Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 5, 1888, Page 4

»THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Edition) includiog Sunday or ‘Three Mont! o Omaha Sunday Bxk, maiied 1o any ad- dress, One Yoar OMANA OFFICE, KOS 014 AND 010 FARNAMBIRERT. NEw YORK OFrick, RooM 6, TiBUNE BUILD: ING. WASHINGTON OFFICE, NO. 513 FOUR- TEENTH STREET. CORRESPONDENCE, A All_communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressed to the EDITOR OF THE BEE. BUSINESS LETTERS, AII hnshl‘ln letters and remittances should be a to RER PUBLISHING COMPANY, d postoffice oriers to l ‘ade payable to the order of the company. The Bee Pablishing Company, Propristors. E. ROSEWATER. EDITOR. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation, Btate of \l"llfll‘-kl‘. ts County of Dougliss, a Robert Hunter, Herld of The Tes pub ishing ¢ leMu (lulillllv'“llll‘ swear that the Mullfr‘il ation of the Datly Bee for the week ending Feb, 3, 1158, was as h;l'o\\ i} Baturday, Jnn 2. . Iflh(l Sunday, Jan. 20 ¥ Monday Average.. 3 oD 1 HOBERT 1 UNTER, Bmorn to and subseribed in my prescico thia t] of February, 4 S i Notary Public.” Btate of Nebraska, Tais Conaty of Douglass, {58 Geo. 3. Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, de- m-nnml sitys that he {8~ secrotary of The I that the actual a coy ' tor October, 4 coples; ot SEO. B, TZ8CHUCK, Sworn nnd subscribed to in’ my presence (his 2d day of Junuary, A, D. I8, N. P. FEIL, Notary Public, watural gas of Chicago is found principally in the newspaper offices of that city. THE supreme court of Missouri seems to have no poetry in its soul. It has rendercd a decision against female suffrage in that state as regards politi Women can vote on school matters, how- ever, A GERMAN chemist has invented an anesthetic bullet which explodes and strikes a person and puts him to sleep for a number of hours. Every soldier can thus live to fight another day with- ont running away. AN experimental course in manual training has recently been introduced into some of the public schools of New York city with marked success. The number of applicaits for such instruc- tion was much larger than was antic- ipated. TowA is a young state. comparatively, -but will nevertheless have occasion to celebrate the centennial of her first set- tlement this year. This is the founda- tion of Dubuque which was made by Julian Dubuque, a Frenceman, in 1788. The occasion will no doubt be appropri- ately consummated by th> people of Towa. —————— THE experiences of the present win- ter should teach the patrons of the pub- lic schools in this state to pay some attention to their schoolhouses. During zzard many of these build- ings were untenantable, and in many cases the supply of fuel gave out. Such negligence is Inexcusable, It is to be hoped that no one will be 80 mean as to collet money for the Ne- braska heroine fund and retain the funds. It would be advisable, however, for contributors to exercise a hittle cau- tion, and not give any money to any party whom they do not know or believe to be perfectly honest. OVER five thousand dollars has been received by -the BEE for the three brave teachers, and still there are no prospects that the generosity of the people has been strained. The sad case of Miss Royce will touch the hearts of all, and pocketbooks which have so far remained closed will undoubtedly be opened in her behalf, IN the east there has been more than usual attention given to the bad effects of impure ice this winter. Chemists affirm that impuvre ice is as dangerous a8 impure water, the germs of disease not being destroyed by freezing. Con- swmers of ice should bear this in mind and take pains to know from what sources they are supplied THE Hon. Charles A. Pillsbur; prominent mill-owner and republican politician of Minneapolis, Minn., thinks that the president’s recent tariff message will recreate party lines in the west. Mr. Pillsbury makes a good ‘brand of flour, but does not scem to he much on the manufacture of prophesy. There are other issues than the tariff between the republican and democratic parties, and back-sliding Minnesota is only a small fraction of the United Btates. eE——— THE generous fund thus far subscribed for Nebraska’s heroic teachers is honor- able to the liberality of ‘the people of Nebraska, but 1t must not be allowed to stop at anywhere near its pres- ent proportions. The work is but begun. Nine-tenths of our people are yet to be heard from, and no man or woman who can give so much as anickle to this cause should fail to do so. Es- pecially should the women interest themselves in it and work zealously for its success. The conduct of these teachers ennobles womanhood, and everywhere their sex should show that they apppreciate and honor these brave and faithful young women, Par- ticularly should the case of Miss Royce enlist the efforts of women to se- cure for her such provision as would in- sure this most unfortunate girl against want and shed some cheer upon her ighted life, But the appeal of the is to all, and we confidently expect ensuing week will witness a still rapid growth of the fund for Ne- a's teacher heroines. The Call to the Churches. 1t is hoped that throughout Nebraska to-day the churches will make generous response to the appeal that has been made to them to contribute to the ben- efit of the heroic teachers whabraved the tervible blizzard of January 12, and have so sadly and fearfully suffered therefrom. The BEE has already given veasons why it thinks every religious congregation in the state may most ap- propriately assist in placing these noble ond sufferivg girls above want. 4 christian sentiment, every humane im- every sympathy that is touched by great sacrifice in the faithful per- formance of duty, makes appeal in he- half of these stri i young teacher Whera could this appeal be more prop- made than tg the religious congre- gations of our state gathered in wor<hip and praise of Him who put chavity above all things? The extremely sad case of Miss Shat- tuck is well known. She has lost both her feet. and will be helpless for life. The situation of Miss Royce is eq pathetic and makes a no less touc Inu;.' appeal to public beneficence. It w thought this young teacher would fuily recover, or at the worst \\uuld not lose her frozen limbs, The BEE, however, is advised that both of her feot will be am- putated, and that she will also lose one of her arms. What heart is there that will not be touched with the tenderest sympathy for this most un- fortunate girl?” Is there one christian woman in Nebraska who will not feel, when this most painful and pitiful story is told her, that it is her duty to give something to the terribly stricken sister who lies in helpless suffering, per- haps under the shadow of death? What a theme is here for summoning to action the love, the tender solicitude, the benevolence which it is the office of the church to teach and to foster! We confidently hope and expect that the c¢hurches of Omaha will show such zeal and results in behalf of these heroie and unfortunate teachers,as will give them claim to the highest honor among the christiun congregations of the state. They have an opportunity to sot an example which the world will ap- plaud. Tt is most carnestly hoped they will improve it. pulse, The Case of Miss Royce. The saddest and most distressing case appealing to the sympathy and philan- thropy of the people of Nebraska is that of Miss Louise Royce, of Plainview, Picrce county. This young teacher, it will be remembered, accompanied by three of her pupils, lost her way in the blizzard and passed the fearful night in a snow drift. Her efforts to protect the little ones in her care from the biting and freezing storm were unavailing, and one after unother the little forms became motionless in death. The teacher, herself badly trozen, managea in the morning to get to a farm house and there announced the heartrending fact of the death .of the children. The whole pathetic story of that aw- ful experience in the pitiless storm has been given in the BEE us related by Miss Royce. It was among the most sorrowful incidents of the many that have been told as the result of the memorable blizzard. Miss Royce has experienced severe suffering from her frozen limbs, but it had been hoped until yesterday that they would be saved. That hope, how- ever, had to be abandoned, A dispatch to the BEE from the physician attend- ing Miss Royce states that she will lose both of her feet and one of her arms, it having been decided to amputate them next Tuesday. If she survives so terri-, ble an ordeal, Miss Royce will be ut- terly helpless. Thus far the subscrip- tios in her behalf have been made chiefly as a recognition of her noble devotion. Expecting her ultimate re- covery the thought of the subacribers to the fund has been simply to generously honor her heroic faithfulness and forti- tude. The inexpressibly sad change in her condition makes her case the strongest possible in its appeal to sym- pathy and philanthropy. It must touch all hearts who can feel for human suf- fering and misfortume. It must cdvey to all, in a language more pathetic than words can frame, a call to help, with such aid as it is within human power to give, this most unfortunate girl, bereft of all power to hereafter help herself. She did her duty heroically, unselfishly, and her sacrifice is great. No reward can be beyond her merit. — The Demand For a Hospital. At a recent meeting of the Omaha board of charities the subject of a city hospital was discussed and the urgent need of such an institution strongly pointed out. A committee was appointed to request the couuncil to set apart a lot on which a temporary hospital could be built for the eare of persons in the city who must have recourse to hospital treatment. The matter will very likely be brought to the attention of the coun- el at its next regular meeting, and it is hoped will receive such consideration from that body as the importance and pressing nature of the subjoct demand. The BEE has several times within a few months referred to this question of a city hospital and urged that some- thing should be done to meet the steadily increasing rvequirements for such an institution. The demand ne- cessarily grows with the growth of the community. very day brings its evi- dence of this. The numberof accidents, of homeless people stricken with sudden illness, and of helpless poor whose indi- gence compels them when suffering from injury ov sickness to appeal to pub- lic cure, grows with theadvance of popu- lation. At present these unfortunates are cared for with difficulty, and not in the way that should be provided by so large and prosperous a city as Owmaha. We arein the matter of suffic- ient afd well-provided hospital accomo- dations behind every other city in the country with which in all other respects we favorably compa This is very much to our discredit, and will be in- creasingly so if we permit it to continue.’ Itisa disparagement of the humane sentiment of the community, It is a re- flection upon the liberality of our peo- ple. Every citizen must earnestly de- sire that the good repute of Omaha shall not be thus tarnished, when the cause may be removed with so little ef- fort and cost. 3 It is not a satisfactory rveply to this demand to say that we shall have ample 5"“‘ i sion for those city people who will re- quire hospital care and treatment when the county hospital building is com- pleted. Better provision is wanted now, and in any event a distinctively ¢ hospital, centrally located, will alw be needed. The county building is re- mote, and all hospital cases cannot be expediently conveyed there at onee. Some of them need the promptest at- tention with the least possible addi- tional strain to already nearly ex- hausted vital forces. To convey such cases a long distance before proper treatment could be secured might be to vender any treatment valueless. But the arguments in favor of a cen- trally located city hospital, fully provided with every modern accommo- dation and appliance, are obvious. The demand, also, is plain, and is declared Dy those who have the best opportunity, for information to be urgent. It is for the council to listen and give heed to this demand, and it is confidently hoped that the appeal to be made to that body by the committee of the board of chari- ties will not be in vain. The Road to Culture. Every year is adding to the culture of the west and removing from the most tive and stirring section of the coun- the grounds for the charge of “social Year by year as wealth society has settled down toa s of permanency. the culture which accompanies wealth and leisure has increased in our midst. aste which has been stimulated by ng and travel has found means and leisure for its gratification. Inereased incomes have affovded their possessors the wherewith to gratify the desive for hooks, paintings and works of art. Generous citizens have founded universities, schools of art, conservatories of music and galleries of painting and sculpture, The art move- ment in the west which was recently the subject of an_ admiring series of articles in a popular magazine is only another exemplification of the general law that culture follows leisure and leisure wealth. But while leisure and weaith are necessary for the proper inception and stimulus of culture, it must not be under- stood that the cultivation of corrvect tastes is impossible where both or either are not found. Every youth or maiden with a library, a series of con- certs or a collection of pictures within reach hasthe chance to cultivate himself or herself to a correct taste in litera- ture or music or art. - The study of the best is the road to culture. Acquaintance with the best authors should be sought as much as ac- quaintance with the best people. The trash of literature should be as widely shunned as the trash of society, A simply bound volume of a standard author on the book shelves 1s more val- uable than a dozen copies of the scaven- gers of literature though arrayed in all the glory of ‘crushed levant.” An hour with Burke is worth more toa student of style and theart of expression than a month with Howells. A month's hard study of Beethoven will pay more for the toil, a thousand times over, than a year expended in the tech- nical musical pyrotechny of the jingle stringers of the modern school. A~modest etching or line en- graving with motive and execution showing the fire of genius will do more to educate its possessor than a score of ‘‘shanghai” daubs in oil which are dignified by the names of “pantings.” It is the failing of the present age that quantity not quality seems to be the prevailing aim. But is is quality not quantity which gives the stimulus to culture. Culture after all is only the approach to the ideal through the study of literature, of music and of the arts. It is an acquisition which lies within the reach of all where means for its pursuit are within grasp. And it islargely because such means are becoming more widely dis- seminated in the west through public and private benefactions, and are more generally sought for by the individual as communities settle down into the cur- rent of astable and continuous life, that culture is showing itself in the manifes- tation of correct taste among the people. Arresting lrish Priests. The frequent arrest of Catholic priests by the British government because of the identification of the clergy with the nationalist movement in Ireland, makes it clear that the Salisbury ministry despair of enlisting the papal influence against the cause of home rule. The representation of the Duke of Norfolk and other tory Catholics at the vatican have been clearly outweighed by the . protests of Archbishop Walsh and Car- dinal Manning. There can be no doubt that the influ- ence of the Irish clergy has been so great with the depressed people that they have been restrained from grave agrarian crimes or a repetition of the Pheenix park incident, though sorely goaded by tory persecution bent upon provoking overt acts which might justify the tory policy of coercion and repres- sion. The arrests of Catholic priests are doubtless designed to the same end, but happily for the Irish people there have not been any outbursts of indigna- tion and revenge. With Gladstone and 200 liberal members of parliament at their back, the Irish people have a powerful incentive to self-contro! under oppression, and they seem fully alive to the danger of any atrocious folly which might estrange them. The reaction against tory rule will inevitably be hastened if the Irish people restrain themselves, for the Euglish people recognize in the Catholic clergy the most powerful influence at work to keep the home rule movement within the lines of law and peace. — POLITICAL POINTS, Chicago is still several laps behind in the race for the national democratic couvention. Steps have been taken at Boston to effect a thorough club organization of young working democrats throughout the state. Since the republican club meeting New York over 700 republican clubs have been or- ganized throughout thé country, The democratic papers are rejoicing over the prospect of Blainels getting the republi- can nomination, S the Washington Post. Congressman Groff, of West Virgiuia, is regareed by the Atignga Capital as the best selection for vice président the republicans conld make. - It is predicted thatthie Blair bill would be declared unconstitutignal by nearly every judge on the supy bench if brought be- fore that tribunal, The late mugwi 98 has come around to Mr. Cleveland's. , that political acti- vity among oficeh#iders is pernicious only when the ofticeholders are republicans. Indiana will send a Harrison delegation to the Chicago convention, but it is more than hinted that Judge Gresham could have their votes should the indications favor him. The Keokuk Gate City (rep.) insists that ‘‘the republicans of Iowa should this year go to the national convention solid, united, and resojute in their support of an Iowa man for president. The Albany Journal (rep.) says: ‘‘New York is too close a state for republicans to take any chances on the non-partisanship and fair intent of demiocrats who will spend the public tunds this year.” Mayor Hewitt of New York is said to be the most independent mau that ever occupied the mayor's chair, He cares no more for the politicians who nominated him than he does for the mummies in o dimo museum. He does just as he pleases. He walks over the political bosses every hour in the day, and upsets every plan that the ward leaders make. He dislikes professional politicians. In fact, he hates them. He has no use for them. He knows how to snub them, and he plainly tells them that he does not want to see them, [ — A Suggestion for Babblers. Philadelphia Call, An ounce of keep-your-mouth-shut is bet- ter than a pound of explanation after you've said it. RN ¥ SRR Where Bacon Missed It. Indianapolis Journal, If Bacon had known what good stuff he was grinding out (as the police reporter would express it) he never would have al- lowed worthless Will Shakespeare get all the glory for it —— Correctly Geared Benevolence. New York World, Chicago gives work to its unemployed by hiring them to keep thesidewalks clean under the direction of an organized char! This is double back-action benevolenc helps the poor and gives the a good footing. - ———— Cheap Notoriety. Chicago News. This is the very time of year that every prominent man in the country finds time to run down to WaShington and get ‘“‘men- tioned” for the office of president or vice- president. It onlycosts a round-trip ticket and a pocketful of clgzags. —_— No Bankruptcy Law in Sight. Philadelphya Press, The country seems be about as far away from a practical, bankruptey law as congress is from 4 knéwledge of the real wishes of the people who elected it. The first gap will not be filled until there has been some genuine progress in the latter, S TR A Shower of Blessings. Chlcago News. ‘With oil and natural gas Philadelphia syn- dicates, and a big fepublican majority all within its own borders, Tllinois can shake hands cordially with Pennsylvania and lay claim to being somewhat of a keystone state herself, e Present Days are Best. Angelique De Lande. The past is dead and buried, and I have locked the door Upon its joys and sorrows, to open never more : its k‘;'; s safely hidden on memory's faithful reast, And to my heart I whisper, “The present days = are best.” Think-not I have forgotten the cherished friends of yore, Call them not lost, my loved ones, they're just within the door; Andoften when I'm lonoly they share my evening rest, And thoir dear voices whisper “The present days are best.” O golden days of childhood! O girlhcod's sunny hours ! When in the fragrant wildwood I plucked the summer flowers, Your very memory cheers me like some dear welcome guest; Yet chide me not for saying, “The present days are best. Dea are the friondly faces that moot me on the wi Swoet aro the roadside blossoms that smilo on me to-da; A few bright sprays I'll grather and wear them on my breast; For they, too, softly whisper, “The present days are best,” To do the work appointed by Him who rutes my life, To fm( with dauntless spirit, tho world's op- ng strife, orif in utter w caknoss, e'er noonday I must re God'wills it, and T answer, “The present days are best.” who count oyour dearest among nt dead, Sit not within_the 'shadows, mourning the joys now fled; The living claim your service, and they in- deed are best ‘Who help to make for others the presentdays the best. —— THE GREAT UNKNOWN RUSSIAN [WRITTEN FOR TIE SUNDAY BEE.] “Who is Stepniak (" Who is the seemingly presumptuous Russ who has ventured to write an open address to the United States senate from his hiding place in London, in protest against a pro- posed extradition treaty between the great- est republic and the greatest empire to-day on the face of the earth? ‘A remarkable fellow," the discriminating reader will say after. re ading his protest, be- tween the lines of which, appear indubitable evidence of an inspiring mind of power, but s0 inadequate an estiniate does not satisty the interest which his letter stirs. “Who is Stepniak!" is & query you might address to any exputriafed Muscovite, and the gleam of pleasure and enthusiasm which would light his eye would swiftly assure you that Stepniak is one¢' held in high esteem. There are over one hundred million souls in Russia, and though pot ;more than one in one hundred thowsand of them have ever seen Stepnlak in the flesh and not more than one in & million of them have ever known him #s Stepniak, he is known to all Russia—reverenced by the nberu lovers uml feared by royalty and its wminions, Stepniak is the nom de plumezof a man of about five and thirty years. He is of noble birth and a man of considerable literary distinction. But it is from the fact that he is the known head of the Nihilists, the great secret political organization which is slowly but surely revolutionizing Russia, that Step- niak takes his fame and repute. How little the wverage person at this side of the Atlantic knows of Russia, its people, its literature, its social condition! ‘The acquaintance to be gawed at such long range is perforce meager, because it is but receutly that trauslations of Russian books attracted attention. Through the newspapers we learn by cable occasion: ally of the killing of & czar, the frustra- tion of a plot designed for assassination, or the exile to Siberia of suspected encmics of the state, but unless one has read deeper than the current news reports the knowl- edge of nihilism, its purpose and adherents, is vory superficial indeed. Stepniak's “Underground Russia" is a book the perusal of which will shock the av erage American who, self-satisied in his own liberty, does not dream that in this so- called age of enlightenment such semi-bar- barism, despotism and legalized atrovity can prevail, and that over one hundred million people are subject to it—absolutely withbut constitutional guaranty or protection—at the autocratic will of one man. Sugh a condition the American mind will readily concede to bo suficient justification for agitation, as w 1 it. But agitation is prohibited in Russia, and agitators are declared convicts with scarcely the formality of a trial. Naturally the policy of repression has forced those holding to the theories of the broader rights of the people into secret organization and the nihilists are thus a legitimate product of autocracy. The people of this country have by some unknown process of miseducation come to look upon nihilists with ill-favor, akin to hor- tor. They have confounded nihilism with other isms and generally believe it an ad- mixture of laziness and blood-thirstiness. To be a Russian, besotted and stupid, with a fierce look and voluble tongue is to be anihil- ist in the American mind, and yet no miscon- ception conld be grosser. Nihilism does not prevail among the peasantry and the lower classes in Russia. Intelligence and educa- tion are prerequisites to admission to the vev- olution society's - ranks. Blood-letting is . mot @& cardinal mccessity with the nihilist—it is the dernier re- sort. Society conserves its safety with the block and the rope; the nihilist deals with the enemy of society with his own weapon—ussassination. He may be wrong, but so are the conditions which produced him and amid which he exists; conditions maintained defiantly and by brute forco. As said before, nihilism is the penchant of the intelligent classes. Contemporary Russian literature deals with no other ques- tion. Even the peace-loving Tolstoi can write only of socialism as a more desirable cure for the ills which nihilism seeks to rem- edy. So insidious and all-permeating has nihilism become—even members of the royal family, it is said, being numbered among the adherents—that the Russian government has been unable to cope with it politically. An instance demonstrating this may be cited. The present czar avowedly wishing to con- tinue the policy of his father, whose manu- mission of 15,000,000 serfs lives in history as evidenc of the progress of civilization, concluded some time ago to educate the children of the poor with the ulterior purpose of inculcating in their minds respect for autocracy. The min- isfer of education accordingly broadened the scope of Russian schools and through his cen- sorship of studies endeavored to apply a cor- ractive for tyrrancide by pointing out to the youthful mind the fate of Brutus and Tar- quin, Rarmodius and Hipparchus, ete. It was a fad, but it was not without its lesson. The increased number educated, increased the number of nihilists and the growth of nihilism, and within a few months the minister of education has issued a circular to the cura- tors of all scholastic {nstitutions, directing that henceforth they refuse “to receive as pupils the children of domestic servants, cooks, washerwomen, small shopkeepers and others of like condition, who should not be raised from§ the circle to which they belong and be thereby led to become discon- tented and irritated against the inevitable inequalities of existing social positions.” It is the autocrat's policy of repression cropping out—the apology and excuse for nihilism, But to Stepniak—he is the acknowledged head and leader of the great nihilistic move- ment. He is in volunteer exile because Si- beria is the only portion of Russia in which the czgr would allow him to reside, if indeed he did not have him shot. He took to nihilism in his youth in theuni- versity and by natural force of character and brain power became a leader in the secret councils of the nihilists. Thoroughly patri- otic and unselfish, his life is devoted to the betterment of his fellowmen. He is the apos- tle of force as opposed to Tolstoi, the apostle of suasion. He is a much younger man than Tolstoi yet with him has been the contem- porary of Tourguenieff, Katkoff and Herzen the most prominent men of Russian letters at this day though Tourgueniff and Katkoff are now deceased. He writes a great deal for Russian papers, but always over the signature ‘‘Stepniak.” The press censor prevents any attempt he might make to disseminate his doctrines in the public prints, but for allof that the propa- ganda of nihilism, the strength of Stepniak’s pen and his hold upon the people of Russia are beyond the power of autocaacy to prevent or break. What he has written in protest against the proposed extradition treaty between this country and Russia are not idle words, nor impudence, as some self-sufficient journals have been pleased to say. ““The land of the free” should not cease to be the refuge and asylum of liberty-loving patriots, at the in- stance of a despot who denies to his people even a constitution, If Russians who would make their homes in America can be arrested and taken back to Russia for political of- fenses, as the proposed treaty contemplates, why not a treaty with England which would put Fenians at the mercy of Downing street, and Dublin castlet The people of the United States can well listen to Stepniak, even if they revolt at dynamite and conspiracy as weapons in regulating society: Will Stepniak’s real identy ever be known to the world! Perhaps. His death may reveal it, Or if Alexander III shall ever issue such a proclamation as his father signed March 12, 1881, summoning a national assembly to formulate a constitution, but which was never promulgated because of his agsassination the following day, Stepniak may divest himself of the mystery envelop- ing his personality, and come out into the world to be honored as his talents and patriotism deserve. But while spies of the Russian police are constantly lurking in the shadow of his footsteps he will remain to the uninitiated simply Stepniak. F.R.M, e ot ot Seized By Foreclosure. Yesterday the Esmond hotel was seized by the foreclosure of a §3,700 chattel mortgage held by S. P, Morse. About 1,000 had been paid on this. At present Mr. Porter Carson, the clerk, has charge of the hotel until further arrangements are made. It is ex- pected that the notel will be continued, but the cafe part of it will be run as a separate enterprise. Mr. Corby claims to have sunk nearly #,000 in his hotel venture. ——— Major Burt's Promotion. Major Andrew S. Burt, of the Eighth in- fantry, located at Fort Robinson, Neb., has been promoted to lieuteuant colonel, with headquarters at Fort Laramie, Wyo., vice Licutenant Colonel Collins, retired from active service. e Fire at Sturgis. Deapwoon, Dak., Feb, 4.-~[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—A fire broke out in O'Cline's restaurant in Sturgis at8:30 o'clock this morning. The fire was caused by a swall boy playing with matches. The flames spread to a livery stable office, & big new barn, a tailor shop and a Chinese laundry, all of which were destroyed. The Adver- tiser ofice saved. most of their material, Charles Waucis was. the qwaer of all the bulldlngl. WANT THE RATE CUT IN TWO. Lincoln Lumbermen File a Complaint Against tho B. & M, THE PRICE OF COAL REDUCED. Dealers Finally Decide to Do the Fair Thing—Preparing For a Campaign Against Glanders—City Brevities, [FROM THE BER'S LINCOLN RUREAU.] The Lincoln lumber dealers yester- day filed the following complaint against the B. & M. road with the state board of transportation, demanding that the board investigate the rates and declare a reasonable schedule, alleging that 50 per cent of the present rates would be reasonable, and that the lamber trade of the city suffers through the existing diserimination: The Lumber Dealers of Lincoln, Neb,,vs The Burlington & Missouri River Railroad Com- pany, and the Chicago, Burlington & gumcv Railroad Company (owner). ‘o the Board of Transportation of the State of Nebraska—Your complainants, the lumber doalers of Lincoin, Neb., are engaged in buying and shipping lumber to and from said city. Complainants desire to sell, and ship from Lincoln to divers and sundry sta- tions located on the line of said defendant's railroad in tho state of Nebraska., Said com- plainants are permanently engaged in and expect to continue in the business of buying and shipping lumber, and are obliged to ship their freight largely over said defendant's road, and the same will be shipped from Lin- coln on the lumber tariff published and posted up by said railroad defendant. That the figures named in said tariff on lumber from Lincoln is hereto attached and made a part of this petition; that said tarift is a local mileage tarift, and is applicd to the distances from Lincoln to the various sta- tions to arrive at the rates quoted aund charged by said defendants. That the said tariff so printed and posted up is unjust and unreasonable, and the rates of freight demanded by said railroad com- pany from said contplainants are unjust and unreasonable. That said tariff rates diseriminate against this locality, and against the firms making this complaint, and by statement of rates is attached compa rates from the cities of Omaha, St. Joseph, Kansas City and Lincoln, That reasonable and just rates would be at least one;half less than the preseut rates re- quired to be paid by the present lumber tariff of said defendant, to all points on said respondent’s railrond, from Lincoln, in the state of Nebraska: which unjust and unreasonable rates are us fixed by the pres- ent tariff, and demanded and required to bu paid by said respondent ruilroad compan, That the said schedule of rates as set for and the tariff rates on lumber now publis and posted up, and the rates of freight the set forth are required to be pmd by said com- plainants to said respondent from Lincoln in said state of Nebraska tostations in the state of Nebraska. That the said rates so required to be pai by said respondent are neither just nor sonable, but the same are unjust and unrea- sonable, and that 50 per cent of the rates required by _said tariff from Lincoln over the line of sald respondent’s railroad, would b just and reasonable; also that said tariff discriminates against this ¢ and gives undue preference to other loculities within and without the state. Whereupon complainant prays your honora- ble board of transportation will investigate tho matter herein set forth, and of which com- plaint is herein made, and ascertain antl de- termine what are reasonable and just rates, for the distribution of lumber over said de- fendant's line of railroad from Lincoln to the various stations thereon in the state of Nebraska, and when such just and reasonable rates for the transportation of lumber from Lincoln over said railroad is so ascertained and determined, a schedule of said just and reasonabie rates be furnished said respond- ent, and said respondent be required to put the same in force, over and along said rail road to all points thereon from the said ¢ of Lincoln, and that the order of said board be enforced by the proper legal procecdings therefor, and for such other and further re- lief as shall be just and rcasonable in the premises. State of Nebraska, * Lancaster County, |5 ‘The undersigned being first duly sworn, on their oath depose and say that they are deal- ers in lumber at Lincoln, Nebraska, and that the facts as above set forth ure true as they verily believe. Banaen Lusner Co. 3. C. Muxson & Co. 1cAGo Lumcer Co. S. A. Browx & Co. Subscribed in my presence and sworn to berore me this 3d day of February, 1888, EpsoN Rici, (seal) Notary Public. G. M. Lambertson, Attorney. THE PRICE 1S DOWN, The price of coal in Lincoln, like Davy Crockett's coon, has come down. Dux'{n the past weck . the dealers in Lincoln went and reduced the price from 812 to 811 per ton. This reduction was not based on any reduction in rates and it is entirely immaterial what caused it, Sufficient it is to the people to know that it is down to an honest, fair basis, compared with former prices; and the appearance at least is that the pool has retired from the business of swallowing the reduced rate that the board of transportation and the freight bureau secured for the citizens of Lin- coln, It is to be hoped that this is the case and thatan honest profit will sat- isly the dealers in the future. EXTERMINALING GLANDERS, The live stock sunitary commssion is hard at work pushing the complaints made in the office, to a settlement, most of the board being out in the state the greater part of the time. Since the change in the_quarantine rules which does away with inspection at points of entry, the bourd find they will ha much more time to stamp out epidemics and in the course of the next thre months they hope to haveall complaints passed upon. The amount paid by the commission during the month of Janu- ary for stock condemned and killed was $1,914, INSURANCE RETURNS, Tnsurance returns have been received h'nm the following additional compun- Agricultural, of \\ atertown, 35 losses incurres losscs puid, same. Boylston, of Boston—Premiums, $2,388.81: | curred, $2, losses paid, 81 e l ew Y losses lossos p pany of miums, I)ulmu. of 50,94 1 wpolis—Premiums, Sun, of 715.50; ate, losses incurred, none, 0—Premiums, losses incurred, %510, Pire Office, of London Premiums, losses incurred, T74.00; losses pnld $#4,759.42. Union Philudelphin—FPremiums, $4 8 incurred noue, CHURCH AND CITY. This afternoon the meeting at the Y, l', A. rooms will be addre: . 0. A. Willinms, pastoy ‘mpml church, and the male choir from the same chureh will furnish very acceptable mus The invitation to attend 1s extended to all, 1. H. Leavitt, vice president for ka of the Nationanl Law and Order league, has called the attention of the state league 0 meeting of the nationul league which meets in its sixth annual session in the city of Phila- delphia on the 21st and 22d of Febru Steps will be taken to have Nebraska represented, Rev. K. H. €hapin, pastor of the Uni- versalist charch, hus arranged for a number of Sunday evening addresses on reform topics, These are us follows: Sunday eveming, Febru Tomperance Problem,” Albert Wate kins; Sunday evening, February “The Suffrage Problem,” Mrs. Cara Colby; Sunday evening, February 19, “The Labor Problem,” N. S, Harwood; Sunday evening, Fobruary 26, “Ros ligion and Poverty,” Chauncellor Irving J. Manatt. C. K. Ober, international college secrotary of the Y. M. C. A, is in the city and to-day addresses the students ot the state university morning, afternoon and evening, My, Ober is a very prominent worker in the couse and will undoubtedly greatly in« terest all who may attend his meetings. T'r st church, which has organized in this city for a fow months, has made ver 1{ pro- gress. When organized it qul & meme bership of sixty-one and shortly after- ward they built a commodious chapel in which to worship. During a recent ser- ies of meetings 120 had been added to the membership, make a total of 181, The people of the Christian church are pushing theiv subseription list for their new church on the corner of Fourteenth and K streets, The founda- tion work was commenced in the fall months and the edifice when completed will cost not less than $45,000, There were between two and three thousand in attendance at the Y. M. C A. rooms during the month of Januar The special meetings for young men had a total attendance of 554; 263 baths were supplied and 285 letters were writ- ten for the association rooms. The financial socrotary is doing active work collecting subsc BE District Court. WANT THEIR PROPERTY, The United States ie Lighting com« pany yesterday bogan a suit against Charles S. Higyrins, his wife and the Omaha National bank to recover possession of two Weston electric dynamos of the value of $2,000; two armatures valued at £400; two potential in- valued at #75: two rheostals \uhu-xl two base nes valued at & lamps valued at 1505 X lamp valued at $150. A BREACI OF CONTRACT, Hunt, in his petitiic 8, “The lml-lvl ! James W win Sharp and which was not fullfilled on lefendants and that he has suffered in the sum of §4,709.20, for which he wants a judgement. Fitch, County ( Higgins to recover $280.50 on a prowmisory note. DAMAGED FIVE Jn)m \Zumul- on [UNDRED DOLLARS WORTIT. unl hN \\ih- Lillie unu- ihill and llnnu'l P. O'Con eby they were damaged in the sum NT AGAINST THE MILLARD, udge Shiclds rendered a A;nhr- ment in favor of John G. Malone for 2,580 against the proprietors of the Millard hotel. The action was based on the loss of property left in care of a porter emyloyed at the hotel, THE STEVENS LEVEE, In Which There Was a Comi Genial Souls. Max Meyer & Brothers, togother with their numerous employes, held a most joy- ous levee in Mr. Julius Meyer's rooms last evening in honor of Mr. Charlic Stevens, an old and valued attache of the house, who is about to launch forth in busincss us o mome ber of the new firm of Alfred Meinberg & Co. To say that the occasion was recherche, would not be saying too much, No pains or expense were spared in insuring it as such, and fully and completely did its engincers succeed.© After a bountous repast on ull the viands of the season, thero was music and Messrs.’ A, Manderberk, Moritz rt, A. Wiide, H. Bohme, H. A. Holletf, A, Metzgar and dozens of others made happy oratorical clforts, and the con- viviality was continued until late in the night. ~ Truly Max Meyer, und his army of employes, guve to Mr. Stévens, their old confrere, & most felicitous sond off, and it is safo to say the occagion will be remembercd as one of the brightest events in his life. Ao Licensed to Wed. The following marriage Lcenses werd issued yesterday by Judge Shields: Name and residenc { Philip Klinkerbeer, South Omaha. 1 Gortrude Nowman, South Omata. { Horbert Berry, S Mary Lundgren, { Harry Moore, Beatrice, Neb. . 1 Jessio M. Davis, Omaha.. The judge performed the in the cases or Phillip Klinkenbeer and Her- bert Berry. e A COWBOY KILLED. A Seventeen-Year-Old Lad Kills His Would-Be Slayer. Cnevesse, Wyo., Feb, 4.—[Special Tele- gram to the BEer.]—A shooting affray o curred at Dayton, near Buffalo, Wyo., at o'clock yesterday moruing, which resulted in the instant killing of Will Smith, a well known cowboy. The killing was done by Robert Atkinson, a boy scventeen years of age. The fight was the continuation of a quarrel commenced by the men a week ago, when Smith beat Atkinson over the head with a beer bottl Yeosterday morning Smith, with several comrades, rode up to the house where Atkinson was sleeping, and fired through the window. Atkinson ro- turned the fire with a Winchester rifle, kille ing Smith and wounding one of coms panions. unfon of To Close o 31, Joseen, Mo., [Special Telas gram to the Be A bitter war has broken out among the demi-monde world in this ¢ The prosccuting attorney has taken adv: age of it, and it is highly probable that what is known as the “‘roomers’ will be driven out of town. The keepers of the regular | houses have become 5o incensed that they od regular det ves, who are getting a complete list of all the ners' in the city, The fines will b s from 21 to $1,000. This class of society cased in this city, because :n unable to get them ‘‘on Coal Find. Dovaras, Wyo., Feb, 4.—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—The big coal strike a fow wiles west of Douglas slove proves to be a seven- foot vein of coal equal to the Rock Springs product. This bonanza is owned by Douglas men who have unlimited capital and who 1. corporated under the name of the Fetterman Coal company. The company compri forest Richards and J. Ware Foster, dent and cashier of the First National bank; A. D. Chamberlain, manager of the Wyoming Lumber company; C. H. King, wholcsale grocer, and oth iy lave sent a man east after machinery and will soon bo in shape to supply Nebrasku and the Black Hills with fuel. Aok ugh Douglas. Feb. 4. [Special Te Cheyenne & . grade stakes through th e end of the roud is now sven miles from Douglas, where Fitzgerald has a force of men at work, The road forms @ junction bere with the Wyum- ing Central. Dovras, Wyo to the Ber]-=T Provisic for Fort McKinney. Forr McKixsey, Wyo., Feb, 4.—(Special Tolegram to the Bek.|—The commissary stores to replace loss by the fire of January 14 arrived to-day and were unloaded in good condition.