Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 24, 1888, Page 4

e THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally Morning I'dlnunr lnv'\ullnu F\m'lny BrE, One Year 0-00 For 8ix Months, ... vEiver #1000 For Three Months. 260 e Omaha Sunday By, maed {0 any ad- dress, One Ye OMAUAOFYICH, Now I AND IO F N Youk Orrice, Room 65, Tr ING, WASHINGTON OFFICE, NO. TEENTH STREET. CORRESPONDENCE. All communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed to the EDITOK OF THE B BUSINESS LETTERS, All business letters and remittances shonld bo addressed to Tny HER PURLIS O Drafts, checks and pos e made payable to the order of the company. | { | s Foui The Beo Pablishing Company, Proprictors. E. ROSEWATER. EDITOR. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Etate of Nebraska, Lus Count dougliss, 3 hick, secretary of The Tee Pub- s hhv' f Gompr ! pressed views of the pre Thursdin Friduy, Jan. 13 Average....... GEO. T, T Rworn to and subgeribed in my th duy of January, A. D., 1888, prose P, ing first Auly sworn, de- . <15 secrotury of The fee Pibiteiiing company, that the aciial averago daily circulation of the Daily Be ot Junuary, 60 coples KT, 14,178 coptes’ for March), for April, 187, 1 op X, and says that for the month for Fe 1 14,400 copies tor Mu, 1886, 14, coples: for June, 187, 14,147 copless for' July IR (A0 copleds for uiust, 18, 16151 coples for Rey ptombcr, 187, 1440 coplusi, for_ Octobery TRESTEER! For' November, 18, 15,220 coplos: for December, 187, 15,041 co Sworn and subscribed to in’ my ¥ e his 2d day of Janfinry, A. D. 188, N FE| Notary Piblic. TEXAS scems to have a rich political so0il, which is in danger of running to weeds. The state has no less than si L7 candidates for the United State: senate. A CURRENT averse to the Blair edu- cational bill has set in among the legis- lators at Washington. There is prob- ably no great dan now that this effort to stimulate mendicancy will be- come a law, HELLO, board of educ give the B your ear for a minute, and tell the taxpayers of Omaha why you squander over $400 a year for needless telephones. What messages are there'so urgent that school teachers can’t afford to deliver them either personally or by junitors or schoolhoys? on! Wil you IN the line of new things the fresh- ost at hand isthe statement that Harper, the bank wrecker, now in the Ohio penitentiary, is allowed to operate a bucket shop in Cincinnati and has made several thousand dollars in deals since his incarceration, This is an Ohio idea that it may be hoped will not get be- yond the boundaries of the Buckeye state. It is again announced that the ad- ministration is to make a clean sweep of all republicans still in office. Let it go ahead. It cannot increase the num- ber of democratic votes by such a pro- ceeding, but it will assure to vhe repub- licans a considerable number of votes who, if they remained in office, would very likely be of no service to either party. A BROOD of barnacles and' leeches have been fattening at the city crib for the last six months. They have been kept on the citv pay roll at extravagant salaries, without a scrap of legal au- thority., Now when the public protest has raised its voice, the council pro- poses to enact an ordinance that will authorize the employment of the tax- eaters. This is a pretty how-de-ye-do. Ir is not to he doubted that Governor Hill of New York hopes to be president of the United States, but if he has any idep that he can get the nomination this year he is more sanguine than sensible. Republicans, however, will be glad to give him all practicable encouragement in any effort that he may make to side- track Cleveland. They would undoubt- edly feel somewhat more ‘confident with Hill as an opponent. THE organization of Fovaket clubs in Ohio, with the object of booming the governor as a presidential candidate, is 80 distinetly hostile to Sherman that if Foraker has been honest in his avowals of friendship for the senator he will’ promptly request the abandonment of such organizations. He must do this or be adjudged insincere in professing to support the candidacy of Sherman, and this would not be an advantageous po- sition for the governor to occupy if he has an ambition to be considered by the national republican convention. The over-zealous friends of Foraker are making a mistake that he should not permit them tocontinue in, THE fact that beginning with Jan- uary 27 grain rates from southwestern Missouri river points are to be reduced five cents less than corresponding rates from Omaha and points north of Omaha isa high-handed outrage against this market. This discrimination should not bo tolerated by our shippers, and means should be adopted to bring the railroads immediately to terms. The reason given by railway magnates for not reducing Omaha rates was because northern Towa is full of grain and a re- duction here would compel a scaling down of all rates in Towa. It is reported that settlers near the railroads in portions of Nebraska, who were suffering for want of fuel during the extremely severe weather, helped themselves to coal from cars in transit. Owing probably to the policy of the railroads the remote stations were sufficiently supplied with fuel,and a coul famino came with the biting blizzards. ‘When people are confronted with the alternatives of freczing or appropriating the means to prevent it, when not to be otherwise obtained, questions of law or morals are not likely to receive much consideration. The paramount law of self-preservation asserts itself, and the universal verdict will justify its applica- tion, | The Duty of Congre Congress has before it the reports of the commission which investigated.the Pacific railroads and the plainly ex- ent thereon. In the opinion of the executive, delib- evately reached after a careful study of the matter from the different stand- points of the majority and minority re- ports, the course of tha corporations has forfeited all claim on their part to any forbearance or generosity. The lan- guage of the president is that the re- ports ‘‘exhibit such transactions and schemes connected with the construc- tion of the aided roads and their management, and suggest the invention of such devices on the part of those having them in charge for the apparent purpose of de- feating any chance for the government's simbursement, that any adjustment or plan of settlement should be predicated upon the substantial interests of the government rather than any forbear- ance or generosity deserved by the com- panies.” One of the methods suggested by the president for subscrving the in- tevests of the government is to purge the debt of the corporations “of all* that is fraudulent, fictitious or unconscion- able,” and he expresses the opinion that congress may seck a remedy against those who issued and transferred the fictitious bonds of these corporations. Finally the president says the public interest urges prompt and efficient ac- tion. With all the information that can possibly be vequired in its possession, and it being peculiarly within the province of congress, as the president observes, to effect the settlement and determination of the questions involved, that body should address itself to the duty with the least possible delay. It is the policy of the corporations to prevent prompt and efficient action, and they have friends in congress who will undoubtedly do whatever may be de- manded of them in furtherance of this policy. It is certain that the men who are responsible for all the abuses and rascalitios that are disclosed by the reports of the Pucific 1roads commission are not idle. By every means and device which amost cunning and unscrupulous ingenuity can suggest they will seek to defeat or defer legis- lation intended to bring them to a just accounting or to deprive them of the vower to continue the plunder of the people. Their hand has been plainly shown in the confirmation of a justice of the supreme court, and it is visible in the effort to discredit before the country the chairman of the commission, whose sense of justico led him to recommend summary proceedings in the interest of the government and pcople. In whatever way the resources and influences of these men can be employed to better fortify themselves in their position, to resist the progress of justice, and to defeat the popular de- mand that they shall be made accounta- Dble for their past course of fraud and robbery, they will be used without stint. They can be thwarted only by the ut- most vigilance and zeal on the part of the representatives of the people, who believe with the president that this matter should be promptly and effect- ively settled. Thus far the conduct of the present congress is not reassuring as to any legislation urgently de- manded. Nearly two months of the session have passed without anything of consequence having been accomplished. There has been up to this time an exhibition of weakness, timidity and lack of statesmanship dis- couraging to the hope of the country. All the evidence shows that congress is dominated quite as much as ever be- fore by the political schemers and dem- agogues, The welfare of party, rather than of the people, is the first considera- tion with the great majority of the men in congress. It is due to this that powerful monopolies and corporations are able to steadily defeat justice and override the people. The struggle against this pernicious influence must, however, be firmly and fearlessly main- tained, and having the support of stern and irveversible facts its final success is certain, Industrial Reciprocity. The house of representatives has passed the bill to appropriate fifty thou- sand dollars for the purpose of securing representation for our government at the Melbourne exposition. The bill was quite vigorously discussed when up and all amendments decreasing the amount were voted down by a large majority. Of course the object of expending this sum of money is to call the attention of the Australian colonies to the products of American manufacturers and to stimulate an increased trade between the two countries., From this stand- point the expenditure is one in the line of economy and will meet with general approval. But the best way in which trade can be stimulated between Australia and the United States is by a reduction in the tariff on the finer grades of wool which are grown so extensively in the colonies and with which our wools cannot compete. It is because England offers u great market for Australian wool that the vast bulk of the great import trade of the colonies is carried on with the United Kingdom. The ships which carry to Liverpool and London Austral- fan wool return loaded with the pro- ducts of the English factories. American manufacturers who have for years been doing their best to se- cure a foreign outlet for their surplus products, find themselves obstructed at overy point by the operations of our high tarift. While it may protect them in the home market, it as surely closes to them the markets of the world. In Australia, as elsewhere, they are met with the demand for reciprocal trade, and ave informed that the colonies transact their business with nations who are willing to allow them to trans- act business with them. As a result of the enormous tariff upon wool, Ameri- can manufacturers find it difficult to obtain . ships to transport their products to the colonies except at rates so high as to cut down all margin of profit. Ships leaving our ports for Aus- tralia can never be assured of any rve- turn cargo, and, being obliged to take their chances of securing a load else- where, charge for the risk they take, Itis very well to talk of balance of wfi,'—w,—_ e -and fraud have been overthrown. !’H.E OMAHA DAILY BEi: TUESDAY. JANUARY 24' 1888. trade in our favor with Australin, ‘but, | as a matter of fact, the trade itself with the colonies is so small, compared to what it might have been under other conditions, that the balance of trade ar- gument counts for nothing. In scores of lines America could compete on more than an even basis with England and Germany in the colonies if she could secure orders and satisfuctory freight rates. The representation of our man- ufactured industries at the Melbourne exposition will doubtless be of consider- able advantage, but its discussion would be of still greater advantage than the exhibit if it could convince congress that the best way to secure trade with foreign countries is to enable foreign countries to buy of us. The Mayor's Duty. Mayor Broatch must choke off the tax-eaters, As the executive head of the city government, it is his manifest duty not only to withhold his approval from every appropriation to pay barna- cles and supernumeraries, but also to call to account every city officer who places upon the city’s -roll employes not expressly authorized by an ord nance or resolution passed by a major- ity of the council and approved by the mayor. As a business man, Mayor Broatch ought to know that the fast and loose methods which prevail in the con- duct of our city affairs violate all busi- ness principles, as well as of law. Any firm or corporation that would countenance such recklessness and extra- vagance would soon pass into the hands ofareceiver. The mayor has been alto- gother too easy going. He has been in the habit of signing vouchers for tax- eaters as a matter of misdirected sym- pathy and absurd delicacy. While sup- porting Seavey’s rights as chief of po- lice he signed the warrant to pay Tom Cummings for personating a position which he (the mayor) knew Cummings never legally held, Thiswas a case of misdirected sympathy. The mayor knew that John Butler was appointed sergeant at arms by the council as a defiance and insult to himself, the chief of police and the police commissioners, But the mayor’s sympathy for Butler outweighed his conviction of impropriety, and irregularity, and he approved Butler’s subsidy for $65 per month for a needless service not authorized by ordinance or legal resolution. The mayor knows and knew all along that the city clerk had no authority for putting three dep- uties on the city pay-roll, but he has never vetoed this bare-faced grab, be- cause two of these deputies are the sons of two councilmen. This is alto- gether too much delicacy for the aver- age taxpayer. The worst feature of it is the open disregard of charter re- strictions by councilmen and officers who are sworn to obey the law, and the seeming indifference of the executive in regard to the impositions practiced by city officials upon the taxpayers. The mayor should order the discharge of every person who is on the city pay- roll without legal authority. Purge the Pay-Roll. The exhibit which the BEE makes through its reporters concerning un- authorized and lawless employment of a small army of deputies, clerks and in- spectors, calls for the purging of the municipal pay-roll. The charter provisions relative to ap- pointments and appropriations have been wilfully ignored and disregarded. No city officer has a right to make any appointment or create any indebtedness which is not specifically authorized by the charter, passed by an ordinance in (strict conformity to the charter, or by a resolution passed by a recorded vote of the majority of the council and approved by the mayor, or passed over his veto. Our city officials, from the city clerk down to the build- ing inspector, have raided the treasury by the connivance ot the council and the laxness of the mayor to live up to the strict letter of the law. Lucrative positions for political favorites and barnacles have multiplied until the city treasury is worse than empty. Lawless overlaps have been created, and all the safeguards and barriers which the charter contains against extravagance It is high time now to call a halt and purge the pay roll of supernumeraries and hangers-on. Parties who have drawn money out of the city treasury without rendering service should be made to re- fund or taken in hand and punished through the courts. e———— ANOTHER effort is to be made to com- pel the railroad companies in Pennsylva- nia, engaged in the mining of coal, to conform to the constitutional provision which prohibits them engaging in such business. An article of the consti- tution of Pennsylvania provides that no incorporated company doing the business of a common carrier shall directly or indirectly prosecute or engage in mining or manufacturing ar- ticles for transportation over its works, nor engage in any other business than that of a common carrier. In defiance of that very explicit provision the Read- ing railrond company has eugaged in mining coal and transporting the product over its lines. An at- tempt was made about a year ago to compel the railroads to respect the law, but nothing was accomplished. Now the Knights of Labor are moving in the matter, and if they are persist- ent it is possible the corporations will ultimately be required to conform to the law. It is a most grave reproach to the state of Pennsylvania that this en- tively plain provision of the constitu- tion, clearly just in its character and in the public interest, has been and is still defiantly violated by the Reading company. When & people tolerate such disregard of a fundamental law they invite and encourage the abuses practiced upon them by the great cor- porations, and forfeit the right to complain of the oppression and the wrongs to which they are subjected. There should be a universal demand from the people of Pennsylvania for the enforcement of the constitutional provision, made so strong and earnest that the authorit and the judiciary would not dare to dis- regard it. Much of the fault in this matter, as, with those of a similar char- acter in every state, is due to the in- differonce of the peoplo. * The masses are too little concerned for the enforce- ment of the law, and thus the active and aggressive corporations age enabled to trample on the constitution and statutes with impunity. T is law enough in most of the states to remedy existing abuses if they were firmly and faithfully enforced. ———— MR, JACK GALLIGAN uches for the honesty of Building Inspector Whitlock. This vouchor is good sofar as it goes. Nobody charges that Mr. Whitlock has pocketed any part of the building per- mit receipts. But Mr. Whitlock has shown a lamentable lack of official in- tegrity. He has certified to the council and mayor that his two assistant inspec- tors were entitled to twenty-soven days’ pay in December at four dollars a day each, when they were only entitled to pay for time actually employed at build- ing nnqfl\vlmn and there were not three days in December when there was any- thing for them to inspect. * Beside this, there were only twenty-six working days in December, all told. When an oftic certifies to fictitious services, he is con- niving at fraua, and becomes an accom- plice to a bare-faced swindle WHAT are the school teachers of Omaha doing in regard to contributions for the purchase of a medal for Miss Freeman? Omaha teachers are better paid than those of any other Ame city. They can well afford on an occas- ion like this to be liberal with their means. The two hundred teach the public schools of this city will not be ruined by contributing at least 3100 for a gold medal forateacher who saved the lives of thirteen school children. TitE teams street are getting altogether two fre- runaway on xteenth quent. Ttis perilous to drive on that crowded thoroughfare, not to say any- thing of the risk to life and limb of pe- destrians. The record of the past few days shows a number of serious ual- tios sustained by our citizens. Chicf Seavey should seo to it immediately that fast driving be stopped,and as soon as possible should station one or two mounted police in that vicinity, JLD OF ID THE F1 DUSTRY. Nashville, Tenn., is becoming the com- mercial and to some extent the manufactur- ing center of the south. The milling interests throughout the west have been losing a great deal of money, and propose to organize un iuformation bureau of their own, The new railroad® in Indiana have opened up what issaid to be the finest growth of oak hickory, ash, walnut and cherry to be found in the west. The domestic consumers of natural gas find the combination tpo strong for them,and there is a great complaint at the monopoly prices asked. A Wheeling company that makes garden rakes for the south, and is usually idle in January, is now overcrowded with orders for months to come, Popular science lectures are being deliv- ered in various towns aund cities of England, at which the admission is 2 cents. They are doing much good. An electric elevated railroad for the con- veyance of newspapers and small parcels at a very high rate of speed is under consider- ation at Baltimore. Georgia gold fields are being worked more industriously than ever. The cost of work- ing has been reduced to 30 cents per ton. Tho deepest mine is 250 feet. Textile manufacturers are devising nu- merous things to increase the production of their mills and add to the convenience of handling manufactured goods. During the past year the distribution of lumber at Chicago was 100,000,000 feet in ex- cess of 1886, Prices did not move up through the year, as had been expected. The turtle-canning industry is assuming large proportions in Florida, and vessels are being employed to bring turtles from Yuca- tan and the West India Islands. Manufacturers are discovering in a great many instances that more work can be ob- tained out of factories that are lighted by electric light than where gas is used. In four years the commercial efficiency of electrical machinery has been increased from 67 to 90 per cent, and the cost of a given cur- rent is not 25 per cent of what it was a year ago. French and English ship-building firms are negotiating with Spanish capitalists with a view of establishing ship-yards und marine engine works on the banks of the Bilboa river. An engine for a Sound steamer has just been ordered from Detroit engine builders that will have 44-inch cylinders, 12 feet stroke, and feathering wheels 20 feet in diameter. — Grand Island's Good Wishes. Grand Island Tndependent. Grand Island is entirely willing for Omaha to have a public building suitable and ade- quate for acity of her size and commercial importance. B Elm Club Treatment. - Norfolk News. Among the new rules adopted for tho Omaha jail is one that requires the jailer to furnish bibles for the prisoners. If all the stories we have heard about that jail are true, a watery elm club judiciously administered would prove more soothing. - A Very Moral Man, There's Mr. Strait, a moral man, And all who know him know it; He strives to do the best he can ‘And strives his best to show it. He never stole in all his life, And he's prepared to prove it; He knew of gold within a safe— But hadn't strength to move it. He's proud of his integrity, He's honest to the letter; His lips would scorn to lisp a lie— When truth may pay him better. If e'er he loved in all his life, He lets not passion fret him: He never kissed his neighbor's wife— Because she wouldn’t let him. i STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. There is a scarcity of able teachers in Holt county. Brown county came out of the blizzard without a victim. Patsy Meally has packed his bag and sl ||) ped out of Mead, Saunders county, Oleaving friendly treasuries minus $325, The blizzard death roll in the state has closed at forty-eight persons. What a story of heroic struggle, of bravery and despair 18 wrapped in ' their wind- ing sheets! There was noloss of human life in Antelope county, but the loss of stock is enor mous. Five hundred head of ten horses and a large number of The Normal is the name of an educus . tional monthly publi Manville at O'Neill City. It containg carefully prepured articles on sc hool methods, and is a beauty typographi- The Shelton Clipper to the Union a- ilway company, greeting: “The citizens of this place are out of coal, and you are hereby commanded to set off a fow cars to keep them from freezing to death.” ““As we have bheen burning 40-cent corn in this officc a portion of the woek, " suys the Shelton Clipper, “we are led to consider whether the rn is not too high and if the farmer is not holding a little the best end of things The intents and purposes of the kiss trust formed by the girls of North Omaha have been maliciously misrepresentod by state pape The single and double object is to trust their beaux with one or more osculatory forget-me-nots till they meet again, when they are re- funded with interest. Walt Mason's touching poem on the death of the Westphalen orphans in Dodge county during the blizzard, was the tribute of a warm heart to onhe of the sad and heroic incidents of the tem- pest. ‘Amid the deluge of brave acts, terrible stuggles and rescues, none sur- passes in nobility of sacrifice the efforts of a thirteen year old girl to protect her little sister from the biting cold, almost. stripping herself to save her, and both dying in each other’s arms. The peo- ple of Dodge county should treasure their memories and mark their resting place with a lasting shaft of marble. lowa Items. Davenport has 173 saloons which pay the city $17,300 per annum. The Sioux City postoffice handled 2054,000 in money orders last year. There is a man in Aububon county who bears the sulphuric title of John Hell. A Sac county jackrabbit which pounds. The Towa agricultural college at its late commencement graduated a class of forty-three young ladies and gentle- men. The Warren county grand jury ad- journed without finding a single indict- ment. This is something new in the history of the county. A California correspondent of the At- lantic Telegraph writes that where heis butter is 60 cents a pound, wood $16 per cord and coal $28 per ton. Armour’s competition has reduced the price of meat in Burlington to the fol- owing figures: Best steaks, 8 cents; best roasts, 8 cents; boiling beef, 4 cents. Mrs. Peter Gordon, of Mills county, has sued H. (. Mess and W. G, Moore for 85,000 each for selling her*husband liquor after she had given them orders not to do so. Davenport is having a serious time with her court house. The walls have cracked and the dome has settled, and man _recently shot a weighed fourteen some fear that the fine edifice is an ir- remediable ruin. The women have taken public gchools of Towa. There u pub- lic school teachers in the state, of whom 18,748 are women. The army of them has increased more than 4,000 in six years, In the same time male teachers have decreased from 7,253 to 5,927, The blizzard scored six victims in the vicinity of Sanborn. A family consisting of a widowed mother and two_children living in Dale township, finding their humble home inadequite protection started for a neighbor’s about twenty rods distant, but perished on the way. Dakota. The Yankton Press claims the total blizzard victims in the territory is 136, The Odd Fellows have dedicated an elegant new lodge hall in Lead City. It cost $12,000. The Homestake and Associate mines in the Hills took out $100,000 the first two weeks of January. Clark county voted, a few days ago, almost unanimously in issuing bonds to the amount of 315,000 for the purpose of erecting a court house. There is one railroad company opera- ting at the present time in the north- west that intends to build to the Black Hills just as soon as possible and uses no secrecy about its intentions either. That company is the Manitoba. It lays out its work but a short distance ahead of its workers, and it has a hine projected to Rupid City which line will certainly be built during the present year if the reservation be opened. At Beaver Hill, near Mandan, asnow- plow running at the rate of fifty miles an hour collided with u drove of ante- lope. The herd, which it is conjectured numbered at least 1,000, had huddled together in the cut Lhmugh which the road passes, to get out of the fierceness of the gale that was raging. Threc carcasses that were not badly mangled were afterwards picked up, but the “‘deviled” antelope that was to be met with during the day along the fatal spot was plentiful. N A OMAHA WILL NOT BE THERE. Other Cities Will Discuss OCarload Rates With the Commission in New York the inter-state c commission will meet to hear the arguments of eastern jobbers in favor of abolishing carload rates to western points. At the same tlme, arguments in favor of the be retention of the system will made by representatives of many of the w tern cities, among them being St. Paul, Joe, Minncapolis, Des Moines, Kansas City and St. Louis. But Omaha will not be rej resented, although she just as greatly interested in the retenti of car load as any of the cities mentioned. t, to speak in favor of that retention was one of the dutics outlined for the com- mittee of the board of trade when it _visited Washington several weeks ago. Commis- ¢ Griflits, however, a_few d sent to the commission at _Washington signatures of retailers in Nebraska showing ire to have tho carload Mr. Grifitts was asked why Omaha would not be represented in the dis cussion of the question, and an *d that he did not know. It was a conundru A Bad Boy. George Spill, a fourteen years old boy who promises tobe an interesting figure in the police les of the future, was arrested yesterday for burglary. About noon the lad entered the house of H. Atkins on South Tenth street and proceeded to ransack the prewmises for valuables, He was discovered and held for the police. He will have a hear- ing before Judge Berka to This is the same youth who was arrested some time ago for stealing a pair of gloves from S. P. Morse's, but was discharged on account of his tender years. Two Fire Alarms. Yesterday morning at6:20 o'clock the fire de- partment was called to Thirteenth and Har- ney streets. The blaze was in the stable occu- pied by John Ebey and was started by some unknown tramp it is supposed. The loss will not exceed $40. At 10 o'clock_an alarm was sent in from Sixteenth and Davenport, but proved to be a false one. ago ST His Pony Died. Frauk McDea, a mounted carrier for the Herald, while delivering his paper Sunday morning, drove on the snow-covered top of & cistern at the residence of D. G. Rhoades, 1513 South Twenty-sixth strect, and with his 1l to the bottom. The young lad was twhen he had almost perished, but his borse was drowned. ‘REWARD OF BRAVERY, #58 The Fund For Miss Freeman and Miss Royce. In response to the Ber's suggestion that a fund be raised to substantiall ward Miss Froeman and Miss Royce, we have already received several contribution: Miss Free man is the young v who od the lives of thirteen school children in the recent bliz- zard, by ticing them with a strong string and leading them from the wrecked school houso through the drifts and clouds of snow to o place of safet Miss Royce is the teacher who, in a brave but unsu ssful attempt to save the hives of three children was seriously frozen, ana will probably be crippled for life, The heroic conduct of these two young wo- men 18 known far and wide, and is oxciting general comment and words of praise. Tho BEE hopes that the fund for their benefit will reach o sum that will make them independ- ent. All contributions through the Ber will be acknowledged in these columns from day to day: Neb,, Jan. 21, To the Editor of Enclosed find Omaha exchange o place to the following eman, $1.00; for Miss Louise Roy Bram Stare BaNk, Laxcor an. 21, To the Editor of the Bg umy check for &.00 as per your suggestion in the Bee of this date, thit'a fuud be raised for Miss Minnie Fre county, for her heroie acti g the lives of thirteen children. Her Luction is deserving of an appropriate tribute and remembrance. G. M. LAMBERTSON. 7, Neb., Jan. 21.—To the Editor of al, *“Nebraska's ay's issuo strikes a 3 chord in my heart, and T enclose you check for £10; 8 for Miunie Frecman and $5 for Louise Royce. L. D. RicmArbs. The following employes of the Nebraska National bank contribute one dollar each: Willis M. Yates, C. W. Higgins, C. A, Cal- lard, A D. Touzalin, George F. Leake, John A Templeton. Frevo the Br ic Mr. K. Rosewater, editor of the Brr, has contributed #15, of which $10 is for Miss Royce and & for Miss Freeman, Mr. Theodore Williams, of the Beg, has contributed £10 for Miss Roy Other members of the Big staff have con- tributed &2 Mr. Joseph Nelkin has sent in a contribu- tion of §1. B - AND BAR. District Court. TIRED OF MATRIMON Della G. Ready, in her petition for divorce from Alvin Ready, states that they were married June 27, 1879, at Charles City, lowa. In June 1, 1880, Alvin deserted her and has not been seen by her since that tin She prays for a decree and the custody of her one child. ALICE HASTING'S COMPLAINT, Tn an action filed yesterday by Alico Has- tings against M. I.” Martin, the New York Storage company and T. J. Beard & Brother, she alleges that the house No. 103 Ninth street was rented to her by Martin for im- moral purposes and that therefor notes and chattels given by her to secure at the rate of $125 monthly undes are void and she refuses to pay said s which have been nsferred to Beard & Brother by said Martin, She gave sufficient notice that she would not pay tho notes and moved her furniture from his premises. She then stored the furniture in the New York Storage warcrooms, whero it was replevined in the name of Beard & Brother, to whom Martin transferred the notes after she had in- formed him they were void. ~Alice therefore alleges that Martin is to blame for all her he wants the court to compel Murtin to reimburse her in a just and equita- ble manner. County Court. ROBERT LAW AT LAW. Dennis A. Hurley has commenced action against Robert Law in two different suits, one for $514.20 and another for & supplics furnished him while run: Board of Trade cafe. Police Court. The case of William Poindexter, arrestea Saturday onthe complaint of Martin Dono- van, came up yesterday before the police court. The defendant produced witnesses to provo that he had purchased the watch in August, 1887, from a colored man at Lewis’ hotel and was promptly discharged. Poindex- ter is a hod carrier by occupation, and has lived in_Omaha_for threc years. that he is well known by many prom citizens, to any of whom he can refer for his honesty. He says his arrest Saturday night did him a great injustice, and he promises to make it interesting for the man who com- plained against him. Drunks—Jennie Lee, William Lewis, Mar- tin Bennett, R. H. Wall, Frank Smith and Robert Broderick, dischurged. . Con O'Brien fined $1 and costs. Vagrants — Charles Ramsey, continued; Bartou Hiles, Elmer Eckert, Charles Burke and Charles Criss, sentenced to work for one day. J. H. Peals, a supposed descrter from thié United States army, coutinued. James Meagher, ten days i A ('llr(‘h-ss lil'lv('r. At8o'clock yesterday morning a man,whose name could not be ascertained, started to cross Fourteenth street near Farnam, Ashe reached the middle of the street, a cutter, drawn by asingle horse, came dashing around the corner at a rapid gate. The driver saw the pedestrian in ample time to check his horse, but without further effort to avoid what might have been a serious accident, contented himself with a yell of warning. Hearing the call, the pedestrian jumped back, but too late to save himself. One of the shafts struck him in the shoulder, knocked him to the ground, the horsefor tunately stepping over his prostrate Body without injuring him. One of the runners of the cutter pinned the fallen man to the ground. Scizing the runner in his hands the man raised hunself and threw the cutter on its side, the rider lightly stepping to the ground in time to avoid a severe fall. Without a word of apology the driver of the cutter, a young man named Howells, employed on Fourteenth street near Farnam, righted his sleigh and pro- ceeded on his way. The gentleman who was run over was too surprised to utter a_word, and gathering himself up limped off to his place of business. ‘The expressions of the bystanders on the subject would be instruc. tive if not interesting to young Howells, Open Board Members, President Iler, of the board of trade, told a reporter that #25 memberships have \dy been established in the organization, and that now a great deal of quict work is oeing done on the outside to induce grain dealers throughout the state to become members. A number of these men have already consented 0 bocome members, but ho_ said the parties in charge did not know how many had bee or could be secured until the inter-state mission decided in the of railroad discrimination ag: The membership 1m question enabled me bers to take part in u]l--n sessions of th board, but does not entitle them to pro rata ownership of the S koparty of th board, Charged With Stealing Bu Samuel Mitchell, who lives near Hascall park, was arrested yesterday on the charge ing & couple of buckets from C. B. found on Mitchell's to have borrowed As he has hitherto borng he was released on his own recognizance 1o appear for trial at 11 a. m. to-day. ater Closed. he People fr. Henry A. Parrish has leased the People's theater for a term of three years, and yester gave the house over into the hands of carpen! and painters. Mr. h proposes to conduct a first-class theater, and will transform the puse into a perfect palace. It is tod that four weeks will be required to finish the repairs. — Licensed Wed. The following wmarriuge licenses were issued yesterday by Judge Shields: A and residence, John O'Donoghue, Omaba... Mary L. Swith, Omaha. . ... ¥itz A. Jorgenson, Omali lena Bang, Omaha, A PLAIN STATEMENT OF INTEREST {0t NAJORITY of PEOPLE ——— The Result of Undue Exposure Causes Kive Years of Suffering—A Timely Rellef and How It Was Ac- complished. The life of & reporter on a not one of tho most happy lots. all kinds of company, from the highest to the Towest dregs of soclety. At one tHme he i< call to attend an inguest, to “write up” the sud an, Who for Yeurs was known Aaily paper is HE L cast into & bricklayer or Lack toth can give ) 10 be marriod Kt & certa porter inds a n A mis of a party In' que ldren erable Kind of hovel and i famishin tion. Promising to do all in his power to relieve gain, when his In ap o them the scribe wonds his way A to his note Dok, €5 410 CASL on & memorand dog fight al the trinl f stant his ¢ says: 1 porte 1o (10 That Work, ah b0 matked i the paper containing thitt sermon is to :n matled to the ministerial friends of the pa o, CHERE 1S A PRETTY MESS, inquest, n starving fnent divine's A coroner fghtand ap i the sume person for the sme Javs ¢ publistied next mornfug. All of the ahove s hiuppened within ncouple of hours, The re. porter makes the effort and by holdin orms’” for half an h Lof lis Tond of c: was not the the follow ing statement writer who met teamster lcoated at th of Hith und Ha 01U YOATS A0, Was vloyed by the Unjon Pacific Rafirond Company asa laborer, 1t was warm weather and 1 was working without any coat on and became some- what warm by the tine | quit work, | started home with my . A sudden gust of wind came up and before 1 knew: it v and took a William Crowder,n Yirner's ot coPnar W to that at times t rocognize me. 1t painod me head would achie from morning \tuntil morning. My W number of years, ot remember wher bowels and to t they wor My uppetite became ve ral” pounds in welght, 1 COULD NOT SLEEP AT NIGNT, and when Larose i the morning I was as tired as 1 was before | retired at night. 1 would have some of the most horrible dreams fmaginwblo. [ II|\U became 1o Fid wnd emited i bad very offens| 1 noticed 1 had a buzzing or ringing noise in my head, and my hearing seemed to bo affected,ns | could not hear so plainly as before, My ear seemed to be sore, and sametimes dis- charged, especially st night, when - the pitlow caso woiild froquently bo solled. "I found” the limate of Colordo did not agroe with me and ned to Omaha where [ have resided ever ns a “while that Tong story short 1 found_out s nothing more than catarrl ne chironic, s my bronchial wero effectod. 1 was troublod with n hack- sugh and would huve to hawk and spita greater part of the time in the morning. 1t was of o uncommon occurrence for me to” gag and vomit before I could clear my throat, | read the advertisement of Drs. McCoy and_Heury, and something more thana moith awy 1" consulted with theniand was surprised at_the low price they ug ith medicine and treat me for one month v did not promis to cure me, but_said t onld help me very materially. 1 began tréatment and have only been treating for a little over one month and the remurkable chungs that hivs over mo s ximply wonderful, I hear us w or a6 tibas ot BtoD Ny huwk L BHTE Wy TOr MY boweln kre a8 FURIIAL S clock. work, my appetite excellent. 1 sleep soundly and donot have those horrible dreams any more,and f tter than I have folt for a number of this well again, in giving my testimonfal Dublished Dy Drs. McCoy y rocommend’ thelr treat- ing from catarrh, us_they doctors ‘and oy and Henry A ment to those su cured me afte merous pat where he will corrobborate the above, FETID NASAL CATARRH. Its Simptoms and What It Leads To—The Miserable Feelings, Etc, This form of catarr the nusal cavity proj £ the and v 15 casentially n disease of not gxtend within the tissue symptoms mainl Hlll l“ll(l;ll‘fl“l'lllllnllll W, sist i the accumulation fn nasal cavity of sses and crusts, together with more or less of u fluid discharge. Ihe asal cavity thus obstructed the breathiig 15 more or less difficult. “The sense of smell is impaired, 1f not entively lost. The especinl Lability to take colds on the least exposire exists, and the susceptibility to changes ¢ ature and the influence of o Qamp atmosphiere frequently causes thickening of the nusal mucons membrane, = As the secre tion goes on from the surface to the mucou membrae the musses are Tifted from thetr bed, and still Tosing their moisture, large crusts are fradually bullt up from Lelow, which mould hemselves in its nurrower portions in such n munner that the sufferer is unable to dislodge remain in positon for days and them, and they even weeks. Their odor is offensive in the ex- treme as the rosult of thiy ation, durin which time m» putrefact e are . sufferor may be_entirely reath, but others o shun the coms stantly UNCONN mhnfllu'ulb‘ veudily notice it and end punionship of such person ) Fa and l-tll‘lln*x s wlierain fotid catarrh work in the nasal puss: th, ruining the sense of There are has done its potsonig smelling and taste, and perceptibly marring tho features; sometimes, in long neglected or im- properly treated cases glving theim ppear- ance distorted, repulsive, ainost de Much that s trie has b 1 ptioi an causiug It ructiver results ose and faco alone, 1y of thecuses of flattencd and crook & trom this emusc, he ‘distortion commonly known s “frog face” 1s o frequent result. Dark rings ahout th fHamed eyes and ax the neglectad b y affected, mini and watery 1g wmong tho conie lids, wenk or blood shot appeara mon conditions thut o I cni’é’ffi"ficcuv, Lale of Bellevae Hospite!, New York, AND Dr. Columbus Henry (Late of University of VE OFF 0 and 11 IN RAM LDING, Corner Fifteenth aud Hurney sts., Otiaha, Neb, where all curable cases aee treated INERVOL o the ) 4 o AN Lours—9 fodn ¥ Inelud pondes fves prompt attention, uses are treuted successtully b cCoy sud Henry through t alls, and possiblo for ¥ nikn btain suec atmen 4010 stamps 1.'1.1..N.um.vu..q..m. McCoy wnd Henry Rooms 310 wnd 411 Kamgebutlding, Ouaksy