Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 19, 1888, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF 8UBSCRIPTION. Dally Morning Edition) including Sunday BrE, One Year " For Six Months, . For Three Months, The Omiaha funday B) dress, One Year.. B . OMAHA OFFICE, NOS ST AND 016 FARNAM STR NEW York Ovrice, Roos 65, Tiinuse Bu 185G, WASHINGTON OFFICE, NO. b3 Foun- TEENTH STRERT, CORRESPONDENCE, . All_communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed to the EDITOR OF THE BEE. BUSINESS LETTERS, All business letters and remittances shquld be addressed to Tite Bek PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMANA. Drafts, checks and postoffice orders 1o be made payablé to the order of the company. The Beg Pablishing Company, Proprictors. E. ROSEWATER. EDITOR. THE DAILY BEE Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nebraska, to.s, County of Douglass, (® . 15, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Pub- swear that the lee for the week iied to any ad- maiied (o any &d- ipany, does solemn, on of the Daily canesdiy, Jan, il Thursday, dan, 12, Friday, Jan. 13. Average, 1 0. B TZSCHU( Sworn to and subscribed in my presonc 14th day of January, A. D., 188, . P. FELL, Notary Public. State of Nebraska, i, County of Douglnss, {8 Geo. I, Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, de- yees and says that he is secretary of The Bee Publishing company, that the actual a daily circulation of the Duily 9 cop ). B. TZSCHUCK. Syworn and subscribed to in’ my presence tils 2d dny of January, A. D. 1888, N. P. FEIL, Notary Public, obbers are ‘- congregating about Washington like vulturesaround a dead carcass, They are intent on reducing the surplus. Tne city will now have cheap adver- tising—provided Cadet Taylor finds time within the next ten days to sign the new contract. COLLISIONS between the horse cars and the cable cars are becoming so fro- quent, that passengors are taking out insurance policies. Nor a single Omaha councilman was over in Council Bluffs last week, and every mother’s son of them denies that he was ever inside ot room 24, —— TiE taxeaters are still on deck. The appropriation ordinances for the last two months furnish an exhibit of inex- cusable extravagance and recklessness. WrTH Bechel and Southard in active sympathy with the keepers of dens and dives, Mayor Broatch’s effort to clean out the disorderly resorts will prove fu- tile. That should not, however, dis- courage the mayor in the discharge of his duty. If he is overruled by the ma- jority of the board he will be justified in exercising his executive authority through the police. THE license board, or rather the ma- jority, composed of Bechel and South- ard, have again granted license to a dis- orderly house, whose application they had rejected only two weeks ago. Backsliding is always regarded as infa- mous, whether in religion, morals or volitics. The reactionary conduct of the license board will be classed in this category by all decent and reputable citizens. SE——— It is now semi-officially announced that the gemneral attorneyship of the Union Pacific railway, to be made vacant, by the resignation of Mr. Poppleton, has been tendered to John M. Thurston. If Mr. Thurston will devote his talents and time strictly to the legitimate duties of the office, leave off lobby- ing, and keep out of the legislative oil- room business, he will fill the position creditably. THE postal telegraph is the coming mew departure. Petitions by the hun- dreds have been pouring into the head- quarters of the Knights of Labor at Philadelphia during the past two weeks asking for the establishment of a na- tional telegraph system. They come from every part of the country, contain upwardsof five hundred thousand names, and will soon be presented to congress. S————eeseey WILLIAM J. GALLAGHER, who was sent to the penitentiary from Chicago for election forgeries, has just been rolensed. He now claims that prominent Chicago democrats orig- inated the plot which sent him to prison. None of them were punished, but on the contrary one of them has recently been appointed to office by the president. Mr. Gallagher has thus learned by bitter experience that a knave who wishes to be successful must not be a fool. E—— THE losses by fire during 1887 amounted to more than one hundred and thirty millions. This is an ex- traordinary waste of property ata time when the means for extinguishing fires are as efficient as they are now in all the cities of the country. The blame for such destruction can not be laid en- tirely upon the fire departments. The cause is largely due to the general carelessness in handling fire which pre- wvails in this country, Itistime stricter rules were enforced upon the publie in respect to heating, and lighting, and setting fires to empty boxes on which heavy insurance has been procured. Tur City Water Works company has recently changed its name, or rather transforred its property and franchises to a new corporation—the American ‘Water Works company. Now the que: tion is whether the contract between the city of Omaha and City Water Works company can be transferred without the consent of the mayor and city couneil, and whether their official assent to such a transfer would not re- lieve the new company from al! penal- ties ineurrcd by the City Water Works compuny by reason of failure to comply with its contract, which forws the basis . of its franchise . Congress and the Pacific Rallroads, The tostimony taken by the Pacific railrond commission, and the conclu- sions of the majority and minority of that body, have been formally placed before congross by the president, ace companied by a message presenting h own views and suggestions as to the course which the national legislature should pursue in dealing with the delin- quent Pacific roads. The country is alreandy familiar with the salient points embodied in the Pacific railroad commissioners’ reports. The two com- missioners who presented the majority report have readily fallen in with the funding scheme which the Pacific rail- road managers have persistently lob- bied for during the past two sessions of congress, They touch very gingerly upom the disclosures of dis- honest management and reckless viola- tions of charter obligations. They affect to ignore that Stanford, Crocker, and their associates “of the Cen- tral Pacific octopus, deliberately de- spoiled that company of more than $50,000,000 through con- struction rings and methods of manage- ment that enabled them to build and equip the Southern Pacific railroad out of the procoeds of their lawless plunder. They pass lightly over the Credit Mobilier robberies and Jay Gould’s wrecking policy, by which the Union Pacific, with an earning eca- pacity of nearly $2,000,000 per month, was almost baukrupted. They simply content themselves with recommending that congress should, in the language of Charles [rancis Adams, treat all the gigantic swindles, mon- strous embezzlements, and misap- propriations of trust funds in the domain of “ancient history.” According to these commissioners the sole uim and object of congress should be to compromiso with a dishonest debtor who pleads insolvency, and give him a new lease for continuing opera- tions at the old stand. The minority report, signed by Gov- ernor Pattison, takes higher ground. It cites congress to the enormities commit- ted by the managers of the Central and Union Pacific roads by flagrant abuse of chartered powers and the diversion of vast sums to corporations and syndi- cates that have despoiled stockholders and sapped the very foundations of the national highways built with the proceeds of land-grant subsidies and government bonds. In the opinion of Governor Pattison it is the manifest duty of congress, before it makes any concessions, to take steps that will compel compliance with charter obligations and congressional laws, compel the cormorants who have robbed the companies to disgorge, and when the bonded debt falls due force o settlement or foreclosure. President Cleveland in the main leans toward the views of Governor Pattison. He earnestly urges congress to exorcise its power to purge the Pacific rail- road debt of all that is fraudulent or fictitious before coming to any settlement. This is really the keynote of the situation. The funding scheme which the railroads are so anxious to carry through congress virtually legalizes all the fraudulent debts created by the Credit Mobilier, Tom Scott, Sidney Dillon and Jay Gould for the Union Pacific, and the stupend- ous jobbery and robbery of the big four in the Central Pacific. It means furthermore that the fictitious stock issued by the Pacific buccaneers shall be recognized as valid, and treated as if it had been paid up dollar for dollar. In all its dealings with the Pacific railroads congress has never yet taken the first step to purge this stock or secure restitu- tion from the railroad potentates who now rank in wealth with the Roths- childs. Every step taken by congress in the direction of the funding scheme has been an assurance that the stock is now in the hands of innocent parties and that the roads are now in the hands of honest men. The proof of the pudding isin the eat- ing thereof. When the Erie railroad was taken out of the hands of Fisk and Gould their successors forced an ac- counting on behalf of the jinnocent stockholders, and Jay Gould was com- pelled to disgorge nine million dollars which he had misappropriated. When a railroad company is robbed by dishonest employes the honest man- agers usually make vigorous efforts to recover the funds embezzled and punish the defaulter. Why have not the pres- ent managers of the Pacific roads taken legal steps to compel restitution from their dishonest predecessors? President Cleyeland has overlooked one salient feature. The Pacific fund- ing scheme does not contemplate that the companies shall pay any part of their debt except alone what has been paid in under the Thurman bill. What they propose is that the government sball legalize all their debts, bonds and stocks, and extend for fifty years longer their privilege to levy enormous tolls upon their patrons. In other words, they propose that congress shall give them opportunity to make the peo- ple who patronize them pay off their consolidated debt, amounting to more than one hundred mil- lLon dollars principal and in- terest, besides paying their operat- ing expenses, repairs, extensions and dividends on another hundred million dollars of watered stock. 1If the Amer- ican people have to pay this debt, would it not be better for the govern- ment to abandon its entire claim, let the first mortgage take the roads, wipe out tho watered stocks, and give the people reduced rates over the Pacific roads? —— They Would Like a Higher Duty.. A few days ago the Western Iron Ore association held a meeting at Cleveland, 0., and adopted a memovrial to congress remonstrating against the removal or reduction of the duty on iron ore. The memorial represents that the produc- tion of ivon ore last year is estimated to have been over twelve million tons, and thdt the business employs hundreds of thousands of laborers and an enormous capital which can never be withdrawn, but which must prosper or perish on the spot. In the mining, shipment and handling of the product of the Lake Superior region alone it is said that wbout’. $140,000,000 . of ' capital are ] employed, while in other portions of the country this business gives employment to a large amount of lavor and capital. Having presentod this imposing array of figures, the memorial declares that the removal or lowering of the duty would result in the closing of many mines, which could not compete with the cheaper ores from Spain, Africa and Cuba, The present rate of duty is seventy- five cents per ton, and the importations of iron ore last year, according to this memorial, amounted to 1,800,000 tons. By reason of this importation of a little more than one-twelfth of the iron ore produced in this country the association takes the ground that the present duty does not afford a sulficient protection, and in order to do 80 ought to be advanced to eighty-five cents a ton. In- deed this modest association, in its great solicitude for the labor em- ployed in ore mining, affirms that “the equalization of labor cost between foreign and American ores would require the duty to be at least $1.50 instead of 75 cents.” The association should have the benefit of the acknowledgnrent that it had not the offrontory to say that the iron ore busi- ness had not been profitable under the present duty. In this respect at least its memorial isless dishonest than the ropresentations of most interests which seek to perpetuate the war tariff, But there is an adinission in this me- morial which scems to us to seriously militate against the claim that the iron ore industry would be endangered by lowering the presont duty or hy its complete removal, Tt is asserted that the iron and steel industries of the United States can never, for obvious vensons, depend upon a foreign ore sup- ply. and that *“reliance for permanently cheap iron and steel to the American consumer must always be upon Amer- ican ore.” 1If this be so, and there will be few disposed to question the stute- mentol the ere association on this point, what has the iron ore interest to fear nif all tariff protection were with- wn? It has by its own confession an assured home market for its product and always will hav There are obstacles to successful foreign competition with it which it evidently regards as insur- mountablo. It is protected by natural’ conditions which render it secure, and will continue to do so. What justification, then, haa this inter- est for demanding tariff protection? Obviously none whatever, Its assump- tion that such protection is necessary to the development of mines is worthless, since with an assured home market de- velopment will keep pace with the de- mand under the conditions of a natural and healthy growth. The common argument in all such cases, that labor would suffer, is equally valueless, for the labor now employed in ore mining is paid only sufticient for the most meagre subsistence, with all the high tariff exactions to which it is subjected. The men who toil in the iron mines of Take Superior are not onoe whit better off than those who labor for the protected lumber yards of Michigan, and it would be difficult to find in any other civilized land a more wretchedly conditioned people than these. The iron ore producers have not a single sound reason why they should have tarifl protection, while the reasons are ample and conclusive in favor of lowering tho present rate of duty should not be wiped out altogether., It is wholly a tribute to their in exaction of which is a gross injustic the whole people. A Timely Suggestion. The mechanics of Omaha employed in the building trades should at the cariiest possible moment confer with the contractors and builders with a view of fixing a scale of wages and hours of labor for the next season. Such an agreement between master builders and the trades unions is essential for the welfave of all parties concerned, as well as for the city at large. There isa fair outlook for acti building during the present year, but much will depend upon the ability of contractors to make reasonable bids for construction. Unless they have a thorough understanding with the working people they will be compelled to have excessive margins and raise their bids above the figul which prudent capitalists and investors can afford to accept. The result would be the abandonment of many building projects which are now contemplated. In fact, there is danger that a failure to come toan agreement will frighten all investors who propose to evect build- ings for rent. No carcful business man is willing to invest money in stone, brick and mortar if he has to pay 20 or 80 per cent more this year than he feels confident of being able to build for a year or two hence. The dredd of strikes in the midst of the building season al- most compels contractors in making es- timates to take into account the prob- able increase of cost of labor and losses incidental to delays caused by strikes. It prevents them from making time contracts and in the end seviously crip- ples the laborers and mechanics, who have to pay higher rents for their dwel}- ings and higher prices for the nec saries of life, leaving out the loss of time in case of a strike which could have been avoided had there been a timely, well-matured agreement between the contractors and themselves. The BEE hopes that steps will promptly be taken by the trades unions to adjust this im- portant matter at an early day. —— A FEW months ago some of the coal companies of Pennsylvania drove a large number of their striking employes from the miserable shanties they ten- antod, subjecting many of these unfor- tunate people to severe privation and suffering. The exposure of this cruclty led the mine owners to discontinue it, but not until they had made homeless scoves of helpless women and children. The Reading company is reported to be now pursuing a similar poliey of heart- less eviction toward the strikers and their families, many of whom, d n from their homes in this inclement souson, must inevitably suffer great hardship. This wealthy corporation has not only driven its late employes from their homes, but in & number of cases has seized. the scanty household effects of the evicted to so- cure unpaid rent, which as in the case of the coal miners was very likely two or threo times what should fairly have been charged. A corporation that re- fuses to do anything to save the coun- try from a threatened fuel famine which would be widely disastrous is capablo of wreaking its wrath upon the unfortun- ate laborer whom it has persistently op- pressed, when ha vofuses any longer to patiently bear the oppression, but it may rest assured that such circum- stances are not uncounted in the record which is being made up against the monopolistic corporations which abuse their corporate, powers and wantonly war against the public welfare. ATOR MANDERSON will no doubt heartily congratulate John M. Thurston upon his promotion to the general attorneyship of the Union Pacific and withdrawal from the senatorial race- track. KINGS A On the 10th of March next the Prince of Wales and his wife celebrate their silver wedding. Emperor William, according to a prophecy based on his handwriting, is to live to be 100 years old. The crown prince of Napies has become a senator by hereditary right, but he cannot vote until he reaches the age of twenty-five, The queen of Swoden is very unpopular at home. She once boxed the ears of o maid of honor, daughter of a Norwegian statesman and Stockholm can't forgive or forget it. Queen Victoria, like Froderick the Great of Prussia, cannot abide little soldicrs. She admires big six or seven footers. If she had her way all the men in herarmy would be cight foot high. It has been definitely settled that Prince Ferdinand of Bulgaria is not a royal high- ness, but at best a simple, overy-day serenc highness. It is to be hoped that this will not disturb his serenity. The empress of Russia, on her forticth birthday (November %), received an emerald necklace composed of forty stones, which had been collected during the past two years at an immense expense, The empress of Austria is a great admirer of Hoine, the German bard. She has do nated £2,500 toward a monument to his mem- ory. Poor Heine would have been glad of this sum during his lifotime. King Umberto, of Italy, in chatting over the decoration scandal in Paris, said with a smile: “Thero aro two things my father never refused even to a mendicant in the street—a cigar from his caso and the cross of the crown of Italy.” b The prince of Naples, only child of King Humbert and heir to the throne of Ital just come of ago, and he has received the order of the Golden Fleece from the emperor of Austria, the Black Eagle from the Ger- man emperor, and the Lion of tho Nether- lands from vhe king of Holland. The empress of Russia has been prosented with a sewing maching of solid silver,studded with sapphires and enclosed in a case made in the form of the imperial crown. The fittings ave of poid. 1t is the gift of the socicty for Promoting the Use of Russian Matorials, which hor mujesty has recently orought into fashion, Queen Victoria will bo presert ad the mar- riago of her granddaughter, the Princess Irene of Hesse, thg daughter of the lato Princoss Alico of England, to her cousin, Prince Henry, the san of the crown prince und princess of Germany, which is expected to take place a The young couple will visit England duri their honeymoon. The empress of Japan has ordered from M. Worth a number of dresses, made according to the latest Parisian fashion,for her own nso and that of her Ladies in Waiting, With that love of flowers distinguishing the nese, the empress has wished the hues of the dresses to follow the color-scheme of blossoms. Her over dresses are princi- pally based upon the tints of the chrysanthe- mum (symbol of happiness in Japan) and tlie imperial flows Clara Barton, president of the American Red Cross society, had an audieace with the emperor of Germany recently. He stood erect and affable during the interview, and it was hard for her to realize that he was ninety years old. His step was firm, i he looked unusually well, but when they parted he shook her hand kindly and said: “This is 1 bly the last time wo shall meet.” The conversation was carricd on in French, but when she left the room he said “Good-by™ in the choices e St. John in California. Chicago Tribune, The Hon. John . St. John has been spend- ing a portion of his valuable time in Califor- nia this winter, but for some reason he at- tracts less public attention than even a 22,500 St. Louis ball pla Litdes LS Brains Needed. Kansas City Journal. Says the Philadelphia Press: ‘“The new dress of the Omaha Herald wasn't half as badly needed by that three-by-five free trade organ as a new set of brains.” We have often been struck with the intelligence dis- played by tue Press in the estimate of other newspaper e Bygones. Temple Bar. Ye doubts and fears that onco we knew, Ye bitter words, of anger born; Ye thoughts unkind and deeds unt Ye feclings of Against your memory we rebel. We have outli our foolish day— No longer in our hearts you dwell. Bygones! Bygones! pass away 1e, nistrust and scorn; But oh, ye joyous siilesand tears, Endcarments fond and pleasures past ! Ye hopes of life's st budding ; Ye loves that scempd too brizht to lust, Ye char i words of e Affection’s sunshine after rain Ob, never let your blessings cease! Bygones! Bygones! come again. o L e e STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings, Freight receipts at Wayne for Decem- ber amounted to tifty-one carloads; ship- ments, ninety-one oars. The Daily Repovter has been turned loose in Broken Bow, the third daily in that lively town. R. H. Miller and A. S. Aulterlon are the publishers. The Rock Island road claims the champion drift. It is 20 feet deep by 200 feet long, and was successfully tun- neled. It is a Gage county product., The brawny bums who hay and sheltered in the Beatrice j invited recently to shovel snow for their board, They rebelled and shook the town instanter, The big wolf hunt in Boone county proved a failure. The farmers enguged were unused to the practical workings of wolf rings and will take object les- sons from the county political com- mitte The movements of B. & M. surveyors in northern Nebraska and western Da- kota are impeded but slightly by the weather. The press of the country keep their trail warm, and with Major Wooley in command, appear comfort- able and comeatable, They are now on Laughing Water creck, between Dead- wood and Custer, The porishing pall of white is being gradually lifted from the dead. Victims are being found everywhere in the state, the total, up to Tuesday, reaching thirty-six men, women and children. Wheeler county shows a total death roll of fourteen, The Garfield Quaver says: “The Omaha Sunday BEg of January 1, was the finest papor evor issued in the west. In addition to tho usual newspaper. it contained a finely illustrated eight page supplement, which will prove a great advertisement to Omaha and the Bee, The illustrations consisted of a few of the leading business buildings, and manufactories which have boen built in Omaha the past r. Asa newspaper, the BEE has no rival in the west. An attempt was made last Friday to wreck tho Rock Island train near Nel- son, Nuckolls county. A section boss discovered that on a high grade and curve spikes had been drawn on the outside of one rail and the straps of iron which hold the endsof the rails in place had been removed. T rain passed safely over the place, and it is belioved that the only thing that saved a terrible \\'lm-rk was that the ice held the rail in place. Nebraska City's reputation as a sen- ati center developing symptoms of a mighty honx. Last week it was given out that Tom Bottfield, living near Palmyra, poisoned his father and mother as an incident to the celebration of his marviage, and that a posse of vigilantes had dec’ led to improve his blood with a dose of emp. The un- varnished truth is t ot Tom's father died a natural death, h s mother is still alive, the vigilantes were never or- ganized and Tom is cnjoying the honey moon undisturbed. The social season at Coon Creck, Wayne county, is now at its height. Old"and young ave in the whirl of hap- piness and hilarity. Hero are the latest chronicles from that quarter: “A kick- ing muteh between a marvied and a sin- gle lady took place recently in the pros ence of a large and enthusiastic au- dience. The married lady kicked about six inches the highest and was awarded the prize bustle. Nel killed a fat cow last Wednesd: two more to kill. A glove fight took place a few days ago between two loeal bruisors. They wen it in ear- nest. After three or four knockdowns cach, thoy were out of breath and had to be tilled with a bellows. They will rest for a week or two before the finish, Mr. Delahoyle has sprained his back and can hardly get around to his meals, We feel for him. Miss Sholler’s pet poodle is rocovering from a protracted cold, and it is hoped she will be able to attond the loap year party in full dress. Ole Larson is still very sick and the general opinion is that it will be a hard pull for him to keep out of ground until spring. The prayer meeting at the Coon Creek church is growing in inter- st and vigor, Old Joe ik Utah and Idaho. The Utah penitentiary has a popula- tion of 207, The Poormen mine in the Coeur Q’'Alene is shipping ore to the Omaha sSmelting works. The people of Lewiston are excited over the prospect of getting the Mani- toba railroad to build that way. *The Hailey (Wood River) Times re- ports the sale of one-fourth of the Red [slephant group of mines, near Bullion, for $i5,000. The report of the trensuror shows that the total valuation of proporty assessed in Utah for 1887 was $37,803,58(L The territorial taxe yours past amounted to $441, There is now o balunco in the treasury of $170,670.44. The Coeur d’Alene Railway & Naviga- tion company’s road to Burke. Idaho, is now completed.and the Tiger and Poo man will now en the list of heavy ore shippers. On the oceasion of the com- pletion of the road there was a great blowout at Burke. Eagle City, the scene of the first ex- citement in Coeur d’Alene, is now a d serted town. The two remaining inhab- itants, Mr. and Muys. Pritchard, are arranging to leave and the place will then be turned over to the wolves and other wild beasts. The receipts of minerals in Salt Lako City for the week ending the 11th of . inclusive, we alue of 3,90, of which 50, was in and $10. For tRe receipts were .60 in bullion and $56,075.90 in L total of $113,835.90. sThe Gentiles of Salt Lake are di: solate at the removal of e Murray to San Die; nection with a syndicate of capitalists, th himself manager, purchased of the Palms, half way betw san Diego and Lodos y. this being part of the con- cession made by the Mexican govern- ment to the International company. on- Governor in con- Coast. The Young America mine at Downie- ville, cleaned up $30,100 during De- cember. About five hundred men are employed in the rea, on the line of the Cen- tral Pacific, snow shoveling. Piles of ancient pottery have recently been found on the mesa, ba of Paso rte, by a party of archaologis who pronounce them the same as those of the celebrated Zuni. There 1s reported to be much suffer- ing among stock in portions of south- western Washington territ owing to searcity of food and cold weather, The Cars er Dredging company, of N s been formed, for the purpose of attempting to DVEr S0me of the vast wealth, estimated at $50,000,- 000, which has flowed as tailing from the Comstock mills into the Carson river. A large scow and dredging machinery are now being bwilp in San Francisco to carry ont the project, and will be ready for operation in February next. TR Doing the Handsome, Express Messenger Fred Harris, who so bravely defended his car from the vicious tramp, has just been the recipient of a hand- somo reward in the shape of a check for 1,000 and leave of absence for sixty days on full pay, also the choice between the offices lar Rapids or Ottumwa, ejther of these a great compliment. Fred is a dandy and bound to get there. —— Fined For Abusing Animals. J. Kahn, the peddler who was arrested for allowing his horse to_stand unsheltered and unfed all the late terrible cold weather, arraigned before Judge ) 3 He plead guilty and was fined §1 and costs, Thé horse is so near dissolution that he will have to be killed. [L.SON-—On January 17, Luella C., wife Robert H. Nelson. uneral will take place this afternoon at 2 k from the First Baptist church, ds are invite An Engine Off the Track. Last evening a switch engine in the of the B. & M. became de obstructing all castern incoming for some hours. After hard and diligént work the engine was righted, sud the road opened up. collected for two | AILY BEi: THURSDAY, JANUARY 10, 1888, . REFORMS IN THE JAIL. Rules Created By the Court—An Ad- ditional Jailer Ordered. The county commissioners held a regular meeting yesterday afternoon, Chairman O'Keefe presiding over the deliberations of the five. Judge Groff, of the district court, submitted a long list of rules for the county jail, prepared by himself and nssociates on the bench, They are thirteen in number and provide that the jailer, under the direction of the sheriff, shall make a daily personal in- spection of the cells; females shall be kept scparate and apart from the males; the young committed for minor offenses shall be kept separate and apart from old offonders; the young shall always be kept separate and apart from prostitutes: lunatica ana idiots must in no case be confined in a coll or apa ment occupied by those charged with crim upon commitment every prisoner shall be thoroughly bathed and combed, and if suffer- ing from any contagious or loathsome disease shall be confined apart from the other prison- ers; the prisoncrs shall be awakened ever morning in each year from May 1 to Scp- tember, at 6 o'clock a. m.; from September 1 to November 1, at 6:30a. m. ; from November 1 to Marcn 1, at 7 a. m., and from March 1 to 4 3 after avising beds, b ding and bed frames examined for vermi cells and apartments shall be thoroughly washed every Saturday afiernoon, and th prisoners will be compelled to whitewash ¢ paint the interior once a month during April, May, June, July, August, September, Octo: ber, November and December of each vears beds of straw in coarse brown duck shull be provided for prisoners, and all bed sacks shall e washed and refilled with bright, fresh straw on tho first of April and the first of October of each year. When practica- ble, the sheriff or_jailer shall securo or fur- nish employmont for all prisoners under sen- tence for ‘misdemeunors, but no prisoncr shall be required to labor more than ten hours each day, nor shall he be required to wark on Sunday. Prisoners contined for short terms for misdemennor shall be made useful by the jailer in polishing wnd cleanin the jail, in washing and taking care of and ending the bedding. Wholesome and well vked food shall be furnished two times each day, and the jailer shall in no instance give one prisoner ‘suthority to command or control another, without first receiving writ- ten instructions to doso from the sheriff of the county, and the sheriff of the. county shall in no ‘insta i criminal convicted tal or heinous crime, or an old , or & person who has served a term in the penitentiary of this or another state, rity and control over any other pri in' no instunce shall one prisoner be given authority to inflict punishment on an- other prisoner, except in case of revolt or mutiny, when the jailer may call on such prisoners in whom lie can place reliance, for help to enforce order and to enforce the rulos of the juil. The rules were aceepted and ordered to be printed. The poor farm committee were delognted to e ice for the poor farm. The bid of I hompson to bury the pauper dead at & for cach burial was referred to the above committee. A communication from the citizens of South Omaha asking for the appointment of J. W, Edgerton as attorney for the prosecution of criminal cases was referred to the county at- torney. The bonds of the Rees Printing company, Gibson, Miller & Richardson, Daniel 1% O'Connell and the Redfield Printing com pany wero filed and accepted. "The application of J." J. Solomon for ap- pointment as justice of the peace for Florence, was turned over to the committee on juc ‘The following resolution was adopted Resolved, That it is the sende of this board that, commencing January 20, 1888, the sheriff be allowed two jailers, one for day and one for night, the salary of such jailers :,, be fixed at §70 ‘cach per month until May ) 1888, The county treasurer was instructed to change the valuation of A. F. Johnson’s lot m block 4, Kountze and Ruth's addition, from §1,650 to $1,300. The salary of James B. Bruner, superintendent of educa wus increased from $1,600 o $1,800 for the year 1888 The following claims were allowed and or- dered paid: William H. Ijams, commissioner of insanity, $780.25; lm]vllwndunl Oil com- pany, #2.60; Dr. C. P. Harrigan, professional services, J. P, Flanger was appointed road supervisor of the south district of Waterloo precinct. A communication from the superintendent of the county building, in reference to the heating of the institution and jail, was re- ceived and filed. county A DISASTROUS RUNAWAY, Several People Badly Injured By Being Run Over. Yesterday afternoon shortly before 5 o'clock Sixteenth and Farnam streets was the scene of an exciting runaway which re- sulted in two or three persons gotting protty badly hurt. As Edward O'Brien was sitting in his cutter in front of Baldufl’s restaurant near the corner of Sixteenth and Capitol avenue, a couple of runaway horses camo dashing south on Sixteenth street and strik- ing his cutter threw him violently to the ground. Mr. O'Brien wus picked up msensi- ble and carried into Forsyth's drug store, where Dr, Hamilton waited on him. His in- juries were discovered to be allon his face and head, which were badly cut and disfig- ured, but none of his wounds were fa Meanwhile the runaway team continued on Capitol avenue, striking and injuring another cutter, but after running a short dis- tance they were finally stopped. The collision with Mr, O'Brien’s cutter htened his horse and that animal dashed furiously on the sidewalk, producing general ¢ nation and a scattering of pedestrians, “Two children were run_over, both of the badly bruised, but neither 'seriously h Reaching Farnam the horse c course east on th of the street, whicl that time of day, was crowded with poople and several persons narrowly escaped being run over, Just_before the frightened animal reached the Paxton he ran into and knocked down C. A. Roff, a lineman for the electric light company. The horse's foot struck him in the }ul'u ind he was picked up bleeding and stunned and carried into Dr. Robert's oftice. 1t was currently reported on the streets th he died shortly afterwar This report, however, was untrue. He was badly hurt but. it is not thought that any of his injuri will prove fatal. His forenead had been struck with the front cork of the horse's hoof, and the flesh was torn com- pletely from the skull. Portions of the frontal bone were chipped off, but no frac- ture was sustained. His lip along the upper line of his moustache was cut clear through, exposing the juw. Both of these wounds were sewed up. It is thought that b sustained some slight internal inju none that will terminate seriously. After Roft was knocked down, the horse Swas stopped after proceeding only a few feet further. Articles of Incorporation Filed Yes- terday With the County Clerk. Articles of incorporation of the Mechanics' and Traders’ bank of Omaha were flled with the county clerk yesterday. The location of the bank will be at 815 South Fiftcenth street, and it will do a general banking busi- ness with a capital of $250,000, divided into 2,500 shares of $100 each. The incorporators ave Richard_C. Patterson, Judge Jacob Paw- cett, John J. Burns, Oliver H. Sv *Frank Barnard, George H. Stewart, Christofferson, John W. $s and Jol Cathers, are the board of directors. open for business about February 1 oficers are as follows: R. C. I president; Judge Fawcett, viee pr cashier; O. H. Swingley, assistant cashier, Judge Fawcett, the is an old y president of the tional bank at Galena, Mr. Barnard was formerly a banker at Bloomington, 1l v wealthy, Mr. Swingley was of the Moutmorris, 11, bank for signing that position to como to Omaha to engage in the banking business. -— AMUSEMENTS. and the Big Four Boyd's. An average audience was in_ attend Boyd's last sight to see Marinelli and tho Big Four comj The variety portion was of rather an ancientand chestautical descrip tios, but there is always a welcowe by a. cer. The bank will be 5. The Marinelli tain class of theater goers for the old-timo vaudeville entertainment, and they minglo their screams and cries for more with an enthusiasm that would lead ono to believe that they were actually witnessing something new and original. The antics of the Big Four is identical with what they wero years before, they seem incapablo hing additional to their vor Topeka performancs, Rafin and his traine hogs are simply disgusting. Prof. Francois is a clever caricaturist. Lottio Elliott tires herself and overybody else with hor six-days- rope skip, and Shor makes a strenuous ort to extract harmony from the banjo und violin. Marinelli, the man serpent, gives a really marvelous’ performance, his contor- tions and ophidian like movements surpass- ing those of any similar porformer in th line, The new skit called “Tried in & Box. is ono of the funny featurcs of the bill, and elicted rounds of uproarious applause, e i Fined the Car Driver. J. Withrow, tho strect car driver who struck Chris Jonson with his whip as that teamster was about to assault him, appearcd before Judge Berka yosterday. Withrow claimed that Jensen obstructed the car track, was abusive, and ho struck Jensen to avoid being assaulted himself, Under t ircum- stances he thought he ought not to be fined. The judge admitted that he might have been exasperated suficiently to strike Jonsen as he did. but according to law he was liable as ho nhad atso used profane language and had probubly provoked Jensen to make his in- tended assault. However, he let him oft easy, fluing him & and costs. i Gross Continues Unconscious. Poter Gross, the sentenced prisoncr who is still confined in the county juil, and who foll m a fit as reported in the Be of yoster- day, was lying unconscious at last accounts, in his cell. Yestorday Dr. Tilden, the cowm- foner on_insanity, visited him and gave ions for his ¢ There is a prevailing opinion that Gros are numbered. Li The following marriage lconses were issued yesterday by Judge Shiglds: Nume and residence. { John Appel, Millard, Neb { Licse Burgstadt, Milli Robert Olsen, Omabia... . Huusina Johnson, Omaha. . Are, Building Permits. Yesterday Superintendent Whitlock issued the following building permits: C. S, Higgins, alterations on building, 1201-3 Douglas . C.J. Reed, addition 1o ‘sfore, fourth and Decatur. ... Two permits, aggregating. .......... Internal Revenue Collections. The recoipts of the Omaha internal revenue oftice yesterdiy wero $8,540.95. o Personal Paragraphs. G. W. Wirt, of York, Neb., is ut the Windj sor. A. V. Bass, of Randolph, Ta., is at the Mil- lard. Simon Hene, of Burlington, Ta., is at tho Windsor. Jud Clark, of Fairbury, Neb, is at the Windsor. K. J. Lowis, of Beatrice, Neb, is at the Windsor. H. C. Stewart, of Des Moines. Ta., is at the Millard. John Hazlitt, of Scribner, Neb., is at the Millard. H- H. Lautz, of Dos Moines In., is at tho Millard. Juan Boyle, of Kearnoy, Neb., is at the Paxton. T. H. Duncan, of Dunbar, Neb., is at tho Windsor. H. S. Lippencott, of Lincoln, Nob., is at the Windsor. John W. Hoffman, of Lincoln, Neb., is at the Millard. J. Suthorland, of North Platte, Ncb., is at the Millard. M. 8. Woodward, of Des Moines, Ta., is at the Millard. W. H. Harrison, of Grand Tsland, Neb.. is at the Paxton. George W. Barnhart, of Columbus, Neb., is at the Paxton. . J. Benton and wife, of St. Albans, Vt., are at the Millard. Mrs. W. M. Colwell, of Detroit, Mich., is registered at the Windsor. Hugh Murphy, of Murphy & Co., contract- ors, loft last night for a trip to the south, Messrs. J. H. Snclland B. S.Ballow, of Ashland, Neb., and James Donley, of tho same place, are registercd at tho Windsor. Messrs. J. T. O'Brien, Ira_Johnson, W. A. Howard, M. A. Hoover, M. D., E._A. Miiler, W. F. Pickering, W. L. Cook, Frank Mc' Cune, Chiarles Mott and_Alex. Yoder, o dolo- gation of firemen from Kearney, on their way home from Plattsmouth, stopped over at the Paxton lust night. LOCAL BREVITIES. Postmaster Guallagher was notified yesterday of the confirmation of his ap- pointment by the United States senate. A steam engine is at work pumping the water from the bursted sewer out, of the cellar of the store of Penrose & Hardin, Harry Feight of the “White Front" saloon on Farnam strect, has had his case reconsid- ered by the license commissioners and | terday he received the required permission to continue business. Lottfe Flallan, a light-fingered cour- tesan, was run in at an carly hour this mornjng on the charge of relicving a ‘gentleman caller’ of somo $43 in g backs that he carried 1n his inside pockot. Officer Bloom arrvested [saac Cohn last evening on the charge of cruclty to animals, It is claimed that all through the late terrible cold weather he has al- lowed his horse to stand unsheltered in his back yard,and without sufficient food. J. Berryhill was arrested last nighton the charge of stealing a fine overcoat belonging to William Cox, 422 South shteenth street. It is claimed that vhill slipped in through the front and stole the overcoat from its hook in the hall. On account of the severe storm last the business meeting of the U, was postponed to Thur s week, at 8 p. m., at the head- All mem- as business d. or hastened the breakiig up of the coustitution than Catarrh, The sense of smell, of taste, of sight, of hearing. the hut vole, the mind— one or more, and sometin , yield to 1t de- struct Influence. e poison” it distributes throughout the system attacks every vitul fore and breaks up the most st of constitutions, ecause but 1iitle understood, by most ins, fmpotenily wisailed by quiacks and ans, those suffering n At ha little hope 0 be relioved of it this side of the s time, then, ur troa )| sdles wit reach of 4wt onee e tent and v and hitherto untried uford in the preparation of his avian s won the hewrty appoval of thousands, ous in lfl’m'l"m: relief In all head colds, snee ing, suufiog and obs Dreathin rapidly removes the u ymptoms, ring the head, s h, re storing th PorTER DiUG & CHEMICAL CO., BOSTON NO RHEUMATIZ ABOUT ME! 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