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

9 1 THE OMAHA DAILY BER: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 25. 1890. THE DAILY BEE i B. ROSEWATER, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Daily and Sunday, One Year Elx months Mhre s Kunda , Unie Yea Weekly liee, One Yoar with Preminm, OFFICE ding. £10 0 0 Omaha, Ree Bu Chicago Oftice, 7 Ho oke New Y ork, Rooms 1§ an¢ Washington, No, 613 Fourteonth Street Conncil itluiis, No. 12 Pearl Street. Eouth Omaba, Corner N and 2ith Stroets, lding. ) Tribuna Bullding. CORRESPONDENCE, iications relating to news and edi- er shoiild be addressed to tne Editor- aent. HUSINESS [ All business Iotters and e addressed 10 The Bee Publishing Com Omnha. Drafts, checks and Postoffics 10 be made payable to the order of the Company, The Bee Pablishing Company, Proprietors. Tk Buildine Farnam andSeventeonth Streots Al comr toriunl m 1ul ey TERS. mittances should on the trains. fied to carry a full supply, I Wk BLE and can't get it on teaing whora other Omaha papers are carried are requested to notify T ek Plonse be particular to give in all cases fnll fntormation as tu date, rallway and number of tratn All new i THE D‘ILY BEE. £worn Statement ot Circulation. Ftato of Nebraska, Lant junty of Douglas. (% coign B, Tzchuck, secretary of THE Bem yublishing Company, does solemnly swear that the actual circulation of THE DALY BER for the woek ending Febraary 22, 1800, was as followa: Sunday, Feb. 16 ...... B Nonday, keb. 17 Eaturday, Feb. AVOrnge...is oiiiies ..19.800 GEORGE B. TZSCHUCK. Bworn to before me and_subscribed to lnw presence this 224 day of February, A, . 180. |Seal.] N.'P, FEIL. Notary Pubiic. Ftate of Nebraska, Conaty of Doglas, {5 Georgn 1B, iuck, being duly sworn, de- posen and saya that ho 18 secretary of THE BEr Puplishing Company, that the actual average dmily circulation of THE DAILY BEE for the month of February, 1889, was 18,006 coples; for opless for Apcil, 0, 1k ay, 1850, 18,600 coples; for June, 1889, for July, 1580, 18,738 coples; for Aug- . K051 enple i for October, ), 1% 310 coples: 20,048 coples; for January, 3 GEORGE B. Tzscnuc Sworn to pefore me and subscribad in my r nce this 14th day of February, A, D.. 180, Roal.] P. Fein, Notury Public, DEMOCRATIC congressmen are nced- lessly alarmed over the fate of the sur- plus. —_— hoard of education might lop off rnacles on its pay roll without 1z the vitality of the system. Tne some L cudange ik great bulwark of prohibition in Townand Kansas is the enthusiastic army of constables and attorueys, who fatten on fees ond confiscations. 5 WiuAT has become of the projected market house which is as' much needed here in the interestof manufacturers as it is in the interest of workingmen? STATISTICS of bank clearings, real estate sales and building permits taken out are largely in excess of the corre- sponding period last year. The pros- pect for a busy building season was never more promising. DIANS are displeased because the British extradition treaty was not drafted to suit their tastes. The descruc- tion of the dominion as a depository of American boodle seems to have struck Caundians in a tender spot, THE settlement of the Behring straits difficulty will destroy the usefulness of the poncher and confirm the govern- ment’s exclusive right to the soul fish- eries. If that be *‘jingoism,” the coun- try can stand a groat deal of it. e IowA democrats are excusabie for 1g- noring Jeffersonian simplicity in pre- paring for the coming inaugural, A party which has not had oceasion to en- thuse for thirty-five years can be for- given for indulging in a lurid frolic. Tur Alton edition of Blackstone promises to become a classic of modorn railrond management. With singular unanimity all managers agree with Mr. Bilackstone that the suffering railroads are governed 100 muc THERE appears to be alarge sized durkey in the waterworks woodpile 1n Donver. If one-half what the papers charge is true, Denver aldermen will realize handsomely if the charter pusses. * Like the contest in Omaha ten years ago, the mayor is the stumbiing block, his signature being essential to success, [t is not often that a man is tondered ten thousand dollars for a plain every day autograph, but Den- ver’s mayor values his John Huancock above the dross of the world. Mean- while the Doctor Cushings are laying pipes at an amazing rate in the polit- acul highways and by ways. | ——————— THE disastrous explosion of a boiler 4n the Armour packing house was not due to the negligence of the manage- ment or employes. An examinatiou of the wreck shows that the boiler was de- fective in tensile strength, although it had stood the test of the expert ex- aminers within a few months. Boiler explosions are so rave nowadays that ‘when one does occur the tirst impulse is to charge the firerann and engiveer with neglect of duty. In the present instunce the responsibility rests on the manufacturer, Faulty iron and poor workmanship were the immediate cause of the distressing calamity S—— THE president’s order relensing Pri- wvate Wild from the military prison at Fort Snelling will creste a commotion among that class of army officers who im- Bgine that the common soldier is a men- fal provided for their personal comfort. Private Wild’s offense was his refusal to perform certain manual labor. An officer struck bim down, ordered him before a court-martial, of which he was judge advocate, and this court sen- twenced him to dishonorable discharge, loss of pay, and allowauces, and oue year’s imprisonment. The president #ud secretary of war unite in pronounc- ing the sentence a8 excessive and !Im conviction us unjust. The order is a sigoificant reproof to overbearing mar- tinets, and an assurance to soidiersthat they will be protected from malicious prosecution, CHICAGO'S VICTORY. The vote yesterday in the houso of representatives on the selection of a | place for holding the world’s fair that 18 to commemorate the discovery of America resulted in favor of Chicago on the eighth ballot. The whole country, and particularly the great west, is to be heartily con- gratulated upon this result. It is a wise and merited recognition of the most liberal, public-spir- ited, enterprmsing and progressive city in the United States. It is a proper and just concession to the superior claims of the section of the na- tion which is contributing most largely to the wealth and prosperity of the country, It worthily honors the energ: generosity and patriotism which Ch cago has displayed in the contest for the fair. If concurred in by the senate it assures the completion of every prep- aration for opening the exhibition at the appointed time, and a dis- play, so far at loast as the products and manufactures of this coun- try are concerned, of unprecedented magnificence. Tt will assure, also, the financial success of the enterprise. What are the probable chances of Chicago in the senate? Forty-two votes may be required in that body, though not necessarily. Thirty-two may be regardeda as certain, from the following states: Ohio, Michi- gan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, Minnesota, North Dakota, South Da- kota, Washington, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Colorado, California, Nevada and Oregon. With such a support it is hardly possible that Chicago can fail in the sonate, and it would scem entirely safe to predict that the Columbus world’s fair will be held in the western metropolis. ANOTHER DIPLOMATIC SUCCESS. The present administration has al- ready mwade a record for successful diplomatic negotiations which will give 1t honorable distinction in the history of the country. The agreement en- tered into with'Germany and England regarding Samoa is conceded by all fair-minded men to have been a most creditable victory for this country, se- curing to us every right in Samoa to which. we laid claim and proviaing the most ample guarantee against any future controversy regarding those islands between the powers to the agreement. The arrangement of a new extradition treaty with Great Britain, free from the objectionable features which the minister to England under the previous administration said that government would insist on as a condition to entering into a new agree- ment, was another notable success to the credit of the present head of the state department. It is now reported that Secretary Bluine and the British minister at Washington have come to an amicable agreement upon the Behring sea fishery controversy. The nature - of the agreement is of course not made publie, but suf- ficient is learned to warrant the state- ment that our government has made no surrendor that will permit foreigners to devastate the seal fishery portions of Behring sea to which this country has a rightful claim, What was expected to be u prolonged aud perhaps ascri- monious controversy, sharpened and intensified from time to time by inci- dents of aggression on the part of depre- dators in the fishing waters over which the United States claims jurisdiction, appears to be in fair way of quiet and honorable settlement. The fact that negotiations were in progress was gonerally understood, but the country has heard none of the sensational talk about it that marked most of the ne- gotiations under Mr. Blaine’s prede- cessor. Those people who professed to fear that the policy of the present secretary of state would be one tending to con- stantly irritate foreign powers and to threaten the peaceful relations between the United States and other nations can now see how utterly mistaken they were in their estimate of M. Blaine. Certainly no other secretary of state in the history of the country showed a highor sense of the dignity and respousibilitiess of the po- sition, and there has heen mo single instance in which Mr. Blaine has manifested the slightest spirit of that . jingoism with which his enemies have charged him. While firmly insisting upon every reasonable right of this country, he has impressed foreign governments with the sincerity of his desire to effect asettlement of con- troversics fairly and honorably, and the Wholesome influence of this impression is shown in the results. There has been no display of diplomatic verbos- ¥, no bidding for popular applause, but negotiations have gone forward quiety and seriously, as befits a great government. The commendable course of the pres- ent administration with respect to in- teenational affairs has won the respect and confidence of other nations, and made stronger the bonds of friendship between the United States and the countries of the world. Iv has taught our own people, also, that while every right of the country and its citizens will be carefully guarded by this ad- ministration, there is no danger that anything will be done to disturb the ceful relations with other nations h itis our inclination and interest to maintain and cultivate, CONTROL OF RAILROADS, Nothing has recently emanated from a railroad source more interesting and suggestive than the annual report of Mr. Blackstone, president of the Chicago & #Alton road.es For the firs tme i the history of American rail- roads the head of a great railway sug- gests that the pational goverument shall acquire the ownership of all the vailvonds in tne United States by the exercise of its right of eminent domain or by purchase. The general views of Mr, Blackstone regadding the out- look for the railroads, may appear somewhat pessimistic, and hence the process of reasoning by which he reaches the conclusiou that it would be desirable for the governmeut to as- sume the owuership of the railroads is not so complete and conelusive as it is possible to make au argument in be- half of this policy. The presideut of the Alton would apply his remoedy oniy in the event of a continuance of the course respecting. the rnilroads which the state And federal governments are now pursuing; that is, regulat- ing the corporations by national and state laws. It is to this that the president of the Alwon obviously at- tributes what he regardsas the unfortu- nate present situation and future out- look of the railroads, and he leaves it to be inferred that if this course were abandoned the railroads could take care of themselves. He would seem, how- over, not to be at all hopeful that this will happen. Very naturally, doubtless, President Blackstone reasons wholly from the rail- road point of view. Looking atthe fig ures which he presents as representing the reduced value of the railsoad prop- erty of the country, and assuming that ihe value of this property is stitl declin- ing, he is solicitous only to rescue it from further depreciation. But there is a broader view to be taken of the exped- iency of the government assuming the ownership and control of the railronds of the country which takes into account the interests and welfare of the people as of first and highest imvortance. The experiment of government regulation of interstate railroads has by no means failed, but it has been productive of less benefit to the peovle than was hoped for, largely for the reason that there are railroad systems which it can- not reach, but which yet are intimatel. connected with the general systems, There is no remedy for this within the authority of congress, and it has not thus far been found practicable for the statos, logislating with regard to_the railroads over which they have control, to remove the diffculties incident to the existence of two systems under separate jurisdictions. The government ownership of rail- roads would do away with this compli- cation and end all the troubles that grow out of it. Rates of transportation would then be fixed with reference to a fair and reasonable return upon the capital invested in the roads, and they would have the important quality of stabili It would seem inevitable that sooner or later this must become the policy of the country, demanded by the general popular sentiment as absolutely vecessary to the . secarity and protection of the public inter- ests from the exactions and tyranny of the railroads on the one hand, and from the unsettling effects of almost conti ual conflicts on the other. Lt may take some time to overcome the irrational fears of those who profess 1o see danger to our institutions in vhus adding to the functions of the government, but ex- perience is rapidly educating the popu- lar sentiment in this direction as the only solution of a very perplexing prob- lem. Kither the country must ulti- mately submit to a monster railroad trust so powerful as to control the gov- ernment, or the railronds must become the property of the government and be managed under the national authority. A RELIABLE SUPPLY WANIED. One of the ‘“‘new beginners” in brick making tried to take ‘'ME BEE to task the other day at the Builders'exchange for asserting that brick is not made here in sufficient quantity, and that the price is still too high. There is no doubt that men with very small means and borrowed capital cannot manufac- ture briclt in Omaha profitably at five dollars a thousand, but that does not signify that men who have abundant capital and modern machinery could not operate in Omaha successfully with brick at five dollars a thousand. The fact is that low rates mean in- creased demand. Omaha has passed the period of temporary tenements and frame tinder boxes. She ought to build solidly in brick, stone and iron, The workingmen in Omaha as well as the capitalists should be housed in brick buildings. With an abundant supply of brick a% low rates our ecity will soon excel Kansas City and St. Paul in substantial appearance. Real estate values are always higher in a city built of brick and stone. It stands to reason that in- vestors are influenced by appearances, and their confidence is strengthened by the substantiality of residences, as well as store houses and public buildings. What Omaha needs now.above all things, are extensive brick manufactur- ing establishments with capital enough to accumulate a large supply of brick and meet the heaviest demand at all times. Until such concerns are lo- cuted here architects and contractors will be unable to muke close estimates upon the cost of brick buildings. is practical agreement be- tween Bishop Newman and Cardinal Gibbons regarding the best method for solving the negro problem. ‘The former suggests that the solution is to be found 1u educating the negroes; the latter thinks it is ip christianizing them, Ed- ucation and christianization should go hand-in-hand, so that these two distin- guished representatives of the Metho- dist Episcopal and Catholic churches are in accord as to the best way of deal- ing with the negro question. Bishop Newman is right in another respect, namely, that it is a mistake for the negroes to organize such political asso- ciations us the Afro-American league. There should be no preservation of race distinctions, says the bishop, and the negroes should be the last to attempt to perpetunte such o distinetion. As we have heretofore said, the remedy for the abuses and outrages, political and otherwise, of which the colored citizens complain, will not be obtaiuned through sepurate political organization. The negro must make himself felt and recog- nized s an element of the two great parties, and he must establish his claim to regard by demonstrating his capacity for the duties and responsibilities of citizenship. Theadvice of such sincere friends of the negro as Bishop Newman and Cardinal Gibbons should not be lost upon him. — UNDER the authority of the December clection returns, the board of education will issue over two bundred thousand dollars in bouds for the erection of new school bmldings. The liberality and coofidence of the voers, however, must not be abused,ms it hus been in the past. The money dertted from the sale of the bonds must e devoted exclusively to purposes for which it was voted. Any attempt to diyept the proceeds will -be promptly checked. The vast sum at the disposal of the board this year, ag- gregating sixhundred thousand dollars, demands thes exercise of prudent busi- ness managerhert, so as to give the city the greatest 'possible benefit for tho money expended. THE attack 0n the management of the Armour-Cudahy packing house for re- fusing to dance attendance on certain newspaper 1epresentatives is unjust and idwtic. While the lives of employes were in peril,and cries for help coming from the ruins, it could hardly be ex- pected that work should cease at the command of a lovdly reporter. The fact is that the management afforded every reasonable facility to gentle- manly reporters to obtain the details of the disaster, but declined to permit a cross-examination of employes, whose time was taken up in the more 1mport- ant work of searching the ruins, Columbus Manhattan Now. Philatelphia Record, Lot us hear no moro of plain Ciauncey M. Depew. Heroafter his titlo will read Colum- bus Manhattan Depew. ¢ - An Apt Pupil. St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Florida nppears to be aaxious to attract at- tention by imitating Mississippi in the mat- ter of killing foderal officers who undertake to enforce the la —— The New Amsterdam Way, Chicago Tribune. “‘Levs play World's Fair!” Chicago says, Hold on, there!" says New Yor “You let me win and D'l go in— WIf not, 'l act the pork.” Sepr g e Kate's Appeal for the Yosemite. Boston Globe, Editor Kate Ficld makes a spirited appeal in her new and sprightly Washington paper for the preservation of the beautiful Yose- mite valley, Sonator Stanford is called upon by Miss Field to tako tho lead 1n arousing the state of California to its duty in this mat- ter, which 15 of national importance. PRI B G A The West and Senator Allison. St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Mr. Allison is one of the ablest and worth- 1est of American statesmen, and his dofeat would be a serious loss to nis state and his party. Wedo not believo that ho will be beaten, but if defeat suould come it will be received throughout the country as a formal and emphatic protest by an important ele- ment of the republicans of the westorn states against any aud all advances in cus- toms duties. Sgnd BV STATE JOTTINGS. Nebrask . ‘There are nine tointies in the state with- out railroads. The York board of trade holds its anaual meeting March 16, McCook citizens propose to have a sower- age system this summer. A branch of the W. O, T. U. is to be or- ganized by the ladies of Western. “The Young Men’s Christian association at Ashland now has fifty-one members. Both elevators at Verdon are full of corn and no cars can be secured to move it. The new library. building of the Peru nor- mal school is completed and ready for use. A furniture factory and planmg mitl 1 to be started at Plattsmouth about March 1. The business.nen of Haywood have or- ganized for the purpose of advertising tho town. The new Knights of Pythias hall at Hebron has been comploted und is now oc- cupied. Thero is a beaver dam within a mile of Madison and a beuver was trapped there ro- cently.| @ The farmers’ institute held last week at Columbus was & great success and more will be held. A party of boys from New York city will arrive at Hebron March 28 to find homes with farmers, Rev. A, W. Henry preached his farewell sermon as pastor of the Christian church at Falls City Sunday. & The Madison county farmers' alliance will hold a convention at Madison on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. The Washington's birthday supper given by the Madison Woman's Relief corps was attended oy over three hundred people. Thomas Kinnan, a Madison county farmer, sustained a multiple fracture of the leg by having his foot caught in the pole used to break down corn stalks. Four Fairbury boys, runging in age from eleven to fourteen years, were sentenced to jnil for terms rauging from twenty to thirty uys for malicious mischief in the shape of breaking window lights out of houscs. The Fairbury butter and eggs company has been closed up by the sberiif, They re- ceatly shipped o cargo of oggs to Montana. En route the oggs were frozen, entuiling a loss of wome 4,000, wnich = completely wrecked the firm. An Ashland man has inyented a tricycle for a legless cripple which is very ingenious, “The scut rests on a pivot, to Wwhich is at- tached the steering apparatus, enabling him to guide it with his body, whilst his arms furnish the motor power. A family at Carloon named Kumpfer has been afllicted for some time with & strange disease, supposed Lo have been caused by eating pork, Some of the meat of which the aiflicted had been eating was sent 10 St. Joseph for analysis, und found o contain trichinae. A movement 18 on foot at Friend to pur- chase u piece of artillery for the use of the town and the Graud Army of the Republic. Arraugements are already peing made for the couaty reunion to be held there and it is the intention o have one of the best sham Dattles ever scen outside of a state re- union, . ‘The Nickell damage suit against the St. Joe & Grand island railroad hus been com- promised by the company paying the admin- istrator §2,000. Niokeil fell lnto some sul- phurio acid which theicompany had allowed W callect on its depet platform at Steele City, Neb., about u year ago, resulting in such serious injury thut he died. The Tecumseh Jgurpal has just discovered thut Albert Kdwards, ‘liviog near Elk Creok, is bald and that his' baldness was caused by being scalped by Indidns while fighting on the plains many “yeurs ago. He exhibited the scars to the editorand told of tho severe torture he was subjected to by the red fiends 10 uscertain il be way really dead. They stuck speara inte the bottom of his feet. yet he withstood the ordéal and is Bow enjoying reasouably good health, Lar lowa, Lteins. A big wolf hunt s oo the tapis in Henry county. " Muscatine has & mad dog scare of large Proportions.; y o0 There are twenty-one divorce cases .pend- ing in Mubhaska county. The Governor's Grays of Dubuque will at- tend Governor H0ies’ lusugaration, Jumes Kuox of Flagler has been chosen to represent the miners of the state i the leislature, where e will urge the adoption of the measures formulated al the recent miners’ convention in Oskaloosa. Jasper Bell of Warren county has been taken to the Fort Madisoa peaitentiary to serve s Lwo years' seatence for sedauction. His cuse was appealed Lo the supreme court on Janusry 15, 1586, four years ago. ‘The ladies of Toledo have organized an as- sociation called the “Western College Ke- building association,” and pledged $5,000 toward the rebuildirg of the beautiful col- lege bullding burned on Christmas nignt. The sheriff of Webster counly has ar- rested two of Harrison Rice's sons at their bowme iu Clay towaship vi a charge of sloal- ing jéwelry and beating hotel bills. Both aro nephow of the Tamous Rainsbargers, who terrorized the peopio of this county for 80 long, and are part of the organized gang who were with the Rainsbarger The rear end of an _extra freignt on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad loft the track on a bridge near Waucoma, the ca- boose striking bottom aide up in a gulch twenty-five feot below, injuring the condue- tor and a cattloman named Ellwood seriously and another cattleman shightly. The causo of the accident was a broken rail wnd fast running. Anton Bleisch, a farmer about five miles ‘west of Britt, poured gasoline from a can into his cook stove to start up a fire, Thoigas exploded, covering kim with flames. He jumped through a window and screamed for help. His fathor, who was atthe barn, brought water and extinguished the flames. He was 80 terribly burned that he died Fri- day morning. The safe in the O'Brien county bank at Sanborn has a time-lock attachment. It has been in successful operation for ten years, but the other day the machinery was neglected and the “clock” stopped, with the apparatus safely locked up on the inside. An electric battery was procured and the wires attached, Instantly the works started and when the proper time arrived the safe swung open. LINCOLN'S ORATION, Rooted in the Memory of Man it Wiil Live Korever. United States Distriot Attorney A. W. Tenney of Brooklyu delivered one of his characteristic brilliant speeches at the Lincoln birthday dinner given by Lafayette camp No. 140, Sons of Vet- erans, in celebration of tho birthday of the martyr president. General Sher- man, General O. O. Howard and Ad- miral Bratne were among those pres- ent. says the Eagle. Colonel Clarkson presided and called upon General Sherman to respond to the toast “Our Country.” The grim old veteran was in excellent humor, and he made the boys feel happy by telling them that they would undoubtedly make as good soldiers as their fathers had been. ‘‘Justice and mercy,” said Gen- eral Sherman, “are two things which come from heaven, but the sword is man’s symbol of authority on earth, which makes good mercy on the one hand and justice on the other. General O. O. Heward spoke of the army and navy. Colonel Clarkson then called upon the principal speaker of the evening, Asa V. Tenney, to respond to the toast “Abraham Lincoln.” Mr. Tenney was ved with great applause and his h waa frequently interrupted with shouts of approbation from his auditors. Among other things he said: Mr. Lincoln was intensely American. He believed in government by the peo- ple and for the peopl He had no sympathy with class distinctions or with an aristocracy that came by chance or had its root in spoliation and carnage. He believed not in the birthright of kings, butin the unalienable rights of the people. He believed that every man should own himself and enjoy the fruits of his hands and brain. ~He be- lieved that in the scales of citizenship loyally weighed more than disloyalty, He believed, too, in the union of states, in the sovereignty of the people and in the absolute power of the nation to save itself. And acting upon this belief in the crucial period of the republic he turned slayes into men and men into soldiers, and declared that this nation should be saved inside the constitution, if pos- sible, ou‘side of it if necessary. His theory was to save the nation first and take care of parchinents afterward. And acting upon this theory he saved the nation. As an orator Mr. Lincoln had few equals, no superiors. And yet ho was educated not in the schools, but in the cubin. He knew nothing of vhe rules of rhetoric or the “gonius of gesture.” He was na- ture’s orator—heaven born, His words, pure and simple. came from his heart and found an echo on his lips. On No- vember 14, 1863, two orators met on the memorable field of Gettysburg. Both were masters and matchless in their way. One was gifted in oratory, learned in schools and from the books, the other was skilled in the “‘witchery of speech’’ as gathered from the river, the forest and plain, Both spoke. The spegch of one lies dumb and meaningless, un- read and unremembered, while the speech of the other, rooted in the mem- ory of man, and off repeated will live with the literature of the race, grow- ing grander and sweeter in pathos and in beauty as the years shall gather around and about 1t. One was a brain effort, the other was a heart effort. One spoke words that were heard, the other words that were felt. One was art the other was gemwus. One was Edward Everett, the gifted scholar of New England, the other was Abraham Lincoln, the gifted railsplitter of the west, AFRALD TO S 1ELE HIS MOTHER, A Young Man Suicides Rather Than Disclose His Marriage. SYRACUSE, N. Y. b, 24.—[Special ‘Tele- gram to Tug Bee. | —John H.Browne, at one time clerk in the Canadian parliument, com- wmitted suicide in his room at the Wells bouse yesterday. His body was found lying upon the floor of his apartment by a cham- bermaid late in the afternoon. An empty phial which bad contained morphine was tightly clutched in his left hand and ex- plained the cause of death. Browne's death revealed a romantic mar riage, the knowledge of which hus been care- fully guarded from his family. His mother and sister lLwve at “The Grove,” on the Canadisn side of Niagara falls, The mother is very wealthy, and Browne was an only son. Two years ago & beautiful English girl was tuken into the family as maid. Browne became infatuated with the girl, and she grew to entertain & warm friendship for him. His mother discovered the atiach- ment, and warned him it ho married the girl e would not only close the doors against them both, but would disinherit him at her death, She then dismissed the girl. Soon after this Browae left home, ostensi- bly to attend to some business matters, and met the eirl in Buffulo, where they becamo man and wife. The girl insisted on recogui- tion by his family, but Hrowne kept putting her off until he could do so no longer, and rather than do it killed himself, ~ e EXASPEKAYING THE ROYALIS A Committee Overhauling of Canada's Governor Gen ral, Orrawa, Oat., Feb. 24.—|Special Tele- gram to Tue Bee]—The enorinous ex- penditure st Rideau hall, as the government house, the residence of the Canadian gov- erpor general, {s called, is belug overnauled by the public accounts committee 1 u man- ner that is exasperating to extremo loyalists, The oppositton has unearthed some remark- ablo items of expenditure which there is a general disposition 10 say no more about if possible, Iu has travspired, for instance, thut there are accounts for 124 stoves for the ball. Lots of wen are ewployed for whom it is imposeible to flud occupution. As the Bccounts are dipped into, the uocon fortable feeling, if not the scandal, grows, and it is appareut vhat in the interest of the present vicoroy and his successgr 8 change will have w be made. Acgounts Hungariavs in Convention, PitrsnusG, Pa., Feb. 24.—The first Slay conventiou ever beld 1n the United States is now in session in Allegheny City, ‘rbe ob. Jeot of the convention is the formation of an orgunization for the purpose of looking after tho interests of Hungarians in all parts of the country wnd o establish & system oy which these people can be properly educated and thelr rights protected, THE MATTER 10 BE TESTED ‘Whether Railroads Can Refuse to Exchaonge Cars. KNIGHTS OF LABOR CONVENE. The State Assembly in Scwsion at Lincoln — Secretary Sutton Ar- ralgns Father Cronin—State House Matters. A Complaint Filed, LaNcoLx, Neb,, Fob, 24.—|Special to Tur Bre.|—The Riverside Coal company, the Kansas City & Beatrice railroad company and tho Kausas City, Wyandotte & North western railroad company filed a complaint against the B, & M., the Chicago, Burlinglon & Quiney railrond company,G. W, Holdroge. Goorge H. Crosby, John Dwyor and G. C. Baker before the state board of transporta tion today. The complaint is the outcome of the between the Kansas City, Wyandotte & Northwestern and the Burlington road at Beatrice, full telegraphic reports of which were made by Tir Bee Saturday morning. The main feapures of the case were correctly reported by Tne i3kr of that date and need not bu repeated here. It is sufticiont to say that the complainants intend to test the casa thoroughly, and it will be shown whethor or mot the ralroads are to bo able to deprive the poople of the state of the benefits intended 1o be conferred upon them by the recent action of the_board of transportation in_compelling a reduction of the distance tariff rates for the transpor- tion of coal. If one road is to be permitted to refuse exchange of cars with another road then the taruff promulgated by the board is of no avail. The state is without coal mines of her own and consequently the low rates by the board, since thoy are necessariiy con- fined within the boundaries of the state, can in nu way beneflt the people excopt through 8 compulsory interchange of one road with another, and 8o bring the many qualities of conl, mined nearthe state, into direct and active competition, The Burlington road is interested in Towa mines. The quality of the coal from these mines is about the same as that mined ot Leavenworth, The distance from the Towa mines to Nebraska consumers is much greater than from Leavenwortb, and since the item of trans- portation is the princival factor in the cost of fuel to the consumer, the Burlington road refuses to admit the Leavenworth coal to poiuts of consumption on its lines on any othier terms than joint tariff rates, uo lower than tho rates prevailing from the lowa mines. These teruws are prohibitive to the introduction of the Leavenworth coal. The conditions of mining are dissimilar. It costs but about $1.10 per ton to mine the lowa coal. The cost to Leavenworth operators is about $L.50. The Riverside - Coal company has control of the outbut of the Leavon- worth mine. They have secured from the Kaunsas City, Wyandotté & Northwestern coucessions and rates from Leavenworth to Beatrice, which enables them o allow the war ments today: . N. Preanlue, Lamar, Chasa county; J. L. H. Knight, Lee Park, Custer county; Wiliiam M. Geddes, Grand ' Island, Hall county; J. J. MeCarthy, Ogailala, Kicth vounty; George R. Crosby, Soringview, Koya Paha county; Alfred W, Scott, Lir coln, Lanoaster county; . Frank A. Wy Seward, Seward county T, & M. MACHINE SHOPS FOR LINCOLY The Burlington Railrond company has at last decided to locate its main machine shons 1 this city, They will bo elected at Hav iock, tho farthest morthern suburb, five miles from governmient square, CITY NEWS AND NOTES The funeral of Miss Anna Hill, of Troasurer and Mrs. J. at 2 o'clock this afternoon. It waa largely attonded by mourning and sympathizi} friends. Tho state oficials attended tho sorvices en masse M. M. O'Brien, J. Burns ald were on trial in police court today for broaking in the doors of RRosa_Pettigrow's pawn shop yesterday evoning, 1t 18 claimed that the boys were deunk and did not broak into Rosa's piace of business with burglar fous inteut, Minnio McFadden seceks a divorce from her husband, Marcus McFadden, ana_ in her petition, tilod today, alleges failure to sup port, profligacy, dissipation and extremo crueity, W. Morton Smith has eutered upon tho duties of associate editor of the Omaha Ko publican. For several montha past Mr. Smith has been the correspondent of that paver from this city TOOK TOO MUCH daughter E, Hill; took place and M. Fitzger HE QUININE, Rev. Dr. Lorimer of Ohicago Explains His Peculiar Actions, HoLYOKR, Mass., Feb. 24.—|Spoclal Telo gram to ‘Cue Bee.]—~There was an unusual attendance at tho Second Baptist church yesterday. Protestants and Catholics aliko were there. They went to hear what possi ble explanation the Rev. Dr. Lorimer of Chicaro could make of his bitter attack on Catnolicism in his lecture Friday night on ‘‘The French Bevolution.”” When Dr, Lor- imer stepped upon the platform that night his face was red and inflamed and his gait uncertain. Without any reference to tno subject of tho lecture he wvlungea at onco into & rambling attack upon the Roman Catholic church, As he proceeded it was noticed nis speech was indistinct and his words incoherent. As he kept on the people began to get un and go out until the hall wns almost deserted Then the clergyman retired. His frienas knew not what 1o make of it and said he thust have been drugged. Finally it was announced the doctor would make an explanation from the pulpit of tha Second Baptist_church. In_the pulpit be- side Pastor Booth was Dr, Lorimer. After the opening exercises Dr. Booth arose and said he had a statement to make in regard to Dr. Lorimer's conduct Friday night. Dr. Lorimor was not on that occasion under tho mfluence of liquor as had been intimated, but was suffering from the effects of an overdose of quinine. "He had been ill, and had taken sv much quinine it had robbed him of his mental and physical powers. Dr. Lorimer then arose, and, with tears streaming dowr his cheeks, said Dr. Booth had truly ex plained the terrible affair. No one regretted the occurrence more sincerely than he, and it affordea him pleasure to thus publicly apolo gize., Burlington full distance turiff rates to about ninety stations, and place their coal on the market in comvetition with the coals heretofore introduced exclusively by favor- ites of the Burlington. KNIGHTS OF LABOR [N SESSION. The state assombly of the knights of Labor convened at Union Labor hall this morning at 11 o'clock, but the organization was nov completed until this afternoon, Fifty-six delegates wero enrolled during the day’s ses- sion. It1s confidently expected that this number will be doubled on the morrow. The session will continue four days and the ques- tion of questions in hand is the means to ob- tain the cight-hour system of labor. Local kuights are active and it is evident that they expect the most satisfactory convention ever held in the state. John” Devlin, United tes consul at Windsor, Ont., and Richard evelick of Aun Arbor,’ Mich., addressed tho boys at Bohannan's hall, and a large ana enthusiastic audienco greeted the speakers. BUTTON ARRAIGNS FATITER CRONIN, This morning Tue E representative called the attention of Secretary Sutton to some language quoted in the New York Her- ald as the utterance of Kather Cronin of Buffalo 1n reference to President Fitzgorald in bis recent appeul for aid for the causo. “Tho secretary read the oxtract, which is as follows, and smiled : ‘Speak out, eloquent figurehead of the Chicago influence, and tell us who are those priest revilers, in order that they bo mur- dered, even as your supposed masters had that other alleged spy, the late Dr. Cronin, slaughtered. [n the name of the priests of this "country, who from the first have fa~ bored 8o heroically to keep the league from the harpy claws of petty bosses, politicians, secret societies, thieves and thugs, we de- mand the names of thoso members who are thus set down as Lord Salisbury's paid re- tainers. Mr. Fitzgerald knows well that he can not aceept this challenge, IHe has sim- ply permitted himself to become the mouth- pieco of that murderous and scoundrelly in- fluence that secretly congpires to destroy those whom it can not control. We thore- fore stigmatize Fitzgerald’s lunguage as cow- ardly, lyiog and libellous,” “Yes,” ho said, “this is the poor man who failed to get up a little notorioty on the ploa of receiving alleged threatening lotters from some rawhead and bloody bones member of the Clan-nu-Gael. My dear sir, the sacra- dotal robes do not invest the wearer with the angelic virtues, and poor Fatter Cronin, Liko the rest of us, hias his share of human frallty. Possibly hois the dupe of somo lying knave, but" deccived or not, h guage is as repeliant to ordinary decen his statements are devoid of truth. his billingsgate ebullition of a bilious ten- perament side by side with any document that ever 1ssued from the executive of tho league, and no severer condeun.nation of his dintribes need be asked for. It was Le Curon who swore that the leaguo was controlled by the Clan-n: el. Father Cronin of Buffalo 18 the sacrado endorser of Le Caron's Latement. Parnell, Davitt and O'Brien BWOro o the contrary, and they testifiod to the truth, None of the fuctionists who are striving to' destroy the leugue for their own villainous purposes will come down from glittering gen- eralitios to plain fact, and put their fingers on one single act of the administration that has not the endorsement of the Irish leaders, Tam sorry for I"ather Cronin, but his caso is ouly an exemplication of a saying by a dis- tinguished bishop that when a priest udits o weekly newspaper the sacredotal or the Jjournalistio profession gets wixed to the dotriment of both, As 1o the statomeut of the Herald regarding myself, it is as trashy as the rest. My name is not James, I was not imported from Canada by Alexander Sullivan or any other man, aud I am not an employe of Mr. Fitzgerald.” LANCASTER COUNTY POLITICS. It is reliably announcea that e B, Strode, D. G. Courtnay, W. 8, Hamlton and J. C. Johnson have shied their castors and putered the race for county attoruey, all of whom seek the nomination at tne hands of the republican county convention next fall, Four of the candidates reside in the ourth & ward, aod betwoen them the battle will practically be foughit at the primaries, The wunouncement of these candidates leads o prominent republican to cast the legislative ticket, or rather the candidates for legisla- tve honors, According to his proguostica- tions General J. C. McHride and Charles I Severing will onter the race for renominn- tion and election. Caldwell aud Dickenson, however, propose to retire upon their Honors, und it is said that J. 1. Westeott of Malcohn and W. H. Woodward, esq., will sesk to suc- ceed them, 1. N, Raymond, it is sufe 1o say, will seek to succeed himsslf to the senate us will 8. W. Beuardsley of Cheney, MATTERS AT THE CAPITAL. Governor ‘Thayer today appointed the fol- lowing delegates to the interstale cattlc- wen's conventiou to be held at Fort Worth, ‘fex., March 11, 1800: Elijab Filvey of Guge county, I. B, Erwin aod A, C. Daven- port of Douglas couaty, H. Gould and Austin Huwmphrey of Lavcaster county, J. G, Meek of Nuckulls county aud W. L. Auld of Webster county, ‘I'he Providence Washington fire insur- ance company of Providence, . 1., flled ite avnual statement with the insurance auditor today, showing the volume of business traus- ucted'i the state during the past year: Risks, $662,500: premiums, $5,670.84; losses, 15,286, 94. NEW NOTARIES PUBLIC, The governor mwade the foowing appointe — Caught in the Belting. Evaxstox, Wyo., Feb. 24.—[Special Tele- gramto Tue F avid Code, an em- ploye of the Evanston electric light com- pany, got caught in the belting of the ma- chinery and received serious injuries, His right arm was broken 1n two places. tress from Dyspepsi: Indigestion and T Hearty Eating, A pe fect remedy for Dizzi ness, Nausea, Drows! ness, Bad Taste in the [Mouth, ContedTos Pain in the Side, TO) PID LIVER, &c. They regulate the Bowel and prevent Constipation and Piles, smallost and easiest to take. Only onepill dose. 40 inavisl, Purely Vegetable. Pri 25 conts. (QARTER MEDIOINE 00., Prop'rs, New Yor) Grand Italian Opera Company Under the direction of Messrs. Abbey & Grau. MADAME ADELINA PATTI SIGNOR FRANCISCO TAWAGNO, AND A COMPANY OF RENOWNED ARTISTS, Monday Evening, March 3, Verdi's Sublime Grand Opers, in four acts, IL TROVATORE, Sig. Fravcisco Tamagno.......as.......Maorico Mme. Liliian Nordica nora Y ch 4, esday Afternoon, M PA MATINEI At which will bo presentod Ross Opera, the Barber of Seville. MME. AVELINA PATTL RosINA. Gr Chorus and Ballet, Orchestra of 60 Conductor.....Sig. Romulado Saplo, Inguiries should be addressed to BOYD & HAYNES, Local Managers for Pattl Engage- ment, Omaba, Neb, The saly Of seats will commence at 0 a. m, Thursday, February 27th, at the box office of Boyd's Opera Ho; RICES 5 3.7 siou $1.00. ayos nl's Beautiful D and 82,00, General admis- (PERA H Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 24, 25 and 26, Virst Performances n this city of « CHAS. » ARNOLD « 1n uis Original Creation, * AN IDYL OF THE ADIRONDACKS, One the few American Plays that has nglish taste, Lnghter and Toars, alinas, ‘The8t. Bernard Dog, “Nord,” snd a boatload of Merry Chitdren, Beats go on sale Saturday. 0USE cuught the Touches of Nuture, Reautitul Home Ha Regular price: "OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscribed & guarantesd Capital, $80 0 Patd in Capital ...q........ 358’.330 Buys and sells stocks avd negotiates commercial PAPOF; recelVes and 0xXeclLes Lrusty: acts us Afor wgent and trustee of corpora- tions; takes charge of proparty; collocts rents OmahalLoan &TrustCo SAVINGS BANK 8. E, Cor. I6th and Douglas Stroeots. Fald o Capital .. ..., $50,000 Subsoribed & guaranteed capital,... (00,000 Liabllity of stockholders, .. 200,000 8 Por Cent Interest Paid on Deposits FRANK J. LANGE, Cashier, OFkICERS: A, U. Wyman, prosident: J.J. Brown, vico president; W.T. Wyman, troasurer, Digkorois; A, U Wyman,"J. H.'Millard, J Hrown, Guy C. Barton, . W, Nasa, Kimbali, Geo, B. Lake. Loans in any amount made on City & Farm Property, and on Collateral Security, at Lowes Rate C' 4. hos. fu