Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 3, 1890, Page 4

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It 15 of the utmost mportance thit bers of the legislature shall understand wants of thelr constituents and be pre- pared to grapple intelligently and advisedly with the fssues that must come before then. Tue Bee therefore invites suggestions fron those who are familiar with any particul subject that is Hkely toengzage the attention of the legisluture, Parties favoring us, how- over, are requested to make their communt- cations us brief as possible and to the point. 1t §s o be understood that Tik Beg will not Ve responsible for the published views of con- tributors, and 1t reserves the privilege of dis- cussing thom in Its own wiy and from the standpoint which it deems best for the inter- ests of the people. I 18 one thing to carry a primary and another thing to carry an eloction. Nouopy will be shocked to obser that the democrwis donot like the prosi- dent's message. President Harrison could not ina mld hurrah in veforring to the glorigus sugar b EVEN rest COUNCILMAN WHEELER has not been vindiented in his economic methods. The tax eaters must go. C. P HUNTINGTON says ke approves of Jay Gould. Of course, but who ap- proves of C. P. Huntington? TiE wutch dog of the city treasury knocked out by over five hundred ma- jority. What monstrous ingratitude! L¥ ANYTHING Is certain about the In- dian troubles it is that the troops have taken u winter’s contract and will pass the season on the front MEDDLE Mizner comes home from Central America with the satisf tion of proving that the little southern republics will be in hot water all the time, even without his ableassistanco, WILLIAM ASTOR has declined to buy a Florida senatorship for a quartor of million dollars. The Astors prefer raro bric-a-brac to sematorships. They leave that bauble to the newly-rich of the wild western states, Burrarno Bir, like Stanley, was called from play to work—from telling the story of adventure to rnewing the experience of it. But Buffulo Bill will not write a two-volume account of the afl: or lecture about it in aswallow tailed cout, Tk assembling of eongress revives speculation as to the probable successpr of the late Justice Miller. Tt is not Likely the president will long defer the nomina- tion, a5 tho court has postponed action on several important questions until the vacancy is filled. Attorney General Miller: is gonerally looked upon as the coming man, Tie day is coming when city cam- paigns will be fought out on one all-im- portant issue—corporation vs. anti-cos poration rule. The result at first may not be entirely favorable to the inter- ests of tho people who create these franchised corporations. But it will not bo long when the latter will gladly re- tire from politics and attend to their I imate functions. Foun bills were presented in the house of representatives on the opening day of the session providing for free coinage. A great deal of pressure will be exertod by the silver bullionaires and a vigorous movement will doubtless be made in favor of absorbing the world's supply of silver, There is, however, little chance for it to succeed. The houseleaders and the administration ave distinetly in favor of giving the new silver law a fair test and it will undoubtedly stand. INTELLIGENT public itiment in Omahn is rapidly growing in favor of granting nomore franchises to corpora- tions without a substantial considern- tion. The arrogance of thecorporations that have grown rich out of the favors shown them by the people, and whichdo not contribute their just share of the revenues of thecity, is In lurge measuro responsible for this feeling, but besides this it is a sound business principle, long observed in many of the large and grow- ing cities of the country, that these val- uable franchises should be well paid for. It is time Omaha entered the list of cit- fes that have adopted this policy, | policy 1of the manent | any rai | | the dangel | pos THE THEASURY REPORT. Ithas been stated that tho secrotary of the treasury would propose & new cur- rency schome known as the inter-con. vertible bond, but it he has entertained such n purpose the fact does not appear in his annual report. No new financial is suggested in that document, which for the most part is simply aplain statement of the present and prospective conditionof the national treasury. The recommendations of the secretary are few,and ¢ to changesin existing laws which experience with their operu- tion has shown to be desirable or neces: The exprossed sustuined have been are not apprelensions that of a deficit by .the estinates of the treasury department, It is esti- mated that the receipts for the current fiseal year will excoed the oxpenditures to the amountof fifty-twomillion dollars, and adding to this surplus other assets tho total available for the swelled to one hundred and sixty-two million dollars. The estimates » for the next fiscal year show an excessof re- ceipls over expenditures of fifteon mil- liondollars. Granting the approximate aceuracy of the figures of the secretary, there appears no reaon to fear that during the next two years the national ywill find any difficulty or em- barrassmont in meeting the demands upon it. It will hardly be able, how- cver, to oxtend to the money should an exigency arise, assistanco it recently gave, when during seventy-five days there were dis- bursed over seventy-six million dollars in tie purchase of bonds and prepay mentof interest, increasing the cireu- lation forty-five million dollars. Tho secrolary submits that there are many grave objections tothe accumulation of o large surplus inthe treasuey, but he combats the theory that if there wore no surplus there would be no monetar, stringency, The gravest defect in our present financial system, he thinks, lack of clasticity. The demand for money iss0 irregular that an amount of irculation which will be ample during ten nonths of the year will frequently prove so doficient during the other two months s to cause stringency and commercil disnster. The move- mentof the crops in August and Sep- tember annually causes a dangerous ab- sorption of money, and usually commer- cinl erises have oceurred during these months. In the opinion of Seerctary Windom unless some provision bo made to meot such contingencies in the future lilkke disasters may be confidently ex- pected. The actual cireulation on Oectober 1, 1890, was in round numbers fifteen hun- dred nillions of dollars, the per capita being mearly twenty-four dollars, In 1870 the civeulation per capita was a lit- tle less than twenty dollars and in 1830 a fraction over that amount, Dur the nincleen imonths from 1, 1889, to October 1, crenso of circulation per capita was about one dollar and fifty-one conts, Thisshowing refutes the statements of those people who are clamoring for more currency by methods which would sradually lessen the purchosing power whole volume, Regarding silver, the secrotary ex- the belief that the new act is a great improvement over the law re- pealed, and that its beneficial results will eventually commend it to general approval. There has not yet been time to properly test its me and the per- elfect it will have on the price of silver, but it hus alrcady been the means of providing a healthy and much- needed addition to the circulating medium. On the subject of the tarif, the sceretary suys the law has been too shorta time inoperation to warrant dis- cussion of its details, but he regards it oind in principle and entitledto a faiv trial, presses SEACOAST DEFENSE, Secretary Tracy ernestly advocates a thorough system of defenses for the ex- posed cities of the seacoast. *What he said in hisfivstreport in reference tothis watter impressed the country, and his reference to it in his present report will b likely to increase the popular convic- tion of the necossity for hetter protection of the large scaports of the country than ey now have, The secretary of the draws & graphie picture of what might happen in case a hostile foreign lleet should enter the port of New York, and he says there isnothing to prevent the accessof such a fleet there, The forts at the Narrows would offer no ob- struction. Long Island Sound has no forts wortly of tho nume, and we have no guns which operated from the land would i any im- pression on modern ironclads, A hostile fleet could therefore sail into any posi- tion its commander might select in order to giveits guns the best possiblo command of the metropolis, could exact som, and by cutting off all com- munications starve the peopls into pay- ing it. The samo thing, the secrotary urges, could bodone at other exposed ports, as Boston, Philadelphia, Balti- more, New Orleans, San Francisco, Ta- coma and Seattle. It cannot bosaid that the possibilities are overdrawn, There.is no difference of opinion among wellinformed al and military offfcers regaraing the de- fenseless position of the seaboard cities, whose vast properties would be wholly at the merey of o strong and well - equipped fleet of modern ironclads But public feeling in the matter is apathetic for the reason that the general belief is that thereis nodanger of a hostile fleet com- ing into owr waters, or at any rate that is extremely remote. This may be granted without calling in ques- tion the wisdom of providing adequate secwlty for our seaports, As a simple of insurince upon the hundreds ionsof property inthe large sea- board cities it would seem that the gov- ernment could make nomore judicious oxpenditure than what would - be rc quived for the defense of these cities, ou [ As a business proposition it is obviously desirable that this should be done, and the ilea that such provision against ible danger would exert a moral in- fluence is not without weight, Tho less vulnerable a nation s the more likely is it to command the resmect of other na- tions. We must not flatter ourselves THE OMAHA DAILY | that other countries do mot know | wherein wo are weak. In this respect we have no secrets, ns the secrotary of | the navy suggests, from foreign couns | tries. It is probable, however, that it any progress is made toward providing coast defenses it will be slow., The bresent | congress will very likely do nothing, be cause the condition of the treasury will forbid it. There is no.reason to expect anything in this direction from the next But this matter will certainly receive, sooner or later, more serious at- tention than has yet beon given it FREE DELIVE The postoffice department has nearly completed arrangements for testing the cost and operation of a free deliveryser vice in towns having as fow as five hun- dred people. Congress atthe last ses- sion made an appropriation for this pur- pose, and tho postmaster genoral has confidence in the successof the expe ment. If it shall prove to be ns success- ful as hoped for the cost of a free deliv ery gystem will be shown tomngo bo- tween twenty and forty cents per yoar for each inhabitant, or an annual cost of from one hundred to two hundred dollars in the smallest towns selected, Whilo it has been proposed for sev- years to extend the free de- livery system to towns having five thousand population, the system being now practicully con- fined to places whose popula- tion exceeds ten thousand, the vlan which is now to be experimented with is 1 conceptionof Postmaster General Wan- amaker, who balieves t free delivery can gradually be extended toall com- munities and be self-sustaining, A suc- cessful example is furnished by thee perience in, England, and although the different conditions here present greater difficulties to bo overcome, the post- master genoral, atter o careful study of the matter, has faith that the proposed plan ean be succossfully carried out, That the system can be enlarged with advantage to the postal servies and the public admits of little doubt. Thereare many communities of less than ten thousand inhabitants to which it could be extended with every ainty of being self-sustaining. Butit is not casy toshare the faith of the postmaster gen- eral that it can be made a success in the small communities with which he pro- poses to experiment. Still, it' is worth while to muke the test, because even should it not result as the postmaster general hopes, there will bo useful knowledge derived from it for future guidance. A large aumber of people embraced in the smaller towns of the country will watch tho experiment with great interest. org JAY GOULD AND CONGRESS. Jay Gould has discovered that he must have a little assistance from congress in order to make a complete success of his grent railway trust and he will make The anti-pooling pro- vision of the interstate commn interferes with his projected railvay stocks clearing house. Therefore he will ask, kindly but firmly, to have it repealed. Mr. Gould’s object in asking for this change in the law is to remove the last ier against the destruction of com- petition. He has a plan to make all railroads prosperous and pooling is one of its mos -ntinl features, Probably no harm will be done if in this instunce his request is honored. He already has the power to arbitrarily fix the ra and he will doubtless use it. It will then be necessary for the people to use their pow and limit the rates to a reasonable basi; If this were done why would the pool be objectionable? Would itnot be advantageous as furnishing the means of keeping the rates uniform under the limits fixed by the govern- ment? What the peopls want ave reasonable rates that will be staple. They derive no advantage inthe long run from reckless cuts in fares. If uniform and f: rates were established private arrangoments for the divi- sion of profits among the rilroads would not greatly concern them, The evil is not that the railrond is a monop- oly. All public carriers are in thom- selves monopolies, The evil is that the monopoly is not properly controlled. Mr. Gould is likely to have a good deal of trouble in getting what he wants from congress, for heis not a popular individual. He is no novice indealing with legislatures, state or national, but his methods are not commendable, It will be interesting to observe whether heis equaily successful at Washington as he has been in Wall Street. G out all questions of expadi it is suprreme norisense to assort that there are none te take the place of Parnell as leader of the Irish parlia- .mentary purty. Regavd for nell, even that which amounts to blind idolatry, is no justifica- tion for slighting the abilities of William O’Brien, John Dillon, Michael Davitt, Justin McCarthy and others that might be named. The father of the land league has shown himself capable of sue- ful generalship. O'Brien and Dillon have each conducted campaigns in Ire- land without the aid or encouragement of Parneil,; and by their commanding force, ingenuity and dash outwitted the power of the government with itstrained machinery, and displayed in a marked degree the clements of leadership. Justin McCarthy is notas aggressivoas either of these, but he is a statesman of broad mould; conservative, yet forceful, brilliant without pyrotechnics, and fully capable of upholding the home rule cause. If the Irish party will give eithe of these men the confidence reposed in Parnell, their record is suficient guar- anty that the aspirations of Ireland will be vigorously and faitufully pushed to victory. THERE ave several planks loose in the charter of metropolitan cities that de- mand rvepairing and plugging up. We must lave provisions that will more rigidly guard tho city’s interest in its dealings with contractors and corpora- tions, and prevent collusion between them and city officials, There should also be u civil service provision that will rvequire each inspector of public works 10 be a competent mechanic in his line, As it is now wo havea gang of plumb- ing inspectors who have never seen the of &poctors ol the differe meal. portation, in its relation to the com- morce of the United States, will very likely recetvdfattention at the present session of wohgress, The secretary of the treasur, ?xill has under considera- tion the coiplaints regarding the bond- ing and sealing of cars on Canadian soil by United States customs officers, and an enrly decision is probnble. What this will probablybe may be inferred from the language of his report in reforence to this subject, in which he says it is manifestly unjust to accord Canadian railroads privileges denied to our own. te pluinly indicates that he regards with disfavor the construction of the law by the Canadian companics, as giving them an undue advantage over American ronds, and there Is renson to believe his views are shared by other members of the administration, The goneral propoesition that Canadian rail- roads doing business in the United States ought to be subjected to our laws equully with our own roads cannot rea- sonably by objocted to, but there will be orous opposition to any measure which proposes to cut off the Canadian competition which the producers of the northwest and the merchants and manufacturers of New England be- lieve to be vital to their in- terests. The discussion of this matter for ¢ past shows that public senti- ment in those sections is almost unani- mous against any restrictive legislation that will go beyond requiring the Cana- dian railroads to conform equally with our own roads to the requirements of ex- sting law. The matter is one of very considerable importance, and somothing should be done to establish ai equitable and permanent policy NEBRASICA has aslced less of the pres- ent congress, in the way of public im- provements, than almost any other ste in the union, and every demand is justi- fied by urgent necessity, There is some danger, lowever, that owing to the pros- pective condition of the treasury the ap- propriations usked for will be cut down, but much will depend upon the zeal which the representatives of the state ex- ercise in the matter. It will be false economy for congress to pare down to a niggavdly limit appropriations for pub- lic huildings in cities the rapid growth of which is assur Tie colder temperature should re- mind the prosperous people of Nebraska that several thousands of their fellow citizens in the western portion of the state are still in need of fuel and cloth- ing. Only by prompt provision of their wants, cn they be insured against much suffering. Let there be a gener- ous respose 10 theappeal for help from all who have not already given and can afford todo so, TiE seeretaryt of the interior has or- dered that the rations of the Sioux To- dians shall bé increased. The authori- ties at¥Washipgton have 8vidently been convinced that hunger has had more to do with the demonstrations than the Mossiah o The order may be ex- pected tohave an immediste quieting effect, and together with the cold wave will probably put an end %o the trouble. CHAFFEE without Wheeler will be lost entirely, pow that the political brains of the combine have been knocked out. Jay is Long ou promises, St Joseph Herald. Jay Gould has once more promised to build 2,000,000 depot in St. Lou A Prescription for Mr, Bull, Cinieago Tribune. S. Bull, Bsq.,needsa copious dose of the medicine given to old Geronimo, S tsbdiniindin An “Off Year" All Round, Luwrence Journal. It doesn'tseent just right to try to make the Sioux stay on their reservation in a year like this, when everythmg and cverybody is ol Colonel Cody's Campaign, Chicago Neus. If Colonel Coly bas provided himself with enough amnunition in the shaps of compli- mentary tickets the result of his campaign should be iio longer in doubt. R Chestauts! Dr. Miller. Knsas City Times, Itis claimed for Dr. Miller of New York that he discovered Koch’s remedy for con- sumption and tried it years ago. T'hat sounds like the old chestnut, I told you so. e Oxlahomn is Getting There, Philaddelphict Press. Ollahoma is right in the line of commercial progress. Thero have been two bank failures in the territory’s babyhood and a cashier hus fled to Canada, or Mexico, ov somewhere. —-— To Knock Satan Out. Boston Traveler. “Tho Marqus of Queensbury has subscribed £100 to the Salvation Ariny cause, He evi- dently wants tosee the devil kuocked out in a twelve-foot ring, according to his noted vuies of pugilism, TS Mr. Crocker is Cheerful, Thank ¥You, Clhicags Tnter-Ocean, Richard Crocken says the New York Herald, “will rotar to New York this month, Ho writes that he never felt better.” Why should not the great Tammany boss feel welll He owns New York for another year. Mrpes The Utility of the Blizzard, Kanga City Journal, A dispatch from,Standing Rock agency says that a howhnf Rakota blizzard would be a godsend to the Stte, for it would drive all the Indians back $@the agencics ina very subdued frame ind. The utility of the blizzard has at last been discovered. ar to Come. y Journal. Ou the suppositiagithat the control of rates can be seized into thehandsof Mr, Gould and nis allies, a supposition whichis not yet warranted, then it is plain that things are working around to a point where the public can put furth its power for the more rigorous control of the railroads. ‘The half dozen princely manipulators will have destroyed the only argument which they have had against governmental interference; fordthey ill have destroyed the ve compotition which they have said that government ought to leave free. ‘They will likewise bhave io. cated responsibility where it can be seen by the intelligence and reached by the power of the community, Itlooksas if the real tug of war between the people und the railrosd rporations, orrather @ few rich manipu- Iators of railroad corporations, Lad only just begua, RIPPLES. “Any symptoms of that kind about his heart!" inquired the poor relation auxiousy. Sowerville Journal: Even the MoKinley bill hasn't succoeded in raising the average woman's age, Somorvillo Journal: their deserts in this life nately for them. Somerville Journal: Modesty and humility are beautiful foatures of character—particu- larly in_the character of our acquaintancos. Chicago Tribune: “Your uncle, sir,” said the physieian, who had been hastily called in, “is threatened with softening of the braiun." Jeweler's Weekly: Miss Cately ~What do you regand as the most dificult” step in the progress of adiamond from the mineto a lady's finger? Mr. John—Hustling forthe lucroto buy it. St. Joseph News: As an instanco of how beer will foster combativenoss, it may be said that thero aro always somo Spars on a schooner. Munsey's Weekly: Younger Sister— Thanksgiving is all nonsence! What have I to be thankful for, T should Iike to know?’ Blder Sister—A good deal. You are three vears younger than I am, Sentimental M fo; sho is never b out of her sight, 0 much? Exporienced Widow loves him so well. Detroit Free Press: A Michigan woman got mad at a neighbor aud wanted to scare her. She put five or six revolver cartridges intoa head of cabbage and sent it overas o present toboil. It was boiled, but hot water doesu't explode gunpowder, and revenge is still unsatisfied. StRey The Blunt St. Louis Boodler. St. Louts Globe-Democrat, Whon you ask how much it will cost to get & measure through council, you should put the question in & sarcastic way,—[Cincimati Commereial Gazette. In St. Louis there is nonced of sarcasm in putting a question of this kind, Only two plain words, How much? g s VS OF THE NORTH W Poople seldom get in most cases fortu- den—Tlhere goes PPy when Jack is Is it because she loves him No. It's because she T. Nebraska. 3ates college at Neligh has 164 pupils on- rolled. Rev. J. E. Ingham of Gibbon has declaved himself a candidate for chaplain of the house of ropresentatives. The York County Teachers’ assoclation has agreed to attend the meeting of the state as- sociation in a body. Ernest Davis has resigned as president ¢ the Nebraska National bank at York and T B. Clawson has succecded him, Albert Dahlgron, living near Bertrand, was thrown out of a wagon by a runaway team and had his arm broken aud a bad gash cut in his head. There has been nearly threo hundred ton of broom corn raised and cured for shipping around Greenwood this year. Itis a zod paying erop and thoso who it make a success of its culture, Colonel W. W. Patterson, the founder of Kearney, is starting_a town in Vermejo park, New Mexico. He has placed $30,000 bonds in Chicago to improve the park and is now gotting up a colony of Kearncyites to settle in bis town. Lea Boilott, a girl nincteen years old, was found in Perry Cullis' orchard three nilos from Diller Monday mornine at 5 o’clock, having given birth ton child. She threw the child through the helgo fonce, causing its immediate death, Coroner Wells gave a ver- dict that the child came toits death at its mother's hands, etto man talks of the pretiy girl graduates of the school up there and tels how agirl explajned to him how a goat butted a boy out of the yard: ‘“He nurled the previous end of his anataomy against the boy’s afterwards with an earncsi- and velocity, which bicked by the pon- v of the goat’s avordupois, imparted a momentum that was not xed until he landed on terra firma begoud the pule of the urisdiction.’” lowa, Coon Rapids is agitating the establishment of a packing house. The proposition to build a waterworks at Union was defcated by six votes, Hog cholera is ravaging the pens of far- mers in Clay township, Hardin county, Wolf-exterminating socicties are b ganized in different sections of the state . L. Sands of Bagle( isthe possessor of an Irish copper coin bearing date of S04, . E. Hall, a postal clerk running botween Anamosa and Clinton, is underarrestcharged with robbing the mails. The Methodist church of Brooklyn voted azainst the admission of women as delegates to the general conference of the church, Conl in paying quantities 15 believed to exist in the vicinity of Carroll,aud a move- mentis on foot t0 organizo & prospecting company Work has commenced on the foundation of the new Dubugque county court house, The building will cost $100,000 and bo completed by December, 1861, A brilliant meteor, appareatly as large as a barrel, fell near Hawkey The :heavenly visitor's pathway was marked by an electric streak for several minutes after it fell, T, G, Storrs, a farmer near Hull, owns a cow whose record for breeding is_believed to be uncqualled. Tn October or November of h year for the past five years she has given birth to fine, healthy twin calves. She is a thoroughbred Short-horn. T'he saloons at Wellsburg, Grundy county were raided the othernght and liguor valy at &200 captured. It was taken to Grundy Center, but some of it being in a barrel too large 10 go into the bastile, it was stoved in the engine house. Some porsons stole the barrel and the sherifl has ouly & four gallon jug to show for tis work. Religious converts come high in 1da Grove, but the faithful are bound to have them. Some time ago John Bateman suddenly foll away from the Methodist church. _This so worried Brother Shirk, a devont” Christian, that hie sought him out, and after a_seige of prayer and on promise of a bonus of §%, in- duced him to return to the fold, ngor- The Two Dakotas, The depct at Custler is very nearly com- pleted There is more water in Redwater river now, than ever before this scason of the year. The young ladies of the Montrose Baptist church realized $35 from their Thanksgiving concer! Marion proposes tosink a test well, 500 fent deep, to see what the prospects are for an artesian flow. Over $100 were cleared at the oyster sup- per and _church fair recently given by the adies of Grafton Lutheran church. The Montrose Roller Mill company shius the product of its mill to Wisconsin aad Towa and is now runuing day and night. Custer claims that more buildings will be erected during the coming year than have been built there during tho past five years, On December § Hot Sorings will vot n issuing bonds to the amount of §15,000 for the purchase and improvement of a city park. Some scamp recently entered S. K. Wil- son’s stable at Hot Springs and cut the mane off and shaved one side of his valuable buggy horse, Montrose has organized an immigration bu- reau of its own, it is the intention to send a man into the eastern states to use such in- ducements as may beoffered to settlers, and bring iu & colony bere this winter and early spriog. G. A. Bartholomew of Custer has received adispatch from Joseph B. MeCloud, dated at ., November 17, aunounc- L of his wife, says the Custer Chronicle. No particulars were given. It will be remembered that Mr. McCloud was married to Mes. Keed ouly last spring, Mr: MeCloud was widely known as the “Cattle Queen,” having for several yeq cxtensive stock ranch in Batile o twelve miles east of Hermosa, marriage Mr. and M. Mo sojourning at Far Washington, D, C she leaves tw owned an k valle h ince thel ud have been Rockaway, N: Y., and Besidos her husbaud, children to mourn her deati. plaantiff and Margaret A Gill FROM THE STATE CAPITAL. Some Facts About the Condition of the Banks of Nebraska. THE DIVORCE EPIDEMIC AT LINCOLN. Freod by Fraud—A Slander Case— Attempt to Keep Divorce from Reporters—Minerva was Kearning. LiNcowy, Neb,, Dec. 9. —[Special to Tne Brr]—The following is a summary and com- parison of the condition of the state and pri vate banks of the state of Nebraska, on June 30, 1880, and October 18, 18¢ HESOUNCES. June 50, 1 Loans and discounts. OverIenfts, ... U, 8. bor Other st Due from eal estat LR Current’ expen: pald y Total casiion Hiand Other resources. Juno 1y 0, Dividends unpaid Genoral deposits Due o BIllspayable and re-discourits| 31,48, GED FRAUDULENT DIVOKCE, John G, Scheel made application in the dis- ict court yesterday to have the divorce auted to his wife, Carric A, Seheel, June 14 fast, set aside on' the ground that it was obtained by fraud and deceit. He says that service wus obtained by publication, and he knew nothing of the divorce suit until aft it was granted. Healso chavges that Ca wasnot o vona-fida resident of Neb when she got the decree, The woman wi given a divorce on the ground of non-support She came here from Roxanna Del., and had been married to Scheel ten years.” She was tored to her waiden namo of Hill. A stipulation was filed by both partios agrecing to have the decree vacated and the cuse re- opened. JAMES OBIECTS, James J. Young objects to the order of the district courtof November 4 commanding himto pay his wife, Minerva, alimony pend- ing the trial of the divorce suit brought by her. James asserts that the whole matter wasa surprise to him,as at the tim court issued the ovder Minerva was living with him and the two had made arrang ments to drop all differences aud to live to- gether during the remainder of their natural lives. Henow finds that Minerva was tricky butinsists that she shall beas good as ler word, and has asked the court to set aside the order for alimon A SLANDER CASE, The slander case of Mrs, Leighton been occupying the entive day in the district court. Most of the testimony was of u nature unfit to be repeated and comprehended the various charges of un- chaslity preferred by Mrs. Leighton against Mrs, Watson. The court room has been crowded all _day with ladies, but the promi- nence of both the plaintiff and defendant in social circles is of course the only attraction. SUPPRESSING DIVORCE NEWS, Two divorce cases were filedaday or two ago, but the attorneys immediately withdrew thepapers, and thereforo the allegations of the same cannot be given. Sallie A. Ward is plaintiff in oneand Benjamin . Ward de- fendant. The couple wero formerly in the restaurant business, but Mrs, Ward " is now lessee of rooms in the Alexander block, Twelfth and O stree She owns con- siderable property, and it is said the alleg: tions are non-support. Clark D. Gillespic is spie defendant n_the other attempted-to-be-suppressed case. iillespie is a Burlington engincer, formerly living on the north side of Haymarkef and it was their little boy which w: over by & hookand ladder truck belonging to the city o year or more ag STATE HOUSE NOTES, Tho latest piratical attempt to do an insur- ance business in this state is that of the American Accident association of Ch Alfred B. Christian of McCool Junction again selected as a vietim, but immedi- informed Deputy Auditor Allen of the urance department of the f: The land i requisite peti educational lands of scction ODDS AND ENDS, Tho casoof Mose Smitl, pro Ivy Leaf saloon on North Tenth street, charged with selling liquor to Carl, thé seventeen-year-old sou of Mrs. Lou Lindsiy came up this moramg, but the de filed an afidavit for change of venu ing that Judges Houston, Foxwor Brown were prejudiced agaiust him, and aceordingly the case was sentover to Judge Cochran. The case against Eddie Wright, the six- old " boy charied with the larceny 0 from the bureau of a neighbor, Miss Bertha Kreuger, came up this morning. The only evidence against the boy was that he had been in the Krueger house the day of the robbery, and they had also heard that he had afterwards been spending considerable Ho was dischavged ndma_Duling, of divorce case fame, asks leave to take depositions of three wit- yesses i term time, One is James, alins John Riordan, with whom sho is charged with improper rclations, now in Utah: A. D. Patterson, who is ill and wantsto go'to 1 nois, and Mary E. Fush, whois sickat her home in Rayuiond “T'he house at 1721 P street was the scene of afive last night, the cause of which was a de e flue. About $500 worth of dam: was done, The houseis owned by Tom Lowry and occupied by Isaac Oppenheimer. - High Eagle's Son Wants Peace. Placides High Bagle, until three months ago n resident at the Standing Rock agency, was in New York recently attending the moeting of the New York Indian association at the residenco of Mrs. W. E. Dodge. Placides, although only sixteen years old, is a very intelligeut young Indian, having for two years attended the government school at Standing Rock, saws the New York Herald. He is, he told me, the son of High Eagle, a chief and boss farmer. Sitting Bull, he said had been attempt- ing to stir up trouble for some time, This was not hard to accomplish, for the Indians were dissatisfied withtheir scant rations and the government’s failure to pay the $14,000,000 due fortheir lust cession of lands, Sitting Bull,”” continued the Junior High Kagle, in fair English, *‘wanted the people to return to theirold custom luding dances, But all ave not like Sitting Bull. Those not like him fear him,” The church members, according to Plucides, were all opposed to Sitting Bull and his policy. but they iverein the minority, Placides denied that Sitting Bull was a smart man and said he ~ EUROPE IN ADVANCE OF AMERICA. 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Thove aro about five thousand Sioux at the Stand- ing Rock reseryation, less than a thou- sand of these are fighting men I'ha rest are old men, women and squaws, Placides High Eagle ventured thaw opinion that if an outbreal: occurred it would be of short duration, — DEPEW ON RA Worst Evil of the Railroad Busincss Suggested. “A railrond rate should be liko a poste ago stamp,” said Chauncey Depew to the New York correspondent of the Chi- go Tribune, It should be as uniform and stable between common points ot shipment as coin. Rate cutting is the worst evil with which the railroad busis ness is aflicted. For years I have advo- ted a concentration of interests at competitive points. 1 think it would he a good thing for competing lines if the could arrange to have one local ng fov all instead of separate loenl agen Such an arrangement would do away with two-thirds of the present difficulty. Under the present arrangement a local agent who is authorized to deviate from the regular rate schedule if he thinks it necessary may get the impression that he is going to lose a customer .and ho will start in and_eut rates, Shippors take advantage of this readiness to maka special ratos, and they will go from one agent to another ftelling how they can ship freight by ‘the other line,” In- stances have occurred where shippors will quote a false rate from one road in order to induce the agen: line to come down. Agent No, thinking his competitor is cutting rates, prompt= ly cuts under the fictitious rate given hy theshipper. Soon afterward the mis- represented agent, hearing of the cut made by the other agent, procecds to cut under him, and thus an and demol i heg business is bad for the railroads and bhud for the shipper. Lot the railroads adop a uniform and steadfast schedule of rates and stick to it as if it were letter post- age. Then everybody would be satisfied and busin would be on a 1 thiul basis. But I am hopeful of the situation, The recent meeting of the trunk lino presidents with the presidents and man- agers of the western connections of tha trank lines_developed such a spirit of fairness and frankness that it was plain to seo thut all parties had arrived at tho conclusion vhat the time had arrvived for harmonious action. That was the mos! harmonious railrond meeting that hul% been held for years. The several questions at issuo wero taken up and met in the frankest and most liberal spirit. The restoration of east-bound rates was a unanimous action, 1The rep resentatives of each roud recognized tho trathfulness of the principle that the benelit of one is the benefit of all, and that the injury of one is the injury of all.” ““What do you think of the proposed agreement betw een the weste 'n lines?"? *I have no doubt but some form of agreement will be arrived at by which the reckless and v tween thoso weste rouds will bo stopped. If it were stopped all tho properties would be worth at least per cent more than they are to i When asked about the pending reor- ganization of the Union Dacific, M, Depew said it would be u good thing for that property to have a first-class min go out there and take active charge, s is proposed by Mr. Gould, “*But,”” said Mr. Depew, “I think they will have difficulty in finding such aman as they nced. There are not in the whole country threo railroad men competent for the place who ave avail- nt Embalming in Paris, In Paris the simplest form of embalm- ing costs usually 800 francs, but should an autopsy have been performed oz deuth oceurring thruua‘n other than natural causes, a muci heavier sum would be incurred, rising in some cascs to as much as 5,000 francs, PROF. 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