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m 4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : FRIDAY , JANUARY 17. iSOO
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B 'I'm : vacuum which Sllcott created
M J troubles congressman mora than the
M whereabouts of the defaulter
B J Pl'iii.io lioidth demands that the city
M ' dru 'ist prescrlbo at once for the wide
M I spread niolancholia in the local demo
M crntlc household
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| j Tin : reuont''improvement in business
M circles ' in Texas is oxpltiinod by the
M . activity of cltlzons in levying on the
| j wealth of o.\press companion
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1 Tin : silver nion have ostabltohcd a
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i lobby in Washington to push favorable
| legislation It is safe to say there are
| ' no gold bugs oa this movement
H MAYOlt ClTBHINO'S cabinet is the
M rarest spcclmon of variegated timber
fl ever clued together The few mosaics
M of hardwood nro lost to sight in the for
i est of busswood
M Tin : proposition for a workhouse will
B rccoivo genera ! approval if the mayor
M guaraiiiooa that the political trumps
M fastened on the city will bo compelled
| to work fur tlioir salaries
B ' . Tin : importance of a municipal drupr
B store is enhnncod by the fact that the ,
1 quantity of decaying political timber
M now on docic will require frequent three >
M ilngor doses of spirits frumonti to arrest
B rot
dry
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M Tin : Russian government has dis-
B covered that telephones nro an unnoy-
Bri nnco to the stuto , and tlioir banishment t
M will follow The oeoplo of this country
B can find much to admlro in the Russian
M i system of palortinlism
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BB' | A twklvjj hundred dollar salary
HHj ought to Hoeuro an exceedingly ornamental -
| ; mental cleric for the mayor But if f
B' ' Chief Soavoy is nntitlod tonnorna-
; mental clorl ; , why should not the mayor
1 ; indulge in the luxurv ?
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M\ \ ' Tin : movement to increase the appro-
H : prlation for the now postolllco is all
H ! right , but what the pcoplo of Omaha
B want Is u movement that will secure the
M site nnd Insure construction of the
1 foundation walls unci basement in 1B90. '
b * Tin : prediction is made Unit the Iown •
H logialaturo will bo out of luck nil the
M wny through because it convened on the
| thlrteunth It hits certainly inado un
1 unforttinuto boginnlng , but there is
H , time enough yet for it to redeem itself
M 'nnd m a lie n record that is creditable
1 _ _ Tin : era of municipal reform is wide
M otion in this vicinity The council cor.v
1 bine has added another slnecuro to the
B long list of tax-oaters by giving the
B mayor tt oiork nt u snug salary Out (
B the council cares not for expense as
H long as the taxpayers calmly submit
H TVi : liiCJOiL'i : to learn from the olllcial j
H organ of Mayor Cushlng that Omaha is
H to bo congratulated upon the fact that
H Mr Cushing's administration Is to be of (
H the pcoplo and for tbe- people rather
B than for the politicians To u man up a
H tree it looks as if the Cushlng admlnis-
' .trntlou was organized by the contrite
H | tors , to bo.run fur the contractors .
H' Tin : only excuse Mayor Cushlng can
H ; buve for retaining the swarm of super
Hj numorios who now prey upon the tux
Hj payoi'Bof thlB olty is his want of fa-
H ; miliarity with the tnuchinory of the
Hj city govcrnmont Hut that excuse will
Hi t)0t ) hold good very long It is now his [
H | fluty to carefully luquiro Into each do-
Hi partmont and ascertain what working j
H ( force is neuaod mid who is suporlluous
Hjj Tin : retirement of First Assistant
Bil Postmaster General Clarkson and his
Hl | return to journalism is denlod by his
H pi intimnto friends und by these in position
Hi | ' to know the facts It is assorted tbittlie
Hi will couiploto lils totm ot olllco , the
H | duties of which he much enjoys , and
H thou lesumo editorial control of the Des
H Moiuus Heijistcr The paper was never
H so strong us when Mr Clurksoti dlroctod
H it in person
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nAUUlKHS TO COMMERCIAL VSTtOlf
Now harriers to commorcinl union boB
twoon the United Stntos nnd Canada
nro threatened In both countries The
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Dominion parliament , now in sosslon ,
is to bo nppealod to by the lnilllntrinT
terosts of n portion ol Canada for an in-
croasoof the duty on Amoricnn flour ,
The duty Is now fifty cents n barrel , nnd
there is nlso n duty of fifteen cents n
bushel ' on whont There Is n largo
amount , of Amorlcnn Hour Imported into
Canada ( , and the Ontario millora claim
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that unless the duty is Increased they
can not compete Their demand is opposed -
posed . by the maritime provlncos , whoso
natural mnrkot is in the United States ,
nnd ( whoso people , if it prohibitory duty
should i bo Imposed on Ainorlcah Hour ,
would have to got tholr supply from
Ontnrlo Thus there is strong inlluenco
on both sidesnnd thoquostlon promises
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to bo ono of the most dilllcult with
which the Dominion parliament will
have to deal
On our part there is n retaliatory
proposal Sonntor Hoar , chairman of
,
thocommittoo < ' on relations with Can
nda,1ins introduced a resolution in the
senate instructing the llnnnco commitj
too , whenever it reports it tnrilT bill , to
incorporate in it n provision that when
ever any foreign country Bhall impose
nn export duty on logs in nny form , oren
on manufactured or partially manufac-
tured lumber , a duty shall bo collected
on such logs or lumber In the United
States equal to the amount of the expert -
port duty so Imposed in addition to the
duty ' otherwise imposed by law This
is i ! understood to bo designed togivo the
treasury department the power to coun--
turact the expert duty which the Cnn
adian government has within the last
two years imposed upon logs for expert
to the Unltod States It is not doubted
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that the llnnnco commitloo will Incorporate
porato , such a provision in its tariff bill ,
and It is uolloved that it would oncoun-
tor little opposition in olthor party
Sucli proposals as these , which if
carried into olToct would still
further complicate the trade
relations I between the United States
and , ' Canada , nro apt to provo somewhat
discouraging to the advocates of commercial -
morcial union They are suggestive
of the dilllcultlcs to bo overcome , in
satisfying special interests in both
countries , before any sohomo of commercial -
morcial union could bo ottoctod , and as
there is a multitude of such interests it
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is manifestly a great task which the
commercial unionists have undertaken ,
leaving wholly out of consideration the
J political conditions and influences that
nro hostile to thorn But If the progress
is slow , and the promise of coinmuniua-
tion remote , the task should not bo re-
gnrdod f as hopeless It would scorn im-
posslblo ' that onligbtened neighbors ,
with many interests in common , can
maintain pcrpotunlly an attitude of
commercial hostility toward each
other ( A wiser public sentiment than
now ' prevails will in time sot aside the
selfish interests in both in obodlonco to
the ' demands of the general welfare
iiEcoaNinox of iirazil
It is unfortunate that the question
ot ' the United States recognizing the 1
now ' government of Brazil has boon
made to some cxtont a false issue The
matter is ono to bo considered with solo
reference ' to the actual facts of the situ
ation ' , and with a prudent regard for in
ternational ' obligations Ic is not a
question ' in the settlement of which
mere sentiment should bo permitted to
exercise a commanding inlluenco , nor
should ' what wo may conceive to bo our
intorqsts as n nation bo allowed to load
us into n. stop which futuroovonts might
show to have boon promataro It is
highly probable that were the question
of recognizing the now government of
Brazil to bo passed upon by the American -
can people the largo majority would
favor its recognition It is not to bo
doubted that very generally mon of
both parties nro in hearty sympathy
with the republican movement in Bra
zil , and boliuvo that it should receive
every proper encouragement from
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this country But in so ho-
rious u matter as this popular feel
ing may not be it safe guide for the ua-
tional authorities , whoso duty it is to
see that the govornmoub shall assume
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no responsibilities not amply warranted .
by actual conditions , and which itcould
justify before the world
The hesitation that hits boon shown nt
Washington regarding tho.recognition 1
of Brazil is duo to a wise and prudent
respect for these considerations No
reasonable man can doubt that the
president untVtho secretary of state1 are
as hoortlly In sympathy with the result
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of the poncoful revolution in Brazil
and as anxious for the permanent ostub-
liahmont of a republican form of government -
ornmont in that country , as these mout
hers of the senate who doslro that the
now Brazilian government shall bo lin-
mediately recognized , or as any ether
cltlzQji of the United Stetos , The im
plication In the speech of Senator Tur-
plo , advocating the passage of Sonutor
Morgan's resolution rocognizlng the
Unltod States of Brazil , that Prosl-
dent Harrison und Secretary Blalno nro
not favorably disposed toward the now -
government of that country and are in-
difroront to tho'succoss of republican
ism there , will have no wolght with
fnlrmlndod mon No two mon in this
country could bo more unjustly sus-
poctod of'nny sympathy with monarchy
und of a lack of intcrost in the success
of republican institutions nnywhoro
than the prosldoul nnd secretary of t
state But tlioir porsonul feeling in
this mutter they have judiciously sub •
ordinatod to tlioir sense of'olllolnl duty
and responsibility This roqulrod thut
they should bo most fully assured that ,
the establishment of the now govoru-
ment in Brazil was with.tho general
popular assent , and that the conditions
are favprablo to Its per man once It is
their right and tlioir duty to judge
whether the existing stuto of ufTulra In
Brazil supplies such assurance , and
SenatorTurpio to the contrary notwlth-
standing , congress is bound to respect
the notion or noii-aotion of the oxocu-
tlvo and the state department ho long
as it i9 ovldont tlia' they nro governed
by a doslro to conserve the true ln-
torosts nnd the dignity of the
nation , und maintain u duo rognrd for
International obligations ,
Whatever ibis country muy wisely
mid proiiorly do to encourage and
strengthen the ropubllcnti movement In
Brazil should b'o done , nnd so far us the
expression : of publlo sentiment hero is
concerned < , the republicans of Brazil
can have no doubt of our sympathy ,
They know they have only to show that
tholr victory is complete nnd pormnw
nont to rocolvo the cordial recognition
of this country , not extended by nny
party , but with the hourly concurroneo
of the whole people Having this assurance -
suranco , it can bo no prejudice to tholr
cnuso to delay the recognition which
Avould be simply the formal expression
of the now universal sentiment of the
American \ people fnvorablo to the sueel
cess of the Brazilian republic
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OXLOAD run TAX-EATEUS.
Wo are again reminded of the wonn
dorftil financial abilities displuyod by
Mnyor Cushing's predecessor who kept
the city's expenses within the income "
It strikes us that it doo3 not rcquiro remarkable -
markablo financial ability to keep
within the income if the rovcuuo is
doubled or trebled by incrcasod taxn-
tion It is notorious that the running
expenses of this city have been fully
doubled within the last three years
and today there are moro sinoc
cures on the city's ' pay roll than
there had boon nil told from
the time Omaha was incorporated as a-
city up to 1838.
Four years ago when Jowott was city
clorlc on a salary of ono hundred dollars
a mouth all the city records and no-
counts were kept by himself and nn assistant -
sistant employed irrogulary ns occasion
demanded ] The city clerk was nlso a
monibor of the liquor license board nnd
kept ] ( the records of nil ether licenses
issued , , Ho was at once clerk of the
council , comptroller nnd license board
factotum
During Mr Broatch's term the city
clerk was relieved of nil auditing work
which is now done by the comptroller
nnd three clerks Moro " recently the
city clerk hns been relieved from nil
duties formerly do volving on him in the
license board , but the city clerk still
rotainsono deputy and two ether clerks ,
who are kept on the pay roll at higher
salaries than were formerly paid to the
city clerk himself
What is true of the city clerks ofllco
npplios to nearly every doDnrtment A
liordo j of leeches and bilks hns boon
quurlorod upon the city at the taxpayj
ors expense Some of these nro rola-
lives j or city olllclals and perform no
ether work except that of drawing their
salaries
The fact that Omaha Is a metropolitan -
litan \ city does not justify41 five per cent
city tux in addition to the special tuxes ,
which in some instances almost work
confiscation ( of the property
For our part wo beiiovo the time has
como for a revolt of the taxpayers
ngainst t the city There is a surplus in
the ( city treasury , but that surplus
represents , money wrung from poor
wago-workors who have sought to
acquire , homes in Omaha , and are being
crowded , to the wnll by the mortgage
holder nnd the tax gatherer
Tim Nebraska bureau , of labor nnd in-
dustriul statistics hns issued n tabuluted
statement ' of the results of experimental
sugar beet culture in the state The 1
work was undertaken by the bureau '
last spring Detailed instructions ns to '
seed , soil , methods of cultivation , etc , <
were furnished farmers , and the re '
turns , though incomplete , furnish a fair
test of the value of Nobraskasoil for
boot culture Fifty-six samples were 1
received from forty-five counties and
analyzed at the agricultural de
partment in Washington und '
at the state university Thirty
spooimons yielded from ton to twenty
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two-por cent of sugar , the romalndor
ranging down as low ns throe per cent
The highest per cent of augur was produced -
ducod in Antelope and the lowest in
Thayer county The comparative value
of the different soils is not determined ,
as the highest nnd lowest per cent was 1
produced from boots grown on black
loam Sandy loam und sandy clay bottom
tom land and even ruw prairie average
nliko in productlvonoss , the vuluo of
this , like ether crops , depending on >
the Intelligence nnd euro of the farmer ,
Special analyses of eight samples
of Hull county boots showed n
fraction over flftoon per cent of sugar
lu Franco und Germany twelve is the
maximum percent of sugar produced ,
while nine per cent in considered a profitable -
fitablo nvorago The tests made by the
state clearly show thut with proper cul
tivation the uvorago per cent will uot
fall below ( lftcon , a flguro which insures -
suros large profits to both fnrmor nnd
munufiicturor , anil removes all doubt us
to the success of un industry of para
mount importance to the state and I
nntion
Tub Vermont commissioner of ngrl-
culture has taken u now and novel
method of inviting immigration to his
state Ho has prepared and is distribut-
Ing a colored map which shows the
locution of doscrtod furin lands for
iwhich population is desired These
lauds with goo 'd bulldingscan bo pur-
chusod for from throe dollars to ton
dollars un acre , in tracts of ono thousand
acres or moro A few takers were
found for the lauds at the prices pro '
posed , but they were not long in dis-
covering the nut uro of the bargain they
hud made nnd throw it up The
Green Mountain state has always boon
prolific In raising mon of bruin and
brawn , but it does not coinmond itself
for fnrmlng ,
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Tin ; opt'domla which has swept ovei ,
Europe and ti lurgo portion of this
country , prostrating hundreds of thou
1sands of people und everywhere swell [
ing the mortality lists beyond nil prec
odont , has hud no sadder result than 1
the death of Mr Walker Blulno , eldest (
sou of Secretary Blulno , and solicitor
for the Btttto dopurtmont Walker
Blaine gave promise of great future
usefulness in publlo llfo , 111 which
ho hud already had a moro ox-
1tended experience thun is common
in this country to mon us young
us ho , showing a high order of ability
iand aptitude for public duties which ,
had already brought him marked dls- '
tlnctloti A man of scholarly attain
ments , with n strong liking for politics ) ,
and possessing much of that personal
mugtiotism whloh is u murked churao-
torlstic of his fatbor , llioro was every
rouson why Walker Blnino should have
looked forward to the nttnlnmont of
eminent station In the sorvlco of
the country This was the hope
ol SocroWHr Blatno , between
whom nndbis
-bis son there was
mainfainod-- the most intimate
nnd confidonUal rolntlons , ouch loving
nnd : honoring the ether with n rare do-
votton The * loss of his son is consov
qttontly felt1 by Mr Blnino with po-
culinr sovortt/i.nnd it makes a vacancy
in his liomoi And In his dally llfo that
none other cnntflll All must regret the
stroke thnt hns shattered the premise of
great usefulness at the very beginning
of its realization , and there will bo tint
vorsal sympathy with Secretary Blulno
nnd his family in tholr sudden mid most
sad borcavomont
Till ! absurdity of the now jury law
becomes .npparent the moment un attempt -
tempt Is made to carry its provisions
into ' effect As a mcasuro of reform it
is ! a conceded fnlluro , but as n moans of
adding to the burdens of the taxpayers
it ' promises to bo a brillinnt success
Even if a sulllclont number of 111011 to
carry on th 0 business of the four courts
could bo enrolled It does not doprlvo
the professional juryman of nn oceas-
lonnl ' job On the contrary , the
operation of the law will bo to
his ndvnntago , ns ho is always
coiivoniontly near when apauolls ext
liattstcd ' In vlow of the fact that the
courts nro crowded with business nnd
unable to keep up with the docket , the
jury law , it sustained , will only increnso
the hardships of litigants and needlessly -
lossly 1 delay trials , without nny cor-
tuinty of iraprovod justice Now , us
heretofore , mon opposed to jury sorvlco
will plead vnrlous reasons nnd got excused -
cused , so that the business will naturally -
ally pravitato to the class the law was
designed * to nxcludo from the box All
thisoxponsoand annoyance might have
beoti ' avoided had the county ofllclals
oxorclscd discretion and intelligence in
selecting jurymen , and vigorously excluded -
cludod \ these who petitioned for the
job J _ _ _ _ _ _
Tun Chicago ITcrahl assorts that the
Montana j " &otiators" are representative
corporation nttornoys If the Herald
refers to the democratic x > air , its asser
tion ( is the ossoiieo of truth Major
Maginnis j is the active representative
und , confidante ot Colonel Broadhoad ,
ono ( of the domooratio big four and
president of the Manitoba system in
Montana < Billy Clarke , Maginnis'
mute , , is the consulting political engi
neer , of the Montana Union , the con
necting , link'of ' the Union und Northern
Pacific j roads , . lho democratic party
of , the state is controlled and managed
by | railroad meij , and the election of
any , man who is not a supporter of corporation
.
poration intorp5t is impossible
City Ekqinehii Tillson's annual [
report , details the progress of public
works in Omaha , the utility nnd dura
bility of the ditToro nt paving materials 1
in use , besides 'n ' variety of important
information of j particular interest to 1
taxpayers It differs , f o ' tii the plati
tudes arid prpto ' ntious pulIoryof the !
lute lnmontjed mayor Yet it is safe to
say that the reformers of the combine 1
will not order the printing of live
thousand copies There is no necessity
for the extravagance , because the work
of the engineering department speaks )
for itself and does not require to bo
propped up with puerile pamphlets
An opportunity is offered Omaha to
secure an educational institution that t
promises to become important nt no dis
tent duy An Adventist college is to
bo established somewhere in western
Iowa or eastern Nebraska Atlantic ,
Des Moines and Lincoln are presenting
claims to the location , and each ,
through committees , advocating its
own peculiar advantages , With the
wondrous growtli Omaha lias made us a
commercial city the country is familiar 1
but there are needs of incrcasod educational -
tional facilities for the city and the
state Docs not the Adventist eolloge
ollor Omaha un opportunity to obtain
another institution of learning ?
According to Emperor William the
finances of Prussia are in a fuvorablo
condition " They could not well bo
otherwise for when the '
, kings exchequer -
chequer runs low ho levies on his subjects -
jocts for the doflcioncy Ono rarely ,
hears of public protests from taxpayers
in Prussiu , yet the victims groan loudly }
iu silence _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tun plans of the naval board for the
new navy will bo joyfully upprovod by
contractors at least The construction
of ninety-two vessels at un average cost
of three millions each , is suflicicnt to
reawaken patriotic ship builders and 1
will stimulate n continental cheer for
the old flag and an appropriation
NotV thut the Cronni suspects nro
sufoly lodged 'in ' Joliet , there is no
l"further oxcusq Jpr.uflllctlng the publlo
with villainous pictures of the doud und
living The satlctost fouturo of the celebrated p.
bratod enso is'fh'Ht ' the newspaper artists
cscuped a lifo's'qrltonco ' ' ,
CiiAiitMAN FJjtfDLKY's Importance us
a rote rogulatiir.jn these parts wus reduced i"
duced to u normal condition by the
local freight ig6pts. ) The fact that Mr
Flndloy's orders nro not worth the
paper thoyaro written on will not nlToot
the healthy glpof ; his salary
AI.M5N G. 'T-itUitatAN recently ro-
mnrkoa that lils'tfloctlon to the United
States senate u'o ' vpr cost him n cent '
Thurman is a , rcdio of nn ago when log ;
islutors rcspscted brains , nnd when
boodle was comparatively unknown us
a senatorial factor
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Advices from Brazil by way of Lis-
boo are hivarlably disquieting " 'i'ho
oh I of trouble is that the success of the
young ropubllo in maintaining order is
disqulotlng to Portuguese roynlist9.
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A Uard'n Dngperate Expedient
ruttburo Chronicle •
Legitimate rhymes to fit this year of grace
being voryeoarccttlio < hsiiencoleas wretches
who have set thcmsolvos to supply a demand
which exists only lu their luiURlnatlons have
recourio to execrable expedients
For instance , ono abundonod chap In the
cnit made up four ltnCs of docgcrol In which
ho compelled the unfortunate McGlnty to do
duty ns a rhyme for ' 00 , bringing him up
from . the bottom ot the son for that purpose ,
and adding to bis misery by compelling pee <
plo to pronounce bis name with a long " 1 , "
ns though It wcro McQuy-nty.
Uatlicr llattlos ISiu
JTanscisCfirfnlM. / .
The fact that Senator Pcttlgrow once ho id
up a queen nnd drew a royal Hush has , It Is
snld , seriously disturbed the composure of
Senator Vest and Joe Hlckoy
IntclliKonco Will bo the To < it
Denvtr Acim
Wo are npproaohlnc ; the time when the
iwwcr that goes with the American ballot
will call for the ability to rend the names
that may bo printed on it ,
Growing ami AVliolesoiiio Boutlniont
iMrolt Vrce Vrets
Thodoclntntion of the Haltimoro grand
Jury I Unit only high license will tnltlgnto the
liquor ovll in that city is nnothor straw blown
before the wind of n growing atid whotosomo
public sentiment
•
Smgulnrly Slcnillcant
'
Chicago Tribune ,
"Gontlcmen , " said n member of a wow
democratic ; club hi Ohio , in rising to propose a
name for the ongnnlzation "I move that wo
j ,
call ourselves the Montauk club "
"Js there any special signification attocbed
to that word ! " Inquired n monibor What
docs ; it inoani"
"It It n contraction of hnonoy talks , 1" ro1
bpondod the inovor , sovcroly ,
8TATI3 AND TI2IMUTOUY.
Nebraska Jottlncs
Fullerton ladles have orgunizod a brass
band 1
The ball park nt Holdrogo has boon flooded
aud trnnsforinod into an ice skating rink
Two sons aud a daughter of J. I" . . Smith of
York have died in the past month
The Stuto bank ot Uolvidoro will erect a
magnificent uow building the coming season
The Gothenburg Cnnal company is anxious
to complete the work and moro workmen uro
needed
There nro 1,400 children of school ago in
Chase < county , nn Increase 3U0 during the
past ' year
Kavenna is to have a sovonty-flvo barrel
roller , mill nnd an ulovutur of 15,000 bushels
capacity 1 in the spring
ISIshop Graves was tendered a reception
ai Hastings Wednesday ovonlng at the residence -
donco ' of II M. Oliver Over three hundred
people ' wcro present
Uov Mr Andersen , an evangelist who
has < been holding revival meetings nt ICoari
noy , has fallou heir to a fortuuo of $3,500 ,
loit hi 111 by an unolc In Illinois
At the Peru state normal school the first
woo It of the present term some U05 students
wcro regularly enrolled In the course nnd n
large nuuibor lu the pructico school Uuring
the past year the attendnnco represented -
eight states The 517 Nebraska students rep
resented forty-ilvo counties of the stnto
A big wolf-hunting party is to leave Dakota -
kota City Monday for a six days roundup
of the varmints The hunt will bo under
the captaincy of Colonel B. Bates and M.
M. Warner of Dakota City end they will
have ns aides noted sportsmen from Poncu ,
LoMars , Pender , Jackson , Covington ,
Howell , Winnebngo agency and Sioux City
The party will go Bouth from Dakota City ,
following the Missouri river bottom until
they coino to the Indian rusorve , when they
will divldo In squads of ten and make 00m1
Dleto circuit of the reservation Tno party
will round up at Pcudor , in Thurston county ,
on Saturday afternoon , the last day of the
hunt , to count up their wolf scalps
. :
lowii Item . •
Snow Is fourteen iuches deep on a level at ;
Independnnoo
Musontino sportsmen will ludulgo in a
grand wolf bunt next Tuesday .
All the school teauhcrs at Sanborn nro laia
up with influenza and the schools are closed
Saudbuegcrs waylaid ilonry Hanson , near
Goldfloldand robbed him of fil5 , besides in
juring him so budly that for a time his llfo 1
wus despaired
Miss Emma Morshon of Newton , who has
been studying to become a prima donna at
Milan , Ita'y , has given up bor cherished de !
sign and will soou wed a wealthy young .Rus
sian
sian.Levi
Levi Eckel of Muscatiao has in his posses
slon the naturalization papers issued to his
great erundfathor , Henry Eckel , by the supreme
premo court of the province of Pennsylvania
ou the Sth of October , 1TC5.
R. B.M"artn ! of Webster City has discov-
ercd a process of making brick out ot land
plaster , by which he claims ho can make a
better artlolo than the ordinary clay brick at
about one-third of the cost
A Swede tailor named Samuclson has boon
bound ever to the grand jury at Creston for
ottomptlng to poison bis family Ho placed ;
a quantity of rough on rats and quicksilver
in the wellBut it was aiscovorod in the water
bucket by his wife Just in time to prevent
the family drinking poisoned coffco Ho had j
been drinking bard of late , nnd , being
abusive , was denied admittance to the bouso )
while Intoxicated
Fort Dodge must have n nlco police force
The ether day a Swede was arrested for In
toxication and locked up in the city jail in
company with several crooks , being allowed 1
the prlvilcgo ot the corridor , however In 1
the evening u stranger called to see u friend
und the Swede being the only ono not locked
up in a cell , wont to the wicket to talk to \
him After talking about a mlnuto the
stranger reached bis hand through the latticework .
tice-work , grabbed the Swedes watch and [
chain and waltzed off with thorn before the 1
as'onlslied Scindiuavian had time to opea 1
his mouth
Tlio Two Dnkotas
Pierre wants atOO.000 opera house
Wolsoy morohants have formed a protcc-
tlvo association
Fargo Is making an effort to have the state
fair permanently located In that city
The artesian well at Miller flows 1,410,000 )
gallons of water every twenty-four hours
The inmates of the Planklnton industrial 1
school publish u weekly paper the South
Dakota Mail
Tkirty-thrco insane persons have boon sent
from the Black Hills district to the Yankton
asylum during the past three years
Hnhn Kauttson , a farmer near Thompson ,
was found dead in his wagon between his I
homo and Grand Forks last week Whisky
Calvin G. Wilson , a Black Hills ploneor
and well known hunter und trapper , died
last week of paralysis , agou soventy-flvo
years ,
It is said that Colonel Thomas C. Powers ,
ono of the republican United States senators
from Montuna , was ut ono time a saloon
keeper at Yankton ,
While watering stock at a well on his farm 1
flvo miles south of Marion , Tumor county ,
ono day last week , Hon lFust slipped on
the ice aud foil into the well and was drowned
before help could roach hlui ,
North Dakota farmers want the legislature
to enact n l w whereby counties muy furnish
stryenuino free to bo used lu poisoning
gophers It is thought it would boaoheapor
way of ridding the oountry or the animals 1
than would n law paying 11 bounty for thorn ,
A Minnesota sportsman , named Cornott ,
while hunting chickens wits attacked by an
infuriated steer aud In trying to get awuy
slipped und loll , causing u discharge ot both
barrels ot bis gun , The contents struck the
animal full in the face , blowing the entire
top or Its head oft aud killing it almost In-
stuntly
. •
Col fit x Memorial Hervtoea
The various lodges of the Daughters of
Uobckuh in this city will observe the annl-
vcrsary of the death of the Hon SDckuyier i
Colfax oa Saturday evening It was through 1
the efforts of Mr Colfax that the order was
placed on a substantial footing , and his
memory Is revered by all Itebokabs The
lodges in the city will meet nt the Oddfel
lows temple , corner ot Fourteenth and ; ,
Dodge streets , und hold memorial sorvlco9.
The ceremony will bo publlo and members
of tbe order are especially urged to bo pres
ent ,
. *
Beware of frauds Red Cross Cough
Drops will cure your cold
PLEASE ] REDUCE YOUR RATES
The < ] Plnlatlvo Prayer or the State
Board of Transportation
BUT NO ANSWER IS MADE
,
Intimation Thnt the Unnril Will
Force a Keductlou Unless the
Managers Order a Volun-
tnry Ono to bo Mnrto
The Mngnntes Abnont ,
Bon Cowdry , secretary of state , and John
Stccn , land commissioner , nro in Omaha as
representatives of the state board of trans
portutlon , consulting rnilroad ofllclals with a
vlow to have thorn agree upon n general reduction -
duction ot rates for nil points In Nebraska
. When seen by n reporter they wore at the
U. & M , ofllco awaiting nn ltitorvlow with
ofllccrs authorized to discuss the subject
Mr Cowdry said In reply to questions !
"Wo have no complaints before us , but
think rates rather hielt und have concluded
to ask the roads for n voluntary roductton
It the roads can bo Induced to glvo it , I am
atiro wo will fool very much obliged to
thorn ; but if they refuse , . then I presume -
sumo the bonrd will nocossarlly consldor
Itself | under obligations to carry out
the scheme by prnpurlng a schedule and or-
dorlug thorn to ndopt lu"
What per cent do you think the rates
ought to bo cut down ? "
" 1'hat point has not boon consldorod Wo
decided to consult the roads before doing
anything nnd ascertain their disposition , "
From the touo ot Mr Cowdry's ' remarks ,
however } , it is safe to nssort that the board
has In Its mind a reduction of about 10 or 15
per cent
The gcnornl freight agents could not bo In-
ducoa to oxprcss their opinion on this proposition -
sition but tholr demeanor showed plainly
that 1 It unnoyod theui Mr Miller , Mr Mon
roe ' nnd Mr Moorchousc nro In Chicago.Gou-
onoral J Trnftlo Manager Molten is still con
lined j to his room , consequently the delegation -
tion received very little satisfaction
Further nnd moro explicit reports have
boon ] rcoolvod nt headquarters of Chairman
Walkers decision on the complaints of the
Hock ' Island , Milwaukee and Santa Fo roads
agulnst ' the traffic alliance of the Union Pa-
clllo and Northwestern roads , which they
claim J is m violation of the Interstate coin1
morco associations agreement nnd rules
His ] decls'on is unreservedly against these
two ( lines and finds them guilty of disobeying
four j sections , especially on the subject ot
rates 1 und divisions in through tariffs and the
effect , tbo tranlo agrcomont previously had
on through business As these complaints
fallod i to ask for nny punishment of the
Union ' Pacific and Northwestern , the decision -
ion i virtually takes every weapon out of tholr
hands 1 and loaves them no butter off than
they < were before
Tno ofllclals here wore again pressed for
opinions ' on Chairman Wnlkor's ruling and
] what effect , If uny , they thought it would
have j The only reply thnt could bo obtained ,
however ' was thnt the Union Pacific and its
ully ' would not be in n great hurry to dissolve -
solve their contract
it is almost certain , though , that , unless
they , do , the association will go to plocos
Representatives 1 of the complaining roads
say they will not submit to any combinations
by members of an organisation to which all
belong that tends to deprh'o them of a fair
share , of business
The general freight nconts of wcstoin
roads 1 , now in session at Chicago , refused to
grant ( the Alton's application for roduccd
rates 1 on llvo stock and dressed beef , where
upon 1 that corporation gave the usual ten '
days , notice und will assume all rcsponsibilI
ity j of issuing n tariff January making the
rate 1 on iivo stock from Kansas City to Cm1
cugo 1 l' X cents per hundred and on dressed
beef 18 > { cents Of coursu all other Kansas
City 1 roads will bo compelled to meet the
Alton's out , but whether or not Umaha
stock i men and packers will bo given the benefit -
ofit ' of a similar rate is tbo question The
Iowu lines declare that tho.vwill not make
any j reductions In the Omaha-Chicngo tariff
unless they uro compelled to do it
Since tbo Union Pacific took its dummy
trains off Council Bluffs people have several
complnmts < about the unsatisfactory mall ser
vice between thnt city und Omaha Chief
Clerk ' Cramer of the railway mail depart
ment was at Union Pacific headquarters yes
terday , ! consulting General Manager Dick
inson with a view to adopting some remedy
that will bo satisfactory The trouble bus
particular rofarenco to a mall that should be
brought ever at 3 o'clock , and Mr Dicklni
son agreed to have it carried every day by
an employo of the Union Pacific company on
borsoback
< , Chairmen Midgley nnd Faithorn have boon
rcquestod to withhold their decision ono
month on the demands made by Omaha
pacKers for southeastern rates on dressed
beef the sumo as Kansas City has This de-
unind was first made last November , hut as
yet no report has boon submitted by these
elegant gentlemen to whom it was referred
While it was proposed to moko this reduction
over the Missouri Pucilic , ofllclals of that
road deny all'knowlodge of any such an or-
rangomont
P. S. Eustis and G. J. Charlton , who were
appointed a committee aotno time ngo to wind
up the affairs of the defunct Western states
passenger association , have made their ro-
port It Is to tbo effect that Socrotury
Thompson and ono clerk as also the associ-
ation offices bo retained until the lea3o on
them expires
William Ives , formerly traveling freight
ugont for the Burlington rend in Kansas , and
H. K. Smith , station ngont at Mucon , Mo ,
have boon appointed contracting agents
with headquarters at Kansas City ,
A. H. Johnson , general freight agent of
the Denver , Fort Worth & Texas road , has
succeeded J. A , Monroe as a member of tbo
association committco on uniformity in
freight claisillcation ,
General Manager Dickenson und Car Ac
countant Buckingham are speculating on a
now timetable for the Union Pacific
VERY IMPORTANT NOTION
Certain Prominent Citizens Re-
quoHtcd to Moot This Morning
There was a largo and very enthusiastic
mooting of cltlzons last evening at the hoard
ot trade ball , in the interests ot securing the
location nt the state fair iu Omaha ,
As one of the results of the meeting the :
following nnmod gontioniou are requested to
bo at the ofllco ot lho secretary of the board
of trade this morning at 0 .o'clock , without
fall :
12. Hosowator , Euclid Martin , Thomas
Swobo , John A. McShanu , Joseph Barker ,
G. W. Llnineor , Johu A. Wakellold , Max
Mover , H < S , Easson , Thomas Kilpatrlck , M.
A.-Upton , D. C. Patterson , W. L. Selby , W.
J , Mount and F , C. Graulo
IiisppctliiK tlio Federal llnildlnir
Frank Groglar , Inspector of publlo build
ings of the treasury department , arrived In
Omaha yesterday from Washington , and
under vho guidance of Collector of Customs
Alexander Inspected tbo pogtofllce building
Mr , Groglar found the structure badly In
need of repairs and will probably rocom-
tacnd 3,000 or $1,000 worth of Improvements
made , including painting
. '
Ola Mean About Itallroufls
In the urohivosof the NurnTiorg rall-
way nt Furth , which wus the first line
constructed in Germany , n Drotost
ugulitst ruilwuys bus been found , drawn
up by the Itoynl College of Bavarian
Doctors In it occurs tlio following pas
sugo : Travel iu cdfrlogoBdrawn by a
locomotive ought to bo forbidden in the
interest ot publlo health The rapid
movement cannot fall to produce among
the passengers the mental nfTootion
known , us delirium furiotuin Even if
travelers are willing to incur this risk ,
'tlio govornmunt should nt least protect
the public Asinglo glance at a loco
motive passing rapidly is suflicicnt to
cause the sumo cerebral derangement ,
consequently it is absolutely necessary
to build 11 fence tou feet in height on I
each eldo of the railway " I |
I
SOUTH OMAHA NEWS
Tnrnvoroln Mnsqnernilo Ball
The South Omaha Turnvoroln has conj5 K , v ,
plated ] Its arrnngome' for the grand open
ing masquoi-ndo ball in the now Tumor hall ,
Saturday ovonlng , Tlio followingprogrammo
hns 1 been arranged The oxcrclsos will com 0
monro promptly at 8 o'clock ! _ , *
Music , Emperor Wllbottn's march , Stein
hnusor's 1 orchestra /
Address of wolcotno , Mayor William / ,
Sloauo
Music , Omaha turnvoroln qtinrtctto club
Address ot the evening in German , Mr ,
Philip 1 Andres of Omaha , president of the
Nebraska tum-bozork.
Instrumental music , Omaha zlthor club
Declamation in Gorman by Mr Louis
Koch
Yocal music.Swlss nm-nnorcbor of Omnhn , '
Athletic exhibition by the Omaha turn * 1
veroln societies
Voo.il music , Omaha turnvoroln qtinrtcllo j
club , of Omaha
Club swing , by Prof Ilonry ICututnorow of
Omaha 1
In&trumontnl music , Omaha zither club
Athlotto exhibition , Otualin turnvcrcln so
cieties (
Vocal mtiaic , Swiss mrcntiorchor < • *
After the Introductory ontortninmont the J
masked 1 ball will commaiico '
Two bands will bo In nttendanco to fur
nish 1 mtislo Prof , Stolnbauser's orchestra
of i Omaha will furnish dancing music , und
the I Sllvor cornet band of Panama , hi , will
play | at intervals
Among the organizations which have sig
nified 1 their Intentions to bo present nro the
Swiss | Mninnorchor , Omaha turnvoroln ,
Omaha ( tumor quartette club , Zither oltib ,
John turn veroln and tbo Omaha turnvcroln ,
all 1 of Omaha It is expected that Council
j BlulTs , Plattsmouth ntul ether neighboring
cities ( will bo represented
Injured at tlinHwtft Pnoltini ; llntmr > .
Angus Erbelo , cmployod In the beef department -
partmont I at the packlug Jiouso of Swift & .
Co ( , was badly tnjurod Wednesday nftort A
noon 1 Mr Erbolo aud a follow workman % ' , J (
.
were , running a sldo of beef along a truck
rail , when Mr Erbolo , observing a switch
open , called to his companion to stop push
ing 1 The companion not heeding , pushed
, the ( load olT the rail , the heavy iron truck
falling struck Mr Erbolo on tbo head , cut
ting , a painful gash ever the loft eye , A Bur
geon I was summoned who dressed the wound , _ , |
uftor which the unfortunate mau'was con-ftjjv
voyod homo iy
Notes About tlio City
Camp 1095 , Modern Woodinon of America , j
has 1 issued Invitations for a social and mu-
sic-ilu and literary ontortnimont in the lodge J
rooms , Mahoney block , Twonty-flfth nnd N ,
streets , Saturday ovonlng , the 1'Jtli.
Miss Jonmo Undo is sick at the Exchange
hotel |
, Manager H. P. Rynor o ! the A. D. T. of
llco , , has arranged with the Western Union
Telegraph . company so that persons having
call | boxes may call an A. D. T. messenger to
take j messages to the ofllco without phargo to
the sender
Mrs John McDermott , of Brown Park , on
whom nsuccessful and delicate surgical oper
ation has boon performed , is now considered
out ot danger
A largo shod between the now smoke house
and the mnin building at the George 11.
Hammond I Cos , packinghouses , fell Wed
nosduy afternoon on account of the weight
of snow on it Fortunately no ono was In
the room at the time or the ro3Ult would have
been so nous
District Deputy Jacob Bcllstoin will install
the olllcers elect of Good Will Lodge No
IMSO ; , Knights of honor , Tuesday evening ,
January ! W.
ta
-a
Mrs Jacob Boilstoln 13 on the sick list . MHfl
District Deputy George .1. Seltzer ot ttiaV YAfl
Independent Order of Foresters is organlz- BBj
lug i a camp of the Glennwood degree , UniM
formed I Rank I. O. F. A meeting • ' " nn _
hold I Monday evening in the Knights ot
Pythias hall
A HOT DAY IN INDIA
Tbe Maimer in Winch lOnropoaiiH
I'nsHnil Awav the Time
The hot winds set iu curly like tt con
suming fire , saj'8 u writer In the Con
temporary Review The largo double
windows stood opou all night , and were
shut up tight in tlio early morning , tlio
heavy 1 Venetian doors outside the glasB
doing their best to hermotlcully seal the
interior [ , from tbe glitro und boat Wo
had to stnrt out for our gallop by C
o'clock or not got it at all except at the
risk of a sunstroke The courts aud
public ] offices opened at 7 , and closed for
the t duy before noon Then each | raan
drove i swiftly through the furnace of
shimmering . air to his darkoncd and
silent home A lintroring bath nnd a
languid J breakfast brougntthe hot hours
to ( 1 oclock The slow combustion of u
the suffocating afternoon wus endured J H
somehow under the punka , with the 5J 1
help j ' of the endless bundles of papers f
in ones ofllco box , read by chance rays
which \ fiercely forced an ontrunoo
through 1 every ohink in the doubjo windows
dews ( of glass and wood About 0 wo
all mot ut the racquet courtwuoso high
walls ' nt thut time cast a sulllclont
shadow A couple of four-handed
games | ( the doctor was grown too Btout
to j play ) left us streaming at every pore
and ; . marking at each stop 11 damp foot
J print through our tennis shoes 011 the
puvoment ] Then the delicious plunge
in ' the swimming bath in the judges
garden I , the ono moment of freshness
looked forward to throughout the ox-
huusting duy The ulioroot aud un Iced
drink as wo lay fanned by the servants
on long chairs at the ton of the mount
and prcsontly , almost in a minutetho ,
sun had once moro hiddonits malignant
face , mid the blinding glare of day had
glvon ' place to the stilling stillness of
night ' Ji
' in-
Will bo paid to any competent chemist who will
Cud , on analyst ! , a particle of Heronry , Potaih ,
or other poleoas la Swifts Speculc ( S. S. S. )
'ANEATINOSORE
Ucndcmon , Tex , Ang , S3 , 1830. 'Tor eigh
teen months I bad on eating sere on tny toogno
I was treated by the best local physicians , but
obtained no relief , the sere gradually growlas
worse , I concluded finally to try S. S. 8. , and
was entirely cared after nelng a few bottle * .
Tou liaro my cuccrf al permission to publish tbo
tbovo statement for the benefit of these similarly
afflicted , " C , D. McLxHonE , IIcndcr > onTcx ,
Trcauto on Wood and Bkin StsuscstmaUcdfron
TUB SWIFT SPECIFIC CO , Atlanta , a * .
CLOTHING
LmwrciLWmr s
STEEL PENS j
COLD HRDAL PARIS EXPOSITION m3. " *
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1THS MOST PEEFECT OF PBNfl
