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THE OMAHA DAILY aJANUAKY -i , 1803
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HNVOUN STATl'MrXT Ol1 CIUCUIAT1ON
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lie urMii.il iMt-iMiliitlmi nf i'lif DAILY urn for
cndltiB Dccombor 31 , 18D2 , was as
follouH :
Htindny , December 25. 20,070
, Dcrcnibor20 23,020
Monday I f V ' I IIIIIL t HU
Tuesil.iv. Di-ci-iulii-r . 23,054
Wcilm-wln > , Di-tuniber 21 2lG4r
Thursdiv. DiwinbiT'JU
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-n Oh rut itlnu Tor Xntrtnbcr , UO.Ontl ,
To TIIU victors belong the spoils and
thu responsibility.
Tmsi : nro husy days for Iho politi
cians of Nobinaku.
A iiAH.WAV pass in the lianda of n
lopielntor in u bribe. Did you payyour
faro to Lincoln ?
THIS Bunromo court will probably
want to iijjht shy of Ic ishitlvo election
contests in the fuluro
Till' pains in Iivo stock receipts at
South Oinnha during the past year
oooin nlmost fabulous.
Tnu farmer who owns ti drove of hogs
nt present hut ! the matins of keeping the
wolf a long distance from his door.
Tun independent fatuoring committee
must have boon possessed oi ti few tips
from Kansas. They certainly know
their linos.
THE prospo-ity of the country during
the past year was not for campaign pur
poses. It was genuine and * the statis
tics piovo it.
Mil. SimitiDAK of Red Willow is a
blpgor man than ho was last year. Men
become famous in a day and sink into
obscurity in tv night.
LAST year about this tiino the legisla
ture was furnishing sensaliona Now it
is the supiomo court. Men wearing the
ermine don't often lose their temper.
Tlfn Tammany statesmoii are assem
bling at Albany in behalf of Edward
Murphy for senator , and if ho is not
elected there will bo a political row that
will last four yours.
JKiUtY SIMPSON say * tlmt ho will not
servo ft third toim in congress. This
should bo n rebuke to these pessimists
who always maintain that the future
has no promise.of sunshine- .
HON. THOMAS P. BAYAHD is not much
of a free silver man. Ho saya that the
people could hotter afford to buy nil of
the silver mines at moro than their
value than to have free coinage.
Wis HOVJ : that highcockolorum ol
the Industrial legion Vnndorvoort bo
given the position of house postmaster.
His experience as mailsack hustler in
the Oinnha posloflico fits him for the
arduous toil incident to the place.
Tin : low price of silver and the labor
troubles in the ( Jour d' Alone mines
caused n great reduction in the mineral
production of Idaho last year. It is now
estimated that the riotnat Gourd'Alone
cost tlio Btato 5211,169. The private
losses woioof , course , fur greater , for
the total decrease in production in the
slate is placed tit $0,017,000.
A NEiiUABKA'fiirmor sold fifty-seven
4- hogu at the Omaha , market yesterday
- and received for the bunoh an average
of $22.53. Ho carried homo just $1,28-1.21
in cash by the transaction. The raurkcl
price of porkorn is $ ! 1 moro than it wai
n year ago. These facts are forcible
enough Ip render all comment useless
but thcro IB gratification in noting
them.
Tins government of Australia hni
taken control of all the irrigation sya
toinH of that country and it rapidly re
claiming the waste Innde. The time Ii
not far distant when millions of uoros ol
arid lands in this country will bo mud (
productive In the sumo w.ij. Irrljjntlot
under government control may bo inndi
to perform wonders for the dovolomnonl
of portions of the great west which an
not now sought by nut tiers.
Mil. BI < ANI > says that the silver pur
ohuso net will not be repeated by tin
present congiess , though ho would no
opposu tills action if ho could have tin
law of 1878 restored with the require
tnont that $4,000,000 of silver should b <
coined monthly , On the other hand tin
ouroful nud well-informed corrospondon
of the 1'hiliulolphia lAtlijcr says th
cluinco for rupoul or suspension is
great deal bettor than Mr. Bland is will
ing lo admit. The fact tlmt Mr. Cleveland
land It ) believed to favor such a propc
Bitlon uddti strength to it and woul
doubtless win from Iho free coning
forces , in the opinion ofatho correspon
dent , a sullloiont number of votes t
eoonro n suspension nt least of tin
Sherman act It loolcs now as if th
effort is to bu tnudo to suspend rathe
than repeal the luvv , and the host it
lormod opinion is that the chances ur
favorable lo the success of Buub. n propi
eltlon.
'X
llKASSKMnMftO 0V COWIIESS '
Confirorn will resume Its session to
day , audit is to bo hoped thn members
will rnlurn to tholr dutlon with tlio do-
tormlnntlnn to do something , for there'
nro miillora of great importnnco to bo
noted upon , Thus fnr thu session hat
Loon nlmost fruitless , unless something
Is to bo croilltod to preparation. During
December the house of rop-c-
aontiulvoa was in session n llttlo
over forty hours , and ns the expense1) )
of the hnuso for the month were about
8500,000 the people paid for the nctunl
time devoted to tbolr snrvlco nt the rnto
of $1-4,000 mi hour. Only two or thrco
measures were acted upon , ono of these
being u bill to Incrcnsn the pensions of
the Moxlc.in veterans from 53 to $12 a
month , the force bohlm ! this measure
being the fuot that nearly nil these vot-
ornna llvo In the south , served the con
federacy , and nro loyal democrats
The present session will cxplro
at lujon of March I , so that there
are only Ilftono full working days
In which to consider the several
important questions that will bo
submitted to thlg congress in addition
to the appropriation bills. It Is plain ,
thctoforo , that no further time can bo
lost , and both houses ouhl to ad
dress thomsolvoa to the work before
them o.itnostly ami vigorously. Per
haps the subject of gra.itost utgoncj is
that of u national system of quarantine ,
for which a bill has boon agreed vipon
by the joint comtnlltoo of the son ito
and house. There is a very general
popular demand that the federal gov
ernment shall assume control of quaran
tine , as the only certain way
to insure uniform and effective
regulations for pro-venting the Intro
duction of contagious and infectious dls-
oi\sos. \ The measure that will bo re
ported to congress does not go as far as
it is believed a majority of the poopln
desire , having be-on framed to avoid
oonlliul with the authority hitherto
conceded to the states. It provides that
where there are state regulations they
shall be onfoteod by olllcors of the
marine service , and where there are no
such regulations the secretary "of the
treasury in connection ulth other
federal olllcials designated , shall
inukn ilocobsary regulations. The
bill also provides for a tempo
rary suspension of immigration by the
president whenever ho shall doom
the danger of a cholera invasion to bo
serious. In connection with thii matter
a bill will bo introduced providing for
the total suspension of immigration for
a yens- , and Senator Chandler , who is
the author of this measure , is siid to
have oxptodsed the belief that it will
pas- ? . The present congro s must act
upon these subjects , and their proper
discussion will occupy time.
Another question that will bo
promptly presented to the consideration
of congress is that of lopoaling or sus-
ndiiiR the silver purcUase act. It has
joen announced th.it a bill providing
or the repeal of the law will bo ro-
lortcd fiom tha house committee on
> anking and currency , and it is under
stood that a measure for suspending the
operation of the act will bo introduced
.11 the bontito. This question , whatever
'orm it may lake , is cert iln to cause
iMolongcd discussion , because the cx-
,101110 silver men will antigoni/o any
proposition to stop the purchase of that
: uotnl by the government unless they
ire as'urcd of some other plan equally
: a\Diablo to silver.
Another-urgent matter which this
congress should carefully consider and
act upon is that of amending the inter
state commerce act so ns to give it some
! orco and vitality. It is generally con
ceded that as the law now stands it is
practically inopoiativo , and that if not
altogether a failure it is not far removed
from it. Amendments to the law have
BOOH offered which it is believed would
give it the desired strength and useful
ness , and it will bo unfortunate if these
changes are postponed for a year or
uioro. Then there are the questions of
raising more r6\enuo and of a uniform
bankruptcy law which it would bo vvoll
to have acted upon by the present con-
gross.
It will thus bo seen that there are mat
ters enough of commanding importance
to occupy all the timeof the present
session if they receive proper considera
tion , and some of them cannot and
othois should not bo loft for the succeed
ing congress.
AIl\'AXClXU \ WltH 7AVSC7MAG7JMi'BS. .
The lire insurance agents aio ui.nni-
1110113 in the opinion that the bcalo of
rated on lira risks shou'.Ubo advanced In
this city. For a few years past sharp
competition loUvoon a largo number of
companies has resulted in u slight reduc
tion of rates and now th it the operation
of state laws haa made Insurance busi
ness less of a snap for the companies
doing business hero the number has to
some extent doet eased. The companies
remaining therefore nro conlldont that
the time hus arrived for n gonorfl
advance of rales. They cannot , of course ,
bo expected to compare the rates exist
ing in Omaha with those of otl'or cites
no larger than Omaha' , for such n
method of establishing rates would worl <
to their disadvantage. The fact of the
matter ii that tlio per cent of loss to the
total \oliune of risks tikunin Omahii
shows that there is no sound ro.ison for
an udvaucn of rates and this is the onlj
test that property owners will permit tc
bo applied whenever a ohungo of rate :
is proposed.
The more fact tllat there has boon 11
loss sustained in the lust week of tin
year would scarcely justify tlio raising
of ( Ire rates all along the lino. Facili
ties for putting out fires lirejus
ns good in Omaha as they an
nnywhoro and our flro dopartmon
la jnbt as well manned as that o
any oily of equal population
The total loss by fire for the year 189
up to the middle of December did no
exceed $250,000. Had tlio Contlnonta
block flro happened two weeks later tin
flro losses for the your would liavo Iff
n very largo margin for the insuranci
comoanloa alter deducting agent' '
commissions and , other expenses
The losses in Omaha for ton year
have on tlio average boon 'way boloi
these of other cities of equal population
aud equal uitlng.
The proposed advance in rates ca
thoicforo have no other basis than u du
Eire of insurance agouti to iucroas
ttiolr earnings. It would bo all right
enough for the underwriters to abolish
ruinous cut rates , but wo cannot BOO how
Ahnt can bo accomplished by an Increase
of all the rates. It tlio companies that
are doing business in Omaha had boon
nbsoluto losers for n succession of
years they might justify nn advance ,
but ns far as can bo ascertained this city
has not boon n hoodoo for lire insurance
companies. _ _ _ _ _ _
A. ( lllATlt'l tXa KKOOKD.
An c xhaustivo review of the business
failures of the conn try during the past
year la presented by Jlmilstrcct's. Noth
ing could bo moro encouraging to the
business interests of the United States
than the showing made by these figures.
Tlio number of failures in the whole
country , exclusive of South Dakota ,
whore they are not loportod , Is 10,270 ,
the smallest number since 1832 , with the
exception of 1887. The most significant
fact , however , is that the grand
total of liabilities Involved by these fail
ures in 1892 is only$108.p)00.000 , which is
less than the liabilities of any other
vonr slnco 1S82.
Considering the great increase in the
number of business houses In the coun
try this record is remarkable. In 18311
there were 833,000 commercial and in
dustrial concerns , individuals , firm * ,
and corporations of su Ilk-lent im
portance and standing to bo re
corded , and the number ot foil-
u -OS that year was 10,2 ! ) ' ) . tint now ,
nine years later , with business houses
iff&jcgatlng 1,035,030 , an Inoro iso of 21
per cent in number , the failures are
fewer and the liabilities are 40 nor cent
smaller. In IS'JO ' , which was a year ot
great prosperity , the percentage of fail
ures to the whole number of business
houses was 1.07 , but durintr the past
year it has boon reduced to less than 1
per cont. This striking reduction in
the number of business failures h is
not been duo to any unusual
extension of credits , for it is well known
in bualuos3 circles that the past year
has boon ono of uiuttonon the part of
manufacturers , importers , jobbers and
wholesale dealers , who have boon in-
lluoncod by the financial stringency in
Europe and ombirrassmonts in other
pirls of the world which have uoon
thought to portend commercial dilli-
cultles everywhere. Business has been
conducted in a conservative spirit
and has prospsrod. It has not
been to any considerable degree specu
lative or experimental. This convcrvn-
tism , taken together with the prosper
ous condition of the American people
generally , must account for the small
number of failures and the greatly de
creased liabilities.
Among the status mentioned by Jrud-
kttcct's as having shown n striking reduc
tion of indobtness on the part of these
who failed is Nebraska. Let us hope
that the record of this state will bo still
further improved in this respect during
the present year , and that the business
interests of the whole country will con
tinue to prosper no less than they did
in 1892.
S1ATK JlIGIIfS AXD QUMlAXflXE.
Every report that cornea from the
cholera-infected district of Europe , and
every statement from European medical
authorities regarding the danger of a
cholei.i epidemic ajroad , btrongtliens
and intensifies the popular sentiment in
this country in favor of a national sys-
; om of quarantino. All the argument
is favorable to such a system. Every
body who can take an intelligent
ind unprejudiced view of the question
understands that uniform regulations ,
enforced by a single authority with all
the means at command for their proper
and adequate enforcement , are indis
pensable to security against the invasion
of d.sease. There is not a reasonable
doubt , as to the exclusive fodotal juris
diction over quarantine regulations
when and so far ab congress shall legis
late. The federal government provides
for the defense of the seaports , for the
improvement of the harbors and ap-
ptoaelics , and for the supervision of out
going and .incoming commerce. The
principle that gives it jurisdiction in
these i cspeets is equally applicable to its
control of quarantine i emulations for
the safety and pt election of the whole
country. This would seem to bo SG
obvious as to bo universally conceded.
Yet the piopos.il to place quarantine
regulations under federal control is be
ing hotly opposed as an interference
with the rights of the states , and un
doubtedly this argument will bo froelj
used in congress against any moasuic
providing for" federal supervision
of quarantino. The southern press
is using it with a view to influencing
the representatives from that sec
tion , and the lioalth olllcor of Now
York , who so fully demonstrated hie
incompetoncy last fall as to bo con
demned by tbo Chamber of Commerce
of that city , also thinks state rights
would bo invaded by giving the federal
authorities control of quarantine uni
will go to Washington to endeavor
to influence democratic congressmen
against thopropasil to deprive him ol
his olllco , and perhaps ho will carr.v
with him the supnort of Tammany ,
whose creature ho is. Thus in tin
presence of a danger which ovorj
elti/on should bo most anxious to avert
those sticklers for a moil absurd theory
so far as its application to thli matter 1
concerned , are doing all they c.m to defeat
feat the legislation necessary to protoc
the country against a possible opidomk
of cholera that might cost thousands o
human lives ana do incalculable damage
to thu business of the country , It it
not easy to bo patient with such pee
plu , and particularly with those
whoso motive Is wholly bolllsh
As a result of the alamo
of these state rights' champions there I
n likelihood that legislation relating t
this subject will not bo of a chauictor t
moot the demands of the situation
though it is to be hoped thcro are fo\
men in congress who will permit thorn
solves to bo influenced by the ridiculou
gabble nl out interfering with the right
of the states.
Tin : members of the congrcsslomi
committee that investigated the Read
ing combine nro said to bo perplexed n
to what legislation to recommend t
meet n combination like that in the at
thraollo coal business. This is hardly
creditable confession , but it is enl
another illustration of the gcnori
worthtossnoss o , ( , hose investigations.
Ex-Sonntor Ednvvnds of Vermont expressed -
pressed thog dprnion n short time
ago that the"Heading combine
could bo prosecuted under the
anti-trust law and h'is legal judgement is
worthy of most respectful consideration.
At any rate It would seem to bo a very
ptoporcourso logfVo the law ntrlal with
this rapacious combination and sea
whether it has sufficient i > cope and vitality
to reach the cnfy lf so , well and good ,
and if not then tly Inw can perhaps bo
so amended ns to bo made available.
Tim superintendent of motive power
on the Husslan government railways is
now in this country in search of information
mation that will bo of use to him In his
work , the importance of which in vy bo
judged by the fact that the Russian
government is now building a rnllro id
fiomtho Ural mountains to Siberia ,
which will bo the longest line in the
wet Id , It la to bo used in the transpor
tation of prisoners sent to Siberia and
vill bo completed in about eight years.
While this may reduce the hardships of
the exiles in transit it holds out no hope
that the Siberian system of punishment
will over bo abolished by Russia. On
the contrary , It looks as if tlmt system
were to bo made pcimanont in spite of
the protests of all the rest of the civil-
l/.ed world.
XiJ are being made at
Arkansas City. Kan. , for an invasion of
boomers Into the Cherokee strip. The
idea is to test the claims of both the
Ind hum a ml the government to title in
the lands. It is proposed to send n
boomer into the strip to claim 100 acres
of'land , erect n house , break the land
and put in n crop. The efforts of the
government to eject him will bo resisted
by injunction from thu courts , and a de
termination of tlio title will thus bo
reached. In the meantime a rush of
boomers into the strip is being planned ,
to take olTect about the Hist of next
month. It looks as if there might bo
some interesting developments in tlmt
part of the country.
AN ENGLISH judge has lately decided
.hat . "if ono man calls another a liar , a
.light . blow in letaliation is justifiable. "
Tlio whole matter now turns on the
question as to what constitutes a "slight"
blow. A blow that would bo considero-l
slight by a pugilist would kill an otdin-
ary man. _
Thu ( 'UK k i > r Vtiirphj.iiiH.
iYiie VwA Tiliiunc.
Thcie is no question about a deadly breach
n the ileinoci.itle pirly in this state. The
jnlv question is as to mow deep and vv Wo it
, \ ill ei onic. I
rrnlnliif ; JW Annotation.
Xc\l \ ) Vit Hfurtlu.
Can ida \ \ ill soon bo lit for admission In the
re it sibteihoodoCMtutcs TheLu\ society
of Toronto has Just -decided that women
shall be admitted to Curtice in the courts
rtll Kiliiratlon.
A" < tN a .lJ iSlnr. .
A Kansas editor n who vas horsewhipped
) .V \\oitun last wOclc turns out to be a Yule
Rradu ite. Be he is a v ciy old man and gi.ul-
uated hcfoio Yaloput'foot ball into the list of
compulsory studies in its cmi Iculum. You
couldn't horsewhip aiiy Vale ill in of the lat
ter dajs. So ny ch , fqy > educatvpml
A
( llnlir-Dcinoctat.
Theio MOID far fever business failures in
ISJfcJ than theiccie in Ib'll. although much
noio business v\asdoue The Lliancci , on
the whole , arc that theio will bo feuer fail-
.ircs still in IS' ) . ! Notwithstanding the
thioatcniuRcli iractcrof the silver act of
181)0 ) , the 1m uicial outlook for the eounti.v is
fanii satisfactory. Mtttois would bo much
impioved , however , if that law wcieio-
pealed , and the leptiblieans and ileinociats
\\hoaietiyitiRtorepcal it feel hopeful of
success in their endeavor.
Nn Dli-ladir In Duua'A.
jVfio Yin h .Sun.
AYh it is not droll , but serious and oven
lamentable , is the assumption that the
democrats of the state of New Yoik aio not
to choose n senator to icjiesent tlieir state ,
but a icuiescntntUo of a few knots of people
heio and thoio ; the icpiesentutive , rather ,
of the bile aud malice of a few nun plots ami
busjbodies , of the piotcusions of the mug
wumps , and of the personal wishes and IHC-
JudkcsofMr. Cleveland. If for no other
icason than as a piotest against the degiad-
injr theoi.\ that the domouaUe majot ity in the
Icfrislatuio is hound to carry out not its own
will and that of the democratic majonty ot
the voters , but the will of one man , who ,
how over eminent or successful ho may be , is
at piesent oula ptivato person , and who
has" not been elected senator of the United
Stales , as some of his injudicious adviscis
seem lo suppose. Let us June no inoio of
this dogdaj foolishness
Tit for Tilt.
I'titlntlrlptitii I'l'S * .
It isrepoited fiom Washington that Presi
dent Hairisou has decided to close his ad
ministration with an ollici.il outer annulling
tlio pi h ilo'o enjov ed by the Canidiui r.ilt-
10 ids entering this eowiti.v of tians-snlpping
goo Is hi bond This course would bo taken
for two ivasous Tlio discriminations against
Ameiiian shippcis aud ports aio still Kept
up by the Dominion KOVeminent. They will
piobubly not bo nbuulonod except under
some penalty like that which tlio president
contemplates , Tlio second leason is that
under the seciecy of tlmt pi Ivllego the loads
m question aio constantly violitlnjr the in-
teistate commerce law to the detriment of
the Amoilean toads By common consent
the picsltlent holds the icmcdy for these vie
lations of the statutes and rules of courtesy
in his OVMI hands , and if ho hus decided to
apply it no w ill llml the country at his b lek
in an almost solid body. One thing is cer
tain , no half way mcasuiu v > 111 do.
AOUW A r/i/ > 1'lMl'Ut.
Senitor StowartvVH'dlcts the election of a
populist president .iij Ib'Jil Hut Geaeial
Weaver is ahead of him Weaver piedlctoil
the s imo thing for ibp.
KvScnntor Ingalfs"fs now wealing "hand-
ino-doivn" clothes ot ho cheapest vailoty ,
and western editor ai'o at a loss to dccldi
whether ho Is coin ting notoiioti or ob
scurity. , ,
Mr. MeGraw , who , was driving a hobtai
car ill San Fianeisco sixteen .vcais ago , is to
ilaj goveinor-cleot < rf thu state of Washing
ton. This should Ijo warning \ to all bobtai
Hush sockets. , j
ConBicssimm TouV.lohnson of Ohio i1
alwajH icady for n Iglit whim any ono calls
htm "Thomas" Tom is the piopjr name
givou to him by Ills ttiotisoist | and ho doesn't
want It lengthened Uyhny over-polite fiiutid
, lulreKhcpaid ( ( , tlW'iiowly-appointod ' chlo ]
Justice of thoHupuiuuiiomtuf Noith C.ito
Una , said to bu the youngest man who uvoi
held that posltioh.ilw-'au business life us u
tole iaph operator In Washington , D , U.
J. Montgomery Sc.liA , the ilthcst man Ii
Boston , toputcd to bo \ \ brtnbout \ $10,000 ,
000 , has been doing bcivicii on the suporloi
civil court Juiy of Suffolk county , and wll
tcculvu f-Sl and Oil i cuts inilcago for hi :
tvventy.seveil dajs' woik.
General Patiick A. Collins of Mutisachu
setts , who had been rcpoi ted as a piohabh
recipient of ono of Mr , Cleveland's cabin is
api > olutmuiits until ho announced th it hi
would accept none , would bo some thin ? o
an ox pel t in such a. position , Ho K'h'ua lift
us a cabinet nmUcr.
Hugh C. Wallace , who Is talked of us tin
Pacltio coast lepiostmtatlvo la Mr. Clove
land's cabinet , U a joung Mlssourlan win
husattiiinud tricut success in the farwes
m politics aud business. Hu gained iiatkmu
prominence during1 thoiccent campaign u
the "rainbow chaser" of thu r"ar West
The national committee brought him te Kov
Yoik to take chaigo of the fusion moveuicn
in the states west of the Missouri river , am
while nolxxly crlotiih expected nty results
from his work , ho inntmttcd to tnko cnonch
electoral wtes from Mr Ilnrrison In the
western states to offset the loss In Indiana
and Now * .Jersey , Mr Wallace Is the Young
est member of the dcmoi ratic national com
mittee , mid Is .something ot an orator
Captain Samuel llnirou.au ev-ofllccrnf the
confederate nnvj , who died at Norfolk n few
dajs n o at the ago of 07 vcars. was founcrlv
a tnptnln In the fiiltctt States uavj Ho
was appointed a midshipman In IT,1 , and nt-
t lined thd rank of captain In KVi lie ten
dered his rcslitnnttu.i wlicn the civil war be-
R n , to enter the confcdciato service , but
was dismissed b.v I'rcsldent Lincoln , May IX' ,
1SOI. He attained tlio rank of commodore In
the confederate nav.v , and commanded nt
rott Hattcras when that stronghold was
captmcd h.\ the union forces in August , 18U ( ,
Captain llatron was a son of Ciptiiln Sam
uel Uarron , ono of the llrst ofllecrs of the
uav\ , who commanded a squadron sent
against Tripoli la tbOV aud who died in 1810
.V77/W.I.S/O.I .I.M . > / ; / ( IS/f.tAs.
Creditors of . I. TJ Alberstndt of Hooper
inoiitn his dup irtnro for pirts unknown
Cieto citizens have oted to bond the citv
for the piirKiso | of purchasing the wator-
woiks plant ,
W O. Ha\ford an old-limn loslilent of
Nance count.v . died recently near Spokane ,
Wash. , of ihcumatlini of the heart
The Kcai noj Plow company has nude the
citizens of Oenoa a proposition to locate a
blanch factoiv , if the site and ftOO in cash is
donated as a bonus
The Plattsmoulh Herald has suspended Its
dail\ issue and will onlnppeir as a weekly
heicaftcr IMltor Knott announced that the
patronage wasn't sufficient
Charles Stioup of Ponea isn't leading vor
much nowiulavs His gun exploded while ho
was out himthii ; and tilled hso\cs ! with
powder Ills sight will pi-ohihl.v bo sued.
While how Hit ? drunk Piof Votfgxvelu of
Tali niont attempted to kill his wife b.v stab
bing her with a butcher knife , but she es
caped from his , clutches without serious in-
Jm.v
'HtnlatoMrs Kllza Slociini of Nebraska
Cltv left all her money , after her funeral
expenses were paid , to the Uoorgunbod
Church of Jesus Clulst and hatter Oav
Saints
The body of Plilliuder Colllngham. who
committed suicide at Yotk , while being
taken to HoUhcge , fell fiom the iilatfoim of
the baggage car ncai Hastings and no ttaco of
It can bo found. His believed ghouls have
stolen It
George Holland , a well known hotel man
of lied Cloud , leeched a picscnt of n B dn\-
old baby dining the holldnv. week The In
fant was deposited in a box and placed in
Mr Holland's hotel con Idot , hut the paitj
who left the child failed to leave a caul
rtank Pmcell of Table Hoik , about 20
.vc.iis of ago , in attempting to jump fiouia
moving tialn at Humholt , fell in a cattle
RU ud , and , in older to s ivo his head , threw
his foot under the wheel It was ctushed so
that uinptit.it ion was mvcssu.v He cannot
be moved to his fathers house for some time.
S\van Nelson of Ceiesco is about to havoa
lively row on his hands Suit for seduction ,
bicach of promise and ? 10 000 damages Iwve
been commenced airaliist him. He was en
gaged to the pl.ilntifl who was stH in
b\\edcn. After she came over to mail v him
ho changed his mind and was man led to
another gul.
ciUHiiT i . .sii.v ; > / . / ; ; : .
St. l.otiK Vicllins of u 'Mlnlin ; Slitirk Cuuso
Ills Airi-Ht.
ST. Lot is , Mo , Jan. ! 1 By the airest
today of William Whalen , while at the
I icledo hotel in this city , some 107 victims
of ono of the most stupendous mining frauds
ofieccnt jeusgot hold of the author of
their undoing.
In 18b9 Whuleii , who was the icportcd
owner of a mine called the St Peter , in the
Antelope disti let , came to this city , aud bv
the aid of n smooth tongue and
appaiently of good icfcicncos , he
succeeded in placing among some 107 poisons
uc.nl v 7r > ( )0 ) shuies of stock m lots rang
ing Hoiu 500 sbaiesdownwaid. Among bis
victims are Dr. T. J. Laitr , P. J. Fox , Father
M. F. Biennan of St. Lawienco O'Toole's '
chinch ; rather Dillon , Dr. nnglodo and
dozens of otheis To keep up appearances
until he had sucked the town dry , Whalen
had paid out some 05,000 asdiv idends on tlio
stock sold. At length suspicion cicpt in and
one stockholder It id Whalen aricsted , but a
compiomisc v\ns i cached and Whalen left
tow n bcfoie others could get hold of him. Tlio
stock fell II it and of a holding of a face
value of $700,000 the stockholders had left
only punted ceitilicates Some few got out
with n few dollais left , among them Dr.
Lut7. who sued s-73 fiom an investment of
J,000 A dav or two since Whalen i etui tied
to the city. Lutz , leaining of this , caused
his auest and now the victims will have
their inning. It isgenerallv undcistood that
\Vlialen netted something like ? 300 , < XX ) in the
deal.
St.iiiilMnl Oil OMUllIs.
NEW Yoitic , .Inn it At a meeting of the
stockholders of the Stamlaid Oil company
today the following diiectors wcie elected :
William Rockefeller , J. D. Rockefeller , P. M.
Flagler , .T. B Arclibold , II II Uoprors , W. T
Ttlfoid , Paul Babcock , jr . C. M. Piatt and
A M McGicgor.
Subsequently the following ofllceis were
electedPicsidcnt , William Rockefeller ;
vice piesideut , John D. Aichbold ; ticasuier ,
W. 1. Wardovollo ; sccrctaiy , Ij D Claikc.
The onlv change in the list of ducctois is
A. M McGiegorvlio is a new member of
the bond.
ini : sour or nir.
I'lilladolplila Tlnu'1'iopcily : sjicaKIn , ; , .1
( lilnklnu sons should be gurgled.
Somciillo.7iiuinal - In splloof nioiloin Im-
ptiiMiincnN , It still takes tiniivcruso joiuu
limn a long llino to put on a piuttj cuitslu'-i
sK ui's.
T < onls\tllo Com lei-Iiiinnnli Oppoiltlon to
tlm whlsUj ( i list continues to set 'cmlp ,
-iso Intel OCCMII : A poker plavet Is
tli ulllln to liu icdncc'U ti
I'lilliiilclphla liccoul : UnfoiUin.itrlj fnt HID
, all tbu "fullc'is" " "
unlvi'isltliis with "locks" am
not ttiickcfcllui-s.
lloston Ololie : The Icy Kconniy about Nl-
IIRMI.I non Is stild to bu thuKiaiulcst In a dc-
cado , All llio v Iolluiaio ROIIO ovci tlio falls ,
Tiuth : "Pho bravest the toiulcicst ate , "
anil with tills end Inluw thtioplciiiusi < li > utx a
uauloi golililnt wbpti chooslni ; u tiiilu > y foi
lilsiiun eating.
Chicago Tilbunii : Nlppi'ii I tell you , tuvo-
lilt lOHS IHIUII'L'O lUI-k\Mlll'
Tuck That H all bosh. 'Iliu lavnUIni ; years
liuvu brought thlsold dic-.scontof nilnu into
fatblon si\un tlnuis slncn I Ihtt gul U.
AyashhiRlon Ptai : "Tbi'su fullerlalUIn' '
'bonl ilei bits whUltv tins ) iiitikes nut Hied , "
Mild Meandoi Ing Mullliis. "lies tiled It on at
dm saloon titdo coiner anal leculvcil con-
clnslv o uv Idunco dut dot uln't no such thing ! '
I'oil ; Jiilin I , , hitlllvun'ti fill-
nii'iit N rapidly MmnicrliiR down lo a pluli
cuiu of fatty dugunuratlon of tbu liiiuglnutlon
I.lfo : "l'\oent a tiii un-tlpd child , doctor
CiuianytbliiK bo ilona fet It ! "
"Hoy of slrlf"
"Hill. "
Hiiinpli ! I think > oh'd hotter not Intuifuic
with thu wotkhiKsot I'lovldcncu , in.i'am. "
Till , \MSTMI OII1I.
I'ltc ! , .
falio wonna fur colltii 'way up to her nose ,
And the fur n urn's most don
To thu hum of hut KUI ;
Hut llio font-prints him luacs la the cold win-
tui siiuwrt
Illvo tlio loolini-on lilims
At tlio thought "f tliln shoudl
o
.1/1' lltK.llr-
\\'ilttcnf \ \ < tliclter.
I want nixhtkn nut lionon-d curl ,
No li viuind coinoly Knlulit :
Isanl I a man who'll tend the Move ,
And thu l.llchun Ihci
1ant 1 Hollaring wurilor
I In foui wlio-ti h ord ini'ii full ;
1 want a timid , little man
Who'll iitHvrur to mj call ,
I want no lordly bankur
\ \ Hli uculth on land and M < a :
I wunl'ii niuii whiiscihoaiilliii- !
Shall la my kcuplng bu ,
I want no ImiiiUomo , liillllant man
\yiiuiu n'liuico thu hcait can limit
I want u man MI iin'ly
Tlmt nonu " 111 ullh hlmlllrt.
I want no mail of luiu nliii , ' ,
Of Iliu inc'iitul. vutit and hluli !
1 want a mini lm knowH and fccH
liu known much loss than 1.
UKSSIK Uinaixs ,
Grand Inland , Nub ,
CHAIRMAN CARTER'S ' VIEWS
IIo Thinks tlio Democrats Will Secure
Control of the Souato.
FUSION VERY LIKELY TO SUCCEED
Itrpulillrnti * DII Nut < 'nro In Kntrr Into Any
Com | > riimlliig Atllnnin ltli linloirud- |
In < ' < nir ' Prohittiln
of rcnilliiK Conlrst * .
SCITOV VlrnvvoF Tun Hr.n , )
fil ! ] I'"ot HTI r.S'Tlt SlHVBf , >
WASIIINOTOV , DO , > lan n )
Chahtmn Gaiter of the republican na
tional committee , who has been in the clt.v
a couple of dajs and who has given the sub
ject caicful attention , gives It us his opinion
that the democrats , aided by the
populists , wilt wtc3t llio orginl/atlon of
the senate from the hands of the
iepnbllcanso.il h in Maich He does not
share the belief of Senator Wai rcn of W.v o-
inltig , Senator Pulton of California mid Sou-
tor Peiklns of Katis is aud other bcnatois
'roni ' nmthwesteru states that their legis-
aturcs Will ho able to i etui it topuhlicaiis to
ho United States sen ito to SUCH cod these
vhoso tcnns will expire with this session
10 abimlous Montana complete ! ) to the
Icmoci.its and has so cntiicly given up the
uipo of a icpublicati senator from that slate
hat he denies ever having been a candidate
o succeed Sen itor Sanduis ,
InWjomlng.ind ICausts ho thinks that
ho populists and democrats will join In
electing populist senators , and that all of
hem will vote with the democtats In icor-
g.iuiring the sen ito next March
So far as Wjomlng Is concetiied Senator
Wan on does not agteo w Ith Mr Carter and
\illleavoWashlngton tomoirow for Chey
enne with a view of looking after his inter
ests hcfoio the legislature. Ho behoves
that ho will ho re elected , novel thuless the
otivlctioti Is gio\ving that tlio sen Ho will be
corganlrcd and controlled bv n fusion be-
, wocn the democrats and populists.
llrpiirts ttntlior Coiilllrtlng.
The telegi-aphtc icpoits of the political
ontrol of the legislutmcs In the doubtful
wcstein states arc so confusing and cou-
liadictoi.N as to mal > c it evident that the
luestlou of control of the United States
senate depends upon the amount of money
that the inunagcis of the national demo-
ciatic p.utv aio willing to spend for the
ui/o Itlsst notoi tons fact in W.isliington
.hut mine th m ono scnatoiship in these
doubtful states ib vvHhhi the possibility of
pmchase of the dcmociatic paitj Thcie is
a gcneial feeling among the icpublican
nicmbcis of llio senate agrinst seeming the
control of thooiganlAition of the bcnato b.v
mj comptoiiiislng alliance with its populist
members
It is accepted as pi oh ihlo that several con
tested election cases will ausoont of the
condition of ntTaiis in the doubtful westcin
states Should that happen the organi/ation
of the senate would ho for some time in
loubt , pending the investigation of these con
tests in committee ami their discussion on
the lloor. This question of contested elec
tion cases in the senate will bo discussed at
the next meeting of the national icpublican
committee. Mr. Carter w ill go to New Yoik
toinoirov , and will thcro consult with Son-
atois Miller , Platt , Chauncey Dupew , Sen
ator Hiscock mid other prominent icpuh-
lic.ms.
illrrcl ) n Ulptnmntlc Mo o.
The statement of Mr. McCrecry of Ken
tucky , one of the Ainei lean delegates to the
international monetary conference at Bius-
sels , tint all of the Ainciican delegates
* \ould icsign in older that Mr. Cleveland
might feel at hbcity to appoint a new set ot
delegates to represent hisviews
on silver when tlio confeicnco meets
again noi.t May , Is icgaidcd heio
as a diplomatic method to bo employed by
the Ameucan delegates for taking no fuither
p.ut in the confciencn. Mr. Cleveland's
views on silver coinage aic so similar to Mr.
Huiuson's that the delegates selected by the
latter would no doubt bo peifectly acceptable
to Mi. Cleveland. The moio change ot poll-
tics of the incoming adminibtiation should
make no dllTeicnie since Piesident Haiiibon
when ho apiwinted the pie&ent delegates
selected them sololj with a view to their
abtlitj and their view of the silver riucstion ,
11 i espectivo of politics.
An\luii8 t rroatoTroullp.
Uopicscntative Owen Scott of Illinois has
framed a lesolution which ho thinks will
cieate tioithlo aud vvheioby ho hojies to
piovo that the ticasuiy of the United States
is in an unhealthy condition In his resolu
tion , which he will uilioduce in the
house when congicss icasseinbles to-
inouow , Mr. Scott will cull upon
the secretary of the treasury to
explain the "loinissnuss" of the supervising
nictated in not pushiug the construction of
new buildings for which congress has inado
uecessasy uppropiiations. The lesolution
will aver that within the pist twojeaiscou-
giess 1ms ordered the election of about sev
enty-live now fedcial buildings in diffoicnt
parts of the counliy Df thcbc. Mr Scott
claims , the tre isuii has absolutely neglected
to take ani htops whatever in icgard to
foi t.vseven . , that in cabo of some ilftccn the
sites only have been selected , and that in
the case of only ten has the department
shown buniclent inteicst to vvaiiantrtho let-
ling of contracts
Mr Scott will take the giound that Sec re-
taiy Fo tci s icason for not pushing the
woik on all the public buildings is the ab
sence of the necessary monny and the font
tlmt should the money appropriated by con-
bo pild out there would bo a startllnf
Sress In the treasury
Secretary lister's answer to the. resolu
tlon will noloubt bo ns short ns it will b <
business like. The fact Is tliero have l eei
under Piv iilent Harilstitt about thrco thtiei
ns many public IrUldlngs provided for an
begun ns before grunted iiitderMr Cleveland
The ofllco fotvu ot the supervising nrchltecl
lias not been Increased and It Is overworked
In addition to Its other manifold work much
of its t Into has ben occupied pieparlnp
elaborate details of the gov eminent exhibit
at Chicago ,
World's I'nlr
Thcro ni-o a'lout llilrlv car loads of govern
ment exhibits for the World's fair ready to
go to I'hlcago. Ono ear Is devoted to the
state dcpirtmcnt and contains an enormous
nmoutit of mateil'il collected by the l/itln-
American hut can to Illustrate I ho reciprocity
between the United States and South Atno.rU
c.tticouiitilos , Tliero aroneail.v twenty tons of
samples of various poods used in southern
cotmttles These nro put up lit packages
which will readily In form American mer
chants hov , goods should lw packed In onlor
to secure shipment over the mountain roads
and primitive iransportatloii routes ot South
aud renjral Amr-i lean countilcH. 'Ihotiioio
Milttiblo exhibits of the state department.
including the hlstotlc tuaiiuscilpts , vvlll
not ho shipped until the exposition is alnuit
to open 'I no agi [ cultural and the interior
< lep 11 f.ucnls also have inaiij car loads ready
to ship.
MNrt'llitiienit * .
H is prolnblo that the D.-ulwood National
batik of Rapid Clt.v. S D , will go into the
hands of a icceiver It has heen for sonic
weeks and It is now In the hands of a hink
examiner The dhectoi shave been hustling
forsomo dnvh to ralso sutllclcnt cash to place
the Institution on It feet again hut they
don't appear to ho succeeding \ctv well.
The compti oiler of the cuncncy Ills ho-
llovcd , w 111 place the bank In the hands of a
iccelver within a fewday i , and suicly will
unless the capital is made good
Clua C. lla.vs , who was appointed post
master at Corbctt , Wjo , declines to qualify
unless she h Kivcncleilcal assistance Ills
not nt all likely th it her demands v111 bo
compiled with , and thus Coihett may bo
without a postmaster for some time , vot.
James Kllme , postmaster at Miners De
light. Krcnumt county , W.\o , has to notify
the Postonko department bvlio that ho
has icslgnwl and tinned over the onico and
elTccts to his Ikitulsmcn. The omco pays
SUhO. No icason for the sunimary action Is
given , but it is ptcsumed that ho is either : \
a member of the legislature or intends to
take ofllco under th it body Ho cannot
qntllfy in that capiclty , of com so , till ho
is iclcased as postmaster , aud ho w ill not ho
rclc.ibcd simplj upon icqucst without nam
ing lea sons
Todiy Assistant Sceretaiy Chandler af-
fiimed the decision ot the loimnlsslonur In
the homestead case of L.vdl i Tciuplo against
Andicw D llnjd , fiom Rapid Cltj , S D ,
canceling the entry
The Fust National b mk of Malvcin , la.
will be chaitoied tomoirow with u capital 01
.1. J. Uusscll of Muscattne , la , Is at the
National. P S H.
Will Dt'fj tliu (5o\orniui'iit.
ST T.OLH , Mo , Jan. 8. Judge 13 Ii Giecn
of Mount Carmcl , 111 , chief justice of the su-
prcino com t of Oklahoma Ten itori , is hero ,
ourouto to Outhrio to hold court.
Speaking ef the opening of the Cherokee
outlet , Judge Ciccn is of the opinion
that if the piescnt congress docs not
open it , the "sooncrs" me likely to give the
government no little tioublc. Retelling to
the situation ho said : "Thcto.no hundieds
of emigrants camped on the bolder now , and
if the present congiess docs not open up the
outlet , which consists of something like
0,000,000 acres of the best land in the United
States , the people will bo liable to take it by
main force. "
Some Very lilt h Onirt/ .
STOCKTON , Gal. , .Ian. 3. Discovery lias
been made in the Unica mine at Angeles ,
Calaveias county , ot u pocket so lich that tv
twenty-eight pound piece of rock jlolded
sixteen pounds of gold ; another piece weigh
ing five pounds held tluco pounds Tlio
inincia sayit is the most valuable iind known
in that lich section. 'Iho mine is .1 steady
pioducer.
i to r.n it a Tombstdiio ,
CniCAOo , 111. , Jan. 3 Judge Kohlsatt gave
the executor of the estate of Attoinoy
GcSigo R Giant pcuiiission to erect a tomb
stone ov er the grav e of the dead la wj or. Ho
loft an estate valued at about i ! ! 00,000 , and
thopioposcd tombstone is to cost but $85.
The order iccalls the singular death ot Law-
jcr Giant i eccntly , while on a hunting til"
up north. _ v
Somcivlllc JUKI not.
i.
Slio'H just .1 lllit , aiwy coquette.
As he ulli-ss as slii ) H haniihig.
It pleases her If Him can get
A man untaiiglc-d hi hur nut
Of witching , \\astlng \ \ Hi's , mid yet
She has no thought of hatming.
ii.
She peoms as Innocent of pullo
As any s-ilnt ly Quaker ;
And jet hliuhiuiKs moil with hoi smile ,
And plnvs with their de-spilt u whlli- ,
Then thuittK them olT , In Mich a style ,
I'd llliu to bhuko hoi !
Yes , sho'ria ( Hit , and j on can giicsi
Justhon hci conduct stiIkes mo ,
And 3 ol Mich witching loxcllncss
AH hors was niu.int , I'm HHIC , to hluss ,
And not to hat m , and I'll confess
At times I think Mio likes mo.
& GO.
Largest ManufiiotnroH and Hotillon
i hi tuo World.
Tail End
Is not always the best to get attached to , for
you are liable to need
want
to let go. That's our
flx now. The tail end
of ' 92 found us with
many tail ends of
stock to dispose of.
Tuesday wo * boginto
lot go and wan t a
whole lot of people to
help us. We'll pay 'em all for their assistance.
The boys' suits and overcoats and the same habili
ments for the men will all get a slice taken off the
price. The slice we take off will bo given to these
who help us let go the tail ends.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Sloio open tUturilay every tlllBiJU. evontn : tlll'J. S , YCor / , 16th and Douglas St
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