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Council niulTx. 12 Vetirl .Street.
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Washington , .11 : ) fourteenth Htroot.
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fOltnrlnl ( natter should bo nddrosjod tc tlio
Kdltorlul Department.
IF/TTEUS.
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Otnhlift. Drafts. olipelis tind postollleo ordoN
to bo nindo piyivblo to tlio order of tlio com-
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THE nER BUIUUNO.
6WOIIN STATEMENT OP OtllOULATION.
ttatnof Nebraska ! ,
County of Douclns. I
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ruhllihln ? roinpnnr , does solemnly Bwonr
llmtttin actual circulation of Tin : DAILY HRB
for tlio Kpuk ending January 'O , ISC , was ns
folloira :
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Momliiy.Jiin. 18 . EM HI
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Wednesday. . Inn. ! U . 23.BH
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prrienco IlilsIiUl duy of Jnntlnry , A. D. Wi
fc'KAl. N. 1' , KKIU
Notnrr Public ,
To KUsn or to refuse to fuse will bo
the issue In the nllliuico and democratic
ranks of Nubraslctv nuxt full.
COUNCIL Br.ui'TS is Inaugurating a
movement itirninst tnxoaturs , which will
probably wlold a powerful influence at
the innnic'iml olectiou in April.
AN ADVANCIS of 2.5 cents per ton on
nil grades of coal has boon ordered by
the eastern coal barons. This is Hying
In the face of providence and fair
GAH/.A has broken loose again. Our
next warlike rumors will probably come
from "Mexico , If It bo true that the border -
dor dogporndo has escaped the vigilance
, of the American authorities.
Tar now blood which the last county
election injected into the Board of
County Commissioners is forcing a good
deal of Impurity to the surface.
THE Sixth ward politicians are dis
cussing the advisability of diviaing the
ward. The taxpayers have not yet ex
pressed themselves. When they take
up the question and urge its importance
there will bo some reason for giving it
consideration.
Du.KKoan must adhere to the eclectic
school of medicine , judging from the
variety nnd style of his prescriptions for
sick paupers. Whisky by the quart , line
tooth combs , hair brushes and other ox-
coptionul medicines figure' In the bills of
the county druggist.
A DEADLOCK in the presidential oloc-
lion is reported from Guatemala. If
Burrios is declared elected ho will make
war upon San Salvador. If Lainno-Jta
is the successful candidate , Barrios will
probably declare war upon him. The
deadlock therefore In all probability
moans bloodshed , however "it may bo
determined as to candidates.
P KSIDKNT IlAituiHON's enemies both
In his own and opposing parties are
looking now to make political capital
against him and the republican party
by charging that his Chilian message
was mere buncombe. Those people
sooin to forgot that tlio president ad
vised congress in his annual message in
December that the Chilian controversy
would bo treated in a special message.
MOST persons who have road the pro
ceedings in the trial ol Dr. Grr.voa of
Denver for the murder of Mrs. Burnaby
will bo glad to know that a suporscdoas
has boon granted by the state supreme
court and the trial will bo reviewed.
The circumstances seam to point to the
guilt of tlio accused , but there nro never
theless grave doubts of his guilt ana the
case is unique enough in character to
make fair-minded people agree that he
should have all the chance possible to
establish his innoconco.
PuicsiDKNT KGAN of the St. Paul ,
Chicago it Kttnsiii City railroad on .his
return to Chicago complains that the
grain shipments from the Missouri river
eastward nro not what they should bo.
A dllToronco in rates of 4 cents per 100
pounds In favor of Now Orleans us
against the Atlantic souboard is responsi
ble for this , In Mr. Egan's judgment , be
cause , as ho significantly remarks , the
shippers got the bonpllt of the dilTor-
once. Mr. Kgnu and other eastern trunk
line railway munagors must sooner or
later discover that the gulf of Mexico
will take the plnoo of the Atlantic for
foreign shipments from the interior , un
less tlio railway compintoi : running from
this region to the Atlantic nro able to
make us rates as low or lower than the
southern linos.
IN A commercial way this country
would not lese much by an Interruption
of Its trndo with Chili. The total busi
ness with that country last year , experts -
ports and Imports , amounted to only a
little more than ? 0,000,00l ) . Chill Is a
competitor of the United States in
Kui'opcnn ' markets , producing wheat ,
cattle and copper , which she wxports tea
a considerable amount. The product of
Chill that supplies nearly all of her
trndo ulth this country Is nitrate of
soda , and she buys of us some manufac
tured products , chiolly iron and stool ,
wood , cotton and petroleum. Inasmuch
as Chili duds the market for her sur
plus products In Hurope , and will , con
tinue to do so , she will buy there most of
what she needs , BO that in the nature of
things wo cannot oxpucl to materially
enlarge our comraoro with that country ,
while existing conditions remain. If
over the proposed intercontinental rail
road shall bo built the trade between the
two countries will bo increased , out that
is a possibility too remote to bo seriously
considered.
HAM : O.V
The speech of Senator Ilalo of Maine
on reciprocity was tlmMy. The senator
Introduced a resolution calling upon the
secretary of state for copies of the com
mercial agreements entered into between -
twoon the United States and other
countries nnd for Information as to their
practical effect. It is desirable that
the country shall bo given this Information
mation , but there was democratic oppo
sition to the resolution. What It calls
for would not bo to the advantage of the
democratic party , which has persis
tently antagonized reciprocity and en
deavored to depreciate that policy. The
Information called for by the resolution
of Mr. Halo , as to the oractlc.vl effects
of the agreements , made rtlth Brazil ,
Spain , and other countries , would show
that reciprocity has nddod materially to
our tr.ulo with those countries , and
that there la every assurance In what
has boon accomplished Of a still further
lncroa o. Tlio statistics that have boon
published sinro the agreements wont
Into olToct show that reasonable expec
tation regarding results has been mtjt ,
and that thus far the wisdom of the
policy has received most satisfactory
vindication.
Senator Halo fairly described reel-
iiroclty when lie said that It is an al d to
protection and broadened the Hold of
the American laborer by opening now
markets for his products to bo uatd for
In articles which would never compete
with his labor. The democratic as
sumption that it la an abandonment of
the policy of protection and an accept
ance of the tenets of free trade is mani
festly preposterous. It is fair trndo ,
not free trade. No American Industry
or enterprise is Injured by reciprocity.
The home market is guarded by protec
tion , while reciprocity roaches out to
the foreign markets. The one estab
lishes , builds up and maintains Ameri
can industries ; the other opens now and
enlarges existing outlets for the pro
ducts of our farms and factories. As
has boon well said , "protection is de
fense , reciprocity is conquest , "
The speech of Senator Halo was
timely , because this subject will have a
conspicuous place in the attention of the
people during the national campaign of
this year. They will bo called upon to
pass judgment on this achievmcr > t of a
republican administration , and to say
whether or not they approve a policy
which has secured to this coun
try valuable advantages , not only
in its own quarter of the world ,
but also in Europe. Without this
policy wo probably should not have
been enabled to secure from Ger
many and Franco the revocation of the
regulations which excluded American
pork products from those countries , or
any of the other concessions that will beef
of immense benefit to the agricultural
interests of-tho United States. It is this
policy that led Germany to place Ameri
can grain on an cqiullt In her tariff
with the grain of her commercial allies.
More bus boon accomplished in the last
year for widening the field of American
comihorco than was done In any preceding -
coding ton years of our history , and the
verdict of the people nnxt November
will determine whether the po\ioy that
iuis iiuhlovod this is to bo maintained
or abandoned. It ij therefore none too
soon to begin the discussion of this very
important subject.
Tllli DUMOCItATtO LKADEttS.
The leadership of the democratic
party has evidently fallen into the
hands of the must unscrupulous machine
politicians In the country. These men
are Arthur P. Gorman o ! Maryland ,
David Bennett Hill of Now York nnd
Calvin S. Brice of Ohio , all members of
the United States somite. There Is no
trickery or scheming' in connection
with politics , however unscrupulous ,
that these democratic leaders would
hesitate to employ in order to achieve
success.
Gorman has boon for years the loader
of his party in Maryland , and ho at
tained and has hold that position by
virtue of practices that have made lis :
ntuno synonymous with everything tliat
is debasing in politics. , Ho is espec
ially strong , with -tho.rnbblo , and com
mands the services of a class of hench
men who have no respect for law or
morals when something is to bo done in
the interest of Uonnan. Ho IB a spoils
man with a most inordinate appetite
and is notorious for taking irood care of
his political creatures. He was suc
cessful in foisting a number of these ,
some of them of disreputable character ,
upon the Cleveland administration , the
dismissal of the worst of vhom , when
their unworthiness was exposed , caused
a rupture of friendly relations between
Gorman and the administration. The
bettor class of democrats in Maryland
have repeatedly tried to overthrow
Gorman's leadership , but his grip on
the machine has boon too strong to be
broken.
The anillatlon of Hill and the Maryland -
land senator is entirely natural , because
their political methods are essentially
the same. Hill has not boon HO long in
politics as Gorman , but lie is equally n
master of all the "tricks of the trade,1'
and he is no loss bold and unscrupulous !
In practicing them. His whole career
since ho entered politics has boon char
acterized by Bj-htomatlo scheming of a
kind repugnant to high-minded men ,
and by pandering to the worst elements
of his party. Ho has maintained acloso
nlHunco with Tammany , has courted the
liquor Interest , and In every way haa
shown himself to bo n politician who be
lieves that the end justifies the moans.
Brlco Is a politician of the same class ,
though perhaps loss bold and reckless
than the others , It has boon alleged
that ho used uionoy most lavishly to se
cure his election to the senate , and
there is no rotibon to suppose that he
would have declined to buy votes' when
they wore needed. Brlco is several
times a millionaire , having made his
money principally In milrond enterprises -
prises , urn ) ho is the financial power of
the triumvirate , in the event of oil her
Hill or Gorman being the candidate for
president , Brlco would doubtless con-
trib'uto liberally to the campaign for the
promise of a cabinet position.
Such are the man who nra now the
loaders of the democratic parti' , and
who , It Is very generally conceded , will
dictate to the national convention the
candidate and the principles upon which
the parly will make Its. fight for the
presidency. Men llko Carlisle nnd Pat-
llson and Palmer are sent to the roar
and the party Is tnkon charge of by more
politicians nnd spoilsmen , whoso only
ambition is to attain power and who
have no scruples as to the moans by
which It may ho reached. Tlio Amorl- ,
can people are not so Indifferent to the
Interests and welfare of tlio government
ns to permit It to pass Into such control.
JvM AT TIJK FHOST.
The twenty-four delegates from Ne
braska to the national alliance mooting
In Chicago were hqaded by the vener
able but pugnacious Allan Hoot , known
to local fame ns the sage of the Pnpplo.
Allan Root's spirit seems to hive per
vaded the delegation to Chicago , for
from the moment of its arrival until the
time of its departure Nebraska has been
the bono of contention and the disturb *
ing element. To begin with , Nebraska
demanded scats for twenty-four dele
gates , who wore nil on hand to vocifer
ate the demand , when she was entitled
to but seventeen. After a long wrangle ,
in which Iowa , lost her temper nnd her
Inlhionco at the same tlmo , the Nebraska
people were victorious. Allan Root was
made chairman of the committee on reso
lutions , and any man in Omaha would
willingly have paid Pattl prices tor a
reserved seat out of sight in the com
mittee room. 'It gops without saying ,
however , that the cyclonic eloquence of
our Allan won the day.
Next enmo a tussle over the election of
president nnd Nebraska , with seven
moro delegates than the constitution
provided for , made her votiss count for
John IL Powers , who dosirou the dis
tinction of a third term. Mr. Powers is
n stayer wherever ho is put , which par
tially accounts for his present advanced
ago. Ills staying qualities had boon
manifest in a three-hours wpocch thuday
before the election , however , and so
weary were tlio delegates that they
raised the third-term cry and Mr. Pow
ers fell ouUido the breastworks covered
with glory but nnksd as to the ollico.
The Nebraskans rallied , however ,
when it came to the handling of the na
tional alliance funds and elected Adolph
D'Allomnnd as secretary and treasurer.
Mr. D'Allomnnd nrwor ooforo sucreoilod
in being elected to an otllco , although
ho has frequently been a candidate.
This was an especially gratifying feat ,
for it put Iowa to sloop and al the same
time paid her off for fighting the admis
sion of the Nebraska delegation and
boating poor old Powers. Iowa rallied ,
however , on the next ballot and Mrs.
.Tulia P.ratt of Nebraska was defeated
for assistant lecturer by a crushing ma
jority. Still the Nebraska wire-pullers
worked manfully and placed the lady at
the head of the committee on education ,
where distinction goes withqjit salary.
The Nebraska double do-son stood up
nobly under the leadership of the most
relentless fighter and tireless talker In
the ranks of the people's -independent
party of Nebraska ,
IWILD A JVKII * VIADUGT.
A wooden viaduct tfpt n 'thoroughfare
like Sixteenth m street is a constant
menace to the people dependent upon it
for transportation across the railways.
Even if it were not uns.ifo it is in dan
ger of lire.
The construction of the present via
duct was u , moro makeshift. The city
did not have the money to build moro
than one iron viaduct , at the time the
Sixteenth nnd Eleventh street viaducts
were projected nnd it was thought more
important to secure a safe , crossing near
the depot than at Sixteenth street. The
charter was also defective at that time
as regards the proportion of expense
which the railroads should pay toward
the viudunt and approaches. Under the
present charter the city has the right
to order the construction of a substan
tial stone-pier mm Iron viaduct across
the railroad tracks at any point nnd the
railroads are obliged to pay the cost of
the same and will also have topay for
800 feet of the approaches. All the city
Is'obligaled to do is to pay the damages
to adjacent property. There would bo no
damages for a reconstructed viaduct.
Hence the city is in position to replace
the wooden viaduct on Sixteenth straot
with a substantial iron structure with
out taxing itself ono dollar.
.Pending the reconstruction of the Six
teenth street viaduct , the street car
company should bo directed to change
'
Its schedule for m'otor cars sons to avoid
the passage of two trains over the via
duct at the same time. The practice of
running two or moro trains at the sumo
time is hazardous in the present condi
tion of the wooden bridge. No repairs
can tnnko it safe for any considerable
length of time. The city and the rail
ways may just ns well come to un under
standing first as last. The Sixteenth
street viaduct must bo replaced with ono
of iron * stool and stone.
Sixteenth street is now nnd always
will bo the principal north nnd south
thoroughfare , nnd the Cheap John , ram
shackle itructuro that now affords the
only moans of crossing from Loavon-
worth to Pierce street should bo re
placed without dolny.
UNDUH the law the city council has
no discretion in the matter of the school
tax. It Is required to levy nnd colfcct
the amount estimated for by the Board
of Education , provided it is within the
legal and charter limit of taxes. The
council hns the right , however , to insist
that the estimate ahull be in such form
as shall exhibit in detail the proposed
expondlturo ot funds realized from the
levy. A mere statement that the board
will require $10,000 or any other lump
sum for support , etc. , is not an intelligi
ble estimate.
PHOF. CitOAN , Into of the Western
Normal school of Shoiiandouh , Iowa ,
has not yet taken hh educational insti
tution olT the trucks. He would doubt
less t a glad to have Omaha compete
with the ether cltlon with which ho hna
boon negotiating for several months.
The principal difficulty about tlio
matter is to determine whether the
bonus demanded is to secure buildings
und students or merely the professor.
A COUNTRY editor has mnu uncom
plimentary reference to TUB BUB'S at
tempt last summer to extend aid to ono
Berger , a Russian who lived in Omaha
throe years , returned to Russia nnd was
there imprisoned nnd subsequently
exiled to i rln , The case was not
dropped bylTim HHK until Mr.Vhnr -
ton , assistnjUJcerotary of stale , decided
that the UiMfctfl States government was
powerless uyMntcrfor'o in Borgor's be
half. No 'Ij/jp / except Berger nnd his
relatives cauUV have been moro dlsap-
irolntcd thtiri Vas Tin ? BKK at this ruling ,
'
which undq no circumstances and the
law was sound : Senator Paddock , Con
gressman TM'nn ' rtiul ox-Congressman
Uorsov brov&ht thpcaso before the State
department , rwhd would have done any
thing in thofrjpowor to compel the Rus
sian government to release Borgor.
They scorned anxious to assist TUB Bin :
In the undertaking. All this was fully
stated nt the tlmo nnd appreciated by
everybody but the nincompoop who has
evidently been asleep since the case was
disposed of by Tliw BKI : .
TDK city council ought to sot an ex
ample of retrenchment in expenses for
the Board of Education. It cannot
satisfy the -people by sacrificing Us
wife's relations In the Interest of
economy.
Dpinorriitlp Dodder.
As with silver , so with tbo tariff , the dem
ocratic party Is nfralJ of Its policy.
Yon , llntlio Him In ( lure.
C'/ilrdtM / Tiltmnc ,
Talk not to us of noacol Tliora Is no peace
wbllo the clnnon volca of Colonel Elliott R
Shepard continues to tins out ever the coun
try demanding blood.
I'litrlot ituil MiltPHmtin.
ClitcHjinfcr ( Omni.
Drnjnmln Harrison has mi able cabinet ,
but the American people will easily observe
that ho Is president nnd tlm peer of nny
as u statesman nnd as pntrlotio as tlioy nro
mado.
Tlirrn nTn Klnil.
Senators Hill , Uornmn and Urico nro said
to favor the pottpouomont of the tariff and
silver Isauoi. If so , what do they propose to
mnuo the catnpalpn on ) Surely not on Hill's
por.onal popularity.
And Hi" I.is I Word ,
Chlrauu 1'tift.
For the ceremonies nttonalng the driving
of the last null lnthn , woman's btillulnt : on
the World's fair grounds Oregon will furnish
the Jowel-studdod nail , Nebraska the inlaid
hnmmq and Chicago the pink and white
thumb.
A Crumb ol C'mnlort.
llnntan Atleti-tlner.
The democrats have organized In Bnngor ,
Mo. , nnd unvo put Cleveland mcu nt the head
of the city eomtiiluoo. While Senator Hill
is crowding thojex-praaidont to the wall in
Now York the bright ray of hope at Bungor
should not bo overlooked.
Culluil thn Turn ,
New 1'orfc Sun , Jan. X.
The best day to hold New York's demo
cratic state convention to cliooso dolflgatcs to
the national" convention Is February 83 ,
Washlngton's-birthday , and tbo host pluco Is
Albany , the cUpital'or the state.
jiipl . . . .
j\unl'oi.iliiii ; , Jan. 27.
The democratic stnto convention called to
meet at Albfttty jbtrFobruary 'A
u mill Jliillco.
Tlio commefitsbf 'lCi ! lwu newspapers , in
timating thatthotrovcrnraont'a action In jtup
CliTlitui dou'trovoVsy'is'a \ at American
p trtUan ' polities pro utterly at variance
with the facts In the two. There Is und
ought to bo nothing partisan about _ the pro
tection of Americans from brutal assaults In
nny p.\rt of the world. On 'that main sub
ject , thcro are no party divisions whatever.
Another ridiculous insinuation , in one of the
English papers Is that the United States
covoU Chilian territory. A country that
would not turn its hand to euin Canada
is not llkoly to scolc possessions in distant
South Aninrlca. * _ *
111 LI. TOUCH Bt ) TllK ItUTTOtT.
Now Yortc Trlbuno : Hill has his way.
The democratic convention of this state is to
moot next month to soleet delegates to the
national democraticconvention. .
Philadelphia Press : Sonalor Hill Is doing
moro to create a republican majority In Now
York state than'any republican loader lias
been nblo to In that siato In ton years.
Philadelphia Lcdcer : There is n revolt
already in Now York state , but It will not
compare with thn revolt tunl 1s lllioly to
tuUQ pluco ohowhoro If Tnmmanv should
undertake to force the nomination of Hill.
Now York Worlds The state rommlttoo
was in session onroly half mi hour .vostordoy
In deciding the important quustions of the
tiiuo and pl.ico-of holding the state conven
tion. There are some mlvantiv03 in running
politics on a pionrnm. Itmivos time.
Now York Advertiser : Tbo faot that
David Bennett Hill wants a mlchvintot state
convention for u change , 'nnd gel It , should
not , bti overlooked by these parsons who
lmuplnoMr.mil is not in the race for the
presidency. Ho H there , und moving with
moro or less precision.
Philadelphia Inquirer : A midwinter con
volition Is something unhonrd of in Now
York , but it was good politics from the Hill
standpoint to flx upon nn early ditto. The
state will declare for him , the unit rule will
bo passed , and as n consequence the delega
tion will bo solid for Hill.
Chicago Times : "Don't" said. the Now
York World , to , Senator Hill when ho an
nounced bit purpose of having an early con
vention In Now Yorlt. Hut bo wont right
ahead nnd carried out Ills purpose just the
same ; Keally tuo editor of the World , will
have to1 got over the idea taut ho also runs
the earth.
Now York Recorder : In selecting Albany ,
February ' ' , as the place and time for the
democratic stnto convention to cliooso dole-
Rates to tbo national convention In Juno the
Tiger machine has rolled on calmly over the
ring course in superb disregard of the rlahts
of the masses of o party and the advice of
democratic Jouijyils ,
Now York H/uftld : Senator David Don-
nott Hill sat Jii _ nls room nt tbo Hoffman
house yostordajt afternoon while the mom-
Dors of tu'o nyocMtlu state committee In
session In ono of the parlors on the floor
below wore roistering his will , Senator
Hill wished tbo trtato convention to bo bold
at Aloany Fobru&ty 3J and so the state com
mittee ordorodcji <
Now Yorlt Traps : The domocratlo stnto
committee at tW 'mooting yostcrdav carried
out the progranVfirrongcd In advance for it
by the kind lOrmuoUght of Senator Hill ,
Thu state convention for tbo choice of dolo-
gatos-at-larKO wi ! > called for the . ' ' 3d of Feb
ruary nt Albatjy.'j-ThU Is Intended to secure ,
nnd doubtless Still seouro , the selection of
delogatossubJootUo the order * of Mr. Hill.
New York SuwJJ la saying this wo do not
deoldo that SeuMqr Hill will bo the demo
cratic candldatojfor president.But tbo light
which he boa rondo for vigorous , practical ,
organized and united democracy bat donu
nmch to nrouso that thorough democratic
feeling which novr Insures the nomination of
a democrat who will sunk not to uloaso himself -
self or nuy nhon and hostile Influences nnd
connections , but the democratic party. This
U the glory of Senator Hill , that ho hns
brought about a revival of convinced and Irresistible -
resistible dotnoornoy. Ho hits ended the
mugwump Interregnum. Under him. or
whatever ether democrat may bo nominated ,
thn democratic party will bo of , for , nnd by
demounts , nnd no others need apply.
NEBRASKA OIL INSPECTION.
Itcpurt ol Ilun , t.oiils llrlmrml for the t.mt
Your ,
tlon , Louis Hclmrod , state oil Inspector ,
hns prepared his annual report and forwarded -
warded the saint : to Ins oxcallonoy , Governor
Thnyqr , Mr. Holmrod says :
OMMM.Jnn ' 'II. To Ills Excellency , the
Governor of Nebraska : I herewith submit
the following report ns stnto Inspector of oils
and'onclo-so n copy of the stutomont fur-
nUhqd the auditor ot state , all ns required by
law.
1 qualified ns state oil Inspector bid took
charge of the ofllco April SO. 181)1 ) , retaining ,
temporarily , the deputies of S. Cahiwcll , tnv
pri'docosjor. April 30 I appointed John S.
Kittle deputy , vco | < F. S. Hoover , resigned ;
May 1,1 appointed W. II. Kllor nnd F. S.
White , deputies , vice J. M , McDonald and U.
W. Falrbrotbcr , resigned.
On or n bout May U ono 13. C. Carnos In
formed mo by mail that ho was appointed
state Inspector of oils ; not having resigned or
boon removed , to the best of my Knowledge
and bailer , I gave tna communication no in
tention ami continued attending my duties ;
Inter the snld K. C , Onrnos utlompUng to In
terfere with mm intcrfuttiig with mo In the
performance of my duties , I petitioned the
court of Douglas county , through my attor
neys , K. U. Smith and T. J. Smith , for nn In
junction rojtralning the said K. C. Uarnoi
from In unyvnv Interfering with wo In the
performance of my Utillcs nnd for a temporary
ary Injunction pending a permanent ono.
Pending the decision on temporary Injunc
tion my donutloi mid myself duly Inspected
oils as provided by law.
.Hum 1 , H. Harrison nnd J. E. CAI-HOS ,
deputies under S. Cnldwoll and retained by
mi * , having failed nnd refused to muko the
monthly reports in provided by law , I noli-
lied I no various oil companies doing business
In the stnto to permit no Inspection by H.
Harrison.I. E. Onrnos or other turtles unless
duly authorized by mo. and from that tlmo
on endeavored to perform tlio duties of my
ufllco with the assistance of my three depu
ties , John S. Kittle , W. H. Kllei- and F. S.-
White.
Jutio 'J3 , the court of Douglas county hav
ing refused my petition for temporary in
junction , I sought the opinion of T. J.
Malipnoy , county attorroy of Douglas county ,
ns to thu legality of oil inspections by parties
otbur than mvsolf , or deputies duly author
ized by mo , with a vlow to taklntr ether legal
notion. Heqoxoa written opinion'in sun-
stance ns follows : The Inspection of oils oy
nny person , or their authorised deputies ,
claiming to bo stnto inspector of oils and
showing authority , even though that author
ity bo in question , provided the Inspections
were accepted and us provided by law , would
be legal nnd thu parties for whom the inspec
tions were inada would bo fully protected
from nn.v legal notion.
JunoIlO , I informed the various oil compa
nies of the situation , und oskod that , pending
thn decision on my petition for a permanent
Injunction , they continue to rocognlzo mo ns
statn Inspector of oils nnd permit Inapoctions
by no ono not duly authorized by mo , all of
which they toolc under advlsomout. 1 con
tinued to inspect oils up to and including
July 3 , nt whlcb tlmo the various oil compa
nies informed ma that they would not permit
me to inspect oils from that time on , or pay
for the Inspections made and unpaid lor.
During the time I was permitted to Inspect
oils tburo was no complaint made by the con
sumers , regarding quality or inferiority of
oils , nnd no explosions of lamps , oxcoptlncr
ono In Omahn , which , upon duo investiga
tion , was found to hnvo boon caused by
carelessness. Recently I have received
numerous complaints fiom all parts of the
state rosrardinc inferiority of oils and ex
plosions of lumps , nil Indicating a serious
condition of uffairs , which should be caro-
fullv looltcd Into. T B OMAHA. DBK in Into
Issues has Hindu statements , bated upon
careful | nv stlk'aUon. wliiuh if rollanle , und
tbby 'baaf' Vvery Indication of being so ,
fully account for the many complaints 1 have
revolved und the number of lamp explosions
reported.
My experience as state Inspector of oils
has shown me many defects In uiirnrosunt
inspection laws , which I shall bo ploasd to
point out and sugcost remedies for in a re
port to the next legislature. Huspoctfully ,
Louj.s HIMMUOD ,
State Inspector of oils.
.J.lllS 01' ' TllK JOKKltfi.
A Murylnnd undertaker , with an eye to
bnsiiii'vi , publishes the ulieerltiK uuvvs : "Use
nur own embalming lluld if you wish ulousant
results. "
Now York llor.Ud : "Oentlomen. " said the
trump. "It 1 4 many duys slnoo food lin > , i
my lips , I would HKo to dlne-n-mltu. "
And the people Hod.
Indluiianolls.loiiriiul : "You huvo the tooth
ache , duai } That Is ton bud. Wbnt uiuinod
lit' ' "I think. " '
iniswitred thn I'lillii'iolnhl.i
muldcn , "that It enmo from loavlnj ; my iiiiina
ut homo when 1 went down town. "
npirolt Wreo I'rcs * : Mury I'm a linn bo-
llnvur In mesnierisiii ,
Inlin ( HlKiillluiiiuly ) I believe In Mlus Mury's
poworniynelf.
Ami they closed for the final hculllo.
Olouk Itevlow ; Husband Are you jjolng.to
Mi'.N 'rwlckcnluim's touV
W'fu No ; 1 haven't nnytlilne to wour.
lliixhnml Why dnn't you wc.ir thosuniQ
trown you did ut the lu > t to.i iliu uuve ?
Wife I huvo lee much respect for you. I'co-
ule would s.iy yon wen ) lunnliu'down hill.
Punttla Soiuidlnss : Ho ( tuuclorly-Would )
you niiirrv jimiln If I should iiluf
Bill' Not much.
Washington Slur : Thoio Is very little ex-
eu"u fin rurorrlii' . ' to the turilV dUcnssIon ot
wool us "sliour nonsense. "
Great ords of war am snro to leave
or L-iiro a st i ml I tu drouth.
Until pronounced with uinpliimls
I'roin some Ilk cannon's month.
Augusta Chronicle : htruamH become full
I > otinn > i > their heada get wwollen , but man ro-
vursesulio order.
Indianapolis Journal : It may huvo bvon
observed that coasting us un unuuomont lius
It * drawbacks.
liliiirlmniton Loader : It's funny Unit edu
cation should lift u nmn when It cuiues him
towel loru.
lloston Courier : Many an eminent sur-'Don
cccimlouully uuU a poor llnnro In his urofes-
slun.
Detroit Kroo I'ross : Hullo ! " snld the old
iiuntHniKin , ineoilnx thu youni ; oiiu at tlio
f i outdoor at 7 a. m. , "up with tlio lurk. 1 HOP'/ "
"Yfb , " lesnondcd thu young onu. with u cot-
Mn lltilir ; to his voloo , "been up with It nil
"
AT TIHi MtlTIXHK.
lhtn \ jtiin Stitr.
I chancnd to stray ulori that way
And stopped to HUU tliu m.itlnoo.
To tukuu pruKMm I forgot
The play begins : I'll iiouil It not ,
I lift my uyus und there : ih mol
' 1 hcsu nro r.unlllar thin ' 'a 1 HCO !
A collar dettly trimmed about
With liico Unit cost u mint , tin doubt ;
A curl or two. u llttlu spool ;
Of u most whlto bewllehliu nook ;
A olrelo of olm'iirlm ; foil
\Vh ro piuiiHH anil ribbons flnunt und molt.
Cums had bur tars , whom rainbows xklpt ,
They were IIUu ahullti where ( low lunl drlut.
The iiluyora could not rouch my mind.
Tliu u suhu were till that 1 could llnd.
1 know ( Hit how to plnuu the blumo
1'orhapi I fcuiiulit ; Dorlmiis thuy cuinu ,
I liunrd the actors runt and roar ;
I'lion all WUK still , the Bhow was o'or ,
Hut what the play I cannot suy
J Imvu been tu the matinee.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Baking
Powder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
.ixni TII.I.V ouns
, . . . ,
The toss ot the so , t loft , vacant by the clo
vntlon of Lord linrtlneton to the House ot
Peers Is the sovorast blow yet received by
the liberal unionist party. In 1880 the loader
of the liberal revolt against Mr. Gladstone
carried the Ilossondnlo division by n majority
of 1-ISO , nnil ho spared no pains to rotnln the
district for ths nominee of his frlonds , hav
ing written nn oavnost letter to his constlt
uonts , although by such nn oxortlon of inllu-
once ho violated the precedents established
in the ease of vacancies arising from the Inheritance
heritance- pee TOKO by n member of the
House of Commons , tils interference was
fruitless , for thoGlniUloneoAndlilatonotonly
wiped out the Inrgo no\vorso majority of six
ycnn ngo , but bout his opponent by 1,243
votes. No moro peremptory notlco to quit
could bo served by the electors on tno dissi
dent llbor.U members ot the present itotiao
of Common * . If they oould not hold their
own In n district where they had boon ovor-
wholmlngly preponderant nnd whom they
were backed by nil the political strength of
the now ihiko of Devonshire , It Is hard to
eo how they can expect to hoop nny ol the
Boventr-thrco seats which they oarrlod In
ISso , with the exception of ft few In Birming
ham mid Its Immediate neighborhood. If
Mr. Gladstone lives to llgura In the next
Ilouso of Commons ho will almost rorlnlnly
ilnd reserved lor him n triumph which will
sharply distinguish his career from that of
Sir lloburt Pool , nlthottgh In other resptcts
the public live * of those two dUllngutfihcd
statesmen hnvo boon strikingly analogous.
Each began life as u tary and lived to become
n liberal. Kaoh nt n crisis of his fortunes
struck out u line for hlnuolf without pre
viously consulting the subordinate loaders of
his party , and tooic ground , as the event
proved , dofldoJly In advance of the mais ol
his followers. Each was thrown out of
ollico through the formation of n cave In the
rnnks of his own partisans. But Sir Kobsrt
Pool dted prematurely at a tlmo when it
socmod improbable that he would ever regain
his former ascondanov In the House of Com
mon } , Mr. Gladstone , on the contrary , has
disappointed tlio secret hopes of his oppon
ents by living through six yonts of exclusion
from power , nnd dooms now upon the point
of resuming the post ot Hrst minister with
nn Irresistible majority nt his back.
w
While England cheeks Russian designs in
the Mediterranean ar.tr Europe , her doslro is
great and her nbsoluto need greater to have
the defenseless peninsula ot Coroa on nor
eastern border. Tho. very existence of her
power , her induonco ami borooinmorco in the
Pacific requires nn open commorclnl nnd
nnvnt seaport on this coast. Coroa offers the
only opportunity of obtaining one , nnd have
it she will. It is only n question of time be
fore this nim Is achieved and with the
solzuro of ono port will follow tbo annexa
tion of the kingdom and Its disappearance
from nmong the governments of Asia.
Ureat Britain hns watobodvithotilous ] eyes
every move made by Uussla , and has tried
every moans to thwart nnd to lesson her
growing influence. She has oven gone to
the extent of entering into an alliance with
China to cheek all further advance of their
common enemy. With the oponinir of Rus
sian commerce and tbo placing of Russian
vessels in the trndo of the I'aolflo , England
sees a severe blow struck at her trade with
this oart of the globe a business In which she
controls moro than throo-fourths. She
recognizes that with no open port Russia Is
at a grout disadvantage , und at all hazards
must bo kent in this position. While in case
ot war Russian mon-of-war would bo compelled -
polled to limit their operations to the spring
and. summer months and retreat to
Vladlvostock before being frozen out ,
England 'could have her naval' stations at
HOUR Kong , Singapore , nnd nil of the pos
sessions In India nnd Australia as n basts of
supplies In which to rcJlt any damages Incl-
dent to actlvo service n most iuostlmaola
advantage mid oho she must retain nt nil
hazards. To do this , she must see that Rus
sia stands aloof from Coron , and in order to
effect this object she is enlisting China nnd
Japan in the crusailo nulnst all further Russian -
sian oncroichmont. With her immense licet
In these waters , llttlu can bo done without
her knowlodgebut the question , then nrls.es
if Russia persists In Uur intention to solzo
Oarea , will she use this ( loot and attempt to
prevent It thus precipitating an invasion of
bar Indian empire by Russian troops !
#
The creation of n dictatorship by the Dra-
zillnn congress by conferring plenary power
upon Proildont Poixotto his great sign- ! ! !
canco. It slgnillos that the republic Is only
existent In theory , not Inact , and that the
tendency of the Latin races Is now , ns it has
ever been , toward arbitrary power wielded
by a single man. The Latins nro unlike the
Toulon and the Norseman la thnlr proginss.
The races differ in almost qvory essential
thnt relates to civil establishment. The
pomp of monarchy nnd the rigidity of nbso.
lutlsm scorn to possess n fascination for Iho
Latins not oUewhoro found nmong the Cau
casian fumlly. H is not llkoly thnt conferring
dlclntorlnl powers upon 1'olxotto moans that
Hrnrll contemplates the ro-c ti\nHshmcnt of n
hereditary monarchy , Hut n diolntorlsa yet
more absolute monarch thnu Hinporor Wil
liam of Germany , after all , and things may ,
bolter bo. culled by their right names. PoU-
otlo Is a much ranro absolute monarch than ,
Dom Pedro ever wns , of courio wltuout the
poxvor to hand down his sovereignty. That ,
however , makes little illfforenco. Thohorodl
tary dictator may probably use his extra
ordinary power more Judiciously than an
elective dictator. It It bo saul that the power
that made Ploxotto absolute can unmake
him , as much can be snld in behalf ot n Uorod-
itary monarch , who is recognized and main-
tnlnnd by the iwoplo , and nonce In some sort
n popular creation. The people can inimnko
kings. They are supposed to hnvo unmtulo
Dam Pedro , though it is ralhor. to bo as
sttinod thnt the , people had little soy In tha
matter. Certainly the people , ns wo know
them hero , hnd no say in the dlscrq\vnlug of
Dom Pedro.
*
* #
An agitation hns begun In Bavaria against
Prlnc-s Ulsmarnk's not for securing ponsious
to aged and Infirm norklngtnon. There are
complaints that it dee not work \vell. \ The
method of subscription to the insurance
fund consists In the nlHxlng of stnmps by
masters and men to n card. The master Is
hound to sea that cvorv norson In his employment
mont buys n stump every week representing
n percentage of his wasos , nnd the master
on his side puts on the card n stamp ot lllio
value. Hut this loads to n treed deal of trie-
tlou with the authorities. Cards got lost , or
the holders fall Into nrroars , or they chance
their abodes , and are put to great trouble
In getting their now addresses registered.
Another objection In the eyes of workmen Is
that , when a man applies for employment ,
the master can toll by a glance nt his card
whether ho hns boim In regular work. Thus
a man who has boon on a strike Is found out
nt once. Moreover , young workmen grum
ble at having to pay every week for advan
tages which they will not enjoy till they are
70 years old. Altogether the act hns never
boon popular , and a petition is in circulation
for Its amendment , The llbcrul.s , the social
democrats and the Catholics are united In tha
movement ,
*
The correct returns of tlio French census
have just boon published. They uo not dllToi'
materially from these which were given last
summer. The total population of France U
! )8iM3,103 ) , an Increase of only JS4.28U over
18SOamlof this Increase Paris mid Us suburbs
furnish 110,000 , the increase In thirty-two of
the departments being balanced by ttio do
orcase In tbo other fifty-live. Thn provincial
towns of 30,000 Inhabitants and upwards have
Increased by 124,000 , the villages and small
towns decreasing by about the same figure.
Thonumborof foreigners Is returned as 1,101 , ,
70S , a decrease of 13,410 , hut the explanation
of this Is that foroignorii wore moro carefully
reckoned in 1880 , when they had to bo du-
ductoa from the figures on which the number
of deputies assigned to ouch department wns
calculated , than in 1891 , when the deduction
was no longer necessary , There U reason to
suppose that the foreign element has fallen ,
off , even allowing for a slight increase In
naturalization under the facilities offered by.
the legislation ot 1S89.
The Murderer or ( limonil ScllvorHlcotV Ilniln
111 * 1. 1 To In Toxlis.
NRW YOIIK , Jan. 29. In the potter's field
at San Antonio , Tex. , lies buried Otto
Hausor , a suicide , according to the finding of
'
the local magistrates ; but thu records o't the
inquest are missing from the county clerk's
oOlco , and it Is believed tuny have boon
stolon. It is odd that the records of a pauper's
suicide should bo stolen , and such a theft
seems doubly strange- when the fact Is made
known thnt a morning paper hns discovered
that Otto Hausor , the pauper , was none
other than the nlhlll.it assassin for whom
those fourteen months the ngonts of the Rus-
blan police have bean searching the fuco of
onrth none ether than Stanislaus
Padlowskl , who on November 14 , IblKJ , mur
dered In the Hotel do Dado at Paris , General
Michuul Soil vorsk off , chief of the Russian
secret poltco of that city , The story Of this
act of nihilist vougoance , of the plots thnt
preceded and provoked it , of the escape of
the assassin from Paris by the help of twp
newspaper men , tns concealment by soclaf-v.
Ists In New- York City , and his suicide , us it \ J
is called in Texas , u victim of poverty and
of terror that may or rnny not hava boon ter
rors of the Immagluullon only , Is a story
such us is rarely told by the uowspapoi
typos , und If the Russiun police have thole
agents here it may interest them ns.muoh us
It will Interest the rest the world.
Worl ( ir do to AV'orlt.
PiTTiiiunn , Pa. , Jnn , 29. The Hint glass
workers who utruolc yostordny nt seven fne '
lories returned to work this morning , pending -
ing un investigation of the trouble by a joint
committee of workmen und manufacturers.
gROWNING , KING
& CO.
S , W > Corner lutli nnil Douglas Sis.
Make a ' '
Note of it
The half price suit sale has taken so well
that up to last night
we s'old all but ten
of them , and as
that wasn't enough
to last till Saturday
night we have pick
ed out 35 better
suits from the reg
ular stock and plac
ed them in the half
price lot. The majority -
jority of the sizes
are 33 , 34 , 40 and 42 , in sacks and cuta
ways. Prices range from $6,25 to $12.50 ,
no higher , for suits we sell regularly for
$12.50 to $25. The styles and colors are all
right and if you can fit yourself to one of
them you get a bargain. Make a note of it.
Browning , King & Co
Other Onon Saturday evening * * till till 0a : 10 ) . p. m. | I CJ , . Cnf . I 5111 nn/1 JJOUgmS bfh