Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 27, 1890, Page 4

The Bee Pblishing Company buy. The great staple of Nebrasia, its . Bew Buildine Farnam and Scventosnth 8treets, | oorn crop, is the dependence of the . Tho Bos on tn large majority of its peovle for support, There Is no excuse for a fallur and therefore a lavge part of its busi- B st supnly. ravelers wh ness interests. It this product isnot Tty Bek and ean't get it on trains whers other | mygpiceted, or most of it is marketed at o “‘on the question of rebates. | THEY SHOULD REED THE APPEAL. The appeai addressed by Governor hayer to the managers of railroads in THE DAILY BEE. “ B. ROSHWATER, Editor. S 3 Nebraska, asking for such reduction of | PUBL]SHEDWELEE" MORNING. | {},." ratos on corn as will enable the | TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION farmers of the state to market theie ‘[ Abd Saniday, One Yeut #1000 | crops with-some profit, has been prom- | ¢ Mon! ised careful consideration by the gen- | RS AIGEEAY eral manager of the B. & M. voad, and OFFICTS itis to be presumed will receive atten- | Omalia, Pee Duilding. tion from other managers. The matter 57 Ro okery Bulldin Chicngo O e New York, Reoms 14 and {bins Bullding. | is one of such importance as to ment bkttt T U i the most serious consideration from Sotith Omal; © N and 2ith Streets, the railroads. These corporations are ESPONDENCE, certainly interested in the progressand Allcommunieations relatinz to news and edi | prosperity of Nebraska. The material torinl matter should be adas tne Editor t. 1al Departr growth of the state must result in o larger prosperity for the railroads that carry its products and bring into it the commodities which the marketing of those products will enable its people to All busine Hs 1 d hecks and Pos e to the order of t s Proprietors. e maae pa Omalia_papers are carrisd ars requested to 7 Tiie BEE. price which, owing to the high freight vates, leaves no profit to the farmer it is inevitable that all business must your name, not for publication or un- sars uae, but ak o gunranty of gooa faith, | suffer, tho general prosperity be un- . = = | favorably octed, and the progress of THE DAILY BE the state be retardea. In such a state ular to glve In all cases full date, railway and number Sworn Statement of Circulation of affairs the railroads doing business §tate of Nebruaka, [ in Nebraska could not escape a share of County of Douglas, A George B, Tzschuck, secretary of The Bes | the injur ¥ ublishing Company, 1o actual cliculation Week endine January Eunday, Jan, 19. Mondiy, JAb. Tuexday, Jan Wednesday, o ay, In his second letter on the subject Governor Thayer shows that at the price of corn in Chicago there is no profit to the farmer with the present rate of freight. Corn shipped to Chi- cago from central Nebraska will yield to the shipper only twelve cents a bushel. Nobody will pretend that this is a fair return. On the con- teary it is simply ruinous. The farm- ors of the state with fixed obligations to meat and the necessities incident to their industry to provide for, to say nothing of other demands upon them, cannot long withstand the disastrous consequences of such a condition of af- fairs. A fow of them are in a position to bear for a time the drain it ontails, 10,548 17SCHUCK. £worn to beforo me and subscribed to in iy prefence this 25th day o January, A. D. 180, (Seal.| 8 . FRIL, ry Publie. Eintoof Nebraske |4y County of Douglas, orge B, Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- poxes and says that he'1s sccrotury of The Heo 2 ublishing Company, that the actual averagoe <aily circulation of 'THE DALY BEE for the month of January, 189, was 18,674 coples; for Fobruary, 183, 15,V copies: for March, 1550, 18,854 for April, 1840, 18,650 coples; for May, for June, 1580, 18,858 coples; for 7, 18,733 coples; tor August, 1889, 1% | ! ) €51 coples: for Neptember, 180, 18710 copl if they are disposed to do so, 1o, o S opes: " Tor_Dcermber, kb, but the large majority are not, G e and many will inevitably be worn to before me and bod X 5 s Presence thisdth day of January, A D, forced to the wall if they (EeaL.] N. . i, Nofary Public. | arg not given the velief which = Governor Thayer for them. The Tue filitusters are aiready in the say dle in congr but the republicans will promptly unhorse them. apprehension of disastrous results ex- pressed by the governor, should relief be denied, does not exaggerate the dan- of the situation. [t rests entirely with the railroad agers to say whether the farmers of Nebraska shall be enabled to market their corn at a fair and reasonable profit, or a considerable part of the crop THE s serious danger that Chi- cago will secede from the union unless she gets the world’s fai THE purpose of the county board to run the hospital as a poor house ts sug- gestive. [t was built that wa; be left unmarketed, to the det- riment and damage of all busi- NAPLES is safe. When Old Vesuvius | Des8 o the stuts. = Thore is no authority to compel them to change the rates on through shipments of corn, The matter is one over which they have, in its present condition, ex- clusive control. They are merely ap- pealed to consider whether it will not be wise and just to afford to the farmers of Nebraska the relief that it is in their power to give, and without which it is apparent the general prosperity must suffer. - A caveful study of the situation will convince them, we believe, that they should promptly heed the appeal. keeps silent in the presence of the Wild ‘West show, there is little possibility of an eruption from natural causes, Trr stockmen of Nebraska and the west must not relax their efforts for justice from the railronds. Persistent agitation and united demands ave essen- tial to succe ATTORN 'S letter is officials as **a rehash of the old stories.” Truth is always distasteful to those who profit by its suppression FORCE THE ELEVATOR ISSUE. The state board of transportation having refused to recede from the po- sition taken in the Eimwood elevator case, the railronds propose to carry the case into the courts and fight it to the bitter end. The Missour: Pacific is the only road directly involved, but all roads are menaced by the order of the board and they will exhaust every means to prevent its execution. The position taken by the board of transportation can not be disturbed by threats nor its justice affected by as- saults from Atchison. ‘When the original hearing was had the Missouri Pacific did not deny or attempt to controvert the statements of the local [farmers’ alliance. It was shown that the two elevators located on the compuny’s right-of-way at Elmwood did not have sufficient capacity to handle the grain of the surrounding country; that they prevented competition; charged an unreasonable sum for hand- ling the grain, and practically dictated the market price. The alliance peti- tioned the company for the privilege of building an elevator and warehouse on railroad ground, on equal terms with the elevators already there, and per- mission being refused, appaaled to the state board of transportation for redress, General Attorney Waggener of the Missouri Pacific is credited with the assertion that the order of the board will be taken to the United States supreme court, if necessary, on the ground that “'it is contrary to the con- stitution of the United States, us it takes property without compensation and withour due process of law,” This is the baldest rot ever put forth in de- feuse of the elevator monopoly. Mr. Waggerer knows enough to know that there has heen no attempt to *tuke property without compensition.” On the contrary, the alliance of- feved to pay as much as existing ele- vators have paid for the privilege. [fa raileoad compuny can plant its tracks through s furm by merely paying for the appraised value of the ground, why shall the farmers’ association be de- prived of facilities for storing and ship- ping its grain that ave accorded to the elevator . company? Iu the state of Wisconsin and in several other of the granger states railroad companies arve required by law to provide ample and equal fac cs to all parties that may desire to erect and maintain elevators within their right of way atany station, The truth is the company cannot bhon- estly defend its refusal to obey the order of the board. The justice of it is con- Tue Rev. Talmage sailed from Lon- don Saturday, but the trifling fact that he ison the deep will not check the flow of the regulation Sunday sermon sent by ‘‘special mule cable,” SENATOR PLUMB i8 said to be op- posed to the re-election of Senator Ingalls. While the latter is in the senate Plumb must sputter like a tallow dip in the blaze of an urclight. Hence his anxiety to shut off the current that ~overshadows him. Wan between France and Germany is a remote possibility. The opinion of the Belgian general is valuable only as showing how successfully the taxpayers of the neutral zone are bled for asystem of costly fortifications and military ex- periments. PEOrLE contemplating wintering in Califormia should provide themselves with snow shoes to override the im- penetrable drifts and boats to navigate the valleys. What-was once a glorious “‘over afternoog” is now a drenching aiurnal gloom, NEBRASKA shippers who were nc. classed as special favorites by the rail- ronds before the interstate commerce ~law went.into effect are commended to o decision of the Iown supreme court The de- p cision establishes an important prec- ‘edent and holds out a prospect of secur- ing the justice denied them in years “past. Suits were brought against the Rock Tsland road for rebates allowed favored shippers from 1880 to 1884, the sum involved being nearly forty-nine “thousand dollars. The court rendered -judgment for the plaintiffs, and inti- mated that the statute of limitation does not-prevent actions being brought now. ¢ —— £ Tue practice of encouraging police < offfeers or detectives in decoying liquor venders into violating the Sunday clos- ing law is not commendable, Omaha should not stultify itself by building up a system of petty persecution which is discountenanced in prohibition com- munities. The law does not contem- vlate that ofticers shull procure viola- tions. Their duty is to prevent them. When they persuade barkcepers and serubmen in saloons to sell liquor after midoight and on Sundays, they he- come accessories to criwe, and should instaatly be stripped of nuthority. But the worst foature of the system is that ofticers hold these breachies of the law ,msaclub over the saloon men, and in | ceaed when defeat is expected in the many kuown instances use it to secure | stute supreme court, Times without freelignor. his cannot fail to demor- | mumber the c¢ourts have afirmed alize the force. Discipline and decency | the principle that ocorporations demand the abolition of the custom, If | ave creatures of the state, sub- P the law is violated. officers should be | ject to the will of the state, compelled to report or urrest the of- | Diserimination 8 prehibired by state * fender, and prosecution should follow. | and natwonal law. They are requived Phere is no excuse for permitting vio- [ to grant equal rights to patrons, ana lators w0 go unpunished for three to | they cannet deny to one shipper the fa- eleven months, or for reviving charges | cilities gpanted to another. The Elm- 4 before the license board which the wood fapmevs Aid not ask for favors, police failed to prosecute in opeu court. | They demanded the privilege of storing THE and shipping their grain to market on equal terms with tha elevators favored and sustained by the railroad company. The only constitution violated by the ordor is the constitution of the elevator Created aund fostered by the rail- roads, it struggles for life and grasps overy legal straw to prolong exist- ence. If it can succeed in de- ferring action from one to four yoars, the allinnce may dissolve and individ- uals would soon grow weary of the con- test. The state authorities should chockmate this movement by foreing the issue to an early decision in the @ suprome court and promptly com- pel the offending corporation to obe the mandate. The quostion is of v importance to every producer in the state, and no delay in its settlement should be permitted. * THE POLICY OF DESPAIR. Senator Hoar of Mg husotts, in his reply to Senator Butler's advocacy of ring. the proposal to appropriate sov- eral millions of dollars to pro- mote the emigration of negroes from the south to Africa, char- acterized this most remarkable project as the ypolicy of despair. The domi- nant white element in the south having determined that the negro shall not have justice dono him, that the rights guaranteed him by the constitution and the laws he shull not enjoy, and finding that in this policy there is the certainty of an irrepressible conflict, as a last resort propose to commit the government to a policy of negro deportation at a cost to the whole people boginning with a fow millions of dollars, but once eutered upon would require, if at all successful, an expenditure larger than the revenues of the nation for the next deeade. It is only nccossary to consider the practical unature of this traordinary proposal o appreciate the appositeness of Senator Hoar’s characterization of it. No wilder scheme, as to both its moral and opracticpl aspects, was ever sug- gested, and it is gratifying to find t there are intelligent men in the South of the dominant political element who condemn it as utterly absurd and impracticable. It very likely finds favor with a majority of the white peo- ploof that section, but it ought to be clear to the thoughtful among them that such no policy can ever obtain in this country.. In spirit and purpose it @1s hostile to the cardinal principle of our republican system, and its adoption would bring upon us the just reproach of the worid. The great importance and the grave dificulties of the negro problem are universally admitted. But its solution is not to be found in expedients to coax or to coerce the negroes to leave the country. Those people justly regard the United States as their right- ful home, and -while a few of the more adventurous might accept an opportunity to go to Africa ‘or somewhere else at the expense of the government, the very great majority could not be induced to doso under any circumstances. Coercive measures we have no right to adopt, nor would the controlling public senti- ment of the country tolerate them. Such policies as the despotic govern- ments of Burope have adopted toward peoples offensive to the dominant ele- ment cannot find acceptance in this republic until our people are prepured to abandon their republican sys- tem of government. TU o hopeless scheme, therefore, that the southern senators have proposed asa means of solving the negro problem, but its discussion may do some good in more foroibly emphasizing to the south- ern people the fact that any other policy than that of justice to the negro cannot receive the support of the great body of the American people, and that unti) that policy is given full and fair trial the demand for it will not cease. THE HOUSE RULES. It is expected that the present week will witness the beginning of the con- test over the new rules of the house of representatives, which promises to be both lively and prolonged. The delay of the committee in framing new rules has, it appears, not been due aitogether to the enforced absence of Mr. Carlisle and Mr. Randall, but in part toa differ- ence of views between the republican members. It is stated that Speaker Reed favors an extension of the juris- diction and power of the speaker, and that at least one of his republican colleagues on the committee hesitates about consenting to this and othet innovations upon the past practices of the house, This differ- enve between republican members of the committee on rules has not only de~ layed the work of arranging the rules, but it is thought probable that if the committee republicans cannot unite it may result in creating a divisionamong the republicans in the house. Iv1s said, and the statement is not incredible, that the recent rulings of the spenker have not been ap- proved by all the republicans of the house, and that there is a disposi- tion among some of them to regard Mr., Reed as unwarrantably anxious to ex- tend his jurisdiction and power, However this may be, it is obviously important that the house shall not much longer go on as at present, with- out any rules for its government except those of geweral parliamentary law. There can be no question that a revis- ion of the rules which had been in operation through four or five congresses is imperatively demanded, but this should be done in a spirit of fainress and justice, so that while the rights of the muajority are fully protected, the winority will be secure aguinst wrong or injustice. It is time congress had settled down to business, and nothing now stands in the way of its doing so but this issue regarding the rules. That threatens to bring on a prolonged and bitter fight. oo m— A BiLL has been introduced in con- £ress Lo increase the saluries of federal judges. It proposes to double the pres- ent compensation of members of the supreme court und to cansidergbly in- crease that of ecircuit and district judges. The salaries now paid the fed- eral judiciary have vemaiued fixed for OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, a great many question, ears, and while they may have been fairly remunerative when established, they are not now, vy rveason, bhoth of the increased cost of liviag and of the greater labor &° responsibility now devolving upon the federal judiciary. It is a distipguished honor to occupy a vlace on the court, and there will doubtless never be a time when positions does not exceed the supply, but this dees not furnish any reason why feders such rensonably liberal compeusation as would at least enable them to live as becomes tives of class of be prefer ought to roce crousing the sa judges has been talked of for a number of you met v bench of a United States the domand for these judges should mot receive the judicial representa- the government, and as the legal ability that should »d tor the federal bench o. This matter of in- ies of United States 'sand the proposal has always th very general public approval. Whether congress would be justified in doubling judicial Salaries is another The mere fact that there is a large surplus in the tr ury affords no valid excuse for extravagance, “Mone impressed than ever with the depth of his draught,” says the pictur- esgue Colonel Mumford of Kansas City, 1 left Mr. Cleveland.” The coloneldel- fcately refrains from giving the public the quality of the article or the name of the brand. Perhaps Mr. Cloveland will reveal the sceret during his coming western trip. T ghts of the include the right to rule and dictate to the majority, and« the republican ma- jority in congress must carry out tho minority do not dictum of the country at ; cost. Hardly Sufl Milwakee New ‘The fact that Sam Randall has Jjoined a church will hardly atone for his long careor as o Pennsylvania congressman, —~— The Most Probable Explanation. Stowx City Tribune, A brewery has been closed in Dubuque, the first since the prohibitory law went into effect. It must have been closed for repairs. e o One Ghost Overlooked. Buffalo Express. ‘The Boston Society for Psychic Research has given up the ghost because it couldn’t find any ghosts. Did it look for the prohib- tion votet R Now Hér furse is Empty. Chicago Tribune. An Austrian prince is trying to have his marriage with un actress annulled on the ground that he was insane when he married her. He was Qoubtless laboring under the hallucination that she was an American heiress, PHL s The Pan-Awerican OCongrass. St. Louis Globe-Demacrat, The possibility that the country will get much aid from the Pan-American cougress toward the forutation of some sensible and satisfactory plan for the extension of the trade of the nations of this continent with each other grows more and more shadowy every day. However, tho iunterest of the people being enlisted in the project, the means of bringing it about will soon be de- vised. S B STATE AND TERRITORY. Nevraska Jottings. More than half the population of Campbell have the grip. The Oakiand autborities have begun to en- force the Sunday closing ordinance. The prohibitionists of Cuming county will hold a convention at West Point February 11, For iaduiging in too much nard liquor at a banquet a Kimball county preacher 18 now out of a job. Many Cherry county farmers kave put. in a large acreagd of winter wheat and expect a heavy yield. The electors of Garfield covnty will vote February 18 on a provosition to relocate the county seat. Miss Anna Anderson died at Bertrand re- cently from injuries received in a runaway two weeks ago. ‘The state Swedish Lutheran conference convenes at Oakland tomorrow and con- tinues in session until February 4. Campbell has been recently incorporated and aniong the first ordinances adopted was one prohibiting boys from being out on the strects after 8 o'clock in the evening. The people of Hastings have sent two car loads of clotiing, feed and corn to St. Law- rence, Hand county, S. D., to be “distributed among the sufferiug people in that vicinity. Hemingford wants to become the county seat of Box lutte county and tho matter will be settled by the voters on March 4. Aliiance 18 also in the race sud Nonpareil intends to hoid on to the plum if she can. Several yoars ngo a quantity of wild rice was sown in a slough near North Platte to feed wild fowwl on their annual. migrations. A large quantity of this grew and has spread over a ood extent of ground. Cattle, horses and hogs aro very fond of it and keep it grazed down so that in this case it has not had much chance to seed itself. Stockmen who are shipping cattle into Ne- braska would do well to put _a number of car loads at North Loup, Valley county, writes a correspondent. Corn, hay and water are plenty, and all kinds of feed can be ob- tained at very low prices. There are thou- sands of bustels of corn stored away because there is no market, and many tons of hay will spoil unless consuwed in this way, Good, living water from several crecks, and the famous North Loup river is of easy access, A prominent Nebraska farmer says: “When my hogs become sick and refuse to eat, instead of dosing them with medicine T load a few of them into a wagon and take them out riding, driving pell-mell over the lots and pastures, seeking the roughest places 1 can find, After s few such drives Lugl that before rofused to eat begin to feed and get better, I'have not lost & single bog since I began this treatment. Jowa ltews, The ol well at LeMars has been doned, 2 Iowa City has provided a stone pile for trunps, Corn is bemng used for fuel by farmers Manilla. Rock Rapids will have waterworks aud electric light in the spring. Phie contract has besn let for building a $28,000 jwil b Burlington, Palo Alto copnty offors a reward of $2,000 for the first ton of coal mined in Palo Alto or Emmet counties, A farmer named Boebe, living near Beove- town, eight miles east of Missouri Valley, lost his hcuse by five last week. La grippe ‘vaused court to adjourn at Orange . ity, thejudge, jury, lawyers and clients all coming down with the diseaso, Fort Madison has secured the location of o sush and blind factory from Burlington which will employ over one hundred hands. Lou Sardine, the female horse thief who was captured’ in Des Moines a short time ko, has been sentenced to one year in the benitentiary, The new waterworks ut Missouri Valley were put to their Hrst practical test last week by the discovery of a fire 1n a fine rosi- dence. The building was saved from de- struction aod everybody is pleased. Acbording to Superiotendent Sabin's re- port the cost per pupil in the publio schools on school from five to twenty-one years, was $10.54; on towal en- rollmeut, 1500 por scholar. Takeu on a basis of the average attondusce each pupil cost the taxpayers $24.46. Governor Fifer of [linois has issued requi- aban- n JANUARY 27 1890. sition papers for the extradition of John Phillips, who 18 about to be released from the Anamosa penitectiary. Phillips stole live atock mod merchandise from the cara of the Chicago & Alton railroad at Blooming- ton and stands a good chance of continuing his prison life in Joliet, : Rerman Hellmuth and John Simmons, two Burlington b are under £200 bonds to appear for trial for maltreating a companion namoed Brisen. The boya were skating on a pond near Burlington when Hellmuth pro- duced a pottie of whisky and invited Brisch to take a driuk. He refused and the two larger boys threw him down upon the ice and poured the contents of tho bottle down his throat. The boy was choked into uncon sciousness aud his companions thrust him into a barrei and poured water upon him to restore him. He was taken home in an un. conscious condition in bad shape from the treatment hie receivi ed, The Two Dakotns. Deadwond foars a hay famine. Aberdeen wants the state vermantly in thav eity, There are nearly four hundrea students attending the Pierre university. Prairio chickons ‘aro belng trapped and brought into Kik Point by the wagon load. Only ono death from disease has occurred two years of its exist- fair located in Whitewood in the ence. Temple, Nobles of the M 0, will hold a reunion at Pargo Febru The Yankton insane asylum authoriti waat an abproprition of #)7,000 for vhe inai tenance of the institution. Ropresentative A. J. Yorker of Hutchin- son county is the youngest man in the logis- lature, being only twenty-five years of age. He was able by just a few days to hoid the position under the constitution. J. B. Gale, a former resident of Water- town and at one tine deputy treasurer of Codington county, lost an arm and lez and was otherwise badly mnjured m a railroad accident at Anaconda, Mont., last weck, The importance of Spearfish as a shipping voint for live stock may be inferred from the fact that the ranges of western South Da- kota, Montana and Wyoming, containing more than 125,000 head of cattle, are tribu- tury to it, During the past two months John Doe has been up before the Deadwood bar of justice 00 less than eighteen times, for crimes vary- ing from plain, every day drusk to fanoy *Jag" with slugging a Chinaman aceompani- meut. _Tho Oelrich Republican says the Fremont, Elkborn & Missouri Vulley is preparing to extend its line from that place to Sundance A8 5001 a8 the weather will permit, and also that a branch will be built from Whitewood to Deadwood. A. Attrel of Bismarck, owner ‘of a large ranch near that city, went to Portage La Prairie two weeks ago to dispose of some property he had there. He sold the property for #1.800, and, not returning, his wife went in search of him. When she found him he was in an insane asylum, with no money and not even the ciothes he had on wheo he left home. He was unable to tell what had hap- pened to him, but it 1s thought he has beon foully dealt with and robbed of his money. His wife brought him home. —~— A QUEER MAN. The Eccentricities the Author of “Sandford and Merton Thomas Day, the author of “Sund- ford and Merton,” a book which several fenerations of children have heartily enioyed for its stories without bestow- ing a thought on its philosophy, was born in Wellclose square in 1748, says the London City Press. His father held a place in the custom house and left him a fortunc of £1,200. He was educated at the Charterhouse and Oxford, and spent some time in France, where he received the new philosophy of educa- tion. Having resolved on marriage he determined that his wife should be modeled in accordance with the new light., He therefore went to an orphan’ asylum at Shrewsbury and pickedout a flaxen haired girl of twelve, whom he named Sabrina Sidvey, after the Severn and Algernon Sidney, and then to the foundling hospital in Lon- don, where he selected a second, whom he called Lucret In taking these girls he gave a written pledge that within & year he would place one of them with a respectable tradesman, giving £100 to bind her apprentice, and that he would maintain her if she turned out well until she married or commenced business, in either of which cases he would advance £500. With Sabrina and Lucretia he set out for France in order that in quict he might discover and discipline their chavacters. He, how- ever, quarceled with the girls. Next day they teok smalipox and he had to nurse them night and day, and by and by he was glad to return to London and get Lucretia off his hands by apprenticing her to a mil- liner on Ludgate bill. She behaved well, and on her marriage to a sub- stantial linen-draper Day cheerfully produced his promised dowry of £300. Poor Subrina could by no means qualify for Mr. Day. Against the sense of pain and danger no discipline could fortify her. When Day dropped melting seai- ing-wax on her arms she flinched, and when he fired pistols at her garments she started and screamed. When he told her secrets she divulged them, He packed her off to an ordinary boarding- school, kept her there for five vears, allowed her £50 a year, gave her £500 on her marviage to a barrister, and when she hecame a widow, with two boys, he pensioned her with £30 a year. In 1788 he married Miss Milnes of Wakefield, alady whose opinions coin- cided with his own. He was killed September 28, 1789, by a kick from a young horse, which he was trying to traic on a new method. e A Lost Art Rediscovered. Considerable progress seems to have been made ot late in the manufacture of tough glass, most of the difficulties with the new discovery having been over- como, says the St. Louis Republic. Recent developments at Pompeiir have caused muny to think it not a new dis- covery at all, buta rediscovery-of an old art, Be this as 1t may, the process of manufacture has been made very simple, 50 much so as to make it possi- ble to combine the operation with ord nary glass-blowing. The new pre cesses admit of more perfect execution, and give more regular forms, besides diminishing expenses in a marked de- gree. Objects wade of the liquid ma- terial in the usual way are, while still at a red heat, thrown directly into the tempering bath. Bottles, drinking glusses, lump-chimneys, and other con- cuve products of the art «-ontuiniu{( air are received on a curved tube, a kind of siphon, which at the moment of im- mersion allows the air to escape, the liquid entering the cayity. The air escape is belioved to be the whole secret of the process; the inventor says otherwise. — A Roman Feasant Duel. © Rome newspapers describe a duel be- tween two petsunts near Ventimiglia, They were neighbors and had qua reled concerning the boundary line be- tween their little forms. One chal- lenged the other to fight with wcapons of hisown choosing. Muskets weve selected. Farly in the morning the men went to the village wood, took their places at a distance of fifty feet, and, at a signal from the chballenger, tired simultaneously. Kach was mor- tally wounded and died on the field within a few minutes. o A Ve ihle Tile. It is told of a Carbon county Pennsyl- vanian thut he has worn the same bat for twenty-three years, and he says it bas come into style mineteen times. LINCOLN NEWS AND NOTES. A Capital City Oitizon Talks About Paving Brick. OMAHA HAS THE RAW MATERIAL, The Clay of tho Metropolis Would Make a Good Vitrified Article—A Banquot to Bishop Newm Lancaster Agriculturists. A Pointer O LixcoLy, Neb,, Jan, 96.—|Special to T Bee—*1 am n little bit surprised,” said o citizen of Lancotn this morning, at the lac of information which I found the other day in Omaha rogarding the brick paving ques- tion, The people of Omaha huve about de termined to pave some stroots with brick, and the great majority seem to think that thore is only one pluce in the west where paving brick can bo mado. This is the error I complain of. Atchison is making her own brick: Beatrice is doing the sumej l.incoln has several miles of streets paved with home made brick and Lincoin brick hus been usea 10 paving cortain streets in Council Bluffs, Nebraska € will make her own paviug brick, as will Plattsmouth and all tho other Missouri valley cities. Recently soume Lin- coln paving brick was testod at Burlington with the celebrated Galesburg paving brick and the judges awarded iu favor of the Lin- coln product by several powts, I am familiar with the clay in the vicinity of Omaha and [ pronounce it equal to the ciay at Galesburg in all the qualities necessary to the manu- facture of u superiorarticle of vitrified brick. To do as Lincoln did, adopt brick for paving certain streets, providing it is of home man utacture, will éncourage capitalists to put in a plant for burning that particalar kind of brick and this will give employment to a large number of laboring men. It will thus be a gain allarouna and I am perfectly satis- fied that Omaha can make brick as can be made in Ame TO BANQUET THE BISHOP, The Methodist p lo of this city are arranging to banquet Bishop and Mrs, New- man at the Windsor hotel on ‘luesday even- ing, Feoruary4, Aun interesting programme has been arranged. After the banquoet and coption it is proposed to organize a Metho- dist union or club for the purpose of encour- aging more ietimate social intercourse mnoug the members of that church in all parts of the stato and for advancing the interests of the church in any divection that may be deemed advisable. TIE LANCASTER FARMERS, The Lancaster agricultural society held its annual meeting yesterday afternoon in the council chamber and elected the following oficers: President, J. H. Wescott; vice president, J. D. Woods; secrata .M. Trimble; treasurer, J. McNabb. A com- mittee was appointed 1o revise the premiunm listand it was ulso decided to hold the county fair atthe same time and place as thestate fair. CITY NEWS AND NOTES, ‘The oMce of J. S. I'inch, the lessee of Tie Ber's cicculation i Lincoin, is at North Eleventh stree! he E. E. Naugle company of Owmaha filed articles of incorporation yesterday after- noon. The company will manufacture, buy and soll cedar, cypress and oak posts, poles, ties, shingles and paving blocks and contract for street puving. The capital stock is $60, 000. Tho incorporators are Edward Naugle and I'red W. Gray. Tne Pumpkin Creek irvigating, canal and water power company filed articles of incor- poaation yesterduy aftcrnoon. The business place 18 at Redington, Cheyenne county. 'The object is to construct und maintain an irei- gating and water power canal running from Pumpkin Seed creek, in section 43, town 19 north, range 52 west, to section 26, town 19 nortn, range 52 west. The capital stock is 5,000, The incorporators are G. W. Soward, C. Gertsen, E. S. Crigler, I, D, Hays, W, . Pickerill and Thomas Brown. The real ostate exchange 18 working with the Burlington for a suburban train service. Tho real estate exchange will appoint a committee to visit Washington and urge a larger appropriation thaa 200,000 for addi- tions to the postoftice building. Zork, roadmaster on the Burlington be. tween Akron and Denver, will be transferred to Nebraska City February 1 and assizued to duty oun the southern division. I, F. Highland, train and roadmaster at Nebraska City, will be made assistant superintendent of the Cheyenne line, with headquarters at Holyoke. J. R. Phelan, now at Holyoke, will be made assistant superintendent of the Black Hills line, with headquarters at Ra- venua. Mr. Edward Bignall, at present as- sistant superintendent of the HBlack Hills line, becomes superiutendent of Lhe North- ern division, with headquarters in Lincoln, succeeding D. E. Thompson, resigned. It is stated that the Burlington will build about two hundred miles of road during 1890, ‘The building permits issued for the week endiog January 25 amounted to $64,200; total siuco January 1, $257,950, Word was received here yesterday of the death of Mr. D, H. Lushley at Beaver City, which occurred on Wednesday afternoon after a lhogerivg illuess, aged filty-nine years, Tho deceased was an old settler of Lincoln, coming here in 1568, In 1875 he founded the town of Beaver City, the county seat of F'urnas county. Mrs, Lashley, Addi- son Lashley, the eldest son, and the two Misses Lashley are also seriously ill., Some one in the Journal Saturday wmorn- ing having criticised Chairman Hamilton's managoment of the republican campaign tinances, Mr. Hamilton states thatihe total amount of cash recoived was $1,200, and not 2,000 as churgea. The eight days of regis- tration wers a continued drain on the cam- paign fund and made the expenses much heavier than was anticipated. He further adds that the campaign books are opon to the inspection of any one desiring to ex- amine them. Paving. The widcw, administratrix, Bonjamin . Stockfeld, tweuty-three, Strang, Neb, and Mwiss Lydia Umbach, nneteen, Ohlowa, were married by Judge Stewart yesterday evening. J. L, Caldwell left for Washington yester- day afternoon. ‘I'he Round Tavle club meets on the even- ing of February 3 at the residence of Dr, Manning, and will discuss the subject of “Putting God in the Constitution” and the r Sunday bill, “]t is down on the books,” said a promi- nent Elk of this city today, ‘‘that a new lodge of our order will be established at Hastings in the near future. The boys out there want it, and we want them to have it. ‘We desire to extend the influence of our social order. Mayor Graham and Marshal Melick have decided to grant the petition of the police force for alternating day aud night scrvice, ‘The change wili take place February 1. An oficer will be on night duty two months and day duty one month hereafter. ‘The jurors for the February term of the district eourt have bsen drawn. Fhey ave Frank Ko Second ward; 'I'homas Grifils, W Jincoln; . L. Teighton, Fourth S. S. Royee, Iufth ward George am, First ward; Charie: Lemke, Lewis Maxam, North Bluff; Henry Youag, Fifth ward: J. G, Duling, th ward; James H. White, First ward; W. W. Holmes, Fourth ward;' P. A, Hocker, Lanc : H. C. Reller, Buda; Frod Funke, Fourth ward; J. M.'Campse, Sixth ward; Alfred Peterson, Rock Creek; George Korcher, Third ward ; Frod Stretow, Highland; C. G, Bullock, Third ward; Silas Sprague, Sixth ward; Charles Gillespie, Second ward; Aoten Axunt, Olive Branch; .l)nl:‘u obertson, Panama;John Grady, West Ouak. Two caucuss were held in the new Seveuth wara last Dight 1o suggest names Lo the mayor for appointment as advisory coun- cilmen uatil the ng olection is held. The Antelope Camp of Modern Woodwmen will hold @ box social at the hall Tuesday evening, Bishop Bovacum has issued his Lenten oraers for the Lincoln diocess. ‘The Oratorio society will hold & meeting Monday evening in the basewent of the First Congregutional church, S i, E. Moore is arranging 10 build an ele- dence at Seventeenth and E streets the coming season, It is rumored that the First national bank contewplates extensive improvements in its builaing the coming season. Houn. R. I, Trevillick of Aun Arbor, Mich., will bold @ ten days' service at Red Iibbon hall, boginning Monday ovening, in the ine terest of the proposed vrohibition amonde« ment. “The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemon hold its regular mooting today. Rev. Lowis (iregory has &0 far recovorod from his recent illness that ho was able to fill his pulpit at both morning and evening sery ices today. The poxor rooms at Fifteenth and O raided last night, - - SOME NEW BOOKS, The fire department may justly im to bo the strong right arm of a municipal body. Other branchies of & city government, par- ticularly tha polico, contribute 1o the pros- orvation of life and property, and battle against open and sceret foes. Yot whon the oad alarm of fire through a city a8 and alize the destruction of proj veoplo tnstinotively look to the fire depart went for protection. It matters not tho hour ot day or night, whether in storm or calm, cold or warm. the men respond to the call of duty. On their promptitude and efciency oft deponds b uman life as well as millions of property, and for this raason ail imnoriant cities have secnred the latest and best eqip ment o speadily and effectively cope with “man's fearful master—ire. “Tho History of e 13 meont, from 1630 to 1880, esting review of the growth of in this coun The author, Arthur Wel Tiugton Brayley, brings to his work the ¢ thusiusii of fricndship, but does not sacri- fico reliability, Thero is none of the ro mantic in the histo It is a sim ple, well told story of the 13os- ton departnient, born 950 years ago, the ap pliances used in the colonial days, the great fives of the city, togother with a comploty roster of the present dopartment, with pho- tographs of tho members, their homes aud equipment Hoston was the cradle of tir ompanios in the United States. The first fire of which there is a record occurred 1 Murch, 1630, when *'the chimney of Me. Thomas Sharp's house took fire, ‘the splnters, not boing cluyed at the top and taking the thateh, burnt it down.” ‘This brought uwoout the passage of the building act, prohibi wooden chimneys and thatched roof does not appear that there were any firem at this conflagration, but at the next o in the followmng' May, wo ar gravely Informod, “all the' poople wo present.” The following yvear a town me g enacted “that if any chimney be on fyer 800 as to flame out of the top thervof, the party i whoso possession the chimne shall pay to the treasurer of the towne for the towne use, tenn shillings.” I January, 1053, a terrible fire swept thro the town destroymg a large number of houses and causing the death of three children. 'To this disaster is due the fivst effort to provide ap pliances for fighting fire, and from it dates the bieth pf tho Boston department. householder was required to socure a l “that shall reach to the ridge of the housc aiso ' pole 12 feot loag, with a good swab atthe ena of it.”! Four ladde “fower good strong irou with chaines and ropes fitted to were ordered for the town. Supnlv was secured frow a few when u conduit was ouilt, which soon became apublic nuisance and was abandoned. Eight years lator the first fire engine was imported from England. It was a crudo pumn hand afair, resembling an inverted I with four solia wood wheels, cut from log In 1670 it i . Incendiaries w ab Thoy started a series of fires extending over four months, culminat- ing August S in a fird which destroycl seventy wurehouses with contents and eight, dwelling houses, ‘dire desolution was followed by a new five imit order, pro- ~ hibiting the use of any building material * out brick or stone, with slate or tile rooffng Bucitet brigades were organized in 1711, and n 1740 a premum of £5 was given the engine compa st reaching a tireand tho practice was continued with beneticial re- sults until the paid department was organ- 12 John Hanco whosn famous autograph graces the Daclaration of Inde pendence, presented an engine to the city in 1 and became an honorary member of tho cock engine company No. 10, om this beginning the volunteer depart- ent continucd until 1824, when Boston, with a population of 40,000, secured a “city arter” and organized a puid fire depari- ment, which now comprises 1,000 men, 153 horses, 03 steam five engnes, 7 chemical engines, 4 distinct hose companies, fifteen hook and' ladder wucks, and fifty- soven buildings, besides fuel house and re- vair shop. The water subply 13 secured from hydrants and 288 fire reservoirs, containiug from 500 to 500 hogsheads of water each, located in different sections of the city. Thu amount paid by the department for tho water and the care und maintenannce of hy- drants for 1858 was $31,217.60, or at the rate of 20 per hydreant. ‘The salaries paid are as follows: Three commissioners aud chief, cach $3,500 per annum; asssistant cbief en gineer, #2,400; assistant engineers, $,000; assistant call enginecrs, $100; superine tendent of apparatus repairs, 1,800; department clerks, 00; clerk at apparatus repair shop $1,800; vetorinary surgeon, $1,800; foremon, $1,400; assistant forewmen, $1,300; engineers, $1.300; assistant enginears, hoseruen and laddermen, $1,200; others at $1,100 and $1,000; call foremer $400; call mon at §250, $200 and $135; pe manent substitutes, $000 und $75 ef en- gneer's driver, hostler, Firo alarni service: ' Superintendoent, $3,200; as sistant, §2,000; foreman of construction, & per day; three oporators, $1.600; one' re pairer, §1; oue, $3.75; six, $3.25, and thres assistants, $2.75 per day, and one batiery man, 75 ver month. In addition to these ts the history gives detaiss of all fires, the loases and insurance, together with a mass of information of par ticular intercst to firemen, Itis haudsomely printed and coplously illustrated. Published by John P. Dale & ek 204 ) Hoston, - “Into- Morrocso,” * from the French of Pierre Loti, is an entertawing sketch of a country and people practically 400 years be hind the age we live in, The write scribes a trip overland from Tangie Fez and Mequinez, accompanied by the French minister-resident, 1t was & plungd’ from the civiliz teoth century. There aro no railrouds or elographs, The people have no knowledge. of -2 — the outside world and drag out a purposcless existence praying und robbing betimes, It is @ country where a white man 18 not wanted, and if he ventures far beyond Kuropean protection he pays the penalty with his life, The sultan re sides av Fez. Ho1s the last authentic de sceudant of Mohamet, crossed with Nubiun blood. He is the personitication ot ancient Islam, wnd by his paople is looked upon as the true successor of vho prophet. ‘‘His brown, parchment-like face,” says M. Loti, “*has regular and noble features; dull, ex pressioniess eyes: Qis expression 18 that of exceeaing meinncholy, & supreme lassitude. ‘ez, being the capital, s o type of all other citics. The average width of streets 1s less than four feot, In rainy weather the siime and filth is waist deop and none yenture out except on hovseback. With all the vileness of surroundings, the public health averagos with that of s modern community. Men and women wear vei's, and beneath these masks and the public prayors to Allab, can be found wickoduess and villawy, jealow and heart burnings, social crimes and oquetry, which flourish amoug the wmore civilized. I'ne puges of the book teem with delight ful descriptions of cily and country und peovle, with excollent aruwings. * Pub- 1shed by Welsh, Frackor & Co., Now Yori. o The ninth volume of the “American Stato Reports” has been issued by the Baueroft- Wiitney compavy, San Franeisco, It in- cludes the latest important decisio of the courts of lust resort of California, llinois, Tudisna, lowa, Kentucky, Maryland, M chusetts, Missouri, Norili Carolina, Penasyl- vaoia and Wisconsin, The letter' pross is superb. Copiois indexes are distinguishing features of the work. “Beneath Two Flugs” is the title of a vol- ume from the pen of the wife of Marshal Booth, commander of ths Amerioan division of the Salvation army. Marshal Booth is the son of tue founder sod comumander in-chief of the army. Mrs. Booth has been identified with the movement for eight years, sud s therefore qualified to write what is partly sn explanation and partly & vindication of this strange organization. The book bristles with interest, and is well calculuted to dissipate popular error in regard to a religious wove- ment which bas undeniably reached and res. cued many thousand people on whom the.. churchies seemed to have no hold. It cone llmnl twenty-one chapters aod eignt illustras 1ons. Published by Funk & Wagoalls, New Yorg.