Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 9, 1890, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. B. ROSEWATER, Bditor. e e e PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Daily and Sunday, One Year BUx BHOBUAR, . roosve weree ree Montils, PR anday Bee, One Year ... Sk i cexly Hee, One Year with Premium. OFFICES, Omana, fee Bullding, Clicago Office, f7 Rookery Building New York, Hooms 14 and 15 Tribine Build- ne Washington. No. 613 Fourteenth Street., Council Blufts, No. 12 Pearl Street. Lincoin, 1020 P Street, Bouth Omabia, Cornef N and 26th Streets, NCE, 1ng to news and edl. ressed to the Editor- CORRESPON All communioations torial matter should be ad 3al Department. BUSINESS LETTERS, ® letters and remittances should d to The fleo Publishing Compuny, Omaha, Drafts, chiecks and postoflice orders to e mnds payablo to the order of the company, The Beg Publishing Company, Proprictors Building Farnam and Seventeenth Stroet Tne Bee on the Train Thero is no excuse for a tailure to get Trx Bex on the trains, Al newsdealers have boen noti- 3i8d to carry & full suply. Traveiers wno want THE BEE and ean't got it on traing where other Omaha bepers are carrisd ave requested to no- vty i U, Pleass be particular to give in all cases full snformation as 1o date, rallway and numbver of train, Glv us your name, not for publication or un- Necessary use, but as a guaranty of good faith, —————————————————— THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement of Clrealation. Atate of Nolraska, i County of Douglas, f George” B, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bea [ublishing C the actunl week ending January 4, Sunday, o, e nesdny, Jan, *Thursday, Jan, $ day. Jan. ... Eaturday, Jau, 4. Average...... b GEORGE B, BWworli to before me and subscr) presence this dth day of Juna (Seal.! Etate of Nebraska, | unty of Douglas, } T zscluck, being duly sworn, do- ) hat he Is secrotary of The e lishing Company that the aciual ave ) amly circulation of Tk DALY BEE for month of January, 189, was 1, ) 18, : fol er, 18,710 coples; for October 154, 18,97 ¢ ; for' November, JE80, 19310 coples: for mber. 1689, 20,048 copic GEoRGE B. Tz80HUCK. oIn to before me and subscribed in my Presence thisith day of January, A D, 1830, al.] N. P. Friw, Notary Publi THE democrats of Montanahave com- pleted the farce of ‘*‘elesti United States senators. 1115 quite evident that the high five democrats did not go into the combine strictly for their health. SeNATOR MORG wants to plant the negro race in Africa. His constitu- ents, however, prefer to *‘plant” them at home. TO MAINTAIN the harmony of the deal, the new president af the council should be presented with a gavel of Dodlin granite. e Ir the rage for sugar factories be- .comes epidemic, as is now threatened, Nebraska will resume her mother’s mame, Louisiana, Now that Governor Hill has declared for ballot reform, Senator Gorman stands alone as a melancholy monument to machine methods. THE first political round in the house resulted in vanquishing the democrats. As a tost of strength the outcome is not very promising for the fillibusters. We, Us 0. managed that council combine in great shape. We shall presently seo how grateful the combine can bein letting contracts for paving, sewers and grading. MR. Erviy is crowding himself very much to the front, but we imagine Mayor Cushing has discounted his nttentions and informed himseif about his insinuating peculiarities. e TEN and twelve cent corn can not be wconsidered u remunerative crop in Ne- braska. And yet the state board of transportation calmly looks on while the railvoads are fleecing the producers. THE “‘eternal sutumn,” “the ever af- ternoon,” of which florid boomers of Lalifornia climate boast, is strangely at variance with the statement that a man was frozen to death there two days ago. e — Tux painful deficit in the state treas- ury has not affected the number of ap- plicants for minor offices in South Da- kota. Every candidate isenough of a patriot to take a stand-off with a com- " mission. v E———— Mit. MCLEARIE is well satisfied with thé chairmanship of the waterworks ‘committee, and it, goes without saying that Superintendent Hunt of the water- worls, is equally well satisfled with the arrangement. —_— .- JALrnoueH Mr, Chaffee was retired from the public buildings committee, the Dodlin combine’s grip on the city hail ‘was reinforced by the addition of Davis and O'Connor, Here is the milk in the council cocoanu E———— A CupaN official is short from two hundred and fifty to four hundred thousand dollars in his accounts. This sum does not come up to the Louisiana standard, probably becuuse there were nomona pesetas in sight. Gemre— Mg. _ CLEVELAND'S complimentary allusions to Mr. Dana’s veracity con- “vey butafaint outline of the mutual .admiration which exists between this distinguished pair, In fact, Mr. Dana has shown his respect for Grover by adorning the Sun sanctum with the famous.phrase, **Tell the truth,” E——— COUNCILMAN O’CONNOR is eminently qualified for a position on the city hall committee. An expert in the erection of cooktails, Manhattan flzzes, mint _juleps and like structures, his services ‘will be singularly invaluable in deter- minivg the quality as well as quantity of material used in the building. A ‘mistake was wade in ot placing him at the head of the committee. THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THURSDAY, DEMOCRACY AND BALLOT REFORM. The democratie party appears likely to be as badly split up over the question of ballot reform as it has heretofero been on the tariff. The party leaders, however, have discovered that they can not avoid this question, which, under the example of republican Massachu- setts, has taken n fivm hold upon public attention throughout the country,and they are beginning to put themselves in position regarding it. Me. Cleveland, who must still be regarded as the head of the party, put himself on record in favor of the reform in no uncertain terms very soon after the successful trial of the Massachusetts law. In ad- dressing the merchants of Boston, on the memorable occasion when the late Henry W. Grady made his eloquent speech on the race problem, the princi- pal sheme of Mr. Cleveland’s remarks was the necessity of freeing the ballot from corcuption and intimidation. The fact that the ex-president clearly intended w imply that the republican party is chiefly responsible for the existence of these evils, and that he undoubtedly wished to have his remarks understood asan arcaignment of that party, did not detract in the least from the ue or force of his views, which received far more commendation from the republi- can than from the democratic press. The influence of Mr. Cleveland’s ut- terances on this subject in his own party is shown in the position taken by Governor Hill regarding ballot reform 1n his message to the New York logis- lature. Tiwice the republicaus of that body have passed a law providing for ballot reform, which Governor Hill promptly vetoed. In his message he admits that the present clection laws, while in many respects excellent, do not prevent corruption and intimida- tion, and although not conceding that the Australian system is as a whole free from objections, finds some of its features admirable and advises theiwr adoption. Governor Hill just avoids self-stultification, but makes a notable advance which puts him very nearly abreast with Mr. Cleveland as & demo- cratic ballot reformer, indicating an improved sentiment among the democ- racy of New York on this question which warrants the hope that republican effort to reform the ballot in that state will not herveafter wholly fail. No less an influence than that of Mr. Cleveland could have effected this chunge in the position of the sagacious and aspiring governor on this question. But it does mnot appear that the influence of the ex-president in this particular has extended vory far beyond his own state. Tt hus made no impression upon the democra ticleaders in Maryland, where Senator Gorman has declared uncom- promising opposition to the Australign ballot system, and the southern sena- tors genorally are notat all in sym- pathy with Mr. Cleveland’s ideas of what is necessary to be done to free the baliot from existing evils. These demo- crats ave very well satisfied with the tem now prevailing in* their loculi- ties, under which their continned poli- tical ~domination ~ is pretty well assured, and whatever may be done in New York or else- where in the northern states, with or without democratic consent, for re- forming the ballot, it is entirely cortain that the democracy of the south will adhere to the*methods by which that party is enabled to hold the ascendency there. The progress ballot reform has made is due to the republican party, and its further advance will depend upon the continued suocess of that purty. The New York Sun, referring to the Mussa- chusetts law, said its orincipal success was in disfranchising democrats. There isa very general feeling among the members of that party that this is what any thovough and efficient system of ballot reform would amount to, and heuce it will get only a very limited support from the party generally. INTERSTATE CO> ION REPORT. The report of the intarstate com- merce commission shows that the oper- ation of the lnw during last'year did not work any hardship to the railroad: s0 fur as can be determined from the re- turns of their business. There wasa con- siderable increase in railroad earnings, every month of the year showing an ad- vance over the corresponding month of the previous year. Im view of this re- sult, which was general except as to some coal rouds, the commission sees no reason to believe that the effect of the law has been injurious to railroad earn- ings. The most interesting chapter of the report is devoted to the competition of Canadian carriers, which the com- mission says is not casual or temporary, but permanent. It was deliberately planned 1n the past, and has been ad- vanced to its present state with perse- vering energy. The agencies of this competition have been assisted by the policy of our government in allow- ing the transportation of American goods in > bond over Canadian lines of railroad upon an equality with that over our owa lines, by the invest- meuts of our own citizens in the con- steuction of Canadian roads and lines ‘to connect with them, and by conces- sions of rights of way over our soil. The commission makes no recommendation regarding the treatment of this compe- tition, leaving that to the wisdom of congress, and simply presents a compre- hensive statement of the situation, suggesting vhat there are considera- tions on both sides of the question. It 18 quite possible to infer, however, that the commission thinks there should be some regulation of this competition, and that this may be done without in- jury to those interests of our own peo- ple which the competition is assumed 1o especially beneflt, while operating to the aavantage of American railroads. For example, roferring to the appre- hension that any regulation which would restrict this competition would result in higher rates of trans- portation, the commission says: “It is possible, however, that these appre- hengions are mistaken and that a greater volume of business over ourown lines would so cheapea rates as to re- sult in no advance in cost to' ultimate consumers. At least that has been the uniform lesson of experience in rail- road transportation.” It seems pretty clear that the commission, while admit- ting that the comnetition of Canadian roads benefits a large number of out peo- ple. is not heartily in‘'sympathy with the demand that it shall be allowed to con- tinue under present conditions and withcut any regulation or restriction. The recommendations of the commit- toe embrace four new provisions and the same number of amendments. It proposes prohibiting the payment of commissions by one railrond company to ticket agents of another company for passenger transportation, the abolition of ticket brokerage and the extension of the law to common carriers by water routes, \With regard to the first two new provisions proposed, the inyestiga- tions of the commission haw@ clearly demonstrated their necessity, Tho commission and brokerage methods now in practice are wholly indefensible, and it 13 in the interest of both the railronds and the public that’ the law shall prohibit them. The expediency of embracing in the operation of the interstate commerce act common car- rviers by water has been fully demon- strated, Undoubtedly congress will not hesitate to comply with the recommen- dations of the commission both as to the new provisions and the amendments, all of which are obviously necessary to a more thorough application and efli- cient enforcement of the law, The re- port will make a favorable 1mpression regarding the operation of the law during the last year, and the few changes and additions suggested by the committee show that experience is demonstrating the general wisdom and sufficiency of this legislation. INEXCUSABLE IGNORANCE. Somebody wants to know what 18 the pop- ulation of Omaha. Itis a pushing town of sixty-five tuousand people. 1tsschool census shows twenty thousand two hundrea and forty-three children of school age. In 1880, with a population of sixteen thousand it had six thousand four hundred and sixty-eight children of school age. The school census is now a littie more than three times what it was then and this would indicate a total pop- ulation of about sixty-two thousand.—Mil- waukee Sentinel. We now understand why Milwaukee papers are not patronized in Milwau- kee. When a paper which ranks as the leading daily of that city exhibits such unpardonable ignorance it shows that the standard of journalism 13 not very high in the cream city. Omaha had a population of over thirty thou- sand ten years ago and stands so credited by the national census of 1880, The state census of 1885 credits Omaha with a pop- ulation of over sixty-two thousand, and it is an indisputable fact that Omaha has doubled her population in the last five years. The basis on which the NSeatinel computes the population of Omaha at sixty-five thousand rests upon the fiction that the six thousand four hundred and sixty-eight children of school age in 1880 only represented six- teen thousand population, whereas they did represent nearly double that num- ber. At the same rate the school cen- sus of 1880 would more than treble the population of 1880, which would give Omahun a population of about one hun- dred and twenty-five thousand. THE BEE in its Annual Review issued Jan- uary 1 only claims one hundred and twenty thousand, which isa very mod- erate estimate. 1700 MUCH SPITE WORK. Now thac Mr. Broatch has retired, it is to be hoped that the police commis- sion will feel absolved from further ob- ligation to punish and persecute people who had offended him. While we have refrained from comment on the con- struction which the commission has re- cently put upon the law regulating the liquor trafic, the ccurse they have pursued we can by no means commend. There has been a manifest at- tempt to befriend liguor dealers who were political supporters of the late mayor, and a determination to annoy and persecute dealers who refused to train with him. The commission has no right to make flesh of one and fish of arother. Their functions are not only executive but judicial. In the exercise of these pow- ors they are expected to be impartial, Some of the most notorious violators of the Slocum law have been licensed, while others who had been blacklisted 10 the recent municipal campaign have been held over the gridiron, Such an abuse of the powers of the commission was never contemplated by those who favored the change in the laws that revised the membership of the licensing board. S—— THE opposition of eastern congress- men to any attempt to reclaim the arid wastes of the west wasto be expected. The growing strength of the western half of the nation menaces the power heretofore wielded by the older states, and their opposition to every measure calculated to increase the productive wealth of the trans-Missouri empire wust be met and overcome, The center of population as weli as of industry, products and political power is mov- ing westward at such a pace that before the close of the century the pamperad east will be in the minority. The de- termination to untagonize western in- terests is a foolhardy attempt to block the wheels of progress. Sm———— BALTIMORE'S committee of one hun- dred representative citizens has drafted aliquor license bill to be presented to the legisfature. The bill embodiaes the main features of the Nebraska high license law, fortified with the restric- tions 1n force in Boston, Tn all cities of the first class the license is to be one thousand dollars a year, with a less rate for smaller cities and towns, There is avery reason to believe that the leading provisions of the bill, if not in its en- tirety, will be acceptable to the legis- lature, as it is supported by a strong public sentiment. me———— Tre attorney general of Colorado has entered suit against several ex-treas- urers of the state to test the question whether these officials have a right to farm out public moneys among the banks and pocket the interest,received. Seven ex-oflicials and about two hun- dred thousand dollars are involved in the case. The practice of depositing public moneys with banks for the bene-~ fit of the custodian has become so firmly entrenched In wostern politics that cannot be iptgoted without a desperate struggle. 1w ¢ THE champagne supper which was given by We, Us & Co. to Mayor Cush- g and the successful combine in the council was's’ ¥ery toothsome affair,and the tax payars of Omaha willin due time pay for this sumptuous repast, and they will have to pay for several more such champagne’ suppers before they are relieved from, the boodling anaconda hat is coliingritself around the muniei~ pal body. The Obnoxious Odor of Trusts. Louiseille Courier-Jowrnal, The tragrance of a clgarette trust, added to the sweetness of the other ‘‘privato af fairs” of the country, woula make a combin- ation odor that would indeed smell to heaven. - Kough on the Royaltios, vew York World. The royalties are all beggars, impostors, and parasites togother. Battenberg is no worse than the rest of them. Not one of them ever carued an honest dollar or ate an Tonest dinner in his life. : Pl S0 Perfectly Candid About It. Chicago Tribwne. The most refreshing instance of (rankness that has como under our notice for a long time is the following from the Bismarck (N. D.) Tribune of January 2: “The Tribune don’t expect to get out much of a paper this morning, and it is believed this expectation has been realized.” A wholo page couldn’t have told the story of the editor’s New Year's relaxation more graphically., One Voice with the Right Ring. Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle. The nogro is here, and here to stay. He can neither be driven out nor killed out. It would be illegal ana ungrateful to attempt the one, and inhuman and cowardly to do the other. The negro 1s docile and _inoffensive, and the best laborer the south has ever known. 1Itis theduty of every decent man 1 the south to put down mob law, and to see that the colored man is fairly and kindly treated and protected in his every right as a man and a citizen - Overworkineg the Supreme Court. I hiladelphia Ledger, There is some good after all in having the supreme court overworked. Justice Lamar 18 80 busy that he cannot find timo to deliver his proposed eulogy of Jefferson Davis. Itis well that this is so, for Justice Lamar,though entirely patriotic, could scarcely have dehv- ered such an address without saying things 0 which 1o justice of the supreme court of the United States should give utterance. THE AFIERNOUN TEA. A Michigan man buried his wife, put up a headstoue, repainted his house, married a second wife, and due five acres of potatoes within seventeen days, and yet hio says he can't begin to hustio as his father used to. There’s no denying Thut love is trymg, Yet gratifying— The story old— A littlo sighing, A little crying, And lots of lying— The tale is toid. He—Do you love me or not! Boston Girl— The former. Mrs, Yellowleaf—I have been trying to got a gold dollar coined the year 1 wus born, Miss Caustique—1 am afraid there wmust be a very high premium on them now. ‘The pervous timidity of brides and grooms can be easily ‘explained, since it is natural for contracting parties to huve a shrinking manuer, £ 8 \ Sheé—Sir, what do you mean by putting your arm around my waist? He—Do you objectt She—Mr. Arthur Gordon, I'll give you just five hours to remove your arm. A woman can find her pocket quick enough ;Ivhen there is money in it to pay for a new at, No matter how small a man may be, the womau who marries him loves him just the same as if he were six feet two, ‘The king of Siam has just mavried twenty new wives—and yet people talk about Siam easo. She wrote a letter with her oyes, Well filled with words of bl Then, like a prudent maid and wise, She sealed it with a kiss. Wire. (to hubby, who has been out the night_before)--Why, my dear, what makes you look so sour this morning? . Hubby—L drank three glusses of milk tast night and got caught in a thunderstorm coming home. i STATE AND TERRITORY. Nebraska Jottings. ‘The sum of $104,165 represents Asnland’s growth during 1850, Newman Grove wants to vots bonds for a systemn of waterworks, ‘The 1ce briage is now firm at Niobrara and the mail and express now cross the river on it. M. J. Lumbard, a Hastings =rocer, has been fined $25 for selling cigarettes to a nine- year-old boy. Hastings is without & mayor and the pres- ident of the city council is acting as chief executive officer. Willham Tiaden, the Platte county young man who shot at his father, has been boun over to the district court., The Benkelman Pioneer has been sold by M. L. Thomas to A, J, Graves and the new proprietor bas assumed control, It is announced that the Kearney canning factory willincrease the output next year at least three times that of the past season. Thomas F. Donivang a deserter from Fort Bridger, Wyo., gave bimself up to the offi cers at Columbus, as he was tired of fighting cold gud hunger. The Farnas county fair association has paia all premiums, an old debt of consider- able magnitude and is now on a solid financial footing. . District court is in session at Madison with a large docket, including the trial of William and Herman Boche for the murder of George Ives last soring. Hooker county now has & newspaver, the News, published at Mulien by J. A. Holines. This leaves Arthur the only county in the state withiout a newspaper. Some of the gitizens of Inman became fin- dignant at the course gunued by Editor Evans of the Review and descended on s oftice, pitching thé plant 1nto the street, The farmers around Loomis have organ- ized a co-operative mercantile fhssocition and witl soon start a new store or buy ouv one a'ready doing pusiness al that place. A complete set of counterfeiters' tools for making half doMars was discovered in a cave in Nuckolls county recently, but the men who owned the outfiv have not been ap- prebended, ' Mr. and Mrs, A, L. Frank uf Beaver City celebrated their golden wedding anniversary on New Years dgy and were the recipients of a surprise ib the shape of 150 residents of town swooplig down on them led by & brass band, 0 The Fremont Flail is authority for the statement that Wudge Maxwell has nounced that all negotiations between him- selg and the Omaha corporation are off and that he will continue to sit on the supremo bench of the state. lowa Ltem Dubuque's building improvements in 1850 cont $1,860,000, Plans are beiug preparea for a pew opera house at Fort Dodge. ‘There are vrisoners from fifty-nine coun- ties in the Anamosa pepitentiary. Farmers in the vicinity of Cumberland have established a co~operative creamery. ‘There were 810 births, 182 marriages and 50 deaths o Harrison county last year. Of 123 arrests made in Des Moines during ll‘)eeembcr just one-half were for intoxica- jon. Work has been begun by the Chicago, Mil- waukee & St. Paul road double tracking ite line from Marion to Chieago. Cato Sells was prosented with a gold- t | headea ne the other day by the democratic central committoe of Benton county. Disciples of Tom Paine at Fort Dodge will celebrato the birthday of tho great infidel January 20 with a literary entertainment. Twenty-four head of _cattle belonging to John Snyder of Storm Lake walked out on the 100 to drink and broke into the lake, all being drowned. The monthly pay roll of the state, includ- ing supremo and district Judicos, all state of- cors and clerks, i8 about $54,000'as shown by the auditor’s books. There aro eighteen prisoners now con- fined in the Mills county jail, fifteen of whom are awaiting trial for applying a coat of tar and feathers to a school teacher near Bartiott, The school census—all betwoeon five and twenty-one—shotws the following in the larg- Polk, 19,140; Pottaw i 18,274 Dubuque, 18,081 ; Scott, 15,108 14,7043 Woodbury, 1 Clinton, 18,306 Des Moines, 12,814; Lo, 3. The others are all below 10,000, A Keokuk man named Peter Tigue has be- come insane from the too free use of prohibi tlon whisky. He was arrested last woek, aud whilo confined in jail was taken with the hallucination that lic was & murdorer and that the authorities were preparing to hang hin. Ho is & young man, and has @ wifo and child dependent upon him. George Walker, who haa just comploted a sontence of elghtéon months in the peniten= tiary for robery, arrived in Marshalltown tho other day and went to the house of Policeman Clark in search of his wife. Clark shut the door in his fave, telling him she was not there, wheronpon Waiker kickod tho door in and was arrested for destroying property, with chances of taking another trip to the 'pen.’ “Uncle Jimmy' Cannon, the old scout ana Inaian interproter, who 10r somo time has been an inmate of the Marshalllown sols dier's home, got tired of the monotony of that institution and New Years skipped out for the west on a thirty days' furlough. He has been writing o scries of skotches of events in lus varied carcer for the Times- Republican, and much to the chagrin of tho editor of that paper, skipped out right in the middle of his story. Miss Minnie Brownlee, a Scott county teacher, has been arrested for punishing a refractory pupil. A party of boys bunded together With the determination to run things, and when the toacher tried to call a halt by birching one of their number the others made a united cffort to rescue him, The plucky teacher held on, however, and trounced the urchin in fine style. The boy claims the teacher used the stove poker, but Miss Brownlee denies the charge. The county superintendent upholds tho teacher in her action. Tne Two Dakotas. The Manitoba road has closed its stations at Plana und Geneseo on account of dull times, Sioux Falls parties are o the castn the interest of a 250,000 hotel to be built the coming season. Five thousand copies of Susan B. Antho- ny's pamphlet on woman suffrage are to be distributed throughout South Dakota. A Black Hills member of the legislature will introduce a bill providing that nine jur- ors may agree upon a vendict in civil cases. There were eighty-nino marriages in Law- ronce county during the past yoar. Tho old- est groom was sixty-four and the oldest bride the same age, whilo the youngest groom was eighteen and the youngest bride twelve. The members of the State Fair association will meet at Pierre January 17 to olect ofi- cors for the ensuing year and decide upon the location for the next fair. Sioux Fails, Mitchell, Huron, Aberdeen and Watertown are all in the race for location. John Carey is under arrest at Rapid City for stealing a horso from . T. Holman of Hill City and a saddle from James Clinton of the samo place. Ho “borrowed’’ them with the intention of going to Niggerville, but changed his mind and went to Rapid City, where he tried to sell the property and was arrested. On the way from Hill City to Rapid City one of Carey’s feet was frozen. The Glendale mining company will be the first company to put Black Hills tin upon the market. The large stamp mill is now in con- stant operation and & large quantity of con- contrates will ba shipped to Chicago this week for smolting, the company having not as yet added a smelter to their plant, The product will be placed on the market before the end of the month. A correspondent at the Pine Ridge agency writes: There have been two cattle thieves arrested at this place by Indian police. The stockmen in this section are determined to put a stop to the cattle killmg which has been carried on_secretly for severel yea past. The perpetrators arc Sioux half broeds and are now in confinement nntil the roturn of tha agent, when they will be taken to Deadwood and be given a hearing before the United Staten courf - WORAED AN OLD WIDOW. A Young Man Takes Her Cash and Throws Away Affections. BLoOMINGTON, IIL, Jan. 8,—[Special Telos gram to THE BEe.]—Mrs. Elizabeth Timer- man of this city isa widow, aged seventy- six, and quite frail in body, yet she seems to be not too old to look with favor upon a suitor. William Proctor, an nsurance agent, a few days ago made her acquaintance. Ho is thirty-five years old, quite good looking, and a smooth talker. Mrs, Timerman 18 well off, and as she relates the story Proctor made love to her so successfully that a few days ago sho intrusted to him her hand and heart well-secured amounting to X and several hundreds in cash. Next day Proctor disappeared and was not seen here again until an officer brought hun here from Springfield, 1lL, on & warrant sworn out by Mrs. Timerman, Proctor has a wife and two ehildren. It has been uscertained that Proctor worked a similar game on another, buf younger, susceptible widow in West :nwn!,hip, this county, From her he got $200 n cash, transferable notes e HELIR TO A MILLION, A Buffalo Lady Receives SBome Very Pleasing Intelligence. Burravo, N. Y., Jan, 8.—[Special Tele- gram to Tug Bee.]—Mrs. L, B, Burr of this city has just received notice that she is heir- ess to a fortune of $1,000,000. A few days ago Supervisor Miller of- Yorkshire, Cauta- raugus county, received a letter from Attor- vey General ‘Tabor asking for information ‘sbout Solomon Lincoln of Yorkshire, or if he was dead of his heirs. The letter states that Lincoln’s grandfather had aiea leaving to kim a fortune estimated at $1,000,000, Solomon Lincoln came to Buffalo from Yorkshire and engaged in business, dying nine years ago and leaving one aaughter, now Mrs. Burr, The estate to whis he is heirs sald to conswst of real estate i the vi- ity of Bangor, Me. e THE COLONEL I8 TOO ROUGH, A Divorce Suit Wnich Has Cansed a Sensation in Texas. DavrLas, Tex., Jan, 8.—[Special Telegram to Tue Bee.|—A great sensation was cre- ated In society circles today when it was learned that the wife of Colonel Madison Weir bad filed a petition for divorce, alleg- ing cruel treatment, habitual drunkenvess and the use of profane and disgusting lan- guage by her husbaud. The couple were only married on Docember 10 last. The colonel has always moved in the highest society and the bride was the wealthy widow of the late M. E. Whitmore, —— Buccessful Scientific Expedition, Bax Fraxcisco, Cal, Jan. 8.—A telegtam to the Fisk observatory received from Prof. L. W. Burnham, chief of the eclipse expedi- tion sent from the Lick observatory to South Auwerica, anpounces that the observation of the eclipse of the sun December 2 was en- “'fl coessful, and the expedition is home- ward bot und. Fear a Printers’ Riot, Beuxg, Jan, 8.—Tue suthorities are fearful that the striking compositors here will en- deavor to mcite a riot. Two companies of wilitary are parading the streets for the pur- pose of suppressing any disorderly demon- stratibns. Are you nervous and irritable! A glass of Cook’s imperial wine banishes that feeling. 1v's the pure grape juice naturally fermented THE" CAPITAL CITY GRIST. How Station Agents Should Dis- tribute Cura. MASONS AND THE SALOON MEN. The Rumored nf Liquor Dealers a Fact-That Etmwood Elevator Case — State House Notoes, Laxcony Bunt 1020 P Ster LixcoLy. Nob, Jan, 8 Since the boginning of the grain blockade on all western roads a great many com plaints have beon made to the board of transportation concerning tho distribution among shippers of the comparatively few s atthe daily disposal of the railroad superintendent. The following is a copy of a letter from the offico of the secretarios in roply to a complaint from a shipper at Bromfield, Neb, The letu is of genoral interost as stating the principles governing deoisions of tho board upon such matters whonever ap peal is taken from the rales of the railroad companios Meosars, Kellogg & Craybill, Aurora, Neb., Jan, 7.—Gentlemen: Replying to your favor of tho 7th inst., in reference to an order sub- mitted by the 3. & M. railroad for the gov- ernment of station agonts in the distribution of cars at times when the demaud for cars exceeds the supply. Such an order has been submitted. It bears date December 15, 1850, and is ads dresscd to all agents, It is in effect: To distribute pro rata in proportion to the number of cars loaded by each shipper dur- ing the six months from May to October preceding. Stippers who did no business duriog these six months to bo allotted one- half the number of cars allotted the regular shipper who loaded the least number of cars dauring the six months period. Of course this is arbitrary ruling. Tha general superintendent of the B. & M. rail- road, from tho light ot long experience, con- siders the role most equitable to both classes of grain shippers (elevator men and track buyers). We wouid consider the plan adopted by the B. & M. as fair a one as is possible to urrive at for general directions to subordinates, The rule would, however, be subject to modification in case appeal was taken to this board. For instance: To arbitrarily allot any portion of an insufficient number of cars to & would-be shipper, con- tingent upon subsequently buying the quantity needed for a load, while other shippers with crowdod elevators are denied the number of cars ncedful to transport grain already bought and ready in bin for immediate shipment, would be, wo think, contrary to the impartial treatment required of common carriers. For your information in the Bromfield case, we would inform you that a decision would be rendered on the facts obtained at a hearing which would follow the receipt and filing of a statement of facts complained of duly verifled, the following principle govern. ing, viz.:Whenever, by reason of unusual circumstances, freights have accumulated to an exceptional extent and aro then offered in extraordinary auantitios, the company ful- fills its obligations to the public by furnis ing cars ratably aud fairly to all shippers, in proportion to the freights tendered by them respectively. This principle bemg established it remains but to determine the amount of grain actu- ally tendered by respective shippers in order to arrive at the proportion of available cars each person is entitled to. Of course a ten- der of grain for shipment could not be made contingent upon its purchase, or upon deliv- ery at the place of loading at a future time, A 'railroad compuny would be under no obli- gation to provide a car to any one upon the mere statement, I am going to buy 800 bushels of corn on the market. Set we in a car in which I may load it as I'buy it.” But as 8001 us the person has got the corn on hand, 1n sight, and tenders iv for transporta- tion, then begins the obiization on the part of the company to provide mouans for trans- porting it. Respectfully, W. Garser, Secretary. v Tus OMana Bes, } Masonic Saloonkeepors. Investigation into the rumored expulsion of saloonkeepers from a Masonmic lodge in this city, reportea in yesterday's Beg, proves the truth of the published statement. The only error was that the action: was based on a recent action of the grand lodge of this state. The resolution was adopted by the grand lodge tn 1872 and has since been incor- porated into the by-laws of the order, A prominent Mason of this oity said to Tur Bee correspondent that the rule had been pretty strictly enforced all over the state, ut that there were anumber of cases where charges had not been filed. Another rule adopted subsequently makes it the duty of masters and wardens of subordinate lodges to prefer charges and of the grand master, 1n the exercise of a wise discretion, w sus- pend the charters of lodges that either neg- lect or refuse to prefer charges against oftending members. The City Not Responsible. H. J. Whitmore filed an answer today for the city in the case brought against it by Mrs. Martha Martin for damages for injuries received by falling into the excavation on Ninth street. The answer sots up the fact that the contract for paving sud grading the street adjacent o block 17'had boen let to Stout and Buckstaff, and that by the terms of this coutract with the city the firm is ro- spousible for all injury and damage cansed by unguarded excayations or holes left in the streot. Tho defendant thereforo asks that W. H. B. Stout and Mr. Buckstaff be made a party to the issues. That Elmwood Elevator Complaint, Attorney Orr of the firm of Waggoner & Orr, Atchison, Kan., appeared before the state boara of travsportation today and argued o motion for'a rehearing in the Elm- wood elevator complaint. He contended that the situation in thé matter of the complamt was not clearly understood by the board; that the petition of the complainants set uv that a site was wanted for a storehouse for grain rather than an elevator; that the order of the board was beyond its jurisdic- tion. Mr. Orr was ingenuous in his argument, and covered the grounds of the ovidence in chief most thor- oughly. Deputy Attorney General Stewart appeared for the Kimwood farmers’ alliance. @ exprosses tune opinion thatthe wotion heard today is simply a forerunver of a test of the caso in the supreme court. Tio logal- ity of the order is questioned. On the bourd of secrotaries two are of tho opinion that the order will stand the test, while the third en- tertains very grave doubts of it, Tae board will d'fuy the mgtion, thus sustawing the record. The Supreme Court. Today's proceediong in the suprome court were as follows: Aultmau, Miller & Co. vs Dennett; dis. missed. The following causes were argucd and sub- mitted: State ex rel.Stewart vs Bmery; state ex rel. Patterson vs Emery; Richardson vs Campbell; Weitz vs Wolfe; Russoll vs Loug- moor; Reckeway v. Waltematb. ‘The following deocisions were handed down : Union Pacific railway company vs Billeter, error from Dm};o county, affirmed; opinion by Reese, Ch. J. State ex rel, Fair vs Frazer, auo warrauto, writ allowed; opinion by Cobb, J. State House Jottings. Deputy Labor Commissioner Jenkins is in Grand Isiand. Judge Norval takes the oath of office to- morrow aud becomes one of the associate justices of Lhe supreme beuch. Governor Thayer went to Omaba today, From there he goes to Orleans to take in o Grand Army reunion, The atate board of transportation is in re- ceipt of resolutions from the Unadilla Farm- ers' alliance, Otoe county, commending iv for its action in the Elmwood eloyator co ghln‘ and preyiog that it would have the ackbone to deny the Missouri Pacific folks A rehoaring, arguments having boen made for the same today. City News and Notos, & Tt is stated that thero are 100 casos of T Grivpe in this oit ‘Thomas Manley (colored) was befors Judee Huston today on the charge of horse stealing. He was bound over to answer to the district court, A thank offering service was held at S Paul's M. E. church this afternoon. Marstial Cardor has prepared a reporfiot his ofticial work since he took charge of the polive force. It shows 1303 arrests since June 1, 1858 OF these 451 wore dischargod, sixteen dismissed, S8 convictad, 380 com- mitted to the city “rock pile,” thirty-eight bound over to answer to the district court and 478 paid out. Considerable mystery surrounds the death an girl of oas, uka yestorday. - - ANTIPATHIES, of Ella Peterson, Wwho was buried in \V Some Remarkable Instances of Avors 8100 to Utterly Innoxious Objects, Amatus Lusitanus relates the a monk who would faint on rose, and never quitted his cell when thnt flower was blooming, Orfila, a loss questivnable authority, tell us of Vin cent, the puinter, who would swoon when there were roses in the room even though he did not sec them Valtaid telis of an officer being thrown into convulsions by having a pink brought to his chamber. Orfiln alsy relates the case of alady of forty-six years, a hale, hearty woman, who if present wheu linss was being pre- paved for any of its various uses, would have violent coughing fits, swelling of the face, and partial loss of reason for the nexttwenty-four hours. Hinting at these peculiar antipathiesand aversions, Montaigne remavks that there have been men who more feaved an applo than a_cannonball. Zimmerman tolls of a lady who could not, bear to touch either silk or satin, and who wou d shudder and almost faint if Dby acci dout she happened to touch the velvet skin of a peach., Boyle rocords the case of a man who would faint when his vooin wus being swept, and of one who naturally abhorred honey. Hippocrates mentions one Nicanor who would always swoon at hearing the sounds of a flute A lunar eclipse caused Bacon to com- pletely collapse, aud the sight of roast ig had the same effect on Vaughelm the famous German sportsman. TI editor of “*Notes for the Curious.” in the St. Louis Republic, has a sister who will not stay in a room where u watermelon is being sliced, and who, although she has long since of all other fanciful whims, she has never been able to look upon that delicious product of vine without feeling as though an emetic had been taken. So, too, the writer knows youngster, away up in his teens, who in counting, will not say **18,” and thinis no more of saying 17,19, than the aver age person would of saying 18, 18, 19 He s that the bare thought of the ob- jectionable figures makes him feel the same in the stomach and gives tho same sensations that swinging to o dizzy height does—i. e.,a sort of an “all-gone feeling. > Lubhock's Wondertul Experiments, Sir John Lubbo has been making T some remarkable calculations on the flapving of the wings of insects, FHo finds that the slow flapping of the but- terfly’s wing produces no sound, but when the movements are rapid a noise is produced which increases in shri ness with the number of vibrations. Thus the common house fly which pro- duces the sound F, vibrates its wings 21,120 times in a minuts times in a sccond. The bee, wh malkes the sound A, makes as wany as 26,400 with its wings every minute, or econd. A very tired bee, Siv John, hums 1n E, making about 330 strokes per second. Marey, the na- turalist, has confirmed Lubbock’s ex- periments in a way alwogether novel and orviginal. After many attempts and successi failures he obtained u very delicate piece of mechanism with which to make his test. He fixed a fly 50 that the tip of his wing would just barely touch a parafine cylinder moved by clock-work. Each stroke of the wing caused a mark, very slight, of course, but still perceptible. Upon be- ing removed and examined with a glass, \ the cyiinder showed almost exactly 440 strokes per second for a fresh bee and 380 for the tired one. e L A Good Gne, Mr. W. H. Baldridge, druggist, Is- condido, California, says: ‘‘Chamber- lain’s Cough Remedy is the best selling medicine [ handle. In fact I sell moro of it than all other cough medicines combined. Every one who has used it speaks in glowing terms of its efficien- cy.” For sule by all draggists. e Strange Conduct of the Guif Strea A Washington scientist has discov- ared that the oft-recurring rain storms to which the Atlantic coast has been subjocted this year is due to the near approach of the Gulf streum, says the Texas Siftings. Instead of keeping its place as it should do, it has swerved inland, and this hot cur- rent of water, coming 1n contact with the cold currents of air, causes the un- usual humidity. A Boston sclentist, n spell ago, assured us that it was the spots on the sun that cuused our heavy rains, buy we think that the Gulf stream — explanation knocks the spots BIf thesun theory, Noone who has ever bathed in the Gulf stream can fail to realiz. how great a change it must eflect in the temperature of tho const line when it takes n sweep inland. But what can be done about1t? 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