Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 13, 1889, Page 2

THE _OMAHA DAILY BEE; WEDNESDAY MARCH 13. 1880 ~ . BURROW'SBASELESS CHARGES Oommissioner Jenkins Interviewed On the Alliance Memorial SOME VERY SUGGESTIVE FIGURES Great Indignation Aronsed Through- out the State and Declsive Steps To Be Taken In the Matter. The Alliance Memorial. Lixcory, Neb,, Mareh 12.—|Special to Trr Bee.]—The memorial of the farmors’ alli- nycee, alleging that raska farmers and taborers are sinking to financial ruin and physical degradation under a load of mort- gage, has aroused a great deal of indigna- tion. The feeling is directed to Farmer Bur- rows, who 1s regarded as the author and mover behmd the memorial, and steps are Dbeing taken to repute his vaporings. A Beg correspondent called on Commissioner Jen- kins for light on the subject. The statements of the so called memorial aro falso and misleading,” said the commis- sioner, emphatically. “It cuts and slashes without regard to the facts. Before making up my report I sent to Mr. Burrows for a list Flhx. secretaries of tho subordinate bodies of the alliance with a view to sending them blanks for distribution. Mr, Burrows re- plied: ‘For reasons 1 need not expiain, I can not give the addresses of the secretaries of the alliance.” And then he coolly proposed to send the blanks to the secrctaries and have them returned through him. Of course 1 refused to be put under his control. “What are the facts! This department sent out 2,500 blanks to the farmers of the state, !clutlng their nomes indiscriminately from the state gazetcer and without personal acquaintance with any of them, We re- ceived reports from 216, ana they show an encouraging state of affairs. Only 50 per cent of the farms bear mortgages, and in no case is there a lien of that sort exceeding #1,000 in amount. Some of them are as low as £#150, and the mortgages are a trifle shen compared to the value of the property. ““Here is another fact to bo borne in mind. Some of the mortgages were given to raise money for permanent improvements, which enhanced the value of the property by that much., One farmer writes that he came to Nebraska in 1851 with only 85 cents, and is now worth £3,500. Another has saved $17,000 in sixteen years. A third rented a farm in 1880 and got one-sixth of the product. New he owns 168 head of cattle free of incum- brance. The rates on the mortgages vary from 610 10 per cent—very few at 10 per cent, and most of them at § per cent. ‘“‘Here are some suggestive figures from our report. There are 185 farms owned by those working them and only thirty-one rented. Amone the owners 150 are Ameri- can and thirty-five foreign born. Number of farms mortgaged, 113. Average value,§23. r acre. ‘Total value about $1,000,000. Num- or of farmers who saved money last year 89, 68 American and 21 foreign born. You must remember that while many did not save money, as represented, by an increased bank account, a @oodly share earned a sur- plus and put it into 1mprovements. Some men take up lund on a_speculative basis and a8 s00n as thoy get a title from the govern- ment they slap a mortgage on it. But there is rarely a foreclosure whero the farmer 1s Inaustrious and shows a disposition to im- prove his property, and meet his obligations. ndeed, money lenders often assist such men, because improvements add to the value of their security. Agriculturally Nebraska is as well favored as any state, both as to the condition of its soil and its finances, If you will compare the per centage of failures 1n business to that in farming you will find the result groatly in favor of farming.” The Banking Law. Laxcorw, Neb., March 12.—[Special to Tar —Vice President Bennett and Cashier Wilber, of the Omaha savings bank, are ‘here seeking an amendment to the proposed * banking law. 'Mr. Wilber explains: '“%The bill has aclause requiring banks in olties of over 100,000 population to keep on hand in cash a sum equal to 25 per cent of its deposits. That provision would drive us out business. Our deposits are $1,110,000, 25 per cent of which is §275,000. The bull would re- quire us to keep that amount on hand, and would deprive us of mncome on it, although we are paying our depositors 5 per cent in- terest for its use. A statement taken from our books last weck shows that we have cash on haua and in bank to the amount_of $122,- 000, We own bonds of the city of Omaha to the amount of §173,000. Theso bonds only By 5 per cent, 8o that they yield us no profit, ut we bought them as a reserve, because they can be turned into cash readily. We also hold $26,000 of Douglas county warrants, on which we can raise the cash at any l.lme and can easy realize #40,000 to $50,000 on ounr collateral louns. In other words, we have cash and securities which can readily be turned into cash to the aggregate amopnt of nearly $400,000. That ought to be ample se- ourity, and, you see, us it is we are carrying 8 large sum of unproductive money. We are getting a margin of a small fraction over § per cent on about $300,000, which is not un- reasoncble.” “Whul remedy do you propose!” was “Senator Raymond promised to in- sért o clause in his bill exemptin savings banks, but it was defeates ,on the argument that commercial banks “mignt claim advantage of the exemntion by vutting up a sign, ‘savings bank.’ That could huve been provented by defining a savings bauk, which is casy enough. For instance, this definition would draw a dead line: *No baul shall be construed to be a sayviogs bank that buys or discounts com- merciol paper.) And if that were insufil- cient they might bave added, ‘or which does 1ot requive the presentation of pass books in luollen of the withdrawul of any part of a " But [am not opposed to the in- 4 l I.Iou or the grading of capital, nor do I object to the spirit of the provision requiring & cash reserve. 1 would suggest a change allowing savings banks to hold 15 per cent of the reserve in good bonds readuy converti- ble into cash. ‘I'hat gives the desired secur- ity and relieves the banks of the loss from uninvested funds, Savings banks aro not numerous in Ncebraska at presert, but they ln bomul 10 grow in number and usefulness out by some such burdensome mm-uon a8 is hero proposed.” The Sugar BilL Laxcory, Neb., March 19.—[Special to Tr —/I'he following is the essence of the Cady bill to encourago the manufacture of ' sugar, as it passed the house: . Section 1. There shall be paid out of the treasury to any corporation, firm or 4 Kmn engaged in the manufacture of sugar this state from boets, sorghum or pther lwr gluldluu canes or plants grown in @ bounty of 1 eent per pound cach and overy pound of SUKAYX 80 man- ured under the conditions and restric- Ihn- of this act. Section 2. No bounty shali be paid upon BUEAr N0 containing at least ninety per cent of crystalized sugar. 'V'he quantity and quality of sugar upon which bouuty is n\ulnwd shall bo determined by the seccetary of the stato, with whom all claimants shail from time to time fle verified stalements showing the l‘lllull“-y and quality of sugar manufactured by them, and upon which such bounty is claimed. The said secretary shall, ‘without m.uum-nry delay, visit or cause to e visited by such person s he shall desiy- nato w writing, the factory where said has been produced or manufactured, tuke such evulo ce by the sworn testi: mony of the ofticers or employes of such fac- tory, or others, as to amount and quality of ;‘:‘“ wd;‘u‘xlmuu.‘u:ulfulmu wn:‘fi“ OF the reon 80 designated by “him, sl appear « Satisfuctory and conclusive. Section U, It shall be the duty of the secre- tary of the state to appoint & resident in- spector at ecach town where one or more w‘““"’”" of su, be located in state, the ugur u output of whmh two thousand inds of lucu- llI.Y, and such examiner make such examiuation such n lence and make such records and reports u I8 specified iu section 2 of this act. The sation or fee for such services of said nm Wrmllnuamad the sum w cents per age for nor the sum ol bond in the sum of not less than two thou and dollars to.' the state of Nebraska, contingent on the faithful performance of his_duties, said bond to be approved by the said u(‘('rvln"\ of the state. Said fees or compensation, together with the cost of said brand, and any and all analysis that the said socretary of the state, or other authorized inspectors shall require to be made, shall be borne and paid by the ciaimant for said bounty. Section 4 When any claim arising under this act is filed, verified and approved by the secretary of the state, as herein provided, he shall certify the same to the auditor of state, who shall draw a warrant upon the state treasurer for tho amount due thereon, payable to the party or parties to whom said sum or sums are due. Provided, that no bounty as herein provided shall be paid be- fore the 1st day of January, 1500, Indian Visitors. Lixcony, Neb., March 12.—[Special to Tur Bee.)—Big Bear and Homa, two chiefs of the Otoes, have visited the capital to pay their respects to the governor. They wero in the tow of Batiste Dervin, a United States interpreter, and were accompanied by Mr. F. M. Barnes, of Gage county, a former The Indians came from tho n torritory to look after business mat- ters in connection with their old lands ava to plead for the pardon of Whitewater, who is serving a life sentence at the penit entiary. It will be remembered that about seven years ago they were removed from this state 10 the territory at their own request because tho encroachments of the whites had beecome intolerable, and the government undertook to sell their lands m Gage county Barnes visited the Indian territory to sel the new home of the Oluul and in speaking of Oklahoma he say: i ted and thousands of people will be undeceived when they et there. The river bottoms have a #0od soil, but the restof the land is voor. It has a thin poor soil and the water is brack- ish. The Poncas have nearly 400,000 acres in that part of the territory, and I doubt if 50,000 are good for agricuitural purposes. The boowers have been camping for twelve years on land that is a great deal better than that of Okiahoma, but the thing has been talked and written of so much that I pro- me thousands of people will not be unde- celved until they o there.” Druggists ln a Flutter. March 12.—[Special Tele- —The errors m the title of the bill amending the pharmacy law, to which Tur Bee called attention, e caused a commotion among drugeists throughout the state. The new law raises the annual pharniacy fee to 3. This is the reason for renewing registration, and druggists have Dbeen questioning the right of the board of examiners to collect the increased fee. The mail of Henry D. Boyden, of Grand Island, secretary of the board, has doubled, and he came to get an authoritative ruling by the governor, He was joined by Examiners Henry Cook, of Red Cloud, Max Becht, of Omaba, and James Reod, of Nebraska City; also Druggists W. . B, Shryoe of Louis- ville, and M. K. Schultz, of Beatri They were referred to the attorney general and supreme court, and have been given an un- official opinion that the law is not invalidated by the irregularities of the title. Druggists must remit the annual fee before March 24 to save their registration certificates. Secre- tary Boyden says that the boara will insist on the increased fee, and if not paid the certificates will be forfeited. gram to TS Many Bills Hopelessly Buried. Lixcowy, Neb.,March 12.—|Special to Tae Several senators have been inquiring anxiously about Ransom’s bill to abolish the live stock commission. It went to the house over a month ago and has been lost sight of. Some of its friends insinuate that Clerk Brad Slaughter has been burying it, but an exam- ination of his books and methods clearly prove this to be untrue and unfounded. The bill was put on_the house's general file on February 8, and Brad presents the bills in the order in which they were flled, unless the house itself takes them up out of their order. ‘That body has reached bills filed on January 80, and there are sixty to seventy bills ahead of the measure in question, although it stands fifth among the senate bills now before tho house. These facts give some idea of how far behind its work the house is, and indicates the hopelessness of ever reaching many of the measures introduced this session. The Normal Schools. Lixcory, Neb., March 12.]—Special to Trr Bik.|—A majority of the house committee on universities and normal schools, at a meeting to-day, decided to report in favor of establishing a ' normal department in one high school in each of the thirty-three sena- torial districts. The bill provides that tho location shall be selected by the governor, secretary of state and superintendent of public instruction. The whole expenso in connaction to be incurred by the state Wil be the salary of one teacher, which shall not exceed $75 per mouth, B The Governor's Reception. LyNcoLy, Neb., March 12.—[Special Tele- gram to Tur Bee.]—Governor and Mrs. Thayer gave a public reception this evening in the exetutive chambers of the state house, assisted by the other exccutive officers an their wives. Several hundred citizens paid their respects, and the university band provided music for the occasion. After the reception the gubornatorial party led a grand march in the library, and the reception closed with dancing. Boss Stout’s Claims. LixcoLw, Neb., March 12.—[Special to Tie Ber.j—Senator Wetherald, chairman of the committeo on claims, has handed in a favor- able roport on the claim of Boss Stout for about #49,000 for extras on the state house and penitentiary. The commiteee visited the pen and were unanimous in agreaing to the report. Several mombers of the senate, however, insist on defiite information as to the valuc of the extras and the authority upon which they wero ordered. The State Farm Committee, March 12.—| Special to Tnr Bre.]—The committee ' investigating the state farm and agricultural experiment sta- tion have been called to meet to-morrow evening to agree on a report. Senate. LixcoLy, Neb., March 12.—|Special to Tug Bee.]--The senate had & quiet morning considering bills in committee of the whole without any very serious contention. The following measures were recommended to the seaate for passage: Authorizing the national government to condemn a postofiice site in any Nebraska city and ceding iv jurisdiction over such site. The bill was introducad as a Hastings measure, but was moaified to make it gen- eral in its application. Requiring the treasurers of school districts to make a report whenever demanded by the hoard of directors or five electors, The present law provides for an anoual report. Connor's bill, preseribing methods for arbi- trating controversios between ewployer and employe, explained in detail in Tus Bee a fow duys ago. Iunlun;m;( the board of education in cities of 8,000 to 60,000 from six members to nine” The iucrease was wanted for Hullngfl. The senate indefinitely postponed Norval’ constitutional amendment, restricting the powers of counties, cities, towns, precincts, villages and other’ municipalities to donate aid to railroad or private corporations unless voted by a majority of the people. Hiram H. Wheeler -uhmm & report in respouse to the request of the senate, for a statement of the fluancial affairs of the state librarian and supreme court reporter. The report showed these facts: Guoy H. Brown became clerk of the supreme court in 1888, and reporter and librarian in 1575. He has roceived no foos as r:rrwr or librarisn, As rk he has received in twenty-one years, 822859, and paid for help $11,600. None of these Tees Luve been turned over to the state. He also reports— “That the amount of money that has bean appropriated by the state for publishing Suprewme court reports since his appointment in 1875, has veen $53,425.00. 'D:T'::;IJ&B amount of manay paid by hhlm ug suprome court repor veen :u.mwf g POrif st “Tho amount appropriated for volume 24, not_yot published” le 805,00, “ "’l‘ha surplus paid -uu lrcuur) is $2,- wrw the amount received f; of said reports ..mmué’-v ronEie e Mr. Wheeler conlinies taat the publication. ot the compiled statutcs was a private enter prise of Mr. Brown's. There is no ofcial record of his expenses or income from that source, and in his absence Mr. Wheeler was unable to give the desired information. The state bought 5,000 coples av $2.50 each, just as it might have bought them of any other private individual who had made the compilation. The report was referred to a special committee consisting of Senators Nesbitt, Conner and Ijams. APTERNOON SESSION. The senate went into committee of the whols, and at the request of Senator Neshitt took up Cady’s house bill for examinuer to in- spect the books of county treasurers and establish a uniform system of bookkeeping. Senator Nesbitt stated that in_his county the commissioners spent thirty-three days at @ cost of nearly 3800 checking up the ac- counts of the treasurer. One commissioner is a hardware man, another a stockman and the third a farn They didn't know much about bookkeeping, and the treasurer was Dot an expert. This is a fair sampla of the condition of things in many of the other counties. Senator Conner thought the bill merely a scheme to foist another oMcial upon the sn‘ulu and decmed its operation impracti- cable. Scnator Sutherland thought the counties ought to pay for the examination, that coun- ties with competent treasurers should not be taxed for oxpense entailed by dishonest or incompetent men of othor counties. 0 The amendment was defeated overwhelm- ingly and Senator Nesbitt, to save the bill, had it laid aside for the present. The committee approved Chisty’s house bill turning into the state university library ?l'.la'n) received from diploma and mavrinlation cos. Also Ransom’s bill authorizing cities of the second class to condemn sites for public buildings. The committee killed Senator Paulsen’s bill legalizing deeds defective as to witnesses and scals if they have been unquestioned for ten years. This bill is supposed to be in the interest of George Gaslin in his snit against George M. O'Brien, jr., and others for the possession of certain valuable lauds near Hanscom park. There is another bill on file containing these and other provisions. Linn’s bill fixing sleening car fares at 3§ cent per mile met a similar fate. The senate adjourned at 3:20 to give the committes time to replenish the general file. House. Neb., March 12.—|Special to —Mv.murml addresses on the death r innl.mve Hays, of Yorke, were made by Cady and Gilbert and aporopridte resolu- tions adopted. A large number of reports were sent up. Cameron moved that a special committee be appointed to act with a similar committee on the part of the senate to fix the hours of final adjournment. Adopted. Specht moved that 500 more legislative manuels be ordered, which on motion of Bal- lard was tabled. The following bills on final reading were taken up: House rolt 77, Olmstead’s bill providing for a modified form of the Australian ballot for cities of the first and metropolitan classes, ‘was on the list. Hall moved te strike out the enacting clause. Olmstead vigorously opposed the motion and charged Hall with being opposed to free elections. Hall said the bill was clearly unconstitu- tionai, but he would vote for it if they would make it apply to every precinct and thus re- move this objection. The motion was lost. ‘The bill then passed, 63 ayves and 18 nays. Cady’s bili providing for a bounty of 1 cent. LINcoLy, a pound on all sugar produced from cane or’ plants grown in_this state was passed by a vote of 77 to 4. The negative votes were cast by Gates, Lash, Kewer and Satchell. A bill appropriating the sum of $171.57 to pay the legal expenses of Pawnee county in- curred in collecting state taxes from Charles Brown, of that aounty, for 1874, was passed by a unanimous vote. Senate file 169, Mapning’s bill removing all restrictions from mutual insurance com- panies as to members, authorizing them to pay their officers not to excced $2 per day when actually engaged in ‘the service of the company, and prohibiting such companics from hiring agents or solicitors, was passed by the same vote. House roll 88, by Johnson, authorizing not less than 25 persons who shall own property of not less than $30,000 to incorporate a mu- tual insurance compauy to insure against loss by fire, hail, tornado or lightning, was passed with only three negative votes—Cushing, Mattes, jr., and Truesdell. AFTERNOON SESSION. The consideration of bills on third reading 'was continued. The following were passed : House roll 204, the amended Lincoln char- ter bill. House roll 188, a bill limiting the rate of taxation. The reports of the committee of the whole on the work dons yesterday was taken up. A motion by Christy of Clay to insert the amendment in the bill authorizing townships to vote aid to works of public improvements, ana prohibiting the voting of aid to railroads, was lost, and the recommendations of the committee were concurred in, Several special orders were considered. Among them were the following: A bill by Rayner authorizing any person to appropriate the water runaing in' a ravine, canon or stream for any useful purpose, and to build ditches across the land of an- other under certain conditions for irrigating purposes, was favorably reported. A bill by Ballurd providing for a state board of health was killed. oThe consideration of the abpropriations to Id a wicg and other attuchments to the various state institutions came up as a special order. The following were considered and al- lowed, though not without opposition: Seventy-five thousand dollars for workshop, boiler house, dining room and kitchen for the Kearney industrial school; $13,000 for a boiler house, stric light plant, engine room, gymnastic and library room for the state normal school at Peru; $31,400 for two wings to the iusane asylum at Hastings and other buildings. An effort to cut this ap propriation to §50,000 was defeated. Legislative Gossip. LixcoLx, Neb., March 12.—[Special to Tur Bee. |—There has been some discussion of the question, “‘Can the governor introduce a bill?” The coustitution provides that no bill may be introduced after the forty-day limit except on @ message of the governor recom- mending it. The inference is that no one but a member of the legislature can intro- ducea bill, but the records of the house show that a bill has been introduced in that body by the governom In the senate Caurch Howe assumed the sponsorship of the biils sent in by the governor, Superintendent Mallalieu, of the Kearney reform school, and Steward Nichols, of the Norfolk nospital for insane, are on. hand in the interest of their institutions. J.‘W. Johnson, who entered upon the work of compiling & book of Iegislative biographies, has enlarged the scope of his enterprise. It willinclude sketches of the state oficers and of many private citizens who have takea con- spicuous purt in the political and material history of Nebraska. Mr. Johnson is the gentleman who has given the Sutton Adver- tiser a name far outside its own baitiwick, Atwrney Murphia, of Suberior, 18 here in opposition to the Nelson normal school bill, Dr. Mitchell, of Shperior, is also here, and is supposed to favor that bill, ‘The article in this morning's Beg _relative to the fraudulent character of ex-Governor Butler's claim was read and freely commen- ted on by the members. A strong sentiment against paying a dollar of this claim has set in, and unless a skiliful and close combine can be made, neither Governor Butler nor the gaug of lobbyists wno are pushing the claum, will realize & penny from the soheme. Hampton arose o-day aud told the mem- bers that they should l|ull fooliug away the time of the house. He said it appeared to him that the design was to fritter away the week and then rai the appropriation bills througn in a job lot without any con- sideration, ana warned them that in such a contingency he w(nlld be found voting ‘‘no.” Pawnee county | be richer by $171.57 unless the bill re bnrlhul the county for the expenses ncurred in collecting the taxes for 1874 from Charles Brum fails in the seu- ate. It seems that part of these taxes were county aud the balance for state taxes wnd the county goes on vhe theory that the state should bear @ proportionate share of the ex- Mrs. A. C. Lichtenbe of Omaha, daughter of Hou. Christian yeohl., is spend- lug a low days &t the capiwl. ERECT A WHIPPING POST. [EAE. Then Give Gharles J. Barber About & Thopgand Lashes T S IF A WIFE BEATER AS ALLEGED. But Perhaps oHéis a Loving Husband and Hi§ Wife's Blackened Eyes; the Mark of . 'Afrcotion, b yorer— A Torrible Tale of Cruelty. If reports are to be given credence there will be a sensational divorce case in the family of Charles J. Barber. Barber and his family live at 2115 Califor- nia street, the family consisting of Barber, his wife and u ten-year-old daughter. Report has it that Barber has been ac- customed to treat his wife with the most wanton cruelty, and that on Sunday last he became enraged at her for some imagined of- fense and beat her most brutally. Both her oyes were blackened and most of her hair had been pulled out by the roots. The little daughter was also beaten and still bears the marks, According to the terrible storics related by dTerent members o f the Ostrom family and oiher relatives, Burber 1sa most brutal and inhuman man. His violent passion and ungovernable temper, 1t is clainied, are be- joud control and make him the brute that 0 is. His wife 18 now confined to her bed, the result of his brutality Sunday night. The helpless womun's father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. A. S. Ostrom, who reside at 1706 North Tiwenty-seventh stroet, remained ‘with their daughter all day yesterday and last night. A physician was aiso with the aficted woman. ‘“I'ne family was afraid to let Mrs. Barber remain on her sick-bed without some one being by her side all the time,” said Ernest P. Caldwell last night. Mr. Caldwell was scen at his home, 2711 Blondo street. His wife is a sister to the wounded and much beaten woman. *‘There would be no telling what that brute woula do. If he were permitted to be alone with her we are afr: that he might finish his job by giving her a dose of poison in the medicine left there by her physician. Barber was not satisfied with almost killing his wifo by choking, beating and kicking her, but he had to strike his little ten-year-old girl in his nfuriatea passion, when poor littie Bdith tried to intercede for her mother. They had been to church, and it was about 11 o'clock when he beat Mrs. Barber in the mauner which he did. When the woman was pale and white as a ghost, and while gasping for breath when his hands were crushing her throat, Edith screamed: ‘Ob, papa, don’t whip my mamma that way,” and at the same time the poor little thing, almost frightened to death, tried to intercede by catching hold of him in some way. Enraged, he struck the little girl in the face. She is now wear- ing a couple of black eyes as the result of ln,r father's brutality. ‘“Barber is the meanest and vilest man, I think, that ever drew breath. He is wealthy: has a beautifol hon}p in the artistocratic portion of the city—Twenty-first and Cali- fornia: has a purd ‘and estimable wife and could roll in luxtry and be happy and make his family happy, but theiwr homeis a hell. will venture to say _ that @ nis wife has not npe%an cheerful or happy day in the past dozen This is not the only incident, but it is the worst punishment that Mrs. Barber has' received at the hands of her husband. None of the' family, except Mr. and Mrs. Osmi-um.‘ wlll have anything to do with him. The folks have tried to keep them together al ul this is the fivst time that his atrocious cruelty has been made public, but all his fcighbors aud all the rela- tives have known of his brutality towards Mrs. Barber for years. He takes such angry fits that she has'to romain away from home attimes. One night ‘she stayed here at our house to aveid his'putifshment. He is a good business man #d ishail fellow well met down towm, and tvith the boys he is sociable and well-liked. But when he reaches home he is old Satan himself. I have had friends who work in his office tell me that he had often invited them to dinner or tea with him, but they refused to go for the reason that they could not stand to see a woman abused. One day last summer he took a friend to dinner with him. After they were seated at the table something turned up that didn’t just exactiy suit his fancy, and he jumped up, began to heap oaths upon his wife and then put on his hat and left. **Should you know Mrs. Barber and should you bappen to meet her and her husband on the strect, and tip your hatas you passed, Barber would be furiously wild "His jealous disposition would show itself it its vilest form. He would curse and abuse her and would want to know how she happened to be acquainted with you. ‘Then when they would arrive home she would have to un- dergo a thrashing. He can't go to a party or in any kind of society without making every decent and respectable man and woman Dblush by the nsulting and offeasive language that he uses towards his wife. If there ever was a brute Barber is one.” Henry K. Ostrom, brother to Mrs. Barber, was present when the above story was told. He corroborated the statement 'in its en- tirety, and added several other incidents of Barber's cruelty. “I dou’t speak to the scoundrel,” said Mr. Ostrom. “My father and mother are the only ones who will have anythiug to do with the brute, and they do it merely for the suke of my sister. Barber is not a it man to live in a civilized community where respectaole women reside. He ordered me out of his house about a year ago because I interfered vhen he attempted to pounce upon my sister when she was reprimanding the litile girl for her sauciness. Mas. Barber had then just left a sick bed and was sitting in a chair when her husban seized her by the hands. She would have most likely been severely pun- ished had I not interposed. Another time he was going to cut me with a grass sickle. I £0 to his house whenever I want to see my sister and pay no attention to him, One year ago my father gave us a New Year's dinner, at which Barber and his wife were present. There were about thirty in the party. Right there with sisters and broth- ers, relatives and friends, and in our father's house, he insulted his wife. He made him- solf obnoxiously offensive aud left without finishing his dinner. Last season during the heated term he took his wife and lttle girl to Spirit Lake to spend a few weeks. The first day after arriving at the lake his tem- {)er ot the best of him and he came home, caving Mrs, Burber and the baby the Of courso they were left without mean: and wore compelled to return the following ay. “If my sister recoverk from her injuries she will commence proceedings for divorce, The matter is i the hands of General Cowin. All I havelto say, in conclusion, for Barber1s that he is an unprincipled brute with no more mbealsthan the meanest and lowest of men.”” A. D. Touzzalin's wife of 2108 Chicago street is aiso a sisier to Mrs. Barber. They are all very indignant, and can't say too much o the detriment of Barber £ap his brutality. Barber was s u&gmmnidunuu last night and at first declinel 40 say anything about the wmatter, preferring, lie said, o write a statement to the papers. for publication to- morrow, but_finally was convinced that it were beiter for him. that he should make some statement in connection with the affair, ““The whole story,” ke said, “is a base fabrication, and was started by my brother- in-law, Ernest Caldwell, a man to whom 1 have not spoken for years, to injure me. There muy have besn ‘slight differences in my family, but there has been no such things as reported. This man Cald well is a drunkard and goes home scarcely & night sober. The whole thing is a lle, and I shall bring suit for criminal libel against the paper that publishes it." he reporter asked if he could ses Mrs, Barber. “She is at home,” smd Barber, “but doesn’t care to see atiyong, us ato has friends with her; but she will sign a declaration with me that the whole story is a lie.” HBarber's siatemen Atalate hour last night the following stalement was received, giving the reador & chance t0 draw inferences o heart's con- teat: To the Editor of Tur Bre: i World _an article apj headed, His Wife,” which says that I un- mercifully pounded my wife and tore her bair, and did alwost everything mean and In this even- bratal and quotes one Ernest Caldwell as being the aathor of the information. Per- mit me to say the statement is false from be- ginning to end. I did not beat my wife. She has no black eyes and lost no hair by force on my part. Nor did she ever lock herself in her robm to escape my wrath. Nor did 1 ever -kick in a door. Nor did she ever atay all night at_Caldwell's to escape my fury. The differences that we may hn\v had have been such as is not unusal in many houscholds, which were too trifling to be aired before the public, put the unfortunato part in my case is that I have a drunken, gambling, dead- beat scoundrel for a brother-in-law, in the person of Ernest Caldwell, we having been bitter enemies for a long timo, and he has openly threatened to ruin me m a business way because I notitied his wife in writing to nover _enter my house again, and I ordered him out of my office, and my wife does not associate with or speak to him. This man Ernest Caldwell is the strong scented scoundrel who \was some years ago discharged for doubtful methods as book- keeper by Dewey & Stone. He later hela a position with Frank J. Ramge, but was sum- marily bounced for drunkenness and gambling and general cussedness, and who for yoars never was sober, and often laid out all night, His wife is a mischief maker and several of her brother-in-laws will not permit her to enter their homes. The cause of the ani- mosity against me is that I have succeeded better in life, financially, than they, and be- ing jealous of my success, have thrown every obstacle in my way, and have been the cause of what little” trouble that has e existed in my household. I have been ongaged in business in Omaha nearly twenty-two years and have, I trust, gained a reputation as an upright, honost business man that will not_be tarnished by such a disreputable scoundrel as Caldwell, Wwhose life was once imperiled in my house by his wife drawing a revolver on him and threatening to kill him.” This is not signed, but presumably is in the handwriting of Barber, as a note accom- panying it bears his signature. The following is appended in the same handwriting: “I have read the above statement and the same is true in overy particular. I desire no divorce proceedings or separation, and am now living at home witlt my husband and daughter, and expect to so remain during the remainder of my lire. “Mps. Ciarees J. Bannen. Also the following, the same handweiting continuing, but being marked *‘copy OMAILA Manh 2.—The article published in this evening’s World 1n relation to trouble between C. J. Barber and wife, was pub- lished without my c ent, and 1 gave no re- porter any mformation or statement in rela- tion to the matter. A. S. OsTroM. [Signed.] SOUTH ¢ u\mm\. Packing House Statistics. During the week ending March 0 the kill- ing at the packing houses was as follows : Hogs. Cattle. Sheop Hammond & Co. 9 363 Swift & Co. 21,761 4,612 1,422 The total slaughterings for the week. in- gmm’ng eighteen calves hy Swift & C 2,7 Notes About the City. A daughter gladdens the home of Rev. Daniel Rogers. William Fernie, of Omaha, yesterday com- menced work in the engineer’s department. The stock receipts last week were: Cattle 062, hogs 22,827, ana sheep 8,313, a total of 201 head. J. S. Damron has just received word of the death of his brother-in-law, J. C. Baldwin, in Evanston, II1. Dr. T. N. Enson, who has been traveling through the west, taking in Denver, Dead- wood and neighboring places, has returned home. S. S. Hardy has sold his store at Wood- bine, Ia., and removed to_Albright and wlll huild &' residence on Seventeenth and E street. Charles Long, a Pacific express employe, Monday was kicked by a horse on the left knee and injured so that he will be laid off for a faw days, At the meeting of the board of dlrncbors of the Emanon Monday evening, E. T. Farns- worth resigned and Clark D. 1'0 yth was elected in his place. Ray Abbey, of Brooklyn, New York, who lately arrived from the east, has accepted a position in the B. & M. railroad oftice under Agent W. B. Cheek, The Steck Yards cornet band went to Al- bright and spent the evening with Joseph Knight, rendering some music to the delight of the whole neighborhood. George H. Gratiot yesterday received a telegram informing him of the death of his brother and this morring Mr. Gratiot left for Plattville, Wis., to attend the funerel. « Frank Clark, with his family, and Ed Clark, of Albright, who have been at Red Oak, Ia., attenaing the funeral of their grandfather, have returned to Albright. Secretary John C. Carroll gives notice that, the regular annuai meeting of school distriet No. 3 will be held in the high school build- ing, South Omaha, Monday, ‘April 1, at 2 o’clock p. m., and invites all citizens to at- tend the meeting. Mrs. Alice W. Wood, \\'u.lnw of the late unfortunate Charies M. Wood, who was killed Saturday, the 2d hlsl.anl, by aB & M. stock train boing run out tht ‘switch by Union Stock yards engine No. 2, was made happy yesterday by the uenumuit_\' of Manager John K. Boyd, of the stock yards, who pre. sented her with a check for $400. This lib- eral and grateful act on the part of Mr. Boyd will be as much commended by the citizens of South Omana as it will be appre- ciated by her friends and is needed by her, Monday B. Levy was arrested xmd taken to Papillion on a charge mad A W. Clark, of false pretense, Mr. Le! .um bail in $300 for his appearance for a hearing at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Levy declares the criminal proceedings are only n species of tegal blackmail and says thav last July, for his wife, ho bought some produce from Mr. ing for what he bought in a check which he now has. That afterwards Mr. Clark shipped”more stuff, bad butter, here in his absence and, within a few days, ) wife wan that time his wife has made an assignment. “The trouble with that outrageous nui- sance, the Albright creek,” said a leading citizen of the southern suberb, “is that the lead sewer from one of the packing houses connecting with the main sewer and tunnel, has fallen in or become clogged since the last inspection, and now all of the waste blood, refuse, ete., and stench arising therefrom, polutes the littlestream aud the whole neighborhood. The sluggish stream has ail the offensive features of a sewer, and all the death breed- iug elements of rotten vegetables and animal matter. The council should attend to it at once. My opinion is that an inspection will offect its remedy in half a day, and it should be done to gvert the dangers of an epidemic this sumwmer, Beecham's l‘llli ml like magic on a weak stomach, —— e Council Meeting. “The council held the regular meeting last night! Soyder and Van Camp were absent. The business was almost wholly of a routine nature. The *bread wagon' ordinunce was vetoed by the mayor, and the veto sustained, G. A. R. Campfive. U. 8. Grant Post No. 110, G. A. R., held a magnificent campfire last night iu Clark's half. —-— Fisher Printing Co., 1011 Farnam st., telephone 1204, blank book makers, ete, e The Extension Granted, WasHINGToN, March 12.—The president to-day signed an order extending the time from March 15 to May 1, 18%, within which the railway mail service shall be brought uu- dor the oporation of the civil servico law and rules. This ex made upon the rep resentation of Civil Service Commissioner Lyman that the organization of the service could not be uccomplished earlier than May L. St L Tho Times Sued for Livel. LoN0oN, Mareh 12.—Henry Campbell, M, 1., private secretary of Paruell, brought suit for libel against the London Times. Tiis is the first of a series of suits to be brought against the Times, Were all wise enotgh to heed this adviee in season, a world of suffering would be avoided, 1f yon suffer from fmpure blood, scrofula, dyspepsia, billousness, headache, take Hood’s 8old by all druggists. by €. L HOOD & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, M; 100 Doses One Dollar NPRECEDENTED ATTRAOTIO 2 OVER A MILLION DISTRIBUTED! Louisiana State Lottery Company. Jncorporated by the logislaturo in 163, for Educational and Charitable purposes, andl its franchise ma-le a part of the present State Con- stitution, in 19, by an_overwhelming popular o Its MAMMOTH DRAWINGS take place Seml- Annually (Tune and Decamber) and {ts GRAND SINGLE NUMBER DRAWINGS take place in each of the other ten months of the year, and are all drawn in public, at the Academy of Music, New Orleans, La. FAMED FOR TWENTY YEARS, For Integr Il) of its Drawings, and Prompt Payment of Pri iu-d. ATTEST! : “'We do herc Suporviset- arrauements for all th MORCY Al Som AR nual Drawings of The Loulsiana State Lottery Company, and fn person manage and_control the Drawings themselves, and that the same are conducted with honesty, faira and in #ood faith toward all parties, and we authorize the company to use this certificate, with fuc- similes of oua signatures attached, i its adver tisements ' (.\bMVIlRSI()NFlIS We, the undersigned Hanks and Bankers, i pay all Prizes drawn in The Lonisiana State Lottories wilicl may be presentod at our coun: Lousiana Nat. Bank. ate Nat' ALDW Te. Orleans Ni mm daki, KOHN, Pres. Ohton National Bank, GRAND MONTHLY DRAWING, At the Academy of Music, New Or- leans, Tuesday, April 16, 1889, CAPITAL PRIZE, $300,000. 100,000 Tickets at Twenty Dollars each, Halves, $10; Quarters, $5; Tenths, $2; Twan- tioths, $1. 1 PRIZE OF $300,000 is. 1 PRIZE OF 100,000 i PRIZE OF 50,000 § OF 25,000 i OF 10,000 are. OF 5,000 are 1,000 are. OF 'fi0are. B3 OF 17 300 ave, 500 PRIZES OF £500,000 100,000 200 are, APPROXIMATION PI1ZE! 100 Prizes of #00 are. 100 Prizes of 300 are X 100 Prizes of 200 are 20,00 TERMIN 909 Prizes of $100 are L '.W' 909 Prizes ot 100 are 3 o> 0 8,134 Prizes, amounting to. oo 31,054,800 Norw~Tickels Drawinoraiosi’e Capita are ot en- titled to termi O CLURB RATES, 0r. any further infe adatrod, wiito odbly 't (e undersigned, stating your residenca, with Number. More rapid retu sured by your cnclosing rull addrese, PORTAL NO press Monoy Orlors, o1 ork loxc] tor. Currency by LA A AL TG e A DAUPHIN, Or M. A. DAUPIIL New Orleans, La. Washington, D, Address Registered: Letters to NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL DANK, New Orleans, La. nation 1 'delivery wi enclosing boaring your ho, pament. of ol ll Gl ‘ N s schemes i anon " ON. A5 tho price o the EXTEACT of MEAT. 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