Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 26, 1888, Page 4

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State of Nebraskn, |, Gao. 11 zmchuck, Becretary of The Bes Prib Hishing company, doss solematy swear Tat i Retnnl cireuintion of the Datly Hee for the week ‘Mareh 23, 158, was as follows: ursda; fday, reh 23 Average z W £worn to and subscribed in my,_presence this #ith day of March, A. D, 1888, N.P. FElLs otary Public. $tate of Nebraska, A ‘County of Douglass, i) Geo. 1. Tzschuck, being first duly sworn, de- o8 and says that he 1s_secretary of The Bee blishing compnn!. that the actual avera, daily circulation of the Daily Bee for #he mont] 1887, 14, coples; for April, coples; for i for June, 1887, 14, ! los or tember, 1887, T4, for October, 187, 14,533 for November, 1847, 16,220 coples; ' for December, 1687, 16,041 coples: " for January, 1868, 15,206 February, 18, 16,92 coples., . B. TZSCHUCK. worn and subscribed to in’ Tay presence this 34 day of March, A. D, 188, N, P, FEIL, Notary Public. coples; for As between lard from cholera hogs put up by St. Louis pork packers and boarding-house butter, please pass us the olecomargarine. REV. MR. TALMAGE has begun aseries of sermons to bank cashiers. He had better cut off short and direct his talks “to the “honest old” state treasurers of the effete east. e—————— IN paving, asin many other things, the best and dearest article is the cheapest. Cedar block is yery cheap, but in the end it is the dearest of all paving material ' MEMBERS of the council who were elected at large seem to forget that they are expected to act for the welfare of the whole city, and not simply for the ward in which they happen to reside. EES——E———— EVEN the. chiof justiceship need not go abegging. But the question of choos- ing a successor to the' lamented Judge Waite does not turn so much on the legal ability of the candidate as upon his political influence. Ems——— KANSAS has a governor who used “‘have saw” in his state message,and his name is Martin. Texas has a congress- man who blew out the gas, and his name isalso Martin. The governorof Kansas might exchange place with the congress- man from Texas and the people of either state wouldn’t know the difference. S———————— CHAIRMAN MILLS of the committee on we2ys and means is laid up with a raging fever, and is{delirious. The won- der is that Mr. Mills is not already crazy. No ordinary man could stand the pres- sure of drawing up a taviff bill that should cut down the revenues and yet conflict with no man’s interests. i S—— PRESENT indications point to a heavy increase of foreign immigration this year. In one day last week 2,262 immi- grants were landed. The day following 1,181 put foot on American soil. If the average koeps up at theso figures the immigration of 1888 is likely to equal that of 1882, Toe friends and relatives of Thomas Mason, the unfortuhate switchman who was mangled by an engine in the Bur- lington yards at Lincoln a few weeks ago, owe a duty to the community to reopen the investigation and hold the parties liable who caused his death. It will be remembered that the coro- ner’s inquest was not what it ought to be. The verdict was that nobody was to blame except Mason and that his death was accidental. In the light of the testimony it would appear that other persons were instrumental by their carelessness or inefficiency in causing Masgn’s death. For that reason the ground should be carefully re- viewed and the blame placed where it belongs. —— Tog president, in sending to congress the communication of the secretary of the intorior relating to a grant of pub- lic land in Oregon for the construction of wagon roads, vigorously condemns the frauds which the facts show. The ex- amination has developed, as it seems to the president, *‘the most unblushing frauds upon the government, which if remaining unchallenged will divert thousdnds of acres from the public do- main,” If the facts presented be true the case is certainly a bad one. The re- port shows that nearly a million acres have been patented to various corpora- tions in Oregon to build wagon roads. But investigation proves that none of these roads were constructed according 10 law, and that not an acre of the land should ever have become the property of the companies, When the total amount expended by the land grant companies in building the wagon roads did not exceed $48,000, the palm for bare- faced robbery must be given to Oregon. It may be pertinent go remark that the credit for uneabthing this fraud does not belong to the secretary of the interior, although, like his pre- decessor, he will undoubtedly claim whatever merit may attach to the work of the commissioner of the general land office. In this matter, however, the credit unguestionably belongs to Mr, Stockslager, the successor of General Sparks and one -of his ‘most efficient aids while he was eommissioner. The new commissioner is'doing so well that he desorves publie recognition asd an- ouragoment. A Oage in Point. The announced intention of Attorney General Leese to prompily push to a final adjudication in the Supreme court the issue raised by Judge Dundy's ex- traordinary decision regarding the Union Pacific railroad company will bo generally commended. It is of the highest importance that the state of Nebraska should learn as soon as possi- ble whether a corporation within its limits, which it is forced to protect in the possession of ita rightaand property, has itself no corresponding duties to- wards the state. That the United Statesgovernment in granting ite franchiseand immunities to the Union Pacific railroad had any inten- tion of withdrawing it from the proper control of the states through which it passes no unprejudiced mind can for a moment believe. There need be no apprehension as to what the decision of the supreme court will be upon the question raised. In the case of the Western Union telegraph company against the attorney general of Massachusetts a parallel issue was decided in favor of the people. The attorney general of Massachusetts, in behalf of the state, instituted a suit to enforce the collection of a tax upon the company. The company refused to pay the tax upon the ground that ninety- nine hundredths of its lines within the state of Massachusetts were eitherunder or across post roads made such by the United States,and argued that for this reason it was not subject to taxation by the state authorities. The supreme court, in handing down its decision, held that as the corpora~ tion received the benefit of the laws of the state for the protection of its property and rights it is liable to be taxed wupon its real or personal property the same as any other person or corporation could be. ‘It never could have been intended by congress in conferring upon a cor- poration of one state the authority to enter the territory of another state and erect its lines therein to establish the propolition that such a company owed no obedience to the laws of the state into which it thus entered, and was under no obligation to pay its fair pro- portion of the taxes necessary to the state’s support. If the principle now contended for,” said the court, “be sound every railroad in the country should be exempt from taxation because they have already been declared to be post roads.’ The same reasoning could be applied to every bridge and navi- gable stream throughout the land.” This case is directly in point, and the principle which it enunciates is as old as civilization. It is simply that the demand for protection of property car- ries with it of nécessity acquiescence in the laws of the state or municipality from which such property protection is demanded. The plea that the Union Pacific company, a debtor of the federal government, is beyond the pale of the laws of the states in which its lines run, from which it draws its revenues and to which it appeals for protection, is so preposterous that it will need only the formulation of such an absurd claim be- fore the supreme court of the United States to have it promptly and effect- ually wiped out of existence. Klection of Senators by Popular Vote. The house committee on revision of laws having reported in fayor of pro- posing an amendment to the constitu- tion, providing for the election of United States senators by the people, that important question will probably again become a matter of general dis- cussion. Ome of the most notable speeches made by ex-Senator Van Wyck before his retirement from the senate was devoted to this subject, and attracted widespread attention and comment., The nature of this indicated a very general popular feeling in favor of the reform, and there can be little doubt that were the proposed amend- ment submitted to the legislatures of the states it would receive the ratifica- tion of the necessary three-fourths of them, The careful and thorough consideration of the proposition by intelligent men must convince them that the change is desirable on every ground of public policy and neces- sary to more fully round out our polit- i system, which is defective so long as one branch of the congress does not represent the direct will and voice of the people. The arguments that prevailed in favor of the constitutional method of electing senators are not applicable to-day, be- sides which the character of that body for a number of years has not sustained the standard of conservative wisdom, high principle, and broad, patriotic statesmanship which the framers of the constitution set up. On the contrary, in these later years the senate has be- come the bulwarlk of every power and in- fluence hostile to the interess of the people. The great corporations and monopolies have found it their Gibral- tar, behind which they were secure against every popular ~ demand for relief and for justice. The best- paid attorneys of the railroads and other corporations are among its mem- bers, and even the managers of some of the most reckless and unscrupulous of these occupy seats in its hall and exer- cise a potential voice in legislation. Such men could not get into the senate if senators were chosen by the popular vote, or at worst the success of such would be rare. Stanford, Stewart, Payne and some others would have lit- tle chance of reaching senatorial seats if compelled to go before the people in order to doso. The presence of men of this class in the senate, with the knowl- edge that there are many others there whoare hardly lessearnestly the friends of corporations and mounopolies, has degraded the senate in popu- lar respect and confidence, and instead of its being regarded as the guardian and conservator of the peo- ple’s welfare it is held in distrast. And those senators who owe their election to the influence and money of the corpora tions, having no direct responsibility to the people, are inevitably indifferent to the demands of the people. Indeed, they caunot be otherwise and keep faith with the powers they were chosen to s6rve. . The consummation of the needed re- - is doubtless remote, but 1t will cer- tainly come In time, unless there is a very radical change in the character of the sonate. Af presentitis to be ox- pected that if the proposition to amend the constitution shall pass the house it will fail in $he senate. To be success- ful it must receive two-thirds of the votes of both houses, and it is not at all probable that there are fifty-one members of the present senate who would support the proposi- tion. The question will not be aban~ doned, however, because the promise of early success is not fhvorable. The re- quired reform will. continue to be dis- cussed, and the more carefully and in- telligently this is done the more surely and rapidly will it grow in public favor. CE———— The Lowa Decision. The decision of the supreme court of the United States, declaring null and void the section of the Iowa prohibitory law which prohibits the importation of any liquor into the state, except when consigned to some one holding a permit from a county auditor, has been widely commented on. That it strikes a severe blow at prohibition is universally con- ceded, but there is a divergence of opinion as to whether it does not also strike down a right of the state. Those who contend that it does affirm that the unquestioned rght of a state to enact a prohibitory liquor law carries with it thd right to adopt every means neces- sary to make such a law fully effective. Obviously this is true, however, only so far as relates to its own people. A state .in the exercise of its police powers may prohibit the manufacture and sale of liquors within its boundaries and go to almost any ex- tent in prescribing the methods for car- rying out the law. In this it is supreme, and cannot be interfered with. But when a state prohibits the importation of liquor from other states it clearly in- terferes with the rights of people be- yond its jurisdiction and puts a restric- tion upon commerce which it has no right todo. This wduld seem to be so plain as to admit of no question. An Towa firm had ordered alot of beer shipped to them from Chicago, and it was tendered to the Chicago & North- western railroad for transportation. The consignee having no permit the road refused to receive the beer. A suit was brought against the rail- road company, which set up the law' in defense. The United States circuit court decided in favor of the law, and the case was appealed to the United States supreme court. The decision was that the portion of the law prohibiting the importation of liquor into Towa is unconstitutional, for the reason that it is an unauthorized inter- ference with inter-state commerce. Liquor is a recognized article of com- merce under the federal law and in other states, and therefore the legis- lature of Iowa cannot prohibit or inter- fere with its transportation into or through that state. The constitution confers upon congress the sole power “to regulate commerce with foreign nations and among the states,” and the supreme court some time since de- clared that in matters relating to such commerce there are no states. It is plain, therefore, that Iowa cannot legis- late to shut out a product of Illinois or any other state which is a recognized article of commerce. It is very likely that prohibition will now be found somewhat more difficult of enforcement in ITowa, but the legitimate police powers of the state are in nowise impaired by the supreme court decision and the open saloon will have no better chance than it has had. The right to import does not confer any other right, and the law prohibiting the sale of liquors is still in full force. The advan- tage secured by the decision is only to the citizen who wants liquors for his own use, and who can have them sent to him hereafter without a permit and without interference. Prosperity Through Taxation. Congress seems to have finally settled dowan tothe conviction that there is to be nothing done in the way of tariff legislation during the -present session, and that the only use thich will be made of the three bills now drafted and to be drafted for revenue reduction will be to form a text for senators and rep- resentatives to harangue the country and to deface the pages of the Congres- sional Record. The republican minority in the house has already received assurances of sup- port from Mr, Randall’s followers which will doom the Mills bill to defeat in that branch of congress. Mr., Randall’s measure, which will receive considera- ble republican support, will still lack a majority, while the bill which the republicang of the ways and means committee propose to draft will be undoubtedly opposed by the democ- racy. Asthe senate will initiate no legislation of this character, the pros- pects are that both parties will enter the presidential campaign charging the defeat of tariff reform upon their op- ponents, and claiming that each is an apostle of the only practical legislation looking to a reduction of taxation with- out a reduction in the number of labor- ers employed in various industries or the wages to be paid them. This was to have been expected. The issue of revenue reform through tariff reduction has not yet been presented clearly to the people asan issue and brought to their attentiou and etudy in the workshop and on the farm. There is some prospect that in this respect the coming campaign will differ from its predecessors. If the discussion of the tariff and of methods for its re- form through reduction of taxation take the place on the stump and in the press, of personalities and buncombe the pub- lic at large will be the gainers. The "people need to be educated to a knowl- edge of the principles of political econ- omy which are daily violated by the present tariff for monopoly only. They need to be taught that the way to uni- versal national prosperity is not through universal national taxation. They ought to be informed as to what pro- portion of the tariff taxes added to the price of commodities go into the hands of labor, and what proportion is added to the profits of capital. In-short, they have a right 6 be made acguainted with all the arguments upon the issue which now divides neither party from the : MONDAY, other, but which cleaves the ranks of each. [ A campaign of educational e 1his kind would be an hin American politics. S———— WHILE the board of trade is organiz- ing a manufacturidg bureau, and busi- ness clube are stintulating manufactur- ing projects, the ost -important fact for making Omaha, an industrial center is entirely lost sight of. We never can compete with eastérn mills and manu. facturers until .our workingmen can afford to accent lower wages. So long as ronts and living expenses are higher in Omaha than they are in eastern fac- tory cities workingmen must exact higher.wages. In other words, low rents and cheap living must precede lower wages. Now, there is no reason why the price of meat, flour and vegetables should not be cheaper in Omaha than they are in Ohio, Pennsylvania or New England. We are in the heart of the great corn belt that supplies America and Earope with meat and grain, If producer and consumer were brought together our workingmen could be fed 25 to 50 per cent cheaper than are those of New York city or Philadelphia. ‘What we need most and must have be- fore we can bhecome a manufacturing centre is market houses where the Iaboring man can trade directly with the farmer and market gardener and butcher. . S —————— STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings. . Paxton, Cheyenne county, wants ffa pulpit and a packing house. Lincoln has taken measures to anchor its cedar blocks before the April freshet. The Inman Index marks a fresh crowned mound in the journalistic cem- etery. The rush of ruined rolling stock to the shops in Plattsmouth has compelled the men to work over-time. The Germans of Hastings have united for a concerted grab at the spring dis- tribution of municipal spoils. Rushville threatens tostart a pi:-klinfi factory and distribute the vinegare cramps among the population. Saloons or no saloons is the main is- sue of the spring campaign in Fairmont. The quality of water 1s improving. The Fullerton Journal inpsists that Nance county’s favorite son for congress is George D. Meiklejohn. Carry the news to Dorsey. March weather is sufficiently miscel- laneous to populate a grave yara. It is the coughin’ plate of consumption and the reveille of rheumatics. Its early demise is a joyful certainty. The Crete Vidette has heard repeat- edly that ‘“‘competent ‘men were 'in charge of the B. &# M. cngines. Rats. Engine No. 105 come into Crete from Lincoln, Saturday, with the crown sheet burned out.” *If there were nd other feature of the Burlington strike that reflected against the road” comments the North Bend Flail, “the employment of Pinkerton’s force would damn'it in the estimation of law abiding men.” The grace and ‘glamour of romance envelopes the relations of the Fremont Tribune and the North Bend Flail. The editor of the former hurried to Omaha last week to securd & few paving stones to heave at his rasping admirer up the bottoms. Ly The Columbus Democrat is entitled to every separation and satisfaction called for by the code, forfailure to properly credit it in these columns. The jot- tingeer scorns to increase the burdens or shoot the proof readers but hustles for shelter behind the veil of good inten- tions. The Democrat has the choice of ‘weapons. The O’Neil Tribune and Frontier united for revenue only, last week, in a joint edition, in which the progress and prospects of the city and county were pictured in strong colors. The im< rovement plans of the city for the year include waterworks, a live board of trade, three new railroads and $100,000 worth of new buildings. Ponca’s immediate needs are a can- ning factory, starch factory and broom factory. These three necessities would bring in the *“tin,” stiffen the spine of industry and sweep rival towns from the field. The diamond fields are frozen up at present, the voleano has cooled off and the coal pits are flooded with de- faulted expectations. The town must turn its energies to new and inviting fields. South Sioux City is driving a prosper- ous trade in irrigating the residents over the muddy. Various expedients are employed to escape the eyes of pro- hibitionists. A hearse with a coffin loaded with stiffs in jugs is not an un- common sight to the initiated. The in dividual joint and the bootleg vender hawks the red-eye in coal oil cans or in in case fillod with pints. Loaded gunnysacks and grips are frequently I ed over, and the residents take their cocktails straight and erow not. The secret history of the strike of the Burlington engine men, if ever written, would be an astounding record of venal- ity, uumn}med bribery and coercion on the part of the officials of the road. The strikers’ record is not entirely free from buying of the scabs, but their purses had not the weight and depth of their opponent’'s, When the pay car made its monthly round in Nebraska two weeks ago, every engineer and fire- man who entered the ecar alone, was coaxed, then threatened and finally in- vited to a conference with the officials. Two old and prominent engineers, one of them & non-brotierhood man, received invitations to call on one of the leading officials, They determined to make a social call together, and their experience, as re- lated by their brethren in Omaha, shows that the company stooped toevery expedient to break the ranks of the strikers. Two engineers called ande were given an audierce. The brother- hood man was first approached in a pri- vate room with a tempting offer to brealk faith with his fellowmen and sell him- sell to the company, The amount of the bribe offered was 85,000. The offer was spurned with all the indignation of a true man. The second man was called in, but declined a private interview and insisted that his companion should re- main in the room as & witness to what transpired. He further stated that he was a non-brotheehood man, but was with the strikers heart and soul. The offer of 85,000 as & bribe to return to work was made to him. It was promptly and emphatically refused and the offi- eial informed that a one-half interest in the **Q.” system could not purchase his betrayal of the strikers. Were it not for the fact that the com mn{ hoped, by pur- chasing two or more leading engineers to break the solid ranks of the strikers, the facts here related would appear im- probable. Desperate and unscrupulous means were necessary to create a diver- sion and defection, but they failed. To the manly men of the brotherhood, whether victory or defeat be their lot, belongs the credit of standing together as one man in a fight for justice and the rights enjoyed by their brethren on competing roads: KW ] Towa ltems. . The wayor-of Burlington insists that MARCH 96, 1888, the city needs a greater number of police. Charity and good dinners have formed atrust in Atlantie. The people of Dubuque are holdin, moetings and growing quite enthusi- astic over the vroposed centennial of the settlement of that place b{ old Julian Du Buque. Tt is a good thing to become enthusiastic about. A Davenport sport is building a water bieyele, with which he expects to navi- ate the river and cover six miles an our. Tne murmur of the waters will be his never-ending requiem. The vigilant police of Carroll made a united pull last week for the $10,000 re- ward offered for the capture of the mur- derer of Snell in Chicago. The Tascott they captured proved to be a traveling blacksmith in search of a job. Thirty-five young ladies in the Towa [ Wesleyan university are being drilled in the manual of arms. Their military costume consists of a short skirt of navy blue cloth with blouse walst trimmed with gold braid and brass buttons, and a zouave cap to match. Bustles and cor- sets are forbidden. In addition to their side arms_they carry four-pound rifles and are killingly sweet in their move- ments. Dakota, Thero are in use in the Black Hills circuit 210 telephone instrunfents. Deadwood would like to have one or both the Dakota territorial conven- tions. The roller mills company of Mandan is offering a prize of $100" for the best 100 bushels of wheat of the crop of 1888. T. S. Palmer, assistant_treasurer of Eddy county, who embezzled about $400 from the county treasury two years ago, has made good the defaication. An elevator burned at St. Thomas Saturday. The building contained about 20,000 bushels of grain valued at $15,000, which was well msured. Extensive proparations have been made at Redficld for the territorial G. A. R. encampment which convenes there this week. It is expected that at least 600 old veterans will be present. The Methodist university of south Dakota, located at Mitchell, was r opened last week in temporary quarter The university building was destroyed by fire about two wecks ago, but will be rebuilt in time for the fall term. Pierre was honored by the presence of White Buffalo, son of Sitting Bull, and a number of other prominent chiefs of the Sioux nation, Saturday. Their sur- prise was great when informed that the Sioux reservation bill had passed the house. They said the Indians would gladly ratify the treaty, and wanted to live like white men, have homes and educate their children. LIST OF SUBSCRIBERS. HOTEL SELMA SUBSCRIPTION. Hr K. Dunbar....8 1 00John Mose: Decker, o 10/L.8. Gould g |C. ¥, Kirkpatrick. H. A, Wiggen] . Hubbara John' Kriegelstein L. Railsback. » The following contribution were received from Boston traveling shoe men at Kirken- dall, Jones & Co.’s oftice: G. P, Bingham....$ 2 00 M. V. Dunning.... 2 00 C.'E. Marston.... 2 R. R. Dodge, Mil- waukee, . . 100] N OMAHA LIST. To the Editor of the Bee: Enclosed please find £6 and list of contributors, $3 for Miss Loie Royce and $3 for Lena Woebbecke. This is list No. 2. Mirss POISSANT. M. B, Powell......3 \Clias’ Landrock .. W. E. Martin, At~ lantic, Ta. s H a o 3 5 E 3 Mrs. W, Rocko. Mrs. Jefiries gs8 8 NEB. Dr. M. D. Bedal... Mrs, F. Gra J. . Stewart. Taaac Thompson. . H. B. Taylor. % D. H. Bond, . C.H. Davis. 8. E. Kems . The above is sent as a benefit by the First Baptist church, Blair, Neb. Jas. H. STEWART, Treas. THE CEDAR RAPIDS LIST, Cmoar Rarins, Neb,, March 1.—To the Editor of the Ber: Your notice of the re- ceipt of the fund of $5.25 from this place gave it as coming from Cedar Rapids, Ia., where- as it is Cedar Rapids, Neb. I notify you that it may be correcte Frep E. JeNkiNs, WALOO'S CONTRIBUTION. 00[Doyle & Mansfield 00L, W, Thomas 0 F 52E2228 354 1000, W. G 1.00/Cash’. . s B0lJohn i Killlan Bros ). C. Taspenn] 50/ Cush N. Rosengreen. 50.J. C. Gruver Horace M, Clark. ., W. Robinson. . R. Alexander,, 2. Duckworth,. J. H, Knowles Biratton & Hanson 10 nn. . n 25 ool Total FULLERTON, NE 1001 4 1 00 Penny & Son. 00, Albert Thomp 0 Martin I Brower, ). W. iandoiph. . L. Steinberg. . .. D, Melklejohn Sses s Gonld, : vis Hros . rad 228 ank Lemicr, 1. Harding Trwin,.. s288 1 J.W. MeClelland . E, I, Smith A WL G. Jones. . H. (. Stewart. 8.'H. McClure M. J. Vosherg | 28 Juckson . M. Henderso Beagle.. . W, Kulght "), Morrison tobert Hrown | M Z. it I A it [ 00 00| B0 0 50 © b 0 B0 50| B0, ) B0l 50| 60 2| 2 23 25| 2 2!, 25| 25/W. 25 25 =) | 2 2 2 % 2 2 2 25/ Bl 3 3 c Jacob Stoute 4. G. Johnson James Odell . H. Binney. Chesney . 8. Nonamaker .. L E. Kreidler . Ed, B. Harman i Jake Umistead. Cash ... ‘aylor. . . B, Johnson . J. Young...... M. 8 -humaker harles Mears.. .. H.Van Arsdaie vid Lemire... % Bullard MeMillan § N. RS M M. i Haibei! Frank Gray........ W. K. Noteallue. Total....... J. B BRUNER'S LIST. To the Editor of the Beg: It affords me much pleasure-to hand you herewith §339.47, contribnted by the teachers and pupils of the county schools, as indicated below, in_re- sponse to the cireular issued from this office, 3 Nmnr{ lhlfl. In addition to the contri- butions from the county sohools, you will find very erous contributions from the [\:pfls and ‘hers of the public schools of ncaster and Pottsville,j Pennsyl- wania. Emma Lonerean.d § 13/Bmma Saling.... Ei'by"' oo 10 63D, G. Robinson., ura A, Welch.| 12 60l.Tennie Allen.. Wm. L. Mussell... 3} Minnie Parrott. . EEEEE 38, 23E: se Ella Sfoverlij Edith L, Hart. Jossie No;» Anna H. Thistl ¥, Mossenger..... Geo, L. Torrey ... .11, Logan o. . Kate L. Johnison, Anna Martin. ... 222E3 Nay Soyo ‘Kn o M. Buncher Alice L. Rrio, ... Lancaster, Pa., schools: R. K. Buehrle.... Pottsville, Pa., schoe 2353322 3 2 . F, Patterson., 0100 Table Lodge A. . &AM....... 100 | An ex-teachier ... 100 Mrs. D, B, Keyes 100 Total . 4 Janes B. BRUNER, County Superintendent. OAKBAND, NER., LIST. To the Editor of the Ber: The following is contributed by school district No, 17, 6f Burt county, for the benefit of Miss Lena Woebbecke ! A, Gullup, teacher B0[Jns. A Hanson... Afonzo J, fidnson. 25\John T. Hanson . Alice G, lanson.., 10/Chas, 8, Hanson.. 10/Guy H. Hanson, .. 25 K%, Palmquist . Palmquist. BaoS-Za omSowacnssas EEEEEE] C. Erickson E. Anderson 25/A. Lindquist. I5(H. Bank..... ) Total JTMMIBRTRAILL'S 1 Mrs, Straight. 25/ Mrs. Wells. 25 James Tral 10/Pierce, and 25| thony Bame 10{Mrs. 5| Mr 10{Cash 2| 2] Total.... . NEB. LIST. F., A. Clark & Co.. mpsett Yeats. 2 2322EeE2s2823 Y e SrE o SZET2ITLISSBSS ¥ BRI | Ge mi . Smith. 80 Callaway School.. |m'om AT CRESTON, NEB. LIST. 50(J. A, Sultan....... 40 50(C. H, Graham 50 50/Jacob Wilberts' 25/C] ls i FRIENDS AT PILGER, NEB. Prvcer, Stanton County, Neb., March 18.— To the Editor of the Bse: Last. but I hope not_least, is the offering of the Pilger school to Miss Royce, $65. Enclosed you will find J. G. Matheson's check payable to the order of Miss Loie Royce, as the result of an enter- tainment given here on March 10, under the auspices of the Pilger schools. In this affair the school is under sincere obligations to prominent citizens for very substuntial aid rendered, prominent among whom are J. G. Matheson, who douated a valuable rifle, which was raffied and brought $30; A. C. King, who tendered the use of his commo- dious hall and donated valuable material. In this connection please allow me to publicly acknowledge the kindness of the following: D. M. Philbin, superintendent Fremont, Elkhorn & Missour: Valley railroad, who. furnishea a special car from Norfolk for the accommodation of fifty of Stanton’s public- spirited citizens and who held the Norfolk *Flyer” so as to return them the same even- ing. Messrs. Jones & Co., statloners of Omahs, for donation of books and other material. W. ¥. Baker, of Chicago, material, etc., for use of entertainment. And now as the Bee has been so kind in this matter, if T havenot already presumed too much upon your valuable time and space, I should like to mak a few remarks upon the heroism of a fow of the teachers of Stanton county, whose trials on the terrible 12th have never been made public, nor received the credit due. While others were unfortu- nate, they were fortunate, but none the less herole is evidenced by thé nerve and judg- ment displayed. Miss Jessie Abbott, who re- mained all night in the school house with her pupils, who, on several occasions, were frightened into a stampede, by the fear that the house would be blwon away (a fear well founded, too, as during the night several out- buildingwere carried, crashing against the house with sufficient force to lift it bodily from its foundations. The young lady, but seventeen years of age, with no light' and scant fuel, held the fort most nobly, keeping back at times, by personal strength, muny who were bound to leave the house, Miss Emma Vail, who during the night kept herband together unharmed till morn, although by the flerconess of the storm the stove pipe was thrown down and the door blown open and off its hinges, filling the room with the blinding smoke and snow. Out of fuel, she used the furniture, and in the'morn returned her pupils to their many anxius nts, Margaret Matheson, who displayed unusual nerve in joining her seventeen pupils in a line, with herself as pilot, and a large boy as rear guard, all holding hands, and con- ducted them safely to a house one-half mile, ‘The citizens of this | pla i " Miss Bertha Sharp, wh was teaching in & certain settlement. The parents came and took the children, but ro- fusd to accommodate the teacher or conduct her to her boarding place, and thanks to these human hogs, she spent the night alone in her school house, The experi e teachers have been most grapically portrayed by the fertile pen of J. G. Matheson, who composed and set to music a poem dedicated to the teachers of Stanton county, also a poem entitled, “Our Heroines,” both of which were feat- u; of the entertainment. These have beon n y bound in phamphlet form, and a goodly sum has been realized from the same. The sale of these books s still going on, and the proceeds from this time, together with a part of the proceeds of the entertainment, will applied to the Wespthalon monument fund. They can be had on application to J. G. Matheson or myself and are selling at 10 cents, A. B, Baizu Teacher Public Schools, Pilger, N¢| MME. DE BELLEVILLE'S SORROWS. Her Misortanes in Vienna Make Hor Attempt Suicide. New York World:. Mme. de Bello- ville, who some few woeks ago was ox- pelled from Berlin by the police of that city, has just made an unsuccessful at- tempt to commit suicide at Vienoa, whither she had goneafter her enforced departure from the Prussian capital. Sne had taken u{) her residence at No. 11 Opernring, in a handsome suit of apartments. Night after night sho was to be seen at the opera, seated in the stalls, and she soon became known to the habitues as the Lady in White. Having made the acquaintance of a di- rector of the Grand opera, she made an attempt to obtain an engagement both there and to the theater on the Wien, but she was unsuecessful in both cases, and at length in despair turned to M. Pertl, the man- ager of the famous music hall known as the Orpheum. Here she was more for- tunate, and after a short discussion Mme. la Baronne de Belleville on- gnged asa ballad singer. Notwithstand- ing her piquante style of beauty, her first appearance was only moderately successful. The following day she was summoned to the central office of police and questioned concerning her ex- ulsion from Berlin and her means o{ ivelihood in Vienne. She replied thai sho was engaged at the Orpheum, and that moreover she would shortly be in roceipt of a large sum of money pro- ceeding from the sale of her furniture and effects at Berlin. On returning to her apartments the first thing she found was a note from the manager of the Orpheum, informing her that her services were no longer re- quired. In despair she seized a revolver and fired two shots at herself, the second of which inflicted a slight flesh wound on her leg. Assoon as she has recov- ered she will be expelled from Vienna, the authorities having been warned about her by the Berlin police. As is well known she was expelled from the latter place in consofluoucu of her inti- maecy with Prince William, now crown prince of Germany. She was also_on terms of acquaintance with Count Her- bert Bismarck and several other mem- bors of the Prussian jeunesse doree, and her conduct isasserted to have been the cause of some scandal at the ‘‘Ath- ens-on-the-Spree.” Mme. DeBelleville was well known on this side of the Atlantic. Some years 0 she gained unenviable notoriety in Chicago. Shortly after her adventure there she travelled thtoughout the country and finally went to Berlin. She was there but a short time when, on Nov. 11, 1887, she received a notice of expulsion from the Berlin police. At that time reasons of a political nature were said to be the cause of her expul- sion. She declared that she had never surrendered her German citizenship, but the police would hear of noargument in tne matter, and she had to leave. —— Republican State Conyention, The republican electors cf the state of Nebraska are requested to send delegates from the several counties, 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 thé national repub- lican convention, which meets in Chicago June 19, 1888, . THE APPORTIONMENT. + The several counties are entitled to repre- sentation as follows, being based upon the vote cast for Hon. Samuel Maxwell, supreme ]udga, in 1887, giving one delegate-at-large to each county, and one for each 150 votes and major fraction thereof* COUNTIES, — VOTES.| COUNTIES. Adams. VOTES. aEaEaZonr asEocnammsseial aees 1t is recommended that no proxies be ad- mitted to the convention, except, such as ara held by persons residingin tho counties from the proxics are given. Grokae D, MEIKLEIONN, WLt M. SEELY Chafrman, - The peculiar purifying and building up powers of Hood’s Sarsaparilla make it the very best medicine to take at this season, e ‘Worth, the great dressmaker,sketches his patrons in the following style: ** suppose Russian ladies are the greatest dancers in the world; KEnglish women are justly proud of their perfect com- ploxions, the French lead the world in veul elogance, and the American ladies impress me by the ecasy way in which they wear gowgeous gowns, Nothing overwhelms them,” ~ BROTHERHOOD ——)OF(— LOCOMOTIVE ENGINEERS ! The locomotive is the grandest piece of me- chanism the human brain has ever conceived. The men who drive 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 gentlemanly behavior dur- ing the trying days o firoves. the past few weeks amply e sympathize with the the Brother- ood and propose to manifest our sympathies in a practical form, on all articles of and Hats that members of t need, - From and after this 2lst day of March, 1888, L. O. Jones Clothier, 1309 Farnam street, will ial discount of ten émr cent from regular Iothingh Furnis e the American make a spec- rices hing Goods Brotherhood may