THE OMAHA DAILY BBE : THURSDAY , APRIL 2 , 1891.
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IT is a mean thief that will rob a col
lection box.
As a harbinger of snrinplt may bo
noted that the boys nro playing marbles
and the baseball season opens Saturday.
Tin ; fjooil naturcd senate has passed
four normal school bills. Throe of thorn
died early but effectively in the house.
The other is beyond recovery.
ii is in tlio midst of the cat
tle producing country , but this does not
dolor the Cheyenne butcher from elevat
ing the price of bcofntonk 20 per cent.
IP the board of fire and police commis- .
BlorWs have authority to grant but not
to revoke saloon licenses it becomes
merely n board for the prosecution of
offenders against the Slocumb law.
TIIK principal feature of tbo now
Omaha school law ns it lias passed botli
liousos , is a section giving to tbo board
of education the right of eminent do-
jnatn in tbo matter of selecting school
Bites
CHICAGO raised $5,000,000by subscrip
tion nnd $0,000,000 more by bonds for
the world's fair within less than a year.
Now York 1ms been five years collecting
$1-10,000 for the Grant monument. Tbo
Grant Monument association declares no
dividends.
MAYOK GUSHING returned three ordi
nances to the council without his ap
proval at tbo lost regular mooting. In
each case the form of the proposed law
wasjlofeotivo. They wcro three shining
illustrations of the slipshod method of
doing city business prevailing1 in our
city government.
KANSAS is invited to send 2,000 dele
gates to tlio alliance convention in Cin
cinnati to bo hold in Mny. If every
ether state Is proportionately honored
nnd half of tlio
delegations go , tlio
metropolis of Ohio will bo obliged to *
spread out ever most of the state to ac
commodate them.
TIIK ether day the editor of the Jack
ass Battery was down at Lincoln ns
inotnbor of a conference of democratic
etato editors , aiid was duly baptised into
the democratic faith. Now ho talks
very glibly that the leaders of the inde
pendent party of whom ho is trying to
become ono , believes that a veto of the
Kowbcrry bill . "will wreck Mr. Boyd's
party. " That was u mugwump slip of
the tongue , however. The J.-B. , as has
been pictured , is like the ass between
two bundles of hay nil the timo. A
democrat one day and an independent
the next nnd all the time fishing for
suckers.
TJIK railway commissioners of Iowa
directed that n "Y" bo placed at Algona
to connect two railways entering that
city to enable the rends to transfer- cars
from ono track to the othor. The roads
refused to obey the order and it was re-
'forred ' to the courts. A decision has
just boon made holding that the law
under which the commissioners noted is
mandatory and the "Y"
must bo put in.
Tlio case will bo appealed and probably
will go to the court of last resort. The
case involves n question of considerable
importance to both people and railways ,
and judging by the present trend of
judicial decisions governing the relations
oj railways this one will bo unit-mod in
the supreme court. At any rate it ought
to bo.
AS A piece of buncombe legislation
the eight-hour law passed by both houses
is n. very naked specimen. It exempts
from Itti operation farm laborers and
domestic servants.
Clearly this
exemp '
tion opens the bill to the objection that
it is class legislation and therefore
un
constitutional. Tho.btll was not passed
upon its merits. It was passed becauno
Homo if not all Its advocates bollovod it
to Iw Inoperative and unconstitutional.
Many of those who il.li
voted for it are en
tirely out of sympathy with its spirit
nnd its terms. lty
They wore lulluoncod by
that spirit of tlio demagogue which toads
politicians to clamor loudly for a meas
ure in which they have no faith and
which they believe is destined to re
main n dead letter merely to throw 'dust
into the eyes of voters and blind them to
their real sentiments.
ir//ij > TIIKY ao noMK WITH
The most radical independents of the
leplslnturo declare point blank that they
will either have the Nowborry maximum
bill or nothing. The kid-gloved dema
gogue of the World-Jltruhl lias sounded
the refrain to this battle cry and trumps
their card by tolling the governor
that "the struggle for railroad
regulation has resolved itself into
a square issue for nnd against the New-
berry bill. It 19 the Nowborry bill or
nothing. "
This ultimatum is coupled with the
most Insolent threats and reckless asser
tions. On the ono hand it Is proclaimed
from the house tops tlmt tlio people of
Nebraska are all in arms demanding
the approval of the Nowborry bill or n
political death warrant for the gov
ernor. On tlio other hand the governor
Is told that ho can never provo tlio bill
unconstitutional and that ho never can
explain to the people why ho arrogated
to himself Uio dutfos and powers belong
ing to the supreme court.
Now wo do not propose to discuss llio
powers , duties and prerogatives of the
governor. Sulllco it to say that ho is
sworn to obey the constitution. Ho can
not sign any unconstitutional bill with
out violating his oath of olllco.
Ono of the provisions of tlio Nowberry
bill Is that the rates Used therein shall
remain in force six months before the
supreme court can bo invoked to decide
whether the > are reasonable or un
reasonable. That provision is in direct
violation of section 13 of the bill of
rights , which declares that all courts
shall bo open and every person for an
Injury done him shall have a remedy by
duo course of law and justice adminis
tered without denial or delay.
Hut this is neither bore nor there.
Tlio editor of the World-Jfcntld is a
monumental fraud. Ho is no more in
favor of the Nowborry bill or any other
maximum rale bill than ho was for the
relocation of the city hall from Eigh
teenth and Farnmn. When ho was
clamoring loudest against the city
hall job , us lie called it , ho wont to
Mayor Boyd and asked him not to veto
tbo ordinance which ilxod the lo
cation. AVlion the relocation was
up before the people bo strad
dled tbo fence uid did not vote ul
all. His only aim and object in making
the great railroad ruclcot is to masquerade -
ado us an anti-monopolist when every
fibre in his make-up always has been
and always will bo aristocratic monop-
olistlc.
TIIK BKK has for 15 years advocated
railroad regulation and maximum rales ,
but It will not stultify itself to advocate
what it believes to DO unreasonable and
what would in the end bo a dead
letter. The principles embodied in
the Nowborry bill are just and
right but the rates do not take Into ac
count the difference in conditions of
Iowa and Nebraska as regards trafllo and
population. The provision that gives
the courts power to sot these rates aside
and order the board of transportation to
rnlbo them is suporlluous. The courts
are In duty bound to sot the rates aside
if they are found unreasonable , and the
board of transportation * will always bo
ready to raise the rates whenever the
railroad managers request it.
But is there no ether mode of reducing
rates than through the Nowborry bill ?
\Vill the lepisl.Uuro content itself with
bringing homo u grievance when it is in
its power lo pass n bill so reasonable as
to insure its passage over any veto ?
Why not pass tbo Stevens bill with
proper modifications1 ! And if the
Stevens bill is too voluminous , why not
enact a bill that will embrace the loading -
ing staples including grain , cattle , coal ,
lumber and provisions ?
\Vb repeat that these who clamor for
the Nowborry bill or nothing are simply
juggling with the people and trying to
carry a grievance into the next campaign
on which they expcqt to secure popular
support.
TIIK r.tKClNS.m COKFRRKXOE.
There haa been some uncertainty as to
whether the farmers' alliance would
make itself responsible for the conference -
once in the interest of the third party
movement o bo hold in Cincinnati next
month. The action which has boon
taken by the Kansas allianuo , looking to
the election of delegates to the conference -
once , and the similar course which is
expected of the Missouri alliance , iudl-
catos that it , is understood among these
organizations that the conference is to
bo an alliance matter , and that thu oc
casion will bo used for a formal declara
tion on the part of the alliance that it
has on tared the political field.
The object of the Cincinnati conference -
once is to organize a third party , which
the promoters of the movement hope
will attract to its support the farmers of
the country and a largo number of work-
ingmon. It is proposed to put u presi
dential ticket in tKo Hold next year , and
there are some who profess to bollovo
that such a party will become very for
midable. If it gets a good start at Cin
cinnati , and the promise is that the con
ference will bo an imposing allnir in
point of numbers , it may gel to bo for-
mldublo. At any rate it is very likely
to make llio political battle of next year
rnthor more interesting and exciting
than usual.
But that there is a chance of tlio pro
posed party getting sulllciont strength
to do more than control some congress
districts docs not appear from present
conditions. The farmers of the west and
the south are by no means a unit in favor
of n third party. Many thousands of them
believe it would bo a grave mistake for
the alliance to commit itself to a now po
litical organization , and these men will
continue to vote with the old parties.
Investigation has shown tlmt the senti
ment among the farmers of Now Eng
land i very strong against the ul-
lliuico entering politics in tlio way
proposed , and it seems certain that the
now party would got very little , if any ,
support from the farmers of Now Eng
land , nnd probably of the oaat generally.
If that bo admitted , of course the effort
to elect a president would bo nltogjthor
hopeless , and it is pertinent to ask
whether the intelligent farmers of tlio
west will care to throw away their votes
in a national contest , with the possible
result of seriously , damaging the party
with which they hnvo always ntlillatod.
The "people's party" has no possible
chance of electing the next president.
Its only effort would bo to throw the
election into the house nnd that means
n doniocratlo president. Western tvl-
llnnco moil who nro republicans should
reflect very carefully before going into a ,
movement that may hnvo the olTcct of
turning ever the national government to
the control of the democratic party.
The Cincinnati conference promises to"
bo an Imposing nllalr , and it would not
bo wise to underestimate its Importance- .
Certain it is that Its dollUoratlons and
whatever plans it may formulnto will bo
regarded by men of the old parties with
the keenest interest.
1'OSTI'OSKD AGAIN.
The long looked for .decision of the
state supreme court on the Thayor-Boyd
quo wtii'rnnto has again boon postponed
by the adjournment of the court to
May 5.
The failure of tlio court to promulgate
its conclusion is to bo regretted for
many reasons. Quito apart from tbo
hitter personal nnd partisan feeling en
gendered by the contest over the gov
ernorship ever which the legislature
was torn up for moro than thirty days ,
the uncertain tomiro of tbo executive
tends lo seriously embarrass him in his
olllcinl tints nnd impede his Inde
pendence. And the worst phase of tlio
situation is the impression created
abroad ns to the instability of Nebraska's
state government.
It is to bo hoped * that when the court
reconvenes In Jlay u final agreement
will have been readied.
ITALY'S NArAL FOllOK.
A war between Italy and the United
States would bo wholly a naval conllict.
Italy is the fifth naval power in the
world in point of tlio number of vos-
sols , and fourth in the armed force.
'
Sho'has ships that are superior in arma-
inont and weight to those of any other
power except England , and two Of these
monsters carry 100-pound guns. Italy
has 122 heavily , armored vossuls , their
displacement ranging from 4100 , ! to 14-
000 tons , unnrmorod vessels , gunboats ,
topcdobonts , and an ample force of
transports and dispatch b3ats. In addi
tion to this array there are at lonst nine
merchant stuamors on the auxiliary list.
It will bo soon that Italy Is in n
condition , so fur ns naval resources
are concerned , to make us very sor-
ions trouble if she is disposed lode
diri so , and thnro is no apparent
reason why she cannot send ever for
this purpose nearly her entire navy. It
IBtc not needed at home and is not lllcoly
tcS be , but it would not bo necessary to
send over moro than a dozen of her most
formidable war ships , which , taking up
a position where they could shell Now
York , might put that , city under
trlbulo and thus onforoo whatever demands
mands the Italian government should
decide to inako. Of course there is not
the least probability that anything1 of
this sort will happen. There will bo no
hostilities and the misunderstanding
will bo duly arranged by diplcmncy.
But such a course as wo have suggested
is possible , and it is wortli while to con
sider it by way of- calling attention to
our defenseless situation.
It is doubtless the fooling of all cltl
zons at this time , when possible hostili
ties between Italy and the United States
is being talked of , that it is unfortunate
that this country has not-a navy cauiblo :
of coping with that of Italy , and that t
our seaport cities are in such a defense
less condition that tfioy would fall an
easy prey to the war ships which the
Italian government could send hero. If
hostilities should ensue nt once wo nro
not in a position to properly defend our
selves , and although a great deal might
bo accomplished before a Hoot should
make its uppeuraheo at some of our Bea-
ports , wo could not provide the security
which these exposed places ought , to
have , and an enormous loss of property
would bo the consequence. It is
an undisputed fact that any ono of
tlio great battle-ships of the loadincr
European } powers coula destroy Now
York < city by talcing up a
position ] at her ease outside of the range
of the guns of the present forts. Shells
could bo thrown into the city from a
point nine miles away , iuld a vessel
would bo entirely safe at that distance ,
since the guns now in use could not roach
hor. i Tills will not bo the ease much
longer , as there are baing turned out of
the ordnance works at Washington { runs
with n range of 12 miles and carrying
steel projectiles which could pierce tlio
armor of any European vessel at present
constructed , but our Immediate condi
tion is greatly to our disadvantage , and
it should bo understood that Euro wean
governments know tills fully as well ns
wo do. They are familiar with every
detail of our situation.
The American navy has reached the
middle point of its development. Thus
far the government has either expended
or authorized to b3 expended $70,000,000 ) ,
and it is estimated that about that
amount will still hnvo to bo expended itII
order to put the navy on the footing1 of IIa
llrst class powor. There have boon com i-
pleted and authorized 41 war ships , 23 of f
which are now being built and are to bo
turned out within' the next two years.
Of modern ships , therefore , wo have
only 18 that are available for defense ,
and none of those are really battle ships ,
Tlio soofotary of the navy u short
time ago-expressed "tho opinion that
the country should have from six
to nine more battleships , from four to
.0n
six harbor defense vessels , and 12
torpedo votes , which , with what wo ;
now have and are building would make :
a navy the superior of any nation , not
ovoa excepting England , in point 3tof
availability and practical qualities. The
Improvement of our coast defenses is
also necessary , and as a policy of insur
ance it would bo profitable. A European I'll
war ship could destroy in a few hours at
Now York property to the value of many <
times the amount Hint would be required
to provide ample protection to all our
seaports.
The argument against expenditures
for thot3o purposes has boon that the
isolated position of the United States
places bor beyond danger of hostilities
with any .foreign power , and the fact
that this country has maintained peace
able relations with Eui'opo.'in countries
for so long a time g.ivo warrant for as-
Binning that this condition would always
\
continue. Iut llio fuel Is wo nro not
solntod , h-ivlmj nan great commercial
nation inttinrffo rolatlona with nil ether
countries , ntrtTnvory year our Interests
tire being extended mid n.ro bringing us
nto closer nn hioro conipllcatod intercourse -
course with tWo est of llio world. From
hose conditions It is to bo expected that
ssuos suul controversies will arise of a
nero or loss serious nnd menacing
character , niul tlt la not always posjj
slblo to foresee" ' what may como up to
listurb peaceable relations , as Is shown
by the issue \VUfi Italy. It Is the part
of wisdom lot * a country llko this to bo
tropirod ; for such oxlgoncipj , always
possible , and all money proparly ex
pended for such preparation la well
u sod.
IT is zur dooo LA\\ \ .
l ollco Judge Ilolsloy in passing1 upon
the . case of a saloonkeeper charged with
soiling liquor without a license , such 11-
cotibo having been revoked by tlio board
ofvl police commissioners upon charge of
violating the liquor law by selling liquor
01w Sunday , has rendered an opinion
which will bo regretted by good citl'/ens.
IIo holds that the police commission has
no-authority to revoke licenses except
where the accused has boon tried and
found guilty of a violation of tbo Slocumb
law before a magistrate. This of course
means n jury trial with nil its incidents.
TIIK Unu is disposed to take issue
with the police magistrate and to hold
that tlio decision is neither good law nor
good Bouse.
C By tlio provisions of the liquor law ,
"in cities of the metropolitan class , the
power [ lo licenses the selling or giving
away , of any intoxicating.ninlt.spirituous ,
_
vinous , mixed or fermented liquors shall
bo vestedoxcluslvoly in the board of fire
and police commissioners'of such oily. "
The law further provides , "and any
such license granted under this chanter
may . bo revoked by the nulhorlty issu
. ing . tlio same whenever tbo parson
licensed shall , upon duo proof made , bo
convicted of a violation of nny of the
provisions of this abt. "
A bond of 3-,000 is required as a con
dition precedent to the issuing of tlio li
cense , "to bo approved by the board who
may bo authorized to issue the license , "
,
4 conditioned that the licensee will not
violate' ' any of tlio provisions of the gen
eral . state law or the city ordinance upon
,
the same subject.
Soiling liquor on Sunday is distinctly
prohibited , us is also soiling to minors ,
Indians , insane or drunkards. The de
fendant in the tried before
. . case the po
. lice ! judge violated the law by soiling
liquor on Sunday , and in so doing violated
lated the conditions upon which his li
cense , was JBsud.d subjecting himself to
the penalty of not only a line , but the
revocation of ) iis liconso. The board of
lire and police cominissionorH gave him
a . hoai'ing upon the charge of violating
the law , and. Adjudging him guilty ,
revoked 'hie lioonso. Ho continued
.
to sell liquorjl'arfd was arrested on the
charge , of sollitig liquor without a
license. The police judge decides that
tholiceifso wajj 'not revoked , thus over
ruling llio "authority issuing" the
license , which'Vnfor''t1ho ; ] ' ' la.w. the only
authority whiohj.can'rovokd it.
The plain purpose of the law ns ap
'plied to Omaha Jra * ' , to pluco the whole
subject of saloon licenses in tbo hands of
the board of flro and poltco commission
ers in order that it might bo removed
from local political influences and bo
managed by a non-partisan independent
body. The law must have contemplated
the revocation as well ns the issuing of
licenses. No other conclusion is con
sistent or tonnblo.
The general rule of both law and
common sense in the absence of express
language to the contrary is that the
power which grants a privilege upon
conditions , may revoke it upon viola
tion of its conditions.
The effect of the decision if sus
tained and enforced , is entirely to emasculate -
culato thoauthority , and powers of the :
board of flro and police commissioners
and to relegate the ; regulation of dives
and disorderly houses , as , well ns these
guilty of.occaslonal violations of law to
the police court and this moans to the
police court jury. U will increase the
expense of the enforcement of the liquor
law nnd ho a direct invitation
to the keepers of dlsropuinblo
places to take chances uion conviction
before jtiries'moro or loss under suspi
cion. It makes of the police commission
merely n board for the prosecution of
offenders so far us the regulation of the
saloon nuisance is concerned.
The decision is opposed to good gov
ernment. It is to bo hoped it is not ,
technically speaking , peed law.
A UKMAnivAHiVE deference character
izes the state papers of the Omaha oity
government when addressed to railroad
corporations. TJlio Union Puerile and
Burlington railroads are "respectfully
requested" to bridge Fourteenth street.
If a private citizen obstructs a thor
oughfare a city olllclal in brass buttons .
servos a peremptory notice upon him to
abate the nuisance instantor under pen
alty of arrest "imtV " arraignment in the
police court ,
A I'll YSICI Aft , , } n good standing in
Omaha speaking perhaps from both ob
servation and ipxporionoo states that ,
there is much o'ljd ioa of the law requir
ing a report of deaths to the city physi
cian. If this bAr'Ja'uo , the now sanitary
board should institute an Immediate ro-
form.
DAVIS & CoXyrpLt. v/oro the lowest
*
bidders on dog tn * and'a contract was
approved with tl em. Tlio gentleman
from the NinthHs the senior member of
this firm. WlAtl is it the chat-tor Bays
about city ollluial i being interested in
contracts with the city ?
IF the voltage of the Ballon electric
light and power company boars any relation
ots
lation to the degree of activity of its
tsn
directors in pushing their franchise to a
vote , it will not have power enough tot.
consume the carbon of a single arc-light.
TIIKIII : IH more local interest in the
annual mooting of the stockholders and
directors of the Union Pacilio this year
than usual. Wrapped up in its proceed 1li
ings are several prize packages which
Omaha citizens want distributed.
TUB chairman ot the council commit-
till
mlttwoon gus and electric light Is in
bad health. IIo Is sick every time a re
port upon the now olcetrlo light fran
chise Is expected. Electricity applied
from Thompson-Houston dynamos In
tensifies his Illnes ? .
Hr.lolcliidit tlm 1'iinornl.
Sitcituncnto H ,
The legislature died n natural death , though
it had lived mi umiiuurnl life.
Our > nt vc Malln.
lur.
When the Sioux Indians hove irrevocably
concluded to organize an uprising will
Messrs. Pnrlforeon < fc WIcUlllTo of Now Or
leans plcnso report to tbo secretary of war
for duty.
Dctrtitt l-'rcc I'rtsi.
Hret llarto should either ccnso to write
stories of California or should come back from
hint English club , put on the miner's ' drius
and give himself two or three years of roughIng -
Ing It la the heart of the mountains. Ills
cnrly stories wcro as full.of the breezy , frco
atmosphere of ploacor Ufa upon the slope ns
though , written under canvas. Mr. lltirto
HvoU long cnougn 111 the wast to know that
there U such a tilingas the working out of a
lead. Ills clnlm seems to bo exhausted , and
ho had hotter take to writing society novels
of English life.
Nntiirn Krownud on ItnVurlc. .
SprtiidjieM HcintMl mi.
A Judge of the Nebraska supreme court has
dedlded that ho will conllrm no moro fore
closure sales of mortgaged fnrrai when iho
mortuaor3 cnu show that the dofuult Is duo
to crop failures. Some ot the uapors are call
ing this n mischievous decision. If generally
followed It would no doubt provo so. How
about the rnllrocd , for example , which de
faults on Its bonds , ns mauy do , from the
same crop failure I But the case of n mini
who has wcrltod hard year nf tor year to build
a home , and whoso mortgaged farm bus he-
come the homo of his children well , the
mortgage companies would wisely consider
their own material interests in hesitating for
some time to turn out this family , whoa tint-
uro has for once frowned upon its work.
Will 1UiKN > ) iii ns tlm llono.
Ilev. Hr. Illclianl Oinllcii in Chtcaga Aileance ,
The failure of crisis iu western Knnsns nnd
western Nebraska brings to the front the
question of the adaptation of time plains to
agriculture. * * * Hero nro millions of
acres of hind inntvelously rich , llcro nre the
deposits of untold centuries. 1'arts of
these plains are ns rtcn ns ttio vnlloy of the
Nile. There Is water also not far nwny.
This rngioii'ls in the hands of the American
people , the most ingenious people on the face
of the earth. Some time , in some \vay , tbo
soil nnd water will uo broucht together.
Just-how , it may ho too soon to spoak. Hut
somehow these Ingenious people will find u
way to unter these fertile plains. From llio
heavens above , or from the earth beneath ,
or from the mountains beyond , the water will
bo secured. It will cost something , but as
"there are millions in it , " the millions needed
will bo forthcoming. When that time comes
"the desert shall rejoice and ISlossom as tbo
rose. "
PASSIXO JUSTS.
Tex is Sif tings : Judge What do you do
during the week !
Tramp Nothing.
"And on Sunday ! "
"Then I take a day off. "
Atchlson Olobo : If it wcro not for the
crepe she wears on her bonnet it would ho
impossible to distinguish a young widow
from a younc bride.
u Yonk'ers Statesman : The man who throws
dice for drink generally ilnds that the drink
turns around and throws him.
Boston Transcript : Tlio man who never
played poker in his life may bo counted upon
to laugh the loudest at the poker joke.
Blnglmmpton Republican : No wonder the
swlno ran down int.o the sea. Is there any
thing moro rash than a rasher of bacon ?
Atchlson Globe : A man never knows what
shield it is to liavo "hlxhly respectable"
parents until ho is caught hi some scrape.
Washington Star : Why is It you can sel
dom walk slow enough for a street < : nr to
catch you , nor fast cnougli to catch a street
car ?
Smith , Gray & Co.'a Monthlv : Lltownyto
"Know thyself , " as the old Greek proverb
said.
said.Bronson
Bronson But don't tell anybody , unless
you want to ruin your reputation.
Lowell Citizen : "Do you think wo will
have war with Italy ! "
"I hope not. Just Imagine an or.my of
hand-organists nil playing In front of our city
and demanding Its surrender. "
! / / TMIK\ AUK ;
Slgncra of the Great like Petition
from
GIIKSHAM , Nob. , March 80. To the Editor
of TIIK Bun : Among the World-Herald's '
published list of petitioners In favor of the
Nowoorry hill , today in looking over the list
from our town , I notice some of the signers
nro boys , some others probably hoard of the
bill for the first time on being asked to sign
the petition , while a majority of these in the
list probably could not toll whether the
"Nowbcrry bill" purposes to regulate rail
roads or wagon roails , nnd ns for the few
business men which our list , contains , I have
hoard several of them express their opposi
tion to the hilt , and one of them probably
voiced the sentiment , of the majority when ho
said to mo that ho did not sign the petition
because ho favored the measure , "but , " snld
ho , "wo depend upon the granger trade for
our living and wo must swallow our con
victions often for policy's ' Boko. "
This , no doubt , could bo told of many of
tbcso petitions which the World-Herald is
publishing. .T. P. SIIKUMAX ,
Agent F. 13. & ftl. V. 11. U.
Kxixmintr tlio I.milsvllle l.lst.
Louisvn.t.E , Neb. , March 31. To the Editor
pf Tins BKK : The list of petitions furnished
by the World-Horulil of supposed Louisville
business men who are hi favor of the mnxl-
mum rate bill is a fraud. In behalf of truth
nnd right wo wish to Inform your readers
that these whoso names uro printed nvo not
business men , and moreover \yo know the
business men hero to bo opposed to this fool
ish and unjust move.
LOUISVII.I.B BUSINESS Mix. :
II'K Al.1 , KXO If HEIf.
Tom Miunn in Clothier niul FiiniMier.
She warbled the soprano with dramatic sen
sibility. .1r
And dallied \vlth the organ when thoor-
giii ) 1st wuiMl k ; rh
She got pot up for variety a brand now church ;
society , and
Spoke with great facility about the now
church brick.
She shod great tears of sorrow for the hea
then immorality ,
And organized a system that would open
up their oycs ;
In culinary clarity she won great popularity ,
nnd
Showed her personality In lecturing on pics.
For real unvarnished culture she betrayed a
great prouensltyj
Her "Tuesday talus' * wore famous nnd
her "Friday glimmers" great.
She grasped nt electricity with mental elas
ticity , and lectured
Withi Intensity about the marriage stato.
But with the culm assurance of her wonder
ful capacity ,
She wouldn't wash the dishes , but sho'd
talk qll day on rocln.
And while she dealt on density , or space and
Its
Immensity , with such roflnod audacity , her
mother darned the socks I
.v/nw ; of TIIK x
Nelirnnkn.
Thirty sheep were killed la an accident
while switching a stock train nt Sclmyler.
William AlKoe , n prominent citizen of
Thomas county , died recently , tyred seventy-
ono years.
John Novotny , Col fax county's treasurer ,
nnd ) his son , nearly lost thc'ir lives while
hunting by being thrown into the rlvor.
Thirty people luivo linen converted by the
Salvation army at Hod Uloud and twenty of
them liuvo been admitted to the Methodist
church.
Two horsothlnvos , who got away with n
coilploof ntiltimls from Osborne City , Hun. ,
were arrested nonr Bradslmw nnd tiikun
back to the prohibition stnto for trial. They
wcro not ever eighteen years of ago.
The Hastings Nobr.islcun miouncej tlmt n
mnnnnotli distillery , to cost $ : T > 0,000 , will
soon bo located In that city. The plant wilt
have n capacity ofI.IXIJ bushels of corn pnr
lay. will omply 1M ) men and will fcod ' . ' ,600
'lead ' of cattle.
Nollgh and vicinity has been experiencing
a hay famine. Hay is $11 ! a ton and it Is al
most impossible to bring It to town us the
snow In the rends is still from two to three
feet deep. The largo rattle men have been
compelled to ship hay In from the west.
' The lifeless body of I ) . A. Williams , n.
'nrmer residing near Hurtinglon , was found
vine at the bottom of one uf the Missouri
river blulTs , having fallen slxty-llvo feut.
Williams had Iwcn missing for savcra ! ilnys.
It Is supposed that ho was Intoxicated wlien
the accident occurod.
Fooling with llrcnrmt seems to have boon
popular amusement at Bcliuylor , but It
won't bo nny more. Horace \Vnlker was ne-
cidontly shot by J. II. 1'eiico while looking at
n gun , but was not seriously hurt ; Hunny
Ilnbcock lost n part of one of his toes while
'muting , and Hod Woods picked up n ravol-
i-er nnd nmnngod to tnutlhito two lingers
when the thing wont oiT uuovpectedly. All
of the accidents happened inside of two days.
linvn.
A son of llov. S. Knickerbocker of Cedar
Falls was drowned recently in Indian terri
tory ,
Clinton Is fiotttiip cheaper gas than ever bo
foro. Tlio electric light h.u cast a shadow
on former high prices.
The Hath packing company of Dubumio (
: mi decided'to locate n plant at Waterloo
with n capacity of 5JOO hogs par day.
The mother of Mayor Sovorin of Cedar
Palls , died hist week. Slio was over eighty
yours old mm ono of the oldest settlors.
The Kuril barrel nnd box company of Mus-
catlno has decided to move its factory to Ot-
tumwa. The works employ 10J people.
MM. Ileifjer , who died recently nt Booue ,
located there twenty-live years ngo when tlio
town was known ns Montana. In the early
dnvs her husband was ensured < the
freighting business from that point to Sioux
City.
. superior quality of clay for the manufac
ture of pressed brlelc , tilinu anil paving brick
lias been found in largo quantities near
ICeoknlr , A company will bo organized
which will commence the manufacture on u
largo scale.
iVlduu Is on the eve of ono of the greatest
revivals ever held In Hardin county. Mer
chants close their places of business In order
to attend tlm meetings and the conversions
have run up Into scores.
During a thunderstorm the other night
lightning struck the telegraph ofllco at Cedar
Falls and sot it on lire , but the Humes wcra
put out before nny damage was done. The
Cedar Fulls nnd Minnesota Junction depot ,
ono and a half mi Ins cast of the city , was
struck by lightning and burned to tlio ground.
David G. Anderson of Kcokuk Is the pos
sessor of u book 255 years old. The title pairo
reads : "M. Mlnucius Felix Ills Dlologuo
called Octavlus. Containing a defense of
Christianity. Translated by Itlchurd lames
of C. C. C. Oxon , Oxford. Printed by Leon
ard Litchllolt ; for Thomas Hutglns , 1030. "
The printing nnd spelling is lu the nualnt old
style , making it a valuable and Interesting
curiosity.
Wyoming.
Lieutenant Colonel Christmas , First reg
iment , Wyoming national guard , lias been
ordered to Evanston to muster iu company C.
Evanston raised tbo Water rnto from f5 to
810 a lotto raise money to liquidate a dohtof
$1,000 , incurred in building the water-works.
The conl Holds west of Sundnnco have been
sold to an Eastern syndicate ; the mlnosaru
to bo opened and development work com
menced at once.
Fully sixty thousand acres of land lie beneath
'
neath the ne'w Douglas ditch from where the
first survey leaves the river to where it ell-
lei's tha bad lands.
Denver men nro to resume operation of the
metallic paint mines n few miles north of
Itawllus. An order now booked is 1,001) tons
for tlio Union Pncllio.
Evanston Baptists are getting ready to
have a series of revival services , beginning
this week. The preaching will bo uoiio by
llov. Mr. Wilkinson , the state missionary.
For the purposes of taxation the state j
board of equalization has lixcd the value of
common range cattlu at $10 a head and stieop
$1 a head. Cow ponies are rated at $15 enchr
A lump of coal wclchlug TOO pounds , from
the Edwards < mine near Lander has been
boxed up to bo forwardoU to the ouluifilsof
the Northwestern road , who will muko n
thorough test of it.
F. T. Delaney , who has been roadmastcr
at Evanston since last fall , will bo , It is re
ported , transferred to Cboyenno and have
charge ot tlio Union Pacilio from that pla.jo
to Grand island , Nob.
C. W. Iloldcn , a ranchman of Uinta county
and n member of thu state board of water
control , bus u project to reclaim a hundred
sections of land on Green fiver and plant a
colony of 15,000 people.
Al JJowlo , range mnnnger for ttio Sivnn
land and cattle company , says stock is in
bettor condition than at this time for several
yoara. IIo has been riding over the reeding
grounds for two mouths.
A plant is soon to bo located in Lander for
making brick of the best quality. Thu men
ititurested 111 the enterprise have ordered n
brick machine of the latest pattern from Lan
caster , Pa. , which has u capacity ot 20OUO
brick per day.
A survey of the abandoned Fort Lnramio
military reservation has been ordered by me
department. This means that about three
thousand , iivo hundred acres of fertile and
well watered land will noon bo thrown open
to settlement.
Ketall butchers of Cheyenne have aavancod
tbo price of porterhouse steak from 15 cents
lo'Anxnia , and all cuts of other meat , ex
cept pork , in proportion. Tlioy say beef on
tbo hoof has advanced from U cents to 4J.
cents in a month.
Considering the fnct that the snow nt Oold
Hill is seven feet deep , uud sluco January 1
ever seventy locutions uud deeds have been
received by the county clerk lor record , It is
evident tlmt considerable interest la being
taken in the now camp.
Cattle on the Lurainto plains are snid to bo
in very flue condition oa account of the fav
orable wlutor weather. Ttioy nro in Mich
excellent condition that they uro but a shiido
below the con-fed cattle east of us , The
pi ice recently reached 0 cunts ut.Larumlc , the
best Bliico 1SS5.
Michael Linclmn was sent to the Denver
hospital from Choycimo as the result of a
curious accident. Lliiohnn , who is employed
in the Union I'uclllc round house , went to
sleep on the front board of an OIIBUIL- , which
was afterwards started up without his presence -
once bolim discovered. Ilu was run overund
) urt of his foot cut off.
'
A party of Cheyenne surveyors are maMng
a rvuy'fora big irrigating ditch which Is to
bo tukon from tlio Pliitto river above Doug-
- - - , , , , , . . . .
las and extend to Uridgor's Ferry. Whoa
completed it will cover ever three hundred
thousand ncrci of good Nntronn and Con *
vorsio county lands. Colonel UoForost Hlch-
nrd * Is nl tliehead of the parties Interested
lu the schema.
A Denver detective has gene to 1'orllnnd ,
Ore. , to brluj ? back a man nnmcdHnrry Will.
lams Ho wan arrested In Denver In July ,
ISSO , for the burglary of a store on Fifteenth
street , but turned state's evidence and \vM
released , mid hla two partners worn scut to
the penitentiary. Oa i-eptcnibiH' 15 ho was
arrested In Choyouno for the same crime , but"
escaped from the United State's ' marshal's J
onieo on March 10 , 1SIK ) . There Is f 10.vS )
ward offered by the Cheyenne authorities for
his arrest.
0X13 OF TUn"I"llOVS AGAIN. fit
It IM t'liiln iloacpli it. ClnrlCHon , At-
fimit'y , Now.
Kx-Juduo Joseph H. Clnrkson mot with
n warm reception when ho en tercd the liir O *
court room yesterday morning , nnd instead of
taking t his place on the bench besides Judges
Donno , Hopowc.ll unit Wnkoloy , ho sat down
among the local lights.
Ilu wn ono of the early arrivals mid set
tling down Into n chair elevated his feet
upon one of the tables and lit a fragrant
Havana.
"No smoking in the courtroom , " remarked
Hall IITO robe.
"I am one of the boys now , " responds ! tha
cx-Judgo , "and eau smoke when 1 choose. " "
"HellolJoe , " remarked Attorney Mcllugh ,
"glud to see you , " and ho walked over to
Clarksou and shook his hand.
Other lawyers followed , some slinking the
ox-judge's hund.t nnd others slapping him on
the baciv in a frlemlly nmniier.
lie then informed his brother attorneys
that ho ti'ul ' formed a partnership with Cong-
' don fi Hunt and expected to enter upon the
'trial of a cuso nt once.
When the Judges out ore J the room they In
vited Ciarksou to his old seat on the hoiicli.
but ho hogged to beuxumu'd , saving , "I would .
prefer to sit with the boys. " " " „ '
OlIH.VPKll'rO \VA1ilC.
It. Costs Money to Kncp n Horse
DivyH.
People who , from the forcoof circum
stances , nro compelled to walk or patronlzo
the street cars look upon the owner of a
good liorso as ho dishes by thnm at a three
minute gait , with feelings akin to envy.
The envious pedestrians do not know all
tlio facts in the case or they might change
their views on the liorso qnostlon.
When a horse's statT of life hay , sells nt
$ liCf ! ( > 17.r > 0 per ton , us It did yesterday , or nt
& 0(0' ( i which wsio the price nt the close of
lust week , a horse becomes a decidedly ex
pensive luxury.
Hut hay H not the only artlelo on a
horso's menu. For desert ho must
have 'oatH , at 03 cents per bushel or
corn at "fie. After such a sumptuous repast
he Is supposed to rest his weary bones en a
couch ot rye straw nt su.oo per ton.
All these prices are Just about double these
usually i prevailing. Corn mid oats are high ,
because 1i 1 of the short crop of last year ; hay
1i and i straw because of the scarcity brought
about i by the bud condition of country roads ,
which ' prevents runners from supplying the
markets.
Wnou the pedestrian takes into account
tlio healthy npputlto of tlm average horse in
connection with the average prices , Lu may
fool moro content with his lot.
t'Alt.
.T. II. Stewart of Hinir la at the Cnsoy.
.T. Hadlop of Norfolk Is at the Pnxton.
.folm Ileasty of Fnlrbury is at the Murray.
P. F. Burchnrd of Norfolk Is at the Mur
ray.
ray.lion.
lion. E. P. Uosjgen of Lincoln is in the
city.
II. M. Pollard of Nebraska City is at the
Cnsoy. '
\V. L. Wilson of Nebraska City Is at thoV
Mlllnrd.
S. B. Reynolds of Grand Islnnd Is nt llio
Mlllnrd.
J. C. Joy nnd wlfo of Lincoln nro at tlio
Murray.
Judge J. C. Crawford of West Point is at
the Piixton.
Mrn. B. P. Griftlth of Emerson , la. , Is nt
the Piixton.
MissJcnnloGrifllth of Detroit , Midi. , Is
at the Ptoctou.
Cnplaiu Charles Porter of Port Niobmra Is
at the Paxton.
Jnnics MoNerry nnd wlfo of Hod Cloud are
nt the Ucllono.
J. T. Ogden and G. II. La Monte of II list
ings are at the Dollono.
Captain .fohn S. Lord nnd wlfo of Fort Mo
Klnnoy nro at the Paxton.
Mrs. J. M. Wilson , who has been so very
ill with In grippe , Is convalescent.
A. ( irotri ; , traveling milliter for the Hock
Islnnd railroad , is ill nt the Dcllono.
, r. W. Gooillmrt , N. B. Jeffrie * nnd F. J.
Heober of Ellthoru uro nt the Dcllono.
J. U.Woston , Lizzie Wcston nnd Kntbnrlno
Wcston of Beatrice are nt the Paxton.
N.V. . Wells , Mrs. II. M. Annan and II. I.
Johnson of Schuylcr nro at the Mlllunl.
Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Zutnlor nro nt homo to ,
their friends nt Hotel Dellono. No Cards.
Fred Dcllono , night clerk nt the Dcllon" .
started last night for n trip to St. Louls nnd
tlio cast.
The nollono J. T. Knalshaak. Kansas City ;
J.V. . llliieklMirn. Atchlson ; IK. . Tint , ( hl-
c.'mo ; J. ( i. Sclmrmorhorn , ICiinsiiH C'lty ' ; ( > ust
Ivlppul , Indianapolis ; UV. . Hurtninn , Jolin
Tmnililo. ( Iroreo I'ptors. Avoi-a ; A. L. ijponr-
niiiii , Sprlimlk'ld ; ( Inorgo K. ( Joimnt ami wlfu.
The Pnxton T. D. lraki ) . ChleiiKo ; U. It.
TotnsY. . II. 0. HimintU' . Mrs. Kulilon Irv/lt ,
W. H. Iliivdun , Now YorUj Hniiuipl ItosiMitlial.
IliiUlinoro ; li. W. ( Jr.ilu , KatisaH Olty ; ( h.-orqo
M. NiiRh , Gc-orxu M. Itus ull , ISnsion ; lluiiry
AU-ock , Leamington , Knulnnd : Stuart Itob oi ! ,
CohasiL't , Mass. ; James Daniels , St. l.ouls.
TlioHiirU r W. I * . ( narr , Knpld Oily ; Mrc.
Olnrb. Uhleaxo : M..I. llliwc , Kd llum'o. Mln-
nuapohs. IK - Lallirop. SiiltLnUo ; T. Ii.Wor.l-
1'pnon , Now York ; 0. IOiietur , Itouk iHliuid ;
Jllss ull vo Jlny. Now York ; O. W. lllnzln , Ito-
ntrluot I''rcd Kdkcrt , ( llunwood ; I * , ( tow. St.
I'iinli S. M. Kohr , wlfo nnd child , I.oaven-
worllii K. I ) . Kunil , Kvunsvlllo. Ind. ; Airs. M.
A. lit-iiiiott.CV'ltir ' Hiinlili ; liobort CJriilK , t'ol-
iinibiis ; .1. 11.V. . UiiWKliH. Lincoln.
Tlio Murray . /.taeoby / , II. llurrlso-i , O. ] ' .
OporO. Meyer , O.V. \ . Mnson. Chnrles I' . Ack-
orson , II. JM. I.ovy.V. . .Mnnlinln , New Ydrk ;
( J. U. llollmun. William Altcini-vi'r , lA. .
riotclicr. IPllllur. . Iliniry Groif , .Ir. . W. II.
Ijluburnian , Hen M. Klnatoln , 1C. ( J. Kppun-
Htuln , ( 'liloiiifO ' ! M..I , Niillviui. Dotrolt ; II. l > .
( ! rivo.l. Wlmii'iipolls ; W. 11. ( jiillnnkiinip , .1. H.
Hamilton. K. T. l.ymi , Kl. l.mil.s ; M. It. jor.ty ) ,
Thomas Cociiran , Mnt-nln ; T. II. rieoloy , (3hiiil-
ron , Nub. ; UnirKuM , Sllllt-r. SlIiuip.ipollH ; Him
Cohen , NuivOrloiins ; ticimlor A. S. 1'uiUlook ,
IteatrK-o.
TlioOiiBoy T. S. Mntliowd , Ilonrdstown. Ill , ;
Dr. A. D. Kiuilknnr , York ; Tlionuis Dillon ,
Cincinnati. ( ) . ; M. Avon. Lincoln ; .J. INcnhll. .
Tokainiili ; John Ydiinu. Cellar Illnirx ; O ,
'I'oivnsend. I Mlnnonpoll'i | ; Louis Illsc-boir , \ff lit
. ( ones , Hnrllngton ; JIIIIK-M KralinllkVist
I'olnt ; M. II. Kin ; . ' . Dt-.s JIolneH ; .1. T. Klmilvo ,
VlnYiindriaV. ; . I1' . Howun , U. ! ' . Ituiiiniuni ,
HLM | O.'iki I li. J. Caiilis. llnsllir.'s ! K. D.Ybl | > -
ilf , OrcNloii ; W. I' . MoiiH ( ) , llealrlun ; Jolin
1 Kiie , Urns Urn ; A. Moiiilcrn , Kt..To < ) ; Jilr. iiml
Mn.A. O. round and dnimhtiir , . Illnlr ; Mrs ,
„ . S. lllguins nnd son. HnHtliijrs ; Mlai
ICmiiiit Iliirlan , IhlipcnnliiK , Midi.
The MlllnrdO.W. . Orlfllth , OlilciiKo ; J.Stolti.
Now Yrrk ; A. .1. Alontultli , U. < ! . WobHlor ,
Hullo , Mont. ; Tlioinns K. Moirl.son , JCir |
Lodeo. Mont. ; U. I'uttubone , Now York ; KIIKCIU
1) , Wlilpple , Ureston. In. ; .1. D , Iliirnson , Uni-
rngo ; ( J. K. ( IriHiii' , Jolin W. Arelnululims. Lion
Hciieault. NIIW York ; M. H , Uoblimoii , t'lilciiuii :
ThonniB MrSliiinc , I.M Ananloa , Oul. ; .Mr. nnd
Mrs. 1C. J. Mct'ormlck. Santa llosn. Cal. ; JCn-
soiio Westboir. MIlwniiKt-n : II. P. lliiddoi-k ,
Kdwanl ( J. llulildlin , Hun Murk , AUK /.I'llniK ,
UhloaKo ; K. Wlokliiini. Huston , MIIHS. ; 11. .In-
cnlM'in. Now York ; Krunk Hliurii. bloux City ;
K. 1' . HOXKUII , LliK-oln ; .Morris Jlosuntliul. hun
I'Vanclsco ; John Aiiiihllnlil , Olnviiluiiil , O. ;
Thomiirt M. MeUiitl'licon. TIK-OMIU ; Itoliort H.
'J'otrn-iund - , I'orllanil , I ) 111.1 Johiisiin W. Uo.s-
moro. hpokann I'lilliVlllhiinJ.Kiis.scll ; " nnd
wire. London , "
Highest of all in Levelling Power. U , S. Gov't Report , Aug. 17 , 1889.
ABSOLUTELY PURE