Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, March 06, 1889, Page 4, Image 4
tfHE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY * MARCH 0 , 18S9. THE DAILY BEE. I'UIJMSIIKI ) EVJ3IIY MOUSING. TKtlMS OK BUHSCIUPTION. flatly ( .Morning Killtlon ) including SCKtnv IlKf.Uno Y nr . ' . ' > For Hit Month * . . . J yor Three Months . . . . . . . . . . . . . ! GO THE OMAHA SUNDAY UfiK , mailed to nny Rlilrc8.i. ( Ono Venr . , . , . . , . . . * SK WKKKLr llKr , Ono Vcar . 8 ' OMAHA OfFicB.Nos.nH and nidKAiiNAMSniKET. CiiiCAfio ( rwcr , J : UOOKRHV HUII.IIINO . NKW roiiK OKI-K ; ! . Itoomli Ami r.Timiu.vR lltm.tiiNii. WAfHimnTox Omen. No. 013 Jt'OUKTEBNTII STIIBKT. COItHfeH'ONIHiNCK. All communications rolntlmto naw * and ed ; torlal mutter HhouM be addressed to thu l.UlTOll All Inislno-is iusiNKSSLKT letterminil remittances should , ba IKldrexiocl to - TIIK llr.K I'Hiit.tmil.iu COMPANY. OMAHA. Drafts , cherts and poitomco order * to tx > made payable to the order of the company. She Bee Palilisliiiig'Coipany , Proprietors , E. ROSEWATEK , Editor. ' TllH UAIIjY I1EK. Sworn Statement nl'Circulation. Btato of Nebraska , I , . County of Douglas , ( " ' Oeorue II. Tzsclmck , secretary of the life 1'ub- Milling company , does solemnly swear that the nctiiafclrciilatlon of TIIK IIAILV HKK for the week entllnK March 2. 18X1. vrus as followa : Fundny , 1'eb. 21 ! § ? ! Monday , Feb. 2."i JB.NW Tuesday. Feb.SI JWJJ2 Wednesday. Fob.37 ! ! ; ! ' . ' Thursdnv. Feb. "t ) Fndar. March I Saturday , March 2 AvcroRo OKOWIH II. T7.SOHUUIC. Rwoni to before mo and cubicrlbeil to In my Drosoueo this 3d day of March. A. 1) . ISS'l. ' Heal. N. I' . FK1U Notary 1'ubllc. Btnto of Nebraska , ls , County of DoiiKlas. I ( Jt-orRO II. Tzschuck. bnlng iluly sworn , deposes - poses and says tlmt ho Is secretary ot the lleo J'ltbtlshlDK company , that the ncttm ! averaio dully circulation of TIIK Uui.r HKK for the month ot March. 18KS llt.W.i copies : for April. I88 ! < , ! . " copies ; for May , 188N ItUSl conic * ; for Juno , 18W , l .an copies ; for July. I ( VS. 1H,0K1 copies ; for Attaint , IHftH , 18.1KI copies : for September , 1888. It , 111 conies ; for October. 1WH. 1H.OS4 conlci ; for Novein- lier. 1K8S , lMii"0 conies : for December , loin , 1H"JI copies ; for January , W4 > . H > ,5T4 copies ; forTob- Sworn to before mo nnd subscribed In my presence this 2il day of March. A. I ) . INK ) . N. ] . Kim. Notary Public. Is BillliitfK trying to iniioculuto the momboro of the legislature with soft Boap Too MANY stitches nro being lost in the rent between the master and jour neymen tailors. AFTKH n , four years' ride the solid south will now luvvo plenty of time to mend its saddle. THE sentiment of the senate is in favor of a short extra session of not more than two weeks. The public will subscribe to the sentiment. AN alarming silence envelops the Canadian press and public. The tran sition from Bayard to Blaine has had a wholesome olTect on the queen's ter riers. that the valued policy insurance bill has become a law , the local agents will exercise that care in writing poli cies which they have shown in paying1 losses. WITH Wnnnamaker at the head of the postofllco department , the misfits nnd liand-mo-downs which now disgrace the mail Borvico , will be cast off and their places filled with a trained corps of the latest pattern. THK mission of the state university is higher education. The industrial col lege had fourteen students during the Inat biennial period and cost $ -10,000. The mission is petting there at a rate altogether too fast. VlUOlNiA is not suffering , from a scarcity of governors. Only three of ficials took thp oath of ofllco Tuesday. The inclemency of the weather doubtless prevented other aspirants from indulg ing in a constitutional swear. TiiuiiSTON' not in the cabinet , but ho has the supreme satisfaction of know ing that the bar room in the Columbus tavern , which has been named after him , was opened to the public on the day on which Ilarrisou was inaugurated president. PHUSIOK.VT HAHKISON declares that distinguished party services shall bo duly considered in the distribution of olllcos. This will malco the Omaha Plug Hut brigade available for a slice of the spoils after the mounted troops nro served. THKKIS is no need of the city council Bonding out an expedition to discover the street commissioner. As soon as the appropriation ordinance IB passed ho can bo found at the court house drawing his salary with the case and as- euranco of a sinecure. Tnis British press is not particularly enthusiastic over President Harrison's Inaugural address. This is unfortunate. Who organs and emissaries of John Bull fljorfonnod such valiant service in Cleveland's behalf thai Harrison should fcavo recognized and applauded Jhoir efforts. Mil. ROUBTAltOUT MOUItlSSKY , who next to William A. Paxton has done more to build up Omaha than any other of our great capitalists , is very much alarmed over the prospect that the amended charter will prevent Jim Crolghton from obstructing and bossing the coiibtruction of the city hall. Hence , Mr. Morrissoy'a howl lk 'S'n'outrngo. " JAMKS C. FLOOD , ono of the big four of California , who died recently In Eu rope , loft an estate valued at four mil lion dollars to bo divided between his wife and two children. The bulk of the fortune was wrung from the poor who invested their moans in the wildcat mines operated by Flood and his part ners. As promoters of poverty and suicide they hud few equals < in modern hlbtory. THK Burlington road comes to Onuihu's rescue with a grain tariff to Duluth equal to that charged for Chicago cage shipments. The determination of the Chicago board of trade cllaue to grade down Nebraska corn and discrim inate against the products of the trans- MlMOtiri region , should bo promptly and vigorounly nutated. With St. Ixjuls on the Kouth and Duluth on the north the producers of the west are fairly Indopoudotit of tlio greedy 2/uUriiluu > ( j r/f Chicago. ' . Until within the last twenty years it rar.oly that.a president selected for a cabinet position a man who had not a national reputation in politics. Down to the ndministration of General Grant it was tbe unwritten law to constitute the cabinet of representative party leaders , distinguished for thoirpolitlcal services , nnd well known to the country. Hut since that time a number of men have obtained their first political intro ductions to the nation through appoint * incut to the cabinet , gaining at ono bound a prominence which to their pre decessors was the reward of ycais Of political activity and party service. The cabinet of President Harrison is a conspicuous example of the departure from the old rule , containing as It docs live members who have boon almost un known beyond &tnto or local politic. " . It may , however , prove to bo an ad vantage that the cabinet is not coin- po cd entirely of political loaders with an army of followers to reward. The country may reasonably expect a moro careful nnd moro honest administration of public affairs from men who have few political debts to pay , and who will bo content with honors in po osslon , than from politicians burdened with obliga tions and aspiring to higher honors. The selection of Mr. Blaine as secre tary ot state was very generally recog- nl/.cd ni an inevitable result of republi can success. It was universally con ceded that ho had contributed moro largely than any other man to that re sult , and it would have been extraordi nary ingratitude not to have tendered him the first place in the cabinet. There Is every reason to believe that President Harrison not only fully appre ciated his obligation in this respect , but that ho most heartily desired to con nect Mr. Blaine with his administration. The apprehension that existed eight years ago of possible dan gers nnd complications from the conduct of our foreign relations under Mr. Blaine do not prevail now to any extent. The country has reached the conviction that a firmer and moro dig nified foreign policy is needed , and it looks for this from the now administra tion without any fear of serious cense quences. A calm , just and considerate insistence upon our international rights should not imperil our peace , but oven at the hazard of doing so wo cannot af ford to abandon our rights. Mr. Blaine can bo trusted to conserve those under all circumstances , and ho will have op portunities to round out his public ca reer with honor to his country and to himself. Mr. Windom was not the first choice of President Harrison for secretary of the treasury , but after Senator Alli&on declined the position ho was urged as the most available man to represent the west in the financial department of the government. His capacity and fitness had been recognized by Garfiuld , him self ono of the best informed men in the country on financial affairs , and during the brief time that Mr. Windom was at the head of the treasury he justified the confidence that had been reposed in him. He will undoubtedly administar the finances of the government carefully , conserva tively , and with reference to the best interests of the country , pursuing us nearly as circumstances will allow the lines of his republican predecessors. There is no department of the gov ernment moro important than the in terior , and the selection of General Noble , of Missouri , for that position is likely to prove eminently judicious. Ho is said to boa very thorough lawyer , and an honest , resolute , courageous man. All of these qualifications are needed in the head of this department. From what is said of the new secre tary of the interior the country may reasonably , hope for a great improvement in the administration of that department. Ex-Governor Proctor , of Vermont , brings as much intelligence of military affairs to the administration of the war department as was possessed by his pre decessor , and may bo expected , to give moro careful attention to its duties , while avoiding innovations which only servo to create contentions without ad vancing the good of the service. The navy department lias grown in im portance and will continue to grow. The now administration is committed to the policy already entered upon of building up a navy that can bo relied upon for na tional defense , and the next congress will undoubtedly provide grweroualy for this purpose. The now secretary of the navy , General Tracy , of Now York , is undoubtedly in full sympathy with this policy and may , bo expected to apply himself actively and intelligently in carrying it out. The selection of Gen eral Tracy Is understood to have been a compromise of the factional controversy in that state which made the choice of either Miller or Plait inexpedient , and it will doubtless provo to have been a fortunate selection. The podtoiuco department requires a man of practical experience , used to business details and Mr. John Wnunamakor is such a man. Ho should bo able to put this department on a thorough business basis and greatly improve the service. The appointment of W. II. II. Mil ler , for ton years the law part ner of President Harrison , as attor ney general , attests the confidence of the president in his legal ability , and no better ondorsoinoiit.to commend him to the public confidence could bo asked. Kx-Govornor Husk of Wiscon sin will bo entirely 'acceptable to the farmers of the country as secretary of the now department of agriculture , ho being a practical farmer and thoroughly familial1 with the wants and require ments of the agricultural interest. The appropriation bills for the cur rent expenses of Btnto government , which are now being discussed by the house , embody moro extravagance and more jobbery than anything that has been presented in appropriation billa within the past ton years. Nobody wants the legislature to bo mean and atingy in dealing > vlth btato olllcors and the various benevolent institutions , but Ihu tax payers of Nebraska have a right to expect Vhut the legislature will not countenance barcfiiQod lmp.qsi.Uon and grabs that are no bettor than downright ' fraud. Take for instance house roll No. 183 , nnd wo find that the insane hospital at Llitcoln expects to consume twenty thousand dollars' worth of coal during the next two years , and twelve thousand dollars nro asked to pay for heating and lighting the capltol. This is fully double what it should'cost for supplying the hospital and state house with fuel and light. livery state officer wants from throe hundred to five hundred dollars appro- printed for telegraph and telephone expenses. What excuse is there for squandering several thousand dollars for telephones in the state house when one telephone in each story is ample for all purposes ? Why should the state superintendent of public instruction re ceive one thousand dollars for attending institutes and travelling expenses , in view of the fact that ho has passes over all railroads , and in nine cases out ot ten is the guest of private parties whoa attending institutes'1 Why should the legislature bo asked to vote oijrht hundred dollars for fur nishing and repairing the governor's ofllco , when his ofllco has just been fur nished and thorc is nothing to repair in a now building ? If this furniture for which appropriations are asked in nearly every state olllco has already been bought , by what authority hnvo the officers made the purchase in ad vance of an appropriation ? If it is bought on credit , it stands to. reason that the state will have to pay three prices. What is true of the extravagance in appropriation bills for the btalo house , is doubly so forother institutions. Here tofore legislatures have appropriated from live hundred to fifteen hundred dollars at every session for musical lu- atruinonls at the insane hospital , nnd these instruments have been either used for kindling or carted away by the different superintendents. Now they n.sk for sixteen hundred dollars for "amusements , " instead of pianos and organs. What kind of amusements do the insane got for the sixteen hundred dollars ? Then wo note that the super intendent of the asylum wants fourteen hundred dollars for farm improvements and Implements. Also five thousand dollars for a green house. And a cool thirty-five thousand dollars for sundry improvements in the building ! Wo venture to say that the asylum will not raise five thousand dollars worth of gar den truck and fourteen liundrnd dollars worth of farm produce in the next ton years. The state had better sell all the land around tno asylum than to squander this money upon it every year. The state reform school and peni tentiary come in for their share of rob bery and jobbery. The Kearney insti tution modestly asks only fifteen hun dred dollars for out-houses. Fifty dollars lars will build all they need. The con tractor of the penitentiary wants the state to spend fifteen thousand dollars on the sewer and several thousand dollars lars in other improvements. The peni tentiary contract is n bonanza. The state pays about sixty thousand dollars a year for the board of the convicts , gives the contractor the use of their labor and the unrestricted use of the costly buildings and work shops con nected with the penitentiary. The state is under no obligation whatever to build sewers or aaucducls , or to make any other improvements for the benefit of the contractor. These ar only a few points. The legislature should thoroughly sift these bills three or four times before'they finally pass. A FALSE ALA11M. The concerted ding-dong which has been sounded in double-leaded columns by the Jefferson square gang through the Omaha combine is a falsa alarm. The pretended discovery of a "nigger in the wood-pile" of the amended charter is a distortion and deception. There has been no clause inserted in the now charter to curtail the legiti mate functions of the board of public works. But there is a provision that will prevent Jim Creighton , through his catspaws , John B. Furay and St. A. D. Balcombo , from ob structing nnd delaying the erec tion of the city hull building. These men have done everything they could up to this time to thwart the ex pressed will of the people. The fact- that they had provisions inserted - sorted in the charter before it loft Omaha that would have given them ab solute and unchecked control of nearly , all appointments and contracts shows their anxiety to grasp and monopolize the city government nnd establish a close corporation in Omaha in whloh they would piny the dictator. ' The provisions in the charter , inserted by the house , which place the otty hall building and the jail under the control nnd supervision of the mayor , council and architect , are emi nently proper. Prudence and common sense dictates that the city hall build ing should not he placed under the con trol of men who are inimical to the con struction of the building where it has been located , And nobody will contend that either Balcombo or Furay arc in any way qual ified to control a public building. Neither of them has had any exper ience in construction and nil they would likely do if they had control of the city hall building is to interpose all torts of obstructions to the erection of n creditable and substantial building which the citizens of Omaha have de creed shall bo expedited as rapidly as possible. TIIi'ANT 'niU EAHT1I. If the provisions embodied In the fharlor with regard to the paving be tween street cm- tracks had been offered to the ctiblo and norse car companies as a condition precedent to tha passage of the consolidation bill , they would huvo been only too glad to jump at the chance and not a word would have been Bald about the hardship imposed by the paving clause. But now that the bill Id u law , they Int-lnt not only upon getting valuable franchisns without cost , but want to have greater privileges than streetcar I'nes in other largo cities that puy part of their earnings Into the mu nicipal treasuries for tliolr right of way and franchise ! lu the city ot Cleveland moro than ten yfcufahgoScoviUo avenue was pared from curb to curb will granite by n street car company as pay ment for the rifjllt of way. Omaha has been moro lllMiral.Jtoward her stroo car lines , but wo cannot .comprehend why they shouldJ > o given Iho earth. WITH the prospects ot nearly a mil lion dollars coming into the hands ol the slate treasurer Avithin a short time from payments alvcirtly dub for the sale of school lands , and with the uninvested balance In his hands , the legislature cannot fail to head the necessity of pass ing the law to Invest the permanent school fund in the registered bonds o the school districts. The treasurer o Nebraska enjoys a sinecure. His in come from loaning money to various banks in the state is not short of twenty- five thousand dollars. What it will ho if ho Is to have at his disposal an unin vested balance of a million or moro can only bo imagined. lie will bo a bottoi paid public servant than the , prosidon of the United Slates , or of any railroni company , and the state of Nobraski will bo a loser by so much. Such a con dition is not alonu an anomaly , it is a menace to the bust interests of the state The underhand power of the banks In politics will bo redoubled. The state treasurer will become the great bone ol contention , and that olllcor will bo u mere tool in the hands of the syndicate which will elect him. There can bo no excuse for the legislature to shirk its duty in warding off the evil. The mo nopoly over the people's money onjoyei by the treasurer and his "pot" banks o the state must bo broken. PHKSIDKNT HAUUIKON'S reference to the great corporations states the situation in a nutshell. lie says : "If our great corporations would mo scrupulously observe their legal limitations and duties they would have less cause to complain ol 'unlawful limitation' of their , rights or violent interference with their oper ations. " Truer words were never ut tered by a public ollleial. The corpora tions ot the country are alone to blame for the widespread determination of the people to curb their power and restrain their avarice. Instead of acting as com mon carriers and dealing justly with produces' nnd consumer , they sought to become the guardians of the public , to make and unmake their laws , to build up or ruin communities as the whims ot the managers dictated , nnd coerce the ballots of frecmcii. It was natural that the people rebelled against such monarchial - archial power. rSelf-prcsorvation de manded it. The railroads must deal fairly with the people , then the people will cheerfully reciprocate. Until that happy mean is reached , agitation and regulation will go on with ceaseless vigor. ' Tine meeting at/St.JLouis of the re cent convention comjiosdil of leading business men of the country , for the purpose of agitating national bank ruptcy law , was ot very encouraging. The feeling 'predominated ' that such a law was not desired , owing to the diffi culties of framing a measure satisfac tory to debtor and creditor alike. The trouble appears to be that the creditor class is altogether too suspicious that in the event of the passage of a national bankruptcy act the law will go too far in protecting the debtor. This was the prime objection to the Lowell bill brought up for discussion at the con vention , which provided among its terms that the burden of proof in case of fraud be thrown on the creditor. Nevertheless , it cannot be denied that a national bankruptcy law is a necessity. Tha very fact that leading merchants have taken up the subject goes to provo that they are not altogether satisfied with the present condition of conflicting bankruptcy laws. THK report that the Union Pacific has perfected arrangements to build from Salt Lake to southern California indi cates that the company is not in such nn alarming condition of poverty as the officers would have the public believe. The proposed road has boon under con sideration for years. It has been sur veyed several times and found to bo ono of the easiest and cheapest routes throihgh the mountains. It penetrates the richest agricultural section in Utah , fringed with mountains rich in gold , silver , copper , iron and coal. The mineral wealth of the region is im mense. It has never been thoroughly prospected , and but little effort has been made , owing : to Mormon supremacy , to develop it. The construction of the rend will bring it into immpdlato prom inence and settlers will follow rapidtyt The southern terminus of the road will bo San Diego. Los Angeles will bo a \vny station. TlIK mercenaries who mutilated the Omaha charter bill two years ago are again at their nefarious work in Lin coln. Every time the people attempt teen on largo and improve the law to moot the growing demands of the city , they nro harnissod undbulked by contractors nnd strikers , whose solo aim and object I fcto rob the tn.xpii'yer $ . There is great danger that the present charier bill , which has passed the house , will bo mu- tilntcd beyond rccogriltlon in the BOII- uto. If any amendments are permitted , especially in thu interest of contractors and corporations , thc futo of the meas ure cannot bo foreshadowed. The Douglas county wMintord should unlto nnd force the bill1 to passage without material change ; The danger HOB in returning it to tluiJiouso for agreement. the decision of the supreme court that a stenographer Is not a clerk , in the legal meuillng of that term , a munia for employing short-hand girls ind long-hand boys , has set in among our public officials. The city clerk 1ms already boon voted a stenographer by the council , and now the board of edu cation -proposes to employ u steno grapher for special teachers nnd secretary. The next thinsr wo expect to see is that each councilman and every member of thu hoard of education will have an attachment in thu hhnpu of n very handsome girl stenographer. Tun state university regents have be come oxcoodtiiglypenitont as appropria day approaches' . Heretofore they mot with little opposition to their raids ou the state treasury , but the disposition of the legislature to overthrow Hillings nnd his hogwash has brought them to their knees nnd they are now willing to sacrifice the pig professor for an appro priation. The legislature put the nxo to the root when It attacked the salary list. Witv did not the managers of the streetcar lines accept the reasonable paving privilege concessions offered when the charter was before the house ? Why do they now want the charter cut up nnd imperil its passage ? Docs it not look altogether too selfish on their part , after having been accorded a consoli dating franchUo that is worth to thorn at least a quarter ot a million. Isn't there such a thing as being too Oma- hoggish ? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SnvuN' propositions for nmondmonts to the slate constitution are pending in the legislature , and one has passed. Several of them are aimed at existing evils , nnd would prove beneficial if they could bo made u part of the organic law. But It is a waste of time to con sider thorn or submit thorn to a vote. They would be entirely lost sight of in the overshadowing contest between prohibition and high license. Don't ' IJc S ( I'timincioiu. Chicago Inter-Ocean. A lot of republican loaders in Ohio should stop posing before the public with chips on each shoulder. Clear Case ofSclf Destruction , rhtlatlclphtd I'rcss. Tito fact that the democratic legislature of Iiiilimia has uassed a bill in favor of com pulsory education may bo accepted as a token of premeditated political suicide. A Just Punishment. Chifoao Tribune. "Clupston , what do you think of the Lon don Times nowl" "I have cut it off my exchange list , " re- pllod the editor of tlio DootlloviUo Velper , as a hard , relentless look settled ou his face. For ni.smnrck'H Museum. jVfio Yurls Sun. There is talk of a Blsmarulc museum to bo founded at Berlin. The Uiiitcil States could contribute some interesting relics , such as a plaster cast of the chancellor's ancient enemy , the American hog , anil a sketch of Mr. Cleveland's expired Sauioaa policy. A Dplicnto Question. Chtcao" ITeialil , At the white house dinner given to tlio Harrisons did Mrs. Cleveland conform to Mrs. Harrison's views regarding the bustle or did Mrs. Harrison conform to Mrs. Clove- land's ! It is a great question upon which the correspondents are unfortunately uilcnt. Ills AViJVs Suggestion. Itastnn Courier. "If you don't want mo to know where you've b"ecn , Harry , when you couie homo this way , " said a wife to her late and some what demoralized husband , "you , had better run upstairs when you are comine to bed , " "Why slio , m' dear ? " "IJecauso by running upstairs yea will lose your breath. " Fully .luslilliMl. Lincoln Join nut. There is little doubt that Mr. Rosewater's account ol the diflloulty he has had in decid ing'to whom to pay over the Uoyco fund Is somewhat justified by the facts. It was only alter a very long hunt after the location of Miss Koyco that the Journal found her , paid over the fund to nor on her formally expressed - pressed readiness to accept aad ivo a re ceipt. Two Sliort Poems. Tlio Fort Worth ( Texas ) Mail received n poem several yards long , beginning thus : On a dark and stormy night , In the cold Dcccmberr month , Our little dog lay dicing And froth como out her mouth. There lias been-considerable discussion in the newapapors as to tlio best short poem over written in English. The Now York Sun offers the following : "Tliis uliz' Knocks bb. " It was written on a shingle , which was stuck in tha snow before a store that had been'closed during the celebrated bllz/ard. AN ASSOCIATION OF CUANKS. air , Kates' Opinion of an Alleged Fjirin trs" Allhince. OMAHA , Feb. 4. To the Editor of Tun HBIS : Tlio following I clip from a Sioux City paper : "Representative Dorsoy , of Nebraska , presented a memorial in the house to-day from the fanners' alliance of his state , stating that 'the present economic condition of the state of Nebraska and the country generally is anomolous ; inasmuch as , while the production of wealth is unprecedented , the condition of the producers of wealth is not improving , but , on the contrary , retro grading. While no period lias witnessed a greater aggregate incrcaso of wealth than the last twenty years , at the same time the farmers of our btato are sinking deeper and deeper into debt. It is becoming hard to find a farm which is not mortgaged , tenant farmers arc rapidly increasing and failures of country merchants are becoming moro numerous day by day , A conservative estimate places the amount of farm mortgages in tills state at SifiO.Ooy.OflO , which , at 7 per cent Interest , takes $ lir,50i ) , . UCO annually out of the stato. In addition to this private indebtedness , tlipro is a corpo rate and municipal indebtedness which is of appalling magnitude , and which causes a further exhaustive drain upon thu energies of our people. While the farmers of thu country are becoming Involved in debt the ar tisans and laborers are miding the conditions of life harder. Meanwhllo there- are two classes of men who SKOIII above the roach of adverse financial misfortune , money lender * and railroad owners. Of those the former are reaping u harvest of wealth unprece dented in the history of the country. " Ought nut our papers to resent ( such an In famous libel upon the farmers of Nebraska I Purporting to como from a "farmers alli ance" nnd presented In congress as such by i representative of this state , it h liable to 1o Infinite damage. Personally I have bcoa of a number churning that tlio condition of .ho larmcrs of thin state to bo so prosperous us to deserve loans upon tlio mo-it liberal terms accorded by investors , and the JSquit- nulo Trust company , with which I am co . lectcd. uro now making loans throughout Iho well-settled portion of the state oa lin- irovod farms at the rate of 0 per cent per ou- lum and a commission raising It to about 7 > cr cent Interest not to the borrower , and no cans are madu at a higher rule thun H per cent. If this statement Is not a falsehood .hen wo are misrepresenting thu situation and must cither t > top loaning or make the ate correspond to tlio desperate situation of ho borrowers. I cannot but believe that Ills "farmer alliance'1 U seine association of rrnnka , If such nn affair cxUts at all. J.t nnnot possibly represent flio true interests of the fannnru , and I urn mystlllod , ns every one clue imiBt lin , both at the nxlstenco of fluch n document mid the recognition It has ccuivcd nt the hands irf Mr. Uornoy. If It h true , or has even any solid foundation in fact , I must siiy I uhould line to know it > ut I hope to ho aulu to "tttii-k to thu faith hut is in me , " tlmt no better funning coun- ' ry i-xlsts nor any moro prosperous farmers Ivo than thofio wo have In Nebraska. If 1 inn vroiig then they uro , us u class , the greatest lorjurcrs the world has over seen , as inultl- udesof uflldnvitu on the files of our cow- miiy will show. I think tho.KUbJect must strike you as do- of some odiiofial notico. . . H. w. 1'ronosctl Amendment. OMAHA , March 5To tha Editor of Tun Hncf I notice In this morning's Herald nn editorial on "A Job in the Clnxrtcr Hill. " The Information onvhlch the article in question Is based was furnished by the pnr- tlcs who have been putting up "Jobs" lit con nection with the city hall for two years past , and who were sat doxrn ou so severely nt tlio recent election. It would sooin , from the howl this nmenil- mnnt has created , tlmt , without Intending it , I have stepped on the corns of another "Job. " I nm ono of n number of citizens of Omaha who Ucsiru to see tlio city hall built , now tlmt the location has boon Anally determined , upon. The council Is taking step * to select an architect to make pinna and to Interpret nnd supervise the construc tion of the building. The plans require a mini possessing special knowledge and Ill ness. The proposed amendment puts it tit the power of the council to select such a man. 1 do not think any member of the board of works will claim that ho possesses the spe cial knowledge or has imd any training which would ill him for the supervision of a first- class lira-proof structure such as is contem plated , 1 think , too , that the architect that is held responsible for the success of the building ho plans should have some voice In its supervision. 1 dcslro to say in regard to Messrs. Hroatch nnd U'hcclcr that they nro In no sense responsible for the amendment , al though they.with every other mcmbcrof the council to whom it was shown and. every member of the Douglas delegation , agreed that the amendment was wlso and desirable. In conclusion lot mo say that I am not a building contractor as stated , but I have a good many friends among the contractors and mechanics of the city who ilcsiro to sco this building go ahead. FnutV. . Gnvv. AVHAT'PKOPMC TAIJK AHOUT. View. * nnd Interviews CnucM In Hotel Corridors nti < l KlqRWhcrc. Mr. Lyniiin Richardson said last evening that the Hying trip recently made by Her man ICountzc and brother , from Now York to Denver , was for the purpose of closing an extensive- land sale. Another gentleman stated that the transaction brought into Kountzc Brothers' colters fSCd.OOu. They owned 450 acres of land adjoining Denver nnd sold the tract to the Stayer Investment company for that amount. The deal , ho con tinued , created a great excitement in Den ver. Everybody is crazy thcro nnyway over the wildcat boom through which they are now passing. This is tno'second big sale that has been made by ICountzc Hro'liers out. there to the same concern. Mr. Herman Kountzc a.vs they own an aero of ground , in side property , purchased two years ago for 530.0UU , that is now worth SIOD.O'JO. The board of trade secretary , Colonel Nason , has a few reform notions in his head that ho thinks would bo of great benefit to this government , if they could be adopted and put Into practice. The sulking disposi tion manifested by Cleveland on being com pelled to retire , induced Colonel Nasou to make ono or two declarations , Ho thinks thinks that the presidential term ought to bo fixed at six or eight years , und no re-election to the ofllco for nny man. Thh would give more stability to business and increase our standing as a nation. "Then , too , the money clement in elections is to be deplored. We are constantly passing laws against boodle , yet encourage its use every four years in tlio most lavish and reultlcss manner. " "It occurs to me , " said Al Green yester day , "that a man is stretching politeness wlion ho uncovers his head in an elevator just because ladies happen to bo present. I consider an elevator as much of u public con veyance ns a horse car. " Van M. Mackey , deputy clerk of the dis trict court , took in u transcript yesterday from Justice Smith , of Chicago precinct which ho says is the greatest curiosity in construction and orthography ever lilcd among legal papers. The story is tola without period , comma or dash. All words except the right ones are capitalized and the docu ment is closed with "yours truly. " Harry Mann , the business agent of "Par lor Match. " said yesterday that ho had leased the California theater , in San Fran cisco , nnd will take charge of it ns manager the 1st of May. "It is to bo the finest opera house in the world and next to New York. I would rather live out thcro than any place olso. Mrs. O'Connor is the owner and she is building the institution moro as a monument ment to her memory than u business enter prise. " _ Affair.4 In Franco. PAIUS , March 5. It is reported that the chamber of deputies will discuss the ques tion of the workings of the French syndicate which has secured control of * the copper market. , , , A deputation from JJonlogne lias visited General Moulanger and presented him with a sword of honor. The government has for bidden any similar demonstration in the fu ture. s I PsorlnsiB 5 yoarp , cnvrroil fit OP. lionrt , nml entire boilyilth white scnlis. Skin roil , Itoliy , nntl bli-ciiiiis : . Jlixlr nit KOIIC. Spent luunlivilH of dollar * . I'ronoiincnil incurable. Uiirril liy Outlcura UainoillcH. My illHoaso ( psoriasis ) llrat broke out on my eft cheek , spreading acrofH my nose , anil al most roverlns my lace. It ran Into my eyes und tlm physician was afraid I would lo-e my aye lght ultosrother. It spread nil over my bead , iinrt my hair all fell out. until I wan en tirely bahl-lioaileil : it then broKe out on my arms anil shoulder * , until my aims veto Just ono hore. H covered my entire body , my facu. lifiul. anil hhunldcn * being tlio worst. Thi'wliito scabs fell constantly fiom my bend , Hhoiilder.-f. nnd arms : the ftkln < iuld thicken and bo loil nml very Itchy , anil wrnlil crack and blocil If fccratchoil. Alter hpendmB many humlmli of doll.ir. " , 1 was pronoiinri'il Incnr.iblo. I heard lf thu Cl'TICUIIA IIBMKDIK-I , Illlll Uftl'l' HSlllJ ( two bottloi Ct'TinriiA Itnaor.vi.Nr. I I'onld B"1 ( n cluinee ; uml afttr 1 had tikon four bottler , I \\ntt ulmost cured : end wlmn I had iinnd Blx bottles of Ciirictniv Ui : < r .v .Nr ami ono box of CtirianiA , mil ono cakoof Ct'Ti- CUI-A So.ir , I was cured of the dreadful dliruso from which I had MilleroU for llvo A oars. 1 thought tlio iliseusa would It-avo n very deep scar , nut the UUTIOUIIA HKMtniKS cured It without any t c.iro. I cannot exprnss w lib a pen nhiit 1 Biilloied before iiHlii | { the I'CTICUIIA HiiMKiiifR. They savjil my life , and I feel It my duty torcommundthein. My hair H restored RS goad us cer , und no N my m o-ilght. I know of a. number of dltfoient porHinw who have uaod the C'UTli.uiiA ICKUKIIIKS , and all huvo received ( 'ioat bvnollt from their IIKO. MILS. HOHA KlU.liV , Kockucll rity , Calhoun Co. , Iowa. 'JhoCUTictun lli'.MiVnics invo cured mo of ( UndrulV and farlalrrnptlonstliuu all other romedlex had failed. Tor nlno month * my head liao been rnllidly free from tlio alluhlcst ftlKii-t of danilriill. nnd my hklu IB an cle.ir as lifii I Has a buy , IJOV TIIOMI'nON , New llrltalu , Conn. Cuticura To cleanse the ( .kin , scalp and blood of humorc , blotches , eruptions , hoios , tcale * . und mMd , whether Mmple , bcrornloua or ( cmtiiglotia , nu agoni y In the orlil ol medldnu IH o uprotly , Mice , und economical u * the Cimcuiu HIMK- Dies. OiiTiruiiA , the ptvMt htln cure , Instantly ullayatho mot-t nuoiiUinKltclilncamllnllamma. tiou , clean thoBklumid ucilpot every trace of ilUrnse , hPHlH nlccranml KIN-B , iviiioves mints and HcnlcD , uml restores tlio hair. CUIICUIIA KOAIIho KroateM of skin boiiitltlen > , It hulls' prmahlo la treating skin ilUcaics and baby humors. U iirodnrot Iho wliltett.cjeareit akin 'pUSfT black-hewls. rert.roiiKh. chapped and oily klu. jirev.vnt.-a by O'OTICOIIA tioAiv SOUTH OMAHA.s N6IC9 About < ho City. P. R. Hart was married Tuesday nt Va- lUin ? , la. , to Mis * Mary K. Kay aud returned yo < ton1ay with hla bride. At the Hohcminn m.VKiiior.itlo ball In Shelany.t 1'odolok's hull Saturday night , Miss Josephine Bodlacok took the llrst prim to ladle * , and John. Kgfrcrt , dro 4il mn s.illor laulo , took the second prlto. The first prlzo to gentleman w.v awarded to tfrank Lhctner , nnd the second to Miss Jo- ftophiuc ICubot , dressed as a knight Messrs. Hudolpli Itortznnd John Fryo , respectively - spectivoly oxtrou and trou molstcr of Treu Hunil lodge , No. 51 , were in Omaha Sunday mid arranged with otbor dolofjates to organic a grand lodge , U , O. T. U. of the district of Nebraska. The delegates will moot again hi Ocrniania ball ucxt Sunday fovouoon at 10 o'clock. A brother of Mrs. Charles M. Wood nr- rivcil hero and yesterday the body of her husband was taken to Dunlap , In. , for littor- mont. Mrs. Wood nnd her children will go homo with her brother ana remain there. A collection of * U was takou up lit tlm l rosbytorwn church for Mrs. Charles M. Wood. Hey , ngcd ono anil ono-half years , ( ton of Mr. mid Mrs. Loonnnl McCowins , died Sun- dav evening nnd win buried In Uiurol Hill cemetery yesterday afternoon. I'Vll Fourteen l < 'opt. The scaffolding on which J. G. Collar was working In the Armour-Cuilaliy engine room , slipped Tuesday afternoon , throwing Mr. Collar to the lloor , a distance Of fourteen feet. Mr. Collar alighted square on his head , receiving a deep cut and severe bruises on the top of his head and was othorwino-Jarrod. Tlio company physician was summoned who drctscil the wound. The injuries , atninuo to say , arc not serious. Notes About the City. An effort Is being made to orgauizo a camp of Sons of Veterans. Thomas Grimier , of Stuart , In. , nnd Miss Julia Spillano , of thli city , wcro married , in St. Bridget's ' church. Mr. and Mrs. Grln- nor left for Stuart. Magic City | wst , No. 203 , G. A. U. , attended a camp tire in Omaha last evening. An independent oolitical meeting was hold in the Clifton house , Twenty-sovonth and H street , tt'hird ward , lust night. To-Uny services will ho hold In St. Budg ets' church at I ) o'clock in the morulng and nt : 'JO in the evening. > R K. Hart , of South Omaha , wa < rharrlod . Sunday at Stuart , la. , to Misi May E. Mc Kay. Mr. and Mrs. Hart arrived homo yes terday afternoon. The body of Charles M. Wood was for warded to Dunlap , la. , yostorduy fur inter ment. Manager IJoyd generously offered to boar all expenses of the fuucral and furnish transportation to and from Dunlap for nil who wantcdto attend the funeral. James G. nnd Ij. T. Martin und Mr. mid Mrs. A. T. Sldwoll huvo gene to Chfcaga to attend the funeral of the late L. T. Martin , a The most cllicacious stimulant to excite - cite the nppotvio Is Angostura Hitters , the genuine of Dr. J. G. B. Siogort & Sons. At all druggists. * Gcrnntmn nml His Hand. S\NTA PC , N. M. , March G. [ Special Telegram - gram to Tim Unt ; . ] The strong protest re cently adopted hero by the legislative as sembly denouncing the Indian authorities and the Indian Rights association of the cast , for their attempts to send the Apache chief Gcronimo and his murderous gang back to Arizona , has served to elicit from Dr. layman Abbott , editor of the Christian Union , Now Vork , a statement denying the Intention to send back these fndlans to the southeast. In a letter published hero to-day Mr. Abbott says : "What the philanthropists of the east , us represented by Herbert Welsh aud Gou- oral Armstrong , dcslro , is that Goronimo's band should bo furnished measurably perma nent quarters in the east. General Arm strong has proposed thovicinity of Hampton , where they can bo educated nud civilized. The Duke IMnrrlcs Sirs. Blair. Duxunix , Fla. , March G. [ Special Tola- gram to Tin : nun. ] The duke of Suther land , George William Granville Gowcr , was married yesterday to Mrs. Mary Caroline Ulair , by Bisliop Weed of the Episcopal church of Duncdin. Mrs. Blair entered thu church first , leaning on the arm of Mr. E. F. Knight. Miss Irene Blair followed with the duke , und other immediate relatives and friends brought up the rear. The ceremony w.is according to the rites of the Episcopal church. Attor the ceremony the party par took of u wedding breakfast at the rcsldonoo of George L. Jones. Money Foolishly Spent. Dcm.ix , March 5. The Freeman's Journal says that among Pigott's documents were found letters from Lord Salisbury , Baron Stallvldgo , the duke of Argyle and earl of Derby. The loiter of the earl of Derby , tlio Journal says , shows that he had given money to help Pigott "unmask the Parnollltos. " Champion nl the World. NEW YOIIIC , March 0. Mike Gushing , pugilist , this monimi ! dofcatcd Harry llart- lett , of London , hi u fourteen-round light for the I'ir-pound championship of the world and a purse of fl.OJO. Tciril > ! r IVnnil I'olHon. SufTnrcil nil a man ciiuld Miifl'or and llvo. Pnro nnd body covered \vlih awful tores. Used the Outlcura Komi- ; ( | | CH ten woekw ami If ) practically viirrcl. A roninrknlilo cnso. I contracted a terrlbln blood-poisoning n year ago. 1 doctoreil with t o good pbyHiclnni , neither of nhom dl < l mo nny Komi , I miircioil nllji mm : ran Miller ami Hi o. Hearing of your CuTiri'iiA lli.Minii'.s : : I ronc'.mlcil to try tliuin , kno lng If they did mu no good they ( oulil make me no worne. I have been u.slug thorn about ten \\oukn , und urn moit happy to Hay that lam nlmnst rid of the awful horen that covered my fain mi'l ' body. My face van ns bad , If not uoi > o. Hum thut nt Ml * < Itoynton , ppnkun of In your li-iolt , anil 1 uould nay to any 0:10 : In the Mima ( oiidltlon. to use CUTICUIIA , uml tliey ulil Mirt'ly lo mrcil. Von miiy IIHI tint letter In the Interest * of Hiillvrlni ; hu manity. K. W. llliYNOU ) ? , Ashland , ahlo. I have boon trotib'uil with wofuja seven yeaix uhlch llrnl Mnrtcil'm the lopof my lioud , ( living nu > liillMto lroui ! ] < ' , ultli ) iistuiit Helling , castingolf of iliy M-.ilr * , and a watery liquid elided fiom under the Kcnl . I I routed It for hovi'iiypuiH nnHiirces-ifi.lly , anil was nnablo to chock It until I found your ITTKTHA IIMK- ( : IIIIM. : Uio bov C'l'Ticrii tine ca c > C'oncuiiA f > tnt\ and one boltlu Curici'iiv Hisoi.visir : : completely imod me , my fckln becoming per fectly clour mill Hinooth. H.J. DAVIS. Arlc.ib , I.OH A nuclei Co , Cat , I go Mr. lPiinln ) no\niliiK ten years belter. I bntoilit auil hcratched for thlrly-olcht years I bail vili.it la tt-rmoil prurltli , iimlhavoaulfuroil everything , anil tried a mimijcr of doctors but got lie relief. Anybody could Imvo fotlOT'hail they cured me , Tlio ( , 'IITII IIIA lli.miuis : cured me ( iod bin * * thu matt Mho Invented C'un- CIII.N'IIV ( JIII'.liN , TrowbilJ c Htn-et , ( ' .imljrlilcc , Mann , [ Remedies ami hofitt't hand * , fruo from plmpli * , xpot o. bli-niHli. ( 'unciiliA KKSOI.VII.VT , tins new Mood purlller , cluuniuallit blooilof nil Inipiirltloii aud polfonoux elements , anil limn miiiroi lint OAi'hi : . Hence thv CuTiruiiA KKMiiurHuri every Knock's of uconlzlm..hnnillljllnj. , Itching , burning. cnly , anil pimply d.Ht'anfa of thu ulcln , ( Hiilp , anil lildod , w tli IOMI of hur : , fiom pimples to xcrotiilu , fold everywhere , I'lJ'e.Cimcuii/.liUr. ; SOAI- , ITic. j liROivr.sr ! , II. 1'iepnredby tha I'OITKII Duua AND ( 'IIHSIKMJ , Coiii'Oii.mur. , lioit'in. lir-Hml for "How to Cnro Bkln lHo ) | a V 81 pagca , W ) Illuntnttlons * . ami 100 ( eiitiinoiilalj ) . HoU , white , and free from chapj aa redneaa , by uilu CUTIUUIIA BOA * * ,