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Daily camera., 1897-05-04
Onion sets-C0ulehan's.
Use Prof. Fields worm powders. A
single trial proves their worth.

THE DENVER BUSINESS COL
LEGE, Cor. 18TH and California, quail
6es students for positions in either Snort
hand or Bookkeeping in 10 weeks, books
free, positions secured when competent.
Students now in positions IN the above
branches after 7 weeks attendance, hav-
ing had no previous knowledge of either
References given. Tuition, first month
$40, sS per month thereafter Shorthand
students qualified for POSITIONS for SIS.
Book keeping SI8. Books free.
Daily camera., 1897-05-04

The finest cigar on the market-the
Elite.
Daily camera., 1897-05-04
Go 10 Parker & Wills for mine supplies.
Roses and Carnations at Fonda's.

PERsoNAL-The gentleman who an
noyed the congregation last Sunday by
continually coughing will find instant re-
lief by using One Minute Cough Cure,
speedy and harmless remedy for throat
and lung troubles. Parlor Drug Store.
Daily camera., 1897-05-04
TREASURY DEPARTMENT.

Everything in cut flowers at Fonda's.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06
THE OMAHA DAILY BEEF WEDNESDAY, JANUARY g. 1897.

so great last year as the year before.
But the fact that the democratic tariff
has contributed to her welfare Is amply
attcsted in the apprehension expressed
by British manufacturers regarding the
character Of the republican tariff. They
are fearful that this may deprive them
of that large share of the American
market which they have enjoyed for the
past two years and which they had
hoped to retain for many years to come.
England is our greatest customer and
there is satisfaction in noting her pros
perity when 1t is not attained at any
cost to our own. There is one suggestion
Is connection with this prosperity that
ought to Impress itself upon the Ameri-
can people and that Is that financial
stability contributes largely to 1t. There
are no unscttling and disturbing at
tcmpts in England to change the none
tary system of the nation and thus her
trade and commerce are carried on free
from the distrust and apprehension
which periodically interfere with the
business of this country.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06
4 PROMISED MINING ROOM

There is promise of great activity in
the near future in the development of
the mineral resources Of the far west
The Denver Republican says that there
is an improving inquiry from the east for
mining investments and while caution is
being observed by those who are looking
up such investments, so that they may
be sure of what they are doing, still the
tendency 10 put money into mineral
properties is growing and that paper says
it will not be long until evidence of the
approaching boom will be so clear that
every one will see it,
There is no reason TO doubt this. The
mineral resources of the west are yet
far from being fully developed. There
are fine properties that will pay hand
some dividends for years to come. There
are undiscovered treasures which will
make those who find them wealthy. Th3
world still demands gold and it will con-
tinue to take silver in moderate guam
titles. Why, therefore, should not min
ing investments be attractive to those
who have idle capital Assuming that
our Denver contemporary has good
ground for its forecast the promise is II
welcome one. A mining boom will help
not only those states that have mineral
resources, but all the west. The capital
that will be thus invested will make IL
self felt in Nebraska as well as in Colo
radu and its benefits will BE- widespread.
All the people of the west will take n
lively interest in such an outlook.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06
POLITICAL DRIFT.
The lonesome popocratic elector in Ken
tnckv hears the royal name Of Smith.

The lonesome popocratc elector in Ken
tucky bears the royal name Of Smith.
The new provision OF the amended consti
tuition of New York state, prohibiting the
employment Of convlcts on contract work
except for state institutions, went into eff
feet ON the 1st inst.
1t is estimated that Ohio has IL 600 ac-
tive patriots anxious to serve their country
under n commission from President McKin-
ley It takes pretty lowdown temperature
to chill the ardor Of loyal Buckeyes.
The Sound Money League of Virginia has
sent to prominent republicans all over the
state circular letter suggesting n union OF
all republicans and sound money democrats
in an effort to carry Virginia in the state
election this year.
There we're nearly 5000 prohibition votes
cast by Kentucky at the recent election The
New England states have become, as the
returns show, the best recruiting ground for
the socialists. They poled 2,ll4 votes In
Massachusetts,, 1928 in Connecticut and 55S
in Rhode Island
A branch has been organized in Minnesota
OF the National League of Fourth-Claas Post
masters. The announced purposes of the
league are Improvement of the general con
ditions that surround these offices. and ulti
mately the extension of the civil service to
include them, making merit the qualihca-
tlon for offceholding and filling vacancies
by examination.
inc fthiSylNahla ieEiSIatuie' uPoh "hiNh
will devolye the election Of successor to
Don Cameron in the United States senate,
is composed OF 215 republicans and 80 demo
Gratis The Albany legislature, upon which
viii devolve the election OF a successor to
David B. Hill in the United States senate
will consist, on joint ballot, OF 151 repub
llcans and 40 democrats,
In the present house of representatives, ac-
cordlng TO the classification OF the clerk,
there ere twelve populists, fifteen fusionists
and three sllyerites, total OF thirty repre-
sentatiyes OF organizations supporting Bryan
at the recent election. against 12i straight
democrats, as they are called The straight
democratic vote so called, at the resent e'ec-
ton was about 6OO0OOO and the outside or
ganlzatlons poled collectively about one
twelfth az many though they have one-hfth
OF the representation In congress.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
Conditions Favorable for steady Inn
provcment During the Year.


prOycmeDt During the Year.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
At the beginning of new year the field
belongs to the cptimist. Whatever clouds
may have darkened the horizon in the year
Just ended always appear to be on the point
of breaking when its successor comes in.
1t is the season when the bright side OF
things is the only side which presents itself,
This is particularly true In the world OF
business, and the present moment is time
when the hopeful mood is apt to assert
itself with especial force The year just
ended was one of memorably deep financial
depression. Business failures, according to
Dun's review, numbered about 1880 for
the twelve months. which is the largest
total ever recorded in year except in 1893,
and the liabilities involved were corre-
spondingly large.
Reasoning from Inference alone, 1897
would naturally be expected to show an
Improvement on this exhibit for after the
decline in business to the low level at which
it has rested for the past three and hali
years, it would seem that a turn upward
could not be postponed much longer The
forces of reaction, which must inevitably
reveal themselves sooner or later ought to
begin to appear at an early day. Business
dellneated and visualized In graphic lines
resembles the seas surface. 1t is in
waves, the crests and troughs OF which
respectively are separated by intervals CT
approximately equal ltuSlu' hS NOuhNiy
has been in the trough of the business sea
so long that a swing toward its crest must
be near at hand.
There are also tangible and positive
reasons for assuming that the upward move
ment is nigh. The condition chiefly respon-
sibe for all the depression of 1896 peculiar
to that year has been removed. This was
the dishonest money menace which the
Chicago convention brought and which the
election ended. This particular disturbing
factor is banished for nearly four years at
least and probably forever. The present
currency system is safe from further as
saults. The continuous treasury deficits
which have been a source of uneaslness for
three years, can not last much longer, for
the congress which will end them will un-
doubtedly be called in extra session some
time in March or April, and the act pro-
yiding abundant revenue will go on the
statute book before the summer ends
OF course. the same law will also provide
the protection which the industries need,
and thus be doubly beneficial to trade.
Stocks of all sorts of goods are low, owing
to the uncertainty of the business outlook
for the past two or three years and this
will necessitate unusual activity in all
branches of industry when the upward
turn begins. The immediate prospects,
that is to say, are more favorable than they
have been for long time past Apparently
business rally which will be lasting is
not far distant. 1t is safe to predict that
the country will have started to climb out
of the financial Slough of Despond long be-
fore 1897 ends.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06
personal AVID oTnEnwIsE.

Kentucky seems TO be satisfied with its
record OF six lynchings in six days, and to
be resting on It,
Cecil Rhodes the one-man power In South
Africa has had the title OF "the bull that
separates the hghting bulls" conferred upon
him by the natives
In Mississippi they farm out the convicts
on an S,000-acrc farm and the process has
proved a profitable one, the state netting
$4,000 last year In tho operation.
It II reported that a woman in Philadelphia
who has been a kleptomantac has been per-
mancntly cured by surgical operation.
The surgeons have not yet reported the
nature Of the operation. but IL 1t simply
involves the amputation OF her fingers tho
cure is not discovery worth mentioning.
Prof. j. E. Keller, OF the Allegheny. Pa,
observatory, has been asked to assist In
testing the huge Yerkcs telescope at Lake
Geneva. Wis. Pref. Keeor has already made
important discoveries in photography
with the 13-inch refractor at the Allegheny
observatory, and what he Will do with the
iO-tnch glass. the largest in The world, Is a
question of great scientific interest.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06


In 1895 the number of homicides was TO-
500; in 1894 the number was $500, and In
1893 the number was 6,6l5. During these
three years a rapid increase was seen, Part
OF this increase was probably due 20 fuller
reports but after allowing for this the
growth in capital crimes in these three years
Is alarming. Last year the increase was
comparatively small being only 152, as COM
pared with an increase of zoo in 1895 over
1894, but the number is still far too large
for nation claiming 20 be one OF the most
enlightened in the world. 1t shows that ON
the basis of 1000 900 population in this
country each person had one chance in 6664
of being murdered The suicide summary
IS not so reCssuring, as 1t shows an increase
Cully up to the average Of four or five years
past The number Of suicides in 1896 was
6,520, as compared with $3.50 the year be-
fore, an Increase of 76l, The causes of these
suicides are classcd In the following table:
Dependency ,..... 2,9931u hcalth......,... 2SG
Unknown .......... 2,Oi2l Domestic infelcity. 262
Insane ..,.,........ i2S Disappointed love-. .,..
Liquor ............ 22iBusness osses..". lO5
Poisoning was the favorite method of
committing selfrmurder 2,565 having chosen
that means; 2466 shot themselves; 6i3
hanged themselves, 2SS cut heir threats.
siXty-four threw themselves from roofs or
windows, forty-four let railroad trains run
ever them, thirty preferred burning, nine
teen stabbed themselves, nine blew them
selves up with dynamite three starved them
himself to death. Lynchngs show a credit
able falling off, there having been 1S1 dur
ing the year, a decrease Of forty as compared
with the lynchings of 1895. This is the
smallest number of persons lynched since
1890, in which year 127 persons met death
in that way. In 1892 lynchinga reached the
highest number, 2S5 having been recorded,
Since then there has been an annual de-
crease. OF last years lynchings nine
occurred in the north and 122 in the south.
One of the persons lynched was woman
and the other 1870 were men; tifty-one were
whites and eighty colored people Louisiana
has the bad -eminence of leading in
lynChngs, twenty-five having occurred In
that state. Alabama follows with fifteen
ana then come Tennessee with fourteen,
Florida had ten lynchngs and Georgia and
Kentucky nine each The northern states
disgraced by lynchings were Colorado with
four, Illinois and Indiana with one each,
Minnesota with two and New York with
one.
The deaths in the United States during
1896 by drowning, fires, explosions, falling
buildings, mines, cyclones and storms and
lightning aggregated 7,727, and the loss OF
life by railroads was 3,O76, a decrease of
52l as compared with 1895. In summing up
the disasters of the last year the Tribune
says: "As accurately as can be estimated
1910 lives were lost on the ocean, seventy
two upon inland waters S006l by disasters
abroad, 3,076 by railroad accidents, 774l
by disasters at home, %, 676 by epidemics and
1290S0 by war and massacre, making
total loss Of 246, SAC as compared with 2I5,39l
in 1895" Such is a picture of the dark side
of 1896.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06

AS rule n great deal of valuable time
Is needlessly wasted ut the beginning OF
a legislative session simply through
tardiness in getting down to business.
Every day of the legislatures existence
costs the taxpayers SO much money and
they ought to have something to show
In return for their outlay, There is
plenty of work for the legislature. and
before that is finished II will be time to
adjourn. The quicker therefore, the
two houses proceed TO pass upon the
matters that are to be brought before
them the more will be accomplished and
the greater Will be the economy 10 the
state.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06
Sign of Moral Progress.
Chicago Tribune.

wholesome sign of improving human ma
ture appears In the record of embezzlements
for the past year. The total amount in
volved in this class of crime was 80 400.
921, while in 1895 il was $40, ,423 POS, and the
year before that s25, ,234112. This marked
decrease has taken place in spite of the
fact that the business depression In the time
has shown practically no abatement. 1t may
be that par Of the good showing is due to
the fact that the laws for the punishment
of defaulters and holders OF trust funds who
embezzle haye-becn growing more stringent
every year. CeEtslnly no effort should be
lacking to mske sthese laws as nearly per-
feet as possibles -
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06
A GOOD YEAR FOR ENGLAND

In n business way last year was good
year for England. While our national
treasury had II large deficit, the British
eXchequer had surplus, there having
been an increase from all sources of rev
onue. 1t appears that the trade of the
nation Is expanding steadily if not rap
idly. In nearly all lines of industry there
has been progress and in some lines it
has been marked. OF course there are
complaints. but on the whole the English
people seem to have done very well in
1896 and TO have entered upon the new
year in better condition than they were
n twelvemOnth ago. Even the British
farmers who have been so long in con
dition of chronic depression, were better
OF mt the end than at the beginning of
last year.
1t would be interesting to know how
much the United States had contributed
To this increased British prosperity
what proportion of II is due TO the favor
extended TO British manufacturers by
our present tariff law There can be no
question that England las derived great
benefit from this, although probably not
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06
THE sa iby SIDE OF 90.
summary and Analysis of the Crimes
of Lnst Year.

The annual summary OF murders, suicides,
lynchings, disasters and embe2zlements com
piled by the Chicago Tribune, Offers an op-
portunity to obtain glance at the shady
side OF the life Of the year just past. The
review covers the whole country for the
twelve months of 1894. and is as complete
and accurate summary on these subjects
as could be gathered from unofficial sources
1t Is encouraging to know that the figures
do not show that rapid Increase in crime
that the annual statistics of some past years
has exhibited, but the Improvement Is not
great enough to authorize the claim that
any permanent reform has begun
One of the most reassuring things brought
out by the compilation Is the fact that the
number OF murders committed in 1896 does
not show so great an increase over the
number committed in 1895 as has been the
case In past exhibits. The total number OF
homedes last year was 1862 and the
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06

The dehtb, of General Francis A.
Walker removes the foremost American
political economist General Walkers
works arc uhquestionably more widely
and more fuvorably known in scientific
circles abroad than those of any other
American writer upon economic subjects.
lie was among the founders of the Amer
lean Economic association. As its first
president, repeatedly reelected, he gave
that organization standing which at
once placed it in the front rank among
similar scientific societies; as an officer
in tho union army in the war of the re-
bellion, as superintendent of the ninth
and tenth censuscs. as president of the
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
his services to the public and his country
have been of incalculable value. His
name will be recorded high in the list
of really notable deaths of the new year.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06

The Huntington railroad lobby is again
in Washington in full force for a final
supreme effort in behalf of the Pacific
railroad funding bill. With the bill dis
posed of one way or another, the men,
bers of this lobby will find themselves
in the predicameht of the man out of Il
job unless some other colossal stock job
bing scheme shall bob up and require
their services. The lobbying for the
funding bill has been almost inccsSant
for the past ten years and congress
would feel lost without something to
take its place.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06

State Treasurer Mcscrve's official
bond will look very much like those of
his predecessors so far as the number
is concerned. After railing against
money changers and the national bank
ing trust, the populsts still come down
to the bankers 10 help them qualify
for the offices to which they have been
elected. And they do not even insist
on dealing exclusively with populist
bankers. Procuring an official bond is
Il pure business transaction which has
nothing to do with campaign bluster.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06

Colorado is threatened with another
miners strike, although the difficulty
at Leadville is not yet completely set
tied. Strikes are expensive luXuries, as
the people of Colorado will learn as
soon ms the appropriations are made
to pay the bills incurred by the militia
called out To maintain order.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06

No influence can be made more potent
than that of the women. The movement
to enlist their active cooperation is q
wise one and will receive hearty appro-
baton and support on all sides. Every
one knows that the wOman's building
mt the Worlds fair was one of the most
attractive features of the White city and
a similar undertaking in connection with
our own fnir will contribute largely to
its success
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06

The new governor of Montana wants
the mileage allowances of public otli-
cials reduced to the actual travelling
expenses incurred Wonder if the gov
ernor realizes what unpopularity with
the officials he is counting.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06
WINTER JOYS.

Up-to-Date.
When the sun climbs high in the eastern
sky,
Hoighol for the ice-bound river!
And the skates keep time in a merry chime,
HeiSho! for the lce-bound river!
With crowd of four-yes girls galore:
With a click and clash as the runners flash,
While the snowfiakes fly from frosty sky,
And loud and long rings the skating song
oh, there's pleasure gay on a winters day,
Heigho! for the fce-bound river!
When the moon hangs low where the will
lows grow,
Hcgho! for the ice-bound river!
And each little star CLEANS bright afar
Heigho! for the ice-bound river!
With crowd of two-myself and Prue;
With the course all clear and no one near;
When her rogueish eyes show mild sur
priso
AS my arm in haste steals round her
waist
oh, the dear delight of winters night,
Heigho! for the ice-bound river!
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06

The majority report, which simply cen
sured Howell, was adopted.-Report of City
Council Proceeding in World-Herald.
The fact is that Howell has made a good
city engineer.-Edtorial in World-Herald.
Are we TO infer that the council has
censured Il good city official? Would it
not be well for the editor of the World
Herald and the news gatherers of the
World-Herald to, get together? ..... .
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06

The new Board of Education starts on
its career with Il wrangle over organiza-
tion and makes plentiful professions of
economical intentions without showing
any disposition to dispense with that
salaried sinecure its special attorney.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06
Spanish Failure In Cuba.


Spanish troops continue to march to and
fro in Cuba; but in no port, province or
city of Cuba does General Weyler restore
the ordinary operation of the law or provide
for the safety OF trade and farming. Free
travel is nowhere allowed and no trains
move without a guard The real collapse
Of Spain is not in the failure of Spanish
troops to defeat the insurgents, but in their
utter failure, however numerous, to restore
nd
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06

Omaha, which has heretofore been able
to hold up its head among self-respect-
ing cities, has sustained n severe blow
in the news that company of its mis-
guided young citizens is organizing to
levy war against Spain.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06

Reports coming in by every mail in
answer to communications sent out by
the Department of Publicity indicate a
more widespread interest in the Trans
mississippi Exposition than had been ex-
pected even by its most sangume sup
pOrters.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06
An Example for OficehOIders.
Washington Star

One way and another a good deal of sport
has been made of Governor ELECT Pingree of
Michigan, and many persons consider him
something of a crank. This he may be; but
his acton in refusing a railroad pass and
purchasing regular tickets for himself ana
family sets an example that might be fol-
lowed with advantage and credit by other
officials, state or national. whether execu-
tive judicial or legislative. There is a most
excellent method in that sort of madness.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06

The formal Inauguration of new state
administration opens the way for the con
siderable enlargement of the list of Ne
braska coloncls by the appointment of II
brand new governors staff.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06

Now everybody can guess why Peter
Birkhauser underwent such n sudden
change of heart about that Barber as
phalt claim. What inspired Churchill TO
select Birkhauser rs the successor to
Vandervoort need not be guessed.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06

After eight years of litigation the New
York court Of appeals has decided that a
street car conductor cannot be required to
change a So bill, and that 81 bill is the
limit. The decision is based upon the rea-
sonable theory that to compel the conductor
to change large bills would oblige him to
carry large amount of money and virtually
to engage in the business of banking, which
would distract his attention from proper
oversight of his cars and passengers.
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06

The alleged threat of the Sugar trust that
it can prevent the passage of the republican
tariff bill should 1t interfere with the ad-
vantage it has under the present law by dead
locking 1t in the senate causes a suspicion
that the senators whose aid was secured in
1894 were secured for all time
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06

In 1875 the United States was third on
the list Of nations owing the largest ma
tional debt, but now occupies the sixth
place. This is the only particular in which
the republican party is likely to display a
downward tendency
Omaha daily bee., 1897-01-06

bond for, lhg discharge of all It's obliga-
tions before an early date will go far to
restore pulblir confidence in the stock
holders thghiSelves and in the financial
situation generally