Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 19, 1890, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. e SR E. ROSEWATER Worror. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION. On hree mon lunday Hee,One Yea eekly Bec, One Yeas OFFICES ha, The Bee Bullding. th Omabn, Corner N and 2th Streets uncil Bluffs, 12 Pearl Btreet. jongo Office, 317 Ohamber of Commeroe, ow York,Hooma 14,14 and 15, Tribune Building ‘ushington, 613 Fourteenth Street CORKESPONDENOR = 1 communieations relatii news an. ifiwm ity thouid b6 sddresed to the itorial Department. BUSINESS LETTERS, All bustness letters and remittanees should be addressed to The Beo Publishing Company, Omaha. Drafts, cheoks and flieo orders 0 bo made paysble to the order of the som Ti Bee Publishing Company, Propretors, The Bee BId’g, Furnam and Seventeenth Sts = EWORN STATEMENT OF OIROULATION Btateof Nobrasks. } PTY County of Dougias George 1, Tzschuck, secretary of The Beo Publishing compuny. aoes solemnly swear toat the sctual circulation of Tue DALY Bz for the weex endimg Dec. 14 150, was as fol- W “Bunday. Dee. 7, .26.000 lon Dec. #50 U e Dec. Vednesday. Der;. 10. a, hu, ec. Erm". Joc. 12, aturday, Dec. 1 Average.. GrORaE B. TZSCHUCK. Fyorn {0 before me and subsoribed in my resence tnis 15th day of December. A. D.. 1 . 18EAL. | N. P. FeiL, Notary Publio Btateof Nebraska, bou County of Dotglas, George 1l Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- "¥nd #1ys (AT 06 I secretary of The Beo hing Company. that the nctual ave dnlly cireulation of THE DAILY BER for the month of December. 189, was 20,048 copies; for January, 1600, 10,565 coples; for February, 1800, 0,761 con'es: for March. 160, 0815 copies: 10r A 2,504, - vies: for May, 160, 20,15 1860, 2001 eoples:.tor July, ples; forAugust, 160020, 759 coples; for 'fentember. 180, 21870 copies: for October. 1800, 20.762 coples; for Novembeor, 188, 22,15) copies. GRONGE B. TZ8ORUCK. Eworn to before me, and subscribed in_my presence, this 6th aay of December. A. D., 16800 N P. FEit. Notary Publie. THE hostiles have One Bull too many for their health, THE Farmers’ Alliance pays a snug price for its prohibition whistle. GIVE the dictator rope and he will speedily trangle his party. Tne Argentine cedulas, or fiat money, ‘were issued against the products of the country, on a plan similar to the ‘‘sub- treasury scheme.” And the republic is now a bankrupt. THERE is enough important work te be done by the next legislature to sat- isfy the most ambitious reformers and keep the most dangerous one out of mis- ehief. ‘Tae more J. 8. Clarkson talks, the more evident it becomes that he is af- flicted with an enlargement of the mouth with a corresponding reduction of gray matter. OMAHA'S packing industry steadily maintains its progressive pace in prod- “uct, and what is more important to the stock growers, the market prices crowd those of Chicago, freight added. EEE——— THE apportionment bill has passed the house and may be expected to go through the senato emsily. It should not be de- layed a day boyond January 1,as the leg- Islatures which deal with the matter next have not fallen into the bad habit of sitting all summer like congress, JusT what bearing the election in Council Bluffs has upon the election in Omaha is locked up in the bosom of Dictator Burrows, yet that owlish jay bleeds the farmers for $200 to pay de- tectives for scouring that city. Mean- while many farmers in the western counties appeal in wvain to the dictator for help, THE suspension of banking houses in ‘booming Washington cities is to be re- grotted, but they give point to the re- mark that Nebraska men are better off at home than in that over-crowded and over-advertised state. Washington is all right but it can’t erect a metropoli- tan city at every cross roads, or make evory man rich before breakfast. —_— THE implement trust is still insisting that it has no intention of raising the prices of farm machinery. Neverthe- _less, the people will ~feel a good deal safor when it is no longer possible for one set of men to corner the market and defy competition. In the meantime the trusts will consult their own interests by not crowding the public to the wall with high prices and thereby raising its dander, EEESS—— ‘WHILE the prohibition inquisitors are struggling to get away with the Farm- ers’ Alliance surplus by browsing around “on the suburbs of the campaign, it is proper to inquire how much of the pro- " hibition campalgn fund, estimated at ninety thousand dollars, was sqaundered Ins Douglas county. Such information ‘would form a thyllh]g chapter of elec- tion history anda fitting close to a rip- roaring farce, —— THE true inwardness of the prohibi- tion contest is coming to light, and what a charming mess it is to be sure. The gang whose schemes the farmersre- pudiated at the polls, successfully palms off a second hand conspiracy on the in- dependents and scoops $1,200 out of the Alliance treasury asa reward for the job, Not since the days of Canada Bill has a bunco game been as smoothly and effectually worked in Nebraska. E—— FOR many yoars there has been a de- mand in Nebraska for state aid to farm- ers’ institutes, which are conceded to be the best means for encouraging intelli- gent methods in the cultivation of the soll. This year there is hope that pro- vision for this aid will be made. Atthe suggestion of ex-Governor Furnas the officers of the state board of agriculture, the state university, the horticultural, the Dairymen’s and Live Stock associa- tions have agreed on a bill, which makes provision . for instilutes throughout the state, the publication of their reports, and an appropriation of $6,000. Witn such influence behind a measure mani- festly so important there can beno doubt about its success, It wili confor great good vpon Nebraska’s agricultural in- terests, THE PUBLIC 8CHOOL LANDS. A matter of vory comsiderable im- portance to which the next legislature should give attention is that of the pub- licschool lands and the funds derived from them. Contracts for school lands s0ld or leased 20 years ago have matured and are maturing, and the state board of public lands will be compelled to en- force the contracts and demand pay- mont for the lands unless the legislature shall provide for the extension of the contracts. The effect of enforcing pay- ment would be to largely diminish the temporary school fund, for the reason that the interest heretofore paid on pur- chases will coase, and the principal being paid into the stato treasury will remain idle,as apartof the fund de- rived from this source now is owing to the lack of suitable and lawful securitios in which to invest it. Speaking of this matter, Attorney General Leese remarked that he could not see why the state should demand the cash to be paid on sale contracts that are now drawing interest, when in- vestments of a propar kind csnnot be found for the cash now on hand, and he suggested that alaw should be passed extending the payment of all maturing contracts. This is obviously a practical view of the question to which we can see no serious objection. If the money de- rived from these educational lands can- not be satisfactorily invested, and it ap- pears that the state board has been un- able to make such investment of it, it would clearly not be in the line of sound business policy to increaso the unem- ployed fund by compelling payment of sale contracts. It appears that the board has made investments in bonds bearing 44 per cent interest, but while this is better than to allow the money to lio idlein the treasury, it is more profit- able to the state to get the 6 per cent in- terest which is paid on contracts. The matter is not at all cownplicated, and simply requires the application of good business principles. It is suggested that not only should provision be made for the renewal or extension of existing contracts, but that it would be a judi- clous policy to entirely discontinue sell- ing the school lands, retaining what re- mains for leasing only, The idea of this is that it is desirable that the school lands still the property of the state should remain so, yielding from year to year a steadily increasing income for the school fund. If this were done, it is argued that no question of how to invest the principal of the fund would ever arise, nor would there be any danger of its loss or misappropriation. 1nall cir- cumstances it 'would remain intact, and as the lands grew in value of course the revenue from them would increase, These suggestions merit thoughtful con- sideration from the members-elect of the next legislature, who ought to be im- pressed with theimportance of this sub- jeet in its relation to the future interests of the schools of the state. — BURROWS AND THE RELIEF FUND. Jay Burrows' stock-in-trade is his so- licitude for the welfare of the Nebraska farmer. It is upon this capital that he has done a considerable business as a leader of the Alliance, a newspaper pub- lisher and a dealer in pewter badges and other ‘campaign supplies, It is inter- esting to study his course in the present convention from this standpoint, It happens that there are just now a number of farmers in Nebraska who stand greatly in need of somebody’s sub- stantial solicitude. They are the residents of the counties in the western and south- western portions of the state, who are suffering for the necessities of life on account of the crop failure of last summer. Presumably, they are mostly members of the Alliance and as such have contributed of their scanty means to keep Jay Burrows in patent outsides and groceries while enacting the role of farmers’ friend and moral re- former. It is not unnatural, therefore, that they should look to him and his or- ganization for' a: part of the assistance which they must have in the hour of their great need. At Tuesday’s session of the convention Goneral Van Wyck introduced a resolu tion appropriating the sum of $5,000 Irom the Alliance treasury for the relief of the stricken farmers. To everybody’s surprise, Burrows and his henchmen ve- hemently opposed the proposition,stating that the Alliahce had other “use for its funds. It subsequently transpired that the other use was the payment of lawyers’ fees in the farcical state con- test and the liguidation of obligations assumed during the campaign. Jay Burrows proposed to have the conven- tion turn its back on its brothers in dis- tress in order to ‘carry on his post humous prohibition campaign. General Van Wyck persisted in hisefforts to pro- vide for the needy farmers on the froutier and the result was a compro- mise on the sum of 82,500, which was ap- propriated. The incident exhibits Jay Burrows' blatant love for the farmer in its true light. He would leave the destitute to the charity of the public and spend the money on which they have a right to call in time of need tg pay prohibition lawyers for blackening the reputation of the state. It is true that theconvention did not sustain the dictator in his ex- traordinary attitude, but that will not save him from the contempt of decent ment or the scorn of the needy farmers. CROWDED COURTS, Among the many important problems the Douglas delegation must press to a solution in the legislature, that of re- lieving the courts takes high rank. In- deed, there aro few matters of greater interest to the people. The prompt trial of civil actions is as essential to public wellare as the speedy trial of eriminal cases, Yet honest litigants, forced into court to enforce their just elaims, are put off. from year to year and subjected to needless 6xpense and annoyance, The district court asat present con- stituted was designed to meet the wants of a district of 70,000 people. Omaha alone has double that number of people now, and if we add the balance of Doug- las county, Washington, Burt and Sarpy counties, the aggregate number equals 200,000, or nearly three times the popu- lation of the district when the number of judges was inoreased. Litigation kept pace with the growth of population, and the docket of the court, especially im Douglas county, is now so erowded that it is almost impossible to reach a casoe within two years after fillng. This delay 18 burdensome and unjust to honest 1iti- gants, It puts a premium on dishonesty, for with trifling exponse claims may be shelved in the courts ond their payment staved off for two years, Add to this the two years re- quired to secure action on an appeal to the supreme court, and it will be seen that justice is a long distance behind tho times. With the prospect of four years’ delay in reaching a final decision, hun- dreds prefer to suffer pecuniary loss rather than waste valuable time in the courts. Itis not possible to enlarge the su- preme court by statute, but it is possible to increase the number of district judges 80 as to promptly disposo of rapidly ac- cumulating business. An independent criminal court should be established, aod also an intermediate court to dis- pose of the vast number of cases which are now very conveniently appealed from justices of the peace and buried in the district docket. It is immaterial what form the reliof takes provided a sufficient number of judges are secured to reduce the limit from two years to six or eight months. It is a mattor of vital importance, and the bar association and delegation should get together and unite of a measure cal- culated to expedite the administration of justice. DANGEROUS SPEED OF TRAINS. Reference was recontly made to the arrest of a locomotive engineer in Min- neapolis on the charge of raanslaughter. The hearing and disposition of the case brought out many important points bear- ing on the responsibility of train opera- tives under the law and the rules of the railroad company. Engineer Kotchum had charge of an Omaha train running between St. Paul and Minneapolis. In approaching o suburban station, at which another train was discharging passengers, Ketchum ran down and killed three persons, The company sought to evade responsibility by charging the engineer with running his train at a high rate of speed in viola- tion of the rules and the city lawa, The coroner’s jury acquiesced in the view of the company and returned a yerdict charging Ketchum with criminal negli- gence and manslaughter in the second degree. At the preliminary hearing it was clearly shown that Ketchum ran the train at a higher rate of speed than the law allows—ten miles an hour—and that the rules of the company coincided with thelaw. The schedule of speed estab- lished the fact that the distance bo- tween the two cities could not be cov- ered short of a 25-mile rate. Another important point was brought out. Ketch- um’s predecessor was relieved of the train because he would not or could not reach the speed required by the sched- ule. The court made a careful examination of the scene of the wreck, together with the testimony, and decided that Engin- eor Ketchum was not guilty of criminal negligence; that his error, if any, was one of judgment, and ‘‘that the blame rests on the shoulders of . the railroad company that required him to operate his train at such a high rate of speed in order that Minneapolis might be reached on time.” The decision is based on sound com- mon sense. It punctures the transpar- ent mask of rules which railroad com- panies take advantage of toshield them- selves from responsibility for accident and shift blame on train operatives. It is a notorious fact that trains running within the city limits of Omaha reach a speed of 85 miles an hour, yet in case of accident the companies appeal to the law and instructions to employes to evade responsibility, whereas an exam- ination of the schedules will show that trainmen are obliged to take the risk of violating rules and law to make the time and retain their positions. In placing the responsibility for dangerous speed on the shoulders of the company, the Minneapolis court displayed commenda- ble penetration and readered justice to the brave men of the footboard. gmenfeen— NEEDED INSURANCE LAWS. The inadequacy of the insurance laws of this state is’one of the urgent matters which should receive the early attention of the legislature. Under the present law the interests of the business public are not only neglected, but actually made the prey of lawless companies and agents, There is here a field for a re- form which will confer its benefits unon every patron of fire, accident or life in- surance. It is known thatalarge number of wildeat companies are doing a flourish- ing business in Nebraska. Forty-four of them have recently been called to the attention of the auditor’s department, where it is freely admitted that the law is powerless to protect the people from the evils of this irresponsible insurance business. These wildcat companies exist in defiance of the statutes. They make no statement of their resources and liabilities and receive no certificate authorizing them to do business in Ne- braska. When a citizen trusts the vro- tection of his property, or his legacy to his family, in the hands of these lawless companies, he has no means of knowing that the sacred trust will be carried out. It is Thighly important that all such concerns should be spotted and driven out of business in this state. But this is only a part of the work that necds to be done, The reform should go deeper than that. ‘What is demanded is a thorough re- vision of our insurance laws and the cre- ation of a department exclusively de- voted to this branch of public business, Tn Massachusetts, New York and other states the insurance commissioner is one of the most important and useful offi- clals. It is his duty to see that the strin- gent laws providing for the examination of companies are complied with; that agents of companies doing business with- out authority are swiftly prosecuted end punished; that insurance rates are not raised to extortionate figures by com- binations of underwriters; and that the interests of poliey-holders, are not jeopurdized by rockless financial man- agement. The introduction of such methods would save thousands of dollars to the people of Nebraska every year FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1890. ! and pive a of security to every porson who buu insurance policy. The noed of'# in our insurance laws is 50 obv] that no opposition to legislation of this charaetor is to be an- tlcipated, 1 Sfegu—— THE PROPUSED' FINANCIAL RELIEF. The plan agreed upon by the republi- can senators fovirelieving the financial stress will undétbtedly, if adopted, do something tofard effecting that result, but it is not free from serious objections. It proposes that the government shall buy, with certifiates, in addition to the purchases now . authorized, 12,000,000 ounces of silver during the calendar year at a rate not greater than 8,000,000 ounces & month; that beyond the amount of silver then to be purchased and that required to be bought under existing law, the treasury shall, if possible, buy eunough silver to replace the reduction of baunk notes under $180,000,000; that the amount of bonds required to be de- posited by national banks shall be reduced and the banks allowed to issue notes to the par value of tho United States bonds deposited as security; and that there shall be free coinage when silver is maintained at par for one year. ‘The proposal to issue two per cent cur- rency bonds, payable at the discrotion of the treasury, up to $100,000,000, was rejected, Of course this plan, like all such schemes made for an emergency, is a compromise, in which those who are least concerned for the preservation of the character of the currency got rather the best of it. The extreme silver men took another step forward toward the attainment of their wishes. The most objectionable feature of the proposed plan is the pro- vision it makes for compelling the gov- ernment to promote silver speculation. 11 it stopped with requiring the treasury to purchase the 12,000,000 ounces of sil- ver now held by the speculators, that provision might be excused on the ground that the pressure of the exigency justifies it, but the treasury is to go be- yond this and buy so much silver as may be needed, if it can be obtained, to re- place the reduction of bank notes under $180,000,000, which isabout the amount now outstanding. Manifestly such legis- lation could not fail to greatly stimulate silver, and were it certain to be adopted the price of silver might be expected to rapidly bound up to the highest figures reached after the enactment of the existing silver law, and:perhaps beyond. It may be said that in'the event of the adoption of the provisipng relating to national banks there wowld be no danger of a further reductioniin the amount of the notes of the 6 in circulation, and therefore the goWernment would not be called uvon to pukchase silver to replace such notes, budithis does not help the chavacter of the provision or diminish the dangerous lency that such legis- lation would ha A covert invitation to silver speculationis seen inthe pro- vision for freg doinage when silver is maintained at par, for one year. All this is not in the interest of a sound and Lealthy financial systém. * There _ean *bo mo ‘,quoaficn‘ thatttha financial situatipn' 18 stramed. All de partments of business realize this, But there is reason to believe that this state of affairs is due far more to a lack of confidence than to an insufficient supply of currency. The ‘truth is that the volume of currency Is larger at this time than it ever was before, the amount per capita of the population is greater than at any previous time for a number of years, and there has been no extraordi- nary demand, the moving of the crops the present year requiring an amount of currency not materially larger than that of last year. The only rational or satis- factory explanation of the existing trouble is that a.large amount of money is being withheld from circulation be- eause its owners gre fearful of legis- lation that would impair the value of the curreacy—in other words, as was stated in a recent intorview by Senator Sher- man and as the glatistics show, gold is being hoarded. Whether such relief as that proposed by the republican senators will restore confidence remains to be de- termined, but there is reason to doubt that it will have that effect. —— THERE does not appear to be any good reason why the time for the payment of duties on imports entered before the passage of the new tariff law should not be extended, as the importers have asked congress to do,until July 1 of next year, instead of requiring all duties on such goods to be paid by February 1. The practice until the present law was passed was to give importersa year in which to withdraw goods and pay the duties, and it is not claimed that this policy operated to the disadvantage of the government. It is claimed that if the present requirement is not changed most importers will be a good deal embarrassed in paying the duties, while they will suffer loss in being compelled to put goods on the market before there is a demand for them. The republicans in the houseare disposed to makg: the extension, and a resolution for it purpose, introduced several days ag® would doubtless have been promptly phsskd but for democratic obstruction. T Eunaral sentiment is not heartily m@ pathy with the im- porters, but thig/fs & matter in which the mischievousgfieots almost certain to ensue from adhping to the law as it stands would exféyd beyond the import- ing business, an@ fjnder present condi- tions it is the“iytperative duty of con- gress to remove, far as it is in its power to do, whatever tends to embar- rass any branch'¥f!business or to keep alive the fears whith are chiefly respon- sible for the existing state of ‘financial aflairs, S———— PENSION laws were made to inure to the benefit of desorving soldiers and sailors, not to foster an army of pension agents. For that reason congress should make the business of fleecing the veter- ans unprofitable as well as discreditable. Empe———— Mg. DUBOIS hasnot yet bben able to goet a through ticket from Idelto to ‘Washington and he still refuses to go by the Union Pacific route. SEE——— MEASURED by the sentiments of the democratic press, the Cleveland boom towers above Hill’s as a mountain towers above the surrounding plain. A canvassof leading party papers made by the Chicago Times showed 106 for Cleveland, 12 for Hill and 108 scattering. This caloulas tion does not include the Podunk Battle- az, which recently clove to the fortunes of David, bringing his total up to 18 EE————— Tie sad possibility that Parnell may become physically blind will remind the world thathe has appeared both men- tally and morally blind of late, —_—— Bunrnrows is a great fellow. He com« plains that his favorite morning nows- paper, THE Bee, publishes altogether too much news. S— THE prevalence of hyperborean bliz- zards in the east proves that as regards wenther this is the favored section of the footstool. —— It 18 quite likely that Sitting Bull has already made a disturbance in the happy hunting grounds. A Croak From Cawvlille. Kansas City Times. Art exhibitors ought to know better than to take thelr high priced pictures to Omaha, anyhow. beoiatlpincaniin A Rule-or-Ruin Policy. St. Joseph Herald, The rallying cry of the Parnellites once ‘was “Home rule for Treland!” Now it seems to bechanged to “Home ruin for Ireland.” e The Road to Success. Chieago Inter-Ocean, No (in answer to a correspondent), thero is scarcely an instance of failure among the regular and large advertisers. There are necessarly exceptions to all rules, but the man who advertises, and then sells honestly as ho promises, generally succoeds. A e e ‘William, Don't Do This! Chicago News. Emperor William has taken to playing upon wind instruments. The young commander is evidently determined to leave no stone un- turned in preparing for a conquest in Europe, but the laws of humanity ought to deter him from planning to annihilate armies by mur- derous and wholesale processes. P Abolish the Blood-Suckers. Cincinnati Commercial-Gazette. The pension agents should go. They should not stand upon the order of their going, but €0 at oneo, and tho governmont should see to it that they do go. As a rule the professional pension agents are alot of frauds and blood- suckers, and many a thousand of dollars, do- nated by a liberal and patriotic people for the amelioration of the condition of indigent veterans, has been diverted into the pockets of these cormorants, who use the money to live well, debauch legislation, and buila Gine residences in Washington, Congress should see to it that the lemons in that business are squeezed down 1o a ligitimate basis, —————— NEWS OF THE NORTHWE: Nebraska. A new Baptist church has been organized at Jamestowu. Fremont's Young Men’s Christian associa- tion has a membership of 138, ‘The First Baptist church of Alma will be dedicated next Sunday free from debt, The Nebraska City distillery has increased its capacity from 600 to 1,200 bushels of corn pec day. Knox county has auother newspaper, tho Bloomfleld Monitor, published by Needbam Brothers. Three farmers have been arrested at North Platte for helping themselves to coal on Union Pacific cars. One thousand tons of hay belonging to J. J. Meyers near North Platte were destroyed by fire started by u spark from an engine. ‘The old Central house at Edgar was dam- aged by firo the other night to the extent of $1,500. " The waterworks did noble service. An art loan exhibit will be held at Fremont during holiday week under the auspices of the Women's Christian Temperance union. A. Hofmeister’s hardware and grocery store at Wallace has been closed under a chattel mortgage. The liabilities are un- Kknown. Postmaster Black of Pender has resigned his position and will return cast. The rea- son given for that action is that he is about to be married, but his intended refuses to located at Pender. Mrs. Wilson, living eight miles east of Lyons, one of the old séttlers ot the county and KN eighty years old, Is at the point of death from blood poisoning, caused by freez- ing her feet several yearsago, Samuel Newsome, residing near Gering, Scotts Bluffs county, was found dead in the timber near his hom the other day. He had been hauling logs, and it'is supposed that ho overexerted himseif and died of heart failure, The next division encampment of the Sons of Veterans will be held at Plattsmouth in June next. ‘This will be the first field en- campment of the Sons of Veterans ever held in the state and will be composed of 400 dele- gates, chosen from the 112 camps which muke up the state membership. Towa. Hyannus_Guinn, who has lived on a farm near Belle Plaine since 1846, is dead. E. H. Shap})ley, a Dubu?:\e merchant, is under arrest for keepiny his store open’on Sunday. There are 200 saloons in Cedar Rapids, ac- cording to the count of Dr. McClellan of the Times, a prohibition paper, Morton & Co.’s shoe factory will be moved from New Vienna, O., to Des Moines. The latter city gave it a bonus of $2,500. Two members of the Madison county grand jury wero arrested and fined for drunken- ness, just after they had coucluded their labors. There are 413 convicts in the Fort Madi- son penitentiary. Twenty-two are in for life. The oldest convict is Joo Matthews, sent from Jefferson county twenty-threo years ago for killing his wife. He is eighty years old, Mrs. Frances Bywater has sued Rev. G. B, Scott, pastor of the M. E. church of Iowa Falls, for $500 damages for slander. The alloged slander was spoken in & sermon by the preacher. Mrs. Bywater is a widow ana a zealous member of the Baptist church. John S, Killinger of McGregor instantly killed his grandson, aged eight years. The little fellow was playing about while the grandfather was chopping wood. He got under the ax and received the blow full on top of the head. The old man is fecble, deaf and partially blind. The glucose works at Marshalltown are running only balf time, about one hundred and twenty-five hands being laid off on account of a dull market. Marshall- town factory is the only ono of & similar kind that had been running a full force of men for the past six woeks, and the majority of them had shut down altogether. The appointment of W. I. Buchanan of Sioux City to be chief of the agricultural burean of the exposition leaves a vacancy on the Iowa comamission. 1t is thought this va- cancy will be filled by the promution of Colonel Joseph Eiboeck, who is now Mr. Bu- chanan's alternate, but this is not definitel known. Colonel Eiboeck is one of the lead- ing Germaus of the state, is editor of the Staats Anzeiger and would make a very com- petent official. 1he Two Dakotas. A typographieal union will be organized at Hurou. Yankton has returned to gasoline for & street illuminant. Captain W. V. Nels whose memory is unfrigraut in Madison, loft & nineyeatold daughter there unprovided for when he took his departure, D. Hornberger, a Yankton boot and shoe dealer, has disappeared. His stock has been taken possession of by George Wagner under @ chattel mortgage, . When & dormitory becamo & necessary ad- “nofi 1o the state normal school the city of adison issued bonds for the construction of the building. Now the two states of Dakota have shouldered the-burden of $11,000, WAS BURNED T0 THE GROUND. A Mistako in an Alarm Oalls the Firemen to the Wrong Place. ANOTHER BRACE OF YOUNG BURGLARS. A Biographer Demands Pay for Work Intended — Divorce News—A Printing Press Caso — Other Lincoln News. Lixcowx, Neb.,, Dec. 18,—[Special to Tuw Brr.]—A fire occurred at 0:15 this morning at Third and A streets. Its origin is not pre- cisely known, but ft is supposed to have caught from a defective flue. The alarm 'was turned in promptly, but a mistake was 'made in transmitting it tothe different engine houses, The central station at Q and Tenth streets got it correctly, but the other two sta- tions on I and O streets got it at Twenty- third and A streets, Tho chemical engine is kept at the I stroet house, and its absence is responsible for the entire destruction of the house. When Chief Newbury arrived on the scene the flames were just bursting through the roof, but the lack of water preveuted the company on the ground from making any headway against thom. The hook and ladder corps were set to work and the structure was worn down. After the other companies had circled around the Fitzgerald mansion on Twenty- third and A streets and found no fire they re- ceived word that 1t was at Twenty-third and J streets, and down there they rushed. After the loss of valuable time they received the correct location, but when they arrived thé damagoe was done. The house is a two-story and a half struc- ture, and is owned by Frank Chandler. Mr, Chandler occupied one-half of the house, and John Cram, a well digger, the other apart- ment. The neighbors assisted in saving a portion of the houschold goods, but both men will lose rather heavily for them. Itis not kuown whether Chandler had the house in- sured, but one report places the amount at $1,000. The loss will reach about $2,000. A CLERK TURNS BURGLAR. W. J. Wheeler, who gives his occupation as a clerk, but who has not been working in the city since his arrival at the boarding house at 1144 P stroet, was arrested by Officer Kinuey about 4 0'clock yesterday afternoon, charged with being implicated in the robbery of Ray C. Merrill’s room at that numbver. Later in the evening Detective Malone arrived from South Omaha with W. C. Saaford, tho other young fellow, who it is said, has confessed to the erime. Wneeler and Sanford have been partoers, the police claim. At any rate they were seen together before the robbery and after italso. Sanford told the Omaha police whero he had pawned tho wateh, and it was therefore easily recovered. The trial of the young men comes up tomorrow afternoon. #B5anford has told the police that Wheeler came to his room after he had taken the watch and $11 from Merrill's room., It was after midnight and Wheeler spent the bal- ance of the night with him. They first hid the watch in the Leedwith block, and San- ford was given it with the injunction to sell and then whack up. It was pawned in Omaha for &8, John Melson, a youth was arrested this afternoon on the charge of burglarizing the room of Harry Campbell in the Zehung block about a mounth since of §35 worth of clothing. Detective Malone has been after him for some time. . A BIOGRAPHER WANTS PAY, | The county court was engaged this morn- ing in bearing the testimony in a case en- titled Ada Smith vs estate of Dr. H. K. Painter. It appears from the testimony that Miss Smith was formerly an assistant of the doctor, 8 part of the time during the war. That she came here in June, 1889, to make her home with the doctor and write up his war record, Before auything of importance was accomplished the doctor was taken sick and died. The suit is for $500, compensation for alleged services rendered. DIVORCE NOTES. The divorce ease of Addie Wasson vs Her- bert C. Wasson was referred today to Joseph qurzburpt to take testimony and report find- ngs. In the divorce case of Hehemenia Rasmus- sen vs George Rasmussen, the plaintiff’s at- torneys have filed affidavits asking that in addition to the 830 a month George is now compelled to pay, that he also hand in §300 for attorney fees. Laura E. Gilbert has filed a motion to set aside the appearance of her husband, David H. Gilbert, in the pending divorce suit. She says that whereas David was ordered to pay $5 a week for her support, he quit after pay- ing four times, and in fact has sold his prop- erty and left the town. A NEWSPAPER VICTORY. Judge Stewart and a jury have been en- g{wed for two days in hearing the case of the ows publishing company vs the Bagley- Sewell company for 840, The plaintiffs had purchased 8 $1,400 press from defendants, which was warranted by defendants to run at the rate of 1,600 impressions an hour and to be perfectly good in mate: and work- manship. The plaintiffs ad®iced evidence to prove that the press would not run that fast, was deficient in make-up and was in the habit of breaking down at critical moments. Also that it was as liable to print on both sides of the paper as on one and was & con- stant source of expense for repair. The de- fense was principally depositions to the effect that the press was as good as guaran- teed, but the ju&y thought differently and gave the plaintiff §530. ODDS AND ENDS, T, H. Nagel reports that some fellow stole his beaver overcost while he was filling him- self up with eatables at Odell's restaurant last evening. He values it at £0. Health Ofcer Bartram was busy this morning attending to several cases of destitu- tion. One was on North Sixteenth stroet, where a child had died last evening, and the nts bad not a cent in the house to pay for the burial of their little one. Fred Beswick and John Rhykert, the two boys who went on the warpath and’ were ar- rested at Princeton, charged with numerous peculations, were brought to the city Jast evemng by Deputy Sheriff McFarland. Bes- wick is fourteen and Khykert sixteen. They wiil stay in the county jail until seat to the reform school. The Thompson will case came up this morn- ing, but was continued until December 26, This is a case where the father left two wills, one of which gave his propoerty to his son John and the other to his son James. The one to Johu was executed first, but it is claimed was revoked by reason of John's in gratitude. The case of the South Bed wagon company vs K. M. Lewis is on trial before a jury this afternoon. Plaintiffs sue for $225. on a note and the defense is that the wagons sola them were no good. In proof thereof they have brought into court oue of the wagons, which was in a dilapidated condition. The case of L. C. Burr vs F. L. Rose, was concluded this morning. Defendant had given plaintiff a noto for §25 to securo the re- lease of & certain murtgniu. Burr secured the rolease, but wouldn't hand it over until the note was paid, and Rose wouldn't pay the note until the release was haunded over. The jury gave plaintuff §20, The cascof 1. L. Dunn vs W, J. Brown, for forcible entry and detainer of a certain house on Ninth and 1. streets is now occu- ying the attention of the district court and {:.ry. ‘Che jury will be discharged tomorrow for the tevm, The3Woodburry milling company of Ovd filed articles of incorporation today, i ‘Foday Judge Chapman ruled in the case af- fecting the widening of Jourteenth street from A to South that the street com- missioner could not widen the street as or- dered. The property holders on that streot objected to bemng deprived of their front yards and are jubilant over the decision, ¥, W. Little, at the head of the new Lin- coln strect railway syndicate, arvived yester- day from New York clothed in suthority from his business associates to close a con- tract for the purchaseof the Bethany Heights street railway, the consideration of which is the perpetual 'operation of that line by elec- trie power and the cars of the same shall be in complete running order o' or before June 1, 1801, Mr. C. N, Mayberry and other citizens of the town of Mayberry, Pawuoe county, were bofore the board of trausportation today in the rehearing of the Mayberry station case. After the former hearing of the case the board ordered that the railroad put a flag station at Mayberry. The testimony pro- sonted today favored the residonts of the town and there is no doubt but that the town will have a station as 1t is believed they de- serve to havo, e THE PRINCE OF THE STUDIO. Albort Biorstadt, the Groat Artist, Bojourns In Omaha. Mr. A. J. Smith of New York elty, tho director of the great art exhibition now in Omaha, and Albert Bierstadt, tho eminent artist, arrived Wednesday from Denver, The former visited that city for the pur- pose of making arrangoments for an exhibi- tion there when the time contracted for in Omaha shall have elapsed. Speaking of the prospects for an exhibition in the the motro- polis of the Rockies, Mr. Smith said : “I had arrangements almost perfected for an _oxhibition in Denver., Bishop Warren and & number of the enterprising people out there are defply interested and very anxious 0 have this great colloction brought there for amonth or two, but the mutiliation of this superb work by Bouguereau fell upon - us like a olap of thunder from a clear sky. That picture wasone of the pieces they wanted to soe by all means, and when they hoard that it was destroyed the negotiations came sud- denly to a stand still. The picture can be repaired, but it will require several months todoit. Considering the missile used and the desperate and malicious intention of tho man, the rents maae are marvelously fortu- aate, What I mean is that the rents happen 10 be in places where the most delicate lines of the painting are not to be found. Had the unprincipled vandal, who committed that depredation, struck the face of the principal figure it would havo been utterly ruined. Had those tears 0 across the elbow or across the face of that cherub the artistio perfection of the picture would have been ir- revocably marred. As it is, I think it tho most fortunate misfortune, if you will excuse the paradoxical phraso, that I have ever seen. The thing for the ple of Omaha to do is to buy the picture, ave it restored and place it on exhibition in some suitable place. It will be a pl?'ln in- vestment at $18,000 and after while it will bo a magnificent piece in a large collection ot artistic work. 'The man who mutilated that painting is nota safe man to be at liberty. e might decide to murder people becauso they did not live as he thinks one should. He is an assassin in embryo."” Mr. Albert Bierstadt, the eminent New York artist now in the city, is considered one of the greatest artists of modern times. He has painted more great pictures of Ameri- can scenery for the royalty of Europe than any other artist. The work of his hand may be seen in the palaces of kings and emperors side by side with the work of the great masters of ancientand modern times, Mr, Bierstadt's work forms a most distinc- tive feature of the present exhibition in this city. Tho more promment picces by Bierstadt now on exhibition here are: “Moonlight Moose Hunters,” “Autumn in New Hampshirve,” *Lake Louise” and *Tho Lastof tho Buffalo.” In fact, everything that e does is a masterpiece in its way. Mr. Bierstadt is a portly gentleman, nearly six feet in height, with a well shaped head and a pleasing, thoughtful face. Heo is ex- ceedingly polite and unostentations, Ho wears a moustache, which, with his hair, shows the touch of advancing years, Tho artist appears to be about fifty-five years old, is evidently in good health and speaks ina low, earnest tone, expressiug himself in tho choicest language. “T am agreeably surprised,” said Mr. Bier- stadt to a reporter for Tue Ber, *at this splendid exhibition. [t is equal to our exhi- bitions in New York, This is a magnificent collection, The models are excellent and tho subjects are variod and commendable, I am also very much pleased with the evident in- terest that your peoplo here are manifesting in this exhibition. It speaks well for Omaha 10 see this laree gathering of cultured people here in this art hall. The good results of this exhibition will not all beseen at once. It makes people better to look upon such & col- lection of artas you havein this immense building and the influence of such. an experience @s your pcoplo mow enjoy is far-reaching. Au art school, t0o, in Omaha wonld be of inestimable value to the people. Some say that the art schools of this country turn out a miserable set of bunglers who_ produce nothing but hideous daubs, ‘Tat is not true, but even if it were the caso the art schools would be a benefit. It im- parts & knowledge and appreciation of real ary and it makes people better to study art even 1f they can’t excell in what they at- tempt themselyes with the brush.” fnanswer to a question as the possibility of having Bouguereau’s “Return of Spring restored Mr. Bierstadt said: (), yes, that picture can be restored.~ will fequire considerable time and expense to do it, but 1t can be done. 1saw alarge pic- turein New York that was repaired after having a Saratoga trunk thrown through it. It was restored so perfectly that no one could detect the places where it had been torn, I restored one which fell against an easel and was torn very badly. The mutilation of this Kmm here wus a very unfortunate affair, ut it is something that might occur any- where. It was the act of a crazy man or an anarchist and you can mot know whon or whero such reople are liable to uttempt somo act of vandalism.” Speaking of his _own great painting, “Tho Last of the Buffalo,” Mr. Bierstadt said _the scene was selected the Wind mver and he began the study of the work prior to 1860, There aro more than three hundred different studies in the painting, some of them requiring months and years of careful consideration before he finished them. Mr, Bierstadt has been spending several months in California, gathering sketches and notas for some important work that he has contracted for Buropean parties. He will reman in Omaha but a few days and will no doubt be tendered & reception by the artists and art admirers of the city before. he leaves for New York. L i The Locomotive Engineers. The members of the emergency committeo of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, now in session in the city, are rushing their work. Last night they commenced holding evening sessions, in order to completo their 1abors and adjourn before Christmas, Several® changes in the constitution are proposed, but up to this date no business of public interest has been transacted. A, O, H. Concert. The members of tLe Ancient Order of Hibernians band gave the secend of tho winter series of parties at St. Louis hall last night. It was a very pleasant affair and wus attended by 100 couples. From now until the close of winter Lhuvimrliea will e given on the first and third Thursdays of each month, el i ey On, Can 1t Be? 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