Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 9, 1892, Page 4

4 THE DAILY BEE. ROSEWATER, Epiron PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. TERMS OF SUBSCRI Daily Bee (without Sunday) Or Inily and Sundiy, One Year, 8ix Months ve vs g Three Months. ol Eunday Bee, One . 200 Eaturdny Bee, On voveo . al Weekly Bee, Ono Your. 100 $R00 1] OFFICE Omaha, The Bee Bulldin BouthOmuha. corner N and Counell Blufrs, 12 P Chle 7 ¢ b New York, Ro 1, 4and 15, Washington, ing CORRESPONDENCE All_communications reluting to ne editorial matter should be addressod Editorial Depurtment. BUSINESS LETTERS A1l business lotters und remittances shonld te addressed to Publishing Compiny. aha. Drafts, checks and postoffice to be made piyable to the order of th pny. The Bee Publishing Company, Proprietors THE BEE BUILDING. STATEMENT OF CIRCULATION, Etate of Nobruski Uoi County of Douglns. Geo. B. Tzschuck, secretary Publishine company. does 8ol that the actunl eirculation of Tik DAIL for the week ending January 2, 180 was follows: Bunday, Dec. 27.....oooiiiieiiiienne Mondiy, Doc. 28 G 10 Tucsday, Dec. 50 i B Wednesday. Dee o 22 Thursday. Dec Friday, Jun i Buturday, Jan. 2. .. of The Bue B s 4 T 208 ;5 21,060 ). i TZSCITUCK. subscribed In my ry. A. D. 1K) 8P FRin, Notary Pub The growth of the averace daily circu of Tie BEr for six years 18 shown In vhe fol- lowfh ¢ table: Avernge..... .. Bworn to before me and presence this 2 day of Janu BEAL. Twi | TRET [ 188 1600 | 1501 16,206} 15,21 1o T March i 1 A e et May 14,223 1181 June ! s 4147 10241 4,00 4 i 10144 (13t 18,154 18,084 18,05 20471 24011 mounced from St. Louis thav Robert Looney of Memphis, Tenn., favors Kansas City as the place for holding the democratic national con- vention. 'This was to be expected. The colonel would not be true to his namé if he felt otherwise. TEXAS will take no advice from us; in fact Texas takes advice from nobody un- less he has the drop on her, but if she would listen to a suggestion it would be that to defeat Roger Q. Mills’ ambition to be United States senator will reflect no credit upon her logislature. Colonel WiaAT has poor Indiana done that Peffer should seek to injure her good name by muking that state the alleged beneficiary of fiat money schome? Come to think of it, however, Indiana bank notes were for the must part not worth over 50 cents on the dollur before the war. —_— IGNATIUS DONNELLY, a8 usual, con- trolled the meeting of the Minnesota farmers alliance. They demanded the earth in their resolutions, but say noth- ing of the wire fence. This is probably because the wire fence would be in Don- nelly’s way when he starts outintospace after a practical idea. I¥ 1T were not for Colonel Willinm Springer of Illinois there would be very little fun just now in being a _republican congressman, Crisp and Mills are both off duty and Springer is responsible for everything. This explains how young Mr. Bryan of NeLraska got the oppor- tunity to put on the cap and bells in the discussion of the Russian relief resolu- tion, ADAMS county has bad luck with he® county treasurers. It is not forgotten that within ten years Treasurer Thorne embezzled or otherwise mado way with alarge sum. Our vecollection of that misfortune is that part of the loss was never made good, but that Treasurer Paul, who is now under arvest charged with embezzling 30,000, was one of the bondsmen of Thorne, who was well nigh bankrupted by Thorne’s embezzlement. Towa republicans propose to get into the presidential campaign ahead of all the statos in the union. To that end they have cailed a state convention for March 17 to elect delogates to the Min- neapolis convention. Perhaps this is done to give Rhet Clarkson a chance to show his hand in the game as a pointer for the other distinguished politicians who are believed to be concocting some schemes in connection with the repub- tican nomination for the presidency. TEWFIK PASHA, the late khedive of Egypt, was the most pliunt too! Engiand ever had in authority over a foreign government. Anything England de- sived at his hands was prompuly aceeded to. His presence and influence have kept Egypt under the vassalage of Great Britain, His death may inspive an international controversy and ulti- mately force England to evacuate Egypt. She has no right to command the Suez canal. Her usurvation ise cusable solely because she was strong enough to take control of the govern- ment and maintain her supromacy in spite of a spirited protest from Franc A BILL has already been introduced in the Ohio legislature to undo the gerry- mander of congressional districts made by the democrats in 1800. The unjust character of that reapportionmout every fair minded man must admit, and the necessity of undoing it is therefore un- questionable. But it will be a serious mistake of the republicans if, in correct- ing this wrong, they fail themsolves to do whut is fair and just. Thebill int duced proposes a rearrangement of the distriots so that fifteen will give repub- lican majorities and six democratic ma- rities, which would be about as unfnir a division as that made by the demo- eratlo legislature. The republicans can afford to be entirely honest and fair in this mattor and they will find it Lo their advantage to bo s0. Ohio has been ger- rymandered four or five times, and on jevery occasion the party responsible for t has triod o bo more unfair than its opponents. The republicans should now 30t an example of roform in this respect. 10 00 | | | | thos FAIR NOTICE GIVEN. The secretary of state, by directions of the president, has given notice to y countries which produce and ex- port to the United States any of the articles named in section three of the tariff law, and which have not sought reciprocity with the United States, that the opportunity to establish closer trade rolations with this country will termin- ate March 15 next. The recivrocity clause of the tariff law authorizes the president on and after January 1, 1802, to suspend the provisions of the act re- lating to the freo introduction of sugar, coffee, tea and hides from countries which impose duties on pro- ducts of the United States that are deemed to be reciprocally unequal and unreasonable, The countries that are the principal exporters to this country of the products named, with the ex- ception of Venezuela, have entered into reciprocity arrangements, and the pr ont i3 disposed to give the others u faiv chance to do se. He has therefore extended the time in which thos countries may avail themselves of th privilege of having their products con- tinue to enjoy free admission into the great American market until March 15, and if at that date they shall have ne- glected the opportunity they will have no just renson to complain at the reim- position of duties on their products. The countries to which notice has been given are Austrin, Hungary, Co- lombia, Hayti, Nicaragua. Honduras, spnin for the Phillipine island and Venezuela, and undoubtedly fuvorable response will be received from most of these before the time designated in the communication of the se v of state expires. Negotiations with Venezuel have been long in progress, und some ttme ngo it was understood that a veci- procity arrangement had been practic- ally accomplished. While it cannot be said that the negotiations have failed, the delay in reaching an agreement holds out small promise of success unless the southern republic is forced to a con- clusion from fear of losing its lucrative trade in hides and coffee with the United States, Tho cause of delay 18 said to be the schemes of personal aggrandizement on the part of the president of Vene- zuela. This thrifty official is reported to have amassed a large fortune since he came to his present position, and to have finaneinl Investments and ventures which might be less profituble with reciprocity than under existing condi- tions. Hence he has thrown every pos- sible obstacle 1n the way of a reciprocal trade agreement with the United States, and although the American minister has made numerous concessions in the interest of the Venezuelan treasury, he has been unable to conciude an arrange- ment, The exports of Venozuela to the United States amount to about $20,000,- 000 annually, and while the imposition of duties on her products would not de- stroy this trade it would materially re- duce it. On the other hand we should probably sell less than ‘now to that country, though our loss could not amount to half as much as that of Vene- zuela. There may be some doubt about Austrin entering into an arrangement which would necessitate the abandon- ment or reduction of duties, owing to the financial condition of the govern- ment of that country, which borders closely upon bankruptey and therefore needs every availablo resource. The notice which this governent has served is an assurance to the countries to which it is addressed and to the com- mercial world that the United States have adopted reciprocity as a policy to be maintained, and nov as a mere expe- dient to serve a temporary purpose, It is nccopted by a very large mujority of the people as a sound commercial prin- ciple, and it is safe to predict that no political party will venture to interfere with it. molassos, SENA David Bennett Hill of New York fs now an active member of the United States senate. Mr, Hifl was elected to this position months ago, and should have taken his seat at the opening of tho presont congress. Had he pursued the proper course he would huve re- signod the office of governor immedi- ately after his election to the senute, but he found some musty prozedent for holding on to both offices and drawing two salaries, and he did not hesitate to follow it. He had a political scieme to carry out which made it necessary that he should hold on to the governorship until the last moment, and in pursuance of this no considerations of duty ov pro- priety had any weight with him. His scheme was accomplished, and the democratic party has complete control in New York, The methods by which this result was attained were certainiy of questionable honesty, but neverthe less the evidence appears to be that Mr. Hill isa larger man today, politically. than he was a wonth ago. This ev dence is found in tkhe attention that was shown him at Washington by his feilow- democrats. According to the dispatches he became the lion of the national capi- tol. The greatest deferenco was shown him, and it seems to be conceded that he is to be accorded the honor of dividing the leadership of the democratic side of tho senate with Mr. Gorman of Mary- land, an equally shrowd, bold and un- serupulous politician, These two men are understood to be in complete har- mony as to their political plans for the immediate fiture. They are equally determined that Mr, Cleveland shall not be nomiuated by the nextuationnl demo- oratic convention, and as the Maryland sonator must uaderstand that he can- not boe a candidate, it would appenr safe to assume that he will favor Me. Hill. Thus at present the tide seems to be setting somewhat strougly, at tor of political activity, in favor of the new senator from New York, but whother it can be made to reach out into the nution and wash into the Hill camp any cousidarable aumbers of the rank and filo of the party ultogether problomatical. It may be true that the name of Cleveland has lost its power to conjure among the politicians at W Ington, who are near enough to Tam- wany to be affected by its influence, hut the democrats who are farther away from that contagion will not easily be induced to drop the man whom thoy OR HILL. the cen- | huve been taught to believe is the em bodimeat of the best and purest democ- THE OMAHA racy and take up so reckless an ad- venturer in politics as David B, Hill, It is yot to be ascertained whethor Hill has played his hand all out in New | York—whether his plan of making that | state democratic has been completed | It is still belioved that thera is in con- | templation a law providing for the ap- [ pointment of presidential electors by the egislature, and that Mr. Hill suggested and demands that this ba done That ho is entirely capab'e of thus attempting to steal the presidency under the form of 1aw no one will doubt, and as his au- thority is now practically supreme in the democratic pilitics of New York thera is no renson to doubt that if he de- sires this departure it will he made. It is plain that Senator Hill i3 to be a very interesting figure in national politics, at least until the presidential contest of 1802 is decided. A MISLEADING EXHIBIT. On his retirement from office the late mayor congratulated himself and the taxpayers of Omaha upon the fact that he haa handed over a clean balance sheet to his successor and that the city is entirely free from overlaps. Such a stato of affairs would of course be very satisfactory. Unfortunately, however, the late mayor either knowingly or un- wittingly hns made an exhibit that is caleulated to mislend the taxpayers. It is true that there were bulances in al of the funds and it is also true on the face of the returns there is But the returns do not show the unsettled claims which the city will sooner or later have to pay. These claims should by rights have been computed as vt of the city's linbilities. They are rt and parcel of the ex- penses incurred by the late administra- tion and should have been reported together with other bills payable. Two of these claims, that of the Bar- bour Asphalt company for street vepairs and that of C. E. Squires for street sweeping, exceed $30,000. And yet we are told that there is no overlap. 1If any business man should in an exhibit made to the commercial agency omit thou- sands of dollars of unsettled claims in order to show hiz solvency, he would be set down us a fraud or imposter. An exhibit of our city’s financial con- dition that omits legitimate claims for work done or materials furnished is de- ceptive and tends to impose upon the community, sov that no overlap. AN IMPORTANT CONCESSION, Major Bemis has secured a very im- portant and valuable concession from the American Water Works company. The original contract with Locke and his associates fixed the location of 250 hydrants as designated by the mayor and council of 1881, A large proportion of these hydrants have for years been absolutely - useless. This is particularly true of hydrants located in Hascall’s preserve, as the Second ward was called, where they were planted like trees in an ordinary orchard. Every effort to secure redistribution of these hy- drants upon streets where they could be made of wuse has been resisted by the w ater works company and all demands for the re-location of these hydrants in the suburbs where fire protection could not be se- cured because the income from the water tax was exhausted by the rental of hydrants already in place, was per- emptorily declined by the managers of the company, When Mr. Bemis entered the office of mayor on Tuesday he found the un- signed appropriation ordinance whici among other items contained the allow- ance of six months’ water vent. This money was legally due to the company and had in fact heen pledged by it to meet the semi-annual payment of interest on its bonds. With his native Yankee tact Mayor Bemis exacted from the company the conces- sion presented to the council by Acting President Venner of the American Water company, in which the latter agrees to relocate 100 of its hydrunts at the option of the mayor and council for the mere cost of taking them up and having them reset. This expense will havdly exceed from $10 to $20 per hy- drant. The city, on the other hand, will have the use of 100 hydrants without any ad- ditional water rent. Under the contract the rental for every hydrant exceeding the first 250 is 360 a year, or %6,000 a year for 100 hydrants, During the ten years from 1892 until the contract ex- pires the city will save $60,000 and the compound interest on that sum at 5 per cent will make asaving of fully $64,000. This is a very good beginning for the new mayor. STOP THOSE CLERICAL BLUNDERS. Mayor Cushing sent into the council 218 vetoes during his term of office. A very large part of these were called out by the extreme carelessness of the coun- cil in transacting public business. Omissions, erasures, duplicated pay and similar errors abounded and the eyes of the mayor and city attorney were kept constantly on the lookout for clerical errors and other technical mistakes. In several very Important instances, notably that for grading Douglus street, very annoying delays occurred by rea- son of the careless manner in which the ordinances were drawn. This is not always entirely the fault of the council. Usually the drafts of ordin- ances aro made by the city engineer, city attornoy or city clerk. It matters not who was to blame, however, for the errors. They have always been more or less costly and embarassin; The etfort should be made in the present year to avoid vetoes oh puvely technienl reasons or because of clarical errors. In other cities all ordinances und rve: olutions introduced in the city must bear the endorsement of the city attorney that they ave correct in form and legal in purpose. It is also required in every case whero & measure plates the expenditure of { the city comptroller shall cerlify that there are moneys in the fund involved | sufficient to meet the requirements of such measure in case it became a law. Both these regulations should be adopt- ed by our eity council in order to escano the humiliation, delay and embaryass- | mentof the veto for incidental er instead ¢ the merits The present council is expoctod o bo n E business orgunization, It ought Lo be- couneil coutem- money, that ot of the measive DAILY BEL: SATURDAY, gin by exercisipgss business man's at- tontion to detaila It is the little lonks as much as the Ja¥e ones that need to ba stopped in order to prevent reckless wasto of publisd tunds. Hasty and ille considered logigfation is always dangor- ous and it is unfair to the mayor and to the people to lyve the council nogligont in proparing mgasures for the mayor's approval, I et e Tue Amerisha® Water Works com- pany has abandoned its definrt attitude, 80 far as the seloeation of hydrants 1s concerned. it has also indicated n willingness to gettle all past and future controvorsies wpon a reasonable basis without appeals to the courts, This is good and shows very clearly that the water works company has discovered that it does not own the present city council Tik disteict judges have assigned Judge Scott to the courts of Sarpy, Washington and Burt counties. This will remove the dissatisfuction hitherto oxpressed by lnwyers in those counties because of the uncertainty as to which judge would preside at a given term of court. 0ONER or later the Omaha Board of Trade will devote most of its time and attention to the grain and provision business. There is consequently good renson for admitting the grain element into the board of directors. It would be well if the president wore also a grain man. THE lato county clerk appears to have overstepped his authority in his efforts to reward a friendly newspaper for ser- vices vendered in the late campaign, He has made a mistake at the oxpiration of an otherwise creditable term of service which he will undoubtedly rogrot. ———— Tienew Board of County Commis- sioners should draw the grand ju 1t the retiring board had assumed the re- sponsibility, a question of the legality of the grand jury would have arisen at once and it is altogether possiole the courts would have held it illegal. Tue Real Bstate Owners association continues its good work of preventing the illegal expenditure of public funds. The associntion may lose some friends by its vigilance but it will make enough others to be far more than even in the end. HEREAFTER - when . Euclid Martin claims to he nonpartisan, disinterested and specially desivous of good govern- ment, he will ex¢use the public for tak- ing his protestations with a grain of salt. ELEVATOR companies and elevators will be welcomed to Omaha with Board of Trade resolutions and an inviting field for grain ovevatorsif nothing more. —— THE “‘nonpartisan” end of the school board knows a trick or two in political maneuvering which must have been learned in partisan caucuses. WHEN it comes to practical politics in the school boutd Martin and Babeock are more than.a match for Spalding and Babcock. 6 Where, Oh Wh Chicago Inter-Ocean. There are a host of decent people in the democratic party, not one of whom will at- tempt to justify the policy of brigandage pursued so shamelessly at Albany. Talking ! Minneapolis Tribune, No citizen who has the truo welfare of his country at heart will regret the return of John Sherman to his old seat in the senate. Mr. Sherman is perbaps the bost example the conservative, the thoughtfui and experi- onced statesman thav the country can show today. LR Outrageous Pars/mouy. Minneapolis Times (dem.) The people nf the United States are stirred with a profound pity for their suffering fel- low creatures in far off Russia, and we greatly mistake their temper and the temper of the American press if this exhibition of congressional parsimony does not meet with unmistakable popuiar disapproval, e e eating Rascality, Glube-Democrat. The vepublicans of Ohio have takan prac- tical action to abolish the infamous gerry- mander which gives the democrats fourteen out of the twenty-one congressmen of the state, although the republicaus, have carried tho governorship by 20,000 plurahty. Sueb political rascality usually, in the long run, Bburts the party perpetrating it. It undoubt- edly took away & good many votes from the uemocracy last November, —" m the Willamette, Porttand Oregonian, Iroraker continues to give evidenco by his sptech and manoer of the extent of the calamity his election as senator would be to Ohio and the whole country. Mr, Blaino has @ protty strong stomach for Hattery and has always been very tolerant of blackguardism iu his loyal supporters, but Foraker is too much for lim, His repudiation of the impu dent attempt of the Obio fire alarm to con- nect his name with the attempt to defeat Sherman will probably cost Foraker some votes in the legislature. - o The Place for Missio Chicago Herald. Before any moxo missionaries of Christian clvilization aro sent aproad the needs of th three southwestegn counties of Kansas—Sev ard, Mortou and Mtevens—should be attended to. Whother thekcougition of riot and chaos vhich exists in those ' counties is a relic of jayhawker days ova result of the influonco of the desperate dasses who recently rushed to tho adjoining ‘egeitory of Oklaboma and there fought for dand i with revolvers, riflos and bowie knives, it i§ & disgrace to Kunsas and, in a scarcelydesy degree, to the nation oblit les, ree Silver, New Yipk Fvening Post. Owana Bar publishes an interview with Senator Citklisip ou a variety of topics of nationai interegt, On tho silver question the Kentucky senator holds very conserva- tivo opiaions. ; do not think,” ho says, “that the majority of the business pooplo of tho United States nre in favor of further log- islative interforence with the currency at this time, and some of the propositions sug- gested are full of danger to the country.” I'roe cotnage of the American product of sil- ver ue looks upon as a cunning device to take from the government and bestow upon pri vato individuals the aifference between the bultion value and the coluage value of sil bullion, which is now about 2 cguts on each slar. If this plan haa been adopled in the begivning, (in and continuea to the proseut tmo, the bonus e silver mine own ors would bave been upward of $72,000,000, Mr Carlislo has & very poor opinion of ex- Goveruor Hull's Eimyra speech. *“The changing of the ratio,” ue says, “from 16 0 JANUARY 9, 1892, 110 15' to 1, as proposed by Governor Hill, would be worse than free coinage under our presont ratio, aud would be a stop backward instead of a step forward." - OTHER LANDS THAN OURS. In the difficulties which besot Bulgaria, the sympathies of America ara naturaily on the side of the Balkan prineipality, whose people have a right to wovern themselves, and this was tho only leitimate outcome of the war in whick the Bulgarians fought for their liberation from tyranny and ought to have gained it. According to the traditional and vicious Kuropean principle that every nation, raco and intorest shouid be sucrificoa to the Balance of power, Bulgaria was made & moro pawn in the game, and so lanuched as A principality that it has ever since boen sub- ject to the machinations of Russin, but fesbly counteracted by the influsice of Austria, and in aconstant balance of uncertainty as to its future, Its subordination to Turkey is a moro fiction, for Turkey could not enfores its authority for a dav if the grea powers of Europo should withdraw their countananco frora the porte. This is shown by the incor- poration of Roumoha with Bulgaria, which tho porte could not hinder because it was not | backed up by the powers. I in its own professed liberty is whoily without excuse in attompting to make an 1ssue on the Cha- douine incident. This fellow Chadonine was au insolent nuisance, and ho was allowoed to lie avout Buigaria and intrigue against its intorests until forbearance censod to be virtue and he was turned out. I'rance should rightly strike hands with Buleari and justiry its dealing with a wrotchod tool of its enemies. A war arising from such a reason would stand condemned from the oute sot. But thore is no denying that 1f France maintains its present wicked attitude, if Ribot's demana that Chadouine shall return and Bulgaria apologizo, b adhoered to, war muy rosult, for tho Balkan rogion is still a tinderbox wherein the friction of nations may strikefive at any time, Matters in Morocco have been in & turbu- lent condition for somo time. In November news reached Tangier from ez, the princi- paL ity of the country and jts veal capital, that all the Moroccan ministers and tho court had boen dismissed in disgrace. Amoug tho falleir was Mulai Ismain, the sultan’s favor ite brother. No reason was known for his disgrace, but it was thought it w: the re- sult of a court intrigue. It ivas said by some of the natives at the timo of his exile from Fez tnat Mular Ismain was the instigator of a plot to dopose his brother, aud to take the throne himself. This affords basis for a con- jecture that the prosent robellion may por- haps be an attempt to carry out the plans of the allogod conspirators. The British au- thoritios are taking prompt and energetic stens to protoct British interests in Morocco. One of the important points in that country in possossion of the British is Cave Juby. It was reported some time ago that the British had determined to apandon this place. Later the rumor was denied, and it was dectared that they were actively engaged in fortifying the atation, and wero about to establish a governor's resiaence, with the objoct of im- proving the trade rolations with the dosert tribes. It was added that when the French occupied the Touat oasis, the pnssossion of which i3 disputed by the sultan, the trade of Insaleh would be transferred to Cape Juby. « B Some marked change may be looked for during the coming twelvemonth in tha po- litical constitutions of at least threo European countries. In no state professing to enjoy parliamentary institutions do the qualified voters constitute so insignificant a faction ot the whole population as thoy do in Belgium. It will be impossible to rotain much longer the oxcossively high property qualification in view of the violont agitation among the disfranchised workingmen. I'here is also a growing unpression among the Catholic con- sorvatives, who for the moment are dominaut in the Brussels Chamber of Deputics, that they may have as much to gain as to lose by an extension of the suffrage which would bring to the bailot box the small farmers and labor- ors throughout the rural districts. One out- come of the Leated controversy on this sub- jeot 1s the practical extinction of the old liberal party, which under M. Frere-Orban formorly governed Belgium, for the lines are now sharply drawn betwesn conservatives ou the one haud and radicals on tho other. P It is not improbable that the present year will see the end of the long constitutional struggle in Denmark between the crown and tho popular branch of the legislature. Tho Danish constitution does not in explicit terms make the king's ministers accountable to the people’s reprosentatives, but such a relation soems deducible from the whole tenor of the organic law, and in the absence of this fea- ture partiamentary government is undoubt- edly farce, Year after year a majority of the Danish lower house ltave refusea to recognizo thoe sovereign’s prime minister, and year after year the king has sustained his appointee 1n the teeth of their protestations. But should a general Kuropean war break ont in 1892, the sympathy of ths Danish monarchy will impol it to siae with Russia, and it wili then becoine a matter of the ut- most moment to secura by liberal concessions the hoarty cooperation of the Danish psople. A ‘I'he aspirations of the Norwegians for practical inaependenco ave likely to be furth- ored by the advent or even avproach of a great coutinental conflict, Restless for the Jast three-quartors of a century under the forced incorporation of thew country with Sweden by the congress of Vienna, the in- habitants of Norway have gradually broken every bond of union except the recognition of a common sovereign and of a commor wmin- ister for foreign affairs, They contend, how- cver, that their foreign interests are by no means identical with those of Sweden and should be subserved by a separate foreign oftice at Christiama, and a distinet covps of diplomatic agents. It would not be surpris- ing if the last Link counecting tne two halves of the Scandinavian peninsula were defin- itely shattered in the year that bogins today. - Another California Stage Robbery, Srocktoy, Cal, Jan. 8. —The passengor stage running between Mokelummo Hill and Valley Springs was stopped by & highway- manabout three miles from the formor place yesterduy and was relieved of the expross box - ¢ Almost Wipes Out a Town, MoNTREAL Can,, Jan. S.—Fire almost de- stroyed the town of Lachute, a thriving man- ufacturing center sixty miles from this city| Lioss, 200,000 | watking along the track and was LITIGATION OF IMPORTANCE. Peculiar Oase Growing Out of the Burling- ton's Reliof Department. ITS RULES MAY PROVE WORTHLESS, n Wymo Intion and His Fa His ngo Suit Though Jol Tnsurance, & Dam- Follows, Lixcory, Nob., Jau. 8, <[Spacial to Tar Ber.|--Ono of the most important cases of the yoar, and onawhich is of vitalimportance to every railway employe in the state, was filed with the clork of the suprome court today. It is the ca tho Chicago, Burling- ton & Quiney railcoad company agmnst Miranda Wymore as executeix of the ostato of Jotn Wymore, deceasod, and if the com pany wins, the association kuown as tho Burlington Volunteer Rolief department will in ali probubility fall ivto disfavor with rail @ employes all over the state On the night of August 2, 1800, John Wy more, ® soction byss n the employ of the Burlington, was killed 10 a somewhat un usual manner at the little villaze of Mull in Hall county. Au extra freight train going west was sidotracked at Mulion to_allow the passage of an eastbound train. The extra backed onto the switch from the west, and theswiteh was 1 some unaccoun tnble mannor left open. The result wus that when the eastbound train arrived at a ligh rate of speed, thera was a collision, Wymoro was instantly killed by flying pieces of iron and wood At the time of his death Wymore was a member in zood standing in tho Burlington Voluuteer roliof department, and according to the provisins of his uembership his widow received the sum of $00. Ske then sued the compauy for damages lo the wmount of &,000. In their answer to her petition the attorneys of the Burtington road claimol that by very reason of Wymore's membership in~ the' reliof association his widow was not_eutitled to damages. Thoy alioge that the Burlington Voluuteer relief department was organized by the company for the protection and relief of omployes iu- jured or killed while 1n tho service of the company; that by the terms of Wymore's membership it was agreed that “accept- ance by himself for injiries, or by his wife as beneficiary in case of his death of the amount due on account of such memborskip, should b a full and absolute release of the company from all liability. It beng proven that Wymore was a member in good stand- mg in the reliof association and that his wife, as his beneficiary, had received the full amount to which the death of her husband entitled her to, she was barred from claiming aamages and that therefore the suit should be dismissed. Judge Hamer, before whom tho case was tried 1n tho lower court, instructed the jury that if neglizence on the part of the coni- pany had neen shown by the evldence they should aliow the plaintiff Just such damages that the evidence showed that she and her children had sustained 1 a pecuniary sense. Tho jury awarded her $1,500. The Burling- ton company proposcs to test its claim that when one of its employes beeomes a member of the relief mssociution it is released from all responsibility for fujury or death. It isa case that will be watehed by all railroad em- ployes with more than ordinary nterest. State Scho State Supevintendentof Public Instruction Goudy today notified the county superintend- ents of the state that tho anuual apportion- ment of shcool funds is now veady. The amount to ve distrivuted among the counties is $274,278.22, 'I'hero are 333,115 children of school age in the state and the rate of pro- portion to each scholar is a fraction over 82 conts. Of the whole amount Douglas county will receive 327,278.22, Lancaster $15,440.84, Otoo'$s, 005,67, Gage $3,540.56, Hull §4,600. Adams $4,501.50. dudge Hay Contest Agnin, Thero were more developments in the Hamer-Holcomb judiciai contest case today. Judgo Holcomv, by bis attorneys, filed an allegation with the clork of the supreme court in which he asserts that the boudsmen of- fered by Juage Hamer in liev of Webstel Eaton, whose pyrotechnic withdrawai last week will still be remembored, are not suflicient to meet with the requirements of the law. Judge Hamer also filed his oath of office with the secretary of state. This latter move 15 done simply as a matter of form, as there is no probubility that he will endeavor toassume the duties of the oftice in advance of & decision of the suprewe court. Red Willow County's Progi The fact that Red Willow county was one of tha drouth-stricken counties of western Nebraska two years ago, and that some of her farmers were compelled to accopi aid from the state, does not prevent her from keeping up with the procession of Nobraska counties which are rapidly paying off mort- aged indobtednes: uring the month of ecember her farmors filed twenty-eight farm mortgagoes, amounting to $10,585. At the same time thirty-one farmn mortgagoes wore released, aggregating $10,797. It is in her chattel mortgage record, however, that Red Willow county excels most of her sister counties of the state. During Decemoer, 121 chattel mortguges were filed, amounting to $19,715. On the other hand, 325 chattel mortgagos were released, amounting to $61,- 163. These monthly reports go tarther in establishing the credit of the stato ona firmer basis in the east than all other meth- ods combineqa, and they eive the lie to the constantly reiterated statemouts of the calamity “orators and orzans to the effoct that Nebraskw's poople are too .poor to pay their debts. Gossip at the Stite House, Articles of incorporation of tho Citizons State bank of South Sioux City were filed with the socretary of state toamy. The capitul stock is £100,000 and the incorporators are Frank Hunt, W. 5. White and J. M. Moau. Tho articles incorporating tho Bank of Johnstown of Johnstown, Brown county, Neb., were filod today by (. Seatterwood, John'Pfeiferand Edgar Moore. The capital 15 §20,000, ‘The following official stenographers wero appointed today: W. A. Messick for Judge Keysor in tho I"ourth district; A. D. Gibbs for Judge Welty in the Fourtesntir; J. A. O'Keefo for Judgo Babeock in the First; A. L. Warrick for Judge Bartow in the Fif- teenth, Congressim s, 5. 1 Beyan's Maiden Effort, Governor Thayer said taday: “Congress- man 's maiden effort in congress will burdly strike a popular chord iu the breasts of his constituouts in this congressional dis trict, [n the first laco the farmers of the district, without regard to their political afiliations, bave enthusiastically respond to my suggestion that a carload of orn be collogted and sent to Russia, and Commis- sioner ludden states that forty carlouds have already beon pledeed. Tue rail- vonds have pledwed fres transpor- tation to the seavoard. Until the young congressman from Nebrasin, in the exuberance of his youthful enthusiasm, pro- jeotod a_campaign speech into the matter, politics have had no place in the work. Thore 15 8 feeling of general disappointment in Lincoln,” onenly expressed by all but a fow of Mr, Bryan's politioal ussociates, that nis opposition” is ili timed and unwise. It is ucknowlodged that ho could bave found a | more suitable opportunity to have publicly announced his position on the tariff question than he ald, and the few rounds of cheag applauso he received from the democrntic side of tho housa will hardly componsate him for tho censure which has been freoly bestowel upon his position by the men in bis own district who had hoped and expected better things from him." Proclamation Relating to Quarantine, Goveraor Thayer today {ssued a proclama- tion relatine to the quarantine rules recentiy promulgated. It s as follows Notice is heraby given that the quaran tine regulations of this state and tho rules and rogulations thoreto portaining in regard 10 the shipment of cattle from the south and southwost into Nabraska are hereby modified and changed 0 as to adapt them to the Unitea States quarantine rogulations in re gard o the same section of the country, the south and southwest with regard to the ship meut of cattle therofrom us prescribod by tho secrotary of agriculture with the hmita- tions and restrictions thereto provided by nim, Il cattle forwarded in accordannre with United States guarantine regulations may be shipped througn Nebraska provided that they shall be unloaded for feoding aud water only into pens and chutes which ara set upart especially for that purposo and into which no native cattie shall enter unless such chutes and pens have been tnoronghiy disin fected.” Appratsers SUILat Worle, Tho somewhat slow progross being made by the gentlemon who aro appraising the rvight of way for tho Rock Island through the city is having the effect of Keeping a number of anxlous property holders on the ragged vdge of expectuncy. Tho routo as indicated LY the progress of the appraisers may be do- fined as extending along Ninotoenth stroet from Vine to R, whera it entors the Mo- Murtry grounds and crosses diagonally to O street, where it isnow believed the passenger depot ' will eventuully be located. Regarding tho union depot project reforred to in these columns yesterday it may be definitoly stated tonight that the idea has been abandoned. Tho concessions made by the Burlington people did not meet the ap provul of the Rock Island From the Court Rooms, T'hio Minnesota Loan and Trust company began a foreclosure suit today against Major J. D, Kieuteh, - tho amount involved being #,000. The propert vored by the mort we in question is locatod on the corner of loventh and N streots. > Luo will of the late Mrs. Lorinda Finnoy was filed for probate todav. Her husband receives tho property at 1300 Q stroet and thirty shares of bank stock. 'fhe remain- der goes in_equal parts to her husband and her two sisters, Tho bonds of the county oficials wero filed today. They rauge in amount from £3,000 to £150,000. Rudolph Maskrel has for somo time boen an jnmate of the Homo of the Priendless, but he has becomo so unruly that Judge Lansing today, upon the applic the authori- ties, sent him to the roform school at Kear ney. Judgo Lansing issued bis license _this aftornoon, the being Hermann Garach neider. uit was today brought for the foroclysura of an #8300 mortzaga on lots 5 and 6, block 11, Hull’s addition, owned by G. A. Bush, Odds and Ends, Tho infant daughter of Mr. and Mrs, | Laster died last eveniug of bronchitis which followed a severe attack ot the grip, and tho remains woro taken to Marysville, Kan., this eveniug for interment. John Eck was fined $ and costs Loday for wife beating. Mattie Woods, the colored girl who has been in jail on the chargo of stabbing hor whilom husband, Seth Bolan, was bound over to tho district court today. In default of bail sho was taken to the county jail. At the annual meeting of the Congregational Church socioty last evening K. Doolittio was olected treasurer ana W. Q. Bell trustee, for the ensuing yoar. Judge Dundy will opeu the regular January term of United States court here noxt Wednesday. third marriage happy vietims and Wilhelminio ———— MERRY MOTS. Boston Courler: Sound 15 said to truvel over 7.0 miles i hour, yet we have known the 1 of eat yawping on the back funco to remain Hight 1 one spot for fivo. madduninz lours. Kato Fleld’s Washington: been n cowboy “Why? “He's got two hip pockets. “That settlesit. The follow was w prol tlonist.” “He naust have What kind of eake wis s uskod, was thereply. “Didn't Washington Star that you gave mer” I It was marble cake, you know itz “Not oxactly: but o 1 swallowed it, I rather suspdcted i or sin EVIDENCE OF SANITY. ew York Herald, He kissed his wife the other day, _Which occasioned his profanit For shecalled three doctors right away To investigato his sunity. Drake's Magazine: Jorkins—By Georgo, that Miss Grater made o lucky hit when she marrled Peters, Faraway—Yos, and sho was a lucky miss at that, Somerville Journal: Sometimes you see a man who does t seem capable of accom viishing anything else, but who can ralse a magnificent beard, 8t. Joseph Ne her teartul fo concealed w 50 iings spin's? 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