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Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-15
The Silver Que site n
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Special Dispatch TO THB BKR.
WASHINGTON, January 13.-Re.
gently there has been very import
ant fall in silver, owing to the action
OF the Austrian government, but the
causes have not been generally under.
stood In this county. Senator Hill,
of Colorado, probably the best author.
ity on silver in congress, has written
the following letter to the editor of
The Tribune, explaining the situa.
tion:
"Whenever there is decline In the
price of silver bullion, the monopol-
istb profess to see in 1t additional and
more imperative reasons for suspend
ing coinage of that metal. 1t is made
to appear that tho decline is caused by
increased production or by the failure
of the markets Of China and India,
which for so many yeaIs absorbed q
large share of the production of our
mines. These causes are represented
as permanent, and 1t is claimed that
resulting in the stability in the market
value of silver renders it unfit to use
as q money metal. The fact ir,
neither of these cAusea has been
Operative to- any Ani siderable extsnt
during last yeer. The ststistics oi
the silver produo &sn III the world fos
,Alsysss.ssn Lssa-. .s-! 81 1899
are not cosnplets, but enough Is knowr
to make it safe for ne to say that Il
there has been an increase of oroduc
tion over ths two preceding years it II
slight and inconsequential. This OK
port of silver from Austria, principal
ly during the frat half of 1882, die
not arise from any tendency in thai
country towards the gold standard
but from the fact that, until the re
cent fall in the gold price of silver
the fiorin of that metal was worti
more than the paper d orin of Austria
1t was the high price of silver and tn,
premium on it, as compared with tn,
present paper money, which causet
that metal to be sent out Of Austria
The decisive proof of that is the fac
that since the late fall in gold of tht
price of silver, it has begun to fov
back.
To alarmists among mono. metalist
who declare that they can see no limi
to the fall of silver it may be said tha
30 long as the recent fall has arisel
from Austria they can see exactl,
what the limits are; for every fiorin il
lawful money in that country; 1t
mints are open to its coinage when
ever silver bullion ha, declined to sucl
price so that forms can be coinet
out of 1t at cost less than the valu
of paper horins; or, in other words
with profit silver will move in that di
rection, and that is what Is takin,
place now.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-15
should know IL. They would then be
lila "a .AAanh a mat i'm mort an 20 IN th.,

should know IL. They would then be
able to attach Just importance to the
teachirgs Of suon subsidized press.
The chairman asserted that the fact
that railroads owned newspapers, or
that newspapers favored railroads, had
nothing to do with the committee
After further discussion Mr.. Rev.
nolds moved that Mr.. Brooks be re-.
spec,fully requested to answer the
question. The motion being almost
unanimously carried, the question
was again put aud Mr.. Brooks replied
II shall decline to answer that ques.
tion."
Mr.. Humphrey, shipper of Lin.
coin, was the next witness. He COM
planned that he could not secure GER.
tain advantages unless he complied
with what he regsrdodss as
arbitrary regulation on the part of the
b. & M al d stat that since the
consolidation of the b. & M. and the
A. & N. rates had been advanced.
He also quoted Mr.. Touzalin's lau-
guage at q meeting held in Lincoln
during q previous session, that the
people had better let railroads alone,
and stated as fact that merchants
generally were sfcAid to contend with
the railroads lest they inreturn should
injure and ruin their trade.
Other witnesses were examined In
cludibg Messrs. Stephenson and
Towne, but nothing new or mate rial
was elicited. Another meeting was
announced for Saturday but this
Saturday morning In consequence of
absence { witnesses, the meeting was
adjourned till to-day at 4 p. m.
The appointment and work Of this
committee has already produced no
little excitement. Tho town talk il
occupied with this topic to the exoln
sion of senatorial matters. Some
who think they can't stand the racket
have sought hiding places, and little
doubt remains that much will be
brought to light az to the secret meth.
DDS by which the railroads seek to
dominate over every branch Of trade
and hold in absolute subjection the
entire people ef this state.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-15
A Profitable Lottery.

BUFFALO, January Ia. The district
attorney decides that the Importers
Tea company, which does business by
selling tea and coffee in packages that
contain prizes, is lottery, A civil
suit for $50, 600 has been commen ced
against the company, and it is stated
that the authorities are preparing to
begin criminal proceedings 1t is es-
timated that in the last week or ten
days the concern cleared $4,000 to
$50, 600 by the scheme.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-15
NE OIHIE VHFt H.
A Brief and UnimpOrtant SeS-
sion Of the House Saturday,
Further Detail CT the Investi-
cation Into Railroad Man
agement.
Pecuniary Profits and Free Pass
Privileges of the Chosen
Few.
Merchants Forced to Submit to
Tyrannioal Exactaons.
And No Squealing Tolerated.
THE STATE LEaIsL Al URE.

Special Dispatch to THs Bsx,
LINCOLN, January 13.-The house
met at 10 o'clock this morning. A
resolution was introduced by Mr.
Sessions giving the clerks of the CON-
mittees the same number Of stamps,
wrappers, newsp ,pers, etc as is re-
ceived by the member. On the call
of the roll 1t voted down almost unani.
mously. A few bills we're introduced
and read, and at IL o'clock the house
adjourned till Monday at 2:30 p. m.
The special railroad commission did
not hold session this morning, but
agreed to meet again on Monday at
4 o'clock. Many of the members liv-
ing at a convenient distance left on
the midday train for home. The
railroad republicans have given up
the idea of forming a senatorial eau.
Gus, although 1t is said that Millard is
hiring members to go into such an
organization.
1t is argued that to receive money
to 60 into caucus is no crime. Some
of the anti. .monopolists have just dis.
covered that there are from twenty
five to fifty officers concerned in the
house to hold position who virtually
have no duties to perform and it Ia
more than probable that there will be
breeze on Monday.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-15
Bur aed at Sea.

Special Dispatch to THY BE,
NEW YORK, January IA The
steamer Neckar arrived to-day from
Bremen. She took off the crew of the
brig Mary Lizzie, burning seven days.
The crew numbered eight persons.
The FIRE was kept down by closing up
the holes with sails and blan kets.
The men were greatly exhausted, being
at work day and night aimee the fire
broke out.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-15
Another Hotel Burne d.
peclal Dispatch 10 TmK BEE

MILWAUKEE, January IA fire at
Neenah, Wis, early this morning
burned the Russell house, bank and a
number of other buildings. Total loss
500, COO insurance about half. The
hotel went up like fash, very much
Ike the Newhall house. The carriage
works Of 4. G. Maudt. at Stoughton,
Wis, also burned. Loss, Sl25,OOO;
insurance, S70 600.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-15
A Huge sengerfl vt.

NEW YORK, January 14.-The Ger.
man singing societies of Brooklyn pro-
pose building a $50. 600 hall for the
fourteenth great sengerfest of the
German societies of the United States,
June next. The festival will last five
days. Twenty thousand singers are
expected.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-15
A Crazy Widow.
lGial Dispatch to TnE BEg.

nptNIdI U5PalVH 10 Tin DIE
WHEELING, January l3.-Mrs,
Hettie Cunningham, widow, at noon
to- day, threw her three. yesr.old boy
from the suspension bridge at Fair
mont, into the Monongahela river, a
distance of fifty.two feet and then
jumped in herself. Both were res
cued after floating over the dam below
the bridge, and with difficulty resusi-
ciated. No cause ia assigned for the
act.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-15
Tho Wa,hburna Family.

Sf'''o' Nisl@N'h :" '"' Dh"s
LEWISTON, January l3.-The sur
viving sons of Israel Washburne,
father OF the noted Washburne family,
have resolved to erect a memorial
building at the family homestead In
Livermore. Ths Is to be white gran
ite, 40xG0 feet, and be equipped by
donors, with suitable books for q
public library.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-15
Special Dispatch to Tns BEg. !

ST. PETERSBURG, January IA
Daring the performance yesterday at a
circus in Berditcheff, Russian Poland,
fire broke out, and before the spec.
tators could escape the whole struc,
ture was ablaze, Three hundred per.
sons perished.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-15
A Wrsoked Bank,
,ecial Dispatch to THs BHa.

1leciAI DispAtch 20 The bhh.
JERSEY City, January ID 1t is
now believed 500, ,0O9 will not cover
the amount of funds missing from
the wrecked City bank. All left from
the wreck In the shape Of assets Is
cheap flee furniture and 1900 &C.
oidentally Left in the ossh drawer.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-15
Business Failures,

Special Dispatch TO TlE BEE
New YoRK, January IL The bus.
mess failures tor the past seven days
are 262, an increase of 3S compared
with last week.
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-15

least q dozen railroad attorneys at
home here who do their part either In
the lobby or on the floors of the legis.
lature. The lawyers are by no means
the most dangerous of the railroad
lobby. There are scores of people
who at home pass for respectable, but
down here are
DOING THE CRIMINAL WORK
Ct assistant highway robbery, by using
their personal inaunce upon members
in the interest cf corporate monopoly,
jobbery and ftaud, IF these people
persist In their mt ,rious work I shall
b, con peeled to expose the m AMI
give the legislature the chance TO
investigate the attempt to corruptly
inter ifere with legislation.
Among the republican candidates
that are looming up at this time, be-
sides those l have already mentioned
are, George w. e. Dorsey, Hon.
Thomas S. Majorr, Hon. James Laird,
Ex Governor Nance and Judge Post.
H. r
Omaha daily bee., 1883-01-15
Don't Die in the House.

"Rough on Rats" Clears out rats
mice, reaches, bed bugs, flies, ants
molea ohipnunks, gophers. 15c.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-04
Some Of CALIFORNIA; Big Farms.

The statistics given by the Los An
gelos, California, Daily Commercial,
as to the immense farms of that state
are doubtless correct, but they are as
tonishing. 1t quotes list of dozen
large California towns, and adds the
following, in the southern part Of the
state:
The late Dan Murphy, Santa Clara,
with his 100000 acres; Haggin q
Carr, with 100000 acres; Miller IL
Lux, with 100000 acres; Gen. Beale,
with 100000 acres; H. NJ. Newhall,
with $4,000 acres; Lankershim &
Co., with 5000 acres; b. F. &
q. X. Porter, 5000 acres; Motif &
Maclay, 10000 acres; E. j. Baldwin,
10000 acres; J. & L. Bixbey, 10000
acres; j. Irvine, $4,000 acres; John q.
Downey, 1900 acres; 1. w. Hellman,
$4,000 acres; Richard Gird, 10000 acres;
James s. Flood, 137, 900 acres; Thomas
r. Bard, $1,000; d. Freeman, $1,000
acres, and numerous other farmers and
stock-growers whose farms extend
into tens of thousands of acres. This
is great country, and it doesn't all
lie in Colusa.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-04

The Republicans are determined in
their purpose to admit southern Da-
kota as a state. Washington advices
say that the question will be made a
subject of caucus action at an early
day, and there is no doubt that the
decision of the party will be to make
state of Dakota, if it can be accom-
plished. The question raised of the
reputation of certain bonds, which
aroused some Republican opposition
to the project of creating the new
state, has been adjusted by some sort
of settlement, and thus that opposi-
ton has been overcome. The DEM
ocratS are as much determined to
oppose the scheme rs the Republicans
are to support it, and it will become a
party question The Republicans
having majority in the house, Can
without any more difficulty than the
minority is able to present, pass the
bill, unless the Democrats tillibuster
to prevent its passage. Dakota, par
ticularly that portion which is selected
Tor admission, is reliably Republican,
and it is the effect that the three cleo
toral votes that it would possess might
have upon the next presidential cleo
ton which agitates parties. Demo-
Gratis remember Colorado. The el.c-
ton fixers, after they had changed the
vote of other states to suit them, had
the three votes of Colorado as bal
ance in favor of Hayes.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-04

PROFESSOR BALDWIN wants a
system with glittering official para
phernalia. He wants a state superin-
tendent, lone of the grandest men in
the state" probably Prof. Baldwin
himselfl district superintendent in
every senatorial district, nominated
and elected as state senators, at sal
AIRY of $1,000 for each and every
superintendent county and municipal
spperintendents, also well paid; county
and municipal educational councils,
and grand state educational council
meeting and celebrating as does a
legislature. This is the first time the
professor was brought prominently
intonotice since he made Gov. Roberts
Texas" a text book in the Sam Hous-
ton normal school.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-04
The Latest Fashions In Paris.

NOT
Our bellies mondaineS are always
changing their habits. 1t is no longer
particularly chic to have ones day FOL
receiving visits between 4 and b. Ii
is no longer particularly chic to pay
visits. A ceremonial card is declared
to suffice. Dinners, balls, tea parties
afford opportunities enough of seeing
ones friends, and the Tuesdays of the
Franchise, which begin this week, and
the Fridays at the opera, are excellent
occasions for receiving the homage OF
ceS mesSieurs. And SO from to they
go shopping. During those two hours
the Rue de La Paix receives the quin-
tesSence of elegant Paris.
The jewellers windows are ablaze
with diamonds and precious stones
and all the quaint and anus
ing novelties which the in
genuity of man can devise in the
way OF ornaments; diamond brooches
in the form of flight of swallows;
polychrome metal jeWelry inspired by
the ineXhauStible variety and ObSer-
walton Of the Japanese, as displayed
particularly in their carved ivory and
wood netskes; rats, mice, frogs, in
oecIS, DlruS enSdSeu III dll hluuS Ol
tricks and mischief. The jewelry and
the articles de Paris at the present
moment tend to take the form of toys,
of surprises, of incongruities. You
ask the stationer for paper weight,
and he will offer you an ascending
series of little girls of the Kate Green
away type, sitting in row on stile;
you ask for an ink-bottle, and he will
produce black poodle with an inVisi-
Die hinge in the back of his neck.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-04

The public school superintendent
of several cities and towns in Texas
have been in convention at Houston
Their meeting was for the purpose OF
formulating a. more perfect school
system to be presented to the legisla-
ture for consideration. They organ
lied under the title of the Texas AS
ISOLATION of Superintendent of Edu.
cation, and the purpose is to hold two
meetings annually, one during the
Christmas holidays, the other during
the session of the Texas Teachers
Association. DR.. Ashbel Smith is
a member, and he read a paper on
higher education, as proposed in
the university of Texas.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-04

and half the household furniture. The
court would have given her the earth
and the old man thrown in, but she
did not seem to "hanker" for either of
them. They had been together thirty
years.
Oliver Doud Byron, the actor, who
secured the railroad ties of the tenn
porary track laid at Elberon, New
Jersey, to convey President Garfield to
the FRANKLIN cottage, has completed
the log cabin which he constructed
out of the ties at North Long Branch.
The cottage contains a handsome
mantel, made of slabs of the railroad
ties, having in its center an opening
in which is picture of the dead
president.
1t is announced that President
Arthur will give number of brilliant
receptions, commencing in January,
embracing numerous classes, besides
the diplomatic corps, the officials of
state and members of the national
congress. This will be in marked con-
traSt to last winter, when, out of re-
spect to President Garfield, the usual
round of gaiety was well nigh omitted.
The Washington Capital says that
when President Arthur and Marshal
McMichael receive the public in the
white house there will be seen two of
the best dressed gentlemen in the
| United States.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-04

THE Seguin Times, domiciled in the
same town with Gov.-elect Ireland, Is
opposed to submitting a prohibitory
amendment to a vote Of the people,
sinee-it would make trouble and ex-
pense to no purpose. The prohi-
bitionists. the Times says, "like the
Greenbackers and the poor, are always
with us" but that failing to vote local
option in the counties, it looks as
though it were useless to attempt to
enforce prohibition. The STATESMAN
is earnestly In favor of sobriety, it is
against drunkenness, but it thinks
these fanatical appeals for the inter-
ference of law in controlling the ap-
petites Of men are useless. Only
the other day we showed
how prohibition in Kansas had re-
suited in an increase of twenty-five
per cent in one year in saloons. Moral
suasion is the power that must destroy
whisky; statute law does not do it
Agitators are always found to attempt
to inject this question into politics,
but those who agitate are always de-
signing in politics, hoping by some
change to be drifted themselves into
place and power. They are too often
the demagogues, sometimes fanatics;
but usually the agitators are those
who banker after the flesh.pots OF
| Egypt.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-04
Absent-minded Lyman Beecher.


DR.. Beecher was frequently absent
minded. On one occasion, after an
evenings service, he started for home
in a brown study. The houses in his
block were of the same pattern. He
entered the wrong door. The house
be mistoOk for his own was occupied
by well-known halter by the name
OF Rhoades, Unitarian. The doctor
put his hat on the stand in the hall,
went into the back parlOr, where Mrs.
Rhoades and her family were gather
ed, drew chair to the fire, put his
feet to warm on the mantle over
the crate, tipping back his chair
and his head-simply thinking.
Just then he happened to notice a
French clock under glass upon the
mantle, and exclaimed: "Wifel where
in the world did you get that clock p
No answer. No one could answer, for
they were ready to burst with merri-
ment at their neighbours absence OF
mind. IL say, wifel where did you
get that clock?" Mrs. K. was a lady.
Putting her hand gently on his
shoulder, in the sweetest tone she said:
DIR. Beecher, you have made a mis-
take and got into the wrong house"
He cast a quick glance around upon
the family circle, sprang from his
chair, and with a bound was out of the
house without word of explanation
or excuSe
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-04

THE probability is that the Pendle-
ton bill will be defeated for want OF
time. 1t ought to be defeated because
of its Partially on question involv-
ing the interests of the entire civil
service. The Washington Star says
that the more the bill is discussed, th,
more discussion seems necessary on it.
The Democrats do not like it, because
it will keep in many whose removal
is necessary to break up cor
rupt rings that have been plumber
ing the government for many years.
The senate may pass the bill any day,
and the house will then take it up,
amend it and debate over it, when it
must be returned to the senate. The
Republicans will do all in their power
to take it right through, because its
adoption may save their party from
most damaging exposures, arising out
of new brooms stirring up and sweep
ing out the filth of departments.
The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-04
The Pent Up Waters.


Engineers reports state that in 1855
the Inflow" of water into the lower
valley of the Mississippi at Cairo was
1,416,OOO cubic feet per second, while
the discharge at or below New Or.
leans was only 100000 cubic feet pei
second. In other words, the inflow
was $4,000 cubic feet per second
greater than the outflow" This ex.
cess, multiplied into LAT days, an aver.
age high-water period, as stated by
Gen. Humphreys, would show 4, 100.
O00,OOO,OOO cubic feet more inflow" al
Cairo than outflow" at New Orleans
and constitute a volume of water
averaging nine feet in depth and AN
miles wide, extending from Cairo II
the Gulf. This vast sea would bt
created by a watershed above Cairo
of Sl3,4 1876 square miles, having al
average rainfall of 81 90 inches
to the the square mile. To be added
to this is the rainfall of the south
ern watershed OF 343, Ito square miles
of an average depth of 80 inches tU
the square mile. This constitutes d
volume of three trillion cubic feet
more, or body of water twelve feet
deep by forJy-seven and one-hall
miles wide, extending from Cairo tt
the Gulf. Such WAS the area anO
depth of the overflow of 1858, which
General Humphreys says lasted 49,
days, and as stated by him was the
year the levees were perfected from
Cape Girardeau to New Orleans. TC
discharge this volume OF water
through the single channel passing
New Orleans with its present velOc.
Ity would require 6O days if there
was not single drop OF water flow.
ing into the river between Cairo ant
the mouth of Red river, the lowest
tributary. Even more absurdly ad
vocates of levees and jettles would
force all this vast mass of pent-uI
waters through the south OF jetty
pass" which uoeS not discharge lUU,
wv cubic feet per second, or one-tentI
the volume OF water that they tell III
flows in front OF the Crescent City
In 1888, when, as Gen. Humphreys
says, the leveeS were perfected from
Cape Girardeau to New Orleans, the
overflow was more disastrous thai
ever before. In other words, the bet
ter the levees the worse the floods anC
incidental disasters. The river be
came AN miles wide and twelve feet
from Cairo to the BaIize. The sub
lnergence last 1879 days-the longest
on record. Noah's flood wasn't cir
cumstance. This year, as Capt
feathers states, 1.-The river went blind
climbing over the tops of the levees.'