DAILY BEE. TH n USD AY. APRIL 24 , 1806.
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Tun military barbers of Fort Rubin-
pen ] ) ossosH the noccssju-y liilcnt and vigor
to stralghton Tunglod Hair.
WITH Colorado dovolopiiiK-a iicculinrly
tobacco leaf , the chuncca of nn-
C'ttbii bucoino painfulli' remote.
Tin : oli'omargarino patents having
been ollloially pronounced dead , every
loirdiii" ) : ; IIOUMO can uow beeomo its own
bo'Miti butter maker.
TriKjtH IH H painful suspicion in the
Iowa domncratic wigwam that Governor
Holes is hliding into the republican camp
under the canvay.
ItAir.itOAn activity is vitalising the
comni''rcial currents of the Black Hills.
The nt > w linen under way will bring all
the Hill cities into communication with
the outside before the close of the your.
TinHhoep : men'of Ohio are applying'
all possible pressure to congress to sus
tain the proposed advance in the wool
duties. It remains to bo BOOH whether
congress will consent to shear the coun
try Air the bjiioflt of the Ohio niut-
toncers.
TIIK Louisville CoHricr-Jonrnnl pro
poses to add to its varied features a department -
partmont devoted to the great national
game of pokor. Since one of its editors
dropped nineteen hundred dollars in a
social game of draw , the necessity of ed
ucating amateurs in the mysteries of the
game justifies the now departure.
IN its "ponny wise and pound foolish' *
policy the Union Pacific substituted
.Chinese for white men in its Hock
Springs coal mines. The few dollars
saved by cheap labor is now rapidly
going up in smoke. Dispatches report
a destructive lire , started by the cheap
Johns , raging in tlio best mine owned by
t lie company. If it becomes necessary
to Hood the mine the loss will reach one
million dollars , a sum far in excess of the
amount saved bj employing incompetent
iiml careless Mongolians. Cheap labor
is dear at , any price.
TIIK ( Irst annual convention of the
state business men's association will beheld
hold in Omaha May 12. The local organ
isation extends an invitation to every
business man in the state to visit the
metropolis , partake of its hospitality
and participate in tlio deliberations of
the convention. Questions-of vital im
portance not only to individual interests
but to the commercial welfare of the
Ktato demand consideration , and it is expected -
pected that the invitation extended will
bring together representative business
men from every community. An Inter
change of opinion on the various matters -
tors affecting the business interests of
the state will bring about a harmony of
action and unity of purpose which can
not fall to produce beneficial results.
TKN years ago the government and
the country were startled by the bold
ollorts of adventurers to invade Okla
homa. The names of Captain 1'ayno and
Captain Conch became as familiar to
newspaper readers as their actions wore
nnnoylng to the authorities. They wore
the leaders of the boomers , and with a
zeal worthy of a bettor eaxiso , persist
ently agitated and raided the promised
land and sulTered arrest and imprison
ment for the sake of advancing tlio set
tlement of the country. When Payne
fell by the wayside in 188-1 , Conoh as-
Hiiined full command of the boomers
and for ilvo years kept up an inces
sant agitation and finally forced the gov-
renmcnt to open the country to settle
ment. Ono year ago last Monday Cap
tain Couch was awarded the honor of
leading the stampede to Oklahoma. It
was a lilting recognition of his work in
bringing the country to the attention of
the world and in bringing together the
greatest army of land-graobers the
world had over seen. 0" the anni
versary of that remarkable raid the
father oJ Oklahoma expired from the
elYocts of a gunshot wound inflicted by'a
olnlm-jumpor. Captain Couch wn § _ a
brave , earnest and generous man , a self-
sacrificing loader , and thu sudden and
unmerited close of a lift ! of ctmsclcss
activity will bo rogrot'lod by all.
HI'SK
Undoubtedly the fanners of the coun
try will road with great interest the cir
cular just issued by tlio secretary of np-
rirultura relating to the causes and pos
sible remedies of the agricultural de
pression. It la issued In response ft )
numerous appeals to Secretary lluslc for
an expression of hid vlovvs on the sub
ject , which ho correctly concluded would
bo l)0st given by reviewing in this way
the whole subject nnd considering it in
al' ' its various phases.
The secretary has found great diver
sity of opinion as to the cause or causes
of the agricultural depression , nnd con-
Rcrjuontly n variety of remedies pro
posed , some of which might bring about
u , slate of nlTalrs qulto as objectionable
as the present situation. His own view
is that the depression can bo traced to n
combination of mtiny causes , some of
which it Is in the power of the farmers
themselves to remedy , while others must
bo remedied , as far as remedy Is possi
ble , by law. In the former class ho em
braces the depreciation of the productive
power of the land due to careless cul
ture , a want of bubinoss-liko methods ,
and lee little attention to the questions
of supply and demand nnd of market
prices. For. all these the remedy is
within the control of the farmers , and it
depends upon themselves to provide it.
The high cost of transportation , the cx-
nctions of tlio middlemen , gambling in
farm products , and the existence of un
lawful combinations to lower the price
of wheat the farmer has to sell on the
ono hand and increase the cost of what
ho has to buy on the other , all operate
to augment the burdens upon the farmer
and lessen the rewards of Ills industry.
Some of tlieso it is the function of legis
lation to remedy. " "
But ono of the gravest causes of the
agricultural depression , In the opinion
of the secretary , is the competition of
foreign products. The value of these
annually imported , which come into com
petition with lilco products of our own
soil , ho states to be nearly ono hundred
and nftccn million dollars annually ,
while the total imports of agricultural
products , including sugar and molasses ,
animals nnd their products , except wool ,
animal and vegetable libers , fruits
and tobacco , amount to two hun
dred and sixty-six million dollars ,
the far greater part of which , says tire
secretary , amounting probably to not
less than two hundred aitd forty or two
hundred and fifty million dollars , could'
with proper encouragement bo produced
on our own soil. It need hardly bo re
marked that Secretary Husk is heartily
in favor of applying the principle'
tariff protection to agricultural products ,
in order to encourage a diversification of
production and supply the farmer with a
homo market for all ho may bo able to
produce. This portion of the circular of
the secretary of agriculture will bo read
with peculiar interest by the farmers , but
it may be well to observe that its con
clusions , if not its facts , arc not likely to
pass unchallenged. However , it is pro
posed in the new tarilf bill to afford pro
tection to such agricultural products as
the farmers have asked shall be pro
tected , and a year or two will dcmon-
btratc whether there is any value in this
remedy for agricultural depression.
The secretary favors reciprocity whenever -
over protection is relaxed , advises a law
for a thoroughly ellicient inspection of
meats for export , thinks some relief
might bo found in a reform of our system
of taxation and concludes by cautioning
farmers that they can find no relief and
no permanent remedy for present ills
in "measures which are rather the
outcome of resentment than the product
ofreas-on. " The circular of Secretary
Husk is worthy of the careful attention
of everv farmer , althouirh it offers noth
ing for the immediate relief or improve
ment of the agricultural situation.
-UV AMKIUCAX CUSTOMS VXIOff.
Ill view of the fact that it is proposed
in congress to commit this country in
favor of u policy of cominoreialreciproc-
ity with oilier American countries , it is
interesting to know how this matter was
regarded by a majority of the members
of the Pan-American conference.
The question of a customs union was
considered in the conference by a com
mittee of' eight , and two reports
wore presented. The statement
of views adopted , with only
the representatives of Chili , Para
guay and the Argentine Republic dis-
Hunting , was that unrestricted reciproci
ty was in principle acceptable , because
all measures looking to the freedom of
commerce must necessarily increase the
trade and the development of the mater
ial resources of the countries accepting
that system , but tlio belief was expressed
that it is at present impracticable as a
continental system. Among other rea-
Mins for this opinion is the fact that the
Import duties levied on foreign
trade constitute the main source
of revenue of all the American
nations , and such of them as
are not manufacturing countries would
thus lose more or loss of such revenue
on which those dopand in a great meas
ure to defray their nationnl expanses ,
while the manufacturing countries , as
the United States , would have to aban
don , at least partially , the protective
policy which they have adopted to more
or less extent. It was said besides that
u reciprocity treaty mutually advan
tageous between two contiguous coun
tries might prove onerous if extended
to all as a continental compact ,
especially as the products of
many of the American republics are sim
ilar.
In view of these obstacles It was the
opinion that' it seemed pronutturo to pro
pose unrestricted reciprocity among the
natives of this hemisphere , though that
end might lw attained gradually and
partially. It was suggested th'at the
llrst anil most olllclent step in that di
rection would bo the negotiation of par
tial reciprocity treaties among the
American nations , whereby each may
agree to remove or diminish
its respective import duties on
gome of the natural or manu
factured products of one or more of the
other nations. In exchange for bimllar or
equivalent advantages. This would bo
merely o.\i > orlmontal , and it was recom
mended to such governments as may 1)3
interested in partial reciprocity to nego
tiate such treaties with ono or more of
the American countries , as it may bo in
their interest.
It \ \ ill be been from this that the prom
ise of oITocilng anything In the nature of
n cusluma union , regarding that as moan
ing unrestricted reciprocity between the
American notions , Is far from favora-
nblo , and although an expression
on the part of this government looking
to the promotion of such an arrangement
mny lw altogether desirable nnd proper ,
It is not likely to accomplish much. The
obstacles in the way are so great nnd so
numerous ns to bo practically Insur
mountable , nnd it is obvious that If this
country shall over enjoy an extensive
share of the trade of other American
countries It will bo by concessions and
enterprise on our part that will give us
at least an equal chance with the coun
tries which now control that trade.
TIIK IWIK.
When the natural wonders of the Yel
lowstone region wore made known to the
world by explorers , congress responded
to the general demand of the people nild
reserved it for the exclusive use of the
public as a national park , The purpose
nnd spirit of the dedication was that the
famous park should bo preserved as
nearly as practicable in its natural state
and that private interests and corporate
greed should not pormittcd within
Its boundaries. Reports from
Washington Indicate Unit/ merce
nary schemers are at work to
sot aside the spirit which prompted the
dedication nnd. obtain exclusive rights
for a railroad through the park.
For two years n corporation known as
the Montana railway company lias main
tained a lobby at the national capital for
the purpose of securing this important
privilege. Under the plea that tlio rail
road is necessary to develop the mineral
interests on the boundary of the park ,
the lobby has succeeded in persuading
the house committee to sacrifice the
rights of the whole people for the potty
interests of ' a local corporation.
The claim that there is no other
practicable route to the mineral dis
trict than through the park is a subter
fuge to gain a valuable right. The truth
Is , if the mineral in the district was as
valuable as the park raiders claim , they
would not hesitate to tunnel the moun
tains. 'But the chief object is to obtain
a foothold in the park for the exclusive
benefit of the Northern Pacific. The
Montana Mineral company is merely a
cloak for the parent corporation , which
scokH to obtain , by underhanded means ,
privileges "which it dnro not openly
work for ;
The people of the west , outside of the
corporations interested , arc a unit
against the despoiling of the park. They
uoe in the" proposed charter the entering
wedge that will eventually parcel out the
wonderland among the railroads , deface
itsgrandfttir-and destroy it as a preserve
for the remnants of prairie and mountain
game. If a charter is granted to ono
company , similar privileges cannot bo
denied to others. The only safe course
for congress to pursue is to reject the
overtures of corporations and rigidly
maintain the park for the exclusive
bonelit of the pjople.
Tun proposal to appropriate between
throe and four million dollars to reim
burse those who lost property by the con
federate invasion of Pennsylvania , which
has been approved by the house commit
tee on war claims , may. if adopted , load
to the disbursement of a considerable
par ( of the surplus for similar claims.
Perhaps the losses sustained by citizens
of Pennsylvania were greater in amount
than those of the people of other states
invaded by the confederate forces , but
if it bo assumed that three
and a half million dollars would
settle the Pennsylvania claims ,
which is improbable , thojj that would'
folio from the other states , and which
could not be ignored , would swell the de
mand upon the treasury for this purpose
to a good round sum. The memorable
Morgan raid in Ohio would furnish a
considerable list of claimants for dam
ages ; the loss of proparty from confeder
ate invasions of Maryland must have been
considerable , Kentucky would IHI able
to make a largo showing , Indiana could
present a demand , and altogether twelve *
or fifteen million dollars at least might
bo disposed of in this way. It is a matter -
tor of no consequence that the southern
members of congress are. up in arms
against this proposal. They would nat
urally be. B'.it it is questionable
whether there is any just reason why
the government should now pay for
these losses , and manifestly in tlio pres
ent situation of the country it would not
bo expedient to do so.
IF OMAHA capitalists are disposed to
unloose their purse-strings , there'are
bcores of interests of more importance to
the city than visionary scow linos. Why
not give the time and promised means
wasted on impracticable schemes to the
construction of the Nebraska Central
bridge ? Why not aid a public enterprise
'
prise controlled 'by Omaha men , the
value and necessity of which is rccog *
nizcd by all ? Why not assist the con
struction of a railroad into Dakota ,
whose trade has been knocking in vain
at Omaha's door for five years ?
Compared with those two enter
prises a bcpw line between Omaha
and Nowhere is insignificant , The en
ergies and means of our people should
bo concentrated on what is practicable
as well as profitable right at homo.
After the city has secured a competing
bridge and a northern road two enter
prises essential to her commercial pros
perity It will be time enough to squan
der money on a wild gooio chase after
Pittsbiirg trade. Homo interests demand
mand home support ,
Tun carpenters' union has wisely de
cided to give the contractors a chance to
complete contracts based on prevailing
wages before insisting on a revision of
the scale. The present condition of
building operations in Omaha will not
justify radical measures , and the build
ing trades will consult their own as well
as the public interests by conservative
action.
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TIIK intolerant ministers of Omaha
are repenting the history of the brethren
in Iowa , lluforo and immediately after
the adoption of prohibition in that state ,
temperance men of the Murphy stamp
wore hooted out of the country. The
intolerants declared the statutes would
reconstruct the morals and nppotites of
the multitude. Five years' experience
convinced tirw of their folly , nnd for
the past six months they cheerfully co
operated wltW' ' Mr. Murphy In applying
the one tmo"lbmp < Jraneo rotnody ap
pealing to tlto butter natures of drinking
people. It 'Is ' finfo to nay that Mr.
Murphy haj"a'coinpli8hcl | : ( more real
temperance jjc'orm ' than all the sump
tuary laws enacted , or the combined
labors of his.opponents in Omahn ,
THK PhllnUelphla purveyors of water
gas in Oinalfu ' 01111)01 ) see how tv rival
company can dispense Illuminating 'fluid
for ono dollnP"r\nd a quarter n thousand.
A few years , jij ) , they could not see how
it was possible to furnish gas for two
dollars until the city authorities per
formed iv Burgical operation on their
short-sighted optics.
THK tactics of the bulldo/ors lu South
Omaha ugutnst annexation should bo
encouraged and continued. Their desperate -
perato efforts to perpetuate outlawry
and municipal extravagance forcibly ap
peal to the taxpayers and the bettor
classes of residents to rally at the polls
and vote for decency , economy and pros
perity. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
CKMKTKHY vandalism should , bo
promptly and vigorously suppressed.
Despoiling burial places of llowors and
shrubbery has become an unbearable an
noyance , especially in Prospect Hill , and
active measures should bo taken to cni-
turo and punish the vandals.
An Kllslm Not l < 'ortliuoinliiK.
Airio fork Trfliinic.
Wanted , but impossible/ / llnd : A demo
crat i > ig enough to wear the mantle that
dropped from the shoulders of Samuel J.
Uandall.
We and Our Southern
St. I.oiiti
There la a substantial unanimity among the
masses of. the republican party as to the ne
cessity for reciprocity Intrude between this
country and the Central and South American
nations , and there is an equally close asree- ;
incut as to the moans for bringing this about.
for Its Candor.
SI.'dill I'lnnceiI'nx * .
Tin : O.MAII.V Uin ; Is ono of the most candid
journals In the west. It says cJltortally :
"To nriko Onuhii u great city wo must tlm-
uliite the establishment of more factories ,
mills and elevators , " and then Tin : Hun goes
on to formulate a plan to ste/il from. Dos
Molnc.4 her pat stuvh factor- . Future copies
of DCS Moino * Journals will , doubtless , ou
printed In red ink.
A Hero In Homespun ,
V c I'lirA' IltraM.
That was heroic-tUoughfuhiuts o > i the pivt
of young Carpenter Wheclor , of U.iyonnc , N.
.f. , whose log.worerut off by an unifinc , to
dictate a tole r.irti to lili wife explaining his
injuries before IIQ wju ivnnvOil to the hospi
tal. It was pluv'If ( o bo n'olo to Uictitc the
message , but it was somothtncf f.ir superior
to pluck to wish ia the height of his own suf-
foriiif , ' , to soften1 his wife's sorrotv at the
' ' ' '
shocking news.
STA TK
A gun club has biwn or ani ed at Broken
Bow. , ,
A Grand Ann } " post will bo formed at
Bayard soon.
The C.m county 'fair ' will ba hold Septem
ber into IS. i
A ( iinip of Sons of-Vetcrans is to be organ
ized at Nonk-n. . . '
A business men's association has been or
ganized at Xiobrnra , . ,
A new b.uilc has heon organized at Sterling
with ' . ' -,000 capital.
The Norfolk bride works will start np soon
with orders for l.IO,000 ( ! ( , brick.
PiMtnnstei'HiuUonof the Springvlew of-
lloo will resign on account of poor health.
Editor Hamilton of the Plninvicw Herald
has been appointed marshal of that town.
A mad do , ' wiu killed at Oaoll after having
bitten a horse and number of other dogs.
The store of .Tamos Myers at Oilell hius been
closed tmdor mortgages amounting to $18,000.
Dodge young men have organized a bicycle
club and suvtm machines have been ordered.
A f 10,000 brick school house nnd a & ! ,00'l '
Christian church are being erected at Sterl
ing.
ing.N.
N. G. Hoshaw has retired from the Greeley
Democrat and M. B. Uearon assumes editor
ial control.
At Harvard four head of cattle have died
with hydrophobia and thm > more arc suffer
ing with the same complaint.
.Tamos W. Pcnrco of Sui > crier has been "ap
pointed dork of the district court in Nuekolli
county to 1111 the vacancy caused by the death
of H. Hollingsworth.
The first will contest case over tried In
Gustcr county came up last week. Ezra
Wheeler died and loft nil his property to his
sister , but his wife and children now put In u
claim to the estate. The judge reserved his
decision.
lA drunken man who "was refused credit at
Jenkins' store in Coleridgo took rovcngo by
throwing a pack.igo through a show case.
The town mur.ihal stopped further destruct
ion nnd placed the obstroparous citizen in
Jail to coul off.
Says the Bayard Transcript : Stage Con
tractor Keed of Gorinir nmdo his llrst trip to
vvellsvmo Tiiesaay. Tlio mall consisted , or
ono letter and ono postal card. Nothing was
returned. This line mid the sand hills rotitu
are worth us much to the country as Is Con
gressman George AV. E. Dorsoy.
The county commissioners of McPhewon
county have requested all citizens of the
county to turn out next Saturday and help
build a court IIOUSP at the recently selected
county seat. It will IKJ a regular old.fash-
lonod house-raising , hut no announcement is
made as to who will furnish the necessary
luliricatinglluid.
Bclloving in the assertions of n drunken
nini Quong Lee , the Chinese laundryman ,
was made u victim ngain , says the 1'latts-
inouth Journal. Upon the maudlin represen
tations of the aforesaid man , the Chinaman
sent for his wife nnd children , and when they
arrived in Sun Francisco last week thu cus
tom house ofllciiJj4.very ) properly refused
them ndmittanco , ami the laumlrymau is out
$1O ! as a consequence , ,
At the concert given lust Saturday evening
by local musicianslit , iCentr.il City , assisted
by Mr. and Mrs. 0V. . Hnymond of Seward
and Mr. C. G. Couch of Omaha and Miss
Liinbovkerof Harvard , the feature of the
evening was the v.lolln and piano playing of
Miss Llinbockor. The lady , says a corre
spondent , .scorns toi Imvu acquired what so
many pianists fail ; U > jtieliiove , , the secret of
nmling the real sentiment of the composer in
the selection * aho .iilays. She Is a brilliant
performer , and ham.s her instrument with
easy gracefulness. As a violinist she Is prob
ably excelled by liitfmv. , Though compara-
tivelv an amateuriv'itli that instrument , shu
excels most of tho.urpfcssionalti in purity and
sweetness of tone jqid. precision in handling
her Insti'innents.i -
Whllo John Jukctwis plowing on his farm
near Berwyn , Custervountv , thu other day he
unearthed the alcelot'ons of three grown per
sons , n chihl and the .skull of u dog. About a
inilo and u half from thu Hmt there Is every in
dication , says the Broken Bow Republican , of
im old battlelleld. D. A. Heinuii , who ht-ttlcd
In that locality cloven years ago , says that In
dications of rillo pits wuru plainly defined at
that tlmu. Various parlies at sundry times
have found bullets nnd other evidences of war
on the ground wear the rlflo pits. Mr. Juker
last year found a Juiifo , From appearances
there was u camp grpuml of general resort on
the crook bottom alxmt u half mlle distant
from thu locality where the bonus were un-
earthed. Hero would evidently bo uu Inter-
eating locality for the mound digger.
Iowa Items ,
GClear Lake wants an opera houao.
Work has been ausnciided on the Esther-
vill coal shaft.
The auditor of Poweshelk county paid out
a * bountr f 150 on t,500 gopher scalps ono day
lust week.
Six tons of creamery butter were shipped
from Poineroy lust week.
Improvements aggregating HW.OOO arc
under way nt Knimutsburg.
The dentists of eastern town wilt hold a
convention at Independence In July.
A Masonic tcntplo association 1ms been or
ganized at Dubinins with $100,000 capital
stock ,
Mrs. Nancy Dlirglns , the oldest person In
Union county , died nt Cromwell Friday nt
the ngo of iilnoty-scvcn.
A Musratlno watermelon grower snys his
crop averages about two cor loads to the acre
mm ho receives fOO a car for them.
An unfortunate family named Jensen ,
living near Moorhend , Moiioiia county , lost
seven children In tlio post two weeks from
diphtheria and the eighth and only remaining
child Is suffering with the sumo dread dls-
case. >
case.A
A Cedar Itapiils gentleman recently wrote n
letter to the postmaster nt South Blendon ,
Mich. , nnd not knowing his name addressed
the letter "To the Postmaster , " etc. A week
later the letter wns returned unopened and
"uncalled for. "
An Akron \x \ > y attended school the other
day in company with a bottle of whisky , nnd
nfter Imbibing education mid the contents of
the Iwttlo at regular Intervals for some time
adjourned school by driving tlio teacher and
the other scholars from the room with the
stove poker.
Hev. G , K. Stump , pastor of the M. E.
church nt Vomcroy , denounced dancing as a
wicked amusement , and the other day found
the following notice , signed "White Caps , "
tucked totlio door of the parsonage : "To
the Prfnchor Stump : Wo hereby notify you
that there Is an organization In this commu
nity for the solo purpose nnd object of put
ting n stop to so much lying nljout Innocent
people , which has been going on In this
vicinity for so long. You being the chief liar
and ringleader , wo give you fair warning the
next time wo hear of a Ho that you have
originated you will lie taken from your bed
mid publicly whipped , if not tarred nnd
feathered nnd taken out of town on n rail.
Again we warn you. " The citizens of Pome-
roy nro indignant over the matter and prom
ise to make it warm for the writers of the
notice if detected.
An Interesting bit of family history wns
brought to light in Clerk Blrclmrd's ofllee ,
says the Davenport Democrat. Mrs. A. M.
Cook presented tno incomplete naturalization
papers of her father , desiring their comple
tion , as .sho has u claim against the United
States government , and It is required by law
that Hhe take out naturalization papers , she
having been born in England. Her father ,
Jasper Fletcher , took out his llrst papers in
Cambridge , III. , in 1S01 , but before taking out
Ills second papers he started overland for Cal
ifornia , ami while on tlio way the party was
attacked by Indians. The mother was Killed
and the father , Mrs. Cook , then Mary
Fletcher , n girl of fourteen , and her two-year-
old sister taken prisoners. Mr. Fletcher af
terward escaped , the elder daughter's lib
erty was bought , while the younger sister. If
alive , Is still a captive of tlio Indians. The
father wont to Salt Lake City , where ho died ,
nnd the second papers wore never taken out.
So Mrs. Cook got u completion of her father's
papers and this makes her a naturalized citi
zen of the United States.
The Two Dnkotas ,
Ilennosa is to have a system of water
works.
Winter wheat Is four inches high in Pcn-
nington county.
A public library association has been
formed ut Aberdeen.
A new town in Jnckson has been christened
NOblcton In honor of Secretary Noble.
Hot Springs will have an electric light
plant in operation by the middle of June.
A larger acreage of wheat will bo sown in
McPlioi'son county this year than ever before.
A combination ot cliiklrcn , imuclics and
gunpowder is responsible for the destruction
of the barn , sheds and horses of Horace
Crockett , near Hermosa.
Hutchinson county claims to bo the lead
ing sheep fanning county in South Dakota ,
mill tlio P.irkston Advance wants a woolen
mill located in the county.
A buffalo cow escaped from n ranch near
BUmnrck tlio other day and was chased by
cowboys until It dropped dead from exhaus
tion. Tlio animal was valued at. ? . > 00.
Kev. John A. Crnzau , at present pastor of
the Third Congregational church of San
Francisco , has decided to accept the pastor
ate of the Congregational church at Sioux
F.dls.
if tr.ind Forks county is pretty well "fixed. "
There is $ ! C > ,0)0 ( ) surplus in the county treas
ury and 1,000 has been appropriated to buy
seed wheat for the needy fanners of the
county.
In the United States court at Sioux Falls
Nicholas Janjowond of Charles Mix county ,
was sentenced to thirty days in the peniten
tiary and to pay allno of $100 for belling beer
to Indians.
The Hod water irrigating canal , in Butte
county , is completed , and the largo force of
men employed in Its construction arc muling
work on the different railroad extensions now
being graded in the Hills country.
Stock men of Meade county arc more than
satisfied with the outlook in their ousiness.
The calf crop is big , the colt crop most satis
factory and the prospect for u good year nil
through , from rnngo to market , is almost as
sured.
A peculiar shaped mound was discovered
near Mitchell the other day , and in digging
into it the skeleton of uu Indian was un
earthed , with the trinkets and weapons
usually found in Indian graves. The mound
was covered by heavy soil nnd everything in
dicated that many years had elapsed since It
was made.
Last week n rich body of silver ore was ills
covered on Jim creek , near Hapid City , on the
property of Deacon Jones. The deacon hud
been away on n visit for some time , nnd when
ho returned ho found about a dozen prospect
ors had lumped his ranch nnd were sinking
shafts innll directions. This made the deacon
angry , and his wrath was added to by the
fact that ho had for years been raising po
tatoes and other vegetables on a piece of
ground that contained some of the richest sil
ver ere in inu uiucic Jims. IIIH wiiiia was
appeased , however , by the "Jumpers" offer
ing to give him an equal share in their loca
tions.
TIIK AVTKltXttOX TK.ti
A Russian ladv proposes , In the columns of
n Hussian nowspaxir ] , that the women of
Russia and Franco should
join in forming a
cori > s of nmazons to light with the uiunzons
of Diihomoy.
An educated , accomplished young lady at
Petosky , Mich. , has split twenty cords of
wood with her own hands and has It piled
nc.itly to season for summer use.
She ( facetiously ) I suppose you call your
hourso Cupid because ho is such n lovo'of a
horao. Ho Not exactly. You see he's
blind.
"Miss Barrows , 1 offer you my hand. I have
long loved you. ! - " "Say no more , Mr.
Bulliondolhir. If It Is tlio hand you write
checks with you offer mo , 1 accept with
pleasuro. "
A London genius has invented n hot water
apparatus to warm piano koyt * , so that dainty
lingers may not lw chilled.
"Now , Alice , dear , I must iniiko a confes
sion. My family is not its perfect as I should
like It I have several very unpleasant mints
and ancles and cousins. " "Husli , Tom , don't
say u word no have f. "
"I have observed. " remarked a mean old
bachelor , trying to bo funny , "that when ono
has fortune ami adds mis.s to it ho has mis
fortune thereafter. " "Then you ought to
marry n widow , " responded n Indy in black ,
and thu funny man went into his shell.
Bilklns My luugingo to yon has always
been pootlo and Jlowory. When I ( Irst mot
you I called you a "daisy. " After wo wore
married 1 eallod you "my pink. " Mrs. Bil-
kins And now when you come homo nt ! l
o'clock In the morning and I have to como
down to let you In , you think I'm a "night-
blooming corous. "
Cora Hello Fellows Chnskn. the wlilto
squaw , once the hello of Washington , but
lately an attraction of the dime museums of
this country , hits had some of her jewels
stolen from her , mid the rpuntry will await
with anxiety the announcement of the par
ticular roles In light oiHira which she Is to
attempt.
Suitor ( to her father ) Sir , I love tlio very
ground you daughter treads on.
Father ( grimly ) -Well , young man , you
ain't the first party that's had uu attachment
for It ; howsutnover , If you love It well enough
to como hero nnd help pay up the mortgage
ou U , like Jacob did , you kin marry Sarah.
IT WAS NOT OVERSTATED ,
The Report * of Destitution In Western Ne
braska True.
GOV , THALER REPLIES TO A ORITIO ,
Hiislncss Methods of nu ARCHI
A Correction First IHrilrlot Dis
tricted Capitol Intelli
gence City Items.
LIXCOI.X , Neb. , April S3. [ Special to
Tin : BEI ; . ] In reply to an open letter pub
lished In n Lincoln morning paper n day or
two slnco regarding the destitution nnd needs
of the farmers In the northwest portion of the
state , especially In Banner county , taking to
task the assertion that nsslstnnce 19 neccs-
snrv In thnl nurL of the state. Oox'ornor
TlinyorBiiys :
1 have Incontostlblc evidence that ( ho farm
ers In the cimntlcM swept by the Into wind
storms , which nro known to thn public , woio
wlinllv iinahlo to resow tholr fields bcoauso of
Inability to ptirclm o thn necessary seed. Jlr.
Itnndnlf , postmaster at llnrrlsburg , tliacounty
Hont of Manner county , did not ovoulinw the
( iloluron particle when ho said that fully M
per cent of thn fiirmoin of hlssoet-'lon would
have to Imvo help or milt their homostoaiK
Heal estate dealers make n mistake when they
try to cover up the destitution tlmt surrounds
them. Thn tnijiunillvo lined of the hour
prompted Mr. ( liver , president of the state
imrtuultural nimiolntlon , und myself , to tnko
tlmstcp wo dlil , and the utatcinonlwo made to
thu public tlirouah the slate papers was cor-
ivet In uvury HiMisi1 , I have a nnmlierof let
ters from farmers and Uti ltiuss inni of the ili'-
vnsjnted region , and I repent ngtiln tliuovl
ilenco I have of destitution In thn comities wo
Imvosoimlit to help , and huvo helped , IH In-
contestlblc ,
qurni c.vrnus or AS Annxr.
A traveling representntivo of the Sultan
carringo company of Michigan gave J , B.
McCoy of Cheney authority to sell this com
pany's goods nt that place a few months ago
on commission and shortly afterwards ho re
ceived an Invoice of buggies , carriages and
phaetons. All went swimmingly for n time
for McCoy sent a number of notes to the
house and on the face It looked as though ho
was doing a .splendid business. When tlio
notes became due , however , the repeated pro
tests on them evidenced to the company that
nil was not right , and un investigation was or
dered , when it was discovered that most of
McCoy's snles had been made to irrcsponslblo
parties , nnd ho was ordered to turn the stock
ho had on hand over to C. W. Kaloy , the rep
resentative of the company in this city. On
his refusal a writ of replevin was Issued and
put In the hands of Deputy Sheriff McFar-
iaiid for service. McCoy told him the goods
wore his if ho could ilml tlicm , nnd getting a
few pointers from a citizen of Cheney he
started out for that purpose. Ills search
added surprises. Buggies nnd carriages word
found hidden under liny stacks nnd in out-of-
the-wny places. Criminal prosecution is
probable.
A conitncTtox.
There is being circulated throughout the
state what purports to bo an extract from the
auditor's report of the condition of the Farm
ers' Union insurance company of Grand
Island. The extract shows the Farmers'
union to bo possessed of only Wi 1.7-1 in cash
assets. This amount is only ono item of the
assets of the company , viz : the cash In bank.
In addition to this the company is possessed
of over 3173,000 , of assets , leaving n surplus
overall liabilities as shown by the report on
lilo with the auditor of § ! 01r > : U.U7. The
auditor has never published u report giving
enl } ' the liguros as shown in this circular.
All reports of companies nropublishcd in full ,
giving complete statements of the entire
assets and liabilities.
WKIIVTCII SETTM1S WITH Till : STATE.
A board consisting of Auditor Benton ,
Treasurer Hill ami Attorney General Lcoso
mot at the ofUo ! : of the former this morning
to settle with W. II. Webster , ex-treasurer
of Morriek county fornll money duo tlio state ,
and u full and complete settlement was made.
This matter has been dragging in the courts
of Merrick for two years past and Colonel
Webster is , therefore , relieved of the charge
of defalcation. An interesting fact in con
nection with the meeting of the board , which
is created by law for the purpose of settling
with county treasurers who have judgments
ngainst them , is that It was the lirst ono over
held in the state.
oxci : Jtoitn rnnn.
diaries Lewis again enjoys his freedom.
Ho is the man wlw assaulted Representative
Sprlnk at the Hotel Ideal about thrco years
ago when caught in the net of robbing his
room. IIo was tried on the charge of assault
with intent to kill , und was convicted and
sentenced to servo a term of live years in the
state penitentiary. Coed behavior secured
him n lapse of eleven months and the gov
ernor commuted the vest of his sentence.
rillST DISTUICT DISTIIICTIII ) ,
Hon. T. M. Cook , supervisor of the census ,
First congressional district , transmitted his
report to the department ut Washington of
the division of the district into enumerators'
precincts last evening. 'Then ; nro y-l'J ' dis
tricts , nnd there will ho a like number of
enumerators appointed. The city of Omaha
has thirty-eight and the city of Lincoln seven
teen. The cities of Nebraska City , South
Omaha , Plnttsinouth nnd Beatrice have four
each , while the cities of Trills Cit.y , Puwnco
City , \\ymoro , Tecumsoh. Weeping Water ,
Wahoo and Ashland will be taken separate
from tlio precincts in which they nro located.
Other than this the precincts of the several
counties will have one enumerator ouch. As
soon ns Mr , Cook gets the O 1C to bis report
ho will commence to Issue the commissions of
the enumerators he will select.
CAl'ITOJi INTKI.UGIiXCK.
State ofllcinls deny that thov went fishing
yesterday. They insist that the day was too
cold for such pleasures. It can bo said , how
ever , that.somo of them went llshing und
didn't get even n mosquito bite.
Judge Norval was at the state house this
morning. Ho says that the question ofn
permanent supreme court drk has not Iwon
mentioned by any member of the bench sineo
its action last January und that ho does not
know when Mr. Leeso's successor will bo ap-
poiuled or who the fortunate man will be.
There was talk at the state house today to
the effect that .somo of the amendment repub
licans wore urging Hon. John A. Dempster
of Fillmore county to bo a candidate for gov
ernor , nnd thnt the bee was uctunllly buz/ing
in his bonnet. Heretofore but little stock
1ms been taken lu his alleged cnndidacy.
Commissioner Steen Is in Bluino county.
IIo is there to look after the lea.so mid sale of
: t-JK)0 ( ) acres of school lands. Deputy Carter
expresses the opinion that the demand for
these hinds'will make It an easy matter to
dispose of them advantageously , if so , the
Interest on them will add a good many dollars
to the bchool fund.
%
CITY" NIIW8 AND XOTKS.
It Is rumored that the "new hotel" going
up at the corner of Ninth nnd P streets is to
bo turned Into the Burlington headquarters.
H is said that thu republican state central
conmiittco will meet In tills city nt nu early
day. A number of politicians express the
opinion that a meeting Is necessary before tlio
May convention convenes.
Mack Bailey was arrested this morning for
assaulting his wife. Tins Is the man who
tried to shulllo otf this mortal cell a few
weeks ago by taking strychnine. Ills do
mestic life is evidently not all that It ought to
bo.
bo.John
John Cooper , son of Lincoln's ice king , and
Miss Bertha Kldcrdlco wore licensed tx > wed
by Judge Stewart today. The ceremony
milling thorn for hotter or won.ii took place lit
the residence of the brido's mother this even
ing.Tho
The convention of the Womnu's Presby
terian board of missions , in mission nt the
Presbyterian church , is largely iittended.
Mrs. .SuuuUir Farwcll of Chicago IH In ut-
tendancu and a number of othorludlcs promi
nent In the work of the chnrch. Rov. Curtis ,
iiitstorof the church , reports a lively Interest
In todily's programme.
Lincoln lodge No. IIW , I. O. O. F. . held an
Important meeting tonight. Work In the
llrst degree occupied attention. This ledge
Is ono of the strongest of the order In the
city. Initiations are reported at noarlv every
regular meeting. The Odd Fellow loilgon of
the capital city uro In u very prosperous con
dition.
The mourning costumes In different coun
tries nro very curious. In Kuglaml a widow
walks looking liUo a mountain of rrupo. In
America she H less opproaslvo ; In Franco ulio
Keen becomus coquettish. The most elaborate
mourning clouk liiyird of has lately been made
tor the Duchess d'Afwta. It Is of heavy Mlk ,
frimmed with Hat bands of ostrich plumes ,
und having nil Its cdgos llnlshod with frlngiw
of plumes that have u jot band a-j their head-
IN T11 F. HOT t' N D A.
Klnkald of theTwo'fth ' JmlUMnl ills ,
trlet , anil C. F. Boytl , district court clerk nj
Alnswoith , were found nt the Murray Uut
cvcnlilg.
"I happen to have four days with no case *
to hear , nml so I'm Improving the leisureby
nttemllng to a little general business , " smd
the Judge when approached by tlio rotunda r
talker. /
"The people up our wny nro feeling good /
Just now over the fact thnt the short Him
trains from Sioux City will bo running up to
us by Juno I , " continued the Judge , "and
Onmlm must lw looking out or the IMIIJ
palace people will have mi Important advan
tage over her.
Polities ! Ah no , excuse mo this time. I'll
bo down tills wny ngnln soon , when I mny
know something new In politics. Honliy ,
the fact In I have been tending strictly to
court matters for n long time and haven't
hud a bit of a ehmieo for anything else. 1
know this much , that this fall's
promises to bo a hnrd one. "
"How nro things looking for Mr. Dorsey ! "
This question caused n some what over-power
ing smile to tnnko Its nppeiu-.meo IIHII | tlio
face of the Judge. The otner p.irt of his an
swer con.slstod la raising his hands with n
hush'llko gesture nnd his politely effacim ;
himself from the scene , leaving his fellow-
traveler to llnlsh tlio story.
"Tlio Judge will give Dot-hoy n tight rnh for
congress this fall , " said Mr. lioyd , In quiet ,
coiilUtentlnl loin's. "And his host pasted
friends think ho will win , nlthouitli l
do not think It best to go Into any discussion
of the matter now. To change the subject
somewhat I will tell you oC u very lute dis
covery Hint hns been mtulo up In our country
We have discovered that the alliance mill
temperance folia are secretly arr.inglng t.i
work together. Tlio partnership means con
siderable , though Just what it will accomplish
is ns yet totally unknown oven to the members
bors of the now firm. "
Mr. lioyd ndded thnt the Koya Palm county
gold diggers uro doubling their efforts and
have Just put In diamond drills at big ex
pense. There is no longer any doubt , IIP says ,
but thnt a continuation of the Uluck Hills
mineral rift has been hit upon nnd that tlu
whole country will hoar from the work now
being prosecuted.
"Wheat Is looking magnificently all tliiiiiifii
our part of the state , " .said ho. "Wo lm\ > >
just had some simply glorious nuns , and tln\v
have given things such n start us makes the
season ono of nlmostunpreeedentod promise '
James W. lirciiiian , private secretary to
tMnyor Noonan of St. Louis , was at the i'av
ton yesterday. Mr. Ilrcnnnn spent the day
visiting his sister , MM. Henry Etinls , and
friends hero. IIo Is a princely roprosi > ntutl\
of the Mound city's best yo-jng blood , and is
very thoroughly posted on the winning points
In that sumo city's pa-sent nnd its imtniidlalo
future.
"We lost the fair , " said he , "but we've got
a boom four times larger that Chicago's wild
cst delirium ever pictured. Values nro ris
ing daily nt a rate which our oldest timers
say never has been npproached before in the
history of the city. The latest thing in Si
Louis is the most perfectly constructed ele
vated railway of any city in the world. It
is Just building mil you may have noticed
that the New York , London mid Paris Jour
nals are CTiInir little less than wild over it. L '
notice that Omaha is catching on in the nrit-
tor of lighting her streets with electricity.
She will Ilml it a humming success , just as St.
Louis has. Do you know that in our town \
Omaha is understood to have streets which
rival those of Paris for cleanliness ? livery
time ono of our folks makes n trip hew lie
comes home talking about Omaha's nmgnll- !
cent streets , and nfter a big drive through
such as I hud over them today I llnd it nu
wonder that people praise them as they do. ' ' i
Mr. Brennan leaves this morning for I'or- :
reetionville , In. , to visit 'iieuth the parental i
roof. \
A distinguished little party of loxva poll- )
ticlnns that spent a half hour floating about I
the various hotel rotundas early last evening
was composed of Secretary of State Jackson
and Hon. Sidney A. Foster of Ues M olnes
and Hon. John N. Baldwin and Mr. tJeorgo |
Halden of Council Bluff.s.
Captain John F. White was met at the
Mlllard last evening , IIo has Just returned
from Now York city , where ho submitted
samples of oil obtained from his wells in Wy *
oming to the Standard folks.
"It is worth u trip to New York , " said lie ,
"to pay a visit to the Standard Oil company's
headquarters , No. " 0 Broadway. Them I
found a combination of intellect rivaling tlm
aggregation of capital which the con
cern is so well known to have. I
found the men who have an iillo
surplus of $100,000,000 to rank with tlio lead
ing statesmen at Washington , so fur as vast
funds of information nnd power of clear cut ,
concise and effective arguments go. lint oh ,
how Icy cold mid cnshy they talk. For in
stance , In talking to their leading and most
active ofllccrlat ono time happened to re
mark something about tlio conflict which win
raging nt fever heat in many parts of the u cst
between capital and labor , when the oftlcial
in question remarked :
' "Oil , Well , my dear sir , wo ( meaning the
Standard oil company ) tire no missionaries
and never pay a particle of attention to such
passing trllies us clashes between capital ami
labor. '
"At another time , " continued Captuln
White , "I went on to tell them something
of how nnd where my oil fields wci'o
located. I had jiot gotten three senten
ces out of my mouth before thn
gentleman pulled down an elaborate map , mid
not only pointed out the boundaries of every
foot of my lands but showed mo the exact
spot where every ono of my wells was sit
uated. Then ho took down a fllo of reports
and road off n minute description of every
bit of work done on each ono , probable ca
pacity , nnd a fine analysis of tho' oil that had
icon found in each ono. The revelatii n
fairly made mo blush with wonder and
ilmost overpowering surprise. ( Jolng on , ho
showed mo that they hud the same minute.
record of every square foot of oil territory
nit only in nil the United States and terri
tories , but everywhere throughout thn known
world. And lu every instance thn reports
were up to within twelve hours of the time I
was talking to him , while many WITH up to
within thirty mlnutos. Such a vast amount
of accurate knowledge was actually almost
'earful and staggering In Its effects upon me ,
nnd I consider that with my twenty yours f
cxiwricnco in .such mutters I am as well
lasted In my business ns the average iiiuu. "
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
nnd fimiranterd C'npltal..t.VM.OO )
I'nldln Capital . M" .
Iluys and hullHHlockKiind bonds ; ncKollHli"
voiiiiuorelal piipnr ; receive * anil cvi'ciilrj
trusts ; iiitxuH transfer uuent nnd tnihti'ii HI
corporation * ; takes uhur oot propurly ; eul-
li-oU taxes. _ _ _ _ _
Omaha Loan&TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. COP. 10th nnd Douglas Sts.
I'ald In Capital . fiwi
Subscribed and ( iimnintend Capital . . . iwi. ' * "
Liability of Htookholders . aw.ww
6 I'or font Internet I'ulil on Ili'poMln.
I'ltAMC .1. ! < AN < iK. CiihliliT.
Olliecri : A. U. Wrinnn | > ruililiiilJ.J ; llrnwei , \ U i-
prvMilnnti W T. Wyimin. in-iuiiriT
Dlrvrlnrm A. V. Vfrntnn. J II.Mlllmil. . J. J. lluiwii.
( luy U. Ilnrtnn , K. W. N ti. Tlioma * J. Klmtmil ,
( it'urao II. l.oku.
1-oiinn In uny uiiiimn t inuuV "ii City and I .u m
1'ruporty , und on Collateral suouilty. al I.uw
fat rutun uurrvut.