Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, December 5, 1893, Page 3

i i . s v v A s PRl P e et has been veduced to 1850 in_view of a depleted public treasury and the imperative demand of he people for economy it the administra- tion of their government, the secrotary has itered apon the task of rationally redacing penditures by the elimination from the pay et nhmber persons « roll of ali persons not needed for an effic conductof the affairs of the department. During the first quarter of the present year the expenses of the department aggre- gated € 45,076,706, us against $402,021.43 for he corresponding period of the fiseal vear ended June 30, 1903, The secretary jnakes apparent his attention to continue this rate of reduction by submitting estimates for 1he next fiscal year, less by $004,28 than those of tho present y in these de- been exceed- ds of divisions changes have Among the he tments the ingly few. Thiree vacancies occu resignation have been filled by the promo. tion of assistants in the same divisions. hese promotions of oxperienced and faith ful ussistants havo not only been in the in terest of effcient work. but have suggested 10 those in the department who look for re tention and promotion, that merit and devo ing from death and tion to duty are their best reliance. The amount of appropriation for the bureau of animal industry for the current fiscal yoar is §850,000: the estimate for the ensuing year is $700,000. Disenses. or) n. & Cattie The regulations of 1502 concerning Texas fover have heen enforced during the last yoar and tho largest stock yardsof the country have been kept free from infection asional local outbreaks have boen largely as could have been_effectually guarded nst by the owners of the affected cattle. While contagious pleuro-pneumonia in cat- tle has been eradicated, animal tubercu- losis, a disease correspondingly widespre und more dangerous to humas life th pleuro-pneumonia, s still pravalent. Vestigations have been made during th year as to the means of its commu and the method of its corvect diagnosis Much progress hus been made in this dircction by the studies of the division of animal pathology. but the work ought to be extended. 1 co-operation with local authorities, until the danger to human lifo ansing from this cause s reduced to a minimum. The number of arimals arviving from Canada during the year and inspected pust Ation by bureau officers was 462,092, and the number from transatlantic countris was 1,207, No contagious discases were found wmong the imported animals “Phe total number of inspections of cattie during the past fiscal year was Decroased Exports.of Cattle, The exports show a falling off of about 25 per cent from the preceding year. the de- tirely in the crease oc the year. lust_half of alling off ring e T'his sug have been largely due to an_increase in ice of American export cattie. During ended June 80, 1803, exports of in- spected pork aggregated 20,677,410 pounds, as agaiust 3%152,874 pounds for the preced- ing year. The falling off in this export was not contined, however, to inspected pork, the total quantity exported in 1802 being 665, 490,616 pounds, while in 1803 it was only 527, pounds, 1'join the secretary in recommendine that hereafter each apolicant for the position of inspector or assistant inspector in the bu- yean of animal industry be required, as a condition precedent to his apnointment, to exhibit to the United States civil service commission his diploma from an established roguiar and reputable veterinary college, aud that this be supplemented by such an exam- jnation in veterinary science as the commis- sion may proscribe. The exports of agricultural products from the United States for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1892, aituined the enormous fizure of £500,000,000, in round numters, being .7 vor cent of our total exports. . In the last fiscal year this nggregate was greatly re- duced,but, nevertheless, reached 65,000,000, being 75.1 per cent of all American commod- ities exported: England Our Largest Market. A iew of our agricultural exports with special reference to their destvination will show that in almost every line the United Kingdom of Gireat Britam and Ircland ab- sorbs by fur the largest proportion of cattle. The total exports nggreguted in value for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1503, $20,000,- 000, of which Great Britain took cousidera- bly over §25,000,000. Of beefl products of all kinds our total exports were §28,000.000, of which Great Britain took $24.000,000. Of pork products the ‘total exports were £84,000,000, of which Great Britain took $53,000,000. n breadstuffs, cotton and minor produs like proportions sent to the same destil tion ara shown, The work of the statistical aivision of the Department of Agriculture deals with all that relates to the economics of farming. The main purpose of its monthly reports is to keep the furmers informed as fully as possible of all matters having any influence upon the world’s markets, in which their wvroducts find sale. Its publications relate especially to the commereial side of farming, 1t is therefore of profound importance auvd vital concern to the farmers of the United States, who represent nearly one-half of our population, and also of direct interest to the whole covntry that the work of this division be efticiently performea and that the in formation it has gathered be prompuly di fused. It isa matter for congratulation know that the secretary will not spare any effort Lo make this part of his work thor- oughly useful. Extravagant Sved Distribution, Tn the year 1889 the congress aporopriated $1,000, to be taken from the patent office funds, for the purpose of collecting and distributing rare and improved varie- ties of sceds and for prosccuting agricultural 1nvestigations and procuring agricultural statistics, From this small be- winning the seed division of the Department of Agriculture has grown to its present un- wieldy and unjustitiably extravagant pro- portion During the last flscal year the cost of seeds purchased was $66,548.61. The remainder of the appropriation of 135,000 was spent in pulling them up and_distributing them, It suvely never could have entered the minds of those who first sanctioned appropriations of public money for the purchase of new and improved vavieties of seeds for gratui- tous distribution that from this would grow large appropriations for the purchaso and distribution by members of congress of ordinary seeds, bulbs and cuttings which are connmnon in all the states and torritories and everywhere easily obtainable at low prices, In eich state and territory au agricultural experiment station has been established. ‘These stations, by their very vharacter and name, are the Prober agencies to experiment with and test new varieties of seeds, and yet this_indiseriminate and wasteful distri- bution by legislation and legislators con- tinues, answering no purpose unless it be to remind constituents that theiwr representa- tives are willing to remember them with gratuities at publio cost. Flgures of Inordiunte Size, Under the sanction of existing legislatios there was seut out from the Agricultursl de- partment during tho last fiscal year enough of cabbage seed to plant 19,200 acres of land, a sufficient quantity of beans to piant 4.000 beet seed enough to plant 2,500 acres sweel corn enough to plant 7,800 acres, suf- fieient cucumoer seed to cover 2,025 ucres with vines and eoough muskmelon and watermelon seeds to plant 2,675 aeres. Tho total quantity of flower und vegetable sceds thus distributed was contained in more than 4,000,000 packuges and they were suficicnt, If planted, to cover 80,506 acres of land. In view of these facts this enormous ex- penditure without legitimate returns of ben- efit ought to ve wbolished. Aunticipating o cousummation so munireulf in the interests of good administration more than $100,000 has been stricken from the estimate made to cover this object for the year ending June 30, 1805; and the secretary recommends that the remaining #5000 of the estimate be vonfined striclly o the purchase of new and improved varieties of seeds, and that these be distributed through experiment stations. ‘os the seed will bo tested, and after the test has been compioted by the experiment station the propagation of the useful varie- ties and the rejection of the valueless may safely be left to the common sense of the veople. o Success In Civil Service Reform. ‘e continued intelligent execution of the civil service law aund the inereasing approval by the people of its operations are most eratifying. The recenl extension of its limitations and regulations to the employes st free delivery postoftices, which has been honestly and mmE:ly wccomplished by the summission with the hearty co-operation of t the postmaster general, is an immensely im portant advance in the usefulness of the tom. | am, if possible, more tnhan ever con- vinced of the incalculable henefits conferred by the civil service law, not only in its effect upon the public service, but also what is even more important, in its effect in clovating the tone of political life generally The course of civil service reform in this country instructively and interestingiy illustrates how strong a hold a movement gains upon our people which has underlying it a sentiment of justice and right and which at the same time promises bettor ad- minfetration of our gayernment. The law embodying this reivrm found its way to our statute book more from fear of the popular sentiment existing in its favor than from our love for the rcform itself on the part of legislators, and 1t has lived and grown ond flourished in spiteof the cosert and open hos- tility of spoilsmen, and notwithstanding the querulous impracticability of many self-con- stituted euardians, Beneath ail the v garies and sublimated theories which are at- tracted to it there underlies this reform a sturdy common sense brinciple. nov only suited to this sphere, but whose application our peovle are more and more recognizing to bo absolutely essential to the most_success- ful operation of their government, if not to its perpetuity. It secms tome to be entirely inconsistent with the charactor of this re- form, as well as with its best enforcement, 1o oblize the commission to rely for clerical assistance upon clerks detailed from other departments. Some Anomalies Remalning. There ought not to be such a condition in any department that clorks hired to do the work there can bé spared to habitually do the work at another place; ana ipdoes not accord with u sensible view of civil service reform that persons should be emvloyed on the theory that their labor is necessary in one department when in pownt of fact their services are devoted to entirely different work in another department. 1 earnestly urge that the clerks necessary to carry on the work of the commission bo regulurly put uon its roster. aud that the system of obliging the commissioners to rely upon the services of the clerks belonging to other departments be discontinued "This ought not to increase the expense to the government, while it would certainly be s consistent and add greatly to the ef- of the commission. Economy in pub- uditure is a duty that ecannot inno- cently be neglected by those intrusted witn the control of money Uruwn tronr the people for public uses. 1t must be confessed that our apparently endless resources, the famil arity of our people with immense accamula- tions of wealth, the wrowing sentiment among them that the expenditure of money should bé in some maner to their immediate and personal advantage, the indirect and al- most stealthy manner in which a large part id o degenerated have led to rnmental ap propriations, A this time when a depleted public treas- ury confronts us, when many of our people are engaged in a hard struggle for the neces- saries of life, and when caforced economy 15 pressing upon the greut mass of our country- men, I desire to urge with all the earnest- ness at my commund that congressional leg- islation be so limited by strict economy as to exhibit an appreciation of the condition of the treasury and o sympathy with the surained circumstances of our fellow citizens. Tar Y Ketorm Must Come. The duty of public economy is also of im- mense importance in its intimate and neces sary relation to the task now 1n hand of pre viding revenue to meet goverment expend tures and_yet reducing the people’s burde of federal taxation. Aftera hard strugg] tariff reform is directly before us. Nothing S0 important claims our attention, and noth- 1ng 50 clearly presents itself as both an op- portunity and a duty—un opportunity to de- serve the gratitude of our fellow citizens, a duty imposed upon us by our oft-reveated professions. and by the emphatic mandate of the people. After full discussion our coun- trymen have spoken in favor of this reformn, and they have confided the work of its ac- complishment to the hands of those who are solemnly pledged to it. If theve is anything n the theory of a representation in public places of the people and their de- sires, if political officers are really the servants of the people, and if pohitical promises and professions have any binding force, our fuilure to give the relief so long awaited will be sheer recreancy. Nothing should intervene o distract our attention or disturb our effort until this reform is accom plished by wise and careful legislation, While we should stuunchly adhere to the principle that only the necessity_ of revenuo justifies the 1mposition of taviff duties and other federal taxation, and that they should be limited by strict economy, we cannot close ourocyes tothe fact that conditions have grown up among us which. in justice and fairness. call for discriminating cave in the distribution of such duties and taxation as the cmergencies of our government actually demand. Manifestly, if we are to aid the people di- rectly through tariff reform, one of its most obvious features should be a reduction 1 the present tariff charges upon the necessaries of life. The tenefits of such a reduction would be palpable and substantial, seen and felt by thousands, who would be. better fed and better clothed and better sheltered. These gifts should be the wilhag benefac- tions of a governmen®, whose highest func- tion is the promotion of the welfare of the people. Not less closely related to our people’s perity und woli being is the removal of trictions upou the importation of the raw materials necessal to our manu- factures. The world should be open 10 our national wgenuity and enterprise. This_cannot_be whilo federal legislation through the imposition of high tariff’ forhids to American manufacturers as chéup mate- rials as those used by their competitors. It is quite obvious that tte enhuncement of tho price of our manufactured products re- sulting {rom_this polioy not only confines the murket for these products within our own borders to the direct disadvantage of our manufactures, but also increases their cost to our citizens. ‘The interests of labor are certainly, though indirectly, involved in this feature of our tariff system. The sharp competition and active struggle among our manufacturers to supply the limite demand for their goods soon fill the narrow mar- ket to which they are confined. Then fol- lows & suspension of work in mills and fac- tories, o discharge of employes, and distress in tho homes of our workingmen, Even if the often disproved assertion couid be made oo that a lower rate of wages would re- sult from free raw materials and ow tarift duties, the intelligence of our workingmen leads them quickly to discover that their steady employment, if permitted by free materials, is the most important factor n their relation to tariff legislation, Wilson's Bill Covers It, A meusure has been preparved by the ap- propriate congressional committee embody- ing tariff reform on the lines herein sug- gested, which will be promptly submitted for legislative action. 1t is the result of much patriotic and vnselfish wovk, and 1 believe it deals with its subject as consistently and thoroughly as existing conditions permit. 1 am satistied that the reduced tariff duties provided for in the proposed lezislation, udded toexisting nternal ravenue taxation, will in the near future, though perhaps not immediately, produce suficient revenue to meet the needs of the government. The committee, after full consideration and to provide against a temporary defi- cien which may exist before the business of the country adjusts itself to the new tariff schedules, have wisely embraced in their rh" o few additional internal revenue taxes, neluding a small tax upon incomes derived from certain corporations. These new as- sessments are not ouly absolutely just and easily borne, but they huve the further means of being such as can be remitted with- outunfavorable business disturbance when- ever the necessity of their imposition no longer exists. In my great desire for the success of this measure 1 cannot restrain the suggestion that its success can only be attained by means of unselfish counsel on the part of the frionds of tariff reform, and as a result of their willingness to subordinate personal desires and ambition to the general good. ‘I'he local interests affected by the proposed reform are so nuwerous and so varied that if all re insisted upon the legislation embody- ing the reform must inevitubly fail. "In conclusion my ntense feeliug of respon- sibilicy impels me to invoke for the mani- fold interests of a generous and confiding pm)xe the most sorupulous care und to pledge my willing support to every legisla- tive effort for the advauoement of the great- ness aud prosperity of our veloved country. AL qung.““w uh(l)u\'sunsx. o ixecutive shington, D. C. Dec. 4, 1808 COUNCIL BLUFIS 12 PEARL OFFICE: NO. Delivered by carrier to any part of LW TILTON - § Businoss Office. TELEPHONES | $HA N Ror MISCR Boston Store, 10-day sale Offcer J TION, STREET the city Manager A. Wiatt of the police force was laid off by Mayor Lawrence yesterday after- noon Rey. G. W. Snyder will preach tc evening at 8 o'clock Christian assoc block Miss Rice will hold her work on Tuesday 5and 6, at 128 vited. The Ogden house case of Smythe Stout was started on its in the district court yesterdny to last for soveral days Council Bluffs subscri tion chapel in th sale of arf and Weduesday ‘ourth street. All ers of Tn December HMOTTO W n the Young Men's Merriam t needle- are in- against nnual pilgrimage Promises Bee can obtain the art portfolios of World's fair views by bringing their coupons and their dimes to the Bluffs office Willism Brown, who shot and almost Killed Harvey Washington, will h liminary hoaring 1n police” court morning, a continvan; ing been granted him, Duteh Bo; s until that t McGee, was given a thirty-d the chain gang in_police morning as a warning not to m lar mistakes in the future. This afternoon Miss Andrews giv lecture on cooking at the Woodmen Broadway. enthusiasm Council Bluffs will gladly me hav- neton, who inadvertently blew into town after being ordered out by fudge y sentence on court yoste ke nuy simi s o free hall. 136 Miss Andrews has created such in Omaha that the ladies avail themselves of of the opportunity of profiting by her course of loctures here. Effie, the 8months-old daughter and Mrs, H. C. Stevie, dieo at yesterday morning after a four w hess. The funeral will occur this from the residence iu_Keg and the remains will be cemetery for interment. The sale of proper bogan in the county t diny morning long of real estate men and thei The bidding was lively, in one piece of property being knocked d man who agreed to pay the thousandth part interest probably be over by today noon. W. E. Chambers' new dancing the Shugart block will be open cembe parties and social y for Asure functions gel wnpaid office yester- nd the room was full all ‘Ihe sale 10 for the use of the public ir. lock ill- g ot 10" ecks mort; Creek townshin, taken. to Plumer taxes day ¢ agents, instance a own to taxes for a one- will hall in by De- for nerally. Any music desired can also be arranged tor. the elevator man at the Pear] Fall information canbe had from 1 street entrance, or by addressing W. k. Cham- bers, corner Seventeenth and streets, Omaha. Dancing classe Wednesday. Full elevator ser nished for all patrons. _— e The entertainment to be Preston K. Dillenbeck Wednesda ing, consisting of readings fr “Hoosier gleston, anum tead of at the opera house, a yesterday morning. will be given at the UNAL PARAGEAPHS, Douglas every o fur- iven Dy ay even- om the Schoolmaster” of Edward Lig- Royal 1 in the Brown building, s stated Born, to Mr. and Mrs. John H. Plumer, a son. Mre. Simpson of Winfield, Kan., civy M well, on Bluff street. The Twin Ciry Dye Works, The Twin City Dye works is is in the fora visit with her cousin, Miss Iitta now the largest and most complete in the west. The new building 15 equipped wi newest approved machinery, in hi expert workmen. All kinds of ith the ands of dyeing, cleaning and renovating ladies' and gen- tlemen's garments, feathers, work guaranteed. 26th street and Office and w Avenue ete. All at orl ‘A, Council Bluffs: Omaha office, 1521 Farnam street. G. A, SCHOEDSACK, Propr ietor. Have you seen the new gas heaters at the Gas company’s offic Stricken with raralysic, J. L. Forman, the county overseer of the poor, had another stroke of paralysis yester- day morning while in_his office at the court hous the vietim fell over son Hurry hapnene the help of others present manag, suscitate him sufiiciently helped to his home, thesc attacks, and it has after recovering from feebler than befor has been much more predecessors, and it se his death. After he had bey as1f in adead fu euch one The present evere than o The attuck came on suddenly and int. His to be there and witn ed to ve: » that he could be He has had several of been noticed that he wus attack 1y of its ns likely to result in 1 taken to his home he lost all_power of speech and last evening he was in a. very precarious condi- tion. S. M. Williamson still sells the Stan- dard and Domestic at 106 South street, and has not removed to way, as has been reported. h Main Broad- The last chance tor a Round Oak this s only 25 left, and can’t g y few Radiant Homes left & Cole's, Main street. ‘Woman’s Christian opens today at the Kiseman by They won't last over ten day ot any at Cole associavion fair ilding. Dinner and supper served by the Meth- odist ladies. 25 cents a meal. Domestic soap is the vest. There is a great deal of sickness in this city just at present, and indications another epidemic of the grip sin that which caused such suffering three vears ago. As an indic point to milar to two or vion of the widespread nature of the visitation, one druggist on Lower Main street says that on Sunday he put up 112 prescriptions. Among those who are reported 1ll are Mrs. Ovide Vien, Mrs. Wallace McFadden a! children and the infant child of Mrs, C. G. Peterson, nd two Mr. and A large stock of fine potted plants and shrubbery for sale at wholesale or re- tail, at greatly reduced prices. Also cut flowers. Leave orders or addr Fos ter nurseries, Harvison street, or H. G, MeGee, Merriam block. Sugar Corn! sugar Corn! Try the Council Bluffs Sugar he best in the market. Absolutel the corn white, It is \young, sweet, clean and wholesome. Corn, no chemicals used to bleach teuder, Fhe ladics of Broadway church will he glad to see you at the Eiseman build- ing today for dinner and supper. 25 cents each. Mackmun-Gargen. Mr. George E. Hackman and M Meals, s Bessie 2. Gargen were married Sunday evening at 7 o'clock at 1613 Fourth avenue, Indus Farley oficiating. Rev. J. Only relatives and intimate friends of the parties were pres- ent. in this city, Both bride and groom are well kgown They will leave next Friday for their home in Grand Isiand, Neb., taking with them the best wishes of friends. Ladies, if you desire absolute the kitchen' ask your grocer Hoffmayr & Co.’s Fancy Paten Trade mark—Blue Rooster. bost of ce in rJ, C, t flour, For neat job vrh;;mg, rompt deliver, ir 4 and lowest prices go to Pryor job office, 12 Pearl street., Domestic soap is the Dest Bros., Bee NEWS FROM COUNCIL BLUFFS T. J. Evans fecures an I"\jnnction Against the Oity and, (ffinty, SAVED THE DEPOT SITE(FROM TAX SALE — Sait Brought to Comp#l the City to € the mant ' ig the Geound of the Compiiny, for —) T. J. Evans, receiver for ¢he Union Depot company, brought suit e the aistrict court yesterday against the Uity] County Auditor J. M. Matihews and County Treasurer W. B. Reed to provent the sale of the two blocks in Riddle's subdivision, com union depot site, b was take place yesteraay be cause of this suit dates bak year ago, when the ci. 11y known as the wh adyertised to to about taxed up against the depot company the cost of draining the grounds upon which ‘the depot would have been built if it hat been built at all. In his pativion M. Evans alleges that the two blocks in question were located on a former natural water way, and that the drainage flowed of its own accord into the river and creek un- til it was provented from doing so by a fill ot six feet, which raised the adjacent property away above the depot site and converted the latter into a stagnant.aud hole for weeks after e v rmin. - He claims that in causing the drainago the city exceeded its powers in that it neglected to notify the owners of the property by resolution as required by law. A temporary injunction was issued rostrain- ing the treasurer from selling the two blocks as had been intended. LAID ON THE TARLE, uneil Puts O Constderation.of the Chari Extension The eity council held its regular monthly meoting last evening and cooked the Omaha Bridee and Terminal vailway’s goose for the time being. A mceting of the committee of the whole was neld during the afternoon, at which this course was decided upon. It is learned from the aldermen who were pres- ent that the £1,200 Hendrix judgment wus at the vottom of the disagreement between the council and the company. Mayor Lawrenco states that he belicves that the extension of the company’s chavter will be granted caso the company will agree to pay off this judgment, although the extension may not be for the fuil time desired. The committee appointed 1o consult with the attorney for the Omaha Bridge and “Terminal company reported that no agroe- ment could be reached with reference 1o the $1,200 Hendrix judgment. The committee was discharged and & report from the com- mittee of the whole recommending that the resolution of J. R. Webster, providing for the exteusion of the interstate Motor company's rter, be laid on the table was adopted. The ordinance presented at the last meet- ing, providing that it should be a misde- meanor for any individual, compiany ot ¢o poration to throw up snow embankments within four feet of the curbstones of the street on which street tar ines are operated, was read the second 'and third times and passed unanimously. ¢ lderman Smith then pr lowing resolution, which adopted Resolved, That a written opinion of the ci sollcitor be and is hereby requested us City © sented the fol- was unanimously 1o whether or not 1t is the:duty of the county treasurer to colloct by sale of property the special assessment taxes now due the city from the Omaha & Couneil Blufls Rullway and Bridge company for pavig hetween the rails and u foot outside thereof, und to submit the same at the next meeting of the council. The committee on health was allowed $40 and the committee on . fire: and lights $100 with which to carry on the busiuess of their respective departinents, The city clerk wus ingtructed to advertise for bids for sewer on ‘Lenth avenue and for grading Fourteenth and Perin avenucs, The Chicago, Burlington & Quincy rail- way, by W. J. Davenport, its agent, put in a protest against any assesswment for the sewer on Main street, between [Ele- venth and Sixteenth avenues, against the lots on which is situated the freight depot of the company. Tney claimed that no sewer was needed on those premises and never would be. Mayor Lawrence reported that he had decided to do away with ail specials on the police force, which would throw Officers Cousins, Slead, I". M. Scanlan and Fultz out of their present jobs. His report was con- curred in. The council then adjourned until Tuesday evening, December 12. GRAND ART GOOD: Closing Out Art Goods at n Big Discount— Chance for Fine C SALE. ristmus Presents. a- on Main strect is to be They intend to close out fore the holidays, and will start in with a cut of from 20 to 50 per cent, It is the royal opportunity for the people of Council Bluffs and Omaha to get appropriate Christmas presents for little: money. The cut_ includes every- thing in the stock and all orders for frames. With every dozen cabinet pho- tographs taken in the noxt 30 days a beautiful etching will be given free, 't stor itered the stock b Cuso of Lestitution, A case of uncommon destitution was re- ported to Marshal Templeton yesterday. Mrs. McGinnis lives at 334 North Sixth street with her two daughters, the elder of whom is sick abed. Mrs. McGinnis herself has been unwell, but she had to go out and do washing yesterday in order to provide as well as she could for the necessities of her family. Their housc is not cven decently comfortable and they have scarcely enough of anything to preserve life. They apphed to the county poormaster for assistance, but he refused to gl them anything, saying they were not residents of Council Bluffs, in spite of the fact that they havelived here for more than a year. He also refused to make any investigation of their case, us he has in almost every instance when his attention has been to any subjects for county support. There is room for a great deal of improve- ment in the way the affairs of this ofiice are managed, a8 complaints have been frequent. Most of the work that is done toward alle- viatieg the sufferings of the poor who are legion just at present, has to be done by private individuals, while the ofiicer who ceives pay for looking after them has almost a sinecure. The ladies connected with whe North Eighth street missign wish to announce through the columns of Tue BeE thut all contributions of clothing and the like may be left al 613 Broadwhy, at the residence of Mrs. J—N. Miller, the chairman of the com- mittee. All such contributions will be dis- tributed under the gupervision of the com- mittee among those who teed help. Ready for Hollduy Trade Our stoek of holiday goods is now complete, Visitors, will be cordially welcomed, Come apd- see us whether you with to purchase or not. In the well selected stock of & ¢hina store there are hundreds of articles suitable for holiday presents, and we shall tage great pleasure in ghowing you our goods. Don’t forget abput the fine lamps Wo are now telllng st peduced . nrices, ‘We have something new in olive dishes that will interest you, LUND BROs., 23 Main Street. Seats will be on sale today for '“The Hoosier Sehoolmaster” for subscribers, and tomorrow for the general public, smoke ' . D. King & Co's Partagas. Wauts & Divoree, Susan E. Stephenson commenced a suit in the district court yesterday fora divorce from James B. Stephenson, 1o whom she was married in.this city in 1875. As reason fora divorco she sets forth the fact that last year lier husbana was convicted of graud larceny in the courts of Fremont county, and is now THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: TUESDAY, DECEMBER 5, | gan 1893. sorvingan eighteen months sentonce state penitentiary. In addition to vorce she asks for the custody of sons, both of whom are minors in the the di- her two Mite, Gerold Will bs here for two more days, Mon- day and Tuesday, to explain the advan- tagos of and fit the new Floxibone corset, 0 recently awarded the highest medal at the Colfimbian exposition. This is an opportunity no lady should miss seeing, even if you did not pue- chase, 1t would certainly be to your ad- vantage to have the qualities of the corsot explained to you. They come in three qualities, $1.50, $2.00, #3.00, and made in drab, white and black. During this eiset carnival we have made some deep cuts in regular stock which we wish to discontinue, 75¢ and $1.00 corsets, 0. { Corsets sold for $1.25 to $2.00 now 6 This lot ineludes Thompssn nursing, Chicago waist, Warner's health, . B., ln Sprite corsets, going at $1.00, worth $1.50, FOTHERINGHAM, WHITELAW & CO., Council Biufls, Ta. Yo M, € AL Classes, The cvening classes, free to members of the Young Men's Christian association, bo at the rooms of the association last evening. Some changes have beer made in the classes to accommodate the students, and hereafter they will be held on nights and by instructors as below given: Monday, 7:30 to 5:30, granmar and English position, Prof. C. Spruit; 7:80 to #:30, hus- prrespond M. Weight. 0, book ke Tues i Jumies i 2x 8:30, arithuietic, A. S, mechanical und ‘archi- and W. Woodward, 810 0, choral uuion, both Indies and entler rof. L. A. Torrens, director; U to 10, French, Prof. George Chateliine. Satarday, 730 1o 890 penmnship ). 1 Van Patten: 8:30 (0 9, spelling, 1ML Wiights to 10, German, advaneed ¢ Von Egeloffstein. s Prof. . U Frith flagged a switch engine. He had been shot in the mouth and died in the arms of the trainmen while pointing to a coach n the yards On exammning the coach the trainmen found Talcott lying dead on the rear plat- form. He had been shot through the brain and there was a bullet hole through a window of the csach near the platform. A revolver found beneath a pile of scrap iron in the yardas was identitiod by a bartender 08 tho ono with which Robbard had at tempted to shoot him the provious night, This gave the clew and five of the railvoad company's dotectives began to search for Robbard and Kent. The two first named were posse neareGreeley, Delaware county Their clothing was covered with blood they were identified by an engineor who had socn thom running out of the yards after the shooting. The persons robred also identified them among the railroad men such that it was thought best to take the prisoners to the Anamosa pofiitentiary for safe keeping. Their attorncys, having thus been denied opportunity to consult with them,succeoded, on this account, in obtaining a continuance to the presentsterm aftorthe moticn for a change of venve had failed. Haley is with- out resources, but Robbard's velatives, n cluding o prominent St. Louis politician, have provided liberally for his defense. aught_ by a town marshal's Ta The excitement Lottery Company Suspens Drs Morses, Dee. 4. [Special Telegram to Tne Bee]—The Jowa Tontine lnvestment company, which was organized here some months ago after theplanof the Nevada In- vestment_company of Novada, Mo., has sus pended operations. [t was organized by three men from Nevada, Geo. W. Stone, prosident William T, Maddox, vice president, and I ¢ Schryock, secre nd treasurer. Nothing was known of tho men here except that Stone is d to have a dark past and that Stone is not *his corrcet_name. Maddox was a train_dispatclier at Nevada and was drawn into the company by S 5 Tt was a lottery concern all the way through, but did not cateh many vietims he Election Gontests in Lowa, Missovnt VALLEY, T, Dec. 4. [Spe Tie Bee |—Late last uight notice of contest = of clection was served on L. 15 Massie, A Great Snowing. treasurer-elect, and Andrew Coulthard, The Council Bluffs Insurance Co. | sheriff-clect of this county, by S. L. Berkley makes @ comparative statement that | republican candidate for treasurer, and i, will challenge fttention and call for | \: Fallon, democratic candidate for sheriff Tavorahle oriticism on all sides, State- | The oficial count shows Massie's election by ¢ x Dl mne votes and Coulthard's by sixty-five. The ment of premiums received and 10sses | prounds for contest are alleged ivregularities paid for the first eleven months of cuch | jn Cincinnati, Washington and Harrison year since 188¢ townships. Ol Witliam Woo's Faneral. 00 1797560 | he funeral of William H. Wood, kitled CUUNSOISAR 105.084.00 | While hunting near Calhoun, wiil be held at 189) 115387 15.798.97 |.Calloun this afternoon at 2 o'clock under e A e St B d “the auspillgs of the Ancient Order of United This not only shows the steady und healthful growth of the company during these years, but it shows the character of the risks it has taken, a watchful care on the part of agents and _company that guarantees safety and the ability to make prompt payment of losses. Ten carloads of pouttry wanted. High- est cash price paid. “John Dunn, 410 Upper Broadway. B e Ask your grocer for Domestic soap. isemun building today and supper with the Come to th and take dinne Broadway ladie: Marrlago Licouses The following marriage license was sued by the county clerk yesterday: Name and Address, § Willis Downs, Pottaw 1 Carrie O. Donald, Pot W. S. Baird, Lawver, is- wie county ... attamio county rtt block. ive George S. Davis, pr- scription druggist. Ask your grocer for Domestic soap. S ghany ARRESTED IN 4 CHURCH, Threc Desperate Towa Robbers Ei tured by the Police. CepAr Rarips, In., Deo. 4.—[Special to Tne Bee.]-Word is received from Belle Plaine that the three men who_ held up the agent, postmaster and several others at Luzerne Saturday night have been captured. As soon as Detective Moran of the Chicago & Northwestern arrived there yesterday, he and Ofcer Charles Warnick of Belle Plgine organized a strong searching party and started in pursuit. The fall of snow made it a comparatively easy matter to trace the highwaymen, They were first tracked to Dayton school house, which they had left just hefore dark. The trail was again taken up and followed coa little church in Iowa county, near Kosta. As the officers came up they siw smoke issuing from the chimney. The house was quickly surrounded and Ofticer Warnick threw the door open aud commanded the inmates to come out with hands up. The fellows surrendered without a fight ana were taken to Belle Plaine this morn- ing, where they had a hearing and were | bound over to the grand jury, They were taken through here tonight to Vinton and lodged in jail. he men give the mes of James Martin, Join Conuell and John Kinney. Nearly §150 was recovered. It is supposed the rest is secreted somewhere. Tt 1s 4 desperate gang. Two of them were clubbed by Oficer Warnick at Belle Piae last, Friday nignt while prowing about stores there, Cedar Rapids Latigation, Cevar Rarins, Ta., Dee, 4.—[Special Tele- gram to Tue Bk, |—The motion of the city to dissolve the injunction restraining the city from completing its asscssment and making a levy came up at 10 o'clock this moruing. The attorneys for the city denied that the court had jurisdiction, Tho matter of jurisdiction was avgued all the afternoon. Judge Giffin rendered his decision late this ey He decided the injunction did not restrain the city from transacting any of its regular business, and would not prevent a levy be- ing made for taxes of 1803, in case an assess- ment had been made, und that in issuing the injunction he had supposed no assecs- ment had been made. He also overruled tho motion denying his jurisdiction and further consideration was postponed until next Monday, when the question of the legalit of the manner of malkiug the ussessment will be considered The ety council ily Cay tonight _disregarded | Judge Gifin’s injunetion and procecded by a vote of 10 to 8 to adopt the city assoss- ment, and voted @ levy for 18934 of 6ig mills, The total valuation of the city under the revised cash nssessment exceeds §16, 000,000 and the lovy will yield a revenue of over §100,000 Murder Trial to Bogin Today. DisrQue, Dec. 4.—[Special to Tue Bee.]— Leonard W. Haley of La Crosse, known to his own fraternity as “Kid” Haley, and Hugh Robbard, well connected in St. Louis, ut for years a member of Chicago's *Hal* sted street gang,” will be arraigned in dis- trict court tomorrow on the charge of mur- der. ‘They are uccused of killing Oficers Frith and Talcott of the Chicago, Milwau- i(ou & St. Paul’s local police force in April st Huley, who had been in the Waupun *(Wis.) penitentiary, Robbard, who had done time in Stillwater, and Kent, the “Omaha Kid,” who had beew in the reform school at Lincoln, Neb., had met in St. Paul and had come to Dubugue @ few duys previonsly from Sioux City, The night before the mur- der they entered the house of an old woman, Mrs, Everett, and attempted to rob her, and also Lield up a call boy in the railroad yards. The night of the murder they held up several persons on the street, and, being pursued, fled in the direction of the railroad yards. Frith and Taicott left the round house 0 search for the highwaymen, of wnose identity there was at this time 1o suspicion. An houe later Children Cry for Pitcher's Castoria. Children Cry for Pitcher’'s Castoria. Children Cry for Pitcher's Castorla. Workmen. RN E WEATHER FOR ir Skies and Cold Northwesterly Winds for Nebraska Toduy. WasgiNGToN, Dee. 4.—For Nebraska: Fair; colder; northwesterly winds. For lowa: Fair; probably slightly warmer in extreme eastern portion; colder Tuesday afternoon or night; northwesterly winds, Local Recor OFFICE OF THE WEATHER BUREAT. OVANA, Dec. 4.—Omaha recora of temperature and emnfall compared with corresponding day of past four years: 18T, 180! 1891, 1890. Maximum temperatut 302 Minimum temperature. 93 335 162 Average temperatu 24D 442 245 Precipitation ... LT .00 T Statement showing the condition of tem- P ure and precipitation at Omaha for the day and since Marvch 1, 1803: Normal temperature. ot 820 Deticlency for the day. . » 3 42 Deficiency since March 1... eeessss 1080 Normal precipitation... . Odinch Deficiency for the d: { .04 inch Deficiency since March: 17 inches Reporus from Othor at 8 p.m. T al » el |f) 2 s | £ e 88 BTATIONS vt | @ ) 2 g8]28| B § Fzlgs| & i . : Ly i 5| 00 | 0 | [0 | 00 00 | T 00 iy i cloudy 00/ Cloudy. apid Clty Clieyenne | Milos City. : J0RC GIVORON v cev i 00| Cle THEN NING | FEEL BRIGHT AND NEW AND MY COMPLEXION IS BETTER. kently on the stomach, Aver Dleasant laxative. Thid arink 1s made from herbs. and ja prepared for use 8 casily as tea. 1143 called 0 81 & package. 1f you cantiot LIt rend your address foF & fron Sampio. Tane's itamily Medicine moves the howels ey T Ordvr i h T vl s Atdrein TAT ARE You going to buy n suit of Un- derwenr today? Our store is full of warm winter Underwesar, YOU Can rig yourself out here at a nd kidnevs. and is great saving. After you have visited the other stores run in hove and letus surprise you with some first quality goods at low pricos. Wave weather is here—come to stay. too—better come in today and let us make youcomfortablo, Good Underwear ie 100 cheup Lo deny yoursell of anything MILTONBERGER, HATTER AND FURNISHER, 502 Broadway. A saving of from 5 to $15 on Suits to order. See our samples. DR WILLIAMSON SPECIALIST rotdont o uEw Ea MEDICAL AND SURGICAL DISFENSARY, Consultation Free, Is unsurpassed Lo the troat ment of all i i A vonio, Private an exvous Diseasey, Writs B arconsule BeRntl Y. TREATHMENC BY MAIL. Address with stamp. for par- tieulars which will be sent lu plalu envel 1o O Box U3k OMce 113 8 10tk strees, Owaha. Nou who had been | HIS WASTING COUGH Nome Faots of Importance to xposed to Wenther an hanges, Mr. A. G. Hollander, living with his fa at2123 8 10th street. Councit Blails pairor at the Union Pagific trans heen n the Unlon Pacifie sarvien for yoars. 1o s also & faithtul m Swedisn Oddftollows lodge No. The nature ot Mr. him 1o th Aggraval Poople fvo ber of the 3. Omaba. Hollander's work axposes tor u groat deal, nud this ins alded a discass with which he was afiiicted until, despite his oforts with pa- tont medicines and physiolans whodid not un= dorstand his trouble, the disoase had beeona achronio one. Mr. Hollander snys: “Lsufferad so much and so long that | WAs q puraged. Ltrled everything recommend. d. but socured nothing but temporary roliet until 1 placed myaeif noaer (he care of Drs Copeland wnd Shepatd, A G MTOLLANDER, 2123 810th St Couneil Bluirs. My eatarrh sproad from the nose and thront to my eyes, which became hloodshot ané blurred. My ears were then attacked witk denfooss wnd Finging. My systom yiolded stendlily to tho entarrind divease wntil 1wt noarly hroken down fn stren:th. My stom 108t its pow could not ent. 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