Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 24, 1890, Page 4

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D 10, 1 i} Etate of Nebraska, P, FRIL, Notary Pubiic unty of Douglas, fon Qeorge B, Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- poses and t he'ls secretary of The Beo Fublishing 7, Alint thie accual avarage dmily circulation of "Tne DALY Bg for the montn otianuary, 145 was 15574 coples; for Februry, ik,18904 coples: for March. 149, 164 ¥ April, 1859, 1669, 1880, 10,310 cople copies, 'WOrn to before me and subscribed in my presence this4th day of January, A. D, 1800, |Eeal.] N. P. Feir, Notary Public, ings of the bankers’ con- vention are matters bf current interest. —— MAYOr CUSHING has not yet been tendered the freedom of the Samoset wigwam. —_— THE board of public works should be restrained from heaving bricks at the taxpayers. : —_— IN the light of the reports of the pub- lio land inspectors, Oklanhoma blooms nlone as the greatest fraud in the country. Tur discovery that la grippe mi- crobes are not the forerunnerof Asiatic cholera mnst prove a source of comfort and joy to the victims of influenza, Tr 15 a noteworthy coincidence that discussions on the American hog are going on side by side with the demands of the democratic section of the Towa legisluture. Ix addition to tariff and ballot reform Mr. Cleveland should add official reform. A few of his followers now in oflice haye been found decidedly *short” in this commodity. Tur Burlington contingent of the state hoard of agriculture was so anx- ious to serve their corporate masters that they could not and would not give decent consideration to vhe propositions submitted. Tue Pennsylvania coal trust, one of the most offensive organized, is rapidly going to pieces owing to the decreased consumption of the product. Mankind and the elements are 1n league against the odious combine. Tine Bank of England recognizes the force of American sentiment by using silver for one-third of its reserve fund. The white metal is steadily orowding the yellow in the financial centers of the world, WHENEVER the public interests of Omaha clash with the private interests of Burlington railroad officials, the powerand patronage of that corporation are thrown against the city. The state fair trickery is proof oktheir enmity. Em——— THE greatest trust of thus generation is the combine of European monarchies o maintain their power. The waves of shuman freedom which gathers strength .an the new world utterly fail to disturb the bayonet braced thrones of the old. — THE recent decision of the New York courts concerning the distribution of the Stewart fortune, brings to light the singular fact that under the able and vigilunt managemeut of Judge Hilton the estate dwindled from forty millions to ten millious of dollars, There is no immediute danger, however, that the judge will become a public charge, . —— SENATOR PAsco of Florida declares that there is *‘no evidence before the country of the suppression of the col- ored vote in the south.” The swamp angel is a delightful quibbler. Of course the colored vote was not *‘suppressed,’” ‘but the democrats took care that it did not get near enough to the ballot box to endunger the nower of vhe *‘superior » race. ——— MAYOR CUSHING hns promised to carry on the city’s business on business principles. Me is doing it with a ven- gounce, He Las taken-a clerk who was drawing seventy-five dollars month from Cushing, Mallory & Co., and placed him on the pay roli of the city av one hundred dollars per mounth as mayor's clerk., About two hoursa day <will be given to work which all of Cush- ing’s prodecessors have doune av their own expeunse, and the balance of the day willbe devoted to the business of Cushing, Mallory & Co., railroad con- tractors. And this is whap Mayor Cushing calls doing the city’s business on business principles. THE SAMOAN TREATY. The text of the Samoan treaty, which has been given publicity in advance of its consideration by tho senate, while it may not be generally regarded as justi- fying all that was claimed for the nego- tiations as adistinet and notable victory of American diplomacy, s as a whole highly creditable to our representa- tives. Itshould be remembered, that this country appesred to be ata very great disadvantage when tho German government proposed the negotiu- tirms at Berlin of which the treaty now before the senate was the outcome. It was somewhat questiona- ble whether we really had any right: moa, and the course of the last ad- ministration was 1n some respects well coleulated to create the impression that the government did not seriously believe that we had. The invitation of Bismarck to a conference, intended to determine and adjust the rights of the three interested nations and provide for u reform in the political conditions of Samoa, was quite generally regarded as a concession, and its prompt ac- ceptance by our government rather indicated that 1t was a very we'come concession. Kvon after this there was little expectation that we should be able to effect an agreement that would be in any material respect to our advantage. The apprehension was that all demands which Germany should make would be supported by England, and that whatever was conceded to the United States would be simply what Gefmany could safely afford to allow without danger to her possessions or power in Samoa. Very few be- lieved at the outset of the ne- gotiations that this country would have the most important of its demands allowed, or that 1t would be able to in- duce Germany and England to agree to any radical change in the political con- dition of the Sumoan islands. v Under these circumstances the result of the negotiations must be regarded as highly creditable to the American rep- resentatives. They did not get all they contended for, but they got quite as much, or more, than was gener- ally expected, and this is cer- tainly in the intorest of ocivili- zation and international comity. A cardinal demand of the United States was that Samoan autonomy should be maintained, and thisthe treaty assures. The king deposed by German authority is restored to power, and the right of the Samoans to manage their own political affairs, free from external in- terference, is guaranteed. No right is possessed by either of the contracting powers that is not equally enjoyed by the others, and Germany agrees to exercise none of any kind except by concur- rent action with the other powers. A chief justice appointed by the concur- rent action of the three powers, or in the event of their disagreoment by the king of Sweden, and who shall be of a neutral nation, will act as an adviser to the king in matters relating to foreign affairs and pass upon every variety of litigation in which foreigners may’ be concerned. A commission composed of three persons, each .power appointing one, will pass upon all land claims, and the municipality of Apia 13 W be governed hy a president and elective council, under conditions which insure an im- partial administration as between the contracting powers. Ample provision is made respecting revenue and trade relations. ‘What more than - this tho govern- ment of the United States could rea- sonably have been expected to accom- plish is not apparent. The treaty es- tablishes rights of this country which were before questionabls, and places the United States upor an equality with the other powers regarding Samoa. Itinsures fairand just treat- ment to the Samoan people and recog- nizes the republican pginciple of home rule. it is honorable to the three powers concerned, and it makesample provision against a recurrence of serious contr versy between them. There appears no good reason why it should mnot be promptly ratified by the sonate. UPWARD TENDENCY OF SILVER. The price of silver has advanced about two cents per ounce in London since the beginning of the present year, and-the tendency appears to be still up- ward. One explunation of this is the fact thut the current goverument de- mand in England is exceptionally heavy, in part owing to the fact that the chancetlor of the exchequer has in- creased the proportion of silver in the: new coinage in order to satisfy the de- mand of bankers and tradesmen in the interior formore silverand less gold half sovereigns, This call fornlarger supply of the subsidiary silver currency made a quite material increase in the demand for coinage, with the natural effect of improving the price. It is not likely that the vntire advance, however, has been due to this fact. It wasrecently re- vorted that tue British exchequer con- templated following the example of this country and issuing motes based upon silver, and it can readily be understood that the merest suggestion of such a policy as even remotely probable would havethe effect to appreciate the price of silver, Another influence favoranle to the advance of silver is the anticipa- tion abroad of some legislation by con- gress that will bring that metal into lurger employment in the currency of this country, and it is quite possible that this is not the least of the influ- ences which have produced the upward movement of silver,. At any.rate it is one not to be left outof consideration. Iu the discussion of the silver ques- tion, with particular reference to the vlan of the secretary of the treasury, there is no diversity of opinion as to the effect which the employment of silver under that plan would have in advancing the price of the metal, and it is pretty generally agreed that 1t would speedily appreciate to a parity with gold. But whether it could be main- tained there, under the provision that only domestic bullion shall be deposited, 15 4 question. The theory seems plaus- ible that in order to establish and main- tain & parity between silverand gold on the old ratio of fifteen and ome-half to one, it will be necessury for the treas- ury to be prepared to take all the silver that is not wanted elsewhere, BBut this possibility need not be allowed oh THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: FRIDAY, JANUARY 24 1890. to interfere with a fair trial of the plan proposed by the secretary of the treas- ury, which its opponents admit to be the best that has been suggestod for in- creasing the use of silver in the cur- rency. There is a significance in the advance of silver and its upward tendency which must not be lost sight of in the pending discussion of the silver problem. astean— ANOTHER LESSON. Five years ago when Omaha competed with Lincoln for the state fair she was jockeyed in the race. The state board of agriculture had been packed against her by the emissarios of the Burlington road, whose managers backed Lincoln against all competitors. And now another competitive farce has been played with exuctly the same outcome. Lincoln played a *‘sure thing” game. The board was again packed in favor of Lincoln by Burlington officials, who have an individual as well as a corpor- ate interest in perpotually keeping the fair on their own grounds. Omaha, Hastings, Grand lsland, Columbus and Kearney had no chance to secure the relocation,even if they had offered half a million dollars bonus. When the board invited competitors it was play- ing a sham and a fatce. The whole thing was a cut and dried affair. It is notorious that the board has over enforced the conditions under which Lineoln secured the fair five years ago. The guarantee,bond which was given to insure the erection of ex- position buildings was very conven- fently lost, and the state board wus com- pelled to expend over fourteen thousand dollars out of its own funds. Had Omaha heeded the lesson of five years ago she would have ignored the bogus competition. This city is large enough to establish and maintain a per- manent exposition each year, in which the displays of cabbages, pumpkins and garden truck should be secondary. Omaha should emulate Minneapolis, Kansas Citv, Milwaukee and other en- terprising cities that have_ established permanent expositions and have made them a success. > —_— THE exhaustive investigation of the problem of irrigation of the arid re- gions of the west by the special senate committee has crystalized in a bill drafted by Major Powell, which will be presented to congress at an early day. It provides for a topographic and hydro- graphic sucvey of the arid plains and the division of the same into irrigable, pastoral and timber lands, the two lat- ter to remain the property of the United States for the use of the people of the irrigation districts. Theenormous cost of government irrigation, estimated at one billion dollars, is pro- hibitory, but, the committee believes that the inducements proposed in the bill will encourage pri- vate enterprise, which has already re- claimed hundreds of thousands of acres. An important and desirable feature of the bill provides for federal control over interstate waters and the forma- tion of water districts under the con- trol of states and territories. This will prevent a monopoly of the streams and protect the rights of large and small owners of irrigating privileges. At present there is no law preventing one state from diverting the waters of inter- state streams, and great damage has been entailed thereby. With federal control every state and every commun- ity will enjoy equal rights and priv- ileges to the waters. AN investigation of the workings of the immigration laws of the United States and of the several states, as has been proposed in congress, may be nec- essary to reach an intelligept under- standing of what new legislation, il any, is required for the better regula- tion of immigration. Something was done in this direction two years ago, but the scope of that investigation was not so thorough as would be the one proposed by Senator Chand- ler, and the conclusions from it were therefore necessarily incom- plete. There is so much misinforma- tion as to this matter, leading to un- warrantable prejudices, that it will be well to have a committee of congress make a thorough inquiry into the whole immigration business, to the end that if any further legislation is found to be necessary it can be provided intel- ligently and not merely as a response to the prejudiced minds of any element of the peopl: M. BLAIR succeeded in having his educational bill read 1n full ‘to the sen- ate on Wednesday, although every member of that body must know by rote noarly the whole of that precious measure, After this trying ordeal the senate consented to postpone considera- tion of the bill for ten days and make, it “unfinished business.” The regular reappearance of this scheme to pro- mote mendicancy has ‘ceased to be amusing, and it 18 the duty of the senate to summarily sup- press it, There is no excuse for longer permitting Mr. Blair to ride this hobby in publie, to the detriment of the busi- ness of the seriate and the discomfort of oeverybody who may bo compelled to listen to his advoecacy of 1t. , It is not in favor with the intelligent popular senti- ment of either the south or the north, and the senate should respect this by refusing to entertain the scheme any longer. E—— THE race avound the globe between the Misses Bly and Bisland is interest- ing chiefly as showing the progress of the world and the marvelous develop- mentof rail and navigation lines. When Verne’s *Round the World in Eighty Days” made i1s appearance, it was classed among the delirium tremens of fictign, yet in less than twenty years the dreums of the author arc realities. Miss Bly has practically demonstrated that the tour around the globe can be accomplished in seventy-five days. By the usual routes the distance is twonty~ two thousand miles, requiring an aver- age speed of fourteen and two-thirds miles per hour, ——— THE visit of Colone! Morrison Mum- ford to the shrine of Grover was both significant and timely. Cleveland had wot been given an opportunity for ten straight days to proclaim his devotion to veform; therefore the visit of the Missonrl brovey brigadier enabled him | to galvanize tho platitudes so familiar to the public. /Back of this masquerade of patriotisdi 'lles a skeleton in the closet of Missowri democracy. The ad- herents of the) Jones household insist that party sdfvation depends on the nomination ot a western man in 02, while General Vest and Colonel Mum- ford declare that defeat with Cleveland and the chariot of reform is prefera- ble to success With a western straddler. The situation. is interesting only as showing the movements of democratic leaders in apranging for the party funeral two years hence. VANDERVOOT great love for ‘‘his friend,” General Bangs, induced him to take the agency of Dodlin granite in Omaha without the hope of reward. All his efforts with the council, the secret caucusses and the button-holing of members of the city hall committee were labors of love. Asa patriot for friendship only, Paul has no equal out- side of the Dodlin combine. Tur verdict of the coroner’s jury on the Belt line wrock deserves high rank as a specimen of intellectual hindsight. The jury declares that “‘tho collision was the result of carclessness on the part of the railroad eompany, but from the evidence submitted we are unable to determine who is to blame.” Now you see it and now you don’t. PRESIDENT CHAFFEE of the city council swears that he never saw Dod- lin granite in use in any building, never tested its qualitios nor made any inquiries into its value as a building material. Yet he voted to use it in the city hall on the representation of tho agent. In Mr. Chaffee’s opinion a public building is a private snap: Tie railroad barons in the senate conveniently overlook one of the chiet causes of agricultural depression—the railroad tarif One Hesult of the Ohio Auction. ) Kunsas Oity_Star. The plan of electing United States sena- tors by popular vote scems to be growing 1 favor with the people. The fresh impulse which this movement has developod withia the last few weeks may be safely credited to the Ohio democracy. tnbers, )T A Worthy Foreign Policy. 8t. Louis Globe-Democrat. The present administration has settled the Samoan question creditably and is in a fair way of reachiug s satisfactory solution of the extradition problem, after the Clevelaund administration failed in eacu. ' In both for- eign and domestic policy the republicans can always be counted on to take inteiligent care of tho interests of the country, . e —— The Goadess Goes Mafching On. Waskington Post. The Kentucky editor who advortises to give each new sibscriber a drink of crab cider is said to be experiencing a boom n his circulation department. The power of tha vress 1 Kentueky-is making 1tself felt, and when the cider preas - joins nands with the printing press it is useless to attempt to stem the progress of , tue constituents of the Star E£yed Goddess. Kacility, not Obstruction, j Detrait Trihune, The New York Tribune is right, as usual, when it says thut ‘‘the country.does not want & set of rules under which it is po ble for another General Weaver to grab the house and hold it captive for a woek.” Tt wants rules that will permit the business of legislation to be transacted inabusiness-like manner, and not blocked by a minority in a fit of the sulks. Wanted el Mrs. Thurb e's Musical Scheme Phitadelphia Press. Mrs. Jeannette B, Thurber has succeeded, by efforts which are certain to be more and more appreciated as their results are more and more apparent, in saving out of the col- lapse of the American opera company the National Conservatory of Music. This hus | steadily continued the work of musical edu- cation, the portion of the opera scheme whicor most recommended it, and its work is re- ceiving renewed attention this winter. Steps have been taken in Washington toward the organization of a permanent national com- mittee and Dr. Langley, the secretary of the Smithsonian, and Major Powell, the director of the Geological survey, have taken part in the proposed enterprise. New York will probably always remein the national home of a great musical school in this country, but the management of such a school ought to bo national in its character, und Mrs. Thurber has steadily kept this in wind during her long, untiring and disinterosted efforts. It these ended in placing & navional school of music n connection with the national gov- ernment this would be in line with the pro- gress that has steadily associated an in- creasing number of fields of liberal inquiry and education with the federal government. S L ey STATE AND TERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings. Fred E. Seeley has rotired from the editor- ship of the Knox County News. ‘The Bank of Crawford has increased its capital to $13,000 nod its personal responsibil. ity to §50,000. A magnificent crop of ice s beiug bars vosted oo vhe Blue river. at Beatrice. Iv averages twelve inches in thickness. At s moeting of citizens of O'Neill 1t was decided to bridge the Niobrara river at that point and work will commence at once, The Jefferson county jail is being re- novated, repainted, cl of rats and made fit for the reception of the wost fastidious prisoners, Sty At Columbus ' Joseph Smith, the bogus check operator, has been sentenced to fif- teen months, and,(f, H, dcNeal, 8 hog thief, to one year in the state penitentiary. The burning of.a livery stable at Beaver City dostroyed all the jail that Foroas county had, and; naw the commissioners are nsgotiating for thepurchase of steel cages. Joseph Grimme:'ot Newport is out $50 ‘which he paid tosecure a bride. Joe went to Norfolk w meot his intended, but failea 1w find ber, and has returned home a very wad but wiser mady Horace Sibley,” t#ho has been acting) secretary of the 'Woung Men's Chbristian u: sociation st Nebtadka Cily, has accepted call to Beatrice noral secretary for the »ame organizatiol 1o that city. A corrospondfiy; at Liocoln iwrites: A white guinea madejits appoarauce at John Thurlwell’s’ Fosidence in this city last Juno. Ona week ago last Monday he gave the guinea to one Della Lefler of Agnew, He crated the guines up, 100k it two miles on @ strect car, scveuteen miles b{ ral and one mile and & half % Wagon. t stayad around until the Wodnesday following and thea disap) and arrived at Thurl- well's about noop of the same day, pletely exhausted. Says the Rg:lb'llnu .City Independs Betwoen the iy COmpany, college team, the Pardey party and the “Order of Hercules” it hus been appropriately sug- Rested that wa put the entire town on the road as one grand conglowerated ;Pmn« tion of aronic artists, carefully compiled and procured a3 great expense for one grand tour of the United States, preceding their trium- 'l:-“&" and maguificent departure for foreign nds. | eown- . Towa L oms. A wilitary convention will be beld ut Des Moines ufter the inauguration of Governor Boies to consider the needs 6f the national guards of the stawe, The Baptists of Eagle (yrove are organiz- g a church, The total value of school houses in Towa amounts to $13,900,495. Governor Larrabee has pardoned 115 per sons during his four years in office. The new Trinity Methodist Episcopal church at Cedar Rapids has veen dedicated free of debt. Ovor 37,000 has beon saved to the state in the past two years by tho now method of doing the state printing, Dubuque is now sure of a watch factory ‘with & capital stock of §500,000, one-half of ‘which will be paid in. William Holland of Eagle Center gives the forlowing hog tonic as o preventive of disease: Tn one-half pail of water put & half ounce of suiphuric acid; fill with oats and soak twolve hours and give hogs a pint twice a week. Ho says ho hasn't lost a hog in twenty years, Sheriff Adams of Fort Dodge arrested a colored crook named Middleton while the latter was attending church : with his best girl. Middloton was wanted'at Corwith for going through a hotel at that plade and ap: propriating a quantity of clothing which did not belong to him. The Towa grand lodge, Knights Pythias, are figuring on erectiug a temple to cost. in the neighborhood of $100,000. A committos of five has been appointed to look the matter up and avill hold a meeting in Des Moiues Fobruary when proposals from various cities in the stute as to iuducements for the location of the building will be received. The proposais will be submitted at the grand lodsre session. Thne Two Dakotas. Madison is to have a Knights of Pythias lodge. The new sisters acadamy at Siurgis is completed. Aberdeen will try to close her saloons by city ordinance, Lake Preston's new M. E. dedicated February 2. Watertown is after a woolen mill, a boot. and shoe factory and an o1l mill. Doland has organized a fire department, and apparatus has been sent for, The aunnual meoting of the Kuights of Labor occurs in Aberdeen January 20, The Grana Forks fair grounds have been sold by the sheriff to sytisfy a mortgage. Sioux Falls merchants have abandoned early closing use all of them did not hne up 10 the agrecment. or selling rotten eggs to a customer a Whitewood merchant was arrested for ob talning money under false protenses, but was discharged by a justice of the peace. ‘The coal mines in the northweatern part of North Dakota are claimea to be inexhausti- ble. The depth of the veins ranges from four to twenty-two feot along the Northern Pacific and from cight to eleven feot along the Manitoba. The mines are generally uo~ developed and worked from the surface without a shaft. 5. O. Masters of DeSmet, has invented an electro-magnetic rotary mining compass which be claims will locate a vein of water av any depth from five to 1,000 feet, and will also tell if uny large rocks intervene, and give the surface wreaand depthof such rocks. In minerals it wi'l locate veins at the same depth as water, and will tell if there are other mincrals mixed with the cer- tain one being looked for. In coal it wili distinguish each varioty, size of teld, etc. It will locate sait, petroleum, and in fact any kunown substance. 1t will also detect alloy in gold and silver coius. Some of the members of the Rapid City bar have been busily at work upon a biil to amend the mining laws now in existence in the state, says the Rapid City Journal. The purpose of the bill is to amend vhe existing mining laws as to define more clearly and definitely what constitute u legal discovery. Under 1ho law as at present existing 80me little uncertainty exists as to what really does constitute a discovery, and the proposed Dill will be introduced for the purpose of re- moving such uncertainty. church will be ————— LITERARY NOTES. The leaaing features of the Popular Science Monthly for February will be the continuation of Andrew D. White’s *New Chapter in the Warfare of Sci- ence,” going this time into ‘‘compara- tive mythology.” J. W. Menzie’s **Lo- cation” of Industries;” ‘‘Agriculture and the Single Tax,” by Horace White and a sccond installment of letters on the land question trom Huxley, Spencer and others, including an especially able review of the question by Auberon Her- bert. Frank Leslie’s Popular Monthly for February contains a superbly illustrated vaper by Hon. George Makep Towle on **Brazil and the Braganzas.” Asticles on the Smithsonian institute and the National museum at Washing- won, and biographical sketches of Louisa M. Alcott, and the boyhood of the noet Miller are full of interest and informa- tion. *The Land of the Lute,” by the artist Herbert Pierson, takes the reader 1o fair Provence and R. L. Rawson takes him to the orient. L. B. Fletcher has a talk about photogruphy,and the usual departments of poctry and fiction are full and varied. . Qeean, a handsomely 1llustrated jour- nal of travel, carries with it the “‘odor of brine from the ocean.” It has an exquisite cover in water color, the front consisting of nautical scehes by well known artists, and the buck of the va- rious funnels, flans and signal codes in vse. Among the countents of each weokly number will be the monthly biographic chart of the north Atlantic, a traasatlantic flesh page, a Kuropean travel page,an American travel page and a great variety of handsomely il- lustrated articles interesting to inter- national travelers. The January number of the New England Magazine contains its usual pleasing variety. “The New England Meeting House and the Wren Church,” is handsomely illustrated and contains gome very interesting reading. ‘‘Mon- treal in Winter” and the *‘Boston Mus- jcal composers,” the latter by Mr. Fraucis H, Jenks are also copiously il- lustrated. The other papers are ‘“‘Did the Fathers Vote?” the “‘Behring Sea Controversy,” ‘‘Stories of Fugitives Slaves,” ‘“Farry at Home Travel,” “('andle Light in Colonnial Times,” an “Ola South Lecture” and many others, The Independent of this week con- tains letters from Dr. Wm. M. Taylor. President Bartlett, and a dozen other corporate members, for the most part heartily approving Dr. Storrs’ letter about the policy of the American board. RebeccarHarding Davis gives a tribute to newspaper reporters; Bishop Hurst deseribes the search for Americana in Mexico, and Dr. Henry Vau Dyke con- tributes a study of Tenuyson’s last vol- ume of poems. The nced of an illustrated weekly journal of a high order has long been recognized by American readers. Our illustrated monthiies lead the worid, but the London Graphic in England, and the Paris Ilustre in France—to mention no other names—have hitherto had no vivals in this country. This strange anomaly will soon cease to exist. The Illustrated American, whose initial number will appear in !“ehruury, will combine the best features of those two foreign papers and add an infusion of American energy and enterprise, which will do for the weekly journalism of this country, what the Centary and Harpers have d{)ns for the monthly. —_— A Substitute for Wool. PROVIDENCE, e 1, Jau. 28.—A mill oper- ator here has succeeded in carding, lzlnning and weaviog the product of the Chinese yama plant, which hes heretofore beeu deamed impossible, though experimented upon by many maudfacturers in - efforts o obtain a substitute for wool. N e Baker's Pure Cod Liver Oil. (Known over 40 years.) Also Baker's Emul for throat and lung troubles. All druggists. ENOCH BRADSHAW PARDONED The Governor Counfldent He is Guilty of No Crime. SECRETARY FURNAS HONORED. Revelver Hudson Denies That He s a Dofanlter—The Kederal Court— State House Gossip—Onpi- tal City News. A Free Man Agnin, LixcoLy, Neb., Jan, Bee. |—Governor Th: Enoch Bradshaw, who sentence for tho murder of uear Crao Orchiard, i Gago spring of 1879, The application for pardon was based upon the original record and upon newly discovered testimony. he application has been pending for three or four years,and is granted upon the recommendation of Judge Davidson, who tried Bradshaw, and a num- ber of the most prominent jurists in the state, among them being John L. Webster, J. H. Broady, J. M. Woolworth, Jamos W, vage, John M. Thurston, C. I'. Manderson and T. M. Marquette. Tho application for a pardon contained 106 names, most of then prominent men in the state, aud partly in Beatrice, where the trial took place. ‘The following is the governor's statement : The application for the pardon of Enoch Bradshaw bas been the subject of loug, patient and exhaustive investigation. Tho fact that the case of Bradshaw had been be- fore different judges of the district court in Gage county ; that it had been several times beforo the supreme court on writs of error, which have been denied for want of juris- diction; that it had excited great interestin toe southern portion of the state; that con- flicting views exist in regard to the guilt or innocence of Bradshaw; and tho case had n under consideration by my predecessor and the application refused by him, all united to cause me to enter upon the exami- nation of the case and pursue it with the utmost caution and deliberation in reaching a conclusion. If ¥noch Bradshaw took the life of Henry Voorhees, he was guilty of a horriblo mur- der, committed i a most revolting manner, and for which he should have been hung long ago, for such mousters arg mnot fit to live. If he was not guilty of that crime then the awful fact exists that an innocent man has been confined in prison for nearly seven yoars, and is doomed to imprisonment the remainaer of his natural life. My first examination of the case left in my mind a doubt of Bradshaw’s guilt, and each subsequent examination served to strengthen that doubt, New additional evidence was furnished to me which went very far to prove an alibi, and also to show that if the alibi was not well established, some other party than Bradshaw committed the murder. But 1 still hesitated, for it was possible that ne did slay - Voorhees, and I dreaded the thought of letting such a murderer go free. ‘The investigation was still pursued by me, and through the wakeful hours of many nights Enoch Bradehaw has been the sub- ject of my thoughts; and many times the ‘question has come to me, is he innocont? and then the consciousness tnat 1 alone must decide thut question. I desired to learn the effect which all the testimony would have upou ‘unprejudiced miuds who had no previous knowledge of the case except what they might have read in the reports, and I ook an unususl step, which was that I submitted all the evidence to three attoraeys eminent in the law, and long accustomed 1o weigh and dissect evi- dence, and to give toit all a fair cou~ struction, The gentlemen selected by me were George H. Lake, James W. Savage and John, L. Webster. They cheerfully uc cepted the task I had asked them to perform, ana I hereby tender tothem my acknowl: edgments for their kindness in complying vor yesterday pardonod H. C. Vorhees with 0y request. Messrs. Savage and Webster have written out opin- ions. Judge Lake bhas not writ ten an opinion, as he did mot coincide with the views of the other two, and has stated thut he thought the evidence at the time justitied the verdict. But he hus also said, that if he were the governor and had to pass upon the quostion of pardon, ho would be governed largely by the opinion of the judze before whom the cage was tried; that gentloman is Judge Davidson. “The responsibility of tho decision in this case rosts alone with me. I must decide whether Bradshaw shall remain a life con- ict or bo restored to his liberty. I accopt responsibility and declare my conviction the that Enoch Bradshaw did not commit_the murder for which he was convicted. 1 have just signed the document which will today enable him to step forth from the peniten- tiary a free man. But who can make amends to him for the wrongs to which he has been subjocted; no recowpense can bemade. 1t is one of the imperfections of human justice, or of the administration of justice, that the innocent must sometimes suffer, JouN M. TuaveRr. Ex-Govarnor Furnas whon told of the par- don, said: “Lam glad of it. 1 don't think he ought v have been convicted.” Iix-Governor Dawes said: “It was the proper thing to do in the case, T tuink.” 1x-Chief Justice Mason said: “You nows- paper men are too prone to hop onto & gov- ernor for granting a pardon. My judgment is, and it is based on many years of experi ence, that there ought to be more pardons graoted than there ave. Very mavy inno- cent men are coufined in the pevitentinry. [ am familine with this case and I say that it is an act of justice.” Chief Justice Cobb, after reviewing the evidence 1n the case at length, said: *'I have never believed Bradshaw guilty of this mur- der. He ought never 1o have been con- victed.” Bradshaw was released this forenoon and left on the flyer for Fowler, Adams county, Tilino1s. SECHETARY FURNAS HONORED. At the close of the anuual meeting of tho state board of agriculture the Hon. Thomas Darnell arose and said: ““Mr, President, with your permission, I desire to interrupt the proceedings for one moment. 1 have been delegated by some of your friends from the west to present Gov- ernor Furngs, on behalfof some of the pev- Ple who have lived there for a number of years and have watched the growth of this a‘flonuuml society, and have known that overnor Furnas for more than a quarter of & century, yea, before this commonwealth us born into the sisterhoud of states, that you, Governor Furnas, have watched " and cared for the agricultural soclety of this state and have been one of those who as~ isted in making 1t what it is. 1eay in be- half.of the west, I have been delegated to present this little token of their abprecin- tion for what you have done. [Here a beau- tiful miniature ship of rare una fragrant flowers was piaced in the bands of the gov- ernor. “Gn!lnruor. when troubles ovértake you in his work and sonoyanees sud difiicultica would overpower you, remember that though they can give nothing, yet your devotion to this cause is nllpmolmul by ‘the men whose toils aro making Nebrasks and the west what 1t is. We know that you grasped this work in its infancy, we realize that you nn- derstood the great toil that was bofore you when Nebraska startea out in this work. Looking over " her prairies you could say with the poet: + sItaly, sweet lana of song, Where bards iave sung thy beauties match- less deemed, Thou hast & rival ln&his prairie land.’ “Now, governor, to you we believe more than any other one is due the credit of mak- ing the agricultural resources of this state what they are: that K:u hiayve made this agricultural soclety what it s today; and, knowing this fact and sppreciating vour labors, 1 wish to preseut this us a livtle token for what you have doue, and we could say with Whittier: **Gave fools their gold or kuaves their powe! - Let fortune's bubbles rise dr fall; Who sows a ficld or plants & tree, Or traios o flower is more thau all.’ **And to you, Governor Furnas, on behalf o8 ily of the Agricultural and Horti- cultural fair association of Chase county and the people of the west in general, we present this little token of Hower: A?vluuu.] In reply the Hon, Robert W. Furnas said: “The ;nauuwunn of this wmarked apprecia- ion of my services is 80 entirely unexpected we that I feel at aloss for languuge to [Svecial to Tur was serving & life county, in the roply. 1 will simply say that I accept the presentation il 0 spirit in which 1 foel that it has been made. It has been my peculiar Jot for some cause, 1 scarcely know why, to have been an active participant in the agri- cultural development of this state and the territory from its infancy. It was perhaps an accident that threw me into Nebrask originally, When I came hore there was bu littlo to encourage any one to remain. Wo “Ame unaer the impreasion that had gono out o the geogruphies of that time that overything west of the Missouri riv was @ barron desort—tho ‘Groat Ameri Desert, to use an oft ropeated expression current at that time, It required a decad the firstten years of existence, to satisty ourselves that thore was anyihing | worth living for. The line of agricultu seemed o have improssod my mind at an date and T identified myself with the ultural interests of the territory of by . 1eelin en as 1 still feel, that this if anything was an agricultural and if it could be developed in any o it must be developed 1n that of agricultur the best of my ability in it what it is, creditablo 1o mo than to any other of the pioncers who came here in the o days thut Nebraska has attaived such a position in agricultural advancement, and attained the position she ocoupies in this entive nation. Awain I ll)llllm you for this token of respect and con fidenc HUDSON DRNIES 1T, E. T. Hudson, receiver of the land oftice at this city, Who was nccused in the morning papers of being a defaulter to the govern ment in tho sam of $2,200, was soen by a Bre reporter today. His books wero examinod ihis aftornoon by Postmaster Gere, Surveyor McArthur and Hon. K. E. Browa, all promi nent republicans, and they declave his ac counts with the United States square. A few weeks since the land ofice notified him ho was short $2,065.35, but the next day the treasury department acknowleaged the re- ceipt of that smount as por certificato of de- positin the First National bank of Omaha. T'he certificate had been sent July 14, but it soems to have been a long time getting to ® Washington, DEATI OF MRS, EWAN. Mrs. Mae F. Ewan, wifeof Al E. Ewan, Tie Bus correspondent in this city, diea at 4:15 ths afternvon of pucumonia, resulting from la grippe. She was taken sick on the evening of January 10. Mrs. Ewan wus formerly Miss Mae Iarris, and was born in William county, Ohio, February 3, 1863, The funeral services will be heid at Talwmage, Neb., at 2:30 Saturday, ~ THE PEDEKAL COURT, Iu the foderal court today the business was transacted : United States v Herbert White, charged with selling liquor to the Indians. Defon: aut given leave to withdvew motions for u new trial and in arrest of judgment, Sen tenced to pay a fine of $1 und costs of pri cution, and to stand committed to the cuss tody of the marshal for this day. This sen- tence was pronounced at the defendant's re 3 an to stand a new trial. D. Gette vs Henry Harney. Demurrer to bill sustained. 1L.eave given to amend in ten deys. N to be given par- ties by the clerk to answer in twenty-fivo days and to_reply in thirty days. William S. Howard vs & O, Stewart et al Motion to remand to the state courts ove raled. For trial, Gandy vs Waitcomb. Continued on mo- tion of plaintiff, defenaant not appearing. Figard et al vs Kmuerson et al. The greater part of the day was taken up in ar gumonts in the case. AUEAD OF ALL COMPETITORS, Tue Bee bas not abandoned Lincoln, Its columns will hereafter contain as much 1f not more fresh avd reliable Lincoln news as heretofore, Ber revorter will continue to gather the news, which will be published anead of all compotitors. The busine agency and oftice of Tne Ber in Lincolo h been closed. Advertisers aud mail subscrib- ers may send their favors direct to the Omaha office and prompt attention will be giveun— them. ‘The circulation has been leased by Mr. Finch, who puys his papers the same us all news d 3 iu Lancoln und throughout the state. He will employ and pay his own carriers, who will deliver I'ne Bee to Lin- coln putrous at an early hour every morain STATE HOUSE GOSSIP. Tho papers in the case of David . Ander- son, administrator of the estate of John Mossholder, va the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railiv error from Nuck- oll's county, today. Mosshoider whs a by ‘was killed in 1587, whilo in thes company, and while on duty. ‘Cne Mittenbers street railway company of e filed articles of incornoration today. The capital stock is §0,000. The incorporat ors are A. W, Nickely, L. . Easterday, W, Ebrignt, L. M, Penniogton, P. H. Alurizht The Citizens' staie bank of Carlton filed articles of iucorporation today. Capital swock following aud rvice of the an companies filed aunual statemenis with the fasurance suditor today: City of London, premiums $3,530.40, losses $2,430.84: State, Des Mbines, pre- miums $4 4, losses £13,510 Nebraska >4 and Towa, Omalid, promiums $12,767 $21,208.24, Jacob Roca, troasurer of Lancuster county, sottled with the auditor todny and paid into the state treagury the sum of §31,37.21. A citizen of Atkinson, Holt county, who contracted to build a schiool house for i cor- tain schoo! district, now that it is about, fin- ished finds that the district lacks about $1,000 0f having money enough to pay his claim, He wrote the stale superintoudent to kuow if he could get a mechanic's Lien on the building, and was answered that be not. No public buildings in Nebrasku ¢ under the operations of the lien law. The stato board of transportation meats at ‘clock tomorrow to consider the Osceola tor case. CITY XEWS AND NOTES, Mus. Isaac Odpenheimer received a cable- gram this morning from Germany giving tho sad intelligence of the death of her mother. General L. W. Colby ot Beatrive was iu tho cify today en route for Hawmilton county to attend a law suit, This city is eojoying the benefits of a hard coal war. Godfrey has kicked out of the traces of thecoal dealers’ association and has reduced the price from $10.40 o 00. 'The people can stand it. 1, losses NATURE'S GREAT SANITARIUM. 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