Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 1, 1888, Page 4

WHE DAILY BEE.| !’UBIAIIH_ED_E\I“Y MORNING. DSCRIPTION. Daily Morning ldllhm) mummm Suudny BER, Yeur or Stx Months, ‘hree Montha The Omaha Sunday BEe, dress, One Year OMABA OFFICE, NoSUIAND 018 FARNAM STHER ?flnw YORK OFFICE, ROOMS 14 AND 15 TRIDU BUiLDING. WARHINGTON OFFICE, No. 013 FOURTEENTH !'mn'r mnnrwnnnnwl All communications relating to news and edi- torial mlner should be addressed to the EpITOR OF THE ek, NESS I All husiness letters and addressed to Tie Bee BLISHING COMPANY, OMAMA. Drafts, checks and postoffice orders to be made payable to the orde ‘ordor of the Coupany, 'ERS. mittances should be The Bee Poblishing Company. Proprictors E. ROSEWATER, Editor. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btate of Nebraska, 58 anty of Douglaes, G ' B. Tzechuck, secretary of The Bee Pub- Aishing company, does mlnmnl{ swear that the .rhm circulation of the lln\ly Jee for the week gnding Feb, 24, 1468, was as tollows Raturday, FU; v, Feb Wednesday, Thursday, Fe 0.138 EO. B. TZSCHUCK. Aworn to and subscribed in my “re-»nm thils 2000 Qg OF FeDTanry, A Dr 188 tary Bubiie: Btate o Nebraska, i County of Douglss, {5 | Frechiek, being first duly sworn, do- lxmen ‘and says hathe s secrataty of ‘The lee Publishing com i that the actual avera, daily circulation of the Dadly Tee for the monin f Febri ,178 coples; for March, I!‘N'l. N.«lj o Ma °H Inr Aprfl. 1 N.uu cople for 6, 14,557 copleins foF June, 17, 14147 £t mr.ymr 1867, 14,009 coples rnrhu‘.vu« 14,161 coples; for m-rmnber, 1887, 14,349 eas for October, #: for November, 107, 1h2 coples: r&;.] nlcrt;u:;henx 1887, 16,041 coples; for January, coples 2 GEO, B, TZSOMUCK, From and subacribed to 1n' Ty presenco tils 2dday of January, A. 1. 188 N' BI¥E omy Fibtie, Tne inter-state commission has been giving the railroads tips how they should deal with the Standard Oil com- pany. The advice would be all right, if the lamb were not already inside the lion. — ‘WE still hope that the mechanics en- gaged in the building trades wilbact prudently and avoid a conflict in which they start out at a disadvantage by reason of the general dullness of busi- ness and decreased building operations all over the country. S—————— THE retail liquor dealers are trying to get a repeal of the ordinance which requires them to close their places of business at midnight. Such agitation and the constant violation of the high- license law will in the end afford pro- hibition fanatics the leverage which they need for engrafting a prohibition amendment on our state constitution. GOVERNOR HILL is said to have spent over 355,000 in fitting up the executive mansion in Albany, and in so doing has made an overlap of 817,000 in excess of the appropriation. For a man who ex- pects to pose as a presidential candidate overlaps A‘e damaging testimony. The governory however, might run for city councilman not a thousand miles from Omaha. E—— “Nor all the king’s doctors, and not all the king’s men” have been able to cure the crown prince. Between the German specialists and the English ex- perts in throat diseases Prince Fred- erick is having a hard time of it. The differences and quarrels of these medical men confirm the old adage—‘‘Who is to decide when doctors disagree?” A TRAVESTY on justice took place at Denver, where young Henry, ‘who killed a variety actress last November, was acquitted of murder by the jury on the grounds of transitory frenzy. What- ever this may be, it will be used as a defense by every murderer who has no stronger plea. The old excuse of emo- tional insanity iu all its variations has, in truth, become hackneyed by constant use, and will now have to take a back seat before the new-fangled transitory frenzy. S——— CHICAGO yields to Omaha the claim of being the coming pork and beef pack- ing center of America. And Pittsburg, in spite of her natural facilities, can no longer compete with the Lake City in iron and steel manufacturers. Thissounds like carrying cohl to Newcastle. But the admirable situation of Chicago and the advantages of cheap freight rates makes it possible for that city to come to the very doors of Pittsburg and take away her trade. E— TAE Indian department acknowl- edges that it is meeting with deter- mined and serious opposition to the opening up of a part of the Sioux reser- vation. This comes mainly from Sitting Bull and other'chjefs, and the *‘squaw- men,” white settlers who have married Indian women. It is about time for the government to ‘‘sit down” on Mr. Bull. Likewise on the squawmen. The open- ing of the reservation is too important a measure to be frustrated by these ad- venturers. ‘THE trusts have, strange to say, found a champion in Mayor Hewitt, of New York. The doughty warrior has had a tilt with Senator Frank B. Arnold, the chairman of the investigating commit- tee, in which the mayor claims that trusts are all right in that they lower the cost of articles produced for con- sumption, The trouble with Mr. Hewitt scems to be that he has a million or more invested in several pooling ‘“‘ar- rangements” which net him a nice in- come, and he can’t see anything wrong in them. IT looks as if Senator Edmunds was getting ready to again sulk through the presidential campaign in the event of the republican national convention fail- ing to please him by its action. He de- clines to go to the convention as a dele- gate, which of course he has a right to do, and yet a man who is so largely a debtor to the party ought to be most willing to take upon himself any reason- able task it might impose. It may be gracious in Mr. Edmunds te express confidence in republican success, but it would be more to the purpose if he manifested some interest and zeal to se- oure success. Now is the opportunity for men like Senator Edmunds, who have been 8o richly rewarded by the party, 50 show that they appreciate it. l Cleveland's. Renomination ' Assured. There is now no reasonable doubt that Mr. Cleveland will have little" or no op- position 1n his candidacy for renomina- tion, All the politieal signs of the last three months, which, have eulminated in the call for the democratic conven- tion at St. Louis, point in thisdirection. The administration, however it may have antagonized its political oppon- ents, has shrewdly strengthened its po- sition among the democratic leaders. Patronage distribution, which for a time lagged, has been accelerated in an- ticipation of the coming convention, and the offices of late days haye been parcelled out with commendable haste in states where influence was most needed and was most likely to do the most good. The southern senators and representatives, who, up to the beginning of the year, showed evidences of irritation at the slowness with their claims were recog- nized, have lately been swinging into line. The administration leaders who have recently gathered in conference nt Washington are already predicting’a unanimous renomination of Mr. Cleve- land. So far as New York is concerned, the trouble seems to have been settled by the assurance of the Cleveland hench- men that Mr. Hill four years hence shall have their united support for the presidential nomination. In New Jer- sey the withdrawal of Mr. Blaine, who could doubtless have carried the state with ease, has stimulated the flagging energies of the Mosquito statesmen and the men who were afew weeks ago in private bitterly denouncing Mr. Cleve- land for his radical tariff reform mes- sage are now publicly uniting to give him a cordial and unwavering support. No one but the professional mugwump can doubt the eager desire of the president for another term of office, and no one but a chronic ‘“‘civil service reformer” can close his eyes to the shrewd and vigor- ous political work which is being done by the president’s friends to further his chances in this direction. Senator Gor- man, whose fidelity to the administra- tion has been seriously questioned by those who were not acquainted with tho shrewd wire-puller of Baltimore, is working night and day to organize an aggressive movement for a unanimous renomination of Mr. Cleveland. New York politicians by the score are being admitted up the private stairsof the white house, important nominations from 1ndiana are being withheld until the faithful of the Hoosier democracy can be consulted as to their wishes, and the leading Bourbon fine workers from all the doubtful states are in close com- munication with the president’s advisers in readiness to launch his bark for re- nomination within the next sixty days. — The Move For Lower Passsenger Rates There is a movement on foot in Ohio, as well as Iowa, in favor of a two cent passenger rate on the railroads, and it is being even more vigorously pushed in the former than in the latter state. The people who are must urgent in the matter in Ohioare the commercial trav- elers, but they appear to have a strong popular support. A bill is before the legislature to establish a two cent fare, and there has been some very warm work done by the friends of the meas- ure and the representatives of the rail- roads. The latter employ the familiar argument, always ready at hand when there is a proposition to reduce rail- road charges by legislation, that the effect of reducing passengor fares will be disastrous to the railroads, that it will compel them to give the public less facilities and inferior accommoda- tions, that it will force them to cut down expenses in which the wages of employes will be first to suffer, and in other ways it will prove damaging and demoraliz- ing. The reply of the advocates of re- duced fares is that the reduction will increase travel to such an extent, if ex- perience elsewhere is of any value, that it very brief time the roads will find the change profitable, and that instead of diminished facilities and inferior ac- commodations the companies will be willing to enlarge and improve them. The experience of Georgia is cited as furnishing the most convinecing evidence to be obtained in favor of low passenger fares. It will be interesting and perhaps helpful to' the Iowa advocates of reduced fares to learn what the experience ot Georgia has been, as set for th in a recent letter of the railroad commission of that state. The commission was organized in 1879, and at that time five and six cents per mile was the ruling rate .in Georgia for passenger fares. In the followéng year a reduction was made o four cents, and in 1881 the commission required all the leading roads in the state to charge no more than three cents per mile, allow- ing some few short linesand the narrow gauge roads to collect some four and some five cents. The testimony of the chairman of the commission is that these figures have proven satisfactory to the public and profitable to the rail- roads. There has been a gradual in- crease in travel and revenue. The ex- ample has been so widely beneficial that now scarcely a leading railroad in the south charges more than three cents a mile. The factis noted, and it is at once curious and instructive, that within a month a Georgia road has asked the commission to order a reduc- tion of fares on its line fixing the maxi- mum for fifty miles and under at two and one-half cents per mile, and less rates for longer distances, a request that was of course promptly complied with, The chairman of the Georgia commission says: ‘‘My experience of an average hifetime in the management of railroads in a sparsely settled terri- tory has domonstrated that the lowest rate that can be properly said to be ‘just and reasonable’ will produce the largest revenue.” It may be well to state, for whatever such ~ facts may be worth, that the area of Georgia is more than three thousand square miles greater than that of Towa, and the population fully a quar- ter of a million less. The number of miles of railroad in Towa is considerably more than double that in Georgia. Pos- sibly' the Iowa advocates of lower pas- sengor fares may be able to deduce something to their satisfaction from these comparative statisties. On the other hand the statisticsof passenger traffic prqnnted in thé report of the Minnesota commissioners do not make a favorable showing for reduced fares. Itlsshown that the total num- ber of passengers carried in 1887 wns 8,141,163, and in 1886, 6,323,188. The average distances traveled in: the two years were, respectively twenty-six miles and thirty-one miles. But the gross earnings from passenger traffic in 1887 were less than those of the preceding year by 820,731, In spite of the fact that the average distance trav- eled in 1887 was five miles less than in 1886, the average fare reccived per mile was reduced from 2.70 cents in 1886 to 2.48in 1837. And the lower rate and the shorter distance were sufficient to more than offset the increase of 1,817,975 in the number of passengers. Different conditions affecting the railroads in the several states referred to, which are outside of the ordinary statistics, should of course be ascertained and considered in any careful and thorough discussion of this question of re- ducing passenger fares. It is un- doubtedly possible that a policy which might make no damage to the railroads in Ohio, for example, would be seriously injurious to them if applied in Towa, and it is by no means certain that the experience of Georgia is an entirely safe guide for Ohio. But the movement for reduced passenger fares has got a start that will not be per- mitted to halt until it has secured some concession, and this will ultimately and at no very remote time have to be made all along the line. How They Operate. There is nothing very intricate about the inside workings of a trust, but it may be of general interest to know just how these nefarious corporations oper- ate. A member of the Standard Envel- ope company recently testified in New York that this trust had secured a monopoly of the envelope-making ma- chine from the exclusive manufacturer by agreeing to purchase one machine from him every month. He is to get his pay regularly whether they take one or not. On the other hand he is not to sell these instruments to any one outside of the combination, nor even re- pair them when out of order. By these methods the corporation has succeeded in bankrupting several independent envelope manufacturers and buying up their plants. The trust has con- sequently been able to increase the price of commercial envelopes from fifteen to twenty per cent. These methods it will be seen are simple. It scems also that simple measures might be enacted to make them unlawful. Society ought to be able to protect itself from organized robbers. The Omaha Public Building. ‘Whatever may be the final action of the conference committees on public building bills pending in congress, Omaha is now assured of at least $400,- 000 for the purchase of the site of a new postoffice and custom house. Mr. Mec- Shane’s vigorous and persistent effort for this appropriation, in opposition to the cheese-paring policy of his party colleagues, has in the main been emin- ently successful. From the outset, the democratic members of the house com- mittee, and especially those from the south, have interposed stupid and nar- row-minded objections to liberal ap- propriations for public buildings on the ground of economy. Sectional pre- judice and a lamentable ignorance about the growth of western cities have warped their judgment, and made Mr. McShane's task extremely difficult. 1t is more than likely that the confer- ence committee will raise.the appropri- ation for the purchase of grounds for the Omaha building to $500,000 as originally recommended by the committee on pub- lic buildings. A half million is none too much in view of the fact that the supervising architect desires to have a whole square for the new site. A square fronting two of our principal thorough- fares centrally located, cannot be pur- chased for less than that sum. The frontage of asquare represents 264 foet front on two streets, or a total frontage of 528 feet. Anappropriation of $500,000 would therefore be less than 81,000 per front foot, exclusive of any allowance for buildings that will have to be de- stroyed. There is not a square within five blocks of the present postoffice without brick structures worth from $50,000 to $100,000. As a business prop- osition, the passage of the Manderson bill with full appropriation for grounds and building would be more economic than appropriating piecemeal from one session to another. But that is the method which congress has pursued heretofore with public building appro- priations in all the large cities, and that method is chiefly re- sponsible for some of the architectural monstrosities erected by the govern- ment at an enormous waste of money. When a fixed sum is appropriated for a public building the architect is in posi- tion to make plans within the range of the appropriation. But when he is compelled to design a public building on a fast and loose plan of construction guaged by periodic appropriations, it is out of question to have a perfect plan designed to meet the architect’s ideas of the wants of the city for which the building is intended. Esmem——— THeE strike of the engincers and fire- men on the Burlington lines is com- manding a larger share of publio inter- est than any other event of the day. The formidable character of the diffi- culty is fully realized, its progress is carefully noted in railroad circles, by the business communities, and by the public generally, and the probabilities regarding the termination of the strug- gle are mor? orless anxiously djscussed. The determination of the parties to the controversy to hold out at every hazard appears to be as strong as at the begin- ning of the strike. If Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engi- neers, is correctly reported compromise is practicable with regard to all demands except that for three and one- half cents per mile, as to which the men will not recede. As this is the proposi- tion to which the general. manager of the Burlington refused to listen, and to enforce which the strike was ordered, it seems useless to hope for any adjust- ment through arbitration. The indica- tions are that the fight will be main- tained until one of the combatants is forced to yield. This may mean & pro- longed contest, with a possibility of ex: tending beyond its present ' boundaries. Thus far the men engaged in the strike have conducted themselves as law-re- specting citizens, and will undoubtedly do 80 to the end. WHEN the Eleventh street viaduct was built it was niderstood and agreed on by all parties concerned that the via- duct should be exclusively for the use of wagon traffic and pedestrians. All petitions and proposals by street rail- way and cable companies were rejected by the council on the ground that the viaduct was not wide enough to accom- modate all the competing streetrailway lines and no monopoly should be granted to any one of them. Now the scheme to divert the viaduct from its original design is renewed. Inasmuch as the street car companies have not contributed toward the con- struction of the viaduct and do not even propose to contribute toward its main- tenance the question is why should the council grant them the roadway which is none too wide for the constantly in- creasing wagon traffic? Would it be proper to grant the right of way over the viaduct to one company and ve- fuse to grant it to another? WHAT is the of a fire-limit unless the fire ordinance is strictly and impar- tially enforced? What is the use of a sidewalk ordinance if the property dwners are allowed with impunity to violate 1t and lay wooden or brick walks where stone or concrete are re- quired? Can the council repeal an ordinance by the passage of aresolution? e —— PROMINENT PERSONS. Holman is the greatest tobacco chewer in congress. Mrs. Garfleld has sailed for New York from London. Mr, Labouchere says Mr. Ruskin always was a funny old gentleman, and the older he grows the funnier he becomes. Lord Lonsdale has sailed for New York. He intenps to go to the northern part of this continent on a long sporting tour. Robert Barr (Luke Sharp), of the Detroit Free Press, has been adopted by a tribe of Indians located at at Dundee, Ont, Tennic Claflin says that her sister, Vic- toria C. Woodhull, will bring $1,000,000 to this country to found a school of marriage. Andrew D. White, ex-president of Cornell and ex-minister to Germany, is gathering material for his coming book on the warfare of science. “Swipes, the Newsboy,” who killed Wil- liam Dempsey in a prize fight near New York about a month ago, i® now posing as a dime museum attraction. Mr. Sumner Slater, one of the leading music teachers of Atlanta, has been placed under the ban of society in that city because he taught a class of édlored pupils. Ex-Governor Merrill of Towa, who went to California less than two years ago, is said to be several times a millionaire already, his land and mining speculations having all been successful. The Countess de Chnmhurn, one of the leaders of French sogfoty, gives novel recep- tions. The guests gre first conducted toa private chapel, and, after a short prayer by the chaplain, a sacred concert is performed by the organ choir. Charles Dickens says that he has noted one peculiar thing in this country. ‘‘Your people,” he recentld remarked to an Ameri- can, ‘‘are surprisingly familiar with English history and literature, but I cannot say the same for their own. Senator Palmer of Michigan, not long ago sont a special envoyto Asia to purchase Arabian horses. Mr. Palmer is in receipt of a letter from his emmissary dated at Jerusa- lem which says that the sultan has issued a firman prohibiting further exportations of Arabian horsen. Senator Palmer has laid his case before Congressman S. S. Cox, who will try to get the Michigan statesman out of his dilomma. ——— Send for John L. New Yorl World. It is now rumored that a glove trust is in process of formatton, It ought tobe ‘‘knocked out” without gloves. e Bland To Blame. St. Louis Republican, Tt will soon be time for $he Fiftieth con- gress to hegin justifying its existence, It will be no light task, either. ——— Good for the Boneyard. New York Herald, The Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals should have an eyeon the ‘‘bulls” of Wall street. They have been badly fed of late and are little more than living skeletons. — News From South Omaba. New York World. Senator Cullom thinks he has discovered 8 way to vindicate the great American hog. Before congress appropriates $200,000 towards making a success of the French centennial exposition, he proposes that the government of France shall remove the em- ‘bargo from our pork produc! —— A Cartholic Bishop on Blaine. The Rev. James O'Connor, Catholic bishop of Omaha, was in Pittsburg the other day, and spoke as follows in regard to Mr. Blaine's letter, says the New York Commercial-Ad- vertiser: *‘I have read the letter carefully, and have come to the conclusion that the document is one of those political dodges we who are not in politics know so little about. Blaine declares his name shall not go before the convention. The guestion arises, will he try to prevent it in case his political friends say he shall be nominated! I really believe that Blaine will yet be the nominee.” B On a Friend. W. J. Florence, Spring gave me a friend, And a true, true love; The summer weént caroling by, And the autumn browned And the water frowned ‘And T set me down to sigh, My friend was false for the sake of gold, Ere the farmer stacked his rye, And my truo lnva changed with the fickle Ere the wmler d\lllod the sky. But the bees are humming, A new spring's coming, And none the worse am I. e STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jotungs. Hastings is getting Moody. ‘Division is again sprouting in Holt cuuxm. e thief from Cheycunune was nabbcd in Sidney last Sunday. The Fremont Tribune is out for a third term for Congressman Dorsey. Down in Plattsmouth they say that C.. B, & Q. stands for ‘‘Come, l{oys & it %om.rice offers big money, 850,000, for an extension of the Rock lsland road to Omaha. Falls City has sold her waterworks bouds to Spitzer ‘& Co., of “oledo. Work on the plant will begin ths month, The Grand Tsland Independent. has issued an {llustrated, historical and sta- tistical edition Snr the enlightenment of investors and intending settlers, The newspapers of Nebraska City have decided to plant a grove of chest- nut trees in the new park. They pro« pose to have all modern conveniéneel, ‘Theron M. Blakely has retired from the Madison Chronicle. Mr. Blakely is one of the thorough typos who rattled the boxes in Omaha in the early seven- ties. Droken Bow is trembling in the whirlpool of a revival. If the boomers of the hereafter could be induced to give Valentine a warm turning, the :;nte weuld reach the pinacl®of perfec- on. Nebraska City expects to gathera large measure of taxes from the new bridge, for the reason that the changes in the channel of the river places the entire structure on Nebraska soil. Speaking of the collapse of the north ern railroad the Yankton Press says: In Omuha there appears to be a com- bination which is preying upon the pub- lic. If it succeeds in preventing Omaha from sccuring the trade of this section it will give to all its future a fatal stroke. This is Omaha’s opportunity. In twelve months the op‘)orlunll_v will have passed out of reach.” lowa Items. Tama county has a surplus of wolves. Clinton claims a population of 16,040, Vinton is offered a system of water works at a rental of $2,500 a year. Articles of incorporation have been filed of the Red Oak Importing and Live Stock association, with a capital stock of $10,000. O Abner Atherton. a prosperous and re- spected farmer of ]rvw Sharon, was found dead in his stable Saturday after- noon. It is supposed he died of heart disease. Dakota. i Spink county has three broom factor- es. The Dakota Mutual Insurance com- pany of Huron has turned up its toes. The business men of Ashton admin- istered a coat of tar and feath- ers to a Dr. Frank Oulton for slandering and insullingrtlw respectable women of that place. To uvoid a repetition he departed. John Q. Gould, while digging a well on his farm’ five miles from Redfield struck coal. A trial proves that it burns freec and is of good quality. Steps will be taken to organize a company for mining purposes. R. E. Grimshaw, of Deadwood, has secured a patent on a device, which, when attached to a telephone, registers a call. Like all useful contrivances, it is very simple, consisting of a lever at- tached to a bell, the vibration of which drops a small signal. A Russian living in Bon Homme county lost his wife in the storm of Jan- 12. Undismayed, he buried her as quickly as possible, and_on February 11 took unto his bed and board another damsel to love, cherish and protect until the blizzards part. The first shipment of about five thous- and pounds of tin concentrates from the Tin Mountain mill was made last week. The tin was consigned to the owners of the Tin Mountain property in Chicago, where it will be smelted, preparatory to being placed on the market. The gignt artesian well at the pressed brick vnr s, which is soon to be em- plo)e in l{ghtlng Yankton by elec- tricity, has safely ppssed through the long, cold winter, and is just as biga thing as ever. Itspouts just as much water and the roar of the stream is just as loud as ever. The Elkhorn surveyors, who have been engaged in the survey of branch lines from Buffalo Gap to the outlying gwne quarries, have completed a sur- of the line to the Itulian marble % rries, about nine miles northwest of uffalo Gap, and returned to Buffalo Gap, from which place they will survey a line to the Elm creck stone quarries, situate about four miles in a westerly direction from that point. — District Court. A NEW ATTORNEY. Edmund George McGilton was sworn in as anidmber of the Omaha bar yesterday by Judge Groft. COCTIRANE'S PLEA. Dennis Cochrane was arraigned yes- terday before Judge Groff charged with larceny from person. He pleaded not guilty, and th court appoinited an attorucy to [ofend im, M'GUIRE AND SMITH. Jack McGuire and Hermann Smith pleaded not guilty to the charge of larceny frowm per- :fin, and an attorney was appointed to defend em. MITTMAN ARRAIGNED, After the information, charging Hermann Mittman with manslaughter was read to the prisoner, Judge Groff said : “g’r;fimwr what is you plea, guilty or not 8ul ‘Mittman looked the judge square in the face, and replied, “Nicht ploase guilty.” His attorney, Mr. Burnham, eoxplained to the court that his client pleaded not guilty. Yesterday ul’wrno«m Sheriff Coburn issued a spacial venire of thirty jurymen, and the drawing will begin this morning when 1t is expected that from the number twelve men acceptable to the state and defendant can be selected, i s = OLSON'S SLAYER, X\'lllmm Ferguson, who shot and instantly kifled Olie Olson in Mnllhfiomm) & Adams' saloon, on the night of February 15, was next arraigned. . The information’ charging him with murder in the first degree wus read to him. He did not flinch, but looked intently at the sssistant county attorney until the readiug of the document was fu- ished. “‘Prisoner, what say you—guilty or not guilty?” asked the court. “Not guilty,” was the prompt reply. Ve you any means to eumploy council?? ir. isoner then handed the judge a slip of paper and said that he would like to 0 attorneys whose names were written th 1 appointed to defend him. Judge Groff consented and appointed Messrs. Ma- honey and Du! Edward Ainscow’s suit against the city to recover for damages done -his property through public improvements was com- menced before Judge Doane yesterday after- noon, A SPECIAL VENIRE. p A special venire of eighteen jurymen from which to select twelve men in the eivil action of Cyrus Steele ys Fritz Ruhe to be tried in the district court was ordered yesterday. AN ARCHITECT'S PAY. The trustecs of Brownell Hali were boaten in the suit of Architect Darrow for services rendered. The juty were out about three hours and returned a verdict for plaintiff of $2,306.57, the full amount claimed. County Court. JUDGMENT RENDERED, S. P. Morse was granted a judgment in the sum of #3,505 against H. E. Cox by Judge Shields yesterday. RESTORATION OF PREMISES. Thomas Erickson yesterday brought suit against W. D. Clark to recover possession of his premises on Farpam street. It seems that Clark reuted the storo some time ago ostensibly for his own use, but instead it ap- pears that it was for the purpose of specula- tion. He rented the premises to W. P Sturgis, who in turn leased them to C. S, Guyer, Who next turnod them over to A. A. Brinbaker, who finally trausferred them to S. L. Gordon, m present occupant. The evidence adduged showed couclusively that Clark has \) sed his contract with Erick- son, who wab agaln given full possession with power to rent the place to whowm he secs fit. SUED BY BMITH. Neil Smith yesterday brought suit against . . Nm le & Co. to recover £1,000 due on nu-ut or furnishing u-lngr-ph poles. Police Coure. Vagrgnts—Allen Henderson, 80 days, sen- tence sudpended, and 1\llc-u escorted across the river; Mike Horrigan, afllicted with the snakes, sent out of the town; Henry Miller, 1day; M. Munday, 2 days; John Gleason, continued. Drunk and Disorderly--Joe Moore, $1 and costs; Joseph Costello, $8 and costs; John Moore, Belle Banks and Charles Sampson, discharged. . Suspicious Characters—James Ryan, b tason Loftus, discharged, on and John Speitel, bartend- s hall, were arrested Tuesday ling beer after 12 o'clock. Rossen ' pleaded was fined $100 and costs. not guilty and demanddd a ju take ~place ths afternoon, .In his pleading Speitel admitted that he sold beer after 12 o'clock, “but," he continued, “Iam only a bartender, judge, and Kessler pays me §3a_ night, and Ican't afford to pay a fine. You must fine the owner of the bar and not me.” Clarence Peterson, Alfred Tobbs and Grif Humphry, three boys, were _arrested charged with stealing o set of harness from Collins Jordan, Twenty-ninth and Cam ing streets. They biad cut ‘the harness up and fitted it to a pair of goats owned by the Humphry lad. They were arraigned in the morning, but pleading not guilty, their trial was fixed for th afternoon. They were relensed on their own recognizance In the sum of 0 cach. John Gleason, an old suspoct and a man who recently served a prolonged term in jail for larceny, and who has been run in time and again a8 0 vag, was again arrested y terday as a loiterer and suspicious char ter. He [l)l(‘lld(?d not guilty and asked for jury trial, avhich privilege was granted, Gleason, who is a keen, shrewd fellow,claims that he is being persecuted by the police and dares not show his face on the stroet for foar of arrest. He says upon his release from juil he took an oath to lead u straightforward and upright life henceforth and forever, but that the guardians of the law scem determined he shall go back to his old ways. —Recently he has been expounding the gospel at the mis- sion school on Tenth street’ between Capitol avenue and Dodge st , and has been a regular attendant at the s vices at the Y. M. C. A. rooms, and been conducting himself otherwise as a christian and a gentieman, The Y. M. C. A. have taken much interest in the man,and a delega- tion of this body was at the jail this marning in the interests of their ward. They declare that he is neither a vagrant nor a suspicious character, and must be justly treated or y’ll know the reason why. The tral occupied about two hours, but the jury faile to agree, and Gleason was released on bond to apper next Tuesday. THE ROLL OF HONOR. Those Who Have Recognized Coarage and Devotion. The Bee will acknowledge all contribu- tions through these columns. All lista re- ceived, unless otherwise directed, will be &xbllshed in full with the name of every con- ibutor. 'hese lists will be published as w&n a(ur their receipt as space will per- mit? ors at Kessle guilty and Spoitel pleaded trial, 1t will TRE KEARNEY LIST, KrArNEY, Neb., Feb, 24—To the Editor of the Beg: I enclosé the fnllowlnx contribution which I have collected at my place of busi- ness and desire that it be divided_ equall twean Miss Loie Royce and Miss Lena Woeb- becke. R. R. Greer. R. Greer. Shur.. F. Flahert )( Grimos. Risdon. g ) L - - ETSEET R. T, AL D. M. BM HVQVCII.I L -4 R T EETTEEHOZ 3> " Bodi HHOHO! e = 5 2 HRESRENSRKRERITTSZ 5! =§‘§ BERZE & 3 R ZO! - ;fi=°- o ERRRIRRE =i Y.J Carpenter. . L. G. Van Den- - - KIRTSHRSVD TRRRRER SSSINSTTTTSTTRTTSEI2S2HT ,_s,‘«?i‘??: RE-ROTEC =>r i ok H. annlng Chas. Abraham- son 8 EZSTTST STTRSTESHIW G'w Ellis. H. Hoberson.. Kinnda o Wolgs TRAVELING MEN, M, P. Mauritins, cago s Lincolu... .. T. 3. Hooker, | (o) OEFEENOIIeRNOLD - - SSESS§ =1 Chif- ] W.H. , 8t. Joe H. C. Cloyes, Chi- PAPILLION LIST, Members of Dahlgron post and citizens of Papillion give the amount opposite our names for the benefit of Miss Etta Shattuck: 100 S - ., §) Ulr;nnn o b "L Treland. .. ZEHZSERTSTTSSRSEE Joln Spaob l N. Sewell. 0| W - 2K2888E:; Chas. Buttercut. , Mary Harmsen. F. C. Bteoch AL H, Fr M. It. Brown Garrett Cotter.. 0 dosso WeIghL. EBKRE; l’n yne. . Thom muuu um';.er 50 conta (814.35) the amount contributed by the pupils and teachers of our public schools for Miss Roye M. R. SNODGIASS. YO LITTLE GIILS. BATTLE Creek, Neb., Feb. 24.—To the Ed- itor of the Bek; ' We two littie girls fecling very sorry for the sad misfortune which has made poor little Lena Webbecke a eripple for life, have trica to put our sorrow for her in shape that would do the most good, and by going among our schoolmates we have # to send to you for the Lena Woebbecke fun Josie Avery. .. # 10/Hertie Baker Lenora Barnes. . Traveling men. . Lillie Richardson. 25 Mazie Peaks .. .. Freddie Hoover, r‘l‘"“""h Hunl“uul. bl _ery....... = Bosaatlon & Hal Birdie uu Lee Oshorn, 10.C nrlu Youn, 10 Nellie O'Nedll . 3/Clark Hoove b Laile Guaarian B Willle Ulllllll’llll 10101116 Waters. 60lile Roberts 1M Hughes. . . 10/ Willie Tirohtonen, B Minnle Zimmer: 15 man ... 10 Willie Barnes 1/Tillie Gardel Lee Dughe Mulard Barnes. Freddie Brechler., SZomE Sala l - s Joste AvEry. LENOKA BARNES. COUNCIL BLUFPS. Two little Council Bluffs Misses, Wajter aud Nina Swanson, spont a portion of a tibli- day in gathering up money for the Lenn Woebbecke fund. ‘They brought in their (hun;& and placed It on’ the. counter of the Bee office, saying: ‘“We want this to go to that little orphan’ who was frozen so badly.” On being countod there proved w\nllllfl. The {olln\vmu’ are the contributors: rl . Marks ....8 1 . Linan..... r \l l‘ul(llul J ol J. 1. Fol Cash, Joe Howarth . Leibold .4 H‘nllk‘l Hesse . ln Total . KUTTON, .\xn. LIST, Collected by H\fll' Mnull Mollyneaux : Wl Fiver 8100 T Mallyean Stowart 2/Ed Richison Geo. Mitchell Theo Wentz Lou Wentz 2D, MeDonald. 1 ¥ (W, W, Weeden. . i ‘i A, Kleinschmitt Juhul\llllflu! § Dinsmore McNaul tenter. . (h~n W. King.. Bishop.. Coali. . 1. Buchm A'Friend . . L. Smolise Barney Will Wwm. Gro C. Merrill.. Tusty Ciark F. Vanduzen R. G. Brown A. L. 1. 1. Vrll(hlllbllnx M Clark A PENNY (¢ M Roby Kincald, Bessle Kincals Charley Kinca Willie Dohanna Edna Buri F. F.Johnston Mary Sullivan Cash Me. Every pergon is own affairs, and if this meets the eye of any one who is suffering from the effects of a torpid liver, we will admit that he is interested in getting well. Get a bottle of Prickly fixh Bitters, use it as directed, and you will always be glad you read this item. —_——— Mr. Andrew Ruby, a Lake street resi- dent, was assulted on his way home Sun- day night by a couple of soldiers, and pretty badly used up. He sustatned a broken jaw from lhu stroke of billy in the hands of one of the glue-coats, and an ugly burt in the stomach from a kick by tiho other. No arrests have been made. Gonstitutional Catarrh, No single disease has entailed more suffering or hastened the breaking up of the constitution than Catarth. Tho sense of smell, of taste, of sight, of hearing, the human voice, the mind— one or more, nn lomallmel all, yl nm Itl do- throughout the ly-um att n every m.l and breaks up the most rol l:c“ of constitu Tinored, boause but littie unders physicians, impotentl Ilnullad % m-rlnuns. those wuffering from it hive umg hope to be relieved of it this llde of the grave. 1t is time then. that the popular nt of this terrible disease b anadlul within the roach of all passed into Nands af tent and trustworthy., The ne ul\tfied method adopted by Dr. ition of his RADICAL CURE had won rty a) pro\'ll of thousands. ll ln‘llll& n\ll“l’li & l““ef 1 All h snut obstru Fomovas o most opprosrive . ing the head, swectiug the m !anultgl lml!ll' l?‘ale nd nu {rinis the constutional w‘i‘t the lungs, liver and l!d oy8, SANFORD'S RADICAL CURE cuuxlnu of one bot~ mz‘.'t tle of the I(Amcr, OURE, one box of CATARRH- AL SOLVENT, and IMPROVED INHALER, price, $1, Porrer DRUG & CHEMICAL Q0. osToN. IN ONE MINUTE THE CUTICW) \ ANTI-PAIN PLASTER relieves hn 9 matc, Bclatlc, Sudden, Shar Nervous l’lllu Btraing and ness. Tho first and only pa in-killing SRR perfect, new, original, nxmmu\nmulln lnlajll l it Sl R Ere O enkness all drugglsts Rjc; five postage free of POTTAL DBUG AND ktikl C0., Boston, Mass. D PHTHERIA, MEASL! CARLET FEVER, and other zymotic diseases lurk in the atmosphere and hover over every xwuu- hold at this season of the year when thord ventilation s {mpractical on account of severity of the weather. Frequent tummflonol apartments with Seabury’s Hydronaph- thol Pastllles purities the atmosphere, deo- stroys disease germs, and thoroughly disinfects all carpets, bedding and drapery while impart. ing a delightful aromatic odor that is not ln]u- rious to silver, brass or other metals. closets, attics, &c., should be made hunn burning thereln Seabury's Sulphur Candles, which are pure, cleanly and safo. For the tollet, bath, lavatory and Sllrufl. Sea- bury’s Hydronaphthol 8oap should be used exclusively. ¥ Don't forget Benson's Plaster for aches and pains. €4 Nebraska National Bank U, 8. D!POSITO]!Y. OKAE;.Q L Paid Up Ggpital, ' - Surplus, - 60,000_ H. W, YAtk Prosident, HoemApIN P Vico Brostdent G ‘”""'\3\'/"“ Huuurs, Cashior, I!unklm( Offige— HE IRON BANK, 12th and Farnam Sts. A Gene) i isunking Business Transacted. n Ying sacoess. 1HRELY Iain_senled pack: on receipt of §1 per box or i for &, BIX BOXEK TOOURE ANY cASE. With ench Order coived for siX boxes accompanied by #, we the purchaser our rr\!un fusrantos JH.:?'K 4 A 0 trontm: foon o Pamphiet free. LONDON MEDICINE AGENOY, lm Cherry St., Kausas City, Mo, JOSEPH CILLOTTS STEEL PENS GOLD MEDAL PARIS EXPOSITION 1878, Nos, 303-404-170-604, THE M0ST PERFECT OF PENS. DREXEL & MAUL, (Buccessors to John G. Jaoobs.) Undertakers & Embalmers. tthe tand; 1407 Faruam St. Orders by teles . Avtie g ap el Orien 3T fae ‘eleplione No, fucd nt by matlina