Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 25, 1890, Page 4

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FEIL, tos Notary Pubile. zschuck, being duly sworn, de- poses and says that he 13 secrotery of The Boo fublishing Company, that the actunl avarage daily circulation of 'Tie DALY BEE for the month of January, 18, was 18,5714 coples; for Februnry, 1859, 18,94 coples: for March, 188, 14854 coplen: Tor April, 180, 18,550 coples: for May, 1880, 18,009 coples; for June, 1666, 18,%8 copies: for July, 185, i8,738 coples: for August, 18, 15, 651 coples; for Neptembel 1560, 18,710 copiet for October 188, 18,097 coples; for November, 169, 19.310 coples: for December, 189, 20,048 7 GErORGE B, TZ8CHUCK. Worn to before me and subscribed in my DPresence thisdth day of January, A. D. 180, [Eenl.] N. P. Feiv, Nofary Public. Tk people will cheerfully pay for their own baths if our business mayor wili lighten the burden of taxation. Etate of Nebraska, County of Douglas, George B, THERE are a few veterans on the list of jurors for the coming term of court. The professionals always come in when there is a jury drawing. NINE Irish editors have been hurried to jail since the first of the year for the great crime of criticizing the coercion government, And yet England boasts of a free press. THE anxiety of the doctors to serve without pay on the Donglas county hospital staff, is only equalled by Vaa- dervoort’s disinterested love for Gen- cral Bangs and Dodlin granite. BERLIN papers denounce the Samoai? as a “German retreat.” This was the only honorable course left open to Prince Bismarck when Secretary Blaine uppeared on the scene. S1. Louls deserves credit for strug- gling ngainst fate. Although there is not a shadow of a chance of securing the world’s fair, the city council has granted the use of Forest park, merely toharrass and if possible defeat Chicago. ATTORNEY GENERA i raignment of the Union Pacific com- pvany will open the eyes of the people to_the enormity of the outrage to be perpetrated on the productive industry of the wesy by the proposed extension of the government delit. SIX government census agents, north- orn men, were denied access to the debt vecords of North Carolina, The state nathorities declare that southern- ovs must be appointed to do the wor ‘There is mo objection, however, to northern eapital which foots the bulk of the census bureau o T larg new paving combine which was instrumental in organizing the council is now at work in dead earnest’ prepurving for its raid upon the property. owners and taxpayers, Just assoon as this puving ring can make sure of sup- port in the council through thick aud $hin 1t will begiu to operate in the open fleld. — ATTORNEY WAGGENER of the Mis- souri Pacific announces that the com- pany will fight the Elmwood olevator case even to the courts of last resort. This 15 the usual method adopted by corporations to defeat justice by delay, which affords them further time to fleece their patrons while the case is pending. Tue interviews published in Denver concerning the qualities of paving used in Omaha invariably endorse the pur ticular material supported by the re- spective papers. Lvea the board of public works asserts that stone is just the thing for Denver, but at home they prefor bricks. In this instance dis- tunce lendsw the charm of honesty to the opinions of the voard, Tue late ex-Senator Riddleberger's groatest enemy was himscll, The vice of intemperance that mustered him de- stroyed his self-respect, rendered hiwm indifferent to the respect of others, degraded his manhood, damaged him mentally, spoiled his temper, and made him a man to be shunned by all seif- vespecting people, He had been a man of ability, with the udvantages of a legnl education and an editorial experience, and under the eir- cumstances in which he en- tered the United States senal vepresenting the republicans of Vir- ginin, there wus an opportunity for him to have made an honorable record. But he rejected it, and during most of his senatorial torm he was a source of an- noyanco and'an object of all men’s pity or coutempt, Yet Riddleberger had good qualities, He was naturally a man of kindly and generous impulses, his cournge was unguestioned, and his sym- pathios were always with the oppresscd, the cause of Ireland having no more singere friend uwong Awmericans, a2 A | e Lawasp T NTON PACIFIC ~ The open letter of Hon. William Teese, attorney general of Nebraska, 10 the attorney general of the United States, arraigning the Union Pacific ilrond compuny for numerous and flagrant violations of the law, will be found in another part of Tur BE 1t will repay chretul perusal by all who would become better acquainted with the methods of tho great subsidized corporation in violating faith with the government and disregarding the plain- est provisions of law. The facts presented by Attorney General Leese are of record and indisputable, and the letter is especially timely in view of the fact that committeesin both houses of congress are now considering the question of extending for half a cen- tury or longer the debt due the govern- ment from the Union Pacific, and the roport of the government divectors of \at company, just published, recom- mends such action. Attorney General Leese shows that at various times from 1879 to 1888 theUnion Pacific railroad company. in violation i D of the act of congress of 1873, and with- out the consent of congrass, has given guarantees to numerous railroad enter- prises whieh have drawn heavily upon the earnings of the company, the an- nual drain, according to the figures of the attorney general, amounting to about one million dollars. It is stated that the Union Pacific proposcs to con- tinue this policy by issuing and guar- anteeing the Denver and South Park railroad bonds to the amount of, over two million dollars, although that corporation does not earn its operating expenses, In addition to these unlaw- ful transactions it is charged by Attor- ney General Leeso that the Union Pa- cific directors have used the assets and earnings of the company to partly con- struct n rival road, consisting of the Oregon Railway and Navigation com- pany, the Oregon Short Line, and the Denver and Fort Worthrailroad, and he suggests that the object of this may be to render the governmentlien onthe Union Pacific railroad valueless should the government be forced to take foreclosure * proceedings. Still an- other count in the indictment pre- ferred against the Union Pacific by the attorney general is the fact that nine million dollars have been paid on land grant bouds from the carnings of the road instead of from the procecds of the land grant sales, In these ways the oarnings of the Union Pac Iroad, which should have been applied to the payment of the government debt, have been in manifest violation of law di- verted to enterprises wholly in the interest and for the benefit of ingide rings, while the public has been mereilessiy bled to meet the de- mands of these unlawful enterprises. In view of these facts the attorney gen- eral asks whatreason there is to expect that the men who control the Union Pacific will not violate the vroposed “now act, and ne strongly protests against the projected legislation as in- volving a grave wrong und injustice both to the government and the peovle. Its effect, he declares, would be to rob the povernment of a large amount of property due it, as well as all security for the final repayment of the principal, while it would entail upon the people for gen- erations to come the paymentof the enormous debt of the Union Pacilic, which would be rung from them by the same methods of ekaction and oppres- sion which have been practiced for twenty yeurs. The report of the government dirce- tors of the Union Pacific reprosents the condition of the company as being very satisfactory, commends the ability, honesty and purposes of the present managers, as oxhibited in their administration of the afinirs of the company during the past five yeurs, and recommends speciflcally the pas- sage of the bill to extend the time of payment of the Union Pacific’s debt to the government. The letter of Attorney Geueral Leese i1s a sufficient answer to the mistaken viows and conclusions of the government divectors. NEBRASKA BANKERS. The organization of the Nebraska Bankers' association bolds out the promise of improved methods in the banking system of the state and insures the establishment of a uniform practice among the bankers which will operate to the greater convenience of the pub- lie. Banking in Nebraska has not been placed upon so secure and conservative a basis as in some of the older states, although considering the loose metiods of the past the record of the state 1s ex- ceedingly good. Thelegislation provided by the last legislaturd on lines which experience in otherstates had approved, has worked an improvement and strengthened public confidence in the banks, but more remains to be done be- fore banking in Nebraska shall have attained a condition as nearly as pos- sible satisfactory to all concerned in it. JThis was made evident from she delib- erations of the Bankors' association, and it will be the work of that or- ganization to bring about such forms as ave unecessary. The associ- ation is composed of intelligent and conservative men, whose views und recommendutiors will command respoct - ful attention and whose iaterest itis to place the banking system of the state on such a sound and substan- tial basis as will make it a potent factor in promoting the general prosperity. If this purpose is kept steadily in view there can be no doubt of the usefulness of tho association, A part of the proceedings of the asso- ciation which is of geneval intevest was the adoption of resolutions approv- iug of the plun of ex-Comptroller of the Currency John J, Knox for per- petuating the national bank currency, and recommending the pagsage by con= gress of an act for the issunmee of bonds bearing two per cent interest in which to refund the present bonds, and to be vedecmable at the pleusure of the gov- ernment. These resolutions were unanimously approved and will be com- municated to the senators and repre- sentatives ot Nebraska in congress. It wmay be observed here thatthe Kuox plan appeurs to be growing in favor, and the-baulers of Nebraska ave doub re- 58 M AN BB Pt less 1n line with those of the west gon- erally in approving it. The association of Nebraska bankers can make itself very useful in advanc- ing the prosperity of the state, and there is every roason to expect that it will do so. SETTING LAW AT DEFIANCE Mayor Cushing is probably not yet familiar with the provisions of our char- ter. For his benefit wo will quoto soc- tion 168, which reads as follows: The compensation and salary of all oficers and agents of the city, not herein specified, shiall ge fixed and determined by ordinance, and shall not be increased or diminished dur ing the term for which such officer, or agent, shall bo avpointed. 1t is obvious that the mayor has no right to make any appointment not ex- pressly specified in the chavter unless such position hus been cre- ated and the salary for the same has been fixed and determined* by ordinance. The ,appointment of a twelve hundred dollar clerk by mere resolution of the councilis a pal- pable violation of the charter and lays the present mayor liable to ment justas his predec himselfl linble when he signed salary warrants for street commiss clerk and assistant sidewalk inspector. And this forces upon us the question whether the mayor and council propuse to keep on voting salaries to tax-oaters who are not legally authorized _to draw pay. This is a very serious matter. It is not merely a'question whether five or six thousand dollars a year shall be voted away to “supes” who render no service and clerks who do the work which should be done by the officers them- selves; but it is a manifest attempt to jgnore and override the safeguards and barriers which have been set up in the charter for the protectipn of taxpayers. If the mayor and council can delibor- ately ignore and override char- ter provisions in one thing they can do 50 in all things. Instead of being mere trusteos of the corporation, limited in their powers. they not only assume powors not vested in them, but® thoy nctually do what is absolfitely forbidden by the law. Against this lawless and reckless course we enter an earncst protest not. only on behalf of the taxpayers but in behalf of all law-abiding citizens, If the chief executive of this ei who is sworn toenforce the law, ean with impu- nity sot the laws at defiance, how are we to expect the ordinary citizen to v spect the law and yield cheerful obedi- once to its mandate. Possibly Mayor Cushing has acted without due consid- eration. If so, it is not too late for bim to retrace his steps and rectify his mis- takes. oner’s DO THEY WANT THE RARTH? Tt is the common practice of parties who want legislative subsidies or aid to ask for larger appropriations than they expect to get. This is doubtless the motive that impels the board of educa- tion to ask for an allowance of §ix mills from the city council for the support of schools duving the coming your. The demand is extravagant. The board will derive a revenue of at least two hundred and fifty thousand dollars from fines and licenses,and they will receive u large allowance from the state school fund. Allow- g for the. increase of population and the needed increase of school teach- ers theve is still no excuse for a six mill tax or hulf that amount. A six mill tax would yield at least one hundred and twenty thousand dollars. That would make u total of over four hundred thous- and dollars for the rununing expenses of our schools in 1890. No other city of equal population with Omaha requires anything like such an expenditure for maintaining public schools. Taxes in Omaba are high enough alveadv. The school board should retrench and econ- omize. COUNCILMAN JOINSO review of municipal methods in South Omaha de- serves the serious consideration of every taxpuyer. The recklessness which characterized the management of city affairs has seriously impaired its finan- cinl condition and piled up a burden- some debt. [Laws have been ignored, obligations incurred and taxes in- ereased, solely for the benefit of jobbers and contractol Some of these debts haye been contracted without regard to law, thus opening the door to endless litigation and discredit. The responsi- bility for this condition lies at the door of the men who insisted on giving the town separate corporate existence. In their anxicty to escape taxation in Omaha they created a suburb and turned it over to cliques of jobbers who rioted on the substance of the town, squandered its means and plunged it deeper into debt than could have been possible under annexation. This con- dition was ivevitable, The elements which controlled city affairs were in- different to the future. Thoy were not in office for their health, and_the result shows they plucked the public for everything in sight. The time is ripe for the taxpayers to rise up and drive the reckless jobbers from powor, and the only safe and effectual way to do it is to merge with Omaha. Annexa- tion is inevitable. The sooner it is ac- complished the better it will be for the finuncial aud material prosperity of all councerned. — TuE municipal campaign 1n Salt Lake City is-growing in vigor and bitterness as election day approaches. Though local in its effect, it is national in inter- est. Itisa battle between the Mormon chureh, With all its power in numbers aud millions, and the united Gentile forces of all creeds and classes. The campaign began last October, and will close ng tho ballot box on the 10th of February. All the paraphernalia of a presidential campaign, such as parades, pyrotechnics and red fire, have boen invoked by both parties, and no small amount of ill- feeling has resulted, The chances of victory are evenly divided. At the county election last August the anti- Mormons showed a majority of forty votes in the city, but the Mormon ger- rymander deprived the majority of rep- reseutation in the terrvitorial legisla- ture. ‘The vast machinery of the church, the sluvish obedience of meribers, Lo- l gether with city, county and territorial patronage, ig tremondous power to overcome. Ths opposition, however, is thoroughly orighnized and united, de- termined anft fefiant, with able lenders and plenty of tho sinews of war to meet and copo '#ith the saint The prosperity of Salt Lake City is largely dependent on Ahe overthrow of Mormon power. Forthn first time sineo the set- tlement of tib, Salt Lake valley, the threats and mutterings of the apostles fall on heedldsg cars. They are face to face with forces equal in strength. for- tified by lawerird encouraged by the jus- tice of the ciude and public opi T residents of the populous sub- urban districts of Walout Hill and Orehard Hilland othersections are just] entitled to adequate fire protection. They pay their share of the taxes, have s of useloss hydrants for which the pays sixty dollars each annually, but there ave no means of communicat- g with the dopartment in case of fi Meanwhile the city authorities ave ndering thousands of dollars on useless officers and creating fat berths for political barnacles. The policy of this great reform government is thou- sunds for sinccures, not one cent for protection. OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. A striking illustration of thepower still ex ercised by the emperor n Austria-Hungary is shown by his success in bringing about a complete reconciliation of all difterence 8 be tween tne Czechs and Germans in Bohemia, This was appareatly an impoasible task, for the conflict between the two rival parties wus such that they declined tosit in tho same diet. As the presence of the German minority was indispensable in order to secure the roquisite quorum for the enactment of new statutes or for the repeal of old ones, all parliamentary legislation at Prague nad come to a standstill. Tne main cause of the dispute was the Czech demand for home rulo and autonomy for Bohemia us compicte as that possessed by Hungary. This was op- posed by the German population of the an- cient kingdom of St. Wencenslas, on the same grounds that the men of Ulster oppose Irelnnd’s plea for home rule. The Germans in Bohemia number about two millon, to three million Czachs, and complain bitterly of the oppression to which they are sub jected by the majority. In December last the conflict reached an acute stage and threatened, not ouly to wreck the govern ment majority n the imperial pariiament at Vienna, but even to bring about a fall of the cabinet of Count Taaffe, which has held ofice for ten years. Realizing tho dauger, Emperor Francis Joseph summoned the cabinet to moet at his palace on Decom- ber 15, He listened to both sides id® silence, and then declared that, in his juagment, al- though the time. for Bohemian autonomy might arrive in the future, he must for th2 present maintainithe existing constitution. This settled the matter so far as his cabinet was coucerned. The discussion ended, the quarreling ministers shook hands and no one resigned. Having thus settled the dispute among the meiubérs of the cabiuet, the em- peror next undertook to bring about a simi- lar reconciliation between the parliamentary leaders of tha:German and Czech factions of the Bohemisu afet. He therefore invited them to Vienna, and accompished bis task ith = unexpected succers. Where 1s the, arbitor whose decis- 1on wonld be received like that in the case, for instance, of ‘the wfferences between England and freland? It is not any provis- ion of the constitution, but the deferonce paid to the crown—to the central executivo power—which alose makes Austrian feder- alism possible. Without it the lutter would not last a week. Next to Portugal the nation that divides with it the Tberisn I’eninsula is the most likely to be affectea by the oxample of a peaceful revolution in Brazil, ain had al- ready an organized republican cult, to wnich some of the most brilliant ana popular of living Spaniards wore uttached, nod Spain has had a recent admonition on her own ac count of the unwisdom of assuming that mouarchy is more stable than repablicanism. When the aduits ot. a whole nation are riously troubled with regard to thepolitical and social prospect by the illuess of a child of four years, 1t must occur to many of them that the form of governwent that involves such a dunger has perils from which, at least, & goverument mot dynastic is freo. This saowing must have 1ts effect in Portu- cal, as the dismissal of Dom Pedro must likewise have had its effect in Spain. It is not to be wondered at that the notion of * feleration of Latin republies” should have arisen and spread very rapidly throughout Loth mnauions, under the forciug process supplied by the recent events of which what the ression of Fnglend in Africa as the latest. Thereis this o be said for such a federation, that iv would be the formal recog of iuterests and sentiments that really ex- ists. The union of Latin republics in the old world and the new world at least have an eloment of reality. It is by no means clear that it would constitute a threat against us, orthat it would be necessary or politic for us 1o invoke against it the Mouroe doctrine. ‘That doctrine was especially aimed at the protestations of Kuropean princes on this continent, and ut the exteation to it of European dynasuic politics, and would loso much of its torce if it were relied upon to obstruct a federation of republics, -y Party feeling in Belgium has of late bs- come exasperuted to a dangerous point. The oconservatives now In power are supported in the nationzl legislaturo by a large majority, the existence of which they owe to the re- stFicted natnre of the parliamentary fran- chise. The latter does not cxtend to one- tenth of the entiry adult male population. According to clause 40 of the Bulgian consti- tution only thosdiare permitted to vote who pay direct government tuxes to the amount of 42§ annul,“;&nd‘.’bo francs in provineial and communal ducs per annuw. Hence the parliamentary franchise is limited to the well-to~do and+ithe educated classes, and thus out of & total population of 7,000,000, not mare than about one hundred and forty- five thousand graentitied to vote or to have auy voicen the governwent of the country. Repeated attempts have been madeto secure @ revision of thy ‘Constitution, and to extend the franchise so as to reader the parliamen tary reprosentagion a national one.. All ef- forts 1n this diveution have, however, been frustrated by the conservatives, who, with a view ofrenderlng thew present tenure of power porpetual, have just intro- duced a bill destined to disfrapclise all electors who now Vol at the provincial and muoicipal elections by right of their education aloue, sud o limit the fraochise in provincial elections o mea pay- ing 20 francs direot taxes and 10 municipal elections to persous paying 6 francs annually in government dues. This measure will practically obliterate the liberals, who are the chumpions of popular education. Until now the *'‘capacity francuise, or the right o vote by means of & purely educational qualification, bas given t0 tne liberals that equality and prepondorence in local councils which they bave lost ia the chamber of deputies and in the senate siwee the defeat of their elementary education bill five years #g0. The conservatives bave realized that JANUARY 20 1800 that whenevor a workinzman bocomos edu- cated he at once adopts liboral opinions; - and s the provineial and municipal assemblios control not only local exponditure and taxa- tion, but also thoffcommunal primary schools, the present Holgian govern ment determined by its bill for the repeal of the ‘“capucity franchise" to oust the liberals from any voice in the management of the schools, and there- upon to restrict popular education, How | serious is this prospect may bo gathered from the fact that nearly~one-half of the en | tire Belgian population is unable to read or write, Realizing the peril, all sections of the is and radicals have uuited to resist the ranchisement bill, and since, owing to their minority in the national lagisluture, they cannot hope to defeat it by parliament ary methods, thoy openly threaten to fight against it by unconstitutional means. ‘Tem ner has risen to a dangerous height, and the burning of the royal palace at Lacken and of several public buildings at Brussels—popu larly attributed to incendiarics—is regarded A8 A warning to the govs ient of the bit terness of public seutiment. Unconstitu tional means, however, can only result in sceial disorders which may possibly be fatal not only to the dynasty—which being foreign has no hold on the affections of the people but also to the very existence of Belgium as a nation i Emberor rancis Joseph of Austria ls the Intest European monarch credited with an intention to abdicate. He is in hus sixtieth year and bas reigned forty-two years, and his recont troubles way well have made his public lifo a wearinens, although a denial of his aliezed purpose to resign it may be expected, King George of Greece, accord- ing o the London ‘Fruth, bas concluced, under the earnest persuasions of the czar of Russia, to postpons that abdication in favor of nis son, the duke of Sparta, which, the same authority says, ho had determined upon#for the coming spring. Siueo King George finished his forty-fifth year the day before last Christmas, the burdens ofold age cannot account for the strange purpose he has thus, according to report, been induced to torego. The heir apparent, on the other hand, 18 only twenty-ono years old, and will doubtless have plenty of epportunity hereafter to reign. Grecoe is also more tranquil than at some former periods, when her monarch might have had serious grounds for giviog up the throne. Eviaeatly the czar cannot sce why o soverdign who is not in danger of being blown up with dynamite every time he takes a railway train, or of laving poison sprinkled in the clothes he buys in & foreign country, should find 1t necessary to renounce the crown. But per haps King George, who began to reign be fore he was eighteen, thinks twenty-scven years in the business enough for him. Mean- while the fulfiliment of the famous prophecy as to what is to happen to Moslemism at Coustantinoplo under a Kiug Constantine and a Queen Sophia must-be postponed for a time, The question why the various Iuropean powers are scrambling for possessions in Africa is easily answered. Let us look at Logos, an unheaithful and uninviting vlace in tropical west Africa. If we examine the trade statistics of this little place we find that just a quarter of a century ago its im- ports and exports in one year amounted to 03,525; that for a long time ita trade grew very slowly; that of late years it has bsen advancing with rapid strides, and that in 1887 its imports and oxports amounted to #1,174,060. Let us tutn now to the coasts of tropical east Africa, where the vast native population are only begiuminz to emerge from a state of barter, and are still buried in barbariem und ignorance: and yet in spite of their low coudition and of the Arab slave traae und other distarbances which have long. kept their country in aturmoil, we find that these natives are the spontaneous producers of exports that for some years have amounuted o about $4,000,000 per annum, It has been proven that their country possesses large rosources, and it certainly 18 not a Utopian idea to suppose that its trade, under happier conditions and properly stimulated and or- ganized, is capable of large development. in seven montha of last year about $300,000 worth of ivory was sold in Antwerp from a part of the Upper Congo which, five years ago, had never contributed a cent to the wealth of foreign markets; and it is found that in parts of this basin tobacco, coffee, and many other products thrive, and steps have already been taken to open in this, re- gion plantations for producing these com modiues, 1t is an experiment, to be sure, but its promoters hiave good reason .to be- lieve that it will suceeed, and that pianta- tions will pay. This, then, is the reason why the European nations are scrambling for Africn; they sec there potentialities capable of vecominz large sources of trade and wealth; and every yoar they are becoming more ana more certain that interests uc- quired on that continent will in the long run pay well for the investment. ‘T'he illness of the buby king of Spain, who inherited from his father a diseased body and a* tottering throne, reminds the world how bad is the prospect of the royal houscs of Europe. The czarwitch 18 asickly half idiot; the crown prince of Ita 18 & weak, wciturn, morose, narrow-chosted young man{ the prince of Wales is a worn out man of the world who has exhausted every pleasuro and every passion, and his son is a great blockhead, if not a great deal worse. The heir apparent of Austria-Hungary is & nobody, and the heiress of ihe Netherlanas is o mme-year-old child. The kivg of Sax ony, the grand duke of Badeu and we crown prince of Wurtemberg are childless. So also is the king of Roumania, and the king of Servia 18 a child, The sultan of Turkey and the empéror of Germany alone are caro- fully reariog a progeny. It is high timo for the peopie of Europe totrundle out of the way their feeble and decrepit remnants of royalty aud govern thgmselyes, - RIDDLEBERG It DEAD. The Kccentric Ex-Senator from Vie- ginia Passes Awa; Wixcnestei, ‘Van, Jan, 24 Senator Riddlebergor died at 2:300'clock this morn- ing. Mi. Riddloborger's public earcer was a varied one. A lawyer by profession, he proved a great confederate soldier. After tho war, accepting its results in good faith, hie beoume @ ngwspaper editor, served in the lomsiature, und during the time when the 0id Dowinion democracy musked under the name of the conservative party be acted with it.. In 1376 he was a_presidential elecs tor on the Tilden ticket, but four years later be had bocome ouo of the leadérs in the readjuster movement aud was an elector On that ucket. The readjusier movement swept him from the state senato to the sen- ate of the United States, which he entered in 1883, While in the senato he was a stroo wsdvocate of the Blair educational bill, an was an ardent protectionist. There have been seuators frown Virginia of more prominence wito did less for the state than Mr. Riddle- berger, but during the 1ast two years of his term his influence was allgone. Last winter soveral times he created scenes, but the most painful bappaning was the night of March 4, 8 few hours before the end of his oficlal life, when President pro tem. Ingalls ordered bis arrest, while the wife and daughter of Rid- dleberger looked down on the disorderly proceediugs from the gallery. b ara— ¥xonerated trom All Blame. LouvisviLie, Ky., Jan, 24.—The coroner's jury bas recurneda verdict in the case of the fourtecn men drowned in the bridge caisson Junuary Y. Swmith & Co. are exonerated from all blams, NEBRASKA CORN 'RATES. | Goneral Manager Holdroge's Roply to the Governor. THAYER'S PLEA FOR THE FARMER State Board of Agticutture ~The Fod- eral Couri—An Insane Farmer— Considering the Oscovia tice is 1'olicy. OMaRa, Neb, Jan 21, 1800.—Hon. John M. Thayor, Govornor, Linesln, Neb. Doar Sir: 1 have recoived your tetter of the 1 inst,, relative to rateson corn. Th gestions made thorein will bo carefully con- sidered by tho ofiicers of this company, and a wora deflnite reply sent you luter. G. W. HoLoRrecr, General Managor. STt oF N FOUTIVE DEPART MENT, LINCOLN i) W. il drege, esq., ( M. Rail- road, Omafia, Neb. Dear Sir: ut fuvor of the 234 inst. was duly roceived. Iam glad to know that attention will be given to 1ho subject matter of my letter of the 18th hor fathor to show causs within three daye from the sorvice of the order why they ahould not be attached for eontempt in their disobedience of the orders of the court. Tho caso of A, J. Potter va tho Unite States was heard thia forenoon and the af- tornoon was dovoted to arguments of coun sol. Pat O. Haws made the groat offort of his life, In the consolidated cases of John Engle- haupt et al vs Samuel D, L Emorson ot al ¢ long verdict of special findings was turned. Awong other things itstated that ho Northwostern bankiog company of Milford was not a logal corporation, bosause of its failure to comnly with the law in filing its articles of meorporation, It was therof found to be a copartnership_consisting of I, Emerson, Arthur Hale, M. E. M. Hale, Samuel D, I, Bmorson, Uy F. Wyandt and A. Emerson. It was found that Henry Wortondyko was also a membor of said ¢ vartoership; also that Kdwin Emerson was o - member. Mrs, M. E. M Hale had no iaterest in the bank for three or four years previous to its suspousion. It was aiso found that Joseph I. Clarke was not s stockholder or member of the company. 1f the court is of the opiifon upon the finding that the plain 1iffs are eatitled to recover against the i dividual whorein Fegard is plaintifft and S, D. I Emerson ot al are defondants, the jury found for the plaintiff against the defendants ro wurned as stockholdors and assoss the daue ages at §2,125, In the action where William me 18 inst. You will remember my ealling upon you that day und asking'for n reductigm of corn rates. On the same day | presented the 8ame subject Lo Lhe mAnWTors or representa- tives of ull the roads centering in Omaha, and ple to find the subject recoived with cousiderable favor, though no com- mittal was made. Since the publication of my lettor asking for w reduction of the rate on corn, 1 have received various letters and petitious from farmers and business men throughout the tate urging mo to continue to press the railrouds for the reduced rate asked for. [ desire, therefore, to supploment my former request with ali the earnestuess and urgency 1 can command. 1 am impressed every day more and more with the necessity which re- quires he railroads to make the reduction, ‘T'he corn has beon raised in immense quan- 1t is almost wholly the support of the as 1t is of every other kina of busi- ness. The farmers must live off the pro- ducts they raise, and they must be allowed to secure a living return for their labor, There is an obligation on the part of the railrond to give the farmer éuch a rate of transportation as will enable him to reap some profit. The farmer must Ii Corn, grade No. 3, 18 now worth 27 cents i hicago; freight from central Nebraska s 25 cents per 100, or 14 cents per bushel; shrinkage, 3¢ per cent; commission, }§ per cent, making 15 conts per bushel to get it to market, 1) conts from 27 cents and 12 cents per bushel is all there is ieft for the shipper. This is not fairand justtothe farmer. ‘The railroads sheuld certainly be willing to divide equally, at’ least, with the farmers; the latter ought to have a bawmnce in their favor. I say the railroads ought to carry tnis corn to market if thoy do not make a penny; and even if they carry it at some loss, The results would, in my judgment, in six months reimburse the railroads ten fold for any loss they might sustain. If the rail- roads will move this corn to market the re- sults will be of incaleulable benefit not only to the farmers, but to cvery business man and to the whole public. If they do* mot move it I fear results more lisastrou: to the railronas and to the public interests than we have yot seen or felt. 1declure 1t to bethe part of wisdom to take voluutary action and to re- move the embargo upon corn and business generally. ‘The state board of transportation hos no jurisdiction or control over the through corn rate, that being exclusively under the inter- state commerce law. Ihaye taken up this through corn rate by itself, not connected with any other freight rate, because thejcora question is of immediate, vital and over-pow- ering interest. 'Take this step and you will benefit the railroads just as much as you will benefiv the farmers and the publi 1 may be thought I am traveling outside my line of duty; not so. As the representative of the people of this state it is my duty to exert all the powers and mfluence I have to p{-nmunuud advance the interests of the peo~ le. "This letter 1s intended for the managers of the other roads just the same as for and a copy will be furnished 1o each. respectfully yours, Joux M. Tuaves. TUE STATE BOARD OF AGRICULTUKE. At the meeting of the State board of agri- culture yesterday, appropriate resolutions were passed on the death of hon. Samuel Barnard, and the following tribute to his worth as a citizen spread upon the record : *‘In compliance with the resolutions of this board we present the following as a slight token of our respect and esteem for and ap- preciation of our lute associate and member, Hon. Samuel Barnard, who was so suaden|y stricken by death in the city of Lincoln on Jauuary 16, 1800. *We cannot express the sense of saddess and gloom vhat the prema- ture death of our long fime friend and mem- Dber cast nver,the minds of his associntes and friends with whom he had stood shoulder to shoulder for 8o longa time. As a legl lator, in social nnd working circles in the de- veloping of his adopted state, hie was always to be found at his post of duty, fall of good nature and good cheer, He was endowed with a warm, cheerful and genial disposition that asserted itsell at all times, so strong that it always touched a responsive chord. He was a man of strong convictions, but never obtrusive; one who saw the right quickly and possossod the courage o do i one firm n his decisions, but never imposing, A resolution was adopted asking the next legislature to uppropriate §10,000 or so much thereof as sball be necessary to be expended under the directiou of tho state hoard of ag- ricuiture in holdiug farmers’ institutes in the several counties. On motion of Mr. Barker, $6,000 was ap- propriated for spoed purposes al toe noxt stato fair, . By resolution Prof. Hicksof the State uni- versity was appointed geologist to the board, and £100 uppropriatea out of the funds of the socicty for incidental exponses, ‘A resolution endorsing the work of Dr. Billings was adopted. and suggesting thav the best talent obtainable should be em- ployed to continue bis inyestigations. Resolutions were adopted echoing the sen- timents of the state horticultural socioty on the timber culture act, aud protesting agamst its repeal; recommending the ap- pointment of & committee to act ' conjunc- tion with & like commitiee appointed by the state dairymen’s association, state borticul- tural society, improved stock brecders’ asso- ciation, farmel titutes, and other like or- ganizations desiring to co-operate in formu- lating a bill for an act to provide for holding farmers’ institutes in the various counties in the state; endorsing and recommending the passage of whbat is known as the Manderson & boratory bill now before congress. Mr. Jansen reported that three rooms had been procured in the stale capitol for the use of the board, and the secretary was iu- structed to remove the books and records thereto. The sum of $100 was appropriated for pre- miuws for the poultry and pet stock associa- tion. Peter Youuger of the horticulturist society submitted plans for & new buildiog for florists. All buildings and improventests on the state fair grounds were left Lo the discre- tion of the board of managers, President Greer announced the following members of the board of managers for 1500} B. K. Henry, J, B, Dinsmore, M. Dunham, E. A. Barncs, John Jensen, Mr. Macfarland explained, the matter of McCormick's suspension and moved that, as the race did not ocaur, the suspensios be re- moved and the association notified of this action. Aaopted. ‘I'he winter coru exhibit is pronounced to be fully 50 per cent batter than any previous exhibit. ‘There aro 112 entrics, comprising over forty varieties of corn, ‘There are three tables 240 feet in length 1n Grant hall occupied by the uuplnyk and the eutire exhibit is in charge of Frank H. Youug of Cuater county. Nearly every county in the state is represented, and Logan and Red Willow entered into competition for the premiutws for county extibits. Logan got first premium. ‘fhe premiums are of- fered to counties west of the 100th meridian, T'he exhibit will be open the balance of the week, when it will pe seut to New. York for exbibition. The corn display was photograplied yester- day. THE PEDERAL COURT. A rule was adopted today at the fnstauce of Jobn Schom p, attorney for Miller in the colebrated Eva Miller case, requiring Grandpa Burrows and all others who are detainicg Eva Miller from the custody of “below : plaintiT and S, D. L. Emorson ot al ants, tho jury found for the the defen doftend plaintiff aganst 9 a8 abovo for #1,74.85. In the action of Fred S, Johnson otal va. S D, 1 Emerson et al, the jury found for thne plaintiffs 1n the sum of $328. In the action of Jotn Englehaupt vs, S, D. I. Emerson ot al the jury found for the piaintiff in the sum of §1,58285. In the action of Thomas Bailey vs. S, D\ L. Bmerson et al the jury founu for the plaintiff 1 the sum of M6.42. In tho case of James J. Patterson vs, 5. D, 1. Km- erson ot al the Jury founa for iho plaintift in the sum of §1.4 In each o verdict also runs against the Northwestern Baoking company fo= like amounts. AN INSANE PARMER, Edward Post, a young farmer near Wav- erly, became wildly insane vesterday mowa- in, ‘The night before he went to Waverly and spent the evening. About 2 o'clock he roturned home and woke up the entiro family. Later ho sont a telogram to a friend at Talmogo asking it he was still there, after which he went to a school house near by, broke open the door and built a rousing five, Later he called on Major Pierce ana hailed him justas ho was getting into his buggy. He had an ax 1 s haond. He told the major that he had lorded it over the coms munity long enough and threatened to kil him unless he gave him instantly £500. Ho brought his ax down on the wajor's bukgy wheel, cutting the tire intwo. ~He finally said that the major owed him 810 aud thut while he was gotting ready to pay that amount he would go to the orchard and cut down the apple trees. Heo made his escapo and today was captured near Weeping Water, He was brought to this city at 1:50 this evening. This young man is about twenty-two and suffered from a sun stroke about four years ago. LEESE AVTER THE UNION_PACIFIC. Attorney General Loese has writtan per- sonal letters to a number of the prominent members of congress and United States - ators, urging action against tho proposed Union Pacitic extension bill, THE OSCEOLA ELEVATOR CASE. The state board of travsportation mot this morning to consydor tho fladings of tho sec rotaries in the Oscoola elovator case as pube lished in yesterday's Bee. The Union Pa cific was represented by Attorney Keily aud the F'armers’ alliance by Attorney ‘Libbatis of this city. dofendants, then in the action o 0 the o The day was partially cop- sumed in the argument of the case. \ SRS, AL, E. BY FUNERAL. The remains of Mrs, Al IS, Evan will ba taken to Talmage, where the faveral ser vices will be held at 2:30 p. m. e A PYTHIAN TEMPLE. The committee of Knights of Pythias ap pointed 1o select plans for the propoed pythian temple met yesterday. aftornoon at the office of C. 1. Brown, and aecided to submit to the various todges a proposition to comprise in the new strdcture a mammoth hotel and splendid opera pouse. It was tho sentiment of the commjjteq that tho edifico should cost. between $250,000 afid $300,000. 1f the plan is approved by the pythian lodgos ot this city, s it probubly will be, plans will be prepured at once and the subscription booksopened, It is said thata prominent knizht stands ready to head the list with £20,000 subscription 1o the capital stock. It is believed that it is a go. STATE IOUBE GOSSIT. The following fire insurance companios have filed their annual statements with the insurance auditor: Premums, 035, Losses. $ 2,101 20 6,4 Fireman’s, Newark St. Paul I\ & M. 6,077.04 5 40,085,061 commiss 015 were i Walter A, George, town,Custer county ; . H. Olmstead, Omalia Buchanan, 'Beatrice; Harvoy Col Aurora, Hamilton county; John F. Fallc Lincoln; J. A. Thomas, Tamora, Seward ing county treasurers hav with the auditor and paid into th treasury tho sums of mon W. L, Rossu A. Murdock, Fillm stato mentionod £10,99%.1 S, P. Gordon, Howard, J.'S, Campbell, Koya Pt Willis _Gossard, Red Willow, 4881 W, I. Sharp, Stanton, $5,265.41; Frank Beo ott's I31ufts, £637.10. he A. C. ivans comnany, articles of incorporation today, stock is ®5.000. ‘The Arthur_ C. Iivaus, Charles Morls, Juies Morle, Bunly J. Mdrlo, The company pro- poses to do a brokerage, receiving and for) warding business, CITY NEWB NOTES. It seems thut the report which has becn cle, £3,048,77 The capitul incorporators aro generally believed for some time that Harry = Durfee is dead, 1s_nob true, as Lhe news now comes that he has recently communicated with his relatives in Illinois. years ago Harry Durfee was a prominent charadter 1o this city, His sudden and mys- terious disappearance was @ seven days' wonder, and his old friends have long mourned him as dead. ‘Worl at the new court, house is going on 8t B lively rate and the ofticials hope to wove in by March 1. Otto Maals, twenty-four, and Miss Emma Faulhaber, twenty-two, of Waltou were 1i- censod o wed today, Mr. J. B. Finch, the lessee of Tig Ber' circulutiondn this city, can be found av North Eleventh street, where he will have his office in the future, . There was # meeting of the Lancaster Bar association this ovening as the rooms of ‘the Lincoin law sctiool in the Burr block for the purpose of amending the constitution and by-1aws, electing ofticers and prepariug for the opening banquet wlhen the new court house shall be dedicated. W. H. Tyler has gone to attend a_ conven- 100 of contracting stonemasons at St. Paul. Chris Larsen, twenty-seve: nd Miss Mary Madston, nineteen, were liconsed to wed roday. The yoters from the west end of the Sov- ntn wird will meet tomorrow evening at welfth und Belmont to suggest a namea for member of the eity council from that end of the ward for the mayor's cousideration. Ason of Senator Heardsley, who lives near Heunet, was kicked by & horse yester- day, the blow fracturing his skull. ‘I'homns Dennison entored suit in the dis- trict court today agaiust the Chicago, Hur- I'Illl:;«gll & Quincy for damages in the sum of Posi { these Little Piils, They also relieve Dis- tress fro'a Dyspepsta, Tu- digestion and Too Hearty| Eating, A pertect rew-| ody tor Dizzinessi, Nausca) CARTERS phES Tongue, Pain 1n the Side TORFID LEVER. They regulate the Bowels, Purely Vegetuble, SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE, ‘Three or four g~ -