Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 22, 1890, Page 5

THE VDAILY BEE. K ROHFWATEH. hmmm [o— — =2 PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TERME OF SUBSCRIPTION. afly and Fumlly. One Ylmr Bix monthe, .. . Three months Banday liee, One Yeir. eekly Hoe, One \ oA CES Omaha, The Bee nunrunu. Bouth Omaha, Corner N and 29th Etreets Couneil Blufrs, ‘ommeree. 3,14 and 15, Tribune Bullding Fourteen th Strect. CORRESPONDENCE All communications relating to news and editorinl matter should bo addressed to the Editorial Department. All hnu\mw llllnrnnml remitta be addres he Bee l‘ulv]Nh]nn Company, Omaha. Draft x. checks and }...«mm:.-nnh-m 0 be made payable to the order of the cow pany. The Bec Publishing Company, Proprietors, The )lm B'ld'g, Farnam ml venteenth Sta EWORN STATEMENT Ul' cll(\,UlATlUN Etateof Nebrasks. } a8 County of Douglas. George Yl Tzschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing ‘company, aoes solemnly swear that the netunl eiroulation of THE DAILY Be for the weex endiug Dec, 2. 160, was as fol- Thursdny. D Friduy. 10 Buturday, Dec. AVErage...e.. Fworn 1o Teforo me and subscribed I my presence tnis 20th day of Decemer. A, D.. 180 IFRAL.| N. P lnu Notary Publio. Etute of Nebraska, ™y County of Douglas, { . Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- 1hat no Js sccretary of The Bee ying Company, that the actual average anily cire A auionof 118 DATLY BB Tor the month of December. 180, was 20,048 coples; for January, 1600, 10,665 copie ‘wn 19,761 con'e March. for m..y, 0, ;m fhd 1 coples; fo ugust, 1. . €0, 20,870 u.pw.rmu.mlu coples; for Nove Gronae B. Tzsol nd subseribe A for 'fent 1800, 20.76 coples. Eworn o before me. presence, this 6th aay ry Publio. THE wildeat insurance companies will furnish . fine game for the legislative Nimrods, MEN who fail nowadays for less than #1,000,000 are considered extremely old- fashioned. THE prevailing mlm in democratic councilmanic eiveles portendsa Kilkenny uflray in the near future. ANOTHER has enlightened ndded one more to the expanding list of murder mysteries in Douglas county. jury FRENCH cardinals are discussing the successor of Pope Leo. Have the French cardinals heard of Burrows of Nebraska? — e ——— JAY GouLp says there will be more money to loan than people to borrow it by the middle of January. This is im- portant—if true. E—— REDUCED taxation and equitable as- wessment are the motive power of pro- gress. Omaha must diligently and honestly cultivate both. THE Alliance tide is strongly against Ignatius Donnelly in sotting so Minnesotn that his personality is a cypher i the councils of the party. Mi. RicHArDS' disgruntled handor- gan is “still harping on my daughter.” Toe Bee would suggoest a prescription of an infullible cathartic by Dr., Abbott. Sm wuu Succt haa siee i his re- Wikl 164t of fasting 45 days and is conceded to have done it honestly. He lost 43 vounds of flesh and gawed sev- eral tons of notorievy. — THE municipal fat fryers are opposed to civil service reform. Of course. Fow of the sinecures could pass an examina- tion for the positions they now fill with profit to themselves and expense to the pity. THE city authorities have enough re- Bponsibility in guarding the interests of the public without attempting to exer- eise paternal care over the claims of ‘persons and firms having dealings with contractor: —— THE formality of submitting constitu- tional amendments to the people for ap- Yroval is no longer necessary. Dictator Burrows will hereafter make such al- terations and additions as he may deem expedient and profitable to himself. ONE of 8. A, Kean's partcership pa- pers contained this odd paragraph: *“The business of the firm is to be con- fucted on strictly Christian principles nnd according to the teachings of the bible.” Assots, 25 per cent of liabilities. m— AMONG the changes in the school law uggested by the judiciary committee of she board of education is one providing that bonds shall carry by a majority of the votes cast on the proposition. It is Foubfiul whether such a change in the aw is desirable. If the bond voting was rostricted to taxpaying citizens THE EE would join in recommending the roposition, LATE advices from Chicago show that p satisfactory settlement has been reached onthe rate on packing house products and live hogs. Some months Bgo Chicago dealers, feeling keenly the pompetition of western markots, at- tempted to secure a greater rate on the roduct than on live stock. In other words, the Chicago dealers attempted to eheck the development of the packing Industry in the wost by forcing the rail- roads to carry live stock ata rate that would be an incentive to shippers to patronizo the Windy city. The inter- Btate commerce commission was ap- ed to and a decision secured in their vor, Strange to say, the railroads re- pisted the order, and a compromise was Hinally reached making the rate from the Miesouri river to Chicago 21 cents on cking house products and 22 cents on ma hogs, per 100 pounds. The new Fate marks a slight advance on packing house products and a reduction on live hogs. On the whole, however, it is sat- Jstactory, as it does not discriminate ma- gerially against one of the great indus- Yries of the west. ~ WHO WILL BE GOVERNORY Burrrox, Neb,, Deo, 20.—To the Editor of Tue Bee: Please answer through Tue Bee who would be governor of Nebraska should it be proven Boyd is not & naturalized citi- zent Respectfully, M. A. HosTETTER. Under our state constitution the ex- ccutive department cousists of a gov- ernor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, auditor, treasucer, superintendent of instruction, attorney general and com- missioner of public lands, who shall each hold his office for the term of two years from the first Thursday after the first Tuesday in January next after his elec- tion, and until his successor is elected and qualified. Section 16 o1 article 5 of the constitu- tion further provides that in case of the death of the governor, his impeachment, failure to qualify, resignation, absence from the state or other disability, the powers, duties and emoluments of tho office for the residue of the term shall devolve upon the lieutenant governor. Here is an apparent conflict with re- gord to the succession, By the first section the present governor, Thayer, is continued in office until his success has qualified. By the sixteenth section of article five, the lieutenant governor becomes governor whenever the gov- ernor-elect Is to qualify, or is barred from performing the ons of the office by any other dis- The only rational construction s constitution in the premises is that Governor Thayer will hold over until after the legislature has completed the canvass of the election returns for the state officers, which must be done beforo it can proceed with any other business. The question of Mr. Boyd's citizenship is not before the legislature and they have no authority to pass upon it. That is purely a judicial matter and must be passed upon by the supremo court. If the can of tho re- turns by the spe in the presence of tho legislature shows Mr. Boyd to have received a plurality of the votes cast for governor, he will doubtless qualify by taking and signing the oath of office prescribed by the constitution. That will make him governor for the time being and until the courts decide that he is ineligible. If the courts de- ide That he is not a 'n, that would constituto o disability contemplated by the constitution under which the licuten- ant governor would become governor for the remainder of the term. In other words, Boyd's ineligibility would not leave Governor Thayer to hold over, nor would it seat Powers, who received the next highest vote for gov- ornor, Unquestionably Thomas Majors, the licutenant governor-elect, would fill the vacancy caused by Boyd's dis- ability from the time the supreme court rendered its decision up to the end of the torm for which Boyd was elected. 188 EXTREMISTS BLOCK LEGISLATION. It is very generally felt that somo legislation by congress is needed to re- lieve the financial stress and restore confidlence. The president was so strongly impressod with this necossity that ten days ago he contemplated send- ing u message to congress on the sub- ject, and the secrotary of the trensury submitted his views of what is required to a committee of the senate. A caucus of republican senators last week agreed on a flnancial bill with practical unanim- ity and the measure was reported to the senate. It was a compromiso of views, but was believed to promise the best soy- tion of the problem pres: “wd new attain- -There 45 an emergency that seemed to require to be immediately met in the most direct and p possible, and the meusure agreed upon appeared to do this without departing from safe lines. It might not accom- plish all that is desired, but there is good reason to believe it would improve the financial situation. It was not expected to encounter any serious obstruction in the senate. But there now appears to be little chance of the passage of this or any other financial proposition at the pres- ent session owing to the diversity of opinions as to what sort of legislation is desirable. The men, however, who are chiefly responsible. for blocking legisla- tion are the silver bullionaires, who want to force the passage of a free coinage bill. The measure agreed on by the caucus made concession to them to the extent of providing that there shall be frec coinage when silver is maintained at par for one year, but this reasonable and fair proposal does not satisfy them. Neither are they content with the other provisions in the interest of silver, the offect of which would be to advance its price. On Saturday an amendment to the caucus bill was introduced having the effect to substitute for the first sec- tion of the bill a free coinage section and amend the remaining scctions by striking out all reference tosilver pur- chases, as of course these would be un- necessary under a free coinage policy. Nothing is plainer, to those who are willing to take an unprojudiced viow of financial affairs, than the fact that the course being pursued by the advocates of that policy can hardly fail to have the effect of further wealkening confi- dence in the future of the country’s finances, A NEW SUBSIDY MEASURE. There has been a doubt whether the subsidy bills passed by the senate nt the last session could bo carried through the house, and probably under the influence of this anew measure has been framed and introduced. It ought to have less chance of adoption than those for which it is designed to be a substitute. This bill proposes to give a bounty to about everything that floats. It provides that for ten years after the passage of the act, American vessols, of whatever tonnage, engaged in the transportation of an en- tire cargo from an American port to some foreign port, shall reccive a bounty of 20 cents per knot sailed. If the speed of the vessel is over eloven knots per hour a higher subsidy is to be paid, but it is required that all vessols whose speed is to excoed twelve knots por hour, and which aro built after the passage of the act, must be built under the supervision of the secre- tary of the navy. One-sixth of the crew of such vessels must be American citi- zens during the first two years of the ten, ono-third during the next three THE OMAHA DAILY BEE;MONDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1890, years, and one-half for the five remain- ing years. It is provided that the gov- ernment may buy any vessels which profit by the act, Shipping owners ob- ject to the provision requiring that a portion of the crows must be of Ameri- can citizenship, but this is the least sori- ous fault of the measure. In the reporton the Dbill the house committee estimates that the payment in bounties for the first year would amount to $3,360,000, and that the an- nual increase would be about five per cent, so that it would be eight years be- fore the annual bounties would amount to $5,000,000. This caleulation is certainly misleading if any value is to be given to the predictions of the subsidy advocates regarding the increase of our shipping under a bounty scheme. The Philadel: phia Record estimates that in ten years, if by that time we are to equal one-half of the present tonnage of Great Britain, there would be paid out of the treasury for bounties the enormous sum of $200,475,000. Nor would that be all, for with that immense outlay we should not approach what would be one-half of the continually incrensing British ton- nage at the end of ten years, and ot the termination of the subs owners would demand a continuance of this great drain upon the people in ordor to protect their capital invested in ships. There is no great probability that the new bill or any other measure granting ship subsidies will be passed by the pres- ent congress, Ata time when the people are demanding more earnestly than almost ever before retrenchment in tho oxpenditures of the govern- ment and a reduction of their burdens from taxation, the party in power will hardly venture to adopt a policy which in the next ten years would cost the peo- ploa vast sum of money, and the ter- mination of which could not be deter- mined by present legislation. A number of republicans are understood to bo opposed to the proposed measure, and it is safe to say that it will get the support There could hardly boa less auspicious time than the present for a scheme of this kind. of fow western reprosentatives. THE KILKENNY The first election sinco th the Trish homo rule party takes place in a division of Kilkenny county. Treland, today. The election is a momentous ono for tho future of Ireland. Theissue presented s whether the welfure of the Trish people is of greater consequence than the welfare of an individual, It is aquestion of national progress and in- volves the unity of the democracies of the British empire and the right of self- government. Granting to Charles Stewart Parnell the honor and glory of his splendid achievements as a leader in the past, no intelligent man can dispute the fact that his personal transgressions have placed the Irish people in a most distressing dilemma. They are ealled upon to forego the leadership of one who has led them from bondage into the land of promise. They were about to enjoy permanent relief from a strifo extending through centuries when the cup of joy was dashed from their lips and the alternative pre- sented of discarding o leader or saecri- ficing home rule. The first impulse was tostand by Parnell, and that impulso was chagactor ally Telsh, AT grato- ful-ifipulsive people, they do not pause to consider consequences when the ques- tion is adroitly turned against English dictation. The outcome of the Kilkenny elec- tion is not in doubt. All accounts agree, despite the rancor in which the contest is veiled, that the cause of home rule will triumph over Parnellism. It is useless to hope for a reunion with the English liberals with Parnell. His dis- graceful assaults on Gladstone, who for five years has championed the Ivish cause with a singleness of purpose that attracted hosts of friends, were base in- gratitude, and no less despicable were his undeserved slurs on Morley, Har- court and others as well as on his own party associates who stood by him with unsurpassed devotion. That Parnell is doomed to overwhelm- ing defeat is practically conceded by himself and his supporters. His own speeches, his cruel attacks on all who differ with him, serve to make the issue between him and [reland so plain that the most obtuse elector can have little difficulty in choosing. Viewed in the most charitable light since the verdict of the divorce court, the condact of Par- nell has been that of one insanely de- termined to overcome at any cost the punishment due his own acts, and sacri- fico country and friends to escape the obloguy of the world. JAY GOULD TO THE INTERVIEWER. Jay Gould does not often speak fully and freely to nowspaper interviewers, but George Alfred Townsend induced him to talk for publication, a few days since, and the result was a document nearly as lengthy s a presidential mes- sago, As Mr. Gould is a man of consid- erable influence in these piping days of monopoly and millionaires it is interest- ing to study his views on pubic ques- tions more or less pressing at this time. The great railrond magnate spoke fully of the financial situation, In reply to the question whether a national in- stitution similar to the Bank of KEng- land would not be useful in relieving such stringencios as the past few weeks have seen, he replied in the negative, saying that under our system such a bank would be the tool of political parties. He thought the na- tional banks bad served a very good purpose and were still useful. The present good feeling between nations, he suggested, should be utilized by France and the United States to bring about the complete restoration of bi-metallism. He regards this us very desivable in es- tablishing the business of the world on a firm basis and in protecting this coun- try from the radicalism of the one- standard men, This suggestion he am- pli- ed at considerable length by refer- ence to the finances of England, Ger- many, France and Mexico. Mr, Gould spoke of the railroad ques- tion with the air of a man who owns his fair shave of the earth, Tn reply to sories of inquiries he said that there are ot too many transcontinental railways, | illustrations to sustain his opinions, dy period ship- | but that tlmr‘r no need of any new ones. He ro ed that the large way business transsetod by them is their most important source of income. Ho took advantage of the oppor- tunity to 9 comment on the evils of thé interstato commerco commission as g troublegome factor in the railroad business, and to venture the hope that “its ‘powers will be greatly modified, or altogether laid aside He predicted still further consohidation of railroad interests on the score of econ- omy in management. And as he parted from the subjeet -he sounded this note of griof in the interest of the oppressed railroad owners of the east: “The rail- roads of the United States pay a lower rate of interest to their ownors than any other property I know of. Bankers would not be contentto ioan money at the rate railroads are worked for income.” He said nothing, however, about the rate that they are “worked” for bonds and watered stock. Other portions of the Gould interview are less important, but equally interest- ing. He opposed high tariff and the force bill, and furnished bis own unique He explained the politieal upheaval in Ne- braska and Kansas on the ground of bad weathor and short crops. He expressed unbounded confidence in the future prosperity of the country and gave no indication of concern over tho demands of social reformers that more directly affect him than any other man in the United States, Jay Gould’s opinions are important because they represent the attitude of vustly powerful elements toward the leading questions of the honr, Could Use it 1o Advantage. Stowr City Journal. If Jay Gould really wants to benefit man- kind let him distribute some of his watered stock over the arid region, firstteicie " S Good Imck to the Phagocyte. New York Times, The phagoeyte is the enemy of the bacillus. The future of preventive medicine lies in the education of the phagocyte. There Would Bs bittle Left. St. Lows Glabe-Demoerat. Senator Quay has introduced a bill “to cor- rect an error in tho tariff law.” If all the errors in that measure could be corrected the republican party would be a great gainer. - The “Infant Industry” of Finance, New York Press. The prospect of unsettling silver I tion is someting of a disturber of confidence, but the most desivable state of affairs would be one in which tho money market could take care of itself without these frequent and frantic appeals to Washington to come over and help us. la- CRICEL L g Frem a Philadelphia Standpoint. Philadelphia Record. The old chiet’s death will spur the warlike Sioux to deeds of vengeance. There is little doubt that the affrays between the ranchers and the red men have rekindled the embers of hostility among the savages, aud the skies at Pine Ridge ar¢aglow these nights with the retlection of camp-fires that are known to be signels of war, - Advertising and ~uccess. Kansas City Journai, “There is scarcely an instance of failure among the regular and large advertisers,” says a Chicago paper; and, always providing that the adv or bas something worth ad- vertising, the statement is true. Tf you have something to sell let the public know it. A\“ the most successful merchants gre Yehwy ad- ey dou't advertise for fun, RIS e » Duty of Congress. New York Sun. What is imperatively necessary, if congress would not incur the gravest responsibility, is a prompt and emohatic declaration of the government policy regarding silver. Let it be set forth av once what itis. If it is pro- posed to buy the existing silver surplus of 10,000,600 ounces or so, and then proceod to the free coinage of American silver, well and good. It may not be the wisest thing to do, but above all things let it be known promptly and decisively, oue way or the other, what it is proposed to do. 'Wewarn congress against playing with edged tools —— Will Prove a Failure. Friend Telegravh: The attemp® on the part of a gencral small fry to vead Tne Owmana Bepoutof the republican party i only a furtherance of that attempt in this state torid the party of every one who refused to submit to the dictations of a certain gang who would very much prefer to dictate every man’s politics. Had the caucuses and con- ventions in the past been held in accordance with the principles upon which the great re- publican party grow iuto fayor with the peo- ple and accomplish so much all would have been well today. The attempt to cover up party sins by finding a scapo goat In Tur Owmama Bee will prove a miserable failure. Tue Bee has been the leading newspaper of the state and as such the republican party needs its councils and influenc The time s not yet arrived when o miserable minor- ity can afford to read everything out of the party who do not think and act as they may see fit to dictate. For the sake of the party and the state generally we hope the Novem- ber cyclone will have the effect of infusing a little horse sense into these parties instead of attempting to find a scape goat for the very thing they themselves are to blame for and nothing else, i SITTING BULL'S OBITUARIES. Madison Chronicle: Sitting Bull can con- tinue his ghost dance' now over the River Styx while the devil keeps the fires hot. Fremont Tribune: The Tribune knows of 10 one just at present whose funeral it is more pleased to aupgunce than that of the late Mr. Sitting Bull of the bad lands, Kearney Hub: Dhe news of the transla- tion of Sitting Bull from this wicked wotld to the happy hunting grounds will not throw the country into moutning, He met the fate of those who live by the sword. Grand Island Independent: We well and forcibly remember the treacherous and warring disposition of the old chief, and are pleased to chroniclé” The fact thatno more white men's blood wil stain his hands. Wahoo Wasp: Jn Sitting Bull has sat his last set and is now roaming around the happy (1) hunting grounds of Lo, the poor Indian, If & fow more of the leaders would go and do likewise much bloodshed might be averted. Nebraska City Press: The killing of Sit- ting Bull cannot be considered in any other light than as @ blessing. The government should now follow up the recalcitrant reds and subject or exterminate everyone. The government has fooled with the Indians long enough aud the Press firmly believes that the time has arrived to stop endeavor-, ing to civilize the Indlan except by force and power, Hastings Nebraskan: His capacity for breeding mischief was probably greater than that of any one of the hostile Indians, He was a cunning old rascal and now that hois out of the way the chances &re more hopeful that white winged peace may once more sot- tlo down upon the frontier. Whon it does come again the arch conspirator will not be alive to foment new discord. Let us be thankful for that. Fromont Flail: And so Sitting Bull is no more, He has been not only o tyrant of his tribe, but has been the terror of the frontier for the past quarter century or more, ~ With aremarkable ability and sagacity, a wonder ful adroitness aud cunning, and bravery and audacity, verging on oxtreme recklessness, ho has not only awed surrounding tribes, but has terrorized both the United States and British Columbia, as no other man with his limited resources and power could have done, He has continually carried scalps of the frontiersmen at his bloody girdle, ana vainly and viciously boasted of the men, women and children of the pale faces he has slain, As much worse than Geronomo as Geronomo was worse than tho most innocent hostilo, his neck bas escaped the gallows and his body the bullet, simply by the exerciso of the adroituess, cunning and sudacity that char- acterized him. NE 0. A — THE NORTHWEST. Noebraska. Henry O, Wilde is under arrest at Burwell charged with obtaining property under false pretenses. Whitman is now the county seat of Grant v instend of Hyannis, according to the decision of the supreme court The Ancient Order of United Workman lodge at Bradshaw has dedicated its new bull with proper ceremonics and & banquet. John J. Truman, late postmaster at Genoa, pleaded guilty to forgery at Columbus and has been sentenced to two years in the peni- ¥ Andrew Brabock, a fourteen-year-old Bur- well boy, is under arrest for setting five to his T s house. He will probably besent t0 the reform sehool. John Morgan and Wash Savinger, young men from Perkins county, are n jail at North l'l.mu charged with stealing wheat from Lewis Berry of Wallace. ..lmm Stout, a Gosper county farmer who has been afflicted with St. Vitus dance for a windmill tower the other ved injuries from which he dicd, Twenty-five sherifts of Nebraska counties met in state convention at Columbns and ap- ointed a lobby to urge the e of a bill by thelogislature for an increase in sheriff’s corporation of the White river ny have been filed with the clerk of The company a capital 00 and it will investigate the re- ported coal find near Chadron. The small child of Mrs. Emma Cooper, at North Platte, fell into a tub of alding water aud its legs and feet were completely cooked. A man near by rescued it or death would have ensued in a fe econds, While shelling corn on his farm near Au- burn, 8. C. Gilliland had his foot caught in the sheller and before the machine could be stopped his leg was ground to a pulp nearly o the knee. Amputation was necessiry. August Kolenburg went to the hous Conrad Wirth, miles cast of ome mol and o quarrel re Kolenburg drew a pocket knife and cut W i soveral places and when the latter’s wife rushed to his assistance she received several slashes on the arm. Kolenburg was arrested and fined $75 and costs for assault and bat- tery, lowa, Plans have been drawn for a small packing house at MeGregor. C. B, Allbrook of Eldorahas patented bind- ing twine from prairie gress. A ladies’ military company has been orgau- ized at Simpson college, Indianola. There were 495 students enrolled at Cornell college, Mt. Vernon, during the fall term just closed. "The Towa City council will have poisoned grain scattercd on the streets to kill English SpArrows. Ossian hawa mad dog scare. A dog sup- poted to be rabid has bitten a number of per- sonsand animals and there 1s grave appre- hension. Tho Nows-Tribune says Brewer Lang of Muscatine is making as fine beer as be brewt cago, Milwanken or St. bu: ms to be a judge st, Wilber Resser of Fort 1d the honor of having two witted to the salon at Paris, med to Fort s study and An Towa ar Dodge, has jus of his picture: recently a number ot in Kurope. John Sassman, who has just returned to Dubuque after completing a ten-month sen- tence in the Anamosa penitentiary for break- ing open and robbing the poor box iu St. Patrici’s chureh, is under arrest for break- into St. Mary’s school house. A seven-year-old son_of John Eiel and an cight-ycar-old boy of Osmand Fell of Luke Mills ‘fell into a woll. The well was only seven foet doep, with about three fect of water, thiuly_coated with ico. Mrs. Fell, motier of one of the boys, heard the lads’ cry for help. She jumped'into the well and Kept the boys heads above water, but they died in her arms from cold and exhaustion before aid reached her. The exposure and shock nearly cost her her life. Of the forty houses comprising the village of Richardsville but seven are occubied as saloons, and the need of another establish- meut of this kind has long been felt. A resi- dent of the neighborhood the other day de- termined to supply the aching void. Accord- ingly he bought a frame saloon a mile from Richardsv) e and undertook to move it into con wheels, While the work was ay the propietor went off on # sprec and beforo he sobered up the wheels froze in the mud. The saloon now stan middle of tho highway near the village and is doing a rushing business. Boyond the Rocl One of the longest electric railroads in process of construction is that between Seat- tlo and Tacora, in Washington. 1t is forty- five miles long. The Lost Confidence mine of Shasta, Cal., has just shipped to Denver thirty-soven bars of silver bullion, weighing 100}{ tons, the proceeds of one month’s run. The street car lines of Salem, Ore., havo been purchased by @ Chicago syndicate, which has also invested la in the suburban lands of that town, Two women have shown up as the relicts of Harry Morgal porting man of Tacoma, who died on April * leaving an estate of $150,000, and both claim his property. Joseph Marhoffer, a resident of Cresces City, Cal, sinco 1867, is dead at. tho ago He came to the coast in 1856, ne was connected with the late cland in the brewing business in Sun 0. A serious trouble has arisen in one of the schools of Kern county, Cahforni Accord- ing to a rport one of the trustees has pleaded guiity and paid a fine of $10 for ‘“cussing’ the teacher and another one is to be tried for drawing a revolver on the pedagogue. Woods, Carson & Kirkendall, the con- ‘rac for the construction of the Northern Pacific branch from issoula to Mull; 1daho, have the grading done the entire length of their contract, and only about six miles of track rewain to be laid, The track is all laid and regulur trains will be run over the road by Christmas. Two men named Taber and Lynch are re- orted as havine a brutal fight at Ha font, The men had not be 3 terms and got into an argument regarding their fighting qualities, It was proposed that a ring should be formed and they fight it out. The men stripped to the waist and they fought for nearly an hour. The man Lyich was badly punished about the fuce, ana his opponeut bit_ large picces of flesh out of his back and shoulders. At each bite the blood would spurt three feet, ‘T'he fight wus finally ended by the crowd getting into a fight. Quite a number of people are leaving Tus- carora, Nev., and the prus,n-u for a lively camp there for the next fow months is not flattering. Most of the principal mines are being worked with reduced forces, aithough the bullion output has mot yet materally decreased, There bave been several periods in the history of Tuscarora when it lookea as though the bottom had fallen out of the place, but just in the nick of time a new disgovery his always been mado which gave an impetus to mining operations, causing a revival in business and inspiring hope for the future, The probability is that Tuscarora will outlive many mining towus on the coast whose present prospects are more flattering than hers, THEY BREATH FREE AIR. The Pardon of Two Convicts is Granted by Governor Thayer, THE STATE SCHOOL APPORTIONMENT. Caught a Ohicken Thief-The Irish Land Leagno ction of Of- ficers — Other Lincoln News Notes. Lixcory, Neb, Doc, 21,—(Special to T Ber.]~Michael Doyle, who was sentenced to the penitentiary only threo months ago on the charge of attempting to kill John Shick of Beatrice, has had his sentonco of one year's imprisonment commuted by Governor Thayer, aud steps forth today a free man, Doyle's friends are mightily pleased with this and insist that he should never bave been sent to the penitentiary, as he was act- ing in self-dofenso when he shot Shick. ~ Ac- cording to the story there was some difficulty between Doylo, and Shick, and the latter scizing o pitehfork rushed at Doyle and at- temptod to stab him with it. Doyle whipped out his revolver and fired several times at Shick, inflicting severe but not mortal wounds. Doyle was arrested, found guflty and sen- tenced to ono year in the penitentiary. As he had wealthy relatives and was well liked by bis neighbors a movement was on foot to secure his release, and R. S, Bibb of Beatrice was deputed to work the case up. Bibb sccured the signature of several property owners in Beatrice, and when the petition to which the names were signed was presented to the governor the chief executive, after carefully weighing the matter, com- muted the sentence. Robert Clarke of Dodge county, who was sentenced to the penitentiary eighteen months ago to serve three years for the erimo of embezzlement, was also pardoned by tho governor yesterday and at noon today donned the garb of a citizen again, o is a young man of considerable ability and for the past soven months has been a clerk in the war- den’s ofice. His wife is now a clerk in Council Bluffs. Tt is understood that he owes liis release to his good deportment, his former good name and tho persistent’ and loving perseverance of his mother and sister. STATE SCIOOL, PUNT Oneof the largest semi-annual apportion- ments of school funas ever made in the state has just been made by the stato suporinten- dent of public instruction, The fund was derived from the following sources : Tnterost on United States bonds : bonds $ 300 00 13,050 0 lands 5 Lease school lands. TR aves oo There are shown to bo ; school age in the state. The rate of appor- tionment is 91 4-5 cents per pupil, as follows : 584 20 56,353 § Z B 3| & RS 8 gl B counrzs. = H S| F Antelope 3 3,550 80 Arthur. 5 Adam Banner. Blaine, Boono, Box Ruite Buffalo Brown.. Chaso . Cedar Lincoln, Logan Loup Madison ‘\Iul'lu rson Tho Thurston.. T A CHICKEN THIE Mr. R. P. Caves, & farmer living about seven miles from the city, was awakened avout midaight b asquawk from his hen coop, and on rushing to the scene with a pitchfork discovered a thief there. He im- mediately collared the fellow, and calling the neighbors o team was hitehed up and the thief taken to town. A half dozen farmers, urmed with clubs and pitehforks, wont along asa body guard, The fellow was tuined over to the police and was registered on the jal record us Charles Tibbetts, THE LAND LEAGUE, The Lincoln branch of the Irish National League of America met at 3 p. m. today fir the purpose of holding the annual election of oficers, John Sutton presided. The busi- ness of electing a president was first at- tended to. Mr. P. O. Cassidy prosented the name of Jumes 1 and Mr. Flaberty that of Dr. D. 0'Gorman. The_doctor dé- chined to run and the election of Mr. Farrel was declared unanimous. OIDS AND ENDS. C. W. Mosher, treasurer of tho relief fund for the destitute farmers, reports that the local contributions now reach §,652.44, while tate fund is §1,450.85, Tho State Teachérs' assoclation will con- 1 Lincoln, D acembor 80. Yesterday was the auniversary of the feast of St. Thomas, for whom Bishop Bouacum was named, and the young ladies in the Catholic conyent celebrated the ovent by ten- dering the bishop a complimentary literary entertainment. Arthur, the twoyear-cld son of Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Rugg, died yesterday in this city. The remains were taken to Omaha this after- noon and interred in Forest Lawn cemetery, Somo thief gotinto G, W. Closson's store at 1104 O street lust night and stole ten brass rvings plated with gold aud five boxes of candy. MODERN FIKE APPARATU! IMPRESSIONS THEARCHT BELONGED TO NO 8CHOOL, Doctors With Diplomas Wero o Rarity in California in 1843, 1 have said that there was no rogular physician in Californis, writes Goneral Bidwell in the Decembor Contury, Later, fn 1843, in & company that came from Oregon, was on Joe Mecks, a noted charncter in the Rocky Mountaing, On the way he said, ‘‘boys, when I got down to Californian smong the greasers 1 am going to palm mysell off as adoc. tor;” and from that time they dubbed him Dr, Meeks. He could neither read nor write, As soon a8 the Californinng heard of his arrival at Monterey they ba. gan to come to him with the nt ailments, His first professional scr- vico was to a boy who had a tos cut off, Moeks, happening to be near, stuck tha toe on, binding it in a poultice of mud, and it grew on. The new govern Micheltorena, employed him as su Mecks had a way of looking and acti very wiso, andof being reticent when people talked about things which he did not understand. One day he wentinto a little shop kept by a man known us Drge Stokes, who had been a kind of hospit \l stoward on board ship, and who had brought ashore ono of those little medicine chests that wery usually taken to sea, with apothecary 2 ales, and a pamphlet giving a short ynopsis of diseases and a tablo of weights and med es, 80 that almost ¢body could administer relief to sick sailors. Meeks went to him and said: “Doctor, T want you to put me up somo powders,” 8o Stokes went behind his table and got out his scales and medi- cines, and asked: ‘*What kind of pow- Just common powders—patient not very sick.” “If you will tell mo what kind of ]mmlom Dr. Meeks—" 0, just common powders.” That isall ho would say Stokes told about town that Mecks knew nothing about medicine, but people thought that perhaps Moelks had given the preseription in Latin and Dr. Stokes could not read it. But M reign was to have an end. An Americ man-of-war came into the Thomas O. Larkin was then the States consul at Monteroy, mander and all his officers an harbor United and the com- went up to Larkin’s store, among them the surgeon, I'ho who was introduced to De, Mec conversation turning upon the di incident to the country, Meeks bec reticent, saying merely that he was going out of practice and intended to leave the country because he could not et medicines. The surgeon exprossed much sympathy and said, “Dr. Mccks, if you willmake meout a list I will very checr fully divide with you such medicines I can spare.” Moeks did not know tho names of three kinds of medicine, and tried evasion, but the surgeon cornered him and put the question so direct that he had to answer, He asked him \\'hdL medicine he needed most. Finally Meelks said he wanted some **draps,”s f was all that could be out of him. When the story came out his career as a doctor was at an end, and he soon after left the country. LSS, The Union Veterans' Union. 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