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HJg DATljY BEE. _ _ K , ltOSKWATP.lt ftlllor I'UHMSHKI ) KVKItY MOUNINO. TiltMS ; Or * St'HSCHII'TION. Dnllvllro 'Without Hiinihiyi ( ) nn Year. . I H 00 Iinirvnniisiiniliiy. Onu Ycmr . lp no Six Moulin . & M Tliico Mniit1i . . . . . . OWJ Huniliiy lift1 , Om % i our . fI ' ! Hiitnnlnr lice , Oni > Yi > . } J' ( Weekly Hi-is UiH ! Your . l " * > UlTK'Erf , Otiinlin.Tlirtli'cllillldhut. ' { nulli Orimlin , rnrwr N mill 2fith Mrccti Council IllufN 1U I 'I'll M .Slrrot. ( 'lilrntro ortlro. 017 I'liiiinliorof Conirnrrrn Now York , Hooins 13 , 14 mil ! 10 , Trlbuno Hiilldlm : . Wuslilnnloii , 5in KimrtrPiith Plroet All roti.mimlontloni it'lmlnc to now * and rilltorlnl lnnttiT should bo addressed to tlio Editorial Dcpurtmeiit. All business Irtlers nwl riMiilttnnre * should bo neldrowsi'il to Tin ) HOD Publishing Company. Omaha. Draft * , rhrrkH mid ivistolllco orders to bo inadu piiyublo to the onlur of tlio com- liiitiy. Tim TIKE I'UHMSHINO COMPANY. HWOIltf STATKMIiNT OF C1HCUI.ATION. Btnlo of Ncbrimlin , I I'ountT of Itoiiiilm I Ocorun II. Tisdnick , m-crntnry of TIIK HKK ptiu- llihln * cnniimnr , ilot'n nolomnlj nwi'iir tlmt tlm notunl clrculatlnn or TIIK IIAII.V HKK fur tlio week endlnu April 8. 1R)3 ) , WM in follow * : Hunilnjr , April 2 Monilujr. Ar.rll II Tui'iHtnr. April 4 Wcilneiulnjr. April j fliiimdar. April r , . 2i.7l : ( KrlcJuy. April ? . H.IJS Saturday , April 8 . 21,0.17 OKO. SI. T/.SCIIUCK. Sworn t < i before me nml subscribed In mr prci- encu llil' SIli dny of April , IMS. N. 1 > . Hill * Notary Public. A vcniKO Clri'tlliitlim for Miirrli , IHIIII , ( M.l'tt Tin- : lawmaker * ut Lincoln uro done. The lawyers will i > ! MHi s the city for the next few weeku. Tin : legislature has adjourned and Kynor will run tit largo again. Will ho got another railroad contract ? Mil , LOUIOCK'S cake is dough from now on. If he was really a candidate for nmyov ho should have voted for house roll 2'W. Hut . TIIK democratic candidate for the Oinaha-i > < wtolllit ! iiuiitt be iiatient. The president snj'H that all first-clans post masters will bo permitted to servo out their full terms. IT is said that moro than ono-liulf of the $5)0,000 ) appropriated for the ex penses of thn Bering sea commission has already been spent , and its work has only just commenced. SHOULD the governor eventually find it necessary to appoint now members of the State Hoard of Public Lands and Buildings it is to be hoped that ho will llnd men who will not four overwork. DON'T fail to vote for house roll 2T1. Push it ! Rush it ! The people of the United States of America and Tom Majors want it bad ! TIIK committee that investigated the Beatrice institution finally decided that the purchase of eight tons of soap in three months was not irregular. It would bo Interesting to know what use the feeble minded patients make of so much soap. OMAHA felt the predicted fall in the temperature yesterdaybut not the fierce Htorm of wind that swept neighboring states and territories and did much damage in some localities. This part of the country continues to be fortunate in its weather. TIIK propositions of the lories of Ul ster for armed resistance to the homo rule bill is extremely silly from any point of view and cannot fall to produce results favorable to homo rulo. In Eng land the opponents of tlio Gladstone pol icy are showing moro sense. CHOLKUA is now reported from nearly every district of Russia in which it pre vailed last year. This bears out tlio predictions of the most eminent cholera specialists of Kuropo who have insisted that it would break out again this year in localities where it was epidemic last year. ANOTHER prize lighter has been killed in battle. Tills time the tragedy took place In Syracuse. N. Y. , a city that permits only gentlemanly boxing con tests for "points. " The dead pugilist's adversary scored his point all right , but as It InvolveJ the necessity of a funeral ho Is the object of some criticism. TllK impression prevails in the Board of Public Works that the asphalt men have formed a combine. The agent for the Barber company Is tlio only bidder for the asphalt paving , and the bids are BO high as to justify the suspicion that a deal has boon made by which competi tion is withdrawn. It Is expected that the board will rcudvortlso for asphalt bids , but the result may bo the same. A I'OOR iimn stole a loaf of bread in Now York City the other day and was re quired to give bail in the sum of $1100. The big thieves who loot banks and public treasuries are the ones who got oil with light ball and are seldom punished in accordance with their deserts. It does not pay to steal a loaf of broad , but too often there is a nice clean proli' . in a theft that runs up into the millions. TIIK only reason why Mrs. Potter was not elected mayor of Kansas City. Kan. , Hooms to have boon that she was do- Bortod in the hour of need by the women voters. She only got half a dozen of the 3,000 votes ctut by members of her own sex. The question arises , how can the women of Kansas expect to succeed In politics if they don't stand by each other ; ' There Is a great field for woman in politic. } in that state , but she must bo more consistent. IT SKf.noM happens that a great wheat crop Is followed by another equally great the next year , and the reports thus far "made public in regard to the condition of wheat in several important agricultural states leads to the belief that this year's yield will not bo very largo. If later reports from the whole country nro of the same character the wheat miirkot cannot full to Improve , and in that case the farmer who bus managed to got along without Belling the whole of his last crop will be a gainer by increased prices. There are many farmers who have pursued this policy. Tin ; 'i n'KNTrTinnn.W.SJTWK / After u Hosston covering a period of moro than thirteen weeks the legisla ture has adjourned without day. In many respects this was thn most re markable body of lawmaker * * that was over convened in this fltato , and It will ta.ce conspicuous rank in the history of Nebraska. Divided polit ically into throe great groups of which neither had a controlling majority , Us good work must , as a whole , be credited to the honest men of all parties , and its blunders and shortcomings cannot be laid at the door of any party. Ll'orn up during the first four weeks of tin' session by a fierce triangular con test , which terminated In the election of Judge William V. Allen as United States senator , the legislature exhibited an extraordinary tenacity of purpose and 11 creditable amount of Integrity. . While the temptations to sell and bar ter their votes were great the fact that a poor man was elected to this sen ate without spending a dollar must bo taken as proof that nine-tenths of this legislature could not bo swerved by money or promises of olllcc , and the vulnerable members wore held in check by a wholesome fear of ex posure and popular disfavor. The greater part of the sca&ion was taken up by the contest over railroad legislation and investigations and im- poachmcnts of olllcers and ex-state otllcials charged with malfeasance. In contrast with the previous legislature , which insisted on the straight Iowa maximum rate law or nothing , the present legislature formulated a max imum rate law that recognized the difference in population and volume of traflic of Iowa and Nebraska. Modi fications and concessions to meet this condition Were made and tlio outcome was the enactment of what , is known as hoitho roll ; i.'l. which now awaits the signature of Governor Cronnso to be come a law. The wreck of the Capital National bank at Lincoln , which involved a possi ble lo * * to the state of more than $ . " > 00- 000 , and the penitentiary cell house frauds and the asylum swindles made it an imperative duty of the legislature to institute a searching Investiga tion into the management of state insti tutions. Although these investigations necessarily did not reach to the bottom of all peculations and frauds they brought to light a mass of corruption at the state house and in several of the state institutions that startled the entire state and by sheer force of public opinion rendered drastic treat ment of offending otllcials a matter of honor and duty. Mere censure by tlio legislature wonlu have proved ineffective to check criminal recklessness and venality. Nothing less than impeach ment could possibly have brought about a thorough cleansing of the state house. Impeachment proceedings could , however - over , not have been carried on as a partisan measure. It required the co operation of honest men of all parties to secure the vote of a majority of both houses , as required by the consti tution. It is to the credit of the republican party that the impeach ment proceedings were set on foot and unllinchinglj supported by courage ous republicans , who believed it their iluty to purge the party and save the state , and it is gratifying that the great majority in the legislature ranged them selves in favor of impeachment when the final vote was taken. A very conspicuous trait of the Twenty-third legislature has been its endeavor to reduce taxation by cutting down and pruning out extrav agant appropriations. This nolicy of rigid economy has resulted in a reduc tion of the appropriation bills of fully half a million dollars over 181)1. ) The greater number of bills having passed during the closing days of the session it is impossible at this time to critically estimate the character of the measures enacted into law. Among so many bills hastily voted through in the confusion incident to the closing days there are doubtless a number that will not commend themselves to public favor. Taken as a whole the work of the Twenty-third legislature can not fail to meet popular approval and its magnitude will bo appreciated moro as the years go by. It is no small task to keep a body of lit , ' ! men intact under fire for weeks and keep them hewing - ing to the line of duty with every in centive to go wrong , and that , too , while serving without pay. .1 LAW THAT IH KKKltKD. The fact that the law provides for no recovery in the case of a successful action by the government against any patented monopoly will encjurago the Bell Tele phone company to put forth every effort that legal tacticians can suggest to post pone the final decision in the suit now pending at Boston to invalidate the Berliner patent owned by that com pany. This patent , which is now practically the only barrier to free competition in the telephone business , has about fourteen yean to run if it Is not overthrown , and the monopoly therefore has that many years of life before it , If It can succeed in de laying justice for so long a time. The history of government suits against patented monopolies presents many in stances of justice deferred through all sorts of technical interventions , and the greater tlio interests involved the bettor the chance of postponement by the em ployment of dilatory tactics on the part of lawyers who make such tactics the study of their lives. But while it is not best to be too hope ful of an early victory f jr the govern ment In this case , it is gratifying to know that there Is some prospect of the enactment of a law that may bo the means of hastening such a result. Solicitor General Aldrlch advocates a law that will authorize the government to recover in SHOT cases the amounts illegally obtained from the public by the owners and users of a patent which is declared invalid , and it is understood that a bill of that character may bo introduced in the next congress. It would have a wholesome influence in such cases as the one under con sideration. When there is everything to gain and nothing to lose by keeping up a stubborn light and blocking the wheels of the courts by the various devices - vices 90 well known to skillful corpora tion lawyers , it Is to be. oxpoetotl that mich a policy will bo pursued ; but if the aw provided for the recovery of all the noney wrongfully taken from the poo- ; ilo under a fraudulent or Improper pat- ; nt nn corporation operating under such a patent would earo to risk a contest in which it was likely to llnd itself beaten mil heavily assessed for damages at the end of the struggle. A decision of the supreme court last week as to the validity of patents granted in this country after a foreign [ intent upon the same device has lapsed > y failure to pay taxes Is said to bo bused upon a principle which extends to the Hell patents and which may bo consid ered as practically disposing of them , leaving only the Berliner patent to bo contested. If the Boll Telephone com pany has only this to depend upon and it Is finally overthrown by the suit which the government Is now vigorously pressing , it may be that free telephone competition Is not far distant. The enactment of such a law as wo have referreJ to would have H tendency to check the resistance of the defendant corporation if the suit Is not terminated before Its enactment becomes possible. It would also bo a most useful weapon in all future suits of a similar nature against patented monopolies. S f.U'K A decision of the supreme court of the United States , handed down within the last few days , bin attracted a great deal of attention from the fact that it deter mines a question never before passed upon by that tribunal. This question was whether a person extradited from one state to another charged with a spe cific crime could be tried for another crime In the state to which ho was taken. One Laseelloj , under the alias of Walter BoriMford , was arrested in New York upon a warrant of extradition from Georgia charging him with being a common cheat and swindler. After being deliv ered to the Georgia authorities , and while in jtiii there , ho waJ indicted for forgery under his true name of Las- cellos. Being placed up.in trial he pleaded that ho was being tried for a different offense than the one named in the warrant of extradition , This was overruled by the court and ho was con victed. An appeal was taken to the supreme premo citii't of the state , which affirmed the judgment of the lower court , and then the case was taken to the supreme court of the United States. The federal question presented , as stated in the opinion delivered by .Justice Jackson , is whether a fugitive from justice who has been surrendered by one state of the union to another state thereof upon a requisition charging him with the commission of a specific crime , has , under the constitution and laws of the United States , a right , privilege , or im munity to bo exempt from indictment nd trial in the state to which ho is re turned for any other or different offense than that designated and described in the requisition proceedings under which ho was demanded by and restored to such state , without first having an opportunity to return to the state from which ho was extradited. It was claimed by the appellant that ho had the same night to bo tried alone for the crime charged in the warrant of extradition as if he wore a fugitive from justice extradited from a foreign nation , thereby assuming that the states of the union are independent governments , having the full preroga tives and powers of all nations , except what have been conferred upon the gen eral government , and not only have the right to grant , but do , in fact , afford tjall persons within their boundaries an asylum as broad and secure as that which independent nations extend over their citizens and inhabitants. The supreme court hold that the argu ment was fallacious in assuming that the states of the union occupy toward each other , in respect to fugitives from justice , the relation of foreign na tions , in the same sense in which the general government stands toward inde pendent sovereignties on that subject. It was said by the court that there is nothing in the constitution or statutes of the United States in reference to interstate - torstato fugitives from justice which can bo regarded as establishing anj compact between tlio states of the union limiting their operation to particular or designated offenses. On the con trary , the provisions of the organic and statutory law embrace crimes and offenses of every character and description punishable by tlio laws of the state where the forbidden acts are committed. The court declared that it was questionable whether the states could constitutionally enter into any agreement or stipulation with each other for the purpose of defining or lim iting the oftensoi for which fugitives would or should bo surrondored. The conclusion of the court wai that upon a fugitive's surrender to the state demand ing his return in pursuance of national iuw , ho may ba tried in the state to which ho is returned for any offense other than that specified in the re iiiisl- tiyn fj- his rendition , airl that in so trying him against his objection no right , privilege or immunity secure : ! him by the constitution of the Unito.l States is thereby denied. There can bo no doubt of the sound ness of this decision , which is clearly based on the plainest provisions of the constitution , and It is equally obvious that it in no wise contravenes the prin ciple of state sovereignty , as that has been defined by the supreme court. The language of the constitution with refer ence to the surrender by one state of fugitives from justice from another state is perfectly plain , and it is some- .what remarkable that such a question ns that upon which the supreme court has rendered a decision should have been presented to that tribunal. Now * THAT the county commissioners have received the city engineer's plans and recommendation * for county roads and accepted them it ought not to take long to got the work fully laid out so that active operations can bo started as soon as the bonds are sold. The material recommended nnd adopted Is stone. There are many reasons why a stone pavement is desirable In spite of its cost. The original expense of laying it is nrgo , but tno expense of maintenance Is light. Thif djfjlntry roads that are to bo mprovod wiUi some day bo , at least for a part of thctPlength , within tlio city of Omaha. Tijp 'wlll have to sustain the wear of a larjgo volume of tralllc. It is wise to pave 'them with a view to the future , and . , ! ) ) , , the extensions that are made hcreaftor , as the people feel that they can afforll the cost , the same sub stantial nmftjri'ul should bo used. rut : Titvbfs fumwixa noiiKn , It Is roporf't'o4' ' from Boston that prices on rubber goods have been advanced from 110 to . ' 10 per cent by the gigantic trust that controls that Industry. Scarcely a mlay passes that does not urlng the public some fresh reminder of the fact that about all of the great In dustries of the country , industries ren dered great by reason of the universal consumption of their products by the liooplo , are becoming closed to free competition and passing under the con trol of combinations possessing finan cial resources so great as to give them absolute power in their respective fields. Of the rubber trust compara tively little has been said , as there arose so many others of greater importance , but It is an organization of great power and controls an industry that must nec essarily bo patronized by all classes of people. It represents a capital of many millions of dollars and embraces all but two of the firms that are regarded as Im portant. Kvor since the formation of this trust the jobbers have boon bound tinder a strict contract not to sell goods lower than the price list furnished them by the manufacturer , nor to furnish goods to any other manufacturer with out the consent of the original manu facturer. This tyrannical monopoly has now gone further and has cut off the largo retailers from their former privilege of buying at factory prices. Tlio average increase in the cost of rub ber boots and shoes to the consumer in consequence of the exactions arbitrarily enforced by the trust is placed at10 per cent. cent.This This combination presents some fea tures different from those of most of the organizations that have been formed for tlio suppression of competition , but its character is essentially that which is common to them all : that is , it aims to extort money from the people by restraining competition and compelling the payment of high prices for its products. The trusts have now become so nuihorous that tlio formation of a now ono'or the adoption of a still bolder policy/on the part of any one of them no longcjr Occasions surprise. Now and then some ourt decision adverse to combinations'IN hailed as u pro'miao of relief , but lifl'l ' $ is afterward heard of it. There are plenty of promises , but they are not fulfilled. Not a single one of these unlawful organizations has yet been wiped , , ont of existence by legal proceedings. The anthracite coal combine ! ' has been crippled to aomo extent bj 'mismanagement ' , but It has hardly been bcotched by the enforce ment of law- . Popular indignation against it had'ohiething to do with its dilllcul'tV in obtaining money , and this may bo set down us about the only prac tical result of the great outcry that has been made by the oppressed people against the robbery practiced by the combine. Can it bo said that any real progress whatever is being made toward accom plishing the overthrow of these unholy alliances ? Is it not true , on the contrary , that they are becoming - coming irioro numerous and moro powerful every day ? It has sometimes seemed that they could not possibly withstand much longer the earnest and unanimous demand of the people that they bo brought under subjection to the law , but they still thrive and their num ber is increasing. The new attorney general now has an excellent oppor tunity to show what kind of material he is made of. The express pledges of the political party in power should bo re deemed. IT is stated upon high authority that the lumbar supply of the United States now left standing will bo entirely ex hausted in from seventy-five to 100 years. During 1892 in Michigan , 'Wisconsin and Minnesota moro than 14 per cent of the aggregate amount of standing tim ber was cut , the Michigan output amounting to 3,800,000,000 feet , or more than 15 per cent of the total supply in the stato. It is clear that at this rate lumber must become a high-priced com modity in a few years and that its use for ordinary purposes must eventually bo abandoned. The Knyinccriwj jYfii'.s looks upon the timber problem as one of very serious importance to the country. "Tho whole subject of timber preserva tion , " it says , "is one of time as much as it is one of money , and the subject can not be taken up too seriously by the people ple and government of the United States. " Congress has already done something in this direction and the president has been authorized to sot aside certain parts of the public domain as forest prederyOfS. , but it is not likely that forest preservation will command much attontioikmtil most of the timber has disappoaro'd.J ' THOSK KngMj journalists who are coming to thiji.- country this month with the intention of spending some time in visitin jijlio west and studying its resources will bo sin prised when they llnd how extensive the west Is and how much tinu 'lt takes to make even a superficial examination of so vast a territory. It they thoroughly carry out their plan thoyrvrlll bo able to acquaint their readers ' "t ith some interesting facts and correct some erroneous im pressions. TIIK present year will witness won derful achievements In the way of high speed and phenomenal long distance runs on the railroads of this country. One train will make the run from Now York to Chicago in nineteen hours , un average of nearly fifty miles an hour. It may bo stated with perfect safety that it will not carry many immigrants. A couitKsi'O.N'DKNT of an Alabama newspaper who professes to have made a careful study of the cotton question writes that he is convinced that the Boutli will never again , except pc-ssibly for short poriodfl , see the price of cotton miftl- clonlly high to warrant the producer to rely upon It as a means of purchasing supplies which can bo raised at homo. This Is undoubtedly true. It Is also true of all other agricultural products in every other section of the country. The south will bo forced to adopt diversified agriculture , just as the farmers of the north and west have done and are doing. ItKl'OUTS of cnusitaltlcs caused by the giving way of scaffolds on which workmen - men are employed are mot with in the newspapers every day. The number of men killed or seriously injured by this means In the course of a year is very large , and yet such accidents seldom excite - cite any other comment than that they are unfortunate. In almost every case they are the direct result of criminal carelessness on the part of some one , and that person should bo held responsible for them In every Instance. There is under ordinary circumstances no reasonable excuse whatever for the falling of sei'.ffolds built high In the air for men to stand upon while at work. The workman places his life in the hands of the contractor , and the latter , for the sake of saving a little time nnd money , erects flimsy scaffolds that are not safe. , He thinks they may stand , but he does not take the trouble to make sure that they cannot fall. This is a subject that should engage the attention of employers. It is their duty to pro tect their workmen from danger by tlio exercise of reasonable care. CHITICI.SM of Secretary Grcsham because - cause he did not keep Colonel Fred Grant in the Austrian mission should bo reserved until it is known whether the secretary has any authority or Influence in this administration. At any rate It would not be greatly to the credit of the son of General Grant to retain a place under a democratic administration merely because the secretary of state owed a debt of gratitude to his father. 1'KHHAi'S Attorney General Olncy is so confused by the rapidity with which the trusts and combines are forming that ho doesn't know which to begin on first. It is to be hoped that his indecision will prove to bo only temporary , and that ho will very soon begin to carry out the policy to which the present administra tion stands pledged. WllKN everybody has gotten through advancing theories as to what happened to the steamship Naronic the mystery will bo as impenetrable as ever. The in- fated ship has joined the green navies at the bottom of the sea , and that is all that can over be known about her. EX-AUDITOR BKNTON had a keen appreciation of the perquisite powers of his ofllce. The chances are that ho will not fill many more official positions in this state. ' 1 ho Gospel fit' l * < uicu. I'dMmrg Dltintcli. Kvery successful International arbitration lessens the reason for war and hastens thn ura of peace. o Nrw F'xratlltlmi llocltlon , Ai'ic I'oc/t / Heralil. The supreme court now holds thnt n fiiRi- tive surrendered on any oharRO may ho trieit in the demanding state for any othcroffense. The court reasons that states In this respect arc not as sovereign us foreign nations , but that their sovereignty is limited by the federal constitution. It is interesting to note that this opinion upholding national sovereignty was written by Justice Jackson , whoso recent appointment called forth from many republican organs predictions of the danger of appointing a ' 'southern states rights democrat and ox-confedcrato" to the supreme bench. Thn Pllinillt. ot 11111. /Mrjier' * Weekly. Mr. Hill is no longer to be greatly feared. Ho was strong only while tliero was no effec tive force of party sentiment against his ma chine's autocratic methods. There has not boon a day In the last live years when Mr. Hill would liavo dared to face the voters of his party at fairly hold primaries. And now that the machine must bond or break Mr. Hill is an obstacle to bending. Therefore ho must go. He can no longer load. No ono ought to be so able as ho to see the truth of the siluat'on. Ho can no longer help Murphy and the rest of the p.ick , anil therefore. aft"r their futures , they will turn upui him tiiul rend him. Hut the pack will continue to bo just ns dangerous after as before the pass- 'itiB of Hill. Soiiitnrl : l Invrnt lent Ion. 8i > rlnufielil ( M < ifx I Hriiulillenn. For the senate to extend its Inquiry Into the Koach matter to include a scrutiny of tlio means by which his election was secured , would bo to establish an inconvenient prece dent. If the way Koach got into the senate is to bo looked into tliero is ut least equally good reason for examining tlio methods by which several other senators got their scats. There are several who would not be likely to be in the senate had they not been million aires or political bosses. There are others concerning whoso election scandal was busy at the time and open charges of bribery were made. There is a suflleiently wiuo Held lor several such investigations , if the senate chooses to undertake th > m which the sen ate , for this very reason , Is not likely to do. .lorury Just leu. i\'nr I'm.Sim. / . Can a justice , with justice , sentence a prisoiUT. in whoso crime ho has participated , to a punishment for the commission of that crime ! is an ethical question which Justice. O'Donnell of .lorsoy City answers in the af firmative. His honor was ignorant of the theory anil practiro of the ijame of craps. Ono of four juvenile gamblers who had been haled before him offered to shako the dice with him , anil a thrilling game followed , in which the court cloarcd out the prisoner. The play having been brought to an end by the want of coin on one side , Mr. O'Donnell sentenced tlio defendant to u line. Surely this is an example of judicial stoicism worthy of an ancient Roman. That the gentleman upon the bench had participated in a social amusement with tlio gentleman at tlio bar did not mitigate the stern sense of dutv of the former. Al-lill. tilUHI-MltS. AVit1'nrli Sim. I hate a mini 'at's alliis Krumhlln' an' 1 ain't Incllnt'd my elf ToriUfenn'Mvi'iiral what I'vo got , an wl-.li for hu'lhln' rlso ; Hut when the March wind's liowlln' an' the sly looks Kliliu un' sour , I opluu tlitiro ain't no harm in wlshln for tin April hhowi'r. 1 hain't no udillcation Ilko these colk-so chaps , an' so I can't set down my foelln's ns I'd nuKhtor do , hut tho' I hain't no hand at rhymln' , .still , snnu'hmv , tliero bo powcru O' pm'try a-lurklu In Hitthoujlit of April bhutvors ! An'tho' Ifiposou plain old farmln'country man llkoitiu C'lin't 'prrclato the worklifs o' Dame Natur that I Kci > , Wlii'n I think o' pinks uu'diilslrs an' all tlio purty ( towers. Tlii-y "L-t'iii Ilko thirsty clilldn'ii drlnkln' In tlio Aprlltthowi'r.s. I ain't called si'iitlini'iitul I'm too old for lch like things Hut It itllus sots mo thlnkln' , when the rain falls In Uit > hpring , o'llfty years usjo un1 more , out In tlio rustle bower , When 1 klssi-d Miiucly nu' Just tlitm wo had un April shower ! i ttui.r. TiiitiT\.TiiitiK. Genoa Unnncr : All honor to the brnve men nnd true who stood so nobly by the people ple In this grout light for Justice. Toeunisoh Chloftnln ( rop. ) : Whether It Is a wlso. monsuro or not , the people have boon clamoring for It , nnd now tlmt they Imve It wo hope It may prove n benefit to nil parties concerned nnd work hardships on no one. \Vnyno Herald ( rep.i ) The maximum freight rate bill passed the semite nnd the house Immediately ncqulosced In the nmotid- nipnts by the si'iiato. Governor Crounso will certainly sl n It. At last we are to have proper railroad freight rates. Sownrd 1'eoplo's Ulght.s : An effort will be mnilo to ninko the freight bill odious dur ing the next two years , with the liopo of securing Us repeal , but wo predict a sul ; failure in this direction. That Governor Crounso will sign the bill there is no doubt. Wayne Democrat : In the passage of the bill , whether it be of great practical benefit to the people or not , a principle Ims been fought for , nnd tlio battle won , nml hero- uftor It will ho much easier to secure rail road legislation than it hns been In the past. Wukelleld Kopublican : After the most resistless and stubborn opposition to the measure by the opponents of tlio bill , the history of which Is well known to the readers of the newspapers , the senate finally passel the bill by the vote of eighteen for to four teen against , thus lifting the burden of ex tortionate freight rates from the shoulders of the railroad-ridden people of this great state , Hcatrico Times : The maximum freight bill , which will probably bo signed bv Gov ernor Crounso this week , Is In reality a substitute - stituto for the measure offered by the rail road committee. The bill is not so radical as the ono that passed tlio legislature two years ago nnd met with a defeat from Gov ernor Hoyd. The railroads are making a bitter light against the bill , not perhaps so much on account of the reduction it makes In rates , us for the reason that they do netlike like the idea of having their rates regulated by law. Uut experience shows that the only way reasonable rates can be secured is by legislative enactment. Toknmnh Ilurtonlun ( rep. ) : The long and bitter light is over and the maximum freight r.ito bill has passed. The Hurtonian says all honof to the eighteen faithful senators who remained faithfully ut their posts for forty-eight hours. The passage of this bill is a victory for the people of the state of Nebraska. The failure of the different legislatures to pass the same against cor porate greed and influence created a feeling of distrust that anything would ever be done , and as it has passed at last , the feel ing of the masses is moro exultant than it otherwise would have been. The Hurtonian does not for a moment contend that the bill is perfect. It was not to bt expected thnt any rate law could be devised that would bo satisfactory to both the shipper and the railroad managers. Populists , democrats and republicans all supported the bill , and it can truthfully bo said that It was the voice of the people which spoke in the passage - sago of the bill. West Point Republican ( rep. ) : For the passage of the Newberry bill the railroads have but themselves to blame to a very large extent. For years they have maintained a lobby in Lincoln and intimidated legislation by bribing the people's delegates until the patience of the taxpaying element became exhausted and they arose in their might and loosened trom their throat the clutches of the corporate monopoly. The sys tem of bribery carried on by tlio railroad lobby was of a unique char acter. Secret rooms wcro maintained wherein the cappers would inveigle the legislators where they would be wined and dined and otherwise entertained. Passes innumerable were issued by the several roads , while the people paid their legisla tors' mileage. Many other methods , not to mention open purchase of votes , were re sorted to to place the representatives under lasting obligations to the railroads. Their methods have frequently been exposed , but it availed little. The inevitable was antici pated , so today wo have a maximum freight law or rather as soon as signed by the gov ernor and goes into effect. IIT..INTH FK031 It.I.II'.S llOlt.f. "Actions are ideas in motion. Golden opportunities fly low , but they Ily swift. The place for the revival to begin is in the preacher's heart. The real preacher Is always preaching somehow and somewhere. The devil has no fault to find with the man who is in love with himself. Sometimes little troubles on earth open very big windows in heaven. Human nature on the throne is no better than human nature in the gutter. People sometimes make the most noise In church when they are sound asleep. The world is full of people who want to do good but they are in no hurry to commence. Ono of the saddest sights upon which angeis have to look is the life of u lonely child. The woman who paints her cheeks and the man who dyes his whiskers never fool but one person. Not ns Dangerous IIH n 1'ri/o Fight. Snu 1'ranrlstn Chronicle. Wfth bulletproof uniforms the soldiers of the next century will bo in little moro dan ger from missiles than were the mediii-val knights in full armor. This new departure in protecting the body will probably be fol lowed by now plans of warfare. How would it do to discard fightiue at long range and revert to the primitive method of personal combat , band to hand ! Tliero would not bo so many killed or maimed as under the prcsen * system , while ttio test of strength and skill would Do far better. or1 ftf\ . Itixtoti Courier ) A turn of tlio tied from matrimony to divorce. IMttsburR t'hronloloi Thn rnrly bicyclist catches the llrat CHMI of piiruinonlu. Troy I'row The si-nson Is rapidly approach- Ine wlu'ii tin- Ice man Is cool and his bills urn collected. Uoolu-Mor Domocrnt : A lionilllRht Is u good thing for nn on lm\ but u llxhl head N nut good for tlio I'liKliii'i'r. ChlcnKo Trlbuno : Ono of the lnte t nrrlvaN at .Incksonpark UniioriiiiK-oittmiR from .liivu , and visitors uro cautioned not ti > inuiikoy with him. \Vnshlnultm Slur : "I'll loll you. thoro's nothing tike coolness in die piesenco of ilan- RIT. said JiiKKlns. "No. " riiplli'il JiiKKlnx : "Hint's wlmt people from being su" Soiuorvlllo .loiirmil : The mini who never said nnythliiK dlsu reealilo tibout other | ioniln | In his llfo was probably born deaf and dumb. AtchNon ( Hobo : When a sirl allows n follow to put lilsmerooat on without n lstlnK him , It IsiiHlKii that sin ) doesn't want htm tocomu back any more , Dollanco N'ows : Ho si-nt a perfnnieil bllU-t- dotix to u imildon ujsoil thirty and tout It o.x- prossi-d Inclination towardjaiiiimntlon , ami Mho tfU'xmiilicd : "I'm your lou\loti\ " 1 > IMI.STIC : IDOLS. \\fhtnuti \ \ [ > n Mm . Slie m nil o n loaf of lirciul one mom. It wiis a brlttloeako. It loft the family till forlorn To sen It fall and broak. Hut soon HO patched It up with glue ) , l.lko othiT brlii-a-lirnc , And now It haiiKs nhoro all miiy vlow A most artistic plnciun. | I'/i/tAOA.II.ITIK.s. Iierr ICrupp Is the largest taxpa.\or In ( Jor- many. Ho pays $ IW-ltH > on un income of $1 , IWO.UOO. Theodore Wnehtol , the famous German tenor , began his career as a cab driver. Ho is now 70. Judge H. H. Nelson of the t'nltotl States district court of Minnesota , is thn enl > muii on the district bench appointed before the civil war. Miss Maud Lorillard. daughter of Plorro I orillainl , Is to marry T. Stifforn Tailor at noon , April IT ) , which date happens to boa Saturday. Mrs. Stonewall Jackson lias boon pre sented with a sprig of ivy from Martin Luther's grave and intends planting It on her husband's. Carl Schur/ , who was old enough to bo a revolutionist In Germany In ls's ' , doesn't look much older than he did when hn was secretary of the interior under President Hayes. One of the youngest lieutenants in the army is Wilt Wallace , son of the late post master at Indianapolis ( General Harrison's first law partner ) and n nephew of General Low Wallace. Mrs. Groshmnn , the wife of the secretary of state , said at a tea not long ago : " 1 trust the newspapers will not begin to publish ac counts of my extraordinary abilities and talents , for ! haven't any. Tlio judge doesn't like extraordinary women. " New York is now entertaining Prince Roland lionaparte , grandnophowof Napoleon lionaparlo. Ho has come over to study American areha'ology , buing a noted scien tist who has written twenty-three works ou the subject of anthropology. Mark Twain has come homo from hii European trip Incog. Ho landed Monday with a small hand sachel , made his way un noticed to a hotel , registered -'fJeorgo Jones , Gibraltar. " but sent a telegram la the evening which revealed his Identity. A IllXT riiOM I'AlltN. European KiHKon New York sriinirr rosTf-MK. Diagonal in two toned effect of pink and light tan is the material of this gown. The yoke is strapped with gold soutache , and the passementerie ) is of broiuo beads and span- fries on a foundation of gold. Wood brown velvet capoto. lirjo : t ManufaoturorJ an I of Clothing In the World. Got 'Em in a Box The tailor no longer stands any show when it comes to turning out nobby wearing apparel. We make up so many suits that fit as well , look as well , and are as well as private tailored gar ments , that we can afford to sell them at half tailor prices. We have never before gath ered around us so fine a line _ of spring suits for boys and men as this year Our children's department on the second floor is the largest and most complete in this western country Boys' suits from $2 up Men's suits fron $8.50 up. The hats are temporarily rily on the third floor , and we are selling lots of them at lower prices than hat stores do Meantime they are working at that hole in the wall. BROWNING , KING & CO , open ororr evenlnstlll an j § . ( Jjj , fifo DJJ-JJfoj JJ