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The Impending session of the legislature
\vlllbo of vltnl concern to thu people of thli
Btate. It la of the utmost linportnnco thnl
xiirmbcrs of the legislature shall undorstatk
the wants of their constituents and bo pro.
l > arcd to prapplo Intelligently nnd ndvlsodlj
with tlio Issues thiit must come before them
'Jin : lir : therefore Invites supRCstlonsfron
Ilioso who lire familiar with any partlculai
Mibjcct that Is HUoly to enstigo the nttcntloi
of the legislature. Turtle1) fuvorlnjf us , however
over , aru requested to nmho their communi
cations ns brief ns posslblonnd to the point
It Is to bo understood Unit Tim HER will 110' '
1)o responsible for the published views of con
tributors , and It icservos the privilege of dls-
rtisslns tliom In Us own way and from tin
ntundpolnt which It deems best for the Inter
the people.
TUB Indian war business isn't ' what i
used to be.
MBMM B MiMnM VMVMl MH
SI-HAKINO of the railroad situation , I
is painfully precarious in those parts.
I1 I BOSTON' has endorsed John L. Sulli-
Tim as nn actor. Lot the world resume
its accustomed activities.
Till ! bloodless duel of the Baltimore
"bloods suggests that the country is capn
llo of grafting the national game o
Prance. *
TIIEKE is a grand rally of formo
Union Paciflo ofllelals in Omaha jus
lio\v. They have- their hats off to th
sun.
THIS republican datamation from No
1)rnska will all bo in "Washington Mon
day to rosuino business at the old stani
until March 4.
THUII : : pounds of soap are given dui
prominence among the edibles doled ou
to the Indians. Yet there are thosi
\vlio iiibhuiato that poor Lo is overfed.
f ALTi accounts ngroo that Sitting Bui
jiosscsbcs a surplus of the qualities thn
ire to make a "good" Indian. Thi
RQonor these qualities nro congealed thi
bettor for the country.
BKTWKCN Stanley's rear guard
Koch's consumption euro nnd Parnoll'
tumble , the Bodato English dailies ar
forced to bo a trifle interesting just now
in spite of themselves.
Mil. Hoao of Texas Is not badl ;
jiamcd. Ho gathered in n majority c
nbout two hundred thousand as the dorn
ocnitio candidate for governor. HI
election will not bo contested.
DON'T wusto time urging thogovorno
to call nn extra session to relieve thi
destitute. Bo your own extra sossioi
nnd increase your personal appropri
ntion for the needy In the western coun
ties.
WniorD. H. Wheeler stated undo
onlh that ho voted for Gushing am
against Linlngor last year , ho absolve
all republicans from any support h
Anight bo entitled to , oven if ho wor
nominated at a republican nrlmary.
Tun world's fair commission has def :
iiltoly decided on sight and bulldlni
plans and gone homo until spring. No\v
then , lot's BOO results anil glvo the pec
plo u rest from moro talk and wind. 1
\ > \g \ and earnest effort will bo required t
make the exposition creditable t
.America's name nnd fumo.
For. the third time within two year
the federal courts remind Minno ot
that the diverse interests of the natlo
cannot bo circumscribed by state lav
The blooming statesmen of Minnesot
attempted to shut out dressed beef , t
prohibit the manufacture and sale c
elcomarcravlno and do other solfis
things tending to close her doorsngaliu
the products of her neighbors. The las
to receive tho'nttentlon of the courtj wn
the oleomargarine law , a specimen (
legal absurdity so glaring the judge dl
t doom It worthy of n written oplnlor
THIS assertion that Cleveland ha
changed front on the stiver questlo
turns out to po a hoax. The Intorvio' '
credited to Senator Vest , in which i
\vns stated that Cleveland recognize
and approved the demand for free sllvc
coInugOi Iq denied by the gentleman froi
Missouri. The denial Id noodloss. Mi
Cleveland's regard for the interests (
Wall street was conspicuously show
in placing two residents of the Emplt
Btato In his cabinet. To him the Intoi
osU of the west wore of little cousoquouc
a feeling which the west thoa us no1
heartily reciprocates.
nr.aULATIXO i
It is not Improbable that some ad-
dltlonnl legislation mny bo enacted nt
the coming session of congress relating
to immigration. The subject received
some consideration at the first session ,
nntl congress Is well supplied with in
formation regarding the operation of
the existing laws The demand for ex
treme legislation for restricting Immi
gration lias become less pressing , but
there is atlll a considerable element
which Insists that something moro should
bo done to reduce the inflow of foreigners
to this cduntry. These who tnlto this
view arc partly prompted by selfish con-
ulderntlonu nnd in part by the belief that
stricter regulations nro necessary In
order to keep out the objectionable
classes of immigrants whom it is claimed
nro still enabled to got Into the country ,
despite the efforts of the authorities to
exclude them.
A contribution to this question has re
cently been rmulo by Surgeon General
Hamilton in a report to the secretary of
the treasury giving the results of visits
paid by him to the principal foreign
ports of embarkation of emigrants bound
for the United States. IIo found that
there is at present no systematical med
ical examination of emigrants nt any
port of embarkation. Some of the steam
ship lines require their surgeons to make
a preliminary examination , but this in
no case compares with the examinations
made at Now York by the ofllcors of the
marine hospital service , as the purposes
are entirely dlffotont. The purpose of
the steamship company is to pass all
that can lx > passed , while that of the
hospital Inspection Is to report to the
superintendent all cases that are likely
to become a public charge from perma
nent disability or present disease. IIo
assorts that the emigrants bound to the
United States are not generally required
to undergo a proper inspection.
The surgeon general thinks there is
no doubt that the welfare of the country
demands moro restrictive measures than
the present laws boom to bo able to fur
nish , and ho makes an argument in sup
port of tills view which follows very
closely the lines traversed by all the ad
vocates of restricting immigration. It
is not necessary to consider these In detail -
tail , but It may bo remarked'of them in
a general way that they depart widely
from the spirit of the policy which has
up to this time boon observed by the
government regarding immigration. It
is evident that Dr. Hamilton is thor
oughly imbued with all the prejudices
against immigration peculiar to the
cast , and the value of his judgment must
bo estimated by this fact. Ills only sug
gestion is the not now one that hereafter
any person Intending to emigrate to the
United States shall produce to the Amer
ican consul nearest him evidence
from the proper local authorities satis
factory to the consul that ho has never
been a criminal or pauper , tliat ho has
no contagious or epidemic disease and
no disability that would make him a
public charge , and also that ho shall in
form the consul whether ho intends tc
become a naturalized citizen of the
United States or merely a temporary
inhabitant. The plan of devolving this
duty upon consuls has not commended
itself to general approval.
The Immigration of the Jast six years
has amounted to a littloover two million
six hundred thousand , nn annual average
of less than four hundred nnd fifty
thousand. There has boon a steady do *
crease of the number of objectionable
persons who found their way Into the
country. It is in the po vor of the gov >
eminent to keep out all whoso coming Is
now prohibited by law , and it is absurd
to pretend that there is danger to any
interest from the annual addition to our
population of less than half a million
foreigners.
THE llEUltlXO- SEA DISPUTE.
There was no reference made in the
so-called speech , of the queen on the
opening of the British parliament tc
the Boliring sea controversy , but the
subject wna referred to in the liouso ol
commons by Mr. Gladstone , who doslrod
to know If the house was to understand
that there existed nothing In the differ
ences with America in regard to Bohring
sea which was likely to interfere witli
the maintenance of "tho most friendly
relations with our kith and kin across
the Atlantic. " In reply to this the rep
resentative of the government in the
house stated that the government has
the strongest hopes of a successful out'
come of the negotiations regarding the
Bohring sea dispute. This cannot bo re
garded as altogether reassuring , since
if the government had any substantial
ground for its hopes it would very likolj
have been glad to btato them. It does
not look well that a matter having sc
important a bearing upon * the frlonalj
relations of the two countries was whollj
ignored in the queen's speech.
\Vo shall probably got some informa
tlon ns to tha status of this question vorj
soon after the reassembling of congress
Refoicnco will undoubtedly bo made tc
it in the president's message , and it mnj
bo expected that congress will call upor
the state department for whatever in
formation it may desire , not contained
in the message and the report of the do
partmont. The latest statements glvet
to the public on the subject related tc
the English proposal for settling th <
dispute by arbitration. This was thai
England , Russia and the United State :
shall form the North American seal fish
cry convention , which shall deal will
the entire aubjcct , and thereafter lnvlt <
the accession of other nations to the con'
elusions of the original signatories. Will
n view to final settlement the convontioi
Bhull appoint a mixed commission of experts
ports , which shall report , in the firs
place , whether the regulation of the
Blauglxtor of seals upon the islands wll
Bufllco to preserve the species. If not
the experts shall report how much watoi
ought to bo preserved nnd what ecnsoi
ought to bo close , with rules in both re
spools. Upon the basis of reports by tin
otflclal experts and any other volfintoorci
exports the convention shall franu
rules. If the convention is .unable ti
agree , final arbitration upon the whoh
case by an impartial government shnl
bo Invited. It has not transpired thn
the government of the United Slates ha
seriously thought of accepting this pro
posal , and nothing also in the way o
negotiations is of public knowledge. I
would appear that the professed hope
of the English government nro not very
well founded ,
Mcumvhllo , according' to a report
recently submitted by n social ngent of
the treasury department , tlio extermina
tion of tlifl scnl IB going on so rnpldly
that there is likely in a few years to bo
nothing to contest for. The controversy
ought to bo apocdlly sottlcd , nnd thcro is
probably no better way to do this than
by arbitration.
T1IR Sl'KAKKll'S
The country has walled with great in
terest for the announcement of the plans
of the republican leaders for the short
session of congress. The first intimation
it hits received on that subject comes In
the form of an interview with Speaker
Heed and is doubtless authoritative. It
is to bo remembered that the repub
licans still have a majority in both
branches and can pass any measures , on
which they can unite.
The speaker says the first work will bo
the passing of the regular appropriation
hills. Thcso will doubtless arouse con
siderable opposition , especially if the
democrats docldo to make n , vigorous
fight nt this tlrao on the pension busi
ness. It is also announced that reapportionment -
apportionment will ho attended teat
at this session , n thing which till reason
able mon expect nnd demand. It will
probably not bo done , however , without
great partisan strife and a repetition of
the stormy scones which marked the
first session of the Flfty-flrst congress.
Other bills which the speaker says the
republicans will pass are these provid
ing for the relief of the supreme court
by unloading a part of its business op
the circuit courts , and the measure for
the encouragement of American ship
ping ,
Speaker Reed's ' programme will bo
generally commended ns a good ono as
far as it goes. Western republicans ,
however , will marvel much at tlio omis
sion of nil reference to the tariff. They
will make a vigorous effort .to
have the McKinley law revised so as tc
admit certain raw materials free and De
duce the duties on u few schedules ol
manufactured goods. They believe it
would bo n grave blunder for the repub
lican house to expire without first reme
dying the palpable errors of tho.present
law.
law.It
It is very likely that the country will
witness some exciting scenes in the ses
sion which begins next Monday. The
triumphant democracy will protest oven
moro vigorously than before against
doing business under ' 'Tom Reed's
rules. " The majority , however , arc
bound to adhere to their former policy.
Otherwise very Httlo business could be
transacted in the next three months.
The anomaly whlch'pormits a defeated
party three months of vigorous official
existence after it has been voted down
will receive a vivid illustration. But
this fact will not worry tlio robust repub
lican leader of the house.
FINANCIAL LEGISLATION.
Financial propositions of an important
character are pretty sure to bo consid
ered at the coining session of congress ,
and some legislation of this kind is ex
pected. The report of the comptroller
of the currency will recommend the
passage of the bill reported by Sonatoi
Sherman and pending in both houses ,
which provides for radical changes in
the national banking lav. Under this
mensuro it Is provided that the oblitra-
tory deposit of bonds may botroduced to
ono thousand dollars for each associa
tion , with reference to the amount of its
cnpital , and that the issue of circulating
notes may bo increased to ono hundred
per cent of the bonds pledged for their
redemption. If this rnonsuro wore
passed the volume of paper money would
bo at once increased by about fifteoi
million dollars , which would , says the
report of the comptroller , in a marked
degree relieve the present monetary
stringency. It is probable the secretary
of the treasury will also approve thle
measure , and as the present congress
has shown a disposition to do something
to obviate the complete retirement of tht
national bank circulation , the passage ol
the Sherman bill is moro than likely.
It s understood that the secretary o :
the treasury will recommend the cur
rency schema known as the Intor-con-
vortUlo bond , which has been uroposed
several times in the last twenty-five
years , This plan proposes that the
government shall make a now issue % ol
bonds bearing a very low rate of Interest
say two per cent , which shall ho sold tc
the public nt par , and whenever there
after the depositors shall want to gal
their money back they can oblalt
It by simply passing the bond back U
the treasury , the interest to stop when
the re-exchange is made , and the pro
cesa to bo repeated without limit. There
are several objections to this , the prin
cipal ono being that It would create t
permanent national debt , nnd this vfoult
very likely render it unpopular with f
'
largo majority of the people. It In
volves the principle , which the masses o :
tlio people do not accept , that a public
debt is a public blessing.
Further , silver legislation in the dlrcc
tion of free coinage will xmdoubtedly be
attempted , but with no chnnco of suc
cess. The leading republicans of the
house have already expressed thooplnior
that the present congress will make m
change from the existing law , nnd It ii
pretty safe to predict that there will be
no now legislation regarding silver at th <
coming session. It IB well uiulorstooc"
that tlio leaders of the majority are op
posed to any now legislation , and it ii
entirely in their power to prevent it.
raors TO Tim VOTERS.
Councilman Clmffoo has Issued a little
circular to his Seventh ward constltu
cuts , with a certificate of character fron
a white-washing committee. This olr
cular , bended , "Facts to the Voters , '
contains u recapitulation of all the 1m
provomonts mudo in the ward durlnj
the last two years and also a number o :
the improvements that are projected foi
the coming year. For all this worl
done and to bo done , and the money expended
ponded and to bo expended
ChalTeo coolly takes credit foi
himself , as If ho hud pro
jected the Improvements , nnd paid foi
thorn out of his own pocket.
Now what are the facts ? During tht
year 18S9 , when most of these improve
uiouts were inndo , Michael Leo wai
president ot Iho city councilnn.d ChafToo
, vns Iho tall-end of the minority. Thcso
mprovcmcntffail8S9 had been planned
and provided foi before Mr. ChalTeo
was a incmborlolmlio council. But ho
wants credit for till that was done by his
prcdoccssorsnoll ( us by his colleague
past and present.
But suppose thatMr. Chuffcolind done
nil Unit Is clnliped for him by the com
mittee of his special friends nnd
admirers. IIo i must therefore also as
sume the blnmafdr all the rotten pave
ment , for all the M verngo jobs and till
the needless grading that has been put
through regardless of the Interests of
property owners and taxpayers , just to
put money into the pockets of the ring-
storB nnd jobbers for whom Mr. Cluiileo
Is pnlrpn saint.
And now nbout some facts tlmt the
committee has accidentally , ns it wore ,
overlooked. The committee says that
four thousand llvo hundred dollars of
street commissioner's work has boon
distributed over the ward during the past
two years for repairs. "Repairs"
is good. If the committee had
taken a Httlo moro trouble it
might have discovered tlmt the greater
portion of those repairs were political
breaks which Chnffoo nnd the combine
had to fill by hiring dngoa and tramps
and having thorn voted in blocks of five
at primaries. It Is also n fact worthy of
Interest to the voters that a dozen ot in
competents and political strikers have
boon put nnd kept on the city payroll
for the benefit of. Chaffco. These mon
have been tramping through the
ward night and day singing
the praibcs of the combine
in gcnornl and ChalTeo in particular.
Another interesting fact Is tbo con-
vorslori of certain people whoso taxes
have been reduced or remitted and cer
tain patriots who have had damage
claims to settle with the council.
Last but not least Is the remarkable fact
that the superintendent of the waterworks
works- company is acting as a recruiting
olllccr for Mr. Chaffco and making heroic
exertions to have him sent back
to the Council. Is this purely a matter
of friendship ? Why can't some other
man act fairly toward the water-works
company ? And why are the other
franchise corporations taking such an
active interest.
Are not all these facts sufficient tc
convince tax-paying citizens that n
change cannot bo for" the worse ? Tharc
may bo another combine made when
Chnffeo , Wheeler and Davis are knock
ed out , but it will'tnko some tlmo before
the new combine will become as danger
ous to the community as the present sot
of jobbers. ,
THE friends of Mionest government in
Omaha are again Jjrought fuco to face
with a gang of municipal boodlorg ns un
scrupulous as thd Holly desperadoes.
Every method krii vn to political scoun-
drola is being worked to perpetuate the
power of the infamous combine. Their
heelers nnd workers in every department
of the city anT drawing public money
and at thosamotimoconspirjng to def eat
an honest olectioninud force on the people
ple of the scjvcrivl wards mon who have
betrayed every - . trust reposed in
them. They hnvo placed ou elec
tion boards subservient tools to
do their bidding. They have
planted grading camps at convenient
points in their wards and enlisted the
services of every contractor on public
works. They have secured the active
support of the franchlsed Corporations ,
whoso bosses nro abroad for the solo pur
pose of continuing in power the gang
which has lavished upon thorn every
public privilege asked. The dospora
tlon of the combine knows no bounds ,
For them It is a struggle for existence ,
and they make no secret of their deter
mination to secure ro-eleeitlon at any
cost. The people must moot the cor
rupt cohorts with all the force thai
routed the Holly 'crow ' in 1881. The
welfare of the city is at stake , and every
citizen in favor of an honest , economical
government must do his part toward
placing men in the council whoso char
acter will bo a guarantee that public af
fairs will bo conducted for the commor
good.
THE most audacious piece of polltica
jugglery which the combine has played
on the eve of tha city election Is the
selection as judges and clerks of the olec
tlon at which they expect to bo voted foi
of n choice assortment of their tools , nc
complices nnd co-workers , in both par
ties. In the seventh ward they have ai
judges nnd clerks , Cramer , partner eWe
Wo , Us & Co. , sewer pipe contractors
Ohnstcad , son-in-law of Blrkhnusor
Major Dennis , plumbing inspector , am
County Recorder Mogoath. Since wlier
ore county and city officers to not ai
judges of election ? Are not their dutio :
supposed to keep them at their respective
ivo offices ? "What can bo the object o
having contractors nnd relatives of cltj
officials on the election board ?
As a business investment the planting
of corporation insurance with insurant
agents in the council is decidedly profi
table.Vhon thai street railway com
pnny dlbcovoroa 'that Major "Wheoloi
was willing to , take , a few moro profl
table risks , the f6undatlon was laid fo ;
a close interchange of business. Thi
result was mutually advantageous. Thi
corporation experienced no difficulty h
securing public1 favors nnd valuabli
privileges , as w ll as $29,14S.07 of tin
money justly dub'lls its share of the cos
of paved stroots.A7nd as the corporatioi
prospered Councilman Whoolor's prl
vato business gr&drvnpaco.
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MR. GOULD nnhdlmccs that his return
to powof in tlio 'railroad provinces o
the west moans u general advance o
rates. Jib proposes to rnlbo his proper
ties to a dividend paying basis , and thn
the welfare of Iho country will not wolgl
ngalnst Iho profits of the stockholders
In other words , it makes no difference
how much water has been injected intc
the capital of these corporations , the resources
sources ot the tributary country will hi
taxed to pay not only liberal dividends
hut to inflate the market value of tbo in
llatod stock HO that Gould and his buckers
ors may unload and squeeze the lamb
for a few moro millions.
NONE are so blind as these wh owll
not soo. The city plumbing superin
tendent , who owes his job-to the coin
hlno. asserts them is no such organiza
tion in existence. And yet Major Don-
ills resisted the clamors of his party for
the inspectorships , and retained tha
services of the most nctivo tools of the
combine , ns a reward for their services
in knlflng'tho republican tlekotnnd per
mitted thorn to draw full pay from the
city for wcoks of work in behalf ol
Uroatch and the Twciity-elghlors.
THE organ of the combine has pur
posely garbled the testimony of Mr.
Ilondrlx. It purposely omits the fuel
tlmt when Hondrlx wanted \Vheolor tc
help htm got nn alloy graded ho nskcel
Hondrlxvhoro ho had placed his Insur-
nnco , nnd when Ilendrix answered , " ]
have my insurance ) with Nichols , '
Whoolpr snappishly replied , "Thor
you'd bettor , got Nichols to do youi
grading. " _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Tim census olllco announces that tin
final revision of the count places the
population of the United States at sixty
two million , seven hundred nnd twenty
two thousand , two hundred nnd fifty
While the result of the enumeration IB i
disappointment , credit is duo the ccnsui
olllco for the remarkable expedition dis
played in tabulating the result.
THE Gorman doctors declined to take
stock in Pasteur's liydropliobiccuronni
tin French doctors reciprocate by rldl
culing Dr. Koch's ' lymph. All of whicl
tends to show the depth nnd breadth o
the irrepressible conflict in the region
of the Rhino.
THE desperadoes of the combine are n
great n menace to the prosperity of th
city as the dark clouds ot prohibition
Every cltlzon should rally once mon
for Omaha nnd place public interests ii
the keeping of reputable , progressiv
men.
THE activity of the contractors an
corporations in behalf of the combln
councilman is a publlo outrage , whie
taxpayers nnd friends of honest govorr
mont should vigorously resent at th
polls. _ _ _ _ _ _
IN the opinion of the organ of th
booellors there Is nothing wrong i
squandering public money to pay fo
gangs of mon carted from poll to pol
and voting- droves for the combine.
AN Increase of eighty-nine per cent i :
the packing record last week , over th
corresponding week last year , illustrate
the advance of Omaha's grout industry
MAJOIIVHEELKH'S experience prove
that a position in the council is worth
dozen active drummers , in booming th
insurance business.
THE councllmanio contest in the Firs
ward forcibly refutes the assertion tba
the railroads wore out of politics.
NEWS OF THE XOUTUWEST.
Nebraska.
Uov. L. J. Sundqulst of Mead anfl Mia
Esther C. Gibson have become man and wlfi
A resident of Unadllla is making a buslncs
of buyint ? corncobs and shipping thorn out Ii
carload lots.
Frank M. Tnylor , representative-elect f roi
Jognson county , is lu the field us a candldnt
for speaker.
William Wehrbln , an old Cass county se
tier , died at bis homo near Plattsuiout
Wednesday.
The pottery plant nt Louisville will b
transformed Into a brick and tlio factory
backed by Omaha-capitalists.
Tlioro will bo 520 witnesses called In tb
contest which has been Instituted by Ed L
Leo against Ed J. HnU , the representative
elect from Hall county.
L. D , Richards celebrated his forty-thlr
blrtliday-Wednesday In bed nt his homo i
Fremont. Ho Is improving , however , and o >
poets to bo out in a few days.
Burt county has had throe cases of Insanlt
In the past week. Mrs. Charles Peterson o
Oakland and Fred Harr of Tokamau hav
been taken to Norfolk and Thomas Uoblnsoi
of Lyons was before the examining commll
tee at ToUnmtih Tuesday. Ho has been litho
the asylum twlco before. IIo Is so ugly hi
people are afraid of him.
W. H. Uickard , the Do Witt man wh
gained such an unsavory record by his con
ncctlon with two or three young1 girls , ha
escaped his just deserts by "tho principal wit
ness ngalnst him refusing to testify. Ho wa
charged with rape on the person of Mnr
Ustu , aged thirteen , but when the cnso wo
called la the district court at.Wilber the gii
couldn't be Induced to say o word ngains
the villain. Rlckard was consequently UU
charged and the girl was sent to the rofori
school.
lown.
Plymouth county's new jail at LcMnra i
nenring completion.
The new Grace Methodist church at Bui
ington cost (30,000.
The Iowa Woman Suffrage association wl
hold Its nnnunl meeting In Dos Molnos , DC
ccmber4 and 5.
Jefferson county has voted for the Issue o
bonds to the amount of $75,000 for the crcc
tion of a new court house at Palrfleld.
The second annual exhibition of the Winn <
bago County Poultry and Fat Stock ossocit
tlon will bo hold at Forest City January 2
23 nnd 29.
Povvesholk county has paid for the klllln
of 125,000 gophers alnco Mnrch 1. If the an
mals were placed in single llio they woul
make a procession ot gophers over 11 f tec
miles long.
Elmer Crefor of Fort Madison nnd Mis
Llzzlo Wilkinson of Shenmulonh failing t
secure the consent of hard-hearted parent
slipped to St. Joseph , Mo. , and were marriot
A brother of the girl Is after the runawa
couple with a shotgun.
The farmers of Muscatlno have Issued
call to all Interested In the establishment c
n hoot sugar factory nt Muscatmo to meet I
that city December 20 to consider what stop
they may take In the subscription of sloe
toward the enterprise.
Walter Robinson , a farmer llvlntr north o
Iowa Falls , has been arrested and taken t
Mllledgoville , 111. , to answer to the chnrgo c
hog stealing. Itsccmsthat novcral month
ago , while on a farm near Mllledgovlllo , h
drove a number of hogs belonging to a nolgl
bor to market und disposed of them ns hi
own , and with the proceeds Immigrated t
Iowa.
Iowa.Workmen
Workmen digglntr near Burlington th
other day exhumed a quantity of humu
bones In a state of partial decay. . Beside
the skull there remained some of the large
bones , all going to show that at ono tlmo tb
owner must have been a person of massiv
stature , The bones were covered ivlth
layer of chnrrca wood , probably the remain
of a funeral pyro.
A chapter in the unwritten history of low
Is that relating to the Trapplst Monks , wh
btlll maintain u monastery at Dubuquc
After Marnuctto nnd Joiict they were in ill
human probability the nrst whites to pern
trato the territory of the present state o
Jov.'n. As fur back as 200 years ngo the'
made a map of this region and called f
n map of loway. The curious old drawing I
still preserved In tlio library of ono of th
European capitals.
A company has been formed to reclaim
largo tract of waste land near Muscatlnc
stretching from Drury's landing to No\
Boston. It la proposed to build , n protectlu
luveo and Uralu the ground , ut a cost o
S75.000. The tract Is irom twenty UKwcntj
nvo miles long nnd stretches from the Mis
sisslppl to the bluffs , nil average- distance c
two miles , comprising an nron of 10,000 , acroi
It can be said to otjual In extent that grea
garden , the Muscatinfi Island , to which It I
not dissimilar lu other rcspccu.
ON SCRIPTURAL AUTHORITY
Rev , Guild Salutes the Married .Sisters to
the Disgust of the Husbands.
SUIT OVER A SUICIDE'S ' INSURANCE ,
Tlio 8ml Etui lit ) ; or Dr. HobblitH tto-
hcnrscil lix tlio Courts ASufo
OftukoP GctH lit Ul9 Work
In Lincoln.
LINCOLN , Nob. , Nov. 27. [ Special to TIIH
DEE.J The people of tlio qulot Httlo town of
Jamaica , near Lincoln , lias been all torn up
the last two or three days over a feud between -
tween two Baptist ministers , caused by ono
klssInR the other's wlfo. Hov. H. A. Oulld
of Lincoln figures ns the darlni ; escalator
while llov. Chapmtiu of Jamaica Is tlio In
jured husband ,
During wculc days Guild works nt Ills
trade , tliat of a job printer , In this city , hav
ing a shop of his own. Ho Is an clilcrlJXKon-
tlcmnn , with sllvory Imtr nnd whiskers care
fully cropped. The Indies cull htm a "lovely
old man. " Ho Is the husband of a wlfo nnd
the father of half n dozen children. On Sun
days ho preaches in u neighboring town nnd
U Is Inthnntcu that ho has got Into the habit
of kissing some of the Intly members of his
Hock when his wlfo was not present.
It Is reported that only a few days ago ho
turned a whole ilepot platform of youtiR men
green with envy by ardently kissing two
pretty young ladled named Grant who had
Just conio In on tlio trnln from a short visit.
It appears that ho was not content
with pressing his lips to tboso of
single ladles , but ho also exercised kls occul-
atory accomplishments nmonc tlio wives of
other men. Finally ho kissed Brother Chap
man's wlfo. The startled lady Informed her
husband of the bold liberty , nnd tlio re
sult was n scene between the two reverend
gentlemen , In which rather uncomplimentary
epithets wore exchanged. Stung to nindnosq
by the way ho had boon upbraided by
Brother Chapman , Brother Guild had both
Chapman nnd his wlfo arrralgncd for conduct
unbecoming n minister. Tlio trial resulted
in an acquittal of Hov. and Mrs. Chapman ,
as It was believed by tlio deacons that their
pastor Imd ample reason for dcnouuclng Hov ,
Guild ns n very bail man , since ho hud kissed
Mrs. Clmpuinn without her permission.
Yestcrdny Uhnpman retaliated by uavlne
UulliVs congregation arraign their pastor on
the chnrgo of making advances to Mrs. Chap
man. The church was crowded with specta
tors. To the surprise ot everybody Guild nd-
mlttcd that ho had Kissed Airs. Chapman.
When asked for bis dcfcnso toe so doing beeped
oped his bible and rend the words of St. Paul ,
"Greet all thy brethren with a holy kiss. "
This the rovcrcnd gentleman Insisted In
cluded the sisters also. The defense created
a sensation and proved a clinching argument ,
as the rovcrcnd gentleman was acquitted.
It Is reported that Guild's kissing practices
got him Into trouble when ho was preaching
nt Cortlaud , and that lie carefully avoids that
town , as several Ifato husbands are thirsting
for his blood.
TUB SUICIDE'S INSURANCE.
S. M. Mollclt. administrator of the estate ol
Leonard II. Houblns , deceased , filed a peti
tion in the district couit Into last evening
niralnst the Travelers' insurance company of
Hartford , Conn. , for ? o,000. The deceased
had secured n policy for that amount In de
fendant company on July 1 , IbSS. The policy
was tnada payable to bis wlfo , if living , and
in the event ut ber death to the legal repre
sentatives of the deceased. The plaintiff
nllcges that on Juno 1 , 1800 , the deceased re-
colvod n personal injury , a pistol shot through
his loft foot.
It will bo remembered that on tlio monilcc
of Juno 17 , 1890 , Dr. Hobbins was found dead
In bed with his throat cut from car to ear ,
nnd n physician's scalpel nnd u hand mirror
lying by his side. The doctor bad suffered
greatly from the pistol wound , and got into the
habit of taking morphine or opium to case the
pain , which , Judging from the letter ho loft
behind for bis httlo son , must have been very
excruciating. The Insurance company re
fused to allow tbo claim nn the ground that
Robblns took his own life. The verdict of
the coroner's Jury was that Robbing commit
ted the deed while temporal Uy insnnc from
the effects of the pistol wound nnd morphine.
Mrs. KobDlnsdloa ooforo her husband , nnd
the two children , a boy and a clrl , have
niado their homo since with Mnishal Mclick.
CUACKCD Tim s.irn.
The bold safe cracker got In his work In
Lincoln again lost night , Starrett Bros. , the
grocers at 139 South Trt'clfth street being the
victims this time. The burglar effected nn
entrance into tbo store by prying open n win
dow in the roar end. The thief did not use
powder but directed his efforts directly to tbo
combination , smashing it with asledgo ham
mer. With a steel punch the bolts were
worked back and the door opened. All the
Tnonoy In the safe , which fortunately amount
ed to only $30.05 , was taken. This amount
was in the following denominations : Twcu-
Ur dollars in silver , a live dollar bill , n ten
dollar gold piece nnd a check for 81.05. The
check was payable to Galen Van Dyke and
was signed by M. McDonald.
The sofa citicker wns evidently disappoint
ed in not getting moro money as ho scattered
tbo other contents of the safe over the Hoor.
It is not known nt what tlmo the burglary
occurred , as no noise was hoard by the people
ple living In the vlclnltv nnd tbo work was
evidently done while tlio policeman patrol
ling that part of tbo city wns ut the other
end of bis boat.
Btarrott Brothers 1o not regret tbo loss of
the money so much ns they do the mutilation
of the safe which will cost a round sum to
get into good shape again.
Tbero is no clue yet to the burglar or
burglars.
THE CIIAHITY MAM , .
In a city tlio size of Lincoln whore there Is
such u dearth of first class dramatic enter-
tnimneuls it is natural that the attention of
the best class of citizens should turn to social
gatherings and this Is probably the reason
that the society events of Lincoln nro as n
rule brilliant affairs. The second nnnunl
charity ball held this evening in representa
tive hall was ns expected a grand affair ,
but eclipsed all previous society events in the
history of thn capital. It wns" in the fullest
seneo u great success , socially , artistically
and financially. Unstinted euro bad boon
taken In decorating Hoprcscntntivo hall ,
whore the ball was hcla. The room wns fes
tooned with evergreen ropes , relieved with
wreaths nt the looping point. In every loop
was a work of art ; the parlors ot Lincoln
having yielded up their choicest treasures for
iho great occasion. Intermingled with the
evergreens were loops of the national colors
and suspended on oveiy wall \voro the stars
rtnd stripes. There wns a profusion of srall.ix ,
palms mid other exotics that lent their beauty
to the scene. In each corner wns a brilliant
calcium light , nnd at n given signal there
suddenly appeared on the walls In cleetrlo
Jots the words "For Charity's Sake. "
The doors opened at 8 o'clock and almost
Immediately a Hood of animated nnd beautiful
humanity began to pour In.
At 9 o'clock the grand march , thn most im
posing event of the evening , occuricd , bolnu
led by Governor Thnyor nnd Mrs. John B.
Wright , Mrs. Thnyor bcinif detained in
Pluttamouth by a slight illness. Some of the
most prominent society people In tbostato
were noticed in lino.
It wns a full dross affair nnd tbo toilets of
tbo ladies , with their rich and varied hues ,
gave n kaleidoscopic appearance to the scene.
The festivities wore continued until a lata
hour.
DEFUXT CLAIU.
The police nro determined to break up the
den run by the notorious Clara Hoitmuu.
which In addition to being a hawdy house
has been the headquarters of thlovus and
thugs. Several weeks ngo she was ordered
to discontinue running n house of shnmo nnd
Inter was ordered out of town. Uusplto this
she has defied the police and bus not only in'
Bisted on remaining In town , but also In con
ducting her Infamous business. Last oven.
Ing she was arrested and today she was fined
$50 nnd costs ,
OSB THOUSAND DOI.LAIIS niiWAKD.
The chief of pollca lias received a telegram
from Chief Furloy of the Denver pollco force
offering $1,000 reword for the apprehension ol
Freeman B. Crocker , praildcnt of the Donvci
board of publlo works , who has mystctiouslv
disappeared. It 1s thought that ho .has tie-
como Insane. Ho has not boon seen since last
Sunday. Ho then were a blue suit , nonrh
now , a black derby hot , and uyollowUf
brown faded ovnrcoat.
TWO msriiiA7E : SCOUXDHEIS.
A brace of toughs entered the homo of Mrs. .
Jnckson BrownXbotwcon FJfth and Sixth
streets , Just nt uiiMc lait evening , nnd with
drawn revolver thwyitcncd to blow hot1 bmlhs
out If she would not J\ > with them and acccdo
to their wlsliM. UnfoV&utmtolv Mr. Jnckson
was nnt. nt home , and tw frightened woman
ran ncrcnmlug to the nciVib01'1' 111 her nb-
tonco the thieves plunajr'rcd the house.
and when Airs. JacVson returned
reinforced with half n ilozcX neighbors , tlio
scoundrels had disappeared. \ > o thl\after
noon Detective. Mtilono dltcoVored that the
thieves , with two fallen wouioirL had taken
possession of an empty housof near P mill
fifth streets and were making lolr > bond-
quarters there. Arrangements wofy madoto
arrest them , \
Til IXKSntVIXd AT T1IK Msx. \
According to his usual custom Mr. Hop
kins , the kind hearted warden of the psnltca-
tlnry , gave the convict * In his 'chargohntfn
holiday. .Besides , ho treated them to a flno
Thanksgiving dinner , which consisted , In ad
dition to the usual rations , of turkey , pic ,
cnko , coffee , nnd llvo cigars apiece. *
ODDS AND BNI1S.
Governor-elect Boyd has retained Har- '
wood , Ames & Kelly of this city to look nfter
his interests In the proposed election contest
brought by Powers , the defeated alliance
candidate.
An unfortunate man nnmecl Ilobett Graves
wns found ntthoD. &M. depot this morning
paralyzed with rheumatism nnd Innilcstituto
condition. Ho said ho was from Denver nnd
was on his way to Chicago. Ho was furnished
transportation to that city.
This afternoon n liftcon-ycnr-old boy
named ICdcllo Wright wns arrested on the
charge of entering the house of Mr. Krueger
nt Sixth nnd F streets nnd stealing fc > 0 be
longing to Miss Ulrdlo ICriicgor.
The lending capitalists of Lincoln met last
night nnd organized the Lincoln union depot
company , with a capital stool : of $500,000. ,
Got A I'nlBo Tip From tlio Spirits.
The now Bollnmy colony ut Snntiv
Clara promises to go to pieces before It
is fairly started , says a Snn Francisco
dispatch to tbo Chicago Herald. It wnt
founded n few months ngo by Mrs. Ollvo
M. "VVnshburn , n spiritualist , who was
told by ndvlsors in the bettor land Unit
it wns her mission to ronllzo the plans
of Eollniny ns outlined in "Looking
Backward. " Spirits , she snld , told her
to fjivo her fine fruit ranch , worth $100-
OOO.ns the basis of a co-operative colon- .
At first it was given out that no money
would bo asked of colonists , but it was
finally decided that each should pay nn
Initiation foe of $100 and ' $5 month ! )
until they hud contributed $403 each. A
number of colonists are now on the
ranch , but several innlconlonta decluro
they 1mvo boon swindled , as by a recent
vote of the majority It was decided to
allow Mrs. Washburn to louse the ranch
to the colony for ono your Instead of
deeding it outright ns she originally In
tended. Kickers declara she simply
wants to have them work tlio ranch for
nothing nnd should the cclony rollapso
she will have the fruit of their labor aa
well as.tho coin they have paid in. Thov
propose to bring the innttor into tlio.
courts. Mrs. Washburn's friends say
she is justified in- her course and is ail
unselfish philanthropist. Meanwhile-
she is in dally consultation with spirits
to got light.
The Discovery of Silver In
The Gazette llusso announces the ro-
ccnt discovery of largo silver mines at
tlio Kouban Bources. The land bolonps
to a mining company , which has coded
tlio working of it to an engineering
specialist , the same person who estab
lished the existence of these mines. IIo
has discovered moro than twenty de
posits of silver and load , some of which
were worked In olden tlmo , although In
a most primitive fashion. An essential
leaturo In the matter is that deposits of
coal have hoen discovered in the same
district. Searching examinations have
proved the unexampled richness of these
mines , and nn analysis of the samples
extracted 1ms shown tliat tbo ere con
tains n largo proportion of motnl. The
most distant deposits nro only 140 vorts
from the railway , and the roads leading
thither are kept in good order. Further ,
the river has a plentiful supnly of water ,
and its current is rapid , which will facil
itate the establishment of works.
An Accommodating Hallroml.
Probably the most accommodating
railroad In this country is the narrow
Hiiugo running from Tunkhnnnock to
Montrose , Pa. It has boon late a go67f
deal recently , and finally a Lohigh Val
ley conductor , who * had to wait for it ,
asked a passenger the reason. "Well , "
ho Bald , "I don't know what usuallj
makes it late , but I can toll you what
detained us tonight. Ono of our passen
pors , while looking out of the car win
dow with his mouth open , lost his sot of
gold-mounted false tooth. The conduc
tor , on bolng informed of the loss ,
stopped the trnln and backed up to the
point of the accident , when all hands
hunted with lanterns for the tooth until
found. "
Don't 1'rnctlco His Theory.
Clitcaoo Inter-OcMn.
Kansas has the first socialistic congressman
over elected. His name Is John Davis and ho
Is an editor. Ho tallts of socialism but brings
his subscribers to tlmo tbo same as before hU
conversion , ana demands bis pay lu cash.
SMALL FEET.
They Arc an Illustration of tlio TciuU'iirj
of the Times Toward Little Waists
and Weak Bodies ,
Anyone who visits the art museums may ho
struck with the faot that tha fuct of all the
ancient statues seem very large. They du
hecin so , hut It will bo found that for Hyiuinu-
trloal perfection thcso feet could not bu better ,
ana yet the foot of the tivorfiito man or woin.ui
today nro much smaller than In anol < nttline <
One mliriiL naturally ask. Why Irt this ? Th
answer Is not dllTleult. Modern custom anil
fashion hnvocontraolod foot to their present
binull proportions ; shoos have takim the plain
of RiindulB. Indeed , It Is only ono Illustration
D ( mnny. of what advanced civilization anil
fushlondo. The waists of women In ancient-
( liiy.s were not BO small as lu thu present RKU of
corsets. The health of women In undent
times was better than In our present day of
Hnolul demands , household euros nnd hurrleil
living. Women nroweaker thun tlioy once
were. They fool doprossud , blue , wuuk mid
languid , whcro they once were bright stionR
nnd active. Suoh modern troubles re < | iilru
the most advanced treatment and thu brsl
physicians and most suloiitluo authorities ot
iho present day declare that pure stimulant *
nro n. necessity In most lives , It Is n sl nlll-
cant fact , however , lu connection with thH
statement , that only pure htliiuilantsnro over
of value , whllo Impure uro an actual harm.
Tlio best and purest of all stimulants HOW
Known ' 1'uro Malt
to the puhllo Is Duffy's
Whiskey. It Is Indeed the only inedlclinl
whlsUuy known to tl.o professions of the pub
lic. It lias boon to&cod by years of u o , and U
far moro popular today than over bofoi o la It }
history. It has many Imitators and the usual
Jeuloiialos whluh merit always bring , unu
hoiioo when miRoriipulnuB doulors oilor any
other article , they should bo Klon to umlor-
stand that only Uulry'a can bo used.
OMAHA
LOAN AND TRUST
COMPANY.
Subscribed and Guaranteed Oapltal. .
I'ald In Oupltnl . , . MO-000
Iluyi and soils stocks and bonds : negotiate *
commercial paper ) receives and cxuoutci
trusts ; acts ns transfer agent and trustee m
corporations , takes ohnrgo of property , col
lects taxe * .
Omaha Loan&TrustCo
SAVINGS BANK.
S. E. Cor. 16th and Pouglos
I'nld In Capital ,
Subscribed ixnU Guaranteed Capital , . . 'w' ' ° * '
Liability ot Stockholders . WO.OW
6 1'er Cent Interest Paid on lopn tt < -
KUA.NK * . LANOK , Cushlor.
Offlcers ; A. \Vyinan , prunldcnt. J. J.
vlcu-prosldcnt , W. T. Wynmn , treasurer.
Dlroctor-A. U , Wyman , J. II. MIMurd , J.
Drown , Guy O , Ilarton , E. W , Nwl > ,
L. EliuDall , Q orto I ) . Luke ,