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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEixiWED-NEHDAY. DEOJJJMBJiJK JO , 1BUJU THE R KOSnWATEH. EniTon. I'UIBLiyilHI ) KVKttY MOKNING. TMIM8 OK BtntSCIUPTION. Iteo'without Sunday ) One Vcnr. . . . * & M Jliilly anil Sunday , Ono Year. > 2 Fix Months 5S U'lirco Moulin 2 $ Ciiniliiy lln % Onn Yonr. ? M HHtnrtfnv HCP. Oi\'j \ Your J "J V.cokly IkT. OnuYuBr. . . . W OITIOES. Omaha. The Urn HiilMlntf. tVouthOmuhii. cornerN iinilSflth Stroots. Council HIiilN. IS I'niirl Street. ChlcnsoOntci' , JUT I linmbrr of Commerce. r r > w Vork.Itooni" I1' , H nnil l.VI'rlbuno Hull Jin ? Washington , fid rourtccnth Stroal. COUKF.H'ONnKNCi ! : . All communications reli'tln ? to news and editorial tnntlur should bo uldroiiod tc Iho Editorial Depurtiiiotit. IIUBIMWH MiTTBUH. All uuftlni ) " ! Idlers and remittances Rhnnld 1o nddri'.sM'd toTliolIco Publishing Company. Oiniilia. Oriifti. checks anil poitolllco onlurs to bo made ptiynblo to the order of llio com- nany. Tlie Bee PQlilisliing Company , Proprietors TIM : nrcn HWOUN STATEMENT 01' ttutoof NobriKkii I , County of Douglas , f1" ' Oco. II. Tz uliuck , secretary of TUB Ilnu I'ubllslilnz lonipnny. does Bnlonitily swear Mlml the nctuiil olroulatlou of TUB IMif.v EE for the wool ; ending December \ , Ib'Jl.was ' 119 follows : Knmlay , Doe. r. 28. Monday. Doc. 7 - .SW Tumdny. Doc. 8 SWW Wcdncvlny. Dec. 0 SU24 'nnirsdiiy. DCB. io : si.uo I'rlday , DPI11 83.HH ' Haturday , Deili 3'.1H' AvcraRO 2I.O12 OF.O. 11. TXSCIIUUIf. Hworn to I'Oforo mo und suhssritii'd In my prrienco 111 H lUtli day of Duconibnr. A. I ) . 1891. SUM. N. r. Emu Notary Public. The prowtli of the avcraio daily circulation of TIIK HKK for six years Is shown In the fol lowing tublu : 1M7 IW.I Ml Jnmnirj \K.m \ ; I5.2W | 8.,74 I1I.5.M 23,4(0 ( February 11.108 15.WII 18,7111 - , Mo rcli II.M7 I9.IB9 JO.Bl.'i Z4,0t April I7.1UI 18.741 1S.5.V.I ZI.1ITJ Wi > 7 13.47) 17.181 is.r/j'j a ) , isn Juno 12//.1H 11.147 I8.WM SO..TOI . Juir r..3l l H.W.I 18,0.11 18.7.H .11,0 , 27.MI August I4.I.M 18. IW tS.I'Mt 9I.7K1 1 : ( . ) 14,349 IS.l.'il 18,710 2S.M7 October IJ..iS ) U , : 3 1S.IW1 IH..OT . . . . 73.109 NoTomber. . . . . 1'i.Wl IS..iSii HllO KZ.1WI 34.UV.I iicccmboi IZ.II7 15.011 ; > il ai.uis 2.1.471 THE nation can now rest In poaco. TUiot Clarkson has nnnouiioccl tlmt ho has no preforunco as between lllaino nnd Ilarrisoii. of the furniture contract , brinpe to mind the fact that Uio deal is ellll a lonp ways this side ot Until con summation. TUB Board of Trade starts into the winter with more thnn its normal vigor. It IB to bo hoped thij will bo kept up , for this whiter is big with importance tb Omaha. TIIK first year's output of sugar from the Norfolk factory is 1,500,000 pounds. In view of the fact that the Norfolk sugar mill was only completed last summer - mor , this is u very satisfactory output. WHAT a , bonanza to the farmers of Nebraska the present warehouse law would ho in the presence of the car famine if wo had warehouses enough to store a few train loads of grain in Omaha just now ! _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ SENATOR'PLUMB'S resolution to re move the remains of General Grant from Now York to Arlington cemetery is tnkon as proof positive that lie has re cently been on the wrong side in his 'Wall struct speculations. UNCI.K Jur.iiY RUSK will wonder what now parasites luivo been ravaging the hog crop of Nebraska when ho sees Dr. Billings' savage attack upon him and his department in the Lincoln orpan of All Baba and the forty thieved. MILWAUKEE offers tbo democratic national committee iv guarantee fund of 8100,000 to secure the national conven tion. Milwaukee has a drawing card in her breweries. St. Louis and St. Paul may as well throw up the sponge. THE thoughtful subordinates of ox- Clerk McPhurson of the house of repre sentatives of Washington presented him with a silver soup tureen iw a testimo nial with the cards of ho givers in the bottom of the bowl. Nobody so fully appreciated the significance of the gift , however , as nn ambitious gentleman from the state of Texas. IP PHESII and blooming assurance can secure anything from the democratic congress , the young M. G. from the First Nebraska will have the oarth. IIo is not only demanding a pluco for himself on the ways and menus committee - too but ho iy also striving to IIx three constituents in soft places on the super numerary pay roll of the house. THE governorship of Oklahoma terri tory rests between ox-Governor Gear of Iowa nnd Colonel T. McCoy of South Dakota. If Omaha had the casting vote Governor Gear would bo appointed forthwith. Omaha remembers the cour tesy of the Iowa ox-congressman and ox-governor with grivtitudo and she also recalls the fnot that the South Dakota gentleman was by no moans neighborly when the votes were recorded In the national committee. SKNATOU MANDKUSON'S bill requir ing transcripts of judgments obtained in the United States courts to bo Illod with county ofllcors having ohargo of judg ment records is a meritorious nnd much needed measure. The independence of the United States courts within the states is n matter of conslderablo concern - corn and the fact that judgments ob tained in these courts are not always inado ot record in the counties where the persons or property affected is lo cated occasions no little confusion. MINNEAPOLIS hns grown overconfident dent since she captured the national re publican convention. Her otiorgotlc peopletvro looking out for now Holds to conquer , and nn over-confident gentle man has entered upon the 'enterprise of publishing u great monthly magazine. Here the individual nnd the city nro doomed to disappointment Now York holds this ground with u tenacity of which Chicago , St , Louis , San Francisco nnd Boston lutvo sought in vain to de prive her. Tlio great magazines are published In Now York nnil there are onougli of them to moot the demand. Minneapolis nmy as well abandon hope in this direction. Iff TITR CUITJi Uf UIK UAHO. There was n time when Govornot ThaycT was on the alert to redress popu Inr grievances nnd hold to n strict ac counlubUity olllclals who xvcro derelict In tholr duty. There was u tltno when Governor Thayer would not have dared to dcllnntty Ignore grnvo charges nf feeling not only tlio efficiency nnd integ rity of his Immediate subordinates , bu involving In tholr natttro the honest en forcement of laws enacted for the pro tection of the lives and property of Hit great mass of our clti/ons. But Governor Thtiyor realizes thai thi.4 Is the last olllco that ho is ever likely to fill and has therefore boconlo recklessly Indifferent to public senti ment. In vlnw of his advanced ngo and the good record ho inado during his last term as governor , ho should have boon inspired by pride to bo able to re tire from publlo life with the conil- donee and respco'i of the people who have honored him so often and so gonor- ously. It is a sid : commentary on the frailty of public mon and great reputations that a man who has filled every olllco within the gift of the people from log- isltttor to governor nnd United States senator should at the close of his career go into retirement "un wept , unhonorod and unsung. " Such , however , IH the inevitable doom of mo n of high estate who lower their standard for the snlfo of the paltry power con ferred by an executive olilce , place their honor within the keeping of the oITscouring of the party and make such mon the repository of tlio highest trusts nt Iholr disposal. When Governor Thayer .clings to t man of the stamp of E. C. Cams tlu governor can truthfully exclaim , "Lori save mo from my friends. " Wo aay thli not in linger , but in sorrow. Governor Thayer' had a stauncl friend in Tun BEE at al times and on all occasions for mon than twenty yours , without prici and without hope of reward. But in ar ovtl hour Governor Thayer yielded t ( the counsel of designing mon who Ir times when ho needed friends and hoi ] had spurned him. With such solf- seekers and corrupt tinic-.sorvors ho ha been .surrounded over since he made the unseemly scramble for iv third term , Under their malig-n influence ho ii acting more like u sovereign than n public servant. Like Louis XVI ho exclaims , "I am the state. " IIo ro Honts as an assault upon his own porsoi the exposure of his disreputable oil in spcutor and in a lofty and imperious tone declares : "Up to this time I hav < made my own appointments and rocog' nix.o no authority above myself. " This autocratic declaration , inado t ( the representative of the domo-indo pendent U'orlil-Iferuhl , sucuks volume ; and places Governor Thayer before the people of this state in n very unenviable light. It leaves no other inference thnr tiiat he has olthor lost his head or i : completely within the coils of the bogus oil inspection gang. In either case hi is to bo pitied more than ho is.to . be blamed. TIIK niiKT.iua.iic wixraxxiox ; It is to bo hoped every member of the Qrnaha delegation will attend the bcol sugar convention at Lincoln. The future of sugar boot culture ) and boot sugai manufacture is very promising. The $160,000,000 now sent abroad for bcol sugar will bo an incentive to stimulate homo production for many years , whotlv or bounties bo voted or otherwise. The experiments in this section of the union prove beyond question that tno soil anil climate are adapted to the culture of the boot , and the success attending the manufactories at Grand inland and Nurfolk have removed all question as tc making the industry profitable. Thoro'can bo no doubt whatever that within tlio next twenty-five years Omahn will bo the geographical center of the greatest beet sugar producing region in the world. Whether she will or will not bo the commercial center depends upon herself. Nebraska , however , will bo dotted ever witti sugar factories nnd her farmers will take the load in the cultivation of sugar bcots. Tlio Omaha delegates to Lincoln should go there to urge the extension of sugar boot culture and endeavor to formulate some plan for inducing capi talists to establish moro sugar refineries in this state. Any Industry that helps to build up any part of Nebraska helps to build up Omaha. The question of a state bounty will no doubt be discussed. Tlio Oxnard Sugar company was shabbily treated by tha last legislature when the bounty was cut off ; contrary to the agreement under which the two factories were lo cated in the state , nevertheless the bounty should not bo restored as n gra tuity to the sugar tunkors. The sugar boot producers should enjoy some of the benollts of the bounty and its payment should bo made to depend upon remun erative prices for sugnr bcots. TO I'HOTKCT l.ll'i : S'lOCK. The cuttle raisers of the west will bo interested in a bill that litis boon intro duced in congros.s to amend the not for the establishment of a bureau of animal Industry , to prevent the exportation of diseased cattle and to provide moans for the suppression and extirpation of plouro- pnoumonln and other contagious dis eases among domestic animals. The measure is designed to promote the oxpprtation of cattle nnd products of live stock , to incronso ana facilitate the commerce In cattle , and to remove the obstruction of such commerce with foreign nations and among the states occaoloncd by the existence of conta gious diseases among moat cattle. The llrst section of the bill provides for the organization of a bureau of ani mal Industry in the Agricultural depart ment , which shall Investigate and report upon the conditions of domestic animals In the United States , tlio cause of Infec tious diseases among thorn , nnd to enForce - Force rules for the suppression of diseases. Other sections require the secretary of agriculture to prepare rules for the sup pression anil extirpation of contagious iliseasos among domestic animals ; to promote the exportation of live stock : by making special Investigation'as to Urn tuclatunuo of. Infectious iliboa.soii along tlio dividing line between the Unit mi States ind foreign countries , and along the lines of transportation in the Unite States ; to adopt measures to prover the exportation of affected live sloe from any part of the United Status I any foreign port , and prohibiting a railroad companies In the United State or the owner or muster of any vossc from receiving any diseased Hvo stoc from any district or state fret which transportation has been prt hlblted by the secretary of ngrlcultun Adequate penalties arc provided Jor violation of the law , and United StnU district attorneys are required to prosi cute violators. In view of the fact that ronowc efforts are to bo mndo to induce th Urltlsh government to remove the n stricllons upon American cattle etitoi ing Great Britain , as well ns the dcsln blllty of more fully reassuring all Kur < pc.in countries of the Intention of th United States to maintain the strlctea possible inspection of cattle and meal for export , the expediency of the prt posed logUhitlon admits of no question The good effect of the moat inspectio law in overcoming the prejudice t Franco and Germany against the ho products of this country has demot ; tftrated that European governments nr willing to bo convinced of th dcsiro of this country to proven the exportation of any but healthy eal tie and meats , and this Is only to bo at complishod through stringent legislu lion thoroughly enforced. Wo must b in a position to satisfy foreign countrlu that every possible precaution is take to arrest the progress of contagious dh cases whenever they appear , and ever , means used to extirpate such diseases Tlio proposed measure contemplates this and undoubtedly the secretary of ngri culture Is in full sympathy with its pro visions. Our foreign commerce In cat tie and meats Is largo and steadily growing , but its permanence and mon rapid increase depend largely upon ju dicious legislation properly enforced. .1 llKVtl'HUVlTV Several days atro THE BEE called at tention to the fact that the tlmo wn close at hand when the president might pursuant to tlio authority given him bj tlio reciprocity clause of the tariff law issue 11 proclamation suspending the frci introduction into the' United States o sugar , molnssct , colTeo , tea and hide from countries which have not en tered into reciprocity arrangement ! or begun negotiations therefor. Tin time fixed by the law for sucl proclamation is January 1 , 1892 , or anj time thereafter when tlio prcsidoni shall be satislioei tnit : any country pro ducing and exporting the specified arti c\oi is imposing reciprocally unequii and unreasonable duties upon the agri cultural or ether products of the United States , and it is announced that Presl dent Harrison is preparing u proclamii' tion in accordance with the power and duty thus devolved on him. The commercial importance of thii action will bo very great , as tlio effect will bo to exclude from the American market , in whole or in part , the princi pal products of ti number of countries so long as they fall to take advantage ol the reciprocity policy of the Unitet States. Reciprocal trade arrangements huvc boon effected or are being negotl ated with sorao sixteen countries , bul nearly double that nutnbor , which pro duce ono or moro of the ar tides named as subject to sus' pension of free introduction intc the United States , will be affected by tlio proclamation. These include most of the countries of South America , though the most important of thoin , ex cept Iho Argentine republic , have on tared into or are negotiating for reci procity ; all the West Indies , except" the British ; two of the countries of Central America ; China , Japan , and ether coun tries. It will thus bo seen that the prpcla- mation may have a very widespread in- Juenco upon our commercial relations , Jut it is possible that the president will not find that every country produc ing sugar , molasses , coffee , tea and hides , or any of such articles , imposes unequal and unreasonable duties on American products. In any event , however - over , the proclamation cannot but bo far-roaohing in its effect , and the ulti mate result , It is not to bo doubted , will bu a great extension of the reciprocity lolicv. No nation has over adopted a moro aggressive commercial policy than Is Involved In the action which the law requires tlio president to take , but there s every reason to believe that results will justify tlio wisdom of the course. I'ho United States offers free to certain products the best market in the world n exchange for a fair and'equitable pol- oy with respect to our agricultural and nhur products , and nny country that leclines to accept a proposition to essentially just cannot reasonably complain if excluded from our com- norclnl favor. Morovor , It is obviously the duty of this nation to stand by these - ountrios that make reasonable con sessions in order to have closer trade olntlons witn us. A slnglo example vill sufllco for illustration. Brazil exerts - > orts ever $2,000,000 worth of hides to his country. For the continued free idmission of tills product the Braxillnn rovornmunt htm granted us a fair re- urn. Would not tlio people of Brazil lave just cause ot complaint if wo hould continue to allow hides to come n from the Argentine Republic without my reciprocal roturnV Mexico is a urge exporter of hides to the United Status , flow can wo reasonably ask concessions from that country for the roe admission of its hides if wo allow hat product of the Argentine Republic o continue to come in without any con- osslotiV Wo must keep faith with our oinmorelal allies or reciprocity would poodlly become a byword and the fabric all to pieces. The proclamation of the irosldont will bo an assurance that wo nonn to Iteop faith nnd its effect will bo o rapidly extend reciprocal trade ar- nngcmeuts. Tins coureu of Governor Hill of Now fork in retaining possession of that Ilico after his election ns a United it.itoa bonator , and even refusing to icid It when eongrena assembled , is uito chnrncturlsUii of the man , but it is aid that the republicans of the senate ro not disposed to regard It us u m.itior f uo consequonuo. It is suggested that when , Mr. IIlll comes forwni next motitlyt to take tlio oat of olllco as a senator ho mn bo mot wlj4-tt ? protest from some t the re pu hi Iain 8 of that body , and It ! possible thiA'p ' , will bo found that h lias nbandonJ3i | all legitimate claim t his senatorial seat. At any rate tli matter Is bohi" discussed , und If their Is any proper , way In which Mr. Ill can bo made an example of Us adoptlo would cst/ib / lsh a wholesome pre codont. Tho. motives of Ilill 1 holding bitto Iho govornoi shin are well understood , the chle ono bolng his dcsiro to keep his gras on the democratic machine in Now Yor as long as possible , for what purpose hi effort to steal the legislature explains There Is not a moro unscrupulous poll llclan in this country thnn David Hot : nott IIlll , and it will bo well for th country when his opportunities for ml' chief are brought to an end. A St'lT Is to bo Instituted , by author Ity of the attorney general of the Unltoi States , to test the question whotho railroad companies , in issuing fro passes , violate the interstate commorc law. The act permits railroads to glv free carriage to tholr ofllcora and om ployos , and they mav exchange passe and tickets with each ether , but thi limited permission has never beoi strictly adhered to , at lens by most roads. In fact th issuance of free passes has become al most as common as before the Intcrstnti commerce law was passed , nnd some o the railroads oiiiim that there Is no lega restriction upon such action. It is un dorntood that the government Is anxiou to obtain a judicial construction of tin act upon tills point , and the Issue will b < inado upon the Question whether or no there is a prohibition against passe included In the clause providing that m rales shall bo given olthor moro or IOR than the fixed schedule of the road Tlioro has been a sharp contest ovei this question In Now Hampshire , and I : is not unlikely that it is through the In iluenco of Senator Chandler of Urn state that the Department of Justice hr. ! concluded to make a test case. A TENTH ward would add two more councilmen at $ SUO ouch per atv num to the ] city legislature. It I ; barely possible the genial suburban gen tlcmcn who arc so anxious for nnothoi ward are morcvainbitious to bo member ; of that body'thnn to benefit the comma nity ut large , i MAYOR Ctrsmxr. might have done the city a service , , had ho declined to sigr the warrants for the payment of election olliccrs. A ' mandamus would have brought the questions to an issue nnd the courts would have ended the contro * " " " versy. , CITY CLKIH GIIOVKS hns thus fat found $300,000 | vorth of railroad real es tate. Perhaps if ho had begun his search earlier ho would have been able to find a million dollars worth. SHKUIPF-KLKCT BENNETT is right in selecting his own deputies without regard to political or factional pros- sure. The I'.itli to UsotuliicHS. C/itc.iyo Times. There are n good many cranks in congress this year , but if tholr presence there will frichton Wall strcol mon uwa.v from tbo cap ital they may couut upon rc-olcctlon. Unprollt bio Arrojiunoo. It Httn ) ninnc. The telegraphers' stnlto along the South ern Pacific line appeaw to bo growing. It never pays any corporation , however great , ; o refuse to heed or lioar tUo grievances of omployc.i. OeuJ null liitrfud. Ifew rork Sim. The subtroasury sehomo of the farmers alliance has boon burled under a cairn. The stones that have just been laid ever Its cofiln by the state granges of Michigan , Illinois and Iowa are big and heavy. Tlio Ku-ly Him , etc. Stnux rttu Jinrnal. Omaha Is once moro turning a iondng aye n the direction of northern Nebraska. The .rouble . with Omati'a is tnat it has done notn'- ng but look that way whlto Sioux ( Jlty has > con building railroads there. "nclcirni" Press Dyin-r Wall. Iltil Clnwl ArQus. Wo ncocl $21 on subscriptions without nolay. Nation. It seoma to us that every rebel shoot In the state , from Jny Hurrows' papar down to the Vutlon , is making a nolso that resembles the ibovo very much. Another such gasp and xll will bo still. Only an Infant In dun try. araml lilanil / > i'l ' < j > ei'leit. ' Ths boot sunnr Industry Is still in Its ox- lorltnontal stage. Much has boon learned , jut there Is much to lenrn yet concerning .ho cultivation of that crop whloh promises , o make Nebraska ono of the richest and most ) rosporous of the northwestern states. Symptoms oi'n Ualil. lllilenai J'rt't ' Dispatches from Now York say that Jay Jould Is bolnp * tlgtitly squeezed by Wall itront gamDlaruiinil that ho may lese many Millions bofofo 'ho ' succeouj In oxtrlcatlng ilmsulf. Olos dBiervoM have notlood that iucli n rumor usually precedes Jason's sue- lossful raids afj&r Iho golden llooco. A. lr.iiffSnljo ( | M : it ( fnmniercfnf. Heljo , Mr. Vi'finUmaltorl What prospect Is here that cobfVoss will tnko favorable icllon on your roposltion to equip country lostonices withj t.ho toloptiono sorvlcol Tlio ugcostlon Is fi.prautlcablo . and good ono , and vo do not luipfjir but that after n whllo It vould bo welllitcuiialio tuts oxp.'rlmonl In a iiodorato way .with the telegraph. itll ' Tainmiiny'H Open SRHIIIIIO. .Veto r < irli Tfhurnm , There Is joy IniU'ammany hull and dismay n the tioor of con re . Ono of the llrst cts of the new spoaUor was to hand Pohco tammhsionor Martin this note : IIouso ot Uopro > otitatlvo3 To all door- : oopurs Admit Mr. Martin and hl friends vhoruver they wa'nt to go. go.Uir.Mii.Es P. Cmsr. Thus promptly Is llm congress gottlng ndor way , and Tammany evidently ( lees not loan to ba a daaJhead In the ontorprUo. An Mpldoiiilo 4 > l Crunk i-y. f.Mn ID Tribune. Tlio recent attempt to assasslimto Itov. Dr. lull In Now YorK hat precipitated u ver- lunlooyclo of crankory of the vlnlunt sort. t wiu followed by tha nttumiK to bill Kusscll iatro by an explosion of tlynumlto. A day or wo lifter this ocuurruncu Conrad Harris , a ottrcd me re U nut of Nowr York mt.v , ruenivuJ n anonymous 1 in tor demanding f-VX ) within wo days , in which too writer said ; "If you don't take uottco of this , tny request , you wl bo the next UtmellSnpo , and I will blow. rot brnlnslntho nlr. " Mr. Harris wisely nn promptly gnvo the letter to the police , and tt writer soon was npprohnndod. The no.x victim of a crank plot win Kdwnrd Murpli , ot Troy , the uomocrntlo suite chturmun < Now York , who was attacked by n Ititint With n Imtchot nnd narrowly escaped dealt The crank In ttiU case had been discharge recently from the Poughlccopsiu ttmno nv him ns cured , nnd declared to bo harmless b the atyluin physicians. On thosnmadny Gorman named Qaorgo Lnndlk was arrostci In Now York upon the complaint of on Jacob Dock , who stated that Latullk ha mndo overture ? to him to blow up n bAiih The latest outbreak of dangerous crankcr ; Is in Kansas City , where David B. Boals the banker , whoso child recently was kit napcd , has boon threatened with tlonth b ; dynamite If the potico hunt for the kldnapci is not stopped at onco. Orant'H I ntli4 > tlo I'rotest. Inlertltw lit .Vew Vn-k Kvtntny ll'orld. "I burled my husband hero because wanted him near mo. I wanted him when could go to him. My children nro near m horo. Jesse , my son , lives with mo. My so Ulysses lives nt Snlem Center , Westchoste county , whence ho can como to mo readily Ho and his children nro with mo today. ntn growing old. It Is not easy for mo t change my residence at command. 'Hut I cannot light n whole conpross. M husband was n public man and I have boo schooled to feel that ho belonged to th public. "Perhaps the publlo la entitled to hlni.ovo nsatnst mo. "If a majority of the people want him removed moved I suppose they will do It. I can no help myself. " Tlioro was something Indescribably pa thetic in the way Mrs. Grant expressed ho helplessness. Then she resumed nlmostpas sionately : "Why do they do it ) Washington lies n Mount Vcrnon , nnd they have built u grea monument to him at the capital. Why can' they lot the wenoral rest where I laid him I "Thoy nro building a splendid mon union ever the general's tomb at Klrersldo. Ho contly they removed him to that mausoleun where I had hoped ho would rojt forever. " Ho lins a Level Ilctul. Ftcinnnt Tribune. Judge Hopowell , in the district court ai Omaha the ether uay , refused to grunt i divorce to an applicant whoso only charge against her "lord and master" that could be substantiated was laziness' Juigo ! llopowoll'i hpad Is lovol. If laziness is to bo nccountet a sufllciont ground for divorce what will become como of posterity nnd the great social systorr of marriage ! XUT A Tll.t.KKKnti JOll. Howclls Journal : Tin : OMAHA Bp.n is still ut work showing up the fraud oonncclod with the state inspection of oil. Tan Bui : is doing a good work. Nebraska City Press : It is to ho hoped that the attempt of TUB OMAHA Hen to provide a bettor'system of oil Inspection for Nebraska will bo the moans of giving us better oil , or that the peonlo will revert to the ever rollablo tallow candle or dip. People cau't , afford to take the chances of using nitroglycerine for the sake of bonollting n few wealthy capitalists. Superior Times : Tun OMAHA Bcc is en titled to the thanks of all Nebraska for the ? oed work it has been doing In showing up the inolllcioiicy of the oil inspection law and the fraudulent practices of the oil monopoly. Tno question of the safety of Illuminating oils Is ono that comes homo to every family , and the Inspector who passes unsafe oil , as well as the corporation elualor who knowingly soils , is n criminal in every sense of the woril. Hastings Nebraska ! ) : The Standard oil sctopus has pleaded guilty to the charges brought against It by THE OMAHA Bnts Inas much as It has thus tar not offered ono scin tilla in dcfunco to Iho questionable way in which Ihoy have evidently been serving the people of the stato. Oil Inspection in Ne braska seems to have been a burlesque of thei lirst magnitude , und if Tnc BEE'S agitation shall bo the cause of the enactment of laws raising the test standard of illuminating oils ind causing one of the most heartless monop- ) lies to abulo by it , it will DO entitled to the : hanks of the people of the entire stato. t.UI'1'USKU TO UK Rochester 1'osfc : So near and yet so far the loft fcinalu voice In the telephone olllco. New York lltirald : The man who paints the : own tijually ends by making : i picture of ilmsulf. Soinorvlllo Journal ; Shakespeare wrote , throw physic to the tlows , " om foootjaults nro jotter than pliyalu to throw at them. New York Telearam. They're playln1 huvou wl' your will , John Andursun , my .Inu. With lawyer's uraft They'll prove yo daft , John Anderson , myJou. Harper's Iliiznr : Jack It's pretty hard to ; ncss a Klrl'rt lice correctly. Tom loan toll you n irood ' way to flnd It int. ' Jack How ? Tom Ask her , and than add one-third. .Star. Io was clever with a plutol. and a Run washU dollvht ; In a shooting match ho mndo his rlvnlsf-lum. iut In tmttln : : down u carpal , though hu nlmcil with all his mlcht , Ho would always miss tha tack and hit his thumb. 1'iick : She Now. that yon nrt ) graduated , ) lck , what arc you colng to bo ? IIo HoVVliy , just think what I am ! Now York Herald : Mr. Morltrty ( lust ronscil from blissful olillvloni It's inulctv watu tilings ycu.3 hov sulil ( n mo this alvnln' , lias Mulvnnoy , but Ol uiidiirstund tholr 'iiptlnosi ' now. Yn'll nlvur liov another hiinco to holdo u bnrrud in u box to call me u nckoo just because It's wiin o'clock ! A'lnntn ( Vmiftfiifinn , To advortltii It gavn him pain , Uo woulil nut take udvlou ; llxiYon Rrant hlM In hlsjiow domain A good supply of Ice ! Itlllvlllo llnniipr : Coroner Jenkins hold an KiiU4t | yesterday on u drunken man who rled to wlilp his mothor-lii-luw. Tlu-ro IH n uotl ilenl ot resolution In Blllvlllu whiskey , nt. cns-ioil little judgment. Flvo miles from Glacier Crock. In the far orthwcst corner ol the Htatc of Washington , i tlm country seat of son HI printer. Un the ate poU of tin ) "shuck" Is the skn. "A Homo jr limn Printers , " und thu following siimu- joiii : bill of faro : llreitlifutt , Mush , rtlnner. Mush , Mush.Meat Meat * . . Dinner , ' . ' P. M , ijuppor , 'Jr. si. Now Orleans IMuiiyuno : An avcruuo iniui t Ufty lmH pontflixU ) Uiiyu , or nuarly twenty mils , In sloop , To a ulub man who Hits U | > Itli poker Unit Rooms an onornioua amount t tlmo to Wi.au in bed. Columbus Post : .Sonio mon give n train of lon 'lit too light a load for Hinootli mnnln . .U.1.1OC///.VM IMltl > .1. A. Alexawltr. ft rulud by woman , though themselves are lilius. runilly heroic , viiln In sniullcr thlintn , huy do grunt deeds und great ruwurda they uliilmt huy Hvo for money. If they dlo for fame. iisteroil by p rtsloii , chain ; nr for ; trunk , hulr hearts nro soft , but very aolilom braak. itch for lilinaulf urenlcs a inlmlo throne , nd ululniH u court to worship him ulono. liulrliirmir inlnilsiU'spluu tlio inuauur nliHl hey strlKu with HvroriU. tluty du not prick with plus. rave to thu world , thuy fiiuu Imino trials Ill- hey cat tha fruit and bluuiu the wumuu itlll , CORPSE IN THE RESERVOIR Disgusting Revelation at the Central II' noU Insanj Aiylutu. WORSE DETAILS TO BE MADE PUBLII Jloxv the tiiHtltntloii Ilnn Ilccn Col Utiutcil for Almost lliiJT n Century - tury Liberties fnlcou with l-'cinalo I'ntlciitH. CIIICAOO HUIIKAU OK TUB llr.B , UtiU'Aiio , I ) . ! . , Deo. IB. A dispatch from .Incksoiivlllo , the s-Mt c the Cuntrnl Illinois liuuno asylum , makes tli startling assertion thitt the I , ' . ' 00 Inmates o the asylum , for thirty-four itnys from Jnnu nry 'JO , 1S01 , to February ' . ' : i--woro twin , water drawn from n reservoir In which hi , tbo corpse of U'Hlinm Wilson , nn imnttt who was drowned In the tank and who * body was not discovered for ovu a mouth. Even whan the decompose- remains at ln.it were found , the asyluu authorities , Inslcad of complying with th law In tlua roipect , failed to have n coroner' Inqtion u to the uatuo of death , but the corps Was sent to the , dead house and tluvl was th last over BOO.I of it. Wilson , who was sen to the asylum from Attains county aovcrn years ngo , was reported missing January ' . ' 0 i'Vbruttry 'J. ) , however , S. U. HollltiRsboo , on k'lncor of Iho asylum , notlllud ttio supurlu tondent that lie had discovered tin body of u man llontlni ; In tlu reservoir. Thu suporlntcndont ijave order : not to remove the body untl tbo dinner hour , wnon till tbo patients iiue ! attendants wcru at tholr tnoals. Thoonitm , cur was instructed not to brcatho n , word U anyone , for If the news became publlo tin suporlntondemt would have to empty tin reservoir , which contained the water used dally' by ever 1,001) ) patients. Thosuperin tcndont's orders were carried out , and onlj u few of tbo most trusted employe * were lei into the secret. Subsequently the body wa ; llshed out and takou to the dead house. How tlio IiiHtiiiitton Is Conducted. This was the last ever heard of the body by these who were present at the finding or who assisted in removing it from the reservoir Ic the dead. bouse till now , and the reservoir never hns been cleansed. The plant of the Central Illinois hospital for the Insann cost the state nearly $1,1)00,000 ) and It Is ono of the most valuable charitable institutions owned by tno state. Slnco 1870 It hns been under the suporlntondoy of Dr. Carriel , who , it Is said , conducted things to suit himself without any udvico from ROV- crnor or board of trustees. It Is said that this Is only ttio boL-inninp of tbo exposure of rottenness connected with this Institution. Army Ollluni-H TranHl\i-roil. Major \Villlum J. Vollunar , who was acting adjutant to General Miles , and who was transferred from St. Louis last summer , has boon ordered to Washington , where bo will bo given a similar position at General Scho- Hold's headquarters. Major Volltmar's place hero will bo loft vacant for the prosou ! , Major Peter II. Vroom , assistant Inspector , will go to tbo Department ot Texas , where ho will occupy n similar position. Ills-successor is Captain Jeiso M. Leo of tbo Ninth Infan try , who has for some tinio boon detailed on the Indian recruiting service. Has J iii-iio < I Up in Syrin. Anton Faris Behannessoy , the youn Syrian who disappeared so suddenly from Chicago last summer , bus turned up InCaleb , Syria. P. E. Hosklns , Presbyterian mission ary at Zalch , writes that , young Bohanncssov says that , ho left Chicago much against bis will. will."Ho "Ho wont to see his uncle about money matters , " writes the missionary. "Tho uncle jelayed the completion of business , invited ill in to walk to the station and then exerted force enough to have him put aboard the train. At Now York , It Is said , similar tac tics were used to got the lad aboard a ship jailing for Beyrouth. Tbo uncle is the boy's legal guardian , however , and young Bohan- nossoy was kidnaped at the request of the nether of the boy. His younger brother had recently died and she desired that her re naming son return homo. The young Syrian promises to return to Cuicago , leaving Zalch Shortly alter Easter. " Odds and It , is alleged that a man from Green conn ty Milled at the asylum some time ago to see his , vife , who was a convalescent patient. Ho 'ound her In n delicate condition , and a low nonths later she gave birth to a child. The : bild was adontcd by a family in Jackson- /Illo and is at present n living witness of the iffalr. A leader of the Christian iinueavor society n the Central Church of Christ , at Thirty"- leveuth and Indiana avenue , bas been ar- cstod on the charge of theft. Ills name i- iVilliam A. Bridgeman , und It is now discov- : red that ho recently completed a term of .welvo . years at , Jollct. Alderman Kenny's anU-gamblintr ordl- muco was passed last ovonlng by the conn- : il. It deals principally with bookmakers. [ 'ho ordinance Is sweeping In its provisions " , nd Includes the man" who makes a bet as veil as the man whoso business is book- Baking. A Hurry of excitement ran through the ro- mbllcan circles In Chicago today when A. ,1. , Jones , chairman of the republican state entrul committee , and Colonel Isaac Clem- nts , pension apont , each received and road 0 their friends a letter from Asa Matthews , luting that , bo was no longer a candidate for ; ovornor. Mr. Matthews has all along been onsidered one of the most formidableop - lonents to the ronomluatlon of Governor iMfer. Certain ontornrising florists have scandal- jed the West Side by sending canvassers to lonrnlng households and soliciting from rol- tivos of the deceased orders for lloral de igns for funeral services , Natural gas in paying quantity has boon aund on a farm In the limits of thu town of ( doll on tbo Alton road , eighty-two miles rom Chicago. A girl nun < od Addle Hunter , whoso dls- ppoarunco from Klekapoo , 111. , three years KO created u consldorable stir at the tinio , nd the belief that slio had committed suicide 1 the river , has been found on a farm near Vlcbltn , ICan , , whore she wandered while offering from temporary aberration caused y betrayal und desertion. A Chicago drummer took morphine nt 'rankfort ' , Ind. , and was supposed to lia 3ad , but when the coroner arrived ho sat up i bed and demanded to know what all thu DISO wns about. Mr. George H. Merrill of Washington , trator of geological burnau of Smithsonian istltutc , proposes to have a unique exhibit > r the fair Illustrating the action of vol- U10L'3. \ \ cstcrn I'eoplo In Olilonjjn. The following western people arc InClil- igo ; j\l the Grand Pacllic-Lloyd Solby , Con- irvillo , Iu. ; P. II. Gilcrost , Kearney ; W. IcNninarn , Sioux City , IB. ; C. E. Perkins , , lss Corking Burlington , la. At the Palmer Mr. and Mrs. Llndorman , Inrlnda , la. ; Mrs , G. W. C'ook , Mr. and ; ro. John Gordon. Mr. nndJ.Mra. S. C. Hall , in nb a : Mr. and Mr * . A. C. Truoadell , Sioux Ity , la. ; A. C. Harbor , A. C. Gogor , Pro- oiit : Mr. and Mrs. L. A. McMurray , Pollster Cllv , la , At the Wellington I * P. Prost , Robert rauso , Davenport , la. ; J. C. .Maoy , Des oluos , la. ; C. P. Aldou , Clinton , la. At the Auditorium U. Campbell , ludo- pondoneo , la. ; C. D. Incs , Cedar rupltln , ln. { Cralir L. Wright , Slour City , Iii. ) Mn. Slovens , DCS Molnoi , la. ; II. 1) ) . Schnoldor , PromonU P. A. Hlxtocn Men Hnvo Knllstcd but Mora Will Kiillow. . ' N.\snviu.K , Tonn , , Deo. 15. Tcnnossco has astanillngarmy. At praaont U consists of only sixteen mon ami It b sleeping In nlno tents , but it gives protnUo of growitiK , The nrmy Is blvounckod on Capitol hill awaiting ordorj to march to Urlcevillo. The army ar rived hero from Memphis yostonlny under command ot General Kollar. The slnto of- llcprs arc not very talkative , but It was learned that those sixteen mon had boon sworn In the service for ono year anil that It Is the Intention to swear In altouothcr 150. It Is Impracticable ) io take thn regular mill- , tla , as many of them could not leave their T bUMness , so tbojio men will bo employed. ' They will bo regularly equipped ixs soldicn , nnd llft.y mon pmcod nt. tiacli of the br.inch tirlsons ut Coal crook , Urlcevillo and Oliver's Springs. There will bo In addition n civil guard of llfly men at each plai'.o. Alihough everyone knowing the facts de cline to tall ; It Is the Intention to return the convicts to the branch prisons within tbo next few days. It is said that the matter rests entirely with the lesser * . The stale board of prison Inspectors passed nn order Bomo time ago for tlin return of the convicts whenever the lessees sluill linvo provided safe quarters and a sufllriont guard. There was some trouble about who wns to p.iv for the guards , and us the state will have militia equal to the number of civil guards , It is thought that n compromise has iieen made und that the state and lessees will each pay one-half the expenses. Dr. Morrow , In an interview , stated that the lessees were ready nnd hud been for n week. They were only waiting for Urn return of Superintendent of Prisons Wade , who is In Washington. Dr. Morrow said the convicts would probably be taken back as soon as Mr , Wudo returns. < ! O fKItX.M E.V T TKI.Ktl ItAl'HUl'I'OXliX Tli The Electrical Engineer : The lecture on "Tho Government Telegraphs of Europe" delivered nttho Electric club last week was a very great success. Mr. Kosowntor's lecture , which Is given in full in this tsiuo. wns fol lowed by a most animated discussion In which Messrs. Erastus Wiinnn , losull , Pooto , Bryan and Leslie participated. Mr. Uoso- wutor's brilliant rejoinders elided frequent npplnuso fromnnnuatcnco that was evidently opposed In-tho main to the views he sot forth. Among interested listeners were President Chandler , of the Postal Telegraph company ; George G. Ward , of the Commercial Cable company ; Gen. O. E. Madden ; A. S. Brown nnd W. J. Dealy , of tbo Western Union company. After the Icpturo Mr. Kosowitcr held un informal reception of old timers , nil of whom ni president of their organiza tion ho invited to the next annual mooting in Omnhn. North Bond Star : E. Kojowntcr , editor of Tin : OMAHA Bm : , read a report of his investi gation of tno telegraph systems In several European-countries before n meeting of the Electrical club in Now York city Wednes day night. Mr. Hosoxvater has made this question a , study , both practically and theoretically , and is probably the best posted man on telegraphy in this country. Ho never loses an opportunity to advocnto the absorp tion of the telegraph by the government. His report was briefly replied to by Erastus Wimaa. who presided nt the mooting ( ind wbo is a stockholder in the Western Union TelOKragh company. Wimnn said the strongest argument against control of tele graph by the government Is that there is no tnonor in it ; that only about U ptr cent of the [ icoplo In the United States arc interested In the telegraph , etc. If there Is no money In Lolegrnph for the stockholders why do they 10 strenuously oppose nny movement toward : ho acquisition of the telegraph by tbo gov- jrnment ? It is a fair cstimafo that should -ho government take hold of the telegraph , rates could easily bo reduced to at least a luartor of the present tariff in the aggregate , which would bring telegraphic corrcspoml- ; nco within the easy reach of all nnd the , -olutno of business increased In a much ji'eator ratio. -K-1//.Y I'.tSll.i'S J'UHITIOX' . : : < ) iillltniir UcuortH of Ills Situation In Afr : < ! iin IVildH. PAIIIS , Deo. 15. Private dispatches re- lolved from Africa stale that Emln Pasha ms bad several bloody conflicts in the lake listrlct , nnd that his condition is precarious. L'hoso advices , however , do not agree vlth reports from other sources regarding ho movements of Emm , which stated that mln Pasha hud been received with tbo Toatost enthusiasm by the chiefs who ind served under him when ho /as governor of the Equatorial rovinco. It Is said further that when ho news of Emin Pasha's movement eachod Uganda a British ofllcor with 1,01)0 ) roops started to oppose his further ad- ancos. It mav bo that this force came in ontllct with Einin's soldiers. It Is to this ngagcmont the Paris dispatch refers. \Vliiit a iMerelmiit t Mn.Koun , Nob. , Doc. 15. To the Editor of 'IIIBKE ' : Your charges against the oil in pcction in Nebraska are well taken. It is a tiameful disgrace nnd nn nbomlnablolmposi- on on the people of Nebraska that wo lould bo Imposed upon at wo nro by the uality nnd character of the oil wo are corn- tilled to use In Nebraska. Several mer- uants t.hat have been handling 150 = test oil \ iivo been compelled to quit buying IRQ3 oil * ad are using what purports to bo Head ' Ight , 175 ° , which proves but little better , /o have no means of testing the stuff , but nry much doubt whether It will test 100 = ' this condition of things is to continue I ould sugcost that the fat ofllco of oil iu- lector uo abolished and that a cheap 8lr > 9 cr day man bo employed to nftlx the ntnmps the that the "oil " i package , or monopoly" 9 empowered to establish their own gra'do id price. Please keep up the kick until an ancst man Is placed In tno inspector's oflico .id tbo pconlo will got what thay bay. It Is v H so much the price , but the quality to > - * blch wo all object. MIHCUA.NT. : - Tim Prohibition Vottt. OMAHA , Doc. H. To the Editor of TUB KK : A ( . 'ontloiiitin from ono of the pulpits of ir city yesterday , mudo ttio assertion that aving out Omaha at the election In regard i prohibition , it woulu have carrle'd In our ate with an honest count. This I bellevu bo an error , for If I remember rightly , lore was a very largo majority atralnst ' the ensure In the country und town's sotnirato om the vote of Omaha. Will you plcaso ate In your paper what was the facts In re- ird to said election. Tmrrn. The total vote of Nebraska on the prohlb- n-y amendment wns 101,030. The vote fore o amendment was 8,31U , and the vote ; alnst 111,7 3. Omaha nnd Douglas county it l , , ' > 5r > votes for the amendment , and , U18 against It. Leaving Douglas county unty out , the prohibition amendment was feaicd In tbo state on the straight vote by )7U ) majority , and by n majority of iaDOl , Curing on the total vote of the state. West Point Republican : The expose of IK Ilui ; of tbo manner In which ell Is spected in Nebraska should rocclvo the tontlon of Governor Thayer. If TIIK UKK'S argos can bo proven some parties should ielvo : tbolr walking papers. The ROYAL BAKING POW DER stands alone in purity in the world of leavening agents. It is the only baking powder free from all adulteration or admixture of injurious ingre dients , and absolutely pure. "The Royal is undoubtedly the purest and most re liable baking powder offered to the public , " Dr. H. A. MOTT , U , S , Government Chemist *