Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , MARCH 20. 1890.
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ISenl.J w. I' . FKIL , Nowrv 1'nbllc ,
Denial lias tnlcon command
of the mill-odd forces.
. . AVot'wi a duty on atulo eggs proloc
the hend of the nvorugo free
on ; tor ?
'WiiKltK , oil where was Counstnai
when Jobst carao in mid captured tin
commission ?
CLKAN the streets and alloys. Let u
have nu early apringit the rtibbisl
heaps of winter.
Tin : proposed duty on imported
opoii9 u wider field of industrial ac
tivity and prolit to the American hen.
TWUNTY dollars a month extra foi
olllco rent ; will enable Assistant Citj
Attorney Shoemaker to keep his end o
the blrinf ; well waxed.
Tun harmonious rolntioiis botweet
the Dodiin combine and the mayor wen
rudely shocked and ruthlessly shattoroc
by the nppointmontof u city 1'mll sup
orintundent.
THK apuolntmont of Jacob , T. Jobst as
suporintcudontof the city hall is fullj
in IccopiTifi with the political surprises
which Mayor Gushing persists in spring-
inf , ' on tlio community.
ANOTHKH southern colonel , this time
the city auditor of Chattanooga , Tonn. .
has boon caught short in his public ac
counts. Rofrnin "Ho'a over in Can
ada now. "
THK withdrawal of nine out'of the
tweuty-two member * of the interstate
commerce railway association looks as
if .tho " ' "
"gontloinon'fl agreement" is ol
no moro binding effect than if it wore
somuch waste paper.
PAPA'S boy Herbert has lilcowiso
handed in his resignation. What a
Held day it la for the Gorman politiciMip
who have waited , lo , those many years ,
for a ministerial crisis by which some
of them at least might succeed to the
emoluments of Bismarck's patronage.
IT isn't every Napoleon ot finance
that ran wipe out thousands of dollars
of indebtedness by paying llvo cents
oh tha dollar and walk the streets of
Now York city a free man. Wall street
tloffs its cap with deference lo Henry S.
IVcs.
Tun valiant Cherokee boomer who
boasted that ho would twist around his
little linger anyone who interfered with
his claim is now scurrying back into
Kansas as fast as his rattling Dots and
Dans in the bottom of lug wagon will al
low hi in1 ,
WITH its usual gall .and recklessness
tho. daily fakir makes a. . causeless as
sault on the honor and generosity of
the people of Omaha. Of till the mils-
nnccs that nflliet the city , the common
eeold , und.cr the mask of respectability ,
is the worst.
Dn , Mn.i.nu , of the park commission ,
reports that Minneapolis land owners
uro falling over each other in , their
anxiety to donate park sites. There is
no danger of a similar opldomio in this
vlrlnity. Omaha land is worth good
money.
IN HKKUsiNo to pass the viaduct ordi
nance until the railroads submit and
lllo a copy of the specifications of the
same with the city olork , ( ho council
has taken precautions such as any
prudent budinoas man would follow in
his private- attain ? .
" \VijKK the movement for an alHmieo
of the farmers of the country appeared
on the horizon no bigger than n man's
hand , not a politician took the trouble
lo U > ok over his shoulder at the coining
&torm , Now that the gathering clouds
of discontent-tiro sweeping over the
hoavonti with the rapidity ot u nice
horse , tlioro is a rushing together of
politicians from the four cornon * of the
land to bo the ilrst to ride ou the popu
lar wavo.
TUK KKW TAlllM DILL.
The tariff bill which the republican
members of the ways and means com
mittee haVe agreed upon is to n very
considerable extent a compromise
measure.-.This was oxpoatod , nnd
doubtless it would linvo been impossible
for the majority to have framed n bill
without such an arrangement. In the
matter of the tariff on sugar , for exam'
pie , there was at the outset of
the consideration n wide diverg
ence of opinion , nnd a compromise of
views was absolutely necessary to
any readjustment of the sugar sched
ule. This was effected hy a reduction
in the duties of from fifty to sixty per
cent. Under , the present fiirilT the
average nd valorem rate of duty on
sugar is nciurly eighty par cent , tha
higher rates being ou the grades from
No. 13 Dutch standard upward. The
proposed tariff makes the duty on all
grades up to and 'including No. 10 thir-
ty-flvo per cent nd valorem , nnd all
grades above No , 10 forty per cent nd
valorem. As about nil the sugar im
ported un-lor the nrcscnt tariff is
below the No. IB standard
owing to the practically prohibitory
rates on the higher grades , nnd as
sugars below that standard must bo re
fined before fit for use , the refiners hnvo
had absolute command of the American
market. The proposed tariff would
allow the higher grades of raw sugars ,
fit for consumption , to eomo in to compe
tition with the refined , with the prpb-
able effect of materially reducing the
cost of augur to consumers. The nn-
nual revenue from sugar under the
present tariff is a little moro than fifty
million dollars , and it is estimated that
under the proposed tariff the rev
enue from this source will bo from
thirty to tlurty-flvo million dollars a
year. The falling ofl may not , however ,
bo so great as this , ns with n reduced
price the consumption of sugar would
doubtless bo very considerably in
creased. There very likely would bo
not only an enlarged demand for do
mestic use , but also from manufacturers
of preserves , confections nnd canned
goods , so that probably.tlio dscrcaso in
the revenue Irom sugar , under the pro
posed reduction of duties , would not ex
ceed ten million dollars.
The other question which gave the
majority of the committee a , great deal
of trouble , the wool schedule , was also
settled by a compromise , though this is
not of n nature to insure very great ben
efit to the people. As the nrrangemenl
is reported , the wool growers would
seem to have no call so of complaint , for
if they have not received all they asked
there are conditions and restrictions
provided Which it is believed will be
quite -valuable as a protection to their
interests. The carpet manufactur
ers are not ignored , but
they do not receive the consid
eration they wanted. There is a
cut of llfty ner cent in the lumber
schedule , subject to the policy of Can
ada in Jaylng an export duty , as has
been proposed in the Dominion parlia
ment. The iron industries will bo little
aft'octed by the new tariff as proposed ,
the only important change being in the
rate on railway iron nnd rails , which is
reduced to the consoryativo extent of
four dollars a ton ; leaving still iln am
ple margin of protection. The pro
posed changes in internal revenue
taxes are moro conservative than had
boon expected , the estimated reduc
tions boingbotwoon seventeen and nine
teen million dollars.
Tlio appeal of the farmers , as voiced
by the National Grange and numerous
state organizations , for moro liberal
consideration in the direction of protec
tive duties on such of their products as
are to any extent imported , is regarded
in the now tariff bill , either by the im
position of now duties or * the increase
of those existing. Of thisfcaturo of the
measure , at Inust , the agricultural in
terests will have no fair reason to com
plain. It is a liberal response to
their demand that the products of the
farm should have equal consideration
with these of the manufactories in a
policy of tariff protection.
HEDUVINO ISTmtESV HATES.
The legal rate of interest in Iowa is
ton 1'Qi' cent. A bill to rodtico the rate
to eight nar cent has passed both
branches of the legislature , " and It is
expected will bo promptly approved by
the governor. There are ponding.in
both houses measures providing penal
ties for usury , and a stringent law to
protect borrowers against the usurious
exactions of money lenders will
Undoubtedly bo passed by the present
legislature. We do not know that lowr.
has suffered In this respect moro than'
other western states , but at any rate
the time has certainly come for such
legislation as is proposed , and it should
be miiUo so strong and guitruod that the
usurers woutd find the greatest diffi
culty in ovartinjj it and receive severe
nnd summary punishment if found
guilty of its violation. There can bo no
qucfatlon that usury constitutes a most
suvoro drain upon the resources
of the paoplo and is 0110
of the greatest obstacles to their
prosperity. It is a prevalent and cry
ing evil everywhere , noting as a most
oppressive ) burden uuon honest indus
try and eating up the aubatanco of the
great body of producers for the benefit
of a few grasping and conscienceless
non-producers.
In the New , Yorlc legislature a bill is
pending for reducing the legal rate of
interest to llvo per cent , and in other
states measures have been Introduced
prohibiting and punUiing usury. Most ,
if not all of the states , already huvo
such laws , but they uro either inade
quate or are not enforced. Laws of this
kind need to bo of the most , stringent
character , with no.lpopholosfor ovaslon
and with penalties"so severe that few
will take the risk of Incurring them.
In Nebraska the legal rate of interest
is seven per cent , with the right to con
tract for ton , but oven the latter gen
erous rate is more often exceeded than
observed. Usury is undoubtedly quite
ns common in Nebraska us in loivu ,
and has boon no loss damaging to the
interests und prosperity of the neoplo of
this stnto. Kvorywnoro the usurious
and unscrupulous money lenders are do
ing business in violation of the law ,
finding an easy way of evading the
statute , and the Instances are far too
rare in which they are made to answer
for their illegal practices. The evil is
remediable , and it Is the duty of the
people every where to demand of their
law-makers n rigid application of the
fomodv.
TIIE
The bill for making Oklahoma n ter
ritory will go to n conference cominlt-
tco , the sonnto having non-concurred
in the house amendments to its bill.
The chief point of "difference relates to
embracing the Chorokco outlet for
judicial purposes. Tlioro is no doubt or
question as to the status of Oklahoma ,
protior , or that of No Man's Lund.
These are a part ot the public domain
of the United States. Accordingly
in the sonata bill tlioso two
tracts are included in the
proposed territory of Oklahoma , al
though they are In fact separated by a
considerable area not yet open to set
tlement. But the urgent necessity for
giving a reguuir government to Okla
homa , and the almost equally urgent
needs of No Man's Land , which has u
growing population without a proper
judicial and legislative system , over
came the geographical objection , nnd
after an extended discussion the bill
uniting the two as u now territory
passed the senate.
In the house , however , the view pre
vailed that it was desirable to include
the Chprokco outlet for judicial pur
poses solely , although the right to do
this , in view of the existing treaties
with the Indians , was denied by the
action of- the sonato. This tract is
larger than the entire area embraced
in the proposed now-territory under the1
senate bill , and belongs by treaty to the
Cherokees , their ownership being prac
tically conceded by the fact that the
government is negotiating with
thorn for its purchase. The im
portant difference between the two
houses relates to the outlet , which the
Ghorokces urgently demand shall
remain us it is. The position of the
senate appears just undoe the circumstances
(
stances , und will very likely bo
accepted. Then if the government suc
ceeds in purchasing'tho outlet , which i\ \
undoubtedly will in time , it can be made
a part of the now territory.
CLEAN UI > tiljnWISAND 'A
Whlla the city physician is devising
waysuny means to secure a modern sys
tem of sanitary inspection and "regula
tion , tlioro is no scriouh oh- ; tad n in thn
way of practical work under the presen
law. The alleys , ospeuially in the busi
ness section , are rendered almost im
passable by the winter'o accumulation
of rubbish and liltb. Warm weather is
rapidly decomposing these vile' heaps
disseminating a variety of smells that
sulTorato and sicken. Pools of stagnant
water , decaying refuse and ash piles
combine to befoul the atmosphere
and call loudly for disinfect
ants. There is nothing to
prevent the present board of health
from ordering and enforcing an im
mediate clean up. Police officers should
bo detailed U notify the occunants of
the premises' to remove the winter's
filth from the alloys , and accompany the
orders with a notice of the pcnallics at
tached to failure.
By active , ouerge'tlc work with the
means at its command , the board hasan
opportunity to sho'w that it is descrvinc1
of larger powers and more generous
support. The i-caEon is ripe for action ,
the alleysoverripe nnd ready to bo
plucked. Let the board suspend dis
cussion of plans for the present and en
force the law as U stands.
Tin : senatorial campaign in Illinois
is attracting early attention , owins1 to
the purpose of General John M. Palmer
lo contest for the seat on thti demo
cratic ticket and to appeal direct to
the voters for endorsement. The dem
ocrats huvo virtually approved the plan
of direct voting for senators and efforts
are being made to induce the republi
cans to ondorsa it. Such action will
have no binding force on the logis-
lt turo. It is practically iisolesi unless
both parties agree to submit the claims
of the respective party candidates to a
vole of the people , and oven then it is
important that legislative candidates
should bo men of character who
can bo depended upon to carry out the
decision registered at the .ballot
box. , Tbo sentiment awakened in.
Illinois in favor of direct voting for
senators emphasizes a growing demand
for reform in the election of members
ot tho'uppcr house of congress. It is
too much lo expect that the senate will
co n so nt to a change in the organic law
gover'nliv , ' the election * of members ,
but the ends sought can be reached by
u forceful public spirit which will com
pel party conventions to nominate can
didates , and submit their claims to the
honorto a vote of the people. The
semite has become a close corporation
of money men , nnd every effort tending
to popularise that body , and make its
members accountable direct to the
voters should bo heartily supported by
every citizen.
Tin : spectacle ot three eourU-nnu-tiiil
investigating tffo conduct of promi
nent army and naval officers is not cal
culated to inspire confidence in-tho od-
lumtlonal systems of West Point and
AnnapoliB. The significance of the
throe trials is that Coinnimander Me-
t'alla , Captain Hoaloy and Lieutenant
Stuolo are charged with like offenses
brutal treatment of their subordinates.
Educated at government espouse nnd
favored with responsible positions ,
those officers played the rolq pf potty
despots , ns if the common sailor nnd
and soldier were moro slaves , without
any rignts which officers wo.ro , bound to
respect. T.ho sooner thqso brutes are
kicked out of the service the bettor it
will ho for the army und navy. . . Potty
tyrants nnd monarchinl sycophants are
u disgrace to the govormont , and their
room is far moro desirable than their
company.
SOJIK two .months ' ago a largo delega
tion of Kansas 'agitators traveled to
Omaha , to tell the people of the city and
state that they were plunging headlong
to destruction on the chariot of high
license. They , declared that Kansas
was riding on the crest ot prosperity's
wave , and that the only salva
tion of Nebraska WHS ' to uui-
bruce prohibition. What are the
facts ? In a letter udd tossed to
Kansas congWstnon | , Iho Farmers' nl-
lianco ot thq , | slala declares that
"Foreclosure and evictions tire InkIng -
Ing place \jt' \ ' ' many parts pf our
Btnto nnd wo need not go nil the way to
Kuropo to witness scones ot cruelty In
matters ot Wfi ] kind. All over the
state the homed' ' of our ppoplo are im *
perilled. Thfey'nro ; struggling against
adverse clrcmpstancos nnd almost
against hope.--The pcoplo believe that
those conditions nro largely duo to
vicious logIf'i\Uon. } } " Whllo the far
mers of Nebraska nro oppressed by ox-
tortionnto frcjf ht rates which deprive
them of reasonable prices for tholr pro
ducts , they arc certainly in bettor con
dition than tholr neighbors In Kansas.
In the light of the facts sot forth by the
farmcrft'of Kansas , there is not n ray to
show wherein prohibition has improved
the condition of the people. On the
contrary it has been n positive damage.
SHN-.VTOU ILVHT..EY had 'some hard
things to say about the shortcomings of
congress in his speech opposing the
Blair educational bill. Ho arraigned
the legislative branch of the govern
ment for its doiilect duty In the man
agement of the Indians , for its failure
lo relieve the supreme court of its over
burdened docket , for its extravagance
in squandering the surplus , for its
timidity in according relief to the de
mands of the pcoplo for a reduction of
the duties on the 'necessaries of lifo ,
and for its credulity in embarking on
nn unbounded sea of wild schemes.
Senator Hnwlqy struck out straight
from the shouldur. If ho hit a tender
spot , it is to bo hoped that ho mudo nn
impression which may bring congress
to a sense of its obligations.
' f the stock arguments of prohi
bition' advocates Is that the law de
creases municipal expenses and re
duces tlm.forco of police necessary to
maintain order. After half a do/.ou
years' experience with the law , Sioux
City reports ono ' hundred liquor joints
in active operation , while the mayor
demands an incroa3Q of the police force
to properly enforce the laws. Just
where the municipal profits come in
would bo hard to discover. The con
stables and juices. , however , divided'
twelve thousand dollars in fees last
year without materially diminishing
the flow oi liquor.
PHKSIDKNT ADAMS advances the
novel opinion that the passage of the
1'Yyo biil extttiujingvtho time for the
payment of thettfuion Pacific debt , iis
really "in thtj'j'yitcrest ' ' of the states
through whiqhtha road passes , nl-
though the people of those states did
not it. " Mj - '
sec Ada-na' plausible as
sertions will fi'fot improve their 'eye
sight. Tb-9 people , however , can BOO
the naked hict j.nnt the bill imposes
upon them the tmtrageous robberies of
the Mobiliors and Goulds , and compels
them to pay the jn'ice of tlio road three
times over.
A iiUoVANTjffceling pervades the job
bing trade of..Nebraska. . Collections
are reported.toibe fair nnd better than
iRst 'ypar. Ce\jfitry \ ncrch'ini nre lay
ing an sulll'cieij i tocks to supply the
spring demand , although there is an
absence of nny'spqcUlativo tendencies.
Caution and prudence tire the rules in
purchases. Those are healthful nmi-
cations portending a steady , legitimate
trade for the state.
Ax enlightened Missouri judge has
dealt a crushing blow to tho.fashionablo
proyrcssise enchro ern/o by instructing
the grand jury t'o consider life giuno ,
when played for prizes , as a violation of
the anti-gninblilig law. As the grand
jury holds the pack , it is not liknly the
members can bo euchred out of the
game unless Missouri society trumps in
with clubs.
Ir DKI.AY siiuU follow und complica
tions arise over the failure of the Union
Pacific and Burlfnglon to submit speci
fications of the Tenth street viaduct
which shall meet the approval of the
city engineer , "board of public works
and the council , the railroads will hnvo
only themselves to blame.
THK council hna boon invited to
attend a paving exposition to bo held
shortly at InUianapoUs. It is rcmnrk-
able how well certain paving material
looks when viewed through glasses of
sparkling champagne nnd the Imxo pf
fragrant havanus.
f-enuonor.
TMtf.
It is said that vvhun Senator Jonej of No
vadn Bponks on silver ho rises into a wild
storm of eloquence. 'J'ho fuct Is not to bo
wondered at , for lie is then upon his mettle.
, Political
- .S' . KIM alnlie.
The United States of Australia nnd the
United States of Cuuuda tire likely to bo
designations not remote Unit will holu reduce
the theory that the sun never sets on the
Hritlah posse * SIOQB' .
Mily Tnlcu YnnVoo Dnntllc 'Inn.
.
It Is nowannpuneetf thut English capital
ists want to buy the xvorld's fair. The list of
belongings ot Englm ) ) canltul inuroases.dalfy
In thU country. Th only thlnir wo will hnvo
loft , If this thiiiff keeps up , will bo Yankee
An" KfTiH-bvo Nnrcotlo.
The prooeedlnjfsiinf the United States
srnuto are KCttltitf lo bo qulto lively now
adays. Somcthln 'Mll htivu to bo clone to
culm tlia nerves of t io senators. They nro
being deprived 9.JvUioir customary nups.
I'orhaps Mr. Evprt , might ho luducod to
make a speech niul lull the oxorcUos ,
I'ropor.
St.
Lieutenant Govqgior Jones , in tbo Now
Ysrk senate , has beau counting uauorum , as
Speaker Hood Im * done in ttiu federal houso.
This practice hits boon in vogue in the upper
bruncti of tUo Now York legislature for a
few yoora past. It/Is a wood ooo'no mutter
which party Is l&rt or helped by it ,
I'hllosoplifrlnc oji l ut Crowe.
Clileaao Jtemlti.
Such froalis as Patrick Crowo , alias Joe
Kane , who ran nrauok tuo other day , cnu o
the tnlnd to rovurt to' Kdward JJollatny'a
theory of crime. Tin * philosopher , or
Uruanicr , whichever you choose , claims that
nil criminals ura no inoro nor legs than men
tally dlioa od pontons , and should bo BO
treated. ThU U hard to bcllovo In tbo case
of a cold blended villfaa who murders for
but the theory sccni * quite applicable
to such n Imro-brnlncd dospornilo ns Kitno ,
Insane poonlo used to bo treated with horrible
severity , and thay nro yet , for tlmt ninttor
but the gonornl public dooj not approva ot it.
Ptirhnus , in the year 2000 , all dcoporato
diameters will bo locked up and regarded
an objects of pity.
VOICE OP TI1U ST AT13 1'UCSS ,
Cut Down In the rait.
fforfoVi Xtia ,
At least twenty counties in the "Big
Third" district have n tavorlto son In train
ing for congressional honors. And the crop
of candidates will begin to grow with the
grass In the spring.
O ut of Ills I'fnce.
I'/icJjw / Coiintu llerahl.
Mr. Laws Is , of counto , nil right in his
place , but his nlnco Is not In congress.
Itot tlio Itnurlmtit Hliotv Up.
Meatl .lilrojdlc.
Wlioro nro the Nebraska democrats ! For
three months the public 1ms been ontor-
tolnod by the discussion of republican poli
tics , but thus far scarcely n volco from tha
democratic camp has been heard. It would
bo refreshing , after perusing column after
column nbout Uocse , HlchurJs , Tlmycr , Mc-
Call and the rail , to sco some mention of
Wolbneh , Bryan , Savngo , Amos ot nl. This
Is not an off year and our friends should not
bo so persistent In Keeping out of sight.
Perhaps Influenced by the rumor that the
prohlbs will not put up a state ticket , the
( loins have decided to remain Indoors also.
It OtitdocH Thorn All.
A'/olu-am Vlnnttr.
Tun Bun In Its stirring cntorprlso outdoes
nny other Journal woat of Chicago , nnd what
Is inoro , It takes a locallutorost in every
community in Nebraska , besides giving
every bit of news there is to got. .lust now
Knox county Is receiving from this enter
prise and push great advmitago In udvcrtis-
Ine Its resources. TUB Bcc m.oro than any
other Omaha journal has aided In bringing the
attention of the world toTfiobrarn.
Til u FnrniRrB' Htnmlnrtt.
Siitton Adust Utcr.
Tlie Hamilton county people are trying to
dccldo on a man for state senator in the stead
of Senator Hurd of Clay county. Wo give
you a fair notice ! , gcntlomon , that Clay , your-
better and bigger half , Is an agricultural
county as welt nsyourown , andthattho man
you put up must meet the measurement ac
cording to the farmers' standard. There Is
a Farmers' alliance in this county that sticks
together closur than a brother. v
the Vnn.
Itcd Clniul Ilevubllcan.
THE OjmrvBEii always places before its
thousands of readers the very latest , nnd
most reliable statement ot current events
that brains , energy and money can obtain.
Tnu UEI : Is n pioneer paper , nnd has lead the
van in iho development of the croat otato of
Neb'rsska. ' The city of Omaha may justly
boast of this institution that has kept abreast
of her rapid progress , and has added to her
adornment ono of ttio palatial buildings that
has helped to make her the quean city of
the trans-Missouri.
IMtisr Al nt ttm Issues.
lerummh tlntnlillcau.
ToJuy the farmers and business men of
the great west arc demanding relief from the
excessive railroad rates nnd tha exorbitant
rates of Interest. Tbcronublicau party must
moot those growing demands of the west ,
and when the Republican stands up and de
mands a clmngo of policy it is infinitely a
tetter republican paper than these that llvo
and breathe in the past. The time has passed
for branding pjpars ns aliens that advocate
reform. They are only blazing the way in
iho political forest for a better platform ou
which tub people of this great west can
stand.
ttio West.
. V'tiune Gazette.
The many excellent newspaoers'publlsheu'
in Nebraska nro obtaining a reputation
which Is cnviaolc to the press of the older
settled states , and of thess publications , there
U uono which Surpasses THE Chuiu BKE , u
paper that in u few years has"rlaon from n
Btnull shoot to a paper challenging Iho west
for nn equal and having for its homo ono of
thofinesl nowspapsr buildings in the world.
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1'IIB ' AKTI311NOON TEA.
Divorces cnn bo nbtalnod in four hours in
Japan by paying fJ down.
Men would not care to bo wiclced If women
did not look on naughtiness with mingled
dread nnd admiration.
'Twas after the ball ,
'Twas dark In the hall ,
Hot"good nlttht" was hot very emphatic ;
'Twas uch a irood chance
For swoQtost romance.
And I Ilncorea v.'ith longing CMtatic.
'Twas dark In the hall ,
'Twas ' after the ball.
'Twus aflor the ball ,
'Twus dark in the hall- *
Such n chance for n parting romantic 1
Aua BUO was not cold ;
Why was I not bold !
\Vhcn I think of it now I am frantic.
'Twas ihirlcm the hall ,
Justdurit that was ull.
At a recent great b'all at the Uuasinn court
all the ladies appeared in white , without any
ctliur ornament than diamonds , pearls unu
their own beauty , The empress herself w.is
thcro und dunueu in nearly every danoo ,
A kiss on the forehead denotes reverence ,
but It doesn't tlciclo for ahuulcs.
How many tilings thcro are to laugh at In
the world lo tba girl who has pretty teeth
and dimples.
Woman do not marry for money , but they
say It Is easier to love n ricn man than u
poor ono.
If BIO flics when you purauo ,
Thrift tlio best thing you can do
Is to chnso liar ana tu clasp her to your heart
und Itcop her thera.
If you'ro timid stio'll bo cold
Sbo will love you If you'ro bold ;
Komombar , faint honrt never yet dlu win u
lady fair.
Caller "Has your daughter's married llfo
so fur proved n linppy ono , Mrs. Vornonl"
Mrs. Vcrnon ' 'Very ; nor husband , vou
know U u travolliiir salesman. "
' M-m-y d'd'doar , ! ! Move yonj W-xv1-
will youi oo " ncuati Mr. M. Pediment.
"That will do , " replied the proud boauty. "I
do not care to ba wuoed on tbo Installment
plan "
When Arabollo was just twlco ton
And I was but olghtoon , 't > vas than
Her heart and hand I warmly plead.
' Oh , nol you uro too voung"shu said.
When Arabella was twontv oiglit
She said. "Why longer hesitate ) "
' I'll always bo your frlund , " I said ,
"But you'ro too old for me to wed. "
She So you'called on that hateful Mollie
Fllppo last week , did you I
He I did ; but I won't do It again. Slio
nearly tallied uiy arm off.
She Off her walit j
She "When did you llr t fancy that you
loved mo | " Ho "Whou I heard that anoth
er follow wanted to marry you. "
No woman uvor pestered a man that she
did not mention her great love for him as an
excuse for her action.
Hired Men to Kill Ilia Put liar.
CIUIILEITO.V , S. C. , Marcli 10. ( Special
Telegram to Tim 13m : . | TUo trial of Uobert
James , who hired two negroes to murder his
father , In order thbt ho might Inherit his
citato , 1ms been concluded , It was proven
that Jnines gave the negroes $330 each for
their bloody work and the jury found him
guilty of murder In the ilrst di > grco. Ho
was remanded for sentence.
Ilonil Ufforlneii.
WAsnixoTOX.March 19 [ Special Telegram
to TUB BEE. | Bond olTerlnira today were as
follows ! 110,000 nt tl/JUj | 5,8tK ) at 1.03Jf.
lOAViV I'ltOIItniTION AS IT IS.
WASIIISOTOX , In. , Mnrch 17 , To the EdI
tor of Tun BEBI Having lnco Dccomboi
last spent my time In this state and durlnj
that time visited most of her centers of popu
lotion , I will give you ns briefly nt I can mj
observations regarding the workings of pro
hlbitlon and the true state of fooling exist
ing among tbo { hotter element ttiroughou
the state. Politically , the question para
mount with the republican party here to daj
l.i , How and in what way aliall wo handle
the liquor question ! In my opinion tin
rank nnd tlio of the party have voo
llttlo sympathy with the prohibitory olO'
inout of the party , nnd the fool
ing Is extending nnd growing rapidly thai
unless something is dona ( and that vcr >
soon ) by the republican party to rid Itself ol
the odium following and the responslbllt }
attaching Itself to the oarty nn the orlglnatoi
nnd promoter of till * law , tha party Is In
great danger of losing Us ontlro prosllgo in
Iowa.
Taking the facts as they exist , nothing U
moro apparent than this fact. The rock-
rootcd prohibitionist as found In IOWA today
generally claims to bo n republican , and la
only possessed of ono Idea , nnd that Is that
his pet hobby must bo ridden , and nil other
Interests inust bccomo secondary and sub
servient to this ono Idea. No argument can
convince htm that the law is Inoperative
and obnoxious , nnd has proven n fnlluro
for the suppression of tbo liquor Irafllc. He
blindly afflrms at home nud abroad that pro
hibition In nt least cighty-tivo counties In the
state Is a success , nnd that the law Is rea
sonably enforced as well in nny other law.
Why such Ignorance of the true stale of
affairs regarding this trafllo exists among
this class of politicians I cannot fathom. Be
ginning at the capital of tbo state , hundreds
are engaged In the sale of liquor thoro. The
sooner after the knowledge has only to engage -
gage the sorvlcca of u professional searcher ,
and tip him with n liberal foe , und ho will
show you thcso places by the score
on uromincnt streets where ono can obtain
the vilest kind of whisky at 10 conls
n drink. At Iowa City tboro are over thirty
places where the stuff is sold openly , with
very little concealment. At Carroll the
open saloon is a llxturo. In'ull the river
towns bordering on the Mississippi ou the
east and the Missouri onStno west , the same
state of affairs exists. Business men of nil
parties nro disgusted and are clamorous for
a high license law. The effect upon the
young men of the atato in my opinion Is far
moro baneful and degrading than , the presence -
once of a licensed saloon would bo. In many
of the towns they have formed clubi , renlod
rooms in jsomo upstair * block , removed the
door knobs , supplied each member with a
key , and nightly moot and carouse.
I can not bchcvu that the people of the
state expect any relief from the present state
of affairs by any attempt on the part of the
present legislature to patch up and further
attempt to enforce the present law. It has
proven a signal failure for the most part ,
And I can not understand how Intelligent ,
thinking men and women ( who can If they
will acquaint themselves of the facts as their
really exist ) should persist In their efforts to
regulate this tratUc by methods that have
fully proven tiiomsolves wholly insuulcicnt
o acotnp llsh the end sought for. But the
adaga that "thcro uro none so blind as these
who will not see , " seems to lit the condition
of the average prohibition advocate of to
day.I .
I can hardly conceive of any greater ca
lamity that could befall the fair state of
Nebraska than ttio repetition of the
same stnto of affairs as * today
exists in this state. The inevitable result
would baa depreciation in real estate , a
crippling of industries , a driving beyond her
borders the coming emigrant. You have to
day less drunkards to the aero in Nebraska
than they have In Iowa , and I bollevo loss
Houor drank to the aero than horo. ; . < >
methods pursued and the class * of men now
engaged in the business all over our stnto
dcuurs thn rcspoctablo man who occasion
ally takes a drink from entering nny of these
places , consequently the drug store has
been turned into a first class saloon. I huvo
vet to ilnd a man of honest convictions out-
3ldo of the prohibition cimp in the state
who does not express himself freely that the
present state of uff.iir * us regards this trnfllo
Is a disgrace to the slate and demands a
speedy change.
Viewing thtf coming contest In Nebraska
from my standpoint hero , I will say that this
juestloa should not take shape as n political
issue , nor as | i question Involving tbo intor-
33ts and rights of the liquor dealer alone ,
rtio Interest : ! Involved In this issue us re
gards this last named class are mslgnltlcunt
; omparcd with the direct injuries that will
befall all the best industries of tliu state
should prohibition bccomo the organic law
) f the atato. J , C. SWAN.
STATK JOTTINGS.
NelmisUii.
Wilber is to have u chemical flro .
A Demorest modal contest will bo hold'in
Mead March 33.
Wild geeao nro being slaughtered by the
score in 1'helps county.
The farmers around Dcshlor will probably
bulla an elevator at that place.
K. O. Willis has succeeded C. F. McDon-
ough as editor of the Ogalulla Hellector.
A line library bus been purchased for the
Sunday school by the Fairbury Baptists.
The prohibitionists of Butler county have
raised $500 In the past week for campaign
expenses.
Grcsham has a haunted hoimo whloh is at
tracting the attention of the courageous und
timid residents alike.
Workmen lot a bucket of dirt fall on a
man In the bottom of an eighty-foot well
near Taylor , fatally injuring him.
Francis Murphy's moottngs nt Grand
Island nro proving u great success und the
blue ribbpu market has advanced.
The Nyo-Wllson-Morohouso company's
elevator and coal business at Uralnurd has
beau purchased by W , T. McElwam.
Two horse thieves named Krb and Bet-
chor pleaded guilty at Howard and were son-
tonccd to two yoai-s In the penitentiary.
A county Sunday school convention will
bo held ut Pierce March 20 and 21 under the
direction of State Organizer B. F. Merrill ,
John HoltUempKors , for many voars n
prosperous merchant of Columbus , died last
Friday after a week's Illness of pnoumoula.
The editor of the Nowmnn Grove News
announced that lip cannot llvo on ozone and
has therefore been compelled to throw uu
Urn spongo. '
The third annual encampment of the Interstate -
state reunion will bo hold at Uud Cloud
April U and many prominent speakers are
expected to attend.
The Mnrsland Trlbuno i enjoying a boy
cott on account of Us position hi rogura to
the Bux Butte county seat fight , but the
editor Isn't a bit scored.
An elderly lady named Mrs , Bralnnrd , re-
sluing near Vcnango , was Instantly killed
the ether day by a runaway toanvof bronuhos.
She was thrown from the wagon , ono of her
Jogs poising through between tbo spring and
the axle nnd her body being held head downward -
ward next thq front whcol , in which position
she was drugged for six miles. Her body was
horribly mangled ana was entirely stripped
of clothing excepting her shooe.
- ' - bug rrawlod In Polo Korkor's oar on the
night of Juno 5 , ISi'J , and caused him torrlblo
agony for a few hours , but ho finally got ttio
bug killed und it has not given him any jjum
since , says the Nowaba City Advertiser. On
Wednesday night of this week ho was pick
ing his car when out came the duad bug. it
Was over half an Joch In length , nnd had
boon In his oar for Pine mouths and seven
days. Ho feels relieved lo think U U out
now , although It has caused him no pain
except a slight fooling of fullness in that oar
at times.
Icnvu Item * .
Wblttomoro has a board of trailo.
Iowa City has raised 123,000 , of the 123,000
necessary to orcct n Young Men's Christian
association budding.
'I ho now creamery at Manilla will bo in
operation by June.
Port Dodgo's now creamery will bo tha
largest In tuo ntato.
Qroono , .Tofforson , Montgomery nnd Sioux
counties are free from dobu
The Dexter hotel , destroyed by flro lint
fall , will bo succeeded by n now brisk hotel
biillt by n stock company ,
The ciRhtocn-months-old child of r , . .
Downs of What Ulieor choked to death on a
grain of corn the ether dny.
Mdlvlll Flshor of Maquokctn placed bath
thumbs ever tljo muzxlo of n shotgun and
will henceforth go through the world
thumblcss.
Mrs. W. D. Hansom of Manchester awoke
the ether night nnd found her husband hold *
Ing n bottlO of chloroform to her noitrlU.
She Bcrcnmod , and ho clutched her throat
and attempted to strangle her but was prevented
vented by other Inmates of Iho homo rush *
Ing Into the room. Hansom tnndo good his
cscapo and hai not boon scon sluco.
Acnso of considerable Interest to uiodtcnl
mon is on trial nt Corydon. Fifteen yearn
ago Charles Liltoll , then n boy , foil from n
hnrsoand broke his nrm nt the wrist. Dr.
Kvcroltflot tho'nrm , but the bo no did not
mite properly nnd in consequence the wrist
is almost useless. For sorno cause no action * > y
was taken In the matter until n short time
URO , when Llttcll becauio cf age. Ho now
brings suit ngalnst the doctor for 110,000
damages for malpractice.
David Kuiorlck , nnotdcontloniau of Silver
City , Mlles county , failed to take Tony Wcl-
Inr's advlco nnd Is now engaged in n lawsuit
on account of the witchery of n "wlddor. "
Some tluio neo ho contracted to marry n
Mrs. Klchardson of Glonwood , agreeing to
pay W.OOO for thn privilege , and to mortpnpo
his prouorty to secure the money. Ills chil
dren enjoined the execution of the mortgage
nnd now ask that n aunrdlan bo appointed
for tliolr father , claiming that his infntua-
ticn for Iho widow has unsettled his mind.
The case Is attracting considerable attention ,
ns the parties In the case nro among thu
most prominent pcoplo In Miles county.
Thu Two Dnkotne. ;
Sanborn county Is f 1,500 In dobt. <
Piorra's uroposcd llro nlarm syatoiu will >
cost $1,200. ;
The citizens of LlrooklngB county huvo j
voted for n poor farm. '
'
Tlio Chamberlain laud ofllco'wlll bo ready
Tor business next wook. ' '
The South Dakota Intcr-colloglato orator
ical contest will toke place nt Yunktou
May 00.
The only lady In South Dakota engaged tu
the title abstract business U .Miss Lettii ftl.
Whiting of Brooklncs.
.Lanirus Sllverman of Chicago has donated
1,000 bushels of need oats to the needy form
ers of Nelson county.
Foulkfon'a artesian well has allow ot 250
gallons per mintito nnd a prosuuro ot forty
pounds to the square inch.
The Uutto county Farmers' * alliance Is
building a largo general store at Mlnucsclu
to bo run on tbo co-opcratlvo plan ,
noltglous excitement Is the causa which
necessitated the confinement of Eli llulter
of Aberdeen In the Yankton Insane asylum.
The "grindstone buttes" In Nowlln county
will soon bo put to practical use , ns thostono
is said to bo of very superior quality for
grinding purposes.
A Minneapolis firm is flooding South Da
kota with wlno and liquor prlco lists , whloh
atato that goods will bo shipped securely
packed In boxes "so that no ono can guess
nt their contents. "
Cheyenne is the nnrao of a now town Just
started In Sterling county. It Is locatod'on
the Cheyenne river at the proposed crossing
of the Chicago & Northwestern and Chicago ,
Milwaukee & St. Paul roads. There U plenty"
of timoor. good water nnd excellent farming
lands in tbo county and the great reservation
coal beds nro within a short distance.
CKOO11ISI ) CUUSADEKS.
Tlio Lallirop AVnr Iioniln a Minister
to Apply Tor Divorce.
Pi.vTTsncno , Mo. , March 1 ! ) . [ Special
Tolcgrutn to THE BKE.J As a result of the
recent fcig temperance crusade by the
women of Lnthrop , Mo. , Kov. L. Carmichael -
chaol , a loading minister of the place , has
brought suit against hlswlfo for divorce on
the ground ol adultery with Will Uced , a
young church member. Uocd was n strong
backer of the crusade movement and a sort
of attachment nroso between him nnd the
preacher's wife who led the band of women
in Iho crusado. Loiters passed between the
two , nnd Keod's wife found ono of them In
the pocket of her husband's coj.t. Uov.
Mr. Cnrmichnol considered the subject , seri
ously before bringing the suit , but last night
no flled the papers. Mrs. Curmlchuol la the
anughtor of Colonel J. H. Fimms , a promi
nent politician. All of the crusaders uro
wild over the diio results of their move for
good.
HESS WAS A K.\i > ONE.
Some Crooked Transactions in Willed
Ho Was Encaged.
PIEHRB , S. D. , Mnrch 10. [ Special Tele
gram to THE BCC.J Samuel Hess , the no
torious legislator who attempted suicida hero
because of having boon jilted by ono of Iho
domi-mondo of this city nnd who tried to dls-
provo the Btory sent out In these dispatches
by calling correspondents llnrs and scoun
drels , from dovoloomonls ut bund Is nrorcd
to bo n rascal nlso. During the closing days
of the session , when the chlnf cleric was
rushed with work , HOBS took advantage of
the fact by duplicating his vouchers for per
dloin , State Auditor Toy or discovered it
ana called Hess to account , but the latter
tried to deny it. Ho then told the auditor If
no would keep it secret ho would make it
right by turning la his per diem
nnd milcago for the October HCSSIOII.
Wnon the session closed the auditor ducov-
ored that Hess had sold these to'Senator Pet-
tigroxv , who Is now the loser , but if It had
not been discovered in time the state would
have bad to stand It. The auditor stated
today that Hess could hnvo been arrested
and expelled from the legislature nnd other
wise punished. Ho regretted that this had
not been done and thought Hess had not yet
received enough publicity for his numerous
rascalities.
Another in lli < > Toll ? .
NBW Yonif , March lO.-Chados E. Hob-
bard , a special deputy sheriff connected with
tno ordorof arrest dopartmo nt In the nhorlfl'3
oOlco. was arrested this morning on an indictment
dictmont charging him with extortion. The
prisoner was placed under 72,000 bail.
S1S1 HI
Positively cured by
those L' ttio ntls.
They also releio ! Dis
tress fro-A nyspcpsls , In-
d.3tlon ! and Too Hearty
Katlng. A perfect rem
edy for Dizziness , Nausea ,
Drowslnes3 , Had Taitc
la the Jloutli , Coated
longuo. Pain In the IJltlo ,
TOW-ID UVnrt. Tlioy
regulate the IJowcU. Purely Vogeicblo ,
SMAU.P1LL , SHALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE ,
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed & guaranteed Capital , SQDO.OQO
1'uld Hi Capital , . 3SO.OOO
lluys and sells stocks ard bonds : negotiated
commercial paper ; receive * and executes tnuta :
acts an transfer agent and truitua nt corpora
tions : takoi clmrKoot property ; collect j roi'U
Omaha Loan&Trust Co
SAVINGS BANK
Bubscrlbod & guaranteed capital , . IOO.O03
Umbllltror stockholders , . , 200,000
B Per Cent Interest Pnld on Dopoalts
I'JIANIC J , r.ANdi : . Cashier.
iSt A. U. Wyman , president : J.J.Ilrown ,
vice iireMdont } W.T. VVyman , tressuior.
OIIIKOTOHS : A , U. Wymiu , J , II. illllanl. J. J.
llrowu. Our C. Ilarton. li W. NnsU , I hoi. U
Klmbnll. Ueo. 1L Lnke.
Loans in any amount made on City &
Farm Property , nnd on Collatqral
Security , at Lovvou Plato Currontto *