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Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19
PEOPLE Avn THINGS.

Thrice blessed are they who give and ex-
pect nothing,
Adam Bodeau has acquired a capacious
corporation and q dislike for federal regula-
ton
1t is true adverse silver legislation put
Colorado in n hole. The hole developed u
golden lining.
lf the Groverian restorative fails to work.
Queen Lii might earn q living in this coun-
try as leader of the Calams.
There are said to be 1900 poets lining
land. No wonder the country hankersfo for u
few more lonely, PARKWAY isles.
Because he objected to the admission Of
the territory, IL does not follow that Hon.
Tom Reed is the original Arizona kicker.
Applicants for the vacant Italian mission
are expected to file n certificate of contribu-
ton, mot necessarily for publication, -
but.
1t is cheering TO observe that the officer
discussing federal fat in Nebraska uncon-
~sclously permits a few crumbs to drop into
the family pantry.
Philadelphia democracy is wrestling with
q condition. Republican ohiceholders have
been dccapitatcd, but so limited is the mum
Der of local patriots it is feared some must
be imported to fill the vacancies.
1t is widely published that a fashionable
New York church will dispense with Christ
mas decorations and instead use the cash
NvNN " NihA ANtulV Iul iOStSs hoNtlbN
OF the act doubtless accounts for the brass
band announcement.
One of those coincidenccs that are as
mysterious as they are interesting occurred
i'll connection with che death of ,Iohu Nolan,
an officer Of the superior court of New York
Last SATURDAY he "took n notion to make
his will, and, us he was in excellent health,
was chaffed by his friends whom he asked
TO witness II. 1t was signed and sealed that
AFTERNOON, and the next day he died of heart
disease.
Little Minnie Terry, aged 3, was once
taken to see her aunt Ellen as Juliet. In the
scene where juliet drinks her potion Miss
Terry was clad in white robes OF a dressing
gown. or robe do mutt order. At this point
little Minnie, who had u decided idea of the
properties, turned to MIR. Gilbert, who
CHANGED to be in the box. mo, nor she ex.
claimed, putting her small fingers over her
eyes, you mustn't look."
a bald-headed Chicago man, reared within
gunshot of Stoney Island avenue, was told
moss on "a rubber mat. He swallowed the
tale aud invested. The friction produced
By rubbing in the moss grower on his glow
ing dome caused an explosion which moved
his capillary fringe and carried away a slice
of his right ear. His pictorial experience
before and after taking will not be published
for some days.
The campaign for the mayoralty in Chi
cago, which closes today, has been "a no
one. The respective machines moved along
without friction until early last week wher
the Svornost Topped from Hopkins to Swift
The democracy was stunned. For a mo
ment the odds appeared overwhelming anC
the cause hopeless. Then il was Worwarts
glided from swift to Hopkins, restoring the
equilibrium. The outcome is now i'll doubt
as the supply Of shorts and warts is moi
equal to the demand.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19
Ssaassxs avn SssRasx, ys

a Baptist Young Peoples union has been
organized at Rush willie.
The Fender Times has started on its ninth
year with every sign OF prosperity.
The Missouri river has frozen over at Ne.
braska City and skaters venture on the ice.
John Aver, Tor thirty years a resident OF
Liberty, is dead. He was a native OF
England.
Three thousand dollars in notes were
taken by burglars from the lumber ofice o.
Levi Kline at Uuadilla.
n thief entered the Office OF a Norfolk
dentist and carried on sos worth of golu
plate and ten silver dollars.
II Is rcportcd that the First National bans
OF Nashville will become a state institution
after the first Of tho year.
Timothy Kinney OF North Bend Is feeding
1000 sheep and viii soon receive 5000 more
TO winter. They all come from Oregon.
Mrs. George Sierth, well known In Cass.
otoe, SarpN and Douglas counties, died at
Atchison, Kan, last Saturday. aged 43 wears
Her father settled IN Omaha in 1855.
The trouble caused by the bank failure at
Rushvllle has been told In many ways. The
kushVille Ncws, in speaking OF the treat
ment accorded President Lew May, says
George Conner of Pine Ridge agency hac
only a few hundred dollars in the Bank OF
kushville, but as he had been Instrumental
IN securing deposi;ors for tho bank among
flhe ihuge merchants he very naturally
came to town to investigate. Mr.. May
rather abruptly informed hun that de.
.positors would be Obliged to take their
chances with all the rest of the creditors.
This remark created considerable excite
ment aud stirred IN intense feeling against
MIR. May, who left town in great haste Ia
avoid trouble. If he had given the people
some little assurance that the depositors' in
~terests would he considered as soon as the
bank examiner had made his report there
would have been no excitement or i'll feeling
exhibited among the depositors."
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19

the sugar monopoly, so that it Is an en-
tirely reasonable View that the trust
desires the abotition OF the bounty.
Will congress nIfk@ this concession to
the wishes of the greedy and extortion-
ate c~ombination?t Tho new tariff bill
aims a mild lbloS at tho trust by
reducing the duty on refined sugar
from one-half to pne-quarter OF a cent a
pound, the assumption being that this
will cut down one-half the excessive
profits of the trust. which are estimated
to amount to 500 000, 900 annually, but
why should the American people he sub
jected to an exaction of $l0,000,0OO annu-
ally upon such a necessary to every
household as sugar? 1t is highly prob
able that the sugar schedule will be
amended when it gets before congress,
but nobody can predict with any degree
of certainty what the nature OF the
amendment will be. 1t is to be appre-
hended that the house will put a duty on
raw sugar and abolish the duty at once,
in which event the hope of saving the
bounty will be in the republicans of the
senate. There is reason to believe that
they can at least be depended on to make
a determined fight for il.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19
TO MAIL CHRISTMAS PRESENTS.
Postal Information That May Prevent Mis-
takes and DELAY,


During the holiday season unusual de-
mands are always made upon the mails for
the transmission of Christmas and New
Years presents. A familiarity with the
postal regulations on the part of the public
facilitates the handling of the increased mail
and prevents many annoying mistakes. The
following general information and sugges-
tions. if observed, will greatly diminish the
unmaila BILE matter which collects at this
season.
The rates of postage of foreign countries,
except Canada and Mexico, which are the
same as domestic, are as follows:
Letters, per half ounce. 3 cents; postal
cards, each, 2 cents; newspapers ana other
printed matter, per two ounces, l cent; COM
mercial papers, packets not in excess of ten
ounces, ) cents, commercial papers, each ad-
ditional two ounces. | cent; samples Of mer-
chandise. each additional two ounces not in
excess of the limit, eight and t~hree.quarters
ounces, l cent; registration fee on letters
and packages, y cents.
The following general suggestions are
offered:
Every package should be presented at the
retail stamp windows in the postof1icc or
substations for weighing and inspection be-
fore mailing.
Articles of value should be registered.
Packages should be wrapped in heavy
wrapping PAPER tied with strong Irvine, and
the name and address of the sender, as well
as the addressee, should be written thereon
in ink.
Christmas and New Years or other cards,
and photographs with frames, or articles
bearing Christmas and New Years greeting
SO elaborate in their design as to have an in
trinsic value outside of the sentiment at
tached to them cannot be mailed to coun-
tries other than Canada and Mexico at less
than letter rates of postage, and only when
they conform to the rules prescribed.
Care should be taken to see that no DreS-
ents, such as scarfs, handkerchiefs, or any
kind of merchandise orletters, are concealed
in newspapers. .
Photographs. pictures and printed cards
should not be closed and sealed and marked
photographs only, "or Printed matter" or
'Book post but must be tied with string or
left so as to be easy to inspect. The public
often obtains rate of postage on such articles
without saying that they are sealed or about
TO be sealed.
Do not leave packages on top of street
boxes, as they may never reach the post
Office,
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19

WHILE the insurance agents are cast
ing about tor pretexts that will justify
increased premium rates we recommend
that they devote some attention to the
matter of state oil inspection. The
people must use coal oil. Nearly every
fire insurance policy contains a specific
exemption clause %forbidding the careless
use of coal oil, gasoline, -benzine and
other explosives. This is all right, but
the fact that these combustibles are used
of necessity should not invalidate in
franc policies, which in these degen-
crate days are weighed down by ex-
emption clauses to such an extent that
the assured never knows what his policy
is worth until he has suffered a loss by
fire and the degree OF protection is de-
fined by an imported adjustor or finally
by a court of competent jurisdiction. II
is to the interest of insurance companies
and their patrons that state oil inspec'
tion shall be good and afford the protec'
tion demanded by the people.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19

a receivership is either a reorganiza-
tion or a sale in foreclosure, both OF
which consist chiefly in wringing out
some OF the sup%erhuous water that has
been poured into the concern. The
winding up OF a receivership has, as a
rule, been "a tedious procedure, but as
the order OF the court is only temporary
in its nature the winding up is bound to
after the depression is over, the re-
ceivers shall restore the railroads to
the people minus the burden Of illegiti-
mately watered stock the era of railway
recciverships will not have been USE
lessly endured.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19
ANGRY
They Fight Turiously In a Provlden ce. Il.
T. Church.

They Fight TuriOusiy In a PrOviden ce, Il.
l., Church.
PROVIDENCE, Dec. ~. : trouble which
has been brewing between the rival factions
of the Armenians in this city for ten days
past eliminated yesterday in a riot in the
Armenian church on Exchange place. Last
week the legal court Interpreter, John Charl-
son, and Mardirus Grayoonian were arrested,
charged with assault with intent to kill
Garabred CravOonian. Charlson was tried
Friday and discharged. The trial aroused
much i'll feeling and an Armenian priest
from Bos ton was called here yesterday to
try to smooth over the trouble.
The Armenians met in their place of wor-
ship at noon yesterday and the appearance
of the Boston priest was the signal for the
opening of the battle. 1t was claimed he
represented the anti-Charlson faction and
C%harlson's friends commended that he should
not preach. A fierce battle was waged, dur
ing which the interior Of the church was
wrecked and ten of the participants badly
cut and bruised. Mardirus Gravoonian and
Sabred Baediville were both dangerously in,
jured. The police dispersed the rioters ant
the priest was escorted to a place of safety
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19

ANOTHER effort is to be made to Sc
cure uniform bankruptcy Legislation
from the present congress, but the pros
pect of its success is not regarded as
altogether bright. The chief objection
to the defeated measure was its provi-
sion for involuntary bankruptcy, and the
opposition to the bill claimed that this
fault was so interviewer with the whole
framework Of the measure that it was
impossible to eliminate it and the only
thing to do was to kill the bill as a
whole. Whether or not there vas any
merit in this claim it is not now worth
while to inquire. A e bill, providing
only for voluntary bankruptcy, is in
the hands Of the house judiciary COM
mittee, but according to a re-
ported statement of the chairman OF
the committee there is very little
chance of its being passed. The reason,
it seems, lies in the jealousy existing
between the friends of Mr.. Oates, who
had charge of the Torrey bankruptcy
the new bill. 1t is proposed to intro
duco an amended revision of the former
measure as a substitute for the latter
n and the belief is that the entire
southern contingent will vote against
the bill which Mr.. Oates will offer. 1t
is therefore expected that this measure
will certainly be defeated. while its sup
porters have declared that the Bailey
bill shall never come to a vote. Thus it
is probable that Legislation which has
beer asked for by nearly the unanimous
voice of the business interests of the
country will not be obtained from the
present congress-
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19
MIGHTY NE.iR 1T.

Frank Stanton in atlantic Constitution,
It's getting close to Christmas; across the hills
and dells,
You can almost hear the Ginning and the
rhyming of tho bells;
But the skies are clear and candid, with no
clouds that dream OF snow,
And you hear in dark and daylight all the
Elm bugleS blow.
It's getting close to Christmas; there's n some
thing In the air
That seems TO breathe of Bethlehem and all
the glory there;
And sweet the bells and bugles sound through
our dreams Of rest
Ring, bells, your sweetest music! and bugles
blow your best!
It's getting close to Christmas. Oh, time Of
peace and joy!
And Oh, to BIO once more, once more, n wake
full, watchful boy,
With the stocking in tho corner for old santa
Claus to fill!
But we still thank God for Christmas, and
we're boys In memory still.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19

The reasons assigned for the new
orders prescribing the public from the
senate chamberat Washington ard from
the use of particular elevators and COR
ridOrs are rather fimsy pretexts for
drawing the line of senatorial exclusive
ness sharper thar ever before. The
senate has occupied its present hall for
about thirty years and during that time
an inquisitive constituency has been
allowed during the morning hours to
examine at will the texture of the vel
vety carpet and the materials used in the
mahogany desks, SO long as they we're
not disturbing the venerable disciples of
senatorial dignity. Senators of today,
however, find themselves unable to put
up with what their predecessors for
years have stood without grumbling.
The senate is rapidly becoming an
American house of lords.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19

RUMoR has it that two prominent
democrats are already setting their
stakes for their party's nomination for
the presidency in 1896 and that these
two democrats are no lesser ~personages
than Vice President Stevenson and SEN
ator Voorhees, ofthe, senate finance com
mittee. Both oflthem have been trying
for some time to play to all wings of
the party at one and the same time and
have omitted nothing that gave promise
of cultivating a general popularity,
They count upon having President
Cleveland out of the race, thus
leaving them a free field, and they
think the states of Illinois and Indiana,
respectively to be of sufficient impor-
tance to demand recognition from a
democratic national convention. 1t is
necessarily a trifle early to anticipate
which way the political wind will blow
in two years to come, but democratic
modesty will not permit these public
spirited aspirants for presidential
honors to longer remain in the back
ground.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19

President Wilbur of the Lehigh Valley
road says that the recent strike cost the
company about 500, 900.
The stockholders Of the road have lost
tina money. What have they got in return
for it, As the public understands the mat
ter, the terms on which the dificulty was
ended are practically such as the men we're
willing aud READY TO make before IL began.
IL those terms had been made then by ra-
tional agreement the stockholders or the
road would now have about 500 900 more
money than they have, the men would be
better of ana there would be no memory or
suspicion of injustice anywhere to create
further trouble.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19

THE attorneys representing the rail
ways in the maximum freight rate in
junction case say that they expect to
try the merits of the controversy in the
early part of January. When tho
temporary restraining order was issued
last July they said the question would
be decided within a month. 1t is to be
hoped that their latest announcements
will turn out better than the others.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19

No INDUSTRY has given Nebraska
greater prominence than that of the
culture of sugar beets and manufacture
of beet sugar at Grand Island d. Nor
folk. Its success has been fully demon
strated. The element of uncertainty as
to final results will not embarrass the
men who propose to start the factory in
Omaha if sufficient acreage of beets can
be guaranteed, Every business man
knows the benefits of a large manu-
featuring establishment, and the intelli-
gent farmers OF Douglas and neighbor-
ing counties know that a crop of sugar
beets is the most profitable OF any.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19

THE Uuion Pacific division of the
Railway Employees association has not
yet applied to the federal court for an
order restoring the old scale of wages.
One of the best attorneys of Omaha is
of the opinion that the court has the
authority not only to fix the salaries Of
receivers but the wages OF employees as
we'll. In fact, the receivers are but the
agents of the court, as are also the en-
ployes on the line. We concede that
the road was compelled to reduce wages
owing Ia hard times and poor business,
but we insist that the employees have a
right to be heard in court. The fact
that they have not appealed to the
court only emphasizes the utter worth
lessness of the employees association and
the suhserviency of its leaders TO the
line officials OF the road. Otherwise II
you'd never have been permitted ~
,xist.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19
URN OVER A NEW LEAF.

The change in county and city govern
ments will take place on January 2. This
is virtually beginning a new year from
New Years day. The new board of
county commissioners and the new coun-
ell are expected to inaugurate some i'm
portant reforms in the management of
the affairs of the city and county. 1t is
to be hoped that they will start out with
a determination to enforce business
methods in the conduct Of the business
which they are called upon to supervise
and transact.
Every department and branch OF city
government should be administered
with a view to efficiency and economy.
All supernumeraries and drones should
be pruned out. The same policy should
DO pursued by the county commission
ers. The court house should not be q
retreat for political pensioners. Every
employee of the county should be COM
petent to fill the position he occupies
and be made to devote his whole
time to the task for which he is draw
ing pay. The finances of the county
should be placed on a cash basis. Doug
las county warrants should be as good as
gold and made payable on presentation.
This can be done by pursuing a business
policy and combining all expenditures
within the limits of the law. The distribu-
ton of charity and care of paupers and in
sane should be in the hands of men of
approved integrity and sobriety. We
believe that a good servant is worthy of
his hire. The salaries should be liberal,
but not extravaganza. A man who shirks
duty or shows himself to be incompetent
or recklessly negligent is unfit to con-
tinue in public employ. The loose
method that has prevailed in the pur-
chase of supplies should be discontinued.
Every dollar expended for materials,
whether fuel, drugs, stationery or tools.
should be bought on bids of responsible
dealers and duplicate or triplicate vouch-
ers should be required in order that
frauds may be prevented. There should
be no favoritism or discrimination in the
purchase of supplies, and care should
be had that the quality and quantity of
the articles delivered correspond with
Ihe plllS renuereu auu contract Stlpula-
tiOns.
On this score there is room for great
Improvement in the city hall and court
house. What applies to the council and
county commissioners applies with equal
force to the incoming school board. The
present Board of Education has set a
bad example of extravaganza and loose
methods in purchases, repairs and super
numeraries. 1t is time that all our
municipal and county officials turn over
a new leaf.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19
Primer Lessons In Politics.

FWITdutIpNIu TNIUITtT,
In reporting the first meeting Of the Den
YER women who propose to take an active in
terest in politics under the provisions of the
woman's suffrage law, adopted at the No
vember election in Colorado, the Denver
papers note the fact that the entire session
was taken up with q rather sorry effort to
grasp the intricacies of parliamentary law.
We fail to see anything remarkable in the
fact, il it has been correctly reported. An
aggregation of men who had never attempted
to apply the principles Of parliamentary law
would have a sorry time Of it themselves in
a similar meeting. Give the ladies a chance.
1t is a strong indication of their earnestness
that they began where they did.
Omaha daily bee., 1893-12-19
THE SUGAR TRUST AND THE BOUNTY

III ttcSL ~ mn L
The New York Tribune says that
there is at least one element of the
community which would look upon the
repeal of the sugar bounty with pro-
found satisfaction and that is the Sugar
trust. No law on the statute books, says
that paper, not even the antitrust
legislation, is so offensive to the great
monopoly as this provision for the pay
ment of bounties to American sugar
producers. ut has been a thorn in the
side of the trust from the beginning and
every year it assumes a more menacing
form toward the interests of the sugar
kings. There are few things they can
desire more than its abolition" A New
Orleans paper that is friendly to the
administration declares in effect that if
the government will only keep faith
with the domestic sugar industry the
iron rule of the trust Is doomed. 1t
says: "Were the bounty allowed to con-
tinue undisturbed, and the beet sugar of
the west, as we'll as our own a indus
try, be permitted to develop at the rate
of the last few years, il would be but a
comparatively short time before the
masses of the people, instead of having
competition in sugar, with the attend
ant c~heapening of prices during a few
months only, would have such COMPETE
ton during the greater part of the
year. while the bulk of the con-
sumed would be the product of home
industry and labor" @
A prominent Louisiana sugar planter
explains why the bounty law is so often
sive to the trust. He states that during
the Louisiana sugar campaign there
are several hundred independent pro-
ducers in the field, most of them making,
or capable of making, sugar suitable for
consumption. Many of these sugars are
distributed direct from the planters and
received by the jobbers without the in
tervention of the middle men. To meet
this competition the trust reiineries
reduce the price OF their sugars. When
the Louisiana crop is all marketed there
is but one source to draw from, the raw
foreign sugars. These come to the coun
try and pass under the control of one
great corporation, able to fix the price al
almost any figure. If the domestic in
dustry were destroyed there would be
absolutely no competition whatever
throughout the year, one gigantic con
Germ importing, refining and selling all
the sugar consumed in the entire
country. The planter who presents
these arguments against abolishing the
bounty commends to popular considera,
ton the question where nsum OF
sugar are most likely to get lower prices
from-one great trust or 600 producers
in their " country, who, II let alone
will in five years produce enough
sugar to supply more than hall
of the demand in the United
States, and who are today spending
every dollar they make in improve
ments which are bound to cheaper the
price of sugar to the consumer. He de
clares that il the country wants cheap
sugar he bounty must be let alone.
There a be no question as to the
s%oundneAs of the proposition nat foster
ing the growth of the domestic sugar
industry is iOimical to the intel ests OF