Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 23, 1888, Page 4

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Tzschuck, secrotary of The Bee Pub- Tishing company, does solemily swear that the -munfrm-u‘mmn of the Daily Bee for the week ending March 16, 1888, was as follow, Saturday, March 10 B ¢ Average... S GROL B, A Bworn to and subscribed in my_presence this 17th day of March, A, D, 1585, P. FEIL, Notary Public. Btate of Nebraska, bous County of Dougluss, | (5.5 Geo. 13, Tzschuck, being first dnly sworn, de- ex and says that he is_ secretary of The Bee Pabeing company. that the adtunl averigo dally circulation of the Dafly Hee for the month of March, 1887, 14,400 for Aptil, 1887, 3 cople 5 7, 14,257 copies; for June, H uly, 1887, M@ Ccoplest 1897, 14,161 coples; for September, 1867, les; 1 O her, 1887, 14,333: for November, bhA pless ' for December, 1887, 16,041 goplon: for Jupuary 1eR6, 16,206"coptes; for Pobruary, 18883, 16,9 coples i TG ED. B, TZSCHUCK. Sworn and subgcribed to in’ my_presence this a0 day of February, A. . 188, °N. P. FEi T il coples; for Notary Publi Tue solid south is being pretty badly shaken up by cyclones and electric storms, THE inter-state commerce commission has been entertained at Lincoln by prize essays on “‘Missouri River Rates.” THE New York blizzard will be re- garded as very ordinary after the woman’s council storms the national capital. GENERAL BRAGG has been banquet- ted at the City of Mexico. To his credit it may bo safely said he did not suc- cumb to the seductive and exhilarating pulque. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND accepts his election to the Browning lake trout fishing club. He will cast a well-baited hook in the vicinity of St. Louis in June for other game than trout. e DENIS KEARNEY," the sand-lot ora- tor and lunch counter flend of the Pa- cific coast, has served notice on Presi- dent Cleveland that he is a beaten man for the presidency. Mr. Kearney holds the balance of power—very largely in his mind. CHIEF SEAVEY says he is going to shoot every untagged dog on sight after April 1. Of couse stray bullets fired by nervous policemen on a crowded street won’t count. Dogs must be killed, even if women and children ave put into dan- ger and fright. NEW MEXICO wants to come into the union just because Dakota desires to be admitted asa state. The democrats need something to balance Dakota, which in all probabilities will be a republican state. But New Mexico is not strong enough to hold down its end of the teeter. Dr. MARY WALKER draws a pension of $8.50 a month from the government, but she wants $50 per month. Hero is ncase for the women's national nnce to work up. Eight dollars and a half will hardly buy a fashionable pair of trousers, not to say anything about the suspenders. THE people of of California are con- gratulating themselves upon the prom- ise of an unprecedented wheat erop this year. Those portions of the state which suffered-most for moisture last year have received abundant rains and the most satisfactory results are anticipated. In this- case California expeets an 1888 boom of boundless dimensions. Tk Mills tariff bill will be presented to the house somewhat changed from the original draft. Among other changes is that of taking linsced oil from the free list and placing om it a duty of ten cents a gallon, a considerable reduction from the present duty, The concession, however, to an important interest will perhaps have the effect of modifying pomewhat the,opposition of this interest to the bill, — HIsTORY often repeats itself. Two thousand yearsago lightning struck the capitol at Rome and knocked silly two or three senators who were filibuster- ing and obstructing the business of state, The lightning which struck the capitol dome at Washington sent great balls of fire flashing across the hall of the house —and killed a cab hovse outside. Our law-makers at the national capital should take warning at the awful por- tent. THERE can no question as to what the feeling of the republicans of Towa is toward Senator Allison. He possesses their heartiest confidencq and esteem, and no man from any state will go be- fore the national convention with a more earnest and enthusiastic support from constituents than will be accorded Benator Allison by the Iowa delegation, It looks also as if he would have numer- ous frionds from other states of the west and northwest who will be earnest in his behalf, and nothing is more certain than that he will be one of the foremost men in the attention of the delegates from all sections. An able and straight- forward career has commended Sena- tor Allison to the respect of all repub- licans, and the ‘enthusiastic endorso- ment he has reccived from the repub- licaus of Iowa, who know kim best, will serve to give him a higher place in the regard and congideration of the party geuncrally. Central Pacific Patriots. Congress is not often surprised at ex- hibitions of effrontery. It is brought into contact through its committees with 00 many. men and corporations which have private interests to sib- sorve to be amazed at any propositions which may be advanced for congres- sional action. But the late appearance of Messrs. Huntington and Leland Stan- ford, of the Central Pacific railroad gang of robbers, seems to have thrown the house and senate committee quite off their feet. Mr. Huntington's pa- thetic plea for hisbankrupt corporation, which drew tears from the eyes of him- self and counsel, was a matter of con- siderable astonishment to the house committee on Pacific railroads, but Le- land Stanford saw Mr. Huntington and went him one better when he sat at cnse in the senate special committee and told the story of his wrongs at tho hands of the government. According to Mr. Stanford, he and his associates did more tosave the union than the armies of the Potomac and Cumberland and the two million sol- diers who shouldered muskets during the late war, Tt was the large-hearted generosity and great patriotism of Stanford, Crocker & Co. which, accord- ing to the forty millionaire witness, bound the Pacific coast to the cast by bands of iron and prevented a great section of the country from slipping from the control of the national government. The few millions which the government granted in subsidies to the Central Pacific and the millions of acres of land which were granted as a stimulus to the enterprise were a mere bagatelle when compared with the large amounts which the construction and op- eration of the road had saved to the government in the transportation of its troops. If Mr. Stanford is to be be- lieved, none of the profits which the Central Pacific have gained were de- rived from the government, but simply from the values which the road had created. And asa consequence of the self-sacrificing policy and modest rates which the company had adopted and charged, the government has reaped all the benefits and has now a poor debtor to deal with, The senate committee seems to have been struck dumb with astonishment at first at this fine exhibition of nerve on the part of Mr. Stanford. They were unable to lose sight of the fact that every member of the corporation which had built the Central Pacific railroad is now rolling in wealth, which is presum- ably the result of their operation of the road. They found 1tdifficult tolosesight of the fact that from the immense earn- ings of the Central Pacific, Stanford, Crocker & Co. had built another trans- continental line and for years had been diverting the trafie from the govern- ment subsidized rond over the road which was entirely under their own con- trol. Hr. Hiscock and others diffidently ventured to suggest that if the road was bankrupt there was little evidence that its promoters were on the way to the poor house, but this was met witha very indignant response that the accumula- tions of the Pacific railroad were only indirectly the result of their patriotic Dbenefaction to the general government. The people of the Pacific slope and of the trans-Missouri country will laugh in their sleeves at the gauzy and transpar- ent attempt of the Central Pacific gang to hoodwink the congressional commit- tees. They have been too familiar for twenty years past with the bold extor- tions and outrageous tolls which have been levied upon them to in- crease the private fortunes of Stanford, Hopkins, Crocker & Co. There is not a county in California or Nevada through which the Central Pacific has passed which has not risen in pro- test against the tremendous exactions made by these railroad barons, the bold and defiant evasion of taxes, the illegal combinations to crush out competition, and the steadily adhered to policy of robbing the government of its legiti- mate security in order to build up a system which could be operated us n competitor in c the government should demand its own and require the original road to satisfy its mortgage. In all the history of the Pacific roads there has Dbeen mnothing which so thoroughly evidences the spirit of the men who have for years made it a business to vob the west as the present attitude of Senator Stan- ford and his co-conspirators before the Pacific railroads committees at the na- tioual capital. - Their bold and arro- gant defiance of the government, their refusal to admit any obligations for the lavish bounty which they have reccived from the nation, and their evident in- tention to evade the payment of any portion of their debt to the United States, should open the eyes of the people to the folly of any fur- ther triflling with these high- toned highwaymen. They have practically repudiated the ~govern- ment debt and boldly deny their inten- tion of making payment when it falls due. Under the circumstances the gov- ernment should enact no further legis- lation which will postpone the ineyita- ble day when the roads shall fall into its hands and pass into the control of a receiver for reorganization. Under such a scheme the water in its stock could be squeezed out and the present busis of over-capitalization be changed to one upon which the public will cease to be mercilessly bled. se Financial circles will be interested in the fact that the senate committee on finance has approved the funding bill of Senator Aldrich and authorized him to report it to the senate. The measure provides that the secrotary of the treas- ury shall iesue in exchange for 4-per- cent bonds an equal amount of 2§-per- cent bonds payable in 1907, and that in consideration of the reduction of inter- est the treasurer shall pay to the hold- ers of the 4-per-cent bonds a sum equal to the present worth of the differ- ence in interest, to ascertain which interest shall be computed at not less . than per eent per annum, compounded quarterly. The bill also contains the impertant provision that national banks holding these per cent bonds shull be allowed to iszue 1otes upon then to their full. value, It is urged in support of the weasyre 04 that one advantage the government would derive would be to secure inter- est upon its surplus. The funds in the treasury not otherwise appropriated can be used only for purchase of bonds. If such bonds are purchased at the present market rates it would be equivalent to the investment by the government of its funds at the rate of 2% per cent, while under this bill. the exchange can be effected on such terms as to allow the government to invest 1ts surplus at: a rate of from 2} to 8% per cent, and at the same time give the government an alternative of purchasing bonds or pre- paying a portion of the interest on out- standing bonds, as shall appear to be the most convenient. Another important ad- vantage to the government claimed for the measure by its author isthatit gives the secretary of the treasury the power to redeem at any time a portion of the outstanding indebtedness with what- ever surplus may exist in the treasury It is expected the 24 per cent bonds would have a market value approximating par, and therefore the government could at any time make purchases in the open market without paying a premium. In other words the bonds now payable in 1907 would, upon the passage of this bill, be payable at the option of the gov- ernment. Senator Aldrich has no doubt that the hoiders of the 8 per cents would be will- ing to exchange them, having received sletters from bankers in every state of the union assuring him of their willingness to malke the exchange. If the proposed measure becomes a law and can be suc cessfully carried out it is estimated that it will effect a saving to the govern- ment of about forty million dollars, or the differcnce between §220,- 000,000, the total interest on the present bonds, and $180,000,000, the amount of interest under the new rate of interest. Among the general bene- fits promised would be the putting into circulation of a large part of the sup- plus, which could be accomplished with- out requiring the government to pay the premiums which would be necessar under existing conditions if any part of the surplus is used in the purchase of bonds. The measure has received very careful consideration from the senate committee on finance, has been ap- proved by many financial authorities, and appears to be an eminently judi- cious and safe measure that would very likely remove several difficulties now presented in the financial situation. A sTRETCI of half a block of South Tenth street from the Union Pacific depot to Mason street is not paved. It is likely to be left soout of regard for the Union Pacific and Burlington rail- roads, although Tenth street is paved for a mile on either side of the unpaved area. There isnot a filthier or more impassable street in the business section of the city than this half block in front of the Union Pacific and Burlington depots. From the nature of the situa- tion iv is of the greatestimportance that this area be put into good condition. Trucks, drays, wagons, carriages, cabs and busses are compelled to flounder in the mud of this part of Tenth street daily. Citizens and travelers ave obliged to wade ankle deep in mire and water. It is not for the reason of cconomy to save the city expense that the council has not compelled the paving of that half block. The city has already paved the intersection of Tenth and Mason, but the Union Pacific and the B. & M. have, so far, done nothing toward paving Tenth street in front of their respective depots. The couucil should no longer delay in secing to it that this district is put into good condition. There is an ordinance for paving this gap, but the railroad corporations so far have ig- nored it. The council have itin their hands to let the contract for paving this half block and assessing the cost thereof inst the adjoining property. This should be done this spring. There is 10 reason why the two railroad compa- nies should be favored by postponing a public improvement of necessity to the city. G of Minnesota, not only did wisely in declining to be considered a “favorite son,” but he ac- companied his refusal of the honor with some sensible coupsel regarding the spirit that should actuate republicans at this juncture. He thinks no sacrifice too great to secure a return of the re- publican party to power, and in the effort to achieve this consummation the personal aspivations of no man should have any weight. This is the senti- ment which should dominate the na- tional convention, in order that among the many excellent men from whom it may select a candidate the choice shall fall to the one who, after a deliberate and candid consideration, shall seem most likely to command the support of the entire party and be strongest with those non-partisan elements which may hold the balance of power. Individual claims, however. great, must be subor- dinated to the question of what is and best for the welfare of the party. Aund this is very largely the feeling of intelligent republicans everywhere, PEoPLE who talk about putting public buildings on flats because of easy access forget that in nearly every large city such structures are located on the most prominent sites. The national capitol stands on a hill twice as high as Capitol hill in Omaha. The capitols of Towa, New York, Minnesota, Tennes- see, and many other states, occupy posi- tionson the highest elevationsin the cit- ies where they are located, The Omaha high school, oceupying the site of the old territorial capitol, is the most con- spicuous building in the city, and can be seen for a distance of many miles by those approaching Omaha from any direction. The public buildings should be located in the most elevated places where they can atiract the most attention. Access in these days is rendered easy by cable lines,and there is no very high hill in Omaba anyway. It is not very much trouble to reach the court house, and the city hall will be just as easy of access us that building. SENATOR BLAIR has just introduced a unique bill requiring that in the ap- pointment of ‘southern . democrats to office preference ‘ shall be given to wounded ex-confederate soldiers. ot | course the idea i so preposterous that it would be laughed outof the senate weroe it not one of: Blair’s characteristic mensures. Amonggome of the schemes that he has asiéd the attention of congress to consi®é®, was a proposition to cut a eanal fry the headwaters of the Mississippi {udson’s bay. The object of this chl was to make the Gulf of Mexico flow northward and con- sequently temper the climate of tho United States and} Canad Another bill that the New Hampshire senator advocated was a 'plan to make the sale of iquor on the high seas an actof piracy, and to force at the muzzle of our , every nation to adopt a prohib- itory law. Eyerybody will agree that Senator Blair is nothing if not original. B SINCE Jay Gould was offon a yachting trip to Turkey, George, who has chargo of his father’s affairs, managed to get intoa tgogle with Russell Sage ona manipulation of Missouri Pacific stock. Russell Sage wants the annual 7 per %ent dividend to be at once declared. But as George Gould seems to have gono short on the stock he is trying to have the dividend passed in order to weaken the market and give himself a profit. There has therefore been an urgent cry for papa to come home and set things right. GOVERNOK THAYER issues his Arbor day proclamation, and very properly: says: “Plant trees, plant trees, plant trees!” ‘ STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings. Rulo proposes to bore for coal. Lincoln is prepared to give Missouri river rates on mud in large and small quantities. The young and several old democrats of Plafsmouth have formed a club, with Matthew Gering as president. The present cold spell hastemporarily’ closed navigation in the streets of Lin- colnand the ferrymen have joined the strikers. The Schuyler Herald cannot believe that the Union Pacific has abandoned politics after having read the proceed- ings of the republican club convention. The Rev. H. W. Brown’s powerful pleas “for the glory of God” are steadily populating the spare rooms of the lu- natic asylum. A Central City domestic, who imagined she was on the *‘straight and narrow path,” has become a raving maniac, the second victim of the re- vival. ‘‘Under the present conditions’ says the Nebraska City Times, ““it is hazard- ous tolife and property to travel orship over the Ch 0, ll)lul' ington & Quincy or B. & M. ro:gs. An order should be asked of the courts restraining thesc companies from employing incompetent men to fill such responsible positions as engineers and firemon.” ““Judge Dundy holds,” says the Schuy- ler Quill, “that our state board of trans portation, neither, as officers nor ind viduals, can in any way interfere with the Union Pacific’ rhilroad in its con- struction, repair, rinning or operating, or by fixing and enforcing rates of travel or transportation or enforcing any reg- ulation with reference to either. The laugh scems to be on the people this time if such is & fact, although Judge Dundy is not evidently sane on all de- cisions wherein a' railroad company is interested.” e Towa Items. Thero are forty-three houses in the state. Burlington is in a merry mood over the prospect of an early appropriation of $100,000 for a postofice building. A tax levy of $10,000 for a new high school site and $40,000 for a building has been voted and carried in Des Moines. Mrs. Margaret Burnett, of Red Oak, was ninety-nine years old last Wednes- day and is apparently hale and hearty. She is supposed to be the oldest person in the state. Two Knoxville boys, aged fourteen and fifteen, went out with a shotgun. One of them returned in a cart with a charge of a shotgun in the bt of his head. He was alive at last ac- counts and painfully wiser. log school Wyoming. An oil refinery wlll be Lander this season. A new hotel is to be built near the railroad at Rawlin The police of Laramie assist tramps to give the town the “shake.” Cattle in Wyoming are in excellent condition. The winter has beea mild and the losses light. The troutare beginning to work up stream in the Big Laramie river and purtics in from the headwaters report Laving seen working up over the stones big, fine feilows that would weigh a pound and a quarter apicce. The old Mystic mine, ncar Laramie Peak, regarded by many as the Aztec tunnels, which furnished Montezuma with the gold to pay tribute to the Spanish conqueror, are being opencd up and will be worked until metal is found or the work proven fruitless, e THE REA CASE ONCE MORE. The Missing Man's Brother Continues the Search. George M. Rea, of Hackettstown, N a brother of W. E. Rea, the missing merchant, is in the city engaged in a futile attewpt to learn something further relati to the fate of his unfortunate brother. So far his labors have been in vain, the only ad- ditional thing discovered being that the baggageman on the train from Lincoln to this city, which Rea was said to have taken, and who was formerly acquainted with the gen- tleman at Friend, said that he was not on the train on the night in question. A Beg reporter talked with Mr. Rea yester day morning, and while in a very despondent mood, he still expresses the hope that his brother will yet turn up; or that some light will dawn upon the dark mystery that en- shrouds his fate. “Committeed suicide, he exclaimed with energy upon a_suggestive iuquiry from the reporter, *'no, indeed, there was nothing in his character or make up that could possibly incline me to such a belief. He was exem plary in his habits and genial and buoyant in temperament, and I am thoroughly convinced that his prolonged abserfce from his home is caused either by accident or foul play, and although I am loth to confess it I am almost convinced it is the latter.” He added that the wissing man’s wife was bearing up bravely under her trying sorrow and that she still clung to the faint hope that her husband would return to her and explain the cause of his absence. started at The Ivy's Oficers. At its last meeting the vy Leaf club held its regular election of officers for the ensuing term., The following wereelected: Daniel P. Connell ident; John Kuhn, vice presi dent; T. F. Broderick, secretary; 1dd Dee, treasurer; Charles Stacy, chairman board of trustees, The club is in @ most prosperous condition and the parties given by it thus far have been amang the mwost enjoyable whith have taken place in this citye - Pralse From Englan “Colgate & Co.’s toilet soaps. ave un- equalled in appearance, perfume; and general good quality, BENCH AND BAR. District Court, MR, SIMERAL BUAY. On nccount of the large number of criminal cnsos on the docket and the impottance of many of thém, it is impossible for him to rep- resent the state in the many cases now on the docket. He has therefore appointed - Assist- ant City Attorney Smith as his deputy to con- duct these cases. JUST LIKE MELICAN MAY. Tec Sin, & South Omaha Chineso laundry- man. is the plaintiff in a suit against the Union Pacifie railway company, now on trial before Judge Hopewell, The 'potition_sots forth that on March 19, 187, plaintiff, whilo crossing the tracks at South Omaha 1o take the Omaha train was struck by one of the defendant’s locomotives and was badly injured, for which he asks $1,9%%% damages Leo Sin is a very intelligent man and speaks glish Janguago fluentl; A CONTESTED DIVORCE SUIT. re Wakeley will this morning take up ontested divorco case of Husted vs Hus. nsiderablo testimony of a racy order is looked for. NO N V SUITA, There were no new suits filed in the dis- trict court yesterday, and in consequence the clerks were given a breathing spell. SELECTED 118 OWN JCRY, “Make up tho jury, Mr. Sheriff,” wero tho orders issued to Sheriff Coburh by Judge Doanp_yesterday afternoon. The official did a8 directed, and after the twelve men od, accepted and sworn in, Mr. Co- as surprised to learn that he had selected the men to try himself, he being the defendant_and Sloan, Johnson & Co., the plaintifts in a replevin suit. The discovery provoked much merriment, and the judgo smiled as he called up tho first witness. Police Court, John Lacy got on a drunk four weeks ago, and has failed as yot to get off. Ho has been run in several times during the debauch, but always managed to_cscape. Yesterday he was up again, and the court realizing that his spree was likely to prove perennial, sent hym up for five days. A. B. Allen, who said he was engaged in teaching the young idea how to shoot, was arraigned for drunkenness. He told a pass- able swry, however, and was discharged. Frank DeGray is a bold soldier boy, who hias been off dyty on a furlough. The most of the time he has employed himself rushing the growler, and us this was his fourth ap- pearance inside of a week he was turned over 10 the authorities at Fort Omaha. F'. 5. Cutler, a baker, loft his horse and bread wagon unhitched at the corner of Twenty-fifth and Davenport strects yesterday morning. The fractious cquine took fright at a roporter with a plug hat on, and it is not med, aud ran away. In his mad reer down Davenport strect he ran into_and smashed several other vehicles, but suddenly came to a standstill by colliding with a_telo phone pole. He was assessed a fine of and costs, and to make matters still worse several of the owners of the vehicles smashed up by the runaway aronow after him with little bills for damages. Richard Stone was among the horde in the dock, charged with building a fire in a public place, "His case was continued until Satur ay. Charlic White stole a box of perfumery from Mollie Knoy, of 1509 Webster street, 80 sho says, and will also’ bo heard in thé morning. MISS ROBINSON'S RING. 1t Returns to Its Owner After a Short Hide. On last Monday Lillian Robinson, a mem- ber of the Lotta company, left five valuable rings in the bath room of the Hotel Barker. They were found by the night clerk and brought to the office. Through the manipu- tion of a bell-boy and a traveling salesman named W. A. Stannis, one of the rings disap- peared after the latter had looked at it through curiosity. The remaining rings were returned to Miss Robinson, and at her suggestion both Stannis and the bell-boy were arrested, while the lady loft, with her company for Lincoln, Neb. Wednesday she returned and registered at the Barker, while the rest of the company were at_the Bluffs, where they played. Mr. Balch, the pro- prictor of the hotel, had an ugreeable sur- prise for her when he returned the missing circlet which had been found by one of the porters, under an ice chest in the lavatory, to which 1t is supposed it rolled after having dropped from_the bell-boy’s hands. Stannis had, a few days before the ring evisode, resigned his position with the Peycke Brothers company to accept a position with 1. M. Stecle & Co., and when the knowledge of his arrest reached that firm, it was decided by the management to have nothing to do with him. As soon as Miss Robinson was told of this feature of the episode. she wrote the manager of the house telling him of the finding of the ring and the undoubted innocence of Mr. Stannis of any suspicion of his having been in any i tional way guilty of its disappearance. SOUTH OMAHA NEWS. Dr. Hanchett has located in South Omana. A new arrival Law and order meeting Saturday afternoon at the new school house. Irank Boyle was stopping at the City :\oh-l last night, preparatory to locating \ere, Fulton Bros, arc invoicing for a sale of their stock to a new man, Councilman Locscher leaves on a business . Shannon_is spoken of gs a law and or candidate for city clerk. P. Mortimore and_wife, of Norton, Kas., are at present the guests of W, S, O'Keefe. The city council mects to-night to settle whero thi polling places will be'on election day. Thereare a good many of P. Rowley's friends who want to sce him in the field for city treasurer. He will be in the field. Frank Tobler was run m on a charge of stepling a tenderlon from Armour & Co., and was run out (of town) on a § fine. Democratic clerks of election for the Fi ward will be Thomas Dowling and D. Bayless, and for the Second Frauk Pearson and D. M. Bander. Friends of R. J. Curtain_are anxious to sce him in the next city council as & represent tive of the Fourth ward. If he will only s yes they say they will put him there. Thel Lhe a ““pulling” mateh b well known South Omaha bartend: nd a North Omaha man, They will try and pull #0 out of cach other and have deposited §10 a side that they can do it. In future South Omaha will sport an ath- letic club. It will be lled the Sporting Sons of Erin club, and already it has on its membership roll Thomas Rowley, James Fliming, Pat McMahon, John Sexton, Pete Hagney, Johu McSorley, James Mclnerny, John Morey, Thomas Fléming and Rody Red- mond. een a s A BRIDE D VTER. The Bride of Jens Kristensen After Her Husband —He Cannot be Found. Mrs. Jens Kristenson, nee Sophia Peterson, was at the county jail yesterday and askod the jailer to deliver over to her her husband’s sutchel. Her husband had antici- pated her, however, and so the grip was not fortheoming. Sophia, itwill be remembered, was the frail inamorata of Jens Kristensen, who led her from the paths of virtue and for his crime lan hed six weecks in jail, and was released only upon manifesting his will inguess to be united in marriage with his former love. Immediately after the cere- mony on Tuesday last Jeus appeared at the county jail, sccured his property and since that time has not be ieen by Sophia. Kristensen is now searching for her hus| and if she finds hum there will probab lively time, as she has blood in her e, —-— Nota K Rothacker denied to 8 Bee re had attempted to re move his from Mrs. Rounds' house and the Jurisdiction of the court: It s stated that ‘he had calle p rice in question twice, at 6 and 8 o'clock sday . evening. At the hour. mentioned Mr.. Kothacker - states Mr, O. H porter, that e ehildren from that he was at the Hotel Marker. o'clock he was in At 8 the council chambor and after some delay thero drove with Detoctive Moynihan in a_hack to Mr. Conneli’s rosidence, where he re mained till 11 o'clock talking with Mr. Con- H over matters pertaining to his case, the charge of which has been placed in that gen- tleman's hands. Mr. Rothacker asserts that at no time during Tnesday evening was he near Mrs. Rounds’ residence and that he hadw't been in the house for a number of weeks, [E— SHE IS SUPERSTITIOUS, A Wedding Ceremony Stopped By a Mother-in-Law. A squatty little woman bounced into the court of Judge Shields yestorday morning, and going up to the clerk of the matrimonial tment demanded that ho issue a mar- age licenso for the binding together of tho pair that accompanied her and looked some: what shecpish. The girl, though large for her age, was represented to bo but fifteen years otd, and the woman said that she was her mother, She talked fast and furious, saying that the name of the girl was Ella Burden and that of the man William Spel! man, who some day Kidnapped the girl from her home, full particulars of which have been printed in the Bre, Judge Shields having approved of the wed ding, he was asked to scal the bonds, and ordered the couple to stand up, They did so and when the judge was about half through with the ceremony Mrs, Burden interrupted him with some display of anxiety by ask- ing, ‘‘How do the boards in this roomn run. Are they laid lengthwise or cross- wise! To this the judge responded that as he did not lay the floor he could not state positively, and besides his occular observation was checked by the carpet that Covered it. “But why do you ask?” queried the judge with an exhibition of inquisitivencss, “Well, I have a superstition of my own in matters of this kind, and_ I believe that it is better when couples are being marriod that they should stand crosswise over the floor- answered the womau, With a view of hurrying up_th ings, and satisfying the mother's supe tion, the judge had the contracting part turned sideways and the magic words were ;u{llll\ spoken and ended without interrup- fon, After the ceremony Mr. Spellman's mother-in-law gave him a lecture as to how he was to conduct himsclf towards her daughter through their married life, and the two took their departure. S JOHN TIMBERLY'S FI He Discovers a Three-Year-01d Babe in His Barn, John Timberly, an honest and hard-fisted yeoman living on a farm fourteen miles dis- tant from the city, drove into town yesterday and hunted up his old friend, ex-Sherift Grebe. To him John unfolded a tale which revived in the mind of the venerable ex-ofii- cial an almost similar circumstance of cighteen years ago, when he made an import- ant find near oue of the railroad tracks. Mr. Timberly has a comfortable barn on his farm, and a few evenings ago two of his sons, who were sleeping in the barn, were awakened by the rumbling of the wheels of a buggy, whiciu stopped suddenly. Next they had their at- tontion attracted by the stealthy swinging of the barn door on the hinges and the entrance of a man through the opening, hands a small parcel, which he corner of the barn and then di proceed- ppeared. boys, somewhat alarmed, raised & ory which brought thew father ' from the = house, and when he rcached the barn human cries cmanated from the parcel, which upon being examined proved to contain a femalo babe about three days old. The baby was talen to the Timberly fireside and treated in a hospitable and royal style, Be- stirring themselves tho Timberly family turned out in force to run down the desertor of the child, but were unsuccessful in their efforts, and’ Mr. Timberly having no partic- ular uso for the little waif resolved to come to Omaha and present the facts to his old fricnd Grebe, with a view of getting pointers as to how to act. Mr. Grebo after hearing the story re- ferred the farmer to County Commissioners Mount and O'Kcefle, who laid the matter before County Attorney Simeral, who is con- sulting the law as_to what disposition can be made of Mr. Timberly’s newly made friend. POLICE MATTERS. Two Ofiicers Resign — More Patrol Wagon Horses. The police and fire commissioners held a session last evening. Chicf Seavey was granted a leave of absence for communication from Chief Scavey asking that Andrew Haze be appointed as policeman on the regular force; also asking that_all the new policemen hive their sal- ary increa from £60 to §70 per month after April 1. William Dolan was appointed special policeman on Sixteenth, from Izard to Nich- olas, on condition that his bond be approved. Thirty metropolitan stars were ordercd for the special policemen. Dr. 1. S. Ramiciotti, the eity veterinary physician, had his salary fixed at §450 per annum. The committee on property reported the purchase of two new horses for the patrol wagon, and recommended the purchase of still another, so as to have three good teams, Appro "The resignations of Offcers 13. 1. Walk and A. H. Burr were accepted. Bur withdrawal was on account of insufii salary, as he wished §0 per month it 0. The mayor reported the approval of the bonds of the following special policemen : James P. Hansen, Jacob Hertmann, G, W T 5. M smiah Dri I hi 10, D. Melbu J. K. Sawyer, doseph Bell, JohnLinn, Gus Burke, Max H. Rathlef John Styles, John Norberg, B. W. Briges, W. L. McCowin, Samuel Bell, Lewis Hern, John Benson, Dennis Lane, A. McArthur and W. Crosier. o Three of the Boys Convicted. The eight boys arrested for pillaging J. Har- ris’ store recently, were arraigned for trial yesterday afternoon, Three of the boys, Charles Scott, Frank Fisher and Frank Benish,were found guilty, some of the stolen found on their pers ten, cight pectively in the count against the rest of the boys was considered ufficient to conviet and they were dis ged. Filed With the County Olerk. ard, city clerk, yesterday filed with the county clerk an afidavit to the ef- fect that at a special election held on the 10th day of July, 1855, the consent of a ma jority of the clectors of the city of Omaha was given to the construoting and operating by the Omaha motor railway sompany of & n‘r:.r-'. rg!nmnd on and through certain stroets of the city, R — Mr. Goodall's Benefit. Mr. W. R. Goodall, to whom & compli- mentary bonefit is to be givon noxt woek has his assistants {n splondid form, A Bee ro- porter attended a rohearsal last night, and was much surprised at the talent manifested by the differant membors. Mr, Goodall will introduce many new songs, and the jokes will bo original and mainly of local signifi- cance. The affair promises to_ bo first-class in every particular. Florist Parker has vol- unteered to set the stago for the first part. —ee Real Estate Transfors, John E Marsh et al to Christian I Waulf, 1ot 7, blk 7, Marsh's add, e d..$ Jas A Brown and wf to Rebecca K Lovy, 1ot 7, bk 450, Grandyiew, w d Frank Murphy et al to C 1 Biondorft, 1ot 6, blk 6, Thornburg place, w d. Cora Sliter ‘and husb 1o Rebecea § Lovy, lot 7, blk 459, Grandviow, w Bej A 'Gibson ot alto John I Fam. mond, iot 10, blk 4, Wise & Par- comelis’ add, w d. Vesviviy Michacl Donnelly ‘(sing) to Ka iKalish, lot 16, Nelson's add, w d. ... Katie Pierce (sing) to Jno I' Twam- undivided 1 lot 16, blk 5, Doug- lass add, wd.."........ f i iry H Cone and wi to J 'S Johnson, Rlots 1, 9, 8,4, 5 6,7, 8 9,10, 11, 12, Oblk 2, lots 1,9, 8, '4,'5, 6, 11, 13, 13, 14,15, 16, 17, 18, b 1,98, , 6, 7, 8, 9,10, 11, 12, blk 4, lots 4, 5, 6, bik B, Cone ' & Johnson’s sub, q ¢. . Herman Kountze " ) lot 7, bik 6, Kountze place, w J L Brinn and wf to Albert nwiise iy sech tp 16, r18.... ... D. C. Patterson aud wife to Martha A. Chadwick, lot 1 Jocsten’s subdi- vision lots 1and 2 blk 15, Shi dition, wd.... 3 I, H. Gibson and wife to David 1, Walker, lots 2, 8, 4. 25, 26, 27, 28, | 7, Pullman Place, w d Andrew Mortenson and nlg lot 26, i byterian Congregation, rt lots 3 and 4 bik 86, United 1 Omaha, | Omabia, . Pachel 'Kalish and husband ~to Michael Dronnelly, 1ot 9 blk 6, Jet. ter's addition, wd.......... Hensel et al to’ John H. Levy, 1ot 9 blk 9, Arbor Place extension, w d The Wi Savings st ment company to 8. 1. Mercer, lot 1 blk 23, Wainut Hill, q c..... s John C.'Morrison and wife to William G. Mill "lM 16 blk 15, Hanscom 18 transfers, aggregating......... Building Permits. The following permits woro issuod yestor- day by the superintendent of buildings : Orbert Sack, cottage, Eighteenth and Vinton BT e Chris Jensen, dwelling, Twent near Douglas. ... H. Bailey, cottage, ighteenth N. B. Falconcr, building, 15 F. E. Boyd, Manderson . J. Lind Awelling, Caldwell near Tw Centre near alterations ‘to store Douglas............ le, Twenty-third and Six permits, aggrezating Minnie Fairchild Held. Minnic Fairchild and her housckeeper, Hattie Jones, who conduct a bawdy Louse on Capitol avenue, were arraigued before Judgo afternoon on the charge of selling liquor without a license. 'I'wo officers, Jailer Bebout and Conductor Shoop, testified that they had gone into the Fairchild house attired in citizens’ clothes and had paid $2 for a couple of bottl The defendants did not deny thi were accordingly cach put under §500 bonds to appear before the district court. e e Republican State Conyention. The republican electors of the state of Nebraska are requested to send delegates from tho several countios, to mect in con- vention, at the city of Omaha, Tuesday May 15, 1888, at 8 o'clock p. m., for the purpose of electing four delegates to the national repub- lican convention, which meets in Chicago June 19, 1858, THE APPORTIONMENT. The several counties are entitled to repre- sentation as follows, being based upon the vote cast for Hon. Samuel Maxwoll, supreme judge, in 1887, giving one delogate-at-large to each county, and one for each 150 votes and major fraction thereof: TCouNTIEs. VOTES.| COUNTIES, Adams., Antelope Arthur . Blaine. . Boone. Box Butte Brown, . .14 Jefferson, Dawson Dixon... Dodge Dougl Fillm Franklin Hamilton'.. Harlan 1 1 ' Hiteheock Holt Howard T14fwork.... ... . 7/Unorg. territory 1t is recommended that no proxics be ad- mitted to the convention, excopt such as ure held by persons residing'in the countics from the proxies are gi ( 2 1. MEIKLEIONYN, WaLT M, §i Ihai ~ BROTHERHO0D —)OF(— LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS ! The locomotive is the grandest piece of me- chanism the human brain has ever conceived. The men whodrive it must be men of great abil- ity and unflinching nerve. That they are not only men who have the courage of their convic~ tions but men of sterling character as well, their manly bearing and entlemanly behavior dur- ing the trying days of the past few weeks amply EI‘OVGS. e sympathize with the the Brother- ood and propose to manifest our sympathies in a practical form, From and after this 2lst day of March, 1888, L. O. Jones, the American Clothier, 1309 Farnam street, will make a spec- ial discount of ten per cent from regular prices on all articles of lothing, Furnishing Goods and Hats that members of the Brotherhood may need,