Nebraska Newspapers

    TFTE OMAHA DAILY FRIDAY , MARCH 18 , 1892.
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Mom : tlinn three months of the present -
ont congi-oss have jw scil into history
tinU what has been tlonoV Nothing.
Tin : Indiana republican convention
Selected no olllco holders to represent
that btuto in the Minneapolis conven
tion.
Tin : lowu delegation to the national
Convention is not going to Minneapolis
to bo traded olT for such Irumpory us
cabinets , bureaus and federal wash-
Stands.
WILLIAM having recovered
his health sufllciontiy to appear again
in public , it is well to bo on the lookout
for something sensational in the foreign
dispatches. _
TIIKIU : arc. several shysters practicing
Loforo the courts of Oinah.v who should
bo disbarred , and the Douglas ( Jounty
Bar association ought lo bring action
against them in the nanio and on behalf
Of professional decency.
TIIK action of Indiana , which is ovor-
Vrholmingly for Horribon , may bo inter
preted an a wish of iho president that
his runomination shall be made , if inndo
at all , by republicans who are under no
obligations to the present ailminibtra-
tion.
CONOKKSSMAX BllYAN Was WOUlld land ] \
and it took him three hours to run down.
13oin < r fteMi in congress ho imagined ho
was saying something now , whereas the
fact is that nothing now has boon said
on the tariff question for the last two
years.
JVDOI : BKUKA'S suggestion that p-xrt
of the money paid for food for vagrants
and drunkards sentenced from the po
lice court could bo profitably invested In
hypodermic injections of bi-ehlorido of
gold , is worthy of consideration by the
council.
"DiSEASis : of the Horse , " n book
printed by the Agricultural department ,
promises to glvo Henry George's "Prog
ress and Poverty" a lively chase. Sun-
ators Paddock and Manderson have sent
out 20,000 copies and have requests for
Us many inoro.
IGNATIUS DONNKM-Y has boon olcetod
n dologato-at-largo to the people's na
tional convention to bo hold in Omaha
July . This will give Iho Minnesota
cryptographer a place on Iho floorwhoro
ho can personally suporinlond the de
velopment of his boom for the presi
dency.
DAVID BKNNKTT IIILL is said to have
laughed very heartily when General
Sheridan's opinion of the relative ad
vantages of Texas and the other pluoo
was repeated to him. llo gave a fooling
assent to Sheridan's bontlmont after
hearing from the Texas legislature the
Other day. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THAT North Twentieth street paving
controversy should by nil moans bo
eottlod and the work completed before
the conventions. It will bo a disgrace
to the city to dump people in the mudnt
tlio Coliseum. The uity government
will bo sustained in any roasomxblo
action taken to complete the paving.
IP Tin : Iowa republicans had the cour
age of their convictions they would pass
the Catch local option bill and deprive
the democrats of the only picco of
clangorous opposition with which they
have boon tiblo to carry on successful
campaigns in a state that has from
20.000 to 30,000 republican majorities
when the party is not divided upon sldo
issues.
Tun National League of Musicians lias
passed a sot of'resolution : ) at Its St.
Louis convention protesting against the
granting of u leave of absence to the
United States Marino band. A strike
of the men who work Iho trombones ,
pinch the catgut and pound the piano
would bo a very eorious matter to the
lovers of sweet concord. It now looks
as if Susa and Cappa would have to
capitulate and keep tholr horse mnrino
orchobtra at the Washington navy yard.
WILLIAM A. PAXTON'S suggestion to
the Interior department that the South
Dakota Indian agencies bo supplied with
dressed beef instead of cattle on the hoof
is ono marked uygood eonso. The In
dians will not food upon the offal of the
animals if this is done , neither will they
indulge in the cruoltiosof the boot iasuo.
They willgot more moat and loss bone
and in every way they will bo benefited.
The boot contractors will probably oppose -
pose the clmngo , but common BO use and
humanity alike favor the Puxton itlna.
Till" INTKllSTATK VVUMMH K ACT.
Tlio house commlUoo on interstate
and foreign commerce Is giving careful
consideration to proposed amendments
to the Interstate commerce not. An Im
portant bill relating to the law was In
troduced last wool : , prepared in accord
ance with suggestions of the National
Board of Trade. This inoasuro has boon
referred to a subcommittee , by which It
is now being considered , and after con
ferences with the Interstate Commerce
commission us to the best term in which
to put the various changes desired the
bill will bo reported lo the house.
Tills mens'.iro is Intended to accom
plish thrco things , namely : To make
railroad corporations indictable for
violations of the law ns well us tholr
olllcors and borvants. To mike conies
of the schedules Illod with the commis
sion prlma fncio uvidonco In hearings
bofoio the commission and in the courts
To make the testimony taken before the
Interstate- Commerce commission of the
same force in the courts as testimony
taken before a master In chancery and
on the rendition that It is to bu taken
only upon legal notlco duly served upon
the parties and with the right of cross-
examination , ft also ro-ou.iels that part
of section 10 of the interstate commerce
act which makes it an offense for a ship
per to accept discriminating rates from
a railroad corporation. Another bill In-
troduei'd provides simply for re-enacting
all of section 10 o.xcont that n\rt : mak
ing It an olTonso for a shipper to accept
discriminating rates , the purpose being
to obvlato the dilllculty caused by the
decision of the supreme court in the
Counsclman ease that a witness u.ninot
bo compelled to testify where the evi
dence may bo used for information by
the district attorney in obtaining ether
evidence ngalnst him or in any other
way to his injury. The Idea is to make
the acceptance ol rebates no otlonso , seas
as lo leave tlio shipper free to testify ,
and the courts free to compel him to
testify , against the guilty grantor of thu
rebates.
There is u very general sentiment
that the interstate ) commerce act must
bo amended and modified in several very
important respects in order tj make it
more affective. The opinion- ) recently
obtained by the Chicago Tribune regard
ing tlio operation of the law from a
largo number of business rasn and
others familiar with the matter in sev
eral slates , has aroused a widespread in
terest in the subject. The information
elicited shows that there is a very gen
eral loss of confidence in the cllicioncyof
the law as now administered and in Its
present form. The charge is made by
nearly everybody wno nnswoi'od the In
quiries of the Tribune that rate discrim
inations are about as prevalent as bofoio
the act was parsed , and they are more
aggravating from the fact that they are
now mainly confined to a few big ship -
port ) . Tnoro is plenty of credible testi
mony to this otloct , and there is not the
slightest reason to doubt that such violation
lation of the law is common and gen-
oral. It is noteworthy that thu princi
ple of the interstate commerce law is
not attacked , except in u few instances.
The general expression was favorable to
the policy of governmental regulation
embodied in the law , but it is not otl'oo-
tivo ab the act stands , and how to make
*
it jo is the problem which congress is
called upon to solve. Among the reme
dies suggested is iw established pool of
railroad earnings under close govern
ment supervision and control , and there
is undoubtedly much to bo said in favor
of this. The government regulation of
railroads will not bo abandoned , but the
evidence is conclusive that the regula
tion cannot bo maao ulTeolivo under the
law in its present form. The proposed
amendments to the law would improve
it , bin it is doubtful whether they go far
enough.
JftLL'S SUUTllEltX 11AID.
Thoughtful uooplo are likely to make
a comparison of the speeches which
Senator David B. Hill has made on his
trip to the south with the addresses of
President Harrison last year in passing
through a portion of that section. The
opinion may safely bo ventured that no
intelligent and fairmindcd man , what
ever his political affiliations , will ques
tion the immeasurable ) superiority of
the latter. In their language , tholr
spirit , tholr elevated thought , their
patriotism , and their wealth of wholo-
bomo suggestion , the spjoohes of Harrison
risen appealed to the pride and intelli
gence of every American citi/.en. They
wore not partisan utterances dssigned
for political olTocf , but the wise com
ment a.nd counsel of a statesman whoso
aspirations are for the highest welfare
of the nation , of an American interested
in the progress and development of his
ontlro country. How different the
speeches of Hill , with tholr appeals to
partisan fooling , tholr insidious ap
proval of the sectional- spirit , their nar
row views of political duty , and their
cheap platitudes about constitutional
rights and limitations. Never was
there a inoro conspicuous exhibition of
the solf-seoklng demagogue straining to
appear as a statesman.
It is not surprising to road that load
ing democrats , who are not harnessed
to the chariot of Hill , are disappointed
with what that aspirant to the presi
dency has said on his southern raid.
Yet why should they have expected any
thing different or bettor ? What is
there in the political career of David
Bennett Hill or In his previous utter
ances that warranted the expectation
that ho wou'd make thU occasion of his
visit to the south the opportunity for
showing to the country that ho is some
thing moro than a scheming politician
and resourceful demagogues' ' Ten years
ago ho was a third rate lawyer and u
ward politician. During his two terms
as governor of Now York lie did nothing
to distinguish himself except to
strengthen the democratic- machine by
catering to the worst elements of the
party in that btuto. He was not in sym
pathy with any genuine reform and his
administrations wore not marked by
any act for the general publiu good.
He lias boon from the beginning of his
publiu career actuated by the ono pur-
pobo of promoting his own political ad
vancement , and no means to that end
wore so bad and unscrupulous that ho
would not employ them. He now bo-
llovos hinibolf to bo in Bight of Iho goal
of his ambition , and if there are any devices -
vices known to the chicanery of politics
that will enable him to roach it ho will
not hesitate to use thorn.
But it is questionable whether Mr.
Hill has gained anything from his
southern trip. The columns of the dem
ocratic journals do not show that ho has
made a favorable Impression with the
organs of his party , and the opinions
attributed to prominent leaders nro not
Haltering to him. His pledge of Now
Yoi k for. the democratic party will not
help him with the democrats who under
stand the conditions upon which It is
given. Mr. Hill's boast Is thai ho Is a
democrat. Ho represents a faction of
the party , and that by no moans the
111010 rotpcclnblo and honorable faction.
Out uf his own mouth ho has demon
strated that ho would bo a mont dangerous -
ous man to olova'.o lo Iho presidency.
on'/.vo TIIK s.v.ii1 irar.
"Tlio railways do not say it out and out ,
but tliclr talk all tends to n proposition to
cotiioromlso on tlio viaducts , " f.ild n city
councilman yesterday. "Slnco wo Imvo
passed the ordinances to rebuild Iho Six
teenth street nud build on Fifteenth street ,
tbov hnd rather build Fifteenth strcot and
wnlva any clulin of right to close that street
tlinn build Sixteenth street ami po to court
over Fifteenth stroot. The Fifteenth strcot
viaduct would bo so short that It would cost
much less thnn Sixteenth strcut , nnil I
shouldn't bo much surpilicit if the roads
would makennofCcr to build Fifteenth itroot
the city to tnko motors oil the Sixteenth
street , put them on the Fifteenth street , nnd
maintain the Sixteenth street viaduct for
several years longer. " ll'oiM-7/ini'il.
Our enterprising contemporary has
unwittingly given the whole btinp away.
Sixteenth slrcotisto bo vacated south
of Furnutn by the motor line and Iho old
wooden bridge is to bo maintained for a
few years longer. That means any-
whoio fiom live to fifteen years , or so
long ns it can bo propped up to aland
and retain oven the semblance of a via
duct , This program is as plain as the
nebo on a man's face. It can readily bo
carried out If two out of the three mem
bers of the Board of Public Works push
the plans for the Fiftconlh strcot via
duct and lot the Sixteenth street plans
rest on the shelf.
It does not take a prophet or the son
of n prophet to foresee what Iho elToct
on Sixteenth strcot will bo after Iho
motors have been permanently relocated
and travel and trnlllc is practically
blocked between North Sixteenth and
Soulh Sixteenth.
TltllBK JM.U.IIMV OI'RXIXOS.
The Sioux Cily & Northern rail
way affords entrance to Sioux City
for Iho Great Northern lino. The Great
Northern has lines to Duluth and to the
principal points in Minnesota , Manitoba ,
North Dakota and Montana. Within
the year it will hnve a line to Spokane
Falls , if no' ' , to Seattle , Wash. It is a
strong , growing corporation and its sys
tem terminates within 120 mile1 } of
Omaha.
The Atchison , Tcpcka & Santa Fo
railway system touches Nebraska at
Superior , Nuckolls county This great
corporation controls the traffic of n vast
area of country in the southwest , in
cluding Now Mexico , Arizona nnd the
panhandle of Texas. It is also the
direct route to Old Mexico nnd
the lead and silver mines of that coun
try. Superior is distant only 150 miles
from Omaha.
Tlio Chicago , St. Paul , Minneapolis &
Omaha railway has a line built to within
twenty-three miles of Ytinkton , South
Dakota , At Yankton the Milwaukee
nnd Northwestern systems , extending to
all points in eastern South Dakota ,
would bo tapped by the completion of
this link of railway. The importance of
such r. connection to our jobbing trade is
obvious.
The Burlington system is being extended -
tended toward Montana , and there is
every reason 'to suppose the Elk horn
will push out in the same direction next
year , and that the Northwestern will
extend its Wyoming lino. Perhaps too ,
the Union Pacific may discover that the
policy of idleness which has boon main
tained for some time is very costly. It
ib safe to say at nil events , that whether
Omaha interests herself in those exten
sions or not , they will go on without de
lay.
lay.In
In the first three instances , however ,
there is opportunity for Omaha enter
prise to accomplish something.
The Great Northern through the Sioux
City & Northern control Iho Pacific
Short Line , and will probably push
that road into now territory and convert
it into a profitable feeder. Omaha
should do something lo secure this now
and nggressivo power in north western
commerce. It would afford Omaha a
good Dulutli and Montana line audits
facilities for handling Omaha traffic are.
by no moans inadequate-oven as the sys
tem'is now operated.
A traffic ] arrangement on the part of
the Santa Fo route with either the Bur
lington , the F.lkhorn or the Rock Island ,
would open the southwest to this cattle
and ore market. If no mich arrange
ment is practicable , Iho building of 150
milort would bring Iho great Santa Fo to
cur doors.
A little pressure , properly applied ,
will induce the St. Paul & Omahu road
to extend its Hartington branch lo
Yank Ion.
Hare are thrco railway enterprises of
utmost importance to our tr.vdo and all
are within roach. Nothing appears to
bo nocdcd but aggrosslvo perdistontand
determined effort on the part of Omaha
business mon to open up all those now
and profitable- fields lo our territory.
Two-Tilluiw of Uryun'a speech upon
the bill taking the duty oil imported
wool was devoted to arguments in favor
of removing the duty from binder twine
and cotton bagging. Evidently the
"representative of tlio United Sta\oa"
believed ho would not soon have the
floor again , nnd ha foil that ho must
make the best of his opportunity.
Mil. P. P. SjiKLiiy , an old citizen of
Ouuiha , familiar with her resources , is
the general traffic- manager of Iho Great
Northern railway. Ho would help an
Omuha delegation to present a good case.
to the managers of his line and Epuro no
olTort to Imiuco his pooplu to extend
tholr Sioux City line to this city.
Si'.c'UKTAUY Fo.HTKU has returned to
the United Staled , presumably in better
houlth and prepared lo resuino his
duties. The ruportb that were current
when the secretary wont abroad nnd
after his nrrlvill"1n England , that the
principal objcc ' f his trip was to ar
range nn International eonfcroncotodis *
cms blmelallsnlj Is found to have had no
foundation in fae'ff. Ho did see Iho Brit
ish chancellor tif'/tho exchequer , but so
far as known thotjo was no lalk bolween
them relating lot an International con
ference , nnd It'Is moro than probable
that the subjeclh\i/i9 * ! / not referred to. At
any rate nolhlngi moro has boon hoard
of the matlor. ' The fact appears lo bo
that there Is loss favorable prospect now
of such a conference than there appar
ently was it few months ago , and It Is
perhaps for this reason thai the subject
lias bocn laid aside In congress. There
nro no indications that liny European
country Is at present nt all desirous of
making any change In Us monetary
policy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tun supreme court of Illinois has just
londorod a decision which will commend
itself lo Iho consideration of railroad
companies In this section of the country.
Last year the city council of Chicago
decided lo open corlaln slrccls which
cross Iho tracks of the Chicago & North
western railroad. The company an-
ponied lo the courts to restrain Iho oily
from exorcising ils powers regarding
the opening of streets. The supreme
court has just affirmed the right of Iho
c.Uy to order the opening of any slreot
across railroad property and to make
such opening without compensation to
the railroads upon the ground that Iho
expenses incurred thereby are Iho result
of the exercise of police powors. When
the street is opened and it becomes ap
parent that there is danger lo Iho lives
and limbs of persons crossing the rail
road tracks it is contended by the
exercise of police power that the rail
road companies can bo compelled at
their own expenses to erect viaducts for
an overhead crossing and to pay nil Ihc
land damage which may bo caused
thereby , or , in Iho alternative , as is now
contended , to elevate the railroad
tracks. The ordinary cost of n viaduct ,
including the laud damages , ranges
from $200,000 to $500,000. Tlio cost of
elevating the track would bo moro than
$1,000,000 a mile.
Tun country is to bo electrified by
democratic oratory two weeks hence.
The Iroquois club of Chicago has ex
tended invitations to eminent democrats
lo attend its banquet April 22 and it is
announced that , , all Iho discordant ele
ments of the democratic party have ac
cepted their honpltality. There will bo
about a dozen leasts and among those
who are to onuo arc : Ex-Postmaslor.
General Dickinson , on "Civil Service
Reform ; ' ' Governor Pnttlson of Penn
sylvania , on "Pig fron ; ' ' Governor Peck
of Wisconsin , oil 'Tho Bad Boy ; " Gov
ernor Boies of , Iqwa , on "Tho llolo in
the Wall ; " Governor Boyd , on "Tho Quo
Warranto ; " ex-Qbvornor J. Proctor
Knott , on "Tho jBattlo of Loxinglon
( ICy. ) , and ox-Governor Campbell of
Ohio , on "MclCinloyism. "
OM'AHA cannoOaflord the luxilry of _ im
invoslmonfof $1IOO"0 In chamleifers'nnd
brackets for illuminating the city hall.
Ton thousand dollars ought to bo more
than ample for all the chandeliers and
fixtures that the city will over need in the
building. The assumption that the city
must allow itself to bo plucked because
other cities have bquandored thousands
of do'.lars on similar fixtures is no argu
ment for such extravagance. On the
other hand it is to bo hoped that the op
position to the expenditure is in the
interest of economy and not merely an
effort to hold up the combine of fixture
dealers.
HKIIK is ono of Congressman Bryan's
side-splitting jokes with which ho ro-
paled the house of representatives for
three hours on Wednesday :
Tuero was a time in the history of Ne
braska when Its poonlo nod ono snoop per
capita tno mutton ago , so to speak. But
alas ! that iliy has passed. Now , if every
woman in tlio state named Mary should want
n not lamb she would bava to go out of the
btate to got enough lambs to go round.
No wonder it is recorded that when
Bryan took his seat the house immedi
ately adjourned.
UNTIL this city has a milling-in-tran-
sit rate ovorthoB. & ' and. North
western roadb ; a difTo o.iiial as against
Kansas C'lty of not exceeding $7.50 per
car load on Texas cutllo ; onlranco by
our jobbers to Iowa and north Missouri
without the 5 cent bridge arbitrary , and
reasonable switching charges , tlio rail
way companies cannot expect our citi
zens to bo altogether good-naturod.
TUB Manufacture and Consumers
association continues to rccoivo appli
cations for space at the Juno Indus
trial exposition. Already seventy firms
have announced that they will make ex
hibits. The Coliseum will bo barely
capacious enough for Ibis Unit grontdis
play of Nebraska manufactures and
manufacturing processes.
IT is romai edHhat the State Board
of TransporlaUbn'mcrely ' marched up to
Omaha and thiSn 'nwrehod back again ,
There has lioenj ti' ' announcement of any
modification of jlio ] | InrifT schedules of
any of Iho railroad companies as n result
of Iho conference with the managers
" ' "
horo-
H'wR
\ViiUorionl Win favor of Carlisle for
the presidency. XUioro la every reason why
ho should bo. MrjOanulais tin u.ost im
portant tlKuro pniliuiud by Kootucky since-
Houry Clay's day. , ,
I'lilnfulYy Drc-rlvoil.
A lii ( rtce Stnttnil.
Some little disappointment must lurlc In
tbo bosoms of thoio democrats who loolcod
forward , during the present cotigrois , to
prancing and laoierln ? upon tlio prostrate
form of cx-SpojltPr Head ,
iiil ut
' . Tribune.
"Tho Omaha /a-o factory falls gleefully
buck upon tbo stale and unnroti tublo ohost-
uut about reopening tuo noyd-Tbayar case , "
is the way TIIK OMAHA UKK sizes it up. And
that Is Just about tbo lza of it
Tullcliit ; Tliroii.li Tlu-lr Hull.
Weio I'oik Sun.
Tbo tariff oraton b a to fatten the Con-
grcssional Uecord last week , mm that hard
workluf ; periodical is tortiiln to uj onnchod
with lUnir contributions for some moons yet.
Betuoen thrco and four dozen Kcullonieu
with vlHw- v " iJ tariff io unload , have
Inscribed thomiolves on the list of speakers ,
nnd doubtless many moro nro searching for
statistics nud quotations la the congressional
library.
This Is right. Constlluonts hko to got
speeches from tholr cotiRriHsmon : congress
men llko to tnnUo spacchcs for thnInstruction
and the wonder of their constituents. The
moro speeches the bettor.
Tariff discussion , It may bo said , can result
In nothing practical at present. What of it !
Is U nothing to have congressmen frco tholr
minds , spc.il : tholr pieces , lot their statistics
rattle , and touch the heaven of llro with
paper wings )
Next month nnd the month after ho.iso-
clcaulug will bo In progress throughout the
land , nt least the rural parts thereof. The
old papers under the carpets must bo taken
up. The franlilng privilege Is a good thing
for the farmers' wlvot.
ll"nl on I'lxir > liio.
.tllliiiirc Sun.
.1. W. j dgcrioa U outspoaktug for the In-
dopenaenu. The state central committee
hnd bettor call him In. Ho scorns to us to boone
ono of the { jrcatoH uurdons the Independent
party has to bear. Ho has twlco been a
stumbling bloclc In the way of success nnd
the chnncos are ho will want n nomination
again this fall. This may seem llko iirctty
plain talk but It Is facts nevertheless. It
thu committee wants to do any good lot It
send out aomo ono lu whom the pcoplo have
contldoiico.
Merely Holes IMny.
The 13olcs boom for the president/ run
ning around loose out In lown. and wo do not
sco that anybody Is making any great effort
to catch It. If somuthtug Is not doiio to nr-
rest it It will presently run itself Into the
ground , nud that Would bo Inexpressibly disappointing -
appointing to the excellent governor , who Is
Just now nil aglow with the belief that It wilt
land him lu the whllo house.
A TiilrVltliuilt ii I'lill.
tUnlic-Dcmiicral.
Colonel Clarlcson's Doa Molnos paper says ,
in substnneo , that the soreheads will kill
Harrison in the national convention. Thorn
Is nn error hero somowhoro. Clarkson nud
Quay ara nbout tbo only prominent repub
lican soreheads , nnd they nro not going to
have much of a pull in the Minneapolis as-
scmblugo.
A rcitlm'iit ( jnustloii.
Keio 1'tnli Advuliter ( item ) .
Grover Cleveland was boatcn for the presi
dency fairly and squaraly four years ago.
Ho had all the machinery of the great olllco
In his bauds then. What has ha done snico
his defeat to endear him to the American
people , mul what great issue has arisen since
ho was carted to the political bonoyar.l I
( jv.n.vr ASJ > vuitious.
A Philadelphia burglar loft a vest button
in the house no had broken late , nnd it led to
his arrest.
The now Herman nrmy tent is divisible
into two portions , each of which can bo con
verted into an overcoat in cnso of rain.
In a Now Hampshire graveyard there is n
largo uiarUlo shaft on which the following
words nro Inscribed : "Sacred to the mem
ory of three twins. "
With a Jncklimfo .Tames Ingram of East
Bradford , 1'a. , has carved on a docwood cano
a fox hunt , with a do/.ou lioundb and u
mounted nuntor or two in the chase.
While tearing down au old bouse in Jersey
City , a aav or two ago , n small iron box was
found , which contained $ tG5 ! in gold col us ,
some of which are said to bo very rare.
A romarltablo death occurred near Savan
nah , Mo. , last wool : . Mra. Higgin , the wife
of n well known farmer residing near that
place , bled to death through the cavity of n
defective tooth.
In the Indus , Ganges and other streams
are numcvous fish-eating crocodiles which
attain n Irmgth of moro than twenty teet.
Except when near their nests ana anxious to
defend their cgga they run away from human
ueings.
An interesting series of experiments were
recently mudo bv two Swedish astronomers
Lomslrom nnd Trombolt. By means of a
network of electric currents between two
mountains they succeeded in producing sev
eral artificial auroras.
It was the Chinese who invented the well
known plan cf caplunng duuks and ether
water fowl by wading toward thorn with a
basket over the head and dragging them
underwater before they know what hail
caught them by the lee.
. .trV > IOUK JfOlt I'OTES.
Chicago News : There was ono taatura of
the reception toSouatnr HlUatlioanoko that
was pcculmily aim felicitously appropriate.
The music was furnished by the machine
works band.
Globo-Domocrat : Hill will bo heartily wel
comed in the south as the only rcnn who has
over made himself a prominent candidate for
the presidency by doing things which prove
him to bo totally unworthy to hold any pub
lic ofllce.
Chicago Herald : When ho addresses
southern audiences ho speaks not as nn in
dividual , but as the choice of the Now York
domocracv for president of the United
States. 'I'ho next stop in the program will
doubtless be a western 'tour. Ho will cover
a good deal of country bv the time the con
vention assembles nt Chicago , nnd there will
bo few delegates in that nsbomblngo who
will not have shaken his hand. It is a novel
campaign that ho is making , nnd there will
bo the greatest interest to know if it will bo
successful ,
Minneapolis Tribune : David H. Hill has
started upon a triumphal processlo'i through
the south. Unlike bovnrtil of his rivals , ho
has eschewed the palace car and Its attend
ant luxuries. Mr. Hill will not travel by
special train , but will tnko the regular south
ern accommodations that stop at ovorv cioss-
roads and slow up nt every slilo. For ho
says In Ilia sturdy democratic wav that ho is
no dude , but a plain democrat , and that the
people's mothoas of transportation nro uood
enough for him.
. / . ! / > ui- ' Tin : , iuKiit > i.
t'hlcazo Tilling : Ilotwi'on the modus vivomll ,
tlio timro clitusiiin and tlio perform nun grain
the uuuso of thu classics Is tiultliiK a decided
IMJDIM ,
ClKK-b : I , IUo ! Johnnie Say. ma , does a
mliiMiir really need all thii slippers that ale
glvun him ?
Mrs. llronn Vc , Indued Ills son U gen
erally so vury bail ,
Pnmervillu Journal : Honesty piiys. Jlayho
thut N why mil utalQ men are so Ion ; ; In
r'cli ,
Judge ; In a Mlnnodotii baoKwnoda town ,
l.u'iilcrnf the M-jli llnvu you nnvtliliii ; lo
say why yon should not bo lianjjul fen > our
erfmo'f
Victim Yes , air ; this Is providential year ,
and I'm u Uluvuland niuii.
Leader of tlio Jloh Tuko him iluwn , boys ,
Mil's tuo valuable a man to | u > e.
GOOD ,
Dour fi leod , don't hunt the editor
With piniol or uith gun.
And nsli him If hoHiihl It , or
Kxiiect tlnil ho will run.
Ill' , lliro.ulli ire linen duster
May hUll hlH untuhcs hl < lui
llnl Ills miisuloi 1110 duvolonol ,
Aim thu'-doUI'iton hU skle ,
Kpochi t'orn Don't you think that law pie-
venting one fiom inurrjlni : hN discoasod
wife'soUtur WIIM u % eiy foolish ono ?
Murrltt On the contrary , I'always con-
Hlduri'U U n wlsii inn' , bnciuiso tht > ro' seldom
HUTU thun ono inutly plrl In a family ,
Soniorvllln Jouriml : Inspoetwr What Is
your Idu.i of a model tuneiiiunt house for thu
poor ?
Capitalist-Ono Unit will puy Us onner.fi
per emit pti lil < Investment.
Knto 1'ield's Wuslilnitton : I'oot They toll
nn ; I'vopol to ( llo.
1'iiutVe < Mn'f iaKii a'nyihliu with nn Into
tliunuxt wurlU. oiu we ?
I'.iUtor No. Jolin
I'ow I ( sad | y ) . Then I'll have to loa > call that
nniiublUliMil MH'
KUItor Don't worry unout that , John , III
son that ll Is burled with vou
Yonkor'a Ciazutlo : Tlio Konliis of lliuTliua-
.plan UmorOiiut to"iumo Inlupluy" than that
ofiiny '
Milwaukee Journal Tlioru tire hired ni"n
HO July that they will u k n coinjiniiloii to
wutcli IhuulosU for ll.i'iu.
IT WILL HELP HARRISON
His Determination to Veto the Bland Bill
Qonorally Oommondoil.
HOW THE REPUBLICANS WILL WORK
Democrat * Will llo ( Ihon No Opportunity
tn DoilRn tlio llrrord 'I liny .Must
Tnlct. the rail lt < < 4mii ll > lllt.v for
the I'rva t'olmiKu Mrimirc.
\VA9iitxnTov ntmr.vt * or Tnr. Ilnn , )
BIB KouuTBRNTit tSmnnr , >
W\suiNOTos' , 1) . C. . March 17. 1
Representative Abnor Taylor of Chicago
has been tequcstcd by Messrs. Rood , Hitr
rows nnd other republicans of the house to
talco charge of the opposition to the IMand
free coinage bill when lhat measure- conies
before the house on next Tuesday. Ho has
accepted the task and Is busy preparing ma
terial to sustain the republican opposition to
free silver.
"Wo have nbout U5 ! nntl-slhor votes"
said Colonel Taylor today , "Including eighty
of ctehty-olijht republicans. Hut there nro
so many absentees that 1 hardly oxpcct to
have moro than aKty-llvo on the lloor next
Tuesday tn opposition to the Dili. Our
opposition will bo purely formal , for
there is not the slightest doubt of
the ability of the silver men to carry
the measure nnd my efforts will bo duoeted
to seeing that the democrats place themselves
squarely on the record so that there can bo
no evasion of tholr responsibility in nntl-sil-
vor localities.
"List year the democrats were able to
dodge the record nnd to talk ono way In the
east nnd another way In the west , but 1 want
tholr record to bo so clear this time lhat it
cannot bo dodged.
ThlnkN It Will StriuiRtlicn llnt-rlson.
Mr. Taylor was asked whether ho would
offer any amendments to the bill , as It has
been suggested that an amendment would uo
olTored giving gold In payment of pensions
nnd another making wages of workingmen
payable In gold. Ho replied : "I havunointon-
tlon of offering an amendment unless to do so
The present rules prescribe thut whim a cer
tain day Is llxod for debate there can be of
fered only two amendments , ono substitute
nnd ono amendment to the substitute. Uf
course the speaker will recognize Mr. llland
or bouio of his associates to exhaust this
privilege of ntnouamont. Therefore the re
publicans will have no opportunity of offor-
, ng an amendment for a substitute before the
quota under the rules' is exhausted. Our
only line of action , thoiofoio , would be to see
that the silver men are placed squarely on
record. "
"What is there in the report that Presi
dent Harrison would prrler not to face n sil
ver vote until after tliD nominating conven
tion nt Minneapolis I"
"Thero is nothing in it. " replied Mr.
Taylor. "On the contrary , wo are nil of the
opinion that wo ought to glvo President
Harrison an opDortunity to vote the silver
bill , nnd it Is my opinion that if ho docs veto
it ooforo the Minneapolis convention moots
it will mauo his nomination absolutolv cer
tain and will also elect him. "
MoHHiiros.
Representative McIColghnn said to THE
BUB correspondent today that ho was confi
dent the senate bill appropriating ? ( iO,000 fern
n publio buildiucr at Hastings would bo
passed by the house tno first time that body
roaches it on the calendar. The bouse cut
the appropriation from $100,000 , as passed by
the senate , down to $00,000 , but Mr. Mc-
Koighan said ho had confidence the amount
would bo brought up to $100,000 when the
bill goes to n conference committee of the
two houses. Thus the house would gel the
credit for "reducing" the amount nnd the
senate will have to stand the blame for the
"increase. "
Speaking of his bill to nrovldn n postal
fractional currency in multiples of Si , en
abling miono to proemo 10 , Ifi or I-'j cents in
paper monov nt , nnv postoillco to bo used in
the mails , Mr. MclCeighan siiiil : ' ! do not
hope to sco it considered nt this session.
There is too much oilier matter abend of it.
The bill Is now before the commilteo on
postodlcos nnd post roads nnd will bo re
ported to the house , I think , bv the end of
Uiis session. I intend to push it in the next
session , and bnliovo it mav bo adopted. Its
necessity is acknowledged. I drafted the
bill after inquiries nt the PostolUce depart
ment , and believe it will meet tbo demand
for a currency to bo used In the mails. It
could entail no cost to the United States and
would save the common ncoplo the expense
for postal notes , money orders or bank
drafts. Thoio seems to be a disposition to
postpone general legislation to the nox ses
sion of congress , and so my costal currency
bill will go over. "
How "Mil 11 C'lrrliH Are Appointed.
In a letter received today from the presi
dent of the Civil Service commission answer
ing an inquiry ns to tbo chances of certifica
tion of a particular uoreou in Nebraska for
railway mail clerk nt nn early day ho mi-
swcrod that certificates nro made from all the
counties nlong any given line of railroad nnd
that it happens in this case that most of those
counties have in them mon of hit-hor grade
than that of the party inquired nbout and
where such Is the case they will bo cerltiled
first. In short , it is the custom in nppolut-
Ingn postal clerk to confine the competition
to applicants along ils Hue of the route to bo
filled so long ns there ftro cllctlblo Applicants
nlong lhat lino.
C. S. Real of Grafton , Neb. , Is nt the St.
! nmo * .
General Nelson A. Miles Is in the rtlv nnd
Is stopping nt ttie Shorehnra for n fow'davs.
bocretnrv ntkms loft for Now York tills
afternoon. Ho expects to bo gone until next
Jiiosilny.
. ' ' ' , , , ' . ! ' . ' "day m-polntcd nostmnstcr
nt \ \ llllnuiMoivu , Chlcka'aw county , la. .
vlco S. I' . Uailoy. romovod.
Inquiries nro being made by the 1'ostoftlco
department relative to the application for
the establishment of n postoftlco nt Kdtiolm ,
Uutlcr county , Nob.
The senate eommlttoo on commerce today
nsreed to report nitli favorable reeommemla *
lions the bill passed by Iho house to nmKo
Omnlm n port of deltvorv.
In the timber culture' coition of William
N. Nanny iiKidnst Henry Wen n from the
Uiadron district , Assistant SccrotimChnnd -
lor today nnirmod the decision of the com
missioner cancelling the entry.
Assistant Secretary Chandler has reversed
the dcutsloii of the commissioner In the desert
and ontrv of the United Statoi ngnlnst W11-
mm bkoun from the Salt Lake Cltv district ,
jioMlng tno land to bo desert Inml mid directing -
ing that the proof bo received nnd ontrymtm
allowed to pay for the Innd.
I' rionds here of the Utah Industrial homo
fear the policy of the present democratic
house will prevent the usual appropriation
for that Institution. Mrs. AuRlo R Newman -
man of IJneolti is nl wonc among her mniiv
tt lends lu congress mid hopes lo save the In
stitution by seeming Iho appropriation.
bcimtor Mnndcrsoti has recommended the
establishment of a postoillco ntLiurvl , Cedar '
county , also In the northwestern portion of
Holt county which the petitioners nsk shnll
bo called Cleveland , nnd the appointment ot
1' . W. Murphy us posltnn tcr.
Senator Pottlgreiv of South Dakota has
accepted nu Invitation to address the Quakers
association of Philadelphia on Saturday of
next \\eok on the Indian question. Senator
Pottlgiow tins some \\holosomo practical
Ideas on that subject and they have attracted
the attention ol Iho nhllaiithroplsts of Iho
entire east , p. s. n.
WiMtorn I'l'iiHloiis ,
WwmxoTos. O. 0. , March 17. fSpoclal
Telegram to Tin ; Ilii : : . ] The following list
of pensions granted Is toported bv Tins li : _
nnd Uxamluor Bureau of Claims :
Nebraska : Origlnal-Chailcs UlcsslnpA.
Jntiios Kenny , Abnor 1) . llrown , .1 N. Bocuor ,
Josouh Miller , Frederick ( icomnnn , Lcnrs
Unllov Marshall , (5. W. Thntmfolt , 'i bourns
U. McCoums , Charles K. Lowrov , James lie
land , John W. Gates , Lewis Inbodv , bvl-
ynuus A. Shelly , .losooh B. ( Jiirr , William H.
1ry , A. lj. Barnes , Samuel SchroickciigtiRt ,
Aloiuo B. Scorcl , Molvln IX Ha/ard , H ( . ' .
Cocliran. Additional Abraham Turk , Mer
rill B. Case , Joseph Yocum. John Wurrlck ,
Moses J. Sims , William H. H. Gage. In
crease Jncob Plnnk. Reissue M. James
Davis , Samuel H Morrison.
Jown : Oriental Gco.-go W. Wheeler.
Thomas C. Medinry , Samuel J\ Kerns , Jo.
soph Rlggs , James A , Graham , Lure Hen-
HclKoil. Francis M. McDonald , Elliott Hunter
tor , William W. Andrews. Jo&coh Murphy ,
Fioderlck Hnrbangh , Franklin M. Vnw ,
Henry J. Loomls , Lvman D. Curler. Addi
tional Burwell S. Wurnor , William Reed ,
Thomas Nash , Michael Keas , John L. Hull.
Renewal George B. Hatliold. Inoro.iso -
William Monies , John Patrick , Martin V.
Lander , James W. P. Williamson. Reissue -
Isaiah Shoelor , Lewis Mays. Reissue and
Incioaso George P. Mann.
South Dakota : Original Henry C. Cor
nell , Pierce Mallognl , Joseph K. Unvis. In
crease Almond C. Dalloy. Reissue Roubou
Palmer. Original widows , etc. Nancy
Andrews.
_ _
1'osU-r Uncle ultlin llliu-lc Kjo.
NEU YOKIC , March 17. The steamship
Spree , having on boird Secretary of the
Treasury Foster , who has been abroad three
weeks , arrived this morning. The sccrota.-y
was mot at quarantine by the steamboat
Laura M. Stein nnd brought to the cltv.
During the sea vovago thu secretary was
thrown from a chair , striking heavily on Ins
head , sustaining a severe shocic nnd blacken
ing his right oyo. Otherwise ho is in good
condition.
us OF nil ! r/.ims.
I'm * .
Ho btnknd n claim In tlio Uoclilcs ,
And hail no lurk nt nil
Until OMO day u hen .it , t hu mine
Ills wlfovunt Ju t to call ,
ShoJooliod n round In wonder.
And with a pick struuk lillnil
1 or fun , anil uvposvd u bin ly lotul , "
1 or "iiOL-kots" sliu could Mini.
. *
AViu Yin It Jlanhl.
"Whojroolh u-borrowlng irootli u sorrowing , "
Wo'so.ul of us lead ;
Uut "ttlio Booth : i-liinnlni's u weary rnco
rnnnliiK , "
MJIV us truly bo said ;
Or "his puiiuo will bo .small who londoth at
nil"
1'or he'llUsli ho wore do.ul.
The postman's whistle , down the street ,
May brlni ; us woo us well us uonl ;
And when ho unssuH on his boat
And doesn't e.ill how uluiii wo fcull
There's a la/y , kilt In' fooling lu the deep an'
dreamy days ,
The wind it kins Is Htoallu' from the violet * In
the wuys ;
An' now the red woodpeckers am drniiiiiilii'
moro tin" nio'c ,
Uut the liost of all Is checkers by the Ulluiu
grocery store.
Ah , mo ! theru ain't no sayln' nliut fun Is In
lhat game ,
When a follor isots to playln' till ho tnos' for-
KltH his iiiiina !
Thoiuh ono uood slxn of hprln-tliiio Is tax
hales on thu door ,
The hurdst Elgn U cheukois. by thu
( rrocory tftoru !
& CO.
S.V. . .Coraor 15th and luu'l.u ) SI
Dent
a Fish
To grab at any bait in sight. If you
must bite , bite at some
thing live ; don't be caught
with stale bait. We're in
the business to stay and
don't have to get up
schemes to sell our new
goods. We're now sel-
in the very latest things
in men's and boys' suits ,
ligh and fresh , made ior
this spring's trade , at less
money than you can buy decomposed duds
that have been on the shelves for the last L5
years. To turn goods into cash is what we
are here for. Look elsewhere , but don't
bite till you've seen our styles and prices.
Browning , King & Co
Ot'i . Corner i5th and Douglas St