Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 17, 1890, Page 4

4 THE OMAHA DAILY BE;B‘!-WEDNESDAY! DECEMBER 17, 1890 lllemmdc, and that Tre Ber hoped to [EDAILY BEE. " E.ROSEWATER horon, R — ~ PUBLISHED EVERY MORNI TERMS OF 8UBKORIPTION. Datly and Eunday, One Year. Blx months. .. Three monihs.. ‘;mduy Thee, Ond evkly Bere, Une Year... OFF1C Omaha, The Bee Buliding. Bouth (maha, Corper N arid 2th Streeta Counell Blus COhiengo Office, 317 Chamber of Commerce, New York, RRooma 18,14 and 15, Tr")l::l' Bullding tree! Washington, 613 Fourteen: CORREEPONDENCE All communieations relating to news and editorinl matter should be addressed to the Editorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS. All business letters and remittances should be wddressed 1o The Bee Publishing Company. Omuha. Drafts, checks and postoffice orders 10 be made payable to the order of the som fi?l'lee Publishing Company, Proprietors, The Bee B'ld'z. Farnum and feventeenth 8ta THE EWOKN STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION $tateof Nebrasks } " County of Dougins Georpe It Trschuek. secretary of The Res Publiching compunv. Goes solemnly swewr that the nctual ciroulation of THE DATLY Ber . 1800, was as fol- for the weex endlug Dec. ows. Eunday. Dec. Nonday, Dec. &, Tuesday. Dee 9. Wea ay. | Thursduy. Do Friday. Dec, Buturday, I Average. B. TZ8CHUCK. Fworn to tefore me and subseribed In my presence tnis 13th dgy of Decemver. A, .. 1800 1EEAL | N. P, FE1L, Notary Publio Flateof Nebrasks, )4y County of Douglas, George 1. Tzschuck, helne duly sworn, de- oses ind s1ys that he is secretary of The Bee "ublishine Company. that the nctual average duily circulution of JAILY BEE for the month of Decen 00, 2 for May, 1890, 2, 1 coplea; for 3 t, 100, 20,750 cqples mler. 180, 2), coples: for Octobe 62 coples; for Novembor, 180, 2,130 GFONGE B. TZSCRUCK. T Eworn to hefora me, ind subscribed fn my prescnce, this Gth aay of Decerber, A, Do 103 Fila Notary Publie. Mn. BuLn’s taking off was an Al strike. Now for Two Strikes and out. A¥TER all a ration of lead, properly directed, has no superior us a persuader of **good” Indians. . Toe prevailing Messiah craze will furnish a well filled docket for the pro- posed court of depredation claims. Indian I7 {8 in accord with the eternal fitness of things to change the county hospital to a poor house. It was designed and built that way. THE distinguished John L. Sullivan s singularly retiring just when his abil- ities are in pressing demand in the ‘“‘gem of the ocean.” SENATOR PETTIGREW says he favors the total extinction of the seal. This is a very elaborate and roundabout way of saying he can’t afford to give his wife a sealskin sacque at present prices. THE efforts of democratic organs to keep the party in touch with the resur- rected fiat money craze, serve to meas- ure the lengths to which unprincipled politicians will go to secure office. —_— A g of virtue that can be satisfied with nothing less than the destruction of an $18,000 picture istoo delicate a thing to exist outdoors. It should be planted in the penitentiary conservatory. I might not be out of place for the in- dependents now in session at Lincoln to pass a resolutionstating what they think of Church Howe'’s candidacy for speaker. They should remember that he is now an anti-railroad statesman and the farm- er’s friend. —— I7 18 likely now that the independent party will behave itself. The double- ender broadly intimates that it will cut its acquaintance entirelyif it doesn’t. And that would mean the total wreck of the ‘‘friendly attitude,” which exists for revenue only, ——— THE rapid decline in the supply of natural gas in Pennsylvania and Ohio has stimulated prospecting for new tanks. Strange to say the prospectors do not encroach on the District of Co- lumbia, where the gas indications are uncommonly tempting. Ir by any possibility Hon. James E. Boyd were declared not eligible to the governorship, on accountof his foreign birth and failure to be legally natural- ized, Tom Majors would be governor, It is understood that Church Howe lies awake nights praying for this result. — THE plea of Emperor William for more common sense in the common schools would have proved very popular but for his fatal errorin coupling with itan attack on journalists, The dead lan- guages could not hit back, but the live newspaper men could. And they did. E— THE tragic end of Sitting Bull sug- gests a new field for the Indian, It was the native police who were sent to arrest the defiant old law-breaker and did not return without him. What sort of po- licemen would the Indians make if they were called into civilization and ordered to arrest gentlemen of the Rube Bur- rows stripe? The redskin may turn out to be useful, after all, IN justice to investorsand prospective builders, the council should promptly act on tne fire limit ordinance, There is no rational excuse for further delay. Important interests are involved. The security of the city, the permanency of its buildings, and its future characteras a solid, progressive community, demand such a radical change in the law as will secure vhese essential results, E——— A KocH hospital is the latest pro- posed addition to Colorado’s attractions as a health resort. The vast throngs of coughing humanity flocking to that region annually in search of improved caskots are to be filled with the new elixer of life, Judged by the results ob- tained from the treatment of consump- tives with the lymph in Berlin, the wise owner of dismembered lungs will leave his measure with the undertaker before submitting to the injection. It will save considerable anxiety to the friends of the deccased, THE ALIANCE CONVENTION, The State Alliance is in seasion at Lincoln. It isin one respect the most important session the body has ever held, because it has now the responsibility that goes with political power, A majority in both branches of the legislature is composed of its members, It is understood that o part of the busi- ness of this session will ho to outline the legislative policy which this body will pursue. The Alliance ean do great good or great harm by the manner in which it uses this opportunity. It can allay the apprehensions which exist in regard to the possibilities of the near future, or it can increase them. The whole state is interested in the outcome, and those who know best the sturdy elements which underlie the movement an- ticipate no radicalism that will undo the work of years They predict that the spirit of wise conservatism will prevail, and that evils will be righted in a mauner to secure real benefits to the people and avoid the dangors that lurk in haste and passion. The dispatches state that Juy Bur- rows is meeting with a determined op- position in his desire to continue as dic- tator and to succeed Mr, Powers as presi- dent. This is a good symptom. The Alliance needs no dictator. It needs no officin] organ. [t neods no popo to pro- mulgate bulls of excommunication agninst those who personally displease him. What it wants, and what it must have to live and prosper, is a broad and brotherly spirit that will attract rather than repel supporters, and that will wel- como. the assistance of men and newspapers who are friendly to any part of its programme of reform, It needs leaders who will in- crease its power by these methods and not decimate its strength with their per- sonal quarrels, THE BEE does not seek to press its advice upon the delegates it Lincoln, though perhaps no other influence in the state has done more, in the past twenty years, to keep alive theanti- mouopoly sentiment on which their movement is based. But it sincerely hopes, in common with all patriotic Ne- braskans, that the work of the present session will inspire confidence in the judgment and purposes of the great body of producers whom the Alliance represents, THE BEE’S record is one of consistent support of many of the re- forms which the producing and indus- trial classes are seeking. BOUND TO MAINTAIN ITS RIGHTS, The police commission is supposed to e non:partisan. Its duty is to enforce the law regardless of political bias, Now the Slocumb law expressly requires that all applications for license shall be pub- lished in the paper having the largest circulation in the county. The ordi- nance relating to the same subject re- quires publication 1n the paper having the largest city circulation. THE BEE has both a larger county’ and city circu- lation than all other Omaha dailies com- bined. It circulates to boua fide sub- scribers in Omaha fully 5,000 more pa- pers than the World-Herald. For nine years, ever since the Slocumb law went into effect, THE BEE has held the position as the recognized paper of largest local circulation, and no paper has dared to disputeits claim in the only legal way, through sworn statements backed by the publishers’ and carriers’ delivery books. Last year the police commission made a formal demand on all dailies to submit statements of circu- lation. TuE BEE complied. The World- Herald never put in an appearance. This year, by some sort of hugger-mug- ger the police commission omitted the inquiry. THE BEE submitted its sworn statement as usual, but the World- Herald has in an underhanded way, which is its usual policy, sought to impose upon ap- plicants for license'by a type-written, unsigned circular, in which it claims to have a larger local circulation than THE Bee, Now, if its publisher believes that his paper has the largest circula- tion, why has he never filed a sworn statement with the police commission? How does it come that the World- Herald allowed THE BEE to retain its position as the paper of the largest cir- culation,which, under the postal laws, is designated to publish the uncalled-for letter lists? They certainly had a very friendly ally when Mr. Gallagher was postmaster, but they never dared to con- test THE BEE'S standing. They could do 80 now under Postmaster Clarkson, who has no option under the law to dis- criminate in favor of anv paper. THE Bek is determined to assert its rights in the premises, through the courts if need be, not because it cares for the paltry amount involved, but be- cause its 20 years’ continuous battle in behalf of Om.aha and Nebraska, coupled with its enterprise and uunstinted ex- penditure of money to build up a great metropolitan daily, have placed it in a position far in advance of all contem- poraries, Like the champion athlete who carries the belt. it will only yield its position when it is overcome by a rival that can procure and hold a larger shave of public confidence, GOULD AND THE TRANS-MISSOURI. Jay Gould gives assurance that it will not be his policy to raise tariff rates on the Union Pacific between the Missouri river and the Rocky mountains, Mr. Gould misses the point. The interesting question is, will it be his policy to lower tariff rates in thie territory? Nebraska is paying higher rates than surrounding states and there can be no question about the disposition of the leg- islature to cut them down. The Alliance platform, on which a majority of both houses were elected, demands the reduc- tion of charges tothe Iowa standard. The republican platform asks that the rates bemade toaccord with those in states adjacent. The democratic plat- form also calls for reduction. It will be strange if, between these triple mill- stones of public opinion, Mr. Gould's tariff of Nebraska railroad ratesis mot ground down to a pretty fine point. In view of these facts the humor of Mr, Gould’s remark to the effect that ‘‘rates will not be raised” is seen to be delight- ful. It is altogether probable that they will not be. On the other hand, the railroad ques- tion will be a very serious one for the legislature to deal with., It is not re- celving the amount of discussion that it stimulate when it opened its columns and invited communications on this and kindred subjects, Haste and prejudice must be guarded against in the settle- ment of a problem that involves honest grievances on one hand and, on the other, large vested interests that have done and may still do much for the de- velopment of the state. It isa many- sided business question and the results of this winter’s legislation may be far- reaching. It is to bo hoped thatsound public opinion will make itself heard before the legislature is called upon to act in regard to this and other vital problems. DEATH OF SITTING BULL. The death of the famous and implaca- ble Sioux chief, Sitting Bull, will give asense of relief to the whole country and a feeling of security to the people of the northwest that was never complete during his lifetime. Always hostile to the white man, ever the foe of civiliza- tion, ambitious to retain the power he had won by whatever means, possessing a devotion to his people which among civi d mankind is called patriotism, most capable of devising mischief, and exerting great influence in bringing his people to accept his views, Sitting Bull was a leader whose life was a menace to the peace, the lives and the property of the white population of a large region of country, whose influ- ence was a bar to the progress of civili- zation among his own people, and whose example had a demoralizing effect upon thousands of Indians besides his imme- diate followers. TFew chiefs, if any, wrought greater trouble and mischief, costly in life and treasure, than the grim and rebellious old Sioux veteran, who 1aid down his life resisting to the end the authority of the government. There was probably not an hour in his life since he attained to power among his people that he was not plotting to maintain a spirit of hostility toward the government, and so far as he himself was concerned he was virtually always on the warpath, There can no question that the career of Sitting Bull con- stifutes a notable and thrilling chapter in the history of the Indian race on this continent, but those who have been most familiar with his character and conduct do not accord to him any of those heroic attributes which history tells us distinguished the character of Tecurmseh, Logan, Black Hawk and some other of the great Indian chieftains of the past, Indeed there are still living several Sioux chiefs who are credited with greater courage, if mnot more shrewdness and ability, than Sitting Bull possessed. General Crook, the value of whose testimony will not be questioned, had & complote contempt for Sitting Bull as a warrior, and in- sisted that he had not the slightest claim to that title. He was, ac- cording to this and other mili- tary testimony,a medicine man or proph- et, rather than a fighter, and was never known to thrust himself *‘in the imminent deadly breach,” or incur any danger that he could avoid. But wheth- er he had courage or not, he unquestion- ably was a trusted and powerful leader, who evidently maintained his authority to the close of his life, and this he could not have done without the possession of some strong and commanding qualities. No sentiment should be wasted upon the death of Sitting Bull. Whatever the circumstances of his taking off, he de- served his fate as a rebellious and im- placable enemy. Great leniency, of which he was utterly unworthy, nad been shown him by the govern- ment, and he not oaly failed to appreciate it, but grossly abused the privileges and opportunities it gave him. He' was a savage without any sense of grhtitude, and he fell in- gloriously while in revolt against the authority which had spared his life when justice demanded its sacrifice in atonement for the many crimes he had incited, if not committed. His death removes the most potent disturbing in- fluence among the Sioux, and there is every reason to believe will bring the existing trouble to a speedy termina- tion. It cannot fail to have a salutary effect on his bloodthirsty followers. be THOSE TERRIBLE MOBS. ‘When the prohibition swash-bucklers found themselves beaten out of their boots in the late campaign they sought to explain away the landslide under which they had been buried by raising the preconcerted ery of fraud and mob rule. Inasmuch as they were over twenty-five thousand votes short of a ma- jority outside of Douglas county their claim that Nebraska on a fair and free ballot would have gone for prohibition is too preposterous to be worthy of at- tention. But the prohibition lawyers who have for two weeks been engaged in a fishing expedition after facts. that would sus- tain the claims of Mr. Powers and the independent candidates to places to which they were not elected on the faco of the returns, are luboring desperately to confirm the false reports sent broad- cast by unprincipled scoundrels that Omaha was under control of a mob or mobs on election day, and the over- powered police had given up the eity to mob rule at noon on election day. Almost every witness cited by the mercenary lawyers, who have made catspaws of the independents, is asked how he got away from the mob, what violence the mob had committed on him orothers, and whether he con- sidered his life in danger from the mob? Now what is a mob, and were there any mobs in Omaha on the fourth of Novem- ber. According to Webster a mob is a riotous assembly of persons. Every per- son who is voluntarily a part of such a riotous assembly is properly chargeable as being one of the mob. A lawful as- sembly of citizens at a polling place does not constitute a mob. If it does, then every city and village where an election is held is aflicted with mobs in the neighborhood of voting places, No witness so far examined in this farcical contest has stated that electors were kept from voting by the terrible mob, or that any man who sought to vote was interfered with by the crowds gathered around thepoll. The only per- sons that claim o have been mobbed are men who wore,peddling tickets and eloo- tioncering “itdund the poll. In other words theyssonde themselvos purposely part of the#fih and it is admitted by all of them thift, fheir attempts to election- cer for the prehibition amendment pro- voked abudify talk and disturbance. | There was no, bloodshed and thore was no riot, The progtimme of the prohibition leaders was from the outset to promote and provoke nny acts of violence’ 6t lawlessness that would afford them a pretext for throwing out the vote of Omaha, which they knew would be almost, ten to one against pro- hibition, But when the lawyers try to make witnesses testify that Omaha was in the hands of a mob, they are gailty of the most despicable pettifogging and imposture. —_— THE LESSON OF THE CONTEST. The ridiculous contest over the gov- ernorship of Nobraska has but one pos- sibility of good to be credited against the heavy charge for expense it in- volves. Thisisthe factthat 1t furnishes an incontrovertible argument in favor of ballot reform and the Australian sys- tem, The central idea of the present farce is that gross clection frauds wore por- vetrated in Omaha and that hundreds of men who wanted to yote for Powers were bulldozed into voting for somebody else, or not voting at all. Not a word or asyllable has been produced to sus- tain the claim, but that makes no dif- ference. The contest will cost the peo- ple oi Nebraska as much in the actual expenditure of money, and the shock to public confidence caused by uncertainty, as it. would if the charges had been proved. And therein lies thv evil of the present system, Itlacks the guar- anteo of fairness which is essential to popular institutions. It has therefore been necessary to waste time and money 6 prove that fairness actually prevailed and that the reckless assailants of Ne- braska’s reputation are political knaves, Under the Australian law each voter approaches the ballot box alone and marks his choice for olficers with a pen- cil. Nobody can molest him, and neither the boss he works under or the political boodler can find out how he voted. Therefore there will be no votes bought or sold. The lesson of the contest is that a bal- lot reform law should be passed by the next legislature and all foolish cbntests and costly assaults on the reputation of the stato rendered impossible hereaftor, In is really too bad, in the opinion ofa group of would-be moral reformers in this city, that THE BEE did not remain silent while they were assaulting the in- tegrity of fhe people. According to their notion 'of’ things, Tie BEr was a breeder of anarchy. As a mattor of factall the aharchy was on the othor side. Duty to Omaha and to the state demandoed the exposure of the conspir- acies organized in this city by men who lacked the moral courage to own or dis- own them, but conveniently shifted the responsibility on disreputable non-resi- dents brought hore to do thedirty worlk. TaE Beg ventilated their schemes, punctured vheir bubbles and aroused the people toa sense of their danger. It is strange that these self-styled purists have nothing to say about the. assaults on citizens, the falschoods and forgerios perpetrated, nor a word of condemnation for the villains who reported Omuha in the hands of a bloodthirsty mob, her po- lice overpowered and prostitutes bossing the election. VARIOUS visionary schemes will doubtless be sprung on the coming leg- islature for the purpose of diverting at- tention and preventing necessary re- forms. The members-elect should,there- fove, prepare themselves for the fr They should acquaint themselves thor- oughly with the primary needs of the state and stick to a line of action which will sharply reduce the expenses of state government, enforce economy in state institutions and relieve the burdens of the taxpayers. Reduced,taxation is the most important problem demanding at- tention. A majority of the members of both houses having been elected on that issue, they will be held to rigid ac- countability if they fail to give the peo- ple the desired relief. ONE of the most ditticult things to accomplish is to loosen the grip of a pat- ent right monopoly, especially when the government is a patron. The contract for furnfhing mail-sack locks is held by a eoncern which has grown rich and saucy on the proceeds. Despite the fact that there are superior locks on the mar- ket, the beneficiaries of this monopoly have so entrenched themselves that competitive manufacturers cannot get a hearing. To make the snap more se- cure, congress is asked for authority to invite “‘improvements on the lock,” not for mew and better locks, and what is more significant, subordinate officials are working congress to that end. Of course they have no selfish interest in the lock monopoly. THE official call for representatives to witness the birth of the third party in Pittsburg next February comprehends ten organizations aflicted with political aspirations. The select are the inde- pendent, peoplg’s, union labor, federal and confederato, soldiers, Farmers® Alli- ance, Farmers® Mutual benefit, Citizens’ Alliance, Kuights of Labor, Colored Farmers’ Alliance, and such othor par- ties us subscr{ha to the St. Louis agree- ment. The uajonof these diverse ele- ments is a task cowhich few healthy men would undertalts for a life work, but the fact that the kwders enjoy liberal sal- aries from their respective associations impels them to render some equivalent for the cash, OMAHA is entirely too modest in push- ing her claims for an adequate force of letter carriers, to which the city is en- titled by reason of business and popula- tion, EEE— Tue opposition of a fanatic to “The Return of Spring,” is a costly but effec- tive advertisement of the art exhibit. — TaE cloud on Cleveland’s present prospects has no silver lining. —_—— GENERAL TERRY passed quietly away yesterday in his native state of Connecti- cut, from which ha came forth, nearly thirty years ago, as a volunteer for the union. His earcer in the civil war showed him to be a natural soldier, and he supplemented his gallant services in that conflict with good work a8 a commander in the regular army for almost the whole of the rest of his life. The story of Terry’s carcer fills many bright pages of his country’s history and his memory will be long cherished. He was for many years identified with this part of the west, and no section will more sincerely mourn him, The Ideal Winter Resort. Kansas City Times, ‘While the Missouri valley is enjoying a reg- ular tropical winter, stories of poople being frozen to death come from the east. In West Virginia two men perisned Saturday. Will tho inhabitants of the semi-polar regions of America never become wise and migrate to this region? - - Will Juy Open His Purse? St. Louts Globe-Demoerat, One day last weck Jay Gould sald to one of our leading St. Louis merchants, whom he happened to meet in New York, that while money was “tight” just now it woald be so plentiful before the middle of January that it would ve almost impossible to find chances 10 loan it then, Rl A akeey Fantastic Pallacies, Minneapolis Jowrnal, Tn adopling ¢ Louis platform with an amendmont favoring government control of railroads fu an experimental manner the na- tional alliance commits itself toall the va- warics of George, Bellamy and the cheap money advocates. Adheronce to these dog- mas, & horrible undigested. mass, will make the alliance very slek some day. - VOICE OF THE STATE PRESS, Columbus Telegram: When will the pro- hibitionists trot out some evidence beariug on the contest cases? As yet we have seen none, although we have read all the testimony so far produced. Kearnoy Hub: Tur Ber urges the ap- pointment of Judge Groff to the vacancy on the interstate commerce commisaion thav will soon occur, Judge Groff has given general satisfastion as commissioner of the general 1and office, and would be equally acceptable on the commission, Hastings Nebraskan: The daily edition of the World-Herald is & good enough Bogd - per for its Omaha readers, but the weekly edition is carefully re to suit its country readers who find it has a decided leaning for Powers. Dictator Burrows has caught on to the scheme and has sounded & warning to the alliance to be on their guard for this treach- ery and deception. Grand Island Independent: If the coming leislature permits the prohibition fanatics to consumeall of the session in contests, with what kind ofa face can the alliance people ask the people of Nebraska to trust them again? 1f the party wants to prospor it must accomplish something in the interests of the people. 1f anything is accomplished in the interests of the people prohibition fanatics of the Voice-Wolfenbarger stripe must be shaken off. Falls City Journal: So far as the testi- mony has been given in the contest for the state oftices it is the veriest rot. There isn't a line of evidence that would have any weight with an ordinary court. Thoy have shown that people who peddled probihition tickets in Omaha had a hard row to hoe. But that hasn't anything to do with the contest and it strikes us as being vory foolish to offer that kind of evidence in this kind of a case. If thd contestants have any evidence thoy would do well to introduce it. Plattsmouth Herald: The attempt of young Mr. Hitchcock of the Omsha World- Heruld to hiteh his wagon to the alliance star has been nipped in the bud by Boss Burrows. His proclamation denounciaz the World- Herald and warning the brethern that young Mr. Hitcheock is a traitor to the cause of the honest farmers, has boen duly issued and another cold corpse drops with a duil splash into the consomme, Onoe more friend of the poople adorns the private graveyard of Citizen Robespierro Burrows. Phelps County Herald: This paper sup- ported John H. Powers for governor and hoped for his election; it opposed James E. Boyd ard hoped for his dofeat; but this paper has no sympathy with the alleged con- test now in progress. The whole thing is in the hgnds of the prohi- bitionists, and the evidenco shows that this is actually the only question in the contest. Nearly all the witnesses for the contesting side aro third party men, and the testimony so far fails to prove thatany vot- ers wero prevented from casting their ballots for the candidate of their choice. All the Jawyers and notaries employed by the con- testing part appear to be rank prohibitionists. There is nothing “independent” about: it whatever. Kearney Hub: The Omaha World-Her- ald has made an arrangement with one well known T, H. Tibbles und the Ponca Indian mauden, “Bright Eyes,” whom he married, to interview the Sioux Indians ‘‘on the sub- ject of their treatment by the government and the real causes of the Indian troubles.” Now the public can look for something sen- sational, if Tibbles is the same all around romancer that he showed himself to be fif- teen years ago when he was working the re- lief racket for Nebraska after the famous grasshopper visitation, The harrowing tales he told through- out the east—how vones of famished men and women were bleaching on the plains of Ne- braska—and other of want and woe and destitution and starvation—harrowed up tho feclings of the eastern peoplo as never before norsince. Very little of it was the truth, and the reputation of Nebraska suffered more from his falsehoods that it ever has from all other sour If he comes ro nearer telling the truth in regard to the Indian troubles his statements will not be worth reading. s Lt b il LABOR IN VAIN. Obarlestown Prisoners Foiled Plan to Escape. Bostox, Mass., Dec. 16.—[Special Telegram to Tur Bee|-—On Sunday afternoon the guards on the state prison walls at Charles- town reported that John Farmer, a recently liberated eonvict, was hanging around out- side watching the ventilator on the prison roof. This aroused suspicion and a search was made, which revealed | that the iron pad- lock on a door leadiug to the attic over the chapel had been sawed off. In the attic was found Johu Carton, who is serving a tweive- year sentence for manslaughter, twisting yarn into a rope. He had 100 feet of rope and two suits of clothes, It was learned that kd- ward Coldham, who has served three years of & ten-year sentence, was in the plot. - The prison choir was rehearsing at the time, and it is supposed that all intended to escape from the roof by means of the rope, in a ol aadl The St. Paul Kid Won, New York, Dec. 16.—Jemmy Murray of New York, and Hogan, the “St. Paul kid,” Lght woights, fought with skin gloves to » finish at Rockaway Beach carly this morn- ing. dHngan won the mateh in the thirteenth round, HE was Clo')ier and Purnisher. A man from the west, at a feast, Mot a charming young girl from the east. He asked for her hand, 1ut sho scorned his demand, For the poor fellow's pants wore not creased. KNIGATS OF LABOR CONFER. A Seoret Meeting of the Exeoutive Commit- tee to bo Held in Lineoln. BELIEVED TO BE AFTER BURROWS’ SCALP, A Onse of Diptheria Reported at the Capital City — A Question of Quarantine—Duncan Ad- mits His Guilt. Lixcoly, Neb,, Dec. 16.—|Special to Time Bre,]—The state executive committec of the Knights of Labor assembled in Labor hall in this city this afternoon, but no quorum being ‘present, adjournment was taken until tomor- TOW. The session will bea secret one and the object of the meeting has not been announced, although it is believed that it has some con- nection with the session of the state atliauce. It is asserted that Burrows has at every turn snubbed the Knights of Lavor element of the independent party and treated the knights as if thoy were hangers-on instead of allies, Tt is claimed, therefore, that they are after his scalp and will demand a fuller recogni- tion of the mechanic supporters of the inde- pendent ticket, Among the matters to be considered aside from polities is the condition of persons suffer- ing from the effects of the partial failure of crops in the western part of the state, Mr. J. H. Craddock, state secretary of the Knights of Labor, hus reoeived a letter from n brother knight, F. C. Hiteh- cock of Trenton, in which he declares that a very small portion of the supplies sent to Hitchcock count v got any further west than Culbertson. Mr. Hitcheock asked Mr. Crad- dock if some arrangements could not be made to have coal furnished at reduced rates and sold to the peopleat Trenton. The Anciont Order of United Workmen is said to be doing good charitable work in that county. Mr. Craddock recommends that in case there no branch of the Ancient Order of United Workmen at Trenton to receive supplies, that the secrvtary of the Ancient Order of United Workmen counsel with him (Craddock). WERE LIVING IN DIME NOVEL STYLE, Oficer Kinney yosterday discovered a lot of youngsters comfortably ensconsed in a © they had made wear Lowrey’s mill. The e was quite well ventilated and fitted up with a stove, card table and other comforts, Some of the scions of our best families were found there, playing eards and carrying out other dime novel theories of en- joyment. The door was torn off by tho officer and the place will be destroyed. ACKNOWLEDGED WIS GUILT, Frank Duncan, the young man who was brought back from Sioux City Svnday charged with raising a check fron $3.33 to 3 was discharged this morning for want of ution. Duncan acknowledged that he haa committed the forgery, said he was drunk when he did it, and intimated that some fellow put him up to it, but refused to say who it was. Mayor Brothers werd® tho complainants, and Duncan made good to them the amount they had lost and also paid the court, costs, amounting to over $30. As the young man had £132 when arrested, he hasn't @ very large cabital to begin on again, GEORGE DID NOT AIPEAR. Rebecea Patterson sued for a divorce today from her husband George. In her application she charged him with being guilty of almost every thing provided in the statute und he was evidently too ashamed to appear against her to refute the charges. She was there- fore ranted a divorce, MAY GO TO JAIL, Frank Sidders of Hickman, who is charged with the responsibility of Miss Mabel Var- ney's infant, was tried by jury in the district court today and the judge ordered him to pay to Miss Varney $1,000 in monthly payments of #.35, He was orderad to pgive $1,200 bords 8o to do orsufter perpetual imprison- ment. TURSUING HER BETRAYER, Catherine Haarala sues Emanuel Wan Compen for $1,250 damages on the grounds of or. Miss Haarala claims that her ruin was accomplished under promise of mar- riage, and that later Van Compen married anotber young lady. She Tndher deoihres that Van Compen and has dispose brother. A QUESTION OF QUARANTINE. A case of diphtherin was reported in room 16 of Brown Brothers’ O street block this morning. The patient is a fourteen-year-old daughter of Mrs, Wilson, in room 16, Health Officer Bartram was in a quandary as to whether to quarantine the whole flat'or just the room. ~Mayor Graham gave strict n- strutions, however, o siwply quarantine the room, but to use all disinfectants necessary, have all the transoms closed, and to take all available procautions to nrevent the spread of the disease io the thickly populated block. A FRAUDULENT SIGNATURE. Judge Stewart and a jury ended the case of the Howell-Jewett lumber company vs the Fort Morgan lumber company by giving the plaintiff a verdict for $300, The plaintiff sued defendant for §330 for balanoce of ac- count, but the latter put in a rather sensa- tional defense. F. W. Kruse, who appears to be the only survivor of the Fort Morgan company, testified that his company was in- debted to plaintiff and to securo them gave {:osu:-mh\u of their yard at Fort Morgan, Jol. He also stated that the company had sold out the lumber to a larger amount than the debt by §2,714. Kruse's father testified that his signature to the contract was ob- tained by traud and deceit, TIHE REAL CULPRIT CAPTUKED. On June 24 last Iman Klomist, a_Russian Jew, was arrested in this city by Detective Pound, chargea by J. F. King of David City with having run off some mortgaged prop- crty. Klomist's friends secured his release on a writ of habeas corpus, but immediately thereafter he was again arvested by the shor- iff of Butler county and taken to David City. 1t was afterwards proven that they had the wrong man, and Klomist sued the parties for damages for false imprisonment. Detective Malone received word last night that the real culprit had been located at Salt Lake City, and his arrest was ordered. ODDS AND ENDS, The fall term of Central law school of Lincoln ends on ay. The winter term comwmences January 5. J. C. Ryau, & younyg carpenter, while on a drauken spree wandered into the Ivy Leaf saloon last mght and stole four balls from a pool table. The balls were soon missed, and hen Ryan was arrested were found in his sion. The man was fined 8 and costs unty jail this morn- s taken up his young him has anticipated this suit of ull his property to his DossH and ordered sont to th ing, but before he W wife came in and paid bis tine, and tool home, Johu K. B uit in count, yesterday again TeMurtry. He sets forth that he sold some lots in Mauchester addition 1w I". O. Ellis of Braintree, Mass., for $750. Ellis seat his note to Mel uru‘i‘, who bad it discounted, so Barr says. He also assorts that MeMuvtry refuses to hand over the money to him, and has converted the same o his o o, He wants the court to order it handed over, Johnny Sherm who lives at Cortlant, while helping his father load some goods at a wholesale house in Lincoln today was kicked ne of the horses and knocked senseless. injuries are not thought to be facal George Cook cluims that in the settlement of a partnership between himself and I. H, Johnson a mistake of £1,000 was made in Johnson's fayor. Cook wsks the district court 10 compel Johnson to make an accounting of all his transactions that led 1o the claim. broug] court o 0 Sucei's Great Fasting Feat, NEW Youk, Dee, 16.—[Special Telegram to Tug Bex.)—Sucei has broken his own record and likewise the fasting records of the world. He has passed the forty-day mark aud is away on his task to ubstain from food sx days more. The fuster was i good humor all’ dayand became quito gay as che end of his fortioth day drew neu, - Owing to the quantitios of water ho swallowed there was no difference in his weight between Sunday morning sud Monaay morning—107%{ pounds. i on s Blown Up by Giant Powder, AsuLanp, Wis., Doc. 16.—By the explosion of & box of glant powder Sunday in tue Lake mine at Wakefield, Mich., two wen were killed and & number of others fatally injured. NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST. Nebraska. The Eaglo grist mill near Riverton has boen destroyed by fire. A The [alls City creamery has been sold to Strong Brothers ot New York oity. One firm at Fromont shipped 4,000 pounds of dressed chicken to Denver during the fall, The Schuyler sonsof votorans have com- pleted their organization by elocting offigors. J. S, Bishop was rocontly stricken with paralysis, but is now on the road to re- covery. ¢ ‘Tho Juiifata schools, which were closed ¢ account of & case of diputheria, have re- opened. Governor Thayer is rocelving numerous calls from all parts of the state to deliver his lecture on General Grant. A valuable trotting horse belonging to Joseph Lockhart of Hildreth, was cremated in his barn the other night. An' incendiary did it. Tho farmers' allisnce of Hayes county has organized a cooperative loan associi- tion, It has tho assurance of eastern woney at 6 por cont. Ghouls in human form desecrated tho Catholic cemetery at Tecumsoh the other night, overturning thirteen tombstones and breaking and disfiguring monuments. Dr. F. 8. Billings, late stute vetermarian, disposed of his interest in his remedy for hog cholera to George A, Seaverns of Chif= cago, who will continue to manufacture tte remedy. Walter Beddon of Orleans killed a jack rabbit that weighed eleven pounds, Tt was two m“?, soven inches long, stood ocighteen inches high and measured fourteen inches around the body. Frank Palmer of Dorp, Gandy county, was bitten by a tarantula which had been shipped 10 him in a box of fruit and fora timo his re- covery was despaired of. Two doctors, ow- ever, saved his life. The alliance members of Kearney, Phelps, Harlan and Franklin counties are consider™ ing the quostion of starting an allianco bank at Wilcox. The projectors claim that enongh have already signified their willingness to take stock to make it a success, The wife of Barker, the Lyons barber who was sentenced to five years' imprisonment by the district court last week for shooting and wounding Ed Lowis while he (Barker) wis in a drunken fit will sue the Omaha_ saloon- keeper who soid her husband_liquor for dum- ages. The amount asked is_$10 per week for the torm of imprisonment, it being alloged that Barker could earn that much athis trade. sue for damages, lowa, Eldora has organized a business men's as- sociation. Dubuque has a meat inspector at a salary of §50 per month, Red Oak authorities have suppressed tha gambling Louses, William Coopor, aged eighty-two, a res of Keokuk for over a gquarter of a century dead. J. E. Northup of Melbourne was tha winner in the Drake university oratorical contest. A timber wolf was shot within the torritory that it is proposed to take into the corporate limits of Dubuque. Dr, Hoftmeister has a few hehring orango and lemon trees at Fort Madison. He pick d several dozen palatable oranges this Albert Jasperson, aged mneteen, of Forest City, was killed 'while rabbit huoting the other day. He pulled Lis gun toward hiw by the muzzle. Daniel Carpenter, an early resident of Tama county, died Iately at tho home of his duughter, Mrs. Estella Rice, in Chicago, aged seventy-eight years. The school board of Cherckee has made law compelling their teachers to bind them-" solves not to marry for one year from time of contract, and if they do they forfeit one month's pay. 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