Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 12, 1889, Page 4

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B. oot Averago. o . GEORGE 1. T Eworn o before me and sub presence this oth day of Junuary, A. D, 1880, Sen! N. P. FEIL, Notaty Public, Btate of Nebras a. Vs, County of Dougias, {58 George It Tzsviuck, being Auly sworn, de- oses and KAy that he fs sccretary of the Bes Publishing company, that the actial averags Quily circulation of THE DAILY B for tho month of January, 185, 1,26 coples; for Fol cunry, S8 15,00 coples! 1or March, 188K, 19,650 copled: for April, 185, 18744 copres; for My, 1843, 18 18 copes: for June, 186K, 18,243 coples: for July, 1888, 1,153 coples for Angust, 1898, 15,181 copios for Feptember, 1848, 14,154 coples:’ for Octobor, 158, was 1808 coptes: for November, 1535, 18,08 coptes: for Deceniber, 185, 18,223 coplos. worn to before me and subscribea in my DPreserce this Srd duy of January 184 P. FEIL Notary Public. e e T A SEVENTY-FIVE thousand militic evidently too much of a luxury for the taxpayers of Nebraska, . o T T It would look as if the ticket sealper {s n bigger man than Judge Cooley of the inter-state commission, Wrri overlaps in the city’s finances running into the tens of thousands, a summary of the receipts and expendi- past year tures for the called for. is earnestly A Mg. Hoaa, of West Virginia, who was elected to congress has not been in his seat or attended to his duties as con- grossman since last May. Ho is evi- dently well named. Tie action of the Chicago railroads in advancing rates in packing products from Omaha, at the demands of the Chicago pork packers, ought certainly not be quietly submitted to by Omaha packers, Tne only ballot reform for Omaha is that reform which strikes at the root. Cleanse the primary, enforce anhonest count, and interest the reputable citi- zeun in politics. That is the simplest and most effective remedy. JAY GouLp’s telegram to Vice Presi- dent S. H. H. Clark, of the Missouri Pacific, to dismiss the general passen- ger agent who was responsible for the outting of rates has had the desivad of- fect. The cutting bas been increased ten-fold. POLITICAL admirers of William B. Mahone, of Virginia, and Powell Clay- ton, of Arkansas, have brought their names to the atteiftion of General Har- rison. But close observation would in- dicate that Mr. Harrison is organizing a cabinet and not engaging talent for a circus, ‘WHEN horny-handed sons of toil, like G. M. Hitchcock and Henry Estabrook come to the front as spokesmen for all the organized and unorganized labor in Omaha, we involuntarily recall the time when Church Howe and J. Ster- ling Morton were at the head of the granger movement. TuerE can be but little doubt but that the Chinese government is trying tokeep the Chinese away from the United States. Now that emigration from China to America is suspended, the Chinese council is bending its ener- gies to recall its subjects in this sountry. A secret circular has been is- sued to the faithful commanding them to return to their homes. Tt will be re- membered that a similar edict was dis- patched by the emperor to the Chinese of some of the colonies of Australia, It is more than probable that the Chinese residents of America and Australia will wind up their affairs gradually, and within ten years there may not be & Chinaman in either country. —— THERE was a break in the demceratic ranks in the senate a few days ago on the proposition to put coal on the free list. Paulkner, of Virginia, and Gor- man, of Maryland, stoutly opposed the proposition, and even Voorhees, of [n- diann, dechined to ‘‘go bagg” on the Mills bill, which, at the instance of Ropresentative Scott, of Pennsylvania, the most extensive operator of coal mines in the country, retained coal in the dutiable list. Gorman, who is largely interested in coal, remarked that *“‘the time would never come in the belt bordering on the Potomac when they would run pell-mell into free trade,” What jewels of consistenocy some of theso democratic politicians are. — Tie action of the domocratic maj Ity in the Indiana state senate, in re- lusing to recognize the authority of Lieutenant Governor Robertson on purely partisan grounds, is a repetition of what occurred two years ago. At that time the conduct of the democrats was univorsally condemned as unwar- ranted and revolutionary, and the ver- dict must be the same in the present case. There is no question regarding the constitutional rights of the lieuten- ant governor in the matter, and deny- ing him these rights the domocrats in the Indiana senate are guilty of oue of the gravest possible offenses. The lesson of such an outrage should not be lost upoa the patriotic negple of Iu- tlana S —————r— ANUARY 12, 188 TAXIREVISION It is noteworthy that the demand for arevision of the mothods of tax assess- ment is well nigh universal in this country. The message and inaugurals rnors refer to the subject more extensively, legislators in a number of states are giving it atten- tion, and it is receiving a large amount of public diseusslon. It is certainly somewhat surprising that in the older taxation should still be one of leading importance, and the fact that it is serves to show the dif- of gov or less states this question of ficulties that surround it, as well as to Indicate that any system is likely to be found defective and inadequate as time brings changed n remarkable uniformity, however, in the complaints regarding existing methods of taxation. The chief of these is that the greater part of the burden falls upon the class of taxpayors least able to bear it, while wealthy corporations and companies es- cape with the paymene of a relatively small share of the general obligation to provide for the support of government. Bverybody who has given attention to this subject knows that this is so, and in a general way why it is so. There is no opportunity for concealment by the farmer or the peeson who owns only a homoe. His entire pos- sessions are open to the view and in- spection of the assossor, and their ns- sessuble value is not a matter difficult to determine. Nor can this class afford to employ any craft or corruption to es- cape the obligation. But with the wealthy companies and corporations there are numerous devices by which they ave enabled to shirk their just pro- portion of taxes, to say nothing of their ability to corrupt oftic nd the evi als, dence shows that everywhere they make the fullest possible use of their opportunities, Under one arvangement and anothe they are enabled to conceal from 5018 property or pos- sessions taxable under the law. while their mant hesitate to mis- represent and even falsify in order to escape just obligations. And this sort of thing goes on from year to year, Co porations and whose busi ness and wealth are manifestly growing steadily ave found to make no increase in their return of taxable The consequence is that in nearly every state there is a most earnest demand for legislation that will remove the in- equalities and corvect the injustice in- cident to existing revenue methods, and it is havdly possible that this gen- eral agitation can feil to effeet some improvement. No state is more urgently in need of remedial legislation in this particular than Neb a, and the legislature should lose no time in addressing itself to a careful and thorough consideration of the subject. The experience of older states, in which this question of taxa- tion is still an unsolved problem, sug- gests the difficulties that surround it and the necessity there is for giving to rors 4o not companies possessions. it comprehensive study and ample deliberation. It is admitted on all hands that reform is required, and it is not difficult to perceive in what direction it is neces sary, but it will not be too simple a mat- ter to determine how it shall best be made practicable and effective. The corporations and others who are en- abled under the present imperfect system to escape paying their just pro- portion of the cost of government must be required to pay their fair share in the future, but the course to be pursued in order to accomplish this cannot be defined in a day. No subject with which the legislature will have to deal more closely concerns the people, or has a broader relation to the future material prosperity and progress of Ne- praska, than that of a revision and re- form of the revenue system of the state, and it should receive from the people’s representatives the most thorough and careful consideration. THE MOVEMENT ADVANCING. Michigan and Kansas are i line with the states which propose moving acainst the trusts, A bill has been introduced in the legislature of the former state de- claring trusts and combinations to be conspiracies, and providing for the vig- orous punishment of those who enter intothem. The measure is aimed largely at the big copper trust of the upper pen- insula of Michigan. Its terms are very similar to those of the Keckley bill, and quiteas comprehensive. The punish- ment prescribed is a fine not to exceed one thounsand dollars or five years in the state prison or both, It also makes it unlawful for any person or persons to sell or offor for sule any article controlled in any way by a combination or trust, and provides that if any corporation in the state doing business in the ways declared unlawful by the act fails to withdraw from the ar- rangement within thirty days after the ssage of the. bill it shall forfeit its arter and all its rights and franchise A measure of like character will be introduced In the Kansas legislature. The governor of that state referring to trusts in his message, said: “The most stringent anfl far-reaching laws should at once be enacted to prevent and punish corporations organized or intended to regulate or, fix the price of any product of the soil, the factory or the workshop, and the penalties for a violation of theso laws shou'd involve imprisonment as well as heavy fines.” It may be remarked that in Ohio also a legislative committee is investigating the trust question with a view to recommending legislation. It is thus seen that the movement against this form of monopoly is advanc- ing, with fair promise of a general sys- tem of state laws that will eventually crush it out. me—— WELL EQUIPPED FOR STATEHOOD. ‘Washington territory is able to make a showing that fully justifies the de- mand of her people for statehood. The official statistics exhibit a remarkable growth, and the faots regarding the re- sources of the territory assure contin- ued and rapid progress, which would doubtless ba materially aided by the more favorable conditions of statehood. The census of 1880 gave the territory a population of a little over seventy-four thousand, but estimating on the - SRR 4 of last the present three hundred reasonably national basis yoar’s malé vote population is about thousand, and it is that the mext will show not less than four hundred thousand. The three princi pal cities of Seattle Spokane and Tacoma are making vig- orous progress, and the more inviting the tervitory are rapidly filling up with population, Manufacturing enterprises,the mining industry and agriculture have ali gone forward with marked strides during the believed census portions of past year. Thirty millions of dollars are now veprosented in corporations formed during the year. The coal out- put reached nearly & million tons, the vroduct being one-fourth larger than for the previous year. The value of the lumber business r 1 nine million dollars. All o industries and sources of wealth show remarkable progress, The tervitory now has fourteen hundred miles of railroad, and the assessed val- uation of taxanble prope rty last year was hty-five million dollars. An ccellent public school system is liber- ly maintained, and it is claimed that no commonwealth in the country has so low a percentage of illiteracy. Tho character of the population of the terri- tory is us high as that of any in the country tor industry, thrift and enter- prise, and with the privileges and ad- vantages of statchood there can be no doubt the people of Washington would maintain a commonwenlth which in its administration would compare favorably with any in the union. If due weight is to be given to substantial and indisputable facts in determining the claims of a torritory to admission, leav- ing wholly out of rogard, as should be done, all political considerations, the g made by the oflleial statistics of Washington territory ave sufficient to remove any question s to her right chood, and should give it to her people without delay. showi to s A BILL i5 to be introduced in the Illi- nois legislature, similar in character to that presented in the legislature of this state, to require insurance companies of their to pay the full face policies, The movement for this legislation is not new in Illinois, but hitherto the in- fluence of the insurance companies has been strong enough to defeat one or tho other of the houses of the legislature. Puablic sentiment in the state, however, is now said to be so generally in favor of such legislation that the proposed law is expected to encounter no very scrious opposition in the legislature. The measure as deawn provides that insur- ance companies, in case of the destruc- tion of property, must either produce the same or pay the face value, and agents will not be allowed to place poli- es unless it is provided that in case of loss the company so insuring shall pay the face value of the policy. The ob- vious justice of such a law must in time make it general. THE running expenses of the corpor- ation known as the city of Omaha will aggregate not less than three hundred and fifty thousand dollars for. the year 1889. In other words, the salaries of the various city officials and their sub- ordinates, the pay-roll of the police and fire department, rental of five hydrants, cost of lighting our streets, and inci- dental expenses for opereting the ma- chinery of our city government will foot up over three hundred and fifty thousand dollars this year, This is equal to a tax of three dollars and a half for every man, woman and child within the city limits. On top of this come hundreds of thousands of dollars levied on property owners for grading, paving, sewerage and permanent im- provements. No wonder the taxpaying citizens are calling a halt on extrava- gance. —— Mg. BERLIN may have had the best of motives in keeping the charter bill out of the hands of the other membe of the Douglas county delegation. Nevertheless, as a matter of courtes) the Douglas county delegation should have been given a chance to offer amendments or approve the bill before it went to committee. - No doubt Mr. Berlin’s charter, as a whole, covers all features that the citizes of Omaha de- sire to have incorporated. There are provisions in it, however, that may have to be materially modified. Whether the suggestions of the other members of the Douglas county delega- tion would meet his approval or would improve the bill is immaterial. As rep- resentatives of Douglas county, they should have a voice in the matter, and Mr. Berlin has evidently made a grave mistake in not consulting them. IT has been discovered that Colonel Lamont, anda not Mr. Cleveland, is the author of the famous phrase. ‘*Public office is a public trust,” the former hay- ing produced it as a headline when he was employed in newspaper work at Albany. If it is proposed to look up the authorship of all that Mr. Cleveland has received credit for, the result may bo disastrons to littlereputation He en- joys for oviginality, A bright private secretary with a newspaper experience cannot fail to he valuable in helping out the presidential intellect, as Mr, Cleve- land could douatless attest, and General Harrison will unquestionably discover. the the OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. The great feature of the Paris Exhibition will certainly be the wonderful Eiffel tower, which is to be 1,000 feet high, and which is more than two-thirds completed alrcady. There has been some delay on account of strikes, for the workmen, whenever the weather is cold, suffer ali the torwents of Artic explorers. The wanagement has been very liberal, and has always conceded some increase of wages, though not all that has been demanded. It is counstructed of iron trusses, and resembles when viewed from a distance a pair of scissors in general con- tour, But when one walks round it the priuciple is seen to be that of & pyramid whose apex is indefinitely prolouged, The interior will be furnished with four Ameri- can elevators of the best kind, with all the safety accessories in use in our own tall buildings. Frenchwen imagine that they will make the ascent in ten minutes, but they will do it in half that time, for there is but one halt, at the first landing 250 feet in the air, where there will be counters for the sale of souverirs, a cafe and a restaurant. ‘The charge to ascend by the elevator (o this point wil be dve franos, about & dollar of our money. Those whose ambition prompts them to mount to the summit will pay $4 for the privilege, & very steep charge. There will be four stairways by which the sight seers of frugal, mind will be enabled to ascend to the firat landing on payment of 20 cents, and as people on a_holiday invariably want to make tho ascentof the tower of Notre Dame and do not grumble at elimbing, it is reasonablo to_suppose that the climb of the Eiffel tower will be very popular. aragua canal bill passed the houso few days ago, but was amended, and therefore has to be returned to the senate who will consider the house amendments. There was op- position us far a8 noise went, but of real ob jections there were actually none. 1t is now clear that the Panama canal cannot be built aprivate company, and the De Lesseps crowd are intriguing to make the Fronch government all responsibilities, which will be done sooner or later beyond any doubt. It is true that this will be acting in deflance of ofticial statements, and of mu- tual understanding with this Ty, but it The Ni of representatives considerable assume will be done because France in the momen tum of her progress towrrds bankruptey d what circumstances compel her to do, not what sho wishes to do. There is the fore every reason why the government of th United States should assist the Maritime Canal company of Nicaragua as far as pos sible, There may be in the near future n French government that will be what the Directoire was, and will care nothing for treaties, and will be remorscless to its friends in the agony of its struggles for ex- 1stence, Under such conditions the maritimo canal of Nicaragua will give to the United States fleet something which at present it does not possess, a station. Tho govern- ment of Nicaragia has cxpressly and ofi cially declared that it gives to the flect of this country all rights in the lake of Nicara gua and has ceded a large island not far the San Carlos for that express purpose. This will be of ~ far more service than the station at Samona in San Domingo, about which General Grant was so anxious, from the mouth ot . The dfspute betwoen Sir Robert Morier, who is the English ambassador at St. Peters burg, ous, b i Count Herbert Bismarck, is curi- cause it shows on the part of a steady dotermination to quarrel with nd. The rismg sun cannot abide the gsun, and the German detestation of nd comes out with an abruptness and a force that make diplomatists gasp* whenever opportunity offers. The cause of quarrel is singular, A German paper, the Cologne Gazette, asserted that Sir Robert dorier, during the Franco-German war, sent infor mation of military matters to Bazaine. This was arevival of an old charge which the Englishinan had refuted, having actually > o the trouble to obtain a denial from aine that the information had ever been But Count Bismarck, well those facts, repeated tne charge in nd Sir Robert Morier called upon a2 received by him. noting an official denial. He refused to givethis. Then the English papers pub- lished the affair, giving @ copy of the Ba- zine letter. The German newspapers im- mediately retorted that the letter was full of Anglicisins, and never could have been written by’ a Frenchman, the presumption being that it Robert Morier wrote it him- self. It is noticeable that while the Gorman common people and the French common peo- ple dislike each other,and the poacliers in the woods on the froutior cannot be re- strained from fiving at cach other, the Ger- man government shows no hostility to tho French government, and bears in silence many grievances upon which official com- plaint could bo made. Germany 18 evidently not thinking of Irance for the next antag- ouist; that houor is rescrved for England. France gocs on fucfeusing he armaments in great shape, although it is diMicult to un- derstand her motives. The ouly encmy likely to confront her is Italy, and the party opposed to the Piedmontese government is growing strongor daily, so that French in- tervention in behaltof Pope Leo would be attended with immediate success. It is be- coming more and moro cortain that the Ger- mans do not consider their Italian allies as of any value, and would sacrifice them at a mo- ments’ notice without the least compunction. Yet still, France goes on_spending moncy in the most layish way, although the nation is practically bankrupt, or, at_least, must be bankrupt within a_given' time. Up to the present month nearly a million Lebel rifles have been mauufactured in the government workshops and turned over to the arsenal But that is not deemed suflicient, and orders have been received to increase the number of workmen and the hours of lubor, and to turn out 3,000 a day. The soldicrs are being care- tully drilled in marksmanship, for as the Lebel gives out neither smoke nor explosive sounds when fired, war will become a_serics of skirmishes and ‘ambushes. But what_is wanted is skirmishing drill upon the lines of American Indian warfare, and 1t 1s strange that the French government does not at- tempt to get a few hundred Canadian and half-breed voyageurs to give them a few points. They are Frenchmen, and would vol- untecr most cagerly, and the English govern- ment would offer no' objection if the thing were done under the rose. England well knows shat F'rance Is her real, her best ally against the desigus of Germuny. oo Chili s figuring on Some extensive railroad building, and has made a contract with a syndicate of New York capitalists and engi- neers for the construction of more than four hundred miles of track from the present terminus of the road, which runs from San- tiago, the -capital, to the southward. This line is to be extended to the port of Valdivia, which is almost at the southern extremity of the fertile, but savage region peopled by the Araucarian Indians, These are bold, hardy men, who have consented to be _incor- porated_in the Chilian republic, and havo acquired some of the rudiments of civiliza- tion, but they arc not as_Chilian as the pr ident of that enterprising nation desir Instead of going to war with them, and as similating them 0y means of twenty pounders and Sharpe's rifles, the Chilian government pins its fuith on the civilizin Fowers of the railroad, and proposcs, since the Araucarians understand cattle raising, to give thom a local market, and to make thewm wealthy. Wealth increases a man's wants, and the more the wonts, the higher the civ' ilization. In the meanwhile the government will prospect for coal and the precious metals, and it is believed will developo great sources of national wealth. The Chilian president has also made a contract with the New York syndicate for building to the northward of the line of rallway centering in Santiago with tho same civilizing view. He believes that the provinces wrested from Peru and Bohvia will feel more Chilian when they aro bound to the capital by rail- road ties W' The resolution of the white czar to buiid o railroad from Viadivostock to Kiachta, a city on a wibuiary of Lake Baikal, has brought that unknown port on the icy sea into prominence, and the New York World dispatched a corvespondent to the place to tell Americans all about it. Mr. Henry Nor- man was the man, and contrary to his ex- pectation e found it the easiost thing in the world to get there, thanks to the Japanese, however. Upon general principles e went to Yokohama, and there asked his way, The genial, friondly Japmnese giggled a little, and said, “'going 1o vostock! What for in the name of Buddly and all the Rishis!" But as he persisted invanting to go therc he was informed that the great Japanese steam- ship line, the Nippon Yusen Kaisha, would do his business, one steamer takiog him to Nungasaki, and another to Viadivostock. When he kot these he comprehiended why the Jolly Japs sniggered at the idea of his trip, for he found It the most uniuterestin place in existence, and simply an isolate fortress, There are 5,000 Chinese laborers in the place, and when' work is commenced in the spring there will be 15,000, The of- ficors of the garrison are disposed to be ex- ceedingly friondly to Americans, and look upon San Francisco with the same tender longing s the Hostonians used to have for Paris, Letters to St. Petersburg wo via Jupan to San Francisco, thence to Loundou, thence to Hull, and from Hull direct to St. Petersburg, and are not 80 very long in transit. If they went overland the postman who started as a youth would bo entitled to voting papers before e got to Berezow. Mr. Henry Norman says that are distinct signs ol progress, for the Siberian tiger no longer come around the buteber's shop after & kill- mg as used to be tho case. Ho thinks tho rallway will do wonders, not only for Via divostock, but for San Francisco. Mindanao is the most southern island of the Philippine group on the const which group is in tho npossession of Spain, and is famous for its hemp and cheroots both called after the principal island, Manilla Dr. Alexander Schadenborg, of Prussia, has been exploring Mindanao, and found it very mountainous, but he was rewarded for his scrambling over its rugged poaks, by finding an enormous flower, s large as & carrlago wheel. It was a full yard in diameter, had five petals, and grow upon a sort of vino that trailed itself along the ground. Around the full blown flower were numerous buds which were slowly opening aud in the act exhalod & pol sonouis gas of a very fetid and nauseating kind. The buds were a reddish brown, but the expanded flower was white with vid pistils or stamens m the center, for it was diclinous and the female flowers were fer tilized by insects. The petals were very thick, weighing twenty-two pouuds, and many varicties of gnsocts deposited’ their oggs in the thick fleshly matter,and the larva fed on it, The natives who accompanied Dr., Schadenberg called it the Bo flower, but as Bo is the Malay name for the sacred tree, it is quite possible that they had never seen it themselves until the white man stumbied upon it. Dr, Schadenberg recognized that the 130 was a_&necics of Kafllosia, the gigan tie flower discovered in Sumatra by Sir Stam ford Raffles, and from this circumstance has been led to conjecture that all the islands in that region were once parts of a great conti nent which became submerged. The point at which the Bo was found was 2,800 feet above the level of the sea. 1t wiil probably he called by botanists the Schadenbergia, in honor of the discoverer. - In the Da Chicago News. General Harrison's silence on the subject of the cabinet appointments is now dense enough to be distinguished in the dark. gk Like Solomon of Old. Chicago Inter-Ocean. General Harrison is building his cabinet just as Solomon of old built his temple. “There was no sound of tools heard.” The Bitten Britishers, Boston Globe, The Britishers are so badly bitten by elec- tric sugar that they will probably confine their mvestments to the safer field of west ern farm mortgages in the future, A S Tit For Tat, New York Herald, 1f Mr. Cleveland makes General Harrison's democratic brother postmaster at Kunsas City that act may lead the president-clect to inquire whether there areany republicans in Mr. Cleveland's family who are willing to hold oftice, — It Will Lic on the Table. Springficld Republican., The contributor who sent us a poem be- ginning— Hail, hoary monarch of the snow, Grim spirit of winter, why stormoeth so? will have to wait. Next winter, the weather permitting, he may have a hearing, ES Naming Uncle Sam's Daughters, Chicago Tribune. Uncle Sam (looking wearily through list of Christmas names in back part of un- abridged dictionary) —Them new darters to mine will bave to be christened nest spring. I've got to find some names fur ’em, add it's a thunderin’ hard job. — He Has No Home. New York Tribune, Congress should cither provide the presi- dent with a home entirely separate from his oftice orshould combine the two i a build- ing large and commodious enough to perm a complete separation between his family and oficial life. The white house does not do that. It is not creditable to the country that a president should be obliged to buy a place for himself outside of Washington, as Mr. Cleveland has done, in order to be able to enjoy a little privacy. ——— FACTS AND FANCIES. The Tulare (Cal.) Registero estimates that there are 3,000 professional tramps in Cali- fornia. During the trial of ahorse case in New York last week one of the witnesses, who said he was a_Quaker and afirmed, looked hurt when the opposing counsel asked him if he was a Quaker from couviction or because it helped him in horse trades, A bullet firéd into a Tennessee negro who was stealing a pig struck him in the right arm, ran up to the shoulder, passed down to the left side, twisted around two ribs and dropped at his feet. Sarah Bernhardt was weighed the other day, und, much to her astonishment, tipped the scale at ninety-seven pounds. 'As her u weight is but sixty-cight pounds she was very much concerned, and sent for he physician, when it was found that she had forgotten to remove hier pocketbook from her person before getting on the scales. The barkecper of one of the large New York hotels has decided the interesting question of the value of New York “swear offs,” He says that he has noticed that imn- meduately aficr the first of the year the re ceipts for drinks fall off on un average 34 pe cent, but as_the month advances they gain steadily, and by February 1 they are back to the starting point. A “swear off, "therefore, will generally last about thirty diys. The artist, James Whistler, it seems, is something of a pugilist as well asa painter. A man ina London club called him a liar and a coward the other day, whereupon the artist gave him a black eye,which his friends declared to be the most successful“symphony in black” he has yet produced. Mr. Whistler isaquiev gontlemun of the eusel, but he is not casel-y done up.” Juy Gould has his whims, just like a_poor man, In going upstairs he always puts his left foot on the step first, even if he has to getout of step to doit. 1f by accident or thoughtlessuess he happens (o start with the vight fool be is certuin to remark it before reaching the top of the steps, and if he does will roturn und walk over again. Another reported peculiarity of Mr. Gould 18 his an- tipathy to fair-haired men. There is nota singlo blondo clerk ighis immodiato cuploy, und, it is said, he dis#kes 10 do business with men who have fair hair, The town council of St. Albans, Vt., have decided to advocate a change of the name of tho poorhouse to “Invalids’ Retrcat.” This is to be done because 8o many applicants for town care object to the uume **Poorhouse.” al Claim jumpmg 18 becomiag popular in mining camps surrounding Deadwood, The barbers' “trust” at Rapid City has gone to the wall and the price is now 13 cents per shave. The inhabitants of Columbia have been favored with a mirage every morning at sun- rise during the past week. The Pierre Journal alloges that all white men employed at Fort Hennett are being dis charged whenever the work performed by them can be doue by au Tndian, The Rapid City Republican says there is bright promise of a revival in mining mat ters in the Black Hills, and unless all signs fail the commencement will very shortly be noticeable, - There is more activity in the muneral districts of the Central Hills at present than for years past, and the develop ments made ave of a very satisfactory char- acter. Gary wants some enterprising party with capital to develop the coal, oil and natural fus interests of that cominuni Zunri and Hetsey Pond, of Huron, havo just celebrated the sixticth anniversiry of their wedding. Mr. and Mrs. Pond " are doubtless the oldest married couplo now hving in Daketa. Mr. Pond s cighty-two years old and his wife only a little younger. L3oth are strong and lively. . Preferved Death 1o Dyspepsin. Purtssura, Jan, 1L.—J. Beldon Morrison, a prominent dentist, committed suiclde to-day by shooting himself through the head. Mor rison was thirty-cight years old and unmar- ried, The cause for the deed was dyspepsia. SOUTH OMAHA BUDGET. Bank Election South Omaha National.—fhe shareholders of the South Omaha National bank met in the bank office, January 8, and elected Mesars, 4 H. Millard, C. Barton, Truman Buck, Hy. H. Melday, N. W. Wolls, C. W. Thomas and Hon, A, U. Wyman directors for the en- suing year. ‘The board of directors met and on organizing clected Hon, A. U. Wyman, president: N, W, Wells, vico-prosident: i C. Bostwick, cashier. The bank will be ra moved 1o its new guarters February 1 Union Stock Yards—Th third annual election of office of the Union Stock Yards bank was held Wednesday evening, January 0. The directors electod were: Mossrs Horman Kountze, M. C, Keith, Hon, John A MeShane, Samucl W. Allorton, F. 1. Davis, Bdward ‘A, Cudahy, John A. Croighto 1. 1ler and 1on.” William A, Paxton The board of directors organized by electing John A, McStane prosident, Hon. William A. Paxton vico president and I3, 13, Branch cashier H. 3. Mulford, th teller, was ad vanced by the board of directors and addi tional duties put upon him. A sfactory dividend was _declared, but no figures are given for publ ion. Stock Welghing and the Railroads One of the members of the transpor on committee, appointed by the Nebraska Live Stock Sh pors’ association to wait on the railrond officials 1 regard to complaints, stated to 13k representative that at the con ference held Thursday afternoon the officials of one of the railroads admitted that in Chi capo the average weight of 500 cars of hogs, shipped in thirty-foot cars, was 16,500 pounds The minimum’ freight woight 'was 15,000 pounds. 1f the minimum weight had been fixed at 16,500 there woutd have been no cause for complaint, as in figuring rates 500 pounds are deductod from cach car. Those facts admitted show quite couclusively that either the rates were too high or the min mum too low, The difference between the old and new systems, is 1 illustrated by siipnients made by David Thomas of Platie Center. Decomber 25 Mr, Thomas shipped acarload of cattle from Platte Center to South Owmaha, weighing 22,750 pounds, for which he paid’ #2552 freight. Yesteriay, Jan 10, he shipped a_car of hogs frow the same place, weigling 15,400 pounds his freight wa Although ther a decrease of weight of noarly onc-f there was an_increase of freighit chary about one-fourth, In this caso there was an actual increase of freight charges of and a relative increaso per pound of nearly half, The railroad officials wanted to try the new system awhile before thinking of making a change. They also claimed that the old rates were too low. Receipts and Markets. “The following is the disposition of stocl during the first weck as shown by the bools of scales Nos. 1, 2 and 3, at the stock yards: Buyers, Hogs. Cattle. Sheep. Armour & Co 5,455 348 124 Hammond & Co. 4,042 1,041 195 Swift & Co 2003 2,106 103 Omaha Co.. 2988 i John T Stowart.. L 1836 East St. L. P. & P. Co 764 Stevens, Hamilton & Shippers Feeders. ... Local butchers James Carlin.. .. Totals Proceedings of the Council. The city council wmet in adjourned se: Thursday afternoon with Mayor Sloanc Councilmen Jetter, O'Rourke, Burke, Raf- ferty, Smith and Bayless present, and Fenuo and McMillan_absent. The minutes of the previous meeting were read and_approved. Weighmaster John M. Gibbs' petition, to be allowed to ercct weighing scales on N 'street, was denied. The favorable report of the finance committee, on twenty-three bills, ag gregating $2,715.15, was accopted. A fayv able report was made by the committee on public buildings on the petion of D, J. Evan 10 put up & guard rail in front of his Twent sixth street property, and that of Bruen & Carpenter to allow the guard rail in front of their livery stable to remain as it now is. Building Inspector John J. Breen’s Decem- ber report was accepted and ordered nled, S. H. Robertsow’s sign petition was beld over. Thie following, offered Dby Councitman Smith, was adopted, and the city clerk was instructed to have notices published once o wecls for four consecutive weeks: “South Owaha, Neb,, dan. 10, 1550, —To whom it may concern: Notice is hereby given that a special meeting of the city council will be held in said city, February 11, 158, for the purpose of making special assessments for grading done under contracts by the follow- ing persons: R R. Stewart, on Twenty- sixth and c-soventh streets, dated August 26 and_Scptember 12, 158%; C. H. Pritchett, on et, dated October 1%, 185%; Charles Samuelson, on Q street, dated August 20, 155%; John Condon, on M street, dated August 14, 1838, and Twenty-fifth street, north of N strest, dated September 20, 1585, and Danicl Cash, on Twenty-fifth street, south of N street, dated August 20, 1858, for the purpose of taking into account the 'benefits derived or injuries received from such grading Charles Samuelsoh’s petition for a wall in front of his lot, Thirtieth and Q streets, and the costs thereof, §37.50, to be rétained out of moneys due him, was grauted. The public lights committee, with the mayor, was in- structed to have the Union Pacific railrond have an eleetric light placed at the Q) stre crossing. The motion of Counciiman O'Rourke that when the city coucil adjourn it adjourn as a comnittee of the whole to 1n spect the contract work of John Toner on Thirticth street, aud John W. Snively on J street, was carried. Charles Samuelson’s request, through his attorney, George W, Maicepiece, for an estimate’ of the exact amount due him by the city on his contract, avas held till after February 11, 1550, when the council would meot as’an equalization board. The financial committee was given the matter of safety boxes for city docu- ments, with power to act. Warrants on the sewer fund were ordered to pay the follow ing Dills: Harry Harpel, "#163; B, C.” Hickox, #$132.50: Frank Knowles, £14; C. A. Richmond, #5.36; total, four bills aggregating $133.49. The lease for rooms for the city in the Patrick Rowloy block to the finance committee. The re- moval of the city jail from the Maloney to Rowley building was referred to the finan- cial committee with power to act. Adjourned 10 weet Friday forenoon at 4 o'clock. Notes, The subject for discussion at the Young People’s Christian league Sunasy evening at the Methodist kp scopal chureh, is **Com mands to Christians." Allnative Peansylvanians are roquostod to meet in the Owm; v council ch ber, Thursday evening, January 17. Representative S, 13, Fenno, of this city, has been uppointed on the following import: ant committecs: Corporations, tnd bunks and currency, and Representative John I McMillan on the commitiees on mines and minerals, mauufacturcs and commerce, ap portionment and medical sociotics, South Omaha bus been fully recoguzed by the A. Edgington, of Pullerton, was on the mar ket yesterday with two carlonds of hogs ave aging 457 pounds. One of the loads averag. wore than 500 pounds. St. Martin’s Protestant Kpiseopal choir wcets to organize yesterday afternoon, The mayor and eity council met at 10 o'clock yosterday forenoon to inspect the J and Thirticth street grades, ’ The South Omaha Savings bank will hold its annual meetin o election of ofMcers Monday, the i4th, at 11:80 o'cloc unty Commissioners' Proce edings TugsbaY, Jan. §, 1550, The board met this day. Present Ander- son, Corrigan, O'Keeffe, Turner and Chair- man Mount Minutes of preyious approved. The chair announced the following as the committees of the board for the year 1559: Finance—Anderson, Turner, Corrigan, Judiciary—Corrigan, Anderson, O'Keoffe. Construction - O'Keéffe, Mount, Anderson, Corrigan und ‘Turnc Charities ~Corrigan, O'[Ceeffe, Anderson. Loads—Turner, O'Keeffe, Corrigan. Hridges—O'Keeffe, Turnor, Anderson, Poor Farm—Turnor, Corrigan, Anderson, Court House and Jail—Anderson, Turner, Corrigan, Adoj Bids for furnishing blank books, station cry, ele., for 1859, wore this day opened wad mectings read and roforrod to committoo on court house and fail, The county attornes’s opinion as to 0 of land by county commissione v for jent tax, also that county offic elocted at last general election were obligod to have their bonds exocuted and filed on or t fore January 8, 1880, or vacancy oceurs by eason of such failure, That county ofticers required to turn over surplus foes should do | 80 8t the ond of each yoar. Also submitting Tease for book shelves for Law Library asso ciation. Placed on file. From E, V. Simeral—A list of civil cases {n which Dovglas county is plaintiff or de fendant. Reforred to cotinty attorney From G, W. Shields, County Judge port for fourth quarter 1888, showing balance in his hands January 1, 1889, §190.99. Also from M. D, Roche, county clork, report for said quarter, showing balance in his hands January 1, 1530, $25.95. Roferred to commit co on financ Prom Kd Johnson and Others—Asking ap poiutment of John . Monplier ussessor South Omalin. On motion said Meagher ap pointed to till vacar From John C. Shed - Resignation as justice of tho peace of Kifth ward nation ac eeptod I"rom Residents and Taxpavors of Rifth Ward—Asking of Joln W, Fvans, Josoph T O'Connor and 1. Dann,as justice of the peac of I'ifth ward, Referred to committee on ju diciary From Taxpavers of Bighth Ward -Asking appointment of 8, 1. Lake assessor o fill va caney. On motion said Lake appointed I°rom T. J. Mahoney, County Attoruey Listof his uppointments as deputios and clerks, Referred to the committee o court house and jail, Prom 1. W. IKulins— Asking that 2,50 acres be deducted fron the N 42 A ¥ NEY S15-13, on account of public casements, aving .20 acres for assesments. Referrod to committee on finance. _I'rom Fred Droxel—Asking transportation for anindigent persou, —Referred to cou mittee on charities The official bond of P, I, Horan, constablo of Kighth ward, referred to committeo ou judiciary. “The official bond of Charles J. Baumaun, roud supervisor of South_distriet, Douglus procinet, and of John 1, Moaghor, assossor of South Omaha, were approved. KERORTS OF COMMITTRES nee—Estimato of expenses 1880 ‘ourt house and conrt expenditures..§ § i for tho Juil R 2 0) County poor... .. ., S 172000 Gt e Whv v : 201000 County ofeers. ... . 50,000 Printing, books and stationery 10,000 Coroner.. . County attorney 00 00 Total general fund. . Rond fund Bridge fund..... . Insane fund . . . Poor far Sinking tund Total, L $415,000 Adopted, V RESOLUTIONS. Finance Committee—lnstructing tho ty clerk to notify the relatives of all persons maintained at the expense of the county, either at poor farm, state institutions or at their homes, that they will be obliged to puy the cost of keepig such persons, Adopted and finance committee instructed out the intent of the resolution. Corrigan —Instrueting county clerk to se for bids for bread for poor farm next six months. Bids to be opencd Adopted By cou for Junuary 19, 1589, On niotion, county clerk instructed to ad vertise for bids for county advertising f 188, 10 include county troasurer’s semi-an- nual report, delinguent tax list and procecd- s of the board. 13ids to be opened Janu uary 19, 1859, APPROTIIATIONS, Appropriution she 30, from the gen eral fund, 81,501.51; from the Lospi- tal fund, § nd No. 21, from the bridgo fund, §123.59, were passed, dud on motion ad Journed. M. D. Rocue, County Clerk. ———— They are the finest. Chief Seavey returned Thursday cvening froma seventeen days’ vacation which ho has spent in inspecting the police systems of the leading western citics, and comes back think ing more than ever of the excellent polic force in Omaha. ‘The chief spent a weels in Chicago, two days at Milwaukee, two at Minneapolis, two at St. Paul, and two at Cmeinnati. He says that in Chicago and Cincinnati the patrol system is wore porfect than in Omaha Decause i those cities u vast deal more money is allowed the departments for wagons and other paruphernalia. But nowhere do the police do as much work as the members “of the Omaha forco As far as drill, personuel and charucter are concerned, the chief saw no policemon in his trip that excelled the Omahy star-bear- 8 The chiof cxpresses himself as more satis- fied than ever with the metropolitan system of Omaha, which he found ulso in use in Kanaus City, Mimoapolis and Cineinnati In Chicago, St. Pan) and Milwaukee the ordinary system i used, and the misuse of volitical influence is very apparent. Accord- . ing to the Intter system Mr. Seavey believes that a chicf of police has 100 much power, as he alone has the authority to appoint patrol men. OUR LITTLE SON, Four years old, aflicted with a pajn- ful skin diseas ix doctors tried to cure him; all faited. Got wor-o and worse, Completely cured by onc st of Cuticurs Remedies, cost- ing $1.75. <on wiil he four years of age on tho 11 My, 18%, Lo wis atticked with s out of thie skin, We caliod -ated him for sbout four weeks. ‘The elild recaived little o no good trom the treatment, s the breaking out, Sappo e by shysician 1o Lo hives in an aggriavated forni, hecame larger in blotches, and moro and moro istrossing, W were trequently obligod 1o got up i the night and rub bim with soda in w strong linfments, ote, Fiually, we culled o physictuns, until'no less thau six had attempted 10 cure him, all alike failing, and the ehild srondily getting worse and worse, untll ahout the 20th of last July, when wo hegan to give him Coricrna RESOLVENT internally, and the Curi- CUItA, und CUTICRA S0Ar externally, and by he lust of Augnst he was so nearly Well that our Iit th i1 Vory painful break 11 i phy slelan, w we gave him only one doso of the HESOLVENT about every second day ahout ten duys Tonger, und” he b n tronbled sinee tho horrible wdy. n all we ued Jers than one-halr of & bottle of Crareura K- RoLVENT, LU less thin one Dox of CUTICUKA, and only 'ono cake of CULLCUN A SOAD, H.L 1Y WY LA, 1gston’ Co, Subscribed WOEH 10 before s tuis day of January, 1587, C.N. 0O SOROFULOUS HUMORS, Lust spring I was very sick, helng coyere with some kingt of serofila, The doctors could not help me. 1 was ndvisad to try the CoTicura REsoLVENT, |01 8o,an0d in & diy T grew botter and hetter, until T au as well a over, 1 thank you for it very wuch, sud would like to huve it told to the public, EDW. HOFM A TIOUKA thie ¢ opired 1 N, North Attiehovo, Muss, \Uskin cure, and OrriouRrA s it extorually, and Curi- Ui RESOLVENT, (he hew blood” purifior, i ternally, e o positive cure for every foriy S0 wisd Biood disease from pimples toscrofala, [ SOA Prioe: COTICUIA, e, 30A P, 2001 RisoiyiaT, 41, Prepured by (ho Porreg DITG AxD CHENICAL Co., BONTON, MAsS ‘How to in Diseiscs,” 64 , 0 dlinstrations and 100 tasthnonial Bold svory where [ BABY'S Skin and sealp preserved and benutls tied by CUTICURA MEDICATED BOA PAINS AND WEAKNESS 0f females instantly relioved by that now, elogant and infalithle Autidote to Pali, Infiammation und Weakness,the CUTICORA ANTEPAIN PLASTER, 1hia first and only piin-subduing plast Many men are unmindtal o the lawa of health sud exposs DURING i i relabie exin EXCITING ishintkaors tor tue prumt BENSON'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 125" Blrowt, "N V., INwtbcTiond a0 ve: Tk oy (oM THY ® vaiusble Lovaehvid