Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : fc TUHDAY , DECJSlUBER 19 , 1891 ,
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COUKKSI'ONDF.NCF .
All coniii'iiiilr-iillons relatlm ; to now * and
editorial mutter should bo uddrtmod tc the
Kdltorlul Department ,
Ht'SINESS LBTTKKH.
All 1nnlni' letters and rotnllliincr' * should
to addressed to The Hue I'nhllsli'ns Company ,
Omaha. Oniftf. C'hnoks mid poitotllce orders
to bo innilo payublo to tliu order of the com-
niuty ,
TuG Bee PiililHliing Company , Proprietors
TIIK IIKR
KWOKN STATEMENT OK OIKC'Ul.ATION.
Hutu of Nebraska ! , _
Counl.v of lloitgltis. ( * "
Oco. II. T/x'hiifk. secretary of TUB HEP.
I'libllshlnu rompuny. dot's .solemnly swear
thnt the iietitul circulation of Tun DAII.V IIKK
for the wool ; ending December 12 , ISUl.wiis us
follows * .
fluidity , D.'c. . 0 .
Monday , Dee. 7 ! S1SI3 (
Tuvsdny , Doc. 8 BWOO
Wednesday. Dee. I ) U24
Tltiirsdnr. DIM ; . 10 S'.HO
I'rlday , Dec. II 1KUIW
Huturdiiy , Deo. 13
Averapo . 1M.O42
OF.O. 11. T/.SOIIUOIC.
Hworn to V.nforo me mid nbai-rlbed In tny
pr < lenco th H l-lh day of Decoinbor. A. D. 1801.
HKAI. N. I1. KKII. .
Notary I'ubllo.
1 lie crnwtb of the ( iTcraco dally circulation
of TIIK IKI ! : fur six yonrs li shown In vho fol-
lowlnt table :
UN ! IH87 i ai ; 18WI 1691
Jnminrr. . . ! 0.il78 \tt,1l'f \ I5,20 ( ! 18,574 i ! > , r > .Vi 28.410
Fchrusrr , H.I'.H IS./Jli IB,7'.U 2.-il3 :
March IUJ7 IIW ( IS.E.'il 24.0lli
l-.llll I4.H1I ! 18.741 IS.5.W ZI.MH
jlnj I2,4W : 14,227 17.181 IS.IM a ) , iso
Jtmo I2.2M H.I47 If.tftS
.lulr r.vui U.lr.M iaoii ! 18.7-.H 27.021
AllRIIAt IB.IKI IS.C-I
frFiitenibt-r. . . . . . r.l.iv ( : ) H349 ! I8.IM 18.710 20370 25A-I7
October I2..IS9 Ui : : I8.UHI I8.W7 20,7112 ' . ' 5,100
NoTombcr ii.nio ! 22.1 W ) 2I.CVJ
Drccuibci 15.011 I8.WI 20.018 2:1,471 :
A MTTM'J now blood should bo Inject
ed into the Board of Public Works next
year. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
YOUN'O Mr. Congressman Bryan
knows how to udvortiBO bimsolf , wo
iiuiat all ml in it.
Tun Chnrily Christinas Fund grows ,
but it grows very slowly. Somebody
bbould putu little tlixir of life into it.
CHINA in bor present revolution is
eighing for anotber General Gordon to
drive these lattor-day Taipings out of
the provinces uni ? restore peaco.
UNLESS something' ' is done quickly for
our relief by the city government wo
shall go into the severest portion of the
winter with our streets in tbo worst
possible condition.
ST. Lotus captured tbo prohibition
convention in spite of the gallant fight
made by Lincoln. Why didn't they go
to Milwaukee , where the beer has a
tnoro pungent flavor ?
Tins future of Council Bluffs is bright
enough to Warrant erecting u city hall
to cost not less than $125.000. It will bo
false economy to build a $00,000 struc
ture. It would bo too small iu loss than
flvo years. _
TIIK Mississippi constitution is not so
bad after nil. In attempting to com
pletely wipe out the republican party ,
in which it wtis successful , it has also
split the democratic party inlo two al
most equal fragments.
SOUTH CAROLINA has enacted a pro
hibitory liquor law. South Carolina
has always boon a trido erratic , but this
is a surprise. What will the governor
of North Carolina now say to the gov
ernor of South Cni'ollna ?
ALTHOUGH the boot sugar convention
is madn up largely of lawyers and poli
ticians , thortf are farmers and practical
men enough to keep the discussion to
sugar boot culture and boot sugar fac
tories. It is an important and .1 suc
cessful convention.
ONLY 217 applications for licenses to
Boll liquor have so far boon filed. The
probabilities are that there will not ex
ceed 230 for the coming year. The Board
of Education may find it necessary to cut
the garment of expenses according to
the cloth of probable receipts.
TIIK citi/.on of Omaha who is not
warmed with gladness by the splendid
displays of Christmas goods in the city
deserves the compassion of his follow
men. None but rankest pessimists and
most .depraved anarchists can fail to
enjoy the beautiful , useful and novel
holiday presents offered in our stores.
No MAX who has given the subject
consideration doubts that the next few
years will witness the extensive develop
ment of the boot sugar industry In this
section of the union. No man interested
in Omaha's future can afford to lese
sight of the importance of stimulating
the establishment of refineries in this
city and malcing this the distributing
depot of the uroduct of the scores of
local factories soon to bo in operation In
Nebraska , western Iowa and South Da
kota.
TIIK amendments proposed to the
interstate commerce act will strengthen'
the law. It is obviously wise to provide
that foliudulos and tariffs and agree
ments between railroads filed with the
commission , and also the statistics ,
tables , etc. , contained in the annual re
ports of railroads to the commission ,
shall ho prlma facie evidence in Investi
gations and in all judicial proceed
ings. The effect of this will bo to
simplify such proceedings and also to
Induce the railroads to exorcise greater
care , or perhaps it would bo bettor to
§ ay , be more honest , in the information
they give to the commission. Another
proposed amendment which will help to
simplify judicial proceedings under the
law provides that the production of tes
timony ahull be according to the estab
lished rules of evidence obtaining on the
chancery side of the circuit courts , with
the exception that the unsworn of defendants -
fondants to complaints shall have no
weight us evidence.
Tin ; MIHSOVHI \ < irio.tiiKKi
Every proposition to Improve thd
waterways of the country la. sure to
strike the popular chord , ' Our rlvors ,
lakes and canals haVe always afforded a
partial check , tit lotil , to the rapacity of
railroad companies , and during the suin-
mor Boanon still continues to bo invalu
able an competitors of the railroads in
the transportation of heavy commodi
ties , such as grain , lumber , coal ,
salt and Iron. But there is
no e.xcuso whatever for squandering mil-
lionsof dollars each yoaron so-called rivoi *
improvements that are chiclly gotten
up for the benefit of political spoilsmen
and contractors. This is especially true
of appropriations to make the Missouri
rivoi' navigable between Kansas City
and Fort Bonton.
It Is very doubtful whether all the
money in the United Stales could make
the Missouri navigable and keep it nav
igable. The millions already expended
for improving the Missouri have done
no good whatever , except so far us part
of tills money has boon paid out , to make
the clmnnol permanent , in front of im
portant towns and cities on its banks.
The Missouri is not in as good a con
dition for navigation as it was forty
years ago.
A convention composed of politicians ,
impractlcablos and river pirates that
hope to maUo fortunes in pulling snags
out of Missouri and dumping in willows
and worthless rock , has resolved that
congress shall appropriate $ o,000)00 ( )
in'ovo for making the Missouri navigable
above Kansas City. Now 85,000,000
would not insure a permanent channel
for the Missouri fifty miles above the
mouth of the Kaw , and five times tivo
millions would not bngin to m'ako it
navigable between Kansas City and
Omaha. Flvo millions of dollars , how
ever , would very nearly pay for the
construction of a double track rail
road from Sioux City to Kansas
City. Such n road would bo
navigable all the year round and you
would not have to tie up your freight
trains In the night time to a cottonwood
tree on the banks as they would have to
do with the Missouri river steam
boats. The whole scheme of making
the Missouri navigable is vision
ary and never will materialize.
All that will come out of it will bo more
tomfoolery by wildcat engineers and
more jobbing by contractors and politi
cal hucksters. The only thing that congress -
gross should bo asited to do in connec
tion with the Missouri river is to make
appropriations for permanently protect
ing the banks of the river adjacent to
cities and towns from the inroads of
periodic overflows.
TIIK l.l.V/C/'OA 1CU.ID.
The Yankton & Omaha railway pro
ject has drawn the following significant
comment from a South Dakota paper :
At iirfsont Omaha Is pottinsr very llttlo of
the trade of this stato.lt belli ; ; pretty neil
divided unions the other cities above men-
tinned and Sioux Ultv.
Itlsiiulto probable , that the year IfiOJ will
see lively limes In railroad building In the
northwo.-tt , and If Onmlia wants uny sh.ire In
the trtio : ! > f the Missouri valley above Slunx
City she must ( jet a inovo on uietty early In
the B .
With the building of either : i line from
Sioux Cltv to I'lcrro or the Illinois Central
from Lu Mars Into this country the hopu of
Omaha Is cut oil1.
The Jealousy of Hloux City and Omaha will
undoubtedly no to tbo ad vaiitaso of this b0.i-
tlon , as one or thti.otlior irfnslsee to It that a
river road Is built , anil the ono tint docs this
MI as tiicomnund the tra'le of lion llommc ,
Oharliis Mix and the river c-ountles above will ,
when this country Is thoroughly dovolooed ,
.secure trade cuoiiKh thereby to aloun simply
: i pretty fair sized elty.
Wo cannot too strongly urge upon our
capitalists and manufacturers the impor
tance of reaching1 out into South Dakota.
It is a grain and cattle raising region
which promises in no distant future to
bo as thickly settled as eastern No-
braska. Dakota is naturally tributary
to Omaha. The construction of
twenty-live miles of railroad between -
twoon Hartington and Ynnkton would
give us access to the wliolo of South
Dakota east of the river. If the North
western persists in its policy of fencing
Omaha nut of South Dakota , Omaha
must stimulate the building of a rival
line , even if it is not as direct as the
Northwestern would bo with the gap
between Hartington and Yankton closed.
It will take something more than news
paper and Board of Trade talk to bring
it about. Wo have boon talking and
writing and thinking of a northern con
nection those fifteen years. It is high
time the talking , thinking and writing
should materialize in action.
The nearest approach to an authori
tative statement regarding the position
of Mr. Blaine relative to the prdsidon-
ttai nomination next year comes from
the now secretary of war , Stephen B.
Elklns. It seems that when Mr. Elkins
was considering whether ho should ac
cept the position ho wont to Mr.
Blaine to ask him regarding the
offont his appointment might have
upon the presidential possibilities affcot-
ing President Harrison and Mr. Blaino.
In this interview the secretary ot state
is reported to have very clearly defined
Ills position in relation to the nomina
tion.
According to the report Mr. Blaine is
not unwilling to bo a candidate. Ho
recognizes that there may bo a
call from the party which ho
could not refuse , and says that
the names of Hurrlson and Blaine
will not bo placed in conlUct before the
next nominating convention , which im
plies that there is a oorfoct understand
ing between the president and secretary
of state. Accepting as authentic the
reported remarks of Mr. Blaine , they
show that ho is wholly in the hands of
the party , am1 there will bo no oxpros-
slon from him as to what course it shall
take. Ho will make no effort
to secure the nomination. Ho will
do nothing to influence the convention
in opposition to President Harrison , and
if the latter should bo renomlnatod
would of course give him hearty and
zealous support. But if the convention
demand that Blaine shall ho the candi
date ho will accept the call No other
inference can bo drawn from what ho is
reported to have said.
Tills ought to dispose of all doubt and
conjecture as to Mr. Blalno's position ,
and doubtless will do so. It may bo ox-
pccted to also Invigorate the movement
for ills nomination. Those who have In
sisted that ho must bo the candidate of
the party In 1802 have boon mot with
the question , which they wore unable to
answer , whether under any conditions
or circumstances Mr. Blaine would ac
cept a nomination , and Urn ten *
doncy of the doubt has tmttirall.v
boon to restrain the enthusiasm
of his supporters. The tloub !
being removed , they may bo expected
to push the demand for Mr. Blaine with
all possible vigor , and it would nppoat
with no danger ot Impairing thofricndlj
relations subsisting between the presi
dent and soc.'otury of state , for It is
clearly implied in the reported remarks
of the latter that there Is no unfriendliness -
ness to his candidacy on the part ol
President Harrison. There is to bo no
struggle or conflict between these disj
tlnguiahud republican loaders , and the
ono who is made the standard bearer ol
the party in the next national contest IH
assured of tlm earnest support of the
TIIK I'UOTKVTIOX OK 1'K V.S'/W.VB/M.
It Is only recently that TIIK BKI : Bu
reau of Claims has undertaken to handle
pension oases. Its work originally was
confined to Indian depredations , but it
found Its efforts in bolialf of deserving
claimants so liighlv appreciated Hint it
finally undertook to comply with the ro-
qucsts It was constantly receiving that it
should take chat-go of ether classes of
claims as well.
The pension work of the bureau has
slnco grown enormously and now occu
pies the on tire tlmo of an expert pension
attorney and a stall of assistants.Thoro
is nothing surprising in tills when we
consider the extent to which
the veterans have suffered hith
erto from the rapacity of pension
sharks. Much of the existing pen
sion legislation has boon initiated by
men who expected to make their living
off the pensioners , and before each bill
has boon signed the country has boon
Hooded with the circulars of scrambling
claim agents. Both the soldier and the
government have suffered from this
state of things , and it is to the interest
of both to have an absolutely trust
worthy agency which refuses to handle
any fraudulent claims.
Under the act of Juno 27 , IS'JO , com -
monly but inaccurately called the ao-
pendent pension bill , every votorati of
the late war who is now suffering from
any disability , whether incurred in the
service or not , which incapacitates him
from manual labor , provided it bo not
the result of his own vicious habits , is
.entitled to a pension , and so is every
widow or minor child of a deceased
veteran regardless of the cause of his
death. The prosecution of a claim
under this law does not interfere with
the rights of the soldier under the old
laws , although , of course , nobody can
draw two pensions at once. When a
case is entrusted to THIS BKK Buro.iu of
Claims , two applications are almost in
variably lilod in the pension oflleo , one
under the act of tfuno 27 , 18JO , and the
ether under the general law. The
former requires comparatively little evidence -
idenco to establish it and is promptly
allowed. Thus the votorun can bo enjoying -
joying a moderate pension while per
fecting his claim to a larger one.
The bureau makes no charges what
ever in advance. It does all noeeded
preliminary work and correspondence
entirely without cost to the applicant.
It offers him an absolute assurance of
protection from imposition , it gives him
the guarantee of throe great newspapers
which could not afford to bo even sus
pected of wrong , it puts at his disposal
the services of trained exports and an
ofllcc equinpod with all the facilities for
the prompt dispatch of business , and it
asks nothing in return until the draft
for his pension is actually received from
the government.
TIIK XW.HC.UIUA Vl.VAt *
Mr. Warner Miller , president of the
Nicaragua Canal company , is not in
favor of asking government aid for that
enterprise. Ho believes that money
enough can bo rnlso'U for carrying the
work to completion in the way that
money is secured for the construction of
railroads and ether enterprises.
There has boon little favorable
response to the suggestion of the presi
dent's message that the govern
ment ought to aid the canal company by
guaranteeing interest on its bonds , and
in view of what Mr. Riillor says it is to
bo presumed that no ono in congress
will venture to make the canal company
u voluntary offer of help. At any rate
there is not the slightest probability ,
hardly a possibility , of the present con
gress enacting any legislation in the in
terest of the canal financially.
Meantime the enterprise appears to bo
making good progress. A careful and
complete survey of the course of the
canal has boon made and the forests
along the route of the canal have boon
cleared away. On this work between
$4,000,000 and $5,000,000 have been
expanded. The estimated cost of the
canal when completed is $100-
000,000 , which is essentially what
the Suez canal cost , and that
work pays annually over $12,000,000 , a
very handsome percentage of the cost.
There is every reason to expect that the
Nicaragua canal will do nearly as well ,
and it may do even hotter , especially In
case the Panama canal shall bo porraa-
nontly abandoned , as it probably will bo.
Then the Nicaragua route , connecting
the Atlantic and Pacific oceans , would
bo ono of the busiest waterways of the
world. 4
There can ho no question as to the
great importance of this enterprise com
mercially , and the greatest bonollts from
It will come to the United States. Con
sider the saving of distance It will effect.
At present vessels from Now York to
San Francisco sail 14,810 miles ; the distance
tanco by the canal will bo 4,940 , a sav
ing of 9,894 miles. The distance
from Now Orloana to Sun Francisco by
the canal will bo 4,047 , a saving of over
11,000 miles. Yokohama , the moat Im
portant of the live ports of Japan opened
by treaty to foreign commerce , would bo
brought 0,872 mlles nearer to Now York.
The distance to Valparaiso , Chill , from
New York would bo 4,088 tulles instead
of 9,750 , as now. Another important
consideration is the effect the canal will
have In cheapening freights betwoou
the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. There
can bo no doubt that the canal will
greatly augment trade of ovory'klntt be
tween the east and west coasts of Nortli
America , between the east coasts of
North and the west coasts of South
America between our oaatoru seaports
and Japan , C'htniunnd the splco islands.
All these Conltfilbralions establish the
Importance of'jjjs ' \ enterprise and commend -
mend It to thd aUDport of the American
people * but they fto not oroiito a valid
reason why t'lvyovornmont ) , should as
sume any Ilimnfclill responsibility in eon-
noctlon with t/j / { project. It was started
as a prlvato ontor.prho , and when con
gress was askoil for a charter It was dis
tinctly undorfllfJiSjl'that ' the government
was not to bounllotl upon for financial
aid. All thoi"idinpuiy ! ; desired , so It
was said , was Itfiijply to have the pro
tection which governmental recognition
would give. It should be continued and
completed as a prlvato enterprise.
SOUTH OMAHA docs business enough
in lior postolllco to warrant her domain !
for a public building and slio should
have it.
A ciiatti Koorot.
Oil3io Trllmn' .
THO news is glvon out secretly that Soontor
Pcffer snores In a most violent and torrlDlo
in ruin or.
A Good Th I us lor tlio Other follow.
ll'ltu'llH'/tO'l ' I'lllt.
Everybody uijroos with President Harrison
risen oa the JtorrymntiJorlng business. All
of them want the ether follows to quit it ,
Tlio Villiilu of n Narrative.
llocliestcr Dcumfntt ,
David B. lllll is of no earthly good today
but to point a moral. Ho will never adorn
a talo. Ho had the opportunity , but throw
it nwav.
Sulking Outsul ( > tins Ilr Mist works.
/ViflNtdjiJilit I'rmt.
Mills seems to bo the white elephant tu the
dnmocrntlc sidoshow. Thoao "snerod cows , "
as tlio old colored woman said , are "mos1
turr'bl whoa they Kits stubborn. "
K.xpcrt testimony.
llmtoii Jlmtlil.
There doesn't scorn to be any question that
Mr. SprhiRor of Illinois U the man to lead
ttia democtnU In Congress. Mr. Springer of
Illinois Intimates as much himiolf.
A Illiiincltn Draws the Iilno.
Clnctnnitt rnmnirrrrul ,
Kdltor Arlcoll of Now York writes that
Air. Blaiiio will bo nominated for president
"if ho lives. " Of eourso Mr. Btuino's most
enthusiastic friends nro willing 10 draw ttio
line on a condition of that nature.
Ovctspi-uiMlIn : t < : World.
.Veto 5' r/f / Ite-imtri :
American trade and industrial policy now
practically dominates the commercial world.
The notion of the Gorman roichstai ? on grain
duties proves this. Enforcement of the
polity of "America1 for Americans" give * to
American enterprise its rijibts and opportun
ities tbo world over1.
ASnn'4-t Possibility.
CifcwiltraW. .
John M. Palmer was not long in Washing
ton before the dl'stovery ' was made by many
eastern observers ' , that he is a presidential
possibility of varypronounced proportions.
Ho is a man U'ho.ncods to ba teen and heard
to bo appreciatdd. > Ho does not shrink on
arqualntanco. Ho.woavs . well. Ho grows
upon the people. ? , Smart politicians looking
for a candidate toisvin with will not fail to
appreciate that soruof a man.
LINKS C'.I.Sfyv.l < / . . 31RTKH.
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BlnVha'mton Uop'il'blluai'i : WliafIns'ffi''lap-
land U aiiionn tlio earliest adventures of
yon tli. '
Lowell Courier : In these days of chemical
science the assassin has often found that
blood will toll.
Ulllrlllo HannorrVotoolcoiitnn accident
pulley last Monday and had tlio peed fortune
to brouk two of our loss ten inlniites aflei-
wards. for which wo will ot i03.
Hill Nye luis nxlmiisted : i last stock of lini
ment , but at last accounts had not become
addicted to the phial stnlT.
K te FleM'x ir
Nor Homeopath nor Allouath
-My hou.se of clay can save
If truth that olden saying hath
"All paths load to the pr.ivo ! "
St. Joseph News : The stuie driver Ins a
good many of the whoas of life to contend
with.
Now York Sun : Mr. Keod I shall bo happy ,
Mr. Speaker , to Ignd .von at any time the
ItalitnhiK calculator that I found so valuable
last session In coimihu ; a majority.
Mr. Crisp Thanks , no. .Mr. Itood ; bnt If you
liavo a mlorosi'opeliandv I may borrow it for
nso In d acovorlng a m.nnrlty.
Llfo : Ho I am sure wo could Rot , along on
your Income. Iain not a man uf expensive
tastes.
She Any ono wim wants to marry mo U a
man ot very oxponslvii tastes.
I'uok : "Does your daughter speak the lan
guages ? "
" \ot to any extent. She can say 'yes. '
though. In five of 'em. In case any foreign
nobleman tislts her to marry. "
Now York Herald : llrldgos The trouhln
with Samson was his Inability to differentiate
H'twoou slim ; expressions.
llrooks HowsoV
Urldgos Why , It. was all right tor him togot
.1 gait on , hut he shouldn't have minded op
probrious remarks about n hair out.
Yankee Blade : She Do you often visit your
uncle ?
lie No. only In oases of extreme necessity.
Judge : "Your nmrrla'jo was tlio result of
love at first sight , wasn't it ? "
"Yes , " replied the near sUhtod friend. "I
never will forgot the day. Only time In my
life 1 was over known to forot my glasses. "
Columbus 1'oit : That hard-hoarted follow
who sent a congressman u floral lyre ought to
bu strung up ,
ETCHING t'HOM LIFE.
Kew l'or/c / Ileraltl.
She sat before me all the service through ,
And looked so saintly , gentle , fair and
good
Twnuld make one bettor just to watch her
face
'Twonld change the very sinner from his
mood , t tie
no. )
[ listened nil onrsiUurod to the words
The preacher apofae. I saw her eyes were
wet. ' . ,
The sermon was aiiUlociuont appeal.
The text well r'iully 1 ijuito forgot.
Boston Transcript ( The man who borrpws
rouble never th nksof pay Ing It buck save by
lUtributlon union hls friends and acquaint
ances. J
St. Joseoh News : , It Is not physical HO much
as flminolal agility that enables a muii to run
up u long bill an ( I'll ' Whip it.
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TllKJU.ltri'ftu / K.VUH'Jt IT AT.t ,
If J l l
11. J , llur&l&fn lira Myn Eayte.
' . love tlm man v > hpX'nows , It all , .
From east to weiC/rom north to south ;
Who knows all thllvU. both great and small ,
And tolls It wltTi'fi'tlreiuss mouth ;
.Vho . holds a listening world In w e ,
I'ho whllo ho wor s his Iron jaw.
Outlines In evening's holy oulm ,
When twilight softens sight and sound ,
And zephyr nroithvs : u peaceful Diulm ,
ThU fellow brings his mouth around ,
iV'lth Its long gallon that eau tire
The eight-day clock's Impatient Ire.
Ills Hood strong mouth ! Ha wields It well !
Ho works It just for all It's worth ;
Not H imson's juwiiouu fumed could tell
Such mighty deeds upon tha earth ,
lo pulls the thrott'a uoon wide.
And works her hardou either sldn.
Uphill and down , through swamp and sand ,
It never stops , it never balks ;
L'hruiigh air and sUy , uYrso.i and land.
llu talks and talks , and talks mid talks ,
And talks mid talks , and talks and talks ,
And talks and talks , and talks and tulks.
iood Lord , from uvlls Uorcnnnd dire ,
Huvn us each duy , from four and woo ;
'nun wreck ami Hood , from storm and ( Ire ,
I'roni sinldun death , from sucrvt tout
Torn bllglitla ralu and burning drouth ,
And from the mau who plays hi * mouth ,
OTIIKH /.I.V/J.I Tlt.tff
The breaking off of relations with the Dill
grtrlan government by the French diplomat ! '
njtcnt 1ms caused some uncatlnoss It
Hitropoan political circles. The actual Mul
enrlnn government Is cordmlly hated b
Hussla , whliih country would surely tnko i
hand In uny norlous conflict arista ? betwcot
I'rlnco Pordlnanii and tVauco. 1C the luttor
In order to on f area lur demand on Bulgaria
should send sotnu vosiol to blockmlo Uottrga
or Vnrno , UutMln would support Franco , am
the two governments would utitto In iisklni
the sultan to grant tlioio vonuU n pasinu
through tlio Dardanelles. Even It that rt
quest should not bo granted , tlio moro fact o
tlio proisuro brought to uaar upon the sultai
would bring a protest from England and th
trlnlu alliance. Hut It Is not likely thrt
Prince Ferdinand will persist In his hostlt
attitude ; If he should , Franco will bu satis
lied to Itnltato Uussla , and to savor all polltt
cal relations with the Soil a government
which can hardly last much longer. Al
Europe is resounding now with talo. * o
"Bulgarian atrocities,1' which are coimiilltoi
not by the Turks , as in 1ST * , but by the Hul
Riivian government Itself. Prime Minlsto
StnmboulofT is ttio ro.xl master of the country
and ho maintains a reign of terror , which In
hoped to tilde from the eyes of Kuropo. Thi
Is why ho luls persecuted M. Ohadoulno , bu
tlio latter is not tha only journalist who sen
voracious reports concerning the situation it
Uuignrla. The whole European press na
related the tortures Inflicted upon polltlca
prisoners In the Balkan principality , and ha
printed the whole or a portion of the momoli
sent broadcast by Bulgarian women , whi
called the attention of the clvlll/.od world t <
the horrlblo treatment suflorod by their rohv
lives in Stambouloff's orisons , it ts alread.i
known that the premier behaved In n mosi
crnol and illegal manner toward 1'aniui
and his companions , who wore arbltrarllj
sentenced to death and wera executed. Bu
slnco then the Bulgarian promlor lias sent t (
jail KaruvclofT , ono of the political leaders o
the country , and an ox-minlstcr ; ami ho ha ;
declared that ho would not let Karavcloff oui
of prison as long as Uo himsolt continues it
power. There are strong hopes now thai
Stambouloff may not remain much longer al
the head of the government , and that linn
drcds of patriots will bo delivered from the
unhealthy Jails in which they nro slowlj
dying through starvation and the application
ot tortures worthy of the middle ages. It is
said that Prince Ferdinand , on hearing of
the memoir addressed to the powers ol
Europe by the Bulgarian woman , doclnrod
that ho was totally Ignorant of the atrocities
revealed in it. Ho added that ho would repress
press them ; and It was rumored recently that
ho had ( inurrolorl with Stambouloff. Still ,
Prince Ferdinand has never shown himsolt
especially energetic ; and Europe tnay be
compelled to enforce in Bulgaria against
Stambouloff the rights of civilization , as it
took action formerly against the Turks , on
behalf of the same country ,
*
fIt - *
It is a melancholy illustration of the Isola
tion of Russia from the civili/od world that
no effectual stops have boon taken in otuor
countries to relieve a suffering that is un
doubtedly Intense and widely spread. If the
snmo thing had happened in any ether
European country , extensive measures of relief -
liof would before this have been token. Ttmt
they have not boon taicen is ono of the pen
alties Hussia pays for her baroaristn. In the
llrst place , there is no way ot finding out and
publibhlne Just whore and just how great is
tbo need for relief. Russia has no means of
collecting and transmitting intelligence , such
as the press supplies elsewhero. Ofticial re
ports are the only substitute for unofllcial re
ports , and they have not been allowed to see
tub li'ght. In the next pluco , there Is no local
Initiative on the part of tha Russian pub
lic. In this country the looal authorities
would have set forth the needs of their re
spective communities and these needs would
have been supplied. Tharo is no 'machinery
for collecting and distributing relief in Rus
sia , except the olllcials appointed from St.
Petersburg , and the-to do not command thn
confidence of the- people of their districts. It
is a painful but logical effect of the Russian
system that the Quaker delegates who vis
ited the country for the express purpose of
inquiring into the distress with the view of
relifvlnir it should have boon prevented by
the authorities from prosecuting their Inquir
ies. This prohibition , llko the interference
of the oflloials with Count Tolsoi's work of
i-oliof , and line the warning of a Moscow
newspaper against English dupltuity dis-
uuibed as philanthropy , probably proceeds
from dullness rather than from malignity ,
* *
India , for which it would seem England
ind Russia-are about to contend , is a mag
nificent mpiro. In area it is nearly half as
largo as the United States , including Alaska ,
mil It has a population fully font times as
{ roat as that of this country. It has cost
England tnns of thousands of lives and many
Millions of dollars to conquer and hold this
Drovlnco , For a century past it has boon
: onsldorod the brightest jewel In the clindam
if British greatness. If England should lese
t much of nor power and even moro of her
.n'cstlgoand influence would luiva departed.
butsido of the premiership , the post
> f head of the Indian government
ins long boon ono of tbo moil im
portant and cxaltod of all the oxccutlvo
jfllces in the British empire. To retain pos-
icsslon of Its Asiatic dominions Great Britain
, vill exert all its Immoiiso resources in war
ind diplomacy. Already it has been said
.hut she has entered into n secret alliance
, vith China with this and In view. China , it
s known , is also monacoU by Russia , and her
ntorosts Ho In an dofcnslvo and offensive
; reaty with England as against the Romanoff
jovornmont. So far as the Intelligent out-
ildor is able to judge , the advantage in the
ixpocted conflict would bo on the side of
England , but whatever bo the outcome of
, hn struggle , the world will witness : a
nighty conflict when the lion and the boar
jrapplo In the contest for the mastery of
It Is vaguely felt at Berlin that France
: annot bo strangled In the inoslios of the
justoms not woven by nor onomloi , ao long
is England , the United States and the Latin *
Xmorlcan republics rntnaln outside of tlio
low commercial union. It Is said that efforts
mvo boon mada to inducetha British gov-
irnment to enter the nowzollvoroln , and that
rory tempting concessions have boon offered ,
; t Is clear , however , from Lord Salisbury's
ecent declarations , that no such arrange.
nont would bo looked upon as practicable.
ivon by a tory cabinet , whtlo as for Mr ,
lladstoiio , who , If ho lives , will presently
eturu to power , his sympathies are known
, o be enlisted on tha side of Franco and
{ ussla. The notion that the United States
vould take part In a commercial conspiracy
ntoudod to injure our bast friends , Franca
ind Russia , Is of eourso preposterous.
Political isolation Is much moro easily ao-
loinpllsbod than commercial Isolation. It
aqulrod all Bismarck's skill to keep Franco
n the former condition , and it Is not llkoly
hat Caprivi can condemn her to the lattor.
Christian misslonarlos aronot apt to re-
poet the religious praudios ] of the heathen ,
, nd this fact may account for tbo funoui
ppoiltlon to thorn in China. A story which
ouios from IiidU ii very suggestive ot the
nischlof that may bu done and the lll-fuollnt ;
hat may DO caused by the luck of common
onsa and good , mannori In matters of this
; tud , A mooting of Maliuratta Hindus bus
ual boon hold in Bombay to protest aualnu
ha dissemination by the missionaries of <
printed handbills containing what they
boilovo to bo a most Ubolous slur upon
their God Krishna. Sovorat prominent na
tives delivered addrosse * In whloh they ex
pressed great indUnntlon at the missionaries
for Interfering in their rollglom affairs and
defaming their god * . In tha onn n resolution
was adopted to call n ttms mooting to adopt
n memorial to the government iisldim that
the quean's proclamation of IS.'iS , Insuring
them religious freedom , should bo observed.
Much earnest fooling was displayed at the
mooting , which was largo neil Iniluontlnl ,
and It is probable that moro will bo hoard of
the affair horcaftor.
DIOR n ind am.
BKATIIK-B , Nob. Deo. 18. To the Editor of
TIIK HER : Some ten years ago the Otoo ntul
Mlssourln tribes of Indians , who occupied n
largo tract of land In the southwestern part
of Nebraska , wcro persuaded to go to I ml ! tin
territory to a now reservation and tholr
lands ware placed upon tha market. A great
deal of enthusiasm was aroused In the vicinity
of Beatrice , where the Halo took place , in
May null December , 1SSII. Several scandalous
schemes were put up behind iockod doors and
n grand attempt w.is in mi ; to got possession
of valuable tracts for speculative purposes.
At the tune there was considerable talk
about the appraisement. A great many
honest people believed that thera was an
African concealed somowboro In the com
mission whlon placed prices on tbo lands. It
was almost universally agreed that the
tracts offered were decidedly cheap nt the
appraised value. It was the low apnraiso-
mont as much as the real value of the lands
whloh brought out so ninny buyer * on the
day of the sale.
Whn the sale was opened , however ,
nearly or quito ull the syndicates who ex
pected to profit by the deals made In advance
were completely knocked out. The peopli
simply wont crazy and the unimproved In
dian land sold tit higher prices than impravci
lauds In the sumo county ware offered foe litho
the market. The tlmo element hud some
thing to do with the prices offered , but tt. <
best explanation Is Hint the bidders wnri
carried away by competitive enthusiasm
Man who were shut out of alleged deal * bio
up against men believed to have boon ad
mitted to the laud ring , and the hitter In
turn lost tholr heads. It is safe to say that
tbo lands brought , on an average fiU per cent
moro than they wore really worth.
The sequel eomos now in Senator Pad
dock's bill which proposes to refund to pur
chasers who paid the high prices the difference -
once oetween the appraised vuluo and the
purchase nrlco and to allow these who are
still In arrears upon payments a like rebate
upon balances duo. No doubt some of the
purchasers have boon badly cheated in the
land deals they mudo In May and December ,
IS * } , when they bought at such outrageously
high prices at the public sales. It seems
hardly ftUr , however , to make the Indians
suffer for this bad bargaining. The
appraised vnluo of the land is in many in
stances as much below the real value as the
purchase price is above it. If the bill under
took to adjust the claims by collecting from
purchasers only the real vuluo today Instead
of the appraised .valuo eight voars ago it
would seem moro cqtutablo to the parties of
the first part and fnir to these of the second
part. It is observed , however , that the con
sent of the Indians must bo obtained before
the proposed readjustment takes place.and as
the Indians have learned a good deal since
ISSi : and are now about to tuko their Okla
homa lands in severalty it is probably safe to
rely upon thorn to protect themselves.
B. W. T.
Able to Defend ItoisuII * .
PAWNEE CITY , Neb. , Doe. 10. TJ the E I-
itor of THE Bun : TUB Bni : of Saturday last
contained an article concerning myself , writ-
.ton in a spirit of cowardice too low to call
forth retaliation. Although through the un
fortunate circumstances of my llfo I am en
titled to the name of grass widow , I am not
mean enough to use the weapons of a coward ,
but write the following in self defense and in
ray own nnmo.
The romance so graphically told is not so
recent as its date would sooni , but has boon
rehashed and enlarged upon to suit
the revengeful purpose of a private
individual. John Burr never represented
himself to bo a "physician of sovorul yoir.s :
standing and practice ; " and never defrauded
mo out of any money. What I pave him I
gave of my own freewill. It was my own
and no ono has any right to question my dis
posal of it , as I nin amply able to support my
self and ewe no man or woman a can't.
Whatever injury ho m.iy havodouomo I have
forgiven him , dead or itlive , and no ono else
has cause to soy aught against him , for ho
was his own worst enemy.
I am not the Ikst or second that have had
their faith in human nature shakou by sad
oxparlonco , and mine never had suchasevcro
shuck , as upon reading the article in your
paper , knowing as I did lull well its author
or insMgator , and his purpose. There is but
ono besides myself who know the contents
of the letter announcing John Burr's death ,
as quoted. He , strange to say , is n doctor ,
too , and until Sunday lust u grass widower.
Through a pretended interest in the xvhorc-
abouts and welfare of John Burr ho oponcd a
correspondence with mo some three months
since , and by expressions of sympathy and
hypocritical professions of Christian jioni-
timco ana spiritual need , continued it several
weolcs , Until I brought it to'a sudden close
on receiving a request for monoy. Ho found ,
to his .surnriso and chagrin , that there was a
limit to woman's gullibility , and his repeated
efforts to coutliuio the correspondence were
useless.
Upon ronolpt of the novys of John Burr's
death , which was two months ago , his nx-
prossions of griet and sympathy were qulto
overflowing , "bis only regret was that ho
could not have none moro for him ; " his vir
tues were lauded to tlio skio.s ; vices ho had
none , hh faults were forgotten , and accord
ing to tno doctor's eulogy John Burr must bo
nn angel In hoavou now. That was whllo ho
still had hopes of Inducing ma to lot him have
some money. The dot-tor's vlows have
changed slnco then , but facts remain tlio
samo.
I might say morn , but simply wish that
these who have read the nrtlcla and Unort
mo may know It * author and his motive.
NF.I.UK L. A.
Pawnee papers plctso copy.
sir/r .t
Ono Moro Crotlltor Who In Trying to .
HnciiTcr flloiioy. f
NKW Yoitic , Doo. 18. Jolm V. Cockoroft ,
has begun suit In the BU promo court ugalnst
CyrusV. . Flold , Imploadod with Emil
Woltmann , and the firm of Flold , Wplcher.i
ft Co. to recover $ * , f > uo on u promissory
note. The note was executed by U'oltmnmi
In favor of John F. Wolchors , endorsed by
him to tno llrm , by the firm of Cyrus W.
Field , and bv him to the plaintiff. Efforts
have boon made to servo Mr. Flold person *
ally with tho.luminous nt his homo , but tlioy
have been InulToeuml. Judge IiiKrahatu do-
cidcd yostordtty that tlio summons bo loft Ita.
with some suitable person at his house , but II i
admission to the house Is not obtalnod It tuny
bo attached to the outer door of the home.
The counsel of Edward M. Field , will en
deavor to gut tholr client out ot' thu I.udlow
street Jail tomorrow to take him boforu
Judgu Diekman's commission at White
Plains for examination as lo his sanity. Dis
trict Attorney Nlool was engaged yostordav
In making nn oxnmliiatlnn of tha books of tlio
llrm of Field , Umllov Wolchors & Co.
As the Investigation of thodUlrlctattornov
progresses the horizon darkens for Flold. So
f v as dlicovpreu the crooked transactions of
the defunct firm foot up nourly $100,000.
This involves ninny well known creditors of
the partnership beaded by Field.
The grand jury today returned nn Indict
ment against Field charging him with for
gery In the socorid degree The iiidiotmont
Is predicated on nstatomont made by Bunkers
IChuuth , Nuchnd , t Ivtihno , In regard to a billet
ot lading transaction.
n'll.L CUXTKST ff.UHKXVK'li
of tlio Duiul ActorU'nut
Some of IllH I'roporty.
NK\V YOIIK , Uoc. IS. There is to bo a contest -
test over the will ot the late William J. t
Florence , the actor , wbluh was tiled for |
. ' probate with the surrogate on Tuesday hut , [
as certain relative * of Mr. Florence claim |
that ho loft a codicil which hns in some manner - I
nor disappeared. In the will which has boon i
tllod Mrs. Florence Is named us the solo
oxocutnx and the entire oitato of tbo dead
actor U loft to bis wlfo , none of the actor's
brothers or sisters Rotting even as much us n f
souvenir from among his largo collection of I
articles which ho plcltod up during his J
eventful career. The brothers and sisters of .
Mr. Florence , \vhoso real name was Oonlln , "
and who was a full brother of Inspector Con-
lln of tnls city , profess to bo surprised that a
codicil to this will lias not boon tound. Thiiy
say that Mr. Florence had repeatedly as
sured various members of the family.
Including the inspector , that bo
had -inado a codicil some tiir.o before
fore ho was taken ill , in which bo
i had loft his rolatlvoi properly provided for
out of his largo in'mus , and had especially
made provisions for the care of his paralytlo
brother , John Conlln of this city.
SHUT IX A QVAltnUf i
Katal Itow HIMWCOII u Doctor iintl a i
I'lsli Dealer. j
ST. Lotrts , Mo. , Doc. 18. Late last evening ]
Dr. Thomas O. Gordon , ono of the wealthiest J
physicians of this city , shot una fatally <
wounded John II. Slegge , a largo wholcsala
and retail llsh dealer. The man had horne
an IH-fcolliig toward each other for some V I A
time , because or reports that Dr. Uonlou had ' f \
performed a criminal oparation upon a beau
tiful young daughter ol StogJto. Last night
the two men met tti front of tholr residences ,
which adjoin , and a quarrel beijan , in tha
course of which Sloggo , according to Dr.
Gordon , assaulted the physician , boating
him severely. Gordon , during the melee ,
managed to draw a pistol , and tiring throe
shots at random brought down his man with
one ball. Tbo bullet entered tJtofjgo's back
near the splno and in the vlulnlty of the kid
ney , pass'ing into the nbdomlmil cavity.
Stoffgo was taken to his homo where physi
cians , nt'tor an examination , pronounced the
wound necessarily fatal. Dr. Cordon has
been placed under arrest , pending an olllcial
inquiry into the utlalr and the result of his
shot.
ItlH IlKUUIUM CH > T HIM HIS L1FR.
lirtivo Doiid of a Itriikoiiian on the
Rending Itoad.
PiiiLAUiiU'im , Pa. , Dec. 18. A Reading
railroad brakoniau performed an act of hero
ism yesterday that will probably cost him hh
llfo. The hero U William Gruss , 2(1 ( years
old , wno , whllo in the forward car of a train
that , was being pushed toward the depot ,
observed the peril of u woman ricking coal
on the adjoining track. A train was np.
preaching and Gruss called to her , but slio
apparently did not hear him. As his train
reached u point directly opposite her , Gnus
sprang from'tho car and solxlng the woman
around tha waist threw her out of harm'i
way. The exertion caused him to lese hh
footinsr , however , anil ho fell across tha
tr.ick. The train from which ho had saved
the coal picker cut off both hli logs and al
the hospital tbo physicians say ho cannot
llvo.
TIlllKK 01'I KIKll.
Now York Trlhuno : It Is highly nrobahla
that n spanking would < ln Chili good , but It
does not follow that thu Unltml States must
assume parental obligations.
Cincinnati Commsrcial : Evidently Eng
land would ho pleased wcro war declared be
tween the United States and Chill , but It la
not llkoly that England would bu ready to
take u bund in it.
Boston Globa : The Chilians ore ropi.rtod
to bo spoiling for a set-to with Undo Sum
Bettor not fool with the old inrin , oven if IK
is not qulto so heavily g.iffoj as ho will bi
ono of those days.
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