Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 9, 1891, Page 2

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE M()NDAY FEBRUARY 9, 1801 TImporfant Business Transacted at the Meet- ings the Past Week, MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES. Governor Boles Again Gets Himself in Trouble-Fees of Mayc The Y. M. C. A, Stat < Convention, - Des Morxes, Ta,, Feb, 8. —~(Special to Tie Brr.]—As nas been noted in these dispatches, the Towa Columbian commission | sossion soveral days the past woek. meoting wis s busy oneand a large number of interests were attended to. Hon Buchanan of Sioux City, formerl sioner-at-large and member of the national commission from lowa, but now chiof of the | department of agriculture of the exposition, was present, and aided materiaily in arrang- ing to got lowa well represented. Ex-Gov- ernor S. B. Packard of Louisiana, now a | rosident of Marshall county, was appointed to represent tho Fifth district in place of Hon. James Wilson, resigned. ‘The namo of Colonel Joseph Eibmck has been sont to the president for momver of the national com- mission from fowa in place of W. I Bu- chanan, resigned, and that of C. K. Whiting as alternate in placo of Colonel Eibeck. At its mecting Wednesday the first business of fmportance was to discover how much money the commission had to work on. The aet of the last legislature, organizing the commission appropriated £0,000 for the pur- pose of carrying oat tho intent of the act, but provided thut if the fair was not held before 1508 not more than 10 per cent of the sum should be used bofore the convening of the legislature in 1503, and the remainder be covernd back into the treasury. State Audi- tor Lyous declines to construe the formal opening of the fair in October, 1892, as authorizing him to draw more than $5,000 which leaves the commission short-handed and financially crippled, as no contracts can be entered into in anticipation of the appropria- tion the next legislature may make, ‘The at- torney general has been askod to present the atter to the suprome court for a judicial Witerprotation of the act as soon as possible. Meanwhile, Secre . N. Chase was ap- ointed a committee of one to superintend he details of the work and to organize the people in every locality of the state for thé purpse of proparing and collecting exnibits, ete., sub- ject to the determination of the board. This will obvinte the necessity of frequent and ex- pensive meetings of the board and acgomplish greater amount of work within the limited weans. The president of the commission, Judge Johnston of Keoluk, was requested to correspond with the director general 10 a: certain wnat action has been or will be taken as to reduced transportation of articles of ex- hibit to and from the fair. A resolution was adopted extending the cordial supnort of the board to Mrs, Clark and Miss Miller in all natters pertaining to their duties as lady woagers of the fair, and inviting their hearty co-operation in the promotion of the t the women of owa are to take in the ex- position. Tho most important resolution. however, was the following, which was adopted by a vote of 6 to Resolved, That there beofTered to the archi. toots r <in tho state of Towa the sum of St oxe 00 for the hest plan with sp ations, for a waln building (v be composed of iron and gluss, for the Iowa exhibit at the olumbian “exposition. sald building to cost ot oxceoding $I0000; sald buildng to. bo pstrueted 10 such i manner as enablo osamo to be tiken down d to the state agricultural grounds in and there reconstructed, to be used 1 exhibi- tlon building for the use of the state for agri= cultural purposes after its uso wt the sald Columbian exposition. The merits of the plans tobe determined by this conmission or Judges 1o bo solected by the commission. That W commitive of three to be composed of J. T, Duncombe, H. WV, Seaman and J. W. Jarnagin, beand the same is hereby appointed with fali power to carry out in detail the foregoing resolution Captain C. D. Hamm, private secretary to the governor, was bofore the commission in the Interest of of the National state. He said the guard hud be to participate in the opening exorcis fair and desired the commission to give them all the encouragement it could to make a creditable showing. President W, O. Mitch- ell of the Blue Grass league asked for an op- portunity to exhibit the blue grass palace n conuection witn the fowa building. He was certain this would secure more from the cighteen counties of southwestern Iowa which composed the league than any other method. The idea of having the Sioux City corn palace, the Ottumwa coal pal- ace, the Creston blue grass palace and the Forest City flax pala prosent their several sections of the state was in- formaliy discussed, but no definito action taken, At Thursday's meeting the most im- portant procecding - was the sdoption of the report of the commiitee on plans, which provides that each member of the commission shall ascertain and report the agrioultural, mineral, mechanic, industrial, educational, and other resources and advan- tages of their respective cougressional districts that are worthy of exhibit: thav all exhibitors be assisted to the fullost extent; that under the supervision of the state superinteudent there shall be prepared an educational exhibit of the state univevsity, agricultural colloge, all colleges and acad- ©emies, bigh, normal and common schools and stato teachers' association, a state map show- ing the location of each school house and educational institution in the state: that statistical charts be prepared of all state eleemosynary institutions, showing history, extant aud “management; that Ottumwa, Creston and Sioux (‘it,\' be requested to furnish models of their coal, blue grass and corn palaces; that exhibits of tho soils of the state be madoe by means of glass tubes tapping the earth for five or six foet, in the center of three equal belts east and west, four tubes to each belt; that maps and speci- mens showing the geology and min- eralogy of the stato bo prepared; that a collection be made o all the known varieties of grasses in the state, both wild and cultivated; that the state hor- ticultural, agricultural and historical socie- ties be invited to preparerespective exhipits ; and the fish commissioner an exhibit show- ing the growth of pisciculture in the state. An olaborate plan was presented for show- ing every county seat and other cousiderable city in the state by birds-eye views, and spaco was asked to show about seventy-two views from each county. Before final ad- ournment the board selected Commissioners Seaman, Dent and Stivers as a committee to confer with Director General Davis at Chi- cago relative to the selection of a site for the Towa building, The next meeting of the full commission will be held on March 18. There was & general expression of seatiment among the commissiouers in favor of an appropria- tion of at least §250,000 for the lowa exhibit. MUTUAL FIRE INSUBANCE COMPAN ‘The failure of the Citizen's Mutual fire insurance company of Waterloo a fow days a0, cowmiug upon the heels of the decision of the attornoy geveral that such companies in Towa cannot legally nccept cash premiums, lod to the natural supposition that the de- cision had sometling to do with the failure, and caused much comment in mutual insur- ance circles, An investigation of the failure disclosed the fact that the company was in a bad way more thin a month ago and that it had, previous to thq decision, aunounced to the state auditor its intention of winding up its affairs, The failure was doubtless due to unsafe mothods of doing busiuess in going outside the state and accepting hazardons risks through castern brokers, Three other companies have split upon the same rock in recent years — the Monarch, the Re- liance and the Mutual Guarautee. Tbe de- cision of the attorney general is in the futorest of mutual companies doiug @ safe business by protecting them from the ag- gressive competition of companies accepting doposit notes" and discounting them for cash. It makes the mutual company what it phetonds to be—a mutual agreement between. members to compensate each other in case of loss. The decision will cure to a great de- greo a seeming defect in the lowa law which does not allow the state auditor to forbid companies taking unsafe business outside the state, and the lowa members .are conse- quently protected, THE GOVERXOR IN TROUBLE, Towa’s democratic governor scems to have no end of trouble. if all reports ure true. His | also row in the ofl lnspection eamp, which has croated agreat scandal, and the end is not yet. Now comes a'story to the effect that a few | weoks ago the governor found upon his desk an anonymous letter making an_attack upon him. The governor Ahought he recognized th author, and o enclosed the letter Tn an | ofticial envelope bearing the executive stamp | and sent 1t to G. W. Miller, an attorney at Waterlop, the governor's home, thereby im- plying that Mr. Miller was the author ‘of it Mr, Miller resented the i ation and promptiy demanded of the nor an ex- planation and apology. were not | forthcoming at 1ast reports, and it is a matter of speculation as to what the outeome will be, FEES OF IOWA MAYORS. The supreme court has just handed down an important opinion concerning the fees of mayors who perform the functions of jus. | ticos of the peace. This is true of most of the mayors in Towa F. A How- land, tho plalutiff, was the mayor of aglo_Grove. As magistrate ho tried a so of assault and batiry, which resulted in a verdict of not vuilty, ‘He then souzht to vor fees from the county allowed by law to justices in similar cases, but was defeated The suprome court affirms the decision of the lower court, stating that section 506 of the codo, while' makinga mavor a magistrate, docs’ mot provide fees for him. The court states that the omission is a palpable oversight, but it is not in its power to correct the same; that if the law docs not expressly allow compensation, none can be granted, Justice Granger dissented from the ruling averring inconsistoney. Meanwhile mayors must take their chances of getting anything as magistrates, or refuse to act as the same— or they might tesigu THE POLK COUNTY TREASURERSHIT, There is somewhat of a disagreement exist- ing between the board of supervisors of Polk county and County Tr surer Baylies in re- gard to his position, A new bank has just, been started, and Mv_ Baylies has accepted the position of cashier. He announced somo time ago that this W his intention, but everybody supposed he would fivst resign his oftice. When the bank w opencd a few days ago Mr. Baylies began his duties as cashier but did 1ot resign the ofico of county treasurer, and declared he had no intention of doing s In the meantime, in the prospect of a vacancy, severai candigate sprung up, and candidates for other positions on the republican ticket this fall took a hand ln further their own interests, and conse- guently there was quits o campaign going. Tho bard of supervisors ook action on the t their meeting Thursday by adopt- olution instructing the county audi- tor to draw no warrauts hereafter for Mr. Baylies as county treasurer, The gencral legal opinion 1s that the action of the board is illegal ana that Mr. Baylies can goon hold- ing both positions and dvaw pay for both if he sees fit, being responsible alone for the manner in which his office of treasurer is conducted. ‘There promises to be lively times this fall over the matte THE ALLEGED BOODLE CONSTABLES. The trial of the alleged boodle constables of this city has been in progress the past week, ‘Ihie charge is conspiracy with intent 1o multiply fees unnccessarily and thus se- curo extortionate fees. The evidence intro- duced was mostly the records of the justic courts, showing the frequency of sm seizures made searches where nothi was found, ~On Thursday the defense moy tha rdict of acquittal be directed on the ground that the charge had not been sus- taincd. Judge Balliett overruled this on Friday and the defense then began the intro- duction of evidence. ‘Tho case was given to the jury at 5:30 last evening, which soon returned a verdict of not guilty. In this connection 1t may bo stated that since the new justices and coustables came into oftice there have been no cases of seizire of liquors by them, although the police have been doing something in that line. The duy of the disreputable “searcher’’ and “boodler’” has evidently departed from Des Moine There are fees alleged to be due the old jus- tices and constables aggregating some $40,000 which the board of superyisors have *hung up” and will resist payment on the grounds of fraud, conspiracy, ete. EVASION OF THE USURY LAW, The supreme court last week decided az ¢ important case bearing on the intorest laws, and virtually legalized a method of evasion which may ~become quite common unless checked, The case was that of Daniel Heff- ner vs B. S. Brownell, both_appellants, from Buchanan county. The suit was on a prom- issory note aguinst which the defense was usury. The note fell due and was renewod by an agreement to make a certain cash payment in order to make the interest aggregate 15 per cent. The lower court decided it was usur- ious nterest and_ordered the statutory pen- alty. The supreme court reverses this de- cision, holding thatto coustitute usury the obligaticn must be contracted for. Under this decision every “shylock” money lomner in the state can demand excessive interest, provided he is careful to not “contract” for more than the legal rate. Y. M. C. A, STATE CONVENTION, A call bas been issued for the twenty-first annual convention of tho city, college aud railroad Young Men's Christian associations of lowa, to be held at Burlington Februury 10 t0 22 iuclusive. Each association is enti- tled to unlimited representation, and young men from cities or towns where no associa- tion exists are invited. The names ot all ex- Jeoting to attend should be sout o E. A. Barrett at Burlington on or before February 15 in ovder that entertainment may bo guar- anteed. Reduced rates have been secured on all the main systems of railway. An at- tempt will be made to raise $5,500 to carry on the work for the ensuing sixteen months, and all depends on voluntary contributions. A large number of interesting subjects will be discussed by men prominent in Young Men's Christian association work all over the country. K. OF 1. STATE CONVENTION. ‘The state convention of the Knights of La- bor will meet in this city next Tuesdav. Gen- eral Master Workman Powderly will be pres- ent and address the convention Tuesday even- ing. The order has considerable strength in Towa and a large attendance is anticipated. WILL NOT OBEY TIE ORDER. The Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul rail- Way company' has notifiod the railway com- mission that it will not obay the order of the board directing the compuniy to erect a depot at Bouton, Dallas county,” This will be an- other case for the courts, being about the tenth now pending against the compuny in this state, His Actions Rather Queer. Orumwa, o, Feb. 8.—(Special Telogram to Tk Ber.]—Another strange trasaction of L. C. Purdy, the American express agent at Albia, has just been discovered which may throw some light on the atleged robbery New Year's eve, when he claimed to have been bouud, gagged and robbed of #3500 in the com- pany’s ofice. Last August G. W. McBur- ney, the artificial limb mmufacturer of Albia, should bave reccived a vackage of $105, but Purdy declared that he had not re- cewved it. Nothing was said of the matter till a few days ago, when an_investigation of the books showed that the - pac was received. Purdy claimed that the pack- age was misplaced in the safo and that through ueglect he forgot it and thinks it was. stolen tho night of the robbery. His wifo testified that she had seon such & package there a few days before the alleged event, Purdy was bound over to await the action of the grand jury, giving bouds for $1,00. He has aeted queerly at times and 1t 13 thought insanity will be urged as an_explanation of his strange actions. 'Cho trial will no doubt disclose all the facts of the New Year's rob- bery. A PROSPEROOS BLOOMFIELD, Rapild Growth of a Four-Months-Old Towa in Knox County. BroomriELp, Neb, Feb. 8.—[Special to Tre Ber|—Bloomfleld is the appropriate name of & thrivi village in northeast Ne- braska that has sprung into existence this winter. It is locad in the central eastern part of Knox county and 1s at present the terminus of the Randolph branch of the Chi- cago, St. Paul, Minueapolis & Omaha rail- | the universai c | and as yet there is a fair tango for cattle. road. The extention of this line was com- pleted last fall. At that tune the present site of Bloomfield was sparsely settled prairie, Now it probably boasts 200 inhabitauts. There is a good hotel, the Bloomfield house, two lumber yards, ove drug store, two geueral stores, two groceries, two hardware stores, three imaplement houses, two livery barns, harness shop, several firuh\. stock and coal dealers, contractors and uilders, & weekly newspaper, the Mouitor, @ barber shop, ete. The buildiugs arve all substantial, not temporary as usually scen New York banquet speech has brought down untold denunciation upou his liead, and the papers are still full of it. Then came the in new towns, but good frame structures put there Lo stay. The town site is nearly level, but sull- clently rolling for drainage purposes, and o spring stream meanders through the north- west corner calloa Bazilo creck. One noticable feature of tho inhabitants is rtesy and_ kindnoss shown by all to a strauger and also that nearly all of the business men are young or middle aged and full of vim and onergy. Bloom.field is about an cqual distance from | surrounding towns and there are none nearer than twenty miles. Randolph is twentv-two milss, with Niobrara, Creighton and Hart ington very nearly the same distance, So if Bloomfield draws trade half way, it gives here merchants a big scope of country and all of it first class land. ‘The soil is black loam, with a clay subsoil. An unfailing supply of good water can be found any where by going down from twenty to thirty foet. Hay is .n-unaa:z s for crop prospeets, it is only nocessary to say that there has not been a failure in thirteen years. Kuox county is twice as large as any of the adjoining counties to the south and east and she is about ripe for a division, At the last election there was an effort made to divide the county the long way, which would have ado it 42 miles long east and west by This brilliant idea was defeated. " T hv plan now is to divide by 4 north and south ine, which will make two r0od sized coun. ties 24 by 22 miles square, leaving Bloomfield in the geographical center of the eastern half, and undoubtedly the county seat. This beau- tiful praivie was bougnt up largely in 1863 and 1570 by land speculators and is now of- fered for saloon easy torms, viz: &5 to 815 per acre on ten years' time, at 7 per cent in terest. T noticed ten car loads of fat shipped to Omaba that had ¢ winter by a farmer not fur from HBloomfield. Parties ‘wishing to purchase land or a good location for business will do well to look over Knox couuty. B. —-- THE CLEAR “RECORD, eattle being n fattened this Financinl Transactions of the Coun- try During the Last Week. e Bostoy, Feb 8.—[Special Telegram to Tug Bag.]—Tho following table, compilod from dispitehes from the cleaving houses of the citins namel, shows the gross ex- changes for last week, with ratos per cent of increass decrease, as against the several amounts for the corresponding week in 1800 or anes, CLEARINGS. \ | Now Vork. Boston.. . Chicago i Philadelphia. .} 110 St. Louts San Franciseo. . Baltimore ... New Orleais. . Clnelnnati Pittsburg Kunsas Clty Buffulo 3 Loulsviiio:.. Galvoston AT 005 Dallus Duluth Portland Washington. . Hartford Nashvillo Richmond Peoria.. 8t Josoph Portiand, 3 Worcoster New Haven. Grnnd Rapids fas Angeles... Chattanoosn. Des Molne Topekn . Lexingt. Tineoln. Montreai Halitax ..\ *Houston .1 *8alt Lake City. *Rochester. Total. Outslde of SENATOR SHiA VERY SICK, Lying at His Hotcl in a Dangorous Jondition. Lixcors, Neb, Feb. 8.—|Special to Tue Ber.|-The many friends of Senator Shea, the bright young legislator from Douglas county, will be sorry to learn that ho is lying 1n a yery dangerous condition at the Lincoln hotel. He has been ailing eversince he came to Lincoln with an aggravated case of tonsil- , complicated with catarrh and rheuma- tism. He recently was con fined to his bed for a number of days, but when he became convalescent ho wa$ too anxious 10 get hack to his logislative duties, and asa consequence suffered a relapse. His physicians say that his recovery is doubtful. THE ROCK ISLAND TRAINS. The Rock Tstand railroad company is de- termined to make ashow at ronning cars on the tracks between Lincoln and Omaba, and vesterday a time card w ued to go into effect tomorrow. It provides for the run- ningof an accommodation train to carry freight and passengers, leaving this city at'7 8. m. and returning at'6:%0 p. m. A engine ana way-car arrived from Omaba at 4:30 last evening, for use on this run. This is sup- posed to bo_designed moro as a formal run- ning of trains to fill certain requirements of the charter, possibly, than any attempt to accommodato traftic, as_the running time be- tween here and South Omaha is about three hours. As the company is unable to rcach the O'street depot without passing over the Union Pacific tracks, a_temporary depot will be constructed at once at the cross North Twelfth street. IRRIGATION CONVENTION, The 1rrigation convention which will be held in this city February 11 is attracting a great deal of aitention. It1s expected that over one thousand delegates will be present. Not only wili the subject of frrigation be dis cussed, but some active steps will be taken 10 reap the benefits to be derived. The after- uoon session will be held at2 p. m. in the state university chapel. The evening session, commencing at 7:30 p m., will be held in rep- resentative hall at the state bouse, THE CRETE OHAUTAUQUA. A meeting of the trustees of the Crote Chautauqua Sunday School assembly oc- curred at the Capital hotel, in this " city, on Friday. Plaus were discussed for con- ducting the assembly the coming season. Toe finances of the Chatauqua association are being adjusted and the outlook is deemed ex- tremely hopeful. Auother meeting will be held in Lincoln in two weeks, when more definite arrangements will be perfected. MONTUARY STATISTICS, “Che mortuary statisties for Lincoln for the past month as prepared by Health Officer Bartram are as follows: Lung fever, 1; diphtheria, croup, 2 heart failure, 4; la grippe, 1 pneumonia, 6; typhoid fever, 2: croup, 8; congestion of bowels dgilation of ' heart, 1; dropsy diphtheria, 8; bronchitis, 2; ‘abscess of brain, %; meningitis, 2; wnooping cough, 1; old age, 1; abscess, 1; marasmus, 1; ulcer of stomach, 1: paralysis of braiu, 1; congestion of lungs, 2; intestinal catarrh, 1; convulsions, 1: phthisis, 13 peritonitis, 1; Scarlet fever, rheumatism, 1; merarnuns, 1; not stated, total, 45. CHAPPELL WINS. The anoual oratorical contest was held at the state university chapel last eyeuing for collegehouors. The contestants were Thomas C. Chappell and’F. A, Rockboid. The con- testants were well matched in intellectuslit but Chappell troved the more natu speaker and captured the prize. e L Entitled to the Best. All are entitled to the best that their money will buy, so_every family shouid have, at once, ' bottle of the best family remedy, Syrup of Figs, o cleanse the system whon costive or bilious. For sale in 5e aud $1 bot- tles by all leading druggists. o — R. Forester of New York was at the Murray Last night, ——————— For earache, toothache, sore throat,swelled neck and the results of colds and inflamma- tion, use Dr. Thomas' Electric Oil—the great pain destroyer. EDLCATIW OF THE BLIN How it is Being Accomplished at the Insti- tuto at Nebraska City. THE STATE'&'C/\RE FOR FEEBLE MINDED. D. ‘Third Biennial Report of the Institute at Beatrice—How the Inmates Are Employed—A. Blow to Pinkerton. o — LiNcoLy, Neb., Feb. 8.—[Special to Tur Brr | —Principal Parmelec’s report of the ebraski fnstitute for the blind at Nebraska City opens with tho statement that the total enrollment for tho biennial term has boen seventy-two patients. ‘The average atten- dance the past yoar has been fifty-two. ‘The principal says there are still o number of educatable blind children in the state whose parents liave not as yet scen fit to send them to the school, a fact which he claims 18 greatly to b deplored. One reason assigned for this fuilure is that the parents of children 1n distant parts of the state are too poor to pay the railroad cxpeuses to and from the institutic There ave three departments in the school literary, musicai and industriul. To these, the past year, he has added the branch of piano tunin One of the features on which some of the last appropriation was expended was a series of outside fire which cost §2,000, These escape o made familiar to all by use at s . Recently they early in the moruing, on alavm of fire having boon purposely sent through- out the building by the el n while all the inmates were in bed. Ineight minutes everybody had dressed, descended the es- canes and assembled in front of the building. During the year forty pupils have studied the piano, ten the organ, twenty-one the vio- 1, seventeen tho volee, thirty-six choir worlk, fitfeen harmony and four piano tuning. In the indusirial department the girls de- vote one hour a ¢ n koitting, crocheting, sewing aad such liko duties, the smaller boys und girls confining themselves to making various fancy articles with beads and wire. The young men are taught broom making ne seating, which they become export. Tha sickne th in uun"wull\ exempt lmm tie principal asks for 300, for a y»lmw and additions to the librar . Another &300is asked for furniture, bedding and clothing. The extension of the sewer to North Table creck will require £100, while 81,800 is askea for repairs. Phe estimato for the ord penses of the next two years i includes fuel, lights and wage and is based upon an estimated attendance of seventy pupils, The salaries for office teachers and physicians for the same time i $11,500, making n total of 35,000, ry eurrent ex- £21,000, which 5t employos, THE FEXRLE MINDED. How They Are Cared For in the Ne braska Institute at Beatvice. LixcoLy, Neb, Fob. 8.—[Special to Tur superintendent -aska fubtitute for feeble minded has mado his appearance at the Simultancopsly api Lis third bieunial regort, which the doctor opens with the assertion that the past two years have boen years of constat growth and improgement. The approvriation made by the last legislature for several impro ments has been cxpended with substautial results, one of which 1s the fire esc which, he says, are of casy descent A to the lchildren. Nine children died the ydac. There are now in the tion eighby-six males .and forty-eight females, Applications for admission num- bered 254, of which the males numbered 15: females ninety-uine. In the doctor's judg- ment there will he agleast 200 application: during the next twdycars, and he has now on his list the names of S43 feeble minded persons residing in various parts of the state. Anticipating a groat in- crease in the number of applications, the doctor suggests that accommodations be furnished for from one hundred and fifty to two hundred addi- tional inmate: To provide for the first number it would be ne to_erect two additional cottages with a capacity of seventy-five or eighty children wich additional dining” rooms, school rooms aud a larger kitchen, “I'ne engine room is located inthe old boiler- houso and necessitates an extra man in tn department. The boiler-liouso has been twice damaged by wind _storms, is not likely to stand the jar of machinery and renders it dangerous to allow several thousand dollars’ worth of machinery to remain there, “The doctor suggests the erection of a good brick building, large enough to coutain _en- gine, dyuamos, laundry and shopsand for this purpose asks an appropriation as follows . Two cottages with furniture, $23,000; engine room, etc., $10.000;- kitchens, ete., $15,000; adapling bovs' attic for employes, $2,000. Total, $52,000. The tubular well of water, but the liquid is too hard to be used for either boiler, laundry or drinking purposes. In the matter of water, indeed, the institution is in bad condition, both from & savitary point as well as a pro- tectiou agmnst fire. The ol well, the doctor says, is inadequate for boiler and household uscs, being pumped dry several times a day. The storage ca- pacity is so small to place is much of the time” without water, though using the pump night and day. This makes an additional expense “for help, and at no time he claims huve they had a suf- ficient supply for laundry and household use. The health of the institution absolutely re- quires an abundunt supply of wholesome water, At a depth of 250 foct the new well conclusively proves that deep wells in the immediate viciity would be a failu he only available supply at present is either a sufiicient, number of wells sunk to the rock, as the old-one or the small creek near the institution. The water in the creek would be unfit for hou hold purposes, and the water insurface wells, while good would be liable to_contamination from the sewers from the buildings. If such wells should be used, the sewers already laid should be replacéd by others made tight as possible. Poisonous substances in solution are not removed by filtering through any depth of sand. Only matter in suspen- sion is removed, thus leaving the water clear and sparkling without removing the cause of has proposed ding an cightiuch water main to the institution for gho cost of laying (estimated oy’ _tlm ity engmeer at $13,000), which whuld be credited to the state and no further payment to be made for wator consumed until the charges amount to this sum. Unless {t1§ @ecided to connect with the city waterworks, somo provision should be made immediately for the storage of water in @ tank or tankd s\me;. it for ut least two or three days'sapbly, ‘T'his storage is also necessary in ease of five, as they would be en tively helpless shoullt such an accident occur. A fumber ofiithe girls dosewing, both plain_aud ornamental, two knit and three have been taught . o crochet. The doctor i satisfled with the result aud hobes to intro- duce hoemaking, Lvlmmx and farm work. “The doctor suegzests the purchase of several acres of land in the'¥leinity of the fnstitution upon which the latter work might be prac- ticed, During thelast two years several adjoining acres have been rented and 4,000 worth of vegetabhes pave beon raised No regular visiiiog days have been estab- lished, but the public is always welcome. Parents visiting ebildven ave allowed to re- main ouo night. Appended to the report is @ table of school attainments, sbowing the number of pupils who speak, read, write, figure and have a knowledge of time, money, colors, music, arill, geography, language, orawing, house- hold' work, as also the work done by the xum and girls both in the institution and the eld, of the at Beatric lezislature, rs supplies plenty A Blow to Pinkerton, Laxcory, Neb, Feb. 8.—[Special to Tae Bee.]—Senator Randall of Phelps has intro- duced a bill which is aimed to prevent Pinker- ton’s armed men and similar bodies of men from coming into this state Lo 10 preserve the peace. It provides that no governor, shenfr, marshal, doputy marshal, mayor OF any other ofcer who is authorized to @ppoint special officers to s preserve the peace, shall ap- point as such special ofcer any man who 18 not a citizen of the state. No person will be permitted to act as spe- cial ce offloer without authority in writ- ing from the party appointing him. Any person who shall in this state unlawfully ex- ercise or attempt to exerciso the functions of or hire themselves out to anyone as a deputy sheriff, marshal, policoman, constable or ace officer, or auy person, whether acting | 1% QRN I texture n hiis own behalf or as an officer of the law, or as the authorized or unauthorized agent or representative of another; or of any associa- tion, corporation or company who shall bring or cause to be ‘brought, or aid in bringiog intd this state any armed or unarmed police force or de- tective agency or forco or armed or unarmed body of men, for the suppression of domestio violence, shall bo guilty of a felony and on conviction thereof shall be punished by im- prisonment in tho state prison for not I than two yoars and not moro than five years; provided, that the legislature, or the execu: tive, whon the legislature cannot be con- venea, may call upon the lawfully consti tuted authorities of the United States for protection against foreign und domestic vio- s provided by Any person, officer, company, association or corporation, who shall knowingly bring.or causo to be brought, or aid in tho bringing into this state any armed or unarmed pol force for the suppression of domestic violence, shall be liable n & civil action to any person for any injury to person or property through the action or as the result of the coming or bringiug into the state of such a body of men or any of thom whether acting togethoer or separately in carcying out the purpose for which they were brought into the state, - ABOUT NEBRASKA, A Plain Statergent of Facts as to 1ts Condition and Resources. OAKLAND, Neb., Peb, 7.—To the Editor of Tk Beg: Recent events, of an unusial na- ture, have drawn the attention of thousands of people in difforeat parts of our country to Nebraska. The late Indian scare on our nomhiern border: the reported destitution and distross in the western counties, aud fears of vicious legislation by the present legislature, based upon the sensational scones of its open- mg d arrested, and to some extent chained, the currents of public thought to Nebraska as they never were bofore, And well they wmay be, for Nebraska is a great state. Great in area, great in natural re- sources, great in development accomplished, and great in possibilities, In magnitude, av least, it kunown. The prosperous me Lincoln, Grand Island or Fr satisfuclory business at tho end of a year with the observation that he ‘likes’ Ne- braska.”? Little he knows of Nebraska. The prosperous farmers in the eastern coun ties nse their books with a balance in their on the ledgor of * 1d loss™ and declare that “Nobrasko is a the fa But Nek teritory and the fortunate farmers of theso superb counties kuow but little of the other ana more distant parts of the state. So a favorable season, coupled with judicious jugement the first fow vs in Holt, Hall, Phelps, Wobstor or Clay , delights the now comers and they te to those left behind fu eastern N braska, Illinois or New England that dorado’ is found at last and that their ex- petience proves that Nebraska is the place ssfully raise this. that or the oth Box Butto, Siou for one sea’ the winds to the ve invaded with ng hook those western s them forty, fifly and even in to the acre with gooa els at the goverpment posts and in the mining camps” still westward, And from them the cry of “*Eureka’ is wafted castward as it was in 18 to 1588, and the stampede for the clieap lands on Nebraska's “steppes” commences, The tardy pioncers in these counties grow cloquent over Ne- braska’s “Eden,” as they call it, and_their rosy letters in connection with the flaming and overdrawn folders of the railroads result in loading every westbound train down to the very “gunwales” with hopeful emigrants and homo-seckers. Yot little these sturdy but unfortunato pioneers, located out theve where less than a scoro' of years ago the tragedy of the “last of the buffalo” was being played by the warlike Siouxlittle, I say, they know of the rich soil and salubrious climate of that portion of the stato adapted to farming operatious. The same lack of thorough and reliable dataexists with our eastern critie, T exaggerate an insiznificant conflict be the Tndians of South Dakota and the national troops, in which a few score are nec killed, ino & general northwestern war, partial 10ss of crops out in Bauner, Keith, Sionx, Perkins and surrounding counties, they point to us proof of the fact that the far-fumed productiveness of Nebraska is o wyth; that the “Great American Desert™ “is ro-establishing itself; that hun- areds of settlers are dostitute, and aid is ur- gently being called for. Living on their crampod up little farms, or in the same old stone house in_some sicepy old New Englund hollow in which their an- cestors for four or five generations were born, livedand died, they are not expected to understand the situition fully “They are not supposed to thut there might be drouth, pestilence and even famine in_ portions of this state, covering an area larger than New Jersey, or even Miassachusetts, and yet the main par this ereat commonwealth” be practically un- affected by it. do not seem to know, orcare to know, that the drouth-stricken district is more than three hundred miles from Omaha and geographically bemrs no tion to eastern Nebraska than Maine to Connecticut, Aguin, exaggeration of another kind finds a fertile'soil in distant communities, and dis- tance adds many chapters to the tale. The antics of an anurchist like Shrader, a dema- gogue like Church Howe, or a revolutionist like Taylor or Stevens is' magnified into sig nilicance neyond expression and the deduc- tion promptly drawn_ that Nebrasku is in the hands of 4 “mob.”’ But the outside world does not kuow that a full grown man now zuides the helm of our shipof state; that, assisted by the level headed and conserva- tive clerent in the lesislature, no vicious laws will be permitted to pass, and all whole- some laws will bo enforced while he is gov- crnor; that Dictator Burrows and his follow- ers could not, if they would, destroy the fair fame of this gi state. Nebrasks has a diversity of sol and rendering her unexcelled for attract by auy state in tho union. The Missouri washes its castern shores atan altitade of about 1,000 fect above the level of the sea, while the foot hills at its western border may 000 feet higher, the ascent from east to being very xradual. The state covers seven degroes of lougitude by three degrees of latitude, About 420 miles long by 200 miles wide makes an empire of 50,000,000 acres, avery square foot of which is cithér fine farm or oxcellent grazing lands, Midway the occans, inthe center of the north temperate zone, west of the track of the cyclone, the hot winds of the tropics are met_and modified by the cold columns df Arctic breczesin such a manner and with such resuits _that, with rave excoptious, the climate of Nobraska, though subject to in- numerable changes, is for healthfulness, purity and temperiture, take itthe year round, probably as enjoyable and’ de- !II.A\IIIJ as auy state in the republic. ‘The water is generally pure and abundant. The rivers—the Missouri, Platte, Republi- can, Elklorn, Niobrara, Blue, Loups and nundreds of their tributaries —traverse every nook aud corner of the state. In the eastern portion, by which I mean all 6ast of the ninety: cighth weridian, the seasons aro as uniform, us to crops, s any country in the world, for during my' residence, covering a space of twenty-one years in this section, there has not been a single falure caused by drouth or other climatic conditions. The central por- tion—from 95 o 100 degrees west—has been slightly subject to lack of rain, accompanied by hot, dry winds in July and August, for cars, thai have riven the farmors more or {('sn trouble; but in this seotion the rain belt i gradually moving westward, and close up to the 1006 meridian the farmer of the future may expect a reasonable result from honest and intelligent cultivation of the soil. West of this agricultural pursuits without irriga- tion on @ gigantic scale will never pay. The 100th - meridian marks the eastern limit of the drouth offeced country. West of it are what may be called the frontiet counties, and it is the land that has been foolishly invaded by so mauy imprudent and now dependent settlers. It is true that in this great region, com- posed of more than one-third of the’ state, containing 22,000,000 acres, there are many fine vallevs, and even whole counties, thit with sufficient walar just at the right' time are capable of yielding maguificent crops, is but little hant of Omah. out closes nuer ana Pe som, perbaps, shorn lambs" plow nd - prux ranges and give ¥ bushels of od tempe The WINTER WISDOM, [Exchange.] Don't be afrald of tresh ulr, bnt avold draughts. Don't g0 out o doors for & second withous oxtra covoring. In soleoting your winter underclothing, ©0hooso that which 1s warm and yet more of ake off your overcoat when youn enter a 'm place, whether office or orlva dwel- ling, even Lt your visit is to last only three minutes, £ you catoh cold or develon a cot of It at once, This is better than focl ing and thinking that pneun has marked you as a vi The best remody for v stubborn), or sudden ob A d of whiskey in wat vill fmport a g erous wirnth to the whoie body and keop off the diseases of the senson. Dow't forgst that anly pire whiskoy sh ould De t s Puro Malt Whiskey h mondation from the le doctors as to {ts eMcionoy. ane from tho mosy prominent selentists as to its puarit 1t is tiie only standard medicinnl whiskey., Take no other from your druggist. ot rid bluo! onln or consumption im, igh or cold (however but Judging this scetion by the experionco of recont years, tho chances of sufficient rain- fall in July und August are against it; and in the counties of Cherry, Sheridan, Dawes, Box Butte, Sioux, Seott's sBlff, Banner, Kimball, Cheyenne, Deuel, Grant, Hooker, A\r'.hur. ‘McPherson, T oican, Keith, Perkins, Chase, Dundy, Hayes, Hitcticock, Red Wil- low, Erontier and Lincoln, in this district— ith the excoption of a fely strips along the rivers—the crops for two years have not paid the expense of planting, so that the reports of drouth in that section are in many respects 00 true; andin many a sod snanty, dugout, or poorly coustructed log cabin—particularly in Bunner, Blane, Grant, Box Butte, Sioux and adjucent countles—the winter's sun looks ~down today on wretchedness, which, if not soon relieved, will make 'the great drifts of glistening snow by which that country is embraced the wind- ing sheet of hundreds there, too weak to bai- tlewith the elements, The facts aro that uuless irrigation redeems it, this portion of the state caonot be relied upon to sustain large agricultural communitios, “The soil coutains all the elements Jiecessary to the successful growth of cereals, but un- less the hot and dry period can be overcome by irvigntion—which to awmount to anything would have to be on a large scalo—the sooner 1 the “farmers” abaudon the idea of suc fully vaising corn, wheat, oats, barley, mil Let, ete., and such of them’ a8 cannot return to eastern Nebraska turn their attention and means to raising hive stock exclisively, the The land west of the 100th meridian should never have been invaded by the home- steader, 1t was created for n stock country naturally adapted to the raising of cal sheep and horses, ‘It is covered by grasses, sown by nature, that cure upon tho stalk, and at all seasons’ of the e furnish to cattlea palatabie and nutritious food. Bo- fore the present misguided settlers came it was the paradise of prosperous stockmen thoonly well-to-do elements there now are tho *cowmen.’” Before the vhoy it was the home of the wild bison, and their wilder associates, t when men_come back to their sober se senses, us it were, it will be azain conceded to be a uatural stock rango and again devoted, as it should be, 1o that business. But Nebraska is great in other rgspe Tt not only contains an cxceedingly fertilo a genial climate, splendid wa id magnificent flora: enjoyed by a progressive peaple, whose improvements in sixty counties of the state are as substantial and permanent j those of easteru states. But the advance shown by ansus, in the last ten years, shows that in a short time it will outstrip all competitors in the west in population and wealth. It is the on e in the union that gaivs three comeressmen’ by the new apportionment just made by congress Its taxes are less th value, 1 per cent on actual st public sehool system in ex- s less illiteracy than most of tho It contains the best muni in the matter of police, vogue. 1thas less convicts in its pemtentiary,either in number or percontage, than surrounding states, and better regulated ommunities than the average throughout the conutry. Its publie schools are not only tne best, but its press the brizhtest, iis chusches and pub- lic libraries as good, and the gencral average of its citizeus in intelligence, resources and respect for law, truth and honesty fully up to as high a standard as any state west of tho Mississippi. A B. Cutaung. (Lo SR, Several years ago Chamoertain & Co. of Des Moines, Tn., commenced the manufacture of a cough syrup, believing it to be the most ! prompt and reliable preparation yet produced | | regulations ete., in pal enses, for cougis, colds and croup; that the public appreciate true merit, and in time it was ce tain to oecome popular. Their most sanguir hopes have been more than realized. Over three hundred thousand bottles of Chamber lain's Cough Remedy are now sold each year, and it is recognized us ‘“‘the best made" wherever known. 1t will cure a severe cold in less time thau any other treatment. For salo by all druggist: teded O T, At the Y. M. C. A, Rev. N. L. Hooplugamer, the evangelist who is leading in the revival meeting at the Seward street Methodist Episcopal church, spoke before a mecting of 207 men at the Young Men’s Christian association yestor- day afternoon, The address was preceded by a song service led by Prof. Sheldon, and o cornet solo by Mr. Henry Ferringer, Miss Ringer accompanist. ‘This was somewhat of an innovation in these services, but was greatly appreciated, the performanco being very fine. Severalsongs from the book used by ibe evangelist, “Good News in Song.” were also suug. The speaker took for his text the words: “But they were the ruiu of b, aud of all Isracl.” 1. Chron. 2533, Miss Bessie . Bedloo of Burlington, Vt., had o disease of the scalp which caused her hair to becowe yory harsh and_ary and o fall 50 f sho searculy dared conb it Ayer's Hair Vigor gave her a health, and made the hair besutifully thick Rl Klossy. PERSONAL PARAGRAPAS, P. T, Sterns of Donver is at the Poxton. C. W. Mihills of Norfolk is at the Casey. . M. Stephens of St. Louls is at the Millard. L. V Millard. F. X. Crafts of Paxton. S, W. Paxton G. G. Murray. J. E. Bonter of Chicago was at the Millard last uisht A. IX. Martin of St Joe was at the Casey last ht. F. 5. Havens of Creighton is in the city the Casey. L. G. Coryell of Neligh the Casey W. L. Colvillo of Ne at the Millard. H.'T, Sullivan of New York is In the eity, at the Paxton. W. E.C. Windsor of Boston is at the Murray. J. W. Rawson of Chicago is at the Murray. L KE GEN L hhANT S. on Russell of Glenwood, Ta,, is at the Cincinnatl, O., is at tho Itsell of Detroit is registered at the the McClure of St.Lounis is at at is registerea at w York is 1 the city egistered t tho city, Lad a cancer my Fatal results from tongue that spread un- 11l my thro t was s0 af (cted that 1 could gcur ly swallow. My physi clan sald it was a cace ien'l. cancer- ous sores have often been averted by tak- ing S s B ninie [R5 @18 Rook on Blood and tkin diseascs fiee T.¢ Swit Snecliie, Co, Atlants, Ga. very simi Goants. 8. 8 8. me sound and well. 1 b lieve it saved my life, curel Mis. A. M. Coldsmith, Erooklyn, N. ¥ Al our b/nfl',/r/m'm beaver and chinchilla ov coals that we lhave always sold for §12, thisweek $6.50. AU our 25 overcoats for 816, OQur 85, 86 and $7 pants marked down for this week, to $3 and §.4.25. Al pants worth e 85, goat $2.25. M, HELLMAN & CO. Cor. 13th & Farnam. than