Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, December 31, 1888, Page 4, Image 4
1. TEE OMAHA DAILY BEE : MONDAY , DECEMBER 31 , 1888. . . v THE DAILY BEE. rUHLiISIIKU I3VI1HV aiOHNINU. TKItMB pMljr ( Morning IMltlon ) including SUNDAY IlKP.One Y 'nr . NO m J'or MX Months . . . . r. ( JO 1'or'llineoMontliH . .BOO TliKCMfAHA HIINIIAT 1H.K , mailed to nny mlilrcM , One Vt-nr . . . . . 2 tDO t WrnKI.V IlEt. . One Year . -DO OMAHA OrHK.JOS.l ( l AMlPlB FAUN \MSTniT.T. Ciiicuio OFFICE Wi7 KOOKTIIV Iliiii.nisd. iSKwYoiiKOrntr. HOOMS 14 AND IOTIIMIUSK Htm DING. WAsitiMiroN Omc % Mo , bU lOUKTM.MII rOHUESI'ON'DKNCK , Allcommnrilcntlotn r 'latlni < to news and edl- Vjrlaliimtlcr should 1 > o nddtensod to the Kiutoli or mi IIKL. IIKL.msiNnss ; UI-TTKIW. A 11 business letter * ami remittance1) ) should no tuldrcRse < l to 'liii : Hm I'l'iii.ismvfl CoMi'tNY , OMAII * . DraflM , checks < \nd iiostolllco onion to boiimdo pnynblo tothoordorof tlio company. Proprietors , 13. KOSEWATKK , Uditor. TILL : D.MI.V nun. Sworn HtntRtiKMilol Circulation. Btntrof Nolii-aiki. I. . . County of nousi ! " . f ' ( korge II. TZ-H buck , secretary of The Il n Pub- llililnir Loiiip.-ui ) , dot s coluiiuily swrnr that the ucnmlclmilntloti of Tilf DULY llrr. tor the week ciitllnR December 9IS * ) , wa * in follows ! Sunday. Hoc SI K-10 Monitor , Dec. Jl 1W70 ItURdnv. Dor ai Will Wodnovlny. Hoc. 31 iH.ism Vlinrmlav , Duo. - ; I "WO " Iriilny. lloo SA IS.uil fcaturtlny , Iot..M Will 18.-17 a 1:0111 : K II.TISIMIUCH. to 1ipfnr Mno and subscribed lit my prmtiico thin - th davor Dorcinbur A. I ) . isss. Seal N 1' . 1'KIU Notary 1'ubllc. bttitu or Nolirnslca. | . . County or Dodxlni , f Sg ( ltorn M , 'Jrwfmrk , liolnB duly -worn , de poses and hays that hu is secretary of the lice I'nhllshliiK tompuiy. that th nttiml avuraifn dolly circulation ( if I'm ; DAILY HKK for the month of Di ctmliur , 1187 , iri.Ull copies ; for Jan uary , IBSH. lftajfl copies ; for IVbrutuy. IKS.S , V > .VU copies ! for Murch. 18W , 19.IMI coplei ; for April. IMS. JNtl copliss : for Mny. lass , 17.IH1 roplos : for .limn , IO.S.M , 1'i.sn ' cotilBi : for July , 18HK ll . ( ) .n copies ; for AJiRUit , ttoS , ISlSlcopIes ; for September , 1K.SH , is , lfit coploi ; for October , IMS. wns 1S.084 coploi ! for Ntnombor , 1S88 , 18liWlcnpH | OKO.ll T7.SOIIUCK. Swonito before mo nnd subscilbud la my lucscncu this Hth clnv of Docomliur , 1HW. N. P. I'Klfj Notary Public. GovHKNOit TII.VYIII : ( mil hia mossngc will now hnvc the lloor. Tin ; o.ycs of the state uro conlcrcd on the legislature , and the eyes of the ietf- isluturo : ire fl.xoil on the Tun railroad oil-rooms have- laid in a fresh supply of "oil. " A good many elbows need greasing at the legislative halls at Lincoln. NOT a single councilman has shown his face at the meetings of the citizens' charter committee , hut Omaha will got a rovi&ed charter for all that. Tut ; last legislature appropriated $2,7 ,800.8(3. ( These staggering figures ought to bo kot | in view of every mem ber of the incoming legislature. CHICAGO should go Into bettor busi- nc&.s than making faces at Omaha and run to the intor-stato conuuibsion with complaints of discrimination on packing house products. DAKOTA will know just how she stands on the admission question by January 16 , when it is highly probable that the house will take a vote. Unless the un expected happens , Dakota will bo very jubilant over the result. ST. PAUL , Minn. , is finding dilllculty to raise funds for the building of an icu palace. The carnival last year , from a financial point of view , was not entirely a success , and this evidently explains why the purse strings are now drawn so tightly. IN 1885 th o grand total of legislative appropriations was $1,078,790.10. la 1887 the legislature increased this al ready burdensome tax to 32,722,896.80 , over a million dollars increase in two years for identically the same state government. THK president-elect is evidently busy in preparing u draft of his message. lie has suspended his public receptions , and the wise-acres about Indianapolis are nodding their heads significantly about the recommendations which General - oral Harrison will make. WllKN a governor writes to the county attorneys of his state , "should you at any lime become satisfied that the law is being violated by any railroad com pany doing business in your county , I trust you will not fail to enter complaint before the grand jury with a view to se cure an indictment , " it looks as if that If * governor intended to enforce the laws. And that is what makes Governor Larrabco popular in Iowa. Ol\ THIS two hundred and eighty wholesale and retail liquor dealers in this city , but two hundred and sixteen have applied for licenses within the time proscribed by law for doing busi ness beginning January 1,1880. If all of these applications are granted by the license board , there will nevertheless bo a material falling oil in the number of liquor venders. It notf looks as if the revenues for the public schools from this source would bo cut down fulli fifty thousand dollars for the com ing year. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Tim rapid rate of Increase in the tide of immigration to this country , which for nearly three years kept up its ( low , lias boon chocked. The returns for the cloho of the current year , will show an Increase of about twelve thousand in the number of arrivals as compared with last year. But during the past few months there has been a percept ible decline. It is highly probable that the influx for the early months of 18S9 will show a btill further falling oft in comparison with the corresponding months of this and lost year. IT is undoubtedly true that the num- l > or of failures of banlcs and business houses in Nebraska during the past few years has been proportionately loss than those of any other state in the country , The national banks of tlio Btato , especially , are noted for their cafe and conservative management. ' Nevertheless ) the loose state laws on banking have made it all too ousy for men of small capital and mon with dis honest purposes to embark in the bank ing business. The banking lawd of the state cannot bo revised too speedily for the protection of legitimate business and for the coed name of the Btato. ' ri Tim CLOSIXO YEAH , The yjar 18S3 will bo memorable chiefly for its contributions to political history , both in the United Slates and in other lands. In this country the pres idential campaign was ono of the most notable in our history. Conducted w ith great vigor , earnestness and tact , nnd on n higher controversial plane than usual , it will long bo remembered as a political contest of exceptional character. From Its result In returning the republican party to full control in the government there is oxpeelod to proceed most important conditions af fecting both the material and political affairs of the nation. Political events in other parts of the world have also possessed great interest , The death of the nged emperor ot Germany and the succession of his invalid son Frederick threatened serious complica tions alToctlng the pnnco of Kurcno , and this menace was thought to bo intensi fied when Frederick died and his son William sti'-ceeded to the imperial rule. The conduct of the present emperor thus far. however , has tended to quiet apprehension , and although the situa tion of European atTairs is still some what strained , the danger of war ap pears to bo much loss than in the early part of the year. In Franco there has been more or less polit ical commotion , but the friends of the republic have proved them selves strong enough to hold the nation firmly on the lines of u conservative policy and thwart tlio designs of these who would change or overturn the ex isting order of things. In England the political events of the year have not been especially notable , or at least have had no great interest for the world , at large. Looking to South America , the most important fact in tlio year's record is the triumph of the emancipation cause in Brazil , after n contest that had lasted many years. In our neighbor re public , Mexico , the re-election of Pres ident Disiz assures n continuance of the progress and prosperity of the country , and of the friendly relations that sub sist between the United States and Mexico. Industrially and commercially the results of the year have not been so favorable as wore those of the previous year. Enterprise in nearly all depart ments has boon curtailed , labor has not found full employment , and in till countries the crops wore materially re duced. The United States , however , Buffered less than any other country , notwithstanding that in addition to natural causes producing depression , there was the drawback to business of a national political campaign involving a question respecting which most in dustries are peculiarly sensitive. While the .product of our manu facturing industries has not in the aggregate been equal to that of the previous year , railroad con struction has been considerably less , the building industry has not been so active , the crops are short , and our ex port trade has declined , yet the country has increased its wealth doubtless in a greater ratio than any other , and is still in the van of prosperous and progressive nations. IE the advance has not been so great as in some other years , in no department of human enterprise and activity has there been a halt , and there is every reason why the .people of the United States should be gratified with the material results of the year and with the promise which the present sit uation holds out. With an abund ant supply of money in the country , our financial position among the nations unimpaired , all lines of legitimate busi ness on a sound and conservative basis , and with no disturbing political issues , certainly the conditions are most favor able and fully justify the expectation that the coming year will witness a marked enlargement of enterprise in all directions. In the necrology ot the year promi nent names in every department of lifo figure. Thiscountry mourned the death of Sheridan , Chief Justice Wnito and Roscoe Conkliug as the most emi nent of its dead , but there is a considerable list of others who loft vacant places in their respective vocations that will not be easily filled. In the number and extent of its calamities , natural and accidental , the experience of Uio year was perhaps not of exceptional severity. The yellow fever epidemic in Florida claimed many victims , but its ravages have been ex ceeded. The inundations in China , by which ono hundred thousand lives were lost , was a calamity that has boon rarely paralleled. The great bli//ard that swept through the west and northworft in January was unusually disastrious to lifo. But except those sufficiently terrible visitations there was no great and uncommon calamity to command the attention and sympa thy of the world. On the whole the history made in 18S8 contains much moro to commend than to condemn or rosrrot , so far at least as this country is concerned , and it will close with all the conditions fav orable to continued progress and an en larged prosperity. iV smn ov 'din sioux There is a feeling that the attitude of the Sioux Indians on the question of opening their lands as proposed by the Sioux bill in congress was not clearly sot forth by tlio Pratt commission , The general impression has been that the Indians were governed wholly by mer cenary motives in their opposition to part with their lands and were incited to tliia counsel by the squaw men and loading chiofa. With commendable en terprise the Now York JJcmhl has re cently sent a representative to the agen cies , whoso report throws considerable light on the action of the Indians. Chief Gall , who was the most fearless cham pion for Iho Indians during thu Pratt negotiations , fairly repre sents the views of the Indians. In speaking for himself , ho pleads for hia people. To the Jfemld repre sentative , ho said : "My people will soon bo 111(0 ( the whlto people , The Indian government is passing away and soon the chiefs will have no power. The older men like myself can never bo as the whites are. Wo know what is good for us too Into. We all know that our only hope for justlco is to educate our llttlo ones , and when they are men and women , they will not lot us bo cheated. It is slow work but the time will cniuo when the Indian will bo able to meet the white man on equal grounds. The men that were sent by the Great Father to got our land found out that wo had rights. Wo are afraid to take any Important stop till our children our educated and can toll us what wo are doing. " Chief John Grass , who like wise was prominent before the commission and who ia the states man of the Sioux nation , expressed himself as follows : "It would not do to opi'ti up the whole reservation and scat ter our people. Wo are poor and ig norant. The schools will soon prepare our people. Our future depends on the schools' ' . When our children are edu cated they will be honest with us. They will rend tinn vspipi rs and each will think for him-nlf , and my people will not run after one man like a llock of shoep. As for the land question , we tire willing to part with , a portion of our reservation. It is a lie If mi ono says that wo object to ll. In the past our fathers wore very ignorant and gave away the land that belonged to them and were cheated. The words that wore given to them were not carried out. We don't want any more promised. Wo are willing to give the Great Father eleven million acres of our land for eleven million dollars. Wo want to sell for cash and have the money put in the Great Father's Treasury so that wo can have the money at interest for our own advancement as we learn what is best for us. " Such statements as those certainly give a different coloring to the Indian side of the question. These Indians mistrust the government not without cause in the great land transaction. They recogni/o that their only salva tion is civilisation , and it is to their children that they look for the solu tion of the Indian problem and tlio pro tection of their rights. And while they are ready to dispose of a part of their lands nt a fair remuneration , they are not willing to part with all of them and scatter their people , who are yet too ignorant and helpless to bo self-sup porting or todofend their rights against the encroachment of white men. The Indians have certainly made out a strong case in tlioir defense. They make an honest appeal for fair play and justice. If the Indians remain firm in their purpose , as represented by the in terviews of these loading chiefs , con gress cannot but rccogni/.e their hon esty of purpose and adopt a policy toward them in conformity with their views. now Tim ACCOUXI STAXDS. The condition of the national treasury at the close of the year is a matter of interest. According to the most trust worthy estimates the surplus at present is in the neighborhood of Hfty-nino million dollars , which is about ton millions less than it was at the begin ning of tlio year. This is a considerable leas sum than was expected to appear to the account of the surplus at this time , and the fact shows either the unrelia bility of treasury calculations , or that the prediction of a larger sum was for political effect. In any event , this sur plus is obviously not a matter about which anyone need become seri ously alarmed. It is'not believed that this surplus will bo materially increased during the present administration. The receipts for December have boon largo , and the trade conditions are such that these for the ensuing two months will probably be very much smaller , and certainly a good deal less than for the same months of the present year. With the ratio of bond purchases maintained , there is therefore not much likelihood that the surplus accumulation of the present year will bo much enlarged when the now administration comes in. Of course no change of policy is to bo expected from the present administra tionand there is no reason apparent why there should bo. The abundant supply of money in the country and tlio condition of business assure tin easy market for some time to come , HO that the treasury has simply to go on with its routine duty of disbursing money on ap propriations and taking such bonds as may bo ollorod at prices not unfavorable to the government. It might safely dis continue the purchase of bonds , so far as the money market is concerned , but there is no good reason for doing this , and the secretary of the treasury hav ing admitted that such purchases will result in a saving to the government ho will hardly bo disposed in the last days of ills administration to abandon so serviceable a course. Conjecture us to what may bo the policy of the next ad ministration would of course be idle , but as the policy now being pursued has the warrant of republican example it will very likely bo continued after the present administration has gone out. Meanwhile the financial situation of the country promises to remain entirely sat isfactory. Till ! farmers of Iowa indignantly deny that they are hostile to the rail roads of their stato. It was largely through their liberal grants of rights of way and bonds that Uio various roads have boon able to extend their network of lines through thu state. No state in the west has boon more favorable in aiding or supporting those roads. But the roads have abused the confidence of the farmers of Iowa and liavo taken ad vantage of thorn by unjust discrimina tion and by shirking their fair proportion tion of the tuxes. Lv Wisconsin the railroads have boon in the habit , until recently , of distrib uting passes not only to members of the legislature but lolhuir families , friends and neighbors for the moro ask ing. It is estimated that the railroads of Nebraska are equally as lavish with their favors. The ques tion in the minds of the people of this state Is. who in the end pays for the railroad rides of the state olliclals and their sisters and their cousins and 'their aunts ? RUSSIA is now said to bo supplying Europe with petroleum in competition with the Standard Oil company. It ia possible that the export trade of American coaY ell will suffer n con siderable docllntfi duo to the boycott ot American oil ia the Chinese market , and the reported falling off in Europe. Itcinai hlc ( ' i'orlontlH. . J.ftifotn r.ttf. The epli ) ie of the sun and thooellp o of nil but one of the camlldntcs for speaker occurs on Tuesday next. There arc 123,100 railroad tics in this coun try , most of which will bo countoil during the comlnp Mnrch by democratic ex-ofllclnls on their way homo from Washington , rulillc Olllec Is a Personal Secret. flttibr-Dfmnerat. These who visit Indiunnpolis to ink for federal appointments generally come away with the conviction that General Hnriison icgnrds public oulee ni n personal secret. The Hum fatter. ClitMiiii lleniM. The hnmfaUers , wlio want "protection , " nro probably right in entertaining no fcnr of retaliation. A prohibition of foreign actors on tlio part of England , Prance or CScruiuiiy , would not exclude American hamfatteis. Tim West Will He Ahead. Gloli * Dfinufiat. Prom proslnt Indications the ipcukersWp contest is likely to become a trial of strotiRtli between the east ami the west ; and it to hardly necessary to add that , In such a con tingency , the west will ccitataly furnish the successor to Mr. Carlisle. t- Give Him Time ; to Itrcnthc. fionrer-l'i m General Ilarilson receives no callers this week. That is , none with thu exception of four or live wlhl-ojed and importunate oflkc seekers. The bon ton uro staying away and giving the prcBldont-olect an opportunity to look about him nnd Ibid out whether ho ia liv ing In InUianapolis or the Soudan , On the \V I'd ni ; Ti'.ick. The preachers seem to take an eccentric view of things when they protest ngainst the use of $100,000 for tlio inaugural bill , mid uro silent regarding tlio millions of money used In carrying the election. Iho corruption of the bnllot-box would appear to bo fiaught with graver datigi is thiin even the volup tuous dance. lU'illiant Itur-.ts < jl' Silence. The brilliant lit of silence which Vice Pres ident-elect Morton has displayed on the sub ject of cabinet appointments since his return from Indianapolis affords tolerably good evi dence that Pi esident elect Ilatiison mani fested an equally expressive talent of the same kind while the latter end of the ticket was visiting him. Oivinti tlio Veteran n Show. .l/lmnawlf * Ti itmnc. Under the law. Which exists in New York , requiring the municipal authorities to give old soldicis the preference in furnishing em ployment to ho paid for out of eity treasur ies , a street commissioner at Auliuin was ar rested and lined $10 ) for discharging an old soldier without eauso a week ao. They give the vets some consideration ilown in York stato. The "IlommihlcH" Were There. "Buffalo Hill" Cody has been visiting his former haunts m the far west , and has re ceived a warm welcome from his old friends und comrades. lie was given a reception at Ogalnlla , Neb. Judges , generals , colonels , majors , captains nnd honorablcs without number were present. It is hinted that ono or two citi/ons without handles to tUcir names stepped in utiawates. llclcjinte Them to the Hear. /'icmniit riuil. Give us a rest on Walt Soeloy , and give us a rest on the whole old gang of cut throats that have disgraced their seats while there and stole them when they loft. Lot some new and unpollutcdohlood come to the sur face. Nebiaska lias good men and true and let them have a chance. Let officers bo elected who will hold the interests of the state above their own private affairs. No man has a lifo loose on the ofllccs and por- quisities of this state , and it is tiuio some of the cormorants were relegated to the rear. The Admission ol' Utnh. Kew Yarlt ir < M In case of admission of Utah the church would unquestionably control the state , root nnd branch. Among other things it would go hard with the school system , To the Gen tiles ot Utah this question of statehood is ono of surprising importance. It is to bo ro- gi cited that there tire democrats who , on the pledge that Mormon senators And re pro - sentatives would vote with the democracy , ore disposed to favor admission , It is to t > o hoped that the party will not identify itself with any such unpatriotic and shortsighted policy. _ _ The IliiKini'ss Situation. A'cio I'oi/i / Cinnmnelal siilivrtlifr. Although this time of year is usually marked by restricted trade , halting specula tion and the business depiossion incidental to ttio close of the old year's aff.iirH and prep arations for the now , the past woelt has wit- nossscd a remarkable development of confi dence and strength , mid has been eharacter- 5/ed by much moro than ttio usual activity , The promised rostoiutlon of freight rates hna DOOII accomplished to n great extent , pre ceded by two weeks of unprecedently heavy tniillc , and followed by u well-sustained vol ume of buslnesss. The roads In all portions of the country are following the oxnmplu * of the trunk lines , and the loading railroad men have volunteered the most solemn promises that tales are to bo maintained and causes of renewed warfato avoided , The Deadly IJIcctrio WiruN. Denver llcinthlttan , The old story of Iho good-natured tailor who allowed a shivering catnol to tin ust his nose into his shop for warmth , followed by the head , und Dually the until o aniinnl enter ing the loom , while the obliging knight of the sheais found lodging , ' in the street , is being lopcated In the Indlftoreuco with which the city government und thopuhliunt largo allow the over increasing uctwork of electric wires to overspread the city. After every largo Uro there Is a spasmodic complaint about the matter , but in n few days the subject is forgotten in the woes of some suddenly deposed policeman or a now Hcaudal. That the control ( this very impoitant branclt'of our pubhuj Kumco is of great im- portnuco ttio historyfpf all the largo cities of the east proves concluslvuly , and the con sideration of n lew figures may piovo in structive. _ I'UO.MIXnNT PRKSOXS. Joe Jefferson writes a card to say that he Dilutes tlio present movement against foreign actors is uuwisc. Secretary nndlcott , after his retirement from publiu office , will rosumu his position as solicitor of n life insurance company in Now York. Ceorgo B. McClollan , Jr. , son of Little Mac , nuil a reporter on a Now York paper , 1ms been made on aide on the stall of Gov ernor Hill. Ono of the few remaining lineal descend ants of Muithti Custls Washington , liviiiK at thu national cupltul , is u practicing physician of some local colourlty. William Jasper , u son of ttio iiov. Mr. Jas per , wlio declared in a sermon that "De BUD do move , " was arrested at Harrisbur , Pa. , for otcallnfr flOO from another colored ninn nt PlUMnirR. to which place Jasper has been taken for a hearing Mr , Williamson , the Phltiulolptitnn who hns Riven his fortune of f l. > ,000,000 to fount n mechanical training school in that city , is it bachelor nnd in his eighty fifth year. Secretary Vllas will not RO to iVcw York to practice law after March 4. It is his Intcii tlon to retuii. to Madison , Wit , nnd to resume sumo hh practice thoro. Mrs. vil.it Is stll in poor health. Jenny Lind't monument , to ho erected It Ix > ndon by her hunbatid , has just been com pleted in Gl.iiuow. It Is In the form of u beau tiful crois , about ten feet high , cut from Swndish ( jraniU ) . ' 1'mpci or Francis Joseph of Austria rise * nil the jcar round at 0 In the morning , bu often he is sm prised by lilt personal attend nuts w hen sitting ut his writing table as carlj as4 in the inoruiiig , Judge Cooley , president of the liiter-ttato commerce commission , has promised to du llvei an address 'nt the twelfth nnnua session of the Now York Stiito Hnr nstoci.i tlon In Jnnunrv Ho has ntitiounrcd as his su bjcit , "The CompirntUe Merits of Wi it- ton and Unwritten Constitutions. " Colonel Robert G. Ingorsoll , among his other innlti fat inns duties ns Inw.u-r , cattle grower , lecturer , telegiaph director , am niter dinner speaker , has mulct taken to un a silver mine. He is president of n compnnj whicli owns and operates a mine and tpjait ? mill at Silver City , New Mexico. nmporur William Is amusing himself tic cording to his tastes , his last dittlpatloi being the organization of a war game , It which n seoro or more of officers play , pie totaling to 1)0 ) two or three tinny corps mniuruvilng , tidvmicing und light ing , at though the.y n umbered hundreds of thous ands of men , to the delight of the emperor. OMAHA UOIMOl ) DOWN. About eleven thousand children attend the public and private schools of Umahu. It costs just $27 a year to cducato oacl pupil in the public school. Omtiha hns sixty-five churches and ao.OOO regular church-going people. The average number of passengers canled per day during the past year over the linen of the Omaha c.iblo lines was 0,000. The total icccipls of the inteinnl levenuo oftlcd of Onmlin for ISbS were § JChUmr.JO ! , un incieaso of JKKl.UUI.OT ocr 1SS7. Omaha's ' real estate transfers for 1SS3 ( to December 20) ) amounted to Sll.OOO..lST.TO. Total number of miles of railroad built m Nebraska ia 1SS3 wns-137. : ! . ' . The L In n iccent issue of your piper I read with intei cst a proposition in rcgtud to how tlio state should bo ivprcsontcd at thu Purls o\ > posltlon in ISb'J. ' Ttio writer suggests the duplication of our most prominent agricult ural products , corn , a triumphal arch , etc. This conception is the most unique that could well be imagined , I would say Unit such 01 Iirlnalit.v could not well oouio except from an Atnoiie.iu. To construct in coin the uoblo Arch do Tiiumph , symbolizing the glory and the grandeur of Prance , is so nt- tractivc , that it deserves the utmost consid eration. The historical associations of this wonderful monument tuo miiong the most impiessivo m thu entile history of Trance , anil still no nobler symbol of the great pros perity and development of oivili/ation in the Missouri valley could bo conceived of. While serving this pin pose ia an eminent degree , it would yet be a most poetio tribute to the KI cutest epoch in rieiicli history. while tc.iching a lesson as well of the con quests and power of the civilisation to which tlio plow has contributed moro than the soldier's gun. All of France , ns well as Paris , would appreciate the effott ns n great compliment from a. young sister republican st.it o , the very soil of which was at ono time French territory. As a French citben I can but wish the suggestion a most hc.uty suc cess und speedy leali/ation , and hope to ace the movement for its completion Immedi ately in.iugur.itud , certain It is that farmers all over the state would bo glad to contri bute their very choicest corn ears for such a pin pose. As an architect , having boon reined in the shadows of the wonderful mon ument , playing around its base as u child , I should bo most happy to contribute the com plete plans and designs tocairy out thib most ileshablo enterpuso Honing that some dellnlto stops will bo t.ikeu by the st.ito nnil its loading citizens in behalf of this move without delay , I remain , do.tr sir , yottis veiy respectfully , I. , , .r. H lioimai OIH , With r. M. Ullis , Architect. OONTUAOr IjAltOK. The Omaha Typographical Union Adopt llcsolutiuiiH on the Suhjcct. At the regular meeting of Omaha Tjpo- grnphicil Union , No. 19J , yesterday the fol lowing resolutions were adopted : Whereas , At a regular meeting of the Cen tral Labor union it was deemed boat that the abolition of the contract system was the only true s.ifeguaid to the interest of the taxpay ers and wage workers generally ; and Whereas , It is evident from past experi ence that the contractors , have resorted to everything within their power to elect men to ollko that they could mo in order that they might bo able to soouro contracts and defraud the city and taxpayers out of thou sands of dollars ; therefore hu it ICesolvod , That Typographical Union No. 100 denounce the contract system and en dorse the day work system in order that the watjo woikcrs may bo benefited thereby and the citizens geneially. Hesolvod , That wo demand thut a law bo engrafted In the city chatter that will compel - pel the mayor nnd council and the board of public works , to let all municipal impiove- mmits bo done by the day's work , instead of allowing coirupt contractors htivo full con- tiol of the city's interest. Hesolved , That wo demand of the state legislature a law which will reform our elec tions ; prevent bulldo/ing and fraud , and make possible the election nf poor men to of- iico , and that wo bolicvo a law modelled after the Australian system , will meet these re quirements. Hesolvod , That the ubovo resolutions bo published in thu daily impels. Mr I/liidloyVs laiulc , G. O. Llndloy , a barber was fortunate enough to win a hotisu and lot in a ralllu which took place at the Harkur hotel yestor- day. The real estate is situated on 1510 Corhy street and is said to bij worth S3.00J. . As Lindloy won It with a ? J clianeo ho may bu considered a lucky member of society. Tlio Coming Many expeditions will bo made to California in order to observe the eelipao of the sun that is to occur on the 1 fat of January. Dr. Swift , of the Warner observatory , of Hot-hosier , N , Y , , is among the pilgrims , and hpoak- ing of his trip ho ib reported to have said : "Tlio eolipio is the return of one that occurred in lb"0 , when a largo number of astronomers from this country went to Kurope to make observations. Jt will begin about 1 o'clock California time , and will last two minutes und live bocon'ds. It is an important crlipiO and may renult in tlio discovery of very interesting fuctb. Tlio longebt period a total eclipse of Iho HUH can conlinuu lethe the inhabitants of the earth is bovun ml iiuti- , and lift } -eight boconds. The conditions under which such an eclipse xrould take place nro so rare that it miglil nol occur once in 10,000 years , It could only talco place nt the equator when the earth was at a corlain point on its orbit , with the suli and moon in relative positions , which they very seldom - dom occupy. The surface ot the earth Is thirteen miles nearer to J.ho sun at the equator than it is hero , and thut would locale lha observer bo much higher in thu cono-sliupcd shadow of the oulipdo Another fact that would prolong such tin eclipse at the equator Is lh.o moro rapid motion nf the earth toward thu east , which would keep one In the shadow longer. " No bullet should bo without a bottle of Angostura liittors , the South American ippotuor. Manufactured by Dr. J. G. B. Slogort & Sons. THE EAGER OFFICE SEE KEHS , Lincoln Hotels Orowdod With Ex- pootnut Politicians. THE POLITICAL POT BOILING. oftlic VntloiiN Cnitillilntcn for tlio RpcnkoiMlilp InilustrlotiHlj At Work licctiirlng tlio Policemen. LINCOLN BUIIEAU orTnn OMAHA HBK , 1 llttO 1' STUBKT , V LINCOLNDoc. . 30. ) All day long the lobby of the Capitol hotel has boon thronged by cagornnd ox- pootantolHcesookors. The friendsof the various candidates for speaker wore In dustriously at work especially among the new member : * , who arrived on tue early trains. Dempster made steady gains among the new arrivals , and it is now practically conceded that a combi nation of the field must speedily bo made ngainst him or his success is as sured. Olmstend is making an ag gressive canvass , but the llo.Ulng and non-committal element is steadily drift ing away from him , with in dications that Watson will capture - turo the most of this vote. A combination between the forces ot Watson and Olmstead would prove formidable - midablo nnd witli the Heating vote might olToot n nomination , but neither of these candidate1) ) seem willing to drop out. Watson's forces led by Colonel WiKonof Nebraska City , are extremely well organized , and are pressing the claims of the Otoo statesman with /.cal and persistence , and with borne effect. Cady , ot Howard , is conducting his canvas quietly , and his friends are holding out the idea that he is steadily gaining in strength , and that Dempster's votes will event ually go to him , but they are banking on false hopes. Cady will not be able to poll anywhere near the full vote of the Third district. Hunter and Hisbco , of Holt , Stirk , of Msutison , Whitehead and Snrgcant , of Custor , and 1'otter and Kioldgrove , of LJullnlo , are counted among the friends of Dempster , and other candidates will have scattering .support fiom that section. Of tlio delegates - gates from the extreme northwest. Oilchrist , of Uox IJutto , is un ardent supporter of Olmstead , and is shrewdly pushing his claims. St. Kayner , of Cheyenne , is noncommittal mittal , but rather favorable to Cady. Burnhnm , of Koya Paha , is for Olm stead. Ilunna , the brilliant young member fiom Grcoley who defeated Cr.mo in the nominating convention , is understood to bo for Cady , but may gofer for Demnstor. Olnistcnd's \voaknos lies in his1 failure to solidify the Repub lican valley. Captain Lee , < ho veteran politician of Furnas , has a weather eye out for the speakorbhip hinibolf , and if his support goes to Olnislead it will have the appearance of a trade. Of the other members from the Repub lican valley , 10liottof Ilarlan ; Baileyof Franklin , and Hamptonof Websteruio almost certain to vote /or Dempster. Uartib and Christy , of Clay , and Han- thorn of Nuckolls are not here yet. Crugen. of Frontier , is non-committal , but is either lor Leo or Olnibtead , un less Watson hhould develop unexpected ( strength. Scovil , of Hamilton , is not aggressive , but fiecly circulates among the members to catch the drift of senti ment. Ho is tupposed to be for Dempster. The most forlorn looking member is Caldwell , of Lancaster , who has at last awolco to full realisation of the factthit _ his boom for npoiilcorohip has entirely collapsed. Not a semblance of it is in sight. It never had any certain lease of life and died before it saw tlio light. Caldwell shakes hands in only a half hearted way with his best friends and is seldom seen to smile , and then it is only a ghastly and sickly oflort. Thus dies the hopes of ambitious statesmen. Nearly all of the senators have arrived and are spending the day in social on- joyinant , though few can escape the persibtent button-holing of anxious can didates for minor positions. Church Howe arrived in tlio city last night but lias not made himself conspicuous in tlio lobby. Linn of Richardson , Polk of Cass , Cnrncll of Cherry , Gallagly of Merriok , and Hoover of NuckolU aio actively canvassing the situation and keeping a sharp eye on the important committees. Lindsay of Beaver is male- many friends and onl.y needs piopor en couragement toenter into an active can vas against Church Howe for president pro torn of the senate. It is gone-rally conceded that ho will bo assigned the chairmanship of the most important committo that of the judiciary. In ic- gard to the other committcoa , cvorj- thing is at boa. Taggnrt , of Adams , would like a good committee and is figuring to that end , but is still on tlio anxious seat. Shannor , of Holt , im proves one as boingacloan. fair-inindod man , and dibposcd to work for the in terests of the whole people , ( inllagly , of Merrick , appears to be the same kind of a man. Senator Nosbit , of North Plalto , who at one time had a fair prospect of knock ing out Church llo\vois here , but is not making an aggressive light. Lieuten ant Governor Moiklojohn has not yet arrived , but is expected on the evening train. Whether ho will bo pormittud to appoint the senate committees is an open question. The matter is being dlhcubsod to borne extent by tlio mem- liora present , but no plan of action has been agreed upon. Kach member is on tlio lookout for himself. Senator Kockley of York.is non committal on IhoMibjout. .Senator Hansom , of Otoo , arrived to-day and proceeded to take the war path igniiibt Church Howe. Ho declares that he is for anybody but Howe for presi dent of the Honnta , nnd is doing his , ovol bo > < t to form some sort of a com- n'nation that nill ollcctuaU.v bhelvo the Somalia btntesman. Whether ho can nspiro nny number of bonators with his nvn enthusiasm , remains to be scon. Many members BCOIII to lack a utilT \ortubrno , while others dmliko loollond , ho Howe crowd on general principles. I'ho opponents of Howe are biippnsud tote to Sonntors Lindsay , Burton , Wether- tld , KecKlov , Ransom , I'lekott , Hurd , Norval , Connor , Jowott and Cinlluglj , n ihu evnnt of a fight , though they Hive not committed thenibolves. bovoral senators from the northern part of the Htato have not yet arrived , and .heir votes would turn the scale. Mon itor Raymond , of Lancaster , also co\ola iho position ot president pro loin of the bcnato , and luis elevated nib ted to at tract the electric lluid. So far there is 10 indication of a disturbance in the iloments in his vicinity. Ikmrdsluv , lis own colleague , lb supposed to bo for Stowo , n'ld he cannot put his llngnr on i single member who will support him. L'ho Lancaster county delegation Is , In- Iced. in haid luck. The evening and early morning trains will bring in the , ardy members , anil politicH will fairly i//.l'o during the remaining houi-s of ufapoiibLHo many candidates nru iiop- jing up for minor pobitionB that it is ilmost impossible to secure a Hut. Ho- end the chief clerkship : of the house and senate all lg doubt nnd unccrtnlnB' * ' n A iti ) ox Tin : HOYS. * * ! Judge Houston , of the polco $ coutl\ \ took occasion to deliver a sermon Uy Lincoln's familv of policemen lost even ing. What otTcct it will have can not bo determined at the present time. It seems that complaints have boon com ing to the court's ear , for several days past , that a class of saloons in the city t. failed to regard the closing hour ordin ance , nnd that gamblers' dona were running in open violation of the law. For this reason ho ttlok his toxl and preached his Formon. Ho ordered a crusade against ovildoorsof every class , and the arrest of any person in a maud lin condition or in questionable stinits. The judge took especial pains to Indi cate violators of the Sunday liquor law. This had n salutary olTect this morning. Side doors wore not opened with the recklessness of other days , and the boys who secured their morning dram wore few and far be tween. None but the initiated got their regular portion. The fact has brought Houston into commlorablo cheap notoriety , nnd the imprecations hurled against him are loud nnd deep A class of state legislators-eku t want their "nips'1 regulnrly and at their will , nnd the.v pronouneo the polieo judge a "medillesome nmtty , " and ne- ouso him of sticking his nose into matters - tors that do not concern him. It is quite generally bolloved that ho has gone a little bejond his jurisdli lion. Such orders as bo issued , It is urged , ought to eomo fiom the ma.\or , through the city marshnl. Ho this as it may , however , the city police foreo have put on their watchfulness and woo be it to the p.irtv found boj end the pales of decene\ \ , and the thoughtless legislators may repent folly in sackcloth and ashes. It is quito well known that homo ot the "dlgna- tnrles" now circulating in the capital city have long since put olT their Sun- dasehool bibs. They uovor think ot the old cradle songs unless In dream land , nnd few of thorn ovnr lisp tlio swoct words : "Now L lav mo down to sloop. " CHUlt OK AOUICtn.Tt'Ui : AND WOUO\ . The chair of agriculture of the state university will horoattcr bo known as the chair of agriculture and biology. The change in name is of recent occur rence. It is just given out that Prof. .1. S. Kingsley , of tlio university of In- _ dianahas been tendered this important c chair by the board of regents , and that ho has formally signified his acceptance. Prof. ICuitfrtloy iw a grmlimto of Wil liams college , and a p'lst-graduatc of Harvard , and will bring to the chair experience and thorough culture , lie spent four years un der I'rof. A. S. Packard , one of tlio most eminent biologists ol the ago. Ho will commence his work in the uni versity of this state at the beginning of the no\t college your. It is rumored in educational circles and on the streets that tin attnak will be made before the legislature on the management of Uio state agricultural farm. If the rumor proves to bo true , there will bo a general shaking up of dry bones , and the clash will piobably bring to the surface a matter or two that lion been ( smuggled from the public car. it is well known that the experi ment farm has been grossly misman aged , and an investigation might rem edy matters and icsult in better future work. At any rate , renovation is needed in that quarter , and perhaps a general weeding out. AN UNI Ol'NDKn HUMOR. The story started yesterday that War den Hjer's official report would unfold homo startling matters , does not boom to bo well founded. Yesterday evening Tin : Bii : : representative undertook to run the rumor down , but without suet t cess. Parties who are in a position to know all about atTairs at the state peni tentiary say there is nothing in it. The warden's report will contain a simple statement of his ollluiul work , the con dition of th\j pen , and nothing more. But ho can and will give a faithful ac count of his stewardship. The warden baid to Tin : HKI : man a short time since : " .My oflicial relations with the governor have boon of the most friendly charac ter , and there is nothing in the statement that there has been n rupture between us. " The btory published in the Omaha Hbr.ilil this morning is not considered truthfnl here. Hjcrs has proved to be an ollieiont warden , and it is generally regretted that he has felt compelled to tendef his resignation. He states that ho resigns because ho caii do hotter elsewhere financially. This ought to be considered a good and fiulllciont reason , and doubtless is , by all who do not lot their Imagination run away with their judgment. No ono questions but what H.vors could have retained his position had ho desired to. The governor was satisfied with hm work , and has so stated on divers occa sions. CITY N'HVVS AND NOTKS. Colonel W. F. Cody ' " ' daughter , of North Plaltell / attend inauguration exercise mid the attending reception. The funeral of Miss Lena S. ICrb. who died last evening at the homo of her parents in ICabL Lincoln , will take pluco from tlio family residence on next Tues day. day.The The Irish national league held an interesting mooting at Fit/.gorald'H hall at II o'clock this afternoon. Hon. W. < ) . Bryan was the orator of the day. The second term of the Wesloyau university commences on next Wednes day , January U. The building is fully completed and is considered ono of the finest in the west. Colonel Hilly McC'nnn , of Ohadron , is in the city. IIo expects to got Ihu state militia appreciation increased ever what it was made two joarn ago. Mack evidently wants n salary. Hldor C' . B. Newman , niihtor of the First Christian chnraii , nddrcwsml the Young Mt'ii'ti Christian association of Lincoln , thin afternoon at ' 1 o'clock. Mr , Newman is regarded an ono of the lincHt pulpit orators in the city. St. ToroBa'H church has undergone a ? iT > dt many improvements during the imst few weeks , The building now looks like a new ono. Catarrhal Bangers. To bu frool from the dunlin a of sullucutlon nhllnljliw downs to lin-ittli' lituly. iltxni ioiiinlly nnd undisturbed ; t'j rlio lofrosliod. ii-nil clear , bruin nctlvo iinil frou from pain or iclin ; to kiiott Unit no | H/HOIIOMH , putrid mutter lullloi tlio In oath and rots nw.iy tlio dullcuto imchmer ) of Hinull , tnsti ) iind lii'iulng ; to fml lint the .sjntuin doo.t not , llir Uri ! ) Us veins nuil u tontri , HUCJC up tlio polnoii Unit Iti Mini to uu Icrinlnu and dHti } . 1 * Indeed it blo'Hliii ; bu ron 1 all oilier human enjoyment * . ' 1 o jiurUms miuumty fiom sndiafiito tdiuuld bo tlio ob- OU of all ullll ! li'il. Hut tllOno wliolmvo trluil iiiiny irmudluH mid jiliyfclUnn * desp.iJr of relief > r cure. S VNKIIIII'S KUIICAI. 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