Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 8, 1888, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SCRIPTION, Dafly (Morning Edition) including Sunda; Bw, One Yoar . ¥ . r &1x Months . For Three Months. The Omahw Sund dress, One Year.. ... .5 OMAHA OFFICE, NOSOLUAND 916 FARNAM ORK UFFICE, ROOMS 14 AND 3. WASHINGTON OFFIC FOURTEENTH STRERT. CORRESPONDENC Al communications relating to n toriul matter should be addressed to the Eprron OF THE BEE, BUSINESS LETTERS, All business letters and remittances should be addressed to TiE Bee PUBLISIING COMPANY, OMABA. Drafts, chocks and postoffice orders to der of the company, be made payable to th The Bee Pablishing Co Sworn Statement of Circulatiom Btate of Nebraskn, [ County of Douglass, P Robers Munter, clerk of The Tee Pub Nshing comp: does unIrm]nI{ swear that the actual circulation of the Duily Bee for the week ending Feb, i, 1885, wa fol Baturday, 5. Sunday, Jan. Monday, Jan, 0. Tuesday, Jan Wadnesday, F Thursday, Feb Friday, Féb, Average, oW 15,610 15,100 o rv'\l'nrn "nlnl’;fl suhm‘rAXI o th day of February, A. ), . P.FE ’ z Notary Public.” State of Nebraska, . County of Douglaes, | %8 Geo. B. Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, de- oses und says that he is secretary of The Hee bublishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of the Daily Bee for the month of January, 1587, 16209 coples; for February, 1887, 14,178 coples’ for March, 16T, for April, 1857, 14,316 cople : for June, 187, T ¢ 16 coples: for August, 1 157, 14,49 coples:’ for 1 ember, 1887, 15,226 coples; for cember, 1887, 16,041 copies. GEO, B, TZSCHUCK. Sworn and subscribed to in my presetice Gils 2d day of Junuary, As D. 188, N. P. FEIL, 0 Notary Public, ty hall plans of the council will never be adopted by the people or the courts. \ THERE age altogether toomany trusts, The only trust that ought to'be encour- aged is “Trust in God and keep your powder dry.” —— THE carcer of Gibson, who once fig- ured as premier of the Sandwich Islands, was a romantic one while he lived and now he bids fair to develop into a posthumous mystery. It never rains but it pours for some people. THE bogus Sir Roger Tichborne, who is now a bartender in Brooklyn, says he intends soon to reopen his case in the English courts. His bogus - lordship will do nothing of the kind. He has some natural shrewdness and merely wishes to keep himself before the pub- lic. SHIPPERS have alreadyjmade so many complaints of violations of the inter- state commerce law by railroads, that the commission will find it impossible to examine them all. A salutary lesson in the way of punishment is evidently what the railroad corporations are spoil- ing for. E—— A REVERSE tide scems to have set in from Canada.. The cashier of the Cen- tral bank of Toronto, who recently ab- sconded to this country, left the di- rectors in bad shape. It isa poor rule that wont work both ways. A few more such embezzlements and the British government will be more ready to mod- ify the extradition treaty. OTHE new school buildings to be con- structed in Omaha this year should be thoroughly modern in all respects, pro- vided with the most approved applian- “ ces necessary to the health and comfort of pupils. There must be' no waste of money on unnecessarv architectural dis- play butall reasonable outlay for sanita- ry and other conditions most essential to properly constructed school buildings. As a general thing policemen are too ready with club and revolver in the cities of this ‘country and many inno- cent people have to suffer in conse- quence. A San Francisco officer fatally shot a cabman who was merely running a race with a companion the other night. The policeman’s excuse was that he thought the unfortunate victim had committed some wrong and was trying to get away. The only way to discourage such crimes on the part of sollwmon is to punish them as they eserve. A SUGAR man who claims to know wherof he speaks says that the sugar trust is capitalized at sixty million dol- lars. Two-thirds of this is water, but profits are now being made at the rate of twelve per cent. on the whole, or thirty-six per cent. on the real capital invested, This enormous profit is, of course, taken out of the pockets of the consumers. When it is remembered that many, if not most of the neces- saries of life are thus cornered, the evil of corporate extortion is evident. The investigation of trusts by congress should not be for show merely. The matter is one with which that body ought to deal in earnest. ectors of the Omaha, Yank- ton & Northwestern railrond are under- st00d to have under cousideration the elaborate proposition submitted by the county commissioners, and it is thought probable that before the ten days expire in which they are to inform the board of their conclusion an understanding will be reached that will remove all present obstructions to the progress of the enter- prise. Doubtless some modification of the conditions imposed by the commis- sioners will be asked and conceded; in other words, a compromise eflected which while fully protecting she people of the county will be fair tothe jectors of the railroad. An entively just arrangement is all that any reason- able citizen will require. That Ompaha ought to haye the 'pro- posed road is universally admitted, and Douglas county can afford togive a gen- erous bonus for its construction. A proper and sufficient guarantee of good faith on the part of the incorporators the people have a right to ask and the incorporators are disposed to give. Such being the condition there ought to - be very little difficulty in effecting an arrangement entirely satisfactory and fair to all parties, There is thought to be favorable promise that this will be done, ¢ ) i J THE OMAHA DAILY BE.: Republican Organization. A great deal of activity is being man- ifested by the republicana of several states in the organization of locals clubs and state leagues. This preparation for the coming national battle is entered upon none too soon. The republican national convention will meet on the 19th of June, but little more than four months hence, and when it comes to- gether it ought to have the knowledge that the party in every state is fully or- ganized and prepared to take up the work of the campaign promptly and vig- orously and force the fighting. Four months is not more than time enough in which to accomplish thorough and efli- cient organization, and that is what republicans everywhere should seck to attain. The well entrenched enemy cannot be defeated without it. This preliminary organization is nec- essary, ulso, to arouse the interest and enthusiasm of the party, to, infuse it with ardor and confidence, and to unify and harmonize it. The club has become a potential influence in our political methods, It attracts the young meh to politics, it affords an opportunity for the intelligent and eareful discussion of principles and policies, it enables the members to consider with deliberation the claims and the availability of candi- dates, and it creates a political fellow- ship that strengthens party allegi- ance. In all these respects it 18 a most useful political instrumentality, to be fostered and en- couraged. Only when the club becomes dominated by and is made to serve the purposes of demagogues and self-seeking politicians is its value impaired, and this is always a danger to be carefully guarded against by these organizations. The republicans of Nebraska ought to be moving in this matter of organiza- tion. The fact that this state is counted with absolute certainty in the republi- can column is not a sufficient reason why the party should not organize, send forth its greeting of confidence to the party in other states, and help by its example, its earnestness and ity enthusinsm to arouse republican activity and inspire republi- can faith elsewhere, As a division of the greatrepublican army, always faith- ful to every demand upon it, the repub- lican party of Noebraska has a right to make its voice heard upon the policy which the party shall proclaim in its national convention and the choice it shall make of a leader, and it is ex- pected to do so. But to make that voice offective it must go out as the expression of an organized and har- monious force, animated throughout by the single desire for the triumph of wise and sound republican principles. The sentiment and desire of the west will exert a great influence upon the national republican conven- tion, and it cannot be amiss that the re- publicans of other sections shall be in- formed in advance what the repub- licans of this section think and wish in relation to the policy which the party shall declare. It is desirable, also, that western republicans shall be certain of their own position, and at least as to state divisions shall harmonize in their views and aims. This is obtainable only by general organization. To this political duty the republicans of Ne- braskashould address themselves with us little delay as possible, for as we have already observed there is no time to be wasted, Local clubs should be organ- ized in every town and county and a state league formed through which the federated power of the local organiza- tions would be felt in a genoral way. Go about it at once, to the end that the example and the influence of Nebraska republicans shall be felt throughout the nation. An Outrageous Job. In abrogating the Myers city hall contract the city council has deliber- ately opened the way for an immense ‘‘job,” which, if carried out, will be an outrage upon the taxpayers of Omuaha. It is proposed by the jobbers to pur- chase additional ground and erect a mammoth city hall, involving an ex- penditure in all probability of about half a million dollars. Whatdoes this mean? Does it not mean that the people are to be outrageously swindled? Does it not look as if there are to be some very fat pickings for contractors, boodlers, and jobbers? What else can it mean? The council is simply overriding the wishes of the people, who will never submit to this high-handed proceeding. The action of the council will involve a long litigation whigh will delay the crection of the city hall. Any plans for a structure to cost more than the sum originally voted for a city hall can not be adopted without the vote of the electors. The board of education has already invested over twenty thousand dollars in the city hall basement, and a total of about forty thousand dollars has been expended upon that structure. No change can now be made without the consent of the people and the board of education. The bonds for the city hall were voted by the people, with the express understanding that the building was to be erected accord- ing to the Myers plans, which were adopted by the council.” That the coun- cil can and will be enjoined by the courts from perpetrating” the proposed outrage there is no doubt. TInterested property-holders and taxpuyers will never permit such a raid to be made upon the pnblic treasury. An appeal should be made to the courts at once. The sooner this matter is brought into the courts and settled, the sooner we shall have a city hall. The council has no right to trifle any longer with the demands, necessi- ties and wishes of the people. Telegraph Legislation. The interest that prevailed at the opening of the session of congress in the question of establighing a postal tele- graph system appears to have com- pletely subsided, and the general opinion is that there will be no legisla- tion on this subject at the present ses- sion. The several measures introduced may be heard from again, but it is mbre than likely that their authors, observ- ing the general indifference to the question in congress, will not further press them. on attention and permit them to die where they are now lodged. Of thes¢' measuresone provides for the construction of a system of lines by the government, to be wired and operated by government officials on a financial basis which shall make the lines ismply self-supporting; another con- templates the purchase by the govern- ment of the existing lines, and a third provides that the telegraph companies. as now organized, shall be placed under the control of the inter-state commerce commission or & commission specially created to supervise them. The decline of congressional interest in this subject does not necessarily argue that the public has bocome indifferent to it, or that it is & matter which should be dropped~out of consideration. The arguments addressed to congressmen in opposition to the proposed legislation may have convinced most of them that there is no immediate urgency for action, that the abuses complained of are mnot so great as they have been proclaimed, and that the existing practical monopoly of this business is less oppressive than has been represented. The arguments were shrewdly framed to accomplish this, and the agitation of the subject had the effect of inducing the telegraph mana- gers to shape their policy so as to make the most favorable presentation of their case. But the question of a postal tele- graph system is a living question upon which the representatives of the people will be called upon to act souner or later in conformity with the popular wish and for the public interest. The time may not now be ripe for such legislation as the measures before congress contem- plate. Prevailing conditions may not require or warrant so important a de- parture. The time is not very far dis- tant, however, when the popular de- mand for a postal telegraph system must be answered, and meantime the ques- tion is one which neither the represen- tatives of the people mnor the people themselves should be permitted to lose sight of. ——— THE proposed city hall ‘‘job” seems to be the result of a conspiracy on the part of certain councilmen to vent their spite against the BEE, because this paper has seen fit at various times toex- pose and denounce them for their be- trayal of the public interests. It is un- derstood that the conspirators have de- termined, in voting for new plans for a hall, to adopt no plans that will not cover the 182 feet on ‘Farnam street, thus shutting off light and ventilation from the new BEE building on the west side. Of course, if they succeed in their comspiracy, this can be done, but they seem to forget that in thus carrying out their spite work they will equally punish the public. In other words they would shut off light and ventilation from the east side of the city hall. They propose to use the publie in order to punish the editor of the BEE. But he can stand it if the public can. However, it remains to be seen whether any such scheme can be worked. Laying aside all personal interests, the BEE asks if there is any prominent public building in any city in this country that has not an area around it both for light and ventilation ? The Myers plans provide for such an area around the city hall, and probably for that reason, more than for any other, those plans have been summarily abro- gated. It is not likely that, whatever kind of plans may be adopted, the pub- lic will submit to any inconvenience purposely contrived to gratify the per- sonal spite of conspirators. THAT Yankton is desirous for a road to Omaha there is no doubt, and the situation here has been watched with interest at that place. The action.of the Douglas county commissioners has been criticised by some, but the Dako- tian, published at Yankton, looks at the matter in this light: ‘Without doubt the efforts of Omaha to open up to its use this new and desirable field have been many times neutralized by the machinations of existing railroads now enjoying a monopoly of the business, and the Omaha people may have reason to suspect that the experiences of the past are to be repeated. But at this dis- tance we can see nothing in the acts of the ©maha commissionersto criticise. Assuming that they are acting in good faith, their endeavors appear to be to secure to their constituents something tangible and certain for the money it is proposed to have them donate. A posi- tive guarantee of good faith is import- ant in this transaction and a railroad corporation which asks a heavy bonus from the people must protect the donors if their request meets with an atfirma- tive response. There should be no mis- takes this time,” The Yankton dele- gation now in Omaha comes with high hopes of success for their mission, andit is to be desired that a complete agree- ment will be reached which will be sat- isfactory to all concerned. WE have received from the publish- ers, the State Journal company, Lin- coln, the complete session laws of Ne- braska, from 1 to 1887, in three volumes. The work comprises all the laws, resolutions and memorials, public and private, passed by the territorial and state legislatures of Nebraska from 1855 to 1887, inclusive, together with the organic law, the proclamations is- sued in the organization of the terri- torial government, the enabling act ad- mitting Nebraska to the union, the re- vised statutes of 1866 (known as the Estabrook revision), and a complete in- dex to the whole. It is printed in good clear type, on paper of fine gquality, and bound in the best law sheep. The ut- most care has evidently been taken to make this work complete and accurate, and we have no doubt it will be found entirely trustworthy. It will prove in- valuable to every lawyer in the state and must find a place in the library of all lawyers who would have at hand the important information this work con- tains, The publishers announce that they are ready to fill all orders, the price for the three volumes being $30, A FIrM and summary enforcement of the ordinance requiring persons to clean their yards and alleys of all refuse is ne- cessary, and it is understood to be the intention of the authoritiesto do this. Only one notification will be given, and if. this is disregarded the negligent persons will be called to atcount. - This is the proper course, and it should be adherd to withoutyfear or favor. There ie usually too much leniency in this matter, and it will be well to try a change of policy. {There can be no ques- tion that the result will be wholesome. People who haveinot enough care for the health of themselves and their neighbors to remave the garbage from their premises nltmld be made an ex- ample of. KINGS AND Q The crown princd of Italy and the prin- cess Henrietta of B@lgium are about to be betrothed. § On the czarina’s forticth birthday anni- versary, November 20 last, the czar gave her a necklace composed of forty emeralds. The royal toadies are busying themselves over a silver wedding present to the princess of Wales. The princess has more jewelry than she knows what to do with. Her gracious majesty of England has a mania for getting her portrait taken. Her last fad in th's way was to have their royal highnesses taken in tableaux vivants. The baby king of Spain received a singular Christmas-box for an infant of nineteen. months. A loyal planter in Havana sent his majesty 10,000 of the finest cigars. Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria, will visit Jamboli in the course of his present travels. He shguld avoid a jamboree, however, if he wishes to retain his high serenity. The Empress Eugenie is going to the Riviera at theend of January, to remaln until May. If the French government will let her, she will stay at Cannes. Ismail Pasha, the ex-khediveof Egypt, has had his claims against the Turkish govern- ment settled. He will move to Constantin- tinople, whero ho has property and palaces valued at £500,000, and will receive £100,000 in cash. The prince of Wales is always accompanied by two detectives. They dress asjgentlemen and are ever at his heels. At the theatre they sit at the back of his box, at the races they stand just behind him, and it is their business never to have him out of their sight. The empress of Austria, alarmed at her increasing embonpoint, has taken the ad- vice of her physicians to go in for plenty of exercise. Any day may be witnessed at the castle of Godolo a sight, awe-inspiring or comical, according to the opinions of the spectators, of a stout, elderly empress fenc- ing with a demure young archduchess, Marie Valeria by name. The affability of the German crown prince was illustrated theother day at Sam Remo, where Signor Rossi has lately been acting. The crown prince attended his performance of “Kean,” and was much pleased with it. The next day, as he was “walking along the street, he noticed the famous actor on the other side. Rossi lifted his hat, but the crown prince made a bee line for him across the street, shook his Band, and overwhelmed bim with complimenty. The princo still re- ceives scores of lettdrs every day offering him sympathy or advice: many of these conte from France. H An American who shw the mikado of Japan' at Tokio recently sdid: ‘‘Hesat in lonely state, a dark-featured, black-haired, thick- lipped man, dressed in the uniform of a Eur- o‘wm eneral, and with nothing grand in his make-up or appéarande. The absolute ruler of 36,000,000 people in s tight-fitting, gold-laced blue coat_and a French shako for acap! Shades of Gilbert and Sullivan pre- serveus! I wanted to pull off his forei, tailor trumpery and pitch his coat into the nearest canal, scatter his monkey-like sol- diers and make"” him and them all over again in the likeness of their royal ancestors.” ———— The Only Expert. St. Poul Pioncer-Press. About the only trustworthy bank examiner under the present administration is the pro- fessional burglar. — - Ask Something Easier. Pittsburg Chronicle. ‘What's the good of teaching women to cook scientifically if they all want to lecture about it after they have graduatedt Sl The Modern Moneyed Men. Pittsburg Chronicle. The recent robberies of the residences of baseball players show that the burgling fra- ternity knows who the moneyed men of modern times are. T Time to Make a Stand. Milwaukee Wisconsin, High license is a principel about which re- publicans seem to be agreed, and it is time that the party representatives should take a firm stand on this platform. e Lamar's Progress. Albany Journal, Judge Lamar is reported to have fimished Blackstone. He is undecided gwhether to take up Kent’s Commentaries next or to learn the last three amendments to the constitu- tion. —_—— A Political Volcano, Philadelphia Press. Ropresentative Soringer of Illinois is in an unusually active state of eruption this year. As yet, however, it has not been discovered whether it is bile or statesmanship that ails him. Theft of a Curiosity. Detroit Free Press. An Arkansas court has senten a man to three years’ imprisonment for stéaling a $2 bible. This looks rather rough at first glance, but when one comes to realize how scarce bibles are in that state the sentence scems none too heavy. —— O ~wnership. “Marian Douglas. 01d Farmer Boggs of Boggy Brook ‘Went to the county fair, And with his wife he strolled around To see the wonders there. “That horse,” he said, “G ‘Will take the highest prize; But our old Dobbin looks as well And better to my gyes. He is I know, what §l‘%z call slow, 1t's far the safest way 1o go; Some men, perhaps, might think it strange, Ireally should not like to change. i tAnd these fat oxen, Buck and Bright, Eon't have so largs & girth, Nor match like them just to a hair, But I know what they’s worth. They're good to ploughy and good to draw, You stronger pullers never saw. And always mind my ‘gee and *haw.’ Some folks, perhaps, guight think it strange, 1 really shouldn’t wastto change." “That Devon heifer dnst, I heard, A thousand dollars. " Now," Said Mrs. Boggs, my Crumple Horn 18 just as good & cOW. Her milk I'm uuru'n‘gg very best, Her butter is the yellowest; Some folks, \wl'hupl might think it strange, 1 really shouldn’t want a change. Eagle Wing, “Those premum hogs,” said Mrs. Boggs, My little Cheshire |u§ 1s petter than the best of them, Although he's not half so big. And that young Jersey is not half 8o pretty as old Brindle's calf; Nor is there in the poultry pen As Speckled Wings so good a hen," As Farmer Boggs to DozEy Brook Rode homeward from the frir, He said: *'I wish my ammals Had all of them been there; Audif the judges had been wise might have taken every prize.” e WDuring the month of January there were 845 cases adjudicated ‘in the police court and #2,290,80 collected in fines:and DISCIPLES OF APOLLO'S ART. Lincoln Musical People Arranging for a Festival in May. ANOTHER BOOK OF MARTYRS. The Council to Have Fifty Histories of the Contempt Cases Elegantly Bound For Souvenirs— State House Notes. [FROM THE BEE'S LINCOLN BURRAU.] The recent rendition of the “‘Holy City" cantata was such an entire suc- cess that a large number of the musical people of the city met last evening at the Congregational church and prepared the way for its repetition and [further for a grand musical convention and fes- tival to be held during the coming May. This festival will cover three evenings, one devoted to the “Holy City,” one to a miscellaneous programme and one to an oratorio of standard merit, which will be selected and rehearsed in a very short time. The festival will be largely under the management of Mrs. P. V. M. Raymond and a large corps of musicians at the initiatory meeting subscribed themselves as participants in the work. PRESERVING THE RECORD. The cl? council, at a recent meeting, appointed a specini committee to secure bids for printing the official records in the now historic council contempt case. This committee has found that they can get twenty copies bound in morocco and fifty copies bound in sheep for the net sum of $120, and the council decided to order the work done. In future years the children of the martyred council- men can take a morocco bound book from the case and read the history of the trials and sufferings of their fathers when they were incarcerated in the Douglas county jail. The council will take one of the elaborate copies and through a sub-committee present it to Judge Brewer. COUNCIL DOINGS. The city council, at its Monday even- lu;{)seuion. transacted a large amount of business, including action on monthly™ reports of officials. The police judge showed a very light month’s work for January, the fines imposed during the month only aggregating $243. " The uestion of outstanding bonds and that the city obtain the revenues derived from the properties that it has secured by bonds voted, instead of the county receiving it all, was discussed and placed in the hands of the judiciary committee. In the question of pave- ments the use of brick as a material for use was discussed and referred to a special committee, and the question of lessening the width of residence streets for paving purposes was also handed to a committee. ARTICLES OF INCORPORATION Of the Strang & Clark Steam Heat- ing company of Omaha were filed yes- terday with the secretary of state. Capital stock, $50,000; indebtedness limited to two-thirds the capital stock. The incorporators are: A. L. Strang, C. C. Clark, W, H. Wright and R. R. Schumaker. THE RETURNS CONTINUED. The following insurance companics have reported their Nebraska business for 1887 since the last report: Anglo Nevada, of San Francisco— Premiums, $2,148.47; losses incusred, $57.75; losses paid, same. Girard, of Philadelphia — Premiums, $4,822.78; losses incurred, 8255.28; lesses paid. 82,947.58. Louisvill Underwriters, of Louisville, Ky—Premiums, $1,674.28; losses incurred, none; losses paid, $1,283.- 98. London Assurance cuml)an y, of London—Premiums, $5,605.32; losses in- curred, $2,611; losses paid, $3,361. Peo- les’, of Manchester, N. H—Premiums, 1,987.28; lasses none. STATE HOUSE ITEMS, DThe supreme court met yesterday and heard cases through the day, adjourn- ing until Tuesday morning next. Gharles T. Dickinson, of Tekamah, Abram Newcomb, of Kearney, and J. R. Swain, of Greeley Centre, were admit- ted to practice. The following causes were argued and submitted, being cases appealed from the third judicial district: Shortel vs Young, Stubendorf vs Hoff- man, Manning vs Finn, Riley vs Mel- quist. Governor Thayer, accompanied by his private secretary, Captain J. E. Hill and Adjutant General Cole, Lieutenant Dua- ley, Captain H. E. Palmer, Surgeon General Stone and Major Watson, of his staff, departed for Beatrice yester- day where they are the guests of the first regiment. - 4 CITY BRIEFS. The Eikhorn offices in this city re- orted nothing new in the cut rate war- are yesterday. Late the day before this road brought down the special tariff on lumber and the Burlington and Union Pacific followed it. Thus far in Lincoln the Elkhorn line has made all reductions, the Burlington and Union Pacific following and the Missouri Pa- cific holding aloof and watching the 'hursday evening the Blaine club, ntly organized in the city, hold its second meeting. The membership roll, which has been circuluted, has names up in the hundreds, and John M. Thurs- ton, of Omaha, will be present at the meeting of the club Thursday evening. Last evening the first organ recital was given at the Presbyterian church by Clarence Eddy, of Chicago, assisted by Miss Butler, also of that city. The audience was an appreciative one and the second and last recital will occur this evening. The Western Union Telegraph com- panv, which has heretofore occupied a dingy basement room, will remove in about a month to the commodious first floor corner room in the city block on the corner of Eleventh and N streets. The change is one that will delight both the public and the employes of the of- fice. The ladies of the Irish National league gave a delightful entertainment at the Temple hall Sunday evening, which was so well attended that stand- ing room was at a premium. The musical feature of the evening was un- exceptionable. The cost to the state of the care and keeping of the prisoners at the state penitentiary for the month of January was omitted from the report published yesterday of the cost of the state insti- tutions for the month of January. This omitted item amounted to $4,049.20. Among the delinquent county treas- urers who were making annual settle- ment with the auditor and state treas- urer yesterday were G. D. Brewer, treasurer of Boone county; C. T. Bar- low, treasurer of ixon county; Henry Boln, treasurer of Douglas county and W. B. Weeks, treasurer of Grecley county. J. M. Thurston, J. C. Cowin, C. A, Baldwin and George S. Smith were Omaba attorneys avtending supreme court yesterday ®: -~ STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. Beatrice expects # boost its popula- tion to 15,000 this year. The division of' Holt county and the accompanying scrawmble for county seat honors s getting into shape for the spring campaign, Noriolk is moving for a central high school building to cost $20,000, Hooper, in Dodge county, shipped 226 cars of produce during January. The Union Pacific has completed a ton-stall roundhouse in Beatrice. In nn agony that is extreme the Nor- den Borealis says: *“Bring us wood."” The Fremont ribune likens the South Omaha eity council to a herd of Texas steers. Harvard forwarded last ye 1 cars of stock and produce, and r 888 carloads, A brass band is the latest addition to the methods of treatment in the state insane hospital. It insures a steady increase of the death rate. The Beatrice sewer pipe company employs forty men and are turning out thirteen kilos of pipe a month. The works are to be enlarged to meet the demand. 769 ved Towa 1t . The new building of the university of Des Moines has been formally opened. The Grinnell co-operative association has incorporated with an authorized capital of $10,000. So far this season 186,500 hogs have been slaughtered in Cedar Rapids, against 215,420 for the same period last year. Davenport has advices that Senator Allison’s bill for a public building at that place, calling for an approprintion of $200,000, is likely to pass without serious opposition. Julia Ann Stout, who advertises her- self as ‘‘a member of no denomination, but a fool for Christ’s sake,” addressed a small audience in the eriminal court room at Des Moines the other evening. Wyoming. Cheyenne proposes to invent in a creamery. ) The Laramie glass works is a demon- strated success. A fine lot of window glass has been, made and packed for shipment. The Cheyenne Leader is enjoying a season of prosperity with a bay window attachment. Chaptersof the delinquent tax list put it on sociable terms with mankind. The work of development still goes on in the new coal mine west of Douglas, It is proposed to put in power to handle coal to the amount of 200 cars a day— with a view to supplying not only the railroad company, but the entire demand for fuel from central Wyoming,Nebraska and the Black Hills. The Laramie Boomerang states that “George & Wilkinson are in receipt of aletter from two prominent and wealthy ladies of Omaha, who write as repre- sentatives of a party of forty, who want to come as a party to spend the heated term here in the most delightful sum- mer climate on the continent. The ladies enclose a list of the forty in question, which includes the best known names in_that metropolis, people of wealth and leisure who cannot fail to be pleased with one season spent here that they will never be contented to spend their summers elsewhere thereafter. They say that in addition to their own party there are many others planning to come with their whole families, who will swell the list of Omaha people who will be here all through the hot months to not less than one hundred.” CLE LT IMPORTANT RELIGIOUS MOVE. Formal Organization of the Omaha Branch Evangelical Alliance, Chairman Gordon, of the Y. M. C. A., pre- sided yesterday over a meeting of the minis- ters of the city and members of the associa- tion, when a branch of the Evangelical Alliance was formed. Presiding Elder Phelps was first called upon to speak upon the subject, so funda-* mental to all church and christian life—the Sunday question. On his motion the assem- bled ministers heartily endorsed the protest of the Presbyterian ministers meeting agaiust Sunday base ball in Omaha, Mr. Williamson, of the United Presby- terian church, responded as a representative of the ministers who have recently com- menced work in Omaha. He advocated a greator s})irit of sympathy and helpfulness among ministers and christian workers, Mr. Harsha, of the First Presbyterian church, spoke on the ‘‘conditions of christian work in Omaha.” As the ministerial “‘pa- triarch” of Omaha among those present he laid claim to @ special right to speak on the conditions. To the strictures the last speakor that only one minister side of his own denomination had called on him, he replied that the Omaha ministers had been compelled to adopt the doctors’ rule, that the younger practitioners must call on the older brethren first. He quoted the Evangelist Whitlies' remark that it was a pretty hard discipline to work in Omaha. The special dificulty of church work here he thought lay in the lack of spir- itualty and the helpful spirit in the church members. Those who have™ succeeded in Omaha are the men who have done personal hand to hand, heart to heart work, and such ministers have never failed to succeetl here,” is the testimony of the patriarch. Mr. Detweiler, of the Lutheran body, de- plored that so few of the prominent laymen of Omaha are actively engaged in religious | matters, and made an earnest plea for a con- certed action on the part of all denomina- tions against the powers of evil. Mr. Hultman, of the Swedish church, spoke of the work lmmlf his people. He reported a large number of Scandinavians in Omaha, many of whom had & deep interest in the church, s the attendance of 600 persons at his weekly prayer meeting witnesse Mr. Holt, of the Congregationalists, thought the devil “held the fort” in Omaha, and that the churc] needed to sing ‘“‘storm the fort.” Mr. Ensign, of the Y. M. C. A., spoke for sociation and their desire to unify iristian work. The frequent mention of the £20,000 needed for the new Y. M. build- would crop out showed where his ark then spoke of the special object ting had_in_view, namely the reor- ganization of an Omaha branch of the Evan- gelical alliance. Mr. Harsha, as chairman of a committee appomted by a nt gathering of ministers to consider thi t, rendercd @ partial report. ce with the recommendation of the report such an alliance was at once organized. Mr. Detweiller was ¢l president and took the chair. Messrs. son were eclected to dents. Mr. Holt rec Mr. Brown corres| a o A committee to arrange for the districting of the city with a view of visitation of the whole city to urge people to attend church was appointed. Much good is expected from this movement, and the Y. M. C. A, has the hearty thanks of the ministers for its hospi- tality. e —— HE BEATS HIS UNCLE, One Day's Experience of a Hungry Man. H. Liberman found himself amidst the tur- moil and bustle of the great city of Omaha Monday without friends and dead broke. He was hungry and in cudgling his dull brains for ways and means of securing a meal he bethought himself of his watch. Forth- with hehied himself to “his uncle's” and soaked the ticker for §3. Securing the money he went to the nearest chop house,gorged him- self on the delicacies of the season. Then he took a drink, and another and another, in fact never ceasing m his ba i until the last of his § had disap| he was drunk and _sore, and have his watch back, and proc 1o the pawn-shop and told the | had come to redeemn his props time laying the ticket upon the counter. The proprietor unsuspectingly produced - the watch, when Liberman grabbed it and fied. The police were put upon his track, and shorily afterwards he wus hanging 10 the in @ cell at the central station. - at once pprietor he , at the sume PERFECTION OF . LIGHT, — No More Gas Exvlostonsg-Individaal Gas is Free From Such Horrros, —_— 1 t Is a Brilllant, Steady, Honest and Economical Light. —_— There is no argument advanced favoring any new invention or discovery which so quickly reaches the heart of the public, nor which makes such a lasting impress- fony, when demonstrated, as that of econ- omy. In consequenee, it is the pleasure and alm of the raska Individual Gas Co., to giye a few points in vindication of their assertion, that they can furnish the best and most economie light with which the public has as yet become acquainted, Perhaps no better argument could be used but we do not stop here. Aside from economy Independent (as possesses other advantages which go far toward making it the popular illuminant. In the first place its name bears a point to be considered. Individual or individue ality—each consumer in having a separate and entirely distinct plant, consisting of reservoir and meter, thus avoids the mee cessity of any connection whatever with street maiys or pives, as well as a saving of expense. Conl gas, as those using it well know, Is more or less seriously affected by cold weather, thus rendering an unreliable and unsatisfactory illuminant during the winter months, when it is most necded, say nothing about the annoyance. Here we have a point which please note. As a test of the ability of Individual Gas to withstand the cold, we had the reservoirs of both our office and warehouse placed on the roof in bold rellef, where for the past 80 days they have been subjected to the se- verest of tests, our light showing no signs of variation or weakness. It is a common-thing to see a once elear and neat ceiling blackened immediatley over the gas fixture, or perhaps caused by A smoking hanging lamp. It is a little thing to be sure, but how annoying to a careful housekeeper. Individual Gas gives a pure, clean, soft, and as white a light as could be desired, and is perfectly odorless. The feeling against the regulation me- ter has led us to desire a simple, yet accu- rate indicator, which any child can thor= oughly understand, thus reducing that prejudice which has taken such root. We readedaily of deaths caused by suffocation from escaping gas, or the careless use of kerosene, and it comes home to us. Why not avoid such horrors! No matter what amonnt of care Is exercised, accidents will occur, and it is to lessen or remove all chances of anything of the kind that we subject to your inspection, our gas, The positive shut off on all gas burners 15 necessary to extinguish the Hght prop. erly, but let the light be extinguished by other means, blowing or going out on ace count of a temporary insufficient supply, and what is the consequence—suffocation, or perchance explosion—and the question naturally arises, how is it with Individual Gas, Here we have our main argument: We look after the reservoir and keep it always supplicd, thus relieving the con sumer of anyannoyance or care. From there the gas flows to each and every burner, a match is applied, the heat generates the gas which rises and ignites, therefore the minute that heat {3 taken away, either by accident or otherwise, the gas ceases to generate, hence though the burner be turned on full head, no gas escapes. No more praetical illustration can be given than to call at our office, where we will be pleased to demonstrate and explain the workings of our light and show the comments of those who are now using it. TESTE NIALS. The following testimonials, received by the Feonomic Light company, of ‘Denver, Col,, (the pnomic light and individual gas being one 1 the same illuminator), speak for them- AND Hhm"rulc) o selves. Tie PALMER LAKE WATER LianT AND POWER CO., W. FINLEY THOMP- EON, PRESIDEN A Hou-E BLock, i 20, T8, W. R. Rathyon, Gi r “Econom| Light Co., Denver, (s r: careful comparison’of yo system of llu- mination, with gas and electricity, [ wm con- vinced that it Is wll that 15 claimed for it, and [ have decided to have you seyd your mer down to pipe my house at Pialmer Luke, tmmedintely, ermined upon_your light, not alone for its brilliancy, its economy, or which it can bo put into fiouse but for ail these reaxons combined ly interested in electricity, but for iny personal prefer your light to any other. Yours very truly, W. FINLEY THONPRON. After a ready built, W. R. Rathvo Light Company, De light, re put in operation No. 1646 ¢ Eiving us duwiration of il in my o, By your company, i tion and deli i 1 jon, 1 no ¢ A .1t s more ns, wnd burn- ing no wick, ane yowertiil and ma best but the most economical ligut of which huve any knowledge. Respectfully LENRy C PALMER LAKE, ¢ von, i y bu at this point have been working very satls torily attract a great deal of attention from the traveling public My rooms are fuliy as light at midnight as at for economy, britlliancy and conveni- @, the light s far ihead of gas, or any other means of Lumination 1 have ever tried.” Yours G. G. RUSSELL, We are prepared to au incorporation of local with whom we would be p contract for city or county rights, and any person or company interested in this matter can obtain full informa- tion trom us. Any such request will receive our immediate attention, and we fecl sure ofgrand results,as nobetrersystem of illumination has yet been produced, We are also prepared 1o furnish estimates, explain thoroughly the working of the light, and give practi- a8 show the using it to-day. Call and see us at 307 South sixtecnth street, NEBRASKA INDIVIDUAL GAS CO.