H J..U..UJ wuxeux jltajlux & & & : Du.Njax , H'JilJJHUAMY 1) ) , -S1XTEEN PAGES _ " T1TB DAriii BEE E KOSEWATER , Editor j 1UDLISHED EVERY MORNING tfiims 01 si nstnn TtOV llallj nn 1 ' 'im Iny , On > 1 cnr Sit ) ( tt Mxiiontls ( iO ) Three Months sn Mm lay Iloo ono V ear i UJ AV eckly lleo One y our with 1 reniium 2 W OllICIS Omnlin , lleo Hull ling l hkneoOHI e > fl Hookery [ milling r , u Vorlt Itoims U nnl I , Trlbuns Iluildlng Vnshlngton No fll trurtecnth htreot C otincll illutrs , o 12 pearl btrect bouth Omnlin Corner N nn I Jlth Streets 1 COHK ) SPOM ) ] NCt A11 communications relating to news nml o II tori ( vim itter should be addressed toluol Utor lal pepnrtirent 111 SIM S3 riTTMIS All I uslnessl tier * nt 1 remittance * snoull 1 e nndrfs'e I to Ilio llee I tibllshlng Company Omnlin llrnfts cheeks nn 1 l'ostoillra < rlora to lie tnndo piynl lo to the ordi rot the Oomp ny TIig Bee Publishing Company , Proprietors ItKf Hull Una 1 ninntu and Seventeenth Strcots flio Ben on ( tin Trains Tl ere Is no excuse f < rn failure to get Tnr Hep nn the trains \Uiui ss lealon ) have bean noli lied to carry n full supplv I rnvelcrs who want I ill Hit mid enn tget Hon trains w hern other flmahi i a | ers are carried ro romestel to lotlfy Inc ll 1 lr-n o 1 o particular lo give In nil cases full Information ns to date rnllway nnl number of train ( live ns j our name not for pnbllcntlon or tin nicewsnryuse , but asu ( , u iranty of jood faith inn daily nni Sworn Statement ol Circulntlun Etitoof Nobraslm l. * 11 inty of llonglns Ceoma II Tzscliuck so retail of Tnr Urn 1 ublisHni , Company iIicsnoI unify swearthnt the actual circulation of lilt Daiii IIki Tor tlio week en lint , lobruiryB 13 K ) w as as follow i : bin lav lob _ .r ) "Nlonlnj lob 3 1MI > I lies 11) , lib 4 11 irti IVelnesday I ob 0 IJ.ru Imirslay i ob 0 nut ) Irllnj let - II III ) baturdny Lob 8 IDirtt Avcrugo 11 7 17 GKOIIUI II 1CHUCIv Sworn to before mo nn 1 mil scribed to In my presoaco this 8tk day of lebrunry \ I ) 1HW LScaL ] Is 1 Kl'IU Notary 1 ubllc Btnto if Ncbrnskn i conntyot Deuel as fHS ( eoree II Izschutic being dul > sworn de poses an 1 snvs thnt ho Is ( secretary of Tiik Hex J'tiDlldlilnj , Company that the actual average daily circulation of 1 m Dun Hti lor tlio iniiitliof lnnuao t U was IN r"4 copies for 1 ibruary lt i l < H coj l s Tor Jlnrch 1811 lHi.lcojlcs for A ) ill 1HH > 18 6. Ironies for Jluy Hi is CM copies for Tune 1NM I8K > 3 copies for Ituy l i ] m. W copies for MiRist 18 > i 18 a l en ) lot for ' • entembor 1st i 18 " 10 copies for Octol er IPSi 18 , < T copies for No • v ember IbM 1 J10 copies for Dcroml er 1W > EOPIHcoiIes ( It mint n r si iidcu Bworn ti Before mo mil aul scrlb d m my lires nco this 4th lav of lnnuar % A D 18X ) l cill N p nit , Not-iry lubllc M Tin wool lj MnK stitomont shows M tlio rosor\o lins decreased $1 110 000 H of Icr il icquhomenta H Till \oung due d'Orkuns must bo 1 plvun oi edit foi a billlinnt coup deB B boupo M Cm li kvsi itntRLSH nillcontlnuo m business nt Iho old stind for two j enrs H at Uust H Tin new opori house sohemo is do M \ elopiup ; nt a imco that promises prtcti- H cnl icsulls Lot the { rood wotk ro on M , li South Omaha uocllnos tlio inltn H tion to pomo in now , it is prob ibly that Mt tlio doors will bt closed to her lor all K cruo H . I\I Hit V * U \ grain shippers are not H I obliged to piti oni/o Chic ire while the H. j iiorthorn scibotrd routes olTer equal HP' , facilities and battel iatos i Till'cipitillsts of this city who po • - BhiJ sistentH discouiagfo the liivostmont of | , oastcrn capital here ate tomi idcd th it ! Omaha is soon to luno u ton thous ind p pa dolUi crematory H UviLuovn connection with Tort H Henry P Clnrko is doairablo and nec- H cssarj , but the secretary of war should Hi insist that whatov or comp mi builds the H toad other compnnios hall bo allowed H to use it on reasonable terms Bj Till'ptoolamation oponinp the Sioux Hj reservation to settlement will add two Hj million acres of covorntnont land to Hj Nobraslta territory , equal to twelve H ] tl ouaind ( Ho hundred farms of one H ] bundled and si\tj acicsoach H ] I' Undku the bQiiclicont relfjn of pto H j | hibition lCnnsi3 lost fifty thousand in j population in 1880 , and Topclm , the H | | l capital citv , has \acant dwolliu s foi H | j from twel\o to ( Iftoon thousand people H j mid ouo hundred v leant store rooms j j Anoiiu n llssuio has shown itsolt in H | the now countv hospital This time it H ! comes in the uh ipoof n twenty thousand H : dpllur claim b the sub contractors | ucxiiiBt RjaiiiV Walsh liomappeni- H nnces the county hospital muddle has H oul } fall 1 bcKun < * Till tax payers of Omaha do not ox- m poet the council cnnimtttoo to act upon 1 ] t thoudvico of tboeitj olliclals when It H comosto roduclnc the number of citj H omplojos Members of the committei m should in trod uco business methods M and exhibit seine b.mkbono in the mat H toi H j A losi-MOini'stroistoii isofiiogtcnt M benefit to the p'Urons What this pnr- M I tlculai bection of the footstool needs is B nn anto-moitom oven to blistoi the | ! ItlcUcis , obstructionists und mossbacks , H ] -whoarodoad oinlits In the ohnilot of | i ; progress Tlioio is n largo loeil supply M t of raw material for t > uc h a plant H i Till ! refusal of tlio Chicago roads to M prantateduction on grain from Missoui i M | 11or points brings the Omaha reid to M ! tlio fore ft out of the fray with a tondci M of prompt rollof on nil business destined M j for the soib | jrd The rodutLd intus U I nfford shippers thn desired opportunity M ' to rubuko Chicago nnogunco bj fling H the clt > \ohiptuouR cold shouldct M Xi is worthy of note that Senator M ! Too , the onthuslabtio Union Pacllicud- -locito of Missouri lhor imlyiition , M I troikud in the thlul of a mile clause in M : , | the latest bridge charter bill Suoh B | foresight is lilghl npprociatud in this M ' Boction To impede oi monueo naviga | ' ; t tion of the rioi b.\ band und dump boats | ] vould bo u iruuo in the o\obot the iron | i tlemi u fi om M unv1 , who ttppeuis to H kuow moro uiiout the wants of Omaha | | nmlidiiitj than the Kobrnsku dele , gatiou Mr Trios disinterested klnd- M ness la altogothoi toola > lshaiid of such n pccunlurj quality that the people of K Kubru9ku cau olioorfully dispouso H with it H nOKKlbQULK AUROAD ft is a mntlor of Interest to the work ingmen ot Amoilca that the emperor of Germnnj Ins porsonallj Interested himself in an effort to nmoliorato the position of the tellers not alone of that countrj , but ol 1 rnnco , Lngland , Uel- glum ntid bwitrorlnnd The recent ro- script of Emperor William toUismirclc , In which ho desires that the ninlmssa- dorsof the ubo\o mentioned countries booMciallj asked wbotherthoirgo\orn- monts tire disposed to como to nn inter nnlionnl npfrcomciit with Germinj with n\ low to mooting the needs and wishes of worklngmon as revealed in the recent cent strikes and labor disputes is Big niflciut mid reassuring It will bo remembered - membored that uithin a shoit time there has boon a great deal of dissatis faction nnd tuibulonco manifested among some classes of labor in Gor- miinj , and that it was Inrgoli througn the interposition of the ompctot , in a most frlondli spirit towaid the work ingmen , tht cent o crsios wore sottlcd nnd moro formldablo outhroal i thnt were thioatonedn\ortod Moro or loss inqtnotudo has also boon shown wlthlti the past j oar in the ranks of laDor In lianco and Uolgium , but none of Borious cense quouco in fawit/crland and vorj little la rnglnnd , the great manufacturing : industries of the latter countrj haung boon exceptionally ticthe and prosper ous The experience ol the joung Gorman emperor , and his o\ldont nitoicst in and s\inpithj with the lnboiing classes , it would uppoar , lmvo cominccd him that not onU > s it nocos arj that his own govei nment shall enlarge and add to the mount ) nlroadj provided foi the nmolloiutioii ot the position ot workingmen , but that it is desir able that othot industrial uatinns of Lu- rojio shall co operate with Gormin > in alike benoticont work It is thcteforo proposed , in the event of the other countries addrcssou being fa'Noi iblo , to hold nn international laboi conference to consider plans for bolloring the con dition of 1 ibor Mcanwhilo , and as nn enrnest of his purpose , the ompcior has directed the minister of commerce to extend the ippliiation of tliosjstomof worklngmon s insui nice , and to insti tute au inquiii into all trade lnwsntTcct- ing factor labor Ho nlllrms it to bo the dutj of the state to so rogulito the duiation mil the nutuioof labor as to msuio the health , the moi iht > , and the supplj of all the economic wants of the workingmen , and to preserve then claims to equality before the law As a means of promoting peace between om- ploiors und employes the ompoior recommends legal measures cmpowoi- mg worklngmon to appoint delegates to represent them in the settlement of alTairsv thorobv enabling thorn to oxpiess thou wishes and griovrfiicos po iceablj anil fioely md giving the authorities an opportumtj to in'orm themselves in a verj direct way of the condition of the working people , their activities , senti ments and impulses Lxpeits , up- pointed bj the emperor , are to bo called to give their views heforo the council of stuto on lnbor questions , and the emperor himself will prcsido Such an example of henity unit mnni- festlj sincere intete = t in the cause of 1 iboi on the p irt of a ruler who has boon supposed to feel the least con com for the welfare of the toiling masses is most oncour iging evidence of the broadening nnd liberalizing sen timent of the time in behalf of the bread-vvinneis of the world It carries the assuiance that 1 ibor is beginning to hoiocognizcd in ouartors whcio for centuues its appeal for attention has boon little heeded or whollj iguorod , as the corner stone of government and the support of the soei il stiucturc , nnd that sovnroigns aio learning that the safest and most improvable mtrench- monts are the loyal hearts of the justlj troatcd and contented toilois lho in- lluouco of the Gorman omporoi toward bringing about the amelioration of the condi tion or the working classes through out Luropo will bo gicat 'I ho example of Gorman j will maKoitsolf felt in cvorj Luioponu counttj Trnporor William could duvoto himself to no mete praise worthi and honoiable task JiiE ntnviibFsTu counr Justice Hold , In his addro&s at the celebration of th > supreme court con teuai \ s lid that up to the middle of the picsont conturj lho calendar of the court did not nveiage ono hundred nnd fortj cabos i term , and never amounted at nn > ono toim to three bundled cases The caloudar of the present terra ex ceeds lift-eon hundred c isos Sorao- thing must bo done , said the veteran and distinguished jurist , to prevent do- lajs , and ho declared the impressive truth that to dolaj justicois as porni- ciousIts to donj it " Ono of the most precious aiticlos of the magna eharta , said lusticc TioU , was that in union the king declined that ho would not donv or dcinto anj man justice and right * and ho thought that usjuredly what the bnons of Lngluud wrung from their moniuch the people of the United States will not rofubo to anv , suitor for justice in their tribunals The ittontlon thus a train called to this matter , by ono whoso tostimoii } will not bo questioned , ought to Inn c the effoctof nrousingcongrosstoasciisa of the impelativo noecasitj for legisla tion that will teliovo the supreme court from a pint of the iinmcusu bur den now cast upon it Nothing is moro certain than that if toliof is not pie vldod that tribunal must dccliuo in use fulness , If not in chaiactot The dolnj of jutitico the pernicious coiiHoquoncos of which lmvo ulready boon widely foil , biingiug mete m loss roptoaon upon the court and waukoniug it in public conlldoncn , rnnnot bo iiidolluitoli con tinued and pot mlttod to become moro soiious wivhoul the most unfavorable olfcet upon tho1 public judgment io- gimling the value of the tti- bunal 'Lho splondtd nnd dosoi ved tiib- utcs that lmvo boon icudored to the suproino tourt during the past wool ; , and all that litis boon said of the wisdom of the framers of the conbtltu- tion in providing this unique povvci in our governmental sjstout , must not blind us to the fact that popular faith in the court 1ms received some severe strains that did uot leave it wholly un impaired , and , because of thin there is greater danger of the supreme court declining in public respect nnd con lidonco if the delay ol justice shall in the future become more seri ous , ns it inovitnblv must do under existing condition ? lho popular idea that the court hns become the rofttgo of corporate wealth nnd in- Iluouco finds cncoutncomcnt in ovori dolaj of justice whoio such vvonlth nnd Influcnco are on ono sideand is nu idea that enn grow ensllj and inpidlj The dilUcultj of providing nn nccop table and ndequato romodj maj bo vorj great The subject ha3 rocohod a great deal of consideration in congtoss and from bai associations , without nnj satisfactory ivsult thus far But the matter is of such grave nnd urgent nii- portauco thnt a solution must bo found , and with as little dolaj as possible lho peoples ropioscntatwos in con gress should consldoi dcoplj the declar ation of Justice liold "lo dolav jus tice is as iHirnlclous as to denj it' Tin citi7ons' committco appointed to solicit subscriptions to the fund nccos- satj to secure thu next session of the gouoinl conference of the Methodist I plscopal chuich in Omahu will bogln the canvass ot the citj tomorrow lho amount tequirod to bo raised Is sixtj- II vo thousand dollai s It is understood that most of the mombois of the council whose duty it is to select the place for the conference ire favorable to Oninha , but this will avail nothing without the guauintj There will bo no hick of comnotition , ns the conforoned is desired sired bv nt least h ilf o. iWon cities It is u bed } of ono thousand mombets , its sessions continue thirtj days , and it attinct3 ftom seventy five to ono hun dred thonsuid visitors , so that item roadllj bo understood that it Is ono of the most important gatherings known to this countrj Rcpiosentiug nn immense - monso constltuciicj distributed in every portion of the countij , its deliberations ntlraet widespread attention both in the ' United States ai d abioad Troiii c voi v point ot view it is most desirable thnt Omaha sh ill seeuro this conference , which will moot in 1892 and there ought to bo no difficulty in obtaining the amount of monov necessiii v to do * lns It is hoped the solicitations of the citizens comraltteo will nicot with a goneious response Tin roplj of Mis JoannottoM Thur- bor , pieuldontof the National Consciv- ntorj of Music to v roqucst of citl/ens of Om iha that an iniinatiou behold in this citj ot persons who mav desire to enter the consorv atorv as pupils v ill bo found elsewhere in out columns Mrs Thurboi states that hcisolf nnd memDcrs of the faculty will visit Omaha as soon as engagements now poudmg are flllod , of which the citizens who ad dressed her will bo duly notified Wo understand the purpose to bo to coti- duct an examination hero not simplj for local or state applicants , but for anj whomaj nrcsont thomsclves from con tiguous states Thus joung people of Iowa , Knnsas , Colorado , South Dakota , and oven moro remote states , will be given nn opportumtj to bo examined , nnd doubtless the chance will bolargelv taken advantage of bv perbons in nil these states having musi cal talent which they * desire to cultivate The purpo = o of the Nutional Conseiv atorv oi Mu ie is to cncoui ago and stimulate n. nation al interest in music il cultute and to develop - velop the latent talent of oui people for music , tnd in ordoi to do this it odors the most liberal conditions for obtain ing a thorough musical education The consnrvutoij has alreadv accomplished n great deal in this direction , and it ib an entcrpriso which raonts the hearty interest and Bupportof the public E\I'U\ movement tending to amoll- orate the condition of cue pooi and the homeless appeals to the generous spirit of the people Tlio relief given bj the county nud bj charitable societies does not reach transient distress nor succor those tomporanlv out of employment To reach und relieve this class a cen tral retreat and refuge fiotn tomptntion Is necessary , and for this end the 'Ilouso of Hope is designed It is proposed to make it an employment agoncj , a tompoiary lodging house , u. school and church , open to nil creeds and n ition illtics , and paiticularlv to encourage and strengthen the faltering in tlio paths of tlghteousnoss These aio bioad , benevolent alms nnd com mend themselves to charitable people of every denomination Tins authorities of Minnesota have wound up the alfaus of a wildcat build ing and loan association which Hooded the country with ngonts and flcocod thousands ot people The concern maintained n number of agencies in No- brosLn , and was permitted to do busi ness owing to the failure of the last legislature to enact a stringent law for the protection of investo-s In view of this collapjo Tub Bui' would euggoBt that the Btato auditor should take steps to onqulro Into the solv oncy of nil build ing and loan associations doing business in the state nnd rcqulro the foreign concerns to file eoml annual statements , coi tiflou by the olllccrs of the state in which the homo olllco is located Tim Amoricnn Forestry association has prepared a. bill for introduction in congress designed to protect lho for ests on the uublio domuin It proposes to withdi iw from ontrj between flftj and seventy million acres of timber land and reset vo it as a public forest area The bill contains mnnj excel lent provis'ons , which , if enacted Into law , will prevent the dospolllng of the public domain Ami now it is reported that the Dodge couutj candidate fet governor proposes to call a mooting of the Btnto ccntial couimlttoo und make a formal demand for reduced cot n tatcs Not Ti'MU'UAVU' ugltntots tit ono bun dled dollaia nn nifltato nro invited to inspect tnosulooiiB in Ouialm todaj , then cross the rlvoi into Iowa and learn the ti uo state of prohibition Mil Ki'NNAN's chnllongo to convict the Russian government of maasaciolng political exiles is not likely to bo ac cepted at St Petersburg Tnero is no doubt , however , that the government is oxtromolj anxious to moot Mr Konnan In some dtsfnut < tnd lonolj corner of the cmplro , "rimrp it could pour out its tonrfnl regard fori the Siberian explorer without the I powlodgo of the pryltiff woi Id i , U tlnVthS rxporionce Otieaqh Trlbmi : The London 'ilmos has neither ni much monoj nor prcsllijo ns it lull before It tjogan to dabble in PArndlllsm and crime but it has nccumulato ( ' a'cront deal of valunblo experience i m Ivvo I onus nliboiuliom Method If KhKtltt fost h xi mi llioro are two vvnvs to solve the negro problem Ono Is to take the negro out of politics the ot&or is to take l olltics out of the nct.ro Any one who can discover any ether method is at perfect liberty to dls cover Aovv h * rim Country " iMiTiit litt Vita "TLe rest ot the countrj is ready to liolp the Qrnnt monument " sajs the fccwor * Mail nnd Lxprces \ \ lion Now York rocs a begging it Is the rest of the country " Othorwlsoltls the provinces " Good 1'nlnt in the lvxtrnilitlou Ironty II ( on A iifill r While a domocratlo administration was very willing to form a treaty which should obhgo our government to surrender , at the demand of England , au Irish patriot who should lmvo lied for refuge to our countrj , a republican administration would not listen to such a proposition for n moment ApropiiH ot tlio Nen Utiles Ifiiic ; t lltcMi/ The plea of IllibusterlnL , or what Is rcallj revolutionary resistance tothoparliamontary tnajorllj , is that It Is intended to prevent ty rntmj nnd Injustice on the part of the major itj lho answer to this allegation is that the majority is not responsible to the minor itj for its misconduct but to the eouutrj while the prevention of legislation by the minority under any plea whatever Is subVersive Versivo of popular government VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS A Deinocrntio liavout • Admslci ctflciM The Tarmors alliance it is said , will run Genornl \ an Wjck for governor The republicans publicans will run lhayor who is a splendid ropresotttatlvoof that party , and the demo crats will nominate nnd elect a domocnit in 1SJ0 for Nebraska Divided into two dl Visions , eich fighting for supremacy , Ne brnska republicans can bo whipped bj No braskn democracy Cet us try it Wo are for atiaight out und out domocratloliomlna tions , and against all coalitions A Ueopuu W nicr StiK3 < stlon ! ! < * ) U i II icrtejiiil Hraii Instoaa of the Omaha papers devoting so much space relative to securing the state t i'r ' why not entertaiu a muuh moro diClcult but equally remunerative enterprise for In stnnco locate au industrial exposition in the metropolis of the wist The Missouri " \ nlloj nnd \ \ osjern | States Exposition " would souud well lho exposition nt Cia cinnatl two j ears ao drew crowds from all parts of the United States and was a success as near as wo can learn flnanclallj Cor tainlv such nn enterprise would b3 a gront advertisement for tho1vve t and benoQt ovorj town dlrcqtly or indirectly , In the state liocso anil ttio Lilian Pacific Wall Pilot Ono can hardly read dispassionately the arraignment of the Union Pacific railccnd hy Attornev General Loeso in his recent letter o the attorney central of the United States without being fullj tonvincea of the Justice of the cause ho advocates If the facts ho sets out are true and glv ing details nnd figures as he does is convincing that thoj are true then the clulm of the Union l\icillo road to nn extension of time on the plea of poverty is a fraudulent eluim made for no other purpose than to beat the government and the people out of nu Immense sum of u onej justlj owing and past duo , which the road bus made no effort to pay but instead has invested its surplus together with the proceeds ot numerous series of conds issued in defiance of law and its obligation to creditors itors in the building of branch lines In the liht ( of these truths no greater wrong could bo imrpetrated on the people ot the west than for tbo government to place the seal of its approval upon . this glgantio fraud by complying with Its piteous plea for fifty or eighty j cars moro time in whiJi to com plete the steal lho I aimers tv nklnj ; Up Rorfnll J iirnaL The Farmers alliances springing up nil over the country arc significant of au awak ening of thought nn interchange of view and of diseussion which will bo promotivo of the agricultural interests of the countrj Kifjhtlj conducted thoj will bo productive ot tnuok goon Hut thtj will lmvo to bo on the n'ert for political schemers always watching for a chance to launch out o j any tldo of sen tlmcnt for their own personal advantage , and who care for nothing else It will do the fanners as a class no particular good to bo made tools of such men or , to bo led to plav into the bands of any ono political party Not the 8 line Howl Crete I tdclte A few j cars ago when Senator Van Wvck told the truth about the price of cord wood and coal and the cost of transportation in No brasiiu the brass collared organs yelled themselves hearse because ho was damaging ing the state " \ \ o dent hoar ony such dls mal howls against Governor Thajor , who has made the same statement In an open let ter Time and truth will level all things A Queer II ml oi Cnhoot * . AwIfc IkfUt General Mnnugor Kimball of the Union Pacific railway nsserts that ' the railroads stand In with the farmer nud the farmer with the railroads " Thais true \ \ hen a rail road hauls a Nebraska furmcr s corn to Chicago cage , it stands in with thS farmer rnd downs the roan who buys lt ' nt'lb ' cents n bushel for the frolcht , and tbo farmer stands la with the railroad nud downs the sanio fellow 13 cents n bushel for the corn Ob yes , every thing is lovely betVvoln.ti/o ; / railroads and the farmci Ihoj ve bqcn , ln cohoota Just the same waj lo , these inaoj ycurs AS OTHERS SEE US A Clilqacn Hlnb tlilmjixyTiwa In Nebraska the ether night there was f 1,780 in a jack pot but a chanty ball only netted $180 In Nebraska charity begins at homo where the polyuria llm Slain I'mr 1 I urn A xii-U Lity Cinu \ \ hen Omaha can t knock nut Lincoln in a contest ov er the location of a state fair , how absurd It is fqr her to usk for as big a gov ernment bidding as KuMas Citv A. limely Hu sostiun SJjur- Pity jounn I , John M Thurston , tenoral solicitor of the Uulou 1'aclflo , who talks about the farmers making the railroad men angry , " had bet ter bo careful that ilia railroad moa do not make the farmers angry Ihere ara about 60OUU farmer * in Nebraska I hey have the power to solro the next legislature By the way it tnight not bo a bad plan for them to do that very thins : A PritJIf k They Unvp Oileagn etc Nobrnskn fnrmors cannot got their corn to market bocnuso of the ruinous freight rates chnrgod by the railroads But thoj nro at llbortj to go dow n to the trnoks and see the members of their legislature and the Judges ot their courts ride bj on free passes Ilnvu li nt Home I iirnmfr Hot mtiaiid A Nobinska paper vouchsafes the hlghlj valunblo Information thnt ' It Is not necos ? arj to go to Ujoining and Arlrona to hunt for Bpcclmons of wild and woollj personal journnllsm " 'vv ! o should say not What's the matter with going to Omaha ! The Son ! Monopoly ( JiJfiioi Iifrr Ocf in It Is not constitutional to lovj nn expert duty , but slnco the government Is the orig inal owner of the s nls Is it not practicable for it to establish nt San rrnnclsoo or else where works for tanning and djolng the skin ! Wo do not saj that it Is because the matter has not er been properly tested but wo do say that the matter should bo thor ouglilj inquired into nnd pit to ndequato practical test , bonntor Plumb ought la his bill to make provision for such experiment ntlon lho seal monopoly enjojed by this government Is a much moro important matter tor thnn is generally supposed , nud oucht to bo worked for all there is in It , instend of as now , allowing London to sicim oft the cream of the p rollts Subsidies id blilp Oiwicr.s St / iifi (7f ( be IJciinn it lho nspirnlioa for the extension of Am r lean tndo with the countries to lie south of us in still j built , owned and manned bj Americans has become a le idlng tenet In the national creed , \ \ a inaj and probably will have to extend some government aid to this enterprise in the beginning , but aflor a timosufllclont trade will bo built up lo make thin branch of our shipping interests stand nlono Every nnttou In the world which has figured prominently in the ocean cirrylii ) , trade has given government help to Its shippers pors in the boglnning and some of them bavo continued it to the prcsont 1 ho Unite 1 States will not bo called on to keep up the bolstering process so long but such ul I ns is essential will bo cheerfully furnlshod OUR CONTEMPORARIES North Dakota h Dansor Af / > i if A it M'pntch The success of the corrupt scheme to transfer the Louisiana State Lottery nt the close ot its existence in Loutsann to North Dakota would bo ono of tho'fcrcatest mlsfor tunes that could befall that state nnd the other states of the Union The pool loot this new state hnd better toll in rigs nnd heneor with oinptv treasury , slow'y nnd pninfullj , if need bo developing their rcsourcos tli in permit tbo iniquity of the Louisnnna lottery to bo foisted upon them by venal lecislutors A Good I xamp o to i olinvv ultras Cltu furiial The democratic congressmen declare that vhen the democrats once more seeuro a ma joritj thoj will follow the precedent cstab llshed bj Si eaker Ueed Thev intend this nB u threat but that is because thoj have tnov ously misunderstood Mr Hoed s motives Ho and all the republicans will bo gla i to bavo that precedent followed hereafter , no matter which party is in control It expedites dites pubhu business and is , moreover , ominontlj just lunhn nml thu Mormon ? S ( l4tiliGl > jc D in r-tt. Idaho in disfranchising the Mormons has set a preccdout which will probablj be fol lowed bj the other te-ritorics in wnloh that people form un important element of tbo pee lation As laihcsact hns been sustained by the federal supreme court , this method of ideating with the pirjgamists is as safe as it is effective Bishop Whitlnlcnr s I xpcrlcncc Minn n ) Hi Jonnal The wild and woollv west Is supposed bj eastern people to be a region frnugnt with danger to peaLeablo citizens yet Bishop Whlttakor , who spent twelve jcars in No v ida without seeing a pistol drawn was ro centlj Hrod at hi a Philadelphia church a lie Huilroit ! Dent inn i-nuicferoC/imiifrtr / It the republican D irty in congress agrees to either of these propositions It will oxpiso itself to a very strong suspicion of havinc been unduly if not corruptly influenced When it is remembered that C P Hunting , ton has been as busy nround ashington as the devil In n gale of wind and that thcro is no detail or roflnctrcnt of seduction or briberj which ho docs not understand and when it Is further brought to mind that his business partner and nssoclato , Leland Stan fori sits in the senate ns n senator from balltornia , and thnt bo stands high In the , councils of the republican party i1 is casj to see thnt the party will have bard work not to make shipw reck of its reputation between the Scy Un r f Huntington nud the Chary bdis of Stanford At the same time if it shall grant the extension of time asked for by these railroads upon any such showing ns has been made il cannot fail to be classed as the friend of the corporations und tbo fee of the people nnd when that time comis its m.s&ion is ended How Huntington nud his associates must chuckle at the simplicity of the senate com mittco assuming thin tbeso crave and reverend - end seigniors ara acting in good filth How thev must laugh in their sleov cs when they think of the Southern Pacific built out of tbo earnings or exactions of the Central Pacific and on extension of a ccuturj for the latter in which to become honest If congress gaanla the extension contetnplatsd it wilt commit a very silly action ns well as a very wrongful ono , for there is no proof of the bankruptcy of the Central Pacific , unless it do found in the bare atsertlous of men who have made colossal priv ite fortunes oat of the tend , besldis building another transom tinontul road out of its pro 11 is Congress might as well take the word of Jimmy Hope about tbo Manhattan bauk robbery as to base an extension of the Central Pacific s time upon the naked assertions of Hi n.'ng- ' ton , Stanford & , Co It turn ot Corn Aaiuit ( ttu Hi let Nebraska and Kansas are asking emer gency rates on corn Purmors have an abundance of the article , but the freight charges are so heavj that almost notnlng is loft to pay the cost of raising Some railroad managers in Chicago during the consultation with tbo Nebraska statu officials , said that a reduction ot rates would throw such a quantity ot corn on the market that the prices woul 1 bo demoralized That is n foolish answer if it is made in the interest of farmers Admitting that an increased movement ot grain would lower prices the farmer would loss no more from low urieos in Chicago thai fiom low prices in Kansas and Nebraska If there is moro corn in the two states than the market can absorb , the fanner will hot low j rices la any case lho market can absorb most of the Kansas and Nebraska corn ut priuos nearly or quite equal to the present prices lho freight cli irgcs nro exorbitant when compared with the sclliug price at the principal markets The railroad takes more foi hauling the corn a few hundred miles than the farmer of western ICunsas or Nebraska gois for rals ing it 1 astern orators nro eloquent about the bursting { .ranaries of the troatmorlcati republic Increased ruilroad earn ! iis nro quoted as evidences ot national prosperity Uursting grauarios and booming rullway earnings are ourictilnc some people but not thu furinor In the east the farmers prop erty is depreciating in value la the vvosl tbo granaries are bursting because the farmer cannot soli for enouge to pay the cost ot raising and shipping , In all loyalty und national urldo it must lie acknowledged that this country cannot call itself truly pros perous whe > n thrvrfa-tnoni nro stricken with poverty Under * tch conditions ! It Is Inso lence for rAilroal mtnngors nnd iron mill owners to boast of incrastod i rofitn nnd call them ovidenccs ot national vvoalth Itallroad managers can well leave the function of regulating prices to otherforcc * whothcrtho prlco of corn bo high or low or high after a reduction of frclgnt charges , let the laws of supplj nnd demand dotcnnlnc The condition of agriculture in Kansas and bobraskn calls for rollof and the best customers ors the railways crossing the Missouri or uniting thcro have Hro n unit In bogging thnt the citltoiis ot two comiuonvv onlihs should tinvo to beg for nn adjustment ot frolcht rnlcs to fit tlio low level of prices Under vvha railroad men put forwnrd ns tha science of rate making , the charso for transporting corn shoul I bo reduce I without request Kansas ntm Nobrnskn have twice ns much corn lo send east ns thov hnd when the present rnto was made Railroads can haul II cheaper Prices nro not much moro than half what they were A reduction of llvo cents n bushel Is rnllwnj scion co if there is such a thing * COUNTRY BREEZES Gave Mini n Ohnw fJitbin Ucmocmf By A Dam Slto Lister was in to see us Monday , bo came all the way from South Grotna , ho said not to saj anv thing about it , so wont , wogavohlm a chaw of store to bacco , soniotlihig ho had not had oh , for so long Do not let hltn see this or wo may not bo able to get out a papci next w celt see A Mighty Mennlrlek OMMItcn Wo wish It undcrstooi that The Item is not on speaking terms w th ono Chas L Ball A mnn that will como into a printing ou1c3wlth a sack of buckwheat md nttor nsktug if any of the cdlloilal eorps over were known to accept a present nnd being onccrlj nssurod In the nnirmntlvallien walks out wllh a grin on his fnco ntid the buck wheat on his shoulder nocd not como nround to spit on our floor Wo don t believe the buckwheat was good nnj how shades ills Subscriber * SctfYi JimttI The editor of the Spnuldiug Index is also a barber , and when ho has melded enough public opinion for a week , lathers und shaves customers with ease and rapidity whllo ho pumps 'om for the news No ono finds fault with his paper for ho has a happv vv ij of clvlng cm shaves that roach to the roots if ho discovers oven nsomblunco ot a kick in the doporttnont of his customers And when ho gets hold of a delinquent ah , then does ho suillo n srnllo that Is fiendish as ho proceeds to put saw toah in his razor and dissect the unforttinnto s cheek O what fuu it must ba to bo n barbpr editor hmnlly , Wo nro Aroused Itcd a ni ffepnllfcnii The oxponenco of eight voars Ins taught us how to deal with a Nobraslta skunk Walk nround him if possible but if ho still Insists on fouling the road where your bust ness friends in jour own city must w ilk then llll him up with cold lead , nnd ko p fill Ing him up until his perfumed tnil ceases to wabblo Onlj on account of the disjrnco and bad odor which tha poor little Cbiof has brought on our citj have uo finally consented to waste a little ammunition on him Mo Are a 1'apn Onto JVfits Will our patrons please bear with us th a week wo well its a url ! jouknow how it is yourself Wo hope to bo ourselves ngaln soou Light and a half pounds ot girl Wednosdaj , and all doing nicely , espocinUy the eight and a hnlf pounds T < cxt vcek wo will buy about llvo sections of the upporsido of Craig establish a beet sugar factory put In a system ot waterworks olectno lights , Btrcot cars eloyatod railroads and such other conveniences ns would accord buy out the Lnglish syndicate and locate the 1SJ2 world s fair in our ciy by tiving ti2jOM00J ( If anvbodv is in net ' como around ihunks to our neighbor ladles BECSWAX I am the city electrician to bo I shah draw $2'0U a j oar I Bhall have llvo assist nnts two pnvito soerotarlo3 and my daughter tor will do the typownting 1 will sit in my oflicointho Vivvorlc Llfo and will test teloi bono wires bv riniintr up the telephone Mrl ut mj leisure I will talk of nothing but ohms and shall dip amporci aid volts every morning with my toast and eoflco I will loolc out of mj window and watch linemen stringelectrio light cab cs right tlirough a spider web of telephone wires That will give my f rion I Doc Harrington a i extra job now and then and will domonstra'o the no cossitj of a city oloctrlcinn The shabby Individual twirled his sojdy hat and made a low bow to Henry Lstabrook in the office of the appraiser * of the postofllco sltn ' \ \ ell what do vou vvantl usked Henry in his seriocomic voice as ho f umbloi in his I ooitet for a half dime ' I am one of the Polsom heirj and MMiat another of 'om h'ro onico bay , run and tolocriph to Washington thnt the postofllco will be Jclayod another six mouths until vo can settle with this claimant " • The swarthy Italian who swoops the rub blsh and cleans the spittoons of tbo ' solid twenty eight ( secret ) club stoppad before the picture ot Omaha s ox may or and shook his head reuroachtully as ho thrust the dirty cad of the broom in tbo picture s face Wat for maka younelt so bix man , jou uo Garibaldiou gota blio.c eye in last election \ou maka promisa to poorltul lanes , sacra wo vota for you tree tuna alia ona day , but you no paj over do mon Ha I You tnnua do monk sick , Carambal Now you pull do sti ing and do Mlsta Chnffanna do John Clurkn doj jump up an 1 down Ilka do monkou feed dom with the banau' ana vou Unit you muka do sun stand still Vou sav nobod' Bhall get olllco if ha not kiss jourbigntoo Vou want Mayor Cush' to pay with Interest Dluvolol jou maka do Italians slckal" ' I am a patient beast of burden " said tlio ass humbly whoso name rhymes with Omaha and mj batlc is alroaly ( , _ Ucd from the heavy load of tnxos I carrin.1 last veur bo I give you • fair warning , Master Council , that I will not bo blindfolded while you smutglo additional dead weight under my saddle 1 My name is Bluck Mall I am Helfcn stein s attorney " And the next day the jurj acquitted tbo Homo Dcfcndci on the ground of justifiable homicide * * W ill the council see to It and iIIsiiikb superfluous oinp'oyesl" asKcd pno citizen of another ' Wimtl and break the combinol Not much , lho reform and economy crowd is not doing business ut tlio old stand for Its health * IUSIC\L AKP IN AMKUHA A Clmnne for AHiiiiini ; Stiiticliiiiu to Si euro n I ron Fitiicullou The efforts of Mrs lhurberin the east to awaken un interest in tne national couscrv atorv of music , und her known lutuntlon to ( , o to the Puclllo coast at an early day with lho view of holding un examination of tnl ented young people who deslro to acqulro a bither musical education , induced a number of our loading mus'c&l aud art nmalours to transmit tha following address to Mrs Thuroer Mrs Joanoetta M Tnurbar , President N ttnnnl Conservatory of Music , Now York • ' H Wo lmvo watched with interest Jour efforts i hw H to establish In this country n conservatory of > M H music where art need not bo crippled bv ' J H flnancinl considerations nnd where really > * - . m H high class instruction may bo obtained by M Americans in tbeir own countrj nt a tnoiler- Jjlw ' t L La nto cost , or frso It need bo when oxcep r ' . Ht H tionnl talent coupled with limited moans is , , H found h fllni H 1 hose wbo have studlcl the subject know / H thnt Amoricins nro second to none In natural H musical gifts but this isnotgcnornllv apm y H clatol , audit scorns necessary toReikotU H the fcms of talent wo possess In order that H they uiaj bo polished nnd sot and placed in H evidence before the American | cople H Wo theroloro nsk if It is not ] osslblo for ' | the national conservatory to hold an oxnml- H nation In Omnlia which Is rentrul for the H population of four states , and where n trial H of the best volcos nmonc our young people of H the west mny bo hnd with the view ot so B looting and establishing scholurshli s for H such ns may bo found most vv oi thy of cult ! B vatlon H lho following reply hns Just boon ro- M eclved M NrwoitK , Pob 1893 To Mr and H Mrs T M Wool worth Mr nnd Mrs b A H Mo\\hort4jr Mr nnd Mrs G M BitchcocK , M Mrs U B Hustin Mr nnd Mrs Clemaiit , • " * " " * ' ° 4 H Chnso , Mrs ldwnrd P Pick Mrs J M * * H Thurston 1 Hosawntor Mr nnd Mrs J 11 ' ' H Millard Mrs Mary J Wallace Mrs C Will M BnmtUon , Mrs II Koantzo Mrs H W H Niish Mm Clark Woodman , Mrs 1 T Hog M ors , Mrs C s Motitgomorv , Mrs Guy C M Hart on Mrs Thorn is Kilt atrick Mrs H Lowls S Hood Mrs C W Hamilton Mrs H Cuming Mrs .1 W Cotton Mrs h C Urown H lho Hon and Mrs Cbarios P Mnndcrson , 1 A. P Hoikins | Asaproof of the interest M which the pcoilo of the great vulley of tlio H Missouri nro taking In musical culture , and H as a genuine manifestation of the npprccia M tion of the educational work In which 1 am H engaged it gives mo grcul pleasure to M nclsnowlolgo the recoil I if jour letter of M Innuury asking me to hold nn oxinninn M tion In Omaha for the National Censer valor j M of Musio borne of our best put Us are from fltLLH thu west nnd I hnvn seen and heard enough / v HB I to fcol assured that there nro munv tnoru • • MsHHs B whoio natural tlfts If eultlvatod woflld bo ; H n fortune to themselves nml nn honor to W H their country lho trustccsnpprovoof hold V H mg such nn cxnmiiiiilion , und It will give mo t H much pleasure to visit your cnert-otio citv • I H with some members of the faculty , us soon m H as 1 can fill certain eiifacoiiionts now pend H ing I vlll cammunteato with jou shortly H moro dollnitoly , and in the mcantimo kindly I H believe mo ralth fully ours \ jtf H JlA l'rTlM luLiitmit Prcsidont T H OUIt UslTHY liAAVb I B A Man AVho Hunks They nre Dctrl- I 9J mental to the blntr H Damd Citv , Neb , l-Yb 7 To the Lditor • H of fur Bkr Amidst lho general wail and Sfl complaint of the o tunes of commercial de- W 9J urosson und low prices for farm products in T flj the west is also hoard the bitter berating of i H the usurers nml banners which is quito nat I H ural and not unexpected Tint there are I H too 1 reasons foi this Btato ot affairs no ono I H will deny but the real sullercrs entitled to M M sjmt vthj are the vciy oiios to blame nud no M U doubt the most incorrigible to ndvocato tlo I M b s. remedy to cure their fminclal lhs M Such borrowers goner dly exhaust their M own resoureos by ifufortunuto batlness ven- | turcs v lid speculations , living beyond their M income bad management and many other fl M imtiractlcablo ivajs nnd then seel to borrow H M from their neighbors the usurers 1 he more Vm M ticsuerito iholr desires and tbo less thej can IV offer for security to redeem their pledges for ( repivmout , the greater will bo the rata of v m M usurj oxuetod from them Hence the bor \ • rowers suffer more from the uctialtios of the v w H desperate chances taken by their nclLhbors s , - * L. . v H than for the real use of the money Jliis is K sjSa well illustrated in j our issueof the _ iid in - ' ' jpjVjml stnnt , where you quote money nt the Umaua HHflP banks from 8 to 10 per cent , interest nnd UK ) Hj per cent nmont the ' elmltcl mortgage Mj sharks ' If these usury cursed unfortun ite * H have the good Bccuiitv , ' vou stale who BJ compels them to pay $7 for the use of $75 for MJ tblrtvdays ! Why tan they not nv all them selves of the verv fair rate of from 8 to 10 Bj per cent } Would it not bo more sensible to BJ point out the causes for this stulu of aff ifrsl BJ Our slriugout usu-y law docs not lurtnsb BJ any relief and n moro Bovoro Ian will onlyfll place a heavier embvrgo on Ihcso borrowers jflf It is not ticeessury to look for or critically to Jfljf dlasnoso tt o case MJf During our lufancv ns n state when wo BJflj were emerging from the wild west condiflflj tion into the comfort of civiltzitloii with BJB parental euro for the homesteaders the j H eommonv caltb raised its stroni , arms and BJfl said each citizen as tha head of a family flflj should 1 a\o u fum of JB ) ucivs worth SJUOU H i xompt from execution the sum ot fjJJ in flj personal | roperty tha lo ij , list , of articles la WJ section r . ! 0 of thn rev iscd statutes and in eon Jfl nectlon with this the l revisions of the usury JM law nro so one sided that it punishes only the lender for violating lho same and offers J a premium to tbo wretch who has perhaps HHkA toolishlv squaudorcd tl o money so obtained iflfl B fll to bo dishonest In an exuor tnco of a dozen jT ' S , years the writer has never known or heard < of n strlctlv honorable worthy tnun plead ing the baby act nnd suying ho was ineoin- I olent to make a contraet when ho borrowed money and tniten refuge bcl mu thos i laws to beat his creditors Hut ovorv slippery cenlus planning to cheat his benefactors has taken oven fraudulent nlvantagcs of ovary crook und kink in these laws As long ns these laws oxlst on our statute books , that long will the honest rami pay 1 lfhor rates of interest to protect the man mcorapolotit to mnk a eon tract that long will vou have chuiul tnort- Kueo sh irks ' In y our mlust preying upon the Innotout of y our community Banks cannot ufiord to take dospjratn ctiances in loaning their money un 1 the money outruslod to them by coull iinj , depositors itors W hen a loan is made by the n they must nccossari'v ' bo rcasonublv sure th it tha money will bo promptly icpaid when thn loan is duo without trouble or ligal coinp lUion Promptness In meeting oblijntloas at the hank makes n good cielilor and not many really wortnj applicants are refused credit there Jf \ \ ith bettor eolloctiou lavs so that a crod r " fte iter can seeuro whut is duo without squau- during It all in costs ami among lawyers and , . - the modification orcntire repeal of the usury laws will bo the only moons 'o foreo down the rates of Interest in this slate i'hc hi " tory of other states prove ] this to bs so 1 hero is scarcely u town of anv consequence quenco In tbo state now where the bnnks do not muko the 10 to L3 per cent rntos to their customers on all money leaned Aud yet in all these places lho same us in Omaha you will lied the ' chattel inor gage shurks ' and the street scalpcis jolting frorrJ 1 10 25 p-r cent pur month from the moat unfortunate class in their vicinity Reform is necessary , no doubt but thu way to brine It about is not bv driving the sufferers di epor into the ilniinelal Bivanp Moro capital will flow Into this state I ruin the tast whenever wo fur nlsh better security for its safety HaVSLMI 1 IVANCIKlt Unnrprooiniril Oon < rosily Serf In 7/fxiII The editor of the St Paul Press savs bo is willing te furnish the Scotia papers with boiiio bralus If the mlcroooph ulous nlucom | > oopof tlio Press worn to send up nil ho hns it would not last even the Republican thrmiMi a week ' p * X = OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY Siit.crlbed & . ( ruarautea 1 Cipltal S50O.O0O I illltlCniltnl JSOOOO llujs nnl soils kto Vs md bonds ncbotlales commorrlal paperrocclvtsnnduxoruloiitilists uctiiistransfer ac.ent nnl trusiBo of corpora tlons takeseharie of proparly , collettaroi ta Omaha Loan Trust Co SAVINGS BANK S. E. Cor 16th and Douglas ftroots | raldlnCiultal , , SSO.OOO bul scribed A. tuaranteud capital , 100,000 I lability ot atockholde'g 200,000 5 Per Cent Interest Paid on Dopoolts Ill A Nit J LAN ( I I Cashier Omcunsi A V Wytnan president J J Brown "v .S vice presllent ; W. r Wyinan treasurer v * jflW * DiBKoroiisi A U vvymsu J II Millard , J J fljr ; llrowu OuyC llarton , L , VV , Nash , ihos U jMTV Kimball , lleo 11.1 aie < J Loans In any amount made on City * Farm . Property , and on Collntoral Security , at Lo west Ccirront Rule *