Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY HEEr WEIlNKSDAY , JANUAHY 27 , 1892.
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I nhllfthlnir romp my. does solotnnly swear
Unit the iictuiil circulation of TUB IIAII.V tier.
for the week ondliiR Jnnuury : . ' . . WJft wns 111
follows ! , ,
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Sworn to before me and mibsrrlncd In my
presence tlils'ZiU day of January. A. 1) . 18J1. .
SKAI. N. I'.KKIU
. Nolurv I'uhllc.
NKIIHASKA'S contribution to Undo
Sam'fl war equipment is the PatricU
lorpcdo with u Imlr-trlgjjor ntttichmont.
AKIIITIIATIO.V cannot excuse an in
sult though it may determine the
amount of int'omnlty itsquislco to the
victims of the insult.
THE Missouri and Kentucky colonels
are holding themselves ready and our
gallant Nebraska brigadiers are bogln-
tiiru , ' to burnish their armor , but
TIIKKI : engines were wrecked at the
Tenth street depot yesterday , but un
fortunately the wooden shod called a
Union donot escaped -without a scratch.
O.v TO Chill , cries General Colby , but
the Nebraska militia did not enlist for a
South American campaign. It is alto
gether too warm down there in winter
tima
ONK of the questions that is puzzling
the democratic mind is , Will Mr. Cleveland -
land withdraw ? That will depend very
much upon whether Mr. Cleveland
wants to withdraw.
IN TIIK intense oxcitotnent that now
prevails around the national capital the
.fact has almost been overlooked that
there is a vacancy to bo filled on the
"United States supreme bench.
GOKMAN nnd Gibson , Hiscock nnd
Hill , Perkins and Poftor , Coke and
Chilton are the alliterative pairs in the
United States senate from Maryland ,
Now York , Kansas and Texas respec
tively.
ONK of the adjuncts of reciprocity
with the central and South American re
publics is to bo the pan-Ainoricnn silver
dollar. Its size is not yet determined ,
but it will probably have to bo as largo
as the American pancake.
WiiKTHKH it bo called the Chicairo ,
Port Madison & Dos Moitias or the
Atchiaon , Topoku & Snntti Fe is imma
terial to pcoplo in Nebraska , so long as
it gives us ti Sttrita Vo railway connection
with Chicago , and ultimntoly a Santa
Fo line between Superior and Oratiha.
SiNCK Roger Q. Mills was defeated
for speaker ; , Colonel .Tones of Iho St.
Louis licimlihc has boon rampantly nnd
uproariously mad. Ho hns soon nothing
to admire anywhere and it is consequently
quently no surprise to find him snorting
ever the president's message just as if it
were a personal nlTront to himself.
MlMV.U'KKH only spent $5,000 in her
olTort to got the democratic national
convention. Milwaukee is certainly to
bo congratulated. She got off very
cheap in view of the attractions at
Washington and the heavy draught on
Milwaukee's favorite beverage by the
thirsty members of the national coin-
mi ttco.
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IT wouu > bo something like rotribu-
tlvo justice if the negroes should carry
Louisiana in the coming election. There
la a possibility of tmoh a result , too , with
the lottery question dividing both to'
publicans and democrats. If the negroes
throw their strength against the lottery
tlioy will como very near annulling tha
now constitution formed and enacted
especially for their disonfranchlsomont.
Hum license has struck Mississippi
and threaten * to vacate two-thirds ol
the BtUooiiH in that state. The now law
just enacted ll.xos the license for small
towns In the country districts at $70 (
and the minimum in towns of over 2,000
inhabitants is $1,600. The law is vor >
stringent in all its details , but the niosl
novel attachment to the Mississippi
high license law is a provision that no
atloonkoopor shall bopoitnlttod to sit
on a jury , and being a liquor dealer is
justillublo cause for challenge.
TIIK iiDxt annual mooting of the
American Heot Sugar Producers asso
elation will bo hold in Omaha , January
23 , 18911. This organization was format
In San Francisco on Monday last und is
composed of the representatives of ixl
the boot sugar manufacturing companies
in the United States. When the con
vontlon moots in Omaha next yonr there
should bo a largo increase of member-
gulp caused by the establishment o
numerous new factories. In this connection
noction it may bo well onoo more to remind
mind the indifferent people hereabouts
, Unit Omaha is tha geographical center
of what will be the greatest uugar bee
growing region in the world withii
twonty-llvo years. "U'nothor she ehul
also bo the commercial center of the
bcot sugar industry depends upon the
enterprise ) of her poopbJ , >
TIIK QVRSTmX OF
Can the Unltod States govorntnont ,
vlth a duo regard for its honor and dig-
illy , ngreo to submit to arbitration anyone
ono of its demands on Chill ? These do-
nands are for the withdrawal of the
offensive latter ot the ox-minlstor of
orolgn affairx , Sonor.Mattn , nn apology
or the outrage on American seatnon
vent-Ing the uniform of the navy , and
ndomnlly. Two things are primarily
0 bo considered , Ono Is that our gov
ernment is committed to the principle
of arbitration between the nations of
this hemisphere. It was the Unltod
Slates that proposed in the pan-Amarl-
can conference to est-ibiish tlili princl-
) lo between the countries there repre
sented. This would scotn to Impose a
nornl obligation upon this country to
accept arbitration In any case that
vould not involve a compromise of na
tional honor and dignity. The other
hlng is that Chill declined , throuch its
oprosontativos in the pan-American
: onforenno , to accept arbitration as un
conditional nnd obligatory , the Chilian
delegates formally declaring that they
were "unwilling to entertain the Illu
sion that any conllict which may
llrcclly allect the dignity and honor of
1 nation shall over bo submitted to the
decision of u third party.1' This , while
not excluding Chill from the privilege
of proposing arbitration , would seem to
loprivo her of all claim to a favorable
consideration on the part of the Unltod
Slates of such a proposal.
Of course , the question of the with-
Irnwnl of the Malta loiter and the do-
mind for an apology cannot bo sub-
mllled to arbitration. No third party
could bo permitted to decide whether or
lot this government was insulted by Iho
communication of the Chilian ox-initi-
Btor of foreign affairs and whether or
tot this government is entitled to an
ipology for the outrage upon Its citl-
MUH. Those are matters which it is the
ibsoluto privilege of the injured govern
ment to determine for itself. Is the
matter of the attack on the sailors of the
Baltimore at Valparaiso a proper sub-
ioct for arbitration ? They wore the uni-
: orm of the United States navy , and in
ho opinion of the president they were
issaulted , not for anything they had
done , but "for what the United States
overnment had done , or was charged
with having done , by its civil olllcors
ind naval commanders. " In was thorc-
; ere in effect an attack on the govern
ment. Is it not obvious , from this point
of view , that the dignity nnd honor of
the government are involved in this af
fair , and that consequently , nci-ording
to the Chilian view of two years ago , it
is not a mat tor to bo submitted to the
decision of. a third party. The United
Stales could perhaps afford to bo mag
nanimous , for the sake of a wholesome
example , and allow it to take that
course , but manifestly Chili has no
right or claim to expect such consider
ation.
There is really but ono question in
connection with this complic.ition for
which arbitration may proneriy be
urged , und that is the question of in
demnity. A third partyj may be neces
sary to a fair and , just dotormiuation of
the pecuniary damage , but the govern
ment of the United States could not
without self-humiliation that would
lower it in the respect of the world sub
mit to arbitration a question in which
injury toils dignity or honor is involved.
KXCK HKSl'OXSlltLK.
If not clearly apparent now it will
doubtless bo ascertained later"oh that
English influence is very - re
sponsible for the pot-verso course of the
Chilian government regarding the de
mands of the United Stales. That in
fluence is very strong in the southern
republic. English c ipital is very
largely inlerestcd in the nitrate beds
which Chili became posacscd of throuirh
her war with Peru , and from which the
government- derives a considerable part
of its revenues. In other departments
of Chilian commerce , also , English capi
tal hati been extensively invested , and
indeed this foreign capital probably
plays the largest part in the financial
and business affairs of the republic.
The representatives of English bankers ,
manufacturers and morehnnls are there
fore enabled to exert a grout influence ,
not only with those in trade , through
whom they can roach tlio people , but as
well with members of the government.
No other alien element in Chili is as in
fluential as the English.
There is strong reason to believe that
this clement has hold out the promise lo
tlio Chilians that in the event of a war
with the United States Chili could depend -
pond upon the assistance of England.
The misstatements of the case of the
United States by the Valparaiso corre
spondent of the London 'Jtmef , the
misrepresentations regarding the con
duct of the American minister
from the name source , and tlio
persistent oflort to put the Chilian gov
ernment hi the most favorable light be
fore the public of England furnished
conclusive uvidouco of how the sympa
thy of the English element in Chill
btood. Its motive was wholly mercenary.
It did not dotilro war. It bolloved
that the United Stales government
would not go to war to enforce
its demands , and that at the last
moment would accept an arbitration of
thodillloulty. What this element wanted
was to oroata such a feeling of popular
hostility toward the Unltod States that
no Chilian government would venture lo
consider any proposal for closer commer
cial relations belwoon the two govern
ments , nnd thus English capital could
continue to oujoy , undisturbed by Amer
ican competition , the profitable advan
tages it has secured in Chill. Having
worked up this sentiment of hostility ,
this very English influence may now bo
active tosecuro a settlement by arbitra
tion , of courao with England , as a "neu
tral nation , " in view as arbitrator.
It is quite possible , however , thutthoro
may bo a reaction in the public mind of
Chili when it shall have taken a calm
and sober view of the present circum
stances , If an adjustment shou'd bo
reached without war time will cool the
passions and allay the irritation caused
by the disturbance of friendly relations ,
and when this takes pluco the Chilian
pcoplo may not only learn to respect the
United States more than over before ,
but may sou the value and Importance
of establishing closer relations with this
country.
RKCKNT correspondence between the
State nnd Treasury departments has
brought out the fact that a largo num
ber of assisted Immigrants jhavo been
coming to the United States from Great
Urttaln. It appeui-3 that the British
govorntnont hns boon In the habit of
commuting the comparatively Insignifi
cant pensions paid to veterans of the
Urltlsh army , providing they would
agree to emigrate and sign a contract
not to again apply for relief in the Brit
ish empire. These men have boon in
the habit of coming to the United States ,
and many of them have become a public
charge. The acting secretary of the
treasury , in a lotler to the secretary ot
stale , snys that it appears to bo the es
tablished practice of the British War
ofllco , particularly in case of invalids
and disabled pensioners , to commute
their pensions and pay them a lump
sum , on the condition that they shall
thereafter reside in some ether country ,
usually the United States , and that the
lump sum is not paid in G'-oat Britain ,
but is forwarded to the Bl-ltish consul at
Now York or other port of arrival , to bo
paid to the party On landing , and when It
is presumably certain that ho will no
longer bo u burden upon the revenues of
Great Britain. Two cases of this kind
recently came to the knowledge of the
immlirration olliclals , and it is the in
tention of the Treasury department to
deal summarily with all such iminl-
jrnnts hereafter , and trout them as as
sisted immigrants within the provisions
of our statutes.
SUN'ATOH WAsmiriiN of Minnesota
struck a hornets' nest when ho intro
duced Iho anti-option bill. There Is a
irunorul uprising all along the line from
Minneapolis to Duluth , and remon-
trances are pouring in upon the senator
from all quarters. One of the most
vigorous protests comes from a leading
grain dealer in Minneapolis , who makes
the following assertion :
Without an open market in which grain
can b < j sold frouly nnd in unrestricted
( luantltlos it is my bollof that tbo handling ;
of grain from the producer would bo so im
paired nnd Interfered with and tno risk so
uroat that the parties donlltid directly with
the producer In self-protection would bo com
pelled to mnko so wide a margin of difference
between the present unco * at terminal mnr-
Icots aud the prioo paid in the countrv that
the producer would suffer , us against the
present system of ilolnc- business , to an ex
tent of not less than 5 cents no1 * bushel on
the crop of wheat crown. I say this from our
oun experience In the business nnd from our
knowledge of whit wo prsonally would bo
compelled to do if wo could not daily sell for
some f Jturo time Iho grain purchased in Iho
country , which wo are absolutely unable to
move forward from the lack of trauspor'ation
facilities this season. To Illustrate : W j buy
today fu the country 70,000 ousholx of wheat ;
wo only got cars to move 20,000 bushels , leav
ing 50,000 bushels remaining on our hands
Unsold and uuprotccteu , subject to u decline
in values , or we must sell U for such a future
tlmo as will enable us to pot It Into marlcot
for delivery. Now , it would bo au Injury and
lugltimalo business would suffer In" case of
an abolition of an open market for tbo snlo of
crnln for future delivery to an extent so
great that the injury that mar possibly ari o
from unlimited speculation would bo inslg-
n ill cant In comparison.
SENATOR CHANDMSU'S -requiring
the owners of steamships to provide en
larged space for emigrants and Bin-
round them with greater comforts than
are now accorded to steerage passengers
will commend itself to all who are famil
iar with the horrors of steerage passage.
Some of the transatlantic steamship
lines provide commodious quarters for
steerage passengers , but the majority
of them simply endeavor to stow away
1,000 to 2,000 human beings in space
that scarcely affords breathing room
for half that number. Ono of the most
commendable provisions of the senator's
bill is the requirement that every
steamship or vessel that carries" passen
gers shall have adequate provisions for
affot ding light and air to the passen
ger decks and to each of Hie cabins ,
compartments and spaces occupied by
suoh passengers , and with adequate
moans , appliances , machinery and
power for ventilating the said cabins
and compartments with their berths.
A VERY curious feature of congres
sional comment upon the president's
Chilian message is the fact that in
nearly every case the southern demo
crats approve its sentiment and com
mend ith slatcfamunship. while Jerry
Simpson and a number of northern
democrats like William A. Springes-
treat it indecorously und show their
partisan animus in discussing its f oat-
urea. The southern democrat has al
ways been the more generous of the two
since 18(11. (
Dit. ChARKU GAi'KX belongs to tlio
school of physicians who know how to
got- free advertising without infringing
upon the inhibitions of the professional
code of ethics ,
SILICON plaster and liquid slating are
closely related. This explains why Iho
natural slating ordered for the Kollom
school was completely outgeneraled by
the counterfoil.
As soox as Chili hoard that Brigadier
General Colby and the Hrst brigade of
Nebraska National guards were ready
for war she surrendered at discretion.
Tin : county commlsdonofH etui adopt
no bettor rule than ono which shall
provide for the publication in dolull of
every claim allowed by that body.
A HKARCHINU investigation of the
Kollom bchool contract from , the - foundation
tion to the tin roof would probably re
veal some interesting facts.
DIKKIIAUSKK of Omaha , 1ms" tho"Bot-
kin brand of back boricHo ' may die ,
but ho will nut resign.
Sulxtuiim v * . Shaili\r.
Milwaukee hud the most froth , but Chicago
cage had the moat body ,
N UHU for the Ktilft.
Xtw Yurh Tdtynim ,
Chloapo's liability to water famines U not
a thing to appall a douiocratlo'natlonal con
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vention.
I'm Up thu.
.Slotir I'lty i
It U said that In many DM Molaos retail
stores tlicro 1 $ cnnudcuoucly displayed this
inscription ; "Wo soil the following r > es
Molues luadti gooas. Asli' for ttiuia , " The
list In tbo caso"bf n grocery store Includes
many nrtlclo < P ° tTho banner * containing the
Inscription atj'jjijjoing put up hi nil the retail
stores of the qittf by the producers' nssocln-
ion. It shows loynltv. It proves the
gonulnoness of t'ho ( toilro to build up homo
manufacturing It's tha right Mud of n
spirit. It Is exactly what tbo Journal has
icon trying toJmpro.M on the minds of Sioux
2lty people. 'Our people nro loyal to homo
Interests noj'lpooplo moro loynl but too
much stress cnu'iot , ( bo laid upon this sort of
doinonstriUlonltlt builds up manufacturing ,
tt oncourapojitho men. who have their money
invested. It T makes nil the difference
In the worlU' " If you fool that you
linvo the 'sincere- , solid backing of
the community , that every man Is
doing nil bo can to sustain you and that at
least your prusonca in business is not forgot
ten. High .sounding resolutions on paper nro
very nlco and olabornto organization may
servo good purposes , but after all fine words
butter no parsnips. How many compara
tively small manufacturing' plants , employ-
tig- from flvo to twonty-llvo men , nro there
hero in Sioux City thntlf thoughtfully encour
aged by possible local patronage would double
nnd treble tha ntimbor of their employes
within nyenrl A greater number than you
fancy If you have uot Inqulrod into It. Lot
It go out to tno world that wo nro the land of
people who to a man stnnd by thojo who in
vest their niouoy and employ labor lioro , that
such nro absolutely sure of our patronage ,
aud that wlion manufacturers mnko their
liomo here they got the homo market do
this , and Is thoru anything that would bo
moro potent hi inducing logtttmata outor-
prlsus to como toust Other cities nro ngl-
tntlng this policy , nnd why not wo I
Iliiril to Toll U'liiilN Happened.
I'rcmunt FVnfl.
Some of the papers of the state have been
claiming that young Mr. Hitchcock has embraced -
braced democracy. Unruly 1 While It Is very
true that Miss Democracy in this stnto Is
small , ultemltinto aud spare wnlstod , as com
pared with her political slslovs , any olTort of
the spindle-shanked Hitchcock to cmbraco
her would result much ns In the case of the
12.1-puund lever with his ItOO-poutid girl ; ho
would bo rcqulrod to embrace an nrc nnd
make n chalk mark and yet , while embracing
her at pioccmoal , tuo outlying districts
would free c outOh , no ! Hitchlo could not
embrace democracy but she could onslly cm
brace him. And probably that is "tho way
the land lies. "
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Itonni fur .Murr.
The poaco-at-nny-prlco party , formorlv
composc-d of. Frances E. Willard. James CJ.
the Oraco brothers of Now York ,
Nitrate Kinc North of London , and the Now
York Board of Tiade nnd Transportation ,
hns received n recruit. The Single Tax club
of Chicago has jolnua it. It now represents
prohibition , womanly horror of bloodshed ,
political duplicity , the love of the owners of
nitrate beds for their dividends , the cownrd-
icoof Now YoHt < commerce and tlio moou-
light theories 'of ' Ilonry Georgo. There is
yet room for the groonbackors and the Koe-
loy club. a , '
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Tliol oiully Stove.
I'Mlulili ( > Ma Ilecnnl.
A railroad w.rnolr near Chlca-jo on Friday
lost was followed oy the cars takinc tire from
the stoves ; nnd but foe the efforts of the un
injured passoflgurs several persons might
have mot with' 'tjuriiol'o ' deaths. Tho. very
frequency of s\fcti \ occurrences seoins but to
muKo railroad corporations raoro determined
to continue n system of heating their cars
which does not rjso above the level of the
methods on a canal boat.
Ainplcii'w .tnrlcnt City.
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' > Dt ti'nit Free Pivx * . '
With olactric and cahlo cars , steam thresh
ers , steam plows and the prospective utiliza
tion of mechanical motive power on the general -
oral highways , what a tumble the market for
horses nnd muloi must ultimately tako. Yet
Detroit. loyally clings to cqulno transit and
cannot be blnmed if horse 'dealers have to
look for another job.
Tint Thud's < il Southland ,
Hltihr-Dcmucnit.
The Chilians , like all other somt-birbarous
pcoplo , are treacherous , brutal and quarrel
some. They are tbo bullies and sw.igeorcrs
of South America. They are ignorant and
vain , and their successes in conflicts with
their neighbors have impressed them with
the belief that they can whip the United
States.
Trulii tltu ( inns 1111 thn ICntmiy.
I'mTimes. / .
Republicans have enough on hand to keep
them busy without quarreling among them
selves. If they do up the independents und
democrats they mav congratulate themselves.
We hope the editorials in our leading papers
will bo directed at the enemy.
A t'olnt to lit )
Giniiil Mnntl
He-publican candidates should not bo
elected simply because they uro republicans ,
but for the reason that they are honest , energetic - .
orgetic , capable and fit man. Nominating
conventions should keep this fact In sight.
thn Mm.
n'liflilnatnn Star.
Nobod can blame the dear girls for peti
tioning tbo presldont'iiot to advise war with
Chili. Even in these peaceful times there uro
not men onouch to supply the fomlnino de
mand.
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t ) That nil Hmlio/zlm- Supposed to Ito
Di'dil Still MICH.
NewBauxswicK , N , J. , Jon , 20. A meet
ing of stockholders of the Jamcsburg bunk ,
whoso cashier. T. Wilson Hill , has boon de
clared nn ombcz/.lor for a lareo amount by
Dank Examiner Stnuo , ln-oku up la the
greatest disorder upon receipt of Information
alleged to bo reliable , ttuu Hill is not cloud ,
and that a wax lisjuro was placed la the
coflln which was believed to contain his
body. Some ci-cflonca was placed in the
story when the fac.t wiw recalled that no ono
but Hill's immcdlAto family were present nt
the Interment , A local physician had been
called In when Hill was stricken with tha
grip , and no ono was admitted to the sick
chamber. When Hill's death was announced ,
but little tlmo elapsed before the body was
Inlil In the grave.
The rumor that Hill U still alive has boon
lnt ( > lisllle < i by tlio report that ho has teen
within the past few days on Fourteenth
street. New York , In company with a woman
whoso nnrno has boon clos'oly connected with
bis defalcation. As Hill's Ufa was Insured
for fJO.OOO n few days before ho was said to
have dlod , the company's agent In this city
was preparing to pay the claim. Now ho
has announced that this will not bo done
until satisfactory proof of death Is given.
Tbo rostilt of the allegations Is that It las
boon decided to open the grave and ascertain
whether It contniu's Hill's bodv or a dummy.
It U expected that this will bo done todnv.
The local loilco of tha Koynl Arcanum Is
doubly Interested In this , ns they allege that
Hill committed suicide. If the coflln ronlly
holds Hill's body , they may demand nn in
vestigation to bo made to ascertain If ho
killed himself.
iiank Examiner Stone concluded his In
vestigation into Hill's nets yoUardny. Ha
found that Hill had stolen ST ! > , PJO from the
Jamesburg bAnk. The stockholders nro to
bo held llnblo for ? li,00 ( ) ever the amount
realized from Hill's available assets. A vote
taken by Iho stockholders on the question of
bank continuance resulted In a tlo.
Co.il I'riiduct Inn or
Ki.u , 111. , Jan. Stl. Tlio toiith an
nual report ot coal production In Illinois prepared -
pared by the stnto bureau of labor statistics
has Just bean issued for the year ending July
1 , IS'JI. ' Tlio output for the year , lB.Ot50.OU : }
tons , is gimilor than that of any preceding
year by : i2lSt > 0 tons o.f lump conl , the appar
ent increase being much moro owing to the
fact that the statistics cover nil ether prados.
The nvcrago vnluatioti Is substantially the
same as for 1SUO , the dliloronco being u do-
clluo of I.U'J cents per ton.
Hell TVIrpliniii ! Cusn Mxtousloii.
llo'Tov , Mass..ran.JO. . Justice ( Jolt in
the Unltod States court has granted the ap
plication of the defendants , giving thorn to
October I to nut in testimony in tlio case of
the government vs. the Bell Telephone com
pany.
ft.tin TO in : Kf/.v.vr.
llurald : "I'm so sorry. " said Mrs.
I'arvitmi. h'ddln ? coed nlsht tn her guests
after the reception , "that the storm kupt all
our best pcoplo .iwny. "
\Vaslilii5ton Star : Obosllv may ho no social
dlsiiuiilltluiillon , but It Is undoubtedly bad
form.
Now York Herald : "I have just learned
the diffuroncu boiwcoii a vase , a vans and a
VM u/ . "
u"Howdo vou distinguish thiMii ? "
"Anything thut costs less limn .V ) cents Is a
VIISL- , between 5J cents mid $7 Is a vulis , ON or J7
IS U V.-IU7.0. "
Iildliinnpnlli Journal : "What do you knew
about American Institutions , unvway ? "
"Ameilean Institutions ? " rotifrtcu the an-
! nrohlst oruuir. 'I'm onu of 'em. "
I A MTisauir MISHAP.
I ll'ns/iliiydm / St'ir.
. In a turbid yulii of humor he Injected wit ono
I day.
Ami ( to follow out the lij-iirt ) ) tried a liytuidor-
| | nilchiy.
Alns. for experiment
; tliroush seine un-
j ! haupv slip
I Ho hasn't yet recovered from its jinjusthetic
grip.
Now Voru Sun : Dlcps "If the coat ( Its you
put It nn. " must bo an Americanism.
l-'i ifs Why ?
nizus It cort'iirily wouldn't have any ap
plication tonn KnslHli-inauo coat.
Now York Herald : The Court You wish to
withdraw your nlTonslva statement ; that the
opposing cnuiwol Is an : iss ?
Sliarpe. Esq. I do. your honor.
The Court in what giounds ?
Shnrpe. ! : . ( ] . [ deem It Incompetent ntd
Immaterial.
Soinervlllo Journal : "And now Micro's the
devil to p.iy ! " exclaimed the newsp.iuer inan-
naer late tj.itunlay afternoon. And out of the
cush drawer he took $ ! .M.
Yonkers Ptutrsiiuin : Mrs , Grimsonboalc
What Is a paste diamond , John ?
.Mr. C'rlnisoiibunk Why , a p-isto diamond ,
my dear. IH one that they "stick" people with.
Lcmls.vlllpConrlor-.Ti iirnul : Dr. Keoloy ap
pears to be In bad o lur with the otlicr dot-tors
since he irmo away the ns.ifn'tlda secret.
Uloik Itovlou : Hu You Insist mi my got-
t'lia my life insured before wo an1 oiuagodV
fchu V s , even before you asU papa.
News : French duels with the
small sword are seldom Illustrated with cuts ,
uxi-ent In thn papers next nioriiliii : .
Clilcaso Times : This crip has invaded Mex
ice and there l < - a possibility Oat Gar/a may
be caught bv sonietliliiii at fast.
Auiiisla Chronicle : "Tno Girl Who Took
Sly I'yo" Is the title of nn article. Hernumo
iiuiHl have bcL'ti 'C'lnda.
DK.tit TO TIIK l
Iliintnn Jester.
How deiir to the heart are tin jokes of our
child hood ,
When Mad recollection presents them to
view :
The musty old Jokes that wo learned in tlio
cradle.
And every crliii jo' ' < e that our Infancy knew.
Thu family jokes , and tlio Jokes In the uaiior.
The Jokes that the men at the .stoic- used to
tell ,
Tlio .illumine Jokes , nnd theJokoa of the
, circus.
And all the u'.d jokes tlmt wo all knew so
well ;
Those Jionry old chestnuts , UIO-.Q xrt//\y \ old
c'licstnuts.
Those noss-covored chestnuts that people
still tell.
Thorn's tluit , Joke on the fuet of the girls In
Chluugo.
And these multiform jokes on the mother-
in-law ;
Tlinn-.s that joke inelilstorle and antedilu
vian
On the bean that delights the Ilf.stoiilun
maw ;
Tlirro's tha joke on the man who calls np'for
the kn.rliolo :
The jnku DM tlio plumber's iinllmlto I e- li ;
Tbn anii-i il Joke on the coy Kastor bn > ; nct ;
The joke iireprlinovai on boarding-homo
lush ;
Those moldy old chestnuts. tlno worm-
eaten elii'-itnuts.
That best are described by a vigorous ,
And these other old Jdkcs. all too many to
mention ,
That ueie hero on the unrth era the coming
of man :
Those toothless , decrepit , and uhrlvelod old
rhostnnts ;
All centuries old ere orontlun beznn ,
Tlinso Jokes cutaneous with old man Mo-
IhiiMiliih ,
Which Nouh at night In tlio ark used to
tcllr '
Those Kriiny old grinds that away back In
Kdi'n.
O'er A.Iain and Kvo throw their maslc.il
spell ;
These m\i vc-scentod clu-stnuta , those petrified
rliratniits ,
Tlius4i L-OI ti-sy old chestnuts that people bill !
ml ,
J .
Is Superior to Every Othei
r.
United States Official
Investigation
Of Baking Powders , recently made , under authority of
Congress , by the Department of Agriculture , Washing
ton , D. C. , 'furnishes ' the highest Uuf.horitative informa
lion as to which powder is the besp , The Official Repori
Shows the ROYAL to be a
. cream of tartar baking pow
der , superior to all others in
leavening power luj iSff ' ) .
ALL ARE COMING TO THE FAIR
Oriental Countries Will Have Magnificent
Exhibit ? at the Exposition.
ITALY WILL ALSO BE ON HAND
Itnlrs Already I'ornuiliitod lur tlio A
tunil Department A Young Woman
Artec 1-art nftlin l.uto Actor
Cmc.voo Irmui : OF TIIK HUB , )
Iu , . , Jan. 2 I
from Turkey , Kgypt , Algiers , Tunis , Mo
rocco and Bulgaria the exposition managers
expect to rocetvo n scrlos of Ititoreutltig
exhibits. Dr. U.vrua Adler , special World's '
fair commissioner to ttio countries men
tioned , has returned to Chicago after nn ab
sence of fifteen mouths. Enoh of these coun
tries , Commissioner Adler said , would , olthor
through Us government , or prlvnto agencies ,
have special buildings of characteristic )
architecture on the Rrounds. Whou Mr.
Adler was sent to the Orient his Instructions
were to work up exhibits. This ho hus done ,
und In the spoclnl building to bo provided , ho
-says , moro will bo , among ether things ,
artisans engaged In thu manufac
ture of tbo different classes of
products known in the countries they
represent. The plan is to have the display
niado in vlllacos , unit In some as high as
llfty-six workmen will bo employed In illus
tration of thu manufacture of uatlvo goods.
The king of Italy has nt last ofllclally rec
ognized the fair. A cablegram hns bocn rn-
colved from Vice I'rosldout Uryan In which
ho said that the kin ? had accorded nu nudl-
encotoMr. Illgginbothntu nnd himself , and
after receiving thorn with cordiality decided
to appoint an ofllcial commission to the o.\po
sltlon. It is b ° llevod that this will bo fol
lowed by an uuproprlatlou from Italy , al
though that country has for years refused to
participate tn International expositions , do-
cllnlnf ; on tbo score of economy.
Chief liuchamin of the department of
agriculture has Issued rules for the guidance
of intending exhibitors at the World's fair
In that danartmont. These rules have boon
approved by all the necessary authorities.
A rticlos intended for exhibition will bo ad
mitted to the agricultural building on nnd
after November 1 , 1893. All exhibits except
those of a perishable character must bo in
position on or before April 'JO , 1S'J3. Voiro-
tables and ether perishable products will bo
admitted during their season and may bo replaced -
placed with fresh specimens , whoti found
necessary , by obtainingasoecial permit from
the chief of the department.
A number of florists who make chrysan
themums their specialty mot at exposition
headquarters and talked about abandoning
tbo annual crysanthomum shows all ever the
country nnd holding a national show In Chicago
cage In 18'jy. ' The horticulture building at
the fair was thought to bo the most desirable
place for the exposition.
Claims to Hu Florence' * Daughter.
A San Francisco dispatch received hero
says : Miss Florence Hall will soon brine suit
in the supreme court of this city to obtain
her share of an estate left by the late William
J. Florence , who died last November. The
estate Is reputed to bo worth between
§ 230,000 and ! 00,000 , all of which ho loft to
his wifo. The late Mrs. Hall reared Miss
Hall with her own three airls aud ono boy.
Hue told Miss Florence several years ago that
sbo was not her niothor , but that her father
was W. J. Florence , the uctor. Miss Hall
was born In this city twenty-three years ago.
W. J. Florence was here about , that time.
Mrs. Hojl told her foster child that she would
not say then who her mother was , but as
sured her that Florence was her father , and
oven wont so far as to showcbecks wbicn she
claimed the actor had sent her for the sup
port of Florence. Mrs. Hall , during the lat
ter years of herlifo , kept a lodcmp bouso on
Post street , between Kearney and Grant
avenue , and Miss Florence lived with her as
her daughter and wont to school. She as
sisted Mrs. Hall in conducting the Iodising
house and loft San Frnucisco about thrco
years ago nnd opened a lodging house in
Butte , Mont. She subsequently wont to Chicago
cage , where she has resided ever slnco.
Owing to tbo fact that 3110 has several rola-
th-os in this city whom she does not wish to
interfere In the" prosecution of her suit , her
coming bora was kept secret. Tlioro is a
striding facial resemblance between Miss
Florence and the late Mr. Florence , and tboro
is no resemblance between Uor and the Hall
children.
Killed hyu Drill Mule.
Ill a siroat affray near the Board of Trade ,
J. F. Chcslor.a deaf mute employed at ndimo
museum , cut the throat of John Casin from
ear to oarsuvcrlng the jugular and windpipe.
Chester declares that himself and a compan
ion were attacked by Casin and two brothers
named Grutcbson , und that the purpose of
the assailants was robbory.
ICIopcil with a Chinaman ,
Pang Yun , a wealthy Chinaman of Indian
apolis , and Ida Norton , also of Indianapolis ,
anddauchtor of wealthy parents , were mar
ried in this city last night. Pnng Yun has the
distinction of being the richest Chinaman be
tween Now York nnd San Francisco. The
match was a case of elopement.
Odds anil Kudx.
John Chatlllon. of John Chatillon & Sons ,
Now York , extensive manufacturers of
spring scales , told the council commllteo on
judiciary tlmt ho know It to bo a fact that
tboro was n trust among the scnlo men nnd
thut the Fairbanks , Howe and Buffalo com
panies wore its members.
The llussoy Mnniifacturltiff company of
1'lttsburg begun suit In thn United Stnto *
circuit court against the McCormick harvest
ing machine company of this city nlloglngln
filtigomontof the patent of thocomplalnant'ii
mowing mnohlno. An Interesting light In
HllgaiIon will probably bo the result in the
complainant company has fought Wllllnm
UecrltiR & Co , on the snmo ISMIO In the cast
crn courts and upheld the patent In that suit.
Mrs. Minnlo Stclubrochor , wife of Chnrles
Strtnbrochor , the millionaire real estate
owner nnd qimrrym.in of No , 21M Northwest
ern nvonuo , thought Mrs. Ida ( Intel , n pretty
widow , had alienated the nffoctlotis of her
husband , so she called nml took a shot at her
with n revolver preliminary to divorce pro
ceedings which she sayn she will begin , Mrs ,
ll.ild was not lilt nud Mrs. Stolubrcclior was
not arrested.
Doctors SA.V the hydrant water Is filled
with microbes of typhoid , of winter cholera
aud of pneumonia , and unless it Improves or
the people quit Its use In n raw stnto nt once ,
n terrible opldomla will ho upon the city.
County Agent C. O. Williamson hns tin-
nnrthcd a system of potty peculations In
connection with the distribution of the char
ities of his ofllco by means of which the conl
Intended for the poor who are unublo to oven
purchase fuel has been diverted to the bcno-
lit of thtovos.
Johnny Vim Hcost , the wicked llttlo
featherweight , knocked out Jack Williams ,
Who had an advantage ! of twenty pounds tn
weight , In n urlvateclub room on btutostreet , P
The llcht win veiUiot from start to llnlsh and
In the llfth round Williams was uunblu to '
hoar Iho call of time.
\WMern People In ( 'lilrngo.
The following western pcoplo nro tn the
city ;
At the Sherman J. H. Powers , Cornell ,
Nob. ; F. C. Ayer , Omaha. F. A ,
in nvii.n-io o.u.ifi.i.
Atclilion's lutriTHt to lie Ciiurilcd by u
Through Itun Prom Clilcns-o.
Cme\no , III. , Jan. ' ' ( ) . J. l \ Tucker , fora
number of years connected \ \ Ith the Chicago ,
Milwaukee & St. Paul road as assistant general
oral manager , hns boon elected vice presi
dent and general manager of the Chicago ,
Ft. Madison & Dos Monies. It Is proposed
to push the line to DJS Moinus anil thence by
as direct n route as uosslbla to Omaha. Thu
execution of this scheme will greatly on-
bunco tbo importance of the Atchlson sys
tem by giving It n through line ooUvoon Chicago
cage and Omaha. Nevertheless , it Is nsserted
that the Atchison is not llnanclally Interested
lo the extent of ono dollar In the now corpor
ation. A director of the Ft , Madison road
said today the line would probably bo com
Dieted to the Missouri river before the end of
the year.
JIIIT s
They I'orin an Association mid \VI11 Meet
In Omaha Next Vnir.
S.vx Fii\xctsco , Cat. , Jan. 2(1. ( The Ameri
can Beet Sugar Producers association wus
formed here yesterday with Henry L.
Ovnnrel of San Francisco , president. Thomas
U. Cutler , vice president , James H. Cofllu ,
secretary. Every boot sugar manufacturing
company In the United States wus retire
sontod. Thu object of the association is teen
courngo the development of thu bcot sugar
ludustry In the United States. Now beet
bugar corporations will bo invited to Join as
they may bo formed. Tbo mooting ad
journcd to meet In Ouiaba January " 5 , IS'JM.
All Tlicrc , ConimlKsloncr Diiiiiont !
OMAHA , Jan. 20. To the Editor of Tun
BBK : Our now mayor can convert every
citizen of Omaha to republicanism and
Bemislsm by making it possible lo navigate
without ploughing throueh mud.
Mud has It uses and Its places , but .should
bo Kept within proper limits. It should not
bo used to decoratfl men's trousers and
ladies' skirts , nor should It bo permitted to
hide from view our line pavements , which
have boon our boast , for which wo paid so
roundly and which wo so constantly pray to
bo nllo'wed to uso.
It is u burning shamn that such a state of
affairs should bo allowed to exist , compelling
all pedestrians to do violence to their re
ligious principles.
Cleanlinn.ss is next to godliness can wo
not moro nearly attain to the realization ot
the Ideal I Surely there are laws enough , or
dinances 'enough , reasons enough. Cleanly ,
inviting thoroughfares will affect us all moro
directly , if not moro vitally , than any otlicr
reform that might bo instituted. If wo have
no power to accomplish this lot us surrender
our charter and sink to the level of villages.
But wo have the power and tbo mayor rep
resents it. Will he do his duty } Ono hundred
nnd forty thousand pooploaro waiting with
bated breath for his roply. D. K.
To T.yiifh Murderous Horne TliluvrH.
KXO.V.VIU.E , Toun. . Jan. W-Yesterday )
in Clulborno county , near Cumberland ( Jap ,
Deputy Thompson was shot and Hilled by
horse thieves whom ho was trying to capture.
Ono of the horse thieves was wounded and
the others were raptured und brought to Iho
Gap , where it was reported early this morn
ing a mob was about to lynch Ilium.
Inundated u Town.
Bittsnvs-K , Queensland , Jan. at. Town villa
Is Inundated. A number of buildings have
collapsed and railway trafllc is stopped.
OWNING , KI
& CD.
S. W. Corner 15Ui ami Sts.
Coming
On the Run
For those $3.50 and $4 pants that
we marked down
from $4 , $5 ,
and $6.50. We've
o-ot lots of theme
o
in all sizes and
every desirable
color , Worsteds ,
cassimeres , chev
iots , fancy stripes ,
checks , plains , almost any kind you want
go at $3.50 and $4 a pair of pants. You
can have higher priced ones for$6 and
up that have been marked down from a
higher price specially for this sale , but
you'll be satisfied with the $3.50 and $4
pants. Now don't put off getting a pair
of these pants until they're all gone.
Browning , King&Co
- Cor5th ' d Douglas Sts.