Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 8, 1891, Page 4

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Dec Wedanesiny, Doc Thu rsdiy. Friday. I Euturday. ENT OF CIRUULATION Vs Average.. .. . T78CHUCK. Fworn to Yefore me nnd sunsoribed In mw pregence tnis sd day of Januury. A D.. 1501 I i N. P IviL, Notary Publio aka, 1 Daoglag, (5 inz duly sworn, de- s secretary of The Bee pany. that th I averize for Februnry, I for May, coples: fo c July, 140, 20,12 coples: for A ugust, 11 plos for"Fentemler. 180, 21,870 coples: for October. 160, 20772 coples: for Novemlcr, copies; for December. 180, SCITUCK. subscriled fn my cember. A. 1., 1803 NP e Notary Publio. Eworn tn befora me. an presence, thisilstany of I Sunday Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. ..28,780 ..26,829 27,672 ..28,908 THEOMAIA BEE has been the chief source of information respecting the movements of Indians, — Philadelphia “TH Burrows. constitution be THE Neb) slature is suffering from an overdose of boss lymph, It 15 0 mistako to suppose that Boss Burrows is “a bigger man than the con- stitution. THE abolition of Union Pacific grand divisions will causo a large reduction in official titles at least. = GOVERNORTHAYER'S messago is ready for delivery, but this legislature observes fow ofi the conventionalities, CHICAGO has established a branch office for the world’s fuir in New York. That is the refinement of cruelty. LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR JOIN is not an anarchist. thankful for such ble METRLE- Lot us be ngs as we have, South Dakota legislature is not a stion of haymakers, yet the ma- jority is cutting considerable senatorial Mellette, — THE domocracy is installed in power in Wisconsin, for the first time in eigh- teen yours, and Peck’'s Sun is in the ascendan THERE was onco a revolutionary legls- lature in Maine. Its leaders are forgot- ten, but they all lived to be ashamed of themselves. GOVERNOR HILL proclaims that he will not have a third term at Albany. 1t is equally true that he will not have a first torm ng Washington. Tie Alliance and democrats fused and organized the Minnesota legislature. In Nebraska the Alliance treated the demo- crats to an extraslarge slice of cold « Bhoulder. £ ALLIANCE legislators should remem- ber their onth to«the state of Nebraska a8 woll as that to their secret society. The former should be at least as bind- ing us the latter. ‘WirAThave the republican leaders in congress done to remedy the blunders of the party, or ¥ improve its position be- fore the country, since the election? Do they propose to do anything? LEADING democratic organs express grave foars that Secretary Blaine has plunged the country intoa sorfous pro- dicamentin the Behring sea dispute. It is a significant fact that the British press takes the same gloomy view. _ Bostox and Newi. ¥ ark-1ivs 1i o posi- Alouto Tone the Indian question very philanthropically. 1t is a good many years sinco the red man was driven from those neighborhoods by the rifle of the uncompromising forefather, who had no sickly nonsense in his composition, GOVERNOR HILL announces: ‘This is the scvonth and last yoar of my ser- vice as chief executive of the state.” In other words, David proposes to retire from ofiico long enough towrest tho democratic cham pionship from the ani- mated cyclopedia of William Street. TWENTY-NINE rallroads, representing 2,825 miles of roads, were foreclosed and turned over to creditors during the past year, Their aggregate debt in stock and bonds was §182,500,000, or a fraction over $47,000 per mile. This record is considered in friendly circles conclusive proof of hard times among the carrying corporations. As a matter of fact the per cont of failures among railroad com- panies is loss than in any other leading commercial pursuiz, The wonderisthat the ratio is not greater when account is taken of inflated capitalization, reckless management and the conspiracies of railroad wreckers. NO STAR-CHAMBER GOVERNMENT, No political ‘party in this eountry, cartying on business through oath- | = | bound associations, has ever been ablo MORNING | to attain supremacy, The star-chamber is o monarchial institution. In free | countriesall affairs that pertain to the public good can be profitably discussed in public, ‘ Th8 policy announced by the inde- pendentsat Lincoln yesterday isa rad- ical edeparture from all constitutional methods, It aims to put the caucus above the legislature, and to make the | decision of a secrot political conclave | suporior both to the mandates of the constitution and to the will of the law- | making body us ascovtained by & fair discussion and an untramelled vote. There has been nothing in state or notional politics o equal the cool effrontory of the moen who are directing the movements of the indevendent ma- jority in the legislature. At yesterday afternoon’s Speaker Elder ignored the tional requirement, as pointed him by Lieutenant-Governor john, and refused to read tho returns, even after he had broken the seals, Ho went further, and announced that there would be no on the floor among the independents and t all their differences would be settled in a secrot caucus, It was nlso authorit; tively stated that tho evidenco in the contest for governor would be passed upon by a joint committeo of fiftecn, as stated in Te B As we havo already shown, there is absolutely no warrant for this in the or- nic law, but the constitution has in effect been overturned and the rule of caucus sought to be orected in its stead. This is not all. It is also announced that Jay Burrows isseeking to exclude daily newspaper representatives from the house, This step if taken will be a surpation of power that is bound to rouct with tremendous foree upon thoso ponsible forit. It is ablowat liberty itself, as deadly as that of the infamous alien and sedition laws of John Adams, 3 nst any act that would dis braska and put her below the level of soventeenth century civilization, Honest men donot fear the light of day nor seck to accomplish their purposes in the dark. Loyal eitizens do not desiré to muzzle the press, which is the bulwark of liberty and the foo of oppression. We do not believe that 54 members of the house will forget their solemn oaths of office and their obliga- tions us citizens to this extent. The star chamber is morally if not legally a crime, and we do not believe thatthe Alliance members can much longer be held in lino to support it. session constitu- out to Meikle- discussions INTEREST IN THE EXPOSITION. Most of the governors rofer in their messages to the Columbian exposition and recommend liberal appropriations for state exhibits. The governor of Cali- fornia, in that spivit of broad genarosity which distinguishes the state, suggests that at least one million dollars should be appropriated to display California’s resources. The governorof New York recommends such logislation and liberal action as will enable the state to make a proper exhibit of its resources at the e position, and a similar recommend tion is made by Pennsylvania’s governor, These evidences of a hearty interest in the - success of the event that is to celebrate the d covery of America, while quite to have been expected, are still gratifying, and it is to be presumed that no recommen- dations will be more certain to receive the attention of the legislatur Every state should do all that the condition of its treasury will reasonably allow it to do inorderto have the fullest possible representation of its resources in the ex- position. It is impossible to say with any degree of certainty at this timo to what extent Europe will contribute to the fair. There have been thus far very fow intimations from abroad of any interest the event, and it is well understood that the disposition of European governments and business interests toward this coun- tey at present is not of the most cordial kind. A year may eflect a very decided change of feeling and the demand for spuce from abroad would bo dosived-orF supplied, but in any-event it is the duty of the states of the vnion to make the exhibit of their resources complete and exhaustive, and the promiso is that this will be done. Nebraskahas as much to gain as por- haps any other state, certainly as much as any western state, from an adequate display of her productions and the ro- sources of her soll, and while this may be dono at a comparatively moderate outlay, it will not be wise to adopt a na row or niggardly policy in the matter. It will be the duty of the presentlegisla- ture to provide for tho part that Ne- braska shall take in the Columbian ex- position, and the liberality of the provi- sion should reflect both the prosperity and the aspirations of our people. in PROGR OF BALLOT It It is probable that.me FORM. bl of the legisla- tures 0f 4373 present year will pass laws providing for ballot reform. In Penn- sylvania, Ohio and Illinois this question will be prominent in the attention of the legislatures, the governor of each of these states having strongly urged leg- islation the protect the purity of popu- lar elections. Inall of these states the better political element in both parties favors the reform, tho necessity for which grows moro urgent from year to year. In Pentsylvania particularly the great corporations have for years em- ployed corruption and intimidation in “election, by this means hold- ing in their interest all the powers of the state government—executive, legis- lative and judicial. They have been able toset at maught the constitution and tho laws so far as theyimposed any restrictions or regulations upon them and thus prey upon the people with im- punity, The condition of affaire in Ohio and Illinois has been very nearly asbad. The disgraceful frauds and cor- ruption of a few years ago, which woro publicly denounced by such leading democrats as Thurman and Hoadley, were but exposed examples of less bold and audacious out~ rages upon the ballot. It is safe to say that there has notbeena uniformly fair and honest election in i of his party, as it has basn Ohio in a dozen yoars. While there have not been disclosed in Tllinofs uny’ such extreme and violont election abuses ns in Ohlo, it is unquestionable that they enter into every election in that stato Yo' an extént that fully justifies thé demutid for reform, The very noatly universal interest that is taken in this iraportant’ subject is altogether reassuring to those who are concerned for sthe ‘verpstuity of republican government. Its serious agitation has extended over only a few yea but in that time it has drawn to its sup- port the most intelligent and patriotic sentiment of the country. Men of this cluss now sco that it will bo impossible to maintain free institutions unless the voter is fully protected in the exercise of his right and his vote is fairly counted, and so widespread has this feol- ing betome that it is only a question of time when laws to secure the purity of the ballot will bo general. " The republican party of Nebraska is committed to ballot reform, and unques- tiohably a very large majority of tho people of the state are in favor of it. Wo have had no such dem / xpe- riences with election frauds and corrup- tion as some other states, nor is it de- sirable to wait for them before adopting laws to socure fair and honest elections. The prosent logislature is expocted to put Nebraska 1n line with the states that have provided for the protection of voters and the purity of the ballot. THEY MUST SURRENDER OR FIGHT. The situation of affairsin the Indian territory is very critical. Matters must immediately take a decisive turn one way or the other, Tho Sioux are on the h, well armed and mounted, and the lives of thousands of me.a and women are endangered. The interests of the ction surrounding the seat of war de- mand that the grave danzer should be dispelied, either by the nnconlitional surrender of the Indians, or by their crushing defeat at the hands of the army. This is no tion, or for stract problem time for essnys investiga- on the ab- of Indian manage- ment. Neither {8 it important now to discuss who is to blame for the prosent situation, or how it could have been averted. It is quite probable ‘that if Genoral Crook had lived he could have exorted his potent influenc, with the red men and saved bloodshed. How- ever that might have been, the fact ro- mains that the army has a mc problem to solve now by the mothods of war. And the methods now are far different from those which would be employed against an Anglo-Saxon foe. > General Mifes is an old Indian fighter and knows the peculiar cnaracteristics of the men he has to deal with, e knows they are not amenablo to the laws of civilized warfare, and that no treaty of peace has any value so long as they are armed and ready to fight. ‘With them a flag of truce is an oppor- tunity for trenchery, and prisonors of war are invitations to m cre. The recollection of the battles in which Fet- terman in 1857, and Custer in 1872, ware betrayed and slaughtered should con- vince every citizen and every soldier that there is but one way to deal with the present crisis. Tae battle of Wounded Knee was another ox- amplo of Sioux trenchery under a flag of truce, Captain Wallace was murdered with a war club as the pon- alty for giving Big Foot the opportunity of an honorable surrender. Wostern men and women realize only too vividly the possibilities which may follow further attempts at peacoablo sot- tlement. They know the danger of the enemy dividing into small bands that could defy pursuit, breaking throwgh the cordon of troops and sweeping south- ward to ravage and burn and kill every- thing they found unprotected in their path. From the horrors of such an in- vasion they earnestly pray to ba deliv- ered while there is a chance. For these reasons the Indian must be forced to lay down his arms and give up, or the troops should ret the ment X A, uelty tl tho srvago foos of ,and not to the innocent mon, women and children of Nebraska and tho Dakot: THE DEMOCRATIO IDEA, The New York Sunis today, as it has always beon, tho consistent advocate of the purest strain of Jeffersonian demoo- racy. Tt never lowers its flag to the passing storm, and overy itom of current politics is measured by itsanciont demo- cratle maxims, Thus when it was an- nounced that Senator Padlock had asked for anappropriation to furnish sced to farmers in western Nobraska the Swun promptly announcad that this gov- ernment is not a poor houss and talked in this heartless fashion: ‘Wohaveno doubt of the worthiness of the farmers of easterr, Colorado and western Ne- ka, butit is no business of the United ates to buy them seed. Evory tab is sup- posed to stand on its own bottom in this country. A farmer failing in his business is no more deserving of assistance from thegov- ernment than an unsuccessful banker or broker. Suppose there was a strike among the car drivers of this town, and they wera unsuccessfil, out of work, in nood of ns- sistance. If John has a right to havo thegov- ernment take up a colloction for him, 80 has Thomas; and if the uafortunates in one call- ing aro to be helped, tho unfortuuates in other callings must bo helped aso. It may properly bosuid in roply that the government does a large regular business in the distribution of seed, in good times and bad, and that it has frequently given temporary aid to citi- zens who have suffered from disaste*, ns in the caso of floods on the Mississippi, where vast sums have beon expended for levees and to maks up the losses of sufferers. But the Sun’s comment carries a doeper meaning to the student of politifh. In opposing an appropriation to furnish sced to wostern farmers the elitor of that organ states the creed interprotod by every famous demosrat from Jolfor- 502 to Calhoun, and from Calhoun to Carlisle. Damocracy is opposed to any broad application of national powersand in favor of a ngid constraction of the constitution. At this point it clashos hopolessly JANUARY( 8 with the minitiest tondency-of the times, which is growing apidly in the diret- tion of nationd] control and supervision of all instaetions’ that concorn large bodies of the piblies The democratic part, Is , the logieal opponent of every progressive mdvoment of the It its ideas prevailed there could’ba ho postal tolograph, no ifigh banks, no government ship gy ‘control of railroads, nor even any,; vegulation of monopolies. “Every tub must stand on its own bot- tom,” and the consequences must take "o of themselves. And yet tho demo- ats claim to'bo own brothors to the Farmers’ Alliance, its natural protoctors and legitimate bene! es. But by whatsubtle rule of mechanics can it ever hope to dovetail Thomas Jeffor- son's declaration of principles into the Ocala platform? They are as wide apart as the poles, The fact is that the bourbon democrats who run the Alllance in the south and the even-ribbed republicans who run it in the west, can er move togethor under tha democratic flag. Democracy has bencfitted temporarily from tho Alliance, but if the principles of the new movement correctly reflect tho senti- ment of the times the party of Jefforson, Dana and D. B, Hill must go out of busi- ness in the near future. HE ADMITTED RgPUDIATION, On the eve of the election for viaduct bonds, November 27, 1889, John M. Tharston, on behalf of the Union Paci- fic, addressed a meoting of citizens at the real estato exchange. After e plaining the bond proposition in detail, Mr. Thurston coneluded with the follow- ing exposition of what the Union Pacific would do, und his sentiments wore pub- licly approved by Messrs. Holcomb and Kimball, officers of the company: *“Now, gentlemen,” saia Mr. Thurston, drow a portion of that proposition which pro- vided the mannerof securing to the people of this city the occupancy of that depot and the use of the bridge by other railroad companies on just and equitable terms. Isaid to our peo- ple that the citizens of Omaha had a right to require @ promise upon our part and the means to be provided by which they could ba fairly well satisfied that thero would be noth- ing putin tho way or could be nothing put in the way by the Union Pacific company to prevent other companies coming into the depotand from using the bridge on just and equitable terms.” Thirteen months later Mr. Thurston, ain g8 representative of the Union Pa- ystunds in the federal district court practically repudiating the contract th the city of Omaha, and denouncing as illegal a document drawn by himself. The report of the court proceedings on this point is ns follows: ing asked by Mr. Poppleton if tle Union Pacific would comply with the ordinance of tho city and the conditions under which the bonds were voted for the viaduet, Mr. Thurs- ton expressed thd opinion that the compa had no legal right to make any such acon- tract, but ho had no doubt that it would be able to give suMiclont bond to guarantee com- pliance with the torms of the agreement re- garding the admission of other roads tothe depot. Continuing, he snid that in his opinion it would be. thebest thing for the Union Pacifieif the proceedings now being had, to provent the delivéry of the bonds, were suc- cessful; it would bo. vo the advantage of the Union Pacific company. This public repudiation of the con- tract with the eity is ample justification for the proceedings taken to prevent the delivery of the bonds. Thero is no longer uny doubt of the purpose of the Union Pacific to maintain the bridge ombargo, theremoval of which is essen- tial to a compliance with the city con- tract. It behooves the city ) to meet this issuo by withdrawihg the bonds. The recent experience of New York with Pinkerton’s ruflians calls forth a vigorous demand for legislation from Governor Hill. During the New York Central strike the Pinkertons repeated on a larger scale their infamous conduct in Nebraska and steeped their hands in the blood of innocent people. Every state is bound to maintain law and order, to protect life and property. Failure to do so, renders it liable for damages. The practice of permitting armed bodies of men to enter a state at the behest of corporations is not only a menace to good order, but an insult to the lawful authorities that should be vigorously resented. The Pinkertonsare i ponsible ruffians, who do not hesi- tate to commit crime for pay, and every state should enact special laws to guard the public against this and like gangs of desperadoes, THE last days of Governor Thayer’s term of office have been extremely cred- itable to him. He has followed his ne- tivity in the interests of the suflerars by the drought with promnt und energetic action in getting the state militia to the front for tho protection of anothor class of gir citizens. Meanwhile, ho has been busy at the same time with the prepara- tion of his annual messago and with other dutiesinvolved in the assembling of a very important session of the legis- lature. Governor Thayer’s administe tion will bo long remembored for its vigorous and pablic-spirited qualities, LAWYERS are bombarding congress in opposition to a nytional bankruptey law, asserting that it would precipitate a new series of business failures. The public is left in the dark as to what “*business” would be affoctddi Undor the present order of thingg, fhe lawyers take the kernels, the eraditors the husks. A uniform natiomkl'system of dealing with business failurgs yould doubtless effect this division ofsthe spoils. W live in fAting times, Omahu is bounded on thermerth by an Indian war, on the east bysa railroad fight, on the south by a Kansus blizzard, and on the west by a revolutionary legislature, When four live governors are added to this combination ol sensations it is easy 0 500 that Omaha is just now an inter- esting place to live in, FIELDGROVE of Buflalo is missed from tRe present house, not only on account of his rich German wit, but also for his old-fashioned horsa sense. THE frayed remnantof the combino was hopelessly Lostin tho shuftie, Ti tone of the English press on the latost phase of tho seal fisheries dispute isnot sarprising, Every Amovican who has takon wdocisive stand in defense of American rights agalnst Beitish on< &ronchments is invariably denouncod -ag a “tricky politician,” a “jingo statos man,* and bidder for “the. Irish . vote,”! In the present ease thero is no attempt to confute the voints raised by Secrotary, Blaino nor to seriously quostion, the position of this government, The Tony don papers rosort to the old trick of bo- fogging the ‘issuo and appealing to anglomaniac sentiment. They have mi n their man, They are not deals ing with a spineless Bayard, but with an American of Americans, possessing the courago and ability to maintain Ameri- n rights against ail comes THE organization of the new council is amarked improvement over the old. The majority responded to public do- mands and pushod to the rear the job- bers and mercenaries who forn year scandalized the city by selfish scheming. ‘While it is not possible to forecast the outcome of the change, the lesson of the past is a warning to the majority that their publie life will be measured by their zeal in behalf of the whole people. Extravagance and recklessness in the management of tho city's affairs will bo followed by vigorous retribution at tae polls. FROM a party standpoint it is best that the republicans are relieved of divided responsibility in ‘city affairs. The democracy is in complete control of city oftices and will be held toa strict ac- counting for its management of the public interests. Meanwhile the repub- lican party, relicved of the who love the party for the revenue there is in it, will heal the wounds of faction, and present, ten months hen an ag- gressive front to “‘their friends tho enemy.” a ACCORDING to the double-decker the defunct council combine made a magnifi- cent record. It did. And the capstone of that record, in the private opinion of the d.-d., was the voting of §5,000 of the tax- payers money into the pockets of the double-deck Surely the combine de- served a complimentary obituary at the hands of its organ THE recent political awalkening among the farmers hus inspired new hopes in the bosom of Mr, Powderly, He pro- poses to turn the Knights of Labor into u political organization and has called a series of conventions during the year to “formulate a political platform.” The success of the movement remains to be seen, Mi. CHAF experience as presid- ing ofticer of the defunct combine emi- nently fits him to discharge the onerous duties of chairman of the committee on rules. What he does not know about rules isn’t worth knowing. MCLEARIE lost tho waterworks com- mittee, but captured the boulevards. Perhaps a few hydrants can bo planted there in the dim and distarlt future, As chairman of the committee on nd additions Mr. Davis’ versatil- ill have free scope. Tom DAILY'S democracy was not questioned, but his patriotism wasn’t the right brand. A 1 erennial Appetite. St. Joseph Herald. The great and greedy Pullman car com- pany has ordered a reduction in wages. Like an overfed stomach, it is never satistied. T SR The Degrees of Goodness. t. Lows Globe-Demoerat, The next best thing to a dead Indian s an unarmed one; and still better than that is one who has 1o carn his living by the labor of his own hands, e S All Have Seen Thel hilacdelphia Press. A New York correspondent, describing ex- President Cleveland, refers to his “large, ap- preciativeeyes.” The publichas heard enough of Mr. Cloveland's large, appreciative “I's. —— The Detective as He ls. Chicaan Tribune, First Detective—Bill, 've got a first-rate clue, but T can’t follow it up. Second Detective—Why not?”? “Cause it doesn’t jibe with the boss' the- ory. - HINTS TO LAW Wahoo Wasp: Ou general pri 3 Anything demanded by the people in ceneral 1s likely th be a wise isure, but anything asked by a lobby should be stecred clear of, Grand Islaa ndependent: An alliance legisiature may learn that there is still such 4 thing, figuratively speaking, as killing the goose that lays the golden egg. Unsatisfac- tory as present comaitions are, it will be found very easy for ignoranco to bring about a very much worse condition of affairs, Hastings Nebraskan: Among the many important bills that will be introduced in the legistaturae this winter is the bill appropriat- g $15),000,000 to make an, exhibit at the World's Columbian exhibition. So far uscan be learned there will be littlo if ‘any opposi- tion to such a bill providing the bill makes it ain that the funds will not be misused. he bill, which has beon published in sev- eral duilies w tho state, has “the right ring about it, and places the proper safeguards wbout the money Norfolk Journal: TheJoural finds_these items of comfort in contemplating the farmer logislature, While thero will be a sprinkhng of crazy-hoaded, loud-mouthed fellows among them, it belioves the major part will not be looney, but will show themselves to ba cloar- beaded, level-minded men who believe in taking & 1ook beforo thoy takea jump. They will also find it easier to carry through some needed articles of legislation, on account of a stronger fecling of independence, than cither of theold partios would do. We may say what we will, but old acquaintances and fricndships do influence the actions of most veople, Beatrice Democrat: Considerable specula- tion isindulged in just now, as towhat the legisiature will do this winter in the matter of passing stringont usury laws. So far as the legitimate bankers are concerned, such & law would be totheir bonefit. It would drive out of businoss all tho fellows that are loaning monoy at 2and § per cent a month on chaitel secur d would probably have the effect of running that money through the banks, though it would doubtless keep out & great deal of eastern money. Whilo it seems that something should be done to curb the greed of the shylocks that foast upon the necessities of their fellow meu, the man who loans money above the legal rate, takes des- perate chances, besides having to accept the poorest security. XEWS OF THE NORTHWEST. Nebraska, A now Christian. church Murray i astings colloge oponed. its winter term fuesday. Ashland ladios have formed a non-partisan W. C.T. U North Bend . claims ,$15,000 worth of I provemonts last yoar. Cedar county paid -out about $1,500 last year in wolf bounties. The wéek of prayer 1s being geuerally ob- sorved by churches in the state, The Allianco land office forvo was reduced to one clerk. So was thatof C Thirteen sottlers fleelng Tudiar country passed through Superiogyon Mon on their way to Concordin. A largo number of new scholars entered the normal school at Fremont, which organ iz0d its classes on Monday. Somebody distributed poison so genorously around Dakota Ciiy that the dogs got hold of itand a number have died. The county seat of McPherson has boen d and platted. Copies will be filed in Tnited States laud olice. The foundation of Kearney’s cotton mill is nearly completed and - several courses on the superstructuro at one end alveady laid. Mers. Ogden of Carleton, aged sixty-five, is progressing well after the removal list Sat- "‘I'vl. v of an ovarian tumor weighing thirty: it pounds, he channel of the will be built at Missouri 18 shifting from the Nebraskaside opposite Covington and hoading towards the lowa bank at Gumbo Point Cedar county has paid out since June 1 last over &35,000 for roads, bridwes, ete. Tho tax list for 1859 was &61,000 aud all but § been collected. Crooked work among Chase county is hiinted at in the parchuse of a Buil £1,500, which is said to bo worth ouly There is talk of an investigation, Nebraska City packed 55,000 hogs between ovember 1 and Decembor 31, an increase of )00 for the correspondiug term last year. is makes it rank fourteenthas a packing v §i00. The widogy of Ernest Feidler, who suicided near Plitte Center last Friday, tried to mate in 0 cook stove Tuesday’ morniug, She was removed to the Columbius jail o raviug maniac. W Mihills of Norfolk sold to S. B. Micham of Creighton, for 81,200, the yearling, standard rogistered 'bay colt {hiot Goo: enough, The colt was sired by RRoscoe, dam Katie Henry Cleveland's toam ran away in Cole- ridge, county, while his daughter was driving. Shejumped out with a baby in her arms and a legof the infant was boken at the thigh, The Swift packing company of Ashland is ready for the ice harvest. Last weeic the payroll comprised 150 carpenters, twelvo teamsters, five brick masons, four machinists and seventy-four labor Joseph D. Munell, who built the ol politan hotel in Lincoln, the first en in that city, diel Tuesday of paralysis. He went 1o Lincoln in 1569 and*was enjzgod in the lumber business, Mr, Monell was sev- enty-th ars old. Ravenna tns great hopes, will build a large hotel assoon us the weathe permits. A business block of brick will be put up and other buildings projected, € zens will vote on the question of issuing bonds to bay for new waterworks, Nebraska City’s council levied a tax of over $68,000 on Sixth street property to pay for paving the district. Bonds to the amount of $14,000 were orlered issued to go towards meeting this expenso. They will bear 7 per cent interest from Maroh 1 and run for nine years, Chris King leaped from a_horse morth of Syracuso last Saturday, breaking the bones of the right log short off below the knee, so that they protruded through the flesh. 'In that condition he crawled within hailing dis- tance of the houscof William Buxton, by whom he was cared for. Carl Starm, 0 respected citizen of Homer, was attacked in his_harness shop Sutarday night by s gang of hoodiums nambe dozen or more, They insulted the ow threw things around. When he remon- strated he and his workmen were pelted with rotten eggs. The marshal was unableto put a stop tothe maliciousaess, sdward Mumford, twenty years old, died n Beatrice from the' eff of injurics re- ceived while riding a spirited horse with some companions. The horse snied against a wite fenco and sawed the leg of the rider, Both fell over the fence and the young rnan was paralyzed, He was the sonof - a widow who was i pioncer of the county. i ames Ritterand Clint Gehman from Lyons with ahunting party. Ritter mistools his friend’s gamo bag for a rabbit and blazed away at it while Gehman was wling through a weed patch. Gehman gotu doseof twenty-five shot that scattered from his loft kuce tothe top of his bead, His lefteye came near Wing put out, but he is able to b abbut now, Otoe county commissionors received bids from fourteen candidates for_superintendent oftho poor. The salary asked ranged from &0 to $1,100 a year. The present incumbent, J. M. Roland, now gets $1,100, butis willing to work for 00 less. Last year the county farm paid the cost_of keeping the inmates and came within §100 of paying the superin- tendent’s salary besides. cndinaviaus of Washington county have organized a mutuul fire insurance company, Tho officers are Berthol P, Miller, president; Otto Neilson, vice president: Soren Rass mussen, secretary ; trustees, Peter RRassmus. sen and Huns Andewson in’ addition to the above and Nels Anderson, treasurer, The executive committeo are Chris B. Hansen and Ole Anderson of Washington, Fred Dexter, the Northern Pacifie engineocr who was_ recently killed at T lived in Liacoln for fiftéen years, His death was heroic. His train beeame unmanageable on a grado and away. All of ti jumped and ped njury, but ho ren blowingz a'warning whistle Totro- The B, & M. went_out to k and he went down to death in the William Reifl, the ten-yeur-old son of Frank Reiff, an old settler living at Wacapanca, six miies from Hartin ston, shot and - instantly killed himself Monday ‘nignt. Itis supposed that while cleaning his riflo _the boy blew into the barrel, not knowing it was loaded, and the gun was discharged. Two of frout teeth were broken by the bullet, which lodged in his brain. ous. “The Plattsmouth Journal reads tho pol of that city m lectuwe on- aceonmt of tho dry gingand robbery of & man thore fn broad light last Satunday, It says that the erimo was undoubtedly committed by a pang | of loafers who ought 1o be arrest s Vi | grants. e Journal denws this conclusion ses -of a “simitar character hgve become quite frequent of late, dnd unloss the guil parties are brought to justice the publio wil have a right to believe ‘that the police wink at such fniquity." Tho North Bend ditch is giving the Dod, county supervisors s lotof trouble, - The | veyors estimates that the second assessn on” account of it will amount to #1,005, A good deal of feeling over it has been aroused. The Fremont Ilail thus comments on it: “The diteh question has grown to immonse proportions, Tothe shorifs fes of §300 must be added witnesses £100, pay for supors | visors 8500 and 50 down the list. And it is | 011 owingr to the kick of cortain farmors who, to save themselves an exponso of 16 or §20, not only incur a porsonal expense of fully that amount, but an outrageous exponso on tho county in g The diteh fight | bas been ond of tho most causeless and in- consistent of ail controversies ever nrising in the county, and it1s hoped no more will ever arise. If farmers profor to dwell forever in the muck and water rather than_pay a fair tago of oxpenses of buildig o should be permitted to do so. And jghbors who are unwilling suffor- ors caunot stand it, they should pull out and tavethem to the frog, the muskrat and glory." Death was jinstantane owa. The Fort Dodge packing hous: business for the season on Monda, The new court house of Wayne connty was | formally opened on Monday, It cost 2,000, The averago number of veterans the Marshilltown Soldiers' home during Decom- ber was 410, The ordinaneo o except drug stores forced in Fort. Dodg. The railrond commissioners have approvod the plap fora visduct eighty feet wide ut Cedar Rapids over the railroal tr: Dr. J. O, Shanks, who had f thirty years in and near Woc dropped dead Sunday night just after ing u eall, Examinations for admission to th ate dopartment of the University Northwest began yesterday, Tho ance will be doublo that of last year. Terrible ravagesof diphtheria aro reported on the county lines of Cuss, Montgomery aid Adams, near the town of Grant. Ten new cases reported Saturday snd seventeon deaths resumed losing all business n Sunday, will bo on- in tho neignborhood of W hiting are orcanizing weo committen to pi tect thomselves against hog thieves. ‘wo facmers named Utterback and Dourstéin lost sixty hogs during the last storm Willism Hinsley is on_trial at Villisea for an assault ona Miss Ashmore, blind girl She claims tho _assault was mude whilo he WIS dcconpany ing in about 3 oclock a.m., one morning last weck, George R. Pearsons has ted big ditch on his Humboldt will bedug in the springand is to be threo miles long, five and a half feot deep, six fect wide at the top and one ana a half at tho bot- wn. The land to bedrained by this ditch was once covered by & body of water calied Owl lake. Some years ago” Mr, Pearsons climed it by drainage. The diggiug of this itch will place this farm am the dryess las the richest 1n the state. Tho lowa Millers' association will hold its annual meeting at the Masonic Temple in Des Moines, January Ina circular sent to the millers and mill owners in Towa invit~ ing them to be presort, appears ing: rtain influen coshave againstus with tho farmers and members of the Farmers' alliance, when m fact and jo truth the associations' aroas nen niike aggfin be. Let the members of the Farmers’ linnce understand this and to be sure t 0, they are hereby invited to attend thi meeting and be satistied.” R HER MISFORTU) for o ounty farm, It The Countess d'Ursal Makes a Patilp Effort for a Divorce. Row, Jan, 7.—[Special Cablogram to Tun Brk. | ~The council has pronounced in favor of the validity of the marriagze of Count Ursal of ranco and Mavie d'Ursal, neo Davis, of New York. The marriage took place in 1565, and in 1878 the countess eloped with a | man named Usay. squently contrac a civil marrisge in Switzerlwd. In the countess endeavored, in I'rance, to secur ananaulment of her first marriage withon success. Then she came to this ity and o listed the influenco of her sisters, Marchioness Cavotte, the Duche aud the Countess Scila in_her behalf. I spite of the efforts of these ladies an advers( decision has been rendered on the appeil made by the Countess d'Ursal to counal What Sunol Cost ionner. New Youx, Jan, 7.—(Special Telogr: Tie Bre.]—The exact price Robert Bong pald for Sunol has been made public catalogue he has just issued of the trotting stock at his farm noar Tarrytown. Ina fatory memorandum Mr. Bonner states that sinoe’ 1ssuing his last previcus catalogue h has added to his collection Sunol, 2:10'¢, the fastest maro ever foaled except Maua S; Ansel, 2:20, by Eloctioneer; Reverie, o year- ling, 2:06; ‘Adfred S, 2:161, anda num other horses brod on his farm, Mr. Be remarks that in view of the num Jl eous statemoents published concerning tho mue it wight bo well to state that ho pail £41,000 10 Goveraor Stanford for Sunol, Just $1,000 more than he paid Me. Vanderbilt ~ for 185 Long Term. ~In the senato this morming the Idaho senators drew ballots with the result that Shoup secured the loug aud MecConncll the short torm, el Senator MePherson's Condition. Wasmixaros, Jan, he condition of Senator McPherson is much lmproved this ntring. rox, Jan, Highest of all in Leavening Power.—U. S. Cov't Report, Aug, 17, 1889, NEBRASKA National Bank U.‘ 8. DEPOSITORY, OMAHA, NEB. Capital, $400,000 SurplusJan, 1st, 1890, - B7,800 4 Dixectors--1i 1, Voo e asld . Morse. John_8. Colliny Patrick. W, I 8. Tlughes, o THE IRON BANK, ' Corner 12th sud Farnam Sty, A General Bunking Business Transacted. DRINK EXCELSIOR SPRINGS ¥. e’ WATERS "% Saline Nature's Tonic, Diuretic and Uric Solvent. SOLD ONLY IN BOTTLES BY C B. MOORE 4 CO., Agts. I5I5 Dodge OMATHA. LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Bubsoribed and Guaranteed Capital. Pald in Capital S A Buys and sells stocks and bonds; negotia tos ommerelal paper, rocelves and exceutcs rusts; nets a® transfer ngent and srustee of » rporations, takes charge of property, o Locts taxes 500,000 + 450,000 Omaha Loan&TrustCo SAVINGS BANK. S, E. Cor. 16th and Douglas Sts. “aid in Capital 26,000 Subseribed wnd Gu 100,00) E D00 vanteed Oupital. . 'ald on Deposits, FERANK J. LANGE, Cuslier. A U. Wyman, president. J. J. Brow vice-pregident, W. T. Wymnn, treasurer. Directors:- 3. U, Wyman, J, 1. Ml 3.3, Browa, Guy O, Barwo, B W. Nash, Thoss L. Kimoall, George B. Lake