Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 14, 1889, Page 4

i g THE DAILY BEE. ¢ PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. flact e TRERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Daily (Morning Raition) ineluding SUNDAY B, One Year. a2 ot hr Three Month: o % OMAHA SUNDAY Hige, mailed to any address, One Y ear v ‘WerkLY Bex, One i . OMAHA OrrICE, Nos, 014 and 916 FARNAM e, HICAGO OF 567 ROOKERY BUILDING. 'EW YORK OFFICE, ROOMS 14 AND 15 ThIn0R UILDING, WASHINGTON OFFICE, NO, 'OURTEENTH STREET, CORRRSPONDENCE. All communications relating to news and edl- torial matter should be addressed to the EDITOR or THE BEE, NUSINESS LETTRRS, 11 business letters and remittances should be nddressed to THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, OMAHA. Drafts, checks and postoffice orders to ‘made payable to the order of the company. V%6 Bec Publishing Company, Propristors, BE. ROSEWATER, Editor. THE DAILY BEE. 88 833 2 Lo Sworn Statement of Circulation. Etato of Nebraska, Couaty of Douglas, i"‘ George I3, Tzschick, secretary of the Bee Pub. ishing company, does solemnly swear that tl sctual circulation of Tite DAILY Bk week ending March 9, 1880, was as follow: Funday, March § ...\ ... Monday, March 4 Tuesday, March b. ‘ednesday, March hursday, iday, Mirch Baturaay, March 9. . 18,807 GEORGE B, TZSCHUCK. 8worn to hefora me and subscribed to in my presence this ith day of March, A. D, 1880, Seal N."P. FEIL, Notary Public. AVEruge....oiiiiins Leseais . Btate of Nebrask: 8, County of Douglas, % George B. Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- Joses and says thut ho 18 secretary ol the Heo ublishing company, that the aciual average dafly circulation of THE DAILY BrE for the month ot March, 18, 10,020 copies; for April I8, I8BT4 coples; ~for May, 1888, 18,18 for June, 189, 18214 cople 3 B, 16,08 ‘coples; for August, 188, 18,183 copies; for September, 1888, 15, 134 covles for October, 188, 18,034 coples:' for Novem. ber, 1888, 14,08 coples: for December, 188, 18,22) coples; for January, 189, 18574 coplds; for Feb: TUAry, 006 copies. BEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before mo and subscribed in my ‘presence this 2d day of March, A. D, 1889, P. FEIL' Notary Public. o THE county commissioners are as si- lent as a vault. ToE vaulting ambition of certain county commissioners cannot be held up by steal props. | Iris high time for the legislature to put on the brakes. The appropriation train is on the down grade. l THAT story of the massacre of five TF'rench tourists in the Yellowstone Na- tional park was sprung a little too early in the season. ¢ WANTED—An assistant commissioner of agriculture; salary four thousand five hundred a year. Apply to Favmer Jere Rusk, Washington. MONTANA, like Dakota, wants to be- gin with a new slate of territorial offi- cers, and it is highly probable that Montana’s wishes will be gratified. — EX-GOVERNOR FURNAS does not want to play second fiddle to the secre- tary of agricultuce. Nebraska takes first place or none in this instance. ——— It 18 useless to consider the whipping post, the rack and other ancient modes of punishment for wife beaters, while wo have the Douglas county poor farm, ) THE American spool and bobbin trust has gone to pieces, and hereafter each member of the combine will wind his bobbin and thread his spool in his own way. MAYOR BROATCH and the council have wisely concluded that it would be poor policy to put an embargo on Coun- cil Bluffs bread if our people want to buy it. — THE [llinois Central is said to be vig- orously sniffing Nebraska air,and in the event of its buildlng on the west bank of the Missouri, that road cannot ignore Omaha, I¥ it be true that Oklahoma has been overrated for speculative purposes and its soil is poor and thin, the home-seek- or’s paradise is certainly not to be found in that promised land. —— THE three dollar dose prescribed by the state for the druggists produces a lively commotion in the tills. There is no avenue of escape. They must swal- low and pay for the medicine. Tuk dividends declared by the di- rectors of tho Pennsylvania railroad must have been uncommonly gratifying if the annual meeting of the stock- holders at Philadelphia consumed only soven minutes, — e Wirn the farmers planting their backs hard against the doors of the state treasury, 1t ought to be a difficult task for the jobbers and schemers at the legislature to make a raid on the people’s money. — JAY GouLD would show great fore- sight if he extended the Missouri Pacific from Omaha to Huron, Dak., ahead of his rjvals. Tapping Dakota would be of inestimable value to Omaha as well as the Missouri Pacific, Tue coonference of the National Farmers’ ualliance of Towa, now in ses- sion at Des Moines, proposes to consol- idate all the state alliances into a single organization. The success of this movement will be watched with cousiderable interest by the farmers of Nebraska as well as of other states, S— EvEN members of the legislature are compelled out of self-resgect w pro- test against the action of that body in frittering away the time of the ses- slon. It will be to the everlasting dis- grace of the legislature if the appro- - priations are cunuvingly put off until the last moments and then passed in a lump, with every evidence of jobbery on their face, Em—— Mz, P, FORD 1s needlessly alarmed about the work done by the street com- missioner without the consent of the street sweeping contractors. This is not surprising. The determination of the council to make the interests of contractors and jobbers subordinate to the interests ot the city is such a radi- “cal departure from past methods thag the old gang feel an aching void in the wegion of the pocketbook. [ P THE PROPOSED PRINTING STEAL, The bill for a publioc printer is a steal on its face. Fraud is masked in every line. The bill provides that the public printer shall hold ofoe for four years, that he shall be a resident of the state and a practical printer doing business in thestate. The state is required to furnish all material necessary for books, blanks, and other printed state work, places everything in the keeping of the public printer, and gives him fancy prices for composition, press work, stitching, binding, ete. The prices are 80 high and the opportunities for ‘“phat” 80 numerous that any printing house in the state would jump at the job and dis- count the prices twenty-five per cent. The item of ten per cent allowed for wastage would alone not a comfortable income in the hands of an expert. But the job lies in the measurement. Itis folly to expect that the secretary of state, auditor of public accounts and state treasurer, constituting tho board of printing, would possess the expert ability of mea suring plain or complicated composition, the we ight and quality of paper or count the num- ber of books, blanks and pamphlets printed “on a given order. Here is where the public printer would woris in complote harmony with himself. The present laws governing the let- ting of state printing are fair and just, it honestly enforced. AIll printers have, apparently, an equal chahce for the work, but by the connivance of officials, Mr. Hathaway's con- cern manages to underbid all competitors and secure the bulk of the work. But Mr. Hathaway evi- dently is not satisfied with the lion’s shave of the business. Rvery man who aids this fraudulent measure will do an injustice to every printing office in the state, and lay himself open to the charge of being a sharer in the plunder. THE BEE has no job office attachment, and has no other than the taxpayers’ inter- est to serve in opposing the creation of a printing monopoly for the benefit of avaricious schemers. The following exhibit shows -the ad- vantages to the state of the present sys- tem of state printing, compared with the proposed law: ANO Six thousand co) Two thousand house journal: Two thousand senate journals, COST OF SAME' WORK UNDER STA Six thousand copics laws Two thousand house journal: nd senate journais. IN COST TO Ti THRER ITEMS Total cost under contract Total cost under printer bill Saving to stato by contract..... Bills before the leglslature would cost under printer bill, per page of 500 copies. o 4 245 Under contract it costs .1 4,022.70 N THESE e —— THAT ALLIANCE MEMORIAL. The reference made a few days ago in the state senate to the memorial of the farmers’ ailiance presented in congress just before adjournment, characterizing the statements of the memorial as false, will not accomplish much by way of averting any ill effects which such statements might have unless facts are produced to show that the memorial misrepresents the condition of the farm- ing interest of Nebraska. The state- ments contained in that document were certainly of a very serious character, and if they can be shown to be generally incorrect, or even the *more important of them can be proved misrepresenta- tions, it should be done. Unrefuted statements of this character are very likely to be used to the prejudice of the interests of the state by those who are interested in the withholding of capital from western investment. There is a very large class so interested, and its influence is being vigorously exerted in the east to secure legislation that wiil restriet the outflow of capital from that section to the west. The memorial of the farmers’ alliance supplies it with a rather formidable argument, It will be successfully and counvincingly answered only by indisputable facts and figures. The statement that the farm mort- gages of Nebraska amount to one hundred and fifty mallion dollars we have no doubt an investigation would show to be wildly erroncous, The number of farms in Nebraska mdy be stated approximately at oune hundred thousand. So that to obtain the sum of the estimated value of farm mortgages it is necessary to assume that the aver- age of every farm in the state is fifteen hundred dollars. No intelligent man having any information on the subject will question for a moment that this average is far to high, doubtlossat least double what would be found to be the true amount. According to the re- port of the state bureau of labor and industrial statistics for 1887-88 about fifty per cent of the farms of Nebraska were mortgaged, and there is no reason to Buppose that the proportion has been increased. But making a liberal al- lowance for possible misrepresentations, let it be assumed that sixty per cent of the farms are mortgaged, and that the uverage for every farm is fifteen hun- cred dollars, and there is obtained as the aggregate amount of farm mortgages in Nebraska ninety million dollars, or sixty nullions less than the estimate of the memorial, requiring an annual in- terest payment of over six million dol- lars instead of more than ten millions, as clazmed by the same authority. We have very little doubt that these reduced figures are extreme, but at any rate they are undoubtedly much nearer the correct amount than the figures of the alliance memorial, and they make a suf- ficiently formidable showing to do away with the necessity of exaggeration in order to render them impressive. Add- ing ten million dollars to this computa- tion to cover the mortgages on farmers’ chattels, and we have & round bundred millions to represent the mortgage debt of Nebraska’s farming interest. The assertion that the number of ten- ant farmers is rapidly increasing may also be regarded as untrustworthy, though if true it is by no means to be concluded that it is wholly the result of the admittedly op- pressive couditions under which the farmers of Nebraska, rather wmore thun those of most othor wastern states, have been forced to labor. The failure of farmers must be in a measure accounted for by the waut of business capacity, THE OMAHA by careless and imprudent manage- ment, and by a want of the knowledge, experience and industry required for successful farming. The opinions of farmers submitted to the labor commis- sioner cite all these as among the oauses leading to the failure of men engaged in farming. There were eighty- ono thousand farm owners working their farms in Nebraska last year and about nineteen thousand tenant farmers. It may fairly be doubted, in view of the generous crops of last year, whether there has since been any ma- teriul change in the relative numbers of these two elasses. It is unquestionably true that the farmers of Nebraska need relief from excessive railroad charges, from usuri- ous money lenders, and from other ex- actions that unjustly deprive them of a portion of the fraits of their labor and retard their prosperity. They should not cease to vigorously battle for this relief, carrying the contest if need be into the national legislature, but it is not necessary to success that the mis- fortunes of their situation shall be vastly and obviously exaggerated. On the contrary such a policy is fur more likely to work evil thay good. Nor is it wise to cultivate the: already widely prevalent idea among the farmers of the country that the national governr ment might promote their interests by increasing the circulating medium of the country. Inflation that would ad- vance the price of what the farmer has to sell would certainly operate in an equal or greater degree to in- se the price of the commo- dities he has to buy. The ur- gent need of the producing classes is not currency inflation, stimulating speculation and giving larger oppor- tunities to monopoly, but relief from the exactions of corvorations and trusts, from the wrong of unjustly distributed taxation, and from the demands of uational and state governments far be- yond the necessities of economical and eflicient administration. Reform in these directions would give a substan- tinl and permanent benefit to producers impossible to be obtained from simply swelling the volume of the country’s currency. THE CHARTER AMENDMENT. The clause amendatory of the Omaha charter, giving the mayor and council control of the erection of public build- ‘be regarded assecure against on of the schemers whose chief solicitude in the matter grows out of their desive and purpose to obstruct and delay the construetion of the ity hall if permitted to have anything to do with the erection of that building. Ev- erybody understands the true meaning of the anxiety of Balcombe, Furay and Jim Creighton to retain in the board of public works its present authority regarding the construction of public buildings, and all understand what wouild be the consequence of con- tinuing that authority so far, at lea as the city hall is concerned. The genuity of these men would be strained to its utmost capacity in devising difii- culties to block the progress of this im- provement and as far as piacticable to thwarg the will of the people. A ma- jority of the Douglas county delegation in the legislature refuse to be used by the cabal which would not hesitate to keep Omaha without a city hall for the next tem years, if its mem- bers believed that they could thereby finally effect a change of the now over- whelming popular sentiment against them, while at the same time gratifying their personal animosity. The Douglas county delegation by a vote of six to four has agreed to an ameundment to the clause giving the mayor and council control of the erec- tion of public buildings, which pro- vides that they shall be governed by the same methods of procedure 1n re- cewving bids, making contracts and granting estimates as now govern the board of public works. There can be no objection to this, even if it be not absolutely essential, If the proposed change in the charter passes the legis- islature—and with the approval of the majority of the representatives of this county in the legislature there ought to be no doubt of its passing—the con- struction of our city hall will go for- ward with the least possible delay. Oth- erwise the erection of that much need- ed building may be postponed indefin- itely. The citizens of Omaha by a ma- jority of over four thousand have ex- pressed their will in this matter, and it is the duty of the legislature to see that nothing is allowed to thwart it. in- WYOMING'S WEALTH. Few regions in the west afford such opportunities for the investment of cap- ital and energy as Wyoming. The es- sential minerals to build up a great manufacturing commonwealth arve there in abundance. Oil saturates the sarface of thousands of acres, coal abounds in inexhaustible measures; gold,silver,iron and copper exist in paying quantities. Development is going on steadily inall these rich fields. The agricultural re- sources of the terrvitory are in their in- fancy, but the construction of hundreds of miles of irrigating ditches last season will bring under cultivation this year thousands of acres of fertile land. The great plains and foothills support count- less herds of cattle and flocks of sheep, providing an unfailing source of supply for the Omaha market, All these great interests cannot fail to attract capital seeking profit- able investment. The railroads recognize that the resources of the ter- ritory cannot long remain undeveloped. Four great corporations are now plan- ning to extend their lines and secure control of the best sections. This year the Northern Pacific will push a branch from the borders of Montana southward in the direction of Lander, and will en- deavor to control the traflic and settle- ment of north Wyoming. The Wyom- ing Central extension of the Elkhorn Valley road will move west from Casper through the Sweetwater Valley,and may possibly reach Lander before the close of the year. This will force the Union Pacific toextend the Cheyenne & North- ern intothe central coal and oil regions, as & matter of self protection, It is possible that the Burlington will be compelled, by the aciivity of vivals, to cross the Wyoming line with & braoch of the Broken DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, MARCH 14. 18%0 Bow road l:om Alliance, Neb. The Black Hflfu oxtension now under way will tax the energies of the company for several monghs, but it can hardly afford to delay the advante on Wyoming an- other year. Speculative corporations and boomérs threatened last year to build a road from the southwest corner of the territofy northeast into Nebraska, and claimed that$100,000 had been spont on surveys and grading. These con- cerns wera gupposed to be in the in- terest of the Central Pacific, but prac- tically nothing has been done to give them substantial character. The activ- ity displayedtin other directions is but a beginning, Immigration will keep pace with the advance of the railroads; the mineral products will be brought within reach of the markets of the world, and thriving communities will spring up in every divection. It is the history of western settlement, which will be repeated in Wyoming. Omanaand Nebraska are vitally inter- osted 1n the developement of the terri- tory. Both have countributed the money and energy which resulted in discovering the extent and importance of the oil fields, and both control the best wells in that region. It is natu- rally tributary to Omaha, and its growth and prosperity cannot fail to substantially assist in the progress of this city and state. CEST—— Tne bill passed by the houss author- izing the organization of county mutual insurance companies is an important one for the farming interests. It pro- vides that not less than twenty-five per- sons residing in one or in fouradjoining counties, owning collectively property valued at not less than fifty thousand dollars, may form an incorporatad com- pany for the purpose of insuring the property of the membors against loss by fire, lightning, hail or tornado. These companies cannot do business in cities and towns, the purpsss of the act being to conflne its operation to farm The management of the businoss and the manner of levying assassmants for the payment of losses incurred ave defined in the act and reasonable safeguards provided for the member THE treasury department has issued a statement of the money in civeulation on the first of the current month which should go far in satisfying those clam- orous for an *“‘expansion of currency.” It appears that the total amount of money in circulation azgregates one billion four hundred miilions, which is an excess of thirty-three millions as compared with the stutements pub- lished a year ago. It would seem, furthermores that durving the admin tration of President Cleveland the sil- ver circulation of the Uni States exuctly doubldd, increasing from one hundred and fifty-two millions to three hundred and four million Even the silver men must be silenced in the face of this showing. banks by imposing neediess The main objegt is to provide for fre- quentexamipation of ths condition of the banks, andsthe security upon which money is loaned. * First class bonds and paper readily convertible into cash would answer every purpose as a re- serve, and afford the banks a source of vevenue. Honorable savings institu- tions should bs encouraged by every menns consistent with safety, but wild- catconcers and cent pav cent sharks should be hedged in by stringent rules and regulations which would make a repetition of the Valparaiso and similar robberies impossible. Tak Douglas county delegation in the legislature is said to be nearly unani- mous in favor of an amendwent to the Omaha charter providing that until January 1, 1891, the street railways shall only be required to pave between the rails. Less could not be demanded of these corporutions, and the conces- sion is a very complete victory for them. The effect, however, will be to stop their fight on the charter, and the majority of the delegation being agreed as to other changes the legislature ought to be able to speedily dispose of that instrument. ASTERN railroads, notably the Penn- sylvania rystem, huve learned to depend more and more on local business as the source of prolit. Long experience has proven that profitable returns coms solely through . developing local traflic. Here is a strong contrast to the policy so long adopted by the reckless management of western rail- roads which sacrifice every considera- tion of local business for the carrying of through freight. Wk have not seon Miss Royce's receipt for the $4,000,—Republican. The editor of the Republican can sat- isfy his overweening curiosity by call- ing at the business offico of Tk Bre and requesting to see the receiptof Miss Royce for the four thousand, three hun- dred and fifteen dollars and seventy cents. Shaking By Proxy. Cinetanati Enquirer. How would it 46'for a United States presi- dent to employ gl one else to shake hands for him? y LTS A Barbarous Practice. Clltego Trivune. In Russia, it appears, traiu robbers are promptly captured. As Russia becomes more civilized this custow will fall iuto dis- use. 1 i ra—— Jerry Won't Stand 'Em, New York World. 1t is generally mnderstood that the new secretary of agrivulture will give no eucour- agement to the groivth of mushroom aristoc- racy. Jerry isn't that style of mag. o Not to Be Trified With, Chicago Inter-Ocean. The new English minister to the United States 1s six feet high, weighs 200 pounds and understands the Queensberry rules, Letter-writers wanting advice would do well to take note of the above facts. rttraie—" The Office-Seeker, St. Louls Globe-Democrat. It is not to be denied, of gourse, thata great many seek office under false conditions and according to disreputable methods, dnd that they frequently succeed, whereas they should always fuil. But this does not signify that ofice-seeking n gemeral is a reproach and a degradation. ¥or is it true that any cousiderable proportion of hose who secure appointments are incapable and undeserving. Asa rule the selections are wisely made, owing in a large measure to the very aspect of the case which provokes much criticism. —e The New South. Attanta Constitution. The cotton mill is gotting nearer and nearer to the cotton-patch, and this fact is having its influence in New England. All the New England factories will not come hither at once like a flock of sheep, but trero is not a doubt that competition will compel them to come after awhile. —— THE AFTERNOON TEA. Russet leather shoes for ladies promises to beas popular as ever during the coming spring and summer season. Mary Anderson is said to partake of a “smothered Venus' every afternoon at 8. A “wsmothered Venus' s u beofsteak fried with onions. Mrs. Frank Leslie denies the rumor that she was to sell the business of her house for £050,000, and says further she shall never dis- sociate herself from it. Mrs. Harrison is growing daily more and more annoyed at tho gossip about her and her habits in the newspapers. She even con- templates spending the next two years in Burope. Mrs, Topploft—Do you ever have any trouble in getting money from your hus- band! Mrs, Oldboy—None in the least. I accuse him every once in a while of talking in his sleep. Rose Elizabeth Cleveland is living quietly in a cottage in Florida surrounded by an or- ange grove. She rises early in the morning, takes a short walk, breakfasts, and then de- votes four hours to literary work. Mrs. Paran Stevens really did intend to go reception Cleopatrs, but much fun of the idea that she put on an extra black dress to the costume the newspapers made 80 under the Cleopatra and called it Night. A diamond ring containing a stone of un- ty was sent to littlo Elsio She will not woar it The unknown sen- Elsie usuul size and b Leslie the other day. for four years to come. der addressed it to “My Sweetheart, Lesli The dutches of Malborough has just sent Ward McAllister a cabinet-sized photograph “Lil- It is an excellent of hierself signed with her autograph, ian Spencer Churchill.” likeness, finished like an engraving, and stands on a little casel in the drawing-room of its owuer, Miss Jennie Flood, daughter of Bonanza Tlood, who died the other day at Heidelberg, is the heir to all his immense wealth, and is Miss x years old, and is one of the richest women in the world. Flooa is about twent, said to be a modest, sensible girl. “Only a lock of golden hair,” The lover sighed: Perchance to-night It formeth o'er her pillow fair A halo bright.” “Only a lock of golden hair,” The maiden, smilingly sweetly, said, As she laid it over the back of a chair Aund went to bed e STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. Rumors of more railroads are rife at Gree- ley Couter. ‘A fifty-barrell flouring mill is to be in op- eration at Brayton by May 1. . -A branch of the Equitable Aid Union has been established at Grand Island. Dianu lodge, Kuights of Pythias, of Beat- rice, has moved into its new and elegant hall. The A. O. U. W.lodge at Ohiowa has a membership of twenty-five, and is ouly a month old. The Cass county district court is in ses- sion at Platismouth with Judge Chapman on the beneL., What Obfowa wants gnd must have, ¢ cording to the Ohiowan, is a mill or factory of some kind. Teams have stopped crossing the Missouri river on the ice at Niobrara as it is consid- ered dangerous. Dry goods boxes and_other sidewalk ob- structions have been ordered removed from the streets of Beatrice. Dr. A. L. Childs, for many years a resident of Plattsmouth, and once judge of Cass county, died at iansas City recently. The town board of Ohiowa has agreed to pass an ordinance compelling all lot owners 10 plant at least three shade trees in front of each lot. (Geneva has been incorporated as a city of the second class and divided into three wards, Tt has a population of 1,400, an increase of 1,150 in four years. A party of government engineers aro at work surveying the bar aud river in_front of Plattsmouth in_preparation for the improve- ments to be made with the government ap- propriation. Edwin Bently, aged fifteen, while cross- ing the railroad track one ‘mile west of Wyniore, was struck by a passing freight train and killed. Both the horses attached to the wagon were aiso killed. lowa. Nearly all the Knoxville miners are idle or working on half time. Thirteen Towa cities are actively carrying on Y, M. C. A. work. The Presbyterian church at Lake City will be ded ed on the 24th inst. Nearly enough money has been subscribed at Woodbine to build a Methodist church, The average number of conviets in the An- anmos penitentiary during February was 21, The revival in the Methodist church at Cedar alls resulted in over five hundred converts. There are 302 civil actions, 90 probate and 49 criminal cases on the March docket of the Linn county aistrict court. The Democrat-Gazotte says that Daven- port is the electric headquarters for a great extent of countr It has more electrical in- ventions in practical use than any other city in the west, not excepting Chicago. ‘The young ladies at Fort Madison got to- gether some time ago and decided that they would send their besux home promptly at 10 o'clock. T'he boys stood it foranight or two, but are now on 4 strike and the girls ure said t® be weakening. "T'hree citizens of Davenport held a pie eat- ing contest the other day for a 810 prize. A wan named Atlen captured the stakes, but it was thought for a time that he woald choke to death. He devoured the pastry in two minutes and five seconds. Mrs. Jackson, of Hampton, wuile runnin a sewing machiue one day lust week, acei- dentally dr he needle through her thumb and thus diverted it from its course enough to hit the plate below and beud it so that she could mot raise it. After endeavoring for some time to free herself she drew the ma- hine to the frout door and called for beip. Two men came in, and by taking the machine apart managed to extricate her from her painful situation, Wyoming. A cubic foot of Rock Springs coal weighs exactly eighty-two pounds. A $2,500 pipe orgau 18 on its way from Bos ton to St. Mark’s church at Cheyenne. About forty familios from Kausus ofpeot to settle in Sheriaan county early this spring. Fifty thousand rainbow trout have beeu shipped to Iish Commissioner Miller at Lar- unlrl from Virginia. There are ninety-nne casos on the docket of the district court now in session at Lara- mie, most of them being civil actions, March has proved a memorable month for Choyenne, Hottled boer hus been sold for & nickle a glass and & two-headed calf has put in an appeurance. Moze Doze und Charles Dutton, two Glen- rock cowboys, lassoed & bear iu the mount- wins last weelk, but were unable to haundle the brute with a rope and were obliged to dis pateh it with a six-shooter. The Cheyenne Stock Journal says that although losses by sctual death will, this spring, be almost nothing, the loss in flesh lfint will go through alive will be immense, And this 1oss could have been L0 & great ex: tent averted by providing lorage, the Lincoln Scandal. IT LOOKS LIKE trict Courts—New Nobraska Core porations — Capital Oity Notes and Gossip. Lixcorx B AU OF TrE OMATA i, 1020 P Staeer, } Laxcouy, March 18, Breck scandal, the bottom facts of whic been busy in ali parts of the city, highly sensational on the surface, there is, bottom, some legal business he had in the supreme court. home, but i 10 be absent. @ witness in a case involving West Poin ho went, in the broad light of day. Constable Al Beach with a warrant for Val entine’s arrest. They went to the “wanted" attempt to blackmail, p tho constable himself. He howled hog. wife had acknowledged to tine had paid her & “for service,” and thaf piness ruined. is the editor and publisner, snid thing in the charge he makes against M Valentine. even up on some old grudge. wife used to live at West Point.” Br in his charge. Small Seeds Grow Large Troees. was for the defendant. have recourse. noon and most of to-day heard the case ol James Giles are furmers li g in Deuton precinct. section of land; and in leased a second quarter. cattle trospussing, and impoundet there and_then, refusing to give them up, damages, leased, and to pay the monoy. ha trouole by insisting on his rights, who replevined the stock for him. lawsuit. they were replevined. yet settled. Supreme Court Proceedings. pract ve, Union Pacific railway company vs Ray- mond Bros. Dismissed. tion for rehearing overruled. In re Horghoff. Writ denied. Missouri _ Pacific raiiway company vs Young. Motion for time to file motion rehearing overruled. Comstock vs Cole. Motion to substitute party defendant overruled, State ex rel, Bryant vs Lanver, Demur- rer sustained with leave to amend relation briefs in fifteen duys or cause dismissed. The following causes were argued and submitted : Valentine, Boyd va Wilcox Lum Motion to dismiss, Alexander vs Alexander, State ex Nichols vs. Fields. damus. Judgment for plaintiff. Opinion by Mr, Justice Maxwell, er company. sioners elected at an election ordered by the governor in such new county for the election ction for such officers, and next general el fied. Anderson vs, state. Error from the dis- trict court of Brown county. Sentence mod- ified. Opinionby Mr. Justice Maxwell. as is warranted by the evidence, proof shows that the person _convicted killed murder in_the first degree cannot be sus- ment reducing the sentence as is justitied b, the evidence, viz: unprisonment in the peni- entiary. 3. At common law, the intentional kill- ing of & bhuman being, without explana- tory circumstances is murder; but under sec- tion 4 of the oriminal code, such killing is murder in the second degree. The first and second degeees of murder as provided in sec- tions 8 and 4 of the criminal code are in- tended to indicate the degree of tue atro- city of the crime; but a verdict wm - either degree is for murder; and if the degree found is higher thun is warranted by the evidence, the person co victed may as a right, insist upon a modifica- tion of the senteuce Lo confirm to the proof, ang it is the duty of the court toreduce the sentence and and impose such sentence as is warranted by the evidence, 4, The act referred to is reme i its na- ture and is intended to apply to all cases of & criminal character pending in the supreme court on error. 5. The actof reducing a sentence under the statute of 1857, and rendering such an oue as is warranted by the evidence is in no sense ® commutation, nor the exercise of clomeuncy. That isan act of grace to be exercised or not by the executive alone in his discretion. But the reduction of 8 sentence and the imposition of a new one based upon the testimony is & right which every one con- victed of & crime wid upon whom @ seatence higher than is warranted by the testimony has been composed, may dewmand undenr the act referred to. Beemer Canning Company. A canning company was organized at Beamer Cuming county, & day or two ago. Build- iags are now golng up, with other necessary preparations for the canning seasou. There is evidently a live class of siness men at that little burg, und it is whispered thal some of thew are buzlug couuly seat aspirations. BRECK RETRACTS THE CHARGE Bottom Faots In Conneotion With BLACKMAIL. Proceedings In the Supremo and Dist- Sinco the denouement of the Valentine h became known this morning, twngues have While after all, nothing in it when probed to the Ex-Congressman Valentine arrived in Lincoln yesterday, ostensibly to transact hand before Duriog the afternoon ho callod upon the Breck family, who formerly resided at West Point, tho ex-congressman’s "o head of the family happened Valentine's business there, however, had to do with Mrs. Braok, who is parties in which he 1s an employed attorney. This was soon transacted and he departed as Hreck appeared at the Capital hotel between 7 and 8§ o'clock last night, scanned the register and departed, returning shortly afterward with man’s room, where Breck announced that he had a warrant for Valentine’s arrest on the charge of illicit intimacy with his wifo. The ing Valentine's explanation and the evident coeded to knock Breck out, ard was helped in his efforts by like baby and left the hotel bleeding like a stuck Breck stated at a later hour that his him that Valen- he did not propose to have his domestic hap- Breck is a printer in the ofico of the Frele Presse, of this city, of wileh Major Kleutsch He was seon by Tik BEE representative this morning, and ‘I have known Breck and his family t00 long and too well to believe there 1s any- He ovidently intended to score a point against Valentine, and smirch him to Breck and finding himself ina close quarter to-day, makes afdavit that there is nothing The verdict in the Hickman liquor case The jury decided that defendants had no right to pay for goods they did not receive, although they might Judge Flield and a jury yesterday after- James B. Huff. The parties The defendunt, besides his_own land, had for several yoars leased adjoining him'a quarter March, 1888, he The plaintift, by his son, had in charge a herd of 144 cattle. On Avril 4, 1885, tho defendant caught the them unless he were paid £5 for the trespass and The cattle were on the land last plaintiff said that he did not know of the lease, nor could he see that any damage had been done to the sprouting grass while the cattle had been driven over it to state land adjoining, wherefore ho refused Defendant said that he been much annoyed by plaintifi’s herd going upon his land and had suffered consid- crable loss, and he determined to end the Plaintiff denied that any trouble had been caused him that way; and so he calied on the sheriff out of the little seed grew this tree of an expensive The question at issue on the trial being which of the two men have the right to the possession of the cattle at the time The trial occupied a full’ day, and tho momentous issue is not The following gentlemen were admitted to ice: J. F. Losch, J. C. Robinson, E. M. Betts vs Sims. Motion for leave to file mo- for granted. Stato ex rel, Attorney General vs Madison county. Continued. Franse vs Armbuster, Plaintiff to file Durland vs Seiler, :Swvunson v 1. Where @ new county is created by the Qivision of a larger one the county commis- of oficers, merely continue in office until the until their sucsessors are elected and quali- 1. Under tha provisions of the act ap- proved March 81, 1857, it is made the duty of the supreme court in all criminal cases pend- ing therein on error, where the sentence is excessive to reduce tho same and render such sentence against such person convicted . "o sustain @ conviction of murder in the first degree, it is necessary to_show pro- meditation and deliberation on the part of the person convicted; therefore, whero the another purposely, there being no proof of deliberation and premeditation, a verdict of tainod, and it is the duty of the court either to reverse the judgment and remand the cause for a new trial or render such a judg- The company organizes with a capital stoole of 810,000, and articles of Inmr[ml"‘nuon will bo filed in the office of the secrotary of stato ina vory short time. Following arc the rincipal stockholders and incorporators: “itzgerald & Frazior, Hoansor & Laughten, Michael McNameyer, William Nedemyer, C. F. Arnold, Jap Ruey, Lewis Do Vaul, W. L. Deutscher, Dr, Gibbon, Bank of Beemer, Mr. Fellman, N, Coy, W, M. Watson an John Briggs. A board of directors has beon appointed, and_everything moves forward with promise of succoss. Oity News and Notes. John Dundas, editor of the Auburn Grane gor, was a Lincoln visitor to-day. T romains of Attorney Chamberlain were sent to Rutland, Vt., his old home, for burial via the Burlington to-day, William Daily of Peru, looked in upon the law makers in session to-day, Tondar remi- nisconses of other days doubtloss crowded upon him, Minepart says he is roady for his “inquisi- tion.” Tt is understood that his trial will gommence to-morrow afternoon at 2 o'clock. Interesting developmonts are confidently expocted The Eden Musee will soon bo here in all its glory. It is loarned that this is to bo one of the permanent amusement attractions of the city. This, howover, will probably hinge upon the encouragement given it. Hon. John H. Spoors, of Talmage; Al Beemer, of Boecmer; M. E, Shultz, ot Boa- trice, and Prof. John T\ Mellalion, of Kear- ney, woere all herc to-day looking after poli- tics and other business interests, Jriviatiersa=—tamatude THE ST. PAUL ROAD. Directors Declare a Dividend of $2 Per Shave. New Yonrx, March 18.—A dividend moot- ing of the St. Paul directors was held to- day. Their action on dividends was subject to a great deal ot discussion, and although prodictions that 8 por cent on proferred stock wourd bo declared were current, thoy wero not believed, as the surplus applicable to dividends amounted to less than 1 por cont. Heretofore tho fiscal year of the company t wrath that follo\\iml kno no ‘bounds. | has boen tho same as tho calendar year, @ n_expressman happened to be in the | dividends v VAV oh . ohlol K o St UL L BB SR dends have always been calculated for the year ending Docember 81, The diroctors to-day made a dividend possible by passing the following: Whereas, By act of the legislature of Wis- consin the date of the closing of the fiscal year has been changed from December 81 to June 803 therefore be it Resolved, That hereafter the yearly ac- counts of the cumpany shall be closed and annual reports of the board of directors shall be made for the ye ending June 80, em- bracing the same period as is now covered by the reports required by law to be made to the intor-state commission nud railway com- missions of the various states. Alfter the passage of tho preceding resolu- tion, a dividend of $2 per share was declared on preforred stock, payable April 20. ‘The action of the board will complote tho relation of the common stock to preferred stock. Preferred stock is entitled to divi- dends of 7 per cent per annum before com- mon stock receives auything. If the divi- dend paid last spring of 2 per cent on com- mon stock is charged to the earnings of the preceding vear, and the dividend 21 per cent declared. last Septembor is charged to the earnings of 1888, then 5 per cent will have to be {mld on preferred stock next fall in order to place common stock in a position to receive dividends. Or, if tho 21 per cent declared last September and the 4 per cent just declared should be calculated in the fiscal year ending June 80, 1880, then com- mon stock would receive nothing until pre- ferred stock received 7 per cent in the fiscal year ending June 80, 1890, t f Ilinois Central Changes. Ci0AGo, March 13.—At the annual meot- ing of the Illinois Contral railroad to-day George Bliss, of Now York, was choson di- rector, to succeed John Elliott, deceased. A successor to Vice President Morton, who re- signed from the directory, will be chosen to- morrow. The session was mostly given up to discussion. F. B. Cooley, of Hartford, Conn., and E. G. Mason, of this oity, repre- sented o number of stockholders dissatisfled with the present management of the Illinois Central, and these gentlemen fought against re-election of any of the old board. But they represented only about 7,000 votes of 263,000, and only carried their point in the election of Bliss. Threc of the old directors —Ayer, Luttgen and Auchincloss—were re- elected. The minority also secured tho adoption of a resolution providing that no new lines shall be constructed or leased dur- ing the year 1880, President Fish was con- siderably irritated by this resolution. He ‘was the only one to vote against it and afver- ‘wards changed his vote. A Scarlet Fever Epldemic, Sroux Farrs, Dak., March 13.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.]—A bad scarlet fever epidemic prevails in Delapere township, ten miles southeast from this city. The disoaso broke out three weoks ago, and was thought to be measles until one or two deaths occur- red. Physicians were then called and learned the true character of the discase. Children from the aflicted families have been going to school till the whole neighbor- hood is afflicted, Three funerals took place to-day. and a resident of the township says they are dying like sheep. Still the county ofticials have taken no notice of the conta- gion, and the school is yet open. Explode. ReADING, Pa., March 18.—Three boilers in the St. Nicholas colliery, near Matonay City, oxploded this morning, wrecking a black- smith shop and boiler house. Mrs. Louisa Hoftman, with a child in her arms, was pass- ing at the time. A fragment broke hor hip and killed tho child. James Doonoy, @& driver, pussing with a team, bad his skull fractured. Michacl Walsh liad his thigh broken and leg crushed. Edward Seltzer had his skull ¢ everal others were scalded and 1ju B t Off Easy. P. M. Gilchrist, postmaster of Arcadis, camo in to transuct business yesterday. Al} though old and gray-headed he concluded to seo the sights, but did nothing worse than getdrunk, He got into s hack with two straugers, but becoming frightencd called for the police, who came only too soon and arrested him and his companions. Ho told Judgo Borke that he had not been robbed but had been drunk, and was fined § and c0sts, while the othér mon proved they wera honest and were allowed to go. He begged the judge not to fine him more than he had about him, as otherwise he could not get home and he was accommodated. 3 S0RE it Public Works. The board of public works met yesterday, Faray belng absent. The following reserves were recommended: A. . Hoe, sower No, 4, $505.44; Mount & Grifiin, $91.43; Hugh Murphy, $217.20, and John MeDonald, $06.18, “The board then adovted a system of speci- fleations o be used by contractors making bids for city work, and adjournod. A Word About Catarrh, t 15 the mucous membrana that wor jald envelope surcounding the del som Kiies of the air and Tood passages, that C Jankes its strongliold, Once established, It eats into the very vitais, and ronders life but 's long. drawn brewtn of misery and disense, dulliug the seuse of bearing, trammeliog the kpeech, destroying the faculty of smel the Breath, and kiiling the roine. pl Insidiously by cresping on from a stmple he head, it sssaults the wmembranous and envelopes the bones, eating through ‘felleate coats und caushig indammation sloughing and death. Nothing short of total oradication will secure health 10 the patient, und all wiloviatives ure simply procrastinated siter. 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