Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 31, 1890, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE. 5 ROSEWATER horror. = = PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TERME OF 8URSCRIPTION, Datly and Sunday, One Year. . ... Bixmonths wiiivsbe s Throe months .| o Bunday Bee, One Year. ... Weekly e, One Year. OFFIOE Omaha, The Bee Bullding. Honth Omaha, Corner N nid 20th Strects ounetl Rlufm 12 Pearl Sireot. hicago O Chamber of Commorce. Yow Y ork, Rooma 13,14 and ne Bullding Vashiington, b13 Fourt A PONDENC! fons roluting hould be add et § LETTERS. {ttances should hing Company, toffice orders of the com wsed to the edit tor Editorial Depart BURINE: A1l busi e add r Omaha. Drafts, checks an %o be made payable to the or yany. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors, The Bee I'1d'g, Furnam and Seventeenth Sts EWORN STATEMENT Btateof Nebraskw. ) County of Dougins. { George B, Trschuck, secretary of The Bee Publishing compuny. aoes solemnnly swear that the actual cireulation of THE DAILY BrR for the weex ending Dec. 27, Jows Eundasy. Dee. Monday, D Tuesday. Deo Weanesdny. D Thursday. 1 Frida Buturday, De CIRCULATION | o 26,04 Average.... r Gronar I, TZ8CHUCK. Fworn {0 tefore me nnd subscribed In mv presence this 2ith day of aver. A, D..1500 1FEA L. N. P, Frin Notary Publle Etute of Nobraska, 1 County of Donglas, { Georgo B, Trschuck Imri nnd says that he 1s sec Publishing C t the actual average auily cire DAILY BEE for the month of Decey 3 0, wus 20,048 copies; for January, 1900, 10,565 copies; for February, 1400, 19,%61 con'es: for Marc 1800, 20,815 1‘1\’|Il"4: 1ot A pril, 18600, wies for May, 1860, 0,150 copies: for June, 180, 201 copiea; for July, 3460, 20,62 coplest for A ugnst, 180,20,750 coples! for FentemFer, 1800, 2 coples: for October, 80, coples; for Novembor, 1680, 2 copies. Grovar B. TZECRUCK. Fworn to befora me. and subscribed In my Brosence, thisoth cay of December, A, D. 1890, N P, Frin tary Public s duly sworn, de- retnry of The Beo EVELAND has lost pounds of flesh, but his bump of self-esteem isas heavy as evor, —— A WEEK from today that blennial plant, the legislature, will bo in full bloom at Lincoln, THE Indians who “would rather die than lay down their arms,” and cease to menace innocent settlers, are being ac- commodated, THE Iduhosenators have swelled the silver contingent in the upper house and added their shrill voiees to the song of the bullionaires. THE BeErR war correspondent wit- nessed the fight, not as a belligerent, but as an historian. And, as usual, THE BEe's account surpassed all rivals, — EVEN in Chieago, despite its political wickedness, the courts are bravely de- fending the fow privileges of the people which the corporations have not seized. Ware lunkheads are sentimental shedding tears for the treacherous red- slins, a word of regret for the murdered army officers and soldiers is conspicuous by its absence. ONEof the most remarkable things recorded in the annals of Chicago hap- pened Monday. The pelice caught three bank robbers before the victims had time to offer a reward. SENATOR INGALLS proposes to plant his senatorial tepee in the foreground of “the fray in Kansas, uttorly indifforent to the consequences of camping on the leo s1do of Sockless Jerry Simpson. SirriNe BuLL is dead, Big Foot has ‘pneumonia and Two Strike is wounded. But Tibbles, he's all right. Nothing ever happens to Tibbles. His iron cheek is an impenetrable shield against all weapons. — HUXLEY refuses to endorse General Booth’s schemes for the relief of TLon- don’s poor. The average man, however, will see more good in Booth's method of making men comfortable while they are here than in Huxley's studies on the subject of wheve they came from, I is announced that “Secretary of State Cowdrey, Commissioner Steen ana “Auditor Benton have returned from a delightful jaunt to New Orlegns.” This sounds like old times—Cowdrey, Benton and Steen! A delightful jaunt! Itis to be supposed that they paid full rail- road fare, — e Now that Deadwood enjoys complete railroad conneetion with Omaha some reminiscences are in order. Deadwood was made the metropolis of the Black Hills in 1876. A fleet of prarie schoon- &rs supplied her with eatables and drink- ables by the Sidney trail, then by Fort Pierre and now, at last, by through rail communication. Millions of wealth have been taken out of it and untold millions * yetremain to be mined THE city authorities of Bismarck have adopted nggressive means to settle the trouble caused by prohibition, They givoliquor dealers receipts for licenses and boldly declare that as the law can- not be enforced they propose to make it help out the taxpayers in the matter of dncome. This is no better than South Carolinn’s at'empt at nullification, but it ay serve as a hint to the North Da- otans to discard their fanaticism and replace it with some common senso. — ACCORDING to statisties of railroad construction for the year, but one mile of road was built in the state of Jowa in 1800, In the opin- don of thoughtless corporation ad- vocates, this result is due to “hostile railroad logislation.” As a matter of fact the groat state of Towa has ample railroad facilities for a generation, Itis frouuctloned with roads. It has at east six east and west lines, each with branches extending in all directions, and three main lines running north and south. But foew county seats in the state are without railroad councotion, and every large town has two or moro trunk lines. The f21d is simply covered. Hos- tile logislution, so called, has nothing to do with the practical cessation of rail- | mounted to the unpr road building In the state. LA THE LEGISLATURES FIRS1 DUY. The first duty of tne reform legisla- ture of Nebraska isto stop the shameloss extravagance which has been growing upin legislative sessions for the past few years and which reached the culmi- nating point of disgracein 1880. The re- cord of the last session Is a story of the reckless waste of public funds, of the multiplication of useless offices, of the sanddling upon the trensury of political lonfers and hangers-on, of the payment of private obligations at public expense by senators and members to their friends—male and female. Itis g record which no legislature should dare repeat. The legislative session of 1885 cost the sople of Nebraska $85,000, and that of 1887 #95,000. This was certainly ample in view'of the fact that the last session in Kansas cost but $78,740. But all rec- ords were broken in 1880, The expensos of the Nebraska legislature for that year dented altitude of $190,000. There were no more mem- bers of the senute and house than form- orly, no moro business to transact and no more legitimate demands for the ex- penditure of money. And yot expenses wero 1nereased exactly 100 per cent. There is but one explanation. and that is that the legislature reckless squandered the money of the taxpayers in providing for relatives, friends and dependents. An analysis of the auditor’s report—issued so long ago thatevery- body is expected to have forgotten it— furnishes luminous effect, First, the public should contemplate the oriental magnificence of the senat That august bodv consists of members, many of whom are fru- gal farmers from the frontier and all of whom are supposed to be self-reliant American citizens, capable of attending to their personal wants, These 83 rep- resentatives of the plain people struggled through u session of 60 working days with the assistanco of 109 employes, for whose vices the people paid the neat sum of $24,05 A fow of these employes were doubtless necessary, but by far the larger portion of the extraordinary price paid for them represents a sheer waste of money. They cost much more than the senators themselves, whose uggregate pay amounted to only 80,900, It is interesting to study this list of men, women and boys who danced attendance on the great men of the senate of 1850, There was a secretary of the senate who in some mysterious manner received #4 per day for 150 days of a session lim- ited by law to 60 days, and obtained in addition 3900 for “preparing journals for the gecretary of state,” which might rea- sonably be considered a part of his regular duty as senate secretary. He had the helpof an “assistant secretary,” who received 3600, or $4 a day for 150 days, and this man, in turn, was helped out hy a ‘*‘second assistant secretary,” who received $356. These 83 sena- tors had also the luxury of a private postmaster at $267, who had an * ant” at $246, who, in turn, had a carrier” at $261, Besidesa ‘‘clerk of the committee of the whole,” a stenographer, o chaplain, throe sergeants-ut-urms and evidence 10 this se three doorkecvers, who cost in the aggregate. $2,058, tho senate had also theso other supernumeraries: One en- rolling clerk, $267; 12 engrossing clerks, at a total of $2,430; a docket clerk, $360; 5 ‘‘custodians,” av a total of 31,053; a janitor, $806: 8 “‘assistant janitors” at a total of-31,¢ 15 “pages” at a total of $1,420.50: “'senator’s”clerks”at a total of $0,818., A messenger to the lieutenant governor, $201; a messenger to the secrotary of state, $201; 8 other messengers at total of $702; a bill clerk, $204; a clerk to the auditor, $231; and copy holders, proof readers, copyists, guards, book- keepers, night watchmen and assistant firemen all at 33 per day, or more. The grand total for the ‘“employes of the senate,” as we have said, is thus piled up to 824,055, Was there ever a more outrngeous instance of reckloss extravs gance on the part of & public body of 33 men? Every voterand tax payer in Nebraska can seo at a glance the folly of most of the expenditures in which the senate of 1887 indulged. Donbtless a secretary and an assistant ave needed, but compe- tent men could be employed for 60 days for muech less than $2,456, which is what it costto loeop the record of tho senate of 1889 and present it to the sec- etary of state. A chaplain, a sergeant- at-arms, a doorkeopor and a stenog- rapher, are needed, but why should thoy be multiplied by two and three? What excuse can beoffered for the employment of two postmasters and a mail carrier for the exclusive convenience of 83 sona- tors? But the worst abuses are the ap- pointment of 82 “senator’s clerks” and 12 “engrossing clerks” at $3 per day to serve throughout the session. There is absolutely not a shadow of excuse for this waste of pub- lic funds. Semators haye no use for private clerks, Engrossing clerks aro ot needed until toward the end of the session, and 5 could then do tho work for which 12 are employed from the fivst dny of the meeting, It is an outrage on the taxpayers and onlya little more vivid than the rest of the expensive and useless legislative machinery, It may be conceded that a janitor s needed in the senate chamber, but why should he have 8 as- sistants at 88 a day? Why 15 pages, and clerks, copy-holders, copyists, guards, and all the rest of the useless paraphernalia? The fact is that 10 compotent wen would do the work that 109 miscellaneous employes were engaged for by the last senate, and that from $15,000 to 18,000 of the more than $24,000 ex- pended could be saved, and the actual service rendered btill generously paid for, In the house of representatives ex- travagance also ran riot. That re- doubtable patriot, Brad Slaughter, was chief clerk. For his valuable services the state paid the sum of $2,400 from January to April il. Of this respect- able figure $600 wis paid him as clerk of the house, $350 for ‘‘preparing legisla- tive manuals,” and $1,450 for “‘prepar- ing journals forthe secretary of state’— his own ofticial records which he had been elsewhgre paid for keeping at the rate fof # each for 150 days. Whe bolieves the work was economicallly done? The house had in all 163 employes. They cost the stato .25, exclusive of the speaker and members, Among them were 14 enroll- ing clerks, 20 engrossing elerks, 24 clorks of committeos,"80 pages and 18 janitors. Besides these there were 2 postmastors, 2 letter-carriers and a nu- merous army of messengers, copy-hold- ors and other varicties of hangers-on, In the house, ns well as the senate, su- pernumeraries were crowded inas thick as they could stand, or hang to the win- dow ledges. And the people of Nebraska paid the bill. By the way of summary, 272 employes were engaged by the senate and house and puid for asession of 60 days, $59,- 1.25. It is probable that proper econ- omy would reduce the number to from 20 to 50 competent men and effect a sav- of from #$40,000 to $45,000. And there 1s apparently no reason why tho whole cost of the session, which in 1880 was $100,000, should excced the cost of of the last session of the Kansas legisla- ture, which was §78,740. In other words, the reform legislature can save the taxpayers $111,200, if it can keop ox- penses down to the Kansas basis, This will be the first duty of the now slature which assembles at Lincoln t Tuesday. Let it appointa commit- tee on retrenchment and reform and pro- ceed at once to restore economical I nes methods in tho halls of logislation, By 50 doing it will save the people a vast sum of moncy, clean out a worthless gang of political bummers, and render impossible a repetition of the private scandals that have always resulted from the indiscriminate distribution of officos and salarics by the legislature, A VERY LAME EXCUSE. General Manager Clark declares that the Union Pacific is ready to permit all trains to cross the bridge, but they must be drawn by Union Pacific loco- motives. A lame excuse is better than none. Fvery intelligent railvoad man knows that the bridge canbe used jointly by all roads that terminate on both sides of the river, For over a year the Burlington has enjoyed the privilege of running its Kansas City trains over the bridge, and the company has never insisted on pul- ling these trains with its own locomo- tives. Is it reasonabloto suppose that Mil- waukee or Rock Island locomotives will damage the bridge and approaches any more than the Burlington locomotives? For more than five months the engines of the Milwaukee road have been pulling freight trains between the transfer and South Omaha, Does Mr. Clark claim that the movement of freight engines over the bridge and approaches ave less injurious to the company’s interests than passenger engines? Mr. Clark knows better. He is simply the medium through whom the dictums of Jay Gould are carried ingo effect. Mr, Gould i# determined to make all interests subordinate to the upbuilding of the Mis- souri Pacific, and all contracts that are dircetly or remotely injurious to that company must be thrown aside. This is the real object of the bridge blockade. Next to that is a elearly defined purpose to maintain at Omaha a. toll rate similar to that which crippled the com- mercial interests of St Louis until the oppressed merchants rose in their might and smashed the bridge monopoly by erecting an independent free bridge. If Omaha would be free and indepen- dent she must emulate the example of St. Louis. THE CLOSING YEAR, Theexpiring year 1890 has contributed interesting and important chapters to the world’s history. There may be wide difference of opinion as to how much real progress, if any, mankind has achieved during its passage. For the United States the most nota- ble events have been political. The re- sults of the state and congressional elec- tions are likely long to be memorable as the most remarkable change in popular sentiment inour history. States hitherto strongly republican were won from the control of that party, and not only was the repubiican majority in the national louse of representatives swept away, but that party will be in a smaller minor- ity in the popular branchof the Fifty- sccond congress than at any time during the past twenty-eight years. It is not necessary to consider at this time or in this connection the influences that wrought this result, but at least ome of these cannot properly be omitted from areview of the political history of the venr, and that is the part played by the agricultural class in a number of the states, The upriging of the farmers in protest against the old- parties and for tho aggressive assertion of their demands is not a new expori- ence in this country, but it never before attained such proportions or effecte d such widespread results as this yoar. This notable movement of a large and most important element of the plople is commanding the profound interest not only of the statesmen and po liticians of thecountry, but as wellof men engaged in large financial and industrial enterprisos. It is being widely discussed on all hands 1s containing the promise of changes which may materially alter and modity existing conditions. In the matter of important legislation the year 1800 takes procedence during tho past decade, in evidence of which it will be sufficient to cite the uew tariff and silver laws, though there has baen much other log- islation that will have afar-reaching effect upon the national prosperity and welfare. To the presont your belongs the consuinmation of the scheme of an all-American conference for the purpose of considering and proposing methods for enlarged and more intimate commor- cial relations between the independent countries of the Amorican continents, from which it is believed results of great advantage to the producers of the United States will ultimately be attained. With regard to the financisl and commercial aflairs of the country the year has been fairly prosperous. The foreign trade of the nation was grester in value than tor any previous year and the balance in our favor was larger than for many yeurs. The crops wore less in amount than for several preceding years, but at the higher pricos that have ruled their value to the producers has not boen vory much belowsthat of years of greatest yleld, The wmanufacturing industries huve generally done well, and if the transportationsemn panios have not pros- pered the reiddh is familiar to ovor, body. For sevgtal months financial af- fairs have beeh in a rather unsatisfactory condition, due rather to a lack of confi- dence than a wast of money, since the ofrculation of thiscountry was never so large as now ufid the por capita greater only at two or three periods in the last quarter of a contury, but there are indi- cations that thé situation is improving and that the opening of the new year will bring a material change for the better. The yeqr has been exceptionally free from great.calamitios, with the e ception of the events of the last fow days in South Dakota, which, however, may prove to be of thav class of misfortunes that bring large compensation in good results, Looking abroad there isa good deal to challenge attention, and not all of it is of a nature to reassure thoso who are concerned for the political and social progress of mankind, The nations of Europe ave still confronting each other with vast armaments, and whilo there appearsto be no immediate danger that the peace will be broken, theso enor- mous military establishments are a drain upon the industry and resources of the people which is severely folt by the masses, On the continent there aro evidences of a vigorous growth of popu- lar sentiment in o socialistic direction, and there are many who believe thatthe time is not far distant when great politi cal changes will take place in several European countric In Great Britain the Parnell episode surpassed in popular interest and in real importance every other event of the year, and its damaging effect upon the causo of Irish home rule is widely deplored. In South America the Argentine Republic ap- pears to be in a fair way to find relicf from the disastrous consequences of a falso and fatal financial policy, but the burden will be likely to weigh heavily upon them for generations, There is an object lesson in the experience of Ar- gontine which those people in the United States who are clamoring for a practically similar policy would do well to study. The republic of Brazil, in which the American people have a particular interest that un- doubtedly heartily reciprocated, seems to be keeping firmly iu the right path and developing a worthy ambition to ad- vance to higher rank among thenations. On the whole the world is not worse off at the close of 1890, even if no great gain has been made in any divec during the yoar, and without indulging vain regrets for the mistakes and failures of the past, the American people have renson to look to the future with hope and confidence. is OUR MEAT PRODUCTS ABROAD. There is no indication that any pro- gress has been made toward inducing France and Germany to remove or mod- ify the restrictions on the importation of American meats into those countries. There appeared some time ago to bo gool promise, a8 the result of the corre- spondence between Minister Roed and the French minister of agriculture, t the government of F'rance would materi- ally modify, it itdid’ not abrogate, the prohibitive regulations regarding Amer- ican meats. Thero was no question that our minister most conclusively demon- strated the insufficiency of the ground or pretext for such rogulations, and when in addition the French government was notified of the enactment of a thorough inspection law by this government, ap- piicable to meats for export, which pro- vided for the most complete insurance against the sending out of meats unfit for human consumption, there seemed good reason to expoct that the govern- ment of France would show lessiunfavo) able consideration for the United States in this matter, even if it should con- clude that the interests of its own meat producers required that some rvestri tion should be maintained, But no such disposition has been manifested, and if a safe judgment can be formed from the temper now being shown by a strong party of rench legislators, there is ex tremely little probability that Am meats will secure any better market in France during the next few years than they have enjoyed for the past ten. As to Germany there appears to be a stolid indifference to the matter on the part of the govermment; and this is par- ticularly remarkable from the fact that there has been a very vigorous popular demand in that country for a removal of the regulations against American meats, which has not been the case in Franc The German government has been pet tioned by packers, by steamship com- panies, and by large bodiesof consum- ors, to allow the unrestricted importn- tionof American meats. The packers found no advantage from the policy in practice, the transportation companies necessarily lose by it, and the people are compelled to pay more for their meats. But the pressure from all these sources seems to have produced no effect upon the government, and the minority of meat producers, who alone profit by the policy, are still amply protected against American compatition, Vory likely ourtarifl policy has had something to do with determining the governments of France and Germany to adhere to their pgsition rogarding Ame ican meats. Ourministors to both coun- tries have expressud the opinion that such is the case, gnd there can be no question that awery earnest retaliatory spirit was evoked, but in view of the fact that the polfey of those countries regarding our meats wis instituted o number of years ago the bearing of the new tarilf law on the matter cannot fairly bo given wery great importance. There is at leakt one encournging promise in relatlon to our European meat trage, and that is that Italy may be induced to abrogate the regulations prohibiting the importation of Ameri can meats into that country, negotia- tious tothat end, it is reported, being n nowin progress. This would make a matorial addition to our meat export and it would exert a more or less fa- vorable influence upon other European countries which exclude our meats. Meanwhile the vroducers of meatsin the United States will be reassured by the fuct that the foreign wadeis not declining, For the year snding June 20, 1890, the value of hog products ex- ported was in round numbers $85,000,000, which Was exceeded inonly two provi- ous ybars, 1878 and 1881, while the value THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: flEi)NESDAY. DECEMBER 31, 1 800, of boef products exported was the largest of record, 830,000,000, During the same yoar the exports of cattle reachoed the highest poiut in the history of our com- merce, $31,000,000. An enlargement of our markets is very much to bo de but an annual foreign trade in and cattle 000 must factory, red, meats nounting to nearly $150,000,- regarded be as highly satis- ————e NO DISEASED CATTLE. The Illinols board of live missioners are w: stock com- ging an unrelenting war on the sale of diseased cattle in the Chieago market. They claim to have a clear case ngainst one of the big four and show every indication of an honest intention to push it The Illinois offtcials will have the hearty approval and support of the stock isers of the west in their offort to keep the reputation of American boef above | “The prosent system of purchasing the reproach. oo much importance cannot I supplies for the various state institutions,” be attached to the case. It comesata | $8Y8 Mr. Steen, “is at best expensive, objec- timo when our ministers to Germany and France have about overcome the oh- Jections of those governments to the ad- mittance of our meat products, If the matter is settled inour favor now our stack raisers will enjoy the benefits of o largo and growing foreign mar- ket. If the greed of any of our large vpackers at this time should lead them to insist on put- ting their opinion of lumpy-jawed cattle ahove the laws of this and foveign coun trics the result is certain to be injurious and will be felt for a long time. It is undoubtedly the sentiment of a large majority of our stock raisers, shippers and packers thatany reasonable sacrifice shall bo made rather than that the reputation of our meat products should suffer. It is to be said to the credit of the South Omaha market that there never hus been any doubt about where it stood on the subject of questionablo cattle, Iivery man connceted with it, from the superintendent down, favors rigid in- spection and the prompt rojection of cat- tle that do not come up to the highest standards, The public wants no diseased cattle at home, and surely it is not wise to send any abroad AMONG the general duties of the state iditor, it is provided he shall adont such plans as he may deem expedient, for the support of the public credit, for lessening public expen: for using money to the b advantage, for pro- moting frugality and economy in public affairs.” Also, that when called upon to register *village or ity bonds,” (Sec. 29, Ch. 9) “*he shall examine all bonds andall proccedings relative thereto,” and if found proper and lawful, *‘shall, under his seal of office, certify uponsuch bonds that they have been regularly and legally issued.” There is not a shadow of authority in the code or constitution of the state making the auditor a me- dium for the delivery of bonds submitted to him for registration. Yet, Auditor Benton assumes the right to say that the Omaha viaduct bonds, given him for registration, must be delivered to the partios for whom they ave intended, and that ‘‘there is no power on earth that can deter the delivery of the bonds,” Thisis a pretty state of affairs. By what authority does the auditor under- take to say that the corporations have complied with the conditions essential to a legal delivery of the bonds? WHEN the Milwaukee and Rock 1sland companies abandoned the new bridge scheme and accepted the terms offered by the Union Paci warned them that they were placing their necks in a strangling halter. Events fully con- firm that prediction. Contracts or no contracts, Mr. Gould proposes to main- tain the Union Pacific toll gate in all its original effectiveness, COUNCILMAN MOREARTY is one of the loudest advocates of increased salaries for members of the council. Yet Mr. Morearty resigned a position in the county court worth $1,000 a year for a $€00 job in the council, And the mem- ber from the Seventh ward seems to have prospered amazingly by change. THE Union P: struction of ¢ provented the con- Nebraska Central the bridge, and now supplements the joh by denying eastern goads access to the city on terms to which its officers had agreed. The question is, what de- pendence can Omaha place upon pledges that are broken no sooner than they are made. Ir there are any morc city officials anxious for an adyance of salary they should not be backward in uvging their claims on the council salary grabbers, THE taxeaters are on deck onco more, and the so-called charter revision has degenerated into a wholesale raid on the taxpayers. To the assembled ropresentatives of the soap trust in Omaha, greeting: Here's soaping for better times, Tue hand is the hand of Clark, but the voice is the voice of Sidney Dillon, INGALLS hus arrived at Topeka. Let the battle proceed, Well, Hardly. Leavenworth Times, The campaign of *92 will not be a repetition of the campaign of 'S5, —— Probibition and Crime, Kansas City Times Criminal statistics oflicially prepared by the county clerks of Towa show thut pro- Libition’s alleged enforeement bas increased many fold the outlays and has added vastly to the burdens of taxation. What is true of Towa is equally true of Kansas, excopt where the returns are doctore . = A FAIR BiBLIOMANIAC, Jewm La Rue Burnett in Minse “Here in this dimly lighted room," (Thus spake w winso awrapped in solitude and gloom, he happy hours I pass In sweet communion all the day With the Aua whi With dre “AN I quoth her smiling audite As carelessly he ook (Tais devotee—a bachelort) wn from the shelves each book, hese leaves ave all uncut., I soe, 1 cannot compreb How you ), sir, vou kn Inéver cut a frieud ' sith she, THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS LOST, Land Oommissioner Steen Recommends a Central Supply Dopot. SUPPLIES FOR THE SUFFERERS SEIZED, ! Open A ng Session of the Twenty-Fifth aal Mecting of the Stato Teachers' Association— Odas and Ends. i Lixcows, Neb., Dec, 80.—Spocial to Tue | Ber.]—Tn his annual roport to the governor | Land Commissioner Steen makes the follow- ing interesting remarks favoring the estab- lishment of adepotof purchase and supply for the various stato institutions : tionable and radically wrong when viewed from an economic standpoint, and tho next session of the legislature should radically re- viso the existing methods of making these purchases, “Under the prosent sy and bids, while it is the intention of the to solicit open compotition, and overy pre tion and measure possible is taken by the | board of purchase and supplics to induco vho same, yet the bids are somanipulated by local dealers that this objoct 1s practically de- feated and the state compelled to purchase these supplicsata prico but litte, if any, | under the regular retail price of the goods bought. AThe present manner of purchasing theso supplies furuishes local dealers who have been awarded contracts very strong incen tive to attempt to fili contracts with gr of goods very much inferior in quali those called for in the contract, and in this way the state is very often imposed upon tly to the detriment of an economic ad- stration of the affuirs of the public in- stitutions, “Again, under the existing s nishing supplies, tho approp too frequently used in ke ception of char hideth a multitude of sin: ms for luxu- ries, priviloges and convenicnces that are alone enjoyed by theofticials and their friends are too often cloaked in under a claim for ‘board and _clothing,” ‘fuel and lights,) or some one of the other necessary funds appro- priated for the maintenance of the institu- stem of fur- ion funds are with that con- ares that ‘it ho establisiment of a centr chusé and supply depot for all sta tions these v: be effectuall 1 pur- institu- s avenues of expense would cut off, and the institutions would be well supplied withall the actual necessities of life d needod conveniences at a much less expense to the taxpayers of the stato. “An_additional and stronger reason for rvecommending a change in the manner of the purchase of supplies for the public institu- tious of the state is the fact that, if the pur- cnases for the various institutions weve all consoligated and made through one agency, they would ageregate to such large amounts that they could be_obtained at tho very low est wholesale and factory prices, theroby saving to the state the wholesale and retail profits that are now added to the cost of all supplies purchased. “The st legislature appropriated $ for the various state institutions for board and clothing, fuel and lights, furniture and bedding that thi aud ‘pants and oils. 1t 15 safc to say necessary supplies that should be purchased and furnished through a depotwould aggregate anunatly, It will bo readi vast business would lowest possible price upon the goods pur- chnsed. m confldent that the establishment of a e and supply depot would save to the 2 from 15 1o 20 per cent or more of the amount that is now expended annually in the supplies for the state institu- main- s over and above tho expense of ating such a depot. sider taining and opc “1do not wish to be ¢ d as crit ing the acts of any particular ofiic oficials, nor as censurine the managem any particular sthte institution. The pre: Luw Is_defective at its awud fails of a complishing v whicn it w. and iclous upon it sity I be cts aud irregularities of 1 would therefore I or it of ted themsely to me an absolute ne that other methods bo adopted that sh free from the d the system now recommend that, law be so amended that purchase and supply Lo established under the divect management and control of the board of public lands and buildings, that the board be authorized to_employ & Store- keoper and such other ussistants as the abso- lute requirements of the business demanded, that ail the state institutions bo furnished their supplies from such purchase and supply depot upou the requisition of the steward of each institution, countersigned and approved the superintendent, that all goods S0 sup- plied upon requisition be charged to the in- stitution receiving them at their actual cost price and an rate account be kept with cagh fnstitution so supplicd. Attorney General Leeso in his report to the governor most earnestly recommends the employment of a state purchasing agent, the argunients advanced coinciding with those given above by Steen, STOLE TUE SUPF Anact approaching outlawry 1s reported in conuection with the distribution of suppiies for the destitute from Chase county, A car- load of coal shipped from this city to the suf- ferers arrived at its destination, Venango, last Frid Settlers to the number of about twenty, including a justice of the peaco leader, 'took the coal by force after tne agent had forbidden them from medali th it while it was yet in the poss lington railroad, by which | ne it had ed to the county been L yet receipted lie people who waiting for thecoal persisted in unload- ing it, and when the agent demanded that the v threatened to shoot him if he per ] lod up their wa aad drove away mALter was reporio The Rl PRINCIPAL POINTS EAST, WEST, NORTH and SOUTH 1302 Farnam Stre Harry P. Deuel, City Pussenger and Ticket Agent. | gate and repor | in hearing further te & | his ! a Political Stand point.” and Superintondent Cale vort of the Burlingfyn is investigating the mattor, and it is probable that the hasty action will result in the arrest of those who foreibly took tbo ecal. R. R. Randall, as spocial representative of tho executive board af the relief commission, was sont {0 the front yesterday with instructions to investi- i Such acts may shut Chaso county out from receiving further supplies, thus compelling the innocent to suffer for the vandalism of a few as has been dono in seve cralinstances ro abuses of tho velief work hiave ac THE THOMPSON WILT CASR. Judge Stewart was engaged this morniag timony in the Thorp. son will case. dobn Thompson, the dovise under the second will, oceupied ‘the stand tho greater part of the morning, Ho said tuat fathor told him when ho left James' house that bis wife had refused to cook for him, and they cbarged him with being cruc to their children. Aftor he left James' the first time, ho wont back after his will and other papers, but clmmed that James de- clined to give them to bim, but instoad she him. The will first executed. in which Jamos gots the property, was_also offered in evidence, and tostimony regardingits validity and the coudition of the old man's facuities when ho made ity is being taken this aftor. noou, * A RODNER CAATURED, ¢ Abouta month ago Harry Lea #mployol in the barber shop of Neto*Mawk of Pome- roy, La,, skipped out after robbing his en ploye of a lot of tools and personal property, having broken into the shop at night timo and stolen them, Cards were sent out by Hawk and one of these fell into the hauds of Dotoctivo Malone, Ho discovered that Leo beon in Lincoln for a short time, and then had Malone followed on his trial, This was dono through a letter, and the detective found his man was ioeated at Geneva, Last night ho dropped down to the Jefferson county ropolis, found his man and brought_ him morning, It was a cever ive work and quiotly done The sheriff in Iowa has been notified ‘and ho is expected to arrive this afternoon. GENEROUS MINISTERS. vious ministors of ol was unanimously re-% men that they tender At a meeting of the v it Lincola y solved' by their ser 1n attending to the duties pro- vided thut the accustomed $00 salary for those services be donated by the legislature for tho aid of the favmers suffering_from tho effects of drought in southwestern Nebraska, LOST AN the eloven-year-o.d son of Mr, rouch, living at 1930 N streot, was ths victim of an accident caused by in: xeusible negligence on the part of some one, and from which he may lose the sight of his right eye. His mother had_sent him over to the drug store at Nineteenth and O streets after some medicine, and the ittle fellow was along the sidewalk at a rapid paco tloin his hand, when betwesn O Nineteenth street nhe foll into an unprotectoc v diteh head foremost, His face struck against the bottle or a sharp stone, cutting his right cheekto the bone and injuring the cye so badly that_the doctor in > feirs the bov will lose his sight. © his faco will be permanently dis- Ho was assisted to the darug store, attended to. The ditch ran dircetly ncross the sidewalk, and no lights were out, STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION, evening the opening session twenty-fifth annual meeting of the T Ganh a6 ARTBIRtIOn War N s university hall. Nearly every county in the state was represent 1t was an exception- aily fine appeering assemblage of ladies and gentlemen. Prof. A. B. Hughes, presided. The open- ing prayer wns by Rev, E. H. Curtls, Ad drosses of welcome were then made by Colo- nel Pace, W. W. W. Jones, Chancellor Bes- sey and Mrs. Emma Bdwards. Mrs. Miua Hopwood of Holdredge wade the response. The reports of the executive committeo and treasurer wero read, after which Prof. Hughes delivered an address, Aunouncements of committees were then made, after whicl formal adjournment_was made'and an informal reception occurred, Tomorrow’s session commences at 9 4, m. “The principal discussions during the morn- ing wiil be_*Shall the State Provide Con- ductors and Tnstructors for County Insti- tutes?”” “Shall the State Provide a Board of Education, and_How Shall it be Consti- tuted 27 “Phe Right Use of Words" will be a concluding essay by Miss Stacia Crowley esterday the clery of_chaplain, Law and M 1 Thi: of the State of Omaha. ~ Election of officors will then follow. In theeveving Hon.J. L. Webster will deliver an add ucation fre y th will be a morning, afternoon aud evening session. THE TARLEM COMPANY LAN This afternoon T, C. Shafter, in chancery, soLD. peclal mas- brought an end to the noted ter cattlo compan ling at te case of the Kit Harlem cattle company vendue the effce of entries, The Ity sold for $11,000. Tho land is in Hitehcock, Chase and Dunay counti WON'T PAY INKURAN Tho Travelers’ insurance company of Hart- ford, which was sued to pay the $5,000 in- surance on the life of Dr. Robbins, the sui- cide, refuses to do so. In its answer the company alleges that on June 17 Kobbins cut bis throat with a scalpel and that under the terms of the contract or policy the cow- pany is not liable for any death, accident or iability resulting from such act.’ LINCOL STREET RAT WAR, John Sheedy, who is fighting the Capita! Heights railway company in its attempts to lay a third track on Twelfth street between N and P, asks that the Lincoln electric strect railway company be attached for contempt of court in attewmpling 1o lay & third track de- spito tho injunction, Mr. Sheedy contends that since tho el mpany has absorbed the Capital Heights line it is culpable for dis- obeying the injunction of the court against Capital Heights line, At the meeting of the council last night it was decided to peremptonally put o stop to the laying of a third track in any street. STATE HOUSE NOTE The Tnternational Progressive association of Mansfield, O., has complied with the law governin ol societies and is authorized 10 do business in this stato The state board of transportation will hear arguments January 6 av 10 a. m. concerning its jurisdiction in regard to thecase of Remer vs the Chicago, IRock Island and Pacific rail- way company, in which a private erossing is asked for in a'Sarpy county farm. - Highest of all in Leavening Power.-—U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889, Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE OMATHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Babsertbed and Guarantsed Capital Paidin Capital..c.oee coveinns Buys and sells stocke aud bonds; negotiates commerolal paper, receives and executes {rusts; acts n® transfer agent and Wustos of norporations, takes charge of property, 0ol- lects Laxes, Omaha L.oan&Trust Co SAVINGS BANK. S, E. Cor. 16th and Douglas Ste “aid in Capital 8 5,000 Bubseribed and Guaranteed Oapital.... 100,00) Linbility of Stook holders. reees 200,000 6 Per Oont Interest-Paid on Deposits., FRANK J. LANGE, Cushler. Ofoers: A. U, Wyman, president. J. J. Brown, vioo-president, W. T. Wyman, troasuror. Dircctorsi—A. U, Wywan, J. U, Millard, J. J. Browa. Guy O, Burion, E. W, Nush, Thouss L. Kimoall, George B. Lake. s to the legislatrre free of chargo g% - the cancdilation ' <