Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 17, 1888, Page 5

The State’s Brief in the A. & N, Consolidation Cases. COMPLAINTS OF OVERCHARGES. Yesterday's Session of the Board of Transportation — Preparing For the Next State Falr—A Generous Gift, [PROM THE BER'S LINCOLS DUREAL.] Attorney General Leese yesterday filed his brief in the case brought before the supreme court to have the franchise of the Atchison & Nebraskn road for- feited to the state, The case is brought under the section of the constitution which prohibits the consolidation of eompeting lines in the state. The brief is pointed and backed by volyminous citations of authorities bearing on the cnse. It isin answer to the demurrer filed by the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy road. Tn the course of his argu- ment the attorney general sa The respondent demurs to the information and thereby admits the lease of its franchise for 90 years, to a competing line of railroad and that it has not operated or muintained any railroad for thegight rs last past. ose facts admitted is to admit of adirect wviolation of the contract with the state, by which it was clothed with a part of the sov- erei power of the state, that taking the l,m.fiz‘ domain for a public highway, and_ col- ecting toll from those whom they offered their services for the transportation of their persons or property, “This respondent having failed to perform any of these daties for eight years, the state now comes and demands baclk the rights and privileges that it has given, It wants the contract enforced. It is not breaking it. The company has violated its part of the contract, and has no right now to complam. Continuing, it stated that ‘“‘the con- tract made by the state was with the Atchison & cbraska railroad, which company, for privileges granted,agreed to operate and maintain a railroad, and the grant became exhausted when the company ceased to perform the object for which it was created. * * * A grant of corporate lsowers is to be strictly construed. * = There is no authority for one corpora- tion to lease a competing line.” In regard to the section of the consti- tution forbidding these consolidations, the attorney general says: Section 3 of article 11 of our constitution was inserted in that instrument for a pur- . The law has ever favored competition; and monopoly in cvery form has ever been ous, and this section was to carry into the principle of competition, by prohib- mn:lcmnpetlng and parallel lines from con- solidating their stock, property, franchise or earnings, in whole or' in part, and to say that this respondent can avoid this broad principle by taking all the earnings, and all the prop- erty and calling it a lease, is but a subter- ‘“F‘ The grand object was to prevent the mingling of &)mpcny or_earnings of compet- ing lines, and if the spirit of our constitution can be avoided in this manner, it certainly is ‘but a snare and a delusion. The brief holds that the violation of law does not make law. It cannot be said that because this defend- ant has violated the law for eight years that the contract has ripened into a valid one. This would be giving a premium on crime to those who coulfi break the law, and maintain their illegal advantage by strength or strat- egy, if they should be exempt from punish- ment. I8 this the law? “Well, then, if I should kill a man, 1'd kill one hundred more; Then I'd be great, and not be hung, Like Abdel Young before.” Continuing the argument the brief says: *That the Atchison & Nel ke was o competing line with the B. & M. there is no doubt, and being competing lines there is no power in the legislature to ratify or afirm a pontract void under the constitution. The act of the respendent in leasing its franchise ‘was & misuscr of the same and was an aban- donment of the contract with the state.” ‘The brief concludes: ‘The prayer of the petition is for the appoint- ment of three trustees, the statute re- fluires, under section 719 title code of civil rocedure, C, 8., pp. 830, and there can be no ubt but what the respondent has outlived its usefulness to the m f this state; dis- n o Bk oV of right and jus 1 Fas by ke own ; committed an act o self-destruction. ‘We protost in the name of an outraged ple, against the further continuance of his ‘We plant ourselves fairly upon of our constitution. It is the found: of this proceeding, and on this rock we have builded our comiplaint, and all the power of the railroad corporations of our state, or the gates of private malice, shall not prevail against it. Wit LErse, G. G. DAwEs, Attornoy General. of Counsel. . THE BIGGS CASE. Before the secretaries of the board of fransportation yesterday the complaint of John Biggs, of Heartwell, against charges made by the B. & M. was con- sidered and taken .under advisement. ‘The complaint of Mr. Biggs was that the local freight tariffs were too high, and he cites several iustanees of charges made an thg&'mcnh to him:. Ome ship- ment of 7, pounds, ten miles, cost him $8.75, and another of 30,000 brick, the same distance, cost him #0. Mr. Biggs was not able to be present but he sent the following letter: HEearTwELL, Neb,, Feb. 15, 1888.—To the Board of Railroad Corxglnnl:gm: In fur, or replying in regard to my charges agains! the B. & M. as to rates, I wish tosay that the yate on building material sud lumber from Chicago to the Missouri riveris 14 cents per 100 pounds when the poel is in force, a dis- tance of 480 miles. In this state the rate from the Missouri river to Heartwell, 172 miles, is 16 cents per 100 pounds. The fact is there should not bo this difference in rates ‘we live in Nebrasks. The Nebraska pays dearly for his privilege this side of the river. 1 wish to call your attention to the fact that the railroad commission is a re- ¥ubl|flll measure, and the republicans and farmers have . succeeded in establishing a ‘commission which they might secure ?flr and just rates in Nebraska. The matter now i8 in the business men’s hands, and it scems there are few who wish to enforce the rights which the farmer has long labored for. ‘The railroad commission1s not te blame for high rates so long as the merchants and busi- men pay the charges imposed upon them and in wrn charge the farmer the advance rato ‘without a murmur to the commission. The democrats throughout the country claim the commission is a republican measure and a fail It is y o failure on the part of the business men not having the courage to make complaint to the eommission. I do not wish the railrond companies to be compelled to carry freight for u sum less than is just to them for the labor performed. The railroads are our friends and we wish them to treat you ta fairly T and compare the charges with the in Towa, Illinois and other states, wux‘n{vu do justice to all men, I remain yours truly, Jonx Bigas, BOARD OF TRANSPORTATION. ‘The secretaries of the board of trans- rorumon held a business session at heir rooms at the capitol building yes- torday. Tbe principalcase up for hear- ing was thatof the complaint of the Lincolu lumber dealers against the B. «& M. railvoad, the complaint charging discrimination in rates to the detriment of Lincoln, Assistant Freight Agent Sniith of the B, & M. appeared and tes- tifled as to the rates in force and the reasons governing them. Mr.3J. A. Buckstafl testified for the Lincoln fum- ber dealers, the principal part of his testimony being that the B. & M. de- livered lumber 1n Kunsas City at a less rate than to Lincoln and gave an equal distributing tariff to the two places for Nebraska peints, The ocomplaint was taken under advisement by the secre- taries. MANAGERS' MRETING. The poard of . managers of the state board of agriculture closed a business {mrdny at the Windsor hotel | lgs'éo preliminaries for the state fair of . There were present at the meeting S. M, Baker, of Silver Creek, president of the beard; R. W. Furnas, of Brownvile, secretary and of the board of managers; E. McIntyre, of Seward, chairman; R. H. Henry, of Columbus; J. B, Dinsmore, of Sutten, aud R. R. Greer, of Kearney. The man- agers made the following appointments of superintendents for the coming fair: General superintendent, Austin Humphrey, of Lincoln: superintendent of gates and tickets, William R. Bowen, of Omaha; superiptendent. of police, James Hamilton, of York: superintend- ent of agricultural hall, Eli A, Barnes, of Grand Island: superintendent amphitheatre J.S.Hughes,of Haye: The classsuperintendentsap, for the exhibits are largely pa: experience in farmer fai who have been tried and pros ollowing are the names of those appointed: Horscs, Henry Frye, York; cattle, J. B. Dins- more, Lutton; sheep, W. Dunlay, Gar- dines 1. L. Trester, Lincoln: poultry, Timothy O. Moon, Greenwod farm products, W. D. Wildman, Cv bertson; textile department, Miss N tie Van Alstyne, Columbus Mrs. S. C. Langworthy, S products, S. C. Bassett. tion, H. Wing. and apia champion classes, Maaison; mechanical arts, W. H. Sm machinery R. Doolittle, Lin- instruments, ete.,. John Jensen, Gen agricultural soc 3 ‘Webster, Ord; diseretionar alen, Kearney; special premiums, J. M. Lee, Oxford; speed department, Judge M. L. Howard, Nebraska City. Alarge portion of the time of the mecting was given over to the question of judicious advertising, one plan sug- gested being a general advertising through hangers in connection with the fairs of the mnorthwestern states, the dates of all the fairs in the circuit hav- ing a place on common hangers. The number of tickets, labels, cards, etc., were agreed upon and the entire print- ing work of the year was placed in the hands of a special committee on print- ing who will ask bids for all work done. The special committee consists of J. B. Dinsmore, R. W. Furnas and E. McIn- tyre. Expert judges will pass upon the exhibits in all stock departments and in fine art hall, the secretary being em- powered to secure them as early as pos- sible. Among tho attractions for the fair the board expect to arrange for a series of ostrich races. GENEROUS RECOGNITION. At the meeting of the board of mana- gers of the state fair Mr. McIntyre in- troduced the following resolution: Resolved, That in recogaition of the gener- ous and gratuitous services remdered the Ne- braska state board of agriculture by the press of the state in advertising and advanc- ing the interests of the state fairs heretofore held and assisting largely in making them successful, that the secretary is hereby au- thorized and instructed to draw o warrant in favor of the Nebraska Press association for the sum of $100 and Brclcll! the same, ‘with the compliments of the board, that the association with the sum voted may extin- Ruish the debt against their building at their Chautauqua assembly grounds. The resolution was unanimously adopted and Secretary Furnas, at the close of the meeting, presented the check for the amount to the president of the association. The gift will be greatly aporeciated both because of its recogni- tion of the services given liberally in aid of the state board and because it wipes out the rémaining debt upon their handsome home at the Crete assembly grounds. Jibbon; educa- Lincoln; bees, hone; Whiteomb, Friend; NEW NOTARIES. ‘With the opening of the spring and its attendant booms the u{m)llcutiunn for commissions as notaries fall thick and fast at the governor’s office. The fol- lowing commissions were issued yester- day: Isaac Van Horn, Norfolk, Madi- son county; Loren Jenking, Imperial, Chase county; James A. Stewart, Hom- erville, Gosper county; William C. Elder, Wellfeet, Lincoln county; Matt Goodwin, Omaha; Marion Newman, Greenwood, Cass county; A. B. Perkins, Clay Center, Clay county; Randolph R. Randle, Elmer, Hayes county; Edward Cerf, Lincoln; George Lyon, jr., Nel- son, Nuckolls county; S. K. Smith, Paw- nee City, Pawnee county; John A. Bet- zer, Nenango, Perkins county; J. A. Phillips, Grant, Perkins county: H. Schars, Kearney, Buffalo county; George W. Stocking, Grant, Perkins county; Johm M. McKenzie, Madrid, Perkins county; John F. Abbott, Un dilla, Otoe county; George C. Whit- lock, Omaha. SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS. In the supreme court yesterday the case of Rysu vs f’orry was dismi Eiseloy vs gpanncr, argued and submitted; Black v: ‘aban, reinstated; Fisher ys Herron, motion for security overruled and receiver ordered to collect rents; Merriam vs Dovey, rehear- ing allowed. Motions for rchearing were overruled in the following cases: State ex rel B. & M. R. Co., vs Scott, Forbes vs Thomas, First Na- tional bank of Orleans vs State bunk, Savage vs Aiken. Court adjourned to when the docl dicial district —_— Does the Ghost Guard the Treasuro? A dispateh to to the St. Louis Globe- Democrat from Plainfield, Ind., say Robert Bruer, n"nlthhy farmer, living seventeen miles mortheast from this place, diéd nearly a year ago. He was owner of several hundred acres of rich farming land and was lu{‘pmrl to have about $25,000 in money, but when his estate came to be settled no will or paper of any kind was found stating where the money was kept. Bruer was bachelor and made his home with the ily of one of his temants named Baire. Soon after his death thisfamily began to _complain - of hearing strange and unusual noises at all hours of the niiht and that they came from the apartments of the deceased. No credence was given these reports by the le of the neighborhood until the lady of the house declared that she had seen the ghost of the departed Bruer. This startling statement caused intense ex- citement, and two_unbelievers of the supernatural agreed to spend a night at the house in watching for the supposed ghost. Though l,hua?ph'il did not ap- pear on the night their visit, yet these two men, who ave honest and n- telligent, say they are confident that something is wrongz about the house, Doors would open and shut quietly by some - invisible power; sounds as if some one was walking in an adjoining room were heard, but an in- vestigation failed to discover any cause for the mysterious sounds. Not long ago relatives of the dead man, living in Ohio, consulted a spir- itual medium in regard to the where- abouts of the missing money. They were told by the medium that they would find the money in a strong iron box buried within thirty feet of the rear door of the honse occupied by the Baire family. The relatives "were greatly elated at the prospeet of find- ing the hidden fortune, and lost mo time in coming on here for that pur- pose. The ceiling and flooring of the whole building were torn off; the ground underneath the house and the entire yard was dug up, but so far as could belearned bythe Globe-Democrat correspondent, not the least sign of any money was discovered. The seekers of the missieg treasure were greatly dis- appointed, and have returned to their homes. ‘Tuesday, February 21, of causes from the Fifth ju’ 1 be called. Signs of Spring. Vick's Magazine: The years fly rap- idly; the winter has only well be- gun before indications of the coming spring arve seen; the seedsmen’s cata- logues, bright with chromo-lithography and wood engravings, are here, and as we turn their glowing pages beneath the lamplight, while the drifts are pil- ing out of doors, with what visions of floral wealth to be evolved from magic puckages of seeds or roots do we fill- the coming summer. The light that never was on sea or land shines upon our pros- pective flower borders; the floods, drouths, frosts, insects, and the total de- pravity of things in general that have clipped the wings of our success in the past are too far away and too shadowy to be of much account; we almost be- lieve, whatever may have been our fail- ures in farmer years, that the coming season will atone for them all. We may be a little sadder, by the by, but not much wiser; the secdsman has only to bait his hook with a new catalogue with a fresh chromo on the cover, to cateh us again. Arter all, we Qardly wish it otherwise: our imaginary garden is a most delightful possession all through the winter; the coming of the seed pack- g N Q cable event, and when planting time has finally arrived we are let down very gently. Most of the seeds will start, and if the little plants die afterward, they do not all die at once. Many will live to flower, and we will de- light in them; some of them may be new tous, and wo watch their growth with interest. Roadside Nut Trees. Orchard and Gardener: Suppose the people of the older states, when laying out their highways through the country and streets in villages fifty or a hun- dred years ago, had {)hulwd hardy nut- bearing trees instead of maples, elms, catalpus, poplars and similar kinds now seen on every side, doing service only for shade and ornament. Yes, suppose it had been suggested that nut trees live to a great age, are handsome, afford as good shade as other kinds, be- sides bearing seeds that are valuable as food, and suppose these suggestions bad been acted upon by a large majority of those who were about planting wayside trees. It certainly requires no great stretch of imagination to see what would have been the result. Rows of fruitful and noble shell-back hickories would now be growing in hundreds of New England villages instead of the insect-infested elms, poplars and lin- dens, the wood of w)\ich is down, not worth one-fourth as much when cut as hickory, or that in tact of any of the walnuts, It is true that the small boy might have enjoyed the nuts from these trees, and occasionally loitered hy the way when going to or coming from school, in order to fill his pockets, still the possession of such treasures usually gives more pleasure than their cost in time. What might have been now may be realized twenty-five or fifty years hence if those who are about planting street trees in cities and villages an along the highways in the country will plant the best nut-bearing trees instead of the other kinds, which yield nothing of value, and do not afford any better shade than trees bearing delicious fruits or nuts, Dehorning Cattle. Denver Field and Farm: The subject of dehorning cattle has often been broached in these columns,and our only purpose in ealling it up again is to give the experience of a friend inthe San Luis valley. The information may be of some benefit to renders who are thinking about employing the saw and gouging-knife in their herds. The San Luis man writes:. ‘“You must under- stand, to begin with, Iam not an ex- rt, and this was my first attempt, but 1t proved a very successful one. I fol- lowed closely the advice of a friend who is living 1n another part of this valley, and who was familiar with the business, which was to saw the horns off as close to the head as possible, even wetting or oiling the hair near the horns sothat it could be pasted back out of the way of the saw. “I dehorned the first one that way,but it wasturning cold very fast, with the mercury already below the freezin point. I thought on this account I ha better tie the stubs up. 1 found consid- erable trouble in tying them up when sawed so closely. So the remain- der were sawed off an inch from the skin, which enabled me to tie them up cusily. Imade a paste of tar and clean lard and daubed on the stubs freely, and then tied them up se('urckv with cotton rags. I used a stiff-backed tenon saw, o1l before each operation with castor oil, and very sharp. I would not advise thot the operation be performed in extremities of weather, either very hot or very cold, but in mild weather. “Use the same discretion that you would exercise with any other wound. The most difficult point is to get the an- imal securely confined and the head steady. I useda ‘‘chute,” a V-shaped pen made very strong, fel.ting the ani- mal inthe narrow end and fastening the head against one of the posts by means of ropes wrapped around both, and the loose ends held by strong men. Four men can Fru!orm the operation very fast after a little practice, dishorn- ing an animal in fiye minutes. Do not be scarved if some of them bleed freely. My old ones bled the worse. Some of them bled a small stream for a few min- utes, but it did not last long, and they all did well. I am more than pleased with the result.” Corn and Cob Meal. In his experiments in feeding cattle at the Kansas College farm, Professor Shelton says: ‘A considerable general experience in the use of corn and cob meal as feed for a herd of sixty odd head of cattle has greatly strengthened not only the writer but those havin the practical management of the her in the conviction of the supevior value of corn and cob meal was, apparently at least, better digested than was clear corn alone when used; it was eaten cer- tainly with as great relish; the cattle were ‘off their feet’ less often; while cases of dinrrhoea caused by overfeed- ing—all too common when eorn meal was used—were practically unknown when the grain feed was the ground ear corn.” A Brooklyn horse-car company feed- ing over 1,000 horses gives its methods which it claims to be the best in a long experience with feediug horses: ‘‘The regular meals of the horses consist of corn and oats—in winter one part, of the oats to four of corn, and in summer equal parts of each. This feed 1is bought in the grain and ground on the Kyemise& The average consumption v each animal is fifteen pounds of meal and nine pounds of hay a day. The hay is prepared in a cutting box and mixed with the meal which is mois- tened s0 as to stick to the hay, and thus fed together. With such feeding the company reports that it has not had a case of colic among its 1,400 horses in a year or more and that they thrive and otherwise do better on this ration than upon any other it has tried. The dan- er of feeding horses meal alone is well nown to experieuced feeders. But wet a little and mixed with cut hay the mass when masticated is spongy in the stomach, and admits the gastrio juices through it and thus it is well digested. «THE MIDWAY,” Corner Grand and SED. Wyoming Avenues, Kearney, Nebraska. Finest in the State outside of Omaha. Opened, Wednesday, February 15th, 1888. T. C. Brainard, Proprietor. Hints and Suggestions. Keep your ducks and goslins away from ponds until they shall be well, fledged, as they easily become chilled and perish. Feeding broken oil cake to fowls twice o week will often ln-omotu laying when other food shall fail to give good re- sults. Lettuce is a hardy plant and will en- dure severe cold for a short time. It can be made a paying crop if grown in cold frames and got into the market early. As far as possible see to it that drink- ing water passes through iron pipesand not through wood, which decays and favors germs of disease, nor lead, which is a subtle poison. Use every precaution to avoid fire. Have a convenient peg for each lantern’ in use in the barn, and never place a light where it may’accidentally set fire to anything. Be c&Feful in leaving hot ashes around. A western farmer states that he easily prepares his cornstalks for cows by running them through a threshing machine, by which they are torn into shreds, the straw-carrier depositing them in the mow where they are to be stored for winter feed. The ground may be plowed atany time after the frosy. shall be out. The value of good harrowing is often over- looked. The harrow should be passed over the ground a dozen times, if nec- essary, as the fine¥ the seed-bed the better. It does not pay to sow cloverseed on the snow, as is sometimes done. Many sceds are destroyed by celd, the birds secure a portion, while some are washed away or drawn into clusters. The bet- ter mode is to sow the seed evenly, and lightly brush it in. By so doing 80 the ‘“catoh” will be better, and the sceds will germinate uniformly. The feed is a very-important factor in cattle-raising, bnt the breed is also important. A good animal is like a good machine—it secures the greatest pro- duetion at the least expense and in the shortest possible time. The capacity de- ponds upon the breed, the feed being only the raw material to be changed into something more valuable. Spread plenty of manure over the as- paragus bed now and allow the meiting snow to carry down the soluble matter to the roots. Asparagus shoots come up early, and are on the table before the seeds of some vegetables are in the ground. Soapsuds are excellent for as- paragus beds. Salt hay is said to be more valuable than has been heretofore supposed, but it is only serviceable when &d in con- nection with ground grain of some kind. When used for bedding it should first be cut up, in order to facilitate its use {u; rsunure, and in spreading it over the and. In skinning animals that have died of disease too much care cannot be exer- cised. If there be any sore or abrasion of the skin, whereby the poisonous dis- ease may come in contact with the blood of the individual. results endangering life are liable to be produced. —_— Clever Counterfeiting. New Orleans Times-Democrat: A few davs ago the Times-Demoerat published the fact that some rogue was extensively circulating dollar silver certificates, which were quite ingeniously. raised to represent 850 bills, Yesterday one of these bills, which had successfully passed through the hands of numerous experts and had been acuugted by them, was seen by the writer. Over the vig- nette of Martha Washingtonon the left- hand side of a $1 silver bill ‘& head of George Washington is pasted. In the left-hand uppermost corner the figures *50" is pasted over the “1.” The lower left-hand corner is treated in the samd manner. Next all the ‘‘ones” (there being four of them on the left-hand margin) are erased, or removed with acid. Over the ‘‘one” in the center of the bill the word *“fifty” in similar let- ters is° pusted. This makes the fince of the bill read “Fifty Silver Dollar” ‘and not dollars, as appears on the real bill. Up to this point the work is neatly done, and but for the absence of the ‘‘s,” making the dollar déllars it is almost impossible to detectithe swindle. When the alternation of the large figure *‘1” on tlfiedfl mt hnndd;)and of the bill ils reached, however, operator experi- ences some diMcullQ', ’llfe #1” is much larger than the *‘50"" pasted over it, and again in the origipal fifty-dollar bill the dark E"’“"““"" k is almost round, while in the one-dollar bill it is quite long, hence to complete the deception it is necessary to erase the upper and lower ends of the ““1” and the upper and lower ends of the dark background. In the bill seen yesterday the work was excellently done. In altering the back of the bills the marks of the fraud are more plainly seen. In the first place, the “I” on either end of the bill ex- tends almost from top to bottom. Di- rectl*’ in the centre of this one the fig- ures 50" are pasted, and the upper and lower ends of the *‘1”are erased, or, rather, removed in some manner known to the operator. A close examination of the bill shows the erasure of the word “one,” which appears on both ends of the scrollwork on the back of the bill, i Bl el After thirteen ycars' litigation an Albany estate has realized 85 cents apiece for the heirs, The lawyers got about 811,000 each, - TRIBUTE TO MISS FREEMAN. Honor to the Brave Girl as Ex- pressed at Her Home. KNIGHTS OF LABOR. They Adopt a Series of Resolutions Prailsing the Heroism Displayed During the Terrible Stormn— “The Bee"” Fund. ST. PAUL From Minnie Freeman'd Home. At a regular meeting of the Knightsof Labor of St. Paul, Neb., on February 13 1888, the following recoguition was read by the committee, previously appointed, and ‘We, the assembly of the Knights of Labor of St. Paul, Neb,, gladly claim the privilege of giving an expression of our sentiment to- ‘wards Miss Minnie Freeman, who with her parents are residents of our city. It is now a nionth since an unprecedented blizzard sproad over these western states, and held possession of the country for a period of eleven or_ twelve hours. It seemed to be a sudden and complete inversion of the ele- ments surrounding us—the usually friendly elements that sustain human life, combining in an unlooked for, hostile manner, to destroy it, requiring strength, mind and soul to main- tain life, and a stronger to help the weaker to save them from going cdown before the fury of tho elements and perishing. A month has gone by—interspersed with calm and beautiful days—the skios give no mark or sign of the commotion that has passed, but it is not forgotten by us, Allcm{;“n to express the sentiment de- velo) v the conduct of Miss Freeman at the Mina Valley district, in her conflict with that memorable storm (an event so largely mentioned throughout the country) we ac- knowledge the presence of human sympathy —weakness, if we please to call it such—and fud our hearts to_become tender, our eyes fill with tears, and our utterance choked— that she should have gone through such cir- cumstances of peril, with sixteen others in her charge and koeping—such eminent peril s to call up in her the activity of the highost faculties and qualities that can be found to exist in connection with human being—quali- ties in truth divine—hidden and dormant it may have been heretofore, but now imperi- tively called forth, as the only power to_help and save. Itisastrue now as when Cicero sald it, that “Men resemble the gods in nothing 80 much as in doing good to eir fellow creatures,” Many of us sitting in warm, pleasant quar- ters, could contrive an escape from a faucied catastrophe, and the saving of lives; but how ‘many of us would retain the first glimpse of our fabricated plans when struck witha catastrophe itself? Minnie’s plans were made on the moment, oy the basic idea that their lives must be saved, and she smmu¥l and intently worked on that idea amid all the terrors roaring and raging about her, subduing the children and everything but herself—all unconscious her- self that her action was heroic; albeit it was this that saved her. The work of saving the other was the saving of her own life, fin[:l‘?:e that loseth his life for my sake shall it g ‘With Tennyson the poet we exclaim, “When can her glory fade! O why was she not dismayed? All the world wondered.” Ha\'lufi the honor of living in the same city with Miss Freeman, we think better of ourselves that thosc qualities _which we most. adore when found, have been displayed in our very midst. It s this divine quality and spirit displayed in man which, under extraordinary circumstances, we call genuine heroisin, that we Knights of Labor and nmni; others wish to see, not exceptionally only, but universally displayed in ordinary circumstances in every- day life—even in this world—rather than the ‘baser, selfish spirit, in which there is no help and which flourishes in the millionaire and his imitators and exalts itself in the world. ‘Were this heroic spirit at home in the world, our familiar and constant helper, instead of uniy making its appearance to help us out on extraordinary occasions—were it predomi- nating society, and in the common affairs of men, instead of being 8o much of a stranger in the world, we would not have been com- pelled to leave society and our birth place in the far distance and encounter the isolation and exposure of the osses of safety and comfort and suffer all the thousand and one nameless tribulations, that every where fol- low the dominations of the baser spirit, sep- arating and_weakening instead of uniting and strengthening us—even grudging us tho the enjoyments of the barbarians. The discovery that the element in man, divine or heroic, as to be—intangible as electricity or magnetism; and genarally re- garded as an_exotic—ean ' be utilized for the common use 0f man in making a congenial home on the earth, is the crowning discover; for human beings—Christ sounded this di covery to the world and maintained that on this element of interests of man were based. Over fifty generations of men have passed through the world since, and still the baser spirit holds s , and tho promise of Christ to the world ill met with a sneer, as being apromise of ‘what .is unattainable on the carth. It needs no re-discovery, but only the element to be utilized, to the foremost power in the world, to work out the destined interests of man; when all meén being helpers we would all be rich indeed, and millionaires would be a lost race. We have heretofore known Miss Freeman only as a delightful gurl, preparing, with the help of her parents during her growth, for the duties and accomplishments of life. Though r in purse we are rich in devotion to the spirit that moved Minnie Freemau and sustained her in that terrible struggle. The charm of her heroism will abide with us through the world. separation, and Jony Dasny, Joux MACKIN, J. B. PACKARD, Committee. The “Bee" Fund. 'The present condition of the funds opened by the Bee is as follow: ‘Westphalen monument fund Etta Shattuck. Grand total NELLIE DIDN'T APPEAR. Mrs. MocNamara Represented to Be Still Sick a Bed, Yesterday afternoon was the time cited for “Mrs. Nellie McNamara to appear beforc Judge Shields and make an accounting as ex- ecutrix of her deceased husband's estate, amounting to between $30,000 and $40,000. Attorney Keyser, who recently succeeded Mrs. McNamara as executor of the estate, was on hand promptly, but the charming widow came not. However, she was repre- sented by proxy in tho person of Attorney Eller, who explained the absence of his client. He said that she:was still confined to her bed by illness, and that while she was anxious to appear ‘and have the entangle- ment in which the estate had been involved straightened out, her condition was such !l.lllm her physicians forbade ber leaving her ouse, This explanation the judge accepted with some allowance of credulity, and Mr. Eller then turned overto the judge what was rep- rosented to be an accounting from Mrs. McNamara. The statements were rather vague and somewhat mixed, and were in no wise satisfactory to Mr. Keyser or thejudge, and flnllg anagreement was reached \vhcreedy Mrs. McNamara was again to bo summoned. A final order was then issued, and in import calls upon the widow to make a final and complete report and to turn over all the prop- erty of the estate to Mr, Keyser by March 1. The next day, March 2, will be occupied_in hearing her defense, if she has any to_offer. Monday next was the day set. apart for the formal hearing of Mrs. McNamara's father's petition charging her with insanity, but it is not likely that it will take place as 'the cita- tion has not yet been served upon her to ap- pear. On the day the citation was procured the father asked that it not be served, and his request was complied with. The next he again appoared at the office of the sheriff, and renewed his request, giving as his excuse that his daughter was too sick to entertain and was p l{llcnlly incapable of undergoing the shock that would naturally follow. He further enjoined the sheriff from prosecuting the service of the papers until he ordered it done, and since thattime the father has not moved in the matter. Grand Court Martials. ‘The detail of court for the general court martial to meet at Fort McKinney, Wyo., Monday, February 27, is Captain Benham, Captain Sanno, Captain Dimmick, Lieuten- ant Young, Licutenant Jackson, Licutenant Powell, Lieutenant Suter, Lieutenant Bar- bour, Licutenant Gardner, judge advocate. A court martial 18 to be held at Fort Doug- 1as, Utah, Thursday, the 2ird of February. The detail for court. is Captain Powell, jr., Captain_Kinzie, Captain Britton, Captain Baker, Captain Badger, Lieutenant Byrne, Lieutenant Borden, ILieutenant Stovens, Lieutenant Massey, Lieutenant Allen, Licu- tenant Young, Licutenant Morton, Liouten- ant s"l::lm.nck, Lieutenant Torrey, judge ad- vocate. Took a Whisker Hold. Henry Birely was arrested last evening for assaulting Fred Mills, the manager of a lodging house on the corner of Sixteenth and Farnam streets. 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