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CitossWAiiKH In the populated portions
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in the cornfields of the suburbs.
ORGANIZATION , honest pro-olecllon
methods , n sound platform nnd ropuln-
bio candidates will help the republicans
of Nebraska to hold control of the stale.
WYOMING people and Wyoming news
papers are by no means unanimously
favoring the Wart on bill to cede the
arid lands to the slates and territories.
TIIKKB are but five members of the
Board of County Commissioners , bill ono
member docs talking enough for three
ordinary legislatures and a democratic' '
congress.
Tin : ladies of Chicago have under
taken a task that would have appalled
Hercules. They propose to clfean the
city ; Unit is , the streets , alloys , street
cars and politics.
Tin : suggestion of a Beatrice gont-oj
man that the homo packers of fruits ,
vegetables and meats should encourage
Nebraska can manufacturing establish
ments comraonds itself to fajorab'lo con
sideration.
Tun fact of the matter is , as" every
newspaper man in Washington knows ,
the proceedings in senate executive
session leak out through the skylights
of the capitol and no. architectural
skill has yet boon found equal to the
task of calking up the scapngos.
A OAIX of 40 per cent in the deposits
in the 131 national banks outside of
Omaha tells a story of the years ol pros
perity which should not bo overlooked
by people who are in the habit of in
sisting that this country is "on the
verge of moral , political and financial
ruin. "
Tim prohibitionists are talking of W.
Jennings Domorcst as tholr candidate
for president now that General O. O.
Howard declines to bo a figurehead with
which to draw votes away from the ro-
publlcaua Mr. Domorost was made
famous through Madam Domoroat's
fiibhion plates.
THIS trouble ever the late ox-Senator
.Tosuph E. McDonald's will grows out
Of the fact that It was written on a type
writer , and is open to the suspicion that
n clerk rewrote a page disinheriting the
children. Thus the labor-saving con
trivance proves itself unequal to the
task at making a will stand the test of
legal acumen.
KX-GOYUKNOK QUAY'S quadrlonnlal
presidential boom has again been nipped
by ho frost of local opposition. With
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'McDonald and Hondrlqks dead and
Voorheos placated , the ambitious ox-
igovornor. appeared to have easy Bailing.
Now comes the Indianapolis Sentinel ,
the loading democratic organ of the
Btale , with an editorial demand that ho
ahull got off the track and keep olT the
track in the Interest of ( Jrovor Cleveland -
land , otherwise known as "tho claim-
out. "
WKSTcnw journalism lees ono of its
landmarks in the death of Dr. Morrison
Mumford , for moro than twenty years
editor of the Kansas City Times , which
Do conducted with marked ability. Dr.
Mumford was a public spirited and
enterprising oUisjon and contributed in
no small measure to the marvelous
growth nnd prosperity of that pho-
notuenal metropolis. Financial misfortune -
fortune Bopuratod him from his news
paper very recently but his name will
be linked with it for all tune.
Tin : railways havp not boon taxoO
very hoavlly lor viaducts in this city.
They paid but $23,000 toward the Sixteenth -
toonth street structure and but $51,000
for that on Eleventh street. The Tenth
ptroct viuduot cost 8173,000 , but that is
fully us essential to the railways ns to
the city. Including this , however , the
total outlay of the railroads for br'ldgo *
across tholr tracks lias thus far boon but
9217,000 , a moro bagatelle alongside of
the privileges granted them In the
streets and alleys without cost , to say
nothing of the direct subsidies in lands
and bonds. In every other city of ever
100,000 population the railroads are
Compelled to expend millions for tunnels ,
viaducts and bridges. It is certainly
oo hardship fpr them to 1)0 compelled
to build four viaducts in twenty-five
f ana.
A SOMEWHAT MOfilF'RD POStllOX.
Whether it was , the firm stand nnd
the convincing logic of Prosldfenl Ilnr-
risen in the last note of this government
to Lord Salisbury , or the attitude of the
English liberals , which Induced the
British prlmo minister to somewhat
modify his position regarding a renewal
of last year's agreement for restricting
seal hunting in Boring sen , his reply to
the last communication ot the United
States government on the subject evi
dences a change that was not expected
In view of his very positive and unquali
fied attitude at the outset of the contro
versy ever the modus vivondl. The
latest position of Salisbury will hardly
bo satisfactory to this government , but
nevertheless it is in tome degree n con
cession from which may bo gathered
the hope that the British government
will yet bo brought to acknowledge the
fairness of the American contention.
The trouble with Lord Salisbury ap
peared to bo that , having committed
lilmsolf to the support of nn obviously
unworthy cause , ho finds it necessary to
liavo recourse to every possible pretext
to defend or justify his position. Ho
now pretends that tllo British govern
ment , pending the ratification of the ar
bitration treaty , Is governed In its con
duct by a note of this government dated
nearly two yonra ago , and ho desires
that the president bo informed "that wo
concur in thinking that when the treaty
bas boon ratified there will arise a now
state of things. " This is most clearly a
subterfuge , because the last note of this
government said nothing about the rati
fication of the treaty being necessary to
create a now state of things. What was
said Is this : "From the moment tin arbi
tration was agreed upon neither party
was at liberty to disregard the conten
tions of the othor. " This Is an abso
lutely sound proposition , from which
there is no escape , for if , as was urged
by our government , pending the arbitra
tion either deals with the subject of it
solely on the basis of Its own contention ,
and in utter disregard of the claims of
the ether , the friendly end sought Is
not only not attained , but a new sonio of
injury and injustice is added , even if it
should bo found possible to proceed with
tin arbitration under such conditions.
The obligation of each government to
regard the contentions of the ether ex
ists now as fully as would bo the case If
the treaty were ratified , and if it should
fail of ratification every agreement or
understanding would fall with it.
Lord Salisbury says that the question
of time is not urgent , because the own
ers of scaling vessels sailing for Boring
son linvo had notice of their liability to
possible interruption , and will still sub
ject to that notice. This allows the in
ference that it is not the Intention of the
British government to protect the
poachers , but its willingness to leave
thorn to tholr fate would hardly bo con
sistent with the contontlon that they
have n right to catch seal in the dis
puted waters. The rtow conditions pro
posed by Lord Salisbury , subject to
which the British government will
agree to an arrangement similar to that
of last year , will perhaps bo rogardoJ aa
fair and reasonable , and these wlio have
faith in the American case will doubtless -
loss bo disposed to accept them. The
situation regarding this issue is un
doubtedly Improved by the latest posi
tion of the British government , but
Lord Salisbury has not incroa'sod his
prestige toy the zeal ho has shown in
behalf of Canadian adventurers who deserve -
servo little moro consideration than
pirates. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
DEMORALIZING TO 1WS1NBSS.
There can bo no reasonable doubt that
the silver agitation has had n moro or
less demoralizing .effect upon business.
Although there is absolute assurance
that no measure for the free and un
limited'coinage of silver can become a
law during tha present administration ,
the country is within loss than o'ight
months of the election of a president
and a new congress , und the uncertainty
as to which party will bo successful
gives to the silver agitation an import
ance in the calculations for 'tho future
of financiers and business mon'which
it would not possess at another tlmo
and under different conditions. Should
any one of several of the candidates for
the presidential nomination by the dem
ocracy bo elected II111 , Gorman or
Boies and the IIOUBO of representa
tives of the Fifty-third congress should
bo democratic , there is not the slightest
doubt that the free and unlimited coinage -
ago of silver would become the policy of
the country. Neither of the candidates
above numcd , whatever his present con
victions may bo regarding silver , would
put himself in opposition to the wishes
of his party in congress ,
The indications are most favorable for
the election next November of both a
republican president and a republican
house of representatives. In the opin
ion of many shrewd politicians , some of
them democrats , the republicans are
certain to secure a majority of the next
house , but there is a possibility thut the
election of president may be thrown
into the present houso. The democratic
national convention will , lu all-probabil
ity , nominate a candidate who is not un
favorable to free silver. If he should
bo elected and the republican majority
in the next house should bo loss than
the number of free silver mon of thut
party in the present house , the chances
for the success of free silver legislation
would still bo good. Thus there nro
contingencies in the political situation
to bo taken into account in considering
the future possibilities regarding silver ,
and these are not lost sight of by care
ful and fur-sighted financiers. They
know that the present is secure , but
they cannot be sure what may happen
within the next two years , and tnis un
certainty chock * investments and enter
prises. It must continue at least until
the result of the November elections is
known , injuriously affecting during all
the intervening tlnjo the proapority nnd
material progress of the country.
While thi-1 tltp effect of the silver
agitation un > < j domestic interests , the
same cause U responsible for the dis
trust of American securities abroad , an4
the vast amount of thcso that is being
BO nt homo is steadily draining the coun
try of its gold. The balance of trade
with Europe Is largely in our favor , and
under normal conditions the flow of gold
ought to bo toward the United States ,
but the belief is prevalent in Europe
that this country will adopt free silver
and Us currency bo thereby brought to
the single silver standard , rind therefore
Europeans do not want to retain any
securities not contracted to bo paid in
gold. They are realizing on them as
rapidly na possible , and this movement
may bo expected to continue BO long as
the danger of free silver legislation re
mains. The country la paying very
dearly for the greed of millionaire silver-
mine owners and the false teachings of
reckless politicians.
SHOULD KKOCKKD OVT.
The movement to repeal the ordinance
for a now viaduct on Sixteenth street
should by nil moans bo defeated nt its
very Inception. It Is nothing more nor
loss than an attempt to force the aban
donment of Sixteenth street as a thor
oughfare and destroy the value of prop
erty Investments south of Farnam street.
It Is manifest to every intelligent per
son that a tlo-UD between parties in
terested in booming Fifteenth street
would bo made with the railroad com
panies. The Fifteenth street viaduct
can bo built for about ono-thlrdof the es
timated cost of the Sixteenth street via
duct. If the Sixteenth street viaduct i
ordinance bo repealed the railroads
would cheerfully ox pond the amount re
quired for constructing the Fifteenth
street viaduct But bpforo they consent
to such an arrangement they doubtless
will Insist that the scheme to viaduct
Sixteenth street bo abandoned and the
old wooden bridge shall do sorvlco for
that thoroughfare for ton or Rftoon
years longer. It does not take a prophet
or the son of a prophet to' foretell what
will happen if this 'program is carried
out , or even if Fifteenth street is given
precedence over Sixteenth street In llio
construction. Sixteenth street south of
Harnoy would-be as dead as St. Mary's
uvonuo and after once tfio channel of
trafllc had boon changed it would talto
years and years and a vast outlay of
money invested in brick and mortar be
fore it could bo ro-ostabltshod.
Nobody contends that Fifteenth street
shall remain without a viaduct , but any
schema that has for its object the
abandonment of Sixteenth street as a
thoroughfare should bo knocked out by
the council.
Sixteenth street , with the Sherman
avenue extension , is the only great north
and south thoroughfare with easy grades
running the entire length of the city. It
is the natural highway of tralllc between
Omaha and South Omahn. Any attempt
therefore to Injure Sixteenth street is a
direct injury to the city at large as well
as to the property owners along that
thoroughfare. It is foolish to talk of
abandoning the Sixteenth street viaduct
entirely in the interest of any other
street. No other can take its place , and
real estate speculators ought to have
sense-enough to appreciate the logic of
the situation. The people will spot any
councilman who will bo a party to this
now deal and ho will not bo able to lift
from himself the suspicion of corruption.
Lot the viaduct enterprises go on as
they have been undertaken. The Six
teenth street ordinance was passed first
and that viaduct should bo given prece
dence. When it is fairly under way
the Fifteenth street viaduct should fol
low.
THE HLACK HILLS MINES.
The Black Hills gold region has boon
a steady producer over since the first
ledges wore opened. It bus for many
years stood among tno flrdt camps of
America in the output of the yellow
metal. The great Homostako is one of
the choicest pieces of mining property in
this country. It has just paid its ] G4th
monthly dividend of 10 cents per share ,
aggregating $12,500 , and has paid in
aggregate profits to its stockholders the
not sum of 84,818,750. The owners esti
mate that they have ere enough in sight
to keep the 700 stamps , each crushing
four tons of ere per day } for the next
twenty years.
ThinK of the amount of ere that will
bo treated in twenty years , or 240
months 1 This moans 11,100,000 tons of
ere , and if the same rate of profit is en
joyed the lucky owners of this wonder
ful property will pocket in that time
another $3,000,000. The mines operated
by the Homostako company have
yielded $40,000,000 in fourteen years.
The total output for the next twenty
years will , if this rate bo fully leapt up ,
bo $50,000,000 , nearly every cent of
which gees into the metallic circulation
of the country , and fully 75 per cent Is
paid out for material and labor , thus.
going immediately into general circular
tion. The Homostako is the principal
mine of the Black Hills , but there are
scores of others already developed and ]
others bolng discovered from tlmo to
time. Those facts ought to satisfy thq
most conservative observer that thq
Black Hills region will bo in the gold
mining business about as long as the
wonderful .free milling orq mountains of
that region remain to bo ground into
powder under ponderous stamps. After
all the free milling lodges are worked
out , if ever this happens , ihoro are no
end of refractory ores to bo reduced by
processes already discovered , or which
will bo discovered in the future.
IT Ai'PKAnB that the tla plato manu
facturers of Wales are protecting thorn-
solves from the effects of the American
tariff by sending to this country an in
ferior article. An eastern paper states
that for some time back thor Welsh
makers have sold tin that from its ex
cessive thinness has boon of little value
as far as wearing qualities wore concerned -
corned , and that there has boon muoh
dissatisfaction on the part of American
buyers. Recent invoices of tin plato
from abroad are suld to bo oven thinner
than before and to bear scarcely any re
lation to the recognized trade standards ,
the fulling off from suoh standards
bolng nearly 30 per cent , and much
beyond what the manufactured articles
can stand without positively injuring
those who purchase them in good faith ,
There la no reason to uoubt the correct
ness of these statement ? , and the fact
ought to givoa stimulus to the tin pHlo
industry in this country , since tV iU
resort on the part of the fnrjI-M 4-
facturors implies u confowlo i ' > < viioir
inability to contend ngnliHt llu UrllT
with standard goads T.ie tin InJiHtry
In the United Slit" ' M ilci > - > f.'Oii ,
but it would tiouiu I'jrhl '
lie moro rapid wii.i - , . . . ' ; j'
for ail that can bo yoducod. No other
industry , howevo "rhnS shown n moro
vigorous advancdi" " m
WltlM ! the u ejllo/nnn ) / from the
United States * ' ami "tho First Nebraska
Congressional district is legislating for
the people at largo.and making speeches
against the Mcujjiloy bill Omaha Is
building up two \ftiarl button factories ,
which are only possible as1 n , result of
the McKlnloy ta fo Already thirty-
six men are employed and before the
year is ended thoW will bo 100 at work
In this slnglo li flli ry. At the same
tlmo the Fremont twJno factory Is fur
nishing Nebraska Ifannors with binding
twlno made from Nebraska grown hemp
at a price 21 cants per pound loss than
was paid before the McKlnloy bill became -
came a law. These are two concrete
facts which abstract theories and high
sounding speeches cannot controvert.
THIS effort to dump several , moro
million dollars into the Missouri rlvor ,
Under the pretext of Improving its navi
gation , has boon renewed at Washing
ton in both wings of the capital ,
although there hivvo not boon half a
dozen steamers up And'down the rlvor
within five years , and nobody familiar
with the kinks and pranks of the Qroat
Muddy has any faith that it will ever
bo made navigable. Even if all the
Brings were pulled out and all the crooks
could bo straightened congress will con
tinue to bo importuned for appropri
ations to improve its defunct navi
gation.
THEKE are now forty patients in the
county hospital. The tlmo is coming
when Douglas county must give this
class moro care than is possible under
present arrangements. A resident phy
sician skilled in treatment of insanity
must sooner or later bo added to the
corps of county physicians.
KNOX county has the honor of having
hold the first republican county conven
tion in the state this year , and her delegates -
gates are instructed for Harrison. As
Knox county gees so goes the state and
the union this year.
ECONOMY which loaves the public
streets impassable con never bo popular.
And SlulIliiK the Centum of Jollct.
Wavhlngtan ll. > l.
Chicago is now maUinR nn effort to locate
the difference boiwoon boodlo-deoand boodle-
dom.
O\crroarlicil f Himself.
VhtladctiMa Times.
The great mistttUo Hill made was that ho
thought ho could snatou tha democratic nomination
'
ination bald headed.
Justice Hfow mt Sure.
CMcaaa Tittiune.
Ono of the aldcrmoii Indicted yostoraav H
a milkman. Justice js slow , but it strikes in
the right place at last.
Our CountryBlllKlit or Wrung : .
Globe-Democrat.
"Our country rign't oV wrong" is the mottd
of all patriots In an international crisis.
Americans , howovor"soo that in the Bering
sea controversy oui couutry is in the right.
As Other * Spo Jllm.
ClntlnnSti'tiommcrelat ,
Ex-Govornor Ttmyorpf , Nebraska has done
a great deal for tits' ' state , but is bringing no
credit on himsnir or , his party by his con
tinued fight for the governorship , to which It
Is plain ho was not elected.
The Ilotort Courteous.
Utlctt Obscncr.
The Hamilton ( Canada ) Spectator drops
into pooty In this fashion :
Kcmombor the lively Alabama ,
Undo Samtnu.
Wo will , wo will , if Johnny Bull Is rondv
to fork out another fifteen millions In cold
cash.
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A Your of Hrllllnut Itlrths.
Qloltc-Dcmonat.
The year 1819 , which gaVe birth to Walt
Whitman , was one of the years of ' 'great '
babies. " Queen Victoria , John Huskln ,
Charles Kingsloy , J. G. .Holland , ' Cyrus W.
Field and Julia Ward Howe are or Were
among the celebrities who first saw tbo
light in that year.
Little Rhoily Wide Awake.
Cfiicfimoli Comma eM.
The campaign In Rhode IslanJ is rapidly
warming up. The demoorats are bv no moans
hopeless , and ara making every effort to.wln ,
Whllo the republicans uro prepared to moot
them at every point. The chief general In
terest la this state election , which will occur
Apill 7 , Is the important bearing it will have
on tbo national campaign , Thq legislature to
bo elected , however , will cheese a United
States senator. Tbo general opinion is that
Senator Aldrlch will bo his own successor.
Itro'r Wuttargtm on 'York Htuto.
Louisville Com ler-Journal.
If the party al largo ignores tna noiuiua.-
tloa of Mr. Hill made by the party in Now
York , and , following its Impulse , sets that
usido and puts up Mr , Cleveland , the loss of
Now York in the election is as nearly as
sured in advance as any future event can bo ,
and if , on the other hand , the demands for
Hill are obeyed and. the wishes of the party
at largo ara disappointed , which of tbo
doubtful states can Mr. Hill hope to carry ,
except the state of Now Yon : , allowing him ,
for tbo sake of argument , so much as the
state of Now Yorkl
A I'luoliiK tiuillu.
CMcauo Mail.
Mr. Soulo resides In Chicago whoa be is
not living somewhere elso. Just now ho
finds the ozone of Council Bluffs moro to his
liking than the smolie-flllod atmosphere of
Chicago. Ho 13 olWaya woloomo hero , and
particularly now Ijjs prosonoo would occa
sion much joy , Butt * his health won't per
mit tba IOUK rldo. In fqr-away Council
Bluffs ho tells a ( rlcjia that ho can not for
tbo life of him utMmtsaud why ho is of so
much consequonoo J4MU < oucc , and that if he
thought bo unow aj jrtlling that would hslp
the grand Jury ho tt&Ia bo Bind to oulightoa
It , Now , tuoro Is'aHMce of humor worthy of
Mollere. It Is nU ( to understand jvny a
man who declarer iwt an alderman do
manaoct (30,000 , -somite tbo passage of an
ordinance should at-tjjljj particular moment
bo in demand in S'sjuy wtiorp boodle oral-
uauooj ara bolugr tUiVf jUgatod. Mr. Soulo
is tbo soul of moaprty.
.i bKT-ii.i'cM jfoit a f. ran.
Philadelphia Tlmoi : Itdposu't lesson the
poignancy of the free coinage people being
in the turooa that the tureen is a silver ono.
Boston Globe : Tbo opponents of free
coinage carried lee many guns for Mr.
Bland and his array , eyon wltu Speaker
Crisp as an ally.
Now York Tribune : The real danger Is
over , it was not of tbo bill's ' becoming u law ,
but of the party in control of tbo house dodg
ing it and concealing its purposes. The
democratic front is uncovered. That Is moro
than bait tbo battle.
Denver News : There , are some outrages
so conspicuous that Provldonoo will not por-
nilt them to.bo . perpetrated. The ' struggle
draw * tbo tinea more clearly th'an over bo-
fora. It makes tbo issua in ttio presidential
strupplo iiflposalblo to avola. Tuo cnouiius
of free oolnago roust bo hunted out find met
with the fnto they would vlMt upon its
friends. These who are not for free coinnRj
nro ngam t it , and the brand of Cain should
bo burned Upon their foreheads.
Kansas City Journal : The vole makes It
apparent that the silver heresy li nut BO
widely extended as has boon supposed. Evi
dently con press Is not dominated by the idea
thut everything must give way to radical
free colnnpo legislation.
Chicago Post : Free Silver Bland has been
glad to call n truce. After four days of debate -
bate no feared n test upon his cot measure
nnd himsolt made n motion to postpone the
flnnl veto. Ills bill pees back on the calendar
nnd cannot bo recalled except by a special
order.
Denver Sun : At 13:80 : this ( Saturday )
morning the free silver bill wits practically
defeated. This rnsult Is ns surprising ns it
Is sadilontug. Even the most bitter opponent
ot silver was never pessimistic enough to Im-
nclno that the house would not Rlvo a de
cisive majority for Mr. Blantl's moasuro.
Washington Star : Contrary to general
expectations the anti-silver mon were moro
than once on the threshold of tlnal nnd abso
lute victory in the house. It scorns Incredi
ble , but It actually required the snooker's
vote to raoko a tlo on the question. The nntl-
sllyqr men. bad they boon nblo to keep nil
their men In the ball , woulu , It seems , have
scored a full triumph. As It was the result
of the boated preliminary contest Was de
cidedly ndvaiittiRCOus to the nnti-sllvofltcs.
This fact Is significant.
Denver Republican : The Republican has
feared and foretold this remit repeatedly ,
although Senators Teller and Wolcott and
manv other ardent advocates of silver1 In ilnd
out { of congress persistently declared that
the democratic majority ot two-thirds In the
house would surely pass the Bland bill as
soon ns they could gotn clmnco. Wo never
boltovcd that the democrats really Intended
to pass n free coinage measure nnd tbo re
sult of the contest lust ovonlnpr clearly
proves what wo have maintained all along ,
that the pretended devotion of the democrats
to the cause of silver is a moro false pre
tense.
JILOUDV JIATTLKH If , ' CHIffA.
linporlnl Troops FulHy Itotol In Slaughter
Itcbeln Hvrrywhero Defeated ,
SAN FIUXCISCO , Cal. , March 28. AccordIng -
Ing to advices just received from Shanghai ,
the bloody engagements recently had between
Imperial troops nnd rebels In northern China
resulted in the slaughter of several thousand
rebels. Tbo Imperial army lost only flvo
killed and forty-flvo wounded. Over 8,000
rebels were put to death with the sword , and
600 actually burned allvo. A number of on-
tragomonts are reported.
A body of Insurgents numbering 300 was
ovortaiton by the Imperialists at n place sixty
n.ilos from luifun and ever 10U of them were
killed and three loaders made prisoners. In
a second engagement ever fifty of tbo enemy
were nut to the sword , and the remainder
woio obliged to retire to a pan nshop , the
strong ualls of which made it on admirable
place to defend. The imporiallstn closely In
vested the building and killed over 150 of the
tnmutos.
Intollicnncu later reached the Imperialist
camp that a force of the enemy comprising
( iOO cavalry and SOO infantry bad arrived ,
with the object of coming to the rescue of
tholr confederates. They were attacked in
front and roar by the Imperial forces nnd lost
400 mon during the battle. These who
03copod encountered another partv of Im
perialists , who shot fifty of thorn and made a
score of prisoners.
Another detachment of rebels was posted
nt Mcvnkout/ which ulaco the imperial
ists continued their march. The rebel do-
tnchmont numbered about UK ) , of which
sixtv were killed and twenty made prisoners ,
among the hitter bolng tbo so-called loader of
tbo vanguard , Li Hunir Tsa , who was in-
stahtly decapitated.
A still larger force of the enemy was posted
in the Cblen Chang district , where they had
an encampment with guus fitted up In loop
holes of the wall surrounding the villages.
Churches of tbo new creed served us nut-
posts for tbo rebel army. An onslaught was
made upon tboir position and alter an en
gagement lasting two hours GOO out of 1,800
wcro put to the sword. AboutSOOof the real
were burned alive and , including stragglers ,
It is estimated that not less than 1,400 ot the
enemy were killed on this occasion. A roat
nambor of tbo udheients of the now creed
were captured , including three loaders , who
were instantly decapitated.
IK A SEA Of JWKXHfU OIL.
Seven Vessels Consumed In the Harbor of
Itnrcolonn , Spain.
BUICKLOKA , March 28. During the trans
fer of an American cargo of petroleum to a
lighter yesterday ono of the lighter mon acci
dentally dropped a match on a barrel of oil.
Almost instantly the lighter was ablaze from
stem to stern , and the lighter mon aboard
hardly had tlmo to escape with their lives
.before the vessel alongside was in flames.
The timbers of the hull broke away and boon
blazing pctroloum converted the still waters
of tbo harbor Into a sea of fire. Vessels
hastened front every diroctlon to leave the
harbor and many1 escaped , but six were en
circled by the llames and were destroyed.
The corvette Thyra was the first to catch
fire , followed by tbo steamers Cosslum ,
Abouo , Waller and Plsoon. Then the man-
of-war Lo Panto , which was nt anchor , was
enveloped , with the launch Caiman. All
seven vessels were sunk. The spectacle
from the shore was ono of the most terrlblb
grandeur. The blazing vessels resembled
columns of llama under a canopy of dense
brown sraoko. No personal injury is re
ported. _
Trlotlto Cruelly lllmavir.
BBUI.IK , March 28. from Koonlgsborg , In
Prussia , comes a story of the solf-cruclllxion
of a religious man lie named PuschKo , resid
ing at Bulaok. The man bound his logs to-
gotbor , droiro nails through hU foot Into the
ground , and then lying stretched on his bank
nailoa bis loft band to the ground , after
which bo stabbed himself repeatedly In the
chest , with his right bund. His wlfo found
him unsconcious. In spite of the severity ot
his injuries ho may recover. .
JUIsastroiu Storm In Urltuln.
Loxuo.v , Maro.h 28 , Severe storms nro
agalii reported la the north of Wales , Eng
land and Scotland , with snowdrifts two to
five feet high. Tho. storm was terrible off
Burwlok , and it is feared that the Newcastle
steamer Holmbrook foundered with the loss
of twelve lives. A mangled body has boon
washed ashore there and a portion of u voj-
sol and nor masts are vUloic from Berwick.
Western Mortgage Companies Shut Out.
ALIUNY , N. X. , March US. Superintendent
Charles M. Preston of tbo state banking de
partment bus completed bis annual report
for IS'Jl on foreign mortgage companies
doing business in the slate. The license ot
the American Investment company of Era-
motsburgi IQ-i was revoked on account of the
company defaulting on 1U maturing obliga
tions. The application of the Nebraska
Banking company of McCook for a renewal
of its license to do business in this state was
rejected on tbo report of the department ex
aminers ,
Ended Her Lltu With 1'oUoii ,
D0NVKU , Colo. , March 28. Mrs , 0. T.
Tuokor of Trlndad , Colo. , was found dead at ,
her room on Tremont street last night Sbo
bad killed herself by taking poison , and In.
dlcatlons show that sbo bas boon dead ilnco
Friday maht. She was supposed to bo
temporarily absent from town and bonco the
delay m discovering bor body. Mrs Tuck-
er's mind has been unbalanced and she aul-
clded In order to escape imaginary pur
suers.
Mtiltcal ami Siiro/cal / Rcpaittr ,
My palld friends. ls your piiUp beatjiia low ?
Does tlin rod wine of Ufa tooalugKUuly How ?
Hut It spinning liiroup'h every ilngllua plu
Iy outdoor worK , till you fool once utiulu
Llka Riving u oheory sohoolboy shout !
Got out !
Ara you morbid , and , Ilko the owl In the tree ,
Do you jjluomlly hoot at what you oan't seat
1'orhups now. lustond of bolnubo wUo.
You are only looking through Juuiidlcod eyes :
1'orliupsyou uro bllllous. orKOttlnf too stout !
Oot out !
Out lu the air , whura f rosli brcozea blow
Away all tbo cobwubs that soniutliiicH grow
In the brains ot tboso who tutu from the
lltf lit
To .ill Kloomy thuuzhu Instead of the bright.
Coutoud wltn iiuoh foes uud put tliem to rout ;
VIOLATED THE BANKING LAW
Homo Savings Institutions of the State
Doing Business Irregularly ,
DISCOVERIES OF THE STATE BOARD
Wlmt It Costs to llnlso Corn In Ncbrnskn
Loss ipcnsl\o : Thnii In lown-Stn-
tlstlca lloliiR I'repnrml cm
the Snhjrrt.
LIXCOI.V , Nob. , March 23. [ Special to Tun
BKB.J lor some tlmo past the State Bank
ing Board has boon Investigating the man
ner In which many of thosavlngs bauks of the
state have boon conducting tholr business.
As n ro'sult of thcso investigations It has boon
discovered that sotno of tbo banks have been
deliberately availing the provisions of the
state banking act. In making his report
State Examiner McOrow says :
"Section 15a ot the banking aot provides
that savings banks may pay out money only
upon the presentation of pass books and cer
tificates of deposit. Several of sUch banks
liavo bcoit attempting to evade this provision
of the law by issuing nnd delivering to tholr
customers blank checks silently different in
form from these used by commercial batiks ,
which nro paid through other batiks and re
turned to the bank where the deposit Is kept
for payment the same as an ordinary chock.
"Tbo managers of some of those banks
claim toovado the law by holding1 the pass
books of tbo depositor at the bank , but
whether they have delivered a duplicate to
the depositor In such case 1 cannot say , ns
that could only bo ascertained by personally
calling upon oacti of the depositors. Several
such banks also make a habit of receiving on
deposit'checks , drafts , bills of exchange nnd
other commercial paper and soiling or fur
nishing without cost , oxchanco drawn on
foreign banks , all of which Is contrary to the
latter and spirit of the law. "
Kxnnilnor McOrnw'H KccotumcnilalloiiR.
In order to correct these abuses which
bavu sprung up under the operations of the
banking act , Examiner McUrow recom
mends that a circular lottcr bo sent to the
secretary or cashier of each bank hi tbo
state claiming to do a savings bank busi
ness , admonishing them that the law must
bo compiled with. If It shall bo discovered
that any bank persists in defying the law ho
recommends that such bank shall bo declared
to bo conducting its business m an unsafe
and unauthorized manner and as jeopardis
ing the interests of tbo depositor ; and
further , that It Is unsafn and inexpedient for
any such bank or batiks to conttnuo to
transact a banking business and that legal
stops shall bo taken to wind up the affairs of
such banks ns provided by law.
Examlnor McOrow , In a brief Interview
with Tun BEE representative , this morning
declined to gtvo the names of the banks
which have been ovnding the luw as obovo
stated. Ho said that ho believed that most
of the banks would at onoo cease tholr ques
tionable practices and conform to tbo full
letter nnd spit It of tbo law. It is not the
policy ot the State Banking Board to glvo
anything to the public that might have n
tendency to prejudice the business interests
of the stale against any financial institution
that Is disposed to comply with tho' law.
That whou it Is found-that a bank will not
comply wllbAtho law then stops will bo taken
at once taeloso the Institution.
Action ot tha Bunking Hoard.
At n mooting of the board held this mornIng -
Ing it was resolved to put Examiner
McGrow's recommendations Into effect at
onco. In tbo letter to bo addressed to the
cashiers of tbo several banks in the state
coming under the report the line which sep
arates tbo ordinary commercial bank from
the savings bank was defined vary clearly.
In order that a bank may legally transact a
general commercial banking business It is
necessary , among other things , that such
bank shall bo possessed of a certain amount
of capital ( specified in section 1 of the bank
ing act ) and that It shall at all times Iceon
on hand a reserve of available funds , which
shall bo 20 per cent of the deposits In nil
cities having a population of 23.000 or ever ,
and 15 per cent in all other banks. It was
doomed expedient und so ordered by the
board that any bank claiming to do a savings
bank business which shall violate the pro
visions of the law ns nbovo hmicated shall
bo doomed unsafe and shall bo closed up ac
cordingly.
Ouarnntlnlne Texas Cattle.
Governor Boyd today issued a proclamation
to enforce the rogulatlom covering the Im
portation of cattle into Nebraska from locali
ties infected by Texas fovor. The proclama
tion is a lengthy document and its provisions
are of vital importance to tbo farmers and
stock growers and shippers of tbo stato.
The principal regulations to bo enforced by
the proclamation nro briefly as follows :
Railroad and transportation companies trans
porting such cattle into or tnrough the state
shall state explicitly on tbolr bills of lading
tbo point from whence such cattle wore
shipped. After such shipments all cars must
DO cleansed nnd disinfected before they can
bo used for any other purpose. Whenever
necessary such cattle may bo unloaded , pro
vided that they nro unloaded into yards nnd
pens set apart for the purpose. All stock
vards companies are r ( iuic94 to sot apart a
portion of their yards for the reception of
such caltlcj.
Cattle may bo imported from the infected
districts whou destined for Immediate
slaughter , In which case they shall not bo
driven ever any publlo highway or common.
All cattle coming Into the latoln violation
ot the provisions of these regulations will beheld
hold In quarantine nlnotv dixyo nt owners'
risk and expense , or Until they shall have
olherwisn boon disposed of In nccordnnca
with law. The proolamaMon goes Into effect
April 1.
\Vlmt It Coat * to Itnlno Corn.
For some tlmo the bureau ot Industrial
statistics has boon engaged In cathorlng
figures as to the cost ot raising corn In
Nebraska. In order to arrive at a perfectro *
tilt the names of ton loading farmers from
every county In the state were scoured ,
These names 'woro furnished by
the county clerks at the re
quest ot the doputv labor commission or.
Blanks were then mailed to each ot those
farmers and they were asked to clvo their
estimate a to all the various items entering
into the expense of raising corn in tholr
several localities. Hundreds ot replies have
already boon received and the results are
most gratifying. The Intclllfronco nnd expe
rience of Nebraska farmers In nil parts of thi
statcjls demonstrated by the fnot tint of
the hundreds of replies received the ranrto
from maximum to minimum Is almost tin *
varying. In not n slnglo Instnnco has tha
estimate fallen below the $0 per aero and In
no c.130 has it eono nbovo $7. If the replies .
yet to bo received do not change tbo final re- _ i *
suit , tbo statistics gathered will show that < ; * " 1
the average cost per bushnl ot r.tlsiug corn
In Nebraska Is from S3 to 23 couts. Tbo ;
lown average is a fraction ever 82 cents per
bufthol.
Homo ( InUlljliiR figures.
Commissioner Andres of the labor bureau
today received from the Department of Agri
culture at Wnshlngtou an official statement
of the yield of corn in Nebraska for tbo year , '
1801 , as well as the disposition and value of > >
the crop. From the statement made to Mr. V
Andres It is soon that lust year Nebraska N >
farmers produced 107,052,000 bushels ot com.
Ou the 1st day ot March of the present year
It was estimated that 47 per cent of this Immense -
monso crop was still within the limits of tbo
stato. This would nmountto TS,7UO,4iO bush
els that the formers of tha state have still to
tholr credit In the bank of agriculture. Another -
other Interesting fact developed by the re
port received todav Is that 01 per cent of last
year's crop , or 10'J,207,720 bushels , would bo
consumed within the limits ol the state. This
latter fact is worthy of the attention of the
friends of the homo industry movement.
The records ot previous Investigations
show that the crop of 1801 has boon excelled
in quality bv but ono cron during tbo past
decade that of 1884 , when the proportion of
merchantable corn was 83 per cent , against
89.5 per cent of the last year. The poorest
crop on record was the badly frosted ono of
188.1 , when but 00 per cent was classed as
merchantable.
State HOIIHO ( iossl | > .
Prof. Rood , superintendent of public In
struction for Uago county , was a state house
visitor this afternoon.
Mrs. Dr. Parnsworlh of Springfield , Mo. ,
Is visiting her sister , Mrs. A , K. Goudy ,
deputy superintendent ot public Instruction.
Bank Examlnor McGrow was nt the state
house this mornlnir.
Articles of incorporation of the Germantown -
town Co-oporatlvo Creamery Association of
Gcrmnutowii , Seward county , were Hied to
day. '
H. M. Sullivan , J. S. Klrkpatrlck and E.
P. Campbell , all prominent attorneys of
JJrokon iJow , transacted business In tbo supreme
premo court todav.
Two cases wore , filed with the clerk of tbo
supreme court today. One came fiom tlar-
lan county , and Is entitled Harlan T. Moore
otnl. vs Goorpe C. Vaughn , Tbo other Is
from Cass county , and appears on the
records as Emil Shridor against William
Tlcho.
State Superintendent Goudy returned last
evening from Wllcox. Nob. , where , he had
boon to attend a moctluc of the teachers of
Kearney , Phelps , Harlan and Franklin
counties.
Brad Cook , ono of the well known clerks
In the o(11 ( reef tbo commissioner ot pubtio
lands and buildings , Is nt his desk again ,
after an Illness of sover.il weeks.
ASKS aitj.1" TO
Demands Htudo by the Indiana Sentinel on
tlioKx-Oo\ornor.
IxniAXAroi.19 , Ind. , March28. The Indian
apolis Sentinel , which has heretofore sup
ported Governor Gray , todav demands that
be withdraw from the presidential race In
favor of Cleveland. Its editorial on the sub
ject says :
The Sentinel lias taken spoolal pains to as
certain the drift of democratic opinion
throughout Indiana on tha presidential
question , and has discovered that it is over
whelmingly for Cleveland. Certainly there
are not to exceed half a dozen counties wo
doubt If there Is ono In which , on a full
democratic vote , Mr. Cleveland would notre-
colvo moro ballots than all other persons
combined , who have boon named lu connec
tion with the nomination. This being tbo
fact and no man who understands the exist
ing conditions in Indiana can honestly cam-
say It ox-Governor Gray cnrtalnly o'wos It
to himself and to the party which has so
highly honored him In the past to roltavo the
situation of the embarrassment which his
presidential candidacy involves. Governor
Gray's single chance of securing ; the nomina
tion Is as Mr. Cleveland's ' legated. Ho can
not go to the Chicago convention In oppoal-
tlon to Mr. Cleveland with the remotest pos
sibility of scoarlng the nomination. Whether
the governor is sagacious enough to oo this
or not. it Is evident than the democrats of ttio
state do not propose to be misrepresented at
Chicago. They will send a delegation to the
convention which will reflect their views
and will wield the influence which Indiana
shoulu of rlcht have in that body. The people
ple have taken this niattor lute tholr own
bunds , They are for Cleveland for presi
dent , and will resent any attempt to place
the state In a falsa position at Chicago.
S. W. Conior loth auil Doujhu St ) .
S " *
. ; v Oh ! , . ; : , ; ,
What a Snap ' T *
Yes , the snappiest kind of a snap-
We've got the snap on the
finest importations in
spring wear , and while
we're not giving the snap
away , at the same time
you can snap up these
snaps if you snap quick
enough , We handle none
but the very best clothing
for men and boys , and if you want some
thing shoddy you'll have to go elsewhere
for it. But if you want something nice
in a spring overcoat or spring suit at the
price of inferior goods come to us. The
make , the style , the quality , the price will
suit you. That's where the snap comes in.
Browning , King & Co S
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