Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 21, 1889, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. HWATER, Biltor. — e ol PUBLISHED BVERY MORNING. s ~eaiel TERMS OF 8UBSCRIPTION, Dally (Morning Rdition) including Sunday Bee, One Year . .o woven ‘or Three Montha . The Omaha Sunday Hce, mailed to any Aress, One Year .. SRR g Weekly Bee, One Year..... OFFICES, Omana Office, Bee Bullding, N. W, Feventecnthand Farnam Streets, Chicago OMee, M7 Rookery "““'“"f' New York Office, Rooms 14 and 15 Tribune il o #13 Fourteenth Street. Corner Washington Offcs, No Council Blufis Oflice, No. i2 Pearl Street. Lincoin Office, 1020 P’ Sticet, CORRESPON DENCE. All communieations relating to news and edi- torial matter should be addressed to the Editor of the lise. BUSINESS LETTERS, ANl Lusiness letters and remittances should bo addressed to The Bee Publishing Company, Omaha. Drafts, checks and postoflice oriers t6 b made payablo to the order of thecompany, The Bo¢ Pablishing Company, Pr“’ulgrjnlur& ex Bullding Farnam and 5 THE DAILY BEE Fworn Statement of OQircolation. Etate of Nebraskn, i, County of Douglas. (%% George B, Tzschuck, secretary of The Ree Publisbing Company, docs solemnly swear tht nal circulation of e DATLY BEe for & ending August 17, 184, was as foilows: Wednesday, August Thursday, August 1 Friday, August 16, Baturday, Avgust Average GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. §worn to before me and subscribed to in my presence this 17th day of August, A. D, 1850, [Eeal.] N. P. FEI[, Notary Publis. State of Nebraska, ! (.'uum.i' of Dauglas, { 5* Georgo 1. Tzschuck, heing duly sworn, de- poses and says that ho s secretary of Tue liea ‘ublishing company, that the actual average daily circulation of ‘Tz DAILY BEk_for tho month of August, 1885 IIK) coplos: for Sep- tembor, 188, 18151 coples: for October 1884, 8084 coplest for Novamber, 188, 8085 copies: for December, 1888, 15,223 coples; for January, 880, T8,474, coples; for February, 1889, 1800 for March, (849, 18,854 coples; for April, 18,550 copies: for May, 184, 18,6/ coplos! for June. 1890, 18,88, copies: for ' July, 1880, KT copies, GrO. B. TZSCHUCK. Kworn to’'before me and subscribed in my Presence this id day of August, 1859, (8EAL.] N.P. FEir, Notary Publie — OxAHAsschool population on the firsy day of January of tho current year was twenty thousand five hundred, as much as Omaha’s total population numbered fifteen years ago. THERE are several lightning rods in the Second district which will not be struck, no matter how high in the air candidates for congressional honors may hoist them, THE recent decisions of the New York courts are evidence that the strong arm of the Iaw has been effective in keeping down the price of sugar by checking the manipulations of the sugar trust. BY the way the western roads lead- ing out of Chicago are adopting the Burlington & Northern’s cut in freight rates, it is evident that they are swal- lowing the medicine without a grimace® TiE talked of new Atlantic cable from Labrador toIreland would be 1700 miles loug, or 200 miles shorter than any of the existing cables. There are alrendy nine cables doing business, and some " doubt exists whether another one would pay. WATERTOWN, Dakota, has sent one of her citizens among us for the pur- pose of enlisting the attention of Omaha business men in her resources. Watertown is destined to become a large city. and Omaha would do well to cultivate her acqua; Mgs. HELEN M. GOUGAR, of Indiana, says that she expocts to live to occupy a seat in congress with St. John as president. In such a bang up ad- ministration our own Mrs. Colby, of the state of Beatrice, would doubtless occupy a cabinet position. — AN Omaha man has expressed a de- termination to expend £5,000 if neces- fary in the recovery of his dog, which healleges is wrongfully kept from him by a Fremont sporisman. When an Omahaman decides upon having any- thing expense is no object o him. — THE secret of the maguificont condi- tion of the paved streets of the great cities of Europe lies in the fact that re- pairs are made on the asphalt streets as soon as the defects are detected. This should be the fixed rule in Omaha Roverning the streets under the charge of the Barber Asphalt company. —— - THE necessity for a proper place to enre for injured persons who have no home hecomes more imperative as tho ity grows, Means should be adopted by the proper authorities for a city hos- pital to be run by nurses and doctors under the city pay, and answerable to the board of health. THE street car company has decided to practically abanden horse motive power vxcept for auxiliary lines and substitute the cable and electricity. Cheap and quick transportation is what is demanded and the quicker the proper facilities for rapid transit are afforded, the better the company will be regarded by this community, TuEpark commission has just viewed a fifty acre tract of land three and a half miles west of the business center on Leavonworth street. The owners are willing to donate the land unre- servedly for park purposes, and the commissioners seem willing to accept it. The land is a long way off, but the city may grow up to it in the course of the next ten or fifteen years. e————— ‘WHAT are the several electric supply companies doing to make an interesting display of electrical goods and mechan- ism_ut the merchants’ exhibit in the coliseum huilding? With a little effort on the part of the rival companies the electric exhibit can be made one of the largest and most attractive features of the exposition, as well as a drawing card and advertisement for them. No exposition now-a-days is considered complete without such an electrical display. It was one of the marked at- traction of the Cineinnat exposition, and will have a prominent place in the Chicago exposition this fall, Omaha ean not aflord to hold her exposition without similar attractions. AMERICAN RAILWAY STATISTI! Two valuable contributions to the statistics of American railways have just appeared, one being the first annual report of the statistician of tho inter-state commerce commission, and the otner the introduction to Poor’s Manual for 1889. The statistics of the former show the mileage, traffic and other facts for the year ended June 30, 1888, while the statistics of the latter are to the close of that year. A comparison of the figures presented by these reports, so far as it is practicable to do so, shows no essential differences, so that each is in all important respects a verification of the other. TItwill be suf- ficient to note some of the facts of the later repor From this it appears that at the be- girning of the present year the length of track laid was a fraction over one hundred and fifty-six thousand miles, which was an increase for the calendar year 1888 of seven thousand and twonty- eight miles. This increase was but a little more than half that of 1887, the greatest on record, and was slightly le than the increase of 1886. The statistics of the annual in- croase of mileage since 1865, when the total was a fraction over thirty-five vhousand miles, show three notable waves of progress in railway construc- tion. The firsy, beginning in 1865, reached a maximum of early seventy- four hundred miles in 1871, from Shich there was a recession to seventeen hun- dred miles in 1875, the financial crisis of 1873 intervening. There was no marked improvement until 1879, and this wave of progress in construction carried the increase in mileage to over eleven thousand five hundred miles in 1832, The commercial stress of the following year brought on another decline in railroad building, from which there was a recovery in 1886, the succeeding yoar having the largest record of construction, the in- creaso of mileago in 1887 being twelve thousand eight hundred and seventy- two miles, It thus appears that the years of the most extemsive railronc building have been followed by from three to five years of more or less de- pression, and if there is any lesson to be derived from this experience it suggests that railread construction on a large scale will not be renewed earlier than 1891, The organization of new states, however, may affect a change in what seems to have been the rule in tho history of railway construction, since there will in all probability be a mate- rially increased demand in the new com- monwealths, within the next twelve months, for enlarged railway communi- cation. As to earnings, the results last year were not wholly satisfactory. The gross earnings were nearly twenty million dollars greater than those of the previ- ous year, but the netearnings were over thirty-three million dollars less, due to the rate wars and expensive strikes of 1888, The freight traffic of last year was the largest ever carried in the history of the country, amounting to nearly six bundred million™ tons, and the passengor traffic was also largoly 1n- creased. Had the freight and passenger rates of 1887 been maintained last year, the difference in the extent of business done by the railroads in 1888 would have yielded them over one hundred million dollars in excess of theearnings of the previous year. This, then, is the sum, us nearly as it is possible to ascer- tain, to be charged up against rate wars, evasions of the law, and other conditions for which the re- sponsibility is almost wholly with the managers of railroads. As to the present year, the statement of gross and net earnings of eighty-two companies for the six months ended June 30 shows a small increase over last year, and in view of the large fall- ing off in the traffic of eastern linesdur- ing June, in consequence of the floods, the exhibit of earnings for half the year istobe regarded as very satisfactory. Whether they will be eqaally so for the remaining months of the year will de- pend upon how the issues which now complicate the railroad situation shall be determined JURY VERDICTS IN CIVIL SUITS The constitutional convention of Idaho provided that in civil suits the agreement of vhree-fourths of the jury shall be sufficient for a verdict. This principle prevails in Louisiana and California, and it has long been advo- cated by able lawyers both of Eng- land and this country. Nearly sixty years ago the English common law commissioners said in reference to the requirement of unanimity m civil cases, that *“it is diffi- cult to defend the justice or wis- dom of the rule,” and since that time a great deal has been writ- ten in favor of its abandonment by men whose wisdom and authority en- titles their opinions to the very highes t consideration, The reason for the original require- ment of unanimity, observes the New York Commercial Advertiser, is obvious enough when we consider the origin of the jury system. ‘At the first the jurors were witnesses, and the danger of their being afraid to resist the ad- ministration in its attempts to deprive acommon man of his liberty or prop- erty, made it essential that if one witness swore that of his own personal knowledge the defendant was innocent conviction would be impossible, When twelve eye-witnesses could not be obained, it became the custom in cases of disagreement to drop from the jury thoge who had no imme- diate knowledge of the [lacts, adding others in their stead until a unanimous verdict was obtained. When the jur- ors and witnesses became separated, the requirement of unanimity was still rightly retained in order to protect the people against the tyranny of their ralers.” This expediency or necessity, however, passed away when the people became the rulers, and although it may be desirable to retain the requirement of unanimity in criminal cases in order that no one shall be condemned whose guilt is doubtful, many lawyers maintain that it can be wisely and safely abandoned a8 to civil cases. In such cases, it is af- firmed, the requirement of unauimity is the defense of the strong against the weak. It is noteworthy, however, that with all that has been so ably said in favor of the abandonment of this prin- ciple by some of the greatest minds of the centary, the effact produced has peen exceedingly small. The action of the Idaho convention has drawn pnss- ing attention to it, but it is probablo that it will be a very long time before o departure from the present system will become general, GAS AND ELECTRICITY. The council is still wrestling with the gas and electric lighting problem. The attempt to substitute olectric lamps for gas lamps in lighting our stroets is premature, and ill-advised The problem of street lighting reduces itself to a question of dollars and cents. ‘What ttie the citizens and taxpayeres of Omaha demand is the largest amount of light for the least money. Electric lights cannot possibly be furnished as cheaply as gns. The amount at the dis- posal of the council for street lighting islimited. If electric lights aro substi- tuted for gas, the area of illumination would have to be narrowed down. Many streets now lighted with gns would have to be remanded to absolute darkness ~or con- tont themselves with gasoline lamps. The local Edison companiesin the large eastern eities supply incandescent light at one dollar and fifty cents per thou- sand feot, that is, they charge one dol- lar and fifty cents for light equivalent to one thousand cubicfeet of gas. Tak- ing into consideration the difference be- tween the cost of fuel and labor in Omaha and New York, Philadelphia or Chicago, it is safe to assert that elec- tricity equal to one thousand feet of gas cannot be supplied in Omaha for less than two dollars por thousand, or fully twenty-live per cent above what gas of good quality could be supplied for. New York, Philadelphia, Chicago and other large cities have not discarded gas for street lighting because they do not prefer electric lights, but because they cannot afford the increased tax. Omaha cannot afford to incrense her taxes as readily as Chicago, Philadel- phia and New York. All that can be done here economically is to introduce electric lights on the principal business streets, and contract for gas light at the lowest possible rate that can be had. The proper thing for the council to do if it desires to introduce electric light- ing on a large scale is to invite compe- tition and to award the contract for electric lighting to the lowest bidder. As regards illumination for private use the council has the right to regulate both the gas and the electric light companies. The city has the right to establish standards of quality, and to fix the rate to be charged to consumers. This rate should, however, be based upon the cost of production and quan- tity consumed. It should be with the gas rate as it is with the water rate. There should be a sliding scale for the patrons of the gas company, guaged by the quantity of gas they use. It stands to reason thut the company can afford to give material discounts to hotels, opera houses and industrial institutions which they could not reasonably be re. quired to make to parties who consume two or three dollars’ worth of gas per month. It costs just as much to inspect the meter and collect the rental for a four-room dwelling as it does in the Millard hotel and Union Pacitic head- quarters. — SQUARE PEGS IN ROUND HOLES. Among the proceedings of the board of education as reported through the World- Herald, we note the following: A long petition that looked like a web of wall decoration declared that two bundred or three hundred or more citizens and tax- payers wanted a person by the name of Borndruck to get a job teaching German in the high school. It was clamorously rushed into the ante-room and tiled away by a hired boy. ’ This isa very striking commentary upon the methods that prevail in our board of education. Mr. Borndruck was endorsed by some two hundred of our most prominent public school patrons. He is a scholar and a man of character. He is a graduate of a Ger- man university and thoroughly quali- fied not only to teach German, but the classics. He has forgotten move of Latin and Greek than most of the teachers of ancient languages in the high school ever knew. He is not only highly cul- tured, but a man of unexceptional habits and strict integri But it seems to be the policy of Superintend- ent James and the committee on teach- ers and text books in the selection and assffnment of teachers to put square pegs into round holes, Teachers who might do good work in history or math- ematics are assigned as instructors of Latin, of which they know little or nothing, and Americans with a smatter- ing of German are made instructors of that language. The high school is not only full of these square pegs in round holes, but also has become an asylum for imbeciles, invalids and pensioners. It is not to be expected that patrons of the school can by a petition dictate who shall or shall not be a teacher in our schools, but the faculty of a high school should be above mediocre, especially in view of the high salaries paid. CONVERSATIONS with the president since his return to Washington have left little doubt in the minds of those who talked with him that he intends to call an extra session of congress possi- bly before November. As vhe elections in the new states will take place Octo- ber 4, there is no good reason why the votes cannot be canvassed and the cer- tificates issued to the congressmen elected by the middle of that month, so that 1f required they could be in Washington by October 20. If the president shall decide to convene con- gress before the regular date, it ap- pears desirable that it shall be done as soon as possible after the con- gresamen from the new states can take their seats, Recent declarations of democratic leaders have convinced re- publicans that an extra session is im- peratively necessary, it the work of or- ganization and a change of the rules is not to be deferred until after the holi- days, and this being the situation they think it should be called as early as possible. A policy of obstruction on the part of the democrats seems to be SDAY. AUGUST 21, 1889, assured, and as this will mean a pro- Tonged congpst it is obviously desirable that it shall fore the a TieE representative of Brazil to the trade cong , who arrived in the United States last week, talked in a most reassuring way of tho friendly dis- position of Ws countev. Ho is not au- thorized, had been stated, to nogo- tiate a com@orcial treaty, but he said it was not unlf&oly that he would receive instructiongo propose such an arrange- ment. ‘‘It ¥ greatly to the interest of Brazil,” he remarked, “that we should do so, and that we emancipate ourselves as soon as possible from our excessive dependence upon the financial markets of Europe. The people of tho United States are our natural friends.” 1f this sort of spirit actuates the reprosenta- tives generally of the South and Cen- tral American states, and there an poars no reason to doubt that it will, is llent ground for expecting that the congress will bo fruitful of good results TrE Chicago bar association has de- termined to make war upon and clean out that class of lawyers who eke out a living by malpractice and fraud. The association will pay especial attention to the professional divorce lawyer by filing such information as it can before the attorney general, with the petition requesting the rame of the offender to bo stricken from the list of practicing attorneys of the state. This ought to have a wholesome effect in ridding Illi- nois of sharks ana shysters, who prey on the misfortunes of their fellow men. The haroic treatment, moreover, recom- mends itself o the bar ussociations of other states. The legal profession is too great a calling to have its good name besmirched. Now that the delegates of the Towa republican state convention have cooled down from the excitement of a political contest, 1t may be well to ask them of what beuefit to the farmers of Iowa is the plank in the platform demanding of congress ‘‘the same protection for farm products that is given to the products of the labor uf other classes?” A pro- hibitory or protection duty on corn, wheat, oats and potatoes would be a dead letter on the statute books since the United States import none of these commodities. The camel of protection would have a hard time of it passing through the needle eye of Towa's farm products. DEATH has already caused four va- cancies in the lower branch of the Fifty- first congress, namely, J. N. Barnes, of Missouri; R. W. Townshend, of Illinois; E. J. Gay, of Louisiana, and, lastly, James Laird, of our own state. The first three named were democrats, and except in the pase of Gay, successors of the same political faith have been chosen to fill the vacancies. Gay’s suc- cessor will probably be a democrat, while Laird’s digtrict will return a re- publican. The political complexion of the lower house will therefore remain exactly'the same, despite’ the fears of many timid persons. IT 18 estimated that the total value of the Kansas crops this year will be fully a hundred million dollars. Of this there is about 300.000,000 bushels of corn. Nebraska is only a short way be- hind Kansas in the area of acreage and fully up in the yield peracre. Esti- mating the difference in favor of Kan- sas at 25 per cent, Nebraska's grain crop will yield at least 75,000,000 bush- els this year. THE Chinese are slipping into this country through lower California and other points along the Mexican and Canadian frontiers. While it may be the duty of the government to prevent thas violation of the Chinese exclusion act, the United States will have to build a veritable Chinese wall around our boundary line before the wily Mon- golian can be effectually barred from smuggling himself into free America. TiE excitement over the killing of ex-Judge Terry in California is likely to increase rather than diminish. At Terry’s old home, Stockton, the people are divided into Fieldites and Terry- ites, and personal encounters among the factions are not at all uncommon. Much of the rough spirit of mining Aays still lingers under Califo rnia’s veneering of civilization. NEw YORK papers claim that it will take at least fifteen million dollars to make the exhibition of 1892 what it should be, and that Chicago could not raise such a large sum. Up to date Chicago has made a much better show- ing than New York for raising such an amount. C — A PHILADELPHIA newsboy recently recovered $20,000 from a street car com- pany for damages, and his lawyer took 810,000 for his fee. It was extremely lucky for the boy that he did nov have two lawyers, for they would have ab- sorbed the whole twenty thousand. MONTANA is suffering an irreparable loss by the destruction of its forests by fire, The conftagration has assumed such alarming ''proportions that the gravest fears are entertained not alone for the forests and stock farms, but for the cities and towns themselves. — THE esteemi’ in whicn the late Jesse James of Misgouri was held by lris fel- low citizens is shown by the erection of a handsome grapite monumentover his remains. Missouri always loves to hon- or her distinguished men. THE grain movement from the west to the seaboard is approaching high water mark. For the past few weeks the receipts of grain at Chicago have averaged nearly five million bushels a week, ——— From a Southern Standpoint. wago Inter-Ocean. Prize fighting appears to be more effective as a disturber of the dignity of the law in the south than duelling. e The South's Moral Awakening. Kansas Oty Jowrnal. “The Georgia duelists fought directly on the Alabama and Georgia state line,” says the Louisville Courier-Tournal. “Let them therefore bo punished in both states.” This shows a commendable change of sentiment in the south. Not 80 very long ago the fact that the duel occurred on the state line ‘would have beon seized upon as an argument that the duelists could be punished in nefther stato. U —— Not According to the Marqui s, Chiecago Herald. Mr. Sullivan appears to be at a disadvan- tagoina conrt of law not under the mar- quis of Queensborry's rules. $ it S Are the 400 Patriotio. Chicago Tribuns, If thero Is a particle of pudlic sp.rit in New York's 400 they will subscribe at least &4 to assist their struggline fellow citizons to capture the world’s fair in 1802; and the sum is urgently needed. Elegy on i lixir, Minneapolis Tribune, Lay aside the little squirt gung Lot the lamblet frisk in glee, Do not raise a knife to hurt one— That elixir is n. g. What they told us of its virtues ‘Was naught but a facile lie. "Twill not heal—"twill sorely hurt yez; Shun the bowl of bacilli, [N. B.~The gontloman who contributed the abovo touching lines requests all readers to bear down hard on the final syllable of the last work. | o — CLEVER WOMEN, Queen Victoria says that she will not sit for her picture any more, and we will never sco her majosty in her German regimen- tals, Mrs, Gougar says she expects to live to occupy a seat in congress, with St. John as president, Sho will need to gt a corner on the elixir of life, Mrs. Langtry has arrived in Paris from London, and is fn the dressmakor's hands. She 18 going to Aix for a cure for the gout, and will begin her tour of the English pro- vincos in September, and open in London in December. Mrs. Bessie Bradwell Hillyer, daughtor of Mrs. Myra Braawell, of the Chicago Legal News, has done all the work on the last twelve volumes of Bradwell’'s ‘“‘Appelate Court Reports,” Miss Jennie Gilder, the editor of the Critic, is a strange compound of masculine and fem- inine traits. In winter sho wears an ulster down to her fect, the waist of her dross is a close-fitting sack coat, with a man’s pockets; under this is a man’s vest, holding a watch and chain; hor standing collar and cravat are cutirely masculine. Even her face has & strong masculine cast, and she bears a strik- ing resemblance to her brother, the editor of the century. M-s. Rebncea Sidnor, who recently died in Wiretowa, N. J., at tho age of 104 yoars, was a wonderfully active woman up to a few weeks ago. For forty years she had smoked a pipe six or eight times a day. The queen of Italy is an ardent student of Volapuk. She isa subscriber of the Stuval, the organ of the now lauguage, printed at Milan, aud is said to read it with ease. Mrs. Moulton, a pretty brunette, is engi- neer of the Ocean City, a stoamer that plies between Longport and Somers Point and Ocean City, N. J,, and her husband is fire- man. Mrs. Levett. an American lady, at prosent visiting England, has for six years been traveling all over the world working up a great temperance crusade. She has gono across the continent from New York to Cal- 1fornia, has visited the Hawaii Islands, Aus- tralia, New Zealand, China, Japan, India, East and South Africs and a great part of Europe. . Four girl students have taken honors in tho matriculation examination of the University of London, this year, and ono of them, Blanche Hewitt, heads the list of canddates or both sexes. Mrs, Laulli Willis, the only Samoan wo- man in this country, has taken charge of the company of Samoan showmen who recently arrived in San Francisco, and will travel through the east with them. Three American women receive rewards from the international jury of fine arts at the Paris exhibition. Miss Gardner and Miss Klumpke get third-class medals in paioting and Mss Rosin a second-class modul for drawing. —_—————— MORMON Mi (ONARIES. People Whose Homes They Have Broken Up Wreaking Vengeance. WaeeniNe, W. Va., August 20.—[Special Telegram to T'me Bee.|—Mormon elders have been doing some effective missionary work in this state for some time past and the effects are beginning to be felt in a serious way. So critical is the situation in some sections that serious trouble is brewing. In Wheeling there is to be found a congregation of “*Saints” with a church building of their own, in which regular services are held. The converws made here have been mostly women and some of them have been ex- ported to Utah, It is in the counties of Ritchie, Calhoun, srant and Pendleton that the elders, or “missionaries” as they call themselves, aro working in the boldest manner. They have made an astonishing number of converts and scores of families have been broken up in consequence. Cases aro numerous where entire families have renoucced their former faith and united with the Mormon church. More numerous, however, are the cases where family ties have been broken, where wives have deserted husbands, and hus bawds wives, to cast their lov with the Mormons. Many young girls have been in- auced to leave their howes to go to Utah, **You need nov be eurprised,” said a gen- tleman who travels extensively through the state, “to hear of troubles in some of the counties on account of it. The feeling among the anti-Mormon citizens is very bivter against the missionaries, and they are discussing the matter of an organized movo- ment to drive them from the state. The Mormon elders vehemently deny tas tthey are in any way connected with the polygam- ous branch of the Mormon church,even going 80 far as to demounce polygamy publicly,and to assert that the church in Utah has been thoroughly reformed in that respect. By these denials they are able to deceive the women, who seem to place great confidence in all they say. Among the early converts in Pendieton county, was a woman above the average intelligence, She became infat- uated with the beauties of the ‘“‘city of the saints” ns described by the missionaries and consented to go there, After a six months' sojourn in Utah she returned and is now active 1o warning her frieuds against listening to the false prophets. She says the Mormon practices she was permiwted to wit- ness in Utah completely disgusted her, She denounces the church as a ‘‘rotten institu- tion whose priests are a of lecherous scoundrels and the whole system is one of lewdness.” ‘That the patience of the best people in the counties named has been tested almost to its limits is certain, and trouble and bloodshed may ocecur in one or two counties before the end comes. The people of Warren county have already or- ganized themsel vesto got rid of the Mormons, Monaay morning fifteen well-known citizens arranged themselves around the dwelling of Filmo Moore. After several hours of pa- tient waiting, the desired persons were seen 10 leave the house. In a few seconds they were completely surrounded. They were marched to & dense swamp fnto which they were escorted and disciplined with a buggy trace. The were then ordered to make in- stant departure. i A Threatened New Yok, August 20,—Twenty Arabs of both sexes, who came over on the steamer La Normandie, are detained at Castle Gar- den until the Turkish consul can be con- sulted, It is said there are 70,000 Arabs waiting to come to this country provided the twenty ur e passed through. COMMERCIAL SAVINGS BANKS Must Kno’n a Soparate and Distinot Set of Booka. BANK RESERVE FUND DEFINED. Fell From a Soaffold and Seriously Hurt—The Alleged Muddle at the Asylum—Another Bond Case- General News, LI¥COIN BUREAU OF THE OMAMA Han, 1020 P Staeer, LiNoowN, Aneust 20, The banking board was called in session to-day by the board of vank examiners, Present, Hill, Loese and Benton, and Ex- aminers McNaughton, Sanders and Brink. It proved to be a very important sitting. It appears that there are a olass of savings banks in the state that aro doing a regular commercial business; that is, they make loans as other banks and accept personal se- curity in the face of the law that provides that this class of banks shall make their loans on real estate and collateral Sacurities, Ono of the inspectors cited this fact and the further fact that such banks gave out their rules ana regulations to depositors, citing the law governing savines banks, and that thoy were deceived into the belief that their savings only went upon securities that tho world esteems iron-claa, It appears further that the savings vanks commorcially in- clined have been in tae habit of amalgamat- ing debits and credits, moueys loaned on any class of securities, into one set of books, dedicated to the wuse of savings backs. On the surface this made their business mothods show up in the most_approved fashion. They sere notinvineible, however, when the inspector commenced nosing about, and when he called the attention of the commercial suvings banker to the shortcommg he was politely informed that he was getting beyound his province and that he needn’t think that ho was the state banking department. This bit of shurpness rankled, ana, bent on the duty he was appointed to perform, the meating of to-day was called and it was ordered without mincing that savings banks that transacted a commercial business must keep a separate and distinct set of books. Apropos to this the reserve fund question | was sprung. It seems that the law requires that banks _ in cities or towns under a popu- lation of 25,000 shall keep a reserve fund of 15 per cent of the capital deposited, and 20 per ceut in cities of 25,000 or over. 1t is said that some bankers seek to interpret the law as meaning that a reserve fund of 15 per cent shall be kept in hand, or in cities of 25,000 or over, but the emphatic edict went forth that the law means just what it says. That Trouble at the Asylum. An Omaha vaver to-day sought to creato the impression that bloody war was immi- nent at the Lincoln asylum for the insane. The statement was made that the state was treating insane patients from other statos at the expense of the Lome insane and thav the matter would probably be oMcially investi- gated. The correspondent of the paper in question also stated that the comblaint was due to the fact that the state aaylums for the insane were overcrowded. and that there were a great many insane in many of the county poor houses that could not obtain the care they needed. While at tho state house to-day Tur Ber representative called the attention of Secretary Laws and Attorney- General Leese to tho statement and sought its verification or denial. These gentlemen, both of whom are members of the board of public lands and buildings, expressed their surprise and said that there wus nothing in it. It appears, hcwever, that the son of Jatharine Van Cott, of Howard county,a resident of Nebraska for tho past- twenty years, and a constant aud heavy taxpayer, secured the commitment of his mother to the asylum, and 1t seems that she was a former resident of New York, where she also spent a scason in an asylum. Recovering, and being a widow, she came to Nebraska to re- side with her sou, and again lost her mind. She was tuken before the county com- missioners, cxamined, pronounced in- sane and regularly committed to the asylum, Mr. Van Cott, all ot her expe: and at the same time pays his proportignats share of the expenses for the support of the institution and its unfortunate inmates. The other case comes from Saline county. It seems that tue unmarried son of an old et zon of that county was committed to the a lum for temporary treatment. Itis true, though, that he owns property apd pays taxes in the state of Colorado, and lLved there for a time, and this is all there is in the story that trouble aud investigation brews at the Lincoin asylum for the insane. Sec- retary Laws says that he investigated the objections of Dr. Knupp to the reception of one of these patients, on the grounds of non- residence, and that he became convinced that they were not tesabie. The attorney- general says that the commitments would have made thewr reception obligatory. ‘I'he proper authoritics of the counties from which they were sent said they were resi- idents thereof, and it would cortainly seem that there is 1o going bekind *“he returning board.” Another Bond Contest. George N. D. Bear,of Alma precinet, Har- 1an county, flled his petition in the district court to-day, praying for an injunction to ro- strain Auditor Benton and Secretary Laws from registering the Alma precinet court house bonds. Servico was made upon Aud- itor Benton to-day. The watler was r ferred to the attornoy general, and he ox- pressed the opinfon that the court b no jurisdiction in the case whatever that the case would be dismissed upon the proper motion. 1t appears to be the inten- tion everywhere to contest the now law. 1t is certainly very unpopular, Cornell and hitehead Rosign. C. H. Cornell, state senator from the Four- teenth senatorial district, and James White- head, representative from the Fifty-sixth district, have tendered their resignations to the governor, to take effect at once, and they have been accepted. Cornell resignod to ac- cept the position of receiver at the Valentine land oftice, and Whitehead to becowne aeputy cellector of internul revenue. 'I'he governor will issue his proclamation to provide for the election of candidates to subply the vacan- cles At the next general election, Pernaps a Fatal Fall. Fraok Tucker, a painter, fell from the in- side scaftolding at the new Christian church building this morning and sustaived injuries that may result fatally, He was engaged in putting the finishing touches on some fresco work, and fell 4 distance of twenty-four fect, lightiog on his head and shoulders, He was unconscious when picked up, and examina- tion revealed the fict that be suffered from concussion of the brain. Tucker is a single iman and boards at the corner of Fifteonth and I streets, ‘“he SBupreme Court. The following cases were filed for trial in the supreme court to-day: The McCormick Harvester company vs Jensen & Anderson; error from Kearney count, Mary 8. Sloke vs B, H. Begole et al; orror from Gage county. Prentiss D. Cheney et ait vs Andrew J, Dunlap et all; appeal from Johnson county. Joon W, Cutoer vé Omaba & Republican Valloy raflroad company; srror from Gage county, City News and Notes. Mention was made in Monday's Bee of the family dificulties between Mr. Berger, the broom maker, and his wife, They have agreed to disagree and this afternoon & pe- tition for divorce was filed by the wife. It is understood that he will coutest the case. It is also understood that an amicable settle- ment of the property interests Las beon ar- ranged, and that he will take one chiid and she the| other. Since Sunday moroiog a church court has sat upon the case aud sowe intesting and racy developments were made. He will retain the busiuess, which he will conduct as formerly. A CHANCE FOR PEAOR. ' An Effort Bring Made to Settle the y War in Hayel, * New York, August 20.—A spoolal from Port Au Prince,dated August 8, says: “These are exciting times for Hayth The Spanish gunboat Sanchez wont to St. Marc last Mon- day morning with the English consul-general and the Spanish consul on board. The two consuls were empowered to make peace with General Hippolyte, but the first demand of Legitime that the northern army should be withdrawn and that Hippolyte was to enter Port-au-Prince with a small body guard knocked that arrangement on the head, Hippolyte then dictated his own terms and the Spanish gunboat returned hero Tuesday evening. The meeting at the palace directly after was stormy. It 18 genorally Prince that a understood in Port-au- sation of hostilities has been arranged. ‘The Knglish gun boat for- ward has left here, and her destingtion, though secret, is probably St. Mare, Legi- time having probably baving agreed to Hippolyte's terms, There is & ramor on'the streets that Legitime has been guaranteed a safe passage out of the country and a certain amount of cash, and that he is to loave hero in a French steamer August 14, but many think that his life will not be spared that long in Port-au-Prince. - Nebraska and lowa Pensions. WASHINGTON, August 20.—[Special Tels- gram to Tur Bew|—Pensions granted to Nevraskan: Original invalid—Jacob M. Witters, Oliver H. Burson. Increase— Willam Carter, John G. Poinsatt, John Shannon, John M., Osvorn, William H. Ward, David Neal, Uriah Lond. Original widow—Susan J, widow of Willlam Severn. Pensions ullowed to fowans: Original in- valil—Douglas J. Pullman, George W. Mitchell, George W. Purcell (navy), Mor- deca L. Kirl ia Hunter, Increase-- Hugh M. John T. Blair, Rufus E. Goll, Ford, William J. Adams, James Kennedy Christopher D. Wood, Willism Leikens, Charies H. Foster, John 1. Nichols, James W. Cook, Jacob Miller, Nathaniel Hopkins, Edwin Shaffer, William J. Millett, Henry V. Strong, John Knowles, Original widow—Elizabeth W. widow of John Kister. Mexican survivor—George T\ Montague. e e e Mexico's racking Interests. St. Louis, August 20.—A dispatch from the City of Mexico says u very large busi- ness is now being done in the way of import- ing American cattle and hogs to that eity, and trade 18 rapidiy increasing. They aro now erecting near the yards of the Mexican Central railroad in that city, refrigerating works of large dimensions, in which curing, Virkl(nx and smoking of hams and beef will be done. The enterprise is the first of the kind ever attempted 1 the republic, and_for its success several hundred thonsand dollars will beinvested. Hogs for its supply will be dressed in Kansas City and be sent there in refrigerator N by iy Nebraska d fowa Patents. WASHINGTON, August 20.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee.] —Patents issuea to Ne- braskans: Samuel J. Mason, Mead, Neb., endgato for wagons; Joseph D. Smith, Ris- ing City, Neb., ironing board: Sylvester L. Strong, (Geneva, Neb., ironing table and step ladder. lowa inventions: George Black, St. Charles, device for feeding stock; George A. Fitield, Dubuque, kstand; Henry C. Seig and J. T. Wil Liscomv, machine for mak- ing wire cables for fences, etc.; Jesse C. Thompson and W. L. Thompson, Orman- ville, folaing box or crate; Milton C. Wheeler and A. M. Clark, Marshalltown, electric valve. e Fink's Suicide Denfed. NEW Yorg, August 20.—The reported sui- cideof Frederick Fink by jumping from & steamer while on the way from I3oston to Philadelphia is absolutely denied here to-day by his fami! They say he must have fallen over accidentally. Dispatches wore re- ceived saying all was well when he lefv Bos- ton, where he had gone on business for com? mission merchants of Kansas City, whoss agent he wu Fink was a member of the produce exchange, e Fatal Boiler Fxplosion, Privsnura, August 20.—The mud-drum of aboiler at Gangwich’s brewery, in Alle: gheny City, exploded with terrific force this af ternoon, completely _wrecking a large three-story building. Henry Snyder, an employ, was killed_outright, and two others seriously, but not fatally, injured. The dum- ago will reach §10,000, T A Verv Bad Showing. BuUFraLo, August 20.—Gerhard Long, who was appointed receiver n the matter of the dissolution of Sherman Brothers & Co., has filed a report which shows that the amount of Dbills payabla was about §835,000 and that the nctual asscts were between $5,000 and $7,000. —— Counterteitgrs in Dakota. Grasp-Forks, S, D., August 20.—Coun- terfeit silver dollars made their appearance here to-day. A number have besn found dated 1878, They ¢ ulmost perfect imita- tious, but lighter than the genuine. There 18 supposed Lo be a g of co orfeiters warking the northwest. Attend the Owmaha Fair September 2 to 6, Railroad rates: One fare for round trip and 50c added from all Nebraska points. One and one-third fare 250 miles cast of Omnha. g - A Wealthy Indiana Man Dead. LAFAYETTE, Ind., August 20.—Moses Fow- ler, president of the Fowler National bank, and one of the wealthiest men in Indiana, died this morning, aged seventy-six years. SKIN, SCALP, AND BLOOD. 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