Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, February 26, 1894, Page 2

@me The report then proceeds to show how the “TFUTURE FOR THE FARMERS Senator Peffor's Revort on the Hope of the Agriculturists, - pa SUGAR MAY BECOME THEIR SALVATION Encouraged Properly by the Governm Beets and Sorghum May Replace What FHas WASHINGTON, Feb. (Special to The fee.)—The report mado by Senator Peffer, the well known populist of Kansas, on the of and remedy for agricultural de which he has just submitied to the Is an ox- , fully it foremost and most in- lance and nl after a painstaking Investigation covering more than a year, it is of especial value and wiil be re- viewed with great interest by farmers gen- erall enator causes pression senate committee on agriculture haustive printed document of 166 pag indexed, with Coming does from one of the telligent ives of the farming and subheads, representa erests generally, ts of the of of Peffer's report tre farming, increa and effect attle ranges, land values, cost production of the principal cereals and p centum of profit. The report traces t causes of depression to, first, such affe particular classes and special local interests; secondly, gencral causes affecting particular Kinds of property, and thirdly, general causes which affect all kinds of property. For in stance, local prices of grain are affected by local conditions such as increase or decrease of production, state of trade, remotene: from railways or liome markets, character of crop and local demand, while local pricos of stock are affected by prices of feed, convenience ot marketing, home competition, diseascs drouths, storms and quantity of crop, local land values being affected by sparsencss or density of population, character of communi- ties, habits of the people, variableness and healthfulness of the climate, character of wofl and financial conditions. The senator finds that the market value of cercals is affected by the yield, but this is dess changeablo than before facilitios for transportation existed. Competition among farmers affects the prices of farm products Just as competition does in other industri farmers, however, being, the report says, at a disadvantage comparcd with other occu- pations, because of thelr isolation. Farmers cannot 'so easily combine as manufacture to effect results. The report then goos on to show how bonanza wheat farming reduces the cost of production to such farm- ers, states that India is our great heat rival and shows how rapidly the produc tion has increased there in twenty ye and claims that the depreciation of silver has had much to do with lowering the price of wheat in Liverpool, added to which Eng- land has aided Indin in every possible way; that it costs but 13 cents there to rais it, 12 cents to put it on a vessel and 25 ents to send it to England—in all, only 50 cents per bushel. He claims that while the production’ of wheat has increased in this country by opening up large areas and by the machinery, the cost of production on small farms has not materially lessened, and he does not think overproduction ac- counts for the low price of wheat. He does claim, howevar, that the business of “options and futures’ reduces prices, and shows that in 1892 and 1593 twice as much wheat was sold on the New York Produce exchange . as was raised vin the United States; that not over one in thirty bushels thus sold had an actual existence. WHY OTHER THINGS HAVE DECLINED. acr power of the grain dealers operates to reduce prices, and claims that they and the millers have tremendous power over the aggresate crop to-reduce prices. / The report also dis- cusses the decline in the price of she attributing it to the fall in the price of wool; that the cause in the decline of the price of horses may be found in a desire for better stock, less demand for draft horses, intro- duction of motive power, the cable, traction and other street railway methods of propul- sion, and even bicycles; that the ‘decline in the price of cattle is found in the increase of production in Texas and elsewhere in the great west. Considerable space is devoted to this toplo, it being claimed that the larger dealers and packing houses have driven out the small butchers and local dealers, which has caused a power to spring up equal to that governing the price of wheat The report concedes that transportation charges have decreased, bul contends that they are still excessive, caused by excessive capitalization of stock in railways and foreign competition is also adverted to some- what. Land values are depressed because of debt and taxation, the per capita of debt on farms and houses being $101, and it is thought that too much personal property escapes taxation, augmenting real estate taxes. The report proceeds to show that depres- sion In prices is not confined to riculture, but runs through manufactured articles as well, and it quotes from the Aldrich senate report. It then alludes to the concentration of the money power, Secrotary Carlisle's visit_to the New York bankers, tho issue of $60,000,000 of bonds, and clafins that it is within the power of brokers, bankers and speculators to embarrass the iment at any time, the national credit ing at their mer The operations of resuming specie payments are alluded to, the demonetization of silver and issue of paper money coming in for due share of comment and of criti- cism In approaching the remedy for these condl- tions the report says that [t must not be assumed that every phase of depression can be removed or that all the ills can be r moved by legislation. He divides prop remedies for some of the evi into three classes: First, su as farmers can indi vidually invent and apply; second, such as they can bring about by asseciation, and —— February 2Gth, (894, DICTIONARY Ono Sunday and Three Week- day coupons, with 15 cents in ooin, will buy on> part of The American Encyclopedi: Dictoinary Sond or bring to The Beo office. Mail should be addressed to Dictionary Department. || SERIES THIRTEEN FEBRUARY 26, {894, | ME R BR R COUPON. Werld's Fair Art Portfolio. T'o secure this suporb souve | wend cr bring six coupons of this | serics bearing aifferont date | with 10 cents in coiu to | ART PORTFOLIO DEP'T, Bee Office, Omaha. { | third, such as can be applied by legislation He suggests changes of crops, irrigation, association of farmers, economy, character of tillage and of crop. He then adverts to the sugar industry in the west, and regards it as “a new avenue open to western farmers.” He speaks of his personal visit to the sugar factories and beet farmers in Nebraska, Kansas, California and Utah Speaking of this great national industry the report says: SUGGESTIONS AS TO SUGAR. “Among the advantages attaching to this Industry fs that the farms may be small and tho profit fair. A few acres of suitablo ground Is enough to neatly support an aver- age family. Five hundred ten-acre, fifteen- acre and twenty-acre farms, spread out with a 690-ton factory in the midst, brings the people close together in communities; they are farmers, manufacturers, merchants, teachers—a complete soclal body, a village of farmers and their helpers where all the advantages of towns may be enjoyed out on the farm “It i not to be expected, however, that farmers will or can go into the business of manufacturing sugar without the assistance of men who have or can procur dy money to invest in the enterprise, and such men will not move in that direction without study and carcful preparation. Nor will they engage in it all unless they expect to profit by the transaction, and this brings before us the obstacles to ho overcome. In tho first pla there are few trained sugar makers In the United States who are not now employed every hour of their time. Nor is there a school in the country devoted to teaching the art of sugar making. And we have no men who understand how to handle sugar making machinery except such as are now busy at work in factories already established. What is still more in the way is the fact that farmers have to learn how to raise good sugar beets, and there is the beginning point. “The ground requires special preparation and special tillage. Planting the seed and taking care of the plants requires much 1ous and hard labor, and all these things be learned under instructlon of ex- perienced persons. It would not be prudent to begin the “erection of a factory until after the farmers who expect to supply the beets had at least one year practical ex- perictice to Justify an estimate of what y do. cquire this necessary experience is a costly proceeding—not to the farmer, because lic can use his beets for cattle feed, and he has improved his land by more careful till- age than he ever gave it before. But the projectors of the enterprise or they who are expected to furnish most of the ready money and the business management will take no risks without well grounded ex- pectations of making a good reward some time, and they must wait to learn how the farmers succeed in the first move. ““The early success of the beet sugar in- dustry in the United States largely depends on state and national legislation. ~ The hia- tory of beet sugar in the United States is not unlike that in foreign countries. Dis- aster and failure resulted from our first at- tempts, and no small amount of capital was swallowed up. The early experience of our venturesome capitalists in behalf of this in- dustry commenced in 1828 and ran down through 1863, 1879, culminating in our recent and suce ful efforts. “The beet sugar producers of this country aro laboring under many disadvantages at present; educating the farmers is alone ex- pensive; labor is a great factor and the in- ability to market what is known as the “by products,” together with high freight tariffs and the sharp competition from abroad, malke the industry but a struggling financial experiment as yot. These “by products” are of material value in increasing the cost here of sugar. They consist of the pulp, which is extensively fed to cattle in Eu because it is very fattening; worth there $1.25 a ton, given away here when 25 cents cannot be obtained for it. Our farmers have not yet come to realize its real worth. Then we have the potash salts and the lime cale, used abroad by farmers for fertilizing, and liberally paid for, while in this country it is an item of expense, as it must be hauled away from the factory.” WHY A BOUNTY WAS GRANTED. The report then goes on to show the rea- son why congress changed its duty susar policy to the bounty policy, in 1890; among the causes being that we desired to bulld up our own sugar industry, keep from $105,000, 000 to $116,000,000 at home every vear that we now send abroad for forelgn sugar, re- duce a “surplus” that then existed, give the people cheaper sugar and open an avenue to the western farmer for a new and profitable crop of beets or sorghum. . The report shows that the bounty method of encourage- ment has increased cane sugar production as follows: Between 1880 and 1885 the in- se was only 7 per centj-from 1885 to s 33 per cent; from 1890 to 1892 it was 25 per cent, and from 1892 to 1893 it wi 60 per cent, and over that fn 1893 to 1894, while beet sugar production increased per cent between 1880 and 1885; 35 per cent in the next five years, 200 per cent in 1891, 240 per cent in1892 and 200 per cent in 1893, The report proceeds: “It was costing the people so much for sugar that congress, in 1890, determined to remove the duty on foreign sugar below a certain grade and enter upon a fourteen-year experiment to determine whether in that time we could not build up a national sugar industry in the United States and whether our own people could not in that length of time make all or most of the sugar we con- sume. It was enacted that during these four- teen years a bounty of 2 cents should be paid y out of the trea v to manufacturers r for every pound they should make a certain standard, and 1% cents a pound on sugar below that standard. The maunufacture of domestic sugar has lar increased since that law was if it is allowed to ran its couw by limitation American manufacturers ought to be able to supply most ofthe sugar we need at prices as low as it can be furnished to us by forelgn manufactu 5, but whether {hey reach that point or not the people will have, after that, all their sugar at the lowest price that it can be produced for any- where in the world and laid down in our warehous “Whether the bounty should remain in force until the expiration of the time named law is purely a matter of business to A by ou Ives in our own in- Leres It the policy of protection to manu- facturers is to bo maintained, the mitteo 15 of opinion that it would be chea to retain the bounty than to abolish it and restore the duty, for the rate is the same-- about 2 cents a pound. All foreign sugars of overy grade ought to be admitted free for all time; and If our home manufacturers cannot, In eleven more years of protection, succossfuly cope with German and French sugar-makers, they can go out of the busi- “The and expire in the ba dete! of money pald as duty on imported into the United the 100 years prior to 1890, when the duty was removed as to all coarse sugars, 18 very large. It amounted to about $750,000,000 from 1875 to 1890 ‘Byery dollar of that was paid by the con ners of sugar in this country. Our own manufacturers never made ciaough sugar to affoet the price. Our average annual pro duetion from 1880 to 1886 was about 200, 000,000 pounds, and the average annual im- porta durlig the ¢ years was mor tha times that much. O eley o 8 that wo ¢ a wo pound ourselvas and Im A ten and wo puld the average duty of pound on il of it, both foreign and domestie; paid it e the duty was added to tho price. Without duty the price would have | that much less. If the law had not hoen alterad were now paying the same duty that was paid under the old law, our sugar in 1893 would have cost us Iy if not quite §72,000,000 more than the atity of 1 ugar would have cost hounty cost u aur domestie pro; by the time the bounty law would ite own terms, should be as much now fmporting, the bounty pay 1 be very large, but even In that we would not have pald in hounties during the whole ffteen years half as much would have pald in duty had the Jaw ot been altered and nobody bolieves we ould have got free sugar at all had not a tomporary bounty equal to the duty b provided, SOME FIGUR “In considerin boetter (o retain the present law pire by its own lmitation, in than to repeal it and leave our sugar makera suddenly in open cowmpetition with forelgn manufacturers, it Is woll to louk at the Ject from every practica \dpoint. There ught to be no sentiment in a matter so im- portant as thix “The consumption of sugar iz the amount forelgn sugar States during Dounds, conts a 1 the a8 we S ON CONSUMPTION. th tion whether it is and let it ex 1905, rather United States 1892 was about 4,000,000,000 pounds, At the average duty of 2 cents a pound, our sugar that year would have cost us $80,000,000 more than free sugar. The bounty paid on the domestic sugar crop of 1892 was $9,375,130.88. Had the old law re mained, our sugar would have cost us $70,. 000,000, in round numbers, more than it did cost us, “Put_in another form, allowing for differ- ences between wholesale and retall prices, we have: Total consumption United States in Willett and G Average price b in the o of 1892, o in aceording pounds 1600 Wi 4,116,082,240 ore 814 43,606,858 verage Total cost to co Under the bounty policy has been but b4 o the Difter Out of this we il Have pald a 3-cent duty on our nports tin 18, Also the bounty, s 109,000 10,000,000 2,000,000 And we have left consumers 5 he per capita consumption 3 pounds. A family of five would have consumed say 321% pounds, which would have cost under the duty policy, $26.79 1-6, and under the bounty policy, $17.65%, a difference of $8.13 22-24, enough to pay the taxes of many a farm “This difference In cost the old and new policy increases as the pro- duction increases on the basis stated. So that under the bounty policy a very much larger sum would remain in the pockets of the consumers and taxpayers than the total bounty or the bounty for any one vear. For instance, if the people were called on to pay 8 1-3 cents per pound for the sugar, they will probably consume, If the price is low in 1905, 5,440,000,000 pounds, at 8 1-3 cents, would be £453,330,000; at 5% cents it would be $299,200,000; at 6% cents, it a duty of 1 cent per pound was put upon sugar, it would be $353,600,000. . So that in either event the people in 1905 would be gainers of from $153,000,000 to $100,000,000. If the dual pottcy of 1 cent duty and 1 cent bounty was adopted, then in 5, out of the $100,000,000 of difference the revenues could receive about $25,000,000 and the bounty be fully paid. “The statistical abstract shows that prior to 189001, In about forty-one or forty-two years, the people paid in duty on sugar the enormous sum of $1,150,000,000, and that we sent abroad for sugar in that time, in gold or its equivalent, over $3,500,000,000. EFFECT OF FREE SUGAR. “If the policy of free sugar, or without any protection to our domestic manufac- turers, 1s to be inaugurated at this time it would doubtless have the elfect to check the development of our sugar industry; for, while existing factories might be able to cripple along in the face of foreign com- petitors so strong as to be able at ail times to control the price in our own markets, no prudent capitalist would care to enter the fleld as a beginner so long as he could make his money earn 3 per cent interest in_other enterprises. “But we beg leave to submit, that as long as the people maintain a protective policy as to manufactures of cotton, wool, iron, wood, clay, rags and other articles in a thousand forms, it is no more just than it Is patriotic to close the doors against farm- ers who sce a profitable busincss open to them, if the government will assist manu- facturers to develop the sugar industry as it has helped other classes of manufacturers to develop other industries. All the farmer needs is fair play.” The remedies for the ovils sct forth in Senator Peffer's report, so far as they can be remedied by congress and the states, are: A warchouse and grading system; equaliza- tion of state taxation; an improved system of government crop and market reports; ab- olition of options and futures; consolidation of the transportation business; improvement of our monetary system, and divoreing the government from the moneyed interest. The report as a whole is considered a fair and able presentation of the cause of agri- culture in its many phases, and while all men may not be agreed upon all its sugges- tions, it is a document bound to receive widespread attention and thorough reading. It is considered as completely overthrowing the prejudice created in certain quarters by demagogues against the domestic sugar in- dustry, the present policy belng the cheap- est for the people and the wisest for the government. In the pockets of ¥ $34,6 in 1802 was of sugar under e Pills_that cure sick headache: Little Early Risers. e THEY WANTED TO LYNCH HIM. DeWitt's Three Thicves Attempt to Steal the Cash Boxes at a Ball. There was a ball at Germania hall Satur- day night that ncarly terminated in serious violence to a thief. The ball was given by the Bavarian so- ciety and was largely attended, The pro- ceeds from the sale of tickets were good and, augmented by the money spent for re- freshments, made quite a neat sum. The whole was in a cigar box in the rear of the counter and only the barkceper was allowed to handle the cash. As the ball wore on the box was becoming fuller, and it became necessary to make use of an- other, and this was placed right beside the first, The nickels and dimes of the hungry and thirsty soon began to make a favorable impression on this one and It began to fill up. ar the ending of the ball three strange mon entered the room where the money was and bought' three drinks of beer. For this they paid and then they bought more. Then they left the room and were seen to mix up lerably, and often re- sometimes the three would come alone and sometimes they would bring a friend. This was the most con- spicuous part of their movements, still but little attention was paid to them, and in fact in the hall they were not noticed as much as when in the drinking pavilion. ‘clock a. m. harp they were seen to one taking a position at one side nce and one at the other. The n was missing. The next thing 3 heard was a cry, “Stop him, stop taken all the money in the with the dancers consi turned for a drink that him; drawer, With the w » words all was consternation in the hall A robber, a burglar and possibly a murderer in their midst thoroughly alarmed the folks enjoying the dance. There was a seuflling and confusion and then one man, with his hat off and his clothes some- what torn, was seen to make a desperate effort to get up the stairs, and he succeeded in doing so, as his two companions held the crowd back on the pretext that the man who stole the money was still in the basement The man reached the top of the stairs and was nearing the door when he encountered a mighty obstacle. HIs two companions were right behind him and they were doing thelr utmost to keep the crowd back, that their comrade might escape. As he got to the doorway leading Into the street and was about to make his final effort two men with brass buttons on their coats appeared. The crowd cheered as they recognized OfMcers ler and Jackman., The officers were not lonss in defluing the trouble and immediately placed the man they saw running under ar- rest Here is whe an exeiting time was experienced, The people were so desperate to think that they were robbed right under electrl lights and with such a compan. present that they were almost frantie. They on deavored to take the man from the officers and asked that they be allowed to de with him. The man pleaded with the officers to protect him from the violence of the people and he cried piteously, as he was indeed afraid he would be hurt. Ho was sent to the station, however, unharmed. There he gave his nam and sald he was a horseshoer. leny taking the money and when he was scarched only $28 was found on him. Had h P tting away with the box he first picked up he would have had $300, but in the excitement he dropped it on the foor and then ‘ook the one next to it. It was the of the money falling that aroused the barkeeper and led to the chase. Ho would. howcver, have got away but for the quick work of the police. He s s was led into this scheme by the other twe men and that th got away, He refuses o give thelr names. Of Murphy little is known - § ‘eet breath, swect stomach, sweet tem- per. Then use DeWilt's Little Early Risers. as John Murphy He did not EARTHQUAKE: AT ARCADIA Houses 8lightly \Damagod by the Shock and Peoplo Soared. o PLASTERING SHAKEN FROM THE WALLS pw il Windows Jarred as if by Heavy Thunder— Unlon Pacific Wins the First Case Growing Out of Last Summers Prairie Fires. ARCADIA The Bee)—An ceptibly felt Neb,, Feb, 25.—(Special carthquake shock was here Friday morning about 5:30, lasting over one minute, jarring the windows like heavy thunder and causing loose plastering to fall to the floor. to per- TRIBUTE TO AN OLD SOLDI . E Troop, Sixth Cavalry, Presents Dahigreen with a € FORT NIOBRARA, Neb., to The Bee.)—On the occasion of his retire- | ment from the United States army February 21 Sergeant Charles Dahlgreen of E troop, Sixth cavalry, was presented with a splendid gold headed cane by the enlisted men of his late organization First Sergeant Montgomery McCormack, representing the troop and surrounded by his noncommissioned officers and men, who had quietly gathered in one of the barrack rooms, had sent a message to notify the old sergeant that his presence was urgently needed. Sergeant McCormack, in the midst of the group, delivered a brief address, com- menting on Dahlgreen's long and meritorious services, his efficiency as a noncommissioned officer and soldier, and more especlally owling to his long and faithful service in B troop, Sixth cavalry, presented him with the cane as a tribute “of respect from the members thereof and a memento of his army com- panions during the remainder of his old age. The retired sergeant thanked the boys in a graceful manner. Sergeant Dahlgreen served in the capacity of hospital steward during the latter part of the civil war. and ever since as a noncommissioned officer in various c organizations, participating in all Indian campaigns with credit to him- self and the country. During the 1876 ex- pedition he displayed much courage and zeal member of Captain Egan’s “Dashing of the Second cavalry, especially in his daring charge on Crazy Horse's camp of nearly 1,000 hostiles. And later while com~ manding a detachment in combat with a band of Indians near Chug Water, Wyo., when he gave his horse to a wounded com- rade to enable him to proceed to the rear in safety, thereby doubly endangering his own ife. After a series of trials and privations dur ing the past thirty years on the old stamplng grounds from Richmond to Savannah and the line of Mexico to the Black Hills and the Laramie plains, Sergeant Charles Dahlgreen has declded to hereafter reside in Callfornia on his well earned retired army pay, where it 1s wished by his friends he may enjoy for many years a présperéus and happy life. Sergeant o (Speclal Affairs 4t Tal TALMAGE, Neb,, i%b. 24.—(Special to The Bee.)—Miss Bessio Fuirbrother entertained a select company of fnvited guests Monday night with a delightful musicale. Barkhurst, the burber, will erect a brick building adjoining ‘the Merchants and Farmers bank to lie used as tonsorial parlors. The trial of Henry Renkin, cashier of the defunct Merchants and Farmers bank, for cmbezzlement will be heard at the March term of the district court. . A local dentist has with remarkable In- genuity made an, appllance for a patient afflicted with cleff, palate which permits of distinct speech and perfect articulation. The public schadls observed Washington's birthday ‘with approjiate exercises on Fri- ay. o Dr. J. Thurston Ganche was recently ap- pointed local surgeon for both branches of the Missouri Pacific here. North Star lodge ' No. 69, Knights of Pythias, observed the thirtieth anniversary of the order by a high five party and a ban- quet at Hotel Clifton. The public scheols, under the superin- tendency of Prof. Sublette are in a har- monious and prosperous condition. The entire corps of fnstructors are giving entire satisfaction and doing excellent work. Mrs. W. . Hill entertained a pleasant party of friends at her residence Thursday cvening. High five, music and genial con- versation filled the program and the occa- sion was one of pleasure and enjoyment. Mas a Rocord as a Fighter. FORT NIOBRARA, Neb.,, Feb. 25.—(Spe- clal to The Bee.)—First Licutenant Charles B. Gatewood, Sixth davalry, awaiting retire ment at Denver, is a visitor at the post. Lieutenant Gatewood rode into Ge- ronimo's camp of hostile Apache In. dians In (Arizona and ;alone and single handed demanded their surrender, and then under his leadership brought them to Cap. taln H. W. Lawton, Fourth cavalry, who turned them over to the commanding gen- eral, Department of Arizona, September 4, 1884. This gallant officer on May 15, 1883, with some other officers, surprised a camp of hostile Apaches under Chato and Bonito, de. feated the Indians, rescued five captives and a large amount of stolen property and horses, near the headwaters of the Bavispe river in the Sierra Madre mountains, Sonora, Mexico, During a great many years he has been in command of companies of Indlan scouts, The snow at present is about four inches on the level and the temperature has been for the last two nights 15 degrees below zero. Gordon hall is running in full blast; even the court martial room has already been used. tive. Special Tele- the opening of his quence Kfre Feb. 25. gram to The Bee.)—At sermon today Mr. Gettys, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal church, made a cutting reply to an editorial appearing iIn the Alliance Independent under date of Jan- uary 4 attacking the prayers and sermons ot certain leading Methodists made in the in- terest of rebuilding the Haish manual. THe made an earnest plea for Wesleyan uni- versity and at the close the amount appor- | tioned the Weston congregation for the r building of the manual training school was raised in two minutes The city hall was packed Friday night to hear the Washington birthday program by the pupils of the, school. The cxercises lasted over two hours and the performes numbered 150, on County Pythians Mect 1, Neb., Feb. ocial The fiyg Knights of Pythias lodg of Johnson county held their anniversar; celebration in thi® city last night. All the lodges were well represented and the e went off i “perfect harmony Jol TECUM The Bee.) { highly first pa of the ‘program was of a lite haracter and wasihell in the Seaver op: house, Short talkss weke given by promin speakers and excellent musle w 1 From the opera holisetall repa hall and to the lowart block former a reception wad held and at the latter supper was served tazull knights and their friends, over 5000 peaple being cared for Visiting delegations were met at aing b the Tecumseh military band and all wers loud in their the entertainment they received, d to Castle At the dors N, Neb., The Bee.)—The site has boen ted and purchased and work has been begun on the creamery at this plac he plant, when completed, will cost about $3,500 and wiil have a capacity for manufacturing 800 to 1,000 pounds a day. The company is assured of suffictent milk to turn out Trom 300 to 500 pounds of butter per day from the start. Stock in the concern was taken wholly by business men of the town and farmers near askia Cand Advanciog. Neb., Feb. 25.—(Special to Bx-County Clerk Vincent 160-acre farm, two mlles to a_party from Illinols for Mr. Vincent purchased this place a little over a year ago for $4,300. HILDR The Bee.) sold his fine of this place, $5,300 cash has west A considerable number of men with good bank accounts are coming o trom (he east and settling In this locality rapidly advancing in price. Mr. Enoch MecCombs will take possesion of Sam Lanning's grocery business March 1, having bought the stock and buflding. The elevator on the west side is owned and operated now by A. T. Campbel & Son. Mrs. R. M. Trumbull has been on a visit to relatives at her old lhome near Béatrice and land luI Ord Personal Mention. ORD, Neb., Feb. 26.—(Special to The Bee.) ~Mrs. T. L. Hall left for Lincoln Monday on a visit to relatives there. Misses Emma Robbins and Mabel Crom- well, who were the delegates of the Ord High school to the State university annl- versary, returned from Lincoln Monday evening. J. W. Warwick, W. R. Patty, Porry, John R. Willlams and M. E. Getter were Omaha visitors this wee Rev. John Skym of the Baptist church preached his farewell sermon Sundgy even- ing. He left Monday morning for his old home in Ohlo. Grand Island Court, GRAND ISLAND, Feb. 25.—(Special The Bee)—Grand Island's leading musical organization, the Pacific Hose Company band, ve a concert at the Bashenbach last night, which was quite well attended and very appreclated by those present. This band is a consolidation of the old Germania and Pacific bands, the best material in both having been retained. SR OMAHA'S NEW BALL TEAM. to Something About the Aggregation Manager Rourke Is Accnmuluting. Manager Billy Rourke of the Omaha ball team has been doing some tall hustling within the past few days, and has signed the following players: First on the list comes Kid Buldwin, a little catcher known to the cranks throughout the country. John Jameson and George H. Bris- tow, pitchers. Jameson s a big fellow, very speedy and more than an ordinary good hitter, while Bristow is another glant who won thirty-one out of thirty-five games pitched when in the Texas league. He has all the curves and almost perfect control of the ball. A. C. McVicker, with San Fran- cisco last season, a hard hitting and speedy fielder. Bd B. Hendricks is another fielder, He comes from the Montana league and belongs with the .300 hitters, and on the lines is unexcelled. William Driscoll is the second baseman. He was with the Ohlo league last year, and is said to be a fine hitter and base run- ner. He is also very quick in touching a man on base, and In fact comes highly recommended. Rourke also expects to sign Jack Munyan or Ed Willlams to assist Bald- win behind the rubber, and with Purton or Boyle for short, will have the nucleus for a strong aggregation. He will also have Works, the hard hitting California outflelder, or Cavanaugh of the Eastern league before this week explres. One or two more twirlers will likewise be added the roster. Lincoln has signed Ebright of the Call- fornfa league to manage their team, which will be imported almost in its entirety from the coast. St. Joe's team I almost com- plete and Des Moines has so far engaged five men. Manager Brackett of Peoria Is down cast signing his men as rapidly as possible. He wriles he will have ali his men under contract by (he 10th of March. Rock Island expects to secure a good team manager within the next few days, while Jacksonville is likewise about to close with a good man. Quincy has her full quoto ot players and altogetlier the Western asso- ciation is swimming along most encourag- ingly. to The Song of the Dickey Bird. Billy Earle is at Hot Springs. Phil Knell goes to Pittsburg. The Toledos have been dubbed the Toads. The Western league meets at Milwaukeo March 14. Jack Keenan has been Shannon for Wilkes J. J. McCloskey has jumped his contract with Lincoln, and gone to Savannah. New York will probably get both Jesse Burkett and Davis, old Western leaguers, from Cleveland. The Milwaukees repudiate the Brewers, but desie to be known Blue Ribbon Sluggers. Tomorrow the ieague magnates will as- semble in New York, and the game for 1594 will be started on its journey. The Omahas will do their spring practice principally with the Young Men's Christian association’s strong amateur team. Some additional Improvements will made at the Young Men's Christian soclation park grounds this spring. Harry Stovey, king of the old American association, has drifted into the eastern league. He will play first for the Spring- flelds. Grand Rapids and Detroit are booked for games in Cleveland in April. The cranks will have a nice breezy time of it, warbles Ren Mulford. The Milwaukee club pitchers who were given lands last season. Williams and Sheible. Manager Billy Harrington, who was in poor hiealth last summer, has quite recovered and is now ready to assume the manage- ment of some minor league club. Ren Mulford says that it is officially denfed that photos of Queen Lil will be glven away as souvenirs at the Washington club’s opentg, in honor of Grover. Both Win and Lou Camp are in the city vet. Lou goes back to Chicago in March, but as yet Win not signed for '94, but lias several nice offers under consideration. Sankey Is a name that fs famous in the evangelical world. The sweet singer has a son who Is trying to get the position of short stop on the Princeton team.—Times- Star. Billy Armour Buffalo for this year, Homestead, Pa., in a serious w Miss Polly Murdoch and several othe hurt while coasting. Arma may die. Deacon Sandy Griffin of the old Omahog; says he will quit the fleld it Buffalo insists his signing for less than he reccived Times have changed, Sandy, e days you played with us, eh? Duyal, who went around the world as the mascotte with the Chicagos and All Americas, 18 now leading the parade in the pickanniny band of “In Old Kentucky,” which appeared at Boyd's t signed by Dan title of as the be as- has signed three a trial by the Clove- They are Hastings, | outfielder signed by 5 lying at his home at He, with were the on Clarence will contain no players from the season’s New England league. They w the best men in that organiza tlon and will no doubt hold their own in the west the coming season. Manager Watkins of the Sioux City West ern league team was In the city Friday ne- gotiating with Manager McVittie for a le of early spring dates. Tom will him the dates, then, when the tin round, give him a couple of lickings to Minneapolis team ven or elght last rolls boot. The Athlotic proaching amateur the ap Nowing MeCann, have organized for cason with tl of players ham, catch cAuliffe, _ first; Waller, second; third; Knickerbocker, short; Stenzen leit; Sommers, middle, and Malony, A strong lot of youngsters. “Jimmy” Manning is the most ballplayer that ever stepped on a Kansa City diamond. The press of that city is giving him splendid support. “Jimmy" is sure to have a winner. Maybe. alsville wants to get Canavan staff again? says the Cincinnatl En quirer, They had him once and let him go to Chicago for Pfeffer. Now if they want him again they will have to shell out a good pltcher to Captain Comiskey or the little favorite will remain right here in Cineinnati How would Stratton look in red socks? Took It At 9:30 last night ing at 615 Pacific street piteh; berger, right popular on their on Rats." Mrs. Ole Oleson, resid- a dose of rough with suicidal Intent. The While it was thought s doctor said toc on ra cause was domestic would live til morning the might die at any moment EHer husband works at the distillery trouble. he Willow Springs - - Cotton M Feb. bull Liver LIVERPOOL, ragged, the iy from the markets Fupnlag Sway St g are belng / The cotton market N 3 owd COUNTERFEITING OF TICKETS Fraud by Which the Railroads Ars Robbed of Thousands Every Year, HARVEST REAPED DURING WORLD'S FAIR nies Likely to Take Concerted Action to Stop the Business—Clreumsta [ Wost (hat Schemes of the Scalper. Discourage The counterfolting of railroad tickets Is becoming o great a menace to the earnings of railroad corporations that something must bo dono shortly by the companies to put a stop to one of the growing “industries’ con- nected with railway affairs. The figures representing tho holes made in the dividends of cortain railroad corporations during the past year alone by the success of ticket counterfeiters would, probably, It st down on the debit side of the account in convine- Ing black and white, prove a staggerer to the stockholders previously unaware of their existence. For Instance, It Is claimed by those who are In a position to know, that the sum total of losses incurred by the rail- roads by the wholesale counterfeiting of tickets consequent on the World's fair pas senger traffic could not have fallen far short of $500,000. IT CAN BE DONE EASILY. These figures, if they are true, and there soems no good reason to doubt them, may well make the counterfeiter of bank notes gasp with dismay and envy at the rich har- vest reaped by his brother in a slightly different field of criminal operations. Speak- ing upon this subject the New York Times says: “The man who modernizes the phil- osopher’s stone into the component parts of prepared paper, plates and engraving tools in order that he may make money at first hand, in deflance of a government that in sists on the monopoly of such manufacture has a far more dangerous opponent to play against and a far less lucrative game to play than has the certainly less fascinating forger who gives himself un to the easier task of deceiving ticket agents and rallroad con- ductors. It is a far cry to the day, dating back say from the 1st of January in this present year of grace, when the anclent, if IMUSEMENTS, “Ensign “The Ensign,” Willlam Haworth's patriotte nautical drama, was the attraction last even- Ing at Boyd's, the scenes of marine lite and the stirring situations in which “Old Glory" plays no inconsequential part making an ex- cellent impression upon the large audience. In view of the strong position assumed by Admiral Benham before Rio and the sharp bark of the Detrolt's six-pounder sent as a warning to the insurgent fleet not to attempt any distruction of American property in Rio, this nautical story of an historle episode In American history, the Mason and Slidell affair, comes with particular force at this time, a sort of object lesson to the present gencration Which has yot to hear the thun- ders of war, Patriotism {s the Rgoverning theme for this story of the sea and the pictures of the gal- ;ul:! \'Iuw'rh"\;l‘!wl‘ who had “little manners, but who could fight in defense of the fla like hades,” were ved with n'ulhvlfl.‘\nl:f last night. The play Is strong In its situa- tions, “the dialogue crisp and the bit of spread-eagleism introduced quite phrdonable in view of existing conditions. The scenos are laid fn Havana and Washington, which afford a very effective setting. The prin- cipal scene fs in the third act and repre- sents a sectional view ¢ the San into with main deck and gun deck in full view It Is one of the most realistic of stuge plo- tures, and the court martial feature well worked up. The other ship scen that of the spar deck of the man-of-war, a tri- umph of stage craft and deserved the recog- nition it received. In the main, the drama has been splendidly cast, Mr. Wilson Deal playing the dual role of President Lincoln and Captain Wilkes, commanding the San Jacinto with effective 8. His likeness to the martyred president is very strong, the pretty tableau with Dot, who comes to in- tercede for Ensign Balrd’s life, being par- ticularly touching, showing that loveabla side to” the president's character, his deep feeling for children. The character of Gid- eon Welles, secretary of the navy, is splen- didly played by Mr. Sprague. Mr. Walter Edwards makes a great deal of the hero, Ensign Baird, who comes near dying for defending “Old Glory” against a renegade America Miss Frances Gaunt makes a very sweet heroine, Alice Greer one that any man would fight for. As a character bit the work of Mr. Atkins Lawrence as Coxswain Jack Dudley s particularly to be commended. There Is a breeziness about the personation of the old salt that showed to fine adva tage and he was an immense favorite with the up stairs portion of the house, who saw in this warm hearted sailor an Ideal char- acter, just such a character as you read hardly honorable, order of bank note forgers shall be able to boast that during the interval they have mulcted the community of sums whose total ‘falls not far short of §500,000." The reason for all this {s very plain and Is instructive as illustrating the difference between a government which is not one cent out. of pocket on account of a counterfeit noto and a raflroad corporation to which every undetected counterfeit railway ticket means the dead loss of that railway fare. The United States treasury, which cancels and does mot redeem a_counterfeit note turned into It by individual or bank, has under its direction a secret service bureau, one of whose chief duties it is to keep the sharpes of lookouts for counterfeiters and their out- puts. The greatest care and secrecy ia preserved in the manufacture of the govern- ment paper for bank notes and every diffi- culty that can be thrown in the way of counterfeiters by means of involved and in- tricate design and engraving, obscure but tell-tale water marks, and almost inimitable minutae of workmanship and finish are to be found on greenbacks of the smallest denomi- nation. “Railroad companies, on the other hand, with a simplicity in the manufacturc and design of their tickets, afford a broad, fair target for the shafts of the forger. Their tickets are printed on the commonest of paper, or even cardboard, obtainable by anybody and cverybody, from any and every paper house in a large city. The method and design of printing are of the simplest and can be imitated by a man who would throw up his hands in despair at the bare idea of Imitating the design of a dollar bill. In very many cases, too, the ticket clerk fills out with pen and ink, in a blank space left for the purpose, the name of the station to which the buyer of the ticket is entitled to be carried. Seeing that there is nothing in the nature of the paper or in its manufacture to betray the use of chem- icals, it is obviously the easiest thing in the world for a dishonest purchaser chemi- cally to delete the ticket clerk’s entry, and, by writing the name of a different station in the blank space, enhance the value of his tickat for several dollars. The different colors in which the various tickets are printed add little or mo difficulty to the task of the counterfeiter, used as they are on the commonest kinds of paper and cardboard.” EXTENDED THEIR OPERATION: Emboldened by their success during the World's fair, counterfeiters have extended their fleld of operations to roads not affected last year, the latest company to feel the force of a fraudulent ticket being the De- troit, Lansing & Northern, General Pas- senger Agent George De Haven having dis- covered a fraudulent skeleton coupon ticket purporting to be of the Detroit, Lansing & Northern issue on the market. The tickets are printed on bright yellow glazed surface paper, with white back and aro provided with but ane coupon.The b'okers’ plan of operation is to use these tickets for scalping business between Columbus (0.) and large commer- cial centers like Cincinnati, Indianapolls, ete. The ticket fs made to read to some point beyond the destination of the pas- senger, as Chicago, for example, and the holder’ furnished with a te order which upon presentation and surrender of the ticket, will get the holder the agreed upon difference. signature of Mr. De Haven to this fraudulent ticket is so palpa- bly false that the wonder is how a conductor could accept it. Instead of De Haven the signature reads “George D. Haven,” and is unlike any ticket in circulation by the road. It i8 understood that about 1,000 tickets wero printed, but they are In circulation on 50 many different roads that their detection is becoming a mighty serious problem to tho general passenger agent of the Detrolt, Lansing & Northern. But the heads of the passenger depart- ments of various roads have about decided go after the brokers who sell these fraud ulent tickets to innocent purchasers, and will to have congress legislate upon cstion TICKET BROKERS THINNING OUT. Broke in the west , or *‘ticket ors,” as they are politely called, are not so successful as their e ern brethren, be cause of a growing determination of western roads to surround their tickets with pro visl s that make them well nigh 1possi bl of manipulat or use by other than those distinctly entitled to their use. A rail road man laconically sald to the writer one day that there hardly a ticket in ex istence that did not have a ‘*‘scalp"” con- nected with it in some way or other, but those tickets are growing less as the’ rail oad man begins (o realize in a still greater the force of *t sum of the loc 18 now applied in making tariffs, It is a fact that where Denver had twenty- five ticket brokers one year ago in active operation there are only seven brokers now doing the business. Only the other day one of the smoothest men In the busin , @ man named Webb, had to leave the city under a loud. In Omaha the numbe ame as a year ago, but even here w in comparison to the number in Kansas City, where they thrive splendidly, due to the larg number of rallvoads centering there. But Omaha has never been a noted place for ticket as no town on the river is free from demoralization passenger as the Nebraska metropoli It is as er however, that one of the ticket brokers connected with the American Asso clation of Ticket Hrokers made $10,000 last vear out of hls Omaba business, but (:;(l ailroads emphatically deny that any with scalp- sum was made -— indigestion and biligd s Little Early Riser Cure DeWitt 1sness TREVITIES. n by turday nd Farnam the Woman stree be v f Tenth and e White 1, last night f th b t, cutting arm th ed 50 freely that it 2 woman would bleed to death Terkranz hall 18 betwes br a ga vas thought She was about in Clark Russell's tales of the ocea Mrs. W. G. Jones as Ensign Baird's mother played well, while the part of Dot was a picture of childish fnnocence in the hands of little Daisy Loveri Howard Ath teenth Streot. If anything the Boston Howard Atheneum All Star Specialty company is stronger now than when first seen here several weeks ago, Miss Lottie Collins, who heads the list of artists, reviving her famous creation, “Ta-ra-ra,” in addition to her sketch, ““The Naughty Substitute,” in which she intro- duces a very catchy dance as an encore to her new song, “Marguerite.” It would be hard to find a stronger com- pany of vaudeville performers than those now appearing at the Fifteenth Street the- ater, two large audiences tesifying to the merits of yesterday's performances. There have been no changes made in the personnel of the company since the visit of the ag- gregation to the Pacific coast and all the old favorites were received yesterday with ovations as they appeared In their several “turns.” The Athos, Lizzie and Albert, open the clever variety performance with a capital turn, their dancing being particularly com mendable. Miss Kittio Cohen sings several ballads well, and then the unimitable Lottie Collins breaks forth with “Ta-ra-ra,” filling the stage with blonde wig and convolutions of the most-sensational nature. The Xylo- phone soloists play a classical series of seloc- tions which please everybody, followed by Conroy and Fox, who gave a Jolly, clever sketch, “After the St. Patrick’s Day Parade.” Miss Collins and Mr. Christ- ian aro seen to good advantage in ‘The Naughty Substitute,” Arvillo turns himselt into a brass band and the star of the com- pany, Severus Schaffer, gives a wonderful series of balancing feats, Schaffer stands alone in his line of work and he made even a bigger hit yesterday than when here be- fore. ““Terry” closes this bright vaudeville performance with his shadowgraphs. frsigods TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIL Bishop Zardetti of St. Cloud, Minn., has ~ been appolnted archbishop of Bucharest, Roumania, An Arctic expedition with th& north pole as its object has been discussed In Washings ton the past week and will start on its jours ney soon. Ex-Treasurer S. F. Murphy o® Baker City, Ore., convicted of larceny of public funds, was sentenced to one year in the peniten- tlary and fined $8,239, double the amount embezzled. At Vineland, N. J., two lives were lost and a score placed in imminent peril by a fire which consumed a portion of the state home for feeble minded children. The victims were J. H. Sage, the engincer, and wife. A large number of members of the senior of the Denver University Law school have signed a protest to the faculty against the selection of Hon. John €. Spooner of Wisconsin as commencement orator on the und that he s not in sympathy with the people of Colorado as regards silver mining. William Farrar of St. Louis, who Las been on a prolonged spree at St. Charles, Ark., and a Mr. Dallard were shot and killed by Willlam Parker, a young merchant, Saturday night in" a drunken frenzy, at- tempted to burst in the door of the store in the rear room of which Ballard and Parker were ping. Ballard went out to see what awoke and taking M. L. Cheuvront Leonard, Mo, gony In I5 Years With 8alt Rheum Hood's Sarsaparilla Gave a Perfect Cure, 0. 1. Hood & Co., Lowell, Mass.: “ Hood's Sarsaparilla 1 an excellent medicine. 1 had cozema In my left leg for Nllen yoars. Part of iy leg Wis ono Tiass of scabs, _and about every week corruption would gather under the skin and tho scabs would slough off. The Itching and Burning sensation mado me suffer Indescribable agonies. 1 spent a great deal of mouey for different edies but diid not get rellef. “About & year aky ading Phystelans advised me to take Tood Sarsapanili. 1 i 30 and have taken B0 Hood's*=Cures tles. Now all the sores, scabs and pain have vanished and Tam eojoylng periect Lealth. T think Hood's Barsap ud Lo none anil elidly recommend it to ALILY 1. L. CHEUVRONT, Hood's Pllle act easily, yet prom rilla i 5 1l suflering hun onard, Missour) i1y ok aken to the P'resbylerian hospital. oMclently, on the liver aud Luwels, 256,