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riTE OMAHA DAILY BWE : FRIDAY , MARGIl'lO , & * THE DAILY BIDE. K. ItOSKWATKIl Kdltor. PUBLISHED EVEUY MOUNINO. TKItMfl OK 8UHHOIHPTION. 'rTnllylli-o ' ( without fiiimlny > Ono Year , . I B 00 : > nl v ami fiimdny , Ono Year 1000 < lx.Montln gOO Hiiro Month * . , p. 'iindfty ' Her , Ono Year f " 'ntnrdny HeeOnn Year J x" weekly uceOno Yenr * ° ° OKI < 'IC'ES , Oinnhft.TlioHcoIliilldlnjt. ' Hoiith Omnlin , corner N nnd 20lh Struct * f'ounc.11 mulls 12 IVnrl Ftreot- Chicago Office , an Clmmberof Oommorro. Now York , Uo&ms 13 , 14 und 10 , Trlbuno Unlldlne. Washington. C13 Fourteenth Street ICOUHKSPONDKNOR All communications.relating to neWs nnd rdltorlnl matter should bo addressed to tlio Editorial Department. " mi.HINESS"LETTERS. . AlHwslne. .s . letter * nnd remittances should lie nddrciwrd to The Hoc Publishing Oompnny , Omnlin. DrnftH , checks nnd postofflco orders lobomadopiiyablo to the order of the com- S'lIE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY. BWOKN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION Htato of Nebraska , I County lit Douglas , f Ororpo It. Tzschuck , socrntnryof TUB nr.F. J'libllsldni : company , does solemnly swenr Hint ihouctunlclrciiliitroriofTiiB DAILY Ilr.B for tlio week ending March 4 , 1B03 , was ns follows : Fundny , I'Ylirunry ' 20 Monday. l-Vhriinry 27 TuesdHy.Kehruury 28 . 2Mn : Wednesday , March 1 . 21'2i2 Thursday. March ' 1 . 22'lo ? Vrldfly , March 3 . 2'SS2 BaturUay. March 4 . 24.020 OEOROE It. T7.SCIIUOIC. fiworn to before mo nn.l subscribed In my presence this 4th day of March , 1803. ISeall N. 1' . I'BH. Notary Public. Average ( HrruliUlim for Kcbrunry , 24,300 AN Ol'KK GIIALL To G. M. HITCHCOCK , Manager nnd Editor Omaha WorM-Heratd : For more than three months you have Jceptnt the head of the editorial column in each of your dally editions the following notice : TIIK AVOni.U-IIHHAtiD HAS : The I.nrgpflt Clrrtilittlnn In Umnlm. Tlio I.nrerftt Clrrnliitlon In .South Omnlin. The Lot-Kent Oil-dilution In Douulns County. The 1-nrcent Circulation In Nebraska. In order to give you nn onportunlty to verify these claims and reap the benefits to which Its extensive circulation entitles your paper , I muko the following proposi tions , which you nro at liberty to accept singly or ns a whole : L I will match the subscription list of nny edition of the HorM-MmiM In the city of Omaha with two subscribers for THE EVEN- INO BEB to ono of the WorM-lferald or forfeit $1,000 , payable to yourself or nny charitable or benevolent Institution you may name. The comparison of circulation to bo mndo by publishing the names and addresses of paying carrier-delivery sub scribers for the months of December , 1893 , and January nnd February , 1893 , with twenty days for verification of the lists after their publication. 2. I will match the subscription list of all the dally editions of the Il'orW-Herald circu lated in Omaha with THE EVENING BEE sub scription list , nnd give you n margin of 2,000 subscribers to start with , or forfeit $1,000 , payable to yourself or nny charitable or benevolent Institution yon may name. The comparison of circulation to bo made by publishing thn names and addresses of paying carrier-delivery subscribers for the months of December , 1802 , and January nnd Febru ary , 1893 , with twenty days for verification of the published lists. 3. I will publish two names of paying sub scribers to Tun OMAHA EVININO BEE , circu lated' In Omaha nnd South Omaha , for each iiamo on the V'orhl-JfrraJtl list of paying subscribers In the city of Omaha and South Omaha , including all dally editions of the WorM-HcraM , or forfeit ? 1,000 , , payable to yourself or any charitable or benevolent In stitution you may name , under coji- ditlon.i regarding publication , time for verifl- cntion nnd period covered In the first two propositions. 4. I will publish the names of two paying subscribers In Douglas county to THE OIIAIIA MOUNINO and EVENING Hen for each nnd every name of a paying subscriber to the dally WorM-lKraM you may publish ns circu lating In Douglas county , or forfeit { 1,000 , payable to yourself or nny charitable or bonovolcnt Institution you may name , under conditions regarding publication , tlmo for verification and period covered In my first two propositions. B. 1 will pay $1,000 to yourself , or nny charitable or benevolent Institu tion you may name , If the WorlJ-JferaU has ono half as much actual circulation in the state of Nebraska as IIIE OMAHA Bcu , the proofs of circulation to bo mndo as follows : In the city of Omaha nnd South Omaha by publication of names nnd addresses of paying cnrrlor-dclivery subscribers ; In all other towns by a comparison of lists of paying subscribers nnd books of news dealers. Only such papers to bo credited ns circulation ns were nctunlly sold by dealers and paid for by subscribers during the three months ending March 1 , JS03. Agents' nnd dealers' state ments to bo certified under oath. In computing paid carrier delivery circu lation in Omaha and South Omnha within the thrco months named , only such subscribers shall bo counted as have paid for the paper flurlng n period of four weeks or moro. 10. ROSBWATEU , President Bee Publishing Company. IN SIAKINO additions to the public park system , too much caution cannot bo exorcised in regard to tlio validity of titles. Experience has demonstrated this many times. CATTLEMKN are interested in the fact that Texas is having abundant rains , assuring u luxuriant growth of grass. It makod a good deal of difference : whether Texas has grass or not. SEVKKAL western states that have been making exhibitions of themselves in a political way lately should now brace up for the World's ' fair and show the rest of the country that they can bo dlgnillcd If they try. This does not apply entirely to Kansas. EDITOK JONES of the St. Louis Jie- ' jntbllo servos notice upon the president of the United States that ho will starve to death before ho will stick his nose through a crude and squeal to got iOIt the trough. This i shows a spirit of manly Independence that Is pleasant tent 800. THE patriotic suggestion is made that the World's fair bo formally inaugu rated on the 1 frith anniversary of the day on which George Washington took the oath of office as the first president of the United States. It happens that this 10n ulvcrsary , April 30 , falls upon Sunday , nnd as May 1 Is the day chosen for tlio opening , the anniversary comes around just right. The program has not been prepared with nny such obsot vunco In view , but the necessary changes could easily be mudo. I'KNlTENTUltr The report of the Joint committee of the legislature , which Investigated the penitentiary , will shook the people of this state as no other disclosures Of cruelty and Inhumanity in a public In stitution of Nebraska has ever done. It is almost Incredible that in this enlight ened community there could bo found men capable of practicing such barbar ities upon their helpless follow beings as are disclosed by this report. The world reads with horror and bitter resentment the heartless cruelties perpetrated In Siberian prisons by the re lentless minions of despotic power , but they are hardly worse than the Inhuman and baroarous treatment to which prisoners In the penitentiary of Ne braska have boon subjected. This matter - tor should not bo dismissed with a re cital of what has been found by the in vestigation. If those guilty of these cruelties can bo reached by the law they should receive the punishment they deserve. * Tlio wardens under whoso administra tions these brutalities occurred may not bo legally responsible. They did not personally administer the cruel punish ments described , and they could plead that they were moro severe than was in tended. Those who did administer them , however , may bo amenable to the law and it should bo the function of some body to llnd out whether they are not. If any of these men are now employed in the penltc.ntiary they should bo summar ily dismissed as wholly unfit to have any responsibility In the management or care of human beings. A careful Inquiry should bo instituted to ascertain if any guard or other present employe in the penitentiary has been guilty of brutality , and if such a ono bo found ho should be at once sent adrift. An ex ample must bo made of those men who give play to their brutal natures in the treatment of the prisoners placed under their charge. The investigation shows that radical reforms arc needed in the penitentiary regulations regarding punishment. Dis cipline and obedience there must be , but those are obtainable without such bar barous punishment as resulted in the death of Powell , who waste to all intents and purposes mur dered. Unquestionably prison olll- cials have much to try their patience , but rigid disciplinary methods are practicable without brutality. The recommendations of the joint committee looking to needed reforms should re ceive the intelligent and careful consid eration of the legislature. A TOO A31II1TIOVS MONOPOLIST. A striking example of vaulting ambi tion o'orleaping itself Is presented for the consideration of an interested public in the career of President McLcod of t the Reading railway system , who now scorns to have reached the end of his tether as a financier and manipulator uf railroad deals. Late information con cerning the hopeless muddle into which ho has brought the allied Interests under his control indicates that it will bo but a few day's before ho will bo com pletely disposed of as a factor in the H'ohlcm of Reading railway managc- nont , if , indeed , ho lias not already been ousted. There will bo no public sympathy for this young Napoleon of monopoly in the nisfortunes that have justly overtaken ilm. Ho appears to belong to that class of men who nro smart without being es- > ecially able , and -who are as unscrtipu- ous as they nro indiscreot. Ho has lad about a year In which to carry out liis magnificent schemes of aggrandize ment nnd centralization , and it would bo liard to show whore any man has over been given greater opportunities or has iiscd them to worse purpose. His indis cretion has been shown repeatedly In ; iia attitude of open defiance to law and , iublic sentiment. Whore shrewder and ablerTnen would have sought to win by methods less likely to arouse opposition and create distrust , ho has been , bold and aggressive to the last degree. It was this that out off the money supplies upon which the system had been sup ported up to the time of the ap pointment of receivers n few weeks ago. The capitalists became alarmed and tlio stock fell with a crash. Directors and stockholders learned many things which they had not before known , and it now transpires that , notwithstanding that President McLcod was appointed as ono of the three receivers , ho was oven then marked for removal from control. There are some matters connected with that receivership which look rather dark and mysterious , and it is not unlikely that it will bo sot aside , but in any event MeLood's grasp upon the great interests which he has done so much to destroy will now bo relaxed under the pressure to which ho is subjected. The breaking up of the gigantic deals upon which this bold and reckless oper ator had counted BO much Is n great victory for the people. It Is a vindica tion of the power of public opinion that ought to have an Important influence for good in the future , and the fate of the man who , ns the guiding spirit in a great enterprise of public robbery , has enjoyed a brief period of triumph over right and justice , ought to bo an impres sive warning to all future Napoleons of monopoly. TIIK HAWAIIAN TltKATY V. President Cleveland has withdrawn from the senate the Hawaiian annexa tion treaty. This docs not necessarily Imply that It Is the Intention of the ad ministration to antagonize the proposal to annex that foreign territory. It prob ably simply means that the president de sires that there shall bo a thorough In vestigation of the whole subject before final action , and besides , oven If the ad ministration Is In favor of annexing Ha waii , some modification of the treaty may bo doomed necessary. It was reported before the advent of the now administration that Mr. Cleveland - land would probably appoint a commis sion to visit Hawaii for the purpose .3Of ascertaining the true political conditions there nnd such other facts as it would bo desirable for this government to bo made acquainted with , through Us own agents , before taking further notion. There has been nothing to confirm this report , but the action , of the president In withdraw ing the treaty gives ivio credence to the : statement that it has been decided that the commlbstonora liibolinltof the pro * visional government nnd the roproflontn * lives of the deposed queen mid ot the heir apparent shall bo heard , Secretary Orosham Is quoted as sayBI Ing that the matter would bo given the serious consideration Us importance demanded. Of course the change in the situation Is somewhat annoying - noying to the representatives of the provisional government , to whoso scheme delay may bo dangerous. If these gentlemen could have returned to Honolulu with a treaty ratified by the United States they would have been able to add ono or two figures to the value of their sugar estates and secured other advantages In the way of their personal aggrandizement , nnd an hivesu tigntion may defeat all this by showing that the overthrow of the queen and her government was the result of a con- apt racy on the part of a very small pro- portion of the people , In which the na- tlvo population , having some rights that ought to bo respected , had no part , There has not been n bit of trustworthy evidence presented to show that a majorr ity of the people of the Hawaiian Islands desire annexation to the United States. The statement that nny largo number of the natives are satisfied with the change of government and what it contemplates has not been corroborated by any witness whoso testimony can bo regarded ns unimpeachable. At any rate the government of the United States ought to have fuller and moro trustworthy Information regarding the facts of the situation than it has obr tallied from the commissioners representing - resenting the provisional government , and the surest way of getting that would bo to Bend a capable and dis tinguished commission to Hawaii to make a thorough investigation. In the meanwhile the islands can remain In effect under the protection of the United States , so that American interests there will be in no danger from the delay. It is not to bo doubted that a largo majority of the American people now see that the action of the last adminis tration in this matter was unnecessarily precipitate , and that regard alike for the traditional policy and the dignity of this government , as well as n proper concern for the rights of the Hawaiian people , demanded a moro careful , considerate and delib erate course than was pursued. The course of the present administration , therefore , in deciding to glvo this ques tion the serious consideration it de mands , will bo generally approved as at once consistent with our position as a great nation that is not hungering after mere tnrrltory and with our character as a people who are always ready to ac cord to others every just right. TIIK QUKSTWy Of TOOLIKO. The ofTort of the railroads to sccuro an amendment to the interstate com merce act permitting traffic contracts , or pooling , between competing roads under the supervision of the Interstate Commerce commission was defeated in the last congress. The president of the Pcnnsylvahia Railroad company refers to this inthis annual report , and ex presses tlio hope that congress may yet see the wisdom and expediency of allow ing i pooling under supervision. Some of the observations of President j1 Roberts possess an interest for railroad men generally and for the business public , since ho speaks for one of the most Important trunk lines in the coun try. Ho says that the year 1892 pre sented the anomalous condition of a larger amount of trafilc being tendered to the railways than they wore able to properly handle , wliilo at the same time the competition between the transporta tion lines of the country was more nctivo und the trnllle carried nt lower rates than at any other period in their history. This Is reflected , the report says , in the decreased not earnings of nearly all the larger companies , at least in the eastern portion of the United States , where this destructive competition stimulated methods of securing traffic that if possible were attended with moro injurious results to the public than to the railway companies. The refusal of congress to provide a remedy for this condition of things has apparently loft the greatest industrial interest of the country , President Roberts says , "in such n position that it is unable to enter into any legal arrangements that will enable it to meet the anomalous condi tions already referred to , or to so man age its affairs as to either properly servo the public or make a fair return to its owners. " Tlio president of the Pennsylvania system is unquestionably in accord with the ffonoral sentiment among the man agers of railroads in expressing the hope ib > that "a careful consideration of the sub ject will convince congress that the protection of the public , no less than of the companies themselves , requires at their hands legislation that will authorize the making of such contracts under proper supervision , " and it is to bo expected ; that the railroads will renew li effort before the next congress to re such legislation. There is little pros pect , however , that they will bo able isto accomplish anything. They will never bo able to present this question to con gress moro strongly than was done by the railroad presidents who appeared before committees of the two houses 3(1Of the last congress , and having failed to make an impression then sufficiently general to bring about the sought erin legislation , their chances of success in the next congress will in the nature of things bo less. The sentiment that de feated the proposed legislation was that the prohibition of pooling is really the most important part of the law for the protection of the public , and this is so widely prevalent that it is > lo whether the law will over be changed in this particular. The people generally will not believe that a system of pooling , oven under the supervision of the Inter state Commerce commission would ire , re sult In giving them fair and reasonable rates , and hence they are unwilling that the competition as it now exists shall be done away with. IT is thought that it may bo about ninety dnj-B before President Cleveland issues a proclamation opening the Cherokee okoo Strip to eottlera. Thousands jrof people nro swarming on the borders waiting for nn opportunity to rush in I and Boouro farms. vWIH there not. bo a good deal of hi\rd.4ilp ninong thorn bo * fore f < oven sixty jltiy liaVo olal > sctl ? It Is altogether likely that the settlers will Boouro their lands too late to ralso nny crops this your , nnd In that cnso they will need to have Buflldont means In re serve to earthy them over to another year. < It will bo mii-prlslng If many of the boomers do not find themselves wot-so olT at the end 41 - twelve months than they would lialu been If they had secured < farms fjji the ordinary way , or rctnalncd In polnesslon of those which they have left. * TllK movement of settlers from the cast Into Nebraska Is far greater than usual this spring and the farming popu lation of the state is thus being rapidly increased. ' The immigrants are home- Hookers * with families and nro proving their faith In the futttro of this state by leaving 1 < the overcrowded east to cstab llsh themselves and their children In a field In which their opportunities will bo enlarged and their industry and thrift rewarded. < The city Of Omaha must in evitably feel the ofTeot'of this growth in the agricultural ] ( opulation of the state , and for this reason every man having in terests in the city should concern him self hi whatever tends to spread the fame of Nebraska. POPULAR government in Hnytl under President Illppolyto is the greatest travesty Imaginable. At the late olcc- tions in that so-called republic the president named his own ofllcial candi dates for congress and proceeded to pro cure their election in every district by intimidation i und violence. The people's candidates wore driven olT the field by the agents of tho.-prcsident and the lat ter ran things to. still himself. It Is a question whether the Black Republic Is yet prepared for popular government. answers elicited by Mayor BemLs letters to the various cities in relation to the regulation of vice cannot bo sup posed to tell any mqro than the truth concerning the number of vicious re sorts existing in those cities. The natural tendency "would bo toward put ting the best possible face upon the matter , and yet the letters show that other cities are as bad , or wor.se , than Omaha in respect to vice. If the whole truth wore told about some of them they wojld be shown to l > o much worse. THE growth in the population of South Omaha is best in iciitcd by the increase in the number 'of school children. It has been impossible to provide school accommodations fast enough to keep pace with the demand during the past year , und the school rooms have there fore boon overcrowded and the educa tional work of the city has necessarily been impeded. " ' 1'no ' evil will bo cor rected during the present year so far as it is possible to njicipato ( | tlio increase in the school population. TIIK city electrician has , reported to the council that hqeannot make reliable tests of the wires and electric lumps un less the city supply"-him with the 'requisite tcstifig instruments , which are estimated to cost about Sl.IMO. Mr. Cowgill's requisition was referred to the electric lighting committee , and there it will probably stay referred for a few months , unless Mr. Wiley consent to the proposed purchase. THKUK is an ordinance in Detroit which compels the street railroad conv pany to sell workingmen's tickets on the cars , and a test suit has demonstrated that the ordinance is sound in law and must bo lived up to. The workingmen do once in a while secure a little recog nition from corporations upon com pulsion. THE Chicago Times , repudiating the corruption charge concerning Carter Harrison , declares that "not a stiver was contributed by a railroad corpora tion or any other" in behalf of Har rison's candidacy. Perhaps the corpora tions are out of stivers. Small change has been very scai-co in some localities lately. THE total fire losses in the United States and Canada lust month were $9,919,900 , or about 32,000,000 less than those of the corresponding month last year. There Is nothing in these figures to discourage the insurance companies , though the decrease is considerably loss than the increase during the previous month. WHAT is the use of a city electrician if ho has no means to test wires and can not measure the force of currents on electric light wires ? Isn't it about time to stop trilling with the taxpayers and give the city electrician a chance to earn liis salary ? Hard Muca fur the Hungry. Atlanta Conxtttutton. It Is well to bear these things in mind nt the beginning of n , now administration ( . Many ofllccs may not bo filled by democrats for a year or two to come ; others nro hedged about by civil scrvlco-rulfes , and others stil can go to only n fcrturiato few. The greal mass of party wbrkcrs must bo satisflci ; d with the convietioBSthut they have done their duty. This % v/li'j / > o their reward , am it should bo.enouritj/for the average good citizen. & § It In ( ! rhrrr' I'nrly. Hrvaltlu" It lias not cscupiSootlco that Mr. Clove land's enormous . / . If-consclousness wa. equally consplcuoua-with the weather thu greeted him on-tTio fittft portico. Ho consld ered U necessury to"linuko his pcrsonul no knowlodgments to Providence and the pee plo. Ho saluted the universe with his pro found respects. Hplapoko of "my party" n. the queen of EnglanilHm the speeches DIs raoll wrote roferreTTto "my army" and "m Parliament. " y\ \ IlnuKliftifUnffAliixul. ne. , In his war on American protection , Mr Clovclund will certainly meet with much op position In his own party. Many democrats have In the last year been converted to pro tection. There are others , not fully satisfied In their minds , who nro in favor of at least allowing the policy to have u good trial. The "rippers , " who propose tearing the law into shreds ut once , nro not us numerous as they themselves appear to suppose. Grrnt 1'rojort on I'upor. J'/ll / ! < iJdpJifa fMl'jer. The greatest engineering project of the ngo Is about to bo submitted to the Jiritish House of Commons w Ith the endorsement of eminent Kugllsh and French engineers. It U a project to bridco the Straits of Dover with u cantilever bridge carrying two tracks. The bridge is to bo LHX ) feet above the sou In the clear. The cost Is estimated at ? lftl,7fjO- , 000 und the period for construction sovcn years. While there Is llttlo doubt from an engineer's standpoint that uuch u brldgo night ho built , the risks from violent storms , ittcndlnfftU construction nnrt use , would bo Tory great. There will bo nrrayed ngnlnst ho project the Insular sentiment of Hrltons toncrnlly , nnd the roluctnnco of onpltnllsts o make nn Investment in n great undortnk- nff thnt Is oven less promising of return * ban the Panama canal. All Iliipnnlnir Hpnctnrlo. /Vif'rtilf/jiM.i ' / lltconl. The blggrst naval si > cctuclo on record , by ill oads. will be the great naval review to bo icld In Now York harbor next month , under command of Hear Admiral Oherardl. Four- con of Uncle Sam's most formidable war vessels , with ns many morti from the navies of other countries , will form a marine pro cession of Imposing magnificence. No spec- aelo more Imprcsslvo could bo devised for ho beginning of the Columbian ceremonies hat will culminate Inter nt Chicago. * Tlio ( Iroxvth of Courtesy. Kannag Cttu Star. The young democratic governor of Massa chusetts toasted the young republican gov ernor of Ohio nt a banquet held nt Washing- on last night as "a manly man in misfor- lUiie. " "Stronger than politics : is friend itilp nnd stronger than political principles Is luman sympathy. " This language , uttcreil j.V Governor Hussell , Is coming to be moro .hnn . a mere sentiment In America. It has .akcii the form of u practice which Is bccom- tig rapidly Incorporated Into our national Ifo. DUtlnntlvxly Aniorlcnii. AVio York Sun , We have reserved to the last what will un- loubtcdlyconstltutoGcnorul Harrison's chief ; Itlo to fame and grutltudo as the years go jy. To ills everlasting honor bo It remem bered that ho was one of the first American statesmen to recognize nnd npprcclnto the lironu significance of that great revival of .he American spirit which marks the end of the nineteenth century. Whatever may : iave been his mistakes or shortcomings in other respects , ho has never wavered in his fidelity to the flag that Is the glory and [ irldo of our GTi.OOO.UOO of people. His coun try's business with the other nations of the earth has been conducted by him with vigor , dignity und success. Under Sec retary Tracy , to whom the nation owes special gratitude and thanks , the navy has grown to bo a real power. In the Samoan nlfuir , in the difficulty with Italy , in the Chilian dispute , in our complicated and dcli- : ute relations with Canada , in the mutter of Hawaiian annexation. General Harrison's impulses have been sound and patriotic , and Ills notions wise , linn und splendidly Amer ican. If It had been otherwise ho would Imvc been false to the blood that flows In his veins ; but , not the less , for his early and adcijuato perception of the great national movement which underlies all domestic political issues and is greater than any ono of them , Benjamin Harrison deserves un stinted praise. XHIIHASK.l .1X11 XKI Owing to a lack of "Jags" at Superior , the whisky-euro institute there has been fprccd to close. The people of Steinnuor have petitioned the Pawnee county commissioners to incor porate their vlllaire. The trlul of E. Moore , charged with the murder of T. Talton , is now in progress at Chadron before Judge Bartow. A heavy overcoat saved the life of Theo dore Schumacher of Mason City. lie was kicked in the stomach by a horse. If Shclton will give u bonus of $3,000 two citizens agree to refit the flour mill and fur nish the town with an electric light system. A Hlchardson county young lady named Damon , living south of Salem , grow tired of life and took rat poison to terminate her troubled career. W. C. Fairbrother , for some years pub lisher und proprietor of the South Sioux City Sun. has recently cstublished a weekly paper railed the Journal at Elyria , Colo. The epidemic of measles nt Gothenburg tins run out of material und the plague bus been stopped. Old and young suffered from the contagion , but the disease was in n very mild form and no deaths resulted. A Juror at Chadron managed to sccuro n jag wliilo sitting in n murder trial , and inter rupted the proceedings by inquiring of the JUURO in maudlin tones : "Do you want my decision now ? " The Kearney Presbyterian church is twenty t years old and Its members cele brated I the event In nn appropriate manner. The church was'organized with seven mem bers and there are now 180 communicants. The commissioners of Hitchcock county have i employed T. J. Wclty of Ponca to in vestigate the records of the county from its organization In 1S73 until the 1st of January , 1SD3. Mr. Wclty has been at work about three weeks. Kearney's now Young Men's Christian as sociation rooms have been dedicated with appropriate exercises. The association now has u nicely arranged bath room and gymna sium , fully equipped , In connection with the reading room and parlors. Albert Scott of Columbus celebrated his 20th birthday by baling hay. Whllo pressing down a wad of timothy with his boot heel the machine caught his foot , and if the doctor saves thu member from the wreck Albert will bo pretty lucky. Thomas Andrews , convicted of shooting with Intent to kill , nnd John T. Kyun , con victed of burglary , both awaiting sentence , escaped from the Cass county jail at Platts- mouth , and are still ut largo. The pollco placed several suspicious characters in the jail for safe keeping , and.it Is supposed that thoy.uided the prisoners to escape. A female medium gave a spiritualistic entertainment at the Chadron opera house before a largo audience , but when she went to settle for the hall she failed to agree on terms with the manager. Quito a seance , not of u spiritualistic nature followed , and when the opera house man emerged from the encounter ho carried a very sere head , cJlusod by violent contact with the medium's * umbrella. . The superintendent of thoFromont schools has been investigating the tobacco habit among the scholars , nnd has made the fol lowing showing : Among the boys attending the High school , 'A't \ percent use tobacco ; Eighth grade , UC > per cent ; Seventh grade , S3X per cent ; Sixth grade ; , 40 percent ; Fifth grade , 20 percent ; Fourth grade , U4J4 per cent ; Third grade , 15 per cent ; Second grade , 11 per cent ; First grade , 10 per cent. C031W.tr TIM. Rochester Post : Just now it U a solo leather trust that Is on foot. Troy Press : A nmkor of artificial optics has Rot to have nn eye out Tor btjslnu.s.-i. Itoston Herald : "Thoro Is something In your eye , " rumurkod tlio thread to the noodlo. Now Orleans Plt-iiyuno : Civilization has done Its worst for the poor Indian when ho will not oven hunt for u living. New York Press : "What are the principal products of tlio Sandwich Islands ? " "I'm not mm' , but I should say broad , Irani and mus- lloston Transcript : The keen man la qnlto usuptto iiuiiio to Krhif as his dull follow moflul. It N thu well shurpunud pencil that Is likely to be broken. Puck : Applicant for position I have hero a letter of rveiimmi'iidatlnn from my mlnUlur. Head of the house That's very good , so fur us It ( joes. Hut wo won't need your services on Sundays. Have you any endorsement from anybody who knows you thu othur six days of Ihu week ? Washington Star : "Thoso cigar * I cnvo you have lusted you u long tlinu , Imvun't tnuy dour ? " "Yes,1- replied her husband. The clone who sold them to me warranted them to wear , " she said complacently. lloston Courier : Sonlor Doinn't the teacher of yourhChool hullo vo In Uo.xKlnK ? Junior Oh , yes. lltitliu itousn't practice ft. .Junior Dousn'l ? und why not. pruy ? Junior llu hasn't told in , but 1 KUCSS It's 'cnnso he's n feuthorwelnlit , and wo can't train down to his class. Ilrooklyn Mfo : Ilrlsss-How are you gottlng on a * a tcuvulln ) : nmnr Trnlnmultor Splendid. - ll llku you ? Traliumikur Uku mo ! I should say so. Why. old innii. my expun-.es tliU trip wore Just doubles wlmt they were last. C7i ( i0o ffcu-i lltconl. "Wiicro nro you going , my pretty maid ? " "I'm going ii-slmpplng , kind sir , " si " .May I go with you , my pretty maid i ? " "With pluuhuru , sir , " tliu iiiuldu said. "Hut have you money , my pretty maid ? " "I've just onu dime , kind Mr , " slio said. "You'll soon upend that , nnd then you'll stop. " "ili , no , " and nho gave her head u Hop. "I'm not going to buy ; 1'iu Boliia to shop. " NEGLECTED IN THE HOUSE Why Several Hills of Interest to Nebraska Palled to Pass. HISTORY OF A NUMBER OF MEASURES Apparently No ICffiirt Mnilo l > r tlio Slntc's Itopronrtitntlrci to Socurn Donlroil ICRI- ) latlon Appropriation for Onmlm'g 1'ostnfuco llmliiced. WASIUNOTON ntniRAU OF run UBB , ) 6W KouKTRicxTit STIIBKT , V WASHINGTON , D. U. , Mtirch 0. ) An examination of the laws unacted at the session of congress Just closed fulls to ills- 81Cl close any legislation obtained for Nebraska through the efforts of either of the thrco members from the state who served In the last congress. All of the general state legis lation was procured through the efforts of the two senators. There , wns tin opportu nity afforded the three members of the Ne braska delegation In the hotiso to do some- thlmr for their stnto by pushing the appro priations for the Omaha public building , Fort Crook and the military storehouse. Every penny that was finally scoured for these Institutions came from efforts In the senate , nnd the house fought them with might . and main without nny apparent check from the Nebraska members. Senator Manderson hud $ ! 00.000 put on nn appropriation bill for the Omaha building and the house cut It down to $75,000. Lust year $2 < X,000 ) was appropriated , but for the year beginning with July there will bo but $70,000. The secretary of war recommended an ap propriation of $1,000,000 for military posts , and the senate put on $800,000 when thu ap propriation bill came up for consideration. Out of this Fort Crook could have secured . ' 00,000. , Cut DOUII ) > ) I ho JIu nan. The house cut the fiiOO.OOO down to &VX- ) 000 and that amount becutno luw. If Fort Crook guts fiU.UOO of this amount It will bo fortunate. Last yoar.Scnator Mamlorson had $100,000 appropriated , and ho got of that $100,000 for Fort Crook. For thoiiuartcrmastcr'.s store house and corral $ ( JO,000 was llxed as the limit and iOXW ( appropriated last year. There should have been appropriated a ilko amount this year. This was put on thu bill in the senate and knocked out by the house. Finally Senator Alundirson rescued it by going before the confcruncu committee , but ho says that in all his efforts ho never hoard of any work being done by any one of the three representatives from the state. . The Nebraska members let thu Genoa and Omaha Indian bills fall in the house , but the Nebraska senators got the provisions on ap propriation bills. Altogether the house end of Nebraska has little net result to point to us a session's work. IH'fimtuil.tlia "SooncrH. " Ex-Governor Mcllcttc of Wntcrtown , S. p. , left for homo tonight after a week's stay in Washington , feeling quite happy. Ho finally succeeded in securing a patent for the Sisseton townsite. Sissoton is .located in Hoberts county , South Dakota , about seventy-live miles north of Wutortown , near thu line of the Chicago , Minneapolis & St. Paul railroad on the \Vuhpoton and Sisso ton Indian reservation which was recently thrown open to suttlumont. Thu Slsseton Townsito company bought itiO acres of land and laid out a town , but the "soonors" con tested and held up their patent. Kx-Gov- crnor Mcllctto came here some days ago and has been lighting for u patent. Ha won to day and carried away thy llnal patent , bearIng - Ing the name of Grovcr Clovelund. MUcalliinooui. Senator Paddock has gene to Now York. Ho will visit Boston and other points east nnd arrive at his homo in Beatrice some time in April. Heprescntatlvcs Molklejohn and Mercer go east tomorrow for a few days , after which they return toward Nebraska. Hughes East of Yankton , S. D. , who was register of the land ollleo at that place under Cluveluiid foul1 years ago , is here , but says ho socks no appointment. Calvin S. Brice of Ohio Is to bo chairman of the senate committee on Pacific railroads under the now organization. William U. McDonald , principal owner of the Kansas City Times and president of the Midland National bank of that city , Is hero and wants to DO comptroller of the currency. Frank P. Ireland of Nebraska City called on the president today. General Morris Taylor , who was surveyor general of Dakota under Mr. Cleveland's former administration and who Is now a citizen of North Dakota , is In the city and is "rustling" for the coinmisslonership of the general land oflleo. John Lafabro of Hapid City , S. D. , Is at the Oxfprd. H. O. King of Omaha was today awarded the contract for the excavation , piers , etc. , and brick work for the basement und area walls for the now public building at Kansas City. The contract price Is $74,5.)7.P. P. S. H. Of Dirk Cnrr Captured. AN , Wyo. , March 0. Dick Carr , a notorious , wholesale horse thief , has just been captured in this city. Ho made a fight with two ofllccrs , but was knocked senseless nnd thrown into jail. Lust summer Carr drove from the ranges in adjacent counties nearly UOO head of horses , part of which worn Indian ponloi. A posse of rods fol lowed him , but ho nnd his men fotntlit thorn off. Carr sold ono bunch of eighty horses nt Alliance , Nob. , nnd the remainder to farmers In South Dakota nnd Nebraska , Ho vrni passing through hero on hli way to Montana wlum arrest eel , XMH'H T Mnjor Ailnnn of the Hlxth Carnlrjr Itutlroil from Ilia Nrrvlco. WASHINGTON , D. a , March 0. [ Special Telegram to TUB linn ] The following nrmy orders wore Issued today : Mnjor Kmll Adams , Sixth cavalry , having served over thirty years In the nrmy , Is , on his own application , retired from actlvo ser vice. vice.Leave Leave of absence for thrco months to take effect April 1 Is granted Second Lieutenant JohnS. SwlUer , Fourth Infantry. Leave of nbscneo for four months , with permission to go beyond the sea , Is granted Second Lieutenant Eugene L. Loverldge , Eleventh Infantry , to tnko effect from the date of his relief from duty In the Depart ment of the Kast. Lieutenant Colonel Hamilton S. Hawkins , Twenty-third Infantry , now In this city under telegraphic Instructions of the ! ! d Inst. Is relieved from the further operation of those Instructions nnd will return to his station at Fort Sam Houston , Tex. I < uaru of absence on surgeon's certificate of disability granted Colonel Melville A. Cochran , Sixth Infantry , February 1 , Is extended - tended ono month on surgeon's certificate of disability. Second Lieutenant Guy 0. Palmer , Six teenth Infantry , Is transferred from com pany 1C to company C of that regiment. Leave of absence for two months on sur geon's certificate of disability with permis sion to leave the Department of Dakota Is granted Post Chaplain George W. Simpson. First Lieutenant James W. Watson , Tenth cnvulry.will bo relieved from recruiting duty by-tho superintendent of the recruiting ser vice and vi ill join his troop. Louvo of absence for two months , to tnko effect on being relieved from recruiting duty , is granted First Lieutenant James W. Wnt- soii. Tenth euvulry , and he Is authorized to leave the United States. Second Lieuten ant Jasper 10 , Brady , Jr. , Nineteenth in fantry , will report In person us soon as prac ticable. to thu commanding officer of thu United States Infantry nnd Cavalry school nt Fort Loavcnworth , Kan. , for preliminary In struction preparatory to Ills detail as student olllcor of the school. First Lieutenant Henry U Harris , First cavalry , will proceed from Chicago to New York arsenal on ofllcial business , and upon the completion of the same will return to his proper station at Chicago. Captain Frank L. Hobbs , ordnance de partment , will repair to this city for con sultation with the chief of ordnance on offi cial business in connection with the manu facture of : i.-ineh ( ) guns and wl1,1 upon the completion thereof return to his proper sta tion. tion.Tho The following changes in the stations and duties of officers of tlio medical department uro ordered : Captain Marcus 10. Taylor , as sistant surgeon , will bo relieved from duty at Hanvoer barracks , Wash. , nt the expiration of nis present leave of absence and will re port in person to the commanding olllcor , Fort Jx > gun , Colo. , for duty at that post and by letter to the commanding general , Department of the Platte ; First Lieutenant Henry I { . Stiles , as sistant surgeon , will bo relieved from duty nt Jefferson barracks , Mo. , on receipt of this order at that post and will report in person to the commanding officer at Fort Omaha for duty at that post and by letter to the commanding general , Department of the Pluttu ; Major Frank H. Phlpps. ordnance - nance department , In command of the Alle- ghoney arsenal , will proceed to Dummior , Pa. , twice each week for a period not exceed ing three months for the purpose of inspect ing projectiles manufactured at that place , and on thu completion of the duty In each In stance will return to his proper station ; First Lieutenant Hcubcn B. Turner , Sixth Infantry , acting assistant quartermaster , will proceed from Fort Baruncus , Fin. , to Cincinnati on official business pertaining to thu quartermaster's department , and upon ' the completlo'n of the same will return to his proper station. Leave of absence for two months to talto effect at such time In the latter part of March as his services can bo spared is grunted First Lieutenant Charles B. Wheeler , ordnance department. So much of special orders of February 21 as rolutcs'to First Lieutenant Cl.cnn.ont L. Best , Jr. , First artillery , Is revoked. Lcavo of absence for two months with permission - mission to go beyond the sea , to take effect at such tlmo as his services can bo spared by his department commander. Is granted Colonel Oliver D. Greene , assistant adjutant general. The following named oflleers having served over thirty years in the army , nro on their own application retired from nctivo scrvlco this date : Lieutenant Colonel Edward W. Whtttemoro , Twelfth infantry , and Major Moses Harris , Eighth cavalry. First Lieutenant John A. Towers , Second artillery. Is at his own request retired from further duty at the South Carolina Military academy. Charleston , S. C. , and will Join his battery. Leave of nbscneo for six months on ac count of sickness Is granted First Lieuten ant John A. Towers , Second artillery , with permission to apply for nn extension. nn tins njiot. 1'utt. Mr. Sherman's resolution relative to chang ing the date of the termination of the official terms of the president nnd members of con gress from thu 4th of March to tlio IWth of April hits the null squarely on the head. Now. let every senator and representative of the Fifty-third congress give it u hit , In the same place und u long needed reform will have been accomplished. COL 03t Mnnufuoturorj uii'l ' of < 'lotlilnt ; lu tbo World It Has Come. Spring' , beautiful spring , especially when it rains or fogs so nice , isn't it ? But it won't rain forever. That's what we think about our being1 "tore up" at the store just now. They have come -the carpenters and they're beginning to make life miserable in the back end of the store , but you needn't go there , for all our new 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 get the very latest in style and nt. BROWNING , KING & CO. , Blow opoi ojerirjvenlni till ail j S , W , CO - Jj