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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SATURDAY MAKOH 15. 1890.
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convention nt Fort
Worth was from all reports ns short
mid sweet as a tenderloin steak.
TIIK testimony brought out in the
McCnllii inquiry would fjo to show Unit
botli the coininniulcr and crow of the
Kiiterpriso were a pretty bad lot.
Oino'.s hilarious approval ot schedule
[ v uinplittHixcs the vnluo of having1 an
Ohio man at the head of the ways and
moans committee to look after Ohio
interests.
Tin : Western freight , association lias
ngrocil to reduce its rates between the
Missouri river and Chicago. Score an
other point for the Iowa state railroad
eoiuniisMoii.
WHIN" : the wool interests of Ohio en
thusiastically endorse the wool sched
ule of the now tariff bill it becomes ev
ident that the government will assist nt
the Hhuuring ot the wearers of woolen
goods.
WHIM : hundreds of farmers uro pre
paring to r..iso beets , the state business
inaii'ri iis-iouiation proposes to plant
dcatl betits. Between both the harvest
of the genuine article ought to bo u
huuntitul ono.
Tin : final lest of the pneumatic dyuu-
inite guns of the nruiser Vesuvius hav
ing proved tatisfaotory , the now war
vessel will bo an object as destructive
and as much to bo dreaded as its histor
ical namc.siko.
WITH snow drifts sixty feet above the
| ; , , t tops of telegraph poles , and with trains
on the mountain divisions -Colorado
buried out of sight in tno beautiful , the
pcoplo of the Centennial state will bo in
no hurry to advertise their summer
health resorts.
A CuitAX editor , whoso zeal for lib-
( trl.v got the bettor of his judgment , is
languishing m jail for endorsing an
nexation to the United States. The
fool subordinates of the Spanish mon
archy have yet to learn that tyranny
and the jail are the avenues to freedom.
Kviitv : time 11 congressman snoozes
in favor of opening the Cherokee strip ,
dispatches from Kansas announce a
grand rush of boomers into the forbid
den hind. These reports had better betaken
taken with a grain of allowance. The
military authorities , as well as the In
dian police in that territory , have hud
htriet orders to keep out adventurers ,
unil it Is hardly probable Unit they are
caught napping every day in the week.
NOT only the damages , hut the city's
shuro of the cost of constructing the
Kloventh and Sixteenth htrcet viaducts
wore assessed back on the prouorty bon-
'olittud. To make nn exception in tavor
of Tenth btrcot , and pay the damages
out of the general fund would he an
outrageous net of injustice. The city
has contributed ono hundred and tlfty
thousand dollars toward that structure ,
and the property bcnolitted should be
compelled to bear the amount of dam
ages awarded.
Tiuc importance of the Department of
the I'latto as u supply depot for army
posts in Nebraska , Dakota , Wyoming )
Colorado , Utah and Idaho is again
Hhou-ii by the necessity of erecting now
and larger buildings at the government
corral In this city. The dispatches
from Washington indicate thnt the
ucurotnrv of war has approved the
plans for an immense warehouse to bo
erected as soon as the appropriation is
allowed. Tito building demanded is
ono of tv number uf the sumo character
to ho creeled in the near future. The
plans call for n brick struituro tlfty by
three hundred foot , three stories in
height , to cost not loss than sixty thou
sand dollars. It were well to bear in
mind when summing m > the business
resources of Omaha to include the Department -
partmont of the Platte , wjileh disburses
from its depots in this city supplies
juuouiilliig to two millions of rtoljuraim-
jiuaUy , many of which are bought in the
' -"nfnwrlcot.
The letter of C.enornl Miuingcr Uol-
dregc of the Jltirtiiiglon road to Attor
ney General LOPSO presents the rail
road Eldo of the controversy regarding
local freight rates in the state. Mr.
Holdrego appeals to the attorney gen
eral to destroy the complaint dniftod
for presentation lo the interstate com-
nicrco commission f "or lo correct the
mls-statomonta before tiling It. " The
attorney general ia thoroughly compe
tent to defend the position ho has con
sistently held since IIH ! election to ollicc ,
nnd there need ho no fear of his ability
lo successfully demolish the arguments
of Mr. Holdrogo.
It is certainly hiirprlsing that surh a
shrewd tnumiger ns Mr. Iloldrego
should , at the threshold of I ho investi
gation , request the suppression of the
Btato'a complaint. If , as Mr. Holdrogo
claims and attempt' ) to prove , the state
ments made in the complaint "are false
and misleading , " it would luivo been
the part of wisdom to lot the document
go before the commission and refute it
th6ro. Nodlsctcot general would on
the eve of battle point out to the enemy
the weak points in his line ? . Nor is it
reasonable lo'supposo that , if the rail
roads could successfully controvert
the indictment nropared by the state ,
they would send out a division comman
der under a Hag of truce , to urge
the attorney general to destroy or cor
rect his plan of battle.
The truth is that the railroads see
the handwriting on the wall and will
resort to every possible means to pre
vent the reduction of the robbing tolls
maintained in the state. Mr. Hol
drogo denies that grain rates from in
terior points have ever boon ai low as
at present , and declares that the al
leged low rates prior to the interstate
oommcr.ce law were duo to "temporary
ra'.o ' wars or emergency competition. "
In making this bohl charge the Bur
lington manager neglected to burn
the bridges behind him. Thou
sands of way bills are in exist
ence proving beyond a shadow
of doubt that under the rebate system
grain was carried from competitive
shipping points in the stale for from
ten to twjlvo cents less than the pres
ent rate. And it was not due to a tem
porary ralo war , but to a secret under
standing between the managers and the
elevator men. *
Mr. Holdrcge quotes the sworn stale-
men ts of the value of railroad property
filed with 'the stale auditor during
1887-8 , to prove that the corporations
are not earning a fair interest on the
money invested. In 18SS , according to
these reports , thcro were five thousand
and eleven miles of railroads in the
stato. Mr. Holdrege estimates
the cost at twenty-live thou
sand dollars per mile , milking the
total valuation , in round numbers , ono
hundred and twonty-llvo million del
lars. The same authority claims that
the net earnings of all the railroads in
the state for that year "were live mil
lion three hundrad and ninety-two
thousand Hvo hundred and seventy dollar
lar : ? , equal to four and three-tenths per
cent on the valuation. ' ' Mr. Iloldrogo
does not explain why the not earnings
for 1SSS b'uould fall nearly two million'
short of the not earnings ot 1887. Cer
tainly there was not asnllloiont depres
sion of business or a radical increase of
operating expenses in 1SS8 over the pre
ceding year to absorb the difference.
The "Report of the Inlornnl Commerce
of the United States , " shows ( page o jH )
that the loral earnings of Nebraska
railroads for ISbS wore a fraction less
than eighteen million dollars. If Air.
Holdrege's figures of the not earnings
are correct , it cost twelve millions ,
seven hundred and two thousand dollars
lars to operate live thousand miles of
road , or seventy per cent of the total ro-
celuts. lathe Burlington manager pre
pared lo defend. Iho r.sserlion that it
costs seventy per cent of the receipts to
operate the roads ? If so , how is it pos
sible for the Burlington company to
operate itj extensive system for&i.xty
per cent of the receipts , as is shown by
Iho olllcial statement for January lastV
The people of Nebraska cannot bo
hoodwinked by railroad pleas of pov-
'crty and distress , in view of the. fact
that the local rates in the state are ono
hundred per cent higher than the prevailing -
vailing rate in Iowa. As long as it
costs twenty cents to move ono hundred
Douiulfl of corn Hvo hundred miles ,
while the same quantity is carried from
Chicago to Now York , over nine hun
dred miles , for eighteen cents , no
amount of statistical jugglery or plaus
ible statements can convince the people
thnt the Nebraska rates are rea&onablo
or just. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
/ MKAT IXk'HICTlOX.
There is a I ill pending in the senate
which provides for govurmnont in
spection , u nil or the direction of the sec
retary of tigrlcull TO , of all salted pork
and bacon inlendea for exportation , with
a view to ascertain and determine
whether the name is wholesome Jind
sound for human food. The measure
also prohibits the importation of
adulterated food or drink , and provides
that under certain circumstances the
president may by proclamation suspend
the importation of such nrliclos. This
bill , practically in its present shape ,
passed the sonalo last ycaiftnd It has
the approval of the state , treasury and
agricultural departn. : its. When it
was before the sonulo a , few days ago
Senator Sherman stated that it wae bo-
liavod the passage of the bill would
enable Iho proper authorities of thu
covornmont to procure the repeal and
ruloauo of the vailous restrictions im
posed by MnglandCiRrmanyTind Franco
upon thu importation of American
meats , and that If this were done it
would add at least fifty million dollars
to our exports ot moat products.
The measure , however , lias oncoun-
lorod : i somewhat vigorous opposi
tion from the packers. Senator Platl ,
when the subject was last before the
senate , road n letter from a Connecticut
packer for exportation In which ho said
that if the bill In its present form be
came a law it wouUl bn destructive to a
very largo part of the export business
and do no good to any one. Subio-
quenlly the leading Chicago packers
asked u pojtjxjtiomont of notion on thu
bill in order to give them an oppor
tunity to state their objections
to the present form of the mcas-
uro. According to the roporta
from Washington what the Chicago
packers want is n government Inspec
tion only when shippers or producoro
require it. These packers also sayth.xt
in its present shape Iho bill would
practically destroy the export trade.
lu the senate discussion ot this meas
ure the principal source of objection
appeared to bo rlr 'her ' Inspection
should bo inado nt the place of exporta
tion or at Iho packing point ? , nnd the
consensus of opinion was that it would
not bo necessary to inspect
at exporting points if Iho inspectors
were satisfied that the meats had been
cured for a period of sixty days. The
'opposition to Ibis measure on the part
of the interest moat concerned is slg-
nlllcant , and naturally suggests whether
the government had not butter drop the
whole matter. The Inference is that
the packers for export are entirely sat
isfied with the situation , nnd
that there is danger if the gov-
'crnmont interferes - Unity matters
'will ' bo rendered xvora'o instead of bet
ter. The effort of the government to
induce foreign governments to remove
the restrictions on the importation of
American meats would , in this case , beef
of no avail , since it is curtain that such
restrictions will not bo removed , but
moro probably increased , so long ns
there is no initioti'il 'inspection ' upon
which foreign buyers can rely.
THEE AS I' AKD
It has been apparent over since the
subjoctof reclaiming the ari ( Viands at
the west by irrigation-began to bo seri
ously discussed , that every effort to put
into cITcct such an cntorprbo under the
auspices of tno government _ .wotild encounter -
counter a vigorous opposition in the
east. So far as the mattg'rj has boon
given any consideration by"tiid press of
that section the has
expression beoy-
unfavorable to the government having
anything to do with irrigation ,
and so far as wo km > w : thcro is
no eastern member of congress
who docs notliold n like view. This
opposition sacks to justify'itself with
the argument that the government has
no right to perform a work of this kind
the bonollts of which would largely go
to private parties , and it refuses to sec
any advantages to the whole people from
redeeming and making available for the
production of wealth , and fortlio homos
of a population as largo ns that of the
country nt present , an area oriual to
more than half the land in
the nation now being cultivated.
The government might spand
money , say the eastern opponents of ir
rigation , to roruovo the surplus stones
from the farms of Now Kngland as prop
erly as It might spend money to supply
the lacking moisture to Iho farms of the
west.
It is easy enough to find argument of
this sort , to presume waslo and fraud ,
and to assert that the plan is ono to get
rid of public revenue , and such asser
tion may appear to some as evidence of
an honest concern for the welfare of
the public treasury. But that
is uot the real motive of
the opposition. ' It is bhown
in this frank declaration of the Now
York Commercial Advertiser : "Fortun
ately the farmers of the cast will bo a ,
unit against the project. The farms of
nil Now .England arc declining In vnluo
through western competition. To waste
hundreds of millions in intensifying
this competition and precipitating this
decline will be resisted even by the loyal'
republican farmers of Vermont. " This
is the sectional , dog-in-tho-mangor feel
ing that is at the Votloin of the eastern
opposition to the government tak
ing any action for reclaiming the
arid regions of thoicst. . Be
cause agriculture in the east is less
profitable than formerly nnd farm lands
consequently less valuable , duo it maybe
bo in part to the competition of the
west , there must bo.no further addition
made to the agricultural resources' of the
com.try. Whether or not it''bo possi
ble to improve the agricultural condi
tions in Now England and restore the
value of Iho farms there does not enter
into consideration. They are " largely
unprofitable and are rated nt
a lower valuation than fornTorly ,
with the possibility ot still fur
ther depreciating , therefore there
shall bo no extension of the productive
area cf the nation. The development
of the west having brought misfortune
to Now England agricultural interests ,
it is now proposed to nrraythoso inler-
csts against the proposition to enlarge
development in thu only practicable
way in which it can bo done , for without
irrigation promoted in largo degree by
the government the arid regions 'may
never bo reclaimed , or , at any Vato , will
not bo until the demands of population ,
half a cenlury or more'banco , make tha
absorption of this territory by settlers
imperative. . In the meantime Now
England farms might recover their test
value , but in that event the gain to the
country would bo small compared'with
tr.e benefits to How from reclaiming our
vast unwatorod empire. >
Doubtless this eastern opposition will
bo clToctlvo in preventing any appro
priation by the present congress beyond
what is necessary lo continue surveys
in the arid regions , nnd oven for this
preliminary work the allowance
may not bo liberal. But the sectional -
tional and narrow spirit which now
htunds in the way of a policy that
would add fifty per cent to the projluc-
Ing capacity of the country , with the
almost absolute certninty that every
dollar expended for this pui'pqso would
bo ni.iny times repaid to the govern
ment , will not always ha ns influential
in congress as at present.
SAXlTAltY lUWl
Omaha has arrived nt a stage ot
growth that demands a system of sani
tary inspection and the inauguration of
quarantine regulations in all cases ot
contnglaua diseases. The fact that the
city has heretofore boon practically free
from n serious opidonilo is no guaranty
of future exoiiiplion. Broad streets nnd
alloys and a complete syatntn of sewer
age , coupled with n healthful climate ,
have boon the Baiogunrds of the people
against discuses that have seriously rav
aged other communities. It cannot bo
expected that wo can go on with the
present Indifferent methods without In
viting disaster. Wo must assist the
natural nnd required health forces by a
thorough ajntoni of Inspection aim the
enforcement. . "nubile cleanliness under
severe penalise ) ) .
The letter of Dr. Gnpon , ctlv physi
cian , calling' ' rtttontion to the present
sanitary cotiilll'on ot the city , 1st timely.
The suggestions nnd recommendations
it contains dcsorvo serious considera
tion. The suGJcet Is one of vital im
portance to. tlo | health of Iho people ,
especially soiht. the present time , when
the wlntor'd 'at'cumulallon ' of rubbish
nnd filth , rb'lSSsod from the grip of
frost , taints.tjlho atmosphere and
breeds dlscuioj- Unsanitary conditions
are conspiracies against honltlt. The
germs of scarlet fever , diphtheria and
like diseases are born of unclean sur
roundings , and their dangerous charac
ter calls for vigorous action , not only to
remove the cause , but to quarantine
the premises and protect the neighbor
hood from Infection.
1'rovontion , however , Is the prime
requisite. Under the present law
there is practically no system
of inspection nnd no quarantine
regulations. That some stops should betaken
taken to vitalize the board of health
and make it one in fact ns well as in
name Is conceded , but how to accom
plish it effectively and economically
can only bo dotormiiiod by careful in
vestigation of the needs of the city
compared with oilier cities of like pop
ulation and location. Dr. Gupon sug
gests the Denver system as sufllcicntly
brortrt and complete to moot the wants
of this city. This comprehends n daily
inspection of streets , yards , alleys and
all places where unsanitary conditions
exist , a thorough inspection of food and
milk , the licensing of milkmen , and
the vigorous enforcement of rule&gov-
erinntr the euro nnd condition of milch
cows.
Tun BEE is in favor of every means
tending to promote the health of the
people and reducing the death rate
to the minimum , but it is de
cidedly opposed to any further in
crease of political sinecures. The char
acter of a majority of the mayor's ap
pointees gives no assurance that the
sanitary inspectors , if named by him ,
would bo competent to perform the du
ties required. The ends sought can bo
moro salisfaclorilyTcaehed by detailing
nolice ollleers , even if it is necessary to
increase the force to that extent. Sub
ject to rigid discipline , they can bo depended -
pondod upon lo perform the work of
inspection moro effectively than
political roustabouts. Possessing
authority to make arrests for failure to
comply with tho-orders of the board of
health , a policeman is invested with
power that commands prompt obedi
ence.
ence.Wo
Wo beliovo. the best way to secure a
thorough system , of sanitary inspection
and regulation is for the police board
and board of .hqilth ; to co-operate and
put in force the , cccommondations of the
city physician1.The money at the com
mand of both issufilciont to pay for such
additional help as may bo required.
Tin : overflow of the Mississippi river
from Cairo to Now Orleans , inundating
rho ! lowlands Sind sbriously tliroalening
the isitios on ils banlcs , gives cause for
the grentest apprehension. The Hood
which pours itself annually down this
outlet to the gulf increases in
volume from year to year. In short ,
Iho Mississippi , draining as it does
a , vast area of the country , has come to
such a pass that it laughs to scorn the
puny attempts made by the government
to confine its waters to the riverbed ,
but swoops away the barriers built at
vast expense as so much ohalT. The
problem confronting the people of the
Mississippi valloyis mostsoriouf. What
is most to bo feared is that the disaster
is not duo to any occasional increase in
the rainfall. but to ttio mad
rush of waters from tributaries
into channels now totally in
adequate to carry olT the surplus.
The cause of this condition can bo di
rectly traced to the denudation of the
forests which once covered the Missis
sippi basin from the Rocky mountains
to the Gulf of Mexico. It is useless ,
however , to weep over "spilled mill : .
The primeval forests can never bo re
placed. Nor does it seem practicable to
Milk millions of dollars annually in the
builalng of levees and embankments
to DO swept nwny regularly by
Iho spring froshols. A now rem
edy must bo applied lo chock
the onirino of depredation destructive
by reason of its occurring in the seed
ing season. The most plausible plan is
that advanced by Major Powell , who
would store up the head waters of the
Mississippi and Missouri and thoirmnin
nllluonts for the double purposa of irri-
gatioa as well as to diminish the volume -
ume of water of the lower Mississippi.
Mil. KIMHALL thinks that the chief
object of the visit of the intort > tata
commerce commission is to "givo the
kickers n chance" to exorcise them
selves. Mr. Kimball and the corpora
tion ho represents will discover before
the kickers gob through thnt they can
not safely ignore/'tho / , demand for just
and reasonable /rpight rates.
KI.KCTIOXS ijj t'bru ' must bo very grim
affairs when qno hundred people are
killed over the selection of a single con.
grcssman. Outfit bo possible that Peru
has hoard of tl.pbolid | enath ?
OVflEll ZUA'OS T/fAX 017/Jb' .
The political fluid'In ' Germany nt proaont
bordurs upon n sjiit(5 ( of bewilderment. Even
ttio socialists , ljyWicst ) Rftlnors by the
oluctloiiB , nro luji\u \ iittla dancer of boinff
swallowed unbn tbo tactics of xho covcrn-
mont. The nntt'sot-lallst bill Is to bo here *
after known ns tfitiiinti-nnurchlst bill , and
llio oxnulsion clause will Oiaiipponr : Iho cou.
dltloa of workiDKinuii w to bo lvcn preference -
once in legislation , nnd in general the stigma
is to bo tnUon from the nnmo ot socialism.
U will DO difficult for the leaders to resist
these bids for popular favor ou the imrt o (
the omueror , ' Thoaltra-consorvatlvos , upon
tbo other-hand , tire encouraged by the cm-
peror's last speech to udvlso tua suspension
of tuo sittings of tlio. reichstufr , and even the
establishment of n dictatorship. The cleri
cals are In high feather and expeot to sco
their oxtravaRnnt domamU accepted by
Uismarck. The national liberals , what
them la left of them , bollavo that the em.
perar is as foolish m ho Is .VOUDK In the boast
that hu can dash his onomlcs to pieces. It
Is altOROthci a porioil of Intense anxiety for
Germany , nnd the prospect of another
dissolution nnd election l.i by no means
remote.
* *
The resignation of TUzn , the Hiingnrlnu
premier , If ono of the most Interesting of recent
cent European avents. For years past the
nobles Itavo striven In vain to oust from the
premiership this man ot thu people , nnd to
substitute In his ptaco n representative of
their own cnste. When the question con
cerning ICossuth's civic rights nro so to
ward the end of l.iit year , they nt once
availed themselves of the ox-dictator's name
to begin n propaganda ntnonc the pcoulo
ncnlnst Tlsza. Kossutu's rights to UunKar
Ian citizenship had lapsed under the provls
ions of the naturalization laws of 1S70 , nnd
the nobles domanJed that the statute In
question should bo specially amended in
such a manner as to revive the citizenship ot
the great natriot. To this demand the
prime minister refused to nccutlo so
long as Kos3utli declined to recognize either
the validity of the Hungarian constitution
or the rights of Francis Joseph to the crown
of'St. Stephen. His attitude on the subject
was cordially endorsed by the emperor
king , who moreover publicly announced thai
ho regarded the matter ns ono personal to
himself. The fouling which the nobles hat
aroused among the musses against Tlsza by
means of their clover use of the tinmo of
ICossutu has , however , proved too strong
nnd too widespread to bo withstood. Francis
Joseph lias been forccdposalbly In order lo
aavo his Hungarian throne to Bticnlleo his
fuvorito and trusted minister , nnd Count
Szaunry , n member of the reactionary no
bles party , to whom Tlsza hail Rivon a seat
In Ills cabinet for the purpose of propitiating
hia opponents , has been unpointed prime
minister in the ptaca of the Hungarian Glad
stone.
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Knilway construction in Mexico Is now
moro active than over. In 1834 there were
but three completed railway lin'oa in the
country the old Vcra Cruz railway , the
Moxleun Central nnd the Sonora , away up la
the northwestern corner. For flio rest there
were numerous congested enterprises in va
rious stages of meomplctlon , nnd It seemed
doubtful If the broken threads would again
bo taken up. Four railways now strllcn the
frontier of the United States. The narrow-
gauge Mexican National gives a now snort
line that brings this capital within Hvo iluys
of Noxv York , and it Is doing n prosperous
business. The Mexican International , n
branch of the Southern Pacific , connecting
with the Central nt Villa Lordo , gives n
standard gaugu route no.irly ns short.
The Central has built up a line local trnfile
besides which Us international business
is Inconsiderable , either In amount or
rcmuncratlvoncss. It has built a branch
to Guadalajara , the great trade center
of western Mexico , and Its Tamptco division ,
to bo fltilshod in about a month from now ,
running through some ot the grandest
scenery on the continent as it descends
across the Eastern Cordilleras to the coast ,
\vill de'volop a formidable rival to Vera Cruz
at the mouth of the Panuco. San Luis
Potost , where thia division and the main line
ot the Mexican National Intercept , will be
come the third great trade contro of Mexico.
Another Important line for too northern
part of Mexico is the Monterey nnd Mexican
Gulf , a standard gaugn under construction
from the capital of Neuvo Leon down
through the warm lands of Tamaulipis to
Tumpicoaud designed to give that port a
route to the frontier by means of a cotincct-
ng line from Monterey to the Mexican In
ternational , passing through the coal meas
ures of Coahulla.
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* *
The project of bridging LSehring straits ,
which is said to bo attracting some discus-
slon in Russia , looks , to say the least , atrillu
premature. An age , however , which contem
plates spanning the British channel will not
declare impossible , in the engineering sense ,
the ultimate construction of n highway uc-
tween Siberia and Alaska. It is true that
while the distance from the English to
ho French shores is only twenty-two
or twont.v-threo miles , the distance
from the American to the Russian is between -
tween iifty nnd sixtv. Hut this stretch is
broken by the Diomodo islands , lying about
midway in Uohriii ? stnnta , and well scat
tered. Three largo , wull known , nnd Inhab
ited islands of this group nrcf so situated
as to form convenient stations in n route
from Caps Pnnco of Wales on our shore to
East Capa on the Siberian. They are Fair
way Hock , Krusenstern , or , as the pcoplo
call it , Ingaliuk. and Uatmanoft' , or Imaklit :
nnd between thu two latter passes the
boundary line of tno treaty ot 1867. The
distance of the first trom the American
shore Is hardly a dozen miles , and that of
the last from the Russian shore only ubout
twleo ns much. There is also King or
Ukivok island. Inhabited , and a survey
might disclose uninhabited roelcs capable of
additionally breaking the distance fern
n bridge routo. The depth oven in
the middle of the straits is said to
bo about thirty fathoms ; and alto
gether , barring the ice , the engineering
problem might not be hopeless , provided
there were nnyi'lilns whatever to suggest un
dertaking it. Of course , nobody proposes to
drop > 'sr.orcs and hundreds of millions into
Bticti a project , with _ no returns , In this age
of the world. Whoever should tanu the jour
ney by water to Uohrlnir Str.uts would not
grudge the fo\v hnura expended in crossing.
Perhaps during the twonty-lirst century ,
after Hclpcr'a backbone railroad has been
built , with n spur running westward to the
vulle.v of thu Yukon , the then flourishing
populations of Siberia and Alaska may
clamor for this method of local rapid transit
between their shores.
< t
Ktiasm haa maintained her supremacy in
the Ualtlc since 1790 , whun Admiral Krnio
defeated the Swedish fleet , The centennial
anniversary of this cvont will bo celebrated
on May 23 next in every part of "Holy Rus
sia , " but especially in her seaports mid on
board of tno Muscovite ships. Great prep-
nrntlons tire already being mudo to give great
eclat to the festival. At the cloao of thu last
century the Hiwlar navy was so inferior In
ruirord to men nnd fighting material that It
was doubted If it would bo ublu to hold Ha
own ngalnat thoSwedes , the traditionalloids
of the Hnltlo and the possessors of the Duchy
of Finland. U was In May , 1TUO , that Iho
Swedish lleot of twonty-iinio vcbcels ,
commanded by the dulco of Sundcrman-
lar.d , was ordered by King Gus
tavo III to make a descent upon the
youn ? capital ul Russia. Ss Petersburg was
but poorly forullcd at that time , nnd Us np-
liroaehes by thn Nev.i wcro defended only
t > y the seventeen vessels which A'lmlral
Kruso had succeeded in gathering together
Tor thu purpose. A sanguinary uattlu was
fought elf thu Rod Hill , where the rivaHlects
mot. It lasted for two duy , during which
tirao the St. Petersburg lu habitants crowded
anxiously along the quays , llncnmg to the
roar of the cannon , which scorned every now
and then to draw nearer to the city. At
Icucth , however , notwithstanding the in
feriority of the forces ut his command , Ad
miral Kruso compelled the Swcdl h lluota to
Seat a retreat and to taico refugu under the
guns ot Viuorg , where U was blockaded by
.ho Muscovites.
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*
U Is said that ttnsland Is engaged m
building n dry COCK at Gibraltar capable of
milling the largest ' .rouclud afloat. It has
long been hoped , both by Franco and Spain ,
that at some tlmo England would relinquish
ittt hold upon Gibraltar , for the reason that
t la uo longer a key to the Mediterranean ,
nnd that to hold this position is n constant
source of Irritation to both of Ihoso powers.
With the ironclads of Iho present day , im
pervious ns they r.ro to the Uro of the old *
fashioned casement ( runs which fortify thi >
great rock , and with n strait thirty miles la
wltlth , the uavlos of llio world might laugh
nt nny cndeavorn Which England might
make lo hold the channel by the power of
her Impregnable fortress. The rock of
Gibraltar is today but a curiosity of military
engineering.
*
The \vlnto population of the Congo Is In
creasing at ijulto a rapid raw. Five years
ago , after Stanley had founded his stations ,
there wcro only about two hundred whlto
men engaged In the various enterprises
along the river. The number hni now In
creased to nearly live hundred , some of
whom have lived on Iho river nine or ten
years. The gratifying thing about It Is thnt
n fair average of health l.s maintained among
these colonists. The fact would attract
world wldo attention If those pioneers wcro
having the experience which , It is mild , was
formerly the usual fate of thu governors of
Slorra Leone , the old governor invariably
going homo In his cofltn while tha now ofll-
clal was traveling lo his Held of labor.
I'ropliocv ni * < ! nmlittr History.
C/ifMyo Stamhml.
'Iho future power nnd Influence of the
west has been predicted for half a century
or more. Some of this prophecy Is becom
ing history now , thnt is all.
Thu Wnv of the lUllronds.
I'ittslittni littimteli.
The western railroads are cutting uasscn-
per rates In order to drive each other into nil
nerccmcnt on the terms that each wishes to
dictate. After the fight Is patched up they
will proceed to lay it nil on that bugbear , the
Intcr-stnto commerce law.
Imperialism Alarmed.
Clticnan Ketet.
A German newspaper , which represent
the oftlclallsm of the empire , says that uni
versal suffrage la a political monstrosity. It
is significant that this expression of opinion
Is made after the pcoplo have won nt the
poll un cnoromous victory over the imper
ialistic tendencies of their class opponents.
The Ijaxv Not Always Just.
ritMiiira Jtsi > 'ltcli.
The law cannot muko good its claim to bo
nn agency of civilization or a supoort of hu
man rights until it puts justice within reach
of every common man. While It can Impov
erish n man to secure n declaration of his in
nocence it js little belter than u relic of gov
ernmental barbarism.
How Prohibition In Knforcod.
Kaniiti City Tlm < s.
The Times has frequently called attention
to the methods which the prohibitionists of
Kansas have resorted to to enforce the odious
prohibitory law. The spy , who is as odious
In America as the Informer is lu Ireland , has
been offered n premium , and every man has
been 'invited to become a spotter on his
neighbor. The drunken vagabond has been
a favorite Instrument of conviction , and the
word of the man who was willing to testify
for a drink of whisky has been accepted as
evidence by the judges created by the pro
hibitory law. On the statutes of Kansas
today nro laws enacted In order to cnforco
prohibition beside which the Russian code
appears respectable.
BOSTON SOOIKrr THIKVES.
A Hack Hny Indy Arrested lor Steal
ing lUlibotiB null IJ.TCOS.
ROSTOV , MUSS. , Mi-rch 14. [ Special Tele
gram to THE 13BB.1 Ono of the social
queens of the buck bay was arrested on
Tuesday for shop-llf tmg nt Jordan , Mnrah &
Co.'s store. She had stolen 55 worth of ribbons
bens and luces , nnd when arrested she left
her coachman and nn elegant turnout in
front of the store while she walked to
police headquarters. A message was sent
lo her husband , n State street broker , by
the prisoner , nnd in half un hour ho balled
her out , depositing $100 in cash for her ap
pearance at court. Of course aho fulled to
nppoar for trial yesterday. She pave the
name of "Mary Smith" and the no lice will
continue to look for "Mary Smith. "
llio back bay has turned out
several "kleptomaniac , " but this is the
llrst time a liveried coachman and pair wcro
used by the operator. One well known lady
who has been caught in the net several
times lives In the back bay. She has n
mania for stealing small articles. Why she
should do so is a question that puzzles both
the police and her friends. Her husband
provides her \vith plenty bi money and they
have all the luxuries desired in their home ,
yet she will go out and steal small articles
to the value of a dollar or two. She was
never known to steal anything of great
vnlue. After several experiences of this
kind her husband arranged it so that when
she entered nny of the big stores she would
Lie followed nnd a list made of the articles
that she stole. Then the bill was sent to
Inm and ho settled it.
CHICAGO
Trouble Urnwinc I5et\ViMti ! the Jour
neymen null J5o-MS.
Cmmco , March 14. [ Special Telegram to
Tin : UnaJ-Tho question of loyalty to the
trade orj.'iml/atlon will bo n most important
matter of consideration and deliberation for
the Journeymen carpenters between now nnd
April 7. At their meeting last night the
omploymp carpenters decided to adopt the
eight-hour day nnd also ngreed that un tut-
vnnco In wages for the journeymen was
iropur and timely. This decision was n
irnclicnl acquiescence in the demands of the
nen in substance-but not In form , 'Ihomen
want eight hours a day and -10 cents an hour
nstead of ! t."i cents'which Is now the provnil-
ng rate. The bosses agree to thlti , but they
do not agree that 40 cents shall ho the mlnl-
mitn wagB to bo paid to carpenters. They
decided that they shall bo the judges as to
what each workman is worth 10 cents per
lour or moro or lens , licsirica this the bosnes
irnctically decided to Ignore the carpenters'
irganl/atlon , Thu carpenters Uo not bko
Im nnd some of their leaders today em-
) hatcily ! ! ! expressed their determination to
icuupt no terms which did not Include n
ecou'iiltlon of their trade organization. A
neotlng nf thu carpenters will bn held Snt-
irdav evening and some action may bo taken
regarding the decision of tha UOHBCS ,
Clilcngo Stitiurlmii TrntiHlt Tronulrn.
CntCAOO , March 14. iSpeclal Telegram to
I'm : llii.l : According to Chairman GIVCIIB ,
hu vigorous protest mudo by the HUhurbuji-
les nt their mass mooting yesterday has
md Us effects. In nn Interview today ho
aald : "Mirny of the aldermen have In
formed the members of the committee up.
lotntod yesterday thnt tliny could sen that
lomo relief must bu afforded immediately
md they expressed their willingness to vole
for a repeal of the measures , A now ordinance -
nanco Is now being drafted , which will
loubtlcsti hu adopted. It will provide for
gates and watchmen at all the cnmsliiK" and
will be aufllclent to guard life for thu pres
ent , or while some permanent muiisuru is
jcmg considered. Tha permanent measure
will undoubtedly bo the riming of the tracks ,
with tunnel passages at thu crouilngs. It Is
remarkable to what nn extent the nulmrbun
business has fallen oft. Ulg dry goods
Shildron Cry for Pitcher's Castoria.
When Itabjr wa elti , wo ROVO her Gutcrta.
\Vhcn otie was a Child , she crlwl for OutoiU ,
When iho became Utai , Uio dune to Oaatorti ,
Wl-n etie hu , ' Children , cho gave them CutorlA
houses reported n decrease In business of 0
percent. The theaters could not cstlmMo
their losses.
A 'Irlnl for Mb.'l.
DnADWooti , H. D. , March. II. [ Special
Telegram to Tiln Unu. ] J , 3. Kdwnrds ,
eJitor of tbo Load Oily Tribune , nnil Freeman -
man Knowlcs of the Mead County Times ,
who wore Indicted for criminal libel at the
recant scuslan of the Brand jury for publish
Inp nllcK'cd false statements reflecting
iho administration of I ) . A. Mcl'hcrs
chairman of the board of county cothmij.
BlonoM. nppoarcd In court today ntul pleaded
not guilty to the charge. Several promlnont
attorneys have been retained ( n tholr de
fense , nnd the case Is attracting consldora-
bio attention throughout the county , ' 1'ho
case * will bo hoard on Monday.
IN Til 10 HOT UNO A.
John S. Hoover , n prominent politician
and grain merchant of Ltluo Hill , Neb. , reg
Ibtorcd at the Mlllnrd yesterday. Mr.
Hoover , while claiming to nttoud strictly to
business , has ono eye open to thu movement *
of the political patriot * and u semi-cynical
way of expressing hlmsolf thereon which It
extremely refreshing.
"I nm hero after two or three car load ! of
flax seed , " bald ho , "Our pcoplo are I
pretty well satisfied that under present
'conditions corn is n pretty good crop to
Marvo to death on nnd want to mnko u
change. Flax has boon tried on n small
scale , yielding from ton to fifteen bn.dinls to
the acre and marketed nt from 83 cents to CO
conta uer bushel , Ourncliomo U to loan llio
seed to the farmers on their notes payable
when the product is marketed , wo making
our prollt by handling the grain
"About LawsJ" with u smllo.Vcll ,
that's a good way from flux nnd a subject on
which I nm not qnilo so well posted.
"Mr. Liuvs has a hard roe to hoc nn ex
tremely hard row. Ho han some friends ) , of
course , but ho also has enemies ami you can * " ;
hear down on the enemies. Ho Is n good , " "
honest kind of n man , I suppose , but wculc ,
you know , wcalc. Some of his nppolntmen'H '
hnvo been extremely dUlnstaful to hln
strongest supporters and they will prclubiy
not bo < julto so cnthusuisllc next tuuo I
don't sea why ho should want the nomina
tion , anyhow , nor why nnyono should wa t
it In our part of the country. The salary of
a congressman is no inducement , to the ordi
nary man to leave his business. There Is no
glory In it. About nil our congressmen -
mon do is to attotmit to l > iy > .
tholr political debts by securing nppropna- *
tlons for public buildings. 'J hat imiy bo n
coed way to dispose of the surplus , hut I
know abettor way.
"Thoro nro n good manj old .soldiers In thn
country who made it possible for sonio of
these senators to bccomo millionaires. They
wcro paid In money worth only fill cents on
the dollar. What's the matter with making
up the deiloienc.v ! Of course that will never
be done , but It would bo no moro than
justice. Thojo soldiers risked their lives for
tbo country and it should pay thorn 91 , not
GO cents. Then there urn soldiers who
need pensions , and lota of them.
I don't , nnd by the way
neither does Simator Mnmlcrson. Wo are
both strong and healthy and can earn a liv
ing , but some old soldiers are in want. West
ern congressmen are seldom heard of except
in securing appropriations for public build
ings , though during their candidacy they
could promise the earth. Uut this is poll
tics.
tics."You
"You had ( i party of Hastings penplo down
hero yesterday , Hostwlck , Paul , Dr. Lymun
and others. I suppose you know they wore
ufter the U. & M. shops from Lincoln. Well ,
they nro In the soup. I nm rcprcscntlnu
Hluu Hill nnd am atlthori/cd to offer the
north half of Webster county as a minus. " i
I'onltl vr ly Curoil bj
thCBO Lltlln I'llls.
They nlso relieve Ds !
Ircsafrom Dyspepsia ,
Indigestion and Too ?
Hearty Eating. A per- ;
feet remedy for ' .zzl
ness , Knnsca , Hro si-
ness , I > ad Taste In the
\routliContflToDguo \ ( ,
PnlnlnthoSIJe.TO :
PID LIVER , &c. They regulate ll > o IJowela ,
nnd prevent Constipation and Piles.
smallest nnd easiest to take. Only one pill a |
( loco. 40 In a vial. 1'urcly Vegetable. Price ]
5 conta.
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Tiutr.ii Nimrrs. coji.Mi.vriN : (
THURSDAY , MARCH 13. "
( Saturday Mutliioe. ) .
The r.eadlnit Comedy Organization Traveling
Arllr Rein's ' Cup wr'
In Aiicuxtln Daly's Latest Comedy SIICCPXH
Surprises of. Divorce ,
OH
Tlie Lottery of Love.
From Ilnly'H Tlinatnr Now Yorlc Oily.
Hegulnr Prices , Seals go on Bale WctliiiHdny.
Tlimi Is'lglits mill Matinrt' ,
Commencing Mouiluy , March 17th.
J. M HILL'S
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A Lnuglinlilo Comedy Ity Sjilnoy ftoscn-
Mil. 'I'hp lutc.sl Nmv York Kurorts.
Klpganl ( . ' ( istnHICK. S.iiiipfnons SliiKln .
ilpgnlnr price1 , Scuta on imlo Saturday ,
Enunuomont E-araorcllnnryi
tKVJKBN < U , MABCCII 17
Itt'turn engagement and fniewoll itppoaranceot
tlio clement living miiHlcluns. under thu man-
11 , U , Alibcy und Mum-In' ( Irun ,
SARASATE-D' ' ALBERT
I'uUIo BuniMiitr , Violin ,
I ' , nun n D'Alliorl , 1'llino ,
- \SHISTKI ) 11V -
Minr. n rilm .Mniv , t'i.inti ,
HntlrnrhmiKo of programme. '
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g , Munih | : itn.
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Omaha Loan&Trust Co
SAVINGS BANK
S. E. Cor. 16th and Douglnu straati.
Paid In Capital . . . SDO.OOO
hibacrllicd A ; guaranteed capital , . | OOOOU
Liability of stockholders , . . . .200,000
B For Cant Interest Pnlcl on Dopoaltj
J'ltANK J , IANUi : ,
A. U. Wym n , president : J.J.llro\Yn ,
vlcit president ; w.T.Vynian , treamiror.
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llrowii. UnyC. linrUin , K. W. Nah , ino * . I , .
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Loans In any amount made on Cltv &
Farm Property , nnd on Collateral
Security , ( it Lowos Ruto Curronttu *