Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 20, 1891, Page 4

Z‘HE DAILY BEE. 3 E. !:(;HI‘:.\V:A?)}& Eviton, ;UULI.\IIF,I) EVERY TFRMEOF $UR: ally and Sunday, One Y MORNING. PTTON. . $10 0 500 Eundny One Yenr Weekly Be OFFICE . The Tee Bullding, « N and 26th Streets, ree. e Buliding CORRESPONDESCE. All communications relating to news and editorial matter sl addressed to the Editorial Departnd 11 business ressed Lo The i o made pany The Bee Fublishing Comany, Proorigtors, The tee Bid'g, Furnam and Seventeenth Sts yible to the order of the com- BWORN STA TEMENT OF CIRCULATION. f Tue BER nly swear IAILY BRE 01, was as oK, secretary does wtion of THE ending February 4, Friday Baturd Aver: Sworn 1o before presence this iTOTRGE B, TUCK. me and s ihed in my ith day of February A, D. 1801, W. K. Kunz, Notary Publ Etate of Ne s County of Ik i) George . Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- poses imd sy thint he'Is secretary of T ublishing company, that the aety darly circulation of Tne DALY Bee for the month of February, 180, 10,701 coples; for March, 140, 20, jies: for April. 1800, copies: for May, 1800, 20,180 coples: for Ju 1860, 20,501 coples; for July, 1800, 20,0662 coples for Augus for Repte 1800, ¢ fes; for Nov comber, 150, KA coples, Eworn {01 fore me. and subscribed in my presence, [ this dlst duy of Janu 1801, SeNATOR GO of the pec MAN’S hasty declination lency is a triflo premature. TiE result of the senatorial contests goes to show that the one-term principle Is firmly grounded in the land of the Dakotas, STREF tof Illinois does not stand upon such trifl s principles or con- peionce whon a senatorial seat hangs on the balance. THE bill to increase the penalties for profanity is a cruel blow at the only so- laco left the contest conspirators. Why pursue a corpse beyond the grave? POSTOFFICE receipts in New Orleans have fallen so low as to seriously impair the emoluments of the offic But what is the postmaster’s loss is the peoplo’s gain. PRESIDEN'T ELIOT of the ancient uni- versity of Harvard, has enjoyed a flat- tering reception in the west. It is an honor well deserved both by the man and the institution. THere will be no frills or flowers about this year’s appropriations for state institutions. Plain, homespun common penso appropriations willbo the stylo during the next bieanial pariod. ro may cat Toxas oysters with the satisfaction which accompanies the fact that they have paid roundly for them in advertis- ing the smart city of Galveston, —_— HAVING sent them on a fool’s errand, the legislature should now fit out a com- mission to discover tho whereabouts of McKeighan, Kem and Bryan. Public anxioty should be allayed at any cost. THE manager of the AMon road utters his annual lamentation against state and pational regulation. Meanwhilo the corporations, by their own acts, virtually pompel the people to adopt stringent measures of self-protection, —_— THE public has indicated that it would gladly accept either a novel or a lecture from Mr. Ingalls. Thatisan invitation which the long-suffering public does not Jightly extend to anyone, and it may thorefore be construed as a high com- pliment. KEARNEY county repudiates the story that her people ave destitute and in need of outside help, Nobraska is be- ginning to wake up to the fact that she has been dangerously slandered, and that it is for the interest of all her citi- zens that the false stories be corrected, AUTHORITIES appear toagree that Benator Kyle of South Dakotais a nice Bort of o man, with no bare-brained po- litical philosophy to worry the country about. This being the case, South Da- kota may bo said to have done well in- nsmuch as she might easily have done worso. SouTH DAKOTA makes o bid for the favor of Montana cattlemen by provid- Ing for free range in the western part of the stato until it shall be forbidden by a majority of the voters in the counties, This will doubtless do & good deal to foster the cattle business in the Black Hills countr SLEEK, handsome, alfalfa-fed cattle pold for high prices in South Omaha yesterduy. They were fattened on irri- gated crops, and no man ean caloulate the value of the cattlo western Nebraska will send to market when that section has a fair chance with tho dreary Wyo- ming waste from which these cattle hailed. —— THE bill to abolish the death penalty in Nebraska is superfluous. There is practically no death penalty to abolish, True, the execution of criminals is au- thorized by law, but the maze of tech- nicalitios and restrictions with which it is hedged by the courts renders it *‘more honored in the breach than in the obsorvance.” The law is worse than o aead lotter, It is successful mainly in aiding the eseape of red-handed murde: ers—a fact which the eriminal records of Nebraska sadly attest. What the state neods is alaw which will insure the prompt execution of sentences im- posed on the guilty, | the people, to the extent of | for action will stand as HOLD THE PARTY RUDDER TRUE. The representatives of the republican purly are ina minority in both branches of the legislature, but they are for that roason no less responsible for the faith- ful redemption of the pacty's pledges to their votes votes on the s00n to come up the acts of the great politieal party which, until this year, has been responsible for all branches of the government since the | state was admitted to the union, The republicans went into the last upaign upon a clear declaration of principles affecting state legislation. Thoy declared unequivocally in favor of railroad legislation. They pledged the party toa roduction of rates to . spond with those “now prevailing states adjncent to the Missi the abolition of free passes, for railrond employes: to the enactment and enforcement of laws prohib- the illegi ate incrense Wd eapital: to the taxation of ad property, inciuding their enormously valuable frgnchises; and, finally, to all legisiation aiming at the curtailment of corporation influence in politics, The railroad ques tled problem in sta te polities. Mensures designed to carry out the principles enunciated in the republican platform will soon come up for action in the legislature. It is the duty of the vepublican members to work and vote for these measures in pre- cisely the same spirit that they would have done if the syarty were now, as formerly, entively responsible for the re- sults of the session. The republican party is pledged to stand by the people on other important measures. It promised ta support ballot reform, un employes’ liability act, and a law making public elevators serve as warehouses or conditions that prohibit discrimination. 1t agreod to support more stringont ws and to pro- vide legislation to assist iaborers in the collection of wa Every republican member of the sen- ate and house was elected on this plat- form. FEvery one of them is therefore individually responsible for the attitude of the represontatives of the party in the legislature. The party will be here- after judged by its present action as justly and mercilessly as if it wero the majority rather than the minority. The event may prove that the votes of re- publican members were or were not important in determining the fate of measures vital to the welfare of the peo- ple. However, that may be, their votes and influence. Their various vital measures | corr in on is still an un usury 108, will largely determine the future of the republican party in this state. They aveat least responsible for the redemp- tion of the solemn pledges of the party to the people. It is to be hoped that the seven repub- licans in the senate and the 21 in the house will hold the rudder true. THE NICARAGUA BOND SCHEME. It is said that a aumber of senators who at first approved the proposal that the government should guarantee $100, 000,000 of Nicaragua canal bonds have changed their minds, and there is con- scquently less probability that this scheme for making the, government practically responsible for the cost of this enterprise will succeed. Notwith- standing the fact that the pronosition had the unanimous support of the com- mittee on foreign relations it has ve- ceived very little public endorsement. Nobody fails to recognize the import ance of the c project commer- cially, and there is felt to be s0me force in the argument that if the government guaranteed the bonds it would prevent them from going abroad and at the same time would, in effect, make the canal a na- tional affair. But on the other hand it is reasonably said that if the projectors of the enterprise can show, as they claim, that it will assuredly be profit- able they ought to have no difiiculty in enlisting American capital, and as to ex- tending the authority of the gov ment over it that will hardly be neces- savy for its protection. It is suggestod that as En gland secured control of the Suez canal by obtaining most of the stock and now makes regulations for that great commereial water route, so in time some foreign power might got control of the Nicaragua canal, But the danger of this is extremely remote, if indeed there is any danger. The chances are that the canal will always remain under American management, whother its bonds are sold abroad or at home, Publie sentiment is not in favor of the governmeut guaranteeing the bonds of any corporation. Ixperionce has shown that in such transactions tho govern- ment uniformly gets the worst of it. But even if this ware not the case the policy is bad on general principles. It isnota function of the governmeut to engage in that sort of business. Lf congress should pass the bill which provides for guaran- teeing the N gua canal bonds, it would amount practically to taking $100,- 000,000 from the treasury of the United States and making a presont of it to the corporation, This of course would not be done directly, and the promoters of the scheme are profuse in assurances that not a dollar would come out of the national treasury, but it is safo to rogard asn certatnty that when the interes payments were due the cash box of the company would be found empty or lack- ing, and the government would beealled upon to supply the money. The interest on Pacifie railroad bonds guaranteed by the government has taken out of the troasury over $60,000,000. Further- more, it is highly probable - that the $100,000,000 which the Nicaragua canal company want guaranteed would be only a starter, Once involved in vhis business the government may be callod upon to put up two or three times tho amount now asked for, and finally there would arise the same question that there is now regarding the Paci vailroads, namely: thatof the govern- ment assuming ownership of the eanal. It is clearly the duty of congress to re- ject the proposition which the promot- ers of the Nicaragua canal are urging, and which for some oceult reason re- coived the favorable consideration of all the members of the senate committee on foreign relations. It is time thore wis loaning the eredit of the goverament for promoting the interests of eorporations, | however important and, laudable their | entorprises, and it should be made in connection with the Nicaragua bond | moeasure. Otherwise there will bo fur- nished n valid argument in ehalf of th sub-troasury and other schemes which are likely to have a strong support in the next congress e e OMAHA'S FINANCIAL STANDING, In the business world the standing of the individual, firm or corporation is measured by the encrgy and ability dis- played, the promptitude with which obligations are met and pledges ful- filled. The same rule applies to munici ties. Their standing in the financial world reflects not only the prosperity of the community, but the confidence and enterprise of its people, No barometer vesponds more readily to a change inthe clements than the monetary mercury rogisters the offect of had management, agance and recklessuess in public affairs, Omaha’s standing in the fin marts of the country is unsurp: While other cities of equal population are struggling to meet past due obliga- tions or inventing explanations of cessive depression in values, the high standing of Omaha is forcibly illustratod by the inquiries of investors for city bonds and voluntary tendersof premiums for them. Nor is this remarkable confidence in Omaha’s present and future misplaced. The boolks of the city and county treasur- ers present arecord of prompt taxpaying, of which fewecities can boast. During 1800, the amount of reguiar paid by property owners was $1,175,180. In addition to this, special taxes for pavine, curbing, sewers and grading, to the amount of $473,457 were collected. In round numbers, ovor a million and a half dollurs was turned into the publie treasuri by the taxpayers of Omah: This vast sumn was paid in during a year of marked depression and doubt, The ratioof collections to total tax is a notable proof of the city’s prosper- ity. In 1886 the @igy tax collections amounted to 98.25 per centof the total levysin 1887, 97.52 por cent;in 1888, 98.93 per cent; in 1880, 92 per cent, and in 1890, 84.16 per cent, with six months of the tax yewr remaining. The significan of these figures will be appreciated when it stated that over six million dollars in special taxes have been paid by property owners for street improvements in eight 1 nearly three million dollars in state and county taxes during the swume period. Despite this enormous drain, regular obligations have been promptly met, and a comparatively small amount of prop- erty sold for delinquent taxes. The record is a splendid tribute to public confidence at home and abroad. Is it any wonder that investors who paid last year a total premium of $25,000 for Omaha’s low interest bearing bonds are anxious for a few more blocks of such gilt edge securities? business levy THE PACKER If the interview with a representative of the packers’interestsat South Omaha, published elsewhere in Tug BEE, cor- rectly states their future course, it may be said that the controversy between the live stock exchange and the American ive stock commission company is at an ppears that the packers will withdraw from the live stock exchange and reserve for themseives the right to buy cattle where they choose, regardless of the rules that huve previously bound them. This decision is creditabloto the pacl- ers and in accordance both with justice and sound policy. Thecontention of the commission men has becn that nobody should sell cattle in the market unless amember of the exchange and obedient to its rules. Under this arrangement averyshipper was obliged to pay the commissions fixed by tho e whetlier they required the services of the commission men or not So long as the packing interests continued to be bound by the rules of the exchange outside shippers were helpless to interfere with this arrangement., The man who aperated on his own capi- tal and brought his cattle to market was obliged to pay the same tribute to the exchange as the man who used the ser- vices of commission men as bankers and agents. The American live stock commi company, composed of stock ers and feeders, was ized to give its nembers equal rights in the market with commission men. It could not hope to accomplish its objeet if the packers refused to buy of partics not authorized to do business by the exchange. Now that the packers declare their independence of the ex- change, commission men and outside shippers stand on an equal footing. The result of the packers’ decision will be beneficial to the business. It will introduce a new element of compe- tition, and permit stock raisers to mar- ket their eattle with the least possible expense. It will very likely have the further effect of eliminating the possi- bility of hostile legislation that would work injury to all concerned. is not the only state in which an effort is being made to abolish the abuse of free railroad passes to pub- lic officials. Massachusetts has also found this practice to be a source of evil, and a measure is before the legislature of that state intended to do away with it, but it does not appear that the law makers are very anxious to give up this perquisite. They ave plainly told that in the opiaion of the publicthe free pass has the offect to give railroad cor- porations un advantage over the indi- vidual, but this sort of reproach, equally applicable wherever legislators and public officials generally aceopt freo railroad passes, docs not seem to weigh more heavily upon the minds of the Massachusetts lawmakers than with those gsewhere who in this cheap way dispose of their independance tothe corporations, Tho possossion of a freo pass appears to be there as everywhere else a complete emollient for the wounds of public condemuation, It1ssurprising how men ordinarily quick to resent any imputation upon their honor and man- TTLE IT. 85 # distinet disavowa! of the policy of 1 hood will stand without a murmur the aceusation of beipy accossiblo to raiiroad influenco in ordor o save the fow dol- lars which the floe pass enablos them to save, ficinls and logisktors cling to this v quisite, thero is §till reason to believe | that ultimately thy free pass abuso will be done away with, OUR celestinl coytemporary, the Mid- land, assails Govornor Bogd's message, and declares that 'prohibition is not a dead issue, that it received more votes than the governer, that it occupies a position similar to the amendment in- crensing the number of judges of the supreme court, and quotes ‘“Judge Agnew of the United States supremo court™ in opposition to the claim thav prohibition is sumptuary legislation, Unfortunately for the Midland’s system of reasoning, thore is no Judge Agnew on the United States supreme bench. Prohibition was rejected by an over- whelmin® majority of all votes cast at the election, wheroas the court amendment, though overshadowed by the main received a sub- stantial majority of all votes cast on the proposition. Prohibition is a dead issue not only in Nebraska but in every state where it has been tried. An increase in the working force of the supreme court is ubsolutely necessary for the proper and prompt transaction of public busi- ness, and the increase would have been sanctioned at the polls had not the free rummies traded every vital intorest to galvanizo their corpse. Herein lies the substantial difference between ostab- lished facts and exploded theories, issue, TH on of the supreme court on the boundary question confirms the claims of South Omaha to the strip of territory in dispute. The court holds that while cities may annex adjoining villages in their entirety, organized cities of the second class cannot be an- nesxed by the mere extension of metro- politan city limits, The ruling settles a trifling annoyance, and is of no conse- quence to Omauaha, except so far affects the collection of spercial taxe t improvements in the disphted strip. st } Now that tho hoard of public works is in working order, preparations should be made, in connection with the council committees, for the innugaration of pub- lic improvements at the earliest pos- sible da) DesriTe his exhausting labors in strengthening the party spine, the sani- tary commissioncr finds time to levy on the county for aliberal donation of the elixir of life. WIHEN it comes to the finer points of municipal law, thelegal minds of the council ave, in their own estimation, several leagues in advance of the city attorney. ANOTHER rate war is on. The more the corporations combine the greater becomes the thirst for blood. Mating Time. Pliadel phin Reeord. It's bird mating time, and Blaine has one eyoon the eagle and the other on the Cuban parrot. S Shaking in Their Boots. Haitford Courant. * Cloveland (in writing that letter ahout sil- ver), has done what the plantation preacher didwhen he diverged from ‘““ligion” into morals. He has “thrown a coldness over the meotin'.” S L I Illinois is Crowding. Boston Advertiser, If the Connecticut legslature cannot man- age soon to get over its qu and got down to business people will cease to talk about “the Nutmeg state” and begin to call it the chestnut state, i | Notice to Quit. New York Tribune, Another victim of the cigarette habit has founa life not worth living and has blowa his brains out. Such incidents as this doubtless have a greater deterrent elfect, upon smokers of cigarettes than any legislation which has been enacted by any of the states. The latest attempt to cure the habit by law is being made in Indiana, where it is proposed to exact a heavy state license fee from sellers of this form of tobacco. ool B Laissez Fair New York Independent, “Busybodies’’ are three times referred to in the bible and aiways with disapproval. They are persons who concernr themselves a great deal about the affairs of other persons when they have properly aud rightfully noth- ing to do with them and should be content to mind their own business, Such persons are a standing nuisance to every civcle in which they move. They are usually exaggerating tattlers” as well as busy bodies. e Admires Americans. Mra. Henry M. Stanley in New York Herald, 1 see in aNew York paper an article has appeared attributing to me comments on New York society which T never made. I emphat- ically deny having made such impertinent, such ungrateful remarks. ‘'he gracious kind- ness shown us at New York would alone have rendered it impossible for me to speak of American ladies and gentlemen in the extra- ordinary way I am reported to have spoken. I admire and appreciate far too much all T have seen to think .orsay what is attributed to we. e Sign This ion? New York Sun. There must be cgriain number of maga- zine articles published every month, and it # a fact which any intelligent person can verify in a few moments, that of the entire number a certain percentage apo written because the writers had something on their minds, and tho rest because theceditors had space to fill. There is plenty of kuew-how, though, about wriling magazine atticles, and clover people who kecp themselyes ‘amployed at it got so skillful that it is often hard to tell from their articles whether lh«}" have really felt the opinions they expross §r not. ok Werse will go on, not mocessarlly because there is a demand for it, but because of the relief itaffords t the producer. Circum- stances that cannot be put to any other im- aginable use, can often be made fraitful of a poem of a meritorious and marketable quality. T be jilted by a girl is a sore trial, but the soreness 15 lessenod and even in some cases transmuted into chastened elation, whnen the experience has been cut up into proper lengths, duly rhymed and possibly sold for publication. Confossion s good for the soul, and there is that about poetry which espec- ally fits iv to be the vehicle of confession. —— Those Picturesque Reds. Bishop Talbot, the genial and popular mis- sionary, (Episcopal) bishop of Wyoming, re cently peeached in St. Peter's, Philadelphia, But, cag&ly as most public of- | wearlng over his surplicoa red academic hood such as Is almost universally worn by tho English clergy, says the New York Tribune. After the service two old ladies began teiling each other how much they liked him. *But,” said one, “I liked him so much more before he went to Wyoming; -l didn't wear that ridiculous red thing on his back then.” “Oh, my dear,” replied her friend, *he doesn't really liketo wear it, you know. But the Indians where he comes from make him wear it. ‘I'hey won't listen to & man who doesn't woar gaudy clothes.” - ' PERSONALITIES, One of the English novelists of the day, A. C. Doyle, is an occulist in active practice. ! Pottair! Haven't heard of This is the cruel way in_which Mmo, ara pormits herself to speak of a rival Cleo: patra, on Hernld: General Milos says his ambition is to command brave men. That s the kind of a presidential candidato ho y Mus, Mary Darden, of Hampton, Va., claims to bo 105 years old, and her word s belioved, Her mother diod in 1561, at the reputed age of 10 Sir Julian Pauncefote is vory anxious to deny his inverview on the Behring sea deci- sion, 1t's not to bo wondered vith the fute of hus predecessor, Lord Sackville, be- fore his eyes. Mrs, James G. Blaine, jr slight lameness, is nearly recovered from her rocent serious illness of somo months ago. Her plans about attempting the stage are not fixed. Probably sido from a the richest clergymen in_ the United States, if not in the world, are Rev. Dr. B A, Hoffman and his brother C. F. Hoftman, the former dean of general theolo- eminary in New York. Their wealth is estimated at $14,000,000 each. sveland Press: Congressman Taylor of ago boldly proclaims that he bought sil- ver after the presentsilver law passed and sold it ata profit, and that he is only sorry that he did not buy more of it. Tay may not have an exalted idea of the decenc of statesmanship, but he is business, st business. The estate that Senator Hearst to his heirs is valued all the way e 000,000 down to §,000,000. It has no fixed value, for the reason that much of it is com- posed of mining property that now yields a Iarge income, but is of & precarious ~nature. His sole heirs are his widow and young Will- iam Hearst, who 1s a gentleman of expensiye tastes. Tt said of Senator Gorman that he is so onul.rur\yumlsul[v[mw\- ed that it is 1m- ble "to surprise or disconcert him. ore he, in the midst of a speecn, to put_ his hands into his coat-tail pockets and find in it a California earthquake hatching out Idaho eyelones ho would go on with his remarks as unconcerncdly as if he had only found a cough drop, Frederic Couder ill leave from second only to Cauncoy dinner speakor and one of vers in New York, is not a good penman. -~ A'clerk in his oftice got, “stuck” ou some of his chicf's writin Ir. Coudert tool the paper and gave it his attention for some moments, then tossing it across the table he said, with assumed petulance: “Cau't read it, e Well, how do you expect me to read it then when you wait until it gets cold " e ‘Gene Tield’s Psalm. When tired of lifo We can end all its strife, Sure enough, by just holding our breath; But what will you do If within your grave yoa Become just as tired of death ! 1t is better by far To remain where we are, Nor shorten life’s journey a mile, For it truly 1s said That when ouce we are dead We shall likely be so a long while, L X A Real Republic Paris Figaro. A painter about to receive a visit from a duke bade little boy put_on his best clothes. The child refused, saying: 1 won't dress up for a duke.”” “Well, then, it's a king,” said his father. The young gentleman promptly submitted 1o his toilet. -On being asked why he yiclded in the case of o king, tho child responde “1 want to seo his two heads.” His knowledge of kings was confined to playing-cards. n sttt < 31 Y An Efficacious Medicine. ““Ah, doctor, allow me to give you my heartiest thanks for that medicine you pre- scribed for me, 0 it helped you very much ros, mdeed, immense ““How many bottios did you use?” 1 didu't drink any myself, but my uncle ot away with one boitle, and soon after breathed his last. Iinherit all his property.” Yl Shh s asily Suited. Yankee Blade, He (ardontly)—I love you truly, Prettigyrl, more than words can tell, hope that my love is returned? Sho—T can’t— He—0, well, perhaps you don't like me as well as I like you. You see I am more casily suited than you are. s Bl Enthusiasm in Chicago. Munacy's Weekily. Hooray!” yelled the Chicago Miss May 1 “Whoop! man, “Wnat's up?” queried his companion. “Niagara falls aro on the move in our di- rection. In the course of time Chicago'll have 'em, Hooray! Whoop-00o-oopee!” s Pity the Lamb. Mary had a little lamb, His whiskers wero stiow whites And if Mary strolled wathout hum, There was sure to be a flzht, He followed her to school ono ds Which procecding was taboood ; The janitor kicked his lambship out, And killed a passing dude. P S S He Don't Attend. Boston € r, ‘Tho man who when June had its fever hegot Ne'er ventured to church 'cause 'twas thun- dering hot, Now holds him aloof from the sanctified fold, Because, #s he says, “IU's too thundering cold.” —_—— Kough Places. Shakespeare is right, the world indecd’s a stage. "Tis safo to bet a box of fine cigars That man is very far from being sage Who thinks to find the world all palace cars. abesy P bl True to Art, The jolly soubrette, she would ever coquette, For to marriage she wasn't inclined. Sbe would make up her face with astonishing grace, But she never could make up her mind. bkl il 4 A DUCK HE COULDN'T TAMEF. Boston Transeript. We all look on with anxious eyes, When father carves the du And mother almost always Wihien father carves the duck, Then all of us prepare to rise, And hiold our bibs bofore our eye: And be prepared for some surprise, When father carves tho duck. ghs, He braces up and grabs a foul, Whene'er ho carves a duck, And won't allow a soul to talk, Until ho's carved the duck. The fork is jabbed into the sides, Across the breast the knifo ho slides, While every careful person hides ¥rom flying ehips of duck. The platter's always sure to slip When father carves the duck. And how it makes the dishes skip! Potatoes fly amuck ! The squash and cabbage leap in spaco, We get some #ravy in our fac And father mutters Hindoo grace Whene'er he carves & duck, We then have learned to walk around “The aining room and pluck From off the window-sills and walls Our share of father's duck. While father growls and blows and jaws, And swehrs the knife was full of flaws, And mother joel t him because Ho couldn't carve a duck. A DESPERADO'S ADVENTURES. It Costs Two Thousand Dollars to Arrest a Forty Dollar Horse Thiefs VARIOUS MATRIMONIAL COMPLICATIONS. iAn Eden Musce A Kansas Merchant Bound to Hold Changes aken the Liscory, Neb, Daeputy Sheriff Zutsvern of Tecum- vedin the city this morning with Will Whitney, a noted desperado and erook, whom he captured in New York for stealing a horse in Johnson county several yoars ago. This is tne fourth or fifth ime Whitnoy has been arrested for the crime, and esch timo he escaped. Once when a mile from Tecumsch he jumped from a train going thirty miles an hour, and alignted in safoty. Another time lie broke away from the officers and hid in a swamp. e tells his escapades with ovident relish, and says that on this occasion ho iaid in & diteh partially filled with water, whilo his pursuers passed within a few foet of him. He is a young fellow of about twenty-e well dressed. Ho says the county b spent about §2,000 chasing him for the theft of a #40 horse. BOUND T0 1OLD THE PARM, Frank Stradley secured an injunction from Judge Field this morning restraining William E. Carr and C. S. Shaw from an- noying him and throwing him off a farm in Cass county. Newton E. Carr claims the laud belongs to him, and that William and Shaw have entered into a conspiracy to de- prive him of the farm, on which the former was allowed to_live on conditions that ho didn’t fulfill, William Carr has rented the farm to Shaw, while Newton Carr has rented it to Stradloy, and there is where the diM- culty lios. seh ar DUNCAN TAKES CTTAT atrons of the musee who called last to attend the performances were bly surprised to find that place of ent closed. he closing was on’ tempol and at 1o'clock this afternoon the musee opened its doors again, with Wil inm T. Duncan as sole proprictor and man- amusce ing was due to differences between roprietors of the musce “essrs, Sackott wler of Omaha. and the owners of the ilding, Bohanan Bros. The musce com- pany had been paying a rental of &,000 a vear for the two floors, and had a ton ‘Thehouse was not as profitable victors had anticipated, and they wisho: luction in the rent, but the Boban had entered into the contract in good fi and did not desire to be thrown out in the i Will Lawler of Omaha was and held a conference with but no scttlement d he'left for Omana Duncan immediately made Messrs, Bobanau & proposition to assume the obligation, contingent on his being successful in securing the musee for hunself. This was satisfactory and Mr. Duncan went to Omuaha in the ovening, held negotiations with Mr. Lawler, and as a result he returned tuis morning with the papers in bis pocket which give him the sole.proprietorship of the wusee. WON'T PAY HER HUSBAND'S DEBTS. The attention of the county court was taken up this morning in hearing that case of the Stuart State bank vs Mary Ryman, a suit onanoto. Mrs, Ryman says that she never signed any note and don’t owe the bank anything. The case scems to hingo on whether the woman 18 lizble for the hus- band’s debts, as the bank bought the uote supposiug that she would sign it. MARRIED ANOTHER GIRL. Louls Calavan, a young man who is at present under bonds to appear before the next term of district court to exonerate him- self from the charge of being the father of Mary Klamp's child, was married at the St. Charles hotel today 'by Judge Stewart, who had bound him over. The girl in the 0, however, is not Mary Klamp but Laura Spencer, a 190-year-old young lady from Sprague. THE SAWYER LARCENY CASE, The Frothingham-Sawyer case, over which Justice Brown puzzled his brains for two days, has been dismissed, there not being enough evidence produced’ by Frothingham to prove that Sawyer had stolen $20 from him, as was ali in the indictment. Fyothingham, however, says that he is §700 out and naturally feels rather soreover the decision, MR. RAGSDALE 1S LIABLE, Mr. J. S. Ragsdale of Kenosaw writes to Deputy Auditor Allen that_the Citizens® M tual railway company of Waterloo, In.,wh has recently failed, wishes him to pay § toward the payment of the debts of the de- funct company. Mr. Allan says that as the company is 4 mutual one it will uso every effort to make Mr. Ragsdale pay this amount. LOOKING FOR A WIFE. Joseph Norton, an Englishman who lives near Dovey, was a caller at Judge Stewart's office yesterday afternoon and invoked the aid of that ofticial in securing him a_wife. The judge's supply was exhausted aud Joseph is still hankering after a fair oue to woo and win. His desires seem to run in the line of a woman of about forty or forty-five, and as he has had considerable trouble” with his sons the right party should apply at once. , TEN SHOUSAND FOIL HER 80 Mrs. Mary E. Moyer, as administratrix, began suit in the district court this morning agninst C. B. Hedges asking $10,000 damages for the death ofeber son Enos, who was killed in defendant’s foundry Decomber 6, 1585, by tie bursting of an emery wheel The plain- il contends that the explosion was due to careless management and that her boy ought not to have been put at this heavy work. ODDS AND ENDS. Frederick Soerth was giver leaye to with- draw the auswer to his wife Orgie’s peti- tion for divorce, and on that woman's telling her story the court gave her a decree on tho ground of non-support and desertion, Judge Stewart yesterday heard the testi- mony in suppert of the application of No Paden for the appointment of a guardian for bis mother, who, he claims, is mentally in- competent to havo charge of her estate, ~and which she is wasting. Argument is being heard this afternoon, Resolutions of Sympathy. At a meeting of the Apollo club, held Tues- day evening, the following resolutions were unanimously adopted Whereas, We | rezret of the d [ with pro ted pi 3 r. 1 Wherens, The ay of u young so fullof hope, devotion and self sa leaving home, friends, and native Ld among the heathen to assist in bringing dark- ened souls into the light of civilization and Christianit and Whercas, Her husband is now left desoluto and alone fnn heathen land, therefore bo it Resolved, By the Apollo club of Om the ladies’ auxiliagy thereto, that wo horeby express our apprediation of ‘the nobleness of her ehuracter and self-sacrifice; and be it Resolved, T L we further express our sin- oere sorrow and tend Laympi thy tothe a Hesolved, T esolutions be entered upon the re the family o publication. “Respeetfully submitt 0, C. HOLMES, ADOLPI MEYER Boecretary. Vice President. press of ¢ PASSING JESTS, Fllogendo Blattor: In the Rostaurant - “la this roast venison perfectly froshi' “Yos, porfoctly frosh.” “But it is always so cheapt” “No, the first five days wo charge 50 cents & portion more." Secretary Rusk roports that thoro are50,000,000 of hos in the United Statos, This would seom to indicate that R, adoriy of th Inhabitants rido on tho dtreet cars. Chicago DPos St Joseph News: This prosent genoration is not nearly as good at looking out for it's I’ and Qs as for its V's and X's. Puck: “Do the nihilists want to treat with the Czar!” “Yes. Aud it's their treat, They want to blow him off,'* Munsoy's Woekly: Patrick in Troland is about over; what shall we do with the supplies_on hand ¢ O'Donovan— Ixchange them for something practical; say arnica and court plaster., s grope and tumblo around; » they got their oy sunder; And whero the dickens they are, to them Must be a nine-days’ wonder, The famine ho kitte Washington Post: Tho éause of the rocent stringency in Wall stroet is at last disclosed, two western poker-plagers with flowing sleoves have been spending the winter in Gotham, lobe: Atchison hasn curiosity. Ttis a pretty wirl whom il the othor yirls' iike ottor than they do her homely sis 0 you Presbyterians don't awronco! M just guess always havo a now suit for Puck: “I vol keop Lont, Miss [ wo do, 1 uste Harper's Baza i'm saving my are you to the boxes, 't talk to me, opora.’ “Why, I'm to be fn one of American Grocer: wk Pott (to co Gladys, won't you (agred ten)—Aw, doin’ for a month'| VENUS OF MILO. Puek, You need no arms, O Venus sweet! ¥ yonder skics You'd knock ' man right off his foct By one glance of your oyes. Making a play for him music Sr—Miss play for mel Willia that's what she's been TO THE Now Orloans Picayuno: A gas trust can be disposed of in short meter, Binghampton Republican: The man who was nearly choked with rage found it was caused by an effect to swallow his wrath, Atchison Globe: The skeleton in a man's closet is usual some other man, and the skele: ton in awoman's closet is usually another worman, anserivt: A man can fairly bo charged as_being a bigotted temperance man when ho will have nothing to do with hope, because hope 15 so often dissipated. Boston Martha's Vineyard Herald: Love is away ahead of sunshine, It gilds a real uncom- fortable time with more glory than old Sol can evolve in trying to illuminate a desert of agaze - Locturer—“Tho sugges- aigus of the Romans into Gaul form, perhaps, the only record of a series of suceessful tailures in hi » Auditor (interrupting)—**What's the mat- tor with the Delaware peach crop LS Cause of Jay's Death, Aninquest was held yesterday to doter- mine the cause of death of George Jay, the employe of the Kimball ico company who was run over by a Missourl Pacific engine February 11. and both legs crushed in such a way as to muke amputation necessary. The testimony showed that the man was trespassing on the proporty of the railroad company and drove divectly m frout of the approaching engine 1n tho “yards. Tho tos- timony of tho physician who made the post mortem examination showed that death re- sulted from blood poisoning, the tissue of the logs being so badly crushed as to make it im- possible for nawrd to ropair the circulatt on. A verdict was returned in accordance with the evidence. et et Opposing the Su ar Bounty Repeal. Aspe ing of the board of directors of the Omaha board of trade was held yesterday afternoon for consideration of the bill pend- ing in the legslature for a repeal of the bounty on sugar. Aftera full discussion of the matter the following waus unanimously adopted B! A billis now pending in the ka legisinture looking to the repeal of the act providing for a bounty on su - fuctured from beets raised in the state of Ne- therefore be it (, By the directors of the Omaha de. that our senntors and repre- sentatives be and are hereby requested to uso their influ e Losecure an extension ot the time at which this bill shall take effect to Junuary 1, 1893, Ne- Holdrege Don't Want Help. A requisition was recontly made by parties in Phelps county for help from the state r lief comms Rev. Dr. Martin, Hon. R. Greer, Louio Meyer and W. N. Nason a meeting at Holdrege onMonday to der the request for help. The county commissioners, however, took a hand in tho and yesterday sent. Mr. Nuson a tole- z that they would withdraw 1and thai the _county wou.d ex- nts any assistance needed. - - Kinkail and Little, Mr. John Kinkaid, a prominent attorney of Ouray, 0., and Ma Holland Little of the World-Herald editorial staff, wero united in marriageat noon yesterday at the residence of Mr. and Mrs. R. B. Peattie, #224 Popplaton avenue, Dr. Duryeaofliciating. Ouly relatives and a few intimate friends of the bride wero present. Mr. and Mrs. Kinkaid loft on the afternoon train for Salt Lakeand will make their future bome ut Ouray b Rodgers' Brother Coming. Chief Seavey reccived a letter yestorday from a brothey of H. M. Rodg new in jail, and the gentloman says he will arrive in Omaha in a day or two for the purpo e of sceing what he can do with and for the young man who.atteuipted to shufile off his mortal coil a fortnight since. Parties at North Platte have also written Caiof Seavey stating that they know Rodgers to be a Penn- sylvauia boy. tend 1ts resi —— Crescent Quartette Concert., Considering the stato of the weather, a fair sized audience greeted the Crescent quartette at the coucert given ar the Park Place Congregational church at Thirty-first and California strects last night, The music by the members was very fine, while the recitations by Miss Allan and Miss Ketchum added much o the pleasure of the evening. Both of the ladies are elocutionists of consid- erable promiuence, - st C1se the Saloon. Chief 5S¢ 'y has notified John Ritter, who operates a saloon on Leavenworth stroet, but who has been refused a licenso by the liconse board, that he must close up and remove all the liquor from his p| 1f this is not dove by next Monday the ehief will ia- struct the police to take charge of the stoci. Baking Powder —~ . e » -