Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 11, 1891, Page 4

D5 BEREIOoOm e THAE DAILY BEE [ ol L e B. ROSEWATER Evtron PUBLISHED EVERY TERME OF SURSCRIPTION, Sunday, One Yes MORNING. 40 00 6 00 250 200 100 afly an Ratam aha, Thoe Bee Ballding. th O Corner N and 2 Councll Biufrs, 12 Pearl Str Chiongo Offc « w.. k. Rooms 13,14 and ‘ashingion, 1 Fourteent ESPONDENCE s relating to news and o 0 juld be addressed to the h Stroots. amber of Commeree, ribne Buiiding trect. cs should shing Company, afts, ehecks and postofiico orders iade payible (o the order of the com- The Beg Publishing Comnany. Proorietors, ?he Beo W'z, Farnam and Se ;mny-mn}g A ITEMENT OF CIRCULATION, wwka, BWORN & Etate of ounty of Douglas. orge 1L, Tschuck, secretary of Tye Der Rublishing company, does solomnly swear that the actual circulation of T DAILY BER for the woe g Pebruary .7, i, w follows: funday, | [ “ebruary 1 I y. Fobruary 6 Baturday, Febriary 7 Averago, L R 1. TZSCHUCK., A subseribed in my Lln'u\ D. 1801, fore i Sworn to 1 c ay ot preser Btate of Nebraska, County of Do George B Tzschy pores and syt ublishing comnp Aaily eir . being duly sworn, de- ho'Is secretary of THE BER ny, that the actual average tlon ot Tr DALY BEE for the month of Fehruary, 180, 1 coples March, 180, 20515 coples: for April, 1800, or Many, 180, 20,10 coples; for July, 1500, 20.662 coples i i0_coples; for September, for October! i CRETARY BLAIN not saying much, but his works speak lounder than words. — CONGRESSMAN JERRY SIMPSON has re- moved, or rather covered up, his chief ttleto fame. Hels now wearing socks. IF tho Omaha board of health could convert its agitation into cash what a high old sanitary time we should have, CONGRE may probe the depths of the silver pool and smothor the sounds therein, but it cannot whitewash the ring. THE opening of the February term of court shows that jury service has lost none of its potent charms for the pro- fessional, — SENATORTAL elections by popular vote would be a decided improvement over the monotonous contests prevailing in various state: THE recent snow storm serves many useful purposes. Among others, it proves that Boroas has not taken up permanent quarters in the east and abroad, — TowaA enjoys the unique distinction of having courts, commissioners, and the public at large working in harmony in the matter of railrond regulation. Irremiins to be seen whother the council will encourage compotition in electric light and power, or strengthen the grip of the present monopoly. THE present revenue law as cons trued by the courts gives an importance to the nssessor which the wido awake tax dodgor will not bo slow to cultivate. —— ‘THE firo traps on block 86 will not be missed. A sufficiency remains in the vicinity to proclaim in yarnished tones the amazing enterprise of the owners, THE attentions and favors showered upon the Sioux ampassadors in Wash- ington tends to show they are entirely different from the tribos that recently emorged from the cotillion in the Bad Lands. DEMOCRATIC congressmen imbibed a sudden dislike for appropriation riders on discovering that two parties ecould playat that game. As a consequonce the freo coinage rider hustily dis- mounted, — THE calm which surrounds the sena- torial contest in the state of Washington does not imply a want of chango in the situation, The members are simply en- deavoring to discover the amount of change thove is, or was, in the contest, THE ovorcrowded docket of the Doug- las county district court is a forcible plea for an increase in the number of judges. Double the presont number of judges would be taxed to clean up the docket in a year, without considering any new cases, — THE truth is out at last. According to Bir Charley Tupper, the McKinley bill was a conspiracy ‘“‘prompted by un. worthy men in our own land for the pur- pose of handing over Canada tothe United States.” It is now in order for Count Crispi of Italy to chargo his offi- oial taking off to the evil influence of [ the tariff bill, HONEST acts never spring from evil motives. The so-called investigation of Pension Commissioner Raum was con- ceived and carried out in a spirit of malice. It was not tobe expected that those who inspired the investigation would exonerate the commissioner and condemn themselves. This explainsthe vindietiveness of the democratic minor- ity report. THE civilities of legislative life in Ne- braska have not been marked with an abundance of chivalry? but what was lacking in elegance was touchingly made up with brevity and expressive vigor. Thisis tobe regretted in view of the advance of cult in the Colorado capitol. “Liar,” “blackguard” and *‘coward” lend an alr of truth and na- tive freshness to the pleasantries ex- changed by the statesmen of the Rockies. TIME TO CALL A WALT. The framers of our present constitution were mortally afraid of tax-edters. They therefore limited the number of execu- tive officers and bLuilt a high fence around them by inserting a special pro- vision forbidding the legislature from creating any offices in addition to those named in the constitution. But this hedge did not keep out the intruders. When the supreme court declared that a board of railroad commissioners would bo an illegal body, whether appointed by the governor or elected by the peogile, until the constitution shall be amended, the railroad managers who wanted to prevent a maximum rate bill induced the legisiature to whip the devil around the stump by creating a sot of deputies who were to constitate the railway commission, while ostensibly the state officers were expected to act us commissioners, This was the first instance in Nebraska when the tail begon to wag the dog and it has been wagging it ever sinco. Like the camel that first got in his nose, then introduced his hump and finally got into the inclosure bodily the tax-eaters have been working their way through the constitutional hedge until we shall be overrun by a g horde of bogus state officeholders than has ever got on the pay roll of any state in the west. We already have a labor commissioner who is on the pay voll as deputy to the governor, and we nave a deputy for tho deputy commission We have a state oil inspector, who is also deputy to the governor, and a whole crew of deputies to the deputy. We have had a state veterinary deputy and we have had o state pig innoculdtor. We have a state board of pill-making supervisors and we are to have a state board to look after the peoples’ health and incidental- ly to woed out the qu We have bank examiners and deputy bank examine and there is room for an insurance commissioner and several deputies. On top of this we are a board of funeral director inspec- tors who are to see to it that the ronsof the pillmakers and duetors are duly and scientifically pro- served in brine. We shall presontly have an irrigating ditch inspector, a salt water tester and a retinue of officials who will watch over us and keep us out of trouble from the cradle to the grave. But really, isn't it about time to call a halt and devote a little time of the legi lature for the protection of the tax- payers, 50 ater to have —_— WILL THEY LIVE UPTO THE CONTRACT? Whatever Judge Doanc’s decision in the union depot case may be, it is evi- dent from the records of the depot. com- pany, put in evidence, that we are not to have a union depot, but a passenger station for the Union Pacific and .B. & M. railways and possibly the Missouri Pacifie. Itis now patent to every in- telligent citizen that the Union depot company is practically under the abso- lute control of the Union Pacific and Burlington roads. If it is to the intevest of these roads to exclude competing companies from union depot privileges they can readily do so by exacting tolls upon several million dollars of water injected into depot stock. Or they may simply plead that there isnot room enough to nccommo- date more roads, Will the Burlington allow the Rock Island ‘to share its depot privileges in view of the that the Rock Island intends to become a very formidable competitor, not only between Omaha and Lincoln but between Omaha and Denver? Will Jay Gould allow the Rock Island toenter the Missouri Pacific territory solong as ho can prevent it by keeping upthe embargo across the bridge and monopolizing all the space in tho so- called union depot? Viewed from this standpoint what prospect is there of the Union depot company carrying out its contract with Omaha? DRIVE OUT THE LOBBY. The presont logislature is beset by a lobby as aggressive, insiduous and un- scrupulous as any that ever beseiged the legislative halis at Lincoln. Men who for years have done the disreputa- blo work of corporation cappers are at the state capitol ready to engage in the nefarious business of debauching the lawmakers, Ex-membevs of the legisla- ture, presumably hired and paid for their precious influence, are there nsid- iously laboring, by mothods with which they are familiar, to promote legislation not in line with the interests of the people or to defeat that which is, This motloy gang of trained iobbyists and discarded politicians hang about the halls of the legislature and the offices and bar-rooms at the hotels, keenly watching for any opportunity that may offer to ensnare the unwary legislator, and prepared to do any sort of dirty and dishonorable work to accomplish this, The processes are numerous, and none is too disreputable to be employed by these unscrupulous hirelings of the cor- porations. The duty of the legislature is to purge the halls of legislation of these men. They cannot be driven out of Lincoln, but they can be kept away from the floor of either house. They cannot be provented from harrassing members on the streots and at the hotels, but they can be shut out from approaching mem- bers when in the performance of their duties. Tho legislatures of other states have found it practicable to deal with tho lobby so as to reduce its evil influence, and ' the honest men in the Nebraska legislature can doso if they will. It is necessary to | sostigmatize these mon that no self- respecting member of the legislature who has any regard for his reputation will associate with them. Companion- ship under any circumstances with a confirmed lobbyist should be regarded as prima facie evidence of a corrupt and dishonnst purpose. Another matter which may properly be referred to in this connection is the practice of managers of state institu- tions of going to Lincoln to labor with legislators for appropriations. These individuals should bs given to undee- stand that when they have reported what they deem to be the requirements of the institutions under their control they have done their whole duty in this particular, and that lobbying on their part for appropriations will not be tol- erated. All information that may be called for by the legislature it s thelr duty to give, but it is not necessary that they should spend weoks at the state capitol in order to do this, The matter is within the authority of the governor, and he should not hesitato to exercise it for the coreroction of a practice that has grown to bo offensive, and if allowed to continue may become a seri- ous abuse. But the important thing to be done is to drive out the lobby, or at least put a check upon its influence and its oppor- tunities for mischief. Whoever shall undertake this task and carry it to suc- cess will have a strong claim to the grat- itude of the peop! Vebraska. WE MUST HAVE SHIDS. The negotiation of an agreement with Brazil under which it is expected thero will be a material increase in the demand from that country for our produets, and the favorable outlook for like agree- ments with the countries south of us has stimulated the demand fora government policy to encourage the construction of steamships for the carrying trace. It is urged with renewed energy that what- ever treatios or arrangements the United States may make for reciprocity in trade with the other American countries, will not be satisfactor; have our own facilities of trans portation. It is of no moment, it issaid, what the inducements that Brazil may give us to bring our products into her markets, itis no matter how she may en- able us to cut our commercial rivals, if we continue to depend on foreign con- We must have ships that will run on fast time and make frequent trips. All thi that nobody is plausible, Tt is presumed questions that it would be very atly to the advan- tage of our merchants and manufac- turers if they could ship and re- ceive merchandise in American vedsels sailing directly between our ports and those of the countries south of us. They would doubtless save both time and money, anda very large part of what they would pay for freight would re- main in the countryand be expended here. Thoe amount annually paid to foreign shiip owners for the transporta- tion of merchandise to and from tho United States is a large drain. It would be very satisfactory if it could be kept at home, The matter of time is also important, It is stated that in the Brazilian trade it takes twice as much time to obtain invoices from this country as from Eng- land. Our minister to Brazil says it is idle to expect increase of trade with a country from which it takes fifty to seventy days to get a reply to a letter. Expedition is a vital factor in the busi- ness of today, and our inability to com- pete with England in the matter of time in our trade with South America is man- ifestly a severe drawback. We should undoubtediy be able to remedy this with fast steamers owned and managed by American citizens, These prac considerations clearly show the desirability of having our own means of transportation, but when the question is asked how these areto be provided the only reply that receives any attention is, that the government shall encourage ship building by a pol- icy of liberal subsidies. Suggestions of an abandonment or modification of ex- isting laws which do not permit Ameri- can citizens to do business with foreign nations in vessels carrying the, flag of the union, unless built in" this country, are given no regard. Nothing but government subsidies will answer the purpose of those who are clamoring loudest that we must have new ships, and justnow they are- pressing their views with a vigor that may bring suc- cess, There is a subsidy bill in the house that has passed the senmate, and the former is being urged to pass it. If some of the western representatives who have thus far been anwilling to contravene the views of their constituentscan be in- duced to support the meas ure the pres- ent congress may com mit the nation to a ship subsidy policy the ultimate cost of which cannot be computed with any degree of certainty, but which theroe is reasor to apprehend might be so great as to offset the benefits to be ex- pected from the South American trade, The United States ought to have ships for its foreign commerce. Perhaps it is necessary to the fullest development of that commerce that it must have them, But there is a wiser and safer way to secure them than by the subsidy policy, which once entered upon may continu- ally indefinitely a steadily increasing burden upon the people. JOINT RATE REGULATION. If anything were wanting to confirm the wisdom and justice of the acts of the Towa railroad commissioners, it is fur- nished by an unbroken chain of victories in the highest court of the state. The latest act of the commissioners to receive judicial arproval was their right to make *‘joint rates” over two or more roads. The railroads contested this right and selected the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern, an almost entire state road, to make the fight: The case was finally taken to the state supreme court, where the power of the commis- sion was affirmed. The decision of the court is important in that it clears away technical obstruc- tions to rate regulation. “In our opin- fon,” says the court, “no facts or dis- tinction of principle exist which deprive the state of authority and power to establish joint rates.” Ineffect the de- cision holds the railrond commission is vested with discretionary power to ad- vance joint rates when found too low to compensate the carriers, and to lower rates when too high to do justice to the shipper. _Justice to both shipper and carrier demand such regulation and ad- justment of separate charges as will bo reasounable, Although the court was not a unit in the position taken, the decision is in ac- cord with all previous rulings. The right to regulate rates over any one road having been afirmed, it follows that the commission may in its die- crotion exercise like power in adjusting rates between given points over two or more intersecting and connecting ronds, S ———— A WASHINGTON dispateh to the Phila- dolphia Record suys there is something - of a mystery conneoted with the death of the postal #rraph bill. Mr. Gould | was in Washington the day beforo tho motion was lnid en the table by the com- mittee, but hé whs too sick to seo the postmaster ganotal, Whefhor he was t0o 11 to seo sofiithody else, remarks the correspondent of the Record, is in a mat- ter of conjoctire, At any rate a fow days heforo theyisitof Mr. Gould the commitiee voted mot to lay the bill aside, and in view of this fact the action in tabling the bill on the y following the visi} of Mr. Gould at the national capital naturally suggests a suspicion that somebody was seen by him. The failure of postal telegraphy in the present congress is very much to be regrotted, but the issue is not dead. It is simply postponed. The time is not far distant when the public demand for cheap and efficient telegraph service, under the public control, will be -met. As it is, the rejoction of the plan pr posed by Postmaster General Wana- maker may prove to be, as the Philadel- phin Press observes, the most unwise step which could have been taken in the interest of existing telegraph companies. THE de cision of Judge Wakeley prac- tically ties the hands of the city council acting as a board of equalization on assessed valuations, In other words, the council must follow the rules laid down by the supreme court for the govern- ment of county boards of equalization. Neither the council nor the county board can legally alt@r the returns of assessors without going through the form of a trial. No matter how glar- ingly unjust may be the valuations of a precinet, compared with others, the re- turns of the assessors are final unless individuals file written protests. Tho power thus vested in the assessors has been grossly abasod. Favoritism and discrimination is conspicuous in the a: sessment rolls, and the proper author ties are powerless to remedy the evil. Comparatively few taxpayers will file written protest; inst low valuations rather than before the board. ptests could be had, it would be impossible for the boards to equalizo the assessors’ lists in the time allowed by law. The rulings of the courts em- phasize the necessity of radically chang- ing the revenue laws and giving boards of equalization discretionary power in the matter of valuations. — NBY, the silver pool wit- ness who distinguished himself for what he did not know, insinuates that a Ne- braska congressman flashed a roll of bills under his optics. “I had not been in Washington an hour,” he says, “‘hefore a Nebraska congréssman came to me and said: ‘Owenby, if before you go on tho stand you manage to forget what you know of the silver pool, there will ba $2,500 in it for you.’” The public is left in the dark as to the name of the Ne- braska congressman, nor s there any in- timation regarding the outcome of the deal. There are three Nebraskans in the lower house, - Ifeither of them ten- dered half a yearX sulary for an equiva- lent in silence, proof should be: forth- coming. But the force of the story is impaired by Owenby’s assertion that he spurned the offor, AND now we are to have another chapter of the Powers-Boyd contest with the usual varfations, This time the senate is to wrestle with the con- current resolution. It goes without say- ing that the corporation managers, the jobbers and their cappers in the lobby are all heartily in favor of keeping up the fight, which, if it is brought to a focus, will consume about all there is left of the session. And the sagacious and demented leaders like Burrows will persist in playing into the hands of the corperations, THE failure of the postal department to afford Omaha adequate help for handling the business of the postoffice is inexplicable. The volume of business, the low per cent of receipts required to pay carriers and clerks, confirm the jus- tice of the demand for an increased force. Our representativesin Washing- ton, as well as leading citizens, should unite in a vigorous protest against the shabby treatment of the city by the post- office department. THE proposed division of Douglas county into legislative districts will of course receive the unanimous support of the demograts. It is in accord with Governor Boyd’s urgent appeal for the selection of presidential electors by con- gréssional districts, and no genuino party man will run counter to the ad- vice of *‘the first democratic governor of Nebragka.” As an impartial referee in the contest between the heavyweight prophets of evil, Wiggins Foster and Dr. Gapen, THE BEE awards the belt to the city physician, Iv's J. Satk Judging from thy tion department id Union Pacific upd intended to pursub activity. No Boodlé Going Around? Reno (Nev) Journal. Great indignationTs expressed in Carson on the short-sightedpess of the railroad com- panies in having our passes run out 50 soon after adjournment of the legislature. They expire March 2. Had they givea us a fow duys grace we mightchave struck o game and left more money here. As it 1s, we will have to rustlo or watk. ({ + 's Game, Times. abolition of the construc- maha it looks as if the Gould's management policy of masterly in- They Were Adopted, Too. Philadelphia-Press. The introduction of resolutions in the Ne- braska senate aenyiug that it is the desire or intention of that body to. pass radical meas- uras on the subject of interest and mortgages is an opportune movemeat, The ouly thing to be regretted is that there should be any cause for such action. It is undeniable, however, that the platforms on which the farmers’ allianca carried some of the western states last Nuvember, and the utterances of many of those it elected to oMice, have tended to unsettle values in that uelgbborhood and to make men unwilling to trust their money in states the legislatures of which are con- trolled by that organization. No greater wisfortune could happen to the west tha frighten away capital. That section money as much as it does the strong arm of | the pioneer. These two factors of progress | | 0 hand tn hand, and the Nebraska senate is wise enough to recognize the fact early. ———— For Church Members, Danvttle Breese, busy man, — ey glare, countloss stars ! awful swear. - Not Pay Enough, Chicago Tribune. Wanted, immediately, at Washington, D. C., to take charge of my finances, o first-class man, to whom a tenth-class salary will be paid. Usore Sam, — Another Pope Than Col. Bob. St Paul Ploncer-Press. The pope thinks he knows forms of govern- ment better than a republic. Never mind. The next pope is likely to bo an American, with practical experionce on the question, and ho will know that republics are best for both church and people - for Mexico. San Francis:o Clrondcle, Tho frec zone is o standing nuisanee which will perhaps remain unabated until Mexico becomes & part of the United States. The latter event may not happen soon, but the manifest destinarians are all firm believers that the people of North America will one day fiud it to their interest to live under oue flag, and something is bound to come from the bolief. PRETR ST With a Spring P New Yerk Herald, The proud littlo poet with poem in hand lair; editor’s me. to the THUS up Walked The meek little poet, sans poem, sans price, Vamoose SOHL down the slippery stair, A LITTLE OF EVERYTHING. A woman of Oil City, Pa,, recently paid a dvy goods dealer for a cloak which sho said she stole from him sixteen years ago. Mrs. Liady is the richest aressmaker in New York, "She is said to be worth about $1,000,000, mostly invested in real estate, Prince Bismarck's prosent hobby, accord- ing to a German interviewer, is a little wron which fties about his room and eats out of his hand. buring tho late war New Hampshire con- tributed to the union army one in every ten of her population, including men, women and children, There is “balbriggan’ hosiery made in va- rlous countries, but the only genuine comes from Ireland and is marked ucar the top with atiny stocking. ‘The numerically smallest religious denomi- nation discoveced by Porter's census takers is that of the Schwankfeldians, There are 406 of them and all dwell in Pennsyly: N In 1800 $280,000 worth of fondants and ol ates wero sent from Paris to the harews of Turkey and Egypt, and £500,000 worth of perfumery and face paints took the same road. In parts of Scotland if a pedestrian,on first seeing anew moon, will stop instantly, Kiss his hand three times and bow he is quite sure to find something of value within the next thirty days. Marmaduke Watson has been a school teacher in Philadelphia for fifty-four years, during thirty-five of which he has been & prin. cipal- He has now retired to enjoy a well- deserved rest. Great quantities of buttons aro now made from potatoss. ‘e tupers are turned into pulp and hardened with acids, and thereafter the stuff is cut up and treated as in button- making with bone, The portrait that to adorn the $2 treas- ury note which the treasury department is about to issue is that of General C.B. Me- Pherson, who was killed at Atlanta shortly before Sherman bogan his march to the sea. There is one aspect of the proposal to shorten the course at Harvard to three years which has not been touched upon except casually, says the Crimson, and_that is the effect which such a change would have on the athletic and social life of the students, Chief Engincer Sewell of the White Star fleet, considers himself the greatest traveler that ever lived, becauseduring h-s connection with the company he has sailed 818,400 nau- tical, or 941,000 standard miles, nearly four times the distance between the earth and the moon. Paris has a landlord who does not object to children; in fact, the more of them the mer- rier, he think: His apartment house is on the Rua Griset, and only married folks with children are veceived as tenants, When a birth occurs in the house the mother receives from him 10 francs, p fowl and & supply of coal for the winter. B — PASS Washington Post: The man who knows when to lay down his hand in a pokergame is passing clever. Texas Siftings: A man without hands can never feel well. Shoe Recorder: Billiardists, Chinese and actors are lost without their cues, Lowell Courier: Ladies can defend the wearing of corsets on economic grounds— there is less waist. Washington Post, Since for every Indian nation Waits but dreary devastation, Give them sure though gentle slaughter— Cigarettes and soda water. Texas Siftings: *“Laugh and the world laughs with you," doesn’t always hold ood when you laugh heartily at your own story. Puttsburg Chronicle: size of a bili to file it. Gorham Mountaineer; You ght a match to make it burn, and you burn a match to make it light. Utica Observer: The man who pays his reut has to hustle, and the man who does not has to keep moviug. New York World: Lymph may kil a pa- tient now aud thon, but cousumption never takes a res It never reduces the New York Herald: “I am quito well pleased with my son-in-law,” said old Mrs, Pickaflaw. “My influcnce over him 15 great, Ever since I have been at his house he has stayed down town &t work until 10 and 11 o'ciosk at night.” Elmira Gazette: One reason why the law- yors in a will case won't prophesy any out- come 15 because they all expect. au incoie, Puck: Brown—Was that boy going up the ladder or coming down, when he fell§ Little Johuny—From the ‘way ho looked, dad, I Ruess e was coming down, Ram's Horn: As arule women have poor memories, but they never forget the people Who say Rice things about their bonnets, Balumora Amer The winter has been remarkably dull so far as quarrels among baseball men are concerned., Tho Joas of many thousands of doliars his con vineed some of these people that they cannot control the earth aliAC T NO ONE OBJ .CTS. Nationalist, No one objects! Lot all men have their fill Of any pleasuve; think, speak—do their will; But not while others starve to ioot the bill, No one objects to power! Let men be, If that's & pleasure, kings on land and sea; But not while others slave in misery ! No one objects to riches! Lot men hold, If thav's a pleasure, countless sums of wold; But not while others die of want and cold] No one objects to pomp! Let vain men throw, If that's pleasure, gold away fo: show; But not while others balf-clad —naked go! No one objects to pride—ancestrial pride, If that's a pleasure, let 1t stalk and stride; But not while common sense must stand aside! FROM THE STATE CAPITAL. Soveral Casos in the Distriot Court Stricken From the Dookot. FIRED A SHOT INTO A PASSENGER TRAIN. A Young Farmer Arcestod on a Serl- ous Charge -Set Again—Lincoln Odds and Ends, Lixcory, Neb,, Fob. 10.—[Special to T Ber.|~The bottom fell outof the criminal docket of tho district court yestorday after. noon with considerable of a thud, The case against Charles Weathorby, who was under indictment for robbing Neliie Roberts, but who failed to show up at tho last torm of the district court, was ordered stricken from the docket, with leave to reiustate whenover €ood cause was shown, The case against A P. Baum was similariy disposed of. Baum is an old soldier who was arrested for peddling books without a license, and who appealed from the fine imposed by Judge Houston. Albert Chal), who stole bis uncle's horso and r was also discharged. The prosecuting witness long ago departed, and Albert has been in jail since last July. The gainst Frank Williams, tho tin horn gampler who was charged with gam bling und® the statutes, which makes it a felony, was also allowed to go froe, his bail | having been forfeited at the last term of | court. Richard Fitzsimmons, fathorof the young man now serving a term in the peni tentiary for killing a voung fellow who was bound over under a pe bad the cause stricken off the docket. Nancy Webster is another suppliant for divorce today. Nancy's married life has not been of long duration, and according to her petition not exactly a'bod of roses, She was married to Charles Webster, a farmer living in the north part of tho connty, inWahoo, on June I8 last. She that Charles, soon after thoir marriag an 4 course of harsh and cruel treatment, and threatened to wound her and her children by her former husband on several occasions. On_February 6 last, he threatened to kill her, and on tho’ following day for fear he would his threat into exccution she took her family of littlo chil- dren and leit him. Sho says these acts of cruelty were done without any provocation on her part or of her ehildren, John Wall, who was accused by M. M. Calin of whacking him over the head with a fence rail, and who declined to Jay tho fine imposed upon him by the police judge, pleaded guilty to assault and battery, and paid the fine of $1 and costs assessed, Willie Robb, the juil breaker, was arraigned on the charge of stealing Henry Burchum's h from his pocket, pleaded uotguilty and trial was set for tomorrow Tom McGuigan, who Ing open his colored wife's head with a knife, pleaded guilt nd battery instead gf standing t assault with intent to k fi. and was given thirty days in the county jail, The wife refused to testify against her hus- band, claiming that it was all an accident, and the county attorney did not care to risk a trial on the flimsy eyidence, TWO NOTED CASES DISMISSED, The case against Charles F. Hammond, charged with criminally assaulting his 14 year-old daugnter, was dismissed. Soon after Hammond’s arvest the girl mysteriously disappeared, and nothing has been heard of her since. Another case in which the defendant was di was that against W. H. Rickard, the DeWitt justice of the peace, whom the coroner’s jury decidod was guilty of adultery with Mollie Morford, the young woman who committed suicide last summer, as accused of lay- SHOT INTO A CAR. A young farmer named John Hansen, who lives about half a mile west of Bushman | park, was arrested this afternoon on the charge of malicious destruction of property, although the complaint may be changed o one of a much graver character. Superin- tendent Bignall of the B. & M. is the com. plainant. Tt appears from the story related Justice Cochran’s court that about two sen, who was carreyinga ro- ked it out as 0 passenger train was passing and fired at one of the coaches, Tho bullet, went crashing through one of the win- dows, but fortunateiy no person was struck. No reason can be assigned for the strango on on the part of Hansen. He excuses elf by claiming that the discharge was purely acoidental, SET FIRE TO THE JATL AGAIN. Mary Briges last night made another at- tempt to five the city jail. She was confined ina cell opening out into the corridor in which a stove is placed. Her cell door was tightly locked, but the stove door was open o few féot from ‘tho cell, She tied a piece of paper to a string and retaining hold of one eud of the cord threw the paper end into the stovo. When it became ignited sho drew it in, and set fire to the woodwork of the cell. When Captain Miller rushod in Mary was lying on the cot, and it was not until sho was unceremoniously dumped onto the floor that sho would show any signs of Jife. A few buckets of water quenched the flames, but the firemon, whose Tooms are just above, were nearly suffocated by the smoke. Mary was removed to another cell where she canit reach fire. STATE TOUSE NOTES. C. W. Mosher filed his bond for 80,000 today with the secretary of state as treastrer of the state relief committee, The Farmers’ lumber company of Atchison, Kas., has filod its articles of incorporation with the secretary of state, ODDS AND ENDS, W Stone asks judgment_against Stuart and William B, Seal for 54.08. He says that Stuart owes him that amouut, but has absconded to defraud creai- tors, and that Seal was a party to tho con- spiraoy to defraud the plaintiff. The debt is for money avanced and notes indorsed, ovening. The literary exercises consisted of rendings from Eilisaboth Barrett Browning, followed by n comedy skotoh, “A Quiet Fam ily.” An elegant lunch and dancing wound up the ovening's enjoyment Mer. Robinson of Panama precinct, fathor. in-law of County Commussioner Thomas J Dickson, died Sunday from the effects of o fall from the roof of his house, Mr. Dickson ttending the faneral. Mr. Robinson was quite an aged gontlema ""Iie firat anoual oftotical contest taok vlace at Cotner university last evening, The coftestants wore A. D, Harmon, Paul Goss and J. W. Bickvell. Mr. Bicknell was tho winner, with Mr. Goss second, Billy Trafliey, the bost catcher in the West. orn . association last year, put his name to a Lincoln contract (ast evening, Dave Rowe left this morning for Chi to attend tho meeting thoro Thursday called by Prosident Krauthoff, (A young domestic in a South Lincoln {ily was taken suddenly ill yestor | mistress not knowing what wis w | doctor was called, but before ho nrrived o child was born to the girl. It was dend when the dootor arrived, and an oxaminatio showed that no violence had boen used. The girl refused to tell who was the father, Sho 18 recovering. Henry Adbover was arrestod last night while raising a rompus 1 a disorderly houso in the bottoms. He had & gun, which ho at- tempted to use on OMeor Harrs but got arrested for his trouble, He paid # and costs this morning. Angeline McGowan (il district court th band, Albert S. Me J. O. Dy, whose hom is in Ottumwa, Ta., woent into one of the numerous pawnshops this 1 ni 80 he tells the 0, and when he concluded his busines ne tly departod without his valiso, containing n lot of cloth ing. When he wont back the proprictor told him ho had not boen thero before, had left no | valiso, and must be a vietim of a too vivid imagination, J. O, is ende ring to figure the thing out to his satisfaction. ARBOUT LAYV fam. y her ng. A dap morning owan, tition in the ainst her hus. MAKERS, Minois and South Dakota. James Russell Lowell, "Twould save whole cart loads of fuss, an' throe or four months’ o' Juw If somo illusirious patriot should back out and withdrayw. Phey're Safe. San Fran isco Eximiner, The assembly has adopted a resolution praying c 5 to pass such logislation as will effectually put & stop to the immigration of the illiterate and unassimilative classes of irope. Tho nemvers of tho assembly, being Iy here, can contemplato laws of that with fortitute. And Covers a Multitude of Sins. Fremont Tribune, When the members of the legislaturo voted to pass the bill appropriating pay for their own_services before they passed ihe bill for the reiief of the drouthy scction they wero simply conforn to the time-honored maxim that ch should begin at home, This is doubtie: Gener: nselves, Elko (Nev.) Intependent, Tho railroad fare from Elko to Carson ts fare for the round trip th from Elko to Reno round trip. One menl on dining carat $1 costs . Ex- s uight at RReno, say #3, or 8§ going and coming, making the total expense for mileageand oxpense going to and returning from the capital #19.40. Then add $25.60 for necessary drinks on tho route, and we have a The members of tho lature from Elko allowed themselves 5 for mileage, and tho question aris where does that extra $100 come int THE LENTEN SEASON. Its Observance by the Churches in Prayer and Fasti Today is Ash Wednesdaay, the begin- ning of the Lenten season and especial s ices will be held in the Episcopalian, Catho- lic and Lutheran churche: At Trinity cathedral at 8 and 11 a. m. and at 730 p. During Lent the Episcopalian clergy will conduct a noonday service of prayer and in- struction each weck day in the reception room of Boyd’s opera house. The servi will begin at'12 o'clock promptly, and will t but twenty minutes. The first of these ervices will bo held on Thursday, Dean Gardner ofticiating. In the Catholic church sc st of Lent obliges all who have attuined twenty-one y zo, Children over seven years are bound by the law of ab- stinence. Every dayin Lent, oxcept Sunday, is a fast day, on which it is forbidden to eat more than one meal and to eat flesh me: A light collation s, however, pe mitted in the ~evening, at which the usual kinds of food may be used, but not flesh meat; and a cup of tea or coffeo in the morning. IPlesh meat is pormitted at overy meal on Sundays, and by special dis- pousation once a day on Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, except the second and last Saturdays of Lent. The following versons are dispensed from both fast and ab- stinence: The sick, the convalescent and delicate women —United States soldiers, in fleld or in garrison, arc exempt from the law of aostinen The following persons aro aispensed from the fast—but not from absti- nence: Persons engaged in hard manual or bodily labor of an exhausting nature; per- sons of delicate coustitution, and all those who arcover sixty years of age. By di pensation granted’ August 3, 1857, those e empted from fasting on days when ms eggs and lactacinia aro allowed to all, can partale of them as on Sundays. The use of lard or drippings is permitted in cooking every day. Ko particular dispensation recourse must be had to the pastor of the congregation or his assistant, The time of performing the Faster duty of confession aud _holy communion commences on the first Sunday of Lent and ends on Trinity Sunday. During Lent Rev. Lloyd will hold religious ices are held ‘W. B. Howard, in answer to the petition of James Law to clear his title to a lot_in Sun- nyside addition, asserts that he had entered into an agreement with the former owner of the proporty, Mrs. McLeman, whereby ho was to sell the same and to have half the amount of profit that was realized. He found urchaser but Mrs. McLeman refused to sell, and he thecoupon filed the agreement in the recorder’s oMce, which is worth §230 to him, smd agreement being filed before Law bought the property. Nellie Newsum, charged with shooting John Taylor, was 'arranged this morning in the district court and pleaded not guilty, The morning was occupied in the distriot court by the trial before Judge Ficld and Jury of Henry Mobr, charged with shooting his'wifo while in a drunken rage because sho refused to give him the family purse. Mohr was tried once before, and thojury found him guilty of shooting with intent to wound, but the court granted him a now trial on points raised by his counsel, J. C. Johuston, The prosecution had just finished at noon, James Kylo of Mill preciuct, called as a juryman, failed to show up when the panel wass called, and the court issued an attach- ment for contempt. He will be brought in toexplain tomorrow worning, George Slade, living at Eleventh and A streets, fell in his stablo last evening, broak- ing his leg. He was assisted to the houso by his wife, and the injury was afterwards at. tended by Dr, Hateh. ut was called out last evening to Thirteenth and Q streets to su b due tho bluze caused by an obstreperous gas. oline stove which had “exploded. Very iittlo dam; was done. Thu Tuesany Evening club entortained a number of friends at the Hotel Lincoln last services at the Druid Hill passongor depot, Grace mission, every Thursday evening, dli b THE COUNTY ROAD FUND. The Commissioners Refuse to Divido It with the City. ‘The county commissioners held a brief session yesterday afternoon, he committeo on roads submitted the fol- lowing report, which was adopted ; “Mer. Chairman—Your committe to whom was roferred tho communication from tho city council of Omaha fu regard to a division of the road fund, would respectfully recom mend that same bo filed, owing to the fact that the statutes do not allow of such ac ion, and until tho statutes are modified at this session of tho legislaturo, the board cannot comply with the request of the council.” The request of the council was that tho city beallowed 50 per centof tho road fund for expenditure within the city limits. ‘The chairmen of the board and committeo on roads were instracted to goto Lincoln and look ‘after the road fung matter. The Megeath matter will be heard at 10 a. m. Saturday, — - State Board of Pharmacy. The state board of pharmacy met at the Millard yesterday and held an examination of the applicants for cortificates ns pharma- cists. About twenty applicants presented themselves for examination and an all day session was held. Lastevening the pharmacy board left for Lincoln, where an examination will be held today, Highest of all in Leavening Power— U, S, Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1839, LD Re Baking Powder ABSOLUTELY PURE