Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 13, 1889, Page 4

OMAHA DAILY SN AT BEE: WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 13. 1839 THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Paily Morning Bdition) including SUNDAY BEE, One Year ¢ Six Months 0 or Three Months o Ot BUNDAY BN, Hiailod 10 &by address, One Year, ... WyrkLY [IEE, (00 Year , OMABAOFFICENOS, WTEAND 010 FATN 1CAGO OFFICE 007 ROOKERY BUILDIS Nrw YORR OFFICE, ROOMS 14 AND 15 TRIBUN BUILDING INGTON OFFICK, Founre CORRESPON DENCE. Allcommunications relating tonews and edi. Worial matter should be addressed to the Epitor OF THE BEE: | o N RSS LETTERS, Allbusiness lettors and remittances should be Addressed to Tre BEe PUBLISHING COMPANY, ANTA. Drafts, checks and stofMce orders to ‘Mide payablo to the order of the company. Tl Bee Publishing Company Provrietors ROSEWATER., Edijtor. THE DAILY BEE, Sworn Statement ot Circulation. Btatoof Nehraska, | County of Douglas, George 1. Tzachuck, secretary of Tha ea Pub. Awhing Company, doss solomnly swear that the Wetual circulation of THE DAILY BEE for the week ending February o, 1850, was as nday, Feb. 5 onday, Feb. esday, Foel ednesday, Vol ursda. dny. Fi. turday, Feb AVerage...u e GEORG Bworn 1o before me and subscribed in my presence this il day of February. A, D, 180, Beal N. P. FEIL, Notary Public. Btate of Nebras ‘a, }q' County of Dougins, {3 George I, Tzschuck. being duly sworn, de- sos and says that he i secretary of the Hee Ublishing company, that the actual averags daily circulation of " Tae DAty B for tho month of January, 155, 15,206 coples: for F Fuary, 1888, 15,002 coples: ror March, 1888, 10.649 woples: for April, 1885, 18741 copies; for Mav, 1843, ® ]Kl(ol!)w*: for June, 188, 10,24 coples: for July, 888, 18,0333 coples; for Angust, 1888, 15,153 coplas; Tor September, 1848, 18,150 coples: or Octohor, 888, was 14084 coples: for Novembor, 1835, 80 coptes: for Decomber, 18, 16,22 coples. worn to before me &nd_subscriboa in my Prosenco this Srd day of January 1850, N. P, FE1L, Notary Publi P ——— S, Average Daily Cireulation. 19,192 T recent infusion of castern cap- #tal in the industries of our city is wlready stimulating renewed activity $m various euterprises. Tnerer was something mysterions @bout the disappearance from and re- appeurance in the office of the county commissioners of those county print- dng bids. Tur board of trade has set the wheel 4n motion which, with the co-opern- tion of our business men, will give ©maha the long needed railroad t avinal facilitie 1'ie passage of tho ordinance before tthe council granting tho Underground Conduit System company the right 1o « Bay its subways would go far toward the * shethor @arly aboiishing of the overhead wive muisance UniTED and determined action on the Wpart of our representativo capitalists muod business men cannot fail to secure sthe ercction of the much needed union d@epot at an early day. A long pull, a mtrong. and a pull altogether, as they asay at sea, will bring the railroad mag- mates to time. Tie present legislature will fail of #ts duty if it doos not provide a strin- dgent law against usury. It is nota smere assumption that the farmers of Webraska are annually fleeced tothe ex fent of two or three million dollars by exorbitant interest charges. The sum is doubtless very much larger than that, and this form of robbery 1s not decreas- _ing. Tt is a matter of great importance to our people that they should have some better protection than at present gainst the merciless usurers who take mdvantage of their necessities, and the flegislature will be recreant to a grave d@uty if it fails to give the people relief fin this matter, “TaE question of securing a uniform and equitable system of assessment of wproperty valuations for the counties of ‘the state is one which should be most wavefully considered by tho legislature. “There is great danger that blunders will be made by which some of the more populous counties will be saddled with the burden of taxation. If prop- @rty isto be assessed at full value in the different counties under the pro- wosed revenue revision act, there should also be provisions for n state board of equalization to prevent counties from ghivking their just obligations, and to worrect over-valuation or under-valua- #ion 1n particular instances. NEBRASKA joys the distinction with Kansas and Ilinois of being one of fthe throe great broom corn states in @Amoerica. Among them, it is said, ghat they virtually cijoy 2 monopoly of wupplying all the broom corn needed Bor manufacturing purposes, bewng fa- wored by peculiar climatic conditions. This is, of course, most gratifying to wur industries. But the question arises, & this be so, why is it that the making ©of brooms hus not become of the great manufucturing coterprises of the #tate? With the unatural advantages which Nobras| possesses in raising Broom corn, the state should be able to supnly a great pact of fhe eountry not wloue with the raw wmaterial, but with #he manafactured broom. Tie resolution adopted by the hoard of trade requesting the Nebraska dole- &ation to procure the early appointment ©f & commission to select the new post- office site in Omaha would have been timely if we were not on the eve of Thouse-moving at Washington. John A. Mcshane, the only member of the pres- ent delegation who has any influence at gourt, is down in Mexico. Even if he were at Washington, it is questionable three weeks gives time enough for the eupervising archi- Sect to view the grounds and the socretary of the treasury to appoint the @ommission, The suporvising archi ono L Sect has three other large postoffices to .. Bocate, two of which,at Milwaukee and ~ Kansas City, will doubtiess take pre- 5 @edonce over Omaha, The chances ure, sherefore. that the local commission to pelect the site will not be appointed aatil after the inavguration of General ‘#Havrison, With the new administra- -§ion, the recommendations of our senu- $ors aud congressmen will have more weight than they will huve at the pres- Ant time. PRECAUITONARY. The senate has passed a bill appro- priating a quarter of mitlion dollars to- enable the presi the terests of the United States, and provide for the security of the p - erty of its citizens at Panama. This precautionary ieasure should be promptly adopted by the house. Al- though threatened for A month past no outbreak has yot taken place at Pana- ma, but the senate wisely acted the presumption that the feeling against American citizens in the isth- mus may at any time manifest itself in overt acts of and the de- struction of property, and that the hest way to avert such an outbreak is to make provision for the protection of our interests there, and the lives and prop- erty of our citizens, Wheon the gov ment shows a determination to exert its power of guardianship over what belongs to it, the influence of such tion is very likely to be deterrent upon those who may contemplate any hostile policg. On the other hand the omission of precautionary mensures is vory apt to operate as an invitation to procecdings hostile to our interests. The fault of the government hitherto has not hoon in thedirection of too hasty action in matters of this nature. The rvule has rather been to put off action, out of a ling of delicacy about offending some one, until forced to do somothing, and in every such case we have boen the losers. A higher appreciation of our duty to ourselves should induce a dif- ferent policy in the future —a policy of precaution and preparvation. That itis desivable for the United States to make its attitude regarding affairs in Panama, so far as foreign - terest in the canal is concerned, clearly understood, is almost universaily ceded. A few voices were raised in the senate in epposition to the Bdmunds resolution expressing the sentiment of this country regarding foreign inter- ference at Panama, but the vote showed the impotence of this opposition. The urgency that exists for such an expres- sion is found in the uneoriainly ve- garding the immediate future of the vench government. T'hoe present min- istry may break up at any time. It is said to be steadily losing ground. While it is able to hold power thore is assur- ance that nothing will be done to aid the secheme for involving the IPrench government with the ent to protect ine ssons and | violence con- Panama canel. Dut o new ministey might be compelled to take a difforent view of the matter. The power represenied by the canal in- terestin France is very great, both Iy and in voting strength. A number of prominent men, among them Boulanger, ave in favor of giving gov- ernment aid to the canal. A new min- stry might be forced to accede to the demnnd of this power, unless it could assure the people that such action would certainly lead to a rupture of the friendly relations between Kraunce and the United States. Having this possi- bility in view the government of the Tnited States should leave no doubt as to its attitude regarding affairs at Pan- ama. THE ISSUE IN DAKOTA. The conflict between the governor and legislature of Dakota, which has been going on ever since the latter convened, has culminated in an open rupture. ‘The governor, it would scem, is largely responsible for this, though there is doubtless blame on both sides. The origin of the difticulty was in tho financial situation, which by reason of past extravagance had become a prob- lem of serious significance. The claim on behalf of Governor Church has been that he sought to curtail expenditures and keepdown appropriations, but there is reason to believe that his efforts in thisdirection were somewhat arbitraivl oxerted aud so as to give great offerse to the majority of the legislature. There was a disposition to reduce ex- penditures, but not exactly on the lines whieh it was elaimed would if followed have crippled some of the public insti- tutions and perhaps reduced the effi- ciency of some of the departments of government. At any rate, the issue thus made steadily broadened, as it was seen from the beginning it was likely to do between a democratic governor and a vepublican legislature, uutil finally appears from the dis- patelies, the governor has refused fur- ther intercourse with vhe legisiature and to all intents and purposes aban- doned his post. Governor Church was appointed by President Cleveland from New Yorlk, where he had enjoyed some judicial reputation and the character of a rad- ical partisan.. The appointment was made when Me, Cleveland was care of his New York friends wherc an opportunity offered him to do so. The national demoeratic platform upon which Mr. Cleveland was elected pledged the people of the tevritories that their oflicinls snould be appointed from among themselves, so that in this, us in other cases, that pledge was vio- lated, There was a strong protest from Dakotans, democrats and vepublicans alike, against the appointment, but it received no attention at Washington, Mr. Cleveland wus then conducting the administration and managiog dem- ooratic politics in his own way, and with refer as he fan- cied, to his own political interests, and it was impossible that he should be advised by the peoplo of u tervitory, who bave no vote for prosidont, when he was disregavding the counsel of party leadevs in the states, Church becume governor of Dalkota, and the bad fecling then engendered has re- mained, only to be intensified by the courss of the domosrats in congress ve- garding Dakota. Governor Chureh has unquestionably been guilty of a very flagrant breach of duty in locking his office and rvefusing further commuuication with the legis- lature. Such conduct by the governor of a state would subjeet him to impeach- ment and removal from office, but the governor of a tervitory holds his com- mission from the federal government, and therefore the legislature can take no action for his removal, Unless Gov- arnor Church resigns he may vemaln in his position until his successor is ap- pointed, and he will probably unot at- tewpt to relieve the situation by re- siguing, Nor is it probable such action would improve matters, since there is not the slightest probability that the confirm n successor ap- pointed by the present administration. It s than likely, therefore, that the existing state of affairs in Da- kota will continue until the next admin- istration name to Chureh, it pected to do a8 possible after it into Meanwhile the home interests of Dakota may suffer, for all the institu- tions are in neod of money, while the issue may also be detrimental to action by the present congress, assuming the action to be at all probable for the ad- mission of the territo —e THE FINAL ACT. Three distinct and separate actsare necessary in the election of a president and vice president of the United States. The first of these is the choice of elect- ors by the vote of the people, the second is the vote of the electors for the presi- deatial candidates, and the third and last is the counting of the electoral vote by the tw together, and the declaration of the r sult. This final act will take place to- day, and although the rosult is assured and there is no possihle danger of any issue or difficulty, tho procecding is none the less the most serious and im- portant of any that takes place under our government. The declaration by the representatives in congress of sixty milllions of people of the popular choice of a chi magistrate is an cvent of stly more significance than the pro- laiming of an emperor or king. Atone o'clock this afternoon the sen- ate and house of representatives will meet in the hall of the house, the presi- t of the senate presiding. HEach house having previously appointed two tellers, these ofticials will receive from the president of the senate, as they are opened by him, “all the certifi- cates and papers purporting to be certilicates of the electoral votes, which certificates and papers shall be opened, presented and acted upon in the alphabetical order of the states.” Thus Alabama’s certificates will be the first opened. The tellers ave required to read the certificates and malke a list of the votes as they appear before them. The votes having been ascertained and counted by the tellers the result will be delivered to the pr ident of the senate, who will annouunce announce it the assemb houses, and this announcement ‘‘shall be deemed a suflicient declaration of the persouns, if any, electod president and viee presi- dent of the United States, and, together with alist of the votes, be entered on the journals of the two houses.” The law fully provides for the hearing and treatment of objections und other pos- sible contingenecies, but there will be no such interference to-day with the congressional count of the electoral votes, and that interesting and highly important duty will be accomplished smoothly and speedily. It is a matter for national congratulation that no issue or controversy will disturb the work of ascertaining and declaring who shall occupy the oflice of chief executive at the opening of the nation’s second century of constitutional government. senate woul ‘s more may bo prompt entors can a which ex- as power lousos of congress assembled UNLAWFUL TAX-EXEMPTION. If the exemption from county and city taxes of every lot occupied or owned by socicties of every description is kept up and increases as it has during the past two years, the burden of taxation will become simply unbearable by the tax- vayers. The law very expressly pro- vides that wherever any grounds owned by religious or charitable societies are used in part for business purposes from which a rental is derived, such property shall be taxable the same as any other property. This is not only reasonable, but just. Tt is proper that school-houses, churches, hospitals, and buildings exclusively used for religious or charitable purposes shall be exempt from taxes. But whenever a socioty, whether it be religious or benevolent, derives a revenue from its real estate, it should ssessed and pay taxes thereon. It is the manifest duty of the county commissioners and the council to look into tnis wholesale tax-exemp- tion and revise the tax list in accord- ance with the law. Tie latest information regarding the much-talked of ngreement, between the railroad presidents is not reassuring. The two or three roads wh refused at the outset to sign still obstinately ad- here to their position, and unless they aceede, it is snid tho agreement must fail, Turther effort is making to i duce them to enter into the arrange- ment, but there does not appegr to be a very encouraging prospect that it will succeed. There is an apprehension that if the Is now there will be a disastrous tumble in railvoad securi- ties, which might have a seriously un- settling effect upon the financial affairs of the country. This fear cannot he re- garded as wholly groundiess. Faith in the success of the proposed ag be a omont cevtainly had a strengthening influence upon secuvities, and if this faith should Dbe hopelessly destroyed there would very likely be a reaction that would rapidly cut down the market value of raileond securities and force a great many who have large investments in them into bankruptey. The promise held out by this proposed agreement being taken away, and the doors left wide open for continued and more ag- gravated rate wars, it is easy to under- stand what must be the effect upon con- fidence in railroad 1nvestments, Tue scarcity of government bonds and gilt-edged securities has induced the saving banks of New York toap- penl to the legislature to extend the ficid in which they may lawfully invest their trust funds, They have asked the right to be allowed to make investments in the bonds of cities above fifty thou- sand inhabitants in certain states of unquestioned integrity and solvency. There can be but little doubt that the pri ge, with proper limitations, will bo granted. The bonds of western cit- ies especially ought to become an at- tractive field for investment. Railroad securities are now regarded in the money centers with more or less dis- trust. The violation of faith on the part of the railronds with their stoek and hond holders hias brought about a revulsion of teeltl 8h the part of When the thovement allowing investments in municipal securities vo- comes general, it will he mutually ben- Cities will be able to borrow money for public improvements at very low es of interest. ———eee in- vestors, eficial. TiE proposed intoar-state convention called by the governor of Kansas to meet at St. Louis ‘on’ March 12, for the purpose of investigating the beef dnd pork trust, of Chicago, promises to be an assombly of unusual prominence. Not alone many of the western s and territories, but several of the sea- bonrd states have signitied their inten- tion of sending proper delegates. The ment trust should by all means be thor- oughly ventilated. The complaints of the cattle that the low price of live stock is due to the Chicago beef packers’ combination should be care- fully looked into If such a trust ex- ists, and its intluence has seriously crippled the cattlo industry from Te 10 Monta and from Colorado to N York. the people have a right to know it,and to devise means to correct the evil. If, however, the cause of the low price of beef is due to temporary over production, the facts should be promi- nently brought forth, In any event the full discussion of the cattle gricvances by the convention cannot fail to have a wholesome tes men aisers’ MONTANA is promised a large immi- gration this year from northern Towa and southern Minnesota. Strange as it may seem, several Scandinavian ecolo- nies have determined to remove from their old homes in these states to Mon- tana, taking with them their blooded stock and farm implements. The son for this transfer is idently a de- sive to engage more extensively in the cattle raising business, for which Mon- tana pre-eminently is well adapted. It is reported moreover that many farmers in Ulinois, Indiana and other states contemplate a similar move To the Gentile population of Utah, the vietory won at the municipal elec- tion at Ogden tho otl s usually gratifying. It wondered at that thoy are celebrating the event with general rejoicing as it marks the first victory gained over the Mormons in the history of the tecrito The defeut of the Mormons in a local election can, however, hardly be re- garded as an event of great political significance. T — DAKOTA has tried. its board of rail- road commissioners and found it want- ing, and without furtler ado, the legis- lature has abolished the commission. If Nebraska could rid herself of her board of transportation she would save ten thousand dollars a year and do away with all pretense of railroad regulation. v Bayard to Boot. Chicago Tribune. - Traveling waxworks artist (trying to make a bargain with proprietor of dime museum) —You'll mever get, them cheaper. Look at the lot. There's Cleveland, sud Sam Ran- dall, and Governor Hill, and Carlisle, and Watterson, and Chairman. Brice, and Dan Voorhees, Proprietor dime museum (dubiously)—You ask too much for "e, “Traveling artist—Well, here's Bayard. If you'll take them at the price I offered them to you I'll throw him in. Proprietor (still dubious)—Yowd have to do that, anyhow. e From a Southern Standpoint. Atlania Constitution. The new administration needs—however, lack of space prevents us from discussing this watter. Some of these bright morn- ings, when the Constitution has thirty-two pages, we will devote seven or eight of them to this subject. S Royalty's Weaknesses, St.Paul Pioneer-Press. ‘fhe Boston Globe is publishing a series of articles on *‘Diseases of Workingmen.” An article on diseases of royalty, dramatists and railway presidents would seem to afford a larger scope for strikingly sensational de- tails, is not to No Sinecure There, Chicago Inler-Ocean. 1t is said that the salary of the Samoan king is $20 per month. He must have hy- pothecated several years' salary to buy car- tridges for his army at the rate of 11 cents apiece. War is in the nature of a luxury, T Jurymen Who May Read. New York Worl Judge Hopper, of New Jorsoy, refuses to allow jurors to be challenged simply because they have read newspaper articles about the case on trial. This enables Hopper's court w grind out an intelligent jury now and then, -— A Boom For Dictionaries, Citicagn Neww. Mr. Evarts is to be resurrccted by the coming administration, it is said. In that case the sale of dictionaries under the Har- visonian regime will be something unpre- cedented. Capts Pt Auson's Enterprise. Chiicago Herald, Captain Anson’s determination to play a gume of base ball in Jerusalem will surprise nobody. He way stop in that region long enough to challenge, the mouks on Mount Sinai. ST e T AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings, Falls City needs a brick yard. Elwood is in need f a,good phys a clothing house. A raid on the gambkers has been rated at Rushville. The contract for building a new city hall at York has been lej. A company is being fopmed at Neligh for the manufacture of bick A Chicago man is in Oakdale making an cf- fort tu 2stablish 4 crewmery. Over 82,000 has beon subscribed at Cedar Rapids to build a *lodige hall.” ‘Au effort is being wade to form a building and loan assvciution av Blue Hill, Over seven hundred carioads of grain were shipped from Bertrand during 1853, The Greeley Center schools haye been closed on aceount of scarlet fever, Real estate at Valparaiso has been very active since the opening of the year, The capital stock of the Farmers' State bank of Plainview has been increased to 45,000, Company A, Second regiment, N. N. Gi., of S1clton, is to'give a grand military ball on Washington's birthday. J. en, of Carleton, who had s arm wangled in a wind mill 8 woelk ago, has died from the effects of his lujuries. The Seward Graud Ariy post has en- dorsed the candidacy of Corporal Tanner for the office of comwissioner of pensions. The question of five protection is agitating cian and inaugu- B T B B T | the people of Doniphan and the village board has a; nted a eommittee to ascertain the price of tue necessary apparatus for a fire department A £1.000 school houso has just been com pleted at Bertrand and there is talk of a fine brick block and other improvements during the coming season. The Bertrand Journal, the oldest papar in the town, after a fow woeeks hostilities with the Herald, has been obliged to beat a retreat and the plant has been removed A number of farmers living near Wayne have formed an association for purchasing an imported Euglish shire stallion, and if enough money can_be secured they will also buy a French coach statlion One of the mules of an Ur troupe jumped off a train between Chester and Hubbell the other day and broke its neck. The whole company went into mourn ing on account of the star's death. Burglars entered C. M, Turner's store at Milford by removing a large pane of glass from the front door and carried off ovar £100 worth of goods, taking a_haud car to trans port their plunder several miles out of town Nearly all the Covington saloons, says the Dakota Uity Argus, have lunch counter: the rear end of the' room. This 18 a & pnvenience to some folks who formerly I 0 quit the saloon for hall an hour cach day at meal time, or else go hungry > Dell Davis, # woman of doubtfull repu tion at David City, took rough on rats with the intention of ending her life, but enor mous doses of emetics and laxatives clearcd lier system of the voison before it had done fatal work. The Verdon Vedette believes that when public oficials bogin economy on the news papers they need praying for, and therefore it offers to print the entire proceedings of the board of supervisors for six months froe, provided the board will employ a chap Lain 'with the money thus saved, 1e Tom's Cabin low A broom factory will be started at Aurelia shortly. A district telegraph systes lished at Dubugue, The farmers near Independence are co-operative ereamery, Au effort 18 being made to organize a stock company at Ackiey to manufacture soap. Webster City citizens are discussing the vroject of establishing u canning factory. A war of extermination agaiust English sparrows is raging at Humboldt by order of the city council. A young man named Charles T been arrested for attempting to re burglars from the Jones county jail. Six business men of Clayton have three-fifths of a vapital stock of $10,000 the purpose of operating a sawmill there. John Shortwell of Creston, recently canght a beaver that weighed eighty-five pounds. Beavers are at work building a dam on the river about two miles above Avoca. At the state Baptist convention at Towa City 500 was grantea from the ehnrch edifice fund to beip pay for the new building at Webster City and 3400 to help pay for the one at Audubon A petition to the governor of Towa for the pardon of W. F. Mendenhall, who s in the state penitentiary for the murder of Joseph Hines of Erling, Shelby county, about three years ago, has been cireulated in that place and vicinity. A new corporation has just been formed at Des Moines, known as the Family Protec- tion. The object of the corporation is the promotion of true neighborly regard and {ra- ternal love; to care for sick and indigent members and their families, and to give de- cent burial after death. Dakota Jottings. A law and order league is to be organized at Brookings. Thieves are raiding the hogpens in the vicinity of Vermillion. A number of new business houses has re 1y opened at Palisados. Work en the coal shaft near Volin is beiug pushed as rapidly as possible. “Phere 1s talk of building-a motor line be- tween Sioux Falls and East Sioux Falls. A double-headed revival, in religion and real estate, is in progress at Chamberlain. Bridgewater capitalists are again discuss- ing the question of erecting a fouring mill. Robort Drysdale, a thirteen-year-old is in jil at Deadwood charged with stealing 320. Steel cells have been ordered for the new ceunty jail of Mooay county at a cost of 3,200 The Rapid City bar has received an addi- tion in_the person of Judge Bangs, late of Grand Forks. The pastor of one church at Miller has been compelled to post notices in the church forbidding the use of tobacco during ser- vices. \ Oune of the prospecting drills at Center- ville passed through an eight-foot vein of conl at a depth of 123 feet, and a shaft will e sunk as soon as the slope of the vein has been discovered. is to be estab to er rl has ase three raisod for . AN APPEAL FOR AID. Farmers in Mecade County, Kansas, Sufferinz For Provision: Meape Couxty, Kan, Feb. 7.—To tho fditor Tne Bee: We, the committee ap- pointed by the Lone Star Farmors' club in Mead county, Kausas, were instructed 10 write the true condition of the farmers of Mende county and send a_copy of the same to your paper for publication. Meade county was settled in "84 and 85, and scttled principally by men who were not able to get homes in the east. In those years the farmers were busy building houses and stables and breaking a little prairie, consequently theve was not much farming done. In 86 and 'S7 crops were nearly a complete failure. In '85 there w less gramn raised than in either of the preceding yea: owing to the severe drouth. During thes three years of d ith most of the farmers were compelled to mortgage their homes and their stock to support their families, and are at present in very needy circumstance. As spring is now approaching and the farmers desire to save their homes, they hav toiled far through th cars of hardships and drouth, they are compelled to look to their friends in the cast for aid, Unless seed cun be procured in this way a majority of the farmers cannot put out crops in the spring, and if provisions are not shipped here many will be compelled to lea while others who have all their stock mortgazed so whey can not get away, will suffer. The farmers of Meade county have put off asking for aid as loug us they could possibly obtain enough to subsist_on. J3ut as starvation is staring many of tner®in the fuce they arve compelled 10 ask for help, as many other counties have done in past years, As there is no work going on in the county to sveak of, money is scarce, the farmers find it impossi- ble to carn a dollar for their own support, f 4 A, Maxrox, TioMas HENDRICKS, [J. N. Davis, For further correspondence address J. Maxson, Meade Cente Commmittee. A If_your complaint is want of nppetite, try half wine gluss Angostura Bittors before meals. Dr. J. G. B, Siegert & Sons, sole manufacturers. At all drug- gists. New Cattle Articles of incorporation of the Commercial Cattle company, with acapital stock of § 000, were filed yesterday with tho county clerk. The incorporators are Robert J. Ho quet, Ernest de La Chapelle and John 'V Lamarchi. The ranneh will be in Pierce county and the general oftice in this city. Postal Changes. Feb. 12.—|Special graw to Tug Bee.]—A postoltice has been established at Athens, lLaucaster county, Neb., with W, Gage Miller as postmaster, The postofce at Mranch Lancaster county and Gucca, Custer county, will be discon tinued from February 28 because uot needed Williara O, Jones bas bsen appointel postwiaster at Calumet, O'lrien couuty, 1a., vice 13. W. Thornburgh, resigned. - The Nevada Lottery Scheme. Vinainia, Nev,, Fen. 12.—The people of this state voted yesterday on a constitutional amendment, giving the legislature power to establish lotteries in the state. Those favo ing the lottery scheme assert they buve car ried the day by @ large majority. Wester: WASHINGTON, Tel (ITY MATTERS OF IMPORT. Rogular Seasion of the Couucil Last Night, REPORTS OF OFFICERS RECEIVED They Are Embodied in the Volum- inpus Do From the Mayor to Be ed, ment Koo Priv Considering Ordinances. There were fourteen memboers of the city council present last night when President Lee called the meeting to order, and thoso marked down on the list of absentees were foe, Sanders and Van Camp. The reading of the journal was dispensed with ana W. 1. Bechel and Thomas H. Dai Ley, were appointad by the chair to a ssist the city clerk to canvass and _report on the re 1s from the late speciai clection. he clerk read the winnual message of or Broateh, enclosing the reports of the us city officials and departments. 1t ed that the reports showed an improved condition of affairs throughout the city and furnished statistics of great value. That of the board of public works gave a_summary of the total cxpenditure from 1587 to 1888, both inclusive, of 5, 0035, 515,07, nd to the crodit side shows forty'one miles of paved streets, (wo large viaducts and Sixty six miles of sowers. The sum expended for grading alone_ amounted to &00,5H.78. The city engineer in his report asked that provision should b made for the payment for services of inspeciors out of the general fund, Under the present. system the inspec tors have to wait for months for a settlement “or sell their time at o discount, or what is worse and dinmetrically opposed o honosty and the public interest; accept advances from the contractors,” The report of the follows In his report Treasurer Rush recommended the appointment of a city tax assessor, that the inconveniences of the present system of depending on the county for assessment rolls may be avoided and to eradicate other evils that now exist. The total bonded indebtedness of the city on January 1, 15580, was &1, 408,550, In ad- dition there are bonds outstanding for streot improvements amounting to but this is being gradually decre 3 re- reipts from special tax assessments., #The following table shows the veceipts and disbursements of the city treasurer office for the year: WECEIPTS. colleetions, city treasurer was as the Total tax regular, . Total tax speciul .. FOL,867.07 collections, Proceeds of bonds sold ot amount of bonds sold...... “es Interest and premivm received on same. 5,500.00 Miscollaneous receipts Costs in police court...§ 11 1mes in police court... Sale of real estate Speeial _deposits on account sireet open ings, ete........ From Douglas county for grading.. ... From Cable Tramway company, expenses of clection, ete.. ... From Omitha Nations bank, interest, re- funded...... .. rom board of cduca- tion, for examining books...... . From dog Ticense sued.. £rom plum tor. From buildin 15,003.37 1,748.25 51.60 Lo 2,045.00 inspec. S 667,75 51,50 From boiler inspé 160300 From licenscs, all kinds othier than dog From library, losts, ete.. . From use fire cngines, sale old hose, ete. ., From drug permits is- sued. . From garbage permits issucd. ... From cesspool P issued 405,008.55 finc it 736.40 T5.30 470,000.28 DISBCRSEN Total amount of war- rants paid.........5%,032,930.31 Total amount bonds redeemed... . 189,600.00 Total amount in- terest coupons paid “Totalamount paid for oxpressage, ex change and com- mission. Total amount trans- ferred to board of cducation. . 126,152.00 2,880,57 20,202,02 A reference to the table shows titat in scll- ing the city’s bonds, Treasurer Rush hus made a clear profit to the taxpayers during the year of $i1,2 The difference Letween the amount re ceived and the amount disbursed is due to the fact that the city treasurer borrowed from one fund to pay warrants drawn on another, rather than allow the city’s paper to draw the usual 7 per cont interest. The city attorney asked to be furnished a second ussistant, and the police report showed that 12,817 cases had boen adjudicated during the year, which was equivalent to forty cases per day. The bullding inspeetor reported th buildings (a small city) had been erccted during the vear at a'cost of #1770 565, aud that the oftice was self sustaini The boiler inspector asked for u clerl, and the mayor endorsed the application “The report of the sidewalls mspector told that twenty-eight miles of wooden watks had heen constructed at i cost of $15,500, und a large surface of permancnt walks at'wi ox pense of £305,000. The city pliysician reported that the acath rate was an_unusually’ healthy one, beiug 10,21 in a population of 120,000 He roferred 1o an analysis of the water in city wells, which showed that in every instance matier injurious to health could ba found A communication from Treasurer Rush, stating that he had tendered a number of persons the amounts awarded them for dii ages caused by extending and opening Thirtenth street frou Spring strect Lo th olil county road, and that all but two had re fused 10 accopt, was placed on file. Councilman Wheeler moved that the city clerk be dirceted to advertise one week for bids for the printmg in book form of t muyor's message und annual offeial repo ‘e report was adopted, Councilman Kuspar moved that mittee on public property and buildings bo authorized and instructed to take the v savy stops to improve and beautify Jeffe) square, according to its best judgment, and at an expense not to exceed £,000. The reso- Jution was referred 1o the committec on public property and buildings. ‘A rosolution’ by Councilmin Lowry calling for the street commissionoe to clean up the dirt that has fallen down upon Sixth streot, north of Hickory, led to a lively discussion in which each alderman named a street in his ward in which the sume care was re- quired. It was reforrea to the committes on strocts and alleys, W. G, Shriver handed in a_resolutionfask- ing the board of public works to look after Grace street, which was in a dangerous con- dition betwesn ‘Pwenty-second and Twenty- third streets, It was referred to the com mittes on paving, curbing and guttering On motion of Counciiman Wheeler four watehmen now employed on the Jleventh and Stxteenth stroet vinducts wero placed in charge of the fire and jpolice com. missione A motion asking for a stencgrapher at a sulary of §5 per mouth, to be attuched to the oftice of the ciiy clerk, was referred to the committec on juuiciary, after a debate in which several members advocated the cm ployment of an assistant for every city ofivial now on the rolls. The claim of G, B, Rugg for damages in ayment of tnjuries to his horse, was re ported on adversely aud the report adopted ‘Phe ordinance granting leave to the resi dents on Eighteenth street to park ana im prove ten foet of said street, betweon Wil the linma and Centor streets, favorably and the report adovted, The ordic nance prohibiting property owners from building upon ground formerly a part of any strect, was also reported favorably, and the roport adopted “T'ho leak in the water maim on South Tentl street lod to some interesting revelations, In the first place the water pipes must be put down bofore the paving is dono, and in somo cases owners of unimproved real cstate have to pay for putting in & “blind service' when they really have no uso for it 1t was oue of these ‘blind services" that proved acfective, and the owner of the property—A. Kountz - objects to being assessed for tha damage dono by tho pavement being undermined. It was ~ stated that the fault was with the plumber who had done the work, and that he and his bonds- men should be held respousible, but it was also learned that the bondsmen ' required by A plumber were ouly responsiblo for ona year. Therefore, no one could be_held ro- sponsiblo, and the matter was referred to the seworage and plumbing inspector, The paving, curbing and guttoring come mittee found a flaw in the contract with the Barber Asphalt company and reported ac- cordingly. It gives tho company the right to do ali repairs on_pavements they have laid for five years at a cost of 10 cents por yard, and the committee thought § cents was enough. A petition of the iron manufacturers of Omaha asked that when the ety hull was built that all material used in tho constru tion of said building be prepared at homo, and that any tirm to which the contract is awarded shall be prohibited from sub-lotting or assigniug said contract o non-residents or foreign firms. It was referred to the committeo on public proporty and buildings. The committee on the recent election then reported as follows “arnum street v Jefferson squarc.. . was reported For city hall bonds, .. . Against ity hall bonds.. .. R Ivifix‘\inn of city hall ordinance: WO Against, Sewer bon! Against, Paving bonds Against.... : 2,003 Union Pacific rencwal bonds: For. . ceenn 445 Agamst.... o ) Among the ordinances read for a first and second time was an ordinance to provent street cars from passing each other at strect intersections ordinance granting the Commereial National bank permission to use parts of Farnam and Sixteenth streets for 2 portico, sters and columns; changing . ass street from Twenty-second Twenty-fifth _streets; establishing grade of Newton' strect from Twentieth to Twenty-fourth streets: opening Twenty-fourth street from the alley south of Burt to Cass stree; reculating the sale of gas within the city; for the payment of habilities incurred during the month of extending Doreas street from nd View addition to Sixth street. Ordmances read for the third time and passed were one providing for the licensing of huck and providing penalties for the vio lation of the provisions thercof; prohibiting property owners from building upon ground formerly a part of any strect; granting per- mission’ 10 property owners to pave and improve Eighteenth between Center and Witliam strects; declaring Thirteenth street between Spring street and old county road open to public travel. Ordinanc: thorizing the construction of sidewalks in various parts of the city were also passed, as well as for tho pavieg of Twenty-sixth street from St. M. venuo to Howard street, and cighteenth streot from Huarnoy to Loavenworth. The presideat then named Councilmen Wheeler, Bedford, Bailey, Sandors, Shriver £ nd L a'committee’to visit Lin coin and look after the city charter, The council then adjourned. B Presidential Nominations. WasiiNeTox, eb, 12, ~The president to- day sent the following nominations to thy senate: 8. F. White, of Arkansas, to ba Indian inspector; Lieutenant Colonel Ed. M. Hegl, inspector_general, with the rank of colonel; Major H, M. Lawton, inspector gen- eral, to be inspector gencral, with the rank of lieutenaut colonel; Captain James P. San- ger, tirst artillery, to be inspector goneral, with the rank of major. - Robbed a Pawnbroker, BosToy, FPeb. 12.—~Ralph Cohn, keeper of a pawnshop, reports that while he was at sup- per last night his clevk, John Cohn, whom he left in the store during his absence, dis- appearcd, taking with, him a package of Jewelry valued ab #7,000 and a small smouut of cash. Cohn is eighte The Southern Q soussed. WasniNGToN, ieb, uucus of re publican senatcrs was, heid this morning, at whicli the southern question was under dis cussion. 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