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The 1-nrcent Circulation In Nebraska.
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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
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