Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 20, 1889, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. E. ROSEWATER, Bditor, PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SURSCRIPTION Daiiy and Sunday, One ¥ car. Eix Months ‘. “Thres Montl . unday Bes, One Year . . cekly fee, One Year with Trem OFFICES, Omana, Bes Bullding. Chicago Office, 167 Rookery Buijding New York, Kooms 14 aud 15 Tribune Build- ™ Washington. No. 613 Fourteenth Street. Counel D:;'.l;ufl;"!wn. l':f Pearl Strest. Lincoln, U 60 Eouth Omaha, Corned N and 2th Stroets. CORRESPONDENCE. 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Etute of Nebraska, 1% County of Douglas, %% George " 13, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Fublishing Company, does solemily swear that the actunl cirenlation of DaiLy BEE for the week ending December 11, 1850, was as follows: Sunday, 21,500 0,400 Wednesda Thursday, Friday. Eaturday Average....... 20,128 GEORGT It TZSCHUCK. Sworn to before me and subscribod to in my presence this 14l day or December, A, D). 1850, {Seal. N. P, PEIL, Notary Pubilc. State of Nebraskn, County of Douglas, George 1. Tzachuck, being duly sworn, de- poses and # that he Is secretary of The Bee Fublishing Company, that the actual averago daily circulation of Tne DALY BEg for the I 1888, 18223 coples; for bruary, 1859, 18,854 coples: plesitor May, 18, for Juie, 188, 1855 copies; RT3 coples: tor August, 1889, 1%« RSO, 18 coples; bos i TZSCRUCK. ubscribed in my embor, A, D, 1860, 11, ————— democrats are “‘getting to- in the east, but every sleeve T live wire and the influenza combine to turn the current of trade in New York toward Green- wood’s shadowy lanes. Tii Omaha & South Dakota railroad company is the hummer of the Missouri valley. 1t did not make much noise at Dirth, but its vitality will soon be felt in vigorous work. —e, Ty erop of mineral wool in Colorado this year promises to be uncommonly large. Thousands of lambs are being herded on tho ground floor of the Den- ver mining exchange. —— THE forvhcoming trial of vhe indicted Salt Luke city and county officials prom- ises to produce revelations surpassing the best efforts of Josepn Smith and Brigham Young. Asasensation cen- ter the Mormon metropolis divides the honors with Chicago. z01s and hymn books are not nec- v a part of the plan of salvation, but they formed a striking feature of a recent prayer meeting in Kansas City. It wasa holy show. The salvation, of soveral exhorters now depends on the care and attention given them by the doctors and nurses. ——— ONE by one the ropublican membars of the Town legislature repudiate the stories invented by democrats that a combine had been formod to defeat Sen- ator Allison. Towa could not afford to retire her distinguished representative, whose influence in the councils of the pirty and of the nation is notsurpassed, GOVERNOR CAMPBELL of Ohio has decided to make a pilgrimage to the democratic presidential shrine in At- lanta. 1t will be remembered that the tribe of David meandered thither some months ago and burned incense at the shrine, but the offering failed to find an echo in popular favor. The fate of Hill awaits Campball, e——— TaE W.-H. waxes warm in 1ts denun- ciation of those who refuse to put up a signal of warning upon houses where cases of diphtheria are known to exist. As a means of punishing such. people, it perpotrates the following in an ed- itorial leader; ““The unnatural selfish- ness of such brutal folks should be paid no attention to.” EE———— THE citizens of high license Omaha are always plensed to direct attention to her miles of well paved streets, her thorough system of sewage, her numer- Qus and well built sehool buildings, her street trangportation facilities, her mag- nificent business blocks and all the other features which go to make up the young giant of the mid-wes Tie tremendous volume of grain now moving to market demonstrates that Omaha's elevator eervice is totally in- adequate. Time and again this fact has been pointed out without result. Yet no business offers greater duce=~ ments to capitalists or insures better returns on the investment. This is a matter that deserves the attention of the baard of trade and real estate ex- change. EE————— THE Mitchell convention bas given practical force to the demand of the people for railroad convection with Omaha. The organization of the Omaha & South Dakota railroad company is un earnest of the intention of the business wen interested to secure the desired outlet to the commercial metropolis of the Misiouri valley. The company means business, The towns along the route from Pierre to Omaha, are ready to lend a generous hund to the enter- prise, and we are confideut that Omaha, individually and collectively, will show its aporeciation of this friendly spirit by liberal aid in men and means, 70 REPEAL THE LAW. The first attack on the interstate commerce law in the present congress has been made in a bill introduced into the house to repeal the act. This measure is fatherod by Reprosentative Morse of Massachusctts, a new member, who it has been known for some time intended to lead a movement in con- gress for the repeal of the law. TIn this Mr. Morse represents a very vonsider- able New Kngland sentiment, and it is quite poesible he may secure some sup- port from other sections, It will be re- membered that many of the representa- tive business men who appeared before the senate committee which investi- gated the operation of the interstate commerce law, at its session in Boston, expressed the opinion that the law had worked to the disadvantage of that sco- tion. There has been more or less complaint of this character for the last wo notably from the business interests of Boston, o that a consider- able pressure from New Eugland for the repeal of the law is altogether probable. And it may receive a scat- tering support from representatives of other sections who are under corpora- tion influence. There need be no apprehension, how- ever, that the law wili be repealed. Several important changes in it will doubtless be made, but the purpose of these will be to strengthen it and to promote its cnforcoment. No one p: tends that the law is perfect. Chai man Cooloy of the interstate com- merce commission has several times within the past vear said that the act could be materially improved, and 1t is tobe expected that the report of the Gommission, delayed by reason of the illness of the chairman, will show in what respects this can be done. But the principle embodied in the law has been acoepted by the large majority of the people as sound and just, and this wili not be abandoned. The authority of the government to take into its hands such regulation of the common arviers of the country, engaged in tate commerce, as is pro- vided ig the interstate commerce act,is no longer questioned, aad the necessity for its doing so has been sufiiciontly demonstrated. If any scction of the country can show that the operation of the lauw has been to its disadvantage there can be no doubt that a way will bo found to remedy this, but while the evi dence continues to be so conclusive as it now is that the general effect of the law has been beneficial it will be in no dan- ger of repeal. The demand for 1ts repeal may. how- ever, do good 1n directiug to it careful and thorough consideration in congress. The reports of the commission and of the senate investigating committee will throw mush light upon the subject, which remains one of supreme interest and importance, s, EDITOR AND ORATOR. Editor Graay of the Atlanta Constitu- tion grows enthusiastic over the favor- able comments of the northern pr on Orator Grady’s utterances in Boston. The evidence of mutual admiration overflows in every 1ssue. but extreme care is taken that no discordunt sounds creep in to mar the general harmon Nor does the editor vouchsafe an ex: planation of the orator’s remavkable ability in shaping bis utterances to suit the tastes of his audiences. In Atlanta recently he appealed to the faithful to contribute means to erecta monu- ment to the memory of the lato con- federnte chief, and thrilled his hearers with this signilicant sentence: *“I have aboy who is the hope of ‘my life, and there is no man living or dead to the base of waose statue I would send him sooner to learn the duties of a citizcn and a patriot than the statue of the golden hearted gentleman whose death we mourn today.” Had he permitted the boy to remain there to imbibe the surrounding southern influences, pa- rental anxiety would be overlooked. But other fields awaited him. The boy was toted metophorically to Boston and compelled to pose in the shadow of Plymouth Rock. Referring to this hallowed spot and the boy, Orator Grady rounded an eloquent period with ‘“There is no spot in all this broad re- public, nor in all this world, on which I had rather have him stand to learn the lesson of ecitizenship, of individual lib- erty, of fortitude, of heroism and jus- tice, than the spot on which I stood this morning, reverent and uncovored.” As a sentimental juggler of words Orator Grady has no equal in the south. There is but one plan by which these conflict- ing statements can be reconeiled and applied to the mental structure of Grady, junior. Let the boy follow in the footsteps of his father and shape his opinions to suit time, place and condi- tions. FOR COMMERCIAL UNION. Two bills have been introduced into conguess providing for full trade reci- procity and comwmercial union with Canada. They are doubtless similar in their provisions to the measuros for the same purpose introduced near the close of the last congress, one of them being by Mr. Butterworth of Ohio, who is one of the most zealous advocates in this country of commercial reciprocity with our northern neighbors. This subject is receiving a great deal of public at- tention and discussion in Canada, and its early presentation in congress gives promise that it will before the session closes command a larger share of public attention in this conutry than has yet been given it, ‘We have recently noted the latest ex- pressions of public epivion in the Do- minion regarding commercial union and arnexation, and they cannot be regurded as altogethor encouraging, The most careful observation shows that there is a growth of feeling favorable to closer trade rvelations with the United States, but its progress is slow and it encounters a very vigorous opposition, ‘The liberal party, which stands for both the commercial and political inde- pendence of Great Britain, is largely in the minority, and having to battle agaiust the imperiul federation league and the strong loyal sentiment which cannol tolerate the idea of any depart- ure that might prove inimical to Eng- land, its advance 18 extremely slow. Even many of those who conceds that commercial union would undoubtedly operate to the material advantage of Canada are unwilling to accent it from an apprehonsion that it might lead to a politicul conneetion. Canadians are finding it more and more necccssary from year to year to enlarge their pur- chases of American manufactured goods in preference to similar articles made in England, and they of course under- stand that under reciprocity or com- mercial union with this country they could buy to much better ad- vantage. But although the prac- tical effect of their present trading in the American mar- ket is the same to the English manufac- turers as would be their exclusion from the Canadian markets under a policy of commercial union, the Canadians very generally would rather suffer the dis- advantages and stand the loss resulting from esisting conditions than to enter into an arrangement with this country distinctly hostile to British interests, and which the imperial government might reasonably regard as a menace to the maintenance of the political re- lations of the Dominion. In a speech only two days ago Sir John MacDonald declared that the majority of the people favor British connection, and his asser- tion that ruin and misfortune would fol- low the severance of Canada from Great Britain is doubtless the opimon of a majovity of the Canadian people. The bugbear to commercial union is the agi- tation of aunexation, which very fow Canadians are in sympathy with, In this country interest in this ques- tion has not been gonerally awakened, and reciprocity finds pronounced favor iefly in New York and New England. It is thercfore impossible to say with any degree of cortainty what the gen- eral sentiment is on the subject. It is probable, however, that a fair and equitable arrangement, promising mu- tual advantages to the two countries, would be approved by a majority of the people. RECKLESS BUILDING. Onmama, Dec. 10.—To the fditor of Tur Ber: Why let the reckless manner of build- ing go on in this city? There are two new buildings built by reckless contractors being torn down, and a eroat many others that should be looked after. Is thore not some protection to be given property owners in building? This kind of business should be stopped and some means taken to find who are competent and who are not competent contractors, Cimizex. The evils pointed out by ‘‘Citizen” are due to two causes—the avarice of builders and the failure of the build- ing inspector to vigorously enforce the rules and regulations of his office. In- tending builders accept bids from irre- sponsible contractors because there is a prospect of suving a few dollars on the job. The lower the bid the poorer the work. The blacksmiths of the building trade do not work for their health, and when they undertake a job at figures which would bankrupt an honest, re- putable contractor they will make up the deficit in poor material, voor work and in exhorbitant charges for “extras.” The county hos- pital is a counspicuous example of the folly of employing irresponsible con- tractors. The totul cost of that structure will far exceed what responsible men offered to do the worlk for, and what has the county to show for its extravagance? A building which must be constantly watched and propped to prevent it from falling of its own weight. There are too many Buddenseiks in Omaha. While builders persist in patronizing them they cannot expect first class work for third class prices. Cheap labor is dear at any price. The litigation and liens which invariably follow the employment of Cheap Johns absorb the profits, and in the end the owner pays more for the work and has a building of bad material indifferently constructed to show for it. The safe course for builders to pursue is to give their work to men of known responsibility. The fivst cost is greater, but the owner has the assurance that the work will be strictly in accordance with the plans and specifications in material and workmanship. If not, he can readily compel compliance with the conltract. Greater vigilance is necessary in the building-inspection department of the city government. The mere approval of plans and the issuance of a.permit are not sufficient. The law contemplates that buildings under construction shall be 1nspected regularly and the contract- ors compelled to adnere strictly to the plans and to use only the best material. Yet the system ol inspection is worse than none at all. A radical reform 1s demanded in this department. Fre- quent aud thorough inspection is neces- sary not only to prevent owners being swindled by contractors, but as a meas- ure of public safety. Ir is to be hoped that the renewal of the effort to restore General I'remont to the army list and retire him with the rank of major general will be success- ful. He merits this consideration from the country, to whose service the best yenrs of his life were given with honor to himsell and groat benert to the na- tion, Just and impartinl history will place the name of Fremont prominently among those who huve con- tributed to the most valuable achievements in American an- nals, and a gonerous and grateful peo- ple would be glad tosee the closing days of the veteran, who is almost d@n gcto- gounarviun, made happy by & justac- kvowledgement of his services to his country. ’ As was expected,a bill hagbeen intro- duced into the house of representatives providing for the payment of the Con- gressmen who lost theirsalaries throtugh the defalcatiou of Silcott, the cashier of the scrgeant-at-arms. The swm. pro- posed to be appropriated is seventy-five thousand dollurs. The government is rich enough to pay this amount without in the least degree embavrussing the demands upon it from other sources, ut where tho justice is in requiving the people to pay these congressmen u second time is not apparent, If Silcott had been an agent of the government the case would be different, but he was simply an employe of the sergeant-at-arms of the house, who acted as the agent of congressmen in collecting their sularies voder their suthorization, The investigation of the matter showed that there was inex- cusable loosen the way the ser- geant-at-arm: od his financial business, was left to the care who was known to Hhis' employer to bhe of bud and recklass habits, and although he was required to give bonds it is dis- covered that these are worthless. Now the existence of.this state of affairs was largely, if not wholly, due to the care- lessness and indifference of the mem- bers of the house, and having failed to take adequate precautions to protect themselves against what has happened they alone should suffer. To take the amount they have lost out of the public treasury will simply be a grab without the slightest justification. E—— WHEN the federal building wns orected in Lincoln it was considered sufficiently large for all needs of the government for twenty-five years, Yét in ten yeass the city has outgrown the capacity of the building, and an addi- tion is necessary to enable the officials to promptly and conveniently transact business. An appropriation of twohun- dred thousand dollars will afford tem- porary relief, but in view of the fact that the city has doubled in population in five years, the government should consider the future growth of the city and build accordingly. —_— Lave wires and dead men are becom- ing a shocking feature of overy day news, There is no variation in the hor- rible details—instantaneous death,burn- ing flesh and sickening odors. The latest victim wasa painter in Toledo, who came in contact with an electric light wire while making repairs on the roof of a train shed. Itis the same story which has been dinned into the ears of the public for months, and will be continued until the man-killers are buried out of sight. T bandits of Texas have inaugu- rated a pleasing variation 1n their busi- ness. Having exhausted the friendship of the railronds, they are now shower- ing their favors oun the banks. Asare- sult the surplus of one 1nstitution was roduced seven thousand at a recent sit- ting. 'COMMENT. 1t that grand jury don’t stop pretty soon Salt Lake will be: without a city govern- ment. If Windom wints to tear down Castle Garden 1o one will object. The structure and the managenient of it are a disgrace to the couutry. With characteristic courtesy the French chamber of deputies’ has granted Boulanger an indefinite leave of absence for his Ameri- can lecture tour, The Mormon elders aro busy denying that their church is hostile to the government. But this is an instaice where actions speak louder than wordk, Justice Anderson: having been safely in- stalled in his judicial seat we can now pro- ceed to settle the' question as to who will succeed Judge Brewer. With a large and finviting variety, includ- ing influenza Eurgoaca, catarrhus epidemi. cus and morbus vaeyeciuus, to select from, even fastidious Gotham ought to be satisfied. +The gulf stream is said to be flowing nearer the American shore than ever before. It mwakes oneshiver to think what would become of northern Europe should this genial ocean current forsake those lands. Now that Labouchere has put his caustic pen to paper, it would probably require a very nice mathematical calculation to deter- mine the relative thickness of the London fog and tho West End scandal. Philadelphians are getling up a monster petition to send to the czar in relatior to political exiles in Siberia. This will be a godsend to Russia’s prime minister, who uses all such documents to light his morning fire, The Omaha-Yankton railroad has been safely laid out on paper. It only needs the addition of some. ties and iron and rolling stock to put it in running order,and the busi- ness men of Omaba will see that these neces- sary ingredients are forthcoming. Some of the black Congo boys are learn- ing telegraphy, with a view to taking chargo of stations when the railroad and the tele- graph shall huve been established in that country. Tbis is the right method of civil- izing the dark continent, Mr. Stead has no sooner retired from the editorial snnctum of the Pall Mall Gazette than Mr, Labouchere deftly catches the pro- phetic maatle and proceeds to air tne dirty linen of the West End on the clothes lue of Londor Truth. Thus the unhapvy English aristocrat is not safely out of the bouillon before he tumbles plum into tha consomme, ‘The fact thav the real estate oxchange has already secured definite propositions from a number of eastern manufacturers in regard to locating here 18 an indication of what Omaha may accomplish by a little judicious effort. Al things come to him who hustles, Mr. Brice's Buckeyerism. Chicago Tribune. Mr. Brice is an Ohio man for senatorial purposes only, The Fog in Lunnon. Chicago News, X The fog s so thick iu London that people walk into the Thames and get drowned with- out realizing it until the coroner comes and sits on them, . e . The Bili Deluze, Philgdutphia Press, The member hasn’t got his pockets stuffed full of billé té save the country and ameliorate the condition of maokind in gen- eral 18 fairly to be'rdgarded as mighty small potatoes in statestianship, — e No Grief ftr the Trusts, . New “York Herald, Trusts contain 1fi themselves the elements of their own destruction, They were organ- ized to suspend the law of competition and grind the faces o e Door, As their stocks dwindle and coll on the market the pub- lic will shed no wers, e — Frohibitiolt Conundrum. Chicago Inter-Ocean, Francis Murphy is having remarkable suc- cess in his temperance work in Jowa. If the Woman's Christian Temperance Union are correct 1n their stutements regarding the success of prohibition la lowa, where does Mr. Murphy get his convertsi e el As a Kentucklan Segs It. Memphis Appeal. “No,» said the eminent Kentuckisn, I cannot feel it in my heart to blame Silcott. His luck is to blame. I am told that he came iuto a big jackpot with four men 1n alead of him. He had four kings, stood pat, and ono of the others caught the other ace in the draw and beat him.” e LS A Man to Propitiate, (Chicago News, Mr. W, A. McCorkle of Charleston, W. V has boen presented With a gold headed cane l by his neighbors because he slapped a United States marshal for speaking slightingly of Jefferson Davis and then whipped an editor who criticised him harshly for the aot. It is ovident that his neighbors waat to live on friondly terms with Mr. MoCorkie 1f they can. Justice Faller's Optimism. Boston Post, Justico Fuller's optimism is desirable only 80 far as it does not impel us to exagerato the progress we made since the time of Washington, and to undorestimate the growth of political evils comparatively un- known 1 his day. = e The People of lowa are Tirad. Stour City Journal, They have strained every force to execute the prohibition statute; they have destroyed trial by jury in their effort to enforce that law; they have abandoned many other safeguards in tho same interest, and now to ba told that all these extraordinary expedients are futile, and nothing will avail but the annihilation of self-government—this will be the signal for thousand of Jowa citizens to-revise their opnions regarding the extreme form of pro- mbition which 18 under consideration. RRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. Progressive cuchre is all the rage in Hast- ings society. Tho Lincoln county agricultural society 1s $400 in the hole. Gering Masons have taken steps toward orgauizing a lodge. The Jotnson county farmers’ institute will be held at Tecumseh, January 610 10, Rev. J. H. Vedder has acoepted a call to lhll_- pastorate of the Baptist church at Rush- ville. It is rumored that the South Beatrice street railway will substitute electricity for horse power. Ashland citizens have organized to secura the location of a creamery supply factory in their city, Mrs, Cate, wife of the former pastor of the Presbyterian church of Columbus, died re- cently at Paola, Kan. O'Counor City, in Greeley county, is hav- ing aboow, twenty-six lots being sold in three days last woek. Tho Hastings prospecting company pro- poses to find gas or oil it erther article is within 4,000 fect of the earth’s surface, As arvesult of the litigation commonced Against the liguor dealers of Humphrey every saloon in the town has closed its doors. A fire, belioved to bo of incendiary origin, destroyed the stable of N. P. Larsen of West Poiat and two cows and other property were cremated. M. R, Warner, a Culbertson liveryman, is 80 badly wanted that a_reward has been of- ferad for his arrest. He forged a deed and skipped, besides leaving a number of credit- ors in the lurch. Mra. L, Baker was accidentally shot last week while v ing at the home of her par- eots, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Wells, near Endi- cott. In a scuffle between the two little sons of Mrs. Baker for the possession of a shot- un the weapon was discharged, the entire load taking effect in the mother's abdomen, causing a servious and perhaps fatal wound. The proposition to divide Custer into four new counties is again being warmly agi- tated. Callaway will be a candidate for one of the new county seats und Broken Bow is luying plans to retain the county seat at that place. Those in favor of division argue that 48 the county is now forty: ht wiles wide by fifty-four mules long it is large enough to make four counties of the regulation si Mike Abts has begun babeas corpus pro- ceedings in the county court at Columbus to secure a bride, Mike had secured a lcense to wed Emma Stankep, but when he went after the lady her pareuts refused to part with her and locked herup to prevent un clopement. Mike suys Emma is eighteen years of age, but her mother says she is not, and the watter will have to be decided by the courts, Wyoming and Colorado. John Wagner, an old-time Leadville miner, was killed by ‘a snowslide near Winfield, Cal,, last weelk. The capital stock of the Rock Wyo., coal company has been it.oroas $100,000 to $200,000. Heart disease caused the death of T. Ben- son of Medicine Bow, Wyo.. whiie en route east on the Union Pacific at Laramie, The city council of Cheyeune Las ap- proved plans for a viaduct across tho Union Pacific tracks, to be 1,055 feet long and to cost §35,000. . Jumes Cooper, who stole a team of horses at Emwa, Cal, & year ago, hus veen cuap- tured and is in jail at Aspw. Cooner ba- longa to a gang that has been running stock priugs, Lirom into Utah, A wealthy Colorado woman says that the begging lotters which have reached her dur— ing the last six weeks called, in the aggro- gate, for a sum of woney as large as her en- tire fortune. The Wyoming legislature will be called upon to take some action in regard to the leasing of scncol and university lands and the Cheyenne Sun believes a longer term of rental would be to the advautuge of all par- ties, The Semino gold mines; owned by R. C. Magor of Rawhos, says a Sult Lake T'ribune correspondent, ave attracting attention now that ull the matters in court regarding the property have been settled in favor of Mr, Magor. A syndicate of Denver men have lately visited the property and thero is a fair vrospect of machinery going on it in the spring und then the product of bullion will commence in earnest, The settlers of the Big Horn region in Wyoming have begun an ovganized moye- ment to enforce the game law, A short time ago two oflicers of the Austriun army visit- ing Fort Washakie, while on a hunting trip to the head of Wind river with an escort from tho forts, slaughtered forty head of elk one day. During the last mouth hunting parties from Neoraska have killed for the antlers forty to fifty elk in the Wind river country. 5 Tne Lander (Wyo.) Mountaineer reports that 'a topaz, which closely approaches the diamond in every quality, has beendound in Fremont county, ~Something over a year ago L. P. Webster found several stones in the Big Popo Agie canyon sud, struck by their resemblauce to the diamond, sent them to Johann Drummond, a noted diamond cut- ter of Amsterdam, Holland, They were cut into some twenty-five stones, varying in size fromone to a fourth of a carat, and re- turned with the information that they bore 80 close a resemblance to the genuine diamond that none but an expert could detect the difference, and that outside of the genuiue urticle, the Lander stone was the hardest which had ever been cut in that establish- ment. Wyoming's first dramatist, who 18 chief rk in a big wercanuile house at Rock prings, has sccured the production of his best play at the variety theater of the coal camp. ‘The histrionic effort is called *Wild uand Wooley,” or the “Plumber's itevenge,” It ufiunl with the appearance of six ferocious outlaws headed by “Pickax Mat." All are armed with Winchestors, shot guns, revol- vers and knives, and their battle cry is “give us blood, or give us beer.”” The last nct shows the outlaws about to abduct **Minne- haba, the Star of the West” A terrific combat ensucs. While the hospital corps is getting in its worl “Minnohaba's” uncie ap- pears and rausoms the beautiful muwiden Wwith seven bottles of beer. Then eternal friendship is saworn all around. The show has wade a big bit at Rock Sorings and its backers seriously contemplate @ tour o iu- clude Salt Luke, Cheyenne, Denver and Omaba, e The Boy was Frobably Brrboed, Omana, Dee. 19.—To the Editor of Tne Be ‘While coming dowa from (ieneva to Omaba on the 17th inst. I called for a Bag from the newsboy on the flyer at Fairmont aund hie refused me, stating that he could not furnish any until we arrived at Lincoln, At the same Lime be iried to force a State Jour- ual. Wy is this sof STANT Beg Reaves, Compromising Letters Viexxa, Dee. ~The Tagblatt says & number of proclamations addressed to the Russians in Galicis were found in the pos- session of & wan disguised as & pe: rested at Podwoloczyski. Letters mising wany mewbers of the Russ) were also found on him, church State. SUPREME AND DISTRICT COURTS, Colonel Kd Roggen Thrashes a Streot Car Driver—Banquet to L N. L. of A. Officials — The City in Briof. LixcoLy Bureav or Tae OMaua Bes, 1020 P I Dec. 10. } Letters roceivod by the secretary of state from Des Moines, Ia., from day to day, indi cato that tho legislature of that stato will make a supreme effort to repoal the prohibi tory law and substitute in 1ts stead a high license law. Under date of December 18 Theodoro Guelich, one of the members of a committee appointed to draft a substitute law, writes the secretary for a copy of the acis on this subject in operative force in this state. His request was complied with to day. The opinion 18 exprossed in neatly all of the correspondence received by Secrotary Cowdery that Iowa has been humbuggod long enough by the theory that prohibition prohibits, and that a law has become neces- sary to knock out bootleggers, joints and saloons run in open deflance of statute en- actment. Prominent Jowans boldly assert that evils resulting from the unrestricted salo of liquors are far greater than an oceasional stroet drunk and saloons oper- ated under the surveillance of wholesome high license laws, Indexiug opinion upon the correspondence read by Tne Bee repro- sentative today, 1t 18 not goiug too far to state that protiibition would suffer signal de- feat if again tested at tho polls in that state. The names of the secretary’s correspondents are a guarantee that prolubition in thatstate, 0 far us theprohibitory law is concorned, h-uu s00n pass into & Rip Van Winkle slum' er. Supreme Court Cases, ‘The following cases were filed for trial in the supreme court today Isaac Pefloy va Loonor Z. Mace et al vs John 3. Heath, and ' Martin Quick vs Sachsse V. Landergren. These cases were all brought on error from the dis- trict court of Douglas county. The following decisions were handed down : Paden vs Paden. Appeal from the district court of L ancaster county. Afirmed in part and dismissed; opion by Justice Cobb, Livesey vs Festner. Appeal from the dis- trict court of Douglas county. Affirmed; opinton by Justice Cobb, Graves vs Damrow. Keror from the dis- trict court of Lancaster county. Rever and remanded; opinion by Chief Just: Reese. Johnson, W. V The District Court. George E. Maxwell's damage suit against David Rich was dismissed at plaintiff 's cost. Jim Brown, convicted of hog stealing at the last term of court, was taken to tho peni tentiary today, sentence. The case of T. G, Phullips against H. H. Blodgett to recover value of property sold under execution, was dismissed for want of prosecution. Mar. Berger secured her prayed from “her husband, William F, Berger, on the grounds of crueity, Tho court awarded her the care aod custody of the child. Judge Chapman heard the case of A. L. Pound against Mrs. Matilda Bailey today. The suit was brought to recover for services as detective. Pound alleged that he was em- ployed to secure evidence to conviet Mrs, Bailey’s husband of adulter ‘This he did, and full payment for his servicos was there- after denied. Decision still peuds. P. Lan filed his petition in the district court today, prayiug for a judgment against Mrs. Surah Latta aud others for $1,500. e alleges that the defendant purchased lot property on Eleventh strect, between N and O streets, adjoiniug his property,sand util- ized his wall, and on demand refused equita- vle payment for the sume, when the party of whom siie purchased the property was under contract to pay for one-half of it, divorce as Chast sed a Car Driver. Colonel EA Roggen gave a deserved pun- isment to an obstreperous and profans car diiver last might. Tt appears that C. W. Hoxie and the colonel wero passengers on the “owl car,”” and en route home in the vicinity of K street the former made some remark to the latter on the slowness of the car sorvice, whereupon the driver stuck his oar in and called Hoxie a liar, Tho gentleman passed the jusulting remark by, but on Mr, Kog- gen's stating somethung of an incident that occurred during o tiip down town a few days since the drivor aguin put in his lip and supplemented his previous epithet with sev- eral of a more obscene character, This aroused Mr. Rogeen’s ire and be turned upon the driver and thrashod him until the fellow b d for merc This morning the driver, whose name is Wren, was let down and out, the company evideutly not caring to koep such fellows in its employ. In tho fracas Mr. Roggen sprained his aokle, but was otheriyise uainjurod. ‘The State Journal Sued. Sui was cntered against the Journal Pub- lishing company teday for 810,000 by Joseph Robinson, 11e charges the State Journal with publishing a defamatory article Decem- ber 26, 1853, ancd sets up that he has nover committed a dishonest act or been guilty of misconduot in any sense; that at the vime the article was published he was the tele- graph operator at Valparaiso, Saunders county, I'ne suit grows out of 'correspond- ence from that pluce Alleging that he was Ruilty of consummating Anuie McGee's ruin, New Notaries Public. The governor today made the following notarinl appointments: J. D. Henry, Hast- ings, Adams county; J, M. Easterday, Buf- falo county; J. F. Jenal, Hartington, Cedar county; George H. Thomas, Schuyler, Col- fax county; David H. Richards, Omaha, Douglas county; Oscar C. Gruver, Hayes Center, Hayes county; M. Randall, Grand Isiand, Hall county; I C." O, Hoflman, St. Paul, Howard county; Layton Butin, Dor- chester, Saline count State House Jottings. A letter from the governor's party, datdd Lautle Rock, Ark., furnishes the intelligence that grand receptions greet them all along the line. At Jefferson City, Mo., the party was met at the train by the secretary of state and other ofticials of that state, and at St. Louis by Governor Francis, the mayor and other city officials, Arguments in the Osceols, Polk county, elevator compluint will be heard tomorrow before the stute board of transportation, “Dhis complaing, it will be romembered, is against the Union Pacifio folks, aud is u par- allel with the case against the Missourij Pa- cific at Kimwood, recently passed upon® and decided. City News and Notes. Rev, Dr. Charles O'Riley of Détroit, Mich., and Judge J. W. Fitzgerald, of St. Mary’s, Kan., are in the city. These gentlemen were tendered a banquet at the Windsor hotel to- night by the Lincoln branch of the Irish na- tional league. The fawous oratorio, **‘Handel’s Messiab,” will be presented at the First Congregational church on next Monday aight. Five soloists rio. W. 8. Crick, defendant fn the action broughbt by It. J, Greene for attorney fees in the celebrated case of Crick vs Marshal Car- der, filed au aiidavit today setting up thav Dave Archier, who is now in the western part of the state, is au importani wituess, aud prays @ continuance until becan be brought back. Au lusurance man by the name of Mowery was arrested lust night on the charge of ob- taioing money uuder false pretgpses. 5. H. Lilliard is the complainimg witness, He states that Mowery sold bim & certain piece of property, claiming certain incumbrance agalast it, but that juvestigation proved it W to servea sixtcen months' ‘| bo othorwise incumbered, and that he grossly swindled fn tho transaction, Frank Griffiths was sentonced to tweaty days in the county jail this morning for stealing o trank of 'W. A. Doggett. His caso was hoard in the polico court. GriMith stole the trunk and sold its conteuts to ob- tain money to pay for his breaa and butter, Tt seoms he preferrod this course to honost toil Tre Bre promptly corrocted fhe statement that it proposed to abolish its Lincoln offfce and does not consider it nocessary to do 8o AL ML . A Detroit fur factory hhs worked the eight-hour day two years without any reduc. tion in pay. Union carpentors at St. Louis get from £250 to for elght bours; nou-union, £2.50 for te Thread from a common nottle was made so fine that sixty miles of it woghed two and one-half pounds, A San Francisco iron works makes it employes pay b0 cents per month to pay dody tors for these whoare injurcd, Savannah railroad fireman n half as much pay as their enginoer two fireman are necessary §175 per day. The Reading railroad 18 burning 200 coal cars daily because they are old fashioned. Why not give the wood to some of its poor employes in the raines. A Pittsburg court rofuses to dissolve a strike order of the flint glassworkers, The firm then floppod and agreed to discontinuo working boys at men’s jobs, Amos Reider has contracted to attend to tho strect lamps of Ileetwood, ., for §5 a month--in which time ho will have walked ninoty miles and lichted 720 lamps. In order to replace the field laborers who have emigrated to Mexico and South Aunier~ ica, a company has been formed i Huavann to make n contract with a numbor of work- men in Spain and bring them to Cuba with their families. Brooklyn street car men struck against tho discharge of men becauso they belonged to u labor union and for §1.50 a day for trip- pers and the abolishment of the rilo requir- ing conductors to keep an account of where every passengor boards the car. Artificial silic is not yet manufactured on an fndustrial scale, but it appears that this will very shortly be doue, and, while it1s impossible to fortell with certainty what wilt be the commercial results of this curious in- vention, it is impossible to resist the conclu- sion that it is highly practicable, and that it even contains the elements of great futuro success. Indented writing upon iron has just been successfully done by Joln ern iron foundryman, by process: The impression on the iron is made by writing backwards on thin paver, pinning the paper in a mold and then pour- ing in the iron. The writing thus trans- ferred to tho plates, when the iron is cooled, is wonderfully clear and distinct and is so wmprinied as to defy any attempu at et ono- When each will get Mr. William H. Webb, a veteran ship- builder of New York, has decided to build an academy and home for the craft. It 18 to be on a magnificent socale, and w furnish support for aged and builders of every grad. “provide and furni native or citizen of the may, upon examination, petent, of good chara A and gratuitous education in the art, science and profession of ship-building and marine engine bulding.” - GREAT MEN. The prince of Wales has not rallied from his condition of low spirits, Legitime, the misfit president of Hayt, has become quite a lion in Paris, Watts, who is disposing of his gallery, is about 1o present & picture to the United States, Prof. Volexmann, tne famous surgeon, who recently died at Halle, Germany, intro- auced the autisoptic system of troating WOl Ex-K A n of Servia has taken a flat in Paris, which has been of lato vears a rendezvous of dethroned aud exiled sover- ‘The baby king of Spain is asserting him- self; his physiornomy has been placed on the coin of the realm, and lately upon the post- age stamps Dr. . O. St.Clair,chief of the consular bu reau at the state department, Washington, nas celebrated Lis fiftieth birthday. He en- tered the state department as a clerk in 1858 Mr. Cornelius Vanderbilt is asserted by the London newspapers to have purchased from the young earl of Dudley Turner’s mas- terpiece, *The Grand Canal, Venice,” for the sum of §03,000. Brazilian vitles of nobility are only held for life, and are easily purchaseable. The emperor, Dom Pedro, who was a humorist in his way, built*and maintained a lunatic nay- lum with the product of the titles he con- ferred in tho course of his long reign. The two notable iuter-African explorers of modern times, H. M. Stanley and Commodora Cameron, are physically small men, Thoy are, in fact, what ure called littje. But both are very square abouv the shoulddrs and elastic in movement. Stanley’s most strikc- ing featu his cye. The man's power over his follows 1s in is glanca. Tho stead- iness of his cye is qnito unaided by the set- ting of the mouth or brow. 1t tixes you wud bespeaks the character of its owner. The Rev. Henry Adams, rector of St, Paul's chureh in ‘Buffalo, says: “As to Sun: day newspapers, the soonor the christian world recognizes that the Sunday paper has come 10 stay, and that it preaches to the thousands who dou’t come to hear us preach, the better for the people.’ Glarence W. Ashford, attorney general for King Kalakaua, and thus a member of tho Hawailn cabinet, is on a visit to this coun- try in the iuterest'of certain proje cial reforms for the kingdom. Mr. Ashford was a Micuigan boy and is oniy thirty years old. He went to Honoluli in 1 Poor People Defrauded. CoLpwaTER, Mich., Dec. 19.—| Special Tel- egram to Tue Bek.| ~There is groat excito- ment here over the disappearance of Dr. I, P. Nichols, ex-mayor aud a prominent citi- zen. He is supposed to have goue to Canads, leaving behind bin $30,000 . debts, the larger part of lis creditors unfortunately being poor people, mechanics, ponsionors’ families, etc., whose money bad been depos- ited with him. e ‘The Damages Too High. Dunix, Do, 10.—July last Matthew Har- ris, member of the commons for East Gal: way, who testified before the Parnell vom- mission, obtained a verdict for £1,000 agaiust the Irish Times for libel, that paper assert- img he was"an invincible. The paper appealed agninst the verdict and the judges granted new trisl unless Harris sccepts £200 in full for all dumages insteaa of £1,000 awarded by the jury. England Preparing for Trouble, Loxnox, Dec, 10.—The adwiralty, as an act of precaution, in view of possiblo strained relations between England and Portugal rogarding their possessions in Africa, has made arrangements to transfer the depots and bospital stores for the Mediterranean and channel squadrons from Lisbon. The orders recently issucd for the war ship amemmon, now at Zanzibar, Lo join the lediterranean squadron, have been counter- manded, the vessol remuining at Zanzipar, e Change in Mexican Coinage. Cirx or Mexico, Dec, 19.—An iw.portant reform in regard to the currency of this country is about to be put into effect, Pres- ident Dias has lmnravod the lations sub- mitted by the minister of public works for the redemption of worn coinage and ite. reissue in the form of decimal coins, whose use will me compulsory. This does away with the fractional coinuge of 12y cenls, 64 cents, 8-16 cent and other coinage intricacies. b Cheated Railroad Labore: Hupsox, N. Y., Dec, 10..~John Camerom of Plainfield, N. J., a railroad contractor,hes beeu arrested at the iustance of the Kinder- hool & Hudson railroad on the charge of stealiog about $10,000 wages due to l”ulun h.‘n?mu ‘Che latter, when ihey learned eir wagos were I , threates bura aud pmndurmm e