Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, November 13, 1890, Page 4

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Gronae B, TZSCHUCK. Fworn to before me and subsoribed fn mv presence this Sthday of November, A, D., 1500, 1EEAL | N. P, Frit, Notary Publio. Btateof Nebraska, (7 County of Dotiglas, { George 1, Tzschuck, belng_duly sworn, de- ¢ (hat o is seoretary of The Bee 1o, thit the netual average Tk DALY BEE for oples; for August, 180 o for” Eentemter, 1890, M0 cople 1600, 90,7 T2 copies, Gronar B, T2s0nuck. Eworn {0 before me. and subscribed in my presence, this 1staay of Noveraber. A, D., 1890, N P, Feir, Notary Publio. —_————— Mg BrAiNgis still a man of consid- erablo popularity. THERT: are soveral lnnu;;jn‘nv,s in the managemont of the county jail. THE twenty-eighters are again active- ly scheming to tighten their grip on the city treasury. THIS 1s an off year for Church Howe. This fall he is and next winter he will be an anti-monopolist. BOULANGER has left the Isle of Jersey for some unknown destination, but it is not believed that it is the throne of France. RAINBOw BRICE is again projected into the presidential arenn us a possi- bility of 1802. His fool friends forget that the senate is %he graveyard of presiden- tial aspirants. W shall presently have to pay some attention to cty affairs again. One half of the city council will vacate next December, or, rather most of them ought to be made to vacate. —_— WHATEVER changes may be necos- sary in our charter should be discussed before the legislature convenes, so the delegation may know just what the citi- zens and taxpayers want and do not want, THE Douglas county independents are opposed toa contest. But the Douglas county contingent does not bask in the friendship of the Burrows, the Crad- docks and other beneficiaries of the star chamber party. THERE is said to be a man in Lincoln who is about to insist that the voteson prohibition be recounted. If he demands only tho recount of votes cast for prohis- bition it can be done at little expense of time and money. THE gentlemen whe are insisting that Robert E. Pattison can easily be elected president in 1802 should remember that he will probably not be pitted agaist either M. S. Quay or G. W. Delemater on that occasion, ] OMAHA modestly refrans from boast- ing of her advantages as a healthresort, but as a matter of current interest her vital statistics place hér conspiouously in tho lead of the so called “sanita- riums” of the Rocky mountains, THE park commissioners should for- mulate such amendments to our present law as will enable them to give us something more than a few grass plots and posy gardens. We want parks and boulevards that are commensurate with a metropolitan city. —e ROBERT LINCOLN has laid the ashes of his son, Abraham, by tho side of the boy’s grandfather In the tomb at Spring- fiold. The American people will very + generally share with the bereaved father tho sadness with which ho comes home upon this errand. THE declaration of the sod-house statesman, “‘Tam not a democrat,” ne- cossitates a revision of congressional tables, and raises the alliance strength in the next congress from seven to eight members. The record must be straight, though the heavens fall, “Wny not Springer for speaker?” hysterically shrieks the down town double-ender, Any one of twenty rea- sons will do. The “Bounding Springer,” as he is familiarly dubbed, lacks two im- portant qualfications of a spoaker— brains and balance. He talks too much and thinks too little. Ho is too much on his feet and too little in his study. Either McMillen or Bynum is more forceful. Mr. Springer has one qualifi- cation which Mr., Bryan considers su- preme and which was doubtless the in- spiration of this feeble call for his eleva- tion. He has been for years Mr. Bryan's Illinois congressman. But even this is not & conclusive reason for his selection _ tosucceed Tom Reed. In times of ex- citement, when his assoclates, like Breckinridge and Crisp and Mills, are nervy, Springer is only nervous. In a hard fight, where gallantry is wanted, he is only persistently garrulous. Un- like Oarlisle he is not great in council. He lacks the calm balance of Blount and the equipoise of Crisp. SLOPPING OVER. Our esteemed double-barrelled contem- porary expresses the hope that W. J. Bryan “may be so fortunate as to be named a member of the ways and means committee of the next house,’ in which it predicts that *he will nitional fame and a statesman's standing.” Young Mr, Bryan is about aslikely to be chosen to suceeed Tom Heed s to be solected to oceupy a chair around tho table of the greatest and most important committee of the house. The house of representa- tives will contain nearly a hundred and fifty democrats with prior claims to such recognition—claims based on long con- gressional service, legislative schooling, political prominence in party councils or homo celebrity due to energetio labor for democracy in the past. Even if it had not been the custom to sclect for such vacancies as might occur on the and means committee the most dis- tinguished congressmon best fitted for its arduous duties, young Mr. Bryan's total lack of general knowledge of legis- lative procedure and his especial igno- rance of the details of framing the most intricate piece of legislation which comes before congress would preclude the pos- sibility of his appointment, Long service in the house has been by invariable rule the prorequisite to choice on the ways and means committee, Of the five democratic members of the com- mittee as or «d at the opening of the present congress, Mr. Mills had been elected tonine successive congrosses, Mr, Carlisle to seven, Mr. McMillen to six, Mr. Breckinridge to three and Mr. Mower to two, Tn the Fiftieth congress, when the democrats were in control, the same rule obtained as it has for tweaty yoars, In the Fifty-second congress it is probable that the committee will con- tuineight democrats and five republi- cung, Of the eight democrats the five now upon the committes will certainly be tendered, according to custom, their old places. This would leave three seats to be filled from the more than two hun- dred and odd democrats and alliance men who will be clamoring for recogni- tion. Mr., Bryanis very likely to find himself lost in the shuflle, It would be well for the congressman- elect from the First district in the inter- val which will elapse before he takes his seat to study modesty of anticipation. Congress ylarge body. It con- tains at every session scores of new mem- bers whos delighted constituents consider them the peer of the ablest statesmen who have ever entranced lis- tening gallevics, The number of new congressmen who achieve even the dis- tinetion of a newspaper paragraph dur- ing their first term is not large, Those who astonish the country by their brilliancy s even small Ser- vico alome brings opportunivy and the new members find at the close of asession that the most difficult thing to attractin Washington isthe oye of the speaker and next to that the ear of the house. Mr. Bryan is notlikely to have an experience greatly differant from his pre- decessors, The ability to talk is not very highly prized on the floor of the house. Itis too commonand there are too many talkers, The ability to command respect through natural talents ripened by logislative experience and matured through arduous study of national prob- lems is still more rvare. For this Me. Bryan should strive. Hisfriends, who are just now filling his ears with pre- dictions of the impossible in the imme- diate future, will do him good service if they point him to the only sure road to reach the gouls of home efficiency and national celebrity, All talk of his selec- tion as a member of the greatest of tho house committees is the veriest bosh. Just at present Mr. Bryan is incidentally prominent owing to thirteen thousand votes cast for Allen Root. He will be among far different surroundings when the Fifty-second congvess begins its struggle with the question of organi- zation and its speaker is wrestling with the problem of filling the committees. When the menagerie has quieted down and the animals have been fed, young Mr. Bryan is likely to find himself like the majority of his new associates—satis- fied with places on twosmall committees of neither of which he will be chairman. And when the session closes he may well feel himself lucky if after many des- perate efforts to make the greatest eflort of his life he has obtained leave to print the elongatad remainder of a couple of five minute speeches in the pages of the expanded and illusive Record. OUR GROWING SUGAR INDUSTRY. The munufacture of beet sugar is an established industry in Nebraska. There could be no better evidence of the success of the Grand Island experiment than the announcement, contained in yesterday's BEE, that theowners had agreed to begin atonce upon tho erec- tion of still larger works at Norfolk, to be in complete operation by October 1, 1891, This is an occasion for hearty congrat- utation to the people of Norfolk, who have won their vrize in competition with every enterprising city in Ne- braska. But it isof still more signifi- eance to the state as a whole, because it proclaims the fact thathere in Nebraska experts have discovered and capitalists have approved the best soil and climate in the United States for the culture of the sugar beet. This means much to all classes of our popula-~ tion, It will stimulate business both in town and country, will attract people of capital and will make this the most promising of the agricultural states, A splendid outgrowth of new and profit- able industries may be expected to come naturally from the successful establish- ment of sugar factories und refineries. ‘When it is known that the experi- ments in Nebraska have been so success- ful as to command the full confidence of the sugar manufacturers, and thatsix hundred factories as large as that at Grand Island would be required to sup- ply the raw sugar now annually im- ported into the United States, it is plain thatwe have begun here the development of an industry of enormous propartions. Therels but one problem connected with the sugar beet business remaining unsolved, Thisis the degree of profit which it will confer upon farmers. The boet can undoubtedly be successfully grown if the return is sufficient, to com- pensate the farmer for the labor and time it involves. THE BEE has been in- AAAAY UAROLAA AJARUA DA & LU IVOUA INU VM BILK formed, on excellent aunthorjty, that Hall county farmers are mot satisfied with the amount received for their first year's product, and that the results in this respect have been disappointing. This is probably because it was an ex- perimental year with manufacturers and farmers, The manufactured product is very sat- isfactory and commands a ready sale. Now, if the industry can be made as profitable to the men who cultivate the beot as to all Jother interested parties, the new business will fulfill every high hope it has raised. THE FACT ABOUT NEW ENGLAND. No phase of the recent election has ex- cited more comment and surprise than the fact that the four New England states voting on November 4 went demo- cratic. In September Vermont also showed large democratic gains, and Maine alone has held the republican banner at the old altitude. No one familiar with the changing character of New England’s social and political institutions will be surprised, however, at these results, The fact is that for the past ten years two forces have been at work which were sure to accomplish this effect sooner or later. These two forces operato on opposite classes of society, but drive them along in the same dirvection, First, there is a constant outflowing and incoming of 0ld and new population in the six historic little states. The population that flows out is very largely republican—scions of the old stock pushing on to new and broader fields in the west and south. The incoming tide bringsa class of la- borers and homeseekers, largely Irish and Canadian, who naturally afiiliate with the democratic party. This force has been slowly sapping the strength of republicanism and building up that of democracy for years, The other element in the result acts upon what New England loves to call her “better people.” It dates back no further than 1884, when the mugwump was evolved from a republicanism that opposed Blaine because he was the idol of the common people. It is from this class that most of the new and successful lead- ersof New England’s swelling democ- racy have come. These are the real facts about the case of New England. Jt isstill republican territory in a presidential election, but will ot long continue to be unless the grend old party takes up issues capable of rallying its old strength and dividing the ranks of its enemies. THE MONETARY SITUATION. The financial stress in New York has been somewhat relieved and itis believed that the danger of a serious monetary crisis has been averted. The trouble, which for several days has caused great anxiety in eastern financial circles, had its origin in London, where an extraordi- nary demand for money compelled the Bank of England to make an exceptional advance of its discount rate. It is very rare that this rate goes tosix per cent, asit has just done,and the fact is evidence of a most unusual pressure for money. Thedrain, it appears, has beenlargely on South American account, and it cannot be certainly predicted when vhis will end, s0 that there is reasonable ground for apprehension that the stringency may bo prolonged. There is a very unfortunate state of financial affairs in the South American countries, wherelarge amounts of British capital are invested, and before a read- justment can be reached the strain upon the London market is likely to continue severe. But the resources available to that market are already being called in, the dispatches reporting heavy remit- tances from the continent. Still the Lon- don money market isin a very feverish and unsettled condition, and it is quite possible that the situation may be worse before it is better. The serious phase of the matter for this country is the inability of the treas- ury department to render much assist- ance tothe money market. ‘Chesecretary of the treasury has authorized assistant treasurers to receive deposits of funds from bankers desiring to transfer the same by telegraph to the assistant treas- urer at New York, and this will doubt- less give some relief, but the national treasury has no money at command which it can place in the market, and while it is still prepared to redeom four and a half per cenf bonds, relief from this source is too slow to amount to much. The action of the New York® clearing house in issuing certificates available in the settlement of balances wasa remedial measure which produced a good effect in relieving the apprehen- s1on of a bank panie, The indications are that the worst hasbeen experienced, but a great deal depends upon the course of the London market, and the complicutions thero would seem to be serious. The disturb- ance is not likely to be felt to any great extent in this section, though of course if it should be prolonged we can not wholly escape the consequences, At present, however, the local monetary situation is represented by bankers to be very satisfactory, and no apprehen- sion is felt regarding the immediate fut- ure. The suggestion that the result of the late elections is in any degroe re- sponsible for the disturbance does not appear to have any substantial found- ation. The fact that one political paety has lost and another gained control of one branch of congress has no such sig- nificance as to create a financial flurry in two continents. Ar the capital of Ohio there will as- semble today a remarkable birthday party in honor of ex-Senator Allen G. Thurman, The event is notable chiefly for the wierd variety of political pat- viots which it brings together. The surroundings are certainly- auspicious for a genuine Jeflersonian blow-out, barring the simplicity, The loaves and fishes are uncomraonly numerous and the horizon of democratic hope 18 sulh ciently lurid to excite wild flights of fancy and voluble discourse, The great- est tact will be necessary to maintain harmony at the festive board, and the skill of the Bandanna club will be taxed to the utmost if all the invited patriots assemble. Cleveland will be there, flushed with the nomination of the London Z¥mes. David B, Hill, with Tis mantle of Tammany on his shoulders ahd its tomahawk tucked away in his balt, is booked for a prominent soat, thus bringing two rival aspirants | for the prosidorisy into dangerous prox- imity. democracy, the lhtter the practical eide, yet the formet maintains a strong hold on the party affcctions, and should ho receive the usual demoeratic homage the nursling of Charley Dana will find it difficult to cantrol himself. Uncle Joo MeDonald, who was snuffed out by Cleveland at the behest of Hendricks, is expected to doff his grave clothes, while Gray and’ Voorhees, whose com- bined love for Cleveland would not strain the eye of a cambric needle, will lend variety and dignity to the occasion. In addition there will be Palmer of Illi- nois and Campbell of Ohio, both anxious for presidential lightning, and those distinguished nccidental triplets—Patti- son, Boles and Boyd. The gathering will be truly representative of the varie- gated hopes of demoeracy and will af- ford the public n composite view of the physical and mental strength of the party leadership, ——— T'HE annual convention of the Knights of Labor, now in session in Denver, is’ nothing more than the skeleton of a once mighty organization. But two hundred delegates are now present. The empire west of the lakes, comprising throo-fifths of the nation, is represented by seventeen delegates. Noebraska 1s conspicuous by its absence, while Now York, New Jersoy, Pennsylvanin and Canada monopolize seven-tenths of the delegates. The decline of this noble order is primarily due to an overdose of Powderly. From apowerful organiza- tion, once numbering a million toilers of both sexes, and capable of accomplish- ing permanent good for the cause of labor, it has virtually become a shadow of its former self and is today heid to- gother solely to furnish a luxurious liv- ing for the members of the executive committee. But the real cause of labor has not suffered. On the contrary, new and more compuct organizations are ris- ing from the ruins of the knights, founded on the rock of the common good and rigidly excluding political mer- ceparies and bogus agitators, —_— THE fact that there is a consensus of opinion among army officers in favor of the government adopting an efficient system of coast defense ought to have great influence with congress and the country. In his annual report General Schoficld emphasizes the suggestions and recommendations made by General Howard regarding coast defense, and other militavy officers have urged the necessity of providing for the defense of our great seaports, now wholly exposed. The government has entered upon the construction of an adequate fleet of bat- tle-ships, but military men insist that in order to_render our seaports absolutely secure they must be fortified, and their concurrence as to this can only be re- garded as conclusive. The present con- gress should certainly give this matter some attentiong but the difficulty is that the sappropriations for otherpurposes are so large that coast defense may have to wait. ATTORNEY GENERAL MILLER voices the common sense idea of the anti- lottery law in declarving that “it was framed with a'view to suppression of certain known and widespread agoncies of evil, and it is certainly not wise to emg barass its execution by a strained and un- natural construction in reaching after practices not thought of as the motive for its enactment,” — THE efforts of the czar of the county jail to deceive reporters and shield es- caping prisoners only serve {o make his incompetency the more conspicuous. A Consumation to be Hoped for. Philadelphia Press, Emile Zola has almost lost his eyesight. Perhaps he will not be able to see so many nasty things to write about in Tuture, Roage fet Two More Men of Destiny. St. Louis Globe-Democrat, The elections add two names to the roll of “men of destiny.” Tney arc those of Robert E. Pattison of Pennsylvania, and William E. Russell of Massachusetts.” e Surrendered at Discretion, Chieago Tribune. Stanley told his story assoon as he reached this country. His intimate acquaintance with American newspaper reporters satisfied “him the boys would worm it out of him some- how. S —— The Alliance and the Democracy, St. Joseph Herald, There areno independents or alliance peo- vle now; democracy claims the wholo mass. The farmers and laborers have been swi lowed whole and not even the name of their party will survive if democracy can obliter- ate it, Vain Bourbon Boasts. Kansas City Globe. “We sincerely believe,” says the Loulsville Courier-JTournal, “that it would be of vast benefit to all parts of this country if the blow given the republican party on Tuesday should prove fatal.” “Why asks the New. York World, “is the republican party permitted to live?” When you fellows run your head against a solid republican wall in 1802, read your answer in thestars, L L This Can Npg{io On Forever. Lingoln Journal. The Omaha World-Herald has more trouble in hearng of the “#éfurns of the eleotion on the genoral state ticket than you can shako a stick at. Itsuill ats the weary refrain, “sixty-nine counties gives Smitn, and Jones, and Robinson 50 and 0. This can not go on forever, Mr. Hitchcook. The real returns, undoubtedly, were protty well known to the ratifiers of last nij and threw more or less wotness on the proceedings. The democracy which was glorifying had been reduced to thie humiliating position of the “third party" in Nevraska. e What Pulled Tammany Through, Philadelphia Ledger. Tammany hall's victory in New York Oty is attributed to all sortsof causes, chief among which was the cunning use made by Tammany there as by republicans elsewhere of national issues, New York is apivotal state, and by representing that a local defeat of democrats now would result in a republi- can victory in 1882 votes were secured for Grant that would have been cast against him if the partisan feeling had been absent. Tho dragging of the tariff and other national is- sues into municipal elections 14 responsible for a great deal of corruption and bad govern- meut, not only in New York, but elsewhere, The firkt reprosents theoretical | AN THE ROTUNDA. Hon. B. P. Rowgen, secretary of the Busk ness Men's and Bankers' association,came up from Lincoln yesterday. A Bre man mot him at the Paston and asked him to talk, which he seldom does. “Yes," said he, “Lincoln {s full of inde pendents all clamoring for a contest as be- tween Powers and Boyd. The air is full of it. [ could not learn whether Burrows favers the move, but heard that he did not. Leeso | has exprossed himself as opposed to & con- test in the legislaturs as between Boyd and Powers and thinks the man who receives the largesthumber of votes on'the ce of the official retuths should be scated and not afterwards interfered with, But notwithstanding all this, there is a move on foot to muke a contest and 1 was told last night that attorneys are now at work on the specifications and on the plaa of campaign. ‘The naturalizea vote of Omaha will bo the chief object of attack. Emissaries of the independent party are now thought to be at work in Omaha planning an sttack upon tho validity of the Omaha vote. ‘No, so faras my observations have gone, the democrats ave doing nothing in the prem- ises, They scem to feel securo and that Boyd will be seated without opposition. *“The boys in the office of the secretary of stato say that the proposition to increase tho number of supremo justices and salaries thereof and of district juages failea to get the requisite nnmber of votes, ““Yes, the prohibitionists are down deep in the slough of despond. Considering tho sil- ent voto they lacked from 53,000 to 55,000 votes of a majority. The prohibitionists cast only about one-fourth the total vote of the state. [gatheralso that the high liconse amendment is in the consomme.” Ofiicial returns of over sixty counties have been reccived by the secretary of state, Tho law requires that the canvass of county votes by the county boards of canvassers shall bo completed by November 12 and an abstract of the vote must be filed with the secrotary of state by November 17, Church Howe of Omaha was in the city yes- terday. He positively asserted that several causes wore responsible for the political cy- clone, but that first and foromost in the train of untoward circumstances was the McKinley bill, Said he: “The people are also dissatisfied .with tho present financial policy of the government, and that, with the new tariff bill, ure responsi- ble for the repubtican defeat all over the coun- try. The peple won’t stand this additional taxa- tion, and this general uprising shows it to be afact. A party cannot expect success, with the country in its present condition, by advo- cating an increased tariff and additional taxa- tion. What they demand is a reduction, and the republican party can only retrieve its re- verses by a radical modificatioo of the law passod at the last session of congress. This can be done, but it will require speedy action, as the ropublican congressmen must do 1t before their terms of office expire. They made a mistake, and they ought to admit it. Now that they understand the wishes of the people they ought to pass a law in accordance with those wishes. As far as I am personally concerned, I am opposed to tho McKinley bill, or any other measure which favors tho ecast and injures the west.” ————— WHAT STRUCK PROHIBITION. Paxton Republican: Here is long lifo and prosperity to Hon. Edward Rosowater and Mr. Webster, who have proved that they are a power in the land. Hastings Nebraskar : The defeat of pro- hibition in this state is due principally to a large conservative clement that believed the peace and prosperity of tho state would bo best subsurved by retaining the present law on our statute bo The cofin business in the procession last night was a feature of the affair that secemed to be carrying matters a little too far. Prohibition is defeated and it ia wall tolet the matter alone, E Minden Democrat: Prohibition has been defeated by anoverwhelming majority. It has usually been claimed by its advocates in Ne- braska that if left to the country aund small town voters the question would carry for prohibition. It was charged that the larger cities were so corrupt that the country dis- tricts stood noshow in bringing about a re- form of this kind. In looking over the vote of the state on this question we find, how- ever, that prohibition was defeated without counting the votes of Omaha, Lincoln, Platts- mouth, Hastings, Grand Island and Kearney, Verily, the cities are not the only places that vote against prohibition. Callaway Courier: One cause of the over- whelming defeat of prohibition at thelute election can be traced directly to the circula- tion of the crazy prohibition organs, of which the New York Voice is a shining example. The scurrilous defamation of Nebraskaand her cities scattered broadcast by this vile sheet, made more anti-prohibition votes than the combined efforts of Rosewater, Roggen and Webster. The low-down contemptible trick playod upon the local papers of Ne- braska by this probibition-for-revenue-only organ turned usearly every one of them against a cause which they might otherwise haveadvocated. For downright jackassery the chronic prohibitionist takes the cake, Crawford Clipper: The question of prohi- bition as & national measure is virtually ended. Within the past three years ten of our sister states in which the question has been subinitted have cast majorities against it aggregating half a million votes, These states are Texas, Tennessee, Oregon, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, West Virginia, Peunsylvania and Rhode Island, and each one has been sub- jected to a thorough and systematic cam- paign, notwithstanding which, the license law has won by baudsome majorities in overy instance. Nebraska was recognized by these mistaken mortals as the last hope, the last stronghold, situated as she was between four weak sisters who have put on the cloak and are struggling with o law that is con- trary to reason and Amervicanism. They con- centrated their forces, imported dozens of world renowned speakers, flooded the state with prohibition literature, bought news- papers and spent hundreds of thousands of dollars to capture this, the last forlorn hope, only o be snowed under 40,000 deep. This is the death knell to prohibitiou, e STATE ELECIION ECHOES. Kearnoy Journal-Enterprise: It wasnot the McKinley bili as much as it was the de- sive to *‘yell,” which caused vhe defeat of tho republican party. Creighton Couvier: Bunkum, Bossism and Boodlo must o out of business in the re- publican party in Nebraska, or the party must go out of business. Nebraska City News: When Church Howe and John Watson meet in the next house of representatives they will probably shake hands “‘across the bloody chasm" and remark that there ave only a few of us left, Crawford Clipper: Kem's advice to the farmers to sow a little politics along with their other crops returned some ten, some fifty and some an hundred fold to his vote in the Big Third. But Kem's success cannot be attributed alone to the advice he gave so° freely. Ina great measure it was due to the worik of dissatisfied republicans who allowed their personal feeling against Mr, Dorsey to outweigh their desire for the success of re- publican principles and a continuance of re- publican politics, That was what elected O, M. Kowm. FRON THE STATE CAPITAL Bome Interesting Decisions from the Highest State Taibunal. HOW THE GAMBLERS ELUDED CAPTURE. 1s the Alllance Responsible for the Possible Fallure of the Amend- ment to Increase the Supreme * Judiciary?—Lincoln Notes, Lixcory, Nob., Nov, 18, —(Special to T Ber. |—The following oplufons were handed down today by the judges of the supreme court ¢ Dickerson vs Mechling. Error from Gage county, Reversel and remanded. Opinion by Mr. Justice Maxwell, Judgment was rendered by a justice of the peace on the 7th day of August, 1880, from which the plaintiff on the same day appealed to tho district court and filed a transcript therein, On the 19th day of that month the plaintiff flled a petition, No pleadings wero filed by the defendant and on the 17th day of October, 1880, the rauso was continued. Af- terwards on the same day tho continuance was set asido and the action dismissed on the mo- tion of the defendant, the defendant at tho time belng in default of an answer. Hold that the appeal was preperly taken and the court erred 1n dismissing it. Bohn manufacturing company vs Kountle, appeal from Douglas county. Reversed in part, afirmed in part. Opinion by M. Jus- tice Norval, Ina contract for tho saleof land,it was stipulated that the purchaser should crect a dweliing upon the premises within a stated time. The building was erected, but the labor performed and the material furnished were not fully paid for. Held in an action to forcelose the mechanic's lien. that tho liens of the mechanic and material man have a priority over thelien of the vender for un- paid purchase money. Union Pacific railroad campany ick, error from . Douglas county Opinion by Mr. Justice Norval. Where an_employer negligently his workmen with " improper and unsafe ap- paratus with which to perform tho work, aud the workman, without any fault on his part, is injured owing to the employer's neglect to provide suitable, safe and proper appliances, tho gmuloyeris liable for the injury. 9, "Held that the evidence sustains the ver- dict and judgment. 3. Theinstructions efamined and held to have beon properly given. Hilton vs Crooker. Appeal from Lancas- ter county. Docree for puaintiffs, Opinion by Justice Maxwell. 1. On the testimony beforo the court held that a deed set fourth in the record would be ‘med 50 as to exclude forty acres of land ibed in the opinion. 2. A contract for professional sevvices, as that of an attorney, is personal aud confide tial, and cannot bo assigned to another with- ent; und in case of I nment without such assent, the client may declare the contract at an end and recover certain lands conveyed as a con- ditional fee for the prosecution of the action money expended in 1he prosecution of the action, however, to be refunded. Oberlies vs ‘Willis, Krror from Saline county. Adflirmed. Opinion by Justice Max- well. One M, leased ninety-two acres of land to O. to farm the same on_shares, each to have one-half of the crow. M. sowed twenty-two acres in oats and agreed that O. should havo eleven acres of corn in lieu of one-half of tho oats. Seventy acres of the land wero planted tocorn. In May M. mortgaged the oats and left the state. Soon afterwards O requested W. to purchase the interest of Mrs, M. in the corn and cultivate and care for the same and a bill of sale was thereupon executed by Mrs, M. to W,,which was witnessed by O.,whereby W. purchased the interest of M. in the corn freo from the claim of the oat contract, Held, that O. had no claim upon_W. for oloven acres of coru fu liou of one-half of the oats, Millsap vs Ball. Appeal from Douglas county. Afiirmed in part. .Opinion by Just- ice Norval, 1. Where a vendee of real estato coutract of sale, containing stiy the purcha s Broder- Afirmed. provides under a ation that shall construet a building upon s, erects a building thercon, the r material man is entitled to o lwen against the property paramount to the lien of the vendor. 2. Under section 2 of the mechanic’s lien law, a sub-contractor to obtain a lien must make out and file with the recorder of decds of the county whnere the building is erected a sworn statement of the amount due from the contractor for labor and materials within sixty days from the performing of the labor and furiishing of the materials, 8. ‘I'he contractor cannot maintain a suit against the owner until after the expiration | of that time 4, If a building is not constructed accord- ing to contract, the owner is entitled to offset auy damages he may have sustained thereby, and the licn attackes forthe amount actually due after deducting such damages, State ex rel, Buckstaff ys Grabam, dered on docket for preoent term. Following cases were argued and sub- mitted: Whitelock vs State ex rel district of Omaha, Shepperd vs State, Furst vs State, Court adjourned to Tuesday mornng, No- vember 0, 1860, when the cause from the Ninth distriot willbe called. RALDED A GAMBLING DEN, The gambling place above the Tvy Leaf saloon on North Tenth street was doing a very good business last night, and was crowded withsuckers when Marshal Molick, Detective Malone and Sergeant Otto made & raid on the place about 11 o'clock. Some difficulty was experienced in getting into the room by the ofiicers, and by the time they gained entrance the majority of tho crowd had escapea through the skylight. Two re- mained behind, Frank Bums and Harry Sloan, who pretended to be farmers, but who ave alleged o be reully tinhorn gamblers, and may be seen loafing on Tenth street every day, They were tuken to the station, but soon afterwards reloased on bail, and ' this morning cheerfully paid the fine of $10 and costs levied against them, ‘Ihis afternon it was learued that the fel- 1ows who escaped through the skylight onto the roof of the thivd story jumped from that height to the roof of a° two-stery building south of the Quick block. The back part of that building is only one story high avd on making another leap the fugitives made their way to the rear of the structure, whero they slid down a tree and reached terra firma, 1T 18 PRODADLY LOST, The annuncoment in e Bre this morn- ing of the possible farlure of the amendment to pass providing for an increase in the nux ber of supreme judges has created considrea- ble surprise. Sixty out of the ninety coun- ties have boen hoard from and the votes for that amendtment are still greatly in the mi- nority. In glancing over the table of returns in the office of the sceretary of state it is nc- ticeable that in the counties where Powers polled his greatest number of votes, the votes against the increased judiciury amendment are greatest. 1t 13 not known hero whother this s merely o coincidence or whether the farmers in those sections secretly voted agaiust the amendment. The attorneys of Lincoln universally hope that tho counties yet to be heard from will roll up a suflicient number of votes for the increased judiclary amendment to make it carry. PIARMACEUTIOAL EXAMINATION, The quaterly examination of candidates wishing to become druggists was held today in the senate chamber of the state house. Tha questions were as usual very praotical and of such range as to thorougly test the business as well as the sclontific preparations of the applicant. Thus among the qualific tions asked were the following: “Is it ne essary according to the laws of Nebraska to kecp a poison register!” “WEat are the common names of chloride of ammonium wnd ohloride of sodium!” “Give antidote for poisoning by laudavum, steychnine, arsenic, carbolic acid and aconite and describe how you would treat each case,”’ “How do you test for organic impurities in drinking water?? There were twer being as follow: Or- -three applicants, they W. Kunzman, Syra- Crete; Johu I1. Brt, Crete; “rank R. Robert: obn H. Shary, Crote; John R. liverett, Talmage; ©. C. Hottume, Ster- ling; D. M. Ramsdall, Exeter; Charles W, Underhill, York; J, H. O'Green, Do Witt; Ed Cu u.‘ Garrison; William, A, Laflin, Deloit; W. A. Lee, Creighton; J. fl. G. H. Ruhaak, Courtland; H., H. Whittlesoy, Croto; Gieorgo Bjorkman, Lincoln; Ulfert L. Albers, Steinauer; Joseph Simecek, Wilbor; A. E. Hagensick, Lincoln; F. H. Tendee, Tee: Jabez 1. Robiuson, David City; F. A. Greedy, Beaver Crossing. Tomortoy amination will be held in Hastings, Wwill bo tho last this year. BOUND TO GET THE MAYOR'S AUTOGRAPI. John A. Buckstaff, the well known contrao- tor asks the supreme court for & writ of man- damus to compel Mayor Graham to sign £0,000 worth of sewer bonds und §100,000 worth of paving bonds bought by Buckstaf. The contractor declares that on November 107 he entered into a contract with the eity to purchase these bonds at par and that the con- tract was duly approved by a majority voto of ail the members elect at tho city council. That ho in good faith gave bond in the sum of $100,000 with suretios and this also was ap- proved by the council. But when the bonds were presonted to the mayor he refused to sign them, { WERE THE BONDS GIVEN. who was plaintift in a suit against 1 C. Miller ot alin thedistrict court of Sheridan county, fias appealed the caso to the supremo court, not being satisfied with the decision of the lower tribunals, The cause of action was a suit brought by Sherift Riges against his doputy, Miller, and_his boudsmen, to_recover about &0 for which the sheraff had beon immersed onocount of the failure of his deputy to return an_execu- tion within the limit preseribed by law. Tho district court sustained the demureer to tho potition on the part of the boudsmen of the doputy on the grounds that the deputy's bonds had been given to the county instend of to the shoriff personally. 12d C. Lockwood, treastrer of Sioux county, was sied by school district No. 1 of thit county for #31 damages for alleged failure to faithfully perform tho dutios of bis offic required by law. Tho school district re ered the amount asked for and today Lo wood appealed the case to the supreme court. NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST. Nebraska. The new creamery at Pierce has com- menced operations, For stealing a plug of tobacco an Aurora boy named Fred Johuson has been fined $1 and costs. Graco degree lodge, Daughters of Rebekah, has been instituted b Crote with twenty~ three memb: William Watson of Fairfield has invented anew corn cultivator, out of which he ox- peets to make a fortune. Clark A. Bennett of Orleans, a prominent hovse breeder, died of pneumonia Tuesday after au iliness of ten days. William B, Thompson, for four years agent of the B. & M. at Grand Island, “died Mon- day of typnoid pneumonia, azed thirty-threo years. 8. M. Eider of Clay county wants to bo speaker of the next house of ropresentatives. Other successful alliance men are still to bo lcard from, The town of Wilber has voted bonds to aid the Kentucky distillery company in orecting aplant with a capacity of 200 bushels of grain per day. Prohibition didn't do it. Willlam Kingen of Scotts' Bluffs county has been arrested by oficers wom Wyomings on a chargo of cattle stealing. It is believed that,he is a member of an extensive band of istlers.” Tho Sidney Telegraph gives this accountot a true western heroine: ve ars ago oc- curred the Pinkston murder in the Pumpkin Creek valley in which the Pinkstons, father and son, wero killed by who was hung in Siduey. On Wednes: day of this week the widow, Mrs. Mary A. Pinkston, proved up on the claim of her dead husband, and Miss Maggio Pin ton on the claim of her brother. Miss M gie has remainod on hor claim ever since tho trial which resulted in the conviction of her brother’s murderer. She his shown a pluck and heroism that fow girls could exhibit and has richly earned her titlo to a quarter of government land. Reynolds, Towa. ! Ex-Mayor Abram of Oskaloosa died sud- denly of neuralgia of the he: The packing house at Towa this week and kilied 500 hogs th st day, Thirty-five Cedar Rapids saloonkeepers have been arrested for selling liquor on clecs tion day. Union is wrestling with an epidemic of measles, The schools a closed as over half the pupils are atlicted, ‘I'he Eastern Towa Horticultural society will hold 1ts annual meeting at lowa City December 3 and 4, and competition will bo open toall, There is un epld of log cholera raging in Oskalooss, w \king the animals off by thescore. Within the past two weeks Price & Co. have lost $1,000 worth of prize hogs from the discase, A number of Ce .0 a Bellamy ¢ tarted up tapids yonng men have aud propose to ck living expens d add to their socis yment by adopting the idea expressed in ooking Backward." The October report of the warden of the Fort, Madison penitentiary shows the averago number of inmates to have been 306. Twenty- eight were admitted during the month and fifteen discharged. The salaries of officers and guards and running expenses footed up $7,580.46, “The state mine inspectors nave nearly com- pleted their statistics regurding the mining business of the state, and will send copies to Superintendent Porter of the census bureau atonce. Copies ined in the oftice, and the board vvill compile a report for use within the state. The auditor of state has received a letter from J, T. Brown, Brooks, Cal., containing a certificate for 86 cents due him since Novem- ber 5, 1862, The principal and intercst now amouuts to £.55, He states that the certifi- cate, which has been lost all these years,wns given him for service i the avmy ~and had been mislaid in files of army papers. Ho asks that o warrant be sent for the full amount, but this is impossible, owing to there being no fund that can be drawn upon to pay it The Two Dakotas, The German Lutherans are building a par- sonage at Klkton. Cattle were shipped by rail from Custer forthe first time, last weelk. Scotland is to have a lecture course this wiuter under the auspices of the academy. ‘'he Egan tow mill is running in full blast with an output of about three car loadsa weels, L SWACOBS Q] THE COVERNOR OF MARYLAND saTa: IT EXECUTIVE CHAMBER. Is vnnapolis, Jd., Jan. 6, *90, “I have often used ST. JACOBS OIL, and find 4t a good Liéniment.” ELIHU E. JACKSON, THE Cov. of Md. Es-r OMAHA = LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subsoribed and Guarantoed Capital Paid in Capital, : - Buys and sells stooks and bon commercinl paper; rocelves and excoutes trusts; aots ns transfer agent and trustee of corporations, takes charge of property, col- lects tax Omaha Loan&TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. S, E. Cor. 16th and Douglas Sts. 1l In Capital s 2,000 Bubscribed and Guaranteed Capity 100,000 Liability of Stockholders......... 200,000 6 Per Cent Intorest Paid on Deposits, FRANK J, LANGE, Cuslilor, Officors: A. U, Wyman, president. J. J. Brown, vice-president, W. T, Wyman, treasurer. Directors:—A, U, Wywman, J. U. Millard, J. J, Hrown, Guy O. Burtou, E. W. Nush, Thous L Kuoull, George B, Lake,