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J2 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : SUND&X FEBRUARY 10. 1800. SIXTEEN PAGES flfl . . , , . , , . . ' i i " i - ' - i I. - - ' - -j n = a flflJl I • * " THE GREAT SIOUX RESERVATION IS NOW OPEK " * * : J g - - - = A GLANCE AT THE MAP WILL'pEADILY CONVINCE ANYONE THAT . -3 : /T H ib IHWH * fc * TF" Tf ! ? Ti T * ' * ' T" " " fc F m / \ flYflVJ H mJLm wMm mmnnnmm am nmmm % t iMmmmm M H Holds the key of a position giving it undisputed control of this vast area of untold agricultural and mineral wealth , B I TS TIKES & A T3TT A T . H And has street railways , both electric and arc lights , gas works , a complete system of waterworks , US land office , a R. R. center and is the financial & commercial center W H I OF" SOUTH OAXZIOT' A . Will you invest your money in a SURE THING ? " Then buy in PARK VIEW ADDITION TO PIERRE Only % mile from business center , is high and sightly , proposed . . . . J M electric motor within one block This property has never been offered for sale BTTITLE PERFECT > H I tfSg * OUR GREAT OFFER ! I pF * TO HOLD FOR SO DAYS AND LIMITED TO OO LOTS I r 11TR * TC8i $100per lot , Jscash or 10 per cent discount for all cash Each pur- H JL JC14.JULJLT.A.v3 ! i chaser of a lot will be presented with 'a ticket which entitles him to a chance of drawing a corner lot in this beautiful addition These are old time prices Lots in addi- I REFORM THE JURY SYSTEM , H On What LinoB tbo Work Should H Bo Carried Out H DISCUSSED BY EMINENT MEN IBl The Views of Judge Nonh Davit HHJ J nil ( jo Arnoux , frcilcrlo It Cou- flBJ dort , Neal Daw , Hebcr New flfll tan and Others flfll VIchh of Eminent Mon B Thcro nro few mon in this country B better qualified to discuss the jury Bys- B torn than Judge Noah Davis His experience - | porionco on the bench and at the bar H litis beep wider than that of most jurists , H anil besides ho has inado a close study HBb of our system and its needs H The conclusion that tins eminent H lawyer comes to is that our jurysystoin H needs u cotnplolo ovorhauli up In fact , HBb Judco Davis pees so far ns to eay that IBV wo should aiuond the constitution and HBb reconstruct the whole system IHB The jury system as it now stands is HBV cntiroly unsatisfactory , " said Judco IBB Davis Nothing but a complete aud Bfl radical overhauling will have the do- IHB sired effect " • "Whnt is the course of the present Bfl discredited condition of the jury room ? " HBfl this judge was asked IBB "It arises from a variety of causes , " Bfl was the reply "In the first place it is BHfl now too easy for mon to escape perform ing jury duty There nro too many HBfl loop holes for escape Men of business HBflwho have a certain amount of influence HBfl can escape performing jury duty upon a HBfl variety of pretexts Now , ns a rule , HBfl I these very mon who are bo anxious to HBfl 1 escape performing what is their duty HBfl ' arc mon who would , make the very best Bfl sort of jurors As they escape the scr- Bfl vice that they should perform the HBfl judges in our courts are compelled to HBfl fall buck upon an inferior sort of mon " and to accept the best sort of material at hand for jurors You can readily see 1 that this in itself is sufficient to lower m the statutes of our modern jurors " flj > You would not then extend the rule flj of exemption from jury duty us has been HBfl ] suggested ? " flj "I most decidedly would not In fact HHflj . I would lake exactly the opposite HBflJ course I would make It moro limited HBflJ than it now is I would make it so that HBflJ nocitI/.un , could OBCaue serving on juries , HHHj I except for the most valid of reasons I HBflJ would have laws passed that would bo BHHJ ' so dV < lwn that every man should bo com HBflJ polled to perform this duty or incur so- HBflJ I verb punishment Under such circum- HBflJ Btanccs wo should got the very best HBflJ kind df jurors , and should pot have to BHHJ take any sort of talosmon who might bo HBflJ i found " HHJ U What do you think of the proposi- HHflJ ] tion to cmompt foreigners to a largo HBflJ extent from jury duty ? " HBflJ "I think the proposition is a bad ono BHHJ There Is no reason at all why foreign HBflJ era should be exempted if they can HBflJ speak aud understand English All HBflJ that is needed is that the juror shall bo BHHJ Bulllciontly intelligent to understand HBflJ the ovidouco given in any case So far BHHJ as the law is concerned ho has nothing HBflJ to do with that The judge will in- HBflJ struct him on that No , I see no reason HBflJ wlmtover for oxomptlng fouoign born cit H izens who can understand English " B What other reforms would you sug B gest in the jui y systomV" B There is ono very radical reform H and ohungo that I think should bo H made It would require n coustitu- H tiontil nmoudment to bring it about , but BBVJ to my mind it ought to ba done I BBVA | would have the number of jurors in BBVA | civil cases reduced from twelvoto six B There is no reason whatever why Blx H good mon cannot return as true a vor- H diet as twelve , and then it would bo H much oaslor to select the smaller H body In criminal cases the same is H true , but in these cases the number H might bo arranged by consent of the H partlos interested It would , as I say , H lie iiocossary to oh an go the constitution H in order to bring about this reform in H the jury system , but in my opinion it H would bo worthy of a trial H This is n subioct wuithy of careful H study , " continued Judge Davis "No H ono who has business in our courts now H can full to eoo the necessity for reforms H uhd radical reforms , too , In the whole H nystam of ubtuiniug jurymou There is H an nbsurd projudiuo in bfliiui quarters H against chnugiug this Uistitution.but H this ought to bo swoptaway The s.vs- H tern as it 1b , is wholly uiibUti&fnotory , H ITudor it the men most competent to uct H ' us jurymou rnroly do so , and the men H who are in n sense incompetent are H continually serving This ought to bo H changed , and if the public will but in- H t6rest iUclf in the matter through their H representatives reforms would teen fol- m H Niinled It lornm In iho 8y toiu , H In my opinion our jury system does H need rnformauon in those particulars ut H 1 , Iu the disqualification of jurors on H I account Of knowledge or information H Originally jurors were selected from the H vicinage because they had acquaintance H or know the general reputation of the H parties Their iguorauco became the H test Now , in the univor > al dUsoiuina- H tion of information , it in impossible to H tlud jurors who know nothing of mat H tors of notoriety H 2. In requiring a unaulmous verdict H under all circumstance * . la Scotland after the jury have been out for a cer tain tlmo , the court will accept the ver dict of eleven jurors , and , for a certain time longer , often Ono of the most nccompllihod members of the bar has lately proposed to have the law so amended that wlion the jury stands cloven to ono the court limy demand the reasons of the dissenting juror and pass upon him There certainly ought to bo some method dovlsod by which a jury should not bo hung up by any ob stinate , prnjudiced , unreasoning or corrupt juror Jl In the matter of challenges , which are liable to bo greatly abused WlMilAM II AltNOUX , President of the Now York State Bar . association ltelormntinn of ilia hystcn Ensy The jury system does need rofo ' rma- . tion Upon the whole it has worked and still works singularly well , all things considered No one in this state woulk abolish it , bo far as I know , in criminal cases , although there seems to bo a growing fooling that the system is cumborsonio and imperfect iu the deter mination of civil causes . Trial by jury in criminal cases is , by common consent , the only method that our people would tolerate of disposing of quostionsot fact It has long boon considorcd ono of the bulwarks of our free system of government is pro tected against invasion by provisions jeolously inserted in our state constitu tions , and it may be safely-said that no mnn , or body of mon , or political party has been or now is strong enough to venture upon the dangerous ground of seoklng to abridge it As to reforming the system , that , to my mind , would bo easy The system ( I am now speaking for criminal cases ) is in theory admirably adapted to secur ing its pronor and just end , viz : the protoctio " n of the accused , the punish ment of the guilty and the preservation of.the citizen from the oppression of corrupt or partisan judges But the excellence of the system in fact depends - ponds upon the quality of the jurors Do wo got the best men on our juries ? Certainly not And yet our best citi zens cap * find no more worthy occupa tion none more noble , I may say than taking p.irt in the administration of the law The methods , are plain and homely , the jury box not attractlvo and the surroundings not very ngrecablo to the senses , but there is a majesty about the ollico of trying a fol low being for his life or liberty which is too often lost sight of ( Query : If the juror was admonished to wear a uniform , to call himself Honor able and to sit for a term of years , would the attraction to bo a juror not become moro gonoralV ) Wo want the bC3t mon of the land.to serve as jurors IIow wp are to got them is another ques tion that I have no time to answer here ; ono observation 1 may mulce , however So lone as intelligent men road the newspapers , 6o long as they form judg ments on whut they read , and so long as the formation of an opinion is a legal ground of exclusion from the jurv box so long will It bo dillloult to till that box with our best mon , at least in cases of public iutorcst In civil cases ten ought to decide aud their verdict bo recorded inspitoof the dissentient two There should bo moro stringency in compel ling service This would of itself make the duty lighter by more general dis tribution I should not udvocato in the trial of felonies less tlmu n unanimous verdict Some otTort should bo made to shorten trials , by limiting the bound less area of cross-examinations. The prospect of sitting four or five dreary weeks in a box , in d then being ex cluded from his homo , does not increase the uvorngo cltizon's love for the sys tom tom.Much more might bo said , but time and space forbid - P. R. COUDKUT , Prosidontof , the Now York City Bar as sociation Should U > MiHltlliit , Not Ahnllishail The growing dissatisfaction toward our jury system indicates that the time for u change has como Unless a means is found for the more swift mid certain operation of justice under the majesty of constituted authority the tendency to seek justice by illegal methods Is likely to become over moro rife than It is now Why , then , should not the petit jury sytem bo modified , ooth to allay this popular discontent and the moro affectually further the ends of jus tice ? Progress implies not only the ap plication of new moans to the machin ery of social order ; it also includes the reudjuatmont of old methods to new conditions There is nothing to indi cate tlmt trial by jury has yotcrystal- izod into a completed shape Unknown to Aslalio races , it only reached its present state of dovolopmout in Eng land iu Hhj sixteenth century , and uftor u long evolution ; and since that period the principle of unanimity iu a verdict Jias been abolished in Scotland with out injurious results The Ideal jury should roprrsont the opinion of the public , supposing the pulio to ho thoroughly informed con cerning , the law und the facts in the enso , Hut it the public werp to decide upon such comjjoto information it ia altogether unlkoly ( < that the verdict would always ba uunmmaus Why then require such unanimity from its representatives , the jury ? In spite of their unanimity many vordtcts have proved to bo notoriously unjust Would they Lave beeu moro uujust if dooided by a majority of the jurors alone ? As the mutter now stands justice may be and often Is traversed by a single stupider or perjured juror The verdict ot eleven out of twelve jurors should be required iu awarding a capital conviction when the case turns I solely upon circumstantial ovldonco I Nine should suffios in other cases InI I volvlng the c.ipltal penalty , and eight in all other trials by jury , whether In criminal or civil actions The general diffusion of news by the press has so altorcd former conditions that ho must sometimes bo mentally unlit to servo a9 juror who has no knowledge or opinion whatever concerning - corning a widely known case IIouco some modification of the usual practice in such InsUincos has become essential if wo are to have intelligent as well as impartial juries Jurors also need to bo more thor oughly educated aa to their duties They should distinctly understand that they have no legislative functions Having sworn to render a verdict upon the facts as rolatol to the law their private - vato opinion of n law obuoxious to themselves - selves is entirely outside of the decision they nro roqulrod to reach Delay in arriving at a verdict would often bo shortened wore jurors tetter informed on this point Before wo talk ot abolishing trial by jury why is it not expedient , then , to at tempt first the effect of some such modi fications as are herein suggested ? S. G. W. BENJA3HN , Ex-Ministor to Persia Higher Scale of Intelligence De manded The great need of our jury system , as it seems to mois that some mode should bo dovlsod whereby unintelligent , and ignorant men should be excluded from the panel As our juries are now made up it is no uncommon thing to see among their mombcr9 some mon who would be unfit to dosido the right or the wrong of a dispute involving only the ownership ot a cart , a cow or a dog Yet juries , of which such mon form a part , are often called upon to dotormlno questions involving largo sums of money , most important rights of parties and even liberty and life I suggest no plan by which only intelligent , well in formed and upright mon shall consti tute our juries The rule by which verdicts can bo re ' ndord only by unanimous consent of the twelve mon making up a jury is often objected to No doubt there nro frequently serious inconveniences at- attending this plan , but It is not all and always bad It often happens that an Intelligent , upright and impartial jury man refuses to consent to an unjust verdict dict , to which the olovou scorn tobo ob stinately committed It often happens that such a juryman secures a verdict nearly approaching , whnt it ought to bo and then consenting to a compromise which ho bclioves to be in the interest of the parties , rather than leaving them to a continued , costly and vexatious li tigation Perhaps , by-and-bysomoplnn , maybe suggested whereby pennanont ooards of referee may bo formed consisting of thoroughly competent mon , to whom tbo duty should bo trusted of doclding questions not determined by juries NUAXi Dow In Need of Siiinn Evolution Forward My own mind has not boon drawn to any Buch close nnd careful study of the jury system as to warrant my ventilat ing my views to any extent Practical observation and reflection have , however - over , enforced upon mo the conviction that , however servicablo the jury system tom has been lu the past , llko many another - ether fcaturo of our civilization , it Is clearly in need of some evolution for ward For myself , I know of few matters - tors that would over take mo to Jaw upon which I should not prefer to hnvo the judgment of throe trained judges than that of a dozen untrninea uvorngo citizens It seems to mo that wo need to eliminate the opportunity for the sensational and sophistical appeals which nro afforded by the jury Bystora and no loss also the possibility of stupid and unintelligent nnd prejudiced judgment , which lies in the material impaneled in our jurors under our present - ont remarkable Bystora of diminution Yours respectfully , R. Hbiikr Newton For a safe and certain remedy for fever and ague , use Dr J" . H. McLean's chills and fever cure ; it is warranted to cure liovn Aiming tlie Otters An old sportsman is quoted in the Now York 'irlhuno as follows : "In Choke Creek last summer ono day I came upon two otters , one larger tnan the other I soon buw that the small one was a female aud the other a male She was shy of the big one , aud when ever ho tried to be frlqndly by gottlng uoaror to her she acted so cross that he wont back Ho got bo near once that she eulfed him and thou plunged into the stream und swam around for a wnilo Then she returned to the log und drove him back to his wwn spot "It wont on in this way quito a while , and then another male otter camb puf fing und paddling up the creek till ho btruck the pool Seeing the femaleho crawled upon the log and caressed her She seemed to take kindly to him , but the momout ho spied the other male there was war in the camp , Ono was just as ready to fight as the other , nnd while they had it hot nnd heavy on the Bhoro the femulo dived and swam up and down and squealed "It didn't take the newcomer long to Hole the other male , and the whipped otio turned tall aud scampered Into the bushes Then the tetnnlo joined the boss and nppoarml to bo proud ot him Instead of trying to meddle with them tbo desperate otter dived into the creek , caught a largo trout and Bwam to the other bank " THE CITY OF BUENOS AYRES I Conventional Idoaa ot It are Wide of the Marie ACOUNTRYOF RICH RESOURCES Its Flnanolrtl Policy , lloworer , U Very Weak ana a Crash is Im minent Manutacturlos are Badly Ncoaod In Sunny South America Buenos Aykes , Dee 14. Speolal to The Bee ] To the ordinary American the city of Buenos Ayres is an aggre gation of surprises If he has formed any conception of the city before visit ing it , it has boon gleaned from the fa miliar geography illustration of a fero cious looking horseman galloping ever the plans after a drove of those cattle , which are said to run wild over the pampas , and from tno text accompany ing the picturdjjwhlch usually consists in the statementthat , Buenos Ayres is a city of 240,006 , in habitants , and that shipping wool and hldos form the chief occupations , i" s But all these Visions are dispelled on arrival Today the residents of Buenos Ayres never see t io fabled horseman , : and the description in the geography long ago lost allits , truth For twenty five years the gaze of the United States has been turned.from her sister re public in South America to her own growth elsewhere , and .duringi that twenty-five years the Argentine Re publicans merited the attention of the world more than over before Her cap ital has become a port of the first importance ; moro deep water sailing vcssols can today be found in her harbor than in any other in the world Tweuty-ouo tines of steamships connect her with the ports of Europe , nnd two lines of refrigerator ships place her fresh beef and mutton in English raarkots at what it costs the American bnoeder to transport his to the seaboard In the month of November 1889 , the number of immigrants received into the ropubllo was 35,000 , , showing a greater per ccntago of growth than that ot any other country The city's population has increased from 240,000 to 500,000 , and her commercial competition can no longer bo despised The river Platte , on which Buenos Ayres ia situated , ia 100 miles wide , at its mouth , and in n good many respects resembles the Mississippi It is full of shoals , and although its Spanish name Rio do la Plato means The River of Silver , " it might moro appropriately bo called the Rlvor of Copper , or still bettor the Rlvor of Red Mud , for that Is exactly the color of Us waters The city may bo styled a solf-mado ono , for not only are there no natural resources to fortillzo its growth , but it is not so well located for shipping as though it were built , on an ordinary strip of sandy beach Vcssols are com pelled first to anohor Id the mtddlo of J the river , out ot sight of the city From thence they nro towed to within per hapa a mile of the shore , whore they lie from ono to two weeks awaiting their turn at the wharf When at last they are in a position to unload they are still four miles below the city proper , at a spot called the Boca , and whioh hap pens to have a llttlo deeper water than ethers Steamships remain where they first anchor , and passengers are carried to the shore in brightly painted little Btoaraboat8. The government several vears ago contracted with an English firm to build an artificial harbor next the oitv The work was begun in 1884 , and will bo completed in 1802. IU co9t will bo $20,000,000 , and it is olaimed that when it is finished vessels can land as easily as at Philadelphia or Now Or leans , When wo roraombor t how speedy has boon the trnnsfpr.matlou of Buenos Ayres from contented drowsiness to bustling prosperity nnd the lack of conservatism , wjuch is a Spanish char acteristic , the fact that the govornraont is now in a bad financial condition is not surprising 'ISuddon good fortune turned the nntlonfsbraln It would have nothing to do with prudence , and it now finds itself oji.n precipice of pros perity over whloti it must shortly foil The import trad ) tduring the last few years has increased bojond all proper portlonal dimensions , thus tondlng most ot the goldout , of the country To moot this loss Um government throe yonrs ago cstnblUlwd a national bank system coplod after that of the United States , but unfortMiiatoly they forgot to copy its most essential feature , i. o. the deposit which is , required of all our national banks for the full amount of their noto-clrculation. Thus unre stricted , the Argontlne banks have filled the peoploV poeketa with issue nftor issue of | x per niouey from fi-cont bills up which in becoming worthless in exact proportion as more is issued At present gold { 9 worth 240 per cent It la expected that it will contlnuo to rise until paper loses all its vnluowhon the country will como back to a metallic basis with a crash similar to that in the Unltod States In 1870. Despite the weakening effect whioh this must of course have , it can only chock and cannot atoj ) the countries growth Her proaponty has been no gns'intlated boom It stands and has grown upon solid commercial ground , aud the pros and further each , l he boom has j tlon adjoining away being held at $150 - - just commenced The prospects of Pierre are unequalled and its progress - H ress bids fair to be unparalelled in the history of this country H Call and make your own selections , or write H WRIGHT & LASBURY , Rooms 3 and 4 Arlington Block , Omalia y B ont condition must bo charged solely tote to bed mnnagoment The nation is like the individual The Argentinian would oxpend'his last G-cont bill to have his shoos blacked , and the Argontiue government - ornmont would have less hesitation in going into bankruptcy to celebrate the death of some saint who died a thousand years ago The government did succeed in mak ing ono good move recently when it dis charged the agents which it had boon employing to Bollctt European im migration These agents , wore paid a certain amount per immigrant , and as they allowed no patriotic desire for the welfares ot their country to intorofore with their profits , these whom they se cured have almost invariably been of the lowest and least valuable class To Ulustrato the enterprise of these mon of business , a story is told of a soapmakor whoso homo was ia the south of Italy , Although a poor man ho was doing a reasonable business , had already saved a llttlo money , nnd expected to bo able some day to retire from business and live upon the earnings of hard work But , alas , the voracious and insatiable agent discovered the soapmakcr nnd puintod lor him an inviting picture Ho said that the inhabitants of the Argentine Republic were unusually fond of tho.uso of soap and had always wished they might enjoy it , but , that unfortunately thcro was not a soap maker in the entire country , and they had no means of procuring it The , Italian.neod only go there and begin business to find himself dodging the dollars that would pour in upon him The result was that the un fortunate victim of an unfortunate system tom exchanged all his savings for a ticket to the Argentine Republic , only to find when ho nrrivod there that ho had left an established buslnoss to be gin anew , in a country where they seem to bo as well supplied with his jcohio- dity as is the ordinary clviltzod commu nity nity.That That which the country most ncods now is manufacturers with canital , and to such the most tempting inducements are olTorod Every steel rail , every yard of cloth , every agriculture imple . ment , every pin is brought from abroad generally from Engand The people are extravagant buyers , and up to a certain point the more they nay fo nn article the bettor they llkon it ; but so far the only extensive manufac tories hero are these of matches and of coruod-beof. The fact that so many ar ticles are imported wrenches prices out of all symmetrical proportion Vege tables soil for New York prices ; a quarter of beef may bo had for 50 cents in this cattle-raising country , and everything made from wool , including tallo r-mado clothing , costs only two thirds what it docs in North America On the other hand , the cost of furnish ing a house is crushing , and rents arose so high that figures can convoy no idea of their magnitude Still , 1 bellovo that , all things considorcd , modest housekeeping costs no moro in this than in cities of equal slzo in the United States Chaklks H. Piiatt 131PIET1128 , Sunday School Teacher What fa more to bo desired than great riches ! Chorus ot Scholartt Nothln' ' I Some theologians views 900111 to bo a good doal'lllco boardUK ! house coiTeo In need of something to settle thorn Protracted meetings are not alway held la church , " remarked a Brooklyn swain as ho loft the house ot his best girl ut 1 a. m. Joblot I worked for him twenty years , aud when I hoard you say ho was in heaven my interest la future bljss stoppeu right oft Minister I never see you at church now ! Joblot I've quit since old Scroouy died Minister How did that effect your at tendance ) There 1 a proposition before the South Dakota legislature to prohibit eommuiiion wine If the Uiblo ttands In the way of the prohibition politicians so much the worse offer for the lilblo Clerk of Bookstore to Proprietor What's the pneo of this book ? . Proprietor That bible ! Forty coats Clerk It is not a b | . bio ; it is an intldol work Proprietor O , 1 see Four dollars Are you your brothers keoporl" asiced a clorlcal looUing man of un irate citizen "Fulx , aa" ol comldor that a very lmportl- nent question , Blr , Oi'm in charge of the chimpanze at the parruk A Boston sign ueurs the artless inscrip tion Cigars and cicarottcs sold oil tbo Sab bath for medicinal purposes only " This is by 110 inouns had hut wo still think that the blue ribbon belongs to that proprietor of a western sUatlng rink who advertised a sacred dog light for Sunday The lords of the admlralitv have justoQl- cially reprlmandod a cadet engineer who , when asked , "IIow would you proceed to get stoatn upl" replied ! "Tightou your funnel stays and rcguiuto your funnel draught.lhun look up to our Father and say , • ! am ready to go homo if the boiler front comes out " ' Some shocking things have been said In the debate of the Presbyterians or thinus that would have been shocking If said uny- where also For instance ; The spectaelo of a young man lust out of a theological seminary pleading for the doctrine of infant damnation la enough to make one believe in It for just such cases " Ono of the latest discoveries nf science is that chowlng wlntergreou leaves will keep one awake in church Tbo good putor ; therefore , who may ai any time hereafter When preaching detect a slronu- odor of win tcrgreeoand see a malprity of bis hearers chowlng something will uud5r t nd that it Is about time to send in his resignation Some weeks ago a Pittsburg clergyman was requested by his cungregaliou to resign IuiUiad of doing no ho has Just aued the church for damages Whether this can bo palled returulug good for evil may be ques- tloaed , but if the goad man foil that he had been smitten on one check bo appears at all events u > nave turned a large oxpause of cheek , toward them in response RAILROADERS ' ODD MOMENTS Stray Gossip of the Local Depots and Hoadquartora THE NEWS BUREAU FEATURE Work or the Hallway ' Scissors nnd Paste Pot Faster Tlmo to the Coast Under Consideration Worklnc Theatres RhuntiiiKS Things have chatigod wonderfully in the past ton years , " said nn old ticket ngent in reply to a reporters invitation to diBgotgo any fresh information ho might happen to bo In possession of There was a time when it would have cost an employe of a railroad his job to bo caaght talking with reporters , es pecially if ho should bo so indiscreet as to give out any news But it is dlflorcht now , and wo got along just as well if not bettor , for you fellows are bound to get the news regardless ot our wishes 1 have frequently noticed therefore that much moro satisfactory results nro ob tained when you find oiHclah willing to glvo it to you rolioblo and straight This remindB mo that the railroad de partment has recently become ono of the most interesting features of every first class newspaper und in order to kcoP abreast of the times what wo call a news bureau has rccontly become a prominent featuro-of every well regu lated general passenger ollico Take for instance the Union Pacific ; Air Lomax has a young mnn under lmn who does noting but road exchanges and clip the railroad news from thorn The job is not an easy one , cither The number of papers received at that ollico daily is sulllciently largo to keep him busy from morning till night All the latest most importunt qows , such ns is found in every issue of the Omaha , Chicago , St Louis , Kansas City and Denver papers must bo pasted on cardboard bulletins , which are eont to the vice president , the gen orlil traffic managorand genoralTmsscn- gor agent for their perusal They are then filed away for future reference Four or ilvo years ugo the expense of maintaining such a bureau would have boon considered nn extravagant piece of buslnoss The question of faster time is at present ont agitating official minds in transcontinental - tinontal railroad circles and if their theories can bo put into prnutico great involutions may bo looked for The Santa Fo peojilo are talking of net ting on a through vcstibuled train be- twoou Chicago und San Francisco with a schedule ot sixty-nine hours , but Union PaclKc officials say it will bo im possible for them to make any such speed While It was done by the Nolllo Bly special consisting of an ouglno and ono car , that is no renson why Santa Fo managers should conceive the idea that they can put a. regular train on any such time If , however , they persist in the oiitorpriso it will bo incumbent upon th * o Union Pacific-Northwestorn to play ngainst thorn aud do a llttlo better "If forced into such a contest , " said a Union Pacific representative , "we can quicken the time of our fast mail , which now goes through from Omaha in sixty-three hours , very ma terially , in this case the reduction in time has nil boon made between Omaha and Ogden , because the Contra ! Pacific folks rofdscd to make any change in their winter schedule They have agreed to rovlso it next spring By mooting us halt way on their end of the run , T um satisfied wo can establish a fifty-five hour rucord , possibly by striv ing , fifty hours , and thus knoclc the Santa I'o out on any blult it may at tempt With lifty-llvo hours from Omalia to the coast and u corresponding reduction on the part of the Nortli- wcbtorn , in Its time between Chicago cage and Omaha , wo could easily make the Chicago Sun Francisco run in thirty-eight hours and there is not a road lu the country that will admit of faster speed thun that It would bo an uvorngo , includ ing stops , of forty miles an Hour " Whether the S'tnta Fo carries its proposition into olloctor not the Union anu Contrnl Pacific lines propose , probably on March 1 , to adopt anew time table , ono that will make a num ber of important chnngos , A p-ontloman high up in railroad cir cles mndo rather a startling declara tion relative to the withdrawal from the InterState Commerce Rail way association of the Union Pacific and Northwestern roads Said ho : Ever slnco the trnlllo combination between these two corporations the "Gentleman's agreement , " so-eiillod , has been a dead duck and ull freight men will toll you so , I believe Hint deal wasnlade pur | sely to kill It , and nothing in my oxnorleuco ever succeeded so neatly , Chairman Wulkor's , docison | could not have boon dilTeront in its effect Had ho do- elded against the complaining lines the result would have beeu the same , only that then , instead of the Union Pacific and Northwestern , it would have boon the Milwaukee , Rook Island , Burling ton and Santa B'e which would have withdrawn Call it a conspiracy or anything elsa p 1 ' - " - - I • HH you please , but I Am satisfied all the BBVJ western roads were accomplices und 'BBVB knew before they opened IIro 011 onoBBVB another whnt the outcome would bo " | BBV A Milwaukee representative assorts BBVB that the Union Pucific-Nortlivrcstcrii BBVB combination has proven the best .flBBB thing for his road that BBV over happened Ever Blnco it went r j BBVB into olloct , " said ho , our road has BBVB been taking moro tons of freight cast SBVl from the Missouri river than the NorthBBVfl western , which is proof enough that BBS ! the alllanvo has not got such complete BBVfl control ever the distribution of trailio ' BBVl as some people might suppose " BBVfl Then why did you take part in pre SBVJ [ erring charges against the combine SBVJ tion if it was bonofitting your line so BBVl BBB Because there was a principle In- BBVJ volvod that had to bo settled " BBVJ The business working theatrical t BBVJ custom has become quito a. line art f BBVJ among city ticket agents of the various 1 BBVJ roads centering in Omaha Jack Dow BBVJ Hug who represents the Burlington ; BBVJ Jim Preston of the Milwaukee ; George BBVJ West ot the Northwestern , and James BBVJ Dobovoiso of the Rock Island , nro build BBVJ ing up great reputations in this line BBb among the profession ; und if some of BBVJ thorn dent ' go on the stage before they BBVJ got through it will bo quito strange BBa Dowling scorns to have the lend , though . .BBVJ Wise is pressing him closely Being \ lAVAl married men Preston aiid Dobovoiso . V ' r 'BBVJ don 't got the opportunity tlit.t Dowling % w J and West have to got acquainted with ittBBt BVJ i the actors , actresses and chorus glris * J | r | Because a very chic little vocalist iu BBr BBVJ the Aronsou company was heard to say r BBVJ that Dowling was the nicest follow she T BBVJ ever met , ho succeeded in getting $ S,000 1 BBV out of the manager for transportation 4 BBV for the company to San Francisco aud L BBV t BBVJ It has virtually bcon decided by lead yh" BB | ing railroad men that the future pass . \ BBVJ cngcr , mail and baggage cars will ho 4 BBh b'lilt of stool A factory for the con BBhJ struction of Buch cars is now being cs- SVH tablished in Chicago that will , it Is W BBV said , rival the great works at Pullman W ' BBV The quality of stool to boused is impcr- BBSj vlous to rust , susceptible of the highest B flBV polish and not liublo to contract and M BBB expand under the inllucnco of varying V BBB temperatures A postolllcu car of this M BH character is now in use 011 the V BBB Motion route nnd has thus far BBB proven a great success Having boon | jBBj approved by the United Status * . , Bfl postollleq department it Is understood 2 * . BV that as soon ns the Chicago concern is 00HWBBB ready to turn thonf out nil cars now in r k ' x use i'u the fast mail service between jp BBB Chicago dud San Francisco ever the BBj "Q" and Union Pacific roads will bo reBBfl placed by steel ones BBj The switchmen of Omaha , especially BBb these belonging to lodge No 11 , are BBl proparlng for their fourth annual ball 1 Bfl which will be given on the evening of * BBl Fobruury l'J , at Exposition hull Very BBl neatly printed Invitation cards have BBl been sent out and the preparations in- BBl die ate that it will be a grand affair BBl ' • B BJ KDUCAIIO.VAU H fieortro William Curtis has ueen elected BBJ chineollor of the New York State unlvor- slty -BBJ Students who use tobacco In any form are BBJ denied admission to tao university of thu Pa- BBJ cllic ut S.ui Joit ) , Cal BBJ It U said that the University of Michigan ' Bfl Is the only college lu the United Status la SHI which the principals of drumatio composition _ sJ fca _ B J • B BH The Juniorsnt Auihorst are thinking of , H giving 11 Greek play at their nonior dratnat- " " J ics , und huvo uppaintcd a committee to con shier the advisability of the step J Two young ludlos have been dismissed BBJ from the State Normal school ut liridKB- BBJ water , Mass , because they rufuaed to giv f BBJ up tricycle riding at the command ot the ' BBJ principal B | Tim second term of Evelyn college , Prin- BBJ coton , begun febrimry 11 , and promises to , BBJ bo the most successful In the short history r BBJ of I'rincotnn's ' college for young ladles , ] l'residont Mcllvaiuo reports thirty-eight . ] students at the college lj < AVJ Buddhism Is spreading to a considerable { BBJ extent among the femulo graduates of tbo | BBJ universities und other young people of cul- BBJ turo in Kuropu , and the fact is being laid at JBB tbo door of Max Muller , who is charged with . BBJ having first Drought that religion to the at < tentlon of iho Christian wjirld His defeiiu- isrs ay that the convortsuro mode chiully by Hindoos wno como froul Judla to attend the | BVJ universities t flBj In accordnnco with tlfo Instructions of the I Bfl Cultus Minister of Prussia , Inquiries have | Bfl been made as to the facts and statistics of { the various stlpendiu for students support 1 flH in connection with the mno universities of I BB that kingdom It appears on an average lit ) per " " 71-i ' H cent of the students la all the faculties re- T • 1 cnlvo support In this way , und fully-lu per . 1 | H cent of tno students uro unable to pay-tho 1 full expenses of the course 1 Nearly 00 public school teachers are In- } H torpsted 111 arranging for a teachers fair to { fll bo hold In Mew York next fall , under the auspices of the Teachers mutual benefit as- sociatlop The object of the fair will be to secure a poriuunent fund for tbo association , | H which Js organized to insure teachers an an- | J | nuity which will cuublo them to retire from flj teaching after tliirty-flva years of servlco fl | A. 11. DeFieeoo , who will mauago the fair , fll believes that It can ba so conducted as to H souura at least $100,000 for the fund ot the , flj | association , The new prosldent of tbeColuinbla col- HJ logo , Or , Low , lias an odd view of tbiugs , I says the Detroit Free Press Speaking iu H the college chapel Friday last , he said he | l SI could conceive of ua better evidence of dove < 1 fll lion to the interests of their alma muter i4 fll than that shown by certain students who (2 ( flj | fainted In their boat last summer by reason * YJflJ of ever exertion in the effort to win tbo InJHSW'H ter-collegiato race How would it have flflVV 9J1 been hud they fainted through over-study ia , fl * vftflfl the effort to win eminence In scholarship 't | /U and to add to'the reputation ot their colleges | J flj by increasing the knowledge aud olovallug 1 fl | the thought of the worlil I flj