THE OMAHA DAILY BiJJf , FIUDAY , DECEMBER 18 , 1891.
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for the eok undliifr December 11' , 1SUIwan in
follows :
Sunday. D.'C. 0 28. : V )
Monriiiy , De - . 7 Kl.2fi9
Tiifmlny. HUP. H WKiO
Wodtiojiilny. Dec. I ) 2-1,134
Thnridny. Dec. 10 21,140
Friday , Dor. II ! ! : U)3 ( )
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of THE IlKi : for fix yours Is shown In ilio fol
lowing tiibli- :
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Jnnunrr IS.20 ! IJ.M4 23,410
February lll.W ) 14.IW ismu IMIiW -
Urcl II..W 14,41X1 I9.IW ) I8.HI 30,815 24.0li >
April r.M'.ii 14.310 18,741 I8.5S9 ' 21.P2S
Jlnr 14 , T 17.131 18.IWJ IH.IW ) 211.810
Juno 14.147 19.Z41 18.8H 20.TOI 2f1.HI 7
Jiiljr 1 ' . ' . . ' 1 14 M.WJ 18.0.1.1 I3.7.H 20.OI2 27.031
AUKimt C..Oil I4.ISI 1 9 , 1 8.1 IK.B3I ai.7fto
F * | > tembcr 14,319 18,154 18.710 20.S70
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NoTomber I-.I..W ' x.ina 24. WJ
llccemboi iVuu'lisibi 20Ult ( 2.1.171
PuFFicit's eoinniktoo plncos will bo
about as useful to Kansas as Jerry
Simpson'H npucchos In Ohio.
MILLS IH dnoinod to further disap
pointments. Ilia dofoiit for spoukcr 1ms
oncourngcd other Toxiw statesmen to
begin wiro-pulling to bout him for son-
utor to fill tlto yucancy caused by the
resignation of John II. Reagan.
SICNATOU KvtK refused to caucus oven
with PolTcr , while Irby , tlio South Carolina
lina alliance senator , Hocked willi the
domoci'tilH Ulco the old Bourbon bird
that ho is. Irby fared pretty well in the
grand prize distribution of committee
places , but Kyle was left with his hands
and nothing else in his pockets.
STKPHKN B. ELICIXS. appointed as
secretary of war by President Harrison ,
It will bo remembered , was Elaine's
most trusted lieutenant in the campaign
of 188-1. His selection at this time for a
cabinet olllco should bo proof positive
that cordial relations exist between the
president and the secretary of stato.
Siu Enn'JX ARNOLD'S manager re
fuses to permit any but press clubs to
tender the English lecturer recaptions ,
and ho requests those to bo confined to
members of the clubs. The press repre
sentatives do not buy ticket ? to lectures.
The manager has an Englishman's eye
unon the American dollar and the
American dollar never gets out of the
range of an Englishman's eye.
BY THK time the bewhiskered accident -
dent from Kansas obtains all the in
formation asked for in his senate-resolu
tion time will have finished him and
eternity will begin to bo weary of him.
If the brand of financial legislation he
represents waits until the resolution is
passed and the investigation is con
cluded , before it is sprung upon inno
cent , unsuspecting people , the finan
cial future of the country is entirely
safe.
EAUL RUSSKLL , whoso ante-nuptial
escapades were so bra/only announced
by himself in the late divoreo trial , has
decided to nwlco n lecture tour of
America. Suffering freemen , what
must bo done ? The law restricting the
Importation of paupers and contract
laborers is useless In this emergency.
Wo have berne patiently the visits of
actors , preachers , essayists and com
moners , but if the nobility is to bo
turned loose on our country wo shall bo
forced to fall bnclc upon dynamite to
protect our good name.
COLOXKL CONOKlt is represented as
saying , In regard to the republican nomInee -
Inoo for the presidency , that the com-
mltteo will look the whole Holdover and
determine who is the most available
man and whan the decision is made ho
will bo nominated by acclamation. The
Colonel arrogates a good deal of power to
the national committee. THK HRR Is of
the opinion that the convention will
name the man without consulting the
committee. RosidoH , unless the com
mittee has bettor judgment then than it
had last month in Washington it will
not know a good man wlum It BOOS him.
TUB pYomior of Ontario , Canada , has
declared In favor of unrestricted re
ciprocity with the United States , and
ho believes this to bo attalnablo without
any reference to political union. Ho
thinks the hope of Canada now Hos In
the liberal party , which ho counsels not
to bar Us progress or loason its
usefulness by favoring the transfer -
for of the country or Its ullo-
glnnco to any foreign pawor , Ontario
Is the agricultural region of Canada ,
and almost to a man Us people are in
favor of unrestricted reciprocity with
this country , but they have not yet suc
ceeded in convincing the manufacturing
Interests that thlJ is desirable , and so
far ns has yet appeared these Interests
have the sympathy of the Dominion
government. But the influences that nro
moulding publlo opinion In Canada ,
as well ns modifying the business condi
tions in that country , are undoubtedly
operating favorably to ti policy of unro-
itrlotod reciprocity , and the tlmo may
not bo very rotnoto when tiio Dominion
government will bo prepared to nogo-
Unto to this end.
TIIKY irti.i , ri.\n ritutnir.K
The democratic majority in the houic
of representatives will try hard to make
political capital by u paring down ol
appropriations. The loaders nnd
organs of the parly admonish Ha repre
sentatives in congress to mnko economy
their wntclnvork nnd to glvo It such
practical moaning M will plnco thia
congress , or at any rate Its lower
branch , In striking i-ontrast tc
its ' 'billion" predecessor. Appeal
to the speaker is being made from some
sources to put at the head of the com
mittee on appropriations Mr. Ilolman.
or some iiimlly ] radical chamnion ol
economy In government expenditure ,
and all along the line the proclamation
has boon made that the "billion con-
grosM1' must bo rebuked.
The lank wliioh the democrats thus
propose to themselves they may not find
HO easy of accomplishment as they ap
parently now believe , unions they are
prepared to cripplo'ho public sorvii'o
and impair its oUlcloncy. Doubtless re
ductions nro practicable in some direc
tions without this ofl'uct , but not to the
extent necessary to supply the democ
racy with political capital of any value.
It is admitted by the moro judicious
democrats In congress that appro
priations for pc-nsions under existing
laws will have to bo mado. Thorn
doubtless will bo no additions made to
this demand upon the resources of the
treasury , but it is hardly probable that
nny serious olTort will bo made to reduce
the bounty to the old soldiers already
allowed by law. What were the ex
traordinary appropriations of the last
congress other than for pensions ? There
was a generous sum provided for
the construction of now ship *
for the navy , and events have
shown the wisdom of the appropri
ation , The sentiment , of the country
unquestionably Is in favor of building up
a naval force ample for defense and for
the protection of our growing commerce.
Th-i party that calls a halt to the pro
gress of the country toward this con-
stimmition , or even impedes it , will cer
tainly incur popular condemnation. The
last congress dealt very Horn-ally
with the postal service , and the
results in the improvement and
greater elllcicnoy of that service
have justified it , The promise is that
within two years the revenues of the
Postottico department will exceed the
expenditures , if the high ollicioncy of
the survico is maintained , and the people
plo will not regard with favor economy
that should defeat thi-j result. There
was a slight increase fortho Agricultural
department , which has been moro than
repaid by the benefits that , have resulted.
The demands of treaties with the
Indians necessitated increased appropri
ations , the sundry civil appropriation
acts made a larger increase than was
perhaps absolutely necessary , and there
was an increase in the appropriations
for fortifications and rivers and harbors.
A careful study of the appropriations
will show that the democrats of
the present congress can make
little capital for economy if they have
a due regard for the public service.
They may save a good round sum by re
fusing to pass a river and harbor bill ,
but they will hardly venture to do this
in view of the unusual demand for the
improvement of national waterways.
The expectation is to reduce appropria
tions by not loss than 3100,000,000 , but if
the democratic representatives find it
practicable to cut thorn down to the
amount of half that sum , without en
dangering the public interests , they will
exhibit greater capacity for the eco
nomical administration of the govern
ment than thorn is now reason to believe
they possess.
i''nn\r.uti \ > .
The announcement that reciprocity
agreements have been concluded be
tween the United States and all the
British West Indian islands and British
Guiana marks another step forward in
the foreign commercial policy of this
country ot decided importance. It is
indeed a more important victory for the
reciprocity plan than appears from the
matoriUl advnntagos expected to result ,
sincoit Is a practical renunciation by the
British islands of the commercial dom
ination of England. The United States
has long furnished the principal market
for the products of those islands , the
value of whoso exports amounts annu
ally to 832,000,000 , and whoso Imports
are a little loss , but while this country
has taken f > 8 per cent of what they ox-
nortcd and England only 'i2 per cent ,
the latter has furnished OS per cent of
what the islands imported and the
United States only IJ2 per cent.
The advantages which England has
enjoyed in this trade have boon very
largely duo to n , system of tricky tariffs.
A correspondent of the Now York
Tribune , who is investigating the com
mercial situation in those islands , says
that England Is responsible for the
tariffs. They are made by the colonial
nial councils , but these councils are
the merest creatures of the British
government , with nopowur whatever to
enforce a will contrary to that of the
British premier. His agents in the
islands , the governors , says this cor
respondent , are governors in fact , and
the tarilTs are their work. They are
framed to deal very generously with the
manufactures of England , but they lux
heavily the Hour and meats of America.
It would seem , therefore , that in effecting -
focting reciprocity arrangements with
the British West Indian Islands , by
which they agree not only to greatly
enlarge the free list of tholr tariffs , but
also to make very considerable reduc
tions in the duties in the loading agri
cultural and othur products of the
Unltod States , a posltlvo and substan
tial commercial victory ever England
has been gained. In this view there
has boon no moro signal triumph fortho
cauao of reciprocity , for obviously only
under conditions of the most pressing
necessity would the British government
yield concussions which it is reasonably
to bo expected will In time cost the
manufacturers of England half their
trade with these islands , now amounting
to ever 820,000,000 annually.
With the conclusion of these arrangements -
monts the United States has secured
reciprocity with countries that produce
nearly 00 per cent of the sugar and
molasses which this country imports , 1.0
that il these products ot other countries
that have not accepted reciprocity shall
bo excluded by the Imposition of duties
neither the supply nor prlco of sugat
will bo appreciably nfTootod , With re
gard to the colToo I'otintrlo.s fronj which
wo obtain moitot our supply , the prin
cipal ono , Hra/.ll , hits u reciprocity n"-
rnngomont , and the ether moro Im
portant ones are expected to have by thn
beginning of the coming year. Tints the
now commercial policy of the United
States moves steadily forward , its wis
dom already justified by substantial re-
sultg , and presenting to the world an
economic problem which is commanding
the profoundoAt interest of statesmen
everywhere.
A AOItl.lt CIlMtlVY.
Thousands of Russian peasants are In
danger of starvation and thousands have
probably already died of want. It is
CMtimaKsd that 20,000,000 people reside
in the dostltiito districts , Tills is n
population oqiiul to nearly one-third
that of the United Status. The Russian
government and the charitably ineltnml
psoplo of that country are striving to
prevent sulTorlng , but tlioir resources
are overtaxed , and thousands If not mil
lions cannot be reached unless the generous -
orous otttstdo world comes to their assist
ance.
America is smiling with abundance.
Our broadstulTs almost burst our gran
aries and our flouring mills run night
and day. Wo are in the midst of plenty.
Wo have enough and to sp.ire. Wo remember -
member that in the time of the late re
bellion Russia was about Ihc only Euro
pean monarchy whoso sympathies were
with the union. Wo must help.
The yortliiveatcrn Jlillrr of'Minnonpo-
Us has taken upon itself the enterprise
of securing and shipping a ship loud ,
0,000.000 pounds , of Hour. It is a small
donation to present to 20,000,000sulTorcrs ,
but it will help and will stimulate other
n.tllons to emulate our example and may
induce the peop'o of this country
to contribute other articles of food
with like generosity. The Mill ft- desires -
sires every Hour manufacturer in Amer
ica to aid in this noble undertaking.
Minneapolis millers liavo contributed
ever . " , ( ) JO sacks of Hour , and the gener
ous response given to the request of
tlioir representative trade journal makes
it socm altogether prob.ible the ship
may bo loaded and under way within a
few weeks. THR BKK hopes Nebraska
millers will all contribute to Ino con
signment
iUK Ki.t-viitiC 1'itimr.K.ir.
The use of electricity is fraught with
danger to both lifo and property. The
not won : of wires crossing and rccros-
sing each other throughout the city ,
entering every business block and many
private dwellings , is a constant menace.
Telephone wires falling upon a motor
or electric light wire may burn out tele
phones in dwellings two miles away ,
and the dwellings may bo destroyed.
The breaking of the wires in a storm or
from some other cause , may fill a street
with writhing instruments of torluro ,
and cause intense suffering if not death
to unsuspecting persons.
In two recent instances the city was
savud from destructive" fires only because -
cause the incipient conflagrations were
discovered in time to prevent great
loss. Had tlio electric torch boon ap
plied in the middle of the night instead
of during business hours tlio buildings
referred to would have boon totally de
stroyed and loss of life would probably
also have occurred. In these cases tlio
fires were directly traceable to defective
work in placing t.ho wires 1 jading from
dynamos in the buildings endangered ,
The overhead wire system will some
day bo abolished and many of its inciden
tal dangers will bo nimovod by placing
the wires in subways whore storms and
surface catastrophes ut least will bo
avoided. The dangers in the isolated
plants mny bo largely avoided by a rigid
system of inspoctlon which shall compel
builders to employ competent elec
tricians to wire their buildings and will
see to it that careless or inotliciont con
struction shall not bo responsible for the
dangers which now threaten us. Tlio
gas and building inspectors should give
this subject some attention and the
council should provide a system of li
censes for electricians similar to that
which is supposed to protect us from in
competent plumbers and engineers. Tlio
building inspection or gas inspection
department cin : ba made responsible for
honest work and proper care in laying
wires through private and ptitilic build
ings.
Oim two senators announce that they
are obliged to devote a great deal of
time 10 the poslolliccs of tlio state and
hence they huvo divided the state into
the north and south Platte in tlio intor-
cst of economy of tlmo. Tlio explana
tion may bo satisfactory , hut in view of
tlio old time controversies between the
north and the south Platte sections it
would have boon far bettor if the sena
tors had agreed upon some other line of
division than the meandering river. By
the way precedent has usually left to tlin
retiring congressmen of the same politi
cal faith as tlio administration , whore
ttioy nro succeeded by the opposition , the
district patroiugo. Why this departure ?
Why should not Kx-Congrossuiiii L'on-
nell , for instance ) , bo relied upon lor re
commendations for appointments in the
First district ? Is It not possible the
two senators are overburdening thorn-
solves with spoils business that would
bettor bo loft to the three republican
ox-oongrossinon ? This couroo would
avoid the haled sectional distinction of"
north and south Platte most otTootu.Uly.
THK Boiird of Public Works should
inspect Us inspectors. When an inspec
tor presents his bill for pay or certifies
to the completion of a contract some
member of the Ujurd of Public Works
ought to know in n general way whether
or not tlio Inspactor has boon at work
and whothur or nut the contract certi
fied to has boon honestly complied with.
A few protests from taxpayers like Mr.
J. M. Wilson , who will not bo dissuaded
from insisting upon honest public work ,
can perform an Immense xorvico to the
city by assorting thomselvqs.
IT is just barely possible that the
wiwtorn normil college ol Shoivuidoah ,
la. , which is now supposed to bo on
whuuls by foason of u recant lro. | is
safely anchored ut the old spotand that
the only par In of- the Institution likely to
relocate Is tho'miporlnlendont. ' Tills is
simply a htiffj the ambitious cities of
Nebraska wl'ip nro just now distilling a
vast ilonl of "Uhthuslartin ever the pros
pect of securing this college , to make
careful Inqiiltty'before ( concluding a biH"
gain for thalfitllutioii. Shotmmloah Is
a Itvo town anil ! does not drop a oakod
potato outside its plato merely because
It is hot.
Tin : mlnor.it.vf ropoi-t of the Kotchum
furnitureInvustlgatitigcommlttco which
has been "expunged" In red ink is the
most conspicuous copy of a document In
the clerk's journal of council proceed
ings. Red Ink nnd resolutions cannot
wipe out a damaging report any moro
than a white wash majority report can
remove a well grounded suspicion that
there is lire wharo there is smoke.
THR South 'Omaha doctors might
refer tlioir personal antagonisms to the
State Board of Ilo.ilth. That body
should not bo left with nothing moro to
do than lo pass upon the validity of
diplomas and collect fees from prac
titioners. The secretaries might bu use
ful as a board of arbitrators and they
would certainly bo busy if physicians'
quarrels were all referred to them.
( OVRUNCW-SEXATOI : HILL of Now
York delayed presenting his credentials
until yesterday , which accounts for the
absence of Ids name from the list of
committees. The Ts'ow York politician
will have time to plan future campaigns
and nurse his presidential .boom by thus
avoiding the taxing work of committees.
The head of David Bennett Hill is as
bald as a billiard cue and as long.
Ol'K penitentiary stands well in rela
tion to the health and treatment of pris
oners , but tlio fact remains that the
convict labor of the per. comes into di
rect competition with that of lionest
mechanics. This is intolerably bad.
though not worse than the conditions
prevailing in ether stuto prisons.
A MISTAKR of 27,831) ) yards in the city
engineer's estiujatos of the amount of
earth required to fill a street will prob
ably cost the city sotnolifme like $1,000
in excess of tlio contract rate for the
workon account of tlio overhaul of
earth to lill the deficiency.
O.MAHA puoplo owe a meed of praise
to the Apollo club , not only bocani-o of
its onlhusiuhlit : work for battering the
musical tnsloof Omaha , but because of
its gcnoroiij assistance to public chari
ties. The club deserves its popularity.
THR "C'ut-'oir' case has boon sot for
hearing in the supreme court January
2o. In time 'Kabt ' Omaha people will lind
out whether , to'pay taxes in Nebraska or
Iowa. Meanwhile they are decidedly
complacent , as they pay none at all.
sand is a bad foundation for
stone pavement , but the inspector and
the Board of Public Works did not dis
cover the frozen sand. An interested
taxpayer brought' tlio defect to the at
tention of Ilio board.
Bcnollts ol" IVtifcilon.
.Vcir I'-irfc ttfc utter. *
Protection to our tubnr has raised Amor-
Icnn Industry from u condition of colonial vas
salage to British capital.
f.ooil Cur Mijrlity lilttle.
Kirwwiil I'lall.
It the oil used in Nobraslca is M poor ns
TUB OMMI.V Bi nuikes out , it Isn't ' lit oven
to "pour on the troubled waters. "
Foi- the l'uilU : Goixl.
//.iMsmiwt/i / / llcmlil.
TIIK Br.E continue ? Its warfare upon the
state oil Inspectors. It l < certainly taking an
ngtrrc'i.slvo stop in the interests of the people
in so lining.
Kevcr-iiem tlio Ol I Adajje.
The Dell Telephone corporation has declared
: i dividend of ST per share , payable January
IS. Taking into consideration the "water"
represented by tlio dividend paying stock
there can be no doubt that talk is as gnldon
as silenjo i ? claimed to bo In the old aduge.
IiitRllc.ctiiul Ilpoiprodlty.
chicni/u j/nf ( .
The dollars which Sir Kdwln Arnold will
curry homo with him as pleasant souvenirs
of Ills American tri'p will DJ a more b.igjtullo
to the pounds curried away from "tho tight
little isle" by oar distintrnisheil follow-clt-
uon , lion. Buffalo Uill. Wo Am6ric.ins may
nut bo "way up" In nootry , but we know a
thing or two uunut nutting by something be
sides n cotton unibrollii for the proverbial
coming rainy d-iv.
Died in thn HnrnosH.
.Veil' IVir/f / Trliiitii ;
A man lias just died in Washington who
ias boon employed it the Treasury depart-
ucnt for sixty -two years , having been up-
pointed during the Jackson administration.
It was In JauUson'.s time that the doctrlno
"To the victors oolong tlii ) spoils" had Its
rise. It is satisfactory to reflect , however ,
that a better lunacy from that far-off period
bus been a faithful clerk , who kept tils plnco
ihvyuuli t.ho 11 ft con following administrations
and died In the harness.
U ill Tlmy Ijftiirn ?
I 'Kifimmt Malt.
THIS OM ill \ ' IlK'i : stiy.s :
The republic/in' ' , party cannothopo to
supremacy ln.\nbrasUa until it purge ) Usuir
of jobbers timj 'Alibllu plun Jurors , Those mon
i-aro nothing rev lurtv excepting as It affords
thorn u ch.inctfjlo.lool tlio treasury.
And TIIK Befl/s / right. During the yean
that thu ivpubllonn party held sway In No-
oraslra n swarm' of cormorants have gathered
about the fill liftioial positions llko Ilios about
i innlassoi cujl 'ii ' ) u prulriu shanty. They
i-aro nothing /qr thu odium tuo.y cast upon
Lhoir party nu Jong us thov ilnu thulr own
[ lo''kuts anil tliU Hcruplo not ns to thu Honesty
jridlshonssty" thol methods. Tlio ranic
: uid tlluof thu oarty are uUgimed mid they
linvo rubnkcd tlioir loaders in no uncertain
tones , \ \ 111 thirt-obulto bo heeded or must It
bo noccssary to'st'ourgo the whole onirlnl
temple of ovary vestige of the party before
Lho lesson Is completely learned ) Thu puo-
[ ) lo ares prepared to do It If necessary.
i In Soul Vauiint.
S , JM'il'mm / r l're < t.
Governor Hill has rofusua to resign his
mat us governor ii.'oamu ho n.ul to carry
through u pint to steal the lu.'lshuuro of his
tate and secure the p.isiuga of u law ap
pointing providential elo.si.or > who would
, -oto for liiin. This la tlio bohlust conspiracy
mown to American politics. Anil the man
'ullty of It lias uJun oluoto.l to the IT. n ted
States semite , and oontoinplugmly loaves lus
io.it vacant until auuh time us tlio puccass or
rulluroof tiU nefarious dotU-n alnll nivo him'
oisuro to occupy tu This Is the giM.ttott in-
> uU that has ut'on been ofl'urui to the senate.
' * * The soiuito awoi It to iuelf still
moro than to the publlo to make a repetition
of thu Insult Impossible , and to set nn ox
atnplo to the nation by declaring vacant the
aoat that nwnlu the completion of Governoi
Hill's state stealing campaign.
Condliolvo to Public Health.
l'lttliltli ( > ! iln Kr.-rtnJ.
Senator Paddock's pure food bill , which
might Imvo boon p.mou In the senate last
session but for the tttno wasted on the force
bill , Is again before tint body ; and us It has
the rmlorauinent of the Oap.irtmont of Agri
culture , n % well ns that ot the sonutocom-
tnlttco on ngrlculturo , it should now Imvo
plain .sailing. There Is some room for doubt
In regard lo ilio capacity of the federal goV' '
orntnont to donl adequately with the evil of
food adulteration ; yet anything nt all accom
plished In this direction would bo again to
publlo health and to trailo morals.
O.V 'JO IM > IA.
IX'lrollTribune : If tiRlaml anil Uussln
really engage lu n finish light wo cnn qulotly
sit down und stnllu ns tlio price of wiioat
gees up.
St. Louis Republic : Uimlu has milled
iurltoy to her po.ico league , and alto may
iiow proceed In moro contldoncu lu nor
sc.homos to attack Kngland mul Asia ami the
triple alliance In Kuropc.
Philadelphia Hccord : It remains to bo
scon whether England will continue to be In
different to her dnngar In India now that the
auml-rlrcloof Uussian ronciuo.u Is fastening
around the northwest nnd northeast of At-
ghnnlstnn.
Now York World : If the sensitive feol-
InjsotOr-jat Britain nro nt nil hurt by that
litt'o ' ulTnir nt Ullgit , Russia CAII nITord to
npologi/o. It would not do to glvo too much
nromlnonuo to the steady advance of Kussiu
toward India.
Now York Commercial Advertiser : There
is war news In the nir today , nnd there will
bo plenty of It for some tlmo to como. Htisslu
and Knglaml Imvo nt last mot face to face on
the "Hoof of tlio World,1' us the Pamir
nlatoati Is called and they have met , too , with
loaded rlflo.i.
Ht. Louis tilobc-Onmocrat : To retain
possession of its Asiatlo dominions Great
Britain will oxnrt all its Immense resources
In wnr and diplomacy. So far ns the intelli
gent outsider Is ublo to jndgo tlio ndvnntago
in the expected oonllict would boon the side
of lOnglunil , but whatever bo the outcome of
the struggle the world will witness n mighty
conflict when tlio lion nnd tlio bear grapple
In the contest for the mastorv of Asia.
Hurlnl ( ) ( ' Wliito Knglc.
Philadelphia Hecnrd : Whlto Kaglo , the
last chiot of the Omahos , Is buried nt Sul
phur Springs , and was interred sitting up
right on the bade of his favorite horso.
Chicago Tribune : Whiio Eagle , the last
chief of the Omnhas , is burled at Sulphur
SptiiiL-s on a little plateau overlooking the
tribe's numnsako city. Tlio curious thing
about his grave , which is marked by n low
mound , is that the noted Imlun wns'lntorrpu
sitting upright on the bad : of bis favorite
horso.
TICK 1,1 A ( I 'I llt > Vil II TS.
Now Vorlt Herald : Haldso What was that
so.iitlini . yon iiin-u my wife for her eyes ?
Dr. Kiuli'o Chloride nf sodium ; why ?
Salilso-r\ithlin. ( inly Mrs. Knoitall was so
cock sure It WMS salt.
Cork : Mollicr-ln-l.aw Does George IlUe
your broad. .Icniili/
Dnimhtur-ln-ljaw I cnn'tmakoont , mother.
\\lntt dii von think hti nirnng hyuityltis I
oi.clit to east It on tlio waters ?
Wnsliliutnn Star : "Don't yon 'think It in
sojd nf Simla CI.uis to brlns all these tin
horns mid drums to ns'r" said the llttlo girl ,
whlli- bur mother lu-umod ( loll liltiilly.
"I don't know , " ropllod the CI-IHI..V , unmar
ried undo. "if there urn itny vhililrun where
yanta ( 'Inns llvi-s he is probably glad to get
rldoCtliustiiir. "
WJiloawaUo : "How Is your wife toduv ? "
: i Kcil a Indv of iicontlomiii : she met on tlio
horsii car.
"Mic Is. some belter , thank you. "
"And lias has her Inlliimitrooiny turyism left
her yet ! ' "
"ifi > r Infl-tniMiatory rlipnmatlim has loft
her , " replied the ontloman.
I.BAI' VKA'l i
I'lilltKl'l'ihl'i ' ' .
' ' i'l'fiii.
Tlio duys of 'nlnely-otio ( | iilto fast
Are dr.iwln r to .1 uIHu.
And 'nlnel v-i wo will then como laTe
To und tin1 ladles' woes.
If yon ask why , tlio onj reply
I-.x lUiiliu' : all the elioor.
Is Hint the yur divides by four.
And heneo it is leap yoar.
It it , ladles dear , u word to you
As onwurd days do ( < ruup ;
And tbat In this whiitVr you do ,
I'leusu look bi'fuin yon leap.
Homorvllln .lournnl : tiiiullu Do yon know ,
yoniis Mr. do Hopper said to mo that I was
tliu loveliest girl lit lliu bull last night ?
Kstollo ( Irucioiis ! Why. Irtldn't Know that
yoiins ; Mr. do Hopper drank.
Now York Herald : Klhol I don't believe
you love me any more. Yon liuven't klssuil
mn tonight.
Gi'oiMit You wouldn't want to bo treated
llko u bucfntcuk , would voitV
iihel : How might , thut lie ?
( icorgu Smothered In onions.
I'lilluOoIphi.i Times : Now thut. the rebellion
It over , those of the Chinese rebels who bivo :
been captured will bu beheaded. This Is to
riMiilml the rest of tbo eoiintiy that they must
mind Ibu'r pu.icu and queues ,
Itnslnu Trun-eHpt : T.ho relish of wit con
sists lurculy In thu element , of surprise , und
yet people do many surprising tlilnj ; ! which
arc not at all witty.
TOXII.S Siftliris : Yelling at u str-et cur for
u liuatenln lady Is uort of charity bawl ,
llniton 1'ost : It mny take nlnu tailors to
milieu u man , but one Is enough to undo him ,
O.I City lll//urd ! : The thinner u thing Is
the moil ) II Is InelinuU to .spread itself.
Iliuxhumlon Republican : The aroma of
cloves Is tin : breath of suspicion ,
Clcv land to MilH. |
j\Vio Ynrtt .Sim ,
My Dear Sir : I'oslllvo ensusromenls aloi'o
prevent my hastenn to Washington to pru-
( iOnt In pi'iion i.iy hlncero und patriotic cou-
ertitnlut ( ins upon your election us speaker.
\ cm will not. I hone , tlilnk It umiss If I sns-
Ki'sl tbo atlvls ibilltv of u renewed und even
more limn oralniirily solemn consucrutlon on
yunr part nl the present time. 1 huvo re
newed my own consecration for the further
lerm of twelve mouths , und I should full in
my duty lo the supreme anil suciod trust re-
[ tosed lu tlm-e commissioned by un eugbt- | :
[ < n il apprebonslnn of the port s mi-uaclrK the
fiimlumentul und reasonable princlplun of
fruuuovorniiiunt thionifb lliu selfish -hemc.s
nf lliosu wno lu'iiuro the public food und would
lei'uive .in I buiruy ut , i critical hour tliosu
Ill-informed but nut nnputrlotlu citizens who
look to them us guides to their political
iiutlmis if 1 nu.'locled lo nrgo you IlkewUu t' <
reconsecrate. On this uiittpjclnus ocruskm
there muy well occur on my purl and on yours
i compUiiu und solemn nubile uckuowlcd-
ucii loft lie tiumend'Mis rosponalb ! Illlos which
ioilKli apu'.bv or liullll'i-reiu'O to hlcber culls
ill iiithoso of personal i-out'cnloruo und com
fort ml.'lit Impel nsloovnde. In the fortunate )
SHUU ot the proton ed und dd-lslvu con'eiil
Mili-li we have uaxod und won for Ihu future
if the c uno of frou ir.ido my work and yours
ive Kruurtly boiirliu frnlt. Yours irnly
. .
I'u lion. llo.'erQ. Ml H. Snuakerof ilio House
of iteprc.tentutlvi-s , Washington , U. 0.
Till : IIKPI.V.
WASIIINOTIIN , Dec. S. ISOI.
GnnVKll ( iiiKVRIiANl ) . IA llruad. Now York
In and noak your lio.id. U , O , MIM.S.
L'.Vi cunts. Collect. ]
HO- liUVl'I.K 'fHIS KAULIC.
Clilraipi 'I'rllMne ,
'hill , liewnro !
) nr vener.ililo I'neluSam
s slow to wrath , but wliuu he starts
hiLun thu warputh
I takes u continent to hold lilni.
In n-i rufnl Iiow you got
llsdundiir up.
TN iinlte u llttln trip n round the Horn
[ 'o gut In good noiltlon for u kick
U yon , but if ho nmlorluKos thu trip ,
lo'lU-ot there !
Vint murk von , C'hlll.
ThereIs u bird u l\rgo. : tough , boulthy bird
That linii tioen l > nnwn to My
' 'rum Wusliin.'ton lo Afrleu
\nd ciimu b.icU bomu with Lotii bis talons full
If wool.
l wouldn't i nko him very long to make
V lly tr , ' visit unynlioru
n bomb Aniorle-i-
IO'B liiirniioss If lie's lot alone , lint don't
l brow Mtonus ut him
> r poku him wltli your cane , for then
U > 's diiiiiieriMH. Tills tnimli old fowl Hill ) roe ts
'pun l bu llit'X-ixilu'H topmost end ,
lulow Inn wuvti tlio blurs and
A it call him. Chill ,
I'lio Amerieuu
' , iL'lu. And
I'ou'd liettur
Mil stir
III ! )
Jp.
REFUSED TO BE LIONIZED
How Sir Edwin Arnold WAS Rooiv jil i
Chicago.
CURTAILED FOR FINANCIAL REASONS
Untlro Chili Mcml > crHiii ! > of i.UO )
WIIH lo I'm'tloliinto In tlio
Affair inul Iniillcs Were
10 llo 1'rOHOIlt.
CIIICAOO llintr.vtr or Tint Dim , I
CilKUnn , III. , Don. IT. I
society Is very much ' 'put out1
because Sir Kowln Arnold , acting , It is sold
on the ndvlco ol his manager , refused Ube
bo llonlzod. When It wns learned n montl
n o that Sir Edwin wns to visit Chicago , tin
Union Lea tie club decided to receive UK
guest from afar with royal hospitality. Tlu
plan wns to have a reception at the clul
hotiso on tha evening of December 1-1
The entire club membership of l.'Ol
wns to participate In the hffuir am
ladles were to bo present. It wns also ilo
uided to invite nbout I.'D additional guests ,
representing the literary coiony , pulpit and
press. Hut Mr. Nouinan , the local maiiagoi
of the Stnr lecture course , objected stron-
uounly to the poet attending nny reception ,
Air. Noiinmn belluvod that If l.iiOO of the rop-
rosuntntive people of Chicago should see Sit
Kdwin nt thu Union League club on Montlav
evening thulr curiosity would bo allayed and
they \\culd not turn out to the entertain
ment at Music hnll. It was his opinion
that if nny of the soclotv and literary
people were really anxious to hour thu poof ,
they should bo willing lo pay $1 each for tha
priyilcgo.
The Chicago Lltorury club is another or-
caniiiation which did not receive Sir Kdwin
because they could not do to without infring
ing on the Important financial interests of
the manager. The Press club WHS the only
organization permitted to glvo n reception to
the distinguished Urltisher nnd then only
club members wuro admitted.
Mny Knvo 1 nr.ly's Ijllo.
If the alleged confession of Oharlos Moss-
nor proves to oc true , William 1C. 1'urdy ,
who WHS convicted of the murder of Sunufei
Kcinlngor nnd sentenced to bo bunged , is an
innocent num. A dispatch rocolvod from
Hocktord , 111. , last night says that n young
man named Pariington had confided lo the
ofllcers of that city that ho was In possession
of n confession from Charles Mossnor , for
merly of IClgin , III. , who admitted Hint be
had killed and robbed Kolnlnger on the Illi
nois Central Irucks in Chicago two yours
ago. According to Purtlngton , Mousnor said
ho supposed Hoiningcrhad money. When ho
first mot hlniluininger told him ho was going
to leave town on'thu Baltimore & Ohio , nnd
Mcssnor persuaded him to go over the Pan
handle , saying ho had a brothtir who was a
freight conductor on that road and it would
cost him nothing for railroad tare. On the
way to the freight depot Mossuor claims ho
committed the murder. The body wns found
nnd Purrty was arrested and convicted of the
crime. Trio conviction was based on purely
circumstantial evidence.
Insurance.
The Chicago ilro underwriters think tlioy
have solved UK : question of high buildings
At a meeting of the board hold yesterday a
rate of S&Ifiwns adopted fora now high
building. So high a rate it is claimed is
practically prohibitory , and the owner is re
ported to have said that ho saw nothing loft
for him but to tear down the two unpor sto
rlcs of his building , reducing it to eight sto
ries in height. The building is to tie usoc
for mercantile purposes and hcnco a much
higher rate Is demanded than for .an ofllco
building , for which rates are III ! cents. If the
board of underwriters maintains the stand it
has taken. His pretty safe to nssunio that no
inovo high buildings will bo erected for nior-
cantilo purposes.
ami
The Cider und Cider Vinegar Makers As
sociation of tlio Northwest , in session ut
Sprinplieki , endorses the Paddock pure food
bill , and the president nnd secretary were in
structed to wnto a latter to Senators Cnl-
lom und Palmer asking ihom lo support the
measure.
On Ilio evening of November Jl Miss Belle
Crowloy'JO years old , lofth'jr homo nt U0 ! >
Cat-field boulevard , and since that time
nothing has been heard or seen
of her , despite the fact thai
every effort has uoon mudo to discover her
whcreunouls. The missing girl , who is n
vocalist , having sung in the Puulton Opera
company , left her homo on receiving n tele
gram in response to an advertisement which
she hud answered inquiring for a soprano.
The Bench Pneumatic Conveyor company ,
which proposes to Jay underground pipes
through which it will transmit by
force of air the United Suites mull
as well ns puckugcs , bus asiied
the city council for un ordinance enabling it
to lay its pipes along the streets and alloys.
If it is introduced hero und works as effec
tually ns its promoters promise , It will revo
lutionize many business methods unit accel
erate the business gait of the city. The in
vention is that of .Tunics W. Beach , an nttor-
nov. The object is tlio quick collection of
mail. Letters and papers can bo dropped
into upright tuous as llioy nro now into
street corner mail boxes. They will , by force
of air , be carried to Ihe center of the under
ground tubes and forced from the sub-postal
station to the central postolllco.
Henry Murshull ICingmun , second vice
president of the First Niilionnl bunk of Chicago
cage , who suicided nt Grand Hupids yester
day , was born In Dnbuque , la. , in 184:3 : and
spotit many years in business in that city.
About n year nnd a hulf npro ho wns attacked
with aslow fever which shattered bis nervous
tvstein and completely incapacitated him for
work.
\Vrstoru I'coplo In
The following western people are In the
city.
At the Grand Pacific W. P. Cutler , J. H.
Lane , Walter Chambers , George Adgato , C.
L. HodcrosV. . N. Hodges , Sioux City , la. ;
l . W , Stewart , Dubun.ua , la.
At the Palmer Joseph Gafford , Hurling-
: on , la. ; U. B. hunt' , Mawhallton , II. Gar-
such , Dos Moiues , lu.
At ttio Wellington Mrs. M , F. Thompson ,
lames P. Donahue , Davenport , la. j Mr" and
vini.C. A. Cosgrovo , Mason City , la. ; George
U. Schafor , Fort Madison , la.
At the Auditorium lj. M , Schafor , Clln-
: on , I a.
J. II. Millard and Miss Millard of Omaha
ire at .tho Palmer on tholr way homo from
ha cast. Mr. Millard has bean tolling the
tfew York reporters wlmt ought to bo done
vith younif Mr. Field. Ho is of the opinion
hat his form of insanity looks best behind
rou bars. _ _ p. A.
AT Til Kb K.II. lt >
ol' Kuhy Sculu Doiul from
Starvation . \liinlcii IS'ows.
S vx Pu.vNCisr'o , C'.il. , Dec. 17. Ounalaska
idviccs to December 5 were received here oy
ho Unltod States revenue cutter Hush ,
vhlch has returned from Boring soa. Ad-
'Ices state that with the departure of the
oals southward an opportunity was given of
nspoctlng the rookorlos on the seal Islands
mil that more than 10,000 young seals were
ound dead , apparently from atnrvatlon. The
mllscrlmln.tU ) slaughter of the goals without
ogard to sex , It is contended , deprived the
oung seals of their dams and tholr natural
ustonunco.
Among the orders brought to Ounalaska by
the Hush on her rotitrn to the seal Island )
was ono from the treasury department pro-
lilblUng the Idling of blue foxes on the U *
lands during the present season. The kll <
ling of those foxes for their tnr has boon con
sidered n perquisite of the lesson of the sonl
Island and moans a n loss of about ftlO.UOO to
the North Amorlcan Commercial company ,
An Inquiry at I'rlbyloff Islands disclosed
the fact that no other ve.ssols than the pas-
stag whaleni hound down from the Arctlo
have bcnn sighted slnr.o the departure of the
Rush In September ami It I * reported tnat
the Intended raid of the seal iionehiirs was
unfounded unless that the latter thought bet
tor of this project and gave It up.
UK JX A\XIOUS.
Indian Acont HolinnToiHlcrs \Vlint
the lluport Will He.
CiiKioimix , Nob. , Dee , 17. To the Ktlltor
of TUB HKK : Dr. J. K. Helms , Unltod States
Indian agent ntSuntoo aganoy , U Just now
on the anxious sout , Special A ont .1 , U. 1
Leonard of the Indian ofllco at Washington
U at the ngonoy Investigating charges of
mnlicusunca in olllco preferred against the
doctor. Mrs. Joseph II. Sliur and a half ,
breed Indian , whoso reputation Is thoroughly
bad , are the projocutlng wltnos oi. Several
agency employes have boon taken Into the
scheme to work the downfall of the agent.
Dr. Helms has boon In charge of this
agency a little moro than n year , but
has made a good Impression upon the
people hereabouts. Ilo may have made mistakes -
takes , but they have been orrnrs of th < s head
and not the heart. Mrs. Stlor U a Quakoro- ,
and a busybody. She wants her husband
appointed agent and It is bollovod Is seeking
to Injure Dr. Helms with the department In
order to accomplish this purpose. Mr * .
Sticr is a good woman in many ro.ipeots and
lias worked hard in her capacity as matron
at ? 5iH ) a year , hut she was so unpopular at
tue agoncv and on the reservation that she
either resigned or was removed. The mis
sion school employes nnd moil of the gov
ernment employes at the ngonoy are friendly
'
to Dr. Helms and think his romova'l
would bo n serious misfortune to the
schools and the Indians. Major Hill ,
; ho former agent , has boon extremely vin
dictive against his successor and has contin
ually encouraged the Indians to como to him
it his homo In Spnnglluld with tholr gossip.
This ho has retailed to the department In
eng loiters and has leapt Dr. Helms under
ire continually. If the latter agent were in
clined at all to bo corrupt the constant os-
ihmngoot Hill , Mrs. Stiur and others , with
successive visits from dopnrtmont officials ,
would prevent It In n vorv great moasuro.
Major Hill has never forgiven Dr. Helms for
oeommondlng the removal of two lady cm -
iloyos who were in great favor during the
Hill regime , but were discharged for good
ausoat the suggestion of the superintend
ent of the government school , npprovoa by
\gent Holms. Dr. Helms Is an old citizen of
. 'iwneo county , and was appointed agent at
heSanteo agency on the recommendation of
ho Nebraska aoloatlon. S.VNTKK Cuir.f.
s UF.S/.A m
\wftil SlovlcH of Gruulty IVoin tlio
Dnrlc Coiitiiionl.
COI.OONK , Dec. 17. At n mooting of tha
Vfriann society hero Canon Ivospcs rend extracts -
tracts from the diaries of African mission
aries , which told of revolting cruelty In con
nection with sluvo hunting In the neighbor
hood of lalio Tnne-anykn. Ono of the state
ments rend wns ns follows :
"Tho notorious sluvo hunter Malcatuba
brought back with him 2,000 natives of every
ugo nnd sex as the result of his last expedi
tion to Karom. These wretched people were
chained in batches of n scoro. They were
living skeletons. While the caravan was
traversing the Kirando country whom there
wns a famine , the marching slaves were
obliged through hunger to dig uu and oat
roots which unlmals refused to oat. A Inrtro
number of women nnd children who , for
wuntof strength , impeded the rnpld march
of the column , were drowned. Laggards
through Illness were killed with cudgels at
Iho rate of from ton to fifty dally. livery
morning the bodies of these who hud died
uuting the night were dragged out nnd
thrown to the hycnnns which followed the
camp. The most horrible tortures were
placed upon unruly slaves. "
Similar accounts were clvon of c.ruolty
practiced by other slave hunters. The mis
sionaries ransom the slaves and place thn HI
that are .sick In n hospital whonuvor possible.
3IA.K1XU nilillKK
Now Dc.volopniRiits In tlio Trouble Be
tween l < 'runoo unit nulgnrin.
Son .t , Dec. IT. The French minister of
foreign affairs has instructed the consuls of
Ills country in Bulgaria to withdraw as a re
sult of the expulsion of the correspondent of
the Agoncio Ilavas from that country. It l.s
not bollovod Franco will resort to arms to
cuforco her demand that the decree of expul
sion bo wittidiuwn , yet nevertheless the Bul
garian minister of linnucc Is going to Vienna ,
to negotiate a loan for the purpose of
stronirthonlng the urmv. Already troops
huvo been hurried to Houstc.houlc nnd I'hliip-
popolla and the garrison of thoiu places OM
now twlco tholr usual sizo.
Solomon Sniith'.s Sarunsm.
OMAHA , Nob. , Doo. 10. To the Editor of
Tnu Bui : : Sir The Current Toplo club
Booms to bo mtorostod in discussing the rail
road problem , or advocating the government
ownership and control of nil railroads. This
Is n very interesting topic to discuss , and
very IlKoly the club will know more when
they got through than they do now , wnlch Is
not siiylns much , anyway. It seems rather
niitnir for ono of the members to shy his cas
tor at the now Union I'nclflu depot and make
a point on his sldo hecnusu thn depot was not
finished , nut1 ono of the members claims lliu
postollico will bo built und completed boforti
the depot is.
Well , why should pot the postolllco bo com
pleted first ! The builders huvo gene Into it
with n rush ; for right on tbo start they aru
working all the mon nnu mules that can beget
got into the pit to pot u solid foundation ,
week days nnd Sundays nlso. Very likely on
the principle that the foundation will IK < inoru
suhUuntlul by being built on Sunday is the
reason for doing the Work on the Lord's ' day.
It seems very appropriate that n ureat gov
ernment of & 'lxty millions is obliged to work
men nnd mules on tha Sabbath to build n
'ovornrnout building.
Of course it unities no dlfforoncu to the people
ple attending the half dozen churches In the
vicinity of the now postofllco site , t.ho work
must go on Sundays nnd Mondays und all
lays for either the nfllrmntlvo or the nega
tive of the CurrentTopioclab must como out
ihond. And then these discussions nro luld
in the Young Men's Christian association
[ uitlding. Christian community thu.
linnugu siiij. SOLOMON SMITH.
Huolnir n scorot Society.
A bevy of lawyers from Illinois , accom
panied by Attorney A , H. Talbot'of Lincoln ,
Iropnod In on the United States ro irl
fcstarduy to * look up thn case of Muliby
igalnst the Modern Woodmen of America
Maltby has sued for $7.000 , which In ;
; laims the order owes him ns commissions
for securing members. The uttorno > s
for thu Modern Woodmen uro J.
rj. Johnson of Chicago. J.V. . Whlto , Tnm-
> lco , 111. , and A , U. Talbot of Lincoln. Mr.
il. 13. Custoul , head clerk ot thu order , from
Vulton , 111. , U nlso present.
Dunth ol' Colonel Niitliwiiy.
MII.WAUKCIVls. . , Doe. IT. Colonel Nnth-
, vaygovernor of tliuNatloniilSuldlora' homo ,
licit this morning on the homo grounds. Itu
luffercd three strokes of apoplexy during tliu
light.
Highest of all In Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report.