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Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

whether tlNIp,Tilcation referred to rep.
resented tlikltiews of the administration
on the Cuban question or not. and sig.
n%iicantly added that he had "nevcr
found anyadi@culty In communicating
with the rRonle in n manner which
leaves no doubt as to the authenticity of
any statement purporting to represent
my views. TTfhis is vague, but may 1t
not be plausibly inferred from it that
the unauthorized statement which the
president disclaimed any responsibility
for misreprascnted him? If not. why
should Mr.. C~qtteland have cared to dis
credit It. 1t is fairly to be presumed
that II 1t correctly stated his position
he would have said nothing about 1t, or
at any rate would not have referred to
1t in the a he did.
II Cuban resolutions agreed on In
conference will come mp in the senate
tomorrow and the expectation is that
the action of the senate conferees will
be approved. In that event the coun-
try may not have TO wait long for a
definite knowledge of the presidents
position on this very important ques-
tinp
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

Comptroller Eckels believes In fire.
quent statements of the condition of
our national banks. Publicity is un-
questionably the best safeguard against
deception and fraud In every business
of a public or. scmi-public nature. The
greater confidence which our national
banks inspire compared with the state
and private banks is to be largely as
cribed to this very publicity. Monthly
calls for statements of assets and liabili-
ties from every banking institution
would not be too much.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
The Power Of the Word.

Rt. Hon. w. L. Gladstone in North American
Review.
The s%ceptical mind may frame questions as
1t will, Death sternly refuses to give it any
satisfaction. The love of money may heap
around us mountains of gold; all this Is but
to lower the ratio of that which a man is. to
that which he possesses. The fever of self
indulgence may multiply our enjoyments;
but each new enjoyment is. for the common
run of men, a new want, and each new want
10 a new link In the chain of moral servitude,
a. new deduction from our high prerogative
of freedom. Schemes Of negation may each
for a while fret and fume upon the stage Of
human affairs. 1t is Death. the great auditor
Of accounts. that reduces them. one and all,
to their natural and small dimensions. The
present 10 louder than ever in it's imperious
demands; but injured nature takes it upon
her to reply that the present is the life of
animals, and the future the life Of man. In
the development OF luxury. we are immeasur-
ably ahead of the ancient Greek, ana we
might have been proportionably more success
full In shutting of the queStionlngs OF the
ooul respecting that which IL to come, had
not a new voice sounded forth In the world
to proclaim the word Resurrection. since
which it has become impossible, by any
process within our resources, to stifie the
longlngs Of the human spirit to obtain the
command OF some instrument for measuring
the future which expands before 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

TO AID MINING SCHOOLS.

A bill is pending in congress which
proposes to apply Il portion of the pro-
ceeds of the public lands to the endow-
ment and support of mining schools in
the several states and territories. 1t
provides for the payment by the federal
government of certain sums for the
maintenance of schools of mines, thus
extending to the states and territories
the aid now received from the federal
government by agricultural colleges.
The report which accompanies the bill
states that the magnitude of the mining
interests of the nation renders this class
of schools proper subjects for federal
aid and encouragement. The object of
schools of mines and metallurgy is to
furnish the student the means of ac-
puiring a thorough and practical knowl-
edge of those branches of science which
relate to mining and the development
of the mining resources of the country.
and TO supply those engaged in mining
and metallurgical development with
persons competent to take charge of
large mining operations and conduct
them on thoroughly scientific princi-
pies.
There are independent mining schools
or mining departments of state uni
versities in nineteen states. and
it is stated that in n number of
them serious difficulty has been expe-
rienced in providing proper funds for
their maintenance. 1t is urged that the
proposed aid to such schools is entirely
legitimate, on the principle of assisting
industrial education, and the advocates
of the bill say that if adopted it would
be of great value to such education in
the westerntstates, not less than ten of
which have Schools that would be bene-
flied by the proposed appropriation.
When it is understood thatrthe annual
value of the. mineral products of the
United States exceeds 5000, 100000, there
is force in the argument that this vast
product added to- the wealth of the ma
ton annually constitutes a branch of in
dustry worthgsof just recognition and
encouragement by the federal govern
ment.
The bill provides for an appropriation,
beginning with the current fiscal year,
~-G--oG9 to each state and territory,
from money arising ~f%-2 the sale of
public lands, for the endowmene and
maintenance of schools of mines. the
appropriation to be annually increased
| for ten years by an additional sun of
s 1000 over the preceding year, and the
annual amount to be paid thereafter
to each state and territory shall be
$50, 900. There can be III question that,
the object of this measure is meritorious
and we can see no valid reason why it
should not be adopted. If every state
in the union should establish n mining
school, the diversion of money from
the sale of public lands to this object
would never amount to much over
81, 100000 annually, which would not
be an e%Xtravagant sum for the govern
ment to devote to this branch of educa-
tiOn.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

lutlons by the two houses OF congress
and that greater prcclscncss Is not only
advisable. but Imperative. II we are TO
avoid unpleasant complications In cases
where the different departments Of gov
eminent hold divergent opinions on
public questions. A definition by n
senate committee. or by the senate
itself. will, of course. have no binding
effect on the president or house, but 1t
will afford a rule of action at least until
the supreme court shall have occasion
to decide the points at issue once and
for all time.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
Our Notionn, Dcf.n.c..

New York Letter to London Engineering.
1t has always seemed a strange thing to
the writer that those alarmists who locate a
hostile fleet at Sandy Hook l~eisurely shelling
New York seem to predicate this assault on
the assumed position that the Americans are
simply lying idle and watching the lombard
ment, and this in the face of numerous heroic
actions in our late war on both sides. 1t Is
true the country needs more Notifications
along its coast, but it Is also true that the
real reliance of any government, and eepe-
cially of a republic, is in the patriotism Of
it's citizens; and in that respect the United
States can put into the field. in a less time
than any other nation, a larger and more
enthusiastic body of citizen soldiers. No one
who saw the uprising of the people in 1861
can doubt this, and today the conditions are
even more favorable.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

The Chicago Times Herald sees in the
Baltimore & Ohio wreck a elimination
of neutrality-suspicious. management that
shows how nt9ceessary it is to extend the
scope of the gintefstate com
mission. If tile commission were EN-
powered to piNteft and did protect the
investors of railroads from reckless
mismanagement 6f their property, there
is no question HAT railway receiver
ships would benfawer. Every bankrupt
railroad is a n%!Sntgfnent to either waste
full construction t~Extravagant operation
or manipulation chat could have been
prevented if 2BSwsr TO interfere were
lodged in feagAeSsq executive officers of
the general government.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

Information is herewith given in reply
to n request from Columbus that the
main aust of the insurrection in Cuba
is the intolerable tyranny and Oppres-
sion of HE Spanish government. from
which there was no promise of relief.
The Cuban people have always been
subjected to II more or less despotic
military rule, while they have been
mercilessly taxed by the Spanish gov
eminent. When the last insurrection
was ended Spain promised certain re-
forms in Cuba, hut she failed to carry
out the promise, except in Il few re-
spects, and repeated appeals to the
Spanish government to keep faith with
the Cuban people were futile. Besides
these incentives to rebellion there is Il
very strong republican sentiment in the
island, which will be satisfied with
nothing short of self-government.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
Government Ownership.

The telephone monopoly has struck hands
with the Western Union, and the latter com
pany refuses to afford facilities to rival tele-
phone companies. This will produce a tenn
porary inconvenience in some sections, but
will also accomplish a great deal of good by
directing public attention to the desirability
of the government controlling and operating
the telegraph lines in the United States.
Such an acquisition is doubly desirable be-
cause the successful operation of the tele-
graph by the government would educate pub
lie opinion so that it would soon favor govern
ment ownership of railroads.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
THE oLD-FAsHIoNED KIND.

Chicago Record.
We nave ethical societies,
Pink teas and dress %soirees,
And several varieties
OF social matinees,
Where cultured people congregate
And TAX about the mind"
But where are all the functions of
The good old-fashioned kind?
We have aides licked with ostrich plumes.
Lorgnettes and old point lace,
And some parade our drawinB-rooms
Whose clothes seem out of place.
They all look young and beautiful;
And yet, we hardly find
The quiet, charming ladies' of,
The good old-fashioned kind.
Among our politicians there
Are many worthy men.
who would not steal a dollar where
They could as well steal ten;
But, still we long to see the days
When brides will be declined,
And all our statesmen will be or
The good old-fashioned kind.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

II bill to convert Fort Omaha into n
state military training school now pend
ing in the senate committee on military
affairs. having passed the house. must
not be lost sight of by the Nebraska
delegation in congress. The great west
needs just such an institution where
its youth can secure instruction in mill
tary discipline and tactics and there is
no filter site for a military training
school in the whole United States.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
Law. but Not Equity.

The supreme court has decided the Stan
ford case in favor of the defendant. There
fore the government will not recover from
the Stanford estate nor from the estate of
any Of his associates a solitary cent toward
the payment of the bonds Issued in aid of the
Central Pacific. The court holds that there
Is no individual liability on the part Of the
stockholders. This must be the law, for the
court says so. But it Is not equity. Those
stockholders MIXED the road to accumulate
fortunes for themselves. They drained 1t so
dry that 1t could not pay its debts to the
government. Therefore they should have
been compelled to disgorge. But the supreme
court says otherwise, and that ends the mat
for
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

Like the massacre at Port Arthur, the
slaughter of the Italians in Abyssinia
becomes more serious with each Sue
cessive report from the scene of
carnage. In both Instances the dis
patch writers have acted on the theory
that the public had to be prepared for
the startling truth by being led up to it
with partial information.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

In assigning the various southern dele
cations to the different candidates for
presidential nominations it may be well
te remember that he choice of n south
ern delegate at the time he is chosen
Is not always the same as his choice at
the time his vote Is east In convention.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

"Wul we meet the comet?'' asks an
inquisitive writer in one of our worthy
contemporaries. The answer must, we
suppose, depend entirely upon which
place we expect to go to when the time
for departure from this earth shall ar
riyn
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

Strange that it is just the states in
which the republicans accomplish the
least for their party that they have the
biggest controversies over representation
in the national convention and the most
numerous deuble-header delegations.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

President Cleveland still insists that
he can do all his talking by himself
and that when he gets ready TO express
his views OIL the Cuban situation he
will do so without an interpreter. Seven
years of Grover ought TO have impressed
this point on the public beyond the
need of iteration and reiteration.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

Congpessman Mercer has been given
a place on the executive committee OF
the congressional campaign committee
which will be expected to exercise a gen
eral supervision over republican for
tunes in the different congressional dis
tricts. Mr.. MERGERS position on this
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

Russell Sage may as well settle now
with Laidlaw, the man who stood be-
tween him and the bo~mb-thrower. and
thank his stars that he was able to get
off with nothing more than n small
fracture in his money pile.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

DR.. Nansen might with propriety fol-
low the custom in vogue in college cane
rushes and have the north pole sawed
up into small pieces for distribution
among his friends, to be worn by them
as souvenir watch charms.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

Thu repeal of the clause in the tariff
law that provides for free alcohol i'll the
arts must not be expected to work any
change In The status of free drinks dur
Ing the campaign.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

There will lie ~ great deal of paper
and a great many pencils used up be-
tween now and June figuring out what
will be shown on the first ballot In the
republican national convention. AS
there is automatically n practically in
definite number of combinations posi-
BILE, it is safe TO say that the man who
had il all figured out will none the less
be u mighty scarce quantity.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

If the Christian Crusade and the Sal
walton Army will only direct their fire
against the common evils of our great
cities and the pitfalls which beset the
poor instead of against II another
they may find that there Is room for
both Of them to work without clashing.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

No one will fully appreciate the posi-
bilities of the new Roentgen process of
photography until 1t is brought to bear
upon those two stellar attractions of
every well-ordered dime ~museum-the
ossifed man and the India-rubber girl.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

Coils r.. Huntington asserts that the
men who constructed the Pacific rail
roads got no more out of the job than
the statutes allowed. They certainly
got all there was to be got. The trouble
is that, according to H%untington's in
depreciation of the law, they We're en-
titled to everything In sight and Il mort
gage on posterity In the bargain.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
Mind Your own Business.

The United States senate finds plenty of
time to attend to the affairs of other nations.
but seems incompetent to deal with our own.
Strong as popular feeling is concerning the
Armenian outrages and the insurrection in
the people would be far better pleased
If the senate had legislated to increase the
revenues of the government instead Of adopt
ing resolutions of sympathy on the other
crhiocto
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

committee, where he can he Of no in
significant benefit to nearly all Of his
associates who may stand for rc.eloc.
ton, ought 10 help him materially In
promoting his Legislative bills affecting
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

Have you ever noticed how many of
this years presidential possibilities
commence their names with the letter
NJ? Henderson, Mckinley. the two
Mortons, Matthews, Morrison.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

1t is safe to say that the New York
minister who attacked the coal combine
from his pulpit has no coal barons in his
congregation, or If he has he will not
keep them among his p%arishioners much
longer.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
Let Him MonOpoIize the Snnp.

When a stranger comes to you with a
scheme by which he assures you you can
make a lot Of money, IL is generally safe to
tell him that you cannot bring yourself to
deprive him of the opportunity of making it
himself.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

John L.. Sullivan still claims to be
champion of the world. By all means
let his claim be allowed. The world
can't have too many champions, and if
admitting the claims of everybody will
no one should stop at Il little concession
like that.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

If New York society is now crazy over
a cat show, we need not be surprised
TO hear that it's next fad will be boot
jacks. Bootiacks proverbially follow
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

NHTVHSu NcVDTU.
II ought to be an immense boon to several
thousand Armenians now threatened with
slaughter to learn that the House of Com
mons has passed some more resolutions of
sympathy and condolence.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

Italy would like mighty mucl, to have
Uncle Sam hand some of his surplus
bond bids over to II for the purpose of
helping It out Of its financial predica-
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

And according to some Of the most
authoritative historians, Rome once
ruled the world.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
AND ART.

Detroit Free Press.
"How beautiful is nature"
She murmured as they stood
And watched the glowing sunset
In sentimental mood.
eyes. love-" he softly answered,
In tones hat thrilled her through
While scanning her complexion;
But art is lovely tool"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08

Less deductions for unsold ard returned -,
copies O"'
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cncc this ID day % March. 1896.
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Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
IDYLs.

Somerville Journal: Marie-When are you
going to be married--at high noon?
Estelle-No. George said he thought II
would be better for us TO be married at high
3 p. M
Washington Star: EVERY man should
give his wife n regular and LIBERAL allow
ance," he said, righteously.
Yes was the reply. at gives q man
days"
Detroit Tribune: Can I ever wear 1t
out?' he fa.tered. His eyes filled with
tears. Nor he sighed. "Ah, nor Thus
it CHANGED that he gave his wife a great
talk to the effect that the necktie She had
given him was too scared to be worn any
where except in the privacy of their home.
Judge: Mr.. Hardtack-Well, what we
want is a night Waterman that'l watch.
Alert and on the qui vlve for the slightest
noise, or indications Of burglars. Somebody
that can sleep with one eye and both ears
open, and not be afraid to tackle anything,
see?
Moso Jackson dremulously)- 1 see, boss.
I'll send nah wife around. 'tiH
Omaha daily bee., 1896-03-08
rArrNENr or CALCULATION.

VF NITF'-NT ~ ~
CAorre n. 1,schueit. secretary ~ The Rec rub-
company. being duly sworn. says tnat ,ne
Ictuai nuribcr OF full and complete copies OF tns
balls Morning. Evening and SUNDAY Bee printer
lnring The month Of rebrlary. 1896. was ns lol-
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-30
LOCOMOTIVE NOMENCLATURE.
1t Has Under Gone u Great Change
Within 25 Years.

A New London, Conn, correspondent
writes: Within the past twenty-five
years the nomenclature of locomotives
has undergone great change. The
old-fashioned way of naming them af-
ter persons and places is now obsolete.
During the war and for several years
afterward one we'll remembers the bell
top smokestack engines, and on va
rious roads in Connecticut and Massa-
chusetts these were named after some
director or the president Of the road.
Some of the well-remembered names
were Henry p. Haven" Charles Os-
good" Bentley" and Colt" Among
the town names used a. quarter of a
century ago We're "Monson," stat
ford" Palmer" "Attawaugan,"
"Wauregan," "Uncas," New London"
"Groton," "Stonington," and Web
ster" Numbers now have superseded
these names, and it is hard to find a
railroad that has not dropped the old
nomenclature. The old-fashioned way
was to put the name of the engine on
the sides of the cab, but the modern
numbers are placed not only on the
cab, but on the front Of the locomo-
tive,
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-09-30
DUNMORE.

One of the prettiest and most charm
ing dramas that has been produced py
an amateur company was ANITA >
Trial" which was given in Manley =
hall last evening, under the auspices
of the st. Agnes Guild. With so much
ease and grace did all the company
execute their different parts that on
several occasions the vast audience
could hardly restrain their entnusi-
asm. Anna Oliver as Anita, the ltai.
ian waif, captured the sympathies OF
the audience, in her extreme devotion
TO right and hatred of shams, whilst
Martha Matthews as Mrs. Deacon PIP
pin, elected much applause. the spe-
cial scenic effects were beautiful ana
were under the direction of +. j. Rlch-
ards, electrician, of Scranton. Ihey
have been asked to repeat 1t, Wnlch
they will do, in a few weeks time.
Miss Emma Rosenkranz, of Pittston.
is the g>st of Mr.. and Mrs. John Cor
dee, of Blakely street.
Box 81 was sounded yesterday after
noon at 4.30. calling out the lndepend-
ent, John b. Smith and Neptune 1ire
companies, to a slight blaze on Pine
street. caused by the burning OF
small italian shanty. Their services
were not required, however, as the fire
WAS quiChy eA'"S o'"iSN ~ "
brigade.
All the arc lights in the central part
of the town were extinguished for q
few hours last night.
The members of the Y. NJ I. are re-
uuested to meet at their rooms on Fri
day evening to reorganize their literary
and debating society.
Colonel r. L. Hitchcock addressed a
large meeting of the Sixth ward Re-
publican club at their quarters on
Tripp street Monday evening. his lee
ture being listened to very attentiVely.
A Mr.. Williams caused endless amount
of amusement by trying to dispute
Mr.. Hitchcock in the course of his
speech.
a large crowd of young people Of
this borough held most enjoyable
picnic in Taylor's woods yesterday, all
seeming to have thoroughly enjoyed
themselves.
Stuart Pace, of Webster avenue, who
had his foot severely burned a few
weeks ago. Is able to get around a little
with the aid of Il cane.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Schrler, of No.
6, have gone to spend q few days with
friends in Bradford.
The Misses Jennie Williams and Bes-
sic Craig, of Peckville. are the guests
of Mr. and Mrs. George Englert Of
Butler street.
Caroline V. Dorsey, teacher of elo-
cution. and Arthur l.. Dorsey, comedi-
an. dialect reciter and impersonater,
will give an entertainment in Boyles
hall on Thursday evening, October /.
Rev. +. j, McArdle and Rev. NJ. ].
Smith, of Philadelphia, We're the guests
of Rev. Father Donlan last week.