Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, April 13, 1889, Page 4, Image 4
" - * THE O3VIAHA DAILY BEIfr. . SATURDAY APRIL 13. 1889 , THE DAILY BEE. EVfillY MOHN1NG. TEHM3 OP 8U11SCIUPT10N , DMIr ( Morning IMltlon ) Including SUHDA.T lKii.Un ! Year . Vat filx Months . KM For Three Months. . * . . . . . : , ; . iw ITIIH .OMAHA Bimoxr JJ r , mailed to any address , One Year . . . . . see TVKRKI.Y IlKE , Ono Year . 200 "OMAHA OrriCB. No . U nnd 8 PAUNAM STIIKBT. i CHICAGO Omen , r/o : UooKBnr iwt > iN < i. NRW TOIIK OrricK. ROOMS 14 AM > 15 T" " UN * Jiuit.oiNfi. WARHIKOTOM Or OB , No. 613 FouitTEENTit BTHKKT. COHHRSI'ONDKNOB. All commnnlcntlons relating to news and _ eai- orlnl mutter should be addressed to the Euiion nnB All buslnevi letters andromittnnccs should be addressed to THE IIKK I'unuaiiiNd COMI-AHV. OMAHA. Iratti , olierKs and postolllc * orders to b made payable to the order of the company. 'Ac BCD Publishing Company , Proprietors , E. RO3EWATER , Editor. " ' " " ' " ' ' ' Notice to Agents nrnl Subscribers Wo will consider It a favor If agents and sut > - rcrlbors will notlfr ui at < " > c ° when THE \\r.t \ fulls to reach them promptly. In order to sue cossfiilly remedy any fault In the delivery of papers , it Is absolutely necessary that wo know the date on which papers were late or missing. If late , glvo the time and train on which TUB HUE reached your town. Also state from what direction so that wo can locate the trouble and apply the proper remedy. Vapors are fre quently carried by a town through tlio care lessness of the route agents , ami when this oc curs , we can , v 1th full Information , place the tlamo where It belongs. UAI1/Y KEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nebraska. I - , County of Douglas , f03" ' Ocorgo 1) ) . Tzsrhuck , secretary of the Hoe Tub- lUtilng comoany , does Rolomnly swear that the BCtualclrculatlon of Tun DAILY UEK for the week ending April 0 1889. was as follows : KunOav. Marchni . 1 , K)0 ) Holiday. April 1 . 18,7i > 7 Tuesday. April a . 1B.POJ Wednesday ! Aprils . lasflO TJuirsdar , AprlU . . . ! .H Friday. April G . in. US Saturday , April 0 . 19,019 Average t H. ! H UEOHCIB n. TZSCIIUOIC. Sworn to before mo and subscribed to in ray wcsonco this Oth day of April. A. D. 1889. goal. N. P. FKIU Notary Public. State of Nebraska. I. , County of Douglas. f ' George 11. Tzschuck , bolng duly sworn , do- roses and says that ho Is secretary ol the Heo Publishing company , ttiat the actual average dally clrculatlo of TUB DAILY HUB for the month ot March. lb8S , 18,660 copies : for April. J888 , 18.7U copies ; for May. lass , 18,183 copies ; for June , 1888. ivjua copies ; for July , 18C8 18.KO copies ; for August , 1888 , 38.1SJ copies ; for September , 1883 , 1K.1M conies ; for October. 1888 , IWWt copies : for Novem ber , 1S88,1H.HPO copies ; for December , 1888,18.231 copies ; for January , 1869 , 18,574 copies ; for February - ruary , 1889. Wvffifr . TzscnncK < Sworn to before mo and subscribed in my presence this 2d day of March. A. 1) . issa. N. P. KEHi Notary Public. IT IS the law-abiding street car com pany which scorns to bo Rotting the right of way nowadays. YANKTON has evidently caught on to the rising crest of a boom and is des tined to press Sioux City pretty hard. WITH a hundred thousand dollar libel suit on his hands Russell Harrison has at ono leap stepped into the front ranks of journalism. If the adventurer , fortune hunter nnd desperado wore weeded out of the Oklahoma boomers , the United States would need very few soldiers to keep the lmndfulof bona fide settlers out of ( the promised land. Tnn state university regents have banished microphobla froti the list of studies and will close the hog cholera ( factory next Juno. With Billings out of the way the swine plague will lan guish for want of virus. COUNCILMAN POHD'S mouthings at the police are a pictorial representation of the ancient gentleman who hurled his jawbone "at his onomios. The favorite - ito son of the Third ward will never re cover from the dismissal of his boarders. fact that the appointment of the' board of park commissioners devolves upon the judges of the district court of ! this district IB sufficient assurance to .Din- people that the selection of this most important body will bo made with a view to the integrity and litnoss of the members. THIS recent prodding of the Omaha road effected a mild reform. The com pany has decided to carry stock shipped froni northern points over its own tracks to South Onuilm , instead of giving a chart haul to the Missouri Pacific. Tlio change will materially benefit shippers. COUNCIL BLUFFS cost mills nro strug gling desperately to evade the untl- garnishee law passed by the legislature of Nebraska. Tlio task is u futile ono , but they cannot peacefully relinquish a profitable source of revenue without a fight. The Omaha sharks who. are as sisting them render themselves liable to prosecution and punishment. TllK annual report of the city clerk shows the indebtedness of South Omaha to bo $350,578. This enormous sum was contracted last year , aggregating a debt of thirty dollars for every man , woman and child in that city. Who is to blame ? In our opinion the responsi bility lies with the men and papers that foisted n separate city government on South Omaha and boomed the bonding ichomos of last summer. PiiusioiiNT EAKUISON'S southern pol icy can hardly fall to beneficially affect the republican party in that section. By placing progressive young men on guard , and carefully avoiding race dis tinctions , harmony and unity will pre vail , and recruits w.111 bo attracted In stead of being repelled. With the mosshacks and disreputables retired , the young , energetic blood of the south will assort itself and rally under the re publican banner of prosperity and pro- toctton. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TUB board of public works displays commendable vigor in the enforcement of the law relating to the tearing up of pavements by street , car companies. Heretofore the companies recklessly tore up section after section of pave ment without regard to the interests of the city or property owners. Now they are compelled to pay in advance the cost of paving between the trucks , nnd tlio amount is divided pro rati : among the taxpayer * abutting the street. It lorvos to chock wholesale nflds on pave ments , and forces the companies tc build continuous llnea , instead of strips here mid tboro to hold the utreot. pnoannss. Wo have recently noted that there was an active demand in the south for skilled labor , nnd that the industrial enterprises of that section were steadily advancing. The latest figures show that there is nsubstnntial foundation for those statements. None of the com plaints that come from the industrial interests of the north are heard from similar interests in the south. On the contrary there is reported a steady pro gress in that section , mid the circum stances of this growth may well chal lenge the attention of northern manu facturers. It will surprise all who take an inter est in industrial progress to know that during the first throe months of the present year the number of manufnotur- ng establishments organized nnd pro- ected in the south exceeds those of ast year by nearly turoo hundred , and hose of the year previous by over three undred. It will bo still more urprising to know that the capl- al stock represented by the list f new enterprises , and enlargements fold Dlnnts , during , the ( IratqUDrtor-of ho present year , exceeded that for the orresponding period of the previous car by about twenty million dollars. Looking at these figures with reference o what they indicate , it is impossi- } lo not to conclude that the Industrial 'ccord ' for the year promises to bo the greatest in the history of the south. How long can this rate of progress bo naintained Is n question of vital con- iorn to the manufacturing interests of , ho north. Wo referred a few days ngo the conditions which were operating .gainst the iron interests of Ponnsyl- ania , nnd , in fact , the -entire east , to ho advantage of the south , and to the lUtcry which was being made by oast- irn manufacturers for relief. Mani- 'estly , if this induatrial growth In the outh is kept up , nnd there seems every cason to expect that it will bo , a rovo- ution in tlio industrial interests of the north would bo inevitable. At the present imo the south is supplying more than demands of that section. The pro ducts of southern manufactories are in- ending every other portion of the coun- , ry. What is to bo the ultimate effect of this extraordinary southern progress ? The indications nro that the whole in dustrial system of the country must , ivlthin a short time , undergo n change , and that among the consequences to bo expected is a radical departure from the policy under which northern manufac- .urors have hitherto been sustained. It s u possibility of the future that the ntoresls in the north which have per- ilstontly demanded to bo protected by ogislation , will bo found asking the ut most freedom of trade , and that the sup port of thn tariff will come from the rowing industricsof the south. In that section a protection sentiment has been widely developed within the past few years , and is undoubtedly making steady progress. It is by no means impossible that ton years hence , or oven before that time , the most ardent proteetion- sts will bo in the south and the voice of Pennsylvania and Ohio will bo heard in favor of free trade. THE HOARD OF TRADE. The bombardment of the Omahaboard of trade with cartoons , paper wads and mud balls may amuse some of our con- .emporarics. Like the story about the boy and the frogs it is fun for the boy but dcatn to the frogs. The tirade of abuse may bo regarded with indifference by individual mem bers of the board , but it cannot help to bo damaging tj > Omaha. The question has been asked , what has the board'"of trade done for the building up of Omaha , and what is the board doing to extend the commerce of this cityV These questions cannot bo answered in a half-column editorial. Wo will point to a few facts merely to show that the board of trade has been of some use in the past and is not an idle looker-on in Vienna at the present timo. Years ago the board of trade was largely instrumental in solv ing problems that confronted Omaha in the struggle for firmly estab lishing her supremacy as a truffle center. The board of trade is entitled to the credit of erecting the first olllco-build- ing in Omaha , nnd giving momentum to the movement Xhat has resulted in the erection of great structures that would adorn any city. While in the nature of things the hoard has not been able to estab lish a stock exchange or a grain pit , it has done a great deal toward making Omaha the third meat-packing t center in America. Within the past few months the board has , through its influence brought about the location at Omaha of several important manufacturing concerns , notably the casket factory , which will employ steadily more than ono hundred mechanics , The board has just organized nn ex cursion to the Black Hills , which is already anticipated with marked inter est by people In that region , and cannot fail to materially add to the commerce of Omaha in the near future. While some of our contempor aries take delight in represent ing' the board as a body of Rip Vnn Winkles , the truth Is that It is raado up of the most stirring and suc cessful of our business mon , whoso ab sence from Its-meetings is chlolly owing to the enormous pressure upon1 their time of the many Important enterprises they hnvo in hand , Who are these alleged sloopy-hondod Idlers'/ Herman Kountzo , J. H. Mlllard , William A Puxton , John A. Crolghtou , Henry W. Yutes , W. V. Morao , John A. MoShano , P. 0. Hlmobaugh , John A. Wakofiold , Fred Gray , Max Meyer , James E. Boyd Bon Gallagher , H. H. Moday , Euclli Martin , Mr. Cudahy , Prank Colpotzor P. E. Her , C. F. Goodman , and more than two .hundred other successful anc enterprising merchants , manufacturers and capitalists. If those mon do not take part in the discussion of every meeting of the board , It Is not because they are Indlf- fciront about Omaha's growth , but be cause they have so many irons in the lire that they nro not able to spare the time for attending these meetings. I Omahu was a dead town and nil her merchants were bitting in their store playing chess , the board of trade rooms vould always bo crowded at every chance for n lively dobnto. THE nnOAV VIE WOX1 IT. Mayor Broatch is quoted as saying , hnt the city council had no more right o investigate the police department than it had to investigate the city schools. The mayor's version of the aw is doubtless correct. It is equally true , however , that the council , which every ycnr Is called upon to levy a tax or the support of public schools , has n right to inquire into their condition and o ascertain whether or not they nro conducted extravagantly or economic ally , nnd whether the school nccommo- dations are ample or dofiolot\t ; whether the number of teachers employed is sufficient or excessive , anl whether the teachers nnd school employes are paid fair or extravagant sal aries. If the right of the council to nako this inquiry bo denied the levy of n school tax to any amount within tlio imit fixed by the law would bo compul sory. In other words , the council would ) o compelled , without investigation as the wants of our schools , to comply with the demands of the school board as .o the tax levy for school purposes. Mayor Broatch will hardly contend that such is the intent of the law. Now If the council has a right to in vestigate the financial condition and nnnngomcntof our public schools , as nust bo conceded by nil unbiased men , would not the council have n right to ntorrogato , under oath if need bo , any olllcor or employe of the school board ? While the board is independent of the council and the council cannot raise or lower any salary or dismiss any teacher or janitor , would .t not bo regarded a broach of courtesy , to say the least , for any teacher or school ofilcor to defy the council , ignore .Is summons and refuse to give It In- brmation within the proper scope of any reasonable Inquiry. If this bo true of employes of the school board is it not equally so of per sons under the direction of the police nnd fire commission ? Suppose the coun cil desire to jnq'ilro Into the condition of the Uro department and its needs in the way of supulles , additional lire en gines , horses or carts , would its com mittee on fire and police not- have the right to send for the fire chief or any of his men nnd question them with regard to the equip ment of the fire department. What would bo thought of the refusal of the lire chief or his mon to respond to a summons from the council ? Nobody contends tliat the council can appoint or discharge policemen or in terfere with them in the discharge of their duties , nor can the counc.il legally interfere with the discipline of the police. But the right of the council to investigate the condition and general conduct of the police and fire depart ments can hardly bo called in question , in view of its duty to provide the ways and menus for the maintenance of those departments. The refusal of policemen to respond tea a summons from the council seems to us to bo not only an act of 'discourtesy , but a defiance of authority. A poliso- man summoned before any magistrate , or any legislative body , has no right to question their authority to issue a sum mons. It is his duty , just as it is the obligation of private citizens to respect the summons , and if the questions asked of him are improper or unlawful , ho may decline to answer thorn. The council may have been rasn in ordering an investigation into griev ances that properly come before the police commission , and it is doubtful whether they have the power to rem edy these grievances except through the police commission. But the police should not bo placed in attitude disrespectful a law-defying , respectful to the body charged with the duty of maintaining the force. There is whore wo draw the lino. Policemen have no right to assume that they are not subject to summons from the council , which may summon even the mayor and mombei'3 of the police commission before it3 investigating committees. Tun Bun has always stood ( Irmly in support of the prerogatives of the police commission , and against any interfer ence by the council in the government of the police , but the right to investi gate the condition of the department by the council must bo conceded. There may bo limitations to this inquiry , but these should bo defined by the cltyjs legal advisor. SCJUATTKUS are already moving toward the Sioux reservation , prepara tory to a descent on the land as soon as it is thrown open to settlement. It is the height of folly to go there with the expectation of being able to secure a slice of the land at an early day. The commission to negotiate with the In dians has not boon completed , and will not outer upon Its labors before the 1st of May. Probably two months will bo required to complete the negotiations , and several weeks must then elapse bo- fora the department examines and ap proves the roport. A vast amount of detail work must bo done before the president's proclamation , placing the land on the market , can bo issued. Four months Is a reasonable estimate of the time required to perfect all tlio d o- talls , and , If the Indians should seri ously resist a reduction of the reserva tion , a much longer period will bo nec essary. Settlers contemplating a raid on Dakota will save themselves much expense and hardship by awaiting the result of the labors of the commission. THE much talked of Inter-State Com merce railway association that has figured so prominently before the pub lic as the "gentlemen's agreement" and tho'"silk hat brigade , " ha ? finally corao down to business. It proposes to settle all differences ana grievances that arise between competing lines by a.board of arbitration and so prevent the dlsast- orous rate wars and rate cutting of the past. With these laudibla intentions , roads which have grievances , nud roads which have rate schedules to adjust , are laying their propositions before that body. The Wabash demands a differential rate on accountof fast trains oil the Alton between Chicago .and St. Louis , nnd the Chicago , Minneapolis & St , Paul desires to mnko the same rato3 between points in northern Nebraska nnd Duhith that'nro now in effect be tween those points nnd Chicago. Other roads hnvo similar demands to mnko. The question Is , how will the nssocin- slon ndjust tho"aiHlcultlos equitably nnd satisfactorily lonll ? Wo shall presently see what wo shall see. The public will soon know whether the association is sufficiently strong to enforce obedience from its dbsa"llsfied [ members , or whether It wllY jnill to pieces like a rope of sand at the tirs.t strain. MoAnoo , of Now Jer sey , is wasting his energies on a meas ure reorganizing and reforming the diplomatic service and abolishing the ministerial. Tlio gentleman from Jer sey groped in the dark during the four years of his party's dominance. Ho persistently refused to see the enormities of foreign diplomcy , while his party friends enjoyed the privileges , but now that they are going with a vengeance , nnd repub licans take their places , ho seizes the occasion to pose as a reformer. The democrats , however , are a distracted minority , and their efforts to manufac ture cheap buncombe will bo ovorlooko d by n chnritabl n public. ON the authority of the R-tllway Ago sixty-six now roads , aggregating a mileage of ever fifty-three thousand miles , have boon projected since- the beginning of the present year , of which some fifteen thousand miles are under contract , and the remainder either surveyed or incorporated. In view ot the fact that the present year lias boon pronounced an off year for railroad building , the record is a surprise. It is hardly probable , however , that one- fourth of the roads projected will bo built , although there are pressing de mands for railroad extension in some localities. OTHER LAXQS THAN OURS. The proposal of a local government bill for Scotland by the Salisbury ministry , upon Hues moro advanced than -had hitherto bocn suggested by a tory olllcor of the crown , was a surprise to parliament. The bill introduce , ! creates county councils elected by household suftraco , having functions similar to the councils recently established in England. Uut the moasura goes farther and surren ders to those councils the right to legislate on private bills. This branch of legislation las always been exercised by parliament alone. No one supposed that the local gov ernment for England would be the cad of the movement. ; Scotland nnd Wales were iromlscd the like m duo time. The dram atic turn in the course of the Purnoll com mission nnd , the hostile verdicts of the electors , , in the by-olectlons combine to qnlckon Salisbury's legis lative pace. The\litroduction of the bill for Scotland comes ih time to affect the Blnning- liam election , un i' may have a tendency to steady the wavorjag columns of the union ists. It Is u matter of wonder as to how far Lord Salisbury is c.ip.iblo of carrying his concessions. He has railed at household suffrage , laud expropriation , local autonomy , and so on. and jbL [ when ho gets to the jumping-off place , up surrenders his princi ples and takes tliqjhjup. A minister who can denounce forced latidoUtcs under a theory of > dual ownership as brigandage , and then pre sort bills perpetuating that tlmory upon the statute books , a minister who can deliber ately confound the sentiment , for loc.il auton omy with socialism , and then turn about and glvo England a county government and Scotland even a broader system of self-gov ernment , needs but another twist of the screws to embrace homo rule itsalf. It has been the ooinion of many of the liberal load ers that a tory government is doatinnd to give Ireland a Dublin parliament. Capturing an enemy's supply tralu is war , and Lord Salisbury.since ho tfsmo into power , has made pretty free with Mr. Gladstone's bag gage. * * The election for the seat left vacant by the death of John Bright will take place Mon day , nnd the result will be regarded with great interest not ulono in Eugland , but else where. The conservatives anil unionists have united on the great orator's eldest son , and the Gladstonians have an able candidate to oppose him. The Mr. Bright who is run ning , rather against his will , resembles his father m npponranco and habits , but cannot muko an average speech , or conduct the simplest kind of an .argument. HU.youngor brother , a vigoroui homo ruler by the way , is , on the contrary , an able debater , and has made quite a reputation in parliament. A similar condition of things exists ia the Gladstone family. The ox-premier's eldest son Is a very quiet man , not troubled with even the average degree of intelligenco. Hli young brother , Henry , is , oa the other hand , a capital speaker/im able financier , and is admitted , on all hands , to bo a coming man. * * The friends of Boulaugor are making a great deal of noise , but every day their Idol loses in the respect of the world , if not in that of sensible Frenchmen. AU reasonable men see that Boulaiiger ut the helm of Franco would probably enter upon a period of storm , the end of which could not bo fore told. Boulangor Is a man of intense ambi tions , and experience shows him to bo with out scruple. Ho denies that ho is working for a dictatorship , but that is of-courso. Wo doubt if Franco would tolerate tbo prooosl- tion at this tiuio. The history of Franca is too recent for tolerance of that. Yet , Gam- botta was dictator , In. all but the name , and ho was tolerated , anil oven more. Ho was worshiped. A matt of affairs In a largo sense , ho was wise enough to conceal the sword in the scitb'bard. Boulangor lacks that in which Gambia excelled. Ho is es sentially a military man , with the instincts ot a military character. But ho is n states man of tie Brummagem typo. Ho may bo called a ? 'apolconlwithout bruins. That ho would endanger the pence of Europe if at the head of the stntal nobody doubts. With such a man it would be the army against the people , and that would mean war. Ul It * * The most serious' ganger , perhaps , that at present menaces tiupence of Europe , is the Illness of the Idoguof Holluna. William is siow Bovcnty-four'ydirs ' old , and has long boon In fcoblo hca'ltn ; The heir to the throne Is a nine-year-old girl , during whoso minority Queen Emma , her mother , will doubtless bo regent. The danger lies In the fact that Bis marck has undoubtedly long looked upon Holland with longing eyes and the oppor tunity which will bo offered by the wopknoss of a regency is ono that ho is hardly likely to let go unless compelled to dose so by the united opposition of the other great powers. Holland lias just what Ger many most needs to Increase her greatness. Besides her excol'ont ' sou ports and great commercial advantages , Holland's colonies are largo ana prosperous , and Bismarck is f particularly Intent upon securing colonies. It is not likely that the sturdy Dutch will look upon any such plan with favor. Their pres ent condition is too prosperous to make thqm desirous of making such au experiment aa amalgamation with Imperial Germany. Be' sides this there are many other obstacles m the way of such n union. But Bismarck's masterly skill and Indomitable will may find n way of accomplishing his purpose , though not without n bloody war. * * The Uusslan minister of commerce has submitted to the emperor tlio plans for the great Siberian railway. The importance of this great trunk line cannot oaSly bo over estimated. It will open up a vast empire ot wonderful mineral nnd agricultural re sources and'suparlor climate. Immigration will bo attracted from eastern nnd south eastern Europe , nnd capital wilt follow In the wnko of the emigrant. There Is no doubt In the minds of well informed people that Siberia will ultimately become ono of the richest nnd most prosperous countries in tbo world. The western terminus of the great Siberian railway will bo Slatoust , n mining city In the province of Orenburg , connected with the general Russian railroad system by a branch road uow in process of construction. It will touch the cities of Omsk , Tomsk and Irkutsk , nnd strike the great river Amur at n point which has not yet been definitely located , * * * The returns of the now railway enterprise of the Argentine Republic show n steady nnd romurknblo development of that country. The report of the Buenos Ayres Great South ern railway , recently wosontcd to Its stock holders in London , showed that. In the latter half of 13SS the company had been called upon to snip to South America twenty-eight locomotives , twenty-four passenger cars nnd nearly nine hundred freight cars. This is n remarkable Increase , yet it seems to bo fully justlllcd by the trafllo returns. For the first quarter of the present year the railroad's not earnings showed au Increase ever the same period last year amounting to 5320,000. The secretary observed , In making his report : "The country has been advancing so rapidly that at times wo feel that wo hnvo not been able to keo ] ) pace with It , " and the figures of the report show this to DO no exaggeration. Ten years ngo the district now traversed by this railway was almost uninhabited. The climate and natural resources of that coun try are such as to assure it n great future. Its chief danger now lies in bad financial government. The crude principles on which Its banking system is founded malco the Ar gentine Republic peculiarly vulnerable to financial disaster. A money crisis In London , under present conditions , would paralyze the industries ot the South American republic. Fortunately , there seems to bo little danger now to apprehend from that source. * * M gTho proposed extension of the railroad re cently opened in China has bcmi stopped. The road is eighty-six and n half miles long , nnd the engineers In the field had located forty-live miles of the extension when they were ordered to return to Tien-Tsin. While the warning of the court astrologers that the recent fire in the palace at Pekin had boon caused by the malign influence of the rail road appears to have served as a pretext for the interruption of the work , the protests of thousands of boatmen and cartmon , who declared that the road would rum their busi ness , undoubtedly had some weight. It Is feared that work may not bo resumed for years. The introduction of railroads is fa vored by the empress and the seventh prince , but the seventh prince is 111 , and Ihoso who oppose the roails have their own way. There is danger that if the seventh urinco should die the road now in use would bo torn My , The officers of the railroad company have repeatedly been threatened with assass ination , even in memorials sent to the gov ernment. The Influence of the progressive viceroy , Li Hung Chang , by whoso labors the gpvernmont was induced to permit the construction of the roau , scorns to have been overcome by those who cling to the old ways. * * . France , Austria and Germany have adopted smokeless and almost noiseless gunpowder for their armies. When the next great Euro pean war taices place the battles will bear but a faint resemblance to any that have preceded tnem. There will bo little noise nnd less smoke , and if half the now inven tions answer expectations , the loss of lifo will bo so terrible that the issue will bo very speedily decided. The Hicclilor Case. Cliteaoo Itcnilil. Miss Bicchlcr , who journeyed from Chicago cage to Oinnna and killed young King , escapes all punishment save detention for trial and acquittal. The jury at Omaha has not oven resented the costs which the woman's ' uct threw upon their city. It may have been held to bo an honor in the slayer to favor Omaha , when n hated rival might hnvo worn the sensation as a trophy of growing empire. The recurring discharge of female assas sins indicates the existence of a belief in man a belief above law and statute that woman shoull not bo punished when she kills the lover or husband who has abandoned her. Her own character counts for nothing in the case. Certainly she was no worse before she was a murderess than after. How savage the people of America really are at heart is best revealed in the placidity of soul witu which they look on the corpse of a murdered man. Horror at the deed does not exist. If there were excuse for anger , the American juryman will consider it duo apology for slaughter. With such a premium oh blood it is n mar vel that American women nro not more gory. Men court their sweethearts with life In hand. Hers not to reason why. Hers simply to shoot. His to dlo at her demand. The jury's to weep upon the periods of the elo quent counsel- for defense. It Is western human nature that is beyond cavil. And a mouse will still scare Sorosis , Perhaps , too , if mon generally killed as Justly as women , the social world would go bettor. Don't Kusli to Oklahoma. St. Lmits aiobt-DemacrM. Those who are unpaged in organizing Okla- Iioya colonies at various points east of the Missouri river had much bettor turn their at tention to something else. There are already enough persons waiting within sight of the coveted lands to absorb all the really desir able claims ; and these who fail to take ac count of this fact will moot with certain dis appointment , , A Bight of Great Interest. San Franelteo Alta. Puuncofoto , the now British minister , Is descended from the lady who ransomed her husband from the Saracens by cutting off her right hand and sending It to them. If the uow diplomat moot General Sohcnck anil Dick Winlotsmlth ho will BOO senna hcnda fully as remarkable as that of his ancestress , A Tale of Two Republics. Utlea Observer. Strange , Isn't Itt The French senate was the cause 'of sending Boulangor out of the country. The United States aqnato was the cause of keeping Halstoad at homo. The senate must go. Unmooratio Holloltuilo. lloilun Herald , Every democratic oftlcoholaor in this coun try thinks President Harrison ought to talcu a vacation. Wliut Does Jllioily BIcun ? Clilcaau lima. Rhode Island lias elected a senator of mid dle ago who docs not scorn to uo enormously rich. What does this departure from the general rule signify I And will the sonalo accept this choice as eligible for a sent in the rich man's club ) The Unblcs G'onkdtrt Stand It , Vhtcaga Trf&wif. There nro no babies , so far as wo liavo been able to ascertain , named In honor of the Rov. Joseph Cook. To confer his name on n moro human baby would bo nn net of unpar donable presumption , anyhow. HITS AND MISSUS. Wo have had enough of diseased sontl- mcntnllsm. The Blcchlor woman is not a heroine. Editor Hitchcock U having lawn tennis grounds made on .his Twentieth street lots. It Is not , as has been charged , n dude pasture. There will bo only tears of sympathy and a cngcful of bouquets for the siren who may playfully kill "her man. " O , woman I The Society of Christian Kmlcnvor , It Is said , has expressed little hopn for the genius who makes Soup for the Herald , or the ass who grinds the Coffee of tlio Republican. Postmaster Gallagher says that there nro n number of vigorous candidates for his shoes who nro becoming very Impatient. Ho thinks Major Clurlcson , possibly , Is in the lead , and Is of the opinion that Senator Man- dorson finds It dlfllcult to determine upon Clarkton. The postmaster has nn Idea that , as soon as nn acceptable man can bo agreed upon , ho will be asked to vacate the ofileo , regardless of the term for which ho was ap pointed. The only man In Washington who can In- torvfow Secretary WIndom nt all hours of the day and night , especially In the night , is the Washington ( J ) correspondent ot the Herald. Ho seems to bo able to reuse the secretary from his slumbers at 2 n. m. , but strangely enough the correspondent ( J ) never gets any Information except that which TUB BEC prints tno day before. Hugh Murphy's mastodon should bo care fully and tenderly preserved. By scientifi cally wiring the bones it can bo utilized as a democratic candidate for mayor next fall. Il Is a significant fact that Con Gallagher throw up his aspirations on the eve of the discovery. The Omaha contingent of the Oklahoma boomers \vlsoly views the distant landscape through clouds of tobacco smoke. By con tinuing to draw on the weed at homo they will spare themselves and their purses a rude awakening. It costs an oven $10 to call a man a liar In the Omaha police court. The assessment is increased in proportion to the vigor and venom of the assertion , but docs not cover the consequences of a head-cud collision outside. The thirty-third resurrection of the Omaha Humane society has been effected. This is refined cruelty to honored but neglected memories. Con Gallagher does not want to bo consm ercd a candidate for the mayoralty because ho Is interested In city contracts. Il is bet ter , ho thinks , to put up ono of his aspiring , friends , provided , of course , ho can pull the strings. The poltco have been favored with P. White Cap letter from Cut-Off lake. It is an invitation to the sleuths to call in dis guise. In sporting parlance thoifavorito way to throw a race is to "tako a Knapp. " It is moro expressive and suggestive thuu taking headers. Why don't Colonel Cliaso come to the res cue of the board of trade ? Somebody whisp ers its because ho wants the postofUco at Thirteenth and Dodge. WHAT TICK1JI3S US. Oil City Blizzard : The less head a man has the more frequently ho loses It. Judge : DoGarry I hoar old Lordly is being sued for divorce. Bjonos Actress or typewriter ? Now VorkMail : Noan would have failed as n railroad man. Ho oven built au ark to keep stock from boimr watered. The death of the head of the great distil lery at Cognac removes a famous man , but his spirit is still with us. Boston Transcript : It is a little girl of five who makes the discovery that the shad Is a porcup'ine turned inside out. Puck : Maud And what will you do now that poor Flossy is gone ? Sibyl ( mourning tlio dcuiiso of a favorlto poodle ) I shall marry. Blnghamton Republican : A critic thinks the "art of writing poetry is in decay. " If ho means that modern poetry is mostly rot , wo vote aye. Lifo : Miss Wabash How delightfully your sister plays 1 Miss Waldo Why , my dear , that's the man in the back parlor tun ing the piano. Jewelers' Weekly : A scarf-pin shield tha t will protect its wearer from entanglement from entanglement with a girl's hair would bo a boon to mankind. Texas Siftlngs : A Jersey City undertaker advertises that ho furnishes "ovorytnlng re quisite for a funeral. " He must bo a doctor as well as an undertaker. Lifo : "Hello , Brown I I hear you have anew now typewriter. IB eho good-looking ? " "Good-looking ! Why , man , no ; my wife selected her. " "Why , how did she come to select her ? " "Well , you see my wife was a typewriter herself before I married hor. " Judge : Colonel Gotirkor It seems too good to bo true. How did you coma to no- old fellow like i Miss ccptun mo Ingenue- Well , you see , Colonel , mamma was begin ning to act so silly and girlish ever you that I had to stop in tov prevent losing bor. BTATH AND TliKllITOllY. Ncl > rnnka .JottlnijH. Oxford intends to bo in style with n brass band and a basa ball ulub. The Western Union is making arrange. uiontH to open an uptown ofllco at Norfolk. Ed. Hoaro , of Plutto county , has received the appointment oC farmer at the Genoa In dian school. The Gothenburg roller mill company has bean organized and will rebuild the mill at that place recently destroyed by firo. The school census of Kearney shows 1,005 boys ana 1,070 girls of school age , and on this basis the city papers tlguro out a total population of 10,000. , Tha Madison county agricultural society will offer Increased speed purses and hopes to mnko the fair this full the best ever ho Id in the county. Arrangements are being made by the To- ciimseh Grand Army east to alva an enter tainment April > , 20 and " 7 to raisu funds to build u hull for the post. There uro two cases of smallpox at Arapahoe - hoe , but the patients have been quarantined In a building out of town and there Is no danger of the spread of the disease. The Ulysses election stirred up some bad blood and resulted in a pugilistic ) engage ment between two men and a poker , The Children .Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. When Bobr wu slct , wo gare bar CaMorla , When the was a Child , he cried for Cutorlo , When eho became lUa , tha clung to Castorta , W ] > ? n idie hoi Children , she gare them CMtorU. | w > licr escaped unhurt , but 0110 of the mon received n bnd cut on thn scalp. A great discovery has boon made In Fron tier county , about thirty-one miles smith of Curtis. Two farmers unearthed an cnor iiiotis bono eight foot long nnd ton Indict In illnmotor , resembling n mmnmoth horn or tusk. Not , being satisfied , they continued their work and found the hand ot the hnlmiu which once here this great horn. The hoaj was fully four foot across , nnd lurthor dig ging found the other horn or tusk , n perfect mnto to tlio nttior , but broken from the skull mid lying lint on the earth. Howard county bonstn of the smallest llv Ing perfect imm ouulda of the traveling shows in tlio world , In the person of Huns Hnnson Wostergnanl , who lives on n farm ton miles from St , Puui. Ho was born In Denmark fifty-four years ngo ; has n wlfo , who tilts the beam nt 3J5 pounds , is father ot four children , nil living , rviul enjoys per. feet health. Mr. Wcstorgaard Is perfectly formed , weighs fifty pounds , nnd stands thlrty-olght Inches in height. Ho has three brothers , who differ but n few Inches in height from him. Ills children nro nil stal wart , well-developed men. Ho can dispose of n glass of boor nt it CMO gnlt , providing ho can reach the counter to secure It. town. ICookuk Is after an oloctrlo railway. The deposits in the Davenport bnnki amount to $7,250,000 , Bricklaying has commenced on the govern ment building nt Ottumwn. Davenport , is fifty years olil , Its first city election having been held in 1839. Fort Dodge wants Governor Flfor ot III- luoln to orulo there on the fourth of July , The railway commissioners' rates ploasa the people of Clinton nnd there Is talk of os tnbllshing a packing house. Mrn. Jnno Wilson , nn old resident of Scott county , olchty-two years of ago , died nt Kau nas City , but her remains were broughc to Davenport for burial. A citizen of Conrad has boon warned to leave within a certain time and buslnoAi men liavo been notified that the party notl fled to leave must depart within u week or the town would bo ournod to ashes. There is trouble In Lyons Jboeauno the dis orderly house ordinance Is not enforced. I3y its terms the mayor out of the costs of pros ecution would got $3 per month from cacti saloonkeeper. They uro willing to pay f 10 per month line but don't want to pay costs. Will Elliott , of Marlon , has n patent snoo button fastener. A Troy , N. Y. , llrm has offered to buy the patent from him nnd give him 81,500per year as traveling salesman , with expenses , besides n royalty oa every muuluno sold , nnd also send him to the Vi enna fair and pay all his expenses. Dnkoia. Yonkton is talking about a $30,000 hotel. Three men , named Lucas , Black and Mar- kol , have boon held to the grand Jury at Get tysburg for setting fire to the pnilrio. For starting a prairie flro whlon did extensive tensive dnmago in eastern Fnulk county A. M. Strnchan has been arrested uud bound over to the grand Jury , While eating breakfast John Leerolx of Grand Unpids dropped over dead. Ho was n Frenchman and had reached the advanced ngo of one hundred nnd four years. Mow that the building season is opening In Yankton the Press and Dakotlan suggests that "it costs no tuoro to put up modern style than to erect the dry goods box pattern of residences. " "Tho people of Dakota have gone right to work to help each other out of the trouble caused by the pratrfo flres. nnd In a few wooiss the sufferer ? will bo talking politics as cheerfully as over , " says the Aberdeen Uo- publicnn. The city of Wntcrtown Is negotiating with William Mclntyro for the construction ot two railroads , the Watortown , Aberdeen & NorthwestBrn , nnd the Watertown , Sioux Falls & Chicago. Companies have been or ganlzcd and the Wntertown pcoolo bcliovo tlia movement will surely bring them more rail roads. The Kearney PostninntorHlitu. STOCKUAM , Neb. , April 12. To the Editor ofTiiEBEK ! i notice by the daily papers Hint the friends of Moses H. Sydenham are urging his appointment as postmaster ut Kearney. Permit ono , who has known Mr Sydenhum for sixteen years , 10 express nn earnest wish that this may bo brough about. Even sixteen years ago Mr. Syden ham was an old settler in the region about old Fort Kearney. His experience In the railway mall service for the past ton years or more has made him fully acquainted with all the duties that will devolve upon tbo post master. Ho is , besides , a man of wide in formation , and most truly ' 'a man without guile. " His upright citizenship from tha earliest pioneer days to the present time , has built , up a completed claim to public recogni tion that , it seems to mo , ought to bo ro gardcd and rewarded. Tnat ho has not , as Is the case with many of the noblest Bouls , the gain-getting faculty , Is an additional reason for his preferment. Very truly yours , T. L. EVANS. Down on tlio Twine Trust. CKAIO , Neb. , April 12. [ Corrcspondenca of TUB Bnn.J The rain which has fallen quite heavily for the past two days , was baaly needed and came none too soon. Corn ground is now in good shape , and n largo pec cent , of it is already prepared for planting , though none has been done yet. Wheat and oats are looking nicely , the formal- being Ui | and growing rapidly. There nro flvo ncrcj of wheat this year to one last , also three ol oats to ono last year. The Tokninau Creolegrango.of this county , have decided not to use binding twine , ii hold nt the present high prices , and have Issued - sued a request to all Uurt county farmers tq Join them. A card was also published a few days ago by a few representative farmers ta the same effect , and they will all , to n man , stand by thulr pledges made against tha twine trust. E. F. IKWIK. LITTLE MARY CECILIA DRUNOLD Uus just been cured of I In' wnrut Euzenin ever soun ! > y tlio doctors ivlio tri'ntcd her. Kruin lioml to lout n innss ofilfHpnsocI slcln. Hov- oral phyBlulaiiH , n niodioal college * , and nil rumodin * fall. Cured by ijiitlc'iira Homed lot ) , Myllttla daughter , Miiry Cocllla Drunold , vai nllllctcd with tlifl worxt cnso of eczema ever peon by the doctors who traalod hur. Hlie was lltoralfy covered from head Mi font with scabs. Theuo jiliVHtclana tried their best to curt ) her , but I buflevu thciy were only oxparlmonting , Tlioy kupt on experimenting lor ever ten months , but Instead ( if ( jottlnt ; bolter the child got WOMB , and I did not know what oourso to imnnio. My wlfo took her , ufier uehudpuld ull \vu could allord for medical treatment , to a medical collcgo whore Ilii-rfl were some twenty or thirty dottorfiaasumbled , hut the I'uxe bullied them all , My wife had to go every day , and > Eomutlmnx twlca a day. In fact tha mcdlctno they KHVO my child cud not huvo time to act , even If them wa any Vlrtun Iti It , It wax changed BO often by orders of thodoclnr.4. Tlio latter part of January , after everything hud fulled , and natlence and money wore ixuli ox- luiustoil , T made up > nv inliul to quit all doctor- IIIK and try the O'lrrioinu HKUKIUKH. Idlilio , ami now. f can say that my daughter li cnrfd. sound in health , uud well , to the nurprlao ol hnnilmih , . Tha ( Inifc'k'lHt. Mr. II. M. Kruoger. comer Clmteauluid Ktvlng Avenues , who Bold UH the CUTictuiA HKMVDIIH : : , Is tit much nHtoiitKlicd us any of us , 'Tho CIITJOUIIA HKiiKDirrf hnvo wmked u complete cure , and wit huvo lined uut little more than tlune-fourths of a bet l ot C'UTIOUIU Ki : . ° oiVK.sT , and a prnporttrmnlt ! amount of CUTICUIIA andUirricuiiA KOAI * . 1 am ready ut any time to make uiudavlt that my daughter had tint xvoi'dt cime nf ttcv.oma , us the doctor * nil udmlt , ever Been In thin city , nnd that olie had been aired milely by the CUTICUUA IlKMr.niK.x. tfter the best phy.-dcluns and rtrao dies fulled. I shall lie glud to have any emu cull upon or urlte me wji" has n child similarly iillllcied , ot any iicraon who is troubled wall n akin dim-use , tlmtlie may ROD forhltiihulf wlintyuiirUL'Tii'uiiA KiMiiiiKd : IUM-K done , J do this In u'ltilltmlo for tht > euro that hai been ellertod in by thlid'a cane , CliAH. l . MllUNOI.l ) . W. ( iiutlutHt. , t , Louis. OUliriJUA IlKniBDlKH Are sold every where. 1'rlc. : CUTICUIIA , tCc ; SOAI3.70 : IIBHOIVKNT. ] . I'reimrod by the I'DTtKH UltUO AND ClIKMICAl , C < ) UI'OIIAT1ON , - for "Uow to Cure Skin Disease * . " IH pages , 6U lllimtrfttlons. and luu testimonial * . I nVPl'VSVvl"t ? ' Wawf Bklu and Softest iiUTu llnnds produced by UUTIOUUA BOAI- . , PAINFUL KIDNEYS mWEAK weary , dull , aching , ilf elew. ail-none sensation , IIKUKVJ-.H IN ONI : MIMITK by the ( JUTIOUJU ANTI-PAW J'iMBTKii.Tho rtrst nnd only Instan- UUOOUB painkilling Btreuutuonlui ; plutor , 2Go.