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JLJJJU : OAJLUIJ'VAX ' , 1V1AKUH 28 , 1891 , TWELVE PAGES. THE DAILY J3EE PUBLISHED lvKIlY MORNING. TiilMS : OKPUBSCIUI'TION. Duliy HOP fwlllioutSiindaylOno Year. . . ( 8 00 J > nllv nnd fluidity , Ono Year 10 no Hlx months . . . ft 00 Tlnon months. , S ! ! > 0 Hmielny Hue , One Year. 200 WucUly nco.OnoYciir 100 OJTHJESl firnnhn , Tlio Hro Bnlldlnc. Houth Oinnlin , Corner N mid 2Hh ( Streets. finirirll Jlliiffii , 12 1'onrl Street. Cllento OniPn7Clmml.t > ref Commerce. Now York. Itnniim 13,14 find IVFrlbunollulldliig Washington , MU fourteenth utrcot. COUnKSl'ONnENCE. All communlcatloni mlatlng to now * anil rdltorlnl inntlor should bo addressed to the Killtorlnl Department. IIUBINERS II'TTKUa. Allbnstnrtllottnr * mid ronilttnnrcsilioulil lie nddrfiKcd to Tlio Hoe I'lllulsliliic Coiniiny | ! , Oiimhu. Drafts , rhooks and postoflUoordcn to tiorniulo payable to tliu order of tlio coin- puny. The Bee Pnttlslilng Company , Prouriolors TIIK IIEB 1IU1LDINO. BWOKN STATKMENT W CIUOUI.ATION. titntoot N't'hrnslct , I County of Douglas. | " Ortireo ll. T/schurK , secretary of Tins llr.B rublismng rompnny. tlocs solemnly ( iwrnr llmt tlio nctnnl circulation of TriK DAILY Her. for the wee It ending .March 12 , 1691 , was as ruinilay' Mnrch 15 2 VA1 Monday. March in B3.I01 Tnesctuv. SInrch 17 WX-S TVidncduv. . Mnrchia Wl-l Tliiirndiiv. Slnrchia Kywi rrldnv. ' .Mnrrh 'JO BO * ! Batiirdny. MnrcliSI gA'i-H ' AvcriiRO Sil.HIl (1EOKOB II. T/.SGIIUOK. Fxvorn to before mo nnd ubiorlliod In my presence thls'Jlst day of Mnruli A. I ) . 1891. Notary Public , ftnto of TS'obraskn , I , County of DoiiRliifl , fB Gforgo 11. Tzaehiick , bclns duly sworn , da- rote * nnd Bays tlialho Is secretary of TIIK HKB I'uhllslilngcoinpnny. tlmt tlio uctnnl avoracu ( hilly circulation of Tins DAILY HUB for tlio month of March , 1800 , wtw a.H13 ) cojilcas for April , IK'O ' , Mri04 ) copies ! for Slay , 18X ! ) , 20.1M ) copies ; for Juno , lbt , 3U01 copies ; for July. : flK > . lUfGJ copies : for Aiieuat , ISlXl. SO.TMcoples ! for t'eptomber , 1800,20iTO cojiles ; for October. 3WW. StWfJ loplcs ; for Novpinbcr , 1810 , K.1.0 roplcs ; for December. ttOO. ' . 1,471 copies ; for .limitary , 1891 , 28,441 ! conies ! for Kolminry , 1891 , ai.312copies. OJOIKIE II. T/.SUUJCK. { woin to before tnp. nml subscribed In my presence , this 28th day of february. A1 % > . . 1891. N , 1 * . 1'Ktr ' * . Notary Public. TUKASUUKR HUSTON kcopa himself and hla resignation bofoi'o the public , but'ho continues to draw Ills salary. TUB treasury raiders hnvo assembled in force tit Lincoln. And it is the biBi- nosq of the legislature to see that they tvro beautifully ropulfeod. IT is a curious nnd instructive fact that as the Cleveland boom gets smaller the Hill boom gets no larger. How does Uncle Dave account for that ? THE Arkansas legislature lias taken down the portrait of George Washing ton and put the portrait of Jeff Davis in Its placo. There's a portrait of A.rkan- BBS for you. TIIKHU can bo no lasting political union between a party that alms to cheapen money and enhance the cost of living and the army of workinginon in the United States. WHO paid for the senatorial modnls tind what was there about tholr bur nished surfaces to attract the most notorious oil-room lobbyist and corpora tion hireling in Nebraska ? 1- . ! TUB spectacle of the republican presi dent of republican Prance accepting an imperial decoration from the czar of Russia is ono which shocks the Ameri can notion of republicanism. THE California legislature has ml- journod aftar electing two United States bonators. Look out now for the organi zation of a now hank with a capital that will throw ho Bank of England Into the shade. Tun Knights of Reciprocity is a boomIng - Ing organization in Kansas nnd other western slates. Consldoring the author- phlp of reciprocity , it Is to bo assumed that the members are all plumed lnlghts. have managed to gerrymander that state so as to make six out ot the 10 congressional districts Bivfoly democratic. Wisconsin democrats nro as conscienceless as those in Now Jowpy. GOVKUNOU BOYD has not had as much experience in the newspaper business as the candidate for governor on the demo cratic ticket at the election of 1883 , but nevertheless ho was able to glvo the democratic editors a few valuable sug gestions. AQAIN it may bo remarked that the Omaha man is irrepressible. Her old citizen , It. A. Harris , is about to open an extensive packing House in San Fran cisco. Ho made a fortune in this busi ness hero and will make another at the Golden Gate. TRUSTS are not conllnod to America. The worsted manufacturers of Bradford , England , have entered a combination to raise prices and control the wool market. Jn Great Britain worsteds are being trusted , BO to speak , while in this coun try trusts are being worsted. TIIK democratic governor of Rhode Island has recognized the right of the occupant of the gubernatorial ohalr of Connecticut to ask for the return of es caped criminals. The Khodo Island jrrnu may not bo a good democrat , but ho is a man of good common sense. TlIK bill to protect farmers from newspaper - paper publishers is a useless measure. The present postal laws prevent them or any other citizen from being Impose ! upon. All that need bo done to save them from bolng compelled to pay for a newspaper they do not want , have not subscribed for and on which they ewe no subscription is to refuse to take it from the postofllco. It thereupon becomes - comes the duty of the postmaster to notify the publisher that Ills periodical Is refused by the party to whom it is nddrossod. The responsibility of both postmaster and party to whom the paper is addressed ceases , If the publisher ignores the notice ho has no recourse upon either. If the pustniastor falls in 1 Ins duty , the party whom it is sought to force into a subscrluUou Is not to bltuuo , and no publisher will have a valid cliilm against him. The bill is un necessary. It will merely cumber the statutes. TIIK Vt.AU AXD TltK SCItOOb HO USB. The bill pending in the legislature requiring every' school house In Ne braska to lloat the stars and stripes pro poses to burden the 8talo with a largo and wholly unjustifiable expense. It ought not to become u In w. In 188 * Nebraska had 6,187 school houses and now has uioro. The lowest prlco for which a serviceable Hag can bo bought Is 810 , and it would require at least two of these to outlast a year of such breo/.os as wo enjoy In this bracing western climate. Even on the figures of 1888 this would require an annual ex penditure of S10J.7-JO , which is interest at 10 per cent on move than 91,000,000. lias the state , in its present stage of de velopment , no better or wiser use for thU amount of money ? It Is to bo read ily , conceded that the passage of this law would bo a go od thing for Bon But ler and other bunting manufacturers , but it is dilllcult to underst-ind how the people of Nebraska would receive any proper return upon their investment. It looks like the class of legislation in spired by somebody who wants a con tract. The idea of the flap on the school house Is a worthy one , from a senti mental standpoint. It fosters patriot ism and keeps our nationality prom inently before the future citizen in the most impressible period of his life. But there Is absolutely no warrant for voting nlanro sum from the treasury every year to carry it out. In Massachusetts and olsowhoru schools have very gen erally provided themselves with Hags through the liberality of citizens or the efforts of the children. Funds for this purpose have boon raised by entertain ments and otherwise , and when tlio Hag is obtained by thcso moans it becomes doubly dear and significant. Nebraska schools may well bo encour- njrud to provide the stars and stripes and lloat it porenially from their i oofs. But the legislature could make no excuse - cuso to the people if it should vote away over 3100,000 a year for the purpose. VALE VAXDIWOOIIT. At the Nowberry medal jamboree Paul Vandervoort announced In most thrilling and ear-piercing tones that ho was done with the republican party henceforth and forever , and would from now on bo found in the ranks of the Farmers' Alli ance independents. This is an acquisition to which the in dependents nro welcome. The repub licans of Nebraska can truthfully exclaim - claim , "Good riddance of bad rubbish. " Uad it not boon for Paul Vamlorvoort and his ilk of oil-room procurers there would have boon no occasion for an Alli ance uprising. Even at thia very legis lature Vandervoort has been the paid lobbyist of the telephone and telegraph monopolies and Is probably now on the pay-roll of the railroads , playing inde pendent for the grand stand. Six weeks ago Postmaster General Wiiiuunukar learned through a upoclal agent that Vandorvoort was lobbying and capping at Lincoln while draw- imr pay at Omaha as superintend ent of mails. And when Paul dis covered that his head was about to drop ho sent in his resignation. That ac counts for his disgust with the republi can party. So long as Groshatn and Wannmakor remain republicans , Paul has no use for the party. But for goodness sake , Messrs. Inde pendents , keep the reprobate in your ranks. If the republicans of Nebraska can got rid of him and about two dozen of his associates , there is good prospect that the party will bo able to resume full sway in this slate and redeem all the pledges it has made to the people. T/iV PLATE MANUFACTURE. It takes time to inaugurate a now In dustry. iVhen the now tariff law in creasing the duty on tin plate was passed it was promised that it would load to the establishment of mills for the manufac ture of the plate , but because this was not done at once it was assumed by some , in their eagerness to discredit the influ ence of the tariff in this particular , that the protniso hud failed. Its fulfillment , however , was simply delayed. It is now announced tlmt the St. Louis stamping company has begun the erection of the first tin plate works in this country , which , when completed , will employ 2,000 men. Companies have boon or ganized elsewhere in the country for the purpose of manufacturing tin plate , and the fact that they have not already erected mills is not to bo regarded as conclusive evidence that they will not. The statement is made upon what ap pears to bo good authority that none of the stock of any of those companies is for. sale , and If such is the fact it is not only on assurance of confidence in the possibilities of this industry , but of ulti mate largo investments for its develop ment. The increased duty on tin pinto goes iuto effect July 1 next , and it is reported that the agents of the English manufac turers are offering tin plates duty paid to the dealers In the United States at as low a price us they are paying at pres ent. If this Is true , and It is by no moans Improbable , It may have the effect to re tard the development of the manufac ture of tin plate in this country. It wijs said at the time the duty was Increased that the increase was not sufllciont to have any effect in reducing the importa tion of the foreign product and thereby stimulating homo manufacture , and it Is not unlikely that some of the companies organized to carry on this industry may have postponed active operations until the foreign manufacturers have demon strated what' they Intend to do in order to overcome tho. Increased tariff duty and retain the American market. If they can afford to pay the duty of 921 per ton and sell hero at present prices it will show that they are now realizing a splendid profit on this brunch of trade. There is another consideration that may also have a deterrent influence , and that is the chance that the duty under the now tariff law may not bo al lowed to stand. Nobody doubla that the law will bo attacked In the next congress - gross , and it is altogether likely that the tin plate duty will bo ono of tlio features which the democratic house will vote to lower , with at least a possi bility of bolng sustained by the senate. Those are the chief obstacles now in the way of a rapid development of the tin manufacturing industry In the United States , and the lost mentioned la per haps more seriously regarded by those who nro disposed to ongjice In the industry ' dustry than the first. It Is' nevertheless an encouraging fact that P. substantial beginning has boon made , /or / if that is successful and Hie results obtained justify the promises hold out , other en terprises will follow , nnd tholr value being demonstrated tholr permanence will be assured. TllEBEB has received a communica tion in which MM writer characterizes as the ' 'height ot Impudence" the de mand of the United States government that Germany and Franco shall aban don tholr unjust discrimination against American hog products , lie assorts that these countries did not adopt this policy for the purpose of protecting the homo producer , but that having laws which require the most careful micro scopic Inspection of pork they wore com pelled to exclude our hog products be cause wo had no such thorough system of inspection. lie claims that the Amer ican hog is much more subject to the disease peculiar to that animal than the foreign swine , but remarks that oven if they wore not it would bo impudent to expect Germany and Franco to lot Americana do what tholr laws expressly forbid their own people to do under se vere penalties. Our correspondent is right regarding the inspection laws of these countries , but in the case of Germany at least they were adopted after the restrictive policy against American pork was put into ef fect. When the Gorman stoclcraisors wanted protection they needed something more plausible with tlio public than the injury to their interests from American competition , and they made their appeal chlolly on the ground. ' that the pork of this country could not safely bo used for human food. Bismarck was ready enough to grant them protectionbut sucii aploa was necessary to silence popular opposi tion to a policy that was certain to raise the price of meat and to benefit those who produced It at the oxuenso of the great body of consumers. The effect , however , was to disparage all pork ns au article offood , and in order that the homo producers might not suffer therefrom stringent inspection laws were adopted. It is not true , however - over , if the reports of our consuls can bo depended on , that these laws are strictly enforced , the fact bcilng that a' great deal of pork enters Germany and goes Into consumption without being in spected. With regard to Prance , it has never been pretended that the chief ob ject in prohibiting the importation of American pork was not tlio protection of the homo producers. This was clearly Implied in the correspondence with Min ister Reid of the French minister of agriculture , who could not sustain the Dolicy of his government on the ground that our pork was unsafe as an article of food. There has never been any ade quate testimony presented either in Franco or Germany to justify such a claim , for if there had boon our govern ment could not and would not have asked the removal of tho'discrimlnation against our moats. Our correspondent says that our so- called inspection is not such inspection as the Gorman statutes proscribe. Wo take it that ho has not road the now lnw or the regulations under it promulgated by the secretary of agriculture. It would bo hard to conceive of anything more thorough in the way of inspection than these require , and there can bo no doubt that they will bo rigidly enforced. They are intended to secure the most complete protection , both to foreign und homo consumers , against unsound or dis eased moots , and when in operation no foreign government will have any excuse for excluding our meats on the grounds they have heretofore , setup. It will cer tainly not then bo the "height of im pudence" to demand that the discrim ination against us shall bo abandoned , nor In the event of the demand being rejected shall wo bo to blame ifvo have recourse to a policy of retaliation. There is room in the great west and northwest for n score of prosperous cities. Omaha will , of course , bo the greatest of these and this conclusive probability occasions a grotit wailing and gnashing of teeth among her pro gressive and more or less prosperous rivals. It was a bitter dose , for Kansas City to swallow ivhlcn Superintendent of the Census Porter , prepared nnd forced , by the logic of facts , do A'n her unwilling throat. Omaha had out stripped the "young Chicago" in a five year race for population. KansiiH City dies hard and hopes against hope to re cover her former supremacy. It is vain , of course , ns time will abundantly prove. The future is with Omaha , and Kansas City must acknowledge it. Minneapolis is now facing the dread certainty that Omaha will sweep post her within the next ten years. She is oven more aggressive than our Missouri neighbor. Recently two emissaries were dispatched by her business mon's ' association to Sioux City , Omaha , Den ver nnd Kansas City , apparently to pick up points which should brace up the courage of her citizens and persuade In vestors to continue to pay boom prices for Minneapolis real estate. These emissaries after iicqoptlng the hospitalities of the Omaha real estate exchange and after being afforded ex ceptional facilities for obtaining accurate information , return with false state ments regarding the business in terests of the city. Omaha has In her banks , deposits amounting to $100 per capita $20 more than Minneapolis but the report of the spies places it at $93. Omaha employes abont 15,000 per sons in her manufacturing establish ments but these Individuals deliberately inform tholr friends that about 0,000 is the number. Omaha lias $23,500,000 de posited in her bunks which have a capi tal representing $05 per cap itn. Minne apolis has deposits amounting to half a million loss and banking capital , includIng - Ing surplus , ot but $50 per capita. The Minneapolis ambassadors put Omnhu banking capital at $30 per capita. Other like gross mlsstatoments nro made und published to the world as truth. This city Is not In the habit of traduc ing her neighbors in her own Interest. The truth is good enough for Omaha. She must resent misrepresen tations , howavqn oven if In doing so she exposes the wanniossos of her triulucors. Omaha Is wityfug to concede that her northern rival Is a beautiful , a prosper ous and a promising city , but Minneapo lis should neb luf herself open to attack when her nrmohr is so vulnerable. The Minnjmp.olla Journal of last Wednesday contains the information that on the Hit/ preceding the finance committee ot the city hall commission mot for the purpose of opening bids fern n block of oitjM null 30-year , 4 per cent bonds , amounting to $75,000. Eighty requests for bids had boon sent out by this committee nnd the dito of opening tlio bids was ndvortlsod far and wide. To the chagrin of Minneapolis and her city hall commission not a single bid was offered. Omaha has marketed hundred of thou sands of dollars worth of her bonds , and they have boon greedily taken by inves tors at a premium. Her credit today stands higher than that of any western city. The last -1 } per cent bonds offered by this city were sold at a premium of 8 per cent on a market which refused bonds at par bearing the same rate of Interest , from the city of Chicago. Omaha has an indebtedness of $2,000,000 ; Minneapolis $7,000,000. Omaha has noyor defaulted nor delayed in the pay ment of either interest or prin cipal. Her city treasurer re ceives letters every month from custom brokers asking for Omaha secur ities. Her 4 } per cent bonds are good today for from 4 to 0 per cent premium. Minneapolis has a population of 101- 000 ; Omaha 139,000. Minneapolis has reason to fear the growth of this me tropolis , but the Flour City cannot afford to waste any time attempting to under mine the prosperity of this city. She will have her hands full If she keeps the load in population for five years. She should devote her onoi'srlos to the development of hur own resources and do her aggressive fighting nearer homo. She will bo worsted in any contest with Omaha. Tin : BEK presents today , in an inter view with Colonel R. J. Qititon , the first complete statement of the plans for the coming season of the irrigation inquiry of the nrglculturnl department. It is a matter of great interest and importance to the people of Nebraska , Kansas , the Dakotns and Montana. The general public has little conception of the possi bilities of artesfan and underflow water supply for irrigation , Colonel ninton states that the Missouri river receives above Omaha 300 cubic miles of water by precipitation , of thie vast total 15 per cent is poured .into the Mississippi. A part of the rest i& lost in evaporation , but by far the larger portion goes into the earth. To0 locate this water und bring it to the surface is ono of the prob lems with which , the present inquiry deals , among many others. This single statement reveals ; its importance. The results will be awaited with 'groat in terest. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ NKBUASKA'S WO .senators nro after everything in sight In the way of official patronage. The dispatches * announce that they have presented candidates for land commissioner , for judge of the court of land claims , for register ot the treasury , for minister to the Central American states and for assistant at torney general for the court of claims. Among the names presented nro these of Judge S. P. Davidson , Judge O. P. Mason , Hon. L. W. Osborn and General L.V. . Colby. THIS judicial apportionment bill hns passed both houses. The scramble for appointments is not as indiscriminate as might bo expected. Aspirants for the places it creates are waiting for the supreme premo court to say who Is governor before fore laying out their plans of campaign. Some do not know whether to seek dem ocratic or republican endorsements. Others are seeking both. MAYOR GUSIIIXO calls down the chairman of jtho board of public works nnd street commissioner with a public statement to the effect that more than a month ago an order was issued to these oHlcors to keep the crossings in the business portion of the city clean. What excuse will bo offered by the two gentlemen who draw the salaries for looking after these matters for this neglect ? A 3IAJOIHTV of the committee to ox- iiinino applicants for positions in the Omaha city schools should bo entirely disconnected with tlio schools in eyory other capacity. At least ono of the two teachers n jw on this committee should resign. Let us have an examining board wholly disinterested. THE Union Pacific railway company or the Union depot company , ono or the other , should put Seventh street under the viaduqt in passable condition. Ono of these corporations orthoothor has Imposed upon the good nature of the city und citizens 16og enough. S ' 'voted long time bonds for a now city hall. Bids were calloc for in the usual jnannor , and to the sur prise of all concerned there was not a single hid offoro'd for a block of $100,000. ii" PnoniiKS , cross sections nnd other on glnoorlng detail's $ nd nil clerical work incident to extensive street improve montscnn bo and , should bo done while outdoor work Is iinrirnctluablo. EVKUY nun 'iu'ltho basement of the court house on $10 city pay-roll shoulc bo at work preparing for the summer \Vo must push pftfyio work without un necessary delay. shall have 50 per cent of tlio county rend tax for our city streets the coming year. That in Itself Is enough to start extensive public works. MQHK public work ; more money in cir culation ; moro private ontorprUo ; more people employed and moro everything leading to prosperity. OMAHA is bound for second place ns a packing center this year. OMAHA bonds never wont bogging for buyers. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IT Is strange that any papers lost by coinmlttoomcn in the city council should )0 in the nature of petitions to compel rnilwav or ether corporal Ions to do their duty. _ Welcome ( t n Tenderfoot. Sdiifa JfonlM ( Olid. ) Giilboh. Monday noon n friendly cow stuck her tioso n the front door of our editorial sanctum , ntul the question Ii whether she \vns drawn ilthor by the luxuriant grass tlmt abounds around our ofllco or whether she had heard of the clmtiRO In the Outlooic office and was seeklnp to devour the verdant young team Inside. _ _ Only General \MioJMndo a mistake. SonftlorKluctPalmer ot Illinois may or may not linvo been Rood gxjncrol during the civil war. But nt any rate ho wns conspicu ous as ouo of the few , If not the only olllcor who confessed that ho made a mistake. In us ofllaUil report to his corps commander ot the part taken by his division la ttio engage ment at Chtckatnaugn ho Buys : "Ilnzcn hud boon relieved by Oonoral Turchln , who had formed on Crufl'n loft , uul ho ( Ilazcn ) hail retired to All his boxoi nnd protect some artillery which was threat ened from the roar. I then committed tlio error of directing Grose to moYO to the right .0 otigngc in n severe light going on lu that direction. " Hob a Qrnroynrd. Arthur McKiccn'f Calf/ornI t CorrtspiwIcnM. A gentlemen from Sacramento tolU mo that the custodian of ttmeomotory there has ot late been very greatly Incensed by the theft of llowers from the graves. For a time ho vainly sought to detect the thieves and finally bad his suspicions aroused by the fame which three senators had achieved hy tholr lavlshness In gifts of flowers to their lady friends , who wont about everywhere with lovely corsage bouquets , nnd appearing in society looking Uko perambulating e r- dous. The libel further runs tnat ono ot too senators , being under the influence ot some body else's liquor , committed the error of sending an elaborate lloral design the founda tion of which was wlro. The composition wns executed In white Immortelles , bearing iu violets the word "Kest. " On the Ground of Kqulty. Certainly on the broad grounds of equity a man who has been to alllntents and purposes a loyal and devoted American for more than two scores ot years is entitled to considera tion as a citizen even if unwittingly ho failed to comply fully with the technical require ments of the naturalization laws. Indeed , the non-compliance was the neglect of the father rather than the son. A similar case In the Fiftieth congress will bo recalled where Captain .lames U. White , the republican congressman-elect from the T well ill district ot Indiana , retained his scat In the democratic house through the aid of the soldier clement among thomajority. . It was urRod against Captain \Vhito by his democratic competitor that ho had never fully compiled with the requirements of the naturalization laws , and the charge appeared to bo well founded. But on the broad ground that a good record as a citizen and gallant conduct as a soldier of the union outweighed the technical neglect Captain White retained his scat. James E. Boyd Is quite likely to bo de clared the governor of Nebraska , but the In convenience to which public men nro occa sionally subjected , as Illustrated In the Boyd and White cases , should load to duo care on the part of foreign-born citizens to perfect their technical titles to citizenship. DE310S OP 'S1IK IIAKIIBK SHOP. Tlmti. 'i'ho deepest depths the ocean holds May bo both plumbed and gaueod , Too highest mountain top ami peak By daring scaled and staged. But whcro's the plummet that can sound. With all the aid of art , The caverns of the human breast , The dark way of the heart } Upon him gazed a score of eves , By Inward fire fed. As tho' each were a basilisk , Tho1 not a word was said ; For seldom had that barber shop Soon such a fearful sight , For he was having- his hair cut on A crowded Saturday night. Tfi.iv oaies. The reported alliance between Franco and Kiibsla gives interest to past negotiations looking to such a relation. Slnco the days of Peter the Great almost every Russian sov ereign has attempted , although unsuccess fully , to form an alliance with France , Peter was anxious that his daughter Elizabeth should marry Louis XV , and his successor endeavored to bring about a match botwooa her nnd a younger prlnco of the French dy nasty. Both projects failed , however , and although Franco and Russia iluring the lat ter part of Elizabeth's reign were allied with Austria , there was no community of inter ests between them. Catherine , the wife of Peter III , never forgave the French ambassador for refusing the loan she wanted with which to win over the Imperial guard sons to secure the crown for herself. Indeed , she entered Into an alliance with Austria , and Prussia looking to the par tition of. Poland , and wentsofarin hurcon- doninatlon of the promoters of the Franch revolution that she expelled all Frenchmen from theoinplro who would not taico an oath that they detested its principles. Napoleon , when first consul , made an attempt to Induce Catherine's son. Paul I , to form an alliance with Franco , but before the alliance could bo carried out Paul was assassinated. Then Alexander I. after his defeat at Frlodland , betrayed the Mug of Prussia , declared war against England , and accepted Napoleon's proposal for a partition of Europe. But all these schemes proved abortive through the refusal of Napoleon to glvo Constantinople to Alexander , and the disastrous cam paign of 1812 ended the relations between the two countries. At the congress of Vienna , In 1814 , Alexander's pretension to annex Poland led to a secret nlllatico of Franco , England and Austria against Hussin and Prussia , although because of the return o Napoleon from Elba It came to nothing. After his coup d'otat Napoleon III attomptoc to form an alliance with Russia , hut NIcholas las showed himself to ha strongly opposed to the president's assumption of tinporlal dig nity , nnd the estrangement thus caused brought about the Crimean war. Passing down the record of events between 1870 and 1684 , we come to the tlmo when Kimla bognn to assume a hostllo attitude toward Germany. Then It was that the Muscovite party headed by Katkow , demanded an alliance \vlth Franco. For a tlmo everything soonibd to f.ivor the hopoj of the Pan-Slavlsts , and Franco supported ovcry move of the Russian policy. But the death of Katkow and the resignation of President Gravy acted as a check upon a closer friendship. . * * * For some tlmo there nas been In Scandl navla an undercurrent of dissatisfaction wltl thnpollcy which the king and his ndvUor.s have for many years pursued. The S'vodlsl farmers nro opposed to the Introduction o universal obligatory military service , while the landowners Insist on higher protective duties , the Increase ) In the revenue from till source to be applied to the romlsslom of the taxes on land. Hut Ills In Norway that the spirit of unrest has boon most plainly scon National equality with tiwudoa Is strongly ntlatod upon , Its Advocates demanding the abolition of the Norwegian vlcorajralty , of ho delegation of the council of stnto la Stockholm , nnd of the union symbol In the Norwegian flag ; nml , nbovo nil , that the orolfm relations of the TJnltett Kingdom shall t > o conducted by a council of state In which the two countries hall have oinml representation , The ro < usal ot the fjoveriiniont to ncccdo to hose demand ) hns led to a crlits In Nor wegian politics , and there in every prospect of n ileroo struggle between the Swedish con- Horvatlvos and tha Norwegian radicals. A contention of this nature naturally attracts lUtontlon beyond the national boundaries ; und it Is , therefore , not surprising to bcnr tlmt liussln Is eagerly watching the ] progress of events , In the hopq that Internal dissen sions In Scandinavia may glvo her territorial advantages. She Is sntd to bo anxious to ex- end her northwest frontier to the seaboard , and to got possession of a port on the west coast corresponding to Vladlvostoclc , nosr Corca , on the oast. By this moans she would bo enabled to extend her railway sys- cms from ocean to ocean. Tlio continued 'runtratlon of Russia's designs upon Bulgaria has not weakened her persistence nor her genius for intrigue ; but Innttcmptlngslmlhr : nctlcs with the Scandinavians she is not likely to Had weak and pliant tools. * . The condition of rural Franco has some resemblance to that of rural Now England. The ICconomlsto Francals gives n digest of a number of recent documents relating to the condition ot the agricultural laborer there. Wages of farm hands hnvo quadrupled dur ing the present century , nnd the greatest Increase has been in the lowest form ot labor. The man of all work who was paid only PC francs per year in addition to his board In 1S34 now gets -100 francs , wlillo the shepherd , "tho aristocrat of the farm , " who received then 300 frnucs nnd board , now gets only COO. Ills wages have not doubled , while tuoso ot tlio humbler work man have more than quadrupled. The In crease of wages of farm hnnds Is ascribed In part to the demand for labor in factories and on ralroads , and In part to the mili tary service , which takes young men from the farms at the period when tholr habits are forming , nnd gives thorn a taste of town life from which they are never wholly weaned. When their term of service ex pires , they begin to look for situations in the towns ancl to worry the puhllc mca to tlnd places for them. These drafts upon the rural population , tending to lesson the number of I farm laborer ? , raise the wages of those who | remain. The result Is smaller protlM to tlio farmer ana a sort of agricultural crisis. Still another fact In the matter of rural depopula tion Is noticed , namely , a diminution in the nurnbet of children. Several cantons nro named In which there has boon a marlred de crease of population since ISM. In two of thcso the ascertained reason for a diminution of the number of births was "tho deslru ot the parents to Improve their own condition , " and it Is added that this effect 1ms followed. Hero wo find real Mallhusianlsm in practice. .v * The agricultural class In Russia Is carryIng - Ing on a desperate struggle against adverse conditions. The land has been rapidly losing Its productiveness and has been In many places thoroughly exhausted ; yet in proportion tion as the profits have diminished the taxes have been steadily incrtmod. To pay these taxes the peasant Is compelled to borrow at a high rate of interest , and in some districts It has become a regular custom for whole com munities to borrow money for this purpose at CO per cent interest , although wo are told that 100 iporcent Is the usual rate of Interest , and that in many cases from 300 to 800 per cent has boon obtained 1 Many wretches who hnvo borrowed money nnd repaid It several Urnos over have been obliged to sell their labor for the ensuing harvest , ana others have boon forced to toll for'nnumborof years In the service 'of their "benefactor , " who is called the "soul-dealer. " Thcso dealers cour the country In search of children , whom they uuy Irom needy parents for a trifle and forward to St. Petersburg , where they nro resold for double and treble the money to manufacturers and shopkoopers. Nothing oven remotely approaching prosper ity Is visible in any corner ot the oinplro. Mendicity Is becoming the profession of hundreds of thousands. Moneyless , friendless - loss , helpless and almost hopeless , the peas antry are rising up oveiy year In tons ot thousands and migrating to tno south , to the west , anywhere , not knowing whither tfioy are drifting , nor caring for the fnto that may await them. Tno moral effect of thcso hard conditions upon the peasants of the young generation is admitted even by Russian news papers to bo truly horrible. Sous persecute tholr fathers , and drunken fathers dissipate their property und abandon their families to despair. "Chls , " ono Russian ofllclal says in his report , "is not a proletariat ; It is a re turn to savagery. No trace of anything human hns remained. " * * * There Is no other crowned head In the nnl- verse who has contributed so much as King Milan to bring royalty and monnrchlnl Insti tutions of ovary kind into disrepute. Hla cowardice during the Servo-Bulgarian war , his extremely questionable financial transac tions , his scandulous conflict with his wife , and his flagrant Immoralities , have rendered his very name a by-word and term of reproach preach throughout tha civilized world. At the present moment he Is employed In exchanging - changing accusations of murder with his former nrlmo minister , M. Gnraschantnc. The latter has responod to the charges brought asalnst him of having caused or con nived at the murdoirof two women imprisoned for an attempt to assassinate Milan by broadly Insinuating that it is his former' master and accuser , and not himself , who Is responsible for their death. Inasmuch as M. Gnraschanlao was absent on leave In Franco nt the time , nud as , moreover , ho Is able to show that the or- dlnnry guards of the prison were replaced by soldiers of the king's own bodyguard on the eve of the muraer , Milan appears to have dis tinctly the worst of tlm argument , nnd to have ( iiUlod to his other numerous offenses criminal responsibility for the violent death of two ilefensoloss wotnon. Acting under In structions for the council of regents , the pub- Ho prosecutor at Belgrade has begun nn In vestigation of the chargoi and countor- chnrgos thai nro being bandied between Milan and M. Garnschanlno. And la vlow of the anxiety of the Servian government to put a final stop to the perpetual intrigues and Interference of the ox-klug , It Is not only- possible , but oven probable , that the world will shortly bo called upon to witness the presence in the criminal dock of ono of the lord's anointed on a charge of cdmpliclty In the murder of two women. JUSTS. Buffalo Express : Uncle Ram Isn't ' n suc cess as nu athlete. Ho hn Just Iwt two t , jgs o' wnr. Baltimore American : Tim next tlmo tba grip gels to work hero It will bo , wo hope , on the cable roa I , - Boston Herald : Many persons ntliulro the boiiqotof flno wlno , but almost any kind of liquor will make a nose gay If you use enough of It. Atchlson Globe : Neverbon l of tlmrew- Unions yon hare lormoil until yuu have tried a year or so to prove that you can keep them , Indianapolis Journal : "Those money grab bers , " sntit Bohemian A , "disgust nip. l ook nt old Gotrox , lie would Impel H his soul for 60 cents. " "Wby shouldn't hoi" nsUod Bohemian ITT on whom Mr. ( tatrox hold a chattlo mortgage. "Tho Investment would be well worth the risk. " Toxns Sifting * : Annie What beautiful hair Miss Fanny 1ms. I wonder If It Is her own 1 Bessie I don't know whether Rho bought It on the Installment plan or not , Now York Hecorder : "A famous show man nns succeeded la Untiilnc KCRMJ to per form. " Now lot some ono train geese to keep still whllo other persons nro perform' Ing. Texas Slf ting * : Indians are not much dis posed to Join secret soclotlus , although they nro fond of establishing lodges. At a ball on adoring admirer npproachod a young girl who was dressed In black. " .May I ask you to dancol" ho asked. "Yei , " she replied , "but please dance very slowly ) I urn not yet out of mourning. " Pucks "Aro Harvard hoys generally fasti" "Very. So fast that the faculty of liar vnrd think they can got through the pro scribed course In three years. " Washington Stnr : Ho Are you going to the E.tster ball , Celeste ? She How can II I'vo nothing to wear. Ho Well , Isn't that enough ! N . Y. Recorder : "Why U laziness the 'most prevalent of all shortcomings I" asks a religious conteinuorary , Bucuuso It Is the easiest , for ono thing. Puck ! Rounds I'vo ' scon people laugh till they cried , but I never know of a follow cryIng - Ing till ho langhoil. Nephews Uuoss you never lost a rlrh nuclei it was Bacon who said that "writing makes the exact man. " There It a good deal of writing nowadays that makes the exact man very tired. Judge : Father Tommy , why don't you go nnd BOO your llttlo dead friend , Johnny Kmithl Tommy Because ho won't como anil sco mo wtiea I'm dead , THE HVXMhlYJtr.E. The Html n ] Hie Futu e Loading author * of today - day express tholr opinion's of what tlm future novel will bo In u highly fnsclmitln ; and Instructlvo style , Itruclers of literary taste will find In the o papers a f east They wllluppoaroxoluslvoly In TIIK SU.NIHV nn. Among these quoted ro Hlshop John 1' , Novrman of Omaha. Jnmos McOosh , LL > .1 > . , John Ilnnborton , Knto Field , iMnry , ! . Holme * . Edgar Saltus , Jinx O'ltull and other distinguished men. Erpenslwj Conarcsatonal I'liiteniN " " "Carp , the celebrated Washington - , con tributes lo Tim SU.VUAV IlKi a highly Intor- oqtlnpbudget of exclusive gossip. IIli lender Is upon the subject of expensive congres sional funerals and the novel Items found on funeral bilR The letter Is abtilkliig feature. Qucatojunnj ( ( H9ip / Tim BEK'S packet of questions was qulto largo this wuck nnd the answers prepared form n. spoolal and In structive feature. Tills department Is gain ing Infavor. It Is full ot substance. T/MJ / Jjmngtr in. the Lnl > l > u An Interview tlio Lotmsor had with JJtwroneu It.irrott N re called when the tragedian was lu.st In Omaha starring In conjunction with Edwin Booth. Society's nc ) ( t3 Rii'Ied The giy world to- lon > cd from the tliralldom of Lent will now conimancou aln the round of pleasures whli'h Ash Wednesday brought to u oloso for tha period enjoined hy the church. "The Loni H Risen" t\m \ Kiistor Btory re counted nnd the manner of the day's ob servance by various nations. 1'ro.traiumci of the sorvlcos In the Omilin. churches. Work of pastors and pious people. General Grtetu'H Insulators A story on tlio chief signal service man con plod with u recital of amusing Incidents lu tlio cur-cow of well known army olllcors. Our Sim-Una 1'agc The bnsobill srnson lm arrived and Omnha'8 pennant winner ] are on the grounds. I'atrons of the national game and lovers of contlemnnly athlotks got tlio latest news to tholr liking In Tin : SuNnAv BEE as In no other western | iipoi. : Omaha't Printers The loading feature of tin- labor page In Tins HUNDAV llin : this ucoU will bo a lovlow of tha growth of the typo graphical unions ot the city. News of In terest for nil labor organizations. llason and Catholic A. Btory of Liuvrcnco Hu ron's last hours In which ho , though a Mnson , received the lust rites of the Oallio Ho church forms the leader of the depart ment ilavutod toscurot societies. This do Uiirtment Is replete thi ! wualc with latent news of the lodge room nnd of Uinlloiuith- Ing fraternal soclollcs ot Omaha. Fun fur the Mltlinn A. little nnmonso now nnd then Ii a good thing In any newspaper. Tun SU.NHVY BKK will contain n bunch of fresh Jokes that you have never road. Uuud It and laugh a bit. For tin fjulla , This department embraces ! variety of tuples dear lo the foiilnlno ho irt the latest fails nnd fnnclcs'ln modes nnd fashions ; what busy women are dnlhg polnti on social forms and observances , and a thousand now Ideas especially Intorusilnx to the fair nor. Siwptdc Toiw Await. The tenth nnnlveriary of the big flood on the" Missouri that nearly wiped out the thriving town ot NIobriiru und did great duniUKO In Omuhn. 31lcrn < ineous Mdtterf. Koudcn of tlio mi'col- lancous news in TUB BIE : nlwaya got Uili class of nutter as It It culled by mi experi enced editor from the exchanges of ' ' 'C ' country ns they como fresh friyu the ini'ii The departments nro carefully edited and will bo found Interesting. Criints l | * < p'r Slmillcrcd At. Ilrlof reviews ol the noted murders and criminal cases thai liuvo murLed the history of Douglas uoiniiy The llutlntu Man's JViyr. The iiuin who bnjs or sells merchandise , llvo stock , gr.iln. bonds or stocks , finds In TIIK HKK the fullest nml most iiccnruto reports from the nmrkut ci-n- tors of tha wotld. The local maikuts uro thoroughly covered. The market pvgu H a feature ot the great SUNDAY lli'.i : and IK. business mini cuii all'ord to miss U , OiirAVu1 * Service. Whenever anything IMP pens In the world , in the busy uiolropolH < > r the humble hamlet , suuclulcorrotpotiilents wire the fnota In detail to Tin : Ilic : : , v paper lu thu west attempts to rival TIIK He" in tlio completeness and etlcetlvoni-.s ! of us telegraphic borvlco. Huad tlm upi'dul now * features of TIIESUNDAV Highest of all in Lwening Tower. U , S. Gov't Report , Aug. 17 , 1889. ABSOLUTE ! PURE
