Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 6, 1890, Page 4

\ THE DAILY BEE B. ROSEWATER, Editor. PUBLISBED EVERY MORNING. ————— TERMS OF 8UBSCRIPTION Daily and Bunday, One Year Bix months v ree Months . Sunday Iee, Ot Year, Weekly liss, One Year with Prew i, OFFICES, Omaha, Ree Nuflding. Chicago Office, 567 Ro ok New York, nnom- 14 and i3 Wunhlm‘lnn. 51 Conncil Bluifs, No. 12 Pear Strast, Eouth Omabia, Corner N 11 2ith Stroots, CORRESPONDENCE, All communications relating to news and edi- torial matter should be addressed to the Editor- ial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. All business letters and romittances snould Brdlding Omaha. Drafts, checks and Postoffios orders 10 be mado payable to the order of the Company. " The Bee Publishing Cumnauy Pl‘fllll‘lfltfll‘& fldine Farnam THE BEE ON THE TRAINS. Theto is no excuse for a failuroto get 7w Bre on the trains. 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Tzschuck, b(-lnz duly sworn, de- Josen and sag that ho is secrotary of Tiv Dea ublishing Company, that the actual average dsily circnlation of “Tie DALY BEE for tho month of March 1859, 18,854 (Coplea; for Aprll, 1880, 18,60 copies ; for Ma. 000 copleai Y. for Junie, 1580, 14,858 co) lM'l’or J\lly‘ 1889, 1i coples; rub,wrmml ), 18,651 T, tom! 18,097 for De: coples: for 18710 coples; for October, 188, pies; for November, 1889, 19,310 coples: mber, 188, 20,048 coples; for January, 0 coples: for Februnty. 1800, 11l copies. GEORGE B. T7 fworn to vefore me and subscri presence this 1=t day of March, A, D.. 140, [Senl. ? Rete, Noiary Pavile. CAN it be that John L. Sullivan is to meet his David in the person of a New York dude? — RETURNS of the mun L elections in fowa confirm the verdict of Novem- ber last and clinch the spikes in prohi- bition’s coffin Tur re-election of Senator Allison by the unanimous vote of his party?isa de- served compliment to a faithful public servant and a credit to the republican party of Towa. Dr. Gue of the Western Union will learn a thing or two concerning postal telegraph by the time the house committee ou postoffices and postroads is ready to report the result of its in- vestigations. MINISTER LINCOLN has met his first sad bereavement since his appointment to Engluand in the death of his young son, Abraham Lincoln, The sympathies of the people go out to him in the hour of his affliction. - — As long a3 thousands of citizens are willing and anxious to assume all risks for a four-year tecm in the white house, there is no immediate necessity for squandering public money 1n the erection of summer palaces for the presidant. Tne latest epistle of Grover to the faithful cautiously avoids reference to ballot reform. Cleveland shrewdly col- ors his sentimenis to match the com- plexion of his audience. Ballot reform is dangerous to the welfavo of the In- diana democracy. . SNESS i8 rampant in Okla- homa when negroes are persecuted for forming settlements in that territory. The government will not fail to exer- cise its strong arm and put a stop to the outrages committed by ignorant and prejudiced white men. ATTORNEY NERAL LEESE has put the responsibility of refusing the lower freight vates just where it belongs—on iho shoalders of the recalcitrant mem- bers of the state board of transporta- tion. The people of Nebraska are not likely to forget it, either. . MUNICIPAT. elections through the country indicate indopendent voting on the part of citizens rather than strict adherence to party. In New York as well ns 1u other states where a number of cities held local elections, mixed tickets were invariably selected. —— THE paramount need of the hour in democratic states is a combination war- ranted to prevent honest treasurers from disposing of public funds. Mis- souri joins Kentucky and Mississippi in mourning over a moderate deficit, but 4ne former is consoled by the presence of tho treasurer aud the solvency of the bondsmen, ‘A PETITION for ballot reform weigh- ing half a ton, and containing seventy thousand signatures, was rolled into the New York assembly Monday. The wonster document paralyzed the Hill erowd, who vainly attempted to prevent its introduction, The domand for bal- lot reform in the Empire state can no louger bo ignored, and those who at- tempt for selfishrends to block its pro- gress will soon feel the crushing weight of public condemunation. BUFFALO BILL has putanother foath- erin his cap and the Nebrasia cowboy is the lion of the hour \n Rome, In the short space of five minutes the untamed, fiery steeds of the Pootine marshes, whose very nostrils breathed fire and whose backs hud never been orossed by a pair of Roman legs, were subdued and vidden about like gentle lambs by a cobination of cowboy, lassoo and grit, Caesar in all his glory never enjoyed a triumph equal to that of our own Buffalo Bill. Now let the noble Romans accept his challenge and mount & bucking wroncho, if they dare! HOME TESTIMONY. The Washington Post, whose editor is Mr. Frank Hatton, formerly of lowu, | says of prohibition in thnt state: Tt is true, the prohibitory law of fowa has had the effect of driving millions of capital out of the state, of closing distillecies and breweries and entailing enormous lossas upon their proprietors, without any compen- sation, but it has not in wurn diminished consumption of liquors or in any way creased the prosperity of the state. It would seom as if no argument more cogent were needed to satisfy reasonable citizens that measures should be forthwith adopted to regulate a traflic which existing legisla- tion has failed to provent. The princivle for which the prohibitionists contena is in itself laudable, but true statesmanship should not bow down to its worshio at the expeaso of the practical interests and material welfare of the peoplo. Let temperance be encour: aged by obedienco to law _rather than dis- couraged by its contempt. Mpr. Hatton is familiar from personal experience with the operation of the prohibitory law of Towa, and is there- fore a competent witness, while his present relations as a proprietor and editor of a newspaper at the national capital render his testimony im- partinl and trustworthy. What he says of the ill-effects and the failure of prohibition in JTowa is capabls of the most convineing proof, and it probably will not be disputed by any fair-minded man who is fully con- versant with the facts. Certainly there are thousands of property holdersin the state who will attest the truth of the statement regarding the damage that prohibition has wrought to the material interests of Iowa in driving out capital and depreciating all classes of property in the cities, and there is good reason to believe the assertion to be equally true that the consumption of liquors has not been diminished. At any rate the returns of revenue collect- ors do not warrant a different conclu- sion, and the importation of liquors into the state is a very large traffic. The late municipal elections demon- strate that the interest of the people in this paramount question has not abated, and emphasize the popu- lar determination expressed in the last state election to effect a change trom the policy which it has been con- clusively shown cannot be enforced, and the disastrous results of which very targely outweigh the little good that is claimed for it. It remains to be seen whéther there is in the Iowalegislature enough of true statesmanship to deal with this question 1n the way that wis- dom ard experience clearly point out, and give the state a law that will restrict and regzulate the sale of liquors in communities where public sentiment sustains the traffic and enable those communities that desire prohibition to have it. It is unquestionable that the weight of public sentiment is in favor of such u law, and its ultimate attain- ment may be safely vredic. . 1. FALSE ALARMS. We are assured by railrond managers that any reduction of freight ratesin Nebraska will be disastrous to the cor- porations, To their minds it would be confiscation. They cannot afford to do business at a loss. Thess assertions are familiar to the people of the state. They have been repeated on the stump, in conventions and in legislative halls until they have become moldy with age. Every time an effort has been made to enforce the laws against tho railroads and curb their rapacity, the ory of poverty and injustice is raised to delude the people while they are being robbed of their substance and the pros- verity of the state retarded by the ex- orbitant tolls levied on its products. When Towa undertook to bring the " railroads within legal bounds and re- duce freight rates t) reasonable limits, the managers rebelled. They could not do business at a prolit on the rates proposed, and they invoked the aid of the courts to prevent the commission from carrying out the piain letter of the law. The state triumphed. The rail- roads bowed to the inevitable, abau- doned litigation and put in force the schedule of rates adopted by the com- missioners. Allthe blusterandlamenta- tions indulged in proved groundless, Tven at the present low rates, their an- nualreports show a substantial incroase in not earnings, or a total for 1889 of nearly twelve million dollars, over and above expenses. The railroad mileage of [owa is near- 1y double that of Nebraska, sectioned with railroads, whereas the commerce of Nebraska is controlled by four corporations, so that they secure vastly more wraffic than coub e that cumber of railroads in fowa. In view of these facts, there isno justification for longer maintaining discriminating rates against the products of the state, The people demand relief from. the state board of transportation. The time has come. for vigoroas action. The question can not be shelved by silence, nov the responsibility shifted to other shoulders. It must be faced in an open, manly manner, and the corporations compelled to show cadse why the lowa schedule should not be adopted in Ne- braska. AN IMPRACIICABLE UNEION. Those who hiad hoped that the Pan- American conygress would able to agree upon some plan in the nature of an American zollverein will be disap- pointed at the result of the delibera- tions on this subjeet as reported by the majority of the committee which had it under consideration. Aud yet such an outcome and been predicted by those who aporeliended the very great diffi- culties to be overcome, Euch of the Awmerichn countries has its in- dependent comwarcial and fisoal pystems, more or less differing from thoso of every other coun- try, and arranged with reference to its pecuiar interests. ‘To bring these into such harmonious relations as would be necessary to the establishment of a cus- toms union would obviously be an al- most impossible task. Material conces- sions would be required from all the countries, and not the least important coundition to such a union, as the ma- jority report of the committee points out, would be & partial sacriffce of na- tional sovereignty and radical changes In the respective coustituencies of the several countries. That is, the countries concermed would have W agree wnot t change their bo 1t is cross- | THE OMAHA DAILY BEE THURSDAY, M ARCH 6. 1890, | commcrclnl nnd fiseal potictes e cept by genoral consent, thus surrendor- ing n sovercign right of the very high- est value and importance, while the changes that would be required from the existing commereial and financial relations of these countries would rev- olutionize their business in almost every department. All these countrics have intimate trade connections with the principal nations of Furops., Vast amounts of English, German and French ecapital are ‘nvested in industrial and com- mureial enterprises in South wud Central Zomerica and Mexico, and in the securi- tios of the southern countries. Europenn bankers, merchants and manufacturers have their agents at every financial and commercial center of those coun- ties. A thorough and complex system of business intercourse has been long establishod, the ramifications of which reach not only the affairs and interests of the people, but those also of the governm.nts. Practical men will need very little reflection in order to realize how nearly impossible it would be to changeall this and enter upon the radi- cal departure which would be necessary to the establishmont of an American customs unions The first result to be reasonably expected from such an ar- rangement would be a tremendous pres- sure from European creditors that neith- er the business interests nor most of the governments of the southern coun- trics could meet without running into bankruptey, and it is idle to suppose that they will invite such disaster m the absence of any certain promise of compensating results. The conclusions reached do not, how- over, shut out all hope of the ultimate establishment of more intimate com- mercial relations betwewn the Amer- ican countries, It is suggested that a policy of unrestricted reciprocity will be acceptable, and the belief 18 ex- pressed that its adoption would bring about as favorable results as those ob- tained by free trade among the differ- ent states of the union. This would also require important concessions on the part of all the countries, but it would not necessitate any sacrifice of national sovereignty, while whatever changes from existing financial and commercial relations resulted from it would be effccted gradually and with- out any serious risks. There would be accomplished a regular and orderly readjustment, extending over a long period of time, and which when finally effected would be quite as efficient and satisfactory as a customs union, without any of its disadvantages. How far this country is prepared to go toward the attainment of unrestricted reciprocity is the important question. It must make greater concessions to such a policy than any other American nation. Will it abolish the tariff on wool, for example, as an inducement to Chili and the Avgentine ropublic to ac- copt reciprocity? The course of the present congress in revising the tariff will supply an answer to this question, and indeed will determine whether there is any chance of materially im- proving our trade relations with the southern countries 1n the near future. — e Union Pacifie would buy TaE Ah, there’s the rub. What a it would be to struggling amateurs and would-be journalists in arts, who feebly attempt to imitate THE BEE'S policies and news features. The principles which have been the foundation of Tue E mar- velous success are unchanged and un- changeable. They are as firm as the eternal hills, because they are founded on justice to the masses, and no nmount of monopoly threats or corporate con- spiracies ever did or can swerve it from its duty as the sentinel of the grand army of toilers who have made the west what it is. Jay Gould recognized Tae BEE'S power for good among the pro- ducers, whom it organized into a mighty army to give battle to his myrmidons. And yet Jay Gould with millions at his command, could not pur- chase the silence of Tur BEE. Nor can any other man or corporation buy itor its convictions, Every daily paper started in Omaha in the past fifteen years has soon learned to foster the hope that some corporation buy THge Every editor of an Omaha daily ng that period has hoped and prayed that Tie BEE might be sold to some railvroad compan y, given away or driven from the field, The Omaha journalistic graveyard is populated with men who went down because of the pvower and integrity of THE BEE. Newspapers may come and newspapers may go, but Tur BEE runs on forever. L¥ the national government is to be- come a promoter of mendicancy, as proposed by Senator Blair, the charity of the government should not be forced on states without their consent. While the senator pathetically pictures the mental gloom prevailing in certain states, he studiously overlooks the abandoned homes, the untilled fields and the genoral decay of his own state, A circular sent out by the authorities of New Hampshire declaces that there are fourteen hunared aud forty-two vi cant farms and tenantable buildings in the state which can pe had for a song. This condition of affairs appeals as strongly to the charity of the govern- ment as Sonator Blair’s educatiopal raid on the national treasury. It would certainly be a move effective plan to fill the vacant farmsof New MHumpshire with sturdy toilers at government ex- pense, than to provide them with men- tal pabulum in the south. New Hamp- shire presents a broad field for mission- ary work, and the senator should, in Justice to his constituents, demand na- tignal assistance to vefill and vetill the abandoned acr Tue action of the Roman Catholic clergy ot tho diocese of Omaha in for- warding to Rome nominations for cond- jutor bishop brings them into direct conflict’ with the bishops of the prov- ince who recently assembled in St. Louis. The clergy eannot be accused of selfish ambition, in view of the fact, ascertnined from reliable authority, that their choice for vromotion isa clergyman outside the diocese, nnd one who has been conspicuously identified with the growth and development of | This feeling hng | exercised and b1fjo; the west. action 19 chisfly interesting as em- bodying s determination ot the priesthopd to be heard in the selection of a superior, been encouraged by Rome. In u‘\mml notable instances in this country the; choice of bishops hus been ignoredinad the nominee of the vriests of diocwse given precedence. In this instance it'{s not at all improbable that the monopoly of western bishops yed by St. Louis will receive set-back, The question isone of principle, not of men Tie Patti engagement wassomething more than a musical and financial triumph. It not alone places Omaha in the front rank of American cities as a dramatic center, but attracts attention to the sort of stuff which her people are made of. But few cities' on the conti- neat with twice the resources of Omaha would have dared toattempt the project under any circumstances, and a less number would have been able to make it such an unqualified success. To the world at large it aemonstrates that Omaha 18 a city of enterprise, enthu- ginsm, wealth and culture, ready to en- coufage the best which the market affords, whether it be trade or traffic, art or music. That is the kind of a city which attracts capital and invites popu- lation. Omaha could find no better nd- vertisement for herself than the recent musical event. A POLITICAL cyclone has played havoe with the democratic machine in Council Bluffs, The bosses imagined that they had a perpetual mortgage on the city offices, with the privilege of foreclosing at any time. But they reck- oned without their votes. Disgusted with reckless management of city affairs, with outlawry rampant and winked at, the people united and over- threw the elements which fostered con- tempt for public deceney und brought disgrace upon the city’s name. The new city officers are a vast improve- ment on the old. They are not strictly partisans, but men identified with the vrogress of Council Bluffs, and iz their new spheres of action will undoubtedly accelerate the vrosperity of the dity. A COMPETENT firm of architects should be employed by the year to make or pass upon plans and superintend the erection of new school buildings. Model plans can be secured at moderate cost from architects of the east who have made school house construction” a spe- cialty. Such plans with whatever changes may be found necessary would serve for years to come. The school buildings would 1n that event be first- clags in every respect and likely to be vrocured at less expense to the people and less vexation to the board of educa- tion than under the methods now in vogue. 4 k LIBERAT victories in the by-elections in England have became the rule. The drift of public¢ ‘sentiment in favor of Gladstoue, Parnell and home rule is so unmistakable that wherever the tories hold a constitiiency, even at a reduced majority, it \is heralded as a vicior, whereas tkeliberals hold their own and capture division after division from the enemy. The pitfalls surrounding the mongrel party in power are innumer- able, and it does not seem possible for the Salisbury ministry to escap. early defeat. Ir THE acting president of the city council can in the absence of the mayor and president of that body approve or- dinances, there 1s hope for the chief cook and bottle washer of Mayor Cush- ing’s kitchen cabinet. em— Now that the ‘Omaha, Superior & Southwestern raiiroad has been char- tered in Kunsas, the work of coustruc- tion cannot be pushed too fast to meet the approval of the people interested. RED OAK, Towa, in its city election, has declared for high licease, and re- tired to private lifé the prohibitionists who a year ago were elected on the pro- hibition issue. Only a straw. A LITTLE more sand and less sugar- conted words is what the tariff commit- tee of the hoyse needs to promptly and effectively operate on the sugar duty. AS BETWEEN Beatrice and Fairbury, Omaha can only repeat with Gay: How happy I could be with either, Were t'other, dear charmer, away. THE Boston visitors came, saw—and were conquered. They will not fail to sound Omaha’s praises when they reach home. TO BELIEVE the city physiciau, meat and milk inspection is a farce. Let the city physician veform it. The Two Systems. Washington Post. As between the two _systems, prohibition and high license, there can be little doubt as to which deals most effectually with the evil to be restrictede The advantags in favor of the high license law 1s'that it it can be en- forced; that it communds the support of all law abiding citizeus, and only the disap- proval of thosa who find they cannot evade it: that it affords, a revenue to the state, and that it imposes ‘&, responsibility upon the dealers to which they can be rigorously held. Upon the other hand, 1t needs wo argument to show that laws whioh have no operative vitality, other than,to destroy property in- terests, against which taere Is such a con- centration of public opinion that they cannot be executed, and'which in consequence be- come & dead lettr Hpon the statute books, are a hindrance and detrimeni to the cause which they were eancted to subserve. e Prohibtion in fowa, St Lanwia Globe-Demerat. That portion of the inaugural address of Governor Boies whioh relates to the subject of prohibition is mainly intended for the consolation and encouragement of the demo- orats: but it prosents some factd and suggests others which are peculiarly worthy of re- publiosn study. The prohibitory laws are iguored and despised in most of the large cities of the state, he says; the use of iatoxi- cating liquors a8 & beverag: has not bsan di- minished: and public sedtiment, a3 expressed at tho last election, is clearly in favor of thg abundonwent of u policy whioh has been on trial since 1852 and has failed to accomplish tho results that wera prom- ised and expected. There can be no doubt upon any of these poiuts. The facts are and the lesson which they convey ud couclusive. Whon the repub ’gq,,;ho weneral public the ! ticans origiaally vorad for prnhlhumn v ing it & majority of 50.009, they belioved that 1 was practicable: but experieacs has proved that it is not. Therefor, they are under no obligation to longer defond and uphold it ‘The party cannot afford to support it on the mere ground of consistency, now that it has plaloly turaed cut to be a disappointment .| and a misfortuse. There is nothing to be but much be lost, by thas sort of obstinacy. T'o make adhersnce to the pros hibitory {dea u test of republican fdelity is simply to drive men into the democratic party, us the election records plainly dem- onatrate, At the time of the adoption of this unlucky policy Towa was sccurely and stalwartly re- publican. The democrats were without any chance or hop:. n the state, tho majority ogainst them was so large and immovable. They then had only five of the fifty mem- bers of the senate, and twenty-threo of the ninety-nine members of the house. Now they have twenty-two of the fifty senators and fifty of the 100 representatives, and tho @overnor besides. This looks very much like a revotution. Such a change in such e time has rarely, if over, had a precedent in American state politics. The explanation Lies wholly in the fact that the people have boen leaving the republican party because of its attitude on the prohubition question. They have had no reason for deserting its standard. Thoy gave it a plurality of 33,000 in 1838, when it appealed to them on national issues; and in the very next year, when tho state issues only were involved, they gave a plarality of over six thousand agaiast it, dofeated 1its candi- date for the highest office at stake, aud very nearly depriving it of all power ia the legis- lature. This does not mean that a majority of the people of Iowa are in favor of grant- ing general inaalgence to salooas and arunk- enness. They are intelligent, moral and self- respecting people, and would be glad, no doubt, to have liquor banished forever from the world, But they are not willing to sus- tain a policy of temperance reform which has been fully tried and found miserably want- ing. What they desire in the matter of deal- ing with the liquor trafic is a law that can be enforced and that will reduce the evils of intemperance as fast as possible, If the re- publican party proposes to maintain its as- cendency in Iowa aud to regain the ground 1t has lost sinoe 182, it must provide such a law in place of the present prohibitory legis- lation, and the soomer it does so the sooner its fortures will begin to improve. ESh g VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS, All Eyes Toward Uincoln. Fremont Tribune, It is apparent that Meikeljoha, Cady, Kin- kaid, Norris, McNish, Valentine and others of the big Third are growing more and more restless from day to day. They have their optics on a seat under the doms of the capitol. 1s His Worl Good? Rearney Enterprise. With a dignity thav is humorous in the ex- treme the editor of the Omaha Republican picks up his pen and writes, “The Ropubli- canis a newspaper.” This statement will be of great mterest to the Republican’s sub- scribers, and will serve to dispel the grave doubts that have existed in the minds of many people concerning this very matter. Enterpr.se is Aporeciated. Superior Times. ‘We are glad to see the enterprise of Tue OxzanA BeE in getting théir Sunday edition in Suverior about noon, instead of late in the evening, as heretofore. Mr. Rosewater, with his accustomed energy and enterprise, is bound that his paper shall be in the hands of his readers ahead of any of his contem- poraries, even if itisat agood deal of trouble and expense. He sends his papers ovorland by pony express from Bdear, Push and en- terprise like this 1s worthy of patronage and ereat commendation. We expect 'ere long wo will see Trz Bee flyer traversing the Republican yalley. North Bend Star. The World-Herald contained the portraits of our mayor and postmaster, and if these parties can agree upon the appropriate share of expense which each should bear they ‘will probably institute a criminal libel suit against the enterprising journal. John's wife and children fail to recognize any of the familiar features of our genial P. M. North Bend has as handsome a pair of officials of the rank of mayor and postmaster as any great town in the state, and that any carpen- ter should be permitted 10 whittle out these “pictures” and label tnem as they did in this case is certainly a crime, A Decent show tor Leese. Kearney Hub, ‘The railroads don’t want Leese in the gov- eruor’s chair any more thun they want strikes and riots. Even if he cherish a se- cret hepe for the governorship, what of it? Is ho any less to be trusted thau some avowed candidate whose nomination might be secured by railroad influcnce? As gover- nor would he be less unflinching in the per- formance of his duties than he has been as attorney general? The Hub doesn’t ask these questions bacause it favors Leese for governor—it doesn’t favor anybody just yet ~—but because it believes in giving him a de- cent show as a trustworthy official of the state. L STATE AND 'ERRITORY, Nebraska Jottings, The new Custer county jail has been completed. ‘There are five prisoners in the county jail at Clay Center. Geneva hopes to have a street car line the cowing summer, A gospel tamperance union has been or- ganized at Nelson, Kastern capital is being extensively in- vested in enterprises at Cnadron, Tecumseh has the only lodge of the Im- proved Order of Rea Men in the state. Mrs. Margaret Cox recsived $123 from the town of Aurora for falling on a defective sidewalk, The wachinery of the Scotia creamery has been sold und will ba removed o some other point. A petition is being circulated at Oakland for su election to vole bonds for a new brick school building, The new Crete high school has been com- pleted at a cost of 25,017 and has boen uo cepred by the board of education. ‘Fhe young people of Buxton have pur- chased lots aud raised $300 towards tho building of a Presbyterian church, The large West livery stable at Grafton burned Tuesday morning. I'his was the first fire in the history of the town, Tho boys of Glencoo have been in the habit of giviog ciandestine poker parties in the school house und the school board pro- poses 10 stap it. Mr. Markus Wittenberg of Sutton thought his fine carriage horse needed o dose of spring medicine and 8o fed the ammsi a moss of carrots. The horse died in a few hours. The I'umes is a new paver which has made its appearauce at Superior with Duniap Brothers as publishers. The first number 1s bright and crisp, full of vews and is au augury of 8uCCess. Buffulo county has fifty-three farmors’ al- lisuces with an average membership of over fifty persons. County meetings are held every throe montbs for consultation and the transaction of Imsm 288, The Coast and Norihwest. At last reports sugar was selling at $1 a pound in Ashland, Ore Butte, Mont.,, wants o £300,000 uporopria- tion for her public building. Huron, K'resuo county portant wool and sheep ¢ s the most im. tin California. | got any reliof while the Ten carloads of uhuy- are shipped dally to tho various markets, Cyrus Corrlok, wno murdered his cousin has boen sentenced to ton ment. Mayor Boring of San Jose, Cal, was ar- rested on complaint of & ward politician charged with threats to kill, James McCloskey, & pioneor of Montana, committed sulcido at his cabin near Butwe recently on account of ill-health. The terribly cold weather in Idaho is cau! ing stock to die off by the hundreds. Une man lost 700 head last week near Endicott. TrafMo is entirely suspended on the Colum- bia river on account of theice. At The Dalles the river is frozen over and no boats are moving on the Upper Columbia or Snake river. The Helona & Hot Springs railway was recontly attached by the employes for their wages. The road was tied up for a day, but arrangements were made and trains re- sumed running. Benjamin Jenkins, who murdored his wife at Virgmia City, Nev., last Soptember, has had his tral and the jury rendered a verdict of mansiaughter. He was sentenced o ten years in tho state prison. Samuel I. Breckens, who left Seattle 4fteen yoars ago and was thought to have been killed in the Nez Perce war, has coms to light again to contest the title to some valuable real estate in Wushington. He has been liviag at KRedding, Cal, ‘The night of February 25, 1800, will proba- bly g on record as the coldest of the winter at Fort Beaton, The thermometer at Fort Koegh hospital, which is a signal service in- strument, rogistered 40 below zero, and anothor instrument, considered equaily as truthful, that occupied a more exposed po- sition, registered 52 “below. Reports of ther- mometers in town showed as low as b7= oelow, but the average seems to have been about 50 “below. —— LEESE SPEAKS HIS MIND. Caustic Criticism ot the State Board of Transportation. LINCOLN, Neb, March 5.—[Special to Tue Ber.]—The attorney genoral’s Waterloo at the meeting of the state board of transportation Monday leads him to speak as follows in reference to the matter: “All I have to say is that L have done my duty to the people of th@state as I under- stand it. Ihave labored long and [faithfully 10 give the people some relief, but the other members present have swood like a stumbs liog blocic in the way. It has been tho same way ever since we have had a board of transportation. Our jurisdiction is limted to our local rates, and there is the place where we must get relief if we ever do get ony. ‘The board has refused to consider a resolution to reduce the local rates, and re- fused to even second such a resolution and have the guestion presented for argument. The facts that can be produced to show why Nebraska local rates should be on a basis with those of Iowa will astonish all who are not informed on the subjoct. The railroads 1a lowa, evea ith the present low , increased their net earnings last year 887.10,and this is clear guin after paying all operating expenses and taxes. The total net earnirgs were $11,861,310,09 for 1859, This has been accompolished by an increase of business in that state. The relief given to the business interests opened up new ave- nues of trade, while today in Nebraska the business 18 depressed all over the state. One scction wants cattle rates reduced; another varb wire; the merchaat, the miller and the jobber are "all suffering, while witn a reduction of the local rates they will do an increased business, new industries will ng up aud our products will be consumed at home, **Just ask any miller in the state how he is getting along. Ho will tell you that Kan- sas ships her flour to the Nebraska market almost.as cheap as he can buy his wheat, let alone tne grinding, and unléss something is done his mill will close down. The earnings of the roads in this statc are increasing every month, and they are all getting richer while the producer is getting poorer. *‘I'he members of the state board of trans- portation well kaow these facts, but refuse to raise a hand to remedy the great wrong. I want the responsibility to rest with them where 1t belongs—and not on my shoulders, Oue man can’t outvote three, The state board of transportation in theory 1s created for the purpose of protecting the peonle against the encroachments of the railroads, but in prac. tice it works the other way. I believe that a maximum rate bill will bo a greator ad- vantage to the peovle of the state than the board as now constituted. It is fair to pre- sume that the people of this state will not present board bas the control of affairs. And as it seems w0 be the general custom to give state officers & second term, it is also fair to presume that no roduction in rates can be had for the next three years. *‘The resolution requiring the attorney general to go before the interstate commerce commission is a piece of political buncombe and was only made for the purpose of quiet- ing the local rate question. The interstate commerce commission has time after time refused to make rates and said that it is the duvy of the state commissioners to protect the interest of the people aud that they were created for this very purpose. “*But the question will not down. The people of the stat@®are well informed on the great desparity between the rates n Iowa and Nobraska, and if they cannot get a rem- edy before the present board, they can get it at the polls. It only remnins now for the people of this state to determine whother or not they intend to submit to this same pro- reeding for three more yeurs,” . ——— SHE HAD THE NERV A Nineteen-Year-O1d Girl £hoots and Kills a Burglar. CuartestoN, S. C., March 5.—|Special Telegram to Tk Beg. |- 2u Monday morn- ing about 3 o'clock.u burglar was killed in Sampson county by Alice Kinney, ninetoen yearsold. Miss Kiuney's fathor is dead, aad she lives slone with her mothor on a farm. The two are the only persons who sleep in the farm house. On Sunduy might Miss Kinney was aroused by the noise of some one in an adjoining room. She at once realized that a burgiar was ia the house. Under her pillow was a revolver. The young Wwoman took the pistol in her hand and con- vealed it under the quitt. She lay as if asieep. When the burglar entered the room he walked up to the bed, and concluding that the voung woman was sleeping soundly began to look about the room. He wore a mask and carried a pistol in bis hand, As ho turned his nead away from her sh heard him whisper to himself: *‘She is purty, and [ guess L'l hub ter see her later," He went to the bureau and began to go through the drawers. The burcau wus di- rectly in front of the bed. When he turned his face Miss Kinney quictly raised in bed, took aim at the man’s head and fired, In stantly the burelur whirled around; and as he did 80 she ngain fired and then he fell to the floor with & . With the smoking pistol in her hand she watched about five minutes, when he died. Theu the alurm was wiven, A crowd gath- ered at the house. The burglar proved to be Sam Kerns, a negro who has given much trouble et Campanini’s Throat Tuble, New Youx, March 5.—|Special Telogram o Tue Bee, | —When Sigaor Campaninl was heard here for the last time 1n concert his voice was 80 percentibly changed and weuk ened that his admirers wore greatly dis tressed. A groat specialist 8oon ufter dis- covered that the famous tenor haa a tumor on one of his voval cords. The removal in volved a loug series of operations, and dur- ing the entire wioter Campanini has been submitting himself to the surgeon's kuife. Lhe last operation has been performed uod the singoer is assured that as s00u us his throat is healed he will be able to sing as well as ever, Children Cry for Pitcher’s Castoria. When Daby waa sick, we gave her Castorta. Whon shie waa a Child, she erid for Castoris, Whien sho becamo Miss, she clung; to Castoria, Whon sho hia Children, she gave thom Castoria HILL ON FREIGHT RATES, The Tréssurer Favors a Matorial Reduotion. WILL SECOND LEESE'S MOTION, The Attorney General Preparing a Complaine to Be Presented o the Intorstate Commerce Commission, Not Shamming. LixcoLy, Nev.,, March 4.—[Spocial to Ty Ber, | —Notwithstanding the fact that Stato Treasurer Hill's attending physician gave it out that he would not be able to leave lis reom short of a woek or ten days, remarks have been made frequently during tho past day or two to the effect that he was “shum- ming' to escape responsibility in the moot mgs of the stato board of transportation, haviog for consideration the reduction of local freight rates. Tus Bre representn tive called on hum this moraing. He founa him boaring evident traces of his recent so- vere illness, although not confined to his bed. Mr. Hill expressed self gratified At the call, and to the query, **What 18 your position on the question of local freighu re- duction?” he said: “Tue Bee has quoted mo corroctly from time to time. I am heartily 1 favor of a reduction in local rates, While I might not favor the swecp 1ng reduction recommonded by some I would favor such tariffs as would materially benefit the producers and shippers of the statc, Towa rates might be a littie strong just now. Ithink, however, it might be wise to reduce rates within 15 S cent of tnem, But moro caroful study of the question might convinco me that Nebraska roads could stand the re- duction advocated by Attorney General icese and stili prosper. “1 want to say in this connection that I am no dodger, and the unkind statoment of some of my Snewmios that I am ‘playing sick’ 1o escape going on record on thé vital ques- tion of freignt reduction does me great in. justice. It pays to meet issues. Even rail- road men respoct a man who dares to say yesorno. When I getable te attend tho meetings of the state bourd Leese's motiou will not wait for a second very longer." A LETTER WILL DO, Attorney Generai Leese is preparing a complaint to be presented to the interstato commerce commission relative to through rates on corn, pursuant to instructions from the state board of transportation. He will not go to Washington, however, to meet that body in person. He proposes to save 1o the state the money so kindly voted for his ex- penses by his conferees. Moreover, he feels that the commission has expressed itself relative to the powers of state boards and that it will not brook further interference, That his motives may not be impugned, how- ever, he will enter a formal complaint sot- ting forth the facts as they exist,and making an appeal for such *freight roduction on through rates as the commission may fecl empowered to ive. ‘Ihe attorney general says he 1s confident that everything can b accomplished in this way that could be hoped for by the visit plauned by the state board. CAPITOL INTELLIGENCE, Secretary of State Cowder, and wifa lel" for Youngstown, O., today for u two weeks' _ visit, Auditor Beaton expects from Hot Springs, Ark., has recovered her health. The Connecticut Mutual life insuranco company tiled'its statement of the amount of business transacted in the state during the past year. Risk: # 0; premiums, 6, 25; losses, $6. Sorman Awel his wife home tomorrow. She :an savings bank of Omalia filed articles of incorporation today. Authorized capital stock, $250,000. Incorpor- ators: Jonas R. Harris, J. W. Bedford, Judson W. Hurris, Leverett M. Anderson, Goorge W. Mason, A. ¢ Cburchill and O. S, Price. The state board of agriculture wants the pied by the bureau of labor aud Secretary Furnas advocates a change. Deputy Commissiouer * Jeukins shakes his head vigorously and thunders no as though he were the noblest Roman of *em all. A cuange is not likely to oceur. The bureau of lubor is thought to be permancytly located. CITY NEWS AND NOTES. Congressman Conaell is of the that vhe bill for the appropriation of moncy 10 build a government building in this city cannot be passed during the present session’ of congrass. Christiana Van 0rmur secured a divorce from ber husband, John, today on the ground of abuse and drunkenuvess. Tho carc aad custody of their child was also awarded to opinion or. It is said that the Stato Journal publish- ing compuny has purchased the Hastingy Guzette-Journal lithograhic plant. >, Cooley filed hie petition in the dis trict court today, praying a divorce from his wife, Ida, en the grounds of desertion, I'h( couple were wedded fourteen years ago. Maxwell, Sharp, Ross & Co., late of Abilene, Kan., will ongage in tho ' hardwarr business in this cit: 'his announcemens was made public to-da; Jane, wife of James Mulder, alleged ox- treme cruelvy, failure to support and cusse - ness generaliy and secured a divorce from her husband toaay. James Reed, a young man worked on a farm near Milford snmmer, was arrested today for counterfeit, money. Billy Dyer of Kansas City aud Minnio Spoots of Omaba were married at tho Edeu , Musee this eveniug, ST Kidnnping College Students, Karamazoo, Mich. March Telegrawm to Tue B was closed yesterday while the faculty wero examining the boys who kidnaped Profs’ ‘Porry and Trowbridge Saturday night, Tho aculty has decided to punish the guilty stu dents, but hus not yet determined in what maunor. The two ringleaders are seniors. All the students say they will leave if any aro expelled. The best of feeling prevails between the kidnaped professors and the boys, and the lutter will give a supper in thoir houor Saturaay. who says he ' duriag tho passing Positively cured byl these Little Piils, They also relievo Dis- tress frora Dyspepsla, 1n- Qigestion and Too Hoarty Eatlng, A perfect rem edy for Dizziness, Nausea, Drowsingss, Dad ' n the g, TORPID LIVER. regulate tho Bowels, Iurely Vegetable. SHALL PILL. SMALL DOSE. SMALL PRISE. 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