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"THEIIK is more interest tnlton in tin
laps tliiin the inllos in the bicycle nice
Tun Union Pacific company is open
inp three now coal mines in Wyoming
but prices will remain at the old notch
Till ! senate scored the first knock
down in the battle with the plunderers
Imbecile farms are not popular in No
brnskn.
CANON DIAIILO in Arizona is wel
named. Packages of money oxprcssci
in thut direction raise Old Ilnrry ant
his road agents.
THE Lower California gold fields
hn.ro developed a rich and varied as
Bortmant of salt. The dupes won
thoroughly pickled.
THE reduction of the justice mills ii
Omaha to six will paralyze a great in
dustry , and compel n lawless gang o
shysters to walk or saw wood.
Ir rnoi'EU inducements wore offeree
perhaps Major Balcombo would agaii
Is assemble himself in the dark , hold
brief Bcnnce and issue a permit for th
street sweepers to uncover the pave
monts.
HASTINGS wants to add two wings t <
the asylum for incurables before th
body of the building has developed
This is the usual way of plucking th
8tuto to feather a nest ot local contrac
tors. Clip the wings.
THE Hungarians have touching way
peculiarly their own of omphasizini
their contempt for public officiate
Sticks , clubs and stillotos , when pressc
homo , will convince the average offlcla
that life is a failure.
TUB crop of candidates for the caplto
of South Dakota is enormous , and tli
price of rotes in "blocks of five" ha
*
l-v passed the hundred dollar notch . Tin
ward worker will retire a million air
after the campaign.
I TUB organization of coal nnd papo
syndicates in free trade Englan
srushea the popular democratic argu
Jncnt that protection is the only logiti
ranto parent of trusts. Avarice laugh
tit all laws , human and divino.
STATE AUDITOU BKNTON is activol
lobbying for increased salaries and heifer
for his department. The logislatur
should reciprocate by reducing th
force , and compel the auditor to giv
his attention to the business of th
state.
Mil. HITCHCOCK'S anxiety to ancho
the postofilco on the Planter's hous
block is duo entirely to unselfish me
tiros. The fact that it would put mono
in his purse spurs his ambition to sorv
the public- and prop that crcum-colore
elephant across the way.
THE boomers of the Planters' hous
slto have determined to ovorwholi
Secretary Windom with n petition (
ono thousand names gathered up in th
highways and byways of the nortl
These men are inspired by lofty patrio
ism to servo themselves without r <
gard to public convenience.
THE saloon keepers will accomplis
nothing nnd injure their cause by a n
rival ot blue laws. Any attempt to di
privo the public of necessary coi
tonloncoH will precipitate n storm of it
dlgnatlon which cannot fall to rosu
disastrously to the instigators. Modori
tlon is extremely necessary in tli
liquor business.
BAKER and Caldwell are the rlchoi
pair of public plunderers in the loglsli
turo. The mouth-organs of every stoa
no measure is too disreputable for tliol
support. As advocates of Stout an
Konnard they surpass the kings of tli
lobby , and will reap their reward. Stov
nnd Konuard uro generous client
There is nothing email about them bt
their modesty.
THE extension of the Cheyenne
Northern branch of the Union Paolf
to a junction with the Elkhorn Valk
road , near Douglas , will open a rlc
mineral section of Central Wyominf
The oil and coal Holds of that soctio
will bo pretty thoroughly dovolope
this season , and will uttruct not on !
capital and settlers but railroads fro ;
the caat and Eouth.
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THE BOODLERS BALKED.
The lobby of the legislature is again
nfostod with a hungry horde ot mer
cenaries. The approaching close of the
csslon renders them bold , defiant and
Icsporato. They crowd on the floors ,
> rcss into forbidden places nnd flaunt
, holr renal schemes in the face of
every legislator. They harass and bulldoze -
doze honest members. They sfoop to
every villainous method to block bone-
Icial legislation , nnd press to the front
raudulcnf bills and bogus claims.
They are the political lazaronl of the
state human carrion who conspire to
rob the state that they may feast on
, ho plunder. Never was there such n
lisgraccful scramble for pelf in
Lincoln , The oxorbltant demands of
public institutions , the extravagant
sums asked for additions nnd Improve
ments , the rast increase ot salaries rec
ommended , and the countless number of
claims trumped up by briefless lawyers
and impecunious agents , combine to
make the lobby n rich , juicy pasture for
iho parasites. These hired tools of job
bers receive every aid and pncourago-
mont from the combine of boodlors on
the floor , who shamelessly advocate
every bogus claim presented and work
and vote for every palpable steal. To
add to the disgraceful spectacle , public
officers , with their subordinates , descend
to the gutter nnd join the Iniquitous
throng in lobbying for increased help
and in tinted salaries. Such a scandalous
Dxhlbltlon of offlcial power was properly
and effectively rebuked by the house In
reducing the salary list to that of 1887.
The decisive- defeat of the bill appro
priating fifty-nine thousand dollars to
build additions nnd purchase a farm for
the fcoblo minded , is strong proof that
the senate fully realizes Its duty to the
taxpayers. It is a vigorous protest
against the iniquitous combine in the
lower hcfuso. It is a warning to the
plunderers that tlicir fraudulent
schemes cannot escape rigid scrutiny in
the senate , and that the state treasurj
will bo protected from the reckless
raids of mercenaries. It is a signal ol
encouragement to the bravo friends ol
economy in the house to persevere in
the fight for the people and reduce to
the lowest possible amount the extrava
gant sums asked for state institutions
without improving their usefulness.
With a strong fighting minority in
the house and a majority of the senate
battling for n common cause , the ma
chinations of the combine will fail , and
those who deal the death blowVill have
the satisfaction of having performed n
duty to the state nnd people faithfully
and well.
RAILROAD RETALIATION.
The railroads of Iowa have entered
upon the policy of retaliation that was
thrcatenad when the rate schedule ol
the railroad commissioners was estab
lished. They have reduced the local
service and. accommodations , arranged
the running schedules with the obvious
purpose of giving the traveling public
the greatest possible inconyonience
and annoyance , nnd otherwise arc
manifesting a disposition to punish the
people of Iowa , so far as possible , for
the action of the railroad commissior
in reducing rates. Wo are credibly in
formed that on the branch roads there
has not only boon a great decrease it
facilities and an increase , in the running -
ning time , but that time cards are nr
ranged so as to avoid connections between
twoon trains on these branch roadi
with these on the main lines. This ii
especially annoying to the ccunnorcia
travelers , who are put to otra expense
and whoso business suffers from delay
This state of affairs also necessarily at
foots unfavorably the general distribu
tion of merchandise , and must prove
damaging to business throughout the
state. Meantime the railroads an
steadily improving through traffic fa
eilitios.
Of course the managers will claim tha
their action is necessary in in order t <
enable the roads to pay expenses or
Iowa business at the reduced rates , bu
their method clearly shows that the
spirit of retaliation had more to do will
prompting it than the necessity foi
economy. Granting the reduction o
accommodation to bo justifiable , tha
docs not render necessary other elements
monts productive of the greatest possl
bio inconvenience and annoyance to the
public. It seems evident that the rail
roads have combined to carry out a pol
icy designed to punish the people o
Iowa , and thus if possible create a feel
ing'which may , result in forcing tin
people to' lot the railroads have thoii
own way. In effect the railway man a
gors say to the people of lown : If yoi
insist upon making rate schedules foi
'us ' wo vfiU. glvo you the poorest sorvic <
wo dare to. and not only this but we
will render it in such a way as to causi
you the most serious trouble and dam
ago.
ago.It
It cannot bo doubted that the railroad
are making a very grave mistake ii
pursuing a policy of this kind. It wil
not accomplish the only apparent objoc
It can bo intended to effect. Tin
people of Iowa will not surrondo ;
their rights of railroad rogula
tlon , however great the sac
lillco they may have to muko in ordei
to maintain it , It the railroads porsis
in making war upon the pubho inter
ests and welfare , the people have not
yet exhausted their power to deal wltl
the corporations. The policy of the
railroads should bo not to create and in
tensity popular hostility , but by a fair
and straightforward course convince
the public of any injustice thut ma ;
exist and seek the remedy by appeal te
the intelligence nnd fairness of tin
people. The claim of the railroad
that they cannot do business profitabl ;
at the rates provided for thorn ctinno
bo established by the courao they nr <
pursuing , and until it is established bj
adequate experiment they cannot satis
faotorily defend a demand for an in
crease of the rates. In the last judicla
decision sustaining the authority of tin
Iowa nil 1 road commission to inaki
rates , Judge Brewer said the questloi
as to whether the rates establishad b ;
the commission are too low to allow the
roads to do busness profitably undo
them could bo determined only by ac
tual experiment. It was n matter beyond
yond the ability ot any tribunal to do
oide. The necessary trial the corpora
tioas refuseto muko , and instead am
bark upon a , policy of reduced service
accompanied by methods so evidently
designed to annoy and damage the pub
lic as to inevitably crcnto popular
liostllity. The fowa railroad managers
nro committing a blunder which they
nro likely to find far more unprofitable
Lhnn would bo a straightforward com *
plianco with the law and regulations
uindo in pursuance of it.
PARTISANS.
The administration has been giving
some consideration to the question
whether a charge of offensive partisan
ship against an official of democratic
politics shall bo doomed a sufficient
reason for his removal. An.Illinois re
publican congressman was the first tc
present a test caso. Ho asked the re
moval of the postmaster in his town
solely on the ground that ho had boon
offensively active as n politician in the
last campaign. The postmaster general
was reported to have assured the con
gressman that the charge was sufficient ,
that the removal would bp promptly
made , and the position filled by whom'
soever the congressman should recom
mend. The matter is understood te
have been discussed in the cabinet , bul
it has not transpired that rthy definite
policy was agreed upon. Since this in-
eidont there have been several othot
similar demands upon the postmnstoi
general , and according to the report ol
his treatment of them the intention
appears to bo to roirard offensive par-
tizanshlp as a sufficient cause of re
moval , but that there will bo more tes-
mony required than the simple accusa
tion of a congressman. Fur
thermore , according to the
quoted statement of the first
assistant postmaster general appoint
ments will not bo made on the more
recommendation of congressmen , but
the department will require that n
member of congress shall show by peti
tion nnd letters of recommendation that
his candidate is approved by the people.
Thus it appears that congressmen arc
not to bo permitted to so completely
dictate appointments , nt least so far as
the postofllces are concerned , as was at
first supposed. Their recommendations
will of course have prior consideration ,
but in order to bo successful they must
have an adequate popular support. The
wisdom of this policy will not bo ser
iously questioned , as a return to con
gressional bossism would assuredly be
condemned by a great majority of the
people.
Regarding the policy of removals for
offensive partisanship it cannot be fairlj
objected to by any class of politicians.
It was made a cardinal principle by the
last administration , nnd though it came
at the last to bo tolerated so far as dem
ocrats wore concerned , it is not recorded
that any republican who was found act
ively working for his party was per
mitted to remain in office. Dem
ocrats , therefore , are estopped
by the course of their own
administration from finding anj
fault with the policy. Civil service re
formers have always insisted that of
fensive partisanship on the part of pub
lic officials should bo held a sufficient
reason for their removal , so that no ob
jection can properly come from tins
source. The result of a general appll-
fcation of this policy will leave v.ory few
democrats in the federal offices , fet
despite the instructions and injunctions
of the late administration the demo
cratic officials nearly everywhere wore
as active and zealous and "offensive" in
party work as in the days before the re
form innovation. They made them
selves prominent in caucuses , conven
tions , public meetings , nnd whorovoi
else their influence and money could beef
of party service , and they continued
this with increasing freedom and vigor
to the close of the last election. These
officials cannot reasonably .expect nnj
leniency from the party they thus
fought in open and bold violation of the
spirit , if not the letter , of the civil ser
vice law , and in disregard of an execu
tive order emanating from the head ol
their own party. However meritorious
otherwise as officials , the offensive par
tisians forfeited all just claim to the
consideration of the victorious party by
their conduct in politics , and they must
expect to receive tho. penalty towhich
they willingly rendered themselves
amenable- .
THE suggestion of Mr. J. L. Mile :
thut the Irish citizens of Omaha slioule
find an early opportunity to publicly
and substantially express their sympa
thy with Parnell and the Irish cause
ought to rccoivo the prompt considera
tion of these citizens. Unquestionably
the Irishmen of Omaha are as patriot ! )
as any in the country , and as willing t <
con tribute to the cause that is most deai
to the hearts of all true Irishmen. We
are confident it will bo only noco&sar ;
to call thorn together to demonstrate
this , nnd all that is required is tha
some ono having their confidence shal
start the movement for a mass meeting
with the understanding thut the expression
sion of sympathy shall tulto n substan
tial form. Tlio- Irish cause is making
progress , and Irishmen everywhere
should give it hearty and generous en
couragomont.
THEICE are four ronbons why the bil
creating the office of public printer ane
giving that functionary a monopoly o
the work , should bo killed. It placet
the purchase ot material In the hand !
of the public priutor , without any choel
to prevent it being used for other thai
public purposes. It gives him the profit
able privilege- measuring and ap
proving the bills for work done in hi
own shop. It deprives the state of the
benefit of competition , and robs over ;
printing olllco in the state of the righ-
to bid for nnd secure ( fa share of publli
work. In the light ot these fuels , nc
honest man can support the bill wUhou
wilfully aiding a treasury raid and in
juring the printing industry in thi
state.
IMHBMHBMMNHMa aBB B MHHBM N
THE decision of Secretary Windon
to withhold approval of Special Agon
Linton's report in favor of the Planters
house site for the next postollleo , is i
wise and proper ono. No injury can re
suit to the eity bya careful examlnntlot
of the sites offered , especially thosi
which were ignored by the spocla
agent. * The convenience of the banks
the wholesale houses and other lurgi
patrons of the government will bo cnro-
ftllly considered nnd weighed before the
final-'decision is mado.
THE troubles of the county commls'
siohors increase and multiply wltli
every passing hour. Mismanagement
crops out in every department of count }
nffafrs. The Pauly vault steal , the dis
graceful treatment of poor-house in-
mates" , nnd the wretched construction ol
the now hospital , demonstrate- that the
members of the board nro totally in
competent or criminally negligent ir
the iiiiinnRcmont of county affairs ,
H :
THE'law empowering district court
judg'by ' to grant injunctions on Sun
days is ono of the most important lawi
passed by the legislature. It will protect
toct the people from grasping corpora
tions , which connive with municipal
officials to rob the people of thole
rights. It will checkmate midnight
conspiracies nnd Sunday raids and give
property owners n lawful club to nrotooi
themselves.
ThcMniiVtth n I'ctltinn.
Chlcauo Tribune.
And if asked what state lie halls from
Our solo ronl. , shall bo :
Ho halls from thirty-seven states ,
And ho halls pcrslstontlcc.
New Xork'e Generosity.
Globt'Dtmoemt ,
New York is colng ; to erect a monument tc
the memory of the late John Erlokson 1 :
the rest of the couutrv will furnish the
money. _ _
Tlioy Think William Naughty.
Cliicaan KCWK.
The mcthodlst ministers of this city seem
to think that the best friends of Slmkspoare
arc these who try to prove that his plays
wore -written by Bacon.
Devilish Sly In Jay.
Ualltmore Amtrlean ,
Jay Gould takes a gloomy vlow of the
financial outlook. Those who follow Gould's
published advice will also get a gloomy view
of the situation. There is generally a bro.it
slgulflcant smllo underlying Juy's gloono
views. Wo use the word underlying nd
vlsodly. _ _
WlintSr. IjotilH Nccils.
Kansas Gttu Journal.
"All the foreign capital which may bo in
vested In rapid transit enterprises in St ,
Louis is worth ten times the actual value tc
the city , " says the St. Louis Post-Dispatch ,
Just how anything can bo worth ten times
its actual value is a bit mystifying , but we
presume the Post-Dispatch means that any
thing which moves , and moves rapidly , will
bo ot Incalculable value as a tonic to St ,
Louis.
Immortal Osculation.
Mrs. Anastasia Parsclls , of Bayonne , N.
J , , is 103 years'Dld. When she was twelve
years old Qoorgo Washington ( Gen. G. W.
of the cherrvtrco anil hatchet incident )
"kissed uur tvf\co \ on her full , rosy red , poutIng -
Ing lips. " Ono hundred years from now
there will belots of girls , if they llvo so
long , who can nnd will bo proud to give Gen
eral Shermatl'Jiiwa.v in the same manner.
The kissing tha men do lives after them.
THE H NDS THAT TOIL.
Mlnncapols/Minn. ! ) , has 2,000 uum who arc
looking for work.
, A strike has"occurred among the weavers
at ArmotiereSj.E'canco.
A Nashua ( N'H. ) tool factory has cul
wages from 5 t8 35 , per cent.
The Wheeling ! Hinge company of Wesl
Virginitf has cut wages 10 per cent.
Wheeling ( W. Va. ) painters have struck
for $3 per day of nine hours , a change froa
$3.75 and ten hours.
The strike among the employes at thoblasi
furnace of Andrew Brothers & Co. at Hazlo
ton , O. , bus been declared off.
The upper rolling-mill of the Lackawannc
Iron and Coal company at Sci-anton , Pa. , em
ploying TOO hands , has resumed.
Tno "shaft lashing" weavers at Stead &
Miller's upholstery mill , Philadelphia , Pa. ,
nro on strlko against a reduction in wages.
The Canadian Pacific railroad shops at
Vancouver , B. C. , employ about ono hundreej
men , eight and one-half hours being a day' ;
* , vork.
The Scott Foundry Rolling-mill of the
Reading Iron Works nt Heading' , Pa. , ha ;
closed down. The works employed 1,800 met
and hoys.
A strike Is threatened among the bricklay
ers of Cleveland , O. They want 45 cents at
hour , while the contractors refuse to paj
more than 10.
Terra cotta workers are warned to sta.i
away from Brlghtwood , Ind. , where there ii
trouble among the men at the Inlanapolii
Terra Gotta Works.
At Now York city the boss masons nni
the Journeymen bricklayers settled the scale
of wa&os for the ensuing year at § 4.05 poi
day , nine hours five days of the week ani
eight on Saturday.
The puddlers of the Maiden Creek iror
company nt Blundon , Pa. , have accepted c
reduction in wages from $3.50 to $3.23 pci
ton , nnd all other employes have been ro
duccd In proportion ,
Kansas City now has a labor exchange.
Employment will bo secured for "idle labor
ers und families of the poor bo looked after
It is the intention nlso to establish ulghi
schools and furnish educational facilities tc
the Impoverished.
Kent ( England ) farm laborers make frorr
$3 to $3.50 per week. Dorsetshire handi
average nearly $1 loss , nnd at Torshlre opor
ntlves make $4.50 per week. The Boitot
Commercial says a four room cottage with i
garden costs GO cents per week ; a fair cottage
tago brings 35 ucnts ,
Some Denmark railway companies cm
ploy a man and his , > wife , together. The
women signal the trains und the mem do the
track-walking. In cafco of the death o :
either husband or wife the other half of the
family must marry In six'tinontUa or got out
the company's employ. , <
Spokane Assembly , Nft. 7052 , 1C. of L ,
warns nil worklngincn fp stay away Iron
Spokane , Washington . 'Territory.
less prospect now than there w.as ever before
The town is full of ldlof men , and ever ;
branch of labor Is overcrowded.
In splto of its boasted natural gas , Tolcdi
Is going to lose a largo tnhnufactory , as tin
cost of fuel is greater th'nH in Cleveland one
other cities. The price ejjfpaa is based on 2i
per cent less than of coa ) , but the latter fuc
for manufacturing purpbscs costs only hal
as much In Cleveland as in Toledo ,
The Wheeling , Lake Erie & PHUbur/ /
Coal company has recently gained control o
upward of 0,000 acres of coal lands nca
Smitlifiold , Jefferson county , O. , In what i :
considered the richest coal field in caste n
Ohio. The company expects to glvo employ
incut to 3,000 men , and which will turn ou
annually from 1,500,000 to 8,000,000 Urns o
conl.
conl.General
General Master Workman Powdorly nov
keeps the following notice standing at tin
head of the editorial columns In the Journa
of United Labor ;
Invitations to picnics , balls , entertain
monts anel anniversaries will rocolvo no at
tontlon from the undersigned. Ueqnosts t <
lecture , no mattnr from whom tlioy como
will not bo answered. 1 shall make all mj
own arrangements in future , and Iho above
rule will bo rigidly adhered to. My rcpoaU > i
notices and letters In the Journal have no
had any clTcct In stopping the flow of Invlta
lions , hohco this standing notice which inus1
answer for all.
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STATE AN1 > TI3IUUTOKY.
Ncbrnskn JottlURfl.
' The Broken Bow Athlolto club tins perma
nently organized and elected ofllcors.
Measles nro prevailing to an alarming extent
tent among the Indian children nt Pine Kldgi
ngonoy.
The farmers of York county hnvo sowt
their oats nnd nro preparing to put In tholi
flax scoQ.
There nro 2DOcivil nnel twenty-five crlmlna'
cases on the docket of the Custor county dts
trlct court.
Iho tli roe Custor county murders win
hnvo been conflncd In the York county jul
were last wcok taken to Broken Bow foi
trial.
trial.APlattsmouth
APlattsmouth saloon kcopor named Grave
patronized hli own bar tonuch nil extent tha' '
ho was laid In his grave the other day after t
fatal attack of jltn Jnins ,
Thieves broke into the hardware store o !
J. P. Thrcsslus nt Johnson the other niplit
cracked the safe nnd secured n condsUlorable
sum of money without bolng detected. ,
For disturbing n Salvation army meeting
ft Beatrice young man was lined $3 and cost ?
nnel ns ho could not pay ho now languishes Ii
jail while the Salvationists nro praying foi
his redemption.
The depositors of the ITurmors' nnd Mcr
chants' bunk of Curlcton , which went Intc
voluntary liquidation recently , have holel i
meeting und resolved to take stops to rcor
gani7o the bank ,
"Woman's Dross , " a noted , dirty , Indolent
scout , who lliurcd prominently during UK
troubles with the Choycnncs at Fort Uobln-
son , is back nt his old post ns government
scout nt Fort Hoblnson , says the Crnwforel
Clipper.
Almn has bad another rotten-egging case
nnd a hanging In ofllgy. Attorney T. J. For-
gusou was accused of consorting with objec
tionable women by the Beacon und was nm-
bushcd nnd cggod by regulators , latur bolnn
hung in cfllgy to his ofllco sign and warned
to leave town within sixty elays. The law
yer , however , proposes to stay in Alma nnd
light his enemies , having already lllcd papers
In the district court against the editor of the
Beacon for criminal libel.
The yountr people of Niobrara are on the
warpath nt present , ami nro after the scalp of
C , Stein. The "Homo Dramatic company"
gave a show and dnnco In Stein's hall the
othef night , during the progress of which n
pane of glass was broken. When the young
people- wore ready to go homo they discov
ered that the owner of the hall had locked
up their wraps and refused to release them
until the broken glass was paid for. This
made the boys mad und they proceeded to secure
cure other garments for the young ladles
nud escorted them homo , leaving the goods
in possession of Stoln. In the morning re
plevin papers wcro issued nnd Stoln was
compelled to give up the clothes. A boycott
has now been declared ngalnsttho hall.
lown.
Mary Grlncoll of Dcoornh and Llzzio Costello -
tollo of Do Witt have taken the white veil at
Cedar Rapids.
J. J. Murray of Rock Rapids has been hold
for trial in $2,000 bonds on the charge of se
duction preferred by Mary Egan.
The Sioux City survivors of the battle of
Shlloh are arranging to fittingly celebrate
the anniversary of the battle , on April 0.
Hon. Orson Rico , of Spirit Lake , who has
practiced law for twnnty-flvo years in north
western Iowa , has decided to permanently
retire from practice.
It took seven men to Handle n Kookuk
youth \vlio became Insane about religion.
Kcokuk people don't often gob religion , but
when they do they get it hard.
For the first time in many years the pres
ent term of the district court in Oskaloosa
will adjourn without having a single criminal
indictment for trial on the docket.
A DCS Molnos youth wrote out a small-pox
sign for n jolto the other day and placed it on
n neighbor's house. The latter .individual
didn't see the point-and now the Joker Is de
fendant in a llbol suit.
George W. Craigg , n prominent druggist
at Eagle Grove , recently indicted by the
Wright county grand Jury for selling intoxi
cating liquors , has mysteriously disappeared
and his bondsmen arc on the anxious scat.
J. 1C. Graves , of Dubutmo , has received a
letter from Governor Larrnbco in which the
latter-suggested that it would bo extremely
fitting to have an oil portrait of General
George' W. Jones , the first senator from
Iowa , to bo hung in Iho capitol at DCS Moines.
The governor suggests that a movement bo
started with this und in viow.
Beyond the Kocklcs.
Gcorgo D. Carleton , a Seattle bookkeeper ,
has departed , leaving his employers $10,000 ,
short.
There Is n belief nt Tncoma that the navy
yard provided for by congress will bo estab
lished at that point.
Representatives of eight Indian tribes met
at Spokane Falls , Wash. , recently and
formed a confederation.
There wcro 300 tons of hay raised on the
Boise poor farm last season , and about half
of it is still on hand. It brings $ S a ton on
the premises.
The amount of silver bullion shipped
through the express ofllco at Austin , Nov. ,
from 1603 to 18S8 inclusive , was $ 1,929,099.02.
Its weight was 1,707,704 pounds.
Mrs. Elizabeth Smith died at Salem , Ore. ,
recently , ngcd 102 years , nine months and five
elays. She was born at Alstcd , N. H. , In
17bO , her mnidon name being Johnson.
The N. & C. railroad company will resume
construction work soon north of Uuno , Nov.
The company expended 8300,000 last year ,
and when It starts In again will disburse
nearly ? l,000,000.
A bcof-pnckmg association , with a capital
or $100,000 , Tins been formed at Worth
Yaklmn , W. T. , to butcher ane ] ship In refrigerator -
frigorator cars the 500 head of beeves , mut
ton und pork marketed daily from the
Yaklma range.
The Idaho Avalanche reports that JV ,
Stoddard bought a mure- fourteen years ago ,
from which ho now has n band of horses nnei
cojts numbering sovouty-livo head. If ho had
commenced with ten head , und nil had In
creased in the same ratio , ho would no\\
have about nlco hundred head of horses.
Stnto Printing Bill Agatii.
OMAHA , March 20. To the Editor of Tim
BEB : Mr. II. B. Hathaway , of the State
Journal , has taken considerable trouble tc
make n compilation of n great many-figures
and numerous statements , neither of wblcli
uro correct , nnd lay them before the logialn
turo. Ho has also talcon pains to speak of an
' 'anonymous circular , " which was issued ;
and goes on to say , ' 'The man who made the
figures know them to bo false , " Mr. Hutha-
.way know the man who made the figures
and know the statement with regard to their
to bo true , as ho practically admitted the
saino thing in the State Journal , over hi ;
own signature. The point I was making was
that the cost of work would bo considerable
more under the state printer law than undoi
contract.
1 nm willing to go before the printing com
inlttce , or any competent sot of printers , and
demonstrate the correctness , In the main , ol
the statements made lu my circular headed
"State Printing Exhibit. " I can nlso prove
that the comparisons in figures In Mr. Hath
awuy'a clrculau , entitled "Stuto Printoi
Question , " are mainly wrong. I would like
to call Mr. Hatbaway'a attention to the foi
lowing points :
Ho quotes price of senate Journals undci
proposed law , for 1B35 , at fl.510.17 , Where
they contained 1,002 pages , and he quotes the
senate Journals of 1SS7 at (3,371.85 , where
they contained 1,000 pages , bulog n difference
enco of sixty-two pages and a difference o ;
about H.COO In prico.
Also for the house journals for 1835 , he
quotes the price at 8l,4flt.lO whore they con
tain 1XJ2 ( pages , and the IIOURO Journals foi
1887 at 13,900.43 where .they contain 2,001
paces ,
There Is n radical discrepancy hero BO mo
whore , nioro between the house than senate
Journals , and I would like to see Mr , Hatha
wny explain the matter.
With regard to Mr. Hathawuy's statomcn
that four volumes of supreme court reports
cost $9,003 nnd would coU $3,073 under the
proposoel Inw , would nay this Is n Job Mr ,
Hathawnv has always had , and furthermore ,
the 19,000 Includes the cost of platc , etc. , ns
well na the cost of printing , nnd there Isiioth-
Ing figured except the cost of printing under
the proposed law.
With regard to the two volumes of statutes
which ho quotes nt $24,000 ( thoucli there was
only $20,750 , Inclueltng compilation , etc. ,
paid , this being nnotUor of Mr. Hathaway'n
discrepancy ) ns paid for by the state , nnd
which under the proposed Inw would cost
$13.000 ; would say this was n private matter
nnel the fltnto had nothing whatever to elo
with It , ns the state paid Mr. Guy A. ilrown
for the work , nneltho amount paid him In
cluded the coitof compilation , Indexing , etc. ,
which is not , of course , included under the
proposed law , nnd the cost of making plalos ,
ota , would bo extra also.
I can demonstrate to the satisfaction of
nny one thnt there Is not n ulnolo item ,
which I have BO far boon nblo to illscovor.
thnt would not cost more under the proposed
law than under the contract system , except
In cases where contract , has not been lot , ns
Is the cnao with the supreme court reports
nnel other work done by Mr , Hathaway.
With regard to the printing of bills nt
$1.05,1 will ndmlt It Is too low ; but , nt the
snino time , Mr. Hathaway bid on them nt
$1.20 per page last December.
Notwithstanding , ns I understand it , thnt
the ) prices first nnmed In the state printing
bill hnvo boon reduced in souio particulars , I
would bo willing to allow the stnto $20OJO
( letting $5,000 n year bo taken out of my
printing bills for four years ) for the jtosltlon
of stnto printer , nnd glvo bond for the faith
ful performance of my duties.
The great objection to the bill in Its pros-
out form Is that the state priutor practically
buys hl&.own material and nccounts for It in
suoh n wny thnt It Is impossible for the printIng -
Ing board to toll whether it Is used for stnto
printing or for private purposes.
To show the reliability of Mr. Hnthnwny's
figures , ho says thnt $70.000 would cover
nearly nil thnt 1ms been paid out for printing
during the last four years. ,1 would like to
call the attention of the loglRlnthra and Mr.
Hathaway to the fact that mi appropriation
of $101,000 , bosldci miscellaneous printing
done for various Institutions , has boon nmdo
for this purpose during the last fcur years ,
It looks very suspicious that Mr. Hatha
way should bo so intcrestcel In getting this
stnto printer bill through when ho has
readily had nmo-tcnths of nil the work done
for the state by contract or otherwise ,
mostly otherwise , for the Inst ton or fifteen
years. HnsitY Gmaox.
Tito rmr C4t Nnvlcq.
LtxcoiA , Nob. , March 19. To the
Editor ot Tnis BBC : Will you ho kind
enough to Inform n constant reader which
three nations possess the largest navies J
CONSTANT RBADKII.
Ans. England , Franco , Russia.
Exception Tnkcii.
NOIITU BUND , Nob. , March 21. To the
Editor of TncBnu : In your Issue of last
Saturday was a base attack on Mrs. Clark ,
of North Bond. Permit mo to sny through
your columns thnt the article was prompted
by revenge , nnd was ns fnlso ns uncalled for.
Mio. L. M. MBAUS ,
AHSCSSOI-S' Work.
In their meeting Wednesday the ward nnd
township assessors decided to list real estate
property at one-third of its full value , nud
for personal belongings County Clerk Rocho
will make up n schedule corresponding ns
nearly ns possible to the values In other
counties. Heretofore , property has
been assessed nt about one-fourth
its full value. consequently the
rate of taxes In this coiinty has boon higher
according to the amount of valuation ,
$25,000,000 , than nny place else. A bill was
introduced In the legislature in this session
providing that houses and lands bo assessed
at their full value , but it failed to pass. The
assessors all over Nebraska have taken the
responsibility of raising the basis to one-
third.
This is the year also Jor taking the old sol
dier census , and Mr. Roacho Is having blanks ,
adapted to that purpose , printed.
Selling School Property.
Secretary Piper says that the object of of
fering for sale part of tho.Slxteonth street
frontage of the lots on which the Hartman
school is. situated , is for the purpose of buy
ing lots north and south of the Fifteenth
street frontago. It Is always desirable to
fiavo a school house extend north nnd south ,
Instead of east and west , because in the for
mer case the rooms get the sunlight cither
in the morning or afternoon , while in the
latter case the north rooms never get it.
The Paul school lots nro to bo sold because
that structure , which was intended as an
overflow school for the Izard , Is too far away
from the latter. It is desired to move it
about three blocks cast of its present loca
tion , or to Twenty-second and Paul streets.
South Dakota Capital Candidates.
CnAMiiEiu.AiK , So. Dak. , March 21.
[ Special to TUB Bun. ] The question ns to
where the temporary capital of South Dakota
will bo located is absorbing all the attention
of the press nt present , There are now nine
candidates In the Held Chamberlain , Sioux
Falls , Mitchell , Madison , Watortown , Rod-
field , Huron , Pierre and Aberdeen. The
vote of the Black Hills will probably decide
the location , and there Is no doubt but thnt
they will vote tor a town on the Missouri
river. The Hills people do not fool very
friendly toward Pierre on nccouut of its try
ing to get the soldiers' homo from the Hot
Springs. Chamberlain will In all probability
get n malority of the Hills voto.
.
An Kai-thciiinko lu Egypt.
SMTIIKA , March 21. A heavy shock of
carthquauo has occurred horo.
OIlUI3IiITO 1VOSIKN.
Chnrgcn Mnilo Aanlnut the Bnpcrln *
tcmtcnt nnd Matron Mnhonoy.
Notice was served on TUB Hun last Tues
day thnt the board of county commissioner * ,
would yesterday rccoivo such complaints ns
might bo mmlo against the management ot
the poor farm ,
In answer to this , TUB HER yostcrelny
filed with the clerk of the court the follow *
ing charges ngalnst Mr. nnd Mrs. John J ,
Mnhonoy i
Defer the honorable board of county com-
mUMonorsof Douglas county , Nebraska.
James H. lloynos ]
John J. Maiionoy and [ Complaint.
Mrs. John J. Mahonoy. )
The coinmnmt and Information of Jamci
B. Hnynos , nn elector of the county of
Douglas , mndo before the hononiblo board
of county commissioners of Douglas county ,
Nebraska , who being first duly sworn on his
oath says thnt ho has reason to bclluva and
uoos believe thnt John J. Mnhonoy , superin
tendent of the Douglas county poor farm ,
niul Mrs. John J , Mnhonoy , matron of the
county poor hoysa and hospltnl ,
nro now , and for sovornl months
past. boon Rullty of habitual nnel
willful neglect of duty anil of gross
partiality In the ndlsohnrgo of the
duties nssignoel to thorn under the law nnd
under their nppolntmont ns mich suporton-
dent nnd matron by the board of county com
missioners in the following particulars ;
That said John J. Mahoney and Mrs. John
J , Mnhonoy have boon guilty of cruelty to
woniun in delicate condition committed to
tlielr clmreo and to infant babes and otlior
Inmates ; that said Mrs. John J. Mahoney
has used nnel habitually uses obscene and In
sulting epithets to destitute females and In
mates nnd has exhibited violent temper to
wards them ; thnt the said John J. Mahoney
nnel Mrs. John J. Mahoney hnvo permitted
the said poor house nnd county
hospltnl to become overrun with
vermin nnel filth ; hnvo ncglcctoa
the wants of the sick committed to tholr
cnro ; hax-o permitted the son of the said
John J. Mahoney nnd Mrs. John J. Mahoney
to crully treat and ill use Imbcollos conllnod
In sold poor house nnd hospltnl , hnvo utilized
the time nnd labor of women retained by the
county , as nurses for the use of the said Mrs ,
John J. Mabonoy' thfct the said John J.
Mnhonoy has inhumanly treated nnd allowed
his assistants to inhumanly treat nnel dissect
bodies of deceased Inmates of said county
poor house nnd hospltnl : that the sale ! John
J. Mahoney and Mrs. John J. Mahoucy nro
wholly unlit for the places they now occupy
ns superintendent nnd matron under the ap
pointment of the board of county commis
sioners. JAS. B. HATNKS.
Subscribed in my presence and sworn to
boforc mo this 21st day of March , 18S9.
[ Seal. ] N. P. FEU , ,
Notary Public.
Unfortunately , Mr. Edward Rosowutor ,
editor of TUP. Bee , is out of the city nud
could not sign the complaint , and as the time
allowed in which to make the same was lim
ited , it was deemed expedient to elo so to-day ,
the document bolug signed by auothor gcutlo-
man connected with Tin : BBE.
This document was road in the presence ot
Mahoney and the commissioners. Upon mo
tion of Mr. Tumor , the clerk was ordered to
have n copy served on Mahoney , together '
with summons to appear und make answer.
It was proposed to sot Saturday na the time
for hearing evidence , but Mnhonoy sold bo
would Insist on the three days allowed him
by law , so it was ordered that the summons
bo made returnable nt 0 o'clock Monday
morning , nnd that the hearing of evidence
should begin at that time.
ROTTEN ALLEYS.
1 he Pavements In Them Are Now Bo-
glnninK to Appear.
There is an excellent movement on foot
which has boon delayed these mauy yoara.
It is the scraping and cleaning of the paved
alloys in the heart of the city. There are
five of those , running from Sixteenth to
Ninth street. They are paved with granlto
and the work cost thousands of dollars.
Since the laying of the pavement they have
not boon scraped not oven swept. As a
consequence , upon thorn has rested the ac
cumulation of filth and rottenness of years.
While the streets have boon cleaned regu
larly , thcso ulloys have fostered In corrup
tion. They wcro a disgrace to the city.
The reform was undertaken at the In-
Btanco of Tun BIB. But It Is only an imper
fect reformation. These alloys arc now being
cleaned by inmates of the city Jail under the
direction of Ofllcor Rowdcn. The alloy north
of Douglas has been robbed of its corruption
and the latter is being carted away by teams
under the supervision ot Street Commis
sioner Kent. The chlorido-of-limo committee
is now working the alloy between Douglas
nnd Farnam streets- and the result of its
labors is tbo marvel of the beholders.
The alloys south of Farnam , Harnoy
Howard and Jackson will bo cleaned In turn
which may require till the end of next wook.
Thenceforward , Ofllcor Rowdon says ho has
boon Instructed to keep these thoroughfares
perfectly clean. Ho will make use of jail
birds In the work.
This system , however , It seeing does not
glvo satisfaction. It Is claimed that while It
is inexpensive to the city , It deprives dosortN
Ing people ot work to which they are enti
tled , and besides does not guarantee the reg
ularity of work which would bo the case under
a regular contractor. The cleaned alloys ,
however , will bo appreciated. Now the
merchants along the alloys are waiting for n
councilman who will Introduce an ordinance
which will make tlicir sweeping n weekly
occurrence to bo paid for by the city.
4
New Ceirporntloii.
Articles of Incorporation for the Nowmnn
Methodist Episcopal church were filed with ,
the county clerk. The trustees and incorporators -
porators are : L. O , Jonos'M , Q. Rohr.
bnugh , lYnnk B. Bryant , C. F. Harrison and
Thomas Baker.
A GOOD SUGGESTION.
"HCONOM Y , as wise folks say , What course should people then pursue ?
Jl Is wealth pronounced another way , In short , the only thing to do ,
So while "hard times" the people cry , Though rich in bonds , or worldly poor ,
The Toilet Soaps they should not buy. The "IvonvSoAp" thcyshould procure ,
Let'all who buy such Soaps take care Which may be bought from coast to coast ,
To weigh the cake exact and fair , At sixteen cents per pound at most ,
And find they pay in figures round And does more satisfaction grant
A dollar , more or less per pound. Than all the Toilet Soaps extant.
A WORD OF WARNING ,
There are many white soaps , each represented to be" Just as good as the' Ivory V'
they ARE NOT , but like all counterfeits , lack the peculiar ancf remarkable qualities
of the genuine , A k for "Ivory" Soap and Insist upon getting It ,
Coj > rrlgUt ISM , by Procter < b Gamble.