THE OMAHA DAILY BEEt 'SATITKDAY , NOVEMBER 14 , 1801.
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SFAU K. P. Itonrir.v ,
Notary 1'ubllc.
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( iniKF la a. stifrgcslivo ntuno for Iho
loader of Chicago nnnrchists.
l'LTKB patriotism htH n grand chunco
to display itself in both Brazil and Chill.
Tins annrchi.sts of Chicago have a
vhnlcsomo fear of the police , but for-
t'lntitoiy for the pouco of the city , the
fooling is not rceliirociitoil by the min
ions of the law.
TUB national farmers congress for
1F02 will lo ) hold in Lincoln after tlio
j.cxt presidential election. It is fair to
expect that it will bo inado up chio fly of
working agriculturists , as the talking
hind will bo out of breath at that period.
THIS business of train robbing , which
" \vns discouraged a few years ago by the
violent deaths of its ) most successful op
erators and the incarceration of others
in penitentiaries , is recovering itself. It
has broken out in all parts of the coun
try like an epidemic.
Tins Nebraska , farmer is fattening his
best and largest turkey for Thanksgiving - "
giving day , because ho realizes that 1891
IR a year which has brought him moro
c.uiso for thankfulness than any which
has rolled across the prairies of thin
Btato within n decade.
GOVERNOR THAYEII has his thanks
giving proclamation incubated and
ready to spring upon the waiting pub
lic , but courtesy to ono Benjamin Harrison
risen in Washington who usually sots
the gait for a thanksgiving movement
loads our governor to delay his plati
tudinous utterance.
OrD GBRONIMO , the flor.ce Apache
chief , who for so m'.iny years was the
terror of Arizona soltlomonts , is now the
noting justice of the peace at Fort
Marion Barracks , Ariz. , aud the army
ollcor in command pronounces him a
inodol of dignity. Most of the young
men of his band are soldiors.
A MEETING of all the state representa
tives of the World's fair , male and
fumalo , is called for Dacambor 9 , which
loads to the suggestion that mileage and
hotel expenses arc eating big holes into
the World's fair appropriations of the
Boveral states without accomplishing
much for the slates or the fair.
IT is hoped that City Clerk Groves
lias awakened fully to his duty in the
inattur of assessing railroad property
within the city , and having so awakened
thnt ho will perform that duty with an
yo single to the interests of the public
without discrimination either for or
ngalnat the railway corporations.
- BBTWKBN August 13 , 1890 , and the
first day of the present month the gov
ernment bought $00,020,505 worth of
silver bullion , for which silver cortlll-
catos were issued. Tills is about as
.much of an increase of the circulating
inodlum as conservative business men
cm reasonably ask for in llftoou
months.
EVERV American hopes that the Bra
zilians may settle their little internecine
dlllluulty without subverting the repub
lic , and the feeling is strong in this
C'wntry ' that tlio European nations are
slyly contributing to the disorder , hoping
for a restoration of the monarchy or at
lutist for the abrogation of the recoup
reciprocal treaty entered into between
Unr/.il and the United States.
TUB Real Estate Owners association
) i'ts accomplished a great deal of good
in Omaha. It is exorcising n very
jiropor censorship upon the expand ,
iluroa of the olty and county govern-
jiuiits , ns well as encouraging now on-
itoi'prlscs. Our paoplo should rally moro
generally and moro cordially to Its sup
port. It takes tv Httlo money to do the
Inulnoss undertaken by this association.
f THE mobilization of the American
jmvy In Valparaiso harbor merely to
chow the sauoy Httlo revolutionary ro-
imbllq that wo litivo a navy as announced
from Washington will strike the aver-
njfo land lubber and taxpayer ns n very
expansive exhibition. Unless there Is
Eotno better reason for Bonding all our
p'llps down there the government will
Jntdly be justlQod lu the propoiod big
WuO.
.1 Miren xjiKiHi
It Jssald that n resolution is alroad.v
drawn , to ho Introduced in the house ol
representatives Immediately after the
organization , ordering an Investigation
of the comptroller of the currency. The
provocation for this Is the failure of the
Koystoiio , Maverick and several other
national banks , under circumstances
which appear to show a lade of duo vig
ilance and cnro 'on the part of the comp
troller. In the case of the Keystone
bank the Investigation developed that
there hud long been a condition ol
nlTttlrs which it would seem could not
possibly have escaped detection by nn
examiner who properly nttoiulod to hli ,
business , and it wns also made to appear
that the coin ptrollor of the currency
was less careful than he should have
been when possessed of the informa
tion said to have boon given him
by the examiner. It will bo ro-
inomborcd that the bank was com
pletely plundered , and that besides the
heavy losses of Individual depositors the
state of Pennsylvania and tlio city
of Philadelphia lost very largo
sums. Tlio operations by which this
wholesale robbery was accomplished ex
tended ever a considerable period. The
recent disastrous fniluro of the Maverick
bank of Boston , while not presenting
similar details to that of the Keystone
bank , none the less Indicates
an equal lack of vigilance on the part of
those .vhoso duty it is to protect tlio
public against such occurrences.
These failures have strongly empha
sized the fact that very Httlo reliance
can bo placed upon bank examinations
as now conducted , and that a radical re
form in this particular is urgently
needed. This must bo provided for by
law and not loft to tlio dis
cretion of the comptroller. It
is stated that Secretary Foster lias ad
vised that olllcial to change his ways of
doing business , so far tts tlio matter of
bank examinations is concerned , sug
gesting among other things that exam
iners bo transferred from ono district to
another , bo that bankers would not know
by whom their institutions were to bo
examined , and also that exam
iners should bo required to insti
tute nn entirely now investigation
every time they looked into the ac
counts of a bunk , but no hood has boon
given to any of these judicious sugges
tions. It is perfectly clear that there is
little security for depositors in the ros-
cnt system , and it must bo reformed if it
is desired to maintain : public conlidonco
in the banks. There is another matter
which also calls for congrus jlonnl atten
tion , and that is the responsibility
of bank directors for the proper
management of the institutions with
which they are connected. Under the
law as it stands , and as it has been inter
preted by the supreme court bank
directors are practically without any
responsibility to see that the law is properly -
orly complied with and that the business
Is carried ou with reference to tho'
security of depositors. It is doubtless
true that in the gioat majority
of cases personal interest is a
sulHciont incentive to bank directors to
maintain a vigilant watch ol oven the
details of the business , but the failures
of banks show that all do not do this ,
that some regard tholr duties as merely
perfunctory , and it certainly could not
bo otherwise than bonollcial , alike to
the b'.inKs and to the public , to pro
scribe by law the duties and responsibil
ities of bank directors.
Such failures as those of the Keystone
and Mavorlok b'tnlcs inevitably create
distrust and furnish an excuse for warfare -
faro upon tlio national bank system.
Therefore every friend of the system
will desire and welcome legislation de
signed to Insure greater security and
protection io the p ubllc.
ISUKUl'lS.-lti INFi.VKSUK .IT WO11K.
It was clearly scon when the United
States adopted the policy for closer
commercial relations with the other
American republics that perhaps the
most troublesome obstacle to bo
3ticountored and overcome would
bo European influence in those
joantrios. For years British , German
tnd French interests , moro particularly
Lho first two , had been stead
ily growing in South America. They
iiad penetrated to every quarter whore
ihoro was promise of gain. In
Brazil nearly every financial institution
oprosonts an investment of British or
jorman capital , principally the former ,
rho largest mercantile houses have
jcon established and are controlled by
non from these countries. Al-
nest the entire transportation busi-
loss of Brazil is in the hands of
Suropouns , to whom , also , is duo the
jroator portion ot the debt ot the coun-
ry. The sumo is true , with Httlo modl-
ioation , regarding Argontino. It
vas shown only a few months
igo , when the collapse of the
; rent London banking house of the Bar
nes was imminent , how largely English
lapltal had boon invested in Argentine
oourltlos , and thls\vns , not the whole of
ho Investment of such capital in that
opubllc. British manufacturers and
norchatits hive interest * there that
oprosont a largo amount of capital. In
Jhlll the English nntl Gorm.ui invest-
noats nro heavy , and they enable the
'cprosotitativos ' of these countries to
ixert a gro-it inlluenco thoro.
In view of tliosu conditions the infor-
nation said to have boon rooolvoJ by
ho Bureau of American R3publics nt
regarding the tread of
iJuropoan policy In South America , IB
lot at all incredible. The United
itntos have undo commercial progress
n Brazil since the reciprocity arrange-
ueut wont into elToct between
ho two countries , and the In-
licatlons have baon favorable for
, steady growth ot trade. It is
ntlroly reasonable to suppose that this
i as excited the jealousy of the Kuglish
iianufaoturers and merchants , and that
hey are most willing to aid any move-
innt for u now order of things likely to
osult In releasing Brazil , or any con-
Idorablo part of it , from the obligations
t lias entered Into with the United
States. The overthrow of the present
rovermnont of Brazil would carry
irith it the failure ol whatever
roatlos or arrangements It has
undo , and European Interests might
veil afford to Hbo rally aid a movement
hat would bring about such u result so
far as reciprocity with th.'j country is
concerned , being well assured Hint their
welfare would not be in serious danger
of Injury from nny government thai
should succeed. There Is little roasoi
to doubt thnt foreign Influence has been
cxertud In Chili to luoonsu the
pcoplo against Americans , and ll
is doubtless being employed In
every country of South Aniorlcn
whore this govormont is seeking closer
commercial relations.
It is not probable that any European
government now purposes Interference
in the political affairs of Brazil or any
other South American country. Those
governments have a very clear under
standing of the position of the United
States with regard to sucli interference ,
and it Is to bo presumed they will
respect that position. Still unforscon
circuinrtancca may arise to involve
them in the existing difficulties and thus
draw this country Into complications ol
a more or less serious nature. Hence
the situation in Brazil and our contro
versy with Chili contain possibilities ol
far-reaching intc-rnational disturbance
which render them peculiarly interest
ing to the American people.
Ali To T1ISS t.llilt.lltr HUII.IUM1.
A few months ago a prominent clergy
man , who was about to deliver a Iw.luro
on "Success and How It is Achieved , "
requested the editor of TnBBBBto state
from personal experience to what ho
most attributed his success as a pub
lisher. The reply was very brief and
somewhat laconic. "I ascribe my suc
cess chiolly , " said ho , "to the stupidity
and malice of my would-bo competitors. "
This is literally true. TUB Bun never
would have become the great journal
that it is today but for the policy pur
sued by its rivals. It has boon their
habit to oppose , right or wrong , every
measure that THE BEE advocates and to
maliciously assail its editor upon every
occasion and misrepresent his motives ,
oven when ho was engaged in the most
laudable work In the interest of the city.
This is again strikingly illustrated
by the prescntownorof the H'orZil-J/crtiW ,
who has become a monomaniac in his
crazy endeavor to gain notoriety at any
cost and build up his paper by mean
and malicious misrepresentation of tlio
aims and objects of THE BEB on every
occasion.
This is the spirit that actuates him in
the controversy ever the library build
ing. The position taken by THE BUB is
purposely and maliciously distorted as a
selfish and venal sehomo to improve the
value o f THE BEE building.
This is as contemptible as anything
that has over emanated from tlio smalU
soulcd individual whom an insorutablo
Providence has permitted to temporar
ily experiment in Omaha journalism.
What nro the facts ? THE 13BK op
posed and still opposes the acceptance
of the Harnoy street lot for a public li
brary and museum building on purely
business grounds. The conditions at
tached to the donation are such as
no conservative business man would
accept. In the first place the title to
the property will revert to the heirs of
the lalo Byron Reed whenever the build
ing is used for any other purpose than a
library and a museum. Suppose the
population of Omaha should roach n
half-million and the city should
decide to erect a larger and more mag
nificent structure on some other site.
Then the entire property would revert
to the heirs of the Reed estate.
Acrain , the will requires the con
struction of a first-class , four-story , fire
proof building covering the whole lot.
Such a building is not desirable , .and
would cost at least $250,000. Even a
fire-proof , two-story building , with bnso-
nicnt that would require fully thirty feet
to roach a safe foundatio nwill cost from
$130,000 to $200,000 , unless wo build amore
moro brick and iron-beam barn-like
structure that would not rollect cradit-
ably upon the city.
As a business proposition not a dollar
should bo expended on the building un
til the heirs of the Hood estate recede
from every objectionable condition. But
oven if they do so , there aru other seri
ous barriers in the way. The 8100,000 of
bonds voted must bo expended entirely
on the Rood lot. The bond proposition
ratified by the people is so worded that
not a penny can bo expended on any
other ground. This practically makes
useless the proposed purchase of the lot
adjoining. All that this lot could bo
utilized for is as a garden plat jtnd to
admit light into tlio building.
But the most serious 'objection to the
whole schoino is that one-fourth of the
$100,000 voted will ho required for pilo-
driving and foundation walls before wo
roach the level of Ilarnoy street , and the
balance of the amount voted will not
jullu such a building na a city of
Omaha's pretensions should navo.
Tlio question also presents itself
whether it is business-like to erect a
Iroprool public building on a lot that
lias no alley , and is , to use plain talk ,
nothing but a filled hole surrounded by
! ire traps. The market value of this lot
is loss than $2-5,000 , and it will cost tw
much as it is worth to build a safe
'oundatlou upon it. There is also thp
'urthor objection that no matter if wo
spend $300,000 on It the building will not
bo sightly on that location.
It is true a largo majority voted for tho.
jonds , but they would have voted against
them If they had boon familiar with the
jround. As to the malicious reference
to Eighteenth and Douglas , Tin : BKK IB
willing to tuko all the odium that may
attach to the suggestion. The city
ought to own that corner to prevent the
erection of an unsightly block or a flro
trap in the rear of the city hall. A
seven or eight-story building erected
back of the city hall , oven if it was fire
proof , wouldvUo equally undesirable , because -
cause it would shut out the
light from the roar of the city
lull. A library building , on the con
trary , would ho a protection from lire ,
prevent the obstruction of light above
the third story of the city hall , and
what Is of greater advantage still tluo
niildlug could be heated from tha city
mil boilers and the city would save from
JiU.OOO to $5,000 u year for fuel and ongi-
loora. But the corner of Eighteenth
tnd Douglas is In the square In which
THE BEB buildm ? is located and that
building has been an eye sore to the It'-
If. monomaniac over since its erection.
TUB coming art exhibit ut Exposition
hull promises'to bo the event of the son-
son. The Llblty Prison War museum
husdhlppcd two.wcll tilled cases of curios
and war relics from Chicago. General
Algor'a famous picture , "The Last Hours
of Mozart , " Is bolng made ready for ship
ment. Phil D. Armour , the picking
house king , fias generously offered to
loan the Western Art association any
pictures desired from his line collection.
Most of our local patrons ot art have
gonorotwlyconsontod to help on the good
work. There rro three or fottr Iluo col
lections owned by our pcoplo which
should bo loaned and it is still hoped that
the generosity of eastern friends will not
bo permitted to put our own citizens to
the blush. Every man and woman in
Omaha should bo unselfish enough to
contribute whatever ho or she can to the
success of the exhibit.
IT is to bo hoped that in the contest
before the United States court the rela
tions of the city of Omaha to the Water
Works company , and the rights of our
city to adopt reasonable regulations re
garding the distribution of hydrants and
the water supply for private and public
use will bo clearly defined. Up to date
the contract between the city and the
water company has been construed to
confer no rights upon the city as regards
the relocation of hydrants and connec
tion with the mains excepting such as
the company was willing to grant. Tlio
sooner wo know what rights the city has
in the promises the bettor for all con-
corned.
LINCOLN is in earnest about creating
a grain market and Governor Thayer
has given the ambitious Capital City a
chief grain inspector in General.I. C.
McBrido. This raises a question of
relative rank in the mind of the other
inspector , Mr. S. S. Blanchard , whoso
bailiwick lias hitherto boon the entire
state but who under the new deal
will bo confined to Omaha and Douglas
county. IIo insists that ho is the chief
and McBride a deputy and the chances
are that the courts will bo called upon
to determine which is the legitimate
king of the corn and cereal business.
THE Omaha Athletic club has opened
its elegant now quarters on Harnoy
street. This means moro than the face
of the formal announcement. It is a
loner stop toward motropolitanism and
the club is an institution Omaha has
needed for many years. The member
ship is largo , the club house complete in
every detail and the organization is
made up of the boat brain , blood and
brawn of Om ihtu
THE Builders' and Traders' Exchange
is-in hearty sympathy with the plans
and purposes of the Manufacturers' and
Consumers' association and both voice an
almost universal Omaha public senti
ment in their efforts to help on the good
work of patronizing home industry.
OMAHA'S national convention delega
tion will go to Washington next week
backed by a guaranteed subscription of
$50,000 , and cocked and primed with the
western enthusiasm described in frontier
parlance by the two words , "Got there. "
GrontVitB Her Sitlvutloii.
ll'csteni ll'ni" .
Omuhn has boon redeemed from the scourco
of n rotten democratic rlni ? for a city council.
A Bul : Pair t , G nnblc On.
drawl Iila'irt Iti'l'iKH'lc t ,
Edgorton for governor a year hence Is the
way lu which ttio independents are talking
now , aud Vandorvoort for lieutenant gov
ernor.
Truths TiTHOly Toll ! .
Grand Island Independent : THE OMAHA
BBC has tlio finest newspaper property west
of Chicago.
Hoklrego Citizen : As nn election news-
fnthurer the Worlil-Horald did not seoui to
bo In it by about half a mile.
o
1'oinporary Kstrniiccmont.
Clitcatjii Jnter-Oaan.
Pennsylvania autl Ohio are safely back in
.ho republican column , niul lown and Now
York will como in 1893. National questions
were not tbo issue In oitbor Iowa or Now
York. In tbo latter state the the lowest
irojudicea were appealed to , and , unfortu-
lately , found fitvor witb the masses.
ST.ITK i'llEXS Ul'IXIOJf.
Nebrmicaii : McICoishan , Kom
ind Bryan can road their title clear to onp
: orm and out.
Grand Island Independent : Tbo men who
dojudo themselves with tliu belief tbat such
follows as Vitndorvoort , Burrows and Ed-
Korton nro dying of sympathy for ttio dear
fnrmors are certainly on titled to a creat deal
of commiseration ,
Plattsmouth Herald : A ( jrcat number of
old soldiers who wandered off into thn inde-
icndunt party last year on a "furlouRb , " ro-
urnod to the old regiment this year. Tbo
ioys will receive uu old time welcome and
they will bo expected and depended upon to
vork with their old time zeal.
Fairmont Slfinnl : Nebraska lias passed
through the slough of despondency and Is
low fairly on tuo road to prosperity ainln.
When the people linvo shaken olt tholr
imiKlnary Ills , they scu clearly the real ouos
ro not very formidable after alL A short ,
vigorous effort will easily put thorn to rout.
Lincoln Journal : The credit of Nebraska
and Kansas has gene up with a bound in
eastern financial circles. The good crop bo-
tan the work , and the election complutad it.
iVo v lli now have moro money for the dovel-
ipmout of our vast rosourcw , und there will
> u no moro talk about foreclosure or utLomptfi
at repudiation. The cloud has passed away
mm the suu of prosperity Is shiuincr.
Norfolk News : The mon who joluod tlio
ndopondonts for thomiko of an oluo ! ) and u
ittlo Hooting popularity will soon bo liomu-
oss wanderers without it party roof to cover
heir heads , while the men who huvu aluad-
ustly maintained their principles must expo-
'ionco ' a feoliutr of satisfaction with their
lonest and consistent courno. The people can
10 gpuorally trusted to recognize true worth
n time and will relocate the political trlni-
ncr.s to the roar.j while the men who have
boon faithful will bo called tin higher.
Beatrice Expru.v\t The independents flitt
ered themselves thxt the brouk In their lines
Qxtcnded only thro.ugh the eastern couiitioi
if this state , and ttidt when tha ruturus came
n from the central anil western counties
Jost'a lead would' bo lost and Kdjrorton
vould como In nn nosy winner. But tholr
topes were dlsuupolntod. The fnct appears
hat disintegration has bc < ; un lu the central
mid western counties , and It will bo complete
before the ocuurreuee of anothuV general
election. A year bunco with a president to
Bhoose , Nebraska can be safely counted upon
for n republican majority of anywhere from
2.5,000 to 50,1100 ,
Howclls Journal ( dom.i The democrats
made a grave mistake by not having a full
ticket In the Held In thu state. In refusing
to 1111 the vacancy caused by the resignation
) f Judge Broady , the state central commlttda
weakened every democratic county tlcltot In
the Dtitto. The action of thu committee places
.ho party In u very bad condition for IH'.i'J.
The Idea of it party thnt elected lift irovtirnor
in IS'.H ) not bavin ? it stutu tlcknt In the Hold
ID 1VJI was siuiDlv ridiculous. The men who
were trusted with the management ot the
[ > arty this season should lij invit'ul to atop
town mid out by the nicuiucri of the text
Halo convention.
OTIIKIt 7..I.Y/M TIt.lX Ol'tt.1.
Ttio Uuslan minister of foreign ( \ffnlrs ox.
presses surprise nt the outside criticism ol
his poveriimont's treatment of the .fows , am !
endeavor * to extenuate It. Ho would him
to co back to the middle n es la Europe for
fitting historical pixccdonti to Justify or ex
cuse the cziir's cruel niul base nowocutloni
of tits Hebrew subjects. In those dark
epochs kings and princes , encouraged by pop
ular bigotry mid aupoiMiUlon , frequently
found It very convenient to replenish their
empty coffers by despoiling the Jews. Hut
oven lu the middle ago.t the voices of hu
mane and enlightened men wore effectively
raised to stay the hand of persecution. His
tory relates how the celebrated St. Uornard
of Clalrvnux once battened to Germany tc
suppress a crusade against the .fowa whliih a
fanatical monk was preaching to the people
of the Khltio. The eloquent mid pious ubbot
succeeded In quieting the irritated pcoplo
and In nmklui ; them feel tbat Chrlstintu
ought not to persecute JeWs , but to pray for
their conversion. A Barnard of Clalrvaux
.might prunch In vain to the czar of Russia
and his minister of foreign nITalrs. The fnct
Is thnt Uusftin , Its government and Its politi
cal and social institutions belong to the dark
OROS rather than to tlio * civilization of this
epoch. The efforts of ton generations of
progress have hardly made an impression
upon this huge blocit of Siberian granite.
Its government Is an Asiatic despotism
transplanted Into Kuropo. Its persecution
of the Jews is part only of n system wblcn
brutality suppresses all who nro suspected of
the most vnguo aspirations toward a moro
rational government.
*
* *
Emln Pusha hns aqnln attracted tbo atten
tion of the world to himself by nn expedition
to the king of Huatida. This portion of
Africa is what Pamir is to Asia , the meeting
point of three great empires. It Is n region
of Indelinito extent , lying Just south of the
equator , and centrally traversed by the thir
tieth meridian cost from Greenwich. It iti-
cludct tbo southern shore of the great Albert
Edward Lake , the northern part of which
was surveyed by Mr. Stanley , and It extends
southward to Uiunna , which Is nt the north
ern ox troinity of Lake Tanganyika. Within
Its boundaries nro tbo great Ozo Lake and
the upper wntor * of the Luru and Lowwa
rivers , important tributaries of the Congo.
The great highway of commerce from the
Zambesi through Lakes Nynssa and Tan
ganyika northward to the N'lo will moro nat
urally and moro conveniently pass through
Lakes Albert and Albert Edward
than through Lake Victoria , and will thus
include tbo lluslzl river and pass through
the heart of Hunnda. Moreover , In Kunnda
the Congo Stnto , British East Africa and
German East Africa moot. Tbo lines thnt
dlvido thorn are drawn or are to bo drawn
through this unexplored territory. How
they will t)0 drawn depends greatly upon the
Influences that shall llrst become dominant
at the court of Ruunda.
It is thus evident thnt Emin's work in that
quarter is highly important , and yet is of
such a character that Gormimy cannot assume -
sumo responsibility for it , nor Euplana offer
serious objection to it. Ho wilt doubtless bo
allowed to go on as a free lance until the
great powers have lolsuro to take up tbo
work of African partition again. Then , If
Emln shall have made treaties in Uuandn
and elsewhere of advantage to Germany that
'
power will readily discover that it w'as nil
along responsible for him , and will insist
upon reaping for itself the harvest ho bos
planted.
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Compared with the abiding opposition bo-
uvoon ( .lurmnny und Franco , the growing 111
fooling between Franco and Italy is iu itself
of loss Importance ; but it lias boon of tbo
highest importance In Its consequence * .
While Franco and Germany might both do
without ulllos , Italy could not ; and so she
lias Joined Germany und the Austro-Ilun-
s'lirmn monarchy in a strict alliauco. tVith
Prance , then , ns a Jealous and suspected
power on one sldo , and Russia as a jealous
ind suspected power on the other side , it fol
lows as a natural consequence that these
two powers should look to ono another as
nosslblu helpers In tlmo of uood ; and so with
Russia ns n factor , wo nro necessarily
brought to look nt the condition of southeast-
jrn Europe. The sphere of Turkish op
pression In Europe lies In certain parts of
'Jrooeo , Bulgaria and Soryia , and the
iiillculty of getting rid of the Turk
, s largely duo to the crooked pol-
cy of the great powers of Eu-
. opo. They are averse to doing nny-
.hlng for freedom , and they are also retrained -
( trained by solllsti interests among tbom-
iolvos. Austria and Russia are the crottt
momics of southeastern freedom. Russia
nay chaugo for the bettor ; but , its the Iiouso
) f Austria is the natural aud abiding enemy
) f the nations ot southeastern Europe.
IVhon men talk of Austria going to Satonlca
hey forgot that this would moan tha shat-
orinpforovcr of all the hope * of Greece ,
Jervln und Bulgaria. The outloolc , than , In
hosoutheiwtorn land < is dark. These couu-
rios have not ouly tholr own causes of dii-
onslon unionir themselves , out they have
inomlos on every sldo. It is ever tholr fur-
hcr enslavement that the real conlliot hi
Juropo may bogln ; ami it is only by nuking
hem free and united tnat tboy can form it
larrlor against Russian aggrosslon aim Aus-
riau ambition.
*
Stiould present fears bo realized and Rns-
la bocoino the starting point of another lii-
asion of western Europe by cholera , the
Ivlllzed world will have n terrible account
o settle with tbo ozar. For it is at his door
lint the responsibility for the present famine
ios , and it Is bo , therefore , who must bo bolU
nsworablo for the paHilonco which U ro-
ultlug therefrom. Unlike other great fam-
ii es known to history , the present nno hi Has-
la la duo , not to natural causes beyond the
each of human control , but to u purely ai-
ilulstrativo origin. If there has buun un
ntlro failure of the crop-i , not In
no , but In twenty provinces ot the
mplro , it Is attributable uutlroly to
tic tart that little scolvu sown ,
in * that few Holds were tilled. The largijr
art of tbo vast agricultural area of Euro-
oan Russia was lott unoulttvatoJ. a'ha rait-
on for this was that the peasantry had had
tiolr lniilomoU.s | [ und caltlo seized by thu
overnmont for non-paymont of taxui , while
Im Imperial policy of persecution und expul-
lou of tbo Jews had deprived tbo nrjjlk.i uf
lioir customary moan * of borrowing tbo
lonoy needed for tba purclnuo of seed oa
no security of the cropi to bo grown thora-
rora. And , inasmuch it * the scarcity of gr.tln
s wall ns of money will have the orfeot of
till further roatnc'.lng the area now under
ulllvatlon , It is probiulo tint tha f.imlno
ml the consequent peUllonco will bo moro
ppalllng In Russia next year than thay
ow are.
| j u itli UN.
Ltnt'iin Call.
Omaha is ucnror the cantor of the United
tatus than any other great city except , Lu.-
3lu. It has boon a representative wotcrii
Ity for many years ; It U so ittuato.t ns to
Bcommodato a creator number of dologutijj
itn nnv other city and it deserve * to have
10 lutlioual republican convention. No N -
raikan who can contribute his mi to to thU
MUlt should full to do so.
is Kiil > l > iu It In.
1'nrfc Ttmu
The Lincoln Horatd complains about the
aln robbery In Omaha , und yet It is rlvbt In
no with the teaching * of Mr. BJ arlou ,
bom the Horuld supported for supreme
GRAIN INSPECTION MUDDLE ,
Affairs of the Board OompHcatqil by Recant
Developments.
TtfO OFFICERS FOR ONE POSITION ,
General MoIlrldo'H Appointment
A until H-.ilsrs ttio ( Jiicatlotm or
Ciller IMniioIini-il's Title
Iitncolii News Notes.
Ltxcoi.x , Nob. , Nov. lU.--lSpoclai toTiu
nit.j : : Wbon Chlof ( Jrnlu Inspector Ulanch *
nrd , nccordlnp to agreement with tt.o Stnto
Ho.trd of Transportation , commenced suit
tiRalnst Auditor ilonton In ttio suproiuo coui't
for inonoy iluo him for numcos , It was sup
posed thnt nil dllllcultlcs were united , but
when the inomoor.s of the board road In the
morning papers that General J. O. Mcllrldo
bad been appointed to tbo position of chief
Kratn Inspector , tboy looked as puzzled ns
over.
Deputy Inspector Andor.son of Omaha had
been sent for to Inspect forty car loails of
Brain that arrived yiutorday , and ho an.
pcorod ready lor work this morning. Aftur
reading tbo morning papers bo did not know
exactly what to do whether bo stiould report -
port to ttio board or to Mr. Mcltrldo. At the
sufc'i'o.stlon of tbo board Anderson went down
to the public warehouse to inspect the grain
as Mr. MoBrldo had not yet lllod bin bond.
The appointment of MelJrldo by tbo gov
ernor was a complete surprise to tbo board ,
us the members lielloved the Inspector and
deputies already appointed were sufllclont to
attend to the work.
Some ol tbo members declare that tbo gov-
ofnor takes n different view of the matter
than they do themselves ; that It has boon
and still Is their intention to put tbo Inspec
tion of grain on n holf-snstainlng basis ; that
last month $510 was received In fees , which
moro than paid nil expenses , and by sending
one of the Omnha deputies to Lincoln It was
believed that expenses would bo saved thereby
mill a handsotno surplus left to turn Into tbb
state treasury.
Ono member of the bonra Inquired anx
iously :
"Who Is the chlof of ehlat Inspectors , Mo-
Brulo or IManchard i"
Another said : "I bnvo full confidence In
McBride and bollovo ho will make an excel
lent Inspector. Wo will therefore tnko the
matter ns It Is and do the bast wo can for the
stato. "
Mono of the members of tbo board wished
to bo quoted by namo. They all expressed
iloslro to smooth matters over ns host they
could , but all declared that tboy did not see
ttio necessity for another Inspector to in
crease tbo pay roll.
The matter of warehouses and Inspection
has boon assigned to Senator J. N. ICoontz ,
ono of tbo secretaries of the State Board of
Transportation , and ho will hereafter devote
his entire attention to it ,
At the meeting of the board this afternoon ,
Ilouort Dorgan was appointed to the position
of chief woighmastor for Lancaster county.
Jacob Hall was chosen deputy weighniastcr
for Lancaster county ,
Mr. Harris , of the Lincoln public ware
house , Informs boerotary of State Allen that
tbo receipts at tbo warehouse represented by
him hero will average dally boreaftor from
llfly-livo to sixty-flvo cars.
CIIAKGBD WITH HAVES1 IIKATII.
County Attorney Snoll has fllod u complaint
opninst P. L. Barrett , who killed the book
agent , A. S. Hayes , charging altn with nun-
dor in tno second degree.
Ttio general opinion mipoara to bo that the
crime is nothing iiiuro than man
slaughter and many persons express
the belief that Isarrott cannot
bo convicted nt nil of any felonious charge ns
ho was provoked to the assault by the insolence -
lonco and slinging blows of tbo agent , and
from alt appearances , did not intend to kill
his assailant.
A telegram wns received this afternoon
from A. J. Iliiyos of Oswego , Minn. , a son of
the murdered man , which directed tlio under
takers to give the body a decent burial and
send the bill for tlio siifro to tno son.
The body will bo buried nt 10 : oO a. in. to
morrow.
CII.UTKK wu.t , OIK.
Who.i Frank Chaffoo , assistant flro chief ,
Jumped from the second story of the Hyatt
b.trn Tuesday evening to escape the flamm ,
it , was not then thought ttmt his Injuries
were serious. IIo was somewhat stunned
and his arm was broken. As muscular and
vigorous a specimen of manhood as bo is. It
was believed that ho would readily recover
from the injury received and would bo
ready for duty again in three or
four weeks. But this proved it grave mis
take , as ono possibility was overlooked. This
was gangrene. Today the physicians discov
ered that this dread decay had sot in and a
uousuUntloii of the best medical skill of the
city was called. It was douiuod that the
young man was beyond all human aid and
Lbo amputation of tbo arm could not prevent
the dissolution that was near.
It Is believed that ho cannot survive any
longer than morning.
Mrs. Hosjiren , the mother of the dying
t'oung man , lias been by bis Dtmside since
Wednesday , but she never dreamed until
today tUat bor boy was In danger. When
Lho sad news was broken to bor she was al
most prostrated.
Colonel Ho/jgen / arrived touay from Omaha ,
> nd is greatly affected over the near scpara-
: ion Irom the manly stop-son whom bo had
earned to admire for bis splendid traits.
The fire of Tuesday night was Insignificant
mil It appears almost Incredible to Chief
Sow berry and the other members of the < le-
lavtment that such a small bliuo should ro-
mil in the doiith of one of tlio best members
if the forco.
NAIIIIOWI.Y KSC.M'IJI ) I1IOA5IV.
Charles U. Beals , an aged lover of 03 , se
cured a license to marry a voting lady fjlvlni ?
the name of Miss Mary Uunndon , who Is ft )
years old , When Judge Stewart wns about
to pronounce the words that would m Uo tha
twain ono llosti bo discovered thai tlio Would ,
bo bride's correct namt ) yai Mrs , wllllam
llookhoaso , thrvt bor ai'.shnna was living mitt
stio had never bee . divorced from him.
wedding wni Indefinitely postponed.
TUB COmiAN llt.OCK SUIT ,
The deolslnn of Judge Tlbbott's in regard
to the live story Coffmnn block Mi Fifteenth
and O streets does not please any of tha
twenty-six creditors but Hie three favored
ones. The lions amount to fV,000 ) , and the
commencement of the suits Interfered with
the 'completion of the Interior of tha
structure. Tun two men furnishing the
matorlul nro given the JlMi lions. C , W ,
IInra who holds a f t,000 claim stands next.
The other twenty-three creditors will appeal
the case.
OIU > 3 AVI ) r.NDfl.
I. J. ICnlttlos , who was arrested on tlu
ohitrco of selling n horse that did not belong
to him , tins saddled tbo blnnio on J. J ,
Mitchell , who , he claims , gave him ton
drinks of wlnsKoy to nerve him to do as h
did. Today ho caused Mitchell's arrest ou
the charge of giving liquor nwny.
The Irian Adjustable \Vhllllotroo company
of Lincoln has tiled articles of Incorporatlau
with n cnplrul stock of $5U,000.
JMtf.S/.YU JEHTS.
Iliiltliiiorn Amcrli'iin : "Stran o , but true.1
mu n I the victim of untoward events , "lliul
i-roolifiil inn imminent ton of tun produces
straUhtonuil elromnstaoces , "
"Tlio Ib.tttlo la nut alwayi
to tlio tn > mt"Mtld : Iho JuilKii it-t Im awarded
tliu butter protiilnin at u county fulr.
I'lttstmrrf IHsnaloh : I'olltliMansnuvut- -
Izo tlial thoru Is such a thing in sfu as declin
ing yours.
Washington Star : "Mlno Is a very useful
liockupiition , " satil the pawnbroker.
IMrotl Free /Vest.
Moonlight , Kind sight ,
A man , a maid ;
A walk , u talk ,
So shy , .10 staid.
The door , ab ! more
Ills question ? Uuuss ?
1 only know
She unswurod "Vea. "
Now \ oHs Tribune : As an oxnmpln o |
oiiphomUm the verdict of an Oinaba. Not ) . .
corom-r'M Jury prolmbly stands alone. It wis :
ImpanelU'd to lake action on the casu of a
m'tjro who liiul been limited by it mob. and
nftoi1 a carnfiil review of the f iets which were
admitted , It brought In a vunlict that thiinmn
had bi'Dii frightened to death by unknown
persons. "
I'lonocr-l'ross : A Vnnkco hits figured out
that .iUMIW mosquitoes welKb a pound. Vul it
iiiofiiiiltiio' * hill In froiiiu > iitly almost HJ
troublesome as that of a tluctor.
rhltfniso Times : "Wondor whv they urn
Kolntf to loitvn tlio motto. 'In God Wo Trn.st'
elf IhiMlliiH's now andloaru It on thu dollars ? "
iiskiiil Mrs. I'.vna of her bnsbunil , tliu deiicon.
" \\ol. ! you know : i man will trust almost
iinvbody with a dliiif , but when It uoinnstoit
dollar we business men hivu to bo oiiroful. "
Detroit Kroo I'ress : "Wbnt do you menu ,
Hlr , by coming liumn at this tlmo of nlu-lit ? "
o.\vlitlincl ( JUKKM' wlfo atUa. in. , itsslio let him
In.
In."I
"I moan to RO to bofl , mv ilonr , " bo unruled ,
"And what I'.xeuso nave you KOt , you horrid
wnitcb , forcoinln-j homo In such iieonctltlon ? "
"Jlcslit In the worl'in'itoiir. I'.sh too UriiuU
to flnd'Hh way niiywliur'hli olsh. "
HAI'I'V I a Till ! MAN.
How happy Is the hnmblo man
Who hiisn cheap nmbrollii
That no'or excites the envy of
Somu sneaking , thievish follow.
Good News : Stranger How do you remem
ber the mimes of all those workmen ?
Conlrnt'torVo don't , try to. Wo number
them. I'lialk the number on tholr brooches.
" 1 shoii'd think the chalk marks would cot
ruhnoil oil"/ "
"If they lose the chalk markw they get no
pity , and thev nil iimlorstand It. "
"Iliimph ! Whore do yoot put the mark ? "
"KU'Iit whoio It will got rubbed oil'If they
Hit down. "
ATCllltiO *
Troubles are like colds. Tlio only wav you
can euro thorn Into wilt : until tl'cy gettliioinli
of Iholfown accord.
risuriia may not IIo. but every tailor wlio
has ever nidilod : n dude Knows that they pro-
rnrlcute occasionally.
A man's conscience Is like a restless baby ;
ho no Homier geLs it to sleep than Homclhliii ;
Impjioiis to wako It uji agii'ii. '
When a man cm : demonstrate th it thoru are
uollloson him , If you look ri.-ht co-u ! ) 7011 will
Lo ) apt to find long halr.sou his coat collar.
There are two Mdo.s to every story , but a
woman should always romomlior that HID
ivorld bus i-b.irlty only for the sldo presented
liy the men ,
Ev ry baby 1 ? the swootoU bnby In the
ivorld. ion wuroonco considered thoawoctost
.lung in the world , ultliuir.ni you mny not
ook It now.
IlDftim Courier.
Now an opalescent , volllug
Clowns the hills : tin ; doid : loaves sailing
On tin ; sti-cums do toll the fulling
Autumn tldo.
1'msU have wrou bt tholrold dostruotlon ;
tin.i to uro piiwerlosH for suction !
And tnu pumpkin vino's pioUuctlon
Now Is pled ,
Later truck the wains are freighting ;
" .spoons" ut llroslilo toto-it-toto-lngi
Harvest p.irtlos roiuro atliig
In Iho bariiH.
Ilailng now aiu busli uinl briar ;
Kt-s iinotiitloiis. getting blKhorj
\Vhllo ut barroom Moves the liar
Hplus bis yarns.
( toldon tuars the willow's trooping )
Itusii't UMVOS thro' laiiownys i4wi > oi
" 1'abhy" nour Iho liuarlhitbno Nlooplntf
On tliu rur. ;
fnowH tholr Hurry fonts are Iry
And the farmer , cost espying ,
isools his evur-Miit.Mfying
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Late Chemist for U. S , Government.
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"WM. McMURTRIE , E , M. , PH. D. "
Late Chemist'in-chief U. S. Dep't of Agriculture
Washington , D , C.
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"Public Analyst , Ontario , Dominion of Canada. ' '
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