Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 4, 1889, Page 2

- THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, MARCH 4. 1839. THE NEBRASKA LECISLATURE | Foatures of the Week At the Capl- tal City. IMPORTANT MEASURES ACTED ON Both Honges Settle Down to Work and Transact An Unusually Large Amount of Business—State House Gossip. A Legislative Resume. Lixcory, Neb,, Maret 3.—[Special to Tne Ber. |—The senato hias been in session forty six days, the house forty-five, Ten bilis have reached the ofics of the secrotary of state, and are laws full fleged. Two are yet in tho hands of the governor, making twelve measurcs passed by both houses The new statutes of the past week were two in number: One authorizes the issuc of bonds for the erection of county buildings .worth over $1,500 on & vote of a bare majority of the peo: ple. Under the old law it required a two. thirds vote. The other act grants an n demuity of §2,500 to William J. Wilson, of Telkamah, who was maimed for life while trying to arrest a burglar, “Reddy” Wilson at the order of the shel of Burt. The burglar shot him in the face, the ball enter ing the upper lip shattering the jaw and coming out under the ear. “The measures in the governor's hands ar Ransom’s bill, requiring fire insuranc companies to pay the face of th policy in ¢ of luss, and the bill making the commissioner of public lunds and buildings a custodian for governmert plats maps, records and surveys of lands in 1 braska, The custodian is directed to ke these records in his office subject to the in- spection of the land commissioners, surveyor generals or other agents of the United States, and also of the county surveyors. ‘The bill was framed for the special benefit of the county surveyors, who often want to refer to the goverument surve For a year and half past the records have been inaccessible for want of proper place of deposit. Among the more important measures passed by the senute are the following: Raymond’s railroad lien bill, which makes roads responsible for the merchandise, r and provisions furnished contractors during the work of construction. Claims for such goods are made liens ou railrond property Rauson’s bl provil spection, raising the test New York tester, A bill making it unlawful for an officer of a city or a village to be or become interested directly or indireetly, in any contract with his wunicipality. The venalty for an offend- ing city officer is a fine of 31,000 to §5,010; for a village ofticer, $100 to $1,000. Another providing that when the last day of grace on a note or other commercial paper falls on Sunday, such paper shall be due on the Saturday preceding. Making it unlawful to contract in not bonds and mortgages for the payment of at- torneys’ fees. Providiug that suits to recover on insur- ance companies may be begun at any time within five years from date of loss Authorizing the goveruor to long-term conviets on July 4 of each year. Considerable time has been spent “in dis cussing and perfecting the Raymond bank- ing bill, the features of which were given in Tiie BEE two weeks ago. It will probably pass this week. : Much of the time of the_scnate has been consumed in killing off bills, Among the more important to mect this untimely fate were Roche's bill to abolish the death pen- Funck’s bili prescribing the form and size of clection tickets; Linn’s bill to allow women to vote at municipal elections, und Taggart's bill probibiting the voting o Dbonds to aid in the construction of railroads ‘The last named provoked the sharpest de bate of the session. 'This was the third time woman suffrage had met its fate in this sonate. The herd and fence bill, which caused such alively tussle in the house, has been put on the senate's gencral file, which insuret its consideration, The senate committee has recommended an appropriation of §1,000 for the stute dairy- wan’s association. The investigation of the state farm and agricuitural cxperiment station has con- tinued, but without making any develop- ments of a sensational sort. A bill has been introduced to separate these institutions and the ugricultural department from the state university und establish an industrial college do of the First congressional district, eled son-ewhatafter the plan of the lowa agricultural college. HOUSE, ‘Phe house sattled down to work the past week and transacted a lurge amount of bus- iness. The most important measurc that passed the houso was Senator Ransom’s valued policy insurance bill. This bill pro vides that in all cases of total loss, the nmount stated in the policy, and not the value of the property destroyed, shall be the weasure of damages, and when the in- sured or policy holder is compelled to go to law to collect the insurance he may alse col- lect a reasonable attorney fee as part of the costs, Both of these provisions were strongly opposed by & powerful insurance lobby, who persistently argued that the passage of such a law would put a_premium g for state oil in. d adoptiug the ardon two on arson and “Jight the torch of the_ince diary in overy corner of the state The members turned o deaf ear to such argu- ments and passed the bill by the strong vote of 70 yeas to 7 na The negative votes were cist by Berlin, Garduer and Cashing of Douglas, Burnham of Keya Paha, Rayner of Cheyeune, White of Cass, and Hall of Lancaster. The credit of putting this bill through belongs largely to the faimers, At a special meetivg of a large numboer of this class ou Tuosday evoning, it was resolved to bring this bill up and rush it throu on Wednesduy afternoon the' prog was carried out to.the letter, The fourteen members who were absent when the bill pssed, or dodgea the issie, were Messrs, Veve, 'O'Brion, Snyder and McMillan of Douglas, Hays of York, Hooper of Hall, Mattos of Otoe, Sweet of Morrick, Truesdel! of Thayer, Diller of Jefferson, Elliott of Harlan, Green of Nanee, Gollins of Cuming, and Mceker of Chase. The Hampton committee, consiting of Messrs. Hampton, Hanna, Johnson, Birney and Cushing, who were ap| 4 10 investi- gate the question of supe sablo he made their final roport on I fled a lengthy and detailed statement of abuses that have crept into the legislative service. Among other things they found that about thirty clerks Lhad been appointed in the enrolling und cngrossing rooms at the beginning of the session, when there was lit- tle or nothing to do, und severely criticised Chairman Brink, of this cowimittee, for Yielding to the clamors of the horde of aspir- ants for positions, and making so muny un- ocessary appointiments, The report closed with a recommendation’ that forty clerks be sery discharged, including eleven mimittea clarks, and'seven from the enrolling and cu- BISSIE KGOS, As Lancuster county had some forty-eizht appoiutees, and of & total of less than one hundred and fifty the committée recom- mended that the bulk of the reduction should be taken from the contingent from that county. After some flibustering the report of the commitico adopted, but if the adop- wed the employes ‘when Majors asked i tion of the report di pumed, the housce w thrown into a panie by the reply that it would not; that the ) ouse ko far bad only adopted a deelaration that they had forty too many employcs on the pay roll. Mr. Truesdell of Thayer moved 10 instruct the commities *“to discharge the employes according to their recomunendu. tion,” which was the sigoal of a parliamentary battle only oqualled by the struggle over subinission, Dilatory motions of all kinds wore miado und Sfuoumerable amendients proposed and us n\udi’g voted down, and st as a vole was roa: on the question order the em- mn- discharged, the Lancaster county del- tion demanded call of the houso, mnd s wany mewber was absent, legislation way tied up for an inceBinite period. Mowbe #fter mombers were seat for and Lurried wisy frou bis dinuer and brought before the only to be excused with an arder 1 stund treuts, which was never enforeed. The house deveuerated into a good naturod ok, sud no seuiblunce of VRder Was Wi tained for hours. The policy of the friends of those holding sinecure positions appeared to bo to wear out the reformers, but finaily they discovered that this motion would como up under the rules the very first thing when the house resumed business and concluded to break the deadlock. Shortly after 2o'clock the blockade was raised on motion of Cald well; and the question of discharging the ex tra help put to a square vote and carried by a vote of 71t017. The seventeen members who votod against discharging any of the forty persons holding sinecure positions were Christy, of Dodg: Messrs. Baker, Brink, Christy, of Clay, Ficldgrove, Hanna, Hamp- ton, Horne, McB3ride, O'lsrien, O'Sullivan, Scoville, Towle, McNickle, Meeker, West and Mr. Speaker. Hanna and Hamp- ton voted “*no'’ because they were members of the committee on whom the disagreeable duty of discharging the employes would de volve The squabble over this question has given a decided impulse to the Yutzy bill limiting the number of ployes 1o less than fifty and preseribing their duties, and some Inw of this kind will doubt less be enacted. “The opinion of the supren constitutionality of the doubl de submission bill, has set that question at rest, “The bills now before the house proposing to regulate or pronibit the liquor traffic will all be allowed to die a natural death. Had the submiission bill been declared void a des- perate effort would have been made to pass an irou-clad prohiditory bill, modeled afte the lowa asure was tually int g court airming the the of Burt. No bill of this charac been passed, but the effort would have de- moralized legisiation and might have pro. nite length, for the for- tes drawing duced a tie-up of inde Gilbert's usury bill, providin feiting of the principal of all illegal interest, was killed, It only received twenty-sevon votes on final pass of whicli twenty-one were farmers An effort to extend the time of payment on school land to January, 1000, was defeated in the house. The bili passed the senate, but the farmers got an idea it was going to benefit speculators and the bill was killed by u vote of 74 to 19, Among the most impor ant bills recommended for passuge are the following By Rayner—Fixing rato of toll on all Lridges owned by private parties or corpora- tion; ho rates named by this biil are as follows: One team 40 cents, with 5 ceats ad- ditional for each person uud 10 cents for each tra animal; for single horse and vehicle, cents; for each horse and rider, 15 cents, and for each pedestrian 10 cents; for droves, 5 cents for each horse not exceeding 100, and hien the number s greater; for cat- tle, & cents, and for hogs 5 cénts, and sheep 3 cents under 100, 1 cent additional each for a larger number, By Johnson--Authorizing mutual insur- ance companics organized under the laws of other states to do business in Nebraska. The following senate bills were recom- mended for passage: Authorizing any number of persons to or- ganize a mutual isuranco company; to pro- vide for gl w impose @ tax of not less than %3 on dogs, and prohibitmg any persous from owning more than one; to make an ussault wivh intent to intlict great bodily injury a penitentiary offgnse; requir- ing a two years' course of studybefore being admitted to the bar; extending the jurisdic- tion in criminal cases of every county through which a raiiroad runs to ull vffenses com- mitted on train All the appropriation bills will como up as a special order on lay and continue from day to day until disposed of. ‘Ther a stroug disposition to cut down expenses in the house and the committec universities and normal schools has caugzht the infection and about decided to re- duce the appropriation for the state univers- ¥ $100,000 from the estimate. Dr. Billings still continues to occupy the attention of the logislature, He made an ad- dress beforc the house committee on public lands and buildings on Friday eveni claimed that hog cholera wis caus: germ or microbe, that exists in the eart and when the germ has prover food it w become robust and kill every hog it look but when it is ved 1t helpless and only make the animal very sick. The appropriation of §15,00), which is asked for to put up a building for the use of this pig exterminator in conducting his experi- ments, will not be allowaed. ‘The lezislature is deluged with bills to pay the farmers for the hogs killed by Billings and his crew. The unfortunate farmers arguo that as Bill- ings was acting under the sanction and au- thority of the state that the loss should fall on the general public. It is hardly probable that any of these bills will pass either branch of the legislatur U Special to Tie :i2,]—T. P, Kennard has issued a pamphlet addressed to the legislature, in which he says that in 1874 he was appointed by Gov- ernor Furnas, in accordance with a rosolu- tion of the legislature, to prosecuto certain claims against the genoral government on ac- count of lands in this state disposed of by Indian reservations, military land warr and land script 1ssued for military services, for agricultural college scrip and for the re covery of swamp or overflowed land. H asscris that he prosecuted these claims vig- orously, aud as a result the state is 32 i better off, und figures thut one-hulf of this amount, or #11,555.21, by virtue of contract, belongs to him. He asks the state to appro- priate this amount to liquidate his claim, - Sleepless nights mado mis that terrible cough. Shiloh’s Cure is the reinedy for you. For sale by Good- man Drug Co. ——— RIDDLEBERGER WAS DRRUNK. A Disgraceful Episode on the Floor of the Senate. WasmixetoN, March 8—There was in- tonse cxcitement on the floor and in the gal leries of the senate to-night when President Pro Tempore Ingalis ordered the arrest of Senator Riddleberger. The condition of the Virginian ~ was as bad, from a total abstinence point of view, it has been at any time during as his , the senator grasped b oue hand and a struggle sc At this moment Mr, May, d mmines of Colone! Canady's deputies, seized Riddle berger's and arm. and, bis grip . Colonel Canady putting his arin around his body, half carried, half pushed him into the cloak room, the door be but a few feet dista He was kept r guard of one of the deputy ser- at-arms, while various of lus associates avored to calm him and get him ito a reasonable frame of mind, Meantime the busiuess of the senato proceeded, and radually tho usual condition and upeairaiice of things reas: h Ives, and the dis graceful episc or the vrosent. Ridaleverger, when removed to the cloak room, quieted down, and after about a quar- ter of an hour left the capitol for his hotel in the cou v ol a friend, -~ pught 116 Rounds, ASuLANY Wis., March 3.—John Van. heest, champi catherweight of the north- west, and Billy Welsh fought 116 rounds, London prize riug rules, heforo a select crowd here to-di Tho fight given Vinheest, Welseh was fairly covered with blead and bis right hand was broken, e - More Trouble at Samon, Kien, March 1A rumor is current naval circles here that a conflict has taken w0 in Suwoun waters. betwoen an Ameri- man-of-wie and the (German corvetto b It is alloged that the American vessel 1 the first shiof A Ohautauqua Mecting. There was a meeting at tho Grand opera house Jast night in the intercst of the Owuha and Council Blufs Chautauqua. 1t “I'he project wus dis- and the general opinion vor 0f OICOUBEING it. was lavgely attendod. [U! cussed Lgih, il WasiiNatoy, Mareh 3.—The president has approved the bill awending the inter-state comnerce wet, which was finally sed sud- SULLLIALLY #s 1L was prepared at tho lust ses- sion by the senife committes on inter-stata commer: e ‘Ahe Death Becowd. Loxuoy, Marehd —Richard Peacock, mem- ber of pariiwmant for the Uorten division of Laocusk!re, s dead, CULTURE 1Y TWO STATES. Jowa and Nebraska Togetber In Chautauqua Work. LAST NIGHT'S PLEASANT MEETING What the Prospects Are For An As- sembly Parti arly For the Benefit of Omaha and Council Bluaffs, At the Grand, X The stage setting at the Grand onera house iast night was materially aifferent from that witnessed by audiences the pre- vious nights of the weck. Instead of the Ethcopian comique, the Shakespearian trag cdian, or the horse comedian, there wer circled upon the stage half a dozen ministers of the gospel and literary paoplo of the city. They were there for the purpose of discuss- ing the Omaha ana Council Bluffs Chautaw auaassenbly, which was established last fall Upon the stage were RRev. . Duryea, of the First Congregational church, Re of the First Presbyterian church; Rev. M. House, of the First Methodist: ( of the Evening World, J. f Council Bluffs, riumof the theater was thronged with people who were evidently interested in the Chautauqua movement. It was a literary mass meeting. “The Rev. T. M. House presided and _ intro- duced Dr, Duryea, who made a very able and forcible address conccraing the movement. He talked of the varions ussem- blies in the United States, and said that there were some fifty-four in existence; that they were being extended throughout Europe, and that preparations were being made to introduce and establish them in Asia and Africa. He described the original assembly at Chautauqua Lake, New York; told how 1t was established and how the grounds were purchased. The speaker also gave a vivid desoription of the benefits of a kuowiedge of literature, science, history, lan- guage ana art through the medium of the us- semblies, The school teachers, during their summer vacation, required a pleasant spot in the woods where they could get a breath of fresh air, and be near a brook or a stream where thelr loisure vacation days could be advantageously devoted to normal and bibical study; where they could study good feliowship and help cach other in better accomplishments, In order that. light might be gotten out of tho scriptures it was necessary that light be upon the seripturcs. The Chatitauqua move- ment put light upon nearly all the good ac- complishments. — Chautauqua meant to give people knowledee by inspiring manhood into youth and making youth think. He uad met two young girls at Chautauqua lake who were attending the assembly gathering, They were shop girls at_Linn, Mass, They had” saved their pennies i order to get a little knowledge by attending the assembly. Itpleased him to grasp their coarse and rough fominine hands. He found them to be brighter and truer than many of the delicate and dainty, sweet ~ und joyous appearing femininity that is* fringed in'what they call society. "The speaker put such sarcastic stress on the lust four words of the sentence that the appluuse was tu- multuous. Rev. Mr. House then introduced Rev. W. J. Harsha, who spoke m glowing terms for the success of the chautauqua. He smid that Omaha and Council Bluffs had not lived in a loving, matrimonial way that he desired, but hoped that the assembly would bind them closer tog It was with great pleasure that be welcomed all good movements here, and wanted evervthing that was good to come here. He omed the chantauqua on account of its intellectual tendencies: be- cause it stimulated intellect and friendship. It was teaching men and women to improve their minds by reading excellent hooks, in- stead of going to theaters and playing card Mr, Hitcheock was the next orator intro- duced. Hesaid that he was owe of the trustees of the assembly, but felt liko he had been a truant for he hadn’t done anything much in the movement, though he ' had boowed it in his paper. He drifted upon the subiect of the mighty dollar, “Iam glad the mighty dollar has been speaking.” said the Rev. Mr, House. *“I'll give you people a chance to get rid’ of some of your surplus dollars, ~ Will the gentle- manly ushers please take up a contribu- tion " The contribution was asked to defray the expenses of holding the mecting, J. 12. Harkness, of Council Bluffs, gave a fow facts in regard to the establishment of the assembly without much money. He stated that it was virtually done on cheek and on the reputation of the trustees. About $10,000 had already been expenaed; 815,000 was on hand and £20,000 more was ' needed. The trustees wanted an ampitheater which would seat 6,000 people. It would cost $10,000. Water supply was needed and also arestaurant building. All these improve- ments would cosc mouey. For the fall scason gathering tho trustees, he said, had secured the best talent attainable, and would have one of the most attractive lite- rary and_scientific meeting in the courtry. He thought that General Sherman would be presenton *‘Soldiers Day,” if he were able to come, There will be seventeen days of the session on the attractive grounds of ficlds und woods. Dr. Durrea pronounced the benediction, MR. SHANE TALKS, larges Upon the Points of His Communication. Superihtendent Shane was seen at his home, 1819 Cass street, in regard to his de- nunciation of Architect Myers. He declined to divulge any information on two of the most important churges referred to in his communication to the county commissioncrs. One was the $1,000 “boodle” offeced him to sign the $14,150.11 ostimate for extra work. The other question was i relation to to tho §1,000 alleged to have boen paid the architeet by one of the genoral contractors of the hospital, when the visit to.Detroit was made last July by Commissioners O'Keeffe, Mount and Anderson, Superintendent Shane, and Contractors Walsh and Cunninghom, (the latter being a silent partner of the firm of Ryan & Walsh,) When asked about the He E estimate Mr, Shane stated that Mr, Myers did not offer him the boodie, but that iv Wi 80118 onie cise who was working In the intercst of the architect. The name of this ‘individ who offered the superintendent the monc; will be divulged when the proper time comes for proving the c¢harges, or whenover the commissioners request it. ‘The reason thas Mr. Shane gives for not oxploding thit Hhoodle’ business last July is that he did not sign or upprove = the estimate and consequently the county was to no loss. It is sprung now because Mr. Myers made charges against him last week that could not be sustained, and for the reason thit he has resigned the superintendency of the building, and will not go- back to work again. Mr Shune claims that he still has the ~sumate s possession, When it v first given him to approve he checked Wwup, and found the amount to be nearly £12,000 in excess of the legitimate extra work done. As to the churge thut Mr. Myers received 81,000 from one of the contractors of the bililding, Mr. Shane declined to stato which one of themn paid the money to the archi- Gemerally speaiing, + he a ot know what 1t was paid for. It might have been fora loan and it might not Leeu - At all events it looked bad for an architect to roceive moo ey from a contractor, Mr. Shane says that he will make good his charges when called upon to do 80 by Mr. Myers, or the commissioners. ‘A copy of tne charges have been sent to the architect at his home in Detroit. —-— Deserved to be Robbe, A negress known in police “Suake Finger,” was arrested last night the charge of stealing $4 and a $10 receipt from u Swede nawed Loronda. The Swede was in her room at Ninth and Cavital ave- nue. He was also arrested and held as a comphaining witness, A Sermon on Pictures. Rev. \W. J. Hursha, pastor of the First Presbyterian church, delivered a special sermon yesterday afternoon at the Youngz Men’s Clrvistian wssociation on the two paintings, “Christ Before Pilate” uad the “liaising of the'Cross.”, A SERMON TO SOLDIERS, Dean Gardinér Addresses the Omaha Guards, aa for the benefit of the Omaka Guards ‘wore held at Trinity ca- thedral last night, Dean Gardiner, chaplain of the guards, oficiating. The company tbere present in their new uniforms of whits und blue, and occupied the ats immediately in front of the chancol, The church was crowded to its utmost ca- pacity The text was tadeon from the 21st verse of the 2d chapter ofithe 1st Epistic of St. Peter, which reads: .y “Leaving us ap example that we should His stops, dean spoké’ of the Espocial segvic unives tho admiration of Christ, and His charactes as a man, The whole world bows down be fore Him Prophecy had appointed Him as one amongst ten thonsand altogether lo 3 1 to Him when he o amongst the ¢ Beloved amongst tho when He he bright lier's glory, the express on' is spoken of by Rob- perfect bit of melody from Solomon had referre YAS the apple trecs the wood, so sons of mon," » from heav ness of the kY image of His pe ertson as the “on heaven.” But notwithstanding the admiration which all unite m paying Christ, the injunction of thetext is not there fulfilled. ¢ CX- ample which Ho lias left is not alone to be admired, but to be followed. The dean then divided his discourse of the mples of Chirist into three parts. ‘irst—The subordination of Christ in his lowly birth und life in the village home and the shop at Naz th teaches the duty of obediance notonly in the laws of God, but al to the intuition of our destin, ¥ Second-—-The example of Chris! is a perpetual incentive to those who in this weary, wicked world. *We wonder where the seed of this beauti- ful flower of symputhy eame from{ It camo from God through Christ. It is planted in human hearts and lives in human lives and brings forth fruits of character, _Third—The example of Chirst's endurance is noteworthy, Think what He endured in the fulfillment of righteousnoss and the doing of His "ather's wili. All should learn to endure as good soldiers of Christ and so like Him find a home and happiness eternally in heaven. A few ‘words were then spoken by tho dean in exhortation to the Guards that they might be valiant soldicrs and victorious in the fields of moral and spiritual eudeavor. sty SOUTH OMAHA, The Grading Question, “The people have uot been fairly repre- sented in these grading matters, not even by the press,” said a large real estate holder and prominent citizen, as he buttonholed Pue Bre representative, “and I want the people to know just the plain, naked facts about it. There is not a person living east of Twenty-fourth street, and betw J street and Syndicate purk who wants grading done. We have a natural particularly suited for residence prop- nd accessible to all streets leading to m us. Just think what they intend to Away over across that hole, nearly a w- missioners graded 'T'wentieth street, the engineer and city: council want to out it down eight feetmore, just to fill up that hole and then make us for it. They won't do it if can help it, and I think Ican. Fellows yho have worthdess lots at the bottom of a hole in the ground, have pe- titioned the couneil for a grade on the streets cast of Twenty-fourth street and extending from N to Syndicate park. The object of this is o compel us who have good lots north of J street to puy for filling in and grading the lots between J and N stree! A grade such as is intondad would ruin our lots, will amount to absoluté contiscation of much of the property in theémorthoastern part of t he city, and I for oné won't stand it.” Notes About the City. Hon. S. B. Fennp has gone to St. Joe, Mo. Frank Fitl's styreroow, destroyed by fire some two months ago, is béing repaired aud fitied for use. Street Commissioner David Hogan has only one man on the pay roil, all others have been discharged. Moses Livingston has returned from Chi- and has been given a position in Swift ’s packing houses. W. S. Witten, of Trenton, Mo., on his way to Oregon, is making ashort visit with his old friend James H. Bulla, of the stock yards, A number of the South ©Omuha lovers of the dance will attend the charitable socicty ball, in Musonic hall, Omaha, Wednesday evening. ‘I'he school directors have objected to the use of school houses for holding political ngs. The Third ward democratic club fines some difticulty in finding a p to meet. A petition signed by 137 citizens, meludi all the packing houses, praying for the n essary steps 1o have a consus n, 30 that the city could get the benefits of new charter, was presented to Mayor Sloane Sat- urday evenin, ‘Ihe many friends of Johu J pushing him to the front fo from the Second ward. Mr. No of the ol settiers in the new c is a real estate holder, hus interests identitied with the city and has the unbounded confidence of all who kuow him. Said a prominent business man: *“There is altogether too much agitation and un- favorable criticism indulged in by man, comparatively irrun!)onsiblc persons in gard to the local status of South Omaha, I believe our heaviest taxpuyers aud most substantial citizons “urc salisfied with the presont and future prospects of our young city.” sympathy dwell do. nundred feet deep, where the county Nelson are councilman son is one ——— To-Night's Rece. To-night, at the Colosseum, eighteen pe- destrians will begin a six-day, eight hour a duy, go-as-you-pleasc podestrian race, The winner will tiike the sweepstukes and 4if per cent of the one-half of the gato receipts, und the remaining 55 per_cent of the gross ceipts will e divided as follows: Second, 25 sty third, 15 per cent; fourth, 10 per 5 fifth, b per cent. ——— Supports Four of His Mothors, Samuel Pideock is the name of a young man who wus recently quito seri- ously injured while coupling ears in the Union Pacifle vards at Ogden, says the Salt Lake Tribunc, The compuny was unusually solicitous for the welfave of Pidcock, aa he sets forth that he was sole supnort of a widowed mother. It is now learred that while Pidcock’s statoment was absolutely true in the premises, it did=nov entirely cover the ground. In addition to being the stafl of his real motherhoe contributes to the maintenance of foyr ox-ofllcio maternal ancestors, for theelder Pideock, being thr Sy, accumulate a quinterte of wives before boing,gathered to his for fathe rs. The young switchman’s con- sideration for the tompany in overlook- ing four motheis{s to be commended vy ull fair minded people. Tex-chief of police of od at midpight last break into the house May street, suys a man named Blodg- e the house waiting reed up the window setoff the burglar alarm. hen gars who were ing, having bedhuformed vy W. . Jordan, who wa# in company with Oukes, stepped up and arrested him, Oukes clnimed that he wanted to try a new burglar alarm with which he had just fitted the house and public renti- ment seems to sustain him, although there have been many burglariesin the village of late. Bdward Oake Suugus, was ar night for tryim of C.G. Ames, Boston dispateh. ott was sitting in) for bim, Oakes with a jimmy a Northfield, Sofomon's, Addition and NOTICE, All who own contracts for acre lots in the ubove, knowing them to be de- faulted, will call at No. 1421 Gratton’s real estate office Douglas st. at 2 p. m. and setgle for same. I more time is wanted arrangements can be arvauged, 1 not attended to by the iirst of April all will be closed according Lo law. N. L D, 50LOMON, WHEN LIBERAL HAD A BOOY. Sensational Rise and Fall of a Wild Kansas Town. WHO KILLED BRONCHO CHARLEY? Nobody Carcd But Everybody Went to the Funeral -An terpriss ing Justice Who Stole Beer and Sold It Things were Lively Then. of the wild cattle towns it southwest as depicted novelists of the east are over s a Wichita corre- St. Louis Post-Dispatch, ) but yet there does every once in a while i spring into existenc place which for a few days or weeks rivals Wichita of old and the famous Hays City, B worth, Deadwood, Dak., Leadville, Colo. Chiefamong these *bad towns” 1l|r|'-lvl,i|u-|'xll. Bear City, and Purcell, Liberal is in Kansas, and its twin sis- ter, Beer City, is just over the line in No Man’s Land. Kuansas being a pro- hibition state, the thirty citizens went over to Beer Uity to “irrigat and the cons that -~ many *‘tender- feet” were planted in this portion of the country. The Post-Dispatch corre- spondent w Liberal when the boom was at its height, and when there were 3,000 inhabitants in the place. A visit to the pluce a few weeks ago revealed the fact that the then booming town is now but a forest of empty houses and blasted hopes. The town died abornin’, but while she lasted was a great one. During the month of May, 1588, for several weeks in April, Liberal w: the best advertised city 1n Kansas, The Rock Islana railway had just built into the town, and the Rock Island Land & Townsite company boomed it for all it was worth. The consequence was that hundreds, aye. thousands of people from ull over the country flocked to the new eldorado of the west. It is need- less to say that most of them returned wiser, but by far poorer than when they went to ths The one grent The ds of the g by the about spondent of the 1s= quence was nd whack to Laberal was the lack of water, which had to he hauled 1 wagon or cars from the Cimarron river, and on its arrvival at Liberal was worth five cents a bucket This one fact ruined the city. The pr cipal trade of the place was with over- land freighters. and the men who brought in buffalo bones and sold them The teamsiers had to pay five cents bucket for water to water their stock, and they quit the town on this aceount, and thus virtually ruined it. - But while it lasted Liberal was o *dand Some crank vrohibivionists in Liberal caused the liquor iaw of Kansas to be vigidly 1, and this built up Bec City. " Beer City is about two and a half miles from Liberal, and over the line in No Mun’s Land. During the boom days of the Kansas town from usses did a pussengers fifteen to'twenty hacks and thriving busine hauling from Libe to Beer (i 1t U5 conts head. On their arrival at the latte place, to use a western expression, the, could rri in beerat 5 cents a bottle Being in No Man's Land the liquor dealer did not pay license cither to Uncle Sam or Kansns, and thus the profit was mmmense, and the place was whoily made up of saloons und bawdy houses, it derived its name of “Beer City.” The result was nightly revels, drunken siveet fights, highway robbery and all other sorts of lawlessne: There was nolaw except the law of might, backed up by six-shooters and Winchesters, Cowboys raced madly down the streets shooting olvers and yelling like fiends, and although many of the buildings of the town arve riddled with bullets there were not so many sudden “takings o as a person would suppose. Beer City was not nd to be a well regulated yelone of w place it wis nee- essary to start a graveyard or *planting ground,” as the natives termed it and their fivst victim was a erazy painter. During the ecarly daysof the boom Charley M; an‘opiu cater, u mor- phine fiend as well as o whisky gurgler, was attracted to the plic is home was at Wichita, and he v dered the finest landscape painter in the whole state of Kuansas, but his bad habits ruined him Soon after his arvival at Liberal he drifted over into Beer City,where liquor wus vlenty, and there he beeame a pul- lic nuisance. He haunted the saloons and begged drinks from every one he met. He was a vegular *bar 0y, and as such became noted Pinally, despite the warnings of ihe proprictor, Myors settled down to simply inilicting his once on oue saloou, and therchy nis death. One day. getting tired of the cruzy painter’s company. the bartender shot the whole top of his head off as he stood lolling o the bar. When questioned as to why he done this murderous ac, the liquor man said: STt was an aceidont. T was looking at my revolver and @ went off. He was i nulsan anyhow.” The last sentence exprossed all. Myers was a nuisance and was killed to get rid of his importuning for drinks and opium. Hostarted the 1ist for the new grave yard, and the next day all the people of ihe town, including ‘the thivsty from Liberal, the gamblers, the saloon men, women of loose morals, and cowboys turncd out on masse to celebrate the fivst killing and hoip to **plant” Myers in the new graveyard. It would not do to let him stay there alono, so seversl more were soht 1o lkeep him compuny. “Broneho Charley” was anice youig anan and hailed from Texas, T eute, but had peculine it drossod we He from a gambler’s stand- point, rode well, shot well, and talked too much, He was bundsome and mash He soon had a *'solid™ girl, who kept him in spending monoy. e Sphlowed™ himself in the suloons and talked loudly of Lis **bad record” back in Texas, One night the wus a couple of pistol shots heurd in the house in which Charley’s givl resided. The wurned out and fine toggzer No onc ever and very few next day the populance buvied the Texas spoct, pistols, boots und all. kuew who killed him cared to inquire, Amos Bush was the boss *terror” and ran the town. He had a killing record, and was painfully uncasy for fear that his one talent would be overlooked. On all possible occasions he puraded his great prowess bofore the puople and torrorized the town. Then ne took to highway robbery, and muny was the tenderfoot he made “hundsup” while he robbed him. This nows coming to the aurs of a sell-styled vigilance committce, which ran tho town, and they romenbering how lonely Myers and “Broncho Chi ley” must be out in that new graveyard, determined that Bush should kee them company. [Fearing that Hush might not like the ides as well us they, the commit waylaid, captured and shot him. Again the town enjoyed u holiday, while Bush was plunted in good shape, as becume @ man holding the high s tion that he had held in the community. At the time of his doath he was under bond for killing a man at Clay Conter,so his taking off was not a national calamity. About this time Liberal began to open up joints,and in two days one Wichita man took in 2500. Then the justice of the peace got after him.drov him out of town, contiscated the stock and sold it himself. He did the same trick with a fellow known as iray Eagle,” but the liquor man wasa stayer, and swore out a warrant for the justice for first stealing and thou selling liquor, and the officer was glad to declare n t The “White FElephant” gambling house run by Dick Jeffries and **Cupola Jim,” was a veguiar palace, but it never paid as it w wted at th \d of the boom. Many ki s and adventures could be given equatly inter- esting, but “‘enough is ns good, ™ ete. - - Woodrafl Geaniie Quar Tam prepared to furnish Woodruff granite in paving blocks, door sills and steps, or blocks of most any dimention at cheap figures. Also handle at my Lincoln yard all classes of cut stono for any part of the state. Ask for figures. Thomas Price, Lincoln, Neb, - O ROYAL BLOOD. HAD SL. Vi Astonishing Carcer of an Amevican Adventuress in Russia The recent unfortunate comp of the crown prince, Rudolph, of Auis trin, with the baroness, Marie Vetscra, which have lately been the sensation of the reading public, has its counter- part in neacly every court of Europe, to say nothing of the undiscovered amours of the public men of our own eount It is a great pity, says the Cincinn Enquiver, that history cannot be writ- ten by the Buckles, Gibbons, Sueton- ius and Heckels instead of by men who suppress the truth and color facts. In the scandals of European court life in recent years American women have plaved 110 inconspicuous part. In the winter of 1871, at a bull in St. Petersburg, the Grand Duke Nicholas Constantinowich, a cousin of the czar of all the Russias, met and became des- perately infatunted with Fannie Lenr, oue of the most dashing and unserupu- lous adventuresses that ever turned the head of o silly prince or set up a job on wealthy baronet. He was heavy, stapla young man, fierc brutal in his passions. Ler history is full of romance and adventurc, and no woman of this uge hus been so sue- cessful in turning the heads of royalty. Her true name was Hattie and she wus the daughter of cher. Her father w. Rev, E Jly. a Presbytevian clergyman, his maternal grandfather was a chaplain to congress. She wus born sed in Philadelphin, and, after father's death, went to visit Miss ily Juckson, a schoolmat . the daughter of John J a United States court judge voluptuous, mature fai ond her for she was only sweet sixteen —she was at once surrounded by a coterie of the young men of the town. She surrendered to a young elerk in the Baltimore & Ohio freight oftice, Blackford by nume. They lived together as hushand and wife a short time, when he died suddenly. Some snid she poi- soued him, others let it £o us a case of suicide. She rveturned to her home in Philadelphia, where her great beauty began to attract tention. Iora short time she was employed in the mint. Her first unple it notoriety occurred one summer at Long Branch, where she cut a great figure and was much galled about. in Fhiiadeipnia ostracized and finall At last she appeared in St. Petors burg and became the heroine of an venture that gave her a world-wide rve The Grand Duko Constantino- wekson, Buxonm, DAKOTA COUNTY'S DISGRAC A Modern Gomorrah Whose Dani« gzons Laugh at Law, HAVE NO FEAR OF PUNISHMENT, The Man Who Fulls into the Olutches of Covington's Outlaws Finds no Good Samaritan to Dross Ais Wounds, Whers Vice fs Kine, COVINGTHN, Nob., Feb. 23.—~[Special pondence of TiHe BER |=The ouo remains within this place will grow his impression of Corr lon the wo its denizens. Though their principal business scems to be the selling of liquor to the un- fortunate inchriate who happens to ocome their way, this is not t means the most censurable chars istic of the Coy ton rumseller. not content with draining the last dime of the victim who frequents his den, but scems to delight in doing his dapes personal injury after having secured the last dollar of which he may be possessed, But a few days ago an attorney of ited this town, aud after he had in Dakota City vis spending what few shekel one of tho *“‘dives"—for h is the appropriate name of the best of them-— le was pounced upon without cause or provocation and bratally beaten b keeper of one of the hell-holes answers as a “business enterprise Covington. The county attorney was consulted in regard toissuing awarrant for thearrest of the seoundrel who mado the assault, but the same trouble thatis encountered in all efforts at punishing the evil-doers of this place wasmet. There was no ovi- dence obtainable that the attorney had been molested, more than tha fact that his optics were drvaped in mourning. This might have resulted from coming in contact with a stray lamp post for aught the court knew or the attorney could prove. He was able and willing to swear that he received the injury at “Burney's place.” Barney, ns well as half a score of beats and bums who loaf about his pluce, were equally able and willing to swear to the contrary. What could be done? Nothing. This fully accounts for the deplorable condition of things here to-day. There is no w of reaching and pun ishing the du devils who to-day de- grade and down Dakota county. In- Stead of showing the slightest rogard for law, by which they are supposed to Le governed, they openly hoast of theiv disregnrd. This, perhaps, is due to their ignorance, for inall my travels, 1 h never met a more ignorant and malevalent s of wretches than will be found dealing out the poison at the different dens «f the place. A brief interview with attorney the other day in what steps would probably be cali a halt on these 10 slicited the information that so far as that gentle- man W oncerned no “‘desperate” means ave likely to be resorted Lo, He claims that some of the “top fam- ilies of the town,” who have materially contributed to Covington’s notorioty, ave guilty of hypocrisy. 1o says that he can name several of the so-cailed ! men of the town that are to-day 1 one Ly dispo for $300. He openly declares tha withstanding their pretended ave saloons and houses of ill-fame, they s glovy in their daily ine he " attorney further ‘stated that while he, as well almost everybody else, is well aware thut the saloonmen of this place violate the Sunday law. he the county regard to ien to nown. pRath s LR N wich, who was a member of the house | regarded the violation of no greator o Homanol, smuggled the boautifal | importance than numerous other viola- Asp: into the Winter Palace, and [ tions of which nu-_ !""lv' ople are ot having the ready ensh to satisfy her | guilty, consequently —gavo it littlo pressing and inordinate demands, ho [ thought. stole his wother’s diamonds and con- 01 ANBLAN0S, b il ELEIYOLSAC RSO forred them on the soilod dove of the | huve a luw uguinst oneman trenting boulevards, She was found by no less [ tnotbor, or taking his gun on_his o porsonago than the Czar himsolf, in a | shoulder and going into the woods or el "that was mado of tho palnce, | elsewhere in search of gume on the rolled up in an eider down quiltin the [ Lord’s but nofhlogiiis seld for Mthe dule | thought of its violation. AL offsprin She was placed unde arvest and treated to a dose of nurse discipline. Then she appealed to ALF, Jewett, the Ameriean minister,and was banished—not to the chilly and cheer- less atmosphore of Siberia, but to the li and sunshine of tlie Champs The Grand Duke was sent far | or, while the young ad: ventur 1 couple of years, in her low victorin, with Russinn horses, and Isvhrostehie, in blue gaberdine and square eap was one of the sights of the Bois. Loft to herself, in an evil moment she employed a hack writor, and in the au- bed of his imper of Coustantine. held As to the logality of the lice raflle by those engaged in the lique horo to-day, thora seoms tobo no dofi- nite infor obtainable just now, but thore ave al enses pending in- volving tho dof the town ordi- nanze under which licenses have bean graited. [n the case of Cuss Davis, a Nogro, who runs one of the most dis- veputable dives in o place, however, it 1% quite genorally known that he has 10 Togal right to déal in the ardent, wud why he is HI"\‘II)\(L\'I‘ 10 doso seems Lo be surrounded by a cloud of mystery, There is one thing certain, and that is thi Unless the authorities of Da- lkota county do zomething soon to bring B O e Paiviten world by a volume | the rough clament Wwith which this entitled “Lo Romun d’uno Americaine | fown s nfested o justice the vespocins an Rtussia,” which was #n accountof her | ble citizens will spply vemedion toro linison with the grand dul She be- | eTective than Luwful, Jin anine ikhe. o sensation. Her g, 060 soiontific componnd for the by the police and sho to leave Pavis. This is_depicted in books were seiz wis requested perviod of her care 15, colds and all throst and Positive and safe. cure of co lung troubles is Dr. It is plens: Bigeiow's it pron Modern Don Juan.” She next fig SRR SR Co - Italy, where her charms, always L A DI il 4 fatal to youthsof the royal blood, soon O'Connor Won the Ita entangled Count de Mirvoflori, the left- AN I'RAN 1500, Mareh 3.-Tho thit handed son of Vielor Emganuel, in | 2000 S E0REEG L or and Guudaur their toils. The young man’s mother, 0 o By OConnor in 19 minutes the celebrated Countess Rosina, put an [ 12980 T stop to the haison, and the polics were with the showine La Belle Ame her minjesty minions Driven from Italy, she yenrned to turn to besutiful a nd wis e mitted to roturn on on that sho grave up nll letters, portraits, heirlooms, presented to her b duke. Here she led a compar quict life until about 1585, when effectun] Ttalinn taslc of polit icaine out of turned to Philadeiphia, took a small house in the upper part of town, af- fected remorse for hor t life, and so worked upon the sympathics of some of her old school-girl friends that they sont’her money and good wishes, AfLer wshort ve { penance Havie tived of the new life ana disuppearcd, She is suid to I abroud, but nobody She was in rea! want whan last rd from. knows. I LA Not the Question She K Chicago Tribune: *Miss Laura,” ) the youth, with a flushed face mor in his voiee, *'I came th ing to ask you—— *One moment, ple ase, Me. Hankin- son. Willie, you are making too much noise with those blocks. You'd bettor take them into the other room.” W0 ask you,” resumed tho young man, mopping his brow with a trem: bling hand, if you——" “Willie, take Li and go.” “1f you have v se blocks instantly vied that new he ache remedy you siid the other evening you were going to talke and if it did you wny good. [ wm nearly wild witha hendache to-night.” S have forgotten the circumstance 1o which you aftude, Mr. Hankinson,” snid Miss Kajones coldly, **Willie, you may remain if you wish.” end of o quarter of @ mile on rough water The race was for 81,000 a side and whit was America, championship of crowd nssembled, was cirrent claimed to be the Only a small lie fact that a r o had been *lixed. The fmportance of purifying the blood ean. not be overestumated, for williout pure blond you eantiot enjoy good health. 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