Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 16, 1891, Page 5

in the senate if the Impeachmont, chargos are sustained by the house, Thero is considera- ble excitement and much bitter feeling is being aroused by both factions, All the business men in” Port l'ownsend are taking sldes and 1t threatons to disrupt politics ia the county for some years. TOR HIS BROTHER'S MURDER. Gust Breman About to Answer to a Terrible Oharge at Santa Oruz. Hero's Pluc A woolchopper by the mame of Hobbs, working on Podioulus creck, choppoa thres 100 off his right foot, says the Idaho Aval anche, Ho was alone and a half a mile from his cabin when the aceident. occurred, but he pluckily started for home, leaving o trall of blood in the deep snow. Arriving thero he vemoved his overstoe and boot, put tho sev- ered toes in his pocket, bound up the wound with a flour sack, crammed his foot into a felt boot and then walked through the snow and over the rough mountain trail, five miles to De Lamar, telephoned to Silver for Dr. Riteher, who went down and dressed the wound, and then that erippled but plucky and cheerful individual eame up to Silver on the ovening stage, oceasionally pulling his woes out of his pocket, to exhibit them to the other passengers. He isa trump, and if ho goes broke before well enough to go to work again we hope the hat will bo passed around for him, Wholes: Turder Planned. The Butte streot railroad company has offered a reward of §,000 for the arrost and conviction of the person who rocently at- tempted to wreck the power house of the cable line. The would-be murderer waited until the engineer had gone into the boiler room and then dropped two large steel nuts into the coes of the big wheel carrying tho cable. He e tly hoped to break a cog and then the slackening of the cable would allow all of the cars on the mountain side to pile up at the bottom of the road. As most of them were filled at that hour the loss of life would doubtiess have been terrible. Fortu- natoly the cogs proved too strong and crushed the nuts through without a break. It was a narrow oscape from a frightful accident, . /I\N ENUMERATION OF THE SAINTS. 3¢ Shows a Falling Off of the Faithful ~The Pluck of a Wood-Chop- per—A Wholesale Mure der Planned. Groat intorest {s manifested In the forth- coming trial at Santa Cruz Cal,of Gust Breman on the charge of fratricide. Last Docember two brothers, Eric and Gust Breman, went to Santa Cruz and purchased Blotin Surfside and built a rudo shanty. They scemed peculinrly affectionate. Eric Was avle to speak buta few words of English, while his brother spoke the language fluently. While waiting for their honse to be built Evic refused even to go to the hotel fable without his brother. On Decomber 17 the cabin, which was in a lonely spot, was burned to the ground. Gust, who haa gone out for a fow minutes, went into the flames o te bringout his brother, who was and the second time to secure a coat, which hold an insurance policy on Eric’s life for $,000 in favor of him. Iric was fright- fully burned, and walked to tho nearest house, some 600 yards, where the next day e dled 1n most awtul agony. Tho theory then was thut Gust had left the fiouse a few minutes and a lighted keroseno Mamp on a table near the bed where his brother luy slecpipg had exploded, the fire uickly spreading to a can of 'kerosene, hioh, when it blew up, burned Eric and the Mbedclothing. Upon examination, however, it was discovered, although Eric was so badly burned that the flesh fell off his body, his underclothing bore not a_trace of fire, At the coroner’s inquest the jury returned the werdict that the deccased cumo to his death the origin of which was unknown, Gust Breman was arrested and accused of his brother's murder, and has been iu jail ver sinco. His past record is a bad one, Whilo n San Pedro a year ago his Jhouse was burned under suspicious circum- mm nd Breman was arrested, but the 0 was dismissed. Lively Idaho Camp. The Ceeur d'Alene Miner roports a_shoot- Ingscrape over a tract of land near Wallace, in which Zachous Lewis was killed and O. J. Cook wounded. Thero were four men en- gaged in the dificulty, namely, John M. Har- ris, ook, Zacheus and his son, C. S. Leiwis, but the' younger Lewis seoms 'mot to have done any of the shootng. Tho same parer gives an account of tho shooting of Ed Tarroun by Frank Hyatt at Wardner only few days beforo the killing at Wallace. Har- roun was a_disreputable character, and his killmg was justifid by the verdict of & coroner’s jury. Something of a Walk, William Carouthers, a young man from Napa county, who has figured in pedestrian and other contests in San Francisco, will start on a journey to New York on ov about the 15th of this month, says the Chronicle, Carouthers will not travel in a palace car nor will he go on the emigrant train. He will walk over four months to make the journey and tho proposed walk from San Francisco to New York is the result of a wagor mado be- tween two sporting men that the distance by the Southern Pacific and the Santa F'e routes could not be made in less than six months, Carouthers i3 now in Napa city_in training for the pedesirian event of his life, Ho will not only walk to New York, but will attempt t) wheel a wheelbarrow the entire distance. He will carry ninety-five pounds of baggago on the barrow and will bo accompanied on tho trip by a pet dog. The start will be made from the Oakland mole. Carouthers will fol- low the route of tho Southern Pacific_to Col- tonand there will strike the Santa Fe. Ho will pass through Kansas City, Chicago, Pittsburg and Washington, A cirious inci: dent of the wager is the fact that the pedes- trian will be compelled by the terms of the contract to count and record every trestle, bridge, tunnel and culvert he passes over or through on his journey. 1f he accomplishes the feat which he has undortaken a consider- able sum of money will be awarded him. Nearly Lynched. 3 A Chinaman ran into the Marysville (Cal.) police station one night last week, saying his wifo had been killed. The officers found in & room in Chinatown a Chinawoman with her throat cut aod skull crushed. A bloody hatchet was also found. The doctors say tho woman had been dead over an hour and the cuts on the throat were done with a sharp knife, The Chinamen say the woman had money, but none could be found. A white man happened to be near and a mob of Chi- namen tried to capture him, but he was pro- tected by the police, He was arrested, but soon_released. The police have no clew to the murderer. Chineso claim the deed was comuitted by the white man, but this is not belicved. Murderous Fire Bugs. A. Schiele, proprietor of tho Central lodg- ing house of San Jose, Cal., which was de- stroyed by a fire in which two men lost their lives is under arrost together with his bar- keeper, Charles Greemger, charged with arson and murder on complaint of one of his boarders, T. M. White, who claims that the night before the fire,during a discussion over the proposed high license, he overheard Schiele threaten to fire his place. Several other witnesses claim to corroborate White, Schiele is also said to have removed his furni. ture several days before the fire. He was re- leased on §2,500 bail pending an exomination to be had. Schiele carried $300 insurance in the National Insurance company,and claimed his losses reached 1,500, he horrible death in the fire of the two men has excited much interest in the community, which is .ow aggrevated by strong circumstantial evidenco that the fire was inceadiary. The lengthy inquest over the remains failed to satisfy the jury as to the origin of the fire, and they so rendered their verdict. ) | Exploring Death Valley. Lotters received from the Death valley ex- pedition report all well and the work pro- gressing s well as could be expected. No extreme heat has been experienced, the highest boing 81 degrees in the shade, but With a hot north wind this was quite uncom- fortab) Professors Bailey, Nelson, Dikeman and Coville in their march south stopped at Sara- toga springs long enough to Investigate a peculiar species of small fish reported in that Pool, for it is a pool ratner than a spring. I'roun Saratoga springs thoy pass north into the Funeral mountains, whero they will thoroughly investigate the flora and fauna of that section. Prof. Dikeman is putting forth his best efforts 1o determine the greatest depression {n the valley which has been variously re- ported from a few feet to 212 feet below the sea level, Ho intends runninga line through the low area 1o determine the_point, if it can possibly bo accomplished, Tho ground in is section is covered with a white efflores- ence of alkall, looking solid but man and beast miro in it, really rendering the work fery dificult, - Licutenant Burno of tho hecler expedition, whilo engaged in 4 sim- {lar work, was compelled to abandon his ani- mals and climb out as best ho could. After completing the work assigned to them in Death valley the expedition will proceed o Mount Whitney and continue their work in that vicinity during the spring and sum mer. A Fighting Dootor. A serlous shooting affray took place re- cently in Moscow, Idaho. Captain Breck and Walter Scott, recruiting officers of the Idaho national guards, with post headquar- ters at Grangeville, had been in Moscow threo or four days organizing Company Dr. McCallie, a local physician, had a stand- ing grudge against Scott, who being apprised that McCallie was searching for him, assidu- gxsly endeavored to keep out of the way. he men happened to meetone evening on the street. McCallie atonce struck knocking him down. up and started to ott, Scott picked himself run, closely followed by McCalli. On reaching the corner Scott turned and cried, *Let me alone.” McCullie struck at him again and Scott drew a rovolver and fired two shots, The first bullet passed through McCaliie's vest, rried away his watch chain and set fire to is cont. The second bullet, took effect in the leshy part of the right leg between the knee nd the thigh, causing a very painfal wound. McCallie will' probably recover, thougn the bullet has not been extracted.” The grand Jury investigated the case and failed to find a true bill agamst Scott. The cause of the affray is said to be a standing disputo as to tho pavment of a doctor's bill, McCallie claiming that Scott owed him $100’ on an old bill. It s thought at Moscow that McCallie will surely kill Scott 1f ho recovers. Saints Falling Off. The church of Latter-Day Saints has had during the past week & numberof sturdy Fouug bucks taking a census of the faithful, their purpose being to learn how many back- sliders there have boen from the church dur- ing the past few years, says the Salt Lake Tribune. It Is probablo that the statement recently published that there were fully * 75,000 gontiles in the territory has somethingg 10 co with the census, as it occasioned a great deal of discussion among the leaders at the time. An old-time Mormon, who has now seen the errors of bis ways and escaped from bondage, said urchis not now so powerful in point of membership as it was a fow years ago, and although the leaders read the hand- writing on the wall several years ago, thoy have now como to the conclusion that their dug’l of power are fast _on the wane and are taking a consus in order to learn just what. tholoss is. As the gentile population in- creases the backsliders become moro numer- ous, on account of association and the oppor- tunity to see the difference botween tweedle- deo and tweadle-dum.” Unless all the signs of the times fail, the oily and sagacious Heber J., who is said to bo on the slate to succeed President Woodruff as ruler of the kingdom, ‘will have a rocky old row to hoe when he be- comes the vicogeront of tho Almighty in this section of the footstool. Boiled in Pumace, Louis Fosinelli, manager of the California pumace company at Napa, was among. the tanks, where the cream tartar is made from grape pumace, giving directions to workmen, and by accident stepped into one of the tanks of bailing pumace. He sank into toe seeth- ing mass up to his waist, and but for the as- sistance given him by workmen close at hand, would have met his death, He was taken out very quickly but horribly burned. While there is some hope of his recovery, tho attending physicians are very doubtful. Emigrant Sulcided. The decanitated body of William F. Castle- man_of Morrisbure, Ont., was found by freightmen at Toano, Nev. He had a tioket to Riverside, Cal, and ho and his brother wero passengers on the westbound emigrant traw, The appearances indicate that it was acase of suicido. His brother took his re mains to Sacramento for interment, Monster Hot Water Well, Recent developments of the experiment of sinking an artesian well for hot water near the penitentiary have been so remarkable as to rank this hot water weli among the great curiosities of nature, says the Boise (Idaho) Statesman. The flow assumed such propor- tions that the company has a sufiicient sup- ply of water of high temperature to satisfy any demands that may be made upon them, Ata depth of about” four hundred feet a tremendous flow of water was encountered and further operations were necessarily dis- continued. Estimates place the present flow from the well at between three-guarters and a miltion gallons a day, with & temperature at the dischary me distance from tne well, at 162 degrees Farenheit. Anxious to Die. Alex Arthur, engineer of engine No. 84, when about four wiles cast of the Humboldt house, uoticed what he supposed to be a track walker, reports tho Reno (Nev.) Ga- z6tte. The mau was stooping down in the act of fixing a spike or plate on the rail, and just before the engine reached him he looked™ up and deliberately placed bishead across the rail, and in & moment his head was severcd from Lis body, his braius being bespattered all over the front end of the engine, COrazed By Poor Diet. A short time ago the mail carrier from Yucea to Signal started on his usual trip from Yucca, ana when out from that place about seven miles ho tied his animal to a cactus bush, broke the spokes in the wheels of his cart, loft the mail on the ground and roturned *to Yucea, and, keeping hid, took a night train and left, says the Mojave, Ari., Miner. It is supposed that the fellow went crazy for lack of proper food and the loneliness of his trips to and from the railroad to Signal. He had lived on crackers and canned tomatoes for g:nru weeks. The mail was found by Honry wiman a few days after its abandonment by the carrier. who took it 1 Yucea. Bow- man is now carrying the mail temporarily until a new contract can be made by tho toffice authorities. The contract was given n July last to hnfll'&!l"{ll parties who took it 0 low that it is impossible for them to fill it. ‘e old carrier is now believed to be some- where in the neighborhood of Prescott, aud 1t is said bas fully recovered from his craze, A Judge Admits He Gambles, The bar association of Port Townsend, ~ Wagh., proferred charges against Superior Judge Sachs of that district, and asked the legislature now in session to impeach him, A hoso committee was appointed to inyesti- gate the matter, and they have been trking testimony. Many witnesses were examined., The carges against Judge Sachs are habit- ambling and prejudging causes, as well as sitting in cases wherein he or close rela- Y i e aqoaisiod the ok { gambli 0 judge adm! 0 charge of u but denies all others, and wmshm euz e A Big Mining Deal, A big deal has just been made in Butte by which an English syndicate got hold of & £roup of mines embraciug 9,000 foet on ouo of the best silver veins in the camp, Tho price paid is reported as $300,000. The miues toohango owners are the Amy and Silyer- swith, owned by a company and " located just northwest of the Moulton; the Goldsmith, owned by George Tong exclusively; The Millside, owned v Frauk Casey and others; l went bome, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 1801 the Littlo Annfe, owned by Clayton Rams- dell of Doer Lodge; the Tully, ownod by John Connell and D. J. Hennedsy; Sooner, owned by K. A. Nichols and Charles 8, War- ron, and the Silver Safe, owned by Patsey Clark and others. All of theso claims aro situated northwest of the Moulton. On none except tho Amy and Silversmith had there been extensive developments. The purchasers announce that mills will be im- mediately erected. Stole When Starving. A dark-eyed lad of seventeen, who gave the name of Werana Renkluaf, was arrested for stealing a horse ana wagon from a Contra Costa, Cal, tarmer. He pleaded guilty to the charge in the Oakland court and appeared for sentence. The boy told the judge his story. "I was starving, your honor,” he sald in a low voice, ““Ihad been wandering around the streets of San Francisco trying o tind omployment, but there was nothing to do. 1 went into a restaurant and orderod a meal. 1 knew that I could not pay forit, but 1 was h\murr. Thad to spend ~twenty- four hours in jail for that. Then I came to Oakland and went out into the country to try and tind work. Hunger drove mo to commit tho crime, and that is my only plea.” The lad seemed so earnest and his story was apparently so truthful that Judge Henshaw gave him but one year in Folsom prison. The boy's right uame1s Andrew Faulkner. When arrested he spelled it backward for the police. He sayshe did soto save his family from disgrace. Worse Than a Slave Mart. Honry Slocum of Pekin, China, has been telling in Chicago of an experience he had in San Francisco u short time ago. He was in- vited by a friend to attend ‘‘asale of some choice Japs,” and thinking Japanese bric-a- brac was meant, readily accepted. Arriving at a richly furnished house he found several well known citizens and a number of old women in the parlor, At one end of the apartment was a platforgn raised some four feet above the floor. “Suddenly,” said Mr. Slocum, “the folding doors at the further end of tho parlor were flung open, and through them came about twenty young Japanese girls, none of them more than six- teen years old. It was with evident reluc- tance they entered the room, and most of them hid their faces in their hands for shame at the paucity of their clothing. The girls had just arrived here from Japan, whence they had been enticed by unscrupulous wretches with promises of easy and remunerative employments, They wero auctioned oft at prices varying from $10 up to £500 a piece. Such sales occur every month or two, but nothing is done to prevent them.” Didn’t Slip In. Stanley C. Boom of California, late candi- date for surveyor general on the democratic ticket, applied for admission to practice be- fore the superior court of Humboldt county and the committeo appointed to examine him reported adversely on his application, This is the first c: in which an applicant has been rejected in that county for years, One of the examiners said that Bloom answered only four questions correctly in a two hours' examivation, i A Soldier's Suicide. Henry Boyer, a private in Company A, Soventeenth infantry, stationed at Camp Pilot Butte, committed suicide at Rock Springs in a highly dramatic and effective manner. Heo placod the muzzlo of a rifie under his chin, pushing the trigger with his foot. The shot blew the top of his head off. Boyer has been in the army twenty-two years, The cause for the suicide is unknown. Duncan Fell is Wanted. An estate of $50,000 or $60,000 does not come toall. This time the lucky person is Dun- can Fell. The name will be remembered by tho older residents of Chico as he was the first person to erect a house in this city, says the Chronicle-Record. Ho resided hero a long time but left about eight years ago, and with one exception he has been almost lost from sight to the peoplo hero during that time. About three years ago onc of our resi- dents met him whilo on a trip to Orland. Since that date he has been dead to the poo- ple of this town. F.J. Neil arrived in this city in search of his uncle and to inform him that ho was a rich man; that a fine estate had been left to him in' southwest Virginia. Duncan Fiel left Virginia to go iuto the Mex- ican war, and after it was over, came to Cali- fornia. ' His relatives 1n the east heard from bhim oceasionally until about 1875, when ho ceased ~ writiog. His last letter being dated Chico, this was, of course, the first place tho younger Feil sought to find him. Since arriving hero and meeting with such adverso luck he is a little troubled over the matter, but maintains he will proceed to trace him if possible, and ascertain whether or not his uncle lives. Great Cow Family, Fred Springer of Blacks has the boss cow and the family of cows on record, says a ‘Woodland (Cal.) paper. This magnificent cow, which is still living, has given birth to sixteen calves. The nirst two births were nothing outside the ordi- nary, but the next seven years she gave birth to twins regularly: each time the calves wero of differont sex, each exactly alike 1 color and size and both lived. This isa good record for a cow, but the history does mnot end here. Her oldest daughter grow to cowhood aud began raising a family of her own. Her first effort was a fine young heifer, then profiting by her mother's ex- perienco sho went into the twin business, and for five years has given birth to twins regularly. These were also of op- posite sex and all lived, thus making a total of twenty-eight. Pretty good sizea family, isn’t it! " But wait. You have not heard of the oldest granddaughter yet. She belioves in keeping up the good name of the family, and doos not propose to be outdone by any. one. She has only been in business four years, but she has eight to provide for. Again they are of Dr]’mlle sex, just alike and all living.~ A nice little family of thirty-six, and only three mothers and nine years' work. Now, if anybody has got a cow " story that will beat this let him tell it, We want to hear it. Bluffed the Chinese. The names of the Chineso who participated in the murder of Matsu, the Japanese woman shot in her home in Portland, Ore., recently, have been found out through a bluff on the part of Chief of Police Parrish. The chief told a prominont Chinese in the city that uuless the names of the murderers were made known he would prevent them from celebrating their New Years with the usual fireworks, This had the desired offect. A council of war was held and a Chineso named Ah Kee was selected to turn slate’s evidence. He gave the names of three of the participauts in the shooting as Lo Doo, Leo Doo Yen and Long Sen, Ho said that there were two others, buthe did not know their names, Two of the Chinese have already been arrested, butas neither is the principal they will be held as accessories of the crime, Thoy are supposed to know the hiding place of the murderers, Working the Old Game. Charles Nowkom, a welljknown rancher of Sutter county, California, was victimized out of $1,500 by confidence sharps. A man called on him who claimed he was looking for land for an investment. He obtained Newkom's contidence and they both got & buggy and started to look at the country, They soon met another man, who said he was traveling in the nterest of a lottery. He sala hewanted 10 overcome the prejudice against the lottery by having several prominent men win large prizes. He showed how any one could win any prize he wanted, and said he would have his two new acquaintances win s much as they would show coin. Stranger number one offered to put up $,500 if Newkom would show ‘1,600. Newkom agreed and they both came to town after the money and Nowkom got a check from the bank,” but the stranger said & check would not do; be must show the coin. He then got the check casbied. Stranger nuimber one produced a tin box in which he said was his $5,500 He offered Newkowm another box to put’ his in, ‘The coin was then put in and locked, Stranger number two said he had received a telegram calling him to Tehama and asked the men to moet him at Marysvillo next Saturday. They agreed and Newkom was handed the box and On opening the box next morn- ing ho found two cledsiof earth and some shot in the box, The coufidence men had changed the boxes and §kipped with the coin, Ofticors are at work, bt witn Mtle hope of capturing the culprits. - NEWS 0‘ THE NORTHWEST. Nebraska, The new Union Pacifie depot at Kearney is completed. Thomas Leland, an old sottler of Wymoro and a member of the cfty douncil, is doad. T'he old soleidrs of Helt county have do- cided to hold their annualreunion at Atkin. son the first week in August. The Cedar County bank has been convert- od into the First Natioaal bank ¢f Harting- ton, with a capital of $75,000, Sheriff Anderson of Richardson county 18 tired of his job and announces that he will resign and go back to his farm, The management of the Jefferson county fair have borrowed #3550 to pay back debfs and havo fixed September 29 to 25 as the dates for holding the next exhibit. Ay Arapahoe landlady smoked out one of her tenants the other duy, and in retaliation the tenants' two daughters fired the landlady out of the back door. The end is not yet. The Beaver Crossing Journal announced the deatn of Grandpa Corbett a week too s00n, as ho railied and lived six days after his obituary appeared. Ho was in his cighty- second year, rworks company has at pt o roasonablo figure from the city to flush the sewer, and the ¢ nection with Lake Kearuey on the hill will not be made. Frank Musil's store at Tobias was con- sumed by fire with the stock, consisting of general merchandise valued at about §,000; insured for $,000. The fire is supposed to be of incendiary origin. But little was saved, as tho fire was under strong headway when vered, J. H, Dalgren, a prosperous farmer who lives eleven miles sonthwest of Stromsburg, had his house destroyea by fire a few days ago. The fire was discovered about 8:30 ana could not be extinguished, Most of the fur- niture on the first floor was saved but a purse containing §5 was burned, Louis Modin, who was placed in jail at Wanoo by Justice Bays of Valparaiso for disposing of mortgaged property without the consent of the mortgagee, was released by Judge Tarpennine on a writ of habeas corpus. The judge held that a mortgago given on @ crop’ before the crop was in existence was void on its face and no one could be held to account for its delivery and sale, Burglars entered Homann's lumber office at Yutan the other night and secured S0 cents in foreign coin and a new pair of rub- ber boots that Mr. Homann had bought the day before. Th cured a hammer from a neighboring blacksmith shop, gained admit- tance through a window in the reax of the oftice, broko the combination with the ham- mer, secured the above named articles and escaped, leaving no clue behind them, Scott Stone, who was convicted at the last term of the district courtat Fairbury, upon a charge of committing a criminal assault upon Miss Sallie Bryan, but who was granted a new trial by Judge Morris, and released on bail, 18 again in jail, His bondsmen surren- dered bim, claiming he had been into more devilment, and they refused to longer be held accountable for his appearance at the spring term of the district court. Stone has a wife and four littie children who are in destitute circumstances. Miss Mary Nevile of Freeport had a thrill- ing adventure and a narrow escape from gray es recentl, e had driven in a cartto visit her brother’s place, which is in the sand hill country on the north side of the Platte river in Chieyenne county. On returning to her own place, which is in the same district, her horse suddenly gave a vicious plunge and a snort and was away like tie wind, closely pursued by seven large, hungry gray wolves, who succéed in getting up close enough to snap their gleaming white teeth on the rear of the cart seat. The perilous chaso was kept up for a distance of fiyo miles, until the frightened lady arrived within a fow rods of her home. William Akery was brought into Ogallala the other day from the sand hills. He was on bis way from Deadwood, S. D., to hig home at Indianola. Having run out of money at Alliance, Neb., he started across the sand hills on foot and was overtaken by the storm and laid out all night, and did not reach shel- ter until 4 o’clock the next afternoon, when he stumbled into the house of Ira Paisley on Blue creek. He was ncarly famished with hunger, having had nothing to eat since the morning of the day before. Both feet were badly frozen and it was feared that amputa- tion will be necessary, He was sent to his home by the Grand Army, of which organ- ization he is a member. Frank Houk has been held for trial at Steele City for obtaining money under false retenses and is now in fail at Fairbury, Houk wont to Fairbury two months ago and led the people to believe he had fallen heir to a large sum_ of money. He b “Racket store” of J. Campbell, agrecing to Py for it February 1, when' he was to get is fortune. He employed Mary Hearty, a protty country maiden, and daughterof a well-to-do farnier, as clerk, to whom he was united in marriage a fow days later. Having got into the confidence of the farmer he bor- rowed his team, drove 1o Fairbury and mort- gaged it. In tho meantime Campbell discov- ered that Houk had no money and was only | D Brookiyn, N. Y. a day laborer. The Joung wite has returued to her parents on the farm and the groom languisheth in the county jail. fowa. Gottlieb Schwaoglo, aged 72, dled fn Du- buque, where ho had lived over fifty years. Theron Shell, an old and respected resident of West Diamond township, Cherokee county, is dead. A. C. Bunnell, of Waterioo, is dead., He was a long time resident and for eight years treasurer of Black Hawk county. The wife of Dr. King, the Dubuque veler- inarian, dropped dead in the county insane asylum, of which she was an inmate, The Empire manufacturing company, of Keokuk, which makes barb wiro und farm- ing implements, employs sixty operatives. Sheriff W. P, Marstiall of Lee county died at Phoenix, Ariz, whither he had gone in quest of relief from pulmonary troubles, He was born in Keokulkover forty years ago. Captain Dan K. Shields and wife, of Mis- souri, are conducting a biue ribbon révival at eymour. Over soven hundred signed the pledgoas the result of the first week's work. Hon. G. L. Dobson of Newell has resigned as representative in the general assembly. The cause of tho resignution is the accept- ance by Mr. Dobson of a position in the gen- cral land ofiice in Oklahoma. Mrs. Elizabeth Smith and her daughter, Cora, are under $500 bonds at Des Moines for burglary. They are charged with steal- ing about 70 worth of dresses, notions, etc., from the house of thelr next door neigh! . Robert Meredith of Lynnville, Poweshiek county, has returnéd from a trip around the world, on which he set btit about & year ago, He worked his way most'of the time, and the outlay of the journey was comparatively trifling. According to the Lodger the divorce pro- cured by Mr. Seeley, the Dubuque octogena. rian, from his forty-year-oid wife, has causod no disruption in “their” domestic relations, They still live as before under the roof of the BSeeley homestead. Charles Walker, drayman of New Hart- ford, was instantly killed the other duy. He was dviving across the yailroad track when an Illinows Central frelght train strick his dray. Clarence Canning who was on the dray with Walker, had #'log broken and an ugly gash cut in his head, * During a baseball 'fiitne at Scrauton the other day Everett mmungs was accidentally struck in the face with-abat, completely flat- tening bis nose, The doctor pulled the mem- ber back into position, placed a tin cornuco- pia over it to keep it in form, and Everett is now known awong his fellows as “the man with the tin nose,” Michael Wilson, a resident of Washington for Aftyone years, is dead, in his eighty- third year, 1o was g ploneer of the Daaiel Boond stamp, & mighty hunter,a “picturesque man,” says Burreli of the Press, “‘enamored of solitude, loving nature and the wild better than society that was too tame for him," But he stayod with civilization to good effect when it came west, amassing hundreds of broad acres and becoming a stockholder and divector in a national bauk. He was always “Uncle Mike," however, benevolent, hospita ble, kind and warm hearted, i 5 e ‘“‘Ayer's medicines have been satisfactory to me throughout my practice, especially Ayer's Cherry Pectoral, which has been used by many of my patients, one of whom says he knows it saved his life.~I". L. Morris, M, ’ FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL REPORT. OF the Conn eoticut ual Life Insure ance Company. To the Members : The year 1590 compicted forty-five years of $0rvice by this company to nstituency. How great that rorvice has been and how great an one is still in progress, may be seon from this summary : In 45 years, Received promi- Loee . $104,908,08.57 st and rents 04,521, and loss,, ., 20,747,824, Paid death claims and ondow policie: Dividends Total paid to pol- icy holders and beucticiaries ., 8145,885,500.80 Expenso of mat.- agement Taxes.... 16,60 .08 19,5606, Balance net or ledger assets. . ..8 57,280,004.04 Adding for accrued interest, market values of bonds above cost, deferred premiums, etc., 1,453,018,40, the gross assets Docember 81, 7. protecting 04,147 584,742, with a present linhil- 5 and & surplus of & The sum of payments al policy holders and benefic s and of tho gross assets held to prof existing l"-!irw« exceeds the total premiums received by $40,- 324,149, T'his work has boen done at a ratio of ex- pense of management to income of 8.51 per dent, un economy unequalied i this coun- ady made to THE YEAR 1800 has had its full share of sorvice and prosper- ity, and witnesses a continuing growth in numbers in amount at risk, m assets, and in surplus, at a decreased ratio of expense. During the year the company received i For premiums. Jor interest and rent Balance profit and loss. Total income, . , 8 T.815.041.43 During the year it paid out: Tor claims by death matured endow ments $4,224,508,05 Surplu od to policy bolders... .. 1,147,381.79 Lapsed and_surren- 461,706.90 aered policies Total paid policy holders. . ..$ 5,533,502.84 Commissions to agents, salaries, medical examiners' fées, print ing, advertising, legal, real estate, and all other expenses of management. .., Taxes, . ..... Total disbursements........ Leaving a balanco of §056,252.50 to be carried to the increase of not or ladgor assets. INVESTMENT OPERATIONS — INTEREST RENTS The interest income shows a natural in- crease over tho provicus year. The rents lave diminished in volume, though not in percentage, by reason of the continued sale of real estate, the funds from which pass into interest-bearing securitios, which, during the year of sale and reinvestment, affect tho item of accrued interest more than that of in- terest received. Tt is a satisfaction to us to learn that an- other company—one of the largestin Now England —is_seriously considering the reduc- tion of the rate of intorest assumed in its cal- culations from 4 per cent to 8 per cent, thus practically indorsing the like action of this company in 1882, in which we have hitherto stood alone Each year’s experience increases our satisfaction at having taken so important a step at so early a date and before its neces- sity exerts an notual pressure on existing contracts, AND PROFIT AND 1088, During; 1599 the company completed salos of three pieccs of real estate at a loss of £,720.20 on its cost, and of forty-one pieces at a profit of $207,147.17 over cost, a net gnin of $201,417.07. From thesalo and exchange of securities and from sundry sources it made a further profit of 77,0004, making a total profit of §360,410.61. REAL ESTATE, During the year 1890 we made comploted sales of properties that had cost us under foreclosure $1,041,187.77 for §1,332,005.74, a gain over cost of §301,417.97, In tho aggrogto the company has sold of such foreclosed property, acquired at various times, an amount_which 902,92 for $10,409,793.54, & gain over cost of 81,807,805,62, ' This “statement includes all sales, whether closing out properties or not; but no profit is credited until the entire prop- erty taken in any case has been sold, or enough of it sold to cover tho costof the whole, in which case subsequent suies are credited to profit. In several instances evough of the property has boen sold to pay the cost And the remainder stands at nothing on our books and makes no figure in our in- come or assets until actually sold. Tho cost of present holdings of real estate, including the company’s oftice building, i$ $7,002,505.54. has cost it §0,161,- BONDS, ‘We have sold or have had matured and paid during the year bonds costing $614,- $02.50, and have purchased bonds costing §505,144.75, Our aggregate holding of gov- ernment, municipal, and railroad bonds cost of $11,155,464.64. Their high is evidenced by their slight in value during the. financial stringency of the pastyear, which materially affected the average price of bonds. REAL ESTATE LOANS, During the year loans to the omount of $4,881,622.30 have been paid, and loans have been made amounting to $7,665,765.48. This class of loans now amounts to §35,674,585.53, MORTALITY, The general death rate of 1590 was consid- erably increased by the prevalence of winter epidemices, and we'did not wholly cscape their effects. But our mortality has been well within the expectation, giving us a saving on tabular cost of about $440,000. It seems proper to point'out to our mem- bers that in respect to tho death hazard we are pursuing what is fast_becoming, by com- parison, a very conservative course, and one which will give them an increasing relative advantage in the cost of their insurance. We spare no pains to secure the most competent medical examiners, who are wholly in our interest and in the closest confidential rela- tions. Our standard of selection is high and rigidly muiotained, Our ambition for great quantity is not such as to lead us to cover the globe with our agencies, thus exposing our- selves to a loss hazard notalways well known, leaving the selection of foreign risks to be made without the possibility of effective control, aud necessitating the permanent de- posit with foreign governments of a great and growing proportion of the assets held for common protection. We Believe that these things must unfavorably affect the costof insurance in_the long run, and that the ad- ministrative duties imposed’ by the principle of mutuality are best discharged by a re- striction of the business to our own country, where the hazrd is thoroughly known, where we cau fully control setection of risks and retain complete and unembarrassed con- trol of the resources with which we must meet our contracts, EXPENSES, The ratio of expenses of managzement to income for 1860 was 4,57 per cent as against 9,95 in 1880; a reduction of over six-tenth of 1 por cent from a ratio which was lower than thav of any other company and not one-half that of our greatest competitors. Economy is a modest quality, Tt does not dazzle the imagination with the glitter of its effects. It quietly nourishes its charge into great fruitfulness; but it is suggestive of restrained and calculated effort rather than of that unbounded ambition "which grasps so widely as to compel the uso of ssible means reeardless of their cos Magnitude of operations and boldness of e terprise are today chief attractions con- stanly dwelt upon by most of the great com- anies to win the applause of an cnterpris- ng publie, regardless of their unprecedented and enormous expe The sober way is for the moment discredited with the majority, for its want of brilliancy. But the truth never changes to suit our moods or ambitions, Security being us- sured, the thiug of chief importance to the policy holder 1s the individual yearly cost of ® his pollu{. Ho Is the man that pays the ex pensa. FHis preminms pay the losses and ex- penses and furnish tho Invested assots that earn the intercst. No one else s dolfog it for him. Many of the companies that n fow years ago {ook only $10 to #15 for expenses out of overy 8100 of premiums and " intorest, ure today taking from £20 to §25—all for tho race for magnitude. That extra §10 or §156 for expenses out of every $100 comes also out of the policy holder, What is magnitude to him that ho should so dearly pay for it! It makes bl policy o moro securo, it does 1ot | otherwise lessen its cost one dollar. Aud to whom does the management of n mutual company owe a duty that should con- trol all its methods, if hot to those who v and solely compose it—its prosont holders? Wo have beon and still are held up to discrodit by the racers, because at one time wo allowed our business to shrink in volume rather than incur such an inerease in expense and use such adventurous methods as alono would then have allowed it to grow; and be- eause, since it began again to grow without increase of cost or change of method, wo have cared more to keep down its cost than for vapid growth. What is rapid growth worth to a mutual company of 61,400 policy holders for §153,000,000 that they Aould Dy an extra and heavy cost for it? Wo are giving insuranco to our prosent mombers at_ the lowest cost attainable today n the av > and as to the wholo 1 any other company ; wo are takiug on mow business on terms which make it profitable to_present policy holders: wo aro taking it on faster than the old is goiug off 3 humanly speaking, the porpetuity of the com- pany at its present rato of prosperous in- roiso is. secury, Wo count all that tho only truo and enduring success in manayement, and a review of our yearly oporations shows it to bo one of no mean proportions. EFFECT ON AGENTS, © the largest item of the expense ac- , the thing {n it which costs the pol holder most, is the compensation to agents, Who aro engaged in the bus s 0 means of livelihood and to whom, therefor: increase in commissions by a rival ¢ a powerful incentive to change their connee- tion and a sourc iscontent if thoy do not 50 change. ‘The which pays the highest commission will draw to it at last all the agonts who care only for the commission and nothing for what becomes of their cus- tomer afterward, It will get most of the new men entering upon agency havenot yet learned that the higher their own pay the less the dividends to their voli- cy holders and the less permanently desirable tho compan; work and who our rivals advancing com- ort, from o could pay o1 ds and dovising plans for poning all dividenas from ten to twenty 1d o speculative system of forfeitures to cover up expenses and supply Lu-mm, and so taking away many agents and ceping away mauy morethat wonld have come to We h not an eficient agent who has not. been tempted to leave us for higher pay, and who has not staid with us at a sacrifice for the time being, They have preferred to re- main because they have shared in our con- viction that this should be & poiicy holders’ company, and have not boen willing fora price tooffer the public that which they could not themselves believe in, at a cost which they knew Id not be justitied. Against the” temptation of speculation, rebates and every extravagance of competition they have made a hard, slow fight. It is now a winning fight, and they deserve the respect of our membership and its cordial co-operation in the greater opportunity which lies before them, Wo desire to extend to all who need them the same benefits upon the same terms which, through forty-five years, have made this company a conspicuous exponent of the sin- gular value to American hou of pure life surance, Our ability to servewasnever so great, our ground never before so certain o ask overy member to use actively his influence with those whose families need protection, to tho end that we may widen our usefulness, not only without increase of cost 1 so doing, but in a4 way which shall tend to benefit present policy holders as well as new-comers, THE CALL FOR REFORYS. Apropos of these matters, 1t is of the high- est interest to note that some of the severest critics of our conservative course and most strenuous workers for a great volumn of new business are now trying to secure concerte: action to reform the methods by which ti have worked their results, The significance of thisis far-reaching. Unfortunately for the success of such a purpose, they abate none of the ambitions which led to the vicious methods and which compel their use untila more conservative standard of suc- cess shall be accepted. Meantime, itis a profound satisfaction to know that their every step in reform must lead baclk to the ground we have persistently without held and hold today without reed of change. STANDING OF THE CCMPANY, On December 31, 1800, this company had in force 64,147 policies, insuring ) Its gross asscts on that day 707.44. 1ts linb surplus was 85,57 the year of $191,823.55, An examination of the schedule of assets and their income leaves nothing to be said for their high character. T'he liabilities are computed upon a higher standard of solvency than thatused by any other company or by any of the state depart- ments, ‘They calculate upon a basis which assumes the earning of 4 per cent annual in- terest. Our business up to 1882 was writton upon the same assumption. That written since 1832 is upon tbe assumption of only 3 per cent intevest. Our liabilities are computed accordingly, and aro therefore much higher than if computed on the assumption of 4 per cent througnout; in which case our surplus would be considerably over £5,000,000, There is no stock to own or control the surplus. A mutual life insurance company is a co- operative effort by 1its member to secure for their families the necessary financial protec- tion against the loss of the husband and fatner. The essential elements of its success are security, equity, loyalty to true purpose rudence and economy. c0sS 18 a m imum of family protection at & minimum of cost, By these things we stand to bo judged. By thom all must, sooner or later, be tested. Respectfully submitted, Jacos L. ¥, President, Still Going AD ‘When such a report as thatof President Greene of the Counecticut Mutual Life In- surance company, on the occasion of the completion of its forty-fifth year of business, is made public no_especial eulogy of its mor- its is necessary. It speaks for itself, and its every utterance bears testimony to the ster- ling charactor of the company uttering it. This company’s purpose has been to make in- surance an absolutely safo investment for its members, and overything that savored of sensationalism in finance has been carefully avoided. Economy in management, good profits from investments of capital, low rates to the insured, security, prudenco and equity are the lines upon which the compa- ny’s business is conducted. The record of forty-five years shows how weil this policy has been carried out, as today there is o sur- plus of nearly $3,000,000, compute: conservative 3 por cent basis. ber 4L last, over 64,000 p written, insuring $153,234, 74 company ineveased its surply ) will certainly be a cause for congratulation on the part of the policy holders to read these figures, and the public generally will find much to instruct in the president’s report, P De Witt's Little Early Risers; best litdo pills for dyspepsia, sour stomach, bad breath. il E. P, Fis 10 uneral, E. P. Fisher, the Union Pacific tolegraph operator who died suddenly about s week ugo, was buried from Burkev's undertaking ry0ms by the operators of the Union Pacitic system between Omaha and Cheyenne, Tho remains were encased in & handsomo rose- wood casket, on the top of which rested a largo pillow'of white flowers bearing the well known “*30" in purple. This was con- tributed by the Western Union operators. Dean Gardner officiated, reading the im- pressive burial service of the Episcopal church, after which the remains were con- veyed to Forest Lawn cometory for inter- meént. Tho pall bearers wero P, 8, Frenzer, T. ). Glasco, J. P McGrath and Frank Johnson, e Dr. Birney cures cataren, Bao bldg, il sisciliae The Mercury Takes a Drop. The cold wave flag floated on top of the federal building yesterday, and in response to inquiries tho observer announced that a telegraw from Washington predicted a fall of tho temperature to 14 dogrees above zero by this morning, DR. J. E. McGREW, THE SPECIALIST. Moro Than ]'m'iiy.r»‘(.:.'. s Exporienco in the PRIVATE DISEASES out the 1oss of an liour's tima. STRIGTURE emarkable romedy SYPHILIS et Grow’s treatmont foy the most poworful and x A cura 18 gnaran. tood in from throa 10 five days withs cured without © blood dise ssful romedy ovor FEMALE DISEASES truly a complete, conven LADIES £r0m 2 10 4 ONLY rrul romody Ll d has had long pital practies, and Is Omahn, Neb. Entrance on either stroot. AMUSEMENTS, BOYD’S, it GREAT 00N by COMMENCING féfix:ua.ry 16 MONDAY, WM. GILLETTE'S® BEAUTIFUL COMEDY, Private Seeratary (NIRW,) “D' YOUK NOW?” Revised and _ro-written. company e o wame ologant, rich dr hat characterize Mr.( hman 8 p b ANAGEMENT OF MIL CHHAS. FROUMAN w'elock Suturday morning at SEE. Will Lawler, Manager. Cor. 1th and Farnam WEEK OF FEBRUARY 0th. The Nebraska Triplcts. Three Beautiful Dabes. The Armioss Bouguereni. Capt. Baldwin palnts with his foet. The Human Ostrich. Bill Jones oats glass and Crockery. The He. ariln Sistors descriptive song, “The Lone Paul LaDrow female Imporsonator, Ross & rlsh comedians Anderson Bros., novel siugers, and a host of other attractions. ESTORED.” “SANATIVO,” the Wonderful Spantsh Remedy, 18 sold with a WrittenG aranteo rvous Dis- ousness, Las. all drains’ and e overexertion, youthful Indescretion use of tobaccd, opium, or Stin lead to Infirmity, Consumpti In convenlent form to carry in the ves 810 package, or 6 for $. With every we give A written guarantee to cure or refund the money. Sent by mail to any sddress. Circular free, Mention this paper. Address, MADNIDCNEWLCAL C0,, Branch Office for U, 5, As 417 Dearhorn Btreet, CHICAGO, TLL FOR SALE IN OMAHA, NEB., BY Kuhn & Co,, Cor, 15th & Dougls 3 3. A Fuller & ¢ A.D. Foster & NEBRASKA National Bank U. 8. DEPOSITORY, OMAHA, NEB. Capital, - - - - $400,000 Surplus Jan. 1st, 1890, - 62,800 OMmcers Lewls 8. Roo V.Morse, John 8. Collins, R. Patrick. W. 1. 8. 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FLANNERY & COLLOPY, patioo 1s horeby glven thut souled bidg will o ived by the Board of Trustecs of the villago of Wisner, Nelraska, from date upun= il sevon (M o'clock p. m., standard time, the " and duy of Mar the water works syst i KL, 'for the extension of m of sald villugeof Wis- luns, specifications and detalls are with the village clerk, at his o ders may inspoct the Sume; u, bo extonded wceording tons and detalls, and Wwithin th time numed and ot voned. All bids must be In writing, filed with the village glerk, on or before seven o'elock . m. standurd thme, the 2nd day of Mareh, 181, The Bourd of Trustoes reserves tho right to € be comploted atorials mens reject or all blds e cessful bidders will be required to Klve bos 10 sald village of Wisncr as re- guired by Inw. lle order of the Board of Trusteos of sald vil- lage of Wisner, this Uth day of [8EAL] February. 1801, Attost: bt B, 8. liekne, Chalrman, L. O, Ksinaui, Village Clerk. LA