Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 9, 1889, Page 2

THE STATE FARM PROBLEM. A Solution Offered by Senator Lind- say's Measure. CONNECTED WITH THE COLLEGE. Statistical information Furnished By the Senate Printing Committee — Billings' Causes Merrin Resignation ‘ot Discussing a Vexed Question Lixcory, Neb., March 8.—[Speeial to Tug Ire The senate agricultural committee held a two hour session this morning to con sider Senator Lindsay's bill defining the scope of the industrial college and drawing sricultaral experimental hearing to the line on the station, The committee gave a Secretary J. S, Dales, of the state un to whom the paternity of the bill is at ver tributed. The bill quotes at length from the acts of conuress under which the coliege and the station were established. 1t also provides that the state farm shall hereafter be an in strument of the college ana shall be used only for experimental purposes. It further provides that the board of regents shall ar range for instruction in the industrial col tege of military tactics, mathewatics, chem istry, physics, geology, botany, zoology, hort iculture, forestry, stock hreeding, civil, me ehanical and clectrical engineering, manual training and the mechunical arts, When the experimental work of the two institutions runs in the same lines the exponse 18 to be borne by the station fund. If the lutter should be suspended by the government any experiments in progress at the station are to be carried to a conciusion by the college. “There is now no law now on the statute books,"” said Mr. Dales when interviewed, 10 scope and manage: oliege or making and the agri “defining the work ment of the indnstrial plain the relation between it cultural exp riment station. The result is constant agitation and an almost bi- ennial investization. Every new legiska- ture wants to know under what authority the regents are acting in their management of the industrial college, There is no the Nebraska books, and the next thing is investigation The of congress says the legislature shall pr th of con ducting the college. ‘This il is intended to fill that purpose, and it quotes liberally from the acts of congress in order to plice the Jimitations on our books where they will be seen and studied.” Asked about the Billings resignation, Mr. Dales said : 1 presume Prof. Billings has written signation and placed it in the hands o regents, though, as a matter of fact, I do not know whether he has or not.” His attention was called to the fact that the so-callea resignation piblished iu the Journal this morning was addressed “to the live stocle men of Nevrask “1 presume,”’ ned Mr. Dales, “he took that course to publish an open letter and e his reasons for resiguing. It would v such a long e [ hardly be proper to emb to the board of planation in a resignation regents.” A member of the scnate commiltee was seen after their consultation following Mr. Dales’ address. We find that the 215,000 allowed yearly by the government for the experiment station is divided among a little circie of men con- nected with the state nniversity. e fin for instance, Prof. BBessey, who dr salury of 0 from the university proper, gets an additional £150 as director of the sta. tion. Mr. Dales Las 1,800 as secretary of the university and = gets an addi- tional g8400 for handling the funds of the station. Professors of chemistry, mete- orology and geology have regular salarics from the university of £2,000, and get £100 to 200 additional from the Station. 1fut that is notall. These several gentiemen all have ul- lowances for expenses—&200 for the geologist, £300 for the chemist, §00 for “weather ser vice,” presumably for the meteorologist, not to mention the 1,750 allowed Billings in ad- dition to his £3,500 salary and 300 to the bug profossor on top of his $1,0 salary. Hero1s un allowance of $2,000 for a publication fund, and that is where Regent Gere, of the university, comes in. There is no dep ment of butany, but there is a fund of for botanical expenses. Prof. Be: 500 as director of the station the first y and only $50 the present year, an apparcnt reduction of £150. He is professor of botany in the university. Thel ¥ be no connec- tion between these facts and the $150 items may ouly be & coicidence, but it looks odd We have no idea of what these various pro- fessors have been doing in connection with the university, but here is a_sample of how the “expensc” funds are disposed of. Prof. Hicks, a8 geologist, enjoyed a trip to an irri gation convention at Denver and had his ¢ penses, $40, paid. For preparing a thirty-two page bulletin he gets $100. 'I'hese items are in addition to histwo salaries, rememb “What are we going to do about it¢ ome years ago when . umversity appropriation s under considerauon the re- geuts asked us to. aporopriate a Lmit sum for salaries of professors and let them avportion it. They told, t0o, stories of how these gentlemcn were overworked, and all that sort of talk. Now we propose to do this: To put in uclause in the appropriation bill providing that a 2,000 professor shall only get $2,000, and if receives, suy $100, from the station he shall only have £1.600 frout the university proper. In ihat way the salaries paid from the sta- tion fund will be saved to the university and 10 the people, and a ckeck will be put ou this grab-all policy.” The Pickett Printing Bill. LixcoLx, Neb., Mareh 8,—fSpocial to Tin Ber. | —Senator Pickett, of the printing com mittee, ks been supporting his bill for the appointment of a state printer, with figures intended to show the saving to be effected under such a system, He has taken the printed work of the past two years as a basis for his computations. Among other things he figures that the compiled statutes of 1557, exclusive of the cost of compilation, couli be reproduced for 85,220, just half The y A what it cost ompilution of 1887 was Brown, supremoe court rc porter and state librarian. The last legis Jature passed an act authorizing him to do the work aud_appropriating 12,500 for 5,000 copies of tho boos. 1% also Hxed # as'the limit to be charged to private persons, These poiuts have been brought vut by the friends of the state printer bill, and have let to the adoption of the following resolution offered by Senator Nesbitt: Kesolved, That the state librarian be and he is hereby required to furnish this body with the following information : First.— What amount of fees has been re ceived by hun during his cntire term of oftice us either librariun, ciork of the su- prome court, pr court reporter, and what nount of said fees has been paid into the state, Second.—What amount of money has been received by him from the state for compiled statutes, and what' awount from sules of same to other parties than the state, and Wwhat amounts Lo has paid out for priutin and binding said statutes, and what amoeunt per volume, Third.—What amount of money has been paid by him for publishing supreme co roports, and what amount he bas received from the sale of said reports. Also, what amount of money has boen appropriated by the state for publishing supreme court re ports Mvr, Brown and his deputy, H, H. Wheeler, compiled the statutes under un uct of 1581 and say that for two years they guve all their Sundays, holiduys, evenings and other spore time. In makiug 1beir ¢ 1357 these gentlemen had the b some of the electroty pes of their preceding publi cation. It has been repor at the cost ¢ the stats made by the 1587 edition to the compiler was loss than #1 50 per volume, and that they disposed of less than 500 copies in addition to the 5000 bought by tho stute, Scanning the Bills Closely. Laxcouy, Neb., Mare's 8.~ (Special to T'ne Bar.) It scems thero bad beeu an under- standiog, on the quiet, petween cortain in flu: ntinl senators 1o reduce the appropriation for the wilitia, and they fixed on £20,000 to #23,000 us the outeide figures. A3 the house has allowed $20,000 11 v doesn't change its mind —that fig e wili probably rele Hoss Slout’s bill of MO,00 fur cxtim on the capitol likely to undergo an investiga tion in the senate more searchimg than the of the houss, Several senators attended th night session of the house at which the claim was discussed. Thoy are not satisfied with the explanations which the house ac cepted as sufticient Ior instance, m mittea were asiked they had taken to value of the extra Captain Lee, the chairman, answerod that they had the state ments of the sub-contractors who did the work and the men who furnisbed the mate i the discussion he the testimony ascertain the com mbers of what rials, At another point said that those contractors and materi men were creditors of Stout and waiting for the passago of the appropriation to get their tosti pry. Certain senators object to mony of contractors on their own wo Thayer's Mossage on Parks LiscoLs, Neb,, March 8.—[Special to Tne Bry Governor Thayer lal last evening sent the following message to the legislature, yied with a bill covering the points accomp mentioned ‘Under present politan class are w create and maintain parks, These contribute 0 much to the ple . comfort and health of the people that no state or town should be without them. Believing all communities are anxious 1o enjoy the advantages of publ parks, and believine that parks are especiall, necessary in metropolitan cities, [ hund you citios of the metro- withority to lay off, the enciosed bill giving authority for the creation and maintenance of parks, and recommend its passage.” This message has excited the Douglas ause it was sent to th county delegation, b legislature without their knowledge. The can't understand what this move means or who is back of it. Governor Thayer, when 1, said U ois carry Omatin ing but sioners. above all things introduced to desires of people. The bill affects moth- the board of park commis- Many Omaha people are solicitous for an wmendment to their and was oxprosscd my bill out’ the charter that will enable them to enter upon the creation of a system of parks. The pur- poseof introducing this Dbiil is to save that event of the defeatof the charter bill, house roll 65, 1t is not intended to hamper or defeat the pussage of that measure, which [ sincercly hope will be suc. cessful. ' If I thought anyone was trying to use me to the prejudice of the charter bill 1 would send a message and withdraw my bill, The governor's bill is iden! ions of house roll 65 ( charter bill) that relate to parks and commissioners as passed by the house. feuture in the ed with those erlin’s Omaba park The Normal Schoo Lrscows, Neb,, March 8, ~|Special to Tae Bee.]—The commiltee on universities and normal schools held a long session this morn- ing. one of the twenty or mor places that want a_normal school insists on being heard, and the committee are patiently listening to representatives who press their rival claims, So far the mem. bers of the committee have not ind what_they may do, but a small majc would likely favor the establishing of one more normal 1f the location could be agreed upon without a fight. The senate bas passcd a bill locating a school at Neligh, Antelope county, but bills are before the committee to establish sehools at Ainsworth, O'Neiliaud other points north of the Platte and these interests will doubt less combine to down Neligh. The Rayner bill to divorce the industrial school from the university prover is receiving some support in this committee though no final action has been taken. ‘The committee will meet again this afternoon when something definite in espect to these numerous bills will be de- i upon. The house committes on universities and norumal schools held a lengthy meeting this evening. By a bare majority they decided to recommend the establishment of normal sctiools at Chadron, Stromsburg and Neligh, the places where buiidings will be donated for that purpos “The bill providing fora normal department in one high school in_each senatorial district was also considered favorably. In those cases the state is only to pay the salary of one teacher. Nesbitt's Jury Bill. Lixcors, Neb., March 8.—[Special to Tie Bee.] -County Commissioners O'Keeffe and Mount of Omaha are at the capital to ap- pear before the senate judiciary committes 1 advocacy of Nesbitt's jury bill, which has been resuscitated after being once postponed. “The bill provides that tho commissioners or supervisers of each county snatl make a list of not less than one-tenth of the legal voters of the county, from whom they shall select 100 for each term of district or other eourt of reeord, except county courts. The jurers so selected will serve only two weeks instead of vhree months, and no man will be called on to ser’ econd time until all the others in the list have served. The bill is elaborate in its provisions, but the Omaha gentlemen say the foregoing are the principal changes from the present system, Treated as a Joke. Neb, March 5.- LINCOLN, Special to T Bee.|—The so-called ‘“resignation” of Prof. Billings is causing a great big legisla- tive smile. It 1s addressed to *“My friends,” “the live stock men of Nebraska.” Among other things it has thi “ place my_resignation before you be- cause it was through your representatives that T was originally called here, and by you and those representatives that I have re- ceived support. ‘Phe board of regents of the state university were but_your agents in the matter, and are, as I am, but your servants It is due to you, and no one eise, [ should ex. plainjthe causes which have led me to ths step, Pho sublime assurance with which Bil lings ignores the regents and clects to hold his position until July 1, is being enjoyed as a huge joke on the regents, Legisiative Gossip, LiNcoLy, Neb., March 8,—[Spacial to Tar Bee. | —Thereare eleven more daysof the session and nearly two hundred bills on the weneral file. A final adjournment will hardly be reached for three weeks. The speech of Hon. A. E. Cady against allowing the Butler claim of £30,000 for ex- penses incurred in his impeachment trials was listened t) with attention aud regagded by ail as a masterly presentation of the state's side of the case. ‘The wife and three daughters of Hon, Henry Ficldgrove, of Buffalo, are paying a short visit to the capital. ‘Che normai school boomers have the floor by a large majority. The contlicting claums of rival towns are & source of anything but JoF to the members of the commit Jones, of 13lue Springs, who sneaked it on MeNickle and thus saved submission, has biossomed out as a full’ grown probibitionist d will shortly take control. of the third party orgun in this eity, ‘I'lie democrats nearly all seem favorabl to paying a part of ex-Governor Butler's clain, amid a majority of them favor cutting the bill in two 1 the middle and allowing £23,000 *in liou of all demands. I registration bl proposed by Haker applies to all cities of the first and second and metrovolitan classe, und includes *all electo the voting precinet of which said city forms a part.” “The bill is yuite lengthy and very stringent in its provisions. It is modeled to a sume extent after tho law now iu toree in fowa. The amendments to tne South Omaba charter made in the senato were prompily concarred in by the honseand the bill ouly awaits tie signature of the govarnor to be come u law. e hinks Three Men Perished, Kaxsas Crty, Mo, March 8, -Heur Steele, a hostler w the employ of the Metro politan Cable company, whose stakles burned Wednesday night, gave it as bis opinion that three men perisied 1w the fire. They went whead of him for the purpose of saving some of the mules, and be is positive that not noue of them got out. e nimself was rescued in a fainting condition. It will be some tim before the debris can be cleared to uscertain whether or not therc were any lives lost. Will Recommend a New Plan. Sr. Lovis, March 8.-—-The committee ap- poiuted yesterday by the general managers beld a long session last night and wet again this morning. After carefully going over the whole ground, they alwost ueanimously de- cided (o recommend the three associstion T e Pplan, with some modifications a5, 10, details. THE A FROM THE HAWKEYE STATE. Interesting Question For the Railway Commission. An THE WABASH WESTERN DILEMMA, A Great Exodds From Northern lowa ~The Outlook Bright For armers -Convention of Alliances. The Wabash Fences. Des Moixes, Ta., March 8.—[Speeial to Tue Bk —Au interesting question has boen submitted to the railroad commissioners by the Wabash Westorn railroad. Tho last g eral assembly law requiring all roads in_the state to fence their track by & certain dute. Most of the ronds had been nced or were being feuced, 8o that the command did not apply to many miles of road. Now comes the Wabash Western and represents that for a great part of the dis passed a tauce from here to Albia, the road runs along Lluffs, which make it unnccessary as well as practically impossible for the track to be fenced. The auestion is whether or not the express terms of the statute are to be carried out, or can un exception be made for a case of this kind Farmers Feeding Their Corn. Fort Dovas, In, March 8.—[Special to Trk Br.| A result of the continued low prices of corn has been that more live stock 18 being fed in northern Towa during the sea- son of 1887 than heretofore. Only a small portion of lowa’s immense crop of this cereal is boing shipped, the larger share of it being converted into beef and porl. A great many bunches of cattle have been shipped in here from other states for feeding purposes,whilo herds that were driven in for pasturage wero keot here to fatten. Many large farmers are feeding their herds of milch cows corn, something not generally practiced. but they find that 16 cont corn brings greater returns in 15 cent unsalted butter. Some farmers even admit that it pays to feed corn to tur- keys that aro selling at 8 conts per pound, live weight. Stock never wintered better, and with such good results from feed, Towa farmers have yet much to be thankful for, and the outlook is particularly promising. An Absconder Brought Back. Dis Moixes, Ta., March 8.—[Special Tele- gram to Tire Bee. | —Frank Higgins, the ab- sconding express agent at Bevington, Madi- son county, arrived here to'day from Cali- fornia in charge of a route agent of the United States Express company, who had veen sent to bring him back. . Higgins ab- sconded over two morths awo, takmg quite a sum belongmg to the exnress company. He was traced to California and atrested there. He lay in jail ia San Francisco for eleveu days while the necessary papers were being made out, aud then came back with the agent as a traveling companion 80 as to avoid embarrassment. ‘The company evi- dently hopes that by treating him well they can recover some of the moncy. He will be taken to Bevington to-morrows Another Towa Pioneer Dead. Davixrort, Ia., March 8.—[Special Tele- gram to The Bee]—A telogram received here announces the death at Catskill, N. Y., of Hou. Charles Weston, at the age of scventy-eight. He was one of the pionee and foremost men of early fowa in territorial days. He landed m Burlington in 1837 and soon after came to Davenport, where he lived for half a century, He knet'the Indian chiefs Black Hawk aud Keokuk well. Presi- dent Van Buren appointed him specrl ugent of the territory. Governor Lucas made hin the first judge advocate of the territory, and in 1530 ho was appointed United States at- torney for the territory and held the offico eleven years, An Exodus of Farmers. Masox Crry, Ta., March 8. —{Speciat Tele- eram to Tit: Bz, |—There is at the present time a heavy exodus of people to Dakota, caused by the probable opening of the Sioux reservation. Every west-bound train over he Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul road car- ries from five to a dozen emigrant ca Most of the emigrants are Germans, Ad- vices from Chaniberlain and other poiuts along the line in Dakota state that the towns are full of strangers and more more ure coming from every dircction. Burned to Death, Des Motxes, I, March 8.—[Snecial to Tue Bee.|—At Manson, Calhoun county, this afte back and ¢ on, whiie Carl Erdman, a hunch- ipple, was smoking a pipe and driving a fractious team, the ‘hay im the wagon became Igni The lorses were frightened and ran away. Erdman w thrown out with badly bue: died soon after ciothing on and so and otherwise injuredethat he assistance arrived. A Religious Crank. Drconan, Ia., Mareh 8.—[Special Tele gram to Tue Bee.|—John Shuiea, the re- ligious crank who professed to be married by the Lord at Decorah recently, and who w sent to jail for refusing to take out a mar- riage license, was adjndged insane and re- moved to the asylum at_Independence yos terduy. He refuses to eat, and he has not tasted food for five day: atal Fall. Des Morxes, T, Mareh 8. —[Special Tele- gram to Tite Bre.|—Mrs. Mary Applegate, living near Knoxville, Marion county, went Qown cellar last night after some apples, As she was returning she lost her balance and fell to the bottom, breaking her neck and dying instantiy, To Break the Twine Trust. Des Moixes, Ia,, March 8.—A meeting of the farmers' altiance of Towa, Minuesota, Dakota, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri will be held in this city on March 13, to perfect an organization for the purpose of broaking down the binding twine trust. New Dodge City Road, ty, Kan., March 8, —The contra for the construction of the Omaha, Dodge City & Southern railroad, from this pl to S perior, Neb, o distance of 203 miles, has been uwarded to J, W, Summers, a promi- nent railroad contractor of Keokuk, Ia. The road is to be completed and in operation on or before December 1. The company pro- poses at an early day to push an extension of the same line of railway south to the catt grazing country, us woll as southwest, pene- trating the region of enormous coal deposits of southeffn Colorado. The route taken by this road will make it the shortest and most direct line to Chicago and the markets of the t from the southwest, A Hallroad Boycott Lifte Ciicaco, March 8.—The boycott of th eastern truak lines against the Chicago & Alton road, against passenger trafic on ac- count of & quarrel over the payment of com - missions by the latter, was lifted to-day. The fight of thetrunk lines against the Alton has been long and bitter, and the surrender is_looked upon as an inducement to the Alton to withdrmw the agents it had sta. tioned in the east and abide by the action of the trank lines yosterd: Another Mystery Cleared. New Youk, March 8.—The police think they have cleared up the mystery surround- ing the brutal murder of the drug clerk, Guenther Weckrung, yesterday morning. William Krulitsch, the drug clerk’s assist ant, has been identified as the purchaser of the hatcnet with which the murder was com- mitted, Krulitsch is seventeen years of age. He maiotains his innocence, but makes many couflicting statements. The Houses of Commons. LoxDoN, Mareh 8,—In the commons this afterncon Campbell gave mnotice that he would introduce aresolution opposing any in- crease in the streagth of the nayy upul the government submitied a plan forthe defense of the couutry by aid oi citizen force and wost deleuse, OMAHA. DAI — - WHAT ¢LOPLE TALK ABOUT. Views and Interviews Caught in Hotel Corriadm and Elscwhere. The residentsof North Sixteenth stroct say they have a villgia in their midst and want him exposed. Same of the gentlor sex have become greatly: fghtaned and dare not go on the street afté# dark without an escort if they do, thi villain follows, attompts familiarities and 'fries to get tnem to accept his company, Tid&t night he ventured down as far as the’fostoffice, and within fifteen minutes was s n to accost three womea Oue of them wht¢ young eirl, and when the fellow spoko to’hr she ran away from him, but hie pursued, soon_overtook and was ap: parently abotit ‘to seize her, when two men emerged fromh *a dark ' stairway near by and interrtipted: the vroceedings, He kly disappeared, but very shortly was following a' lone_female up Douglas street, towards the M. C. A. building, This sort of thing has been goingon, it is said, about two or threc weeks. Dozens of Lking abont it, but no one seems ave thought of putting a policeman onta the follow. He is tall, slim, dresses in black clothes, wears a bjg ‘moustache and has a bratal looking facd, C. H. Fitzgerald says that the amount of building going on in Kansas City surprises him every time he goes away for twoor three days and returns, This winter there has been no_cessation of work, to speak of, anc Lover the town new houses are woing up every month, Burt, the little queen ays she is ambitious to becomo a . Some dramatist in New York for her and when he gots it Laura of “Fan: tasma, soubrette is writing apl ready she expeets to withdraw {rowm the giddy whirl of illuminated shows. Miss Burt is young, pretty, vivacious and night oceupy the field that Lotta must soon vacate, J. 8. Cameron, of the Union Pacific staff, has just returned from a tour over the system and he says that the far west is suffering just now on account of too wuch rain. During the four woeks he was there it rained almost every day. HIS ACCOUNTS SHORT. A Missonri Pacific Cashier's Default Discovered. . It has been discovered that Alva B. Cook- who was cashicr at the freight depot of the Missouri Pacific from August 11 to Novem ber, 1888, is $1,337.01 short in his accounts, and a warrant was issued for his arrest yes- terday. How the embezziement was car- ried on s0 successfully and has not been dis- covered before, has not been explained. For the last four months he has been em- ployed by Havens & Co., in the Wabash corner, at Fifteonth and Farnam, and is a young man who stands high in social circles in Council Bluffs, where he makes his home, He has a charming young wife and child and owns considerable property. He was arrested yesterday afternoon by Detective Ormsby. Ho had no dificuity in s bail required. His story is that he was em- ployed as cashier in the freight department, while A. I Briggs was the company’s agent. Brigys was discharged in October, and Cook took his place, only to be discharged in No vember. At that _time there was $117 of ay Gould’s money coming to him for work he had done, and he bad to sueto get it, uring the §1,500 which he finally did, and recovered the amount. ‘Then kb was arrested for the $1,500 deficiency,and would have been locked up. but for his friends coming to the rescuc. The case will be héard to-day, and unless Mr. Sprague can prove his case, a suit for dam- ages will be i order. The' latter could not be found last night, and his side of the story was not learned, LINPING TO GLORY. 3xtra Attractions Prepaved for Evening at the Race. The atcendance at the walking match last night was about the same a3 that on the pre- vious evenings. The only notable featur waus the work of* ofl man Gregg and Engle drum. The latter ot only overhanled Hou! rihan, but passed Bim for third place, and scored a lead of three miles, while Gregg took up no less than eight miles and is now but four miles behind the Celt. Hourihan is completely broken and can expect no better than fifth place. The score up to date is as foliows: This Cartwright ............. 7 Bennett. Cococbon 3 Engledrum . ... 3 Hourihan ..., . 0 To-tught will be the closing of the race and Manager Priunco has arranged an extra pro- gramme. Among the extra events will be ten mile race betweea W, K. Knapp ana Ned Reading, the soldier, for a gold medal; a tive mile race between Mons. Mordis and Mujor Juck Kineman: a two mile boys' race; a one mile dash between M'lle Willizins, a promisj ing female rider of this city, and Scnator Mor and a novel race between Jack Prin d Cunningham, the sprint Prince to ride his wheel six miles while Cun ningham runs one. Leon Lozier and otl Omaha and Councit Blufls sprinters will wind up the evening’s card with a fifty yard heat sprint race. HITS AND MISSES, The unfortunates who are competled to cept the hospitality of the Douglas county poor house are fattened on tongue and ca- ressed with filth and fetid air. As a ceme- tery promoter the poor house is without a rival in this vicinity. The lowa rustic who eschanged his wallet for a_brief acquaintance with a confidence man in Omaha_can_ find_consolation in the fact that the police did not run him in. The latest conundrum perplexing the cult of Boston is: “Can inorganic watter gener- ate life spontancously’” We mention this merely to show tte widespread influence of the Omahia garbage dump, As a de of life it has no equal outside of an tile, A Conductor's Death. Joseph Miller, an old Union Pacific conduc- tor, died yesterday afternoon of internal Lemorriage at his residence, 2526 Chicago streot. He was forty-five years of age. They Fooled the Directors. PrrrsniRG, Pa., March S, —A dispatch from Butler, P’a., says: The inspector of the sol- diers' and orpuan’s home at McAllisterville has completed his roport regarding the “erazy” boys at thatinstitution. The report is very singular and interesting. The boys were shamming. They have all confessed, to the confusion of the wise dociress who dingnosed the cases. ‘The inspector nas the written confession.af the twenty four boys who played crazy. Gus Spitzier was their leader and originated the plun. The boys, in thelr confession, suy that the motives iuspir ing them were to,have fun and have their meals carried to them. Their ages range from ten to sixtecn. r—— Shot His Wife and Suicidesd FostoriA, O, Mafch 8,—For some timoe William Gessler hiag been working at the glass factory in Figdiay. Last night he ap peared Lere and went to the home of his wife's parents, wheve his wife has been liy ing during his absgnge. H's wife was called to the door by Gessler, who shot her twieo with a revol the Tast shot tuking effect in the neck and killig'her. Gessler thon shot himself through $h neck, dying instantly. The cause of the d6¢d is supposed 1o bE jeal- ousy. ’ Though Mrs. Gessler lay very lov all night, she is still alive and muy raily enough to wake 4 statement. Suspended Payment Bostoy, March 8.—Buford's Sous litho- graphing company anounced suspension of payinent to-day and o meeting of the directors has been called, The suspension is duc to slow collecions. The company has not failed as reporte 1. The company's plant woukl much more than pay iiabilities, The works ew- pioyed 125 mer and had a capital of $175,000. The liabilities are estimated at $10),000. Ausasy, N. Y., March 8-—Thomas C. Cooper, wholesale deuler n flour and pr visions, wssigned to-day. Liabilities, §100,000; preferences, $65,000. —— The Samoan Coatersnce. Bekiiy, March 8.—Several paiers au nounce that the Samoan conference willopea alsat thie L3th instant. SATURDAY MARCH 9. 1 ASTURDY WESTERN DANTLI She's Only Six Montha OIld, She’'s a Hummer. WYOMING CI THE MAGIC Caspor and Ita Wo NG but 1Y Terfal Growth, 1ts Many Advantages—Some of the Leading Business Men ~Its Futu Sprang Up tn a Night CASPER, Wyo., March 4.=[C spondence of T Brr.]—The 1i ttle town of Casper can trathfully be termed the Magic City of central Wyomit In fact it is the only town centr ally located in the great oil and coal region of the territory. The old town of Cas- per was started on the 15th day of June, 1888, a few miles novtheast of the pres ent location, and removed to the pres- ent site upon the advent of the Ire- mont, Elkhiorn & Missouri Valley rail- rvoad about November 28 of the same year. Cusper is now the terminal ste tion of this, and is the only town in th seetion of Wyoming having railway | facilities. The town has been exceed- ngly prosperous, but not sarprisin 80 considering its wonderful resone It now hus a about one thous six months old. and is nd people, aly buna fide population of not It is within sixty miles of the geographical center of tho terri- tory, beautifully situated at the foc the Casper range of mountains 1n North Platte valley, where there i abundance of wa natural flow springs of pure petroleum and un quantities of coal. The wonderful soda lakes of this tion of the terrvitory will startle world with their output when entery ing manufacturers shall avail th selves of the splendid opportunities establishing factories here, where is cheap and ever, to the world’s abundaunc On the west side of Casper ave Poison Spider, Rattlesnake, Popon commerce exists and Argo oil basins; on_the north the Salt creck, South fork of Pow river, and Big Horn basins. The commodity kno! it of the s an cing told soe- the i em- for fuel v in the gle, are cdor Po- nish, agrieultural imploments.ot and aro the only - exclusive dealer this section. HOTEL., The Graham house, owned by David Graham, is the first-cluss house of Casper. Mr. Grham has a large num- ber of nicely furnished rooms, and a botter table cannot be found anywhore I'he traveling public rocoive kind and courteous treatment at nis hands. The traveling men make the Grabam houso their headguarters. The rates are only #2 per day and the accommodations are equal to any in the territory LIQUORS. White & Co., wholesale and retail dealers in imported and domestic wines, liquors and cigars, are doing & splendid business, They ship a great quantity to the surrounding mining camps and are considered one of the leading tirms of Casper Peter Nicholson, of the stock ex- change. is general ngent for the Mil waukee beer. He is also nheavy dealer in imported wines, liquors and’ eigars, and is considered one of Casper’s solid business men. M., Nicholson is quite extensively interested in the oil and coal Jands in the vicinity of Caspor. JOHN MERRUTT, There is porhaps 10 man in Wyoming territory so thoroughly versed in the oil and coal business as John Merritt, He cawme from the Pennsylvania oil re- ions twelve years ago to contral Wyo- ming and hos prospecting that country continuously ever since. He deals in oil, conl and mineral export. He owns and controls a large amount of these lands and knows every foot of the country. Mr. Merritt also mak: business of locating lands and contr ing nssessment work JOIHN SPARC M. Spargur of Caspar, is one of the leading and best informed men of Cen- tral Wyoming. He has lived theve for years and makes prospecting, sinking il wells and doing contract work his business. Mr, Spargur has just been elected by the miners as superintendent of the Casper mining distriet, which is a very important office in Wyoming, BANKING The bank of Casper was established this year with o capital of $50,000. It does'n general banking business. Loans, colleetions, ete., are promptly attended to. Geo Weber, president of this onnk, is one of Casper’s solid, encrgetie, pushing business men. Any person de- siring to know anyvthing about Casper and central Wyomng will get reliable information by addvessing him, - BN act- poagie is the only basin that has been tensively tested as yet, there bein this basin three we flow of which is 600 barrels per d therefore forever settling the ques of “is there oil in paying quantitic Wyoming?' The surfac i sin consist of oil springs, wi [ is the c basin, however, showing more ind o in all of them, the Salt cre gin | 15, the aggregate dav, ion ! in | indications in k ica- CHAMPION'S GREAT DAY, The County Seat of Chase Over Her Prosperity Cavrios, Neb., March 4.—~To the Editor of Tui: Bre: Champion’s great jubillee ¢ over the completion of her roller process flour and grist mills and their formal open ing to the public, has come and gone. Satur Jubilates tions on the surface than anyof the oth- | day iast wasone of Nebraska's beautiful er basins, and in formation topography being a fac simile of the poag There are some who skeptical regarding these oil field the verdict of those who haye inve gated them is that the half hus not b told. There ave springs in various iities that flow all the way from lon to ten barrels per day. se springs that the various ba are marked, and it_is by these spri that the oil belt of Wyoming i for more than two hundred mile Nor is oil the ouly natural wealth and | P ar but psti- een lo- one It is by sius ngs traced | 1 of spring like days, and nature seemmgly did her best to mingle her rejorcings with those of the citizens of this wonderfully favored v At early sunrise the cannons belched forth and their thunder tones echoed and re-cchoed over the broad praivie lands of the great Champion valley, telling to the thousands of inhabitants of Chase county that Champion bid them como and with her rejoic Aud they me, from not only Chasoe but from Dundy, Perkins and tio other ent counties, and soon *‘the lictle giant vas filled with a solid mass of human 1gs. The decorations were beautiful und Central Wyoming. ~Bight miles south | over the mills proudly floated the first flag, | of Casper ecity lies the Casper | presume, yet hoisted Nebraska beartng s here 1ron oves | upon is Tolds forty-two stars, the t (s VETGILL CRERRA T L Vsl QUAN- G gined o represontative place among the tities are found. Here ulso building | SEHed o, represont stone, marble, limestone and gra are found in inexhaustible quantit casy of ac aud encrgy to bring them to the ma of the world. Of the scenic beauty of these moun- tains little is generally known, within eight per ave two waterfulls and several canyons. First are the falls of € creek, which have a sh ty-five feet, and one mile east of ti are the falls of the Elkhorn, which h: a fall of fifty feet. These t nar ave remarkable, for here the creck ri along directly at the base of apreciy varying in height feom 1,200 to 1 feef, the waters of which are singula clear and spavkling 'he climate of the North Platte ley as a health resort cannot he celled, and old residents claim that t section enjoys more sunshiny d can elsewher States. The young city of Casper cort bas a brfiliant future. ] ment shipping point for the Big H and Powder viver country. The sta cavrying passengers and the Uni States m ¢ points in northwestern Wyoming, understood, ha from Casper B AT i thin o few days. those wishing to visit the oil and ¢ fieids during the coming season. per has a number of whole houses, ale and brs but with the great excitement now vailing throughout the eust over ol and conl fields—in the midst which the town is situnted—it is safe predict a great influx of capital s people during the coming seasou. Following ave some of the lead business firms of Casper: LUMBEN. The Wyoming Lumber George Mitchell, manager, large stock of assorted compa carrie: all kinds ess.and only requiring eapital miles of the town of Cas- v fall of seven- s thun be founc in the United It is the govern- il for Lander and different e been ordered to start This will give oxeellent sccommodations to lumber, lathes, shingles. cement, doors,sash aud blinds, | nite ies rts yet and den Lom ave ned s ice Rl irly val- ex- his nly orn ted t is ronl e the of | ) o and ing n 50 of hed its sweetest dded greatly s festivities “The Necl cornet band fur music on this occasion, whict to the enjoyment of the Omaha's honored fellow citizen, Colonel Champion S. Chase, the friona of Chase county, who never tires ir: discussing the re sources of this vulley, and whose highest ambition is to make @ grand, glorious, last ing, living monument of this city and county, which so proudly bears his name, delivered the address of the day. His effort was a grand one and his addrcss is yet the theme of conversation. Mr. Auchmoedy, of Omulia, next delive an address 1o the old soldiers, winch was stivring in the extreme, and many an was dimnned with tears. He met here sey eral old veterans who, like himself, had served u term in Andersonville prison, and there meeting was affecting indeed. Champion 15 proud when she is able to cn tertain such glorious old veterans, The remainder of the day wus given v sports of various kinds, und iu the evening the by the Black Dinmond and a ball closed the day's Our farmers have about finished the sew g of wheat, and many of them are now engaged ut breaking sod and other farm work. Immigration to Chase county, and more u, bids fair to be much ver before. Already especially to Chainp) larger this season than the tide has turned i this direction, and Champion s truly a lively place “Tho roller process tlour mills are ranning day and night, and the flour which they pro- duce is of the'very best quality Prospective surveys for two railvoad lines from tiie south to Champion have been made inthe last ten days, and our people are greatly rojoicing at the prospect of comuiu nication by rail with the rest of maukind, X, X, Vrep ne to Grade, ¥, Dak., March S, —[Special Tele B Tue Bee. I'he Jones brothers? whi tod the Wilmer & Sioux Palls line for the Manitoba road, are in town to-day, and their presence creatos the impression that grac y between Yankton and Sioux Falls will soon commence, J. T. M. Piere wio 15 at the head of the Yankton & N folk enterprise, has just returned from Now York, aud suys that he expeets Lo ouve graders in the field at an carly day. Both these enterprises are rogarded as cértain to Le built ths year. Yang 1 to dustice Matthews Emproved WasHiNGToN, March 8, ~1The coudition of and ean furnish any and building and mining material on short notice. HARDWARE O'Neill & Co. are the leading nurd- ware merchants of Casper. They have | on hand atall times a large stock of | ints, oils,v HLOVY 5, tinwire, pumps, | ar- | | Justice Stanley Matthows Ably improved this evening, At 0 o'clogic his ut tending physician said that his patient's symptoms were hourly improving is consine March April months in whi'h to purity Aoes the syston olable medicin Are the best blood, for at no other seus much need the ald of o Hood's Sarsaparilla now. During tie | 1w inter, the blood beeomes thin and imp the body becomes weak und tired, the app may be iost. Hood's Sarsuparills 18 peculi adapted to purify aid eurich the ) create & good appetite and 1o overc tired fecling. It has & lavger sale than r Sarsuparilla or blood purifler, and creases in popularity every year, faesl Spring Medicin “Early last spring I was very much ruu do had uervous headache, felt mixcrabls anc that, | was very much benetitted by He Sarsaparilia and iecommend it to triends.” Mus. J. M. TavLoi, 1119 Euclid 2 nue, Cleveland, 0. “Hood's Rarsaparilla has cured me of rhcum, which I have bad for years. I do think it 15 splendid medicine. T am 40 years of and wy skin 18 just as smooth and fair of glass. | have six childse hing is the trouble with them ¢ 10 for 18 Hood's Sarsaparilia.’ CLARK, Seath Noswalk, (o o tirat 4 for 1t 1s and when Mus, LisaA [ nso | like ong. pure, etite | arly . w0 that wuy it s the wa, 1 all od's my Ave salt nga | s 4 hing Mav Hood's Saisapariila s prepared from S ursnpa rilla, Dundelion, Mandrake, Dock, Juniper o ries, and other well known yvege! remedios 10 sueh w peculiar manuer as o devive the ful medicinal valus of ensh, 1t will cure, wien the power of mdicine, serofula, salt chenm, sores, bolls, punples, all humors, dyspousis, biliousness, ick hea ou, general debility, catarrh, th n, kidaey aad liver compliinis, It overconies that extrenie trod foeling «aused by cliango of climate, season, or life, wnud imparts ite aned sivenvth o ihe whole system R patie Lumbagzo ot s year ugo | was troubled with 1Ben matic ininbago, wnd seelng Hood's Sarsaparilla was recommended for that. thought 1 wouldry W After king three bottles 1 falt ke a now mun. 1 was also uasble to sfoep nights, L Hood's § saparilla uns wade my slovp as well wsover. | voutd vocommend Hood's Sarsipi- rille Letore il ottiers,” L. K. CABILAY, Olaaha ieh, 1 had bolls @'l over my nesk andback, troab ling me 50 much that L could 1ok tarn my head around, nor stoop over, Hool's Sar aparilie cured 1o in two weeks, | (L 1L 15 the blgod puritier. DA KL READ, Kiusas 01 Hood’'s Sarsaparilla Sold by all druggists, Bl six for §i. Prep ouly by C. L-HUOD & CO., Lowell, Mass, 100 Doses One Dolluy w Bold by ull dvuggists. 817 six for §. Prepared wuly by C. 1 HOUD & CO., Loweli, Mass. 100 Doses Que Doliur Positively cured by these Little Pil Thoy also relievo Disd tross frova Dyspepsia, Ind digestion and Too ITearty Ealing. A perfoct rom ody for Dizziness, Nausen, Drowsiness, Bad Taste i the Mouth, Coated Tongue, Pain n the Side, TORPID LIVER. They| rogulate the Bowels. Purely Vogetable SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE, CALIFORNIA! of Discoveries! Yeormn s M"h\ roncent DISEASESTTHROAT a2 S TN Gl Send for curcolurF] per Wtle3 pr9 &) BIETINE MED:Co.0ROVILLE. CAR. Santa-Abia and Cat-R Cure For Sale Goodman Drug by ompany, NPRECEDENTED ATTRACTION OvER A MILLION DISTRIBUTED! Incorporated by the legislature in 145, for Educational and Charitable pury its franchise ma 1o a parc of the prese Con stitution, in 1559, by an_ overyh voto Its MAMMOTH DRAWINGS take placs Annually Gun s and Decambes) aid s G SINGLE NUMBER DRRAWINGS take place in Vof the other t=n nionths of the year, and all_drawn in public, at the Acadenty of Music, Now Orloans, La. FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS, LFor Integrity of its Drawings, and Prompt Paymeit of Prize HTESTRD AS FOLLOWS ming popular eml AND § Superviset- 11 the Monthly and Semi-An nual Drawings of The Louistud State Lottery Conzpuny, andl in_person inannge and control tho Drawin cmselves, and that the same ave conductad with honesty, fairness, and in gzood faith toward all parties, und we aithorizo the company to use this eertifie with fac- stmiles of oua signatures attiched, in its adver tisements COMMISSION ERS, the undersigaed Banks and Bunkers, will 11 Prizes arawn in The Loy 1 Stats 25 which may be presented at our couns tor It M. WA LMSLEY, Pres. Louisiang Nat. Bunk, ERRE LANAUX, Pres, Stata Nat'l Bank, AL BALDWIN, Pres. New Orleans Nat'l Bank, CARL KOHN, Pres. Unton Natioual Eank, GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING, 1y of Music, New Or- aesdny, Macch 12, 1889, CAPITAL PRIZE, $300,000. 100,600 Tickets at Twenty Dollars each. Halves, $10; Quarte::, $6; Tenths, $2; Twon- tieths, § the Acad leans, At 1 PIIZE OF £100,000 15 F00,000 OF 10,000 i T (1715 OF W) i o 17 OF 51 is (1715 Ol {755 O 7S OF 100 PRIZES OF 20 PRIZES OF 00 500 PIIZES Ol " are 00 AVRIOXIMATION PIIZES 1001 J1 Hlh) i 0,000 10 i o i) 100 Prizes of 200 ar 5 TEIMINAL VIIZES, 90 Prizes of $0 000 Prios of L1 Prizes, amounting to 11 Novk Tickets Denwingizieste Caplia are e (0 LernTR s B EOr C1CI AT KN, or uny further Aesired, writo logibly ‘10 tUhe undessiais stating y e, WIS Nl Vory wi Sure i hy your o a1 enelosing b Moy, Or (tor. Currency by ) DAUIIIN w Ol A DAUPHTIN Washingtoii, 0, ¢ Address Registered Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK, New Orleans, Las ¢ e ut ot REMEMBIIR B2t i s BN FOUINATIONA L BANKS of Now” Orleans, e 1 KL e wigied by i of s institus Eh1 Whiono «Lartorcd Tiiis wre rocognized i the bk fxi tharafore, beware of all iltations or achomo. ATt o of the s (k) 1Y U ed for I sllest part or y Arawing. i inJie The TYLER BYSTEM of BANK COUNTERS Cannot be Excelled. They are Elogant In Design and very Low in Price, Also, Court House Furniture, Bome 400 Btyles of Ofics Desks, Chalra, Tables, Ete. 100 Page Dlustrated Oatalogue Freo, Postage 7 Ote TYLER DESK C0., St Louis, Mo., U.S. A, Vom0 And &1l noeessary papers fillod W. E. HAWLEY, Civil Engineer, CASIEL, WYO., oF OMAHA, NEBRASKA