Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 22, 1890, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE ~ B. ROSHWATER, Bditor. PUBLISHED EVFRY MORNING. TERMS OF Dafly 804 Sunday, One Six months “Three Months Sunday Bee, Onio Year. Weekiy flee, One Year with Promiim. OFFICES, Omaha, Nee Buflding. Chicago Ofice, 567 Ro oker; Now Vork, Rooms 14 and Washin Conncil Blufis, No. Fouth Omab, Corner N and CORRE 3 All communications relating to news and edi- torial matter should be addressed to te Editor- ial Depurtment. Building, 5 Tribuns Bollding, n L All business | S VYo nadressed to The Bes Publishing Company, Omaha. 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Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- s und siys that lie 18 gecretary of The Bes Publishing Company, that the actual ayerago dmily circulation of "Tie DALy 7, I, I B, 14 ¥51 coples: for + ' ) 18, for Augus T, 164, 1 coples; opies;'for November, 1E89, 19.310 coples December. 1k copies. GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. eoorn, to before me and subscribed In myp prefenee this4th day of January, A D. 1800, |Feal.] N. P. Feir, Notary Public, 1 for Tie. author of the new jury law is without honor in his own county. e — T1E county hospital promises to be- come a hive of heulthy tax eaters. . BEFORE providing a staff for the now county hospital, it might be weil to complete the building. A crry chemist is the latest official sinecure suggested. Omaha is sadly in need of a competent person to analyze the work of the drones and determine the amount of tissue exhausted in draw- ing salaries, — THE live stock exchange has regis- tered a vigorous protest against the d crimination in railroad rates against the Omaha markel. The members should make the rebellion so emphatic ~that the outrage will not be repeated. OMAHA ministers are wasting valua- ble time lamentiug the competition of the Sunday newspaper. The Sunday newspsper will go right on instructing the ignorant, preaching the gospel of humanity, cheering the poor and com- forting the struggling, and doing its utmost to educate mankind to higher “ and nobler ends and to make life hetter and happier. The munisters will gain nothing by striving for the unattaina- ble. Letthem take the world as it is and join with the nowspapers in bet~ tering it. — THE annual report of Chief Galligan of the fire department shows a marked increase in fires and losses for 1889, compared with the previous year, Thoro were two hundred-and fifty-four alarms, with losses aggregating one hundred and sixty-seven thousand dol- lars, against one hundred ana ninety- cightalarms in 1888 and losses amount- ing to forty-soven thousand eight hun- dred dollars. -The equipment and force is first-cluss, and 1tshould be maintained atthe present high standard. Nodepart- went of the government is so closely allied with the prosperity and security of the city, and none deserves to a groater degreo the unceasing care and altention of the authorities. ‘I'miz charter contemplates that all appointive oftices should be created by ordinance, by and with the consent of tho council. Tf any officor of this oity is to be provided with a deputy or clerk the council must first enact an ordine ance to that effect, A mere resolution . authorizing the appointment of depu- ues, secretaries or clerks, is not im “accord with the spirit and letter of the law. Mayor Cushing is not an exception to this rule. Ifiv is essential that he shall employ a clerk at the city’s expense, which we very much doubt, the proper and only legitimate course to pursue is to create the office of mayor’s clerk by ordinance. P11 trouble with Chief Seavey is that he imagines he is at the head of the police force of London, New York or Chicago, fustead of a city of one hun- dred and twenty thousand population, We are willing to give the chief due credit for having organized and dis- ciplined the force, but there are many things about his mansgement which we cannot commend. His detectives have been altogether Loo anxious to pounce upon men for the greut crime of being ponniless, while gambling is carried on almost opeuly under the nose of she sleuths, Too many ‘“‘suspicious” churacters huve been arrested for no other purpose than to swell the jail * record and to prove that the members of the torce were extvemely vigilant. The force is now as large as the tax- payers gan support, It has been trebled in three years, and is sufticient for all practical purposes for years to come. ‘Ihe chiel shows no disposition to econo- wize. Ow the contrary, he wants a fund #et aside for bis special use, to be ex- pended as he wills, The eity camnot afford to establish a precedent that would inevitably lead to daugerous abuses. THE OMAHA DAILY 22 1890 OHIO'S FORGERY INVESTIGATION. The prominence given to the proceed- ings at Washington in the case of the Ohio ballot box forgery, which consti- tuted one of the most conspicuous opi- sodes of the last campaign in that state, is not unmerited in view of the fact that it implicated men digtinguished in the public service, whom it is important shall be vindicated. It was not enough that the forgery was confessed,and that those who made public use of it acknowl- edged that they had been decoived, to their great mortification. It was de- sirable that the whole bad business should be probed to the bottom, so that no after-question could possibly arise regarding it that mwight affect in the least degree the men whose names are connected with it. Governor Campbell of Ohio desired an investigation, and undoubtedly this was the wish of all named in the forged document, as it was also of Mr, Halstead and probably of ex-Governor Foraker, who are re- sponsible for communicating the forgery to the public. In a gener: nothing to bhe investigation, as congress there is by this s0 far political way accomplished The resuit, concerned, can be nothing more than a declara- tion thnt the fact of forgery has been established, which will carry with it the full vindication of Senator Sher- man, Governor Campbell and Congress- men McKinley and Butterworth. There is one person, however, Mr. Foraker, who is likely to suffer politically from this investigation. It is due to the ox: governor to say that his testimony ap- pears to have been given with entire candor and without the concealment of any fact or incident of his connection with the lorgery. He has clearly stated the whole process of the imposition, making no effort to give a mitigating aspect to any of the circumstances by which the designing and unserupulous schemer, Wood, drew him into his con- fidence and support. e acknowledged having felt a deep sense of mortifics u learning that prominent Ohio republicans were associated with the democratic candidate for governor the alleged ballot box Yet Mr. Ioraker® seems never to have doubted the genu- ineness of the document furnished him containing the names of three republi- cans—men in whose integrity he had every renson to have confidence, and whose reputation he should havesought to shield, Others to whom Mr. Fora- ker showed the alleged contract ex- pressed the belief that it was a forgery, but this opinion had no weight with him, and upon the authority of a fellow who was sceking a pewy office in Cin- cinnati he allowed to go to the public a statement damaging to the character of men prominent in his own party and with whom he had been on terms of political intimacy. This certainly places Mr. Foraker in u very unfavorable light. It shows in the first place that in his cagerness to secure a re-election he was willing even to sacrifice men prominent in his own party and state upon evidence the cred- ibility of which other men had ques- tioned, and which he made no effort to investigate. It suggests, also, both maliceand treachery. Mr. Foraker un- doubtedly believed, as he was told, that ome or more of the repub- licans named 1n the forged document were not friendly to his can- didacy, and the opportunity to destroy their influence was one he could not forego. Thus while greatly mortified, as he says, at the disclosure that Sher- man, McKinley and Butterworth were identified with a scheme to despoil the public treasury, he still permitted the statement to go out, never having given one of them a chance to deny any con- nection with the alleged contract. There can be no justification for the political ambition thut leads a man to pursue such a course with respect to political associates. Mr. Foraker is out of public life, and it is understood does not desire to enter it again, He made n good record as governorof Ohio,and he has undoubted ability, But his great weakness has been an inordinats ambition, without guidance and restraint of a strong and high sense of political fairness and honesty, and this has undone him. It will be a long time before he can re- sume the poeition of a political leader in Ohio, should he ever desire to do so. EXECUTIVE AND SENATE. It appears highly probable that there is to be a rencwal of the old issue be- tween the executive and the senate re- garding appointments, growing out of the nomination by the president for collector of customs at Chicago a man who was not recommended by the Illi- nois senators, and who is objectionable to both of them, It is not wecessary to go into the details of the controversy further than to say that Senators Far- well and Cullom united in recommend- ing for the Chicago collectorship a Mr. Campbell, and that the president, ig- noringthe endorsement of the senators, nominated & Mr. Clark. The latter gentleman, it appears, has not been es- pecially prominent or active as a poli- tician, though he is a consistent repub- lican. A few years ago he was a candi- date for muyor of Chicago and was beaten by Carter Harrison. Hisability to perform the duties of collector of customs is not in question, but the senators do wot want him and they propose to defeat him it possible. According to Wash- ington dispatches they are likely to have the very noarly unanimous support of the senate, Thus there is promised a repetition, in part, of the memorable Conkling fight of nine years ago, though there 18 no danger dhat in the present case the Ilinols senators will under any circum- stauces resign. But there 1s promised a reassertion of the scnatorial right then claimed to oontrol certain ap- pointmeuts in the state, and from the disposition mauifested, nocoraing to the reports, the republican senators intend to sorve notice on the president.that that right is to be insisted on and main- taived. As the situation now looks, Clark will probably rot be confirmed, but a day may change the aspect. Any sorious conflict between a republican president and senate, over a matter of this character, would be unfortunate, and doubtless the sober second thought will lead both to consider whether the issue cannot be settled without disturb- ing the harmony that ought to subsist between them. The collectorship of Chicago is not so important a position, nor is either Clark or Campbell so greata person, as to warrant a prolonged conflict, or indeed any issue between the administration and the sonate. As to the senatorial right in the matter, it is a question upon which the diversity of opinion is as great today ns when Roscoe Conk- ling made it an issue of national inter- est. Very likely it will never be per- manently settled, and cortainly would not be by the result of the controversy over the Chicago collectorship, what- cver that mey be. The constitutional authority given to the senate to advise and consent to appointments gives that body a power which it is likely always to employ in defense of the claim of senators belonging to the party in con- trol of the government to dictate a cer- tain class of appointments in their states. Wo do not know whether Presi- dent Harrigon claimed this right when a senator, but until the present case ho nas shown o willingness to concede it, and perhaps he is not anxious now to force a conflict. reporter, now employed on the staff of the Denver Republican, was brought to Omaha to testify in the criminal libel suit which Paul Vandervoort had insti- tuted against the editor of THe BEeE. Mr. Johnson’s testimony was frank and truthful'in every respect. It exposed the wicked and corrupt machina- tions of the horde of mercenaries who prostitute their manhood in play- ing capper for corporations which main- tained the resorts at the capital in which members were debauched with free drink and led astray from the path of rectitude and honor. Among other things Mr. Johuson tes- tffied that under the directions of Paul Vandervoort, one of the chiefs of this vile lobby, he had assailed Rosewater through the columns of the Republican, and at one time charged him with running away from an investi- gation, although he - knew that the charge was untrue. In explanation of his conduct Johuson testified that as a reporter he had no discretion in the matter, because the editor of the Ie- publican had instructed him to do Van- dervoort’s bidding. And now one of our amiable local con- temporaries is raising its hands 1 holy horror, and denounces Mr. Johnson as a disgrace to the profes- sion and his conduct as a breach of the moral code of journalism. Another paper goes still further and prociaims Sumner Johnson a perjurer, villain and scoundrel who sold himself out to besmirch & brace of honorable gentlemen! Now we would like to know who is the greater scoundrel—the reporter who, in obedience to instructions, wrote the abusive and slanderous articles, or the men who inspired the libels and under whose orders they were pub- lished? But the people, who compose the court of public' opinion, will naturally ask whereindid Mr. Johnson commit any great moral wrong in telling the whole truth about the oil-rooms, the debauched members and the rotten lobby? Was his conduct in acting the part of a detective disreputable or at variance with the code that obtains on overy great and enterprising daily? Suppose Mr. Johnson had hired outas an atlendant at an insane asylum or any public institution with a view of ascer- taining whether its management was conducted honestly or whether cruelties were practiced upon inmates. Would it be o breach of the '‘moral code for Mr. Johnson to testify about any dishonesty, irregularity or brutal- ity that had come under his observation? Is it Mr. Johnson's conduct as a reporter that arouses this intense indignation, or has he lost caste in the profession because his disclosures have proved damaging to the gang of conspirators and rogues into whose company he was necessarily thrown in order to ascertain the true inwardness of the oil room and famiiiarize himself with the methods of the lobby. Does Mr. Johnson’s offense consist 1n his ad- mission on the witness stand that he drank with the oil room gang, and went wherever they went—to con- ferences with gamblers, to disorderly resorts? Does his offense consist of ac- cepting railroad passes from members of the judiciary committee over whom a cloud was hanging? True, Mr, Johnson was employed by the Omaha Republican for a part of the time, but did he not report what he was directed to report and write what he was directed to write? Did he pry into the pri- vate affairs of his employers, or did he batray ‘any of the legitimate business affairs of the Republican? Had he not a perfect right on his own responsibility to ferret out the corrupt vlots and schemes that were on foet to block legislation by bribery and arink? Does not the code of journalism impose upon every honest and fearless editor or reporter the duty of exposing rascality and criminal conspiracy in public places? ‘What would become of our government if the press did not constantly keep a vigilant eye upon law-makers and pub- lic officials? . Instead of being denounced Mr, John~ son deserves the thanks of every honest man in the state for unmasking the de- basing influences to which our legisla- tures have peen subjected for years, aud which are the prime cause of the defeat of the popular will on all meus- ures that concern the welfare of the people. E—— CALIFORNIA ip now completely cut off from the outside world. Floods and snow storms have blocked every avenue of commerce, and it is not likely that the blockade will be raised for several days. Tremeudous rains during the past vwo months have crippled the sun- set routes, while in the mountains the {alt of snow has buried railroads and telegraphs in & common sepulchre. Such a blockade has not been experi- enced for ten years. The Northern Paaific is buried under the avalanches of the Bitwer Root mountains, the Cali- Shasta and §4}fiyon, and the Short Line in Idaho and the Centrai Pacific in Ne- vada and Californin are covered with tons of the kouutiful. The latest appli- ances for clegring roads prove practi- cally useless in the mountains, and the companies are forced to dig their way out of the dvifts. There is no abate- ment to the storm, which has raged for a week, and the prospect is not favor- able for un edrly opening of communi- cation. Thé' losses entailed already reach into thevhundreds of thousands, — fornia & flré.‘y:\-u 18 1ost In the drifts of OUR northern neighbors seem dis- posed to let this country understand that they are not in the way of asking favors, but on the contrary are prepared to pursue their own policy regardless of what our people may think of it. We recently noted that one of the chief questions which the Dominion parlia- ment will bo called upon to consider i that of increasing the duty on Ameri- can flour, in order to protect from disastrous competition the mill- ers of Ontario. Since then there have been indications of a very independent spirit re- spocting the unsettled fisheries ques tion, and the latest move in parliament of interest to this country is the pro- posal of a retaliatory alien labor law. The United States having prohibited Canadian residents from crossing the lino to perform labor in this country, the Canadians very naturally and justly propose that American citizens shall not go into the dominion to perform labor under contract. Obviously we would have no right to object to such legislation, and could not reasonably do 80. The effect of the proposed law may be to lead congress to modify our law, which it is conceded by all who have observed its operation ought to be done. THE record of railrond casualties for 1889, involving the mail service, was the worst in fifteen years. There were one hundred and ninety-three ac: dents, in which ten postal clerks were killed, ninety-five seriously injured and forty slightly injured. The service is the most dangerous and trying of any branch of the government, yet no pro- vision is made tor the care and protec- of the families of the martyrs of the 1 All railronds and’ corporations engaged in hazardous business provide for the care of the injured and the fam- ilies of the men who lose their lives on duty. The goverment should not be less genorous. Thére is no necessity for o civil pension list. The govern- ment can establish an endowment or in- surance fund, conducted on one of the various plans now in voguo, and by moderate assessments on salaries se- cure a permanent revenue to be dis- bursed nmong the families of the killed and injured. THE railroads are vitally interested in the prosperity of the state. De- pressed trade will sooner or later make itself felt in theéir receipts. Nebraska is an agricultural state. The success or failure of the producers strengthens or impairs industry. All departments of trade and all avenues of commerce pri- marily rest on' thé prosperity of the farmer. If the corporations ignore their appeals for relief from oppressive rates, and refuse a reduction, the state authorities should employ every legal meaus to prevent the confiscation of the crops. SQUATTERS, speculators and land hunters are gathering in large num- bers on the borders of the Sioux reser- vation, ready to jump into the land of promise as soon as the president’s signal is given. The crowd does not compare numerically with the Oklahoma boom- ers, but there is every indication that the contest for townsites and choice farm land will be fully as lively and passionate. The men who will brave the rigors of winter unsheltered for a slice of Dakota prarie deserve a war- ranty deed to their claims, — KATE FIELD urges n large increase 1n the salaries of senatorsand congress- men, and pathetically declares: ‘*‘Our public men may be rewardedin heaven. They certainly get little but cuffs in this world.” Even with the induce- ments now offered, the supply of would- be statesmen exceeds the demand. It is significant that none of the ‘‘ins” dis- play a desire to exchange their cuffs on earth for options on the future life, THE apparent unity in the movement to deport negroes from the United States to Africa indicates that specu- lators in Congo townsites are working the country. Laws and resolutions will not induce one colored person in five hundred to emigrate, —— I7 18 worthy of note that the first con- tribution has been made to a railroad conscience fund, There is no instance on record of a railroad contributing to asimilar fund, although millions are due the publie. = 2 e re————— THE temporary glueing of a cabinet in Spain will not materially check the spirit of liberty; Republicanism is marching on in'the peninsula, e —— THE activity in. shotgun politics in the south has enabled the lead trust to declare asnug Nvldend on a capital of ninety millions, ;. Sm—— They Obseryb the First Half Phllgdelyhia Inguirer, The new south, Ja, boowing, and so are the vistols of the ola; squtherners. So far they bave taken only half of Zach Chandler's ad- vice to “ralse moféidotton aud less b—L" Ll i Takes Four to Interest Us, Globe, Boston Kiog Carlos of Portugal gets no sympathy from Americans in hus present trouble, It tekes four kings in a single hand to aronse geouive American euthusiasima, — e Better Hira Murphy. St. Louls Globe-Democral. It is certified that in five weeks' receut labor 1w lowa Fraveis Murphy got 10,000 people 10 sign the total abstinence pledge. This sigoifies that Iowa had better repeal her prohibitory Jaw and hire Murphy to take charge of her temperance interests, it L Don’t Suit the Dewms. Onieago Tribune, Democratic authoritios are gradually crys- talizing—or it might be preferable, as better describing democracy, to say fossilizing— Into a settlod distrust of the Australian bal lot. The rank and file, therofore, will sos tho expediency of denouncing it s un- Amorican, RO——— The Negro Has Something to Say. St Louts Globe-Demoerat. There is probably not a single colored man in the country who wants to go to Africa, even if ho could have all his expenses pawd, with “forty acros aud & mule” thrown in. ‘What is the use, then, of talking about the deportation of the whole race to that quars tert T — STATE AND TERKITOR Nebraska Jottings, Nuckolls county has $15,503.54 in its treas ury. A literary socioty hns boen organized at Marsland, The Sutton creamory manufacturad 368,000 pounds of butter last yoar. A new dormitory costing $35,000 is to bo built at the Genos Indian school. One hundred and seventy littlo pigs real ized thesnug sum of $2,34 for C. H. Searle of Edgar. The next meoting of the southiern Ne braska medical society is to bo held in Heb- ron the Inst Wednesday in March., Tho matrimonial fever ia raging so sevarely among the Humboldt school teschers that there is talk of closing the schools, Over one hundred members attended the anaual meeting of the Superior board of trade and new oficer s woro elected. J. A. Harris of O'Neill has invented a straddle-row cultivator attachment and will begin the wanufacture of his vatent in the spring, John Peters, living near Bradshaw, keops 1ifty cows and has started a creamery’ of his own, using his threshing machine eugine ns the motive power., Charles B. Baldwin, an old resident of David City, was found dead in bed Monaay morning, " 'He had been suffering from an attack of asthma, which caused his death, Tho rollor mills at Juniata, which passed intoghe possession of Adams county through the failure of a former county treasurer, have been sold by tho county to O, K. Palmer, The fourtoon-year-old son of James Combs, living near Rulo, while playing with a revolver, accidentaily shot himself in the temple, dying instantiy. Both of his parents were sick in bed at tho time, Fred M. Hatch, Schugler's late police Judge, hias been located at Kamloops, British Columbia, whero he is safo out of harm's way, and is gaining an honest living as a clerk on the Canadian Pacific railway. Bill Counnyers and Joo Mathers, living near Hartwell, have each been twice mar- ried, says the Kenesaw Tribune. The sec- ond 'wife of either is the daughter of the other by hus first wife, ach is the other's son-in-law and father-in-law. They each have children by their second wives. Each is the grandfather and brothor-in-law of the other's children. Their enildren are related in the doublo degrees tincles and aunts and nephews and nieces, aud their wives are stop- mother and step child to each other. lowa ltems. Scranton City outhorities arc after the bootleggers. Over one thousand neoplo aro on the sick tist in Cedar Falls ana vicinity. The Burlington board of trade has ve- elected P. M. Crapo as president. A commercial club has been organized at Manchester with seventy mombers. The work of crocting the big cannery at Keokuk is to be begun immediately. A calf at Clarion is tho possessor of two heads, two mouths and noses, four eyes and only two ears. Nine o'clock in_the evening is the latest that bovs under fifteen yoars of age aro al. lowed to be on the stroets of Afton. Five hundred dollars worth of good liquor his been destroyed at What Cheer in the past five weeks and still the inhabitants are not suffering for something to drink. A foint state convention of the Farmers’ alliance and delegates from the Kniglts of Lavor will be held at Marshalltown Febru- ary 11 and 12, Three hundred delegates are expected to attend Dehorning docs ot always make a bull a safo ammal to handle. Patrick Burke, a farmer near Clarion, was butted and_ trat- pled on by an animal whose horns haa been removed and died from his injurics, Dr. Joho Scarft of Burlington, who was thrown from his horso while returhing from a professional visit, receiving severe injuries about the head, died without regaining con- sciousness. He was eighty-three years of age, & native of Ohio and had been aresident of Burlington for thirty-two years. Of the prisoners in tho Anamosa veniten- tlary Clinton county leads with 26, Scott county has 14; Linn, 13; Marshall, 12; Du- buque, 10; Buchanan, 8; Hardin and Wood- bury, 7 each; Fayette, 5; Tamaand Wa- pello, 4 cach; Appanoose, Black Hawi, Co- dar, Cherokee, 1es Moines, Johnson, Jones, Jackson, Kossuth and Storoy. 8 eaoh thir- teen counties, 3 each, and twenty-fiye with 1 lone man apiéce. 1he Two Dakotas. The physiciaps of Plorre have formed a trust. A fire department has been organized at Minnesola. ‘There are from six to eight thousand in- suranco agents doing busiuess in South Da- kota. Hand county will sink several artesian wells next season and experunent with irri- gation, Crosby G. Davis of Blunt has been ap- pointed superintendent of the Indian school ut Pierre, Ffed King, liviog near Sturgis, aied last week from the effect of an accidental gun- shot wound. William McGarvey got drunk and slept out in the snow all night at Fargo, and wiil probably lose his feet. A Dbill bas been introduced into the North Dakota tegislature allowing counties to issue bounds for $3,000 with which to purchase out- fits for boring artesian wells, an outfit to be used only inthe county to which iv be- lohgs. 3 The Madison. street railway and rapid transit company, with a capital of §50,000, has been incorporated and the work of build- ing the lines will be commenced early in the spring. The Madison brick and improve- ment company, with a capital stock of $260,- 000, has also been incorporated. A short time ago the government fur- nished winter clothivg to the Indians at the Lower Brule and Crow Creck agencies, and tho uoble man, thinking he had a “snap” on warm ather all winter, took most of the clothing into Chamberlain _and disposed of it for almost notbing. Now there is a kick on the cruelty of Uncle Sam in allowing the poor Indian to freeze to death, The inconsistencies of the freight business could not be more clearly demonstrated than by the great disparity of rates found by aun examination of tariff sheets, says the Dead- wood Times, It seems tooabsurd to be true, but it is a fuct, pevertheless, thut Anheuser Busch ship beer to New York, thence across the Atlantic, over the Mediterranean, through the Suez canal and across the In- dian ocean to Australia, at less rates than are charged from St. Louis to Whitewood. i 9 Nebraska and lowa Patents, WasuINGTON, Jan, 2L—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee.] —Patents wero issued today as follow: Nebraskaus--t"rederick W, Deonis, Omahs, toy; Heury Krnst, Ponca, washiog ma- chine; Witham H. Futier, Bladen, cultiva- tor; Adam Wenzal, Dakota City, Neb., corn planter. Towans—Edward A, Brandenburg, as- signor of oue-half to W. F. Carsou, Des Moin ”fl”h" for typewriting machines; Georgs Jlink, Keokuk, feed mill or grind- ing machwe; George C. Cheney, Burlington, foum and carbonated beverages; Anwa C. MeQuiston, loosa, skirt ' protector: Christian C. Schawaner, Winterset und J. F. Keedasoh, Keokuk, buug and spigot com- bined ; Josse Stubbs, Mouut Pleasant, burn- iog elay for paving; Arthur M. Huunt and C. A, Fowler, Bellevue, thill coupling; Joha W, Lave, Ceuterville, rein holder; Darwin O, Livermore, Losgatas, Calif, assignor of oue- half to I Y. Wiitwore, West Union, sash fustener, —_— Mischarged the Jury. Mixngarolas, Mion, Jao, 21,—The jury in the celebrated Welch-Erwin libel case dis- agreed aud were discharged today. STATE AGRICULTURAL BOARD Commencement of the Annual Ses- sion at Lincoln. REPORT OF THE SECRETARY. The Location of the Fair for the Next Five Years to Be Decided To- day—State Board of Transportation, An Important Meoting. LixcoLy, Neb., Jan. 21.—{Spocial to Tne Bie.|—~The annual mesting of tho state Yoard of agriculture was called to order in the state university chapel at 4 o'clock this afternoon by the president, the Hon, R. R. Greer of Kearnoy. Besides the oficers and managors thore was a very large at. tondance. Nearly every county in the stato was represonted. After the session had Veen called to order President Greor delive ered his annual address. At tho conclusion bf the readingof this ad- dress the secretary, the Hon. Robert W. Furnas, read his annual report as follows: To the President of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculturo: As roquired by law, 1 herewith submit_the twenty-fourth aunual report of the secrotary of this board : ‘The total receipts and assets for tho year 1889 were $45,257.03. There has been paid total in pre .70, other expendi- tures, $31,032,13; total vaid, 36,535.85. Bal- ance on hand December 31, 1880, $8,701,20. Exponditures other than for premiums wore: £xpenditures on grounds, §1,810.95. Under this head are iucluded lumber, labor, mate- rial of all ikinds, building, hardware, ico, straw, plumbiog, fish aquariums, paiuting, repairs, cleaning grounds, telephones, switching cars, water, power, police and gatekeopers’ pay roils and the like. Salaries, $,012.97. This includes all fixed salaries of president, treasurer, board of managera and secretary, all pay rolls except police and gatekeepers, all superintondents, Judgos, experts, speed starter, spocial police, clerks, committoos, por cent paid booth man- ager, transportation, botanist, entomologist, actual expenses of dolegates to other state and national associations, avuual member- ship foes in national and international associations and ail in the employ of the board. Printing and advertising, $4,031.72. This includes printing premium list, largo and swall hangers, flyers, dodgers, leiter heads, ostage prepaid and printed envelopes and wrappers for all officers for the whole yoar, official badges, tickets, diplomas, writing diplowas, entry books, blanks for all pur- poses, tags, stickers, stationery supplics, pay und cxpenses of men on the road advertising and posting show bills 1 und out of the state, railroad und postal guides and di- rectory, printed cards, live stock score cards, wrapping paper, twing, ehells, etc. Hotel biils, § This includes all hotel bills for the 'yoar for the members of the state board at annual and semi-annual meet- ings, board of managers through the year, presidents and delegates to the annual meet. ine and guests from othier stato associations visiting. Express, freight and telegraph Postage. Insurance. Lavery...... Meal tickets. . Forago Attractions, Fines collected for vther tracks. Krrors corrected and fines remitted. The board, in addition to what is strictly its legitimate work, vays from its funds annually in cash to 'the state horticultural society to aid in paying 1ts premium, $1,000; 0 aid In tne botanical work of the state, $100; for entomological work, $50, and the past year $112.50 to aid the state dairymen's association to make its first exhibit ‘at tho American dairy show at Chicago in November last. These are matters not provided for by the state otherwise, as they shoutd pe, and this board cares for them to the best of its ablity, Permit the expressed beliel that these are among its best expenditures, Farmers’ institutes are and long have been of such vital importance that Nebraska should, in this respect, be thoroughly organ- 1zed, There is scarcely any other organiza- tion that can be made of more practical and lasting benefit to the general farmiug inter- osts. “In states whero greatest good has resulted this factor in agricultural worl has been especially fostered and provided for by state appropriations. This board, as is I"’onlll In Towa for {similar services; thorefore o it Resolved, I'hat the state board of transs portation bo and they ure heroby instructed to formulate a new schedulo of freight ratay on the basis of the Towa rates and retury the same to this board within ton days from rd then adjourned until January ock o, m, [t is understood that will adjourn from day to day until B quorum is secured to act on this resoly tion. TROTTING HORSE RREEDERS, The annual meoting of the Nebraska Assn clation of Trotting Horse Breeders was hel | ot the Windsor this evening. The follow- ing officers were olected: President, H D. T. Mount, Omaha; first vice prosid Judge W, MoCrary, Hastings; soc vice prestdent, J, D. Mackarland, Lincoln ; third vico president, Morrls J. Jones, DaviJ City; seoretary, D, D. T. Hill, Syracuse; tronsurer, Fid Pyle, Humboldt. Executive Committos—J, D, MacFarland, lacoln; Hoory Frey, York: Charies M Cormick, Fort Calhouny M. L. Hawood, No. braska City, for throo yeurs, To fill unoxpired terms—J, (. irbury : Matt Willinms, Filloy Tho committees are at work on roports tonight. Kesterson, DEATIL OF SAMUEL M'CORD. Sumuel McCord, an old gontle fifty-five years old, went hunting Sotur afternoon, saying that ho would bo about an hour, Sunday night his dow caumo home and whined pitoously. A party of about t five or thirty went out to look for him., This afternoon his body was fouud on the Herdwan farm, just south of West Lincoln, about one hundred and fifty foet from the house ocoupied by Johin Steen, a tenant on that farm, He was lying faco downward and his #un was about throe foet from him, both barrels loaded. Ho had on one glove and a dead rabbit beside im, No marks of violence are reported. 1Itis sup- posed that he had o fainting spell, and, fail- ing down, froze to death. Deconsod was the father-in-law of Waltar Bohanan, and lived in his house on Q streot, between Fighth and :vnln‘xlv.h strects, An inquest will probably ba held. ab, STATR MOUSE GOSSIP, The new State bank of Carleton, Tuayor county, filed articles of 1corporation toduy, The incorporators are J. 3. Whipley, H. Lichty, J. M, Yearnsnaw, E, P, Brade, M. Dyer, D. T. Waiker, D. M. Saylor. Stato 'Auditor Benton is down with Ia RrIDDe. Secrotary Cowdry and Land Commissioner Steen returned today from Norfolk. Governor Thayer {eft toaay for Ia., to doliver his leoture on the “‘Inner Lif of General Grant,” for tho benefit of church ut that place. e is expected to re- turn Wednesaay, In roply to a letter fiom Waco, Neb., State Superintendent L plied today ! 'hero is no law by wh board can’ borrow money to pay off the dis trict debts, Tho officors are likely to b personally liable if they sign vromissory in the name of the districtto get 0y The county treasuror nas no authority to use auy of tho axes collected for runningz the sohool affairs, The bond taxes should be leyied us a special bond tax by the connty board, and wien col- lected the county treasarer should hold it xclusively for tho payment of tho bonds.” Mr. King “in his lotter says that e under- stands that the county treasurer took $200 o $300 of the money collectoa for achool pur- Poses and paid off one of the district bonds. William Cleoinger, treasurer of Brown ¥, settlod with the state auditor yes terday ovening and paid into the state treas- ury the sum of §1,914 21, William Gossard, troaurer of Red Willow coauty, ocame in to sottle, but had to return to correct somo figures before a sottlement could be made. E. C. Davi writien tha labor bureau that there is groat interest taken in that county in the beet sugar industry, . The three west rooms formerly occupied- by the state library are being fitted up for headquarters for the state board of agricn! ture. In a short time secretary Furnas will be at home to his frionds in his now oftices. The following insurauce companies huve filed stutements today: German, Peoria, promiums $11,504.05, losses $3,500.50; Gran- i State, New Hampshire, prominms £),200.10, losses $4,014.37; 1 ors' Life, Hartford, premiums $64,018.17, losses &~ 530,51, cragut, W. ¢ UNITED STATES COURT. In the United States court today the fol- lowing business was transacted: Wilber § Peck ve W. H. Graves, default of defend- ant, trial to jury, verdict and judgment for 3,563,82, . Mary B. Lovejoy vs School District No. 1, Sherman county, default of defendant, trinl by jury, verdict and judgment for defendant. The amount sued for wos-$1,925 with iuterest at 10 per cent. for ten years. ‘The cuse of David H. Pigard, John Engle- haupt, Jemes J. Patterson, William well understood, hus no means at command or at its disposal with which it can aid to any considerable extent. It has, however, thus far provided for the publication ana diffusing of all valuable papers and discus- sions, when obtainable. It can further load in pressing the matter to tho attntion of the legislature, to the end that work in this direction be no 1on.‘glm- delayed. As we have rounded up a five year term of fairs, brief retrospection is ot only admis- sablo but desirable. "The firstof the fivo years, 1885, we com- menced with a balance in hand of $712.85and closed with @ balance of $),938.50, a gain of $0,225.75. With this balance for 1856 we closed with §8,072.01, a decrease of $06.49. For 1887, with this' balance to commence with, we closed with $3,274, a loss of $698.01. For the year 1538, with the galance indicated, we closed with §0,056.03, a & gain of $352.08) For 1880, our baiance 'being as shown, we closo with $5,701.20, o loss of §04. reasurer Kont was at his home in Min- den sick, buu his roport was presontod. How- ever, as the secretary’s report snows tho financial standing of the society, no extracts from the treasur's report are given, The usual committcos were appointed when the board adjourned. The programme for tormorrow iucludes re- ports of superintendents and delegates to to other associations, Election of new mom- bers and oficers for 1800. Miscellaneous business, among which will bo the location of the state fair for a term of five years, commencing with 1500, and the awards of the corn exhibit. STATE BOARD OF TRANSPORTATION, Tho stato board of trausportation met at its rooms in the capitol building this morn- ing; present, Attorney General Lecse und State Troasurer Hill; no quorum. Auditor Benton was reported sick. Secrotary Cow- dry and Land Commissioner Steen were at Norfolk, Secretary Gilkinson had a report on the Osgeola case in favor of the elevator peoplo, which was not filed bocuuse there was no quorum present, Attorney Genersl Loese offered the fol- lowing resolution, which was seconded hy “Treasurer Hill and placed on record: Wher The rates of transportation in the state of Nebraske are unjust aud un- roasonable, and wday ure from 50 to 850 per cent higher than the rates charged by rail- Stone, Thomas 3ailey, I'red S, Johnson vi Samuel D, I Emwerson et ol. is on trial. “These were depositors in the defunct banic at hilford, Willam N. Coler vs School Distriot No. 21, Wobster county, dismissed for want of prosecution. Ashuelot National Bank vs School District No. 7, Valley county, submitted ou briel to bo filed in eight days on motion for judg ment on verdict. A. L. Patrick vs Erwin S, Davis, judg- ment for plaintiff for $65,000. Kellner vs Harrington et al,, judgmeant for plamtiff for $2,750. John Schomp, attorney for Miiler i the celebrated Eva Miller case, came into the court tody. He was interviewed as to lis intentions and said: **Nothing tonight - probably not at ail; that depends.’” CITY NEWS AND NOTE Tho following unappropriated balancos were reported by the city treasuror last night: Lighting, $0,310.07; s £590.02; water, £30,358.18; _health, #: : sewer, 01; police, $12,467.88; spocial police, $1,030.71 ; road, 814,043.11. In accordunce with the request of the real estate exchange the council last night passed an ordinance calling for an election on Feb- ruary 25 to vote $100,000 intersection paving vonds. A portion of the locating committee of the Seventh Day Adveutists' college arrived in tho city last night. -The remainder came in today. They were shown the city and o morrow they will be shown the proposad sites, Thursday they will return to Ki villo, In., whers one of the committee is sioic, and there the location will be made. The contest is between Lincoln and Des Moines. 4 CGeorge W, Madden died at his howe in this ity at B:80 this morning of pneumonis, re- sulting from la grippe. The decensed wais forty five years old and had. been 8u invalld for some years. He hadeo children, but leaves a wife, His remains will be taken ‘Omaha to-morrow for Interment. 4 The mayor has decided to appoint two additional councilmen, for the Seveuth ward, to bold until the aunual election n April. He will ma<e vhese appointments after thoy have boen selected by a caucus of citizons, one to from each end of the ward, He says that he bas the opinion of tho city attorney that this is logal. Special Closing Out Sale! Fine Spectacles, Eye Glasses, Thermometers, and All Other Optical Goods at Greatly Reduced Prices. WE WILL SELL SOLID GOLD SPECTACLES, FOR ONE WEEK; 3. worlh §5, FINEST GOLD SPECTACLES, $4 and $5; sold everywhere BEST STEEL S#ECTACLES, with purest white crysial lenses, 75¢, 1 and $1.50; worth deuble. BEST SCOTCH PEBBLE SPECTACLES, only $2.50; weorth §5. ANl Eye Glasses at seme reduction. Eyes tested by our opticlan, and a perfect fit guaranieed In overy case. All visienal imperfections corrccied, Ocullst’s filled at lowest possible prices. 000 THERMOMETERS from 25¢ each up to the very est grude, On| WATCHES and 81} 1y # few more dll&l 1o buy JEWELRY, DIAMONDS: VERWARE Al your own price. MAX MEYER & BRO,, JEWELERS AND OPTICIANS - - COR. 16THAND FARNAM S15 o _of Antelopo county hus \ {