Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, April 2, 1891, Page 4

DAILY BE B. ROSEWATER Enrror. TH PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION 11y Pee (without Sunday) One Year.. unday, One Year, 18 00 10 00 OF VICES: Bullding ner N nnd 2t Peurl Stroet f Commeroe, nd 15 Tribune Bull Washington, 513 Fourtecntl street CORRERPONDENCT All communications rel editorinl matter shou Editorial Department BUSINESS LETTERS. All businesslotters and remittances should boaddressed to The Bee Pubiishing Company, Omiha, Drafts, checks and postofice orders 10 ho minde payible to the order of the com- pany. The Bee Publishing Comnany. Provrigfors THE BEE BUILDING Streets g to new Vo addressed t and the > BWORN STATEMENT 8tate of Nebraska, County of Dougelas, | Georg 1. Trschuc rubiishing . company, that the actunl cireulitic for the week ending M follow s Eundny, M rel) 1y, M dany. 3 CAnesdny Thirsday OF CIRCULATION, rotary of v BER solemnly swe 1k DATLY T ey 01, was March 25 March 2 h v GEORGE B, T78CHUCK Eworn 10 Lefore mo nnd subscribed in my presence this2sth aay of March A, D. 1501, N. P P vy Public Average Etate of Nebraska County of Dougls George B. Trachuek 018 and Siys that he'Is secretary of THE F dnly f Tue DALY Br mont wiis 20,815 cor April, 180, €054 copless for M coples: for June, 1800, I8, 20,062 Copless for Arigist, 1800, 20,7 for ¢ v, 1800, 9,470 copie 160, 20102 coples: for November, copies; for Decembier, 1500, 2/,471 coples; for Fy. 1501, 26,446 coples: for’ Februnry, 1801, Gronce B, Tzscnvek Eworn (o Before me. and subsceribed Tn my presence, this %th day of Februnry, A, .. 1801, NP Eein, Notiry Publie. — - It is a mean thief that will rob a col- lection box. 8 being duly sworn, de. cireulution of March, AS a harbinger of spring it may bo noted that the boys are playing marbles and the baseball season opens Saturday, T'HE good natured senate has passed four normal school bills, Three of thom died early but effectively in the house, The other is beyond recovery. CHEYENNE i8 in the midst of the cat- tle producing country, but this does not doter the Choyenno butcher from elovat- ing the price of beefsteak 20 per cent. IF the board of fire and police commis- sioflers have authority to grant but not 10 revoke saloon licenses it becomes merely a board for the prosecution of offenders against the Slocumb law, _— THE principal feature of the new Omahu school law as it has passed both houses, s a section giving to the board of education the rightof eminent do- main in the matter of selecting school sites — CHICAGO raised 5,000,000 by subserip- tion and 000,000 more by bonds for the world’s fair within less than a year. New York has been five years collecting $146,000 for the Grant monument, The Grant Monument association declares no dividends. MAYOR CUSHING veturned three ordi- nances to the council without his ap- proval at the last regular meeting, In each case the form of the proposed law was defective. Thoy were three shining illustrations of the slipshod method of doing city business prevailing in our city government, — KANSAS is invited to send 2,000 dele- gates to the alliance convention in Cin- cinnati to bo held in May., If every other state is proportionately honored and halt of the delegations go, the motropolis of Ohio will be obliged to spread out over most of the state to ac- commodate them, THE other day the editor of the Jack- ass Battery was down at Lincoln as member of a conference of democratic state editors, and was duly baptised into the democratic faith. Now he talks very glibly that the leaders of the inde. pendent party of whom he is trying to become one, believes that a veto of the Newberry bill Hwill wreck Mr, Boyd’s party.” That was a mugwump slip of the tongue, however. The J.-B., a8 has been pictured, is like the ass between two bundles of hay all tho time. A democrat one day and an independent the next—and all the time fishing for suckers. — THE railway commissioners of Towa directed thata Y bo placed at Algona to connect two railways entering that city to onable tho roadsto transfe from one track to the other. The roads refused to obey the order and it was re- ferred to tho courts. A decision has just been made holding that the law under which the commissioners acted is mandatory and the **Y" must be put in, The caso will by appealed and probably will go to the court of last resort. Tho case involves a question of considerable importance to both peoplo and railways, and judging by the prosent trond of judicial decisions governing the relations of railways this one will be affirmed in the supreme court. At any rato it ought to be. cars —ee AS A piece of buncombe legislation the eight-hour law passed by both houses 15 & vory naked specimen. It exempts from its operation farm laborers and domestic servants. Clearly this exemp- tion opens the bill to the objection that it isclass legislation and therefore un- constitutional. The bill was not passed upon its morits. It was passed bocauso some if not all its advocates believed it to bo inoperative and unconstitutional, Many of those who voted for it are en- tirely out of sympathy with its spirit and its terms, They were influenced by that spivitof the demagogue which leads politicians to clamor loudly for a meas- ure in which they have no faith and whick they believe is destined to re- main & dead lotter merely to throw dust into the eyes of voters and blind them to their real sentiments, THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: THURSDAY, APRIL 2, 1801 WILL T The most radical independents of the legrisiature declare point blank that they will either have the Newberry maximum bill or nothing. The kid-gloved dema- e of the Woild-Herald has the refrain to this battle cry and trumps their card by telling the that “the strugg for regulation has resolved n square issue for and aga | berry bill, Tt s t wherry nothing.” This ultimatum most insolent threats and r On the one hand it is | trom the house tops that the people of rasl in arms demanding the approval of the Newberry bill or o political death for the g ernor, On the other hand the governor is told that he can nover prove the bill unconstitutional and that he never can explain to tha people why he arrogated to himself the duties and powers beiong- ing to the supreme court Now wo do not propose to discu powers, duties and prer governor, Suffice it to sworn to obey the constitution. He can- not sign any unconstitutional bill with- ating his oath of office. One of the provisions of the Newberry bill is that the es fixed 1 shall main in force months before the nreme cou be invoked to decide whether they or un reasonable, That provis is in direct vioiation of section 13 of the bill of rights, which deelares that all courts shall be open and every person for an injury done him shall have o remedy by duo course of law and justic tered without denial or deluy. Jut this is neither here nor ther The editor of World- Herald is a monumental fraud. He is no o in favor of the Newberry bill or any other maximum rate bill than he was for the relocation of the ecity hall from Eigh- teenth and Farnam, When he was wmoring st agaiust the city hall job, s he called it, he went to Mayor Boyd and asked him not to veto the ordinance which fixed the cation. When the relocation up before the people he strad- dled the fence and did nov vote at all. His only aim and object in making the great railrond racket is to masquer- ade a8 an anti-monopolist when every fibre in his make-up always has been and always will be aristocratic monop- olistie. Tue Bek has for 15 years advocated railroad regulation and maximum rates, but it will not stultify itself to advocate what it believes to pe unreasonable and what would in the end be a dead lotter. The principles embodied in the Newberry bill are just and right but the rates do not take into ac- count the difference in conditions of Towa and Nebraska as rogards traffic and population, The provision that gives the courts power to set these rates aside and order the board of transportation to raise them is superfluous. The courts are in duty bound to set the rates aside if they are found unreasonable, and the board of transportation’ will always be ready to raise the rates whenever the railroad managers requestit. But is thero no other mode of reducing rates than through the Newberry bill? Will the legislature content itself with bringing home a grievance when it is in its power to pass a bill so reasonable us to insure its passage over any veto? Why not pass the Stevens bill with prover modifications? And if the Stevens bill is too voluminous, why not enact a bill that will embrace the lead- ing staples including grain, cattle, coal, lumber and provisions? We repoat that those who clamor for the Newberry bill or nothing are simply juggling with the people and trying to carry agriovance into the next campaign on which they expect to secure popular support. GO HOME WITH sounded governor railrond itselt into st tho Now- 6 } bill or with the clloss asser tions, yroclaimed warrant the sny that ho is out vic there six can e reasonnble adminis- the mo loud lo- was THE CINCINNATI CONFERENCE, There has been some uncertainty as to whether the farmer allinnee would make itself responsible for the confer- ence in the interest of the third party movement to be held in Cincinnati next month. The action which has been taken by the Kansas alliance, looking to the election of delegates to the confer- ence, and the similar course which is expected of the Missouri alliance, indi- cates that it is understood amodg these organizations that the confercnce isto be an allianeo matter, and that the oe- casion will be used for a formal declara- tion on the part of the allinnce that it has entered the political field. The object of the Cincinnati confor once is to organize a third party, which the promoters of the movemsnt hops will attract to its support the farmors of the country and a large number of work- ingmen. It is proposed to put a presi- dential ticket in the field next year, and there are some who profess to baliove that such a party will become veey for- midable. Ifit zots n good start at Cin- cinnati, and the promise is that the con- ference will bo an imposing affair in point of numbers, it may get to be for- midable. At any rate iv is very likely to make the political battle of next yoar rather more intoresting und oxc ting than usual, But that there is a chance of the pro- posed party getting sufficient strength to do more than control some congr districts does not appear from present conditions, The farmers of the wast and the south are by no meansa umt in favor of athird party. Many thousands of thom believe it would bo o grave mistake for the allinnee to commit itself to a new po- litical ory ation, and these men will continue to vote with the old parties, Investigation has shown that the senti- ment among the farmers of Now Eng- land is very stroag against the al- liance entering politics in the way proposed, and it seoms certain that the new party would got very little, if any, support from the farmers of New Eng- land, and probably of the east generally. If that be admitted, of course the effort to elect a president would be altog:ther hopeless, and it {s portinent to ask whether the intelligent farmers of the west will care to throw away thelr votes ina national contest, with the possible result of seriously ,damaging the party with which they have always affiliated. The “‘people’s party” has no possible chance of electing the next president. 58 gatives of tho | be to throw th that means Western al- ns should Its only effort would election into the house and a democratio president. liance men who are republ voflect very carefully before going into movement that may have the effect of turning over the nitional government to the eontrol of the democratic party. The Cincinnati confey n imposing affaie, and it would not bo wise to underestimate its importance, Cortain it is that its deliherations and W vor plans it may formulate will be rogarded by mou of the old parties with the keenest inte be st POSTPONED AGALD The long looked for decision of the stute supreme court on the Thayer-Boyd quo warranto has again been postponed by the adjournment of the court to May 5. The failure of the court to promulgate its is to be regretted for muny Quite apart from the vittor personal and partisan foeling en- gondeved by the contest over the gov- ernorship over which the legislature was torn up for move than thirty days, the uncortain tenure of the executive tends to seriously embarrass him in his official and impede his inde- pendence. And the worst phase of the situation the impression ted abroadas to the instability of Nebraska's state government. It is 10 be hoped ' that when the court in May a final agreement will have been reached conclusion reasons, acts is ore reconvenes VAL FORCE. A war botwoen Ttaly and the United ates would be wholly a naval conflict. Italy is the fifth naval power in the world in point of the numhor of v sels, and fourth in the s force, She has ships that are superior in arma- ment and weight to those of any other power except England, and two of these monsters carry 100-pound guns, Italy has 22 heavily armored vessels, thoir displacement ranging m 4300 to 14, - 000 tons, unarmored vessels, gunbont: topedo boats, and an ample force of transports and dispateh boats, In addi- tion to this there are at least nine merchant steamers on the auxiliary list, It will be that Ttaly is in a condition, so as naval resource are concerned, to make us very ious trouble if she is disposed to do so, and there is no parent roason why sho cannot send over for this purpose nearly her entive navy, It is not needed at home and is not likely to be, but it would not be necessary to send over more than a dozen of her most formidablo war ships, which, taking up a position where they could sheil New York, might put that city under tribute and thus enforce whitever de- mands the Italian government should de to make. Of course there is not the least probability that anything of this sort will happen. There will be no hostilities and the misunderstanding will be duly arranged by diplemacy. But such a course as we have suggestod is possible, and it is worth while to con- sider it by way of calling attention to our defenseless situation. me seen far sors WHAT 1I' SUGGESTS. It is doubtless the feeling of all citi- zens at this time, when possible hostili- ties between Italy and the United States is being talked of, that it is unfortunate that this country has notra navy canable of coping with that of Ttaly, and that our seaport cities are in such a defense- less condition that they would fall an easy prey to the war ships which the Italian government could send here, If hostilities should ensue at once we are not in a position to properly defend our- solves, and although a great deal might be accomplished before a fleet should malse its appeardnce at some of our sea- ports, we could not provido the security which these exposed places ought to have, and an enormous loss of proparty would bo the consequence. It s an undisputed fact that any one of the great bautle-ships of the leading European powers coula dostroy New York city by taking up o position at her ease outside of the range of the guns of tho present forts. Shells could be thrown into the city from a point nine miles away, aad a vessel would be entirely safe at that distance, since the guns now in use could not reach her. This will not be the case much longer, as there are baing turned out of the ordnance works at Washington guns with a range of 12 miles and eareying steel projectilos which could pierce the urmor of any European vessol at present constructed, but our immediate condi- tion is greatly to our disadvantage, and it should be understood that Earopean governments know this fully as well as we do. They are familiar with every detail of our situation, The American navy has reached the middle point of its developmant. Thus fur the government nas either expended or authorized to ba expended $70,000,000, and it is estimated that about that amount will still have to be expended in order to put the navy on the footing of a tirst class power. There have been com- ploted and authorized 41 war ships, 23 of which are now being built and are wo be turned out within' the next two years. Of modern ships, therefore, we have only 18 that ave available for defense, nd none of these ave really battle ships, The secretary of the navy a short timo ago-expressed the opinion that the country should have from six to nine more battleships, from four to six harbor defense vessels, and 12 torpedo votes, which, with what we now have and are building would make u navy the superior of any nation, not even excepting England, in point of availability and practical qualities, Tho improvement of our coast defenses is also n v, and asa policy of insur- ance it would bo profitable. A' European war ship could destroy in o few hours at New York property to the value of m times the amount that would be requir to provide ample protection to all our seaports, The argument against exponditures for these purposes has been that the isolated position of the United States places hor beyond danger of hostilities with any foreign power, and the fact that this country has maintained pesce- ablo relations with Europsan countries for so0 long a time gave warrant for as- suming that this condition would always neo promises to® ntinue, But the fact is we are not Isolated, having as a great commercinl nation intimaTorelations with all other countries, and vory year our interests are being extanded and aro bring into closer anf thove complicat course with {hsyest of the world these conditic and ¢ or ng us 1inte From 18 it is to bo expected that miroversios will arise of a loss serious and menncing character, and™ it not always to foresee’ what may come up to disturb peacoable relations, as is shown by the issuc With Ttaly. It is the part of wisdom for a gountry like this to be prepared for such oxigoncieys, aly vossible, and all money prop pended for such preparation used. issuos more is posj sible ——— IT IS AoT GOOD Police Judgo Helsloy in passing upon the case of a saloonkeoper charged with selling liquor without a license, such li- cense having been revoiced by the board of police commissioners upon charge of violating the liquor law by selling liquor on Sunday, has rendered an opinion which will be regretted by good citizons, He holds that the police commussion has noauthority to revoke licenses excopt where the accused has been tried und found guilty of a violation of the Slocumb law before a magisteate. This of courso means & jury trial with all its incidents THE Bk is disposed to take issuo with the police magistrate and to hold that the decision is neither good law nor good sense. € By the provisions of the liquor law, *tin cities of the metropolitan class, the power to license the selling or giving away of any intoxicating ,malt, spirituous, vinous, mixed or fermented liquors shall be vestedexclusively in the board of fir and police commissionors of such city.” The law further provides, “and any such license granted under this chapter m revoked by the authority issu- ing the sume whenever the person licensed shall, upon due proof made, be convicted of a violation of any of the provisions of this aoct. Abondof $7,000 is required as a con- dition precedent to the issuing of the li- conse, “'to be approved by the board who may be authorized to issue the license,” “rconditioned that the licensee will not violate™ any of the provisions of the gen- eral state law or the city ordinance upon the same subjoct, Selling liquor on Sunday is distinctly prohibited, as is also selling to minc Indians, insane or drunkards. The de- fendant in the case tried before the po- lice judgo violated the law by selling liquor on Sunday, and in so doing vio- lated the conditions upon which his li- censo was issuedy subjecting himself to the penalty of not only a fine, but the revocation of his license. The board of fireand police commissioners gave him a hearing upon the charge of violating the law, and adjudging him guilty, revoked his license. He continued to sell liquor’ad was arrested on the charge of selling liquor without a liconse. The police judge decides that the license was rot revoked, thus over- ruling the “authority issuing” the license, which under'the law, is the only authority which can revoke it, The plain purpose of the law as ap plied to Omaha twas to placo the whole subject of saloon licenses in the hands of the board of fire and police commission- ersin order that it might be removed from local political influences and be managed by a non-partisan independent body. The law must have contem plated the revocation as weil as the issuing of licenses, No other conclusion is con- sistent or tenable. The general rule of both law and common sense in the absence of express language to the contravy is that the vower which grants a privilege upon conditions, ma revoke it upon viola- tion of its conditions. The effect of the decision if sus- tained and enforeed is entirely to emas- culate the authopity and powers of tho board of fire and nolice commissioners and to relegate the regulation of dives and disorderly houses, as well as those guilty of occasional violations of law to the police court and this means to the police court jury. It will increase the sxpense of the enforcement of the liquor law and be a direct invitation to the keepers of disreputable places to take chauces upon conviction before juries more or-less under suspi- cion. It makesof the police commission merely a board for the prosecation of offenders so far as the vegulation of the saloon nuisance is concerned. The decision is opposed to good gov- ernment. It is to be hoped it is not, technically speaking, good law. v be A REMARKABLE deference character- zes the state papers of the Omaha city government when addvessed to railroad corporations, The Union Pacific and Burlington railroads are “‘respectfully requested” to bridge Fourteenth street. If o private citizen obstructs a thor- oughfarea city official in brass buttons SOrVes a peremptory notice upon him to abato the nuisance instanter under pen- alty of arrest and arcaignment in the police court P A PHYSICIAY, jn good standing in Omaha speaking perhaps from both ob- servation and jexperience states that there is much evdgion of the law requir- ing report of deaths to the eity physi- cian. If this bd, fiue, the new sanitary board should institute an immediate re form. 3 DAVIS & CowgiLL were the lowest 2 bidders on dog tags and a contract was approved withy them. The gentleman om the Ninthig/the senior member of this firm, \\'hh“-« it the chavter says about cily offleiglp being interested in contracts with the city? I¥ the vollage of the Ballon e y light and power company bears any re- lation to the degree of activity of its directors in pushing their franchise to a vote, it will not have power enough to consume the carbon of a single arc-light. THERE is more local interest in the annual meeting of the stockholders und directors of the Union Pacifie this year than usual. Wrapped up in its procoed- ings are several prize packages which Omaha citizens want distributed. TiE chairman of the council commit- mittec on gus and electric lightis in bad henith, He is sick every time a ro- port upon the new " electric light fran- chiso is expected. Electricity pplied from Thompson-Houston dynamos in- tensifios his illness ting at th neral, Saecramento Bee Tho legislature died anatural death, though it had lived an unuatural life, Our Native Mafia, ioux Inaians have irrevocably conclude to organize an uprising will Messrs, Parkerson & Wickliffo of New Or- leans please report to the secrotary of war for duty. e When the 8 comaiaiilisiins Worked Out the Lead. Detroit Free Press Bret Harte should either ceaso to write stories of California or sh his English club, put on the miner's dress and give himself two or three years of rough- ing it in the heurt of the mountains. early stories wera as full of tho breezy, freo atmosphere of pioneer life upon the slope as though written under canvas, Mr. Harto lived long enough 1n tho west to kuow that there is such a thing as the working out of a lead. His claim soems to be extausted, and ho had botter take to writing society novels of English life, Naty rowned on Its Work. Springfield Republi an, A judge of the Nebraska supreme court has dedided that he will confirm no more fore- closure sales of mortgagod farms when tho mortgagors ean show that the default is duo to erop failures. Some of the vapers all ing this a mischievous decision. If gonerally followed it would no doubt prove so. How about the railrond, for example, which de- faults on its bonds, as many do, from the same crop failure! But the cdse of a man Who has werked hard year after year to build a home, and whose mortgaged farm has be- the home of his children—well, the age companies would wisely consider Linterests in hesitating for time to turn out this family, when nat- ure has for once frowned upon its work. - Will Blossom as tho Rose. Rev. Dr. Richard Cardley in Chicago Advance, The failure of erops in western Kansas and western Nebraska brings to the front the question of the adaptation of those plains to viculture, * * * K millions of res of land marvelously rich, Hero are tho doposits of untold centurics, Parts of these plains are as ricn as the valley of the Nile. There is water also uot far awi This rogion is in the hands of the American people, the most wgenious people on the faco of the carth, Some time, in some way, tho soil and water will bo brought together. Just how, it may be toosoon to speak. But somehow these ingenious people will find way to water these fertilo plains. From the heavens above, or from the earth beneath, or from the mountains beyond, the water will be secured. It will cost something, but as “there are millions in it," the mi needod will be forthcoming. When that time comes “the desert shall rejoice and blossom as the rose.” re aro e PASSING JESTS. Tex1s Siftings: Judgo—What do you do during the week! Tramp—Nothing, **And on Sunday "’ “Then I take a day oft.” Atchison Globe: If it were not for the crepe she wears on her bounet it would bo impossible to_distinguish a young widow from a young bride. Yonkers Statesman : The man who throws dice for drink generally finds that the drink turns around and throws him, Boston Transerint: The man who never played poker n his lifo may bo counted upon to iaugh the loudest at the poker joke, Binghampton Republican: No wonder tho swine ran down into thesea. 1s there any- thing more rash than a rasher of bacon? Atchjson Globe: A man never knows what shicld it is to liave “hixhly respectable parents until he is caught in some scrape. Washington Star: ~ Why is it you can sel- dom walk slow enough for o street car to catch you, nor fast enough to catch a street car? Smith, Gray & Co.’s Monthly: Litewayto —“Know thyself,” as the old Greek proverd said. Bronson—But don’t tell anybody, unless you want to ruin your reputation. Lowell Citizen: “Do you think we will have war with Italy? 1 hope not. Just imagine an army of hand-organists all playing in front of our city and demanding its surrender.” L WHO THEY ARE. of the Great Fake Petition from Greshan Guesiray, Neb., March 80.—To the Editor of Tue Brr: Among the World-Herald's published list of petitioners in favor of tho Newberry bill, today in looking over the list from our town, I notice some of the signors are boys, somo others probably heard of the bill for the first time on being asked to sign the petition, while a majority of those in tho list probably could mot tell whether the “Newberry bill” purposes to regulate rail- roads or wagon roads, and as for the few business men which our list. contains, I have leard several of them oxpress their opposi- tion to the bill, and one of them probably voiced the sentiment, of the majority when ho said 10 me that he did not sign the petition because he favored the measure, “but,” said he, “we depend upon the granger trade for our living and we must swallow our con- victions often for policy's sake, This, no doubt, could be told of many of these petitions which the World-Herald is publishing. J. . Suervay, Agent I\ 5. & M. V. R. R. Signers Exposing the Louisville List. LoutsviiLe, Neb,, March 31.—To the Editor of Tue Brk: The list of petitions furnished by the World-Herald of supposed Louisville business men who are in favor of the maxi- mum rate bill is a fraud. In behalf of truth and right we wish to inform your readers that those whose names are printed are not busine men, and moreover we know the business men here to be opposed to this fool- ish and unjust move Lovisvi - WE ALL K\OW Tom Mason in Clothier and Furnishe She warbled the soprano with sibility, And dalliea with the organ when thoor- wauist wastsi k She got got up for variety a brand new church society, and Spoke with great facility about the new church brick, She shed great tears of sorrow then immoratity, Aud orgauized a system that would open up their oyes; In culinary clarity she won great popularity, and Showed her personality inlecturing on pies. BusiNess M HER, dramatic son- for tha he For real unvarnishied culture she betrayed o great propensity ; Tuezday talks” were famous and her “Friday glimmers” greq She grasped at_clectricity with mental elas- ticity, and lectured With intensity about the marriage state. Her But with the calm assurance of her wonder- ful capacity, Sho wouldn't wash the dishes, but she'd talk oll day on rocks, And while she deatt on density, or space and its Immensity, with such refined audacity, her ‘motber darned the socks | His | uld come back from | | mi NEWS 0 Thirty sheep wero killed in an accidont while switching a stock train at Schuyler, William Al a prominent citizen of Thomas county, died recently, aged seventy ono years John N otny, Colfax and his son, ‘nearly lost their liv huuting by being thrown into the ri Thirty peoplo have boen convorted by tho Salvation army at Red Cloud and twenty of them have been admitted to the Methodist church, county’s treasuror, wo horsethioves, who couple of animals from Osborne City, were arrested near Bradshaw and wck to the probibition state for tri 0 not over eightoen years of age, got away with a Kun., taken Thoy W The Hastings Nobraskan anounces that a | minoth distillery, to cost $250,000, will | soon be located io that civy. The plant will | have a capacity of 4,000 bushels of corn per | day, will_emply 150 men and will food 2,500 | head of cattle, | Noligh and viclnity beon experiencing | a hay famine. Hay 1s §12 a ton and it is al- | most impossiblo to bring it to town as the | OW in the roads is still from two to three feet deep. The large cattle men have been compelled to ship hay in from the wost. The lifeless body of D. A. Wiliams, n farmer residing near Hartington, was found lying at tho bottom of one of the Missour bluffs, having fallen sixty-five feot liams had been missing for soveral days. Itis sup ho was intoxicated when the aceides d. Fooliug with firearms scems to have boen | a vopular amusement at Schuyler, but it wo't be auy more. Horace Walker'was ac- cidently shot by J. H. Pence while looking at gun, but was not seriously huet; Bunny Babcock lost a part of one of his toes while hunting, and Hod Woods picked up a revol ver and managed 10 mutilato . fingers when the thing went off unexpectedly. Al of tho accidents happened inside of two days. low Kn! swhed re kerbocker of Cedar | itly in Indian terri- A son of Rev, 8 Falls was d tory, Clinton is getting cheaper gas than ever bo foi The ight has cast a shadow on for Tho Rath packing company of Dubuque has decided to locato a plant at Waterloo | with a capacity of 200 hogs par day The mother of May of Cedar Falls, died last week. She was over eighty years old and one of the oldost sottlors, The Kern barrel and box company of Mus- catine has decided to move its fuctory to Ot tumwa. The works cmploy 100 peoplo Mrs, Heiger, who died recontly at Boone, located there twenty-five years ago when tho town was known as Montaus, In the early days her husband was engaged tho freighting business from that point to Sioux City. A superior quality of clay for the manufac- ture of pressed brick, tiling and paving brick has been found in large quantities near Keokuk. A company will be organized | which will commence the manufacture on a | large scale. | Alden is on_the eve of ono of the greatost, | rovivals ever held in Hurdin county. Mor- chants close their places of business in order toattend the meotings and the conversions have run up into scores. Duringa thunderstorm the other night lightning struck the telegraph ofice at Cedar Falls and set it on fire, but the flames were put out before any damage was done. The Cedar Falls and *Minn Junction depot, one and a half milos cast of the city, was struck by lightning and burned to the ground. David G. Anderson of Keokuk is the pos sessor of u book 255 years old. The title pago reads: “M. Minucius Felix His Diologue called Octavius. Containing a defense of Christiunity, Trauslated by Richard Iames of C. C. C. Oxon, Oxford. Printed by ard Litehfiol for Thomas Huggins, 104 ‘The printing and spelling is in the quaint old style, making ita valuable and interesting curiosity, Wyoming. Lieutenant Colonel Christmas, First reg- iment, Wyoming national guard, has been orderéd to Evanston to muster in company C. Zvanston raised the water rate from 8 to £10 a lot to raise money to liquidatea dobt of | $1,000 incurred in builling the water-works. | The coal fields west of Sundance have been sold toan Bastern syndicate; the mines are to be opened and developient work com- menced at once. Fully sixty thousand acres of land lic bo- neath the new Douglas ditch from whoro the | first survey leaves the riverto where it en- ters the bad lands. Denyer men are to resume operation of the metallic paint mines a few miles north of Rawlins, Au order now booked is 1,000 tons for the Union Pacific. Evanston Baptists are getting ready to have a scries of revival services, beginuing | this week. Tho preachng will be done by Rev. Mr. Wilkinson, the state wmissionary. For the purposes of taxation the state board of equalization bas fixed the value of | common range cattle at $10 & head and sheep $la head. Cow ponies are rated at $15 each: A lump of coal weighing 700 pounds, from the Kdwards ‘minc near Lander has been boxed up to be forwardad to the officials o f the Northwestern road, who will make a thorough test of it. F. Delaney, who has been roadmaster at Evanston since last full, will be, it is re- ported, transferred to Cheyenne and haye ehargeof the Union Pacific from that pla e to Grand Isiand, Neb. C. W. Hoiden, a ranchman of Uinta county and a member of the state board of water atrol, hiss a project to reclaim a hundred ctions of land on Green river and plant a 00 people. Al Bowie, range manager for the land aud catte compuny, says stock is bettor conditioy thun at this time for several years, He has been riding over the feoding | grounds for two months. A plant is soon to be located in I making brick of the best quality, The men interested 1 the enterprise have ordered a brick machine of the latest pattern from Lan- castor, Pa., which has a capacity of 20,000 bricks per day. A survey of the abandonea Fort Laramie military reservation has been ordered by the department. This means that about three thousand, five bundred acres of fertile aud well watered land will soon be thrown open to settlement. Retail outch colony of 15 s of Cheyenne have aavanced the prico of porterhouse steak from 15 cents {020 cents, aud all cutsof other meat, cx- cept pork, in proportion. They say becf on the boof has advanced frow'3 cents to 4); cents in a month, Cousideving the fact that the suow at Gold Hill is seven feet decp, and siuce January | over seveuty locutions and deeds have béen received by the county ¢ k for record, it s evident that considerable interest is b taken in the new camp, Cattle on the Laran plains are n very fine condition on account of the fav lo winter weather. ‘They are in such llent condition that they are but a shade below the con-fed cattie east of us, T'L price recently reached G cents at Laramie, the DS sl 1885, Michuel Linchan was sent to the Denye hospital from Cheyenue as the result of curious accident. ‘Linehau, who is employeg in tho Un acific round house, went to sleep on the front board of engine, which Wwas aftorwards started up without his pres. once being discovered, He was run overand part of his foot cut off. A party of Cheye ud to be urveyors are masing | ards is at the |16 18 Praiy thousand acres of good Natrona and Cone vorse county lands. Colonel DeForest Rich nd of tho parties interosted iu tho schemo, tective has gone o Portland, man named Harry Wille Ho was d in Denver in Jul tho burglary of a store on Fifteenth but turned state's md his two partners wore sent to ntlary. On Septembor 15 he was arrested in Cheyenno for the same criue, but oscapod trom the United State's marshal's oftice on March 10, 1800, here Is $10) rg | ward offerod by the Choyenne authorities f his arr THE BOYS ONE Oop AGAIN. R« Now. Cla Jdoseph torney, Joseph R rkson, Ate Ex cson met with Idonoa and Wae-w. coption when ho en tered the 1ArgeE—e— court room yesterday morning, and instead of taking his vlaco on the b h besides Judgoes Doane, Hopewell and Wakeley, he sat down among the legal lights, Ho was one of the early arrivals and sot- tling down into a chair clevated his foet upon one of the tables and lit a fragrant Havana, “No simokin, Bailiff Grebe *Lamone of the boys now," respondsd the ex-jue nd can smoke when I chooso,'” *“Hello! Joe," vemariced Attorney MeHugh, “elad to see' you,” und ho walked over to Clarkson and shook hjs hand Other lawyers follotved, some she ox-judge’s hands and othors slapy the back in a friendly manner, He then informed his brother atto that he had formed & partnership with Cong don & Hunt and expected to eater upon tho trial of a case at ones When the judges entered the room they in vited Clarkson to his old soat on tho boneh, but he be; to boexensed, saying, 1 would prefor to sit with th Hys.'! o - CHEAPER 10 WALK, ney to K Days. who, from the forcoof circum- are compelled to walle or patronizo the street cars look the owner of a by them at a throe 2 in the court room,” remarked ing tho him on ovs 1t Costs M p a Horse These Peoplo stances upon ood liorse as hio dashes minute gait, with feelings akin to The envious pedesteians do uot know all the facts in the case or they might change their viows on the horss question, When a horse’s staff of life—hay, sells at £15@17.50 por ton, us it did yosterday, or at $20002 which the price at the olose of romes decrdedly ox- vy Tast w pens But hay is not the horse's menu. o have ‘oats, 5 s corn at The, he is supposed to rest his wen couch of rye straw at £.00 per ton All these prices are just about double those usually prevailing, Cornand oats are high, becauso of the short erop of last year; hay and straw because of the searcity brought about by the bad condition of country rouds which prevents farmers from supplying the markets, Wauaen the pedestrian takes into account the healthy appetite of the ave horse in connection with the average prices, ke may feel more content with his lot, s PVARAGRALPHS, J. H. Stewart of Blair is at the Casey. J. Radlop of Nerfolk is at the Paxton, John Heasty of Fairbury 1s at the Murray. P, ", Burchard of Norfollk is ot the Mur. ray. Hon. E. P. Roggen of Lincoln city. H. M. Pollard of Nebraska Uity is at the Ca W. L. Wilson of Nebraska City is at tholy Millard. S. B. Reynolds of GGrand Island is at tho Miliard, J. C. Joy and wife of Lincoln are at the Mur Judge J. C. Crawford of West Poiut is at the Puxton. Mrs, B. P, Grifith of Eme the Paxton. Miss Jennio Grifiith at the Paxton Captain Charles Porter of Fort Niobrara is at the Paxt James McN at the Dellon J. T, Ogden and G ings are at the Dellone. Captan John S, Lord and wifo of Fort Me- Kinney are at the Paxton, Mrs. J. M. Wilson, who has been ill with la grippe, is convale: t. A. Gregg, traveling auditor for the Rock Island railroad, is ill at the Dellone. J. W. Goodhart, N. B. Jeffries and ¥, Reeber of Elkkhorn are at the Dellot J. B, Weston, Lizzie Weston and Katharino Waston of Beatrico are at the Paxton N. W. Wells, Mrs. H. M. Annan and i, I, Johuson of Schuyler are at the Millar Mr. and Mrs, Aavon Zunder are at homo to their friends at Hotel Dellone. No Cuards Frred Dellone, night clerk at the Detlone, started last night for a trip to St=Louis and the cust. he Dellone T. Raelshack, Kansas City; JoW. Atehison; F. F 1'ire, Chi-. cazo;J. e couerhorn, I sus Clty; Gust Kippel, Ind polis G. W. Hartman, John Trowmble, George Peters, Avoca; A man, Springfield; Geo | ON he Paxton—T. D, Tetus, W. only descrt per article on a ho must bushel or 10us ropast boues on PLRSONAL is in the n, Ia, is at of Detroit, Mich., is rry and wife of Red Cloud are H. Monta of Hast- s0 very Jo B (A Stus ames Daniols, St Ua ouis. r, Rapld City; Mra. Olark, Chi ¢, Ed Buge Min- neapolis, | r<on, New York Miss Olive May. rlve; I'red auli 8, M. worth; E. D, 1 A. Bennett, Cedur Rupids; un 0w ne Now York; inzie, Be Edkert, Glenwood: P. Gow, St. ir. wite and child, Leaven: dy Evansvillo, Tnd.; Mrs, M. Robert. Cralg, Col- Hawlkins Lincoln. Oner, . N Mison. Clinrlos 1, orson, 11, ) W, Manhoin, New K. Homin, Wil letcher, 1 1l Lioberm . Eppen- (A Tonknmp, .f. 8, & Dorsy. Chuil* soy-—T. 5. Mathoews, Beardstown, TiL; . D, Fa ilner, Y Thotas Dillon, Cineinnatl. 0. Lincoln: J. L. Nesbit, Tekan J Young, Codur Biufls Townsend. Minnoapolts; Louls Bischofl, G, W, Jones. Burlington: = James Krahpiik West Point; M. 1L King Des Molnes; J. Alexundrin; W. . Bowen, O, Red Oile: L J. Capps, Hasting ble, Creston W. K. Mee wov, Cresions A, Mondern Mrs. A O, Potind and dauzhter, Hinie; Mrs, George N, Higins and son. Hastings: Miss Ewnis Harlin, 1shpenning, Mich The Millard ~C.W. Griflith, Chicago; J. Stofn, sw Yerk 1" Montolth, k. C. Webst 1tto, M Mot rison, Dept Lodge, Mo New York: Eugens D. Whip D. Harrison, Ui Archimleliss. I M. 8, Robinson Angoe srmlck, Santa I thoff, Milwhu ke wird G, Uchiein, Ben M 1. Wickhan W York; I Lincol Annlsfie K, Aug Boston, Mass. ok Sharp, Sioux Clty; nthal. 8 ovelund a survey for a big irrigating diteh which s to be taken from the Platto river above Doug. s ana extend 1o Bridger's Fery. When completed it will cover over threo” huadred | iteheon, 1ai Robert 8. Ore.: “Johnson W. | Wiiltan J. Russell S, Spok Wito, London Highest of all in Leavening Power.— U, 8. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 18 Rl Baking N Powder . ABSOLUTELY PURE