Nebraska Newspapers

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inlorfi'i1.villi ! ! ! All1. Dorscy's ilistributloii
of fudfi-al poilH in tlio blp Third ?
WITH three lines of niilroiul stcnmors
competing for Cliineso tradu , the mnug-
gliii" ; of Aloiiffoliuiis will not bo abated
on tlio Pai'llio coast.
A r.MVisici ) ballot reform bill has boon
inti-odiiced in the Now York legislature.
Senator Saxton is willing to uccopt tlio
hulf a loaf if bo cannot got a whole ono.
the cla.sh and crush of demo
cratic mud batteries in Now York the
presidential boom of Governor Campbell
in gathering .strength in the verdant val
leys of Ohio.
Hoous methods are necessary to boost
bogus Hellenics. The Now York boomers
of the Imrgu line should obtain tlio con
sent of the owners before using certain
name * on incorporation papers.
Tin : Iowa and Kansas starch factories
have been taken into the trust. There
are now thirteen factories in this infant
combine , just enough to give emphasis
to HH appeal for increased protection.
TUB badge of olllco is not a shield for
crime. The mere fact that a rulllnu is
clothed in the uniform of a policeman is
no excuse for permitting him to escape
the consequences of his scandalous con
duct.
\ViiY shouldn't the nnnio of Tom Cummings -
mings bo chiseled into Dodlin granite at
the city ball entrance with that of Chief
Seavey. Was not Cummings city mar
shal when the city hall was lirst located
wt Eighteenth and Faniam ? .
TIIK Kansas City Times attempts to
ridicule the president by assorting that
the " " \Vindom silver scheme was knocked
out" by congress because it was an "ad
ministration measure. ' ' In the same col
umn it declares that "President Harri
son's dictum has already made itself felt"
in the republican caucus.
Tun re.submission movement in
KtuiMiH will give proof of its strength at
the convention to be hold in Topeka
early next month. The object of the
convention Is to present a formal request
to the governor to call an extra session
of the legislature. There is little pros
pect that the request will bo favorably
received by the governor , because the
politicians who have profited by the
"settled policy'Mo not want the question
"Sprung at the fall campaign , fearing
that it would disarrange their plans and
IMWhlbly defeat their ro-uleetion. The
popular desire for ro-Hubmishiou is much
greater than appears on the surface.
There are thousands of men who , for
business or social reasons , do not come
out openly in its favor , 1ml if given an
opportunlly would undoubtedly wipe
prohibition from the constitution.
Whether re-submitted or not , the ques
tion is bound to become a vital issue in
the fall campaign.
TIIK opponents to annexation in South
Omaha are becoming desperate. The
tide of publio sentiment is setting
strongly against their schemes to pluck
the town. Their wild throats will
frighten no one. Nor can they coerce
the men whoso prosperity is inseparably
connected with the town's progress. The
attempt to spread discontent among the
employe * of the packing houses and pre
cipitate a causeless strike shows to what
straits they are reduced , A blind man
can hco through thotr game. They are
ready to sacrifice the vital interests of the
city and array workingmen against their
employers for the solo purpose of
placing upon their sympathies and so-
i 'iring their vote for a continuation of
nriitrt 'o und municipal extravagance.
Th < - workliigmoniire lee intelligent to bo
by Holllrth htshoinos , and wo are
it tliHt thuy will unite with their
to obtain a stable government
itefuritjr niul prosperity tor the vast
in < I irftriAl | nU > rb it * , which annexation
IH ( lin'.ltt.Y I'MI'/SB AND IIISKT ,
Cionernt Van U'yck's speech before the
Hutlei' County Winners' iilllanco is an
earnest appeal for political revolution.
! Mko CorloB In hla invasion of Mexico
ho hns burned the ships behind him
and loaves no avenue for retreal.
Flo scouts the Iden of redress
through the dominant party and
ridicules the effort of anti-monopoly
republicans to reeuptnro the party ma-
' chlnery which lias for years been under
the control corporation politician
Ho iMints to their repeated failures to
dislodge the horde of monopoly minions
from thotr intrenehment , and sees great
danger to the cause of the producer in
any projuwltlon that invites republican
fanners to take part In republican cau
cuses and conventions.
General Van Wyck declares in so
many words that the Nebraska Farmers'
alliance cannot achieve the objects for
which it was organized unless it cuts
loose from all parties and favors a now
party that will support only its own can
didates.
TIIK I5iK : has been in accord with
Senator Van Wyck In most things for
many years , but It cannot endorse bis
views or approve the course which ho has
outlined for the Farmers' alliance. As
wo understand it , the Farmers' alliance
w.'is organized for the purpose of securing
for the tillers of the boil relief from cor
porate exactions , and to bring about an
equalization of the burdens of taxation ,
and not for the purpose of lighting
pitched battles in the political Hold.
Primarily , and above all things ,
tlio farmers of Nebraska want
redress and relief. They do not want
the empty glory of fighting corporations
and nominating candidates. They want ,
if possible , to achieve beneficial re
sults.Jf the dominant parly will con
cede their demands , by nominating can
didates well known to bo Iruatworly and
committed to their interests , what need
of organizing a new party which
at best involves the risk of defeat -
feat that would wreck the alliance ?
What possible danger can the Farmers'
alliance run in permitting its members
to make their light fi'rst within their re
spective parties and endeavor to dictate
their demands for relief in the caucuses
and conventions ? The farmers have
nearly two-thirds of the vote in this
state. And if they would only make the
effort they could have absolute control
of all the conventions.
It is because republican farmers
followed the advice of leaders who were
ambitious to build up a new party
and have for years refused to take part
in caucuses and primary elections tluit
the party machinery was virtually sur
rendered to corporation henchmen.
Even in spite of this neglect there was a
preponderance of anti-monopoly republi
cans in tlio stale convention two years
ago. Otherwise Mr. Lecso could not
have been renominated for a third term.
But General Van Wyck wants the Ne
braska alliance to throw the tea over
board and bo advises them to secede
from their parlies before they have made
an elTort to secure concessions. This in our
opinion would bo rash and ruinous to
the cause of anti-monopoly. It would bean
an overt act of war before exhausting all
peaceful means for righting grievances.
The alliance ought to profit by its own
experience in the past. Had the alliance
simply directed its efforts to the active
participation of its members in
the caucuses ' and conventions
of their parties there would
have been few railroad candidates nom
inated and no bogus railroad commis
sion created by order of the railroad
managers. And there would have been
no need for the present revolt. But
misdirected by hhort-sightcd leaders ,
the alliance organized a third party and
wont to pieces while lighting pitched
battles , hi which Senator Van Wyok did
not always assist notably so in its very
lirat campaign , when his active support
would have insured its triumph all along
.ho lino.
Wo-concedo that General Van Wyek
iaS the best Interests of the producers
it heart , but wo doubt the wisdom of his
: oursc at this time , and can see nothing
ut political disaster for himself and dis
appointment for the producers in the at
tempt to precipitate a third party move
ment before all other remedies within
their roach have been exhausted.
X Of KfKCTlXS.
It is evident that the republicans in
congress are determined to jtrovido legis
lation for more olTectivoly regulating
federal elections. The bill reported to
the senate for this purpose from the com
mittee on privileges and elections 1 very
simple in its requirements. It provides
that whenever ono hundred qualified
voters in any city having twenty thou
sand inhabitants , or in any congressional
district , shall petition the chief super
visor alleging the necessity of guarding
the election for a representative in con-
grot-s in order that it shall bo fair and
free , such olllcer shall supervlsa the
election and see that the laws are en
forced and fraud and irregularities in
imturalizatloiv prevented. It Is made
the duly of Iho federal district judge to
open court and keep It open until within
two days before Iho erection , for the
transaellon of all business pertaining to
registration or election'mutters within
the jurisdiction of the court. In cities
of fifty thousand and over the
chief supervisors may cause a
hoiibo to house canvass to be
made in order to verify the
registration , but making no inquiry as
to the political opinions of persons.
This bill proposes nothing thai any
citizen , desiring fair and honest elections
can reasonably object to , yet It was op
posed by every democratic member of
the couuul-tia ou privileges and elec
tions , and Senator L'ugh of Alabama de
clared on the lloor of the senate that if
the bill became a law itg execution
would insure the shedding ol blood and
the destruction of the peace and good
order of the country. It was thus pro
claimed that if congress asserts its
conslltutlonal right to provide for the
free and fair election of its' own mem
bers , a right which the framers of the
constitution deemed lo bo absolutely
necessary to safe and sound government ,
resistance will bo offered oven lo the ex
tent of shedding blood and destroying
the peace of the country. Where would
resistance come from ? There would cer
tainly bo none nnywhoro in the north ,
not even In the democratic stronghold of
New York city , whore , as was stated by
Senator Hoar , the application of the
syslem proposed by Iho bill had
secured in the main honest elections and
honest counts. It might happen that
the application of the proposed law
would bo asked for In some congres
sional dlslrlclsof Iho north , but nowhere
lu the north Would there be the least
danger of it being resisted. JJoslstanco
would come from the consllluonts of Mr.
Pugh and other southern constituencies ,
and not because , as Iho Alabama senator
claimed , Iho law would bo subversive of.
the fundamental principles of local self-
government , but for the reason that it
would glvo every citizen an opportunity
to vote as he wished and to have his
vote fairly counted , and thereby greatly
reduce the power of the dominant party
in the soulh which is now maintained
largely by fraud and violence.
The country will hear a great deal in
the same line with the utterances of
Mr. Pugh when this question shall come
up for discussion in the two houses of
congress. The democrats have given
notice that they intend to fight it to the
last extremity , and the declarations of
the Alabama senator have warned the
country what to expect. There is no
very great danger in such threats , and
it is safe to predict that they will not
succeed in preventing whatever legisla
tion the republicans deem just and nee-
cssary in order lo properly provide for
the free and fair elections of the repre
sentatives of the people in every section
of the country.
110\V \ TO STOP VJSCOXTKA'T.
There is u growing discontent among
eastern capitalists regarding the man
agement of western railroads. The
Hartford board .of- trade , composed of
men who have millions invested in tlio
railroads of the west , has appointed
committees to attend annual meetings
armed with sulllcient proxies to make
their power felt. The dissatisfaction
expressed by the stockholders shows
that the light is gradually breaking in
uion the eastern investors , but they
will not reach the real evils of manage
ment by attending annual masting * ,
where reports are cooked up for
the occasion and tlio cut and dried
elections ratified. They mint go into
the communities along the road if they
would learn why there is a constant
friction between the people and the cor
porations. Tlio managers not only at
tempt to regulate what the producer
shall realize on his toil , but they attempt
to deprive the pcoule of their political
rights , manipulate political conventions ,
force unsavory puppets inlo olllco , de
bauch legislatures , and oven invade the
courts with mercenaries. They main
tain nhordo of political attorneys and
understrappers to annoy and harass the
publio and absorb the revenue
of the companies , support with
liberal salaries the immediate
friends of the managers , and organ
ize elevator syndicates and town lot
companies to prey'upon th'o public. Is
it any wonder that the people struggle to
throw off the corporate yoke and oc
casionally enact restrictive laws ? If the
eastern slockholdors can inaugurate a
reform in the management of the west
ern roads , lop oil' the revenue caters and
compel the roads to attend strictly to
their business iw common carriers , they
will bo able lo reduce rates and increase
earnings , and there will be no clamor
for granger legislation ' . . ,
cirtr , NNitncH HWOIIM ix
Tlio friends of civil service reform
cannot fail to bo very greatly interested
in Iho discussion it has received in the
house of ropronontnlivos during the
present week , and in the position .it
holds-ill the regard of moinbor.s of both
parties as shown by Iho voting. The
legiblativo appropriation bill- provides
for the payment of the salaries and ex
penses of the civil service commission ,
and when this item in the measure
was reached last Tuesday it en
countered vigorous opposition from men
of both parties. The leader in-thls hos
tile demonstration was n republican
representative from Ohio , Mr. Gros-
vojior , who denounced the whole civil
service business as conducted under the
existing law as a farce and a sham and
declared himself ready at any time to
vote for the repeal of the law. lie char
acterized lib preposterous the questions
that are propounded to applicants for
admission to the civil service lists and
said ho would bo glad to boo the system
wiped oul entirely. Jits rumtirlcH wore
received with a manifestation of ap
proval which showed they had many
sympathizers , and although thu law wau
eloquently defended by Mr. Lodge of
Massachusetts , the effect of the OJiio
congressman's attack was not wholly
destroyed.
Again on Thursday the subject was
discussed , with the result of developing
a more vigorous opposition than on tliu
previous occasion. Half a dozen repub
licans expressed their hostility to the
reform as practiced , and as many others
defended it. Finally a vote was reached
on a motion to strike out the appro
priation to piy : the salaries of the civil
Horvico commissioners , and it was lost by
a vote of hixty-ono to ono hundred and
twenty-live , So largo an opposition to
the law as was shown by Ibis vote is sig-
nltlciint , and may well lead the friends
onnvll service reform to ask themselves
whether the cause is not losing ground.
If this vote can fairly be supposed to
represent the relative strength of
the supporters and opponents of
civil service reform In the pres
ent house , the conclusion must bo
that considerably more than one-third
are against maintaining the present
law. At any rate il is evident that the
opposition to It has grown or that men
hojlllo to tin * law are llndlng the cour
age lo cxpur s Ihomselvo.-i , The reform
still 1ms Hlrong and earnest friends In
congress , but that It has lost ground
with the politTclans of both parties ap
pears certain.
There is , of course , extremely lltllo
probability that either party will ever
seriously attijiiipt to. secure tlio complete
abandonment of civil service reform and
the full restoration of the old spoils sys
tem , but what miiy be expected In time
is tfiicb a nuillllcalion of the law as will
render it le * subject to the objections
now mode lo il , without Impairing its
value ns a protection to the civil service
against the evils of an unrestrained
spoils system. Intelligent public senti
ment would not approve of a
return to old methods , which
gave the politicians absolute control of
the public patronage to bo used In the
interest of their most faithful and useful
followers , and permitted political man
agers lo arbitrarily levy upon the em
ployes of Hie government for political
contributions. But the opinion prevails
widely among those who have given Iho
subject nttorttion that the system of civil
service reform as now conducted can be
very much improved upon. Doubtless
there will always bo some opposition to
any system , but the fact that hostility to
the present practice is manifestly grow
ing ouglit lo convince the friends of the
reform that it is urgently necessary to
improve the system.
TIIKIIK are still some simpletons who
believe that the decline of Irallle and
travel on lower Farnani street is duo to
the noisy granite pavement. If these
people would lake a glance at the slreet
they would realize that the decline In
travel and retail trallle is duo largely , if
not wholly , lo Ibo wretched street car
facilities. While Harney , Douglas and
Dodge streets have their cable and
motor lines , Farnani has been relegated
to the horse and mule car , and these
cars are "few and far between. " Before
the advent of the molor and
cable lines all the travel was
up and down Farnani. Now
people who desire rapid transit have to
leave Farnani to reach a motor or cable
line. This is particularly true below
Fourteenth street. A change of pave
ment on lower Farnani would have no
more effect on trallle than would a
change in the shape of street lamps.
Granite is and always will bo our best ,
pavement for heavy tralliestreets. What
is needed now to give lower Fnrnnm
vitality is the substitution of cable or
motor lines for mule power , and modern
business blocks in place of lire traps and
'
rookeries.
TIIK rcviscd/niboription on the city
hall tablet is , jnsulllcient. It seems to
us that this memorial should bring into
relief the names of those who have shed
the aldermanie mantle and left their im
press on the olllcinl records of our city.
No ono will denj' that the name and
memory of Barney Shannon are not en
titled to shinosidoby side with Davisand
ChalTee. Who , has planted more lire hydrants
'
drants in thcvSeeond ward'than Isaac Hns-
eall , and whyshouldhis name bo denied a
a place on Clio city hall tablet ? And
there are Fritz- ippon , O\yen \ Slnvon ,
Jim Stephenson and Holly .Toe Redman ,
all ox-honorablesf , who strutted on the
stage of municipal fame when the proud
members from the Seventh and Ninth
were drawing maternal rations in
obscurity. No false modesty should
stand in the way of appropriately honor
ing the giants of the past.
Is IT not about time for a live-cent carfare
faro between Omaha and Council Bluffs ?
The bridge company is certainly earning
income enough on its investment to jus-
ify five-cent fares. If Iho Omaha line , can
afford to carry a passenger from Iho fair
grounds lo South Omaha for live cents ,
the bridge motor company can afford the
same rate between Omaha and Council
Bluffs.
OTIIKU LiANDSTHAX OURS.
The Irish land 1)111 ) of Mr. Ualfour Is meet
ing with n curious experience. It is opposed
by Mr. Gladstone mid Mr. Pumcll. The
Irish himllords , also , lire hostile to it to n
man , niul all their orpins in Ireland denounce
It on the ground , lirst , that the price offered
for their land under the bill is too low ; nnd ,
secondly , on the ground that It is so favorable
to the tenants that when ono landlord sold ,
all the neighboring landlords would have to
sell also , owing to tlio discontent , if not open
resistance , of the tcnnants of these who re
fused to sell. The EiiRllsli homo-rulers stop
in at this KtujJte ami oppose It , first , on the
grounds that It Involves a monstrous violation
of the Ilrst principlei of constitutional govern
ment , lu that the roproseuttilives of the Irish
people huvo never been consulted about It ;
and secondly , that In consurjuunco of this , thu
Irish tenants and taxpiyors would never feel
morally bound to carry it out , and that lu
this way that portion of the security for the
government ndvancoi which consists lu Irish
taxes and tenants' rents would bo worthless.
People would feel no scruple In striking
against it. These and other objections huvo
been set forth in ( i telling way by Lord
Randolph Churchill In letters to the news
papers. The bill would have been a dinieult
ono to pass oven If ono party In Ireland
favored It. With both hostile to it Its failure
seems sure. , , ,
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if ii
The vaellhithiff policy of England with ro-
p.ird to AfrUtA"whicli stands out la sueh
sharp contrast 'Will Germany's daring and
decisive advane 'ifn the Dark Continent , doas
not nfl'ord inucli liQpe of widening , far less of
preserving Intact , Hho sphere of liritlsh. in
fluence In Afrfr.t' , Itoth the cast and tlio
west coasts have , 'bcca sei/eil almost along
their entire length by Germany , Franco and
Portugal ; und thujpresont condition of affairs
Is itpt to change completely tlio long estab
lished Idea that Erigllshmen wuro possessed
of political fore lgjfit , watchfulness and coin-
incft'Ial energy , ) jrniuco ami Germany huvo
displayed an abnoM feverish activity in West
Africa , from thd HiverGninbiu to the Gaboon.
They huve seoiHx'il' the sea with their ships ,
eagerly looking ! 'for unoccupied lands , and
promptly taken possession of them when
found with but scant formalities.
This activity at sea has been accompanied by
oven greater activity on land , anil expedition
after expedition has pushed with phenomenal
enterprise far Into tlio heart of the country.
.Merchants of both nationalities have not only
worked with might and main to exploit and
develop the resource. } of their own particular
possessions , but they huvo also comiKitwl with
liritlsh merchants on the hitter's own ground ,
with fair prospect of ousting them
entirely from their commercial suprem
acy. The result has IK.WI that
England's political Influence Is being
loosened and restricted with marked rapidity ;
her commerce has declined ut an equally
alarming rule , while there has been u corro-
Bpomltnt' improvement In the political uutl
rominorolnl positions of the French nnd the
Uefmutis.
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Hcgnrdlng the iwsMblllty of a wur In Kit-
ropd nt no very remote date , the question Is
where will the outbreak bo. It Is stiggmteil ,
from certain Indications , that It may bo ex
pected somewhere la the widespread com
munity of the Greeks , only about a fourth of
whom nre as yet under the national govern
ment of King George nnd Trlcoupts , The
best estimate gives $ ,000,000 of these Greek
speaking persons , of whom only n little wore
tlmn 2,000,000 , are In Greece Itself , the rest
Iwlng mainly In the Turkish dominions utid
In those countries which were reft from Tur
key by the last war Cyprus , Scrvln , Ku-
mania , Bulgaria , etc. Cyprus Is still occu
pied by the Ungllsh , 03 Egypt Is , while lliil-
garla , Rumania , etc , , are within easy reaeb
of the great armies of the czar. Russian In
trigue Is Incessantly at work to foment strife
In the llallcm peninsula , with a view to
future war and comiueat slneo even
Hussln Is not yet ready for the com
bat. At uny ro-partltlou of the Turkish
domain In I3urope , Greece could hardly fall to
get the whole of Eplrus , nnd she hopes to nc-
Uiilro Macedonia , Crete niul other rich regions
which are quite essential to the agricultural ,
industrial and commercial development of the
present kingdom. To this Husslfi would con
sent for tlio rich prize of Constantinople , or
even for Scrvln and that scetlon of Austria
which lies next to the principalities , in which
are millions of a Slavonic population by no
means averse to union with Kussla , whoso
czar Is already the head of their church. In
deed , all through the month of March the
Russians seem to have been sending cavalry
regiments toward the frontiers of Rumania
and Austria , In readiness for any military
movements that Iho czar may order In these
regions. It Is not believed In Russia that the
temper of the young emperor Is so favorable
to peace ns that of the old statesman whom ho
has politely displaced. In Crete , also , the sit
uation grew worse and worse through March.
*
* *
An event of Interest lu French politics Is
the division In the ranks of the extreme righter
or conservative party. A ixwerful clement
has separated Itself as the independent party.
The party of tbo right is the party of mon
archy. The Idea of republicanism Is opposed
to their traditions and convolutions. They are
the monarchical partisans , who would prefer
to live under the worst king rather than the
best president. Their attitude toward the
government 1ms been one of undisguised op
position ; they opposed the government perse ,
not its policy. This extreme bourbonism 1ms
nt last forced u reaction nnd the formation
of n new party of independents. These are
monarchists In theory ; that is , they
prefer a monarchy to n republic ;
but they are practical men and
have heretofore determined to get the best
results possible from the government , sueh
us it is. They therefore form the nucleus
arouiul which they hope to gather all the ele
ments of u constltutlo.mil opposition. Their
programme is to oppose any new taxes or
new loans for any purpose ; to demand the ru-
p'eal of the laws of exile ; to give liberty In
mutters of education to the commune , even to
the extent of allowing priests to again be
come teachers , and to give religious instruc
tion to those who desire it ; moreover , agri
cultures Is to bo protected and labor questions
carefully studied. This is a programme of
two features economy and toleration. In
general it is in accord with the policy advo
cated by such men as Jules Simon. If It bo
curried out it may make an end of reactionary
monarchism In the French chamber.
- *
A report on the economic movement of
Mexico has been submitted to his govern
ment by the Ilritish minister to Mexico. Ho
records the gratifying increase of revenue
which has gone steadily on , even with the
remission of some taxes , nnd notes the inarch
of publio improvements with whieh wo nrc so
familiar in this country. A fact of special
significance is the falling off in the proportion
tion of silver to the general body of exports.
Though still the principal article of export ,
it now constitutes but live-eighths of thu
total exportation : ; , wlwreas not long ago it
amounted to seven-eighths. This fact Implies
a considerable quickening of agricultural
production of various sorts. Sir Francis calls
attention to the chronic ilollcit In the budget
an element of thu Ilnancial situation which
somehow never gets lelegranhed from Mexico
nnd says that tlio swelling railway subvcu
tious are the sword of Damocles hanging
over the Mexican treasury. lie is decidedly
of the opinion that railro.ul building has been
overdone , ut lea t In comparison with other
public improvements. Ho thinks that the
pressure of thu treasury caused by the
.servico of the present foreign debt and the
increasing payments to railroads will make it
new and larger foreign loan necessary. This
prediction is berne out by the presentation In
this very Cession of congress of a proposal
for a new loan of $40,000,000 , to fund all out-
.standiiig debts. Still it is gratifying to
know that this cautious Englishman , who
looks ou nil sides of the question , believes
that the country Is in n sound ami progressive
condition and that its Ilnancial future is se
cure.
* #
The czar of Kussla Is attempting to spoil
0110 of the prettiest royal romances of the
ago ; ho has just broken off the engagement
between his cousin , Grand Duke Michael
Micnallowltch , and the beautiful Countess
Iguatieff , daughter of the Russian ambassa
dor to Turkey , The engagement between
these young peoulo ( thoduko Is only twenty-
eight years of ago anil the countess tlvo years
younger ) was the result of love at 11 rat sight.
Count Ignaticn" , however , Is not persona
grata with the c/ar , and hence the objection
to ally liinisnlf so closely with the diplomat
ist's family. Many compromises were sug
gested , but none proved acceptable to the
c/ar until the grand duke Michael ottered to
renounce all his titles and privileges and llvo
abroad with his wife. To this tlio c/ar 111-
sentod , but Count Ignatleff objected , as ho
considers himself destined to piny such an
important part In Russian politics that ho
will bo able to arrauuu the m.irrlaiio . ou his
own terms In the course of time. Consequently
quently the grand tlulto has been sent to
travel and the young eouute.is has been ap
pointed a maid of honor to the czarina.
A Uflit tluit Cannot lie Hid.
Iliiniinnic .ImiTftcm.
News from Germany shows that , although
Hismarc.1 : may retire , ho cannot retire enough
to get out of the reach of public attention.
anil Hie ItcotH.
Sf. I'ttnl 1'tnnttr l'ic > i ,
Grand Island , Nob. , had n big demonstra
tion recently over the arrival of a train load
of beet sugar machinery , but for several
weeks the new tari If bill gave out .spasmodic
indications of trying to beat sugar until the
U cent bounty clause was added.
"Metropolitan Journalism. "
l'/illiulcti / > htt lmutm :
With ono or two notable exceptions the
papers of New Yorlc have sunk to the very
lowest depths of disgraceful journalism , lu
their /.cal to bombard somebody and fight
each other with the personalities of the fish
market they have ceased to Itecomo news
papers and have degenerated Into mere scan
dal mongers.
_
Dangerously I > 'nt.
KUIIMS City Jotirnnl.
To the admirers of both or either , the re
port that John Lawivncu Sullivan ami
Stephen G rover Cleveland are simultaneously
growing grossly even dangerously fat must
bo very discouraging. Uoth these distin
guished citizens huvo touti'sU before them
which will require nil the strength that they
can possibly summon nnd they cannot win If
handicapped by 150 pounds of superfluous mil-
peso tissue. _
An Kfttout of Civilization.
rhltaiMiMa I'rtff.
Sitting Dull tells Ids fellow Sioux Hint It Is
beneath the dignity of the nohlo red man to
toll for n living nnd that ho should leave the
squaws to do the work for htm. It Is evident
that civilization has made n profound Impres
sion ui > on this gay nnd festive old cut-throat.
IN THK HOTUNDA.
There was quite a host , of well known stnto
t > coplo circulating through Iho various hotel
corridors of Omaha yesterday. The process
of circulation was , however , very rapid In u
sort of n now-you-sce-hlni-nud-now-he-lsii'l-
to-bo-scon fashion.
There was n suspicious little closet confer
ence nt the Paxton nttended by Stnto Secre
tary Cratldoek of the Knights of Lubor , c.x-
Governor Duller of Pnwiieo Clly Editor
Chamberlain of the Stromsburg He.ulllght ,
and probably Representative Colenian of Holt
county , who was seen hovering In sympathetic-
proximity.
And what was the ) > urpo of that closet
conference J
A guess Is tlio nearest answer that It Is
possible to give ut this writing , and It was
ascertained that almost nuy well posted
nnd astute guosscr would probably not bo far
off In his llrst-to-mlml venture.
"Why , It was only a friendly chat , " said
one ; "Simply n little talk over old times , "
nml "Nothing that wo care to speak of now
nt nil , " replied a third. Aiid so on account
of knowing their own mind nnd business the
little conclave proved Impregnable , so far as
tno oiustuo world is concerned. An old
friend of Killtor Chamberlain's said the lat
ter was working up a rosy-checked scoop of n
political nativity. "Not n 'scoop1 such
us you newspaper men understand
the term , " continued the friend , "but n
scooper-ln of votes. "
"For which branch of Nebraska politics ! "
queried the rotunda talker.
"I'm not in It , " answered the friend , "and
it won't pay you to spend any time with me
Indeed It won't. ' I will add , though , that the
fall campaign Is on In Nebraska right now
and people nre deceiving themselves If they
think otherwise. "
Just about the time that the night-blooming
carbons were putting forth their dazzling
white Unities , another little party of well-
known gentlemen from over thu
state gathered at the same hotel , the
Paxton. There was no closet clause in con
nection with the meeting , however. It oc
curred right In front of the olllco. As two
of the parties shook hands and they shook
hands their Jlrst words were thso :
"U'elll well ! How do. you do , Farmer
Lcesol"
"Farmer Howe , how nro you ? "
Then up ciuno Representative Cady of
Howard county ami as ho gave a hand to
each of the "farmers" ho remarked :
"Meeting by special appointment again ,
chl Soil tilling must bo a trillu backward
out both of your ways ! "
"Rainy day ut homo , " said Hon. Church
Howe , "ami so I've come to town to do a
little trading. "
"I'm here looking for Watson of Nebraska
City , " explained Attorney General Lecse ,
"and I've just about winded myself chasing
around the hotels looking for him. Wo were
to meet hero la Omaha at just about this hour
to go over toPeoria , 111. , to take testimony in
'
that Nebraska'City distillery case comes un
der the Jtmst bill , you know. "
While this meeting was going on the rotun
da talker was being given n few proffered
pointers by J. C. Wbtto who lives lu Lincoln ,
travels for a big jobbing house of Omaha , and
who has just returned , from n long trip
through twenty-flve counties principally In
the southern part of the state. Mr.
White has been doing Nebraska
In n commercial way for fifteen years and has
a great taste for politics. Among other
things he said that while out on his last trip
ho found that "a perfect epidemic of organiz
ing funnel's' alliances is raging all through
southern Nebraska. Ninety per cent of the
farmers of this state , " said lie , "aro now alli
ance men. And what is more , do yon see that
gentleman over there talking to Church
Howoi" nnd ho pointed to General Loose.
"That man is the next attorney general. The
farmers nro going just about wild over him.
They ask you 'Why have all these railroad
cases been postponed I1 Then they ndd
'Just because thoi railroads think they
nru griug to oust Loose midget u tool of thclr's
in as his successor. Yes , hir , mark my words ,
that Lceso will bo our next attorney general ,
sure as election day comes.
At this point Dick Berlin of Omaha joined
the temporary alliance of "farmers" who
stood near by. ' Calling the rotunda talker
over , and pointing lirst to Mr. Howe and then
to himself , bo whispered :
"There is the next governor and here is the
next lieutenant governor of Nebraska. "
"Yes , " quoth the gentleman from How
ard county , "ami may the fanners' nllianco
have mercy upon both your souls I"
"Let mo tell you a good ono that just hap
pened on Coloninn of Holt county , n few min
utes ago , " said Mr. Howe , after the laughter
had sulllclcntly subsided. "Throe or four of
us sat down to a phonograph hero In the hotel
to hear some intisii ! reeled. We put the rub
ber tubes to our cure end when the cylinder
began to revolve it threw off lu n loud voice
that old song :
Down In thu corn fields
Where all Is bright and gay ,
Down In Hit ) corn fields
There's whom wti Illiito stray ,
"Dropping his tube anTl jumping up like a
Hash , Coh'inan yelled , 'Great heavens ! 1
wonder If the tiling recognizes us ? "
TIIK HA JlSHtXit N.IIK.
Formal POSHCHN | ( > II ( Jivon to tlio KIIK-
llsli Synillcnln Tin * Details.
HOSTON , Mass. , April ! 2. > . ( Special Tele
gram to'l'm : Uni--Tho : | details of the pur
chase of the O. II. Hammond dressed beef
commmv's business in Chicago by Bugllsh
capitalists were mutlu public hero yesterday.
The deal has been negotiated by Hoston busi-
nesi men nnd has boon in hand Hiiicn Janu
ary. The price paid for the business la round
ly "iUOOKm. ( Tlie p.iymentH Included cash to
t'ho amount of & .M > ' .i'.iHs ! , a inort-wKO bearing
U per cent interest to the amount of SI.I'.KMHiO ,
and stock , common nnd preferred , to tlio
amount of * .VXo.l. ) Of the cash * lfitXK ( ) ) was
paid down as forfeit nionoy , $1,000,000 was
paid down Mtw , and the balance. $ lWS.lSs.
was received by the Itonton safe < iew | > slt ami
tmst company hero on Friday from England.
The llnal payment was then nmdo and the
owners given formal possession.
The company Is united In England with
William Murray & Co.'s beef and mutton hell-
Ing agency , ami Is capitalized as follows :
JMTO.lNki. h per cent preferred utock , nt ill ) a
Hharo ; i'l70XH ( ) nrdluarystoek , at 10 a share ;
ii'110,000 , i ) per cent debenture bonds secured
by HI-HI mortgage on the whole property , ro-
ileemablo Januarv 11 , I'.HO. The name of the
new concern Is , "Tho G. II. Hammond com
pany , limited. " The American trustees are
ox-Governor Oliver Ames of Massachusetts ,
.1. V. Fletcher of the l-'aneull.Hall National
bank of Unstou , G. F. Grey of thu Hyde it
Leather National bank of Chicago. G. W.
Simpson , manager of the old company , re
mains In the sumo position at : i salary of
& .F > ,000 iM-r annum.
Demote , Mich , April 25. ( Siiqclul Tele
gram to Tin : Hii : ; . | Articles of association
were Hied ynstenlayof "Tho (5. } ( . Hammond
company. " The business Will IHJ conducted
at Lake , Iml. ; Chicago , III. ; Douglas county ,
Nebraska , and Albany and New York. ' 1 ho
slocUlwldursaro : Alexander Harvey , Isow
Yoilc , ai.lKU hhuruH ; Thomas Hammond ,
llammomi , Iml. : G. W. Simpson , Chicago ;
James I ) . StamlUh. Detroit ; Andrew Comstock -
stock , Providence , It. I. ; Paul Dofero , Now
York , mid Ii. II. Him , Detroit , one share
each.
TIM-J Mt'N'DAY MH1
Htntml ( iniiif ( n MffitoFrank O
ter , nlwnys brilliant nnd riitritninfii ) ; < , „ , - .
pantos lilmi'K In this week's upoi'lnl onpy-
rlKhtcd tatter lo I'm : tltKpiving : a fund of
lntoro.itInn romliiUci'n o uf Ootiornl iirunt.
He makes public for thu first inni > tliu
opinion held by ( leiu-riil Uraut cm HIP row
between Conkllng ami I Oarllold. An tutor. rff
ex tint ? account N nis Riven of lU'ucrnl sF ?
(1 ( rant's preparations of hi * "MiMiiolrx , " the f
last pases of which were dictated i In uuh < u/
husky from his approaching death. *
The Life i/ ) Uncle Jothua Genial Ucnninn
Thompson tells how ho became an m-iw. an.i
why ho can play nothing but , "Tln < ni |
Homestead , " and only on tint AiArrirnn
stiiKo. Tils | Is a copyrighted feature uf Tun
HU.NKAV ) Hi : : , and Is Joined with a ir < > s ip\ '
grist of dramatic and musical gossip. in.
eluding an outline of Sullivan's next opera.
nnd a pen picture of Mis , Thurbor.
Wound //we// / to It t-'rte How Millet of "Tlie
AiiKi'lns" struck olT the
Kalllujj miiimi < lo < of
debt. The concluding chapters ( ) f the study
of the lad of Uivvllluand his work , wililea
by the yiiuug ladles of the Academy of ih , .
Sacred Heart , this city.
Sll.i In Illftnartli't C/infr / Some of the strlkimr
pei-Minal characteristics of Uriirrul > on
t'aprlvl , the new chancellor of the Herman
empire.
Crctfcy'd AViwjxtpfr 7) < ijTho / birth of ( ln
Tribune graphically described by oun of the
employes. Thu fulnio great \\rliois\tim
were on duty that night.
The I'ufiiillfc / tlir I'liff.i "Macoti. " thr > fam
ous authority on sporting 111:1 : tti < rs. furnlsho-
n special letter teeming with Inloioiling Pu
eltlecoast gossip. Coupled with this great
featurel.stliclocnl sporting lesuine prepared
by n .specialist of wldo experlcm-e. Intensn
activity jHevalls In all the brain-lies uf spori
and Tut : HUMIAY Ilii : : contain- complete
chronicle nf tlioveel's ovunis.
The Writ Gun of the Ittir "The shot hoard
'round tin ; world" was not the llr l trim , , f
the lobolllon , so claims a man who\\as ihere.
An Interesting war reminiscence.
The Science nf Itiimimtinni A professor de >
Ktroyssomoof the old plut < nologlst thcurics
nnd tells how to "sl/o up" Intellectual pow
ers.
'flit Craft Coluintm * C < iirtur l Perry S. Heath ,
.Tun linn's Washington correspondent , fur
nishes an Interesting description of the ear-
avel that was captured by America's dis
coverer.
Helwa Fii > m the Antc-i : < n Tin : Kt MHV
HKK Is n standard authority on matters per
taining to the secret and fraternal .societies.
The resume of each week's doings is can-
fully prepared and Is
as complete as u H
authentic.
Our Snctetu f'olmmi The past week hits been
tilled with brilliant society events , which
will bo fully reported In this premier Sim
day edition.
AVw Yin ! ; llcnilil CaMa The foreign news
K-rvIeoof TIIK HKK Is unequalled by any
western paper. A complete resiinin of thn
situation of nlt'alr.s In Kuropo , Including all
the news of slate and the social gossip of
thogay continental capitals , wired espec
ially to TIIK HIK. :
Tlit ttn.inctateil I'm * ntaputchcs News of tin )
world gathered and prepared by the largest ,
most careful ami uttlclent corps of trained
reporters.
Special Telegraphic. Sen-tee In addition to the
regular press dispatches Tin : HKK has .1
special correspondent In every town In Ne
braska , Iowa and Dakota , thus assuring a
complete leport of theovents In the onllut
west and northwest.
The t'tcM nf Lalior The greatest interest is
being manifested In the movements of tl.n
wage workers. TiuSir.\i > Av Itm : will eonlalli
complete reports from the various local trade
organizations with a review of the labor
troubles In Chicago and the east. ;
Our Jlnrhct 7'di/r Ono great feature of TIIK
HKK Is Its full and complete iimrkut report.
Our correspondent In Chicago compiles and
transmits Iho Chicago prodiieeand llvostoulc
market leports especially to Tin : IlKi : . Our
New York correspondent telegraphs dnlly
the stock market report especially to Tin :
HKK. A special reporter of large experience
provides dally mo t ueenrato reports of Iho
Oiiialm live jitook nuirkels , and our commer
cial reporter prepares dally tlio only Oiaalm
wholesale nmrUut report worthy the uiiinu
published. In addition to the above our
commercial editor prepares especially f ( r
TIIK SUNDAY Ilii : : a resume of the condition
of local trade , and his statements and pre
dictions have made for this paper a great
lunntntlon for reliable market quotations.
o
IIK r.irnn TOO
A 1'romincnt SaN-iii , ItlnKs , , Attorney
Arrested Top Forgery.
Str.KM , Mass. , April L' . " > . A warrant was
issued this morning for the arrest of George
Ii. Ivcs , cx-asslstant district attorney , on the
charge of forgery. The amount is said to bo
* yo,000 , and the complainant is the First Nu-
tlomil bank of Salem , which held $10,000 of
the paper. It is also stated that Ives used up
hU wife's us Into of 3f0XX ! ( ) mid part Of an
other estate of which ho was trustee . The
money , ho says , was spent In extravagant
living.
Ivcs was in-rested and shortly nfterward.'i
arraigned. Ho pleaded guilty and was hold
for the superior court.
Xolc.N.
WAMIINOTON- , April ! . Hcprcsentntlvo
Ulaiid of Missouri Introduced in the house n
bill to reduce the taxes by placing on the free
list all Imported goods exchanged ii ( foreign
countries for farm products , any ilcllciency in
the' revenue thus caused to be provided for by
levying an income tax upon all incomes o'f
iy.tXXI or upwards.-
Petitions were presented In the senate to
day by Mamlerspn from citizens of Nebraska
for the free coinage of silver , and by Kvarts
f nml till citizens of New York city for tlio
same thing. Ingalls presented a protest from
citizens of Kansas against the passage of the
Wiudoni silver bill.
The senate comnilttco on Indian affairs favorably -
orably reported Vest's bill to provide cnm-
mlsory education for Indian children. The
ill makes It the duty of the seerelnrv of the
Interior to establish mi industrial boarding
school nt every Indian reservation where tlio
population ol adults exceeds WNI. The bill
does not apply to the live civilized tribes nor
to the Osugo Indians in Indian Territory.
The lionso committee on Judiciary today re
ported without amendment the senate anti
trust bill und recommended Us pussago.
Positively cured byl
tllUDU i.'ttll ) IMliJs. ]
They also relieve Dis
tress fro-ft Dynpopsla , in-l
digestion anil Too IleartyB
Katlng. A perfect rein-8
cilj' for Jllizliii-so , Nauseu.J
Irowslnc8 < . Hail Titstej
Ir. the Month , Coated !
ligu'i. I'ala la lhoHIOe , [
TOItl'II ) UVIIII. Til I
regulate the Jlowela. I'urcl > \ ct'etutilo. ?
SHAVkPILL SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRIGE.I
OMAHA
L OAN'AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Siibscilbed and fluaraiitced .Capital . . .l.VO.OOO
Paid In Capital . U1K.VM
lluys and .sells htoc-Uh nml bonds ; negotlaliH
riMiinu'i-ulul paper ; lecolves and nxocntiH
truslrt ; nets as transfer agent and trnsleo of
corporations ; takusi charge of proportyi col
lect H tuxes. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Omaha Ljoan&TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Coi1 , 10th nnd Douglas Sts.
I'ald liit'apllal . I WWM
Subscribed and ( Jimrantccd ( 'iiplliil . JM.uoi
Liability of KtoekliolderH
0 I'er Cent Interest I'ald on liiinoitlt * .
I'UANK J. I.A.Mii : . rush I or
Olllters1. A II. Wymnn. ini-nlileiii : .1 .1. lln.wn , VUM-
pruilili'iit ; W. T. Wjriuuii. Invuim'r.
lllrrrtors : A. I' . Wvinna , J. IU Mllluril , J. J. llrimi ) ,
< iur I" Iliirlnn , li W. .N.illi , Tliuinul J. Klmbnll ,
liouruu U IJiki ) ,
Jjouns In any amount maileoiil'lly am ) 1'urni
1'rupurty. iimlou Colluluial Sfcnilty. at l.uw-
cbt rates uurrvut.