Nebraska Newspapers

    OMAHA DAILY Bffjfo MONDAY , MLAKOH 10. .1890.
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Tin : discovery of coal nlonrj the Whlto
rlvor in Diikdta , is a valuable acquisition
to tbo minorul wealth of the state.
r.icTWj-ix ; the Tnclian police and the
military the boomers will lind life on
the Oliorolfec strip too lively for com
fort and health.
THK oxporioncc of Mr. Crowoiswoll
calculated to convince man of petico and
peed will , such a3 Omaha roars , that
Chicago whisky is liquid anarchy.
FUIIMONT owes the state delegation a
unanimous vote of thanks for securing a
bnug appropriation for u public build-
Ing. It was a plucky and successful
jj light , but the object was well worth the
| cliort.
TTiti : general land ollico very sensibly
declares that man and wife cannot oc
cupy the same house and live sopnr-
a toly for the purpose of securing two
adjoining homestead claims. It is con
trary to the nature of the matrimonial
compact. _ _
Tun I'Yench chamber of deputies has
imposed a duty of thrco francs on
je
American corn. Is this to bo viewed as
u retaliation on the proposed McKinley
bill , now pending , which if pnssaa by
congress will operate against the silk
manufacturers of Franco1
.Tar. talk of prosecuting newspaper
correspondents on the charge of "sedi
tion1'for sending to their papers the
Dim-codings of the secret sossionsof the
HPiwto , might have some terrors in a
country where coercion prevails with a
33ulfour and bayonets to enforce it.
Disi'ATOHKS from Brazil convoy the
startling intelligence that ' 'an internal
commotion is feared" and that "cofTeo
and rubber are greatly excited.7' No
wonder. , A combination of coffee and
rubber are sulllctont to not only produce
u commotion , but an internal rupture.
CHICAGO insists that it is not solicit
ing outside fitibscriptlons to the world's
fair fund. The increase supply of Chicago
cage lubricator in Washington prom
ises to remove the shrinkage in the
local guaranty by stimulating enthusi
asm for the old llag and a largo appro
priation ,
THK Minnesota Farmers' alliance ,
after forty-eight hours' patient labor ,
vaS unable to cipher out the connection
DDtwcon agriculture and Cryptogram
] ) onnolly. Ignatius saved his Bacon ,
however , by retiring from the race for
the presidency of the alliance before
the members had a clmnco to slice him
with ballots.
IT is the "general cuasodness" of
human nature , as Bret liar to would
pay , which iulluoncos hundreds of land
Bookers to invade the Cnorokoo strip
x do-sjiito the warnings of the president.
" \YHli thousands of acres yet to bo had
for the asking lit Oklahoma , Dakota ,
Nebraska and the Sioux reservation ,
sympathy will not bo wasted on tlio
boomers if they be roughly handled
either by tbo Cherokee police or United
Btulus Iroopri.
ON the surface the light made by the
Chicago board of trade in determining
to shut otT telegraphic quotations of the
price of grain in order to ci-lpplo iho
bucket shops appears praise worthy.-But
tllq fact that buying and selling upon
the exchange is nothing more nor loss
tlian gambling in futures , the annihila
tion of the bucket shop will simply
cause the produce and slock gamblers
to do their business through the regular
commission brokers.
XQT long ago Charles Francis Adtuns
used the startling words , "tho dishonest
jiiothods of rate-cutting , the secret sys
tem of rebates , the indirect and hidden
payinonta tnudo to influence the course
of tratllc during the last two years , I do
not hesitate to say are unprecedented
In the whole bad record of the past. "
" \Viwt stronger language could he use
today , when the roads with QUO hand
are holding up the /armors of No-
Imiblca Dy unreasonable , exorbitant and
e.wsslvo corn rates , while with the
other they are trying to cut each otaor
tiirout by ruto wursV
LFMlSr.ATlON.
There have been several measures in
troduced in the prcsont congress In
tended to benefit labor. One of thos
proposes to create a national comtnis
sion of arbitration of strikes or lock
outs. It provides for a commission o
nlno members , to bo appointed by th
president , and no member of whlcl
shall bo interested ia a common carrioi
or shall bo permitted to accept of passe
from one. Each commissioner is t <
serve throe years , nnd to receive :
salary of llvo thousand dollars
The duties of the commission wil
bo to invcftigato any dispute ;
arising between railway , steamboat 01
telegraph companies and their otn
ploycs , and recommend an amicable ,
equitable-sqltlomont of the differences ,
If thb terms of arbitration are refused
llndingB of facts are to be submitted bj
the commissioners to the United Slate
courts , and if approved oy the judge the
decision must bo accepted as final am
contending parties must do as advised
or bo punished by the court. Anothci
bill is to prohibit the Importation am
immigration of foreigners under con
tract to perform labor in the United
States , and a third moasun
proposes that the government shall sean
an example in favor of eight hours as t
day's work by limiting to that time UK
hours of employment of people ongagcc
in the postofllccs.
The plan of a national arbitration
commission has been frequently sug
gcsted , but has no'ver been rogardoO
with very much favor owing to a doubt
as to whether it would be of any practl
cal service. The scheme now proposed
docs not leave the action of the
committee dependent on the will ol
cither party to a dispute. In case of t
controversy between a common
carrier and its employes it would bo the
duty of the commission "to at once ia
vostigato the matter and suggest term :
of settlement , which if not accepted b\
the contending parties would bo subjeei
to judicial determination that would bt
final. It is to bo presumed that in t
great majority of cases the terms of the
commission would bo accepted , since
only the most stubborn of contestants
would bo disposed to take the consequences
quences of the delay incident to courl
proceedings , with the chances largelj
in favor of their resulting in ap >
proval of the commission's terms.
It 13 obviously desirable thai
some way bo found to settle
promptly controversies between com
mon carriers and their employes that
threaten the public interests , and it is
equally clear that in order to do this
there must bo an authority empowered
to act independent of the will of either
of the parties to a controversy. The
dilHculty with all plans of state ar
bitration has boon that the arbitrators
could do nothing unless both parties tea
a dispute desired their services and
agreed to abide by their decision.
There ia perhaps no question as to the
power of congress to create the pro
posed commission.
As to the other measures noted , the
bill to prohibit the importation of con
tract labor would seem to be superflu
ous unless intended to supersede and
modify the existing law. That law
needs amending , as several recent cases
arising under it very clearly show. The
proposal to make eight hours a day's
work in the postofllcos of the country
would olToct no very great change in
those olllces , the employes of which gen
erally do not average very much more
than eight hours a day. It isnot _ quito
clear , however , that if the government
should do this it would have any very
great force as an example.
RECKLESS RAILLEItl- .
Senator Blair shows tho. recklessness
ot desperation as ho sees the promise of
the defeat of his education bill grow
stronger. The vigorous blow which
that mpasuro received a week ago from
Senator Spoonor has told most effect
ively against it in congress and in the
country. The force of the Wisconsin
senator's opposition came not alone
from the very able and convincing ar
gument heprosonted , but in an equal or
Urouter degree from the fact that ho
had been friendly to the measure. Like
thousands of others , who at one time ,
when the conditions wore widely
; lilToront from these now prevail
ing , wore favprablo to the ,
proposal of government aid to educa
tion , and have changed their views be
cause the conditions have changed ,
Senator Spoonor 1ms submitted to the
plain and incontrovertible logic of the
situation , which is all against the Blair
1)111. The author of that measure , how-
3ver , unable or unwilling to understand
; he moaning of existing facts and coa
litions , is utterly intolerant of opposi-
, ion. and meets tha arguments ho can
lot refute by attempts to cast reproach
in the motives of everybody who op-
oosos him.
Mr. Blair has boon for several wecics
jntortalning himself by attacking the
icwspapors because they did nqt llll
, heir columns with his dreary talk , eon-
.inuod daily for more than a week , in
udvooncy of his bill , and which was ad-
Irosscd to empty benches the senate.
To has denounced the press as being
indur Jesuitical influences , and has
ailed against it with reckless indlffor-
> nco to truth and common sonso. So
ar as the newspapers are concerned
ho anlnuulversions of Mr. Blair are of
iourse harmless , but it is pitiable to
oo a senator of the United States thus
jotray his narrowness and Irritation be-
orn the world. In his latout utUfranro
klr. Blair developed a now theory in do-
slarlng that the fate of the republican
mrty is involved in that of his nioasi-
ire. The failure of the bill would , he
ircdlctod , i > Mt an end to the party.
L'his measure , well named a bill "to
> remote mendicancy , " proposes to pay
nit of the public treasury nearly eighty
nilltun dollars lu aid of education in the
tales , Die amount for each state to bo
lotormlncd by the relative percentage
if illiteracy. A large proportion ot tbo
diole .would go to loss * tlmn half the
talcs , and a few , as for example Iowa
ind Nebraska , would got almost
iothlnpr. Could the republican
mrty successfully defend a | Kl-
D > that would inevitably be thus
mrtinl in Its operation ? Could the ro-
lublican party justify voting money out
f the treasury , ral&od by taxation , as
, ns said by Senator bpoouor , to twenty-
two states , from eighteen to twenty-two
million dollars , which confessedly do
not need it , in order to warrant voting
aid to certain sUUcs that it is
alleged do need it ? The republican
party is in favor of popular educa
tion , but it is not , as assorted by
Mr. Blair , pledged to the policy
embodied in his bill , and it could do
nothing more dangcrpus lo its future
than to give its support to that meas
ure.
ure.It is to bo hoped the prcsont vroolc
will witness the ord of the dis
cussion of the Blair bill , which
has boon before the country nearly
ten years , and I its defeat by a
majority that will effectually discour
age any attempt thereafter to restore it
to consideration in either houso. The
overtaxed p.itionco of the public de
mands relief.
UOQUS PAVINO CERTIFICATES.
The battle for the paving sjwils wages
hot and heavy in Uonvor. The "sand
stone ring" and the "asphalt fakirs"
are terms as lavishly bandied about on
the foothills of the Uockios as they
wore in Omaha a few years ago , and
the praises of the various materials are
sung daily by the respective organs.
Viewing the battle from nfur , Tin ! BISK
is in position to rcfuto some very wild
and-reckless assertions , involving as
they do the character of the material
used in Omaha. Among the clouds of
Interviews , letters and certificates pro
cured from loading business men
of this city , is ono which de
clares that the property owners on
Farnam street , between Ninth and Fif
teenth , have determined to uproot the
granite blocks and substitute Trinidad
asphaltum. The writer , in a letter
dated February 21,1800 , says : "I fully
demonstrate what I say by having
signed a petition yesterday for ' the re
moval of stone from Farnam street and
the laying of asphalt instead. " The pe
tition referred to requests the mayor
and city council to make the change
"because of a rough , noisy and dis'-
agreeable stone pavement , traffic has
largely deserted Farnam street , and
with our constantly diminishing retail
trade has sought the attractive
and noiseless asphalt streets. An
early application of asphalt will regain
our lost prestige as the Broadway of
Omaha. "
This is "news as is news. " It will
surprise Farnam street oro'perty owners
to learn that a movement to change the
pavement is on foot , although a dili
gent search" the city failed to dis
cover the author of the scheme , or a
property owner in favor of it. l2vi-
dently the revised and distinguished
firm of Wo , Us & Co. are actively at
work in the dark , without the knowl
edge or consent of the owners of abut
ting property. It is certainly refresh
ing to' learn byway of Denver that Far
nam street is losing1 its char
acter as the Broadway of
Omaha. Merchants in the neigh
borhood have not yet discovered it , nor
have landlords boon forced to reduce
rents to hold their tenants.
The truth is Denver is being worked
and confused by bogus letters and inter
views. The letters palmed off on the
innocents of that town , if not actual
forgeries , nro procured by the paving
agents throjgh courtesy or business ob-
ligations. _ Certainly they do not repre
sent the honest sentlmants of the sign
ers.
ers.If the peopleof Denver desire the
facts regarding the paving material
used in Omaha , the comparative cost
'
and durability of stone , asphalt and wood ,
they should consult the annual report
of the engineering department. Oma
ha's experience with asphalt has boon a
costly ono , and the costs are annually
increasing. Sixteenth street was paved
with that material six years ago , and it
has been rolaid in whole or in part throe
times. At the expiration of the five
years' guaranty the city is practically
forced to accept the asphalt monopoly's
terms to keep the streets in repair or
substitute other material.
For business streets asphalt is a costly
luxury , but for light traffic it is
unequalled for cleanliness and
smoothness. The first cost is
greater than any ' material in use
here , and the fact that it is con
trolled by ono company is another se
rious objection to its use. Wherever it
is wanted , the authorities should Insist
on a ton or fifteen year guaranty , so that
the cost of repairs shall not bo saddled
on the public at largo.
UOES FARMING PAV ?
The St. Louis Globe-Democrat has In
stituted a novel inquiry as to the ques
tion "Does farming pay ? " Some six
teen hundred farmers in all parts of
Missouri , Illinois and Kansas wore in
terviewed for the purpose of ascertain
ing the cost of raising crops as com
pared with the selling price , the
average profit per head on cattle and
hogs sold , and whether it pays best to
sell corn or to food it. The answers
received wore varied and conflicting.
A true criterion can not of course bo
established. Enough was learned , how
ever , from the testimony of the agri-
culturlstsi to bo of considerable value.
The prollts in farming are such variable
quantities that oven in the same com
munity they fluctuate. Business saga
city , choice of crops , distance from mar
ket , the amount of capital invested , the
.variations of boll , the effects of heat and
moisture are all prime factors which
must be taken into consideration.
The testimony , however , agrees in
many particulars. Wheat is named as
the best paying crop to ralbo for the
market. Corn Is made profitable when
fen on the farm. The cost of raising
wheat id estimated at fifty cents a
bushel , that of corn is put at twenty
cents a bushel. At present prices this
would indicate a loss to ILo farmer. It
is probable , however , that the cost of
raising the latter staple has boon puttee
too high. But corn fed to cattle and
hogs assures the farmers a price vary
ing from twenty-live to forty cents. For
thai reason many of the farmers prefer
to sell as little of the farm products us
possible , but to convert them in fatten
ing live stock , Hogs are named us more
profitable lo raise than cattlo. Dairy
products as well as poultry have a high
commercial value when convenient to
markets , whllo farmers who diversify
their crops testify that they have a bol
ter chance feu- making their farms pay
than if they raised but ono staple.
Much of tibU information ia trite.
But the inquiry1- brought out Iho fact
that a largo tftttporlloti of the fanning
population of\Ulo \ states named is poor.
Although the > nnjorlty own their lands ,
they nro of ton.Seriously handlciippod by
want of ready.money to buy unproved
machinery or'sWck to fatten when corn
is cheap. It1 ! consequence they nro
forced to sell ( hglr products as soon as
harvested and .obliged to take , low
prices. While much of this picture is
dark , the condition of the farmer is not
as bad as it has been painted. The
truth is , that It takes brains nnd capi
tal to run a farm as in any other busi
ness , and without either , the man who
puts his hand to the plow has a hard
furrow to break.
No fair-minded person will question
the absolute sincerity of the temper
ance work of Francis Murphy. Nor
will any ono at all familiar with the
labor of Mr. Murphy in the cause with
which his name has boon for many
years identified , both in this country
and in Europe , deny that whatever ho
says regarding the policy to bo pursued
in promoting temperance is entitled to
serious consideration. Probably no liv
ing man has given more intelligent
and earnest study to this subject than
ho , and certainly no ono now engaged
in temperance work has had greater
experience. Mr. Murphy's pronounced
opposition to the third party movement ,
and his unfavorable opinion of prohibit
ory legislation , are therefore significant
and suggestive , and ought to have great
influence with the sincere friends of
temperance reform. Mr. Murphy , like
all the foremost reformers in this field
who preceded or have been
contemporaneous with him , regards the
question of tomparanco as a moral ques
tion , which should h.ivo no connection
with parties . ' 'If
or politics. prohibi
tion is to bo a success , " says Mr. Mur
phy , "tho prohibitory law must bo
passed by each man for himself , and
then ho will see that the law is en
forced. " There is wisdom in this which
the party prohibitionists would do well
to carefully and seriously ponder on.
CKIITAIN' local croakers never miss
an opportunity to draw ridiculous com
parisons between the enterprise of
Omaha and that of interior towns , in
which this city is invariably presented
in an unfavorable light. It is only nec
essary to pointto the past and present
progress of the city to show the falsity
of the comparisons. They spring from
that laVge class of chronics , who , hav
ing acquired' a competence through
the .enterprise , of their neighbors
or the toil , pi their forefathers ,
imagine they , i possess a natural
light to lecture and slander
their betters. ' Jawbone enterprise and
loud breath cannot'pass current hero
for the genuine article. Until the pub
lic scolds can sho.w by their acts that
they have contributed a mite to the
permanent wolfriro of the city , decency
demands that they plug their gas wells.
DKSPITK the. heaVy drafts made on
the revenues of the United States for
pensions , internali improvements and
the like for tire past decade , this coun
try has discharged its public debt in a
manner to excite tbo envy of the world.
Comparing the interest paid annually
by the great powers with that of the
United States , the showing is oven
more startling. Today wo nro paying
as interest on our debt thirty-five mil
lions. This is one-seventh of the
amount paid by France , one-sixth of
what Russia expends , one-fourth of
Great Britain's charges , and one-third
of the sum Austria is obligad to moot
yearly as interest.
THE senate committee on elections
has decided by < a. majority vote that
Messrs. Sanders and Power are the
rightful senators from Montana. The
decision of the committee conforms
strictly with the decision of the Mon
tana supreme court on the locality of
the certificates issued to members of
the legislature by the state board of
canvassers. Sanders and Power were
elected by the properly constituted leg
islature , and will therefore represent
Montana in the sonato. It is a triumph
of justice and honesty over confessed
fraud and political desperation.
IT SIAY bo well to suggest to the
various railroad committees appointed
during the past throe months that n
little energetic push would bo an ac
ceptable change from the prevailing
idleness. If the members are afflicted
with constitutional inertia , public in
terests suggest that they rcsien in favor
of live men.
- Tun temporary city scavenger has
missed his calling. His determination
to secure all the traffic will boar and
suppress competition servos to display
his eminent fitness for the management
of a western railroad.
Tun bill for , extras on the hospital
job will not dpw/t , but like Banquo'a
ghost looms up , , to pluguo the county
b'ourd. , . - , , ,
A I'lauwi ( ) | ( | Kx
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Perhaps tha loukuf-os in the executive ses
sions of thsenutufiro auo to tha cracks of
the party whip. ,
Mr. llvniiii | > Koll-AHHiuilr.
r/iflttjlclr/ilu / I'rfii.
Up to the present tlmo Representative
Uynum has not au < | Jntnsolf for assault and
battery on his owoircuulatlon. Yet ho has
clear cause for action.
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l'roirtrlni | { For 'OU.
MtniuajMlts Tribune.
Qrovor Cleveland cleared $200,000 on the
aalo of his "Oak View" property near Wash
ington. Ho U evidently anticipating and
preparing for campaign expanses in 189J.
the Kirn.
Korrtttuwn Herald ,
In c.iso of n tire tlio galleries in the United
Stales Bonalo can bo emptied in four mint
uiort. In oado of a auouch by Senator Ulatr
on bis educational bill they are emptied In
about two minutes.
Air. I'amllotnitVII1 Htny Out.
Kantai Cltu Journal.
The democrats propose to unlto a test casa
of the unseating of Mr. Pondlotou of West
Virginia. Such a proposal Is natural and no
ouo has any objection to offer. It will ao-
oomphsli nothing for Mr. Pomlloton , hoxv-
nvor. Ho lm $ boon bomicod niul will itay
bouncod.
A I'nmilHlnir Unmllilatc.
llcorla Tixiiutrlpf.
Charles 0. Davloj , n Canatllan financial
agent , U short $250,000. and U bollavod to bo
biding In the United States. In duo'tlmo ho
mav turn up a a democratic state treasurer
In Kentucky or Louisiana.
HTAT13 AND TKIUUTOIIY.
Nchrnnkn.
Fllltnoro county Is without a surveyor , V.
A. Jones having resigned the ofllco ,
Mr. nnd Mrs. Henry Goodgo of Sohuylor
will colobrnto their golden wedding March
33.
33.A woman's relief corps was orgnnlzod nt
Gonovn last week with about forty mom-
bo rs.
The Republican Valley Editorial nmocia-
tion holds Its next meeting at Orleans
Mnreh L-5.
The Crete council Ims resolved not to sell
the oluctrlo Heht plant to ati eastern syndi
cate ns proposed.
Tlio manors of Dundy county will put in a
larger ncrengo of whc.it , oats and barley this
year than ever boforo.
Mrs. Mary W. Lucas , wlfo of Judge Lucas
of McCook , lias bean admitted to tlio bar in
the Eighth Judicial district.
About two hundred nnd twontv-flvo pro
fessed conversion as tlio result of the union
revival meeting Just closed at Croto.
Daniel Dodge , residing near VYaoo , lost his
house nnd all its contents by flro the other
night as the result of n defective fluo.
Tim ICcnrnoy young Indies who arc pushIng -
Ing the public hospital schema expect to have
the institution in running order by April 1.
George A. Smith of McCook was Instantly
killed by a runaway team last w'ook. The
deceased was a brother-in-law of lion , J. A.
Wilcox.
C.V. . Johnson , a banker of Gcriug , Scotts
Iiluff county , reports that corn is selling at
$1 per hundred nt that place and is hnrd to
got oven at that pricn.
The Plattsmouth water company is now
pumping 230,000 gallons of water daily , mono
than is used by any other city in tbo state
except Omaha nnd Lincoln.
The county seat contest In McPucrson
county last week resulted In no choice. At
the next election the town of Hcluerson and
two government land sites will bo the only
contestants.
The citizens of lionkolman have raised a
bonus of $3,000 to secure n $2:2,000 : flouring
mill with a capacity of 12o barrels par day.
It is expected that the plant will bo in opera
tion by May 15.
Kearuoy has twenty-three secret society
lodircs. The tatnat ono organized was Smith
Gavott post , Grand Array of the Republic ,
which was mustered in last week with
twenty charter members.
A. E. Gunii , n ranchman living near Chap-
poll , while crossing Lodge Polo creek , broke
through the ice untl was drowned. His body
was recovered after an hour's search. He
loaves n wife and six children.
According to- , the Thedford Tribune the
so-called sand-liills of Thomas county nro
proving to bo fully capable of competing
with tiny soil in the stuto in the production
of cereals , vegetables or anythiug that can
bo raised in Nobruska. All Thomas county
asks Is a fair show.
A prominent furnicr of Perkins county re
ports considerable dnmauo done by a species
of small binl in his neighborhood. Ho sowed
twenty-ilvo acres of wheat a week ugo , but
bus to do the work all over again on account
of the birds eating it up. Ho says tliero were
thousands of them on his wheat field and ho
could not find a grain where they had been
nt work.
Says the Nelson Gazette : Considering
the fact that about 35,000 acres of land have
been leased in this county the past year , and
nil of it wild land , nnd that It is all to bo
cultivated and sown to crops the coiniug sea
son und occupied by actual settlers , who
were not residents of the county ono year
ago , and that all of them are to erect build
ings thereon , means quite an area of pros
perity for Nuckolls county this season.
Dr. Johnson , the Loomis quack who the
coroner's jury found guilty of administering
medicine to Miss Ho lit ( or the purpose of
producing abortion , suddenly disappeared
about the time the warrant was issued for
his arrest , says the Holdrcgo Nugget. Ho
will probably have -business in other parts
of the glebe for some time to come , and the
room ho occupied in Phelps county is prefer
able to his company.
Icvv Item ? .
Boono's artesian well is down 2,050 feet.
An oloctrio light plant is to bo put in at
ludlaola.
Tha state flsh commissioner's expenses
last year wore § 2,0(11.03 (
The Rock Rapids Presbyterian church has
a now bell weighing l.i-'OU pounds.
Battle Creek capitalists will build an opera -
era house block the coming season.
A soldiers' monument costing $1,000 'will
bo unveiled at Grand Junction May 1 by the
local Grand Army post.
For knocking down the attorney who had
his sons sent to the reform school , Cornelius
Kearns of Maploton contributed $10 to the
state.
The spring commencement of the state
university at lown City talios place this
week. There are sovcnty-nme candidates
for graduation.
An Aigotia man shipped 1,000 bushels of
oats to the Paciflo coast at a cost of S315.
Ho paid 17 cents for the oats and the freight
was BO cents n bushel.
A family of white mice was found in the
oven of a kitchen atovo in Grundv Center
the other morning. They had bo'-n frozen
out of their nest in the wall.
The Lucas county Agricultural society
nas sent a dolcirato to Dus Molnos to urge
upon the Icuislaturo the necessity of passing
some practical measure for the protection of
inrmors against mu uuoruuiuioim ui waives.
The sheep farmers of Lucas cpuuty have
suffered considerable loss from that sourpo
lately.
The Glndbrook Review tolls the following
sad story of ouo family that wont from that
locality in the late rush into Oklahoma :
' Mrs. Dingtnan and family of four children ,
formerly from near Uoaman , but late of
Oklahoma , arrlvtd on the late train Wednes
day evening on her wav to her lather's , > ir.
Uurrls , who lives south of iJeaman. She re
ported the Oklahoma country mekly , having
buried bor husband and two children since
August , the balance of the tamilv boingstck
most of the tune while there. They drove to
that country eleven head of cattle , all of
which died. "
The usually quiet little town of Rouio ,
Henry county , indulged in nllttlu excitement
last weok. A train laden with liquor was
wracked near there the other day and the
vessels In which the liquid was contained
burst. Everybody turned out with pulls ,
pans , tin cans , etc. , nnd succeeded in Bnvine
n largo quantity of the spirits. Then on-
sucd a see no which , according to witnesses ,
rivaled the bacchanalian orgies of the an
cients. Tha tough element took possusBion
r > i tlio town and pandimonium rolgnod su
preme. The good people of tlio place bar
ricaded themselves in their houses and waited
till the Hood hadtmbsidod. The circus lasted
two dajra.
Tlio Two DukiiliiH.
Bismarck's ' charity ball cleared over $0)0. )
A. O , U.V. . lodges are bolng organl/wd at
Eureka and Ipswich.
The proposed pontoon bridge across the
river from Pierre to Stanley will contain
1,000,00(1 fool of lumber ,
The farmers of llrown county will havq to
ouy 75,000 bushels of seed wha.it this year if
they sued all their hind.
A cow nt Elktou has given birth to four
calves within ton months twins lu April
lust and twins the prunant month.
The commissioners of Brulo county will
loan needy farmers seed wheat , talcing alien
lion on their crops to secure payment in iho
fall.
fall.A Sunday school eonvontlon for east South
Dakota will bo held nt Mitchell April 17 und
18 for the purpose of forming a atnto asso
ciation.
William GllchrUt , the 31-year-old son of a
Presbyterian deacon at MudUon , committed
sulctdu by mioollng himself through the
head last week , Ilu is supposed to have
been insane.
George Swanson , an Edmunds county
farmer , lout a Hteor last week and nftor u
ilvo dayit' hunt found it in nn old well The
animal was ilshod out nnd was found to bo
uninjured , but was suffering terribly from
nutter ,
.WHERE THE CREDIT LIES ,
The Comlntr of the Commission Not
Duo to Paddock.
THAYER AND UEESE DID IT.
Tlio Governor on tlio Ailinnutrntlon
Davltt UufTs UiiuitioVny of Gat-
ting JIvon on n Had Trade
Pulpit nnil I'rcnohcr * .
Honor to Whom Honor In Duo.
LINCOLN , Nob. , March 0. ( Special to TUB
DKE.J A Washington dispatch In Tun HRK
of today's lsuo announces that Morrison ami
Vcnscy of the Interstate commerce commis
sion will leave that city for Nebraska to
morrow morning lo investigate the situation
In reference to the corn rates. The sama
dispatch also elates that the coming visit Is
Iho outcome of Senator Paddock's resolution ,
and that U is expected that It will bo ox-
trouicly bonoliclal to the fanners of the stale.
"This dispatch , " said n prominent politi
cian , calling Tim HGB rcprasontnllvo'a at
tention to It , "Is certainly misleading. I nm
willing that Paddock should have nil tbo
glory that Justly belongs to him , and very
generally 1 thlnlc ho gets It. The fact of the
matter is Paddock Introduced that resolution
because- was forcou to do It by the impor
tuning of his constituency , and after freight
rates had boon under imitation hero nnd at
Washington for months and months. If I
remember rightly Governor Thayer demanded -
mandod reductions of the Trans-Missouri
Railway association long before Paddock
introduced his wonderful resolution. Ho-
sldes , Attorney Gonornl Locso has boon
working for such reduction in long and short
haul rntos for moro than four yoara. Ho
bus addressed petitions time and time again
to Senator Paddock asking for his influence )
and aid , and at the eleventh hour ha steps
lo and tries to reap the glory. If I can see
through .tho glasa , the senator saw that
something must bo done , and stopped in to
prevent a scoop , as you newspaper follows
put it. This credit , If it goes for anything ,
ought to bo placed whore It belongs. "
THATIIII O.V TUB ADM1XIST1UTIOX.
Mr. John A. Slcichor , Manager of Frank
Leslie's Paper , Corner Fifth' Avenue und
Sixteenth Streets , New York My Dear Sir.
You ask for my opinion regarding the iirst
year of President Harrison's administration.
Harrison has given the country a splendid
administration. Ho Is faithfully oxccutlnir
the laws. Wo havonow , a decidedbold Amer
ican foreign policy which no ono seems
ashamed to recognize , but on the contrary
every American clti/.on feels proud of it.
The only fault I have to llnd with the
policy of the administration is that the ures-
idont has kept too many "oflonstvo par
tisan" democrats in ofllco. In my judgment
it is a mistake to keep political opponents in
their places because their terms have not
expired. Au administration to bo success
ful , whether republican or democratic , must
put its own friends and supporters in places
of responsibility and trust. The party that
does not rocogni/u its own friends will go to
the wall , as it oueht. Very truly yours ,
JOUK M. TlUYEIL
DB1'IAT DLTP.
Something like a year ago David Duff gave
B. F. McCall his promissory note for $ W5
payable in twelve months. The note was
given in payment fora horsn that ho had bid
in at a nubho sale. Just before it became
duo ho called on McUall and asked for the
note presumably for the purpose of paying
it off and on gutting hold of it deliberately
tore of the signatures nnd handed it back to
the payer , remarking that ho would return
the horse on the following morning. Tins
thoughtless action laid DuTJ liable to a
serious charge and McCull told him so at tbo.
timo. "I will tnko my chances , "
wa the delimit reply , whereupon
his arrest was caused. When brought into
court yesterday ho refused to employ coun
sel or make a defense , notwithstanding tin
statute tlxing conviction for such offenses
which is from ono to seven years in tin
penitentiary , was pointed out to him. Hn
only explanation for the course ho has pur.
sued is that ho does not consider the horse
worth moro than $ , ' . ) , und that ho tore oil
the signatures to keep from paying the noti
and to prevent a law suit. He has friends ,
however , and Mr. Hlodpett will appear foi
him tomorrow , n continuance until that time
having been secured. Some of Dult'i
friends doubthisaamty , for wliorover known
he has been considered honorable and up <
right. Duff insists that ho will KO to lha
"pen" rather than settle the matter , hnd
MeCall says ho will push it unless proper
restitution is made. The case ia a moat sing
ular ono.
AND rilKACKEItS.
"Can Vice bo Suppressed by Lawl" was
the subject of Rov. Stem's discourse at St.
Paul'sM. E. churcn tonight.
R. C. Harrow , state evangelist of the
ChrUtian church , is preaching a series of
sermons in Went Lincoln. His meetings are
said to bo well attended.
Bishop Kuphart will preside at the cast
Nobraskn conference of the United Hrothron
church , which convenes nt Strang , Fillmore
county , March J9.
Rov. L. W. Terry , the now imtor of tha
East Lincoln Uaptlst church , delivered n
special address before the Young Men's
Christian association this afternoon. His
subject was "Joshua , the Model Warrior , or
How a Young Man Can Conquer His Sur
rounding Evils. "
ci rv XKWS ASII NOTKS.
Word has boon received from Denver of
the arrest of J. A. Foster , the crook who
was suspected of robbing the residence of M.
I ) . Welch last June.
Scarlet fever is rcportod at tlio residence
of J. L. Jennings , 131 South Tenth Htreot.
Measures of quarantine- nave been taken ,
nnd there is little daugor that the diaoaso
will spread.
O. W. FIfor has resigned his position on
tbo local staff of the State Journal and has
accepted a position in the ollico of ICiiKineor
Weeks of the Hnrlink'ton. W. F. Maneti
succeeds him on the Journal.
The Indies of Lincoln division , No.I , Uni
form rank , ICnfcbts of Pythias , will give u
grand ma qucrado ball in representative hall
on the ovonlng of March "a. 'This Is Intended
to be the society event of the season.
W. L. Hunter , Into of the Globe , and E. P.
Michel , late of the State Journal , have en
tered Into n copartnership under tlio name
of the Hunter-Michel printing company , und
in addition to Konoral jou work will manu
facture paper boxes.
Oavu Uuncan was too much for Ills wife's
mother nnd his brother. Uosides Hwonrmg
that ho was ol lotfal ngo to marry nnd thut
his intended was nineteen , ho displayed n
letter purporting to have boon written by
Mrs Snow , uivlnx a reluctant consent to
ncr daughter's nmri-lugo , David and Euimu
nra now suing for pardon. Mrs. Hnovy still
closes her heart nnd Arch HI threatens to
proacuuto for porjiirv nnd forgery.
Clinrloy MuL'urgiir , Aultman , Taylor 'c
Co. 'M well known Nebraska man , was in the
city over Sunday. Ho made a recent trip lo
his old ( Januna homo that alTorUciMiIni n
deal of pleasure ,
When Dulcet I vi ) Pound rounded up the
burglars ut Twentieth und J utreots Friday
evening ho discovered that n systematic
scheme for burglary had been planned nnd
was under axccui.ian. Hort Kinscy , Friink
Wubhur/ Kay Cawaladri and Will Snydur.
boys fourteen nnd llftcen years of ngo , nnd
tlio burglitrii as charged , were preparing for
u summer's cump , u rrgulur gypsy lifu , mid
worn collecting ammunition , shooting lions ,
clothes , cooking utensils , etc. , for thut pur
pose.
Why 'Hippo Arn I'ow Grout I'rnuoliora.
Men ot intellect nntl education , who
nro cnpublQ of enthuslnain nnd itrilor in
the service of mankind , nro deterred
from Booking lo do thut service through
the nhrlslhin ministry. They cannot
honorably accept UH doctrinal roauiro-
tnenls and will not submit to its montul
restrictions , writes A. 1C. PiBlco in the
Murch Forum , llonco they uro ox-
eluded from it culling in which they
are fitted to accomplish great good for
the human ruse. The young genera
tion , absorbing as it grows to maturity
the knowledge und thought of the liv
ing tlmo , the results ol InvcBtlgation
and criticism that ( lllor from the studio *
of scholars through the printing
press , the public library nnd the roiui-
ing room , and porinontos the subtle mo- \
diutii ol communication in which all MO- *
cloty moves nnd liven , is repelled front
religious association by dognmii which
its common sense will not accopt. The J
prediction in Victor Hugo's tale of Iho /
time of Louis XI , that the printing >
press would kill the church , was truu of \
the ecclesiastical fabric of that lima ,
which is already a curious fossil.
Whether It is true of the universal
Christian church doponda upon whether
the vitality of that body is in Iho in-
legumonts of creed ana doclrino that
have wrapped about it , or in the endur
ing necessities of the human soul.
Will \Vnr Itqconio Impossible ?
General Henry L. Abbot in the March
Forum : What will bo tlio olTcct in the
near ftituro of these radical changes in
weapons and methods of warfare ? It ia /
the claim of inventors that they are t
rapidly making war impossible by increasing - ,
creasing the power of destruction bo-
Iho limits of human endurance ,
Stmd
utdotho facts sustain such a claim ?
It must not bo forgotten that com-
nloxity has taken the place of simplicity - .
plicity everywhere , and that consequently
quently u ilogroo of skill greater than
heretofore is demanded to make ollcc-
tlvo Use of now devices. If it wore possi
ble to overcome the "total depravity
ofinaniniato things , " nnd to dives't ,
the soldier himself of human instliirirf
and human fallibility , and transform
htm while Iho battle Is raging into a
passionless automaton , iho wonderful
powers of these now machines might
perhaps bo utlll/.od lo the full ; but this
is passing the limit of the possible. An
tbo diniculty of handling his weapons
Increases , thoolTcctsof norvousnossand
stupidity will increase , and in a much
highnr ratio. Whatever may bo the
effect of modern progress In weapons
upon the slr < igglo of the two nrniica
equally provided with the now typos ,
there can bo no doubt ns to the result
when one of the comhatanls possesses
them and the othtr is equipped nearly
in the manner in vogue- during our
civil war. Can we , if some luckless
Samoa should bring a European army
upon our shores , afford to bo handf !
capped as were the nboriginios when
they opposed their bows and arrows to
the old "Brown Bess" of our forefath
ers':1 : And would not that be our posi
tion todays' '
The Gambling lOicmontnf Politic * ,
Nevertheless , three-fourths of the
gambling element in politics chance ,
' 'dark horses. " stuffed ballot boxes ,
"
bosses and political deals would disappear -
pear if all appointments wore made for
merit ; and a grout many people enjoy
the gambling element , writes Prof. A.
B. Hart in the March Forum. The un
fortunate connection between local and
national parties , so clearly pointed out
by Mr. Bryce , makes federal olllces
seem an essential part of the stakes hi
state and municipal contests. In a
word , not only parties and politicians ,
but a great number of the people like
the fun of the present spoils system.
The West nnil tlio Sinnll Farmer.
In eastern Nebraska and Kansas andi
western Iowa and Missouri there were
moro largo farms twenty years ago than
there are today , writes Prof. .Tamos
Willis Gloed in the March Forum.
There appears to bo nothing in the now
west to justify what has been said about ]
tlio decline of the small farmer. It is , i
the big farmer that has declined. It j
may bo said almost without qualiflca- ;
tion that all industrious and capable t <
and honest farmers in the west till their
own farms. What few tenant farmers
there are are lazy , dishonest and inca
pable as a class.
The PrnlltH of Money I.omlrri.
The broker of thocommunity bocouios
the capitalist of the community , writes
Prof. James Willis Glood in the Forum
for March. The western mortgage
brokers have been no exception lo the
rule. Ono of them in Kan&as has inado
nearly 810COOl)0snco ) ) | 1870. The busi
ness developed rapidly. As increased
capital has become necessary , individual
brokers have given way to corporations.
There are probably two hundred such ,
corporations now operating in Nebraska
and Kansas alono.
It Is said a man sontonccd to state prison
for life at hard labor for the murder of a
yoanR man at Minto last July may bo seen
driving a fancy team of horses through tlio
streets of Bismarck tiny day in the week ,
with nothing to prevent his escape , laxity
in the disclplmo of the prison is charged by
tbo Grand Forks Herald.
TS.Naturo's effort to expel foreign sub-
1 stances from the bronchial passnges.
Frequently , this causes Inflammation
nnd Iho ni'cd oC nn nnodyno. No other
expectorant or nnodyno is equal to
Ayor's Cherry 1'cctorul. It assists
Nature In ejecting the mucus , allays
irritation , Induces rcpo.se , nnd is the
most popular of all cough cures.
" Of the many preparations before the
pnblli ! for th i euro of colds , coughs ,
bronchitis , nnd kindred diseases , there
is none , within the rnngu of my experi
ence , so reliable ns Ayor'H Ohorry. J'oc-
toral. For years I was mibjeet to colds ,
followed by terrible coughs. About four
years ngo , when HO nllllcted , I was nil-
vised to try Ayor's Cherry Vcctoral and
to lay all other remedies nxldo. I did
so , and within a weak was well of my
cold nnd cough. SInce then I have
always kept this preparation In the
lionso , nnd feel comparatively secure. "
Airs. Ij. L. Drown , Denmark , Miss.
"A few years ago T took a severe cold
which affected my lungs. I had a tcr-
rlhlo cough , and passed night after
night without sleep. The doctors gave
mu nn. I trleil Ayor's Cherry IVctoral ,
which rollnviiil my Innps , induced uleop ,
nnd nlTonlod the rest nucossary for the
rooovory of inv Htrungth. lly Iho con
tinual USD of the Pectoral , a permanent
euro was iiiluctcxl. " IIoracoFairbrothor ,
Kockliighum , Vt.
/er's / ' Cherry
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co. , Lowell , Maze ,
RoM by nil IniKi'i t" . l''ico $1 j tlx Lotties , jD ,
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
& guaranteed Cuplul , 3500,000
Paid In CuiUtnl . . . .350,003
llny.i nnil soils ntoclcs aril bonds ; neuctlutoi
commercial paparrct ; > lvtisnudtxuuntoitrniU ;
ucti us transfer iiirunt and trustee of corpora
tion * ; lakbii charuu ot property ; collect * ronU
Omaha Loan &Trust Co
SAVINGS BAN.K
S. E. Cor. 10th and Douglas strnols.
l-ald In Uanlt'U . . S5O.OOO
Bulmcrlbed tc guaranteed capital , IOO.OOO
I.labllltjrof atockholdurs , . . 2OO.OOO
5 For Cent Intoroat Paid on Doposlta
FKA.NK j , ANIII : , cashier.
A. \Vymsn , president ; J.J.IIromi ,
vlco pruulilunt ; W.T. Wyinnn , tro * uror.
DUIKQTOIIH : A. II. Wyiuau. J. II. Mlllard. J. J.
Jlrnwn. Ouy t' . ll.irton , 1 ! . W. Nasn , jho * . It ,
Klmbull , Ueo. I ) . I.uko.
Loans In any amount maclo on Cltv &
Farm Property , and on Collateral
Security , at Lowou Rate Currant * * *