Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 24, 1888, Page 2

GILDED VICE AT VALENTINE. Moral Citizens Find It Hard to Fight Against. BUSINESS MEN TO THE RESCUE. An Ex-Convict Again in the Toils— President Fitzgerald Receives a Check—A atal Land Slide at Florence, Money Against Morals, Varextise, Neb, Jan. 23.—[Special to the B, —A sensation occurred here on the ar- rest and trint of S. 8, Kirkley and Lizzie Bailey for keeping a house of prostitution, just within the corporate limits of the cit Ever since the incorporation of the town the place has been deemed a nuisance by many of the citizens, but all cfforts to cradicate it hay failed. This fecling took active shape luy in a petition being circulated and d by a number of citizns, addressed to the county attoruey, to at once comi under the state law for the abat ment of nuisances. Warrants of avrests were served, and fully one-half of the business men were subpoenied, cither for the prosecu- tion or defense. The jury, however, failed to convict for want of sufficient eviden Never in the history of the city has excit ment been 80 g feeling so_in- tense, nor socic y disrupted. The religious element is determined the nuisance shall be abated, while many of the business men are cither indifferent or object to the abatement on business grounds, ~The place has numer sitors in the soldiers from Fort Niobrara, producing a handsome r enue. The end is not yet, as the arrest and trial scems only the beginning of an organ- ized effort to eradicate the evil, - Geneva's Growth, GENEvA, Neb,, Jan. 23.—[Correspondence of the Bek.] —Geneva is expericncing one of those healthy booms that stays with a town and has made some 1arked improvements during theyear just past. It now hasa vopulation of hu dred people and is growing r There has been built during th ar three double brick store buildings, two stories high 48x50 fect; one brick bank building 25x 80 feet; one double brick. two stories, by Jeusen & Dwoak; one double brick, 1wo storics, by Smith & Fillebrown; one double ck, two stories, by J. D. Dunposter: one gle brick, two stories, by J. H. Luke, and one two-story brick residence by John A, Dempster. There hus also been built a roller process steam mill costing $20,000, and num- erous residences, These and other improv wents, made during 1557, will amount to over $100,000, Geneva has two railroads, the Nebraska & Colorado_and the Freemont, Elkhorn & Missour: Valle, d, the latter making this the_ters and perhaps longer. W h buildings and societies, the Methodixt ipiscopial, Con- gregational and Baptist, and one large six room high school. During the present year will be witnessed twice the amount of im- provements added last year. Quite a num- er of brick blocks are now talked of. S — A G. A R, Post Dedicated. VarexTise, Neb .—[Correspond- ence of the Bee.]—One of the largest crowds ever assembled in Valentine attended the in- stallation of the ofMicers of the Colonel Wood post 208, G. A. R, at Cornell hali, on the ovening of the 19th inst. Governor and General H. C. Russell had accepted invi- tations to attend, also General Kantz and the officers from the post. Many distinguished strangers and G. A. R. people were present, Owing to the intense cold and snow bloc of the past week the governor and Gen Russell failed to reach here. Telegrams of regret from them were read. The la was beautifully and elat by the ladies of the post. The exercises were enlivened by charming music by the Kighth band, ending with an " elegant sup- por, with more than sn abundance fo¥ every one and a grand bull which continued uutil . sived hero of suff ing during the late storm, from different por- tlons of the county and also of the loss of Up to this time, no loss of life or sc ous freezing lins been reported in the county, Two Alleged Thieves Arrested. Dakora City, Neb., Jan. 23.—[Special Tel- egram to the Bee.]—Charles Hagerman and Charles Springborn were arrested here to- day for theft by Sheriff Brasfield. On ex- amining the former’s trunk it was found to coliain keys Innumerable, type, spoons, buf- falo robes, blankets, ete. Hagerman had been a waiter at the Fureka hotel for about two weeks, The latter got bLonds of $200, The trial takes place to-morrow. Hagerman is in juil. S Killed By a Land Slid FLORENCE, Ly Ja —[Special Tele- gram to the 1 |—By a slide in asand bank this evening C. A. Sellars was instantly killed. He leaves a.wife and four children. J. B. Smith was badly bruised and Joe White slightly hurt. Charged With Adultery. LaNc 1 Neb., Jan. 23, —[Special Telegram to the Bei.]—Ed Hart, alias Thomas Oms- ley, an ex-conviet from Missouri, was locked in the county jail to-day on charge of adul- tery. Hart is the party that has been spirit- ing a young girl in the city avound to diffe his wife. The two were found together in a hotel. -— Nebraska City 11 of Thieves. Nenraska Ciry, Neb, Jan. 23— [Spec to the Ber. ] —~Nebrasia City is again aver run by sncak thieves, Nearly every merchant in the city has reported to th police to-day _a greater or less loss. The ofiicersrun in cighteen tramps last uight and cight to-day. 1 The First | Taxcowy, Neb,, Jan, sponse. 3. —President Fitz- gerald, of the Irish National leugue, to-day veceived a draft for 1,000 from Mr. ¥. B. Hayes, of Ottawa, This is the first money received in response to the president's ap- peal asking 1,000 Irishumen to subscribe $1,000 each. —— Opening of the Campaig Des Moixes, la. Special T to the Dkk)—Mr. Clarkson, chair- man of the sub-committee to make arrangements for the next national republi can convention has called a meeting for that purpose at Chicago, Pebruary 9. The mem- bers of this comumittee besides the chairman are Messrs. Fossender, of Conneeticut; Ho. Dbart, of New Jerscy ; Jones, of Pennsylvania; Conger, of Obio: of Arkan- sas; Leland, of Howe, of Nebraska aud Cuney, of Texas. Mr. Clarkson when asked to-day abont the significance of the meeting said This really the opening of the p paign. Few people reali near the meeting of the ua As that meets the middie Qelogates to it must be s days before that, it will couventions to have heen held by the midd of April at least and t le mittee but a very short tin This comnuttec me move in the campais ries are to be arrvanged attract & 17 e nuiiibel Slends of the leading ¢ arrange at that timo of local committees of the contract. terms of the proposition made to the national com mittee, Chicago agrees to pay for the vinning expenses of the convention rent of committee rooms, printing Wae shall have to arranfo plans at this ing for raising this money, and shall in representative citizens o meet with us. for that purpose. The national committee has instructed us to limit the number of adinis sions to the convention &t one session to 8,000, This will keep the audience down to reasonable proportions and pre t 8 jam of 20,000, as has been the case hel etofore. As this meeting of the committee is of 30 much fmportance, we have invited Chairman convention id as all L sixty all the stat including hall ete. adon, who are ex: committee, to meet Chicago, and they with us next month in will probably do so. A Dem » Canard, Des Moixes, la., Jan, 23.—[Special Tele- gram to the Ber.]—For several days demo- cratic leaders have been. circulating report that the present legislature was an unconsti tutional body. They claim that the last legislature in providing for the reapportion- ment of sonatorial distriets, omitted to men- tion in the law the ratio of representation and that such express statement nece: sary, so they hold that the senate clected under that statute is unconstitutional and that any laws this gencral assembly may pass will be unconstitutional. - nquiry to- day of the governor and law- yel at the state house shows that the whole thing is a cock and bull story and entitled to no ous attention. It is laughed at as a democratic trick to avoid the conscquences of the present legislative ap- portionment. The constitution, bearing on this point, provides how senators shall be ap- portioned through the state and then ina subsequent section it states that representa- tives shall be apportiofied according ‘o ratios fixed by law." The democratic claim is that the stipulation applies to both. But it is 8o improbable that it is ridiculed by con- stitutional lawyers. Evidently the democratic members did not have any faith in it for they participated in organizing and still hold seats in a body, which they claim is un- constitutional and has no right to exist. The governor, attorney-general and leading law- yers of the logislature say that the complaint 18 80 1 ifestly a fraud that it isn't gvorthy of hein; d in reply and they will' pay no A Very Expensive Spree. . —Casper Peters went to eht and became intoxicated. He left for home about 2 o’'clock in the morn- ing, but lost his way, owing to his condition and wandered throngh the. stre In_the morning he was discovered by a neighbor and taken into the house, when it was found that his hands were frozen. . It is thonght they will both have to be amputated st the wrist. A New Road For Stoux City. ovx Crry, Ta., Jan, 23— al Telo- gram to the Bee|—Mr. A. S. Garrettson, who has just returned from Minneapolis and Duluth, says that in addition to the Sioux City & Northern raiiroad there is also pro- posed by Mr. Stickney a ronte to this city over the proposed Sioux City & North- castern. e A Big Building Contemplated. foux City, Ta., Jan. 23.—[Special Tele- gram to the Boe.|—The Cowan Savings bank has decided to build aseven-story office struc- ture this Beason on the site of its present building. The president and cashier—Mr. D. Hedges and Mr. Lugnn—have just re- turned from Minneapolis, where they went to_inspect plans and ofice buildings after which the new edifico will be modeled. A Temperance Convention, "7 Dis Moixes, T, Jan. 23.—A call has been issued by the Secret Temperance alliance for the seventh annual state prohibition conven- tisn to be held in this city Wednesday, Feb- ruary 8, Fire at Adel Abgr, Ta., Jan. 23.—[Special Telegram to the Bee|—Fire here yesterday destroyed the Adel house, William Smith proprictor. Loss, £,500; no insurance. BANK ROBBERS NABBED. Desperadoes Kun Down at the fx- pense of Two Lives. Livestose, Ind. Ter, Jan. 23.—Four masked men, all heavily armed, entered the Citizens' bank, Saturday, and presenting a pistol at the head of the cashicr, W. T. Reynolds, demanded that he hand over the cash. While pretending to comply, Reynolds siammed the door of the safe to and turned the lock, He was at once laid out by a bullet from the pistol of one of the desperadocs, which killod him instantly. The bank was then ransacked, and all the money in the cash drawer, some #2300, was taken. An attempt was_made 1o open the safe, but in this the robbers were foiled. As the sound of the pistol shots were heard, soveral peo- ple came rushing towards the bank, and in a fow minutes the town was aroused and twenty or thirty armed men hurried to the bank. The robbers were just mounting their horses, anda hot firo_started, iu which one of therobbers was killed. Ho was identi- ficd as Thomas Kvans, a ranchman living near town, In the melec four citizens were wounded, but not fatally. The survivingr bers then rode away with the booty, followed by a posse, which, after an hour's chase, caught the desperadoes and_ took them back to Limestone. The leader was found guilty of the murder of Cashier Reynolds and was strung up. The other two were placed in charge of a strong guard and started for Fort Washita, where they were turned over to the United States authorities. The stolen mouey was recovered. B VALEN NE'S VIEWS, The Ex-Congressman Gives His Opin- ions on Political Matters. Cinicaco, Jan. 23— [Special Telegram to the Bee,]—E. K. Valentine, of Nebraska, in conversation with a reporter at the Palmer house tnis evening, said: “Blaine has her always bhad the fleld to hin ‘braska. he self in Just after the president’s mes- was more popular than ever. He rded a8 the best exponent of the pro- tective tariff policy in the party. He is We want some one who b republican prineiples just as ine and who will -harmonize the nd win.? s Blaine working for the nomination?” “Yes, throngh his friends. 1 have scen in- dications of his hant in y state. I think he is trying to get the dclegation, Most of us want an unpledged delegation sent this suge, Regurding the successor to - Senator Man- derson, who is to be elected next ar, Mr, id: “Judge Thurston, of On was rather the strongest candidate ag, Mr., Manderson, but he was made the cral solicitor of the Union Pacific last weel, and t of the race, ( eye on the place. has n ghost of a Valintine s; gen- railroad at practically puts him_ out arnor Dawes No, 1 how. has had an don't think Laird This is a North Plutte fivht. 1 don’t sce now but what Man- derson will succeed himself.” e e A Bank Closed Up. N. Y., Jun. 25.—The doors of the t Nutional bank woere closed this morn- ing, pending au examination of its affairs. Bauk Examiner Clark is in_possession of the books. It is not bulicved any de ion has taken place, but that the whole troubie is due to mismanagement. Cashier O'Brien and Bookkeeper Morse have fled the city, pre sumubly taking a train west Saturday ufter- reported ciency will amount to ng that the 200,000, This banl lepository of th treasury, board D, stato prison and asylum, - £250,000, but these are seetired by aim that the doors fily, merely as & matt uniil the books can be ovy xeiloment is subsiding, b e is appr of pru uled Itopo WasniNars, Surrency was to. hat the First Y., closed its_ d wsnington, .—The compt informed by tele ional bank o uburn, rs this morning by reason ofa i defalcation on the part of its cashier, arles O'Brien. who has absconded isnow supposed to ve in Canada. The mount of the defalcation is not st Death of Prof. Chapma st. Josern, Mo, Jan. €.~ al Tele gram to the Be.|--Thomas ( principal of Chapmau's N . Chapuwan, iness col- 1600, died at his residence city this morning. Only a weal ago Prof. Chapinan's wife died in this city, leaviug wn infupt child, the only remainiog mewmber of, the family f. Chapn.a 1enced teachiers of penm west_and for mi floarishing businass ¢ cae 10 this city fro was one of tiic wmost exper- Lipin the north years has conducted a this city, Ile it o PIFTIETH CON Senate. WasiiNaroy, Jan, 23.—In the samato to- day Mr. Hoar presented the petition of the governor of Massachusctts, the mayor of Boston, presidents of colle and - large number of other distinguished persons repro- senting the mass meeting held November 12 last to welcome the British peace deputation. The petition was referred to the committee on foreign 1 5 i Sdmunds, from the judiciary commit- vhich had been referred the hvesti- jon into the Jackson, Miss, election troubles, reported the resolution authorizing t committee to send for persons and r& inquiring into the alleged participa- tion of the federal officials in the suppression of the votes of colored citizens. The resolu- tion was adepted Beck presented the remonstrance of the Western Union Telegraph Company against the passage of the postal telegraph bill. He suid that it was a very full presentution of the case and that the postofice committes de- sired to have the commuuication printed and referred. So ordered. Among the bills reported from the com- mittee and placed on the calendar, wece the following: For the admission of the state of Dukota and the organization of the territory of Lin- coln. A report is to be presented. By Mr. Stewart—To vest all legislative power in_the territory of Utah in a goveroor and a legislative Assembly of twelve citizens of the territory, to be appointed by the president and confirmed by the senate, but not more than six of them to be of one political purty. All township, district, county and territorial officers are to be elected or ap- pointed as the legislative assembly may pro- vide. All laws passed are to be submitted to congress, and if aisproved shall be null and void. Vi are required to take oath that the ach or practice bigamy nor poligamy; that for two years past they have not contributed directly or indirectl, money or valuable thing to any order or ciation which sanctions or tolerates among s '8 bigamy or poligamy or plural or estial marriage, or which claims to exer- cise civil power indepandent of or opposed to the laws of the United States or territory; and that they regard the laws as interpreted by the courts as the supreme law, the tions or teachings of uny orde to the contrar; i o called up the motion to refer. to muittee on finance the president’s an- sssuge and proceeded to discuss the 1 which he said the president had own down the gauntlent of free There was an attempt, he admitted, iuise, but so fecble that it ought not to deceive anyone. The message had been re- ceived with unbounded joy in Great Britain, GRE! egula- or association and why not! England had been seck- ing the American markets for years with a persistency which never flagged. Great Britain to-day had her market open to the world while other coun- tries had their markets partially closed to her. She found now, within her own bor- ders, the fiercest kind of competition,and her industries were falling off. But England heard the president of the United States d clare in his anoual message that the tarift was vicious, illogical, inequitable, and what wonder that the English people deafened American_ears with their But the attitude of the democratic party was more important practically than the attitude of Great Britain, Mr, Frye thought the demo- s would fndorse their new chief. The democratic party really shared in the presi- dent's convictions and really believed the tariff was ous, illogical and 1mequitable. The controiling element of the democratic party had been always in the south; the southern wing to-day controlled it. 'The demogratic party had iilustrated its promo- tion to power by demanding that the tariff be revised and the whole business of the coun- disturbed. Referring to the surplus, aid some of his democratic friende had proposed to repeal the alternate revenue la Mr. Frye attacked Mr. Mills, chairman of the commiftee on ways and means, and referrin to Speaker Carlisle said: “The distinguisher speaker of the house, for whom he had a pro- found esteem for his deyotion to the principle of free trade, had dared, in the last congress, to arrogate to himself almost despotic pow- ers, and to declare, from his high place, that he would recognize no member of the house to make any motion to cut down the surplus unless it was first subnutted to a democratic caucus. The democratio secretary of the treasury had also joined in the choral song of the frée traders, apparently with all his heart.” The senator from North Carolina, Mr. Vance, had_indicated a way to prevent a surplus, and the senator from Georgia, Mr. Brown, had proposed a way which would do it beyond all manner of ques tion. That was a repeal of the in- ternal revenue laws, But, his democratio friends and_their allies, the distillers and brewers and saloonkeepers had. recently de- veloped a wonderful regard for temperauces; had become great temperance champions, protesting _agamst whisky being -made cheaper. But he told them that the temper- ance sentiment of the country was rapidly alizing into an opinion that the sooner the tax on whisky was repealed the better and quicker the principles of *temperance wauld be subserved. He could see, however, one or two objections to its repeal, and one of them was that so much revenue could not be spared. M. Palmer gave notice that he would ad- dress the senate to-morrow on the subject. of his bill to rezulate.immigration. Mr. Blair spoke for an hour o his - edu: tional bill, and then the scnate, after exceu- tive session, adjourned. 4 House. Wasmxaroy, Jan. 23.—The resolution in the nouse confirming the title of Carlisle to hi s seat, has been adopted; yeas 164, nays 7, Cannon, Cooper, Davenport, McKeuna, Post and Stecle, republicans, voted in the afirm- ative, and Baker, of Illinois, Brewer, Bu- chanan , Cheadle, Hovey, Kerr and Laidlaw. republi cans, in the negafive. Under the call of states the following bills xr\ml ll'rsulunuus were introduced and re- erred By Mr. Henderson of Tllinois—For the con- struction of an 1llinois and Mississippi river canal. ¢ Mr. Townsend of Tllinois- the teamsters of the Mexican w. also to place the tux on salt used for curing pork on the same footing as that on salt used for cur- ing fish. By Mr. Lauler of Tllinois—Appropriating #100,000 for the erection in Washington of statues of Generals Shields and Lo, By Mr. Peters of Kunsas—Proposing o constitutional amendment prohibiting # peal of the general pension laws; also for the Y;wm-u of a public building at Gorden City, Kan. By Mr. Perkins of Kan: A resolution calling on the postmaster g Al for infor- ulm!lnn lative to wferior mail facilities in the west, By Mr. Thomas of Wisconsin.—Providing that all further patents or approvals of lands heretofore grauted to the Union and Central Pacific railroad companies be withheld until final ounting and settlement be had in pursuance of law between the United States and said companies, and complete and am- ple indemnification’ be given by the com- ries to seeure the government against 1oss. Referred to the committee on public lands. By Mr. Dunham of [linois—(By request) —Appropriating $15,000 to A. Debausseil to build an air ship to convey passengers through the air. Referred to the committee on ventilation. Bills w sported and placed on the cal- endar for the crection of public buildiugs at @ cost oI #100,000 each, av Springtield, Mo, Monroe, La., and Portsmouth, O. Adjourned. Pensioning Anderson’s Railroad WasHiye solution, The resolution in- troduced in the house to-day by Representa- tive Anderson, of lowa, to authorize the in stitution of judicial proceedings against the various Pacific railroad companies, contains in the preamble the charge of mismanage- ment and a fraudulent manipulation of the affairs of the companies embodied in the Henley resolution of last year, and directs the attorne; 1 1 to bring suit against the companics i enforce the forfeiture described in the Thurman set. He is directed to in- clude as parties d t in the suit against the Central Pa Huntington, Leland Stanford and Ch ery and in the case of the Union ifie, John B. Alley, Ezra H. Bacon, Sidney Dillon, Jay Gould, Frederick D, attorney- ke ap- plication to the United States courts for the uppointment of receivers for the trusts. 2 s A Rescued Crew, Loxvox, Jan. 23 he ¢rew of the British brig Warren W. from Charlottetown for New York, which was abandoned at sea the 2ith ult,, bas wreived at Falwouth, Ames and Russell Sage. o THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: lPROTEST OF FOUR CITIZENS No Now Bulldipg: Wanted On the High Sclippl Grounds. i A THREATENING NOTIFICATION. Andreen's Plans For a Tire Escape Adopted—Pupihy Using Tobacco to Be Expelléd From the Night Schools. +5) The Boardof Education., The deliberations of the board of education last evening were conducted in their usual quiet and undemonstrative manner, but con- siderable important business was disposed of. The absentees were Messrs. McConnell, Auch-Moedy, Morrison, Clarke and G In the absence of the president and vic president Mr. Hugh G. Clark filled the chair. The first Blisiness transacted was the quali- fying of the new member, Mr, August Pratt, clected at the last meeting to succoed Mr, Blackburn. Mr. Copeland presented a communication from the Zion Baptist church society (col- ored) asking for the use of the Izard school for churcn purposes, offering to pay for the same. Dr. Saville opposed this, saying that while he had favored the granting of the use of school buildings for church purposes in sparsely populated districts, he opposed it in such thickly populated districts as the Izard neighborhood, Referred. An apolication from Alice Heald, Fairfield, In, usking for aposition as prihicipal was filed. A number of communications from various publishing houses in regard to furnishing the high schoo! with a new history was read and referred. “T'he following communication wns read: To the Board of Education of the City of Oma We, the undersigned_citizens ‘and property owners of the city of Omaha most respectfully protest against the erection of another school building upon the high school grounds, and notify your body that we will resort to the courts and take such legal steps as are feasible to prevent the disfigurement of those grounds by the erection of an addi- tional building as proposed. G. M. Hrrencock, Lrwis S. REED, Howarp 1. Swirm, CranLes H. Brows. Mr. Copeland said that he had scen Mr, Reed yesterday and that he had explained that this communication was not in the na- ture of a threat 8o much as an_expression of their feelings and of the people in the imme- diate vicinity of the high school in regard to the matter. On motion of Mr. Coburn it was referred to the law department of the board. A communication was received from the citizens of the Ninth ward south of Cali- fornia street, asking that the school situated on Davenport between Lowe avenue and Pleasant street, and which has recently been discontinued, be reopened. Referred to Su- perintendent James, The next matter was the inspection of the vlans for fire _cscapes for the high school submitted by Mr. Gust Andreen. The plans seemed to meet with the approval of the members of the board and Mr. Coburn moved that Mr. Andreen’s $1,850 plan bo adopted provided that the ballisters be forty inches in height instead,of thirty-six inchcs and that no additional expense be incurred by the board in making such altcration. This was carried. “The plans submitted showed two escapes, one for the north and the other for the south end of the building, which consist of ornate balconies_in front of, the double windov connected with each other by zigzag s ways on one side and - perpendicular st way on the other. Mr. Kelly presented @ resolution making the persistent use of talitcco by any pupil in the night school a sufiicient cause for expul- sion. Carried. g The special comimittee, consisting of Messrs. Clarke, Copeland, Felton, Sholes, Parmelee, Coburn and Livesey, who were appointed to consider plans for a new build- ing on the high school grounds, failed to come to an agreement, three being in favor of Mr. Ellis' plans and four in favor of Mr. Fisher's plans. The committee was dis- missed. Mr, Copeland presented a resolution asking that the committee on buildings and property inquire as to the cost of placing incandescent clectric lights in the Cass school and report the same to the next meeting of the board. Carried. On recommendation of Mr. Felton the pres- ident and secretary were instructed to _draw awarrant_in favor of Saunders & Hime- baugh for the sum of £5,000 in full payment for school site at Walnut Hill as soon as decd and_abstract of title shall have been fur- nished and certified to by W. J. Connell, the attorney of the board, as being sufficient con- veyance in full. On motion of Mr. Copeland the committeo on buildings and property were authorized to procure a sketch of an addition to the high school building to correspond with the north wing. 3 Next, the statement of the board of educa- tion relativeto the issuance of 200 bonds, each for the sum of $1,000, dated January 1, 1583, was read and signed by the board and oraered forwarded to the sccretary of state at Lin- coln., It was decided that all post-graduates of the high school wishing to attend the cooking school should signify their wish by sending their names to Rev. W. E.Copeland, 423 North Seventeenth street. Adjournment was taken until next Monday night, the special order of business for that cning being the prepavation for the erec- tion of buildings the coming scason. SOUTH OMAHA'S SQUABBLE. Aunother Lively Meeting of the City Council Last Night. The usual weekly trouble occurred South Omaba council chamber last night,and all the members were on hand to tuke a part except Councilman Rafferty, who was de- tained through illness, and Councilman Whit- tlesey, who was absent on bu . The obstructionist policy was again followed, amd muck valuable time was lost in_answering questions that never should have been asked, and in endeavoring to make explanations to members who could not understand them when made. The h of the debate brought out many things that are of interest to taxpayers genecrally, and it would no doubt pay some of the more largely interested to look in occasionally and see their chosen representatives at their best. Mayor Savage announced that he would, for a time at least, sign no . more warrants, and that if any new polidehen were appointed they would have to wait a year for their pay He said things had been fuu in a hap-hazard in the way, that no one cgukl make anything out of the records, that ordinances were missing, and that’ through carcless- ness, lnziness wnd igngrance everything had come to a point where dll3f the council w liable to go to the penitenfiary for what they had already done, and forone he would clear himself. After roll-call usualrgutine business wus proceeded with, but it @i 1ot intercst the free and independent®lgetors, who were on hand to hear the resulti6fthe trial of Coun cilman Loescher. "That ‘came in due tir and Councilmazn Smith reported that the cial committee askeéd extension of 1aiso that the ¢¥idence went toshow “Councilman John" to-wit, did, bout the 25th dag’of July, and while a of the council of South Omaha, then receive believes, as a ctions, when the sad elec tions were beiug held on the granting of the franchise to the South Omaha Sercet railway or the Motor Line railway, from persons at present un 1 i be 5 and there unlawfully und” indirectly ouncil verily as the nown to the said council.”” The Bex: reporter endeavored to get a copy of the finding of the committee, but was informed it was not o document, and accordingly gives the from notes taken at the tine, He ou the side, that it was gramatica tive and for that reason witheld, meilman Burke tried to_make vks,” but was informed they w er until the tic vas form lis was done by Councilman L ouded by Councilman Swith, and I took_the flc he committee was what Mr. Loescher hud ing to do with Couneili had done.” % 1 wish to state,” gaid Councilman Bur public called upon to lone, and had ‘noth n Burke or what he at if the council or i citizen k lotie anything w them go down to the supreme vourt and swear o it T'll defend myself. If they think I've re- ceived any money from the v line, lot them prove it, They're only trying to climb over the Third ward and can't do it—sit down Jack,’” said Councilinan Looscher, persunsively 1'll make these parties prove it before T J eontinned Burke. Councilman Loescher then wanted the r Port 8o far ns cone 1 him, considered sepa- toly, and at last is was decided to continue the investigation of his portion on Wednes. day next, and that relating to Councilman Birke on Saturday night. “1'd like to know if them parties who made unrn‘v‘ charges signed them,” said Councilman urke, Mayor Savage explained that it was a re- port from a committoe, Well, I'd like them to sign their names to wm motor line =" it Councilman Loescher joined with Council- Burke in asking that the signatures of mmittee be att «d to the report, but the mayor simply put it to vote and doclared it earried—Councilmen Loescher and Burke voting in the negative. “How is it carried " asked Loescher, “T want to ask theimn if they've signed their names to it," repeated Burke. “There's the report, look at it," mayor. The report was accordingly carefully scan ned, and when Councilman Loescher said “that's sufiicient,” business was resumed, Councilmun Loescher then moved that John Langren, Charles Trepner and Tom Brennan be appointed to the police foree. The report was laid on the table, Another wrangle then followed in which the representatives of the Third ward claimed that all police duty was performed n the first, second and fourth wards, but not in theirs. The subject w then for a time dropped, and several petitions and communicatirus were received, among them one from the county treasurer stating that the tax list showed 00,013 of taxable property in the city—=519.473 being realty and #70,970 personal. Mayor Savage said that was of sufficient importance to call for a committee, and that he would suggest the county treasurer be one of the committee, The suggestion was acted upon and Councilmen Glasgow and Smith and Treasurer Hunt were appointed as a committee, A number of ordinances were then read for the first time and referred to the ordinance committee, the most important being one to provide for “the removal of elective officers for misconduct,” and for granting the Nebraska and Kansas gas and heating com- pany the power to construct two me s and ay down two gas mains and pipe lines n the streets and alleys of the ci said the der the head of miscellancous business Councilman Loescher asked that one day and one night policeman beappointed to patrol Albright *‘right away. Another war of words followed, the major- ity being in favor of no action being taken }lxll[ltlllc residents of that addition petitioned or it. Mayor Savage at last declared himself. The present financial condition of South Omaha would allow of no further increase in the expenditure, and the city should not be looked upon as @ sinecure, where everyone out of a job could get a soft thing. 1f the men were appointed there would be no money to pay them for the next twelve months, and he would sign no more warrants, He didn't think there was a man in the room ever paid 81 for the police protection, and there was no use of drawing warrants against an empty treasury. The clerk might draw warrants, but he would sign none. For his part, he could not find out how the city stood finan cially. It was the clerk's duty to give a monthly report, but he had never scon one, He had gone up to examine the records and found some ordinances miss and some passed on which neither the day, date, orap- proval was marked, and that wus the clork’s fault, He thought the council had done the Dbest it could, but what they wanted was bet- ter men, “Iu's pretty late in the day to jump on the clerk,” said Clerk Wells, ‘The clerk wwill get jumped on worse than that before we're through with this,” an- swered th 3 SWell, jJump aw: The muyor went on to say that the ordi- nances, instead of being written up in a special book, as the statutes required, were simply cut out of the papers and pasted in a swall memorandum book, which made them legally of no effect. 'l plained that he had done so on the mayor's orders, and another general wrangle ensued, in which Councilman Loescher moved that the clerk be given an assistant, and the clerk said he did not want one. This practically finished the evening's business, and after Councilman Loescher had received permission to be represented by an attorney at the coming investigation, the :inuncu adjourned to meet again next Mon- ay. oined the clerk. e SOUTH OMAHA NEWS. A. L. Notris of North Bend, is looking over the yards. Ik of Papillion is down visiting from Lyons, Neb. R. C. Claypole of Orleans, N market with two loads of sheep ccution for $02 was issued by Justice rainst the goods and chattels of John v to satisfy a clim of B, I, Hunt. J. A. Frayhan claims that Charles Bu is indebted to him for about £35 back rent, and accordingly obtained a writ of attach- ment from Justice Levy. There was no prosecution in the case of Charles Stein, charged with obtaining money from the South Omaha bank under false pre- tenses, and Justice Levy dismissed the case. The following are registered at the E change hotel: John J. Niblock and L. P Southerett, Shelton, Neb.; Frank Hertz, Chicago: James Donley, Ashland, Neb.; James Baker, Alma, Neb.; S. J. Fisher, Auburn, Neb. Owen Smith is an Omaha man who is making encmics rather than friends in South Omah: Saturday night he drove his wifo and infant out into the street, and she made her way down here to her friends, He say: he was drunk when he did it, but it was :b., is on the ot the first time he wus drunk, and probably won't be the last, so she concluded to remain in South Omaha. A policcman was sent af- ter her things, as Smith bad refused to give them up. It was only a lull in the storm when Land- lord Geary accepted the rent fromw his barber tenants on Suturday and agreed to let them remain until Monday. He changed his mind cted an en- absence, during the day and af nignt ¢ trance during their tempo locked the door and barred them out. As they d paia in full till Mon- day, they called in Justico Levy and he advised them to go for a policemun, and, if necossary, to break in the door. The irate landlord thought best to e his door, and accordingly gave the barber posses sion. Lo LOOKING FOR HIS WIFE, A Verdant Individual Asks Questions and Deserts His Mules, night, when Officer Dempsey Last peared for duty on Tenth street, the hun vesidents in the neighborhood of Harney strect divected his attention to a team of mules, attuched to a sleigh, and tied w lamp post. The poor beasts exhibited ey indication of exposure from the cold, and ut of feed. They had stood in that one place since carly in'the day, and were repre 1 by Dempsey’s informants as the prop 1 v of u verdant-looking fellow who had pa: | that' w Lut still they troled the streets during the afterno wd | whipped. And sh » from place 1o place enquiring his | Do you think that wife, whom he made uo bones in confessing | ¢ 1 lad left s bed and board and came to | Owmala. He was in pursuit of he intention of taking her back home. About tfall the wom hunter suddenly disap nd Dempsey drove the mules %o a | on Thirteenth street where they w cared for. Up 1o a lute hour no tidings of their owner could be d cered, Another Rioter Fined fom Ryan, anothe: f the participa in the riot in Garey's saloon on South Thir teenth street a week ago Sunday, was finally arrested yesterday. He has cluded the om cers for o AW Ho is alleged to be one of the fellows whostruck Ofticer Hinchey in the back of the head. He was fined $10 and costs, rtains His | N. B. Falcouer arty in the new Falconer Ent Last evening Mr. pleasant danci to th , with the | ¢ present. The entort: the room recently oocupied by the brary, and the well waxed floor, brilliant gas lights and jolly aggregation of young men and women were in wonderful contrast to the former scenes there. At one end of the long hall were tables for those who wished to vary the pleasures of the evening with a gamwe at cards, At the close of the cighth dance a fine supper vas scrved at Getty's, A delightful time was (n yed by all and many thanks were showerea upon Mr, I the clegant party. o — Arrested for Wife Beating. George White, a negro, was arrestod y terday evening by Special Officer Thompson on the charge of wife-beating, His ‘“wife," who give: in a sorry plight, being badly bruised on the hiead and face. —— For Sunday Liquor Sclling. George Ernest, who presided at the keg keg during the dance at Germania hall last Sunday evening, was arrcsted and jailed Iast niizht on the charge of selling liquor on Sunday. s Personal Paragraphs. G. M. Bratt, of Kausas City, isat tho | @5 per cent, but lator advices in some cases Millard. gave @Y per cent reduction from the F. R Carter, of Kansas City, is at the | opening prices. The total sales wore 158,000 Millard, shares, Ml‘l‘ll‘nulk Sharpe, of Atkinson, Neb,, is at the [, Goverxuests—Government bonds | werq illard. 4 J. S. McClerey, of Norfollk, Neb,, is at the Paxton, George P, Hatch, of Dubuque, Ia., is at the Paxton, Jolin J. Niblock, of Shelton, Neb, Millard, Jolin W, Hoffman, of Lincoln, Neb,, is at the Millard. the Millard. { women? They have whipped si W. A. Ber Nceb. resser and wife, of Nelson, are at the Paxton, orge ' W. Rollins left yesterday for St. aul to take in the ice carnival. J. Imhoff and C reightor, of Lin- Neb., are at the Millard. L . I3, Johns and M. J. Cleland, of ) Ta., are at the Paxton. George B. Lane, state superintendent of public instruction, 18 at the Paxton. Mr. Dudley . Smith, vice president of the Weyeth Hardware company, of St. Jo seph, Mo., is in the city on busincss, - Captain W. D. McHugh, one of the most prominent lawyers in northern Illinois, and for several years the local attorney for the Chicago & Northwestern railway company at Galena, has come to Omaha to locate, hav- ing formed a partnership with George Chris- tofferson. coln, fesoieat oo The Wabash Makes Another Cut, CuicaGo, Jan, 23.—~The Wabash to-day got lumber rates down from Chicago to St. Louis to # cents per 100, or 9 cents under the Alton. This is a cut altogether of § cents per 100, e Three Bodies Unidentified, Tower, Minn,, Jan, 23.—Of the nine bodies taken from the ruins of B: aby's carding house, three are still unidentified. The bodies will be buried here to-morrow. e A SMART INDIAN. The Hard Question He Put to the Com- missioners, Washington Correspondence of the Globe-Democrat: The Northwest Indian commission visited the Flathead veser- vation in Montana in the course of their travels last summe Their mission was to induce the Flatheads 1o permit the Spokanes and the Calespels to settle on the reservation. The usual palaver took place. It appears from the pro- ceedings, which have just been printed, that the commissoners encountered a smart Indian in the person of Chief Arlee. The chief made a speech, and this is what he said: “I am Arlee, chief of all the Flat- heads. We are willing to lend the land; this is afl right. 'We are satistied with it. I now have something to say. I want to make some complaints, My people do some hunting; there is game on our reservation, and my people hunt and kill deer and other game; we want ammunition. Why is it that our Great Father will not allow us to buy powder, shot and cartridg We are peace- able, and we will do no harm: we will do only good; we will not shoot the In- dian nor the white man; wo want to know why our Great Father will not let us have cartridges Is it that he is afraid we will kill his people?”? Another thing. The white men make cards and they make whisk They gamble with the cards and th drink the whisl If whisky and cards are bad, why don’t the white people quit making them? They tell us they are bad, Why do they make them and use them? If these things are good and not* bad, why will not the white man allow the Indians to have them? Iwish you to tell me this. I want to say more. T wish to say another thing ahout the Iroad. When the great father sent a commission to ask my people to allow the railroad to be built on my land, ho told them if they would allow the rail- road to pass through he would let my people ride free without paying money for it. Now he has got the rail- road and he won’t let usvide. The cars run over my cattle and my horses, and they will not pay me for them, 1 want the pay. Where is the money? We cannot get it.. They run the e over my 'I‘“Yh. and Kkiil them. I want the railvond taken off my land. T want it moved awany over the land of the whites. Tdon't want it on my land. 1 tell my people not to Lurt the road, nor to tear itup. Youneed not be afraid, we will not trouble the road. I want it taken off my land. “I do not want white men to come on my land and cut the trees and dig up the minerals. We do not wish them to do this, We want them kept off, of them bring their cattle ,on my and eat up the grass. Wedon't w this, We want the ass for our own cattle. We wantour reseevation marked all around so0 that white men will not come on it. ant the judges and the po i oact ght. They do w it the w of the j s to decide the 156 We don't w to de- cide. The head man ought to decide, How is it when one judge is one way and two the other? Twantyou te answer this question, We don't want any j s or policemen. We want the 0 rule the people. Tt is mght for tho judges to have sick men whipped? And i Kk men and they had’ @ woman whi was pregnant, She told them who comm him? T\ we should Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castor When Daby was sick, we gave her Castoria. Whea she was a Child, sho eried for Castoria, Wher slo becami Miss, she clung to Castoria, leoner for the name of Minnic Conoyor, was C. A. Peterson, of Stratton, Neb, is at the | ff: & (SRR, O8N Worcii o dly Paxton, U8 #igs registred 1074 N. Y. Central 1067 A. C. Cass, of Lincoln, Neb, is at tho 438 conpon 10 0. 1N o Pacifie s of . 1} o PPL T 2Ny axton. Canada Southern Pacifle il . is at the J. W. McLeod, of David City, Neb, is at | tok New York, Jan to the Bek|—Stocks—Stocks have to-day what - they gained on Friday aturday, but for what reason is . not apparent. The early market was enough, but it broke badly and did not with any advance. The decline of tho cral list was 8@ per cent, though a escaped with a reduction os 'c@l per cente The volume of business was small and tho market opened strong with advances extonde ing to % per cent, but it was not sustained, and when the noon hour arrived most of the list had fallen back heavily. The early trads ing included buying of Reading by London and 8. V. White. Arbitrage houses wera holding orders to purchase St. Pavl, Union Pucific, and Louisville & Nashville. Tha temper of the room was moderately bullishy The break came from selling by Flower, Coombs, Avery and others, who parted with Reading, Western Union and Delaware, Lackawanna & Western, The general tone of the London market for American securitiog was better to-day, the advances varying ¢ [Special Telogram lost wnd quite rong rally gene fow dull and heavy to weak, ERDAY'S QUOTATIONS, Central Pacifle 0.D.&E Chicago & Alton Pullman PalaceCarting ColsQ 14 Reading. .. . 04X D4 T & ¢ Rock Tsland 112 DS R.G 1St L &8, K y 0 i dopreferred 11l 0N do 5 1y O ML & RE Panl Hiinols orved. [ \ 0. K& A0 proferr Lake Shore. ., cific. L.& N nelfle, Michigan Central Missourd Pacitic Missouri Pacific. . o prefe L &1 do preferred call easy at 2@i por per cel cent; it closed offered at § per cent. Piasts’ MERCANTILE PAPER—BL{@Tl§ per cent. STERLING CiaNGE=Dull but steady 4841 for sixty day bills, and £1.5614 for de- mand. - PHILADELPHIA Telegraph Companies Must Pay Taxes on Poles and Wires, PritaveLrmia, Jan, 23.—The supreme court to-day affirmed the judgment of common pleas court No. 2 in the suit of the city against the Western Union and Mutual Telo- graph companies to recover from those com- pauies an annual license fee of £1 for each one of their poles erccted upon the public streets, and £2.50 for every mile of suspended wire. These license fees were imposed by an ordinance of January 0, 1581, but have never been collected, In afirming the judg- ment the court simply holds that the city, in exere of its police powers, has an un- doubted right to impose a license fee on poles and wires, and that there is nothing unrea souuble about the amount fixed for the fee, e Army Orders. Wasmy N, Jan. 23.—[Special Telegram to the Bre]—Leave of absence for foue months, to take effect Febry 10, has been granted First Lieutenant Theodore Mosler, Twenty-second infantry. Thirty colored recruits have been assigned to the Tenth cavalry. WINS. A board of oficers to consist of Captain Frank C. Grugan, Sccond artillery, First Licutenant Marion P, Maus, First in and Second Lieutenant nal corps, has been ordered to mee city February 1 for the purposc of e into the details of construction of the various heliogranhis now in usc and determining the composition of an instrument best suited to the requirements of the service. - A Relic of Anarc Sr. Joserm, Mo., Jan, 23.—([Special Telo. gram to the BEe.]--A roll of matting wus opened at the Louis Hax furniture store to-day and a dynamite bomb found on the in- side. The matting was purchased from Deun & Hughes, of Chicago, lust April and had never been unwrapped. A couple of poli men wore called in, who took the bomb to the river bank, where it was exploded burst- ing into a thousand fra —— Corbin Contradicted. PorsviLLe, Pa., Jan. 23.—A committee of the Knights of Labor and Miners' associas tion to-night od u reply to the statement of President Corbin of the I ling regard to the strike, denying Corbin ment. md in stute- e A Fish Stof »m Towa. Des Moines Correspondonce of the St Louis Republican: On Wednesday aud Thursday of last week an wirusual ovent oceurred in the Des Moines river, ut aparbe, in Van Buren county. s 4 dam across the river there, and, as the river is low, no water pusses through 1t, the only escape being through the mill-race and the water- wheels. For the past few days all kinds " of fish—black bass, buffalo, blue, yellow and mud cut. mon, pike, rock biss and all the varieti n} fish in this stream—filled the mill-race so full that the powerful wheels of the mill were stopped by them. An eye witness writes “The people turned out in masses hoes and took fish b and bagfut, and now overybody has fish and to spar T'h are of all sizes and varicties, ten aud twelve pound eatfish of the neighborhood with rakes and the tub, basket and buffalo being frequent. The fish have been crushed by hundreds in tho wheel and thousands have been earriod out by the people. This began the 19th and continues to-day. ‘The run is sup- posed to be on aceount of the severe weather having frozen the upper river and the creeks to the bottom and the fish were sccking decper water or breaks in the for more Tho mills were closed, the whed topped and the wickets opened yesterdiy to permit the fish to pass through und empty the “Asan evidence of the fish, the race which they crowded forf two days in suceession is ahout 500 foet long and fifty to seventy-five feet wide, and when the writer was n boy and res= cued a companion from drowning it was twelve wop. Bonaparte is famous fishing mnd inoan ordinury way. In winter holes are cut in the ico five 1o se nd catfish weighing f ty-five pounds are od in large numbers, und in the spring netting is resorted to with geent suceess, and in May and June the bass fishing with hook and line is superb, Then comes midsummer ¢ tussel for the bi channel catfish and which by hoc and iine req ul perhaps the o 5 the land-lo anlmon hing mber and O« r. NEMINGTON STANDARD TYPE WRITER. JOS. P. MEGEATH, STENOGRAPHER AND COPYIST, number o to in iS¢ e Lamler for Nebraska, n the WORLD BEST i When stebad Children, she gave thew Castoris, Bank. Seud fog Ouakia, Neb, Jmba