Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 20, 1890, Page 4

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 20. 1890. THE DAILY BEE. ¥ . ROSEWATER, Rditor. FPUBLISHED BEVERY MORNING. TERMS OF 8UBSCRIPTION Daily and Sunday, One Year BIX Onth Three Months . Kunday Ibse, One Vear, Weekly oo, One Year with Premium. OFFICES, Omaha. Pee Building. Uhioago Omce, 567 Ko oker Now Serk. Hcoms 15 and 1s Tribuns - Building. Washington, No. 513 Fourteenth Street. Council lilufls, No, 12 Pearl Street. Eouth Omaha, Corner N and 25th Straets. CORRERPONDENCE. Allcommunications relating to news and edi- {orial inttet shouid ve addressed to the Edltor- “BUSINESS LETTERS. ATl business lettors and remittances shonld be nadressed to The Bee Publishing Company, Omaha. Drafts, checks and Postoffice orders to be mide payble to the order of the Company. Buiding. THE BEE ON THE TRAINS. There is no excuse for a failureto got Te Der on the trains. All newsdealers have been noti- fied to carr ply, ‘Travelers who want it on trains whers other carried are requested to pariicular to-give in_all cases tanl nas to date, rallvay and number of train, (iive 18 your name, not for publication or un- NACCO<SATY USC, DULAS & GUArAnEY Of good faith. THE DAILY BEE. Sworn Statement ot Circalation, Btate of Nebraska, [ unty of Dougiss. Tzschuck, secret Publishing Company, does soemuly unl elreulation of Tie lun\ fixe ot Tu Ber Baturdiy Average. GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK, Sworn to befora me and_subscribed to in my preseace this I5th day of February (1590, |8eal.] P, Notary . State of Nebraska, | ias. | fes. huck, betng duly sworn, de- T nm ho 18 secretary ot Tutk Bem that the actual avern dnily circalntion of TiE DALY e for the month af February, 188, 14 coplos; for Maroh, copies: for April, 1850, 18, 185, 18,65 copl Tor Moy, 18400 1600 Coptua: Tor June, 1865, s coples: copies; for August, R, tomber, 1880, 18710 7 coples for No- or Decom ber, 1859, 500, 1075 coples. B. T2 7 1660, 19,310 coples 20,008 coples! for January It Bworn to nefore me and subscribed 1 presnce ehis 14th day of February, &, b 1 15¢ tury Public. A measure of public safety the lighting of railroad crossings is a good one, but the city should not be taxed with the co: AMERICANS cannot consistently scourge Russia for applying the po litical knoutin Siberia while the hick- ory knout waves in West Virginia. THE state of Washington is the four- teenth republican state to cnact a bal- lot reform law. Meanwhile demo- cratic states are painfully backward in protecting the ballot box. I1 18 barely possible that a majority of the sinecure committee are affiicted with the coustitutional opposition which has become a marked feature of this “business prineiple in city affairs.” IN the first rush to the Dakota reser- vation the Indians secured several de- sirable townsites, which are now being sold ‘in acre lots tothe whites. The progress of the Sioux to civilization is not a matter of speculation. SENATOR BLAIR complains that the press agents do not telegraph his speeches throughout the country. The melancholy promoter of mendicancy forgets that the press doss not serve its patrons with warmed over dishes. THE BEE'S persistent hammering at the delay in settling the postoffice site bas produced good results. The an- nouncement. comes from Manderson sources thut the title has been per- fected, and that work on the plans will bogin in a few day. Tor official statement of the Union Pacific finances for the past year shows net earnings amounting to fourteen and & half millions. No wonder that the industries of the west are deprassed when they are compelled to pay tribute on millions of fictitious capital. * PrAT bonevolent and philanthropic orgavization known as the Indian Rights association might do some prac- | tical good by relieving the starving coudition of the Fon du Lac Indisuns. Talk is poor fodder for an Indian whose internal economy appeals for grub. A STATEMENT pmplra; by the di- rector of the mint shows that from March 1, 1878, to December 31, 1889, the . government cleared nearly sixty-two million doilars from the coinage of * silver—more than enough to make that ‘branch of the government self-sustain- lnx Smm— 'HON. JosEPH MEDILL of the Chicago Tribune expresses the belief that if Chauncey Depew could secure ‘‘the friendship of the grangers,” he would sweep the country for president in 1892. The grangers, however, are not quite ready to elevate a railroad presi- dent to the white house. Smm——— Tue Now York Sun declares that the metropolis is out of the race for the fair, and confesses that ‘“‘after New York there is but one place where there is uny prospect that so gigantic an affair can be accomplished, and that place is Chicago.” Now let Chicago con- cede that the Sun honestly *‘shines for wll}” and the planet will revolve on its mxis without a jar. er——— Now that the stampede to the Sioux reservation has flattened out, thore is nolonger sy danger of injuring the duterests of the speculators by telling she truth about the condition of the farmers. The South Dakota legistature honestly admits that destitution exists An many purts of the state and that state and county governments are powerless 10 rendor aid. Outside assistance is tberefore nocessary. It is uufortunate that the first active steps taken to ren- Jer effective assistance were checked by mercenary tradictions and de- mials, but there is yot time for tho char- itable to aid the farmers ia tiding over “heir wisfortunes. GRIEVANCES OF THE FARMERS. The farmers of this country have ample reasons for complaint. Consti- | tuting the largest single element of the population, whose industry is the basis of national prosperity and contributes vastly more tham any other to the wealth of the country, the agriculturat producers have never received the fair and just consideratioa t which they are entitled. While it has been the policy of the government to encourage the pursuit of agriculture by lib- eral homestead and other laws. very little care has beon taken to subserve and protect the interests and welfare of those who have engaged in agriculture. Our economic and financial legislation has for the most part been framed with little reference to the requirements of the largest body of producers. Great corporations, most of them existing by the favor of the government, have been allowed to grow up without any re- straint upon their power to plunder the farmer. Giant combinations to control the pro'uction and prices of necessities e permitted to live anc thrive, dividing annually enor- mous profits unjustly wrung from the peoplo. Nearly every form of taxation is 8o framed, or its application so per- verted, as to bear most heavily upon the owners of farms. While, for instance, the property of corporations valued ag tensof millions of dollars almost es- capes taxation the acres of the farmer are made to pay every cent of taxes that can be demanded under the la In nearly every way, in short, the farmers of the country are victimized and oppressed, aud the prospect is not altogether favorable for an awmelioration of their condition. Under such circumstances it is not sur- prising that they are restive and are everywhere manifesting a disposition to revolt against the existing state of affairs. It is their duty to make known their griovances and to sook a rem- edy. The agricultural producers of the country couid exort an irresistible in- fluence for the removal of the burdens that chiefly oppress them if they would organize to promote wise and practiceble legislation. But the difflcuity has beeu that they have gen- evally given too much attention to the advice of demagogues and divided and weakened their influence by advocating all sorts of visionary and impossible schemes. Such a proposal, for exam- ple, as that the government shall loan money to the farmer discredits the in- telligence of those who make 1t. That is not a function of government, and, if were, its operation could not be con- fined to the farmers. Hardly less ab- surd is the demand that the govern meunt shall incroase the tariff duties on farm products. Obviously a country that exports such products, and the price of which is fixed in a foreign market, would not benefit the producing in- dustry by tariff duties, however high. In what respect are the agricultural producers of the United States beue- fitted by the existing duties on their products? The idea of export bounties is another delusion which no intelligent farmer will entertain, As to the de- mand for increasing the supply of cur- rency, regardless of -tho legitimate wants of business, it is suf- ficient to say that if com- plicd with it could resultin only tem- porary relief, and that not of a real and substantial character. - All these expedieats and makeshifts would bring the farmer no permanent benefit, and the sooner he dismisses them from consideration the betwer it will be for him. Let the farmers or- ganize and unita upon the simple plat- form of a reduction of taxation and transportation and thoy may accomplish something practical and of lasting advantage to them. What they need is a fairer exchange of what they have to sell for what they must buy. The thing they need is that o bushel of wheat or corn shall buy more clothing, coal and lumber than it now can. This would be a substantial relief, saving to the whole body of farmers annually tens of millions of dollars, and it is practicable. For this demand they can count upon the support of a ma- jority of the people. A raduction of the rates of transportation is also press- ingly necessary for the betterment of the coundition of the farmers, and this likewise is practi- cable and within their power to accom- plish. There are hardly half a dozen states in the union in which the farmers may not enforce a demand for better transportation rates for their products it they witl unite and honestly make the effort to do so. A redress of the just grievances of the agricultural producers is demanded in the general interest. They them- selves can do a great deal to bring this about hy adopting an intelligent and practical course, and abandoning such visionary ana idle schemes as we have referred to. A NEW SILVER BILL. T'he finance committee of the United States senate is reported to have reached an agreement favorable to a measure authorizing the secrotary of the treas- ury to incrense the purchase of silver, store ivas bullion, and issue certificates onit. Itis to be inferred from this that the plan of Secretary Windom, embodied iu a bill already introduced, does not meet the approval of the sen- ato finance committee, except as to the cardinal policy of issuing notes against silver bullion. There has been manifested a very strong opposition to the proposal in the Windom plan to authorize the secretary of the treasury to suspeud the purchases of silver under certain eircumstances, on the ground that it would give too great a power to that official, whicn might be used either arbitearily or injudiciously to the injury of the silver producers and the public welfare. This feature of the plan, which is the most es- sential part of ity has been vigorously satagonized by the advo- cates, and has wet the disapproval also of the more conservative silver men, notwithstanding the restraining provision that the secretary could ex- ercise the authority proposed to be given him only'with the spproval of the president. Aunother objection urged against the Windom plan is that 1t would degrade silver to the position of a mere commodity, the silver mon rejecting the argument that thatis now practically its position. 1t would seem that thesc objections, the merit of which it is not here neces- sary to discuss, have had an jnfluence with the finance committee of the senate, and that while recognizing the soundness of the policy of issuing notes having a bullion security, the commit- teo will devise a measure to accomplish this free from the objections noted to the Windom plan. It will probably simply require the secretary of the troasury to purchase a given amount of silver bullion monthly, at t he mar- Kot value at the time of purchase, issu- ing in payment therelor treasury notes, and ng the secretary no dis- cretion in the matter. It is not improbable that such a bill would fix the sum that the treasury must buy monthly at four million dol- lars, which, if it be providad that only the product of this country shall be taken, would absorb nearly or quite ail in excess of what is annually used in the arts. In 1888 the silver production of the United States amounted in coining value to fifty-nine million dollars, and there was probably no material change from this last year. An enlarged demand from the government would doubtless re- sult in somewhat, increasing the production, but to what extent can only be a matter of conjecture. Assum- ing an annual production of silver to the value of sixty million dollars, and estimating that the amount of new sil- ver used annually in the arts and indus- tries is from six to eight million dol- lars, it will appear that 1f the govern- ment should purchase forty-eight mil- lion dollars’ worth annually there would be a very small yearly surplus of American silver. The reported agreement of the sen- ate finance committee is encouraging evidence of the growth of sentiment in congress favorable to the obvjously wise and prudent policy of employing siiver bullion as a note basis, instead of con- tinuing the expensive and ununccessary plan of coining silver dollars to be piled away in the vaults of the treasury. Whether the advocetes of free coinnge will be more favorable to the proposed senate bill than to the Windom meas- ure is problematical. They would be if they could be satistied with securing a suve market for the silver product of the coantry. > NO HALF-WAY REFORM. After three weeks of diligent search for supernumeraries and tax-eaters, the council committee on retrenchment has obtained leave to keep up its irquiries for two weeks longer. If we were sure that their report would be handed in by that time and the council would promptly act upon it and lop off all the deputies, assistants and clerks that are not absolutely needed for the proper transaction of the city’s business, the taxpayers might feel content. But it now looks very much as if tt e deldy asked for was simply to re- tain the barnacles on the city’s pay roll as long as possible or perhaps even tolet the whole spasm of reform and economy biow over. Whatever may be the }nas of mem- bers of the committee, its aim should be solely to infuse busi- ness methods into municipal affairs; to stop leaks and curb extravagance. There should be no half-way reform, no spite work and no favoritism. The du- ties of cach office should be clearly defined: the pay of each employe tixed and the number limited to the actaal wants of each department. The fast-and-loose methods which have heretofore provailed should not be tolerated. It is an cpen secret. that at least ten thousand dollars have been squandered during the past year in ve- taining high-salaried employes who have rendered little or no service. This money shouldbe saved to the tax- payers or expended on public improve- ments. A radical revision of the pay= rolls is now in order and nothing less will satisfy the tax-payers. Tug verdict of the ballot box last November has been the mezas of bring- ing the rbpublicans of Iowa to their senses. Pretension has had a fair trial and proved worse than a failure. The law in all Towa cities is literally a dead letter. Where it has been partially en- forced 1t has promoted strife and con- tention, checked prosperity and in- creased taxation. The people derived no appreciable benefit. The quaatity of liquor sold openly or privately has not materially decrcased. A system of espionage has grown up, under which constables and justices of questionable integrity have grown rich on fees and bribes extracted from violators of the law. The sen'ti- ment in favor of repeal is not confined to any one party. Republican leaders and papers voice the general feeling expressed at the polls. tion of anti-prohibition republicans has been formed and a state convention will s00n be heid to urge the republicans in the legislature to substitute local option and high license for prohibition. An interchange of opinions shows a strong sentiment iu favor of rigid regulation in the cities and prohibition in all com- munities where a mujority of the people demand it. Tuge industrial ‘development of the south promises to work a gradual revo- lution in the cotton aud iron industries of the north, Bo:h are moving irre- sistibly to the source of supply. The cost of shipping the raw product to the mills forms no small item of cost, and the mill which is nearest the product secures valuable advantages. This gravitation is conspicuous in the west- ward movement of the packing indus- try. A similar movement is noviceable among the cotton mlls towards the cot- ton fields, which will eventually de- prive New England of its greatest in- dustry, Alabama has already begun the shipment of iron to Pittsburg, virtually *“*carrying coals to Newcastle.” The event warks aun epoch in the pro- gress of the south, and demoastrates what can be done iun that country by energy aud capital, ee—— Tag ouly proper and profituble way to dispose of the garbage business is o lot the work to the highest bidder, An organiza-’ The absuréttyol creating a high sala- ried office, sgith a title a yard long, is apparent tol@hy honest member of the council. A ¥filhiry of twenty-five hundred a year is exynvagant folly, when hun- dreds of competant men would he only too glad 1o take ghe job for one hundred a montn, 1f this plan is adopted, the city must préovide horses and wagons, and employ'd small army of men, so that the foes will $oon bo absorbed by sine- cures. This ethod does not deserve serious consideration. Let the work be awarded the highest bidder, under rigid regulations as to fees and prompt service, Tur G. M. H. grows hilarious over thelatest news from Washington to the effect that the titie to the postoffice site is practically settled, It is to be hoped that no furthor reaction will be exper- ienced, It 1s an i1l wind that blows nobody good. IN reorganizing and vitalizing the board of health, care should be taken not to disturb the exhausting efforts of the pest house keeper in drawing his salary. An increase of his duties might prove fatal. ———— NOTWITHSTANDING the efforts of local pugilists to capture the prize waistband, the Missouri Pacific loco- motive continues w wear the Belt, while the pugs are nursing their bruises. —e TiE county commissioners should promptly supplement the state reward with a liberal sum and thus secure out- side co-operation in running down the perpetrator of an atrocious crime. I¥ THE city is to pay the liquor bills of the back door sleuths, the public de- mavd an itemized statement. The tax- payers have a right to demand the brand of the bottie. IT NOW transpires that the new hos- pital is not properly ventilated and we fear that half the crovkedness in the construction has yet to be ventilated. One Thing Kansas Needs. Alchison Globe, What Kansas needs is grasshoppers that will eat railroad commissions, S qugsE Mr. Bynam ana His Mouth, Tndtanapolis Journal, Before the campagn is over our Bynum will have wished that he had put his mouth in charge of a despot, —— The Condition That Confronts Him. Cliigago Tribun:. Governor Hill's health, 1t s said, is excel- lent. He was never in better condition. It is Governor Hill's condition, in fact, that chietly confronts Mr. Clevelaud. s The Bayrbons Must no‘ St. Louis Globe-Demozrat. Just now the sentiment throughout the country is much more favorable to the wip- ing out of the democratic party than to tho repeal of the fifteenth amendment. [ i Solid (for Himself, Phflddztyhia” Press, Ex-President. Cleveland bas interviewoed himself again on ballot reform, free trado aud Cleyeland;nued bas discoverad that he is solid for all three. “Thus nrain we see that Mr. Cleveland is considerably the most unanimous man in this country. S T he Pronibition Thirst, Leavemworth Sun, In order to learn something concerning the amountot whisky used in Kausas, the Sun caused an inquiry to he made at the cellect- or's office in iKansas City, Mo . and learned from the report'of the whoiesale liquor deal- ers filed in that office during the months of October, November and December, 1550,that. the wholesule Louses of that collechion ais- trict had shipped into Kausas 1,507 barrels of distilled spirits. When we remamber that Kansas City and other points in tho western district of Missouri contributed 470 barrels of whisky per mouth to quench the thirst of Kansas, and then remember that [llinois and Kentucky were likewise con- tributing in the sam direction in the “orig- inhl packuges”—barrels, and then in addi- tion to il that, take into accouat the “jug trade” and small packages pouring 1nto Kansas from all sources 1t is an easy matter to conjecture that the whisky famine is not and canuot be considered very serious m this state, Itis not an extravi that the whisky shipped into I{ansas 18 not less than 2,000 barrels ver month, Nebrask A cheese factory company is being organ- ized ut Niobrara. A local building and loan associaticn is to be orzanized at Clay Center. A brass band composed of fifteen pieces has boen organized at Clay Conter. Many cattle are being purchased by Fair- bury stockmen for feeding purposes. ‘The city well at Seward is now down 4v0 feet and a contract has been let 1o have it sunk 500 feet further. The men 1 the B. & M. shops at Platts- mouth are now working ten Lours a day in- stead of niue and u half. 1d, Reed, a former resident of Niobrara, fell betwoen the cars at Seattle, Wash,, re- cently and lost both loge. A stock company hos been formed at Wt- k10800 10 sink a shaft in the new gilver fields and work will soon be begun. An expert is now busily engaged in ex- amining the books of the Seward county officers for the past aixteen years. The Long Pine Bentinel has made its up- pearance with T, §, Heck as publisher, It will espouse the ,L;!le of democracy. ‘Washington's tnday will be celebrated at Oakdale by 8 wolf huat, to waich &ll the sports in Antelope county have been invited, The Beatrice ¢atmeal mill is running night and day o' order to supply the de- wand. Three ears of its product were shipped last weel. ‘The Nance Caunty Agricuitural associa- tion has been runrnmglud the name changed aod all the non-payf 7 s cikbolders dropped from the organization. William Betzer o team of horses tured at York, district court Ior d Fred Abbs, who stole ilford and were cap- :oen bound over to the The revival sorv] which have just closed at the Methodist copal church ut ‘I'able Rock resulted in gixty conversionsaad forty- three accessions Lo church. Two Hay Springs women have sued the local saloonkeepers for $5,000 damages for selling liguor to their husbands, thus render- lm them incapable of supporting thowr fam. il ‘Thurston connty is nnl.v eight months old count and is $10.000 iu aebt. lu u Inla!lbfll’nurhnldn‘ll‘ miles, éomprising sowe of the best Iulh .caused the water to rise 300 feet, are being made to remedy this condition of affairs and_money has beon subscribed to sond n delogation of representative Indinns to Washington to work for the passage of an actopening to settlement a_large portion of the Indian lands adjoning Pender. towa 1tems Over §6,000 have boen subscribed towards the Ottumwa cosl palace. For lack of patronage the Cass countyfair has been abandoned. The Methodists of Hansell havo just com- pleted a church costing $2,800 and free of debt. Burglars stole a toy bauk from the res- dence of [d. Groene at Bolie Plaine and se- cured over §100. Captain Amos Dilley, for many years county superii o sdent of schools, died ro- cently at s home at Adel. Active preparations are being made at Marshalitown for tho entertainment of the firemen who attend the state tournament. The Swedish Lutheran confererce of lowa consists of fifty-six congregations, twenty six mimsters and 15,000 church members. Severat Webster county farmers have boen swindled by signing alieged troe orders which turaed up in the shape of promissory notes, Hamilton o tonchie There are school age 2,708 males and inthe county. An old gentleman living at West Keokul, while carrying a Lghted lamp around his room the otber night was taken with on epiieptic fitand fell to the floor. The lamp was broken and the oil ran on the floor about the old man’s head aud took fire. The opvortune arrival of his daughter was the only thing that saved him from a horeible death. Ho was severely buruod. A sad case of attempted suicido comes from near Burlington. Kred Weis, a prosperous farmer, driven insane by the loss of his wife and two of his children by scarlet fever n short time ago, made three attempts to take his own life within the past weck. Ho took Poison on two occasions, but not in sufficient quantity to cause death, He then cut his throat with & razor. He was taken to Bur- lington, where he lies in the hospital, with some hopes of his recovery: His two re- maining children, who are also sick with the same diseaso, have been taken in chargo by tho Grayd Army of the Republio, of whioh hio was a mewber, fomales of The Coast and Northwest. A whole family at Walla Walla have becn adjudged insane and sent to the asylum, The Reno Gazette claims that the livo stock outlook m Nevada is not as bad as has been reporzed. George B. Henton & Co. eral merchandise at I have failed for $21,000, Potatoes aro worth 2 cents per pound at Medical Lake, Wash., and caunot always be had even at that price. ‘he Washiogton penitentiary at Walla Walla is fast filling up, batches of from fourteen to tweaty brisoniers. arriviag evory ew days. ral of the fugitive Montana demo- cratic senators are ju Poriland, Ore., and one or two are at Pendloton, awaiting de- velopments, _J. Giardini of Los Augeles, after remark- ing to his wife, I am a faithless husband and it is best I should die,” blew out his Vrains with a revolver. An effort is bei.g made to form a pioneer dealers nsvurg, in_gen- Wash., association at M:les City, Mont., to consist of all those who settled in Cust unty in advance of the rairoad. All vderfeet’ will be exeluded. A mountain slide near Dixon's #ar, Cal., completely dammed the Trinity river and sweeping away several houses.. The water then cut a new channel around the slide. Another vicum to Christian sciences is the d .child of Thomas Sinpson of Los “Avgeles, who died of cramps. The father refused the services of the physiciaus, relying on prayer for the cure of the child: He will probably be arrested, _ Wong Ah Hing, the Chinaman who was nunged recently at San Prancisco for the murder of his uncle, spent the night pre- vious to his execution playing poker ana singing comic songs. He walked to the scaffo d without a tremor and with a smile ou hus face. The daily ore yield of Comstock mines is now up to the usual average of 1,000 tons,ana by March 1 will exceed thut amount, suys the V ia, (Nev.), Chronicle. The bui- Lion product of that quantity of ore does not fall short of £20,000, aggregating $600,000 monthly, yield of the lode the cur- rent year is exprcted to exceed $8,000,000. 1f there is not n fortune to be made within a few years by raising hay, there isu'ta fortune In anything, says the Farmington (Wash.) Register. ~Last winter hay sold for £1250 per ton. This winter hay cau noi be bought for 82250, At the above prices or at a much less figure it will pay the furmer far better to turn all his attention to raising hay. William Kilgore, » mmer well known in White Pine and Eureka, Nev., was founa frozen to death on the roadside near Hristol, White Pine county, two weeks ago, * He was doing nssessment work at Hillside wsnd started to Bristol 1o get provisions, When found he was sitting down by a sagebrush and held a cedar branci 1n his hand as if at- Lempting to light o five. — BEN BUTLEK'S FAMOUS EYE, The Old General Has at Last Had the Deformity Removed. LowELL, Mass., Feb. 19.—|Special Tele- gram to ik Bre.]—Ben Butler has become weary of his famous eye. Yesteraay: he was operated upon by a surgeon who under- took to shorten the drooping or hanging eyelid with which General Butler hus al- ways been afilicted. v is the outer corner of the upper lid aud it covers the eyo so seriously as to 1nterfare with the general's vision, giving bim that pecaliar cast of countenance which has been magnified by the cartooniste. Tho general is How over seveuty and with the infirmities of age hes come o still further drooping of the afficted 1id, eausing coustant, irritation and render- ing the eye all but useless, An angsthetic ‘was administered, an incision made io the lid, and an elliptical section of it removed, ‘Then the edges of the cut were brought to- gether ana united by stitehes. The opera- tion will restore the lid to as near the nat- ural condition of such an organ s 1s possible. R Dynamite Guns for England. New Yogk, Feb. 19.—|Special Telegram to Tur Bee.]—It was learned yesterday at the oftices of the pneumatic dynamite gun com- pany that tne order of the British govern- went for fifty dynamite guns will not be given the company until a test is made at Shoeburyness of n gun soon to be shipped from here. An order for fifty picces was ro- cently reported by cable as having been formally made, and the oMcials of the com- pany are now waiting advices by mail. The Hritish government, it is said, however, has fully determined to adopt the dynamite gun 8 an auxiliary to coast defonses Kngland pronoses to erect similar bettaries in Iudia, ‘Australia and the West (ndies, The antici: pated order for fifty guus, it is believed, is only » commencement, and it is expected that before the year i over another ordor large, if not larger, will ba given for the me weapou. 0 doubt 18 expressed as Lo the coming test of the fifteeninch gun at Shoevuryness. The Prosperous Union Pacific. 1308TON, Mass., Feb. 10.—~The ofticial state- ment of the Union Pacific entire system for the twelve months ending Dacember 31, shows: Gross earnings, §30,714,000; increase, $621,000; exvenses, $25,016.000; increase, :5»&00\', net earsings, B4, GV&W increase, ————rv— Harrison's Regrets to Thurston, New Youx, Feb. 19.—President Harrison has written @ lettor to J, M. Thurston, pres- ideut of the republican club league, express- ing bis regret at not being able to accept the invitation to attend the annual conveation of the league at Nasbville, March 4, next. ————— Escaped Mur r Arrested. Burrixaroy, Ia., Feb. 19.—The Hawkeye speciel from Carthage, Ill., says Zach Wil #0n, who muraered Dr, McDonald in Han- cock county in 1855, 18 umder wrrest in Ar- kansas. He escaped from Mucomb jail while on trial. THE PROHIBITION POW-WOW Bongs and Spseches and Resound- ing Resolutions. AN UNJUST DISCRIMINATION. How Soath Omaha is Handioapped Burnett Farmors Talk — Im- proved Stook Rasers—ltoms From the Capitol. mandment Convention. Neb,, Feb, 19.—(Special to Tie Andy Huckins and o choir of good singers gave the initial excreise of the pro hibition wmendment convention which con- vened in this city this atternoon, and, as usual, tho singing proved o be hall the show. Some four hundied delogates from the four parts of tho state gathered at Bohan- an’s hall at the avpointed hour, and the song servico anparently lad to a live organization. Huckins and his _ehoir are something of an inspiration in this respect. “Our Noxt Campaign, Boys," to the tune of “‘Marchiug Through Georgia,” “Prohibition’s and kindred songs put tho various dele- gations in working humor, and after av im- pressive invocation, pronounced by Rev, I K. Tyson of Paimyra, Chairman Scott of Sutton, master of ceromonies, stated that the - object of the convention was not political in apy sense and that in tois it had boen misapprehended. “Tho grand and only object of the -conven- tion,” the speaker continued, “is the do- struction of the American saloon. We are not here to nominato a state ticket but to consider the best means of carrying the amendment in the ides of November, through the agency ©f the third party pro- nibitionisis of tho state.”” A storm of ap- plause groeted his closing seatence. A. G Wolfenberger then nominated C. E, Beat- loy of Butler county as temporary chairman of tho convention, which was promptly rati- fied by clection, Mr. Scott appointed Wolf- enberger and Huckins to escort him to the air. Mr. Bentley made a ringing speech, predicting a successful 1ssue at the polis by and through the agency of the so-cailed third party of the state. He cited the grand result in the Dakotas, but faltered a little when it came to referenco to lowa. Con- cluding, he thankea the convention for honors conferved and called for waiting pleasures. Dick Hawley of Lincoln and J. P. Heald of Osceola were nominated and elected sec- retaries, and Dick Hawley and A. Koberts of Lincoln, J. E. Hopper of Faefield, S. D. Fitchie of Weeving Water and Goorge Chris- tie of Garrison a committcoon credentials, Pending its report Huckins and s choir rendered a number of appropriate sougs, provoking repeated appluuse. Among the number who paid tribute to these really ex cellent exercises may be mentioned n num- ber of distinguished prohibitionists, v Samuel Diekie of Michigan, chairman of the national committee; Rev. George K. Vib bert of Boston, Prof. A. R. Cornwall ot South Dakota, J. R. Detwiler of Kansas, It. I Trevellick of Michigan, Charlos Watts of Omaha, Hon. A. M. Walling of Colfax and Mrs. Mary Hitcheock of Fremont. During a lull Mrs. King took the platform and made an appeal for the New Republic. “This meant *daddy dollars,” but a goodly number of them found their way to the desk of therepresentative of that paper, the official organ of the party in this state, Mr. Scott would not be partial and he made a like appeal for the Leader of Omaha and Editor Gibson was made measurably happy. In this connection subscriptions were asked for the State Journal and the Omaha Republi- can, wronicaily of cause, THE Bk was not forgotten. A voice from the audience cricd out, “What's the matter of ''ne Bee!" and *It's all right”’ came back with considerable mirth, George W, Wordby of Omaha was called for and responded with one of his character- istic speeches, Ho demouncea the salvon said the man addicted tothe drink habit was bound in chaius of slavery more dumaing than the institutions of per- sonal slavery. He promised a liberal colored vote for the amendment in Novem- ber. Deafening cheers followed his ad- dress. Colonel Crabb of York was next called and he took occasion w arraign foreigzners and foreign capital, that he asserted wero drifting 1to this country to sustain saloons and the drink habit. He denowmated such persons and such capital emissaries of the doyil, more dangerous to morals and the chuech (or Christianity) than all other in- struments of destruction combined. Mrs, King, Cantain Trevellick and others delivered spirited addresses. Eloquent, burning words fell from the lips of the dif* ferent speakers. King Alconol was ar- raigned us the demon of demons. He was charged with filling jails, peniteatiaries and almsbouses. He was charged with breaking the hearts of chiidren, mothers and wives. Rev. Jordan of Texas that if the liquor questions were soitled the race ques- tion would take care of itself, He scored the. republican and democratic statesmen who put the latter issue ahead of the forum. He illustrated by saying that a man when sick looked to his wife for treatment in the primary stages of his disease, culling a physician ouly when dangerously ill. 1f the patient proved to be beyond the skall of the wau of medicine he recommended the min- ister, und ay a consequence it became neces- sary to call the undertuker. In the pending issue, therefore, the speaker concluded the undertakers (proh iists) ought to be calied first to bury the primuary cause of political diseuse out of sight forever, Wolfenbarger was called ana made a stir~ ring appeal for the Now Republic. Conclud- ing, ho suggested that duriaw;the last ninety duyu of the campaign speakers should bom- bard the enemy's fortitications in every school house in the state. He further sug- geeted that on the 4th day of July the pro- bibitionists of the state should arrauge for 1,000 celebrations in villages, towns and cities and secure speakers whg did not w padlocked lips, The applauso that greeted the sugeestion leads to the opinion chat it will become the plan of campaign. At the conciusion of Wolfeubarger's sddress the committee on credentials reported forty-two counties of the state reprosentod. ‘The tom- porary organizalion was made permanent. A commitiee of mine was then uppointed on resolutions and a gommittee of thirieen on tho plan of work, after which adjournment wus takeo tll 'I.W this evening. Chairman Dicker held the rostrum for the evening service. Hobannan’s hall was fillea, This me: that from 1,000 to 1,500 people heard him, Toworrow will be de- voted to “wavs and means” for conducting tiie campaign, and Jobn P. St. John wili pronounce the benediction in the eveuning, A PERTINENT COMPLAINT, Corumsus, Plawe County, Neb,, Feb, 17. —To the Honorable Stut ourd of Tran portation, oln, Neb,--Gentlomen: A committee appointed by the Farmers’ union of Plutte and adjoinivg counties, in conven- tion wssembled on Saturday, February 15, it becomes our duty to call your uttention to the followang resolution adopted by them: Lesolved, 13y the Farmers’ union of Platte and adjoining counties that the attention of the Nebrasks staty board of transportation be called to the fact that the freight on a car load of stock from Columbus w0 South Omaha, a distance of ninety-three miles, is $20, while from Columbus to Chicago, » dis- tance of 590 miles, it is $50, and that said poard be requested to immediately take the propoer steps to right the matter of local rates in Nebraska, on o basis of justice to the stock raisers of this stute. ‘The rate on stock from Columbus to Chi- cago by the bundred in car loads lots, 25 cen istance to South Omaha being @ littie less than that to Chicago, the charge of $20 on @ thirty foot car o South Omaha, wiilch 18 our natural market for stock, is un- renson 1o and unjust, and should be righted Your body immedid) Please commu- n ate 10 us the earliest day on which you can meet us at Coluwvus. Very respact- Tally, 3. 8. FREEMAX, C. C. Baguuy, E. C WeLs, Comumittoe. BURNETT PARMERS TALK, tate board of lllnlpm‘uual received u- rou.muu nuunluun- duy : Busyswr, Nel 10; 18%0.—To the Btate Hoard ot 'I\‘llt tation, Lincoln, Neb.: Parsuant to & published notice of his leacy, obu M. Thi questiug » mesliug OB H‘-bruw“.:f\u oftizens and farmers of tho state for the pur pose of obtaining m goneral expression of sontimont in support of an effort now being made on the part of the governor and stats board of transportation 1 getting a rodue. tion of rates now charaed by wll ruads wiil iy the state, & large and onthusiastic num of farmers and citize: ally of Madis and Antelope ocount in Kiorstan | « hall, Saturday, Fobruary 8 at2p. m. Thy meetine being duly organized, o goneral ox prossion of views were freoly indulged i Short _speeches were mudo by centralizing in a general co was the imperative dut, of all affected to Join in a general expression of sentiment t be set forth in a series of resolutions, which were presented by acommittee of nine a8 follows: Whereas, The state of Nebraska furnistns a8 good natural fucilities for the construction of railronds as the state of lown, or that of any other state within the nation; and, Whereas, Tho state of Nobraska is purcly an agricultural state, and its proatots cliolly consist of thoso stapies grown by farmers in the main; and, Whieroas, 1t'is found by the ofisial states monta that'the products of the farms of N braska are charged from 50 to 830 per cent highor ratos than those of Towa, for tha samo service rondored; therofore, bo it Resolved, That we, the citizens of nett, and the farmera of the country tary thereto, fully appreciato the being made not only by his excellency, Johu M. Thayer, governor of the state, und nls by the state board of transportation in the efforts to procure such rates from the va: ous railroads within the state as wiil securo a speody movement of all surplus erops now waiting proper facilitios of distribution, aud socuro to the farmors of the state a just componsation for their services in produ said crops; and bo it fartoer Resolved, That we demuand such rates ea tablished on all roads within the state of No- braska as are now the schedule rates estab- lished in the state of lowa for the same scr vices rendored. Resolved, That we demand tho rapenl or a material modification of the interstate con: merce law governing the long und short huul claase to that extoat that the farmers of Nebraska will bo placed upon the same footing s those of other states. C. E. Buessmaw, Chairman CRICAGU LIVE §TOUK EXCHANGE Governor Thayer received the follow ing resolutions today : The Orric 3 Y Auns, CHICAGO, F John M. Thayer veras vincoln, Ne 1 have the hoaor to tiand you herewith copy of a resolution adopted at a meeting of the executive com- mittee of the exchange, held the Sth inst. Bur tribu 0rts now BTOCK s Excellency, of Nebraska, C ccrotary. Whereas, The cattle interests of the north anda south require concerted action among all parties interestod, producers, consumers, feeders, exporters, railroad companics, stock yard companies and commission merchants: Whereas, Such a result will have to be obtained 1. By comnion and fiy and Whoreas, Tho schieduled, districts ss es- tablisued by the United States g t and the districts ostablished by sove:al of tho wovernors of difforent states differ from each other, it is the sense of the National Live Stock exchange that the north lime of the scheduled districts should be established by the United States government av the south line of Kansus, aud that all cattio grazed south of syid line, even if loaded in as north of the south line, shall bs con siderod us coming from such scheduled distric 2. By requiring all railroad companies transporting cattle from such scheduied dis- trict, “during the infection season,” to set aside a portiou of their feed yards for the exclusive use ot the cuttle fromsaid district, on route to the differant markets. d infection lines, 8. The stock yara companies to set aside o section of these yards for the exclusive uso of cattle coming to markot from the sched- uled district, duriug the infection season. 4. ‘Chat the railroad companies be required 10 cleanse and disinfect fall their cars, deliv- cring cuttle from the scheduled districts, “at terminal points” to tho mariets boefore al- lowing them to bo_ reloaded with stock, aud wo recommend that such disinfection be done under the direct supervision of the locil live !lOLk exchanges, by o United States officer, : buregu of animal industr beforo thie cirsloave tho stock yaras, [ ordur to secure uniform service and ‘proper disin- fection. We beliove that if this is carried out under proper inspection that it will practically do away with the danger of splenic fover. IMPROVED L1 0CK MEN The attendauce at the morning_and after- noon sossions of the lmproved Live Sto:x assoviut.on was very satisfactory to thote most interested. President Bartow of the Hereford assoviation delivered the openiu address, waich was.both spirited and inter- esting. ' C. H. Elmendort followed with an iterosting paper on Herefords and J. W. Eaton with a paper on Shorthorns. ~Georeo 1. French's **Notions on Breeaing” ard O. Campton on “The Jersey Cow 1n Nebrasi: induced animatea ana practical discussion, The excrcises of the morning sossiou were closed by H. C. Palmer, who gave a sug- gostive talk on the subjoct of *“Holstoin tle. 0. O. Hefter, president of the Draft Horse association, opened the afternoon session with an address on the subject of onoral Adyancement of the Drafv Horse Interest in Nebraska. Interesting papors foliowed by, A. L. Sullivan, R. O, Adams and others, Discussions on the various papors were timely, and the interest manifested liy buspeaks a bright future for tho iation iu this state, ure of the evening session was the addresses of Dr, Frank Billings and Lrofs, Hessey and Hicks. Billings aiscussed the subject of **P'he 13est Manaer of Conducting the Stuay of Aniwal Diseases.” CAPITOL JOTTINGS. Auditor Benton und Commissioner Stoou went to Grand Island today 10 attend tho Grand Army encawmpment. “Quite well,"” rosponded GGovernor Thayer this morning {u suswer to a query regarding his heultn, **The grivpe has lot uv sufti- ciently to warraut my atiending tho eacamp- ment at Graud Island aud I leave for that portation has been postponed one week. stead of tomorrow it will bo heid ono week from tomorrow. It is given out that the postponement is due to the encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic at Grand island, which commenced wday. bers of tho board concur in the statement that the step is o courtesy“due to Nebraska veterans. Positively cured these Littlo Pills, TORPID LIVER. regulate the Bowels. Purely Vegetable. SMALL PILL, SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRICE, LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. 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