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Tim Dakota bud lands are objects of
considerable speculation.
IIiSTOUY repeats itself. Witness the
Borlmmngo of the Kilkenny political cnts.
Tim board of public works should ro-
incmbor there is such a thing as too
much paternalism.
iKNOTiiiNOclso is accomplished , three
peed Indians will compensate for much
of the uordor fright.
IT is quite evident the prohibitionists
ivill never forgive Mr. Boyd for being
born beyond the Atlantic.
ST. PAUL , has purchased a $300,000
btovo plant and will try to make it warm
for Minneapolis hereafter.
THK report that Apaches wore all
dond or in jull in vigorously refuted by
the vita' ' statistics of Arizona.
in having a gay winter , but
that does not necessarily imply prosper
ity. Paris is always gay , oven nt her
funerals ,
MOODY is still running for senator in
South Dakota , but the independents nnd
democrats confidently claim that they
will Tripp bim.
IT is predicted that the Omaha ses
sion of the contested election will show
that Douglas county was far moro sinned
against than sinning. ,
THE condition of the gonornl fund is
not likely to improve while the slno-
cures tire permitted to draw salaries
without rendering an equivalent in ser
vices.
OCCASIONAL raids nro made on the
joints of Dakota merely to remind the
residents that they cannot lawfully take
a little conversation water for the
stomach's sake.
THE discovery of a two hundred nnd
forty foot vein of salt in JCansas is par
ticularly timoly. It insures a sufficiency
of brine to plcklo the countless political
stiffs strewn about the state.
ANOTIIKK survivor of the late expedi
tion hns attacked .Stanley. The ex
plorer's experience in darkest Africa
was very tame compared with the ad
ventures ho is Having In enlightened
America'
IT is a cheerful thought to contem
plate that while the coal baron is squeez
ing you this winter the ice baron is get
ting ready to begin a campaign for the
purpose of squeezing what is loft of you
next summer.
IT is the hard lot of "Washington Mo-
Loan , who was something of n man himself -
self , to go down in obituary records as
the 'father of John R. McLean. The
father was fully as notable in his day as
the son is now. But the world soon
lorgots. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
IT SKKMS to bo settled that the presi
dent will roappolnt Mr. Schoonmakor to
the interstate commerce commission
nnd patiently wait for Bill Morrison's
term to oxplro a year hence. Then ho
will name a republican successor and
the gentleman from Illinois will again
bo Horizontal Bill.
suitors a severe loss by Satur
day night's Ilro. Her people will have
the sympathy of the state. Minden , the
Bout of Kearney county , is ono of the
brightest and most pushlngof our smaller
cities , nnd it may oontidontly bo pre
dicted that she will quickly recover
from this sad blow and build bigger and
hotter than before. That is the Minden
Ftyle. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
SCULLY , the Dublin landlord , who has
coino into prominence- Irish politics
through the homo rule split. Is not un
Jcnown in the west. Ilo is the owner of
thousands ol acres of land in Illinois ,
nnd also the bulk of Nuckolls county ,
Nebraska , His tyrannical treatment of
tenants in both .states led to the adoption
of stringent alien land laws , and unless
jslr. Scully becomes rm American citizen
before his death , his vo3t acres become
the property ol the state. If Scully is
considered a typical homo ruler , it ia
evident the Irish electors are not famil
iar with his odious operations as a land
lord lu Illinois and Nebraska.
ASSAttifa VKsrnmf INDUSTRIES.
Ton ycnra ago when the pnokorloa of
'hlcngo begun the shipment of drosscd
meats to eastern markets , the railroads
attempted to destroy the business by nu
exorbitant tariff. They made no attempt
o conceal tholr purpose to hold the live
stock tralllc and by unjust chargcschcck
ho growth ol an industry which , while
) onolttlng ( thopubllcmntoriallynIoctod (
ho revenue of the corporations.
The scheme utterly failed and the cor-
torallons wore forced to acknowledge
hat the business had come to stay.
Dofiplto the lesson of experience , the
vcstcrn roads are about to emulate the
ho foolish nxnmplo of the custom trunk
Incs. They have decided to reduce
atosonllve stock from the Missouri
river to Chiciipo , not as a concession to
vostorn stockgrowors , but to check the
growth of the packing Industry in Mis
souri river cities. It is in the nature of
a premium to shippers to patronize Chicago
cage and give the railroads the benefit
of the long luuil.
This is a revival of the odious system
of rates which the public fought for
, 'oars. It is the exorcise of the power to
make and unmake cities which raihoad
nnnagorshavo attempted in the past ,
and which provoked restrictive loglsla-
-lon and the condemnation of the courts.
Carried to its logical conclusion , it moans
disaster to wcstorn Industries , for with
equal justice the corporations can juggle
rates on other "products nnd exact as
great a rnto on the manufactured article
is on the raw material , If the railroads
are to charge as great a rate on , dressed
as on the live nuimul regardless of
weight , there Is no incentive for indus-
, rlal enterprise nt points beyond the
eastern termini of the roads.
Ono of the prime objects in vjow In
establishing factories in the west is to
reuuco the weight of the products of the
country and effect a saving in the cost
of transportation. In numberless in
stances tlio raw products cannot bo mar
keted ut a profit , hence the necessity of
reduction of bulk without reducing the
market value. It was this necessity of
reducing bulk that brought about the
establishment of extensive packeres in
Omaha , the investment of millions of
dollars and the creation of permanent
avenues of employment for thous.mils of
workmen. It holds to reason thntr if
weight boars no relation to the cost of
transportation there is no material ben
efit in slaughtering stock in the west.
With equal justice the corporations can
declare that raw beets shall not pay a
greater rate than the quantity of sugar
Lhoy will produce. So with gold , silver ,
.cad and copper ore. The principle Is
the same , and if the corporations are
consistent the proposed squeeze on hogs
should bo applied to all products mtum-
ractured in the wost.
The proposed action of the railroads
should arouse a vigorous protest from all
classes. It is an indefensible assault on
western industries and an unwarranted
tribute to eastern markets.
AN IMl'OSSUSLE COMBINE.
Southern newspapers are busy with
discussions of the Alliance and its
threatened third party movement. They
BOO in it a danger to the present su
premacy of the democratic party and
their effort is to turn it into a grand re
inforcement of that organization.
During the recent campaign in Ne
braska THE BEE tried to make it plain
to the republican farmers of the west
that a separate political movement
would inevitably play into the hands of
the democrats , The truth of this ore-
diction was vividly illustrated in
the returns , nnd the following
quotation from the Atlanta Constitution
shows how seriously the thing has hoon
taken by the democrats of the &outh as
the hope of a long lease of power :
Wo bcllovo that the southern Alliance raon ,
by their wise and conservativeattitude , , will
nip the third party movement in the hud ,
and that they will bo influential enough to
convince tbo Alliance men of tbo west aad
northwest that their proper place is in the
democrat party.Vo \ base this belief on
the character mid purpose of the Alliance
platform recently adopted at Ocalo. With
very slight modifications , that platform will
suit any democrat , and there- can bo no doubt
that the next democratic convention , recog
nizing this fact , wlllmnko an enunciation of
principles on which every Alliance man can
stand. TnltinR the Ocala platform as a test ,
there is little difference between a genuine
democrat and an Alliance man.
Tliis is the toner of southern news
paper comment. They see that a third
party movement cannot possibly suc
ceed unless It unites the producers of the
south nnd west ; that if it should accom
plish that it would reduce the democracy
ton hopeless minority ; that if the south
ern farmers stand firm and make the de
mands of the alliance in some measure
the platform of the demosratlo party
they may stampede their western brethren -
ron into the bourbon ranks. Viewing
the situation In this light , they are ex
pending the full force o ( their eloquence
to induce tbo alliance in the south to
lead the alliance in the west over to the
democrats. If this plot was not plain to
everybody before election , surely only a
blind man could fail to discern its lumi
nous outlines now.
But the southern editors do not look
deeply into the situation , nor beheld it
with n clear vision. If they-did they
would see bow preposterous must bo
the effort to yoke up the democracy
and the alliance , or to commit the inter
ests of the republican farmers of the
west to the keeping of the bourbon load-
otsof the south.
The Alliance demands certain radical
reforms. They can only be obtained by
an extension of the powers of the gen
eral government beyond anything yet
attempted in the h'istory of this country.
If the democratic party stands for any
thing It stands for the rigid limitation
of the powers of the general government.
II the time over romos when the alliance
ceases to bo the plaything of the demo
cratic politicians and assorts itself as n
serious andforinidnblomovomontin ftivoi
of the broad application of power
to the problems of finance , transporta
tion and the like , there will come n
clash which must for the time being
imnlhihvto the party of JotTorson acd
states rights. It Is nonsense to say that
the Ocala platform "will suit ovorj
democrat. " The fact Is that au attotnut
to make suoli doctrine the ul at form ol
the democratic party would precipitate
a revolution in its run Us , It would dc
violence to all the traditions of thai
wrty and to the memory of every fa
mous lender it ever had , The republi
can party , which has always stood for a.
strong1 federal government nnd. a broad
construction of the constitution , la much
nero in line with the demands of the
Allinnco than is the democracy.
It Is too early by many months to pre
dict the outcome ot this now element In
American politics , but it is as plain na
ho noonday sun that there can bo no
eorlous fellowship between its members
and the democratic party. The gull is
oo wldo nnd too deep.
THE IltltlUATlOX
There is Botno uncertainty as to
vhothor congress will at tho- present
session enact any legislation looking
o the solution of tbo irrigation problem ,
n his annual report the secretary of the
ntorlor stated that the location and so-
ectlon on the public lands of reservoir
sites is proceeding with very decided
energy under the law of August SO. 1800 ,
nnd lie suggested that the present exist
ence of thositos , their continued multipli
cation , nnd their future use now demand
rom the people and the government the
nest serious consideration , for It must
jo determined what shall bo done with
, hctn , and upon the proper answer to
Ms question depends in crroat part the
prosperity of the territories or states In
which they nro located. The secretary
urged that congress should without do-
ay onnct comprehensive lawn dotornun-
ng the national policy In this business.
A bill has been introduced at the pres
ent session which proposes the transfer
of the reservoir sites on the public lands
; o the states and territories in which
they are respectively situated , the pur
pose of making such grants being tonsure
: nsuro the construction of distributing
works by the states and territories , so
that the accumulated water supplies
may bo divided at fair rates and without
unjust discrimination among the lands
needing them. Several hundred thou
sand dollars has boon appropriated by
congress for surveying nnd setting apart
, ho lands In which great basins may bo
built for holdlmr surplus water ,
and there is no question as to the ox-
riodioncy of this policy. But what shall
30 done nftor this important work is ac
complished is a matter for dotormina-
, ion hardly less important than that of
; ho location and selection of reservoir
sitos. There is certain to bo a vigorous
opposition to any plan requiring the
jo'ornnicnt to carry out a general sys-
: cm of irrigation , from sorno on account
of the great expense that would bo in
volved , and from others on the ground
that such work cannot properly bo un
dertaken by the government. It Is ostl-
mixtod that it would cost $1,000,000,000 to
.rrignto 100,000,000 acres , so that it will
30 scon there is a rather
formidable reason for opposition
to the government doing this
work on the ground of cost The gov
ernment micrht repay itself from the
sale of lands , but this is so uncertain
that its suggestion will not bo likely to
dissuade many from opposition to the
government assuming1 BO enormous an
obligation.
Probably-the solution of the problem
will ultimately bo found in limiting the
work of the government to the survey
and segregation of wntor slorngo sites'
and transferring thorn to the states and
territories in which they are situated
under conditions that will insure the
proper carrying out of an irrigation
scheme for the general bone lit. The
secretary of the intori&r suggests that
If the reservoirs are subject to local con
trol congress should particularly guard
against such misuse of the
nowors granted ns would either allow
the upper lands to absorb the water con
tinuously through the dry season , or the
authorities to require any but the cheap
est and most liberal terms for its trans
portation to the inhabitant and farmers.
In any event it is desirable that the pres
ent republican congress shall determine
the national policy in this matter , for
otherwise it may bo many years before
the question can bo decided , with the
Dosslbility that in the meantime this
very important work would bo practi
cally abandoned.
SENATOR SIIKKStAK'S
The country still hns a great deal of
confidence in the financial views of Sen
ator Sherman , and perhaps hopeful ex
pressions from no other man would go
farther in allaying public distrust. In a
late interview IMr. Sherman expressed
the opinion that the principal factor in
the monetary stringency is the fear of
the free coinage , of silver , or that some
other radical measure maybe adopted
that will destroy the present basis of
value and derange all existing contracts
and business operations. This fear in
duces the process of hoarding gold ,
which is now going on at a rapid rate ,
and threatens , said the senator , even be
fore the free coinage of silver , to de
monetize gold and change the whole
basis of business transactions. There
appears to bo no question that
gold Is being hoarded. Ac
cording to a "recently published state
ment there was in the United States
treasury and the Now York banks at the
end of July gold to the amount of 9284-
489,000 , and on December 0 the gold in
those institutions amounted to $233,398-
000 , a decrease in the visible supply dur
ing four months of $31,001,000 , only a
small part of which represented exports.
Assuming the correctness of those
figures , ever $20,000,000 , in gold was
withdrawn from circulation between
August 1 and December 1 , a fact- that
bears very strong testimony to the existence -
istonco of the four spoken of by Senator
Sherman.
Mr. Sherman expressed the belief that
if no unwise legislation was threatened
the business situation will right
itsolf. The fact is there U noth
ing 1 the matter with the loglit-
mate business of the country except n
want of confidence. The trade of the
nation , foreign and domestic , is in a
most satisfactory condition , and but for
tbo distrust growing out of the danger
of some "impulsive legislation , ' > to em
ploy a phrase from tbo president's moss -
s igo , regarding the finance ? , there
would not only bo no such disturbance
as the country is now suffering1 fromhut
everything1 would bo moving along
smoothly and prosperously. England ,
whoso financial affairs wore eovoroly
ahuken up by the crisis in the Argentine
Kepubliovilcji ) threatened the loss of
the vast amount of her capital invested
there , has "Almost entirely recov
ered from.ji the shock , nnd her
capitalists ntjtf wondering why there
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should cof 'fpuo to bo financial
stringency -jind disturbance in this
country. Dqjfbtlcss if it had boon pro
posed In pa'ritsuiont to make BOIIIO radi
cal dopartiiro'ln ' the financial policy of
the nation , rfjjj thoto was reason to tip-
prohond that'tiioso , proposing it might
develop Bumclont strength to carry it
out , the roccjfy y in England would not
liavo came so speedily ns it did.
Senator Sherman believes that the
silver law of the lait session should not
bo disturbed , and thlsis , unquestionably
the opinion of the intelligent and con-
sorvntlvo business men of the country.
Free coinage might not result at once ,
ns the senator thinks , in the domonothn-
tlon of gold , but there can bo no doubt
that it would inrlto that result nnd
thereby work enormous injury to the
business interests of the. country. The
way to n restoration of confidence , which
is all that is needed , is not dllllcult , but
the trouble is there nro a good mnny
men in congress who olthor cannot or
will not see it , and unfortunately there
is some reason to fear that they may bo
nblo , if not now in the near future , to
carry tholr unwise plans Into effect. It
is this fcnr that is the potent factor in
the existing financial disturbance.
A HErnnsiNTATiVE : of women's ' labor
organizations is busy at Washington
with an effort to have congress-interfere
with Iho board of lady managers of the
world's fair. She says that only "ladles"
have boon appointed and that "women"
have boon entirely ignored. This dis
tinction has a real significance ns she
puts it , her claim being that the persons
chosen ewe the honor solely to their po
litical influence nnd that none of the ac
tive leaders of the masses of workingwomen -
women rocoi.vod.nny attention. There is
a measure of justice in the complaint.
Most of the Indies on the board are good
representatives of tholr sex and their
various states , but there is no good rea
son why women like Ilolon Campbell ,
who are the loaders of important social
movements , should not have boon also
Included. The fair should bo broad
enough to include nil interests and it
must bo carefully guarded against aris
tocratic proclivities.
A MINNEAPOLIS jury found a locomo
tive engineer guilty of criminal negli
gence in running his train at a high
rate of speed within the city limits nnd
causing the death of throe persons. The
law , as well us , the company's rules *
justified the verdict , nnd the engineer
was bound over'tb ' answer the charge of
manslaughter , "Tho incident illustrates
how readily a railroad company , in case
of accident , dodges behind its rules to
shield itself and throw the responsibility
on trainmen. < The bulk of railroad rulds
wbro never inlonuod to bo obeyed. An
engineer attempting to obey thorn to the
letter would soon * find himself in search
of a job. Bet > vqoii ignoring rules and
holding his situation ho naturally
fchoosos the latter , 'takes aH risks , And
when in trouble finds himself deserted
by those whoso commands ho obeyed at
his poril. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TUB spirit of old Pickwick lives in all
its green and vigorous youth in the sen
ate of the United States. On Friday
Senator Butler remarked that Senator
lloar was a deliberate nnd willful liar.
Senator Hoar replied that ho would say
what ho pleased without regard to tbo
behavior of the senator from South
Carolina. Senator Butler then ex
plained that the senator from Massa-
chuaotts was ono of the nicest men in
the world , and Senator lloar replied
that ho had the utmost respect for the
senator from South Carolina. Then
everybody understood that the red-
hot " remarks of the forenoon
were uttered only in the Pickwickian
sense , and the sonata returned to its
normal placid satisfaction with the
world in general and itself in particular.
Ours is an era of great statesmen.
THE Messiah craze is not a now In
dian fad. It is at } .oast a century old ,
and may possibly have boon practiced in
various forms before Columbus sighted
the West Indies. A writer in the cur
rent Century assorts the Indians of Cali
fornia inherited respect for a prospec
tive Messiah , and even after the follow
ers of Junipora Sorra wooed them to
practical civilization the redskins fre
quently broke down all restraints , hur
ried to the mountains and wont through
muscular ceremonies not unlike the
ghost dances of today. To some the
Messiah was to come in the shape of a
snake , to others in the form of a fiery
bull. The Indians of today slightly im
prove on the Messiah of their brethren
of early mission days by mounting him
on a buffalo.
PEW men in recent times have under
taken a more discouraging mission than
William O'Brien. Chocked at the pin-
nuclo of success ia America , ho turns his
fnco homoward-i lioplng to accomplish
what now nppoai'a imoossiblo. Ho loft
the old land unj d , harmonious , aggres
sive. Ilo rotum-iito find it rent in twain ,
passion holdlngilligh carnival , the poo-
plo's uopos sacrificed to ambition , and
the uapor which ° ho had , by almost su
perhuman enorgv , founded and made n
powerful lover f/jq , the country's good ,
seized by his wJbUom friend , and his as
sociates forclblyiejected. On top of this
ruin is the CEiltftlnty ; of six months in
jail : It is not' ' .to bo wondered at that
Mr. O'Brien fucgsjheso | conditions sorely
disheartened andjroublcd in spirit
THE official' report of the progress ol
the Nicaragua canal presents n strong
contrast to the Panama ditch.Vhllo
the latter is all but abandoned , Its ma
chinery wrecked , or rusting in Idleness ,
and work costing tons of millions of dollars
lars rapidly going to ruin , the managers
of the Nicaragua canal are pushing the
work with skill and energy , exorcising
proper economy and inspiring confidence
among investors. The company Is hi
good condition financially and is confi
dent of completing the great undertak
ing by 1805.
THE conditions which pretentious re
former. ! now lament wore brought about
by the oath-bo'und gang of mercenaries
whoso grip they struggled to fasten upon
tbo city for another two years. The as-
eossod valuation of the city is below that
of the previous year , despite the fact ,
certified by thobulldlngftiinorlntondonla ,
that ever four and a hnlf millions wore
expended on building Improvements last
year. Yet the combine illegally swelled
Iho list of exemptions , allowed ncros of
valuable property to bo lumped in us
"railroad right of way" and purposely
[ ailed to compel franchlsod corporation
to bear n just share of the pubUa bur-
dons.
Tun house committee on invalid pen
sions hns agreed to report a bill limiting
pension fees to two dollars. Under the
present Inw the maximum fee allowed Is
ten dollars. A radical reform Is cor-
Liilnly needed , not only to protect those
entitled to the government's bounty , butte
to clip the claws of the schools of pen
sion sharks tostorod by exorbitant fees ,
tt is n scandal to the government , an In-
[ ustlco to the veterans , and any measure
which diminishes the profits of thcso
mercenary agitators will receive the ap
proval of the country. It cannot bo too
drastic to suit publlo sentiment. ,
Tin : endorsement of Major Paddoclc
tor government director of the Union
Pacific is a neat compliment to a distin
guished farmer. Doubtless the delega
tion fully appreciated the fact that the
producing classes wore entitled to a voice
in the management of the road , and se
lected the major as a concession to the
tillers. As a supervisor of roads Major
Paddoclc can readily discount a Spauld-
Ing without drawing a field glass.
TunitEis no-excuse for the board ot
publlo works going beyond its legitimate
functions to protect material men. It
should confine itself strictly to the in
terests of the city and lot individuals
take care of themselves.
Ask > 7ny Gmihl.
Huston Journal.
Whore bas the money gonol A hundred
millions mldod to the currency within nine
teen months , nnd still there is a cry for moro.
But where has the money gonol
Snapping the Siriows.
Kansas Cltu Tm ( s.
When such men as William P. Grace ,
Banker Eugene Kelly and Joseph J. O'Doa-
oghuo BO back on Parnell tbo Jig is up.
Money makes the mare eo , In "Ireland as olso-
whero.
Pity TMs Poor Parrot.
CMcagn Tribune.
A parrot in Connecticut Is 118ycarsohl. It
has been for 100 years in ono family , havlnp
descended from father to son tbrouRh two or
ttirco generations. Think of the marvelous
toughness of the bird , . Probably it has been
asked 30,500,000 times In its life ir it didn't
want a cracker.
"Will Swear a Mm or Two.
Lincoln Journal : Mr. Boyd has served
notice that ho will open a sbop at Omaha to
take some testimony himself. It loolcs as
though Mr. Boyd ought to bo allowed to
swear a man or two , but whether his evi
dence will bo considered legal by Boss Bur
rows remains to ho seeu. This court is not
occupying itself with the case of Mr. Boyd so
far as anybody can see. What It is seeking
to establish li that If nothlnpr bad been said
or done to the contrary , prohibition would
have earned In Omaha and hi the state. As
prohibition was defeated it Is evident that
Mr. Powers ought to bo seated as tno next
governor.
"GET OFF THfi FJUXC'El"
An Alliance Mnn KonstH Mr. Illtch-
coclc to n Turn.
Tins BKB has referred heretofore to the re
quests tnado by the editor of tbo World-
Ilcrald upon alliance cpiumlttcemon for letters -
tors of "endorsement and encouragement. "
The editor of that sheet has boon flirting
with the farmers of late and Imagined him
self a full-fledged "farmers' 'Irieuu" for
revenue only. Accordingly ho thought his
paper entitled to a little endorsement because
of its friendly ( ! ) $8 attitude toward the al
liance. These endorsements did not como
voluntarily , so tbo editor sent out hundreds
of letters soliciting them. But tboschomo
wouldn't work.
The reaction has sot In , nnd the editor of
the World-Herald is being roasted to n turn
by alliance men whom no asked to compli
ment him. Ho asked for bread and they nro
givlnc him stones. Hero Is a sample ; thcro
are many of the same kind :
AN OPEN LETTEIl TO YOUNO Mil. HITCHCOCK.
RUSIIVII.LK , Nob. , Nov. S3. Mr. G. M.
Hitclicoolt , Omaha , Nob. Dear Sir : Your
favor of the 17th inst , enclosing a copy of
Congressman-elect McKelghan's loiter of the
10th inst. , has boon received mid carefully
considered. I have never been a subscriber
to the World-Herald , but received during the
late campaign several copies of It and bccaino
Rufllcioutly familiar with Its position on the
leading questions advocated by the alliance
to nnablo mo to form nn opinion of Its
character. I. nin glad that , you toolc the
liberty to write mo and to enclose a
copy of McKoighan's letter. I am glad ,
also that you took tbo "liberty" to think us
you evidently did , that because Mr. Mo-
ICoighunhnd written the World-Herald n let
ter of "endorsement nnd encouragement"
that I would follow his oxnmplo. I say I am
glad you have taken these llbeitlos , for by
your example I nm encouraged In taking cer
tain liberties relative tu the manner In which
I shall reply.
I shall therefore take the liberty to assume
that the alliance cause for which you profess
nu earnest friendship will bo inoro effectually
promoted bv the appearance of our
correspondence In a regular nl-
llnnco Journal than It possibly
could In nny other. I shall also take the Hb-
orty to express my opinion of the course of
the World-Herald , tbough that opinion perchance -
chance bo nt variance * with Congrossman-
elect MclvolRhan's and disparaging to the
World-Herald.
If MoKclghnn recommends the World-Her
ald to alliance men as a reliable friend of
their oanso on the basis of what it has.bpen
and Is in the matter of upholding and advo
cating their principles In preference to the
jirlnclplei of the democratic party , ttou I
nin a long way from being la accord with
hjm.Because
Because the World-Herald has "occupied a
friendly attitude toward the alliance and ad
vocated tno principles in which the al
liance U interested" you ask mo to
wdio you "n short loiter of endorse
ment and encouragement. " Let mo aslc
what was the attitude of the Worl < M ( orald
toward the nlHunco during cho Incipient
stages of its growth ! Whul was its uttUudo
toward the "ulliaiu-o" ticket In the late cam
paign ) Helping tlio democratic ticket la de
feat It , wai it not ! It claims to ua friendly
to the nlllunco , but advised its roadcr * to vote
for Thompson , the democratic candidate for
congress , in older to defeat Kcm , tlio alliance
or Indencndout candidate. Such friends ( ) ,
Mr , Hitchcock , are the alliance's most
dangerous enemies. No sir , I cannot
give you a "short letter of endorsement
and encouragement'1 for what you ' vo done
for the nlllunco. And I further hopj that no
true friend to tbo alliance will ho cauchton
the hook which you have speciously baited
for thorn.
No , I cannot endorse and encourage- you ,
Out I will otter you some advloa : Qct an ouo
side of the fonto , not on thu fcnoo , If you
want to bo a democrat , bo one , not n part of
ono. Io not try to servo two masters. Do
not try to rjdo at the same tlmo the Uemo-
cr.ulo and ulllancn horses with n foot on aich.
Their divonriMit lines will make you very u n-
comfortublc , ami vour orntlo nttotnpt will
end in speedy , well merited failure. Yours
truly , L. l . CUMMINS.
TIIMS A fin T/f/lT ,
A now species of humor , fresh from the
domes of municipal statesmanship , has
broken loose In Kansas City , In a recent
contest for city privileges between two water
works companloi , certain of tbo "outs"
Imagined that the "ins" were wnxtnp rich ,
wids of hoodlo wcro afloat , and that Itching
palms wcro being soothed with thorlghUtuff.
Ono particular patriot was singled out and
boldly accused of askinen "loin" In exchange
for his vote nnd Influence , and the fact was
sworn to by the man to whom tbo request
was mudo. On being called to account the
Injured municipal Innocent Indignantly re
pelled tbo allegation ami coined a cliannlng
definition of nldcrmnnlo humor.
"I'm no long oared chump , " ho exclaimed
without consulting a mirror , "to inaMo nny
loud-moutliod break * before witnesses that
make mo trouble. Why , the old duffer lies ,
nnd the very men ho refers to to back him up
say so. I'm going to sue the old cuss. Vou
know how I am. , I'm full of little jolcos like
everybody clso around a saloon. Hero this
old marl : comes In nud talks around and goes
away. After ho goes I sny , sumo as you
would : 'That old mark thlnksiwo'ro all
fools hero. Well ! bo nla't In It'with us a
mtimtol Seel' ' I never say money once. I'd
bo a bird to go on making a crack about
wanting money with a crowd around , If I
meant it. The fact la , I was only Jolting. "
Of course the old duffer wasn't In It n
minute. Ho didn't ' know how to take n llttlp
Joke , of which the municipal statesman was
full. In fact , humor goes with the
ofllce , nnd such phrases as "What's
In it ! " What's ' it worth to youl"
'Where do you Ret your Insurance ! "
nnd "I'm ' not hero for my health , " ' merely
suggest the overflow of mirth nud jollity
which is inseparable from nldormanio lite.
The Kansas City definition Is Itivntuablo. It
strikes the scales from puulto oyes. Itlsnn
elegantly rounded protest against the grow
ing disposition to give a misleading color to
words and acts which , it Is Rratlfi'l'iR ' to
know on unquestioned authority , are merely
little Jokes intended to lighten tbo duil care
of publlo life. '
When one of tbo boy puplh of the Farnam
school was asked Friday to name four ot th o
most noted men in tbo world , promptly replied
plied : "Washington , Lincoln , Grant and
James E. Boyd.
Hon. John L. Webster received a letter
Wednesday which for a tlmo loil him to think
that the late campaign was not yet ended. It
was from a prohlbltlou war-horso at Lincoln
and predicted that the amendment would bo
carried by an overwhelming majority. Mr.
Webster punched ninuolf In the ribs a few
times , and when convinced that ho could not
bo di earning ho looked at tbo date on the
missive and discovered It bad boon written
November ! ) . It was addressed to Fremont ,
which place It reached November 0 , nnd since
then It has laid in the poato.lleo. Mr. Web
ster was , however , glad to recolva It , for it
reminded him of old times. There was the
familiar talk about the "dark allies of hell , "
the "tools of the arch fiend , " the "dovll's
own , " "whisky tubs , " nnd a few other
pot expressions which have fallen Into disre
pute since the clo30 ot the prohibition cam
paign. Mr. Webster would bo clad to reply
and thank the sender , but the writer's Iden
tity li hittdon under tuo nom do plume of
"SIcollgy. "
Eugene Field , the Chicago literary toilet
and humorist , has just been writing of Ruff-
land and nil Europe as a stoveloss country ,
A couple of Omaha yountr ladles who recently
visited the old country have also discovered
that It is gumlcss. Doth girls were In tha
habit of taking a "chow" occasionally while
oa tholr natlvo heath , and It was with con
sternation they disco vorod that gum could not
bo bought for love or money In England , Ire
land , Scotland or Wales. In Paris , however ,
they found a little shop which had a small
stock of the mueh-wlshod-for article which
the Frenchman bad had on hand for llfiy
years or loss , and they purchased the entire
amount. By economy and carefully pasting
the gum or. the headboard ot their bed u pen
retiring , the young ladles managed to exist
until arrival lu New York.
A swell wedding was celebrated In Chicago
recently in which some Omiha people wore
Interested. Prof. Swing , the popular
proachor. tied the nuptial knot nnd his
daughter was ouo of the wedding guests.
The latter was escorted to dinner by an
English dude , who was not aware of the re
lationship exlstln ? between the minister and
his companion. While discussing the menu
tbo Englishman expressed lilmsolf as greatly
pleased with the wedding arrangements. "It
was all perfectly grand , " ho whispered to his
companion , "until that nwkwanl , country-
fled preacher came on to perform the core-
mony. Ho was enough to disgust a fellow
with the wbblo business. "
There Is now n coolness between Miss
Swing and her late English friend ,
OF THK XORTIIWJE8T ,
Nobraslcn.
The Good Templars of Vordon have reor
ganized their lodge.
The Madison Chronicle Is eighteen years
old , strong and prosperous.
A great rainy cattle have dlod from eating
cornstalk smut in JoffoMou county.
Sixteen Pawnee county farmers have or
ganized a swlno brooders' association.
A cemetery association has boon formed at
Knnnard with a very Ilvo membership.
Hoc cholera and oorn smut nro carrying off
considerable livestock lu Cotfax county.
T. H. Blitchly , a student at Doano college ,
Crete , was thrown from a bicycle and had
his arm broken.
W. T. Hustings has sold the Burwoll
Quaver to tlio Enterprise of the same plnoo
and will seek a now newspaper Hold.
William KIngon , the Scotts Bluff county
cattle thief , hns beou sentenced nt Cheyenne ,
Wyo. , to eight years In tlio penitentiary ,
In a little fistic encounter between two
Ashland young men , ono bad Ms nose broken
and the other is in deadly fear of arrest.
Miss Robe "Sklllnnn of- Arapahoe was
thrown from a fractious pony nnd sustained
painful Injuries about her law and nock.
Rev. II. J. Hopninn of Now York has become -
como the pastor of the Lutheran church nt
D.xkota City , succeeding Uov. Mr. SprooUor ,
who has returned to Illinois.
James Ycngo and John Hlckoy , prominent
farmers near Tecumseh , have been arrested
on complaint of William Vorrall , oharttod
with robbing his turkey roost.
Mrs. Mary K. Murphy , residing near Wis-
nor , has been declared insane and has been
scut to the Norfolk asylum , She Is twenty-
six years of ago and the mother of four chil'
eron ,
The Business Men's association of Broken
Bow bas appointed a committee to confer
with Mr. Oxuiird nnd tbo olllclals of the li. ft
M. road relative to establishing a boct sugni
factory at that point.
A. Kltzmlller of Kearney has returned
from n hunting trip through Colorado , Tha
result of his hunting and trapping expedition
Is seventv-fivo beaver nnd several .hundred
mink and musKrnt pelts.
, The now Minden waterworks wow tested
just a day before the big conflagration there
Saturday night , and were pronounced satis
factory. When the real tire test came , though ,
the stund-plpoi was empty.
W. C. ICom of Pnwnoo City has received
from friends an authentic c oy of the Vicksburg -
burg Citizen of July 2 , IB'W ' , p.nntod on wall
paper , two days before the surrender of the
elty. It nroptioclos the total defeat of the
army of tbo Patomuo ,
Iowa.
Jefferson county paid bounty on 15OK
gophurj tbo p.ist your.
Two recent flros nt Grlanoll worooiusol
by defective electric light wires.
Eldorn's now Young Men's Christian asso
ciation building woa dedicated Sunday.
The mayor of Burlington has ordered thai
the front doors of saloons bo closed on SUB.
uay.
uay.Tho republicans elected twonty-thrco ol
tbo forty-two Judges chosen at thu lost cloo-
tlon.
tlon.Tho sixth nnnunt session o ( the Northern
Iowa Horticultural society will bo held nt
Manchester December 10 , 17 mid 18.
Captain Head of Jefferson hopes to see his
bill for the exemtion of otio-hiuf the tax on
pass the next legislature.
The district court nt Bloomflold Is strug
gling with n suit for the possession of n steer
which has cost over fjOO in witness fees si
fur.
fur.Hon.
Hon. iToromlnh L < Our , n resident of Cedar
township , Black Hawk county , slnco 18M , U
dead. Ho was n member of tbo Iowa house
from 1ST * to 1881.
Mark Halltn 1ms boon sentenced to six years
In the Annmoia penitentiary toe nianslnugh-
Lcr. Ho was accessory to ttio murder of
Jnmcs Itownn , at Clliton , Februarys , 1S90.
The Dos Molnos UcgUtor says that moro
than half the attorneys' ' fees chargeil up to
the stnto In the trlul of the liquor cases ura
found , 011 examination of the transcript , to bu
Illegal.
Cliarlton owns Its oloctrlo light riant. For
the month of October , nflor paying operating
expenses and Interest on bonds , the plant
yielded It' ' I , besides furnishing 1U.J street
lights freo.
The Salvation nrmy nt ICookuk proposes to
give the poor children of ICcokulc n Clirlstnm.T
Jlnnor. A canvass of the town Is being mudo
by the nrmy to discover1 the needy , for whoiu
clothing and food will ho solicited and distri
buted.
There Is a tempest In a tea pot nt Marshall-
town over the question whether Commnmlnnt
Mlle Smith , of the soldiers' homo , prohibited
democratic ) candidates from soliciting BO ! <
dlcrs' votes at the homo. ThpJTiinos-Kcpub-
llc.m punishes a prlit of affidavits to provo
that the coinmanitnnt's conduct In the matter
\vns non-partisan.
The grand jury of Polk county has Indicted
Walter lloan for assault with Intent to kill
Ir.i Pciklns. Ho stubbed Porltlns In the
neck October ! ! ! , nnd the Injury has caused u
p.utlal loss of 1'orkinV power of spoooh.
'L'ho provocation for the assault was that
Perkins took Roan's divorced wlfo to the
theater.
About two weeks ago C. II. Patrick of *
Grundy Center died. The circumstances in- . "
dlcntcd that all wai not rlthtaud a coroner's
Jury was linp.xnelod and loo.il physician- *
found ovldouco that awonlo produced doith
The contents of the stomach wore sent to
Chicago for export examination nnd It Is un
derstood that tuo to.it reveals facts almllnr to
the finding of the loc.xl physicians. Sensa
tional dovolopinonls nro expected to follow.
"Constable Mercer yesterday called up on
K. P. Clnrkson of Clnrkson Brothers , propri
etors of the Uogister inul owners of the Reg
ister block , notifying lilm that one William
Prlobo , occupying a room In the KcgUtor
hulldtne by virtue of n lease from the Clark-
sons , was soiling liquor contrary to the law ,
nnd that they would hereafter bo hold llablo
for costs nnd damages which mightrciult
Irom nny condumnation proceedings ngalnst
Priobo , " says the les ) Mollies LouUor.
The Two Dalcotas.
Sioux Fulls wants the s'tnto fair.
A. Dickens club has been organized nt
Plorro.
South Dakota state warrants nro quoted nt
99 cents on the dollar.
The bill of the sheriff for closing the sa
loons at Siousc Fulls is $ J3J.80.
The Yankton Press thinks the bad lands
will sorao day bo a Creator attraction than
Yellowstone park.
It is rumored that Governor Mnllotto will
bo sprung oujho legislature us u compromise
senatorial candidate.
Miss Lucy Bryson of Gettysburg , superin
tend of schools of Potter county , Is said to
bo the tallest woman in South Dakota.
Judge Bartlett Tripp has eight rooms se
cured , nt the Loeko house , Pierre , for his
headquarters during the senatorial light.
Incorporation papers for the Sioux Falls
paper mill with n paid up capital of $75,000 , ,
have boon fllod with the secretary of state at
Pierre.
A South Dakota life Insurance company
has found business good out on the Indian
frontier , and has pushed it far all the scare
was worth.
Otto Gunderson , arraigned at Aberdeen on
charge of murdering hU wife , was committed
without bail. All ho would say was that ho
wanted ' 'to bo forgiven. "
The Brooldngs Sentinel tells of an Inde
pendent elected to the legislature from Kluga-
oury county who declares th.it the South
Dakota legislature will surely repeal the Mc-
Klnloy bill this winter.
The largo body of timber on the west side
of the river about fifteen miles below Pierre ,
over ilvo hundred ncros in extent , is now
claimed by Mr. Nnrcell under his Indian
title. It Is oae of the finest hoaloi of timber .
on the reservation and is very valuabhv - r
D. II. Snowden , of the Bnnk of Vordon , in
forms the Verdon Times that eastern parties
are writing to him , asking thitho purchase
land for them , in tracts of about ono thou
sand acres , lying in sucti shape that it maybe
bo irrigated by means of artesian wells.
On n late trip to town from his Little Castle -
tlo Creek ranch , Joe Reynolds told the Rapid
City Republican a story of the finding of two
skeletons , ono of n man , the other of a bear.
lying together near the bead of LHtlo Kapld
creek. The find was made by a" party of
hunters about n month ago. An old rusted
bunting knife was also lound near the spot.
These nro no doubt all that remain to toll the
tale of a terrible forest tragedy of many years
ago.
Senator Ingalls Is said to have had an offer
of S15.UJI ) a year to edit Frank Leslie's Illus
trated Newspaper.
Mr. 0. P. Huntlngtoa began life as n tin
peddler , and while ho still has a largo quan
tity of tin ho does not peddle It.
Colonel Robert G. Ingcrsoll , asked regard
ing the presidency of 18W , replied : "I think
it Is between lilaino and Heed. That is , as
the situation now is. "
Thomas Ellison says that although in Italy
hu bus the tltlo of count , ho prefers that of
"tho old man" by which ho is better known
among his employes at Menlo's Paik.
John Boyle O'Keilly's grave In Holljwood
cemetery , Hrooklluo , will bo marked bj a
giant bowlder of conglomerate rook about
twelve foot square and weighing soventj-llvo
tons.
Henry Cabot Lodge , an example of the
scholar.ln politics , claims descent , it is un
derstood , from Sebastian Cabot , who discov
ered tbo coast Hue of tnis continent at the
close of the fifteenth century ,
Cal Brleo denies that ho Is a candidate for
the presidency. Ho is arranging to start u
democratic * newspaper at Columbus , O. This
may not ho quite so rapid u way of Rotting
rid of his suiplus , but in ttio end ho willllnd
it fully as effectual.
Mr. Elliott of tno Smithsonian Institution
thinks that seven years' Inactivity of seal
fishing Is the only thing that will HIIVU the
seal from extermination. If the seal s.ioiuo
could bo run out of fashion forawhllotho
sauio end would bo attained.
General John II. Brooke , In command of
the Pine Kidgo agency , South Dakota , Is u
native of PoUstown , Pa. Ilo Is over t > ix foot
In height and of robust proportions , and dur
ing the late rebellion won distinction on the
battle Hold and was several times badly
wounded.
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed and Guarantaod Capital..KOO.OCO
Paid Jn Capital < IW-000
Huyi and soils Btookn and tiondsi negotiates
commercial paper ; receives nud executes
trustsiotani ! trunsfcr a-jont and trustooof
corporations , takes charRo of property , col
lects taxes.
Omaha Loan&Trust Co \
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SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Cor. lOth end Douglas Sts.
Vald InOnpHul , 51,003
hubscrlbod and Ouaruntccd Capital , . . . 104,00) )
Liability of Stockholders 200,000
61'er Cent Intorrst.l'ald on Pepoults.
1'UANK J. IANUKUiishlur.
Ofllceri ! A. U , Wyman , president. J. J. llrown ,
vleo-prosldont , W. T. Wyninn. treasurer.
IHrootor * ; A , U.Wyinan , J. ll.Miilard , J , J.
Urown. Uuy O. Ilurton , E. W , Niuli , rrii nin4
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