Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 19, 1891, Page 4

THE DAILY BEE E llOHEWA’]'EH. Emron, e e e e PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION, afly and funday, One Yoar ix months. . [hree months funtay Hee, o6 Yeiar eekly Hee. Ono Year. Omah CORRESPON B All communications relating to news and Horinl matter should bo addressed to the torial D rtment. S1D LETTERS. All businoss letters and remittunces should e nddressed to The Bee Publishing Com pany. Omaha. Drafts, chocks an flico orde 10 be made payable 0 the or fin;ysec Publishing Company, Proprietors, The Heo Bld'z, Farnam and Seventeenth 8ts STATEMENT OF CI " Dovieian | 99 . Taschuck, secrotary of The Bee Fublishing compuny. Goes solemnly awens at the retual eireulation of THE DAILY Brk {or' the ‘weex ending Jandary 17, 1801, was as fol lows Eunday. e EWOIN Jan. 1 Average.. Gronar B. TZSCHUCK. Fworn 10 Yefore me and subscribed in m resence tnis 17th Aay of Janyary. A, D.. ) IERAL. | . P, FEIL, Notary ‘Yabila’ Ftuteof \.w..ku. County unu.umn- }"" George B, Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- fyn- and £nys that ne is se etary of The Bee ctual average BEE 10,566 \i61 covles: for. Aprl 1860, ublisbing Compnny, that the ally circulat! for " the month coples; for for March, 1600, 20,764 cop'es; 14 ry 1660, 20, 3 cor for-Eent 70 cople lurncmvmr 1600, 20.7(2 copies; for Novem b coples; for December, 1800, Growar B, n o Yetore me and subs rived i my v this: xmunyorn.-wnnw A Do lon ot Jummry‘ February, 180, 1800, i D, Koci confesses that ho smoothed bis way to fame with glycerine, Tur United States senate worked 80 hours Saturday. Even the heathen Chinese will take off his hat to that per- formance, THE hatchet is buried on the frontier. It is to be hopéd that it will never be dug up again this side of the happy hunting grounds. FARWELL, loth to say farewell, is said to have an optic on the Chicago mayor- ulty, a place for which the supply al- rendy exceeds the domand THE news of ex-Governor Thayer's sorious illness will be learned with re- gret by all the people of the state, with- out distinction of pacty. MINN A claims the biggest land- slide of vecent years, If it is bigger than the landslide of a certain cold day last November we don’t want to sce it. THE legislature should not forget that itis an expensive luxury at $2,000 a day, and that it would be becoming to give the people something for the money. IT is o grievous wasto of enorgy for Omaha to send missionaries to China while the state capital affords sucha vast uncultivated fleld for human en- deavor. SIDNEY DILLON is at Washington, working for the extension ot thte Union Pacific debt. There is some probability that Mr. Dillon will find that he has fallen upon evil times. Tax prohibitionists have decided to publish a daily newspaper in Boston. It 18 to be foared that even free coinage will Aot incrense the currency fast enough 10 meot their demands, THE fact that every corporation in the railroad syndicate carries a. keen-edged toothpick in its sleeve foreshadows a spirited cutting match before the pool becomes a thing of life. IT 15 & wise political party that cheer- fully bows to conditions as they are, and notively works to fulfill the pledges made to the paople. Any party which attempts to override law and the popu- lar will is doomed to early death. TaE honors and attentions paid to ex- Lieutenant Governor Meiklejohn are the more gratifying because they evidence public regard for the official who fear- lessly upholds the faw and faithfully de- fonds the will of the people legally ex- pressed. THE proposition to increase the dis- trict judges to thirty, instead of twenty, should be cavefully considerea in all its bearings. It would add $25000 to the expense account of the state, but it would furnish a relief to suitors that is undoubt- edly demanded. Nebraska courts are crowded with business, and the people refused to increase the number of su- premo judges at the last election. The present measure deserves to be well de- bated, however, before it is accepted. with the encouraging news from France that there is promise ofan early modification or removal of the restrictions upon the importation of American meats into that country comes the statoment that the pork packers of Canada ave demanding an increase of duties on pork products from the United States, The packers of Canada claim that under the existing taviff rates there they have no protection whatever from the competition of the American packers, and that as a conse- quence the latter practically control the Canadian market, They will therefore bring all possible pressure to bear at the coming session of purlisment for a higher rate of duty on all pork, and there will also be an cffort made to put some restrictions upon the competi- tion in mess beef, which is largely in favor of American shippers. In view of the strong sentiment in Canada in favor of a policy of tariff retaliution, it would not be at all surprising if the packers succeeded in obtaining the protection they want, with the result of materlally reducing our Canadian beef and pork trade. ~ ANOTHER REVOLUTIONARY SCHEME. The two houses of the legislature will meet in joint convention to- morrow to determine the contest over: the wvarious executive officers. Under the law governing con- tosts for executive offices the speaker of the house will preside, and the members are to act as judge and juryin rendering their decision. 1t is proposed and urged by the law- yers who have earried on the contest for the independents that the depositions in the contest case be referred to aspec committee and that this committee shr report ity findings to the joint convention for ratification. In other words, it is provosed that the legislature shall delegate the duty devolving upon its members, ind vidually and collectively, to a packed jury of 15 men, organized from the out- set to return a verdict which bas been agreed upon by a caucus of one party only, and possibly only a domineering fraction of that party, under whip and spur of paid attorneys who have reck- lossly misrepresented the testimony ad- duced. ich a scheme is revolutionary and at variance with the plain letter of the law and spirit of the constitution. The law di that the legisiature shall hear and detormine every contest over an exec- utive office. How can the legislature hear un! overy word of the testimony is read within the hearing of its members. Will it take any longer to read the testimony before the legislature than it would before the committee? Would any man of honor feel justified in voting away the right of any man who has re- coived a plurality of the votes castin November without hearing the evidence? Twenty years ago, when the logisla- ture of Nebraska impeached the gov- ernor and auditor for malfeasance in office, the final verdict was only reached after a five months’ session. Every word of testimony, verbal or otherwise, was heard by the senate before it came to a vote, and nobody cven dreamed of pro- posing that a committee should usurp the functions devolving upon the whole body acting in the capacity of a jury. OThe anarchists who are prompting the legislature to revolutionary proceedings have not only arged that the hearing and findings of the contest shall be handed over toa packed jury of fifteen but that the committee shall dispense with the reading of the testimony, and 1n its stead take the garbledand perverted briefs prepared by the lawyers who at the outset of the session ad- vised them to trample the constitution under foot, ignore tho lawand set at defiance the orders of the supreme court. This is the most audacious as well us the most infamous proposition that has ever been made toany representative body sworn to obey the constitution and discharge its duties faithfully and im- partially, ‘What are those pretended briefs which the prohibition lawyers are trying to substitute for testimony? A tissue of falsehoods and an ingenious suppression of facts. These lawyers know very well that they are imposing upon credulous men, not versed in the trickery and jug glery of the unprincipled attorney. They would not dare to attempt such a per- version of facts in a court of justice, and they know that if they attempted such a downright falsification of testimony be- fore the supreme court they would be disbarred and driven from the profession in disgrace. Take, for instance, their ‘‘briefs” as regards the alleged bribery of natural- ized citizens. They declare unblush- ingly that 8,000 votors were bribed to vote for Boyd and the republican state officers, except Richards, by an agreed payment for their papers conditioned that they should vote for these candi- dates. Now there s not one scintilla of testi- mony to sustain any such charge. They cannot cite a single witness who swore that he madeany agreement with any foreigner to furnish him free naturaliza- tion on condition that he would vote for or against any particnlar caudidate They cannot cite the testimony of one man who would szy that he was influ- enced to vote for or against any particu- lar candidate by‘the parties who paid for his naturalization papers or by those who procured them for him. The same shameless perversion of the truth characterizes the entire pamphlet of the mercenary lawyers who are labor- ing s0 hard to have their garbled ver- sion of the testimony take the place of the real evidence. Such a course would not only be revo- lutionary but a travesty on justice, THE INTER-STATE BRIDGE. The arbitrary action of the Union Pa- cific in repudiating its contracts with the Rock Island and Milwaukee roads has awakened Omaha and Nebraska to the absolute necessity of a bridge that shall bo owned by & company whose in- terests ave identifiod with the growth and prosperity of the city, and will be a guarantee that the bridge shall be ac- cessible on equal and reasonable terms to all railroads that are willing to make use of 1t. Tne BEE has insisted on the incor- poration of these conditions fnthe bridge charter, and demanded that no charter bo granted which does not contain them, We are pleased to note that the amended charter, which we are informed is satis- factory to the Interstate bridge cow- pany, embodies these provisions. To the amended bill T BEE can and does give its hearty support. Among several provisions of particular interest to Omaha the following is ex- plicit and fully covers the demand of our citizens: *“All railroads reaching the Missouri river near said point shall have unobstructed approach to and passage over said bridge for engines, cars and trains at reasonable charges,” Another excellent section of the char- ter provides that “in case the owner or owners of said bridge and the several railroad companies, or any one of them dosiring its use, shall fail to agree upon the sum or sums to be paid and upon rules and conditions to which each shall conform In using said bridge, all mat- ters at issue between them shall be de- cided by the secretary of war.” This precludes the possibility of dis- erimination for or against any road or roads and provides a tribunal for sum- mary settloment of disputes without the tedious delays of legal litigation which are 5o annoying and damaging to public interests,. With these provisions in- serted we sincerely hope that the Ne- braska delegation will take prompt, united and active measures to secure the granting of the charter at once. CAUCUS OR CONSPIRACY. The right of the independents who constitute a majority of our legislature to follow in the footstops of the old par in enforcing discipline among members cannot be called in question, It is truo they have often and bitterly denounced and opposed the party caucus, but it is their privilege to chango front and be- come ardent supporters of methods which they and the people who elected them have heretofore condemned, It.was a matter of military necessity when they organized the legislature, to hold their members together by caucus rule. It may be necessary and will be eminently proper for them to invoke the power of the caucus in the future whenever they want to harmonize upon measures which they deem essential to the welfare and prosperity of the state, or to the politi- cal advancement of their party. But there is a broad line to be drawn botween political action® and the dis- charge of judicial duties. A party cau- cus may pledge members to support cor- tain candidates and they may pledge members to oppose or support certain measures. But King Caucus has no right to swing a clubover any man's conscience. A caucus that would seek to bind members of a legislative body to expel any member or convict any officor on trial before it when sitting as a court of impeachment would be a conspl ‘acy. And the game is true of any attempt to pledge or bind members to unseat any state officer whose election is contested, Such a thing asa caucus forestalling the verdict of the United Slates senate or the house of representatives on the admission or unseating of any member of either body has never been heard of. The republican party asa body was bit- terly opposed to Andrew Johnson but no caucus ever daved to dictate to repub- lican senators how they should vote on the articles of impeachment preferred against him, It is highly creditable .to the inde- pendents of the legislature that they re- sent the attempt of interested outsiders, who intend to filch thousands of doll: out of thestate treasury for lawyers' fees, to pledge them in advance through the caucus as to how they are to vote in the pending contest cases regardless of the evidence or the law. . The highest prerogative of the law- malker is his right to vote according to his honest convictions. Around each member the constitution has placed the most amplo safeguards. The lawmaker is free to say what ho thinks about any man or measure aad cannot be mado ac- countable in any court for his utte ances. He is exempt from all civil pro- coss and all criminal protecution except for treason, felony or breach of the peace, not only during the session but 15 days thereafter. No self-respecting member will sur- render his prerogatives and obey the behiest of any caucus on questions that are to be determined by him when he is called upon to act both as a judge and juror, nor can he doso without violating the obligations of his official oath. SOUNDING THE SILVER POOL. After many weeks of delay a commit- tee of the lower house of congress has begun to sound the depths of the silver pool in which it is alleged that congres s men were interested. The first day’s testimony brought out little of real importance. The future developments will be watched with in- terest. All that the public knows is that the men who were heavily interestea in creating an inexhaustible market at a fixed price for the productsof their mines sent a large lobby to Washington to help the bill through, A few weeks ago there was the gravest doubt about its chances- in the house. It is claimed now that the tide has turned. It it has cortain men and interests will profit largely as avesult. Members of con- gress who knew the fate of the measure had a chance to speculate advantage- ously on the strength of their informa- tion, and it is claimed that the expect- ant billionaires helped them to do so. A fow nowspapers and members boldly claim that it is perfectly proper for o congrressman to buy silver if he wants to. The people do not think so. They want a grave public question like this settled by men who have no speculative interests involved in the result. And they want to know now just how far this interest influenced them in their votes, Congress can turn the present investigation into a success or a farce, as it chooses. If it is an honest investigation its find- ings will bo cheorfully accepted, and the more so if they are creditable to the country. If it is merely a process of whitewashing it will neither remove the suspicion that exists, or silence the de- mand for a knowledge of all the facts, GEORGE BANCROFT, George Baneroft, one of the most dis- tinguished Americans of this century, is dead. The life of this vencrable man had been coeval with the development of the United States in the period succeeding the establishment of the union under the constitution. He was born under the presidency of John Adams. Ho was about to enter Harvard university when the war of 1812 broke out. He was already prominent in public affairs when the second Adsms became presi- dent. He published the first volume of a monumental work while Andrew Jack- son was in the white house. He served as secretary of the navy in the cabinet of Polk, He was minister to Great Britainin 1846, and was suc ely ac- credited to Prussia, the North German confederation and the German empire in i 1867, 1868 and 1871, He pronounced the eulogy upon Abraham Lincoln before congress in 1866, Ho has been the spec- tator at close range of every national eveont that has occurred since the close of his active publie life Thus George Baneroft, for nearly the whole of his great age of 91 years, was personally acquainted with every im- i portant public man, every historic event, every national epoch. He could sy of almosf 1o whole of the present century, “AlLof which Isaw and o part of which I But the great service of this remark- able man wis not rendered as a states- man or diplomat, though he won laurels in both of these gxalted fields. He will be remember®T as the historian of the United States aboye and beyond all com- parison, as Maetuley was the historian | of England and Gibbon of Rome. This was the chief ¥dvk of his life, and it is his true title me. No man ever ap- proached the great undertaking with better preparation or carried it out with botter opportunities. The splendid edu- cation which he had gained at Harvard he polished by a subsequent _courso at Gottingen, in Germany. He had access to the best materials for his history that | existed in the new world and the old. He was porsonally acquainted with the localities and many of the survivors of | He enjoyed | the ovents he described. the confidence of every person and asso- ciation possessing any of the records or relics of the pust. Thus equipped and surrounded, he produced a work that is the brightest ornament of our historical litorature and that ranks with the best works of the world, Mr, Baucroft lived far beyond the al- lotted ago of man and passed away while in the enjoyment of all the comforts and satisfaction that wealth, friends and fame can bestow. Like Emerson, **he died flrst at the top,” but his marvelous mind lived in full vigor until less than a year ago. His namoe will endure as long a8 his work, which is immortal. POSTAL TELEGRAPHY. Postmaster General Wanamaker re- cently addressol a letter to Congress- man Evans, chairman ot the sub-commit- tee on postal telegraph, in which he urges that early action be taken on tho question of reporting to the houso tho bill in the hands of the committee, and suggests that any decision will at least lot the people know where postal tel- ography stands. The postmuster gen- eral says that communications to the de- partment evidence a widesprend public interest in the subject, and he contributes to the strength of his own position by submitting a report made by Mr. Bing- ham, at present chairman of the com- mittee on postoffices and post roads, to the Forty-seventh congress favoring postal telegraphy. This report pro- sonted a very strong argument for the proposed system and was especially vigorous in its arraignment of the West- ern Union telegraph company for per- sistent hogtility to the establishment of a postal telegraph system controlled by the governmentin connection with the postofiice service of the country, and its use of agencies and influences to defeat every attempt, toestablish such a system. The reference to this report made eight years ago is pertinont and valuable, The bill of Mr; Evans, which is under consideration by the sub-committee, is not a radical measure, [t is limited in scope and expétimental in its provisions, It does not prapose- anything that can- not be.shown to bb entirely feasible and practicable. It hus been favorably passed upon by the chairman of the committee on postoffices and post roads, who is high authority. 1t is acceptable to the postmaster general, whose views of how postal telegraphy should be inaugur- atea are eminently safo and conser- vative, It is unquestionable that the great majority of the American peoplo are in favor of the establishment of the system. The weight of argument is overwhelmingly on that side. The people want & cheaper and more eficient telegraph scrvice, and they can boe assured of getting it only by the plan proposed. The telegraph has become as much of a publicnecessity, by reason of the methods and exigencies of modern business, as the postal service is, and it should bo made more largely available to the public both by extend- ing its facilities and cheapening'its cost, This should not wait upon the will or nterests of a private corporation. It is the duty of the government, for the pro- motion cf the .general welfare, to pro- vide a telegraph system in connection with the postal service which will en- able the people themploy more freely the more rapid method of communication on terms that will warrant its lary u and there is no good reason why the pe formance of that duty should be post- poned. The present congress is thor- oughly informed as to whatitis desirable to do now, public sentiment is in favor of the proposed policy, and there is no necessity for delay or for leaving this matter to be settled by a future con- gress. There is promise that the postal telegraph bill will be reported atan early day, but what the action on it will be can not be predicted with certainty, There is believed, however, to be a bet- ter prospect'of a fayorable result than ever before. At any rateit will be well, a8 the postmaster gencral has suggested, to let the people know where postal telog raphy stands, E phenomenal mildness of the weather this season gives force tothe belief that the climatic conditions of the west and northwest are undergoing a radical change. 1t is needless to seek causes or discussAheories. It is enough to know that the' people of tho trans- Missouri region” have been espocially favored. Had the winter been one of average severity the distress resulting from o partial failure of crops would have been intehsified and the conse- quences little, .short of calami- tous. These aro strong reasons for congratulation and thankful- ness. Our good 'fortune is rendered more conspicuous by contrast with less favored regions. The morth Atlantic states have been ravaged by a succession of blizzards, in many places the mercury rogistering 40 below zeco, and great damage inflicted on business. The win- ter in Furope is a record breaker. The oldest inhabitant cannot recall its equal, for no winter since 1813 can approach it inseverity and extent. From London to Vienna and from St. Petersburg to Marseilles, empires are in the clutch of the north king, rivers are frozen, traffic suspended, incalculable damage inflicted on trade, and the miseries of the poor in- tensified. What little distress exists in this region of the footstool is insignifi- cant compared with the acute suffering of the people in other sections of the world, IF the action of the British govern- | ment in approving the appeal of the su: | preme court of the Canadian minister of justice for a writ of prohibition in the case of the decree of forfeiture against the vessol seized throe years ago in | Behring sea was derogatory to the dig- nity of the government and peoploof the United States, congressshould promptly | express its judgment to that effect. Res- olutions have been presented in both the senate and houso declaring that the action of the imperial government of Great Britain is not in consonance with the dignity of the government and people of the United States and the re- spect that is due to the president of the United States, and if there is good ground for this view thore ought o bo | no hesitation iving it the strongest vossible procl. The proceeding, t is generally admitted, is without pre- cedent; but, on the other hand, it has the appearance of a very important con- cession which this government could lardly reject without having the most conclusive reasons for doing so. Doubt- less the judicious course is to allow the matter to rest where it is, subject to the decision of the supreme court regarding its jurisdiction. Denunciation of the action, in the event that the court as- sumes jurisdiction, would not be alto- gether creditable to congress or the country. THE old guard is gradually resuming control of the operating departments of the Union Pacific. There is an element of retributive justice in the change. Many of those called back to their old positions were dismissed under former managements merely to make room for favorites. Their return is a tribute to ‘their ability and faithful service. Goes by Threes, Washington Post. Nebraska gains three congressmen under the new census, Everything scems to be running in threes out that way. Chu and State. - Doston Globe, Emma Abbott bequeathed cight different churches. This sbould help towards building a bridge across the bloody chasm that separates church and stage. SSiipagse Our Honor Safe. Denver Republican. Confidenco in Socretary Blaine's ability to cope with British diplomacy appears o be unlimited. Even Blaine's democratic enemies concede that he can be trusted to maintain the honor of this republic. B T STATE PRIESS COMMENT., Tekamah Burtonean: Tue Omana Bre in- creased its circulation over six leusnnd last weels. Grand Island Independent: Nebraska can boast of one ‘‘defacto governor’ one ‘‘de- functo governor’’ and a quartette of expecto governors. Kearney Hub: Speaker Elder continues to show the right kind of mettle. While not up in parliamentary usage he has honesty and good sense, and is not m the least disposed to put his foot in any mess before knowing that heis right. The Hub repeats that Speakor Elder is all right. Hastings Nebraskan: Of all the corre- the one representing Tue OmanA Bee is head and shoulders above therest. His pen pic- tures of the situation show the master’s hand. He is certainly the Archibaid Forbes of the western war correspondents, and T'ne Bre's enterprise in securing a man of his ca- pacity for this work cannot be too highly recommended. Seward Roporter: Hon. Willam Leese has closed his six years of service as attorney general, in which he has done very much that is entitled to credit, Nebraska never had a more faithful or energetic public servant, In his long term of officiallife Mr. Leese has made many warm friends, and necessarily many encmios also. But his worst enemy cannot pointto an official act that was not inspired by an earncst desira to do what was right. His work may be criticised, but the people of the state, irrespective of party, unite 1n pronouncing him an honest man. Beatrice Domocrat: As might have been expected, the passing of the Union Pacific railroad into the hands of Jay Gould bag im- | prossed the peoplo of Nebraska with the necessity of immediately foreclosing the gov- ernment mortgage upon that concern. The Nevraska legislature is considering a con- current resolution asking the delegation in congress from this state to take immediate steps to have this foreclosure pushed, and our congressional delegation can in no way better serve thoir constituency phan by having that road sold and operated upon its actual valu ation. el PASSING JESTS. The Indian takes a government rational view of existence, Texas Siftings : The actress who is “wedded to her art” gets a divorce as soon as the right, man comes along. Manbattan; FHo (deoply in love but proud as Lucifor)—Do youloveme! She—No. He —Well, I fancied you did, you know, and I wanted to tell you I'm already engaged. Milwaukee Sentincl ut,” howled the impatient victim in the ber's chair, Do you think you're carving in wood?” “No, sir; more like etehing on brass.” lothing at Me- ps und I'm allin a clbill, sen—Got & chitl, end Well, Harper's Bazar: n Ethel, T want you to bo my history es- tablisnes qui lont, Henry; - father, Good News uest— you think of for the cure of is not much of & newspuper reader)—** v tell yeth' truth, I V't much faith in any o' these ere patent wedicines,” cientitic £ ‘\\'h it llu rof. Kooh's Washington Post: A man who was walk- ing sidewise, so as to be sure to see the moon over his right shoulder, stumbled against a fruit stand, ruined his best clothes, got ar- rested, and was fined in the police court for malicious destruction of property New York Weekly: Mrs. Westond morning, Mr. Northend. I want toru and see your wife, Is she at homet Northend—Yes; sho'll beat home all duy. When 1left she' was trying to make up hor wind to go out and have a tooth pul Toxas Siftings:—First Club Man—*You shonld respect my gray hair, and not use such language to me.” Second Club Man— “But, my dearsir, you are excited. You for- get that you are bald-headed.” First Club Mauo—*That makes nodifierence. You should respect the gray hair I should have had it L had remmined single.” New York Weekly: Too Much Tron—Doc- | tor—Did you get that mixture of wine and | iron that I ordered! Deacon Waters—Yes, | it was first rate. Neverenjoved a bottle of | medicine batter in my life. Drank it up with- out takin' breath. But doc tor, there was 0o much iron in it. Doctor—Humph! So 1 should imagin’, Deacou Waters—The iron all went to my feet and made 'em s0 heavy 1 | could hardly walk. spondents on the Pine Ridge battle ground’ NEWS OF THE NORTHWEST. Oondented Happonings of Interest Trans piring in the Various States. A CRAZY. ATTEMPT AT CREMATION. Drief Items From Nebraska, lowa, Wyoming, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, Utah and the Coast. Nebraska, There is talk of reviving the Arapahoe cornet band. The Sous of Veterans' camp at Hardy has been reorganized. The Crete creamery is turning out 450 pounds of butter per day. There are five prisoners in the Lincoln cotuty jail at North Platte. An anti-high five club has been organized by the young people of York. Madison county will have a fai at Norfolk Soptemvor 23, 24 and 25. An independent military company has been organized at Gaudy with forty-nine members, The commissioners of Garfield connty have taken steps to securu aid for tho needy citi- zous of the county. Rev. John Power has been invited to re- main another year as pastor of the Blair Con- grogational church, Tho creamery at Neligh made 60,000 pounds of butter from May to November and paid out $10,000 to its patrons. The residence of Bev. R. O. Wood of Kene- saw was destroyed by firo which originatec from a defoctive flue, but the household goods were saved. The Thayer county jail is again vacant, Dave Chapman, its last occupant, in for stealing a saddle and bridle, having served his time and peen discharged. A crazy woman in the Wayne \‘lVllllh ll\n pulled the straw fsom her bedtick and set on fire, hut the flames were discove the sherifl before any damawxe was done. Nelson & Co., general merchants of Ber- trand, who were closed on chattel mortage be able to me busi- everal pirties are negotiating for this year by ness an the stock. Porkins county has never had a jail, but the town of Grant and the county commis- sioners have jointly leased the basement of the First National bank and will transform itinto a bastile. Thirteen in from the Dod year and twi of th tes have been discharged ring the expense .6 and tho cash income was $617.15. ~ There was also on hand Janu- ary 1 1,800 bushels of corn, 600 bushels of oats and thirty tons of hay. lowa, Dewey S. Doolittle, who resided near Web- a former lawyer of Du- buque, died recently at Denver, Col. A. A. Cooper is talking of building a $300,000 wagon fact in Dubuque, Farmer Bush of She Shero- kee county, has struck an artesian vein at a depth of seventy-five feet, A party of Fairfield bunters bagged 847 rabbits one day lately, and another party from the same town got 150 the same day, John Cox, who lately completed a term of eightecn months in the Fort Madison peni- tentiary, is again in jail at Onawa, charged ‘with hulgl)lr\ Mrs, Mary Mell, aged ninety-five years, died at Des Moines, She was born in Penn- sylvania, and had @ distinet recollection of many of the incidents of the war of 1812, H. C. Wheeler of Odebolt shipped twenty tons of timothy hay last week to Cole Am- broso of Ely, England, Mr. Ambrose is an extensive faimer and & noted breeder of Shire horses. - Mrs. D. H. McDowell of Oskaloosa, bogan about a year and abalf agoto save dimes, and all such changeas came into the family possession was_turned over to her and droppd into alittle savings bank, A few days ago the bank was opened aud the sum total was $11870. The following old residents of Tama county are recently decensed: William C. Howard of Cheisen, aged fifty-thre you came to Towa iu 18 served in_the Tielfth Iowa in- fautry during the rebellion. James Brown, agod seventy-six; came to lowa in 1856, Isane W. Grahum, aged seventy-two. “Walter Ford of Pocahontas_county was in town last w the Waverly Ro- publican. “He has been, employed by our board of supervisors the past yéar as agent for the lund owned by this counity in western Towa, and, we are told, has disposed of 1,000 acres for $12,000. Bremer still owns betwe six and seven hundred acres in Pocahontas county.” “The statement that a man could not eadure to receive in the palm of his hand a quart of water falling drop by drop £ three feet was given a prac employes of Bennett & I 4 works,”” says the Burlington Hawkeye. foreman of the trimming department volun- teered to prove that the thing could be done and succeeded in his attempt. His hand was fixed immovable and the water started. - The test occupied two or three hou but the man endured no remarkablo discomfort.” Dr. Lorenz B. Eley of Ilion, Ind., and Miss Katie B. Conroy ot Keokuk, were to have been married atth ‘lmnmul’lh‘Inuhvlht' other even ing. T cured and the ding gu usn mhh d, but did not tuke pli The prospe u Catholic, the groom-to-be, a Protestant, He had neglected to fill out a blank form sent himaud bis answers were necessary to se- cure a dispensation from the bishop permit- ting the marringe. The guests, how partook of the wedding feast, and the bride- groom, having complicd with all other essen- fofms, the couple awaits with such pa- tience as they can command the church's permission to be joined in wedlock, new Wasington. Port Townsend has issued bonds for $100,- 000 for municipal purposes, Snohomish tribe in tabbed a young squaw | Se which was not returned, kalling her instantly Ho escaped. A colony of fifty-eight persons arrived at Gray's Harbor from Arkansas last weok A recont riso fn tho Wiskah and Chohalis rs brought down 23,000,000 foot of logs. rroters In ‘Tacoma operate on victims at the railrond depot and no one dares to intor fere. Five shinglo mills at Chohalls havo been kept running for months, turning out 400,000 shingles a day. Frank D. Hughes of Tacoma committed suicido with laudanum. lation was the cause. The growth of Fairhaven is phenomenal, fighteen months ago where the city of 8,000 inbabi‘ants now stands wus a forest clear- iny. A branch of the Northern Pacific road m ‘T'acoma to Olympia was to have been comploted January 1. A bonus of §0,000 is to bo paid by Olympia, Captain U, B. Scott is to buila a new steamer to ply between Seattlo and Tacom that will cost $60,000, The vessel will be finished in ninety days. ‘The output of the Roslyn mine of Kittitas county for 1500 wus 450,669 tons, against 233, 441 tons in 1889, The pay-rolls for many months called for §0,000 & month. The vote takeh on the proposition to con- solidate Whatcom and Schome was decided by a great wajority in the affirmative, Tho town thus formed is the fourth in popula tion in Washington. The Wasnington Protective assoclation, composed of colored citizens of the state, has been organized. The object is stated to be te o immigration of colored peeplo and to improve the condition of the color Aco. An organized gang of horse thieves is ro ported from Whitman county. They drive the animals off the ranges to the noarest rail- road station and ship them east. Threo car loads of horses were thus shipped from Spok- ane to St. Paul, Waite W. Webb, son of a prominent citizen of Tacoma, committed suicide at Couleo City, Ho had boen drinking aud ganbling, and it was immediately after a 10ss of $40 which ha had borrowed that he killed himself. His father was secretary of Montana under the Cleveland administration, It turns out that the persons who strung up B. L. Burris at Dayton, and attempted to make him confess a burglary of which ho was not guilty, wero members of a gang of whitecaps who havo committed murderous outrages in the neighborhood. The graud Jury of Daytou is after them, Jack Conley, August Mills and two brothers named Van Cleve are under arrest on the charge of stealing cattlo, slaughtering mom and selling the meat in Soatile, 1 Inouths pust b i Of late the losses have becomo sa s that the cattiomen organized for the purpose of capturing the thieves, “The lobsters being planted in the sound have beon heard from. The Kitsap Pioneor : ployo of the United States r,the Albatross, stated that ho had recently 'found some of tho lobsters in the bay of Utsalady, across the sound from where they wero plauted, and that he found them in several other places, showing that they aro rapidly propugated. al other persons have reported finding lobsters at various poiuts on the sound. Acting Governor Laughton Sreceived a dis« patch Irom the county commissioners of Okanogan county, dated at Concully, stating that on Thursday night one of the Indians implicated in the murder of Freighter Coles a fow woeks ago, was taken from jail and lyoched. The teicgram also stated that a Catholic priest had warned tho settlers that indignation ran high among the Okanogan Indians, who had held four councils, and that it was likely they would go on the ‘warpath. The ofticers asked for 500 stands of arms and ammunition tourm the settlers, Tne governor ordered the arms seat i i iy, ous TAITI (HEvaaton 1agh year, The German Lutherans of Laramie havo dedicated o new church. ‘The Sweotwater mining company has con. tracted for lumber to completo its bed rock flume. - A public test has been made of Shoshono basin oil at Lander. Raw petroleum burned readily in an ordinary lamp. The Wyoming Baptist Quarterly is a new ation issued at Buffalo. Kev. W. J. cCollom, D. D., is the editor, Paxton & Arnolll are taking out excelient coal from their mine cight milos from Eyvons- ton, but the Union Pacific won't furnish them cars. The Evanston Knights of Labor held a moeting and made a request that men in the Union Pacific shops recelve their back pay. Lust bay dag only 40 per cent of the wakes due was paid. Fhirty men omployed by the Uion Padifio are gathering o nice quality of thirty-two inch ice from Bear river at Evanston, = They havo filled tho company’s houses there and are now sending ice to Ogden for storage. The Shawne coal mines, owned and at ono time operated by tho Chicago & Noathwest- ern railway company, about twenty wiles east of Douglas, are to be again reopened and extensively operated by that company. Two Newcastle men named Mouck and Campen went driving. The horse was balky and_backed over the cdge ef a thirty-foot bank. The animal was killed, buggy smashed Mr. Mouck broke a leg and Mr, Campen had three 1ibs broken. Laramio is trying to get up a stock com- pany to build a telophone line to North Parle and Gold Hill, a distance of 120 miles. The line would cost about $0,000. The ranchmen aloug the proposed line are expected 1o con- tribute toward the project. The Bessemer oil well is down 1,00 fect, 800 of which is cased. The lower part has begun to cave and work has been stopped. 1t will take a good deal of monoy to put the well in shape again, and it is doubtful if the com- pany will feel equal to the emergency. Colorado. The San Luis bank at Antonito has discon- tinued business, : Tho stato bank of Monte Vista has in- creased its capital stock from 30,000 to £30,000, Trinidad is boring for oil and gas, A glass factoly and woolen mill are among the possi- bilities. A rabblt hunt about La Jara rosulted in htering 556 of the arimals, B for whom he had conceived an affection [CONTINUED 0N FiFTit NEBRASKA National Bank U. 8. 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