Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, May 9, 1891, Page 4

URDAY MAY 9 1891 TWELVE PAGES DATLY . ROSEWA Entton. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNIN TERMS OF 8UBSCRIPTION, Dafly Bee (without Sunday) One Year., Dally and <unday, One Year. Kix month Threo montl s Funday Bee, One Yoar turday Bec, One Year Wecekly Tee, One Yenr OFFICES Or e Bee Building Bouth Onintin. ¢ Council Blufrs, 1 Chieago Office. 317 Chambe New York. Rooms 13,1 Washington, 513 Four CORRESPONDENCE Al communications relating to news and editorial matter should be addressod o the Editoriul De THE BEE 800 10 00 0 ith Streets Joninierce, ribune Bullding nth street. ers and remittances should Ree Pubiishing Company, checks and postofilce orders ible to the order of the com- All business | be addressed (o Omuha. Drafl 0 he made pany. The Bee Publishing Company. Proorigfors THE BEE BUILDING, OF CIRCULATION, [ BWORN STATEME Etate of Nebruska, County of Douglas. George It T7schuck ry of Tur Bee re Publishing company, d mnly swear that the actual circulation of Tk DAILY B for the week ending May sl was Tuesdny. April Wednesduy, April 20 Thursday. April 5 Friday, May 1 Batarday, May Average e and sibscrilod in my uy of May. A. D. 1501 L. Frir, ry Publie. Sworn 10 befor presence this 2d Etate of Nebraeka, | unty of Dong! o 1. 0f 08 y bublishing conpany, doily cireulation for “the nont) coples for July. 20,750 cop for Octol Ler, 1800, 190 coples: 2471 copies: for X440 Coplos: for February, 1801 2 Coplesi for March, 1801, 24,005 coples. for April, 1K1 7005 co GEORCE I Tz8cnuek. Eworn to Yefore nie. and subscribed In my presence, this 24 duy of May, A. ., 1501 a good labor com- missioncr. He is for eight hours work in the morning and cight hours in the afternoon, WiAT a lonesome time of it the one republican member of the Florida legis- lature has with nothing to amuse him but a democratic deadlock Tue Independent club holds its meet- ings on Sunday. This will make it em- barrassing for Elders Vandervoort and Broateh 1o participato openl —_—— SENATOR QUAY has an appalling nerve if he still considers it possible that he will bo re-elected chairman of tho national republican committea. PLAYWRIGHT HOYT is no orator but he knows how to defend the reputation of his company from clorical misstate- ments on the rostrum as well as in the newspaper ——e T'HE railways have decided against the harvest excursions. So much the worse for the railways. They will miss the ticket sales ns much as Nebraska will miss the 't purchasers, —_— ison the ocean en- route to Paris. For nine days, at least, the country will be at rest, but the cable connection between America and Europe loaves no hope for a longor respite from the Clarkson interview. A ¥oRMER Chilian consul at San Fran- ciseo is of the opinion that English money is back of the insurgents in Chili. This is not improbable. England wishes t0 control the nitrate deposits as she now controls the guano beds. —_— Tie Hlinois legislature is considering a very vigorous anti-trust law with se- vers penaltics. It has passed the house. The state legislature and congress will wipe out combinations for fixing prices and limiting production of necessary ar- ticles and commodities in due time, Towa will have a long and lively cam- paign with three tickets in the field. The republican convention is called for July L. The independents meet first in the early part of June. The demecrats June 21 The republicans will know what sort of deal has boen effected by the enemy when they convene, CoNsUL tive of Se Blaine ana a nophew of Senator John Sherman, but this did not prevent him from making an exhibi- tion of himself and should not prevent his recall for violating the pro- prieties of the oceasion in boorishly de- clining to respond to a toast to Queen Victoria at a banquet of English sub- jects which he attended as an invited guost. Crrizens of Omaha will appreciate the extent and importan ce of her public school system as well as the rapid in- croaso of hor population when they seo the school childrea of the city massed in the high school grounds. A space should be alloted the parochial schools also on the ground, so that all tae children of ay be on exhibition at ono spot. It will bo a beautiful, a thrilling and an oncouraging sight and attruct more at- tention and interest than our remarka- ble material growth, THE New Orleans grand jury report charges a part of the conditions which brought about the lynching of 11 Ttalians to jury shirk The wealthy and cultured citizens avoided their duty as citizens and left the machinery of jus- tico in the hands of the ignorant, vicious and corrupt. The logical result of this was manifested in the ease with which the confederates of the conspiratows in- fluenced the petit jury. This is no new danger. It is folt and feared in overy large city, and to some extent in suburban and rural districts. A reform mavement has begun, und like the reform ballot law will sweep the country, Nobraska has already ubol- ished the professional juror from its courts, The citizen whose private in- torosts will. suffer by jury duty is no longer exempt. The effect of this upon actions in court ought to be und will be beneficial to all concerued. “sion that electrieit of railroad dents in New York is of much ter importance than had beon ox- pected. It shows that there is really an arnest desire among the men who con- | trol some of the grontest r erties in the country to observe sound business prineiples in the management of theiv trusts and in their business re Iations to one another, and s lation altogether renss past evidence regarding these men, the testimony of some of them, has been of a nature 1o impeach the inte their purposes and policy. The distrust of them, due to their pe efforts to evade and de feat the laws, lLas | been shared among themselves by reason Iroad prop- of their no less constant efforts to take unserupulous ady It atages of oach other. was said by Mr. Charles Francis dams that the great obst in the of the solution of the rail prob- | lem was the dishonesty and un of the men who control the railronds, The result of the New York suggosts that this opinion of the r A presidents may have to be moditied ast since they gave practical proof that they deserve to be thought better of. The most signfficant incident of the airness meeting rou at meoting was the prompt dismissal of the general traf managor of the Missouri who had been found guilty of cutting the rate on sugar in violation of the association a ment, It is true the sincerity of this action was questioned, but this is not strange in view of the deop-seated disteust of M, Gould and the habit of regarding everything he does as having a sinister motive. The fact remains, however, that an oxample was summarily made in a case where a violation of the agreement was proven, and this can hardly fail to have a salu- tary effect upon the officiuls of other roads who have the duty of making rates. The other presidents cannot evado their duty if their subordi- nates go wrong by assuming that Mr. Gould’s motive for his action was not genuine. The adoption of a resolution to continue the associa- tion until January 1, 1806, evidenced an eiarnest purpose to institute the reforms and economics which the association was formed to brin bout. There is reason to expect bet results from this organization than have yet been real- ized STREET TRANSPORTATION, The census bulleting issued from time to time convey 1o the public a vast amount of information as well as show with what exhaustive care the eleventh rensus has been taken, When these are compilod they will make a library of im- portant facts and figures which will de- light statisticians and almanac makers. The latest bulletin deals with the sub- ject of cable, electric and animal motive power for street railways. It isa new field of inquiry, for when the canvas of 1880 was taken there was but one cable line in existence and electric motors haa not been invested. The second cablo line was built in 1885, Sinee that date from one to three new ones have been added each year until in 1889 and at the time of taking the enumer- ation there were 10 in operation. There were an equal number of electric street railways, but these were built in 1888, 1889 and the first half of 1890. There are but thirty horse and mule car lines reported, which is a surprise. Most peo- ple would have assumed without investi- gation that there were not less than one hundred. Over one-fourth the street railways® of the union are now oper- ated by electricity. Chicago is the only great eity in which electricity as a motor power was entirely absent at the date of the investigation. It is the great cable city. The bulletin suggests the conclu- v will take the place of both cable and horse-power. The 75 miles of cable line in tha union cost $26,351,416; the 56 miles of electric road but #: 285 The mileage of animal power lines is 319 and thoy represent a cost of $22,788,277. The 10 cable lines with but 75 miles of trac| cost more than the 40 other street car lines covering the transportation facili- ties of 375 ‘miles. The three systems carried 800,000,000 passengers. The cost to cable systoms is 14.12 cents per mile; 3.22 cents per passenger carried; the electric lines 13.21 cents per mile and 8.82 conts per passenger; to horse roads 18.16 cents per mile and 3.67 cents per passenger, The figures throw comparatively little light upon practical questions growing out of the three systems, for several reasons, tirst among which is the fact that the comparisons can not be made for the same periods under like circum- stances. 'The electric vonds are all new and their traflic has not been devel- oped, while the cable systems are well established, They do conclusively prove, however, that animal power is soon to be supplanted. Thus far the succesful electric lines are operated with overhead trolley wires. Should storage battevies become practicable the olectrie voad will take tho place of the cable in large cities as it now takes the place of horses and mules in the smaller one It is an electrical age and steam, animals and cables are sooner or later doomed as motive powers for rapid tran- sit in cities. ANOTHER IMPONTURE Under the laws assessment f vailre ON TAXPAYERS. relating to the ad property, every railroad that terminates within the boundaries of one county is to be assessed by the local assessors and equalized by the county boards the sume ns the property of a street railway or waterworks campany or gas com- pany. In other words, its real estate and personal property are subject to assessment the same as all real and per- sonal property. The Omaha Belt railway under its original charter begins and terminates in Douglas county. The fact that it has been annexed to the Missouri Pacif] does not alter its rclation to the assessor or tax-gatherer. The road is 164 miles long, and its actual value, including the lots snd lands that belong to it, could not be duplicated for less than #200,000 por mile for that portion of the line within the city limits and #75,000 per mile outside of the city limits. But in defiance of the plain letter of the law the county and city authorities have allowed the Belt be returned as part of the Missouri Pa- * railrond ut 85,650 per mile, or $03,- 451 for the whole road, its right-of-way, side-tracks and equipments, which at the least calculation are woith two and a hall millions, And on top of this man- ifost » of p tax evasion comes the fact that 152 lots within the city | limits outside of the right-of-way and belonging to the Belt line roud were assossed at 328,117 and paid a city tax of $878.50—or about #6.50 per lot. The lots adjucent to this ground, which are not worth as much, are assessed from five to ten times as high. And several most valuable tracts of land outside of the city limits have not been assessed but ave dumped in with the vight of way. Is it not about time for our county and city authorities to do their duty in gard to taxation and put a stop to this imposture upon the great body of tax- payer: re- THE CHILIAN REVOLUTIO. The United Statos having bocome in- volved, by o most exceptional incident. in Chilian affairs, tho vevolution which has been in progress in Chili for several months will have more interest for the American people than it would othor- wise pos: This revolution is the outgrowth of a conflict botween tho ex- ecutiy nd the congress, and the insur- gents constitute the congressional party It is not necessary to inquire as to the merits of the quarrel of which the peo- ple of this country must be presumed to ecare ver little. It is suffi- clent to say that the revolu- tionists chavged the president with usurpation of power, and their strength shows how largely popular opinion sup- ports the charge. Thus far neither party appears to have gained very much the advantage, though the reported de- sire of President Balmaceda to obtain the mediation of the United States, ance and Brazil would seem to indi- cate that he is not confident of being able to suppress the insurrection, The revolutionists have Linly been very L ssive, and among their successes was that of capturing several of the war vessels of Chiii. [t was the appearance of one of these vessels at San Diego, Cala., last Sun- day which has involved the United States in the trouble. Upon representa- tionsof the minister of Chili at Wash- ington that this vessel was taking on contraband in violation of the cer zoods neutrality laws the United States mauv- shal was ordered to detain her. That official took the necessary steps to do this, and placed one of his deputies in charge of the vessel, but hor captain found an opportunity to sail away and took prompt advantage of it. The dep- uty marshal, representing the author- ity and majesty of the general govern- ment, was held a prisoner in the captain’s oftice, carefully guarded by armed men, until the ves- sel got a safe distance away, when he was sent ashore. He was given an op- portunity to observe, however, that the craft was well supplied with the means to make a vigorous defense against an attempt to capture her. The duty of our government in the circumstances was of course to send after her, and prompt instructions were given to the commanders of several war ships of the United States to go in pursuit. It is therefore quite possible that within a short time one 6r more of our naval of- ficers will have an opportunity to do some active service. There ap- pears to bo no doubt of the right of the United States to capture the escaped vessel on the high seas or in Ameriean or Chilian waters, and the disposition at Washing- ton seems to be to spare no effort to ac- complish this. The chase, howevor, is likely to be a prolonged one, and if the pursued vossel should be able to get into the company of her fellow insurgents it may not be a holiday task to recapture her. It isnot appavent that an inter- national question can arise out of this incident, since the insurgents have no status—and thoe vessel in question is to all intents and purposess a piratical craft. The outcome of the chase after her will be awaited with very consider- able interest. A SETTLE) IN SIGHT, The governments of Great Britain and the United States have got so near to an agreement regarding the questions to bo submitted to arbitration in connection with the Behring sea controversy that it ns safe to predict an early settle- ment of this issue, The last communica- tion from Lord Salisbu to which ¢ retary Blaine has just made public his reply, was notably conciliatory in tone and spirit. It accepted most of the questions which had been proposed by the United States and suggested modifications in others, while ex- pressing an earnest desire for a settlement of the controversy. The reply of Secretary Blaine states that the modifications suggested by Lord Salis- bury did not wholly meet the views of the president, but changes have heen made in the text of the questions which 1t is hoped will result in an agreement between the two governments. These anges are in the nature of a compro- mise, and there is reason to believe will bo accepted by the British government. No objection is made by the president to the questions proposed by Lord Salis- bury, and only one condition is suggested in connection with them, and that so that entirely reasonuble it will un- doubtedly be allowed. The six questions which this govern= ment proposes relate to the jurisdiction and rights ¢ dised by Russin in Behring sea before Alaska was ceded to the United and the extent to which these wore recognized and con- ceded by Great Britain; whether Beh- ring sea was included in the phe “Pacific ocean” in the treaty hetween Great Britain and Russia; whether the rights of Russin in the sea and with re- gard to the seal fishevies did not pass unimpaired to the United States under the treaty of cession; what right, if an the United States bhas of property in the fur seals which go from the terrvitory of this country beyond the three mile limit and if the determination of questions re- quires that Great Britain shall be a party to regulations regarding the kifling of seals, the further determination of the tates, protection or theso extent of jurigdiction to be oxercised by the United:Sitmte: closed sedsoff is nocessary to suve the seal fishing tmdustey, and proscribing what months ®hould be included in such season and Ovér what waters it should axtend. These cover every phase of the controversy agd they are much fairer | than the propositions which w sub- mitted by thé British government as subjects for drbitration. A short thne ago Lord Salisbury pro- posed thut ‘a ‘modus vivendi relative to the killing of seals in Alaskan waters should be arranged and enforced during the coming soason, and it is understood that our government has this proposal under consideration. An arrangement that would stop all seal killing this r is strongly urged by those who are fa- miliar with the condition of affairs av the scal fishe certain that unless this is done the in- discriminate slaughter of the far seals this year will be unprocedonted. But there are one or two difficulties in the Russia would have to be a party to such an arrangement in order to make it successful, and it is thought to be probable that her consent could not be obtained. It is questionable whether the Russion government would be will- ing to lose, even for a single year, the revenue from its seal fisheries. Anothor difticulty ited in the question whether the government of the United States can legally and faicly deprive the company which has the seal island of the pr o a full compliance with the law and tho payment of a price considered by the government satisfactory. But in any eveat there is botter promise than there ever has been before of an early settle- ment of the Behring sea controversy. is pres: TECHNICALITIES appear to be more than usually important this year. Not to refer to the recent example of the Nebraska supreme court, an example is afforded by the collector of customs at Chicago, who proposes to return a case of rifles stamped ““London” in order that “London, England,” may be marked upon them, This looks much like foolishness. Probably sandal wood from Jerusalem would be refused by this customs oflicer becausn not marked Jerusalem, Palestine, Turkey in Asia. CONSPIRACY and vevolution are undo- ing much of the good which reciprocity is accomplishing among tho Central and South American republics. All of Spanish America needs stable govern- meat. Education and commerce mako slow head v, but in time they will bring order and permanent peace. Closo re- lations with this union are very im- portant to our hot-headed southern friends. Their local differences should be referred to arbitration and not arms. THE railway companies have made a fare and a thirdirate for the presidential celebration. ‘This is good as far as it goes, but a single fare rate would be money “in the passenger purse of the roads and add thousands of excursionists to the numbee who would come to Omah: May'13. A traveling man writes THE BEE suggesting that a public meeting be called to petition the railways to streteh their liberality a trifle. Toe Itata acts very much like a pri- vuteer. Its officel nd crow are shrewd pirates. She will have at least 800 miles the start of the Charleston or any other American vessel sent after her from San Francisco. The chances of intercepting her1f attempted are not encouraging, though the two war ships in Chilian waters may accomplish the task if in- structions can reach them in time. THE BEE has no disposition to impose unreasonable burdens on the franchised corporations, but when these companies, with millions of dollurs of property, are assessod at one-fortieth or even one- fiftigth of their actual value, it is only right and proper that the glaring dis- erimination against the other taxpayers bo exposed and a fair assessment insisted upon. HON. 4. H. MILLARD’S opinion that Omaha is the most prosperous, most metropolitan and most promising city west of Chicago, is worth noting and re- membering, He visited all the cities of the west with his business eyes open, and though a conservative man he ro- turns an enthusiast for his own city CARNE ‘arnes—the name is very familiar, Wasn’t he the individual con- cerning whom a former business partner named Reynolds and a lawyer calied “Beefsteak’ Roberts, made certain statements of a slightly sensational charactor a few years ago. UNDER the new order of things there are no restrictions to interfere with the good work of cleaning the city and no fines for industry in this direction. Con- sequently the refuse and filth of Omaha is vory rapidly moving toward the Gulf of Mexico, AN iden of the extent and importance of artesinn irigation in South Dakota is obtained fromthe information that a » syndicate has purchased 85,000 acres of land in the Jim river valley to be irrigated from the Huron wells, w ons there may bo to youth upon the district beneh, it ma; truthfully be siift that the young judges have a happy /faculty of rapidly dis- patching business nevitab] Milypikee Horald, It having been slomonstrated that a torpedo- boat is able to destroy 8 man-of-war modern science now will endeaver to invent somo thiug to destroy the torpedo-boat, — - Good Horse Se Peorica A News notesays that King Humbert owues 2,000 thoroughbred horses. Yet ho dosen't display the good horse sense of a He. thoroughbred statesman in his diplomatic Mair: —— Very Like Other People, L A good advising actors as many persons are continually to whether or not they should marry. Buton which ever side the preponderance of advice may be, actors will probably keep right ou doing us they chose in the mattor. As they meet those of the other sex by whom they are eaptured, they will marry them if they can, over the sea: whether | and it appears to be | NDSs THAN OoU'R The Prussian court scems to be drfting into an incongruous alliancs analogous to that formod by Louls XVI, when, in 1780, ho yioldod to the wishes of the French roform- ers and consented to call together the states- genoral, Aeainst the political and social ten- dencies of such a coalition will be arrayod not only the national liberals, but also the great body of the landowners who make up the two wings of the conservative party. Only those landed proprietors who are in close attendanco on the court, and who are willing to betray the interests of their ordor | for the prizes of official life, have ever pro- fessed to acquiesce in the utopian sohomos of the present kaiser. Consequently, a combi nation of the conservative landowners with the national liberals, who reprosent tho pro- tected manufacturers, would be entirely feas- ible, and Bismarck would be the natural head of it. Before, however, the impanding reconstruc- tion of parties in the reichstag can take place, Bismarck will doubtiess find or make an op- portunity of discussing the foreign policy of his successor in the post of chancellor, To Caprivi, personally, Bismarck is not sup posed to have any hostility; but 1t is, of course, through him that the discarded min ister can strike ut the young sovereign, who has been guilty of ingratitude. If Bismarck could manage to elicit from the reichstag a vote of censure on ths result of Caprivi's for- eign programme, he would feed fat his grudge against the monarch who subjectod him to undeserved dignitios. Nor is it at all im probable that duving the approaching sum- mer such events may occur on the Rhine, the Danube or the Vistula as wilt expose Caprivi and the young emperor, whose mouthpicce he is, to the severest reprobation. The detention of another Russian vessel for one day in the Bosphorus, after tho strong protest of the Russian ambassador against the previous act, must intensify tke ill fecling then created. The demand of M. Nelidoft for pecuniary indemnity and for the dismissal of the rkish commandant who brought the Russian vessel to, under the threat of opening fire, adds a serious foature to the incident. Yet tho dispute seems to bo really as to the right of the Ottoman authori- ties to exerciso their judgment in regard to a well-ostablished privilege and duty. Tho treaty of Paris in 1536, the treaty of London in 1871, and the treaty of Berlin in 1575, all require that the formal consent of the porte shall be ob- tamed before the war vessel of any foreign ower is allowed to pass the Dardanelles. at stipulation seems to imply the right of deteution for determining the character of the vessel where thera is a reasonable doubt as to whether it is a morchantman or a war ship. In both the instances complained of the ves: belonged to Russia's volunteer fleet of transports, fitted out by popular sub- seription; and they are said to have bees car- rying military workmen to Vladivostock for work on the Traus-Siberian railroad. The doubt of the Turkish commandant as to the category to which such a vessel belongs may or may not seem unreasonable; but it is hardly to be presumed tp arise from a desire 1o discriminato unfavorably against the com- mercial marine of Kussia. Considerable doubt prevails among Enro pean statesmen as to whether the commer- cial convention just concluded betweon Austria and Germany is not likely to provo a sourco of weakness instead of strength to the signatory powers. For it is an under- standing that has been effected by the two governments with the object of strengthen- ing their political and military union rather than for any purpose of commercial or in- dustrial dovelopment. Far from there being any question of the latter, the convention ap- pears destined to ruin both the agricultural industry of Giermany and the manufacturing industry of Austro-Hungary. The German farmers, who have hitherto had their in- ests safe-guarded and fostered by an al- most prohibitive tariff on corn, declare that their entire existence is doomed by the influx of Austrian and Hungarian cereals which will foliow tho removal of the com- mercial barricrs between the two fations; aud in the same manner the Austrian | mado in documents datod and Hungarian manufucturers assert that they have no hopes of being able to competo with the German manufactured goods which will heuceforth flood the dominions of Em- peror Francis Joseph. While the latter can afford to remain indifferent to popular clamor ou the subject Emperor William caunot. For tho agricultural interosts menaced lie chiofly in Bavaria, Baden and Wurtemberg, where the small farmers abound. Their discon- tent, added to tho popular ill-feeling already caused by Kmperor William's efforts to cen- tralize all power at Berlin and gradually do- prive the southern states of tho confedora- tion of their automony, bids fair to bring matters toa crisis. Itisno secvot that the opposition to Priuce Bismarck to the conven- tion s based on theso grounds, and that he regards it as being of a nature to imperil the unity of the empire. " Since the building "of the trans-Siberian railroaa was resolved upon and Siveria has attracted general notice, the world has be- come interested in the orizin and meaning of the word Siberia. V. M. Florinsky, in a paper published at the uiversity of Tomsk, bolds that the word is of Slavie derivation, It oceurs for the first time in the writings of the Persian historian, Rashid-Eddiua (12 1315) as the name of what now is called west- ern Siberia, for in connection with it the bistorian speaks about the River Irtysh and the steppes of Kirgheso and the Bashlars. The Russians have known the country since the Latter part of the fiftoouth ceutury, and official mention of the “Siberian land” is and The word is supposed to have originated with a tribe of Huns which was known by the name of Sabirs or Sobirs, sud first lived io the Ural mountuins and subsequently settled down in theregions of tie Don aud the Volga, The city of Sivar, which existed in Bul- garin in the tenth century, was a monument of the wanderings of the tribe. The Sabirs were also mentioned among tho Slavonian tribes on the Volza enumerated by Josoph, the king of the Khozars. Now, taking these accounts into consideration, it appears that the Huns were of Slavie origin, and that the name of Sibars was assumed by or applied to that tribo of the Huus which has wan- dored from the north (Sover) into the south- eastern rogions. Another scholar, Mr. Potauin, in Russkoye Obozrenie maintains that the origin of the word Sabir Is derived from the Mongolian. He shows that a cer- tain mountain named Sybyr, or Sumbyr (pe haps tho same as the Mount Sumner of the Indian logends), 1s variously and repeatedly mentidned in the folk lore of the Mongolisns at the extreme southern borders of Siberia, Guatemala and Salvallor are said to be on the point of another attempt to determine which shall dominate the Central American states. Guatemala has never been satisfied with the outcome of tho short war of a year | ago, and now tho report comos that. th Gua- | tematan army is in motion toward the Salya- dorian border, ready to begin au attack upon auy plausivle pretext, Ezeta, whom the late revolution made president of Salvador, has | his troojs in motion also, ready to repel any onslaught of his neighbors, Tho paople of these two states are further said to be getting | thoronghly tired of all this quarraling, until the right leaders might persuade them to overthrow both the present governmoents in | favor of a uniou of the Lwe into a Contral American republic. Thore would be nothing | surprisiug in such an attewpt. But if such &, WATSON'S HEAD IN DANGER, The Dongty Colonel Will Probably Bs | Shorn of Military Honors, SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD GIRL wh Ik A ELOPES. | 1o cou Tmpudent Midnight Visitors -An O1d | un Settler's Death- A Missing Man - | X loc A Young Thief—Other Th coln News and Notes. Lixcoly, Neb., May 8.—(Special to Tur Bgr,|—Governor Thayer has “‘got it in" for | Colonel John C'. Watson for accepting a com mission from Governor Boyd, and it is re. | iiling- Ju ¥ 4 ness to comply wit o I Nebraska ported that Thayer will eut the colonel's mil- | i fieomnly wif .'.'(,‘r'l',:,“]\, hod ‘;E t il itary career short. Thayor also declares that | moral and relicions instriction by me. ins of Colonel Watson endeavored to Induce Gen- | publishing houses for that pu rpose. eral Webster of Omaha to forsako the cause N of Thayer early in the contest case, o There 18 stili a groat deal of speculation as | trinl was filod todav. in tho Case of N aoh vo to who will be appointed to the position of | Humphrey Brotuers. deputy labor commissioner, Jenkins is satd | Judgo Tibbetts will call the motion doc not to be in it because of his fricadly attitude | toward Boyd. Henry Downs was after tue | Job bard, but was instead on_the position | recently held by Mrs. Harris, A good many l still cherish the beiief thatJ. H. Powers is after the position, while others still believe that Boss Burrows wishes it The position wiven to Tom Cooko is that of mo J spe Eu, L messenger clerk, a position held during Boyd's “administration by Harry Chaflee, a | val boy of ecighteen. Mr. Cooke's laborious duties are to see that all lotters ave filed al pointed oil inspector by Goveror Boyd, will phabetically ana deliver packages o the | not giveup thejob fo Carnes without express office, Tom promises to nde in a | steuggle. He claims that his comimissio nack when he porforms the latter work or | was signed for two years by the (efacty hi; 4 MeSSel pr boy Kovernorand he can’t be romoved withouas overnor Thayer belioves that the notarial | cause. The case will bo made 4 tost ouo, commissions issuod on Tuesday by Governor Boyd are no good. e therefore reissued S i = cotamissions to those gentlemen today. LITTLE SHIL ) HER WANDERING GIltL. Mrs. Brues of srownville, Neb., writes Ram's Horn: No man knows how dos- hiof Dinges to arrestand hold her daughter | perato a woman can look nntil ho hue sy Josie, aged sixteen, whomn away from home with Rew she M as run hon “with- fuvany right.!? It 18 not stated whether | Now Oricars Pieayuno: Whalobone com Rowy lsaman_or woman, but tho mother | mands such enormons prices that 1t s thinks taoy have cometo Lincoln. The kirl | longer the mainstay in dressmaking 15 lescrived as tivo foot threw in height, with light bair and compiexion. INPUDENT MIDNIGIT VISITOKS Burope! Thomas Ross of the Max well, Sharpe & Ross Sh raukly, to secure o husband. Aud company, who lives at 1409 South Twenty- | youl first street, was awaliened last night by two [ He—~To get away from my wife, follows who demauded admittance, Mr. oss domanded to know what they wantod 2 iey repliod that they were looKing for o | of t red-haived woman, wiiom they belicved lived | duc amended petition ngaiust compauy asking for 10,000 | ing that her husband's death was caus | the carelossness of dofendants in not fury ing use by who persisted fn riding in the yesterday morning in undres uniforms eavght mayor released “The annual fold day oxerise: man park. Wesloyan to Mrs Mary | Seventh tho laws of Michigan, has ox prossed n drawing 150 more n in the equity court sist. [t is sad that Louie Helmrod, who was ap- her undertake to ride Continent: He-Why are you going to the Lincoln gas damages, claiu- | by proper boiler to do the work, (e ons in ng %0 badly worn that it exploled 1en othors would be safe tosa Pace and Lou Betehlor, nsels gon the da patrol arty colds by their them int of sickness persistonc this the nd morning vn of the state iversity will be beld tomorrow at Cush Raciug, jumping and other th tic sports will constitute the programme, o closing featuro of the occaston will bo & I between the university and orly had her pocko t vesterday aftornoon of @ ) cluo to the thiof renco association of the Adyontists incorvorated, undor ked on O sty gold wateh al co Ylerk Sizor was ousily eneaged at mes us a8 p m noon al panel ion for a new the Shecdy roou At 9:30 tomorrow rning. ames Heaton was this mo ministrator of the o ‘aton, deceased insurance polic 000, ohn Pitzge: ing appoint d of hils son, astite con in the Mutual el ald was appointed afternoon of , decoused., acdminis. the estate of e The estate 13 uod at $10,000 bicyele, ette: The fact that gold is ono e fngrodicnts in tho Koch Iymph re *0s it o the level of a mined cure after all there, Ross ordered them 1o o about their business, but they insisted on coming in Philadelphia Record on the humble Ross sccured his shotgun, and opening wideo | umbrella suggests a valuable lesson to man- the door invited tuem to make themselves | Kind it is always put up or shut up with the =Y scal They did so reluctantly, but after | umbrella, browsing around the neighborhbod cam back, and rousing Rossup again insisted that | Munsey's Weekly: Hooliban's Wife - the woman thoy wero hunting lived there. dothey mang by tho pauper labor of asserting emphatically that he was lyin , Pat? The fellows began to act rather suspicious | Hooliban —They mano tho Chincse, av and heaving one” or two hurried whispered | coorse. sentences pass between the follows be de- cided they were after plunder and firing his EFFECTS OF DINK, shotgun, " ap) itly at them, the fellows Yonkers Gate hurriedly Icft. DEATH OF JOIN MORNISON, John Morrison, one of the oldest settlers in Lincolu, died this morniug after a_brief ill- ness. Mr. Morrison was born in Scotland, but at an early age located in_London, Cant ada. From there he went to Chicawo, thence to Towa, and in 1569 he made his bome in There was a most Absorbed b Hadn’t any moro se; »pious drachm a fellow named Sachm, ¥, truth, s youth And shor! T'his bibulo ¢ than clachm. s Siftings: Madamo T like you about ause you are so pretty, Lizette Lincoln, He had accumulated somo prop- | Bonne—Ah, madame wiz wonsteur so well erty, and with his busimess and life iusur- | 8gTee. ance policies leaves bis family in confortable [ % — _ circumstauces. “Uncle John' was alsoan | Puck: Tha chief requisito: Kitty- You'ro Oddfellow but afilisted more with the | an ideal chaperon, Mrs. Lightly. Jack— Ycs; Kuights of Pythias, The funeral will take | You're sim, ‘outof sight.” place at 2:30 Sunday afternoon in charge of ceste the Kunights, THE SUNDAY BEE, A MISSING MAN. Clara Rydburn or Rydbery of iKansas City writes for information” vegarding the wher- “Bracing Up"—A thrl Ing ar story by John abouts of lerbusband, or brothor, or fathor, | bbAMOL nuthor o Biielaws Babies” the police captain is unable 10 state, the let- = o 14 he exceilent work of ter being welten in Swodish, a langaage 1n | the art students of Counctl Blafls, InOmahy which he is somewhat rusty. Scrgeant Splain sat up all night and succecded in discovoring that the mau is a stone mason who came bere to work last August. The writer has not heard from him since March 24, and would like to know where he is. “ fore a B art ofre s, Ve Never Sleep" 6 and tho work it has ac Cowrt Reporter's I -muniseo ell, the ve rt utes the concludingarticle of a serics of rems EXACTED U UdIOUS COMMISSTONS, Iniscer sof early duy trials, Ho tells somo In the case wherem the Ballou state bank- | 8ood stori the expense of Judgo Noville, ing company seeks to enforee a mortgage on | atthat ti Tuitod States district attorney the Oppenheimer block, on North Tenth ebraska. street, the defendants, Rosa and Isaac Op- | From Sunny Florida—Rird 0, Wakeley wrltes penheumer, filed an answer today, in which | abreezy letter about Floridian seenes and they allege that plainuff did not furnish them | plewsures, with money as promptly as they had agreed | p to do: that they also exacted usurious com- not missions, which _vitiates the coutract in part. shion Suggeations s for the f: for the Season rsex from all lands Dofendants nsk for £,00. damages for the | [ 4L B Grett bren il Krank 6. Car- disappointment "::‘x:“‘l":;‘“l';“‘-‘ FEROIDaBto: Sl ailp talls: (n histanoclaliopy IEhtad i or . ok, Tik SUNDAY BEE how the {ntellee diant W. H. Shelton was arrested this morning | of tho nytion ’:.‘ nmnll 1“2:)'|u-‘-,.kf.".l-‘: by Ci Dinges and Officer Sipe a8 b8 | iy5i0u1 sonssitutions' n condftion to stand steppod from R BUTlngloR. temin o Btelton 1 i iia fvwn elcsin whioh Ll Yo D et its was employed av Grand Tsland “asa bar- | \2 ETE I WhiGh thoy hae Deon engasod. tender and is charged with jumping a board [ [ CArbenters loute Tt ha dlproating bill. The police are requested to look out for | Ml Instructive. Thisone is better that usual. & thirteen:year0ld| boy Who' ran away. from recautions Against Burglis duvices Mead with several hundred dollars worth of | that men have adopted to w. wof the notes and papers. WANT THEIR PAY. Detectives A. L. Pound and B. C. Yeomans began suit in county court today against the independent central commitites W. I. Wright, C. H. Pirtle and W. H. Dech, asking 4.20. They set forth that on Novem- , 1500, the defendants entered into u tten contract with them to do detective work in the contest then being {nstituted by the independents against various state of- ticers and agr for the same at the rate of $10 por week. The plaintiffs carried out their contract, worked twelve wecks, and also advanced $ in cash as witness foes, but have reccived only $135. They sue for the balance therefore. THE BREACH OF PROMISE CASE. Billy Barr has decidel to fight the $10,000 breach of promise case brought against him son ; " n the tor This we anid of i now and now vIsits of midnight prowlors to the bull dog in the cellar. ! burglar, now dof Seribies of Other re unlque and Lappliances A reformed rtorial work, tells of 1CTOUS, ranging from eleciric e of th ntriviences which he has on professiona ho's fron the Ante Qi Mg depart- toof The Bee Ity and s concer ornit K will be no ex-eption to the rale, members of all the orders will find Items 1terost to them s lon izet in WS mite Days==An old spuper man tells somethinz of the woil record of the men who handled news in ys. Another writer tells of ha, newspaner men who tocated in the world's fair eit time Omaha by Mrs. Hattie Nims, the dashing young | Owr Market Page widow. Tho defense made by him is in SUNDAY B tensely sensational, but in the main unfit for he wostin np publication. About the only really decent | curacy. Recent additions huve made it better jon is the oue to the effect that the | than ever. No busiess man can afford to atiff, Mrs. Nims, is about thirty-five | miss it. Lm old; that he bas known her for a few Letters from Litle Lo o Indian hoys at a months past, and that she lnn_lh'h'u mar- { Plpe Rid: mission write a re rkable letter ried or lived with & man who chimed to be | ¢, Mr. Babeock of South Omaha. ber busband, That this action was broueht | = r 0men's The relizions, Tabor ond only to extort money from affiaut, and that [ ot (PIEEIRTERCEA BUOAS Talee o plaintif’s allogationis are false una untruo, | TR R CORLERIITRISSE TR FUNDAY Bin Snd tuss suels wn arful wad maBembng | R Nt thatandiog shiat woman. the season socially has virtually ended, wnd INSULTED A TADY, fashion are proparing to ma) D. A. Deoman was arra Dofore | ¢ annunl exodus, slll Tirx Hee' sooloty United ~ States - Commissioner Biltingsloy | ot * W SRS U e R today for sendwig an obscene lotter to a | PAE WL BRI S © TGRS B hsant S young lady. United States Distriet Autor- | happeningsof the p st wopks v ney Baker of Omaha appeared on | Unrivalled News Service.—~Since 113 ostublish- Dennan looked and waived ex the 1o rtily ashamed of himself pro: case, Tik BEE Lis co t inually led its cont umination. He was put under $200 bouds to | poraries in the quest of news. Cost hus never appear for trial, Deen considered=-news is wanted while it s WENT INSANE THROUGH GRIEF, yo Ilfl-'\):r”I” |~“}I|”.' ol 'vllr‘t"‘“ \.nI:' '(n'n‘l/l[ll Mrs. Alma D. Winter, who resides at Both- | fvaiire of s baparsser vice C Nokblayatsile any Heights, was up before the insano com- | 1% sdmitiad 10 LW Bant ol today. Sho is u young womanof [ It alue is kiven each ltem In spa issic :.‘ulmm twenty-eight years. he unfortunate woman has not been herself siice sne lost two infant children. She was ordered sent ) tho asylum for treatment ODDS AND ENDS, Justice Brown is contined to his home on nor 1 T fucil the purpose of fi fng with the leading papers of t o item Is ext gnitied be wded nd the Lz spac BEE has 5o Increased ities that 1t 5 beyond its deserfy bounds of truth for Within the month its newsgathering nds now on un equal fioi- cointr yr account of sickness. Ity tolegraph service Is porfoct--all matter Mus. Maria C. 1Rose left for Pittsburg, Pa, | being deliversd direct in the oflice over special last evening, whither she was called by tho | wires. Its local foroe is whle-awake, and serious iliness of hor daurhter. nothing (o fts territory esoupes. In ull essens Mrs. Mary Dinneen this morning filed an 11 al particuly 5 T ® HEk 18 truly nonewspaper, Highest of all in Leavening Power.— Roal atest U. S. Gov't Report. Baking Powder - ABSOLUTELY PURE