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THE OMAHA DAILY BEEs SATURDAY , JUNE 80 , 1801.
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tncr. llil.s 2 < 1 OnV nf .luno. 1S3I.
( Hal. ) N. P. KKIU Notnry rulillo.
That decision In the maximum freight
rate case must bo duo before many more
days elapse.
The racing season Is now upon us , and
people who arc fond of sport do not mind
the temperature , even If It ranges In the OOs.
It Is lucky for Denver that the national
league meeting was over bcforo the Pullman
boycott was begun. The average political
tourist would not relish riding In the day
coach or In the emigrant sleeper for the
sake of glory.
Why don't seine of the numerous county
paving Inspectors suggest what Is needed
to make the now macadam roads correspond
spend to the specifications ? Is It because
none of them ever saw n macadam road In
course of construction before ?
The supreme court declares that there Is
nothing In the constitution or laws of Ne
braska that prohibits a woman from holding
the odlco of notary public If properly ap
pointed. No , nor nothing to prohibit her
from supervising her own household.
After the county commissioners have had
tholr say upon the canal proposition the
voters expect to have a small word In the
matter. In framing any proposition to be
submitted for the assent of the people the
Intelligence ot the rank and nip of the
voters mint not be left out of consideration.
_ It Is to be presumed that thq State Board
of Transportation will need another month
on two to decide what step It shall take
next to secure the enforcement of Its orders
In the transfer switch case. L In the In
terval the railroads will continue to defy
both the law and the board as they may
please.
Decisive action of the police commission
on the useless detective force cannot longer
bo deferred. The dlsbamlment of the force
Is essential to promote the efficiency of the
police , and Is demanded , moreover , as a
measure of retrenchment. There Is no need
of eight detectives In Omaha any more than
there would ba of eight police captains.
The vote on the Income tax schedule In
the senate shows that the Income tax Is
more popular In that body than the tariff
bill Itself. Forty senators opposed the mo
tion to strike out the entire schedule ,
while a largo number of amendments have
boon accepted or defeated by a smaller
margin than this. The finance committee
will not succeed In getting forty senators
to swallow the bill as a whole.
The Whisky trust will not be allowed any
postponement of the Increased tax upon
spirits beyond the tlmo when the new rev
enue bill goes Into effect , but It gets the ex
tension of the bonded period for which It
has been working so hard. This concession
Is worth to It more than the Increase In
the tax , particularly slnco the Increased tax
will bo paid by the consumer In an Increased
price. The Whisky trust has no moro cause
to complain of the treatment received than
the Sugar trust Itself.
Several resolutions looking to the regula
tion of sleeping car companies have been In
troduced In congress as a sequence of the
Pullman boycott , but wo dare say the Duke
do Pullman Is not very much alarmed. He
understands well enough that these outbursts
are Intended to bo harmless. They would
scarcely have been thought of If wo were
not In front of another congressional elec
tion. There are too many sleeping car
passes In the capacious pockets of our great
statesmen to disturb the friendly relations
that subsist between the Pullman company
and the national law makers.
Fixing Sunday for the funeral of the dead
French president will enable the working
people to participate In the ceremonies ,
thus making them an occasion for a gen
eral demonstration. Sunday In Franco la
the worklngman'ii holiday , nnd while many
would doubtless refrain from work upon
whatever day the president were to be
burled , tt.ey will bo enabled to do so with
out unnecessary sacrifice. It will enable
them to give evidence of what a hold the
republican form ot government has upon
*
them , Rich and poor alike will express
their grief over the nation's calamity , but
the homage of the masses will bo the sig
nificant feature of the ceremonies ,
Omaha ought to take n just pride In the
diploma awarded to thv exhibition nude by
the pupils of her schools at the Columbian
exposition last year. The work of the
schools In all the larger cities of the coun
try were there displayed side by side , so
that the competition was not only keen , but
also extonilve. In the comparison Omaha
schools held their own quite generally and
In addition secured an acknowledgement
of highest merit for several points of ex
cellence. The possession ot a World's fair
diploma ought to stimulate the schools , both
teachers and pupils , to maintain the stand
ard that hasi been set and to Improve It from
tlmo to time. It ought to be only the be
ginning pf a collection of trophies to at-
lost the filol ncy ot the Omaha schools
sLaEit-.aiKfe.:5EL.dk j MiKaBto.1- . . . j
CZ.OS.S or THR FISCAL TRAIL
. Tha fiscal year of tha federal government
closet toil.iy. It has been an orontful and
trying year for the national trenailry and It
ends with conditions prevailing by no mentis
satisfactory , notwithstanding the assurance
recently given by tha president that there Is
no reason for apprehension. In his last an
nual report the secretary of the treasury es
timated that the revenues of the government
for tha year would amount to $130,121,305
nml that there would bo a deficit at the close
of the year of $23,000,000. The revenues ,
however , have not reached $300,000,000 and
the deficit Is not much below $30,000,000.
The receipts of the government for this
fiscal year have been the smallest for fifteen
years. They amounted for the year ended
Juno 30 , 1893 , In round numbers , to $181-
000,000 , and twlca before In the past dozen
years the annual total has rlson above $100-
000,000. The secretary of the treasury esti
mated that the receipts from customs for
the closing fiscal year would bo $175,000,000 ,
but they have been only about $130,000,000 ,
the smallest In fifteen years and less by over
$70,000,000 than for the preceding year. The
estimated receipts from Internal revenue
wcro $150,000,000 , but the amount from this
source will not exceed $140,000,000 , which Is
$20,000,000 less than for the preceding year.
There has been a considerable falling off ,
also , In receipts from miscellaneous sources.
Expenditures have kept steadily In excess of
revenue.
The fluctuations In the treasury gold reserve -
servo have been a marked feature of the
fiscal record of the year. When the present
administration came In the free gold In the
treasury was In excess of the lawful reserve
and It was subsequently still further In
creased by exchanges of currency for gold
with the banks In different parts of the
country. The largo demand for gold for ex
port depleted tha reserve for the first time
In April of last year , but In August It was
again fully restored , only to remain so , how
ever , for a short time. The depletion went
on steadily until February last , when the
reserve , having declined to about $63,000,000 ,
the secretary of the treasury sold bonds to
replenish It. But the gold drain continued
and the reserve was again reduced to the
danger point when the New York banks dc-
cldcd to como to the relief of the treasury
and stop the drain on It by providing gold
for export. Had not this action been taken
by the banks the treasury reserve would now
be less than $00,000,000. As It Is It amounts
to about $67,000,000 , or $33,000,000 below the
amount required to bo held. The course of
the banks at least deferred another Issue of
bonds to provide gold , but It Is by no means
certain that It will not yet bo necessary for
the secretary of the treasury to make an
other sale of bonds. The recent statement
of the president regarding the financial con
dition of the government Is not so reassuring
as from a superficial reading one may bo led
to think. Unquestionably the treasury Is In
a better condition now than It was when
bonds were sold last February , but the situ
ation Is not so strong as could bo wished ,
and the fact that expenditures are still run
ning ahead of receipts , with the certainty
that- they will continue to do so for some
time to come , hardly warrants the optimistic
vlow of the president. Nobody can say how
long the New York banks will supply gold
for export and If the demand , which It has
been assumed was about at an end , should
be maintained It Is quite possible that the
banks would return to their former policy
of keeping their gold and paying exporters
checks In legal tender notes to be exchanged
for gold at the subtreasury. There Is no
reason to expect Improvement In the reve
nues of the government until the new tariff
goes Into effect and the Impression now Is
that this will not bo before September , and
possibly not tlion. It Is said to bo the gen
eral Impression among members of congress
that another bond Issue will sooner or later
become absolutely necessary.
There Is , of course , nothing In the situa
tion to create alarm. The secretary of the
treasury has ample authority , whenever ho
shall deem It necessary to exercise It , to
restore the gold reserve , and having 'dono
that ho can use the reserve , as ho has done ,
to pay the obligations of the government.
But It Is another thing to say , as the presi
dent In effect says , that the situation Is sat
isfactory. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ >
KXTRKDfA'O Al'1'IlUl'ltlATlOXS.
The senate yesterday adopted the Joint
resolution extending the appropriations for
the present fiscal year until the new ap
propriation bills are passed. This action
was necessary In order to enable the gov
ernment machinery to go on. Not a single
general appropriation bill has passed the
senate , and It is said that never before
in the history of the government has It hap
pened that a new fiscal year began without
a single appropriation bill having been
passed. It has happened a number of times
In contests between the house and senate
when the former was democratic and the
latter republican that all of the appropria
tion bills did not get through before the
now fiscal year began , and that resolutions
had to bo passed to extend ono or more of
the appropriation bills In previous years ,
but thera Is no precedent for extending all
the appropriation bills.
The fault In the present case Is with the
democratic majority In the senate. So In
tent are they In pursuing the attack on the
Industries of the country , or more properly
of the north , that they have not been dis
posed to give any time to the extremely
Important matter of providing the appro
priations for carrying on the business of
the government. A few hours dally given
to the consideration of appropriation bills
after they had passed the house would
have enabled the senate to dispose of some
of these measures before the close of the
llscal year , but to have done this would
have taken fiomo tlmo from the tariff bill ,
and this would not bo allowed. Therefore
nothing else could bo done than to extend
the old appropriations , bad as the precedent
thus established may provo to bo , and the
work of the government for the new fiscal
year will go on at the same rate of ex
penditures provided for the closing fiscal
year until such tlmo as the regular appro
priation bills can bo passed.
According to Senator Cockrell , the chair
man of the senate committee on appropria
tions , the regular bills cannot bo passed In
less tlmo than thirty days. Ho stated that
until the tariff bill Is out of the way the
sonata cannot take up any one of the six
appropriation bills on the calendar , but as
soon as that obstacle Is removed the senate
will at once go to work on the appropriation
bills. It la suggested , however , that unless
the appropriation bills are passed before
the tariff bill Is finally disposed of It will
bo a very dllllcult matter to keep a quorum
In the senate. The weather In Washington
Is very hot , and It Is not likely to become
more endurable , as the summer advances.
The older senators are risking their health ,
to say nothing ot the discomfort , In remainIng -
Ing there , and they will leave the city as
soon as possible. It Is said that both the
democratic and republican senators of ad
vanced ago , whoso health Is endangered
by the exceulv * heat and the Ions boars
of confinement In the senate chamber , will
go as soon as they arc unable to Accomplish
anything more with the tariff bill. Others
nro anxious to g t away to look after the
campaign work In their states , upon the re-
tutt of which their future political fortunes
largely depend ,
The condition of the appropriation bills
Is another striking ovldenco of the tncom-
petcncy of the parly In control of congress.
There was unnecessary delay In acting
upon these bills In the house , duo In part
to a lack of practical ability and Judgment
and In part to a deslro to make a record
for economy , but still the senate might have
found time to act upon some of these meas
ures. With both branches of congress In
control of the same party there Is no excuse
for such a state of things and It Is In nota
ble contrast to the Fifty-first congress ,
which was In control of the republicans.
The request of the I'latte Itlver Canal com
pany to have the proposition submitted to the
voters of Douglas county to authorize the Is
sue of $1,000,000 of bonds as a bonus for the
construction of the canal has now bcon undet-
discussion bcforo the commissioners for more
than ton days. While the sessions have been
held with closed doors and members have ,
bcon reticent concerning the conditions
which the board desires to embody In the
proposition , enough Is known to warrant tlu
statement that no definite agreement ha
been arrived at between the commissioner *
and citizens committee and the ofllccrs of the
canal company. The commissioners decline
to take action for calling an election to sub *
mlt the proposition unless specific guaran.
tics are Inserted therein to protect the tax.
payers and future patrons of the company.
It Is the height of folly for the promoters o !
the project to ask the board to omit these
safeguards. They ought to know enough U
know that It would be utterly Impossible to
carry the proposition at the polls unless It U
coupled with certain clearly defined obllga.
tlons and restrictions.
1. It may as well bo understood now a\
later on that the citizens will Insist upoti
having the capacity of the canal clearly de
fined , and they will Insist that the promoter *
shall guarantee to build a canal of dlnion.
slons to give us the largest amount of powci
that Is obtainable from the rivers that arc ti >
ba lapped. Wo do not want a mere ditch tt ,
bo enlarged and deepened In the dim and dis
tant future , but a ditch deep enough ana
wldo enough to supply us with all the powcv
wo can got out of the Platte and Its trlbuta.
rles.
2. Wo must have specific guaranties that
the company will construct reservoirs of
ample dimensions to Insure a steady supply
of power year In and year out.
3. Wo must have specific guaranties that
the company will provide the necessary power
houses and plant for generating and distrib
uting the power at the terminus of the canal
at South Omaha or In the city of Omaha.
1. Wo must have a specific limitation of
rates for power and wate'r supply. The
promise of reasonable rates Is too Indefinite
to bo entertained and would keep us per
petually In the courts to ascertain what Is
or is not reasonable.
5. The right of the county or city or both
combined to acquire the canal at a fair valu
ation , excluding the franchise , should be
reserved and the amount donated should be
deducted from the purchase price. Such a
condition after a period of twenty or twenty-
five years would still make this franchise
very desirable.
In'exacting , these conditions" the commis
sioners will not hamper the project "but on
the contrary give it a fair chance of carryIng -
Ing at the polls.
A PRICKED SOAP
A few weeks ago a handful of political
nondescripts located at Des Molnes startled
the country with the announcement that they
had organized a new party and fulminated
as their platform a series of well worn plati
tudes which had done service in nearly every
wild-eyed political combination since the defunct -
funct greenback party saw its birth twenty-
flvo years ago. Why a now party purporting
to represent the worklngmen of America
should have Its birth at Des Molnes , where
only a baker's dozen of factories and mills
exist , saemed us inexplicable as was the
announcement that the Incubators of this
political bantling had chosen George P. Demls
as their president. Upon Inquiry It de
veloped that Mr. Bcmls had not been con
sulted and know absolutely nothing about the
political soap bubble that had been blown at
DCS Molnes and had not been apprised of his
selection. Apparently Iho whole thing was
a political fake begotten In the Omaha fake
mill for the purpose of queering Mr. Demls
and casting slurs upon him.
The fact that nobody of prominence at
the Iowa capital knew any of the pretended
godfathers of the soap suds party and that
all the Information seemed to find its way
only through channels that led In and out
of the Omaha fake mill naturally more than
confirmed the surmise. Weeks and months
passed on and yet the new president re
ceived no notice of the exalted honor con
ferred upon him. Meantime the Omaha
double-ondor kept on 'harping about Presi
dent Demls and the Des Molnes huggermug-
ger. A week ago Mr. Demls addressed a let
ter to the headquarters of the United States
Industrial party of nondescripts protesting
against the use of his name In connection
with their venture. As might have been
expected , this letter found Its way at enceInte
Into the fake mill with comments and specu
lations as to the possible or probable polltl-
ca ) course which Mayor Demls would pursue
In the near future.
One thing Is apparent from all this
namely , that Mayor Demls Is In somebody's
way and causes that unknown quantity a
great deal of political stomach ache.
The Jacksonlans have unearthed another
disgraceful surrender of democratic prin
ciples on the part of the local federal au
thorities In the employment of republicans
to draw $5 a day from the federal treasury
for serving as deputy marshals In quest
of train-seizing Industrials. In fact , the
recruiting offlcor seems to have forgotten
to Inquire after the politics of applicants
at all. Then when It became necessary to
reduce the force , by some unaccountable ac
cident more democrats than republicans wore
dismissed. This , of course , Is treachery
of the most repulsive kind. A salary of
$5 a day , no matter how short lived or precarious -
carious , would come In so handy to so
many oager-to-serve-tho-country democrats ,
especially after such a long and vain watt
for iomethlng to drop. To discriminate
against democrats and In favor of republicans
In a matter of such grave Import calls for
a sturdy rebuke of , the administration. Th *
Jacksonlans Intend to protest. If the offices
don't speedily como their way they propose
to know the reason ,
New schemes for advertising must b *
very ecarco when the president of a well
known life Insurance association resorts
to cabllni : the sympathy of "lila
tlon" to Mine. C.trnot and the stricken
French nation , tfwtulii b perfectly proper
for him to send his Individual sympathy It
ho RO desired , i Rvtor the subscribers to
adopt resolutions | | Mthat end , but the sym
pathy Of an "a ? yl\tlon ( , " aside from the
members , Is d t "Wo far-fetched. It Is a
sad commentary pjaAmcrlcan methods that
nn occasion of tljjf-frlnil should be utilized
for advertising pim&scs.
Will Santo , the assassin of President Carnet -
not , have to ImvifttMe ono to avenge him
after his execution ? If to , where will the
work of vongeancSistop ? On this theory ,
once set the ball Tr-nflllng and It will keep
a-going until the ml of time.
With gold quoted lit 273 nt IJuonos Ayres ,
the beauties of a depreciated currency must
bo appreciated by all.
Not The now tariff will not go Into effect
on July 1.
or//// ( T.AXIM Tit AX outts.
In consequence ot the decided and angry
tone taken by Germany , Great Britain has
made up her mind to relinquish nn Impor
tant part of her gains by her recent treaty
with the Congo Free State. Reserving but
a few Insignificant privileges , she has sur
rendered her lease of a strip of land twenty-
five kilometers broad between Lakes Tangan
yika and Albert Edward , which would hove
secured for her an uninterrupted chain of
possessions from Cape Colony to Egypt. This
rather mortifying step may bo Interpreted In
two ways : It may mean thnt the British
government Is full of the most peaceful and
conciliatory Intentions so much so that , hav
ing unwittingly given offense to other pow
ers , Is anxious to placate them , even at the
price of considerable sacrifices ; It may mean
and this Is the more probable explanation
that England has purchased Oerman acqui
escence In order to have her hands free for
the graver dispute with France. If this be
the case , it Is very serious. Already , through
the vehement speech of the minister of for
eign affairs , supported by the unanimous
vote of the Chamber , Franca has committed
herself to such an extent that , to escape
public humiliation , she must obtain extensive
concessions , and nothing could make her
more Intractable In her demands than the
fact that Great Britain has Just yielded to
Germany. On the other hand , English pub
lic opinion , smarting under discomfiture , will
bo very sensitive to anything resembling
subservience , nnd to the French above all
people. Much tact will be required on both
sides to cope sifcessfully with the difficul
ties of the 3'tuatt n.
*
Morocco was the gateway of the Saracens
Into Spain when they planted the standard
of the crescent and upheld It for 800 years ,
being driven out finally by the armies of
Ferdinand n little before the discovery of
the American continent. A good deal of
history of cno sort and another has been
wrought upon that spacious and fertile North
African territory , most of It now lying dim
under clouds of tradition and Mediterranean
foybanka of partial oblivion , and it Is pos
sible that other Important episodes of action
and change are yet to take place there. Its
present political . .situation Is contemplated
with much interest by the European powers
and bids fair toJjccomo ; the pivot of the
customary amount of Intrigue nnd Interna
tional jealousy. H may In time como to
have Its polltlcnlj-aftalrs administered by
European authority like Egypt and Algiers ,
and the change wtiuld be n beneficial one ,
as It really has been In both these coun
tries , rescuing their populations from con
tinual violence and disorder , and from the bas
tinado of the taxgStlrb/er , who left the people
ple nothing that terror and pain could extort
from them. The Oriental , except In China ,
has never leatued the art of stable and
equitable government , and when It has been
found practicable to take It out of his hands
his affairs have gone on much more pros
perously , with less rapine and violence
lence and bloodshed , and with a
civilized order * \Wl < ! h he has- never
been * able to lua'tltuto * - The death of
the late sultan and 'the Installation of the
present boy sultan'In iMprocco have been ac
companied by the customary outbreaks of
disorder and fanaticism all over the country ,
and are not yet wholly allayed , although the
one-eyed brother of the new ruler , himself
a pretender to the- throne , has been dili
gently occupied In cutting off heads ever
since the old sultan , his father , drew his
final breath. They are undoubtedly a strik
ing and Interesting people , picturesque to n
degree on horseback and on the stage and
In romantic and historical literature , but
come of their political and social ways , most
of them , In fact , nre capable of great Im
provement.
The fact that In the reconstructed cabinet ,
with which Slg. Crlspl resumes office , the post
of minister of finance Is no longer filled by
Slg. Sonnlno , Indicates that the premier hopes
to carry out a financial scheme which bo re
gards as a solution of Italy's difficulties ,
but which Slg. Sonnlno refused to sanction.
The project Is this : To reduce the Interest
on that part of Italy's national bonds which
are held at homo from 5 to 3 % per cent. The
face value of the G per cent bonds Is $2,060-
000,000 , of which about four-fifths , or , say ,
$2,000,000,000 , are In the hands of Italian In
vestors. A reduction of Interest on these
to 3V4 per cent would obviously mean a sav
ing of $30,000,000 a year a sum sulllclent to
avert a deficit and even to assure a surplus ,
without cutting down the national armament.
Of course , this conversion of securities will
bo resisted with the utmost vehemence by
the representatives of the bondholders In the
Chamber of Deputies , and the resistance
may be rendered effective through the sup
port of the friends of the deputies Implicated
In the banking frauds , It la the knowledge
of the widespread corruption of the legisla
ture and the difficulty of obtaining a major
ity against the combined efforts of the ac
cused nnd suspected persons which have
made Slg , Crlspl hesitate to sanction the de
mand for the expulsion of ex-I'remler Glol-
llttl , nnd other ox-ministers and * deputies ,
against whom In the trial of bank officers
now proceeding strong evidence has been
presented.
* . * *
Mr. Mulhall , the English statistician , gives
a dubious account of European finances In the
current number of the North American Ite-
vlew. lie finds that the average
annual revenue of the sixteen con
tinental states for nine years past
have aggregated 590,000,000 , while the
average expenditures have been 060,000,000.
This makes an average annual deficit of
04,000,000 , or $320,000,000. At the same
tlmo the public debts of tlie sixteen states
have Increased 530,000,000. About CO per
cent of the new 'debt' Is accounted for by
the state purchase : * or , building of railways
and other reproductive public works ; but
the remainder , or , ' , 'p er $1,000,000,000 , Is
duo to military establishments , where every
dollar has been Bunlc bpyond all recall , with
nothing of value to sfiow for It. Of the pres
ent gross debts ot'llio continental states of
over $20,000,000,000 , > Ir. Mulhall estimates
that little less than' G,000.000,000 ( or over
seven times the ulnopnt of our public debt
at the highest poliUiajid ; over twenty times
what It Is today ) habeon used to carry on
wars and maintainable existing armaments.
It Is hardly to bo wondered at that the talk
of disarmament grows dally In Intensity.
It Is disarmament'of1 financial ruin , and that
not far off. ' -u
The plague now racing In China IB un-
doubtedly A filth dlieruo , for It made Hi
first appearance and has been most viru
lent In the dirtiest and most crowded ceo-
tlons of those cities whore It prevails.
Hong Kong Is being rapidly depopulated by
11 and by the ( light of the people. Ono
report gives the number of Ucntlia In that
region atone as over 100.000. Nine out of
ten of the natives Attached with the dis
ease die , while foreigners seem to escape.
In Hong Kong up to ten days ago ortly n
dozen British soldiers had been stricken and
only a few other foreigners. The progress
of the plague Is rapid ; three days la usually
the time between the coming down of the
native patient with the disease and hi *
death , while a week Is an unusual duration.
There Is little danger of contagion here erIn
In Europe , tor Infected persons would bo
cither dead or recovered before they could
cross the Pacific , and the germs which might
bo brought In other ways seem to be easily
destroyed by disinfectants. Cleanliness and
climate scorn to be our surest safeguards ,
especially the former , and they seem to be
suillclcnt.
o
XKHHASKAAfil ) XKIIHAHItAXS.
A new bridge crossing Plum creek has
just boon completed at Seward.
Democracy Is stirring Itself to secure the
state convention for Grand Island.
Aurora Is to got a now $60,000 court house.
Bids for Its construction are being consid
ered.
ered.Tho
The product of the Fremont woolen mill
Is meeting with ready sale these days In
Iowa ns well as In this stato.
The squirrel scalp business In Buffalo
county Is assuming most wonderful proper
tions. An average of almost $50 a day has
been paid out for some time for scalps.
The old soldiers' reunion , which will beheld
held at Battle Creek July 2 , 3 and t , prom
ises to bo ono of the largest gatherings of
the kind ever hold In northeast Nebraska.
Now that Increased power from the en
largement of the canal Is assured , the own
ers of the Kearney cotton mill uro arranging
to resume work. Tha capacity of the plant
will bo enlarged.
The Fairmont creamery made a shipment
of butter last week which amounted to 9,600
pounds. Now that the pastures nro HO much
improved by the rains a decided Increase in
the butter business Is noticeable.
Humor has It , says n Columbus scribe ,
that parties from Onmlui agree to put In n
sugar factory equal to the one In Norfolk for
a bonus of $50,000 , or will build the factory
for the free use of the canal power for the
term of live years.
The assessed valuation of Norfolk town
ship and city , as found by the board of
equalization , Is as follows : Lands , $127,093 ;
lots , $289.080 ; personal , $131,802 ; total , $517-
975 , The total assessed valuation of the
county Is $2,350,130.
Never slnco the establishment of the sugar
beet factory In Grand Island has the crop
promised so favorably the 1st of July. The
weather has been exceptionally fine this
spring for thinning out and cultivation , the
weeds coming too late to Impede their growth.
Nebraska City will have 150 Sac and Fox
Indians at the Fourth of July hoodoo In that
city. A mall coach with eight teams of
mules and n largo band of cowboys will help
to make things lively. It will bo a regular
wild west show and Buffalo Dill will have to
look to his laurels.
The second artesian well has been struck
on the farm of F. B. Wolf In the southwest
corner of Burorws township In Platte county.
The vein was found at a depth of 100 feet
and has such force that It throws the water
out of a two-Inch pipe to the height of thirty
feet above the surface.
Maximum I'n'lRht Itatos.
Fremont Leader.
It appears from the argument on the
maximum freight rate bill that the chnr c
on n car from Chlc.iKO to Lincoln or Iro-
mont is $100 , ? 45 ot which Is paid from the
Missouri river to Lincoln or Fremont , and
ns the route extends farther west the rate
Is increased to CO per cent. Tlmt Is , from
the Missouri river to Chicago , a distance of
n. little over 500 miles , the charge on each
car Is a little over 10 cents a mile , while
from Omaha to Fremont , thirty-seven miles ,
the charge Is $1.22 per mile , nearly twelve
times the rates cast of the Missouri river.
And from Lincoln to Omaha the charge is
SG.G cents per mile , 8.5 cents per mile oust
of the Missouri river. The railroads and
their organs. In the face of this Htatement
in court , contend that these uites.nre rcu
sonnblo and just and"ought" not to be re
duced. There * seems to be no valid reason
why the rates from Fremont to Lincoln
should exceed $3 per car from these points
to the Missouri river. Mr. Dllworth , one ot
the secretaries of the board of transporta
tion , was ono of the principal experts called
on behalf of the state to fix the amount
of the reductions made by the maximum
rate bill. These he placed at a little over
29 per cent , which he admitted still left the
rates higher than in Kansas , the Dukotus
or Iowa. When asked as to how much
lower the rates were In Iowa than they
would be under the freight rate bill of this
state he unfortunately had forgotten and
falls to state. It Is understood from others ,
with ae maximum freight bill In force , the
rates would still be about 30 per cent higher
than they are In Iowa. It seems to the
Leader that the attorneys for the state did
all they could reasonably to bolster up the
jurisdiction of the federal court. If they
have not done so , then the proceedings us
reported in the Omaha papers do them nn
Injustice.
It Is somewhat of a mystery why the
Rock Island road was joined as a plaintiff
In the maximum rate suit , as it apparently
had no Interest In the result of the suit.
As to that road , the case could have been
discussed on motion , which It seems was
not made until the close of the argument.
The mystery , however , was solved byVool -
worth'H argument. The road extends from
South Omaha to Jensen , and It is claimed
it cost $31,000 per mile to build it , and hence
the argument Is made by air. Woolworth
that the other roajs cost the tame and must
pay a reasonable prollt on that amount.
\Ve do not know what terminal facilities
the road has at South Omaha , although It
Is reasonable to say that they own consid
erable land for trackage put poses and de
pot grounds at that point ; but it Is a mat
ter of common notoriety that It condemned
the right of way through the licnrt of tne
city of Lincoln , a distance' of about four or
live miles , and paid ImmeiiRe sums to secure
the right of way. We find no reference to
this In Woolworth's argument , but no doubt
this accounts for the very high estimate
of that branch of the road. The dismissal
of the case left that testimony In the reo-
01 il uppaiently , so that the railroads have
the benefit of It. Is It plain ?
There are about 5,500 miles of railroad In
Nebraska. This , at $15,000 per mile , would
cost $42,500,000. Mr. Webster stales that the
Income from freight of the railways In
Nebraska per year is JJO.OCO.OOO gross. The
passenger traffic was not Included In this ,
and , of course , this amounts to a very large
sum. But suppose we take the $20,000,000
alone , and allow one-half for operating ex
penses , It would leave 10 per cent on the
investment. Now , the roads come into
court and plead poverty , anil say the re
duction of rates will not allow thutn reason
able compensation for the Investment. AS
they came Into a court of equity pleading
for equitable relief , the people of the Btiuu
have u right to ask them to account for
the disposal of this vast sum of money ,
The case would seem .to be somewhat an-
nlugous to that of a bankrupt seeking a
compromise with his creditors by milking n
full and complete showing of all hit ) prop
erty. The only difference Is that the rail
ways are to make a complete and detailed
showing of the disposition of thin vast
amount of money. Tne people have a Hunt
to know the amount paid out for operating
expenses , for Interest on actual borrowed
money , for salaries paid and to whom , and
the amount of the same , because If the people
ple- have to pay Indirectly they have a
light to see that the money la properly
applied , and the salaries nre not In excesu
ot their value. It would be necessary , also ,
to state the number of employes unit what
service they are engaged in , and the
amount exp nded to control poll leal conven
tions , as tar as possible , of all parties , and
to support a , lobby at each legislature.
There are many other things of llko charac
ter that require an explanation. It seems
that no attempt was made to draw out
how this vast sum of money was expended.
If It la said the companies would refuse
to answer the reply would be that any
proper Inquiry of the court would compel
them to answer. If they refused to lur-
nlsh the Information desired It can bb seen
they would have no standing in court.
Highest of all in Leavening Power. Latest U. S. Gov't Report
Tint r'.v/ > .ir
Uutllno of n 1'ow of tin Xc\r * unit 1.Horary
l'"otturo ; .
Carpenter's letter embraces an extended
Interview with LI Hung Chang , "tin ? Ills-
mnrck of Chlnar" who Is the power behind
the Ihrono thnt governs nearly 500,000,000
people. "Carp" describes hH ride to the
pa I a co , his reception and the personality of
the great vIcToy , whoso opinion of the now
treaty with the United States will be road
with great Interest.
"Will the Negro Em ! rnte7" Is the title
of a pupor by Bishop Attlcus G. HayROod ,
who prutonts a view ot the race problem
which will attract widespread attention. Ho
holds that the negro race will never abandon
this country.
Appropriate to Independence dny will be
presented n symposium under the caption ,
"Patriotism's BURO | Call. " Some of the
most talented writers of the day contribute
to thU brilliant feature. Among them are
Hon. F. U. Coudort , ex-Senator John J. In-
gills , Madeline Vlnton Dahlgrcn , Major Gen
eral Nelson A. Miles , Congressman Bryan ,
Fred Douglas * , Albert A. Pope and ex-Attor
ney General Garland.
Mr. Robert Wldensall , well known In re
ligious circles throughout the west , con
tributes n special London letter detailing the
great Young Men's Christian association
Jubilee , which was a most remarkable gath
ering of representatives of alt the nations of
the world.
A chapter on co-operative home building
covers opinions of state Inspectors and re-
suits of official examinations of local asso
ciations.
Ida B. Wells recently wont to England ,
where she hod lectured on the negro prob
lem , declaring that negro lynching In Amor-
lea must stop. Mrs. Alllo C. Wlllurd writes
from London to The Sunday Boo to denounce
the agitator and thinks she should have first
appealed to Americans.
The text of commencement addresses of
Crelghton college graduates will appear In
The Sunday Dec.
Ample space will bo devoted to the woman's
department , In which the latest Ideas of
fashionable dress and headgear will be pre
sented.
Ideas from Europe as to approved methods
ot municipal housekeeping and the manage
ment of public works will provo of Interest
to political economists.
The Bee's cable news ncrvlco Is pre-emi
nent. This fact has been fully illustrated by
our complete reports of the Carnet assassin
ation and the election of his successor the
past week. The news of the whole world
flndi a place in The Sunday Bee. No other
paper In this section can compare with it In
quality or volume of foreign or domestic tele
graphic news and local news.
Credit In Whom Credit IK Dun.
Washington Star , ! Sth.
Elshtrcn years ago today , on the Little
Bljr Horn In Montana , Oont'rul Custor and
a considerable proportion of the Seventh
cavalry were wiped out of i-xlstonce by an
ovenvhPlmlng force of Sioux Indians.
Eighteen years Is only n moment In the
history of a nation , but In less time than
that the noithwestcrn frontier has been
completely eliminated. This enormous task
has been accomplished mainly by troops
of the United States at my , and history will
do the boys In blue the credit which has ,
for some reason or other , frequently been
withhold. No service rendered during the
war of the rebellion was one whit more
perilous than that so enthusiastically nlvon
on the plains and In the mountains of the
great west.
HOT ( lltOVXJ > lltS.
Slftlnps : It Is not until a man reaches SO
that he begins to wiap the small bllU on the
outside of his roll.
Boston Transcript : When an actress is
young she has her HthoRi-apic likeness and
when she Is old she does not depart there
from.
Indianapolis Journal : "Hello , there's a
double yolk In this egg , " rcmaiked the
cook.
"Ah , more duplicity laid bare , " was all
the waiter had to say.
CJalvcston News : Woman's success as an
engineer Is phenomenal. She gets many a
washout on the line , but no disasters are
recorded.
Washington Star : The daisies wave above
him now : the grass' weeps tears of dew.
One month ago he murmured "Is It hot
enough for you ? "
- * - ' - - . A . * * M&&M " * *
Chlcaso Record : _ Her Mother Did young
Mr. Fan halt propose last night , Dorothea ?
She No , but he acted awfully scared
thioughout the evening.
Buffalo Courier : Skinner ( trying to save
$2) ) 1 say , doctor , if you had a cough like
mine what would you take for It ? Doctor
( promptly ) Some good physician's advlqe.
New York Weekly : Husband ( very late
from the club ) Hum ! I told you not to su
up for me. Wife ( sweetly ) I didn't. I getup
up to see the sun rise.
Boston Courier : Sadlrn You say Reck-
liss has sealed his doom. Cooley Yes ; I
just saw him lick nn envelope which con
tained a letter asking Miss Bossall to marry
him ,
Atchlson Globe : Take 30 cents worth of
cotton wash goods , a rose or two , a pair
of shoes and a hat , and put them on a 16-
year-old girl and you have a great result.
Harper's Young People : "I say , " said the
tramp to the scarecrow , "let'3 swop
clothes. "
"Not I , " said the scarecrow. "Fact Is ,
It would never do. "
"Why not ? " said the tramp.
"Well , the crows , seeing me , are scared.
They think I'll run after 'em. But If they
thought I was like you they'd know I'd
rather fall asleep. I tell you , old man , crows
know a thine or two. They judge by ap
pearances. "
Why Is U Thai So Miny People Arc
A PROFESSIONAL VIHW.
A ( loMtlamnii Who HIM Oiin-litU.r Olnervod
Toll * Tlia secret Unnsa of tt All ,
"It seems surprising , but It U unfortu
nately true , thnt ninny Men nnd woman
who ought to fell bright , Rtrong , active and
happy nt this tlmo of the year , are tired out ,
weak nnd miserable. "
It W.IB the eminent Dr. Clarke ot Now
York who mndo this startling remark. .
"The number of people who complain of
feeling languid , worn out , and goncraltr
under the weather , " ho continued , "who nro
feverish , restless , with uncertain appetites ,
Irregular sleep and similar troubles , sccmi
to bo Increasing. Why they are In that con
dition neither they nor their friends know
any more than many ot the doctors do , "
The physician paused a moment , reflected ,
carefully , nnd then said :
"There Is generally but ono cause , and
that can usually bo traced to some forgotten
Incident , a neglected cold , n chll | , possibly
the grip , but It has left Its effects on Iho
system. It has acted llko a bad spot In q
choice trull. The stntngo thing about It U1
that It almoit nlwayx affects onn , nnd only
nuo , organ of the body , nnd from that tha
pulron iiprouil.t over the entire pystcm. ThU
organ It the kidneys nnd this poison Is urlo
acid. If the kidneys nre strong and healthy
Hiid throw the uric acid from the blood ,
tlu-ro Is no rheumatism , no neuralgia , no
nausea mid nick headaches , no restless feel
ings , no Irregularities or coated tongue.
This is the onret cause of all these trouble *
In n uutnln'11. "
"I have spoken frankly , you will say , "
he continued , "yes , but It Is a serious matter
and affects the llfn and happiness of thou
sands of people. Few people suspect the
presence nf kidney diseases , urlo acid or
po.'Mhly Ilrlght's disease , because It Is 80
deceitful a trouble. It steals like a thief
Into the system nnd robs the health bcforo
Its presence Is knuwn. I huvn hfld a great
experience upon this subject , nnd I say to
you frankly that I know of but ono thing
thnt will stop this trouble nnd keep the kid
neys healthy , the body perfect , the health
good. The remedy to which I refer Is Wnr-
ncr's Safs Cure , which , of course , Is now the
standard remedy of the world for kidney
trouble' , Dtlght's disease nml the various af
flictions to which women are subjected. It Is
purely vegetable , II Is powerful , nnd nt the
lame time harmless , but I advocate Its use
promptly mid without delay In every case
whore the first symptom * uro detected , It
wns this remedy which testored nlid has
kept In complete health NO ninny prominent
men nnd women of this country , and which
Is cmlorui'd not only by physicians nnd
scientists , but by nnnlsterg of the gospel ,
prle.Ms , and those who ImvB the spiritual ns
' .veil us plijMraloll being of people at
heart ! "
"Then you think , doctor , " I asked , "that
most of the physical troubles about which
people nre complaining during Juno can bo
traced to the cause that you have named ? "
"I do , mosl assuredly , and I believe they
can be avoided by following the suggestions
I have made. 1 have seen so many cases
where this wns proven true that I have good
ground for my belief , nnd If you , or any
of your friends , young man , are out ot aorta
or have any of the symptoms of which I have
spoken , I advise you to stop , reflect and act
promptly and In time. "
Cbocolat-
Menier
the 1
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of all
Vanilla
Chocolate
unites in a perfect form all the cjuali.
lies eveiybody desires to find in his
food. It is as Nourishing as Meat ,
and still pleasant to take. It isas
Delicate as a Luxury , and still cheap
in price.
It is by far healthier than either
Tea. Coffee or Cocoa.
*
Therefore it should be made a household -
hold article for daily use , as it Is in *
France.
PARIS gys E 6\S \ IEIRJ LONDON
AT. , CliIcngo-8lMV. UroadnnnH.T *
All-wool-Pan ts
FroG-wool-Prico ®
PANTS.
Tlioso panta ftt'o of the very
beat Into , BtylUh olotlm of ADO
tcxturo und are liUocijtg. KoVo
uro tbo real light efuwo ? , th
strlpos , chocks , iriUUirtfb Arm ( i
complete line of golld colors from
liljht orcnm to black , Every -
ory blusrlo pahIH worth fulljr
twice the money antf eotnc ovof
tliroo tlmca , and thoy'ro ' 6qry
thread \yool and silk Sowed , our
owa iniUcc.
Saturday is the
Beginning- our Sale of
PANTS for S2.50
Some are pants from suits
Some are pants in odd sizes
Some are pants only pants
You never bought a pair of pants for $5 that was
as good and you have paid us as high as $8.60 for
some of these very pants. Your ohoioo $2.50.
Browning , King & Co. ,
S. W. Cor. 15th nnil Douglas ,