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Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14
ONERmENn WIRES.
Their Abolition Mailing Progress In
Several cities.

The decision Of the Metropolitan Traction
company of New York TO adopt the under
ground trolley system on It's Fourth, Mad
ison, Sixth and Eighth avenue lines is graft
flying news to those who have been waging
war on the overhead trolley in various parts
of the country,
The Metropolitan company has expended
over 100000 in improving the underground
trolley system 1t has also experimental
with compressed air motors. Its final de-
termination 60 adopt the underground trolley
on an extended scale in the equipment of
important lines in the spring may be taken
as unassalablo proof that this form OF traC-
tion is a practicable possibility in this
climate. and that the claims Of corporations,
when seeking franchises, to the effect that
1t presents insuperable mechanical obstacles
to perfect locomotion are unfoundcd
The two chief objections urged against
this form of traction by railway companies
are the great expense involved in the con-
struCtiun of the conduit and In the necessary
excavations and the difficulties in the way
of operating the system In severe winter
weather
The Metropolitan company claims. how
ever that by the use of an Improved yoke
IL is able to put down the line with less
than half the excavation necessary for the
cable system. 1t is claimed that it costs
about SIPS 600 a mile to put down the cable
road, while the underground electric can
be put down for $4,000 per mile
The difficulty that comes from snow in
the winter is obviated by constant sweep
ing, and it is claimed that 1t is as easy to
keep clean as the ordinary cable conduit.
The use of the underground trolley on
such a large scale is certain to give a
marked impetus to the crusade against
overhead wires of every description The
city of indianapolis was among the first
cities to compel the placing Of wires, tele-
phone and electric, underground, and the
work which Is now urIler construction
is the most important Of that character
that has been inaugurated The time must
surely come when not only the dangerous
and ursighty overhead trolley must be
placed underground, but all overhead wires
of every description will have to be placed
in subterranean conduits.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14
BHM MONDAY. DECEMBER il, 1896.

always manage to have their interests
looked after 10y some one ON the in
side. while the taxpayers are left in
ignorance Of the raid that is being made
upon them.
If any members of the legislative
delegation flom this county imagine
that the charter is to be revised solely
with Il view to creating political capital
for the party that happens to have the
majority in that body they will find
that they are greatly mistaken. Lcgis.
lating officials out Of office for the sake
Of economy because there is not work
enough for them to do is one thing and
lcgiSlating officials out of office simply
to give political opponents an oppor-
tunity to scramble for the places
vacated is another. Rather than To
have the charter mutilatcd Cor political
ends the people Of Omaha will prefer
10 put up indefinitely with the present
municipal machinery.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14
THE HILTON FIAsCo.

David City Press: The state of Nebraska
mover wins a suit against a treasury-loOter.
No jury can be empanelled in Lancaster
county that will convict a man who plum
dcrs the state treasury. The case brought
against eX-Oil Inspector Hilton Is the latest
instance recorded.
Columbus Telegram The jury in the case
Of eS-Chiof Oil Inspector Hilton, whose
bcndsmon were being sued by the state to
recover $4,000 fees collected by Hilton while
a republican oficehOlder, could not agree on
a verdict. The bOndsmen viii probably never
have to pay. Stealing from the state has
never been considered much Of a crime by
the party Mr. Hilton used to belong to-
Minden Gazette: The case Of the state
against CX-Oil Inspector Hilton is receiving
the attention of the courts at Lincoln this
week Hilton refused to turn over foC8 OF
his Office to the state and the state has ,ued
for them 1t is to be hoped he will have to
cough up" From the testimony given In
the case our law providing for state oil in
3pCction Is nothing but a blooming farce,
and II should either be made OF some ac-
count or abolished.
Hastings Democrat: The district court Of
Lancaster county and jury couldn't find heart
TO sick eX-statc oil Inspector Hilton. While
he held the Office he collected some s. 600
in fees which he never turned over to the
state. lie was sued but the jury d!1agreed
upon some trliling matter, though there was
no doubt about the money being collected
and not turned over Let us hope that men
IN authority viii not permit such rascality
in the future.
Plattsmouth News: Another legal farce
has been enacted at Lincoln Suit was
brought by the state OF Nebraska against
the bondsmen of Oil Inspector Hilton for the
sum OF $4,000 which Hilton had kept that
belonged to the state The testimony was
sufficient to convince an ordinary individual
that Judgment ought to have been promptly
rendered against Mr.. Hilton and his bonds
men. After the jury had been out twenty
four hours on the case, the Jurors finally
came into court and declared they could not
agree-eght standing in favor Of the states
claim and four holding out for Hilton. Lin
coin courts already have an unsayOry repu-
tatlon In the state, and this Hilton suit viii
in no wise lessen 1t.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14
THE ToTTERING TRUSTS.
Speed Their Destruction with cf-
fcctiVc IcGiSlntiOn.
St Louis Globe Democrat.

Tho roct thot tho Ressener stoel pooI Is IN
straits ana that the Window Glass trust il
| gninp IN ,,ierrs coupIad with the further fact
| fbot thc Wire Nail trTst collansed recently
| ana mai other aggregations of the same order
wrrn wrecked earlier i'm the present wear.
prove that. contrary to the popular notion. the
combines" have their viciEsitudcs of fortune
| like all other forms of business enterprise
RaDacity. which was the melting cause in the
| creation OF most of the pools has already
! proved the undoing of many of them. and
| their overthrow from this cause even If the
law were not to intervene, would end the
! career OF others still apparently in flourish
ing condition Through the greed which i'm
pels them to force up prices until outside
competition necessarily presents itself, the
trusts contain in themselves the seeds OF
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14

price OF It as compared with figures under
the Tammany administration. IL gets ,
attccn-years guarantee with the paving
There was no Indian war last year. yet the
troops in Arizona and New Mexico marched
g., ,4j1 miles In pursuit OF the Apachcs,
A Wisconsin lodge has been bcqucathcd
$1,000, with the stipulation that once every
year It's members drink two kegs Of beer
at one sitting. Up to date the lodge has
not found IL necessary 20 order a new lot
of withdrawal cards,
\ most interesting prodigy has been dis
covered In Alphonsc Nclis, a blind lad who
is an inmate OF an asylum near Mons. in Rel
gium He was given instruction iu music
three years ago and now az the age Of II,
he has composed Il mass that is to be pub
liCly performed.
Mrs, Barney narnato wife OF the fairy
tale millionaire OF South Africa, literally
blaZos with jewels. She has some Of the
most superb diamonds that ever da22lcd the
eyes OF London and with pathetic nOuyCau
richie display she wears nearly every gem
she possesses at one and the same time.
General Wade Hampton has been Obliged
TO abandon for a while his duties at Wash
ington as member Of the railroad commits
sion and is now at his old home in Colum-
bia, s. c., trying by the aid Of rest and quiet
to get the better Of renewed troubles from
which he has been suffering lately. resulting
from the amputation of his leg many years
ago.
Harry Waldhy. a bank cashier Of Adrian,
Mich, keeps many cats in his barn. When
asked why he did this he said: when get
up in the morning and things so wrong with
the hired girl and the children and the house
hold generally | don't scold and storm. l
just grab an aN and 20 out to the barn and
kill a cat
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14
1TfE IRRIGATiOv CONGRESS-

Some revival of interest in the mpor-
tant question of irrigation is to be ex-
pccted from the deliberations of the
irrigation congress soon to meet at
Phoenix Ariz. Whether what shall be
done by this congress will have any
better results than the action of pre-
ceding congresses is problcmatical. but
in any event it will serve TO stimulate
interest in Il subject that is universally
admitted to be of great concern TO the
country and particularly to the west.
The question of the reclamation of the
arid lands grows in importance as the
area Of the public domain dimmiShes
and it will command increasing atten-
ton until n wise and comprehensive
policy with respect to the arid region il
settled upon.
There are 5OO.OOO.OOO acres of arid
lands and the secretary of the interior
states that it is assumed by persons
familiar with the subject that about 1OO.-
OOOOOO acres might b. reclaimed by the
most conservative use of the water and
by the judCiOuS selection Of the lands to
be irrigated The secretary directs at
tcntion to the defects of the Carey act
providing for donating arid lands to the
states. conditioned upon their rcclama-
tion and settlement. and expresses the
belief that the bill now pending before
congress, amendatory of the Carey act
will remedy the defects pointed out
The report of the secretary of the in
terror says: "When II is considered that
five-siXthS of the vacant public lands lie
within n region where the rainfall is
not sufficient to produce agricultural
crops without artificial irrigation. that
II comparatively small per cent of this
territory can be utilized by reason of
the limited supply of the water subject
to control. and that existing laws ar,
ineffective to secure the reclamation of
the lands susceptible of irrigation. the
demand for congressional action comes
to Us with Irresistible force" Tho sc.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14
No SrlR culMRER cnlRrgR.ulCIy.i

no STAR CHIMBER CHIRTER-MIETYI
Has the Douglas delegation. or rather
The popocmtic part of it, the ncw city
charter mp its sleeve? The people OF
Omaha would like to know what
changes are to be proposed in their
municipal government some time be-
fore the legislature acts upOn the
charter bin. They have already had
TOO much sad experience with eleventh
hour secret charter tinkernG. The
work OF revision should be done out
in the open and subject TO the discus
sion and criticism of the public.
No star chamber charter-making can
be satisfactory TO the people this year.
1t is nothing less than an invitation for
the contractors and corporations and
taN-eatcrs generally TO pun the strings
ON legislators while it keeps the prop
erty owners who foot the bills com
p!etely in the dark. The tax-shirkers
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14

one of the very next things in order in
congress Will be Il sanitary commission
to inquire into the abnormal and inCreaS-
ing mortality of senate and house bills
The bills that survive the ills that beSrt
them in the infant stage are so few and
far between that they are the exception
rather than the rule Unless something
is done to prevent the bringing of so
many bills into the congressional world
bills that are but born to dir-or to
prolong their life upon earth after they
have once been set loose, the regulations
of the congressional doctors will be for
ever blasted.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14

state TraSurer-clect Mcscrvc has the
reputation of being an honest man. So
far as we know there is no disposition
to dis'rcdit or cmbarrass him in his cr-
fort to secure the sufficient bond required
10y law from the state treasurer before
he can assume control of the state
funds. ON the contrary, the people of
Nebraska, irrespective of party, will be
glad to have him secure bond which
the governor can ConscicntiOuSly ap-
prove. 1t is, however. Il matter of very
serious concern to the people of Ne
braSka that Mr.. McScrvC shall not he
come Il party to any arrangement that
will prevent Il full turning over of the
cash in the treasury and stop forever the
Illegal farming of the states money as
private speculation. 1t would he unfor-
tunatc. indeed, if the new state treas
urer should, in order to secure sigma
lures to his bond. enter into any compact
which would obligate him to become
mere tool of the old Notwithstanding
ring or. worse STILL to make him the
silent partner of bank wrcckcrs and
wrecked bankers.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14

Murat Halstcad is nothing if not er-
ratio. During the war he scored Lincoln
for being too slow in supprcssng the re-
bcllion and after the war he scored
Grant for being too fast in trying to an
mex san Domingo. Saturday he de
livered lecture at Evanston, H.. in
which he declared himself in favor of
the annexation of Cuba the Hawaiian
islands, Iceland and of other islands.
The next thing we will hear will be Hal
stead clamoring for the annexation of
Patagonia and the south pole.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14

congressman In that county In the recent
election The republican vote was cast for
Hon, J. Iost, but the election officers In sew
eral precincts returned It az being cast for
Hon. Jacob Yost On this slight technicahty
the state board Of clnvasscrs Governor
O'Fcrrall alone dissenting, deprived MIR Nost
Of the votes returned by the election officers
for Jacob Yost aud awarded the certificate Of
election to MIR, H. u. Flood, the democratic
nominee, The latter promptly declined to
ACCEPT certificate based on this techui,lllty
and the court Of appeals now orders proceed
iugs which will secure TO Mr.. Yost his GER
tiacate Of election and thus avoids a contest
before congress. Thus the will oe the ncp-
pie Is vindicated by the highest court OF the
state and the congressman Of their choice
will take the seat to which he is entitled.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14
Personal AID OTHERWISE.

Harry A. Garfield, son Of the late prosi-
dent, is being doomed for mayor OF Cleye-
land.
Gayornor-elect Tanner OF Illinois is cred
lied with the ability to say NO in 900 or
1900 different ways And yet they do say his
marriage engagement was a leap year pro-
posal.
Contributions for the memorial statue to
be erected at Rugby In honor Of the author
Of tom Browns School Days" are coming
In with surprising rapidity, Already 1860
has been raised
The Tooth anniversary Of SChuberts death
Is TO be celebrated In Vienna with consid-
erable splondor search for relics Of the
composer brings to light the fact that at his
death his entire effects were officially valued
at less than Sl5,
New York City has paved thirty five miles
Of streets with sheet asphalt Since January
/. and claims TO have saved $685. ,0SO on the
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14

The project for the erection by the fed
cral government of huge water storage
reservoirs among the mountains of Colo
RADIO in order that the untold quantities
OF water which run to waste in the
spring may he utilized in irrigation is
big with promise for the agricultural
future of that state. The preliminary
surveys to this end will be in the com
petent hands of Captain II. NJ. Chitten-
den of the corps of engineers. who for
merly had charge of the improvements
TO the Missouri river ut this point
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14
SUGGESTIVE AND sEAsoNAnLE.
Timely Hints in Rhyme, Run In for
Convenience.
Bgst,n Alvprtispr


Up from the mind at break Of day. caus-
ing to each woman fresh dismay the thought
coU6s. wTinlllng each feminine brow that
CHRISTMAS shopping should be done now. No
need to wait for the frantic rush. the ruior
shove AMI the angry push that wreck the
temper and cause dismay to those who wait
til the very last day: no need to wait for
the frerzied fight that Charts at dawn and
lests till night when shoppers torn and In
tears do gr.eye that they put off shopping till
Christmas eve. The wiser woman thinks OF
that fray with Christmas fully two weeks
away.
The shoppers who shop at their leisure
know the best the well filled counters show.
Tho crowd at present Is not so thick and
they who go early may take their nick The
stock Is larger and spotless, too untouched
by the eager, struggling crew who are vet
to come in tumultuous group, a pushing
and Irresistible troop. So the wiser woman
resolves at once that this year at least she
Hlll not be a Ounce; she will make out her
list and viii quickly get to the downtown
Stores e'er the sun has set. She will do
her shopping with loisuYely case and viii
S'aishtway go where'er she may please:
md all will be done in a single day with
Christmas fully two weeks away.
OF all the mad words that mankind doth
know. the maddcst are these: Il told you
ao!' Yet the chances are that two weeks
from now with tired muscles and feyerish
brow, We'll see in tho thlcSCst OF the fray
lut woman VINO Sali she would shop today;
for good resolves like those "bon-bons" gay.
are made TO be broken. philosophers saw
To-Day seems so short and tomorrow so near.
that one surely forgcts the former fear.
tin she wakes to find that her leisures
done and the Christmas rush" has at last
begun. And then with regret ana contr-
ton loud she finds herself in the swaying
crowd and fights her way through the
store just as she's done each
year before. Each year its the same, tho
each year she says Nay, II shop now
while Christmas Is two weeks away"
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14

The activity of the PoStoilice depart
ment in issuing fraud orders against
swim Z; concerns that use the mails
IN the transaction of their business will
have the approval of all good citizens.
1t is propnbly II hopeless task to pre-
vent gulllbles from throwing their
money away on all sorts of fraudulent
schemes, but the government can not
be expected to cooperate with the
swindlers by countenancing the use OF
the mails by them.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14
The address of County clerk Rcdfcli

The address of County Clerk Rcdffeli
c.nccrning he revenue laws of Nebraska
which was read before the state com
miSSioherS and supervisors at Lin
coin, is worthy of careful attep-
tion. While all Mr.. Rediield'S recon-
mcndationS may not be practicable Mt
the present time, there can be no doubt
that the reforms he suggests would
greatly increase the efficacy of the laws
relating 10 taxation
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14
rnrr ADVICE ron hncrsLAruup

| Norfolk Journal TCpG II the new Ne
! arlska legislature makes no bad breaks there
! viii he no trouble about the credit OF the
state.
Wlsucr Chronicle Tepl: One OF the things
! -bot Tho ucxt legislature will certainly at.
! tend TO is tho revision OF the state oil In.
spcction law,
| Isru,rto, 1or,,,i rc,N. Tho Australian
! b,ilnt law of tbis 't,fc nc,1s Nncrironiziur
trac. just now there is too much specu-
! lanon on ths result OF a mans effort to
| vote there being too many ways by which
! the ballot can be rendered illegal
| stanton IIrl,cf ,rcnl. Eighty seven pf the
! I3g l,rislsiors M N,brasko arc honest filters
of the soil u,t inst orriruliurtsts Now =
Nebraska iarmrns don't ask for what thcy
want ana rct IL. too who is TO blame but
themselves?
Tobine Gazette rsoN. II tho rpombens Of
the Ncbrasl.o Icsjsioturc don't mako fonls nj
thems,lycs T,an Who have rssb tn Loan viii
send If IN Nrbrnsi,, ~ jnvest ~ tbc iccis.
turc should enact laws that would be Of the
Kansas order. il would be some time before
we would recover from tbr effects of nor
niviuus legislation
Crcightop N,,ys ,rcnN. No r,bli, fu,as
sboulj n, a,p.rl,d Va, ,r, NH, i,,ts,a
turr unless ohsolutaIy ,ssrnti,I Co.., mo ,,rcs
r4ritv nf IN, s,,tS M ,,li ~, ~, -,
foo much Bu,in, mo rast 5cn, ,,o,r., rr,,,,
Gp,urial .rlE,l,r1sy,,,,,, ~, i,, ,y,j ,,,,T
tho pcrre.s,.y, rr,rircr,,nts ~ nn oooro,,,i
a.lrninis,r,ti,, ~ 80 ave VI "'' '''"0'''
nj, ,,.,,
Loo. .i,,..'" .'" H'p,, we uvI'oNo 'hc N'nrasha
l,,,.s ,1,,,, NV, yn"!Hu uuI tI't'Iuh
hotter ,yny nv ,.,i ,U"S % sSS,u,n Is a tuuVu uuVu
arc NOT IiSbIc w hn al" 81 ,.,"LE % nils'INIS %
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14

Patriotism is defined us devotion to
country. The highest patriotism there
fore is devotion to the preservation of
The union without expectation of reward
in the shape of rcmuucrativc public
patronage. There were thousands upon
thousands of patriots who stood up for
sound money ana the national honor who
do not want an office in recognition of
their services.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14
Notnhlr Chnnmc nf Tmnc.

IWTTNTIUUU0 IUUINHI.
The survivors Of the late Bryan party who
met in this city recently had not a word
10 say in favor Of free silver at Is to ." anu
the "crime OF 1873" was not oven men
tened. The talk was All of "bnetallsm 4"
7rd the advocates OF sound money were re-
ferrel To as "munomotalllsta" These is-
ncrant persons evidently know thcy have
been badly whipped and have got to change
their line Cf battle but II il equally eyldeEt
that they do not know what bimsallsm
means. They repre'ent a very discouraglns
kind OF illiteracy.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14

The house Of representatives. IS stlll
passing private relief bills to pay people
for property said to have been used or
taken by union troops during the war.
Anybody who had such a claim against
an individual and failed to press II for
payment within reasonable time would
have been barred long ago by the statute
OF limitations. Yet congress keeps ON
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14

mo man can tell what this congress
will do between now ana the lth of
March is the wise remark of one of
our national solonS in response to ques-
tion as TO the probable fate of the pub
lie building appropriation bills reported
to the house last week. Nobody can tell,
but the chances of the public building
bills are aS good and better than those
of most other bills on the calendar.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14

wasting titeSsnd money on claims over
30 years @iiAyhose Justice or inius.
ticc could moi. bN established at this day
by any covAlpSivc evidence. These pri-
vatc relief bills stand on par with the
diSgraccfuls Legislation removing the
charge of dSsNftion from bounty jumpers
and runaway soldiers.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14

DpckS......

Take to water so are parents
taking advantage of our great
opportunity sale in the chiIdren's
department. Yesterday we had
a rush that tested our capacity to
its utmost, and still we failed to
sell all of the bargains adyCr-
tisel = two piece Suits, Kits,
OyerCoats, listers, Shirt Waists,
ETC., and all odd articles were
included in this special sale.
We are going to continue it as
long as an article remains, which
won't BE- long. So don't wait
till the last momcnt-Comc early
before they are all picked owe!
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14

The political fishing excursion con-
Quoted under the guise of n contest by
the defeated fusion candidates for the
legislature has not been very successful
so far. All the popocrats want to know
is how the republicans carried ON their
side of the national campaign This has
no more to do with the election of mem.
bers of the legislature than ii has with
the election of Transmlssisslpp Expo
sltlon officers.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14
Good Example of citizenship.

BENJAMIN Harrison prefers to WELD to
Influence Of highly respected private cit;-
T'n rather than to assume the rcep0nslbiiity
ard the labor OF Office, 50 he refuses to b
2 candidate for senator from Indiana Mr..
Harrison IL Just the kind Of man who ia
needed in the senate; but, then, he Is juy. the
kind of man who Is needed to set an ex- x-mrle
Of high grade private citizenship, too, and
he does II admirably.
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14
prodLinm Tic Kniscr.
sprLneaMI RcpuhLIean.

Tho administration is playing a very good
hand at GIrlCm 'Gy II its acticn In reimpostls
Z mage dutie1 on vessels from German perll
was dictated BIZ purpose 10 draw cor cos
p.ono from ccIn,ny for our meat pr1duc.a
and l!sa igsrriggP companies. The Garm7"
Idoa lf diulgmacy lis very largely that Of
simple barter ana or government will be
much moro lECiya TO get something from
the ka.oer If tho kaisor wants something
Omaha daily bee., 1896-12-14

with the whole of block Sc covered
with II structure in keeping with the
present Sixteenth street front Omaha
will have federal building which will
be credit to the city, to the government
which erects it, and to the representative
In congress through whose efforts it has
been secured.