Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 29, 1889, Page 4

THE OMARA 7 AT i ; DAILY BE E: THURSDAY, AUGUST 20, 1880, THE DAILY BEE. =“5. ROSEWATER, Biitor. PUBLISHED BVERY MORNING. i, TRRMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. Dally (Morning Edition) including Sunday HBee, One Ye: )'or’mx Months . For Three Month: . Vessw The Omuha Sunday Bee, mailed to any G ; address, One Year ... Weekly Bee, One Year . OFFIC Omana Office, Bee Bullding. N, W, Bayentesntysni Pacpam oot ann Row §ork Ofce, Hooms 14 and 1§ Tribune 1 D aefington Offon, No. 513 Fourteenth Stract. Council Bluffs Office, No. 12 Pearl Street, Lincoln Office, 1020 P Stieet, CORRESPONDENCE. All communleations relating to news and edi- torinl matter should be addressed to the Editor of the liee, BUSINESS LETTERS. All Lusiness letters and remittances should bo addressed to The Bea Publishing Company, Omaha, Dratts, checks and postoilice oraers Do made payable to the order of the company, e Bee Publishing Company, Proprictors, #re Bullding Farnam and Seventeenth Streets, e e Corner THE DAILY BERE Eworn Statement of Circulation. £tate of Nebraska, . County of Douglas, (5% George 1, Tzschuck, socretary of The Bee Publisning Company, does solemnly swear thut the actual circulation of THE DAILY BEE for the week ending August 24, 1 ¥ Sunday. August 13 Monday, August 19, Tuesday, August 20, Wednesday, Auiust Thursday, August 22 Fridny, August 2. Baturday, August 5, Average...... 18,565 18737 ..18,601 GHORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed to in_my presence this 24th day of August, A. D. 1839, (Seal.] N. P. FEIL, Notary Publis. State of Nebraska, 1 County of Douglas. { -3 George 1. Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- oses and says that he 1§ secretary of Tho' Bes bublishing company, that the actual average dally circilation of "Tig DAILY BEE for the month of August, 1885, 18153 copies; for Sep- tember, 18, IS 154 copies; for October 185, 18,084 coples ember, 1888, 18,986 copres: for December, 1588, 1§22 coples: for Janunry, ), coples: for February, 1580, 1800 copies: Tor March, 189, 1854 coples; for April, 1660, 18,67 coples; for May, 1640, 18,609 coples? for June, 1880, 1888, copl 3 for " July, 1880, Y copios: i 1ING points to a full atlen- commereial “‘tourists’” on Drummiers’ d PREPARATIONS for Merchants’ Week display ave almost complete. Now pre- pare to receive the crowds. THE street car lines do not appear to be as anxious to draw those forty thou- sand dollars out of the city paving fund as they were two weeks ago. Wit a record of one hundred and seventeen thousand dollars for one day, the Omaha realty market has no reason to complain of summor dullness. It is said General Sherman visited Milwaukee this week only on condition that there would be no ‘‘Marching :ihmugh Georgia” serenades given m. WHAT is the matter with the star- eyed goddess? Does she want her pen- sion re-rated? Henry Watterson has just fired a broadside of grape and can- nister into Commissioner Tanner. ALTHOUGH Kuansas papers admit a falling off in the population of the state according to a recent local census, they claim that the large crops und a repeal of the prohibitory law would make it up. IN COMPLYING with the new ldw gov- erwing the selection of justices of the peace in metropolitan cities, the county commissioners should steer clear of ger- rymandering in taying out the three judicial districts. YANKTON promises to furnish Omaha an excellent quality of cement equal to the best in the country, within a few months, If all that is claimed for this cement proves true, Yankton will find a ready market in Omaha for this product. _ CoMMISSIONER O’KEERFFE is said to bo puzzled how he can figure out three democrats for the three justice of peace districts. It will puzzle the people of . this eity far move to find three reputa- ble, honest and competent men to fill those benches. IN spite of the desperate efforts to galvanize the De Lesseps canal project, late veports from Panama show that the emigrants brought out there to wark on the ditch are leaving as rapidly as they can, and the outlook for completinf the great canal is more dismal than ever. DURING his long connection with the quartermaster’s department of the United States army, the sheriff of -Bouglas county became expert in the use of figures. He proposes to use that know!edge now in figuring out his fees . with the county, and the balance never appears against him, Four vagrants were put up and sold at auction to the highest bidder in the Jtown of Moberly, Missouri, last week. Poor old Missouri has long been a com- mon bye word in progressive com- munities, and although the state has excellent resources and natural advan- ,tages, tho quality of its population does not seem to be up to the standard of modern civilization. — CONGRESSMAN ROWELL, of Illinois, and Congressman Peters, of Kansas, are now in Louisiana for the purpose of see- ing by what methods the special con- Rressional election in the Third Louis- iana district to fill the vacaney caused by the death of Congressman Gay, will be conducted. They are on the ground a8 a sort of an unauthorized committee to take note of any irregularities in the contest, and to make such report to their republican colleagues as may be of service in showing up southern elec- tion frauds in the next session of con- gress. The Third district of Louisiana is a fleld well chosen for the purpose, as intimidation is not at all a stranger in that section when it comes to the elec- Congressmen Rowell and Peters have walked into the Tu remains to be scen whether the sensitive southern bour- tion of a representative. liow’s den. bons will quietly submit to the political espionnge, or whether they will rifle. be tewpted to escort the two northern men ©out of the district on election day under the persuasion of the trusty Louisiana THE OHIO DEMOCRATS. The democrats of Ohio yesterday nom- inated ex-Congresgman James 5. Camp- bell to make the gubernatorial race against Governor Foraker, as they were oxpected to do. Mr, Campbell has been a standing possibility for this nomina- tion for a number of years, and it has come to him at last for tho reason that more available men would not accept it at this time. There are several abler and more popular democrats in Ohio than Mr. Campbell, but they did not desire to lead their party in this year's campaign. Consequently Mr. Campbell’s only real competitor for the nomination was Virgil P. Cline, a Cloveland lawyer of ability who has mingled very little in politics, and whose somewhat aristocratic inclina- tions do not commend him to the rank and file of his party. The platform calls for very little com- ment, being essentially astring of plati- tudes. It approves the declarations of the St. Louis convention, which is per- haps as unfortunate a thing for the democratic cause in Ohio as could have happened. The vote of that state last year was so strong u verdict against the national demo- cratic platform that it was to have besn oxpected the Buckeye democracy would offer to the voters of Ohio some modification of the principles and pol- icy enunciated in that instrument, and not follow in the wake of Kentucky. Indeed, the preference for Campbell over Mr. Thurinan, who represents the extreme tariff reform element, was un- derstood to mean a departure from the attitude of the party last year. The position taken, however, is squarely on the lines laid down by Mr. Cleveland and the southern leaders of de- mocracy, and nothing is more certain than that the democrats of Ohio will find themselves heavily handicapped thereby. Thére ought to be noroom for a doubt regarding republican success in Ohio this year, and it dissensions can be avoided there will not be. The record of republican administration is excel- lent, and the fact that the legislature to be elected wiil choose a United States senator to succeed Senator Payne and rebuke the methods by which he was elected, ought to stimulate the republi- cans to greater effort than usual in an off year state campaign. It is an unfortunate fact, however, that influences appear to be at work which if not checked may do the party serious harm. The recent remarkable attack of the Toledo Blade on Senator Sher- man is an indication that republican harmony in Ohio is not so complete as could be desired at this time, and while that journal’s influence may not be great, the serious question is whether its course was inspired by a porsonal grief or by politicians hostile to Sena- tor Sherman and seeking to advance themselves by striking at him. The senator has announced his in- tention to take an active part in the campaign, and he has a way of silencing his traducers which is generally en- tirely effective. That he will do so in this case is not to be doubted. The campaign promises to be active and in- toresting, with its aggressive and en- thusiastic features mainly with the republicans. JUSTICE FIELD RELEASED. Justice Field has been released from legal responsibility in connection with the killing of Judge Terry. The court at Stockton, within the jurisdiction of which the tragedy occurred, having dismissed the charge of murder against Justice Field made in the warrant is- sued at the instance of Sarah Althea Terry, dismissal of the habeas corpus proceedings by the judge of the United States circuit court followed as a mat- ter of course. The grounds upon which the charge was dismissed by the Stockiton court are not stated, but it may safely be assumed that it was 1n line with the averments of the peti- tion of Justice Field, presented to the civeuit court last Thursday, and with which the general public opinion of the country concurs, that the accusation was ‘‘a malicious and malignant false- hood,” made very likely in execution of a conspiracy to prevent Justice Field **by force and intimidation from dis- charging the duties of his office, and to injure him in his person on account of the lawful discharge of the duties of his office heretofore.” That the theory of a conspiracy is not without support is unquestionable. Mrs, Terry did not see the commission of the act which she charged was a murder, and while she is undoubtedly capable of making the charge under such cir- cumstances of her own motion, the rea- sonable probability is that she sought advice before doing so from persons kunown v be friendly to her husband and hostile to Justice Field, and was counseled to take the courseshe did. Noone at all familiar with the law coutd have doubted for a moment that the accusation of crime against Justice Field would not stand in any fair and impartial court, hence the conclusion is reasonable that the conspiracy, if such there was, was in- tended to prevent the justice from dis- charging the duties of his otfice, which isa crime against the United States, and may have also designed, as Justice Field set forth in his petition, to sub- ject him to indignities and humiliation, and perhaps to compass his death, There is no question that the action of the Stockton court in dismissing the charge was proper and warrantable. This action has no bearing upon the question of state and federal jurisdic- tion involved in the case of Deputy Marshal Nagle, who shot Terry. The hearing of this case by Judge Sawyer of the United States circuit court, on the writ of habeas corpus, will take place next week, and the result will be rogarded with very general interest throughout the country as establishing a most important precedent. In behalf of Nagle it is coutended that when he killed Judge Terry he was acting in an official capacity, under orders from the attorney geuneral of the United States to protect Justice Rield, and that therefore he is not amenable to trial in the eourts of California. The | claim of the state uuthorities is that the United States or federal courts can have vo jurisdiction in the watter, as the crime was committed on the soil of Cal- ifornia and within the criminal domain of that state. Several considerations of greater or less importance will enter into the determination of this issue, among them whether Justice Ield was in & judicial capacity, or was simply a privato citizen when assaulted by Terry, and whether Nagle was aot- ing in the line of official duty as deputy marshal at the time he shot Terry in defense of Justice Field. There has not been for years a question before the courts of greater importance than this. Mennwhile there is a quite general apprehension that Justice Field is still in danger in California from the widow and triends of Terry. It is not doubted that were & favorable op- portunity to offer Mrs. Terry would not hesitate to seek re- venge by violent means, and there are men in portions of California who have a hatred of Justice Field as intense as their friendship was for Terry. The venerable justice, however, continues in the porformance of his duty as fear- lessly as though he had not an enemy on earth. SOUTH OMAHA MUST ANNEX. The South Omaha wnnexation move- ment is making no headway very fast. But it must and will come to a head within the next six months. Soath Omaha needs fire protection and she cannot have it until she has an unfail- ing water supply with fire hydrants at convenient points on all her streets. ‘With a debt that 1 now in exvess of her legal limit South Omaha cannot raise the money to pay for fire hydrants and water mains. She 8 in no condition even to huy fire engines and fire station houses. What is true of the water supply is also true of needed public improvements. All the grading she can get now has to be done at the expense of the county. She could not float paving or sewerage- bonds at any price, because she has more bonds alveady out than sho hadany right to is- sue. Anuexation, therefore, hasbecome an absolute necessity. Up to this time the most influential element of opposition to annextion has been the liquor dealors. So long as they can carry on business under a five hundred dollar license they naturally would oppose any scheme that would compel them to pay one thousand dollars. But the bottom will drop out of this opposition presently. The Slocumb law requires a charge of not less than one thousand dollars for liquor license in all cities over ten thousand population and-in all cities of the first class. By the new charter en- acted by the last legislature South Omaha was made a city of the first class. No license to sell liquor can legally issue in South Omaha for less than one thousond dollars. Asa matter of fact, the denlers who now sell liquor in South Omiha could each be compelled to pay the additional five hundred dollars into the South Omahaschool fund, if the city or county attorney should decide to enforce the strict letter of the law. Now that the saloonkeepers of South Omaha will have to vpay the same license fee as those in Omaha they will have no interest in opposing annexation. The other element of opvosition, the packing house and stock yards owners, can readily be pacified. The only ob- jeet they have is to avoid paying city taxes, and they can scarcely save much under the existing conditions of South Omaha government,. THE St. Louis Republic, which is one 0i the foremost advocates of taking the next democratic candidate for the presidency from the west, makes an in- teresting calculation as to what the strength of the several sections may be in 1892. Assuming the population of the courtry to be sixty millions, the new ratio of representation, the membership of congress remaining as at present, would be a fraction over one hundred and eighty-four thousand. On this basis the Republic figures that the congres- sional strength of the northeast, includ- ing the states east of the Alleghenies and north of the old line of slave terri- tory, would be reduced five mem- bers, that of the old slave territory would be increased six members, while that of the west, including all the states between the Alleghenios and the Pacific ocean, would increase its con- gressionil strength by a gain of twenty- two members, the representation of Nebraska being doubled. Upon these figures, which will probably prove to be not far out of the way, the Republic re- marks that they are an eloquent protest against the stupidity of any attempts to force the west to the rear,and the party that does not keep its foothold in the west will loose foothold in national — THe long anticipated Pacific mait con- tract under which the Canadian Pacific agrees to put on a line of mail steamers between Vancouver and China and Ja- pan has been signed on . the part of the lmperial governments and the company and is now before parliament. There 18 little question but that the contract will be ratified, although there may be modifications as to minor conditions respecting bounties and sub- sidies. There is to be a bouusof three hundred and fifty thousand dollars per year for the period of ten years, in re wurn for which a fortnightly mafl ser- vice 18 tobe established by the company, and in case of warthe vessels are to be converted ut once into British cruisers. It is with considerable concern thatthe American Pacific Mail Steamship com- pany plying between the orient and San Fraocisco looks upon this formid- able rival. It is feared that the. great trans-Pacific trade will be diverted to the British line and immeasurable in- jury will be done to American shipping interests. For u numbsr of years the Paciic Mail Steamship company has virtually enjoyed a monopoly of this carrying business. Despite the lar- gesses given to the Canadian Pacific by the Boglish government, the Pacific Mauil Steamship company should, how- ever, be in position to meet the prom- ised competition. Tue Argentine Republic is increas- ing its population by alarger perc entage thun any other country in the world. The number of immigrants arriving during the first four months of 1889 was ninety-six tholsand two hundred. In 1888 the imniigration was one hundred and eighty thousand nine hundred and ninety-thres! “The large incrense is at- tributéd to thy operation of a law passed in 1887, autherizing the government to advance the ‘oney to pay the passage of immigrants, and making liberal ar- rangements-for their reception in the country. The Ttalian element has been the prepondenating one in the Argen- tine immigration, and the authorities are sald to bo’hnxious for more people from countries farther north THE suit brought wn the New York supreme court by Henry Villard against Judge Noah Davis, who retired from the bench some two years ago, for a large sum of money claimed to be due on account of Wall street speculatione, will excito universal attention. The account appears to be one of long stand- ing, and runs back as far as 1883, when Judge Davis was powerful on the bonch and Villard was o giant on the stock exchange. Thata judge should be so morally blunted as to indulge in exten- sive stock gambling isasad commen- tary on the debasing influence exerted upon our judiciary by the prevailing mania to get rich by speculation. THE great labor demonstration in London, which has been fully reported in THE BER'’S special cable service, is based upon a demand of araise of 2 cents an houron the wages of dock laborers. The sympathy of the London merchants and small dealers is with the strikers, but the dock owners are an in- fluential and wealthy class, who heed no public sentiment and consult no in- terest but their own. So far the strikers have shown no disposition to resort to violence. Should the strike extend to other wage-workers it may assume vast proportions and end in riots and gen- eral disturbances. THE fight between Dempsey and Le Blanche at San Francisco calls to mind the fact that the metropolis of the Pa- cific is the only city of metropolitan pretensions in the United States which tolerates prize fighting within its limits. This species of sport is openly encour- aged by the authorities of San Francisco and patronized by the flower of Pacific coast society. Under the rules govern- ing, these alleged sparring matches are in every respect more brutal than a Spanish bull fight and their influence on public morals infinitely more brutal- izing. "Twas a Mare’s Nest Mi 3 Chicago Times. The tamous “Bear’s Nest” mine at Juneau, Alaska, has turned out to be worthless. This will hardly bear the silver market, how- ever. Ll 3 Mary's Lamb in Luck. Fhiladelphia Ledger, Mary had a little lamb, It's fate was not 8o hard, For it ived aad dicd on the old-school plan, And escaped Dr. Brown-Sequard. T st The-Byphenated Faker. Kearney Enterprise. The World-Herald, of Omaha, has degen- erated from a democratic organ to a “fake” organ. Sunday it attempted to delude its readers with a Tascott discovery and an “elixir of life” story. However, anything to fill up ou. ) e S This Beats the Elixir, New York World. The best substiwate for an impossible elixir of youth is to grow old gracefully, cheerfully and sturdily. To lkeep young, feel young. “A man is no older than he feels, a woman no older than she looks.” s Editor Dana’s Timely Check. Chicago Herald. It would seem to be no more than right that New York’s finance committee on the world’s fair should occasionally invite Mr, Dana to the wine luncheons, for which it has proposed to spend the Sun’s $10,000 subscrip- tion, ——— THE AFTERNOON TEA. Miss G.—*‘Now, I'll just give you the bare facts.” Her Boston friend (coloring)—*‘O, don't.” She looked quite chic and dainty; Her hands were neatly gloved; But somehow she just lovked as if She never had been loved. And so at last I asked her if She'd lost her next of kin, ©Oh, no!” she sighed; “It's only These boots I'm breaking in 1"’ Usher (at reception in Chicago, pompously, as Mr, Foot and daughters enter)-—**Mr. Foot und the Misses Feet!” And yet they say Chicago has no culture. Love that nas nothing but beauty to keep it in good health is short lived, and apt to have ague fits, A Chicago man last week was somewhat astounded when he received the following dispateh from New York, signed by a Phila- delphia friend: “Telegraph my wife I will be detamned in Chicago a week longer. That deal hangs fire, Sign my name.” ‘The Chicago man did as requested, but'he can not help wondering what his friond was doing in New York. @Saran Althea is forty years old by the actual count, although in experience and wickedness she is nearer one hundred and forty. “Dear, adored one, sinco your cruel parents will not give their consent, what do you say to our eloping?” “My soul's idol, nothing would suit me better coutd I convince my- golf that it is my Buty to go without my wed- ding presen 4 He: “Whom do you think the pretticst girl in the room!” She (with a blush): *‘Well, if I was some one else I shoula say I was.” A Chicago man has been fined for hugging a Chicago girl. 'He ‘was doubly punished, Amelie Rives will abaudon literature for art. Good bye, swest art, good bye! Marriages werd prohibited oy the ancient discipline of the church during the seasons of advent, lent and Whitsuntide, and the old register of Cottenham, Cambs,, contains the triplet in doggerel Latin: “Conjuginm Adventus prohibet, Hilarique relaxat, Septuagena veuat, sed paschm octava re- mittity Rogamen vetitat, concedit Trins potestas.’ @Similar lines in English ara inserted iu the register of Everton, Notts: “Advent marriage doth deny, But Hilary gives thee liberty. Septuagesima says thee nay, Eight days from easter says you may. Rogation bids thee to routain, But Trinity sets thee free again.' The latest thing io the ball room toilet is called “the surprise.” Why it got that name it is hard to say. The ball room toilet can make no farther anatomical revelations that oan surprise anybody. The old lady need no more distress About her darling daughter; Just give hor a Paris vathing dress, And she won’t go near the wator. Miss Autum: Jennie has boen kind enough to invite me to join & pionio party. Miss Caustibue: I didn't know she wanted a chaperon, The ompross of Ge*many has an army of seamstrosses, but it is her dolight to presiae overand assist in the manufacture of her children's garmonts. Sho 18 a porson of great taste, and generally picks her own and her children's hats to pieces and makes them over after receiving them from a renowned French modiste. Caroline Baner was a clever woman, but a woman just the same, since she ridiculed the man whom she afterwards marriod. In hor memoirs sho spoaks of Count Ladisins Plater as “a sort of spoony youth, of whom his mama was not very liberal as regards pocket money, and who himself evinoed an uncommon talent for economy.” Yet she afterwards bacame his wife. A very curlous collection of ladies’ gartors is kept at the Hohenzollorn musoum at Ber- lin. Whenever there isa wedding in the Hohenzollern family & number of theso short silk garters with the initials of the newly marriod princess are distributed among {rionds. ,The colloction was bogun by Will- iam L, and the oldest garter 18 that which whas woven on the nocasion of the marriage of Prince Frederick Willlam Ludwig with the dnaghter of the reigning Duke of Anhalt Bornbury, in 1817, There are twelye gar- ters from 'the reign of Frederick William IIL and ten from that of his successor, Fred- erick William 1V, They are all made of ribbed silk of different colors, braided with gold or silver, and many of them aro finished off at both ends with heavy fringes. plivdnrvis--od Sy STATE AND TERRITO KY. Nebraska Jottings. | Bdgar is onco more without a ‘merchant or. George W. Brewster has offered for sale the Brewster News. Thayer county old settlers held a reunion at Carleton Wedaesday. The recent floods did damage to bridges in l()lhm county which it will cost $5,000 to re- pair, The Hartington Democrat has been sold and consolidated with the Cedar County Nonpareil. The corner stone of the Methodist church ut Seward was laid Tuesday with impressive ceremonies, Swan Swanson, of Blair, while fixing a pump in a well, was overcome by gas and died before he could be rescued. Rev. W. S. Barnes, of Corning, Ia., has ac- cepted the call to the pastorate of the First Presbyterinn church of Kearney. A little daugnter of George Yost, livin near Harvard, died from the effects of a ma dog bite inflicted nine weeks ago. A son of M. B. Bunnel, a Custer county farmer living near Mason City, had his foot cut off by a mowing machine ‘Tuesday. A passenger train on the Union Pacific coliided with a freight at Chapman early Tuesday morning, but fortunately no one was injured. Dr. Lightner, an Armada physician who horsewnipped his twelve-year-old son, rve- ceived a call from twenty-five business men, ‘who notified him that if he repeated the act ke would be severely dealt with. The five-year-old son of Martin Kazda, of Tecumseh, mat a horrible death Tuesday. He was out riding with his uncle when the team ran away, throwing him to the ground, the wagon wheel passing over his neck and nearly severing his head from his bod Great preparations are being made for the soldicrs’ and sailors’ reunion to_be held at McCook October 9, 10, 11 and 12. Camp grounds have been secured where tents can e pitched to accommodate 10,000 peole. Many prominent speakers both from this state and abroad have promised to attend and deliver addresses. A Stanton county farm hand, working near Pilger, was mysteriously poisoned tho other day, and there are several theories in regard to the matter. One is that he had eaten melons taken from a ‘“dosed” patch, and another that the powson was adminis- tered by o man who was his rival in the af- fections of a young lady. He will recover, but the case will be investigated. John Oedkin purchased eighty acres of raw land_near McCook last year, paying therefor $1,600. Last fall he sowed eighty acres of his purchase in fall wheat. He lately marketed the crop, 2,700 bushels, re- ceiving for the same $1,620, The other twelve acres was put in rye, and the total crop from the eighty acres wiil bring more money than he paid for the land, aad also pay the expenses of raising the crop. lowa Iteirs, The Hotel Colfax at Colfax Springs has suspended business. A Holstein cow belonging to au Iowa City man produced thirty-four pounds of butter in seven days It is proposed to bury the offal and refuse of Davenport instead of dumping it into slough adjacent to the city. ‘f'wo business men at Fetes des Martes, ten miles below Dubuque, have exchanged wives, each pair eloping the same day. A peculiar hog disease has broken onv near Eagle Grove. The animal's head begins to swell, the oyes close up and death soon en- sues, Samuel Armstrong, an aged insane man living near Wapello, wears straps around bis ankles to keep the witches from crawling up the legs of his pants. Duncan, the Muscatine man who was bit- ten by a rattlesnake a fow days ago, runs his tongue out and tries to bite his attendant, and fears are entertained thav he cannot r cover. A gang of thieves is raiding the farms several miles northeast of Des Moines, Within the iast few nights a large number of hogs from different farms have been driven off and farming implements are also missing. 'he farmers are organizing a body to take active measures in apprehending tho thieves, ‘There were 150 different railroad rtariffs filed with the railroad commissioners last week. ‘I'he law compels the railroad com- panies to file copies of all tariffs in force in this state, aud the daily mails bring all th way from a dozen to 150 to the commissioner’s ofice. These tariffs are kept convenient for referonce, until they are supersoded by others, when they are destroyed. In the cities and towns of lowa there are thirty-four steamers and seventy-nine other fire engines for the protection of prop- erty and_conflagration. There are 112 hook and ladder trucks, 215 hose carriages, 5,080 members of fire departments, 99 horses and 173,085 feet of hose. There ure thirteen electric fire alarms with 248 boxes, and 104 other alarms. There are 8,256 hydrants and 421 miles of pipe for water supply, The value ot fire-apparatus and buildings is $305,505, The Two Dakotas, There are seven patients in the Sioux Falls hospital. (,A new flour mill is being built-at Rapid sity. . The citizens of Elk Point want a canning factory before another year. A fair and driving park association has been organized at Madison. The {frame of the new Catholic church at Deadwood has been raised ‘he walls of the new commercial college at Watertown are nearly completed. The coruer stone of the *Methodist college at Hot Springs will be laid September 11. The population of Lawrence county is 9,109, of which 5,434 are males and 3,625 females. The tismarck board of education is a tie on the two leading applicants for the position of principal of the schools. 'wo ladies of Rockville, while out riding Wednesday, drove over & bear. This may seem strange, but it is a fact. They were somewhat frightened, but the animal aid not offer Lo molest them. The people of hand county will hold a mass convention for the purpose of devising means and to consider the possibility of sinking forty artesian wells. They will also ask Uncle Sam to lend them a helping hand, Deadwood's flour mill closed the most suc- cessful season in its history last week. The began September 17, since which date 48,000 busi of wheal were &round into 1,720,000 pounds of flour. CHARGES AGAINST DR, KELLY A Norfolk Furniture Dealer Out in an Open Letter. FAVORITISM TO FOREIGN FIRMS. M. Koch Knocked From the Burling- ton Bridgeeand Drowned—Ap- praising the Saline Lands —Oity News. P Srunssr, LaNcoLN, August 28, Charles H. Johnson, of Norfolk, a dealer in furniture, under date of August 22, ad- dressed an oven lotter to the Daily Herald, a newspaper published in that city, in which he takes Dr. Kelly, superintondont of the insane asylum, to task for “freezing out" Norfolk furniture dealors in the award of contracts for furnishings for that institu tion. Ho charges that if Kelly can not freeze Norfolk men out by getting lower figures he will do it by selecting an entirely differ- ent line of goods and give them no opportu- nity to fizure on thom; that they are given no opportunity to figure on anything but the highest-priced goods that the market af- fords, taking their figures as a basis on which to work in cheaper goods at a better margin of prolit for somebody ; that when the asylum was furnished two years ago Dr. Kelly purchasod direct from New York a patented spring mattress and pillow, at a cost of $12.75 per set on the Norfolk track, and that dealers there failed t get a chance to bid on them; that Kelly asked for his (Johnson’s) figures on the samo sets and at the same time wrote to H. D. Ostermore & Son, of New York, that he preferred to buy direct and asked for their figures, and that they were quoted to him at 818 per set; that he (John- son, offered to put the samne goods in the asylum, ready for use, at $11.00; that after gotting these figures Dr, Kelloy selected and purchased an entirely different line of govds, representing a difference in cost of &450, and that but one Norfolk dealer was given a to bid on them. dr. Johnson further states that under date of August 5, 1850, ho wrote to Johu Steen, commissioner of public lands and buildings, calling attention to these irregularities, and stated that he had bid on 120 Widdicomb asylum beds, the same as used in 1830, at 0; 120 Ostermore & Son’s elastic mat- tresses at $900; 120 Ostermore & Sou's elastic pillows at $108; 120 Ostermore & Son’s woven wire springs at §360; that he would set these goods up for §2,203; that he rer Nicol, the steward, that ibed would be used and ange was made, and that the goods going in would afford a better pront at §1,650 than the class on his bid at 203; that the state lost in the transaction $55%; that both Kelly and Nicol informed him that “the stato board” lot the contracts and was the ouly party that had anything to do with 1t; that he had failed to get a copy of the sucoessful bids from Kelly and prayed the consideration of the board. Mr, Johinson again wrote Mr. Steen under date of Aucus He states that the suits, tables, chuirs, etc., are no comparison to the goods on which he was compelled to make his bid; that it was $3,020.96; that he would contract to put 1n the class of goods supplied for £2,000, and give a satisfactory bond for its fulfillment. In response to these letters, under date of August 10, Mr. Johnson says that Mr. Steen wrote him that his letters had been referred to the cousideration of tbe board, and as- sured him that the mauter would be investi- gated; that everything should be inspected and compared before bills wore allowed and payment made, and that discrepencies should be remedied. August 29 Mr. Johnson states that he again wrote Mr. Steen, asking him whether or uot he intended to furnish him with the bids and figures he sought, and on the day following addressed a lotter to Attorney General Leese, stating that he had filed his pro against auditing furniture bills for vhe Norfolk asylam, and asking an investi- gation; that full particulars had been sent o Mr. Steen; that he had asked for a copy of the successful bid and failed to get it, and further, that his bid was the lowest on the ®oods on which he had been compelled to figure on, and that he felt that he was en- tivled to a copy of the bid of the successful biader. ‘Phe matters set forth in the forogoing syn- opsis of Mr. Johnson’s grievances, published in the Norfolk Heruld, were submitted to tae board of public lands and buildings by Tug Bep representative yesterday, with tho exception of Commissioner Steen, who is in Milwaukee sttending the national reunion. In reference to it Attorney General Leeso said: “Virtually I know nothing about the mat- ter. 1 secured the letter indicated, and wrote Mr. Johnsou that I would do the right thing when the accoun’ came up before tha board for consideration. His letter to me was the first intimation I had that any such muddle existed at Norfolk. If Johnson’s bid was the lowest on the class of goods bid on, he ought to have had the coutract. I will do what I cau to got at the bottom of the matter at the next regular meeting of the board, and shall favor a thorough investigation. It will be ne essary for the board to visit Nor- folk at an carly date. Wewill find a remedy if the discrimination exists as alleged. I am heartily in favor of giving contracts to home dealers whenever possible.’ Treasurer Hill said: *The board will not let a matter of this kind pass by unnoticed. Mr. Steen called my attention to bir. John- son’s correspondence, and it was mutually understood that if his grievances were weil founded the hoard wouid give him whatever remedy possible. Mr, Johnson's ability to furmish the class of furniture necessary in asylums may become an important factor in. 1t8 adjustment. It must be remembered that | some furniture has to be manufactured when ordered. 1 _haveno hesiteucy, however, in saying that Mr. Johnson should have received the contract for the furnishing on which his bid was the lowest. Mistakes can sometimes be satisfactorily explained.” Secretary Laws said: I know something of Mr. Johnson’s complaint, and from recent knowledge have reason to fear that there is more or less justness in it. In any event, he is reputable man and his protest will be duly considered by the board. The matter will be looked into at at early day. Courtesy should have compelled prompt compliance with his request for the figures and a copy of the bid he sought. It was my impression that they had becn sent to uim. There are two sides to all questions and it is possible that explanations and facts may be furnished to Mr. Johnson that will fully satisfy bim, In regard to Mr. Johnson's charge that local dealers have been discriminated agaiost, I have this to say: It has been the intention of the board to give them an equal chance to secure con- tracts vo furnish the supplies to the state in- stitutions. In fact, whenever tie bids have been made the rule has been to give the locul dealer the benefit, 1f Kelly has been guilty of discrimination he has done wrong. The board will have to consider the stories of both sides and weigh all of the facts. As so0on as the board gets time to look into the matter I do not think Mr. Johuson will have any season to complain of its action," Lincorx l!mnnvllw Tirm OMARA Ban, f 0o others; that a ¢ Drowned in Salt Oreek, Word reached the city this wmorning about 9 o'clock that a man had fallen from the bridge over Salt creek, near the Burlington round house, and drowned. Reports differ very materially as to what caused bim to fall from the bridge. Two boys, who claim to have been eye witnesses, state that he simply lost his balance aand fell. William Field, » fisherman, who was on his way bhome at the time, says that the man was na-rl{ across the bridge when switch engine 03, with several coaches, came along, and that the step on the rear coagh struck him in the breast and knocked him finto the creek. Cliff Heagy, & man uamed Conk- lin and n train men were also witnesses of the accident, They were on the train, or near by when the unfortunate man was knocked into the water, As soon as possible some of the men secured & bell cord and threw it to Lo the sinking man, but oot one of the party was brave enough to make an effort Lo save him by going 1nto the creek. ‘The chances are that the man Wwas uncon scious when the cord was thrown L him and therefore powerless to help nimself. To any ovent, the man drowned before the eyes of ten or a dozen mon. Aftor a time the body was recovored and taken to the undortakers in tho patrol wagon. A check for $7.02, pay= able to M. Koch, was found on the person of the deceased. 1t was signod by the Lincoin Packing company, The company says that Mr. Koch had been in its employ until re- contly. A severe bruise was found over his right eye. but aside from this his person w freo from wounds. The coroner called an inquest aud the verdict was death from acoi- dental drowning. Ho was probably four or thirty-five yoars of age. ilis body will be sent to Croston, Ia., for burial, Appralsing Sahne Lands. The county commissioners are appraising the saline lands of Centorville procinot, It is undorstood that this important work wiil be closed within a week or ten days. Par- ties who claim to know state that theso lands have been appraised above all reason in the favorable localities, This, it is suid, is in favor of tho rich and forninst the poor, The law is such that a cortain per cent must Do paid to secure a loase on the lands ana besides this an unlimited cash bonvs can bo paid, compelling the board of public lands and buildings to loase to tho highest bidder. But the report of the county commissioners has not been made, and the state board will take no action toward releasing the lands untit it has boen filled, It is said that every acre of these lands will be under leaso within a fortnight from tho date thoe county commis- sioners filo their report, It is the sonse of the board, however, that the aporaisemoent shali bo in accordance with land values in tho localities where the saline lands are sit- uated. Mary Agnin on the War Path. Mary Brennen evidently has little foar of the severity of thelaw. Again and again she has beon arrested, punished and Jailed, for interfering with the peace and quiet of Jerry Harrington, her old paramour, and the father of her illegitimate child. Recently she commenced suit against Harrington for £200 in the county court for the board and support of the child in question. A jury took tne matter under aavisement and found against her. This di ncerted her muchly. All day yesterday she brooded over the sub- Ject and late last evening she took her ohild and went to Harrington's place near Waverly and procecded to smash 1o tho windows of his. house and raise the devil generaliy. Jerry could do nothing with her. She went into the house after she had spent her weath, and remained until this evening, whon Jerry came to the city to counsel his lawyer to see what could be done, Contrary to his usual method, however, he would not eonseut to have her cast into jail. He says it does no good and only makes her worse. As has been stated betore, Hurrington is well-to-do, really wealthy, and abundantly able to take the child and properly educate and provide for her. . This ho i8 now anxious to do, and he says that if it can be arranged he wants the child put_into ge hands, where neither he nor Mary can see her, and he wiil foot all bills and see that she never comes to want. It is understood that an effort will now be made to do this. The plea will be set up that Mary drinks, is dissipated and not the proper custodian for a child of tender years. It {s possible now that tho Brennen- Harrington episode will soon pass from the public mind, Infatua a Distance. ‘The arrest and release of C. W. McClelian, charged with bastardy. aduitery and bigamy 18 a matter of recent record. It appears thav the scnsational accouuts of it that went the rounds of the press attracted the attention of Mr. V. H. Stough. of Sioux City, or, rather, the course that 1illy Triechel took on the witness stand, and he wrote her a lotter in care of the county attorney expressing his approbation and infatuation, which came to hand to-day. He exprossed confidence in her virtue, because she had been brave enough to defend her honor by refusing to testify against her alleged betruyer on the witnoss stand, and that her frank statement that she did not understand English well enough to comprehend the meaning of the information that she filed ugainst McClellan, would always stand in her favor in the miads of seusible people. State Fair Location, Lineoln has just awakened to the fact that the question of locating the state fair for the next five years mast be decided within the next few days, Itis said that un earnest effort will ce made to rotain 1t here, and that generous propositions will be made to the executive board of the state board of agri- culture at tho proper time. It is understood that Omaha, Hastings and Heatrice will compete for the prize. Appreciating that something must be done o insure tne con- tinuance of a prominent annual attraction, a number of the leaaing business men of the city have taken the matter in hand, and they do not propose to leave any stone unturned that gives any assurance of sucoass., * Lk Bee caan state,” said General Mchiride wo- day, “‘that aspiring cities will find Lincotn a lively competitive bidder.” The city does not intend to let the state fair slip through its fingers for the next five years if it can heip it. State House Jo:itings. Cases as follows were filed for trial in the supreme court to-day from Lancaster county: Charles M. Parker vs Martha L. Courtnay, appeal; H. H. Graves & Sons vs Charies . Dawmson, erroi Huncock & Waters vs W. H. B, Stout, errol The most of Auditor Benton’s time is taken up in registering school bonds. It 18 stated that if the work in this department continues at its present standard, the in- crease for the year will more than double vhat of either of the preceding years, ‘The clerical force in the auagitor's oftice is kept busy from morning w0 night, notwith- standing that this is called the dull'season of the year. State Development Associ ation. W. N, Mason and Henry T, Clarke, of Omaha, representing the State Develonment association, were in the city to-day, at- tempting to interest the people of Lincoln in the work of the uassociation, which is to ad- vertise the resources and advantages of Ne- braska among the farmers of the east, to the end that the unsettled portions of the state may be peopled by that cluss of citizens, These gentlemen met the prosident and sec- retary of the Lincoin beard of trade and other citizens at the oflice of Atkinson & Doty, where the subject was discussed at leugth. It is learned that the meeting was eminently satisfactory to all present, and that o plan of action hus been taken under advisement. The citizons of Lincoln are taking @ lively interest in_the movement, and it is thought that the efforts of tho usso- ciation will be highly successful. Threeo ot a Kind, Mensrs. Adams and Thomas, who were cnarged with sellng liquors on Sunday, June 19, 1o West Lincoln, were tried before Justico Snelling 10-day, found guilty, fined §100 and costs, ‘They apoealed to the dis- trict court. The case of the state agaiost Brohman, on & similar charge, is on trial this afternoon in Justice Cochrane's court. City News and Notes. Prof. Cramer, of Columbus, county super- intendent of schools of Platlo county, was in Lincoin to-day. Guy A. Brown, clerk of the supreme court, was at nis desk to-day. He is apparently much improved in health, Fulton Garduer, representing the depart- ment of special reading matter of the Chi- cago Dimes, is in the city, He Is the guest of his uncle, A, M. Gardner, E. Woodward, who resides at the corner of Thirtieth and Hitehcock streets, enter- tained a number of young people last night in honor of the Misses Cary, of Lima, 0., who are visiting Mr, and Mrs. Robert Bell, J, H. Martin, the young mun who was in. Jured when returniog from the bail yesterday, is much better and will be about again in aday or two. Ho was caught be- tween two street cars, happening to collide, and 1t was thought that he received intera 1njuries. No bones were broken as has as yet been reported. The annual mecting of tho Young Men's Curistian association was held this evening. 1t was held to elect officers for the ensuin; association year. Tho president infor Tus Bee representative to-day toat before the annual meeting of 1890 the association would be in its new building on the coraer of Thirteeuth and N streets. Excavation for its foundation bus commenced, 2