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TUB OMAHA DAILY HUE ; Mil DAY , JTlfilMUAKY W , IHJH. THE OMAHA DAILY HER , I'I'llMHIIEII r.V'KHV MOUNINO. Dally rtcowlllimil Jttiml'iytOiio Venr * B JJJJ D.illvnml frimlny. CnioYmiv ' JJ' _ Moiiilm Siinil.ir , III o One V-iir > Rntiinlny lice. nn Year Wceklr Ikv.Uiluear . . , 05 OKKICKS. rmnltn. Tlipllet ? nilll'lliir. 'toiilliOiimlm.eorwrNnmlTwrntyfourlli streets. CuunpJI IlhilTs , is I'enrlMrret. ruictiiro OOlco. 317 Clinml'er of jE < | mnn ntiv Kew Yurli , roonm 1.1. H ami IB. Tribune bnlltlliu \Vn MnL'lon.rii : Fourteenth itln-ct. COttniMlfJXDEJJCB. All comrmmlo.illons rHiilltiif onnw " "A" ' ! ; K rlnl in.iller HhuuM ls ndclii'Hseil : To the htlllor AllliiiBhieiwlrtterH nncl ri'iiillliiiicet should tin ililn.mnMUciTlinllooI'nbl ( hliiirponif nyOiiiiilii. lirnfld. cliechH nnil imHtufllco outer * to bomnilo luij.'iWi ! ( n llio ortlcrof tin ; coinnaiiy , T11K J1RK 1'UIILISlllNO COMPANY. HTA'l'i.MiNT Of 1'inCUI.ATlON. rjcnrge U. Tzschtick. Hccretary of The Hoc Publishing company , being duly sworn , H/iys that the nptiiiil number of full nnd complete roplps of The Dally Morning , KVenlng and Hundny co printed during the month of January , 1SDI , was as folowa : 1 22.250 17 22.7CT " 2 23.0IS IS ' "a'j ' ' ' ' ' " " " ' ' ' ' " ' V..V.V.V.V.V.V.V.V.22,774 . . . . . . . - . . ' " ! ! ! ! ! . " ! ' . ! ! ! ! , ' ' , " . ' \ K\\\\\\\\\\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ , ' . ' ' . * ' . . ' & & ( * 7 2I MO 23 . .22.-S07 8. . . 22.7S2 21 2W9- } 9 22,8W 23 21,881 10 22.829 27 ' & , ] & 11 22.823 27 .23,44.1 J2 , .22,832 28 * 2l.r,25 13 23.J72 29 'iH , ! ! ! ! . ' ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! . ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ' . ! ! " " " ! ! Ifi 22,827 Totnl for the month 722,323 I.PSH i eductions for unsold and re turned poplcs. . . . 10.171 Totnl Hold. i02S. > 0 Bully average net circulation 22,673 Sunday. OKOROR 1 . TX.SC1IUCK , Sworn to before mi ; and subscribed In my presence this Gth day of February. 1891. ( SUAU ) N. P. FKIU , Notary 1'Ubllc. How President Cleveland would feel re lieved If ho only had the senate ns well under the reins as the house has shown Itself to bo ! Mr. Boutcllo may as well mnko up his mind that he Is not In It when the present house of representatives Is determined to endorse the president's Hawaiian policy. Surprises In the line of federal patronage dispensing nro certainly better' than sus pense. There aro.plcnty of hungry democrats etlll hungering for ofllce. On with the dance. The probable -extension of Jim Hill's Great Northern system to Omaha Is one of the favorable signs for the cjty's future. Outsldo influences arc working favorably for the city just now. ' If the electric lighting contracts are to bo placed on the basis of voltage , why continue to worry about the lack of harmony that is said to exist between tlio city electrician and the electric lighting contractor ? Several federal elections supervisors will soon bo out of a Job. But the republican Incumbents have the consolation that their ousting does not make way for the distri bution of any additional federal patronage for the democrats. As far as reported , St. Joseph Is the first western city to como forward with n propo sition to break away from the telephone monopoly by establishing a'rival system. Perhaps the proposed rlva'has \ an eye , upon that Increased capital .stock of the Bell company. fcrn The Bee has secured at considerable ex pense one of Bret Harto's remarkable stories of western life , "The Sheriff of Slskyon. " ' This story presents an unusual plot , Is peopled pled with extraordinary characters and is written In Mr. Harto's most engaging and Interesting style. It will form ono of the nt- ' tractive features of The Sunday Beo. . Petitions protesting against tlio passage of the Wilson bill continue to pour Into the senate despite the decree that that measure is to bo pushed through substantially as passed by the house. After the bill shall have been enacted and become law the democrats will liavo no grounds to main tain that they were not duly warned of the views of the people on the subject now be fore them. No change would have been made In tho. final result of the vote on the repeal of the federal elections law had tlio populist sena tors recorded themselves with the minority. Just what the populists nro to gain by the repeal Is not evident on the surface unless It Is the applause of some few of the southern members of their party or n claim on the gratltudo of the patronage dis pensing administration. The statement that 'tho Oxnards abandon tholr sugar factories In Nebraska after the present year Is probably prema ture. In the first place It yet remains for the senate to pass the tariff bill without 'changing the sugar schedule. And oven with free sugar It may bo demonstrated that the high rates of transportation from the cast may enable the Nebraska manu facturer to compote with the Importer with reasonable success. Admiral Mollo Is recalling the days of blockade running on the lower Mississippi In the days of the war. The safety with which the Aquldnban ran the gauntlet at Klo , how ever , proves that progress In naval science 1ms made moro rapid strides "in the construc tion of warships , than In the efficiency of marksmanship. Of the GOO and odd shots di rected at the Amildaban , It Is reported that but two or three struck the ship , and these glanced harmlessly from her sides. Thla foretaste of spring weather ought to Impress It upon every citizen of Omnhii that It Is high time to perfect the plans and details of any Important Improvements that are to bo carried through this your. There Is no excuse for delaying preparations until the last minute and then hurrying so that the arrangements are only halt satisfactory , llefiln early nnd the work , wlmtovcr It may be , will be performed In a more thorough manner than If rushed through at the last moment under threats of Interruption by tlio beginning of another cold season. The present session of the Interstate Com merce commission at Chicago Is of more than usual Interest and Importance , Promi nent railroad olllclala have recently been more radical than usual In their attitude toward the commission and have even gone so far as to call a meeting at which ways and means are to bo discussed' for the re vival of the old form of pooling specifically prohibited by the Interstate commerce not. In struggle between the railroads nnd the commission the railroads will lese In the end. They may Ignore the commission fern n time , but sooner or Inter public soutlment will rally to Ita support Out of the < numflrotin pinna which are pro posed for giving the country n moro clastic ciirrclicr It la possible that something of a Ratlxfactory character will bo evolved , Some of the measures which have for two months past been under consideration by the hou.io banking and currency committee will prob ably be reported within n short time , but with the diversity of views existing among the majority party In congress ns to the cur rency ! It Is Impossible to say with any de gree of certainty what sort of legislation relating to the currency , will finally be adopted , or when. It" was suggested In both tlio mcssngo of the president and the report of the secretary of the treasury that there was no hurry for currency legislation and that the whole * subject should bo carefully considered In all Its aspects before any thing was done. Secretary Carlisle pointed out that so , far as the supply of money Is concerned It Is far In excess of the business demands of the country , and ho urged that until there Is such a revival of Industry and trade as to require the use of the circulating medium now outstanding It would bo haz ardous to arbitrarily Increase Us volume by law , or to make material changes In Its character by disturbing In any manner the relations which Its different forms now boar to each other. This was good counsel , dictated by n high sense of responsibility , but the demo crats In congress manifestly think that It Is necessary to put their distinguishing mark on currency legislation as on everything else and It Is therefore to bo expected that they will sooner or later agree upon n now currency policy. The latest contribution to this object to which public .attention Is beIng - Ing directed Is the bill of Representative Warner of New York , of which only the out lines have been published. It Is an "clastic currency" measure and provides for the furn ishing of currency by banking Institutions acting under state laws and without any de pendence on the general government ex cept that the latter , through the comptroller of the currency , provides the notes and In spects the Issuing banks. In order to ob tain notes an Institution , If not a national bank , must hatlsfy the comptroller of the currency of four things : First , that the laws of its Etato clvo holders of Its circu lating notes a first lien upon Its assets and make them n liability against shareholders , as now Is the case of national banks. Second end , that It has adequately provided for re demption of Its notes , cither at the capital city of Us state or of some other city pro vided by the comptroller. Third , that Us paid up and unimpaired capital Is at least $30,000 , and that the aggregate amount of Us outstanding notes , Including national bank\ notes. Is kept less In amount than 75 per cent of Its paid up and unimpaired capital. Fourth , that It Is not In default In compli ance with any provision of the act. The bill repeals the 10 per cent tax only as testate state banks which comply with Us pro visions. There are , good features In this measure , but whether It would glvo the country an elastic currency Is a debatable question , though there can bo no doubt that Us tendency would bo to encourage Infla tion. It Booms to bo pretty generally agreed that a currency system with greater elasticity Is deslrablo and It this can bo at tained without any sacrifice of safety It would doubtless bo a good thing for the country. But It Is not entirely clear that any of the propositions thus far made In the present congress would accomplish this , and all of thorn must bo regarded as steps In the direction .of a return to the old state bank currency system/ ; H-.B SHOULD PZr.UV FOB TI1K FUTURE. The revival of the talk about building wings to the court house or building a story under the present structure may not bo premature - mature , but neither proposition will com mend Itself to practical business men. ' . It Is foljy to talk about building another story under the court house. That scheme wouM Involve an outlay of fully $100,000 , and by the time that sum was expended wo would have nn abortion on our hands. A classical building designed for a given height cannot bo raised In height without marring Us proportions and destroying Its beauty. At best It would bo botchwork nnd the building would sooner or later have to bo pulled down entirely. The proposition to build an extension to the court house that contemplates nn outlay of $200,000 should not be thought of for a moment , unless plans for an entirely new court'house , with all modern appliances , de signed to meet our wants for the next 100 years , shall first bo prepared and adopted nnd the wings are made part of the great structuro. To build a wing to the present court house as n part of the Myers plan would not meet our requirements. It would glvo us n patch-quilt public building that would at best only bo a makeshift. The old building would go to pieces before the wings had been occupied five years. If It Is contemplated to have n commo dious , modern court house that will cover the entire square wo should not spend an other dollar for reconstruction. Wo should keep the building In repair until wo can oc cupy part of the now building. And then wo should vacate the old court house , pull It down olid finish the center of the now building according to the plans for n monumental mental structure llko the Minneapolis court house or the Cincinnati city hall. The time Is not far distant when the county and city will bo united under ono government. This Is the trend pf modern local government. The city of St. Louis nnd county of St. Louis nro under ono govern ment and the same Is true of San Francisco. Sooner or later wo must carve out the county of Omaha out of this city , South Omaha , Florence and other suburban towns within a radius ot six or eight miles. The remainder of Douglas county will cither have Its own county seat or bo merged with Sarpy county. When that time cornea the county court house will bo municipal and county headquarters and the city hall an auxiliary office building. . SHUTTING OUT TUN Z'KOI'LB. U was reasonably 'expected that the sen ate finance committee would bo at least aa considerate of the people whoso Interests will bo affected by the now tariff as was the ways nnd means committee of the house , ao-i It was unquestionably a cause of very general surprise when the democratic ma jority of the finance committee decided not to give any hearings and to go on with the consideration of the tariff bill without giving any Interest nn opportunity to state Its con dition and wishes. This nrbltrary proceed ing , quite without precedent , wo believe , In connection with tariff legislation. Is also , It Is not to be doubted , very disappointing to some Interests which had expected to bo heard. The reasons given by the chairman of the committee for the decision not to allow hearings are by nq means satisfactory. U Is the duty ot congress to obtain aa full Information as possible from the people In a matter of thU kind , and the fact that the ways and means committee did not extend Ita hearings over sufficient time to enable alt the Interests affected by the tariff to present tl Mr cases with the fullness to be dcslrod In order to enable congress to possess Itself of the best and most complete knowledge for the task ot revising the tariff furnished tlm xtrongcst possible reason why the senate committee should liavo given ample tlmo for hearings , ( The country will bear In ; nlnd that this action ot the democrats In shutting out the people was against the earnest appeal nnd remonslranco of the republican members of tho' finance committee. The republicans de sired nnd urged thnt nil Interests , nnd par ticularly the laboring and the agricultural Interests , which will suffer most from the operation of the proposed new fiscal policy , bo permitted to state their casa to the com mittee , but to no purpose. The democrats of the senate did not want to hear this testimony , knowing full well that Us weight would bo enormously against the bill passed by the house , and they determined to go on with their work heedless of what the people most concerned In Ita result do- sire. But while' the republicans ot the senate were unable to get a hearing for the people before the finance committee they will not bo so easily thwarted when the tariff bill comes before that body for dis cussion. Then they will bo able to show what the people would have demonstrated had they been permitted and undoubtedly they will make full use of the opportunity. ri HlMKTAhMSM. The movement started In Boston for the purpose of promoting the cause of Interna tional bimetallism Is Interesting , whether It accomplish anything or not. These con cerned in It are not In favor of the larger use of silver In this country , Independent of International action and agreement. Their Idea Is that the time Is auspicious for ad vancing the cause of International bimetal lism , believing that the necessities of com merce In the not far distant future will com pel an International use of silver ns well as of gold In the currencies throughout the world. The men conspicuously Identified with this movement are President Andrews of Brown university , who was n delegate to the Brussels conference , General Francis A. Walker , Oliver Ames , W. W. Crape , Senator Hoar , Senator Lodge , ex-Governor Hnssell and others prominent In the political , finan cial and business , affairs of Massachusetts.- With such men supporting the movement It cannot fall to nttract widespread attention , and very likely will lead to organization elsewhere for a llko purpose. The originators of this movement doubt less found encouragement In the utterances which have recently been made by public men and In the press of Europe regarding sliver. ( The comments of the English papers upon the failure of the United States to ask for the reassembling of the International monetary conference Indicated that It Is clearly urderstood there that if silver Is to bo taken care of England must take part In the work and probably the Initiative. The utterances of leaders llko Mr. Balfour and Mr. Goschen show that a very considerable part of the English public Is of this mind , and there Is reason to believe that the senti ment Is growing. It Is admitted by British newspapers and capitalists that Great Brit ain has ns much at stake as any other na tion and that the duty of taking action Is as strong upon her ns upon any other. The pre vailing Idea seems to bo that the Interna tional monetary conference should meet onco. a year nnd fix annually the price of sli ver In the chief market of the world. The free coinage of silver Is distinctly disavowed , what is aimed nt being simply n larger use' of silver that would advance Its value and make It moro acceptable as a money. The leaders of the conservative party In England are blmetalllsts , and the belief has been ex pressed that 1' an election were hold there now with bimetallism as an IssUe the lib erals would bo beaten. On the continent there have been recent Indications of a growing sentiment In favor of bimetallism , particularly In Germany , nnd although the German government has given It no counte nance , going only so far as to consider the proposition for a currency commission , the movement In behalf of bimetallism Is mak ing Itself felt with the people. In view of these facts the movement In augurated at Boston and having the author ity and support of men ot national repute , Irrespective of politics , Is not untimely , nnd the possibility of It exerting an important Influence is apparent. .THE CONSTITUTIONAL QUORUM. By an adrlot parliamentary manipulation the speaker of the house managed on Wednesday to evade n ruling upon a very Important question of constitutional law. The vote on the adoption of the McCreary resolution developed the fact that 177 mem bers had responded to their names when under the usual proceedings 179 votes are necessary to a quorum. The opposition of course made the point of no quorum , where upon Mr. Springer volunteered the sugges tion .that although ordinarily the votes of 179 members were requiredto constttuto u constitutional quorum , the existence at the present tlmo of four vacancies In the house reduced the number needed to 177. Mr. Springer's contention Is that the majority prescribed by the constitution and by the rules of the house Is a majority ot the elected members who have qualified and not of the total number of representatives to which the people are by law entitled. The question of the constitutional quorum hero raised Is not that of the manner of determining the presence of 'a quorum , whether by calling the roll or by counting the members In the hall , but that of deter mining the number which shall constitute the quorum. The precedents cited during the debate were nil advanced In support of the point which Mr. Springer attempted to mnko. It was stated for example that during the war and reconstruction period , when many ot the southern states had failed to elect congressmen to represent them at Washington , , the rule was to consider a majority of the members elected a quorum. But this precedent Is not entirely applicable since the government was confessedly labor ing In a crippled condition , and under ono theory of reconstruction these states had lapsed back to the status of territories nnd were not entitled to representation until readmitted as states Into the union , The other case cited was that of a ruling by Speaker Bell that In passing a bill over the president's veto by a two-thirds vote of the house , the house consisted only ot the mom- bore elected. All that the constitution says upon this phase of the subject la that n majority ot each house shall constitute a quorum to do business. In another place It says that the house shall consist of members elected every second year and that these mem- bora shall bo apportioned among the several states , and that tholr number shall not exceed ono for every 30,000 , but whether the majority shall be of the legal number or ot the number elected It doaa not explicitstate. . The senate , to which the same provision applies , has construed this clause to refer to the legal- number of. senators , that Is ono morn than the number of states. The practlco.of the chief foreign parliaments whlch HAW a majority quorum Is In the same dlrycfjon. Doth the French Senate nnd the Frqipi''phainber | | of Deputies require n majority- . the legal number of members. The Qnrn\an Imperial constitu tion makes such a majority for the Jlelchst.ig An express provisional tot Us constitutional law. This Is thnmonly method that can make the numbcrwrcqulrcd for a majority quorum a fixed oliE ; U would necessarily vary from tlmo ta tittle wore It to bo one more than half thrfsp'who ' were elected nnd had qualified. "J ' While the rulest.andf regulations for the Internal government of the house have been left for Us dctcnnhiaUon , the question of quorum must eventually come before the supreme court for adjudication. Let n bill bo enacted or an act bo passed over n veto of the president by n disputable majority or bo beaten by a disputable minority and n case will bo mndo out' thnt can bo taken Into the courts , The subterfuge by which Speaker Crisp ordered a new roll call with the unanimous consent of the house defers the decision , but docs not decide. The Springfield Republican , In answering an Intimation of the Npw York Journal of Commerce , thnt by permitting nnd authoriz ing the proposed enlargement of the capital stock ot the Dell Telephone company Massa chusetts Is virtually assisting that corpora tion to maintain and pcrpctilato Us monopoly ely , Insists that there Is only the remotest connection betwcn the question of capital and the fact of monopoly. The telephone must be a monopoly , because It can only bean an cfilcfcnt method of communication when operated as a single system. If it Is not the Bell company which manages to swallow up all would-be competitors It will be some other company. The Republican goes on to suggest that Massachusetts treat the tele phone as It has treated the gas companies and the railroad companies , that Is , guaran teeing them against raids by pretended rivals and at the same time subjecting them to the control of a state commission. The state telephone commission could then bo appealed to whenever any patron felt that ho was being discriminated against or un fairly dealt with. If wo cannot have a postal telephone at once we must have pro tection from arbitrary telephone rentals , and for this purpose the state commission may offer a temporary solution. The county physician excuses himself for turning over a part of his practice on the county poor to medical students who are not entitled to practice regularly under the state law on the ground that the business Is too largo for ono man to attend to. Ho does not say , however , that county patients take precedence with him over his private pa tients. If ho were devoting all of his time to county work his excuse might be an en tire justification of his neglect to treat partic ular cases In pcrsoil , , j5ut so long ns he has time to place at thq disposal of pay patients ho cannot bo doing for the county poor all that lies within his' tower. No man In public office should , bo ajlowed to serve two masters. If the work * Is too arduous for ono man he should be given such assistance as he needs , eUherpernjanent or temporary , but In any event -the Inmate of an almshouse - house shall be treated by competent sur geons nnd physicians and not be subject to experiments of amateurs. The tlmo for medical experiments upon paupers comes after they are dead. , Won hope to see tho.'day. when the sur vivors of the old FinSt'and ' Second Nebraska regiments shall be''given some mark of dis tinction by the younger generation of Ne- braskans. The part taken by these veterans in the war of rebellion and In Indian cam paigns of the west has emblazoned history's page. General Grant In his memoirs gives the First Nebraska under Colonel Thayer the compliment of special mention for Us valor on the field of Shlloh. Nebraska did not send many soldiers to the front during the war , because there wore not many men at that tlmo In the state , but those who went volunteered to defend the union and they fought as heroes fight. A correspondent of The Bee at McCool Junction wants to know why the grain ship pers there cannot get as favorable trans portation rates ns these accorded the ship pers of Fairmont , a town eight miles south. There are many problems of like nature at various towns throughout the state. They can never bo solved until the State Board ot Transportation can bo mndo to do Us duty. This case may bo ono that must ultimately go before the Interstate Commerce commission , but the state board could do much toward mediating for relief were Its members so disposed. The Metropolitan Union depot ordinance has been completely revised to meet the re quirements of the lncorporators-tho Union Pacific nnd the city. Now , why cannot the council bo convened In a special session to discuss the provisions of the ordinance nnd jiut It on Its passage ? It takes a week to got the mayor's approval and It takes at lemt twenty days thereafter before the special election can bo hold. That moans practically thirty days from data or even longer.If wo are to derive nny benefit this"yenr from the project wo are losing n great deal of precious tlmo. I'roipecttvo Ilxplinmtloii. Jfew lor/c / 11'orld. The reason the attorney of the Whisky trust was appointed attorney general to enforce the anti-trust law has not been ex plained. When It Is , the explanation may Hhow why enforcement IH not enforcing. ISxplnilye 1''niplmslH. lVitlaitiifa ! ! ? tiemnl. The prompt rctfactlon ot a Illo Journal , which had garbled one of Admiral Ben- liam's letters to Pelxoto with offeiiHlve In terpolations , Hliowtf JtlijU the echo of that Htx-pound shot Is still "reverberating1 In the I'nn-Amerlcan .tyuippmim. The Criuik Question. ft Wdifatobk , An Omaha crank Is bent upon taking the Ufa of Judge Dungy M Omaha because ho issued an Injunction - -forbidding- strikeof the employes of the Union I'nclllc railroad. Having been forewarned of the murderous Intentions of the fellow , the judge should ppuro no effort tqplyivc him placed under restraint. Cranklsm must ho made odious. 1'olltk-ixl Indications. ( llolic-Hen.ocmt. The republican nwjorlty of fifty In the next house of representatives , which some of the democrat ! ) ura predicting. Is likely to bo below , rather than nbove the mark. The tariff nnd Income tax bill alone Is good for a majority of that size , while the Hawaiian meddling nnd other democratic blundering nnd rascality will probably add fifteen or twenty to that lead. ' How It Works. St , ttiul Vionttr IYf * . A firm of advertising agents In Phila delphia , replying tb a letter of the Pioneer Press company about the renewal of con tract for advertising on account of a great bouse In the tobacco business In that city , says : "All wo can Hay In Uits connection Is Unit as long us this tariff tinkering1 iroes on there la not the slightest prospect of us Kettlnc any moro advertising out of the llrm. " Thin IH simply ono tmmple among' hundreds of the paralysis which has been UrouKht upon nearly all kinds of business by the tariff tinkering In congress. SHUK t.S/iM \KIIIC.ISKA.\N. . Plans nro being drawn for a new opera house nt Norfolk , The Chicago Packing company has' Moppet killing liogn nl Nebraska City. Ice men In Sewnrd paid out $300 to In- borers who harvested the crop. Co-operntlvo revival meetings nt Columbus have resulted In many conversions. Sneak thieves nt Tecumseh steal blankets from the backs of homos tied In the streets. Whenever the Ice breaks up In the Loup the owners of the brldgo at Monroe take It up until all danger Is passed. An attack of the grip drove C. A. Windsor of Beaver Crossing Insane and he has been taken to the Lincoln asylum. Point who ought to bo married. The realty market thorn Is depressed and It would plch up wonderfully If the matrimonial market would only lead the way. J. J. Manchan of Summcrfield. Kan. , was caught In the act of burglarizing n resi dence at Falls City and was sentenced to forty days In the county Jail. John Fiddler , n 43-year-old David City laborer , tried to end his existence by put ting a pistol ball In his breast The bul let , however , didn't penetrate deep enough , and John will recover. W. I ) . Alexander , a Mllford druggist , missed n train at Scward just because he dropped his pocketbook with $800 In It. Ho preferred to stay away from homo another day rather than lese the money. Miss Kntlo Hodglns journeyed clear from Toronto to Norfolk Just to marry the man of her choice , John O'DonnclI , n cornet plnycr with the Htirlburt & Lcftwlch circus. There are fifty single young men nl Wesl Two Fnlls City boys , Vernlo Senrs nml a boy named Pound , each about 15 j'ears old , met , nnd each ac cused the other of theft. Then It came to a fight In which Sears was severely stubbed In the abdomen and Pound was beaten almost Insensible with a club. When found neither was iiblo to get away and both rcqulrinrasslstanco to get on their feet. C. W. Stewart and George H. Brown o Hastings live neighbor to each other , but they nro not on very neighborly terms Brown has n couple of boys who have been acknowledged the terrors of the neighbor hood for a long tlmo nnd nro , constantly In trouble. The other day Stewart filed com plaint In county court against Olllo Brown alleging thnt for want of paternal cnro he , was growing up In mendicancy and vagrancj and was Incorrigible , and wants him sent to the reform school. The next day Brown swore out a complaint against Stewart for an assault on his boy and also against Stewart's daughter Fannie , alleging that she was Incor rigible and ought to be In the reform school The hearings are yet to come. The eighth annual session of the North Nebraska Teachers association will bo heli : at Columbus March 27 , 28 and 29 , and an ox- tenslvo and Interesting program has been prepared for the occasion. Among the fea tures will be lectures by Superintended Sabln of Des Molnes and Hon. W. F. Norrls of Ponca , judge of the Eleventh district. Mr , Sabln Is one of the most eminent educators caters in the United States , and Mr. Norrls has few equals ns an orator and llterarj scholar In the west. The music for the oc casion will bo furnished by the best talent from different parts of the state. The county which has present and enrolls the largest percentage of Us active teachers , teachers "engaged In teaching this ycar.Platte county excluded except for honorable men tion , will be awarded a splendid flag , to re main In the custody of the Teachers associ ation of the county winning until March , 1895. The usual one and one-third faro rate has been granted by the railroads. Rxprc8sloii3 of Sympathy. Pntlailctplitn I'ltMIe Ledger. Again Is It proved that simple worth , nobility of living , unselfish devotion to high Ideals , lack no measure of apprecia tion. There 1ms been such general , sin cere and profound recognition of the char acter and the life of the late Mr. George W. ChlldB ns Hhould serve as an Inspiration to all those who nsplre to the affection nnd esteem of their fellow men. The expressions of regret and sympathy evoked" by Mr. Cbllds' death have been of such a character , so many and so earnest , ns to seem to require that public acknowl edgment should be made of them In this place. They have come from nil classes , nnd conditions of people ; from all parts of the United States and from Europe ; from the present nnd from the lute president of the nation ; from the members of the cab inet ; from senators nnd representatives ; from Boverndrs of states ; from the repre sentatives of the church , of all creeds and sects ; from publishers and editors ; from men of affairs ; from the members of the learned professions , nnd from that source which most of nil Mr. Chllcls would have most greatly valued , from the representa tives of labor , from the working people , with whom he greatly sympathized. To those 'Who love him nnd reverence bis memory these expressions nre of Inestima ble value. They show how common , true and great was the public appreciation of this iood and beneficent man , whose spirit of peace and good will was without limita tions. * Senator Allen Introduces n Hill. CMcaao Times. Senator Allen of Nebraska lias Intro duced n bill which. In effect , covers some what the ground of Congressman McGnnn's recommendation to the house committee on judiciary. It provides that It shall be un lawful for any United States court to Issue a writ of injunction , mandate , or restrain ing1 order against any labor organization , Us officers , or members In any manner af fecting their full freedom to peacefully and quietly quit the service of any person or corporation at any time they may see fit to do ao. The measure Is a proper one and merits passage. That dissatisfied em- ployen should be restrained from injuring the property of their employers , or from preventing by violence oilier men from taking employment , Is proper , but to seek to restrain men from quitting , either ns Individuals or In concert , employment which they do not want , would be Intoler able tyranny. Improving Conditions St. Lmiln lilobe-ljemoerat The weekly trade Journals maintain the cheerful view of the conditions which they began to hold nround the middle of Jan uary. An Industrial recovery , slow but hteady , Is under way. Resumptions of work In the metal and textile mills largely exceed suspensions , although such resump tions are not always at the old rate of wages. The successful negotiation of the bond sale IB , of course , a bull factor in the situation. For a few weeks or months the treasury gold holdings will be somewhere within balling distance of the old-time fig ures , and there Is a prospect that they will not be allowed to fall again to the re cent level. AH business Is In n large degree dependent on the condition of the treasury , tlm strengthening of thnt Industry must have a bracing effect on trade all over the country. _ Telephone. 1'rolltH/ CMeatft Jinirnnl. What the "profits of this great monopoly under ltn patents have been nrc thus stated In a current paragraph : "From 1885 to 1892 the net Income of the company available for dividends ranged from over 18 to more than 27 per cent on Us capital. In five of the years It was over 20 per cent. The capital ImR been Increased from tlmo to tlmo to prevent the dividends from exceed ing It. It hns grown from t7,3oO,000 In 18S1 to $20.000,000. The average amount of the capital wan $ ll,2U9OJ.r , and the dividends In fourteen years have aggregated JiS.lOij.OM. The average rate of dividend hns been 14.72 per cent. " There Is much money In these wire cour iers of the ace. The CoiiDtlttiUoimllty of It. ( ' /nrfiiiintl Knijitlrei : Section 7 of article I. of the constitution of the United States provides an follows : "All bills for raising revenue Hliull orig inate In the house of representatives ; but the sennto may propose or concur with amendments tin on other bills. " It m quite clear that the senate will exer cise their constitutional right , and every one Is now waiting to see the way In which that solemn und supreme body will do It. out Axn xmr. i Life. The "sturdy oak nnd clinging vino" are out of fashion now ; The modern maiden stands alone , with tri umph on her brow. She bultetH bravelv with the world , she fares as best she can , And cnvlv makes her way through life without the help of man. Her broken yoke of servitude she tramples 'ncath her feet. Her ancient tyrant she defies nnd finds her freedom .sweet. Yet sometime ! ) , when the road Is hard , nnd things look rather black , The Independent woman'u thoughts Insist on harking hack. The ( sheltered life Hecms very fair nmld earth's crowning Ills , And restful the oliUfushloncd plan a man to pay the btlht ! W1IK1IK TO > " / .VTill ! .Y ll.y. Comparison lletxreen 1'nprrii Prlnlril Voitcr- diiy by Tin * lice und Wotild-llc llhulft. The dally comparison between the amount ot rending matter , exclusive ot commercial news nnd advertisements , printed In The Bee , World-Herald nnd Lincoln Journal , gives the following figure * for ymilcrd.iy : Morning Dee , long , wide columns 31 Morning W.-1L , nhort. nnrrow column * . 21 Lincoln Journal , short , narrow column. ! , 2) ) livening Itee , long , wide columns 31 Kvcntng W.-H.i short , narrow columns , 27 * j\nn.\ixa KMPI.U ' ; : . Chicago Post : Congressman McGnnn's at tack on Judge-Jenkins affords an oppor tunity for the discussion ot n subject some what Involved In the Injunction against the Northern Pacific employes. It Is to bo hoped that some congressman will mnkn It the oc casion for nn Investigation ot tlrO appoint ment of "friendly receivers" for Insolvent rnllwny companies by the Judges of the United States bench. Chicago Times : Whatever thp trend of the theory upon which Judge Jenkins' In junction was Issued , whatever the purpose for which ho Issued It , or the effect It may have on organized labor , the order Itself Is repugnant to a scnsu of liberty. It Is utterly nt variance with the spirit ot American free dom. It assumes to deny to Americans rights which must surely bn as Inalienable ns the rights to life , liberty nnd the pursuit of happiness. The Interest of the traveling public In unimpeded transit over n line of rnlluny Is less vital than the Interest of Americans In maintaining the right to free dom of action In nil matters between em ployer and employed. The labor organiza tions Involved will fall In their duty If they neglect to put this Injunction to the tcsl In a higher court. Chicago Herald : It Is for the best Inter ests of the country to know how far the federal judiciary may go In Imposing re strictions on Individual rights as against cor porations. H Is unquestionable law that railroad employes may not capriciously quit work or do nny net which will bo In viola tion of mornlity to Injure a corporation. Judge Jenkins' ruling , If sustained , would carry corporation privileges far beyond this limit without Implying any corresponding rights Inherent In labor thus harnessed per manently , and without apparent discrimina tion at any point In Us favor , to the wheels of locomotives whoso operation may not give the operatives n living wage. If appeal could bo had directly from tlio ex parto rul ing of Judge Jenkins to the supreme Court of the United States , it would be far bettor to take that road than to make an effort to ascertain the same principle by the longer nnd moro circuitous route of nn Investiga tion by the house of representatives nnd possible proceedings looking toward Im peachment. JI * < irlXi , TA11S. Atlanta Journal : Adele Would you marry n man simply because he's rich ? MabelleXo , but I would try very hard to love him. Yonkers Gnzette : A forced laugh should never be confounded with a "strain of mirth. " ! Brooklyn lAte : Teacher ( in a physiology lesson ) The next process in digestion Is called chymlflcntlon. During tl's the fooil Is turned around and around in the stem ach. Tommy Traddles Please , sir ! Is that what they call the tlnnse du ventre ? Dallas News : The best remedy for n dis carded lover is to walk him through a fe male seminary. Philadelphia Times : To settle all doubt on the subject , Is the trolley u car driver or conductor ? Boston Bulletin : A Boston plrl ppeke of a tight-rope performance as "an Inebriated cordage entertainment. " Plain Dealer : It Isn't always the sten ographer thnt takes down the congress man's speech. It is sometimes the oiutor on the other side. Detroit Tribune : Dlggln What nre you going to move for ? Biggin Well , we've been living too high of late. "Why , I thought your rent was very small ? " "So It Is , but we're on the seventh floor. " Chicago Tribune : The father of the twin babies had been left temporarily in charge of them. At the end of half nn hour he weakened. "Angellne , " he called out to his wife In a voice ot agonizing protest , "you'll have to come and take one of these boys ! No man can serve two masters ! " Detroit Free Press : Tramp Give me a dime , please. I haven't had anything to eat In three days. Citizen Shako , old man. My wife's been doing the cooking , too , about that long. Indianapolis Journal : "I Is noticed , " says Uncle Mose , "dat do fellers dut does de mos' Bhoutln' an' tnlkln' about dclr future life Is de ones dat don't i omo anyways nigh Investln' all delr money In It. " WASTED EFFORT. titw York Herald. They're fools who try to put love en A stupid , scientific basis : Who say , "With myths of il.iys bjgono This silly passion's proper place Is " Despite their tnlk In Us old grooves It rolls with re-enforced InsUtonce , Which shows love's not a force that moves Along the plane of least resistance. Hacking tha'jocltoy. "The south Is on top. " said Democratic Representative Dunn of New Jersey , "and the southern free traders nre crowding the mourners. " Nevertheless , Mr. Dunn voted for the Wilson bill like a little man. LINCOLN'S ' NEW POSTMASTER Agony Concerning the. Successor to Gcro Is nt tin End Now. J , H , HARLEY NOMINATED BY CLEVELAND 1'iHir Old riillioun T.oft Out III the Cold mill llrynn Hoped In by tlm Administra tion In the llopo of .Mulnliiln- Ing lliirnuiny. ( WASHINOTON , Feb. 8. ( Special Telegram to The Ileo. ) John It. Hurley wns today nominated to bo postmaster nt Lincoln , Ilarlcy Is n well known druggist nt Lincoln nnd n friend of llcpresentntlvo llrynn. The latter has been made to believe that the nomination wits made for him , when In fact llnrley's name was presented to President Cleveland n month or moro ago by N. S. Hnrwood of Lincoln. Hnrwood assured the president that Ilarlcy was n good admlnls- tratlonlst , nnd being n friend of llrynn , the latter could be depended on to endorse htm. The suggestion was made to Dryan that Ilar- loy could probably get the place. Ho foil Into the trap nndv > nt to the president , who folgntJ ignorance of Ilnrlcy , but consented to make the nomination Just to p'jnso Bryan. As It Is olllclally related , It looks ns though Urynn had been neatly "played. " The president positively refused to appoint Calhoun to thp Lincoln postmastershlp or anything el so. I I\I'ICT'AN : : ' i\itiv : i : Second Comptroller .Mninur C < tii < dilerliig Transcontinental I'rclght SlilpmcnU , WASHINGTON. Feb. S. An early decision Is expected from Second Comptroller Jlansur on the case now before htm , concerning the application of the long and short haul clause of the Interstate commerce act to govern freight shipments on the transconti nental railroads. The specific cases now before - fore the comptroller Involve s&lpmonts for the army between Interior parts of the United States , for which a greater proportionate tionate charge was made than on similar shipments to the I'aclllo coast , the differ ence as alleged by the companies being on account of the competition which Is favora ble to coast cities. Tlio railroad companies Involved In the present cases arc the South ern Pacific and the Atchlson , Topeka & Santa Fo roads. These being government aided railroads , the accounts for freight shipments coino before the second comptrol ler before they arc finally allowed by the Treasury department. The comptroller has heard several arguments on the question by the attorneys of the roads Interested , who liavo held that the long and short haul clauses of the act were as applicable to the government ns to Individuals only to tlm limitations that the rates must be fair and reasonable. TO TAX HKOKICUS. Ilrjtrc rntnU\n Hutch' * Anti-Option Hill Introduced hi tlin House. WASHINGTON , Feb. 8. The new Hatch anti-option bill devised by Mr. Hatch of Mis souri was approved by the committee on agriculture yesterday and Introduced In tlio house. This is a measure to yield the gov ernment , a revenue from the operations of brokers In general produce. The schemes proposed by the measure arc such that It Is expected to yield a largo revenue front the Income of every broker. It Is estimated that the government would receive $160.000 at the beginning of Us operations. Mr. Hatch Intended to provide for a considera tion of the bill as soon as the Important bills should bo got out of way. I.AKGI : TKIASUKY : HAI-ANCK. Over the Hundred Million Murk for tha FhMt Time III .Many Jloons. WASHINGTON. Feb. S. The treasury bal ance yesterday was $117,115,323 , the first time it has been above the $100,000,000 mark for several months. This Is an Increase of $31,000,000 over Tuesday , and Is accounted for mainly by the payment of the subscrip tions for the new bonds. Of this increase , $28,050,294 Is In gold and $5,8C3,140 In cur- cncy. No Cable Nt-nx for I'our Days. WASHINGTON , Feb. S. The Navy de partment Is in receipt of a mall communica tion from Captain Picking , dated Rio dr Janeiro , giving a technical account of tin , firing and military movements that are go. Ing on In Illo harbor. It Is said at tlio department that no cabin communication has been had with Illo this week. No word has been received of notice given by da Gama that ho would blockuda the port of Illo within forty-eight hours. This move Is considered by Navy depart ment officials to bo not at all Improbable. Such action Jiy da Gama to force some de cision as to his status would bo jnatural. This movement and Us failure to arouse any show of co-operation from land forces Is con sidered a notable Indication of da Oatna's lack of prestige. Sioux ( tty Hrldgo In Committed. WASHINGTON , Feb. 8. Favorable action has been taken In committee on the brldgo to bo built by the Iowa and Nebraska Pontoon teen Brldgo company nt Sioux City. THE BOY'S MOTHER Will be interested to know that we have just received a large invoice of Spring Patterns in boys' Star Shirt Waists , and now while the styles are so complete wouldn't it be well to select one or more ? Among the new styles are the Star Waists with a regular collar like the men wear. Another new line of yacht ing caps for boys and girls , Boys' short pants suits from $2.50 up , The reduc tion in price all over the store is immense , but is particularly noticeable in Men's Suits. BROWNING , KING & CO. S. W. Cor. 18th and Douglas.