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copy Orders for extra copies will be
promptly attended to
Tun mayor-oloct already rcalizos that
a public olllco is a private bore
Mit Davis was not cast in the mold
that makes honest and impartial presid
ing ofilcors
The interests of the city demand that
the jobbers and contractors bo ignored
in the organization of the council The
merconurios should bo vigorously sat
upon
AnoiasinNO the tax on tobacco will
not materially benefit the people The
duty on tobacco should bo rotaincd so
long as there is a tarifT on the necessaries -
sarios of life
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Tim Russian grip is not half as dan
gerous to the public health as the Dod
lin grunito grip on cortuili members of
the city council The city can tolerate
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the former , but the latter should bo
vigorously purged
Tun thousand railroad omployos have
potitioncd the interstate commerce
commibsion to compel railway companies
to abolish the death dealingbumpors on
freight trains If the law does not give
the commission that power congress
should enact u law to that effect
Tun Zanzibar consular court has as
sesses Tippoo Tib's trcachory at fifty
thousand dollars By a singular coln-
cideucc that is the sum total in the
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hands of Tib's local agent , so that the
court will not bo put to the nnnoyanco
of collecting the fiuo in the roraoto
Africau jungle
Tiik total of Omalm bank clearings
for the year show nninorousoof twenty
four million dollursun average Increase
of two millions ti month These figures
r are not lnilatod , but represent actual
t business transactions As a financial
_ center , Omaha keeps pace with the
growth of the surrounding country
Tun murderer , IConunlor , has ex
hausted the resources of the courts of
Now York in an effort to escape death
by electricity The court of Inst resort
has continued the Bontonco , and unless
the governor interposes , Kommlor will
, Boon lie dlspatohod by lightning The ,
recent killing of llnomon In Now York
has removed all doubts us to the ofllcacy
of olectrlolty
Tun position of Spoukor Rood re
garding steamship subsidies is not a
* matter of public knowledge , but the
character of the houbo uommlttco of
, nicrohunt murino and lisherlos suggests
1 that the spoalcor is favorable to sub
sidies The chairman of the cominlt-
too , Mr Fnrn , uhur of Now York , Is a
pronounced advocate of the subsidy
/ polioy , i\jid is understood to have ready
a bill providing for the payment of a
tounago subsidy Mr , Dlngley of Maine
t' and Mr , Bingham of Pennsylvania ,
among the republicans ot the commit
tee , ure as fully committed to subsidies
as the cbnirmart , whllp Amos J. Cum
f mlugs of Now York , among the donio-
crats , Is understood to heartily favpr
this polioy It would thus seem that
the committee hail been • made up with
ospeclal reference to getting the most
favorable attention and the strongest
possible support for subsidies , in behalf -
half of which a strong outsldfl pressure
t upon congress is pretty well assured
coNannss and run west
Tbo committees of the proscnt con
gress show the first cordial recognition
of the west that has yet boon accorded
by the national legislature Speaker
Reeds selections como with nil the
moro grace from nn eastern representa
tive and are none the less appreciated
on that account
In both the ponuto and the house the
west will bo given an opportunity to
volco its vlows and to shnpo legislation
In the senate the great committees of
appropriations , tigriculturo , foreign re
lations , public lands , mines find mining ,
patents , p ublio buildings and pen
sions , postofllco claims and interstate
commerce nro picslded over by western
senators In the house , beginning with
Ways nnd mentis and running through
the list , the west has boon glen
n full nnd frco recognition of her im
portance and ot her republicanism
With a western president and a western -
orn cabinet , with western financial ideas
dominating through a western bccrolary
of the treasury , with a western commis
sioner of the Innd olllco under n western
secretary of the interior , the brond and
virllo ideas of the hoartof thocoutincnt
ought not to lack for exurossion or for a
respectful hearing
The west has alwajs heretofore lostiu
mfluonco at Washington partly by lack
of organization and partly by lack of co
hesion in the nature of its demands It
has boon the homo of political
Idons and the hive of progres
sive theories of government
Its senators nnd representatives
from diverse constituencies have dlf-
/oi'C / < l almost as much among themselves
upon inattors of public policy ns have
the roprosontatlvos from the east and
south
Now responsibilities bring with thorn
now conservatism The Increased rep
resentation given to the west in slinuing
legislation should uotmakoit , however ,
bashful in pressing its demands for
laws needed to reduce the burdens of
government , incronso the facilities for
commercial intercourse or dovoloo , on
national lines , interests and plans
whose promotion will add to the general -
oral welfare Atonco the granary and
the treasure house ot the country , and
steadily reaching out to grasp the man
ufacturing supremacy , its claims for
recognition in the national councils can
only bo Ignored through lack of ability
or ot union on the part of its roprosou-
tailvos _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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JUSTlCV WAXAMAKCR
The public , man who goes forward
consistently and conscientiously in the
performance of his duty is pretty cur
tain to ultimately receive just consider
ation from the American people Post
master Goncral Wanntnakor has been
the object of attack and of ridicule from
certain newspapers , but his straightfor
ward and businesslike course , in the ad
ministration of his department is begin
ning to bo appreciated by the public ,
to tlie dlscomlituro of the traducora and
lampooners The people are beginning
to understand that ho knows what ho is
about , that ho is the most practical man
who lias boon at the head of the postal
service in years , and that the president ,
desiring that the postofllco aojiartmcnt
should be managed on business princi
ples , selected the right man to carry
out this purpose
The report of the postmaster goncral
was the most comprehensive and thor
oughly practical statement of the
changes nnd reforms uoedod in the
postal service that has over been inado
Ho had no thoorics to proponnd , but
with the clear judgment of a man long
familiar with the control of a largo
business and the managomout ot men
stitod what was necessary to bo done In
order to mcroase the olllcionoy of the
service Many of his suggestions can
not bo carried out without the nuthority
of congress , but to the extent that the
postmaster general possesses the power
to introduce reforms ho has done so ,
and the advantages are already appar-
ont The mall service in all itsbranchos
has boon greatly improvoa under its
present administration , giving every
reasonable assurance of further im
provement if congress shall allow the
postmaster general to put Into effect the
measures ho dooms ossontiul to a thor
ough reform of the service
All this the onomica and traducers of
the postmaster general are compelled
to admit and in view of the excellent
record ho has already tnado it is not
surprising to' find it said that
ho is ono of the most popular mon In the
cabinet , enjoying in the fullest degree
the conlidonco ot his colleagues and of
the president It is impossible to say
how far congress may bo disposed to go
in responding to the suggestions ot the
postmahtcr general It is a question
whether most congressmen euro to have
the department run on strictly business
principles , rather preferring that It
should continue to bo moro or loss ot n
political machine But whntevor dis
position that body shall manlfost in the
mutter , the country will nccord to Mr
Wanamnkor the credit ot having im
proved tbo service to the oxlont of his
authority and pointed out the way to
further reform it and Incraaso its ct-
llcloney _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
ul SPECULATIVEbOUUMn
It 1b no longer a sccrot that a de
termined effort will bo tnado to relocate
the Rosebud and Pine Rldgo Indian
ngoucloB The proposed chaugo is part
of the agreement entered into with the
Sioux commission , by which the lattor's
ondorsomout was secured in return for
assistance in procuring signers to the
agreement for a reduction of the res
ervation But wo very much mistake
the temper ot the Indian buronu it It
sanctions the agreement No good
purpose can bo subserved by tbo
removal The object is not bo
much the comfort and convonlonco
ot the Indians us to place the agencies
on wheels and assist land speculators in
booming town lots when the reserva
tion is opan to settlement An agonoy
is as olfectiva as a county scat in boom
ing n , town slto and assisting the pro
jectors In disposing of raw prnlrio nt
fancy prices , The intoresta of the
government tire secondary , if it * busi
ness , can bo shifted from place to place
to enable land syndicates and politi
cians to unload their holdings ou gul
lible speculators
The present location of both agonoics
fin hardly bo improved They are ac
cessible from all points and possess con
veniences which would tnko yoarsof
labor to secure on the north sldo of the
reservation Kallroad facilities nro
unsurpassed ana the wagon roads nnd
bridges , constructed by the govern
ment , render communication between
the Indians nnd the agency officials
prompt and convenient Possessing
these advantages , how can the Indians
or the government bo benefitted by a
chnngoV On the contrary , the rotnovnl
ot the ngenoy moans the loss ot thou
sands of dollars to the government The
warehouses and ether necessary build
ings , costing largo sums ofinonoy ,
would bo abandoned nnd loft to decay ,
while largo expenditures would have
to bo mndo to equip nn agency
at a now ' point , now roads nnd bridges
constructed , nnd railroad facilities so
cured all of which are now ndequutcly
provided In ntldition the government
has gene to great expense in enlarging
forts Robinson and Valentino on ac
count ot these ugoncics If the latter
are removed , the usefulness of the posts
will bo seriously impaired , thus entail
ing greater losses on the govornincnt
without securing the slightest bonollt
The Nebraska dulcgatlon should head
off the speculators seeking to enrich
thumsolves at the public cxponso The
Rosebud nnd Pine Rldgo ngoncios now
answer till purposes for which they wcro
built , and they should not bo abandoned
Tim 0I.OS1NO MA It
The year 1889 will bo lnomorablo for
several important political ovpnts First
among these was the return of the re
publican party to the full control of the
nntioual government , which It had
not hold for four years preceding
Perhaps equally Important was the nd-
mission into the union ot four now
states These are the conspicuous facts
in our own history of the closinp year
In foreign lands the overthrow of the
monarchy in Brazil Is the most notable
event of the year , with the movement ,
promising to bo successful , for a union
of the Central American states holding
the second lilaco of political linportnnco
European countries lntvo experienced
no changes of a oliticul nature of great
significance Most of the questions
that have commanded the attention of
the rulers and statesmen of Europe for
several years are still unsettled and
continue to inenato the pe.ico of
the nations - There is apparent , how
I ever , in some of the European coun
tries , notably in Portugal and Spain , a
growth of public sontlmoi't favorable
to moro liberal forms of government ,
and revolutionary developments in more
than ono country of Europe , in the near
future , nro by no moans improbable
The year 188 ! ) will also bo mcmorablo
for its disasters by Hood and lire The
Johnstown Hood , with its great loss of
lifo and property , was the crowning
calamity of the year There wcro great
Hoods in China by which thousands of
lives were lost , but there was no such
destruction ot property as in the Cone
mangh valley The great fires of the
year , at Scattlo , Spokane Palls , Lynn
and Boston , destroyed property to the
value of about thirty millions of
dolhird "
In the necrology of the year the most
prominent names of Americans are
these of Justice Stanley Matthews of
the supreme court , Ex-Minister George
II Pendleton , Congressman Samuel S ,
Cox , Henry W. Grady and Jefferson
Davis , while of Englishmen there are
the poets Browning and Tuppor
Industrially and commercially the
results of the year hnvo boon on the
whole satisfactory , showing a very
considerable improvement over these
of the proviou3 year This country
harvested the largest grain and cotton
crops in its history , and their move
ment has boon so largo as to
overtax tbo carrying facilities of
the railroads The iron business has
awakened from its own lothnrgv and is
now at the height of activity and
prosperity The railway construction ,
amounting to about Hvo thousand miles ,
has not been so laryo as in ether years ,
but the indications are that the growth
is healthful because consisting muinly
of short branches and extensions Of ex
isting lines In short , there has boon
in nourly all dopartmouts of business ,
as compared with the conditions a year
ago , a sound and substantial improve
ment , which gives promise of being
maintained Thus the year 1889 , great
ns have boon its misfortunes , has been
rich in bounties and bonoflts , and it
will close with all the conditions favorable
blo tolho _ continued progress , and en
larged prosporlty of the country
Tiikei ! carloads of Piukorton dotee-
tlvos have gene to a mining town in
Pennsylvania whore the minors are on
a strike It is Bafo to predict an early
announcement of outrngos by these ir
responsible hirelings If the author
ities of the place to which these to-
called dotoctlvoa are sent do tholrMuty
they will compel them to leave without
any ceremony , and in the event of their
refusal put every mim of them where
ho can do no harm , The importation
of these mon is an outrage upon the
pcoplo and an insult to the authority of
the state of Pennsylvania which should
bo vigorously resented
An Omaha pronchcr gees out of his
way to criticize the press for not devot
ing moro space to the proceedings ot a
recent prohibition gathering in this
city As a mnttor of fact the press re
frained from exposing what was an all
rpund failure out of courtesy to the mis
guided people of this city who were
responsible for the alleged convention
The drop in the price of sugar comes
just in tlmo to catch congress discuss
ing the abolition of the duty on that
article The move is doubtless in
tended to show thattho , tariff has no
connoctioii with the prlco of sugar , but
the fact remains that the highest prices
prevail when the national capltol is
deserted _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
The passenger rate war inaugurated
by the railroads will bonoflt few per
sons What the oroducorc of the west
wuut is a slashingof freight rates that
\vill onnblo thorn to market their crops
ho that ull the profits will not bo ab
sorbed by the railroads
OMAHA did not make much noise
about her progress during 1889 , yet the
record no.\yn cC0 v'nP ' tbo finishing
touches will shptv a surprising and sub
stantial IrtriftRfao ever the previous year
In ovcry dlfilrfJtmont of trade
KttU'8 COMMIiMT
It is BtranRo-'but true that when n person
Rets hold of'1 ' this foreign grip ho loses his
own
own.About llvqUbousnnd thrco liundrod miles
ot railway V.or , ° constructed during the past
vcar A , |
The weatlicrj'prophcts who last fall fore
told nn tinuluAlly severe winter might now
hedge by predicting nn Ice famine
There nro 10,000 minors out ot employment
in Pennsylvania on account of the mild
weather It Is a good wind which does not
blow Bomobody III
The telephone lift * been declared dangcrou *
to the stnte In Russia Evorythtng appears
tn bo dangerous In that country except ofllclnl
robbery nnd persecution
Houlangcr declares that ho is not coming
to Amoi lea to loctnro The general Is n gen
tiomnn nnd n scholar Public opinion ot him
is rapidly rising la this country
These are the stages ot our national con
gress ; First , the opening ; second , the re
cess ; third , the rccovor.v from the second ;
fourth , the horse play pt the close
Miss Knto ricld , through her now pnpor ,
tells the members of congress not to sit on
their spines This dictum i\ill not Uotolor-
ntod She Is striking at the very base ot
personal liberty
The lalo oclipsn of the sun wns not much of
n success from u spectacular ur a scientific
point ot view Foreign countries dent socm
to know how to manngo the cui tains ot the
upper air
Four now synagogues wcro rocnntlvoponcd
In New York within the space of ton davs
That city lins now forty-soveu ot these torn
pics , a larger number than can bo found in
nny other city in the world
Georgia wilt rulso a unoiiumont to the
Into 11V. . Grady and nourly $10,000 has al-
rendv been sulisrribed for that purpose In
the way of piomptnoss in raising memorials
the Boutn can give many points to the north
The last confederate wur horse died a few
days before Christmas , near Lynchburg , Vn
His nnmo was Stonewall Jackson , ho was
tlilrtv-threa ioars old nnd ho had rocolved
ninny wounds in battle ilo ulso is to have a
monument
The girls of Wolloslcy collojro want a college -
lego cry They say It must bo a will ' ,
lyrical cry , strong , but feminine " It is
hereby suggested that a mouse might oo lot
loose umonp thorn unexpectedly and such a
yell as they want would invent itself In au
Instant
The southern press displays much Judi
cious shrewdness In calling the frequent
imissacrcs of the blacks race wars ' ' Gen
eral indignation throughout the country is
thus averted and wholesale murders of col
ored people can bo committed with a largo
dogrco ot impunity
The sultun of lurkoyls alarmed over the
Brazilian revolution Ho has promised to
pay his soldiers as soon ns possible , and is
suid to have motcd that he would Ilka to
have back the diamonds ho presontcd
to the latO'S , S. Cox His treasury is In a
deplorable aonditlon
Gcorgo W. | Vanderbilt , the youngest of
the millionaire family , has bought n mag
nificent privatc'park of about flvothousaud
ncres in North Carolina Ho paid $310,000
for the csta 'lo and his Improvements upon it
will tnako tlio whole cost nearly Sl/iOO.OOO.
In ordinary pconlo , such an outlay for amore
moro pleasure park , avpuld seem , oxtrava-
pant
The prince of modern swind'ers is a Chi
namun who recently conducted u "washeo
washco" establishment In Mow York city
Ho went back to his native lard and repre
senting hlmaolf as n high ofilcl.il collected
largo sums from various cities , in all about
$ JJC0O00. The yovornment is out after him
in full cry nnd w hon caught lie is to be cut
Into eighteen pieces It will thus bo scjn
that ho has a powerful lnccq/lvo to avoid
his pursuers , for if captured , It will bo u
dlftlcult matter for him to get mraself to
gether a ain
And I'robably Never Will
Boston Glohe
No amount or extraordinary legislation
has over yet rnado prohibition prohibit
Goil' .nm'rt PI I thy street * .
Kcw lor/c HerM
The American Geological society is in ses
sion In this city Its members might , llnd
some interesting petrified cats and ether
specimens in the variegated strata of our
streets
l-riuieis iUui'nliv'd Wav
Clitcaao Tribune
Francis Murphy continues to blunder
along in his wickedly nonpartisan way , in
ducing drunuards to reform by the power of
Kindness alone This.man is actually too
busy saving men from intemperance to learn
anything about the authorized method of
doing the work , which , as everybody knows ,
is oy passing laws
Senator /YIIIhoii'h / Ivleullon Surir
Sfrjiite / QIo ! ) -Dmrat. :
If there ever was nny real opposition
among the republican members of tbo Iowa
legislature to Senator Allison's ro-sloction
it has died out When the vota is taken a
low weeks hence ho will get the full party
majority _
PerryJlnnth for Congress
Jirimcte ( frid ) lltraltt
The Union City Times Is out squarely for
Perry S. Heath for congress , with the proviso
vise that General Tom Ilrowno rotlros volun
tarily Tbo Herald believes that the Hrowuo
nag has done duty long enough Wo dent
want any mau that Is in fuvor of taxing the
Ainorlcan people 1 cent a pound on sugar
nnd giving It as a bounty to Louisiana sugar
growers nijr
il-i
l'rule nnd'Dlcnliy ' ni a Discount
\l'u ! > fitiiatoil K l ,
It Colonol'Calvln S. Urico did not say what
ho is repprtod'ns havlne said that moro
rather than { inonoy should bo used in
olcctiona" wo'wo ' half a mind to say it our
self Thopfidi and dignity of Aniorlcan
citizenship should bo maintained at any cost ;
and it comes hard to fool overwhelmingly
proud or poBJlarously dlgnltled when you
know your vwtdxYould fetch loss than ? 2 m
the open inarkof If this country is to bs
the noble asldm ot the oppressed and pursued -
sued of all lil/'ftl' / and tba glittering beacon
light of hum JIbcrty wo'va got to sock up
the price of yews ; and the only way to do it
Is to put moro money Into oloctiona
A Wemern PVonitor
The American Grocer , Now Yorit , De
cember 25 , moUe the following complimen
tary referoncVto this paper :
Tub Oiriiu Bed Is a wonder It was es
tablished and _ U conducted and owned by
EJwsrd Uosswater , a man who during tbo
war was President Lincoln's telegraph op
erator , la which position be exhibited all tha
qualities of ability and fidelity which hare
dUtinguished4iUa in after lifo
When he established Tub Bee twenty
years ago ( about the tlmo the Ainorlcan
Orocor was o tttlishod ) ) , it was in a httlo
frame shanty3 _ TbIs year it moved Into the
largest and unest among tha inauy magnlll-
cent nowspapar bulldlngt of the west , built
by Mr Rosowatur , expressly to accommo
date the immensQ busiucss of his paper
The difforeaoo between the llrtt copy ot
Tnr Bsr and the paper at present , is about
the same as the diffcrenco between the
Amorlcnn Orocor of today and Its first
Issue , a fao simile ot which wo Issued re
cently ,
All this , It gees without sajlng , has not
been accomplished without Intelligent , hnrd
work ; but Tnr OmuiaBkb today is ono of
the grandest trlbutns to the opportunities afforded -
forded by this country to cntcprlse , ability
and integrity ,
CIjHVKU women
Miss Maud Pauncefoto , the oldest daugh
ter of Sir Julian Pauncofolo , the English
minister , Is ono of the hnnasomost ot the le
gation girls In Washington Her figure it
tall nnd graceful She Is fond of outdoor
exorcise , chiefly wanting She has been rep
resented at court , but she is so satisfied with
this country that she says that she never
wants to go back to Knglnnd
Qucon Victoria has graciously expressed
her willingness to accept a copy ot Miss
Woods latest work on ' nursing " ' Special
permission has to bo obtained before a book
can bo sent to her majesty Then the vol
ume has to bo bound by the royal book
binders in color and material to mntch the
other books In that part of the queens 11-
brury in which the now volume will bo
ulacod
The placing of Miss Umlly Fulthfull's nnmo
on the lZngllsh Civil List , with a pension of
t.VJ n > ear , I * a small acknowledgment of
the tunny years dovolion and energy she has
displayed In organizing oniployinont for her
countrywotnun Miss Fallhfull Is well
known throughout both England nud the
United States , and her immense services in
behalf of the poorer members of her own
sox will never bo forgotten
Mrs Violotta Lamb , who died In Now
York u fowdaysngo , aged nlnoty-sovon. was
the Wlfo of a revolutionary soldier She was
ono of the clrls who throw llowors ueforo
Iuf.i > ctto when he last visited America
She also presented him with a bouquet nnd
received a kiss front him In return Sim
was the crandmother of Prof Bucone Lamb
Richards , of Yolo university , who Is himsotf
old enough to bo a grandfather
Ono of the nahlcst works In London is
that conducted by Miss Mary II Steer , who
nine years ago took up her restdenco in the
worst district of that cltv , for the purprfso of
reforming the degraded girls nnd women
who abounded there She founded the
llntcllft-Hlghwny llcfuge , St Gcorgo's-lu-
thc-Esist , but which has become moro popti
larl v and appropriately known ns the "Hridgo
of Hope " A now building has been erected
to meet the increased demand ot the work
Murrlcltn Holly , author of the popular
" .losmh Allan's Wife papers , began to
write when scarcely moro thuu a child She
was born in the villngo of Adums , N , Y , ,
where she has resided most ot her Ufo , de
voting herself to nn invalid mother She Is
very beautiful , with a rare classic prolllo of
n Greek goddess ; her eyes are a deep brown ,
tender nnd expressive Her head is crowned
with mnsscs of soft , brown hair , which Is
slightly touched with times sllvory lingers
CAN Wt CHANGE CLIMATE ?
Tills May lie Among the Possibilities
el'tlio Comlnir Century
It hns been maintained that the mild
weather of this winter thus far and of
the entire period of last winter is owing
to a dolloction ot the gulf stream , if
this is so , why could It not bo dolloctod
some more and muko Now England
tropical and raise oranges in Now
Hampshire and pineapples in ( Maincr1
Wo believe that certain audacious en
gineers have offered to do this , provided
capital enough is furnished for the un
dertaking
To a limited extent , oven now , it is au
admitted fact that a man can make his
owiicllmatc The meteorological con
ditions of the west have been greatly
modlflod since it was first settled Per
haps Now En glanders may Uecide some
day that , instead ot chancing our flan
nels every winter It will bo cheaper in
the long run to change our climate and
dlspenso with flannels entirely
Ot course It sounds preposterous to
advocate the deflection of the gulf
stream , but many preposterous things
have huopened in the nineteenth cen
tury and who shall say that any schoino
which is proposed for the twentieth
century is chimerical ? After wo have
married the Orient and the Occldont
by a bridge across Bchring's Strait ,
and are able to go to Europe via Siborla
in a Pullman car , wo may turn our at
tention seriously to the gulf btrcaiu
Acrnw hlberla by Kail
Two Russian onginocrs Messrs
'KrouglicoIT and Inichonick of St Pe
tersburg arrived hero today , says an
Ottawa dispatch They have neon en
gaged for nearly two years on a survey
of part of the route of the proposed
Trans-Siberian railway For the present
ont only sections of the road will bo
built , the intention being for the time
to utilize the magnificent strutchos of
water communication in Slboria Hav
ing completed their survey the engin
eers spent a short time in Japan , and
then were ordered to oxamlno the Can
adian Pacific They wont ever the
Rocky Mountain section thrco times
and wore greatly impressed with the
engineering tkill and boldness exhibit
ed tlicro The route they surveyed also
went through a mountainous country ,
but the mountains are not so high as
the Rockies and the road will bs much
easier to construct The Siberian
plains , through which sections of the
road will run , are much like the Cana
dian northwest , but moro plentifully
timbered The climate , while consid" -
orably colder in winter , is warm in
summer , nnd the country is well llttod
for agriculture
Peru's Whittling Jugs
The sllvndors , or musical jugs , found
among the burial places of Pont are
most ingonius spocltnons ot handiwork ,
says the St Louis Republic The Wil
liam -Vaux collection in Philadelphia
contains a romarkublo example of this
rude and ancient art It is composed of
two vessels joined together with a clay
stem or pipe , after the fashion of the
Siamese twins The stem is hollow ; ono
jug is'ontiroly closed up , except a small
opening provided with it clay tube load
ing to the body of the whistle When
a liquid is poured into the opou-mouthod
jug the air is compressed into the ether
through the opening in the connecting
stem , whence It Is forced Into the
whistle , the vibrations producing the
lovely songs of various forest birds pe
culiar to Peru and South Ainorlcan
countries The Clay collection in the
tame city also contains some wonderful
samples af Peruvian art , among which
are the robin vases aud the llama jugs ,
the former imitating the songs of the
robbiu and the latter , being fashioned
in the form of the liama , imitates the
ojoclion of saliva , well romombcrod as
being ono of that animals disgusting
habits
o ,
Kaiiiinlnr's Ijat MnpR Clone
HocnesTER , NY , Dec 80. Joseph Kcmm-
ler , the murderer sentenced to death byoloc-
iricity , appealed to the general torni , claim
ing his sentence was unconstitutional as It
proscribed an unusuul nnd cruel manner of
death , Tbo court hold that the ovldouco
wont lo show it was not a cruel method of
indicting the death penalty ; that it was
therefore constitutional , and remanded tbo
prisoner to undergo the punishment
iCcnimler'a only chance of escape now Is
through the clemency ot the govornorwhich
is not likely to bo exercised
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An OWl Itnllroailor's Death
SiM Lakb , Utah , Doc 80. | Special Tola-
gram to Tub Bek | Francis Cope , general
freight and passenger agonl of the Union Pa-
clflo lines from Green Uiver to Ogden , Silver
libw , Mont , to Frisco , Utah , Echo ana Park
City , Utah , and the Nevada , Salt Lake &
Western , pied last night Ho was the oldest
railway employe of the Utah Central , having
boon with the company twenty years Death
was tbo result ot overwork
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THE LIQUIDS OF THE CAPITAL
Their Pooullar Effoot on nn Omaha
Grocery Clorlc
GOVERNOR THAYER IN MEXICO
Hrlcf * Description of the Trip An
Important itcalty Transaction
Supreme Court Doings
Notes About tlio City
Ltxcobs Ht'iir.Auor Tim Ouuu Hrr , l
10J ) P Stiiiikt , I
Llxcobv Neb , Dec 30. |
l'G. ' . Morroll , Into a clerk in ono of the
Sixteenth grocery houses , Omaha , arrived
In this city on lust Pridny evening ostensi
bly to go to work for Tames Miller , a grocer
nt the corner of Sovcntoenth and O streets ,
It appears that on bis arrival ho mot some
boon companions nnd proceeded to have u
time , as the so.ung goes Whatever sluft ho
trny have drank had u peculiar effect upon
him At a late hour ho rotlrod to his room
but could not sloop , and lu order tn embrace
morphMis and secure needed rest ho took n
drug of some kind Instead ot producing
the desired effect it wont to his brain and
since then ho has been in a state bordering
on insanity Ho Imagines nil sorts ot things
and among them that Chief Scnvy of Omaha
is after htm So firmly was ho convinced
of this this morning that ho nppcalod to the
pollco ludgo ot this city for protection His
condition Interested several of our citizens
and at present ho is nindly cared for , nud If
his illusions do not wear olt ho will bo taken
bororo the Insuno cotiitnlsiioncrs , If friends
or rolnttvcs do not call and provlda for him ,
nnd sent to the asylum Morroll is a nlco
looking Tellow and bears no Indications of
having formed the drink habit
The Governor In Mexico
The latest advices from Governor Thayer
and party report a saru arrival at the City ot
Mexico Saturday , December 21 , after a
warm and dusty trip from 131 Paso The
principal scenery consisted of cactus and
adobe house * . The first interesting city
passed was Jacaticas , a city of " 5,000 popula
tion , 7S5 miles from HI Paso It is 8,000 fcot
above sea level nnd within Its limits are
some of the richest silver mines in Mexico
The trip from this latter city down the
mountain sldo was nulto interesting , ns was
the next stop , nt Aguns ( Jnlionties Here
was aRlghtuncqunlcd oa the trip The city
is noted for its hot springs nnd baths The
spring is located a short distance from the
city nnd the hot water is brought to the
city in a trench In this trench the governors
ernor's party saw men , women and children
bathlnir and washing their clothes This can
bo seen uny day m the year Ono of the
pnrty took photographs of the scene and I
have no doubt will bo glad to exhibit them
on his return
At this point the special car of the gor-
ornor of the state of San Luis l'otosl was
attached to the train In the evening ho
called on Governor Thayer nnd pirty , and
during the visit invited thorn to his state as
his guests , Ho is a line specimen of the
Mexican gentleman
The sconeryfiom daylight till the arrival
at the ( Jity or Mexico ( about four hours ) ,
was the most Interesting nn the trip The
road runs through a valley whoso ohlof pro
ducts are corn , wheat and maquay , The lat
ter resembles the century plant and lrom it
pulquo , ice , carpets , and in fuct nearly every
thing used In Mexico for food and d rmk are
manufactured , It Is cultivated with wooden
plows mndo in the most primitive manner ,
the ground simply being scratched ever , aud
yet line crops are raised
At the Jardino hotel upon the arrival of
the governors party n band consisting of
thirty-two pieces serenaded them , plaving
all the Amorlcnn airs Sunday morning the
museum was visited A Mexican bull light
wns also soon Words cannot oppress the
opinions of these who were present On
Monday afternoon President Diaz tendered
the party nircoptlan and on Monday even
ing , December 110 , Minister Itynu received
ceived" in their honor December 30 Gov
ernor Thayer and party start homeward
bound
An linyiortiuit Deal
Mr Robert Monnhclmor of Chicago closed
a deal today that makes him the owner of
some of the most vnluablo real estate in the
city Ho purchnsod two lots from S. Mc-
Uonigo , nt the corner of O anil Seventeenth
streets , for which ho paid $20,000. It Is
stated , also , that be bought a lot of another
party for which ho paid $10,000 , making the
total of his Investment $30,000.
Will lie Appealed
The eclobratod Osceola elevator complaint
was called for hearing before the state
board of transportation today at 2 oclock
As has boon stated the complaint was filed
by the Parmor's Co-oporutlvo Grain and
Elevator company against the Union Pacific
rnllroad company The material points in
this complaint nro similar to these of the
the Elmwood complaint , which wns passed
upon and decidrd by tno board thrco or four
weeks ago To stuto them , therctoro , would
bo but to robash what the public is already
familiar with Attorneys ' 1 ibbotu of this
city nnd King of Osceola appeared for the
complainants and W. R. Kelly of Omaha for
the defendant 'J ho arguments were beard
by the board of secretaries , which will pass
findings to the board of transportation for
acceptance or objection The case , however
it may bo decided , will go to the supreme
court
New Notaries Iublic
The governor today rnado the following no
tarial appointments : It , U. Krygor , Koligh ,
Antelope county ; W. H. Plutnor , Oroalia ,
Doualas county ! J , W. McClelland , Puller
ton , Nanco county ; Gcorgo Holmes , Omaha ,
Douslas county ; Ilonry A. Kepler , Dor
chester , Salluo county ; Cyrus Liluck , Uyron ,
Thayer county
Au AMHiiriHl Suucrtfp
Jnko Wolfe , who Is deeply Interested In
the beef packing Industry contemplated for
this city , says that it is on the sure road to
success During the past few days tnllt has
boon somewhat strong that the entcrpriso
lacked bottom and would full through Com
ing from the source it does the ussuranco
given in the first scntenco Is uumciont to
nwnucn now and Mrmer confidence in its sta
bility Iudocd , no cno who has hoard Mr
Wolfe express bimsolf doubts tor a minute
but what it is a sure thing
State iliuiso Jottings
Articles Incorporating the Arena-Ohio
Prult company of Lincoln , wcro fllod in thq
ofllco of the secretary of state today Cupl-
tal stock , $5,000. , Incorporators ! Antonj
G. Ghio , Antonio Arena and August nab
droghim As the name Indicates this is an
Italian concern
The case of tha Call Publishing company
vs the city of Lincoln , in error from the dis
trict court ot Lancaster county , was tiled
for trial in the supreme court toduy The
case was brought to test the constitutionality
of the ordinance law provlalng that no
member of thoxouncil should proilt from
contracts awarded by the council It ap
pears that the Call Publishing company se
cured the coutract for publishing the delln-
iHient tax lUt , and at the time tbo contract
was nwarded Mr II M. Jiusbnoll ot tbo
Cull Publishing compuny was n member of
the council When the bill was presented
for payment the point indicated was raised ,
and liushnell uskod that payment of the bill
bo suspended until tbo supreme court could
pass upon the point Accordingly the issue
was Joined in the district court and final do-
cijlon passed to the supreme court
City Mows unU Notes
Tbo Lincoln real estate exchange will oc
cupy the rooms in the Hurr block , forinorly
occupied by the Capital City Courlor
The annual mooting of tbo Woman's Chris ,
tlan association will bo held in this city
Thursday , at2:30 : In the aflornoon , It will
commence at the First Christian church ,
corner ot Four teen th and K strcots ,
Tbo Hcithany Height Street Hallway com
pany couuncuccd business this raoruiti A
nickel will now boar the sojourners to the
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ r--fc * -iwMjM Ma < jggi ;
Christian university nt any hour of the day JM
The company expects to opor/vto / olcctrlotKB
motors noit spring yM
In the publication ot his now paper , J. D , fM
Calhoun will associate with him J , A. J _ 9
Coryell , nn old Nebraska nowspnpor boy 19
who now resides nt Ogden , Utah Tha first ! _
Issue ot this paper will appear some time | H
In March , : M
Watch night sorvlces will be hold nt the 1
Trinity M. K , church Tuesday evening , com > / '
monclng at 'J and concluding at 12 oclock ) '
The nttendanco at the services Is expected to I
ba largo , fl
The first week of the now year has boon < ,
sst apart by the Evangelical alllnuco of Protf. .
ostant churches as n week of prayer , nnd A
wilt bo generally observed ns such by the A
various denominations of this city
William Ulllispio , who wns arraigned before - .
fore Juilga Houston fet keeping a gambling r
house , this morning , pleaded not guilty nnd r
was admitted to ball in the sum of $ J0J' Ho .
will have his hearing January 2. George T' ,
Miller , arraigned on a similar charge , nisi '
ploadcd not guilty , nnd his hearing was set _ L
for this afternoon 1
DO.VT lMIPATK Till : MA8TI3H. T
Kntlin- Huntington Arrnlittin the MlnB
Utri't ol rasliloiinlilo Clmrchos J
Oiuotno , Dec 00. [ Special Telegram to
Tim llun.l In an address before the Kco > J
nosiila club last night on "Thn Church nnd *
Its Attitude Towards Social Uoforms , " Rev
Father Huntington ot Now York , the noted |
slnglo tax advocate , dealt some pretty sharp .
blows to rashtonnblo church clergymen It •
was n sad commentary on the church , ho
thought , that the great mass ot humanity In
all the great cities , though they had no *
special hatred of the church , yet felt It was
a thing apart from them They felt thoiu- ' , •
t-clvos removed from the church by their >
condition in society and thus tbo mnss of ' (
tua pcoplo was lost to the church Why this
decadence of the lnfluunco ot thochurcliovor • !
the minds of the pcoplo ! The aversion |
ot the masses to the church , ' ;
was , the spoakcr thought , duo In 1
a great measure to the nttitudo of the \
church towards the poor The mnsscs found .
the preachers of the great churches ready ,
enough to talk of future happiness , but A
when It came to doling out some of /i
tlnshuppinoss and pence In this world , they : '
were too often dumb The uttornnces of t
proachcrs on the social ills of this world h
wcro weak nud timid Nor wns It because 4 >
thu ministers were h.Npocritos thut this was
so , nor\ot because they were not awake to y
the luiportnnco of these questions In most ,
cases they did what they thought was ,
wisest They were dependent for their suc
cess mid for the success of the religion they
taught upon the wealth of men '
wlio mndo their money out or <
the existing order ot things , and to
speak of social evils meant the loss of this
palronngo and the consequent extinguish
mi'iit of their power for good And so the
mnsscs do not find their way to the great
churches , nnd do you wonder they are dissat-
lulled with tbo hnrd benches of the mission
chapel and the tame eloquence ot thlrd-rnto
prcucliors } Too many preachers preach to f
tbo poor on Sunday nnd dluo with the rich i-
through the wccir Can It bo wondoiod at ,
that the poor fall to reconcile this with the ' ,
teachings of the Mnstcr who dined with the
poor una Preached to the rich I
XltinUTtiM riO GIjAOSIO.NI : .
Amorlcnn Stntosinoa Semi Tticir
GreetniKS to I re wills Friend
Buitam ) , N. Y. , Dec HO [ Special Telegram -
gram to The UKn.T , for several months ]
l xilo John I. McUrido has been securing
the autographs of statesmen in sympathy I
with homo rule fur Ireland to bo picsontcd
to Prcmior Gladstone on the occasion of the
English statesman'solghtloth birthday Dc- J
lavs have occurred nnd the book , which is a
largo volume , will not bo sent to England I
until tomorrow Prosidcnt Harrison , Vice }
President Morton , several cabinet ofllcors , <
half of the United States senators nad most 3
of tlie congressmen signed tbo book when it J
was presented to thorn by MeBride The ?
closing inscription lu the volume Is written i
by Chauncey M. Dcpew , who , under dnto.nl I
Dccouibor 27 , indites this sentimout ! %
Mr Gladstone holds a place lu the venerj j
ntlon and affection of the Amorlc.m pcoV
pic nevnr occupied by any ether Si
except LaPayctto His attitude upon the >
Irish question received tbo nlmost unanimous
approval of thu citlzuns of the United Stutcs S
The example of Gladstone's hulf century of I
eminent punlic service Is the pride of nil f
Enclish-speaking nations His successful 1 I
efforts for libcrtv nud the welfare of man i y
kind are contributions to the pence and ' , W
prosperity of the pcoplo of the wet Id which i Si
have given him a permanent and conspicu- . 1
ous place in the history of the century " inl
Senator Ingalls suid : Gladstone is ono vul
of these great men who , with the peaceful ,1)1 )
weapons of truth und Justice , hns revolution
ized the ngo in which ho lives " ( Jj
A HOKltintiR SIGHT M
The Ijyiiolilii ; ; at Barnwell Described if
by Ono Who Was Tlicro jj !
Cuvur.nsTox , S. C , Doc 0. [ Special v
Tolceram the Tnu Hen | The ono topic of j j
conversation here is the lynching of thJ
oU/ht negro prisoners at Harnwoll early • i
Saturday morning Full details ol the nwfuLi !
crime have beoo received , and all unlto In i !
denouncing it as an outrngo against human H
ity Not only were the principals charged < fi '
with thomurJorof whltoj lynched , but ao-4j ( '
cossorles before the fact , aud even wit Aj )
nesses met the name tate The ghastly scene < ( {
at the place of execution is thus described4ll
by a man who Inspected it : its
The mob divided the murderers , putting \Js \
tlcfferman's slnyors on the left of the road SI
and Martins murderers on the right Thonft
negroes arms weio pinioned nnd tightly tied U(3 ( :
to ti oca before they were shot They were * W
not hanged , however It is Impossible * , { -
to describe how many shots each man roV'A
coivou ami wueru tnoy wcro struca , us uiuir ' < i |
bodies and heads wcro literally torn to . > [ '
pieces Vtj
Some of the mJgrocs were old mon , M
Murrall possibly being sixty yours old and W
Peter Doll about the same ngo , Some of the H
unfortunuto mon lind their eyes shot out <
Others were wounded In the chest aud face 1 !
Hlood covered the ground upon which they T
laid , nnd a moro borrlblo sight could not bo
Imagined " j | '
The frightful chnractor of the wounds of ' !
tbo eight negroes Is shown by the testimony ejl
ot physicians at tbo coroners Inquest , nud jv
Is lu brief as follows : Henry Purse , ton tj
balls In the body , age about twonty.four l | )
years ; Peter Hell , ono ball in back of neck M
nt the base of the skull , ago about sixty ; n
Hut risen Johnson , four balls in the body , ngo ' 'If
about thirty-live ; Kufo Morrnll , six balls it
in head und body , uny ono of which would { M ,
have been fatal , ngo about sixty ; Judge { ill
Jones , eight balls , one in brain , about twonj
ty-oiglit years old ; Robert Phonlx , four * i
balls in body , uboul twonty-two yours old ; t/
Ripley Johnson , eight balls lu body , one in , \h
face , about thirty years old ; Miteholl i ]
Adams , llvo balls , ouo through the brain , i\ \
about thh ty-llvo yuars old , Jt
Toinperiiiino Kiiforonuiout licnitue * , ' /
MlTCHK ! . ! . , S. D „ Doc 30. [ Special TolaV ?
grain to Tin : Hek.J The temperance mass ift
mooting hold here last night was addressed O.
by Hov William P. Plelden of Huron , prosl / >
dent of the Stuto Knforcomont league At AS
the close of the address the Mitchell branch , , i
of the league was formed with following t
ofllcors : President , L , N , Seuuiun ; sucrot'
tury , L. W. Adams ; treasurer , G. II , '
Uathmnn j
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