Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 15, 1888, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE.| ' PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF S8UBSCRIPTION. Dally (Morning Edition) including Sunday Ter, One o ear ” ¥ For Rix Months For Three Months 20 Tyo Omaha Kunday fixx, matied to any ad* réss, One Ye 200 OMAHA OFFICE, flllA!lvMfil‘An\ AM “‘rmv'r NEW YORK OFFICE, ROONE 14 AND BrinnisG, WASHINGTON OFFICE, NO. bll FOURTEENTH BTRERT. CORRESPONDENCE. Al communications relating to news and edi- toriul matter should be addressed to the EDITOR oF VPSS LETTERS. {is 4 should be orders to OMATIAL v r’of the company, be made payable to Tiig Bee Pablishing Company. Proprictors E. ROSEWATER, Editor. THE DAILY BE flv\nl‘ll Statement of culation, cretary of The fieo Pub- muly swear that th nily ‘Ill for the week 16,060 ) Sworn to and subgcribed in my g1 11l day of February, A. D., “Notary it Etate of Nebraska, 154 County of Douglass, | Geo. 1B, Taschuck, betng first duly &worn, de- oses and says that he I8 secretary of Tho Bee Publishing company, Intlon of ¢ 24 cople for January, 1885, 15,206 GEO. B. T2 Eworn and subscribed o m 2d day of January, A. D. 1 ""”(m.u my presence N PR Notiry bubltc, RE are a great muny hulw in v,he city skimmer,” as Harry Deuel would re- THE “‘boys ventured too near the gas meter, and came very near losing their heads by the I¥ General Sheridan wero not per- fectly contented to remain asoldier, and wisely so, he might make considerable stir among the politicians. WE move that Hascall be authorized and directed to draw the plans for a new city hall, modeled after his Thir- teenth street Cosmopolitan road house. I is beginning to dawn upon the minds of Omaha taxpayers that some- thing must be done very soon to put a stop to the ravage of the municipal tax- eaters. STREET SWEEPER FANNING has been allowed $300 for removing the garbage boat. That will lubricate the street sweeping machine, which has been standing idle for a few weeks. Ir we are not very greatly mistaken the change in the political situation ef- fected by the letter of Mr. Blaine will prove fatal to the feeble Foraker boom. Ohioought to blaze for John Sherman from this time forward. VALUABLE new discoveriesof tin have been made within a few weeks in the Harney Peak tin district, Dakota, and up there people are talking of little else than tin. A petition from that quarter against reducing the tariff on this pro- duct may be looked for any day. WiTH a twenty-four-hundred-dollar pulse feeler, a twelve-hundred-dollar license inspector, a nine-hundred-dollar city smeller and a horde of inspectors and salaried supernumeraries, is it gny wonder that there is no money in the treasury for grading and other needed improvements? Jor REDMAN has come to the front” once more as an expert in publie build- ings. He knows a thing or two. He went with Barney Shannon and Hascall to Burlington to see the Holly water- spout and to sample Dr. Cushing’s champagne. That was before the pro- hibition cyclone struck Iowa. Joe is just the man to engineer the city hall removal job. — TUE returns of the saving banks fur- nish a very good indication of the con- dition of prosperity in the channels of labor. Twenty-two of these banksin New York, whose reports for last year have just been made to the supevinten- dent of banking, show a net increase in savings of nearly three and one-half million dollars. This isnot anexcep- tional increase, but it shows that not- withstanding all the disturbances and the consequentlosses therefrom to labor, the working classes did fairly well. The total deposits of the year in these banks nmounted to over eighty-four million dollars. THE sugar trust does not seem to be getting on smoothly. There sppear to ‘be combinations continually developing within the great combinations, while there is so much opposi- tion still remaining on the out- side that the trust docs not find it quite practicable to carry wto effect all its plans of conquest and reprisal. ‘True, it has been able to make the con- swmor pay more money for his sugar, but there is promise that it may not long be permitted to maintaiu this pol- fey. Meantime ‘the future of the scheme is so clouded that the trust cer- tificates are unsalable, though offered at a considerable discount. ‘PHE spirit of speculation bas not for years been so lunguid in this country as it is at present. The New York stock market is almost lifeless and the brok- ers are having a good deul more leis on their hands than they know whui to profitably do with. If this state of affairs were due to a healthy reaction and de- noted n change likely to be permanent it could be welcomed as a good thing, but it is to be apprehended that it is largely due to conditions that are de- pressing business in all departments, und which will not disappear until the country is permitted to know something definite regarding what congress will do with the reveruosand the surplus, Which One Shall Tt Be. Mr. Blaine having retired from ‘the 1ist of possible presidentinl candidates, which one of those who are known' or hssumed to be still in the list shall the republican party ot as its candidate? It will not be untimely to call the roll of these distinguished leaders and citi- zens, who will command the attention of the people during the next four monthe, and to suzgest the special claims to fav- orable consideration which each pre- sents, Senator Sherman unquestionably now holds the first place in the minds of most republicans as the states man whom the party could w malke its presidential choice. THis v ord of party service hus been distin- guished and honorable. ITis long public career has been marked by thorough loyalty to republican principles, and by mich able work in promoting them. His name is prominently identified with o great deal that the party is most proud In certain directions his superior is unquestioned, and his sents no valnerable points of “attack that would place the party on thi de- fensive in a campaign of which he was the leader, The financial and business interests of the country would have eon- fidence in him, and if there is any faction in the party that would not be willing to accept him it is not known to have an organized existence. The chief flaw in the availability of Senator Sherman is the common and not well-founded impression that he is & cold man who repels friendship and stands aloof from the people. This would perhaps militate somewhat. agaist the enthusiasm of a campaign, butin all other respects Senator Sher- man’s availability as a be reasonably question Next in the thought of the party is probably Senator Allison, of Iowa, who has strong claims to be regarded as one of themost available men among repub- lican leaders. He alsohasrendered long and faithful service in promoting repub- lican principles, making a most useful and honorable record in public life. A careful and conservative statesman, his wisdom on all questions relating to the fiscal affairs of the government has long been recognized, and perhaps no other man would have more fully than he, as a candidate of his party, the confidence of the financial and business interests of the country. Although identified asa public man and as to all his interests with the west, Senator Allison is in no sense a sectional man, and while western republicans’ would rally to his support with enthusiasm those of the east and other sections could accept him with every assurance that if it became his duty to administer the affairs of the national government equal justice would be done to all. In one respect Mr. Allison enjoys a pecu- liar advantage. He has never antago- nized any element of his party and would have to encounter no factional opposition. General Harrison, of Indiaaa, is ap- parently growing inattention,and hisun- doubted strength in his own state, which it is important that the republicans should carry, makes the question of his availability worthy of serious considera- tion. Besides this he has an excellent record as a soldier and in public life. His qualifications are unquestionable, and perhaps no other man would be more likely to win the following and the enthusiasm of the younger element of the party while commanding the re- spect of its older members. Senator Hawley has received some favorable mention, and he certainly has the hearty respect of the republi- can masses, especially of the soldier element, but he lives in a little state that cuts a comparatively unimportant figure in national politics. So far as his claims on the score of long, faithful and useful party service are concerned, hardly any one has better, and he is one of the soldiers who won homor for the volunteer officers of the army. His career in con- gress has been most honorable, and he is justly ¢steemed as among the wisest and truest exponents of republican prin- ciples. There are many republicans, and the number is increasing, who believe that Judge Gresham would be a very strong presi tial candidate, and it will not be surprising if he shall be found to have a very large support before the na- tional convention meets. There is a great déal to be said in his favor. He was a soldier who made a most honora- ble vecord; as postmaster general and as secretary of the treasury he showed superior administrative ability, while as a judge he has become distiiguished a8 a most able exponent of the law and fearless in the administration of justice. His whole carcer is absolutely unimpeachable, and his reputation for incorrupt- ible integrity, coupled with emi- nent qualifieations * for executive duties, would be likely to bring to his support a very large body of independent voters who would esteemn it a great privilege to honor such a man. Republican principles would be safe in his hands, but the country could feel as- sured that under an administration of which he was the head there would be no uncleanness, and that every interest of the government and the people would Lo carefully and honestly guarded. Thevre are some others who have been mentioned as possible candidates,a part orallof whom may have presidential as- pirations, but it is sullicient to mention those most prominent in the attention of the party, and one of whom will in all probability be chosen. Which onc shall it be? An Ol 1ssue Revived, There is an interesting controvers; on hetween Mayor Hewitt, of New Yorlk, and ex-Governor Hoadly, of Ohio. At the banquet of the King's county demo- cratic club in honor of the birthday of muel J. Tilden, Hoadly, who is now practising law in New York, was one of the speakers, In the course of his re- marks he said that the clectoral com- mission bill was passed without the knowledge or consent of Mr. Tilden. The attention of Mr. Hewitt having been ecalled to this statement he ) pressed great surprise, saying that he himself had called Tilden's attention to the proposed action and asked him to signify his wishes about it. Altnmlgh urged to express himself fegarding the measure, Mr. Hewitt asserts that Tilden refused tosay or do anything about it. Subsequently Colonel Pelton was sent to him from Washington and returned with the statement that Tilden con- sented to the passage of the bill and was satisfied 1t was the best thing to do. Hoadly replied to this saying he ad- hered to his statement for the reason that he had the highest possible au- thority for it, that of Tilden himself. The interest of this controversy lies in the fact that it is between democrats, both of whom speak with a measure of authority. TIts value is simply as a contribution to the truth of histor, In order to deter- mine which is the more credible wit- ness it is necessary to refer to their rela- tive positions at the time the electoral bill was passed. Hewitt was a member of congress and also of the demoecratic national committeo, Hoadly was prac- ticing law in Cincinnati., The former, as e says, was somewhat prominent in the conduct of the campaign and deeply interested in the result. Is it at all probable or reasonable that Hewitt and the democrats at Washington would have permitted this measure, so vital to their party, to go through without con- sulting the leader to whom they were so avdently devoted and whom they fully believed had been elected? Would not such a proceeding have been a monstrous disregard of every consideration and courtesy due Mr. Tilden? Would Tilden have quietly submitted to be thus ignored? Tt is absurd to suppose that the demoerats in would have been guilty of any on, or that Samuel J. Tilden would have quictly tolerated it if at- tempted. But Hoadly says explicitly that Tilden told him he neither con- | sented to nor advised the bill nor was consulted with regard toit. Verylikely he did tell him so, and still we should accept the statement of Hewitt. Mr. Tilden became very sore over the result of the electoral commission, which hap- pened to be constituted differently from what he and the democrats generally had confidently expected, and he was quite capable of seek- ing to wash his hands of all responsibility for it. It was not manly or just to do so, but Mr. Tilden was not a saint, albeit the democratic speakers at the dinner in honor of his birthday sought to make him appear as one. He was a shrewd and able lawyer who had made his profession very profitable, and an adroit politician who seized a favor- able opportunity to rapidly advance his political fortunes. But he was not all sterling metal. The simple truth is that the electoral commission was a democratic device, conceived and carried out in the faith that David Davis would have the casting vote in the commission, and there is not a reasonable doubt that Mr. Tilden knew all about what was intended and was satisfied to let the matter take the course which his democratic adherents in congress had planned. The scheme did not work according to the design, and thereupon Mr. Tilden, who was shrewd enough to keep so far reserved as to enable him to do it,shouldered the whole responsibility on the representa- tives of the party in congress. Mr. Hewett being quite as reputable and truthful a man as was Mr. Tilden, with every incentive to tell the truth in this matter, his testimony will be regarded by all fair-minded men as conclusive. Tne aty hall should be large enough to provide for the board of education, the city library, the volice and fire departments, the board of public works—in fact to meet every need of the city for offices. There should be an end to rent-paying by the city. It should also be a building of which the people will not be ashamed.—Republican. All this has been thought of and am- ply provided for, in the plans of E. E. Myers, years ago. Not only that, but there are ten large offices to spare, for which no occupants as yet have been designated. The clat- ter and gabble about the city hall building, as planned by Myers, being insufficient to accommodate our wants for office use, comes from a set of robbers and ignoramuses, who do not know what they are talking about. All the drivel and fault-finding has never touched the architectural appearance and proportions of the building. On the contrary illustrations of the Myers building have been sent broadcast by the thousand to advertise Omaha. It illuminates the Dunbar publicationsand has been engraved for official letter- heads, commissions, etc., used by city officials. Simmered down in a nutshell all the pretended flaws and defects are visible only to certain disgruntled arch- itects who are seeking a job, to boodlers who want to feather their nests, and to a dozen men who want the location changed to Jefferson square. ] THE one hundred and forty furniture manufacturers who have petitioned con- gress for a repeal of the duties on cer- tain articles entering into their busi- ness, among them burlaps and silvered mirrors, show most conclusively the utter worthlessness of the duties for the purpose of protection. These articles are not made in this country and so far as expervience shows cannot be, so that the duties are simply a tax on the man- ufacturers, which they collect from the buyers. No home industry is benefitted, but the manufacturers say the tax is a grievous burden to them. The tariff is full of such worthless and burdensome duties thatshould be entirely weeded out. ———— SENATOR HOAR'S proposition to amend the constitution so that congress shall meet on the 15th of October in- stead of the 1st of December has much in its favor. But even with such amondment a congress would be elected ulmost a year before beginning work— time enough to belate the issue upon which it chosen. For instance, the congress -elected in 1586 hasonly just begun its labors, and who will deny that theve has been a large increase of sentiment favoring tariff reduction since 18867 Tne dev in the lopment of coal Black Hills gives promise of an abun- dunt supply from that region when the fucilities for its shipment are provided. ‘was given to ihie A eorrc-nondont states that an impulse prospecting last sum: mer by the excurgion through the west- ern side of ‘the Hills of Congressman Liird and Governor Dawes of Nebraska, to loeate conl lands in the interest of the Burlington & Missouri river rail- rond. Late last fall the discovery of a large vein of coal on the southern margin of the Hills gave coal prospect- ing another boom, and since then the search has been active. The indica- tions are that conl will be developed in that region in unlimited supply. — KINGS AND QUEEN The king of Siam s thirty years old and has thirty children. The czar has declined to give hl! consent to a morgantic marriage between the Grand Duke Michael Nicolaievitch and a daughter of Count Iglatieff. Queen Victoria intends to give a state ban- quet in St. George's hall, at Windsor castle, to celebrate the silver wedding of the prince and princess of Wale. 7 Princess Beatrice is so offended with the treatment of her husband, Prince Henry of Battenburg, that 8he hardly speaks to anv of her brothers or sisters, Pirnce Ferdinand of Bulgaria,has returned to Sofla. The great powers of Europe feel much reliev They feared that their et casus belli might *light out for parts un- known.” The duchess d'Alencon, sister of the Em- press Elizabeth of Austria, whose reason has been fully restored, has left Gratz, where she was confined for eight mouths, and re- turned to her residence in England. The king of the Greeks has conferred the Grand Cross of the Order of the Redecmer upon the sultan, the insignia being set in diamonds. This is the first time that any sultan has accepted a Greek order. Miss Munck, who has just been formally betrothed to Prince Oscar of Sweden, is of German ancestry and is related to the hus- band f Carlotta Patu. She is an ac- complished musician and writes clever poems. The queen of Corea has been somewhat in- disposed of late, but is now on the royal road to recovery. The Corean . physicians were unable to restore her health, but the queen placed herself under the care of American physicians and at once begnn tore- cover. . ‘With respect to the czar, they seem to have him where the hair is short. Shoald he re- fuse to fight, Europe would wiggie athim 10,000,000 fingers from the tips of 2,000,000 noses; and should he fight, the allies would be apt to plump an aurora borealis Tinder his right eye. “I hear from Cairo,” says the London ‘World* ‘‘that it is the intention of the khedive to mark in some way his sense of the loss he has sustained py the death of Baker Pasha, by conferring| upon Miss Baker some evidence of his sympdthy in the shape of & memento.” “‘Major Bigge, who presented the queen at the melancholy Farnborough function,” says the London World, ‘placed upon each cofin wreaths which|he had brought from Osborne, composed of} bay leaves and white immortelles, with thi‘anoleonlc cipher in the center. These we sent by the queen and by Princess Beatrice, and there was an- other beautiful wreath from the Dowager Lady Ely, who was with the empress when the prince imperial was born.” —_— Which the People Want, Chicagp Herald. Congress is now tdlking about reducing postage, It scems willing to reduce sevory- thing except its salary‘and tarift. —— An Impending Danger. Piltsburg Indez-Appeal. By and by, unless something is done in the way of admitting the territorics as states, the population outside of the union will be greater than the inside. ———— ‘Would be an Agreeable Diversion. Providence Journal. It might give an agreeable variety if Sen ator Blair would play the remainder of his speech in support of his educational bill on the trombone, — Like Virtue, Its Own Reward. New York Graphic. ‘When base ball pitchers get 5,000 a season and sluggers capture that much in thirty minutes, what encouragement is there for a man spending hulf a dozen years wrestling Wwith the classics? — It Has Public Approval. Boston Journal, The politicians of both parties hate inde- pendent journalism with a persistent bitter- ness, but it can neither 'be bought nor crushed out s®long as it continues to meet the approval of the people. And it will do that until there is some very much more ab- sorbing political issue than now exists, e The Poet. Chicago News, His home is in the heights: to him Men wage a battle weird and dim, Life is a mission stern as fate, And song a dread apostolate. The toils of prophecy are his To hail the coming centuries, To ease the steps and lift the load Of souls that falter on the road— And to receive, when all is done, Notes from the editors that run: “Sir—We are very loath to say Your verse is not, poetry, And so we'll say—to be polite— 1t does not meet our wants—not quite," Miss Perky's Story. ‘Wanoo, Neb., Feb. 10.--To the Editor of the Beg: Although regretting that the un- pleasant affair n which I was an unwilling participant last Saturday evening should have been given the publicity consequent upon publication in one of the leading daily papers of our state, Inow feel that as two accounts have-already heen published, neither of which is a correet statement, it is but justice to myself that the truth should b told. My gallery and sleeying rooms are in the same building in which “‘Hank Hall” oc- cupics a suit of rooms. | A stairway on the north siae of the building leads to my rooms and no others. A stairway on the west leads to au_entrance from which one door opens into Hall's rooms and/another about sixteen feet farther east opefs into my rooms. Saturday evening between 8:30 and 9 o'clock T was alone in my when hearing a_rap at the door, I unlockell and opened it when Hall asked to com@@n, I saw he was drunk, and considerigihis condition, said to him he had made a nil@ke, and dirccted him to the other stairw: 1 supposed he was trying to reach his rooms. He replied that he had made no ke, knew where he was, and again ask pme in. His man- ner more than his words, was insulting. I ordered him to leave, and never attempt to enter my rooms again. He said *Excuse me,” and left. 1 was afraid he would return, as ‘T had heard he was dangerous when drunk, and therefore went at once to his saloon, which is in the adjoining building, and told the parties in charge to look af him, as he had heen to my rooms, and 1 was afraid he would return. Hall was present and bogan 1o swear at me, and I turned and loft, I went in next door, had my revolver loaded, snd returned to my rooms, and by that time Hall was in his rooms. 1 heard him singing and talking to himself in a maudlin manuer. After a few minutes he came to my south door and tried to force an entrance. I theu called out 1 should shoot, and 1 suapped the revol revolver four times, but owing to a weak spring the cartridecs fuiled to explode, though they were d. A, Qi tuea went and ‘called the bartender from Hall's saloon, and’ wld hlm if he was not removed very soon he. uld. be shot; that I had already tried to uhoot him and had failed because of a defect- ive revolver, e bartender then went. to Hall and tried to :L uiet him or take him away. Hall replied im, using terms regarding me 8o viiar nd abusive as not to be in the province of o ady to repeat. 1 then went und hunted up the marshal aud lie was arrested and put in jail. mE PERKY. - - A WILL CONTEST. A Wealthy Man's Children Say He Was Undaly Influenced. 81, Josern, Mo., Feb, 14.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—Proceedings were com- menced in the Andrew county circuit court this morning to break the will of Samucl Ensworth, deceased. Public interest in the outcome is grreat. At his death, about two years ago, he loft over §100,000 to establish a medical college and hospital in this caity. The site had been purchased. Tho grounds on which the plaintiffs ask that the will be broken have produced a sensation here. The Ensworth estate was valued at about £160,- 000, of which §,000 was left to each of four Sisters and o farm of 160 acres to his over- seer, The remainder of the property all goes to the medical college and hospital. Dr. William Hedden, James Hedden, S. C. Wood- son and Attorney B. R. Vineyard, of this city, were appointed exceutors of the estate. In the petition the plaintiffs aver that at tho time of the prétended signing of the paper, purporting to be the will of Samuel Ens- worth, and for a long tume prior to this he was infirm, weak and feeble in body and of unsound mind and on that account was not then capable of making a will; that at the time of the pretended s iu;z of said paper, and long before that time, defendants had_acquired an undue influence over the mind of Samuel Ensworth; that by reason of the crafty defendants and the exercise of undue and illegal influence over the mind of Mr. Ensworth, induced him to sign his paper writing; that said papor welting isnot the last will and testimony of said Samuel Enswor nor was it signod, made or published by him or by any person by his direction, or in his presence, nor was the same properly attested by witnesses, who subscribed their names to the paper writing in the presence of the tes- tator. Ensworth, when a young boy, ran away from his father's home in Kentucky and started west. He acquired his property in the practice of law, and at his father's death refused to attend the funeral, and when the property was partitioned refused to accept a dollar of his share of his father's estate. ————— KANSAS CITY LABOR TROUBLKES. Stone Masons and Bricklayers Prepar- ing to Go Out.—The Strike. KAxsAs City, Mo., Feb. 14.—[Special Telo- gram to the Ber.]—The Stone Masons’ Union has determined to demand from con- tzactors the fulfilment of the notices given them last December that this season the, shall work but eight hours and receive $3. per day. No reply was made at that time as work was slack. Thisunion has raised funds to insert aavertisements in other cities to an- nounce these facts and all unions have been notified of their declaration, endeavoring to keep similar labor from coming here. This is equal to declaring that a’ strike is impend- sng. Some workmen go so far as to stute that it is on. ‘The bricklayers have demanded nine hours. Overtures are being made to have them unite with the masons. The hod carriers have de- manded 25 cents per hour. At a meeting last night they prepared « memorial which has been handed te the master brick- layers. The strike on the Kansas City, Indepen- dence & Park dumney line still continues. All trains are laid up and engines killed. The employes are determined that not a ‘wheel !Ru‘l move until_they are paid in_full, including wages from last October. W. E. ‘Winder, president of the com?\u\' isin New York for the purpose of negotiating bonds of the road. J. B. Harper, manager, says the road hus not been paying expenses, and that | money has not been coming from expected. e sources ———— Eluded the Oid Man. Kaxsas City, Mo., Feb. 14.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bae.]—A young couple procured a marriage license late yesterday afternoon just before the recorder's office closed, rushed hastily into the court house aid per- suaded Judge White to tie the matrimonial knot. They gave the names of Frank Thatcher, twenty-one, and Clara Ditcher, aged eightcen. There was evi- dently some need for haste. This morning Chief Speers received a note from Topeka asking him to stop Thatcher, who was run- ning off with a sixteen-year-old girl. The angry parent was, however, a_little too late. The happy couple were secing the sights to-day. sl Crooked Kansas City Clerks. Kaxsas City, Mo., Feb. 14.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.)—The examination of Clerk Greenwood’s accounts of the recorder's department continues under the direction of the committee Bpfimuted by Mayor Kumpf. It is intimated that some’ startling disco: eries may be expected and show another leak- age of the city’s finances. So far $125 is fuuhx]ld in December, the only month made public. Death of Ex-Speaker Huntington, Cnevessg, Wyo., Feb. 14, [Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—Hon. Nat Huntington, a prominent cattle man of Johnson county and member of the Wyoming legislative assem- bly, died here to-day after a bricf illness. When the present legislature convened M Huntington was elected speaker of the housc, but resigned after holding the office for two woeks. He was fifty-eight years of age and has lived iu Wyoming for the put six years. A Demented Lawyer. KANsAs CiTy, Mo., Feb. 14.—[Special Tele- gra to-the Ber.]—A man giving the name of J. W. Kent, who has been wandering about for several days, was placed in & cell last night and states that he is a lawyer from Emporia, Kan. The officials believe he is demonted or getting over a protracted spree. A Swindler Foiled. SteELVILLE, Mo., Feb, 13.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.]—Widow Mrs. Hopkins re- ceived a letter signed James Zazer, from St. Louis, stating that her son, John W., had been robbed and injured his arm in !\lllmg 80 he could not write, but must have #5 at once. She telegraphed immediately to her 80n and finds that it js an Sttempt,to rob her of this amount of mone; Chllrked With Murder. Kaxsas Ciry, Mo.,, Feb. Telegram to the Bee.|—Blanche Connors, alias Mattie Mason, colored, and Paul End- ers, colored, are on the docket for the murder of John Peters last Christmas. They will be tried separately under an order of the court. Forty-seven jurors have beeu called for ap- pearance on Thursday morning. A Small Burglary. Kaxsas Ciry, Mo., Feb. 14.—[Special Tele- gram to the Bee.|—The residence of E. Meoyer was entered at 4 o'clock this morning by a burglar, who took two watches, a silver service, o suit of clothes, §20 in cash and other small articles. —~— The “Q" Keeps Its Word. . CmicAo, Feb. 14.—Tne Burlington to-day carricd out its threat, and put in reduced grain rates from Nebraska points and the Missouri river to Chi Ivis understood that the St. Paul, Rock Island aud North- western will comb sepup the old rates on corn and ignc The rates on borses and mules in carloads Lave been ro- duced by all lines from Kansas City to Chlcago from &0 to #10 per carioad. Live stock rates from Couneil Bluffs and Omaha were reduced to #50, Chicago's New Chief of Police. Cuicaco, Feb. 14.—Captain George W. Hubbard was this evening appointed chief of police, to succeed Frederick Ebersold, re- signed. The new chicf has for some time been captain of the Central detall, and has been connected with the force for many years. THE COOD WORK GOES ON. Over $9,000 Pald Into tho Bee's Heroine Fund, THE REWARD FOR DEVOTION. Encouragement From Various Parts of Nebraska—Lists of the Latest Contributors - The Royco and Woebbecke Fund. Help From Holdrege. Houoneak, Neb., Feb 13.—To the Editor of the Bee: The Holdrege Trombone band took the lead in our city in raising a fund for the heroic Nebraska school teachors, The gave a grand ball at the city hall last I'ri and Mrs. Hopwood donated flowers which were sold at a good advantage for boquets. The net proceeds were £0.40, which were di ADave i wad lnore and all was remitted by L. s urday. F. M. Horwoon, THE num. 1)[- HONOR. Those Who Have Recognized Conrage and Devotion. LOTE ROYCE ¥ Amount previously reported. land department, Union 2,604 37 o0 Fallon's athletic ente '\m atoga Congregational eh: Mary's Mi Horse Union Pacific freight r Castellar Presbyte school § P, H. Cashion, Hustings, Ta Little Pearly Wilson's list.. Dance at Sidney, Neb. church, Blair Neb. It McMenany, Tonic Lodge brara. Union Paci Hebron, Neb., M. E. ladies’ social V alpa Lulu C. Wolff, Schuyler, Kev. W. H. Sporling, Schuyle Logan, Ta., list...... Total. Amt, previously roported Ed. Rothery J.C. C. Bau Fallon's athlef Pupils Omaha View St. Mary's Mission. . U. P. freight repair nhor. Walnut Hill M. E. Sunday school Dance at Sidney, Neb M. E. church, Ulysses M. E. church, Pleasant Lawn. U, P, macl M. E. Ladies’ social, Logan, Ia., list. Total..... Amount provioualy reportod Saratoga Congregational church . St. Mary's Mission............... TIR OHILDIE Previously reported. . Pearly Wilson,. Total.... The Etta Shattuck Funds. The following is the condition of the Etta Shattuck fund: Previously reported .8 Entertainment Puget Sound ~ Co-op. colon P. H. Cashen, Huuugp, Ta. Dance at Sidne, Pleasant Ridge S, Total. 3 By checksent Miss ‘Shattuck. By cash on hand Total... The ‘‘Bee’” Fund. The present condition of the funds opened by the BEE is as follows: Loie Royce. . Lena Woebbe: Minnie Freeman. Westphalen monun: Etta Shattuck........... Grand total.,. To-Day's Sale. The pony donated by Henry L. Owen will be sold to-day and the entire procceds will go to the Bee fund. The pony of Bennic Eastman will be sold to-day and half of the proceeds will go to the Bee fund. The handsome cart donated by the Omaha Carriage and Sleigh company will be sold to- Quy and the entirc procecds will go to the Bee fund. The sale of all these this_afternoon at 2 « of Henry L. Owen, at 4 street. will take place k at the stablo South Fourteenth Notice. Several lists of contributors have been omitted from this issue owiug to u lack of space. Each, however, will be published. If your list docs' not appodr in this issuc it will published as soon as possible. Lists of Contributors. The Bre will acknowledge all contribu- tions thremgh these columns. All lists re- ceived, unless otherwise directed, will be published in full with the name of évery con- tributor. These lists will be published as soon after tueir receipt s spice will per- mit. Mrs, Augi R. Augustine M. Plersol O'Netll ., W. I Rice 3. P Bergquist . LIS, 1. Nollen Tiennegan 1. Moore. .. Chas, M. Ross 5 Chas. Hanks 1 Meckling 100 i Sturdivaut., 10 Geo, N e ..$10 00 100 10 ) CORNLEA, NEI., LIST. K. Tipple ... 1 50 P. K. Tayden C, H. Harley 100 A, Kellner Wm. Schilto 50 Johin Allracht E. W. Delsmii’l. 76/, Ris Jonn Kane BIW— .0 Albert Wilde d Wendrop ka Edwards Total.. Both the Howell and Cornlea llnlx W collected by Conductor W. R. Pric of the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Valley rail road. 89 TELEPHONE EMPLOYES, Harry B. Hill.....¥ 1 0 Minnie oyne ohn A, Cotter . 2 0 Ella Ruef. .o 8. e 3 00 Minnte Kendvick . Jolin W Rity 50 Minnie Walker. .. Joum Bion ci0ll 0 Matie Muenecke hruynun 100 M, € n‘m kshank. ., 1 Il . Denman 1 0 Cnn 2 (0 Busie Rush lm Emma Kuyel Irene Frace Nellio Lawton o Julia Richardson. 6| ASSISTANT AUDITOR'S OFFICE, B. & M, Mullca......8 1 Cash. .. W 1 00,4 Laimiuy 1w G, H, Roberts 10w 5 100 Cash R, Vo Ceawe Norris ||| Butlin Melntire Sirande Anderson asteter Kothlolz Jn N - Roe. . iA. Grinnell A Jopp lastable g - To the BaNtor of the Bk % subscrip= tion to the fund for the little pri»hnn la-na'_ Woebhecke In‘ln? small a fow friends send: the lullm\-lngdru lnl\ Onmha amount §10, 3. Arnott ., . B. Hecker 100 ik A T X Maian Jos. Kilpatrick ., 2 00 Wiiliam Wilis Horst Bros... John Robiuson, . Feter l(uln-mhlll m J. B, Douglas.. fash PERRTR T 20, ¥ | Total Your efforts for the lmrmm-“m “long b remembered in the state, J. B, Doverass, PAISTING DEPARTMEST U, P, CAR STOPS, on Stanbery .8 b 0 Louis Trudell.. Tennery..” 1 Q08 D Allen h B Vs, Frank Hultman W, ¥, Olson Tssne Tompsott Tompset I ™ Dick MeAull lllv-ll\\lr an 1 Jane 0 Kolloy Total NER, LIST. derickson SCRIONE R Q. Alris i 0. L Hice Smith., W/Cash M. Dikk S 200 LM rnuk Ward |< e W £ Reppy Gibson Secley Ross 0 D, luches Hagenstine A Ollirman T. Borkenhazen ibenthal &1 W T uzett: ll!l. H. Buns. A H. B 00 Scribner New 25 I Drishuus 0 Cash B0 AL H|Ll|~(l| A sht Gordon. . mes Beaver. Total M1 THE CHILDREN'S LIST. From Minnie R”bhll\n and Eena Eccl l('s' 25 Miss Duun % kFred Jones. s wn.\nm.n\ v B e B l(ublm nes. . Mrs; W nnuglun E.T. Shadell Mrs! Larson Mrs: Heft. 0 L 8, N, Jones, 2 Cash . 1 00 Cash Cash, 100Cash B0 Miss ¥ 814 30 e e s of the Sugar Trust. NeW Youk, Feb, 14.—[Spocial Telegram to the Bek.]—The sugar men are excited over the report that members of the sugar trust decided to ship large quantities of the best re- fined sugar to London, in order to keep up the prices of refined sugar in this country by relieving the market here of any surplus and creating a shortage, or what would practic- ally be a corner in sugar. All members of the trust here absolutely declined to give any information, but in the trade generally tho story was believed. This news had evidently been cabled to London, as sugar quotations in that city received late in the afternoon showed a falling off in prices there. Trust certifi- cates, which were offered a few days ago at 75 have not yet been sold, as men do not care 1o invest in ‘something they kuow nothing about. New York's Lady Orchestra., New Yok, Feb. 1£—[Special Telegram to the Bee.]—The Ladies’ Amateur orchestra will play for the first time in public at the charity matinees, which have been arranged for Webruary 23 and 24, at the Lyceum theater, It is composed entirely of young so- ciety ladies, some of whom are rosebuds, while a few are not even ‘‘out” yet. But are all ardent musicians, and very much devoted to the success of their orchestra, which is the only one of the kind in this country. Its founder is Miss Hewitt, daugh- ter of Mayor Hewitt.and it was suggested by Lady Folkstone's orchestra, which has be- come such a brilliant feature of London society, members of which are titled women, some of high rank. -— . A Ravisher Lynched. Sr. Louvis, Mo., Feb. 14.—A Pcst Des- patch's special says: At2 o'clock this morn- ing amobof sixty men marched from St. Johns to the Pinckneyville (Ills.) jail and there demanded of the sheriff and warden to deliver Alonzo Haley, the negro, who ravished a white woman at St. Johns two months ago. The sheriff refused and threatencd to batter down the door and ceded to get n readiness to do so when iff admitted them. They seized the negro, dragged him fifty yards frow the jail and hanged him to a tre Appetite and sleep may be improved, overy part of the system strengthenod and L}m animal spirvits regain_their bouyancy by the use of Dr. J. H. Mc- Lean's Strengthening Cordial and Blood Pur McGeoeh's Spe Ciicaco, Feb. 14.—[Special Telegram to the Brer]—The Times says Peter McGeoch, the celebrated lard speculator of Milwaukee, is to he married soon to a fascinating young Chicago widow, sister of the wife of Dexter Browi, board of trade operat: SCALY, ITCHY SKIN And all Szaly and Itching Skin and Scalp Diseases Cured by Cuticura, Poriasis, Eczema, Tetter, Ringworm, Lichen, Pruritus Scall Head, Milk Crust, Dandruff, ur: k s, and Washerwoman's very species of Itching, Huring Sealy, Pimply Humors of the Skin, Scalp and Blood, with Loss of Hair, are positively cured by Cur CURA, the great Skin Cure, and CvTicuRa So. an exquisite 8kin Bewutifier extornuli « CURA - RESOLY the new Blood P ally, when physicians aud all other remes dies full, PSORIASIS, OR SCALY SKIN. D. D. 8, havi County for thirt g well-known (0 thous ew to helping any who fhlicted as | o for e DAL Twelve yeurs, (extify that Cuita BiskDies cured me Of Psoriasis, Skin, 1n eight days, after the doctors with whom T Had consuited g JOHN reabouts, me 1o help or J.CASE, D, D. 8, 168 perfortaed a won- 01 ne 0f OUF Custon 3 s of e, A with @ fearfully ‘distressing ‘o his head and face, and wi dics and doctors Lo Do purpose, EXARKANA, AIK, PV SN & co. DUSTPANFUL OF 8¢ A‘l ES, H. 1. Carpenter, Henderson, ) ciired of Poriasis or Leprosy, of twenty m.r. standing Dy COTICUA TRk AES, The mow wonderfa cure on record. A dustpanful of scales fell from him dally. Physiclans and bis triends thougl.t he must die, ECZEMA RAD Y CURKED. the radics | obstinate case of £ long statiding, 1°g1vo eutiry eredit to A REMEDIES, 5 RICHAKDSON, New Haven, Conn, TICURA, fe: Soaw, b by the " Drua asn € nrlu Al B Send for How'to Cus Hustrations and 1060 ¢ mfort for all P'ains, In. and Weakness of ' tha 5 tho OUTICEKA AN LASTEM, thie first wid ouly Plister, New, iusta