Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 30, 1890, Page 4

_ paratively young man, he has THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 30, 1890 DAILY BEE. RU\I" WATER kvior, = o = PuU lll ISHED EVERY \I'll{\lhu TERME OF SUBSCRIPTION Datly and funday, One Year THE 10 00 Eix months B 0 Threo monihs 25 t\"" ny Bee, O 200 ekly Bee, O ear. 10 OFFICES: Omaha, The Bee Bullding. Eouth Omaha. Corner N and %th Streets Counell Blnfrs rl Ktreot Chieago Offic iher of Commaron fow vork i , Tribune Bullding Washingto enth Street SEPONT Tons rel e COR All communic: gditorial matter should ditorial Depn 10 news and atlldressed to the 1 remittances should e addr Publishing Company, Omaha. 1, aud postofice orde 10 be made puynble to the order of the sou pany. Thc Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors, The Pee Wid'g, Furnam and Seventeenth EWORN STATEMENT Stateof Nebraska L sd punty of Douzias, ( & icoree B Tzschuck, kccretary of The Bee Publishing compunv. aoes solemnly sweat OF CIRCULATION toat the netual cireulation of Tk DAILY Bek . 1800, was as fol- for the weex endinz De Jows. funday. Do Monday, e Tuesday. Wecnondng, Thursduy. Friday. De Baturday, De Average ...... Gronar B, Fworn 10 Lefore me and subscribed in my presence this 2iuh dav of Docomber. A, D.. 150) 1ERAL. | N. P ¥ I Nowty, Hdblia Etuteof Nebrask, County of Dougtas, | George Il Tzschucl s and 8o ys 1At h shing ( ciren month of Dec January, 1500, 10,561 con/es for Apri], 160, 20,04 copfes: forJ 1600, 2,062 coples: for ‘Eentenler. 1870, 21670 cople 1800, 90.562 coples; for November, copies. Gronor B. Eworn 10 before me. und subscribed in rrescice, this 6th ¢ay of Decerber. A, D., nz duly sworn, do- The R > el T DALY Tt my 1800, PRIt ary Publio. nator who declared “‘General nt needs no monument,” touched the popular chord in New York. —— THE country will not shed many te if the treacherous murderers of Capta Wallace and his men are to keep company with Sitting Bull CoNGRESS took no holiday recess, but managed to have a vacation just the same. In remained nominally and meanwhile ed at home joyed the comforts of the season. THE fact that eight hundred and passed through the United States last week ind L that there is still a little money in cir- culation, sent in session nd en- more willion dollars the cloaring houses of something than fift — Tr 18 said that Randall democrats are extin That is because their great leader is in his grave. It isno credit to the party, however, that men of the Sumuel J. Randall type avo scarco. He had many virtues and they live after him, ———— THe petition of the chamber of com- merco of Portland, Ore., in favor of n vational bankrupt law, is peculiarly im- pressive, taken in connection with the collapso of local railroad schemes and the wild cries of workmen for $300,000 back way. DIRECTOR GENERAL DAVIS has found 8 way to utilize the gilt-edged carpet knights of the W ashington ballrooms, Heo asks the president to send them to South America to invite our southern neighbors to attead the world's fair, Theloss of the Washington ladies will bo the gain of the South American belies. Incidentally the worll's fair will got a boom. THERE should be no more truckling in dealing with tho murderous Sioux. Every reasonabie offer had been made to the hostiles to avert bloodshed, but with characteristic treachery Lhuv spurned all for the warpath, The time has come for the government to deal vigorously withoutlawed bands and by disarming them prevent a recurrence of trouble and bloodshed. —_—eee Tue creditors of Kean’s remarkable Chicago bank are wishing that the as- sets could be distributed “‘according to the principles of the bible.” And they would even be reconciled to the per- formanco of a miracle, by which the total could be incrensed to enough to go round and leave something to spare. ut the moral idea of banking does not extend that far, — Bur little is really known of the ter- rible struggloe the native Soudancse avo making to maintain their independenc For over five yours they have battled against tho greed of Europesn powers, who, under the mask of civilization, are waging a war of conquest andextermina- tion in thut country. Famine now ad new horrors to the strife, but.the na- tives, with a devotion that is admirable yet disastrous, prefer to die fighting or of hungor than live under the invaders, —e THE democratic end of the senatorial contest in Illinois is bathed in cold swent. Complications are continually bobbing up and battering down party hopes. Legislative contests are as thick as the waters of Chicago river, but the crowning assault on the party’s ponce of mind is the story that the republic propose to buy up the hosts of Pulmo body and boots, The trath is the repub- licans do not need democratic votes as much as the democrats neod republi- can money, and the story was ovidently started to show that the democrats wore in the market at the usual price, DON CAMERON'S enemies are making a mighty effort to defoat him for r election 1o the senate from Pennsylvania, It is little wonder. Although a com- been in wublic life for a great many yoars und has accomplished yery little for ls state, or his own reputation, Ho was a member of one of the Grant cabinots and has been a senator for twelve yonr All this time he has simply done busi. ness on his father’s name, to which he has added nothing by his own achioy moents. It is timo that the great state of Pennsylvaria had a higher order of Juen to represent her in the senate. ns alf | before. THE FIRST ENCOUNTER. The first collision between the mill- tary in the Sioux reservation and the Indiang has taken place, and the possi- bility of a prolonged conflict must be ac- cepted, This change in the situation sudden and very generally unex- pected. The indications up to Sunday favored the view that the most serious danger had been averted and that gradu- ally the hostiles would return to the agency and resume peaceful relations, So far as there were any outgivings | from military sources they were of a re- | assuring character up to the last hour | wos businoss relations between our me ! chants and those of South A morica. There can be no doubt that our forsign | trade will enjoy a great oxpansion ns a | result of the persistent efforts of the present administration. e e— THE DUTY OF THE MAYOR, Mayor Cushing has a duty to perform in behalf of the taxpaycrs and citizens of | Omaha, | Theagreements made between the city | and the Union depot company, under | which the people voted $150,000 in bonds | to aid in the construction of the vinduct at which dispatches were sent | and depot, require complinnce with | from the scene of disturb- | certain essential conditions before the ance Sunday night. General | bonds are delivered. It is stipulated Miltes was reported us confident that the trouble was about at an end, and if o different opinion was held by any of the military officers in South Dakota it was cavefully withheld from the public. | the use of the union dopotto all rail- There were some, however, who did not | roadson equal terms, Another bond for tako this optimistic view of the situa- | alike amount must bo given by the tion. The following sentence, prophetic | Union Pacific railroad company condi- in view of what has taken place, was in Tie BEE's special dispatches from the campon Wounded Knee, printed yes- terday morning: “Tt looks as if the | roads desiving such privileges, and surrender (of Big Foot’s band) was not®in case of disagreement as to the wholly in good fuith, inasmuch as the | charges for the use of tho. prisoners make no offer whatever to | bridge aud approaches, the question give up their rifles and knives.” It is now shown that the surrender was not in good faith, and itis made clear also that from the fivst a large portion of the hostiles have intended to fight whenever the opportunity offered. In the absence of accurate information us to how many Indians are in the Bad Lands and what condition they ave in for prolonging hostilitics, no predietion us Lo the probable duvation of the con- flict can have any value. What is known is that the region where the hostiles have .concentrated is very difficult of access, offering great advantages for de- fense, and it is understood that the Indians are well supplied with pro- visions, arms and ammunition. The military force immediately available for operation against them is about thred thousand, including all arms of the service, and under command of the veteran fighters, Generals Miles and Brooke, aided by a number of subord.- nate officers oxperienced in Indian wa fare, may safely be expected to do vi and effective wor The nearly universal public sentiment undoubtedly 0l ous will bo that the military authorities at Washington should now put forth the full power of the government for the summary suppression of this in- dian revoit, and that accomplished, should deal uncompromisingly with its instigators and leaders. Granting that there have been faults in the treatment of the Indians which gave them just rea- son for complaint, since the uprising the government has shown an earnest desiro and purpose to remove, as far as practi- cable, the causes of complaint, The re- sponse to this, as appeurs from the facts at hand, is a treacherous resort to hostil- ities which has cost the lives of a num- ber of soldiers and may lead to a pro- longed conflict. It is plainly the duty of the government to stop dallying with these enemies, who evidently have never had any other purpose than to fight, and to vigorously employ all the force necessary to promptly subjugife and punish them. SOUTH AMERICAN EXPORTS. The development of reciprocal trade between the United States and the re- publics of Cet and South America goes on with every ovidence of good re- sults, There is one point recently brought to light by tho state depart- ment that has not received the attention it deserves, This is the revelation of the fact that American merchants must first learn the art of exporting before they an supnlant their European rivals, oven under the most favorable troaties. In a recent volume of consular reports our representative at Kingston furnishes a letter written by a wide-awako Yankee who went to Central America to Look up the prospect of business for a [ 1 the constitution ":1"1‘1 ""‘""‘f“‘s Massuchusotts houso. This inquisitive | 9f this state woro rig i SR A individual discovered thav three-fourths [ N0 relations —Dbetween the people and the railronds would he a of the goods importod into those coun- tries can be produced in the United States from untaxed or indigenous raw material, and that for all these goods the United States is the best and choup- est sourco of supply. These are heavy manufactures of wool in blunkets, cloths, felt, hosiery, carpets, up- holstered furniture, and the like. He found also that more stenmers are running regularly from our ports to most of those countrios than ave running from Euvope. In spite of these facts, so vorable to American merchants, this country gets Lut $12,- 000,000 of patronage out of a total im- port trade of $500,000,000. And the chief reason for this stute of things the Yankee investigator siated to be as follows: In Central America and several other coun- tries duties on manufactured goods are by gross weight—the box, barrel or case, and contents alike subject to duty ranging from 20 cents to 8150 per p Native mer- chants who had been beguiled into giving or- ders to United States business houses showed the heavy, clumsy boxes in which the goods came. Duty on them was 50 cents per pound. The unnecessary weight of the box added 22 per cent unnecessary cost to the contents, (Goods are packed up witkout any considera. tion of the internal means of transport. Packages of 500 pounds weight are made up, whero the only means of transportation is by pauiers on mules, Because Europeans are well informed how to pack, southern merchants suppose the American solicitor for his business is also. The American shipper, not having instructions, ships as he would to Chieago or St. Louis. - All over the south one hears complaints against Americun ways of forwarding. In Guatomala or in Ecuador one is cqually sure to hear, *Yos your prices are low: but noone can tell what United States goods will cost until they are on the shelves." This is a very practical point for American oxporters to study. It un- doubtedly suggests a lesson that must be learned before wo shall reap exton- sive advantages from the labors of Se retary Blaine in establishing the system of rveciprocity, The wonder is that we bave not seen and remedied this error The latest reports from the stato de- partment are very euncournging. The new Pan-American bureau, under the charge of Willlam E. Curtis, who is ox- ceptionally well equipped for the service, is doing excellent work in arranging that aliquidated bond for 200,000 signed by the Union Pacific and Chicago, Bu lington & Quincy railrond compan shall be given to the city, guaranteeing tioned that the company *shall grant the use of Its bridge and approaches in Omaha and at Council Bluffs” to all rail- shall be submitted to a board of threo arbitrators, the decision of which shall be binding on the disagreeing companies, The action of the Union Pacific in blocking the entrance of the Milwaulkee trains into Omaha shows a purpose to ignore its compact with the city, The authorities of the city are bound to seo that the company complies with evegy condition entered into before one dollar of the bonds voted are turned over to the company. The bonds have not yet passed from the control of the city and should be locked in the treasurer’s vadlts un railrond proves beyond the possibility a doubt that it will fulfill its obligations in letter and spirit. If the Union Pacific s justified in blocking the bridge to all railroads un- less they agree to onerous exactions, the city is equally justified in rofusing to de- liver the bonds. The time has come for the ¢ 1 t itself by insisting that the Union Pacific shall demonstrats by practical results its honest purpose to abide by the contract made by 1ts offi- with the city. T'he bonds cannot logally bo delivered to the company until the mayor cortifies to the fact that the viaduct is completed and $150,000 expended on the new depot. These conditions are triling compared with the vital obligation of unrestricted access to the ity forall railvonds v to pay forthe use of the Union Pa bridge. The Milwaukee and Rock Island roads have made terms which were at firs sceptable to the Union Pa- Now that the Union Pacific vir- tus abrogates these contracts and ~ deliberately Dlocks their en- trance into Omaha, the peoplo of Omaha insist that Mayor Cushing shall withhold the bonds until the ob- structions to the city’s commerce aro effectively removed. The duty of the mayoris clear, and he will be held to strict accountabili should he fail to protect the vital in terests of the city in the present crisi cific, ly RAILKOAD REGULATION. aisfaction with tho relations ex- isting between the people and the rail- roads was largely responsible for the re- cent political upheaval in Nebr: It is expected that the coming legislature will take steps to put these relations on afairer basis and reliove the peoplo from burdens at which they have re- belled. But how is this to be done? The mere enactment of more laws will not cure the cvils of which the people complain. Relief cannot be had by the mere passage of a law, but in the en- forcement of it. And no state in the union hasa larger amount or sterner quality of railrond legislation on its books than Nebraska, If the laws now model for the timos, exorbitant rates for freight and passenger trafilc, divi- dends on watered stocks and inflated issues of bonds, and all other existing forms of injus would be impossiblo. Before proceeding to pile up new laws, it | public and the | if honestly enfofced is worth while to examne the stock we bave on hand, Attorney General Leese makes the ad- mirable suggestion that railrond earn- ings shall be limited by law to a fair in- teroston tho investment in cash, property and labor. But the constitution already suys, (article 11., section 5): No railroad corporation shall issue any stook or bonds, except for money, labor or prop- ety actually recetved and applied to the pur- poses for which such corporation was crented, and ail stocks, dividends and othor fietitious fncrense of the cupital stock or indebtedness of any such corporation shall bo void. The capltal stock of railroad corporations shall not be Increased for any purpose except after public notice for sixty days in such manner as muy be vrovided by law. To make sure that this law is com- plied with, both the constitution and the statutes provide that every company operating more than ten milés of road in this state shall maintain an office here, with .complete records of its issues of stocks and bonds, together with the amount received therefor, the dividends paid, thesurplus fund, the cost of operat- ing, the value of property, equipments and franchises, and all other details essential to a thorough understanding of the facts on which equitable rates should be based. The law also makes it necessary for corporations to report these facts annually to the auditor of public accounts, and for failure to do so provides the severe penalty of forfeiture of all right to do business in the state. Having thus provided against all fie- titious capital and padded accounts, the constitution confers power on the logis- lature to absolutely limit charges to a reasonable figure by maximum rate laws, These sound laws have been in the constitution and state statutes of Ne- braska for fifteen years. During that very period the worst abuses of railroad manipulation have grown up, The watering of stocks and bonds has devel- oped into a fine art, and so confident have investors become in the patient doceility of the peoplo and their willing- ness to pay dividends on fictitious ocap- ital, that they now invest as readily in these ullq,ud securities” as in govern- mont bonds. T the face of these hotori- ous facts the peopldshould not be led to believe that they have onlyto pass a law to bring i being the millennial ern of justice irness between the ads, The provisions guoted a null and voidy The same is true of many other parts ¢ the statutds that might be full of usefulness to the peoplo There is no doubt that the taxation of corporations is | loosely managed, nnd that the railronds escape a large shars of their just bure dens, There s no:pretense that they pay taxes on their valuable franchises, which the constitution intended should bo a source of large income. What means does the state possess of knowing that the milecage and sidetracks, the new improvements and the right of way are properly reported for taxation? How do the counties know" that they re- coive precisely whatis due them as thei share of an honest assessment of rail roads passing through their territor A very simple and effective way to pro- vide ugainst deception on this source Jvould be to require county surveyors to ‘nake returns each year of the mileage and improvements, Wo have good railroad laws in braska and plenty of them. feature of railrond reformmust be to find amethod of enforeing our law Fivst, if the legistature should avail itself of its power to fix maximum rates on froight and passenger trafiie, it must provide heavy penalities tosecure tho enfo ment of this and all existing regulations, If a way is found to make the laws we ve vital and living realities, the prob- lem will be as far solved as it can bo under present conditions. Nu- The vital But back of all legal provis dons must stand honest and in- corruptible public servants, Men who are willing to betray the peo- ple, for whatever consideration of per- sonal advantage, can defeat tho best laws that legislitures may enact. This is a lesson which the people of Nebraska have learned in bitternoss for the past twenty years—a lesson which THE Big s pointed out during all that period before such men had run the gauntlet of the convention and the poll have always known and alw without fear or favor, honest offi essential to the proper enforcement of the most perfect The legislature cure for the ovils of r tion that does not means of enforcement. pply 1o effectivo ailroad manipula- carry with it the SEED FOR THE SU The next legislature will undoubtedly o asked to make an_approprintion for the purchase of seed to be distributed among the farmers of the dronght- stricken portions of the state, and we as- sume that such a request would counter no opposition. We cannot what amnount would, be necessary this purpose. The region in which drought of last summer stroyed the crops embraces counties and the number of have little or nothing to plant is several thousand, The practical question of ascertaining how much seed will be re- quired and its cost cannot, however, be a difficult one, and it should be one of the first duties of the legislature to ob- tain this information. The state of Nebra supply these unfortun soed for their noxt yoar there should be no hesi lo 1il SRERS, say for the practically de- cight or ten armers who ca can afford to o people with planting, and ationin doing so The with reason ulit fariners of the western and southwestern coun- ties who are destitute from wo fault of their own are among our most deserving citizens. They are industrious, thritty and honest men, who have done all that was possible to them under most adverse circumstances, and having fought an unequal figh{ with nature and lost, itis the imperative duty of their fellow citizens to render them such substantinl assistance as the circumstances require to enable them to regain at least in part what they have lost and put themselves on o self-sup- porting basis again. Their immediate nocessitios are boing provided for through private contributions. They will get over the winter without serious hardship or privation. But they must not be left to depend upon what may be obtained in this way, nor do they desiro Th are not meundicants, but <ing people who are willing to labor for all thoy got, and only ask the opportunity for the fullest employment of their energy and industry, This must be given them, and the most certain and practicablo way of doing so is for the legislature to appropriate a sum suf- ficient to purchase for them an amplo supply of seed for the next year’s plant- ing. So far as we are aware there is no legal obstacle to this being done, and there certninly has been no case in the history of the state which presented a more meritorious claim to legislative aid. THE proposilion to raise the salaries of councilmen from $600 to $1,000 a 3 ear will hardly meet the approval of the taxpayors, At simply means that the city pay roll shall be increased by $7,200 a year without the least benefit to the city. Six hundred dollars a year will getus justas good material for the coun- cil as we would get for $1,000 n year. Members of the beard of education without sorve piy and yet there is a scramblo for 'the places every year. For business capacity the school board will compare favorably with the council. THE Beg always has favored and always will faver good puy for good work, but there is such athing as crowd- ing the mourners.” The pay roll of the city is altogether too hizh now. If the charter can be amaunded soas to dis- pense with one-half of the council we should be in favor of doubling the pay of the other half. Unless this is done the present allowance is high enough. ANOTHER year has bean added to the span of Mr. Gladstone’s marvelous life, At eighty-one, physieally and mentally vigorous, he is at once the most inter- esting and most respocted public man of the tim IF republiean senators were seeking partisan wdvantages sololy they would cheerfully allow the democrats to talk themselves to death. But vital public | The alliance Is iu the Lo ® not the only | railroad lawe tha® practice has rendered | interests demand attention and ju the adoption of necessary measure put an end to obstructive tactics, business of the count perilled by The must not be im- enatorial windmills, RECENT events emphasizes what THE | BEE has proclaimed for years, that the immediate welfare of Omaha demands the erection of another railroad bridge regardloss of cost. — IT is now reported that Treasure ] Huston has decided to withdraw his res ignation, but there is no visible evi- dence that Mr. Huston ever seriously resigned. TrEcharter should by all means bo amended soas to doaway with all star chamber work. Committee moetings should be held at stated periods and in public, — ne perforator of Pegleg Griffen is not scouring Council Bluffs for weird election fakes, but for an excuse to pocket the money there is in it AL \[ ANAGER CLARK asserts Il guard the interests of Omahas always provided they do not conflict with interests of the Union I THE Nebraska Central bridge man- agers might learn something to their advantage by consulting the Milwaulcee and Rock Island companies. but the Union Pacifie bridge embargo goes on forever, E————— THEonly big thing about the state contest is 1ts bill of expense. ——— This is Reliable. Chicago Inter-Ocean, The New York Sun refers to tho tarift reform banquet given by Tammany as ‘“the finest piece of humbug ever displaged in Now York. “If you see itin the Sun it's 50" g Mr. Sherman is Not Effusive, St. Lows Globe-Demoerat, The country will notice that the man Du- vall who extracted gifts from soveral sena- tors by writing them that he red a baby aftar them did not get anything out of Johin Sherman, U g “What We Know About 1 Worlt-Herald, 1ns." Herald, Monday i Monday| Tndians son before Monduy tenan morning” When Mon- ton wounded In tho arn comos thera 8 not Sevoral soldlers were nhint c/killed and “wounded A pon “roading put- kil which has 80 ofton placo been scared without crock, tw e, 1810 2 position to of the agoucy nda fow ambulance: era wers aboutono ) wounded soldiors hundred and twenty buck and a big consignment of Indinns in the band and uns before b ing oven slightly in- stod n - against ndians fought speration and knew they would be over- NEWS OF THE NORTHWZEST, Nebraska, Albion has been offered a paper mill for o bonus of $5,000 and a suitable site, A xail fell froma ear in Plattsmouth and struck A. D, Stephens,a section band, break- ing his Schuyler electors will voto February 10 on a proposition to bond the town to build Vi rworlks, he business men of Oakland have raised 00 to establish an indepondent anti-pro- fon paper. Oddfe hib; Schuyle: lows will give a bl New Year's eve for the bes drouth sufferor: Phe flouring mills of Wells & Nieman at vier are being re of the ltes tted with machinery ze FI. Masher nd Island has been closed on an at- tachment in favor of Rector, Wilhelmy & of Omana. m at York ran into and over -warden of the state peniten- , breaking the bones in his hand and ‘wise bruising hin, The heirsof the late Major Davis of Wahoo have suceéeded in having bis will set asida on the ground that he was of unsound mind when the instrument was drawn, Dean Pittinger, a ten-year-old boy at Crab Orchurd, was bitten on the foot by a horse five months ago. Theotherday o physician took out several pieces of broken bono, While Edward Mumford, residing near Cortland, was going to church on horseback e was thrown into a barb wire fence and so badly injured that it is believed he will die. The State Bee Kecpers' association will meet inannual convention at Lincoln, Janu- ary 1, 14 and 15at the same time as the state horticultural socie weoting is ex- pected and mat rtance will be trans: pertaining to the exnibit at the world's fair, lowa. Mr. Williams, the Iudependence horseman, is reported to have cleared $10,00) this year, William Young Webb, a well known citi- zen of Dickinson county, is dead, in his sixty- fourth y oar. . B, Chase hinsresigned the pastorato tional church at Hull and will g0 to lowa Falls, The enterprisin ayorof Creston assessed the joints aud dives in that city §125 cach to pay fora new fire engine, David Sweet died at Independence on Christmas. He was ecighty-three years old and had sived in Buchanan county since 1835, The Ledger announces that will publish apicture of the next jury in the Dubugue district court so that the people may see the “professionals’ who have been giving judg. ment there for the past fiftcen years. The veterans of the Marshalltown soldiers' home had & great spread om Christmas duy oysters, turkey, cranberry sauce, vegotables, pie, cake, fruit, coffee and cigars—a sharp contrast with the hardiack and pork of the service and a still greater one with the star- vution fare of the rebel prisons. The Dubugue Telegraph sa *‘Ross, the venerable ex-mayor of Fort Worth, Tex., who has spent_much time in jail recently, called on several Main street merchants Chiristmas ove with *write-ups’ of their busiuess, couched in doggerel rhyme, and which he ' sald he would insert in Harper's Weekly gratis, On the strength of this he wanted the loan of 25 cents to tide him over temporarry embarrass- ments, The merchants couldn’t soe it." The Two Da kotas, Kellogg & Waldron, general wmerchants, of Hazel, have failed. North Dakota ranks as the forty-first state in point of population, The Aurora cheese factory shipped 12,000 pounds of cheese last week. Huron boasts that it has more school children than any other town in South Da- kota—620, Edith Valentine, who lately shot herself to deat® at Seatdle, was formerly & variety actress at Deadwood. A pretty story comes from Pennsylvania ddward Kressig of Saxony is in South Dakotu hunting his broth 1s disin- herited by his father forty 'y ward wants to divide & fortine of #1,000, 000 with bim. Mrs. Wilhelmina Echarat, seutenc four years in the Sioux Falls penitenti killing her husband, hus been deciared in and on the order of Governor Mellette has been transferred to the hospital for the in- sane at Yaukton, The receipts of the South Dakota state farmers’ alliance last year were $i1,505.08, all of which was expended. The two chief items | of cost were the support of the Ruralist and | the pay of organizers. 4.00, and there is §., These absoibed 2,78 still due them, s about §1,20), tify | to | | N0 SENSATION DEVELOPED. Final Testimony in the Contest Quietly Taken at Linooln, A RELIGIOUS ENTHUSIAST INSANE, A Would-Be Briber Secks a Pardon = A Little Child Frightened to Death—An Afficted Family ~Lincoln Notes. Lixcouy, Neb, Dweo. 20.—[Special to Tne Br Today ends the taking of testimoney fu tho election contest and up to noon no surprises had been sprung on the contestoes, Only two witnesses were ox- amined, The first was a colored man named James A. Brown. He testified that he wuas an Omaha barber out of a job and that when he was south he had often repeated. e had attempted to repeat in Omuaha election day but failed. He saw a dozon or fifteen peopl peat their votes but could not give their names or the description of any of them. C. G, Bullock of Lincoln wstified that he went to Omuba as a self-appointed enumer- ator to take a census of the Third ward, as he | believed that Tom Cooke's roport was padded, Heswore that the report that there w | 000 persons in that ward was incorrect, as | could only find 7,500 persons Ho submitted a of naturalized persons in fisst papers had been list ness Men's and 1ker association and who had voted in South Omaha. his testi- mony was admitt protost, as the copy presented 1 not been cortified and o tbe in rect. Adjournment was then taken until p. m. . Bullock was cross-examined this afternoon and admitted that his cnumeration of the Third ward was all guess work. Ho did not entor any of the houses and merely allowed a certaln number of persons toa house accord: ing to its size Mr. Walker of Beatr of election, tostified judges were aw e, one of the judges that while the’ other ay at dinner and he was loft in charee none of the ballots were tampered with in any manner. Adjonrument wa taken until 7 p. n, Lamb saying that he ex- pected an important witness from Omaba. 1t was thought by the attornoys for the coa- testee that -uvllh‘(llu wis to be sprung con- cerning Boyd's citiz but at? p. m. the atlorneys for the e ailed 1o ap- and thus the taking of testimony in the contest undramatically ended. be read. GF INSANITY, Quito n s :d in St. Paul Methodist the tim session. Just as rintendent Atkinson bout to close the exercises of the day y veiled lady attired in black, with ame in, and without' speal » the platform, fr E i a weird religious hym. woman's voice was not attuned to melol vine or otherwise, and the su- perimtendent requested her to desist. Withe out paying the stightest attontion to him she went on with ber in ion,whercupon Mr, Atkinson gently lec and com- pelled her tosit'down. No sooner had he re- leased the womau than she again arose and walking to the front of the platform pro- ceeded with her song. She was allowed to finish it unmolested, and without speaking to any one deliberately waliced down the iisle and outof doors, Precisely the same per- formance was gone through with at the Christmas tree entertainment at the St. Paul church on last Thursday evening, with the exception that she was not molested in her song. The woman is the wife of a butcher named Wedge, living in East Lincoln, and she has been a follower of Rev., Minchart, whose pe- culiar religiovs views and methods of con- ducting church ceremonials created such an ing a wor which she uproar in church ¢ s about tw 'S since, and which resulted in_the reverend geatleman’s being suspended by the confer- nce after a sensational t The woman who creatod the sensation as above detailed hins gone insaue on the subject of religion, and for weeks has been con fiued to the house under the loving ca friends. She eluded their vigileace on the days mentioned and apparently went on & proselyting tour brother of Pastor Minehurt also went insar and one night was foundin aclump of bu praying. It is related alsot for groceries was nted him on one occa- sion hotold the collector to take it to tho Lord. He issaid to be an inmate of the asy- lum at Columbus, 0., at the present time, SEEKING A PARDON. This afternoon Governor Thayer gave a hearing to the application of George i, Me- Donald, an architect of Fremont, who asks fora remittal of his fine of £00 for attempt- ing to be W. C. Willey and H. St. Martin, the county commissioners of Jefferson county. An indictment was oviginally found against MeDonald for bribery, but when it came to trial he plead guilty {0 the charge of attempting to bribe. John Jansen appearved for McDonald to- day, while C.B. Lettan, county attorney of Jeflerson county appeared toentera protest aj t the remission of the fine. Evidence both in the shapeof letters and verbal statements was produced showingthat McDouald and St. Martin had been thick be- fore the time of awarding the plans, and the treasurer of Jefferson county and Mr, Tully overheard a job being put up by Mc Donald St. Mattin ¢ Treasurer Converso to get Willey to join with St. Martin in vot- fng McDonald the ply 1t was agrecd that St. Martin and Willsy were to get 00 for y while the commis- sioners were going into the rom to ingp theplans a roll was slipped into Wil 1‘ ds by St. Martin, which, it was_elaimcd, was §200. Both Willey and St. Martin voted fm‘ McDonald's I)l.\l\fl while Ferron, who had got wind of affairs, protested against any plans being adopted at that time, That night McDonald, Willey and St, Martin were arrested, the first on'the charge signed by prominent citizens of Geneva and Fremont. But a petition signed by 788 per. | sons was presentod asking that McDouald suffer punishment, Governor Thayer severely denounced tha | action of Converse in the matter and declarod that a county or state official who would ine duce another person 1o commit a crime was & scoundrel, and dwelt for some time on tha matter, The governor took the affair under advisemont. WAS FRIGHTENED TO DEATI Mable, tho l\n year-old daughter of M, and Mrs, A, Chandler, living at 710 O st died m an early hour this morning of moningitis. The home of the family at Third and A streets was burned to the ground a fow days ago, and the family rendered almost homeless, a portion of their household being also consumed by the flames. The na row escapo frightencd her so badly (hat went into fits, and theso convulsions havo followed one another in such rapid s sion that meningitis set in, wnd her young life was ended this morning. THAT NUISANCE, The case of the state vs Kendall & Suiith, acriminal case in which the defendants ars charged with maintaining a nuisance in the shape of a dam in East Lincoln, which is dangerous to the puolic health, catio up be- fore Judge Stowart in the count t this morning. There is an immense array of witnesses and the hearing will probably ex tend over several days, The dam is across Salt creck, east of the city, and boyond tho point where tho sewerage of the city euters the cre The stato claims that by the act of defendants in - maintaining the dam the current i stopped and the efiluvia the back water causes sickness, Tho defonse is that the dim was there be foro the sewerage systom and that the sickness and stench is not caused by any act of theirs, and, therefore, seek to avold por | sonal responsibality therefor. J. Bush, the complaining witness, testified that ho li »me_distance from the ercoke, but that in summer he has had to shutup the hou on several occasions in order to broatho freely. Drs. Everett and Giffon thougnt that the damming of the creeke had greatly i creased the number of cases of diphtheria, typhoid fever and scarlot fever. Thomad Ryan had smelled the effects of the dammin g upof the creck's water as far south s tho asylum. He bolieved that if tho dam wero removed thero would be suft current to carty off all_refuse, and the creok would not then be adorned all summer with a groou scum, AN AFFLICTED FANILY. The family of Anton Boracky, a buker mgat 34 H street, is o s i On Christmas day two of their cherished little ones, aged five and seven respectively, died of mémbraneous eroup, and were burid atone time the following day, This morn. ing their remaining ohild, & babe of searco 4 vear in age, died of the same disease, third death in the family in four days STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION, Tomorrow the annual session of the teach ers of the state will comme nd alr schoolma'ams and pedagogues from viri bortions of the state are begianing to enthor. (Lo session is 10 continue three days, CHESTERFIELD CATGIT, Samuel Chosterfield, for whom the polic ve been watching ' for some time, was ar- vested today for selling a moy d bu er's outlit. Ho was taken ro Jus making Foxworthy, but waived examination aud was held to the district court i the sum of &300, MORE ALD ASKED, This evening Dr. G. W. state relief committee, issue 1 for the drought stricken ern Nebrask: mers It south STATE HOUSE NOTES, Articles of incorporation of the Barnestan Horse company were filed with the otary of state tod The company starts in with a capital stock of $2,000. retary of State Cowdery, State Auditor Benton and_Land Commissioner Stoon ar- n\cd last evening from a delightful jaunt to New Orleans. Governor Thayer issued notarial appoint- ments today to the followinge gentlemen: ( W. Berge of Lincoln; G. 8. Hurford of But- tle Creek, J. L, Cleaver of Falls City and J. E. Hurt of Gresham, ODDS AND ENDS, Among the statesmen in Lincoln today were the following from Omaha: Senator Warren Switzler,and Representitives Georgo J. Sternsdorfl, George 1. Bertrand and James C. Brennan f West Lincoln left his wateh, a coat and vest in his kitchen at West Lingoln yesterday nftornoon while he was at work. Some light-flngered fellow came along and tool possession. Hence Robert's appoar- ance at the police station tod J.D. Le st C street grocer, closed moring by Raymond Brothers, wholesalors, ; but the' embarvass. ment. is only temporary. Auother attompt was made by the line people this morning to mako the tions at Twelfth and O stroots, and & fight wis imminent, but a squad of police quelled theriot. The company evidently doesn't car for erdors of court. Nebraska and towa Pension WasmiNGTo, Dec. 20.—([Spec to Tine Bre.]—Pensions were granted today to thie following Nebraskans: Oviginal - William A. Verley, Burwell; Ignatz Skala, West Point; George Shaplund, Sew “Thomas Crance, Waco; John A, McKinn Grant; Silas W. Allen, Neligh. Increase— William B. Bouser, Hayden; Noah C. Gwin, ONeill; Benjamin A, Boltz, Omaha; Joseph G. Bayless, Soward; Thomas [, Hoskity, Superior; William W. McCov, Vesta; Willlam W. Kisor, Lincolu; Albart | Tekamah; Tamer A, Howard Raynolds Towa: Original—Ncphi Schumate, Dun lav; S er Trout, Tyner, Increasc John Loque, Eddysville; William T, Inelo, Altoona; John V. I, Prairie City Honry Parish, E: Lestor Bon Clair; Abraham L.Coffman, Lebanon; James Fred W. ich, Colfa D Dickinson, Brighton; Kinestony Joln Q, L i man, illiam Cable, New Hampton; William Seritehfield, Cincinnati; Aaron W Steady Ron; ohn D, Sullivan, Cobour corzo W. R ins, Council Bluifs; Solomon Petcrson, lon ille; of bribery and the latter two for accepting a bribe. Willey and St. Martin resigned their posi- tions, and McDonald pload guilty 1o tho chiarge of attempting to bribe. The only Ge- fense offered today were two petitions, Cottage Hill; James Alex M. Finley, Morr un. Rewssue— Lucien A, Butts, Russell; rouben 1. Davis Seymour; Norvel U, Iberhard, Keosauqua. Original widows—Amanda A, widow o Absolom Williams, Porte City. Dulie, Enmer Baking evss Powder 7 Tl PRINCIPAL POINTS 1 EAST, WEST, NORTH and SOUTH 1302 Farnam Street. Harry P. Deuel, City Passenger and Ticket Agents OMAdA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Bubsoribed and Gunrantoud ('nvllul Paid 1n Capital > sesreearen Buys and sells stocks aud bonds; negotiatos commerciul puper, recelves and exeent Lrusts; acts as transfor ageut and trustee of eorporations, takes charge of property, ool- locts Laxes, Omaha I::C_i n&Trust Co SAVINGS BANK. S, E. Cor. 16th and Douglas Sts. Faid in Capital esitensseve, 6,000 Subscribed and Guaranteed Capital,... 100,000 Liability of Stoekholders. 200,000 & Per Ocut lllh Lrest 1d on Deposits. FRANK J, LANGE, Cashier, Oficers: A. U, Wyman, president. J. J. Brown, vico-president, W.T. Wymun, treasurer. Directors:—A., U, Wywan, J. 1, Millard, J. J. Brows, Guy 0. Barton, E. W. Nasb, Shous L Kimoall, Georgo B. Luke 500,000 ke