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About Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922 | View Entire Issue (Feb. 26, 1890)
- " - - " M 4 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : WEDNESDAY FEBETJAR1 G 890 p" I • T * . PACTA " BEE H E. ROSEWATER , Editor H PUBLISHED " EVERY MOBNINGh H Tr.Il.M8 OF SUIISCIUPTtON Hi Dally anil Sunday , Ono Year tlO on HH Plx month * . ft 04 HH Three Months ! H HH Hunrtny llpn , tlno Year S ( U H A\eetly ilee , One Your with lremlum . . . ! M HH OFFICII HH Omrlm lleotfulldlng HI hlcagoOIIIce , M7 Hookerr miUdlng , HI Naw York , Itoornn II rind 15 Trlbnnn IHllldlng Washington , Mo Ml Fourteenth Street , HHl council limits > o. 12 Pearl Street HJ _ Bouth Omaha , Corner N and Sjth Streets H conunsi'OM nrNcis HJ AH communications relating to news nnil edl- HI torlnl mutter fchould Domtdrensed to tnolidltor- HI lsl Department HH nnsiNr.sa r.in-rr.im. • Alt mislnenslittcrs nnd remittances should bo addressed to The ties Publishing Company , Omaha Drafts , checks and l'ostorflce orders Hi to be tnano payable to tUe ordorof the Company , The Bee PnWishing Company , ProDrictors HH lift ; llulldliig rnrnftm andHcvotiloenUi Streets H THE BBC ON THE TRAINS | Tliero lRnooxcUROforafallurotoRotTiiEHER HHI cm the trains All noWRdenlers bnro been not ! ' HI fled to carry a full supply , Travelers who want . Tilt : lire und cant get lion trnlna whom other HI Omaha papers nro cnrrlod are requested to | i JlOtlfj-TlIK llEf . . . . . . . HHW I'lrase bo particular to give In nil cases full HHW Information as to date , railway and number HJHI oftialn M ' the d1ily bee _ j Fwiirn Sinlctin'iil ot Circulation | Flatoof Nebraska , I. , , HHI County ot Douglas | HI droi-jo II Tzscuuck secretary of Tun nee HHI Publishing Company , does solemnly awoarthftt HI thoartunl circulation of Tin : Daily Ukk for tlio HH | week endlne February \ JS'JO , was as follows : HH | Hnndav Fob lfl ' 'l.nOO HI Monday , I nb 17 l . : i HHI TuexOay Feb 18 lll.llll HI Wednesday , Fob 1 10.181 I Thursday , hob SO lO.r.13 HH | I Friday Feb 21 lO.nil JH Saturday , Feb.S ! 19KK HjJ * Average 10.8011 HJW 8 GKOItOF II Tzscnucrc ] ! 1 " Swoin 1o before ine nnd subscribed to In my HHH 1 preseaco tills M day ot February , A. D. 18SI0. HHH , ( Seal ] N. P. VB1L. I HH Notary Public J I , Etnte of Nebraska , I. . HHH J J County ot Douglas \ • * „ G corgi , 11. TzscliucK , being duly sworn.de- H | peers nnd saya that ho Is secretary of Tug IIee Hi 1'uDllshlnR Couipauy , that the actual avoraga HH1 daily cttculatlou of Tin : Daily IlfK tor tuo I month nf February , IMP uasltMttn copies ; for HHH March 1BK1. 18.KM copies : for April 1880 , 18r > ru HH1 roplcstor ; Mny , 1R8H. 18f,98 copies ; for Junelb89 , HHIS.K < H roplesfor luly 191 , lH.73Scoplosfor ; Auk HH1 unt lffi lHfsil conies : for Pentcmbei IKS ! ) . 18,710 H copies ; for October , 1K < , 18,107 copies ; for No- HH1 vember , 1880,10iID : copies ; for December , 1S3.1 , HHI' ' 0,018 copies ; for January , 1800 , V.IJM copies HHI i fiEonnE n. t/sciiuck. HHI , Sworn to ucforo me and subscribed in my HHI1 1'ivionce ' this lull day of February A. D. . 1800. HHI , [ Seal.l N. P. Fkid , Notary Public : it , , , , , HJ' Tut : hilarious breezes RtlrrcQ up in Hi the Windy nro cxcus.iblo , considering > j the provocation H > Attiiouoii Now Yoric claimed to H liuvo a moi'tgugo on the country , it fails M I to impeur on the congressional record jP Ko\r lot Chicago nnnox Now York Hj [ tind St Louis and its position as the H M metropolis of the western hemisphere B a will bo secure M § Tim sudden turn bio in the tomporn- H { j lure in this section was 3oubtles9 pro m U cipttutcd by the vigorous warmth of the H j local campaign in Council Bluffs M F0ltii0K archltocts claim crodlt for a H Btnrtling innovation in the building H line the orcction of pnpor hotels in H Swif/erlnnd. This Is clearly an in- H frlngomonton Omaha's patent , and the H authors should be promptly prosecuted B I It is a miiltor of congratulation that H < the location of the worlds fair removes B' it from the mint of political scandaU i J The pooulo of this country are not j J ready to entrust an oxhibitiou of its in- | ' , chistriul dcvolopmont to the political H • bosses of Now York H By ait moans arm the city detectives H • with dnrk lanterns Our incipient GaB - * B Viorhiux should bo provided with flasb- M ing lights to guido thorn through the H dnrk mid devious paths where cocktails H llout and schooners navigate the mahog- B any , The sloutlis should bo protected H from the pHlalls at the back door , H I Asiid the confusion of conflicting ro- H | ports from Washington rognrding the 1 t Omaha publlo building site , itis plainly B j evident thin the government will not H J begin work on the plans until it secures H j title to every foot of ground in the H | block , Unless every property owner H i accepts the pneo llxod by the unprals- H j ursnnd tendered by the government H j the now postolllco will bo hung up in- H ilollnitoly _ H Di:5lociATS : ! were not backward in do- H nouncing Sponkor Hood as a ' 'rovolu- H tiouist " "c/nr " " " " " , / , despot , tyrant and H like cplthots , comprising the stock in B ; trade ' of agitated fillibustors Thodom- | | ; ocratic speaker of the Ohio house has H boon invested with grontor power than Hj Spenkur Hood , and iB oxorciBing it\vith | | nil the force of blind partisanship , yet B there is a painful sllonco in the uomo- H * crntic camp No party man or paper fl 1ms denounced him as u despot " M i .Tun prospective opening of the Chor- M ol 'oo strip to settlement pi-omlsos to M create a rush equaling the raid on Ok- H luhomu lloomors are gathering on the H bprdor in droves , although no dofluito B rirruiigoinotit has boon in ado by the H govorniuont to add the strip to the pub H lie domain The loaders imagine that H by raiding the forbidden laud they will H * cxpodlto action But the authorities | are not in a mood to bo trlflod withund H any ntlompt to trespass on the laud will H bo vigorously repelled by the military M TlIK destructlvo dam-hurst in Arl- 1 ronu is almost u ropotltloaof the Johns H town calamity Advices about the dis > H * aster are yet incomplete The number of fl llvos lost is departed as ranging from H liftcon to fifty The davitstutoil valley H was spni-boly settled , but a vast amount M of property was swept away by thoM M Hood Like the Conomnugh Inko dam , H that in Arizona was constructed of H the cheapest inutorlul , the snving H pf a few dollars being rognrded by H j the uon-rosident owners ot more 1m- H , portapco than the llvos of their om- * | ployos aud settlers As a consequence H a sudden rush of water Into the roscr > H voir swept nwuy the dum and sent u ro- H elstloss torrent through n narrow rock H bound valley The Arizona disaster , H ! following that of Conomaugh , is a H ) Boloinu warning to state and territorial H | " * nuUiorltioa to provide ugalnt-t their ro- H I ctirraiice by prohlbitiag thu uonstruu- H [ tgn ! of those dnstructivu death traps H Jf thut is not done , publio 6uourlty Uo- H znauds that the authorities approve the H plans and inatorisls used in dams and H jupurvieo their coostructlou HJ H L _ _ > i aaHaiaiiBaMHBMHHi inn loxg and snonr of it For moro than thrco months promt- nont publio mon in this state hare boon wrostllng with the problem of dovislng ways } and menns to enable the Nebraska farmer 1 to market his corn crop at a price ' that will pay him for rnising the product 1 nnd hauling it to the nearest railway ' station It hits been manifest from the outset that i . a grout donl of the racket raised in i bohhlf of the producer was purely political and selfish Mon who do not onro a continental about the farmer and pnpois that linvo always fought the bati ties of the monopolies at every critical juncture have boon loudest in their pro testations ngnlnst oxtortlonnto freight rales and clamored most vociferously for a i reduction The intelligent Nebraska farmer dis counts . all this sort of claptrap for what , it i9 worth , nnd takes little stock in n spontaneous ' outburst that is inspired solely ' with a view to capturing his Bup- portin the next campaign On the ether ' hand tno producer fools grateful even for small favors from thoeo who are known to bo least dlsposod to sym pathize with him in his distress So far the nnti-monopoly spasm has given our armors no roiiof The trivial concession of a ton per cent reduction nmdo by the railroads is like si drop in the ocean Nor do wo expect nny roiiof from the bill introduced by Sonntor Paddock to make the long nnd short haul clause of the interstate law moro clastic The bill docs not confer power upon the interstate cominerco commission to ' establish a freight schod ulo It simply permits the commission to sus pend the long and short haul clause whenever , nfter duo inquiry , it ascer tains that the cost * of hauling western produce is covered by a lower rnto than that charged at the tlmo It is loft entirely with the railroads to determine what the rate should bo and very natur ally they will ojuct nil the traffic will boar , excepting when they want to dis criminate in favor of a given locality era a particular patron This arbitrary privllogo which the railroads formerly oxcrcised to the dotrlmout of the great majority of their pitrons was the nritno incentive for the interstate commerce law law.Tho The key note to the situation has been furnished by the railroad managers thomsalvcs They have adroitly confined their recent reduction on the lines in Nebraska west of the Missouri They assert that they cannot reduce freight rates between Omaha and Chicago without reducing local rates Jn Towa In ether words they proclaim that the only way to leliovo the Nebraska farmer is a cut in the Nebraska local rates This is the pivotal point on which the corn rate problem hinges The local rates in Nebraska must Do materially reduced Reduce the short haul to the Missouri five cents a bushel and you have reduced the long haul to Now York five cunts Such a reduction is within reach of the Nebraska farmer If the state board of transportation does not make it now , tho'Nobraska farmer will make .it next winter in the , lsgislaturo A material reduction of local freight rates will not merely solve the surplus corn problem , but it will afford perma nent relief to Nebraska wholesale dealers and manufacturers It would answer their demand for a through rate from Chicago that will equal the sum of flio rate from Chicago to Missouri river points added to the local rate from the Missouri westward Reduce the local rates west of the Missouri and the railroads will not bo able to make t , cheaper rate froin Chicago to interior points west of the river than the sum of tbo local rates between Chicago und the towns and cities in the intoner That will place the Chicago Jobber on an equal footing with the Omaha , Lincoln , Fremont , Grand Island or HastlngB dealer This , in our opinion , is the true solution of the vexed problem DISPOSAL OV VOIXT OMAUA The interviews of Thk Buns Wash ington correspondent with the members of the Nebraska delegation 'n congress show the m all to bo favorable to the idoaof the government coding the site of the present Fort Omaha to the state for a military academy The fact that the bill for the relocation of the fort provides thut the present bite shall bo sold and the proceeds applied to the payment for the now site is regarded by two ot them as porhups a serious obsta - clo , but it is by no means insur mountable As Mr Con neil very clearly nxplainod , there is nothing thut , renders this notion irrevocable or compels - pols congress to adhere to it On the BituiQ principle that congress changes at pleasure an appropriation for ii pub lic building , it may nltor at will the luw providing for disposing of the pres ent site of Fort Omaha Another diffi culty suggested is that congress may not look with favor upon the proposal to i code the old fort to the state on account , of the precedent This appears to us to , lo the lcustsorlous of the considerations i that might bo oxnoctou to inlluonco , the judgment of congress in the mat ter How many cases are there in which the government obtained lands for nny use under circumstances similar to those of the donation to it of the Fort Omaha sltoV They must bo very few , and if bo , what is to bo feared from the precedent that would bo ostnbllshod in coding that site to the state for a spo- clflo purpose In which the whole coun try has at loa3t an indirect intorostr But If it were possible for u like case to , uribo in every state of the union thut would not bo i\ good ronwm why con gress should not make u precedent in the enso of Nebraska , for it ought to bo the policy of'tho govern ment to liberally aid ami encourage the i ostubhshment in the utatos of institu ' tions for instruction in military Bclonco It Is for the gouoral interest that this brauoh of education bo extended , so that the military spirit ot our people i shall not bo allotted to dlo out The site of the old fort is nioit admir ably adapted for a first class military noademy The grounds are umplo , the location beautiful and healthful , and i all the accommodations for Buoh an in ' stitution are ready As Tin : llv.tt has i heretofore said , if the provision i ot ( the law for the subdivision of < the Blto Into lol < , and Its sale to the boat bidder , is carried out , tlio | government will realize n , compnra- tlvolysmall | revenue from It Purchas ers < will mnko no account of the im provements ] , and even the larger build ings ] will bo sold for far loss than the vnluo < of the material that is lit them It ; will almost certainly bo a snerinco on the i pt.rt ot the government froin which speculators i will reap the benefit But If | ceded to the state this bountiful site will i become the permanent location of an i educational institution that would onnblo , young mon not only of Nebraska , but ot neighboring states , to obtain a military ; oaucation and training llttlng thorn for the service of the government if over it should need them in its defense - fonso , and would furnish mon disposed nnd qualified to kcop nllvo nnd nctlvo the military spirit of the people NebrasKa is a soldier stnto The sen timent of Its people would bo largely in favor of establishing a military academy omy if the government ceded the site of Fort Omaha to the state , because in that enso such an Institution could bo conducted at un annual cost not ex ceeding twenty thousand dollars Many of the Sons of Votornns would avail themselves of the opportunity which such nn institution would give thom There nro the best of reasons in sup port of the proposal that the government mont shall transfer the old fort to the state , aud if our delegation in congress will give thom proper and earnest pro soutatlon there can bo little doubt of a favorable result It ia gratifying to llnd that they express a disposition to do . this _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ VERY SERIOUS 'TlilVL 1 NO When will the roproscnlativos of the people In congress cease trifling with the most serious intorostBof the people ? On every hand there is a demand for relief from bpprosslvo burdens , for the removal of abuses that are a chock to progress and prosperity , and for a redress - dross of grievances which steadily grow in severity The great agricultural interests of the country are doprcssod , . and necessarily all ether interests suffer , unless it be these in the control of the trusts Every body understands that something is wrong , and that unless there is a rad ical change from the conditions which evidently have produced the existing state of affairs the business of the coun try must inevitably go from bad to worse The people look to congress to provide the remedy , not altogothbr hopefully , it may be , but bacuuso they h ivo no other source of roiiof How do their representatives treat the sltuatioaV It calls for the applica tion ot the most curcful and serious statesmanship Has there boon nny evidence of this during the nearly three months that . congress has been in sessionV On the contrary , has there not boon an almost unprecedented - dented amount ot trilling and folly ? Instead ot addressing themsolve3 in a common sense , practical way to the consideration of measures intended to directly remove the conditions unfav orable to prosperity , members of con gress propose investigations _ that will consume months of timp and squander the public money without a possibility of resulting in the slightest benefit to the people Everything necessary to bo known i3 within easy reach ot every member of congress , but instead of availing themselves of this knowledge and acting upon it , they endeavor to impress the people with their zeal and concern forlhe pop ular interests and wolfnro by- Bonding out committees of investigation , the chief purpose of which is to give them an excuse/or doing nothing The people plo at largo want roiiof from taxation that yields the government a revenue beyond its legitimate requirements What now information can congress require to enable it to provide this relief ? Yet time is being wasted in hearing the opinions of rep resentatives of spociul and favored in terests as to what they deem wise and expedient in connection with the fiscal policy of the government Tbo farmers are suffering from the unjust and un reasonable railroad charges for the transportation of their products The remedy is in the hands of congress , yet the only promise that body gives the farmers is thnt it will have the situa tion investigated and thereafter see what can bo done And so the delay and trilling go on from1 xveok to weok'nnd month to month , while the burdens become moro oppressive ns the ability to boar thom grows less There ought to bo an early ending of > this culpable indifference to the urgent needs of the country There has been no lnok of dillgonco in formulating monsuros to spend , the public money Alrondy there are bills in congress pro viding for extraordinary expenditures i . to an amount that would not only wipe out the surplus but assure nn immense deficit The disposition to find ways for absorbing the rovonucs of the gov- eminent has been dovolopoct to an unwonted - wonted degree Iho people would welcome homo ovidonue of a slncoro purpose to give attention to measures intended to enable thom to provide the revenues Kvory material interest of the country is iu need of a wholesome invigorant Something is needed to i give roiiof from the depression that is weighing heavily on every branch of r ' trade and industry What this is it is the duty of n wise und p'Urlotlo states manship to determine Tt cortuiuly Is not prohibiting option trading In prod ucts , government loans to farmers , and similar superficial or imprnotioablo ex , pedients _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A JJi'foZ"1 ' tX VEIiMOXT There is probably no state in the 1 union where the conditions are more i favorable to the success of prohibition thun in Vermont , Most of the people 1 have boon raised in the ntmosphoro ot blue laws which are yet a part of the statutes of the state , A deep 1 rooted ' prejudice provuils against all change in the Green Moun tain state All conditions nro favorable i to prohibition , yet utter Oitrty-oight years trial the best people of all partlos i und creeds prououueo It a failure A largo meeting was recently hold in Uutlnnd iu favor of substituting , local option for prohibition Tbo loud lug business tnon of the city purtlcl- paled ] It capnot bo said thnt they nro in loitguo wlih.lno , rum power , becnuso they roprosuwti ho host soitlmont of the VermonljJJatJtropolls The platform adopted proclaims hostility to despot ism in nny fbhrl , pronounces prohibi tion a failure jjpploros the extent of in- tompornnco , nod declares in favor of high license fyhich will reduce by two thirds the nupibor of saloons at proscnt flourishing in > Vermont The ropoal,6b.prohibitlon involves n tremendous cpniost , because it is hedged nrounQiby equrtlly unjust laws whloh give "jjRJ Vlllngo of llvo bun drod population as much repre sentation in the lower house of the legislature as a city of fifty thousand population Each town has ono vote without regard to population The confessed fniluro of prohibition in Vermont ns well as Maine , nftor neatly forty years trial , is fully conflrmod by the cxporionco ot Iowa and Kansas And.yot the paid agitat ors and sentimental vlslonnrlos urge the people of Nebraska to try an ex- poriinont thnt would seriously retard the growth of the state without ma terially reducing the ovlls ot the liquor traffic . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ . Tin : creation of the ofllco of assistant socrotnry of war is doubtless justified by the increased business ot the depart ment , but there is another reason for it in the fact that when the secretary is nbsont from Washington ho must cither dosignnlo an army officer ns acting secretary rotary of war or lcavo the responsible duties in charge of a ohiof clerk In the formorcaio it has happened that bad fooling resulted , as when Secretary Endicott designated an inforlor offlcor while Sheridan was in command of , the army There is sufficient work to onnblo an assistant secretary to earn the salary of forty-llvo hundred dollars , and when the secretary is absent there will bo a responsible official at the head of affairs of whoso authority there can bo no question It is time the city council sot an example - ample of buslnoss activity In the via duct matter The importance of letting the contract for this structure so ns to insure an early beginning of the work , is apparent to all , and no unnecessary time should be lost in completing and adopting the nward of damages The council should promptly shift from its shoulders the responsibility for dolav by performing the city's part , aDd relieve - liovo the Union Depot company of any further excuse 1 for non-action. Tiik coming visit of prominent Bostonians - tonians to Omaha is un event of moro i than ordinary importance The capi , talists of the Hulj are vitally interested in the city's prosperity , and their confi ' dence in its present and future is shown in the investment of millions of dollars i in real estate &nct permanent immovo- monts The occasion should bo im1 proved by giving the visitors a warm , , hospitable recbp'llon' . For Self-Protection. PIU8ourq''CoJnmfrctaKiajet ' . The Ohio democratic ! ' senators ooan legis- Inting jrosterdayto olrcoptro ( .pJJ tbo , peni tentiary pro&ably wittf.ithe Idea of protect ing their friends j Afraid orVUb evaporation Bliw'inmfon ' Republican The Iowa prohibitionists want to forbid farmers to dry apples because tbo ovapo ra ted juice gets into the atmosphere and might excite the appetite ot soma reformed drunk ard A Vnlnnltlo Autograph Boston Herald Anautocraph of tbo first President Harrison risen was sold for $31 recently Wo know of men who would gladly give 6100 for the autograph of the proscnt President Harri son They would want it at the bottom ot a commission ton good office , though St John a linoilii.i , Sioux City journtl The temperance , people of Nebraska make an ogregrlous blunder when they employ John P. St John to champion the prohibi • tion constitutional amendment Of course i If ho will pay his exnonses no ono has any richt to obloot This is a free country Dut these who are really desirous of the success of the amendment should stoar clear of St John lie can only prcjudico and endanger that cause l'KmONAt , ANI > IOLITICAU Minneapolis Times : Boulanger uover knew what ho iniBacl by not moving to Chicago cage until his dlvorco was refused Illinois Slate Journul : In Now York they formerly called him "Mo Too Plntt " Wow t whenever Mr Piatt "declnros himself New York soya , "Mo Too , Mr Plitt " Helena Journal : The Emperor Willinm has ordorcd bis military ofiloers to treat their subordinates politely It is too bad that General fiuger is not serving under tbo em peror of Germany Philadelphia Record ! It may happen that , unwittingly , Sonntor Blair of Now Hamp shire has done the country a real Borvico Ho bus probably talued bis educational men dicancy bill to doatb , Indianapolis Journal : The Louisiana Letters - tors company is said to do willing to give SSSaUuO for a license in North Dakota It is not bellovod that Mr Urlco paid that much tor the Ohio legislature ' St , Paul Piouoor-Pross : There are a long . rawboned arm aud a bunch of knotty angora I reaching down into a pool of Illinois Ice water trying to \\sifj \ \ up Goacral John M , Palmer for u democratic senatorial candi date , " 'j Now YorkTribuuq : As Prince Biimarck'a viowa on the result of tbo recent Gorman elections hnvo not'ye 'tbficn received , wo con clude that the atteipbt to send thom so badly scorched the cable thut transmission was im- possible j < Kansas City News ; Editor Smith will not lind tbo journnlistio situation iu Hussla greatly different ifnun that in Philadelphia , In Russia nuwapapcrs uro not allowed to print the news , add In Philadelphia they are not expected to ' ' Chicago Nuwa : ' " 'jTo ' bo olectoil to ofllco , " Bays Mr Calvin S. 'liriRO ' , moans the iiood 1 opinion and epprobaliou of ono'a neighbors " Yea , bo It does , buttnero are diflore nt ways of scouring the approbation that puts a man into onice Ono \\uyis [ to buy It Minneapolis TriUuno : Now if somu United States senator , with a nerve like Tom Hoed , would tackle the secret sessions of the sonata wo might expect to see that rolio of tuo last century wiped out Circum locution und secrecy must give way to ox * pedition and publicity STATUS JOTTINGS Nebraska Plorco wants eroainory The State bank of IVrco has filed articles of Incorporation with a capital or (33,000. An effort is being made at Hastings to dl- vide tbo First wurd , thus giving tbo city five wards North Hond business mon have rolsod h 1,00X1 bonus for u tlfty-tiurrol teller mill to cost taooo A novel wedding occurred the other day near Ord , in which Grandfather MoGrow , ugott Olgbtjr-sevon years , ami Mrs , White , nged fifty-five , were the contracting parties , lim is the fifth time that Mrs While has been a blushing bride The new school building at Stuart lin * been completed nnd was occupied for the first time this wcou A chair enr on the U. t M , caught fire lost west of Holdrcgo from the explosion of n lamp nnd was burned up Seven hundred Howard county farraors listened to an add res by Hon Y , Horn in the court house at St Paul Monday The Nelson opera house band gave their third grand concert on the evening of Wash ington's birthday to a crowded house Thoiavlvul mooting * at Fairmont which hnvo boon In progress for four weeks , closed Sunday night There have boon 185 con versions A Holt county farmer recently traded a form for n stock of goods In the east , "un- sight unseen " When Invoice nrrtvod it was found to consist os thirty-four bustles and seven old plug hats Iowa llenn Naturnl gas has boon struck at Swan Lake , Emmet county Work tins been coimnoncod on the now Tipton court house Wlnncshiok county will build nn asylum for its incurable insane The Esthorvlllo coal niinos nro being worked night nnd dny , Jowoll Junction Is to have a creamery built by a stock company Iowa City business mon have formed an association to boom the city The Amos agricultural college opened this week with n full quota of students Colonel McGloryof Marshnlltown tmsboon appointed adjutant general of the lcri < % vlul militia ot Arizona The Clinton opera house has been pur chased by n local syndicate nnd will bo im- orovod by the expenditure of * 3O00 , the com ing summer Waterloo Is stirred up over , the elopomout of Mrs Freed , a fifteen-year-old brldo , with n young man named Hudson The couple loft for tno east on the noun train Saturday and the husband started on their track a few hours later Notning further has been hoard of the pursued or the pursuer In the district court nt Oscoola Newton Tsylor was found guilty of the crime of for gery and selling forged notes on farmers , and was sentenced to two nnd a half years in the ponltontiary Taylor bad nn accomplice who assisted him iu the execution of the forged notes , but so far all efforts to induce him to inform on the accomplice have been unsuccessful , Harry Fink and Miss Efilo Wilson were married nt their homo in Clinton county lust week , l ho night after the wedding a party of hoodlums gathered for charivari Ouo of tbo party , a youth named Charles Doss , tired into the house , severely wounding the bride Doss escaped and hus not yet boon captured The feeling against Doss Is in tense und precautions are being taKen to prevent violence when ho is returned a pris oner The Two Dilcotus The Garrotson Progress Is now being ed ited by the sheriff Ono hundred houses wore oroctcd in Sher man inside of four days Lurgo numbers of mink and muskrnts are being trapped in Clay county There are U.000,000 acres of land subject to entry In the Chamberlain land district A trial nt Kimball , iu which 15 cents was the bono ot contention , cost the plaintiff 100. A business men's association has been or- ganized at , Springfield to advortba the town A genor.il agency of the South Dakota farmers tillianco company has been cstab- lishod at Mitchell Attorney Goueral Dollard has decided that women are eligible for notaries public or any other ofllco in the state except such ns are specifically declared can bo tilled by male citizeus only The Deadwood Pioncor says Lawrence county is the smallest Hlnck mils county in urea , is the richest in the state , hus hidden treasure worth moro than the waolc of the state east of the Missouri river , and has a debt larger than the whole state Hannah Weston , an aged Indian woman , , died at Flundrau ttiisweok Her oxuet ago was not known , but she was considerably over 100 years , huving been a grown woman during the war of 1813. with the events of which aho was perfectly familiar so far as tbo Indians were concerned Andrew Erickson , a farmer living twelve miles north of Sioux Falls , foil from a wagon nnd received injuries which have resulted sulted in completely paralyzing his body from the neck downward lie can speak as well as ever , but IiIb condition is such that the physicians think ho can not recover The horses at the La Belle ranch , near Madison , have been nttackod with a disease with symptoms similar to those of la grippe The only medicine given bo far by tbo ranch managers is quinine and whisky , and over a barrel und a half of the latter has been used The horses are bald to take to the beverage like old topers A WINTER SUNSKT Castcll't Family Magazine A cold mist , motionless and gray Sleeps on the dark moors where the glow Of the last sunlight of tbo day Scarce strikes a sparkle from the snow : The rod sun In the murky west Sinks to his rest The rod sun sinks ; his ways grow dim ; From earth and heaven , cast south and north , And from the west that welcomed him No voice or murmur stenleth forth To break the somber calm und tell His last farewell Nowhere is any lifo or sound ; Only at times , far off , you hoar Across the dry nnd barren ground Strange crackings from tbo lce-bluo moro The moorland like a dead thing lies Beneath dead skies Yet even hero quick fancy sees The hidden germs of patient spring ) Wntches umid the fioworless trees Tlio dashing * out ot Aprils wing , And hears in cadence low nnd long , An Easter song LITEKAltf NOTES Itobort Connor's Sons have issued a handsome volume compiled by Henry F. Hoddall , the woll-known author , which contains a record of Stanley's onrlyllfo and struggles ; his career in the confederate army , in the Unltod States nuvy und as a war corrospodent in Abyssinia ; how ho found Livlng- Btono , traced the coursed of the Congo , and founded the Congo Free State ; and also u full account of the latest and greatest achievement , the ruscuo of Emm Hey , This work is issued iu the Now York Ledger Library for Fob ruary , at the moderate price of 50 cents The author of the Ton Cominund- muiits in the Nineteenth ConturyHov F. S. Shonolc , after giving an introdue- tory chapter on the infinite lawgiver und the general-character of His laws takes up the Ton Commnudmonts It is urguod that these commandments hnvo not been abrogutod , but uro still in full force and will so continue till the end of time The author ulscorus in the docalogiio a divine law of such per foctlon as to bo upplicublo to nil tunes and conditions , und si uggrossivo that it is even now in advance of the most enlightened nations and beckons the generations onward Tlio great value of the book llos in the many practical applications made of ouch commund- mont Funck & Wagnnlls , 18 and iJO Astor place , Now York , are the pub Ushers Frank Viucont , the well known trav eler , author of the recently published book Around und About South Amorl- ca , " and of a forthcoming work on Central - tral America , furnishes nn oluborato loading article on The Hopubllcs of Central Amoricu " in the Maroh num ber of Frank Lcsllo'u Popular Monthly , Guatemala , Honduras , Salvudor , Nica ragua nnd Cobta Rica uro graphically described , with numerous and beautiful illustrations , making a contribution of the highest intrinsic interest , as well us ot imcullur timeliness in counootlou with the work of the Pan-American congress Other Illustrated articles HflHHVHVHKH HWHBHVHl offer Attractions in a vnrloty of direc tions notably Frederick Daniel's charming description of Richmond Virginias ginia's historic capltol ; The Musto of All Nntions "ns exemplified nt the Paris exposition } Where Gnrllold was Cnnal Hey , " an nccount of a lolsuroly voyngo on the Ohio canal ; "Ostrioli Fouthors , " from the bird to the bonuot : The JMotPgraphlo Autobi ography ot n Sioux Chief , " etc Alfred 11. Guoinsoyboglnsnsorles of historical papers on trcdorick the Great The sorinl nnd short stories nro always a special fenturo of the Popular Monthly , whllo its ploturcs nro tnoro numerous morous and excellent than ever The Cassoll Publishing company announce - nounco throe editions of the Journal of Murlo BnahkirtsolT " The ono they first Issued at $ ii has boon reduced to $1.50 ; there is another In plainer bind ing nt 31 , and a third in paper nt CO Cents These editions nro printed from the same plates , and the two former have the portrait null illustrations us in the originalL'edition , whllo the latter has the portrait only Nothing hns boon suppressed in this translation of MUo UashklrtselT's journal Mrs Ser rano simply left out such parts ns were unlntoresttng or trlval Her condensa tion hnn boon mndo with great care and a keen appreciation of the renders wants , Gnssoll Publishing company , Now York , nnnounco a now story by Judge Tourgoo under the characteristically attractive title of "Pactolus Prime " "Pnctolus Prime is unique both in scope and method While dealing with nn entirely now phnsc of the r.tco prob lem , the author slnshes right and loft at the pot follies of the time , nnd with the skill of a trained sntiiist touches a good many peoples Polf-eomplnccncy , who porhup3 have little thought of being ing hit The characters have nil the llfo-llkcnoss with which the author has clothed so mnnv types of American lifo ; and "Paotolus Prime , " is bound to live in the memory of all renders us ono of the crcntions of genius which can never bo forgotten The Illustrated American , 142 Donr- born street Chicago , nppearod in Feb ruary It promises to take high rank among the illustrated publications ot the country The publishers tinnounce that its matter will bo chosen with re gard to its own intrinsic worth It will Icoop an eye ever open to the clover young people who will furnish the famous names of the future ; it will seek to foster and promote the best interests ofAmorican literature And above all it will nttompt lo make a paper where every article and short or serial story will bo readable and entertaining While great names will bo welcomed , the greatest will not find admittance when his articles docs not contain these prime requisites The Boston Daily Advortiscr hns grown sufficiently great in circulation and wealth to change its price from Site to $0 per year and from 4 cents to 3 cents per copy Every stop of the Ad vortiscr is a step forward The March Century will contnin tlio most striking series ot .Toffcrson portraits traits which has yet appeared in his autobiographical work They will show him in the following characters : Pan gloss ( two pictures ) . Asa Trenchard , Newman Noggs , Caleb Plummor , and Salem Seudder This forthcom ing number will be # 110 of the most inter esting of "Jefferson's Autobiography , " as , among ether things , it tollB us how tlio characters of Asa Tronohard und Lord Dundreary grow iu his hands and these of the elder Southern of whom there Is a pprtrait also Jeffoi-son's reminiscences of The Duchess " us Laura Keene was called , nro particu larly interesting , Prof Wood of Philadelphia will hnvo Memory adelphia a paper on ory , " and Prof Putnam's papers on the Mound Builders will begin in the same number The first paper is entitled Prehistoric Remains iu the Ohio Valley loy , " and will bo followed in April by u description of that extrnordinnry mon ument of antiquity , the Serpent mouna The March number of The Arenu will contain the first paper by Rev George B. Cheovor , D. D. , the veteran Orthodox minister , on Gods Voucher for the Verbal Infalli bility of His Word and Mans Destiny Through Eternity " Bishop Spaulding of the Catholic church and1 Canon W. H. Fromontlo of Oxford , England , rep resenting Protestantism , are announced to review Colonel Ingorsoll's paper on God in the constitution at nn early date , Modjeska's doscriptiou of her debuts in San Francisco and-London also appear in this issue , und nro itton in n manner that is sure to captivate all readers A fine portrait of Modjeslcnas Ophelia ac companies this paper A. C. Wheeler { Nym Crinkle ) , the brilliant dramatic critic , ulso has a thoughtful paper 1 n this sumo number entitled "Tlio Ex tinction of Shakespeare " W. If H. Murray begins a bonutiful Canadian idyl , or Indian legend of the northern tribes , ontitod ! , Unpnvu " It is a pro o poem of a high order , much resembling "MnmolonB , " which appeared in the January and February Arenas The National Magazine for March will contain the continuation of an in teresting article by Prof Scheie do Voro of the university of Virginia , en titled How wo Wrlto , " giving many curious historical facts Rev J. C. QuinnLLD , will contribute Biblical Literature " F. W. Ilarkons , chancel lor of the National unlvorsitv of Chicago cage will describe the working of the National Circulating Library of 20,000 , volums and the now non-resldont courses of study of the university A timely article on the university exten sion system of England is by Rev C. C. Wlllott , FhB The ludlos will bo par ticularly interested in the new woman's institute on un unique plun , described in this number Prof Boycson's novolletlo in the March Cosmopolitan , "A Candidate for Divorce , " has many reallstlosronos from a young ladies ' boarding school ana aims to show the calamitous results from much of tlio prevailing feminine education is strongly Illustrated by six drawings from O. D. Gibson and by J. Wells Chnmpnoy's painting , "In the ' Green Room of u Boarding School " Two timely articles 111 o Easter In Jerusalem , " by Frank G. Carpenter - pontor , with n profusion of illustrations , and "Browning's Place In Literature by the well-known Browning lecturer , Emily Shaw Forninn , Cuptaiu Daniel Morgan Taylor furnishes nn Interesting article on The Milltiu , " Illustrated by Hurry Ogden , und Colonel Chnrlus Chulllo-Loug gives n remarkable de scription of The Desert with several striking engravings Another traveler , William II Glider , collects his obser vations of Signul Codes , Savugo nnd Solontlflo , " comparing the mothoda of signal telegraphy iiinong the Esqui maux , the Indians , the Siamese and the -urmy. "Borlln , the City of the Kaiser , " by Mary Stunrt Smith , is the loading nunor und The Evolution of the Gondola dola , " by norbert Piorson , illustrated by the author , Bhows the transforma tions in that picturesque Venetian craft Snlvlni.tbo tragedian , gives a glimpse of nib in nor nature in u poem , Behind the Mask " Churlcs F. Lum- mla , the Bret Hurto of Now Moxioo , nnd Frances Albert Doughty also contribute poems "Royul Author ? , " by ono of the Astor librarians , with thirteen portraits traits of lltorury rulorB , forma the de partment "Iu the Library , " aud the editor begins in this number a now de partment entitled From the Editors Window " STATE ASSEMBLY Ii OF I , H Coalition With tlio Farmers AN ' I • > 9 H • llnnco Not Probnblo j H J. L. M'CONNELL'S PETITION Y \ _ _ | Sensational Chnrgps Against John _ _ H It Olnrk nnd tituilo Meyer | Etnto House Jottings H Ijlneoln In ISrlof . | _ _ _ Ncbrnnkn Knights | _ H * Neb Fab ! . H Lincoln , , 33. | SpecIal Tola _ _ _ gram to Tun Unn.J The stnto assembly ot _ _ H tbo Knights ot Labor Is still la conference _ H The loaders ot the order hoot at the Idea of _ _ _ H the Intended coalition with the Fnriuors' l | _ _ nllinnco ft is given out tonight that whllu I _ _ H thorp are some such advocates In tbo order i _ _ _ | they will not proas their claims for the rea- * " ' 1 J.Hh ] son that thu eight-hour movement ia the " " " I B grand object of tlio convention It is under 7 HHJ stood also thnt the assembly Is discussing | HJHJ the Australian ballot system nnd kind rod ; j HH topics This , however , is said to ' HH _ | bo a side lsstio The convention M sits with closed doors nnd tt Is Impossible to HJHJ gotfnt IU inner workings A prominent , HJHJ knight said tonight , however , thnt Tiif B1-11 _ HJH would get overjthing the assembly had to IHJHJ give out nt the earliest possible moment HJ | Devlin nnd 'ireveUlck wcro the master HHI sblrlts last night and todav HJ H M'CO.NMCMi'S J'KTITION . H _ _ _ J. L. McConnell , nt ono time among tlio _ _ H prominent mcrchnnts of this city , lllud his 'HJHJ petition in the district court nt 4 o'clock this HHI afternoon calling upon John It Clark of the HJHJ First National bank nnd Louie Meyer \ f _ _ _ _ | to account to him for the dis- _ j _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ , HJHJ position ot a stock of goods THHHsjT HJHJ which were bought by them in his Interests t H on April 11 , lBi-5 , for which ho alleges they 1 HH _ have never accounted The plaintiff sets up I _ HJH that there is $20,000 duo bun oil tbo transac- * _ | tlou and that the defendantsClark & Mrycr | .HH _ entered Into a conspiracy to defraud him out ' _ _ _ | of thnt sum The petition enters into the de- • HJHJ tails of the transaction and it contains sen- , HJH satioual features that promises to awntun n L HJH deal of interest In the . H Capital city iQaV7 _ H _ | _ B > - _ _ H H Tun state _ _ _ _ Auditor Benton received MI5.000 of Omaha • H school bonds today for registration HJHJ Low Friar ot Clay county will succocd HHJ Dave Bauuigartnor us recorder ia the ofllco HJHJ of the secretary of stnto H _ H Governor'major wont to PInttsmoutn to- _ H day 10 attend thu Grand Army reunion which HJH takes place in that city tomorrow . . HJH Deputy Commissioner Jenkins Is still pros | HJHJ editing his inquiries regarding larm mortgages - { H gages und will not bo able to muliu a report HJHJ on the mooted question short of a nook or H H tun days , HJHJ Sccrotary ot State Cowdory Is iu a sweat HJHJ box owing , tt is said , to picasuro that is being | HJH brought lo bear upon lilm to kcop lilm from _ HH voting in favor of local Irolght reductions HH _ The attorney general counts on bis vote us jH H sure for the people 1 HHl State Treasurer J. E. Hill ia mutosick , but I _ _ H is not thought to bo in a 'dangoruus condition * V HHl The sorrow unending the death nnd burial HJH of his daughter , Mlas Anna , bears him down m HH | and adds to his distress in n scvoio attack of M HHJ la grippe _ H tiii : SUFUIlMt : COUKT _ _ H The following gentlemen were admitted to A _ _ H practice today : Samuel B. Itced , esq , of M HH | Perkins county ; N. J , Shockoll , esq , of Burt r M ; , - HH | county Hl JI H H In re habeas corpus of Ucrtlo Koblnson , wjfiZ'v HHJ argued and submitted on briefs v "HJi * * .HHJ The following causes were argued nnd subv _ _ 9J _ _ > _ _ _ _ | ralttcd : Chirks vs Van Court , luiuilman vs- N _ _ HHE---'HH | Coburn , Ballou vs Wilbur H" jHJH " CITY XKWS AND NOTKS ' HHl Prof Cornwall of Aberdeen , S. D. . passed jHJH through the city today en route for Kcai ney , HJ _ where he lectures tonight HJH Web Buton returned from Washington nt HJH noon today Ho Bays ho has hud enough of HJH high lifo to do him a your , and ngaln pro \ jHH poses to settle down umong the comaiou HJ _ | people _ HJ | Hon I. N. Raymond disclaims being a _ HB candidate for reelection to the state senate 1 * HJH It Is understood in political circles thut ho is , HJH n candidate for governor nnd that K. E. JHJH Moore will seek to don his senatorial bro H _ H gnus _ _ _ H Marshal Melick received a letter from HJH Chief Scavoyiof Oointm this morning in- HJH quiring us to N oid's ' ( the alleged murderer ) HJH doings in this city between January 20 and HJH Februury II Melick says ho thinks ho bus HJH run upon ono or two burglaries in which ho HJH took a bund and has detailed ofUcors to in- HJH vestigate tbo mutter ' ' 'HJH Nebraska , Iowa 11 nil Dakota IViihIoiir * H Wasuinoton , Fob M. fSpocmlTolegrAni j . HHJ to The Bee ] Pensions have been grunted I j j _ _ H as follows to Nobrnskans : Original invalid 'lVu WawJ Henry It Aydon , Cambridge Increase y f k ' _ H John M. Buck , Sutton ; Thomas Whitncr , f * H McCook ; Charles Arnold , Beemor ; James H W. Sagescr Chambers ; William Edwards , _ H Ashland ; Julius Frost , CrotojCharles H. Hoi _ H den , IUverttn ; Levi M. Moulton Moulton ; _ H Daniel Clark Gordon ; Sumucl Eugy , Ben _ H lileinau : Sylvester UeezcloyOraaha ; Charles j _ H E. Myers , Ncligh ; David U. Dennis , Battle _ H Creole _ H Iowa pensions : Original invalid Duncan _ H O. Stowell , Sergeant Bluff : John Skinner , _ H St Charles , Mali Ion Williams , LaporteCity ; H John Klonk , Oxlord ; Harvey W. Trum- _ H ble Ksiliervillo , Hoissuo nnd increase - _ H crease Thomas Moore , West Branch ; _ H Melton L. Wo uster , Costatla ; Michael _ | Ilornung , lawn City ; William W , Wells , _ H Malvern Incronso Abel G. Porter , Luku H Mills ; David G. White , Tingley ; John H _ | Pine , Nora Swings ; Leonadis L. Wilson , H Ceulro Point ; Christopher Htlbert , Spring _ _ H Brook ; Itobort Weiupler , Wan Iron ; John I _ H Myers , indianola ; George D. Hagoon , HJ | Muscatine ; Martin Huynos , Boone ; • . , , . , , . - , . HH Henry Scliloifor , Mt Pleasant ; vTVHI John W. Booton , Sidney ; Arthur lugorsoll , - * * f l H Burllugton ; Wilson B. Bocson , Marshall HJ town ; George Benedick , Muscatlno ; James * HH V. Walker , Walkorset ; Hubert L'cazor , i ' H Cor.vilou ; Andrew Plorco , Tipton ; Daniel H At Zimmer , Walnut City ; Johu Farrell , HH Wood burn ; Kanuto Stnnlson , Sioux Itapids ; HJH Brannum Arterbarn , Bedford ; Alvln It _ H Monroe , Lenox ; George II , Prime , Clear _ HJ | Lake ; Michael O'Leary , Schaller ; HJH Solomon Merrill Homer ; Jphu W. Wilson , HJH Montezunin ; William IC Wallace , Ains- | HH worth ; Elijah iiaukin , Allorton ; Lewis Mc HHl Keo , TlRln ; William II MoFarling , Attica ; _ William J. Turner , Bedford ; Alvuu II , Good 1 HJHJ speed , Atlantic ; Douglas II Stevens , 1 HHJ Quincv ; John T , Shocks , Icouium ; Thomas ' HH _ w. Busby , Greenfield ; Sylvester McKiuzie , 1 HJH Dunlap ; Tliomns Downs , Hcd Oak ; HJH Elijah W. Stewart , Center Fort : HJH Holomou Stutsmnl , East Dcs Moines ; James | HH W. Nelson , Woodward ; Willinm Suiford , HJH iCIIlott ; Ilobert Armstrong , Atailssa lie HJH Issue Francis M. Card , Mttrshalltown JHJ | Original widows etc Minorof Jonathan C. ' _ HJ | Taylor , Ottumwu HJH boutb Dakota pensions : Incronso James HJH Andrew , Pukwanu ; lloury Potter , Devon ; _ John F. Walter , Brookings ; James A. Pad HJH dock , Wessington Springs Mexican Sur- . . t > , . HJ _ | Vivors Edward L. Itowo , Eden | I * V H O fTAHA I I LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY Subscribed it guaranteed Cipltal , $500,000 H l'ald InCupltal , . , . , . , . . . , , , 350,000 , HH llus and sails htocks urd bor.ds ; nogotlatai t HH commercial paperjrecBlveHandexecutestrnsts ; HH acts uu transfer agent and trustee ( if corpora HH lions 1 takeschargo of property ; collous rei > t HHl Omaha Loan Trust Co H SAVINGS BANK \ 8. E. Cor I8U1 and Douglas streets I HJ ialdlnCtDttal . . , , , . , . , . , , , $30,000 HH Subscribed itguaranteedcapltal , , , , 100,000 HJl Uabllltyot stockholders , . . . . , 200,000 H SPorCont IntoroBt Paid on Oopoilts Hi I'ltANK J. LANUH , Cashier , H OtriCEns : A. V , Wyman , president ; J.J.Ilrowu , "S V VflH vice president ) WT Wyiuan , treasurer Sasr H DlKKcrroiis : A. H , Wyraau J. II Millard , J. J. • • > - . HH HrownUuyC Ilarton , K. vr Null , ilio * . Su r V 7 l tinballUoo , a Lake • I ' HJH Loans In any amount made on City & H Farm Property , nnd on Collateral ' Sscurity , at Lowes Rate Currentto * , HVHVHMHHHHfllHal