Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 7, 1888, Page 4

4 'THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED KVERY MORNING. TERMS OF nvmnnrrmn lhny mrn—mnx P,dmnn\ including Sunday "o w Thi 1] E "1-- Sunday dress, One Year.. nomr n!vlunn'lnFAlluAlH"lln O Y 315! RoOMS 14 IR, AND Ib'l'nlm'lll Dlm.mm ASHINGTON OFFICE, . 513 FOURTEENTH CORRESPONDENCE. o tons relating to news and edi. P nttor should be addressed to the KDITOR ©OF THN Basn. LRTTERS. s o ;:,nnl!hnnl honid ba LASHING COMPANY, OMAHA. Dl'ln’n. i, IM.' toffice orders to S mado pryabis to thebrder”of the company. The Bee Publishing Company. Proprictors W E. ROSEWATER, Editor. THE DAILY BEK. Sworn Statement of Ciroculation. Btate of Nehn-n. a8 ‘ounty of Geo. i, T \.cp Secrotary com| Imnl swear that the ln cireul uym of the Daily for the week "{ H‘n‘h klfl. ‘was as follows: nday, | o, 3 y, Fob. ot The Bee Pub- Eworn to and subscribed in m . el oy of Macch, . Dy 188; Btate of Nebras! 3‘"’"1{ '-'I!z?e"fl’nclm Betne rst doly swors. e gotenana secretary of The Hee 31'!. "x‘n'-‘u"‘n’su"?&‘a'm'm"fi ""V"”“""fi‘h. u'Lan enp‘e.i‘ for April, for ‘fl‘nq e, 1041 coples: s?t%‘:u':h e, T m #8; for November, Doe-lber. 1867, ‘lb.m Fhruicy, das, m,u?a'i' Copies: “"“K. Sworn and subscribed u- in mprnwnrn this 84 day of February, A. D, 1888, P\lb"l.lc —_— REPRFSENTATIVE DORSEY ‘does not want the Omaha Republican. Who does? [, THE vote of the board of education on the Kelley resolution was six to six. In consequence, We, Us & Co. are at sixes and sevens. JONES, of Nebraska, has secured a sugar plum from Grover in the shape of a land office appointment at, Neligh. If anybody knows who Jones is, he has the advantage of us. ————— THE council ordinance requiring sub- stantial stone sidewalks in the business district of the city should be rigidly en- forced on property owners assoon as.the ‘building season opens. OMAHA sportsmen who are dying to o bag game have had a good example set before them. Bird shot never was ex- pended in a better cause than in bring- fog down burglarious night-hawks. THERE is every indication that the Joint committee from the house and senate will report favorably in giving Omaha the #500,000 which the house committee recommended for the site of the proposed public building. — ‘THIS being a presidential year candi- dates for state office are brushing their plumes earlier than usual. Colorado is one of the first states to take the lead in trotting out its available stock. Ex- Governor Eaton is rveported to be squarely in the race for governor, and H. H. Eddy s to be sent to congress. E——— THE influence of Grevy was not suffi- cient to shield M. Daniel Wilson from conviction for fraud in obtaining honor- able decorations. Old mother-in-law France has had so mueh experience in dealing with fractious kings and dicta- tors that she thinks nothing of laying kands on an ex-president’s son-in-law. S — PHILADELPHIA bakers have used chrome yellow in making cakes and buns, and in consequence ten deaths have ocourred among those who ate the buns. The careless bakers may now Join hands with the absent-minded drug clerk. Between them and the toy-pistol the juvenile population of cities is en- dangered. CESE— SOME idea of the amount ‘of talking that will be done in congress on the ‘ tariff may be obtained fromthe fact that more than fifty members of the house have put their names on the speaker’s list for speeches. Tt is believed that tully one hundred speeches will be made on this subject before the middle of May, and nine-tenths of theso will be varefully prepared. T at Wakefleld, Neb., desires to know if the inter-state eommerce law compels railroad com- panies to give ten days, notice to the public before they can advance freight ®ates. Section six of the law provides: *No advance shall be made in the rates, Bares and charges which have been established and published as aforesaid by any common carrier, in compliance with the requirements of this sec- Sion, except after ten days’ public motice, which shall plainly state She changes proposed to be made in the schedule then 1n force, and the time when the increased rates, fares and charges will go into effect; and the pro- posed changes shall be shown by print- ing new schedules, or shall be plainly indicated upon the schedvles in foree at the time and kept for publ.c inspection.” — THE New York ZWmes has printed a fac simile of an agrecement made by S. V. White, a congressman from New York, in which, for a consideration, he binds himself on demand to pay at any time within sixty days 49 per cent of their face value for 100 shares of Union Pacific railroad stock. Here is the spectacle of a congressman gambling in ‘Wall street who will lose money if the price of Union Pacific stock fally below 49. Bills are now'pending in congress * which will affect the price of Union Pa- cific, and Mr. White has a vote in his hands ecither to raise or depress the price of Union Pacific stock on the mar- ket. The questions naturally arise, How far will Mr., White's private inter- ests influence his public vote? How many other congressmen and senators are trying to reconcile a Dr. Jekell and Mr. Hyde personality in the halls of songresa? The Substitute for Postal hl-.nm Senator Spooner of Wisconsin has at 1ast succeeded in having reported to the senate his bill providing for the rogulation of inter-state telegraphy by the inter-state commerce commission, a device to avoid disturbing the rule of the existing telegraph monopoly. Spooner is one of those patriots who fear that the government of the United States will become more power- ful than any corporate monopoly within its domain. He would rather trust Jay Gould with the autocratio con- trol of the vital arteries of commercial activity than trust that power with a sovereign mation, acting through its re- sponsible agents, Having witnessed the force of inves- tigating the operationsof the telegraph system by taking Dr. Green’s version of the methods of business over the pres- ent lines, and having heard the remon- strances against postal telegraphy pro- cured by Western Union cmployes, Mr. Spooner has blossomed out as a reformer by recommending, as a substitute for postal telegraphy, a bill to place the telegraph under the control of the inter- state commission. This is about what might have been expected from that quarter. Commissions have always been the last refuge ot cor- porate mopopolies, whenever they found themselves forced to make concessions. To put the tele- graph system of the country under the supervision of the national railroad commission would be a stupendous farce. The commission has already more than its hands full in regulating the rail- roads. In fact, the commission has not been able to cover, a tithe of the terri- tory which it is expected to supervise, and thousands of complaints necessarily have been pigeon-holed for want of time to give them attention. To add to its cnmplex duties’ the regulation of telegraph carriers would simply over- whelm the board with work which it is not competent to perform, and to which it could devote no time without neg- lecting the business for which it was created. As between regulating railroads and the telegraph there isa wide difference. The only point in which both systems are analagous is fictitious capitalization. Telegraph companies, like the railroads, exact fixed charges from their patrons upon millions of watered stocks that uiave no better basis than the enormi- ties porpetrated by construction com- panies. Any attempt to regulate tele- graph tolls on the basis of the re- strictions of the inter-state commerce law would be like applying the yard measure to a commodity that is sold by weight. The actual expense for trans- mitting a message from Washington to San Francisco is no greater than it is to send the same message from Washing- ton to Baltimore. Distznce, which is the controlling factor in railroad trans- portation, plays an insignificant part in computing the cost of transmission by telegraph. One operator stationed at each end of the line can transmit ‘messages just as readily over a circuit of 3,000 miles a8 they can over a circuit of ten miles. The cost of generating electricity is but & trifle in computing the operating expense of a telegraph line. The tolls are therefore not to be gauged by distance or cost of re-hand- ling, a8 it would be on a railroad. The inter-state commission, when organized, was selected with reference to railrond control. Its members have no practical experience in the telegraph service, and nobody who lacks that experience is competent to supervise the manage- ment of the telegraph system. Some of the Objections to 1t The objections to the new tariff hill which develop as the public discussion of that measure progrosses are found to be numerous and important, and by no means confined to those from whom op- position was expected. For example, a democratic organ of New York says of the bill that it will not receive the un- qualified approval of revenue reformers, for the reason that ‘it is the result of compromises which have been carried further than can be Yustified.” That journal regards it as unfortunate that iron ore and coal were not put on the free list, characterizing the duties on these articles . as “‘the most tyran- nical and unjust of the taxes.” The fact that Congressman Scott, of Pennsylvania, whose coal in- terests are very extensive, is a mem- ber of the ways and means committee,is naturally suggested as explaining the retention of the coal duty, while defer- ence to the feelings of Alabama, Ten- nessee, Georgia and West Virginia is held to account for non-interference with iron ore and the generally light hand laid on iron and its products. An- other evidence that local interests had a considerable influence with the ma- jority of the committee is pointed out in the leniency shown in dealing with the duties on sugar and rice. Never- theless the Louisiann planters are re- ported not to be satisfied with the con- sideration shown them in the bill, and the Carolina rice growers are expected to speak with no uncertain voice re- garding the proposed reduction, slight though it is, of the duty on their pro- duct. In putting certain sorts of timber on the free list this feature of the bill is already encountering vigorous opposi- tion from Alabama, whose timber pro- duction is one of the most important in- dustries of the state. This interest will undoubtedly join hands with thav of the northwest in opposing the free timber provision of the bill. The democrats from the wool growing-states are almost unanimously counted against the bill, and there is democraticopposition, also, to the reductions proposed on glass and pottery. No serious opposition was ex- pected from the woolen manufacturers, but petitions have been received in Washington, signed by nearly all of these manufacturers in the coun- try, stating that they are opposed to putting wool on the free list and pre- fer to take the chances as they are un- der the general protective system. So far as tae republican revenue reformers are- concerned those whose opinions have been sought find suficient objec- tions in the bill to make their opposi- tion certain. Thus, Nelson, of Minne- sota, thinks the farmers should have been considered to the extent of some slight tarif? on wool and a greator reduc- tion made on woolen goods, while his ocolleague, Mr, Lind, has this fault to find with the measure and the further one that it jeopardizés the flax seed and oll interest of his district, which isa very important one to the farmers he represents, as it is indeed to a very large number of farmers of the north- ern states and territories. Such are some of.the objections urged against the new tariff bill, and it must be granted that they are not unim- portant. A candid examination of the measure shows that it would not accom- plish all that is desirable toward remov- ing the inequalities under the existing tariff, and that the benefits it promises to the great fArming interest of the country, would be very mearly if nét wholly offset by removing the protection that interest now hason certain com- modities proposed to be placed oun the free list. The bill unquestionably has commendable features, but there are many that cannot be commended from “‘a broad and national contamplation” of the subject, and these will undoubtedly be fatal to it. — The S8ong of Harmony. ‘Why should there be discord if hoth hoa- estly work for tho welfare of the city? If, &8 the Ber asserts, two-thirds of the members of the Union clubare members of the board of trade. the utmost harmony should prevail between the two bodies. The neglect of cer- tain interests of the city, more especially its manufactures, by the board of trade, made the Union cluba necessity. The Republican belioves that the organization of the latter will add something more than ts own weight to the effort in behalf of the city. It will arouse the board of trade to action, A little rivalry is sometimes a good thing, when ‘bodies are working to the same end.—Repub- lican. So the club had become a necessity because the board of trade hasneglected the city’s interests! There is to be no rivalry, of course, but the board is snubbed and insulted at the very outset by being taunted with indifference toward industries which the club pro- poses to foster and stimulate. In other words the two hundred and twenty odd merchants and manufacturers who constitute the board of trade are politely informed that they as a body have to give way to another organization, which proposes hereafter to take su- preme direction of all matters affecting the industrial and commercial growth of Omaha. This rivalry will, of course, be good natured just as it always has been, when bodies are working to the same end, for instance when the lamb that worked in harmony with the lion found its way into the capacious stomach of the king of beasts. THE report that Mr. Chauncey 1. Fil- ley, of St. Louis, is making himself con- spicuous in promoting the candidacy of Senator Sherman, cannot be encourag- ing to the sincere friends of the senator who may be familiar with the political history of Filley. Itismore thanlikely that this small-bore politician is seek- ing to identify himself with the cause of Senator Sherman without the invita- tion or approval of the senator,and if so his self-imposed efforts should be known for just what they are and mean. It can be said with absolute certainty that Senator Sherman could make no greater mistake than to form any sort of an alliance with Filley or men of his class and calibre. MR. RANDALL is receiving some warnings from the democratic organs that he must not obstruct tariff reform 1n the house unless he is prepared’ to be kicked out of the party. Mr. Ran- dall has heard so much of this sort of talk that it has lost its influence upon him, if it ever had any. There was a great deal of it before the present house was organized, but Randall ‘‘got there just the same.” He will undoubtedly be found occupying pretty much the same attitude that he did in the last congress, with the probable result of defeating tariff reform according to the views of the democratic majority, and it is safe to say that so long as he remains 1 public life he will continue to wear the democratic label. — THE majority of the ways and means committee yesterday submitted to the full committee the promised bill for re- ducing internal revenue taxation. The measure provides for cutting off $20,- 000,%0 of revenue by repealing certain taxes on tobacco, and $5,000,000 by the removal of special taxes on spirits. On the assumption that the tariff bill sub- mitted would veduce the revenue to the amount estimated by its framers, that with the removal of internal taxes pro- vided forin the bill submitted yester- day would effect a total reduction of $78,000,000. It would perhaps not be expedient to cut down the revenues to a larger amount for the present. BiLLY KELLEY, who delights in play- ing cat's paw to the council bellwether, introduced a resolution drawn by Has- call in the board of education to recall the money paid into the city hall fund. Kelley knows jnst as well as anybody that the money has been expended in the construction of the city hall basement, and he ought to know enough to know that the eouncil is not in condition to refund, but he is willing to play capper for Hascall in order to divert public attention from jobs and schemes, of plundér by keeping up the racket alout the city hall. S e — THE proposed sale of several school houses which the board of education has ordered at its last meeting may be proper enough, but we doubt whether this is the time for throwing these lots and buildings on the market. Unless the board can dispose of them at full value it would be poor policy to sell. The board has been voted ample funds for new school buildings and it cer- tainly is not pressed for money to meet necessary expenses of maintaining the public schools this year. To sacrifice public sehool property when the real estate market is dull would be inexcus- able, to say the least, ——— Axotugg dividend has been declared by the Omaha cooking school. This time it consisted of half a dozen mince pies, which were devoured with to by the board of education. ery member declared these pies to taste as (nol a8 any mother used to bake. Ht. Copeland, the father of the public school pio bakery, was proud of his moble work, and the taxpayers feel that 83,000 or $4,000 a year is not too much for this luxury. Please pass the pic. THE FIELD INDUSTRY. The new consolid: atural gas company of Wheeling has twenty-cight good wells,and two twelve-inch mains jeading to Wheeling and Bellaire. 1t Is said that enough Bessemer ore has al- ready been located in this country to supply its wants for 100 ycars/and more 18 being found every mongh. ‘The problem of obtaining electric energy from carbon without heat is quite an interest- ing subject for occasional discussion among electrical engineers. The Scotch miners have asked for an ad- vance of 12 cents a day, and at two coal re- gions a strike was averted by the granting of a 12 per cent advance. The Massachusetts labor commissioners are watching the empldyment of child labor with extreme care, The public school sys- tem has suffered by factory industry, and it is now proposed to correct this evil. ‘Wonderful progress is being made by the manufacturers of textile machinery, in the New England states particularly, and pre- dictions have been made by good judges of machinery that some of it will soon be wanted abroad. Manufacturers are in less need of money now than for scveral months past. One reason for this is that they are looking more carefully after their credits and not selling as many goods on long '.lme as they did formerly. At Birmingham, Ala., the real estate craze has ended, and many spefilators have been mulcted. Nevertheless, enterprises are busy and new ones are talked of. Additional min- eral lands are being discovered throughout the state. A Pittsburg foundry made 2,000 canons and thirty thirteen inch mortars for the United States during the war, These thirty mortars threw 10,000 tons of cast iron into Vicksburg. Each mortar weighed eight and one-half tons. An invention has been introduced in Eng- lish mills by which plate and shect iron can be rolled perfectly level and save rerolling for that purpose. It is very valuable for sheet iron, which rolls crooked despite the best workmanship. Several syndicates are now laying their plans in eastern cities to stimulate immigra- tion of a most desirable sort, none being wanted but those having money to buy and pay for land, and who will live on it until it shall be productive. Some Milwaukee (Wis.) horscshoers have gone out because their employer wanted them to work on machine-made shoes. They have been receiving §3 at the fire and $2.75 on the floor. The H®rseshoerss’ union has 40,000 members, and a fund of §20,000. A list of the names of thirty-five saloon- keepers who sell boycotted Milwaukee beer in New York, has been furnished by the Journeymen Brewers' union to the Central Labor union, and the secretary of the union will send copies of lt Lo,all.'..hfl labor organiza- tions. A large number of union cigarmakers, of New York, have formed the Internal Rev- enve Abolition league, through whicn to agi- tate the removal of the tax on cigars. Presi- dent Strassar, of the International Cigar- makers' union, says they imust not take part in any such agitation, Business prospects ave looking up a little thronghout New England. In spite of ali that has been said about dullness the list of new mills and extensions during the past six months is quite a lengthy one. At the same time a large number of mills are working short time and some are harging hands, s Let Them Try a Knock-Out. Boston Globe. Indiana can't stand two favorite sons. Gresham and Harrison must necessarily kill each other off, and both seem to be in a hurry to do it. e Fun Just the Same. Cincinnati Enquirer. At the St. Louis convention of 1876 they had splendid fireworks. At the St. Louis convention of 1888 there will be danger of dynamite. —_—— Uses the Big D Minneapolis Tritune. Kansas City will have to invent some way of showing a gain in her bank clearings or cease publishing them. The constant pound- ings on the ‘‘decrease’ sidoof the table will ‘wear out our cap. D' el The Devil is Dead. Chicago Inter Ocean. Citizen Train, who has been living in re- tirement in snow-bound Canada, announces that “the devil is dead and the fires of hell extinguished.” This, like most of his procla- mations, is premature. A Growing Conviction. Mail and Express, There is a growing unanimity of republi- can ¢ tion ‘that the party has reached a crisis in its history and destiny, when the national convention should be a deliberative and representative vody, containing the ablest leaders who can be induced to serve as delegates and utterly unamenable to the con- trol of small politicians, e Hon. C. H. Van Wyck for President. Wymore Reporter, It seemed to be generally conceded that James G. Blaine would be the republican nominee for president in 1858, but his letter declining to be a candidate makes a finality as to that, and the party must select some other man. The Reporter believes that Charles H. Van Wyck, of Nebraska, is the man above all other men for the position, He has been tried and found true as steel. He is not ouly a strong man in the western states, but he would be a strong man in New York, that being his native state, he having been clected and re-elocted to congress from that state. There hasibeen but few, if any, more fearless, outspoken and able statesuien ever occupied a seat In congress than C. H Van Wyck. Let the people of Nebraska see to it that there is a solid delegation sent to the national convention at Chicago in June next for C. H. Van Wyiek for president. e The Fountain of Youth, C. P. Cranch, in Seribme, They soon grow old who grope for gold In marts where all is bought and sold; Who live for self and on some shelf In darkened vaults hoard yp their pelf, nkered and crusted o'er ‘with mould, For them their youth itsel is old. They ne'er grow old who gather gold When spring awakes and flowers unfold ; Where suns arise in joyous skies, Ana fill their souls within their eyes, For them the immortal bards have sung; For them old age itself is young! o . The Cable Line. The Cable Tramway company will begin the operation of their Dodge street line this morning. Six grip cars will be started and it is expected that the company can run & train every seven minutes, The Burlington strike has greatly delayed the re- ceiving of the cars Six cars are now en- route and five more are being built in New York. Superintendent Tucker has engaged a large force of men and this moruing will the real opening day of operation. Mr. Tucker states that the line and all of the machinery are ix first-class couditioa. OAII rm oomn. -.vm fts Committes Confers With Board of Trade Represontatives. Luclus Wells, esq., presiderit of the Coun- cil Bluffs boatd of trade, Messrs. E. L, Shu- gart, F. O. Gleason and Thomas Officer, comprising & committee from the board, Mayor M. F. Rohrer, J. E. Harkness, sec- retary of the stockholders of the proposed Chautauquan ussembly at the Bluffs, and C. R. Allen, L. W. Tulleys, Rev. Mr. Phelps and A. S. Hazelton, representing & commit- tee of the stockholders, mrrived in the city yesterday afternoon and went direct to the Chamber of Commerce with a view of vori- fering with members of the Omaha board of trade and enlist the dollars and suppors of Omaha in the enterprise, The board of trade members were a little tardy in responding to the call, and but a fow ‘were present to receive the visitors, who took advantage of the wait by explaining what has already been done. A site about a mile and half from the Bluffs has been de- cided upon, and the citizens of that place have -lmd{trladgad #20,000, elected officers lnd filed articles of lnoorponuon. About mund- right the in it Otiaha will tendency to subscribe to the stock the poople of Council Bluffs express a willingness to "l:gc l|u additional $10,000 to that already subscr The delegation préesented, when the meet ing was called to order, prlnmd prospectus of what had llreui‘° boen done, and what was proposed done, Mr. Harkness l«hought the enterprise was worthy of the support of Omal and hoped its people would respond with their usual liberahity. At least $100,000 was needed, and it is pro- posed to give an. entertainment the first year that wil second to none in the United States and make a name for the northwest. In response to a remark that the new Chau- l.nllq\ll might interfere gomewhat with the crete, Mr. Harkness assured the meeting that, he did not think it would, on the other hand he thought it wouid be of immediate benefit to Omaha people and business men ghofl( annot go to but would go to the lufts. Mr. Hazelton spoke of the rallroad facilities for reaching the proposed assembly. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and the Chi- cago, Rock Island & Pacific railroads bave tracks running through the grounds, and by the terms of the city charter street car tracks can be laid to them. Mr. Allen exhibited a map of the proposed site, and described its approaches and nat- ural resources. Mr. Iler asked Mr. Harkness if his com- mittee had asked for a site in Omaha that would be as acceptable for the enterprisc as the one selected in the Bluffs, Mr. Harkness answered that the only avail- able place that could be secured was within ten or twelve miles of Omaha, and that not for the same amount of money as that at the Bluffs could be secured for. Besides, those at the Bluffs were much more central, and were easier to access by railroads. Mr. ller intimated that the committee had been misinformed as to available locations not being procurable in Omaha. To disabuse the minds of the committee of this impression he exhibited a chart of sixtyacres lying south of the city, a mile from the board of trade build- ing, accessible by a number of railroads and supplied with every description of natural re- sources, such as living springs, artificial lakes and helvy timber that could be procured. Mr. Harkness said that sixty acres would not be sufficiently large for the assembly, and thut the growth of the city and the develop- ment of South Omaha would crowd up to the site pointed out by Mr. Iler. This was o dis- agreeable feature that the assembly wanted 1o guard against. Mr. Iler replied that South Omaha's enter- prises would in no way interfere with the rmperu and argued that it becoming pow- would benefit the assembly. He said that the owners of the land, the South Omaha Land com- #ny, would lease or sell 1t cheap. Omaha, . Her, good naturedly added, wanted to be treated (ulrly in this matter, and if it was to be asked to subscribe stock it should have a voice in saying where the assembly shall be located. Mayor Broatch spoke in the same strain, Mr. Harkness stated that the assembly was not a dividend paying corporation and was not started in the interests of a real estate boom. Besides, when the matter was first agitated, they didn't think they would have to appeal to Omaha, but now they find that it has outgrown their abilities to handle and they must have support from this city. Mr. Iler remarked that they should have thought of this before they laid out their grounds and formed their corporation. He insisted that Omaha had not been fairly tr(\‘uted, inasmuch as it had not been given a voice, In response to a question from Mayor Broatch as to how much help the assembly expected from Omaha, Mr. Harkness said that at least §100,00 should be raised, but did not stipulate what per cent of this sum should come from this side. At least $50,000 should be subscribed this year. Upon the suggestion of Mayor Broatch the whole subject will be laid before the board of trade at its next meeting, when probably a committee will be appointed to confer with the Council Bluffs represcutatives with the idea of looking over the sites recommended on both sides of the river before any per- manent action is taken. This proposition bein; gfntlamen from the o satisfactory to the luffs, the meeting BENCH AND BAR. District Court. ALLEGED LIBEL, The suit of Robert Ashburn against the Omaha World Publishing company was begun yesterday before Judge Groff. The suit is brought to recover $5,000 damages on the alleged libelous statement printed in the World of June 80, 1836: ‘“The father of two children, whose name is Robert Ashburn, deserted his offspring at their mother's death and is said to be a worthless vagabond."” STILL ON TRIAL. The case of David Van Etten against the city of Omaha to recover $0,287 damages on account of grading is still on trial before Judge Doane and promises to last at least an- other day. * 1IN JUDGE HOPEWELL'S COURT. ‘Tho sealed verdict of the jury who heard the case of Stecle against Fritz and Herman Ruhe for assault, in_which $15,000 damages was asked, was read in Judge Hopewell's court yesterday. The jury found for the plaintiff and assessed the damages at $1,000, BEFORE JUDGE WAKELY. The case of Sloman Hrothers against Kauffman Brothers was begun yesterday HODURG'S JAW. Adolph Hoburg has brought suit in the dis- tict court for 2,600 damages against the Mis- souri Pacific Railroad company. Hoburg re- ceived a broken jaw on the Sth of September last, during the’ fair, by being struck by a passing train. LLIE WANTS TO QUIT, ONellie Danielson petitioned the court yes- terday to dissolve the bonds of wedlock "ex- isting between her and her husband, Lars Danielson. She says they were married in June, 1854, and that in July he deserted and bas llved apart from her ever since. NO1ES. All of the four judges are rery busy and there is every prospect that the February term will be the most notible one ever known in the history of the dis rict. Another criminal trial will commence this morning. It has not yet been given out who is to be arraigned but it will prob- ably be Ferguson, the s'ayer of Olie Olson. County Court. WANTS IS RENT. Thomas Erickson, in his complaint filed with Judge Shiclds yesterday, alleges that William F. Clark is iudebted to him in the sum of $240 for rent, for which amount he asks judgment. Police Court. Vagrants-—John Philips, Oscar Willets, John Brown, Archie Taylor, David F. Gray, Will Huston, John Houck, C. 8. Johnson, James Gallagher, John Malone, William Swanson, Peter Johnson, August Johuson, Henry Hanson, John W. Att, Mike Kinney, J. A. Johnson, Charles Peterson and John Reed, discharged; Frank Doaue, 12 days; E. K. Donahue, 3 days; Oliver Anderson, 3 days, and John Witte, 5 days. Drunk and Disorderly—~James Hallern, $4.50; Thomu Hartley, 1 day; Henry Harvis, discharged Suspiciou: Chuumn—Jnnu Watt, Rich- ard Harris, discharg Thomas Kelley wu lrni‘nad on @ charge on Albert Muek. Ho struck him & blaw with Wik e yur of brass knu knocked veral toeth and cut an ug] chln ‘The affray took place at 3! Ninth and Oak streets, Kelley was fined §52 and costs, and in default went up. 8. M. Saddler was fined §5 and costs for Wpln‘ @ vicious dog and the dog was ordered Muml v evening Charles Kline, Fred John- son and Henrv Mayne were in Robinson's on Thirteenth street, lml Kline picked Johnson's pocket of an old pair of gloves. The latter ported the matter to the bolice station and Kline was arrested. Yesterday he was bound over to the district court in the sum of 2600, and Johnson and Mayne were held as ‘witnesses in the sum of $100 each. Kline is an old oftender, — SBOUTH OMAHA NEWS. Geo. T. Rew, of Silver City, had three cars of cattle on the market. James Connor, of (,onnor Bros., is on the market with a load of hogs. Freight car 1410 Kansas City & Denver is lying on a sidetrack in & badly demoralized condition. Bomethlu struck it. Mrs. W. A. Root has arrived in South Omaha from Beatrice. She will make this oity her future home. South Omaha Odd Fellows met last night and did work in the initiatory degree. There are more odd fellows in South Omaha to-day than there were yesterday. Officer Mose Redmond is reinstated and is doing d\ll.y on the force one more. No charges were preferred against him at the council meotlng last night. ‘The striking engineers have issued a no- tice to the various stockyard and, other en- ineers ukln%htham ‘“not to handle any reight of the Chicago, Burlington & inncy’ ur n sny way to benefit that company." The order went into effect at noon yesterday. Some one will get into trouble if the shanty occupied on N street is not ramoved forth- with. At least the committee on strects and alleys held a secret session yesterday and City Attorney Grice has been writing out legal notices ever since. Fritz Nordenfleld is dead. He had been his own medical adviser for some months, and al- lowed his system to run down, so that whoen his foot was recently amputated, be had not sufficient vitality to recover from the shock. He died last night, aged sixty-four years. South Omaha police are working under a new detaill. The day force is under the charge of Sergeant Dixon and Officer Loony will patrol the west hill. On the night, force Ofticer McMahon will patrol_from Twenty- fourth to Twenty-seventh; John Sexton will have his old beat between the depot and Q street; Al Keenan from Twenty seventh street south and Mose Redmond will look after the territory between Twenty-seventh street and Albright. It may be stated by way of information, that there will be no election for police judge this spring. Judge Reuther was elected for a two years term and unless he wishes to resign he will serve it out. g'he judge won't resign. And now some of the “business men’’ who attended the board of trade meeting Satur- day night object to the report of their meet- ing as It appeared in the Bee. But it is true all the same. South Omaha don’t want a debating club, it don’t want a social club, but it does want an organization that will adver- tise both itself and the advantages offered by the city. To get this it wants the best and most prominent business men to take hold and infuse some of the same life that has made & succoss of their private ventures. into the new board of trade. Tlicreis a wide field to work, and the right kind of men to work it, but when they say the reporters will be barred from attending their meetings they are exceeding their powers and casting a shadow on their methods. If a report is con- sidered necessary readers of the Bee will be furnished with full particulars on Sunday. Electors were out orce to drfk in the eloquence of the city councilmen and size up the chances of themselves or their friends replacing the aforesaid council- men at the next election. Those who were in luck ovcupied chairs, and those who weren't sat on the floor along the wall, and listened. Neither Mayor Savage or Council- man Loeseher were in the city, and someone said “absent” when Councilman Whit- tlesey’s name was called. The rest of the councilmen were on hand. Each had a card on which was marked the order in which business would be transacted, and Council- man Smith, as Chairman, saw that it was adhered to. The first committee to report was a standing committee, appointed to in- vestigate the fc'ullly of the new plat in Sel- by’s addition and they reported favorably. The finance committee reporteA favorably on the bills presented by C. Fitzgerald for £280 and J. J. Mahoney for $35. The petition of ratepayers on Twenty- fourth street asking _for o side- walk was considered favorably, and ordinance 46 referring to streets and al- leys was read for the first time. Theclosing of the streets and alleys 1n the stockyards property was allowed. The city treasurer's report was discussed at length_and referred to the finance committee, and the city at- torney was directed to §frame an ordinance governing house moving within the city lim- ts. Tho police pay roll, salaries and rent, amounting to $506, were submitted and re- ferred to the finance committee, which re- ported favorably. The city mar- shal was instructed to build stops necessary in completing the sidewalks in front of Abram’s building, and charge the same to the owner, and then a discussion en- sued as to the gl‘ldluu of R street. Every- one had something to say about it and l.ho matter was at last put to a vote as to whether it should be referred to a committee or not. One member voted no and the others did not vote at all, which appar- ently brought the meeting to a satisfactory close, as they at once adjourned. Half past nine saw the hall cleared, which was in somewhat marked contrast to the prolonged sessions of two months ago, when the mem- bers seemed to have more time and less to do it in. 3 Pastors' Meeting. At10:30 yesterday morning the ministers of the Methodist churches in Omaha held their regular meetingin the parlors of the Millard hotel. The routine business was transacted. Among other things the following resolution was unanimously adopted: Whereas, The proper authority of our church has transferred our beloved brother :nd presiding elder, J. W. Phelps, therefore, e it Resolyed, That we deplore the necessity of this action, and if of avail would depricate the same. Resolved, That we highly appreciate the efticient services Rev. Phelps has rendered the church and ourselves in his labors in the Omaha district. Resolved, That we assure Brother Phelps of our esteem and love, our prayers for the velfare of himself and family, and express hope that in his new relations he may e a8 broad a field for his eminent abilitics and may be as abundantly blessed in his labors in his new surroundings as he has been among us. Mr. Phelps wili leave Omaha for his Cali- fornia home on the first of April. His sue- cessor has not as yet been appointed, but a careful inquiry among the Mcthodist pastors of this city reveals the fact that the ministers of this district are unanimous in favoring Rev. T. C, Clendening for the place. There is no doubt but what Mr. Clendening will be appointed, and he is regarded by all who know him as & very capable gentleman. S — Sunday Base Ball. At the meeting of the Evangelical alliance atthe Y. M. C. A. roows yesterday after- noon, a report from the committeo appointed to investigate the Sunday base ball question was heard. In thisit was recommended that the alliance, before any decisive steps aro taken, consult with competent legal author- ity just what a remedy against a desecration oit 0 Lord's day is, and be governed accord- ingly. AR . Cut Down Your Lots. The ordinance providing that all lots over six feet above the level of the streets on which they are located, shall be cut down to the minimum beight or less, goes into effect April 8. Property holders will be notified before that time, and if they fail to cowply with the requirements of the law the city en- gineer will e work himself, -—— Every person is interested in their 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 x etting well. 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