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IK TIIK iUurchlson ghost lifts u ] > its
liond at this into tiny , kill it.
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IT may bo voll to remind our people
tlmt the Eonato of the United States is
Btill talking tariff.
stationery furnished to the inem-
bors of the legislature is claimed to beef
of extremely poor quality. That may
explain why the bills for it are excessively
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sively high.
TUB members of the legislature are
holding their mouths wide open to
catch tlio rich committee plums which
Speaker Watson is about to shake off
the legislative tree.
OKLAHOMA is more troublesome to
Uncle Sam than tlaytl and Samoa put
together. Lot the navy bo dispatched
there immediately to keep the Kansas
boomers out of the promised land.
IT WIT , . ! . , relieve a great lump in the
thioats of thousands of people in Amer
ica and in England to learn that Sulli
van and Kllrain have finally decided ( ? )
.to settle It between themselves.
TJIK eastern stockholders of the west
ern railroads want a change of mana
gers as well as policy iu the adminis
tration of their property. That is ju&t
what the puoplo of this section fcf the
country htivo been fighting for during
the lust decade.
Govnuxou LAIIKAIIKK , of Iowa , was
highly gratified with the prosperity of
Nebraska during his recent visit to the
inauguration of Governor Thnyor.
Iowa's chief executive has probably
learned one reason for it , that prohibi
tion has not blighted our state.
patience of the people of Iowa
has been strained to a high tension
when they threaten to call an extra ses
sion of the legislature immediately ,
Should Judge Brewer of the United
States circuit court roudor a decision
adversely to the state railway commis
sion. The people of the state have
faith in their cause and are determined
to stop the unlawful discrimination of
the railroads. If the legislature should
moot and pass stringent measures , the
railroads would have ouly themselves
to blame for their foolhardy opposition.
SOMH enterprising citizens have been
desirous tlmt the state of Nebraska
should bo represented at the French ex
hibition by a fae simile of the Arc do
Triompho of the Champs ) Elysies in
Paris. A similar proposal has been
made by Colonel Murphy , of the Now
York produce exchange , with a view of
interesting the Parisians in our imiizo
culture. > lie has planned a corn palace
in which color otTocts will bo obtained ,
not only by oarsof different IIUOH , but
by utilising the green loaves of the
plant , and the brown loaves of surghum.
The Now York produce exchange will
make this exhibit at their own expense
under the supervision and control of the
agricultural department of the Amer
ican commission , and the corn palace
will therefore bo olllclal. There is still
plenty of room for Nebraska.
TIIK bill introduced in the legislature
to compel lira insurance companies to
pay the ( ace value of the Insurance
policy iu case of total destruction should
bo passed without delay. The legisla
tors owe this duty to the people of the
Itato in simple justice. There has been
altogether too much power given to the
luBuranco companies doing business in
the state to adjust their losses aa they
BOO fit. They have abubod their right ,
And the time is at hand when the person
insured should bo fully protected against
their high handed methods. Already the
legislature is beset with a powerful in
surance lobby which threatens that fire
rates will bo raised if the bill becomes
a law. This is tantamount to a coufoB-
91011 that it is the rule of insurance com
panies iu the state not to pay the faoo
Value of their policies. Consequently ,
jvhon they make a building contract to
reimburse the insured for the loss of
his property , they commit a wrong
which does not full short of fraud. This
It an abuse , therefore , which the legis
lature of Nebraska is bound to corrector
/or the promotion of the oitissons of the
etato.
Tha newspapers of the northwest rep-
rodent the business prospect of that sea-
lion as most flattering. The farmers ,
pnysono of these journals , with the well
founded hope of a higher scale of prices
for whoat. nro preparing to make up for
lost time and a long run of low prices
by increased ncrongo. The successful
establishment of ranning factories and
stiifch factoring 1ms demonstrated the
advisability and the profit * of diversified
farming , and a broader nnd more profit-
rblo agricultural product will bo
the result. Thus far there
is no sign anywhere of crop
failure. In the winter wheat belt
nnd on the Pacific slope the weather has
been favorable. Manufacturing outer-
prises are looking up , and in all depart
ments of activity there Is noted a strong
tendency in the direction of improve
ment.
There is reason to believe that this
tendency will become general through
out the country as the year advances ,
and that before its close all branches
of business will show a material gain
over 'last year. There Is c plentiful
supply of money in the country , and
there is seen to bo a feeling of confl
uence that will conduce to Us invest
ment in legitimate enterprises. The
reasonable assurance that there is to bo
four years of safe aud conservative gov
ernment , for the nation cannot fail to
lead capitalists to seek out the most
promising sources of investment , and as
the west and northwest still olTer the
greatest opportunities for the profitable
employment of capital it may bo ex
pected to How in this direction freely.
Especially will this bo the case when
the territories that are ready for state
hood an ) admitted , provision for which ,
it is now thought , will certainly be made
by the present congress. But in any
event the largo amount of capital that
is not at present productive will find in
vestment , and a largo part of it will un
doubtedly come to this section.
It is not a "boom" that is expected or
to b.e desired , but a natural and health
ful activity possessing all tlieconditions
of stability and permanence. This the
outlook promises , and to whatever ex
tent the promise is realized Nebraska
with her splendid agricultural record
and the almost boundless opportunities
she still offers ought to got u very gen
erous share.
THE SVPl'ltESSED SUFFRAGE.
The significant remark made by Gen
eral Harrison at a mooting of army vet
erans a few days ago has commanded
wide comment. The president-elect
said : "The only menace to-day to our
institutions and the perpetuity of our
government is the suppression of a free
and fair ballot , " and ho declared this
to bo a wrong that should not bo tel
erated. The conclusion has boon formed
by some that this expression implied
a purpose on the part of General Harri
son to formulate a policy for the correc
tion of this evil , but a little reflection
will show that his power in
this direction is limited. The
constitution does not confer upon
the president any authority to inter
fere with elections in the states. Con
gress is empowered to regulate by law
the times , places ttnd manner of hold
ing elections for representatives , and
also the tune of choosing presidential
electors. It is the duty of the presi
dent to see that such regulations are
properly carried out , but ho has no
power beyond this. It is not probable ,
therefore , that General Harrison ,
who unquestionably has a clear and
thorough understanding of his constitu
tional duties , intended to convey by his
remark the idea that ho contemplated
a policy of arbitrary in terfcreiico with
the suffrage in any of the states , and it
is not wise to permit such an idea to
prevail.
But it is well to have it understood
that whatever proper nnd legitimate in
fluence the next administration can
exert to remove the menace to our in
stitutions involved in the suppression of
a free and fair ballot will bo exerted.
To whatever oxtentcongress shall doom
it wise to go in regulating the manner
of the election of representatives , with
a view to enabling all citizens to enjoy
the right of suffrage in the choice of
their representatives , it may bo ox-
peotod that General Harrison will see
that such regulations are fully respected.
IIo fullv appreciates the gravity
of the wrong that demands cor
rection , and ho can be depended upon
to make no compromise with those who
are responsible for it. Bat how ho
shall proceed , or whether ho will bo
permitted to do anything to secure a
free and fair ballot where it is now sup
pressed , will depend upon congress , and
can apply only to the election of repre
sentatives , for as to electors congress is
authorized merely to prescribe the time
of choosing them.
The suppression of the ballot In the
southern states is quite as serious a
matter as General Harrison has stated
it to bo , but the power of the general
government to deal with the evil is
so restricted that the hope of rem
edy must continue to rent largely upon
the growth in that section of a more
patriotic , just and generous Bontiment.
There is some promise of this , and it
may perhaps bo assisted by the next ad
ministration. Tlio representatives of
Industrial interests in the south who
some time ago called on General Harri
son , assured him that there was a con-
bldorablo and growing clement there
prepared to revolt against bourbon rule ,
with all that it implies , and that it
simply requires the encouragement to
bo had from the appointment to federal
offices in the south of loyal
and capable republicans who
will command the respect and
confidence of the class cf poo-
pi o who uro working for the material
and practical improvement of the south.
This at least the next administration
can do , ana this it may safely bo ex
pected to do.
STJf/ffl OFF A BALANCE SHEET.
The mayor and council should let the
people Know what it cost to run the
olty during the past year. A tabulated
statement of the expenditures and
sources of revenue has not boon prepared -
pared for public inspection for the past
two years at loa t. An inventory should
bo miulo at least annually. In this
respect Omaha should profit by the ex
ample of Kitnsns City. On January 1 a
complete statement of the cost and re
sources for * municipal government of
that city for the year was published.
Such a statement for our city would no
highly important. Aside from calling
attention to the increasing current ex
penses , it would suggest reforms in the
matter of tax assessments. The revenues
for the support of municipal government
in Omaha nro drawn almost wholly
from a lax on real estate. In Kansas
City fully one-half of the municipal re
sources is derived from the licensing of
various branches of trade. There are
features in the Kansas City method
which may commend themselves for
adoption. At least let our citizens see
the balance sheet of Omaha for the past
year , and lot them have the opportun
ity of comparing it with that of Kansas
City. If Omaha has a more economical
city government and a more equitable
system of taxation , our citizens want to
know it. If not , they want the oppor
tunity to correct municipal inequali
ties.
JrnnnTi'hKY , of Chicago , will not
be charged by any person ol fairness
and candor with having the least sym
pathy with anarchists , yet ho evi
dently regards the conduct of tlio police
in suppressing the meetings of the
Arboitor bund as an unwarrantable
usurpation of authority , and an inter
ference with free speech and the right
of citizens to peaceably assemble that
should not bo tolerated at the dictum of
police officials. .So far as wo htivo ob
served , there is no approval , outside of
Chicago , of tlio course of the police in
this matter , and the indefensible senti
ment that dominates in that city was
voiced in the intemperate talk of the
assistant corporation attorney in his
argument opposing the application of
the bund for an injunction to prevent
police interference with the meeting of
the society. It will bo a mlstortune for
Chicago and for thu country if ever the
precedent is established that a police
authority may upon its own motion and
caprice deny the right of citi/.cns to as
semble peaceably for the lawful discus
sion of any question which they believe
affects their interests and welfare.
IT was a quite moderate resolution
that was passed by tlio aouato Monday ,
with but three dissenting votes notify
ing European governments that this
country would regard with disapproval
the connection of nny of them with a
ship canal across the isthmus of Darlcu
or across Central America , but it is
sufficiently explicit to admit of no mis
understanding. It is not surprising to
learn that the French .stockholders in
the Panama canal are unfavorably im
pressed with the resolution. They wore
not expected to approve it. But the at
titude of this government does not pre
vent thorn from increasing their invest
ment to an amount necessary to com
plete the canal , and they are at lib
erty to induce the people of all Kuropo
to join with them for that object if they
can do so. The resolution simply means
that their government does not wish
any European government to have any
thing to do with the construction or
control of an interoccanie canal in this
continent , and none will bo permitted
to do so. There is a good deal of com-
missoration felt for the unfortunate in
vestors in Panama canal stock , but a
most important national policy cannot
bo sacrificed to sympathy.
RKPHKSBNTATIVK THOMAS of Illi
nois is likely to win world-wide fame
from having designed a submarine war
ship which is believed to bo capable of
accomplishing the most extraordinary
results. The design has been approved
after a very careful examination by a
board of naval officers of the highest
standing , who arc said to bo enthusias
tic as to its possibilities. If all chat is
said of this projected ship should bo
realized , there will bo a revolution in
naval armament , and so far as the
United States is concerned the problem
of national defense will bo
fully solved. The design is the re
sult of ton years of patient study
on the part of Mr. Thomas , who , when
ho entered congress , knew as little
about vessels of any kind as any other
Illinois farmer. It is thought congress
will authorize the construction of the
ship , and if so it Is likely to command
an interest not confined to our naval
establishment. Congressman Thomas
is being strongly urged for secretary of
the navy in the noxtndministrntion.
TJIK agreement entered into between
the Burlington otllomls and the repre
sentatives of the engineers and firemen
was hardly so liberal to the ox-employes
its might have been hoped tor , but it is
perhaps the best that could liavo been
expected under the circumstances. It
'll is carried out in good faitti on the
part of the officials , and there appears
no reason to doubt that it will bo , the
men are assured employment as rapidly
as vacancies occur , and it is quite poss
ible that in no great length of time
'most of-thorn will again bo in the ser
vice of the road. The settlement of
of the difficulty must provo advanta
geous to both parties.
TUB organization of a Live Stock
Shippers' exchange at Soutli Omului
will undoubtedly prove of great benefit
to both shippers and buyers. Similar
organizations exist at Chicago and Kan
sas City for the mutual protection of
the dealers in live stock. The ex
change not only protects its members
from imposition and discrimination ,
but fixes a uniform scale of commissions
for thu selling of stock. In its relation
to the railroads the exchange will bo
able to come to a better understanding
than if such a tusk fell upon individual
shippers , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE lower liouso of the last legisla
ture furnished positions for ninety-six
officers and employes at an outlay of
twenty-two thousand four hundred and
fifty-throe dollars. No vouchers for
"value received" for this enormous
outlay can bo made that will satisfy the
taxpayers.
IN 1885 the grand total of legislative
appropriations was one million six hunt
drod and sovonty-elght thousand seven
hundred aud ninety dollars aud
ninety cents. Jn 1837 the legisla
ture increased this already burdensome
tax to two million ( .oven hundred and
twenty-two thousand eight hundred
and ninety-six dollars nnd eighty-six
cents over a million dollars increase
In two years ( or identically the same
fctate governmont.
Tilt : last legislature appropriated two
million seven hutidrtid and twenty-two
thousand eight hundred and ninety-six
dollars and eighty-nix cents. These
staggering figures alight to bo kept in
vie wet every member of the legislature.
IT took 121 olllccrs and employes to
run the state senate in 1887 , at an ex
pense of twenty-four thousand , nine
hundred and slxty-tivo dollars and sixty
Cents , which dlit not include perqui
sites. This h surprising , out true.
A Grcnl Country.
J\Vic I'mTiiliunc. / .
Perhaps wo shall thrnsli some otlior tiny re
public this year.Vo are u rcat country.
IIo SpcaUs tin * TriHli.
i\Vi 1'irt WuiM.
As tlio man with cold In'liis head s.iid ,
there oiiKbt to bo subway ot burying tlioso
wires nt once.
Il ( ! I'iiys Ills Kent.
Mr. Hlnlnc is Iu Washington for tlio win-
tor. So Ions us he pars his house rent
nobody can object.
A Pint liirni Tlmt Will Win.
l.wiiirlltt I inlincrcliil.
A pure lullot iinil u friv ballot , north and
south , is a platform broad cnouijli for all
parties and nil classes to stand upon.
Discrlihliiutloii.
llr ( nnrti'i-Jiiui it'll.
Tlio government of tlio United States takes
a letter from New York to Sim FYaiieiM-'O for
two couth , mid it charges two cents in Phila
delphia. Ttiib is discrimination against the
short haul.
laof Uniiilin.
( Afc'iiyi ' Trlliiinc.
Mr. Michael Lee , the new president of the
Omaha city council , was formerly a hotel
porter ami Inotbiaelc. He is expected to
shine iu debate and add polish to the deliber
ations of the bo.lv.
The I'rolmlili ; Candidate in ' .I'2.
SI , I/mils [ Slube-D woudf.
Three . \eara and a half hence Mr. Hill
will Jje the presidential nominee ot Ins party.
His democratic foes aie beginning to brace
themselves up so as to ciraccfulli accept the
situation.
Slodest Conistoclc.
Oiii'ii'TiHiunr. ' .
Anthony Comstqelc was kielted on the
shins when assisting to clean out a ( rambling
house in New York tlio other day. Mr.
Comstoclc was a witness at the trial of the
gambler. He blushed.painlully , it is .said ,
when he was coinpaUcdi to speak the word
shins. f
' Wim'jna. "
AVir Kmfc Jl'iirW.
The name of "Winqan , " to be given to
South Dakota , is that which pertains to the
firstborn lomale child < jf , a chief of the Da-
cotans. Wo stole this continent frpm the In
dians , but we generously honor them in our
national nomenclature. Shall Dakota be ex
cluded ! "Why-nouol" .
JMr.s. Cleveland's Work Undone.
IforW.
Mrs. IJenjamin Harrison has accepted a
bustle us a gift from a manufacturer and has
returned her thanks. This indicates that
Mrs. Harrison will stand by the bustle as a
feminine adornment , and thus the great
work of Mrs. Cleveland as a bustle aboli
tionist will be undone.
1MIOMINCM' I'KUSONS.
Clans SpreeUels is in Philadelphia looking
nfter his sugar rciinery.
If Henjamin Harrison intends to place col
ored men in his cabinet ho keeps it very
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dark. .
Queen Uanavanolu III. of Madagascar , has
sent her photograph to President Garnet , of
France.
The wife und daughter of Elijah Hnlford
nro to spend u part of the winter in Florida.
Mrs. Hnlford has weak lungs. o
Emperor William , of Germany , keeps a
scrap-book of newspaper clippings regard
ing himself. No wonder ho often feels sick.
Senator Quay started from Washington for
Florida on Monday. His health is better
than it was some weeks ngo , but ho needs
rest.
rest.At
At a recent dinner In Washington Mrs.
Cleveland wore a gown of light blue silk
brocaded in rosebuds , combined with white
lace. The skirt was trimmed with blue vel
vet of a dark simile , n long bow and ends of
which caught up the draperica oit the loft
side near the back.
UtUTnlo Hill will bo one of the picturesque
clmrac-tcr.s at Harrison's inauguration. He
will ride General Grant's famous stallion ,
now owned by General licalo.
Prince Hlsimirck has boon ailing recently ,
and received over tiyo thousand telegrams
expressing sympathy. The d-.ith ol the
great chancellor would prob.ibly cause as
much e.Ncitemunt in Germany as Cliaimcey
Dopcw'.s bpr.iined uiiKlo did In New York.
WillllBll.
, .
She wns n clerk In a big hotel ,
A family one , it is trmy
Ho was a drummer with seventeen trunks ,
And he was her lover , too.
"Shall I call you a cab , " she naively Bald ,
When the drummer began his adieu ,
As even a drummer a drummer in love
Sooner or later must do ,
" 1 think , " ho replied , as ho looked at her
lips ,
And thought of the chance of a fuss ;
" 1 think , ns there's nobody here but our
selves ,
I'd rather you'd call it a buss. "
IjAIJOH NOl'KS.
Several Now York unions have estnb
llshed ' 'out-of-work"fund.s , , and some unions
In other citlen arc following their example.
Iowa sink * Into luslimiflounco as u manu
facturing state. There U but one rolling
mill in the state. It Is Ipfcutod at Hurllngton.
Wuges in Denver ore higher than formerly.
Granite cutters receive * 1 a day. Plasterers
work eight hours , fol- which they arc paid II ,
Largo as HO mo of the labor unions nro ,
they form but a very airtall fraction of the
worklngmcn of thO' country. The Work
men's ' Advocate estimate * that lesa than one-
tenth of the workers of the country are or-
gunized In any kind of association.
Some lioston grocers give a book to their
"trust" customers. The , pagCB of the book
represents amounts from 1 cent to f 1 , and up
to jy , ? 5 , 810 and WO , W/ion / anything Is pur
chased the customer ; tears out paper to the
unount of the value of the goods and haiulH
it to the grocer. Tlio latter stick the paper
on the customer's hook till payment has been
made.
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ISNTKUi'llIHE Ai'i'IlKOIATBD.
Holdrego Progress : TIIK OMAHA UEE is
now carried on a special train whioh connects
with the Jlyer ut Plattsmouth , thus enabling
; ho mornlag edition to reach subscribers in
; ho South PlattQ country six hours earlier
than formerly. There are no llics on Tuu
Dee.
Dee.Mend
Mend Advocate i THE OMAHA. Han Is the
most enterprising newspaper m the west ,
notwithstanding itfi many faults. In addition
to imttlagup a building which will coat in the
loighborhoou of a quarter of a million , it has
BO w put out u special train for the purpose of
distributing Us papers along the line between
Omaha ana Denver , In tills way TUG 13 1:1 : ;
reaches its subscribers and purchasers
several hour * cnrller than heretofore. This
Is what the Advocate onils genuine enter
prise.
franklin Republicans The niannpomoiit
of Tun OMIIH. HER lias undertnkon some
thing never before attempted west ot Chicago
cage , and now has n special train of its own
to insure moro spjcily delivery of that paper ,
H will now reach its patrons from three to
twenty four hours earlier than common mid
will be in Clioyenuo the sumo day it is pub
lished. This affects the southern and west
ern portion of the state , nnd will bo much
appreciated by the numerous readers of Unit
catorprUIng journal.
Mason City Transcript' TUB OMUI.V
ID ut.v Her. has mada another step toward
the top round ot the lad ler of newspaper
enterprise. This time that paper has put on ,
on the H. & M , a special train foe its own
use for the delivery of TIIK UEI : to its read
ers throuuhout the state several hours earlier
than the tlmo they Imvo boon heretofore -
toforo delivered by the regular
mail trains. This is nn enter
prise never before attempted bv any paper
west of ( Jhieigo. TIIK UKI : is determined to
keep in the front rank of western MOWS-
papers. „
Groeley Lender : Tin : OM MIA Uin : is trying
-.Make Homo Howl. " They have inaugu
rated a special mail ear In order to have
their paper on the streets in Lincoln before
breakfast time , and In order to reach the
towns in the western part of the state on the
day of publication. The- next step will prob
ably bo to l sue u C Hindu edition or Inaugu
rate u thiough mail to the moon ,
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Appointment Loads to tlio
r Cliuii-iniui Vrooiiiiin ,
"Thero is blood on the moon " This is the
sentence that passed jTroni the lips of an individual
"
vidual olosol.t allied "to the management of
the Union Pacific , when ntn'stlonod concernIng -
Ing the appointment of George ( Jushlng us
successor of Clem Hackney as superintend
ent of motive power of that system. Inquiry
among the employes vostorda.v revealed the
fact that the appointment of dishing was bo
im ; met with n powerful opposition among the
labjring classes. Hut what is regarded the
most significant is the engineers and firemen
who have now put their shoulders to the
wheel nnd state that Cuslimg is not wanted
and if hi- > appointment is not ro-
cnlleu there will bo trouble of no lit
tle magnitude. The opposition hns
Rained considerable headway among the
latter element , mid this morning ( .Jeorgo
Vrooman , chairman of the urluvancu com
mittee of the Union P.ieilio branch of the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Knginccrs ,
whoiu headuuarters nro at North Platte ,
ar.tived in tqo city for no other
purpose than to institute an investi
gation of Cashing. Ho refused to .state just
what would result , but admitted that lie was
here for the above purpose. The trainmen
on the Union Pacific state that dishing has
been known as a llgure-head by every road
lip has b"en connected with. The Kalhvny
biographical directory contains the follow
ing :
( ieorge W. Cusliing was , in ISiT , superin
tendent of motive power and rolling equip
ments of the Philadelphia , t Heading road ;
was born at Portland. Me. , in 1M1S ; graduated
from the Union Locomotive works , lioston ,
1V > 4 ; wns from l ! > ( il to l-sW ( a division master
mechanic on the Chicago it Northwest
ern : Irom 1870 to ls l , superin
tendent of machinery on the Kansas Pacific ;
1T1 to 1STM , superintendent ol machinery on
the Northern Pacific : 187-1 to 187.1 superin
tendent ot machinery on the Wabash ; Ib7. )
to 1S7U , superintendent of machinery on the
Missouri , Kansas & Texas ; ISM to IVS'J ,
general .superintendent of the Denver & Hio
Grande. ; IbS'J to lS7. ! superintendent ol ma
chinery Northern Pacific , then went to the
Heading road. Ho left the Heading shortly
after the great strike on that system.
It will be seen by tins that Cushini ? has at
no tmi" tilled his position the length of time
that men in such positions arc
retained. Upon this fact the labor cle
ment base their claims that ho is
only a iigurc-licad , a tool to be used in carry
ing out matters of reduction In wages in the
number of men and matters of this kind
and that when this mission is performed lie
is retired to perform similar work for
another road. Hut the main objection is that
the great Hcadinc strike was occasioned by
dishing , and , as , the men in the employ of
the Union Pacific favor , last of all , resort to
strikes , they will appeal to the management
to recind its action in engaging Mr. dishing.
General Manager ICitnball this morning
stated that arrangements had been made for
dishing to take charge of the department
February 1 , but declined to speak further on
the subject , He stated that ho had been
told that Chairman Vrooman of the griev
icnco committee of the Hrotherhood of Kn-
giaecis had arrived in this city , but ho had
no advices as to the purposes for which ho
had come.
_
Tlic "Scnl > s" Consoled.
It lias already begun to crop out that tbo
adjustment of the great Hurlington strike
was in the main a snap Judgment sprung
upon the engineers , and that the Burlington
officials saw how to evade the terms of the
agreement without Infringement. As was
stated in Tun HEP. of yesterday , the scabs ,
not comprehending the agreement as it is in
terpreted by the officials , became uneasy and
held secret meetings in Omaha , Plattsmouth
nnd nt other points on the line , That the
oilleinls of the Burlington were conferred
with is alllrmud by uniiucstionahla author
ity , and that the scabs received assur
ances that they would bo retained
nnd protected is fully explained in
the following , as stated by n Hurlington
ollicial yesterday : "Well now , this question
is both broad and long. Wo will protect the
non-brotherhood men , and liavo given thorn
assurance to that ulToct. Now , our agree
ment with the brotherhood was to the olfect
that strikers not guilty of depredation would
not bo discriminated ngninst , and that in hir
ing new men the most available would bo
taken. There uro plenty of men in the em
ploy of the company in the capacity of llro-
mcn , nnd these are in the line of promotion ,
and where a vacancy occurs at the post of
engineer we will promote these men instead
of looking for men from the outside. Thus
it will be seen that thu Hurlington lias forti
fied itself and at the same timestrongtlicnoJ
the confidence ot the 'scabs. '
M Im Clearing ilousu SyNtoin.
The telegram in Tun HKE that the south
western lines wore about to form a gigantio
pool on tlio clearing house plan , and that the
Southern Pacific , Missouri Pacific , nnd
Atchison , Topokn & Santa Fo roads wore
the prime movers , was thocnusoof moro or
less comment in railway circles yesterday. It
is also stated that the Union Pacific
would Join the southwestern pool , provided
the Northern Pacific would countenance the
rules and regulations governing the pool.
This places the Northern Paciflo In a queer
attitude , being , ns it Is. located in u narrow
stretch of territory , with the Manitoba on
the south , and the Canadian Pacific on the
north , as not only active , but dangerous
competitors.
Oenornl Manager- Kimball , when ques
tioned , stated tlmt nothing had as yet trans
pired In connection with the clearing house
system that would load to Its institution , Ho
stated that it had hccn under consideration
for same length of time , but no decisive
notion hud us yet resulted.
Vo Must Jio Horn Afalii.
"An ofllclnl" yesterday directed thoropirt-
or's attention to the data given in u contempor
ary in the career of George Gushing , who is to
succeed Clem Hackney , In the first place
Cushlng , it states , was born In 1SS3 , and con
sequently would now bo about six years of
ago , but according to the same authority , ho
graduated from a locomotive works In Hoi-
ton in IS5I Just twenty-nine years before it
is claimed no was born. It states that
from 1071 to I'jTU ho was superin
tendent of machinery of the Northern Pacific
and In this capacity lie served his employers
for 2013 years. Mr , Gushing may bu a genius -
nius , but it Is somewhat to bo doubted that
ho became a graduated engineer nt four
years of ago , us it also Is to bo questioned
that , after serving one company 201) years ,
Mr. Hackney's succcseor Is yet but six years
of nee , _ _ _
Fort v-olelit Hours Karllor.
On the 21st of the month an important re
formation goes Into effect In the mull service
between Omaha and SUP Francisco whereby
registered pouches will bo delivered In tbo
Uvo cities forty-eight hours earlier than by
Lho present practice. As It Is now , tbo
IXHtohos are sent from Omnha to Councl1
Hltiffs where they nre taken bv the west-
boundnjall trains , nnd are minia transform !
nt Ocdon. Under the proposed.chnngo the
nmll lings will bo tnkon aboard the ears on
thin side of the river , nnd go direct through
to- the coast without change.
A Now Uoml.
Concerning the telegram In Tun Uin : from
Topeka , Knit. , to the effect that the Union
Pacific had tiled a charter with the sce-retnry
of state for n railroad to bo built in Kansas
under the nutno of Nebraska , Kansas & Col
orado Hallway company , from Loonoratotlio
smith line of the state , General Manager
Kimball states that nothing further has de
veloped aside from the filing of the cUartor ,
but that such a method was intended ,
Itnllrond Notes.
Conductor Wlloov , of tlio Union Pacific ,
has iiiiuto his appearance in railway circles
again , after a tlireo months' solgo ot slok-
ness.
ness.Tho
The Union Pacllln Is eonstructing 0WO !
feet of track at Cut-olT lake to be used by
Swift ft Co. , pork packers , in obtaining ice
nt that noint. As soon as the crop is ready
for harvest the company will ship eighty
ears per day.
Tlio Golden Gate special on the Union Pa-
cillc was thirty minutes late yesterday.
Yesterday theyur.lmon , trail man engineers
nnd dromon of the Union Pncillc received
their monthly perquisite. The pay station is
ntthc loaii frolijlu oflle , where the cashier
doled out the valuable fubrie * of parchment.
A MtLMO.V
Tlio Amount Required to Support
DouulitH County.
H w.is 11IO ! when the county commission
ers settled down to business yesterday morn-
lug. Chairman Mount wielded tlio gavel , nnd
nllof the member * were present. The rending
of the minutes of the last meeting were dis
pensed xv'th ' , aud thocluik read bids from
the Interstate Democratic Publishing com
pany , M. H , lijdhVld , GibJon , Miller &
Uichardson , Mclirhlo & Ryan , Uoe o Print
ing company and the Fisher Printing com
pany , for the furnishing of the stationery
and doing of printing for the use of the
county during the present year The bids
xvoro accompanied bv oortiiled check * in the
sum of $100 each nnd were referred to the
uommittco on court house und Jail with in
structions to report on them on Saturday next.
Mr. Kedflolil. who had a bid in lor printing
trial dockets was anxious tln > t the commit
tee should consider his at once , his reason
for the ropiest being that the time interven
ing before the February term of court was
short , and that if his firm wore selected to
do the work they would liavo to go nt it nt
onco. Chairman Tumor promised that the
coiumittoo would consider the matter.
Thu proposition of G. U. Snyer for certain
tax receipts was not accepted , as the terms
submitted by him wore too indefinite. Ev-
County Attorney Simeral presented his re
port for the year ISsS , giving u list of oivil
cases in which he had defended the comity.
.1. D. Moaghor was selected assessor of
South Omaha In plnco of L , . Carpuntcr , who
failed to qualify , und the resignation of John
C. Slica , ns Justice of the peaoo of
the Fifth ward was accepted. I. Dunn , Joseph -
soph T. O'Connor and John W. Evans sent
in applications to succeed Mr. Shea , and At
torney Moriarty appeared personally before
the board to present tlio merits of Mr. Evans
and nsk for his. appointment. The board
took the matter under consideration , inn
nlso the request of Silas H. Lulto to Vo up
pointed assessor of the Eighth ward.
Fred Drcxel's appeal for aid from the
Bounty to send a sick man back to his lionu
in liohcmia was referred to the committee
on charities , and the official bonds of Charles
1. LJond and John D. Meaglior , ward super
visor and assessor respectively , were m1
cepted. That of P. II. Horan as constable
of the Eighth ward was sent to the committee -
too on judiciary.
Judge Shields , of the county court , ra
ported 691)0.1)9 ) ns remaining in his hands at
the close of business for the year ISSS , am
the committee on finances reported the fol
lowing estimates for the year ISS'J , whicl
were adopted :
Courthouse and court expenditures. $ Sn.O.lt
Ja.il : > . - > , oo
County poor 17OIK
City poor : > ( ) ,0K (
County oflHiers 110,000
Printing , books , stationery 10.000
Coroner 7,00 (
Attorney 0,00 (
Total , general fund # 190,000
Uo.id funu $ 90,000
Hridso fund SO.OOO
Insane fund 20,00 (
Poor farm r > dUO (
Sinking fund Hfi.OOO
Grand total fllD.OOO
I1AUUY HAS NO FOLLOWERS.
The Knights of Labor of Oiimlia Sup
port I'oivdorly.
In Omaha there are few Knights of Labor
as far as can bo discovered , identified with
these who nre willing or intend to separate
from their present obligations nnd adulations
and Join the ranks of the Harry dissent
ers.
ers.Tho
The wording and import of a telegram in
Monday night's linn of another split in the
order caused moro laughter nnd amusement
among knights than can well ba imagined.
Upon all sides , its "slaps" and "gibus , " as n
prominent Knight of ij.ibjr termed them ,
were scornfully and indignantly scouted.
Dr. Lavender , n gentleman long and prom
inently connected with the ICniuhts of
Labor , was seen , and had not read the dis
patch. As ho explained , "I've not h.id time
to read my HKI : , " which was lying on Ills
table. Tlio reporter handed him iv clipped
slip of the dispatch in nuostlon , nnd nftar
perusing it carefully , the doctor chuckled
nnd Raid :
"Why , my dear sir , that appo.il will re
ceive no response ; not from Omaha , at least.
AH far ns this city is concerned it amounts to
nothing. "
"Then it is snfoto say tlmt it is the general
determination of the JCnlghlH of Labor to
stick to thuir present organization ! " put in
the reporter.
"That's it , ns far as I can discover , and
I've ' given the subject intention , " responded
the doctor.
"How many assemblies nnd how many
Knights of Labor are there In the city I"
"I'm not at liberty to state that. That is
simply the business of the organization , nnd
I , for one , nt least , consider it of no public
importance. "
"Has there been nny dissatisfaction ninong
the ranks of the Omaha knights of Into ; that
Is , slnco the Harry dissatisfaction was an
nounced i"
"Not a bit , tint n bit. I liavo not heard n
knight speak favorably of Harry , or of his
followers. "
"What is your opinion of Harry ? "
" 1 liavo a very poor opinion of Harry , so
also fins every ICnight of Labor In the city
with whom I have talked. Hotwcon him
nnd Powdcrly , among the knights the for-
uior is of Ilttlo consequence. "
"Would It bo consistent to state in Tin :
Hii : ! tlmt thuro is nothing doing ninong the
assemblies of the city to assist the Harry
niovol"
"From my observations nnd personal
knowledge , there is not u knight in the city
favorable tq It. "
"Do you know of anything that is detri
mental to the advancement of the order that
uan bo eliminated by the Harry movement ! "
'Nothing simply nothing , " emphasized
the doctor us ho took leave of u reporter.
BTAT13 DHPOHITOHIKS.
Another I'lon for Additional .Sale-
KintrdH Tor Putillo Fund * .
OMAIU , Jan , 0. To the Kditor of TUB HUB :
It Is hoped the question of revenue reform ,
referred to in the article of Mr. J. I ) . Kvalis
In TIIK DISK of the 00th ult. entitled "State
Depositories , " will not bo dropped with the
iblo , but passing notice you gave it , The
plan of establishing depositories for public
money , 8Ufp ? ; sted ) > y Mr. Evans , would not
> nly furnish a place of 8RfotV for llm public
funds with moro safeguards than these pro
vided under the present system , but would
tave the taxpayer a vast amount of mo nny ;
especially In such cities us Lincoln und
Duiuha , where a great doul of paving Is being
lone under the nlno year Installment plan of
.his state. This plan of paying for spcpiul
niprovemunts causes a constant stream of
ipuclal taxes to flow into the city treasury to
emala there for nine or ten years , a non
productive , dciul , sinking ftinilj placed tliflrl
to meet the imytncnt of 0 per eent ten ycni
district paving bonds which mature nt that
tlmo
The special paving tnxcs draw 7 par cent ,
nnd nro levied expressly for the purpose of
liquidating the district bonds nt their ma
turity ; nnd under the provisions of thn
charter governing this city , cannot bo used
for any other purpose , nor transferred to nny
other fund , but must remain in the hands ot
the city treasurer tor ten years ; nearly one-
third of nn average lifetime ; and during this
tlmo ho has the right to plaro the snmo in a
"wildcat bank , " ns you observed , or nuy
other plnco ho pleases.
If banks can afford to pay ft per cent on
six months' deposits , would they not bo quitu
willing to pay the snuio on ten-year deposits
under the depository plnn I This rnto would
eomo within t | > cr eent of paying the interest )
on the district bonds , and would bo a great
saving to the tax payer.
Under the provision * of section 00 of thd
charter , the whole cost of paving may bu
paid within fifty days from the levy of the
special taxes , and were nil the property
owners of paving district to nmko full pay
ment within tlmt tlmo , it wouUl , of course ,
obvlnto the necessity of issuing nny bonds ;
but ninny property owners Imvo paid nnii
still nro paying the whole of the special
taxes nfter the expiration of the fifty days
limit , under the impression , perhaps , they
are thereby wlplns out the whole Indebted ,
ness ; whereas , they nro to n great extent
swelling the dormant fund In the hand of the
treasurer , and thereby creating u deficiency
In the fund provided for the payment of
principal nnd Interest of the bonds in amount
equal to the. Interest of the bonds from tin )
time the advance payment Is miulo until
their maturity , which , In theeiul will amount
to half ns much ns the first case of the im
provement , nnd will certainly Imvo to bo met
by another levy upon their property.
These reflections raise the question
whether the city treasurer has the legal
right to receive in ndvunoe the whole cost of
paving , curbing nnd guttering , nfter the ex
piration of the fifty days specified In section
W ) of the charter , instead of in Instalments ns
provided by the charter , mid does n tax re
ceipt of the city treasurer , showing payment
in full of such taxes In advance nfter the ov-
plration of fifty days by nny property-
owner , protect him against nnothor levy
upon his property with the other property in
his paving district , to make up the dellclt )
which his advance payment creates ! If such
receipt affords protection to this class against
another levy for the payment of the same
debt , docs the burden of making up the de
ficiency which these nuvunco payments nni
mathematically certain to create fall noon
tno property owner who pays In instalments ,
ns provided by the charter , with per cent
for the privilege *
Is It not true , that such tax receipts Is no
protection whatever against nnothor assess
ment for the payment of any difficulty that
may bo caused by reason of such ndvunco
payment , and that In the light of justice , thu
burden of making up such dodetoncy should
rather fall upon the property owner , who de
prives himself of the use of his money by
easting it into n dead fund. Is It un.v advant
age to the property owner , and does ho pain
anything by payment under this peculiar
method of raising funds for special munlct >
pal improvements !
These queries uro based upon the hypothe *
sis. tlmt the city treasurer has the lawful
right to collect the whole amount of the special -
cial ta\es referred to , nt any time utter the
expiration of the fifty day limit , in discharge
of tin oUloial duty ; but can such n construc
tion bo placed upon tlio section of tlioeluirloc
referred to , by any reasonable interpretation ,
and if this money is received by the treas
urer without the sanction of the law , nna by
reason of which u deficiency Is caused in the
.sinking fund provided for the payment of
the bonds , cannot he and his bondsmou beheld
held responsible for the deficit !
Yours truly , Gr.onc.i : Ci.ousisn.
STATH MAT HIMONIAIj MATTKUS1
The old stereotyped wedding cake has at
last got a black eye in Nebraska. It 05'-
ourrod at the marriage of Supervisor lloii-
foldt's daughter in Cottonwood township ,
Adams pounty. The fostivitic.s of the ocoa1
ston lasted tlireo days , and during the tlmo
twenty-seven keg.s of beer , eight calves ,
eighteen dueks and eight geese , besides any
number of rods of bologna , wore consumed
by the guests. Cottonwood township
ngiiinst the world for marriage funsta.
Theodora Farak , of Schuyler , is Inn very
bad scrape , although his friends claim that il
is all caused by splto work. Ho went to
Hamburg , In. , the otlior day for the purpose
of uniting his fortunes with tlioso of Miss
Annlo Snow , a very estimable young lady.
All arrangements for the wedding had been
made nnd the knot would soon Imvo been
tied had not nn ofllcor arrived nnd arrested
Farak on the cliargn of seduction. Ho was
taken to Sidney und now languishes in the
county jail.
A r.ithor hasty weudlngoccurrodnt Plaits-
mouth a few days ago. Lizzio Campbell nnd
her lover , John Howard , attended the
funeral of the girl's mother , nn inmate of thu
comity infirmary , nnd were wedded tlio sama
evening , leaving for Lincoln , to enjoy their
peculiar honeymoon , soon after. It Is to bo
said in Howard's favor , hoivovor , that ha
procured a nice casket and arranged to pay
the funeral expenses of his sweetheart's
mother before tlio wedding.
Andrew L. .Tnrvis is In jail at Auburn foe
marrying the wrong girl. Miss Cora Wllsoa
landed him there on the chnrgo that ho is tha
father of her babe. She says that ho ruined
her in October nnd then went to ICcnosaw
and married another girl. Then ho tried to
settle the little difllculty by olTonug Miss
Wilson $20 , but she wouldn't Imvo it. Jarvis -
vis is an old resident of Ncmalmcounty , nnd
it is said that but for his confinement in jail
ho might liavo acted as clerk to one of thu
members of the r.tuto senate.
All clangor of drinking impura
water is avoided by adding1 0 drops of
Lho genuine Angostura Hitters , inanti-
tacturcd by Dr. Siogort it Sons.
niiii ) .
STALLING this city , January 8 , nt 8
a.m. , George H. Htelllngaged "liyonr.s
Funeral to-day at 2.10 ! p.m. from the
lOngllHh Lutheran church. Ucmainswill ha
: akcn to Masillon , O. , for interment , De
ceased was n son of the late Dr. Stolllng.
OUR LITTLE SON ,
Four yenin old , alllloti.-il with a paln-
1'til fikln ( llHouir. Mix tloutorfl trliid
to ( iiiro film ; nil Tailed. ( Jot worse
ninl wiifHO. Completely cured l > y
ono HIT. ofCntiourn Jtimiudluii , cost-
ijiK $1.75.
Our 111 tic1"in will bo four > uur of ngo on UKI
. ' .nil lint. In May , IHCi , Im was alt in kuil uitli n
iory painful liri'akliiRonLol'tho skin , Wurnllnii
n it physician , who trc-iitvil film for about four
iic'ukN. The clillil ivctivcil lutlu or no good from
liu trciitiiK nt , ut thu breaking out , hiippo-iiiil by
ihj-blclan to bo hives In an a'-igravuivd form ,
it'camu lurgoi In blotches , nun moru and morn
llbtKUbing.V \ Niit : < frequently obllgtid to get
ip In the nlylit anil nib him with sodu In water ,
itroiif ; llnliniMltN , cite , finally , wu cullud otlior
iloslcliniN , until nolcHH tlintmlx ) md idti-nititcd
( t cnui film , all iillko fulling , und the child
itoadlly ucttliiK woiha ami wur.sc , until about
ho 1.0th of last July , uhun wo began toil\ohlm
'UTlcrilA Ui.sni.Vii.NT Internally , and tha'DTI ( -
UIM. and ( Yru'Uiu Hou iixtcirnidly. and by
he Iiiit of August hu WIIH so nenrly well that
vo iuvo him only nnu dose ot thu UIHOIVIN'L : :
ibont ovitry fiwamd day for about ton rtuyn
onuor , nnd hu IIIIH ntiycr he ii doubled wlncj
vlth thu Jiurrllilu miihuly. In all wii iifcoil
us tluiii onu-hnlt of libottlu of ( 'irriuimUK -
oi.VK.vr.ii little lent , Hum one box of CimcuiiA ,
mil only onu cnkci of Pimcinu HOAI- .
II. B. It VAN. ( 'nynim , Livingston Co. . III.
Subscribed nnd nuoni to before m tills fourth
li\y or January , Itwi. O.N. COH.J. I' .
SOUOFUIjOUN HUMOUS.
J.ixf-t Bpilngl wax very IOK. being covered
vlth homo Iclliil of Nciofnlii. 'I ho doctor * could
101 help mo. I wnx iidvlucd to try tlio ( 'UTIOUII/V
( KSOI.VI.MT. I did Bo.uml In a duy I yru\v buttui-
iiid bctl r , until Iainns wollusuvor. 1 thank :
on for It vary much , and would llko to liavo ft
old to ttie public.
iiW. : IIOKM ANK. North Attluboto , Mas' ! ,
POTICUIM thogri-rxtHkln euro , and Oiirnn.'iiA.
OAT prt > ) iivd riiini It , uxlurnully , and Cim ,
mi KKi.oi.VKNr , Iho new blood pnrlflor , In- ,
i-ruuily , nittu positlvo euro for tivoiy form of
kill ami blood dUojsofroni plmpluHtuacrofulu.
Bold every where I'rUoiCuTicuiiA.riOc.iHoAi' ,
! > ci JU&OliViiVT , * l. Prcriaiedby tha 1'orrKU
) IIIIfl AMI I'HKMIOAI.CO. , HOHTO.V , MAWS
fSftJund for "Jlow to Cme Hkln ilKoa ) ns , " 01
ages , to Illustrations und I'M ' tfStlimmlaU.
I a Hkln and t > oaln preferred and hrqntl *
lABY'S llud by C'UTiL'tiiiA MKIIIOATUD BOAC ,
PAINS AND WEAKNESS
Of female * Instantly relieved by thai
noweluKiuit und Infallible AnUaote to
f'rtln. inflammation unO Wo.tUuoseUi
'
rut ninl ouly rmln-suLdulua lUastor.