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

THE DAILY BEE E. ROSEWATER, Edm.r ISHED EVERY MORNING. i TERMS OF SURSCRIPTION Daily and Sunday, One Year Bix months Three montiia, Kuni Weekly i run One Y OFFICE The Bee Bullding «r N and Xith Stroets, onrl Stre Mamber of Commerce. , 1and 15 Tribune Butlding. urtecnth street. CORRESPONDENCE, AN communfeations reiating to news and edito tter should be addressed to the Editorial Depurtment, BUSINESS LETTERS, A1l husiness lotters and remittance addressed to The Bee Publishin ts, chocks and postoffi payable 1o the order of the Co On Ol Counell Blu Chic Washington, s should am and Seventeenth Sts, CIRCULATION The | SWORN STATEMENT OF 1 'k, secratary of The Beo mpany. does solemnly swenr ctual elreilatl .mf'rm DATLY BeR k ending M Publishing that the for the we May 11 ¥, May 12 eudity, Mity 1it Wednesday Thursduy. Moy v, May 16.... av. May 170 Average Sworn to hefore me i ribed to fn my presence this 17th May, A. D, 1890, Seal.] N. P. FEIL, Notury Publie. y sworn, de- o is secrotary of The any, that the ilatfon of THE May, 1850, 1880, 1568 ' coples; i for August, 180, 18 per, 180, IRTI0 ooples: coples; for November, 1550, sember, 1880, 20,048 copie oples; ‘for [ 5 158 ok, being Octoncr, T, 18 10,410 coplos; for B. TZ8CHUCK. Sworn 10 before mo and subsoribed in my LE COPY POSTAGE . 8. 1 Ttz southern Methodist eonfe St. Louis issucd the usual edict Sunday nev and a marke THE state of Michigan wiped out debt of nearly five. million dollars in twenty-five y It is hardly necc sary to add that Michigan is a republi- can state. Tie clearings report for the country surpasses all previous records in the volume of transactions and per cent of increas Out of fifty-four cities in the sintion over a year only four show a Tur removal of the duty on lumber and salt, as proposed by Congressman Owen, should receive the support of e y western representative. Both in- dustries have been enriched at the ex- pense of the whole people. THE school Imul( trust is one of the odious combines which reaches into the pocket of every household. It isa com- bination on one of *‘the necessaries of life,” and its supp om cannot be ef- focted too soon for the good of the coun- tr, I is not surprising that the democrats in the house forget their lato lamented leader, Sumuel J. Randall, in view of the fact that the party trims its sails to cateh every passing breeze that prom- ises power and pelf. Democratic mem- ovy is painfully uncertain, THERE is little prospect that the bill giving an incroased foderal appropria- tion to the state militia will pass this session. As o consequence the briga- diers and privates will be compelled to forage on neighboring cornfields and melon patehes when enjoying their an- nual summer frolie. H W oresight, the naval board which tried MeCalla provided for his material wants while suspended. Pay and rations goes on without work or loss of rank, This species of *‘punishment” will not seriously disturb the conscience of one who calmly cut down a chained subordinat Wi CONGRESSMAN LawLer of Chicago is weary of life’s turmoil in Washington and proposes to retive at the end of this torm. With that comprehensive states- manship which marked his career in the national forum, Mr. Lawler cheerfully admits that his ser s are invaluable to his party, and will take the position of sherift of Cook county, valued at thirty thousand a year. Othe welcome to glories of oftice; Mr. will take the cash. senate does not propose to follow hes of the house leaders regard- ing an early adjournment. Prominent senators declare that the interests of the country are above the interests of indi- vidual congressmen who are rushing legislation soas to return home to mend th political fences. The count looks to thu.senate to radically nevise the tariff bill and other important house moasures, and there is overy veason to believe that the confidence reposed in the upper house is not misplaced. IBTHE oruel treatment of political priss oners in Siberia has produced widespread indignation in Europe and America. An association has been organized in Phila- delphia to sccure one million signatures to a petition to be forwarded to the czar, praying for mitigation of the punishments inflicted. The circulation of similar petitions in England called out a rebuke from Mr. Gladstone. In a letter he says the government of Russia would be justi- fied in returning the remonstrance with a curt note calling the attention of the British to “‘the brutal slaughter of Irish poople at Mitchellstown.” People who live in glass houses should not throw stones. The British arealways shocked with the cruelties of other governments, but ave rarely concerned about the bludgeoning, shooting and imprisonment of the people across the channel, It is not at all improbable that the Russian government will find in the United States material for an equally curt rejoinder to tho Philadelphia petition, | to the interests and welfare of the | anti-monopoly conference mee | | must TIEMONOPOLY CONFERENCE, conference of anti-monopoly re- at Lincoln today promises to be one of the most important political movements in the history of Nebraska. It is prompted and justified by a condi- tion of affairs which has been too long tolerated by the people of this state, and the feeling is gencral that the time hand and the demand imperative for a change. Tre Bee has published the views of prominent republicans in every portion of the state regard- ing the purpose of this conference, and the large majorit in hearty sympathy with it. The consensus of opinion among those who ave in a posi- tion to express thelr views freely and without prejudice is that the movement is wise and neecessary. It is the only way in which the anti-monopoly repub- licans of Nebraska can impress their de. mands upon the attention of the dom nant party in the state except by a rc volt at the ballot box, which every sin- cere republican desires to avert. It isn judicious and conservative method of effecting reform within the party, instead of resorting to the revolutionary process of open war- fare upon the party. 3 The men who will compose the Lin- coln conference are republicans, loyal to | the principles of the party and honoring its great career in the nation, and their only desive is to rescue republicanism in this state from the corrupt, unserupu- lous and oppressive domination of the railroads. The object of the conference is reformatoi It is intended to enforc the demand for protection of the people from the rapacity of corporate monopol Its deliberations will have refer- ence solely to principles vital peo- ple. It is not called to subserve the po- litical ambition of any individual or set of individuals, but to counsel a policy and cou that will free the politics of Nebraska from the control of the cor- porations, put in publie office honest and trustworthy men who will regard the wishes of the people, and br about legislation and an enforcement of the laws which will contribute to the pros; perity and progress of the state. Noone familiar with the situation of affairs in Nebraska will se que: tion that there is most urgent ne for a political reform lou!\nw to HI" at- tainment of results, For years every i ERARD 0 has suffered from the oppression and ex- actions of the railronds, and the power exerted by the corporations in politics has vendered the appeals of the people for reliof largely fruitless. This baleful influence is still active, and in order to defeat it the anti-monopoly cle- ment in the republican party be thoroughly organized and assert itself at the primaries and conventions. The cause in which the Appeals, therefore, to the support of all repub- licans who are in sincere sympathy with the interests of the people, and who be- lieve it to be the part of wisdom to seek the political reform desired through the republican party rather than to imperil all by making wav upon that party and encouraging defection and disor- ganization. They are most un- wise and unsafe counselors who advi the republican farmers of Nebraska to desert their party at this time and organize an independent move- ment whose almost inevitable result would be to transfer the political con- trol of the state to the democracy, with- out the least assurance of relief ov pro- tection from the heavy hand of corporate power. The anti-monopoly element in the republican p: is strong enough, if united and properly organized, to de- termine the policy of the party and to elect men to carry that policy into ef- fect. The cardinal purpose of the con- ference to be held today is to unify and organize this element, and if it shall re- sult in accomplishing this it will become memorable as one of the most valuable political movements in the history of the state. ng ANOTHER STATE LAW SET ASIDE. T® supreme court of the United States has rendered another decision declaring unconstitutional a state law the effect of which would be an inter! ence with interstate commerce. This is the Minnesota law requi that all fresh meats sold in the state should be cut from animals slaughtered within the state and inspected twenty-four hours before being killed. The law was passed at the urgent demand of the cattle raisers and butchers of Minnesota, who complained that their busine: being seriously injured by the impor tion of meats slaughtered and dressed in Chicago. The legislative protection thus given was largely approved by pub- lic sentiment, but the dressed beef men continued to send their meat into the state and the agent of one of them was prosecuted for violating the law. The state courts sustained the law, und the case ~was taken to the fed- eral supremo- court, with the result stated. Several other states passed milar laws, which of course are ren- dered void by this decision. The decision is based on the interference of the law with interstate commerce. The plain object of the act, was to exclude from the markets of Minnesota all meats of animals not slaughtered in that state, and under whatever pre- text this was proposed to be done it v clearly and unmistakably repugnant to the principle now most fully defined that a state can not prevent the importation of the product of another state which is a common article of commerce. The right of Minnesota to establish any sys- tem of inspection which might be deemed necessary to protect her people against Imported meats unfit for food is perhaps un- questionable, That would doubt- less be regarded as a legitimate exorciso of the police powers of the state. But the attempt to shut out meat slaughtered in another state is a very different mat- ter. The principle involved in this decis- ion, as in that relating to the Iowaliquor case, applies to all articles of commerce, and it ought to be now so well under- stood as to obviate future legislation of this character, which serves no other purpose than to create an- noyance, trouble and expense. Absolute froedom of trade betwoen the states is ng \s [ hus all along been - the constitution, subject to ch regulations ns congress alone has vower to prescribe. This is so clear, and the wisdom of it is so obvious, that it is most remarkable that the legisla- | tors of any state should have passed laws contravening it, and still more astonish- ing that state courts sustained such law With the light that has been thrown upon the subject by the recent decisions | of the supreme court there can certainly be no excuse for further legislation of the kind that has been set aside. secured b, THEY IN EARNEST. A cavefully prepared type-written in- torview Cowdery with Mr. Cowdery was furnished to the represen- tatives of Omaha dailies for publication. | 36 did not see fit to publish this remarkable interview for reasons we shall presently explain. The obvious intent ing this of Mr. Cowdeby interview into otype print was to create a 'sion against the anti-monopoly vepublican conference, While pretend- ing to deal with the question of rates Mr. Cowdery really wedges in a blow against the political movement with which he is not in sympathy, whatever he may say to the cont 1t Mr. Cowdery and the majority of the state board were really in earnest about the proposed rate reduction, in- of playing shuttlecock and battledore they would not have waited with their scheme until the very day on which the anti- monopoly republicans were to be in ses- sion at Lincoln. The whole thing-is a dead giveaway Their call for experts and shippers is simply a call for the raiload managers to get together and formulate a counter movement to whatever action may be taken by the republican conference. This is as plain as the nose on a man’ face ‘or our part we do not propose to en- cournge any deception, demagogy or masquerade, whoever may attempt it. If the state board had acted out what it professing there would have been no call or cause for an pti-monopoly republican conference and there would have been no occasion for the meeting of experts and com- plainants, OMAHA'S SLANDERER. A woman with a wicked and unbridled tongue has made the assertion in a pub- lic meeting that “‘there is more prostitu- tion in Omaha than in any city of its siz on earth,” A more foul aspersion upon the good name of this city has never been cast by the most reckless tramp of tramps. ‘What does this woman know about the immorality of Omaha women? Ha meandered through the slums and a canvass among the bawdy houses and disorderly resorts? Isshe in the habit of visiting houses of ill-repute in other cities to be capable of making a compar- ison? Has she got her information from roughs, toughs and sports who frequent these places and patronize prostitutes? she any statistics in support of her defamatory charge? Of course not. And what has she ever done toward lifting the fallen of her sex from their life of shame and degradation? Has she ever raised her voice in their behalf and sought tolead them back into the path of decency? Has she ever lifted one sin- gle wretch, man or woman, out of the gutter and by kind word and deed en- couraged and aided them to redeem themselves and make an honest living? | Has she offered to divide the fifty dollars a night she receives for retailing sland- ers against this city with any of the women that have been driven by pov- erty and distress to seek a livelihood in the haunts of vi This br: heeked masculine shrie er of reform never loses an opportunity to lie about Omaha and our hospitable and public-spivited people. Every- where she rvepresents this ity as the wickedest place on earth, when as a matter of fact we have as orderly, temperate, moral and law- abiding a community as that of any city on the globe of one hundred and fifty thousand population. She is constantly prating about the home and the happiness of home and famil That touches a tender chord of sympathy in the breast of every man and woman, But there are home-makers and home-breaker There are women who make home a heaven of domestic bliss and women who make home a hell on enrth and drive men into the haunts of dissipation. There are women who make life a burden to their husbands, and there are wemen who are never at home when they ought to be. This class of hybrids is chiefly engaged in nping about the country with fren- ppeals for the hom This brood of vixen and virago never lift up the ¢ and never relieve the distressed. They are not seen in hospitals ministe ing to the sick; nor in orphan homes teaching the fatherl and motherles but they are on the stump and rostram shouting reform, maligning their better and exaggerating the vices and afilic tions of humanity which are as inherent as sin and without which their occupa- tion as mercenury reformers would be at an end. stead A SMALL but enthusiastic bunch of prohibitionists journeyed to the capital of Kansas last week to proclaim the, glories of statutory sobriety which ex- isted only in their imagination, They trimmed the whiskers of that venerable fiction, *‘Prohibition prohibits,” while within a stone’s shrow of the meeting place was a throng of thirsty residents rushing about with oviginal packages. For the fivst time In five years liguor was sold openly in the city, and in less than eight hours the supply was ex- hausted, without appavently diminishing the demand, It was not a lack of liquor heretofore that aroused an impetuous demand, but the novelty of open sales. “To the rising generation,” says the To- peka Democrat, *it presented a pleasing contrast to the style that has prevailed | during those five years of the purchaser sneaking out of the alley with a bottle in gach pocket.” THE annual election for members of | the board of education occurs on the first | Monday in June. The vast sums ex- | pended by the board make it of vital im- portance that men of unquestioned in- | for devoting | publi togrity be placed in charge. In addition |n|||v\|'nsznl- " penses, aggregating ov three humll thousand, the board will have addeds Sesponsibility of erecting this year wew buildings, involving an outlay estimited at & quarter a million, This makes a of nearly six hliindred thous total by the city. council. It behooves the taxpayers and all citizens anxious to maintain the standard and efficiency of the public schidols to secure the services of competent, relinble men, to lift the board from ‘this mire of politics, and to vigorously rebuke any attempt.to put mercenaries on the board. The import- ance of the election should impress all good citizens with their duty to the cause of education, The school system of Omaha is unsurpassed by that of any city of equal population, and its growth and success demand constant vigilance. IN the palmy daysof frontier justice a captured horse thief was allowed suf- ficient time for prayer before his mortal remains decorated a tree or telegraph pole. But advancing civilization has wrought a radical change in men and methods, Instead of the unceremonious lifting of the culprit, modern laws in- vest him with certain inalienable rights of which he is not slow to take advan- tage. A Wyoming rancher recently tracked a bunch of his colts into N braska, secured the property and caused the arrest of the thief. The trial had none of those terrifying features which are noticeable in populous districts, but it was far move edifyin, Formalities were dispensed with, and the accused addressed the jury by handing around a box of eigars accompanied by eulogiums on their flavor. The chief witness told the story of the crime, sandwiching his remarks with a spirvited triangular fight in which three friends of the crook were knocked out. The impression made upon the court and jury by these cloquent re- marks turned the tide in favor of the accused and he was triumphantly ac- quitted, The history of the west is studded with records of trials where lead and blood flowed in equal propor- tions, but it is doubtful whether the modern style on the Nebraska border h a parallel in fistic eloquence, or displ the forceful power of the maligned cheroot. THE labors of the county assessors will close by legal limitation on the first Monday in June, when the assessment hooks must be returned to the re: county clerks. The interpretation of the revenue lawhy the courts practically binds the hands/of the board of equaliza- tion and leaves it powerless to remedy glaring mistukes in assessments. In fact the hoard is required to go through the forms of a trial ‘before an alteration ) be made, and.np, item can be raised with- out a complaint from a citizen, of which the defendant must be notified. As a consequence, comparatively few com- ints are filed, and the assessments stand as returned by the assessors, It is | of the utmost {importance that these officials carcfully: review and compare th books hdfore the 2d of June. It would be well for the and com- missioners to examine the lists togethe 80 that mistakes and errvors of judgments may be remedied, Justice to the tax- payers demands that the public burdens be equally distributed on all property. SESHO1 THE record of realty transactions, building permits and bank clearings furnishes unmistakable = proofs of the steady growth of the city. All three show amarked advance over the corre- sponding week of last year, Were it not for the doubt as to the result of the pro- hibition campaign, Omaha and Nebraska would now be on the crest of a tidal wave of unprecedented prosperity. A LARGE stone pile, under the united management of the city and county, would be an effective means of forcing tramps and toughs to steer clear of the city. Under the present liberal methods our jails are inviting boarding houses for the migratory gangs, where they are fed and heltered without money or labor. Remarkable Fortitude, Chicago Post. The greatness of this country is no bett exemplified than in the fortitude with which her people face the opening of a twelve duys' iff debate, Senator Bl astitied. Minnedpolis Tribune, Judging from the fuct that 6,000,000 letters were sent to the dead letter office lust would appear that a campaign of educ was just what was needed in this country. A Preliminary Blast. Philadelphia Press. tion of the roof of the Missouri state house was blown off the other day by a storm. This would scem to indic Al\‘ lllul Senator Vest had formally opened his cam- pain for re-clection, - Mr. Butterworth and Reciprocity, St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Thus far the Ohio statesman has been the only persistent and outspoken champion of reciprocity, yet the wholo party will have enter into a crusade in its behalf when some of the pending ruatters of urgent interest are out of the way, Lhe mistake of the party however, is in pestponing it at all, Tt should have been taken p this session and put into some sort of definite and practical shaj A large s to Struck the Popular Chor wItrago News. Butterworth struc a That Mr. popular chord in the bosews. of republicans when he | tain features of excessiv evidenced by the spoke against taxition in the bill is responses which he has sived from all over the country, These responses show very clearly that thy McKinley brauch of the republican party ig/d m is tolerated for dima museum purpos —_ S —— MO ¢ QUESTION, ouly THE FIAT SiLver Creek, Neb,, May 17.—To the Ed itor of Tie Bee: Remembering your recent invitation to the farmers of the state to write you, I desire to offer some considerations in regard to questions now agitating the minds of the people of the state, but wore especially of the farmers and labore In, the first place, I thank you most heartily 50 much space to the alliance news of Nebraska, Itis perhaps safe to si that during the last four weeks you have hed more of such news than has our self-constituted ‘“‘official or at Lincoln during its entire career. That paper is de voted almost exclusively to & continued ed itorial rebash of Edward Kellogg's ideas on financial questions, to attacking republicans of | and dollars, | | 8 sum exceeding that directly controlled | Trouble in Nearly All the Big Ch * Which | 10ved at the Palmer house, half of the fo | went out on a strik | taken | Gundle and the republican party, and to giving ratuitous advice to the farmers. As Napo- eon IT1. said of himself, “I am tho state," so the editor of that paper appears to be labor- ing under the impression that he is the alli- anco and that tht alliapco does not extend ond the boundaries of the state of Ne- braska. His paper scarcoly ever gives a word from our own national alliance of the northwest or from the southern alliance — the great farmers’ and laborers union, which is rapidly extending over the entire countr; I venture to suggest that if you would give a column or two te such outside news you would greatly oblige your farmer readers In a recent number of Tik Brg 1 notice that President Powers of the state alliance_makes a deliverance in favor of fat money. No one, however,should make the mistake of conclud- ing From this that all members of the alliance in this state believe also in flat money; nor from the fact that President Powers, by vi tue of his position as presiding officer, was ablo to rush through without debato . fiat money resolution at the late farmers' stato alliance at Grand Island. 1 am opposed to any contraction of the cur rency, but I am more opposed to au_inflation of it by means of issues of irredeemable paper moncy, and I believe there are thousauds among the farmers of the state who are with me in this and will in time make themselv felt, If some of those who now howl so loud for legal tender paper woney issued “dircetly to the people” would read alittlo less of Ed- ward ~Kellogg and his disciples and a little more of our own _continental money, the French assignats and mandats, and of the history of pu\wn mouey generally, they would 1ot be so ready to set " the mere philosophic spectilation of an_unknown man agair experience and wisdom of a; of finance based on the theor tremists could be immediately inaugurated, I sincerely believe it would plunge the country into distress and ruin utterly without parallel in all our financial history. rother farmers, in our efforts to get out of ing pan, let us be caroful that we do not get into the fire. Let us read all sides of this very complicated question, and then judge for ourselves without dictation from some of our would-be leaders who are today riding the alliance as did Church Howe ride the grange. _In conclusion, as a life-long republican, T sincerely trust ' the republican conference at Lincoln'on the 20th will result in_something definite and practical. The republican pi must eliminato the railroads, or the farmers aborers will eliminate 'the republican Crantes Woosten, - THE CAREOF PUBLIC GROUNDS May 10.—To the Editor of Tue Bre: Would it not be a good idea for our park commission and th chool board to the other side of the river and get some instruction relative to the care of public grounds? The management of our public grounds strongly of being in the hands of ru llagers. These people seem to be quite oblivious as to what is necessary to maintain beauty and order in our public grounds. Are not the taxes collected from us and the time expended in trying to beauti these public j , both time, labor and money thrown away?! All of these places look more like cattle pastures (and very poor, shabby 2attle pastures at that) than the neat, fresh, well-kept and much respected breath- ing and entertaining spots for our busy toil- who work hard to carn the money that vs the taxes on these places, I see Jefferson square has had some work done on it that has improved it very much. This seems to annoy some people and ev effort is put forth to undo what has been done and make it look as dilapidated as pos- sibl Look at Bayliss square in Council Blufls, The high school beautiful location, should every resident of those of Omuha, must be seen to be going miles to place we would t Oxraim, Neb. the pride of and especially from this ted, It is w ¢ and ought to be the f ke u stranger to look at. take visitors to these grounc may view the city and surrounding ape; and 1 ave to apologize for it appe much like the drying- ground of or the depositing for the waste paper baskets of the city. like Jefferson square, i valuable of ground, and s - he sold and utilized ov protected and beautified. It pvers an avea of about six hundred and fifty t squave and is worth 0,000, It is possible that onr officials may have for- gotten this. They have so much greater and more important deals on hand. The school board is busy looking after the interests of the poor, dear children. They are busy looking after school sites, letting contracts for buildings, examining brick to see who has the best, examining the best and at the sume time the most, inexpensive steam heating and plumbing: not forgetting the ot that can be made for lumber, L pens, ink and pencils by the car- hool hooks; not forgetting the desks, furniture and instruments,and several -loads of other necessaries 100 numerous to mention. This takes up ull the time of the school board, und Tdoubt if one of them has had time siuce his clection to see if there wus any ground around the high school (Omah 2500,000 bascball ground).” We must be a v city when we forget that we have such a piece of property. 1'have noticed the faithful old keeper of these grounds trying to keep them as he used to keep those of ‘Mr. Herman Kountze (that used to look beautiful), but his work seems to be undone faster than he can do it. Twice 1 passed through the grounds and heard him aslc some of the children not to harm the wrass and trees, They veplicd, “11's noue of ur husiness, we can do what we pleas No, Mr. Kditor, I contend that these children huve ample room to play and romp inside_fo the second walk that encircles the shigh school. — There is a larger space for ground inside that whlk than other three school yards in the city should the children 5 oL want and have so much m 1 the childven in other parts of the eity ¢ 'hy should these public servants in their of- Al positions allow this public property to d for private partics! Huve more right to destroy and disfigure 1e grounds and trees than they have those of Mr. Kountze, My, Hamilton o Mr. Popple- ton! If Lam vight in my idea of public prop erty no one has more right to it than another, nscquently no oné eitizen or child has vight to do anything that would in the least mar or disfigure public prope For iu stunce, if Joues can play baseball Brown has just as much rvight to pitch quoits. Smith wants to play footbail, Robinson and party will have a bicycle track. The little Saooze and friends “want to play garden dig and pls and so and about the rest’ of the taxpaye cannot find room for some other sport not they w right to some consideration? Enough money is spent to keep the public places beautiful, and with proper restric as to keeping on the walks, not touching the trees, shrubs, ete., est and_punish (by imprisonment ouly) in case of viotation A'very few arrests would settle the question ou this point. The reason I would suy im prisonment only is, that a_person with means could not pay nor have their friends pay for their misconduct, and vich and poor would be The park commissioners I know on that park betwoeen ul Denyer around which Omaha wiil build up in time, But I do wish, Mr. Editor, they would ot u pass from the Union Pacific, o Santa > or Missouri Pacific, and come in long enough to hunt up these little forgotten spots that are dificult to find now, as 50 many peo ple live around them and cover them up. LAX-SHIRKER, any A WAITERS WALK-OUT. ‘ago Hotels. Cnicaco, May 19, Fifty-nine waiters em- were discl 1 this moming on their re fusal to leave the culinary alliance, The at linnce people have uppoinied a committee to call upon the y rs of the Tremont house, the Auditorium and the Palmer house \d present the demands of the alliauce for reccguition and better pay, and in the event of refusal to order a strike in all the places named carly thirty waiters at the Tremont house an équal number ut the Commercial hotel today No action was Girand Pacitic the has promised to sign the scale of the other houses do, At the Auditorivin hotel the acting ma signed the scale, subject to the approval of Manager Southgate, upou his return from New York - - Maine Men Drowned. Me., May 19.—Captain Melvin his brother Frederick were terday by the capsizing of a boat Joth leave widows, at the as management Twi CAsTINE, and STATE JOTTINGS, Nebraska, Box Butte county is 1,700 in debt to Dawes county. A cigar De Witt The burned district at Auburn will s oon be covered by a solid brick block. Four big hay barns have boen incendiaries at Schuyler in the weeks, A Stuart man has a cow which gave birth to a calf and three days later gave birth to another, A district fair association has been formed at Arnold and the first exhibition will be held August 27, 28 und Only $4,000 is lacked of the required amount, to insure the erection of the (.lo 000 Masonic temple at Columbus, Burglars entered the residenco of William Welch at North Platte and ured §60 and o pair of pants from a boarder. Otoe county is proud of the fact that out of the 493 mortgages recorded during 1880 ay least 10 per cent have been satisfied, Rev. Mr. pastor of the Congregational church at Strang, is obliged to live in a baru, while his parshioners build a parsonag Rosa Mn\, a little daughter of William Stiles of Fairmount had both bones of her arm fractured below the elbow while being lifted by the hauds. One of the latest freaks near Trenton was a colt born without fore legs, It was perfeet in other particulars, but they did not care to raise it and it was killed. “Colonel” H. C. Russell of Schuyler will be unable to attend the anti-monopoly con- vention at Lincoln today. He tumbled against a screen door theo ther night and broke the joints of his two aniddlo fingers, A dog belonging to J. K. Wood, living on Clear creek in_ Sherman county, 'went mad the other day and bit several head of his cat- tle and horses, and at last accounts he had lost seven head of cattle and two of horses. Tom Maders, a Harvard lawyer, the other day expounded law to a client named Gallan- tine with a four-pound paper weight, inflict- ing a severe wound over the eye, Gallantiy claims he cannot get justice in his own neigh- borhosd and is now ning the adjoining counties in search of it. factory has been establistied b burned by past two pwa [tems. Spirit Lakers will indulge in a big gopher hunt. The county minimum . pa $12 per acre, A twenty-pound buffalo fish was caught the Ocheydan river the other day. Clark Lown,a Monona county wolf-hunter, Killed twenty-four wolves in thiree days last week. The new college building at Towa City will be completed and ready for occupancy by September 1 The nortuwest Towa conference of the M. E. church will meet at Spencer September 17, Bishop Fowler will preside. The piers for the Muscatine bridge are com- pleted. A big celebration is being planned for the opening of the bridge, During a stormn the other day twelve stoers belonging to a farmer near Brandon, that were huddled togetherin a corner, were struck by lightning and kill Hannah Pettifer, a fiftoen 1d Daven- port girl, was ma about i week ago and is now séeking a divoree from her husband on the ground of extreme eruelty. Three men are under arrest at Cedar Falls and six at Waverly on suspicion of being con- cerned in the jewelry robbery at_the ltter place on the 14th. About $[0,000 worth of jewelry was stolen. The first plat been placed in the Masonic libr Rapids. It was made May 4, 18 plan of the state capitol (when situated in Towa City) in additio One of the strange sights in a Storm Lake window is a cat with a combination family of kittens and young rats. The cat bestows the v attention on the young rodents Lie does on her own offspring. < Rapids is on deck with another freak. s time it is a horse with a hair sn nits The snake can be plainly seen cireu- ang around the ball of the , and since poearance the sight has been destroyed. The other afternoon we were privileged to examine a_relic indeed, the Ackley Tribune. It was & small bottle of wheat, 1,700 y old. Dr. Symington h shown it to some of our people. During some exea- that were being made st year near v, Scotland, came upon u portion of wal Which had been built by the Ron ao, and in the granary was o quantity of wheat. This small bottleful was gathered up by of Dr. Symington’s uncl and sent to him, and th when the doctor was the to bring the bottlo aw grains were well preser ce of land in O'Brien in made of Towa Ci hnlltown, of the week, permitted hin with him. The although black with age, and it was a curiosity, indeed. he Two Dakotas. The Salem flouring mill is neaving comple- tion. A Norwegian newspaper sturted at Devil's Lake. A seheme is on foot to hotel at Lake Kampesk: Aberdeen temperance saloons prohibited from selling cider. The big Redwater irrigating canal,in Butte county, is completed and in full operation. The triplets born in North Dakota recontly have been christened Faith, Hope and Char- ity Three stores and the railway depot at son were destroyed by five the other is soon to be build a mammoth have been ity of Custer worth of moved onto the reservation since thrown open for settlement. suple wero married at terapersonal acqu A Chicago maty all the courting. It hias been decided by Atto Dollavd that all county superintendents of schiools of the state shall be elected at the general clection, the sume as other ofticers, Eustern capitalists have decided to cstab- lish a boot und shoe factory at Watertoy The factory will employ fifty men, expected the plant will be completed by tember 1. Owing to the fac cire lwooa in which Senator Moody is interested have been postponed, he is not’expected home until the summer ‘ad- journment of congress. The secon Vorth Dakota state 4! e vear refunding bonds took place on the 15th, The bonds, to the amount of 813,000, were sold to a Boston firm, who piy @ premium of $i0 or about 9.34 per Ouakes the other ntance of thirty monial ageney did y General t that certain e - LITERARY NOTES. Baron von Moy < of the Ilustrated American an ex of the great ball in the Winter Petersburg, which wound up the season of 1850 and 1890 in a blazé ¢ glory. An i companyi illustration is given | their specinl _artist, who introduces into it portraits of the various distinguished people who took part in the festivities, and gives un excellent idea of the brilliant gathering. Drake's magazine May is noticeably good in all departments, This little magaziné, us bright as the best of them, sells for 10 cents Among the able articles in Frank Lesl Tilustrated Newspaper this week is one from Jay L. Torrey on the Torrey bankrupt bill, which gives & clear and comprehensive stat went of the reasons why such a law is nece sary. William Libbey, jr., has written a con- tribution that will be interesting to the are watehing the progress of our Alaska ox- pedition, in which he describes the ry of the northern land to‘which that expedition is bound; and added to these attractions are wany illustrations of various topics. Among the muny worthy features of the Forum for May are *Republican Promise and Performance,” | Speaker Carli who writes a reply to Senator Dawe's rov of the nt administeation; *Canada Through ish ¥ Prof. Goldwin Smith, which s a oriticism of w portion of Sir Charles Dilke's book on **Problems of Britain Sufticiency of II|A jendments, yeral Hoger A hich is an answer to Judge To § that the negro ht be disfran spito of th am amend the constitution; *Literary Criti Archdeacon I, W. Farrar, & re wistakes that have been about great pieces of liter: Haunover sen allent account palace in St pr rument chised in ments cism," view of wade by to by notable criti formerly assista iy, who argues for Bible Instructions ¢. Benjamin W. Bacon, a statement of the seientific method of studying religious literaturo as {t has recently been begun a! Yale; “Jury Verdicts by ority Vote," by Sigmund Zeisler, of the Chicago bar, an at gument to show the desirability of a majority yor, of tho troa: standard ; by the R | instend of & unanimous vote by jurics, “The Anglomaniacs,” an anonymous story of New York society, with Dana Gibson, will bégin in the June C The tarift question will he discussed Edward Atkinson inan articleentitled “Coui parative Taxation,” in the June Century, “Mothers in Fiction," as found in the works of Dickens, Thackeray, George Elioty Reade, Collins, the author shn Halifax, Gentleman, and some Am 0 authors, will be the subject of y IHelen Jday in the number of Harper's Bazar published May 16th, The Springfield Ropublican thinks that Thomas A. Janvier in some respeets “out Riders Haggard” in his romance of *“Tho Aateo Trensure House,” which has just boci concluded as a serial in Harper's Weekly, and i3 s00n to be issued in book form by Messrs, Harper & Brothers, - EVERYBODY ON THE GO, The Effects of the Cut Rates—B, & M, Extensions—Rail Notes, ’ Business was lively about the various ticket offices again yesterday, By noon the Milwaukeo old 175 of the & Omaha-Chicago tickets, Said an offieial: “We sent out a very largo train Saturday evening and it was packed also another last night, and stil they come Business was almost as brisk at the Missouri Pacific and Burlington offices on Kunsg |~( ity and St. Louis traflic. General Manay received a telegram from Mr. Townsend this morning informing him that his road carricd X0 passengers into St. Louis, from Kansas City and intermediate points yesterday. This a result of the $1 rate. About 11°0'clock City Ticket Agent Vail of the Burlington got an opportunity to sit down two miuutes “This is the first breathing spell I have had,” said he, ‘“and it will not last vory long. The place has | crowded all morning. We are unot me the Milwaukee's rate flat to Chicago, but hu\n made that a_bas o tickots to yond, For one goin cago can by » ticket for heme has been adopted to protect the loc business.” 4 ncoln Shops. General Manager Holdrege says that tho B. & M. has no intention of moving its shops from Plattsmouth to Lincoln, “Our rep: facilities,” he said, “are inadequate, co quently it becomes necessary for us to large them, and since Lincoln is the central polut of ' several branch lines, as woll as @& division station of main line, woe concluded o and ‘erect new repair shops there, not contemplate a removal of the Platts shops.” Lincoln plant, according to Mr. Holl 's account, will be about’ the equal in size and ¢ tx to that of the Chi Buv lington & Quincy at Creston, Ia. Itis to bo supplied with modern - improvement i chinery and have facilities for building lo- comotives complete as well as making an engine or car. At present thio selected for the ne fact that it can branches of tho Lincoln was works solely because of th be reached easier by mon system than any other point, Pushing New Kxtensions. General Manager Holdroge returncd Su day from a two weeks' trip over the B. M. system with President Perkins. He ro- ports the road in splendid condition and pr pects good everywhore for another prospe ous season. Whilo up north it was de to push the new constructions much faste than at fiest contemplated. *You may ¢ me aving,” said Mr. Holdrege, thirty miles of our proposed line f castle, Wyo., to Big Horn Range, s : fJuly. W ordered forcos increased so as to feeding s g \ to Dewd apidly. Whong ©_was t rumor building an_aiv ke City, Mr. the cattle time.”" The new road from ('lw‘\'vlml' the centerof the Black Hills ec waood, i also pro asked what founds that his company proj line from Denver to S Holdvege exclaimed that there was positiv none. He admitted, however, that such i route had been surveyed, but there is no thought of oceupying it now. The Plattsmouth € ~Ofr. H. Clark, general manager of tho Pacific road, is here closing up | matters preparatory to commencin active operations on tho proposed cut-off b tween Omaha and Union. He left his car at Union, secured a team and buggy there, and hast, surveyed, reiching this city Sun y evening. Baily . Waggoner, attorney for the road, met Mr. Clark here, and before they roturn home everything will be s0 arranged that no further delay need be ex perienced. The Missouri Pacific expects to spend a great. deal of moncy in and aboy Omaha this year. It is alr pushing work of doublo tracking its belt line, wiich will cost many thousands of dollavs. n Depot Matter people moved their ticket, go and waiting roow effects nporary depot Sunday and a force of workmen commenced tearing do the old structure yesterday. Mr. Kimbu ident of tho Union depot compa set of plans and_perspective of 't proposed edifice from Van Brunt & Howe hitects, which show an cranged building. Muny and improvements have first v have th ns comple tracts let carly in June. Un The B. & M. telegraph, bug into the new t and con- General Munager Dickinson and severile¥ prominent business men of Omahu will go to Fullerton in Mr. private car Wednesday, leaving here at 10 o'clock, Among those who have said they will go aro Dr. George L. Miller, James 1. Boyd, Thowus Swobe, John C. Cowin, James I, 'Millurd, John 8. Brady, C, N.'Deitz, C. H. Guiou, John A. Wakefield, Frank Colpetzer and sov* oral others. Why Middleton Changes. Harvey Middleton has tendered his resigna- tion as mastor mechan anta e road successor, in h the Union Pacific. A that Mr. Middloton mike $6,000 0 year, while hero it wil be A New Local Train. The Buncroft passenger train, spolen « some time ago, was put on by tho Oumul It leaves Bancroft yelock and arrives her Omaha at b:1, ev at s i reaching morning Returning it leay Bancroft at § p. m. LOAN AND TRUST « COMPANY. Subscribed and Guaranteed Cupital Paid in Capital Buys and sells stocks and bonds ierelul papor; ree and s transfer agont and truste takes churge of property; ¢ 500,000 540,000 Jiates porations; s taxes, il e Omaha Loan& TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. S. E. Cor. 16th and Douglas Sts. ald in Capital $ 50,000 ibseribed and Guaranteod Capltal’ . 100,000 Liability of Stookholders 20,000 5 Per Cont Interest Pald on Doposits FRANK J. LANGE, Cashler. AU, Wyman 3.3 Brown, vice prosdont; W Directorn: | A: U. Wyma ¢ Harion, B W. 3. Tako onns in lllf amount made on Olty and Farw Property, and on Colluteral Bequrlly, at Low- ost rates ourrent Omeors. Naab, Thomas J. Klmbu