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4 : ' TIlE 01\LUIA \ DAILY DEE - , t f1r I t V Ir1 l uvi 1Tt r . t' t I
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TIlE OMAHA DAILY DEE
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TFl1S ; OF SU1tSCfl1PTtO.
; taIly flee ( Wlhlli funcay ) . One Yesr. . . . $ R ( 4 ,
' nnd , . . . jO 01
PaII > I4urnlay One Ycnr .
Jnl' lia . . . 100
; Ut Ionlha . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . f ( )
" hrel Monlhl . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
p ; Unday leI. One Ytnr . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
nlurdny II One Year . . . . . 1 641
II/b Ytar. . . . . . . . 5
'eakly Bee . bno Year . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . S.
r ; OPI.'ICES.
. Omahl. Thl Hlc lulllng. .
foulh Omaha. Corer N Rnd Tweflt.tOUtth BII.
( Council JUtIfTI . 1 IMr' ' Rtreet.
( Chlca thfle' . 3n Chamher at 'mm'rce.
Nf' York loms U. 1 and IS. Tribune fl1g.
Washington . 101 F Htreet N. W.
CO1tItls1'ONDINC1.
. All communlcAlons rein lng tn nfwa nn ' el-
. toral mAier shouhl be RI1rCMlJ To the gltor.
13t'ilNIS3 1TI IS.
. . Alt hualn'M 1fler. nnc mtaflCc' % ( sholl,1 , b 4
chressc 10 Thc 110 PUblshing , ' ) ' .
1 Umaha < ttatt. checks anl , loslolre c'mIAn , 10 I
4 tie I nat1e taynIt' to Ihf ord.r or Ihe cnmp4lflY.
- < THI m F IUDLISlNO COI'ANY. .
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fTATI.I'NT ; : O - CICUIATION.
George II. TzcIUek. , slcrclnry or Thc ICD lul.
IshlnK company being duly pworfl . "ys thai
the nctAI number or tl An,1 , cOlllflo copies
at the Ihly Morning . I vcnlnl nnll HUlday lce :
printed durIng tim month or Novcmher , 111. was
8S tolows :
I . . . . 2 ) . $ f 1 . . . . 2t.l1
1. . . . . . . .
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. r Ir. 2151
2 . . . . . . . . . . 21j'51 1. . . . . . . . . . 21. r'J
3. . . . . . . . . 21.2\ : I ! . . . . . . . . . U.I. ;
, 4. . . . . . . . . . 21.6 ; U. . . . . . . . . 2J,4\
; G..21.r.:1 : 2' ' . . . . . . . . . 21.r,1 ) 1
C. . . . . . . . . . 21.lj 21 . . . . . . . . . 21,1 , J
7. . . . . . . . . . 31 241) 22. . . . . . . . . 21.431
R. . . . . . . . . 23.trt 21. . . . . . . . . 20,2.1
. ! . . . . . . . . . 21.53 : 21 . . . . . . . . . 2I,3 3
10. . . . . . . . . . 21.40 2. . . . . . . . . . . 21.91
II . . . . . . . . . . 22.4'O 2r. . . . . . . . . 2'JU '
12. . . . . . . . . 20\9 21. . . . . . . . J.OG ;
13. . . . . . . . . 2i.t ( ) 2 . . . . . . . . . 19.M. !
I. . l . . . . . . . 20,5r2 2i . . . . . . . . . 20.020
, 15. . . . . . . . 21.6U 3'1. ' ) . . . . . . . . 1 . S2
Total . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . , . . . . . . . . . . 9.G" I
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Iea i1eitictiofl for un.old antI rturnt.I
. . dcductons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . lurcd . . . 1,233
P01(1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Total ( . . .
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Dnl ' average net clrrnlnlol. . . . . . . 21.61
UiOItUI2 I. ' 'ZSCHUC (
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Sworn 10 before too all SUISClhc,1 II my prc -
t rnce thla 3d day or Ieeemlvr. 14491.
. ( Seal ) , lay N. P. F'IIL. , Notary lullc .
a 'I'Iwre nre stl thirteen tlnrH wihin I
which .1tI e Scott may tollL' ! his I
reSIgl111li44fl nUI let GovelnO' Ulunse :
11 the Illnce.
What IR to hleole ) of JovIal old Snlta
ChlR will : hlH shaggy helltl , nUI ( fur : 44
I we . 110 lint Jl't n snow storlltween I
now 111 next ' l'iiesilny ? _
When the secl'ell' ' of nll'lculhl'e Is
sued tht t I hulltil ) 1 ! I to t nlllJ'lse ) thl I I llcople (
that ther : : 'e eatn : too much It was :
hot IIitClilCIl to . clltnl the eOliStIIIiIt Iui 1
of Nehrslm : City cl'nrwII ( wheat : mil : (
oat menIntronlze llle IinltistrIe4.
'rhe . Renlchllht of l'wHlmllel ) Ilhlc- .
I hns : not yet penetltell lilahly . tlI'11 : u
reCl'SHeH qf state InstnttJs at : Jllcoln.
\Vitlt . unt the RhlloWH : l'e 1 ltl
lon t. I'wn , whln the tIXla 'el'H wi I
11cth'u ! : the In forum ( bit to which thl I'
are entItiel.
enttel.
\ ih' . Utt ! had hllel' talw charge of
. nllngton Beach full let the Olaha
. COllel'cal cluh ) trnsact its IlslnesH :
through Homeholl who Is cocked I ,
1I'IUmi ) 111 10lietl to tlo UII Omaha
e\el y time Hhu works 'at ' cross 111'loSeH
with the Biirllngtoii.
. A l'uO' deale'H' : propaglUtll : : hi act-
h'ely . el aJCl In , IJ Unll/ i campaign
for the Itlleal ! ) of certalit objectonahle
reatm'cs of the Sloclnh law. 'rhhi
' would hllclte ' that the legislative oil
, 1001 w1 le\'er : lack u full anti " "Ilrct
S\III ) ' of " red 11.1)1. I
Two'yenrH ago the legislature paid l 81
clnts IJII' folio for priltn house rolls
E Iml senate Illc. This 'ell the 1llnUI
: . board has contracted for . like service It
the rate of $1MT ier folIo. Does not
that smnck of jobhery ) ? How much of
, this cOltlact lilOliey Is to go to the
B. & : . Jonrnnl its U slelt 11ItnO' ?
'rll Slate P'lnln , board hits con-
trnctcd for the printing of the State
. Board of Agriculture \ It the rate of
; $ : ' Ilel' folio. , Two . years ago the
IJrlce pnlt for the same class of work
: , vas : aIU. On the face of this showing
I Is nillmlelt ) ) that somebody w1 get
1 rake . off. Who that lucky plrty mnr
bo w1 bo Ilule ( mnnlfest later on.
. The wonder Is that the State Board
of 'l'I'nlslorla , tOI has hot asked for
. nil 1II'oIJ'lato ) for mom otce hell ) .
The last entry In tint btiavcl's docl.ot
f WIS nlllu on .Inne I I ) host , tilce which
time the board has hoen busy asilsthiig
Judge llewtI' ! 111 the Iowa railroads :
to prove that freight laCes are too low ,
nni whenever the secretarIes conlt get
. n ( lily oI tlU'II thin clmlll they
Peru. 'elot for the biiie.shiirted slatesman or
: 'rile Bt'II lon ( J ollal his Long bcen
the Slllclal apologist of the State BOI.t :
; of 'l't'IIHIrtatlnn. ) 1'hnt lll1r : has just
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. secured the contract for doing tile '
- . cOltmct fo. toll print-
. lug . of the hOI'tl nt the rate of $2.2 :
1e. folio. . 'j'wo years ago It dt tint
work for . . ' '
1.48.
fu. . $108. This atlvlll1 , of nClll '
100 itet' Cl'nt In lrlcU ) will toubtess be
exlallll by ) the . flct that the Ilegetl
' . Boartl of 'JI'anRllol.tlton : his tlemlmttll
double ! the amount of
toubll Il0un Ipolo otc brain
: ' tissue itt the 1IIIIs of the IIIImcldl ,
print shop. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
, 4 - , 'j'hm'l' ' 8l'O SOII ) good features ! II the
.
II'ollosell urhit titt iou bill just luh.tHlucull
In euligresS. 'I'hl chanccs lure , how-
c ovel' , that the enl features wIll ho 1
, knocked out 1111 the bad fl'lhHlH I'f
' iii.Vhint Is Wlul'll ( hi HOt 1 111'11'
, , lent l'OlllsHIII 1IIIIoll\1 ) ( hr ) the 1I'I'sl- )
, . dent : , which IUlnH luothC' Inlm'statl 4 ,
l'mIWI'CI , olmissiol 1\'lt'll Iltl ( ' 011 :
trollti 1)y CO'llllthls : , hut nlhllton ) :
by ) ' , i'hioseii fresh for 'Itch '
, jU'Y Ilst'n fol t'lIh case fl'om :
.
, , amonl tIHIII'I'I'SI.tl experts , ltll't'/lt-
big both sites of the controversy ' In :
: clllnl ( 11IbN' ) .
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.44 1'ho ' easiest thhtig earth Is :
tHll'St thll on to ge
: U Inl to sign 1 15t1ti011. If lie t hush . '
licKs men who lut'it 1 ' ( 'l1utt'stilIg the that
, and Ilolco cOlllsslol to 1(1101lt ) 11 I ;
Ollhn 111 its liVe chief hind Ilrorlwt I
tl.Hnslh'ts fully lS to the dllclllos :
. , wih which thin lire Iltl polco cOlnuls-
' "IOUU'1 lire beset II relation to the so .
k lectol or n 10)\ ' lire chief wo dOlbt t
, - . - - - vel.y 1\Ih wheUll'l' they WOIM haye
signed slwh I pothtioii. AH n iiuuttta ref
of ( act , tht ) ' I11'C Inl'rcltod ( 11 Ilch lS :
un'bol ( ) ' II In securing tile 10lt ox
. 111't'II'nCl'tl ) 111 that can bo bid to sui
I lIC'\'lso ) the } uttug out or l1re. Al I
. . . things being equal , In Ollhl Luau 1
should I I\ thu preference , hut the :
cOllullslon ) Ihoull not bo hnllJurcl1 11
making its choice where 1110Ul Ilwn
millions or ProPerty aLit ! the 1\0 : of ,
CIIIUH are at stake.
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DEF/MT op . A .ifONUIOLi
A short time before l the close ot the
Harrison nl\nlulRtrntou Attorney Gen.
coat Miller instituted n stilt In the Unied
States circuit court nt BORton
COlrt against
the AmerIcan n(1 Telephone cOllln [ )
praying that what Is known ns the
nerller ntents for n cOlblned tele-
' Ilholo nUll telegraph system , a slgnel
10 that COIIIU ) ' , he declared , 'ohl. . The
gl\'l'lment presented n very strong
case , 1 chIef point In which was that
the llhmts wC'e IUlu'lllerl ) Issuel , the
l1OI1I missioner hm'lng exceeded his
power , , nll there wer charges oC mis-
l'ehIrta4CuutfltIOui . 111 ( questoulble meth :
otis on the 111.t : of the clllln ) ' In procuring '
curing the Issue of the lJteuts. As re
cO'tlell Iii the tlHllllchl'S ) Ir t yesterday . 1
decision hits just betm ) ? reullet'et 11 the
cnse , nlll I IH adverse to the cOllln % ' ,
the first defelt ( , we believe , . the great
ttll'llllne luonOIIOI ) hlR ever met vltii.
lu reutlC'lu the decision the court
sall : that the COI'He 111'suetl by the
" It'l'lcln Bel ! 'i'elephone Clml'aU ' 11ev-
Ilh'll Ihe lufe'elce of tlsholesl ) III
I lOut , therefore , there shIouIi(1 ( he I tie-
cl't'e thlt ( till llhlt ! II Iuestol ( wnH
\'ollllntl shll : he lel\'m'cll ( ill alli cult-
veiled.
Of COI'HU the lonoIJol _ " wi not rest
wih ( hula , hut wi carry the r\le : to
the higher courts , Hlee the value of
lie I Imleut 1I'I1'ltl ( Is said to be $ ; , -
000,000 , lulI that IIOUUt 11 IlouhtesH
\H'I'lslhulte ( , for wih ( lie Imtent
secured to It the company wull 10'
Illn I the t I . \ ii istut theti Ijiblich ally of the t
lIeu for tl next Ireel ( ) 'enl' . 'Phie
decision agahuist It In the circuit court ,
howt\'m' ! . Wa\'IIIH the hOlle tha I It wi
leet dtfelt In the hIgher courts , Intl
although It 11 > ' he several years befm'e
this IH realzed : the II'ollsc of I Is
encol'nlln , lt Uur vale to those who
lre : ayitig ni exCessive aunlll : tribute
(0 ( the 10101101 ' . It IH also 1 leaHSI' : .
hug fact tu t lt host 1 court has heun
fOlnt with the coullge to decide ad.
\lrsel ' to this powerful eOIII ' ,
which his : hl'l'elofore bath C'el'rthllg
ls own ) WI ) ' 111 hns : seeiiietl. by reason
of his vast weaUh 111 Inl .
diCe , to bo hInpregIIIthhe. ) No 10'
uOIol , has beln 10l'e Ielcllss
than this In laying the Alm'lcln PeoPle
uiuuilet' t rlhl tc ( , so that t e\'ul' lneuluher of
It has : becole Yelr rich In 1 few ycu5. :
I I iuily : he quite natural ( that tlse men
shonlll tlslre ! to contnue ltalll : , the
Hillentlil ( harvest ) which their tnotibiioly l
gives thel , hut they should not be
) ll'I'lltet (0 ( tl this I > ' any snch le-
1IIIIte means IH they nm clem'ly :
showl to hl\e uset In connectou wih
the Bet'hiuittr 1)ateltts.Vo ) believe that
the decIsion rcntlerell ( hy .Iutl e Car -
IIltcr ) Is rul ' jnstlet h ' the facts
IH set forth ly Attorney Genuml : llel
lnt atsoluitely sount , and It IH to be .
lell'etet that such Is the law's delay
that It Ility : he several 'eat'l before the
case Is lual ) ' disposed of.
oun GO.iIiI1flCl.1f. CONFLICTS.
cO.l nOt GU.FMCTS.
Amen tint unfol'h1ute fruits of tile
' telocl'ate tu'll IJo1c ) ' not the least
's lloUH mc the cOlme'cal conflicts In
which It. has hl'ol\ell us with other
c outtitries. 11 'c nsetuelce of Imposln
a.o tlsel'lmllltn duty on Ge'lau sugnr ,
our cattle lia\e been exclllet from
that mal'ket , anti we are tht'eltenCl
wlh I mOI'e extentetl IJolc > ' of retlla-
ton ( If thut duty Is not abandoned.
.Iolnetl With GelllU II the retaliation
Is i Denml'I" Int how soon , other coun-
trleH 01 the couit mont will fail Into lute
10 ole call tel , II Itl1tol to thIs we
tS : te Invo1'od 11 n controversy with
pain , growing out of the imposition
of excessIve dutes UI)91 Jmllrt from
hat Ulltei States Into 'S i l. Accordh
l ug tq ItlvlceH froiuiVaithihngton this
t1lculy has reached 1 point justf'lng
01' Jo\C'nment In Inforilihiug that Spano
Ih i Q\'ernmelt that iueusjstence : In oxd
actng the tlHcl'lllnatng' ' duties would
lu' h regarded IH hlltng the exercise by
"the t II'esldeut ) of the IIOWC' of retaliation
conCerl'et ulln him br l\w : I IPIIUIU'S
that SI1ln haH two tariff schedules and
hat ( she has beel collecting the maxi-
.
l1m 1 dutIes on Im1101.tS Into Cuba from
this ( cOlnh'y whie Ilpl'IIg the uuiiul-
mum 1 tuteH to CItliadiutli products In
COUIJctton With OU5. Thins American
f lour has been shut out of the Cuban
u iutrket : . of which It hind Practically I
10nolJoly for several 'earl under the
Ierlprocl ) ' l roement 111 11 01 her
thlnJH our OXllolt tlto with that Islant
hll h largely hubs off. Appeal nut ue-
moustlance u Ilvhll failed to accomplsh
a uiythiiiig It II now II'OIIOHOI to atelpt
10 t bring tlQ , SlanlHh JO\C'umclt to
tcrUs t by entering UIHJ I cOUmercal
contct , the effect of whlc . uuulgiut be
1 u4.lLuuuagiug : to our Interests its to those
of Spahtu. . CII It be possIble ( list the
i lliFtY In power hopes to extend the '
markets for Ale'lcan II'Olllctl ) hy this
lells i ? IH It the hurt : of WIHllo11 to
oilm 1 ) ) 1 trade war wlh that rest of that
worll whel 01' 1 I'llu1uI1 IHollll's
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1'0 u 810\111" fl'OI the 10st serious tle- (
II'eHslol theY ha\e ovel' eXIWI'lelcell ,
'rIl whole tlolhlo II'Olt'I1 ) ! f\ol he (
IIHlllollelt I ( of the t'I'elll'oel ) ' ) ell ' .
i tint thlt jltlcous 1)lln of ( ' 01 1 II'c 1 I
t'XIIuRlou : hell Illht'ltl 10 them wUIII
ho 1 Iii ) cOlh'o\'CI'S ' wlh Spain , 0cat -
to woull ' 101 ) bl ex chiI ell fl'ol ( ' ,
mlu ' tutu DIUUUI'I" , lul WI wOIII not
stllli lu tnugll' of I Illt ) ! > of \etlll-
lou f\ol othll' couuurk's. ( At the ( be-
IIIII 'of luXt 'CI' Ilzl wi leuI\
thin fm'ull' tm'll ( tllll's 01 our II'otllchi ) 1
1111(1 ( 011L ' t'Xhtts ) to that ' '
111 01' tXIII.tS thlt country > wi
deehhtue. ' 110 ( 'Ol'so or these ( UUlt\I.S Is :
entirely latl11. I WIH ; to hlvo 1101
( 'XLCCtt'I. In the case of SIII , sIn 4
111111 11 lie \O\'t'IUO that cnn ho oh.
1IhwII rll' . CIIHI hUIIOl'ls , wihnlt :
too greatly oppressing thl II'ollle. altl I
while It unity allJem' Ilflh' Iu tlsc\llll.
: ute uiguuiuiiut the Unletl States II the le\-
lug of duties I Is not Ilexlklblo ulter
that circuutitstuuuices. " ' 0 1:1 11 iugree -
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melt wih that country which wus muu .
tunly ( atl\ltngl'OUI to 'tho IIOII or r
Cubit Intl to our OWI lIOIlo. ) Under I t
OUI 'I'XIIOt'tS ) to hu Ishltl weru II'gel ) '
i11Ci'uusel ( 1111 Its pCUllc ! obtained oui 1.
II'otllcls ( 01) } 10r favorable I'I'11 that
brfore. Whotlr ) Iatsfactor ( > ' or not to
81111ut nutl ( there WIS n good tleul or
lllJIar OIosIUol . to If there , that go-
CI'nlCut hush uiovou Indicated ni ) ' deslro (
to hu\'o It terminated. I was Ih:1- :
toled by this gO\'crllcnt , nld wih
thnt action wo lt least lI1J11lcd our :
claim to further consideration. I SI\'O
lie SpnllRb o"ernltmt good reason for
n loss of confidence In \ , for when
ni ngrcelclt or this klnt II contingent .
ulml l the teuure oC 1 political 1111) ' In
control of the government . nlli may ho
tuthll'ssIJ' overturned by its succcssor
thieve can ho little cotufitlence II the
stability , or any arratugeineut. I Can-
nell has been able 10 effect al atl
" iuntageouus cOUmercnl arrangement I
Is I tlouhtesR becluse 8111u has t'I'nIC'
faith ' 11 that . cotntr ) ' mnllllllll" It
PClhnps we have 1 good JlotUtl oC cotu-
Ilia l lit , hut our . owu inhstnlu'tu policy Is
t'esllolslble ) for shifting the advauutIugc
we eljo'ed 10 our lel hboIH.
I Is to be nlIHthelletl that iuohihuug (
wilt be dOle by the parts li IJower to
t'elell ) tlls I cOltllol ( of Illh's and 1
( lout before . that IIII ' cln : hu drh'll
f\(1 ll\t. we slnl be Iii cOmll'lll
coullcts wih hlif the yothil. : I is In :
tlfolltlale sluntul ( Intl the OUtlook :
fO' our still tlelllelsctl ( liahuisti'iat 1111 [
ngt'lctlulnl interests Is Incle less II\om.
Istug hr It. Yet the ( ' ' .
1111 cotll' was nl'
H\'t'll that the Ilellcl'nte PolicY wOlld I
iii Lgeh3 Ilcl'enRe our fm'plgn triaie.
GI'IXG 2H1 ( JSJ " 1 1. r.
Whiuui Mr. \\T ? . ' .
'hel :1' Y. Morse jogged Coin
uiulsshuiier . Ut ( for his IURte'I ) ' Ilnclh' .
I II COl lce lon with thc stale full
10\lent ! hit the COllelclnl club fleet .
hug last wcek he tOlchcd the ( helcol'tl I
( hIlt shoull ( hl\e bl'en IJle11 Iwntls I
iigo. I IH wel Imuwn II Ilshle cl'cleR II I
of the Ctllelclll cluh thnt : ht. Ut Is I
1 BUllhlJton hush ( rout thc ( soles of huh ;
feet 10 the Ct'OWI of his hend. lie stat I
hiiouigTit to Oinitiia nntl annie '
hl'tIITlt 01lhl1 lutle fl'elght L
coiuuiuiisshoiuer . for the hllho/7lltl ) joh. )
hm's l by Burhiuugon ( . Inllelce I ld It lust I
he said to his l.t'Cll thlt ho hns been I
1(1Slut to the Inlel'eHt to which he owes
lug posithoti. ' 1hlt fact \\'U8 clem'I ) '
shown In the hearing of the IUx1n\1 : i
rate contest In which : Ir. [ hits ( pliltI1 ) I
te8tlln ' anti lettols elllllltons :
hiity been ( luloteil b ' .1 ' '
hi 1110 by .1uIIJe BI't'wel' In 1
IUIIIol'L , of the 111011 side of the coil
teuithoii. And It Is 10t 10 be expected ) I
lint ( . the n. . : r leollltl wOllt ehlnge :
hiI HilotH ) ( hy 11 1)IJlluton ) of Olaha
Commercial chub lauiutt. I may as wel 1
be ) Raid uow lS lItter that :1' . ut has
heen closely hdeuutitled vhthi the
Ileltled wih Bllng-
ton hench jtntl ! , which Is 111n ; C'I'I' '
sl'ln within t'each : to have the stati t
fair IHl'lwllnl ( ' locatcd at r.lncoln. In
\Iew of : the fnet that ( Burlington ofhiclaL Sat
ut heldqlUlll'lS In Omuha mi well as 4 ;
B\lngon ( olclalH It Llucoln : tie cc :
lulnm's and co-workers In ho I 1huithhui -
BlrllJ-
ton beach Hllnu luau gobble It should :
be 1IIIfest oven to I hl11 mn thnt :
the ( 11'/loteIH ) oC the state fitly locuton
lt Oluhl ale 11'ln their CaRl Iwn : '
when they place their proposItion lilt :
the hands of Mr. UU. At Lincoln the : '
are IJllg laughed It lS a : set of 1)100111
. .
tug idiots.
The Bee regrets exceetihuighy I that I Is I
COIIJelet to } ul the bell l'Ol ate 1
sountl the signal of ibhstrcsf. I mry do
-
no good lit this late juncture , hut wi [ I
s ave U gOod 1011 : of useless exertiou : i .
If ( lucre Is any show for Omaha In this
p reject I mlst ulthcl lncu I lan lt
the held who has no BUllntol strings
to iihiui or mlko ' Its tm'ls with : . .
H oidrege. That 'Is' , ( ctl '
Iolh'lge. ' rt "cx ctly the she oC
thu SitlilItiOn ' lllthuert . .Is . ,
Sltlltol' lult'Jher.Q ( .uo use 0 Pt
foolng .away hLeCtcLI5. ' " tiulit _ that co ll l
bo le\oteil to solute other llojcet So
f : ns : h' . Utt Is concerned , hu Is lt- !
oily 'mellhiu when any cheme Is I
tle\lslt for the commercial mllntage .
of Omaha unless the Burlington Is h I
f aver of It and expects to II'olt ) by It.
IS 1' A CONSI'lflAtJl't
The ; treasury Iold ( reserve Is stendly (
1Uinln ( Iowa . being now several nih 1-
lon h ! below the amount which should
be mi In tlllet for lie l't'ose of 10'
"
tellJto"n ' fluid 'l.uelln good the ct'etl
of the goveritiutent. This . lopleton Is
tue to the easter bnuuks. : : TheRe Ii 1-
HUutons , having parted with U 111'gU :
I10un t of their ell to pay ( for the lnst
ISHle i of bonds by the OVellent ,
elthm' on theh' own account 01' that of
their customers , now apIear to be en.
g aed In restollng the gold to the I 1 .
\UlIS , for what purpose , except the :
g ratification of hoarding the specIe , Is
not IV lent. There Is nothing II th : ie
lullclnl s tulton to create anr Inxloty :
which woull justify the hunks In iu C-
ctlulntng old. No ( hunger exists of
slh'C' iegIshtLtlon1 . ! lotwltlttlllnJ the
1II0110Hel efforts of sonic o the free si Li.
vcr len to get sonic sort of U IWISt'e
thlolll congress. In the first pine 0 , i
hove Is hal I ' a Ilosslhlt ) . of the ( HIC' : ,
CUSH ; of such efforts , Int1 IC nnr RI\C'
le h lsII tel should ( he 1 > ) ! sset ( ly COIl'eSH : :
I I wouil be killed by the II'eslCl ) ( ! t. ' As I
to lie nlw cl'l'cnc ' pIau now tind C' :
eonHllelton lu tw ( house , It Is dent it-
ful whether It w1 lu ItlOllted by that
hotly , whie It Is lU'lctcl1y ) ISSUlcl (
that It cannot plRR ) thc seliate. Tint ci : iI. .
site OIJlloRlton to I Is very sl'oll all
stelll ) ' Irowll . , Intl If out house has : :
II ' Icgnlt for puhlc sentlent the
Carlisle bill still he Itjccttl ! ( by thlt
bOtlr. .A solid l'uIJlhll'nn ( ! llwslion ) to
It In the senate , /IIu11 I I.tlch ( lieu ' c ,
Is cel'tnll , nnt II'oI1hl ) ) ' 1 lumbel of
tlelocl'ulc ( senllol's would Ilso OIJIIOSO
It. As tlm'e ( Is , nothll to hI tthIl ) ) ' .
luwlctl : fl'OI these sources , what othm'
( bluiger IH there Iltlucll" ( the banks to
I I' " U 1111 to ell lt tIn : eXIMe of ti lie
h'eas\ _ ' nail tl the olhIU'I'Utlelt of
the' ( ( ivetiuutteult ?
, 11'11
1'hel'0 Is no real tll/er , whitttttv ci'
t/lel't CI\SlH for 11)I > thellhn ( the Itt
hilly 1)0. 'j'hll . being the case , , thieve Is
warrant ( or lie ( hdlof , whllh Is be-
coining quite general . , ( hut the COII.tO
oC he ( 1111.1 Is In 1)uirsuialice. of , 1 CO\
11,1 ui iiders t a iu ii hug 1I0lg thel t I i , 111
tli the III'IIOSO ) Is cithior 'to force the
" \'el'nlimt to ISHue 101 hOllls ( or to
oIllln such le lslllon ( rout conga :55
lS these 1IIIIutoIH ( Islre. ? J nutty bl
IlllOwhnt ) hll'lh 10 say thut the caste all
IJnl.H l1e COlsJllrll iugnhnst hue ( h'ous.
tlry , atid , therefore , n nllst , th ll ! ; oyt'i lii-
Illt , hit this IH hel\g sahul , ' nipi ! If the t
cqU'so that hIts hoen putrstieii Is per-
)1'sletl Jor.
Ihltct II I w1 Jlot be bug before the
helef ) w1 hl'olo , ltncrl' ' Ulnt such h Is
lie I case. N t hung 1010 tch'hlentnl to
the banking Interest of the country t
could hnllllen tul the Irowt of such
1 belief alOl1 tho. ( I co.llo . I would
011'10181) Sh'I'llthcl the opposItion
to the nlUonnl 1anl's : , /ld Ilc1hulS ) to
all bunks.
I would seem to bo the Interest
of these Ilsttutons , its wel as wise .
: _ _ . . -
ell sOllllJoler. to tic t\"t'J.thll ( Irc-
lcnbte to rhivo I , , the h'clsur ) . front
tlUrll ) IlhlolbarrSRlelt nUl to
sustain thl ( \ or the ( goreruuuuicuit.
I uhjeflLeitX ) ( ( ? they were t18118etl ) to
i
tlo this t when tlJ' l)01)uUhtlY ) Kuhscl'lhetl )
for thc bonils"i'ut IJUICR satisfactory to
the O.t'llt1 \ ! but theIr SUIH1l'IUtlt
cum' . ! lnlstR,1 .tloubt ns to Ito Integ-
11) oC theh' PuirPose. Pltll gold 1111
the IlenRlt ' 1oll ' to tl'nw I ell again
ns sdon ns p'Mible does 10t show ni
hUllst telh' t'IIII ) the ( goveriuuuielut.
I I Intfn' : hllt'tes 1 tetelmllntol to
tll.e ( the Cllbll' possible 11'lltn e of
the ( I1t1iuticitf , ( tt1lctu1tkS oC ( lie '
1 11 I chi thlhcllleR ( O\'er-
I 1 l. I I Is 1 ' ldllol t\llt \ ouughit 10
l'UIIIlt : the : ( h'l ) nHl sm'lolR at tutu-
101 ( oC ciigt1,34s , 111 bit dealt with not
ii' uuiitkt'shihfis , butt i)3 ' In'nclcal Ilgls-
111:01 : : lint ( wIII't'IIt I Rt'e nntl ) ntle-
liuiate ' 1eltell ) 'rho II'otcctIUI ) or the
lea81I' ' 1 IIISl tlt t l.oRslhll ) ) ' of 1
eOllllaton of banks to d'ihete ) I oC
gold , 111 thlt such 1 thihiug IIht lint ) '
Ilcn'ls ) ) ell ' . too ol'lous , Is 1lllfesl ' or
lie most \.lal hiuuhortnnce.
The cloHII ( hol'H of the iiuhior . cciiru
"entol nt 1)'I'o1'1'0 11111.etl by
sOle t'lII'etlhlu IlcllluntR of IICIROIII
feeling , hut slch outhn'al.s ) lire not
uluHnnl In large Issellhll IS , 111 on
the whole the coiiduct of thin '
cOlllct eoitveiuto
lon COIIII'CI favorably wih that of
the nalolal ) hotsu of representatives
tutu slate legislatures t el'II ' . 't'intt
this great mellll ) In behalf of orgauu-
17etl Inhol' still ( 'Xcii I fl1orhlu in.
Ihlnee In the direction of drawing
svorkliigiuieui Into trades uIIII nnll
hhllll thel ( 10le closely together for
lie ( cotiuitouu t'alse : of hnlllo\'ln ) ; the
coiudlt lout of Ihu wOI'I.llg ( llsses It Is
safe 10 i)1lIct. ) I would be UICIHltl
to Ha ) Ihlt I all that WIS tole II the
IUUel' of uleclarliig a loIhcy for lnhor
tl'ell'ln I ) olc foInhO'
was wise , hut on 10St questions the (
: wlon of the eon\cnton was JUt1cOUH
iuutd HOUlt1 Pm'halls the ( most sellous
loUII for cl'ltclsl Is the fact hint (
hue ( cOI'enlon conHlle1otl ( ( too many
'
suhjeetH. ( 'I'he cause of lahol woull be
10'0 elect\j ' stl\'et I those \10
are cm'Jct wih Its IJ'onllon ( woull
he cOllent to nccolllsh ) ) I few lefu'ls
at n tIC , Instead of nttelHln ( ) to tiea
COIIIIsh nil tllsll'et ( lelm'IS al olee ;
The oidliituiice comivurtlug ItiVerSlI. ,
Ol'tllance cOIO.tnHh'elsll.
Palk Ilto ( 'ulurruy : 1111. has llSHut ) tilL
couuitcii. The halt thrown
counci. .hu out for pm'-
Ileluallg lie 11110 of ' 'Ol : hl'll\ :
1 donation of nine ICI"es' humid n ( ll-
cent 10 the ( Iark . Inl ( this tlolaton haRa
a strll tot ( 10 It br which Murray 01'
ammybody ! else who succeels ( him as
OWI ! oC tine . Murray tllCt ( will be flor-
Iletualr ) rel \ ' ! . 1 ft'om sllecnl ) . taxes ,
Incl11n ptInsctserage . , . > , cui'h. side : :
walks , ute. tqtiot1icrcs of mini
Illo lcles It $00 I
an acre are jr(1 ( IJ } $5,400. 'fiat would
not grade , Pfl % " ) ' ahil sewer 100 '
lte Im\O 'mlt yilrds I
' . - J" " . , 10 'I1tS
o f' bouievltr(1.'pIiio I ( Is where Iitscai1'i ;
little joker C LI , NII'n. '
. A 1'0"1110 COlolu lol.
' Ofnh {
'GfoljiDemocrnl.
I Is prernatrofo talk about the
r preraif tall aleut ( net ' .
than to note t1e : foregone arul
iflvtgoratini
fact that ' . fOeone all Invloratn
he
Qa'.t'lbe : beaten , Jet him hat 1
from sXbere-lia ' . - hal
fromYere . hl 9 ) - . - I .
Ul tter . tie tnterr 010 ; In.
- ' , ! { r&s flecor.er.
t rk
f , -
'
OI,1 ourst. Uib'1at ni'trnnics 1avdr l' re-
trcment tH ! Ib/11 tenders. They repre-
sent 3I5,0OO.OO-1of '
16.000.0':0c capItal on which the'
naton pays no Interesl. _ The banks would'
prefer to supply their
place with currency :
based on. _ bearing _ _ _ _ _ l per _ cent Interest
wUoo the OOit , Cnn o.- in.
Chicago lecord ,
Much douht has been eJ-ressed as to the
fate or the new financial IJlan In Washing - .
tn on. The senate and the' house oC represent
atves tI have been party sounded but her !
Is I absolutely nothing to indicate how the
Sugar tret and the railway lobby reao
the measure. regr
' . .
The II.urnncl , Lung ilutil.
Olobe-Democi-at.
The AmerIcan fire Insurance S
h ave had a comparatIvely good year thus
f ar. the losses footng up $105,769,600. against
ha $32.817.400 for the same tme In 1893. I Is I
a pity that we all satsled to call a good
cal
hewIng what In Europe would bo termed
startlngly , bad. - . .
Tone JO\VI Your Diet
J.nn8a&'CI ' Stnr.
The Alculurl department Issues a solemn -
emn bulletin telling tS that we eat too
much.Te various provident and benevo-
lent l associations should have that buileti a
frmed and posted conspicuously In their
Iooms , Now that a cell wInter Is coming
on peoI)1e cannot be too watchful of an abstemious -
stemious diet.
.
Tribute \lorlcll skill.
Jndlannpls Journal.
An American Iron iompnny has captured
a $13O4,0OO contract ( ruin the Russian goVernment . -
ernment for supplying armor plate for
sU/JPlYlns / arl0r two
new battle hip against competIng ' bids
from the armor plats manuructurers of
!
F nland. France , anll G0Zfltifl Includlu
KruIIII. The contract Is the largest Including ; I
by any European government In recent
years. and the fact that It comes to the :
United States Is a tine advertisement Cor
Amerlcaq enterprise and skill.
The 101 fldultry Movement.
Brooklyn EaGle.
South Carolina. proposes to exempt Crom i
taxaton for ten years the capital and pro -
C.ty Invested In yeaII manufactures. pro\J- \
this once before and when taxation was resumed -
sumed the "new manufactures'
manufactlres" disap-
peared. hancock said that the tariff Wi is
a local Issue. To see the Charleston WIS \ ' 5
and Courier. which Is an extreme revenul
reform journal supporting this scheme of
state protection to local Industries nrov
the triumph oC propinquity over 1)01 IJrves
not oC eXIIdlenc ) ' oyer exoelence In goven
mental affairs. .
Out ot lie " ' 00118.
Denver News.
Whatever judges may thlnlc of theIr rIght
to UIJPI' the law oC 1S0 to strlter on mn i -
111-
wnrs. there Is not a schoolboy who ilo es
nol Imow that congress In enacting It lees
contemplated auch I result 'fhe clenr-cut
purpose oC the Cramers. disclosed In thQ I
speeches of senators and ntprcsentatlvc .13 ,
and In every word'lnd line ot preaentatve/ .
to prohibit comhlnatons of capital from tvLi. .
ItrlctnHnd Impairing the commerce oC
the u'lry. Th3q1ae Iactcaly acknowl-
edged this In hkt : I ecision but hangs his ;
tllstoution oC thQ ( I\\ upon I thread IO Blender -
der that at a glurc he proCession must see
that ho violates eVe canon of constructt Dii
familiar to It II dpi I i so. constructon
Dhlllllh.f . U"nk fliflobsia.
f44 , , tork Sun ,
' or
Most assuredly the responsIble officers ot
banking Institutions are fully Justified In
holding all thel ( erplo'el to the strIct ( st
line ot rl h and proper pelonul condu cc.
No man Ihoull tle 1 place In a bank who
II not willing to submit to rigorous ills ci.
1)1mb U8 recnrd hI habits of life . I In. I
dlvtlual liberty .1 t tW restricted , I Is nt e-
eKsary Cor Ihe ( safe conduct oC the huslless
that It Ihuld b.1 ' Ot course . the presldenll ;
\
III other IitgitEtLOlftets . . ot the banks wi
themselves obey such rules as they may lay I
Ilown for the gtItJbiIlce oC their enbordinat Be.
I a bank clerk 1anot drink In a publo
place , 01 enter 1 pool room 01 play hokey
or craps or give way 10 any otHer bud
habit , neither may a Panic president.
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rut : lU.1 Tllt R .1 IIItRS4. ,
-
OMMIA . Dec. 19.-To the E,1or ot The
n e 1 The thanks ot the republicans or Nt-
br aska . lt hat those who are not replb ,
hic ans merely "ror revenue , " arc due to ) OUter ;
tot the complete and candid manner In 1
whIch you ! 0 ably answered the query a to
why you ! 11 continue to bl I republican .
The qiutetion-tuncahled for and :
ql ston-lncalll Ind impertinent-
uggesl that It was left-over
! ! n lef.onr squib ot Ihe
recent catripaign like thl otter celebratior
Jourlh or July frecracker Ilscovered celebralon I
boy In the lining ot his jacket Ot course II I
had ( to be fred , whether appropriate or not
ye ( ho dignifIed and unassailable reply
cOles like the business boom of a hue :
Krupp gun , Iho echoes of which will reverberate -
berate through the his and valleys oC Ne-
! "aleys
br aka and jar to fragments the glas I
ho uses at some ot our would-be statesmen .
I Is f be hoped lint ( time searcher tom
knowledge who propottHled hat ( question has
! alned the Ilformalon he desIred . for . 10
laler what may have ben the motive whIch
Insplrell tIme questloim / has resultell In
eli citing many Items oC the political his lor ( ) ' '
oC our state which mutt b ; , Instructive to
hi m . as well as ot great general inlercst.
The result oC the Iatt election most clearly
hulcated that to the ( majority oC the voters :
of Nebraska the eolannlon : solcle,1 by the
calow editor , In his effort 10 IngratIate him '
se lf into the ' " "
sel good favor of "the bosses . was : I
un necessary antI uncnled for ; Indeed , It I : t
shoul begin to dawn upon the mlul of the (
rur,1 jourlalst that the course IHrwt1 ) ! ly ;
The Dee and the consstenl : policy of its ebb
editor has very recently been emphaticihit 41
cmphntcly
vlulcalel !
Is Il nol about ( into that country icnlghit )
mlgls
or the shear nail l'aslE pot who flaunt tie
rllJlblcan bauner should devote their tme ;
tent acquiring sOle knowledge ot the hlstoy ,
, and 'nchlc\ments ot lie ( part , that Ihey
ce ate to hose as censor amid critics oC a i
Journal of
such
wIdely recognized merit and
repulo as The Bee. smith exercise Ihe.1 cner-
gles In support ot the Ilrlnclplts lmromui
! atell In their party \laHorls Rul In sup
110rtn as Its candidates cean ren ot Iwown
ahll ) ' , alt only such as are /001 len a 01 1
lrue ? J. M. IIIJTC11INS.
.
TUIC UJCIUH."U ( Jn lWUW'.I ;
baton herald : As there Is nothing In
the export movements to nccoint for such
ait heavy reduction , the only inference from
lhe ( conditions which we have described Is I
thal ( a large amount or the yellow metal 1
yelow
turned II by the syndicate was gold "with
a citing. "
,
Dulalo Express : The loss ot gold Crom
the treasury ) ' since a week ago Friday has
been $ It,151,000. ) On slrarers sailing on :
Saturduy there went $3,680.000 to Franc 4.
The reserve Is hills ( . below the $100.000,000
lark. m and the rapidity or the fail Is Start
111 mg. I should lalle congress look semloush : I.
at the probler before It. serlousl'
Denver lepublcn : Let the yellow mete 1
go IC It ttlli. We fought the war oC the
rebelon to a successful Issue without gold I
and wo
can fight any Industrial or
lght 01 commercial -
mercial or financIal war that may be force
upon us by coining our own credit and ( I
mailing the most of our own opportunltie S
If every ounce or gold In the United Slates
Is taken 10 come foreign land.
New York Tribune : The gold-iuungr y
leeches ot Europe arc again pumping goll-bungry the
y ellow metal out oC the
yelow treasury fesere so
greed I ) ' that Mr. Carlisle lay soon have
10 sell another lot of bonds In order to keep
thi vauls frol being totally eniptietl. The :
s Peculative manipulators '
speulath'e ot time world's gold I
supply never fail
fal to have fun with a mnn
lke Mr. Carlisle when they find him nt Ihe
head oC a natton's financial affairs.
Kansas City Journal : The nation Is bing
mulcled In a gold-bEaring debt every Cew 4
m0 00this . or weeks by gold loans to keep up
a fictItIous and dishonest reserve and then
Irawn out again by the loaners 10 repay the t
borrowings that covered tIme loan So long
as thE pol C ) ' or this great nation Is dictated
from the stock board In New York and by ,
the men who loon money . so loilg wi Ihls
swindle last-tor. In plain honest words that
Is what I Is.
New York Times : I Is easy to say ns
some oC' ' ' tild newspapers arc saying "Whlt
Is the use oC ! loan to restore the resert 03
reserc
when the gold slips away .vIiiIn a for tight -
night ? " In one sense there Is.no use. Thnt
Is i to say ) single loan of any praclcable
a mount r would ' put s , much gold In the'
treasury' that the resrve would surely not
'b3 lMphlrl' 'n I thb course ot time. So' long 4
as'the treasury Is the ona open reservoir oC. 4D
am lable gold , and so long lS the demand
, notes arc reissued with which to take It ou t .
the h gold wilt few out whenever It Is wanted '
In I preference to greenbacks.
geebncks.
_ _ .
. . J41IvJiie ; ! , : UiTH. :
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Philadelphia Record : Charley ( bidding
g ood-by-I ) haven't the ch'eel ' to kiss yet f
AlceUse mine.
Syracuse Post : McSwatters-I hear thi Lt
Sklply Is going to settle In New heal , . that I
SkJply's Tailor-I wish he ha settled here , .
fl aiL. I
Hartford Courant : "They tel me your
Iervant Is a jewel ; said the caller .
" "
"Yes replied the hostess wrrly "sue 'ii
so much more ornamental than use/uI. "
-
Boston DuUetn : 'Say Jack what Is the
capllal oC Switzerland ? "
Jack ( who has Just returned from abrad ) ,
- Why . the money they get from tr\\elers ,
ot course.
Detroit Tribune : "She married below her
wak 11 lfe . "
"But she Is only n chorus singer "
"Certainly. Her husband Is the trombone -
bone . "
, -
Vogue : Conductor-How . old arc you lte
! Irl ?
Buffalo Courier : Pennel LinoaIily-Tl ) flu
unoolY-Tha
edior ot the Hustling humorist may be
fond or poking fun at others but there Is
one thing sure. .
Bogs-And what.s that ?
Penner-lIe docn't . know how , to take a
joke hlmselC. The infernal old duSter per-
sists In returning all 1 send him.
A 'rEIRDLE 'fnREAT.
New York Pieas.
Are you going homo to your mother ? "
asked he
The question came wIth a sneer-
"No ; she I'm : not so foolish , sir , " answered
"Pm going to bring mother here , "
Then down on his knees the husband fell
And sail he had treated her Ill . Cel
AntI ) It she wouhln't do that h&tt-weii ,
She might step on . his neck he'll-wel atI.
A 2lIUX01'ULJ.7"i lt'.L.'TS.
-
Sam Walter PAtiS . In Ynnkce Hnde.
My wants are Cow , I sIt serene
Ullon conlentmenl's llIghilIiiItlS .
111 1111s.
I I can have earth's cOltnentl
I curl 10t for Its Isiaiids .
I would not climb upon a throne
Through seas of bloody shitmghmter ,
!
I I can cal all lands my sluu/hler .
Why you can have the water.
Give me but these they mire enough
'fo suit my humble notion .
AntI you can have for all YOUr own
"fhe land beneath lhe ocean
And 'Ua 1 generous slice DC earth
And doubtless quite fJrollc ,
I vou can only drain It once :
'fhe bed oC the Pacllc.
And nil I ask Is Just thus earth
' 1' t'/ulato and man . It .
And I surrender all toy claims
' 10 every other planel.
Anll 10 you see I cut my cloth
On a I contracted paler :
Give mo the earth I drop nit claim
To Uranus and Saturn.
. Little I need. m ) ' wants are few ,
Nor would J hav" Ih.m greater.
I only walt the land between
The Iiolls and the equator .
Give mo the earth 'tilt all 1 ask
1"01 le and my wife Sarah.
Then P11 give all fellow
I'l al my relow men
A house lot In Sahara ,
The earth Is very very small.
AntI lot In ( geol repair ;
Compare wllh Sirius It Is
A Very small affair
And I just want I whie I lve ,
And leath , J'I not resist him -
For after ( 'th 1 hOllo 10 get
TIm whole great solar system.
Highest of al in Leavening Power.-Lntcst U S. Gov't Report
DVA1 Bakns
L'V Powder
BSOWTELY , PURE
_ .
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I ON FEEDiNG WHEAT \ TO HOGS I
Seoretr MOltn SpRtkS of the Value nn I I
Methods of the Move ,
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rOUND I MAKlS SUPERIOR PORK I ,
IcAul8 ot UhAOrnlol ! nl lie South In- )
kotn I'rrhncntnl 8tnUnn-\rilntnl
Whclt Crop : nt So 8ntht.lctnrr Nor
, Icrchnntnblo n" 1.lnt ' car.
WASINGTON mll AU 0 [ THE mm ,
. H07 ] Street N. W. .
' WASHNGTON , Dec. 19.
The feeding of whea to animals ha :
bcome so general throuRbclt this country
that requests are nol constantly received at L
lhe AgrIcultural department for Informaton
ns 10 time best mtthots ot feeding that grain
to cattle . hogs nli other animals In ills -
cussing thc subject In nn interview tota ) ,
S Secrelor Morton sall : "Wheat value as :
an animal food Is great. hit the wheat miami t
bo used carlfuly nn,1 , wih duo regard to the
hnblls amid envlronmenls oC the animals ami 3I I
the l forage feed accompanying It. Growing
U11 , fattening animals Were found 10 thrlvo
u pen it.
"The Profit In feeding ! wheat when that ceo
rcal arid corn are talen at thc sale Price Is I
greater thnn In Cetl" : the hitter. " 'hent
weighs 7 cent heavier
per cet than corn
"Tho Soulh Dakota experiment slaton Its : I
made a very cOlllrehenslvo anti rxhaust.o
experiment In CeelUng ground whlat to hingi .
'fhe Pork froll that Ccctlng Is prolounced I
sUerlor to any other
"Tho feetlng should be begun b ) giving
very smal quantIties to the anhna1. I
Ahouhl ho mixed wIth chole,1 , II ) ' 01 wih
other gratis. The department will urnlsh
lenfels upon the subject to nil country itews
pnpers.
"Tho prospect Is that the Argentne wheat
c rep . which Is harvested this mouth . wi I
10t be as satisfactory as It was last year , nor
t heir wheat as Ilcrchantable , "
HEHlEHT ON AmlH PLATE.
The sclale committee on naval affairs hat , I
the armor Illata resolution under conshilera .
ton at its meeting today and postponed 1
fnal action on It until the next uneetitm , .
meetng.
The membera of the committee were loday fur
n ished. prInted cOllies of the llstlon ) ' of , Secretary -
retary Herbert taken bforo the commitee
at Its last mneetiimg. In his testmony the
secrelary explains why he did not diver i :
the conlract. lie sold : "When the Cameo
came up before the dellarlmelt there werc
two courses open to me ; one was 10 abr-
gale the contracts with Ito Carnegle3 ea-
trely and refuse to allow them to make
any more orator plate giving all. the urmor
to the Belhlehem compan The objecton :
)
to t this course was that ( the Dethlehem company -
pany had II hands full lt this time cornii '
was behind with its contrcts , This Investi -
gnlon by the cotmirnittee . you will remember . ,
t tool place more than a year ago. I wool I
have i taken fully eighteen months for the
l Belhlehem company to complete Its own :
c ontracts. Not only would the goverment
have ben delayed but there was nothing :
to eompensalo for the delay. I could not
get the work done any more cheaply else
whcre. Any new eomlJny that might have
bId for the work before undertaking It woulj :
have 1 to extend its 111ant and put In a large
amount of expenslvo machiney.
"I sent for the president oC time Bethlehem
company and Inquired oC him whether I I
I could get more battleships ordered. his
company could make armor more cheaply
than It was then doing . the prics paid the
two companies being the same. 01 course
I did not let him know- of the Investgaton
that was going on. His reply ] was that he
could not 'lalle any lower rale. So I was
clear tbat , first . If I abrogated the contract
with the Carnegie company and gave It 'o the L
Dethlehem l company thIs would be to deJa ) '
, the delivery ot armor , for which Ihe' ships
were already waiting . for ol , .or. two year
01. else I must ( hid some other company to I :
take t the contract . and there was no Qlher
company equipped 10 male the armor thnt
wa needed Under these conditions I determined -
termined to let this company go on . provided I -
vided I should pay IJamnges.
"The department , know ! that some ot them
plates were defective . but It was beleved
they would stand the ballIstIc test ; ; that Is
the lowest test. The company was bound to I
make them as much better than this as IIt
could 'and wAs liable In damages for \l i L
tolurQ to do so I thought therefore , It
was better to leave the plates on lie shIps
and simply assess the damag "
Mr. Herbert also said tIre Inspectng s. office : rs
had h not been ns dIligent lS they'mlght have
been and added : "Since the Ilscovcry oC I
these frauds they have been more vlglnnt ,
not only thmcre but elscwhero. , and In two
cases since that ( into Iwo other companies
have been detected Lit Craud. Inspectors at i
the Carnegie works were lnposc(1 01 Cor
the reason that they were not present at i
"
night. "Now they inspect day and night "
Iii the course oC his tttmony he sold :
"Ono timing I wi say. IC all these plates
could bo good and stand the ballistic tea t .
then It ) \'ould glenUy benefit the rel1taton
oC our ships. I would remove the suspicion
that has bccn created by the publicatIon oC
the evidence. I. on the other hand several
oC them would prove to be more def ctve
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I t han the board has bele\'el ( them to be , If
I would Inrgel ( hiscrethit the nnf. " I
NImnASKA IN CONGRESS.
Congressman Bryan tOn , appeared before
hue ( ' 1IIcla ) tMllUIO on cllcton In advo. .
cacy ot his rlsluton limiting the presidency nllo-
to 1 single uemni
Congressman JalOer will bo unable 10 return -
turn t to NlbrASkn for the Christmas hmoli-
dars on account of his committee work hol.
Selllor MnOllron today offered n resolu.
rlsoll-
ton , which was adopted . providing thnt the
Rlcrclory ot time interior shall report to the
senalc the number oC acres of iniblic linus
11bic
11 i thin state oC Nebrka , exhibItIng In lmh Inll
report the numher ot acres In lach county
at f the state , anti In each Inml district thereof , , .
anl showing the nUlber at acres In the
ao tale havIng ben tkel under lImo land laws
oC r the Unied States havllg been abandoned
or relnqulshCl by time settlers thereon. < This
resoluton was IltrOluee1 10 ollnil informs-
( bit which will
1101 wi Prove ! valuable Ullon the en'
nctnllt ( of Senator Mnnllerson's bill . which
Ilrovldes i that all Imblc Inllls belonging 10
Ihe United Stales situated lit the slate 01
Nebraska shall ho granted to the state for
Ihe t InltlOSC ot nhlng In irrigation and reo .
clHnalon thereof.
CongresslOI Bryan wi SlllAlt tomorrow
01 lie ( Carlisle financial bill.
Congresslol Pickier of South nakota to .
u lay introduced 1 bill providing that n 1)en-
ion c not IlsS than U2 per 10lth bl
graiiteml that antount 10 nil wIdows now drawing less than
amount.N
IN A ( ] NBnAL WAY.
The secretary oC the interior has reversed
the decision oC time cOI\nlslonlr of lie ( geit' ' '
el-
oral land olce In time case or , lAmes , I ) .
ledllglon l , against Jeremiah E. I\el , In
the Wallrloln district South Dakota , hold.
Ing l that portion or lllhllgtoU's entry which
conflicts with Kelly's for cancellation.
A posloOco has been IstnhlahCI at Elni
commissioned Springs . Sioux postmistress county . ha . . anti Katie Murphy
Postmaster ( have ben nllpclntcll In South
Dakota as follows : Corlnldt , llmunds ]
eounl ) Ole Andersoim vice J. A. Westgate ,
resigned ; h.iuulcn Lincoln eounl ' .
rCllgucll county . B. Jnltb-
Boil . vice n. 111g1801. rest/nell ; Miner I ,
Miner cotmrity , C , II. Coy' , t'ico Mary I. Itob.
mien , resigned ; Mac' , Lincoln coummty , Julia
Mortensen , vIce Il. 11 , lIaison , resIgned.
Al.l. t'ANI' ' 1'O'1'.tIl.
1ruittui t'iu , , % 'IsIi to .ttivicittu thin Carlisle v
I i Il I ii mid 'Flit ny % gelnet.
WASIIINOTON , Dec. 19.-Au , unexpectedly
strong opposition to time CarlIsle eiurreucy
bill is disclosed by ( lie list of those who imava
asked for titmic to eneak on time mnensure.
Two lists have be'nt macdc , one for inenubers
of time banking eoiumrnitteo who svlsh : to bo
heard , anti time other for miicmnbers not eu tue
committee. Tue conmunittect list shows the
muonibers liviiieti lit party lutes , except
Representative EllIs of itcntticky. The other
list shows fourteen immeumilrs tlmo will 51103k
for thmq bill anti thirty ngaiumst It. Of ( Ito
thirty agalmust. It , eighitecmi are theinocrats.
'flue list of speakers Is os follows :
For ( lie bill : McCreary , h'euidieioi : of'est
Virginia , Iiynum , Tahhert , Berry' , Lane ,
llrickner , Sales , Cartitim , Tracey , Llvimugstomte ,
Groshmamit , Coonibs , Stockdale ,
Against ( lie bill : Iiuugley ( rep. ) , SIbley
( Oem , ) , Ilemidrlcks ( deiti , ) , Cochran ( dciii. ) ,
Bowers ( rep. ) , Bland ( demut. ) , Ueltzlioovr
( Oem , ) , CeiTeen ( theta. ) , Mehaurin ( dciii. ) ,
Bryan ( Oem. ) , Daniels ( rep.Veadocic ) ( Oem , ) ,
Patters ( roIt , ) , C. VI' . Stone ( rep. ) , C. K ,
Bell ( Oem. ) , Lacey ( rep. ) , Magimlre ( dent. ) ,
Itichartisout of MIchigan ( demo , ) , Nowlands
( sllverlte ) , flolhiver ( rep. ) , Siunnsomt ( pop. ) ,
I'emice ( Itoh ) . ) , Ihoeui ( itop. ) , Cooper ( thorn. ) of
Texas , ltawlins ( dem. ) , Ilohmnan ( Oem. ) , Nehil
( dom , ) , .1. C , Bell ( pop. ) , Little ( deiti , ) , Hatch
( Oem. ) .
All of tlioe for the bill are democrats.
Those against it are : Democrats , eighteen
republicans , seven ; liopullsts , four , and New.
lands , silver , omic.
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/trbitriitiou iii Fra"co.
. WAShINGTON' , Dec. 19.-Those ts'ho are -
Interested In ( raining a code of arbitration
laws to prevent or terminate strikes and
hockouts nuay find suggestions In a report
made to time State department by United
States consul Whiiley at St. Ettlenne , em.
bodyIng time dOtalls of ( lie Ftoncht law of
hSO2. and a summary of its practical re-
suIts , ! i'hue details are very clenr , and sta-
( liticS are gIven for time year 1893 , when
there tvere rat strikes In France. In 109
cases recourse was had to time arbitratIon
act , In thlirt-seveli of these cases tile em.
Players autO in six cases the worktngmea
refused to accept arbitratIon , In two cases
both sides declined to accept the findings.
I'ornvtan increasing Tobacco iutleS.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 19.-Probably to
meet the emergencies of tIme rebellIon , the
Peruvian government Itmis already incresed
the duties on cigars , cigarettes and tobacco
from others titan South and Central Amer.
lean countries , which Is now taxed at lO
soles per kilogram ; ordinary cigarettes at
O ttoies lCt 1,000 packages , and liavaima cig.
arettes at 100 soles. Thu dutica on oIlier
terms of tobacco are in ProportIon , and tttc
government offers at public auction the duty
on the consumptIon of tobacco for a period
of tsvo years. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
tt'orliiuig for tue itnusrlcan Meat Trle.
WASHINGTON , Dec. 19.-Ceorgo It. Do-
via , director gemueral of tue World's fair.
line arrived In WashIngton as a member
of the Westera Iloard of Trade , endeavoring
to secure the removal of time German era-
barge on cattle anti meats. Mr. Davis is
opiiosel ( to retaliation , antI Is devoting lits
energies to securing congressIonal actIon on
the presIdent's vlan of repealing that dis-
crlmnlnatlng duty on German bounty paid
sugars.
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Your Mouuny's rOi.tJi ot Your Miluy Btok : ,
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-.Bisnark-
- , The Man wi/li the Hollow Read ,
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Performs [ [ is . 0
Frceths of Nalurc , '
in Our Corner Wiudozc' ' -
I'Vediiesdy and Thzersdty Ecning
Dream Clothes. . -
Hero are a couple of garments br night wear ,
We have most every sort
, ; . at' night shire at all sorLs
' . . . of prioos , l'ron-i the plain
. , .
white up to the silk em-
. : . ! or the latest
striped silk , The suits and
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. ; ' overooats at $15 , $18 and
3 $20 are sjilendid values at
those prices. Perhaps not
the best in the great wide world , but oerainly the poor
of any in this congressional district.
- From now till Christmas the children's department -
partmont will show somovery handsome boys' furnishings -
ings and novelty suits and overcoats ,
BROWNING , IING & C01 ,
Reliable Chothilci's , S " , V. Conies' flfteciitii nmtd Douglas Sta.
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