Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 9, 1889, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BE Qs somsc mrnr MONDAY, DECEMBER 9. 889, THE DAILY BEE. TR ROSEWATER, Bditor. e - PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Daily and Sunday, One Year Fix Months. .., [t Three Months, | v Bunday Ies, One Year ...\ . Weekly Dee, One Year with Premium.... OFFICES, ©Omana, Nes Butlding. Chicago Offics, f67 Rookery Dnilding New York, Ioums 14 aud 15 Tribune Buila- shington, No. 13 Fourteenth Street. ncil Binfta, No, 12 Pearl Street. Lincoln, 1020 P Sticet, South Omaha, Corner N and 26th Streets. CORRESPONDENCE. All communications relating to news and edi- torisl matter should be addressed to the Editor- ial Departmen BUSINESS LETTERS. A1l Lnsiness letters and remittances shonld be addressed to The Hee Publishing Company, Omuhn. Drafts, checks and postoflice oraers to be made payablo to the order of the company The Bee Pablishing Company, Pmnrlcldrs ek Building Farnam and Seventcenth Str $10 00 B 00 I'ne Bee on the Thero 18 no excuse for a fafln on tho trains, All1 fied to carry a full supn Tk Bk and ca Omahavapers are ca tify Tug Hiee Viens bo particular to give in all cases full informution as w date, rallway and number of train. Give us your name, not for publication or un. ecessary use, but a8 & guaranty of ood faith, —— THE DAILY BEE. tTie RER been noti- ers who wan where other sted to no- Sworn Statement of Circualation, Etate of Nebraskn, T County of Douglas, Georpo” B, Tzachuck, secretary of The Tee Tublishing Company. doss solemuly Swear tnat e metunl clrenlation of THE DALY BEE for the week endine Docember 7, 185, was as follows: Tuesany, Dec. Wednesday, Dec. 4. Thursday, Dec, ... Friday, Dec. 0. Baturday, Dec. Average G Etate of Nebraska, County of Douglns Bworn (o before me and subseribed to in my presence thus Tth day or December, A. D, 189, [Seal,) . FEIL, Notary Pubite. State of Nebraskn, |, County of Douglas, | Georgo B, Tzschuck, duly sworn, de- pores and says that he s secretary of Th Publishing Company, that the actual averngs daily circulation of Tik DAILY BEE for the morth of December, 18, 1822 copies; for January, 180, 18,574 copies; for February, 155, 8999 coples: for Marc 18,804 coples: for April, 1859, 1850 or' May, 1880, 18,000 coplos; for Ju \K)S _coples; for Juily, 189, 18733 copl T August, 189, 15, €51 coples: for September, 1880, 18,710 coples; for October 18, 15,997 coples; for November, 1680, 19.310 coplen EORGE B. 7801 UCK. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my Drescnce this Bith day of November, A - [, 1580, 18eul.] N, 1L, THE temperature of Des Moines is getting decidedly hot for prohibition spies. ATORIAL candidates are spring- ing up in every quarter of Towa, a fact which will make Allison’s rc-election an emphatic DispATCHES detailing the rascalitie of tho day annownce with unvarying monotony that ‘‘the police are after the thief,” as if the police were ever found in any other position It 1s fortunate for Cushing that he is a thousand miles away. The howls of the Rocky mountain wolves are a rippling melody compared with the ravemous yelps of the hungry horde at home. CASHIER SILCOTT 1mpressed Wash- ington people as a model of honor, but the impression he made on the con- gressional pocketbook will be felt long after he has dissolved in the wilds of Canada, ——— THERE are something like seventy- five snug offices at the disposal of the mayor, with salaries ranging from six hundred to three thousand a year. No wonder the faithful are thirsting for a pull at the spoils, LX-EMPEROR DOM PEDRO of Brazil arrived in Portugal in good health and spirits. The fact that he is free from the cares of state, coupled with a cash bonus of two million dollars and & life salary of four hundred thousand a year, explain his uncommon cheerfulness, THE thugs and traitors are rushing into print with explanations and feeble defenses, The scourging of Broatch’s political vermin has just commenced. By the time Tur BEE gets through Wwith them they will have sunk so decp an ot on that Gabriel’s trumpet will not disturb them. THE federation of Knights of Labor and Farmers’ Alliance partially wiped out the color line, by leaving to state organizations the option of admitting negroes. It is a half-way measure. The question should have been left alone until the order showea sufficient man- liness to admit colored men to full fol- lowship. ——— TiE ocoans of tears and ink shed by the south over the bier of Joff Davis will not wash away the memory of the three hundred thousand brave men of the north whose lives were sacrificed through the instrumentality of Dayis and his followers. While the north has drawn the mantle of charity over the misdeeds of the nation’s enemies, no amount of confederate eulogy can shake the imperishable truth that Davis con- spired to destroy the gran dest republic on earth, THE readjustment of rates between Chicago, Omaba and interior points re- moves the disturbing factor of discrim- ination which has prevailed for years back. Every jobbing point in the state is placed on o common level, so that in the race for trade the chances of suc- cess ure equal. Hereafter the sum of the two locals will govern. The Mis- souri river is made the basing point, ond ratos to inland points, from Chi- cago via Omaha, Fremont, Lincoln or any other city will be the same. This s the principle for which Omaha jobbers have contended for yearsi By united and determined action they have at last wiped out the advantage in rates which gave Chicago 8 monopoly of Nebraska business. The result emphasizes the importance of the jobbers standing shoulder to shoulder for their own as well as the rights of the city sud state. The settlement of this long pending question on an equit- " able basis s & matter of sincere con- @ratulation, INSOUND OBJECTIONS. The opposition to the plan of the sec- retary of the treasury of issuing cer- tificates against deposits of silver bul- lion, at the market value of tho bullion, i# not so vizorous nor so intelligent as to discourage the hope that this policy may ultimately be adopted as the wise- est and most practicable way at present of solving the silver problem. Among the objoctions is the assumption that the nroposed plan would make the national treasury the market and storehouse for the world’s silver, that it would greatly stimulate silver production everywhere, that it would lodge in the hands of tho treasury department a dangerous arbi- trary power in connection with mone- tary speculation, that it would make silver a mere commodity to be measured by gold, that it would offer an opportumity for speculation, and that it would pato ad- dition to the national paper currency limited only by the surplus production of the silver mines of the world, These objections represent the v of those who fuvor the total aband- onment of the coinaga of silver dollars and of those who advoeate free coin and most of them were anticipated disposed of by the secretary of the tr ury in his report. Regarding ction that the treasury might flooded with the world's silver, the secretary says that the pro- posed law itself, and the statistics in rogard to the present product and uses of silver, furnish a complete reply. Troasury totes would only bo issued at the average price of silver in the lead- ing financial centers of Turope and the nited States, so that there could be no possible motive for ship- ping it from abroad. “Why should anyone asks Secretary Windom,"* pay the cost of transporting silver from Ilurope to exchange for our treasury notes at the same price it would command in gold at home?” Mo thinks it probable that we should re- ceive some of the surplus product of Mexico, but the statistics of Mexican production show that the amount could not be dangerously large. There is ob- viously not the least ground for appre- hending that the proposed plan would cause any considerable in- flow of currency to this coun- try, and probably there would be none at all from remote countrics. As to the objection that it would reduce silver to the lovel of a mere commodity, the ob- vious and couclusive answer is that that is the position of silver bullion now. But as the secrotary of the tren says, the policy proposed would give silver, throurh its papsr repr tive, the rank and dignity of money in the most convenient and least oxponsive way in which it can possibly be utilized. “The issue of notes based on bullion would have the effect of crowning it with the dig- nity of money as effectually as could the dies and stamps of & United States mint. Instead of derrading silver this plan would tend to restore it to its former ratio with gold.” The secrotary ver clearly . points -out the way by which the treasury could be securely protected against specula- tion in silver, but the objection made te this is thut it requires devoly- ing upon the secretary of the treasury discretionary powers of a more or less arbitrary nature. But would there be any more danger in this than in the diseretionary authority conferred upon the secrotary by the present law to change the monthly coinago from two to four million doilars? It is by no means apparent that there would. There is nothing at all formidable in the objections thus far raised against the proposed plan, and there is over reason to believe that as it is more carefully and intelligently considered it will grow in favor as the very best policy to be pursued, under present conditions, in dealing with the silver problem. It does not involve any risk of inflation, since the certificates would really represent gold or its equivalent at all times, It could not lead to any serious distemper of the finan- cos, Dbecause it contemplates no action that woula disturb the relatiors between gold and silver, and it would, as the secretary of the treasury says, be far more ad- vantageous to silver producers than in- creased coinage under existing law, while providing for all the purposes of domestic trade a safe, convenient and entirely acceptable currency. an nd as- the MAJOR POWELL'S PLAN. Major Powell, chief of the govern- ment commission appointed to investi- gate and report on the best method of irrigating the arid regions of the west, outlines his conclusions in a paper read before the New York chamber of com- merce. Mr. Powell estimates that there are one billion acres of arid land in the country, of which one hundred and twenty million ‘acres can be cultivated by means of irrigation, Six million acres have already been rendered pro- ‘ductive by artificial means, leaving a vast empire subject to reclamation. To uccomplish this it will be necessary to coostruct a systom of storage reservoirs at or near the points where streams change from a mountain tor- rent to a lowland stream, so as to hold the immense volumes of water, which now go to wasto, and maintain an even flow throughout the summer months. This will not only benefit agriculture but check the destructive floods which rush with frightful velocity from the mountains into the valleys, The cost of a system of storage basins Mr. Powell places at one million dol- lars, or an average of ten dollars for every acre reclaimed. Will the bene- fits justify the oxpenditure? Experi- vience has shown that an irrigated farm surpasses in productiveness that which depends on natural moisture, A crop iscertain. Neither drought nor ex- cessive rains are to be féared, and the quality and quantity of the harvest, with ordinary attention, 1nsures vrofit- able returns. The main point to be cousidered is whether the government shoutd under- take the work. Major Powell hoids it would be & dangerous innovation; that it would build up a federal bureaucrucy and create an army of officials, The better plan in bis opinion is for the lgm‘ornmenb to parcel out the water among the states or territories, enact stringent laws governing its distribu- tion, and donate the arid land to the respoective states, conditioned that they inaugurate systems of irrigation and devote the proceeds of sales of land to the maintenance of the canals and ervoirs, On this important point Major Powell radically dissents from the vicws of Sen- ator Stewart of Nevada, also a member of the commission. The latter declares that national aid is essential, as no western state or territory is financially competent to undertake a work of such magnitude. The question is one de- serving of serious oconsidervation. If Major Powell’s estimate of the cost is correct, it is not within the range of probability that congress will attempt the work or encourage it. Much good can bo'accomplished, however, by the enactment of needful legislation to pre- vent private monopoly in water courses, and to protect the rights of every state to a share of the water in interstate rivers and creeks. Privato enterpriso has already aimod millions of acres. With proper legal restrictions and state and local the irrigation problem can be satisfactorily solved in the west, assistance, THE QUESTION OF D. 5 There is danger that the proposal to carry out a system of adequate coast de- fenses may be in a measure frustrated by the extravagant zeal of some of the advoeates of such a policy. The hearty support given to such a policy by the president in his annual message, and the vigorous way in which its necessity was enforced by the secretary of the navy, has encouraged some of its advo- cates in congress to believe that they can push through with ht- tle opposition almost any demand upon the public treasury for this pur- pose. Thus Senator Dolpn of Oregon proposes that something more than one hundred and twenty-six million dollars shall be appropriated at once for coast defenses, the money to be expended within a period of twelve years. True, the idea involved in this proposition is that the average aunual expenditure shall be about eleven million dollars, but it cannot safely be presumed that the expenditure would be thus regu- lated, nor is it by any means cer- tain that if this large sum were voted at once appropriations for this object would stop there. 1t was not the suggestion of the presi- dent or of the secretary of the navy that a system of defenses extending along our entire coast line of thirteen thousand miles should be entered upon atonce. There are a few vital points to which 1t was recommended immediate attention should be given, and the cost of putting these in a proper defensive condition would involve an expenditure of probably not more than one-third of the sum which Senator Dolph proposes shall be immediately appropriated. The other less exposed seaports, having property interests so comparatively small that they would not be likely to invite the attack of a foreign enemy, could wait with the pos- sibility that later on they couid be pro- vided with defenses entively adequate to their protection av a much less cost than now. Unquestionably there are points on our seacoast which do not need formidable defensive fortifica- tions, but which could be amply pro- tected by a torpedo system that could be provided whenever an exigency should arise. Permanent and thor- oughly equipped defensive works at New York, San Francisco, and perhaps two or three other vul- nerable points, it is doubt- less desirable to provide with as little delay as possible, not because there is any imminent danger, or any real ground of fear, but for the reason that it will be a sound business princt- ple to thus insure the vast proporties of these seaports. The intelligent opinion of the country will approve this, but it will not favor a scheme of general de- fenses which started on an appropriation equal to one-third of the annual re- ceipts of the government may require an ultimate expenditure of several times that sum. Necessary defenses—such, that is, as are urged by a wise precau- tion—should be provided without delay, and this can be done with far less money than the bill of Senator Dolph proposes to appropriat It is unnecessary to point out the benefits to flow from the location of the state fairin Omaha for the next five yoars. The advantages of the city, hotel and railroad facilities, places of entertainment and amusement, can be piotured in eloquent periods, but they are worthless as inducements to secure the fuir. Money talks. It is a question of the best bid, to be determined Jan- uary 21. A meeting will be held 1n the board of trade rooms this evening to discuss ways and means, and every citizen interested in securing the fair should attend. . As a specimen of unadulterated gall, the demand made by democratic con- gressmen that the republican speaker should consult Carlisle, Mills & Co,, as to the make-up of the committees, is without a paratlel in recent political history. But the stalwart Reed was not seriously shaken by bourbon wind, ¥ faithfulness in the late election is made an essential requirement for favors from Cushing, enough straight democrats cannot ve found to fill the offices, What Is Parnell Up To? Philadelphia Record, Mr. Parnell's whereabouts is said to be at present a mystery to his adherents, It has boen noted before that when he goes into re- tirement he is generally preparing for some uew movement; and it will be interesting to note the outcome of his present seclusion. S —— Starting in Wel St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The fact that the first measure introduced into the fifty-first congress was brought in by Senator Sherman, and 1s directod against the trusts, shows that the republicans have started in on schedule time on their task of downing the monopolists, T — Old in Deeds NewYork Herald, Tho explorer shows the ravages of experi- ouce ratber thau of time. Danger, respon- s = sibility, sicknoss, iave made his hair white, If it be true that ‘welive in doeds, not years,” Stanley 3 really an old man, for he done enough to equip half a dozen his- torio hieroes, We Were Sat Upon, Oaklai§ Independent, We were ‘sat down on” last Saturday afternoon in Mr. Neumann's store, and all because we neglocted to put N Fanny Neumann's namo in, the paper last week. We admit our unpardonable blunder, but thought sho was rather rough for the first offcnse. As soou as wo could get out we skipped for our sanctum, ——— DESTITUTION IN DAKOTA, A Nebraskan on the Ground States the Facts, FAULKTON, 8. D,, Dec. 5,—To the Editor of ik BER: 1seo an article in your paper in ard to the suffering of Dakota which in my opinion does injustico to those people. My residence is in Wayne county, Nebraska, and l¢ fthe wants of this county asked opr citizens to donate what they could spare, and in conscquence of so doing we have loaded a car with corn, flour and clothi- ing and [ am hero to see to tho distribution of the s 1find it a fact that the people nere have raised compuratively no crops and some (quite many) must receive aid ot both starve aud freezo 0 show you that such is the casa only to cite you to the Milwaukee Chicago & Nortt stern compan ies, wno will verify theso statoments by showing you the car loads of coal shipped by them free and given in most ins 5 10 the needy 1 it is t00 bad to have such statements sent abroad to the detrimeut of these suf- ferers, 1found Govornor Mollette yesterday out canvassing for the wants of the poor of Miner county in connection with the county com- mussioners of that county Respeetfull yours, D. W. C. Hoop. 1 have and the |The article referred to by Mr. Hood was due to a circular sent out by the immigration commissioners and other officials-of Dakota, denying that there was sufficient distress in the country to warraut an appeal for outside aid, und declaring that the people of Dakota were able 10 take care of their own poor. Later advices confirm the fact that a large numoer of farmers have lost two suc S1VO crops, and unless liberal assistance is given, great suffering will follow during the winter. | - e STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings, Marquette is without a single saloon, A third branch of the C. L. S, C. 18- to bo organized at North Platte. There are eleven divorce ca trict court docket at Ke: Rev. A. H. Ewing has pound bell to Utica. During the month of Nov ler firm shappec employing thirty An uuknown ses on the dis- presented a 500~ the Presbyteriun church at mber ove Schu of baled hay, disease, fentirely different from cholera, has carricd off all the hogs of George Lawrencs, living near Richland. R i has preached his fave- well sermon as pustor of the Christian chiurch ut Broken How and bhas returned to his ola home in llinois. Hubert Dykmwan, a seventecn-year-old Central City boy, has become insane as the result of a fever and has been taken to the asylum at Lincoln, Mrs. S. L. Dunham of Weeping Water turned over the coffee pot at Thunksgiving dinner aad so badly scalded ber arm that she has been unuble o use it sinc L. M. Marsh of Spaulding has sold the patent which he recently oblaied on an angular bit brace to an eastern firm for $18,000. This brace will enable mechanics to bore a hole at any angie desired. Walter Pecl a thirteen-year-otd boy liv- ing near St Paul, was thrown from u buggy and had his arm broken, tut he succeeded in stopping the team and drove to Scotia, whore the fracturo was reauced. *. An incendiary piled a lot of shuvings sat- urated with coal oil under Strahle Brothers’ implement hall at Gothenburg, but his plans were discovered bofore he had time to apply the match, and what might have been a dis- astrous conflagration was averted. No trace of the villain has been aiscovered. An extensive and varied programme has been prepared for the winter meeting of the state horticultural society, which will be beld at Lincoln Jauwuary 14,15 and 16, A number of leading horticulturists from other states will attend, and special rates will be made over ali the railroads in the state. “Those attending ure requested to bring with them & good exhibit of fruit, and an excelleat display in thav line 1s assured. One day last week, says, the Dakota City Eagle, the wife of Jobn Provancha found a soft shelled egg on which was an illegible in- scription as though stamped from the inside of the shell. 'I'he egg by some mishup was broken. A day or two later an egg with a hara shell was found iu the same nest. The egg bore the following inscription 1n raised letters: ‘“‘Prevare to die, God will take you; Jesus will come soon,” It is no hoax and no tricks. ‘Che letters are perfect and appear as though they had been stamped from the in- side of the snell. York is a no-license town, but occasionally contrabaud liquoor is discovered withingtho city’s limits, The other day a man was ar- rested for selling liquor without a license, and, with the captured illegal beverage, was brought before the polico judge. ~ When court adjourned for dinner the liquor was left behind the judge's beuch, Lut when his Lonor returned he found the cork-screw club assembled and the liquid evidenco rapidly disappearing dewn the parched throuts of omoers, ‘I'he court not beiug in ses- sion nooe of the cork-screwers were fined for contempt, but they declared the stuff to be vile, unworthy to be kept by any court, and upon their evidence the prisoner was convicted, lowa items. O'Brien county has 112 school houses, em- ploys 134 teactiers and has 4,081 scholars, 'he Cedar Valley bee keepers’ association will meet in Waterloo December 18 and 19, A vicious Atlantic cur bit off the ear of one of Willium Head’s children the other day. Howara Howatt remained unconscious for five hours from a fall while ' skating at Clin- ton the other day. There were sewon deaths from scarlot fever and six from diphtheria st Dubuque during November. A Rockwell City man claims to have rid- den 250 miles in search of a lured girl who left him in seven da, A Grinnell produce firm shipped 0,000 dozen eggs and $,000 pounds of butter to western points ond diy recently, € Oskaloosa will ‘be flooded with doctors December 12. Do’ medical - ussociations are to moet there in joint session on that A negro burglarsent up from Muscatine for thirteen years feels it in his bones that he will not live out:lus seutence, because of the unlucky number which indicates the length of his imprisonment. The labor union. of Cedar Rapids has adopted a sorles of resolutions opposing the re-election of Senator Allison on the ground that he isamonopolist and bas never assisted in securing legislation for the benefiv of the workingman, A feud of long Atinding between A. B, Noble, city aldermun, aud O, H. Tibbetts, editor of the Hamburg Sunbeam, culminated in @ rough and tumble fight at the depot iu that place the other night. Both meu wera badly used up. It is feared the trouble will yet bave a tragic termination, In the United States district court at Du- buque Mrs. Sadie McConkey obtained & jud, ment for $7,000 ageinst the Praveiers’ Acci- dent Insurance cowpany for the death of her husband several years ago in Montana. The company resisted paymens on the ground that e was eitner murdered or had com- mitted suicide, aud the case has been in the courts for many ycars. A singulap accident cost s horso its life in LeMars lust weok. The horss was engaged 10 eating bis supper whou a cow cawe up to ehare the meal of oals with him. Whoile they were oating one of the norns of the cow was accidentally thrust into the horse's neck, severing the jugular vein and causing the animal to bleed to death in & few min- utes, - E. £ Paul, a wealthy farmer living nesr Little Sioux, disappeared abeut suree years o and was supposed to ‘have been mur- dored. His estate was finally settled up by his brother on the supposition that ho was doad and the circumstance of his disappear- anco was well nigh forgotton. Last week, howover, Paul turned up very much alive, having travoled all over the south and west. He gave no causo for his strange action. The Two Dakotas. Aberdeen has seven churches. There are thirty-four presidential post. offices in Sonth Dakota. Mandan has voted to fssuo $10,000 bonds for boring an artesian well. Arlington hns no Jail and the city mar- shall is using his cellar as a calaboos i Over five thousand Russians have settled in Kureka and vicinity during the past year. The new Goran Evangelical Lutheran Zion church at Sioux Falls was dedicated Sunda, John 8. Craig has been elocted Bigstone City 1o fill the vacancy the resignation of B. ¥, Murphy. Wol are o0 thick in some portions the Black Hills that county troasurors offering as high as £3 for thoir peits. Somebody unknown fired a bullet throv the second story window of the Knick bocker hotel at Eureka. Tho missilo struck a St. Paul drammer on the head, glanced oft and was buried in the bedstead. Postmaster Miller of Pierro is so anxious to be t 1 of his official cares thut ho hus telegraphed to Washington that if his resignation is not accepted at once he will turn tlie office over to his bondsmen, Toli, the erauddaugntor of Chief Hump, chief of the Indian police on the reservation, s present at the recent dog feast at Fort orre, and was the bello of the war dance, She wore @ jacket trimmed with 150 elk th, no two teeth being taken from the ne animal, and all being taken from elks h sho had herself slain. She is do- scribed as tall and very handsome for o Sioux maiden, and a8 her grandfather, Hump, is considered weil fixed all tho dude bucks on the reservation are try ingto secare hor s a wife, At present hor smiles are showered on Young-Man-Make-the-Rire, but the scason of the year is thought to bo the only thing 1n his “favor and half a dozen dudes with summer nawmes are lying low and waiting for spring. gl A HOUSE WITH A HISTORY, of by mayor caused of are The Secret Rooms i Once Hid A fow days ago thore was a fire in the old Botsford house occupied by Frank Judson in Woodbury.writes n Waterbury correspondent of the New York sun. For years there has been a legend con- nected with this mansion of revolu- tionary fame, and until recently mystery connecled with it was never cleared up. In the struggle of the American colonies with the mother country certain prominent ciuizens were suspected of toryism. Among these was the Rav. John R. Marsball, the ficst Episcopal clergyman of Woodbury. e was summon ed be- fore o properly appointed committeo and was forbidden to go beyond cer- tain prescribed bonds. He wasat that time living in the Botsford house, but could never be seen except on Sunday. As he was free from arrest on that day he usually went to a neighboring ) to hold service, but during the 03t of the week he was never seen, al- though close watch was kept. it was surmised that he had a ret room in which to hide himself. After his death a careful search of the house was made, but no secret room could be found. The discovery of the secret closet was made a few years ago by Deacon F. I, Hiteheocels, who lived in'the house for a short time. In the front parlor wasa china closet under the_ stairway which was allotted to Mr. Hitcheock’s chil- dren to storo their valuables. While Mr. Hitchcock was putting some shelves in the closet he discovered a p door in the back of it. With a lit- exertion he forced this open. when he discovered the secret room which had so long been the hiding place of the tory. The room was about six feet square and high enough to allow a per- son to stand erect in it, and there was a passige from it to the cellar. ‘The house is also famous as the piace where Samuel Seabury, the first bishop in America, was elected. At the one hundredth anniversary of thisevent, which was held at the house some time ago, a view of the room was given to the Right Rev. Bishop Willinms and the large number of visiting clergy by vlacing a candle on a table in thesecret apartment, e A WONDERFUL IRON MINE, Which a Tory Pittsburg to Handle Magnetic Ore Krom the Deposit at Carthuge. The increase in the iron business around Pittsburg was never better ex- emplified than in a meeting held yes- terday in H. B. Collins” office, Lewis block, of eapitalists to consider the best means of getting magnetio oro to the furnaces at the least possible cost, says the Pittsburg Dispatch. As the rail- ronds, it was snid, generally have dis- criminated against Pitsburg in the mat- ter of freights until Andrew Carnegio made his attack on them, the principal subject of discussion yesterday was to secure some competition, This is to be afforded by the company operating the Benson Iron Ore mines at Carthage, N. Y. The company claims to have an iron ore vein exposed 10,000 feet in length and from 5,000 to 6,000 feet in width, It is regarded as the greatest deposit of magnetic 1ron ore in the world. The most important point, however, in the discussion was the question of 'freights, which, coming over the Lake Erie road. would, if the arrangements contemplated could be completed, set the ore down in Pitts- burg cheaper than 1t could be brought from Lake Superior and of fully as good a quality, The ore 1n the Carth- age district is of a heavy, red character, soft, and fully as good in the opinion of experts as thay from the Lake Superior aistrict. The object in forming the Pittsburg company is apparently to save on freights by getting the ship- ments over the New rk Central, Lake Shove, and Lake e lines, thus forming a competitive run with the Pennsylvanin system. This is the first time an effort has been made to place New York ore on the Pittsburg market and will be narvowly watched by che furnace men who have long contracts ahead, e Curious Chinsse Prociamation. An official at Ningpo, China, has a curious proclamation to agriculturists in metre of six syllables in behalf of the frog and the sparrow. Of thodirst it is said: *‘Frogs are produced in the mid- dle of your fields; although they are little things, they are little human beings in form. They cherish a life- long attachment to their natal soil, and at night they melodiously sing in' con- cert with clear voices. Moreover, they pretect your crops by eating locusts, thus deserving the gratitude of the peo- ple. Wby go after dark with lanterns, scheming to capture the harmless and useful things? Although they may be nice fiavoring for your rice, it is heart- less to slay thew., Henceforward 1t is forbidden to buy orsell them, and those who do 80 will be severely punished.’, Searrows “'sing at their seasons sweetly 10 the trees,” and are “not like wolves, tigers or leopards,” which do harm to mun, Their capture is alike forbidnde o e Watch the box, buy the genuine Red Cross Cough Drops, b cents per box, Said to Be in the Hands of the Governor. STORY OF A ROLL OF SILK. A Questionable Transaction in Dry Goods—Unmiversity St ents Or- ganize a Probibition Club—The Round Table Society. 1029 P Strer, Liscory, Neb,, Dec. 8. This morning Tne Bre was reliably informed that resignation as judge of the Sixth judicial district was in tho hands of the governor, He was in the city azain yesterday, and 1t is supposed that his visit to tho capital was for the purpose indicated. ‘The governor will probably announce it oficially within a day ortwo, and at tho samo time name his suc cessor. No one scems to have any definito knowledgo as to whom the lucky man will be. All reports from the Sixth district are to the effect that confidence is unive al that the governor will make a judicious appoint= mont, and one that_ will command the on- dorsement and respect of the voters of the district. Enrolled For phibition, Some two hundred students of tho state university met in the chapel of that iasti- tution last evening for the purpose of organ- izing a subordinate league to the state and county non-partisan_pronivitory amendment leagues, . 15, K. Holmes was chosen temporary chairman and introduced the speaker of tho ovening, Mr. B, H. Wilson, president of the Limcaster County league, who spoke vigorously on the amendmont issue. At tho close of his nddress, under tho name of *“‘The Non-Partisan Prohibitory Amendment Leaguo of the University of Neb, £ an organization was effocte Prosident, I". F. Almy ; Emery Hardy; second Farmer; socretary, A. M. reasurer, A, A, Faront. he secre- s instructed o prepare a constitution ure the names of as many students thereto as possible. LiNcoLy BureAu or Tie Omans Ben, } ropresontative Judge Norval's t Go. Benjamin Oldmeyer, nccording to the re- port of Tmr Ber this morning, socured a verdict of dam in the sum of I cent against Henry Burcham, at the hands of a jury after being out forty-eight hours, and it has been intimated that this throws the costs on the defendant. T his is a mistake. In cases for libel, seduction, slander aud kindred cases a verdict of $ carrics the costs, but in a case of the character of tho one in hand the verdict cannot bo less than $00 10 carry the costs. While Mr. Old- meyer has vindicated his right to the con- tested scat in the convention and secured a verdict of damuges for 1 cent, it cost him $150 to do it. A Que-tionable Transaction. The common record, “Dismissed on motion of plaintiff at plaintifi’s cost,” was again en- tered upon the docket of the county court vesterday afternoon. It is doubtless remen- bered that N. S, Crick entered a ropievin suit against Marshal Carder to recover cer- tain silk goods that came into his hands under peculiar circumstances. The facts are as follows: Some months ago a man was arrestod as & suspect, having in his posses- sion 170 yards of silk. It was thought that the silk had been stolen. Tho man was held some time and inquirics mado far and wide for tho owners of the silk, No one_identi- fied it, and being unabla to prove that the silk was stolen, the officers discharged the prisoner and encouraged his departure from the city. They did not give him back the silk, however, which they were unable to vrove to have been stolen. Marshal Carder confiscated the silk which he was unable to prove had been stolen—confiscated it as stolen silk. It was probably stolen, but it was not so proven. The law provides that stolen goods can be confiscated and must be sold by the marshal under the supervision of the county attorney on the first Tuesday in June and January of h year. Marshal Carder pro- posed 1o sell this silk in that way—or at least said he did. It appears, however, that the vrisoner ere he was liveraled, gave to Jailor Crick an order for the silk, which he may not have stolea, for certain favors done him. Crick was subsequently fired and pre- sented his order. The marshal refused to recognize it. Hence the replevin suit in the couaty court. When an officer went to get the confiscated silk the marshal refused to divulge its whereabouts. He also fought fora continuance, as he expected to prove at once the ownership and theft of the silk, The case dragged along. He did not prove either. It is now withdrawn, and if the suspicion that some of it has been used proves untrue, 170 yards of silk will bo offered for sale at auction by Marshal Car- der on the first Tuesday 1n January—one of his closing official acts as marshal. City News and Notes. On next Thursday evening the Irish- American club of Lincoln, which was or- earized recently, will hold its formal open- ing and reception at room 120, North Tenth street. December 23 is the date for the “Messiah’? to be produced at the First Congregational church. The date herctofore announced is incorrect. ‘The Lincoln branch of tho Irish National league of America held a business meeting at Iitzgerald’s ball this afternoon at 8 o'clock. Ofticers for the ensuing year were elected and spirited addresses were made by leading members, E. H. Rower, the Burlington switchman who was arrested a foew days ngo for steal- ing a banjo, was acquitted in Police Judge Houston’s court last evening. No evidence whatever was introdaced implicating him in the crime, Rev. Father McCartney, who has been connected with St. Theresa's pro-cathedral for several months past, will return to the diocese of Peoraa in_tha near future with tho consent of Bishop Bonacum., He preached his farowell sermon at St. Theresa’s this evening on the subject of ‘“The Infallibility of the Pope.” Street Commissioner Byer was presentod with a handsome gold-headed cane by his employes lust evening at his residence, 1510 P street. Hurry Dobbums of the Evening Nows presented tho cano with a fow ap- propriato remarks. Mrs. Byer served re- freshments and the boys, some twenty in number, were royally entertained. The Round Table social club, recently or- ganized i this city and composed of repre- sentative citizens of the various trades and rofessions, will hold its third regular meei- ug tomorrow evening utthe residence of John Morrison, 1681 F street. The subject for the evening’s discussion will be Henry George's single tax theory. A bile the men are discussing knotty sovial prob- their wives will gather to consider so- cial matters. One W, C. Long has sued Tug Bre Pub. lishing company for $50 for alleged services rendered in Oklahoma, The hearing of the cuase before Justice Snelling is set for the 14th inst., when it will be clearly shown that Loug has not the slightest claim against the detendants. S A Sacred Stone a Marriage Altar, About two year ago a legendary stone was unearthed a short distance from Athensat an ancient convent called Jerusalem, The stone is belicved to have come from the last-mentioned town and to have served as a resting place for Christ when he talked with lxlu disciples. It has been considered t0o sacred a relic up to the present time to have an appropriate use, but it served as the table of benediction for the marriage ceremony. 5 Lvery one may not be aware that in Greek marriages bride and bridegroom wear alike a wreath of orange flowers. The two wreaths are united by a long streaming white ribbon, and are trans- ferred alternately from the heaa of the bride to that of the bridegroom. When the lust change has taken place the newly married pair, the archbishop, officiating priests, best man and wed- ding guests exccute & solemn procession round the altar, or rather round the sacred table before which the cere- mony has been consecrated. The fort choristers—there is no organ in & Gree cathedral—chant & triumphal anthem, and so the marriage service terminate: Coughing Is Nature's effort to expel foreign sube atances from the bronehial passagos, Frequently, this causes intlammation aud the need of an anodyne, No other expoctorant ot anodyne s equal to Ayoer's Cherry Pectoral. It assists Nature in efecting the mucus, allays irritation, induces repose, and is the most popular of all cough cures, “'Of the many preparations befora the ublic for the cure of colds, coughs, pronchitis, and kindred diseas is none, within the range of m onco, 80 reliable as A toral. For yoars I w followaed by terrible conghs. yoars ago, when 8o afflicted, T was ad- vised to try Ayer's Clierry Pectoral and to lay all ‘other romedies aside. I did 50, and within a week was well of my cold and cough. Sinoe then I have always kept this preparation in the house, and fool comparatively seoure,” ~Mrs. L, L. 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