , ono of the massive store walls , which divide two of its sections , having given awny. Pending the rebuilding of this wall both of these sections will bo unreliable for the storage of water or for the purpose of "hcttling" it nnd the remaining two reser voirs nro partially unserviceable from the earth embankments , which supports the inner walls having given wny u week ago , making it unwise to use them except to n limited extent. The company will abandon the use of the whole four reservoirs until next spring , using two old reservoirs in the meantime , The damage is about 15,000. Father Glnvcr. ROME , Dec. 0. Father Clnrcr , who was canoni/ed by the pope yesterday , was a dis tinguished Spanish missionary. Ho died ut Curthngcuiii , South America , in li ( , " > l. Coal on Fire. POUT HunoM , Mich. , Dec. 0. Thirty thou sand tons of coal are on lire nt Port Ed- wurds , Out. , and will probably be totally de stroyed. Will Alllllate. BUFFALO , Dec. 0. The convention of jour- noymuii barbers to-dny resolved to nfllliuto with the Federation of Lnbor. Voted For Nnw HANKX , Conn. , Dec. ( I.This city voted for license to-day by over 2,000 ma jority. Tlio Corn Dill'H Fate. BKIILI.V , Dec. 0. The relchstag committee having the corn bill in fchnrL'o has decided to udvUctho ultimate r6jjfctlo'hof the meu.su re. PiUL.u > r.M'iii t , Deo/IV Afi'lvcd The Lord Cough , froci Liverpool v Dead Ho ; ; Disposal * . The question of disposing of dead hogs at the btoekyards is becoming complicating. Shortly after the yujjafivero opened the Union Rendering company begun taking dead hogs at Chicago prlce * < biib half a cent per jxnind. When other buyers appeared more Uas been paid nt limps , but this was the pre vailing rate. A meqtfii 'of the Shipper ? association was luld . some time ugo und u committee to , , wlumi the matter was referred reported that the Union Kunderitig company wus paying Chicago rates and thorn the mutter ended as far as the association was concerned. There has at times been an expression of opinion that un unltnal weighing 8UU or ySO iwunils should sell for more than ono weighing only 150. A nbw company , MeMiuius & Co. , started In yesterday und paid 1 centner pound , und as the old nrni .wuulil not bid above the old rates the now got all the hogs. . Tno commission men generally favor J-.e- old linn , they having engaged Sn the buslnesu wlu-'n the yards woimall : and. i.o.metiincHiiH.-ur.ringlosse.ioyreason of the small number , rccol'.vu. It is for this reason Uio couimlvjUii men favor the old rtnn , but at ths.oanie time-feel compollbd to sell to tlio highest bidder. Mc.Munus & Co. have begun B now plan of ucUou aud on ordering direct from the shippers while the old company art ? wuiUug to sou what the result will'be. PREFERRED DEATH TO SHAME An Iowa Man Who Had Gouo Wrong Shoots Himself. A SUICIDE IN AN ICE HOUSE. Tlio Aroiiidorf and Knliislnrjcr Trials Itnpldly DrnwIitR to a Close Tlio lltitiiunn Murder Caxu town News. Hululded Itntlicr Thnn Fnco Dlsgrncp. STOIIVI LAKK , In. , lce. 0. [ Special Tele- pram to the UKK. ] F. B. Hrowti , cashier of tlio Altn brunch of the Loan anil Trust com pany of this city , couiinUtoil suicide by shoot ing hlmsolf to-duy. An examination of his account show that ho was short between * lr.00and iim Ho carried llfo Insurance to the amount of $ Suoi ) . Ho hail berne a peed imputation and was supposed to bo straight In his business affairs. Trial Almost landed Mum.u.i.TOW.v , la. , Dec ; 0. The testi mony in the Is'uto Kuinsburger murder ease has been ilnished , and this forenoon Mr. Huff began the opening argument for the state. It was a mnsterly presentation of the state's case. Tim Brown commenced the opening argument for the defense at ! J p. m. , nnd nt ! i o'clock ho wns still talking. Kx- Chief Justice Cole will follow Mr. Urown to morrow for the defense , and ox-Jndgo Hen derson will close for the stato. The case will very likely go to the Jury Wednesday morning. It is the general opinion that tlio verdict will bo the same na I fro one rendered nt the former trial imprisonment for life. The state has iiuulu u good cuae. Mndc In the ntiliman Trial. WtTCiu.no , In. , Dec. 0. All witnesses hav ing been introduced In the Duhinau trial , County Attorney J. R. C.ildwell began the argument for the state , speaking from 90 : ! ! n. in. to 12. Ho denounced the murder In scathing terms. The prisoner sat like a statue through all , \vhilo Intense excitement prevailed throughout the audience. Over two-thirds of the throng , which crowded the court room to overflowing , wore ladies. II. J. Stigcr , for the defense , followed in the afternoon in a speech lasting an hour and a half. Nichols , of Vinton , also for the de fense , followed Stlger in an eloquent speech. Ex-Congressman P. S. Struble closes the case for the. defense to-morrow morning. Colonel Milo P. Smith , of Cedar llapids , will followhim in the elosjpg argument for the state , and the case will bo given to the Jury in the afternoon. The general expectation is that Huhnmn will receive the most severe penalty allowed by law In such cases. Supreme Court Decisions. MOJXEII , la. , Dec. ( J. [ Special Tele gram to the BKK. ] The Iowa supreme court convened to-day for the December term , all the Judges except Adams beingpres- cut. The cases were decided as follows : Illinois Central railroad company , appellant , vs Hamilton county , et al , Hamilton district , reversed ; H. H Cullender , appellant , vT.Tohu H. DriibullQ , De.s Moines district , reversed ; State vs David Archer , appellant , convicted of manslaughter In killing George Woods , Appanose district , affirmed : H. Davis et al , vs Incorporated Town of Anita et al , appel lants , Cass district , reversed. Clinton's New School Superintendent. CI.IXTOX , la. , Doc. 0. [ Special Telegram to thoHiJK. ] Prof. H. S. Uingham 1ms been chosen superintendent of schools in this city at a salary of $1,700 to succeed Mr. Henry Sabin , who has been elected state superin tendent. Mr. Hingham comes from Iowa Falls , where ho has had charge of the schools for the past six years. Sioux City's Packliif * Interests. StotjX CITV , la. , Dec. 0. [ Special Tula- gram to the llni : . ] Tlio Slliicrhorn pack ing house nave coir.iucnccd operations. About 200 me.li nave been put to work. It will bo fully a week yet before the establishment will be in full operation. The Fowler pack ing house is being pushed to completion us rapidly as possible. An Invest Ration Ordered. Ax.vittH v , la. , Dec. 0. [ Special Telegram to the. Ur.j ; . ] Judge J. If. 1'rcston , of the Jones county district court , to-day ordered the grand Jury to investigate the charges published In regard to a htnto oflleial of the prison. H is supposed ho means A. E. Mar- tinj ox-warden ot the Anamosa penitentiary. Bulcldo In mi Ice House. M \SO.N CITY , In. , Dec. 0. A. Alter , a farmer , forty-live years of age , residing near Plymouth , committed suicide to-day by hang ing. Ho was fonml by his little boy in an ice house on his premises , where the deed was committed. Business trouble and grief , oc casioned by the long sickness of his wife , uro the attributed causes. Arensdorf's Trial Nearly Over. Sioux Cmla. . , Dec. 0. In the Haddock murder case to-duy Mr. Hubbard closed his argument for the state and Mr. Argo began summing up for the defense. It is thought the case muv not go finally to the Jury before Saturday nigh- . An Old Fact Kcvlvcd. NnmtASK.t Crrv , Neb. , Dec. 0. [ Special Telegram to the UEn.1 Natural gas was struck this morning at the Nebraska City packing house in digging n well at a depth of 4.V ) feet. The ro is a continuous How , though weak , but it burns steady. The town is ex cited , and a.lready steps have been taken by the citi/cns'und subscriptions made to push the Investigation to a satisfactory conclusion. All indications are that natural gas Is herein paying quantities. "West Id n col n Markets. LINCOLN , Nob. , Dec. 0. [ Special Telegram to the UKK. ] Keccipts hogs , 800 head , all sold , Thu market advance , KKftilSc : light mixed , $4.85@5.10 ; he.ivy , * 5.ir > @ 5.M. ; Dentil of Mr * ! . Copp , of AValioo. WAIIOO , Neb , , Dee. ( ) . [ Special to tUa HKR.J The wife of ex-Mayor Copp , v.'ho has been seriously ill for some months , died yes terday afternoon , Wales AtjnhiH Distinction. Loxuox , Dc-c. 0. The Prince of Wales has been elected Grand Master Mark Masons. TEIjKOUAPlI NOTKS. The moulders In the Wisconsin Malleable iron works huve struck. Warmer , followed by cooler weather arc the Indications for to-day. Freight business at Dayton , O , , Is paralyzed by a btrikc of yardmen for an advance iu wages. Tim fifth annual convention of the national guard association of Illinois is in session In Chicago. A largo amount of testimony damaging to Harper wns elicited at his trial In Cincinnati yesterday. Charles D. Jacob was elected mayor of Louisville , K.V. , by n plurality of 4,000 over his republican opK | > nent. George Jacob Woit , a retired merchant of Hinghamton , N. Y. , was bunted to death while aluno in his home. A premature explosion of dynamite on the Lchigh Valley road killed ouu man and fatally injured live others. Tin and copper values wcro advanced greatly yesterday by the madipulutlon o Uie powerful French syndicate. A subscription has bo started in Paris to erecta monutjxit to the great Carnet , grandfather of tlu > new president , Tno steamship Kimbcrly , ashore on the Virginia coast.is doomed to entire destruction and hus.heen abandoned by her crew. Ortli Stoin.tho reporter and swindler of na tional reputation IB under arrest at Pitts- burg for forging Uouuuu McKay's name , James Wilson and Judd WolcoUt , two notorious rious counterfeiters , have been arntsted at Wilkcsbjrru , Pa. , and their outfit , cap tured. Koiire.sfntatfvC' * of Iowa lines wcro In ses sion Iu Cklcagv j'esterduy discussing the ro- . ductlon of freight rates In that stato. No do- ilnlto action wim'takcn. The trlnl of a suit Involving $ tXXt,000 ) ( was begun In Now York yesterday growing out of negotiations of bonds of the Net ? York , Boston - ton & Montreal railroad. Cotnmiitider-ln-Chlef Kao of the Orand Army is not in favor of the service pension bill , but favors the Invalid bill framed by the G. A. H. pension committee. The United States mnrslinl nt Trenton , N. J. IKUS appointed his daughter , just out of her teens , as his deputy. The young lady's name Is Alphonslno M. Gordon. The Calumnt nnd Ilocln mlno flro has gained such headway that the whole mlno will huvo to bo Hooded , suspcudlngoperntions for the greater part of the year. It has been discovered thnt Hen F. Ho | > - kins , late assistant cashier of the defunct t idelity band , has hypothecated insurance shares worth F.'J.OOO belonging to the Uulnh Coates estate. * The two companies which objected to the formation of a rubber "trust" have been "converted" and thu trust will go into opera tion January 1. The Uerlln boorso was weak yesterday on account of the unfavorable view taken liy tlm Pester Lloyd on the relations between Austria and Russia. The Post also expresses apprehensions. A telegram from Hnrracos , Culm , states that during the recent heavy gale there the sea invaded a portion of the city , destroying about one hundred houses. The telegram also reports the loss of the steamer Gunury and an American schooner. Tlio young man in the employ of tlio United States sub-treasury at Now York who ab sconded two months ago with over $10,000 , has been located at Winnipeg. As ho changed his stolen securities into Canadian money be fore crossing the border ho will not be prose cuted. J. H. McDonnell has been arrested at San Francisco and-platcs for engraving JL'5 Hank of England notes were found in his IHISSCS- sion. McDonnell Is said to Ixs n brother of George McDonnell , who with Austin , Bvron nnd Hidwoll. swindled the Hank of England out of over $1,000.000 in 1JNJ bv means ol forged bunk checks nnd notes. A cross-petition has been filed In the court at Dayton , O. , in the case of Charles J. Heinshlmer nnd others against the Dayton , Fort Wayne & Chicago railway , asklng'forn receiver i.nd foreclosure. This has created as great n sensation as tlio original petition. The Cincinnati , Hamilton & Dayton , in this cross-petition , acknowledges Helnshlmer's allegations as true and unites with him In the prayer , nnd claims a Inrgo Interest In the rond. It alleges that Ive.s and Strayner ap propriated inoro than $1,000,000 , to their own use. ' MKKTIXO OK TUUSTEES. onicers lOlected nnd Considerable Business Transacted. The board of trustees of the Omaha Bureau of Chnrities met nt the chamber of commerce yesterday afternoon. Mr. Joseph Barker was called to the chair , nnd the committee on nominations reported the selection of the fol lowing ofllcers which wcro unanimously elected : President , Joseph Barker ; vice president , Augustus Pratt ; treasurer , W. W. Wallace. Tlio chairman of the committee reported the difllculty they had experienced in secur ing a competent man for secretary , owing to their limited power in the matter of naming n salary. There was n free and animated discussion over this important subject. A majority of the speakers favored the election of a secretary pro tern , until the bureau WHS fairly on its feet and was able to pay a salaried secretary. Tlio committee on nomiuntions were allowed further time to re port , on the selection of a M'cretary. The extent of time the board of trustees shall servo 'was decided by lot us fol lows : One year , E. Koscwater , Augustus Pratt , James W. Savage , Joseph Barker , 13. Newman , N. Merriam , C. Powell ; two rears , J. A. Creighton , Otto Lobeck , Fred Milhuil , J. L. McCague , L. O. Jones , A. P. Tukey ; three years , J. A. Gillespie , John Haumer , Fred Nye , William Wallace , Dr. George L. Miller , George I. Gilbert , W. W. lveys.gr. Messrs. Gilbert , Tukey nnd Fred Milter , were appointed n committee on bj"-lay ; & for the government of the trustees. A Jinunciul committee couiiirisiug Messrs. Wallace , Lobeck ami McCaguo wcro ap pointed. 1uJpo.S.Y,1Ko ; , Dr. George L. Miller and Mr. \ \ uiiaco were chosen n committee to Wut on the county commissioners , acquaint them with the objects of the bureau and ask them to furnish the secretary with n room in the county building. It was resolved to have COO copies of the constitution nnd by-laws printed , and tlio board adjourned to meet at the same place Monday afternoon ntJ o'clock. TJIK JIUMAMO SOCIETY. Annual Mooting and Election of Of- lllcers Ijnst KveniiiK * The nnnunl meeting of the Humnno society was hold last evening at the chamber of com merce. An able and elaborate report was submitted by Colonel Chnso , the president. Dr. Miller followed with a short address , complimenting Colonel Chase's report in the highest terms , nnd ended with making n motion that 500 copies of it bo printed for dis tribution. This was unanimously carried. The reports of the secretary and treasurer were next read and approved. Tlio election of oftlcorsnext followed und resultedns follows : President , Chnmplon S. Chnso ; vice presi dents , George L. Miller. A. J. Poppteton , George W. Donne ; James W. Snvuge , J. E. Smith , Henry Pundt und Frank Murphy ; secretary , George A. Caulder ; corresponding secretary. Mrs. J. W. Savage ; treasurer , Alfred Mlllard ; executive committee , B. E. B. Kennedy , John L. Mediae , Colonel Guy V. Henry board of managers , Howard B. Smith , G. At. Hitchcock , Harold Gifford , W. J. Council , Robert Doherty , P. H. Allen , Mrs. J. M. Woolworth , Mrs. L. P. Perino , Mrs. C. M. Dlnsmoor , Mrs. G. A. Joslyn , Mrs. O. F. Davis. After considerable debate , participated in by Judge Thurston and others , ineasiii-cs were adopted for securing ilnnncial aid for the society. The work of the society for the past year has been most satisfactory , and by tlio humane efforts ot the members the abuse of uulmuls has been iji'L-nlly lessened. Serious Charge Against an Oflicor. Florence Wctzel , a colored courtesan living In the alley near Jackson street , between Thirteenth and Fourteenth , complained at police headquarters yesterday that Special Ofllecr Hans Tlmme caino to her house Mon day night and tried to intimidate her into complying with his brutal desires. Failing In this lie threw her on the bed and com menced choking her , and in the strUggle she managed to secure Ills star. Finally , foiled in his purpose , ho soiled n bucket of water nnd threw it nil over her bed , und then left. Yesterday Mio turned the captured xtur ovei1 to one of the sergeants , lifter making her complaint. Thu matter is to bo investigated. THE U'OAO MAY HE IlUIIiT. Two Itallroad Magnates and the Oinatin nnd Ynliktom The Omaha ft Yankton railroad which 1m * been building so IOIIR on paper nnd broken promises has received a now Impetus by two gentlemen coining to the surface who are fumed for their enterprise , energy , abund ance of capital nnd favoritism for now mil- road undertakings. They are Mr. Hill , the famous railroad magnate and mine owner of MlnneaiHills , Minn. , nnd his able and trusted manager , Mr. Hamilton Brown. These gen tlemen arc interested In several lines already completed and under way of construction through Wyoming and certain sec tions of Dakota that with n connection , such as the Omaha & Ynukton road contemplates , would bo of neeeptablo value. Mr. Hill Is at the head of a sviullcato owning boundless acres of valuable sllvvr , iron , ore , tin , coal and other valuable mining hinds Iu Idaho , and with the object in view of nn early opening of these mineral possessions a railroad is being pushed with all possible speed througli Wvomlng beginning with n railroad Him owned bv Mr. Hill in Dakota. A link that \\ouldavail this eoiporatlon access to this .side of the Missouri is now wnieht , and the prl/o ap pears In the Omaha & Yatihton road. Within tlio last few days a prominent law firm In this city has been in communication with Messrs. Hill and Brown regarding this road , und It is expected that they will visit , Omaha in n few dnys anil look more thor oughly into the mutter. AMUSEMENTS. Another large audience witnessed Ktiral * fy's "Dolores" at Boyd's last evening. The bnllot nnd the spectacular portion of the per formance wore' really meritorious und met with very enthusiastic and deserved recog nition at the hands of the crowd In utteud- n nee. Two Acotdcnts. II. L. Bergginst fell twenty-live feet to the ground from the top floor of n ( louring mill in Albright's Choice yesterday , and sus tained the fracture of two ribs on the right side. Dr. Ross attended the sufferer. The reckless manner in which the cabin tramway company leave their work Is the cause of almost daily accidents. Tlio leav ing uiROvered of the grooves In their track * works hardships to horses , and last evening n team was thrown with great force at tlm corner of Thirteenth nnd Hnrnny streets by catching the calUs of their hoofs In these un protected grooves. Tlio animals were pain fully injured. Too Much Kather-ln-Ijaw. Mrs. Heniuist , living on the corner of Twentieth nnd Locust streets , has sworn out a warrant for the arrest of her father-in-law , whom she elnims lias tried several times to kill her by iioisonlng and otherwise. Yes terday she elnims that the old man come up to her residence nnd administered a sound beating with his enne for no apparent reason whatever. It appears that the old man Op posed her marriage with his son us ho w Ibhcd to marry her himself. Heal Estate Transfers. Thomas H. Taylor and wife to Harrv E. Gary , lot 3 blk ! t , Mayno's add , wd $ t > 35 E Aylesworth and wife to Lcnndor Gorrard , undivided ( WO in Pullman Place add ; also undivided ofilt acres in see 8-M-I3 , < i c d 8f > 00 Chas P Benjamin nnd wife to Leandcr Gerard , same property , 11 c < l 8,000 Thos O .lofleris to Frank NeshidftV , lot 20 blk 5 , JelTeris ropliit of blk S , Albright's Choice.v a 400 Andrew Haas Ol al to Thomas | O Holdrejo , lots 1'J , ii ! and It Ilai-.s' saudix-Mon , .Tetter's add , w d 1,050 Andrew Haas ct al to Jonas II Harris , lots 10 and 11 , Unas' subdivision Jet- tor's ' raid , w d , 1 , . (50 ( Nutlinn Sk''lUiu nnd wife to George B Wi'.iard , lot 1'J blk 1 , Windsor Terrace - . race , w d UVj City of Omaha to Hannah Mlchaclls , .beginning nt n w corner lot 8 bll ; y , Kountzo & Ruth's add , l.'O feet o , 10 4-10 feet n , .10 feet wto beginning , q e d 43 E S Hood and wife to Isaac Johnson , lots ! . > : > nnd iI ! blk 'J Albright's An nex , w d 'JOG E S Rood nnd wife to Win C Johnson , lots IT nnd 18 blk 10 Albright's An nex , w d SCo ! John W Paul to Tovo Catlin , o ( H feet of n ! il > < iect of lot 1 blk "F" Prospect - pect Place , wd 100 , ! ! Samuel Flnlnjson toj ) Finhiysnii , lot 11 blk U Dwiglit & Lym.m'H add , w d i 2nOO , Rcka Van Gilder nnd husband to Hattie - tie A Stephen , lot 7 Benson's suhdlv of blk bO So Oiimha 13,000 J L Black , surveyor's certificate to correct plat of Warrenton. Chas E Clnpp etnl to J II Farrolte , lot .1 blk l.VI , Omaha , ijea 71.00 A E Tou/alin and wife to D C Patter- sou , lot fi , blk ! l , Hillside ml No Uw d t > 00 O H Gordon to Julia Gates , lot 15 , blk 8 , Ilanscom place , w d 4,275 Win H Gates and wife to O II Gordon , lots , blk 4 , Hawthorne , wd 2,000 Ida M Crouhhnst to I ! G Wallace , lot 1) ) , blk 8. Cole Brilliant ad , w d COO J T Mcikio to James B Moikle , general power of attorney W Kierstcd Jr to Edwin Opdyke , lots 1 and a. blk 7 , Potter & Cobb's add , wd 1,0 0 Henry Llvesoy ct al , uflldavlt Jacob Bohlcbor and wife to Mary H Hurte , B M blk : . , Bowery hill , w d iyiOO Peter Kragskow Jr and wife to P C' S li1/ acres in a w cor s w K n o , ' . sec IWT K ) , 12 , w d 2,1503 PCS Kragsko-.v and wife to P Kragskow Jr , r , w ' / s w tf s w > f n o u sec : tO , 10 , ! : . w d ' . ' ,000 F K Di'vling to M K Diall. lots 17 and 18. blk 17 of Bass & Koutz' sub of .Tetter's add , w d 1,200 L P Hammond and wife to Hres Ron- ycntlnh , lots 8 and V , Selby heights , Totm . wi sea UNO of Police 1'atrol Itoxen. The JJiifl'nlo Express says Hint this Ja tlio wny u countryiiwn oxplnlned to a frlond the nces of the now police patrol hoxcfe of that city : "You hoc , " ho wild' the people in town here wnnt n pollco- innn f-ometiim-f , nnd , by poll whenever they did want one , or if there wnst a Hfjlit goin'on imywhorcB , the pollccmoii would all run uv/tiy nnd hide Vnu.se they don't wnnt to nrrcbt anybody. So they put tliChO little iron boxes on the cor ners mid they put u policeman in ench ono ot them , HO that ho enn't run awny , and then the town folks ull carry u key to the boxes , and can fro and llnd u policeman whenever they want one. " Chronic Catarrh funnel lie ciiroil by local appllcntlnn . It It B conttl- "I inlTcrcd tercroly from chronic catarrh , arliln tutlontil diffuse tun I rcquliet a cnni'tlliitionnl rciuoilr from Imptiru blood. U uo < nnio very bad , ( uu lim like Hood's inr ? itHiillli | : , wliloli. worklnu tliroouli tlio turcnnu of the bronchial tnboinrvl n tnmljlcsoiui blue < 1 , eradicate * tlio linpurlly wlilch cuusri n < 1 promotes . couth , which gnro grciit anxiety to my frlsntu and. motes the arouse , imil eon i-tr.K In u porniuiiont curt ) . Mlhosamo lime lluoifn Surtjpnrllla bnlkln uptlia myiclf.ni two brothort died frombronentalronvimp- wliolo ijruloni. mi'l nmkci you foci ronowi l In thin. I tried many iiioJlelne , ' . , nt received nubniiii- truniilh unJ lieiilth. He nro to Ket Hood's. lit. I wan ut la l liuhiccil' . ) try lluod' * Hanutparllli ; ' with anil I am not the ; ii ( > mim In health or feeling * . Ma "Ib TO usc.l llooil' * giiriapurlllalor catiirrb catarrh la c ircd , my throat Itntlroly well , ami vcrf Mllsfnctory ru ult . I reiolrcJ more pcrrannent all dis with tick hoaitoclits liiiY dy 3Sr"ilx trouble , " beni-rU from It than from an > other remedy , M , E. appeared. " U. M.LINCOLN,31 CLamVem St. , Uu > lou. IIL'AI ) , WtlUtCOU , OblO. Try tbc pocullur medicine. Ky"I SlullVd Up reeling Charncterlio catnrrb. Tne foal untlor dropping Into fhe bronclili ! rnt > P orunin ! , may trlniron brimetittlii "rortercral yeart I hare Iwn trouMort with II at ' I Cr.iiniuinpil n , Jilclir % ap an liiiniPrnoli rpMot terribly dlwiurfpablc dl i'a o , catarrh I took I food' * Ucutlit unmiully. Ilonco tliu n < -s liy o ( wiring SarnaparHlawlth Uio very bcil rc.ulti. Itrumlrnu cutHrrh InimiMliaie ulientlon. Take llood'J Harim- oftlnitcontlnund dropping In my IhroHt , nii l stunca pmltU before It U too Ulto. tipfeoltnir. It hat al < ) liflpeil my motncr. who ha. "I li re btcn IrouUurt wlih that nnnoylnztl cn o , taken It for run down Halo ' ot > annparlllH liralth and loallain kidney , nusal catarrh , und have tnkco all klnrti of blond purl- trouble , Irtcomnipnd Hood'n r ' I'ulnam.Coim. ' medicine. " > H " "KATll , Cor , but nsTcr found relief till I xned Uood'nurii ! - good - - caliirrh. aoreiiuii nartll.v , which I am confident will do II th t l "JIOtnl' Suriaparllla cnrcit ine of . tuband terrible headAcha. " U tub- , Imoil ' Hurrah fur Hews tJartiiparHIa ! " J. J * oflhalironoliUI .uw - - - rr Uak l > unr , Ky UUIUVN8 ) , lliuiilltdii.Ohlo. Hood's Sarsaparilla s SnldbyatldruHliti. lf 1f'orlS. Prepared on I it pot * brail < > r ffcl tf IMt\t \ lK. Prpar rJoiily bf C. I. IIOOU & CO. , Apothecartcn. 1-oweli , Uf I. ' C. 1. IIOOU A CO. , . 1/Jwull. Ma J. 1OO l > o c Ouo Dollar 100 I > o < e One ttollur.