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SicNATOIt VlLASis not slieildiiiff much
light on tluit Madison instirniiou transla
tion. Thurihkis such that siluncu is the
liottoi' policy.
Tun activity ol Clovohtmrs literary
Inircnu roiiilorcil suoi'lluiiis [ ) the decla
ration that ho had not I'otii'od from the
presidential race.
Till * : plnns and tipccitications of Arch
itect Meyers'bill arc sullii-iontly club-
oratonnd nxhaustivo to cciinponsato fof
the liost'ihil shortcomings.
K nro still a ftnv choice cells loft
in tlio state iicnitentiai'y for the rascally
contractors who huvo robbed tlio people
in tlio creation of iiubllc
SOMK of the advocates of woman suf
frage in tlio legislature pay their wives
the iloiiMfitl compliment of nayinj * Unit
they know uioro than they know thom-
bolvcs.
SllOUMi Governoi Hoyil decide that
ono good term deserves another or. the
police commission , something ; lews than
100 local patriots will bo plunged in grief
inconsolable.
political natriotn will save
themselves a harvest of barren regrets
by comparing the number of appointive
olHt'ors with the area of the state out-
Bide of Omaha.
TltKUi ; is every reason to believe the
committed exploring the .state esipital
for superfluous legislative employes will
roach a conclusion about the time tlio
legislature is ready to adjourn.
IT is announced from Washington
that Quay , Cameron , Dudley ami Clark-
eon are getting ready to engineer ah
Alyor boom. It is a uity thatso good a
man should f.ill into such humid.
Tun Into Mr. lolaiuiiti ) > r of Pennsyl
vania , coin promised his llnancml affairs
for fifty cents on the dollar. His politi
cal obligations , liowovor , are doomed to
lk abroad uncnncelloti for all tlnio.
SKKATOU-ULI-UT llANMiuoran of
North Dakota is u printer and Kyle of
South Dakota a preacher. Thus the
two great professions engaged in the ro-
doinptioti of the world donate two par
ticular btars to lead the faithful out of
political bondage.
CO.VGIIESSSIAN 13iANi ) insists that
tbo loinoeracy must look to the west
no.xt year for a sturdy man to carry the
nilvor banner. And Uio mores the party
looks toward Lebanon , Missouri , the
greater will bo tlio cnthibia m of Mr.
Bland. "Barkis Is willing. "
Tinhrd mayor of London deserves
commendation rather than criticism.
Liiko a distinguished eiti/.on of Kansas ,
who rescued Mnssilon's eloquence from
oba-uritv , tlio ehiof functionary of tlio
British metropolis vitalized Spurgeon'a
forgotten sermons and gave them the
Btamp of originality. What if ho
neglected , in the rush of .business , to
{ jlvo the proper credit ?
TilK world's fair directors have at
last screwed tlioir courage up to the
lighting pitch. Heretofore the man
agers soutrht to placate all interests , but
the more concessions they made to the
lake front speculators the more exact
ing were their demands. The decision
of the board abandoning the dual site
and concentrating the exposition on
Jackson park removes the labt obstruc
tion to the progress of work on the
buildingKvory frlond of tjio enter
prise will rejoice that ordoi- and activity
hnvo been brought out of chaw unil con-
tontioa
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Tlio lonlslatiii'0 has now boon In ao -
xlunin days. It hn q\mndoriul a great
dual of tiino. but it may still ni-compli'h
inucli If its tncmlM > rs will oxorclso oom-
mon n'l o and discard all visionary
scheini's. The all-nbMirbing IMUO IKJ-
fore It Is railway regulation. Itiillroad
cominlsionertiand boards of transporta
tion have proved n failure. They al
ways will bo n failure , whether they are
nppnlntod or elected. The exceptions
in olio or two of the stales
where commissioners have honestly
grappled with rail rand schedules
are only spasmodic. Tlio railroads will
uu in It that their Hiiccossors uro nioro
nceomtnodnting , and in the long run
they will ilictnto the schedules as they
always have done.
Tin- only wny by which the people can
bo asnired of fair rates Is by the enac.t-
iin > nUif laws that will limit the charge.
Th is has been effectually demonstrated
with pahj-ungor rates. r'lvo years
ago the rate In Iowa on
Iho east bank of the Missouri wan throe
cents per mile ; while tlio NIIIIO company
charged llvo crnts pormllu on the Ne
braska side of Iho river , where tlioru was
just as imich pnwnjfi'r tralllc. The
marked dilToreiu-o was duo to the fact
thai Iowa bad limited the charge to
three cents u mile by law , while Ne
braska , had no law on tlio bubjeet. When
NVbmska did pass the three-cent inllo-
iign rate , the roads caino down.
A number of innxiiuuin freight rate
bills are now pending before the legisla
ture. Some of these have boon lusplrod
by the railroad malingers and others by
extremists who are trying to punish the
railroads lor nn ir pa HI inuniiues. i nu
ilangor is that between the radicals and
the railroaders nil bills will b < 3 choked
to death.
It strikes us Hint the time has arrived
for these who honestly desire relief
from extortion should got together
and agruu upon a bill that
will at least give the people
honiething for the money expended in
running this legislature. All legisla
tion is at best a compromise between the
extremes. The proposition to eiinct Iho
entire ninxitiium rate law of Iowa , and
le.ivo the supreme court to dculdo
whether these rates tire too low for No-
brabka is of doubtful expediency. The
supreme court is not expected to bo an
expert on railroad rUes ; , and it
certainly should not bo required
to fix the bchedules of railroad
companies. All it may do properly is
to decide whether a rate fixed by the
legislature is reasonable. If 11 is found
unreasonable it will he declared null and
void , but the Mipremc court has no
power to say what the roads shall charge
for transporting any commodity n
given distance.
It must bo conceded that Nebraska , is
not entitled lo iho loiva rate on every
commodity for the icason that
a largo portion of Nebraska i
sparsely settled and the local tralllc
is much lighter , If the whole Iowa
maximum rate is to ho incorporated into
a bill , from 10 to lo per cent should 1)0
added to counterbalance the dilTereneo
between tralllc in Nebraska and Iowa.
Such a rate would bo reasonable and
the supreme court would 'have no
grounds foi'botting it aside.
Hut if no agreement can bo arrived at
on the whole Iowa rate then the legisla
ture should establish a maximum rate on
the chief staple-Hit production and con
sumption. It should not bo ditllcult to
lix a maximum rale on grain , cattlebaled
hay , coal , lumber and building stone
and brick. Thow ) commodities compile
the bulk of what the people of Nebraska
buy and sell. If the rates on these
commodities are made as low
as those charged in adjoining
states the people will have reason
to bo witisliod. Itow much lower the
Iowa rates are on these staples than the
rate charged by Nebraska roads TUB
BIK : is not able to say. It is possihlo
that the lowest rates in Iowa are on
merchandise which would compara
tively lie of small benellt to the Ne
braska farmer.
Tins PiKi : has always favored direct
railroad legislation by the legislature.
That is what on:1 : constitution provides
for and that duty shoulu not bo shirked.
//oir rm : .sr.rn : is VICTIM MUD.
The legislative committed on nubile
lands and buildings is much impressed
by the audacity of the steals perpetrated
upon the state in the erection of public
institutions. As all these buildings , and
their numerous wings and addition ! ? ,
have been accepted and paid for it is now
a little late in the day to make a com
plaint , but it is always interesting for a
man to contemplate the method by which
he IIIH been swindled out of his money.
Ono senator who has recently returned
from u tour over the state remarks that
tlio soldiers' home at Grand Island "is
unfit to live in1 ' and that considerable
strategy is required to keep the walls
from tumbling in. Tlo says that the
Norfolk asylum "looks like a great big
building , but that it accommodated few
patients because so much space is lost in
laying out otllcos. " The fconator evi
dently doesn't appreciate the fact
that many of our public institu
tions arc erected solely with a
\iew to the comfort of tlio ollices and
ollleoholdors. Of the Hastings asylum
ho makes the cheerful remark that
"things are ever so much worse down
there , " It is generally conceded that
the work on that Institution was the
poorest over ventured by a public con
tractor in Nebraska.
Another senator Indorses the recom
mendation of the superintendent of the
Hiihtlnyri asylum for u supervising archi
tect. The argument is that such an ofll
cial would be responsible for wise plans ,
drawn with a view to future enlarge
ment , and that lie would prevent the
robbery of the state by contractors.
If Nebraska proposed to keep right on
erecting now public buildings and add
ing biennial wings to old ones the
supervising architect might bo
.oded. Hut as the atato has already
jtrovldod for all reasonable demands in
that direction the creation of this now
olllce would be simply an added expense.
What the state needs Is honest men in
public olllco. It is prob'ibly snfo to say
that If any ono of Iho ollii-ials rosponsl-
ole for the wretched public buildings at
( Jrand Island , Hastings or Norfolk hud
erected thoui for hotels or factories of
their own the confrnetors would Imvo
boon obliged In furnish a dollar's worth
of labor or material for every dollar
I hey rocolvod. C'entrnotora do not iluro
to rob private Individuals , but
they count thu public IIM lawful
prey. They will continue to do HO as
long nn they find the public represented
by ollloinjs who can easily bo bribed or
hoodwinked. To increase the number
of olllcers would po li > ly increase ) the
expenses of the contractors , but would
hardly sivo ; anything to the people.
'Nebraska has lo s need of a supervis
ing architect than of a supervising
conscience in lior public olllcos.
nKonn.\xiZK \ mi :
Kopublioatis tit Washington are said
to bo nearly unanimous in bolloving that
the national committee should bo im
mediately reorganised. This feeling
appears to hnvo become stronger since
the statement made by S-inator Quay ,
the cli airman of tlui committee , deny I up
the charges which ho had p'rmlttod to
stand against him for a you1 unchal
lenged , and it wo ild seem to indicate
that tlio republicans gomrally do not ,
regard the explanation of Mr. Quay in
being so complete and satisfactory a
refutation as to warrant his remaining
at the liond of the commltU'j until re
placed by the nuxL national convention.
There was a report a few days
ago that Mr. Qu.vy was consider
ing the question of retiring from
the committee , but there was probably
no foundation for it. There is nothing
in the character of the Pennsylvania ,
senator as a politician to warrant an ex
pectation that ho will have considera
tion for the interests of his pirty above
his own intoi-esU , and therefore It Is
highly probable that hu will Insist on
remaining whore ho Is. In that ciso :
the committee cannot bo reorganized ,
since it has no power to elinngo thu order
of the national convention except to fill
a vacancy.
Still there Is a possibility that Mr.
Quay might bo Induced by a strong party
pressure to stop aside , and it is sug
gested that a reorgani/.attonof the com
mittee might bj brought about if the re
publican press of the country mid the
party workers would sponk out on the
subject and make the demand , Tim
lint- : has already said that if Senator
CJnny sincerely desires the good of the
republican ivu'ly and its success next
year ho will promptly relieve it of any
necessity for. defending his relations to
it by resigning tlio olriirmanship of the
national committee. This , it is said.
some of Ins wnrini'st irleiuU have ad
vised him to do. Everybody cheerfully
adirils the value of his horviccs in the
last campaign , but there can bo no ques
tion that tlio long standing charges
against him have , notwithstanding his
refutation , impaired his usefulness as a
party lender , and tlio party cannot under
existing conditions all'ord to take upon
itself the dofonsa of his public record.
Having1 made his defense , Mr. Quay can
not now impair his own political fut
ure by withdrawing from the national
committee , as lie would have done by a
withdrawal without answering the ac
cusations , but his continuance at the
head of the committee cannot fail to bo
more or less damaging to the party , not
withstanding the fact that it is for Iho
present helpless in the matter.
The opinion of republicans in Wash
ington that the national committee
ought to bo reorganized will bo con
curred in by republicans everywhere
who earnestly wish to HJO tlio party
grow in popular conlldonce and enatiiuu
In control of the government , and tboro
should bo no hesitancy in giving plain
and unmlhtnkabla expression to this
sentiment.
f. . .siw.MrFOH ; / ; irru//-v. /
Those persons who are asking the
legislature to grant unlimited municipal
suffrage lo women , with the right to
hold elective olllces in city governments ,
represent a very small minority of the
intelligent and homo-respecting women
of Nebraska. The great majority of them
do not desire the right to vote and would
not exercise it if it were given them ,
Neither do they \\ish \ to have the privi
lege of holding elective municipal olli-
ccs. Those womiMi have no taste for poli
tics , no disposition to engage in
its intrigue and trickery , and no
llmo to spare from their no-
cossarv and legitimate ) domestic and so
cial duties In scolving ollico for them
selves or for others. They understand
that practical politics is neither o'lify-
ing nor elevating , that it involves moro
or less contention and vulgar association
which cause a great many men oven to
cschow politics , and that the talk of relining -
lining it by introducing the inlluonco of
women into elections is a fatuitous fancy ,
an "iridescent dream. " The character
of politics is today what it has always
been and will continue to bo to the end
of human conllict for political power.
"Women can vote at school
elections in some twenty states ,
including Nebraska , and every
where it has been found that compara
tively few take advantage of the privi
lege , while in most of the states a large
proportion of these who do are not of the
bettor class of women. En Kansas women
have suffrage on the same terms with
men in all municipal elections , but only
a small minority have thus far shown a
disposition to exorcise the right. With
the exception of Wyoming woman suf
frage lias nowhere boon successful in at
tracting any largo number of the hotter
class of women , by which wo would bo
understood us moaning the wives and
mothers who understand and a | > -
preeiato their true functions and
are content to rule in the sphere
of homo , to politics , and it
is altogether improbable , If not Impossi
ble , that it over will. The acrimony ,
thoconlllcts , the intrigues , the falsehood -
hood and the deceit of politics , doubtless
some women may.llnd congenial , but to
the majority of roliaod , moral and wo
manly women they mil-it always bo ro-
pugnant. The biliof that woman can
remove these conditions and impart their
gentleness and purity to politics has no
warrant in oxporionco. Women are ten
der and pure while thov mnho the home
their sphere of activity , but withdraw
them from this into the arena of politi
cal htrlfe and if experience may bo trust
ed , Instead of imparting gentleness to
the male combatants they would bo in
danger of losing it themselves , 'oi
ls there any force in the assumption that
If women posso.s&tiJ 'the suffrage corrup
tion would tllt < nncjir. | What assurance
in there thut wijma'i ) , when exposed to
Iho temptation , , > \l ] | not take bribes ?
\Vhat assurance can bo Riven that in the
slrujjglp to elect themselves or their
friends to olllco tht\v would not iwort to
Intrigue ami deception as freely as men
do ? And who Unit has a right appre
ciation of the character mid the true
function of womitn will wish her to be
subjected to this kind of temptation ?
The effort to secure for women in Ne
braska municipal suffrage and the right
to hold elective olllces in tlio cities is
not demanded in the Interest of the sex.
Thov do not require those privileges in
order to obtain equal protection under
the laws with men , for this they already
have. It is not necessary to enable
them to improve their condition , for
every u venue for Ihoir advancement , ex
cept that to political olllco-holding , is
now open. It is not wanted for any
power it would give them , for nothing
is more certain than that it would lesson
the inlliionoo of the HOX Instead of In
creasing it. The ballot. It has been
wisely said , Is not the only sulTrago or
the only scepter , lind woman In the
exorcise of her natural and true function
exerts a power that is not less useful or
less pervading than that of the ballot ,
and which would bo in nowise augmented
by her possession of Iho ballot. That
power proceeds from the homo , which
in this republic is the foundation of the
state and the nation , the stronghold of
patriotism. The further women are re
moved from the coiitnminatmg inlluonco
nf politics the betlor it will bo for the
homes of the nation , and therefore for
the security and permanence ol republi
can institutions.
Tin ; i.w'MirsiVK.s'.s
The mercantile interests of Omaha are
htoadily recovering their wonted vigor.
The agencies which checked the normal
currents of trade in the trans-Missouri
region are vanishing , and the activities
which confidence begets are visible in
all lines of industry and commerce.
A significant evidence of n general
revival is furnished by the report of
bank clearings for the past weekVw
the first time in ninety days the trans
actions of the banks reflect an improved
condition of business throughout the
country. Out of lifty-four cities in the
clearings association only eight report
a decrease , but the amounts are insig-
nilicant compared with tlio marked in
crease in the remaining forty-seven.
The total advance in all cities is 12,1 per
cent , nun outsiiio 01 isew i one IB..I per
cent. The incrcabo in Omaha amounts
to 11.7 per cent.
While the clearings nro not always a
reliable barometer of business , they fur
nish substantial proof of the prompti
tude with which obligations are mot.
The marked improvement noted in all
leading cities of the west evidence a
gradual and gratifying change from the
financial stringency which wrought seri
ous havoc in all sections. The improve
ment cannot fall to have a beneficial
olToet on all channels of trade.
No hotter proof of the solid foundation
on which Omaha's trade rests cart bo had
than the successful weathering of the
financial gnlo which straw other shores
with mercantile wrecks. The prohibi
tion agitation mid the deficiency in west
ern crops wore in themselves a severe
test. To these wore added the dearth of
capital precipitated by tlio September
speculative Hurry , during which bank- ,
locked their vaults and for a time abso
lutely refused the usual accommodations
on any terms. Despite those elements of
depression and disaster , the business
backbone of Omaha maintained its per
pendicularity , and emerged from the
siege stronger and more aggressive than
over.
Tlio improved activity reflected by
the clearings is supplemented with in
creasing liberality in loans. These
favorable conditions will multi
ply as the season advances and
building operations and public
works open individual and municipal
purse strings. Tlio spirit of enterprise
and progress is abroad , industries are
expanding , opportunities for profitable
investments are increasing , and the
trade territory of Omaha is only limited
by the energy of her jobbers in reach
ing for it and their ability to hold it.
The business outloolc , on the whole , is
as favorable as could reasonably bo
expected and foreshadows a year of more"
than average prosperity ,
Tin : Fifty-first congress has jus ! seven
nioro working days to its credit. The
closing scenes of a session which will
rank among the most memorable in the
country's history are likely to bo inter
esting , if not exciting. The republican
majority bus done nothing since the
election to remedy its former mistakes.
It will leave its record largolv in the
bhapoin which it was submitted to the
people last November. It has passed
soini ) useful legislation since , hut can
now hardly hope to mature any of the
great measures which have boon under
consideration in the last month.
Speaker Ueed' will stop down next
week from a phicp whore his person
ality has received moro attention , both
la the way of praise and blame , than
that of any other man who over tilled it.
Whatever may ho thought of his service ,
there Is probably now no man who does
not believe that in his extreme devotion
to party loyalty ho has acted out his
honest conviction ! ? ,
Tin : opposition' in certain quarters tea
a liberal appropriation for a state ex
hibit at the world'ii'.falr ' . Is discreditable.
Nebraska cannot all'ord to advertise to
the world that tli enterprise and sturdy
strength which combinud to make it one
of the great commonwealths of the west
have boon supplanted by an era of indif
ference. Nor should the state go Into com
petition with surrounding slates with
out sulHciont moans to make an exhibit
of Its varied resources and marvelous de
velopment. Ono hundred thousand dollars
lars Is Mono to much to place Nebraska
side by oldo with states tint have voted
all tlio way from iHiuartor of a million
to ono million for the coming worldV
fair.
IT is a little into in the day to talk
about suporlhmuH employes In the legis
lature. TIIK I KK furnished a lucid exposition -
position of that subject whilu thc.ro was
ample time to remedy the errors of the
past. The errors of the present have
now boon coiumiltod and the expense
charged up to the dear people.
ll'a corporation Invents $700,000 In n
plant , why does It dwindle down to a few
hungry thousands ! about the limo the
tax collector comes in sight ? The coun
cil might jifflllnbly turn an arc light on
the problem.
lie Will lie Lost , Instead.
XtirOiltitiM A'rii'K Lfllfi :
Cleveland's letter on free colnnui ) should
have met the fate of tbo original of Walter-
sou'.i to Hill been lost In transit.
A till etcx Oppoi-t unity.
/.niifxrflfr ( ' "iiHir-Jminiiil.
What a rebellion there would bo If the
American cltl/cii were to iw siuldonly tie-
prlvcii of the rich ! to pull tobacco smolto into
every holy's face !
Molding IIN I'cipiilnl Ion.
The licuo ( Nov. ) .louriml wuititho follow-
hiKiuhlftl tollio nllli'iul oalu : "That I do
suli'iniily swe.ir that 1 will remain In the
state at least sixty days after the expiration
of my term of onlco. "
Some ol' Ci < nngcr l/c Nlillon' : . '
Ilintiilt llfl-illil.
Tlio adage that a man who Is hit own
lawyer has n fool for a client Is vindicated
again. The Pennsylvania supreme court
prepared a bill for its own ivllof mid sent It
to the legislature. The Judges nro now In
formed by the Judlclarv committee of tbo
senate Unit the bill Is unconstitutional.
I-'ix tin * llcsponslhllily.
Drtiull I'rrr.'IMS. .
This government has cither lied to the In
dians or told the truth. It cither agreed to
pay them so much money per yearor It didn't.
It is either bound to talco cave of thorn or It
Isn't. The Indian has told his slditof tbo
story , and be puts Undo Sam in n hole. H
tlio t-'ovcriinient Is In fault the people won't
staml nunther Indian war without being
beard from.
Wealth with a Htrlnijto It.
Ituffiito ( 'mirier.
The World says that In the Aster-Willing
tnnrrliiL'u service the words "and with all my
wnnlly goods I tlice endow , " which the Epis
copal ritual nuts In tbo mouth of tbo bride-
proem , were omitted. Tbo Astoi-3 have long
boon noted as people wlm tnko no risks in
money matters. IT the World story I.i true ,
tbo yonni ; sprout lived up to the family tra
ditions even at the supreme moment of bis
IKo.
| ; ( > HK I'VIIVnnt. .
Senator Sainulers of Montana 1ms devised
a plat form for n new party : " .My llrst plank
will bo to funiHh money to the people for
nothing , mul carry it to them , as I'utTerof
Kansas demands shall be done. My second
plunk will be that every man should work
twenty-four hours for nothing. That wouM
lit In well with the llrst. j\s it Is necessary
to give coherence to all parties by some great
moral Issue I shall propose for my third
plank the doctrine that every circus must
live up to Its promises. 1 thinlc the other
two planks can hanp together on that issue. "
( ive Mini a riiaiicc.
Siiniz Cily Jnitninl.
Senator-elect ICylo of South D.ikotn Is en
titled tn fair treatment. Ho is entitled to a
fair bearing and a clianco to show himself In
a proper way. Hoyond question he has been
a great , deal misrepresented since bis election
as a senator. * * * j0 | wlll bo likely to
hold himself in reserve and act as practical
questions arise. The republican parly has
not tbo most to fear , In tbo long run , from an
honest man whoso antecedents , character anil
political sympathies have been such as Mr.
Kyle's are represented. Hut give htm a
chance. Lot him speak for himself. Let him
speak in that most genuine and conclusive
language the language of action.
T3IK A/fl' NKt'KRT.tltV.
Denver News ( ilom. ) : Outside of the fnct
that ( iovernor Foster is opposed to the free
coinage of silver , and therefore nntjgoiiLtcd
to western and southern interests , the ap
pointment is creditable. He is tbo equal of
his predecessor , Mr.Vindom , as a tlniincler.
Denver Republican ( rep. ) : Ml' . Foster is
In complete accord with Senator Sherman oa
the silver question , and therefore it Is idle to
expeet him to Invor five coinage Otherwise
ho is unquestionably well lilted for the posi
tion , and wo believe lie will 1111 it with
marked ability.
St. Louis ( Hobo-Democrat Crop. ) : Ohio
has always furnished tlrst classsecrctmies of
the treasury , and Air. foster will not , fail tx >
maintain her line reputation in that respect.
4 * * The now socrutary of tlio treasury is
not only well qualified for tbo duties of the
olllco , but no also knows bo\v to make the
vegetables grow in tlio garden of bis party ,
'
unil Unit is a faculty much to bo ileslreu in 'a
member of tbo cabinet.
Minneapolis Journal ( mugv.ump ) : Ho
may innko a good oftlccr , but. no ono would
ever have a thought , of Wlndom and Ko-itor
on the samu day ns tiimnriern. It is probably
his record as governor , where tils Inlluonce
upon tbo iitiancnil affairs of bis own stale
was salutary. Unit affords ttio br-st ground
for hope of Ills .success. In any event ho Inn
\Viinlniri'e tinttrrn linfnrn linn niul It hi , , ii
only follow that bo will not go far wrongr
ChicagoIlcrahl , ( dom.i : ' 'Charley" Foster
has never made bis mark us a puiJbo llnan-
eier. lie is .said to bo boiuul on tlio silver
question , ami perhaps ho is. He was sound
enough to vote right on the grci-n back iiuohtioti
years ago , but bo Indeed cither tbu eourairo
or tbo ability , or both , to take a loading po > i-
tioa tor the right when the country was
threatened with inflation after the panic of
1 7i. : Thousands of men are sound enough
on the money question without possessing
thoijuahlle.itions wohuvoa right tooxixM in
tbo chief ofllciTof the treasury department.
If "Ubiirloy" Foster possesses qiiulilicatluns
superior to these of nny one of the thousand
tlio fant is not gcnor.uly known.
Chicago Tribune ( rep ) : The president
having determined to take the secretary uf
the treasury from Ohio , bo could hardly
have found a bettor equipped man than Mr.
Foster for the position , lie lias neen a suc
cessful merchant ami an oxculloiit governor.
When In contrross ho wus a valuable and in-
llurntial member. lie ban had that misinc s
training which is so very useful to a man
placed at the head of thotliiiince.s of tbo gov
ernment , am ! ho lius had that political ex
perience which cnmos from a period in con
gress und from administering ; the affairs of a
gru'it commonwealth. llest of all , ho Is n
Houiiil man on Iho curri'iiey. Ilois tainted
with no wild notions about "iml" or stump-
tail silver. Me Is for honest money. Hois
not in favor of driving either gold or silver
out of circulation , or of reducing the country
to a mere silver basis , lie will follow in the
footsteps of Secretary Wmdom and will tiniUo
the lust words uttered by the latter hU con-
stunt , guldo. President Harrison has done
well , Confronted witli tlio death of an im
portant cabinet otllcrr In the middle uf his
term , an event which worries a president
greatly , ho has acted with went deliberation
and wisdom , and Ids cl.ok-o will lie ralilled
not merely bv tlio senate , but by the people.
St. I'uui I'ionccr-l'ress ( rep. l : As nihi-
nct officers go , however , thu choice of Mr.
Fmter is a creditable oin > , isnd wo have no
doubt tli.it . ho will discharge tbu nMponslblo
duties of his position in this transition punod
witlt ability and Ililnlltv. Tbo country will
now wait with unusual Inter'.st an expres
sion of views on current questions of llnunce
from Mr. Foster of Ohio.
'I U ill HlTOI'S ,
iVi'M' 1'iirA llmi'il. '
Twin heroes in twin tombs do dwell
In tlioircoimtrj's I'antlicon ,
Fnr from sound of shot and shell ,
NVIili all their brothers benison ,
Ono of sea ami ono of land ,
Conquerors stand In story ,
Ami with clasp of hind in hand
Share in battle's glory.
Js'irnrs In letters deep nro graven ,
Speakers with the gun ami inorUir
II nl tlnnr Hum : unto high lioavcn ,
William Sherman , David 1'ortcr.
M1DN1C11T MARAUDERS' ' WORK ,
Exciting Nosturaal Scunoi in Which Revolvers
volvors Are Brought Into 1'lny. '
CHARGES AGAINST A MINSTREL MANAGER.
A Mmi Wliiini II Is Allcgd ! MccUs lit"
ucby Throu Ing Vllrol nil Clolh-
Inn Dliln't Ktimv It Was
liimilcil - N'
Net ) . , Fen. in. - ISpwiiit to 'I'm :
llii : : . ] Three young boys uuiiiml Henry
Hitchcock , lujiU sixteen , Charles \V. \ Aeltor-
iniin , aged sixteen and Kd Adams , aged four
teen , are under arre.st at police headquarters ,
two for petit larceny and Ackeriiiiin for
shooting with Intent to kill. Last night the
boys enteivd a barn belonging to a family
named Duvnll for the ostensible purpose of
stealing chickens or pigeons. They were
discovered by young Uiivall who ijavn the
alarm. The boys shipped out , put-sued by
Dnvall and tits faiher , after an alarm had
been scat to police heidiiuartors , nr.d whllo
running young Acuei-man drew n revolver
and tired , the bullet passing within a few
inches of young Duvall's bead. The pur
suers stopped , hut the pollco arrived soon
afterwards anil look youni ? MltcheoeU into
custody. About midnight Ackeriiriu was
arrested by Olllcers Otto and Cnrnahiin , and
this morning oniroT Sphiin corralled Adaim.
Ackonimn iicunowledgc.s shooting but says lie ,
tired nt a Hog. They will have their trial
later.
.lohii Abies , n young man of twenty-two ,
has the charge of chicken stealingto bis
credit , but It ni.iy bo ehangod to something
more serious. About midnight lust night
Farmers Itntten andM \ Tour , living near
liaytnonrt , who have bcivi annoyed lately by
potty robboricH , noticed three men prowling
about their premises , and Instituted an inves
tigation. Tim niiiraiiiinrs ran out to the road.
where they had a team standing , and started
towards town. The two fanners secured tlio
aid of four or llvo others ami gave chase.
They overtook tbo follows northwest of the
city , but the scamps held them at nay with
their revolvers. As soon as the would-be
thieves nrvivcd In the city they scattered ,
but Allies was captured by Marshal Moltrlt
and Detective Malone at Ills home in the
southwestern part of the city. Ho acknowl
edged being out near Knymonil , but says they
had gone after a load of hogs. Ills com
panions took the llrst train for the east after
arriving hi town. Ono la named Kbelton , a
graduate of the Ifp.irnoy reform school , who
had borrowed bis father's team for the mlJ-
nicht raid.
\ M IXH1 llll : , M WUIKIl IS' TIIOflll.K.
At noon today a portion of the baggage be
longing to Duncan Clarke's lenmle minstrels
was attached by Pro ! . \VIlhml Lomi'-on. ro-
ccntly the pianist for that company. I'rof.
l.omUou says that bis object in doing this
was in order to bring ono of n series of
charges against Clnrko. First of nil the
professor lias a personal grievance , as ho
says , ho has grounds to believe that Clarke
was the fellow who threw vitriol on a now
overcoat belonging to him while bo was at
breakfast in the Hiuidall house In Heatrice
this morning. The overco.it was of course
ruined. Lomison says that such acts are
common with Clnrlco and Unit ho always
seeks such methods to get oven with persons
ho hates. The professor says that while at
Starkvillc , Miss , , Clarke got angry with the
proprietor of a hotel there and bor
rowed bis ( Lnmlson'H ) knife to muti
late n mattress in tbo hotel.
Lomison says that bo accidentally discovered
a nameless crime coininiltinl by Clarke.
Later trouble came between him and Clarke ,
although ho docs not snyvliethor this wits
the cause of it or not. Atnny rale Lomison's
connection with tbo company was severed
last night. This morning in Huntrico he saw
Clarke loitering in the corridor of the hotel
ut JJeatrice , and wlien bo went to his room
after breakfast he found that vitriol had boon
thrown on bis coat. IIo went to a Justice's
olllco In Beatrice and had pancr.s dr.iwn up
for the detention of CJlurko. The professor
says , however , that the constable was evi
dently bribed , as ho did no.t servo them.
Clarke and his troupe got away on the tr.iln ,
but Lomi.son followed and when the insignill-
cant appearing Clarke caught sight of the
professor in the depot hero this afternoon
thu latter clccluiv.s Unit Clarke threatened to
kill him. Lomison immediately rcpiiix'd to
Justice Hrown's oftlco and there secured pa
pers of attachment for certain baggage be
longing to Clarke. At nnon Constable Hun
ger served thu papers jnst as the trunks wore
being rolled into the express car. Clarke
was very delimit iind insolently nskod tbo
constable if ho had indemnity papers. Hun
ger replied :
"its none of your business. These trunks
nro now in my possession. "
The professor says that tlio charges ho
makes against Clarke do not constitute nil
that ho can make against him. That there
Is constant complaint among the ladies of tlio
troupe that Clarke opens their loiters. Only
a few weeks ago a theatrical manager wa's
nrivstoil hero for tbo very same ut-
fense. The sympathies of the
troupe seoni to Dp with Lomison
and as he kissed every girl In Hie troupe and
bade them good-bye a crowd of jealous spec
tators stood by and looked as though they
could knoci : the handsome young professor
down. A number of tlio male members of
tbo company adjured Lomison to have .some
bncUhono as it was insisted that bo could
land Clarke in the penitentiary.
A 'inuuim.i : i niMi : .
George Smith , n white man , was arrested
by OI'dcci-McU'illi.uns this afternoon on the
charge of criminally assaulting little Minnie.
Hayes , a six-year-old mulatto child , and tbo
sister of Smith's reputed wife. The yu-l has
been ailing for n few days , nnd this morning
told her mother that ( Jeorgo was thu
guilty ono. Minnie Is a pretty little
girl , but is sutferlnu from u nameless disease
that will blast. her for life. Smith denies
that ho Kid anything to do with tlio child ,
mid says thut the girl has been loftuionont
home all day , and thu prey of ai.y ono who
came along. Sintli was arrested about nine
months ago for a similar offense , but his
wife , the chief witness for the state , refused
to appear against him.
STATB not sn NOTTS.
On February nil iho banks nf this state
were noiilicd to Hie their quarterly report.
In case the report is not Hied with the bank
ing department at , the state house inside of
live days nftcr receipt of notification a pen
alty provided for by the banking law will"bo
strictly enforced.
The Farmers' canal company of Clioyenno
county has Hied amended articles of muorpo-
ru'ion. The water to l > used by the com
pany is to bo taken from the North I'latto
river.
The Silicon wall plastercompanyof Omaha
has Hied articles of incnr | > orntlon with the
seeletury of state. Tbo capital stock Is , " > ( > , -
Oilu. The incorpor.itors nro M. .1. Hums ,
' 1 homris Tuttle , C \Voodworth l , Chris
llnrtman and .lobn Shelby.
Ill 1111 IN I IH'NAWIV.
Mn. p.m Ford , daughter of Matt Hrackcn ,
was seriously injured about thu hack yester
day afternoon at Kluvuiith nnd U streets by
being thrown from a Imggy. Mr. Ford anil
his wife were driving down Klovcnth street
when part of the lmrncss gave way , fright
ening iho horsu , ami the animal ran down thu
street at a terrille pace. Tbo rig eo lided
with a tree and throw both occupants out ,
but Mr Ford oarnpou with slight Injuries.
Mrs Ford was taken to her homo tit Tenth
and U streets.
ll'IT.-T. : 01' lU'.tNIITMIPT.
A voung man hlreil a rig at I'ratt's barn
vcsterday with the understanding that ho
\\ould return homo at s o'clock. Ho did not
show up at. all hut night nnil Mr , Pratt , sup-
iwslng that the ritf was stolen , had poMta' '
cimls Issued and ti-loirriiiiw sent to various'1 '
points. At noon today tlio man rclurncd ,
mid wns somewhat ch.igrlnctl at finding Unit
ho had boon bulletined as a hor.se thief , but
bo bad to pay the costs Incurred.
IUIIN'T KNOW ir w. > i.o.Miuit.
I'.dwanl Kiirlinrt was monkeying with a re
volver last evening. It wasn't loaded no
thought , but It went off mwertheless , sending
a bull" ! through Uio p.iim of his bund , and a
doctor had to dreis the wound , l-.arbart Is a
cigar maker , bulls oil duty for a few weeks.
niHTinrr curitT IIDIMH.
Henry Mohr. found guilty of shooting wllb
Intent to wound his wife , was hrought before
.liulgo I Mold for sentence this morning. Mohr
had nothing to say , but his counsel , .1. ( ' .
Johnston , made an elegant pica for his client ,
who was thereupon se.ntoiierd to nn i year's
imprisonment at bard labor In the peniten
tiary nnd pnv the costs of prosecution. Sen
tence Is to begin with February 15 , date of
trial.
.lames Kyle , the Juryman who failed to show
up two \\eeks ace when summoned to ap
pear for duly , was nrrestcd this morning by
bcptity Sheriff McFiirlund on a bench war
rant , on a farm four miles north of ( irorn-
wood. K vie told Iho deputy ho was waiting
to hour what his employer , .lobn Fit/gerald ,
had to say iihoutbls going.
ThtXioodoll-ciay cnso was given to the
jury Saturday afternoon , but ill 'J o'clock no
verdict had yet liecn reached , and It Is
thought they will disagree . They sent 111 for
Instructions winch wore written out by tli
court.
.ludpo Field and a Jury tire engaged today
In hearing the case of Calvin A. ICrenmur vs
A. Irwln , lor $ ivt damage * for iinn-fulllllnicnt
of a conlrnct which the plaintiff had entoreil
into with defendant for lowering ; a stem
building on O street. ICivainnr says that
after ho. had his tools on the ground defend
ant gave the lob to another man. The tie-
fendnnt has iiniJo a tender for diuniige.s , but
doesn't tliinlt bo was ilnnr.iircd $ ( M worth , lie.
says he couldn't , llml Kieanier when hu
wanted him , and therefore gavoo-.it tbo Job.
1'iior. mmiivr T\KIS : \ ri.vin. :
Many Llncolnltes will ivniemhor I'rof.
Mionve , tno man wno gave lesions m em
balming bore at the undertakers' convention.
Tbo last milliner of the Western Undertaker
gives particulars of Sherlve's running
away with Minnie Homing , nn estimable
young liHy of Milwaukee , to whose parents
lit ) represented himself as n single man.
Th'\v ' were nmrrlod with great cclnt , and Iho
conplo Immediately st-artod for Hr.vil.
Sherivo left n wife. In Hoston , who , no bear
ing Iroin her siisband , advertised in a tradi )
paper , whereupon the whole story eaino out.
ODDS \\i > ixi : < d.
Wall Lee , an tilmond-oyodsonof the Orient ,
u'nlkcd into the station Ibis morning and in-
Termed tlio sergeant that boys were in thu tV t
habit every evening of perforating his windows V ,
dews with stones , ami bo had $10 bo would ,
pay If the police would catch ono of _ thoiii.
lioorgo Anderson , who rooms in Xo. 2 of
the Nebraska house. ICIghtli and O streets.
Is liinuniliiu- ) In.ss of u * ' > ( > old watch mid
chain which some ono &tolo from his room
last , night.
Hornet ) II. Almy , for twelve years a resi
dent of Lancaster county , died ut 5 o'clock
Saturday afternoon , at bis'homo in University
place , of an apoplectic stroke. Ho was
stricken Friday night , and wns nnconsclou ?
until bis death. Decease. ! was aged llfty-
two years nnd five months , and loaves a wlfo
and ilvo children.
' .ltiSIXHl JKS1N.
Puck : Edwin Miss I'nckinbov sweet
Angelino Angelina Well , I must say you
have sand ! Kdwii | Let mo mix it with your
sugar and wo will go into business together.
Angelina Ask papa , Eildy 1
Washington Post : A philosophic dealer in
clocks referred to the lire that broke him up
as n great consumption of tune.
The messenger buy is very frequently scon
to go along the street at , a spring feverish
pace.
"Conversation water" appears to bo tbo
latest name for whisky in Ore , : on. H is
quite suggestive.
A corroboratlon "Rue is straight gooJ.s , "
remarked Miss Hiucchor.
"Yes , " replied Miss Emerson of Uoston ;
"sbu is undovhiting merchandise. "
Question When a man says that ho knows
that bo knows nothing , Is it not an absur
dity I
Answer Tbat depends on tbo man.
Washington Star : "What do you know
about , the dissolution of parliament ! " the ed
itor asUed the now man at tbo foreign dosK.
" .Vothiug , " ho said innocently ; "I didn't
know It was dissolute. "
U C'arllno : "So you maintain that you
were only three/days in Home and saw every
thing In that short time ; "
"Certainly ; there wore three of us , vousco ,
myself my wife and my son. I tlitl the pic
ture galleries , my v.'lfo the churches and my
son tbo hotels and restaurants , lu the evening -
ing wo compared notes. "
Mnnsoy's Weekly : "I don't ' lllco to servo
actors. " sain the barber.
"And why not ; " Inquired the victim.
"llecauso they're never sutlsllcd with their
part.1' '
New York Kpconlor : It is announced that
the play of "Cleopatra'1 is to bo burlesqued.
As thoroaro llvo Cleaputras on tba stage nt
this time playing two versions of Unit drama
it is difticiilt tobco'vby thlsiulJitlonal bur-
Is necessary.
Washington post : "Y-a-a-s , " snid Snipely :
" 1 llml that I am quite the r.ige , you 1-now.
I have a'sy number of demands for mv auto
graphs. " " .No doubt , " replied Shotkins. "I
myself hope to iicconimoilatu two gentlemen
who have waited soiuu llmo for my signature
to cheeks. "
She was six feet two 'twas n sight to beheld -
hold bor.
And she married a man who came up to her
shoulder.
A .MyMory Solved.
Pnovmr..vrK , U. I. , Fob. ' . > : ! . Tbo
body of I'rof. Bancroft was Inund
early this morning ; in Dyer's pond ,
Cranston. His- remarkable disappearance -
anco from Drown university , where ho was
professor of rhetoric and Bullish literature ,
occurred last December. Ho bad not been
feeling well for some tlnio anil Monday ,
December s , iy.io , ho went nut to take a walk ,
from which bo never returned.
Ilra'/.ilinn Atl'iili- * .
Lnvnos' , Fob.Special : [ Cablegram to
Tin : HII : : . I-The Iruiliau ! ; minister hero ,
when questioned today as toaflairs lu llrnzll ,
said ho was unable to confirm the alarming
reports received from that country. He
added bo did not bcliuvo th.iro was any truth
in tlio reported renewal ot iHilitlcnl trouble
in Di-.uil.
Xo Mnloi'ily IM't'sonl.
Sl'iiiNnfiii.t : ) , 111. , Fob. SI.-AS no majority
was present nt the joint session of tlio legisla
ture tod.iy , an adjournment wns taken after
ono ballot. The uvo houses met In separateso > .
slon.but transacted no business of Importniu'u
boort ( ) adjourning.
Highest of all in Lsavening rower. U. S. Gov't Report , Aug. 17 , 1889.
