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OMAHA'S ' charter nmondmonta oupht
now to bo urged upon the legislature.
TUB winter lioinp about over tlio gon-
_ crouacoal barons have agreed to reduce
prices. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tun house announces that It is ready
for adjournment. The people tire about
voidy for It , too.
AFTKR a few days of anguish the log-
Islt'turo discovered that the wheels o (
legislation could revolve without Tay
lor.
THE man who succeeds Groff in tlio
land bureau will bo at a disadvantage.
Ho will have to bo measured against a
lofty background.
Tim lively scramble for the guber
natorial nomination In Now York f ur-
nlshoa ground for the hope that a , re
publican will Iwolcctod this year.
SHOULD President Unrrison appoint a
colored man to ono of tlio circut judge-
nhipg , the uup of South Carolina's woo
would bo filled to tlio bubbling brim.
Tin : growing Importance of Omaha as
a packing center is Illustrated by the ac
tion of the Omaha packing company
which has increased its capital stock
from $250,000 to 8500,000. ,
AN American dollar good in any
country from the United States to Pata
gonia is the probable outcome of the
intormitiomil monetary conference now
in progress in Washington.
GOVBUNOU NICHOLS assures Secre
tary Uluino that the Now Orleans affair
Is being "Investigated. " This is prob
ably about the lust that will bo hoard
of that deplorable , but effective affair.
_ jKVErAND has profited by his recent
experience in letter writing iu which ho
estranged the soulhorn wing of his
party. Ho has returned to the old
I tariff reform oplstlo and mailed it to nn
Indiana fruo trade club.
I
ANY sum within reason should bo
cheerfully paid for Improvements ns im
portant to the appoaraneo and convenience -
ionco of Omaha us these which will
chip off the Doujjlusstreet hog-back and
fill tlio St. Mary's nvonuo riwluo.
men have the world of poli
tics by the oars already , and now comes
Senator Leland Stanford with an offer
of tlio presidency of Iceland Stanford ,
jr. , university to an Indiana man. The
place pays $10,000 nyoarandarosidonco.
OMAHA should bo fully represented at
. the trans-Mississippi congress In Denver ,
May 10. Otnuhu should always bo rep
resented when questions involving the
interests of thatrans-Misjlsaippl country
are discussed by delegates called In con
vention for Iho purpose.
A OKitiiYMANDKli of congressional
dUtrlcts for partisan purposes ia tech
nically legal , however Inexcusable and
unfair it may bo. A gerrymander of
legislative districts Is wrong in prin
ciple , wrong In law and entirely Indo-
foriHlblo. It ia n fraud upon voters and
taxpayers ,
CITI/.KNS of the Nutmeg Htnto will
i inaUo tv political issue of the usual fast
duy. Democrats refuse to recognize
Governor Bulkoloy'a right to proclaim
It and , doraocniUc oillolals failing to
furnish the clergy copies of It , the usual
pulpit anuouncoincnts have not been
mudo , This is iv bad mixture of politics
and religion.
Tun now committee for the oxnmlnn-
tlon of teachers elected at thu mooting
of the bou-d of education at Its ad
journed session could not well bo im
proved upon so far as the character and
qualifications of its members are con-
cornod. THIS Bur. suggest : ) that there
Is something more or loss anomalous
about the practice of appointing loach-
ors already in the schools to examine
Into the quallllcatlons of applicants who
possibly may soolc the positions hold by
the oxamlnord. It is perhaps proper
that one of the city touchers bo nu this
examining committee , but certainly a
. majority should bo entirely and unques
tionably disinterested.
Ktxa CONS AAD TJIK
The report of Iho statistician ol the
ngrlfullurnt department on the distribu
tion and consumption of corn Is full of
interest und nugffcsllvcncB3 for the
statcn lying la the corn bolt. An ab
stract of the report wns telegraphed
over the country tv few vrcoks ago , but
its importnnco li sueh as to render a
study of the full text of the document
very profitable atthlatlniu.
The corn crop of 1SS9 was tlio largest
ever ralsod. It 7t8 ( so largo an to pro-
elude the possibility of profit to produc
ers living at n considerable distance
from the market. The high freight
rates undoubtedly nddod another depressing -
pressing feature to the situation , but
there wns no reason to doubt that over
production was the principal ovll. The
railroads wore crowded , the markets
wore glutted , and great quantities wore
never moved from the ground on which
the harvesters left them.
These facts wore abundantly proven nt
the time and are fully cstublised by there-
port of the government statistician. And
yol the farmers of the corn-bolt deliber
ately plan nod a great extension of acreage -
ago for the same staple in the spring of
1800. If the senwm had proved as favor
able as the previous ono , the yield would
have boon correspondingly Increased
and the market would doubtless have
been so much the worse. But provi
dence Intervened , and the crop of 1890
proved to bo the stgallost , In proportion
to population , for 10 years. The otllclnl
statistician evidently regards this as a
piece ot good fortune for the producers
of the west , for ho says "tho disaster
proved a blessing In disguise. " This
conclusion ho doubtless justifies to
the satisfaction of his statis
tical mind by the enhanced
prices and the favorable conditions for
the future. But , so far us the hnmot-
diato results are concerned , ho is mis
taken , fl'ho. short crop of 1800 was a
greater calamity to Kansas and Ne
braska than the low prices of 18S9. High
prices confer no benefit on the farmer
if ho 1ms no corn to sell. On the con
trary , they entail a direct hardship
when ho hns to buy corn to feed his
stock , or ship it to market before it is in
condition to command good prices.
These facts should lead the producers
to a thoughtful consideration of the
situation. When a manufacturer finds
the market overstocked with a certain
class of goods ho docs not continue
to produce that kind of wares
for com petition in a hopelessly
overcrowded market. Ho studies the
situation and trios to adjust his product
to the conditions of supply and demand.
It Is more dlllluult to do this in tlio cabo
of agriculture than in the manufacture
of boots and shoos , or cotton cloth. But
the organized bodies of farmers should
seek to avail themselves of tlio light
thrown upon their business by statistics ,
and to improve their prospects by ac
cepted commercial methods. If the
legislature makes the provision for
farmers' institutes that it has been re
quested to do , they should bo made use
ful in this direction.
The statistician of the agricultural de
partment anticipates good prices for
corn this year. The vl&iblo supply is
small , and the homo and foreign demand
good. But the impressive feature of the
figures ho presents ia that the western
producer expects the marknt to bead-
justed to his product , nithor than to ad
just his product to tlio market. No
other business has prospered lonp on
this theory , nnd It is qulto apparent that
farming cannot.
HEADY TO JXKUOTIATE
As now appears , it will depend upon
President Harrison to determine
whether negotiations looking to a reci
procity arrangement with Canada shall
bo opened before the meeting of th
next congress. Advices from the Do
minion indicate that the government is
about ready to Bond ti commission to
"Washington with authority to present
a proposition for a now commercial
treaty , but there is some doubt as to the
nature of the recaption It would receive.
It was stated a few days ago that Secre
tary Bhiino hnd given It to ba under
stood thut ho will not recommend the
appointment of commissioners on bohalt
of the United States until ho has boon
fnrnishod with , some substantial proof
that tlio Canadian and British dolomites
nro not going to Washington with some
impracticable ) scheme , trumped up to
carry out pledges to the electors of Can-
nda during the late campaign , without
any serious belief that the negotiations
would como to anything. It was also
stated that Secretary Blainohad notified
the Canadian premier through the Brit
ish minister that he will not on tor into
formal conference until the Canadian
representatives have informally dis
cussed the question with him.
Although this Information comas In a
rather roundabout way , it is not
improbable that it rollectH the foot
ing nt Washinpton. It is evident
that there Is no great sollci-
tudo on the part of the administration
regarding reciprocity with Canada , and
it is well understood that It will bo en
tirely usolofs to seek it on the bails pro
posed by the Canadian government in
the late campaign. If that government
has nothing more to propose than a frco
exchange of natural products it may ns
well abandon till thought of negotiations
with the present administration , for no
man in the country is more strongly
comiultcd against this policy , which pre
vailed from 1851 to 1800 , than Mr.
Ultvino , Ho was In full aeeord with the
action of congress in 1803 requesting the
president to give the British govern
ment the rcquibite notice to terminate
the last reciprocity treaty , and ho has
often gone on record in public speeches
against any fatioh ono sided arrangement
its existed under that treaty. This must
bo well known to tlio government politi
cians of Canada , and hence tholr pro
posal to make the old treaty
the basts of negotiation for a now ono is
suggestive of a want of sincerity in their
professed doslro for reciprocity. They
wore com polled to offer the people some
thing that appeared to promise thorn
hotter trade intercourse with the United
States , and they could safely propose to
revive the old treaty without compro
mising tholr .devotion to Kngllsh inter
ests , while at tliosamo time iiianlfcbtlng
u desire to subserve the agricultural In-
toroaU of the Dominion , und if that
fulled they would still have the excuse
they have used alnco the last treaty ex
pired , nnmuly , that the United States
docs not doslro to renew reciprocity , vlth
Canada.
Tha Dominion government will un
doubtedly send a commission to Wash
ington. It caa hardly find a plnuslblo
oxcuso. to malto to the Canadian people
for omitting to do BO , unless our govern
ment should decline to nogotlato. But
It is safe to predict that If the authority
of the commission shall bo limited to the
nrogrammo thus far announced , its
efforts will como to naught. Whatever
concessions are necessary in order to se
cure reciprocity must eltloily como from
Canada.
OWXBD 111'
The city council by its recent disgrace
ful behavior has served notice upon all
companies , corporations and individuals
seeking Investments in Omaha that their
capital is not welcome or desired. 1'nn
Bii : finds nb fault with any mombiir of
that body who wishes to modify the
terms upon which any proposition
for a franchise or privilege
shall bo grunted , when that modification
Is in the city's ' interest. It does main
tain , however , that overtures from busi
ness men promising largo investments
and the employment of labor shall bo
treated with candor and respect. The
people of Omaha nro growing very
weary of this trifling with matters in
which they may bo presumed to have
some interest.
The action of the council in Us treat
ment of the Ballon electric light fran
chise is merely another evidence that
certain members are owned , body , soul
nnd breeches by the corporations now
controlling valuable city franchises.
The brazen manner In which oily coun-
oilmen manifest tholr alloglanco tothcso
local corporations brings the blush of
shame to the cheeks of every honest
citizen.
.1 GOOD F1XAXOIAL RKCOHl ) .
Opponents of the republican party are
straining their lungs in proclaiming
that the surplus has boon squandered ,
although for years they hud deprecated
the existence of a surplus. 'Clio last
democratic president repeatedly de
clared the surplus to bo a constant men
ace to the country. A careful and can
did study of the financial record of the
present administration , in comparison
with that of its predecessor wilt compel
thorn to greatly modify their denounce
ment. It is well known that tlio Cleveland -
land administration , was as careful as
possible of the surplus. For political
reasons it doslrod that this "constant
moraco" to the country should steadily
Increase In volume , and this it didgrow
ing from $92,000,000 when that adminis
tration came into power to the highest
flguro it has ever reached , S191OOJ,000 ,
at the beginning of the last year of its
term. Yet during all thm time there
was a legal and proper way to have dis
posed of a largo part of it in the redemp
tion of bonds and the reduction of the
public debt. When the demo
cratic - administration took con
trol of "tho treasury tlioro was deposited
in the national banks less than $10,000-
000 of the public money , und in 1888
these deposits had reached $ oj,000,000. ,
Never hoforo nor since were the banks
so favored with the Ube of the money of
the people free of interest. What was
the record of the administration regard
ing the public debt ? During its first
two years the debt was reduced $141-
000,000 , only a little moro than one-third
of which was by purchases from the sur
plus revenue. During its last two years ,
under great pressure from the money
market , there wns applied to the pur
chase of bonds 8113,000,000 , of the sur
plus revenue , and this was done under n
sort of protest respecting the authority
of the treasury to buy bonds , the pur
chase having been at ono time entirely
suspended until congress by joint roso-
.lution declared that the secretary of the
treasury was legally authorized to use
the surplus for this purpose.There
was not the slightest ground for a doubt
as to this , but no strong was the desire
of the democratic administration to hold
the surplus for political reasons that It
was willing to imperil- the financial and
commercial Interests of the country ,
then urgently demanding the release of
a part of the money In the treasury ,
rather than dispose of the surplus in re
ducing the public debt , as provided for
by explicit acts of congress. When Mr.
Cleveland wont out of office the surplus
amounted to $130,000,000 , of which $43-
000,000 , was deposited in national
bunks.
\Vhut Is the record of the first two
years of the present administration ? It
wont Into olllco pledged to continue tlio
policy of the previous republican ad
ministrations in returning to the people
as miioh an possible ) of the surplus by
the purchase of bonds , thus reducing
the public debt and the annual burden
of interest It was pledged by the plat
form of the last national convention to
withdraw the public money from the na
tional batiks as rapidly us possible. II
has boon absolutely faithful to these
pledges. Thoto has boon no quibbling
with regard to its duty and no halting
in the course which the law authorizes.
It hns acpliod $144,000,000 of the surplus
revenue to the purchase of bonds , an
amount only $18,000,000 loss than wns
used for this purpose during the
whole four years of .tho Clove
hind administration. It has rodttcei
the public debt $ ! i28.000,000 , or moro
than two-thirds the amount of the re
duction during the entire preceding
democratic -administration. It has ef
fected a largo annual savlng-of interest ,
and Its purchase of bonds was at a considerably
sidorably loss average- premium than
was paid by the preceding administra
tion. The obligation to withdraw the
public ruonoy from the national banks
has boon curried out as far na practica
ble , the process requiring to ho con
ducted with care and caution , but there
was In the banks at the beginning of the
present month only $24,000,000 , against
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$43,000,000 at thoamo ditto two years
ago.VIth regard to the money market
the administration lias pursued a con
servative nnd judicious policy that has
served to establish and maintain confi
dence.
No republican need hesitate to chal
lenge attention to the financial record of
the present administration und to Invite
eompa rlson with that of its predecessor.
I has booi vJsecareful ) and honest , and
f the policy lhys far pursued shall bo
continued , as , t\oio | \ Is ovary reason to
o.xpoct It will Insofar us It is practic
able to do BO .under . soratwliat changed
conditions , tlio country maj fool confi
dent thut its financial Interest * . , so far as
they depend upon Iho operations of the
mtlonnl treasury , will bo Intelligently
and judiciously subserved.
THISIIK is aeori/llct / between the civil
nnd military authorities of South Dakota
ever the two Radian murderers recently
Indicted by the , United States grand jury
at Sioux Palls. The Indians are hold ns
prisoners of .war upon nn Implied , If not
express , agreement that they should not
bo stii rendered to the tender mercies ot
a South Dakota jury unless the whlto
mttrdorops of a friendly and loyal Indian
named Pow Tails bo also brought to
justice. The position of the army ofllcor
; n refusing to deliver thorn to the United
States marshal Is not unfair. South
Dakota owes it to her dignity as a law
ubldine community to provo that the
whlto man who wantonly kills a harm
less old Indian is guilty of just ns deep
dyed a crime as tlio red man who treach
erously sbonts down a soldier or a government
ornmont employe. What Is law for ono
should bo law for the other. It is an
excellent opportunity for our neighbor
ing state to provo that her law makns
no distinction in race or previous condi
tion.
IT HAS boon assorted on the floor of
the house that the number of insane
poisons in Nebraska now kopl. in county
jails and infirmaries exceeds five hun
dred. This is a wild guess , evi
dently made for the purpose of In
fluencing action upon the bill proposing
nn appropriation of $75,000 for two wings
at the Hastings asylum. Inasmuch as
the oltlclal statistics show not to exceed
eight hundred insane people In Nebraska
it would appear that very nearly all arc
now provided for. An appropriation of
$2.3,000 for ono wing would bo a reason
able expenditure perhaps , but tlioro is
no reason of adding a capacity of 2 4 for
the accommodation of not exceeding ono
hundred. A part of this $75,000 can bo
saved , nnd it ought to bo saved.
Tim mooting of the government board
of exports at Lincoln is a matter of deep
interest to the west , They represent an
investigation that promises important
results to the people of the D.ikotas ,
custom Montana and other sections.
They have already found evidence of an
ample supply of underground water for
the purposes of artesian irrigation , and
their present object is to ascertain the
limits of the supply. If their enterprise
is completely siujcosaful it will bo fol
lowed by wonderful developments in the
Dakotasand elsewhere.
IN TUB controversy between the chair
man of the hVaVd of public works and
the asphalt paying contractor , so far as
it Is porbonal , the public takes no special
interest ; but the personal ill-will exist
ing should not bo allowed to-plungo the
city into unnecessary , litigation or to
provonj the prp ros'sl'.of implements
upon btroots where property owners are
willing and anxious to moot the expendi
tures and nil Iho tedious Retails of
preparation have boon completed.
Ir Hon. Thomas Carter of Montana
should bo appointed commissioner of the
general land olllco , Secretary Noble
will certainly wFsh to resign. Any man
from Montana in that bureau would bo a
source of irritation to the secretary.
This is no discredit , however , to Mr.
Carter , but Is merely another way of
saying that Mr. Carter's constituents
have not approved of Secretary Noble's
policy In connection with land matters
in Montana.
MRS. POTTKR PA&MKII , president of
the ladles'board .of world's fair man-
agora Is besieged ' night and day by
women who want-tpspryo on committees.
This incident illustrates the qualities
that might bo expected of the fair sex if
they were eligible to all oflicos. They
would bo very much like their fathers
and brothers.
Society's ' Nonequity.
It wasBurkowbo said you could not in
dict n whole pcoplo ; nnd when thousands of
the best citizens of a city like New Orleans
rise in their might , and because of murders
past and Impending and of a miscarriage of
justice , sweep a dozen of a. notorious ven
detta gatiR on the cartu , the necessity which
has made such an act imperative is more to
bo regretted than the act itself , says tlio
Christlau at Worlc. Society miist protect It
self , nnd if the law refuse to interpose Its
shield agalast the deadly stillctto , then soci
ety must take the case lu Its own
bands. Tlio safety of the pooplu is the
supreme law. Such an organization as the
Mafla , such vendettas as that of the Proven-
znnos mid MantMn us , suck iHixbollc.il con-
spiracio's ns tuoso Italian desperadoes were
charged witb , are ilunccrj to society , foes to
law and oraor and not to bo tolerated in au
American community. They cannot bo too
quickly or too thoroughly stamped out.
Jurors as well as assassins will appropriate a
needful loison , that the one will sea tbe ne
cessity of meting oilt exact justice , and that
the latter will have brought homo to them
the truth as old asho " race "Whoso shod-
dcth man's bloodi by. man shall his Wood bo
shod. " Jj , ' , '
J01ei rnti. tii U , , Gut Itul Of.
I'Mlmltlphta Inqniicr.
Wo have comtninlsts and anarchists by
the thousands ulwavs roaily to overrun ROV-
crnmciitaiid instate a rolgn of terror and
riot. Those nro tha elements that are not
welcome to thoso'shdres , and they are ele
ments that must bo. got rid of or , at leait ,
prohibited from injfcntflng ia numbers by
immigration. Thqproblorn of the near
future is restrlctlqn , Our laws are not yet
severe enough , jb ono would think of ro-
pelllug an hoac t , Italian or an bonost
German or uu honest aud hard working for-
elgnur from anywhere , but this country can
not po on forever as an asylum for all the
bandits and assassins and murderers and
anarchists and oatcasts generally who llnd
tholr own nations too bet for tboin , Every
ailoptod citizen must bo taught that his duty
is to obey tbo laws. Nothing moro 1s asked
of him. _
Dlocl In duongo.
Mrs. William Koss , who for ttiirty years
resided in this city and recently moved to
Chicago , died last Sunday. Mrs. Itoss wns
thu mother of Miss Lona'ltoss , who resides
In this city.
Academy of Kino Arts.
Doflulto nrraugomcnU have at hit been
made nuil "The Academy of Fine Arts" will
open April I la TUB DKH bullUlnfr , wlioro the
students will uavo elegant quarters on the
lint lloor.
T/fJBXOllTlltt'KST ,
llonitotl to Death.
Tbcoiloro Valencia , A shcop bonier on an
Arizona range , recently built a flro under n
tree anil lay down to sleep. In the course of
ttio nlfjht the tree wns burned tbrouRh nt the
hnso ana the trunk fell acre-is the body of
the herder , pinning it to the wound , la this
I'osltlun ' ho was slowly burned to death ,
Hawed n .Mini ,
An Indian whiloworulug recently in a saw
mill at Posscmn , B. 0. , stopped and foil
against a circular saw , wlitch , almost In n
iliomcnt , ripped nnd cut the lower pfirt of his
body Inn filchtful manner , causing Iintau-
taneous death. Another Indlau , n stronR ,
liontthy follow , saw tbo accident nnd foil un-
couiclous. Ho remained in this condition
during the night aud died at daybreak tbo
next morning. _ _ _ _
Worse Thtm Knltli Cure.
Kaport coui-js from Tyndall. S. D. , that
there It a man in that county who allowed
his daughter to dlo n week or two ago and
refused to call In modlcal aid , nltbnuch n
physician passed Us ilojr while the girl was
writblilg In agony , lie assigned as tlioron-
sou forsuuhhcartlcsKiicss that the girl \vaa \
weak and sickly and unnblo to do inuoh
work , so ho prcfencd that she should dlo
and bo nut of the way. Such depavlty In a
civilized community seems almost Incredible.
Cmoy'H ; Scouts' llivfd Journey.
The Chn.vonno scouts whom the ill-fated
Lieutenant Casey took from Fort ICeogh to
tlio 1'Iuo Htdgo agency at the breaking out of
the Indian trouble have returned to Tort
Miles , Mont , after a hard trip overland the
whole distance in return. I'hoy are under
Lieutenant Getty , who was Casey's ' second
In command. Their animals are badly worn ,
as also nro the men. They accompanied 700
Cheycniiea that have been moved from Pine
KUlgoto the Tongue Kiver agency. Tbo
sufterlng of those Indians with tholr squaws
and pnppooses was intouso.
liiHano Through Sympathy.
Two women named McDcrraott , ono twen
ty-seven nnd the otber twenty-four years of
age , i\ero committed to the nsylum for the
lusano iu Stockton , Cal. , under peculiarly
distressing circumstances. Five years ago
the eldest girl became Insane through illness.
The otuor visited the lusano patient , and on
seeing her manclcd became Instantly
crazy herself. Uoth recovered attur sev
eral mouths' treatment nnd have
boon with their parents m this
city until yesterday. The youngest woman
lecnmonpaln mentally weak nnd was treated
lit * rillvalf > 1 nua A fi\\r dnvu Intrtv * tVir ntilnat.
sister suddenly lost her reason. The pecu
liarity of the cases lies in the fact that the
youngest ilrst went iimno through seeing
her sister crazy , and four years afterward
the older girl's Insanity suddenly returned
through seeing heryounger Mstcr crazy. The
doctors think there is a great afllnlty between
the two girls , and that to keep them separate
will help both. The doctors believe both will
bo restorca to health by a few months' treat-
meat.
Crop Outlook.
Thoheart of every farmer in the grc.it wheat
belt of tbo Palouso rejoices at the Indications
of a harvest In IbOl that may exceed the phe
nomenal ono of IS'JO ' , which blocned the two
transcontinental roads for three months sub
sequent to the harvest. The entire country
has been covered with snow from a depth o <
six inches la the vicinity of Walla Walla
to about two feet in the region
around Colfax. It has molted slowly
beneath tbo warm rays of the sun
nnd the south-blown Chinook from the
sea , and the moisture has soaked into the
soil and permeated it instead of running off
thu surface. Plowing nnd seeding will bo in
progress in ten days at least.
There will ho n largely Increased acreage
In wheat this year , and a conservative prog
nostic ttlon of tbo product of Whitman
county for tlio coming season , based on the
nvcrngb yield per acre last year of between
thirty nml thirty-live bushels , is at least
fifteen million bushels , exclusive of all other
cereals. Flax culture is becoming qulto an
industry in this section , and large areas will
bo sown to U this season. All that Is nccdod
Is better transportation facilities.
Tardy Claimant Tor Millions.
City and County Attorney Durst of San
Francisco has received the following novel
communication :
March 10,1891.-Dear Sir : I wit Drop you
a few Lines to llnd out something or got
some trace of the Lick Aslato in your Town
tell mo Avhat Was Done with It an1 all
About It. Et has Din alongthne since the
old inau dido and tell me What went with
Property nn monuy. It May by thut It is
kept so close that you have not hoard of It
but you can mid out all about It his botoll
went by the Name of the Lick houso. I was
small when he dido ho Was my father
uncle from all accounts an' If you Picoso
anccr this an tell mo all you know about it.
I have ritton to sovorl but got no ancor when
it was Ilrst I'ubleshed that bo was ded 1 pot
a Lawur rite there an ho said that ho Never
Could get Eny ancor If you Picas inquir
about It an Writoto mo , Dureot your letters
to Win. Leek
Honey Grove Co. of Farmin
Texas
Yours Truly
AVm. Lick.
'Do nil you Can Forruo au I will pay you
well for you trouble
I nin a poor Boy an of thir Is eny thing for
mo I would bo myty glad.
Ttallwny Const motion.
The northwest Is practically the only portion
tion of coast territory where any consldor-
able amount of building is being dono. Work
has been resumed on the Seattle Belt line , a
Northern Pacllic property , mid it is pronablo
that the work will bo regular and continuous
until the line is completed. At Renton ,
Wash. , the company has put four crossings
over the track of the Columbia & Puget
Sound roud , and track Is now boins laid be
yond that lino. The llowo tn s bridge
across Cedar river has been completed.
A party of surveyors are running a line
from tno'Scattie.Lnko Shore & Eastern along
the south end of L'iko Wlmtcam , ttjonco
along tlio east shore of liollingbam bay along
nn old survey. Tbo surveyors are said to bo
In the employ of the Canadian Pacific.
The force of graders at work on the Yaklma
& Pncillc Coast , road will bo largely Increased
as soon as the ground is dry enough. A.
change has been made in the survey of thu
road between Chehatls und South Bend ,
Wash. , so as "to shorten the distance.
The contiactors on the extension of the
northern branch of tbo Seattle , take , Shore
& Eastern have just completed a mlle of worlc
on which there are live trestles. The track
layers nro cow at Nooktack City , Wash. , and
the connection witii thu branch of the
Canadian Pacific will ho made by the last of
this mouth , as but six mites of the track is to
bu laid to bring the Canadian Pacillo Into
Washington , Oregon anil California on an
all r.ill lino. Tlio tlmo calnod over the old
water route from Tncoma to Vancouver will
bo almost a day.
id if.
Grand Rijidt ( Democrat.
There's ' a fatality of
dropsy
In the poetry Of today ;
It drops and
in end middle
In a fantastic
roost way.
It
drops
down at ono corner ,
drops up at ono end ,
And
In tag
most xigJour
curious , noy
Do the meter wend.
verse and
Quito Irresistibly
funny
Are woo ,
those drops the poets
Dut there ono that's not so
funny ,
It'H
The
Price
That's '
Dropped
Down
Too
JNCOIN CITIZENS NOMINATE ,
They Meet nnd Plitco an Independent
Ticket in the Field ,
EXHAUSTED ALL LEGAL EXPEDIENTS ,
Probability Thnt the Shcotly Cnso
Slny Ho Drought to Trial Shortly
Other News JVoni tie !
Capital City.
Lixcor.v , Nob. , March 21. [ Spocinl to Inr.
Inn. ] Some twenty-five of thocltlrcnswho
mvo oxproasod themselves ns dissatisfied ,
vithsomoof the municipal nomination.- * met
11 the law oftlco of Lowls ft Lewis this morn-
UK to plnoo n citizens' ticket 111 the Held. Ono
imu suggested thut they put tlia naniM of nil
candidates for mayor In n hat , slmlto thum up
nnd pick out ono wtiom tlioultUons shall sup-
> ort the ccpiiblicau noinlnoo's mime of
course to bo cut out. This didn't '
ncot with much favor , nnd the follow-
ug ticket was selected : Mnyor , A. II , \\clr
hid. ) : treasurer , 13. U. Btophcnson ( rep , ) ;
clcrli , D. 0. Van Duyn ( rep. ) ; oxctso ootu-J ,
John Doollttlo ( rep. ; , 11. J. WUUmoro ( Ooin. ) ;
coui.cll First \vr.rd , N. 0. Broclr , ( i-ep. ) ' ,
Second , Joseph Wlttmann ( Jem. ) ; Third ,
U. 13. Chapman ( rep.Fourth ) { , A , Humphrey
( dam. ) ; Firth , H. P. K. Mlllas ( dom.i ) Sixth ,
, V. W. llobb ( Ind. ) ; Suventh , I1. C. Smith ,
rop. ) : school boarii , S U. Cox , Miss Ulliott ,
vlrs. S. C. Upton ( women's ' cuiulldules ) .
IIBADIT NOW KOlt TllUt.
The attorneys for ttio dofcnso la the
sliccdy case hnvo apparently oxhau&toil the
OBuloxpeJionts to secure tliu discharge ] of
'
.h'clr . clients wltbontirolng to a trial , and It
a probublo thatlti a few weeks the trial niny
> e hud. A reporter rnti net-ois JJetoctlvo
Vlnlono this morning , nnd tu response to a
question ns to bow ttio Btnto felt ius to Us
unking a case , the ofllcor expressed hlinscli *
is sanguine thatthuy had uvldcuuo euougn
o subs Inn tint o tlio charRolhoy havobroufjlit.
riio admission of thoeotifosslon of Moiulny
"UcFarlatid before the Jury will , of course , ho
the principal point fought over , nnd the
opinion of good lawyers sooins to bo that It
, vlll bo allowed to oo repeated. .Several
mvo characterized the confesslou of MclTar-
nndns utterly Improbable , whllootliei-s con
tend that nn iirnorant fellow llho McFarland
: ould not make up sucli a story and tell It u
lalf dozen tinios without putting his foot In
t. xvero It untrue. The state hns devoted
tselfto backing up McFurland's confession ,
nnd hnvo n score or more of witnesses to cor
roborate various points In his confession
is to his whereabouts , actions , etc. , and have
nn almost perfect w .b woven. There will bo
several surprise ! when the c.vsc comes up for
rial , particularly in the matter of attorneys
'or the prosecution , two of tlio best lawyers
n tlio state having-ben secured to aid the
state.
LIZZIE iovin nxniiT.
Ijizzlo Pnuloy , a pretty little servant phi ,
who has of lulu been employed us a domestic
u the family of Danltl McCarthy , Eleventh
and P streets , was a forced visitor nt the
narslml'soltlce last evening. Llzzlo had been
employed but one week at the McCarthy
mansion , leaving there on Wednesday of Init
wcoli. Aft'jr her deonrturo Mrs. McCarthy
discovered ttiat the baby's ' money "bank"
lud boon brolicn open , mid the contents ,
some Jli ! or $14 taken. .Also that a valuable
arcss belonging to the lady of the house was
jouo. Miss ljauloy was suspected ana a
icarcti made for her , Dutectlvo Mulono llnd.
ujihor at the house of George Burchhnw ,
Siphth and V sti-cets. Sbo gave up the
Ircss and also fC.10 In cash , nnd was nllowed
logo. The Rirl's ' parents live nt Button , and
ilthough she is not much over sixteen , she
ias been working in a number of Lincoln
families.
nisanu's HAT > DIIBAK ,
The indications are that Fred Blngcr Is In
n pretty bad boat because of tbo assault upon
old Peter Benson the other ulcht. County
Attorney Snoll anil Detective Mulono went
down to Benson's ' place yesterday afternoon
ind secured his nflldiivit in the matter. Ben
son's ' story Is that Blngor nnd several others
: amoln there Saturday night. They bad
been drinking ; and finally Hingcr assaulted
, rim , knocked him down and then jumped on
! iim. Benson's fnco Is swollen beyond recog-
nitlon , his left eye is also terri bly swollen and
sore , while the lolt leg is broken In two
places below tbo knee , and his ankle is out of
place. Dr. Everett attended the man's In-
lurics , and the clmrco against Binger will
probably bo chunged to assault with Intent to
kill. B'inger still sticks to his denial of the
assault.
SENT TO TUB 1ICFOKM SCHOOr. .
Charles \\r. "White , the fifteen-year-old kid
who is charged with grand larceny nnd bur
glary , wn ? sent to the reform school this
xiornlnK by Judge Stewart. The complaint
was made by A. G. Hastings , who charged
the boy with growing up in mendicancy for
want of parental caro. The boy's father ,
John W. White , consented to the boy being
sent. White is a thoroughly bad boy.
WOIILEXHBUO WANTS A NKW IJ15AI. .
Fred Wohlenborp Idcks on paying ? 2,000
damages to John Melchort. Ho asks for anew
now trial on tlio ground that the damages
were excessive , the verSict was contrary to
law and evidence , und that ho has newly dis
covered evidence. Therewith is Hied an ufll-
davit of Dr. E. L. Holvokoto the effect that
on the day before the trial yountf Alclchcrt
caused affiant tomaltoa surgical examination
to llnd out if ai.y ribs wore broken. Afllnnt
did so , but found the eleventh rib on the loft
side was i.ot , nor never hnd been , fractured ,
nor had there been curvature ot the spine.
Melchort swora on the stana tbo direct oppo
site.
M'llA.I'FIE'8 ' SUIT.
James C. McHafUn , by his attorney , flies
suit against John Fit/fjoruld , ndininlstrator
of the cstnto of John Sheody , and Brail
Hingcr , constable , mking damages In the
sum of $3,171.50 , for conversion of property.
Ha claims that defendants unlawfully and
wrongfully and by force of arms ejected
plaintiff from the Hotel Made , wherein ho
had property of the value named , and re
fused to allow him to take the same with
him. Part of the property , an itemized list
of which Is tnudo npartoftliopotitloii.hu
had purchased from tlio Shocdy estate and
part from dealers and manufacturers.
A TOUQ1I CITIZEK.
Snumt O'Connor ' is greeting bis many ac
quaintances from behind the bars again ,
Squint has given the police stntloa tbo go-by
for some time , but this was duo to the fact
that ho was out of town. Ho wandered back
again , however , and was cnjoyinif himself in
the bottoms last evening when Ofllcors Kin-
11 oy and Deb Malonn walked In on him and
jailed him on tbo charge of destroying city
property. The last tlmo ho was Incarcerated
was because ho became so exasperated at the
law's pcrsistcnco in Jailing him thut ho toro
the blankets to shreds and hid the pieces
under the bunk. The malicious net was not
discovered until after the follow had bocn
discharged , and the police have over Hluco
boon lovingly nnd longingly awaiting his re
turn.
ONT.Y A MATTCR OF JIUNT.
Toilav JudL'O Field and a jury were en-
Kngedm hearing the case of J. F. Uarr vs
ICunball Brothers , to recover four months rent
for a building at liar M street , amounting to
SIGO The plaintiff contends that the building -
ing was rented to defendants In 18ST for three
vcnrs , but in 183'J ' they moved out mid refused -
fused to pay the rout. The defense Is that
they were Induced to rent the building for a
torin of years on false representation , of AV.
G. I'ittman that It was u jjeod budding.
When a house that was situated Immediately
cast of the building was moved away tuo de
dlscovcied tliat the ORst wall was m
n dangerous condition , and nftcf trying to
iot ; llarr to llx It , without suco si , thov
moved out. The bulldhg ha also been c si. :
doinned by the lit * warden of tha city , w 10
onlorcd Barr to repair the witll , but ho didn't
do it , when the iiiujosty of the city was in
vokod.
ODDS AND KXD1.
John Eriut'A note of ( M ( ) , clvon to 0 , H ,
Nctninnn of lllcluimn , ID having n lively tlnm
ot it in the courts. First Notmnim'.H civil
tors attempted to nttach It , but found that
Kelinniiu und nislgncd It to his \\lfo In naj
niont of money berrowcd of her before tlalr
inarrlBRO. They then fjarnlshccd her and
she was ordorou to han 1 It Into court. Now
Dolun , lrury Ss Co. , creditors of Nolinnnn
bring suit to rocuvor It.
August Mosor reports to the police that hn
Is out good overcoat , pair oC pants and
shoos , which some follow stele eut of h
room nt the Washington houso. Ninth urn ! \
streets. Another man nnnied John Smith
reports that his room nt tuo Nebraska hotel ,
lllghth nml O strootB , waa nUo entered last
night and uf-13 suit of clothes talicn.
Dr. K. L. llolyoko , county coroner , appeal
the district court from thodlspesl'ion '
tnndo by the county couimlsslonors of h
claim of § 10.80 for viewing the body of lli-im
l'Campbell. . The commissioners bad ro
'used to pay the claim on adrico of the
county attorn03- .
Thomas MeGulflan , who cmorgctl from the
county jail nftor * protracted stay therein ,
grew weary of the confinements of a llfo of
liberty , and succcedp'l last night In lu-iMking
Into iho city jail with the assistance of
Olllcer Cnriiahan. Tbo'nni xvns enjoying
himself beating his wlfo again , and her
screams so fractured the nlr thatthu oftli-er
tooIc a band In the scrap.
Hon. B. H. Sizor and wife loft this after
noon for Ottawa , 111. , called thither by a tel
tvrani announcing that the Illness of Mr
Slzer's undo had taken n dangerous turn ,
nnd that h was not expected to live , Mr
Slzer had just returned Sunday from OtUwa ,
leaving his unolo In Improved health.
Judge Cobb Is yet too ill to care for mat
tcrs , terrestrial or gubernntorlul , and has not
yet examined any of the papers in the
'I'liaycr-Boyd case , consequently nothing was
done In the matter today , as was anticipated
A prominent politician says that the ar
tlclo in yesterday morning's ' BIE : dhl nn In
justice to S. J. Alexander , the republican
nominee for mayor of this city. Air , St
Job u was quoted as a republican , while in
fact ho was a member of the democratic con
vontion. "The fact is , " says thogontlcnmu
"tbo nomination gives general satisfaction ,
except to a few chronic klckon , who are
never satisfied unless they dictate all the
nominees. "
JtVltf.Vf.VfJEST.S. ; .
Philadelphia Itccord : A purblind South-
work sulnlllnt picked up a backnumber
news nape r and read nlnrmini ? news of cholera
somewhere In the Orient. "Just look 111
that , nioml" ho exclaimed 1 "and you had to
eoutulllini ; out thut bottle of cholera mix
ture I'd ' kept for llvo years I"
Now York Sun : "I don't ' bellovo that a
little lcirnliu : Is nt nil n dangerous thing,1'
"You would , though , if you had cvr
learned just enough to play polter , but not
enough to play it well. "
Boston Transcript ! Manufactuicr
Hereafter wo sbdl dlUdu ono-half of our
pro 11 is annually amouu our operatives.
Labor Agitator What's the matter with
dividing thu whole of your prollts among the
operatives (
OalvcstonNows : About the worst thing
in Texas is automatic democracy.
Yonkers Statesman : A spiritualist asks
"Did you over go Into n darJc room where you
coulcl sco nothing and fcol that there was
something therol" Yes , frequently , and tbo
something unfortunately chancta to bo a
rocking chair.
Chicago Trihuno : Somehow wo can't help
thinking of thut remark of John M. Palmar >
that tie uid not intend to go to hell by way of
tlio bonato. Has ho selected his route yet I
nronMyn Life ,
Whom Cupid hits with feathered dart
Ho quick repays with. Kisses ,
And , clever nnrkstnnn though ho is ,
One-half his shots nro Misses.
JNow York Sun : Mrs. Upton Henry , I
want jou to discharge your typewriter girl.
She was out last oven Ing in bad company.
Mr. Upton Why , jny dear , how er do
you know <
Mrs. Upton Oh. I know all about It. I
saw you.
Lave Is a charmer of such winsome mien
That to bo worshipped needs hut to ho seen ;
lint seen tooott , familiar with her face.
\Vo first have doabts , then warfare , then a
caso.
Harvard Lampoon : Holden Cunppollo , ' 01
( In love , but bashful ) Yea , 1 am In tlio tlio-
ntricals , But what character do ion think 1
am best titled to impersonate ! Miss Brattle
( who believes that procrastination is the
thief of time ) All things considered , I
should say a waiter.
Cleveland Plain Denier : An eminent stir-
Boon says that with four cuts and n few
stiu'l)03 ho can alter a man's face so his own
inotbor would not know him. Any news
paper can .o that with only 0110 cut.
"Ashes are very appropriate for Lont. "
"How so I"
"Why , they keep you from slipping on the
path of temptation , "
rniiFi'CTr.Y .
The really , truly Iza may have had a shapely
limb ,
And when Clomcncoau wooed her have a
Joi\cl \ seemed tu him ;
But , really , It Is mvlul wtien some histrionic
frights
Display tbclr scant proportions in those
olosely IKUnKllBLUI
Texas SifthiRS ! Gilhooly Are the people
who llvo next door to you rich ) ( Jus do
Smith- ! should s.iy BO. You ought to sco
the silverware they carry to ttio pawnbroker.
FHcgcndo Uliuttor : Signs of Spring.
Teaeber Toll mo some annual , regularly ro-
curriuc , signs of spring. Pupil Uook bn ' \
colds , summer ( jar-Jens , opou street curs iJsd
rheumatism.
Fliogondo niiuttor : "Aro you sure that tbu
author Scbmlorl it really roeoneiloil with bis
v/lfol" "Yos , I nin suio of It , forsbo roads
what ho writes and bo oats what she cooks. "
FlioROndo Illiotter : rrofcssor Oentlomon ,
ttio air Is n substance which wo cannot see ,
hut it , H by no 1110.1113 soslmple n substance us
it loolis ,
sriiiNo POKM.
JVcw lwk Sun ,
In the spring Iho youiiir maid's fancy
Ijllitly ( turm to caramels ,
Anil tbu bill of her lu ) Launey
At tbo bon-bon nhoj ) now H wells :
Hence Do Lnnccy
Poor youiiB thing
Doesn't fauoy
Gcn'.lo spring ,
Now York Herald : Will-Don't you a-1-
mlro Maud Wicgsy's Bait ) Arthur Oh ,
yes ; but during tlio winter months I prefer
to pasj tha conversation loiongiu on her
parlor soiu.
Lowell Courier : A coming strawberry ia
natnod from the Introducer , the "Lovett. "
Thnt uamu Just expresses our sentiment ! )
towards tuo whole strawberry family.
Highest of all in Ljavening Power. U S. Gov't ' Report , Aug. 17,1889.
ABSOLUTELY PURE