Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, January 28, 1894, Page 7

THE OMAHA DAILY BEE SUNDAY GALA DAY AT GOLDEN GATE Mra. De Young's Hand Sets the Machinery of the Show in Motion MIDWINTER'S WONDERS ARE OPENED WIDE Great Columbian Show at Chicago Repro- duced In Minlature in the Capital of the Pacitio Coast, Midway Pluisance, Columbian Guards and All SAx Fraxcisco, Jan, 27, —At2:20 this after- noon Mrs, M. H. DeYoung touched the elec- tric button and by that act the California Midwinter lnternational exposition was given life. California’s dream had become a reahity and the great multitude of people assembled there sont up & joyous shout that drowned even the booming of artillery ana screaching of steam whisties. Thed s one to make people glad they lived in California. Not 8 cloud was in the bine sky, and the sun's warm rays streamed down, making the air as balmy asa day in June. It was no January thaw, but common, ordinary winter weather, such as Californ ustomed to. Over- conts were a burden and wraps of all kinds were left ot home. To the thousands of eastern visitors the weather was the choicest exhibit at the fair, and not even the great Columbian exposition could in their eyes show anything to compare with this wonder- ful winter’s day. From early morning until Jate ut night crowds of people rode to the Tair grounds, ana it seemed ae if the current of this stream of humanity would never turn the other wuy. Lost m the Grounas. Once inside the grounds the crowds did not seem 50 very large, as the people soon scattered over the great tract. They were there to see the sights, not to listen to speeches, and probably not one-tenth of the visitors today went near the place where the formal ceremonies were covducted. otwithstanding this fact, the grand stand was alive with people, while thousands siood in the open space in front and paid respectful attention to the music and speeches. The grand stand was a mass of brilliaut colors. A thousand flags fluttered in the breeze and several hundred school children, dressed in red, white and blue, wwaved the national emblem and sung patri: Dtic songs. Legal ¥ oliday in the State. Governor Markham bad declared January 27 a legal holiday throughout the state and 1the day was observedas such, In San Fran- cisco all the banks and business houses closed aud everybody was free to go out to the fair grounds. Thousands of people were here from all parts of the coast, and the grounds were crowded with strangers. The buildings were profusely decorated with flags and bunting and everyvody was in gala attire. Most of the street raillways of San Francisco terminate at Golden Gate park aud tueirentire rolling stock was inadequate to u :commodate the people who flocked out 10 the park to witness the triumphal opeu- ing of their pet project. Shortly after 10 a. m. the parade, under command of General Dickinson, started for the fair grounds. In he procession were four regiments of Na- ional guards, regular army troops from Presidio, Governor Markham ana staff, fair ofticials, civic societies and many of the concessional features 1o be seen at the fair. Golden Gate avenue, the main drive to the park, was thronged with speciators who istenod to the stirring music of numerous bands and cheered as the long line of men marched by. Sbortly after 11 o'clock the procession reached the fair grounds and as- sembled on the reception grounds, where a huge grand stand had been erected near Festival hall. Order of Opening Exercises. The order of the exercises was as follows: Medley of airsof all natlons, by the Mid- winter Pair band. Introauctory address by tho pr day, James D. Phelan, Prayer by Bishop Nichols. Grand chorus, American, sung by Midwinter falr chorus of 300 volces. Address by Governor Markham. Music by the lowa State bund Aadress by Director General M. I. De Young, declaring the exposition open. Oration on the general benefits and perma- nentresults of the Midwinter exposition by General W, H. L. Barnes. Music by the Australian band and chorus of ational alrs. Governor Markham in his speech wel- comed the people to the fair, and extended 10 the stranigers from other sections of the country the freedom of the entirc state. The governor explained vhat although California Was the first state in the union to appropri ate money for an exhibition at the World's fair in Chicago,sand although her exhibit there was wonderful and complete, yet many Californians who visited the Columbisn ex- position were forcibly impressed with the fact that it was utterly impossible to trans- plant California to Chicago, and while the California building and its contents and the various Cahfornia exhibits in many depart- ments excited admiration and congratula- tion, Californians knew that the real Cali- fornia was not there. 1t was then and there determined that California should have an internutionnl exhibition, und she was the only state that had the men, money and cn- terprise to attempt such a gigantic under- aking, und that, too, amidst the great busi- uess dopression and without financial aid from the gencral government or assistance from the state, depending entirely upon private subscriptions 1o accomplish this work. sident of the True Californin Sand. But the true Culifornian knows not fail- Hes the ideal man. He is not only ud of his own state, but ho 1s emphaticaily proud of this great American republic. He rejoices that he breathes the pure air of Auwmerican freedom, and he is full of Ameri- :an enterprise and intelligence. ~1 am theretore sure that I do but give ~_oxpression 10 what is 10 every mind when 1 suy that us we hold this spiendid exposition, the consummation of the labors and exer- tions of California’s citiz we have just reason to feel proud of the' merve, enérgy and persistence which our people geunerally and the managers of this Midwinter fair 1 particular have displayed in the produc tion and completion of this magnificent en- terprise.” Diroctor Geperal De Young spoke of the obstaclos that were encountered at the in- cention of the enterprise and told how they had been overcome. Ho said the world had turned hereyes toward them and their grow- ing state had been the subject of discussion . at millious of firesides. 1f they wentnow further than they bad already gone the fair wouldbe n paying investment. Possessing as they did one of the most wouderful states iu the'union, a stute with 35,000,000 acres of tillable land, of which but one-tenth was cultivated and this one-tenth had wade it the louding horticultural state in the union, and which would, with iucreased develop: ment, bocome the greatest empire, state or country on the face of the globe. With 30,000,000 acres vet undeveloped, what it wunted was pobulation and capital; popula- tion to develop ber unimprovea lana and capital to assist it. There could be but one result to this exposition and that was an in- crease in the population of the state and an increase in her capital, for people and capital had oniy to learn where to invest to take advantaze of the opportunity. By this eaposition they would have opportunity to show to thousands of peoplo who had nover een within their borders before by ocular demonstration the recources and capabilities of the state. The Midwinter fair, he con- oluded, was a direct result of the Chicago Columbisn [air. Avswered Hor Dainty Touch, 11 was at the close of Director General De ug's speech that Mrs. De Youug rose to s¢t the wachinery of the fair in motion. Sho was greeted with & cheer whon she stepped forward. As she stood with hand poisod 10 pressthe clectric button there was a woment of dead sitence, then her hand fell #ud inan instant silence turned into pande- mouiim. Steaw woistles blew. bands played the “Star Spengled Bauwer,” salutes were Siod by canuon and above ull was heard the Y deep roar from thousands of human throats. There was to have been another oration ana more music, but the crowd did not wait forthem. It melted away like magic and Joined the other thousunds in the inspection of the marvelous sights’to be seen in the varicus buildings. here was not an accl- dent or hiteh in tho. procs dings during the ay. A large force of city police assisted the Midwinter guards in preserving order, but the crowd was as easy Lo handle us could be and there was no trouble of any kind. At night the grounds were lighted up by elec- tricity and the crowd still lingered. An elaborate display of fireworks was given and at midnight, when the fair gates closed and the people started home, the largest and most successful celebration ever heid on the Pacific coast was over. to danuary, M. H. De Young, national commissioner to the World's fair, last June conceived the idea of a midwinter fair for Sun Francisco. The suggestion was received here with en- thusiasm and immediately a committee of citizens was rappointed to make the neces- sary arrangements. On July 10, 1803, Golden Gate v ted as a site for the fair nd on August 24 ground was broken in the presence of nearly 100.000 people, the largest sred together on the coast The citizers of San Francisc d Califor nia at large subscribed liberally the neces sary funds and over $300,000 wis raised in this manoer. At first only sixty acres of land was set asige by the park commis- sioners for the affair, but the magnitude of the enterprise bogan to dawn on the people here and the space was soon increased to 160 acres. The hatf dozen buildings at first contemplated have inc d in number to arly 100, all large, substantial structures The progress mace in eracting the buildings and putting the grounds in shape was even more maryelous than that in Chicago during the big fair there. Five months ago this 160-acre tract in Golden Gate park wasa sandy waste on which was a thick growth of eucalyptus trees and shrubbery. Today that tract is covered with massive buildings and alive with semi-tropical verdure, Grouping of the Bulldings. Hundreds of palm trees, flowering plants and vines make a beautiful setting for the structures, which are largely of Oriental de- sign. Grouped on the terraces, e the length of the open spuce ci Grand Court, are the exposition b prover. the building Arts, the largest structure on 1t measures 462 fect in leugth by with an annex on the rear Hi0x(0 feet. the opposite end of the court is the Admin tration building, n beautiful structure with a golden dome. On the north sideof the court 15 the Mechanical Arts building, 330x 160 feet. Opposite this are the Fine Arts palace and the Buil of Horticulture and of Agriculture. The Fine Arts building is Egyptian in style with huge sphinxes guarding the entrance. The Horticultural and Agricultural building is of old Spanish Californian architecture. 1ts area is 266x190 feet, crowded with the products of Califor- nia orchards and farins. Festival hall, an- other large structure where meetings and congresses will be held, 1s at the extreme end of the fair grounds and does not frout on the grand court. Built of Wood. The structures which constitute the fair buildings proper, with the exception of the Fine Arts buildings,are constructed of wood, but are covered with stuff similar to what was used on the Chicago fair buildin Fine Arts buildings are permanent edifices of brick and will be used a8 & park museum when the fair cioses. The chief object of attraction to eastern visitors will probably be the Grand Court, 1 the sbape of a parallelogram 500 feet wide and 1,000 feet long. It1s arranged in terraces and is a mass of tropical plants, flowers and green lawns. In the center rises a slender tower of 272 feet, which will e lighted at uight by electric light, and from the top of which can be haa a view of the fair grounds, Golden Gate park, San Francisco, the Pacific ocean and the famous Golden Gate. At the west end of the vourt is an allegorical fountain surmounted by heroic figures representing California and her industries. At the other end is the electric fountain. Nearly every county in thsstate has an exhibit at the fair and many of them have erected their own buildings for displays. Midway Plaisance, made famous at Chicago, is well represented here, most of the shows having emigrated to California. In addition to the Turkish dancers, the Esquimaux village, the wild animal and Indian shows, and other exhibitions familiar to World's fair goers, the Midwinter fair h1s a number of features peculiar to the Pacific coast. Some Spectal Side Shows. anta Barbara has a large amphibion, with sea elephants, sea tigers and lions. The early duys in California are represented by the 49 camp. There the cabins of the famous pioneers who dug for zold are pro- duced and the scenes of mining lowns are represented. January 1 was the original date set for the mal opening of the fair, but the heavy nter rains interfered so with the work thut a postponement was necessary. Today the fair is almost complete, but very few exhibits remaining to be installed. The fair grounds will be policed by uniformed guards under command of Colonel W. M. Shafter and Captain F. Del Carrington, U. S. A, Tue men are under military discipline and wear uniforms similar to those worn by the Columbian guards. Complete arrange- ments have been made for the protection of the buildings from fire and a well drillea fire department is constantly on hand. RESCUED IN MID-OCEAN, crowd ever gah At the eastern end of the court is of Manufactures and Liberal the grounds. fol Crew of n Wrecked Norwegian Bark Saved by the Steamer France, NEw Yoik, Jan. Iie National line France, Captain Hadley, which arrived hero today, reports the rescue during a hurrirane on January 13, in latitude 45.38, longitude 16.12, of the seventecn persons on board the wrecked Norwegian bark Havelock. The Havelock was fast breaking up when sighted by tha Frauce. Captain Hadley speaks in terms of tho highest praise of the members of his crew who went to the rescue of those on board the Havelock. When the latter vessel was sighted a terrific sea was ruuning and the progress of the France was attended with wuch difficulty. Notwithstanaing the danger, Captain Hadley determined to stand by the wreck and called for volunteers o rescue the crew of the unfortunate bark. Chief Officer MoGoudie and four of the crew quickly vesponded and prepared to launch a boat. The sea was running so high that this was impossible. Wave after wave swept the deck of the France and time after time threw the boat just launched ba aguinst the steamer. A slight lull, how- ever, gave the France's men an opporiunity to get away and they promptly made for the Havelock, clinging "to whose rigging could be seen a number of persons. The wreck was 80 surrounded by floating spars that it was most dangerous work to get near it, but finaily nine of ' tho crew of seventeen were taken to the France. A second trip securod the remainaer, and the France pro- ceeded on her way, leaving the bark rapidly breaking up. All persons on the wreck had been clingiug to the rigging for more than twenty hours when rescued. e Bank Snoaks Arrested. Sr. Louis, Jan. 27.--Chief of Detectives Desmonde learued today that several noted bank sneaks were in town and that among them was Tom, alias Kid, O'Brien. The chief began a search and at Last laid eyes on the men he wus looking for going into the Mechanics bank. There were throe ot them and he took them all into custody. They are Tom O'Brien, A. Dempsey and Al Defong. Several “touches" from depositors who had just drawa money from bunks have been reported in the last few days and the men under arrest are supposed 10 be the robbers. Bought Fadiocks and Gu Thieves were at work in the vicinity of Twentieth and Lake streets Thursday and Priday nights, as several of the residents subsequently discoverod to their sorrow Coal bins were depleted, chicken houses raided and baras robbed of whatever articles could be easily carried away. The sufferers yesterday created something of a panie in the paalock and gun market, ano the mem- I bers of the newly organized home guard will relieve each other 1 keeping watch for the return of the enemy. HAULING UNCLE SAM'S MAIL Enormous Sum3 Paid the Railroads Every Year for Doing It. HOW COMPENSATION IS DETERMINED Government System of Welghing—Thing Not Desired by Rallway Companies Just Now—Amounts Paid Different Lin —Mail Car Kental Nearly all of the railroads that carry the mail in the western country have uuited in a request to the Postoffice department that he weighing of the mail carried over their routes be deferred until another year. At the beginning of each guadrennium ail of the railroad mail is weighed by the govern- ment, and upon the result of this test de- pends the compensation o be paid the rail- | roads for the four years to come. For the purpose of convemence in weighing, the rail. roads are divided into four districis and the mail in one of these districts 1s weighed each year. Last year the mail of the Atlantic division was weighed and this year it is the | turn of the Pacific division The amount to be paid the railroads of the Atlaztic division by the government for carrying the mail was increased somethiog like $1,500,000 by last year's reweighing. 1f the same test is applied to the Pacific division this year 1t is not believed that it would show anything near the same diffar- ence. This is partially because the western rouds do no: have so great an amount of mail to carry at any time and alsq because the bard times have materially reduced the business of the Postoftice department. It is on the latter account that the rail- roads are anxious to postpone the reweigh- ing for another year. They argue that on account of the general depression a test at this time would not give a fair estimate of the business, and that during the succeeding four years they would only receive a partisl compensation for their s ). Superin- tendent Lindsey of St. Louis was in Omaha the other day and said that with one excep- ton all the railroads in his territory were in favor of postponing the weighing. They preferred to carry the mail at the present rate to taking their chances on a reweigh- ing. The exception was the Rock Island road, which has recently materially in- creasea its mileage by limes into the Chero- kee strip and to Denver, and it would un- doubtedly profit by a reweighing. Aim of PostoMee Department. It is the aim of the Postoffica department to weigh the mail at a time when the totals will give a fair estimate of the mail carried by the various roads. To weigh the mail in summer, when business is comparatively light, would be an injustice to the railroad: and on the other hand, the government would suffer by a weighing December, when the holiday trade swells the wails to much more than their normal capacity bruary and March are generally consid- ered as average months, and one of them is usually selocull for reweighing the mail. | This year it has been postponed uutil April on accouni of the very light business, but the pr tions are that no fairer test will be afforded in April than in oue of the preceding months. The quadrennial weighing of the mail is done by the employes of the railway mail service, the clerks of large postoftices and a few special agents. Whenever it is possible the regular postal employes are used. Where this is not possible special agents are em- ployed for thirty days at $3a day. These special agents travel on the railway mail cars. A platform scale is put in each car. The special agent puts each bag or bundle of mail on the scales as it is put on board the cars and notes the weight. As each mail bag is delivered at the appropriate station it is weirhed and ivs weight entered in an- other column. The two columns are added and they should palance within a fraction of a pound. The mileage of each package of mail is noted. At the end of thirty days the Postoffice department figures up the number of pounds of mail hauled and the number of miles and calculates the naui for the whole vear. Then the compensation of the road is figured out at the rate provided by L Contracts Not with Lowest Bidders. Itisa general but mistaken impression that the railroad contracts for carryizg the mail are let to thelowest bidder. Your Uncle Samuel wants the best, not the cheap- est, and the road that offers the best facili- ties almost invariably gets the plum. The postmaster general decides the matter of awarding contracts and the road that can give the quickest and most satisfactory | serviceis the one to which he inclnes. In | cases where cqual facilities are offered the oldest route is usually favored on the prin- ciple that it 1s_better acquainted with the business and therefore in a better position to handle it satisfactorily. The mail con- tract is a plum much in_demand xmong all railroads, although their officials unaui- mously declare that there is no mouey in it. Probably the heaviest mail carriers are the Pennsylvania Central and New York Cen- tral railroads, which draw $1,750,000 and $1,500,000 respectively from the government every year on this account. In all the government contracts the big roads which carry immense quantities of mail have decidedly the best of it. While the compensation is graded according to the amount of mail matter carried by each road the rate allowed to the small routes is much less in proportion than that allowed to the great lines. The lowest rate paid by the goverument is #42.75 per mue. The cowpen- sation of the railronds was fixed by an act approved March 8, 1875, which provided that all roads that carried an average weight of 200 pounds of muil per day should receive npeusution at the rate of &0 per mile. he scale ran up in successive gradatious to | roads vhat carried 5,000 pounds per day and these wero to receive $200 per mile and 825 udditional for cach additional 2,000 pounds. How Sciles Were Reduced, In July, 1576, congress reduced the pre- vious raie by 10 per cent and in June, 1575, o still further reduction of 5 per cent was made. The latter legislation brings the scale to its present basis. The highest rate paid is drawn by the Peunsylvania Central railrond, which gets 3,151 per mile for haul- | ing the mail from New York to Philadel- phia. The distance over which the mail on that route has to be carrivd is a fraction over ninety miles. There urc 232 mail trips every weeic or over 13,000 in a A Before the_re-weighing last’year the ‘road received &207,495 for this servico. Under the new apportiontment this has boen increased 10 §285,086 The usual thirty-day test is re- gurded as insuflicient on 8o important u line as this and the mail is weighed every day | sor at least sixty days before the average is | computed i Next in importance to the New York- | Philadelphia route is the route between Now York und Buffalo, over which the New York Central railroad receives $1,187,517 annually for hauling the mail. The rate per mile paid on this route 15 §2,088, or nearly §700 less than that paid to the Pennsylyania line, but as the length of the route is 439.52 miles the aggrezate s considerably more, The average weight of the mail carried be- | tween New York and Philadelphia every | day is 233,014 pounds. The weight of the mal bauled from New York to Buffalo daily 15 281,201 pounds Tintes on The Philadelphia-Washiugton route which is covered by the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore rond pays 81,785 u mile, It jumped from $106,113 & year in the four years preceding the Ist of last July to &2 587 a year, which will be the rate of compen sation until July 1, 1507, Doubtless a re weivhing on the Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore, two years ugo, wonld have in. creased the compensation #100,000 a year The Postoftice department is about 00,000 | abead on this one route uuder the quadren | nial “average" system Tue route from Baltimore to Bellaire, O on the Bultimore & Ohio road mow piys | #50,000 more than it did last year—an in crease of 42 per c The Boston & Albany road will get §244,35 a year up to che 306k of Other Routes, June, 1897, whore it used to got $167.031 for hauling Lhe tails betweon Buston wnd Albany. The Pivtsburg-Cuberlund rouce ou the Baltimore & Obio is worth ncarly $100.000 more than it was last year—an in- crease of 85 per cent. 3.4 The special matl cars #hat are now in use on most of the roads areln additional 1tem of exponuse to the governtiont. The cars are furnished by the railroad’eompanies and the government pays a yesslywental for them, which is rezulated by thewumber of miles traversed by the car. The ate is fixed at 25 per mile for fortydeot cars, €30 for forty-five foot cars, $45 for fifty-foot cars, and #0 for sixty-foot care. The Penn vania railroad receives $5%273 per year for the rent of its ears on the Philadelphia-New York division, while the New York Central gets £210.760 a year tor theuse of the mail cars on the line from New York to Buffalo. According to the postal’laws and regula- tions the raitroad compatdes which carry the mail are also required to transport all mail pouches, postofice blanks and sta- tionery as well as employes of the depart- ment without extra compensation. This is no small consideration when it is figured out that the 6.082 clerks in the railway mail service traveled fully 168,000,000 miles last yeor, The railroads are also compelled to deliver the mail atall Dostofices that are within eighty rods of the nearest station, but when the postoffice is over eighty rods away the dist dded to the lengsh of their regular route they receive com- pensation at the sam 18 thouzh the pouches had been carried all the way on the cars, e FATHER'S VIGIL, For Many Weeks Te Waited His Son's Coming-He Came at Last—a Corpse. CricAGo, Jan. 27.—The body of young Gable, whom some idle rumors connccted with the Crouin murder case at Wilmet near this city, has been found, and one more case of wysterious disappearance las been solved. The weary search of & father through weeks has ended, and he has recovered the remains of his son, lying unidentified in the mergue. This morning & tall gentleman hurriedly entered the coroner's office and asked to be allowed to examine the effects taken from the body which was washed up by the waves of Laike Michigan a week ago. Among the papers was a receipt dated in Denver. The man, who wus looking ovor the papers, seized it and read it through at a glance. *Itis my son,” he said, *1know this receipt.” The man was J. H. Gable, a well known business man of Denver. Since the World's fair, he has been searching for his son, who disuppeared from this city on that date. Ivery avenue has been ezplored, hospitals. Jails and morgues, but to no avail, until this morning. There, on a_slab, the body of a young man, distorted by the waves of the luke, was recogmzed by his father. Mr. Gable quickly bezan 1o make preparations ng the body to his home in Donver. lice had fouud no means of identify- g the body. he disappearance of B. F. Gable caused something of a sensation whon it occurred, because some unfounded rumors connected his name with the murder of Cronin at Wilmet, which occurred the might before his disappearance. The father had one day visited the Worid's fair, and with his son was on his way to the city. The father hurried across the platform, ex- pecting his son to follow, aud slipped intoa seat as the iron bar was thrown s not able across the opening and the son v to board the train. Thefather was ng all alarmed, thinking that his son, who 22 years old and_perfectly able 10 take ¢ of ‘himself, would foilow ori<the next train. When the tramn_on which Mr. Gable was arrived at Van Buren street, he waited for the next traiu, confidently expecting to greet his son and laugh over the occurrence. After the last tram pulled in from the World's faiv without bringing his son, Mr. Gable notified the police, and they scarched every- where, to noavail. My Gable took rooms in_ the city and every time an unknowu man was found in the city he would hasten to look upon the dead in the hope that he right find his son. Nét umtil this morning was his long search rawarded, and he will return at once to Denver with the body of his son. " L leon T FROEBEL SOCIETX. L at zation for the Promotion of Kinder- garten Work fn Omahs. Since its introduction to Omaha, through the medium of the public school, the subject of the kindergarten has received much at- tention and awakened a great deal of iuter- cst. Alaudable manifestation of tms interest is found in the organization known as the Froevel society, which is composed of kin- dergarten teachers. The society been in existence for about a year and meets every Tuesday at the Board of Educa- tion rooms. Its object is the study of the development of the human race through the education of the facnlties and the various systems of educa- tion as recorded in history. The presideat is Miss Belle Shields of the Keilom school kindergarien, whose ability and enthusiasm as an instructor are so favorubly known. An idea of the scope of the work may be gained from the following Orgai syllabus, some of which has already been carried out. Sdncation among the Orientals, past and present; cducation of classic na- tions: education of the mddie ages. monastic, parochial; court school of Charlemagne; ikuightly and burgherschools; rise of universities; revival of learning, humanists, Agricola, Irasmus, Reuchlin; reformation—influence of on education; education as _influenced by Moutaigne, Bacon, Comenius, Milton, Ratich, Fenelon, Rouseau, Francke, nincteenth eentury, Pestalozz, Frocbel! rise of kindergarien in Germauy. France, Euglund, United States. Next Tuesday, January 30, M Fitzpat- vick will give o littie talk before the society. his subject being: “Tho Relation of the Kindergarten to Primary Work.” Sunerintendent Fitzpatrick's well known interest in and knowledge of this toundation work of education is assurance that the talk will be both profitable and interesting. dial A BADLY M XiD. Democratic Counciliven Cannot Agree the Mayor's Appolutments. demceratic councilmanic caucus has and thus far there are no rganization being effected. Several of the democrats say that they will not go into another caucus, but on the con- trary will allow the various appointments to come up and run the gauntlet ou their merit, or rather on the unumber of councilmanic friends that the appointees can muster in- davidually. Tvisa on The gone to prospects ol a re ploces rtainty that the committes on ju- diciary will never be able to submit a unani- mous report on some of 1he appomtments. e committee is hopelessly divided on Con- nell for city stiorney angd; pn. Blackburn for city prosecutor, and it js egually wrue with veference 1o Cowgll for'erly electrician, The outlook at the present time is that mujority and minority repots will bo forth- coming on these appointuents. The Wiley brigage is after Mr. Cowgif's scalp, as the presideut of the electric 1ight company has given it out thut he hals'$éen quite enough of the eloctrician fn 'his present ca- pacity. Toere are ‘mpmbers of the council, however, who pifape theirremarks with the old saying aboftt deading u horse to water but not being uble-to'make him drini, and say that while it is véry probable that the appointment of Cowgill wiil be rejected, they are very much i the durkas to how the wayor is to be coerced into appointing L. M. Rhoem, who is beingroomed for the place. The republican efibers have been tryiog to (ix upa slate, batHave not yet suc- cecded. The chances sye that by Monduy afternoon both sides will be ready for au- other caucus P B st No Agent for the Frosen Anadjourned meeting of the Nebraska Humave society held at the Commercial club rooms Thursday afternoon for the pur pose of further considering the advisability of employingan agent for the society It was decided that in consideration of the distress now existing among the poor of the community the matter of ewployiug an ageut be deferrea until May 1 mext. T sease of the meeting was that eyery energy should bo beat toward relievi: t suffering just at this time. — ce of Murder, an 27.—Pedro Dubalde, an Evide: Er Paso, Tex., old ranchwan, diving near Las Cruces, N M., was found this morning dead under bis bed, with his hunds and feet bound and overy evidence of baviag been strangied. Connty Commissioners Believe They Are Without Authority in the Matter, 'VOTERS MUST TAKE THEIR MEDICINE" 5. Bennett's Bill for Matron's Services At Connty Jall Rejected—Rond Im- provement TBonds Awarded— Brandes Submits AMdavis. When the county commissioners convened yestorday afternoon, they were confronted with a request from the city council, in the shape of a resolution, asking them to join hands and secure the removal of Assessor Carpenter, the man who was elected last fall to list the property of the Fourth ward The re tion from the council wont so far as to say that the assessor was incowpetent and dishoaest in his practices of assessing the property, Not possessing the power to impeach a county official, the city officials ol wanted the commissioners to undertake e job. After the communioation was read. Mr. Williams raised the point that Carpenter naving been elected last November and not having entered upon the duties of the office, the commissioners could hardly impeach bim for what he might do next year. Hay ing once been an assessor of the ward and having served his term, 1t was not within the province of the board to impeach him for what he had once done. Mr. Jenkins was of the opinion that if Carpenter had done poor work during the years which had passed, it was su he was re-elected. When the e held, he vhought that the voters knew about Carpenter’s irregularities, if there were any, and if they had re-elected him, they would have to take their medicine. Livesey's Foreible Tlustiation, Mr. Lavesey compared the situation to that experienced by a married man. Ifa man married, he should certainly stand by his wife until be could show thut she had done wrong and not ask for a divorce on the ground that at soma future time she mi; play him false. There was nothing, he that went_to show that during the coming year Mr. Carpenter was going 1o try to get the best of the taxpayer: To dispose of the matter tion from the council was commitiee of the whole. A claim of 350 agamst the estate of ex- Sheriff Boyd was ordered flled with the pro- bate judge, evidence having been furnished to the commissioners that Bovd was ove; paid while he was the sheriff of the county The claim of Mrs. Sophia Bennett, wife of ex-Sheriff Bennett, for 1,150, services as matron of the women’s department of the county jail, was rejected, the commissioners holaing that they had never authorized the employment of a matron at the institution. The bid of Rodolph Kleyboldt & Co. for the 150,000 of road improvement bonds was accepted, and the county atiorney in- structed to draw the necessary contract. Brandes' Struzgle for Oific. Charles Brandes presented an afidavit to prove that he was a resident of East Omaha precinct. This document went with the other papers in the cuse. Brandes as for the appointment of justice of the peace at a prior meeting, and at that time there was filed a protest, sctting forth the fact that he was not, nor had he ever been, a resident of the precinct. Tne Union Pacific Railway company was granted authority to usea portion of the school section near Elikhorn, as a place for the burning of ballast. ext ‘Tuesday morning the commissioners will hold another meeting, at which time they will hear the testimony on the protest against granting a liguor license o operate a saloon at Teitz park, on the tary road. ENCOURAGE HOME INDUSTRY. the communica- referred to the Congressmun Meiklejohn's Defense of Ne- braskn Interests. Wasursroy, Jan. 20.—[Specal to Tae Bee ]—Representative Meiklejohn has had 5000 copies of the speech he made in the house the other day against the Wilson tariff bill printed in official form and will send them to his constituents for perusal. A number of republican representatives from other states have ordered printed extra copies of Mr. Meiklejohn’s speech for circu- lation in their districts, as it contains much valuable data and fact bearing direcily upon the interests of farmers 1o be found nowhere else. Mr. Meiklejohn had some esvecia good doctrine and information upon the b sugar and binding twine ingustries, in which Nebraska farmers are vastly interested. Upon the beet sugar question he said *Sugar, whether manufactured from beets, cane or sorghum, is an exceptional icultu- ral product. It has boen soregarded the world over because its production is con- fined to certain climatic conaitions and par- ticular soils. It has become an expensive housonold necessity and requires a large in- vestment to produce the first pound. Eur pean legislation in the interest of sagar em- bracing early exemptions of tho raw mut rial from taxation, tae payment of boun: ties and premiu the establishment of ed ucational schools, the erection of experi- mental statious, followed by liberal encou agement through bounties ou exported sug and high tariff on foreign sug, that sugar bas boen considered by I Germany, Austria-Huagar, ud other na- tions as 4 most importunt agricultural pro- duct, “Even if it be not exceptional in its cha acter the mere fact that it is an agricuitural product of which we produce one-tenth of what we consume; that it drains irom our aggregute wealth anauaily over §100,000,000, is enough of iself to bring 1t within vhe policy adopted by the fatiers of the republic and within o policy thut should appeal to wisdom rather tnan partisauship or idle theory. “1he fact that we have the area, the soil und the proper climatiz condi- tions, the energy and capital to manufacture the sugar for OUr OWD cousumplion, are elements that shouid appeal o our impartial d unbiasad consideration and judgment v we have the soil and chmute is vouched for by Prof. Wiley, chief chemist of the Department of Agriculture “Wae have ube interest of the peopie, the consumcrs. us in 10 cousider. Down to.J )1, sugar had always pad liberal r, all_prove necessary I’k tribute, 101 sury 1 suy this beci posed to encourn and foster it was befor Louisi- una wus o partof this union of states. In fact sugh the debates, Tt will be ais- o even ufter Louisiaua wus pur- chased, that the policy of the duty on sugar was not so much for protection us for revenue. “Including 1886 to 1500, sugar paid 000,000 in duty, which inturn was e from the people. They have borne the sugar- ty burden uucomplainingly for uver a cen ever since the cnactment of the first just as they bore the du time down to 180 £41 b ury tariff law in 1750 on cotton for the sume “They ure now cntitled to the rehef which the bounty policy affords aud which it prom 1ses for all Lime. I'here is no sound reason not allied to hail-buked theory or partisan ship why this reliof should not continuc without a sucrifics of the sugar industry ‘There ig no more reason for bankeupting Lowsinfy, sacrificing hundreds of wmiliions of cupita) there and many millions wore in California, Utah und Nebrassa, destroying the value of agrieuitural lands 1o cane und beet culture and dealing a blow o planters and farmers, than is in Hooaing the coul mines of West Virginia, the lead mines of Missouri or tiriug the mi lions of capital invested in lumber in Micuigan, Wisconsin and Georgia. To do stroy tho coal aud lumbe interests wo be 10 worse than is the this bill ‘If we are Lo look precedents for 4 new Dot confive our atlest the eye rest as well sugur provision the waters for palicy let us us France Austria and Russia done for sugar? lnstead of casting it down and out they have by every means in their power lifted tho industey, aud today more than one-balf of the world's preduct of sugur is made from beets. The history of the Bu ropean sugar policy shows that no reas able stimulant was considered Loo great, tariff too high in its behalf. The result wust | astor sido wan nish the world. Another important con- ration is that our efforts to supply our ts are combatted on all sidos by power- THEY DREW 0N TIlE)lSliL\‘ES: by Which Lumbermen of Texa Swindle Many Fanks. ND SON ARE Kan INDICTED nds Tiue Bills Agatust n Pair of Shrowd ful ravals, who possess 4 to cano advan agos in watters of climate, cheap labot an deconnial instead of bionninl planting Bolissie as 1o beet sugar cheap labor, while liberal bounty encouragement and high tarifls in foreign nations operate against both indus- tries here “The people do not ask and have not agked § for & vepesl of the bounty on sugsr. Why | # No BEMIS A should they? They have contribited libor ally to the upbuilding of our manufacturing industries and now. when agriculture has [ Grand Jury at found & new field, we ave gravely informed thata nation which had. down to 1890, 1 cou paid a tax or duty on foreicn sugar for itury amounting to billions of doliars should not now pay $10.000,000 per annum vounty, taid for the purpose not onl. lievi duty of re¢ ng the people of four-Hfths of this sugar burden, but for the greater national | noy | ot of so stimulating homgp production nder us independent of the world for the in 1986 roasing in 1880, 2 sum equal in e capita, or £4.50 to £37,000,000 000,000 ha 7 vestigating Na the arrest of Works from t Kaxsas Crry, 1 sessior snal vecu Star State, bas f A delibera Ba £00,000, and 1118 ku Jan. ed Sove seh [ d th the offenders ar Lone 'he grand jury 1 days been in fraud ot home mmerce out wi that two indictments hat capiasos for > in the hands family; 1891, ceuts per capita, | WA HTTOSEOT e or 84,60 th & 1887 10 neatly 100 ¢ of Marshal Stewart. The fraud, whi " It famil caught the bauks in several communities in : an that if the | the United States, was brought o lignt by masses of the peopie ¥y understood this ) jig Kansas Cily ramitications. s oxtent they would favor o rop: the bounty law | " Sharad ”Hl’lv‘ i on sugar! Why should they! They have ; 33 [F a3 b v g Ja RV Rt simply kept the duty in their 1 | $200.000, wi © details not yel ascer £33,000,000 bosi Iney have soen bect | wined sugar factories built that turn out fr T'he os charged with the swindle ar 50,000 to 75,000 pounds of sugar a day. They | 5 4 and one his s bott i have seen employment given to an ar: Jisay A Sy e R riculturists, lind values in the Jasesd ol R s A these factories increase 400 fold d Tex. Banks in Conuecticut towns spring forward. ’ A Tenucssee, Kunsas, Nebraska ‘Give the rindustry in America tho " | is are knownu to have been de protection and encouragemont it has had in | g0 g S0 G el S Europe and you will have 1.000 suzar fuc- | SR B OB M ST S RUT N wries producing 5.000,000,000 pou of | not yet fully kuown. In Kansas City the ar, employing 1,200 laborers in each fac- | National Bauk o1 Commerce was caught fur or an averago of 1,200,000 employes | §50,000, from whom 6,000,000 of our population would n h th draw thelr malntenance aud sustenance. [ The manaer ia which the swindle was per- We would have investa in this entorpriso | Petrated wvas uot a complicated one. ‘e £500.000,000, and would add nanually to our | Jefferson City firm drew “accommoaation” aggrozate national wealth #100.000.000 drafts on other business concerns which *Tho raw 1 used in the operation ‘ B ' 1 . h Jemis controlled, but which it was not of 1,000 sugar factories would be #0.00) tons s 1 in each T3ctomy or 50,000,000 tons of beets, of = Known hie controlied. In other words, Bemis the viluation of $150.000,000, wiri wuid'be | & Sons drew themselves drafts Duid to the agriculturists annuaily | due principaly thirty, sixty and “T'ts biil strikes down the manufactureof | ninety days respectively. The firm binder twine in this country. Uuder the i 5 ' present law there is laid a duiy of seven- | WHICH the draftjras drawn would accopt it. lenths of a cent per pound, T | The draft twas drawn up o as o b Tampico fiber, manila, sisal grass. | amount in odd dollars and cents for the used‘in its manufacture and which { pose of giving it the appearance of a draft grown to uny extent in this drawn for the saie or purchase o 4 by the act of 1800 put on the frec PRI L) D M LGP hemp, a product of the American fa the ordmary course of business, and not for made dutiable at &5 per ton wn accommodation draft, which 18 mude _“Hemp and binder uwine under the provi simply when one person with good credit eI H s DL List. | desires to indorse for another for aecommo- aska Binder Twinec om was | §%7 o . organtyed 1 1400 for manuthevaring minder | dation, and which s almost certain to bo for twine from hemp. This new and growing | 4N amount in round bers. These drafts industry has opened a market for anott were issued several months ago, when the p t g ricultural _produet iu Nebraska. 1 firms had good credit but were really in hemp from 1,700 acres of-dand was consumed | g1 iin e cirey ances. The next step was L L Ve t02o to the bank undor false reprosenta- of binder twine manufaciurod was tEhE A cat Che At erahen 470,000 pounds; 1593, 630,000 pounds; 150, | Apout the time the drufts were due the 088,000, 5= 3 A co. | firms fallea. The fact that the drafts wera bronr B W, Reyuolds, prosident of the Ne- | time drafts and not_sight drafte prevented askn Binder Twine company, says attaching the bills of lading for the drafts, Inle manufucture of nny commodits thers | us s usual in sight, drafis, and cov s fixed limit of jee below which manu- | oo gy bl P facture must either cease or be carried on at « }"j “;}«‘(1{"1 ard o the misrepresent loss. The price of binder twine durinz L D S S oRC ONTOUR IO last seuso and n ins boen too 1ow to make the busi ot for the actual sale of lumber. ness either remunerative or profitable. Shonld | Among tne banks which got some of this the present prico be r *d to carrespond bad paper were those in Dallas, Galveston IH“z;"xrm;“x)-;l-::;n;.vl}m :‘-'(“.‘ _"f,“‘;h“'\"]:f‘ "lv" aund Houston, Tex.: Mewmphis, Teun.; Chi- must ne or altogether be wiped out of | Sh%0. Atchison, Jansas 5Ol $5G flouts) existence, Tho only salvation would be the = Omani. und some in Counccti by redis- rodnetion i the prce for1abon 10 correspond | countinz western bauks' puy Itis clso with that of our European competitors, which | stated that some found their way to Boston. we deem, ut_leasi in Nebraska, utterly im- | C. J. White, cashier of the Nutional Bank possible * +7s We can produce of Commerce, was reluctant to give any ine erinl and manufacture the formation_regardinz er eyl Tihe Tera wt Fremont acii can bo | formation reguramz the matier to a re Gonedn any part of the United Stites, und wo | borter. he marshal has requested me not, therefore have no fear of American competi- 10 talk of this mattor antil the men are ar- tion, but we CADNOL conpete with rested,” ne said. H> consented, howeve wuporfubor and thoir iow rates of \wer one or & 1pital fnvested. Vas the Natioy \What Gsct s the proposod tariff cuange | ru s Mo HON had on the wages of our employes? o e ; We started up our two ills_ the middle ot cs,” he ansy ered. September on a 30 per cent reduction frem At a late hour toni former prices for the manufacture of the raw the Bank of C matérial, but even that reduction would not | cific railway th he adequate to make the manufacture of | mitted by e twine profitable with the tariff reduced s | j'now known that proposed. ity TWill state that as far s niy observation ox- [ Uhis city. includin tends there has been 10 Co: far: our seen tain the b The kick tici: well duction of hemp lessens the acrei crops and that it has thus far our. - could The policy promises anything for the people, and tw well 4 su 1y all have to be impor il the American” poople are azain pe to speak at the ballot box. of business contain sense even their Y stroy ) this necessity of the American farme the ¢ That state school mon Douglas has arrived ana will be ready ior 1ve deliv troasuries just us so0n well plaint amonz the s as to the price at which we huve held ine under the McKinley tariff. They 10 be witling to pay prices that will sus- wufacturer in his enterprisc — as come from the professionui pol for what purposs you Know as The farmer reasons that the pro- o1 other od one of the twine nd ns 1. i BO most _profitable crops, when I be sold at falr figures of the presont s to be to strike down un) administration that industry hie plain, simple statements of this man so much of comuon » 1 cannot but indulge the hope thut the free wraders iu this house will fenl force. ‘ou propose to sacrifice this industry.de- this new field foragriculture aud plac nder outrol of foreign manufacturors.” —_————— State schoo Funds. due the county of school district Superintendent to the respe Hill can mitke the apportionment among the | Foux sixty-three school diswricts of the county. The amount is & . which gives to every child of school uge lhe sum of 87 cents and o fraction In reporting that the funds ar s distribution State Superintendent A Goudy presents some intercsting figur of them are in this count that collec county gets 831,04 Th port shows that in th 5 children of school age und that 36,403 He also shows the amount of the state school 1u sted is £309.50873 and thay Doug: Thof the wnole amount. orntors Officers, and decorators President Painters and De e ofticers of the painter as_concer AMUSKEMENT: “TON.GHT_AND MO TUSSDAY Nf YD'3 COMMENCIY SURBAY EVENING, JAW, 28 Thut Most Mai Melody My, Al N BOYD'S NIGHTS, rUL It i1 s in an WANG minerce and b ap t 1 reuch rul Phil Haven, Louisvilie and Cincinnati. w TON nd M. First D us Mixtus 0 (questions. Bank of Commerce de- zht an attorney sent by Missouri Pa- frauds com- 000, 1t other banks of ional, us New also b adelp! caught, but to what extent it 1s not known. 1GHT s of erriment. Under the Direction of w. MATINEE SATURDAY t Bal TRU Prose < wp: irpusKing in spl 01 GfTOFR, bl Fi ny, b BE WEDNESDAY EVENING, ENE TOMPEKINS' 5 1SS nUng & CO. EDWIN STEVENS and a east of 60 A o 0, far 1= dor all €1 and ular g i ULAR PRICES. JAN. 31 ) etacle THE BLAGK CROOK 100-PEOPLE—-100 * OADS OF S m of Laween MANC S IN CHICAGO, #1.00/ Flrat 2 1.0 | Lost 7 100/ Hoxes. $10 oven Taesday moraiy S St oo et 1. vt | {5 STREET THEATAE en; 1 s secretary, Charles Hill; finun- | o Commencing == SER iy is stronger iu_numbers than JULEIYUL M Al ce its ovganization, 81X years ngo. ar Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. Give 10¢ to Charity. | FParticulays Below. The entire door recaipts of Tuesday Afteraim 9 ani Even ing, (SIX PERFORMANCES) At the Go to the benafit of R2scus Hall. ol thy i hone 0 the $iX POriorm aue: T aday. Ji Of the bouse s 1315 Dodge Street W as blaonger Lawler donates ad Jan. 30 EDEN MUSEE. g