Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 19, 1889, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY. an NOVEMBER 19. 1889 THE ~ B. ROSEWATER, Bditor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TRERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION One Year Sunday Bee, One Year . v Weekly Bee, One Year with Premium. ... OFFICES. a, Beo Buflding. Ofice, 567 Rookery Thitlding York, Hooms M and 15 Tribune Build- tng. Washington, No. 813 Fourteenth Street, Council Blufts, No. 12 Pearl Street. Lincoln, 1029 P 8t eet, Bouth Omaha, Corner N and 26th Stroots. CORRESPON DENCE. ANl communieations relating to news and edi- torinl matter should be addressed to the Editor: 1al Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. ATl Unsiness letters and remittances shonld ‘be addressed to ‘The Bee Publishing Company, Omahs. Drafts, checks and postoflice orders be made payablo tc the order of the company, The Bee Publishing Cfl:fllflflll?, PI:flnIlI‘IlBlUl‘S sre Bullding Farna teonth Str New The Lee on the Trains. 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TZSCHUCK. | Etate of Nehraska, County of Douglas, (58 Bworn to before me and subscribed to in my preserice this I6th day ot November, AL D, 1650, Btato of Nebraskn, Seal,] inty of Douglns, }"‘ Georgo 1. 1zschuck. being duly sworn, de- ses and £ays that he s secrotary of The Beo ublishing Company, that the actual average damily circulation of Tig DAty Bee for the month November, 6 _copies; for De- cember, 185, 1822} copies;’ for Jannary, 15, 15,674 coples: for February, 150, 18993 coples: for March, 189, 18834 cobles: Tor April, 189, I8R50 coples; for May. 1880, 18009 coples; for K6, AR coples L 184, 18,73 or August, 18, 169, 18,710 coples; for O K097 coples, BOIGE B. TZ80RUCK. Fworn to before me and subscribed in my presence this 2 day of November, A D, 1583, (Eeal.] . P F THE wissing ten acres of county proverty are still missing. THEre will be no lack of patronage for the Nebraska Central bridge when built. The managers are competent to take care of that part of Four years apgo this month Omaha voted to erect a city hall on upper Far- nam. Fifty thousand doliars have been squandered and we are just beginning to lay the concrete. Tue first weel record of the real estate exchange swelled the average volume of realty transactions by nearly one hundrea thousand dollars—a good start for u young organization. BusHELS of pure gold have been dis- covered on afarm in North Carolina. The owner of uhe land is looking for somebody to take it off his hands dirt cheap. VANDERBUM posing as an apostle of Sunday observance and high morality and religion before a ministerial asso- ciation is a specimen brick of gall that ought to be preserved in the archives of the state. THE barb wire trust has absorbed the leading mills of the country and will begin to put the serews on about the first of the year. The combination com- mands twelve millions of capital and may become unwieldly agd go to pieces by its own woight, THERE are eleven candidates in the field for the senatorships in North Da- kota. The election of Gilbert H. Pierce, ex-governor of the territory, is con- ceded in many quarters, with Ordway leading for second place, but the rivalry is 8o great that the plans and prospects of both are liable to be upset at any moment, It is arepublican free-for-all, SENATOR INGALLS declares that ‘‘prohibition is the settled policy of Kansas.” There isa suspicion abroad that the republicans of Iowa made a similar declaration a few months ago. The returns contradicted the assertion. But the Kansas legislature is over- whelmingly prohibition this year. THAT republics are ungrateful is forcibly illustrated by the exiling of " Dom Pedro from Brazil. The de- throned emperor made the republio possible by half a century’s devotion to liberty and progress. In the excess of their joy the revolutionists denied him the privilege of ending the winter of life in his navive land. E— THE reports of the clearing house associations indicate a steady increase in the volume of business of the coun- try. Of the fifty cities reported, only eleven show a slight decrease in finan- cial trapsactions for the past week,com- pared with the corresponding week of last year. The aggregate increase is nearly thirteen per cent, Omaha re- ports a gratifying increase, the total clearings having passed the five-million dollar mavk for the first time in the his- tory of the city, It isa significant fact that this increase of thirty-four per cent marks the first working week of the real estate exchange. ETe————— Ir 1sabsurd 1o say thav the Union Pa~ cific bridge andsyards can accommodate all ke Jowa roads. Even at the pres- , ©ent time, the compavy is cramped for room to conveniently handle its own business, and there is comparatively little ground availuble for extension. On the contrary the bottoms on the north side afford unlimited room for whops, roupd houses, switching and storage teacks, and the various in- dustries which crowd around the rail- roads. It is the one available place for congentruting a majority of the rail- roads entering the oily, and the con- struetion of the Nebraska central bridge will confirm it, Towa PROBLEM. The problem befora tha people of lowa is, what shall be done by the next leg- islature regarding prohibition? In view of the verdict rendered at the late elec- tion, it would seem that there should be vory httle difficulty in settling this question, yet there is wide diversity of | opinion as to what ought to be done, and a variety of suggestions generally not atall in harmony with the popular de- cision at the polls, It is conceded by all who take a fair and unprejudiced view of the result of the late election that prohibition is chielly responsible’ for democratio success. Every other issue that entered into the discussions of the campaign received comparatively little attention from the people. The transportation question cut a very small figure, and tariff re- form was almost wholly left out of con- sideration. Prohibition was the en- grossing issue in the party conventions and in the campaign. ' The republicans declare it to be the settled policy of the state. They squarely proclaimed it to be the intention of the : to maintain this policy, with all s s of police espionage, its unwar- ranted interferenco with private rights, its tendency to destroy the popular re- spect for law by inciting its open de- fiance or secret evasion, and its damag- ing effect upon the material welfare of the state. The democrats were equally pronounced in declating fn favor of high license and local option. The issue between the pariies on this question was thus as cleacly defined as it was possible to make i, and the popular verdict was in favor of the demacratic policy. Upon this ques- tion the people of Iowa swept away the republican plurality a year ago of over thirty-one thousand and elected the democratic candidate for governor by about seven thousand plurality, very uenrly capturing the legislature also. The menning of this. action of the people being clear, can there be o rea- sonable - question as to what should be the result in relation to prohi- bition? The will of the majority must rule, and that has been declared against prohibition. Those who talk of com- promise counsel a course that would de- feat the populur will. There 18 no mid- dle ground between the prohibition and the regulation of the liquor traffic, and a policy not general in its application would be of doubtful expediency. Under a high license and local option Law, such as that of Nebraska, any community tho powe# to prohibit the sale of liquo and such prohibition is very gen- orally effective. Thisis the system a majority of the people of lowa have de- clared for, and their desire will not be complied with by retaining the prohi- bition law as the settled policy of the state and supplementing it with logis- lation relieving certain communitios from the operation of the law. The set- tled policy of a state, as of every sover- eign nower, should be general in its application, operating equally as to all citizens and all communities. _The utter failure of prohibition in Towa, and the evils that have resulted from the attempt to enforce it, leave no excuse for retaining the law, while obe- dience to the popular will requires that it be repealed and a judicious and rigid poiicy for the regulation of the liquor trafile be established. This is the only logical solution of the problem which is now uppermost in the minds of the peo- ple of Towa, and if the next legislature shall fail to adopt this course there can be little doubt that its successor will be chosen with reference to doing so. SHALL WE COURT DISASTER? Osana, Nov. 16.—To the Editor of Tue Bes: Two years ago last spring tho repub- lican party of Omaba placed in nomination a ticket which harmonized all differences in the party and received a commendable en- dorsement at the poils. At that time the republican press of the city forewarned the party leaders in odvance of the primary election and pointed out all breakers ahead. It seems to me a like course should be pur. sued now. 1 heartily desire republican suc- cess at the polls in December, and real- izing that yourself und uc BEE are po- tent factors in municipal politics and 1n position to advise as well .as observe, I inquire whether 1t is not desirable to fully Qdiscuss the political sitvation before the primary election is heid, in order that prob- able blunders may be averted, and a credit- able municipal ticket placed in the field. The primary election will determine the personel of the convention and ticket, and if aoy criticism is necessary, it should be made prior to, rather than after such primary, I do not believe m locking the barn after the Rorse is stolen, Very respectfully, D. H. MERCER. THE BEE is as anxious for republican success in the city election that will take place on the third of December as 18 the chairman of the republican city committee. But we cannot conceive of any chance of success unless the ticket from head to foov can command the un- divided support of republicans, and can draw to it considerable strength from démocrats and independents wlo care nothing for party in lucal elections. Two years ago last spring the repub- licans of Omaha occupied a more favor- able position thap they do to-day. Maoyor Broatch and the ticket had the active and united support of republicans of all shades of opinion, and of many demo- crats who tere disaffected by the un- even distribution of federal pap under Grover Cleveland. Sinee then the tables have turned. The disaffection over the spoils 1s in the republican camp and on top of that republicans arve handicapped by the course of the lust legisiature on prohibition. That wus what caused the vepublican disaster three weeks ago in the county election, which gave the democrats a majority of nearly one thousand on the state ticket. Looking the situation squarely in the face we can only hope to win by nominating & clean representative ticket that will command respect and confidence snd oftend no faction, fragmeunt, or npationality that has for- merly supported republican candidates. ‘We may nominate a first class man for mayor and still wreck the entire ticket by coupling him with incompetent or disreputable men for the subordinate positions and the council, who like the mayor, are to be elected at large. A personal canyas during the recont county campaign convinces the editur of TiE Bes that {rom oue thousand five daundred to two thousaud people whul voted for Mayor Broatch in 1887 will vote ugainst him this fall il he is re- nominated and no amount of coaxing or promises of patronage will recon- cile these people to give him their support. Mayor Brontch cannot possibly make up this defection and his nomina- tion ‘thercfore simply would mean & general wreckage of the whole ticket. The causes for this pronounced hostility to Mayor Broatch are various. At the outsot of his term he made mafy en- emies by reason of unfulfilled promises of patronage. The fight overthe police commission which was waged so bit- terly for months alienated from him another large block of voters. The Sunday closing order, his personal con- tests with members of the council and the harassing arrests made by the police have arrayed against him hundreds upon hundreds of people who otherwiss would vote the republican ticket. THE Bep has upheld Mr. Broatch in every logiti- mate effort to maintain law and order and give the city good government. It has not.always been abla to approve his eccentricities and inconsistencies. For republicans, the main question must be: Can Mr. Broatch be elected? 1f ho cannot be elected, shail the party go down 1n disaster to satisfy Mr. Broatch’s ambition for another term? Does not the law of self-preservation dictate that Mr. Broatch shall step aside for the suke of party success and let republicans nominate a man for mayor who has made no personal en- emies in public life; has engendered no hostility. and willnot have to encounter the uncompromising opposition of a very large classof citizens whose votes are necessary to succe NOI' A SECTIONAL MAITER. The speakership contest should not be made a sectional issue. The gentle- men who have entered the race are all food republicans of national repute and of excellent qualifications. Any of them would creditably fill the speaker’s chair. It would béa grave mistake for either of them or their friends to give the fight a sectional character, as the term is usually applied. A contest so conducted would be very apt to work harm to the party, and it would cer- tainly be damaging to a candidate re- spongibie for it. But this does not debar making a claim in behalf of one section over an- other on the score of fair and just recog- nition.. Tn the history of the govern- ment the west has had but two repre- sentatives in the speaker’s chair, and they were from states not now, under a proper geographical division, in the west. Thus the eastern, middle and southern states have been represented in what is really the second position of honor and influence in the government, the trans-Mississippi country having never before, so far as we remember, presented any claim to be recognized in connection with this position. Now this great and wealthy region, pro- grossing more rapidly than any other section, contributing annually as largely as any other portion of the country to the national wealth, and the very bulwark of ropublicanism. makes an appeal to be recognized. It presents a candidate whose qualifications are not questioned and whose fidelity to his party has been equal to that of any republican in the land. Not oiPscetional grounds strictly, but as a matter of fairness in the distribution of party honors, the republicans gener- ally of the west would be gratified with the selection of Mr. Henderson, of Iowa, as speaker of the next house of repre- sentatives. But. they neither counsel nor would approve a contest that would engender antagonisms in the body and bring the east and west into hostila array. It is a contest between republicans who must be presumed to have an equal interest in the welfare of the varty, and it should be keot free from every circumstance and influence which might injuriously affect the future in- terests of the party. This, we have no doubt, is the sentimant and desire ot the candidates, though the declarations of the injudicious friends of some of them might lead to a different’conclu- sion. All of the speakership candidates will be at the national capital this week, and the earnest work of the contest will begin. Pstimates regarding the strongth of each have been given, but these ave likelv to be materially- changed before the meeting of the caucus of republican congressmen. At present the chances of Mr. Henderson us & compromise candidate appear to be very good DON'T BE TOO HOGGISH. At the real estate exchange the edi- tor of the World-Ierald assured the peo- ple that he heartily endorsed the move- ment for concerted action on the part of all citizens in favor of eyery proposition that would help to build up Omaha. Then within forty-eight hours after that speech was made he sought to array the northern part of the city against the southern part on the depot and viaduct propositions, As a response the Second ward repub- lican club which voices the sent- iment of the people on the south side, has passed resolutions that if the Tenth street viaduct and depot’ proposition were defeated the people of the Second ward will retal- iate and vete down the bonds for the new bridge north of town. And this is precisely what might have heen ex- pected. Omaha always has been held back by her two-legged hogs. They want itall to themselves or nothing, and they generally get nothing, — INTELLIGENT citizens cannot be de- ceived by the howls of mossbacks against the market house proposition. The iuvestment 1s the cheapest the city can possibly make, A market house will not only decrease the cost of living to wage workers but Contribute to the prosperity of the producer. The lack of a market where producer and consumer can come together has retarded the growth of small farming in Douglas county. Comparatively few farmers care to peddle their produce from store to store. Cousequently most of the rm products consumed 1u the city are Shipoed in, their cost being enhanced by expressage, commission, and” fnally v the storeketpbr's profits,. A market house will ‘entburage small farming in the country,and prove profitable alike to fproducer and consumer. As an invegtiient the provosition can- not fail te e profitable to the city. Grant that’ tho interest charge and lease will agregate nino thousand dol- Inrs a year,we save thirty-six hundred dollars a yehkrent, which the city now pays, and we certainly have an income of at least fifieen hundred dollars a year rom the reftdl of market stalls. TBLECTRIC thotor cars are viewed with fear and trembling in Denver. Some of the people are actually afraid that they will be roasted or shocked to death by tho deadly overhead wire. the local papers has gone so far as to picture the prospective slaughter with norrible cuts, This feeling is partly due to the failure of the system a fow years ago, when power was carried un- derground. The rails became charged with electricity and accidents were so frequent that the system had to be up- rooted. Denvar, however, can quiet its olectric nightmare by coming to Omana and examining her miles of electric roads in active operation. Tho system is the most complete of any in the coun- try. In over a year's experience there hos been but one accident. A police- mau received a shock by stepping into a pond of water. While the Denver po- lice have a pronounced aversion to water, that fact should not prevent the city of Denver from securing rapid tran- sit. THE reports of widespread destitution in the two Dakotas seem to have beon greatly exaggerated. A civcular issued by the commissioner of immigration and statistics for North Dakota and South Dakota, and endorsed by the governors of the two states, denies that there is general suffering among the people, and submits tables of crop returns which appear to justify the denial. The commissionor says there is some destitution, but it is confined to a fow districts in counties where the people have been so unfortunate as to lose two succossive crops. The crop returns for the present year, while showing a less average yield than for the previous year, are still sufliciently large to show that there cannot be gen- eral destitution, and the commissioner suys that “-every county has surplus eoough to supply all the destituto within the boundaries of the two young states.” THE recent;notable rise in the price of pig iron at home and abroad was fol- lowed by a sharp deciine. This fact gave rise to the belief that speculators were manipulafing the market. It is undeniable, however, that the demand exceeds the supply and prices must go up. Home and foreign mitls are rushed with business, and prices for finished iron are advancing steadily. The lethargy which pervaded both market and mills during the past spring and summer has given wav to unusual ac- tivity, indicating that the coming year will be a rewarkably prosperous one. Other branches of industry are equally active. All of which portends a grand business revival. OF all the processions of which May<’ shal Clarkson was captain, the one that filed into the Y. M. C. A, yesterday was the most serio-comic. With the portly. Paul in the front and the meek and lowly Jefferson Square Joe fetching up the rear, it must have been a sight to make angels weep. How sad it was that Dan McGuekin and **Doctor” Slominski were left out. Daniel, with his lion’s den on the corner of Twelfth and Doug- Ias, and the ‘‘doctor,” with his Poles holding the plate, only were wanting to make the spectacle an imposing one. THE discovery ‘of tin ore in north- eastern Wyoming is not surprising. It 15 doubuless a spur of the Harney Peak tin range in the Black Hills. The fact is notable as it shows that the resources of the territory are comparatively un- known. When the mineral wealth of Wyoming is thoroughly worked, and her coal, o1l, precious metals, tin, glass, soda, iron and marble placed in the markets of the world, she will rival if not surpass her neighboring states in industrial production, At the ministerial meeting Paul, the apostle of the oil-room, whose surname is Vandervoort, appealed to the preach- ers to vally around his caniidate for mayor and take a stand for a grand, a sacred cause. Av Hastings the Apostle Paul appeared before the state conven- tion as big as life, and twice as natural, on behalf of the indignant liquor deal- ers of Omaha, to' protest against the renomination of Judge Reese. Paul, like his candidate, can be all things to all men. IN most cases men who wear white chokers are not very bright when it comes to dealing with practical politics, but the Omaha Ministerial association appears to be:an exception. When they beheld PauluVandervoort in the front and Joe Rellman in the rearof that pious political ‘procession, they caught on and exclaimed almost in a chorus, “You ,#n’t ‘'mike catspaws out of us, From all such. missionaries and mis- sions, the Good Lord deliver us.” 10 iTs FULL VALUE So the Knights 8ay Land Should Be Taxed. .—The convention of the -day went intn commit- the land question. The was adopted as the declaration of principles following re fourth plank of the knights: - Resolved, That land, including all natural sources of wealth, is the heritage of all peo- rls. wnd should bot bea subject of :rw. ative trafic. Occupancy and use shall be the only utle 1o the ssession of land. ‘Taxes upon land should be levied on its full value for use, exclusive of improvements, and should be sufiicient to make for the com- munity all the uoearned increment. Br. PETERSBURG, —Sixteen sto- dents of the wilitary academy of wmedicine have been expelled for attending the funeral services of Tohernichewsky, & nihulist, who died recently. For some days past the au- thorities have been investigating what they believe to bed Plot against the emperor. The vewult 1s that sovers] persor A supposed to be connected with the plot have been expelled from the capital One of | ATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottinas. There are now 182 patients in the Hastings insane asyium, York firemen will eive a dance Thanks- piving evening, Work is being pushed at a lively rate on the water works at Geneva, Work bas been begun on & three-story block, 100 feet front, at Broken Bow. Beverly is the name of a new_station ten miles west of Culbertson on the Holyoke lino of railroad. Susan Duffy has sued the Crete suloon- keepers for $6,000 damages for selling lquor to her husband. A tramp confined In jail at Falls City on a charge of burglary pried the door off the hinges and made good his escape. An evangelist, named Patterson, is co ducting revival meetings at Albion, and about forty conversions are reported. A canning fuctory 18 being talked of at Madison and Banker Stuart offers to take ?n?i-nrm of the stock if & company is organ- zed. Mumpha Walla, aged twenty-nine, died at Nemaha last week. Mumpha was the old Indian pony owned by Squire Crother ana was the oldest horse in the county, Ex-Judge Abbott, of Hayes county, was arrested at Culbertson last week and placed under bonds for trial next montn. He is charged with baing too froe with his pen. Doc Hake and John Borchwingle, a pair of Banner county grangers, who some months ago hud the bad taste to drive a lot of Wy- oming cattle into the state and market the beaf, have been Jointly indicted by the grand jury at Cheyenne, Wyo. There wre six *'counts" ugainst them. At Randolph a fow days ago John Qalen- tine became entangled in a lariat attached to his saddle horn, and was dragged avout half a mile behind the frightened animal before being rescued. He was twice dragged through a barb wire fence, and the injuries inflicted are serious. The depot at Stanton was entirely de- stroyed by firs Suuday morning, Agent Dobbs, his wife, two children and hired girl barely escaping with their lives, The latter, Mi ittick, fell from the second story and was seriously injured, while Dobbs was badly bruised by jumping from & window. The fire originated in the freight room and 18 supposed to have been caused by the spon- taneous combustion of a quantity of coal. Towa Items. There ave 301 inmates of the soldiers’ home. A hog bitten by a mad dog at Leon has been attacked with rabies, Mary Shum paid 808 for talking about one of her neighbors at Clarinda, The Cedar Falls Congreeationalists have dedicated their new church cditice, A society for the provention of cruelty to animals is to be organized at Davenport. The Ottumwa Y. M. C, A. has raised $15,000 toward building a $20,000 structure. Two mad dogs wera killed 10 Adams coun-~ ty last week after biting & little girland number of cattle. A young man named Hathaway, at Inde- pendence, lost ten gallous of whisky, cases of beer und $50 in_money b persisted in putting the bottle to b bor’s lips. L. B. Willett, who has just cowpleted a two _years' term at Anamos, was arrested oa his release from prison and taken to But ier, Mo., to stand trial on a charge of forgery committed three years ago. The state board of health has changed the rule governing contagious diseuses among scnool children, Formerly the cortificate of the attending physician was all that was re- quired for readumnssion after being quaran- tined. Now the approval of the local board of healtl, or the health officer of the local board of hoalth, 15 necessary to remove the quarantine. William Car), in jail at Jefflorson for try- ing to_hold up two merchants at Grand Junction, is liable to lose one of his hands. During the fracas at Grand Junetion Mr. Covell, in protecting himself from Carl's at. tack, cut the robber in the wrist with a pocket knife, severing the tendons. Carl was 00 chicken-hearted to have his hand attended to properly at the time, which will probably result in his losing it altogether. naigh- Beyond the Rockies. The mdustrisl fair at Portland, Ore., net- ted $17.000. * Three hundred men are employed in malk- ing sewers at Seattle, Wash, The police of Santa Barbara, Cal., are closing up Chinese gambling dens, ' the first night's haul yielding tweuty-four victims. Lhe product of the Drum Lummon mine in Montana for October was §7,200 aud the working expenses §56,000. Chere were 6,793 tons of ore crushed. Laeutenant Governor Chubbuck,of Nevada, has been appointed manager of the Wells' Fargo oftice at Oakland, Cal,, and will soon rdsign his state oftice. A young man_plowing on a ranch near Galt, Cal., found $1,600." His employer kept al1 but 20 of the find and left the plowman to plod his weary way in the fleld. Tramps raided a Chinese logging camp near Vancouver, Wash., the other night, but wero repulsed, the Mongol s using butcnets and axes. Two Chinamen were seriously wounded. Harry Meyer bought a lot in East Port- land, Ore., a fow wecks azo, The other day he went to work digging out stumps, Dur- ing the day he unearthed an old tin box that contained greenbacks and gold to the value of §6,000. A. D. Foote, of the irrigation party, tells the Pocatello, Idaho, survey Herald ‘the storgao of water up and around enry’s Lake and down the stream towards Eaglé Rock can be easiiy accomplished, and that 800,000 acres can be irrigated by thie use of such s reservoir between American Falls and Eagle Rock. Mr. and Mrs, Wilming, of North Fork, Nov., Jegally adopted Edith Potts, says tho Elko Independent, the six year-old daughter of the Pottses in 'the county jail, who are seutenced to death for the murder of of Miss Faucett at Carlin. The sceno in the district churt was very offacting, especially when the parents took leave of the little oue and embraced her probably for tho last time, “There has been for & number of years past an old man named Underwood living in a cabin on Uncle Aaron Treadway’s farm near Carson, says the Reno, Nev., Gazetta, Shortly after dark the other night a halo of 1ight was 6een just above his cabin, 80 brill- iant that 1t set all the dogs in tho neighbor- 100d o howling, and excited the neighbors and set them to speculating as to the cause of the phenomenon, When they got_there they found Old Man Underwood stark and s%ff in death's embrace, When they came out of the cabin it was pitch dark, and what caused the light still remains o mystery. The namo of the deceased was R. C. Underwood, aged sixty-eight years und a naive of Wis consin. B BRINGING MEADE BACK. Deputy Sheriff Grebe Losaves St. Paul With the Young Man. Paur, Nov, 18.—|Special Telogram to Tue Bre.|—Deputy Sheriff Louis Grebe, of Douglas conuty, Nebraska, arrived in the city yesterday and to-day presented his req- uisition papers to the governor for the per- son of GuyC. Meade, wauted in Omaha for the embezzlement of §240 from the insurance company of which he was a trusted emp! ‘The governor granfed the requisition. case of forgery against Meade in signing the name of Miss Nana Matthews, of 233 East Seventh street, toa “personal’ advertise- ment was dismissed by Judge Burr this aft- erooon and Deputy Grebbe left to-night for ba with his prisoner, yo. ‘I'he P’\Olipny = Cured "b‘;“"w ) StlacohsOil:# ~oacro-Mo- HECHAS-AVOGELER B Jaying 0N TRIAL FOR HIS LIFE. The Alloged Murderer of Reed Be- fore the Bar of Justice. FRENCH MAN VALLEY RAILROAD. Official Returns of the Second Con- gressional District—The Mo« Allister Will Admitted to Probate—Oliy News, LixcoLx BureAv o ‘ 1029 P Steer, Laxconx, Neb., Nov. 18, The case of the state vs Richard Fitzsim- mons, charged with the murder of William Reed at Waverly, March 10, 1889, was called for trial in the district court to-day. The jary was sworn in at 8 o’clock and the couuty attorney briefly outlined what the stato expected to prove. Judge Mason fol lowed for the defense, He recited the story of the tragedy, described the building in which the homicide occurred and stated that the defense expected to show consistent solf- defense. Mrs. Reed, the wifo of the murdered man, was the first witness called for tho state, She was on the stand until court adjourned for the day. ‘T'he blow that cost young Reed his life was struck during a gencral row at a dance, but the public is familiar with the detaiis of tho crime. Itzsimmons is a lad of barely twenty years, He is far from a vicious looking fel- low, and does not appear to be tha cold- blooded murderer that he has been pictured. Tae OMana Beg, { Congres fonal The following congressional d otion Returns. isthe vote of the Second trict by counties: | Laws, | Casper, Bentley, rep.) | (d (prohib.) Counties, ol onter e Gosper.; Humilton Harian | oilerson Kearn Nuc olis. Seward Thayer W, 1,818 Laird's vote was 50,950, Hastings' 21,204 and Scowv's 4,198, From theso figures i n be seen that th ition vote has fallen off 2,312 votes ear. Laird’s Tor_congress votes, while Laws' is 4, the Krenchm The attorney general received a letter to- day from a citizen of Paiisade, Hitchcook county, stating that tracklaying on the Re- publican Valley & Wyoming railroad, run- ning from Culbertson to Holyoke, Colo., had again cometo a standsuil. There has been trouble over the construction of this line of road for several mouths past. Citizens along the grade entered complaint that it was only made to keep out competing lines, and there- tore retarded the development of that por- tion of tho state. Attorney General Leese commonced quo warranto proceedings in the mo court some time ugo to dissolve poration for the renson that it refused to track the grade and prevented other roads. from occupying the territory. A few days before court met the company commenced to ay n few foet of track cuch day, and when the case was called Attorney Marquetto filed & motion to quash the service because it-was made as 1n other cases, claiming that it should nave been_ returnable on the third or fourth Monday after its date. In his areu- ment he also clamed that plenty of men were at work on the grade and that track- i wis progressing as fast as possible. The attorney general says that the supreme cobrt passed upon a similar question some years ago and hold against Marqueite's position. It appears that tho motion, which still pends, prevents furthor action until disposed of and then, in all prob- ubility, & demurrer will be filed to gain more time, 4s the ovident intention is to track the grado to suit the convenience of tne com- pany. Meantimocitizens of Palisade and the contiguous country continue to kick. The waitroad, attorney genoral’s late correspondonce atates that trackmen have been called in and that four or five seation men, who work botween Culbertson and Beverly, alone are loft, Supremos Court OCases, The following cases wore filed for hearingt before the supreme court to-day: The eity of Omaha va Jerod B. Ayers. Tle city of Omaha vs Warren Cochran et al. The eity Omaha vs Daniel . Randall. Tho oity of Omaba vs the Howell Lumber company. Tho city of Omaha va Mark Hansen, Theso cases are all brought on error from tho district court of Douglas county, New Notaries Pabiio. The following nbtarial appolntments were made by the governor today: James R. Wilhite, Falls City, Richardson count 8t, Clair, Minde Kearney county; S mour B. Humphrey, Kearney, Bu falo county t Alonzo Pericins, Blair, Washington countys William H. Weslay,' Grand Tsland, Hall John H. Moss, Waloo, Sanders {John L. Doty, Lincoln, Lancaster county. State Honse ittings. Commissioner Stén, Sooretary Cowdry, Attorney Goneral Loose and Treasuvor Hill of tne board of publio lands and buildings €0 to Peru on next Thursday to inquire into vho contract for tho steam heating at the State normal school. It appoars the con- tractor and Principal Farnham fail o agreo on the price of the extras. Tho board of public lands and buildings meet tomorrow, in conjunction with the board of ussociate charities and the board of the home for the friendless, in the intercsts of said home and the industrial honfe at Milford, The stato board of transportation moots to- morrow for the purpose of electing a chair- man of the board and to pass finally upon the order for lower rates on coal shipmonts. It is learned that Auditor Beaton and Commis- sioner Steen both aspire to the chairmanship of the board. City News and Notes. Hon. Gilbert L. Luws left for Washington this afternoon on the Burlington flyer. ‘There are still seven candidates in the fleld for the Luncoln postofce, viz: C. H. Gere, E. P. Roggen, M. B. Cheney, G. B. Chap- man, Judge Parker, Prof. Johnson and W, B, Taylor. Juage Stewart admitted the MoAllister will to probate to-day. He decided against tho contestants after considering all of the points raised. The contest wili be taken to the district court. Notice of appeal has been filed and the trauscript ordered. Hon. A, R. Grabam, of Wisner, Cuming county, was a Capital city visito: to-day. He says that Licutenunt Governor Meiklejohn, Hon. A. F. dy, Judge Kinkaid and Hon. G. W. E. Dorsoy are the prominenv oandi- dates for congress for the Third congres. sional distric He also says that Hon. L. D. Richards, of F'remont, will probably have the northeast part of the state solid for gov- ernor. —— LOTTA'S OLOSE CALL. The Little Actress B a Runaw Bosrox, Mass., Nov. 18.—|Special Tele- gram to THr Bee.]—The fact that Miss Lotta Crabtree, the actress, narrowly es- caped death ina runaway last Thursday evenieg und that she is now confined to her room on account of her injuries was not mado public until to-day® Lottaand her mother left the house of a friend on Beacon street and stepped into thoir carriage, but did not notice thav the driver was not on the box. ‘The horses turned and started down the street, going faster at every step. Upon discovering that the vehicle was without a driver Lotta forced open the door and sprang out, intending to stop tho team herself, but her dress caught and she wus thrown to the eround, striking on her head and side. She was picked up_inu half-conscious state, Physicians found that her injuries were o contusion on tne head and severe bruises on the left limb and foot. Mrs, Crabtreo re- mawed in the carriage and the horses were stopped after they hua run two blocks further. dly Injured in The Value of His Good Name. BosToN, Mass., Nov. 18.—The slander casa of the Rev. William A. Smith, late pastor or the Perkins street Baptist church of Som- merville, and formerly of Hamilton, 0., and Kansas City. against Colonel Herbert Hill, one of the deacous, came up to-day in the superior court. ‘The plaintiff claims £50,000 for injurics done to s good fame, claiming - that Colonel Hill accused him of béing druni av various times, and that ho was innocent of such conduct. There ure eighteen counts in the plaintifi’s declaration, to which the de. fendant in nis answer allegod the truth of the statements, Tho caso was referred 10 the Middlesex county court. QL Q Pl ‘"A new theory has been started with regard to the use of soap on the face, Women who for years have been careful of their com- plexions would never, under any circumstances, wash the face in soap, as it was said to roughen and coarsen the skin. Now, that Ivory Soap has been invented, this idea is exploded, and a well- known physician in the metropolitan profession recommends his women patients to use it frecly every day, lathering the skin well. He states that none but the most beneficial results will be effected by this method of improving the skin. He hold with considerable plausibility—that the pores of the face become a®much clogged by grease and dirt as the hands or any other portion of the body. And if soap is considered a necessary purifier in the bath, its needs must be felt equally on the face. By an abundant and regular lathering the facial pores, he claims, are kept open, clean, free from the clogging matter that produces unsightly blackheads, acne, pimples, and a complexion is the resultant. pure, healthy, fresh and brighter Not mincing matters, he says that the trouble with most women who have sallow, pasty skins is, that from year's end to year's end they never have a really clean face, ~Hrookiyn Eagle, A WORD OF WARNING. There are many white soaps, each represented to be “'just as good as the ! tvory they AR NOT, but like all counterfeits, lack the peculiar and remark- i able qualities of the genuine, 'Ask for *'Ivory" Soap and insist upon getting it. Copyright 188, by Procter & Gamble. i d |