Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BME : 1 III DAY , MAllCII 4 , 1892.
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OI'KIOES.
Oinnlio. Tim Ilro nnlldliiR.
BonlliOtnnlin , corner N iiml With Streets
Council IIInlK 12 i'enrl Street.
Chlcntn ( ifTice , 3.7 . t lniml-er or Commerce.
I\ow York.lioonidl' ' , 14 nnd lfl.Trlbuno llulldln ?
V < ii ! > liliiton | , fill ! Fourteenth htreot.
COKHF.Sl'ONIKNOn. )
All coiiinunilcntlons rolutlnu to news nml
editorial matter Mmuld bo addressed tc llie
l.dltorlul Department.
LKTTKHS.
A 11 IniilncKfi letters nml rornlttnncn * Mionld
tonfldrcs cd toTliolIco I'nbllshlni : Company ,
Oinalm. Drafts. rliocld unil poitolTlco ordon
to bo tnndo pnynblo to the ordorof the toin-
pnny.
pnny.MBEcPiiisMngCompy , Proprietor
r-NOKN STATr.MENT OK CIKOULATION.
Matu of NobniiUn { . .
County of DouKlnn. I
Oco. II. Tmclinck , secretary of The HER
1 uhllihltm fompnny. doc * solemnly swear
Ihnt the iictuiil olruuliUlon of TilK HAII.V HRR
forllio week ending Kobruury 27 , IMC. wns ni
follows !
rundny. Toll. 21 . 28.08 1
Monrtny , Tub.a . U.OIfi
Tnr dny. Fol ) . 21 . 'AOH
Wcdticsdny. Koli.2l . 23.tJ.xS
llnindny.KoUsri . 2'.7l2
Friday. f < 'ob..0 . . 13.7IU
Kutttrdny. Fob. 27.
Sworn to 1 oforc ti'O nnd nubierltcd In my
] rreenco this 27lh day of Fobriinry. A. I ) . 1692.
EJCAI. N. I1. PEIU
Notary 1'ublle.
Atcriign Clrcniiittiin for .liiiiuary 41,3'Jt.
COLONIST * SAM BRASS of Juniata can
now renounce his dotnocrncy and renew
his cordful relations with the independ
ents.
OMAHA citizens should look into the
plan of the Chicago wlgwum with the
idon of erecting n structure similar in
this city for coming conventions.
SEVKUAI , members of the Iowa legis
lature are quite anxious for congres
sional honors and this fact has a ten
dency to prolong dobito ; upon the liquor
question and probably will ultimately
prevent any action whatsoever.
YOUNO Mtt. BHYAN isapoliticlan , not
a statesman. This explains why ho
does nothing for his constitaonts locally
but devotes his time and his tongue to
discussing the democratic side of the
iesucs which fcoparato the two great
parties. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
INASMUCH as the Board of Education
has been erecting but two school build
ings in the last few .months , it would
joom to have been altogether possible
for the building department of thoboard
, to have given both buildings very close
attention.
THE charges against the Yellowstone
National Park association in its man
agement of hotel and stagecoach priv
ileges will doubtless bo made the pre
text for a junket of a special committee
' to the park next summer ostensibly for
the purposes of investigation.
SENATOR HILL will go on a hippo-
droming tour of the south in a few days
in order to stimulate his presidential
boom. Ho will not go hunting for ducks
in the Louisiana swamps , however. He
is too good a sportsman to bo satisfied
with duck shooting- after his exciting
experiences in the Tammany tiger
jungles. ,
THE sad fate of young Olcson , the boy
who fell under the cara on the Bolt line ,
should bo a warning to the lads in ail
parts of the city who persist in jumping
on und off moving trains. It should also
stimulate the police force to extra 'ex
ertions in the enforcement of the city or
dinances prohibiting persons from board
ing moving railroad trains.
TITK absurdity of jury trials of cases
involving property rights has been well
illustrated the present term of court in
two cases brought for damages against
the city of Omaha. The real damages
were practically the same * to both plain
tiffs , yet one jury found damages amount
ing to $2iOO : in one case and another
jury only $000 in the other.
COUNCILMAN TUTTLK is said to feel
very much grieved because the grand
jury has only Indicted democratic mem
bers and ex-members of the boodle coun
cil. Wo apprehend that politics had
very little to do with the action of the
grand jury. The fact is.Mr. Tuttle was
not indicted because ho was a democrat ,
but because ho has violated the plain
mandate of the charter.
Tun Chicago Tribune publishes six
columns of matter containing the names
of farmers and the value of tlioir pos
sessions in Illinois. County after county
incited to show where from fifty to 100
farmers are worth from 550,000 to $100-
000 each and some are rated at $500,000.
An investigation among Nebraska farm
ers might not prod uco such surprises us in
Illinois , but it would effectually crack
the shell off that iii8iiIornblo | calamity
chestnut/ which ruurascnts western agri
culturists as "paupers. " Every old set
tlement in Nebraska has its wealthy
farmers , not gentlemen farmers who
commenced operations with largo capi
tal , hut thrifty toilers who began with
homcstomls in sod houses or 'og ' cabins
and who now enjoy nil the comforts of a
coin potency.
Tins time has conio when a city elec
trician is u necessity , and the council
will do well to oniiot mi ordinance for
such an officer. The present inspector
of lights can ho kept comfortably busy
looking titter gua find gasoline lamps.
The electrician should bo an expert
in electrical matters and the elec
trical department should bo as care
fully conducted as that of plumbing.
Indeed there is more danger from bud
electrical work than from defective
plumbing. Extensive conflagrations
und danger to human Ufa may bo pro-
venwd by the proper devotion of an
ofllcor of this ohiiniotor to hi * duties ;
Jend wires should bo removed , elec
trical plants regularly Inspected , mid
olectrin lights rigorously tested. A
peed electrician can bo of inestimable
Drvico t o Omaha.
Tin :
.Tuat before his departure for Kuropo
Secretary Foster f ubmlttcd some recom
mendations In connection with the im
migration problem which appear to
Imvo caused anxiety among English
ship-owners nnd emigration ngonts , The
recommendation attributed to the secre
tary that caused the greatest concern
abroad was that proposing that each
steamship company engaged in the for
eign passenger transportation to this
country should bo required to file with
the proper ofllcors of the department a
bond in a sum not less than SoO,000 that
it will return all immigrants whb shall
within two years prove to belong to the
prohibited clnsscs to the country from
which those immigrants came to the
United States.
Secretary Foster reached London on
Wednesday , and according to n dispatch
staled to ft representative of the Associ
ated press that the bond proposal was
not his , nnd ho agreed with the objec
tion of the British vessel owners that
the proposed bond is impracticable. Ho
did , however , according to the sumo
source of Information , recommend more
air space in the steamers , and also that
the existing head tax of-30 cents on each
immigrant bo abolished , nnd that the
steamship companies bo required to pay
to the United States a license tax of
81 for every immigrant brought by them
from any European port to thd'Unitcd
States , such tax to bo devoted to the use
of the immigration inspection bureau ,
Replying to the objection that this
would involve increased passage rates ,
Secretary Foster said that would moan
abettor class of emigrants , to the ex
clusion of the pauper element. It is
desirable to limit the tramp steamer
trulllc , and in the opinion of the secre
tary the requirement of more air space
nnd the imposition of the proposed tux
would have this result.
Senator Chandler , chairman of the
senate committee on Immigration , discusses -
cusses methods of restricting immigra
tion in the March numbsrof the Forum.
lie thinks a , rigid enforcement of exist
ing laws , not only in our seaports but
along the Canadian border , may result
in quieting the alarm and averting the
dangers from bad immigration and in
satisfying our people of the sulllcionoy
of our present ruios of exclusion. Heav
ier responsibilities should bo placed
upon the steamship companies. Laws
and regulations shou'd bo so framed and
enforced that before long it may appear
that no immigrants will have to bo sent
back , for the simple and satisfactory rea
son that the steamship companies will
not dare to bring any about whoso right
to admission there is the slightest doubt.
Senator Chandler also favors a law'n- '
arousing the number of cubit foot of
space on each steamship for each immi
grant , and ho expresses the opinion that
there ought not to bo any objection to
allowing persons intending to come to
the United States to prove to the satis
faction of our consuls or special ofllulnls
abroad that pur laws do not prohibit
their immigration , nnd to obtain certifi
cates accordingly. If the voluntary cer
tificate system after an adequate trial
works satisfactorily , it can bci made com
pulsory if necessary. Heavy responsi
bility of steamship companies , says Sen
ator Chandler , certificates abroad if
asked for , nnd strict inspection on this
side of the water , will make almost im
possible the evasions practiced at the
present time.-
The discussion of the immigration
problem is at last proceeding in a prac
tical direction. Sentiment regarding it
prompted by selfishness or prejudice is
no longer largely inlluontiul with intel
ligent men. There is consequently good
reason to expect that whatever further
legislation may bo had relating : to immi
gration will bo designed to secure a
more complete and etliciont enforcement
of existing regulations instead of erect
ing now barriers to exclude desirable
persons ,
COUNT1XV A QVOlWSf.
After all that the democrats have said
during the past two years in denuncia
tion of the rule of the house of repre
sentatives of the Fifty-lirst congress
authorizing- speaker to count non-
voters present in order to mnko a
quorum , the decision of the supreme
court nlllrming the validity of the rule
is one of the mojt discomfiting blows
the democracy has received in recent
yours. The course of Speaker Reed in
this particular'was-mado a party shibbo
leth by the democrats. On the floor of
the house , in the party organs and up
und down the country they declared it
to bo u usurpation of power in gross violation
lation of the constitutional rights of the
minority. It was proclaimed to bo a
revolutionary departure , menacing the
permanence of republican institutions.
The decision of the supreme court
Hweops all this away and loaves not n
vestige of reason for objection to the
rule on constitutional grounds. The
constitution provides that each house
may determine the rules of its pro
cedure. It also provides that a majority
ot each house shall constitute a quorum
to do businosa In other words , said
the court , "when a majority are pre.sont
the house is in u position to do business ,
ltd capacity to transact business Is then
established , created by tjio more pres
ence of n majority , and does not depend
upon the disposition or r.Hhont or nut ion
of any single member pr fraction of the
majority proncnt , All that the consti
tution requires in the presence ol a ma
jority , and when that majority is pres
ent , the power of the house nrisoi. The
constitution has proscribed no method
of iiRcortnlning the prescnco of a ma
jority , and it is therefore dourly within
the competency of the house to pro
scribe nny method that shall be reason
ably certain to ascertain the fact.1
Such n method was that adopted und
successfully curried out by the house of
roprowjiitutivos of the Fifty-first con
gress ,
The decision is important. It givoan
moaning nnd force which it hus lu'uknd
until now to the provision of the consti
tution allowing lead than u majority of
thn huuse-of representatives to compel
the presence of absent mcinliur.It id u
futnl blow to tho. power hitherto exer
cised by an obstructive minority , und
will piit un und to u form of tillbiu-
tcring , that jnrovuiioit for ninny yenra
und was the most difllcuU to du.ilvH h.
It assorts the vitil : priueiplqi of the
right of thq majority .to rulo. Tli'o
present house rejected the quorum rule
of its predecessor , ns it wns bound to do
out of respect for the nttituJo of the
dnmocrntio minority in the Fifty-first
congress , but it is not to bo doubted that
the next republican .houso elected will
restore the rule , nnd that It will then
become n porinnnont part of our parlia
mentary practice , not only In congress ,
but In the state legislatures.
The vindication of ox-Spoakor Rood ,
who formulated the quorum rule and
courageously enforced it , is complete ,
the supreme court being unanimous in
nlllrming the validity of the rule.
A n.\rKsiiiKit \ ox H/FOK.U
Thomas Tuttle hag boon n greater dls-
appointment to the people by his career
in the city council than nny tnnn who
bus over served in that body. Mr. Tuttle
tlo was supported by the best elements
of the most respectable ward of the city ,
llu was elected as a check to corruption
and jobbery in the council. The Fourth
ward Is republican by a doclslvo major
ity , but .several hundred republicans
voted for Mr. Tuttle although they
know him to bo n democrat. When ho
came into the council ho was very loud
in his denunciations of handlers nnd
promised logo through the city hall job
from the foundation to the roof. Ho was
placed on the committee on public prop
erty and buildings and had n , splendid
opportunity to unearth nnd oxposp the
dishonest methods by which thousands
of dollars hud boon squandered on that
building and the rank favoritism shown
in the letting of-contracts nnd selection
of materials.
Did Tuttle redeem his pledges ? On
the contrary ho joined the ringstora and
plotters and worked his silicon plaster
on to the walls after the contract had
boon lot for another material. Ho not
only introduced silicon into the city hull
but made trades to have it introduced
into the public school buildings. His
record in the council has laid him open
to the suspicion of venality and rascality.
Ho was a warm supporter of the
Ketcham furniture dent nnd other deals
moro or loss unsavory. Considering all
things and in view of the fact that ho is
a rank backslider on the issues made in
his election , Tuttle has boon treated
very leniently. Ho ought to have boon
compelled to resign at.tho end of the
first .year of his term.
TllK CI'IT 7f.irw. ItU'fUA'DA.
The council is right in voting to llnish
the city hall rotunda in in irblo. It
would bo absurd to expend ? 4)0,0i)0 ) on a
handsome ) public building and then
spoil its whole ctlect by n cheap hall
way and entrance. It is hotter to do the
work now and to do it right than from a
false economy to have the rot-anda an
eyesore to tbo community. Eventually
public sentiment would compel the city
government to crivo the building the ap
propriate finish proposed , and the work
will bo done in bottostyle and at loss
cost now than hel-caftur.
The sum proposed , however , is largo ,
and the council should makij sure that
the benefits of competition are not over
looked. The city hull contractor-should
bo able to underbid any other on the
work , but it will not do to accept the
contractor's proposition without invit
ing competition. The inxrble work of
TIIK BEE building' , including the impos
ing arch at thn main ontr.inco , the
wainscoting of the couitand business
olHco and the nvirble base for the corri
dors , only cost $10,000. The work inthe
city hall will be less elaborate , and con
sequently should bo loss expensive.
Therefore $18,000 ought to mnkn a raar-
volously beautiful and substantial
rotunda. The architect' * estimate of
the cost of the marble is $12,000. The
other 80,000 will bs usid in other decor
ations and improvements , bui practic
ally the $18,000 is for improvements on
the rotunda , and the , people have u right
to expect that they shall receive full
value for the money expended , if thojto
is no job in the additio nil improvements
there will bo no adverse criticism of the
action of the council in ordering thorn.
moirr
At the adjourned mooting of the coun
cil an ordinance to grant the now Thom
son-Houston Electric Light company the
right to lay a system of pipes and con
duits under the pttcots of the city was
introduced. This was road a first and
second time by title and referred to the
committee on electric' lights. The
council should atop right whore it is.
The ordinance is only a scheme for per
petuating the present olcctiic light
monopoly ai\d its extortionate rates. It
is u now way of obtaining what the com
pany has failed to secure by ether
mo.ms.
Under the plausible plea that it desires -
sires to place Its wires under ground
the electric lighting company nsks for
thU privilege of tearing1 up tno streets.
When its comtulU are constructed and
wires stretched In them It will bo com
paratively easy to induce the council to
nhut out all bidders on electric lighting
by the use of overhead wires , and thus
the Thomson-Houston , company would
1)0 in the Held uTonu.
The city Hhould make no moro con
cessions to any of the lighting com
panion. When the present contracts and
frnnchiHos expire Omahu should do
her own Htreot lighting und own her
alt-Ctrl u llglu nnd gas plants. In any
event no franchLso should bo granted or
contract untured Into that will extend
existing franchiser nnd contracts.
Till- : Idaho senMtnriul contest has been
memorable for the division of .sentiment
it IIIIH developed umung sitting senators.
Senators Vunro and .Margin , for in
stance , have argued the claims of Col
onel Ulnggutt while donnto-a VJlaa und
Pugh Imvo fuvitrud Dublin. Among the
republicans there has haun a similar di
vergence of view. Sennto. ' H vidors : of
Montana took strong ground lor the
contest ml , while Konutor CuIIoin w.is
nquully tit * much in o.irneat for the eon-
tcstcc. The collecting senuturs tire
both republican in puliU * ,
SICMATOII OOIIMAN of Maryland lias
baon formally itnniiunco.l as u candidate
for the prea'dcncy ' , uo far iw Jih'H may ba
I doau by the luaJing or ir. of tha dam >
crntlu party in his sl-ito Tint journil
a.iyj many b < iiovj ( Joi-mlu lo bo the
only custom nun who w | I devuloo nny
strength at < 'h cu.r > , und oxirtJ4tm | < llui
| uj.moi : Una us hu id on ojJ tu.'iiu u'lth
the friends qf both Cleveland nnd Hill
ho could car'gy ow York. For this lo
cality the mbst Interesting fonturo of
this nnnoun 'fhont } | , which It Is pre
sumed wns nofMimilo without the knowl
edge and npid'ovnl of Mr. Gorman , Is
the suggestion , that Governor Boles
should bo his running mate , That would
bo n combination in which the lull of
the ticket wjfi il bo In most respects
stronger thnnijio ( head. Boles has not
seen so much of public llfo ns Gorman ,
but ho is quite his poor In ability .mid
fnr moro nHp'pctablo ns n politician.
'
Gormnn in thab'mbodlmont of the demo
cratic spoilsman , with n record that
would plnco him wholly on the defensive -
fonsivo , nnd It is extremely doubtful
whether Governor Boioa would care to
risk his chances of political promotion
with such a standard bearer. At present
the possibilities ot his doing much bet
tor scorn very good.
A TUANsnat of the Indian adminis
tration to the War department at this
tlmo would bo a stop backward from
which the service would not recover In
yours. Tinkering with this problem
has boon the chlof cause for iU com
plexity. What is needed Is more per
manent tenure ot ofllco for competent
ngonts nnd n pushing forward ot the
educational ideas of the present com
missioner. When all the Indians speak ,
road and write the English language
they can got on by themselves without
the aid of agents and by that time their
rosorvntions will nil bo allotted. The
present policy of honest administration
and earnest ellorls to olovtito the Indians
by industrial education is correct and
olToctivp. Lot it alone. The sonnto
should refuse to accede to the proposi
tion of the house for replacing agents
by army olllcers.
Tins decision of the supreme court of
Ohio adverse to the Standard Oil trust
is likely to bo followed by actions
against that corporation in ether states.
It , is statoJ that the attorney general of
New York has nw.iilcd only for a de
cision in Ohio in order to bring u simi
lar suit against the trust in Now York ,
whore It has moro extensive property
interests tnun in Ohio. It appears that
the shrewd organisers of this great
monouolv intrenched themselves in sov-
or.il stales before- completing ttio trust
nrrnnircmcnt , having boon incorporated
in Ohio , Now York. Pennsylvania and
Now Jersey , so th.it if beaten at one
point it can fcutb refuge in another. If
routed in both Ohio and N ow York ,
us
however , it m ly not care to continuo
the light. - '
THE grandt jury reconvenes next Tues
day. It is dutjOrmincd to do its duty
and rid this community of boodlers. Let
every gouJ "citizen contribute to the
same end. \ n.jlo the grand jury is in
session the people ought to seize the op
portunity of Jijyrifying the political at
mosphere. t"i _
II thu , Court KIIIMVS
JlJtifpw.t TiUnuic.
Hon. Tom Ueodiia now almost a. . quorum in
bluisolf. o' it j
i .ii' ' ' j a ! i i
hllonpii Is C.ililmi.
I'Mlultlphln Lciucr.
The superb icslramt undnr which Bis-
mnrck holds nlmsolf- illustrated by his
eloquent silence dun at ; the last weuU or'So.
The old ( tentlum in could maico a paroffraph
fairly spectacular If ho would let himself
out.
- .
Itoyully Uuinurt Illli. |
Eastern Europe Is pay tap n terrible price
for the luxury ot being governed Dv potent
ates ruling by "tho , rinht divine. " Before
longthoso potentate * may pay dearly for
their folly. Eurooc is sloupin oa u volcano.
But the dawn cannot o verv far off.
Home Inn us try Iukus Homo Prosperity.
SI. I'Ml GMn.
An Omaha paper thinks I hut i",000 names
will bo signed in that eity to pledges to give
the preference tojiqmo manufactures , qual
ity and prices being equal. It , Is believed
this will greatly oncourapo tbo establishment
of new manufactures end incra < isu the old
ones. The impression is quite rational.
Strangled liy 1'tirt * .
. 51111wicfiCT ahunMc. .
Tim tin-pinto liar Uoapi mistily quiet about
these times. Ho has not oneo suprpcsted that
congress should remove the duty from thnt
class of imports. His coyness is easily ex
plained. Ho does not wish to draw attention
to the foe * that ho und3 n precious donkey
of himself in the last oamoaizn when he pre
dicted that Americans wore incapable of
making their owu supplies of that indispens
able article.
Sly Jolninj.
? ( . l'iwl I'liincer I'rcm.
General 1'olmer isJn u fair wav to bo called
a very cunning old mnn. Every tlmu lie
hears anybody gay ho would bo coocl presi
dential timber ho takes his pea in hand to
lot folks know thnt ho Js for Cleveland all
tb'o time. . When thnt convention meets and
most of the delegates are for Clovolana , but
afraid to ijomlnato him , what moro mtural
than that they "should rally on John M.
Palmori
Ullll lll&niHY < > / ' XK
Plattsmouth Herald : TUB OMVIU Br.nM
write nn of Nourusua was u credit to tbiit
paper and uUo to the state. It should bo
read by every bojy , ,
Lincoln Journal ; Tin : OMUIA Bir. : devoted
a four page sminldinent to n review of ihu
history of NobV.vnUayesterday morning , It
was in every \viijtin ciodittiblo million.
Grand Jslanflrfjmlcpendent : Tun OMUIA
13 ci : ot today rviPmarvol of enterprise in its
way. It i' iin irtltllon valuable as well as
Intensely hiterci&lng , It is in every sense n
Nebraska paper1. ' "
Beatrice IK/mtfcrat / : Tin : OMUIA BBK
prints a supplofmiht piving the history ot
Neorasku. IiUKftillto Interesting , especially
to people xvtiOjtiiiyo lived through some of the
stirring evcntgrjuicnuoned.
York Times { .Yesterday's BKI : contained
a very instruu'lvo history of Nebraska during
the twentyvfiyfar ) ) * that it has been a state.
It ought to huJJmtorvcd lor future reference
by every vMuMitot the state ,
Lincoln Cultf Tmj OMAIH Bi'.u of this
morning I * a .IVV/A0 / Page paper that is In
overv way u irJMltaulo paper as an auni-
ver arv iinmbBrJMiutrating the Jlrst twenty-
live years of .Nebraska as u state , TUB BBB
In Us enterprise ia tllUmutter has given the
stnto n paper that will be romemijerea with
i-redit ,
Fremont , Tribune : TUB OMUU Ben pf
fvlaicn 1 CQUIulncd a four pa e supplement
u'lving u reudnnsod and valuable history of
llii ) ttwftMfo of Nebraska's conxMtutinn , to-
pother wi'b : i peed deal of interesting Information -
formation concerning Nehraska's political
history during lv < territorial ami statehood
days , up to tha celebration on Tuoirmv of its
tweuty-tlfth uunlverhary as n memoerof the
union. TllU supplement wll ( uo valuable for
Chlutuo Tribune : Nebraska , on thu Istln-
siant , celebrated Its silver weddinc annlvcr-
sirY , for Mirt.i ; I , 18 < 1T. Iho knot w.n ( leii
that hound it tn thu union. In thn onsuiu
tweniv-llvuyonri it bus prosporoil notably.
, Too O-'IHIH of ISi.l u'nvu It only n fraetlon
, uverJIJ ) of ropm.ilbn ; that of I&'JO vivvs'lt
' | .n.Vjlll ( ) A iguurier ut u o-ntury njo U liuil
MUJJ lia.i i > ) nilk's of r.iltroaJ ; uow U has
5,100 , nnd only sovcn states excel U In rail
way mileage. Thou the cultivated part of
( ho stnto wns conllned to two tiers of counties -
, ties on the Missouri nnd a narrow atrip on
the Plntto : now n rlculturo Is carried on In
I ninety counties. It * products of the farm , fno-
i lory nnd null exceed $100,000,000 for the year
1801 , or moro than the onttro vnluo of the
stnto , with nil Its lands , towns , railroads nnd
chattels In 1SOT. It la n handsome showing
Nebraska makes , it had the right to observe
Its silver wedding with hilarity runt merits
confjratulntton from Its sister states.
.s77/i , viioixn iit.ii.\i : TO
Krl mlsol tlin.SrrrrtiirjrVnnt Him tn Din-
regard Ills Letter.
Nr.w Yoiiif , March 3. According to the
World's Washington correspondent there Is
n movement on foot looking to the nomina
tion of Mr. Blnlno at Minneapolis dosplto ttio
letter ho tins written. Some ot the most
prominent republicans In ttio country nro en
listed In It nnd the correspondence ! on the
subject shows that the doslro for Mr.
Blalno's leadership is still widespread In the
party. There Is the highest authority for
saying thnt Mr. Blame Is well nwaro of the
existence of this fooling. His old supporters
have visited him repeatedly slnco the publi
cation of his letter. Last week ono of the
most Inlluontiul nnd experienced of thn re
publican senators called on Mr. Ulnlno nml
told him frankly that the party ought to
nominate him nt Minneapolis and thorcby
draft him Into Ita service. Mr. Blalne made
no reply , but treated his visitor with cor
diality and naked him to come again. Ho
declared during the conversation that his
physical condition wns much Improved.
The World's ' correspondent llnally ndds :
"Thoro U nn oxnlunntlon given hero of the
secretary's letter in defense of his family in
the recent divorce proceedings which shows
that oven that may bo put to political use.
The Blalno men say thnt the story has
obtained wide circulation ; that the real
objection of the Blalno family to Mrs. Novlns
was thnt she was n Catholic. This story the
Blalno men claim has boon disproved by Mr.
Hluino'a statement of the case , which shows
t n a th Is roerot was founded on the oxtretno
youth of his son. This was the accusation ,
his friends Buy , to which Mr. Blalno wns
particularly sensitive.
lf.lTllli.lt IH1VIU' VOSIIT IVKXT.
Ho Una Nothing Morn to Suy About the
Itliilne Marriage.
Niw : YOUK , March n. Father Ducoy ar
rived hero yesterday. Ho said to a World
reporter that ho was In a state of "perfect
complacency" so far as the Blalno matter
was concerned.
"Mr. Blalno's.lottor , " ho said , "contains
nothing that Is now to mo. When I received
thnt letter in 18S3 , all I hud to suv on the
subject I wrote to Mr. Blnino. Ho had it
the ether day when ho gave his letter to the
public. If ho wanted to submit the details
of the whole affair to the public , why did ho
not publish my reply i"
Mr. Novlns , father of Mrs. Jnmos G.
Blaine jr. , said that ho know father Ducoy
intimately. "I know what 1 am talking
about , " said ho , "when 1 say that Father
Ducoy did not make public his reply to Mr.
Blnine for the reason that ho did not keep a
copy of it. It would hardly do for him to
give the letter from memory. "
Tltltr WILL FKU1T TO TIIK LAST.
Whisky Trust People lo Curry the Cuso to
tlio .Supremo Court.
BOSTON' , Mass. . . March . ' ) . - Charles A.
Prince , counsel for the defendants in the
whisky trust cases , says : "Wo shall take our
cases to the United States supreme court.
The cases will bo tried hero , hut wo shall
accept no decision as final that
does not coma from the supreme
bench. These gentlemen who have been In-
dieted have not been running u trust. They
have formed a company which owns certain
property. It does not control the entire out
put of the product manufactured. It is not a
monopoly and has not conspired against com
petitive interests. "
Prince did not believe the coses would
coino up Monday , as there had been no time
to prepare them.
Jliiy Contest SII-H. I'-tilr'M ' Will.
SoII'KVNCISCO , Gal. , March : i Charles
Fair , the young son of the bonanza million
aire , Is In.townind ni presence , taken In
connection with the trip of Mrs. Herman
Olonchs from New York , has led to reports
that Charley intendto contest his mother's
will , by which onlv fTiU.OOO was left , him. the
principal of which ho cannot handle until ho
s 35 year old.
CU31IVAL XOTIOlfa.
Boston Courier : Homo lawyers wait until u
rich rllent is dylnx before they "work with a
w.ll. "
Lowell Courier : The nnsusnectln ? school
boy Is sometimes like inuniuip.il revenues
r.nscd by tacks.
ijomerxlllo Journal : If u man never had
any fault found with him bv hs oinployer.lt
must be huoiiuso he never hud brains enough
tu not u job.
Washington Star : borne lectures may put a
mull to sleep , but 1 lie eiirt.iln lecture belongs
' tu an allOjjuthur dilloront variety ,
THU cor.u nun.
l'liUatlcli > lila Inqntier.
He tried
Chloride
Tliobl , of Hold
IlyKeeloy sold
Filled full his hide.
And ten years after , died.
They aot his hide
Or bluhlorldo
So ftul of > ; elder
or worth untold ;
Quick as M wink
They turned It Into chink !
lloston Iliillotln : It Is singular that women
are often employed In poslolllui'M wlien mall
help It what Is wanted there.
Now Vork Herald : Ounn Twins always
remind mo of doubles ; wouuur why It U ?
Unnn I'rolmbly buuniiso they never come
.singly.
Somerville Juurniil : HI . ! S What aswent-
tcmpurod woman your wlfuls ?
l ) | Si Ves. She was -l/'ontr.il" In a tolo-
pliono ollk'o for oltit ; years before I married
linr.
Now Orlohiis Dolti : If n man's wife caught
him ki.s lir , ' bis typinvrlter It could hardly bn
claimed to bo u tvpo r.iplilcal error , but , It
would cerUlnly be n mUprint uud would bo
promptly correutetl.
Kimlra Gazutto : JIICHOII says tlio IniHtlliiK
merchant Is the vnrtur of tr.ide becausu ho al
ways Keeps a-stockluR up.
A Qlir.iTIOK OK imiNKS ,
" I'urhnps the conntiy
\V111 be less forlorn
If you plant less cotton
And Urlnk less corn.
Dublin I'ust.
And thn country at large
Would heave it great ulirh
If the e .llorof the Weekly
Would drln' ; loan rye.
.illicit * llanucr.
And the Dublin Post
Wnuid be bettor within
If IIH loni-le ued editor
Would lacUlii less uln.
Pht'ndolphla Uoeorcl : Old Vosuvlu
In u state of uruptlon. Also the only man who
van carry his state ,
k
IllnKhittnlon Kopnblluan : When H mini
filU into the hands of lib friends ho will be
pretty sure to gut broke.
tu > ir vm.tic.
Ctnelnnitl Cnmmenlal.
Oh ! bright cUar !
I love tliy wre itlu or snmUu so dimly curling :
I love thy ninrky cloud above mo whlrlin , ' ;
Wh le , IlkuuMtnr.
Aml.l tnu sinolio tliv brilliant tip Is slilnlni ,
And bids mu u isl nil u ire and sad roulnliiK
. Krum me nfur.
Companion dear !
Whan woury of this wnr.d , Itsempty pleasure.
Its c'JUH Jles * toll. Its cares without u muusnro ,
I u doubt and four :
Then fancy paints upon thy bright oloud wav-
Thu f ir-olf fiu'iUs and suonos my hoirt Is
cr.vlnr ,
And brlnssthom neur.
And uhcn In sorrow
My heart Is lio.md and nil U eold around It ,
And drvnry thoughts nnd weary earci Mir-
round It ,
Vul still I l.orrinv
I'rom thou n solace , wlil'p ' dear Hope reviving ,
( limits u > mv V ew , thn niUts before It driving ,
A Lrli'lit tomorrow !
THEY WANT TO BE PRESIDENT
Several Men Anxiona to Head tbo Colum
bian Exposition Commission.
EXTRA. BUILDINGS NEEDED FOR THE FAIR
Storey's .Murlile Mitiiftloii to He Innu > llliod
nnd the Oriiiinils UUldeil Into Lots
TritnneonthiMitiil Telephone Ilues
Helng Ititpldly Hull ! .
CHICAGO Buiiiuii OP TUB BBU , 1
Oiiiouio , 111. , March : i. j
Interest In the annual uloction of world's
fntr directors , which will tnk < ? place onrly
next month , U becoming lively. Proxies are
being quietly manipulated nnd scheming that
docs not npponr on the surface Is Indulged In
by those both Inside nnd outside of the
directory. The chlof popular Interest nt
present centers nbout the question of who
shall bo president during the next year.
President Baker , who now holds the posi
tion , announce * thnt ho U making no effort to
retnln it ; nevertheless It is known thnt ho
would necopt re-oloctlon It for no ether
reason than ns n vindication ot his presi
dential career ngalnst the urltleisni ! ) thnt
have bocn honpad upon him , Thus fnr the
indications nro thnt Mr. Baiter will bo ro-
olected. Oonorally speaking everybody
wants layman .1 , Q.igo to accept the position ,
but Mr. Gage said that hu 2011 Id not ngnin
npsiitna the presidency of the exposition.
Next to Mr. Bnker ns presidential candldnto
Is Director Ford. W. Pock.
Wnntx .11 ore Itiillillugs ,
Chief Robinson of the department of ma
chinery wonts two extra buildings for
special displays which Intending oxhtoltors
have manifested u desire to make. Ono U
tor the brick , illo nnd torra-eottn manu
facturers of the United Stales , and the other
for the exhibition of heavy machinery , such
ns drop hammers , steam hammers , forces
and oilier exhibits requiring the use of tiro.
Chlof of Construction Burnhnni has ns yet
m ml o no report us to what Is practicable tn
the way of nd llttonal buildings. Ho is
already crowded lor suaco nnd if further
structures nro tn bo put up they must bo nt
the expense of the trades desiring them.
Storey Munition to bo Torn Uinvn.
Thnt magnttlccnt mnrbln ruin on the south
side of ttio eity known ns "Storoy's man
sion , " or by others n * "Storoy's folly , " will
soon bo a thing of the past. It wns doomed
by the terms of the partition which has Just
boon made of the btotoy property at Grand
boulevard anil Forty-third street. The flvo
ncres , which Imvo remninod entire in the
heart of ono of the llnest residence parts ot
Chieaco , Imvo been subdivided into forty-
eight lots nnd the Storey residence , which in
its unfinished state represents nn outlay of
$150,000. will be torn down.
.llurrh of Long .Dlstiinre Telephoning ,
Within n year the first long dlstauco tele
phone line will bo completed between Chicago
cage and Now York. Th.o western terminus
Is now at Cleveland , from which point It will
bo pushed rapidly xvostward to Chicago nnd
beyond. Another transcontinental line is
projected nnd In fact already begun , which
will pass through Piltaburg and roach Chicago
cage by another route. Those great trunk
routes nro but two of the lines by moons of
which the Bell company intends to bind to-
gher nil the great cities of the country in a
web of telephone wires.
Women .Tola tlio Strikers.
The remainder of the employes of Solz ,
Schwab & Co. , manufacturers of-shoos , con
sisting of 300 woman , joined the ether
strikers this morning nnd the entire force ,
numbering about 800. is now out.
ITS ETYMOLO&Y.
Mr. Wells IHseusses thu Origin und Slj'nlll-
emicn of the Stnta'H Xiime.
KANSAS CITV , Mo. , March 2. To the Edi
tor of Tun BEE : Now is n good time for
your pcoplo to fix and perpetuate the moan
ing of the n a mo of their state. It is unfor
tunate that so many of the states can now
only guess at the meaning of their names.
The two states north of you nro called
Dakotns , but the Indians called themselves
"Lokota. " I take the word Nebraska lo
bo from the Sioux words nincc ( which
inoans water and is found In Minnesota , Mln-
uehaha , etc. ) , and baltuha. It is so long since
I have spoken nny Sioux that I cannot nt the
moment recall tbo word tor button , but there
were two kinds of buttons that they espec
ially liked , the round and the flat brass or
cilt buttons. Tbo largo flat ones were des-
scrlbod by the adjective lialatlm. I take it
that Miiee-b il situ meant the wide , shallow
river , the Pintle. This Is doubtless the
origin and moaning of tbo name. On old
maps the Plntto was called the Nebraska.
During tbo war my father went to Ne
braska City from Missouri 'and joined tbo
Missouri colony there , with-mo and his other
minor child ron. Later on 1 wont across ( ho
plains in a mule train to Salt Lake and back ,
nud the second time tvent to Fort Laramie
and lived. The Sioux were living there
then.
There is another Sioux word for a stream
of water , uvift add , but I think it refers more
to the motion of the water.
GKOIIQB WILSON ;
Minnesota Mining Corporation * ,
ST. PAUL , Minn. , March ii. Tbo work of
providing for the exploring of the mineral
bolt In northern Minnesota ROOS on with undiminished -
diminished activity. In the stnto auditor's
oftlco yesterday thirty-throo contracts for
rtfty yonrs each were tnkon out on lenses
nbout to oxpiro. Now companies were or-
gnimod nml yestcnlny legally Incorporated
with an ngcrogato cnpltnl stocrtof flfi.UOO.OOi ) ,
upon which die stnto levied nn Incorpora
tion tax of $ SV ( > 0. Including the companies
Incorporated , the stnto Is fiJ.oOO richer thnn
on Mondny.
s.tvti IT rio/.irm > xo
.Story of tlio Standard Oil In Uogaril lo the.
Ohio Cine.
Nnw YOUK , Mnrch 3. The decision by the
Ohio aupromo court In the cnso of tbo
Slnndnrd Oil company Is the first sorlotis
blow the big corporation has foil for omo
tlmo. President uockofollor rotusod to dis
cuss the decision nml nil the newspaper mnn
were referred to Mr. S. C. T. Coed , general
solicitor of the oil company.
"Tho point ntlssuo , " Mr. Deed explained ,
"wns this ; Tno attorney general claimed
that tlio Standard Oil company of Ohio was
party to certain trust agreements between
tlio corporations nnd thorofaro illegal. Ho
naked for the forfeiture of the chnrtor of the
Standard Oil company in Ohm by ronson of
its having entered Into the contracts , Now
the court finds thnt wo entered into Hlcgnl
c'ontrncts nnd orders us to got out of thorn ,
It will umbarnss us to got out , for wo were
never in. "
" \\lllthocaioboearrlctlto the supromn
court of the United Statosl" Mr. Dooil was
naked.
"No , I think not , " v
"Hnvo you ho mi that the nttornev general
of Now York has paper * ready lo Ilio against
the Standard Oil company In this stnto nnd
hns only wnltod for n decision In the Ohio
case to tnko notion ! "
"I have hoard something of this , " Mr
Deed answered , "out I do not bollovo It. The
law of Now York dllTor * from that of Ohio ,
nml I can see no possible ground of action. "
.tcTiin Qtrrcicnii nr.ix nn. nunvi.t >
Wlaconslu Women Hire Hoys to TentDonn
Inilerent .Show Hills.
BLACK KIVKII FAM , , Wls. , March 3.--A
certain theatrical troupe of not very rollnod
order wns bllloJ in this city yesterday. Many
of these bills contained pictures of n highly
sensational nnturo. Mnmbors of the local ,
Woman's ' Chi 1st Ian Temperance Union do1-
in milled of thu manager of the opera liousn
that the hills bo nt once torn down or
threatened to tnlco the mnttor Into th ° ir
own hands , The mnnngor not immediately
complying with tholr request , the Indies , who
nro wives of prominent business men In tills
city , procured boys to destroy the bills , and
the union declared u boycott on the opera
houso.
Hurglnrx .Unite a lllR llmil.
Cor.nwATTit , Mich. , Mnrch I ) . Last night
tlio Coldwntor National bank of this city was
robbed. The safes were blown open and
S.20,000 in rash wns taken , In addition to n de
posit of 5W.OOO of Plillndolphla & Heading
bonds. Ton thousand dollars reward has
boon offered for the arrest of the robber * .
The Job was the boldest and most complete
ever performed In this portion of the state
nnd was evidently the work of exports.
They toolt every cent of cash they could
find. The robbery caused u great sen
sation hero and the bank wns visited
by hundreds of pcoplo this morn
ing. There is no clue to the robbers.
Killed l.yiiMlnlHter.
Ala. , March 4. Uov. John
Calvin , n Methodist minister ol Green
county , this morning shot and killed Wil
liam Herdy , deacon in his church , und
fatally wounded n brothor-in-law of Hordy's.
Hordy suspected Calvin of being Intimate
with his ( Hordv's ) wife and attacked him
with n cane , when Calvin draw a pistol and
ilred , with the above result.
Colonel Dnn Hns a Scheme.
JACKSO.VVILU : , Flo. , March 3. Colonel
Daniel Lament and Dr. H. E. Hondricks of
Now York nro nt the St. Jnmos hotel in this
cltv nnd have been keeping very secluded ,
eating all meals In-their rooms. It is sup
posed their mission bore is to sco what the
chances nro for securing the democratic
delegation to Chicago for Grover Cleveland.
Miller limited by n Mob.
CAIIIO , 111. , March 3. News reached hero
last night that Amos Miller was hanged by n
mob last night nt JJextor , Mo. , twenty miles
from hero. His crime was participation In
the Killing of Acting Mayor Cooper nud City
Marshal Sprinkle during the examination of
himself una a companion for hor.se stealing.
Deacon White Niiys Field WHS Sane.
NKW Yonic , Mnrch 3. In the jury Invostl-
gallon of E. M. Field's sanity the people *
opened Its cnso nnd presented witnesses ,
nmong them S. V. White , whoso testimony'
tended to show Field to nave been sane nt
the ttmo of his failure.
Sunilny Newnpapcr Fight.
I'lTTsnniin , pat March 3. The nppeals of
the Simony newspapers against the suits en
tered for selling on Sunday were dismissed by
Judge Porter in the county court this
morning.
Duluth HUM n Mining Kxchnnge.
DUI.UTU , Minn. , March 3. The Duluth
Minim ; Stock oxchnngo has bean organized
with E. Hlchurason as president.
>
Deuth of TJ plum I'ntlent ,
NKW YOUK. March 3. Aaron Anronson , a
typhus patient , died on North Brother island
today.
BROWNING , KING
S. W. Corner 15ti ! unil Doii lus SU.
A ' rx
few .
Stubborn Facts-
Our spring invoice'of nice novelties in
children's wear is
now _ arriving.
o
The jerseys and
kilts ape special
ly choice , a n cl
mothers are ur
gently invited to
call at our hand
somely appointed children's parlors on the
second floor and inspect the new things.
We will not show out of date clothing for
your boy because we haven't carried over
a single dollar's worth. Everything is new
and desirable , Gentlemen will find it ad
vantageous to purchase their furnishing
goods of us this week as we are making
special prices.
Browning , King & Co
W. Corner i5th and Douglas Sts