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IBH WWI B 1 THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : JFHIDAY , DECEMBER 11 , 1891. STERLING MORTON ISN'T ' IN IT Governor Has Hia Realgnat'oi ' From the World's Fair Commission , JUSTICE COBB SUSPENDS A SENTENCE , Over n Korlimo In ttio DUtrlct Court Mult In Wliloli Onmlm 1'nrtlos Arc Inter- I Ijlnco'.n NUWH. LINCOLN , Nob. , Dae. 10. [ Special to TUB BBE. ] J. Sterling Morton's nulgr.atlon ns a mambor of the Nebraska World's fair eom- mission was placed In Governor Thayor's hands today for the ilrst time , although It has been In possession of a gentleman In this city sluco some dny last wook. Oovornor Thnyerdoes not wish to make the con ton ti of the letter public , howovor. until ho has had nn opportunity of conversing with Mr. Mor ton on the subject. The governor says ho re grets the fact that Mr. Morton has scon lit to withdraw from the commission. Mr. A. if. Sawyer , the gentleman who bai had the letter In his possession until today , is n warm personal friend of Mr. Morton. Ho aays that Mr. Morton status as his reas ons for withdrawing from ttiu board that ho Is not In favor of expending the people's ' nionoy for such an exhibition , etc. it Is believed , however , that tlioro wore other reasons , whether the latter states tbom or not. Governor Thaynr states that ho will not consider the nninu.4 ol possible successors to Mr. Morton until ho had con versed with that gentleman. Further than this he declined to discuss tbo matter. Jixluo l obi ) SusjHMitlN > entoiiuo. Today Chief Justice Cobb Issued nn order suspending sentence in the case of William Tippy , convicted of manslaughter In tbo dis trict court In and for Saline county , until further orders , and Also ordering that Tippy be released on ball , his hoods being fixed at $3.000. The crlma for which Tippy was convicted was committed at Do Witt , in Saline county , on the evening of November M , IS'.ll , and was the culmination of a saloon quarrel. Tippy la the proprietor of a saloon In UoWltt and on the evening of the day In question George Plunhnutt wandered Into the place In on intoxicated condition. Tippy and Plunk- riett became Involved in a quarrel , and Will- lam Halfucro , Tippy's bartender , also took a hand. As the quarrel waxed warmer Tippy ordered Ualfacro to throw Plunknott out , which ho did by first striking him several heavy blows with his loft hand ana then kicking him out onto tbo sidewalk. Plunk nott died within a few minutes. When tried for tbo crlmu both Tippy and Ilalfacro were convicted of manslaughter and sent to the penitentiary for ton years. Both lllou notice of their Intention to ask the supreme court to Interfere , but HulfaCro withdrew his notice. Ni'tlnnnl Guard Commission" . Today Adjutant General Cole issued com missions to the following recently elected National guard officers : Captain W. L. Frew , First , Lieutenant W. H. Franklin , Second Lieutenant O. L. Chap man , all of Company A , First infantry , stationed at York. Captain Fred E. Bourne , First Lieutenant Gilbert Palmer and Second Lieutenant Jo seph A. licctl , . all of Company C , First in- fanlryi at Beatrice. Second Lieutenant A. H. Humphrey of Company D. First regiment , at Lincoln. Second Lieutenant H. L. Uomlngton , Com pany E , Second infantry , at Chadron. Second Lieutenant D. Aldrlge of Company G , First Infantry , at Geneva. Tbo following persons have neon appointed to vacancies on General Colby's staff : Allen G. Fisher of CUadron as brigade commisary with the rank of captain. O. L. Green of Kearney as aldo-do-camp with rank of iirst lieutenant. Flt > litiiii ; Over a li'ortunc. A contested will case involving a snug llttlo fortuuo of about 830,000 has boon on trial In Judge Hall's court today. Two years ago Mrs. Jennie May , a wealthy Lincoln lady , died. In her will sbo bequeathed tbo sum of ? 'iOOUU to the African mission cause and to other charitable institutions. Tbo balance of hnr fortune was to bo divided up among three sisters , a brother and two or three nieces. As a matter of course they contested the will uuon the cround that , a woman who failed to divide her whole fortune among a miscellaneous assortment of relatives must necessarily bo insane. The contest was first brought in a praoato court , but at tor Judge Stewart bad listened to all the evidence In the case , and the trial lasted a month , ho declared tbo will good , The hoirs.tbok an appeal and the case is now on lu tbo district court. Nebraska's Silver Aimivorsiirr. At a mooting of the Lincoln Heal Estate exchange last ovenlng , H. M. Bushnell called uttoutlo.i to the fact that the twonty- lifiu anniversary of Nebraska's admission Into the union was rapidly approaching and that it would bo lilting and proper for tbo city of Lincoln to got up a celebration of tho- ev'ont and Invite the pcoplo of thostato gen erally to participate. Ho offered the follow ing resolution , which was unanimously adopted : Kesolved , That the president of tbo Real Kstato oxvliiiiiRO appoint a conunUteo of live from Us membership , of which the president shall be one , to act with alike committee from the Hoard of Trade , the two committees to comprise a iiunorul uoininlttcu whoso duties It Khali ho to arrant ; ? for a pronur celebration In the oliy of Lincoln of the twunty-llftli anni versary of the admission of Nebraska to the union. Lincoln' * Itcnl Kstato Kxohnuco. The Lincoln Uoal Estate exchange held its annual meeting last evening and elected onicors for the ensuing year. Secretary Gll- lllnu's report was nn interesting document , Ho alluded llrst to the establishment of the grain Inspection department at Lincoln and then of the progress of tbo city's manufactur ing Industries , and finally of the importance of securing boot sugar factories for Lincoln. Seven directors for tha ensuing year were elected , us follows : J. H. McClay , J. J. Gll- lllnn , II. M. Bushnoll , A. E. Kennnrd , A. L ) . Kitchen , M , L. Trester and \V. 13. Stewart. The directors then held a nicotine and ro- oleoted J. H. McClay president , II. M. Bush nell vice president , J. J. GIlHIau secretary oud A. E. Ron nurd treasurer. Another Comity Sent War. The records of the supreme court are again cumbered with the voluminous documents of another dreary and interminable county seat , \yar. This time it is Dakota county. Last August the commissioners of that county called a special election lor the relocation of the county seat. A numerously signed re monstrance was presented which tbo com missioners refused to heed , Ttio district court sustained the commissioner. } and now the pcoplo who do not want the county seat relocated are asking for the Interformico of the supreme court. Omaha Ll ht Gnarils. There are no now developments in the pro ject to unlto the Omaha light guards with tbo Nebraska National guards , although the national guard ofllclals are extremely anxious to bring about such a consummation. Adju tant General Cole todayspoko In high terms of the oflleienay of tbo Omaha guards. Ho said ho would liUo to sco an appropriation made by the next legislature aulllclantly largo to organize and equip another regiment , and further that ho would like to see thou u w regiment made up at Omaha ns far as possible and an armory built and maintained there. Oinnliu Parties Interested. An Important case in which about tblrty firms and Individuals are Interested , Is ou trial in Judge Fields * court. Last February , Ileyman & Dutches of Omaha Jailed la business , and a number of creditors tiled claims against a branch store In this city. Sheriff McClay was appointed receiver , and aftar soiling too stock of tbo Lincoln store and paying all necessary expenses , ho had a balance of nearly | S,000 to dlvulu urnonit tha creditors. Tha case before Judga Field * Is Instituted for the purpose of Insuring a Just and equitable division of the amount. llioy Had a Pretty Scrap. Or , O'Connor has an oftluo , or a room , or something of tbo kind In the Bnrr block , on O street. His personal relations with Colonel liarr have been somewhat strained for some time , owlu to certain reckless allegations made by the colouol against tha doctor1 * Immediate ancestry , Last evening tbo two RonUeuieu mot , and ttio doctor pro- . coodod not only to defy the allegation , hut to liclr the allogator , and tn a few moments the colonel's clastic features resembled a topographical graphical survey of the Hooky mountains. Both parties were arrested , and tbo police Judge will endeavor to rcsloro peace on the 23th Inst. Died r'rom Ovorniitlnc. City Physlcum Hatch today reported n case to the health authorities whoroiu n woman had died from ovorenllnit. She had boon sick for some time , hut Saturday said she felt much hotter. She asked her daugh ter to glvu her a plcco of hum , but the girl refuted , believing that ham win hnrlly thn proper diet for a convalescent. Yesterday , however , tha woman mnmiucd to got out of bed during her dnughlor'rt absence , She cooked a generous supply of the coveted dainty , ate It and returned to bed. She died from the effects of her Ill-advised repast a few hours later. Gossip ot tlio State Capitol , J. E. Hush , recontlv olcatod district , Judge of ttio First district , called at the oflleo of the secretary of state this afternoon nnd registered hU oath of oftlco. State Superintendent Goudy gous to Alma to address the mooting of .ho Hat-Ian County Tcacber.i association tomorrow evening. Mrs. Goudy will address the Johnson County Teachers association at Vesta. Secretary Furnm of the State Board of Agriculture read Tun BUB this morning at Brownsvlllo and Immediately started for Lincoln In post has to to register an omphatlu proto.it ngnlnst allowing the grain Inspectors the use of the agricultural board's quarters. The socrotnry was promised that no further move would be taken In the mattnr without consulting him and ho returned homo In a much more amiable framn of mind. Judge Tinnier has ofllcially notlllod Judge Holcomu that on next Thursday ho will apply to the supreme court for tha appoint ment of n referee to hear and report the law , the evidence and the facts In the contest case which ho Instituted two weeks ago. OllH I ! 11(1 HlIllH. The winter musical festival takes plnco to morrow evening at St. Paul's Methodist Episcopal church. ' Mars'hall division No. 10 , Knights of Pythias , held nn enjoyable reception last ovenine. General Hotchklss and Colonel Downs delivered Interesting addresses. Hon. A. J. Cropsor , formerly well knotvn to all the people of Lincoln and Nebraska , but now n resident of Ogden , U. T. , Is bore on a visit. The replevin case brought by Gus Saunders - dors agalimt Chief of Police DIngos to recover possession of two revolvers recently confis cated by the police was settled today. Saundors-htitds the guns. Tbo Jury In the case of the administrators of the estate of John Drummer against John Hodden , for $1,000 damages , awarded the plaintiff $ ! K)0. ) Casper Dice , a Hoca blacksmith , fell into the vault of a B. & M. outbouso last night and the police had hard work to rescue him. The Evening News appeared yesterday afternoon under the ownership of L. Wester- man , H. T. Wostorman , S. E. Low , E. B. Hyde , H. T. Dobbins nnd J. W. Jordan. The policy of the new organization will bo inde pendent republican and imorovomonts will bo made as soon as practicable. It is practi cally a now reorganization , with an Infusion of now blood and nddod capital. Mrs. Winslow'.i Soothing Syrup for chil dren teething softens the gums nnd allays all pain. 25 cents a-bottle. COLOK.IDO'S HAlLII'Ar LlXES. Some Figures From tlio State Bureau of Statistic. DB.VVCR , Colo. , Doo. 10. The state bureau of labor statistics has just finished the ad vance sheets of some interesting statistics of railroad labor in Colorado. The result ills ? closes the fact that thjre are 4,540.01 miles of railway lines all told in tbo stato. The as sessed valuation ol the various lines is 3v0- ! 0:15.215.04. : Tlioro are KI- > - persons 6m- ployed in this state in various occupations in cident to railway service. There is $10.523,809.01 in cash distributed every year In Colorado ni a grand total dis bursement of wages paia by the various ralU ways. During the year there have boon only two strikes of Importance on railways in Colorado. Ouo was the sympathetic strike of Burling ton swltchmon , April 10 , to sustain the Lin coln switchmen. It was unsuccessful. The other was the strike of the Union Pacific brakemen at Trinidad , April 21 , fo'iucroasod pay. it was successful. The nvorago monthly wages paid in the various branches of employment of railway labor nro : Train service engineers , 31iO ! to $150 ; firemen , $75 to $95 ; conductors , passon- gur , tiuu losr.u ; coiuuioior.s. ireignt , 30 to S10U ; brultomen , $08 to $95. Telegraph serv ice dispatchers , § 105 to $125 ; operators , $50 to $91) ) . Station agents largest stations , ? IS. > to $175 : smaller , $10 to $35. Clerical labor is paid from $50 to $ I5U par montb. and is the poorest paid of the railway service. This Is ou account of the great number of clerks who como to Colorado for their health , and who , In order to secure n position , work for barely enough to live ou. The HowQscalo took UritpromicmntPhlla dolphla , Paris , Sydnov and other exhibitions Bordeti & Selleck Co. , Aijts. , Chicago. SKICIUUS till A JIVES. Statements Made by "a Prominent Wyoming Cattlorn in. DEXVUK , Cole , , Dec. 10. tV prominent cattle r.ilser of Wyoming , whllo In this city today , said to a reporter : "Tho rustlers of northern Wyoming con trol the handling of mail on the star routes and are in tbo habit of Intercepting the let ters of stockmen. One owner residing in Cheyenne has not reard from his foreman direct for six months. In nnothor case an owner who lives on the ranch is compelled to visit the railroad quito often. Ho never hears from homo while away except through loiters to a thtra person , Lettorn are opened at thn small olllces. "A number of the small ranchmen of tbo Powder river section declare that they will leave Wyoming In the spring. They made nn indignant , injured innocence tall : about rich assassins oppressing and murdering the poor man. Not one-halt of these follows pro duce enough vegetables for their own tables nnd all own fertile tracts. " Constipation poisons tuo mood ; Do Witt's Llttlo Eiirly UUors euro constipation. The cause removed , the disease Is gone. AX OUt it.tff. Murderous Work of a Missouri Ilobbcr. NEO IIO , Mo. , Dec. 10. About 8:30 : o'clock Tuesday night a masked man entered the homo of C. E , Garrctt , an old man. ton mlles cast of this city , anu at the point of n ra- volver , demanded all the mouoy In the houso. Refused by Mr. Garrett , the unknown robber tired at the old man , the ball taking effect In the right side , producing death in a few moments. The murderer secured nothing of valuo. The uows of the murder was ro- colved hero late last night. No trace of the assassin uai boon found. Do Witt's Llttto Eurlv Risers ; only pill to euro sielt headache and regulate the bowels. Convent lloiliunted. DESVKU , Colo. , Doc. ID. The now convent of the Sisters of Lorotto was formally dodt- catod thla morning by Archbishop balpolnto and Bishop Cuppelloof Santa Fo. Archbishop Klordan of San Francisco , Bishop Miitz of Denver and several other prominent priests. The beautiful building has bijoa occupied nearly u month and nearly 100 young ladies arc In attendance. It cost about $300,009. Pontlllcal mass was celebrated by Bishop Matt , after which the service of dedication was conducted by all the prlo-Jts of the city with tbo visiting high dlgnlturlos. The pro cession passed through thaontlro building reciting the rituals of thc/church and pro claiming the blessings of God upon the edu cational efforts of the church. A very small plh , but a vnrv good ono. De- ' Witt's llttlo Burly KUori. , Fanny Onvonnurt. CuiC'.uio , 111. , Doe. 10. Drs. Hurlbut aud Jackson , who have boon lu attendance upon Funby Duvonport since her arrival In the city , have refused tn permit her to appear at the Columbia theater tonlrht. MUs Daven port has had u roourronca of the illness which overcame her in Kansas City last week , but her condition is not alarming. DC Witt's Little Early ttuors. boat pill * NO COMMISSIONS TO B < PAID , Though the Alton B yott Ffi'od , Iti Ob ject Was Accomplished ! BURLINGTON -V.CT03Y . ANNOUNCED , Lively Competition for Next Year's A mo tin Wosturn Miics Incident * ol' the H ccnt Sponkor.-min CIIICAOO HiiitBAtr OP TUB Bun , I ClIKMOn. 111. , Den. 10. f Passenger representatives of some of the eastern roads' , unalterably opposed to the payment of commissions , who iiro hero at tending the couforonco on second r.Uo.1 , uro getting In u good deal of qulat but probably effective work among the western roads to try to prevent them resuming the payment of commissions lu eastern territory , now that the Alton boycott has elapsed. Whllo they cannot longer deny that the boycott has boon a dismal failure , they urge that the end It was Intended to accomplish has boon arranged by other and bettor means. What they now propose la that n combination may ho formed between the ciaitcru and western roads whereby nn eiiultaulo division of all the basi nets can bo made among nil the roads repre sented In tno combination and each agree not to pay commissions In the territory of the othor. The proposition has been re ceived by n number of the western roads with u good deal of favor. Itiirlmgton Siiuured tliel'rlzi * . Arrangements nave been completed by the Burlington road for the transportation from Chicago to Denver next August of St. John's commandory , Knights Templar , from Phila delphia on its pilgrimage to its triennial con clave. This commandory will ao > , as escort cert to Most Eminent Grand Commander Gobtn of the grand commntldory of tbo United States nnd a superb special train composed of Pullman sleepers , dining , ob servation and baggage cars will bo furnished for the party , which It will occupy as Us homo during the entire period it is On the pilgrimage. The party will go from Phila delphia to Cleveland over the Pennsylvania , from Cleveland to Detroit over thu Michigan Southern , from Detroit to Cblcauo over the Michigan Contra ! and from Chicago to Den ver bv ' the Burlington. Uofurnintr , it will tako'tho Burlington from Denver to St. Louis and from St. ' Loui * to Philadelphia over the Pennsylvania , calling at Indianapo lis and Cincinnati cnrouto. Democratic Factions at War. The democracy of central and southern Illinois Is in bad shape. It is rent and torn by factional warfare that is grchtly alarming party leaders. The more immediate cause was the refusal of Congressmen Format ) , Wikc , PHbian and other friends to support and stand to the last by Congressman Springer in the late race for the spoakerihip. General Palmar has strained every nerve to bring the warring cliques and clans tosuther. The trouble Is said to bo the outgrowth of n "printing combino'- which existed In Spring field some years ago. Springer was charged with being interested in the combine aud mode nn enemy of Forman , then a young state senator. When Porman was elected to congress ho determined to "lay" for Springer. The opportunity came when the lutlcr got the speakership bee in his bonnet , . Forman combined witn Morrison to defeat him , and thn result ! s that central nnd south ern Illinois is cut clean and clear in two in the mtddli' . Crusade for Free Art. Artists and sculptors , critics and lovers of art have signeJ an appeal to tbo representa tives In congress for the abolition of the tariff on art after Misi Kato Field's earnest and forcible speech at the Chicago athoiucum. Resolution's wore adopted asking in behalf of the artists and art lovers of Chicago cage , "that all oD-ttructlvo measures to the Introduction of art and its ideas Into the United States , being hurtful to the general welfare of its pepnlo , shoud b'o removed by entirely abolishing the existing tariff on works of url. " Odds and End" . . . E. Judge Tree of Chicago regards the elec tion of Mr. Crisp as a personal vluiory and as without important significance on ques tions in which the partv is Interested. "I do not think that the victory of Mr. Crisp Is significant ns to tha position of tbo party on the tariff , the silver question or can didates. " said he. "In the northwest I believe - lievo there is a strongly growing sentiment in favor of n reform in the tariff , anil that Grover Cleveland will bo the democratic can didate. " There is a hitch In the sparrow bounty law. Not a cent has yet been paid by the county in conforrnauco with the law , and nearly 4,000 heads' ha/o been presented at the city clerk's office. It is now stated that the county board may refuse paymcn' on ttio ground that the sparrow law Is unconstitu tional. A jail delivery occurred at Galcsburg , III. , last night , cloven prisoners escaping from the prison. There sceui.t to have been outsldo ns'sistauco. Three iron bars an inch thick , which guarded one ot the windows , were cut , nnd ropes made of the bed ticking with which the prisoners descended In safety. None of the fugitives has boon recaptured yet. Evidently the people of Chicago are becoming very much attached to buttcrino ar.d oleomargarine us a substitute for butter. In thn month of November U5U special licenses for the sale of oleomargarine nnd buttorlno at retail were taken out at the Internal revenue olllce. ThU is the largest number of licenses In any one month ever taken out. Western I'ooplo In 'Chicago The following western people uro in the city : At the Grand Pacific- . G. Uhomsbonr. Dubuque , la ; Mr , and Mrs. D. M. Weis- mayer , Sioux City. la. At the Palmer Mr. nnd Mrs. T. J. Garri son , Donlson , la. At the Wolllncton Edward H. Hunter , Dos Monies , la At the Leland John McCook , Cro co , la. ; A. W. Clancy , Des Molnos , la. ; Job : . Zim merman , Muscatmc , la. At the Auditorium Mr. nnd Mrs. H. U. Hnrsching , Des Molnos , In , General J. C. Cowln of Omaha Is registered at the Palmar. General Passenger Agent John Francis of the Burlington Is in the city. , F. A. * The only complexion powder in the world that Is without vulgarity , without injury to the user , and without doubt h beautltior , Is Pozzonl's. _ OPKN OVI-U SUNDAY. , Western Art Rxlillilt Will Not Close Tills Week. The art and curio exhibition willcloso Sun day night and the premiums will bo an nounced by the provident. The exhibition ha ? been a success nnd has douo much to nncnurago the taste for artUtlo work in Omaha. The Western Art associa tion Is ongngod la u work of oo'uutulon , nnd tha exhibition this year marks another stop In the line of.progr.OMS. Tnoro nro hundred * of pcoplo in Omaha who have hot yet .icon the exhibition , nnd ihonoxcthrou days should not bo permitted to pass without u visit to It. None of the plctures..h ° ava boon removed , although it wa * ut QUO time Intended to Jloso ibo exhibition on Wednesday night. The great show la ull there and everybody in Omaha should see it before the close. Mr. Catlln will take a largo part of the ex hibit to Lincoln next weak to bo placed on exhibition there. Not so many nalos have been tnaao during the exhibition as tbo members of the associa tion had hoped for , but a few very good ptu- ttiros were sold at fulr prices. Airs. H. A. Willis sold a very nice vegetable nloco yesterday - terday to a gentleman from Sioux City , DoWltt's Llttlo Early HISOM. Best llttla pill over made. Cure constipation every time , Nona equal. Use them now. .1 .V A O W . \ VKM KXTN. Tha engagement of Lillian Lowls at tha Boyd commences Sunday evening. Miss Lawu comes to Omaha supported by a com pany Including Edmuud Comer , Louise I'om. - - - " - j-rf j- oroy , Arthur UUiptt , Walter Eytlngo nnd others of noto. She will open bar Omaha engagement wlthm performance of "As In n Looking Otasni'Jn On Monday ovcnltiK she will present " (5raQlt Lorrnlno. " Do you waul ajiearty laugh at good wholesome - some fun I to wifnli | you can take your wlfo nnd children , ojbpst girl If you have not roncbod the former dlgnltv. Then bear In mind that Glllctt 's famous comedy , "Tho Prlvuto SecBotixry , " presented by Edwin Travors' clovotjiyipipany. will bo the attract ion nt tbo Pitmani Street theater , com mencing with a .natluco on Sunday , Botoro comlnsn to America the Austrian Juvenile band had made n tour of Europe , appearing In mostof the capitals , and It Is a telling foot that.in no appearance did they makti n f nil uro. They appeared not only publicly , but privately before kings and courts at private ami I euro. The emperor uf Germany wns so pleased by the lads' per formances that ho ordered"a letter of ncknowledgmont to bo written nnd to which was itdixod hit anal of stato. That letter Herr Stovons-now has and ftlumigor Blakely has had n copy tmulu nnd also n translation , to show in what estimation the king holds thn Juviinllcs. The band and Miss Mnrlc Glover will bo heard nt the Coliseum Saturday mutlnco and evening. 1'urt iiont Kciiinrkn Cnnoci'iiInK No- hraNk'i'n Ornwliif ? Industry. When the Lincoln Board of Trade was dis cussing the propriety of holding a boot sugar congress , Mr. M. A. Lunn of Grand Island , nado the following speech which , as much as anything , caused the decision to hold the congress called for riocombor 17. Mr. Lunn said : This Industry has become nn established reality In this state and Is no longer a legiti mate subject for conjecture. The essential and material facts have been unquestionably dbtnonstratod which provo conclusively that the natural condition of soil and temperature of the stale of Nebraska are tnoro favorable for the production of beets having u higher saccharine richness than any ether country In the world. The commercial Importance that it will bo to the people of this state to manufacture tha sugar that is used by them cannot bo esti mated. A slight conception of the most direct benefits that would acc'ruo were this the case , can only bo psrtllally Imagined when we reflect by comparison the amount or sugar that Is annually consumed by the United States. According to the best statistics ob tainable wo find our importations amounted to 3 , l3,4-l--'j : ) ! ! pounds , and that the produc tion in the United Statcu was loss than vUJ ! , 000 tons. This would Indicate a total of 3,995.703,335 pounds , hut wo must , realize that some of the importations arc , after rollnlng , exported. According to tbo last census report the annual per capita consumption of the Unltiid States was titty-llvo pounds. Ot this nmouut wo only produced eigh't pounds per capita of the cori-uimutloii. Tbo annual cost of sugar to each Individual 111 the United States would bo SJ.O. ) , based upon these conservative llg- ures and coinriufcd at ; 4 % cents pur pound. This would amdum , to 5 cents per week , or 5-7 of a cent per daV for each individual. In significant as tlfcsut figures mav seem to bo It will amount toS-/7-jjllifl : for the people of Nebraska , with a-.nopulution of Ir > SU , ! > lU. For Douclas cpuijty , which has the largest population of any county in the state , it would amount jo war $11)0,000 ) annually , or money enough to establish eight national banks with S.'iO.OOJ.capHal each. For Lancaster. , county it would amount to nearly $ 00,000 , , orenough to capitalize four national banks ql $ . > i.UOO each. For Gngo county..th'o third .largest In the state , it nraounts'lafSS,000 anbually. The urowth of/thp beet sugar industry has been very rapld'duritig the last , thirty years , when it was fliM takpri' thoroughly in hand. The world's outputl'of been sugar for the years .IStiO nnd ' "liulvits , according to , M. Licht , BS7.000 tous , whereas for ' the years IS'JJ and" 1891 Ifcla'vibuiDU'tcd bytno same nu- \ . , , tons , an excess " of Hoot" sugar over cano of 1,320,000 tons" . As Germany , Franpoond Austria arc the largest producers Ipf "sugar from boots wo will give I ho average. cost per aero of rais ing oects In Franco In tha following detailed - tailed figures furnished by M..E. DuFay of Chevry Coasigi.y , Franco : Farmyard manure . , , $23 00 Knrtlllznr * fnnitltnor fltl ) . 11 ! 1)0 ) Spreading mmuru : fit ) Spreadiir4 fertilizers. . . > Kirst plowln. 1 M ) llfirr.nvlni ; aiirl rowlniiaflur plowing. . . 04 I'ldvvlngiiiu ) SlibsolllnB 10' ) Two seal rlfy In .H ( HI I wo harrow lira's HI Two rollings ( it Costor.soud 301 Suwlir ; of seed HJ Harrowing an.I rcllnu nzuln < > " > Tnioo tunes hoeing with hones 4 > lloolng by Inn ! . . . < 4 tu llnrveitlng by hand. . . . 4 Oi llavvcstliu by machines 1 fi-l Uartlni ; to factory - 4J " " Total. . . . . . . . . : . . . - . ' * 70 fil To the llgurts stated are still to bo added the rent of the land and thu tuxes , $0.40 , mak ing a total of SSO.Ol. Tuo charge of harvest ing is very low from the fact that thn top ping of the beets is performed by women aad children whoso average wages do not exceed 15 cents per day. much less than the estimates call for. In this country , while the chnrgu for fertilizers is much greater than we shall need on oul-solls for some years to como. The avcraco yield per aero obtained by DuFay Is twenty-five tons , showing the value or mtonsivo farming. It will be noticed that the cost of fertilizers applied to the ground , tozothor with rent nnd tax os , amount to $50.0:35 : per aero. Wo are of the .opinion that If an equal amoutt of money Iexpended in the state of Nebraska per aero for labor , ground rent nnd taxes , tnut is expended in Franco for fertiliz ers , rent and tuxes , that , the result will bo nn equal avumgu tonm.go per acre , and when wo again compare tuo percentage produced in Nebraska which has maintained an average of about Hi per cent with those of Franco and Germany , wo hav'u still a greater advantage In this respect. Germany. Franco. Per csnl. 1'orcont. ISWI-O ) 12.80 II.CO 188S-8 ! ) r > . .v > 10.ai 1S8'-W.S III.77 10.UJ According to Secretary Husk's last rope rt the average per cent of sucrose in the beets for this your at the experimental station ut Scuuyicr Is about 15 , and u tonnage 01' twenty tons to the aero. It Is evldnnt lhaf the cost of growing beets In Nebraska is less than In either Franco or Germany , where fertilizers nro annually re quired. Several farniQrai'dt Grand Island hnvo grown from llftt'oif'to ' twonty-ono tons of beets par aero th\9 \ ypar , at an average cost of about $ io peracroiitjo contract prlco of which \vai $1 per ton. Suoi'laireports ' nro also made from Norfolk , ai'i'irwhila it Is trua that some farmer ? ) have nqt. jiiot with success or profit in growing beot-s1 ; , JtJcortalL'ly must bo duo to Improper .selection or preparation of the lander or eMo to neglect Iircultlvation. ThU crop is 'bhtf ' that will not admit of neglect In cultivation , out it is ono that if properly ouitlvatpu"Wlll return a larger per cout of profit for tbo labor bestowed than any other crop , Wuou factories are established there can always'pa' ' found a market for Una crop nt a uulforui'pf leo per ton. As the price ' ( ltfommodlly , | : cheapens , in proportion ns thQ'liolsuihptIon ( u Increased , and as it Is astlmxca that It would rcquiru 700 additional factodcs In the United States , with n capacity oonM to the two "already built In NabruiKfliKjiupply the consumption of our people , It naturally ( allows that this number must bo very largely Ir-croaseU to moot the demands uy the reduction In tno prlco of the sugar. The Increased constuni > - tlon cannot be osclniafod. but from thu last report of the secretary of agriculture , the Imports from April 1 to Octonor 1 , IS'JI , ex- coodeil that of any like period by $20,000,0110. The question now arises , cannot Nebraska become the loading sugar producing state in thounioul Ara not Us people warranted In making a united effort In that direction ! To the end that all possible Information and ttnowltulao regarding this great Industry may bo thoroughly disseminated amonir thu alt the people in the state nnd that capital ists may ba Informed as to tha great natural advantages that are to bo found here , nnd that tbo intention of the ouo to produce tha raw material shall tnduca tbo other to locate factories In tali stato. Van Houton'a Cocoa Sand for a can. See advts. CUTTING OFF FRENCH TRADE , Formation of tbo Zollvaroin with Germany as the Gentor About Completed , COMING OF THE INDUSTRIAL SEDAN , I'rlnoo Illsnmrok'HSententious Proph ecy llolnjj Ilcnllzcd Funeral ot IJoin Pedro Mystery ol" the Iloulcvnrd dii Temple. ( litrtlnn imet.1 ! PJI.HS , Doc. 10. | Now York Herald Cable Spcolnl to Tin : BKK. | An event of Incal culable Importance has Just occurred lu Eu rope. Germany has signed treaties of com- inerco with Austria nnd Italy hostile to Franco and Russia , The vast commercial union , of which Germany Is tha Inventor and the pivot , nnd to which her allies are the llrst adherents , has boon strengthened by the admUslon of Swltzoi-land "and Belgium , who have signed treaties with Germany and Aus tria. Negotiations have also been ocgun between Austria n.nd Turkey , Bulgaria , Uoiinmtiln and Servia. Germany Is negotiat ing with Holland , who- has made proposals to Belgium , nnd Belgium will soon have signed treaties with Denmark and Germany. The latter country has moreover already mndo advances to Denmark and Tur key.This This zollvoroin will thus embrace the whole of Kuropo except Franco , Uusslu. Swodnn , Norway , Spain , Portugal and Greece. But Spain Is ou such bad terms with us that sbo will no doubt soon adhcro to the now loazuo , and grave fears . \ro still entertained lost England should do likouiso , if her interests demanded It. l'"Yuno hi n It'id Way. Such are the plain facts with which the French parliament finds itself confronted at the close of the drbato on the tariff. It Is , thanks to our protectionists , that Belgium has Joined the zollverein , nnd that Spain may Imitate her. By treaty with the United States Germany Is assured of n market for her sugar. Her object In tbo present movement is tn develop her industries. She will now bo able to wage bitter war against the Industries of France , which until now she has combattod by fraud and adulteration. Despite all this the French chamber continues its ruinous protectionist policy. Bismarclc once said : "Franco must have bor industrial Sedan. " It begins to look us though the ex-chancellor's prophecy bad been realized , and as polities are leis n mat ter of sentiment than of Interest , and the in terests of most European powers bind them to Germany , it must , be feared that by our own fault wo have lost three-quarters of the benefit derived from the ontentoWith Hussla. Burial of the IDmperor. The funeral of Dom Pedro II took place yesterday. Uuhap'pilv it rained , and the bad weather kept many people ut homo who would otherwise have attended the funeral. Troops were massed around the Mndololno during the ceremony. The body , which was convoyed to the church in thentght.restedon a bag containing some Brazilian earth , which tbo late emperor had Drought with him to remind him of his native land. An immense crowd filled the building. Among the mourners were the diplomatic corps and tbo leading members of the Bra zilian colony. The ceremony lasted nn un usually lorig time , but had nothing charac teristic about it. The cardinal archbishop of Pans gave tbo ansotution. On the way from the church to the Garo d'Orleans ' many thousands had turned out to pay a last tribute of respect to tbo emperor. Thn appearance of the Russian , military at taches in the cortege was greeted -several times on the way with shouts of "Vivo la Hussie. " The mombers.of the imporal family fol lowed the nearso In conches. This hearse had done duty already at the funerals of the due do Morny and M. Theirs. The imper nl Insignia adorned thu'bier. ' Much curiosity was aroused by the uniforms of the ex-ofll- clals of the Brazilian court in the procession. lint , the Wrong Alan. It now seems that the police made n mis- tnko yesterday when they arrested a man on suspicion of being the author of the murder on the boulevard du Tomnlo. Tbo whole affair grows more nnd tnoro mysterious. It is now .suspected that the crime was not of an ordinary kind , nnd that the authorities will have to riddle out a sensational private drama. The debate on the religious question took an academic turn in the senate today. The leaders of the various political groups made speeches. In reply to one the minister ot justice Maid that in the existing laws the gov ernment had all the arms it needed to insure its supremacy. Nothing serious was likely to compel it to adopt exceptional legislation against the church. If any ecclesiastic showed disrespect to the covcrnmont of the republic , his allowance would bo stopped. In n very vigorous speech M. do Frcyclnel added that the government would Lever abandon the last conquest con cerning the educational and military laws. JACQUES ST. CCUK. ironsa r/M.v .1 VVVIMXK , Kunnw.iy Cnra Jump the Track : and Crash Into Kcsldenuns. MAHQ.UKTTK , Mich. , Dec. 10. A freight heavily load with holiday goods loft Marquette - quotte early this morning , and wnou three miles out , near tbo tup of an exceedingly heavy grade , It parted. The rear end eamo thundering toward the city and made the trip in u very few minutes. One car Jumped the track at Division street and crashed into John Crowl's house , fully too rods from the track. The house was badly wrecked but Mr. and Airs. Crowl wcra only thrown out of bed nnd severely bruised. They thought n tcrnblo eyclono had struck the city. A second car nnd the caboose wurosot on tire nnd were ull nllnma when they Jumped thu track. They brought up In u heap against the house of Alexander Emerson and sot it on lire , also the adjoining residence. The In mates of both dwellings barely escaped with their lives and with only their night clothes to cover thorn. Several freight ears nro piled up In splinters. Conductor Dor < ui and r brakuman saved themselves by Jumping. The total loss is nt least $25,000. HKTTI\(1 Kl'JSA' WITH TIlK HOAUS. Indiana Karmerti Working 1'or a T\vo- Ccnt Fnru Law. IXPUXAPOMS , Ind. , Deo. 10. The farmers of Indiana are preparing to demand of thu iii-xt legislature that > \ law bo enacted re ducing thu state rate of railroad faro to U cents n mile. This is precipitated by the ac tion of the Central Traffic association in re fusing to grant reduced intos to members of many farmera' organizations which moot hero this month and noxt. Heretofore the rnads have plvon those farmer representa tives u halt rate , no quoulons being nskod , out this year it was decided to maka the tillers - lors of the soil who came up to Indianapolis to attend agricultural meetings pay ( ull I uro. Thn movement against , the railroads has boon sot going by tha tile makers' association adopting resolutions scoring tha trafllu asso ciation nnd demanding the legislature pass a y-cont law. A committee was unpointed to carry the matter before tbo legislature. 'I ho various ether industrial organizations which followed the tile makers will tnko UP tbo question , nnd the State Board of Agricul ture will lend Its Influence towards "getting oven" with tba railroads. Kleven Prisoners llrenk < Inll. GAI.USIIUIUT , III. , Dec. 10. f est night eleven prisoners escaped from Jail by cut ting off the bars at the cell window and lowering themselves by means of bed ticks. Tbo delivery was not discovered until this morning nnd none of the fugitives has been , recaptured , It Is thought there wu * outsldo assistance. Tbrcu of tha prisoners were sent here from Princeton for safe keeping. Illicit Whlskov UcHtroynd. TALHIIOHA , Toan.i Doo. 10 , Federal of ficers returned last night from a raid in northern Alabama. They report the capture Guess we've stirred things up a little with our last week's "odd lot" sale. Well , we DO like a little excitement once in a while , so in order to gain a little notoriety - - - riety we have gone over these special "odd j lot" tables , and < CARVED ANOTHER CHUNK off the prices , regardless of what they cost or what we might be able to get for them. Never mind what per cent of the retail price these new prices are. We havn't fig ured that out , neither have we juggled with any "steenth" part of a dollar. W e havn't the time for such diabolical nicety , espe cially this time -when we are so busy. We guarantee that you can buy a suit or over coat on these special tables for From so many $ $ $ To so many $ $ $ $ $ $ $ $ JLess than any store i'n town will sell them. This clearing out sale is going on in each department. i M era's Suits eiiicl ] p iiits , On First Floor. Boys' Suits arid ] Pa.rats- On Second Floor. Men's Overcoats On Third Floor. These are the same high grade suits and overcoats , the same perfection of rich tex ture , patterns and shades that delighted the hundreds last week ; the same excel lence of workmanship , fit and finish of which patrons have sung praises time and again. - \ N. B. This sale is for Friday and Satur- < clay , December llth and 12th. Brownim King & ' Co. , RELIABLE CLOTHIERS , SouthwestCor.'ISth and Douglas Sis. . Send for catalogue. Open till 8 o'clock evenings. Saturdays until 10 p. in. of two largo illicit distilleries , which they destroyed , together with several thousand gallons ot the product. The stills were about ton miles from Stevenson , Ala. No arrests were made. AMUSK.ltUX'Ta. In times past we have had musical come dies and wo have had comic uperus , and now wo have a product ol combined musical and dramatic effort which tbo managers fool called upon to label "a musical comedy , not a comic opera. " Of this latter day inven tion Is "Undo Colostin , " which opened an engagement at the Boyd lust night In the hands of one of Rudolph Aronson's com panies. The advertisements laid great stress upon the music by the distinguished composer Auaran , and the performance by an opera company from a theater devoted to ooern , until the too confiding newspaper reader might well be excused 1C ho expected a comio opera , Hcncn the label serves a useful purpose , besides preserving the priilo of thu composer. The basis of the affair is ono of those amus ing complications the French nro so clover ut contriving. The Pontnillaos , suppoilng they have Inherited a fortune from a"n uncle who kepi an inn near Paris , started out to cut a dash , only to learn that In order to got tba legacy they must conduct the Inn them selves for six months. They hud already made overtures to Count Accacias for an ul- lianco between their daughter and a debauch ed youne sprig of that , noble family. They decide to run the Inn in disguise , but irivo It out that they nro going to Switzer land. The Accacias announce an intended tour of Italy , hut they BO to the same Inn to remain quietly during their supposed ah- sonco. The two families exchange letters through foreign postofllcos , and thu opportu nities for amusing situations maybe bo imagined. On account of their disguise the Pontnillacs are un able to provo their Identity , and tbo fortune is declared lost to them. In the iinal act a bust of the dead uncle , which had been cherished by Clementine of thu honso of Pontaillac , is broken and reveals a codicil to the will bequeathing the entire fortune to the girl who had loving thoughts for the old uncle. The noble hut Impecunious Accacias are incontinently snubbed , and Clementine secures the loverof her own choice. "Unclo Celcstln" contains the basis for n highly successful entertainment , from the box oflleo point of view , nnd Omuba Is favored with ono of its earliest performances in this country. The music will not add par ticularly to the laurels of the composer of "Olivette" and "Tbo Mascot , " but It is tuneful - ful and will , no doubt , receive touches and additions of true Yankee flavor , which will add to Its "minor , If not to Its art. It does not call forslngors of uxtraoidl- narv ability , but lu the Arouson combination It finds capable , Interpreters , and it is notico- uolo that the company carries u chorus much luruer than the demands of the performance would seem to require. Thu chief singing part , that of Clementine , Is borne by Miss Annla Meyers , who has a clear , Iloxlblo , well trained voice that is not taxed to show its capacity. In the comedy the honors nro carried off by Jefferson Do Ant'oils , whoso Pontalllao U u dellclously droll creation. IIo lias excellent assistance from Max l-'reoman , representing n humble friend ot the family , Miss Jonnlo lielffcrt us Madnmo Pontaillac , Henry Me- Uonough ns Count Accacias , Miss Jennie Wcatborsoy as Counters Accacias and Maur- Ira Abbey as their son. The comedy U worked out logically and really makes a very clover entertainment , though ono may 1m- at'lno dozens of "gags" and topical verses which will como to it by accretion and tlcklu the rislullltios oftoiier. It U n clean , wholo- Bnmn performance , combining rollnod comedy with some pretty music , and devoid of coarse play. _ _ ICiin it i a ISanlr. Mass. , Dae. 10. A run com menced on the Lowell Institution for Saving this morning , caused by tha rumor that tha lauk was not nafo. All Oumiuids were mot promptly. The oank is considered ono of tha soundest In tbo state. Tlirow Up from Honcntli the Son. HOME , Deo. 10. . A now volcanic Island 500 metres In length has appeared southward of the Island of Pantullarm , near thu scene of the submarine upheaval ot u few months ago , Vessels are warned to gi/o the spot a wldo berth. Kntnl ICxploi uit oT lint Molul. PiTTSiiuno , Pa. , Deo. 10. By an explosion * of hot metal at thu Lmoy furnace thU morn ing two raon were fatally nnd Ihreo others seriously buruod , Sick beaduchol llcochaui's pills will ro- llovo. LURKS IN EVERY COLD. Oncn In the IIIRKH In thn iltsifulaa of n cold , tlio Icarlijlj miinstiT unnusiit nail claims orurytlilni : . Vou can keep It out , or you can drlvo It out , but to Uo cither you must bo very prompt and faithful la your iKoiif Dr. Schenck's PULMONIC SYRUP , the natural mmnllan of I'lO lunus niinlnst ull ln- tlnminntlniit anil coi ! < tlon . mid thn in I ( . 'tit 7 pro- toctur of tholr tu tica iiud secretion- * . Muhtyour cold ! Dln.-inii your pnuiimonln Ilia iloMiIlloit otiumy uf mitiklml ! Vou liuvoa liillaman In the I'ulmualc Hjrrup , vrliuie prmnnen mi IMICIIIJT iif tie ! lunu.1 can wlllntnnil. A * nn nld to nntiirc. upon alltlio8cicrutl.ini , l < 'ruo tlio Htjm toll , liver ami bmvcM by incitiM of Dr. Schenck's MANDRAKE PILLS nml sot your entlro syatsm to hnatthy wnrlc. Krun the tnniiBttir , jintMimonla , linn full * of It- * deadly Krtpnnd Hues 111.1 thlul In tliu nlk'lit. Thu I'nliiionln Syrup , the Manilraku IMIls plnco lliaio uu uunl mill nil H well. 1)11. ) SOU PACK'S hook on roiiMiiiiption , Uver Complaint , nml Dvspiiiithi Miml froit , lIi. ) .1. II. SCIII.NCIC'&SON. Philadelphia. I'a. LoDuo'a Periodical Pills. The Kroitch romc'dy nuts directly upon the RcuuratlviMirKans ami euros suppression of the meribas. JJor thron forj'i. and can bo mailed. .Should notho nsuil diirln pretiianoy' . .Joblior-i , druggistmid the public supplied by lioodmun Drug Co. . Omaha. STRONGEST HO N E GEN UlNE WITHOUT TMt&'A LA BEL. There are 100 B/A ilJle.i , earh at Hi coat , the beat yuti can tiUH- 6/A linker b llr t ol'AII , 6/A I'vlra To-1 rank ! ) next lu 6/A Baker. e/A Horeo llluukuu eolil by all Ofalera. flll SAI.K IN OMAHA. NI'.II. , JIV Kulm fc rn. , Co.r isiii & JiDiiBliit ht . J A l-'ullor & ! < ] . , Cor. Hili & Umiu'lasSU. A. 1) ) . Fiwtcr 4 Co. , Council llluffi. la. Mnrrin o Ij The following iiurrluiio lluonsoj WON Is sued by JudL'a Shield * yoilerdayi Niimunml Addr .vk Airu I.limn AndruH. DoiuliiHcounty r.l 1 Cutlicrino Mud ; , Doiulus county > ' > I Harry Knllii' } . foum-ll Illntl'n 1 1 Anna lUidnmu , liniuhii > U I John llaiuir , Haundora county -I 1 Anna lliibku , eaundor * county 1ft I Simon Chlqiilsky , Oimih'i - ' * i Clam IluflunotterOmuha -il Small In size , great in 'results ; Uo Witt's UttloKarly ulsor.i , IJest pill for eonstnm. tton , boat for sick headaoho , ban for sour stomach. lliilldlui : I Tbo following permits were Uiuod by Iho superintendent of bulldliiR * yesterday : Htarl'nlon Ltmibur Co. . 3Uiry franio waroliouao , Tunth and Nlfholat I l , np Ono minor iiormU , - . _ ' " > Total - " * i'ao _ : DoWItt's Llttlo Early HUer- , boat llttlo ilUfor Jy . . i I * , sourstomaoh , turt '