Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA D/VLTY / BEE ; WEDNESDAY. MARCH 28 , 1801.
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N. P. riil. , Notary Public.
A man with tantrums Is no better fitted
for the bench than a soured old maid
would bo for a nursery.
The police commission will not have to
go very far to discover that the city de
tective force Is Ineniolent and thoroughly
demoralized.
When the prices of fruit are quoted , on a
hot house schedule later In the spring wo
shall have a better conception of the extent
of the damage that has been wrought by the
present cold spell.
The death of a United States senator from
Georgia will give rise to an Interesting tight
for the. place thus made vacant. Secretary
Itolic Smith Intends to be consulted with
regard'to his successor.
In view of the fact that the Oxnarde have
already contracted for 2,500 acreb of beets at
Grand Island , In addition to their own acre
age , the announcement that the sugar factory - .
tory would suspend operations was probably
premature. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
There' Is no Immediate danger of having
the Dlund selgnlorngo bill enacted Into law
over the president's veto. The president
cannot this time shift the responsibility that
rests upon him to either endorse or veto
'the measure.
If all the disappointed aspirants for otllce
follow the example of Calhoun , the Lincoln
man who did not secure the postolHce , and
move out of the state , there won't be enough
democrats left to hold a meeting ot the state
central committee. *
Kuropcan monarchs are said to be unani
mously In favor of a continuance of peace ,
but that docs not prevent them from fearing
the precipitation of a war at any moment
and preparing to bo ready for It In case It
should actually come.
Before the Issues of the present cam
paign are fully made up , It Is just ns well
, to remember that the larger part of Ne
braska's floating Indebtedness was created
by the useless and almost criminal extrava
gance of the legislature which assembled at
Lincoln three years ago.
Wo appreciate the .advance notices sent
out by the weather bureau to Inform us of
the approach of marked changm In the
weather , but wo fail to grasp the useful pur
pose of a post equinoctial bulletin telling us
that the predicted storm has already come
and gone promptly upon scheduled time.
From the consideration given to tlio body
of the patriot Kossuth and the character of
the ceremonies attendant upon the passage
of the funeral cortege from Italy to Hungary ,
no ono would suppose that his life's most
ardent ambitions had failed , nut Kossuth Is
not the ouly ono who has received his dues
only after death.
The bar ot this district can not and should
not allow the Judiciary to become an en
gine of oppression and tyranny to gratify
the caprice of any judge. Every attorney
should bo In position to defend clients and
practice his profession without being In
sulted , humiliated and outraged In the pres
ence of his colleagues.
Timely action of the judicial branch of the
Colorado state government has prevented
the executive branch from rushing blindly
Into civil war. The people of that state
should at once commence to devise ways and
means to retire Governor Walto to that ob
scurity which his peculiar talents so emi
nently nt him to adorn.
When those Delaware Indians finally
emerge from the gold cure establishment
to which they have been sent to have their
thirst for flro water permanently quenched ,
their aboriginal copper-colored hue will have
changed to a beautiful golden tint. The
copper-colored appellation cannot well be ap
plied to an Indian who has successfully taken
the gold cure.
If It bo true that the correspondents of the
American newspapers who have been Inform
ing the American public of the progress at
the Insurrectionists In the harbor of Rio
Janeiro have either left that city or are pre
paring to do so wo may as well give up at
ritco all expectations of hearing any very
startling news from the scat of the Ilrazlllan
government. The American newspaper cor
respondent never leaves his post so long as
there U the slightest probability ot any
further extraordinary events.
A free and untrammeled press U the
palladium of American liberty. Its right to
freely dlecu and crltlcUo public men and
m c.i in res In which the people have vital
concern cannot bo abridged without Im
periling free Institutions. When judges
arrogate powers to themselves which belong
to another co-ordinate branch ot government ,
It U the duty of the press to publish the
fact and protest against the usurpation. In
the discharge ot this duty The Den will not
flinch , let the consequences be what they
may.
A SKXS.\ \
The litigation In ctmiieollon with the
Onion Pacific receivership has been full ot
iiicwtMve nurpriMMt , not the leant ot which Is
the aeifiAtlonal allegation just made In the
answer of the rteehlr for the Gulf read In
the cflfte no\y penrtTfig In the federal court.
The ease In question Involves the validity
of a contract by which the Union Pacjflc
comp.iny agreed In p.iy the Interest on the
bomb luprcsentlni ; the Imostnicnt In the
Gulf road. The L'nton Pacific receivers have
def.iulted In the payment of this Interest
and nre endeavoring to Imvo the contract
put anldc on the ground that compliance
with Its terms would be disastrous to the
Interest * of the stockholders and bondhold
ers whom they represent. To controvert this
contention the receiver of the Gulf road
comoj Into court and nrgtics that there Is
no ii'jocKslty to default upon the Interest
payments upon the Gulf bonds , nor Would
the payment of the Interest Injuriously af
fect the fn.incci ) of the Union P.iclflc road.
Ilut hedoer not slop here. He goes on to
assert that tlio earnings of the
Union Pacific arc now and always have
been sufficient to pay all legitimate claims
upon them to quote the exact words
employed In the answer , "The respondent
alleges upon Information and belief that
since the 1st day of January , 1891 , sufficient
money has been earned upon the entire
Union Pacific company to pay all operating
expenses , all Interest charges upon Its
bonded Indebtedness which It was neces
sary to pay In order to maintain the Integ
rity of snld sjntem and to prevent fore
closure of the same and all government
charges and charges Imposed by law , and
to leave over and above the same a large
surplus for the benefit of creditors having
no llenii upon the property of the said Union
Puclflc Railroad company. " And the Gulf
receiver asserts his readiness to maintain
nnd verify his allegations when called upon
by the court to do so.
If what Is allcgoTl In this answer Is true
and the I'nlon Pacific Is perfectly solvent ,
the question naturally arises , why should
the road be now In the hands of a receiver ?
The earnings of the roail Just previous to
January 1 wcro less than they had been for
some time before that , so that the finances
of the road must then have been very near
their lowest ebb. If they enabled the road
to pay all legitimate charges at that time ,
there could not have been a valid call for
a receivership In October preceding , when
the receivership application was originally
made. This raises the whole question ot the
financial situation of the road and expresses
a doubt whether the receivership was Justl-
able at all. A solvent road certainly has no
need of nn administration through receivers.
The Union Paclllc receivers will , of course ,
deny this allegation , which , It sustained by
the court , may give rise to further sensa
tional charges.
31KXICO H'.tXTg .t CVXFKKKNCB.
A recent dlnpnlch staled that Mexico
wants an International conference to con
sider the sliver question and that the
government of that country is contemplating
Issuing an Invitation for such a conference.
No country has a greater Interest In this
question than our neighbor republic , which
has the single silver standard and cannot
depart from It without completely revo
lutionizing commercial conditions , domestic
and foreign. Some time ago the Mexican
minister at Washington , referring to the
situation regarding silver , said that unless
the gold standard countries came to some
agreement In the near future for the larger
use of silver It would bo Imperative upon
the silver standard countries to unite In some
sort of an arrangement for their protection
and with a view to raising the value of
silver. It would seem that the minister
reflected In this a view already prevalent
with his government nnd which has since
been growing , under the Influence of the
disadvantages which the sliver standard
countries experience commercially and from
which they must continue to suffer while
the great commercial nations occupy the
position toward silver which they do at
present. Paying for what they buy accordIng -
Ing to the gold standard and' ' selling accord
ing to the silver standard Is' ' not profitable
under present conditions , so that the
anxiety of the silver countries to do some
thing to advance the value.of the white metal
can easily be understood.
Whqt these countries could' do by uniting
In defense of silver Is not apparent , since
their commercial Inferlorfty makes them
dependent on the nations that dominate
the commerce of the world. It Is pre
sumed , therefore , that the reported con
templated action of the Mexican govern
ment bus reference to an International con
ference which shall Include the gold stand
ard countries and not ono having In view
a union of the silver countries. A move
ment for the latter object might follow the
failure ot the former. Whether an Invita
tion from Mexico .tlono for an International
conference would receive a favorable re
sponse Is somewhat questionable , but there
could bo no doubt about the result If the
Mexican government could Induce the United
States to join It In such an Invitation.
This , It would seem , our government would
be very willing to do. It from no other
motive than that of neighborly Interest
and good will. The sliver countries ought
to be given an opportunity to bo heard In
such a conference , and It Mexico desires
this our government may very properly as
sist In furthering the wishes ot the sister
republic.
There appears to bo a growing belief In
Intelligent quarters that conditions are so
shaping themselves In Europe as to render
highly probable a movement from that di
rection before a very long tlmo looking to
a. larger recognition ot silver as a money
metal. Most careful observers express the
opinion that Increasing disasters are rapidly
teaching England that she can no longer
hold the selfish position which she assumed
nearly seventy yearn ago by becoming a gold
monometallic nation. The change of sen
timent In that country during the last two
years In favor of bimetallism has been re
markable. It has tnkcn command ot the
colleges and universities and some ot the
moat prominent political leaders are avowed
blmotalllata. Something at least not un
favorable to this cause Is looked for from the
currency commission appointed by the Ger
man government and one of the functions
ot which Is to make a thorough Investiga
tion ot the silver question. It Is significant
Unit a majority ot the members of thl ? com
mission arc favorable to bimetallism. The
German emperor Is just now giving close
attention to economic and financial ques
tions and It would not bo at all surprising
It his government should at any time take
steps to convene another conference of the
nations to discuss sliver.
The obvious fact Is that this question U
still retarded by all the nations as ot vital
Importance and one that can be finally set
tled and disposed of only by an International
agreement. The dlmcultlen In the way of
such an agreement are many , but It cannot
bo admitted that they are Insurmountable.
At any rate effort to scctim nn nRroement
nhould not be abandoned until Us Impracti
cability I * convluclvoly demonstrated. If
Mexico should take steps to bring about an
other International conference the United
Slates government should Rlvo It xtipport.
The movement In favor of stimulating
homo Industry begun In the summer of 1801
Im * had a very marked effect upon the In-
dustrlul growth and mercantile traffic In
Omaha and nil tlio principal towns of Ne
braska. The awakening of publle senUmcnt
to the Importance and necessity of building
up home Industry by giving preference to
home-made and home-sold wares over com
modities that were Imported , had n most
salutary effect. Thousands of people who
had been In the habit of buying articles
with a foreign brand that could bo duplicated
nt the same price by our own mllta and
factories , made It n business to call for
homo products and articles that bore a Ne
braska brand. The Increased demand for
liome-mailo wares soon made Itself 'foil In
every town that hoastn a' mill or factory ,
and especially among the mercantile class ot
this city , whoHo sales of home-made produc
tions were enormously Increased.
The Impetus given to the home Industry
movement , wan largely due to the vigorous
11 ml systematic efforts of the Nebraska
Manufacturers and Consumers association ,
whose exhibits of Nebraska mill und factory
products nt Omaha and Lincoln wcrp ix reve"-
laton ! even to men who are presumed'to bo
well Informed concerning Nebraska's Indus
trial growth.
Wo arc gratified to know that the associa
tion contemplate * another active campaign
In favor ot home Industry. "In thlu effort It
should be seconded and supported h/ every
merchant and manufacturer In the state.
They all have a common Interest In encour
aging home Industry and , while the whole
state will be materially benefited , they will
get the lion's share of the Increased patron
age that must surely follow a well-directed
campaign for home patronage.
iii Axn'inxisK COSFJMT.
The negotiation for a new treaty between
the government of the United Stales and the
Chinese government , which was signed a. few
days _ ago at Washington by Secretary
Gresham und ths Chinese minister , has
called out a vigorous protest from the
Pacific coast. Senator Perkins of California
received a telegram from the president and
secretary cf the republican state committee
calling upon him to "uso every lawful effort
to opposd any treaty or any congressional
action which would Impair or In any way
weaken the pnnent laws restricting Chinese
lirmigration Into the United Stall's , " a re
quest which the senator .jave prompt assur
ance he would comply with.
The proposed treaty prohibits Chinese la
borers from coming Into the United States ,
but puts no restriction upon the Immigra
tion of merchants , and the California sen
ator says with reference to this that unless
something is done to circumvent the Chinese
methods we shall have a horde of so-called
merchants coming to our shores under the
treaty. He also takes the view that the
treaty will wjpo out every provision the
United States government has made for the
control of Chinese Immigration. As the
terms of the treaty arc understood , laborers
only are prevented from entering the United
States , whllo the act of 1SS2 and all Its
amendments , and the Geary law of 1S93 ,
carefully designated what a merchant was ,
which Is omitted in the treaty. The Geary
law defines a merchant as a.-person engaged
In buying and selling merchaiuUso , at a
fixed place of business , which business Is
conducted In his name , and who , during the
time he claims to be engaged as a merchant ,
does not engage In the performance of any
manual labor , except such as Is necessary
In the conduct of his business a if such mer
chant. This provision , It Is claimed , would
bo nullified by the proposed treaty and the
term merchant being undefined anybody
might come In under the claim of being a
merchant. Another provision of the existing
law which It Is claimed would bo nullified by
the treaty Is that requiring that the certifi
cate provided for shall contain the photo
graph of the applicant , together with his
name , local residence and occupation. There
are' other features of the proposed treaty
which are objectlonal to the opponents of
Chinese Immigration and the announcement
Is made that Its ratification will be vigor
ously opposed.
The fact appears to be regarding this con
vention that the secretary of state , not
sharing In the extreme prejudice against the
Chinese , has been disposed to make a treaty
In which there should be a measure of Jus
tice and fair-dealing toward the people of a
nation with which wo have always main
tained friendly relations , which has uni
formly manifested a desire to foster such
relations , even under circumstances which
might have been expected to provoke a
different feeling' , and with which wo already
have a considerable commerce , that will cer
tainly grow If wo do not drive It away by
unfriendly discrimination. Rut none , of these
considerations will avail anything with the
element on the Pacific coast that Is Im
placably hostile to the Chinese. Those
people are willing to cast asldo all treaty
obligations , however derogatory to the honor
and Integrity of our government' such a
course might bo , and to reject every com
mercial consideration , whatever the coat , . In
order to gratify their prejudice. That tholr
avowed determination to defeat the proposed
treaty will bo successful Is to bo regarded
as more than probable , In view of-what they
have heretofore been able to accomplish In
connection with tlio question of Chinese
Immigration. ,
DUTY UP TllK ASSKSSOHS.
The assessors will begin tholr work next
week and continue until June. Every citi
zen of Omaha Is vitally Interested In bring
ing about a radical reform of assessors'
methods. The burdens of taxation should
bo distributed upon the owners of property ,
real and personal , In proportion to their
holdings. The money-borrower and money
lender should bo on an equal footing. The
property of franchlsed corporations should
bo assessed In the same ratio to Its actual
value as are the homes of wage workers.
The stocks ot merchandise In great jobbing
houses should bo made to pay the same pro
portion ot taxes according to value as Is
paid by the small retail dealer. The men
who own mortgages should not bo permitted
to escape taxation because the men on whose
property they hold mortgaged claims are
taxed for Its value. It an honest effort be
made by the assessors of Omaha to list
all moneys , stocks , mercandlse and other
personal property according to value aid In
proportion to what real property Is assessed
they can add fully J5.000.000 to the grand
total. It they would return the property ,
real and personal , ot the great corporations
that are operating In this city In proportion
to what business buildings and dwellings
are uHscssed they could Increase/ the aggre
gate from J2.000.000 to J5.000.000.
The fact U that the aggregate assessment
has for years been ncandalounly low because -
cause of the Ifl Viurtble discrimination nnd
favoritism , rate result Is that Omaha today
IH bottled tip vM nt.illcd In Its efforts to
keep up publ'ft Improvemrnt that nro
needed nnd 'well , If 'they were under way ,
would give tuilpyment to thousands ot
workliiKinon and enable the merchants to
keep up wltli Uiojdemnmls of landlords and
bankers. Thortin * e and always will be tax-
shirkers nmf obitructlonlsts , who would
rather have the grans grow In the streets
for fear o ) Increased taxes. Ilut the
ci'cat mass or tux paying citizens demand
that the assessors shall do their duty without
fear ttr favor. .The assessment should bo
rained this yearMiy J3.000.000 nt least , so
that Omaha can keen "P with the demands
of the limes nnd compare favorably wlth ,
other cities. v '
The annual report of the Ilurllngton sys
tem of railroads shows that the usual fi per
cent dividend wns paid to the stockholders.
The decrease In the surplus Is quite marked ;
but at the same time , the fact that the com
pany paid Its usual dividend In spite ot the
loudly proclaimed depression proves that the
company Is not upon the verge of bank-
rupcy. It must bo borne In mind that the
earnings of the road netted a dividend of
fi per cent , not upon the actual Investment of
the shareholders , but upon the fictitious In
vestment. If the water could bo squeezed
out of the railroad systems ot the United
States last year's business , depressing as It ,
was , would have paid a net dividend of
several times C per cent.
A township has Just been uncovered In
New York state which has ito much money
left over from Its revenue of last year that
It finds Itself iililo to run the government
without the Imposition of a new tax levy
for this year. Wo refrain from giving the
name of the township for fear the many
tdxrldden communities throughout the coun
try might be Immediately depopulated of
their citizens.
Chicago has just amended her building
ordinance so as to require the enclosing
walls of light shafts and bay windows shall
bo built of Incombustible material. This Is
a very wholesome provision. All elevator
shafts , whether In fireproof buildings or
buildings constructed of wood , should bo
built of Incombustible material , and In buildIngs -
Ings on business streets bay windows should
bo us near fireproof as possible.
What will the people of Gravescnd do
when the time for the next election rolls
around ? All the experienced professional
election officials have been sent to the peni
tentiary. A complete set of novices will
have to be trained In to take charge of the
election machinery. Things may not run
so smoothly as heretofore ; yet the change
cannot fall to be an Improvement.
Of course the failure to fetch the Lincoln
postofllce has nothlng'to do with the emigra
tion of ex-Candidate Calhoun to Florida.
Had his candidacy been successful , however ,
there Is every } reason to believe that ho
would have continued to champion Bryan's
cause for years to. . come. Nebraska must
charge the losd of 'Calhoun ' directly at the
door of PrcsIde'ritl5Cleveland. '
The Informants tn the Carnegie armor
plate frauds upon" the government have no
reason to complain of the profit which they ,
have made on thetuni. The small reward
of $35,000 will go for to repay thorn for the
- troublo-thoy.littiu > , UkoiuH will also stliu- ,
ulato the vigilance- other Workmen whd
may hereafter bo engaged upon government
armor plate work.
The cats that don't catch mice arc to bo
the subjects of an Investigation by the
police commission. , Half < an effort on the
part of the members of the police commis
sion will enable them to catch the cats.
A Trlto Truth.
New York Tribune.
A good motto for every municipality :
"No politics In the 'administration of jus
tice. "
On with tlio Good Work.
riilladrlphla Times.
For his persistent perversion of things the
calamity howler not only deserves to be
tanne.d , but tanned In his own bark.
Inhibiting u Vacuum.
Globe-Democrat.
The fact that Stevenson can be talked
about for president without raising a gen
eral laugh , only goes to show l\ow poverty-
stricken the democratic , party baa become
In the way of leaders.
Judicial Arbitration.
ICansna City Stnr.
The submission to the Judges of the Chicago
cage courts of the questions In dispute be
tween the employes In a big factory and
the employers ought to establish a prece
dent to bu followed generally In the future. ,
Judges are men of excellent discrimination ,
chosen by the people to settle disputes ,
and their decisions on differences between
labor and capital ought to bo satisfactory
to both sides.
Ulgaiitlc Irrigation .Scheme.
Denver Ileimlillcan.
There Is a gigantla Irrigation scheme on"
foot In Nebraska , which Involves the con
struction of a ditch more than 210 mllett
long. The ditch will bo built In the north-1
western part of the state , and It Is expected
that It will have a capacity to Irrigate
about 1,000,000 acres. It Is probable that a
great part of the land which will be cov
ered by this ditch can be cultivated with
out Irrigation , but there Is none of It
which would not be benefited.
They ICovcrn tint Axtimn.
St. I'aul Ulobe.
The movement In favor of the nomination' '
of Vice President Stevenson as Cleveland's
successor Is assuming unexpected strength.
Mr. Stevenson la now out of politics , and Is
In no way responsible for the course of the
present administration a fact that adds
greatly to his strength with u large body
ot the party. He would undoubtedly be a'
strong candidate , living as he does In IM
doubtful state and In the west , which has
been too long- Ignored In the selection of
presidential candidates by the democratic
party , i
o Tux.
IlceorU.
Rejection of the Jncome tax by congress
would not prevent the several states from
adopting this method of taxation whenever
they might deem It hecewsary. Representa
tives McMillan ot IfUennessee. Hall of Mis
souri and Uryao ofn Nebraska can go be
fore the people , < of those states and advo
cate a state Inppnu ; tax to their hearts'
content. If this | > c , | i good system for the
federal government , why Is It not a better
system for the mA'eVnl state governments ?
Should this indehod' ' of taxation prove a
popular means odobtnlnlng state revenues
it would bo tlmt ) | nnugh to try the experi
ment once morou federal legislation. IJut
taxation ot IhlsLcliiLracter should begin nt
home , and when | . begun at homo It would
probably end tlieri'r }
I'KOI'1,1 } .I.V/I TltlSfi.t.
Mitchell thrcatcni to elevate the
J'oxey'H "petition In boots" Rive's Internal
evidence of a matting growler trust.
A feeble conl plla nnd a voraclonn fnrnncn
draw n wc lher map oivjliu average house
holder's phiz ,
Kellers from Omaha visitor * In ( 'nllfornln
refer to llm nUirlons Cllmnto .11 thick enough
for running piirpojcu.
( lovernor Wnllo I * regarded an nn cxonu-
tlvc llRlituclRlit , but decisions arc coming
his wny with cheering regularity.
DM Sot continues the favorlto snn. Undo
Sam blows nway $20,000 n year saluting the
orb , rnln or shine , "ii-comln" and n-Kbln' . "
The remission of $260,000 of the flno as
sessed niuilnst the Cnrncglcs was followed
by nn endorsement of the Wilson bill.
Carncglo Is not ungrateful.
H IH reported Hint ex-Vice President Mor
ton Is nboitt ( o cnler the mlllc bmdne s nl
Uondoilt , N , Y. This will lend some tone
to the prnctlco of rushing the cans ,
The Philadelphia Times celebrated Its nine
teenth Anniversary 'Haster Sunday with a
miporb edition. The Times IH tin nltrnctlon
every day nnd a double ono on Sunday.
The New York Hcnale has passed a bill
designed to elcvato the undertaking business
In n profession. All the statutes of creation
cannel check the downward tctuleiicy of the
business.
Government engineers report Hint the flow
of water In the Missouri U decreasing nnd
the stream will probably dry up , pvcn to Its
mouth. Tlio siiddest feature of this melan
choly prospect Is Hint the drying process Is
confined to the Missouri's nioiith.
Philadelphia sleepy nnd slow ! A resident
of the town arose one morning recently and
mauled his wife. Arrest , Indictment , trial ,
conviction and sentence followed without a
breathing spell , and before night he was on
his way to the petiltcntlnry for a three-year
term.
St. tiaiidcns has sent to Washington bis
amended design for the World's fair medal
with nn nrrnnprincnt ot fig loaves and Mow
ing ribbons , Intended to satisfy the qualms
of senators who objected that the cherubs
had no "pants" on 'em , but which are moro
apt to emphasize the nudity that elicited the
criticisms.
The only relative of Kosstith living In this
crnntry Is Mrs. LnuUo Rutkay , widow of the
ikml patriot's sister's youngest son , Albert
HntUay. She Is nn American nnd lives In
Brooklyn , William Wntgll , whoso father
was Ko.s3Uth's private secretary from 1848 to
1S52 , Is n conlposltor on the St. Paul ( Minn. )
Pioneer Press.
Twenty-flvo Chlnnmcn In Now Haven ,
Conn. , have declared a boycott against tlio
Sunday schools , because their opium dens
and fan tan layouts wore captured. If the
school managers restore the property the
mongols will don their meek , converted
mugs nnd ogle with the teachers , when not
engaged In hitting the pipe.
Ltttlo Helen Kollar's efforts to establish
a free library at Tnscumtila , Ala. , are being
enthusiastically praised by the Alabama
press. Helen Is only 12 years old and was
blind nnd deaf at her birth. Only recently
she hns been able to speak ; and yet with
all these obstacles she has met with great
success In her free library enterprise.
Austin Oolaher , nn nged Kentncklan who
has recently celebrated his 88th birthday ,
was n playmate of Abraham Lincoln years
and years ago. When ho was a sm.all boy
of 11 years and the future president only 8 ,
they wont Into the woods In pursuit of part
ridges , and while they were trying to
cross Knob creek on a log Lincoln fell In.
Gollaher fished him out with a sycamore
branch and preserved the boy's valuable life.
Commander Coxey resents the allegation
that ho has a walk-over. The colonel rides.
A rare record Is boasted by Mr. Timothy
Dyer , of Vlnal Haven , Me. , who is In his
9lst year. Until ho was 18 years old ho
never wore a shoo. He has never ridden
on a car , and but once on a steamboat ; ho
has never entered a tavern , never quarreled
with any one , and a barber has never shaved
him. And yet'his life has not been desti
tute of excitement , for only last summer
the old fellow pulled In , unaided , a halibut
weighing three times as much as he does ,
XJUlltAHKA Atflt XK.
ammonia.'I
Delinquent faxes In Phelps county amount
-to-tho nunvof$15,626.83. . * " '
Sixty families from Indiana , are talking of
settling In Phelps county near Bcrtrond.
A building boom Is about to strike Liberty.
Several brick buildings will bo erected this
season.
J. P. Anderson & Co. , Beatrice grocers ,
have failed. Their assets will cover all
liabilities.
A district convention of Christian En-
deavorers will bo held nt Hastings April 13 ,
14 and 1C.
Distress warrants will bo Issued by the
treasurer of Douel county In the hope of
being able to collect the delinquent taxes.
State Superintendent Goudy will be ono
of the attractions at the Dundy County
Teachers' institute , to be held at Benkel-
man.Tho
The citizens of Newman Grove are offer
ing a bonus of J2.000 to anybody who will
erect a mill at that point that will cost at
least J1G.OOO.
The citizens of Bertrand want Water
works , and all the candidates for the various
town olllces are pledged to work to secure
the Improvement.
Table Rock has secured the business of
the firm of Fulton & Combs , agricultural
implement dealers , who were recently burned
aut at Burchnrd.
Ten of the veterans at the State Soldiers'
homo at Grand Island have left the Institu
tion now that winter Is over and will take
care of themselves during the summer.
There are still 112 Inmates of the home.
It Is reported from Sumncr , says the Gib
bon Beacon , that N. E. Slack , living seven
miles north ot Sumncr , has a hen which
laid a monstrosity In the shape of an egg
the other day. There Is no peculiarity
about the lion , but the egg Is certainly n
curiosity. In construction It Is patterned
after the Siamese twins and consists of two
distinct eggs , connected by a tube about
three Inches long. At one end Is an egg 'of
ordinary size , that contains the white of an
egg only ; at the other end of the tube Is an
egg about the size of a pigeon's which con
tains only the yolk. Both eggs and the tube
are correctly formed and covered with a
perfect shell , soft In texture.
I'KTITHUr Iff JHIUTS.
WanhlitKlon New * .
If Coxey'H army really comes ,
With Its drums
And Its bums ;
If It marches with Its ranks
Full of cranks ,
From the bunks
Of the wild nnd raging Kaw
Whom the law
Doesn't awe ;
If from far Pacific seas ,
Out at knees
Full of fleas ,
Come his wild-eyed looters here ,
Wanting1 cheer , *
Wanting beer ;
If ho leads from Massillon ,
Here .upon
Washington ,
Such u bummem' cavalcade
AH 'tis said
He'a arrayed ,
When the inarch Is once begun
There'll be fun
Uy the ton ,
But the joke of all the fuss
IH on us
Dern the cuss !
Take no Substitute for
It is Absolutely Pure ,
All others contain alum or ammonia.
/'I IMTTMTlIItP IlIlPfMM TIPP
UhViiLASD HAS RIIIilHlAl ICS
'President's Ddiuocntio Pedal , Extremity
Does Not Suffer from Aristocratic Qout.
HIS WELL FOOT GOES OH GLAND'S BILL
Volo.Mru im < TrmonivlKlittiilOff | ! by tin1
rieiulliiRx of ScrrHiiryItiiltli , Stt | > | > i > rlp < l
by Nerrrliiry ( Iri hunt-H .liny
> 'nl C'nino at All Now.
WASHINGTON IIUKKAU 0V THH lint : .
Mil 1' mrtcontli Ktro't.
WASHINGTON , March 27.
The story that the president h.it'tha ' caul
U not true. He lias an attack of rlirmmitlsm
In the foot similar to u previous nttnck.
His foot Is swollen anil U encased In a large
shoe , loosely In cod ncnw the top , He walks
about the Whlto house and meets nenalors
and representatives more freely than hither
to. He did nut attend the Colqiiltt funeral
today because he could not wear his shoes
without illscojnfort. There In no gout , nor
does the attack amount to anything more
than temporary discomfort.
A democratic congressman from New York
City who called upon the president today and
talked with him on the lllinul seigniorage
bill , says there Is no doubt as to a veto. Ho
says the president had determined to veto
the bill and had , In fact , fr.imcd his mes
sage , but at the cabinet meeting today Sec
retary Smith vigorously protested against A
veto. Ho requested the president to with
hold his message , assuring him that a veto
would work more Injury to the democratic
party In the xouth than he had any concep
tion of. This New York congressman said
that Secretory. Smith's urgent and earnest
protest persuaded the president to hold tlio
question In abeyance , and tlutt as a result
the message would not be sent to the house
tomorrow.
Secretary Gresham Joined with Secretary
Smith urging that tlm bill be permitted to
become a law. The president finally said
that ho would withhold his message and to
day the sliver men in congress feel much
more hopeful. The president has not Implied
that lie. will not veto the bill. He has
simply consented to hold It for further con
sideration. Senator Voorhecs expresses the
opinion that the bill will not be vetoed ,
INVENTORS UEMEMIlKKRn.
The following patents were granted today :
Henry Illckelman , Pierce , Neb. , hume tug ;
Adam Klscus , Klsciis , la. , pulverizer ; James
L. Funkliauser , Gllddln , la. , hay stacker ;
Charley O. Johnson , Sioux City , la. , photo
graphic background ; Solomon C. Maple ,
Hebron , Neb. , house moving truck ; Lodrlck
M. Milieu , Elwood , Neb. , machine for crib
bing corn ; William D. Patterson , Keokulc ,
la. , mall or express car ; William Prescott ,
I'ori Aiuuison , ia. , iieHiiiigiu ; r.nocn warner ,
assignor of one-half to A. I ) . Johnston , Cen
tral City , Neb. , band fence machine.
KUSSIAN TIIISTI.i : "KXTHIOIIXATOK. "
Morton'K Answer to an lomi Jinn AYIin Yl'imts
to SiuMire that rimltlim.
WASHINGTON , March 27.-Secretary
Morton has written an unique letter to Kd-
ward Peterson of Dayton , In. , who applied
to him by mall for the position of chief
Russian thistle exterminator for the state
of Iowa. Replying to Peterson , the secre
tary says :
"It la Impossible Immediately to comply
with your request , because the Hansbrough
bill , appropriating $1,000,000 for the weeding
of Iowa , the Dakotn-s and other thistle In
fected sections of the northwest has not
yet become a law. Several amendments
to the bill are contemplated , among them
an appropriation for the destruction of the
cockle burr and rattlesnakes which secrete
themselves In all kinds of grass. The gov
ernment will probably. In Its munificence
and tender care of Us children also dis
tribute In original packages antidotes for
the snake bites.
"It Is , In the judgment of some good cltl-
.zentt who are Inclined to thln-woi-i- . pa < - -
ternallsm , only fair that the bill should be
also amended so ns to permit each farmer
to draw directly upon the public treasury
for each day's work In the extermination
of weeds upon his or any other farm. Pos
sibly , however , before this Is rounded off
In Its perfection , It will provide a patent
method of plowing with preambles , planting
with resolutions and Katherlng nnd garner
ing by legislative enactment nil crops
known to the farmers of the United States
The tillage ot land by legislation js only a
matter of time. I must thank you for the
patriotic frankness with which you remark ,
referring to thistles : 'They are spreadIng -
Ing fast , but we do not want to kill them
out before the government Is ready to pa > '
us for the work , or send something to kill
them for us. '
"Nothing could better demonstrate your
peculiar tnncss nnd adaption for the posi
tion of chief Russian thlstlo exterminator
for the1 north west. "
Kurcrcd Colqultt.
WASHINGTON. Mnrch 27.-Uy the death
of Senator Colqultt , Senator Vllas will
probably become chairman of the senate
committee on postolllces and post roads as
he was formerly on this committee. '
Nicaragua Cnnnl AfTalra.
WASHINGTON , Mnrch 27-The Nicara-
gunn subcommittee of the senate commit
tee on foreign affairs
met today and con-
? < 1rt" ° "la Icforo tno committee
, , pro
viding for the
reorganization of the Nlca-
Cniml company nnd miiilo mich
proxrrss us to be In condition to irporl to
the full commutes nt II * regular weekly
meetlmt tomorrow. The subcommittee
liftanl HB dcllbcrntlonn npoh the bill * In
troduced by Hpnuinr * MurKnn nnd Krye.
SrltA.SDCK IN UAHIII.NOTOV.
Indiana \Vlui limn ItrtmlrcilMUliinr ( o
Itcnrlt 'Ilirlr llriiTtiilliinii.
WASHINGTON' . Mnrch 27.-The list of
liuilnn vhllors wlio have beconio financially
Mrnmlod In Washington nnd returned to thelr
homes nt Government expense has been *
milled to by n Chlppcwn delegation. May-
Dwny-We-NInd nnd Interpreter C'hnrles
Wnkcflchl , the Chlppewa pilgrims who hnvo
been In the city socking to accnro an allot
ment of ICO acres for each ndillt member ot
their tribe , hnvo been sent back to their
reservation In Mlnnchotn. Their funds bc-
cnmo exhausted last wcpk nnd application
was miulo to Commlculoiior of Indian Affairs
lltownlng for payment of their transporta
tion expenses. After Homo questioning they
were furnished the money. They loft tha
city Snturday evening , CommlHulonor Hrown-
Ing has received a teh-gram from the Chippewa -
powa Indian ngnnt confirming their stnto-
iiU'iit that they were authorized to make- the
Washington trip by the tribe council.
t : < : nvriticmr. : t or MAKOII.
IVriillar nnd Uncommon MYntlirr tluit llu *
I'rut illicit During Dm .Minitli ,
WASHINGTON , .Mnrch 27.-The weather
bureau In Its weekly miow chart Issued
todny. Bays ; "North Hnkota and north-
went Minnesota HIP covered with nearly a
foot qf snow , nnd over portions of upper
Michigan thorp In moru than n fool and u
half of snow reported. While the southern
limit of urea covered extends southward
Into Ohio nnd western Pennsylvania , there
Is but llttlo snow on the ground eastward
of lower Michigan , the greatest depth
over the region named being three Inches
ut Plttshnrir. Tlio hint ilayH of March
have been cbnraclerlsied by the most ro-
miirknhlu tcmporatnic , extremes occurring
that hnvo not been recorded since the es-
tubllshnfent of the weather bureau. Within v .
six days over a large portion of the couojn
try east of the Hooky mountain : ) both the
highest nnd lowest temperatures observed
dm Ing March have been icportcd.
I'utriiN tlmt Iliivn Kim Out.
WASHINGTON , March 117. Patents on 283
Inventions expired by limitation during the
week ending todny. Among them were the
following : Speedy Indicators , W. Heckerl ,
Providence. H. I. ; rotary engines , I'rauclsco
Pasqunlc , Stella nnd Peltro Gtovnnl Datlsta ,
Xanlna Dlnno , Marino , Italy ; sewing ma
chines , Dr. W. linker , Cleveland , O. , assignor
to the Whlto Sowing Machine company ;
stereoscpe , Alex Deckers , New York City ;
fireproof safes , W. H. Butler , Drooklyn , N.
Y. ; car heaters , W. H. Kllborn , Corry ,
Pa. ; maglzlnc Ilrenrms , T. G. Ilemiptt , New
Haven , Conn. , assignor to the Winchester
Repeating Arms company , same place ; llea-
semor converter bottoms , Andrew J. Haws ,
Johnstown , Pa. ; hot air furnaces , William 13.
Henderson , Wlnona , Minn. , and Ice ma-
chln's , Thomas L. Hnnkln , Lyon , Kan. , as
signor to North American Ice company ,
Uallas , Tex.
TlVKf.lSIl
. ,
Sittings : A. nmn who puts off bis enjoy
ment too long will find It mislaid by the
time he sets to It.
Philadelphia Uucord : "I declare , I don't
know wh.it to do , " mused Dr. Flzzlck.
"Here's old Mr. Goutlcy kicking about mr
charges , and he's too good a customer to
cure. "
Life' : Drizzle How long did that new play
of yours run ? Fizzle Till it got Into the
next town.
Indianapolis Journal : "See here , " said the
busy man , after the beggar had reeled otiv
his tale of woe for about llftcen inlnutcflr *
"are you expecting to be paid for this story -
at spncc rules ? " " 'T
Plain Dealer : "Wlmt makes Smith stut
ter ? He didn't use to. " "Well , you seo.
when ho asks a man to lend him $5 ana
says It over three times he gets $15. "
Detroit Free Press : He I'll bet fifty to on
your father gives his consent when I nalt
him for you.
She Well , be told mo he was perfectly
willing , but don't you let him henr you
making a bet like that , or you'll lose your
money .arid. tlm .girl , too. , , _ . , , v „
Inter OceanWife : Op ahead , fool , and
crack Idiotic jokes about my new Waster
bonnet ! Impecunious Husband Honnetl
Laws , Mariar , the Joke's on the milliner.
Chicago Tribune : "The advantage of be
ing an alderman , " said the honorable gen
tleman from the 'Stccnth' ward , In reflec
tive mood , "Is that you do a good busi
ness and don't have to adveitlse. "
Sittings : It takes superhuman strength
to carry a small load of whisky without
the world knowing that it Is a Harden.
Philadelphia Record : The ManayunU.
philosopher says you can make any ona
blind to your faults If you have the dust.
Indianapolis Journal : Now , to the health
of this fair land , a bumper big we'llXosaj
the land where every man's u king , and
every tenth a boss. _ _ t
HKU PnUFBUKNCE.
Detroit Free 1'ienn.
He talked on the tariff for two mortal ,
So that her dear father might see f *
How very profound for a young man h *
was.
In matters of great policy ;
This settled , he thought he would talk to
the girl ,
Hut her conduct was really rude ,
For she told him to go out nnd sit up with
pa ,
So that she could sit up with a dude ,
& CO.
Tlio larcost niRltorn nnd Holloriof
llnu clolliuB on uurth ,
Your monoy'fl worth or your inonoy hao'c.
When it's warmer
The now style spring suits will be in greater
demand again and moro men will be in to bo fitted
than the salesmen can take care of it's always thaf-
way everybody comes when the rest do but you
you will oorno tomorrow for that's the day wo
open up another now lot of dainty oheoks and stripes
very select not many of them. If the crowd
oomos with you the chances are you'll got loft , for
no one else soils thorn.
BROWNING , KING & CO. ,
I S. W. Cor.blh and Douglas Sts.