Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 17, 1889, Page 4

s g o o Sl R T = THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1839 THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. ; e 4 TRERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. 4 fiflly (Morning Rdition) including SUNDAY, kR, One Year L 3 Bix Months N ires Months. b OMANA BUNDAY Dine, Address, One Year ... ‘WeRKLY Bre, One Year OMANA OFric, Nos, 014 and 918 FARNAM p RICAGO OFFIOR, 687 ROOKERY BUILDING. g:' ORK OFFI ROOMS 14 AND 16 TRIBUNE DING, WARHINGTON O¥Fios, No. 018 RTEENTH STR 3 CORRESPONDENOR. feations relating to news and edi. ol nerer Ahould be addresaed to the KDITOR ©OF THE BER. 2 SINKSS LIUTERS, B an b\lnlnuI:llyeluru and mmm}nru ahould be {0 0 9 od to THE BEE PUBLISHING COMPANY, o Dipats, ehecs and postotios orders o ‘made payableé to the order of the company. Ve Bee Pablishing Company, Proprictors E. ROSEWATER, Editor ' Notice to Agents and Subscribers 3 We wiil consider it a favor If agents and sun- L meribers will notify us at once when Tnx Ber £ails to reach them promptly. In order to suc | cessfully remedy any fault in the delivery of | papers, it 1s absolutely necessary that we know . the date on Wwhich papers were late or missing. 11 Inte, give the time and train on which Tk Tne reached your town. Also state from what direction so that we can locate the trouble and apply the proper remedy. Papers are fre- & quently carrled by a town through the care- Jessness of the route agents, and when this oc- curs, we can, with full information, place the b blame where it belongs. g s RO i THE DAILY BEE. ) Sworn Statement of Circulation. i «Btato of Nebraska, l 9, N B County of Douglas, eorge I}, Tzschuck, secretary of the Bee Pub- shing company, does solemnly swear that the nlulrclre,ulnuon of Tne DAILy Bee for the ‘week ending April 13, 1889, was as follows: %" * Mong ‘edn Friday. April 12, Baturday, April © Average... . 10,3581 GEORGE B, TZSCHUCK. 4 Bworn to before me and subscribed to in my ! presence this 13th_day of April, A, D. 1880, Beal, N. P. FEIL, Notary Public. Btate of Nebraska, County of Douglas. fas. ses and says that he 18 secretary of the'Bee outh of April, 1848, 18,744 coples; for May, 1888, hjss copies; for June, 188, 19,243 copl: or November, 1588, 18,224 copis orDecember, for January, 1880, 18674 coples: for February, 1880, 18,006 coples; for March, 184, 1884 copics. GEORGE B, TZ8CHUCK, Sworn to before me and subseribed fn my prif, A, D., 1880, L, Notary 18,084 coples resence this 10th day o i N. b t 0. FE! Public. George B. Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- blishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of Tk DAILY BEE for the 68; for ugust, 1888, 18,153 154 copléa; for local real estate market. Mavor ipookot. It is not there any longer. boulevards can no longer be delayed. calibre. who blows out the i cousins. are gas pgraph pole in New York City. work of wire. sandsof “‘fouls.” ill do it by robbing those who go ere with cash. ‘without an equal, ___... their associations. much could be forgiven, #ble bound Nobraska, Kansas and Dakota. ‘wild-goose chase. EE————— ‘are on the ground. © ment of that region. —_— embers of discontent. A general ‘Will not court disaster, TitE grocers of th city rore over the recent rise in sugar of three cents per pound. ~ rise. —— THE statistics of 5 - THERE is a pricking up ut‘oars in the BroArcit had a veto in his ‘WitH Sherman avenue handed over “to the street railways, the question of IF any councilman runs away to Towa ‘%o escape the performance of his duty, “he should be sentenced to remain there. BANK robbery is now epidemic. The “proper vaccine matter for preventing the spread of this malady is abeut 88- . Toeman who is taken in by the Bohemian oats swindle and the man first THE woodman does not spare the tel- He ©hops it down, and the jar of its fall is felt wherever thero is an overhead net- THE Oklahoma movement is charac- terized as the greatest go-as-you-please .race ever soen in this country, where there will be but few winners and thou- E—— THE men who get rich in Okl2Lgma As a good place to stay away from, Oklahoma is probably LAST night’s work showed that many of Omaha's councilmen are ashamed o f If they will also learn to be ashamed of themselves, THE determination of the south-siders to secure adequate and rapid means of communication with the business sec- #ion of the city, deserves the encourage- ‘ment of the authorities within reason- E———— TENS of thousands of acres of arvable Iand can be had for a nominal price in Yot I men will rush pell-mell into Oklahoma, * sacrificing theirearnings on a hazardous TRE report comes from Dakota that _ #nembers of the English syndicate in- terested in the Harney Peak tin mines If there be any- thing to these deposits a powerful im- peotus will be given to the rapid settle- ' THE threatened reduction of wages #n many lines of railroads is almost cer- tain to fan into a blaze the smoldering rail- ~ poad strike would be most unwelcome, and it is to be hoped that the -railroads e ina fu- The worst is that the prospect is for a still further Between the millers and the ~ pugar trusts the average man will have o hustle to keep the wolf from the door. last year's iron ‘and stoel industry in the United States are just published, from which it ap- that the production of iron ore greater than for uny previous year, while in all other respects the product ‘was less than for the preceding year. - The most marked fulling off wasin steel ‘rails, due to the fact that the railroad 4 counstructed in 1888 was but move than half that of 1887, The ase in the supply of pig iron came the south, mainly Alabama, and © the Interesting fact is noted that as lato _ a8 1865 the whole country mado less pig than the south made last year. The I for the iron industry this yeer somewhat more favorabls, but as yet Amprovement has nut bevn markod, FARMERS AND THE TWINE TRUST. The farmers of the west are very nearly a unit in their determination to resist the exactions of the twine trust. Their organizations in Illinois, Towa, Minnesota, Nebraska, and other states, have taken a firm stand in refusing to accede to the demand of the combina- tion controlling the twine market for a material advance in the price, and the opposition is likely to become general. In the states where the farmershave al- ready expressod themselves, the dealers are declining to buy twine, or are con- tracting for very small quantities, and the stock in the hands of the manufac- turers and jobbers is very much larger than usual at this season of the year. 1t is, of course, denied that there isa twine trust, but the circumstances point too surely to a combination to per- mit the denial tohave any force. The manufacturers claim, in justification of of the advance in price, that the supply of sisal and manilla fibre, from which alone the binder twine has yet been successfully made, although larger than ever before, 18 notequal to the demand. 1t is quite possible there may be a grain of truth in this, but it is ene of the essontial functions of com- binations of this kind to so regu- late production that they shall be able to defend their exactions on the score of supply and demand. The farm- ers of the country will need some better proof of the alleged conditions than the assertion of the twine manufacturers be- fore they will be willing to pay the ad- vance asked by what they believe to be a well-organized combination to plun- der them. The proposed course of the farmers, if it should become general—and to make a successful fight against the trust it must be general—would undoubtedly in- volve quite serious consequences to them. They can not return to old methods without suffering great in- convenience and more or less loss. The gelf-binder is one of the most valuable of labor-saving inventions, and very nearly indispensible to the exten- sive wheat grower. To do away with it would necessitate the employment of labor to an extent that would eat up the profits of most farmers, and there would be also loss from having the grain im- properly bound. Undoubtedly the ag- gregate loss to the grain producers of the country from haviug to return, for even a single year, to old methods would be very great. But it is hardly ques- tionable that it will be wiser to make a contest at once against the twine mo- nopoly, at whatever cost, than to tamely submit to be robbed by it, and thereby encourage further exactions, regulated only by what the combination may con- clude the farmers can bear. In the ab- sence of thorough investigation it is, of couvse, impossible to say to what degree, if any, supply and demana have con- trolled the increaséd price asked for twine, but the probability is their in- fluence is not great. Atany rate the information will be more surely gained through the opposition than the sub- mission of the farmers to what appears to be a wholly unwarrantable demand. AN IMPORTANT DECISION. Two important points were settled in the district court in the Sherman ave- nue injunction cases. The chairman of the board of public worksis given to understand that he is not a majority of the board and that his assumption of the right to speak and act for the board is absurd and iilegal. The court pointedly rebukes Mr. Bal- combe for assembling himself at un- seasonable hours, and acting officially for the board without the consent and knowledge of his associates. The powers of “the board are not conferred ‘on individual members, a fact which the city council and the city attorney have impressed upon the chairman on several occasions. No action of the board can have legal force and effect unless such action is had at a public meeting of that body, of which a‘record shall be kept. If the board had lived up vo the rules and reg- ulations enacted for its guidance, the rejection of paving bids would not have been necessary,and a delay of impor- tant public works, which would furnish employment to hundreds of workmen, would have been obviated. The criticisms of the court of the nractices of the street car companies were severe and well-deserved. The struggle to secure undue advantage and possession of certain streets was con- demned in strong language, and the companies given to understand that de- fiance of law will be severely punished. Notice was served on them that they must obey the laws if they would se- cure any stanaing in the courts. The rules und regulations of the board of public works must be observed, and good intentions will not be accepted for the performance. No company has a right to a street without a permit from the proper authorities, and such permit does not confer the right to block a street merely to prevent the entrance of a rival. The company so favored must perform the work and operate the road within a reasonable time. The decision of the courtis of vast im- portance to the people of Omaha. It compels the board of public works to perform its duties openly and legally, and warns siroet car companies that their franchises do not place them above and beyond the regulations which the city autborities may from time to time enact. It will put an end to the wholesale blocking of streets merely to acquire priovity of rights, and compels the companies to build and operate continuous goads on all streets for which they ave grauted permits, —— SUGAR IN NEBRASKA. The disposition shown to encourage the sugar industry in Nebraska merits hearty commendation. For this pur- posc thoe state board of agriculture has offered twotwenty-five dollar premiums, one for the best twenty-five pounds of sugar made from beets grown in Ne- brasks, and one for the best tweat, pounds of sugar made from northern cane grown in this state. There ure in- dications thut locai premiums may be- come numerous, an example having al- veady beon set in Pholps county. All such ingentives will have a goud effect in stimuiating the development of the industry, wmmudl which the conditions are beliaved to be a8 favorable in portions of Nebraska as elsewhere, As we have before noted in referring to this matter, the late authorities in the department of agriculture were not of the opinion that sorghum could be profitably cultivated for sugar in Ne- braska. They maintained that it was too far north, and that experiments with sorghum raised in this state were not so satisfactory as to warrant its ex- tensive cultivation. Undoubtedly some deference is due to this authority, but it would be by no means wise for the farm- ers of Nebraska to abandon sorghum be- causo the results thus far have not been all that could have been desired. It is quite possible the experiments have not been as thorough as they might have been, or that the cultivation was not as careful as it needsto be. It is admitted that in favorable seasons this state pro- duces an excellent quality of cane, and there is good reason to believe that in a considerable portion of tho state sor- ghum cultivation can be carried on suc- cessfully and profitably. But undoubtedly by far the best results are to be looked for from the cultivation of the sugar beet, for which the soil of a wide aren of the state is peculiarly adapted. The experiments of the agricultural depart- ment, with beets grown in Nebraska, rosulted most satisfactorily, the per- centage of sugar being very nearly or guitu as high as from beets grown in ‘alifornia or elsewhere, and of excel- lent quality. Those who have given this matter careful and intelligent in- vestigation express full confidence that the sugar industry can be made highly profitable to our farmers and of great importance to the prosperity of the state. In order that it may be properly developed, it should receive generous encouragement. JUDGE GROFF FOR C OMMISSIONER. The board of trade'is to be com- mended for its éndorsement of Judge Groff to fill the vacancy in the inter- state commerce commission. Judge Groff is as well fitted for the position as any man in the profession of law. He is a man of unbending in- tegrity, with clear head and clean hands. He is a western man, broad- minded and fully conversant with the condition and wants of the great and growing region west of the Mississippi. He has never had any afilintions with railroad corpora- tions, but is free from bias against them, and would, if appointed, do even- handed justice to all interests involved. The vacant commissionership by rights should be accorded to the west, and the candidacy of Judge Groff should not only receive the united and active sup- port of the Nebraska delegation, but the hearty support of the representatives of states west of the Mississippi. Tne attorney-general ot California has instituted proceedings against the American sugar refinery of that state. The issue involved is the same as in the case some time ago decided by Judge Barrett in New York, that is, whether it is untawful for a corporation to div itself of the corporate rights with which it was clothed by the law and to confer them upon a syndicate. Tt will be re- membered that in the New York case 1t was decided that such a proceed- ing is unlawful, and as the circumstances in the California case are precisely similar, there is reason to expect a like decision. In such event the concurrent opinions of the New York and California courts would exercise a widespread influence, and the outcome of the proceedings in the latter state will therefore be awaited with more than local interest. In the determination of cases of this kind it is only the old common law that will apply, which denounced as illegul and punishable all operations under- taken in vestraint of trade, and left it to tho discretion of the courts to say what operations were in restraint of trade and what operations were not. THe recent decision in the lower courts of Iowa involving the infamous Bohemian oats swindle is of great im- portance to the farmers of that state. It was held that the note given in pay- ment for the Bohemian oats was void on the ground that the traunsaction was in the nature of gambling and therefore illegal. It will be remembered that the supreme court of Nebraska not long ago, following eastern precedents, sus- tained the defendant in resisting to piy a note given for margins in a grain deal. It it is shown that the Boheman oats swindle was in the nature of such a gambling transaction, the higher courts of Towa will undoubtedly sustain the de- cision of the lower courts. THE rivalry between Tacoma and Seattle as to which shall be the leading city of the extreme northwest has reached fover heat. As the terminus of the Northern Pacific, and at the head of Puget Sound, Tacoma has a decided advantage over its competitor, PRrESIDENT HARRISON shook the hun- gry horde of office-seekers long enough to take a few hours’sail on the Potomac, Ifhe had taken the more persistent ones along and dumped them into the water, the country would have felt greatly relieved. e CramMAN CooLEY, of the inter-state commerce commission, is authority for saying that the long and short haul clause 15 in operation in all parts of the country. It will strike a great many people, however, that the railroads in some sections have & decidedly queer way of interpreting the law. CoLORADO bankers had better betake themselves and theiwr money into Ne- braska, The baunk robbers are getting away with all their funds. Pity Poor Lo. Chicago Herald. In about a week the honest redskin in In- dian tervitory will be raising a long-drawn how! for military protection. e Hill Not Cleveland. St. Louls Globe-Democrat. Govarnor Hill has been “downed” in local election in one of the interior cities of | lis state by outrages on the ballot box which were comwiticd by the auti-Hillor Clove- land faction of the party. But all the same it will be Hill angl’ nn‘p Cleveland, who will run the next nafional convention of the democracy, | e The Plastic Infant Mind. Denver: News, “So yon sturted to school to-day, did you, Egbert!” said Mr,' Jofkins to his small son. “Yes, pa." “Well, what did youlearn?" “Ilearned how to smioko a cigarette.’ Uncultlired Boston. . Chicago , Times. Boston, a town in Cdlorado, was captured by & gang of cut-throats, Boston, a town 1 Massachusetts, was récently captured by a slugger. Boston is not so much a cultured name as heretoforo 'Mis Distance Lends, Bte. Toledo Bee, Oklahoma has the enchantment of distance. There is nothing romantic about gong into the big woods of morthern Michigan and hewing out a homestead, but the chances are that five years from nosw the mon who do it will have better homes than the Oklahoma boomers in the midst of rocks, wild grass and alkali water. —ie CLEVER WOMEN. The demand for ncle Tom's Cabin' has groatly increased since Mrs. Stowe's recent relapse. Ame'ia Rives and her husband are about to sail for Europe, to be gone nearly two years, Senator and Mrs. Stanford and Justice and Mrs. Field will presently set out for Alaska, Martha Sherman Tracy, a sistor of Sena- tor William M. Evarts, died at Planfield, N. J., last Wednesday in her eighticth year. Mrs. Diss Dobar, the famous spook prin- cess, has suddenly disappeared. One rumor is thav she has escaped with a young Span- iard. Mrs. Ann Lane, wife of Hiram Lane, of Bath county, Kentucky, died recently, aged cighty-four years, She was u cousin of Rob- ert Burns, and occasionally touched the maugic string herself, Miss Kato Field is lecturing against prohi- bition in Boston, and the Massachusetts W. C. T. U. has hired a hall for Mrs. Mary T\ Lathrop, of Michigan, to offset her efforts. Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt has sent her check for $1,000 to the mayor of Charleston, S. C. The money is to be used in caring for the grave of Gen. Francis Marion of revo- lutionary fame. Jane Hading is saying some unpleasant things about M. Coquelin in Paris, Fortu- nately, thousands of miles separate these rivals from cach other at present. Agnes Huntington, the American girl who has been making a success in London as “‘Paul Jones,” has been made an hororary captain in the United States navy. —————— HITS AND MISSES, Mr. Hitcheock mhlkes the following obser- vation in his amateur journal: “Perhaps the Sunday World does not suit the editor of Tne Beg? ! The fact that Tig SuNDAY Brk has fallemoff nearly a thousand in circulation sinco the Sunday World ap- peared wiil be ample explanation.” The quality of gall evinced by the above would amaze any man; in possession of the facts. Even the editor of the Republican was shocked by it and this is what he says: “In all_probability tnere never has been a sillier thing than the Omaha World discuss- ing circulation with Tite OMAiA Bek, ' World is the only paper in Omaha that fears to publish its circulation.” Now, for the information of everybody it may be said that the Omaba World is an afternoon paper madoup of velégrams chipped from Tue Bew and Republican, and conden- sations of local news appearing at length in the morning edition of Tur Bzz. This hap- pens every day in tho week, but when Sun- duy morning comos the World is thrown upon its own resources and the employes ara compelled to work all day Saturday and far into the night without extra pay. This hap- pens once a week. Tt bezan about March 10, some one informs On that date the circulation of 18,650, after deducting the papers formerly sont to members of the legislature; April 14, it was 18,800. This shows a decrease of 50 since the World began to revolutionize Sun- day journalism. To this the World in no wise contributed. These figures Tue Bee swears to. The editor of the World daro not publish a sworn statement of circulation. 1t would put a stop to the imposturc he is practicing upon he business men and merchants of this community, The consolidated street car company must employ a rival of Dr. Mercer if it would escape being run down by the motor. As a wire-worker the doctor is getting there like a thoroughbred. The mowr will do the speeding act on Sherman avenue, Major Balcombe has lost all interest in twilight assemblies of the board. The the street companies: It is the early bird that catches the permit. Packed sand and puly erized lime do not pass current for concrete in Omaba, Pent- up Utica is at liberty to adjourn. Perhaps a little soft solder would effect a harmonious coupling of the master and journeymen plumbers, BTATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. The Coleridge town board has raised the saloon license to 8750. Worlk has been commenced on the cream- ery building at Bloomington, For the first time in the history of Nance county there is not a saloon in its borders, Tho citizens of Alblon will appropriately commemorate the Washington centennial. Tho drug storo .ot O, P. Smith & Co., of Plattsmouth, has beat glosed by the sheriff, Hastings has a teonis club and is arrang. ing for a tournament to be held during the summer. Hydrophobia has (fiwr' ber of hogs and cattle ton county farmer. The Ogalalla cal sohieme promises to be a grand succes -,"fiqd the survey will be made at an early day.{ The brothernoods df 18comotive engincors i firemen of M have disbanded and relinguished their chal . Blue Springs has granfed an electric light franchise running twenty years, the plant to be in operation by January 1, 1590, Frieda Martz, the young girl who was 80 badly burned av a hotel in Falls City several woeks ago, has since died of her injuries, Elwood is the proud possessor ot a base ball club that can “'do' anything in the west- ern part of the state,according to the Record, The Beatrice cheese factory made 860,000 pounds of cheese last year, which fouud a z:xudy sale in Omaha, Denver and Kansas ity A call has been issued for a moeting of the farmers of Webster county at Red Cloud on April 3) to take action on the twine trust question, The work of completing the Masonic hall at Seward is beiug pusbed, and as soon as finished a chapter of royal arch masons will be instituted. The school touse in district No. 12, Platte county, was destroyed by fire last week, making the third school building in that dis- trict which has been burned by unknown incendiaries, E. M. Correll, the editor of the Hobron Journal, has announced that ho does not waul the postmas savs: “‘We off & large num longing to & Hamil- don’t want any office” Some great chango must have struck Correll. The Cedar County Nonpareil says that Hartington has two of the four banks in the county, throe newspapers, one railroad, more brick buildings than all the rost of the county, the best school houses and schools, and one harrow and wagon manufactory, Town. Hon. Jf, B. Grinnell is stumping Massa- chusetts for prohibition. Twelve thonsand head of cattle have been dehorned in Tama county in the past eight months, A Butler county man has stuffed a double- headed calf, and is now utilizing it as a par- lor ornament. The Cedar Rapids Universalists have called Rov. J. H. Palmer, of Lansing, Mich., and he has accepted. The Marshalltown glucose works so dofile the Towa river that cpidomics are feared by those living alony its banks. The city council of Knoxville has adopted an ordinance to prevont kids from carrying firearms, “nigger shooto spring guns, slings, and guns and arrow ‘The Atlantic packing house has killed 40,- 000 hogs sinco December 1, 1933, and paid out over fifty thousand dollars to the farmers of Cass and adjoiningeountios. A stray dog made sad havoe' of abouts 15 worth of fancy china and glassware in the show window of Moffett Bros.’ drug store in Grundy Center. The store looked as though a cyclone had struck it when the dog got through prancing about. Beyond the Rockies. ‘I'l‘lm'l Benton, Mont,, is to have a flouring mill. A small bug is destroying the grape in the vineyards near Sonoma, Cal. . Six Indian girls av Fort Hall, ldaho, were immersed recently and formed iuto a Bap- tist socioty. The Montana Tron and Coal company, with a capital stock of $2,000,000, has been incor« porated at Helena. An intoxicated Indian at Coeur d'Alenc ity, 1daho, broke in a saloon window and was 'nssanlted by a crowd of white men and beaten to death. The body of an_unknown man who had perished in the cold last fall and lain under the snow all winter was found recently on the summit of the Joseph trail in the forks of the Salmon and Snake rivers. A suit has been instituted in Portland, Ore., a decision in which will establish the status of the railroad commissioners, there being two sets of officials—one _appointed by the logislature and the other by the gover- nor. News of rich placer diggings in the Bear Paw mountains, fifty miles north of Fort Benton, Mont., has just been received at He- lena, Parties have arrived from there hav- ing in their possession large quantities of gold dust, which they took from placer dig- gings recently discovered by them. William Wadsworth and Mrs. Minnion of San Bernardino, Cal.. who were married at the Christian churcn parsonage at Riversido the other day, were botn sixty-two age, The blushing bride was at noat black dress with bonnet to mateh, and her loyer appeared in a handsome suit which he had purchased for the occasion, the coat of which he carried on his arm when he en- tered the parsonage, Young Mrs. Hosmer arrived in San Fran- clsco the other evening from Los Angeles on her bridal tour. She lost her husband some- how and then went on an cnormous spree, finally landing in the station house. She gave bail from a well-filled purse, and was taken back tothe hotelat 4 o'clock in the morning, where she was received with open arms by her husband, who said never a dis- agrecable word. He was doubtless setting an example for the regulation of her own future conduct. Ty WHAT PEOPLE TALK ABOUT. buds Views and Interviews Caught in Hotel Corridors and Elsowhere. People who como from the south these days have great stories to tell of the Oklahoma ex- citement encountered down that way. You begin to strike it big at Kansas City. From there 10 the territory line, every roadway is thickly strewn with covered wagons, all traveling towards the promised land. Thomas Swobe returncd yesterday from a trip over the Kansas Pacific railroad, and he says thav the Santa Fe, I% Scort & Gulf, Rock Island, Missouri, Kansas & Texas and every other railway having a line in that direction are carrying imwmense trainloads of emi- rants for Oklahoma, ail anxious and hurry- ing to be there on the 22d, when it will be thrown open for settlement. IFrank Mac- donald, formerly manager of the Millard hotel, has been struck with the fever, and Mr. Swobe saw him at Kansas City en route to get inhis work. He was to have joined a party there on Saturday, but from some un- expected cause got delayed and did not ar- rrive until Monday morning. The party was impatient and refused t wait for Little Mack. They boarded the Rock Island train and sped away, but were not, on reaching the terri- tory line, permitted to eross over, and had to come back. When Mr, Swobe left them at Kansas city, they were getting ready to try the Santa Fe route. Little Mack was ex- cited. Mr. Swobe says, too, that the crops in Kansas are giving great promise. Wheat never looked so healthy and prosperous this carly in the season, and if nothing happens it, the yield will be enormous. It was a Farnam street banker who made the remark yesterday that he had not, up to the present time, observed any indications leading him to anticipate big results, this year, for Omaha. “Business,” said he, “is dull. The railroads are cutting down ex- penses and discharging many employes, country merchants are very hard up, the farmers don't seem to be selling their mar- ketable produce and the cattle market is so low that men engaged in the cattle raising business can’t make anything, therefore it looks to meas though we will not do more than an ordinary volume of busi- ness I must say, however, that while the retail merchants, railroads and cattle merchants seem w0 be' suffering, poor people were never so well off. They have more money than ever before, "I pre- sume that is owing to the fact that the mild winter has enabled them to save money.” As the reporter turncd to leave Mr. Banker, he added, **And the banks are allright.” Brad D. Slaughter, the newly appointed United States marshal, was in Omaha last evening attending to small preliminary busi- ness preparatory to taking charge of tho office. Said ho: “I expect to be able to re- Lieve Mr. Bierbower about the 1st of May, but presume Judge Dundy will not care to qualify mo the day before court convenes, which event will be tho second Monday of the month.” [n reply to an inquiry regard- ing Lis bond, Mr, Slaughter stated that he had perfected all arrangements, and will have the document ready when the court siguities his willingness to administer the outh. *‘T'wo or three of my neighbors and as many more gentlemen of this city have agreed to become sureties on the documont,” e Wants to Succeed Broatch. Dr. Mercer, of the motor compauy, said that the council was making a great mistake in fighting the street railway companies. “The whole thing,” said ho, *‘was in- sugurated by D, H. Whoeler, who hoped by such & move to gain strength with the work- ing classes, ‘Tho mayoralty bee has boen buzzing in_Mr. Wheeler's bonunet for somo time, and he hoped to gain votes by fighting the street railway company aud attempling to make the people belleve that we are doing them much injury, But he has mado an evident mistake. The people want streot rallways and street transportation and the crusade being made against these com- punies by Mr, Wheeler will revert to his dis- advantage. *How ridiculous it is to make the stroet railway companies pay the original price for all pavements torn up by theu. old ordinanece we were compelled to restore them to their former condition, and what more could be desired by the property own- ers. WYes, Mr. Wheeler is certainly figuring on succeeding Mayor Broateh." Frank Walter's funeral will take place from the family residence at 824 South Nine- teenth sireet, at 1:50 to-day. The procession will start from Kountze Memorial church at 2 0'clock p. m, 1 he ro- mains will be interred n Forest Lawn com- elery. Under the ! LINCOLN NEWS AND NOTES. An TInteresting Sult Commenced Against the Burlington Road. SUPREME COURT PROCEEDINGS. Troubles Continue to Beset the Path of Pastor Minchart—The Latest Scheme of Dr. Billings— General and Personal. LINCOLN BUREAU OF Tre OMATA Ban, 1020 P Staeer, } LixooLy, April 16, Johnson W. Scott and W. P. Murphy,grain merchants at Utlca, Seward couaty, have just filed & complaint against tho Chicago, Burlington & Quinoy railroad company that will doubtless attract an unusual degree of interest. It will come up for hearing at the June session of the state board of transporta- tion. The complainants allego that they are on- gaged in buying, selling and shipping grain at the place stated; that the defendant rail- road company is a common carrior for hire ana owns right-of-way and depot grounds, 2,500 feet in length and 600 foet in width, and 5,000 feet of track and 2,000 foet of side track; that the grounds and_track are situated con- tiguous to Utica, compiainant's place of busi- ness, and suitable for the eroction of grain elovators, warchouses or other buildings adapted for shipping purposes, ana that a larwe pertion of the same is unoceupied, For further cause of com- plaint the complainants allege that they have repeatedly requested, even demanded a site upon which to erect an clevator suitable for randling their growing business, upon the terms usual for granting such locations, and as repeatedly have been denied; that,' fur- ther, the defondant has granted ' elevator or warchouse sites to three competing firms or persons and that they aro thus discriminated against; that they are mon of considerablo means ana stand ready to erect an elovator commensurate with ‘their business, and to pay customary rentals for the use of the grounds: that complainants can not handle grain without loss to themselves unless they can have facilitics for handling the same. In view of these facts the interposition of the state board of trausportation . is sought to compel the defendant to grant asuitable ele- vator site. Notice of the complaint was sorved upon Burlington ofticials this aftor- noon and an answer will doubtless be filed ero long. As a matter of history it may be well to state that a complaint 'of a similar nature was filed before the railroad commissioners of Minnesota during the year of 1836 by T.H. Barry, of Blooming Prairie station, Tha compluinant in this case, after a longthy cor- respondence was summoned beford the board, and iv was decided to test the case In the courts, the officials of the Chicago, Mil- waul & St. Paul railway company, against which the complaint was made, having re- fused to abido the decision of the commis- sioners, Accordingly, April 9, 1886, the at- torney-general was ordered 'to _commence suit in the name of the state by filing com- plaint and jssuing summons upon the grounds that the road had refused to accept the judgments of the railrond commissioners and tho special enactments of the legislature of the stato, in such cases mado and provided. ' The attorneys for the company filed & demurrer to the complaint, and attacked the constitutionality of the law, claiming that the right of way was the property of the railroad company, and that the legislature had no control over it and no right to say how it should be used. After a full hearing of the argument on both sidos, Judge Blackburn, of that district, overruled the demurrer, sustaining the law and defeating the company. In due time the case was taken to the su- preme court, where 1t has since been laid over from time to time, and at this date it wonld seem that the defendant; though beaten in a lower court, had the best of the deal. Muscular Christianity. Difficulty upon dificulty scems to beset the pathway of Pastor Mineliart and his follow- el liven those who disbeheve in the re- ligious tenets taught and accepted by them, however, must agree that they have fousht their way with courage and fidelity. And, Lincoln people generally concedo have been accredited with foibles and hobbies that in no wise belong to them. Yet, that they have made mistakes, no oue doubts for a minute. Since the ‘‘separat- ists,” as they are called, d pilgrim- age’ untrameled by ec matters ran smoothly at_their se last night, when, it 18 learned, fanaticism again ran riot, if that is the word to use ex- pressive of their doings. The scenc was at Irb’s hall in East Lincoln, The occasion, the regular prayer umu\.mirn“.hc little band. But this story is better told by the parties most interested, for muscular christianity is quite rare in this day and age. Pastor Minehart says: “Ido not think that we can be blamed for what took place at our moeting last night. We had ampio provocation for what we did. The sum aud substance of the matter is this: Ever since we separated from Gruce church, and, in fact, before that that time, we were beset by persons whose sole idea was to capture the movement and turn it to their own use, Among those have been Spiritualists, Chris- tiun Scientists and Seventh Day Adventists. It has been with great difiiculty and often with the exercise of the greatest forbearanco that we have rid ov lves of these people without having trouble. But most of them have dropped off aud do not trouble us any more. One or two, however, yet remain, This man Klock, who claims that he w badly used last night, is one of them. He iy a spiritualist, and, as I understand it, a me- dium, Before the scpavation from ' Grace church he attended our meeting and mada himself conspicuously obnoxious. On one occasion I remember, he stayed to the after meeting, mounted tho pulpit without invita- tion and harangued the congregation for fully fifteen minutes, telling of visions and dreams he had seen. One of those wasa vision of fire falling from heaven on the saloons of the city, To avoid dis- turbance, I allowed bhim to run on till he stopped and sat down. Two weeks ago he attended our meetings at Bohanan’s hall and forced himself upon the congrega- tion again. He came forward when Mrs, Fisher was talking and wanted her to stop and let him talk, He even asked me to tell her to stop, as he had something to say. [ refused, and ho then wanted me to talk in her stead. On second refusal, he seated himself in front of the rostrum and shook as though under the influence of a powerful galvanic battery. He trembled so violently that he could be heard in the back part of the room. Last mght he came to the meeting at Erb’s ball. He did not display any of his vagaries there, but his pres s never- theloss very distasteful, M and told that she had heard him dec! the new t would become spiritual- istic in ohara she said that he was not there for any good aud asked him w retire that we might enjoy ovr worship in peace. 1 also requested him to his pre not desired by the con, tion. He did not g0, and we went on with the sorvices, His wife urged him to go home with her, and upon his refusing her she took the keys and went home alone, He coutinucd to stay and when he refused a third request four of us took hold of him as gently as we could and carried him from the house, We then went pack iuto the house, closed the door, and we saw no more of Mr. Klock. We are getting along nicely with our work you might say, and the boua fied interest is increasing. Mr. Klock sa, *1 have been attending the meetings of Mr. Minehart r since they vbegan, 1 was a member of Grace church before the separation and sym- pathized with the pastor, signed the paper of separation and went off with his followers at that time, 1 never had any trouble with them until last night. Yes; 1 suppose 1 am what would be called a spiritualist. I be- lieve in the manifestation of spiritual pres- ences. In othor respects I believe in the doctrines of the scriptures as other members of the christian church do, T went with my fe to the meeting at Krb's hall lust night to spend the evening with the Lord, There was a good attendance. We met Mr. and Mrs. Fisher on the car en rou Mr. Fisher Bpoke, but Mrs, Fisher did not. She turned her back and rofused to rocoynize us. During the meeting she arose, aud, peering abhout in her usual ‘Piond Piend! Piend! Why comest thou here' 1 know she was after me, but kopt still. Sie kept that up for nearly two hours, the meeting meanwhile in progress. At lust, in response to her asscrtion that he must go out, wud that thore were men way, exclaimed: onough there to take him out, Minoha: Then #aid, ‘Yes, and wo will do it.’ fol« lowed the facts as related by Mr. Mino- hart,"” This sensation No. 2 of the Grace church troublo entortains the good people of tua capital oity, Billings' Latest Soheme. Tt is rumored in Lincoln that Dr. Billings Is going to Chioago to organize a live stock insurance company. Somo of his personal admirers assert that tho schome is a mam- moth one, It is to bo a part of the extraor dinary schomo of the age, and untold wealth lies Dbohind it. The doctor is to but an experimental station In Chi cago, & genulno patho-biological lab. oratory, such as ho has been operating in Lincoln during the past year or two. Thero, in that rustling, bustling city, he 18 to con' tinue his investigations, send out the stuft (bacteria virus) for the inoculation of hogs, and wily insurance agents are to follow in its wake and whenover a hog or herd of hogs aro inooulated they are to bo assured to live, thrive and fatten until ros for tho shambles, Such a company is actually contemplated. The visionary doctor has found aiders abottors. There is no doubt about it wha evor, ‘‘and none whatever,” arked a lovel-headoed Lincolnite to: 'y hat fools still live upon the earth. I take it, howovor, the doctor has found a visionary set of capi- talits. Honest, sensible men_would not em- bark in a scheme of the kind, cognizant of the fact that Billings inoculated 1,705 head of hogs in this state and over 1,500 of them died from the offects of it. Billings had better go back to the sailor's trade and quit trying to impose upon a credulous public.” Supreme Court Proceedings. Tho following gentlomen wero admitted to practice: B, I, Roberts and Carroll Wright, State ox rel. Saunders vs Lindsay, dis- missod. % The following causes —wero ocontinued; Deyarmon vs State, Eokley vs Kaufman. The following causes woro argued and submitted: Welton vs Deyarmon, Planck vs Bishop, Wood vs Hanlon. The*following cases were filed for trial: Springfleld Firo & Marine Insurance com pany vs MeSimmons & Coyle; error from Madison county. A. B. Beach vs The State of Nebraska ex rel James A, Emmons; error from Lancas: ter county. Insurance Company of North America vs Mc!\‘{mmom & Coyle; error from Madison county. Albert A. Sullivan et al vs Sarah J. Me- Menamy; error from Douglas county. City News and Notes, Harry Hamilton, a man nearly or quite forty-seven years of age, was arrested at the Windsor this morning, charged with floecing n Kansas City citizen out of $0 recently, It scems that Hamilton was arrestea before ha left that city and was admitted to bail, Deputy Constable Marshall going on his bond, which he tried to jump. But the rogue was caught napping here and taken back to the scene of his cussedness on the afternoon train, Work will commence on a new opera house, to be built at the corner of Fif.centh and O streets, this week. The estimated cost of the struoture is $125,000, Four lots will be utilized for the building, which will be six stories mh. The grounfi proporty it valued at $30,000. Policemen Holtzman, Perkins and Rappd stepped down and out to-day. This was the order of Mayor Graham. Louis Otto, Thomas Carnahan and Shaw Creck were w;polnm on the police force to succeed om, — THE LAKE'S BANNER. 1t Was Given to the Breozo Yesterday Afternoon. A few weoks ago the class of 1880, of th¢ Lake street school, composed of Willie Wil 1is, Orville Noeli, Ross Bailey, Frank Has koll, Burt Butler, Willie Cousman, Charles Van Courty Frank Woodland and Le« Forbes, presented the school with a hand. some United States flag. Yesterday the flag_was hoisted to the pinnacle of the stafl o the school building, attended by appro vriate exercises, in which the entire school participated. At 2 o'clock the pupils headed by the school drumcorps in unlform, marched with the precision of veterans from the difforent rooms out onto the grounds, forming threq sides of a square about the east entrance. “America” was then sung and aftor< wards the principal, 1 a few well choson words, thanked the donors of the flag in be: half of the school, for the gift and also in be- half of the pupils, presented them each with a handsome bouquet of flowers, Then, while the Indiana United Stater Infantry band played *Amorica’ the flag was raised. It was greoted with ringihg cheers from 600 lusty young throats. ‘There was more music by the children, after which the principal introduced Judge Fawcett who made a brief address,in which heartily congratulated the pupils of the school upon the splendid ap pearance they made and the discipline they mamtained and complimented the class of 890 upon the beauty and appropriatoness of their gift. The school sang ‘Red, Whita and Blue,” after which Willie Naugle de- liverea an address to the board of education. The remainder of the pm{rlmmu con. sisted of music and marching by the chil dren. After the ceremonies an opportunity was given the visitors present, who num- bered hundreds, to inspact samples of tha pupils’ work in the recifation rooms. Bishop Newman Returns, Bishop Newman, who has been to Canada doing missionary work, and who dedicated a Methodist church at Jacksonville, I1l., last Sunday, will urrive in the city at an carly hour this mornin — Concert Postponed. The Ovide Musin concert will not take place April 20, as announced. On account of change of time of the Golden Gate special the concert company will not_arrive hera until April 80. The concert will be given af the Young Men’s Christian association, undex the auspices of the Ladies' Musical society, e ————— ITCHING AGONIES. ivory Night I Scratchod until the Skix Was Raw. 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