Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 26, 1889, Page 2

e e THE OMAHA DATLY BEE: TUESDAY. MARCH 26. 1889, BENTON WANTS NORE AELP, The Condition of Affairs In the Btate Auditor's Office. WORK CONSTANTLY INCREASING, An Explanation of the Motives Which Prompted the Request For Three Aaditional Clerks—Legis- 1ativg Gossip. The State Anditor. TLaxcory, Neb,, March 25.—[Special to Tre Bre.)—~The salary appropriation bill pro- vides for three additional assistants for the office of auditor of state. When asked about the necessity for this merease of his clerical force Anditor Benton invited the interviewer o a soft, leather-bottomed chair, und, report in hand, explained in some detail: “] have asked for an insurance deputy, an interest clerk ana a recorder, For com- parison, let us take the state of affairs INovember 80, 1884, and November 30, 1888, The insurance business doubled in that time. The number of companies doing business in Nebraska increased from ninety to 180, and there are now 183, We issue annually a cer- tificate to every local insurance agent in the state. The number doubled in the four years, and this year we will issue between seven and eight thousand. We get a fee of #2 for each certificate, and the fees of the in- surance dopartmont will aggrogate $18,000 for the year, There is a great deal of work looking after wild cat companies. It is the ‘business of the auditor to leave his office and prosecute such cases. With this deputy the auditor can be relieved of that work and re- main in hi® office to give personal supervis- fon to his business. The other deputy cannot be spared, because he must be here to siga warrants, which, by the way, doubled in the four years. “The work of registering bonds .has trobled, and wo absolutely need another re- cording clerk. One of the duties of the office isto regmster all county, precinct, village, oity, and school district bonds issued in the state, There are now 900 blocks or sets of these, as against 300 in 1884, Every series of bonds has n history that has to be re- corded in this office, and during the past two ears we have written 3,000 pages of that ind of record. L) “The provisions of the revenue laws throw a great deal of work upon this office, as everybodfr knows, but few realize, the in- crease entailed by the organization of new counties. There were sixty-oue counties in 1884 against ninety now. We have annual settlements to make with each county treas- urer and do an immense amount of math- ematical work. Why, here is one table in my last report that runs from p: 53 to 209, ‘The original is as big as thav table [pointing 0 a table about 6x2i¢ |, across as well as up and down. The carc and distribution of revenue books and blanks has of course in- creased in like proportion. And another thing—there is a considerable increase in the assessment and taxation — work occasioned by the creéation of new funds for which special levies are neces- sary. ®Among the smaller matters are these: There are four new state institutions for ‘which warrants must be issued. There are double the amount of railways and two tele- aph companies instead of one. The work g; the oftice, you see, is growing all the time and will continu¢ to grow. “A bill was introduced in the house re- quiring the auditor to tigure the interest on registered school district bonds the same as on county bonds. Under the present system the proper district and county officers fro- quently forget or neglect to Lake the stops mecessary to levy the tax for the interest on echool bonds. Eastern investors get dis- sted, and,as a consequence, our school nds often have to be sold at a discount. ‘This bill I speak of provides that the auditor shall figure the interest on school district ‘bonds und certify it to the county clerk, who j . shall accept iv as tho lovy and put it on the " tax books. There are 742 blocks of these ids registerod in this office, and if the bill mes & law I shall need an interest olerk. Eindh‘m)tly another clerk is chargeable to my office on account of the new act for the state inspection of banks, The banking law uires each bank to file its articles, make a stajement within ten days of ming under the operation of the act and 80 three statoments each year. This office ust get up the blanks and forms and notify &ach bank for each statement. I think there are -between 500 and 600 banks that will be subject to this law. But while the act pro- vides for a banking clerk to be attached to my ofiice, he is appointed by the treasurer, the attorney general and the auditor, That is & provision I don't like. Iwould rather have him put in the_treasurer's office, but if e 1s put in fifine I think I ought to have con- trol of him. His appointment may be con- ceded to me as amatter of courtesy, but there may come & time when the treasurer and attorney general will appoint a clerk ‘whom the auditor would not trust or tol- erate in his oftice if. he could help himself. That provision ought to be changed.” 3 s e Reckless Extravagance, Lixcory, Neb., March 25.—| Special to T Bek. |—“Iv's a shame and a erime on decency, the way some of the affairs of the state are managed,” said an indignant smember of the senate. *‘Why, just look at the demands of the state institutions for fuel! An appro- priation of $12,000 is asked for heating the oapitol. What good reason can there be for using hard coal at $12 aton, when other . Jarge buildings aro being heated with soft . 0oal that costs only $1.60 a ton? It hard coal (»amust be used, why isn't it bought in the " summer, when it is cheap? I bought a car- 43930ad in Omaha last summer, and it was laid ‘down at my home, about as far from Omaha 88 Lincoln is, at $0.50 per ton ~ Why don't officers manage state affairs as they * 'would thoir own private businessi”” “And another thing,” added a listener. “I understand there aro four or five sets of ‘builers for heating the capitol building, and 3 takos that ulny different cugineers and men.'" “1 tell you,” resumed the first spenker, #ithere's going to be au explosion one of these days. 1f a governor ever had a chance 10 make a record it is right in Nebraskanow. If governor I would investigate the extrava- {gances of the present system and cut down every last one of them.” BSenator Sutherland secms to have been impressed in the same way, for he this after noon introduced the following resolutions : ‘Whereas, The records of the auditor of m.blla accounts fail to show the supplies of public institutions of the state, in detail, 'fld whereas, many supplies for the state in- . stitutions arc purchased without advertising . &mponl lved, by vhe senate of Nebraska, that ] ‘purchases und contracts for supplies for of the dopartnents of the public instata- tlons of tho state be made in accordance with srtiolo 12 of chapter 88 of the combiled stat- L] which providés that all such contracts o made with, and supplies purchased tho lowest bidder; and be it further " ‘Resolved, That bids be received on each soparately and that the superintendents the various stato institutions sha!l file in + the oftice of the secrotary of state on the last of each month an itemized statement in of aull uurpliel purchased for the mala- ance of their respoctive institution duly ificd by the oath of the superintendent. s 48 required by law; therefore The General Deficiency Bill, Laxcory, Neb,, March 23, —[Special to Tn “The general deficiency bill, which is o be coasidered by the house, reads us lows : )" Beotion 1. That the following sums of oy be, and the same are hereby, appro- d out of the general fund for tho pay- t of the following itews of indebleduess ng by this state ioncies for clothing, bedding, grocer- ‘w implements, coul, luundry wa- 'y, furnitur wre, ranges, drigs, straments, medicines, woat, blanks, burial and for extra work and muterial for soldiers' wnd sailors' homo at Grand d, Nab., $18,500, Ister and Scudder, grates for boilors {usaue bhospital at Lincolu, Neb. ) Union se ux‘ furniture cum;z-ny or furai- for indust Neb., “.-ml- for lu:::;.nim und bnluh:n, (uc:jl s | YOPIONts an axua wm”n wid --mu furnished el school at IKcarney, in completing and lighting insane asylum at Rortolk auar ning 0 Deficiency for work done on deaf and dumb instituto at Omaha, $714, Deficiencies for' board and clothing, fuel and lights, repairs and improvements and stationery and postage for insane asylum at Lincoln, 3 Deficiencies for medicine and surgical in- struments, fuel and lignts, barn and furnish- ing new building for feeblo minded youth at Boatr) 70706, Deflelency in current axpenses for institute for the blind at Nebraska City, 3 Deflciency for fuel and lights for industrial sohool at Kearney, $18,650. Deficiency for employes’ wages, oapitol building and grounds, $1,000, Section 2. The suditor of public accounts is hereby authorized and required, on the presentation of vouchers approved by the board of public lands and bufldings and the secrotary of state, to draw his warrants on the goneral fund for the amounts named in such vouches, Section 8, Wherens an emergency oxists this act shall take effect on and aftér its pas- sago. Boodiers Losing Their Grip. LixcovLy, Neb., March 25.—|Special to T Bee. A desperate effort will be made by everybody but the jobbers to adjourn this week, though the senatorial alliance an- nounces with grim determination that they are ready to stay another week if necessary, to give the appropriations careful considera- tion and knock out the jobs and extrav- agances. It is now believed that the boodlers have lost their grip in the house, and cannot now control s majority, while on the other hand, a combination is being formed to con- cur in the senate’s retrenchments. In the senate little delay is expected, the claims, and a proposition to 1in as to time and number Is being considered favorabiy. Everybody is weary; everybody wants to go home. 1ts Slumbers Undisturbed. Lixcouy, Neb., March 25.—[Special to Tne Bee.]—The joint resolution directing the ‘board of transportation to make a scale of freight rates to provent discrimination will not have its slumber disturbed by its friends. It passed the house, but failed in the senate on atie vote of 16 to 16 with Church Howe absent. Its friends are satisfled that it can- not be passed, and they are willing to let the record stand as it is. Certain members of the board of transportation wanted the reso- lution put through to stiffen their spinal columns, and a majority of the board, it is asserted, were not unfriendly to it. The Trust Bill, Laxcow: Neb., March 25.—[Special to Tur Bre. | ~The trust bills are taking a rest for the present. Senate flle 14, the Keckley bill, passed that body long ago, and has been on the general file in the house for weeks. Speaker Watson introduced two or three Dbills on the same subject, and every time the bills come up for consideration the relative merits of these various measures have been discussed. but no definite action taken. It 18 now probable that the Keckley bill will pass the houso if {t can be reached, for should any house bill of this character pass it would stand anj excellent chance of being lost in the senate in the final rusn. The Senatorial Alliance. LiNcoLy, Neb.,.March 25,—|Special Tele- gram to Te BEE.|-~The senatorial alliance is in session to-might at Senator Hurd's rooms and considering the appropriation bill for general expenses. It has over two hua- dred items, which are being_considered one by one and pared down wherever thought advisable. It is slow work and tho senators are hard at it. The farmer’s combine in the house, which was disrupted by the appropri- tion bills, is being reorganized at a meoting at Opelt’s hotel. Killed By the Committee. LiNcoLy, Neb., March 25.—[Special Tele- gram to Tur Bee.]—Keckley's anti-trust bill, one of the most important measures of the session, was abandoned to an untimeiy fate by the houso sifting committee, It was one of the earliest bills passed by the senate, and must have been purposely kept back in the house. A representative on the sifting com- mittee sacrificed bills of his own in order to Ret Omaha measures well to the front. House. LiNcoLyN, Neb., March 25.—[Special to Tne BeE.|—The house was slow in assembling and nearly an hour was consumed in an ef- fort to refer some bills bick to the commt- tee of the whoie and in endeavoring to un- ravel a parliamentary tangle, Bill on third reading4vere taken up. House roll 483, the salary appropriation bill, was called up and passed—i0 to 6. The negative votes wero cast by Gates, Delaney, Larson, O'Sullivan, Swartzley aund White. i Among the other bills passed were the fol- lowing: Increasing the appropriation to the State Horticultural society, $1,000 to $2,600; authorizing the state superintendent of pub- lic instruction to appoint & deputy, and fix- ing his bond at £10,000; ceding jyrisdiction of the Fort Sidney military reservation to the United States excopt as to intoxicating liquors; providing that the terms of the su- preme court shall be held at the capital, and open ou the first Tuesday in January and third Tuesday in September; also a bill by Berlin pro ng - that any ik or beef packer, distiller or manager of & warehouse may store his own produce. The house then went into committee of the whole to consider the bill providing for the sale of state saline lands at a minimum price of 820 per acre. The bill was othorwise amended and reported for passa also a bill providing for a state board of immigra- tion, Senate. Lixcory, Neb., Mirch 25.—|Special Tele- gram to Tis Bre. | —The senate convened at 4 o'clock and put in two hours at routine worlk, half of it n reading and passing the Lincoln charter pill. The senats ulso passed Rayner's irrigation bill, the appopriation of $5,000 for capitol grounds,.and the bill pro- viding that in citics of the second class in counties under townuship orgunization the board of equalization shall consist of a city council and board of supervisors, Raymond introduced Sutherland’s railrond resolution, defeated several wecks Several bills were reported from committoe, and the senate will grind perfunctorily to-morrow, The appropriation bil! for ceneral ex- penses wis received from the house and read the first time in tho senate this afternoon, 1t has about sixty amendments. Tho reduction from the original bill sggregato $197,754, the increase £186,354, leaving tho net result a re- duction of only $11,430 in a bill whose items muue a grand total of §1,484,157. But for the £40,000 rider put on for the' benefit of tho in- stitution for the feeble minded at Beatrice, tho resnlt would have- been a“reduction of over 850,000, “The senate will reduce the Beatrigc itom to $10,000 or #15,000—just enough for a new boiler house. Legislative Gossip. - Laxcovy, Neb., March 25,—|Special to Tux Ber.]—What wiil the senate do with the bogus clamms is the query in the honse. Will they tack them on the aporopriation bill, or will the lobby suffer another Gefeat? The house got into a wrangle over the question whether the adoption of the recom- mondation of the sifting committee that tho bills do pass is equivalent to orderivg them 10 u third reading. ‘The sulary appropriation contained an emergency cluuse, and 1t required * lively skirmishing to secure the necessary 67 votos, Tt is getting to bo quite Ymvnh:m, for mem- bers W voto “no” on bills, and afterwards change just in time to save the bill, Mr. Fieldgrovo had a_pet measure to-day before the house, aud after the roll call was comploted, and befora the result was un- nounced, RRaynor moved to strike out the enacting clavse, which the speaker put and it carried with & bureab, ‘Lho poiut of order being raised that such a8 motion could not be made at that stage of the procosdmgs the speaker sustuined the point. e Washington Wants Ward. WasnmiNgrox, March 95.-The post to- morrow will say: “Jobn Monwomery Ward will play iu Wushington next season. I'he question hus' been settled beyond ali dispute, nnd ouly requires Ward's signature 10 the coutract to complots it. This Wil be given withia & fow days, BOARD OF EDUCATION. Important “Action Retative to' the Puarchase of Sites, An adjourned meeting of the board of ed- ucation was held last night for the purpose of considering propositions for the purchase of new school sites and for the issuance of bonds as collateral therefor, The property advertised for is as follows: Lot 8, block 174, city of Omaha; lots 26 and 20, Griffin & Tsaa addition; lots 1, 2, and 3, block 4, Boggs & Hill's addition; a portion of the Sixteenth streot frontage of lot 8, in block 13, Kountze third addition, extending back from the street to & depth of 100 feet; for & parcel of ground known as the Paul _school site, with a frontage of 200 feet on North Twenty-second street, and extending a depth of 284 feot, back of the street. Bids were received from John A. Harbach, Hugh 8. Clark and John 1. Evans, The proposals wero referrod to the committee on buildings and property. r. Saville introduced the following reso- lution relative to the proposed sites : Resolved, That for the purchase of school sitos and erecting school buildings the board of education issue bonds in the sum of $277,- 000, the bonds to be of the denomination of $1,000 each dated April —, 1889, and to bear interest at the rate of per ocent per anoum, payable semiannually, principal 10 become due in twenty years' from date; the proceeds arising from the sale of bonds to be used in the purchase of school sites for the school district of Omaha, and the erec- tion of school buildings as follows: For a site in the vicinity of Twenty-fourth and Lathrop streets, at an estimated cost of $5,000; for a site in the vicinity of Gibson, at an'estimated cost of §2,500; for a site in the vicinity of Fort Omaha, at an estimated cost of $2,500; for a site on Hickory street, between Fifth and Sixth streets, at an estimated cost of £,500; for an addition to the high school building at an ostimated cost of $75,000; for asixteen room building on the Hartman school site at a_cost of #0,000. Bo it further Resolvod, That the question and proposi- tion of issuing said bonds be submitted to the qualified electors of said school district at o special election to be held Tuesday, April 9, 1850, and ‘that the president of the board be authorized to issue the proclama- tion of the board of education and give no tice to the qualified electors of the submis- sion of the question and proposition, the no- tice and proclamation to be published for at loast ten days prior to the proposed election in the difforent daily newspapers of the city. Be it further Resolved, That if a majority of the ballots polled at the proposed election shall be in favor of issuing the bonds the same shall be 1ssucd as herein provosed, and shall be offered for salo in open market, and shall be sold to the highest bidder for not less than the par value on each dollar, F. R. McConnell offered an amendment to the effect that an eight-room school building bo erected on the West Omaha site, at an estimated cost of $:5,000. This amendment was adopted. 8. K. I"elton objected to the appropriation of §i5,000 for an addition to the high school buitding' He did not believe that it would e judicious until the title of the grounds was determined by the legmslature, As a substitutoto Mr. Feiton’s amendment, William Coburn suggested that the amount be increased to $100,000 for an addition to the high school, or for the purchase of a site for @ sixteen-room building in the vicinity of the high school buildiug. The chair decided that Mr, Coburn’s motion was out of order. Then S. K. Felton’s motion to strike out the ,000 addition to the high school was lost. Saville offered an amendment that the sum of $9,000 for an addition to the Hartman school be'added to the resolution, The mo- tion was adopted. D. V. Sholes favored the appropriation of $25,000 for retaining walls, walks and other improvements around the high school and other buildings, The motion was adopted. 1t was aiso decided to appropriate $25,000 for an eight-room addition to the Franklin school. ‘The proposition of erecting a sixteen-room school building at the corner of Fifth and Hickory streots, at a cost of $30,000, pro- posed by W. A. Kelly, was accepted. These amendmdants were added to Dr. Saville’s resolution while the board was in committed of the whole, and then the reso- lution and amendments were referred to the committee on buildings and property, in order that it may get options on the property the board proposcs to purchase for the sites. et Caught in the Cellar. Three thieves made an effort to burglarize the grocery store of Foster & Son, 1622 Capi- tol avenue, last night at midnight. One of the trio was captured and the other two cs- caped. They gained an entrance to the base- ment of the store by breaking the iron grates of a cellar window in the rear of the store room. Their job was bungling and they made too much noise. Parties were in the stororoom At the time and hegrd them break- ing the grates. The police were immediately notified and Sergeant Haze and Policeman Cusick succecded in catching one of the burglars in the cellar. The fellow gave bis name as Charles McCarthy. sl Robbing the Chinese. Police Ofticer Godola yesterday afternoon arrested a man named James Simmons, who is supposed to bo one of the thioves that robbed a couple of Chinamen Sunday after- noon. The latter run a laundry on North Sixteenth street, between Cuming and Izard. 1t is claimed that one was robbed of $100, while the other lost Simmons, 1t is be" lieved by the police, got $85 from one of the Chinamen, JUST LIKE THE EAST. A Corporal Turns » Trick Just As Neatly As Jay Gould Could. Cueyessg, Wyo., March 25.—[Special [Telegram to Tik Bee.j--A special to’ tne Leader from Fort Laramie give details of o unique and successful swindle perpetrated upon the military garrison at that place by Corporal James Grant. Graut came to the fort fifteen months ago, with o batoh of recruits, cluiming o be & member of a jeading Virginia family. He was u man of superior intelligence, and was soon promoted to corporalship, He gained the confidence of & soldier named Charles Rosking, a Jew, who had about §2,000 saved, and persuaded him to enter 1to partnership to engage in the business of loaning money to soldiers from payday to payday, charging them20 per cent per month interest, The schome worked well, and the next step was to borrow money from soldiers under a promise of 10 ver cent per month interest. Kvery- thing moved screnely, obligations were met, interest paid on deposits and business de- veloped into immense proportions. After lust pay day Grant concluded not to loan any more money to soldiers, although his partner believed that he had loaned the usual awmount, about $3,000. On Saturday morning Corporal Grant'was reported “ab- sent.” A searching party discovered that when last seen-hio was “‘hitting tho trail” on a cow pony for Lusk, the neurost railway staton, Telegrams ordoring his arrest for embeazlement and desertion bhave been sent out, hut with no return’ or clue to his where- abouts up to the present Lime. ‘The losses by (irant’s absconding will a rmfiuw £8,000 or £10,000. The las t e s bis partner, ltosking. Other 5 divided among ifembeys of the garrison, in- cluding a namber of the oficars who were induced to loan large sums to the bauking firm under the inducement of the heavy in- terest paid, e el The Kascally White Caps Kaxsas Ciry, March 25,—(Special Tele- gram to Tur Bee.|—Last Wednesday night as Lucas Corlew, aged sixty-four, living two wiles tnom Independeuce, 4 suburb of this city, wus returning home from church, a pary of ten men, wearmg the regulation white caps, spraug out and ordered him to hold up his hands. One man presented o shotgun at his broast, Corlew scized the gun but others closed in on bim, and seizing him stripped Lim, over a pile of rails and gave kim twenty-four lashes with o blacksnake whip, each blow drawing blood. Corlew was confined to his bea until to-day. He declares that Le knows none of the men snd 1o cause for their actions, but it is said thut his wife left him some time ago and since then he hus been living with & young irl. » T T Shot His Brother. WaTEn1o Dak., March 25.—An old existing between Kd and John White, brothers, culmiuated this afternoon in a guarrel, John beig assisted by Patrick Don- nell, Ed drew a revolver and shot both, but ncuhsr fatally. Al three have been ar- reste FROM THEHAWKEYE. STATE. A Thisving Pbafisl Olerk {Trips Up on & Decoy. 9% THE BINDING. TWINE TRUST. 1 o Another Chaptew in the Oelebrated Jones Cdfnt§ Onlf Case—A LoudoWail From the l‘(nlll‘flldi. (L — Oanght’ With a Decoy. DavesPoRT, In., March 25.—[Special Tel- egram to Tur Bee.]—The chief mailing clerk of the Davenport postoftice, T, F. Ma- hin, was arrested last night by government detoctives and taken to Des Moines, charged with taking letters containing money in transit. Mahin has been mailing clerk in the Davenport postofiice for three years past, and until about two months ago was above suspicion. Since that time his move- ments have been watched by postoftice in- spectors, Early yesterday morning he was caught with a decoy lotter upon his porson, aad, after implicit deninls and desperato at- tempts at evasion, admitted his guilt. His peculations are meagro altogether, but em- brace a series of thieving of two or three months. He is well connected. Commissiol Appointed. Drs Moixes, In., March 25.—[Special to Tuz Brz.]—The governor has appointed the following commissioners to reprosent Iows at the contonnial celebration of Washington's inauguration: Ex-Scnator James Harlan, of Henry county; Loran W. Reynolds, of Boone county; D. N. Cooley, of Dubuque county; T. G. Whitmore, of Fayette county; H. S. Fairall, of Johnson county: L. A. McMur- ray, of Hamilton county; J, B, Grinnell, of Powesnlel county. Also the following delo- Rates to_reprosent the state at the World fair at Paris: S, W. Herst, Decatur county; W. W. Power, Davis county; 8. Blook, Hardin county ;' Floyd Davis, Polk county} J. H. Bocye, Corro Gordo county; A. Power, Davis county. The Twine Trust. Masox Ciry, Ta., March 25.—[Special Tel- egram to Tne Bee,]—Iowa farmers are wag- ing a relentless fight against the binding twine trust. F'rom many sources the exist- onco of such a trust is denied. During the past few days the state has been fairly flooded with circulars issued by twine man- ufacturers, setting forth the various causes of the rise'in price, hoping thereby to avert the threatened boycott. They say, in sub- stance, that the sisal and manilla’ produc- tion has not kept pace with the demand, and competition in the purchase of hemps is so strong that it compels the raise. The far- mers ave told that it is the hope of the twine manufacturers to soon be able to reduce tne price of twine by the use of jute, a_fibre ob- tained from a plant growing in India, The Plea Comes Too Late. Drs Morxrs, In., March 85.—|Special Tele- gram to Tar Br,{—The officers of the St. Louis, Des Mo Northern and Des Moines & Northwastara railroads appeared beforo the executive conncll to-day to enter protest against the assessments that had been fixed for their rodds. The council had assessed the firat,nond on the basis of §1,700 a mile and tha second 83,000 a mile. The operating expensgs of the first road last yoar axcoodad its rocolpis by 17,000, and the de- flcit of the second road was $28,000. The officers of the road sgid-to the council that they could not afford to pay taxes on such an assessment, and asked for reliof. The coun- cil said it was too lgte npw, and no change could be made. They Played ith Powder. Stoux Ciry, Ia., Marph 25.—[Special Tele- gram to Tne Besdi—Harvey Johnson and Johnnie Jones, twhlf{o year old lads, found a twelve pound ean’df powder in a barn. The Jones boy took an oyster can full of the powder home and tonched it off in the back yard. He was bad]y burned and his clothing set on fire, The Johnson bov dropped a lighted match into the big can, and a terriftc explosion followed. A piece of the can cut him in the side, exposing the bowels, while the firo .burned his face in an awful man- ner, destroying his eyesight, The Notorious Calf Case. WaTERLOO, Ia., March 25.—|Special Tel- ogram to Tnr Bek.|—Judge Lenchan. chis morning filed his_decision in the Jones county calf case. He overruled the motion of the defendants for a verdict against tho plaintiff on the answers to special interroga- tions, and rendered judgment against_defen- dants, except Harmon Kellar, for §1,000 and costs, amounting to about $3,500 moro. This case has been in the oourts since 1877, and AT of the larceny of four calves valued at $45. Had His Eye Torn Out. Stoux Ciry, In., March 25.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bre|—A. P. Anderson, the well known railroad contractor, was out hunting yesterday and had” his rignt eye torn out by sn accidental explosion of his Run. e Indian Agent Gregory Relicved. MiNNEAPOLIS, Minn., March 25.—A special from Ashland, Wis., says: S. Garduer, of the interior department, ar- rived in this city yesterday and informed In- dian Agent Gregory that he would relieve him of his labors on the 81st inst. He gave Grogory a letter from Secretary Noble, of the department of the interior, in ‘which the secretary suys: *The lotter of this depart- ment, dated” April 25, 1888, accepting your resignation as agent of the Indians of La Point agency, in Wisconsin, to take effect on the appointment and qualification of your successor, 1s 80 modifled thatsaid rosignation shall take effect when you are relieved from Auty by Special Agent Robert S, Gardner, by direetion of the president.’” Agent Gregory will finish up his work ana turn over the office to his successor_on April 1. Tt is generally thought that Secretary Noble will appoint a new Indian agent in 8 few days. PRI Gaudaur Accepts on Condition, BosToN, Mass., March 25.—This afternoon St. John, the backerof Gaudaur, telegraphed Teemer that Gaudaur accepts his challenge to row a series of races for $500 a side, each race, provided Teemer makes the distance two, three and four piiles, Gaudaur to nume the first course, Teemer vhe second and toss for choice of the thir Clevelan ur. HAVANA, March Ex-Presidéht Cléve- land and party have bgen visited by botly the intendent of the treasary:and director-gen- eral ot manie. The'toufiats started yoster- day for the Santa Rosa’ estate belongial 1o Senor Meier. Ex-Postinaster General - inson remained at the hotel, being indis- posed. ‘He 15 entirely Welkogain, however. A Brutal Pride Figl East Liveuroow, 0% Mirch 25.—A brutal prize fight took place fn'West Virginia, oppo- site this city, early this Jorning, between George Shaffer aud Willlam Baxter. They fought thirteen round, punishing each other severely. In the last rbund Baxter was kuocked senseless and.fuiled w respond when time was called. Aboul seventy persons witnessed the mill. Plum Orchards Devastated, Daytox, O., March 25.—Horticulturists from Koss county report that a disease knownas *block rot" is devastating tho vlue plum orchards in that vicinity, and the grow- ers of Damsen and Shropshiré plums have already cut down 50,000 trees and burned them. The peach and red wlum trees are about ready (o bloowm. 1 have found out a gift for my fair, 1t is not a ring of gold, nor flowers for her hair, nor pearls for her white neck, bit Salvation Oil for her sore throat. She's s singing bird. Loss of life.—Thousands sink into an early grave for want of ‘a -bottle of Dr. Bull's Jough Syrup. e Only & Traflic Agreemont. New York, March 25.—The reports of the Colonel Robert | ease or consolidation of the Wisconsin Cen- tral by the Northern Pacifie are denied by the offioials of both companies, It isoMcially stated, however, that a traffic agreement be- tween' the two companies will be con- summated at a special meeting of the North- ern Pacific directors Wednesday. ————— RUINED BY A WANTON. The Story of a Man Who Went Wrong and Has Been Pardoned. A recen tdispatch from Topeka, Kan,, con- veyed the intelligence that Governor Hum- phrey, on recommendstion of the state board ‘had granted an unconditional pardon to James ©. Pusey, a convict in the penitentiary at Leavenworth. Ordinarily such an item of news would not attract much attention or be of particuiar interest except to those person- ally acquainted with the party affected. In this instance, however, circumstances sur- rounding Mr. Pusey’'s misfortune mnot only illustrate human weak but form the sub- joct of o siory h will doubtless be (read with _ considerable _avidity by a great. many Omaha people. First, it should be known that the wvrisoner, in in- stinet, is anything but a criminal, and up to the time of his fall, about four years ago, had been looked upon as a man of integrity and lived a blwneless life. But the tempter finally crossed his path, he could not resist the evil influence, and as a consequence had to suffor tho penalty . In"Omaha resides one of the most notorious women that man ever became victim to_or permitted himself to be led astray by. She has frequently, h{ reason of her audacious escapades, figured in the newspaper accounts of criminal doings and is_well known to the police as Lulu Rogers. To her Mr. Pusey can always refer as the author of his down- fall, disgrace and imprisonment. During the gubernatorial campaign of six yoars ago, in which George W. Glick, the democratic candidate, defeated John P, St. John, Pusey was chief olerk to Assistant Master Mechanic Clem Hackney, of the Santa Fe road. He took such an active part that the company discharged him, conse- quently when the new administration went into power Mr. Glick was bound to provide for Pusey, Being an excellent aceountant and hnnk-keopcr,'ho was made chief clerk to ‘Warden W, C. Jones, of the penitentiary. About the time he went there his wife, a very charming woman, died. Shortly afterwards this Lulu Rogers made her ap- pearance on the scene, and being in troublo on account of separation from her husband, a man named De Vore, succeeded in eliciting both sympathy and pecuniary support from Pusy. They finally became intimate; he placed her ina well furnished house and she soon began to make herself very ex- pensive for the festive James. He seems to have lost control of mmself, and in order to keep up the swim into which he had foolishly plunged found it necessary to have more funds than his salary amounted to, and stole about §2,000 from the state. He had an _opportunity to do this by being sent on two occasions to Topeka to make settlement with the order and treasurer, and draw the funds for current expenses at the institution. Each time he appropriated $1,000 to his own use, had for cJ receipts made out by an expert bookkeepor who was then serving a term in the pen for crooked work, and placed the balance to Warden Jones' credit. When he had reached the end of his string and was about to be exposed Pusey fled. Detectives wero put on his track and they captured him at Cincinnati. He was brought back, tried, found guilty and sentenced to serve a term of six years. The woman came to Omaha and has been known as the proprietress of a disreputabie house. 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The fol- lowing preamble to the call was agreed upon i ‘o the Irish citizens of Omaha: We, the undersigned, in order to-congratulate Charles Stuart Parnell and his associates on their vindication from the foul and libelous slan- ders of the tory government and London Times, and also to express our confidence in them 'as leaders of the Irish cause by assisting them financially in their heroic struggle, hereby call a mass meeting of Irish citizens aud sympathizers with the cause of Irish nationality.” On motion of Mike Lee, John Rush and John Groves were appointed as a committee draft special invitations. It was decided ler the honor of chairmanship of the meeting. to Governor Thayer, and in case ho declined to confer, the homor on Mayor Broatch. The following were decided upon as speakers of the occasion: John Rush, M. V. Gannon, Thomas Brennan, Dr George L. Miller, John C. Cowin and John M. Thurs- ton. Richard O'Keefe was appointed to ar- range for instrumental music und, if possi- ble, secure the A. Q. H. band. On motion John Rush and John Graves were made sec- retaries of the meeting. An adjournment was taken to Wednesday evening at 7:50 o'clock. —— Fisher Printing Co., 1011 Farnamst.. telephone 1264, blank book malkers, otc, 1 have used St. Patrick’s pills,” says Mr. J. Reynolds, of Mayfield, Ky.. *‘and pronounce them superior to any I have ever before used. I do not hesitate to recommend them, knowing them to be relinble.” They ure thorough, yeu gentle in their action and leave the system in splendid condition, As a cathar or for disorders of the liver, St. Patrick’s pills have no equal. Sola by all druggists. The Freach Cabinet. Pamris, March 25.--It is stated that the cabinet will soon be remodeled in order to ayert a threatehed ministerial crisis, o Woodruft Granite Qaarry. 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An Old Timer. “Bruno Strothman, one of the pioneer oiti- zens of South Omaha, came to this city in tho spring of 1885, said an active South Omaha politician to a Brr reprosentative, “and while here has been an active, indus- trious and popular man and 1s a fit man to be elected police judge of the Magic City. He was a member of the city and while in that body was ono of the most active and influential members and proved himself a man fit for a publicoffice. If Mr. Strothman, who is a perfectly honorable man, can bo olected on a perfectly straight and clean campaign, and I belleve he will be if there 18 no unfair political worl, I belieye that he is not only the strongest, but best_candidate in the feld, and the democracy of South Omaha would do itself honor and do a credit to the le‘ul(‘ City to elect Bruno Strothman polico udge.” E. B. Towle For the Council. “If the citizons of the Pirst ward aro alive to their own interests and that of the city at large," said one of the leading business men of South Omaha, ““they would turn in to man, regardless of party ties and _goneral politics, and eloct ex-City Engineor Towl to the council. vbody knows that Mr, Towle 18 & thoroughly honest man, a fine en- gineer and has good judgment. Ho is the only engineer aspiring for councilmanic honors, and above all things a good cngineer is noeded in tho council this year, who will be able to judge of public works, regardless of any opinfon of outsiders or approval even of the city engineer. A bottor move for the city of South Omaha and the democraiic party canot be made than to clect €. B, Towle to the council at the commg election.” A Statement. Jacob Heggors,of South Omaha, makes the following statement. *In my candidature for councilman of the Third ward some of my opponents are endeavoring to circulate a rumor that T worked agafnst tho interests of the Bricklayers union In the construction of the Lister block. That bullding was erected by scab lavor, and I never had anytking to do with it. 1'mevor drow a dollar_or laid o brick, At the time I was engaged in build- ing tho addition to tho browery, and we at once gave the men there empioved the wages and hours thoy asked for. Pleaso put this in to make me right with my friends.” Democratic Primaries. Democratic primaries for the nomination of a candidate for police judge, two school directors and one alderman from each ward wilt be held this atternoon. Notes About the Oity. S. M. Press has returned from Chicago. Georgo Parks, jr., has returned from Chi- cago, The Reed house is being lowered to stroet grade. Dennis McLain, of the Fourth ward, is a late announcement for the council. It is John C. Carroll, jr., the new First ward counciiman. Mother and boy doing well. @G. F. McKee has just commenced a two- story frame residence, Twenty-third and H streets. Prof. B. A. Osinga, of Otsego, Mich., is the guest of his old classmate, George W. Masson. James Mangnall, after a two months’ jaunt along the Pacitic coast and up ia Oregon, ro- turned Sunday. J. H. fivans, the Omaha laundry man, will build a laundry building at once on Twenty- seventh and L streets. Daniel Rafferty, one of the citizens’ old re- liable stand-bys in tho city council, will be a candidate for re-election. Sunday was a live day in South Omaha. Hundreds of thirsty travelers from Omaha invaded the rural and busy suburb. Elaborate preparations are being made for Easter services in the Presbyterian church, A chorus of children is being srganized and trained. Addie E.'Lamberson, the charming little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. William R. Lam- berson, was five years old Saturday, and about fifteen little cherubs were invited to that cozy bome and, were entertained by Mrs. Lamberson assisted by Mesdames John F. Rousher and C. W. Cook. et I like my wife touse Pozzoni’s Com- plexion Powder because it improves her looks and is as fragrant as violets. ——— The Old Story. St. Paur, March 25.—Believing the re- volver he held to be empty, William Clinch- man, aged fifteen years, this afternoon snapped it at Birdie Lucas, and the bullet lodged in her brain. The bullet was cx- tracted and the girl 18 alive, although danger- ously hurt. GREAT. For Bilious and Nervous Disorders, such ac Wind and ness, and Swelling after Meals, Dizziness and Drowsine: Sourvy, fllnlehol on the Skin. Disturbed Slgaf Fll,a ful D c. THE FIRST DOSE WILL GIVE RELIEF IN TWENTY th, Costivenes: biing Sensation PAINESS CH THREE COUNTIES IN ARMS. A Bloody Battle Raging In the Koen« tucky Mountains. OFFICERS AFTER THE OUTLAWS, The Outcomo of a Feud Botweon Rival Factions in Which Many Are Wounded and Sever! Reported Killed, Fighting For Their Lives. PixevitLe, Ky., Maroh 25.—[Special Tele« gram to Tur Ber.] —Great numbers of armed men are watching each other in Bell and Harlan counties, this state, and Ciaiborne county, Tennessee. These counties com- prison portion of the district made notorious for years past by the bloody fight betwoen rival factions, One of these is now being bittorly wagoed. It started on a small scala near here last week, and bas spread to the vicinity of Barboursville, Tenn., where it is bomg prosscuted with vigor. For several days early in the week tho mountains in the vicinity of Barboursville wore alive with de- termnined men, armed to the teoth, The in- ovitable came and a pitched battlo was fought, in which it was said that more than five hundred shots were fired and a number of people wounded, But the injured wera spirited away, and their posse number can not be learned. A sheriff’s was sent to arrest tho rioters, but they wero fired upon and - driven back to Bar- boursville, It was then that Judge Cull himself headed a posse and made for the mountams, Another pitched battle resulted, but the judge's party, strong and well-armed, were the vie- tors, and succecdod in arresting five of tho desperadoes. The sheriff 's posso is still in the mountains after others of the outlaws, and before the month ends it is likely & dozen lives will be sacrificed in the effort now making to enforco the laws. Notonly are the people of this city and county alarmed, but those of KKnox county as well, and no- body ventures out unarmed, and few unac- companied by a friend. Last night word was received by courier that in a figlit near Salt Trace, Suturday night, four men were killed and half a dozen wounded. _Reinforcements have gone out. A thousand armed men are now in the mouutains, and it is safe to say the men will be shot to death and the world will never hear of it. A fort is beiug erected by ono faction. The sheriffs of the three countios are arranging to make a combined campnign ugalnst the outlaws, who swoear they will neyer be taken, —_—— To err is human, but you muke no mistake if you use Jones’ Red Clover Tonic for dyspepsia, costiveness, bad breath, piles, pimples, ague and malavia, poor appotite, low spirits, or diseases of the kidneys, stomach and liver. 50 cents. Goodman Drug Co. - Board of Trade Inrectors. 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