Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 27, 1888, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TRRMB OF 8UBSCRIPTION. I’)nlly/\lnru\nfl Edition) including H\mdly 1k, One Y ear ¥ bt g ! "o ot Three Months L he Omaha Sunds: dress, One Year, OMANA OFFI NEW YORK OFFIC ING. WASHINGTON OFFICE, TEENTH STRERT. CORRESIA All communications relating to news and er should be addressed to tho ¥k, maiied {0 any nd- 200 G4 AND 916 FARNAM %nn'r ROOM 65, TRIRU No. heckn and postoffice orders to to the order of the company. be made payablie e Bet Pubishing Company, Propritors. Sworn Statement of Circulation, Ftate of Nebraska, Lan County of Douglass, %% b T7schuck, secretary of The Tee Pub- : ul{ swear that the Daily 1 he week Average. Sworn to and subseri 24th day of January, A. Btate of Nebraska, County of Douglass, | Geo, 13, Tzschuck, Deing first duly sworn, de- noses anid sy s that he fs secretary of The Bee Fubiiahing comnpany. that the actual averago cf n of tie Daily fee for the month 58 dail. ulat 1467, 14400 coples; May, 1556, es: for Jii 14,151 copic IWT‘ 1 Decem) coples. GEO. B. TZSCHU Syorn and subscribed to in' 1y presenc 20 duy of Junuary, A, D. 1 FEIL, Notary Public. As 'LAR thing in connection with the recent blizzard in Dakota was the fact that the largest number of fatalities oceurred in the southern partof the ter- ritory. eived his thirty shokels of silver by the appointment of his bosom friend, John Blair Hoge, as United States district attorney for the District of Columbia. TiE city hall superintendent will no longer draw $166 & month for counting icicles on 12d Brennan’s city hall base- ment. Mayor Broatch has drawn his blue pencil through Baker's name on the pay-roll PAsT graduates of the high school can enter the cooking school. So says the secretary of the board of education. Here a long-looked-for opportunity for those dyspeptic husbands who were caught by sweet girl graduates. THE new postal convention with the Dominion government will be a great convenience to the public. Anything mailable in the United States can now be sent to Canada. Formerly thousands of packages were returned from the border because they were not mailable under the old agrecment. IN July last 215 building permits were issued by the superintendent of build- ings, and 248 permits were issued by him in August, a total of 458 permits in two months. In November and Decem- ber, when the number of permits had run down to less than 150, the cost of in- spection was greater than in July and August. These are facts that can’t be ignored. —— THE Izard strect school teachers have contributed $15 to the fund for Miss Louise Royce. Miss Foos, principal of the Izard street school, de- serves much credit for her efforts in this matter. 1If the teachersof all the other schools in the city do as well, there will be no trouble in properly r warding Nebraska’s heroines, Miss Freeman and Miss Royce. Mi RANDALL was foremost in urging that the investigation of trusts, pools and similar combinations should take the broadest scope. This would indi- cate that the lesson taught him in Pennsylvania last week has already had an improving effect, There are multi- plying evidences of the desire of the veteran servants of monopoly to get into the camp of the people. —_— Tue delegates to the Nebraska Farm- ers’ allinnce have laid before the ways and means committee of congress a strong petition that fully expresses the attitude of the agricultural classes of not only this state, but of Illinois, Indiana, Pennsylvania and other states. Their petition calls for a speedy revision of the duty on iron, lumber, sugar, wool, salt and woolen goods, and protests em- phatically against the removal of the JUDGE ustice of the su- preme court, the pauperizing educational bill of Senator Blair is un- coustitutional, and believes that is the opinion of the present bench of the su- preme court. It is thought this view, together with the conviction that the time for such legislation has passed, has gained "ground in the senate, and the prospectsof the measure in that body are less favorable. Its persistent author, however, clings to his pet with unyielding tenacity. MAvYor BroATCH has before him the opportunity of his life to inaugurate economy and reform in our municipal government, He must make a clean sweep through the Augean stable, at which so many useles cattle arve tatten- ing at the taxpayers’ expense. It is no excuse for the mayor to say “*I did ‘not do this,” and 1 did not do that;” or to throw the blame of abuses in the depart- ments upon the shoulders of ex-Mayor Boyd. As chief executive of the city ho is move or less responsible for the ex- travagance and nnbusinesslike methods of the city government. Were the strong arm of the executive once felt in correcting the abuses which have crept in. the understeappers would be much move careful in their fast and looso methods. Mayor Broateh can profit by the examplo set by Mayor Hewitt, of ! New York, and Mavor Roche, of Chi- cago. Both of these officials’ have ap- plied the axe of reform wnh wmmund- ‘able efleu. The First Step Taken. The passage by the house of repre- sentatives of the resolution directing the committee on manufactures to inquire into the number and extent of trusts and pools, their methods of doing bus ness, and the effect of such combiua tions upon the prices of necessaries, is the first practical step looking toward legislation, if that shall be found prac- ticable, for the regulation or repression of this form of monopoly., Very little question was raised as to the authority of congress to prosccute the proposed in- vestigation. There may be some ground for the opinion that cougress pos no power, or only to a very limited e tent, to legislate regarding these com- binations, but there can be no reasonable doubt of its right to inquire into their nature, me thods and effects, Such an inqui desivable in order that the publie shall be given thorough and trustworthy information respecting these combinations, to be obtained in no other way, and it is necessary in ovder to determine whether they can be reached by national legislation or must be dealt with only by the states. If the investigation shall show, as there is no doubt it will, that the effect of trusts and pools is to repress competition, check the free course of commercial en- terprise, destroy industry in certain localities to their detriment, put a limit upon production, and arbitravily regulate values, there would seem to be ample reason {or the in- tervention of congress. All these re- sults would Affect injuriously the general welfare and prosperity, and some are beyond remedy except by the exercise of the national author When the irvesponsible creation called a trust destroys the business in its line ina given loeality, either by competition specially directed against the business in such locality or by absorbing through methods of questionable le- gality, there is a distinctact of discrimi- nation and of interference with com- merce which the state whose interests are damaged is powerless to deal with, and from which there can be no relief if the authority of congress has no jurisdiction. Freed of all re int, regulation, or re- sponsibility, it weuld be possible for vast combinations of capital to wipe out the industries of most of the states and concentrate them in localities deemed most favorable to their operation, and as it is industries in a number of states have been largely reduced under the trust policy. It is noteasy tosee why a system which must have such conse- quences, disastrous to communities and inimical to the general welfare, should not h(» amenable to the national author- Co-operation among states for the Hlllb]lr\_mlun of these combinations would perhaps be most desirable, as avoiding the objection to a too extended inter- ference of the general government in the business affairs of the peo- ple, but if such co-oparation be ' found impracticable, as in all probability it would be, must it be conceded that these combinations against the public interests shall be al- lowed to go on unchallenged and un- checked? Not the least important fact to be as- certained by the proposed investigation is the extent to which the objectiona- ble combinations owe their existence to and are bulwarked by the high tariff. The author of the resolution providing for the investigation, himself a tariff man, is evidently prepared for un- welcome information in this direction, and enough can readily be found to con- vince him and other high tariff advo- cates that the most effective way to de- stroy most of theso trusts is to deprive them of the sustaining power of the tariff. The sugar, salt, copper, rubber, and sev- eral other trusts representing well-pr tected interests, would vanish in a day if the tariff shield that guards them were withdrawn., From every point of view the proposed investigation is de- sivable and necessary, and it isto be hoped will be vigorously and thoroughly prosecuted. esses A National Fish Commissioner. The first bill which has passed both houses of congross at the present session is the measure for the appointment of a aried fish commissioner. For many years past the government obtained the services of Prof. Baird free of all cost. The fund of the Smithsonian institution, which is a private benefaction, and whose income is only forty thousand dollars a year, has been drawn upon to pay the combined salary of the divector and the government fish commissioner. Prof. Baird’s services up to the time of his death were given gratuitously to the government. The whole country reaped the benefitof his untiring in- dustry and energy which were freely given without cost. Now that the work for the propagation of food fishes has been placed upon a solid and substantial foundation through Prof. Baird's long labors, congress has scon fit to make the office a national one with its incumbent appointed by the president and more directly under the control of the na- tional government. There is likely to be little objection offered to the bill which has passed and which will undoubtedly receive the ap- proval of the president. America has for a number of years led the world in its investigation of the fishery question, especially as relating to the propagation of food fishes, The west more particu- larly has reaped the benefit of the ex- haustive investigations which haye been made by the Smithsonian institution into the habits and char- acter of the various fishes which people our streams, and, by the co-operation of various state com- missioners, we are rapidly being placed in a position where our own rivers and brooks will make us practically inde- pendent of other sections of the coun- try, so far as food fishes are concerned. Nebraska has reason to boast of one of the best organized and efficiont stato fish commissions in the country. The state hatchery at South Bend, during the few years it has been in opera- tion, has proved itself one of the best paying institutions, s0 far as actual money expended for re- sults accomplished is concerned, of any kindred organization. Uuder the su- pervision of Commissioners May, Liy~ inestou and Kennedy it. has done uble, ! FRIDAY, JANUARY 27, 1888 efficient and satisfactory work in stock= ing the streams of our state with carp, pike and brook trout. Its annual exhi- bitions at the Nebraska state fair have ench year shown better than any words or extended reports the value of its work. The action of congress ia making the supervision of the fish commission a ried office will commend itself e pecially to the people of the west. There is no question that Mr. G. Brown Goode, alrendy Prof. Baird's successor as the head of the Smithsonian institu- tion, and whose fame as a student of fish propagation is world-wide, will continue as fish commissioner. Under his aus- pices the work so ably inaugurated by Prof. Spencer Baird will be carried energetically forward. Revise the War Tariff. The republican party eannot affopd to go into the next campaign with any ad- vocate forcontinuance of the war t as its standard bearer. The record the party, its platforms and poli policy for years have been antagonistic to the policy now advoeated by party leaders, The sooner these leaders are brought to understand that the great mass of republican voters are in favorof an honest revision, and an elimination of the abuses now existing in our taviff laws, the better it will be for them and the success of the party. This revision should be based on the fundamental starting point that no impost is to be exacted, counting the aggregate of specific and advalorem duties, higher than fifty per cent advalorem on the honest cost in the for state where the commodity is purc Any duty higher than this is imposed for robbery and not for protection. When foreign countries @scriminate against American productions retalia- tion should be exercised to the extent, if nece: vy that no article produced in such country should be permitted to enter any American port at any rate of duty whatever, until such discrimina- tion against us is removed. Any act which does not clearly limit the aggre- gate duty to be imposed will be a fraud on the American consumer. These tariff cormorants are smarter in their line than any congressman can be. They are experts, he is not, and.for this reason an absolute limit should be fixed by congress as soon as a judicious re- vision can be made. 0 paper professes to have discovered that there is a quict but very earnest movement among the lawyers ot that city to start a boom at the proper time for Judge Gresham as a presidential candidate. The judge, according to this authority, is not a party to the pian, but on the contrary earnestly requests such of his friends as speak to him on the subject to abstain from the mention of his name in connection with the presidency. The idea is said to be to ing the name of Judge Gresham on the convention, somewhat in the way that Garfield’s was in 1880, with the ex- pectation of course of a similar result. It is not incredible that republicans anywhere should regard Judge Gresham with favor as a possible presi- dential candidate. There is a great deal to be suid in his favor as possessing available qualities, and nobody can doubt that he would bé an upright and able executive, under whom the coun- try might reasonably hope for needed political reforms. But while it is sug- gested that his uwomination might be effected in a similar way to that which made Garfield the candidate of his party, itis forgotten that the condi- tions this year will be so radically dif- fervent from those of eight years ago that the plan could not be made to work. Unless present signs fail there will be no chance in the next republican na- tional convention for any ‘such surpris- ing episode as occurved in the conven- tion of 1880. And in the possibilities there are several things more to be feared than the nomination of Judge A Cnic IN the last cong the course of the house in preparing appropriation bills was a subject of serious complaint in tho senate, and the matter has- réappeared at the present session. The custom of the house has been to omit from appro- priation bills certain necessary items, leaving them to be supplied by the sen- ate, so that in case of any publ plaint of extravagance the respon. could be thrown on the upper branch. This very contemptible device was so fully exposed in the senate a year ago, and the feeling of the senate was at that time so strongly expressed, that it was supposed there would be no further indulgence in the practice, but it ap- pears to have been renowed in the deficiency bill, very likely because Mr. Randall finds it hard to give up his old tricks. The senate appro- priations committee decided not to make any additions to the bill as it came from the house, but this was over- ruled by the senate and the bill passed with a number of amendments, Sena- tor Allison, the chairman of the com- mittee, voting against all of themas a rebuke to the house. The course of the house in this matter, the motive of which is obvious, is anything but com- mendable and ought to be understood by the country. Such a plan of seeking to make a reputation for economy may suit the ideas of Randall and Holman, but the majority of democratsin the house should decline to be made parties to it. The senate mignt have found an efficacious remedy in following the ex- ample of Mr. Allison. ALL is determaned to keep the council and the board of public works in continual hot water. The police muddle had hardly been set- tled to the utter rout and comfiture of Hascall and his co-conspirators when he tried his hand at st ng up trouble over the city hall building. Hascall’s hogus labor-meeting to demand the re- moval of Major Balcombe, as chairman of the board of public works, is fresh in the memory of everybody as ending in a fizzle, But Hascall is a man that must be knocked down nine times hefore he takes a hint. He has again struck out On a new tac The new city hall is too small forany u though the build- ing will be larger than the city hall of New York, "He is ready to abandon plans, contracts, foundation, basement, everything, and plant the city hall on some spot where jobbers and boodlers can have full [;l Haseall knows that his sgheme is” impracti !?nn. the courts would enjoin any at- tempt to relocate the city hall. But he has his spite to geatify, and by delaying the building a yesr or two he thinks he will have some satisfaction. method in Hascall's madune THe has a bright future before him. If he can’t make his mark and get lucrative employment as an astronomer or geolo- gist, he has weok and board ns a past hotel ‘bottle-washer as soon present a e of cookery v cook and he can THE FIELD OF INDUSTRY. Tt is quite encouraging to note the number s that are running Most of them are running on pat- ented devices or appliances of one kind or of small shops and factori at night. another, The boot and shoe manufacturers are run- ning full time in nearly all establishments throughout the east. foing on vigorously everywhere. in morocco is heavy. A syndicate has just purchased acres of well timbered land in Florida. of the timber is black cypress. A mill with a capacity of 160,000 fect per day is to be crected on the land, Thirty miliion pounds of copper are usod annually in Waterbu Conn. Orders for goods in which copper is largely used have fallen off 50 per cent on account of the ad- vance from 10} to 18 conts, On account of the g silk weaving and spinning claimed that Ttalian raw silk evenness and finish which to hand-reeled Chinese silk, Manufacturing enterprise Toose in North Carolina. have been started in has The preference is for cotton factories. The Tilinois millers have taken the credit question into hand and propose to demand more prompt pi tem by which ments. they They want a can know somet where. anglish elect vacuum, It will be nec dueting r lamy. Rome has 1,835 telephones in use, 1,200, Gl e prices rance from $100 to 8. 0 a8 many telephones in New in London, Notwithstanding all that has been said to the shoc busincss about the damage it is 20 per cent bettor in several There are nt time, year., pro Thero is a great demand for small boilers to suit the numerous small shops and_factor- The Phil- adelphia boilermakers are oversold, and business 15 coming in frequently without ies starting up over the country. being sought. In some places tunnels with endless belts or aprons have been constructed through yards and across streets between the mills through which the cloth from the different weaving rooms is delivered directly to the finishing rooms. The production of hard wood during this year, it has been estimated, will bo fully per cent in excess of that of any former year, demand forsit will, it is be- lieved by lumber authorities, preventany and the heavier decline in prices. Steam coal costs 82 per ton in Montgomery, Ala. Common labor is 75 cents a day. Free 1 enterpriscs. is within twenty A cotton-sced oil will is in operation sites are offered to all industr An abundance of yellow pil miles. that handles 150 tons of seed per day. A Chi sell a mixed water ranging from 50 ccuts per 1,000 feet to 25 also agrees to furnish lights at a price not ex- cents: The com! incandescent elect: ceeding $4 per 1,000 for illuminating gas. stern mills are storing up with cotton About one hun- Ad of the 200,000 bales of cotton as fast as they can get it dred th consumed at Fall River have alr and there is a great want of storage ¢ It is proposed m build -‘hods for that purpose. ——~— Would Need a Rescucing Party. Detroit Free Press. The next expedition that starts out in b of the north pole will probably go by sea the way of Dakota, L A Misfit Garment Discarded. Louisville Commercial, The president has seven new clothes. like it was made for him, e ’ockets are Closed. St. Paul Globe. But the So far as things have developed it seems look into the pockets of the dircctors of the Pacific roads if 1t expects to find any trace of its in- that the government will have to terest in those Ownership, Youth's Companion, Ol Farmer Boggs of Boggy Brook, Went to the county f: And with his wife he s To see the wonders the “That horse,” he “Gray Eagle Wing, Will take the hig prize; But our old Dobbin mn s us well And better, to my ¢ He is, I know, what h-lk~ call slow, It's far the safest way to go; Some men, perhaps, might think it strange; 1 really should not like the change, “And those fat oxen, Buck and Bri ight, Don’t have so large a girth, Nor match like them, jUst to a hair, But I know what they're worth, They're good to plow and good to draw, You stronger pullers never saw, And always mind my *#®e and haw.! Some folks, perhaps, might think it strange, 1 really shouldn’t wan't'to change.” ““That Devon heifer cost, T heard, A thousand dollars. - Now, Said Mrs. Boggs, *‘my Crumple Horn Ts just as good & COW; Her milk I'm sure's thevery best, Her butter is the yellowest; Some folks, perbups, might' think it strange, I really shouldn't want a change. led around “Those premium hogs,” said Mrs. Boggs, My little Choshire pig Is better thau the best of them, Although he's not 5o bl And that young Jer 8o pretty s old Brindle's cq Nor is there in the poultry pe As Speckled wings s0 good a hen." As Farmer Boggs to Boggy Brook Rode homeward from the fair, And if the judges | I might have taken every pri - Gloomy Cheerfulness. Buffalo Express Cleveland was. not' made for the mug- wumps. The mugwumps were ible, and he knows There's vernge Omaha high school boy a dead sure thing on $20 o rtificate from the professor Cutting of stock is The trafic 50,000 Most. ter care taken in in Italy it is possesses an makes it superior broken Subscription lists about a dozen towns within thirty days for factorics and shops. ng about the character of flour dealers every- icians are trying to make an incandescent lamp which will burn without ary to find a con- aterial of high specific resistance. A great many doubt the possibility of such a London low 1,472, and Liverpool 1,300, There York as in all Ttaly, and twice as, many in New York as tern - es- tablishments than it was at this time last no labor troubles at the ago company proposes to make and s and coal gas at prices suits of Among those discarded was a civil service reform garment which never did fit made for "Clevelaud. And uvew that le bas thrawo away both his dark lantern and his mask the duped mugwump finds his pockets rifled and his reform watch stolen, and, like such vie- tims the world over, he seoks to his loss and his chagrin under an assumed. aspect of cheerfulness, Minneapolis Tribune, This is a cold, eruel, commercial sort of a world. The Christian at Work is printed on the presses of a notorious sporting paper. This will horrify people who believe that re- ligious weeklios are published solely for the sake of doing good, and would suspend publi cation rather than put a dollar into the cash- drawer of a patron of pugilism. A ikt A City of Discontent. Toston Herald. sbody is contented at Washimgton. It is curous, but every living soul under or in government employ wants to be promoted The president is, perhaps, the one exception. He wishes to stay where he is. Secretary Lamar says the messenger is never con- tented until he is made secrotary of the in- torior. Al right. This is what is politely termed laudable ambition. s S Effectiveness of High Duduth Herald, The high liquor license has already re- duced the number of the saloons in Minne- sota over one thousand six hundred, und sev- eral cities remain in_ which it has not taken effect. St. Paul will contribute nearly four hundred more in the way of reductions And yet prohibitionists oppose this law and are satisfied with nothing short of absolute prohibition, which is impossible. - STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. s | Tecumseh is talking up o waterworks system to cost $30,000. The property of the defunct Union Cattle company at Gilmore has been appraised at $50,000, Final title to 85,000 acres of govern- ment lands was acquired by settlers in Antelope county last year. The squ hhln-n\u the Wynku fundsin Nebra ¢ is to be dragged into court and 1])0 bones of the living and dead rattled before the bar. Mary Anson has swooped down on the m\lnnn]\m-pcrs of Papillion with a claim for $3.000 damages for lubricating her husband after she had warned them. M. E. A. Brown, of the Nebraska City Press, engincered a leap year party for the bashful ladies of the ¢ Tuesday It was a capital society event, nt in composition and “remark- ably free from masculine errvors. The ladies ruled with gloved hands and ex- acted obedience to the following regula- tions: 1. The gentlen whose boquet is not mashed in the first dance will' be a witness to the fact that he has been held with propric 2. No gentleman shall cross the floor without a lady at- If a gentleman goes for a sof water unattended by a lady he will at once be declared out of order and will be compelled to be seated. 4. Gentlemen are expeeted to be languid, rop their hankerchicfs as often as ble and make frequent calls for vater and behave in the most lady-like manuer in all things. License. Tow Preliminary bridge are b Tramps are being exerci a stone pilo in Ottumwa. It improves their appetite. Twenty enlistments in the regular army have been made at the Daven- ort station since it was established, ecember 8. James Gallagher, been sued Miss Sylvester for dam- ages in the sum of &5,000 for breach of ]wonu-‘ of marriage. “Let 'er go Gal- lagher.” Burlington manifests a_pardonable pride in the completion and dedication of the new $39,000 Presbyterian church at that place. It is said to be one of the most elegant church edifices in the state, and what is better, is paid for. Notwithstanding the numerous good promises by about all the railroads in northwestern lowa, there is yot very groat and urgent need of cars to ship grain _and hay, which have accumu- lated beyond the capacity of existing storage. of Audubon, has Dakota. A. McNair, near De Smet, lost twenty-seven head of cattle during the storm., The blockade of freight trains has ised asearcity of parlor matches and keg beer at Abérdeen. The artesian well at Aberdeen is now in better condition than ever before, the pressure registering over 200 pounds. A six-foot vein of coal has been dis- covered on Fall river, cight miles from Hot Springs. The coul resembles the famous Rock Springs product. &The “Storm King” used on the North- stern road to clear the track of snow, is a monster snowplow. With three en- gines behind it, it will plow through cight or ten feet of snow. Deadwood people have a_perennial and never-failing confidence in the final outcome of the Black Hills mine, and they are backing their faith with their last nickel and the last throb of their physical energies. . Colorado. The Ashen mining camp ships an av- erage of 500 tons of ore per day. Denver's bullion output this yoar already estimated at $20,000,000. veral prominent gentlemen in Den- ver are leading a movement to import Chinese domestics from San Francisco. It is a step from the frying pan into the furnace. C. H. Morgan of Gunnison has in- vented and sceured a patent on a flying machine. It is cal in shape, sembles a fish, with a rudder for a tail. The inte rtments are arranged for gas to 1ift the monster, and propell- ing pow »d by double rows of wings on cach side, automatically ope- vated., Nineteen butchers were poisoned at a boarding house near Argo park last week. All hands were pumped and not seriously injured. The cook entertain- ed a hearty dislike for. the capacity of the feeders and attempted to lay limm out with poisoned coffec. He was wise enough to skip before the boarders re- covered. is LAl S AWAITING A PROPOSITION. The Mechanics May Now Say How Much Wages They Want. A Bee reporter had a talk ‘fl(\’x'nlu\ with a number of the brick contracto union respecting the move suggested by the Bee for the adoption of a scale of wages the erection of buildings during the coming scasons, The latter suid that the builders we awaiting a prop. osition f » workingmen and when o it would doubtless receive « > proposition of Inst se d in that man It was for nine hours for bricklay as accepted. After ¢ was paid for nine hours’ work I bricklayers are working = now th are being paid at that rate. The president of the Brick Contractors’ association, he said was John Field, und the secretary’ was Arthur John son. There are twenty contractors in the as. sociation. There ‘was another ition which comprised nearly all the buil ali boss artisans in the city, the president of which, ne said, was Henry Livescy, aud John Givin wias vice bresidgnt. #4.50 per ers. The pr the 1st of S and MORE ABOUT THE HEROINES. Complote Details of the Experience of Miss Louise Royce. THE TALE A VERY SAD ONE, New Contributions Received For the Two Brave Nebraska Teachers From Omaha and Other Towns—A Liberal Offer, Miss Royce's Suffering. The complete details of the experience of Royee, the young teacher of o county, during the storm of Jannary 2, will be read with interest. The previous reports on the subject have from necessity been meagre, but the Beg is now enabled to present to its readers a thoroughly reliable account. Miss Royce was teaching in the school of Thompson's settlement, in the vicinity of Plainview, Pierce county, Neb. Thursday morning, January 12, the young teacher was at her post with an attendance of mnine scholars, At noon six of the children went to their homes, none of them far from the school house, for dinner. During the ab- sence of these pupils the storm came up, conseqiently they did not re- turn for the afternoon session, The teacher with the three pupils remained in the school house until three o'clock in the afternoon. It was then Miss Royce realized that there was not sufticient fuel to last during the afternoon, and in com- pany with the three children she started out into the storm, intending to take them to her ouse situated about fifteen rods m the school house, and the outhne of ich could occasionglly be discerned through the blasts, The boarding house was located a little east of north from the school house. In attempting to*reach it the four were naturally compelled to travel against the storm, After the little party had trav- cled for some distauce the teacher en deavored to discern the boarding house, hut the fury of the storm blinded her vision, Continuing ~ in their tra thoy soon came in_ sight of the stockyards, located a short distance = soutl t of the boarding bouse. Knowing where s was Miss Royce thought that with little ef- fort she could reach her destination and started with her little charges in what she supposed was the direction of her home. This she found no small task. The storm blinded the vision and the strong wind blew the lit- hither and thither and it was only by the greatest exertion that the teucher kept her little brood together. The party kept am their course for some time,when they ed the fact that they were getting l'ux er and further from shelter and were in- deed lost in the blizzard. Knowing that any further attempt to gain shelter would be fruitless, and believing that the storm would soon spend its fury, the teacher gathered the children in her arms and sat down to a the pieasure of the storm king, little dream- ing of the extent of that monai s greed. Among the many heart rending iences during that terrible storm it w difficult to find one equal in the inexpressible sadness of its incidents. The hope that the blasts would soon subside, was destined to be shattered. With ch moment the fury of the storm became ater, the winds more cutting, and the suffering of the little party more painful, rkness came on, but brought with it no lessening in the terrible blasts, and foot-sorc and chilled, the the three little ones gave vent to tears, and unmindful of their surroundings, laid down to secure a much needed rest. Jt was in vain that their teacher tried to arouse them; the rest afforded the three in her tired arms vas not suficient, and sinking to the snow covered ground, the little ones sobbed them- selves into a restless sicep. The brave young girl realized that this exposure would result in death to her little flock, and stretching herself at full length upon the snow, and to the morth, she huddled the three little ones to her breast, covered them with her own cloak and thus shiclded them from the chilling winds with her own form. In this position the four pre- pared for the worst, and it came sooner than expected. A few hours after dark the youn of the boys, Peter Po; L his cold hand on his te the words *“I'm so cold the teacher knew w of the young guar rself suffering with the cold,cannot be described, and are difficult to imagine. She felt then that she herself would follow, but determined to bear up in orderto soothe as best she could the last mo- ments of the rema ones. It was per- haps midnight when the tea Iu'l discovered that Otto Rosberg, the eldest b had died without a word of warning, and with an _effort the brave woman gathered little Hattie Rosburg, aged seven, in her arms and endeavored to give to her all the comfort in her pow The poor child became delirious and mind wandered away to the home, where even at that mo- ment a mother’s heart aching for her lit- tle ones, and between her sobs came the plaintive appeal, *Oh, I'm so cold mamma; please cover me up;” which rent the heart of her faithful l« cher, and opened the flood gates f Between the 80bs of the little have been heard the supplication of her suffering teacher that this the last of her little flock might no' be taken. Thus the hours of the night was passed, and when aaylight broke the litt arms pressed the teacher closer: a shudder passed over the little form, and 1 the arms of her faithful guardian the spirit of little Hattie Rosberg took its flight With a consciousness of a duty well pe formed the young cher arose and cover- ing the little forms as bes g in search of shelter. H en and it was with e: umnng pain b wirl attempted to reacl house. lock in the morning, aft teen hours in the terrible blast speut amons the saddest of surroundings, Louise Royce reached shelter. A party was sent for the little ones and they were tenderly taken to their respective homes. A physician wus called and the best of care was young teacher, who was badly The parents of the little ones, called upon Miss Royce in her sick chamber and re ed an account of her 5 the narration of which was quently interrupted by the sobs of all pres- . Those whose lwnu had been bereft,and whose heartstrings were torn and Inllmlmg knelt at the bedside of her whose gentle hands had performed a mother's task and soothed the death damp brows of loved ones, and offered wid tears u prayer that she might be sparcd Though unsuccessful in her efforts to save the lives of her 1 did the best her angels could do Who Miss Royce Is, Miss Louise Royce is stopping at the house of a friend in Plainview, where she is re ceiving every possible attention. The injur- ics sustained during the storm will confine her to he Her physi- cian, however, has given her the hope that her limbs will be saved and that in a few months she will be entirely recovered. y one will wish for the fulfillment of this hope yet it is difficult to foresce the re sult of the injuries received by this young lady. Miss Louiso Rovoo w count Al sank into a silence het cir no more, born in Allegany the vicinity of Plainview, Neb., whe has resided ever since. My, Royee, the fath- tion @ raiirond man. At Tesources were not wing to the father's a po- sition and wis t n in the Thompson district school. Miss Royce is described as a decidedly pretty girl, with all the character- istics which make women admired by il with whom they come in contact. Her edu cation was secure at disadvantage, but with charact 3 y she sur- mounted all obstacles and secu fund of information th to carn & comfortable living Inl county she is known oved by all, and the words of praise w are uccorded her must certainly be emba ug to the young heroine. Miss Royee's nddress s care H.T. F 2ainview, though a letter bear ple address oL would undoubte The contributions for the Misses Royce and Preewan come - in slowly, but it s’ ex- The feelings | pécted that the next fow davs will swoll the fund to a considerable ‘amount. “ Each con tribution will reccive prompt credit and acknowledgment in these columns, The Brr has vecoived 15 from the teachoers of the Izard school for Miss Louise Royee, The contributions yesterday were follow Bearrice, Neb, Jan. 25 —To the Editor of the Bee: We wish o contribute our mite to Miss Royce for her her action during late storm. We ('nrl-l‘ ur chee .(“h-l &2 ind bery & 3 dit ng fund \h« Freeman, £3; for Miss Royce, €2, Warrenr V. Frereny The following is the preseat condition the fund Ior Miss 1 For Miss b o0 i A Liberal Offer, Lixcory, Neb,, Jan. 26 To the Fditor of the Bree: 1 will be one of twenty five Nebraska breeders of cattle to give to tho toachers, Misses Royce and Froeman, and others deserving, a yearling heifor. 1f do sired, the stock ata time agreed upon can all Dbe sent to Lincoln, and 1 will sell them ut auction free of charge and pay entire proceeds to the Omaha Bee for said teachers, Should other breedors fail to e spond —if the Brer will designate which teacher needs wid the most T will send my heifer to such point asshe may order. Don't let this matter die out. K at the pooy till these young ladics are properly rowarde F. M. Woons, Should be Liberally Springficld Monitor: The Omaba Bex has ned a subscription list towards a fund to sed for the purpose of substant warding IMiss Freemun and Miss Royee for their brave action in saving the lives of so many children dur Such bravery of th played und ves, not only the i t recommendation, but something more substantial and we hop the list opened by the Bee will be promptly and liberally responded to by the eitizens of this state, Mr. Gibbon Mr. W. A L. Gibbon w Herald as follows: With reference to your editorial: “Rewarding Brave Deeds,” I wish as the father of six clildren to give expres- sion to my sentiments toward that young heroine, Miss Minnie Freeman. 1am partic- ularly pleased to notice the general disposi tion to reward the act of this faithful young school teacher, but to my mind the movement has not_yet taken shape commensurate with the m in Miss F'reeman’s case. 1 would propose rewarding this young lad, € tially and beheve an endowment for her na- tural lifc oqual to her present su teacher should be made. Her salary is probably £300to $500 per ra fund of $10,000at5 percent interes ould produce £500 yearly. A subscription of 10 cents from cv ther in the stato would raise this amount and surely many others would wish to contribute. 1 will con- tribute $10 to such a fund W. A. L. Ginnox, — DEFAU t CAME NOT. Two Policemen Watch For Him But He Fails to Appear. The Casino, that prolific source of default- ors and absconder: n to the front with a fresh gricvance. Last night, in accord- ance with instructions from their superior ofticers, Sel ant Matza and Ofiicer Johnson patrolled the Union Pacific raiiroad depot and kept a sharp look-out for a member of a firm who it was represented bad made up his mind to depart ona west bound train. These precautions were taken on the prom- ises of a nervous little man, whose chief personality consisted in a skatorial cap worn Jauntly on one e of his head, that he wouid return shortly with a warrant from Judge Berka demanding the arrest of the man whom he pursued. The judge, however, re- fused to issuc the warrant, and the nervous ed the same to Matza and John- of watchful- fter secing the train depart without n looked for, nant in the case is one of three men who put in $1,000 a piece to conduct the ice skating rink at the Casino, and which, om all accounts, has been a glaring finan- failure, and it is alleged that the party suspected of having decided upon becoming an absconder has the books and what is left ed capital in his possession. to the Omaha THE id found it enveloped in darkness, There was no one_in sight to disclg rts of the existing troubles, but those seen ssed no surp t the sudden termina tion of affai s it was well known that the rink was a failure from the start, . Personal Paragraphs. G. A. Kimball, of Cheyenne, is at the Pax. ton. ke Waple, of Kansas City, is at the Mil ard. W Biles, of I'remont, Neb., is at th Mill L Hall, of Crawford, Paxton, €. D. Jones, of Tndependence, Ta,, Paxton. C. M. Leighton, of Lincoln, Neb., is at the ton. John Kieth, of North Platte, Neb,, is at the Paxton. 3. S. Fowler, of Hastings, Neb., is at the Paxton 13. J. Mallory, of Hamilton, Ta., Wiudsor. E. R. Vinning, of Callaway, Neb. Windsor. Otto Hoese, of Hartington, Neb., is at the Windsol G. F. Windso Henry J. Lee, of Fremont, Neb. Millard. Thomas I". Miller, of Fullerton, Neb,, is the Windsor, W. O. Everett, of Milwaukee, the Millard. C. W. Reed, of Nebraska City, Neb., is the Paxton. Thomas Forguson, of Salt Lake City, is at the W indsog. Walter O, Leach, of Minncapolis, Miun,, is at the Millar E. W. Rober arc at the Paxton. 5. L. Andrews has returned from a busi- ness tripto New Y Samucl Flint and wife of Cal., are at the Windsor. W. B. Doddridge, of the Missouri Pacific railway, is at the Millard. Mr. and Mrs, Pc \ L. Hamil and wife, of the Millurd James Gibson, of the Northwestern wife and daughter Grand Trunk railway, nd Mr. Rockford, 111, left yesterday for les, Cal, Neb., is at the is at the is at the ., is at the Bailey, of Lincoln, Neb., isat the is at the at Wis., is at at and wife, of Neligh, Neb., San Francisco, MeIndle and John New York, are at - agent anicd by his Capron, of the Perkins, of Los Ar Run Over, boy named John Brown was run over ye s afternoon by asleigh on Ham ilton street, sustaining a fracture of both his legs below the knee, The lad was attended by Dr. Saville, and it is said that the driver of the vehicle was & man named Rathbuu Alittle lections. e collections Internal Revenu Yesterday's internal amounted to § LL Nnr UNHOOK WiiLe Brina WORN, ery lady who desices perfection in style and lorm uld wear theine - Ma A.W.L.m by e WORCESTER CORGET COM Woiccator, Mass., au M ikige