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4 , THE OMAHA DAILY BKE : WEDNESDAY. JUNE U. 1893 ,
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IT is roportcil that the povornmcnt
prlntliiff olllco nt Wnahiticton la ti3 uu-
Bnfo ns wns the old Ford tlioatcr. Con
gress will probnMy full to realize the
fnet , however , until the building col-
ln ; > sos nnd moro lives nro sacrificed.
Tun Mexican war ended forty-BOven
years afjo , and yet it is claimed that
there are more names on the Mexican
war pension rolls now than there wore
Boldicrs engaged in Mexico under Gen
eral Scott at any one time during that
memorable conllict.
Tun legislature clerics of Pennsylvania
can ditcount those of the last legislature
in this btate for feats that are mys
terious. The incidental mistake of
adding the little Hum of 810,000 to an
appropriation bill is insignificant com
pared to that of transcribing a Dill that
had never passed , have it signed
by the presiding olllcoiw of both houses ,
and Dually roach the governor's
{ iproval.
ANOTHKU disappointment is in store
for United States Senator Martin. It is
announced that the appointment will
Boon bo made of II. B. Morris of Atchison -
son , as collector of internal rovcuuo for
the district of Kansas in place of the
present collector , Cyrus Leland of Troy.
Mr. Morris was a pronounced opponent
of demo-pop fusion during the late cam
paign , and his nresont attitude is as en
thusiastically hostile to any union of
these political elements.
THK Missouri Pacific has gathered in
the Kansas City , \Vyandotlo & North
western railroad and will operate it in
the future for the especial advantage of
Kansas City. The road was projected
by Kansas City capital four or five years
ago and was built from that city to
Beatrice , a distance of 283 miles. The
idea of its projectors was to make it a
great focdor for the wholesale and stock
yards interests of Kansas City and the
road was a bold invasion of Omaha ter
ritory. The road in its now hands will
bo a more aggressive factor in the de
velopment of Omaha's southern rival
and its operation is ono more good rea
son why Omaha capital should bestir
itself in the interests of Omaha. This
city needs at least ono good system of
railroad to the northwest absolutely
controlled by local interests. Until such
a system is built Omaha will bo at the
bock and call of the railroads which
from self interest naturally seek to make
Chicago the commercial objective point
of the entire transmissouri country.
THICKic is a great deal of speculation
as to the chances of a repeal of the sil
ver-purchasing net. Members of congress -
gross who have good opportunities for
knowing the Hontlmont of the house are
quoted us saying that there will bo a
Bafo majority for repeal , while others in
sist that tho.nut cannot bo uncondition
ally repealed. Tlio Washington corre
spondent of the Philadelphia JMlycr ,
who is a most intelligent and trust
worthy observer , thinks it possible that
a measure for repeal may puss the house ,
but ho does not * regard the chances of
such a measure in the senate as favor
able. The latter body , ho obsotvos , is
loss under the inlluenco of public opinion
than the former , yet a positive veto in
the house for repeal might exert a
wholo.somo intluenco in the boiiuto.
There appears to bo no very good reason
to expect , however , that there will bo
3Uch a piwltlvo vote in the house for re
peal as would alToct the position of a single -
glo ono of the senators who are opposed
to touching the Sherman law unless
there la substituted for it legislation
equally favorable to silver , and there is
no question that the number of those Is
BUfllciont to defeat repeal. A majority
of the democrats in the house are with
out doubt opposed to repeal iiid
Tk. those who assert that it will have a ida
- -viil'lty in that body must count on the re
publicans , but there is some uncertainty
us to what their coin-so will be. Indeed ,
the whole matter is surrounded with ii.n
ooi'tuuitlcs. It is said that the feeling >
in tlnaucial circles has improved some
what since the president announced oat
congress would moot in September , bin
iho outlook for the financial loglslutioi
which the administration wants is not so
bright us to greatly encourage conll
U31ICO.
Tim ironsr or run PANIC ts oven ,
The bank panic which Omaha lifts
undergone within the past * thirty-six
hours may now bo considered almost
at an end. The run on the savings
banks reached its height yesterday
and has well-nigh spent its forco.
With the exception of the McCaguo
Savings bank which closed its doors
at the first onset , the Ravings banks
have withstood the heavy drain
and are doubtless in condition
to meet further demands of small de
positors. The American National is
the only member of the Clearing House
that has succumbed in the shock. All
the other national banks are prepared
for any emergency and in position to
sustain each other.
While this is the first tlmo in twenty-
five years that any Omaha bank has
been forced to close its doors in' consequence -
quonco of a financial flurry , there is
every assurance that oven in this crisis
no depositor will suffer a penny's loss.
The assets of the two banks that are
now in the hands of receivers more than
cover the liabilities and oven if the
assets do not pan out the stockholders
are abundantly able to moot every claim
of the creditors of their respective
banks.
It is perfectly natural for people to
lese their heads during a money panto ,
but there is really no ground for alarm ,
and level-headed people must realize
that the enormous bank reserve hold in
Omaha is ample to prevent any serious
commercial disastor.
T/JK ItOADSTKll GI\m \ MEETING.
The first summer trotting meeting of
the Gentlemen's Roadster club will bo
inaugurated at the fair grounds in this
city today. ' The meeting will bo a
notable ono in the turf events of the
season and will in every way bo worthy
of tlio patronage of the people of Omaha.
The club has been organized under the
auspices of well known , representative
citizens of Omaha. They have labored
iudofntigably for mouths to make the
meeting a success and they have suc
ceeded in bringing to the citysomo of
the best horses in the west. There is
every reason to believe that the races
will bo honestly and competently man
aged <
The day has gone by when the general
public looks with disfavor upon a well
conducted trotting meeting. People of
all classes have como to recognize the
fact that the horse is ono of the noblest
animals given to man. The long course
of breeding and training have brought
out perfections in the oqulno race that
wore undreamed of by the people of one
or two generations ago. The sport to bo
witnessed atn mooting like the ono to bo
inaugurated in Omaha tomorrow is not
only legitimate , but free from question
able surroundings. The host'classes of
our citizens with their families may at
tend with perfect propriety. The open
ing events of the Gentlemen's Roadster
club should by nil means receive the en
couragement of the boat people of
Omaha , and the efforts of the men back
of the enterprise should bo recognized
by a general attendance.
Whatever may bo the finding of the
coroner's inquest in the Ford's theater
disaster and of the court of Inquiry or
dered by the secretary cf war. the pri
mary responsibility for that calamity
rests upon congress. There was un
doubtedly a lack of wcoaution in the
prosecution of the work of excavation
which was the immediate cause of the
collapse of the building , and it ought
not to bo flifilcult to 11 x the blatno for
this. There is not room for a reasona
ble doubt that those in chat-go of this
work wore incompetent to see the dan
ger , for it is incredible that they could
have boon indifferent where so many
lives wore jeopardized. It is at least
charitable to believe Unit they did
not know there was any danger in ex
cavating under the building nnd in the
confidence of ignorance they did not
seek export opinion. It was a most un
fortunate and calamitous mistake , but
it is questionable whether it can bo re
garded as criminal. It was simply a
caio of self-reliant ignorance , so fur as
Colonel Ainsworth and his assistants
are concerned , and wo do not see how
they can bo subjected to any other pen
alty than that of being condemned
for not having asked for export opinion.
The charge that they exorcised an in
timidation which silenced complaints as
to the insecurity of the building does
not seem to bo material to the ciisu.
I'lioro will not bo much public sympa
thy , with men who seolng the danger
risked their llvos rather than incur the
displeasure of superiors by calling at
tention to the danger.
Tlio insecurity of the wrecked build
ing was not a matter of reooiit knowl
edge. It hud boon known for years and
congress had repeatedly boon asked for
an appropriation for ttrongthonlng the
structure. A few thousand dollars expended -
ponded on this structure would have
saved a score of lives and the maiming
of many others , but sham economists of
the llolmnn ilk would not appropriate
the money and the consequence has
boon a calamity that shocked the coun
try. It is not possible to fully atone for
this neglect The mon who found death
under the ruins of the old theater
made doubly memorable by this calam
ity cannot bo recalled to life , and it ills
hardly to bo expected that the govern
ment will iissuino the care of these wlic
wore dependent on them , however
worthy their claim to such care. Hut
congress may make some atonement for
- Its dereliction by providing against
similar disasters in other public build'
- ings that are not secure , According ta
- the Washington correspondents there
- uro several such. The patent office
. building , with its vast accumulation JOof
- heavy records , has for several years
boon regarded as unsafe. Two yoim
- ago Soorotary Noble culled thoattontloi U
of congress to the condition of the building
dId
ing , saying that ho would not and couli
not bo responsible for the lives of tin
people working thoro. * The annex tote (
- the Postolllco department is thought to (
bo unsafe , as iu lso the building KJ-
ouplod by the Wfir department nnd the
eccond auditor of the treasury , The
safety of the building in which la the
Department of Justice is bollovod to
bo fnr from porfoot , and It
is said that the public printing ofUco is
the terror ol its occupants. Great
masses of records , steadily accumulat
ing , are piled up in these buildings , and
thousands of clerks crowd them dally.
A disaster moro terrible in its consequences
quences than the ono now being investi
gated may happen at ono of these build
ings any day , and the apprehension of
such a possibility keeps these employed
in them under a constant sense of fonr.
It sometimes seems that nothing short
of a great publlo calamity will nrouso
the authorities to a duo sense of their
responsibility nnd duty. The sacriflco
of human lifo to the parsimonious spirit
of congress may have the effect which
nil other appeals hnvo failed of , to induce -
duce that body to do something for the
adequate security of the lives of the em
ployes of .tho government while in the
discharge of their duty. In this way it
may innko partial atonement for its
past dorollctlon nnd its sad result.
THE SUUAIl DUUXTl' DOOMED.
There scorns to bo no doubt that the
next congress will repeal the sugar
bounty. The Louisiana delegation , which
favors the retention of the bounty , it is
understood , has given up all hope that
this means of encouraging the produc
tion of domcstio sugar will bo con
tinued. Senator Caffory said in a re
cent interview that ho 'had talked a
great deal in Washington with public
mon about the sugar question , aud ho
entertained no doubt that the bounty is
doomed. "Whenever the people got a
craze against a thing , " said the senator ,
"that thing must " "go. Thocrazonow
is in opposition to the sugar bounty ,
and its repeal is certain. But I bo-
llovo that a tariff of Ho or 2c will bo
put on sugar , and I have the assurances
of Mr. Cleveland and Mr. Carlisle that
they are favorable to a tariff on sugar. "
Representative Blauchard of the same
state has expressed himself In similar
language , and it is understood that the
Louisiana delegation" will make little
f > r no fight against the repeal
of the bounty , accepting the inevitable
on the subject , nnd will concentrate all
olTorts to obtain a protective duty of U
or 2o ou sugar ,
Putting sugar on the free list saves
tha'poople of this country between $ , )0- ,
000,000 and $00,000,000 , annually , the
poorer classes deriving the greatest
benefit from this saving. The
bounty on sugar costs the people
last year less than 310,000,000 , , the
smaller part of which came out of the
pockets of the poorer classes. An ex
perience of nearly thirty years with
sugar duties demonstrated that they
had little or no effect in stimulating the
growth of tlio sugar industry in this
country , while on the other hand the
bounty has had the sarno olToct hero as
in all European countries producing
sugar in promoting the industry. It has
buen demonstrated that in time the
United States coujd produce sufficient
beet sugar to supply the homo domund ,
but this will n&'t bo accomplished with
out the encouragement which a modcr-
ute bounty affords. The repeal of the
bounty would probably put an end to
further olTorts in this direction , and
very likely beet sugar production would
cense altogether.
Wo imported sugar last year , free of
duty , to the amount of 3,500,000,000 ,
pounds. A duty of 1 | cents a pound on
this would amount to $52,500,000 , , , or
nearly six times as much as the bounty
paid on domestic sugar last year. The
actual saving to the consumers of the
country under the present policy re
garding sugar is not far from $45,000,000
annually. These figures and facts carry
their own argument , and no exigency re
garding revenue will destroy their in
lluenco with the masses of the people. It
Is a hazardous policy to tax the poor
man's breakfast table.
THE FIVK lllIHUS AXD ( llTlZKfiStllP.
The last congress authorized the ap
pointment of three commissioners to
enter into negotiations with the live
tribes of the Indian Territory with a
view to ascertaining their willingness
to relinquish their tribal relations aud
consent to become a part of the United
States. The commissioners have not
yet boon appointed , and it seems to bo
the opinion of these who nro carefully
watching developments in the Indian
Territory that the commission will not
bo able to accomplish much toward in
ducing tlio five pribos to adopt the
policy which the government de
sires them to accopt. The Cherokees -
keos Boom to bo especially op
posed to the statehood plan and
are now demanding the enforce
ment of that part of the treaty relating
to the removal of the intruders into the
territory. They want the president to
issue a proclamation notifying intruders
to leave the nation ; and they arc under
stood to bo actuated In this by the
knowledge that the intruders uro 0n
favor of American citizenship. The
number of these is stated to bo 5,000 1
aud as the president has appointed a
commission to appraise the vuluo of the [
property owned by the intruders the in-
farenco is that it is the intention to en
force the treaty provision regarding
their expulsion.
The other tribes , however , appear not
to bo so hostile to the proposition to be-
oitlno a part of the United States as
are the Cherokees , and if these can
bo induced to accept the plan of the government
,
ernment the tribe most strongly opposed
- to it will not bo likely to hold out. Ito
is not difficult to understand the oppo
sltlon. The five tribes huvo boon for
many years accustomed to some of the
advanced conditions of civilization and
, particularly to the forms of American
- representative government. They have
their governors , legislatures and judi iIr
cial systems , their militia force , tholi
stated elections and the vote by ballot
They have prospered under these con
dltions , and very generally are well satisfied
isfiod with them. Most naturally , therefore
oB
fore , many of them cannot see the wis :
- ( lorn of making any departure from Bh
system that ban boon productive of sucli !
( satisfactory results to them. It is quit *
conceivable that they cannot undorstuiu
in what redpootthoy would improve thoii
- situation by bointf merged in the , groa
American body politic6ron , though this
brought thorn representation In con *
gross. They have ft ttchty , the snored-
ness of which has bepti. thus tar- faith
fully observed by thai government nnd
they reasonably oxpcot always will bo.
But sooner or IntorlhO'flvo tribes will
hnvo to accept cltlzoriyhUh or bo coerced
into becoming n part of the United
States by uncontrollable , events. The
growth of population in the country will
steadily increase the , pressure on the
pnrt of the whites for/tho possession of
the Indian Territory , which in tlmo
become Irresistible. This Is as inevita
ble as anything In tha' course of human
events can bo , nnd when that time comes
the flvo tribes , If still isolated
as at present , might not get as favorable
concessions as now. Solflsh motives un
doubtedly hnvo a good deal to do with
the opposition to the plan of American
citizenship , nnd this influence may bo
overcome by the arguments which an
intelligent commission can present to
show the advantages of wider privileges
and greater opportunities which the
proposed plan would confer. At any
rate the Indian Territory cannot always
bo kept for the exclusive benefit of Its
present occupants. Numerous as the
intruders are at present they will bo
far moro so in the years to come , and
they will become moro troublesome ns
they increase in number.
A POINTED
Two questions in regard to the right
of a state to tax foreign stooping cars
were settled very definitely by the
recent decision of the United States
court for the eastern district of Louis
iana in the case of the Pullman Palac *
Car company versus the board of asses
sors.
sors.The
The first point at issue was whether a
foreign corporation can bo taxed at all
by a state ou Its sleeping cars engaged
in interstate traffic , and which como
into the state solely for the purpose 'bt
receiving aud discharging passengers ,
and for the purpose of "having such
minor repairs made as they may casu
ally require.
The court without reservation decides
affirmatively. The law under which
the question was raised provides that
"any transportation company whoso
sleeping cars run over any line lying
partly in this state or partly within
another state or states shall bo assessed
in this state in the ratio which the num
ber of miles of the line within the state
has to the total number of miles of the
entire lino. " This law is similar to the
statutes laid down for the government
of the State Board -of Equalization
in Nebraska. "This-is provision , "
says the court , "for taxation which ap
plies alike to resident and nonresident
companies , and sinco-it is applicable to
all companies it doqd ndt violate the
constitution as being ? in olToct , an Im
position upon interstate commerce. It
is also just and oquitab'lb. "
The second point raised' ' , was whether ,
it a foreign corporation can bo taxed at
all , it can bo taxed except ratably and
according to the proportion of the
miles which its car's taxed traverse
within the state , as compared with the
number of miles whicJi4Uoy traverse in
such state and other st'atos.
The court hold that'a foreign sleeping
car company could only bo taxed rata
bly and according to the proportion of
the miles which its cars taxed traverse
within the state , as compared with the
number of miles which they traversed
in the state and other states , especially
under such a statute as the above.
The reason given by the court to sus
tain this opinion is that "while
the statute defining the manner in
which the tax is levied to wit : that
there shall bo levied a tax within the
state only upon that proportion of the
valuation of the cars which results from
comparing the miles traversed within
the state with the aggregate of miles
traversed within and without the state ,
is binding upon the sloopiug car com
pany , it is binding also upon the taxing
'
officers. "
THAT "timo at last makes all things
oven" again finds apt verification in a
little incident reported from the na
tional capital. Our readers will recall
the notoriety that was given a Kentucky
cabinet maker , by name George II.
Thorbo , who ran as a labor candidate
igainst Representative Carlisle a few
years ago. The present distinguished
secretary of the treasury regarding his
rc-olcction ns a sure thing paid little
attention to the contest , and was aston
ished in the end to find that ho had boon
returned by the surprisingly narrow
margin of a few hundreds only instead
of the accustomed majority of thousands.
The voluble carpenter made a sonsolcss
contest before congress and sank into
the obscurity of a special immigrant
agent in Now York , given him by Pres
ident Harrison. The other day a dele
gation called on Secretary Carlisle to
ask Thorbo's rcuppolntmcnt. The next
mall to Now York carried the secre
tary's request for the special immigrant
agent's resignation.
THE Oninlm clearing house reports
transactions yesterday amounting to
over a million dollars.Not n bad day's
business , in vlow of the picnic of bank
depositors. . . ,
All Hull the Clllll.
Glnlic-Jiemucrat.
Lot Cleveland avvlnu tho. patronage club
over tha houds of tha silver inun. If ho can
knock BOIISU into thorn ovou iu that way the
country will bo ploasod.3 , | [ i
Il < mioinljer.TiU. |
Kansas City Journal.
There nro too many people who nro prone
to iimlio the most of opportunities presented
- In a condition Itko the present to carry talcs
and Rot houses In trouble that would bo
sound wcro It not for thu storlos that nro
circulated. Just romomlior that the failure
or closing of one house dpus not necessarily
weaken another , and also ramombor that
moro harm lias boon done by an insidious
tongue that inoatit no harm thau by the ono
- that told tlio diroot Ho.
Compensation * for TRI | | ( Money.
Huston Herald.
- A tlght'monoy market U In many ways n
- health-producing condition of affairs , since
it tends to brine to the surface aud thus 38x
- posu n number ofeak spots in the business
- world that had better bo discovered and
a clem nod out. It Is not desirable that mer
chants and manufacturers should continue
In business as solvent portion ? or corpora-
tlons when they have much more than aid
haustod all the capital they over had and
are almost irretrievably In debt. A bus-
Inosa carried on under such conditions isis
rarely u safely couuucted business. U ise
como.i ft ( inoclM of oftmnllni ? , these cnRftftacl
in It knoxrlnff tlmi the chnncoi nro thiu they
will bo compelled sooner or Inter to iH close
their Insolvency , nml that the only escape Is
throuph certain extraordinarily fortunate
operations.
8trnt nr , My Hoy.
Commander Davis certainly 1 * a very tact
ful man. At the recent Kumll.i dlnnor ho
was thoughtful enough to order the waiters
to remove the knives before the pie WAS
brought in. Chicago society owes him a
great debt of grntltudo.
Compliment to the Sei.
JMroltFit ltrtm.
An Omnhn womnn defaulted to the
amount of f375 nnd the fact was telegraphed
nil over the country. There could bo no
higher compliment to the honesty of her
sex , for had the defaulter boon n man the
ofTcnso would have been passed with n brief
notice iu the local papers.
Antidote fur Trnin Ko1ibcry >
St , I.onis
Dead train robbers nro absolutely harm
less , aud the moat rational way to trcnt any
member of thu guild is to shoot him whenever -
over nnd wherever ho la found plying his
vocation. Lot the railroads put guards on
their trains whoso business It will bo to Idll
any train robber who shows himself. Such
men nro easily found , nnd when the railroads
begin to haul In dead bandits ns well n.i dyn-
nmlto shattered express cars the business of
train robbing will soon ocaso to thrive.
.
Defrnuitlnir tlio Itovcuue.
U/ilcJi/o / Itcconl.
Ono of the largest silk firms in this coun
try said to the Fairchlld commission ,
through Its representative : "It seems n
hopeless hud discouraging task to f.ut nn end
to frauds on the revenue through .under
valuation. No serious penalties are over en
forced. "
This moans that the tarlfC on silks espe
cially is uot made to yield the best results ;
that the business of defrauding the revenue
is systematic , successful and unpunished.
Hero is nn evil for tariff reformers to. sot
about reforming.
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No Pnrti8titmlil | > in Fliiimco.
New York Evening I'nst.
It is fortunate that congress will tncklo
the flnnnclal question with n presidential
election throe years away , instead of only
two , ns In 18T8 and 18'JO. This will tend to
remove the paralysis which n general elec
tion near at hand and doubtful always seems
to bring upon politicians and greatly In
crease the chance of coming to some clear-
cut decision. Then It Is also n goodythlng
that this financial question is cutting right
across party lines , so that unworthy partisan
appeals nro to huvo loss power than over
and the real Interests of the people , to whom ,
and not to party , the president has appealed ,
to have a hotter opportunity of making
themselves felt.
Cimcol the rrlvm Contract.
Rcarncu Journal.
The demand for a cancellation of the
prison labor contract Is a loud ono. The
st.ito has learned enough of the Dorgans
methods to demand that Its partnership
with him bo summarily dissolved. Tno state
authorities should take immediate steps to
cancel the contract with the Dorgans which
they hold under cover for others. The state
has been brought into bad odor by the
methods of those men , and to longer tolerate
it will make thu state authorities partiuopH
cnminis , In legal parlance. The prison labor
contract is wrong In itself , ns it does not
tend to reformation In a convict to bo worked
like a galley slave to put dollars in the
pockets of some corruptionlst living in
alHuenee outside the prison walls as a result
of their labor.
The Real American Sunday ,
A'CUJ York Kvenlna I'ast.
The truth is that wo have developed dur
ing the past quarter of a century au "Amer
ican" Sunday , which is based uK | > n the prin
ciple laid down in the Declaration of Inde
pendence , that all men are endowed with an
"unaUenablo right to the pursuit of happi
ness" on every day of the week. A con
trary rule has , until a comparatively recent
time , prevailed in the greater part of the
country a rule which forbade the pursuit of
hapolnchs on Sunday unless ono could got it
at church or reading religious books at home ;
but there was never anything "American"
about this rulo. It was a servile imitation
of England the adoption of u theory about
the day which finds no support in the life of
the Founder ot Christianity or in tlio prac-
I tico of the Christian church outside of Great
Britain. So far Irom its being "un-Ameri
can" for Mr. Elboeck to advocate the pursuit
of happiness on Sunday , it Is the very em
bodiment of the principle upon which the
American system is based.
A'llUllASKA AND NKllKASKAXS.
IIowoIIs will celebrate the Fourth.
Harvard proposes to celebrate the Fourth
in a manner becoming the Columbian year.
The Central City Democrat has made its
appearance with George Wells us editor.
A schema for building a big hotel at Hnrt-
Ingtou is being considered by the business
men of the town.
Hov. Jolm M. White , pastor of the Chris
tian church nt Auburn , had his shoulder
broken by being thrown from a buggy.
Mrs. Tyler , n daughter of Deacon Brown
of Maple Crook , Dodge county , was killed In
the Oklahoma cyclone. She had left hey
husband up in Boone county and eloped
south with a handsomer man , and was
caught up in the storm and killed.
While the Janitor of the Mothodl.it
church at Wallace was lighting the lumps
the central chandelier fell to the lloor ,
burning the carpal and ends of scats. It
was only by the contained efforts of these
present that tlio church was saved.
Prank Uttar , Jiving near Beatrice , broke
his leg while Jumping from his horse , lie
undertook to climb upon the uniinal a second
time nnd fell again , and again breaking the
log badly , so bad In fact that pieces of bone
protruded through the skin in six different
places. It Is thought that amputation will
'be ' necessary to suvo the rest of the injured
limb.
I'KOi'LU Atii )
Hogg nnd homily Is the favorite mental
diet in Texas.
Mr. Goschcn , the English ox-chancollor of
the exchequer , is of Gorman parentage.
Tom Ochlltreo lingers InNowYorkatuftlng
the gulllblo with mummified information ,
It. B. Blizzard succeeded In freezing
out thoi republican postmaster at Cothorl ,
Ga.
Ga.Tho
The lofty pirouetting of Cairo girls Is said
to shock Chicago morals. It must be extra
ordinarily "loud. "
James Frazor is the loftiest compoundar
of "Manhattans" in Now York. Ho is eight
feat three inches tall.
Fre.iuont train robberies tend to impair
the health of Missouriani. Involuntary
throwing up of handi is n distasteful emetic.
Carter Harrison kissing the gloved hand
of Kululia and persistently refraining from
talking through his now silk tile , are looked
upon ns forerunner of castllian reform. Lot's
soap so.
Editor George W. Childs is fitting up the
Philadelphia Ledger with a band of trained
pigeons to act as messengers and cnrrleis of
"copy" from distant reporters. It is ox-
pooled that the scheme will bo a great suc
cess.
cess.Tho
The Now York Morning Advertiser cheer
ily celebrates its second anniversary with a
special edition. Colonel Cockorill's ward is
a lusty 2-ycur-old , and Is already well ad
vanced In the highway of usefulness and
prosperity.
Pictorial and descriptive- accounts viewed
nt long range leave undecided the question
whether it was Buffalo Bill or thu Nebraska
building that was dedicated last weak ,
There Is nn occasion for repining. Both are
homo products ,
Henry C. Frlck , deputy lord lieutenant of
King Carnegie's domains in Pennsylvania ,
says that ho has entirely recovered from
the wound that ho sustained nt the hands of
Anarchist Bergman lust summer , and that
ho Is fooling us well us he ever did iu his
life. Mr. Prick la short and stout , wears a
full board and somewhat resembles thu
prince of Wales.
The entire gallery of pictures collected by
the lute Henry Field , of Chlcntro , estimated
to bo. worth 500,000 , has boonl presented by
- his widow to thu Chicago Art Institute. Thu
collection will bo preserved intact , and kept
In a room to bo known ns the "Henry Field
- Memorial Hooiu , " Six of the pictures are
now on view at the World's ' fair. The col
- lection is cliiolly of works by the French
painters of the Ddtblton school , but Includei
nlso a constable , n Fortuny , n Knnus nml a
a few other works outside that school.
Wllllnm 1) , Uttlo , who was the first llfo
Insurance nconl In Mnlno , bpglnnlnif that
business In Portland A half century ngo ,
when many preachers considered It n sacri
lege to limiro a mnn'9 llfo , died this wcok nt
the ago of 80. Ho nnd Nc.il Dow founded the
first temperance union In Malno.
Mrs. Lease of Kansas , who marched
through Georgia with General Weaver last
fnll , has n husband , although ho Is not much
In ovidcnco. Ho keeps n drug store nnd Is
quoted ns saying , mournfully : "It's all right
for my wlfo to bo going around making
speeches , but It's the dm ? store , Just the
same , tnat keeps things running. "
fKx-Sonator Gcorgo W. Jones of Io\vn has
been called down. Tlio Boston Transcript
says : "Mr. Jones Is uot the oldest living ox-
senator , that distinction belonging to Hon.
.Tnmes W. Bradbury of Maine , who was born
July 10 , ISO. ! , whereas ox-senator Jones was
boi-n April 12,1SOI. Not only Is Mr. Brail-
bury older In years than Mr , Jones , but ho
was earlier a member of the senate , having
entered It In 1S47 , whereas Jones entered It
in 1843. "
Mrs. John BlacKhallot Oxford , N. C. , Is
the possessor of nrollo Just now of some In
terest. It is ft Mexican rlllo , known ns a
Yager , used by her brother nt the battle of
Bucna Vlstn. This gentleman , the late
Ihnddcus O'McClnnnnhan , was a member of
the Mississippi HUlcs , Jefferson Davis' own
regiment , nnd It was Iu thodcsporato charge
which immortalized this body of men that
the gun was usoa with such effect.
ll.lll.llOAl ) DKril.8.
ST. PACI. , Minn. , Juno 11. To the Editor
of Tun Bnn : 1 notice In yesterday's Issue n
"special" from Kearney headed "Split on
Religion , " In which Mr. John F. Crocker mid
his prospect of being postmaster Is the botio
of contention. I nm satisfied nn effort Is
being mndo to create n war of words ou re
ligion so that in thoclust thus kicked up the
grand nriny of monopoly may further
entrench Itself among us.
Some two years ngo I circ'ilnted ' a potltlor.
among the business men of Kearney , asking
the roads to make us the rates I am now
suing for before the Interstate Commcrco
commission. This Mr. Crocker , who now
seeks to serve the people as postmaster , was
the only btislanss man who refused to sign-
coupling the refusal with personal Insult.
If Mr. Crocker nets the postofllco I hope hU
study of the postal system will enable him
to see the practicability ( if postal freight
rates , oven If ho is not capable of realizing
its benefits to the community iu which ho
lives.
lives.Mr
Mr Crocker is nn American clti/en , nml so
Is Mr. Juan Boyle , both the gentlemen be
lieving in currying favors at the hands of
railroad managers rather than standing up
in open light for our rights. It is no man's
business what another man's religion is , no
more than it is ono's business whom his
neighbor shall select for a wlfo. Honest re
spect should pervade every American com
munity for every honest religious sentiment
of every shade of bollof. The man who
holds enmity to his neighbors because of
religion is not a true American , nor docs ho
understand the principles underlying this
government.
That all shades of religion have shown in
tolerant nnd unamerican spirit is true , and
the pot can with fact call the kettle nlack ,
and such fact malces neither of thorn the
more worthy to sit at the right hand of a
Just God. if the American Protective asso
ciation pot anil the Catholic kettle , now lioil-
ing to breed local dissensions , were brought
under the electric light of fact thev would
both show the smut and cloven hoof of an
unamerican devil , with ton-pcr-inilo freight
rate marks made extortionate , and the in
terest-gathering gold standard for bales on
which to swing above labor's lires that the
stomach of royalty may grow fat. Every
man who is agitating the tender chords of
religious dissension , on whichever side , is
playing clown to the amusement of royalty
condition , either mistakenly or maliciously.
Lot us settle the freight question and the
blood of commerce ( money ) question. They
are public questions. The religious ono is
private nnd the spirit of ( Jurist's pupils ,
such ns Dr. Thomas , Dr. Briugs , Bishop
Brooks or Bishop Ireland , with the con
science of the honest worshiper , will not go
far wrong.
I will thank my follow citizens to help mo
whip the devils on earth that wo Unow of ,
rather than light these wo dream of In the
world to come , bccauso of poverty , hunger
and cold i i this nightmare of life. Citizens
of Nebraska , remember that ovcry time
two cats' tails are tied lojrothcr nnd strung
over a line , there are two cats less to catch
mice , and the men who hold the line got tlio
spoils of war. The government of this coun
try lies in each Individual , and our represen
tatives nt Washington nnd Lincoln will con
tinue to bo creatures of Dorgnu and Mosher ,
with the railroad managers and coal com
panies pulling the strings , if they can divert
us in local lights.
The late trial at Lincoln was nn impeach
ment upt of our oflleers alone , but of our
selves , and the State Board of Transporta
tion had the threat put in their mouths that
local rates would affect through rates , and
now to make it good , the managers raise
grain rates to punish our state for exorcising
its rights.
I have amended my Interstate complaint
to cover that caso. "Will Nebraska shippers
help mo by their voice to teach these rail
road gentlemen a Ic-ssou ? The interstate
commisslohers uro not creatures of rail
roads , and if wo nro men Instead of monkeys
wo can win. Will the retail business men
please write mo at Chicago , 111. , in euro of
Tremont house , saying they Join mo in de
manding ton per mile rates for Nebraska ? 1
want to use the letters bofuro the Inter
state Commerce commission. I can win
alone , and will. I can w'n ' easier with your
help. It will only cost you a postage stamp
and your time. Am I entitled to it'
A. J. UUSTIN.
TO DIVIDE HIE DISTRICT
Nebraska's Internal Revenue Mums Snffl-
oiont Without the Dakotas.
NORTH'S ' WORK LIKELY TO OE REDUCED ,1
Commlmlnncr Miller figuring on KqunlU * f ]
Inn tlio Wvilorn District * , nnd rrntltlrnt
Clrvolntid FrtVorttlio Itleit Cnplnlu
Anton'i I'lno Double I'lnjr.
WASHINGTON lUiiinxu or Tim Bun , )
fill ! FouiiTRnxTit STURBT. >
WASIII.NOTON , U. O. , Juno IS. ) > 1
At present North and. South IXikota nnd jl
Nobrasltn nro "bunched to m.iko ono Internal } 1
revenue district of which J. K. North was * !
yesterday appointed collector. There has -i
been considerable talk regarding n division
of this district with n view of making a now
district out of North and South D.ikota , nnd 'I
the tiling of nn application fet the collector-
ship of the proposed district by S. O. Shelton -
ton of Springfield , S. 1) . , today started this jl
talkanow.but no nowdtstrlct will boeroated , > |
but It Is likely thnt the D.ikotus will In the } ]
course of n few months bo dotnchcd from ,1
Nebraska nnd added to Minnesota.
At the present time , owing to the big dis
tilleries nt Omaha , the revenue collected In
the Nebrnslu-D.ikota itlstrlct Is nearly
deublo the amount collected In the Minnesota
seta district. By this change the districts
will bo equalized. Joseph K. Miller , com
missioner of internal revenue , said today
that the matter was under consideration ,
hut the decision rests solely with the presi
dent.
Cnplnln AiiRim'it Dmihln IMiiy. ( |
Captain Anson of the OhliMgo base ball
nine pluyod some good bail today nnd did n ! l
little line political work nt thu same time. '
Thr > Chicago nine bo.it the Washington club
on the diamond. Undo Anson was undoubt
edly nerved to greater action by some Information
mation ho received nt the Postolllco depart
ment this mornltiir , where hn culled on n
political mission , Ills father lives at Mir- :
shalltown , la. , and is a dumocr.it , and Cap
tain Ansou is urging the claims of his father
for the Murshulltown postoflluc. Ho w.'is
greatly cncour.igod at thu result of hli intei'-
view with Postmaster General Blssoll today.
P. S , II.
Why .Sot iin lttrn Srnidon Now.
/vdiisn-i CIlM 7'Jliic * .
It Is n fair question whether congress will it
not bo moro amenable to reason In July or Jl
early in August than in September. The ,
business Instincts of the country are tiroused l
now. In September thu cranks will bo out ll
In the local polities of several states , The ll
emergency is plain and every delay Is cnor.i
mousloss. Why wait for September' '
run iiiiiiiszi : c.ii'isioioun.
Washington Star : "Wolll" snld the philo
sophic lUherniiin , as hn drovr his line out of
tlio wutur , "I lost tliii Ilih , but I .suppoio 1 nm
entitled lo a re-l.ilt. ) "
Vonkcrs Htati'sman : Is itwlso for n loco- lj
motive engineer to Mop to think ? jl
HulTiilo fourlor : Como to think of It , Isn't
the panut u sort of inncUng lihd. too ?
Tioy Press : Tlio professional Imso ball -
plnj er leads a hit or miss hort of nu existence
Tlilladnlplila Tlmos : The prohibitionists .
claim that tlio man who dousn't bollovo In the jl
water bucket Is outslilo the ualo of civiliza
tion.
Indianapolis Journal : WlhhloI'd lllto to
know uhntri'tison you havu for calling boor
an nrlslocirutlc drink ?
Wabble Well , It comes within thu pall , la
th echlof reason.
Philadelphia I.edeer : Tlin government of
Ittissla has excluded "Unclu Tom's Cabin"
from that country , yet they call It despotic
und Inconsiderate.
Washington Ptnr : "Oh , dear ! " solibod the
girl who was setting ro.idy to KO nwiy for the
mi minor , " 1'vo locked up my trunk and sent It
to tlmdopot. And 1 forgot , to put my liathliitt
biiltlitltl" . ,
"N'mor mind , " icplled her brutal brother ;
"hero's a stamped envelope. "
Philadelphia Hucord : "I'm sure you won't
reject this contribution , " Halil thu potato the
iniigaztno tidltnr.Vlmt Is It ? " asked the lat
ter severely. "An umbrella , with my compli
ments. "
AT A I1IVOIICK CI'.NTKH.
Kciv I'oiIt Ailvfrltfcr.
"Ah , whntnlinmlsomo gentleman
Who stands by yonder tloorl
I'ray , muiliim , toll mo who lie Is
I boo you'vo met before , "
"I feur 1 cannot plrasu you , child , "
Kupllcd the qneunly tliiinu ;
"He used to bu my husband , but
I qulto forget bis name. "
J.KMOSAUE.
PomrrvtHc Journal.
T/niiionndnl I hint ; thy prulsos !
When It K"ts o-s hot iu blarxis ,
Tlinii thy ooollni ; vlrtutss Hlilne.
When .1 line conn's , with torrid brcozoi ,
Thun tblni ) acid swoutnass ploaseu ,
Moro refreshing far than \\lno.
Thou thy flavor , so dultalous ,
Tltlllntos the tnsto rnprlcluus
Of tlio veriest nplouro.
And tliocllnUIng In the glasses
Of thu broUun Ice surpassui
.Music of Hie spliurus , I'm sure.
Loinoimdol I Hlngthy prnlsos ,
Not , with IIIIIK , hlgli Hoiiiiillnx phrases , -J
Hut wllliuul no UNI Intcnsti. if
And to think thai ho ulio'il try Ihoo
Almost in my whuni can buy tliuo
For thu hiiiall HUNI of llvu cents I
& ca
Largest Manufacturers nnd Retailers
ol UlolhliM Iu the World.
Brown Stiff Hats.
For the next few days wo are going to offer
all our $2.50 , $3.00 and
$3.50 sLiffhats in brown
shades for $1.50. .They
are first class goods ,
but as our hat de
partment has been
moved around from
pillar to post lately ,
we thought it would
bo a good idea to again
remind you that it is
permanently located
in the southeast corner
of the first floor at the
15th street entrance. If you will como and see it
you will be able to get a good brown stiff hat for
$1.50 , that usually sell for $2.50 , $3.00 and $3.50.
We have a few boys' suits loft from the $3.50 sale
all the stylo.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
Etoroogen very ojjimlnzUU&U j 5 , fl , ( for , lOtil dDd DOUgllS StS.