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THE OMATIA DAILY JlKIfy THURSDAY , MARCH 0 , 1803 , THE PATljY BJflE. K. ItOSKWATKU Editor. PUBMSHKD EVEKY MOHNINO. TKKMS 01HCIiaCItll'TION. . Jlalty HeP'wlthoutSniilayOno ( Year. , t B 00 Jallr nnd Sunday , Ono Year 1000 Hx Months. . 000 Three Mnntin. . 2 W ) Huntlnr Hec , Ono Year Hntimfny lleo , Ono Yonr . J 6J > \\eckly lieu , Ono Ynar . 100 ornona.s . Fnutli Onmliii , corner N mid 2Gtli BtrcoU ( niincll IllulTs lai'carlftrcoU f 'litrnpn Ofllrp , 317 Chamber of Oomtnprcn. Nc-w York , Itooni * 13 , 14 nncl 10 , Tribune Itnlldli.tr , WuxliltiKtoii , Bin Fourteenth SlrcoL tCOKHESPONDENOE. All rmmminlcallons relattnR to news nnd editorial matter should bo addressed to the Kdltorl.il Department. IIUSINESS MTTTKIIS. A1I hudlnesslotteis nnd remittances should Immlclrrwil to Tim Ilco riibllshlns Company , Omnlm. Drafts , rhocks nnd ixxstolllco orders lobonmdopayablu to tlio order of tlio com- pnny. THE HER "PUBLISHING COMPANY. BWOItN BTATHMCNT OP OIUOULATION Htato of Nebraska , 1 County of Douglas. I OeorKO II. T/sclinck , secretary nf TUB Hun rnhlMiliiK company , doe * solemnly swear that Th lu'tual circulation of Tun DAILY HKE for tlio week undine March 4 , 1803 , was us follows : Huridny , February 20 . 20,015 Monday. IVIirunry 'J7 . 23,021 Tiipml v. I-'chrunry 28 . 2.1,884 AVednfday. Mnrrli 1 . 24,013 Thursday March 2 . 23.8QH rrltliiv. Mnrrhil . < 23'Hi2 ! Huturilay , Mulch 4 . 24.020 nr.oiion ii. T/.SOIIUCIC. Fworn ( nbpforo THO iin.l subscribed In my jHWin-o this 4th day of Murcli , 1803. IHi-al ] N. 1' . run. Notary Public. C'lrriiliilliin fur IVIirunry , 31,301) A HOODMNO investigation will bo the next thing in order iti the Kansas legis lature. _ , THE Mississippi Valley Lumbermen's association Irf not a trust , b'ut It haa hoisted up tlio price of lumber just the Baino. _ MANY thousands of democrats are in the hands of their doctors , trying to got over the "Jolforrionian simplicity" of the inauguration. Tom Majors handle the con ductors' checks on the Chicago junketer or is this function to bo performed by the private secretary ? WK.SUGOJIST that the World's fair omcials be apprised of the proposed visit of Nebraska's lieutenant governor , HO that upon his arrival the statuary may l > o draped. Tin : junketing senators leave for Chicago cage Friday in a Pullman palace car. At Burlington the diner will bo switched m and tlio looker will bo uncorked. But who will pay the freight ? . Tun illuminating oils that other states will not permit to be sold within their boundaries will continue to bo marketed in Nebraska as in tlio past. The private consumer is entitled to bettor treatment. THK quality of Secretary Gresham's ' democracy will soon be tested. If there IH any republicanism loft in his system it will bo shown by the manner in which ho wields his ax in reorganizing the State department. Tim legislature has abolished the eta to Columbian commission , but it has not ubblislicd the state railroad commis sion. The former has boon of some bone- lit to the state ; the latter has been an unmitigated fraud. THE man who "did not know that it was loaded" is not to bo compared with the man who opens a can of dynamite as if it were a can of oysters. Six men wore seriously damaged by an opera tion of the latter kind in Wisconsin the other day. TiIKRH is a good law on the statute books which provides that no incor- 8 > orutod company shall incur an indebt edness to exceed one-third of its assets. An attempt is being made to repeal it. The law is all right and should not bo tampered with. THE young tory "bloods" who hooted Mr. Gladstone when ho came out of church last Sunday did a good service for the liberal cause without knowing * it. The measures of reform which Mr. Glad stone represents will tnrivo upon that kind of opposition. THE kind of civilization that prevails in Texas has been introduced into Okla homa. Five colored men who -wore jailed on clwgoa which are said to have been trmnrcd up were taken out and flogged the other night by a party of "leading citizens. " Tim bill to prohibit tlio employment of Pinkerton mercenaries has passed the house and will probably become a law. this year. The political Pinkortons hired by the railroads to shoot down anti-monopoly candidates with ballots will not be disturbed. TIIR small property owners are willing to take their chances on one city as sessor , but the millionaires and heavy corporations want to continue the pre cinct assessors who keep down their as- bessmont to from one-twentieth to one- hundredth part of actual value. Tin : Douglas street bridge is assessed in this county at $20,000. Across the river the assessor places the value of the , Iowa end of the bridge at $00,000. The greater portion pf the bridge is on this side. These two of ficials should become acquainted and got together. Ono is certainly in a posi tion to give the other a few valuable pointers. * No BOONEU had the legislature do tcrmlncd to knock out the Columbian commission and to authorize the gov ernor to appoint a dlreetor general in its stead , than an effort is tnado to have the legislature pick out a man for the place. If the legislature has the right to do this it is not in position at this the session to inquire into the fitnwH of candidates for this im- j > orUnt position. The World's fair is not A fttAtt pumpkin show or an inter- tftte horse raco. There nro few men < luallfi d In ftvery rospeot for the duties 6t fho rxwltfon , nml the average legisla tive eonuttitfco frf not capable of choos I ing the munor Ik I Tim OMAIU Una tins been printing for nemo tlmo extracts from the platform of a former republican state convention , a plat form , by the way , on which the republican state ticket wan partly defeated , concerning railroad legislation and pretending that the republican members of the present legis lature are bound by it. Of course this Is sheer nonsense. The members of a legislature are not elected on a state platform , and are not particularly bound by any declaration of principles not distinctly republican In Ihulr nature except It Is adopted by the convention that put such members In nomination. * * * * It Is different of course with the populist party. 11 has chosen to malto certain ques tions national In Its national conventions that nro not so recognized by the republican party. In the same matter the prohibition ists chooHo to make their Isauo a national ono on a rjucstlon that the other national parties rnlogato to each locality to seltlo for llsclt. Hepubllcans are left to formulate tholr own standards on such questions In tlio local conventions , and a man can bo a peed re publican without subscribing to prohibition or anti-prohibition , lo maximum railroad rates or against them , according lo his own Judimcnt ; or the wishes of his constituents IJneoln titate Jo'irmil. This Is the moii infamous iloutrlno that 1ms over emanated from the rail road republican press. It is nothing moro nor less than a brtiy.cn attempt tD sutuituto the mandate of railroad mun- ngern nnd railroad organs for the solemn pledges made on behalf of the republican patty by its representatives In conven tion iH-omblod. It the platform pledges of a republican state e invention do not bind ropubl lean members of the legislature , then the pledges of the party made to the people through its platforms are a delusion and a snare. When the plat form embodies pledges for the enactment - mont of certain speclllu laws every can- didato for the legislature is in honor bound to carry out the promise thus made , and no sophistry can absolve him from his obligation. What would bo the objeot or meaning of such planks in the platform as promise the people specific laws or constitu tional amendments , or the repeal of odious exactions under form of law if such platform pledges had no binding force up in the candidates for the legis lature ? If the candidates for the legis- luturo on the republican ticket nro not in honor bound to redeem the pledges of the state platform then the state and congressional Candidates are absolved from advocating or supporting any doctrine set forth in the national plat- form bccaitbO forsooth they were not nominated by the national convention and were not running on the presidontal ticket ! The national convention declared for protection. They could advocate free trade. The national convention declared for a sound currency. They could spout for Hat money , wildcat banks and free silver. If republican members of the legisla ture can with impunity repudiate the state platform and formulate their own standards on such questions as railroad regulation , pTiblio warehouse and elevator tor regulation , usury , and other distinct issues of the campaign , then the party may as well own up that it is made up of knaves nnd impostors who make state platforms to gull the public. The asser tion that local sentiment on prohibition superseded the platform of 1890 is not true. The republican platform 'of 1890 was silent on prohibition and candidates were at liberty to take sides on this issue or to ignore it as they saw fit.- i. The fact is that republicans in the legislature are just as much in honoi bound to carry out the pledges made by their state and national conventions as nro the populists. If they fail to do so the republican party has no right to asker or expect another vote of confidence at the hands of the people of Nebraska. It is to the credit of the populists in the present session that they have so far endeavored to the best of their ability to live up to their platform pledges , jind the only reason why republicans have deviated fiom their obligations is because they have boon subjected to the demoralizing inllucnco of rallroadism , which is chiefly responsible for the party's decadence nnd loss of prestige in Nebraska , as it is in Kansas and the two Uakotas. A VERY PROFITABLE MONOPOLY. A statement just made regarding the ilnanci.il condition of the American Sugar trust shows it to be ono of the most prosperous of all the monopolistic com binations that arc preying upon the con sumers of this cauntry. The American Sugar Refining company , as the trust is called , has just declared the regular quarterly dividend of 11 per cent on its preferred stock , which is 1 per cent a year on $10,000,000 , nnd three-fourths of 1 per cent on the common stock , the amount of which wo are unable to state. It has also declared an extra dividend of 10 per cent cash. It is further stated to bo the intention of the company to put the common stock on a 12 per cent b.-uis. After the dividends have -been paid there will remain in the treasury a sur plus of So.COO.OOO. Those figures indicate that the trust has been making in the neighborhood of 20 per cent on its capitali/at'on , which is , of course , several times greater than the actual value , so that it is quite within bounds to say that for every dollar in vested In this monopoly half that amount is annually returned in dividends. Even the Standard Oil monppoly In its most prosperous days hardly did bettor than this , and it is questionable if the whisky trust or any other of the ex isting combinations is quite so profitable. This sugar trust Is preying upon the" consumers of the country to the extent of millions of dollars annually and no effort is made to put a check to its greed nnd rapacity. Driven out of the state of Now York two or three years ago , after a most determined light to maln- tain itself there , all the courts holding it to be a combination , repugnant to the law and hostile to public policy , it took refuge in Now Jersey , under whoso most lenient laws relating to corpora tions it has since found protec tion and the opportunity of expan sion. It has continued to grow until now it Is as complete and formidable a monopoly as this or any other country has ever known. If there is a trust or combination existing to which the anti- trust law of the Fifty-first congress a\f \ plies the American Sugar Refilling company in ono , yet in effort IIIM ever jccn madu to enforce the law against It. [ ntronchod in ItJ Nou Jersey stronghold It liai enjoyed absolute Iminunlty from any sort of Interference- hai gene on regulating production and prices with reference solely to satisfying the greed of the man who ontrol It. How rapa cious this has boon is indicated by the figures presented , but those do not neces sarily mark a limit beyond which the monopoly may not go in levying tribute upon the American people. That this great combination should have boon permitted to attain it-j present proportions , after having boon declared by the courts to bo hostile to public policy and public Interests , is n discred itable commentary upon the fidelity and solicitude of those who are charged with protecting the interests nnd welfare of the pooplo. There is no doubt that a practicable way can bo found , entirely consistent with our system of govern ment , to suppressund prevent those com binations , and the reason it has not been found is in the Jnct that the influence of these vast aggregations of capital is moro potent in the halls of congress and of state legislatures than the de mand of the people for relief. In no di rection cai the party which has come into power in the general government moro surely strengthen itself in the con fidence of the people than by finding a way to crush out , the monopolies that infest - . fost the land and pursuing it vigorously and ilrmly. President Cleveland has plainly indicated his sympathy with such a policy and his party can satoly follow him in this respect. QI7.m.lAT/A'IJ The whole country has an interest in the regulations issued by the Treasury department j , under the now quarantine law , in regard to the precautions that are to bo taken to prevent the intro duction of cholera into this country. Merchants and importers are particularly J larly concerned in those regulations , as they apply * to Imports from foreign countries. Under the new rules iron vessels are to bo thoroughly washed in their holds with nn acid solution of bl chloride of mercury which is to bo ap plied 1 to all surfaces by means of a hose. Wooden vessels are to bo subjected to t a still more thorough treatment for the t destruction of disease germs. Food products 1 are not to bo shipped at all , as 1i no method is known by which they maybe bo 1 disinfected. Articles of merchandise or personal effects coming from a dis trict known to bo infected , or as to the origin of which no positive evidence can bo 1 obtained , and which the consular or 1i medical 1i otllcer has reason to believe are infected i , must bo subjected to disinfec tion I prior to shipment. Second hand upliolstored i furniture and bedding must not i bo shipped. Now merchandise in general ( may bo accepted for shipment without question , but all articles that 1 have once been in use , and espe cially rags , must either be rejected or thoroughly disinfectet1 , according to the rules laid down for eachclassof articles. If the regulations adopted by the Treasury department scorn stringent it is to bo borne in mind that the exigency which gives rise to them is a serious one. It is of the utmost importance that ample precautions should bo taken against the introduction of cholera into this coun try during the present year. The rules adopted have been formulated with the view of imposing as few disadvantages upon the business in terests of the country ns possible. In all cases where the danger is slight in the transportation of merchandise the restrictions imposed are so light as to cause the least possible ex pense or delay. The rules are chiolly aimed at the personal ef fects of immigrants and the rags which are brought to this country from Europe by shiploads. The regulations requiring the thorough disinfection of ships are important and will bo vigor ously enforced. It would bo possible for a vessel to retain for a long tlmo the germs of disease loft in her by an in fected cargo , and great danger might easily arise from this source. The new quarantine law and the roiru- latlons adopted in pursuance thereof ought to prove'olTectivo in keeping out the cholera if they are properly en forced and the quarantine arrangements at the principal seaports of this country are thoroughly planned and faithfully executed. The disease will bo seeking admission into this country only a few weeks hence , and it is of the utmojt eon- seqnonco that it should find us fully prepared. coxnieiox UP rut : TREASURY. The general public will not derive much satisfaction from the majority and minority reports of the house way.s and means committee on the condition of the treasury , so contradictory are they in the conclusions reached. It is quite remarkable markablo that there should bo such di versity of statements and views regard ing a practical business matter of this * kind , where all the figures nnd .facts were equally accessible to the parties making the investigation , and it is still more extraordinary that politics shoulc' appear to have had an influence in causing this dive % sity , yet uch seems to bo the case from the fact , tlm the majority report is signed by nil the democrat- } and tlio minority report bj all the republicans of the committee. Ex-Secretary Foster , in a statement sub mitted to congress , estimated that a the close of the current fibcal year , Juno 30 , there would bo a cash balance in the treasury of a little ever $20,000.000. The majority of the ways and means committee are of the opinion that t that time the cash balance , aside from the old reserve , will not exceed 317,000,000. For the fiscal year ending Juno 30 , 1804 , ox-Secretary Foster esti mated that the cuMi balance at its close would bo a little ever 847,000,000 , whereas the majority of the com mittee bay it will bo less than iJS.000,000. The majority report then proceeds to take into account various sums for which appropriations have been made and to add thereto possible deficiencies which mu t bo provided for , and reaches the conclusion that at the end of the fiscal year 1S91 the. treasury will bo short to the amount ot between 830,000,000 and $10,000,000 , leaving out of account the requirements of the sink ing fund , which It is estimated will have duo it Juno ,10.1,1/jn , / I , 8110,000,000. The nlnorlty ropoVtb finds fault with nest of tlio ,4/fjuroa / } presented by ho majority , pftntitularly the ostlnwto.s ot the latter HVto the passible do * lolonulos , and c/Jnjjludos / with the obtur ation that tlifc majority put the vorst possible pmlMo upon the condition of the treasury li | arriving at tholr con- luslons , which osuiiut bo regarded as Itogethor satlsfhOlory. While it is truo'ihat ' the report of the najorlty does maUfc the situation appear uiything but reassuring , and perhaps some of its estimates will bo found to be exaggerated , it is still to bo said that it las doubtless pursued the safer course n taking into account what may bo the naxlmum demands upon the treasury. doubtless a part of the contract liabilities 'or which appropriations have bean nado will not bo called for during the icxt fiscal year , but none the ess it is in accord with sound business irlnclplcs to treat thcso liabilities as if they were certain to bo paid within the specified time. It is also probable that , ho deficiencies to bo provided for will lot bo so largo as the majority estimate , but it can do no harm to be prepared in case they should be. Manifestly the national treasury in not n as satisfactory a condition ns could bo leslred. As ' is ox-Secretary'Foster ro- ) orted to have said , it "was down to bedeck - ock when turned ever to the now secre tary , " and whllo the administration is Immediately confronted with the per- .flexing question of maintaining a gold jasis , the next congress will bo called teen to provide against a deficit , the amount ot which cannot now bo deter- nlned with any degree of accuracy. Mr. Cleveland and his secretary ot the treasury certainly have a troublesome problem on hand and the country will ivult with great Interest to see what solu tion of it they will propo.- . Meanwhile , -ho - situation hcems to be causing no marked disturbance In financial circles , though there may bo a strong under current of distrust. Tin : Kansas City Ministers alliance has taken a step in the matter ot funeral reform that would bo equally appropri ate in Omaha. There are many pool- people In every city who , when death in vades their homes , feel that they must spare no expense to make the funeral suflleicntly impressive to show that they are not behind their neighbors. Of course , there is no sense in this , for an impressive funoriiKlispluy really signi fies nothing. Peddle of small means who try to equal , ithoir more wealthy neighbors in thin > i'espect gain nothing whatever in popdlar esteem , for every body knows that .they cannot afford to spend their money in that way. Why not have a funeral Reform movement in this city ? SOMI : Idea of , thp increase in the ac cumulation of wheat in the principal storage centers m'ajs be gained from tlio fact that the total present stock at Min neapolis , Superior'And ' Dtiluth is 30,780- . )82 bushels , a gaihftjr last week of nearly 130,000 bushels. &yca'r ago the stock at thcso points * wiU 10f > ! ) l,000 bushels. These figures show a wide difference be tween this year and lust and indicate a very largo surplus of wheat in this coun try for this time of the year. II Tlioy Pull Tii A'cw Yuri : Ailrattftr. The dnmocrats now start off well. They have the presidency , n majority in the sen ate and house , and a fair working majority in the cabinet. Lay on tli Ax. fi'tw Yoili Sun. Let the anxious try to bo tranquil , and the uneasy possess their souls In patience. There are moro democrats than there are ofllces , uulaftcra few weeks or mouths It ought not to bo said with truth that there are moro ofllces than there are democrats in ofllcc. The Dcillrntoil nnd Ills I'arty. Clulic-bcmocmt. Just before his Inauguration In 1885 Mr. Cleveland wrote a letter advocating the re peal of the Bland law , and his party In con gress resiwnded by passing a free coinage bill. This is about the sort of an answer that his party will nialro to his efforts to ac complish the repeal of the Sherman law. ISroail Hint to .Incksunluns. /iiff < tin ) ] > o ( { Journal. Sixtv-four years ago Andrew Jackson , the father of modern democracy , declared that "to the victors belong the spoils , " and that was the cornerstone of hi party. On Satur day his democratic successor declared that olllco must not bo the reward of party activity. That Is the i-evlscd Cleveland idea. Talking lo the Gallery. CoicmnnM Commercial. Having dedicated himself "under the sanc tion of a solemn oath , " President Cleveland consecrates himself to his duty In a ponder ous use of words. Other men have assumed the same responsibilities nnd nerformod the work as well as the now president promises to do It. This fact gives the Inaugural speech an air of inflation that is amusing. Samples of l.'connmy. Chicago Inter Ocwi. Among the last nets of that "dangerous democratic majority in congress1' was the adoption of a Joint resolution providing that after April 1 every member not the chair man of a committee shall bo supplied with a clerk whoso salary shall bo paid out of the treasury. The estimated cosl of Ihls luxury for iho coming congress is over 1,13,000. II is a good illustration of "democratic cecm omy. " Half Iho members won't give cm ployincnt to a clerk fifteen minutes during a day. Glvo them roira. They will do iho rest. u An Oponlnsr fur CJuuy. A'tw Yoite Kvcntng Sun. Matthew Stanley1 Quay , who is a man of culture , u politician and a line old crusted Presbytcrhn , all rollcfl into ono , dashed Into the fray this week , iWd berated tno.senate for proposing to pander to national sin by permitting the use of a government building for nn inaugural Suidny | promenade concert. Did the senator represent the sentiment of Pennsylvania , or iml.v hlniselfl ono sadly asks , as Lancaster , . Pa. , is shaken by the scandal of chicken lights in the steeple of n church while the sotind of worship canio floating up the staira\from the congregation below. CliniiliiK | Iimu iirallon Day. The selection of a day in March for the presidential inauguration was an error at once serious and absurd. Tlio weather at this tune of year is liable to be so severe as to Interfere with the celebration at the cap ital and to prevent th < . * attendance of Ihoso who would bo forced to travel long distances. May would bo a charming month for the in augural ceremonies. The obviousness of the necessity for a change is perhaps the imlj discouraging feature of the matter. U is a peculiar characteristic of republican goviwn- ment that what overyboily acknowledges should bo done noboJy souuis wllllnj to taltu the initiative. In doing. A Modi'l Chief ttxerutlve. rhlttHlttplilu tiCtlyer. His countrymen know Mr. Harrison bettor now than they did four years ago , and It Is but just to say that during his entire ad ministration ho has steadily thrown in tholr estimation of his ability and worth. They rccognlzo that hu bears without abuse that much nbmed tltlo , ntatosman , that ho Is In lollccttiallyn stronger man than they iknow 'ilmloboi that morally ho Is without ro- .iroach , and that In patriotic IhlolllV to the mbllo welfare , as ho has noon It , ho stands with those who take tlio < i. jut rank among Us country's chief magistrates. Ho has dis tinctly grown In the Popular regard as a capable , enlclont , public spirited servant of the people , whom hu has well sen-oil , and .vhosoyoo . I wishes ho will boar with him nto his retirement. .intsrocit.ITW norrK.v.v/M. < r. l.nily" Itlnnnlio DnWttlilnn Clmrpoil liy lior llmbnml With lining Very NiuiRhly. LONDON , March 8. The sensational dl- voivo suit , in whlclu Indy Hlniieho , wife of Uaron Howard DoWaldon , sucks a Judicial separation on the ground of cruelty , and her lusbaml In1 ! ! cross bill , asks a divorce on the ground of adultery , Is In progress. The ovl- lenco for her ladyship has been concluded , mil today counsel for the baron delivered : hu opening address. IIo sild the evidence for her ladyship did not show that any act > f violence by his client had occurred since 1870. On thu other hand , it would bo estab lished that her ladyship had been guilty of xlultory in IS'.U. nnd with Count Jean Lo- ) Madre , master of the fox hounds , at various places during 1800 and 1801. VOI.HSRT tiTltt.lT01t ACUUttlll ) . Ch'iricI ( With Driinkrnne * * , Aitinlt on nn Olllcer anil Other Unbecoming Ciincliift. Pim.uMH.i'ittA , Pa. , March S. ( Special Telegram to Tin ; Br.H. ] Captain Thurbor Brawler , commanding a battallion of the state feneiblcs of this city , has forwarded to General Hobcrt P. Dcckert of the Mrst brigade four charges against Lieutenant Colonel Streator of the Tenth regiment , because of the [ titter's alleged Improper conduct Wash- Ington Saturday. The ohart'oi are : First , conduct unbecoming an olllcer and gentle man ; second , drunkenness ; third , assault on in olllcer ; fourth , inciting to riot. Slreatcr is Iho olllcor who ordered Private lams strung up by the thumbs at Homestead lust summer. XlUtltAbKAXS. The Southern Nebraska Poland China as sociation mot nl Oxford last Tuesday nnd talked about blooded hogs. Eighty-live members have boon added to the Fremont Baptist church since Hov. II. W. Tate assumed the pastorate. George Dyer , a B. & M. brakcman , fell under the cars at Kopubllcan City and his arm was crushed by the wheels , Tlio B. & M. road has promised to double the capacity of its stock yards at Broken Bow Just as soon ns the weather will permit. Fifteen thousand dollars was the price realized by a Pawnee county farmer from the sale of hisDTu-acro farm , or at tlio rate of $10 per aero. HoJ Cloud has voted bonds for $0,000 for an electric light system. The city proposes to contract with the Hod Cloud Power com pany to not only furnish the light , but also to pump the city water. The oldest member of the Winncbago tribe tiled last week on the reservation near Pendcr , She was the grandmother of Tate Have and claimed to bo ISO years old. She had a son who served In the war of 181U on the British side. j//y or Secretary Grcsham will celebrate his COth birthday the 17th Inst. Mr. Cleveland , eight years ago , went to Washington n poor man. Ho returns now worth $230,01)0. ) He has been fortunate in his investments ns well as in politics. The Duke of Marlborough , whose sudden death was recently announced , was cngageu at the time in concluding u magazine article upon "Tho Art of Living. " It is told of Mr. Mackay that when Jay Gould offered to put his eablo in the pool the bonanza millionaire s > aid : "I wish to guard my latest nugget myself. Having taken a fortune out of the bowels of the earth , I in tend to take riches out of ocean depths. " Governors Koyes , Hoadly and Foraker are said to have all experienced Major Mcltin- lov's ill fortune of being linancially ruined while in the ofllco of chief executive ot Ohio. It was the experience of the others perhaps , that determined Congressman Har- ter to avoid the hoodoo. Jnmcs Hartley , " popularly called Jim Cuff , and well known throughout the Mohawk i valley as the last of the tribe of Mohauk Indians , died. Friday at Schcnec- lady. Ho was a rcmarkablo char- acler in his day , and unlil within a fo\y days , when ho was removed to the county poor house , lived in a lltllo house in the outskirts of the city. Ex-Secretary Husk said to a Washington reporter : "Yes , I shall go back on my farm , in western Wisconsin , and resume just where I left off four years ago. I follow farming nol for senliment or pastime , but to make it pay. and so I shall start to raising hay nnd grass and breeding swlno nnd cattle , ns of old. But I shall always Jook back with Intense - tense satisfaction to my four years of ofllclal life , for on the whole the time has been spent pleasantly and profitably. " A guest of tno Oxford , Washington , who atlracts unusual attention is Count Alphonso VcecliJ , and this by reason of his avoir dupois , for he pulls the beam nt 350 pounds , and in liis stocking feet ho stands six feet live inches. The count Is ns annablo as ho Is ponderous , and loves to sit in a big cushioned chair ( made to order ) and talk of past thrilling episodes , when ho was bick In bis dear Italia , an olllcer of high rank in the army. His wife and daughter are with him. " Troy I'ross : If the ballot dancer didn't klok for her salary she uouldn't gut a cent. VonUers Oazotto : It's odd that when wo want a uutch to inn \\o lii\e : to sot It. ( talvcxton Xens : The candidate uho shake * hands U not necessarily In touch with the people. Hoston Transcript : A bald-headed man's powers ot rolli'cilon are greatly Increased undur an electilc light. Troy Times : Whlli ) .somo things find It dlfll- ciilt to gut along the measuring t > tlclc does pretty well , as a rule. ' Philadelphia Lodger : A Maine man will send to I'lilcago a llr .spar M\ty feet In length and without a bond or crook lit It. It would malic a llr straight lla talT. Cleveland 1'laln Denier : It Is a little dis couraging to a man to carry n yowling , s < ] inill- lim baby around for half n nlcht , then sit down nnd reileet that "of Mich Is thu Kindlon of heaven. " Washington Star : "Say , Olilniiny. " said oni1 mrssuiiKor hey to another , "It thoro'ij anj- tlilin ; 1 hates , It's a crowd , " " \ \ hyf" "Cos j er got tor hurry or git walked oor. . " Pomervllle Journal : MM I'ootlijuo How drc.imlly delightful N the soothing sound ot Old Oooan's \\a\e- , rolling up In thu moonlight upon the slh or sands ! Miss I'raolli'iilu Yi s , I always did llko to hear thu water sloshing 'round upon the beach. MIK ATK IIOTII. AVu1 ViiIhfunltr. / . Tho' the cannllml qmu'ii bud tiheii her word Sho'd not oat Mr. Myimn , She was nut liy that s.iino dutcrrod Slio iiinde a mtmliit him ! Whmi lie repni.iehed her \ \ Illi lier Killle , A shusim > nri'd hlmowr with cunt- . , She only unsweieil > \ lih a smile. "Oh , sir , I oat my words' " NATURAL FRUIT FLAVORS , Vnnllln Of porfuct purity - Lemon Of great trcnp.th- Cconomy In thvlr USD. flavor nt d lleat ly and delMouily A \\\o \ trvth 'nut ' GROVER'S ' PATRONAGE POLICY Political Pop to Go to nn Entirely Dlflbrcnt Sot of1 Men. PREVIOUS OFFICE HOLDERS IGNORED Tlioio Who llrow I'rlfiM ITnilitr ClnvrlnmlVi Torinor ( Coign to ItPcolvo No C'onililnr- ntlou from tlin 1'roietit Aitmlnli- trillion In Any Citi \VASIIIKOTOX Bumuu or TUB HBB , Mil KoUllTKHNTItSTIIRGr. : \ WASHINGTON , D. C. , March 8. . It toolt Kciresentatlvo | John I , . Uretz , the blunt Qcrmnn democrat who presides over the political pap of tlio Second Indiana dis trict , omy Itftcuu seconds today to extract from President Cleveland a Job lot of Information mation on whlffh the moro timid congro.ssmcn have trlotl nil the week to ascertain. It hnd boon n > | M > rtcil that Mr. Cleveland had j made up his mind to appoint no one to an ofllco that huld oflloo under him ( hiring Ills previous administration ; that this waste to bo an entirely now dc-.il. and having a number of constituents hero who wanted to enter postonloes at tholr homes , Mr. llrotz thought ho would Una out the truth of the reports going the rounds of the hotel cor ridors. So Mr Urotz VKIS early at the white house this morning nnd asltcd to see the president for a moment only. As soon as ho appeared before the president hu plumped It rurlit out. "I Just coino to know Ifitw.is true as reported , Mr. President , that you will appoint no one who has over held ofllco under you ! " "It Is true , sir , " was the president's direct reply.Voll. " \Voll. " said Mr. Uretz , slightly out of breath ' 'does that " , apply to postmasters { "It does " tim ' , eamo president's answer. "It applies to all unices. " President Cleveland has mndn clear an other line of action. Ho h.ts rc-cmphusbcil his determination to permit all postmasters ulio are clllclent and honest to serve out tut ) full four j cars for which they are rommts sloncd. When It comes to foreign missions , consuls and the partisan positions , such as district attorneys , marshals , pension agents , etc. , ho will make changes. Don M. Dickinson of Michigan , dispenser of p.itronnpe , s.iys ex-Congrcssnmn Wheeler of Michigan , who conducted the recent in vestigation into tlio pension olllco , will surely bo commissioner of pensions. ICx-Congrcssman Cox of North Carolina will likely bo secretary of the sciuto. Contused tin ) MuiiHiiros. Several telegrams were received hero todav from Thurston county clti7ensvinalcing inquiry about the Indian tax hill which was reported . to have passed in the last hours of , congress and which was mentioned In HBK specials. The following Is nn amendment which was passed and has become law. It having Ijcon injected by Senator Mnmlersnn into the regular Indian appropriation bill and has been by many referred to as the tax bill ; "That the act of congress approved August" , 1HSJ , entitled 'An act to provide fo" the sale of a part of the reservation of the Omaha tribe of Indians in the state of Nebraska braska nnd for other purposes , 'bo and the same is hereby amended so ns to ntithori/.o the secretary of thn Interior with the con sent of the Indians of that tribe to nllot In severally through nn allotting agent of the Interior department to each woman and child of said tribe born since allotments of land were nrndo In severally to tlio members thereof under the provisions of said act and now living on one-eighth section of the | residue lands held by that tribe ' in common , instead of one-sixteenth of a section as therein provided , and to allot in severally to each allotteo under said act now living who received only one-sixteenth of a section thereunder , an additional one-sixteenth of a section of such residue lands ; provided that the allotments so made shall bo subject to the same condi tions , restrictions and limitations provided for In sections six , seven and eight of said sctltouchlngallotmcntsond patents to allottees mentioned , and provided , further , that the expenses incurred In making the allotments licroby authorized shall bo de frayed out of the funds appropriated for sur veying and allotting Indian reservations. " The above Is now upon the stalutc books. It has been by many Nebraskans referred to ns "The Peebles tax bill , " and confused with another measure. Nobrnskn Dctnocrntv nt Was This evening's Star in Its offlco-sceking gossip says : ' 'Colonel Frank 1' . Ireland , while not a candidate himself , is looking after the interests of a number of persons from Nebraska , among them Nat Brown of Omaha , who wishes the mar.shalship. Colonel Ireland is probably the leading dem ocrat of Nebraska now that Mr. J. Sterling Morton Is secretary of agriculture. IIo Is In line for the next nomination for the gov ernorship of the state. "M."V. Gannon of Nebraska believes him self well flttcd to llll the shoes of Patrick Kgan , minister to Chili , but ho would accept the mission to Mexico. "N. S. Harwood of Lincoln is after the United States district attornoyship , and is said to bo 0110 of the leading candidates for that olllco. "John North of Columbus. Neb , would not feel offended if the collectors ) ! ! ) ) of Internal revenue was placed at his disposal "Victor Vifquain , formerly consul to Bar- nntilln , would llko to bo returned to th t mate , "W , S. Hhoomaltor of Omaha tins piunph , lots to provo his right as the Ural I'lovolnn J limn In that state , and eonscmiPiitlv thinks an assistant attorney Ronoralslilp wilt satisfy him. "Governor Boles' stnto will have n good deal to nay about the distribution of | > atronaga In Iowa , but ho Isn't naming an\ thing and Is on the fonco. In the northern district Cato Soils of Wntcrtowti , who Is a ramlldata for stain senator , has received the endorsement of the entire delegation for the united States district altorncislilp. I'Mitor .1. C. Kelly of the Sioux Cltv Trllnmu be- llove.s ho has a call on the United States inarslmlshlp. The Internal lovomio collector- ship will bo given to a Dubii'iuo ' man. " .M Medium-nil * . It Is announced tonight that the term of Palmer , the public printer , will end at the beginning of April , and that ho has made or- rangomcnts to assume ths editorial manage ment of a newspaper In Nebraska as noon as ho leaves Washington. Nothing further than this can bo learned tonight , but the public printer's friends do not bollovo it , Mrs. S. .1. Parks of this city has gene to Omaha for a two months stay with her mother , Mrs. Joseph M , Carey of Wyoming has loft the city for Philadelphia for a visit to her young sons , who nro at school In that city. Assistant Secretary Chandler today ap proved the decision of the commissioner In the timber culture claim of Margaret MrUnn from Mitchell , S. U , cancelling the entry , also in the case of William It Poolov of the same place , cancelling the entry. P. S. II. KIcldiiK Duller Cmiir , St.'Jii ! Ptonrcr-Pieti. The mugwump press are too swift in their testimony that the anti-snapper. } of Now York are not Incensed at their treatment. Distinct traces of thn gall of bitterness nro visible Inluit they say as well as in what they piinfully and laboriously abstain from saying. It may In ) sot don at the beginning that jour kicker wants iho earth , and when bo doesn't oven get a smell of Iho turf ho Is lit for treasons , stratagems and spoils , no matter how vociferously ho denounced thorn. .1 ni.vr ntuM i'iitis. /'UIOJXCIM idllian iVciv 1'orli Herald. roil A Yoi'xo i , Mir. A ball pown of mauve crepon 1th an em- plro belt of violet velvet. A narrow band of violet marabout feathers trims the low cor sage and bottom of the skirt. irtu/.i.v/ . cn.i.\ai.\ r.ismo.v.s. l"nr iiiu/i ( / Itftilster. When hoops wrro worn byoincn fulr , A nuisance thuyrio found ; One ran against tli.uii eveiyulieie , The hoops wuro uluiys : loiimt. And they rntaidi'd , It wascloar , Tliu rlsu of uonmtiKind , 1 or by the f-islilon of hci'sphuro Kach uoiimnasconllnud. . WhonlioopsTTpnt < "it , by MIIIIO cracked brnlo The liustlo was il > > ilgiu > d , And woman's fashions , It was plain , Were getting quite behind. Tlio bnsllo also saw KM dny. Though to It they ndhutrd Tor years , and wliun It passed away The clinging dross appeared. And ai It suited old nnd young , 'Tuns worn withoutdemur ; To fashion woman long had clung , Now fashion clung to her. In time Iho train houamo Iho style , Andovnry worn in were It. In fnrt the fashion for a whllo Swept everything before It. And thus the years now fashions bring Which nourish and decay ; Tin ; corset Is tlie only thing That ever canto to ytiy. : Mr. Michael Higgins , Belcher & _ , . . Taylor Agricultural I ne Tool CQ ( chicopee FaII : ? ' Mass- writes : "This company has used ST. JACOBS OIL for years for their men for burns , culs nnd bruises , nnd we know of nothing that compares with it. " Equal. & CO. gest Miuuf.iuturorj an I of C'lothliu la tu ! WorU. It Has Come , Springboauliful , spring1 , especially when It rains or fogs so nice , isn't it ? But it won't rain fortfvor. That's what we think about our being1 "tore up" at the store just now. They have come -tho carpenters and they're beginning1 to make life miserable in the back end of the store , but you needn't go there , for all our now spring suits and overcoats are in the front end , or up stairs in the children's department , or on the third floor. Wo are doing and are prepared to do just as good ser vice as ever before , in spite of the carpenters. It's dollars in your pocket to trade with us , especially now , and besides you got the very latest in style and nt. BROWNING , KING & CO , Btoro open tiaturday ovorir till ovonlnj ID till 0.1X SW , Cor , 16th and Douglas St
