Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1888, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, DECEMBE 1888 DATLY BEE. D EVERY MORNING, 'HE romasn TERME OF SUBRCT PTION, SDAY $10 00 ot ontl b r 1 hiree Montlis 26 | u,,. OMARA SUNDAY BEE, miaiied 1o any | <5, One yent 2m WEKKLY TIRE, One Y enr 2 00 LOAND 016 FARN AM STRY 6T OVAHAOFFICENOS. 7 ROOKERY CHICAG0 OFFICH BULLVING Niw YORKOFFICE, ROOMS 14 AND 16 Titinu s e HUILDING, WASHINGTON OFFICE, No. 013 FOURTEENTI STRERT, CORRESPONDENCE smmunications relating to newsana sdi Al m jould be addressed to the Epiron THE BEF BUSINESS LETTF Al business letiars and remittances shonld ha tessed 10 Tk EE PUBLISIING COMPANY, | iAn A, Dratte, checks aud postoflice orders 10 | @ order of the compat made payal THE sulation. Btataof Nebrask Connty of Don, George 8. Tzschnek, secratary of The Bee Pub. lishing Company, doey solomnly sweat that the actual cirenfation of Tik DALY BEE for the week ending December 15, 18388, was as folloy Ennday, Dec. 9 Monday, Dec, 10 Tuesday Dec. 1L Wednesday, Do Thursday, Dec Friday, Dec. 14 Baturday, Dec. 15 Averige vy GHEORGE 1 fworn o before me and snb presence this 15th day of December A. D Seul N. P. FELL, Notary Pub) BKtate of Neb: [} { s, , heing duly sworn, de lie is secretary of t Itee the nctual Averige DALy I for the , 15,041 coples; for Jan- ceibod In iy 1588, suys that Publishing company, that datly circulation of THE month of Decen v, 18 1883, 05 copies; for Februnry, 188, copies; for March, 1585, 19,650 copias: for April, 188, 18,i44 coples: for' May, 15, 1 Coples: for Jime, 188, 10243 copies: for | 18,18 copies! 1858, 18,08 coples for August, 1 Tor Eeptember, 185, 1 or Octob TERS, Was 18084 coples comber, 153, 18,0 copie, HITCK Bworn to befc Dresence this Sth da N. P. FEIL ribiod AnLthe big and little fish in Ne- Yraska ar ady jumpin the hook s00n 1o be baited with patronag Mavor Broarcitwill be sustaincd by every citizen in his crusade against tho evection of any more poles on our busi- ness street Tie three di slict members of the state board of transportation—Laws, Babeock and Scott peaking for the people of brasika remind oune of the three tailors of [ooley strect. illness d is causing considerable anxi- Tie continued man L ety notonly in Washington but in his district. No serious complications, ho lutest ac- of Congross- ever, were looked for at the counts. cample of the residents of the wd who have organized them- elves into a non-partisan club for the purpose of looking after the public im- provements in that ward is one which commends itsell to citizens of other wards., AMERICAN jack tars under Admir Luce will not be able to voport a glor ous victory over the Haytians, The authorities at Port-nu-Prince have turned over the seized American vessel in their poss n without giving the Galena a chance to five a shot. SENATOR ALLISON i8 quoted as say- ing that legislation on the admission of the terrvitovies” is mnot likely to take place at the present session. Dakota will in consequence be obliged to sit on the anxious seat until President Harri- son calls an extra session. THE charter committee should bear in mind that it is its duty to work for the true interests of Omaha. It should not allow its sense of rightand justice to be warped by the false promises and threats of railroad monopoliies who have too long shirked their just tax obligations THE proposition brought before the char committee by representative taxpayers of the Sixth ward, that the payment of grading in the city shall be yrovided for by the issuing of bonds in the same maunner as is now done for paving, is one which corunends itself to the attention of our citizens. ——— MISFORTUNE 25 well as disaster arc crowding upon the venerable De Les- geps and his great Panama canal, Close on the heels of the announcement that banliruptey is about to overwhelm his scheie, comes the news of great dam- age done to the canal by reason of s vere inundations at Panama. This will, of course, have a still more depressing eflect, and so hasten the financial crash which now seems inevitable, The Hascall city hall ordinance is ex- pected to be called up in the council to-night. It provides for an issue of bonds to the amount of 3300,000. The ordinance 18 obviously 1n confhet with section sixty-six of the charter, which provides that for such purpose as tho coustruction of & city hall the issuance of bonds in any one year shall not be to o greater amount than $200,000. For this and other equally cogent reasons the ordinance should be kilied. Tie only means by which certain transactions in the school board can be thoroughly ventilated is the secret in- quisition of a grand jury room. It istle jiaperative duty of the authorities to take these matters up where the inves- tigating committee dropped them and demand the attendance of certain wit- mosses whose testimony, under oath, would prove the existence of a complete system of crookedness among certain mombers of the board. The end isnot yet. mp——— Tue political manifesto issued by the geuntile population of Utah irrespect of political faith protesting agaiust the admission of that territory as a state is significant. The strong torms used to defeut the endorsement of the ‘demo- centic congressional caucus echoes the fonrs of the gentiles from Mormon per- secution, should the right of self-gov- ernment be granted to Utah., With all the power of congress employed to crush polygamy, it must be confessed that but little has been accomplished. Po- dygwmy still lives, and statehood to Utah uader the circumstances is oot to be thought of, ) LACK OF CANDIDATES, At least half a score of individuals Ircady announced as aspirants for sakership of the next \ house of represontatives. Doubtless the number will be considerably in- d between now and the first of January. - Itis a legitimate ambition of men who can present a fair claim to such an honor, and who would seck it with a conscientious purposo to perform its dutiés honestly and impartially. There are such men among memboers ct of tne legislature whose names have not been mentioned in connection with the speakership, but it is to be expected that the chanc » fleld of candidates offc further entries for the If this could be avoided we are not sure that it would be able to do so. But it is to be desired that all who aspire to doclare hal will induce whic race the speakership shall promptly themselves, so that their records may be looked into and their claims care- fully scrutinized. Of those alveady named il is hopeless. T words are ntly bad, their claims are so ut- ly worthless, and their methods have been so gravely objectionable, that they will not be able to command the cor- rupt and unserupulous influence pon which they base their expectations of sue S, hese men are mor likely to war against each other than to unite forces upon one of their number, and from sueh a contest may come the chance of electing a man to the speakership in whom the people ean feel As wo have here- tofore suid, the position is a most im- portant one, with large powers and pre- rogatives for influencing the character the ¢ e of SOV r o confidenc and course of legislation. The next legi ure will be called upon to con- sider questions of great concern to the people, and no man who cannot be re- lied upon in all circumstances to be un- compromisingly friendly to . the public interests, particularly when these are oni by the interests of the wuld be clected to There istobea v the legislature so that interests naturally and persistently hostile to the people shall not be inte fc y 1 with, but it can be defeated if the fricnds of the publi fare are vigi- lant, zealous and fearless. anta cor- the rous the AMERICAN INTERESTS IN PANAMA The threatened complete collapse of the Panama canal scheme makes the question of the extent of American in- vestmeuts in that enterprise interest- in The full amount of 1 in- vested in the project by Americans at home and abroad will perhaps never be ascertained, because the investors ave not disposed to give up the information. It is not agreeable to tell of one’s finan- cial blunders, particularly when there does not appear to be the least hope of recovering anything. But estimates made in New York place the amount of American investments in the Panama canal at only about half a million dol- Inrs, which is a much smaller sum than might have been supposed, and we have no doubt is under the real gures. But American subscriptions were never so liberal as they we resented to be. re rep- Both for political and patriotic reasons our capitalists gener- ally have never thought favorubly of the Panama scheme, and about all that was obtained in this country was_ sub- seribed at the outset of the enterprise, subsequent appeals receiving no atten- tion. It is very probable, also, that many of the first investors parted with theirstock to French capitalists who continued to have faith in the uitimate success of the enterprise after all the vest of the world had given it up as a hopeless undertaking. It isquite possi- ble, therefore, that the loss to American investors by the collapse of the project would fall below a mullion dollars, whick is not a vory serious mattor The Panama canal dilemma was dis- cussed yesterday at a meoting of the Seligmans and other baukers of New York, it is said, with the idea of contin- uing the project with American capital and under American control.. Suck plan is of questionable practicability. A first condition to carrying it into ef- eet would be a full survender of French interests in the enterprise, for certainly American capitalists would not he so foolish as to assume any part of the obligations of the canal compuny to French investors, and it is very doubtful whether these investors would be willing to make a full surrender. There are muny thous- ands of them in France, and the refusal of a portion to give up their stock would likely induce the whole to cling to * now worthless paper, in the hope t some new De Lesseps may appear in the future, with influence enofigh to secure government support and resum- ing the work carry it to completion. Another dificulty would probably be to induce our government to take the action necessary to secure American control of the enterprise. There would undoubtedly be a very strong public sentiment against this govern- ment entering into any arrange- ment or ‘“entangling alliance™ with regard to this scheme, and we do not believe any proposition leading to such an arrangement would succeed, Finally, American capital can find much safer investment, with good assurance of immediate or early re- turns in other directions, and no such plan of obtaining money by popular subscription as was adopted in France would meet with any success here, The chances of the Panama canal scheme getting into American hands seem, therefore, very small. Meantime the threatened coliapse of the enter- prise is the chief source of popular in- terest in France, where e y or quite half the population is interested, and even the possible consequences to the peace of the country are being seriously discussed. e e AN INCONULUSIVE REPORT. The report of the special committee of the board of education, of the result of its investigation of charges that members of the board had been unduly or improperly influenced in the selec- tion and purchase of* school desks, will not be generally regarded as conclusive that the chargas wore groundless, The commitiee was powerless to make a thorough and searching investigation. | 1t could not compel the attendanco of and it could not require such voluntarily responded to its summons to testify under Being unddr such constraint, committes was obviously unable 1o prose wything more than a per- functory vial inquiry, and in such circumstan ses it is not surprising that nothing was found warranting the conclusion that any member of the Dboard was undulyor improperly influ- enced. Doubtless the committee reached the only conclusion it could reach from the testimany obtained. but the acknowledged deficiency in the testimony ust ne detract from the value of the conclusion. It is to be regretted that this is so, be- cause it leaves a suspicion and a feeling of distrust which it was most desirable to have removed, if there was really no ound for the charges. The prompt dismissal of Marrow faom the service of the board was imperative after his ssion of having received a money consideration for his influence, and will not go a very great way in re-establish- ing confidence. The committee, we have no doubt, has done the best it could, but the vesult, so far as memb of the board are concerncd, ainly inconclusi witne: witnesses as oath, the confe is cer Tite last scene in the farce played by the state board of transpor on took place Monday when it formally rve- scinded the order of July 5 providing for o readjustment of railroad freig rates. True to the last in its subser iency to the rmlvoads, the majority of the board refused to heed the de! of the veople for lower transportation rates. With unblushing effrontery the board has justified itsaction by claim- ing that “‘the products of Nebraska are carried to market at a loss rate per ton per mile than the same productions of the state are carried in Towa, and that Tumix nd coal ave shipped into this state at a le ate per ton per mile than the same kind of goods are shipped to consumers in Tow: Not even the railroads themsclves would assume to juggle with the trath in such a reckiess manner. But the old is dead, and the people of the state are to be congratulated that such men as Scott and Babeock have been found faithless to the people’s interests, and have been relegated to private life. There is hope that in the composition of the new board of transportation men wiil be found who will not y false wsth the great question of freight re- duction in the interests of an overbur- dened people. board Tie legislature of South Carolipa appears determined to adopt a vigogous in dealiug with railvoad corpora- Two important bills passed the senate n few days ago, one of which prohibits any person or corporation in any way interested in arailroad lying wholiy or in part in the stato from pur- chasing, leasing, controling or operat- ing any other lin of railvond now operating or hereafter to be constructed under a charter from the state, without first obtaining an act from the general mbly authorizing the same. The bill materially enlarges power of the railvoad com- mission, practically placing the lronds under the management of three commissioners, whose powers are absolutely arbitrary. The commission- ers are authorized to make reasonable and just rates of charge for freight tar- iffs, and such rules and regulations as may be necessary to prevent diserimi nations. The railroads will make a des- perate fight to defeat these measures in the house, but the chances ave strongly in favor of both becoming laws., Laws nearly similar in character exist in orgia and are enforced. The south- ern people seem likely to st an exam- ple to those of the north in dealing de- ively with the railvoad problem. a other the CIAUNC M. Derew takes issue with Charles Francis Adams on the railroad question and disagrees with the president of the Union Pacific, that railrond managers ave of low moral toue. It may be possible that the rail- road managers with whom the presi- dent of the New York Centrul comes in contact ave of a different stamp from the railroad managers of the west. M. Adams could undoubtedly enlighten Mr. Depew on that score. Western rail- roads play in controling state legisla- tures, state boards of transportation and the hke. The president of the Union Pacific moreover could tell him how ex- ponsive it is to the stockholders of the western railroads to muintain extensive oil rooms and long lists of cappers and lings to carry out the schemes of unscrupulous managers. M, s innocence makes it quite evi- dent that he has never managed awest- cvrn railroad. not LAND will putation by an exhibition of ill- of his public His message showed that his de- feat had soured him and thrown him into a pessimistic frame of mind, There was a disposition to pardon this under Mg, CLEVE his v nature in the closing day: life. improve the circumstances. It was to be pected of & man who had allowed faith in himself and ambition to attain an in- ordinate growth. But Mr. Cleveland has had time for véflection, and he ought to understand that he was not only fairly defeated, but that ho was very largely respomsible for his defeat. He can do himself no good and may do his purly harm by continuing to mani- fest & spirit of resentment, particularly if he takes such contemptible ways of showing it as he did in nominating to office & man who made himself conspicu- ous in the campaign as a malicl villifier of the republican candidate for president. Spm—— Too Talkative. Boston Herald, Chauncey M. Depew would hardly fill the bill as minister to the court of St. James. He talks too fluently for an ideal diplomatist. fe—— Riddleberger Must Go. New York World Mr. Riddieberger has ceased to be an orna- ment to the United States senate, Why can he not be retired! However, if the senate can stand bim the country can, e et What's the Matter With Belva? Moneer Press. Belva Ann Lockwood says that women ave wuproviag intellectuslly 18 per ceut fesic. than men. Hut at the same time Belva's vote fell off 100 per cont from what it was four years ago. - Gotting at the Returns, Globe-Dr rat, Theo latest revised returns plac populdr vote at 11,340,518, In the twenty: states classed as the north, Harrison ob- tained 490,830 more votes than Cleveland, while Cleveland led by 574,208 in the sixteon ex-slave statos. This makes Cleveland plurality 107,433, as compared with 62,033 in 1834, The aggregate vote in 1830 was 9,204, 120, and in 1384, IV|N*0 1 - The (‘anmn | or Spenkership. I Advertiser, Tho cantest for ithe speakorship of ths Fifty-first house of representatives evides occupies the minds of the menm quite as much just now as the not very enliv ening proceedings of the present body. The contest is thoroughly good natured but grow: ing in interest. With the entrance of Messrs, Burrows and Henderson the probable result is less oloar, Our Washiugton correspond. ent details the effort made by Mr. Reed, who seems to bo the New England candidate. yors-clect They Have no Oonsciences. Chicago News. Mr. Charles Francis Adams complains that since the inter-state commerce law wont ilronds have b cutting the sly worse than fore the adveut of into effect the r: each other's throats on they ever did openly b Judge Cooley and his commission, He thinks the law ought to be modified to pre vent further demoralization of this sort. Tt might be well to modify the clastio con- sciences of the railroad men who violate the law 80 persistently, - The Colossus of Rhoues | Chleagn News, Chorus of watchers in the senate y.'.lll/-r)" “Ther anator Quay is going to speak at last. No, he 1s oniy yawning. Thero, he is writing a letter. Dictating the appointment of a cabinet oficer, probably. My, did you seothat! He actually glancad up at us. How much he looks like Napdleon Hona parte! And Alexander nilton! And Daniel Webster! And Talleyrand! And tho Duke of Marlborough! | thero ho is oom. There isn't any iow stupid ull the other going to the cloak thing to see now senators look! PROMINEN I ISONS, Thore are those who spell the young man's name “Rustle” Harrison. Robert Louis Stevenson must be really a great man. A brand of cigarettes has beon named after him. It is a mistake to assert th mounia which Kkilled the chi tit was pneu- f the Southern Utes. More likely it was a case of Coiorow morbus. Some really righteous indiv informs the public that nothing about e from Pokerhonta Quoen Kapiolani of the is studying ton are anx read “Robert Iismere. M. Paul de Casgagnac, who has the ropu- tion of being the best swordsman in Fran received four challenges to mortal com Benjamin H knows But isn't he descended h Tslands in conneetion with the Numa Gilly incide try is fu luck. No sooner had undergone ; y tha fire Mrs. Langtry iin, Levi and Elijah have had a con sultation. They have decided that the Get- it the Showfites and the Awful-Orites shall have no recogyition from the incoming administration. Dudley Buck, the composer, has been elected 10 membership in the Royal Associa- tion Benemerito of Itally, which i1s under the dircet personal protection of the king of Italy and the emperor of Brazl. The sultan of Turkey, who i most fickle man rding his fads, has become inter- ested in typewriting and is vracticing the art seduously. To what use he will put his expertness s a question. Perhaps it would give him a new sensation to earn an honest penny by a day's work sowe time in the future. - STATE JOTTINGS. The erying need of houses for rent. he Presbyterians of Plattsmouth are pre- paring to build a new church to cost §13,000. Three stores were destroyed by fire at Stella Monday morning, entailing a loss of obout, $3,000. There is no ice in the river at Niobrara, and the “Little Maud” plies regularly from shore to shore. “A selfish siuner and a two-faced christian made a pair,” 15 the Sunday motto of the Ne- braska City Press. Picree needs a brass band, and a professor from Norfolk will organize one if tacre are musiciaus enougl in the town. The Cass County Agricultural socief over $1,500 m_ the hole, but has borrowed cuough’cash to pay off all its indebtedness A roward of $100 js offered for the arrest of the incendiaries who set fire to the barn of V. Gordonko, of Keya Paha county. Michael Owens, one of the most extensive aud wealthicst stock dealers of Kuox county, is lying at the point of deatii at his Lome in Créighton, Frisky fellows around Warnerville amuso themselves by shooting away the insulato: nd the comwpany has of ward of §5 for iuformation that wi their conviction. The Fremont, Tribune's comment on the Owaha Kepublican passing into tho hands of a receiver is that it “seems a little strange that in @ city the size of Omaha that there should be but one newspaper that is paying expenses.’’ The Lost Creck (Keya Paha county) lit- * debated the question whether hels caused more sufferiug than in- ating liquors, and decided that two barrels of whisky will produce more funerals in a tribe of redskins in a weelk than the United States army could in u year, Heart diseasc seized William Squires, a Knox coutity farmer, while he was feeding his hogs and he fell dead in the pen, wherc his lifeloss body was discovered by his wife. She dragged her husband’s remains away from the porkers and covered them with a wagon box while she went* for ussistance. On her way to # neighbor's, she lost her bearings on’ accouut of the heavy snow that was falling and was discovered three and a half miles from home sufferiug with mental derangement, 5 An African clergymin was_ discoursing at Dodge, from the text, **And they brought unto him those that were afllicted with divers diseases and ho healed them.” Said the preacher: “Discase is in the world, my dy- ing congrogation. There 1s the smallpox, and the yellow fever, and the cholera, my dear brothers and sisters, and oh ! the small- pox kills its hundreds, the yellow fever its thousands, and you wll know, my brethren and sistors, that these eartily doctors can cure the smallpox, the cholera and the yel- low fever if they get there in time. But only the dear Lord can cure the ‘divers.’ " AIEG a1 G0 1 General Manderson, of Pennsylvania, The Penusylvania soclety by-laws coig- wittee, consisting of T. C. Brunner, W. F Grifiitts, A. Coulter, H, M. Juckson and J.W. Beaver, met_yesterduy in Morse & Hrun- ner's and adopted o serios of laws, which they will report to the meeting Thursday night. “Phe commitiee on permanent organiztion cousisting of W. N. Nason, Joe Redman and R. C. Paiterson, have decided to recommend Senator Manderson for president. earney is more small Broke His Log. Dr. W. 7. Gulbraith, surgeon of the Union Pacific, broke his leg Monday night, at the corner of Pierce and Twelfth streots, where be had been called to attend 4 paticnt. He thoughtiossly jumped from his carringe and alighted in such @ wanner as to break the boue of his left leg in the rogiou of the ankle, Drs. Hoffman and Gibbs were summoned and adjusted the injured member. The batient will be incapacitatod for some time. No Ohristmas Table should be without a bottle of Angostura Bitters, the world renowned appetizer ;:l“a:qumu flavor. Beware of counter- o THE CHARTER COMMITTHE, Relative Merits of Day Labor and the Oontract System, The charter committee met again yestere and agein the members of the failed o put in an appearance. day afternoon y council Pat Ford did look in beforo there was g quorum, but oxplained his presence by stat ing that he was in search of a council committeo meeting which was supposed to take placo in the city hall, but as he could not find it there he took in the board of trade, On being called to order & commani tion fram Thomas I\ Dailey was read, sug gesting a change in section 50 of the charter, and stating that a great deal of the sickness prevalent was_due to the use of water taken from wells and cisterns situated too close to water-closets and cess pools. He also pointed out that in many cases landlords will not make the propor sewer nd water connec tions, and _therefor gosted that the words “wells, cistorus, privies, water closets, coss' pools, ‘and to compell property owners | to make suitable sowerage conncetions” be inserted body of section 80, which at present Al power to make gives the mayor and cour general heaith of regulations to secure the the city. This was done Soction 108, which refers to public parks, led ton gencral discussion, in which Mr. Connell expressed the opinion that the power of the board of park commissioners should be increased, and that a proper system of parking and boulevarding would boom Omaha more than any other thing at present. Mr. Lininger thought that tho park comumis sioncrs should, as much as possible, be free from the_interference of the city ' council. “harles Browa was of the opinion that ten-mile limit surronnding the city was too larre a space in which tolocate the and that @ one or two-mile limit was prefe able. Tho question was finally referred to Messrs, Connell, Rosewater and Lininger as w special committee to draft a section in place of the present one. Section 100 defining the daties and salary of the boilor inspector, was discussod, and Me. Rosewater pointed’ out that while the position was a responsible one, no bond was requived, althougzh every othier municipal ofcer wis required to do so. 1t was accord ingly suggested that the section be amended 80 48 10 require & boud for &,000, Section 110_was referred to a committy composed of Messrs, Connell, Lininger ani Rosewater, with the instructions to so amend it that it would call fora bond of £10,000, to be furnished by the city comptroiler, and to mako such other alterations us they acemed necess: Scctions 111 and 112 relating to the duties of the eity attorney and his assistant, wer allowdd to stand approval as at present Nearly bulf the time was taken up in_the of scction 113, arading, be done that in the interests uf the w orking men who formed the population of Owaha, the words “day’s labor™ should bo substituted for *con tract.” It was pointed out that is @ clauso in the proviso, ing it optional for the proj owners intg 1, to say whethe Ibe done by contract or had passed and in y one inst the day labor plan n tried, and Mr. Brown suid that was on some curbing on Convent s which cost the taxpayers about tw mucn_as it ould done_ unde Then it as sh e bailding of viaducts could not except by skilled Jabor and under contract with fore corporations, Some discussion foll to who was responsible for the insertion of that proviso, and it was learned that it was put in pmpromisc, on & vequest made by a delegation of Knights of Labor ut Lin- coln. The manner in which the work of the city was done at present came in f ing, and the me of contr superintendents or inspectors discussed. One member made the statement that one city inspector is drawing pay us_superintendent of a worl, for which he draws city pa suid that a butcl f to mspect concrete, a s cper iuspects the construction of a sewer, and a_cigarmaker passes judgment on the quality of curbing. Mr. Furay said the only men paid on the “day labor” plan was rect commissioner and his gang, and it made him weary to watch them. ‘inally the question was deferred until the mecting of the afternoon, and the committee adjourned. or not the work sh v labos contr AMUS] Leavitt's **Grand Europeau Novelties" at- tracted a large audience at Boyd's opera house last night, and presented an enter- tainment which for its abundant variety and general excelience can be cordially com- mended. There were eleven acts, each pre- sented by people thoroughly proficient in their specialties, and most of them of ex- ceptionul merit. The performance commenced with a very neat act by the Tills, followed by the trans-Atlantic skaters, Asbley & Hess, m & pleasing vovelty. The funny Avones, grotesque acrobats, were well received, and two pretty girls, the Milton sisters, presented @ neat and artistic singing and dancing act. Duucan, the ventriloquist, fur- nished a very amusing feature, while the Pylades, in their represeutations of promin- ent personages, were entertaining, and with a few exceptions correct. The podomanual exhibition of Jules Keller was a. remarkable illustration of what may be accomplished by ogloss man, or one who Las not the use of his iegs, and the concluding act by the Zan- etto troupe of jugglers, cquilibrists and illu- sionists, was an exhibition of skill and profi- ency rarely equalled 'he large uudience gave ample evidence of being well pleased with the entertainment. To-night there will be changes in the programme, iotroducing other novelties, Weighing Live Stoclk. Arrangenents were completed yesterday whereby all shipments of live stock in and out of Omaha and South Omaha, will be made on the stundard scale of 100 pounds 1n weight. Formerly the shipmeuts to and out of these parts have been guaged in car lots, and the rate was based on astandard amount per car. This was found to be the source of morc or less trouble, for the reason of there being of various sizes, When a demand was mado for a car the patron would invariably ask the largest size, and in case he could sccommodated, he would foel dis The matter of guaging it on the scale of 100 pounds, the traffic managers state, will not ouly do away with the difficulties in furnish- ing tho size of a car desired, but will also have a tendency to prevent shippers from overcrowding the car with stock. This, how- ever, doos not advance or decreuse the rate It will go into effect here and at Kansas City and other Missouri river points January 1. It has been conducted in Chicago for the last two mouths, Ofticial Changes. There will be several official chan ges made 1 the general oftices of the Union Pacifie in this city January L. Awong the individuals that will be deposed will be Paymaster Josselyn, and Frauk Hills auditor of agents’ accounts. Theoffice of paymaster is substan- tially abolished and a circular 1o that effect will soon make its appearence, The office of auditor of agents’ accounts will be abolished wnd the work that has formerly been exe- cuted by that_department will revert to the department of CGieneral Auditor Young, The latter was seen by arveporter yesterday mori- ing und stated that he was not ready to give the matter publicatiop, sbut that about Jan- uary 1 a circular would make its appearance 1o that effect. Just what additional changes will be made has not yet been determined. e Fred W. Jones Buried, The funeral of Fred W. Jones, late mana- ger of Falconer's cloak department, left bis forwmer residence, 1613 Howard street, yester- day worning, and proceeded to the Forest Lawn cemetery, where the remains were interred. It was largely at- tended by the many friends he had made during his four years' resideuce in Omaba, aud a number of floral tributes testified to the cstecm in which he had been held by his associales. Mike Farrell Dead. Mike Farrell, one of the oldest and best kuown engineers of the Union I*acific, died Monday &t Lincoln, He had been de mented for some tinie, the result of an acci dent several years ago. His wife| lof to a compapy the remains to this eity, ro they will atrive on Wednesday lnunmn' The funeral will be held in 5t Philomena's, and burial will take place o Holy Sepulchre celi- qlery. BOODLE SEEKERS IN CLOVER. A Lavish Expenditure of Monoy by the Railroad Strikors, PASSES SCATTERED BROADCAST. Mecting of the Board of State Univer eity Regents —An fmportant Dam- Age incoln News asip. TREET, AN , Doc. 18, Deweese, the well known Burlington striker, has opened up his bureau, and whe legislator-eloct with railroad pin-foi s visits the city he strikes a beo line for his office. This is significant, of because it is a significant ason of ) It is understood that tho straw berry blonde has been unusuatly lavish with passes during the past fow weoks. The rog iment of spotters and cappers have all been supplicd. In answer to the question, “How is travel ' a well known conductor said to day Vovor betters every nincompoop in the stato is shoving a pass at'mo. 59 the wave heen elected to of But it_is learned from reasonable o8 that Dewcese is working as never to prevent the organization of the house from fulling into the hands of the so-called antimonopoly faction of the republican party. Such men s he are bolstering Olmstend and Lee and their ilk Railroad cappers lounge about the corridors of the hotels from night to night, and no_re warks of political importance escape their trained cars, The play is amusing, but at the same time disgusting. 1t ought to be, and doubtless is, taken as an accepted fact that the railrouds will go to great expenses to accomplish their purposes. They are bent on organizing the house at every hazard, and if an honost, fair-minded nepivant is elected 0 the speakership it will be by a serateh, To the hoodlerand pass sceker 1t 18 siggested that Dewecle has secured and fitted clegant rooms in the Burr block. UNIVERSITY DADS IN 8E The board of university regeats met in regular se on this afternoon at 2 o'clock, 1t is said thav the meeting had _specially to do with the bienuial report of the board to the legisluture, but the. business trapsacted to-day was 1 ine, with nothing of very at interest for consideration, What d will take relative to the estal A lawy rtment in tho natter of conjectur of the knowing ones elaim thut a v the board favor taking the initiator and will ask the law for the sary appropriation. The law students of the city are working hard to secure the cs lishment of the departin A numbe: them have banded themselves together will ask a temporary room at the univer and will employ their own teacher for a time. This maneuver is thrown out as an In that the move is ri ud to inspire confi- dence for any i v work thut may be needed to accomplish the end. The young disciples of Blackstone are incarnest in any event. whole posse must fiey JUDICIAL JOTTINGS. The trial of the criminal docket was con- tinuc with Judge Chapman on the (ul.\nmul among beneh. Unimportant cuses we until the next term of court; was th Sidles rape casc was arraigned o-day and ent not guilty, and was released on bonds in the sum of #2,000, J. H. McClay becoming his surcty. ‘The case’of Pond vs Poud was re- ferred to D, . Courtney to report the find- ing of law and facts. In the case of Levi P, Havris vs Texcelia Harris, a divorce and cu tody of children was granted to the piaintiff, Th application for a writ of habeas corpus, which caused a great dcal of comment last August, was dismissed at the cost of the plaintifi. The remnant of the old Dawson will case was hunded down as smoothly as though o1l was floating upon the waters, It was under tho caption of _Elizaboth Chase et al Heightand Wheeler et al. An order of the court was peuding citing L. C. Burr to appear, but the judge dismis: it and said be thought the plaintiffs had no just reason for complaint. This af noon Henry Burr was again put on tial for deliberate and willful murder. But the pub- lic know alt about the sickening details of the crime. He was convicted of murder in the first degree on his first trial and the cuse 'was taken to the supreme court on error, and the cause was remanded back for new trial. Some of the members of the Lancaster bar express the opinion that the case will occupy the time of the court during the rest of the week. Insanity is said to be the grouud of the defense. AN INPORTANT DAMAGE SUIT. The petition of Elizsbeth Teler was filed in the district_court to-day ulleging damages against the Chicago, Burlmgton & Quincy railrond company in the sum of $25,000. The petitioner bases lier claim for dumages upon the death of little Jolnny, her son and wainstay, which oceurred at 'the bend of the road at the brick yards, in the southwest part of the city, on or about the Gth day of last September, 13ut the readers of Tk 131 are famibar with Johnny' sad death, the farce of an inquest and the indignation of the public at the time. The petition gives a de- tailed history of tho tragedy and prays for judgment dumages as stated. W. Henry Smith, late of Philadelphia, Pa., has charge of the plamtifl's interests aud will conduct the case of the prosecution. SUING THE BUKLINGTON. Notice of the complaint of J. W. Scott and E. P. Murphy against the Burlington was served on the officers of the company to-day b} 't Mason, of the state board of transportation. The wcutlemen allege that they are engaged in buying grain at Utica, Seward county, and that the railroad author- ities refuse or fail to provide them with cars in which to ship their grain, or even an equitable number of them, and that the clevator companies are favored at the ex pense of their business. It is also alleged by the complainzuts that they have demanded cars repeatedly, but that the company has discriminated ul,.unav. thew. The elevators get enough cars, they say, to move their grain, and transact their business without break or hindrance. Cowmplainants, there- fore, ask the interposition of the state board of transportation. The papers have been properly verified aud the case will doubtless come up for hearlng and adjustment at the next regular meeting of the board. ANNUAL CORN SHOW, ‘Tiae annual corn show will be heid at the state university on the 1511 of January next. It is understood that the exlnbit is to be in- finitely finer than that of the late state fair, and that the king of the cereals will be fit- tingly represented, The season is toed as the best of the year for a proper exhibit of king corn. The committee will hold forth Auring the show in the chapel of tho univer- sity, and the exhibit will occupy the musenmn just below, Allof the corn on exhibition will be shipped to the great 1Paris exposition, aud the specimens will be the finest to be found in the state. See the corn show, The state fair premium committee met at the Windsor this morning mul g larged the prewmium list. commenced on the next and lust sty be beid in Lincoln, unless the ety the plum another series of yoars. mission intend to make it" the peer of all others. The new {nrnnuum list will shortly go into the hauds of the printers, It will tell the story. DEMOCHAT PUBLISTIING COMPANY, The secretary of state to-day filed articles incorporating the Democrat Publishing comp: with an authorized cup ital stock of §50,000, divided into shares of §100 each, paid io full as subscribed. Omaha 1s fixed upon as the principal place of busi- ness, and the purpose of the company 18 1o publi y and weekly news; The following gentlome d and incorpor- ated the ‘rm.p.m\, . Vaughn, J. H. Lamar, M. V. Gannon, B. 8. Chapman, capturos The com- B A amier, Wilkim' Mot m M. Burdett, W, I.Vanghn, jr, und 3. K. lugra- ham. The co s organized Novem ber 27, and un. will continue until November 27, 1010 CITY NEWs AND NOTES, Major John Watson aud Hon. Frank Ransom, of Nebraska City, ave here for a day or two. Watson is tacking ihe bLoards 10 his speakership fences with wrought iron nxils Attorney Gene main at Parkersburg, W. ral Leose uml wife will re , until after the Regent Malialicu, of Kearney, 1 in the oity. e veports the iadustrial school in spleadid working order. Comuissiones ool returned bome to-day 1le there homo and the mane from his frip to Grand Tsland, W he visited the soldiers' and sailors’ apeaks highly of the building and agement of the institution. A large number of politicians wore in the ity to-day, ostensibly locate their rooms durimg the coming logislativo session ome located homes at the hotols, especially the Capital, while othiers sought more quict res treats Mrs. John S, Fiach roturned to-day from & ef visit to her brother Peoria, 111 - 1B HEART OF LANCOL Tavolved in tho Deolston in the Caso of Young vs, Doluatron In the case of Rowena Young against John €. Do Putron as an_appeal to tho suprems court in & “motion for judgment upon spocial findings of fact," Judge Brow was delivered. [n brief the cause as follows: On Dec e Y from tho States, Angust 0, 1867, she deeded ft . William P, Young, who on February % 1874, roconveyed it o William ewin, and ondune 11, 1584 it was conveyed by Irwin to complainant Against this chain of titles defandent urges cortain claims, namely: A judicial salo May 19, 1877 ¢ @ Judigment rondored in the district court of Fanecaste uty against Jane Y. Trwin, and sevoral othor tochnical points are s opinion speal 10, 1862 of smber Trwin obtainad a patent introduced by the defendant. The prinei- pal - points upon which Judre Brow- cr's finding 18 based, are defective tax titles; absonce of proof of actunl and excln sive possession for ton years, and an - indiga tion that the possession was ulwiys s matter of disputo “Under thosa circumstances,” says the court, “the decds being void upon their face, and not coupled with ten years opon, notori ous, exclusive and advoer Dossession this defonse fails, Judgment is theroforo to be entered for the plaintiff, he case of Row- ena Young vs Harrict: Leighton ot al, aud Rowena Young vs Lincolu Driving Park as sociation will b governed accordingly and the sane judgment entered. Tpwards of £200,000 worth of property was involved fn this' appeal, and 1 the licart of Lincoln in this state, Anna Lipp an elderly looking woman was brought before Judge Dundy yestorday afto uoon, charged with selling Tijuor and cigars ont, withouta government license. A jury acquited her. The application for the production of wit- ses for the defense at the public expense in the case of United Statc wick wus refused by Jude Dundy At three o'cloek yesterday Hubl returned a the jury in the verdict of not rd guilty Thie case agninst A. . Bllswick for sond- ing obscene lotters through the mail oceu- pied the attention of Judge Dundy*and a Jury yesterday afternoon. A witness for the prosceution named O'Kimebaugh, hua been ered and failed to appe The judge issued an attachment for his arkest, at the me time sev censuring the action of witiesses who failed to be at hand during trial. The jury eventually ucquitted the prisoner, District Court. After a deliboration of nearly fifty hours the jury in the case of the Bank of Com- merce vs Hart returned a verdict yesterday morning. They found for the defendaut upon alitiree points submitted to_them, e case of Bradford vs C. S, iiggs, et al, resulted In a verdict for the plaintiff. Judge Groff is occupied in hoaving the di voree suit of Durnell vs Duruell. Failure to support and cruelty are the grounds of ae- tion The ent ancl of the petit jurors was dis- charged yesterday morning by Jud The next '‘call for jurors will probably about the first Monday i February, 159, Bernard Graus, th neau diamond fonce, was granted a new trial by Judge Groff lute yesterday afternoon, In the divorce suit of Denuell vs Dennell Judge Groff refused to make any order and o dismissed the suit In the case of Howell vs Corbott, involy- ing the question of a me s lien of 174, judgment was given by J Groft for the plaintiff, County Court. Thejury in the case of Webber vs. Kirk- endall, Jones & Co. were dischurged yoster day morning, After an all nignt session they failed to agree. A new trial will therefore be had. 4 The case of Beal against the Omaha cablo company is before Judge Shiclds. Damazes for £1,000 are asked for b tion 10 plaintifi’s business as ot Dodge and Tenth stree Mr. Martha Rounds received permission from Judge Shields to dispose of ninety-six shares in the Owaba Republican company. The value of thesé sharcs was stated to be $47,500 and represents the entire interest of the heirs of the Jate S. P>, Rouads in tho company of which Le was president during his lifetime. Looking For Bribery. There was a short session of the legislativo contest committee at the city hall yosterday morning, Cadet Taylor of the Republican, and W. Coombs, a colored worker at the Second ward polls, being examined. Taylor was asked to telt all he knew about the Mc Shane-Paxton letter to the judiciary commit- tee of the house at Lincoln two years ago, suggesting the killing of the anti-gambling bill. Cadet didn't know much, or at least the information he vouchsafed was irrele- vant and unsatisfactory. In lus testimony Coowbs stated that he had been offered 5 for cyery - republ candidato for the legislature he scratched of his bul- lots, He peddicd tickots at the polls. He said this offer was mude Lim by democrats, but ther names are still fortheoming. The two investications, thisand the ono before the United States grand jury bear a #ood deal"of relation to each other, as both seem working in the same lay, and both have developod about the samo. serics of facts. The contestants for scats in the legislature claim that they are making the most gratify- ing headway, and that before many duys elapse they Wil uncarth a imess of corruption beautiful io betold. LITTLE MARY CEC!LIA BRUNOLD Has Just been Cured ofthe worst Ko Zma over soen by ths doctors who treated her. Krom henad to fest 3 mags of discased 8k in. Several phy- sicians, a medical college, and all remedics fall, Cared by Cuticura remoedics. y little duughtor, Mury cecilia Brunold, was lI’"Il ted with the worst cise of e U ever seen son of obstruc- by tha doctors who treated hov, Khe was litar- ally covered from head 10 100t with acavs, ‘These pliysiciens tried their best t cure ber, Lut 1 be- iove they were only ox nting, They kept on expertmenting for over ten months, Lit, . stead of goiting better the ¢hild got worse, and 106 not know wiat course to pursue. My’ wifo 100K hor, wfter we had padd all we could ufiord for college whers v d0Ctors asseu- e thiero w twenty or thir Dled, But the case bifitad tien ) wite had und sowetinies Lo i day, In iy eutld ‘ald ot ny virtue in thedoctors. or everyUiing lud v were both ex- it all dotoriny PICUIA IRENEDUS, T did 50, wnd it my s curod, souna wall, £6 the surprise of 1M Kriese onien Wi 3¢ 3 s g uch istonished us any of Ja REAKDI1S Tinve worked & and we Naye used but little Torths 0f 4 ot 1o 0f U TICURA 4 proportionate amount of The failed, and pat haustod, 1 und try the now, [ ean s in health, an wau and CURA Riwe Tho C1TIC aplete cire, moro than thye RFBOLYENT, H1! CoTICi A nid ( CHASOAR, | 810 ready st any time o mako atidavit that my dauglter had the worst caso of cczenis, a8 thedoctors and all admit, sen In this cl aud that she huwd Deen cured sololy by tha Clrricrrs e after the st physicians und rex 1 5hall be elud 16 Lave any on: call up write me who s & child slnilary wihl wny person wio is troubled with s ki thit hio iy wes for limsel € KeEnnD s biye de the cure tiut han beol vhat your o i L gratitudefor 11y CLilds case, I, Buuxonn, treet, St. 101y, Mo. Sold everywhere. Price Certeuna, e, tesoLvenT, Bl Prepared by tie AND CURMICAT, C., To8tor, Mass, 0 Discases,” 64 , 50 11ins rations, and 100 testimonials, 2005 Gira D §¥Send for “1low 1) Cuire pages, bl LOVE!2BST, Wuitest, Cheurcat Skin o st Hahds produted by CUTICUGA BuAR, KIJNEY PAINS gull. selin Ant Iuia iy At Fube the Cutls e Bret wnd A1l Druigghats, 2 T ARK TiE LR Suid by Druggless ts, duing I'la PEERLESS DYES