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GyTHE ABOVE SALE Is POSTPONED. AT
the request OF tie parties interested, until THURS
DAY. MAY FOURTEENTH, 1896. at the same hour
and place,
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NJ. b. LATIMER & CO., ACCTIONEF.RS,
1929 and 1881 G st.

ELEGANT DECORATIVE PIONEERING AND
BEDDING PLANTS AT AUCTION
There will he Sold at auction roOris, 1920
and 81 G street, frCm the nursery. j. r. Free
man. on TUESDAY MORNING, MAY TWELFTH,
1855 at ELEVEN O'CLOCK, u splendid collection
of Bedding and other Plants.
my9-2t NJ b. LATIMER & CO
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pUNCANsoN EROS, AUCTIoNEERs.

DUNCANSON BROS. Aurts.
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EDWARD II. THOMAS, Trustee,
ZIG st. NV.
JOHN RIDoUT, Trustee,
34i d ST. NV.
LORENZO A. BAILEY, Trustee.
vi -dGds 600 II 81 n Vt
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AUCTION SALES.
TOMORROW.
PEREAIPTORY SALE OF
Horses and CARRIAGES

AT PUBLIC AUCTION.
s. BENSINGER, AUCTIONEER,
WASHINGTON HORSE AND CARTILAGE BAZAAR
NO. $40 LA. AVE.
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Pacific bldg, GO + st. NV, Washington ID. G.
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J. ROBERTS FOrLKE,
MAHI On ASHFORD.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

or occasion to Justify the employment
OF an acting assistant city engineer.
Nor can he ignore the fact that the re-
trenchment committee. with the ap-
proval OF the council, had decided as q
measure of economy there should be no
assistant city engineer until resump-
ton of public works should require 1t.
If Mr.. Brown has rendered service as
a substitute for the city engineer while
the latter has been attending to his
duties as secretary of the State Board
Of Irrigation at Lincoln, let him look to
his employer for his pay. While 1t may
be questionable whether any city officer
can farm out his work while drawing
two salaries. the least that can be ex-
pected of him is that he shall not make
the public pay the cost of his substitute.
The fact that the council has voted this
Illegal salary cannot be taken to relieve
the mayor of his responsibility in the
matter. His duty to veto the item for
an acting assistant city engineer is
clear
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

Maid All OF his sens have become cole
brated as drivers.
by the exercise Of tho usual mystic power
tho Astor estate in New York City shrank
S2,OO0,OO0 IN value In the report OF the as
SCISSOR There has been no depreciation in
rcntr. however
y divine healer did land ofl1ce business
at Springfield, ILL.,, the other day. and created
a sensation by warning the afflicted against
rendering money for his services. The local
hcalers were dumbfoundod
The British expedition to Ashantee was
blooming success. Besides battcring the
royal tile of King Prempoh the Britishers
basged 100000 above expenses. II is hardly
necessary to add that the surplus was gold
Colonel George w Gile. who has just died
In Philadelphia, had an honorable record In
the civil war. lie commanded the military
display at the second Inauguration OF Pres
tdent Lincoln. aud also commanded the mill
tary cortege at his funeral.
NJ. Munkacsy. the great Hungarian artist
who has lived in Paris for many years, will
leave that city in April to take up n per-
manent residence in Buda-Pesth. II was
In Paris that Munkacsy won his first sue
cesses. He has long harbored the intention
OF spending his last years in his native
land and Of doing what he can for the cause
of art in Hungary.
When Mrs. Mary Lease was shown tho
dispatch from Detroit saying that Jerry
Simpson said she never had been anything
but a disturbing element in politics: that
she always wants TO be the great II am"
and that she is better in the pulpit than in
politics, she said: Life is too short and
my time too fully occupied to pay attention
to every barking cur or step on every worm
that crawls across my path"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05
COMPTROLLER AND COUNCIL.

What was the object of creating the
Office of city comptroller? Was it SIM
ply to relieve the city clerk of part of
the purpose of auditing the accounts
of the different city departments? Was
not it's main purpose the establishment
of a check upon the illegal expenditure
of public money and bar to the I'M
lawful diversion of city funds from
their proper channels? The very name
of comptroller expresses clearly the eX-
ercise of supervisory powers and re-
straint upon official malfeasance The
presumption is that in all matters that
pertain to the issue of city warrants
and city obligations of every kind, the
cOmptrOller'S certificate Is an essential
prerequisite. Any other Interpretation
of the laws and ordinances would make
the Office of comptroller u mere regis
tering machine.
In calling the attention of the council
to the salary claim of the alleged acting
assistant city engineer in the face of the
fact that no such office exists, Comp
troller Westberg only did his duty. 1t
was as much his duty to point out this
unlawful claim as it will be to refuse
to draw or certify the warrant against
this illegal appropriation. Instead of
resenting this note of warning as an
unwarranted and uncalled-for intrusion
on the part of the comptroller, the coun-
ell should have commended his vigi-
lance and at least given it the consid-
Grafton which 1t deserved. While the
council has right to define the duties
Of the comptroller not specifically de-
fined in the charter, 1t has no authority
to override the comptroller acting
within his legitimate function. The
council itself is as much bound by the
charter and the ordinances as is the
comptroller. Whenever it attempts to
override the law In any matter relating
to the disbursement of public funds,
its acts are proper subjects for review
by the comptroller.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

When President Cleveland sent out his
Venezuelan message the English papers
sneered at it as simply a bit of campaign
bluster, but when. they discovered that the
American congHss and the American people
almost to a man were behind its spirit if
not in its form Of expression, they gradually
awakened to the fact that the Monroe doc
trine was factor Ct considerable strength
in international affairs, and today the posi-
tion Of the United States is admitted by even
the most stubbbrn English authorities to be
impregnable. y is singular, therefore, that
the London paters are saving on the same
old string of election buncombe" in their
comments on the position taken by this coun-
try in the Cuban affair; for they will have to
take water onceimore when they realize that
congress has the almost unanimous backing
Of the people in this instance as in the
former. n.-.--, -
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05
HIS DUTY rs CLEAR.

Mayor Broatch has now the opportu-
nifty to prove by his official action
whether he can be depended on to pro-
tect the taxpayers by living up to the
program of retrenchment mapped out
upon his accession to office. The char
ter empowers the mayor to veto any
item In an appropriation ordinance that
is of questionable character. The
comptroller has called attention to the
fact that the salary appropriation ordi-
nance for the month Of February in
cludes an allowance of $166.66 for an
acting assistant city engineer when no
such office is known to the charter or or
dinances. This allowance is, moreover, in
favor of man who is barred by resolu-
ton of the council from employment in
any city department by reason of his
non-residence. The mayor knows fur
ther that there has been no emergency
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05
GENERAL WEyLER,S DENIAL.

The charge that when General Weyler
served in Cuba during the former in
surrection he permitted and encouraged
on the part of the soldiers under his
command the most brutal and bar
| barous outrages upon the insurgents
who fell into their hands, subjecting
| to unspeakable atrocities women and
girls, who were in sympathy with .lr,
| insurrection, has been unqualiiiedly
and Indignantly denied by Weyler. The
| accusations are contained in book
written by n Spaniard named Enriqdc
Donderio, who had come over from
Spain with the Spanish troops in 1870
and who is said to have been so horror
stricken with the awful crimes that he
saw committed that he fled to the
United States. Senator Sherman
caused extracts from the book to be
read in the senate, and the recital of
shocking atrocities is permanently re-
corded In the congressional record.
Nothing more terrible is to be found in
the history of cruelty and brutality, and
IL the statements are true they justify
llic teElllS VI lllOlSter IHu DutCutE
that have been applied to Weyler.
General Weyler says that he obeyed
the orders of his superior officers to the
letter and he remarks that what
might have been deemed necessary at
n former period may be objectionable
now, which is in effect an admission
of extraordinary brutalities then COM
mitted. He could not acknowledge less
in the face of unquestionable history
Valmasedo was at that time the COM
mander of the Spanish forces in Cuba
and his barbarous methods made his
name Infamous for all time. 1t is al
legged that Weyler went beyond the
brutal orders of Valmasedo, and that
there is some ground for this charge
seems evident. At any rate General
Weyler will have to present some
stronger testimony than his personal
denial in order to acquit himself of the
accusations, and it is safe to say he
tion of his record during the last
Cuban insurrection.
1t would be n wise thing on the part
of the Spanish government to recall
Weyler and replace him with a soldier
who has no such blemish on his mil
itary record and his, character as a
man. The world well knows tha. he was
selected to succeed Campos because, of
his possession of qualities that were
expected to inspire terror among the
insurgents. 1t was not his superior
military ability that caused him to be
preferred but his capacity for prose
cutting savage and brutal warfare,
and his proclamations show that this
is what he intends to do, If left to the
unrestrained exercise of his will. The
Spanish government would gain in the
worlds opinion by removing Weyler
from the command in Cuba.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05
Explanation OF the Mounds.


Governor Bushnell spoke for the state of
Ohio at the annual banquet of the Archaeo-
logical society One of the toasts was:
do Any Of the Earthworks of the Mound
Builders Have Any Military Significance?"
In the opinion Of many archaeologists those
mounds have a political rather than a mill
tary meaning. and are in fact the tumul
Of the prehistoric race that was driven into
the ground by the ancestors of the present
race of Buckeyes. Ohio was densely popu-
lated, but as soon as the original Ohioans
appeared they gobbled up all the land. caves
forts, produce, and offices, and actually COW
cred the sky with green baize and offered to
sell sunlight by the half beam; wherefore
the earlier race took to its mounds.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05
Personal AND OTHERWISE.

Yvette Gulbert scooped in $4,000 in this
country. French wrinkles come high.
Charles Carleton Coffin. the distinguished
war correspondent and author, died in Boston
a few days ago.
1t may be stated without fear Of contradic-
tion that democratic presidential candidates
are not numerous enough to crowd the band
wagon
New York believes in maintaining peace
full relations with foreign lands. Having
kicked out Dunraven, the city took on a
large section of a London fog.
Attorney General Harmon follows the rul-
ing Of his predecessors In pronouncing bond
investment" schemes lotteries, and not en-
titled to admission to the mails.
The famous reinsman w. II. Doble, who is
dying, was the first man to drive trotter
faster than PIT. This feat he accomplished
in 1872 at Mystic park, when he drove Gold
smith Maid against Lucy in 216A, and beat
by quarter Of a second the time his more
fam Gus son, Budd Doble, had made with the
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

proclamation that although his friends
tn congress may be able to make him
invest an appropriation in seeds and
distribute them to their constituents,
yet they cannot. compel him to hire
people on their recommendation to put
the seeds up into packages. Mr.. Nor
tons opposition to the free seed distri-
button may have been evaded, but 1t has
not been broken. Another onslaught
upon the seed statesman who would
rather secede from his Office than re-
cede, may be hourly expected. Whether
Il viii succeed v another question.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

Naturally the United States expects
nothing from the foreign press but ad-
verse criticism Of its position on almost
every question affecting its foreign re-
lations, and so no one Is disappointed
at the attitude of the European papers
on the Cuban question. At the same
time we can often learn much from
our honest critics and there can be no
question that they are pointing out
some OF the weak spots in our position.
True, patriotic craftsmanship consists
partly in giving them their due weight
and authority.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05
Attorney General Churchill had to go

Attorney General Churchill had to go
all the way to Washington at the states
expense to let the people of Nebraska
know through public interview that
In his valuable opinion the free silver
democrats will nominate William j.
Bryan for governor and the populists
will endorse the nomination. OF course
the democratic silverites and populists
of Nebraska We're only waiting for Mr.,
Churchill to tell them what to do. We
submit the suggestion to the tender
mercies of Mr.. Bryan's paper.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

The battle OF Nebraska is ON. The
pronunciamentos and contemporaries
mentos to the republican rank and file
have been issued and it only remains
and march in the professions to range
themselves in battle array and, like the
immortal BoZzaris, strike till the last
armed foe expires, strike for their affairs
and their sires, strike for their homes
and their native land.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

Two novel protests have been made
hereabouts Wiirh are of peculiar inter
est to the cbmmercial world. Stock
buyers obje& to watering cattle upon
arrival at the yards and before they are
weighed. The buyers do not want to
pay for water when buying live stock
The other case is one wherein opposi-
tion is made to a proposed amendment
to an ordinance which shall prevent
commission men from putting dressed
chickens on the market with crops full
of corn. Here, too, buyers object to pay
ing for corn when buying chickens.
There are tricks in all trades, but these
are unique.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05
As TO GOLD CERTIFIC1 TES.


The treasury having an amount of
gold on hand considerably in excess
of $1OO,OOO,0O0, with more to be paid
in for the last bonds, it is reported
that the secretary is considering the
question of resuming the issue of gold
certificates. The law directs that when
ever the reserve falls below $100,00O,-
600 the issue of certificates for gold
deposited shall be suspended and this
suspension has been substantially in
force since April, 1893. The law re-
garding the issue of these certificates
Is mandatory in form, but the secre-
tary is allowed some discretion in
judging the conditions under which
they should be issued. Secretary Car
Isle believes that all laws authorizing
be repealed, for the reason that they
afford convenient means OF carrying
gold for bankers and private holders
and tempt them to keep gold within
their own reach which they might 9th
erwise pay into the treasury or put in
general circulation. This seems to be
n very valid and important objection
to the issuing of gold certificates and
the time would appear to be most OPP
perfume for congress to consider
whether it would not be to the advan-
tage of the treasury to give heed to
the recommendation of Secretary Car
lisle in this matter 1t certainly is not
apparent that the treasury would be
placed Mt any disadvantage If the is
suing of gold certificates were to per-
manently cease.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05
THE GOOD TIME COMING.

Washington Capital.
Said the theater girl: II will wear small
hat
Whenever I go to the play"
Said the theater man: Between all OF tho
acts
In my seat / will quietly stay"
Said the masculine star: "1'll let some one
else take
My place in the front of the stage"
Said the feminine star: Il will play only
parts
That do not conflict with my age"
The chorus girl said: 'I'll give some Of my
time
To music instead of my gown
Said the comedy man: IN endeavor to be
An actor instead of clown"
Said the playwright: III write them
sure enough play
Without barnyard or buzz saw or wheels"
Said the public: We'll give full house
to that play
Just to see how the company feels"
l heard in my dream all these beautiful
things
"And when will it happen" said I.
Said the bicycle maiden who blooms In the
spring:
They'll occur in the sweet by and by.'
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05
Grasping at n Shadow.

Copious fonts Of large, black, democratic
headline type are being tapped just now
and their contents poured into the "sllver
split In the republican party.
There Is no such political condition. or
the half dozen serious candidates for the
republican nomination for the presidency
there is not one who would not veto a bill
which added a dime piece to the present
abnormal and d!sproportionate silver cur
rency of the United States. There is not
one who has not always opposed free coin
age, though several have been bimetalists
when bimetallism seemed practicable.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05
CUBAN RESOLUTIONS IN THE SENATE
Those Passed by the House Likely
to be Accented.

to be Accepted.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-The senate
committee on foreign relations today voted
to recommend that the senate should non
concur In the house substitute for the senate
Cuban resolutions and should ask for a con-
ference.
The greater part of the committee meet
Ing was devoted to the Cuban question. The
senate and house resolutions were carefully
analyzed and compared. Several Of the men,
bers expressed themselves satisfied to ac-
cept the house resolutions and the opinion
was ventured by one or two of them that the
house substitute was in better form than the
senates original measure. In view OF this
fact 1t appears probable that II the house in
ssts upon it's substitute it will win and the
house resolutions be accepted as the ex-
preston of the joint opinion Of the two
bodies
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05
WILL SUPPORT THE DINGLEY BILL.
SENATE Takes Up the Measure Author
ixing determination of the Seals.

Senate Takes Up the Measure Author
fzing determination of the Seals.
WASHINGTON, March 4.-The senate
committee on foreign relations decided to
report the Dlngley bill authorizing the ex
termination of fur seals unless England con-
sents to further arbitration without amend
ment. There was but one dissenting vote,
which was cast by Senator Morgan
Senator Frye was authorized to make the
report Of the committee on the seal ques-
tion, and Senator Morgan gave notice that
he would file a minority report in which he
will take the position that the regulations
made by the Paris tribunal are sufficient for
the protecrlon Of the seals IL properly en-
forced In this position he will be antago-
nized by all the other members of the COM
mittee who contend that at the present rate
there will be no seals left in the course of
very few years unless an agreement can be
reached fer suspension of their slaughter
for the present and its careful regulation in
the future.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

The recent snow was general through
out the state and has already given
slight impetus to trade. There is every
prospect that full quota of moisture
will be vouchsafed to Nebraska farmers
this spring, which will place them again
on the highway to prosperous year.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

Where were all the watchdogs of the
city treasury when the council voted
$l66,66 to pay the salary of man
who was Illegally employed to do
the work of an officer who is drawing
$3.50 a month from the city Of Omaha
and $166 a month from the state of Ne
braska and is supposed to devote his
entire time to the service of each?
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

Should the proposed new electric
lighting plant at the state penitentiary
serve to keep the light of. publicity on
all transactions connected with the
management of the institution and the
lease of the convict labor, it may be
we'll worth the price which it will cost
the taXpaNerS
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

appropriation TO enforce its provisions.
II the writsr Al this contribution is
correct, thh kthc legislature which
passed the lsvkis deserving of equally
opprobrious fpfthets. AS a matter of
fact no oneI hears anything about the
Russian thiale pest now, and if it is
only given aaittle more time. complaint
against it will die out, although the
thistle may continue to flourish.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

There were but nineteen cases of con-
tagious disease reported in this city
during the month of February. This is
n most gratifying evidence of the health
fulness of Omaha, in support of which
fact many claims have been made.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

The republican state convention to
select delegates-at-large to st. Louis
meets in Omaha six weeks from today.
For six weeks, at least, therefore, gu
bernatorial politics will have to be su-
bordinated to presidential politics.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

Congress is apparently of the opinion
that borrowing money to pay running
expenses Of government can be JUS
titled only on the ground of war eX-
penditures, and is, therefore, anxious
to acquire a war to relieve the admin
istratiOn's sense of consistency.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

At the county convention held at
Springfield, ILL.,, Ex-Governor Mckinley
got the cheers. but Senator Cullom got
the votes. Under the circumstances
Mr.. Cullom will probably be content to
dispense with the cheers.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05
ENGLAND HAS a GREAT RIVAL.
German Metal Workers Are Proving
Their Superiority.

German Metal workers Are Proving
Their Superiority.
WASHINGTON, March 4.--Frank Mason,
United States consul general at Frankfort, in
a special report to the State department
tells how the Germans are steadily mastering
the English metal workers and he suggests
that in the story may be found lesson for
American steel and iron workers, especially
in that part relating to the systematic culti-
walton of foreign trade.
The report is based upon the findings of
commission Of British iron and steel workers
which has made most exhaustive eXamina-
tion Of the factors in the competition and
the facts developed as set out by Mr.. Mason
are Of the greatest Importance TO ali manu-
facturers Briefly summed up, it appears
that the Germans enjoy distinct advantages
over the British iron and steel workers in
more disciplined labor, highly educated and
competent management, harmonious cohesion
between operators and assduous success in
the cultivation of foreign markets. low royal
ties. rents and protected home market, and,
above all, far cheaper inland transportation.
In all these respects the Germans exceed
American manufacturers in the same degree
that they do the British.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

The council is receiving the bills for
Its city hall Jail folly and 1t is safe, to
predict that there will be very little
left in the city hall fund by the time
all these claims are adjusted.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

A contributor to The Bee gives 1t as
his opinion that the new Russian thistle
ties, and advocates the ignoring of the
law because the legislature made no
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05
Secretary Corlisle,s nronosed re,

Secretary Carlisle's proposed removal
to New York is becoming common
topic of newspaper discussion. 1t will
be remembered by readers of The Bee
that the first public intimation of this
probability was made by Henry Waiter
son in an interview published in this
paper when he was in Omaha last No
ypmbpr
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-05

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