0KE ? OMAIIA DAILY 'BEE : SATURDAY , JANUARY 12 , 18S9 , THE DAILY BEE. l.'DIIl.ISHIOl ) I3V1SIIV MOHNINO. OT.RMS OF pally ( Mornlnn IMltlon ) Including SUNiiAr 1UK. Ono Year . " ° JJj J-'orSlx Months . 5JS Vor'nireo Months . , ' . " TDK OMAIIA SDNIIAV IlK.K , mailed ; tO M/ uldreM. oncVenr . S $ 8ffl& . HOOKKIIV HtriMiiNO. Ciiimiiii i OWCR CBT m\rV : \ , ( ) - , ; . ROOMS 14 AMI Him.iii.Nci. WASHINGTON n STIIBKT. COKIinsi'ONDKNCK. . , . Allfwnmunlrntlons rolatlnc : to now * ami 6(1- ( lorlnl matter aliouldbo addressed lo tlio huiKM a wn-inns. , , , , AllbuslncsH letter * mid rcmlttitncea ahoum lia ndilnwed lo Tin : MKI : I'l'iii.lsiilNd COMPANY , OMAHA. Drafts , checks anil poitnfflce order * to be tuado payable to the order of the company. TticBeoPulilistiinsliiaiiir Proprietors , K. KOSEWATKU. Ml tor. Sworn statement , ol Olruutntlon. Etnteof Nebraska. I. , County of Diiittil.ii. f B > Sl < leer o II. Tz.vhuck , secretary ot Tlio lloo Pub- IIMilne Company. docs Foloinnly Bwrsr tlint the ncumlclrctiintlc.il of TIIK DAILY I IKK for the Week cndltiK January 6. Ib8l , WM us follows : Humlny , Doc. . SM.SW Monday. Doc. , 'll . J.0jt ; TuMiiify. .Inn. 1 . JWfJ < Wednesday. Jun. U . KIM ! ) X'litirsdav , Jan. ! > . Js.OH Friday. Jitn. I . J.MJ Katurdny , .lull. 5 . .la.Ui.l Arerauo . KVKfl niiOUnK U.TKSUIIUCH. Bivorn to before me nnd vihxcrlbod In my pmenco tlds Cth dny ot .liuiunry , A. 1) . ISS'.i. * < K. P. FKIU Notary1'ublic. . btftto of Nobras . i ( 'oiinty of Dounlas , f S8 > ( korgo II. Tzsclmck , being duly sworn , de poses and ayn that bo | s secretory of tlio lloo I'liblislilnfrcompftiiy , Unit the nctiml avcraijo ilnlly circulation of TIIK IMu.r UKK fur thu month of Jnnuury. 18X3 , IB.SWJ copies ! for Fob- ruary. ms. K.VM conies : lor March. J8Sf. lo.osa copies : for April , 1WM. livri I copies : forMnr.lHs ; ) , IS IKI copies ! for .lunelB.HH.li."Ucoploifor ! : .Inly , 18N < , JS.n ( coiiles : for AiiKUst , 188S , IH.ltdcoplos ; tor Hcptombur. IBWt. 18.151 coplos : forOctobor , JI-K8. wns 18.W1 ( copies ; for Novoinbor , I8W. IB.liffl copies ! for December. 1W l . ' l copies. Sworn to before wo nnd subscribed In my Presence this Urcl liny ot Jnnunry I83U. tf. P. I'Klli Notary 1'ubllc. A 8KVKNTY-KIVK thousand militia is evidently too much of u luxury for the taxpayers of Nebraska. IT would loolc as if the tlcicot scalper Is n bljjgor man than Judge Cooley of the intcr-stalo commission. WITH oYcrlaps in the city's finances running into the tons of thousands , a nummary of the receipts and expendi tures for the past year is earnestly called for. A AI . Ilooo , of West Virginia , who was elected to congress has not boon in his seat or attended to his duties as con gressman since lust May. Ho is evi dently well named. TIIK action of the Chicago railroads in advancing rates in packing products from Omaha , at the demands of the Chicago pork packers , ought certainly not ho quietly submitted to by Omaha packers. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TIIK only ballot reform for Omaha is that reform which strikes at the root. Cleanse the primnry , enforce anhoncst count , and interest the reputable citi- 7,011 in politics. That is the simplest and most effective remedy. JAY GOULD'S telegram to Vice Presi dent S. II. II. Clark , of the Missouri Pacific , to dismiss the general passen ger agent who was responsible for the cutting of rates has had the desirsd ef fect. The cutting has been increased ten-fold. POLITICAL admirers of William B. Mahono , of Virginia , and Powell Clay ton , of Arkansas , have brought their names to the attoittion of General Har rison. But close observation would in dicate that Mr. Harrison is organizing a cabinet and not engaging talent for a circus , WHEN horny-handed sons of toil , like G. M. Hitchcock and Ilonry Estabroolc come to the front as spokesmen for all the organized and unorgani'/.od labor in Omaha , wo involuntarily recall the time when Church Howe and J. Ster ling Morton wnro at the head of the granger movement. can bo but little doubt but that the Chinese government is trying to keep the Chinese away from the United States. Now that emigration from China to America is suspended , the Chinese council is bonding its ener gies to recall its subjects in this country. A secret circular has been is sued to the faithful commanding thorn to return to their homos. It will bo re membered that a similar edict was dis patched by the emperor to tlio Chinese of some of the colonies of Australia. It Is more than probable that the Chinese residents of America and Australia will wind up their affairs gradually , and within ton years there may not bo li Chinaman in either country. was a break In the democratic ranks in the sonata a few days ago on the proposition to put coal on the free list , Faulkner , of Virginia , and Gor man , of Maryland , stoutly opposed the proposition , and oven Voorhoos , of In diana , declined to "go Imqjf" on the Mills bill , which , at the tnstanco of Hoprosontatlvo Scott , of Pennsylvania , the most extensive operator of coal mines in tUo country , retained coal In the dutiable list. Gorman , who is largely intorcstod in coal , remarked that "the time would never come In the bolt bordering on the Potomac when they would run poll-moll into free trndo , " What jewels of consistency lomeof those democratic politicians arc. TUB action of the democratic major ity la the Indiana state senate , in re fusing to recognize the authority of Lieutenant Governor Robertson on purely partisan grounds , is a repetition of what occurred two years ago , At that time thu conduct of the democrats was universally condemned as unwar ranted and revolutionary , and the ver dict must be the same in the present case. There is no question regarding the constitutional rights of the lieuten ant governor in the matter , and deny- Ing'him these rights the democrats in Hie Indiana sonata are guilty of one of the gravest possible offenses. Tlio lesson of such an outrage should not bo lost upon the patriotic uaciylo of In- llans > - TAXtni\'lSlON \ It Is noteworthy that the demand for a revision of the methods ot tax assess- mentis well nigh universal in this country. The message and Inaugurals of governors refer to tlio subject moro or lo.ss extensively , legislators in a number of states are giving it atten tion , nnd It is receiving a largo amount of public discussion. It is certainly somewhat surprising that in the older htatcs this question of taxation should still bo ono of lending importance , and the fact that It Is serves to show the dif ficulties that Hiirround it , as well as to Indicate that any system is likely to bo found defective and inadequate as time brings changed conditions , Them Is a remarkable uniformity , however , in the complaints regarding existing methods of taxation. The chief of t.hoso is that the greater part of the burden falls upon the class of taxpayers least able to bear It , while wealthy corporations and companies cs- cauo with the payment of a relatively small share of the general obligation to provide for the support of government. Everybody who has given attention to till ; ) subject knows that this is so , nnd in a general way why It is so. There is no opportunity for concealment by the farmer or the person who owns only a homo. His entire pos sessions are open to the view and in spection of the assessor , and their as sessable value is not a matter difficult to determine. Nor can this class afford to employ any craft or corruption to es cape the obligation. But with the wealthy companies and corporations there are numerous devices by which they are enabled to shirk their just pro portion ol taxes , to say nothing of their ability to corrupt officials , and the evi dence shows that every whore they make the fullest possible use of their opportunities. Under ono arrangement and another they are enabled to conceal from assessors property or pos sessions taxable under the law , while their managers do not hesitate to mis represent and oven falsify in order to escape just obligations. And this sort of thing goes on from year to year. Cor porations and companies whoso busi ness and wealth are manifestly growing steadily are found lo make no increase in their return of taxable possessions. The consequence is that in nearly every state there is a most earnest demand for legislation that will remove the in equalities and correct tlio injustice in cident to existing revenue methods , and it is hardly possible that this gen eral agitation can fell to effect some improvement. No state is moro urgently in need of remedial legislation in this particular than Nebraska , and the legislature should lose no time in addressing itself to a careful nnd thorough consideration of the subject. The experience of older states , in which this question of taxa tion is still an unsolved problem , sug gests the difficulties that surround it and the necessity there is for giving to it comprehensive study and ample deliberation. It is admitted on all hands that reform is required , iind it is not dillicult to perceive in what direction it is neces sary , but it will not be too simolo a matter - tor to determine how it shall best bo made practicable and effective. The corporations and others who are en abled under the present imperfect system to escape paying their just pro portion of the cost of government must ho required to pay their fair share in the future , but the course to be pursued in order to accomplish this cannot be defined in a day. No subject with which the legislature will have to deal more closely concerns the people , or has a broader relation to the future material prosperity and progress of Ne braska , than that of a revision and re form of the revenue system of the state , nnd it should receive from the people's representatives the most thorough and careful consideration. MOVEMENT ADVANCING ! . Michigan and Kansas are in line with the states which propose moving against the trusts. A bill has been introduced in the legislature of the former state de claring trusts and combinations to bo conspiracies , and providing for the vig orous punishment of those who enter into them. The measure is aimed largely at the big copper trust of the upper pen insula of Michigan. Its terms are very similar to those of the Keckloy bill , and quite as comprehensive. The punish ment prescribed is a line not to exceed ono thousand dollars or live years In the slate prison or both , It also makes it unlawful for any person or persons to snll or offer for sale any article controlled in any way by a combination or trust , and provides that if any corporation In the state doing business in the ways declared unlawful by the not falls to withdraw from the ar rangement within thirty days after the passage of tho. bill It shall forfeit Its charter and all its rights and franchises. A measure of like character will bo introduced in the Kansas legislature. The governor of that state referring to trusts in his message , said : "The most stringent anfl far-reaching laws should at once be onaotod to prevent ana punish corporations organized or intended to regulate or. fix the price of any product of thu soil , the factory or the workshop , and the penalties for n violation of these laws should Involve Imprisonment as well as heavy fines. " It may bo remarked that in Ohio also.a legislative committee is investigating the trust question with u view to recommending legislation. It is thus scoji that the movement against this form ot monopoly is ad vane- ing , with fair promise of a general sys tem of state laws that will eventually crush It out. WELL EQUIPPED FOlt STATEHOOD. Washington territory Is able to make a showing that fully justifies the de mand ot her people for statehood. The ollloial statistics exhibit a remarkable growth , and the fuels regarding the re sources of the territory assure contin ued and rapid progress , which would doubtless ba materially aided by the moro favorable conditions of statehood. The census of 18SO gave the territory a population of a little over seventy-four thousand , but estimating on the basis of last year's male vote the present population Is about three hundred thousand , and It is reasonably believed that the next national cons'us will show not less than four hundred thousand. The three prlncl pal cities of Senltlo Spokane and Tacoma are making vig orous progress , and the more inviting | Xrlions of the territory are rapidly filling up with population. Manufacturing on torprisos , the mining industry and agriculture have all gene forward with marked strides during the past year. Thirty millions of dollars are now represented In corporations formed during the year. The coal out put reached nearly a million tons , tlio product being one-fourth larger than for the previous year. The value of the lumber business reached nine million dollars. All other Industries and sources of wealth show remarkable progress. The territory now has fourteen hundred miles of railroad , nnd the assessed val uation of taxable property last year was nearly olghly-llvo million dollars. An excellent public school system Is liber ally maintained , and It is claimed that no commonwealth In the country has so low a percentage of illiteracy. The character of the population of the terri tory is as high as that of any in the country lor industry , thrift and enter prise , nnd with the privileges and ad vantages of statehood there can bo no doubt the people of Washington would maintain a commonwealth which in its administration would compare favorably with any in the union. If duo weight is to be given to substantial and indisputable facts in determining the claims of a territory to admission , leav ing wholly out of regard , as should be done , all political considerations , the showing made by the olllclal statistics of Washington territory arc sulllcient to remove any question sis to her right to statehood , and should give it to her people without delay. A HILL is to bo introduced in the Illi nois legislature , similar in character to that presettod ! in the legislature of this state , to require insurance companies to pay the full face of their policies. The movement for this legislation is not new in Illinois , but hitherto the in fluence of the insurance companies has been strong enough to defeat one or the oilier of the houses of the legislature. Public sentiment in the state , however , is now said to bo so generally in favor of such legislation that the proposed law is expected to encounter no very serious opposition in the legislature. The measure as drawn provides that insur ance companies , in case of the destruc tion of property , must either produce the same or pay the face value , and agents will not bo allowed to place poli cies unless it is provided that in case of loss the company so insuring shall pay the face value of the policy. The ob vious justice of such a law must in time make it general. THE running expenses ot the corpor ation known as the city of Omahn will aggregate not less than three hundred ojid fifty thousand dollars for. the year 1889. In other words , the salaries of the various city officials and thoir- sub ordinates , the pay-roll of the police and fire department , rental of ( ire hydrants , cost of lighting our streets , and Inci dental expenses for oporatingtho ma chinery of our city government will foot up over three hundred nnd fifty thousand dollars this year. This is equal lo a lax of Ihrco dollars and a half for every man , woman and child within the city limits. On top of this come hundreds of thousands of dollars levied on property owners for grading , paving , sewerage nnd permanent im provements. No wonder the taxpaying citizens are calling a halt on extrava gance. Mn. BKULIN may have had the best of motives in keeping the charter bill out of the hands of the other members of the Douglas county delegation. Nevertheless , as n matter of courtesy , the Douglas county delegation should have been given a chance lo offer amendments or approve the bill before it wont to committee. No doubt Mr. Berlin's charter , as a whole , covers all features that the cilhos of Omaha de sire to have incorporated. There 'are provisions in it , however , that may have to bo materially modified. Whether the suggestions of the other members of the Douglas county delega tion would meet his approval or would improve the bill is immaterial. As rep resentatives of Douglas county , they should have a voice in the matter , nnd Mr. Berlin lias evidently made a grave inlbtuko in not consulting them. IT has boon discovered that Colonel Lnmont , and not Mr. Cleveland , is the author of the famous phrase. "Public office Is a public trust , " tlio former hav ing produced it as a headline when ho was employed in newspaper work at Albany. If it is proposed to look up the authorship of all that Mr. Cleveland has received credit for , Iho result may bo disastrous io the little reputation Ho en joys for originality. A bright private secretary with n newspaper experience cannot fail to bo valuable in helping out the presidential Intellect , ns Mr. Cleveland - land could doiuitlcss attest , and General Ilarrkon will unquestionably discover. OTTIEn LANDS THAN OURS. The crcai feature of the Paris Kxhlbitlon will certainly bu the wonderful Eiffel tower , which Is to bo 1,000 foot hlih , nnd which U moro than two-thirds completed already. There has been some delay on account of strikes , for the workmun , whenever the wcnthor Is cold , suffer nil tlio toi ir.ents of Artio explorers. The mannRomcnt has buon very liberal , and has always conceded aoino Increase of wages , thoutcli not all that has been demanded. It li constructed of iron trusses , and resembles when viewed from a distance a pair of scissors in canoral con tour. Hut when erie walks round It tho- principle Is HCen to be that of a pyramid whoso apex Is Indefinitely prolonged. The Interior will bo furnished with four Ameri can elevators of the best Idnd , with all the safety accessories In use In our own tall buildings. Frenchmen imagine that they will make the ascent In ton minutes , but they will do It in half that time , for there Is but oao Imlt , at the first lauding 'i'-O foot in the air , wbcro there will bo counters for tlio sale of souvenirs , a cafe and a restaurant. The charge to ascend by the elevator to this point wil bo dro franos , about a dollar of our money. These whp o ambition prompts them to mount to the summit will pay $4 for the privilege , > v very steep chnrpo. Thcro will be lour stairways by which the sight seers of frttpa\ \ mind will bo enabled to ascend to tlio Hrt landing on payment of 20 cents , nnd as ucopld on n holiday Invariably want to make the nscontof the tower of Notre Prune nnd do not grumble nt climbing. It li rcnsonablo to suppose that the climb of tlio Eiffel tort'or-wlll . - bo very popular. The Nicaragua canal bill passed Iho house of rcpresentnllvcs a few dnys ntro , but w.i * amended , nnd therefore 1ms to bo returncil to tlio senate who will consider tbo house amendments. There was considerable op position us far ns nolso went , but of real ob jections there wcrb actually iiono. It is now clear that the Panama cnnal cannot bo built by a private company , anil the Do Lessciw crowd are Intriguing to make tlio French government assume all responsibilities , which will bo done sooner or later beyond any doubt. It Is true that this will bo acting In ( Iclhuico cf oflk-liil statements , and of mu tual understanding with this country , but it will be done because Franco In the momen tum of her progress towrrds bankruptcy does what circumstances compel her to do , not what she wishes to do. There Is there fore every reason why the government of the United Status should assist tlio Maritime Canal company of Nicaragua as far as pos sible. There may ho in the near future a Krunch government that will bo what the Directolro was , and will euro nothing for treaties , and will bo romorsolesn to its friends In the agony of Its struggles for ex istence. Under such conditions the nmritimo canal of Nicaragua will give to the United States licet Komclhing which nt present it does not possess , u station. The govern ment of Nicaragua lias expressly and ofll- cially declared that It gives to the llect of this country nil rights In the lalto of Nicara gua nnd lias ceded n lurgo Island not far from the mouth ot the San Carlos for that express purpose. This will bo of * far moro service than the station at Sainona In Sau Domingo , about which Clmiorul Grant was so anxious. * * The dispute betweoi Sir Kobort Morier , who is the Kngllsh ambassador ntSt. Peters burg , mid Count Herbert Bismarck , it curi ous , because it shows on the part of Ger many a steady determination to quarrel with England. The rising sun cannot abide the setting sun , and the German detestation of England comes out with an abruptness and a force that make diplomatists gasp1 whenever opportunity offers. The cause of quarrel is singular. A German paper , the Cologne Gazette , asserted that Sir Uobcrt Alorlcr , during the Franco-German war , bent Information mation of military matters to liazaine. This was a revival of an old charge which the Englishman had refuted , having actually gonu to the trouble to obtain a denial from Uazaino that the information had over been received by him. But Count Hiimarck , well noting these facts , repeated the charge in public , and Sir Hobcrt Morier called upon him for an ofllcial denial. Ho refused to give this. Then the English papers pub lished the affair , giving a copy of the Un- zaino letter. The German newspapers im mediately retorted that the loiter was full ot' Anglicisms , and never could have been written by a Frenchman , the presumption being that Sir Hobort Morier wrote it him self. It is noticeable that wiillo the Gorman common people and the French common people ple dislike each other , and the poachers in the woods on the frontier cannot bo re strained from Urine , at each other , the Ger man government shows no hostility to the French government , and bears in silence many grievances upon which oflicial com plaint could bo mado. Germany is evidently not thinking of Franco for the next antag onist ; that honor la ( reserved for England. Franco goes onincreasing , ho armaments in great shape , although it la iiftlcult to un derstand her motives. The only enemy likely to confront her is Italy , and the party opposed to the Piedmonteso government is growing stronger dally , so that French In tervention in bohaUof ; Pope Leo would bo attended with immediate success. It is be coming more and moro certain that the Ger mans do not consider their Italian allies as of any value , and would sacrifice them at a mo ments' notice without the least compunction. Yet still , Franco goes on spending money in the most lavish way , although the nation is practically bankrupt , or , at least , must bo bankrupt within a given time. Up to the present month nearly a million Lcbol rifles have been manufactured In the government workshops and turuod over to the arsenals. But that is not doomed sufllciont , nnd orders have boon received to increase the number of workmen and the hours of labor , and to turn out y,003 a day. The soldiers are being caro- tully drilled in marksmanship , for as the Lebcl gives out neither smoke nor explosive sounds when iircd , war will become a series of skirmishes and ambushes. But what is wanted is skirmishing drill upon the lines of American Indian warfare , and it is strange that the French government does not at tempt to get a few hundred Canadian and balf-brceu voyagcurs to give thorn n few points. They are Frenchmen , and would vol unteer most eagerly , and the English govern ment would offer no objection If the thing were done under the roso. England well knows shut Franco is her real , her best ally against the designs of Germany. Chill is figuring on some extensive railroad building , and has made a contract with a syndicate of Now Yorlc capitalists and engi neers for the construction of moro than four hundred miles of track from the nrosent terminus of the road , which runs from San tiago , the -capital , to the southward. This line is to bo extended to the port of Valdlvia , which is almost at tlio southern extremity of tlio fortilo. but savage region peopled by the Araucarian Indians. These are bold , hardy men , who have consented to bo incor porated in the Chilian ' republic , nnd have acquired Rome of the rudiments of civiliza tion , but they are not as Chilian as tlio pros' ident of that enterprising nation desires. Instead of going to war with them , and as similating them by means of twenty-four pounders and Sharjio's rilles , the Chilian government pins its faith on the civilizing rowers of the railroad , and proposes , since the Araucarians understand cattle raising , to give thorn n local market , and to make thorn wealthy. Wealth increases a man's wants , nnd the moro the wonts , the higher the civ ilization. In the meanwhile the government will prospect for coal nnd Iho precious metals , and it Is believed will devolopo great sources of national wealth. The Chilian president has also made a contract with the Now York syndicate for building to the northward of tlio line of railway centering in Santiago with the same civilizing view. Ho bolloves that the provinces wrested from Peru and Bolivia will fool moro Chilian when they are bound to the capital by rail road tics. The resolution of , tlio will to czar to build a railroad from Vladlyostock to Kiachta , a city on a tributary .Of I < ko Baikal , haa brought that unknown port on tlio icy sea Into prominence , and the Now York World dispatched a correspondent to the place to toll Americans nil about It. Mr. Henry Nor man was the man , Anil contrary to Ins ex pectation ho found ib tlio easiest thing In the world to get there , thanks to the Japanese , however. Upon general principles ho wont to Yokohama , and there asicod his way , Tlio genial , friendly Jpyftpso giggled a little , and said , "going to'iVladlvostock I What for in the name of Buddllit and all the Klshisl" But as ho persisted in vuntlntr to go there ho was Informed that tbo great Japanese- steam ship line , the Nippon' Yuscu ICnlsha , would do his business , ono steamer Inking him to Nangusuki , and another to VJadlvostoclc. When ho gotthCHO ho comprehended why the Jolly Japs sniggered at the idea of his trip , for ho found It the most uninteresting place In existence ) , and simply an isolated fortress. There are 5,000 Clilncsu laborers in the place , and when work is commenced in the spring there will bo 15,000 , , The of- ilcor ? of the garrison are disposed to bo ex ceedingly frlondly to Americans , and look upon San Francisco with the saino tender longing as the Bostonlans used to have for Paris , Letters to St. Petersburg go via Japan to San Francisco , thence to London , tlionco to Hull , and from Hull direct to St. Petersburg , and are not BO very long In transit. If they wont overland the postman who started as a youth would bo untltlod to voting papers before ho got to Borezow , Mr , Henry Norman says that nra distinct signs ot progro'js , for the Siberian tlgor no longer come around tlio butcher's shop uftor a kill- inp s used to bo the c.isc. Ho thinks tlio railway will do Wonders , not only for Via dlvostock , bul for San Francisco. * Mindanao Is Iho most southern island o the Philippine group on the coast of China which group Is In the possession ot Spain , and Is famous for Its houip nnd cheroots botl called after the principal Hland , Manilla Dr. Alexander Scuadenberc , of Prussia , has been exploring Mindanao , and found it very mountainous , but ho wai rewarded for his scrambling ever its rugged peaks , by finding nn enormous tlowor , ns largo ns n carriage wheel. It was n full yard In dlamotor , had flvo petals , and grow upon a sort ot vine that trailed itself along tlio ground. Around the full blown flower were numerous buds which wore slowly opening and in the act exhaled n poi sonous gas of n very fetid and nauseating kind. Thn buds wore a reddish brown , but the expanded tlowor was white with violet pistils or Htnmens in the center , for it was diclinous nnd the female ( lowers \vcro fer tilized by liiHCcts. Tlio petals wore very thick , weighing twenty-two pounds , nnd many varieties of Jjisorts deposited their eggs In the thick llcsny mattcr.nnd the larvcu fed on it. The natives who accompanied Dr. Selmdonbcrg called It the Ho ( lower , but as Bo Is the Malay name for the sacred tree , it is quito possible that they had never soon It themselves until the while man stumbled upon It. Dr. Si'liadonbt-rg recognized that the Bo was n Mteclos of Kafllesla , llio gigan tic flower discovered In Sumatra by Sir Stam ford Unfllcs , and from this circumstance has boon led to conjecture that all the islands in that region were once parts of a great conti nent which became submerged. The point at which the Bo was found was SJ.800 feet nbovo the level of the sea. It will probably bo called by botanists the Schadonbcrgla , In honor of the discoverer. In tlio Dark. General Harrison's silence on the subject of the cabinet appointments is now dense enough to be dlaiiui ilshcd in Die dark. hike Solomon of Old. Cltteaaa Intcr-Occan. Cicuoral Harrison Is building his cabinet just as Solomon of old built his temple. "Thero was no sound of tools heard. " Thcltiltcii llmton ( llolie. The Britishers are so badly bitten by elec tric sugar that they will probably conlino their investments to the safer Hold of west ern farm mortgages in the future. Tit For Tut. New Turk ilrmltl. If Mr. Cleveland makes General Harrison's democratic brother postmaster at Kansas City that act may load the president-elect to inquire whether there are any republicans hi Mr. Cleveland's family who arc willing to bold ofllcc. - It Will Me on tlio Table. The contributor who seat us a poem beginning - ginning Hail , hoary monarch of the snow , Grim spirit of winter , why stormeth so ? will have to wait. Next winter , the weather permitting , ho may have a hearing. Uncle Sunrrf Daughters. Clilcauo Trilnme. Uncle Sam ( looking wearily through list of Christinas names in bad : part of un abridged dictionary ) Them now darters to mine will have to oe christened , next spring. I'vo got to find some names fur 'cm , add it's a tliunderlu' hard Job. Ho HUH No Home. A'ciu I'm ft Trllntnc. Congress should cither provide the presi dent with a homo entirely separate from bis ofllce or should combine the two in a build ing largo and commodious enough to perml- n complete separation between his family and olHcial life. The while house does not do that. It is not creditable to the country that n president should bo obliged to buy a place for himself outside of Washington , as Mr. Cleveland has done , in order to bo able to enjoy a little privacy. FACTS AND FANCIES. The Tularo ( Gal. ) llogistero estimates that there are 3,000 professional tramps in Cali fornia. During the trial of a horse case in New York last week ono of the witnesses , who said ho was a Quaker and afilrmod , looked hurt when the opposing counsel asked him if ho was a Quaker from conviction or because it helped him in horse trades. A bullet flrc'd into n Tennessee negro who was stealing a pig struck him in Iho right arm , ran up to the shoulder , passed down to the left side , twisted around two ribs and dropped ut his feet. Sarah Bcrnliardt was weighed the other day , and , much to her astonishment , tipped the scale nt ninety-seven pounds. As her usual weight is but sixty-eight pounds she was very much concerned , und sent for her physician , when it was found that she had forgotten to remove her pocketbook from tier person before getting on the scales. The barkeeper of ono of the largo Now York hotels has decided the interesting question of the value of New York "swear- off * . " Ho says that ho has noticed that im mediately after the Jirst of the year the ro ccipts for drinks full off on an average Jil per cent , but us the month advances they gain steadily , and by February 1 they are back to the starting point. A " 8woar-off"thcreforo , will generally last about thirty days. The artist , . .TamosVhistlor , it scorns , is something of a pugilist ns well as a painter. A man in a London club called him a liur nnd n coward the other day , whereupon the artist gave him a black oyc , which his .friends declared to bethomostsucccssful"Bymphony in black" ho has yet produced. Mr. Whistler is a quiet gentleman of the easel , but ho Is "dono . " not easol-y up. Jay Gould has his whims , Just llko a poor man. In going upstairs ho always puts his loft foot on the step first , oven if ho has to got out of step to do it. If by accident or thoughtlessness ho happens to start with the right foot ho Is certain to remark it before reaching the top of the stops , and if ho docs will return und walk over again. Another reported peculiarity of Mr. Gould is his an tipathy to fair-haired men. There is not a single blonde clerk iiLhis immediate employ , und , ills said , ho dlsfftcs to do business with mon who have fair hair , The town council of St. Albans , Vt. , have docldod to advocate a change of the tinnio of tlio poorhouse to "Invalids' JJetrcat. " This is to bo done because so many applicants for town euro object to the name "Poorhouso. " IjIFK IN DAKOTA. Claim jumping 1 becumififf popular In mining camps surrounding Doadwooil , The barbers' "trust" at Uapld City has gene to the wall and the price is now 15 cents per sliavo. The inhabitants of Columbia have been favored with a mlrago every morning at sun rise during the pant week. The Pierre Journal alleges that all white mon employed nt Fort Bennett are being dis charged whenever the work performed by them can bo done by an Indian. The Rapid City Republican says there is bright promise of a revival In mining matters - tors in thu Black Hills , and unless all signs fall the commencement will very shortly bo noticeable. Thcro Is moro activity in the nnnnral districts of the Central Hills at present than for years past , and the develop ments made are of a very satisfactory char- actor. Gary wants some enterprising party with capital to develop the coal , oil and natural gas Interests of that community. Xnnri nnd Betsey Pond , of Huron , have Just celebrated the six ! loth anniversary of their woddliig. Mr. und Mix. Pond are doubtless the oldest married couple now living in Dakota. Mr. Pond is eighty-two yearn old and his wife only a llttlo younger. Both are strong and lively. I'ro J'ei rod lloiuli to PiTTsiiimo , Jan. 11. J. Boldou Morrlaon , a prominent dentist , committed aulcldoto-duy by bhootlnt' himself through the head. Mor risen was thirty-eight years old nnd unmar ried , The cause for thu deed was dyspepsia. * r SOUTH OMAHA llUDGETi Ilnnk Kloctloni. South Omaha National. The shareholders of the South Omaha National bank mot In the bank ofllce , Januarys , and elected Messrs. J II. Mlllard , Guy C. Burton , Truman Buck , By. H. Melday , N. W. Welts , C. W. Thomas and Hon. A , U. Wymun directors for the on- sun , ; year. The board of directors mol and on organizing elected Hon. A. U. Wyman , president ; N. W. Wells , vIcf-prcsldoMt ; U. C. Bostwlck , cashier. Tlio bank will bo removed - moved lo Its now quarters February 1. Union Slock Yards The third annual election of onlecrs of Iho Union Stock Yards bank was held Wednesday evening , January 0. Tlio directors elected wore : Messrs. Barman Kountzc , M. C. Keith , Hon. John A. McShano , Samuel \V. Allorton. F. II. Davis , Kdwnrd A. Cudahy , John A. Croighton. I'otcr E. Her and Bon. William A. Paxton. The board of director * organized by ( Meeting John A , McSliano president , Bon. William A. Puxton vice president and 1C. B. Branch cashier. B. B. Mulford , the teller , was ad vanced bv , the board of directors and addi tional duties put upon him. A satisfactory dividend was declared , but no figures are given for publication. Slonlc WolKlilnii mill tlir Itnllrondx Ono of the members of the transportation committee , nppointed by the Nebraska Llvo Stock Shippers' unsocial Ion to wait on the railroad ofllclals in regard to complaints , stated to Bin : roprcscntallvo that nt the con ference hold Thursday afternoon the ofllclals of oniMif the railroads admitted that In Chicago cage the nvcrago weight of f-00 cars of hogs , shipped in thirty-foot cars , was Kt.fiOJ pounds. The minimum freight weight was ir > ,000 , pounds. If Iho minimum weight had boon llxed at Hl.f'OO . ' tlioiv would have been no cause for complaint , ns in llguriug rates 500 pounds are deducted from each car. These fuels * admitted show qulto conclusively that ollhor the rates were too high or the mini mum too low. The difference between the old and new systems , Is well Illustrate , ! by shipments made by David Thomas of Plallu Ccntor. December 2 $ Mr. Thomas shipped u carload of cattle from PInlto Ccntor to South Omaha , weighing y-J.TM pounds , for which ho paid fSC.M freight. Yesterday , January 10 , ho shipped a car of hogs from the same place , weighing 18,400 pounds , and bin freight was } : U.ii. : Although there was n decrease of weight of nearly ouo-fuurth , Micro was an Incrouso of freight charges of about one-fourth. In this case Ihcro was an actual increase of freight charges of iW.SH , nnd a relative increase per pound of nearly half. The railroad olllclals wanted to try the now system nwhllo before thinking of making a change. They also claimed that the old rates were too low. Stock Ki-cclpiH ami Mnriccts. The following Is tlio disposition of stock during the lirst week as shown by tlio books of scales Not * . 1 , 2 and U , at the stock yards : Buyers. Bogs. Cattlo. Sheep. Armour & Co 5,455 ! 348 1S1 Hammond & Co1,042 1,041 1'JB Swift & Co yi i2 2,1911 -Jua Omaha Co 4'JSl John T. .Stewart 1 , 5li East St. L. P. & P. Co 701 Slovens , Hamilton & Co 05 Shippers 71 . . . . Feeders 217 " . . . Local butchers 19 . . . . James Carlin . . . . S Totals . 19.593 4,017 780 < > ! ' the Council. The city council uiet in adjourned session Thursday afternoon with Mayor Sloanc and Councilmen Jctlor , O'Hourko , Burke , Haf- forty , Smith and Baylcss present , and Fcnno and McMillan absent. The minutes of the previous mooting were read nnd approved. Wcighmastcr John M. Gibbs1 petition , to bo allowed to erect weighing scales on N street , was denied. The favorable report of the finance committee , on twenty-three bills , ag gregating ' . . ' ,715.15 , was accepted. A favor able report was made by the committee on public buildings on the potion of D. J. Evans , to put up u guard rail in front of his Twenty- sixth street property , and that of Brueu & Carpenter to allow the guard rail in front of their livery stable to remain as it now is. Building Inspector John J. Hrcen's Decem ber report was accepted and ordered filed. S. H. Kobortson's sign petition was hold over. The following , offered by Councilman Smith , was adopted , and the city clerk was instructed to have notices published once a week for four consecutive weeks : "South Omaha , Nob. , Jan. 10 , lSb9. To whom it may concern : Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the city council will beheld held in said city. February 11. 1SS9 , for the purpose of making special assessments for grading done under contracts by the follow ing persons : H. K. Stewart , on Twenty- sixth and Twenty-seventh streets , dated August 0 and September 13 , 18SS ; C. H. Pritehett , on N stroel , dated October IS , 18SS ; Charles Saniuolson , on Q street , dated August 'JO , 18S8 ; John Condon , on M street , dated August H , 1833 , and Twenty-fifth street , north of N strost , dated September 20 , 1833 , and Daniel Cash , on Twenty-fifth street , south of N street , dated August 20 , 1S38 , for the purpose of taking into account the benefits derived or injuries received from such grading. " Charles .Samuolsoh'e petition fora walk in front of his lot , Thirtieth and Q streets , nnd the costs thereof , & 57.50 , to bo retained out of moneys duo him , was granted. Tlio public lights committee , with the mayor , was in structed to have the Union Pacific railroad have an electric light placed at the Q street crossing. The motion of Councilman O'ltourko ' that when the city council adjourn it adjourn us a committee of the whole to in- spoet the contract work of John Toner on Thirtieth street , nud John W. Snivcly on J street , was carried. Charles Samuelson's request , through his attorney , George W. MaUcpiecc , for an estimate of the exact amount duo him by tbo city on his contract , was hold till after February 11 , IBS ! ) , when the council would meat ns an equalization board. The financial conmiittco was given the matter of safety boxes for city docu ments , with power to act. Warrants on the sewer fund were ordered to pay the follow ing bills : Hurry Hnrpcl , M1.G3 ; B. C. HickoK , $ irj.50 : ; Frank Kaowlcs , $ M ; C. A. Klchuiond , $45. < i ; total , four blllH aggregating S1J3.-I9. ! The lease for rooms for the city in the Patrick Rotvloy block to the flnanco coinmlttuu. The re moval of tlio clly Jail from the Mulonoy to Howley building was referred to the finan cial committed with power to act. Adjourned to meet Friday forenoon at U o'cloclc. Notes. The hubject for discussion at the Young People's ChriHlian league Sunday evening il the rtfuthodist Kp'scopal church , Is "Com mands to Christians. " All nalivo Pennsylvanians are roqucstod : o moot in the Oinaliu council chamber , Thursday evening , January 17. Kepresontative S. B. Fc.nno.of this city , ins boon appointed on the following import- ml committees : Corporations , and banks ind currency , and Hoproaentattve John F. McMillan on the coinmittuch on mines and minerals , manufactures and copimerco , ap- lorlionment uud mcdluul Hociotics. South Jmaha Inn been fully recognized by tbo speaker. A , Kdglnglon , of Fullerton , was on Iho innr- : ct ycstnrdav with two carloads of hogs aver- iglng litr pounds. Ono of the loads average norcrthan 500 pounds. St. Martln'fl Protestant Episcopal choir ncots to organize yesterday afternoon. The mayor and city council mot at 10 o'clock ' ; vest orjlay forenoon to inspect the J nnd Thirtieth elreet grades. The South Omaha Savings bank will bold ts annual inoollni ; for Iho election of officers holiday , the Hth , at 110 : ! ! o'clock. Jouuty C/'oiniiilBHionorH1 Proceedings TUESDAY. Jan. 8 , 1830. The board mol this day. Present Ander son , Corrlgau , O'lCceffo ' , Tarnor and Chair man Mount. Minutes of previous meetings read and approved. The chair announced the following as the committees of tlio board for the your ISSU : Finance Anderson , Turner , Corriifan , Judiciary Corrigan , Anderson , O'iCooffo. Construction -O'Keolfo , Mount , Anderson , 'orrigau and Tumor. Chanties Corrlgan , O'/Cooffo ' , Anderson. Koads Turner , O'Koeffo , Corrigun. Bridges O'Kecffe , Turner , Anderson. Poor Farm Tumor , Uorrlifan , Anderson. Court House and Jail Anderson , Turner , Corripim. Adopted. UliU for furnishing blank books , bUtion- cry , etc. , for 1B89 , w ro this duy opened und referred to committee on court liouxr and Jnll.The The county attorney's opinion as to pur- chasoof Innd by county commissioners for delinquent tax , also tliat county officers circled nl last general election were obliged to Imvo their bonds executed and filed on or before January 3 , 1SS9 , or vacancy occurs by reason of such failure. That county officers required to turn over surplus foes should do sa ut Iho end of each your. Also submitting lease for book shelves for Law Library asso ciation. Placed on Illo. From K. U' . Siiucrnl A list of civil cnses In which Douglas county Is plaintiff onto * fondant. Referred to county nlloruoy. From G. W. Shields. County Judse-He- port for fourth quarter 1SS8. showing balance in his hands January 1 , issu. J'.i'.HJ.W. ' ' Also from M. P. Hoche , county clerk , report for said quarter , showing balance in hi * hands January 1. ISS'.I ' , S.'a.W. UoforreJ lo commit tee on Hmitieo. From Kd .lohnson mid Others Asking ap- poiiitmciit of John I ) . Meaplior assessor South Omalui. On motion said Me.ighor ap pointed to till vacaiu-v. From John C. Slie.i - Resignation ns Justlefl of the pcaco of Fifth ward. RcMrnntlou accepted cepted- From Residents and T.ixpavors of Fifth Ward Asking of John \V. \ Kvnns. Jonouh T. O'Connor and 1. Putinns Justice of thopeaco of Fifth ward. Referred to cuuiiuiltco on Ju diciary. From Taxpayers of Kighth tt'nnl Ashing appointment nfS. H. Luke assessor to till va cancy. On motion said Luke apointcd. | ) From T. J. Ahihoney , County Allorucy - List of Ills appointments UH deputies and clerks , Referred to the committee on court house and Jail. From 11.V. \ . Kuhns Askimr UialS.SO acres bo deducted from the N ) 'i A of S W N K ' Sec. S-15-1II , on iiccoimtof public casements , leaving ii'j.20 acres fornsseaincnts. Referred to committee on ( hmnce. From Fred Oroxel Ashing transposition for an Indigent person. Referred lo com- miltcoon charities. The onieinl bond of P. II. Horan , constable of Klghlh ward , referred lo couimilteu on Judiciary. Thu olllclal bond of Ch.irles , f. liatimann , road supervisor of South district , DoUKhis precinct , and of John I ) . Moagher , assessor of bouth Omalia , wore approved. Itr.l'OUTS or C'OM.MITTKIIS. Finance Ustiumlo of expanses for the year IbSJ'J ' : Court house nntl court expenditures. . ! 85,000 J'1-- ' - - uo.toj . . County poor 17,01)0 ) ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' " County olllocrs' . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5oo)0 ! ) Printing , boolts and stationery W.uoi ) Coroner 7,000 County attorney CH ( > 0 Total general funj , $ lV'0Oi)0 ' ) Road fund f ,10,000 MridKO fund : tO,0l ! ) ) JiiHano fund "O.Otli ) Poor farm W,0)0 ) ( ) Sinking tund ; IJS.OOO Total M1D.OOO Adopted , Hy Finance Committee Instructing thn county clerk lo nolify the relatives of nil persons maintained at the expense ol the county , either at poor farm , stole institutions or ut their homes , that they will bo obliged to pay Iho cost of keeping Bueh persons. Adopted mid llmmeo committee instructed to carry out the intent of the resolution. 15y CorriKun Instructing county clerk to advertise for bids for breau for poor farm for next six months. Kids to bo opeued January 111 , lbS9. Adopted. On motion , county clerk instructed to ad vertise for bids for county advertising for IfSU , to include county treasurer's suini-nn- uuul report , dulimiucnt tax list and proceed ings of the board. Lllds to bo o | cued Junu- uary 10 , IBS' , ) . . AlTHOriUATIOXS. Appropriation sheet No. 30 , from the gen eral lund , SIS'U.Ul ; No. 1'J , from Iho Uospi- tal f und , $ rGr .4G and No. 21 , from the bridge. Xund , $ U J. > 9 , were passed , and on motion ad journed. M. D. Kouni ! . County Clerk : They nre the Klnent. Chief Scavey returned Thursday evening from u seventeen days' vacation which ho has spent in inspecting the police systems of the leading western cities , and comes back think ing moro thnn over of the excellent police force in Omaha , The chief spent a week in Chicago , two days ut Milwaukee , two at Minneapolis , two at St. Paul , and two at Cincinnati. Ho says thai in Chicago and Cincinnali Iho pnlrol syslnm is more perfect than in Ouialm because in those cities u vast deal moro money is allowed the departments for wagons nnd other paraphernalia , liut nowhere do the police do as much work as the members of tl > e Omaha force. As fnr as drill , personnel and character are concerned , the ehiuf saw no policemen in his trip that excelled the Omuha star-bear ers. ers.Tho chlof expresses himself ns moro satis- lied than ever with the metropolitan system of Omaha , which ho found also in use in Kansas City , Miuno.ipolis and Cincinnati. In Chicago , St. Paul and Milwaukee the ordinary system Is used , and the misuse of political influence is very apparent. According - „ ing to tlio latter system Mr. Scavey ocliovcs that n chief of police has too much power , i\s ho alone has the authority to appoint patrol men , OUR LITTLE SON , Four y < ; nm olil , : iillcto ] < l with n pain ful hklii ( liNi-aso. Six doctors triad lo euro him ; all Inilcd. Got.vorti itii'lvor.4U. . Completely cured l > y lint ! Rri of Cut io urn Komodlcs , cost- Our little Km will lo four years of nc on the Kith In-st. In May. ISi' > , lu < wiw iiltiir-kod with a. vary painful liri'aklngoiit rifUiuhkin. Wucallod In a physician , who livutod him fur ubnut four wcukH. Tin- child rcctlvod llltl or no good Irom thu treatment. HH the breaking out , Mippo.su i by phj'HlPlun in ho hi VIM in uti sKgravutoil form , bi'L'aino larger In blotches , und morn and moro dibtru3sing. Wu were troiiuontly obliged lo got nit In the night nnd rub him with hnda In vat or , strong Ilnlmentu , ot . Finally , wo culled olhur physicians , until no ] tn > t > than six hud uttumptMl to euro him. all nllko fulling , und the child steadily getting \vorto and worse , until iibout thoiiOtfi of ItiHt July , whim wo begun to give him CimoL'iiA ItKMOi.vr.NT Internally , and the dim- UUHA , iind Uimt'UUA ROAP oxtcrnully. mul by thi > lust of AngUitt ho WMS HO in-arly wwll that \vo uvo him only eau UOMI or the UKHW.VKNT ubout every Bncoiul day for uliout ton Uuy.i longer , and 1m 1ms JIIIVIT been troubled slnco with HID Jiorrliilu malady. In all wo lined Ius Uiiin oiiH-liulrof n bottlii ot rVricimA Hi > HDi.vcNT.ii llttlu IPKH Hum one box of Uiriuu A , uud only ono calco of Cfiicuiu KoAr. II. K. IIVAN. I'liyilgu. UviilKHlnn Co. . Ill , 8nl > srrllud ) unilBwurn loht'foro me tuts fourth diy or January. 1W. _ O. N. ( XK , J. I * . .SOIUlFUIjOUK IIUMOUS. l.iiRl prliiR I was very slcubulng covered with some tltirt of scroluU. The fUiclom cuulil nothnlp me. 1 was ndviB8il to try the ( ' 11 _ Jir.sm.vi'.NT. I did Mo.and In a < luy 1 gruiv ljultiir and liottflr. until J am an well im over. I limnlc you for It very much , and would like to b.ive It told to thu public. UDW , I1UK.M ANN , North AlUulio''o , Maso. CUTKI'IIA : DioKivntHkln cure , and CITJGOKA HoAl'l'roparcd ' from II , oxturunlly , mul Uuri- nun * Jtisoivr.NT : , thn new blood purlilur , In- tcrnully , are. a positive n\n \ > tor nvoiylormot uiiublooil ( llwan from plmplostoect'oCiila. Bold everywhere. l'rlfpf-'i'TicirnA.rOc.SiAi' : ( . Mo , ; Hr.f.oMT.Nr.fl. 1'rcpiired hy thn J'orrKU Dniio AMI CiiiMii : ! < iiVo. , llosTfiw. MAHS trW'Bnnd for "How to Cure Hkin niNoascx , " Cl ptiges , Ml Illustrations and iw testimonials. JO Bkln and crnlp preserved nrid benutl. Hud by CirricuiiA MKiiiOAViiii BOAI * . PAINS AND WEAKNESS | > < ) f females Instantly roJIovurt by llmt noiv , eltwint nnd Infalllblo Ar.tliioiuto I'alu , Inflammation \Viiaknchs.thit \ _ Ciirici'iiA ANTI-I'AIX I'lasrun. Tim tli'st und only pnln-.siiMiiliiR plaster , ! ! ' > cunt * , Mnnjr men uro unmindful o the Uwi of health und ttip < i tlicinmlvci U ) a'l ' klndi of DURING nvallior. KucU Imurudciico often roiulti In ilangeroui ( toughs , Coldi , Client Pttini. AN lllicuniallini , KrlRtlc * nuU olliur painful mllctlou ! . IUS. HOV'H ' I'l.AKClill Mill bU lOllllcl thu tuoit rullahlu vtinrnnl EXCITING romudy known fnr Ibo i > rmuiit relief unit euro ot turli all * nii'iil ) , llki i | < un a lini'H ' y How of iliu bluo'l whim Iliu libily In eipencil tullio rxmriM PRESIDENTIAL of the ino lliicluiiionl wralhur. Cnruful bitrit > "III iik fur IIKNJON'H I'I.AHI Ell null rafoeu oil ollitri. liywHi'l ' two cent ittinpto CAMPAIGN Hc'oiiurr & jotiDinn , vi run htruiii , N. V. , for ft topi ol iMHIIUCTION'tiyilUSI TUB JK.O inn. n y lu .ll Loiinyljulj