Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 22, 1890, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE B ROBEWATER, Bditor, ;" BLISHED EVERY TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Daily and Sunday, One Yoar Bix months Three months Bunday Bee, One Year Weekly Bee, One Year OFFICES, The Beo Building yrner N and Zith Streets, 12 Penrl Street 17 Chamber of Commorce. % 13, 14and 15T ribune Bullding. t MORNING. , 410 00 500 2 50 0 Omaha 8, Omaha, ( CORRE: ANl communieations relating to news and editorial mutter should be addressed to the Eaitorial Doparts BUSIN All husiness lettes Y LETTERS, < and romit Bee Publish Dirufts, ehecks and wade payible to the order The Bee B1ding, Farnam and Sevonteenth Sts, BWORN STATEMENT LATION Btate of Nebraaka Jounty of Dol B, Trschuc OF CIRC v of The Bee 2 Company. does solemnly swear tual elrelation of Tk DALY Bre for the week ending May 17, 1%, was as fol- Tows: Sunday Mon T . secrotn May 11 May 12 ¥, May Tt Wednesd Thursday, May Friday, May 15 Baturday, May 17 Average HUCK. nd subseribed to in my A.D. 180 N. P, FEIL, Notary Pubile. Sworn to before me prescnce this I7th day of (Se Btate of Nebraska, County of Doyiglns, F5 rge B, Tzschuck, being oses and says that he 1s s tee Publishing avera Bee for copios July. 1880, 15, coplis: for Septenibor, October, 1880, 18,997 cop! 10,510 copies; for Dee Tor January, 1800, 19,55 coples; ]h“l'.AI‘ ] copl for Mx;vr Tor April, 1500, 2,504 copies. z "Gronar B. Tzsonver. Sworn to before me and subseribed in my presence this dd day of May, A. D.. 150, 1. N. P, Frit., Notiry Publie. SINGLE COPY POSTAGE RAT R-page paper U. 8. 1 cent Foreign 1: ST 1 cont paper. .. 2 cents Dape 3 conts nis uly sworn, de. crotary of The that the actual of THE DALY 1850, 18,600 coplos; for for August, 1580, 18,651 10 copies; for pvember, 180, cents cents 2 cents i cents 4 conts THE proxy must go. Let the repub- lican state central committee take he lutions of the anti-monopoly ht THE 1¢ republican conference are strong,strai and to the point. KANSAS Crry is wrestling with a de- ficit of twenty thousand dollars in her treasurer’s accounts, T uE railroads must go out of politics and the railrond capper must seek another occupation. E THE passage of an ordinance regulat- ing the construction of fences is timely. The fencesof the authors will require considerable repair before snow flies. n hundred dol- Ive for the lacer- AN Towa jur 28 sev s as o sufficient s LA feelings of a man tr The ge a w and feathers, pr costumes of the 3 a profound sigh of relicf now that bristles are re- moved from the free list. A duty of snts a pound will strengthen the al column of the nation, Tig sudden dissappearence of “Our 1" from the list of candidates for sergeant-at-arms gives color to tho melancholy suspicion that the West Point statesman has been given an involuntary bath in the senatorial bouillon. THE federal authorities are deter- mined to bring the Fiorida assing and ruflians to punishment. The United States marshal, backed by a revenue cutter, is scouring the country in the vi cinity of Cedar Keys for the leader of the gang, who has held the office of mayor. The crimes of this desperado surpass the bloodiest efforts of western freebooters. He has exercised the pow- | ersof a petty tyrant, throatening and shooting penceable citizens and coercing federal officials, —_— THe liberality of the Western Union in catering to the publie is singularl unselfish. With almost reckless liber- | ality the company contributes a two- column serial through the Associated Press, without money and without price, solely to prove that Dr. Noervin Green, president of the company, is op- posed to the postal telegraph. of he is not moved by fear of competition, because he assures the public that the Western Union is not a monopoly. It is the political dan- ger that might follow government con- trol that thrills the soul of the good doc- tor and causes him to tremble for the pormanency of the republie. Such atriotism deserves to be embalmed in print, and the doctor is determined, so long as he controls the wires, not to waste his mental sweetness on the desert aiv of the committee on postoflices and postroads, but publish it:far and wide. cours: THE views of Captain C. E. Dutton, | chief engineer of the irvigating survey recently submitted to the house commit- | tee, come neaver solving the irvigation question in a practical way than any yot | advanced, He urges the importance of | passing a law which will define water rights and preventamonopoly of streams which are essential to the reclamation | A large number of cor- | of the arid belt. porations have already acquired control of valuable water rights and brought ated to a coat ¥ | Diligent inquiry fal under cultivation a vast aven of adjn- cont land, But the privilege is lia- ble to abuse, reclamation of an amount of land in proportion to the volume of water. Stato and torrvitorial regulations ave insuff- cient to guard the vast inte in- volved, A federal law is to define the area naturally tributary to a strenn and to provent noedless waste of the waters, to limit the area controlled by each individual and to properly de- fine the points at which streams may bo tapped with ditches. Such a law will socure the greatest good for the greatest num ber and prevent one state from di- verting all the waters of interstate streams to the detriment of people distant from the headwaters. 2sts necessary It tends to prevent the | | auy article of commerce which its 1 G A v w wr A AT NS MELNBA LR B AN THE BOGUS TURNER CIRCULAR. The Turner circular to publishers of newspapers in this state has already been denounced asspurious by this paper 'he following letter throws further light upon this piece of cunning prohibition imposture, althoug h it does not enlighten us as to its author: Lovisviiie, Ky.. May 19.—To the Editor of Tir Ber: A circular letteg has been fssued to newspapers in Nebraska asking for adver- tising rates on anti-prohibition matter and signe arles Turner, Louisville, Ky, )50 who this Charles Turner is or any advertising agency of which he could be a member. Ido not know anything about this schemo but from the similarity of the namo to mine and from the nature of enclosed clippings which I also send you, and which are taken from litera- ture of the National Protective asso am led to believe that this is a fra scheme on the part of the prohibi- tionists to entrap the newspapers of your state into naming a price at which they will insert anti-prohibition matter, and then publish their replies in the Voice or some other prohibition organ as evidence that anything these papers may have to say edi- toriully or otherwise is paid fop by the liquor interests of the United States. I writo you these facts in order to set my- self right, as I have never fssued any such circular as the one sent out over the name of “Charles Turner, special advertising agent.” Very truly years, Crrus C. TURNER. Aswe said once before, the “Charles Turner” circular was a scurvy trick of which every reputable and honest pro- hibitionist must feel heartily ashamed. THE IMMIGRATION QUE The house committee on immigration is not wholly satisfied with the informa- tion it obtained in the tern cities, and is going to prosecute a further inquiry in Chicago. It is understood that its pur- pose in visiting that city is to gather in- formation andadviceas tothe advisability of requiring an educational qualication for immigrants, The committee issaid to have a measure nearly ready to report to the house, but it is in some doubt as to what it should do in the matter of providing that persons coming into this country shall be acceptably educated. It may be doubted whether Chicago is the best place in which to seek the de: sired information. There is no city in the country where the prejudice against foreigners is stronger among the elass of people from whom the com- mittee will obtain the most of its in- formation and advice. But independent of whatthe committee may learn there, it may be said that public sentiment STTO] | will be favorable to legislation requiring educ: of that persons comi shall have some would approve into the country tion. Nobody admitting peo- ple who could not read and write, and on the other hand no reasonable man would ask that the educational qualification of an immigrant should be more than is necessary to en- able him to read and understand the con- stitution and laws of the country. Un- questionably it is not desirable to admit the absolutely illite yate. This class, na- tive and foreign, is" quite large enough in the country already. But on the other hand there is no for placing the standard of so high that the most acceptable class of foreigners will be kept out and the polit- ical agitators abroad will have no diffi- culty in securing admission. The ques- tion of an educational qualification need not he a diflicult one, and why the house committee should deem it necessary to go to Chicago for information and advice is not easy to un- derstand. All that is necessary is to provide that persens coming into the country shall be able to read and write intelligibly in their own language, and the committee certainly cannot need to visit Chicago in order to learn this, THE ORIGINAL PACKAGE ISSUE. There was a very instructive discussion in the United States senate Tuesday on the bill of Senator Wilson of ‘Towa to allow states to prohibit the importation of liquors. There is perhaps no subject of more interest than this, if there is any of greater importance, before the peo- ple of this country, and the opinions of the leading men of congress on the ques- tion will be regarded with great con- cern by the whole people, equally by those who believe in prohibition and those who advocate some other method of regulating the liquor traffic. As the matter stands there isa difference of opinion as to whether the decision of t} supreme court in the “original package 5 to the extent _of affecting all legislation relating to the liquor traflic, that is, whether license or tax laws of a state are rendered practically nugatory in relation to liquors imported into a state and sold in the original package The ease goc | opinion of the minority of the supremo court certainly is to tho effect that the decision goes to this extent, buf the con- sensus of public opinion does not a ith this view. On the contrary, it is held that the decision does not interfere with the right of the states to regula the liquor trafic, and that a tax or license law, making no discrimination betw liquors hundled by citizens of a state and non-residents, can be en- forced, Numerous decisions of the su- preme court are cited in support of this reasonablencss seems The argument 1s t cannot exclude liguors within its jurisdiction from position, and its entively clear, while brought a state | another state, without the permission ¢ bocause to do so would be an wrence with intorstate commerce, it can preseribe and enforce the conditions under which such liquor shall be sold in the state, either by tax or license. The ate has no power in itself to shut out importation of liguor, but it may re- quire that persons disposing of it shall pay a tax or license for the privilege of doin sgulation persons con, s, 50, provided that such equally upon all operates ged in the trafe, en- The supreme court distiuctly held that it is in the power of congress to per- mi te to oxclude liquor or any article of commeree which the leg- islature may by act declare ical to the health or movality of the peo- ple of astate. Thus and a numbor of other things b inhibited from coming intoa state if congress were to allow it to be done, The tion involved in the bill of Wilson of Iowa is whether for congress to to allow a state to shut out to be inim- opium, tobacco, could que Mr. it is uthority wise exorcise its agrise » may presume to be unhealthful or undestrable for the use of its pgople. 1f a state is allowed to do thisin the case of liquors, as a concession to its police powers, where is the line to be drawn at which congress should refuse to per- mit a state to exclude articles of com- merce? Certainly whisky is not the only article the use of which may be del ious to health and morals. As we have heretofore said, this isa very matter which congress would better leave to settle itself. We believe with Senator Edmunds that the states have tho power to regulate the sale of liquors within their jurisdic tion, whether imported by citi- zens or non-residents, and that so long as such regulation, what- ever its form, is applied equally to all persons it will not and cannot be inter- fered with. Congress has the undis- puted power to regulate commerce among the states, but when an article enters a state and becomes a part of the property of the commonwealth, it is the right of the state to d with it as it pleases, simply observing an equality between all persons, 0 that its citizens shall enjoy no advan- tuges over the citizons of other state: Congress has had few questions pre- sented for its determination more im- portant than this, and its decision will be awaited with extraordinary intevest. We believe it would be a very grave mistake to enact into law the bill intro- duced by Senator Wilson. serious THE BUSINESS MEN. Omaha extends a cordial welcome to the representative business men of the state. It is in the power of the associn- tion to contribute materially to the pros- perity of the state while guarding their own interests, The internal commerce of the state has reached a point demand- ing united and vigilant action. Com- petition is sharp and sleepless. It per- vades all departments of trade. Union is essential to prbtect home interests from unjust discrimination. Nebraska business men are capable of holding their own with any in the land, if given a fair field, and that they propose to secure by along pull and a strong puil together. HE city attorney’s report on the con- ditions accompanyinl recent offers of parks and boulevards, points out the im- portance of carefully scrutinizing these tenders. The decision of the district court in the Hanscom park case, which virtually imposes on the public at large the cost of improving surrounding streets, shows the necessity of vigilance to prevent like injustice in the future The city at large is taxed for the care and improvement of parks and boule- vards, enhancing the value of surround- ing property annually, and any attempt to release such property from special improvement taxes should be promptly repudiated. WHENEVER the public attempts to curb the corporations, it is the custom of late to set up the plea of “‘taking prop- erty without due process of law.” But when the railronds want something of ue they do not stop to consider the 't on others. The attempt to close up Seveateenth street “‘without due pro- cess of law” shows how readily the cor- porations will attack the rights of property owners if there is a possibility of gaining »venteenth st at the railvond tracks should not ive a moment’s serious consideration from the council. Property owners have some rights which the council cannot roads. While it grade crossings whenever prac s must not be closed up and the in- sts of individuals injured at the re- st of the corporations. is desirable to THE action of the unti-monopoly con- vention does not meet the approval of the political hermaphrodites of the: parts, Of course not. The meeting was not organized for the benefit of mugwumps and hybrid Two new sinecure oftices have been created for members of the combine. The taxeating Tammanyites are tunnel- ing into the treasury with all t} THE promiscuous planting of electric lights at one “hundred and seventy-five dollars a year cach hus Ked by a timely veto, THE republicans of Nebraska will pull together but the railroad must be relegated to the rear. been el all bosses Tne Hoosier shrieker sticks to a lie with all the enthusissm which fifty dol- lars a night inspires. THE state dental convention promises to il an aching void in the haviony of the professi A Distinction Without a Difference. New York Sun. The Bynum-Bayne cpisode in the house settled one important point. It is not parlia ientary to call & member a sewer, but it is parlismentary to eall him a conduit pipe. - Short Innings for the People. Cleveland Leader. ailronds in the west are now engaged in a fierce passenger rate war, and for a little money vel u g This stuto of affaivs is bad for fat dividends, but iv is fun for the public. Many people will now tuke a railrond ride who otherwise woula uever think of it. The A man can tr t ways. — A Usurpation and an Outrage. New York Sun The only coustitutional purpose of the cen sus is the enumeration of the inhabitants of the United S ‘The only constitutionul wurrant for the so-called census act of 188 is hie clause providing for the establishment, s, of @ basis for representation vess and the apportionment of divect ates. every ten yea in con taxes Any inquisition authorized by act of con gress, which goes so far beyond the constitu- tional object of the census as to institute an inguisition into the physical secrets aud priv- ato business debts of citizens, merely to grats ify scientific curiosity, is unceustitutional Nothing in the constitution of the United State zates'to the federal government the power to order such an inquisition Congress might pass theso-callod census law of 1589 a dozen times, and it would be uot the less @ usurpation and an outrage Public seutiment should concern itself very promptly and v | many votes; but it | too ready to go into needless | more | strong and absolve it from the ne recourse to the exoeptional measuse | Reinach replied nx“lm hill Wi not al | night a long letter | published | calls att | man sly wita the proposed | invasion of the ganegity of the siok chamber and the private aecount oook. - The Farmeis of Nebraska. Stotie Oity Journal, Hon. Church Howp of Nebraska is reported as saying that the links are sapping tho life blood out of the state. The Omaha Repub lican séems to takn. this view of it, and de- clares with & good deal of spirit that “thero is Mo business under any circumstances that will pay from 2 to 4 per cent a month upon the investment, and when farmers and other business men borrow of the banks at such exorbitant rates they are adopting a pol that will soon bring ‘them face to face with bankruptey.” Thero is no room for disputs upon that point, but it would seem as if it might be questiondd that any considerable amount of business was done in Nebraska at any such euinous rate of interest It is well to remember that in Nebraska just now there is strong political pressure to influence the favmers to some sort of politi uprising in the interest of gentlemen who are not distinctively farmers. In considering the case of the bauks it is well so bear in mind that a peculiar campaifin is is now in progr in that state. Ttis fair to presume that the business of Nebraska is done as a rule on as cheap o money market as that of western Iowa, and it is not true of western Towa that the rates of interest among farmers, or in the tra ns- action of any business of considerable vol- ume, are anything like those alleged as pre vailing in Nebraska It {5 easy to say sovere things of the banks, for the simple fact that the banks do not cast only just to say that if the banks are “sapping the life blood of the state,” as Mr. Howe alleges, the primarily with the people who haye permitted themselves to be placed in so great straits Mr. Howe, by the way, is a corporation law yer, and the farmers of Nebraska have so far exhibited a_stror the corporations than they have to get after the banks. It is a condition of their own malking if they ave in the grasp of the money- lenders, That they are in the power of the transportation compauies is a condition for which they are not individually responsible. Money-lesders, particularly in the smaller towns and where they deal in a small way, are not, as a rule, above taking all they can get, and the greed of these men ought to be curbed, so far as that may be done under statutory regulations, It is a subject to which the next legislature may well give at- tention, but that it is a question of such prime importance us has been suggested may safely be doubted It is doubtless true that the farmers of Ne- lea, as the faviiers of Towa, of the Dako- nd indeed of ull the states, have been debt. Prudent loans are not, infrequently the best invest- ments they can make, but these should be governed by business principles and there- fore made under conditions that permit of a profit to the borrower. Nothing has so been in the way of the average farmer as his free- in contracting debts. It is true of most men that they malke their money under some sort of compulsion. There is only one business rule for the accumulation of a surplus—und that is the rule of keeping expenditures safely within the limit of in- come. 'The averago man of whutever calling is much surer to get, on in the world by keep- ing out of debt than by going into debt. Not every man can keep oat of debt, or is it wise forhim to do so, buthe might keep out of debt, under all ordinary circumstances, as to his current expenses—pinch and get on, and get on top. ¢ Where one has adequate sccurity to offer there is no lack of opportunity to borrow money. Precisely so is the opportunity to buy what one can get along without, und what he is not rally able to affond. Thus unprofita- ble and ruinous investments are offered to him on every hand. His safety is in not buy- ing what ho can not pay for. But all this involvesa problem that each individual or each family must meet inde- pendently, There are other things that must bemet collectively, and just now in Nebraska the transportation question is one of those things, It would be singular enough if the favmers of Nebraska were not much in danger of ruin through taxation beyond their personal control than through any self-imposed incumbrances. The farmers of Nebraska ought to be the potent power in the government of that state and therefore in the great work of making its laws, That they are numerically strong enough to do thisisindicated by thesolicitude of the pollticians in their behali, - HE WANTS A D LixcoLy, Neb., May 21. Tue Bri Lthough I am a have heretofore seldom read Tue Bex, T have made up my mind that I must have your paper for the purpose of celting the news, although 1 don't like its politics. The World- Herald has proved itself so lucking in enter- prise in securing the live news of the day that I haye given up the sheet in disgust Vi mych interested in the outcome of the anti- monopoly confer held here last night, but upon glancing over my World-Herald this morning 1 found that but half of the pro ceedings we nand that the most im- portant action taken wus omitted. I was sveed to buy either Tug Bre or Journal to find out what action was taken on the resolu- tions and find out who had been appointed on the executive committee. This thing has huppened frequently and cspecially when 1 was most interested in - some picte of news, the account scemed to ¢hop off just where thé real news ought to begin, - Us Democrats are interested in the news and do not care for a ash introducing an articlo which has Send me Tuk Br. EWSPAPER. To the Editor of Democrat aud DEMOCRAT. o Kearney's Electric Street Railway. KeArNeY, Neb, May 21— [Special 1 gram to Tie Bre. | —Work began yesterday on the Kearney electric railway and it will be completed us possible. committee from the city council spent the 1 in attempting to adjust a difi ng between the electr Drake, mun phone company. In building the and telephoue wires will therchy injure the tel phone service comuiitt M. Druke 1o place his wires higher, which he re- fused to do. It wasdecided that the railway company may o ahcad building and that Mr. Druke would be campelled to get out of tho street as soon forer exist pany und Mr. braska tel ad the | way. ess Bill, am to Tne Bie.|—The chamber of deputies yesterday ymmenced the debate on the press bill. M Deschanel admitted that the law of 1881 w, inudequate. He degindd to maintain that law in_u modified form, - He demanc offences shall still bo tried by jur generous and truly nagionul pol render the republican government pasity of a M, at the liberty of the press. to stop outrage und libels, adjourned Richte, Brriiy, May Tuk Bee.)—Eug 1t was design The debate was - on American ¥ Special Cu Richter published last the news exclusiv 1d that nogotiations removal of the embargo were going on between and Germany. Richter the that” only th well substautiated cases of trichinosls trom American pork have occurred durin,, a long period of years, and that the opinion of Ger experts i3 that even American pork affected with triching loses power to commu nicato the discase during the long voya; across the Atlantic. Richtor ends’ his article by saying that he he in view of the in wsed cost of the necessaries of life, that in the interest of the poorer classes here the embargo will be removed. by the view to the vican _pork nited Statos ation to fault is | v disposition to get after | A | - | ence | 'UNJUST RAILROAD TARIFFS, The State Board of Transportation Hears Complaints, THURSTON WAS THERE IN HIS GLORY. Failed to See as Shippers See— The Grange Conference ~City Notes, Lixcory, Nob, May 21.—[Special to Tus Bre,]—Today was the time set by the state board of transportation for tho hearing of complaints from the people concorning xces- | sive railroad tariffs, There were a number of farmers and other persons preseut whoso business is seriously affected by exorbitant railroad freights, but they were largely out- numbered by the railroad cappers, who were out in full force. John A. Thurston gazed majestically upon the assembly through the gold-bowed spec- tacles that he adopted about twelves years because “they give one such a dignified r, you know." General Manager shortly cropped mousta ing eyes, glared upon dare say anything not fn favor of the railroads and was ready | with perverted facts, to prove that all the railroads and those interested in themare a poverty stricken lot Third Vice President Kimball sat next to Thutston ready to consult with or advise that attorney when a searching question was put to cither. General John B. Hawley of the Elkhorn participate in the proceedings nd Ch 'h Howe listened intently to the deliberations. Hon. John M, Thurston addressed the board in behalf of the Union Pacfic and quoted the following figures as an appra mate statement of the gross carnings and op- penses of the Omaha & Republican ailway company in the state of Ne- braska during the last four years: | ago Hold che go, with his and snapp- any one that 1857 | 1ss3 | 1589 Gross earn'gs| 051,040 81 Operat’s exp.| 8580 08,000 38,5 The following statement for the same years was made concerning the Union Pacific: W ber : — [ | rn'ics | §1,288,046| $4,500,011 | | Onerat oxp.| 2,50545 2,500,405 | Mr. Thurston supplemented with a few remarks about the ings of the Union Pacific and stricken condition. In reply to sccrotary Garber as to how much per milo these railronds Mr, Thurston referred the matter to Mr. Kimball and that gentleman said that it would hardly be proper to hazard s guess. It would in- clude all original cost and subsequent repn It would take several weeks to calculate this, Mr. G. W. Holdrege, general manager of the B. & M., presented astatementto tho board to the following effect: “he Burlington line west of the Missouri river, has cost, not including any charge for discount o bonds $00,175,571.14, being at 9.9 miles, a little more than $20,000 per Allowing a fair valuation on real cstate ~ in cities and towns, and for improvements that have been made from time to time and charged to the repairs account, it is safe tosay that our property caunot be duplicated for £25,000 per mmile at the present time. Upon $20,000 per mile we have_earned, for twenty years, an average of 7 3-10 per cent interest and since 1887 we have earned less than 6 per cent.” Ot late,” continued Mr. Holdrege, “there has been an fmportant reduction in rates, and the future is uncertain under the present freight rates. It will not o for you to reckon on & limit of 7 or 8 per cent of earnings. We should only be too glad to be guaranteed that amount. Our taxes even in the cities are not fair in proportion with other taxable property. Our property in Omaha is assessed at 10,000, while more valuable property across ' the stroet is assessed at $23,000. Tie Ber build- ing, which is worth four times as much a ours, was last year assessed'at only $13,001 A grentlemini present asked sotto voce if My, Holdrege knew that that assessment was made while the building was_in course of crection, No attention was paid to this and Mr. Holdrege continued: “The condemned postoffice block in Omah: is valued at #100,000 and Hitcheock owns quarterof it Yet the entire bloek was as- sessed at only $10,000,” Mr. G. H. Dietrich, a railroad capper from Hastings, then jumped up at this juncture, and gluring at’ Attorney General Leese charged him with falsehood in his comparison of Towa and Nebraska rates in an interview with u Beg reporter, and challenged him to prove that it was truc. “Who are you!" asked Lees This nettied the railroad capper and he hissed out an insolent answer. “In whose employ are you!” asked Mr. Leeso undisturbed, “In the employ of common sense,” said the capper for the ruilroads “Huave you a scale of the Towa rates with you!" “Naw 1 “Lam sorry you lavent, bocause I could then prove to you that my interview with the Lincoln correspondent of Tue Beg is cor- vect. “If you had any sense’ — said the capper upudently, when General Leese interrupted with : “None of your impudence, young felloow. Lam here us a representative of the peopls and not for the purpose of personal contro- versy Holdrege looked would annihilate hum if he could Leese then plied the capper for the rail- rouds with a namber of scarching questions and beforo the brass-collared individual kuew what he was about e hadadmitted that all the information he had was obtained verb- ally from railroad men. Generat John B Hawley of Elkhorn said it s 4 matter of amazewent to him when these complaints are said to be so common that when a day is st for hearing complaints on appears. “Ther not,” said state so prosperous as this, T bolieve it opinion of the people thut the rates of railroads are fair and just. The s of | leading newspapers to the cont done more to damage this state than all other 1505 combined.’ | M. Kimball arose and astonished the other | railroad men by admitting the statements made by General Leese regarding diffor- between Nebraska and Towa tariffs. “But,” said he, “if the Towa distance tarift | Is adopted in this state it willleave the Union | Pacific over 2,000,000 per * in the hol Our carnings lust year were 1,545,000 and a reduction to the” Towa tariff wonld entai! a 1055 to us of $,300,000. We would have to save ourselves by raising our interstato taril and by charging exorbitant rates for the shipment of corn and other produce. The session was then adjourned unt TILE SUPIEME COURT. cedings of'the supreme court were these figures scanty its pov mi at Leese us though he 2p. m, The pro as follows Frank H. Strout of Red Willow county was mitted to practice. The following cases wi nd sub- mitte Stut> vs Nebraska - distilling com: | pany. Ambrose & Dufo withdraw. State ex rel Wileox vs Crabtree, Opinions in the following cases this morning torl harvestin, Veeder,” Errer from Hall county Opinion by Mr. Justice Norval, Oshorne & Co., vs Gehr. Stanton county Reversed and Opinion by Mr. Justice Norval Curten ot al us Atkinson, ferson county, Dismissed Chief Justico Cobb. \ tover ¢ 1 vs Vando E Platte county. Reversed and Opinion by Mr. Justico Maxwell Smith vs Shaffer. Appeal from Reversod and remanded Justice Nor Omaha & Republican s Il vmul Standen. Afirmed ad were filed machine company vs Afirmed. Error dismi from Srror from Jef- Opinion by Mr. rror from remanded Harlan Opinion Valley railroad Error from Opinion by compa My |~ Wood River bank vs | Hull county. ~Afrmed Chief Justice Cobb Wulton v, An al, and Doll. Error from Douglas ' county by Justice Maxwell In June 1578 one A., aresident of H. ¢ Towa, mude u will by which he d priucipal part Kelloy r from Opinion by Mr Walton v Opin Through His Gold-Bowed Glasses He' daughters, Tn July of that year A, died and soon afterwards tho will was duly admitted to probate in sald H. county. A large part of the estato of the decensed consisted of land which was situated in various counties Towa and 120 acros near tho city of Omahn, Nebraska. Soon aftor the probating of tho will snid logatoes being anxious for dlstribu ton of the estate, empowered certain persons to make a personal exwmination of each piece of land, including that near Omaha, and to estimate the valuo thoreof. This was done and afterwards on the 27th of May 1874, the parties interosted met at a designated placo in Bald 1, county, and agreed upon & division of the property excopt cortain bank stock ete., among themselves. This agreement was duly signed by each and acknowledged and {Ho property 3ivided according to its terins At this time the will had not been admitted to probate in Douglas county, Nebraska. In 1887 one B., a daughter of A.' and a logatee under the will, who had signed the aforcsaid agroement and received her share as therein agreed upon, caused tho will in question to be probated in Douglas county and brought action of partition, ete., of the 120 acres of and mentioned. Held, that sho was con- cluded by the agreoment and that her right to the land in question was conveyed thoreby notivithstanding the failure to probate the will in Douglas county prior to 1857, TIE GRANGE CONFERENCE. At 2 p. m. this afternoon nearly one hun- dred men met in Red Ribbon hall: _The meet- ing was ono called by O. K. Hall of the irange. Before the object of the meeting was declared O, B, Hall of Pawneo county was chosen chairman, L. C. Rootef Indlanoli secretary, and A. M. Barton of Red Willow county assistant secretary. Mr. Barton is a member of the alliance. The following com- ittee on eredentials was appointed: 1. P o of Fremont, W, Tyson of Blair, J. Re Canton of Dodge’ county, I. D. Chamberlain of Stromsburg, and J. H.'Craddock of Lin- coln. Mr. Henry Scott of Fancaster county was then announced and he delivered a haif hour address on the merits of a_pamphlet of about fifty pages on *“The Seience of Exchangeable Values,” of which he is tho author. He ad- d the theory that there should be 1o ab. solute ownership of land and that it should be held for actual use only. sx-Governor Butler was and suid “I'his is the hardest an find anywh then called for crowd to tall to you Men who live in luxury and case have minds as blank as a sheet of paper. 1 could have talked to the men at the convention last night and have told them a thousand things they never dreamed of. Many of them bave no_idea how wealth is produced. They talked about reducing rates, a thing for the” discussion of which T have been kicked out of the party half a dozen times. Some of you may think I am not a wealth producer. Why, bless your hearts, T ¢ carried enough slop during the past five rs to float the Great Eastern. 1 am not warchist, but 1 beliove that every labor produces $1,000 worth of property a vear, is entitled o that amount. Who' is t} among you who has 1,000 sticking about his person to show for a year's hard work? “Twould, if 1 could, male it a penal offense fora man to work over eight hours a day. For God’s sake do something, even if you do something wrong. Al our'wealth goes be- yond the Alleghanies. You have tostop working sixteen hours a day and go to think- ing and p.ss laws so that v rich in- stead of these kid-gloved fellows who are robbing you.” The committee on ported. It was discovered that seventy-two subor- dinate organizations were represented, The temporary organization was then made permanent. On motion the following committee of five were reported as a committec on resotions : David Butler, C, A. Whitford, Ora Clark, 10 S, H. Bryan. ng was unanimously adopted Whereas, The vital interests of the liborers and producers of our state are being jeopir- dized by the lI\\H{ ion of those who prey upon the fruits of labor; therefore be it Resolved, That it IS very important that the different organizations here usseibled shall work in harmony in this conference and throughout the state on the part of those who selected to organize these different wsso- it further Resolved, That each and all of us pledge ourselves (0 use our best endeayors to aceoni- plish this end. The advisability of holding the evening ses- sion with open doors was_then discussed. Ex-Governor Butler favored an open session, saying that the people nceded the enlighten” nt of their labors. He particularly did not wish to have the reporters excluded. Mr. Cantlin was opposed to an open session and was followed by half a dozen speakers of the same mind. Mr. Bell thought it a mistake to exclude the reporters as advertising was just what the grangers needed. 1. D. Chamberlain said he had been a news- paper man for several years and knew it to be u folly to exelude reporters as they would get reports of the meeting anyhow, Several other speeches were made opposing the admission of any but persons mentioned in the call, and the resolution for closed doors passed almost unanimously. The convention then adjourned until 8 p.m. CITY NEWS AND NOTES, Henry Harvey, an aged farmer who hails from Libertyville, Lake county, IlL, was con- fidenced out of 30 at the B. & M. depot this morning by C. H. Adams and partner, The 5 tlie freight-ill-bog : to all readers of the ne papers. Harvey was induced to advance the money on u $2%0 check on a Lincoln bank. He left in the afternoon for Arcadia with § in his pocket. The gamblers in the city are ai war with one another, Last Friday night the place above Hood's saloon on South Eleventh street ded, but the one at the southeast cor- ner of Penth and 1 has been allowed to run unmolested. Last night Hood made com- plaint against them and they were pulled. It cost them $14.70 each. The will of Thomas Allely was to have been probated in county court today, but the widow, who was left out entirely ‘in that in- strument, filed her objections and a heaving will be hid next Thursday. Allely was plain- Ml in a divorce case pending in - the district court at the time of his death. In his petition he claimed to have paid his wife §1,000 in licu of all dower, but sho filed a cross-petition ask- ing for £,000 alimony, The decensed was a wealthy farmer of Litile Sult precinct R. H. Bracken, late city jniler, is under av- rest at Des Moines on the charge of forger: He left Lincoln under . similar leg Gambling is responsible for his downfall. P. Coursey Richards was arrested this morning on the cha assaulting little May Greene. He sed on his own rec ognizance, and the case continued until to- morrow morning. He denies the charge. A novel scene took place in the council chamber this morning. The council was to sit as a board of equalization, but after wait- ing for nearly two hours the six members ssent got warm and had warrants _issucd for the arrest of the other members, Five of them were brought before the bar and fined $1 and costs. They refused 1o pay at fivst, but when one member suggested that they could’t draw their salary us long as they were in contempt, there was o hurried rush to put down the money for their fines Late this afternoon Governor nounced that he had chosen the followin, commissionevs for the world's faiv: A, G cott of Kearney, alternate John autoer bach of Fairbury; Euclid Martin of Omaha, alternate Willlam L. May of Fremont. credentials then re- check one, famili rinst an Iceberg. cinl 9 freight Brushed Ag New Yonk, M Tug Brr]—The Beacon Light, from Shields, this port yesterday and reports a most thrilling snee in a collision with a gigantie fec At midnight ou the 13th the vessel was ler half spoed on account of & dense prevailed. The fog was so dense cts could not be seen the ship's Extra lookouts had been posted, but o huge mass emerged from the heavy blunket of fog and appeared directly befol the vessel. A collision was iu evitabl The helmsman endeavored to turn the vessel to one sid but only partially coeded, The el struck the miss of 1ee a glancin ow, breaking in the bow, Muasses of ive tumbled down and stove in the forecastle, ‘The steamer scraped along a submerged part of the iceberg, It look as though' th sel and all would go down, but the damage was not as bad as expected. She finally reached this port yosterday. The berg was W feet high and 600 feet long I'he in latitude 43, i, Mills Closed. N. Y., May 21,~The Logan jich'E. D. Woodruff, A. G. ¥ 1. H, Woolruff the shoriff last 1 fifLy op i suddeny 1de collison oceurred Silk ilk ard are night Three hu thrown out of f the liabilities is Thayer an- | i, arrived at | of | | | has AFTER TWELV EARS, Wy n Suit Against the Government, Cnryrsxe, Wyo, May 21 m to Tne Bir]—Luko Voorhoees, te al treasurer, is a happy man today o telogram from Washingtor ® tor roceived tng's Territorial Troasurer Wins [Special Tele- A Ho announcing that he had won his case against ornment involying about $14,000 Mr. Voorhoes had a contract in the Mani the the go In1 Red river country carrying mails into toba. A government inspector visited was not performing sufiicient service un; the contract the route was peremptorily dis continued by the postofiice department. The government at_that time owed Mr. V about $14,000, which it declined to pay hin Suit was commenced on the ground that the contractor had religiously carried contract, In 1884 Mr. Voorhees reccived decision in his fayor from Judze Dundy sit ting in Omaha. The case was appealad by the postofiice nuthoritios to the United State: supreme court, which _after this long delay awards Mr. Voorhees 814,000 with interest, besides cloaring his skirts of any which might attach because of the poor formance of his duty. Extensive Washouts in Maine. Lewistos, Me., May 21.—Yesterday six washouts were reported on the railroad in New Hampshire, wrocking train, Another train that started ont to make repairs went through an undermined bridgo six miloes north of Stratford. J. Twohey, superintendent of the roud aud g {onmi are reported killed, Al TS, I Wayne Road Affairs, Pirrsure, Pa, May 21—At the annual meeting of the stock and bondholders of th Pittsburg, Fort Wayne & Chicago railroad today the report for the year 1880 showed 1o ceipts of £10,881,000, expens 370,000, leay ing 83,902,000 of which the lessee of the com pany paid the Fort Wayne company 4,11 000, leaving a balance of #36,000. Tne Canadian Irish League, MoxTies, May 21.—A mce fug of Trish National league was held last night at which a resolution was adopted expressing coufidence in the administration of the affairs of the American Natioual loewgue and depre ing the fact th the friends of Ireland. An Elegant Brute. Loxpox, May 21.—(Special Cable Tue Ber. A verdict for the plain.iff w given yesterday in the suit of Mrs, Kui widow, against Dr. Louis Engel, late musical critic for the Loudon World, for #ic soduc tion of her daughter, Bertha, who wus forn u pupil of Dr. Engel. Damages of £2,000 were awarded. - - Plate Glass Jobbers Pooling. Prrrsnure, May 21.—A meeting of plato glass jobbers and manufacturers is being held here today for tho purpose of forming a p to control the trade of the countr) nd vent a cutting of prices. Represcntatives aro present from New York, Chicago, St. Louis and other cities. Off to Fallerton. The Omaha delegation to Fullerton left in a special train of four cars at 10 o'clock yesterday morning. Among those in the party we E. Dickinson, J. S. Tebbets, Joscph H. Mil lard, J. M, Barr, P. J. Nichol Dict W. J. Broatch, Thomas Sw Joseph Thompson of ~ Sioux City, state superintendent _of public in stitutions; Brad D. Slaughter Datus _ 'Brooks, Jobn Peters, C. | Yost, J. A. Hoagland, Dick Berlin, C. H. Guion, John Brady, Captain Phillips, 15 A. Benson, Sherman’ Canfield, Joo ‘Tebon, John Lichteberger and Thomas Kilpatrick They were joined here by severr] genclemcn from Weston, M. Lane, -— An Old Argament, The motion of the attorney in the Helfen- stein case to remove from the jurisdiction of Judge Dundy the cases involving the Paul sen addinon was presented yesterday morning. T'he conrt rafused to hear had alveady been fully | in arguments on which he would base his cision. forime de- School Bond Proposition. There will be a meeting of the taxpayers aud citizens of Lowe's addition aud vicinity Suturday evening next, at the Franklin stroet School, Thirty-fifth and Franklin strects, for the purpose” of discussing the school boud proposi THE_GREAT EDY P, CURES PROMPTLY AND PERMANENTLY LUMBAGO, Rhoumatism, Headache, Toothuche, SPRAINS, - Neuralgia, Swellings, Frost-bitosy BRUISES. THE CHARLES A. VOGELER CO., Baltimoro, Md. “TAMUSIMIENTS. Boyd’s Opera House BOYD & HAY Niehts U MONDAY, MAY 19 Beginning, GILBERT & SULLIVAN'S ondoliers Their Latestand Best Comic Opera Sparkling Music, Inspiring Dances, mperial Cast, Five Comedians, Orchestra of 20, Chorus of 40 The Great Cachucha The entire production direct from the Chi- cago Opera House, Soale of Prices-—Parquot and Parguot Cirele §1.5); Balcony $1; General Admission 750; Gallery 20¢ WDrimé Eden Ml;\scéi THE BANNER WEEK AL SN Famous Elliotts nd faney viders o wheels 1 exlsten 18, Unrivill Comedy Cou at urtists wnd wt One Dime Admits to All. ~ OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscribed and Paid in Capital Buys and sells stocks com 1 paper; roc trusts; acts as transfe corporntions; takes churge S, Managers. 3 tho b ] ranteed Capital. . 400,000 0,000 1 1o Ives ont ot 1 1s; negothates and exec rLy | lects taxes. Omaha Loan& TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. S. E. Cor, 16th and Douglas Sts, Pald In Capltal $ 50,000 Bubsoribed and Giarantodd Capital!’ 100,000 Liability of Stockhoiders 0,000 b Por Cent Interest Paid on Deposits. FRANK J. LANGE, Cashisr. A, U. Wywan, presidoit; 3. J. Brown, vido- prosidont) W' Wy s, trenauror Directors: A U. Wyman, 3. 1. Millard, 1. 4. Brown, Guy C: Barton, K. W. Naab, Thoma J. Khaball rke B, Lake Louns (0 any amount made on Olty und Fara Propuerty, wnd on Collateral Securily, st Low- €sl Fules Curreat Omicrs. disseusious existed among. A 4 | place and on his statement that the contractor orhees out nhis A odium per- ® Upper Coos a ' e —-—