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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 4, 1893)
THE OMATTA DAILY BEE : , SATURDAY , PEIHlirAHY ] . 1803 , T 1 1 K HA II j V 'B Elfl _ K HOtM-iVvATlcit , tollior. _ ) 't Itl.lKilK ! ) KVKUV MOltN'INO. UK f t : Unlly lire ( without PunilayiOno Vcnr. . I 8 00 lliillv nnd Sunday , Onu Year . 1" JKJ Hit Months . f > "Jj Thrt-0 Mnntli . . . J > f < J > Hunilnv llci * . Oito Yi-nr . ? { ? } ' Pniiinlnv lli-i > . Om > Vcnr . } pjj Weekly lice , UMO Vcnr . 1 ° ° OITIfKS. Oii.ntm , The Hoc llnllilliis. Hotilli Onmlia , roinrr N mill 20th Streets. t inindl Illuir * . 12 IVurl Street. riileinroOnire. ! 117 rhntnber of Coininorco. New Vorfc , MINIUM 13. 14 nnd 10 , Tribune Ilulltllnir. Washington. M3 Toiirlccnth Htroot COKItiai'ONDKNOE. ' All rntmminlentlmii nihillna to nnws nnrt rdltoilnl tnnltcr should bo addressed to the Dlllurlnl Dep.irtmunt. IIIJSINKSS I.irrTEUS. All business loiters nnd remittances should iH-nddrewcl tn'l'lici Ilco Publishing Coinpnny , Oiiuilm. Dnifls , cticcks mitt lioslolllco orders In bn rnnde payable to tlio order of the com- Ii.iny. THE nKK PUIJUSHING COMPANY. KWOKN HTATKMKNT UV OIHUULATION Ktate nf NebnisK'a , I County of PotiRlrxfi. f ( Jporcn H. IVx'liurlc , crrrlnrynf Tun nr.K I'lilillshliinrmniKHiy , dor1 * solemnly swcur tlmt ihoiiclimlrlieuliitfon of Tun lAtrv HUB for Ihoweek ending January 28 , 1BQ3 , was ns follows : Humlny , .Innunry 22 . " 20,002 Mondny. .liinunry ai : 2H.777 Tuesday. .Innunry 21 2.1,024 Wednesday , .Imimiry 25 23,883 Thursday , Jnniinrv'JO 23,0fi9 Friday. Jfintmry 27 23,007 Haturdny. JuniiuryJS 24,300 UKOKUK II. T7.SCIIUOK. Sworn to be fore IMP mid Mibserlbud In my jri"-oiico this 2Uth day of .liininiry , 1803. 'Si-illJ ' N. K KKII/ , Notary 1'ubllc. .Averugn < 'irriitittliii for Dcrcnilicr , TUB south Is keeping up its record of Ivnuhlnfj.s. The law has littles chance In that section or the country. THE National Live Stock exchange delegates are welcome guests In Omaha. This city has interests in common with them. A Sioux Cli'Y grand jury 1ms disposed of the Sundny Sim blackmailers after the Omiihu stylo. It won't do that town hurm. any _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ TUB advice of Colonel McClure to tlio Irish home rulers is , "First get the best Lome rule possible , then ask for moro. " That is the ( JhuMono plan. A GKOKGIA colored woman over 70 years of ago lias just commenced going to school. She is at least setting a good example for some of her white neigh bors. COLortAUO will spend $100,000 on hoi- World's ' fair exhibit , the governor hav ing signed the bill appropriating that amount. It is a little bill , but there is time enough yet to do a great deal of work. AN KX-SLAVK at Fort Bend. , Tex. , owns 1,000 aercs of land under cultiva tion. IIo is rich and Imj enough to do without pursuing the popular Texas pastime of going gunning after his neighbors. THE citizens of Denver think that there is no reason why insurance rates in that city should bo four times as high as they are in Boston. Considering the reputation that Boston has recently imulo in lire losses , this is a reasonable view. TUB declaration of the parliamentary Kecretary for the foreign ofllco that the lives and property of British subjects in Hawaii are eafo under American pro tection without sending warships to protect them , is perfectly sound and bcnsiblo. DKS MOINICS has UOOO telephones in operation at10 a year. Omaha has 3,800 telephones in use at SCO a year. Omaha has nearly twice as many as DCS Koines , yet she Is paying 50 per cent jnoro than DCS Moincs. Why can't Omaha have as low telephone rates as DCS Moincs ? OMAHA'S trade , like that of other northern cities , eulTored to some extent through the severe cold of the last few days , yet the report of the clearing liooso , as furnished by Jintdstrccfs , for 1 ho week ending February 2. shows an increase of 21.5 per cent over the same week of last year , and a volume of more than a million a day. AccoiipiNO to the president of the telephone- company two telephone com panies cannot exist on a paying basis in Omaha. If that bo true competition can not bo maintained , and therefore the telephone system must be considered a monopoly. If this bo true the only way to got reasonable- rates is by limiting the telephone charges by law. A CONTJNUKD Increase- the output of the northwestern Hour mills is re ported , and yet the Hour markut remains dull. The output exceeds the orders and the stock of Hour is increasing. At this rate the time may soon como when the poor man can buy a sack of Hour at ti price proportionate to its actual cost upon the basis of the present value of wheat AN AWFUL crime was expiated by the negro who was roasted alive by a mob at Paris , Tox. , but the people who inflicted the horrible punishment lowered thorn- Bolvos to the level of the Hond whom they wreaked their vengeance upon. The whole affair was essentially savage and cruel. The victim of the mob was , it is truo. a lliuil in human form , but what can bo said of thoio who roasted him to dotitji by inches ? Lord Tennyson will not have n successor ns laureate after all. Mr. Gladstone says that ho hiw no inte.ition of recommending the queen to appoint a poet laureate , and If ho does not the place will remain vacant as long as ho is in power. Upon the whole it would bo as well if Tennyson's immo wore per mitted to bo the last upon the long roll of laureates. Ho honored the olllco as no living English pool could do. TUB tory press of Canada warns Gold- win Smith that if ho persists in his an nexation agitation ho may involve the United States and Great Britian in one of the bloodiest wars in their histories. The Canadian torles ought to know that the British government is not spoiling for a bloody war with this country , The talk of bloodshed Is all on their part nnd amounts to nothing. This government is utterly IndllToront lu the matter. IHIltOATtON IN NKHItASKA The growing Interest In irrigation among the farmorn of Nobruikn , and particularly among those of the western part of the state , has found expression In a bill introduced In the legislature 1 > y Senator Darner of the Thirtieth norm- tortul district , This measure Is based upon the systems of Irrigation that have boon adopted by Colorado , Wyoming and California , and embraced what are dee mod the best features of each. It provides that the state shall bo divided into two water districts , the division line being the Platte river ; that two superintendents , one1 for each division , and a fatato engineer , shall bo appointed by the govornort and that they shall constitute n board of control , which shall have general supervision of the various water companies ; that the engi neer shall make surveys and determine the location of the canals ; tlmt Irriga tion districts shall be organl'/.o-l upon the system in operation in California , the people forming the district to re ceive permission from the board of con trol , and no district to bo organized for irrigation except upon an nIHrnuitivo popular vote. Those are the salient features of the measure without the details. As to the need of an etlectivo system of irrigation , by which thousands of acreof ) arid land in the western and southwestern portions tions of Nebraska may bo made produc tive , there can bo no question whatever. ICntisis and North and South Dakota adopted state irrigation systems two years a/jo , and Wyoming , with a popula tion that is insignificant in comparison with that of Nebraska , has practiced a similar plan for several years , with the most satisfactory results. Tlio irri gated area of the state in 1839 amounted to only 12,000 , acres , while that of Colorado aggregated ! X ) ' ) , < )00 ) acres , and that of California 1,003,000 acres. Tlio value of the system as oper ated in the two states last named has boon established beyond question. It has contributed enormously to their wealth , making vast regions of terri tory productive which had before been practically worthless for agricultural purposes. Even in Wyoming , where tljo number of farmers is comparatively Hinull , there are now 2tO,000 ; , acres of land under irrigation. A correspondent of THE Bun suggests , as a means of ( inducing the farmers of Nebraska to engage in the artificial watering of lands on their own account , that the legislature ( appropriate a fund to bo paid out in premiums to farmers for the be.st specimens nud largest yields per acre of grains , grasses and vegetables on irrigated lands. This might stimu late tlio agriculturists of the state to special olTort , but it is already perfectly clear that irrigation pays and tlmt only by moans of artificial watering can the pursuit of agriculture be inado uniformly profitable in that portion of the state which is classed as arid. The drouth of two years ago and the disastrous effects which it pro duced sullioiently demonstrated this. A thorough system of irrigation in the region where the lack of rain was most felt would then have saved thousands of farmers from distress and would have added greatly to the wealth of the state. There is an abundance of water in Ne braska for irrigation and only enter prise is needed to apply it to this use. OUU UAffAlllAX HKttATlOXS. There is reason to believe that im portant changes in both our commercial and political relations with Canada nro imminent , and in view of this the special message sent to congress by President Harrison , dealing with the privileges now accorded by this govern ment to Canadian transportation lines and suggesting a modification of the policy now pursued , is significant. It has been lung known that the president was not favorable to continuing as at present the system under which the Canadian railroads enjoy peculiar advantages in comi'etltion with Amoricun lines. Ho used very plain and positive language on the subject in his last annual message. Having pre sented figures to show that the value of goods transported between different points in the United States across Canadian territory probably amounts to $100,000,000 , the president said If the course of the Canadian government toward the United Slato.s was to con tinue it was time for this country to con sider whether our interchanges upon lines of land transportation should not bo put upon a dlffaruiit basis. "Wo should withdraw , " said the president , "tho support which is given to the railroads and steamship lines of Canada by a trallic that properly belongs to us , and no longer furnish the earnings which lighten the otherwise crushing weight of the enormous public subsidies that have boon given to them. " IIo sug gested that a modification or abrogation of the article of the treaty of Washing ton relating to the transit of goods in bond might IK ) involved in any complete solution of the quastlon. This matter receives very thorough consideration in the special message sent to congress Thursday , and it is not to bo doubted that the conclusions reached by the president will be widely concurred in. Ho believes the article of the treaty under which concessions have been made to the Canadian railroads has boon abrogated , but in any event the whole , - matter of bonding merchandise passing from one place in the United States to another , through Canada , and the treat ment of the sealed cars containing wueh merchandise on their arrival at our border , is subject to our laws. The president thinks that the practice-of allowing sealed cars to bo de livered at places not a port , and their delivery to the owner or consignee to bo opened without the supervision of a revenue olllcer , is incon sistent with the safety of the revenue. Treasury regulations have given to the statutes relating to the transportation of merchandise between the United States and British possessions a con struction and dope ml uintomnluted by congress , and the president thinks these laws should bo revised and "a policy adapted to the now conditions , growing , in part , out of the construction of the Canadian Pacillo railroad , should bo declared , and the business placed upon a basis moro just to our people and to our transportation companies. " In the opinion of the pres ident we cannot In fairness eantlnui' the policy of Htipai-vlnlng rates nnd requir ing that tluiy Miull bo equal nud reason able upon the railroads of the United States nnd nt the same time give these unusual facilities for competition to Canadian roads that are free to pursue the practices as to cut rates and favored rates that wo condemn and punish if practiced by our own railroads. No one will question that the presi dent has reached these conclusions ns the result of n careful , conscientious nnd unprejudiced consideration of the whole subject. IIo does not recom mend any extreme measure ? , but simply that the foreign corporations shallbj subjected , so fat1 as their business in this country is concerned , to our laws. IIo does not propose that Iho competition of Canadian railroads , which n very largo number of our poaplo believe to bo im portant to their interest. * , shall bo dc- stroyr-d , but merely that It shah bo regu lated , so far us it may bo practicable to do this. The president's message will renew general discussion of this subject , which is certainly of commanding in terest , but there is no probability that any thing will b3 done regarding it by the present congress. mtlKXDl. \ ' SKXTIMRX't The statement of Sir Edward Gray , pnrliuincutary secretary for the British foreign olllcc , Unit us at present advised the government did not Intent ! to send warship.- llnhnlulu , considering that the lives mid property of British sub jects in Hawaii ari- safe under American protection , is at least reassuring. Of course it is quito possible that this answer to the inquiry as to what tlio government intended to do in the Hawaiian matter was dictated by diplomatic considerations , but whether the statement bo regarded as an unreserved expression oi-.not there can bo no mistake in viewing it as indi cating a friendly spirit. Hut the Brit ish government ought to kirjw fully what the desire of the provisional government of Hawaii is ; that It seeks annexation of the Sandwich islands to the United States , and that a commission to negoti ate for that object is now in Washington. The British government is also , it is pre sumed , fully informed as to the fooling in this country. Having this knowledge , although of an unoilli > lal character , it .would seem that if there was any intention to antagonize efforts to an nex Hawaii to the United States there would have been some intimation of such a purpose in Sir Edward ( Jray's statement. His language , however , is unqualified and there is no suggestion that anything was held in reserve. Accepting the statement as a straight forward expression of the attitude of the British government , it would Hcom safe to conclude that the United States has nothing to apprehend from that quarter in opposition to any plan which this country may finally decide upon in con nection with the Hawaiian islands. This , of course , is entirely contrary to the gen eral expectation. It was supposed that England would make haste to enter a vigorous protest against any assumption of authority on the part of the United States in Hawaii , and would back it up with a display of 'force at Honolulu. The excited eomimnts of the English press upon the situation , presumed to voice the sentiment in government cir cles , warranted this impression. It'is somewhat surprising , therefore , to find a member of the British government authoritatively announcing that the government has no fear of danger to B.'itish interests in Hawaii and contemplates no stops to interfere with what has been done there on the part of the United States. It is not difficult to understand why tlio British government should wish to avoid any serious complications with this country regarding the future of Hawaii , but it would ba a radical do- , parturo from its traditional policy to permit those islands to pass under the control of the United States without making any sort of hostile demonstra tion. If it should appeal- , after later developments in this rriatter , that the British government is not disposed to make any serious trouble , the effect of tlio discovery would undoubtedly bo to strengthen the annexation sentiment hero , since no interference is likely from any other country. , Two DEVICES have lately been in vented , one by a Cleveland and the other by a Jljoho.stor man , to prevent pedes trians from being run over by motorcars. Neither has boon sufficiently tested to determine its practical value , ' but the plan of the Rochester inventor appears to have decided merit. It is designed to prevent people from getting caught under the forward wheels of the motor , and as it works automatically its success does'not depend upon the vigilance of tlio motormiui. But neither of these devices can bo expected to fully meet the require ments for effective safeguards against street car accidents. By far the greater number of people injured or killed by the street ca'-s ' are thrown under the wheels while in the act of getting on or off the cars. They fall by the side of the track and thus got under the wheels , when the arrangement for protection in front of the motor would not save thorn. Where two or moro cars are used together this danger is greatly increased - -creased , and the need of some device by which a man may he thrown aside and protected from the l wheels is becoming extremely urgent. ° The long list of such accidents in Omaha . emphasizes this. The street railway companies should not allow the matter to rest until this pressing need has been met , as no doubt it can ba when proper attention is given to the subject. A COPY of the Hawaiian Guzcttc ro- colvcd at this olllco is brim full of the incidents of the revolution. Its editorials recall the days of the rebellion. Hero is n sample : "The country was in n state of revolution last Saturday afternoon. It is in a state of revolution still. The queen has not abandoned her Intention to abrogate the constitution. She has only deferred It. Her last words , uttered to the cabinet , the judgoa of the supreme court , to members of the court and of the legislature , expressed her deliberate will to override in 'a few days' the la\v which secures the rights and guarantees the liberties of all of us. To the people assembled bjfore the pnlnco aim elmphvlned of the perfidy of her inliilHtoSfjuJflind told thorn that she would glvtn. them the constitution she had promlm-M n't the earliest oppor tunity. How loiij ? to ' , , fow. days ; " When will 'Iho ourllestn > pporUinlty ( arrive ? Is It to bo this uftoFnljbn or tonight , or will the readers of tills paper this mornlifg Hud the city iiln'fldj In the hands of law breakers , the eoffy tuUon sot aside , leadIng - Ing eltl/ens undjw nrrest and the town ' tinder martial , ) w ? Those things may or may not bijulone. What Is cer tain Is , that thoymtj all part and parcel of the deliberately expressed will of the queen , to be executed 'in a few days. ' There is no blinking a situation like this. Its features are unmistakable. It is a condition of anarchy , pure and simI pie. No one can know when the In tended , the openly promised coup will take place. Tlio blow may fall at any day or hour. It Is simply a question of force.1' TllKIti : will doubtle-s bo a good deal of republican dissatisfaction with tlio president's appointment of a successor to the Into Justice Ltuuur , but it Is only fair toconeludo that in this , as in nil of his other judicial appointments , which with a single exception have been com mended by men of all parties , ho acted from a clear and conscientious sense of duty. Although .ludgo Jackson Is known as a democrat in politics , he has been long enough in a judicial position to have become isolated from politi cal Influence , and in the higher position to which ho has been appointed , assuming that ho will lie confirmed , he will 1m still further removed from that influence. There is no question raised as to the ability and the purity of character of Judge Jackson , and as there is no charge that ho has ever allowed politics to influence his judicial course thus far it is only just to assume that if ho goes upon the supreme bench ho will be equally upright there. So far as the political division of the supreme court is concerned it will bo the same with Judge Jackson as a mem ber as it was before the death of Justice Lanmr. ANOTIIKU terrible conspiracy has be-on discovered by an imbecile local contemporary. A very sleek detective has been employed by Uosewater at $0 a day to operate among the hoodjo gang down at Lincoln and endeavor to ferret out bribery and c.irruptdeals with mem bers of the legislature , whom this ter rible man , Konoiytrter , proposes to ex pose in TJIK BEE. .jn the eyes of certain people who can ijcij nothing wrong in buying and selling of legislators , and especially by the oil-room gang and their willing tools , this -may bo very repre hensible. But right'thinking people will scarcely find fault with any man or newspaper that tboks to expose and punish bribery , especially if the detec tives are employcyd ' 'at its own expense. THE BEE- has no' apology to make for employing men to detect scoundrels who are employed t'o { lecoy and corrupt members of the legislature , and it will continue thjij dair eJ'ous practice regard less of expense. I&t the buoillers stand from under * They will hear something drop a little later on. ' " UTllKli I..IM > S fll.lX OV11S. Tlio now Irish home rule bill is both moro anil loss liburul than HID ono of six years ngo. "Imperial , " or , : is wo should say , foil- er.il , questions iiro ilullncil with moro ciro ; ami tlio vote of the Irish members : iml peers at Westminster is rcstrioto.l to those ques tions , but tliolr number there is unchanged. This shuts them out from English ami Scotch local affairs , ami , if the bill passes , renders it extremely probable that very little 1 will bo seen of Irish members in the Ijondon Parliament , except on the Irish laiul 1 ; question. This is kept in control of the English Parliament for five years practically the life of this Parliament , if Mr. Gladstone's majority holds together. The two chiimbsrs of the new Irish legis lature ; uro now , as in 18315 , intended to rep resent one property niul the other popula tion. If those t two chambers disagree u "referendum" is provided to the masses or by population. oTlio oKngllsh ministry re tains : First , an absolute vote on the Irish parliament through the lord lieutenant ; second end , the general oversight over affairs en joyed by a Canadian governor general ; third , command of the Dublin police and Irish con- stabul'iry. These are all limitations more or less deckled on the previous bill. Tlio Eng lish ministry also exercises in Ireland all that wo shoulit consider federal powers , but the revision of state legislation exercised hero by the federal court is , it appears , to bo conducted partly by the veto of the crown or lieutenant governor at Dublin and p.irtly by the judicial commission of the privy coun cil. Ireland gets under this about what the states have here , less police and militia and plus power to interfere with contracts. Judg ing from American experience , the plan wilt not work ; too many points of collision uro loft. * * oAlthough neither the Uonaparttsts , royal ists nor the radicals are by any means free from the Panama canal scandal , the republic ami Its government have alone been held responsible - sponsiblo in public opinion for the bribe-lair ing of officials and deputies as well as for nil the losses of the poor Panama canal stock holders. With a strange want of logic , it has been a ssumoit .tliiit under some other form of governmental monarchy or an em pire such a scandulJoiiIil not havooccurred. The illlTereni-o is thaV under the monarchy , and especially unU r .tlio rotten empire of Napoleon III. , the gop-rnmcnt concealed the systematic corrupClo'iu ) of administration. The republic , on the other hand , has had the courage and pnibity to prosecute the ministers and deputies who have abused their trust. Notwithstanding the Industry of faction in funnlrif ? popular excitement , the crisis which tlLmitencd the republic is passing away. Thii'ljibot ministry has re ceived another vote of. confidence in its firm ness and ability to' ' op3 with tlio factions that are conspiring against republican in stitutions. It is , unfortunately , too true that Paris still exorcists an undue influence over the destinies of Franco. But so long as the departments shalLprovo loyal to tlio ro- imblle President Clnrnol nud hi * ministry will maintain ontur In the capital In the event of an outbreak , ( Jcncrnl Siumler nnd tlio nrmy would umko short work of the mob of ntmrohlsts. Although not an original re publican , Clonoral Saussler Is faithful tiUho government , nnd the terrible memories of the conimuno will penult no dallying with the lawless clement * of Paris. The prospect 's ' that the republic will safely weather the storm. Warned by history , the government will ho surprised neither by n coup d'etat nor by n demonstration of n mob of petroleum stingers. Any future political change In Franco will bo mailo with the consent of the people and by the peaceful operation of the laws. The question relative to a separate eonau- | lar service Is now used only as a pretext by I the Norwegian radicals to create a popular ; agitation against Sweden. It has been formerly explained hero that , though the two Scandinavian countries united under the constitution of 1S1I had each preserved a distinct minister and Parliament , their for eign relations were viewed a sklcntlcal nnd were conducted by the king of Sweden and Norway , who appointed ministers and con suls abroad. The Norwegians claimed re cently that , their commerce ami navigation being superior to those of Sweden , they should have 'the right to have their own minister of foreign affairs and their own consuls. The Staug cabinet at Christlania opposed this popular wish and was replaced by the Stci-n ministry , which , however , abandoned the scheme of a distinct foreign olllco and only maintained the claims for separate consulates. Tlio ilNcussion has been dragging along for nearly two years and is revived only to cover the real motives of discontent In Norway. That country Is more liberal than Sweden , and It has felt more or less the influence of radi cals , even of republicans , llku the famous national writer IJjorson. These liberal and autonomous sentiments of the Norwegians have been kindled into a liame by the recent adoption of the now military law at Stockholm helm , which increases the Swedish army. The radicals atJChrlstiaula asst-rled that this measure was a menace to Norwo glau inde pendence , inasmuch as the Stockholm Chamber , or Kigsilag had voted down a mo tion tending to prohibit the employment of the Swedish army outside of the national territory without a special authorization of the parliament. Moreover , the Norwegian rrillcnls , as formerly stated here , charge the Stockholm government with leaning too much toward the triple alliance , while Norway is inclined toward Russia and France. The union between the two Scan dinavian countries would ba in immediate danger if a division had not occurred in the ranks of the radical p.irty , a portion of which has declared recently that it is op posed to a secession movement. U'.volllllljTlucmili u 'lYIi'icnpr. i l. I'aul I'dmccr-l'irm. Judging by the rough-and-tumble nature of the proceedings of the Wyoming legisla ture , they need a referee and tiottlelmlder there , with special instructions to the latter that ho keep it out of the way of the mem bers. Agitation of a l-iilillr .Moni-y runner. jn > tiinijHi(7.i ( Tlmrx. An ex-Wisconsin treasurer who has been invited to repay the stale the money wrong fully withheld'from the state by him is anx ious to settle. IIo is anxious because the interest is piling up at the rate of § 4p a day. IIo might better have the gas burning at his expense from a congressional meter. JiiHtllliihlu Disgust. General Weaver , the populist leader , is reported to he very much disgusted because his party in California and Kansas has secured tlio election of democratic United States senators , and confesses that this action will bcrmusly weaken the populist movement. For once General Weaver is right. Xiillvo DlKcstinn I'liimgmirocl. Clitcnyo Tribune. Notwithstanding the intense excitement in Honolulu the ordinary course of trallic in the great national dish of the Sandwich island ers remains unobstructed. Ono of the most conspicuous local paragraphs in the issue of the Pacific Commercial Advertiser that an nounces tlio revolution is this calm , serene exhortation to the Honoluluans. "Got your poi from tlio Hawaiian Fruit and Tare com pany. " Kxptoslon of u Sniiill lloro. There Is a Fire Alarm Foraker in tlio far west. The governor of Oregon is ono Pen- noycr , who lias written In response to a ro- < ] iicst from his adjutant general for permis sion to use two brass cannon belonging to the state for the purpose of firing n salute upon national inauguration day the following port and extraordinary letter : "No permission will be givsn to use state cannon for firing a salute over the inauguration of a Wall street plutocrat as president of the United States. " .1 l'Jlt.\KrK Of SI'ICK. Washington Star : "Tln-ro Is imllmo llko the present , " ri-markcil tlio youth whoso father hud given him a gold watch. Hartford Journal : You never rm : judiro a man from Ills appearance In a wedding suit. Philadelphia Tlnit-s : Poor skaters should correctly drink luck to each otlu-r In bumpers. Troy Press : An upright Judtfineedn't be usimmcd of Ills suiiti-ni-us nven In the proscncu of thu strictest grammarians. Yonkori fJiuettn : When a man Inherits a portion of a goodly i-statu he has no trouble in llndlng peoplu ready to "take Ills part. " Chicago IiilorOi'L-nii Wife Don't ! : you > n- llnvo the gas meter Is defective In somu way ? Husband It may lie , but I notice that it Is able to ( ill tilt ) 1)111 every month. Snmnrvlllo Journnl : Hull What n mado-np thing Miss Klyto K Isn't she ? Nell \Vs ; hlio'n pretty much all made up , except her mind. Indianapolis Journal : "Tommy has nxporl- enecd n clmiiKOiif heart , 1 hidleve , " said .Mrs. KIRK. "I overheard him today usst-rtln with great vehemence his belief that It was wicked to BO swimming on Sunday. " "That's all very Rood , " responded Mr. Klifi ? , with : t man's Hkentlclsm , "but did he say any thing ubout skating ? " Till ! ItVTY UP 1'ATHIUTS. Attimta CoiiftUiitlnn. Never mind what's your condition , Or your self-deported mission There's a cabinet position That's a-waltln' for you sure ! If thu enemy you collared If you led thu boys or follored And got hoarsu because you hollered , 1'ass your platu und call for mure ? If the banner you huvo toted Till the full returns were itioleil | , If your Kn-ul-KruiiilfiitliL-r voted lilldi it veteran of yore ; When tlumoixl news a-tullliiK And the chorus was a-swelllug , If you did u lot of yelllm : . rav your pinto and call for more ! O , our troubles they lire over And we'ie just knee-deep In clover , And we're holding on tolirover While hu'n eufcrlni ; the door ; And the rascals with their ehoatln' They nru going out a-blici'lln' , Hod-hot , and still ii-heatln' l'ut > n your platu and cull for more ! Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report. PUSHING PENSION CLAIMS Oongrossmcn Secure Llttlo Satisfaction In Thla Line of Work , NO INFORMA1ION FURNISHED THEM of C.i oi Not Itrportctl niul thn L'ommlMloiior ltnfn c to ClmtiRe tlio Iroiirliid Itnlo Itrpn-Kfintntlrrii rri-nucntly imtmrriiiii' : < l , WASHINGTON IH-nriAit op Tun URB , ) Jil.'l FofUTKBXTII STllRBT. > WASIIIXOTON , D. C. , Fob. 3. | Nohrask.ins nnd lowans continue to send from SCO to ( XX ) loiters a day congress re questing information as to the status of their pension eases nml asking congressmen to have pension claims mailo special , when tliero is an iron-bound , Inflexible rule at the pension olllco that neither request will be granted. About 200,000 pension claims are on the completed llles of the pension olllco , and yet the rules of the ofllco now forbid the onicors to give claimants the fact or to pusli tlio completed cases upon the point of allow ance except lu the order in which they uro received. Thus it is folly for claimants to write asking to have their pension cases inrdo special or to know how they stand. Congressman Dolllver of Iowa says upon the subject : "It is unfortunate , not to s.iy annoying , for members of congress to en counter the iliniculties which are dally pre sented to them in the pension olllce. I sometimes receive forty or llfty letters In my morning mail ' eciuesthig mo to look up pension cases and hurry them along to ; \ limit conclusion before the -Kb of March. 1 know that other members of congress are petitioned daily for similar service. When wo go to the pension olllco we are Informed that the commissioner has decided not to make any of our cases special nor to give us any information concerning the status of the casein which wo are interested. Ho says that congressional interference and intluen'co prevents the orderly procedure of clerks with their work and he has made the rule iron clad , so that we can practically ac complish nothing in these matters. We may go to the pension olllce and labor to the best of our ability with the commissioner , the deputy commissioners or the chief clerk , but wo have only our labor for our pains , for it is Ilka hammering on a log with the butt end of the ux. It is exceedingly tiresome to chop wood and not see the chips fly. " Some ICepiilillcaiis DUiilciiscd , Tliero continued to bo not a little severe criticism at the cniiitol today ol President Harrison's course in nominating n democrat yesterday to lill the vacancy on the bench of the supreme court , created by the death of Justice Lamar. The republicans who com plain of the nomination do so under a misap prehension of the facts. They affect to 1-- liuvo that the nomination was made from partisan choice. The president makes no concealment of the fact , which he has so often expressed , that he preferred to name u straight out republican for the vacancy. Tlio lirst thing ho hail to take into consid eration , however , was the continuation. Ho was served with notice from at least a dozen republican senators that they would oppose confirmation of any ono whom ho might name. Some of these senators , to use plain language , are Uolng what they can to curry favor with the incoming administration. The president was convinced , that although statements were made to the public to the contrary for political effect , the democrats would present n practically solid front against any republican he might nominate. Under the conditions existing yesterday and which have not been changed by subsequent events , the president was placed in the posi tion of having to select an honest , capable democrat whoso record upon all public ques tions was clean and sound , or permit the vacancy to go unfilled till Mr. Glove- laud entered the white house and nominated a man of the Lamar and Fuller school of politics. The president desired above all to give the place tollman who is opposed to states rights , who is a union man , and who is on record in a sound way upon all the questions of importance to the country. When ho made it known to some of his friends that ho had ab.indoned all hope of nominating a repub lican because ho did not believe a party man could bo continued , the name of Judge Jack son was urged upon him by nearly or quite every member of the supreme court and a dozen or more of the most Intense republi cans in the two houses of congress. IK 11 Strong Unionist. Ho had been already recommended by anlent partisan Janil nonpartisan citizens in the west. Despite statements to the con trary , Judge Jackson is a unionist IIo has very recently placed himself upon record iln the strongest manner against states rights. IIo is llnely equipped for tlio duties of the olllco as a Jurist. Not a breath of suspicion has over been whispered against him. Ho has the confidence of all who know him professionally. It is the puriwso of the president , if the nomination is confirmed in time , to Jiamo a successor on the circuit bench. It Is surmised In some quarters that he will como from Kentucky nnd ho may ho Judge W. O. Hradley , hut this is only a sur mise. When the nomination of Judire Jack son was laid before the senate in executive session yesterday Mr. Harris of Tennessee was in the chair. Jackson served n term in the senate , retiring in 1KS , " > . It is the custom to confirm the nomination of ex-senators without referring them to commit toe , but Mr. Harris promptly referred the nomina tion of Jackson to the committee on judic iary , much to the surprise.of every ono. Afterwnnl Senator Hnrrls wild herm much op | > 05od to the nomination , that Jackson was no moro a democrat than thn men who Mtupon the reimbllcan side of the senate Senator Harris Is a states rights mini It seem tlmt .Senator Oolph of Orfgon , would not he unwilling to accept a place on the United States supreme bench ns sucei sotto the Into Justice I imar This iwlnt wa-j noted by the friends of President Ilnrrl son today who wore surprised and annoyed at the sharp criticism of hit appoliilimu * which canto from republicans In gem-nil ,1ml , from Senator IXilph In particular The M-II ntor says openly that Mr. Harrison has u ado a great warty nilstako nml that there are qulto iv number of able republicans from whoinn cholco could have been made In vlow of the fact that Mr. Dolph countul himself us ono of these gentlemen from whom n selection rouid bo made , Mr. Harri son's friends are discounting the Dolph criti cism. null- Killed thn l-lnrr. Secretary of the Treasury Foster Intends to mane quick work of selecting a successor to Robert M. Nixon of Indiana , deputy comp troller of the currency , who has resigned to accept the presidency of the Fifth National hank of Cincinnati. Ho will name for the place Mr. Hobert . . .1. Whine , his private sec retary. Mr. Winno has shown so much practical adaptlblllty to the general work of the Treasury department , not alone lu tlio capacity of private neoretur > to the so'ro- ' tar.v ef the tre.isury , that the latter hascon- eluded to properly recognl/.e merit and make htiiulputy comptroller of the currency It Is the intention to make the npiHUittmcnt next week. Friends of Senator Carlisle , whr > Is to bo secretary of the treasury next m.mth . s.u Mr. Whine will not bo disturbed m fits new position , but will bo permitted to n u.ain . ti i lie wishes from choice to resign Kci rciarj Foster will lill the position uf prix.ite SIM ro tary , when Mr. U'liuie retires from it. in ae- tailing one of the clerks In the departm > ut Senator Carlisle's son , I egan , i.s t have tlie private secretaryship when the uesetro tary of the treasury Is appointed. Western reunions. The following pensions granted are rc- porto.d : Nebraska : Original.Thomas A Dunham , James P. lieale , Hubert T. Allan , Frl'/ \\lit rock No. a , William O. Cunningham. Charles M. Weed , William H. Clark Additional- John W. Andrews. Keissue-.James Drown. Reissue and increase .lames I Shaw Iowa : Original--Norman I' Uiu-kliii. Wil liam F. Culver , Cieorgo Kelyea. Henr.Har num. James C. Harnes. W.'I' . Wallace. Henry 1 . Uirgett. ( ieorgo W. Young. l.inii-l Iv Howcr , Salkeld L. Fairlamb. Adiltt HUM ! William IJ.vxbe. Increase William H i .ink Original widows , etc. lOli/.a Crandull. I , , 'a belli Albertsoii , Mary .1. Williams. Mat'cunt Waildcll , Mlramla Upland , Ki-becra Allv South Dakota : Original Michael Dunn. lnvcstlntliiK thuVlitslij Trnsl. Mr. Hynum's investigation intolhe whisky trust will begin in earnest tomorrow morn ing. He called his associates together tod.i.v andnreroiveil from Mr. Durnms smiaof the documentary evidence which Iturnms has talked of much of late. It turned nut. h < nv ever , that most of Mr. Hitrrows' pa pi rs werenewspaperclippings. Such as thi-.i were , Mr. Dynutn took them and said thi-j would not be made public ; all that the public would learn was through the evidence of wi' nesses. Mr. Hurrows submitted the list of witnesses ho desired to have sworn It in eluded none of the Illinois whisky men Tlie lirst man on the list was James Veasev of Cincinnati , who was notified to appear t morrow for examination. Mr. Vea.se * has been lighting the whisky trust for Hi , , many ye.irs. Tlio trust lias accused him "f malicious personal motives. Mr.V.is. . , y was for a long time in a responsible position in a Cincinnati house furnishing the a > iul teration by which whiskies are corrupted He Is inn position therefore to speak uith authority on the extent of adulteration m liquors. . Mlsri'llmicmis. Secretary Noble has dismissed the motion for review of tlio decision in the case of Nelson Wilcox ag.iinst Henton Ilile and James Vandover , transferred from Chadron Assistant Secretary Chandler liasif firmed tlie decision in the case of M .1 Moore against Roselta Phelps , from Abt-r duuih S. D. , in favor of the latter. Applications continue to pour in at the Agricultural department hero forthi" . * tions of microscoplsts in the South O I'M ' packing houses. It is stated that there .11 not only not bo iinv moro of these appoint mcnts mailo for this season , but tlint on ac count of the duct-ease of the volume of busi ness being done some of those already em ployed will bo discharged , . .P S. H. What Tfe It9 v v JLlcCttiJLQ JLl/i 3 In point of fact it is tne freedom from poisonous and spurious ingredients , the ex cellence in flavor which gives to Dr. Price's Delicious Flav oring Extracts of Vanilla , Orange , Lemon , etc. , their wide popularity and incrcas- ' ing sale. The retail grocers are learning that quality rather than price is necessary to retain the confidence of customers and make a successful business 1 K CO. t MunnfuoturoM anl llitilljri otUlotUlu : lu tuaYorU. . Present your bills And if they're long enough to take .in every thing in sight so much the better. A short bill the first of the month is the delight of the man who re ceives it. The tailor's bill is about i\ / worn out as a subject for news- 4j paper pleasantries , but if you buy of us during this great remodeling your bill will be too short to excite comment ; The pant sale with its deep cuts is on this week and the whole stock is chock full of the most surprising values. Stock must all be reduced be fore the workmen take possession ol our building. BROWNING , KING & CO. , Btoro Saturday open every till evenliij ID till 0.31 S , W , Cor. 15th and Douglas St