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THE OMAHA DAILY BEE , TUESDAY , MAY 13 , 1890. THE JDAILY 5EE & 03EWATE& TF.UMS 01' Dully and Hiinrtuy , Ono Year . lin 1 Hi * mnntln . . . . r.m 3'hrco month * . . . . . . . ' . . . i. . .i 2W Hnndiiy lloo , One Year . 2 00 Weekly lieu , Ono Yenr . 1 23 OI'KIOKS. Omnhn , Tim Ilco llull < llni. : H Omuhn , Corner N nnd iflth Street * . Council IIIiifK 12 1'onrl Ktroot. ( lili'ii.'ii Olllcc , ni'Clmmborof Commerce. Nr\v York.Konm * HI , Hand I.VL'rlbnne IlulUllnR. \Vaslilnxtoli , 3W Fourteenth street , COnnESPOjTnBNOE. AH poinniiinlciitfoni rotating lo nnws nnd rdUMi-inl mutter should ) jo atldrc.swd to the Editorial Department. 1IU3INESS MTTTKIW. Ail hnalncHs letter * and remittances should lionddii'.i'.ed toTlio Itco Publishing Company , Onmlm. Krafts , cheeks mid postolllro orders tobiimailu payablo'totho order of the Com pany. The lice Publishing Company , Proprietors. The lloo H'liIlriK. rnrnarn and Seventeenth 8t.i. SWOUN STATEMENT OL' OIUOUJjATION. tilut < iof Nobnukn , I , , County of DouKlaa. f03 * Grorcn II. Tzsclinck , secretary of Tlio nca I'lihlHilriR Company. does wilcninly swear that iliutiutiiul circulation of Tun DAir.v KH for the wcok ending May 10. IBM , was as fol- HMwl'uy. May 4 . . * > > Monday , May. . Turmlay.MiiyO Wednesday. May 7 . v Tliursdav. May 8 . HUSt Friday , ttayti . MM Saturday. May 10 . S ,0-.M Average . 2O.O7U OF.OUOBll. TZSOHUOK. fiworn to bcforo mo and subscribed to In my prcsptu'n tills 10th day ot May , A. I ) . W.n. IScitl.l N. 1' . FKir , , Notary 1'ubllo. Btntrof Nebraska , Countvof Douglas. ff3' Gcorgn It. TzHohuok , being duly sworn , deposes - poses and 'iys that ho Is secretary of The Ilco rnhllshlin ; Company , that tlm actual nvrriiKn dully circulation of THE DAILY llKK for the month of May , 188.1. 18B ronlt'i ; for .Inno , 1860 , 18.8.V * copies ! for July. INW. lS.nS copies ; for August , 1PS9 , 18,031 rnpli * * ; for September , 1689. 1,1.710 conies ; for Octobor. ISM' , 1W07 copies ; for November , 1K8D , JO.'linropIrs ; for Dot-ember , lfW9 , 20.0IM copies ; for Jiimmrv , 18W ! , 10f > .V > copies ; for February , 11W , U'.Tfil ' enplc.s ; for Marcli , 1SOO , 20,813 copies ; for April , IBM ) , 2J.5GI copies. GF.OHOK It. TJWCIIUCK. Bwnrn toboforomo and subscribed In my nresem-0 tills 3d day of May , A. I ) . , 18'JO. ( Heal. ] N. P. Km , . Notary Public. COl'V POSTAGE KATES. 8-pnKO jinpcr . U. S. 1 emit Foreign 2 cents ] 2-jiiK ) > < paper . " 1 cunt " 2 cpnU in-neoaiT " 2 cents " 2 cents 0-pngi > paper 2 cents Scents I'l-p.'iRn paper 2 cents 4 cents OMAHA bunk clearings huvo reached the million a day mark. As iiUTWKKtf Mayor Gushing and Tlroatch'ti Tammany Twenty-eight club It is a question which is the dog und which is the tail. Tun business mon of South Omaha can B"cttre sotno valuable pointers by care fully noting1 the struggle against occupa tion taxes in the interior cities. Mit. CAKMSMS'S path from the house lo the senate Is not as smooth as the blue grass statesman could wish , His prospects are enveloped in a maze of mountain dew. LIOHTNINO IB cutting strange and Btartling capers in adjoining states , but the political lightning rods abroad in "Nebraska fail lo draw the subtle fluid cither from earth or uir. Now that u tonnls court has boon added to the curriculum of the high school , the baseball fans and the advo cates of the noble game of , high-live should petition for representation. Tin : inflation schemes of St. Paul wore promptly nipped in the bud by the cen sus superintendent. Denver is also tryIng - Ing hard to inflate her census reports by colonizing1 the flouting population of the mining towns. TUB senatorial aspirations of Governor Francis of Missouri are about to crop out In the establishment of a personal organ in St. Louis. The governor can secure valuable points on the folly of mixing politics and journalism by addressing the retired democratic statesmen of Ne braska. TUB Dakota delegation lias lost all in terest in the river and harbor bill. For some unaccountable reason the members failed to secure from the committed oven a moderate amount of sustenance for the political snags of that region. The fate of the bill is therefore a mutter of pro found indilToronco to the 'hustlers. TIIHUK is a significant unanimity in the state Of Beatrice against the antimonopoly - monopoly republican conference. The Colbys , the Griggscs , the Piclcorolls , nnd all the big and little llsh that flounder in that harmonious political puddle , aro"a unit in favor of deferring to the party convention. They profess a high regard for what they pathetically term "tho untrammulcd voice of the party , " and would lull the lambs to Hloop whllo the corporation wolves whet their appetites for the feast. , Tun dispensers of spoils will not do- rlvo much consolation from the postmaster - master general's reply to the house reso lution concerning the employment of Buccliil agents to Investigate the charac ter of rival applicants for olllco. Mr. " \Vaimmakor shows that whllo the pniclleo has not boon pursued by the present administration , except in cases of deception , it has boon followed by former ofllcials for years past. The complaint doubtless emanated from con gressmen who wore , by timely inquiry , prevented from foisting characterless Incompetents nnd favorites on the pub- lie service. The service would bo ma terially improved If there was n more general inquiry Into the character and lltness of applicants. Tine democrats of the third congres sional district of Pennsylvania , in se lecting Hiohard Vaux , ox-nmyor of Philadelphia , us their candidate to suc ceed the late Samuel J , Randall , not only disregarded the demands of the ma chine element , but emphasized this by nominating the candidate from an ad jacent district , Mr. Vaux is understood to hold views regarding the tariff similar to those of Mr. Randall , and ho has long been prominent in his party as u strong and ublo miin. The district is demo cratic by a considerable majority , uud unless there is serious defection , which in the circumstances is qulto possible , the election of Mr. Vaux is doubtless as sured. The democrats of the third Pennsylvania district have certainly set an oximiplo In this action which merits commendation. SlbVBll IK TUB SKXATB. The serlotm discussion of the silver question was begun in the senate yestor- dny. The dobnto of last week , which was forced by a single democratic sena tor who objected lo allowing considera tion of the subject to bo postponed be yond the day originally designated for taking it up , was not of n nature to at tract a great deal of attention. Tlio discussion now entered upon , and which It is thought will last several weeks , is certain to com mand the attention of the country to the exclusion of every other question , In cluding the tariff , the debate on which is attracting less popular interest than formerly. As to the situation regarding silver , there appears to bo no change , the di vision among republicans upon the question of the redemption of bullion notes remaining as it was when the ef fort to effect nn agreement in caucus failed. Our dispatches say that the re publicans are not likely to roach an agreement , but it is hardly probable that the small minority of them who insist upon redeeming the notes Issued itgainst silver In lawful money , which of coitwo. Includes gold , will im peril all silver legislation by insisting lo Iho end upon a policy which unquestion ably the conservative judgment of the country does not approve. The more careful friends of silver who , while desiring - siring 'its larger tiso in the currency also wish to conserve the existing sound financial system of the country , do not bcllovo It would bo wise or safe to attempt to force silver to a parity with gold by an act of legislation requiring the redemption of the paper representative of silver in lawful money , but maintain that all interests would bo better subserved and protected by mak ing the notes redeemable in silver , as provided for in the measure agreed on by the conference committee of the two houses. Under the plan proposed by Iho oxlremo silver men it is reasonable to bo apprehended that within a brief time , parhnps not more than n year , the business of the country would bo forced tea a silver basis , vhilo under the other plan , which proposes to practically mahir tain Iho present relations of the currency , silver would doubtless bo gradually ap preciated without causing any disturb ance , or none of a serious character , to the finances and business of the country. In the one case there would bo invited a movement to put gold at. a premium , while in the other such a danger , if it should exist at all , would bo very remote. If once gold should go out of use in the country and command a premiumit would bo found extremely dillicult to again lift the price of silver , and wo should be thrown upon a silver basis for an indefi nite period , with all the financial and commercial disadvantages inevitable to that anomalous position. There are some ominous indications of what may take place following Iho pro posed silver legislation , whatever form it shall take. Speculation for the pur pose of cornering the silver market is said to have already begun , and the fact thai Iho government has purchased bul lion in London gives credence to the statement. The possibility of the gov ernment having to encounter a formida ble speculative movement in silver when compelled to buy an amount of bullion monthly in excess of the product of the country is one to bo seriously considered in connection with legislation on this subject. Meanwhile the discussion in the senate , which promises lo bo thorough and exhaustive , will deserve the careful attention of the country. A TIIIRS031E DKH.ITE. The best illustration of the usolcssnoss of a prolonged debate on the tariff is soon in the fact that slnco the leaders of Iho discussion on bolh sides in Iho house huvo boon heard members have mani fested no interest in the controversy. The speakers talked for the most part to empty seats , on the floor and in the galleries , Iho discussion failing lo at tract oven the loungers and sight-seers in Iho nalional capital. It is true also of the general public that It has taken scarcely any interest in the do- balo. The speeches of a few men have been carefully read , but all the othora that encumber Iho pages of Iho C'oyyrcssionul licconl will bo lost to everybody except the consllluonls of Iho mon who make them , upon whoso ulton- Uon they will in due Unto bo forced at the expense of their authors. The truth is that only a very small part of u discussion of this kind over has any value , The great majority of these who engage in it huvo only the merest surface knowledge of the subject ; many of them are not capable of fully under standing it , and nearly all are influenced by party nnd political considerations. Any one who will take the trouble to' road these speeches will bo astonished at the volume of platitude they contain nnd their baronnoss of argument , to say nothing of the vast amount of loose and misleading asser tion , which may bo duo to ignorance , or dishonesty , or to both. This is equally true of mon of bolh parties , and it is largely because this is' known to the public that tariff debate receives so lit tle attention. But apart from this is the fact that the subject has been KO fully and exhaustively discussed dur ing the last few years that most people understand there Is very llttlo that Is now in n general way that can bo said on it. Some freshness may bo given to the consideration of details , but so far as the fundamental principles are concerned there is nothing to bo udde'd to the voluminous exposition the subject has received in congress during the last few yours. All that can be said in a general way must bo u tedious and profitless repetition , with eomo change of ' phraseology , of what has boon spoken over and over again. This will explain why the present debate bate Is BO tame and uninteresting. Even Mr. McKinley , with his exceptional skill und resources , was not able to en liven the subject with any Impressively now ideas , and Mr. Mills made perhaps the least creditable showing ho has over made in u tariff debate. Some others huvo endeavored to put u little fresh life und spirit into the controversy * by flights of eloquence und dashoa of humor , but these huvo bean engulfed - gulfed und lost in the great sea of pluti- ludo und commonplace , But while in terest in the discussion Ings , it is suffi ciently nctivo regarding the probable decision , nnd if the popular wish coult have any Influence upon congress this would bo reached with as llttlo delay as possible consistent with the duo consld oration of the details ot the measure The house has now entered upon the nmendmont stage , which Is to bo con tinued eight days , when a vote will bo taken on the bljl. It is not expected that the measure us reported will bo very greatly changed , and no doubt scorns to bo cntcrtalnci' that it will pass the houso. IIow it wil faro in the senate , whore the discussion Is pretty certain lo bo much more ex tended than in the house , is. a most in- Icrcsllng question , which tlmo alone can solve. There will , however , bo a very slrong pressure upon Iho senate for numerous und material modifications ol the bill us it now stands , and some ol thcso are likely to bo intido there if not anticipated in the house. jf.tron cusmxa's According to City Attorney Popploton there will bo a vacancy in the chulrman- fillip of Iho board of public worlison Muj 17. It llroreforo devolves upon Mayor Gushing lo nominate a successor to Major Bnlcombo at the next council meeting. It.goes without saying that this is the most important position within the glfl of the mayor. While the chairman ol the board of public works docs not abso lutely control all contracts for paving , grading , sewer construction and slrcel cleaning , ho has ubsolulo supervision ol all improvomonls , that involve the ex penditure of hundreds of. thousands of dollars every year. A competent chairman who cunnot'bo bulldozed or bribed will enforce an honr cst compliance with contract obligations and earn his year's salary ton limes every month. Nobody undorslands bet tor than Mayor Gushing what a dishon est contraclor can do if ho is not watched and checked. Mr. Gushing certainly knows enough lo know llmt every lax- payer in Omaha Is vitally concerned in the honest and ofliclont supervision ol our public works. It is not merely a question of what special taxes property owners will have to , pay this year or the next year , but of the taxes that are lo bo levied for the next twenty years in re pairing poorly laid pavements , re placing inferior material and rebuilding sewers built in a slipshod way with inferior cement and brick. The responsibility for this important appointment will rest entirely upon MUyor Gushing. Ho has no right to nominate any man in expectancy that the council will refuse to confirm him , and ho shoula not allow the Tammany club of conspirators or any combine to dictate whom ho shall name for posilions of Irust. A KANSAS genius comes to the front with an infallible remedy for all the ills of the national body. Ho does not con sider the ordinary inflation schemes worthy of serious thought and indi rectly rebukes the prophet of Omaha for insinuating that the deplorable scarcity of coin is a scriptural infliction , possibly a punishment for' our imtionul sins. Tlio Kunsan ignores all side issues , and with a Bellamy-liko inspiration - tion strikes for the root of evil through a bill introduced in the senate - ate "by request. " The bill pro vides for Iho organization of Iho grand army of labor , comprising all citizens of the republic over twonty-ono years of age , who shall bo called to gether by presidential proclamation. Thohoursof laboraro unchangeably fixed at four for each day for five days of the week , but at Iho end of each six weeks of exhausting toil a vacation of two weeks is provided , without loss of salary. Abil ity and capacity count for nothing. Every member of the grand army is to receive four dollars a day , payable "in silkthroadod greenback paper money. " The patentee of this brilliant Bchomo lays particular stress on the clause that members of the grand army shall bo volunteers in the public ser vice , assigned by the president , and the term of service shall bo at the option of the volunteers , "and not , ns heretofore , at the pleasure of some spoilsman. " It is barely possible that the wages and hours of labor might operate against rccruillng members of Iho grand army , but the author apparently has sufllclont confidence in Iho patriotism of the people that a sufllciont number could bo induced to accept the terms , oven if the silk threads wore intentionally omitted from Iho greenbacks. For presi dent in ' 02 : Kansas'Genius. For vice president : Lolaud Stanford. THE prices at which durablopaving ma terial is olTercd this year give property owners no exouso for squandering their means on woifllon blocks. Granite block is offered at two and a quarter , sandstone at a fraction loss than two dollars , whllo vitrified brick on a con crete base can bo had for less than the cost of wood last year. The acres of rapidly decaying cedar blocks show that the property owners who sacri ficed durability for a saving In first cost will bo compelled to replace tho.m before the ton years allowed for payments huvo expired. In the end they will pay out dollars for the dimes saved. Cheap goods are dear at any prico. TUB record of bank clearings tolls the old but never tiresome story of Omaha's steady ndvunco as a monetary center. The first week In May rolls up the cheer ing record of sixty six per cent advance over the corresponding week last year. The record Is an index of the Increasing volume of trade. What Is true of Omaha applies with oquul force to the whole country. Forty-four cities show a com bined Increase of sixteen per cent , or nearly nineteen per cent oxcluslvo of New York. Locally and nationally the record Is u gratifying evidence of ai gradual revival of commercial activity. TUB wi o who declared that "Wiso men chunge , fools never , " doubtless had [ n his mind's eye the Barber asphalt monopoly. For six or moro years this concern refused to como down u copper. Its prlcorttiro unehunged. Evidently the monopoly bollovos there uro n few gulli ble property owners loft In the city , who win bo gouged tit the rate Of two dollars und ninety-eight cents per yard , whllo the same mat rltU is laid in Washington for two dollitiw nd in Detroit for two dollars und n quarter. TUB cltyV'fctn'ndlng ' in the financial world rocolvcs'iiriothor gratifying illus tration In thonumbor ; of bids for short llmo paving bonds. A premium of six dollars nnd seventy-eight cents on every ouo hundred dollars was olTored by the best bidder , ifi s materially reducing the interest rataaOmahu bonds have been gradually reduced from six to four nnd u half per cpht , without diminishing the demand , nnd it is probable they would readily command a premium at four per cent. AH KgBs-lRpnoy of ( lie TnrlfT. . Merchants who deal largely in Canadian eggs say the McKinley bill IHUMWCS a heavy yolk on thorn. Hens forth , so to apeak , tnoy waut no oggs-slzo duty on the product. Homo Missions Needed. St. Irfiuto dlotie-Dtmocrat. > A Missouri man has boon whipped for preaching to the negroes In South Carolina. It served him right. Ho should have staid at homo nud nrcuchod to the democrats. An OlHtaolo In tlm Path. MtnntatioUt Trftiinc. There Is one serious objection to nn alliance of the character suggested by Mr. Ingalls. The northwest believes IIP and practices uni versal matihqoJ suffrage regardless of color or political creed , and until the south shall ininul her ways lu tills matter It Is to bo ap prehended that a moro cordial politico ! co operation between the two sections will bo dlfllcult to establish. Not Unusual In Chicago. Chicago Inter-Ocean. "An Ohio man is said to possess a plno board seven-eighths of nn inch in thickness through which a wheat straw has been driven by a cyclone.1' That Is nothing. It Is not unusual In Chicago to sco "wheat and rye straws" driven an Inctt between the bones of a man's face nnd the Injured party looking ns If ho enjoyed It. Tlie Dciivor Style. Chicago Times. The chief of pollco at Denver , Col. , has been for some weeks past engaged In trying to suppress gambling. Ho was waited upon recently by the sheriff and urged to permit the kcno houses to run as usual , but refused to make nn exception in their favor , nnd now the sheriff has taken Iho matter In his own hands nml Is proceeding against the gamblers under the state law. Ho professes great zeal in this movement , but tliero Is naturally some hesitation hi according him credit as a gen uine reformer. Ho started on the wrong koyuoto. GREAT MEN. Andrew Carnegie's now hotel for workingmen - men nt Pittsburg will cost $300,000. , Dr. Galling ? the inventor of the gun that bears his name , hu * invented a torpedo boat. Tay Gould's daily income has boon esti mated recently at .87,4-10 , Cornelius Vander- bilt's at S15,24 ! > , John D. Rockefeller's at 518,715 , and William Waldorf 'Aster's at Sir Frederick Leighton , England's great nrtist , is said to huvo discovered n language derived from English , but no Intimation of what that language is Is given. Perhaps it's Bostonese. Prince Bismarck has decided to make Frcidrichsruho hid future home , in prefer ence to his other estates , ami has ordered houses to bo erected near the palace for his clerks nnd assistants. . General Bragg says that under no circum stances will ho bo a canidato" for governor of Wisconsin on'tlio democratic ticket. Ho also says ho tninks tba democratic convention should not declare agahujt the Bennett law or demand its repeal. - S. F. Ilccht 1ms been expelled from Mill ionaire Brieo's club at Limn , O. , on charges of "nnbccominp : and un-democratic conduct. " Mr. Hecht's oft'ensu consisted In bis exposure of Senator Brico's attempt to escape the pay ment of his taxes. Wilfred Blunt , the English writer , Is "sick of politics , " it Is announced , and "will here after devote himself to poetry und horse breeding. " As ho becomes well versed in the latter he will bo better qualified to mount Pegasus , no doubt. Domeulco Cappeletto , a Journalist of Padua , Italy , sent his newspaper nn account ot his own suluido and then shut himself in a room , lighted n charcoal fire and underwent asphyxiation. In n foot note ho advised tlio editor to print 100 _ extra copies , us ho thought tliero would bo an unusual demand for the paper on account of his death. Count Hurtcnau , best known as Prince Alexander of Battcnburg and of Bulgaria , who married the pretty opera singer , Mile. Loislngcr , is in great laver at the Austrian court. His infant son was recently christ ened under tho. name of Louis Alexander , the grand duke of Hcsso standing as god father. Gonor.U Fremont Is living on Stntcn Island in grant retirement. But ho is apparently good for many years yet. His form is ercut , und his eyes has tlio , same flash us when ho crossed tlio Uockigs nnd wrote those enchant ing reports which , strictly true as they are , hnvo all the freshness and vigor of a ro- II ) unco. William Galloway , who raa the first loco motive on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad nnd was called tlio oldest railroad engineer in the world , died 'recently ' In Baltimore at the ago of eighty years. Ho , was retired in 1887 by the Baltimore & Ohio company , for which he had worked for over fifty years , never miss ing n trip or mooting with a serious accident. In all ho ran his engine over 1,510,000 miles. NcImiHlm anil Iowa Pensions. WASHINGTON' , May 12. [ Special Telegram to THE Bcc. ] Pensions have been granted as follows to Nobruskatis : Original Friedrichs Murf , Wisner ; John Hamilton , Elk Creek ; John Bartlomay , Sidney ; Thomas Kllekner , Friend ; George D. Edge-town , Crelghton ; William Melroy , Uxeter ; Nelson F. Norman , Lincoln ; Byrou.Gates , llcilCloudAndrew J. McICuight , Grand island ; August Clair , Neliu'h. lowu : Original invalid Luther R. Oiloll , Waterloo ; John Apple , Hock Uanids : War ren Cassiday , iionona ; Miles Strnhn , ' Kcokuk ; Thomtyr , ' Vansyclclos , Calliope ; MurccUus H. C piui , Cumberland ; Michuel J. Farrell , Mnscatiuu ; George B. Pulnton ; Calnrar : Melvin t.-Lackoy . , Brush Creek ; KadokO. Deloilirautt , Osknloosa ; Jonathan Thatcher , Bonaparte : Benjamin H. Denico , Missouri Valley ; John Morrison , Hcdrick ; Terrence McCniUi Elniu ; John B. Lock , Gravity ; Cornelius C. Cnivor , Deep Ulvor , Silos Parmloy , Macedonia ; Mathius Burcov Hiizelton ; William Cox , Holt ; George -fi , Stephens , Vernon. Increased Willl m/D. Meoker.Mnrtlnsburg ; . AiA * M > iuii t 4 ui > Vsi * J. ( iiiuuif 41 unit * f iiiMina 11 > Valles , Iconlum ; Henry L. Wlnser , Wavcrly ; William T , Meclwh-CoaltloUl ; Lewis DaUer ; Mcclmnlcsville ; Henrv Walters , McGregor ; Manuel RuminclSfNow Waverly ; .lames Kerr , Itcokuko Edward Lowls , County Line ; Lowls T. Turner. Eldon ; ( Joortfo O. Hoan , Kco.siuuiua ; William P. Davis , Ablution ; John \YMJeek , Hud ford ; Charted R. Carrett , I'ralrla Orovo ; Fontleroy H. Florence. Mason City ; Daniel S. McCunnon , Illbbsvlllo. Reissue and Increase Ocorsu HlKKhi ! ) , Oskuloosa ; T. Johnson , Keusnor. Rcissuo Lorenzo Jenn , Altoona. Original , widows , otc , MnryM , , mother of David S. lohu Durvo , Atlantic ; Nancy , widow. Mlles Stratum , Keokuk. DJovdot I'jiHlm lleiunvnd. CnXsTANTixnrr.B , May 12. OJovdet I'asha , nlnlstor of Justice und governor of Constant- ! loplo , lias boon removed owing to the pro- ortts of Gurnmtiy and Kngluim uguinst his ondui-t In the case of Moussu lioy uud ether . O3C3 , TRANSPORTATION Oowdory Litroducoa a Resolution on Proigh Bates. MUSEE MANAGER LAWLER ARRESTEI Charged With KuunliiR n Plneo o Amusement on Sunday A. Tough Juvenile Nebraska licnerolcnt Societies City Notes. LINCOI.X , Neb. , May 13. [ Special to Tin Bun. ] The regular monthly meeting of the state board of transportation was helxl thl afternoon. All the members of the board wore present , nnd Mr. Beiitou was in th chair. The complaint against Iho Chicago , St Pnul , Minneapolis & Omaha of discrimination against thosliippcrsof stock in tlio northeast ern part of tlio state was taken up and the secretaries wcro Instructed , on motion o General Loose , to ascertain upon what basis tlio matter had been adjusted , us the com plainants had rcruicsted that the case bo dls missed. It appears that the $2 extra charged by tlia roail on every car was duo to the fact that the road had no direct communication with Soutl Omnlm. Mr. Cowilcry introduced the following : Wharons , The subject of frolRht rates IF a ltalng the public mind , and bellovliiK tin InorusU ( ) of tlio people and tlio railroads arc Identical , and that u reasonable rate Is one that will produce only a fair and just remu neration to common carriers , based upon the actual cash value of tbolr roads and apmir- tonnnces ; tlinnsfnrn bo It Unsolved , That the secretaries of tlio state honrdof trunHportntlnnbonnd they areborobj Instructed to formulate and present to this board at Its next regular meeting , Juno 4,18'JO a reasonable freight tariff. Resolved , That the general managers of the various railroad ? and any citizens who bolluvo that thu railroads are earning a high rate of Interest ntion unreasonable valuation are hereby Invited to moot this board on May 21 at 10 a. m. for the purnosn of giving Informa tion as to the actual value of property. Mr. Leeso thought that May 21 was too early n dato. Messrs. Stecn nnd Cowdcry thought thai May 21 was the best time for the hearing of complaints , as on that day tliero would bo many farmers hero attending the convention called for that date. Cantata Hill thought It better for the sec retaries to visit various portions of the state Instead of following the plan'suggested. General Lccse then ollercd the following amendment , which was seconded by Captain lit-solvcd , That the secretaries bo nnd they aroherohy Instructed to prepare a just nnd reasonable schedule of frelKlit rates for the adoption of the various roads In this state and to take thu Information they can todojnstleu lo the people and to thu railroads , and return wald scheilulo to this board on or before our next regular meeting In June. Mr. Benton opposed the amendment Mr. Cowdery did the same , claiming that the first resolution was on u fair and equal business basis. Tlio amendment was lost , Lccso and . Hill voting aye , and Bcuton , Steeu und Cowdcry voting no. Tlio original motion prevailed , all the mem bers voting uyo. A communication was received , from the in- terstuto commerce commission inviting dele gates from the state board of transportation to attend the convention of railroad commis- missioners to bo held May 2S. On motion it was decided to send , one of the secretaries to this convention. Till ! TKXAH OATW.E SCA11E. The official notice of Governor Thavcr in regard to tlio Texas cattle scare is as follows : "Tho shipment nnd unloading of cattle into Thurston nnd Burtcountics from New Mexico 1ms caused a good deal of excitement anil ap prehension lor fear they may bring the Texas fever. The governor is convinced that the cattle from Now Mexico , particularly these from that mountainous region from whence the cattle in controversy came are entirely healthy , but in order to take no risk and to protect tlm cattle interests of these counties and to restore confidence nmonp the people , ho lias ordered the cattle which have been re ceived into quarantine , uud has notified the railroads to ship no moro cattle from New Mexico until this matfcr is thoroughly In vestigated. The state is strictly quarantined against all cattle from Texas. The governor has taken this step in order to determine whether there is any danger from Now Mexico cattle. The quarantine thus estab lished will bo rigidly enforced until further orders. "Tho governor has ordered these cattle to bo put into quarnntinn and to bo kept from mingling with any other cattle , and has ordered all railroads to stop receiving ship ments of cuttlo from New Mexico. " llEQUn.VTIIEn HIS WIFK 25 CENTS. The last will nnd testament of the late John Trcncy of Lincoln , who died on last Sat urday night , was read in Judge Stewart's court this morning. After making a pro vision for his burial , ho bequeathed 25 cents to his wife , Margaret Treaoy , his daughter Mary uud son Henry James. The balance of liis property real and personal ho gives to his children Daniel , John , Winnie and Maggie , each to share equally. The deceased owned land in Holt uud other counties. Two cows owned by him are bequeathed , to the hospital at which ho died. Judge Stewart set May 21 as the day upon which the will is to bo probated. The remains of Mr. Trenoy were Interred in St. Theresa's cemetery this afternoon. TUB JIUSUK ruorniETou AKIIRSTRD. " Mr. Lawler , the proprietor of tlio Eden Museo , has been arrested on tire charge of running a place of amusement on Sunday. Ho was put under $100 bonds to appear for trial tliis aftcrnoou und Frank Bcuanan went his surety. In speaking of the matter , Mr. Lawlor says : "I am glad the arrest has boon made , so that tliero can bo some dcflnito under standing about tlio matter of running hcro- u tier on Sundays. The police have stood In the hallway of my place of business on Sun days heretofore and ordered the people not to go any further , nnd have thereby , without warrant or proper authority , frightened away visitors nnd greatly reduced the prolits of the best day in the week. Sunday is the IKKW man's holiday , and ho has no other time to enjoy himself with his family. Our place is one of innocent diversion , uud I do not see why those people who would rather attend In preference to going to church cannot do so. " THItKATr.XIII ) TO SHOOT HIS FOSTEIl MOTHER. James Thomas Smith , the refractory lad. who ran away from his adopted parents for thu third tlmo last week , was taken before Judge Stewart today , nnd testimony as to his incorrifdhllity was heard. Mi's. Bowman , his adopted mother , said she could do nothing with him. At ono tlmo after running nwny lie wrolo her a threatening letter in which ho .stated ho would kill nur lusldu of three months. When ho was arrested u revolver was found on his person. Ho is only fourteen years old ami small for his ago. After the licnring of other testimony it was decided to send him to the reform school. TIIIIKW miit : : KIOS : IN Tin : CIIUIICH. Judge Chapman was detained nt lits homo n Plnttsmouth today through sickness andj Judge Field took hlu place in the disposition of criminals , The only case on trial was that of Mtlo Hokgkins and Fraulr'Trumbull , two usty looking fellows who , on the evening ot March 1 , whllo drunk , threw some beer kegs through u church window at Ruca , during the irngress of a meeting of the Women's Chris- inn Temperance union. The follows wore ar- e.stod and held over to the district court for ho offense. The testimony against them Is very damaging. A COW.IKDI.T ASSAULT. A dastardly assault \va.t the roiult of nn attempted extortion nt A and First streets yesterday. From thu stories told lu the po- Ik'u court It appears that John McCuc , Harry Gerard , Mark Ovorton nml Lon MoWlll ilrova off Mrs. Mary Wllloughby's cow and demanded Ni cents from her before tlioy would return It. The attempted extortion was re fused , nml the young rullluns in n lit of fury , assaulted Willlo nud Mary , the son and daughter of Mrs , Willoughby , with clubs , rocks and atlim * mlssilai. Thu two children attempted to defend thumgulvog , but the girl was knocked senseless with the butt end of n whip lu the hand * of McOuc , whllo Willlo WlUoughby roci'ive'l a painful cut on his arm from a mlssllo thrown liy Gerard. The girl was so badly friKUtenod und hurt that twlco afterward she fainted. The assailants were iinxvttod by the pollco ami lodged in jail. Young WIllouKhby ww also taken into cus tody , but this morning was discharged. McCuo nnd Gerard will lw tried tomorrow but Ovcrton nml MoWlll wore released. The statement In Auditor DeatonVi oftlco o the business tlouo in Nebraska by the various secret , benevolent and fraternal societies am nilUU , l ,41I.J , | Illinium1I1SULVU , < 'lo.wl'UIWvnj discontinued by death , M ; total number cor- lltlcntca In force , I.VJIO ; total amount lu surtxl tfllW.u8. : : The A. O. u. W. has the greatest number of members In the state , having 0,070. The Modern Woodmen are next In line with ,1,700 Tliero are twenty-four different associations represented In the stato. Governor Thnyor loft yestcrilny for Hast lugs to visit the asylum for the Incurable ii ) snno. Articles of Incorporation of the brick am tlio manufacturing company of Nemnha Clt > have been llled with tlm secretary of state The cnplUU stock Is $5,000. This Is signet with the names of James A. Titus. Wllllau Avncs , Andrew Aynos , W. II , Rhodes , J , H Littrcll , S. S. Laughllu nml nineteen others TIIC surur.Mi : COUUT. The proceedings of the supreme court todaj were us follows : The following now cases wore filed this morning In the supreme court : N. T. Maddux nml M. O. Potter vs James Cleary , error from Hall county ; Phebo.1. Wilson VH John Kltz miller ot nl. error from Valley county ; Dnnlc D. Campbell vs John II. Roe , error from Buf fulo county. In the case ot Valentino LIpp Vs Gary M Hunt , n motion , was made this morning for n rehearing. A stay of execution was granted In the case of Strlcklett vs the stato. The supreme court meets tomorrow for the trial of causes nrislug in the Eleventh judi cial district. NEW xoTAinr.s runuc. Governor Tha.ver commissioned the follow ing parties notaries public this morning : R G. Nesblt , Craig , Hurt county ; William D Badger , Arlington. Washington county Thomas N. Mnudnln , Blair , Washington county : D. F , Hutchison , Omaha ; Thomas Murtcy. WcepirTg Wnter ; Aubln B. Hnun , Gothenburg , Dawsou county ; LutnA. Bruce , Hastings ; A. Casper. Argo , Burt county ; E. E. Amos , Max , Dumly county ; F. M. Gallant , Hebron ; F. McClovcland , O'Neill ; Sydney S. Stewart. Tecumsch. Johnson county ; John R. Campbell. Wcston , Saunders county ; B. C. Parker , Wilbur , Saline county. cmNIWS A : II XOTKS. The effect of the Sunday closing law dis played Itself lu the police court yesterday In tea arrests , flvo of them being persons found dead drunk. Four of thcso had bought thoii liquor Salurday. A telephone message has been received by Iho pollco sergeant from Ofnnhn to the cffecl that Mr. Greenstone of this oily Ideiitille-s some of the Jewelry found In the possession of the crook Weber ns his own. , Mr. Green- stone lias gone over to Council Blurts to examine the jewelry found on the persons of the two suspects arrested there. Some thief slolo a silver watch from C. II. Brico's vest pocUot this morning while the garment was hanging hi the llax mill on the corner of L nnd Eighth streets. The foundation of the Advcntist college building Is almost completed. STA TJ3 .JOTTIZ'GS. Ncbrnskn. Work 1ms commenced on the new $15,000 hotel at Genoa. A lodge of Knights of Pythias was organ ized nt Claries last week. Work has been commenced on the now bank building nt Elwood. Bonds to the amount of $500 have been voted to build a school house nt Norden. The order of Modern Woodmen will hold n state convention nt Grand Island May 2. Arrangements are being made at Verdigro for nn extensive celebration ot the glorious Fourth. The second annual meeting of the Phclps county Sunday school nssociation will bo held at Bert rand May 27 nnd 23. The Columbus Telegram lias brought out Hon. Guy C. Bariium as a candidate for the democratic nomination for governor. Colonel Kctcham 1ms retired from the editorship of the Crawford Clipper , and lias been succeeded by A. L. Bnumgurtncr. The school house at O'Fnllons ' , containing. Mrs. Robinson , the teacher , and seven pupils. was blown over during n recent storm and. all the inmates wore badly bruised. A mad dog recently bit several slieep in a herd of seventy belonging to J. Pugh , living near Hebron , and twelve hnvo since died with all the symptoms of hydrophobia. Work on the free wagon brldgo across the Platte at Louisville will begin nt onco. It will probably bo finished lu time to have u celebration in honor of. the event July , Six inches of rain and n foot of hall fell at West Point Friday night. Bridges were washed away , some crops were ojitlrely destroyed nnd the mill property was badly damaged. A wedding with all the elements of n romance recently took place at Denver , the principals being Dr. C. M. Sutherland and Miss Kstelln Stiles , both of Hebron. Some tlmo ago Dr. Sutherland accompanied Miss Stiles , who is an invalid , to Denver us her medical attendant. A number of human skeletons hnvo boon discovered near Berwyn , Ouster county , n short distance from the place whore three skeletons were unearthed several weeks ago. The bones are said to bo these of whlto people ple , and it is generally believed they wcro Mormon Immigrants who were massacred by Indians. _ lowu Items. The Worth County Farmers' nllinnco nnd Ivnights of Labor will hold u joint meeting ut Northwood Juno 0 and 7. Over ? 100,000 worth of horses wore shlppscl from Fuirllcld during April. Several creameries are being built In Uuena Vista county this season. It is estimated that 300 now buildings wilt 1)0 ) erected in Muscatino this season. Washington Presbyterians have raised fOjOOO toward building n now church. A bad distemper has been prevalent among .ho horses in the vicinity of Harlau for some time. The glands under the jaws swell , mip- mrato , nnd after breaking and discharging , .ho animal recovers. The report of the state industrial schools for April shows an average of ! t'ji ; boys nt El- lora and 114 girls nt Mitchejvlllo. A war rant for $ > ti88 , ! has been Issued by the state auditor for the support of the institutions. Since January 1 ulna barns , together with seventeen horses und two cows , have been lurned at Clinton. The 11 res huvo all been the work of incendarius , but nil efforts to catiih the perpetrators have so far proved futile. Henry Splkcr , of English , Lucas county , unused himself the other day hi plaguing a lorso by shoving a llvo chicken In its face. i'ho IIOMO didn't scorn to enjoy the joke , and wheeling suddenly gave Henry a good , swift tide in the stomach which will conllno him to his bed for some tlmo. Dos Motncs und Cedar Raphls nro tlio only contosUmtH so far for the temple wlileli the Cnights of Pythias cf the state contemplate building , The former has presented plans for u § 100,000 odinconnd the latter for ono o cost $7."iKX ( ) . The sealed bids of the two contesting localities will bo presented to tlio ; ntml ledge at its next meeting nt Dos Mollies n August. A wallet containing n deposit check on n Wnrren county bank for 81,000 and u note for ill'J.ISO wns found under the stops of the atato muse at DCS Mollies. A slip of paper In the vttllut hours the nuino of A. P. Vunsyoal , the irobablo owner. It is thought a robbery has teen committed , nnd that the robbers , after emoving tlio money , hid the pockgtbook vhoroltwos found. An effort Is bolng-mudo o discover the owner. A peculiar explosion occurred near this nacq tlio other day , says the State Center Knterpflso. H. P. Fulnihlld bought an empty ? asollno barrel lu town unil a young man put t In the wagon to toke It homo. Whllo on the oad ho noticed a rattling noise lu the barrel tad stopped to investigate. The nolso wns irobably caused by the bung , which had been [ riven into the barrel , but the boy did not Itid It , for as ho turned the barrel on oud an explosion occurred , blowing out the end of ho barrel , hurting the boy fM ( > , but proba bly frightening him more. TTu > barrel hud xxm emptied of gasollno flvo days before. Vhat was the cause of the "blowing up ! " Tlio Two OakottiB , Grand Forks now has u big broom , factory. A local stock company will build a $20,000' lotol at Clinton. There are eloveu business blocks lu counso f construction ut Plot-to. Many acres of old laku beds lu the vicinity of Volga nro being ploughed anil scaled with llax. llax.Tlui Vermllllon nnpllste will itcdlcato their new church next Sunday. The Clmmborlnln city council Is dlseusalnj the propriety of building n pontoon brldgo. The Brown county Sunday school couven tlou will l > o held nt Aberdeen Juno IS nud U ) . A lUty-bnrrol ( touring mill will probably bo erected nt Nowlin , la the center of tlio old reservation. , Contracts have been let for the sinking of six artesian wcll.s In Splnk county ntnn uv- crago of Jl.tWO , on a basts of 1,000 feet to bach well. well.A A bad boy In the Plankluton reform school Is sixteen years old. weighs 200 jtounda nml shoots up Into tlio air six feet and three Inches. The Women's Christian Temperance union of Iho Third district will meet nt Faulkton Juno il , 4 and C. The district comprises ten counties. The government supplied the Flnmlrnu In dians last week with twenty-two horses , sixty cows nnd n largo quantity of household furniture mid , other articles. At Klmball tlio other dny tho'sheriff of llmlo county in-rested the mayor , marshal , city attorney nml several aldermen for gambling ami the were bound over to answer at the next term of the circuit court. IN T1II3 P.OTUXDA. f "There will bo ot flue - a grcnt supply , cm-ly beef this year , " said D. S. Richards , a Wyoming capitalist , nt the Mil lard last oven- Ing. " \Vo have had nn abundance of early rain , " ho continued , " nml that has given a magulil- cent lot of early grass , which foretells to n certainty n great supply of early beef. The quality of western .mado beef is becoming choicer every year , nnd tl\o \ fact is shown nnd appreciated in the cast by nn lucreascil de- mnnd'nnd better price for It in that section of tlio country. Immigration ims made grout encroachment upon the domain of the cattl man particularly within the past few years The ranches are being cut down by people coming in and farming great portions of them. But , with cutting down of the cattle tlo range area has coma a great nml successful effort on the part of. cattle men to Improve the quality of their animals. By this vastly Increased attention to quality - the cattlemen of the territory have secured much bettor prices , so that tlio diminution oC ningo nrc.i 1ms resulted in an advantage ox cocdlug anything known in the past. "Wyoming's crowning source of profit , however , and the thing which will attract greater attention to her than anything else IH the oil Holds whluh are now being developed there. The day is but a littio way olt when the oil Holds of Wyoming will develop u revelation surpassing these of Pennsylvania. ' "Another thing that will do much toward giving Wyoming an almost world-wido fame Is tlio smokeless coal recently dis covered In such vast quantities there. And , by the way , I noticed that ono of your own district court Judges here In Omaha decided only two or three day.i ago , in tlio case of the cproporty owners on South Thirteenth street against tlio brick yards men , that tlio only coal which could ba used hereafter In burning brick in these par ticular kilns was our newly discovoted smoke less coal. I read the decision in Tin : BEI : and cut it out , nnd I shall have It copied in every paper possible. Although my principal busi ness Is that of banking , yet I have money in vested in all the other industries to which I have referred , and therefore never allow ni good a thing as that decision of.TudgoDoaiiu's was for Wyoming smokeless coal , to go unused. " C. E. Mayne , formerly of this city and now a resident of Ogden , Utah , gave the rotunda man n lively llttlo chat last evening at the Paxton. Ho seems to have pushed out in Ogilcn with nearly ns bold u stroke ns ho did licro. "Tlio population of Ogdcn lias Incrcasei 5,000 in ninety days , " said Mr. Mayno , "so that now It ijunibors ! ! 0,000. Wohavo started a $00,000 , durJBMBP Ogdcn rivoTlhore wiiii-Ii will bo comptfflK'August Ifi , nud have ex tracted tor thirty-three manufacturing plant ) employing 3,000 men. Eight hundred thous- nud dollars worth of brick making machinery has been shipped to Ogden within ninety days , for you must know that the finest brick clay In the world Is found there. Only tlireo miles from Ogdcn wo have tlm greatest iron mountain In tlio known world. It has been thoroughly tested und found that 85 per cent of tlio mountain Is pure Iron. Inex haustible grnuilo fields lie four miles from Ogdcn , and the city has seven railroads , whllo Salt Lake City , thirty miles away , has but two. Many Onmlm 'people have been out tuoro and they consider it the most wonder ful city they over hnvo visited. " Hon. John H. Campbell , mnyor of Dc3 Moincs , was the Millnrd yesterday. Mr. Cnmpbellwns only recently elected to\iix.sS \ present offlco. Ho Is u republican uud miytfr n great run against his democratic opponent .William Foster , who Is an architect und tlm proprietor of Foster's opera house In the Iowa capital city. Mayor Campbell says that the recent de cision of the supreme court of the United States , under which all kinds of liquors , beer , etc. , can ho shipped iu original packages into tlio stata will prove a great help to the republican cause In Iowa by bringing back Into the rank i these who loft on account of the prohibitory amendment. As to state politics , Mr. Campbell says that Major Ed Conger of the Seventh district has declined to consider being relurnod to con- jress , ami that ex-Lieutenant Governor Hull s out for the succession. In the Fifth , dis trict ho thinks that Georjto Strublu of Tuma City lias the inside t or Mr. Korr'a scat iu congress , ( ilthoiiRh ho says Unit Editor nriglmm of tmi Cedar Rapids Republican will make the situ- itlon exceedingly interesting Iu case ho de cides to go on the hunt. Mayor Campbell is an old schoolmate of Hon. John L. Webster of this city , und was a nomber of company 1C , Thirtieth Ohio , of which Hon. W. H. I Jams was the captain. Positively cured by these Llttlo Pill * . They also rcllavo Dis tress from Dyspepsia , In digestion and Too Henri ) ' Hating. A perfect rein cdy for Dizziness , Nausea Drowsiness , Had Tust"lf In tlio Jioutli. coaluug Tongue. 1'aln In the HMo. Toui'in They regulate tlio liowcls. Purely Vegetable. SHALL PILL , SMALL DOSE , SMALL PRICE , ! OMAHA LOAN AND TRUST COMPANY. Subscribed nnd Guaranteed Capital..t.icK04 ( I'ulil In Uunltal 830,001 lluys and solU stoolm and bonda ; iicxolluitu coinmcroliil jmuuri recelvo * nnd execute trusts ! acts us trunsfor uncut unil trust" " ut corporations ! tukuacliuruoof property ; col- octs tuxua. Omaha Loan& Trust Co SAVINGS BANK. S. E , Cor. 10th and Douglas fata. aid In Capital J M,0)J Subscribed und Quaruntord Capital. . . . 100,001 Liability nf Htnukholdors BOO.UWV. Ol'orUent Intoroat I'uld on Deposits. X KltANK . . . v- J. I < ANCK. Oanhler. OOlcorit A. IT. Wynian. prvililontt J , J. Urowu , vr > w prt'nlrturiti W. T. Wrmun , treanuror. Directors : A , U. Wrinan , J. 11. Millar. . ! , J. J. llronn. Our O. UarUiD , K. W. Null , TUomen J. KlmbuH , ( Itorifa U , lake , KOHIIH lii uiiy amount made on City ami Turin Property , au < l on Oollutorul Buourlty , cat rates ourrout-