TJdLUS OMAHA JDAJX.Y . JtUMr WEDNESDAY. APRIL 29 , 1801. * * I
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THE 1IKK MUILDINU.
BWOltN STATHMKNT Ol' C1110U1.A.TION.
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dully cliciilntiiiit of 'I'm DJMI.V tur. : fortlio
immth of April , iWO , 111- cup os ; for May.
IMU IOIM ) topics : for .limn , JH" , ' ) . ; f > l copies :
for July. 1'CI ) . ai.W ! . ' topics ; for Aiieust. IS'Ki ' ,
lO.Tt/O copies ; for September , IMU WTO copies ;
for October. 1HKI. { r,7GJ rop.iv ; for Novcm-
Hnnrti tit I rfotn 1110. nml subscribed In my
FICECIICC , IhisUdtluy of April , A. I ) . . 1MH.
N. I' . Kritu
Nnlni'V Public.
GHOVIHI C'nr.vni.AND will not talk to
Missouri politicians confidently heroaf-
tor. Ho llnds it us satisfactory and loss
embarrassing to talk to keyhole report-
era
RHAI.LV , it now looks to the disinter-
cstod outsider as if Miss Couzins hud not
boon worsted a purl 'do ' In her contro
versy with the huly munngera of the
world's fulr.
Till" policeman who borrows n dollar
or BO now and then from .saloon-Keepers
is n Rood man to declare unlit for
Borvinc , cvon If ho is .six fcot high and
woiglm 200 pounds.
Doucii.AS county is becoming inter
ested in the siifjiir boot. The county
ngriouUui'iil nocioty oll'ors llvo iirumiums
ngjrro'atiiiyOOfortho { ( best ncro of boots
grown in the county.
NKWKOUNUI < AXI > will ho coorcod.
Bho is lee small to rohol , and the > -oforo
the English government can ulTord to
Ignore the tlirouts of insurroctlon ever
the flshorios controversy.
Till ! Iowa minors uro dotorinlncd to
utriko for an eight hour day May 1. The
Iowa minors claim to hiivo an organisa
tion 10,000 strong. If this bo true and the
Btrike occurs lowti coal will bo scarce
after May 1.
TAXi'AYiNd real ostiito owners who
road THK BI K and tlioy all read Tun
BKK , nro fully awa i to the importance
of an organization for the bettor govern
ment of Omaha as well as for tno ad
vancement of hoi1 commercial interests.
IOWA prohibitionists nro falling from
grace , hence a series of revivals are pro
posed to stimulate the cause of temper
ance. The prohibition mayor of Iowa
adopted a different course though it was
a revival of a custom which has a stimu
lating effect.
A iJOAitn of arbitration settled the
street car strike in Detroit in favor of
the employee Arbitration is a sensible
method of determining controversies between -
twoon employers and employes. It would
save much misery and many millions if
resorted to more generally.
THK Cans county 700111011 who at
tempted the role of banditti at Valpar
aiso provo to bo mere clorilioppore. )
They cot no boodle and were captured
besides. They would cheerfully return
to the plow , but a Saunders county jury
think they are hotter lilted for the pen. '
THK supreme court of the Unllod
States has postponed its decision on the
Uohring sox ; case until the October term.
Thin is a surprise and a disappointment.
Thopooplu of both America and Knpland
are anxious lo have Ihls irritating con
troversy disposed of and had hoped the
Bupreuio court would settle it without
delay. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Pi.KNTY HOIISKS , the Indian assassin
of Lieutenant Casey , is making a slrong
legal light for acquittal on the ground
that the government had declared war
on tno Sioux and therefore the killing
was justifiable. Plenty Iforscs is no
fool. Ho knows there is no force in that
line of argument and that he deserves
the gallows.
A MAN named Darius Green invented :
n Hying machine. Theoretically it was
perfect , but practically It was a Hat
flzzlo. Prof. Langley of the Smithsonian
.at Washington has recently assorted
that human mechanism hud finally
solved the problem. Other professors ,
however , dispute the proposition , and
ordinary mortals will probably bo con
tent to navigate the earth in the old
fashioned stylo.
TIIIIK : : is comparatively litllo interest
manifested In commercial conventions
uinco the fiasco at Kansas City , but pre
parations are going forward for one oat
Denver , May 11) ) . The Denver people
will profit by the example of Kansas City
and avoid the serious blunders com-
llk
injttod there. Crisp , Dockcry and Code-
roll will not capture the convention for
the democrats ami Teller , Wolcott and
TowiiHoml have too much eonbo to attempt
ita
tempt tp make n republican demonstra
tion. 'They will bo satisfied if It 1 umdo
n uuecods.
DJSL'Ottl ) .
Following hard upon the reports of
diFbuiiHlun and discord In the Iowa aliiIc
anco comes the announcement of a facin
tlonal fight In tha all'.anco of Minnesota ,
which tin 0,1 tuns to hopelessly divide the
organization. The trouble grows out of
iv controvowy as lo the powers and pro-
rojfiidvea of the executive committee of
the alllam'o ' and the contra ! committee
of the alliance party. Mr. Ignatius
Donnelly , the Shakcporoan iconoclast ,
who for some time past has been play-
ing a bold part ai an alliance
loader with no credit or advnnI
luiro to the people hu iissumeil to rep-
resent , ol.'ilinthat ) tlio executive com
mittee of the alliance is supreme nnd
tint thu central committee of the nlll-
uni'o parly ended its mission when the
campaign closed last year. The chtilr-
tntin of the lattei committee , however ,
n Mr. Phelps , holds that tlio nllltuico Is
ft party and will bo perpetuated by anil
through Its central committee , nnd
therefore must bo governed thereby. It
Is ti pretty and Interesting light ns it
stands , and it would bo hazardous to
predict which ono of the doughty
bosses , Donnelly or Phelps , will bo
victorious. Both tire characterized nnd
doubtless justly , as being self-socking
hchemurs , and the wise course for the
alliance would undoubtedly bo to throw
them overboard , but this will hardly be
done , and the chances are that the light
will result In splitting the ulllanco UH u
political organization or killing it. Thu
farmers of Minnesota have hiul u decid
edly unhappy experience thus fur In
their efforts to establish ti third party ,
and the existing conllict may load them
to abandon Iho undertaking. The
Minneapolis Tribune advises them to
"reorganize the ulllance on com
mon souse lines with : i view to making
it n power within the old parties instead
of mi independent guerilla band , ' ' and
in the circumstances this counsel would
seem to bo altogether sound and judic
ious.
ious.While
While sporadic evidences of discord
in the alliances of the north are appear
ing from time lo time , there booms lobe
general harmony in the southern alli
ance. Its members are united upon the
one or two issues which it Is the object
of the alliance to promote , and
Its oxibtoneo is not causing any
trouble or anxiety to llio dom
inant party in that section. On the
contrary the democratic managers do
not huslt to lo say thai their party is
practically in control of the alliance ,
wherever it is desirable or necessary to
have control , and Ihoy are not at all dis
turbed by iho third party movement.
Tlio statement of n democratic loader of
Mlust < 9bli > pl regarding the situation in
that stnto will doubtless apply to most
all of the other southern states. lie
said iho farmers' alliance of Missis
sippi will not hurt the nom
inees of the democratic parly
next year ; ihat the democratic
members of the alliance will not permit
their democracy to bo questioned , and
that the "third party movement will not
amount to anything with us.JI Some of
those mon who could not bo induced to
vote for any , other candidates next year
than those of the democratic party will
bo in Cincinnati next month to assist in
creating a third party , and if they are
successful In conjuring northern alliance
republicans into the scheme they will
return homo with a fooling of confidence
in the success of the democratic ticket in
180" . The south will bo as solid next year
for the democracy ns it was throe years
ago , nnd if northern alliance men ex
pect to got any help from that section
they are deluding thomtolvos.ln -
doubtcdly a very largo majority of the
alliance members in the north are
honest and sincere in the belief that the
only way to secure the linanclnl and
economic reforms they dcsiro it ? through
a third party , but it is not possible to
feel this way regarding a majority of
the alliance members of the south.
What is said of those in Mississippi is
applicable to them everywhere ,
that Ihoy will not permit their
democracy to be questioned. It
roiiiuins to bo scon whether northern
alliance men of republican antecedents
will allow themselves to bo drawn into
the support of a movement which is
manifestly being promoted by the demo
cratic managers south and north. There
an ; indications which warrant llio belief
that a very largo proportion of them will
not consent to bo thus victimized.
lI.lVINf } A SAl.VTAltr KFFKOT.
There is evidence that the southern
trip of the president Is having a salutary -
tary inlluenco upon public sentiment in
ttial section. His practical talks to the
people , his manifestation of hearty concern -
corn in their welfare , the entire freedom
of his utterances from everything of a
partisan nature , and the patriotic and
national character of his sentiments ,
have unquestionably made a most oxcol-
lent impression upon Iho intelligent
and thoughtful people of the south.
This is apparent in the tone
and spirit with which the bet
tor portion of the press of that section
refer to what ho htw said. A few noliti-
cally virulent newspapers have endeav
ored to disparage the counsel of the
president , and here and there one has
shown Hbclf still Infected with the virus
of the old sectional hale , but such exam
ples have boon few nnd of small cense
quence. The papers of standing and
influence have given the addresses of
the president the consideration ami
commendation they merit and have
accepted in good faith his assurances
of northern friendship and good will ,
and it is not to be doubted thai Ihoy
voice tlio sontimonl of a largo majority
of the intelligent people of the south.
The leading democratic newspaper of
Texas refers In most complimentary
terms to the president's speeches , char
acterizing them as "charmingly appro
priate , gracious and cordial , " and says
that they "need only lo bo known , felt ,
realized and repeated through the
land to demonstrate a solid repub
lic , north and boutli , one and Indi
visible , in the pleasant bonds of mu
tual love and respect , ondurlng into
future ages. " Such expressions from
the leading paper of a Btato which
gives Iho largesl democratic ma
jority in the union , put to shame the ef
forts of certain northern journals to dis
parage the president's words and de
tract from their wholesome Influence by
alleging that they stultify hU position
In the past with respect to nollllcal pol
icies lowrrd the south , and by suggest
ing that It would have been bettor for
himself nnd his party If ho had visited
the south a year or two earlier. It Is
gratuitous to assume that President Harrison
risen docs not bollovo as strongly now
as ho has done at any time that every
citizen of the United Stales should bo
given the full nnd free enjoyment
ol every political right guaranteed him
i by the constitution and tho. laws , and If
ho IUIH changed his opinion as to the
I means lo bo employed to Hocttrn to all
citizens the unrc * " . 'icted exorcise of such
rights it is wholly in deference to the
Hcntlmeiil of northern republicans in op
position to extreme measures. It is not
stulliilcallon for a party loader lo yield
his views of what may bo expedient to
the judgment of a majority of his party ,
and In doing this ho does not neces
sarily surrender the principle in
question. All republicans believe that
every man in the nation who it ) entitled
to vote should bo allowed to freely do so ,
and that his vote should be honestly
counted. A largo majority of repub
licans in the north did not bollovo that
the election bill was expedient. Presi
dent Harrison is in line with his party.
There has boon no surrender of principle ,
nor will the republican party ever aban
don the demand for free and honest elec
tions In every portion of the union. The
salutary olTeet of the president's southern
visit is in urging upon public attention
the supreme Importance of giving first
and greatest consideration to the prac
tical affairs of that section , to the devel
opment of Its resources , the building up
of its industries , and the advancement of
its propensity along all lines. The bane
of the south in the pasl has been Iho lee
great devotion of its people to politics ,
the time has come lo think more of busi
ness , and tills the president has advised
the southern people to do. It is counsel
that may bo wisely heeded everywhere
in the north as well as in the south.
MKKTINO OK IlKAI , KSI'ATI ! OWNHHS.
TIIK Bun bollovos in tlio proposed
association of real estate owners. The
promoters of this movement are
men who have extensive property
interests hero. They have no per
sonal ends to gain. They are im
pressed with the necessity of a powerful
conservative organization , non-partisan
and individually disinterested , which
shall devote itself to throe things :
1. The protection of taxpayers from
the evils of dishonesty , inconipetoncy
and extravagance in municipal matters.
2. The oquitublo adjustment of the bur
dens of taxation and the Improvement of
the system of assessment in this cily.
8. The general advancement of the
material interests of Omaha , by a pro
per system of advertising her resources ,
by encouraging manufactures and simi
lar enterprises and the enlargement of
her commercial opportunities generally.
Il will bo adinilted that these three
important subjects intorosl every man ,
woman and child in Omaha. Hereto
fore the organizations of business
men have devoted themselves to
the third proposition almost ex
clusively and a great deal
of good has been accomplished
by them in the directions indicated.
There has , however , boon a serious lack
of funds and a want of general apprecia
tion of the extent and importance of the
work attempted. Some enterprising
mon in both the old organizations have
been compelled to boar more than their
share of Iho financial responsibility of
what success has boon achieved. It is
thought an association which shall mini
bor thousands can readily contribute
the necessary money to its success with
out burdening individuals. It is proper
that all who share the benefits of suc
cessful efforts for the upbuilding of f
Omaha should contribute in some degree
to the preliminary expenses.
The question of our inequitable
assessments is not a now one. The
newspapers of Omaha have times with
out number directed attention to this
ovil. They have explained the d
advantages under which the city labors
by reason of the very low valuation
placed upon real and personal property ,
Ihus making Iho percentage of the
assessment and the relative indebtedness
abnormally high , requiring explanations
to fiscal agencies and on tlio face of the
figures proving Omaha to bo tax-ridden
and burdened with debt as compared
with other cities. The now organi
zation will strive to devise some
method t of redeeming this city from the
ovlls , of too low a valuation and a consequently
quently too high tux rnto. It will like
wise bo oxpeclod to Investigate Iho
character of the assessments made nut :
expose the tax-shlrkors who now compel
honest lax-payers to contribute more
than their share to the burdens of gov
ernment. Corporations , individuals and
eomblnat ons now avoiding their duties
will bo brought to time and the person i-
alty roll of Omaha increased to some )
thing near what it would bo if taxes
were not evaded by many of her citizens.
The most important ( ) [ the three topics
and the one which appeals most directly
lo every cillzen is Iho first named above.
The proposed association should place
particular stress upon the question ol
improving the character of the public
service. Wo are "at the mercy of mon
whose solo purpose ns public servants
is to line their own pockets. Wo have
honest men In the city government , but
not enough of them. It Is currently be
lieved In Omaha upon circumstantial
and other evidence that several of Iho
gentlemen who have boon honored l > j
the suffrages of the taxpayers are now
and have continually been during thoh
terms of olllcn nothing more nor less
than conscienceless boodlors. They
are owned body , soul and breeches
corporations , who have either placet
them under obligations for their olectloi
or have secured them for a price since
they entered upon their duties. Those
familiar with municipal mattord are
compelled to pronounce the government
tainted by fraud , disgraced by corrup- '
tionists and weakened by imbeciles. In
the direction of purifying local politics ,
defeating incompetent and dishonest as
pirants for public oillco. detecting hood-
ling olllelals and corrupt contractor ! * ,
there is an Important work to bo pur-
formed.
It can bo accomplished only by the di
rect application of a public sentiment at-
gnnlzcd into a pQtontlalforeo represented
by an executive commtttoo which shall
bo vlgllnnt , tireless , relentless and nidi-
ul backed by funds sufficient to employ
lotoctlves to uncover rascalities nnd at-
ornoys to prosecute rascals. There Is
10 one In the ciftOovornnioiit as at pros-
Mil organized whose special business It to
lotcct corruption , expose corruptlonlsts
nd convict guilty .scoundrels In and out
f the city government who system-
.tlcally . rob the city treasury directly
mil Indirectly. , It.ls the duty of citizens
o protect themselves and the proposed
> rganizatlon can make Itself a power for
food if it will proceed to Its duties , in-
olllgontly , methodically and fearlessly.
.1 SUV 111 DAKOTA CUXXKCTIOX.
A correspondent from Iliirtlngton ,
! edar county , calls attention to iv pro-
) oscd extension of the Chicago , St. Paul ,
Minneapolis it Omaha road from Bloom-
leld , Knox county , either to Niobrara
or Yunkton , the former " 8 miles and the
alter SW. Uo speaks what all who are
well Informed know is the truth when
10 says the short link is very important
o Omaha and Nebraska , whichever tor-
ulntil may bo finally selected.
It appears that Yankton is wide
iwako to its importance. That oiilor-
) rlsing liltlo city desires to enter north
ern Nebraska for trade and wishes a til.
root connection with Omaha. A propo-
itlon to grade the road from funds to bo
raised by that city is being agitated and
the citizens are conlldont of tlio success
of the enterprise. Niobrara. is likewise
ntorestod and striving to secure the ox-
.onslon.
People in this city may not bo aware
hat the region penetrated by this line
truthfully boasts of its never failing
jrops. No other part of the state fared
so well last your. The farmers are well
, o do , and. the villages are prosperous.
It is a territory rightfully belonging to
Omaha.
But aside from the local trade , this
city wants an entrance to South Dakota
and hopes the road will build to both
Yankton and Niobrara. At the former
point the Milwaukee system in that
state would bo touched , and at Yankton
connections would bo made with both
the Northwestern anil Milwaukee.
TIIK BKK hopes at no distant day to
see the railway connections such that
Omaha will enter South Dakotaon some
thing like equal terms with the twin cities
of Minnesota , and this littlollnkof rail
way will bo a long step In that direction.
Tiio movements of the railway and the
citizens of Yankton and Niobrara will
bo watched with interest until the road
is completed.
FKW people realize the extent and im
portance of the cigar making industry
in the Omaha distPict. Last year 41-1,317
pounds of leaf tobacco were made up into
"Itl84,725 cigars , on which the revenue
tax paid nim > untel ( to $01,815.30. Tlio
Omaha district manufactures moro cigars
tliah any other in ho west , and , as the
figures show , our smokers are doing a
good deal lor Undo Sam's pockotbook.
IK I'ATitOLMKX.aud other cityomnloycs
who need the advantages of the gym
nasium and baths of the Young Ivlon's
Christian nssoelatlpn can secure these
privileges for $5 per annum each , they
should reach into their own pockets and
not tlio city treasury for the money.
TKAIN proposes to go to
Italy via Yokohama to interview Pre
mier Rudini. Usually this eminent
American gets to the point moro ab
ruptly. Rudini will feel as if an Ameri
can cyclone had struck him after ho has
been interviewed by Train.
AFTKU all these months of confusion
and the disgraceful incidents of meot-
ings of the board of public works that
body has concluded to adopt an order of
business and rules for the government
of its proceedings. This is encouraging.
OMAHA'S police force is on the anxious
seat. The report of their relative
physical illness for patrol duty has been
Hied with the board of lire and police
commissioners and action postponed for
a subsequent mooting.
OMAHA invites the United States
Medical association to moot hero next
year in June. As wo shall have the
men that preach in May it is entirely
proper to have tlio men that practice in
June.
SKCURTAHY BALCOMIIK of the board
of public works has tendered his resig
nation. The chairman should emulate
the secretary.
l > y Krcn Coinage.
Now , if Grovcr Cleveland can bo persuaded
tosuy that under certain contingencies ho
might favor n protective tariff policy , lie will
bo the Ideal democratic all-round candidate.
Corim Trampled On.
Denver Hun.
The Nebraska State Journal has n humor
ous column called "All Sorts. " A Blanco at
the familiar and uncrcdltod contents show
that the name slipuld bo changed lo "All
Stolon. " i , , ' ,
HotlioiiHo Ortliodovy.
Journal.
It was rather snjaltj'ln the faculty of Cor
nell university to vote tno action of the senior
law class inviting yqlonel U. ( . ! . Ingcrsoll lo
deliver the nnnnulj'udurcss at their com
mencement oxorcisSMi As n lawyer , pos
sessed of more than ordinary literary culture ,
Colonel liiKorcoll coUlu entertain n law class
without offendlni ; ijn'jjbody'n orthodoxy. The
friends ot nrlhodo - should bo careful nol lo
make a sensitive pjanl of tl.
Tnko
\l'ltfllllllntl \ ( ( CrlllC ,
Tlio proposition tnttt ttio republican presi
dential convention inliet In May Instead of
Juno or July next yeir : Is certainly worthy of
consideration. On the Hcm-o of comfort alone
It will of course commend I'bolt to oveiy one.
Hut It may bo Hiipportod on other grounds ,
The patriots who compose political conven
tions are only mortal after nil , nnd a surplus
of heat In nmital blood , with IU accompany
ing poi-HDlrailon , Is not at all conducive to
tluit menial oiinlpolso which should dlstln-
h'liUli the soiling up of n parly Joss.
I'roU'cMlou mill KorolKii Trndo.
.Vip I'lir.V Tribune ,
The onlrlnl report of Imperil puls lo mil
nnolher sui of free trade fuUchoods. It wns
nsierled , before and after the Mi'ICInloy bill
wont Into oKr.Ulon | , that it. would stop Im
ports , boe.iiiso It enormously enhanced thu
prices of everything the pviplo consumed ,
The fact Is that thu vuluo of Imports for the
Ix months ending with March , th' ' > oiitlro
> erIoJ oxcorit six days of October under the
iporatlon of the McKlnloy bill , was 10,1 * , l , ' > 0-
12 , against $331'JO 1,78.1 for the correspond *
ng months of the previous year , nn Increase
f fX'lD2,0'J'J. Ilut the Imports of the previ
ous year bad been much the largest known in
my year of the country's ' history. 1'lalnlv
uch n vast amount of mcrclmmllio could not
nivo been brought hither within n half year
f the free trnilo atorloj about thn bill hurt
been true. The fact Is that the 1)111 does not
Mispress Imports , but permits In tno nggro-
gate larger importations than have ever been
known In any previous year.
Turned a Woman Into n Man.
fi'tw Vork , Trlbunt.
It has been said of the ICngllsh jmrllnmont
hat thcro was nothing It could not do except
urn n womai ! Into a man. The Dutch high
: : ourt of Justlco has Just given proof ot its
iblllty to accomplish what Is beyond the
i > owcr oven of the British parliament , by de
ciding that officials and other public servants
should take the oath of allegiance , not to
'Queen ' , " but to "King" Wllbolmlna , the
olovon-yoar-old girl monarch of Holland. This
extraordinary decision has been violently at
tacked by the Dutch press as contrary to
common sense , but the high court Is fur too
ndepcndcat a body for there being nuy
chance of Its yielding the point. The states
jeneral nlono could declare that oven in llol-
and a mieon is not a king , but It Is doubtful
if this Is done.
Down with IMiikurtiiii Sluggers.
JVcu ? Ymk Sun ,
Many officers and agents of various so
cieties for the maintenance of Inw and order
seem much moro Inclined to use firearms than
nro sheriffs , constables and policemen. They
nro too loady with their pistols , perhaps be
cause they httvo not so keen n sense of their
responsibilities us the ordinary officers of the
law. Whatever the reason may bo their ten
dency to employ deadly weapons hi making
arrests should bo checked and they should
not escape punishment whenever they ex
ceed their authority In this respect.
I'.lM&l.lf ; JftliTS.
In his now play Denman Thompson will
have a real elder mill In operation on the
stage. Mr. Thompson is making a mistake.
To meat with modern public approval ho
should have a real brewery in the lobby.
Epoch : ' 'It is curious that so attractive n
man ns Hrowuoy never married. " "Family
influence. All his ancestors for four genera
tions back were bachelors , I believe. "
Washington Star : Since Mr. In galls has
gone into potato culture In Kansas a litera
te ur of that state haa begun a book entitled
'Ingalls and His Coinmon-tatcrs. " '
VIITl
This paradox of business
My soul doth vex unit griovot
Why do wo have receivers when
There's nothing to receive 1
Atchison Globe : Every time n man tells
the story of the Imttorlly nnd the nut , ho en
courages the loafer In his belief that beauty
nnd brilliancy moro than atone for his uso-
Icssncss.
Denver Sun : "This pork Is full of quills
or bristles or something , " complained Mr.
Joe Scaph at the boarding-house table the
other morning. "It must be pork-eupino
steak. "
Kentucky State Journal : Yes , advertising
pays. About several or moro or less days
epo a suburbanite lost a valuable Jersey cow.
Thursday ho advertised for it in this
paper , and the cow was found the night bo-
fora.
Washington Post : "No , I don't want any
lawn-mower , " said the man who was anxious
to chase the agent away. "What I doslro Is
moro lawn. "
Atclilson CJIobo : Love is a sacroa matter ,
hut it is difficult for n woman to make her
fourth or lifth lover bellovo it.
Philadelphia Times : The Georgia editor
who has twenty-threo children doesn't seem
to have much trouble in getting out copy.
Blnphnmton Republican : "Ovor the Gar
den Wall" is the favorite lay of the hens , if
garden-making Is proceeding on the other
side.
New York Recorder : Urown ( early In too
morning onasidostreot ) What is Jones fum
bling in his waistcoat pocket forl Ho doesn't
carry his latchkey there.
Smith No. Hero Is whore ho lives nnd I
thick ho is feeling for a clove.
Atclilson Glebe : The trouble with the
young is that tlioy do not as the old folks ad
vise , but as they have done.
New York Herald : Harry Belle promised
to DO your sister , I suppose !
Jack No ; her father said ho had too many
.stepsons already.
Now York Herald : Ono of the singular
things In life is that the lighter mustucho a
man has the moro trouble ho experiences In
raising it.
Atchison Glebe : A man's Idea of heaven
is n place where every one Is as good as ho Is.
Chicago Mail : Minnesota's nnU-tights leg
islation is dead. This is another instance of
the survival of the littebt.
Judge : Diner Hero , waiter ! I ordered
cornbeiif nnd cabbage , and you have brought
mo only the meat.
Waiter lo ) cigar , sab , will bo on'lntah.
Good News : Housekeeper What makes
butter so high now ?
Dealer Th1 oleomargarine laws , muin.
JtK.llt SVIIK F1ESJO.
Denver Sun ,
You will meet him at tlio races ,
W ith u rose pinned on his coat.
He smiles as blandly us the man
Who wants to got your vote ;
Ho knows about the pacers ,
And before the boll will ring ,
Can gK-o you hurried pointers on a
Dead
sura
thing.
You'ro Innocent and take his steer
- Of course you lose your stack
And ho explains that ho was right
liut the fault lay wit.li the track.
"Hotter luck next time , " ho says ,
"I've u tip. " The bell goes "ting. "
And again you are not in It on his
Dead
sure
thing.
This man h nt the ball games too ,
And is hoard nbovo tlio din ,
Talking about his "Inside snaps , "
On which he'll let you in ;
His tipi nro always losing ones ,
And no mono ; do they brine ;
HU chiuico to go down below Is his only
Dead
sure
thing.
LATE DESTITUTION REPORTS ,
Soorotjry of SUto Allan Receive * Some Let
ters iu Ooniiootiou Therewith.
BOY OADLY HURT BY RECKLESS DRIVING.
Dlniunlty Over ft Sewing Machine
The \VIieelor Safe Trouble In
tlio District Court Other
Lincoln News.
Lixcor.v , Neb. , April S3. [ Spoclnl to
TIIK UKI : . ] Today Secretary of State Allen
received n bl ; ; batch of letters from the Chicago
cage relief commission In which urgent np-
peals wsro made by Nohrnskn persons for
money for the benefit of pornons living In
western Nebraska. Some of the letters were
addressed to the Chicago commission nnd
others to the Prairie Farmer. The letters
were turned over to the relief commission
hero by Mr. Allen. Tlio Nebraska relief
commission Is much annoyed over these let-
ton which the commission believes nro nn
exaggeration of the condition of the farmers
In western Nebraska. These misrepresenta
tions cannot ho reached by the commission In
any way , but are believed to bo the outgrowth
of the astounding stories told by Mr.s. Dlack-
fan in Chicago. The commission has ilo-
clnred time nnd again that Nebraska is amply
able to look after hur own poor , and Is so
doing ,
Ono of the letters In question WAS written
by A. S. Hroa-ldus of Uliss , Holt
county , and ho sent n most heart
rending description of the starving condition
of the farmers In his county. Ho declared
that the great cry was for broad , J. A. Hu ft
of Oxford is another suppliant. William II.
Thomas of Cowlos begged for a "box of
close. " J. C. Latterly of Danhurv seconds
every statement of Mrs. Ulackt'an , who , un
authorized by anybody , has been depleting
the citizens of Nebraska as a hungry horde
of starving wretches. Ltiilorty estimates
that there nro 1,0 * ) families in his county
that nro without provisions , food or seed.
Secretary of Stnto Allen , who is from Danbury -
bury himself , does not bollovo that state
ment Is true.
James Van Husklrk of Gordon writes to
the 1'ralrlo Tanner that many of the farm
ers in his section have no feed for their teams
nnd urges that paper to help raise mone > to
send to him and also to his neighbors.
J. A. Keith of Klmball writes , to Judge
Walter ( , > . Urushnm that none of tho$1X,0M ( ) ( >
appropriated has reached the people in his
part of the stato.
i nuru nru u uiimurr 01 ouior leitors. TUB
relief commission does not bellovo that there
Is any occasion for such epistles , as relief is
being given wherever It Is proven that it is
actually needed. -
Kov. Luddon of the relief commission has
this also to say : "i notice that Uev. Benja
min Franldin Diffonbnolicr , the chaplain of
the legislature , who torgot to give tfllK ) of
his salary us chaplain to the western suf
ferers , as ho promised to do , is making some
ridiculous statements in an Omaha morning
paper concerning enormous prices being paid
by us for inferior seed wheat that has been
shipped into Sheridan county. Now , 1 wish
lo say that the wheat to which the chaplain
refers was not shipped into that county , but
was bought of Air. J W. Thomas , a banker
at Hushville. Mr. Thomas was represented
to us ns being n responsible man. Further
more , the fact is that the highest price wo
bavo yet paid for wheat was for that very
same batch , nnd it cost us 00 cents per
bushel , which Is a much lower price that
quoted by Kov. DilTenbacher. "
A SKUIOt'S ACCIDRXT.
The driver In charge of N , C. Brock's
spirited team of horses , attached to a car
riage in which two ladies were seated , care
lessly drove into a crowd of young boys playIng -
Ing ball near the Catholic church , nt Thir
teenth and M streets , shortly before noon to
day. The team was coming down M street
at a lively gait and without warning Ihoy
( lashed Into the group of youngsters. The
nine-year-old son of C. VV. Lyman was
knocked down and quite seriously Injured.
H. A. Meyers , who was passing by , rushed
out Into the street nnd picking up the help
less but still conscious boy carried him into
the nearest neighbor's honso. Dr. Everett
happened lo pass by at the same time nnd
made an examination of the youthful victim.
Ho pronounced him badly injured Internally ,
but no bones broken. The boy complained
of great pain in his back , and wns soon taken
to his homo near Eleventh and H streets.
mrrirt'i.TY ovnit A HUWIVO juoiuxi ; .
Isaac Broad water was arrested at his home ,
Eleventh and Locust streets , on the cimrge
of stealing n sowing machine from Mrs.
Meechnm. Whnn the olllcors appeared at
the House the half do/.on little ones set up n
howling , nnd us the wngon drove off Mrs.
Broadwatcr. whoso anger had been visibly
rising , smashed her lists together , consigned
Mrs. Meocham to the deepest depths of per
dition , and expressed iu language moro for
cible than eloquent her fixed idea of wiping
the whole of North Lincoln with the body of
Mrs. Moecham whcu next they met. Broad-
water claims that when ho rented the house
from the complainant the machine was there ,
and lie was told that as it was not much
good ho could dispose of it as ho pleased. Ho
consequently sold it. The complainant didn't
appear to prosecute this morning am' the
prisoner wns discharged. LaterMrs. Meechnm
appeared , lint wns directed ton Justice's of-
lice for satisfaction ,
THK WIIRKI.iit : HAVE DimCULTY.
Hlland H. Wheeler , late deputy clerk of
the supreme court , Is somewhat Indignant
ever the removal of the safe bearing his name
from the vault of the deputy labor cammis-
( loner's oftlco to the apartments of the attor
ney general. Mr.Vheelor declares that
somebody is trying to steal tuo safe from
him. Hu declares that the safe belongs to
him and shows docurnimts to prove It. The
snfo was originally purchased by George H
RoborU , then attorney general , ho picsumhig
that the stale would pay for It. This the
stale refused U ) do , nud ns Kobcrts was con
siderably in debt to Wheeler the nttornov
general lurnetltho.safo ever to Wheeler In
payment of his obligations to that trontlenmji.
A letter from Kobcrts to Wheeler lust August
sets forth the claim that nobodv excepting
Wheeler has'nny right lo Iho article. The
safe wn.s olovntod to the second tloor yester
day by a force of mon under command of the
janitor , but the knight of the dust brush pro
fessed ignornnco as to who ordoroi the snfo
to bo taken upstairs. When Wheeler dis
covered what hud been done ho got decidedly
warm under the collar nnd can scarcely wait
until \tlorney General Hastings returns
from Hot Springs to demand by what right
Iho safe was eonilscutcd.
A I.INC'OI.X AOTKKSS.
Miss Gracie Kcntfrow , the graceful little
soubrottoof the Hentfrow company playing
an engagement ut the Knnko , is n Lincoln
girl , having lieen bora here nineteen . \cur.-t
ago , Her parents xvoro residents of Lincoln
then and her father was ono of the mon who ,
In partnership with Gran ICnsign , started u
circus hem about seventeen years ago.
WON'T MAUIIY TJIK ( 'IIOICK OF IIKU 1'A.
Marshal Mulink was called down to the
third story of the now Webster block on
South Klovoiith street last evening by an ex
cited lady named Mrs. E. H. Watson , who
ihMroil Information as to police prerogatives.
It appears that a Miss Mills , whoso parents
live about a block south , had trouble with her
father yasterday , and was beaten black and
blue. She took refuge with Mrs. Watson ,
a-id the father was Ihreatonlng ' .o have
HID woman arrested for harboring tha
da'ightor. She was assured that it
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.
was not A criminal offense. Tha
Kirl tola the police seine tltno utro that her
parents wanted her to nmrry a .VOUHR mnn
who wns Miixlo'tii to wed liar , but hur rholro
wn < ; nol agreeable to the uaront.s , hcnvo tlio
frequent rumpuses lit the family ,
&O.ME I.STKNK'VriNO risKS.
.fudn Hall and a Jury nro engaged In try
ing It. W. 7-1 n It on the'clmrjjo ot ombozrlo *
mcnt. The facts In the case nro familiar to
till readers , The county nttornoy decided to
pro.scculo on the chnrgo of nmbciuloimmt tii
agent. The prosecution llnlshcd tlio tailing
of Its testimony nt : ioon , and the defense )
then illcd n motion to dismiss the case because - .
cause the evidence docs not prove that ho
omlw/k'd liny one's money , ihnt ho never
had appeared for the complaining witness as
her attorney in any court and tluit ho had
never had nny direct dealings with the com-
plnlimnl , but that negotiations were con
ducted through another party , to wiwm
ulcmo Xink must bo hold responsible. This
point Is being nreucd nt present. * .
In the c.iso of Williams vs. Jansen ot nl. ,
tried yosterduy , iho Jury raltirnrd n vcri'lci '
for plaintiff for $111.00 , but the ilafoiiiiiiuU
have Illcd a motion for a new trial. Thosnmo
motion was made In the case of Hancock &
Waters vs. Stout.
Messrs Tnlhot , & Bryan worn appointed to
defend 13. M. Luschor , chr.rgcd with grand {
larceny , ho being unable to pay for nu utter-
noy.
Judge Field Is still wrestling with the
Hnsimmon divorce cnso , while Judge Tib-
bolts and a jury nro trying the case of the
Sultnn cart and carriage company vs. J , B.
McCoy.
Louis U'ngncr had his trial this afternoon ? .
on the chnrgo of uurglnrl/lng G.V. . Tutu's T
honso.
onus AND r.r.'Ds.
The cnso ngalnst II. S. Wagoner , ehnrped
with forgery , hns been continued until Men- j
day , the prisoner being released on ball fur
nished by his attorney.
Frank Harris Is in trouble bccnnio he ' .
pawned n watch belonging to the cyprlnti in
Jessie Blsbraw's don who boars his name
nnd claims to bo his wife. . .
The Knpid Transit railway company bog.in
suit today in the county court against C. T.
Brown & Brothers , proprietors of the Stand
ard streel mil way company , for $ STiJ. !
In Ihodlstrletcourtof Douglas comity Henry
LIvesey sued Nels O. Brown et nl. , forfSSl duo
ns part payment on aj4tXii ) bilcks delivered
on order to drfi'ndunts. There had been pre
viously $1 , i : > 0 paid lo Ltvesoy. The plaintiff
scoured Judgment In Iho lower courts , hut.
the defendants today curried Iho case lo the
supreme court.
Speaker Hlder was n visitor at the stnto
house this morning. Ho reports the wheat
crop outlook in Ihls county as vorv favorable.
Gcorgo A. Taylor mid wife have lllc-d piipors
adopting Minnie Hello /inI : , the litllo daiigh-
ler of iho umortuimto woman who died
several weeks since under distressing cir
cumstances. Tlio girl is to take Iho name of
Taj lor , nnd her father lelinquishes his
rights.
KUUlMtlSKH iHJT SUXSUUiK.
AVIial the Snlvutl.ui . Army ThliikH of
Kev. ScliiilItlcV Kuipicst.
At the meeting of the board of flro nnd
police commissioners Monday night a complaint -
plaint against the Salvation army was lllod.
Kov. John G. Schaible , pastor of tha First
Gorman Presbyterian church on Klghtcontu
stivnt near Cumlng , was the complainant *
Kov. Srhulbla asked the board to put a utop
to the "nonsense nnd sinful doings" of the
snlvalionlsls. On motion of Mr. Ilnrliuan
Iho chief of police was Instructed to abate
the nuisance.
A BKK reporter nslceu Chief Seavoy jestor-
day afternoon whut action ho would take in
I ho matter. The chief declined to stale what
action ho would take , but gave the reporter
to understand that the nuisance would bo
abated. Adjutant Kgncr is in chnrgo of
Salvation army in Omaha , and said that
complaint was a surprise to himself nnd his
people.
Continuing the ndjutnnt said : "Wo hnvo
only been down in the vicinity of the Presby
terian chnruh ono night since I have been In
charge hero. I was not uw.iro thai wo had
been nu annoyance to any ono. If the church
people had comp to us and stated their griev
ance the matter could have been Rattled at
once , and I would have seen that/ they were
not troubled again. However , thorn shall hone
no moro heating ot drums on Sunday nlglm.
"As fur ns our arrest is concerned , wo will
quietly submit , of course. I think our order
has n few friends who will stand by us. Dut
wo shall not pay a line , because I do not
think wo hnvo been guilty of nny oft'onso.
This matter has been tried nil ever the coun
try. In several states such cuse-s have boon
ea'rriod to tlio supreme court nnd we have nl'
ways been victorious. "
'Iho lender of the red coals closed his re
marks by saying that the tinny would con
tinue the meetings as herolofore.
Motor IO\t < 'nsloiiM.
The Walnut Hill motor line Is now In op
eration along Military avenue to the inter
section of Grunt street , cars having com
mcnced to run ever the now portion of the
line this morning. Trains are run on n ten-
minute schedule , the same ns before. j
Work on luo Benson molor line Is protrro ' ? -
Ing. This line is a continuation of tho" Wnl-
nut Hill line and will bo opened for travel
about Juno 15.
relates Hint wbon Do-
CICERO
moslboncs was naked what was
tlio principal tiling in public
spanking , bo replied. "Action. " When
asked the second in importance , bo re
plied , "Action. " Tlio third ? "Action. "
In tlio same way If you want to know
tlio most important thing in the pur *
chase of a piano , It is "COUA.Lx-
I'JTY. " The next in Importance ,
"Q U A li I T Y. " The tbirdV
The price is an after consideration.
Just think a moment ! The purchase ol
a Piano is an Important matter. Von
cannotnlTord to take risks with KO largo
an outlay. You wantn thoroughly Una
Hrst-cliiKS instrument.
Before you decide it , you really need
to know just how much wo oiler. you , and
in order to know this , you should visit
our wnrcrooms , and see the line
BKIGGS 1JIA.NOS that wo
have just received from the makers.
They are marvels of power , superbly
made throughout , full of the rich , sing
ing quality of tone M > widely desired ,
and equipped witti Iho imtonlcd soft
slop which reduces sound KO that It la
liuruiy nuuiuic in practicing ,
the wear and making it pohftlblo to prac
tice at any time , without inconvciiiencu
to others.
Will you not call and FOO these line
I'innort' ? Then you can purchiiso or not
as you inny decide. Hut If you fall to
see thorn , you may regret afterwards
that you made your purcliaso before In-
vcfltlgating the high chnractor of the
Piano.
C. C. BRIGGS & CO. ,
Olllcc , Factory and Wtirorooms tit
Hoston , Mass.
AGKNTS :
MAX MEYER & URO. CO. ,
1520 to IfiiJl Fnriium Street , IMS to W
South lUtli St. , Omaha , Nob.