Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 24, 1890, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE, ~ B ROSEWATER, Editor. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. ——— TERMS OF BUBECRIPTION Daily and Sunday, One Year FIX months oo Months Kunday fee, Onis Yeur. Weekly fee, One Year with remiin, OFFICES, Omeha, Dee Bullding. Chicago Ofics, b7 Ro okery Bullding. New \ork, ltooms 14 and 5 Tribuns Bullding. Wishington, No, 613 Fourteenth Streot Council Biufts, No. 12 Pear] Street Eouth Omaha, Cornier N an t 2ith Stroets, NCE, to news and edi- sved to tho Editor: CORRESPON D! Allcommunications relats toria mutter thould be add 1nl Dep: Al businenylotters and remittances siould Le oadressed to The Boe Publishing Company, Owmaha. Drafts, checks und Postoffics ordurs 101 maae payable to the order of the Company, The Beo Publishing UOHIDBI]Y Proprietors, By, Building Farn anth Stroets. e THE BEE ON THE TRAINS. Thoro 15 no excuse for a falluroto get Tie Ber om the tinins, All newadealars have beon noti- fled (o carry & full supply, ‘Travelers who want Tk Bk niid ean’t get it on traing whera other Omalia_ papers are carried aro requested to notify Tie Ber. Plense o particular to give in all eases full fnformation as to date, rallway and number of train e b THE DAILY BEE. fworn ftatement ot Circnlation Etato of Nebraska, (75 County of Douglas, | George B, Tzschuek, secretary of THE Bee Publishing Company, does solemnly Swenr that he actual circulation of Tik DAILY HEE for the week endine March 22, 1800, was as follow; Bundav.\arch 16 - Mondav, March 17 X . Marcl 18 Rt i Faturday, 2t Average..... 20,830 EORGE I, T £worn to heforn me and_ sibacr co this 2id day of Marcli A Db, 1on. otary Pabiic. Ftate of Nobraskn, ik _County ot Douglas, | 5% 1, Tzschuck, being daly sworn, do- oken and says that ho I8 seorotaty of Tur Br Publishing Company, that the actual average anily circulation of ‘Tik DAILY BEE for the it of March 1850, 1845 coplen: for April, 15,600 coples: tor May, 188, 15,690 cop for Jutie, 140, 1KK08 coples: for July, 1941, 1% eaplos: for Atiguist, 180, 18,651 copies: for Hoy tembor, 1540, 18710 coples for October, 159, 18,907 coples; for’ November, 1880, 19,310 coples: for Decomber, 144, 20,048 caplos: for tanuary, 1800, 10,655 coples; for February, 189), 19, copies, 4 Gronae B, TZ8CHUCK. Sworn to pefore me and snbscribed 1n my presence this 1st day of Marel, A, D.. 1800, [Seal.| N. P. Frir, Notary Public. Wirnt an abundant ice crop and Tower ico bills, Omaba'’s success as a summer resort is assured, Tk confessions of Sherman, Neal & Co. arc ch useful in maintaining public interest at a strangling pitch. T wily banana peel has been ban- fshed from the business steeets. but the back alley boquets of rich, penctrating refuso continue to shod their llavors regardicss of the edicts of the board of health. S0ME New York dogs, we are told, wear collars worth two hundred dollars. In Nebraska the corporation collar nets the wearer from fifty dollars a month up, according to the strangth and fre- quency of the bark, Ti Nebraska delegation in congress suggest a nwnber of remedies for tho prevailing depression in the west, but thero i5 10 evidence that the members are tumbling over each other in their hasto to apply them. A KANSAS congressman has been re- lioved of a bill intended to prevent the adulte of liquor. The ex- porionce of Kansas with tho villainous article distilled by prohibition gives the reprosentatives of the state the force of authority on the subject of liquor adulteration. ——— A KANSAS Ciry court is wrestling with the question of annulling a di- vorce after one of the parties has mar- ried again. In ordinury questions of law the conrts avo fairiy well equipped, but when 1t comes to questions involy- ing the moral code, judgo, jury and town hopelessly grope in the dark. SMARTING under the defeat of pet measure, Senator Blaiv duced another educational the appropriation slightly The tempor of the senate insures a more emphatic defeat for the last bill, but the country must bear the inflic- tion of Blair's blustering assaults and sonile ravings. his has intro- bill, with cut down. T western annex of Tammany started in Chicago could have scoured the country over without finding n move approprinto location or a more fruitful soil in which to plant the seed of po- liticul knavery and “fine workers,” Lo give the brauch the right tone, Gentloman Mackin should be installed as chiof. THE announcement that the railronds will suspend all improvements and ex- tensions in Nobraskn on account of the demand for reduced tolls, will not frighten anybody. The people have been enjoled threatoned before, and have managed to worry along. In fact the railrond munagers have this club so often that it has force. Meanwhilo the corporations which blow and threaten most will go right on buiiding and improving, flatly contradictin issortions, and swung lost 1ts their own Tue vapid advance of improy in the storage buttery systom to ramovo the one great objec use and space oceupied general adoption of th instead of the dangerous network of overhend wires. Recont oxperiments with storage batteries in Philadelphia and London proved a great success. In the former city, the Lehigh avenue line was equipped and oporated suc- cessfully, while in New York, during ocent snow storm, the storage battery cars proved their superiority over all othor systems in overcoming the drifts, The weight of the batteries has boon materinlly reduced, and the cost is now iess than that of horse power Whether the can bo oporated successfully on other than level streets is yet to be demonstrated, but the won- dorful advance in electrical scionce and tho vapid multiplication of appliances clourly show that there is no such word as full in the bright loxicon of triclty, nt promisos ion to its The weight pravented a stora, in olectrie motor cars, has © systom, systom elec- THE OMAHA DAILY BER: MONDAY, MARCH 24. 1890. THE DUTY OF ASSESSORS, Within ten days the county assessors wil begin their annual rounds. The city and cdunty tax roll for 1801 will depend on the result of their labors, It is of the greatest importance that they enter upon their duties with an honest determination to do justice to all, They sep in view the fact that the value fixed by them eannot be changed by the county board of equalization unless a protest is made by an aggrieved property owner. The formalities of a trinl must be had before the board can logally change the nssessors’ figures, Not only is the board required to notify all parties involved to appear and show cause, but a vast wmount of red tapeism practieally binds the hands of the board und ronders equalization of the asseasment an im- possibility except in isolated instances. Tho fact 1s there is no possible way ¢ the present absurd revenue law to secure such a radicai reyision of as- sesement mothods as tho interests of the community demand. The law puts a premium on tax shirking. The neces- sity of raising the total valuation to an honest figire and reducing the levy so ns Lo approximate tho provailing rates of taxation in communitios of like popu- lation, is felt by all. Instead of so- curing this desirable end, the law forces counties to vie with each other in keeping valuations at the lowest practicable limit, so as to pay the least possible sum into the state treasu The result is that counties pay move than their just shave of the ex penses of governmont and the larger cities are hampered and maierially in- jured by a modo of assessmont that rep- resents but a smull part of the true prop- erty valuation. They are placed at a disadvantage by high levies and low valuations, and these figures place their financial condition in an unfavorable lignt when compared with that of other communities in statistical works. Tt is no explanation of the disparity, con- sequently investors aro ropelled by the excessive per cent of the levy. A striking illustration of thé ab- surdity of the law is shown in the valuation of Omaha property. Notwithstanding the fact that the cosv of permanent improvements in the city during the past fivs years exceeded twenty-five million dollars, the assessed valuation for 1800 15 only a fractic over nineteon million dollars. This is not equal to one-fifth of the actuat val- uation. If city property were atanything like selling value, a lovy of ten mills would produce as great a revenue as the present rats of farty-ono and a half mills yields. This is & matter whica should pressed to tho attention of next legislatuve. Msanwhile the county assessors should labor to wipe out the glaring inequalities of the assessinents. The luw gives them the power and ample time to corroct the mistaices of the past. This can only be done by a conscientious discharge of duty, without fear ov favor. The toil- ing home builder should not be taxed to the full value of his improvement, while the unimproved holdings of the neigh- boring speculator are assessed at a low fizure. I3 iterprise should not ba un- justly taxed, or made to bear an undue proportion of the public burdens. On the contrary, the property owner who improves should bo encouraged by mak- ing the grouud bear the bulk of the as- sessment. The that lots are unim- proved is no justification for rveduced valuations, and the assessors must ig- nove that plen if they intend to honestly discharge their duty to the public. should | s0mo sessed be the THE LODGE ELECIION BILL. Mr. Carlisle and other southern con- gressmen ave greatly exercised over the bill introduced in the house of repre- sentatives by Mr. Lodge of Massachu- sotts, providing a newand uniform mode of conducting congressional elections. These representatives profess to find in the meusure a serious infraction of the constitution and a mentce of grave in- justice to the south. They of course propose to fight it to the last extremity. The bill relates only to the elections of representatives in congress, and finds warrant in section four of article one of the constitution, which authorizes con- gress to regulate the times, places and manner of holding elostions for repre- sentatives. It provides that on the peti- tion of five hundred voters in any con- gressional district the judge of the United States disteiet court shail place the next election in that district under the provisions of the act. Insucha cuse the judge is vequived toappoint two registors for each polling district, oue from the party having the highest and one from the party having the noxt highest number of votes at the preceding presidential elec tion, The re to ist of voters, which shall be closed not less than ten days bafore the election. Two inspectors of election shall b avpointad for each precinet, and hold the eleetion, guided by the registrey list. The voting is to be conducted in a mun- ner similar to the system in chusetts and other states. Tho to be absolutely inoparative save in con- gressional distliets where five hundrel legal 1 for its ation, The States is to bear the burden of exponse attending the printing of offi- nial ballots and other incidentals of the The votes are to bo returned to the clerk of the distrl with the judge shall compute the sult and certify it to the house of vopresentativ place on the roll the sentatives thus cactified. made for the euforcement of the and for the punishment ot disclosurs of ballots or interferenco with voters. There is cortenly nothing very dan- garous in this measure, or which should oxcite the fearsor the anxiety of the men who desiro free and fair elections, In districts where felectious are honestly eonducted and all citizens are allowed t0 vote us thoy please the proposed ls will not b invoked, ard it is presumed that all good citizens will agree that if there are auy distriets in the country in which elections are not honest and citi- zens ure not permitted to exercise the right of suftrage freely and have their votes counted, it is time a remedy was provided for such a cou- dition of affuirs. There is no trace zisters ure to malke hes2 shall Massa- law is voters ope! elections, cle names of Provision law lof partisan partiality in tho bill, as even the New York Zimes ad- mits, that paper saying of it that 1t is ‘‘an honest and courageous attompt to apply n sound principle of public policy and o high standard of political purity to n most difficult and perplexing problem.” The great solicitude of the southern representatives is not caleu- lated to convineo the country that their claim of fair and free olections 1n the south is sincere. That the proposed law has constitutional authority to support it can unquestionably be demonstrated. Whether it can be made effective, with- out producing conditions quite ns de- ploruble ns those it is designed to remedy, is a question for most careful and serious consideration. THE NEXT APPORTIONMENT. It1s expected that the compilation of the statisties of population under the cloventh census will be completed by August, und that everything will be in readiness by the time of the meeting of the present congress for making the new apportionment of representative In view of this a good deal of interest is said to b shown among members of congress in the question of the proba- ble size of the house of representatives under the mext apportionment. According reports from Wash- ington the Dbelief is somewhat general that the next house will be composed of three hundred and {ifty-three members, or, in case of the admission of \Wyoming and [daho this year, of threo hundred sand fifty-five members. ‘I'his would made the total number of eloctoral votes in 1802, if the apportionment. should be made by this congress, either four hundred and thirty-seven or four hundred and forty- three, and the svccessful candidate for president would have to receive in the first case two hundred and nineteen votes or more, and in the second two hundred and twenty-two votes more. The new census is exnected to show the populntion of the country.to be about sixty-five million, of which the western states, including those on the and states newly admitted or to be ad- mitted, will have somewhat more than one-third, or tmated, twenty-three million five hundred thousand. On the estimates of population for the several divisions of the country, and assuming tho membership of the house will be increased as stated, the New F land states would probably one or two representatives, middle states gain one or two, the southern states gain nino, and the western states increase theiv repre- sentation fifteen. On the basis of threo hundred and fifty-five veprosontatives in congress the probable votes of the several divisions in the house and in the clectoral college would ba: New England statos twenty-five votes in the house und thirty-seven electoral vote middle states, eighty-two votas in the house and ninety-four electoral votes; southern states one nundred and nine- teen votes in the house and onc hun- deed and forty-five electoral votes, and the western states one hundred and twenty-nine votes in the house and one hundred and si -seven electoral votes. In any event the western sec- tion of the country is cartain to have a very decided preponderance over any other section in the next house and in the electoral 1'0‘.10_(0 of 1892, a fact which may ha a strong influsnce upon both the o parties in se- lecting 5 ial candidates two years hence. The question to 1se or loso the whether iv is ex- pedient to increase the mem- bership of the house beyond what it is at present has received some discussion, and probably opinions are pretty evenly balanced, while there are some who think it would ba wiser to re- duce thun increase. But obviously the groatly enlarged ratio of representation that would be necessary in order to make the membershipless than at pres- ont would be regardel as unjust to those states whosa populations hav, mainad almost stationary sinee the last apportionment, and an increase in the mewmbership of the Thouse of from twenty-three to twenty-live is therefore probable, One ¥ Import: ntresult of 1 will be in de: termining whether the elections ara free and fair and the returns honest, in states whose election returns indicate a decrease of population. [t may safely be predicted that it will ba shown they are not. Titiz wool growers and woolen man u- facturers are at loggerheads. The Ohio fleece producers are united in de- manding higher duties onthe ground that without it their industey will be erippled. On the other hand, the New Eogland manufacturers and the Ponn- sylvania carpet mukers complain that their business is lnaguishing for luck of prover varieties of wool, the home market being glutted and the foreign market sealed against them.. In the ontlict of interests will congress be able to happy ficiul to both parties ? strike a medium bene- busi- lost The United not Charles follow the ross the public has Wt of th vies question. plenipotentiaries of both the States and Canada have, howover, neglec the sub Mr, Tupper, the Dominion minister of marine and tis ies, has been closeted with Secretary » for a number of days and the ations havo pro- ¢ reded so fu ant the prospect of dy it satisfuctory to toth parties. IN the endeavor o Blain negoL A3 Lo war sattleme A DISPATCH was sent to Baltimore a few days ago from two hundred ele- vators of Nebraska 1n effect that they are satisfied with the corn inspection of that city and object to an) change in the system. ‘The corn shippers of this state are deeply interested in the mov ment proposed in Baltimore to place in the hands of the governor of Maryland the power of appointing a commission to late > § of grain, as any ration in the standards of inspection is liable to influenc and cause confusion in th Baltimore 1# one of the largest corn and grain exporting cities on the Atlantic Its trade has ¢ ped for the uty years, ports now run reg alter values coast. past tw up into the millions of bushels annu- ally. In confobmity with the other grain ports of the asaboard, Baltimore's grain inspection is in the hands of its produce exchange. Inspectors ave ap- pointed from its members, selectod with special referoride to their knowledge, and from all indieations the system has boen acceptable for many yoars. The movement no\; on foot is consequently viewed with alwrm, n men unite in condemning wischeme to put grain inspection undev political control to be used as a lever ih dispensing patronage. So much fear is felt lest the bill now pending in the legislature become n law and impori | Baltimore's grain mar- ket as to units all mercan tile interests of the city with tho corn exchange to At the monsu State inspection hus not proven satisfactory whore teied and would be fraught with danger in & state as politically rrupt ns Mary laud. In Illinois and Missouri state in- spection furnishes fat berths for poli- ticians to the detriment of the grain trade, and the business mon of Balti- more aro fully justitied in their op- position 1o attempt to saddle such an abuse on the to be held at Dos Moines on April 2 by the republicans of Towa for the purpose of disclissing n modificatfon of the prohibition law will be wstep fraught with vital issues for the welfare of the stato. Thoughtful men have been aroused to the necessity of modifying tho ineflicient sumptuar measure now on the statute books. T'he movement, although recently set on foot, has assumed large proportions and is reeruiting to 1ts aid hundreds of citizens irrespective of party. Local clubs ave springing up in various pasts of the state, especially in thoe larger cities of the interior. Nor is the move- ment lagging in the river towns, where the demoralizing effects of an inelli- cient law are most glaring, The moral, law amding element has taken a promi- nent part in the reform agitation, num- bering among its supporters ministers and churchmen who have uot been Dlinded by the falsoe pretensss of probibition and who are anxious to bring order out of chuos. The impetus putin motion is sure to crystallize into a strong political reforin movement, Its platform will abundon prohibition and substitute high licenss and loeal option in its stead. [or that purpose the call for a conference was issuod bearing the endorsement of me of the best and most prominent mau of the stats, That alarge delogatio will be present is as- surved. Its will be to unite on a high license law accoptable to the ma- jority and to formulate a plan of cam- paign which all redeem [owa from her sorry plight. Titk conference A Two Line 7 New York 1 Conn.,' Maren 1S —Two bnys un. Funeral. Next. S i Apli: The Kensoh of ths Thing. Lowis Glode-Dsmoerat The treasury shortage of Mississipbi is considorably larger, than that of Missouri; but then her democratiz majority is a good deal large r too. wzedy, ribuiie. Norwicn, Shotgun. The Kaiser at Large, Hartford Courant, An unknown clcptant loose in the strects withont a keeper would bo a disquieting spectacle, What of an unkuowa young ( man emporor loose 1 Furopoan politics with- out Bismarck? P Not a Pereanial “Kicke Washing'on F Presidont Harrison has comploted the first year of his administration without having onee resorted to the veto power. During the same period of the Cleveland adminis- tration congress was nodifial by the chief executive that it had passed undesirable measures on 115 separats occasions. ——— New York Wants Most of the Pork. Pittxbury Dispten. It 13 iaterzsting to learn that Mr. P. Flower has offerca, ou behalf of New Yerk, to support a $25,000,000 river and liarbor appropriation on condition that New York gets a bigsharo of it. This indicates Mr. Flower's full adhersion to the school of statesmenstip which consists in supporting everything that yiolds a largo enough pieco of the por Rosweil The Duty of the lowa Legizlatur, St. Louis Globe-Demoarat, Some of the republican papars of fowa aro disposed to question the Globe-Democrav's accuracy of observation, as well as tho w dom of 1ts advice, with regard to tho matter of prohibition in that state. 1t is not true, they say, that public sentiment is against tho prohibitory volicy. 1But it is certainly true that a majority of tho peopic voted last tail for the anti-prohibition candidate for goveruor and thav very nearly a majority of the anti-prohibition candidates for the lemslature were oloctod. 1t 13 likely tha other causes helped somewhat to bring about that result; but the main issue was prohibition. The democrats did no: con ceal their intention to repeal the prohio- itory law In the event of thair success; and, with & full “understanding of this fact, enough republicans joined them to @ive thom u mujority in the state, 1f thesa republicans who votad the democratic tickel wara not wnfluenced for the most part by hostility to the pronibitory volicy, then surely their feal- ing in its favor was of o vory lu'tswarm and unreliable charactar, They ware willing, at least, to have it diseradited by an adverse vote: and men who hold their devotion to & cause thus lightly hardly ba ae pended upoa to ‘btdnd by it in future con tingenc 1t is useloss to ddny tont party has been steadily losing ground in Towa ever since 1t espoused prohibition as a party measure. Tho defeut of last fali was wot an accident. Iy was the climax ofa gradual process of democratic €ain at re pulican expouse. - In a local way the people bad repeatcdly manyested their dissatisfac- tion with the prohipitory experiment; but the warning wont uwheeded, and o they em- phasizad it by electitg o democratic gov- not 0 much biciuso he was & demo- crat as because he was ao anti-prohibitonist, That is the logical and iatelligent explana- tion of the matter. And tho lesson which it conveys is manilest and couclusivo. A wa- jority of the people of Iowa prefer to votethe repubiican ticket undoubtedly, but they will not do s0 if they are requircd to accept prohibition as u part of the republican creed. 1t is for this reason that we urge the substitution of sowe other aud more popular plan of temperance reform, The question is not yield- ing to the liquor interast, butof r the honest wishes of yoters without whoss support the republican party can not hope to retain its ascondancy in a state whore it has heretofore been so splendidly prosperous. It 18 ot to bo supposed for & momeut that there is & predominant seatiment in Iowa iu tho republican tavor of the saloons and tho evil influences and tondencios that aro always and every- where associated with them. 1ut thore is a ruling sentiment, unless all signs are mis- leading, in favor of a judicious local option law, siniflar to thoss which are working sat isfactorily in othor states; and ho republi cans should provide such a law at once, in- stead of waiting for still stronger and more disastrous expressions of public displeasure, - IN THE ROTIUNL Mr, P. Walsh, a member of the North Platte city council, is at the Millard, “Anything interesting in North Platie politios” was the question put to the gontio- mac. “‘Yes indeed,” he replied. “We are look- ing for the hottest clection there this spring wo have ever had. Charles Ormsby 18 the present mayor, and, being a pronounced antiprohibitionist, he is going to have do- termined opposition. Thomas Fort, a rabid prohibitionist, will be his opponent, and he declares he will beat him, but he will find out that the people don't agree with him. North Platte docsn’t want a prohibition mayor, and I don’t think it will have one.” “Are the prohibitionists very active gener- aily throughout Lincoln county " “Yes, they are. They are vigorously en gaged with their organization work, and are determined to make u hot fight.” “'‘Will they carry the county ! No, I do nov think they will, They may, but it 13 bighly improbable. They had two moetings there last weak, both of them being fairly well attended. But tho other side is av work, too, and does not secm to be much alarmed, “Iho Farmors' allianco! Well, it 18 a atrong organization aud no mistak e, and it is growing strongor every day. It is the most wide awake organization we have ever bad in that section, and the mem- ship today will reacn fully six hundred. ‘They claim to be non-partisan, and their aim is to send somebody to Lincoln who will lezisluto for the people and not for the rails roads. There is a strong feeling in the couatry districts against the railroads. John Nosbitt, the present member, made a speech at Lincoln against the submission bill, but afterwards voted for it. He gave his reasons, but they wero unsatisfactory to a large proportion of his constituency. He holds over, you know. “We are in the Third district. democrat, but voted for Dors Yeos, 1 have heard of many complaints agninst him. He made many enemies by his opposition to our effory to secure o governwent bailding—a postofice and land office combined. The citizens raised o subscription and sont a delegation to Washington on this ercand, but Mr. Dor- sey sat down on them, and we didn’t get the building, In this Washiogton delegation were B, ), Hinman and State Sonator Nes- bitt, but their influsace was not sufticient to accomplish anything, and they roturasd dis- gusted. “Yes, business is incroasing uicely at Platte. We have built two splendid banlks during fthe past year, the North Platte and First Natioual, costing rospectively $16,000 and $21.000. Thero are quitc a number of buildings in contemplation there for this summer, and we are all expecting an im- vroved condition of affairs in business cir- clos.” I'm a [} JOTTINGS, Nebraska South Sioux City is to have au Oddfellows lodze “r'he Omaha presbytery will meet at Papil- iion April 15, About fifty ministers will ut- tond. The old bell of the Methodist church at Fairmont hus been sent to Tro, Y., to be recust. Ea Antrim of Gresham has been held for trinl_on tho charge of rapo in bonds of 1,500, Mr. and Mre. Benjamin Clapp, living near Bioomington, receutly celobrated the fift, cighth anniversary of their wedding. Hamiin Palmer of Wahoo, who went east to be treated for o diseased limb, has been compelied to have the limb amputated. Iditor Fowler of the Scribner News has decided to remove his plant to North tiond and start o pew vaper to be cailed the Argus, C. B. Grinom of Campboll has been held in $1,500 bonds for trial on tho charge of rapo’ upon the person of Mra. Andrews, a married woman living in the vicinity. Mrs. Sullivan, o white woman aged one hundred and ten years living ou the reser- vation, in Crawford tho other day on her way to visit relatives in Newcastle, [* A drove of hogs was struck by a passonger train_near Blue Hill tho other day and twenty porkers were killed. ‘I'ho engine was spattered with blood from pilot to cab. Long Pine witnessed a very successful business carnival last week, in which the various establishments of the town were reproscutod by sixty ladies in brilliant cos- tumes, Joo Kuehnel, n Columbus crank, cele- brated the_auniversary of tho duy his wife secured a divorce from him by burnng his religious works on the strect and denounc- ing the church. The east Necbraska conforency of tho United Brethren church has just closed o five days’ session at Strang and the appoint- wments Tor the ensuing year were announced by Bisnop Keehors. Schus ler had two incondiary fires m one night last woek. Tho first onc was discov ercd befora much harm was done, but the second one destroyed an old elevator filled with bay and Bradford’s lumber vard was was only saved by tue very hardest work. Hawghler has o beautiful Presbyterian church, but uot a single membver of that de- nomination resides 1 tho neighboriood, ‘The energetic man who built the edifico has moved awnyaud bho was the ouly Presby- terian for miles acound. Waile Father Langhoff was cleaning out a well on the old Van Voorhees place, north of towu, lust week, says the Madison Chroaicle, Lo found an assortment of jewelry tied together with a string. Thero wero twenty silver watch chains, twenty silver rings and tawo bracelots. ‘The old geatloman thought he had fouud a silver mine, and 4o it was ou a smail scule. How tho juwoiry came thero is 4 mystery, but it is supposed that a thief must Liave dropped hus plunder thore wany years ago. Hon. Charles R. Keckloy las written a 1 to a friend in Iillmoro county in which lie declares he will not be a candidate for the state senato this fail, and roma S feel that the issics now boing presse hope to a final conclusion,by tho anti-u olists, are of paramount importance Lo every citizon who s the prosperity of the peoplo and the advancemeut of the state At any rate I profer to work in the ranks, if by s0 doing a graater degros of harmony can b secured.” towa 1t Larroll 18 to hovea son. A starch factory 15 talko City The sale of horses at Waver £350,000 & year. The Giood Templars of Pomoroy a building of their own. Vort Madison has secured the factory from Farmington. Ten thousand tons of hay have shipped from Wesley the past year, A site for o Y. M. C. A. building has purchased at Ottumwa for §,500 ‘The Spirit Lake Camp meeting will com mence June 20 and hold over two Sundays. The farmers of Allamakee county have banded toemselves togother iu un alliance. A co-operative company has been organized at Burt a capital stock 03 83,000, ns o factory this son- 1 of at Charles amounts to 1l erect Herg wagon bean been croamery with Olof his left saw the Larson of St had amputated ho naud neatly other day & 8 lady on tho street a Keo s paid §20 and is spendiog thirty For insult! kulk dude b aays in jail Mike Malcne of Daveaport choked his wife Because she wouldn't give him monay to buy wisky, and is now meditating on tho error of his ways in the county jail. Musoatine county, which {8 now suppors ing forty insane patients in various insti tutions, has concluded that it will bo cheaper to keep them At home, and will build a county hospital for tho insane. A Dubuque lady, whese fractured limb, having been sot by a s¥liful surgoon, was healing gradually, wss visited by Christian sciontists who pursuaded her that hor hmb was not fractured at all aud urged her to rise and walk, and attempting to obey them sho fell und fractured the other limb. Tho widow of Archis Neat of Reinbeok, who was fatally shot while assisting the sheriff to arrost two tramps last summer, is 1n absoluto want and the legislature has been asked to provide a fund for her rolief. Sho {8 in dolicato health and has four small childron depondont on_her for support. As her husband lost his life in tho service of the state, it is thought some provision should b3 made for the support of his family. About three years azo Pierson Wilson of Clinton, mccidently stuck the bladeof a knife into his hand, the blade being broken about thrdo-fourths of an inch from the end and remaining embedded in the palm. Ho suffer- ed considerably, but on the advico of physi- cians at the time allowed the biado to re- main and has carried it sinco until last weok when 1t pained bimso soverely and tho mem bor swollod so, that, acting on the advice of Dr. Peterson, ho had the hand cut open and the blade taken out. It was somewhat cor roded. Ho feels very much relioved and will s0on have the use of the hand, which ho has not had for turee years past. The Two Dakotas, Pierrc is extending its street railway sys- tem. Clark county county alliance, Whitewood's pieted by July 1 A Knights of Pythias brass band has been organized at Madison. A colony of Ohio farmiors settlod in Charles Mix county last weck, Aperdeen has put up the amount required to securo the location of tho state fair. John B. Dyer of aulk county has been appointed farmer for the Indian school at Pierre. Deadwood shipped east $140,000 in_bullion last weck, the output, of four minos the first half of March, McPhorson county farmers aro now sup- plied with seed wheat, 8,000 bushels, the amount required, having' béen purchased by committee, A healtn resort hotel is to be built at Cas- cade, Fall river county. “he mineral springs at that place are said to be a guro cure for rheumatism, Mrs. T. J. Johnes of White Lake poured hot water into a cold bottlo and was badly mjured about the face by the - explosion which followed. Charles Pollock went to a masquerade at Central City dressed in femalo garb and orset tightly laced. During the be slipped and_fell, sustaining a_rup- ture which 1t is boloved will prove fatal. Ihe Deadwood Times says the Bear Guleh mining district will be represented at tho world’s fair in Chleago i 1502 by a complete reduction plaut 1n oparation on oro from the the northern Black Hills, which will eive the public an opportunity to see tin ia its native state and the process by which the oro is treated. ‘Che Seandivavian farmers of the Red River valley met at Grand Forks and organized ¢ association called tho Red River Valle rmers' Anti-Monopoly association. The object of the association is to enablo mer bers to seil taeir wheat directly to the Eng- lish markets instead of middle men as at presont. Representatives will shortly be sent to England to perfect arrangements. While his parents were away from homo Iittle Nick Lester, a six-year-oid youngster living near Sturgis, got hoil of a shotgun, whic, with the aid of a chair, ho succeeded 10 aiming at his mother's pat canary birds, Ho then blazod away. Waen his mother re- turned the birds were dead, the window smashed to pieces und tho boy Iving in a cor- ner in an unconacious condition us a result of the recoil of the gun, Southern Suppression of Votes. The junior democratic organ in this city, says the Chicago Tribune,tuggling along behind Senator Pasco, denies that there is any suppression of the colored vote in the south, and asserts that vot- ersin proportionately equal numbers stay away from the polls, both at the north and south, through simpie lack of interest. “The sections are not much unlike 1n theic cogard for the ballot. In both there ave thousands of stay-at-homes us wellas unfailing voters. Tt is quite as just to infer ‘suppression’ in ono case as the other. The short vote of both north and south is doubtless due to the same cause. The full vote is not cast 1n the north because a great many voters do not think it worth while to go to the polls, and it is not cast in tho south for the same reason The inaccuracy of this assumption will become apparent when a compari- son is mado of the number of votes cast in each state with the total population. Taking the United Statos as a whole, there were on an average in 1880 5.3 persons—men, women and children— for every vote that was cast. The following table shows how widely the southern states departed from that average: Stat farmers have organized a waterworks will be com No, persons No. ]mx»leh‘ Stute, o vote to voter, 2.9 Minnesoata .0.6|Nobraska 6/ lowa, 7.6 Kansas s 7.) Pennsylvania 0000 5 Now Y ork.. Michigan ... Georgla. Alabamn Arkansas. . Virginia 3 MOXRTHE e sorsisiah Tennoessoe, bt Kentucky. 6.2/ Indiany.. North Caroliia, .."..5.7/0bio 5 One may ask with reason why percentage of voters to the total popu- lation should be the smallest in the gulf states, where 1ntimidation is uni- versal: should incrcase in the border states, where bulldozing 1s limited to certain sections; and should rench its highest point in the northern stat where bulldozing is unknown. It ma, be suid in attempted reply tnat there ar o male adults in proportion to total population in the northern than the southern states. This is so owing to the large foreigu immigration, a ma- jority of which composed of adults, wany of them not yet naturalized. Malés over twenty-ote constitute a lit- tle over twenty per centof the total population of southern and twenty-six per cent of thatof northern states, T however, modifies but siightly the fi ures given above and stll leaves it for southern bulldozers and their defend- ers to explain why there shouid be twice Ny persons to a voter in Georgia as in 11linois. TWU‘AR: ER'S. is, as So wuch one thought about the life bayond He did not drain the waters of his pond And when death laid his children sod. Ho called it * neath the the mysterious will of Goa He would strive for not he His wenith, I3e. not worldly gain, he said, was stored in God's To Pt his mortal bady talked about the gar blessed ; trossad oats of the ast slocp ho lai od her w And when o his His only mouraer boy " suro thero was a | en of hia eartaly how Ono was n fo 10 So mado a b and with & Ho strovs for woalt Ho comforted tho needy ia p WOPO NOW pod Ay and t A brot keop out He He said this life was such a hittio Man ought o wmake the most of it f o fortune that ucedyand boreft And whea he diad, t Gave sucoor 10 th [ FROM THE STATE CAPITAL, Women Candidates for the Board of Education. NCOLN LADIES ENTHUSIASTIC, An Old Soidier Dies While Drunk - Secret Soclety Matters - Religious Intelligenco—The Uity in Brief. Interested in Eduncation, Liscory, Neb, March 23.—[Special ta Tite Bee.|—Tho responso to the cail for n meeting of ladies to name ladies as candi dates for the board of education was not only largo but enthusiastic. Mrs. I'rank K. Elliott called the moeting to order and aftor singing “Our Country, 'I's of Thes,” Dr, Charlotte Norton offercd prayer. Tho lady in the chair then stated tho purposs of tho call. She said that last year was tho first timo in the history of the city thattho women had come together in a non-sectarian, non partisan and non-organizationnl way to exoress opinions on educational intarosts. Sho complimented previous efforts; said that the experionce and so-called dofeat of the former effort had worked wonders: that while other parties accepted nominations made by ladies, the republican nominating committee had expressod regret that their nominations had not boen received in timo last year and that they would ba considerad this' year. She statod that the com mittee recommended that the ladies shoul: not put a tickot in tho fleld this your, but work toward making the school manage mont non-partisan by askiog all partics to accopt the nomination of ladies by lndics. Mrs. T. H. Leavitt was clectad permanent chairman and Mrs, M. D, Welch secrotary. Aftor briefly considering the matter Mias Phabe Elliott and Dr. Margaret Sabur wero nominated for members of the hoard. Two committces were then appointed to arrange with the republican and democratic parties for acceptance of the nomincos. STRANGLED TO DEATIL At 0:30 last night Monroo How tho best known characters about town, was found dead in bed. Farly in the evening ho was taken to Rawlin's barn 1o a very be- sotted condition and put ia aroom on the second floor. At the time ho was unable to walk, Shortly after the hour stated Walter Staaforth, an'employe of the barn, want to the room where Howard was Laken, for tho purpose of retiring, and found him ' lying on his back dead. Hjs face was covered with vouut and it 18 thought he died from strangu- lation. The decoased was about fifty years of age ana an old soldier. The coronor has decided nov to hold an i quest. SECRET SOCIETY MATTENS, The Veteran nssociation of ~ Lancaste county has decided to hold n camp fire at Lincoln Wednesday, Muy 14. It is said that the membership of this association is in- creasing. Lincoln divisions, IKnights of Pythias, aro drilling Tuesday and Friday evenings. The boys are getting ready for the Milwaulkeo conclave. A large delegation of tho boys will attend from this city. Modern Woodman of ‘the city expect to celebrate tho ninth anniversary of the order in a becoming manner. Committees on ar- raogements and programme have already been appointed. Maay of the most intelli gont and influential citizens of Lincoln aro membors of the order Lincoln assembly, No. 4, Knights of Pythius, ladies, mcets tomorrow afternoot, at Castle hall. Mrs, Judge Diworth of Hastings will officiate. ‘Phe charter list of this assembly containg twenty-two names. A D. Marshail lodge, No. 41, will have degreo work in the eveniny. Monday evening, March 81, members of No. 15, A, O. U. W., with their wives and frionds will celebiate thoir third annivers sary. This lodge expects an unusuaily on- joyable time on that occasion, and in view of tho many good things to be served at supper a wencral fast is suggosted. RELIGIOUS INTELLIGEN St. Andrew's church, at the corner of Eighth and Washington stroets, was form- ally dedicated today. Bishop Worthington conducted the services. Special services were held today by the Young Men's Christian association. They were in charge of Rev. O, k. Buker and tho ovangelists, W. B. Cullis and R. . Sargent. The exccutive council of the Nebraska Lutheran synod convenes at the Y. M. C. A. rooms next Tuesday evening at 9:80 p. m. Members from all parts of the stato will b present. W. B. Cullis, state evangelist, commenced a sories of special meetings' at the First Baptist church this evening. Except Satur- day, services will be held each evening dur- ing the week. "The contract has been let for th of the Second Presbyterian church, at the corner of Twenty-sixth and 1> streets. Its cost willbe from #,000 to §,000. Active work will be commonced Omorrow morning. Rev. E. S. Ralston, pastor of the Pli- mouth Congregational ' church, preached a special sermon for the Knights of Pythias this morning. ‘The attendance of meinbers of tho order was qnite large. Lincoln divi sion No. 1 of the uniform rank m: r:ned to the church in full umform, LINCOLN TO DENVER The Postal telegraph and cabie company is putting in a wire from Lincoln to Denver,and will connect the two cities within tho noxt sixty days. This information is rcceivel from a reliabie source and thero is no donbt about its trath. The company is geting ready to bid for the nostal se erection nml Welnesday, March and 26, IWeuldy's)is for 89 Moniay, Tuesdny 24, Now Scream tinee Your Loud:st Wednesday | It The Popular Artists, HALLEN AND HART, g0 Mr ey Hine, i tio Under the management LATER ON| Tho Moxican S marchos. beautifu Ly girls, topical & Hunpany Hegular pricos THE TINY QUEEN The Sm Horse world A product of Ne NT. John D). ¢ NGIEA s iy yea . 1 One Dnho Admxta to All OMAHA LOAN AND TRUS LOM PAN\ yh oand e Omalm Lo.m\\ TrustCo SAVINGS BANK $. € Cor, 16th and Dougias Strasts Takd In Oamita $30.000 Rubsoribed & 100,000 Liabiliny of stooki \ 200,000 8 Par Cont Interast Paid on Deposits FRANK 0. LANGE, O Becurity, at Lowes Rate < - A |