Nebraska Newspapers

    THE OMAHA DAILY BE1& WEDNESDAY , FEBRUARY 2J , 1892.
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Notary Public.
A virago Clrrtihitliin lor iliinuury 'tt'M. :
Tim Hoiiril of Trndo Hhoultl never rest
until niilHtifHn-trunslt rates have boon
scoured for Oinnhii.
Tin : Union Pnciflo never mailo a
grantor bluuilar limn when the switchIng -
Ing charges wore raised to oxtortionuto
figures. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
CASH InlUa louclor than resolutions.
The Omnlm Real Eslttto association
needs cash to successfully carry forward
its plans for upbuilding the city.
TUB Iowa road that broaUs down the
bridge arbitrary of 5 cents per hundred
will inako a ton-strilco for Omaha busi
ness to Iowa and north Missouri points.
Tins farmers of Douglas county are
enthusiastic over the proposition to es
tablish a boot sugar factory here. It
will not bo their fault should the enter
prise fail.
Tin : Iowa legislature has a warehouse
bill before it for consideration , modeled
after the law passed by the last session
of the lawmakers of Nebraska If the
Iowa legislature is wise it will pass the
measure.
TUB city council should relocate all
useless hydrants and take the chnncos
on the legality of the action , especially
einco Mayor Botnis secured an agree
ment with the water comnany conceding
this point.
Tniiti : : is one man in the Now York
delegation to the democratic national
convention who is itching for an oppor
tunity to break from Senator Hill to
Governor Flower. Ho is Iho lieutenant
governor.
TIIKICI : is no possible chance of carry
ing Nobraslca for the republican party
this year with a ticket loaded down by
men who liavo a record that must bo de
fended and men who are notoriously
subservient to railroad corporations.
IT IK to bo hoped the council will ,
without further delay , pass all the
ordinances ftamed for the purpose of
revising the balnry lists and abolishing
sinecures. This should have boon done
within ton days after the now council
was organ ix.ed.
TUB late chief oil inspector refuses to
turn over receipts , stub books , vouchers ,
etc. , belonging to the olllco of his suc
cessor , Mr. Louis Iloiinrod. This is
because 1-1 C. Cams has always looko-1
upon a public office as n private snap and
not a public trust
- Vanderbilt has gobbled
' Iho Union Pacific or not will probably
become known by the tlmo of the annual
mooting next month. There are some
straws floating in the atmosphere which
give color to the rurnor of another
Union Pacillc revolution.
THIS ia a bad year for boodlora and
'
railroaders , and republicans who belong
to that clti&a may as well curb their
ambition nnd lot the party nominate
men who are free from corporate inllu-
once and are known to bo beyond the
roach of jobbers and bribe-givers.
DKNVKH is negotiating with an Ogden
firm for a fruit cannlntr establishment ,
and yet nothing but small fruit is grown
to any extent in Iho vicinity of the
Queen City of thoRockies. If the can
nery is established it will simply bo
another proof of the adage that whore
there is a will there is a way.
PKUH A us the appronchf o a senatorial
election in Nebraska is responsible for
the sudden interest aroused in the ques
tion of the actual residence of men and
women in the departments nt Washing
ton who are charged to Nebraska. The
conditions complained of have prevailed
for many years , if at all , and this la tlio
fl-Bt llmo any protebt has been made.
IT 18 to bo hoped the trip abroad of
§ oorotary Poster will speedily result in
the full restoration ot his health. The
Treasury department in roront years
hns put a very severe strain upon its
chiefs , Two hoi-rotarios of the trpasury ,
Manning nnd Windom , have died within
five years , the arduous duties of that of
fice being in a largo measure responsi
ble for their breaking down. When
Mr. Poster luuuincd thu duties of secre
tary of the treasury ho was a vigorous
man physically , and although always an
uctlvo man of affairs with extensive
business interests that gave him ample
work to do and a great deal to think
about , the demands ol > the Trotumry de
partment appear to have overtaxed his
strength. It la undoubtedly the most
exacting nnd laborious oflico under the
government.
HK3W anomxa AXD HIKUKH
The Premont .binder twine factory has
Introduced a now and Important indus
try into our state and has nvulo hemp
growing profitable to Nebraska farmers.
It claims furthermore to liavo been the
instrumentality by which the price of
binding twlno to Nebraska farmers hits
been t educed fully 2 cents per pound.
Not only bo but It has steadfastly ml-
hnrcil to the policy of using only No-
biaska grown hemp , thereby assuring
the growers of hemp a homo market.
The Prumont Hinder Twlno company as
a homo institution deserves encourage-
menu
It is further announced that the ex
periment at Promont has boon sufllc-
lontly profitable to warrant 'the estab
lishment ol additional factories in this
stato. Kearney , Bancroft nnd other
cities are negotiating for such indus
tries. Within a few years the manu
facture of binding twlno will become an
Important element In our commercial
prosperity unless congress shall remove
the duty upon hemp twlno and so crush
out the factories.
Congressman Bryan , having resided
in tlio Htnto but a short period , could
not bo expected to know of all Us indus
tries. In Iho interest , perhaps , of his
Illinois friends , lie has introduced a bill
for ft eo binder twine. The people of
this state , however , are calling his at
tention to the fact that such a measure ,
if passed , will kill the hemp producing
and binder twlno Industries hero. If ho
wishes to loprcsont his constituents'
\\ishes ho will withdraw his attempts to
strike down those new and important
enterprises. The Nebraska company
has refused to enter the cordage trust.
It Is u homo institution. It deserves to
succeed. It will succeed if congress
kcops Us hands olT.
TIIK llll.ti 1 > LAThe \ \
The first act of the interesting play
in which Davltl Bennett Hill ia the load
ing character , bus ended , and Mr. Hill
is formally pioclalmod a presidential
candidate , backed by a solid delegation
of New York democrats. The pro-
arrangnd program was fully carried out
at Albany , so far as related to the load
ing character. Mr. Hill was extolled in
robust rhetoric as a leader who had
never known defeat , and then a delega
tion was selected and instructed to pro-
bent his name to the Chicago convention
and to give him its solid support. There
was a feeble protest made by the friends
of Mr. Cleveland which was summarily
dispo&ed of.
When all this was over the man "who
has led his party from victory to victory
for seven successive years , and who has
never known defeat , " w.is summoned be
fore thoconventionand delivered ncare
fully prepared speech. It was not a
particularly remarkable effort , and will
not bo likely to add materially to his
strength in the country at large. The
"young Hickory of the democracy"
tramped ever the same ground that ho
covered in his Elmira speech some
weeks ago , whioh did not make a very
favorable impression. Ho denounced the
existing silver law and declared in favor
of a return to the old policy of the gov
ernment regatding the coinage of gold
and silver iu other words , putting sil
ver on an equal basis with gold at the
mints of thn country , which , in elTcct ,
would bo free coinage.
Ab to the tarill. Mr. Hill repealed his
previous declaration in favor of a ropoil
of the present law , leaving that of 1883
in force , a proposition which a much
wiser man , Senator Carlisle of Ken
tucky , declared to bo absurd. The fact
was disclosed by the speech of Mr. Hill
that he approves of the plan of attack
ing the tariff in detail. "Bettor divide
into easy chapters the lesson of a long
campaign of education , " said Mr. Hill.
"Abolish , whenever you can , one after
another , one indefensible tax at a time.
This is true progress. " In this view
Mr. Hill will not havotthe sympathy of
Mills and other radical tariff reformers ,
who believe it to bo the duty of the
democratic party , as it certainly would
bo in line with its traditional policy , to
endeavor to reform the tariff in its en
tirety.
The anti-Hill movement will go on.
Its promoters have isbued an address to
the democrats of Now York and called
upon them to elect delegates to a state
convention to bo held May ill , at Syra
cuse , to choose a delegation to the na
tional convention. This program
will undoubtedly bo carried out , for
there Is hardly a possibility that the
antl-IIHl faction can bo induced to aban
don its fight But when the program is
carried out what is it likely to amount
toV Everybody must concede that the
convention just hold wns regular , the
question of the date at which it was hold
being merely one of expediency that
does not in tlio least ullect its regularity.
It Is hardly possible that the national
convention will take a different view of
it , and it is entirely safe to predict that
the delegation chosen at Albany will
take their BOUs in the national conven
tion. It by no nii.'iuiH follows that IXivhl
Honnott Hill will head the democratic
presidential ticket.
il.UbUn.t TA X-SltlH KINO.
By'all odds the most glaring Injus
tice to which Omaha is subjected at the
hands of the railroads Is their persistent
refusal to boar u proportionate bhuro
of tie | burdens of taxation , The
jugglery by which they have managed
10 evade taxes on the sumo footing with
all other corporate and individual
owners of property is well known.
Under pretense that their property
values are equalized by the state board
and distributed through the whole state ,
they have dumped Into the pee ) as
mileage millions upon millions of del
lars' worth of depot grounds , warehouse
and elevator grounds and valuable tracts
of land that wore never intended to bo
used for riglit-of-wivy , and they huvo for
twenty years practically been exempted
from city taxation , in ipjto of the mandate -
date of the constitution , which declares
that for city purposes the property of till
corporations shall bo subject to taxation
on the snino busts.
Lust year the legislature dircriud thu
city clerk to list all railroad piopurty
outside of rlghts-of-way within Urn oily
limit ! * for local taxallpn nnd the right-
of-way was defined as being IIfly foot on
either side of the main tracks. The
clerk Hated all this railroad domain at
$300,000 and the railroaJs at once ap
pealed to the courts to onjoln collection
on the ground that this assessment
would be double taxation. This is the
most audacious attempt at tax-shirking
that ever has taken place in the stato.
The Union Pacific reports for general
taxation 'l.lit miles in Douglas county ,
valued at $ . ' 131ISO. Of this amount lois
than $70,000 roproicntstho portion cred
ited to the city of Omaha. The court
records in the e iso of the Union Pacillc
and Uock Island suits show th t the
Union Pacific comp.iny values its termi
nal grounds nnd tracks at Omaha at
$7,000,000 , on which the Iowa lines are
paying .t fixed percentage for the privi
lege of joint or mutual uso.
In other words , the Union Pacific
property in Omaha , worth by their own
appraisement $7,000,000 , is assessed at
$70,000. At 10 per cent of the actual
yaluo , which is below the average of
other property , it should bo assessed at
least $700,000 , regardless fof the vast
amount of property the Union Pacillc
owns in Omaha outside of its terminals ,
The Omaha Bolt Line Is the Indi
vidual property of Jny Gould and Rus
sell Sago. Its terminals are by its
charter fixed in the county of Douglas ,
and In compliance with the law itshould
bo listed for taxation ill Omaha and
Douglas county the same ns street rall-
w .Vi gas or water company nroporty.
But it has boon unlawfully and fraudu
lently hooked onto the Missouri P.iullic
for tlio purpose of tax evasion and re
turned ns Missouri Pacific mileage at
$ oG30 per mile. Jay Go.ild , who knows
as well as anybody what nlilro.id prop
erty IH worth , estimates the value of the
Bolt Line to bo at least $3,00,1,015. But
Hie state board has computed it to bo
worth $ ! KI,451 for purposes of taxation , of
which Omaha for local taxation only gets
an assessment of about $00,000. No less
than seven-eighths or a'bout $7,000,000
worth of the Bolt Line is within the
city limits of Omaha , and at one-tenth
of its actual value the assessment would
bo $700,000.
It Is safe lo say that the property of
other railroads within the city limits is
worth at least two millions of dollars ; or
computed at one-third below what the
companies themselves value it , there is
ut least $10.000,000 worth of railroad
property in Omiiha outside of the main
tracks subject to city taxes. One mil
lion would have been a very low assess
ment The city clerk listed it nt only
$300,000 , or ono-thirty-thlrd of its very
lowest act'ial value. And yei the rail
roads have unjoined tlio assessment of
this tax.
The question is , on what , principle car.
any railroad attorney or manager defend -
fend such glaring tax-shirking ?
KATUllAhlZATION IAOHASGKS. \ \ .
The bill to amend the naturalization
laws having been reported favorably
from the house committee on the judici
ary wi.ll probably bo acted upon at the
present session. The salient features of
the measure are provisions doing away
with the 'declaration of intention at
present required , and making the deter
mination of the question as to whqthor
or not a man should bo naturalized a ju < ?
dicial question to bo decided by United' '
States courts after letral proceedings ,
the government to bo represented
through its district attorneys. Natural-
i/.r.tion questions are taken entirely out
of politics. A form is sot out in accord
ance with which applications to bo 1111-
lurall/.od. must bo made. These peti
tions must declare that the applicant
has boon five years a resident of the
United States and possesses certain other
qualifications , and the statements must
be proved in court. The bill names
certain classes of persons who shall not
bo naturulixed , the proscribed list em
bracing persons who came to the United
States in violation of our immigration
laws , anarchists , polygamists and per
sons convicted of felonies.
The bill is based on the idea that
American citizenship is worth an effort
to obtain , and not something lo bo ac
corded carofessly to anybody who may
apply for it. The latter view of it is the
one that has too commonly prevailed ,
as the investigations of the house judic
iary committee of the last congress
showed. It wns found that many of the
oourtH wore guilty of the loosest possi
ble practice in granting naturalisation ,
and it is unquestionable that thousands
of men have boon made citi/.onn who had
not complied with the requirements of
the law. In Massachusetts and New
York the carelessness of the judges in
this matter was found to have boon gen
eral nnd long-continued , and hod the
investigation baonmoro widely extended
it is not to bo doubted that a similar
state of affairs would have been found
elsewhere. This choupcnipg.pf cltlxon-
ship , which ought to bo accounted a
most valuable boon , could not fail to
have a bad effect upon these who re
ceived It. Men who wore made citixons
with a full knowledge that they had not
compiled with the laws would naturally
disparage the value of the possession as
well as lose respect for law.
The bill in question provides an ade
quate remedy for these conditions. It
puts upon the applicant the Inirdon of
proof of worthiness and subjects him tea
a formal judicial inquiry. The judge of
a court to which application was mudo
for naturall/.ation could not devolve the
duty of ascertaining whether the appli
cant was fitted for clti/.oiiBliip to a clerk
or other subordinate , as is vo ry gener
ally dono-now. Our naturall/.alion laws
have stood with litlle change uinco the
foundation of the government There
is 1)19 ) high authority of the supreme
court that they could he improved. The
importance of surrounding the privi
leges of American citizenship with
greater safeguards will' bo conceded by
everybody. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
TllK combine of the nnthracito coal
roads is not to bo allowed to ntand un
challenged. Governor Paulson of Penn
sylvania has received from several
sources vigorous demands for judicial
proceedings against the combination ,
nnd the question whether there is
ground for such proceed I tigs is now
being considered by the attorney gen
eral of the at'ito. One of these dein inds
is from a dlrecto. ' in Iho Pennsylvania
R-nlroid company , who takes the po.sN
lion that the coiiMilidiiUon of the com
peting lines under one control , with the
avowed purpoaodf removing comnolllion
mid of eecuring the power to regulate
the i- prodnp.tlon and fix the prloo of an-
. thrnclte'io'ul , ia in violation of the pro
vision of t o s ate constitution which
problbiteioHny transportation company
from acMifrlngin any way the control of
a compojln ' lino. It would seem lobe
clear thal < t > hls position is sound , but if
not tlid combination may bo attacked on
the gener'af ground that It is against
publlo policy. The provision of the
Pennsyl ia constllutlon relatlngto
this mutton liaa hitherto been inoper
ative , bilUWs a great corporation Is now
Int6rcstq4"ln , invoking it there is a
posslbllityathnt it may bo given effect
and the go'noral public Obtain a decided
advantage therefrom.
AMHIUCAN * 'congressmen exhibit a
wotul lack of information regarding the
interests of othoi * communities than
these in which they reside. If it wore
possible for every congressman to visit
all parts of the union after his election
nnd before ho lakes his seat , there would
bo less ignorance displayed and many
important matters could bo intolll-
foully discussed and legislated upon.
The i econt visit Of senators and repre
sentatives to Chicago opened the eyes
of some eastern nnd southern mon who
had no conception of the growth of the
west. It was a brief survey , but it
revealed a gioat deal to discerning gen
tlemen. It is probable that not 200
members of the present congress have
ever boon west of the Missouri river.
Tin : wool growers of the United
Stales produced lust year ; ioO,000,000
pounds of wool. Wo imported $34,000,000
worth under the high duty imposed by
Iho McKinley bill. The year ptcccding ,
bolero Ihiil bill was passed , the wool Im
portations reached n value -54.000,000. .
Clearly our home manufacturers wore
provided with a homo market for
$20,000,000 worth of woolens. With
these facts staring them in the face Iho
Springer scheme for reducing Iho tariff
40 per cent is not likely to meet with
much favor among sheep growers.
Cil\o thn Tim n 11 Clmncn.
AVit 1'oi/t / Coinmeic/nl. /
Tlio town of Creode , U'.ijolnnig the Holy
Moses stiver tulno , Is growing as if by magic.
It has four novvspaours , an electric licht
plnnt , and at least ona barroom muraar. All
it wants now is a political ring and a boss to
bo n Hrst cluss cltv.
Too Much lira rull.
( iliilic-Ufinucrat.
Colliding was a bigger man intellectually
than Hill lvs\nd bo had as much of a "pull"
with his party"but his power vanlshoJ in a
dny wlieii hi Ur'oko the party into factions.
Hill scomsito bo In a dangerous stage of bis
career ut tUs'Jnoinont { ,
JIc\w About the llnr'l.
SI , Paul Globe.
II Mr. Whltnov is really a presidential
possibility ho should choke off Ward McAl
lister when ! hd attempts to class him as
among ttioJ&Wrosidlum of the Dolling down
of the 400. Thutls , not a quarter to look for
a caadldat4ol tho. plain , toiling , democracy.
niul IllH Critic.
urntnu Ailccrllecr.
And this soldier , the man who secured a
colonelcy foeaShoriUan ana helped him to
win h s nrstijja tle ls bratjdoil as a coward
u'tici , ! ) nHkiilJtmi. ; from dutyvby.nCliarles A.
Dana , who never uoro a soldier's button
nor faced an pnepiy of bis country In the
Held.
Politically Doomed ( ? )
Kelimaku CII/JYcics | ( Dem. )
it .is "ti to call
TIIC.OMUIV Biiiisays > mo a
halt"'OU the "nolitle.il ghost dancers , " "tho
incendiary talk" mon , "tho seurlonal agita-
tora , " and many other pat names who , as
member * of the republican party arc malting
It decidedly Interesting for Omaha and Tim
HUK. It is simply the beginning of the bat
tle between Dr. Mercer of Omaha and Lieu
tenant Uovornpr Majors as to which ono
shall bo too republican nomiiioo for gov
ernor. And that fight will split the repub
lican parly so wide open that all the flue in
tbo country could not hold thorn together
again. Politically , Omaha is doomed.
Campaign IKHIIPH.
Senator JUicuchbi Ninth American llevtew.
The legislation of the Fifty-first congravi
fixing the present customs duties will afford
the leading Issue. The republican conven
tion will aporova that legislation , and the
democratic convention will denounce it in
both elaborate and. pointed rhotorlo ; but , in
my judgment , tbo actual eontention upon
this great economic question , will bo made ,
not by the resolutions of the two conven
tions , but by the house of representatives of
the Fifty-second congrois. The democratic
party is largely In the majority hero. The
constituencies of the democratic members
will expect , the republican party will have a
right to demand , and the country will oxnct
of tl'oin ' , an expression , in the form of u bill
agreed upon ana passed by thorn , of the
cUangos which they propose in our present
tariff laws , The law making power of the
democratic party must , therefore , inalio the
jssuos of tbo next natianal election upon this
subject , _
T Tc.lujjniph Tolls.
Iff , Hull Plnnecr-l'irti.
Tbo state ot Georgia Is trying an experi
ment which will bo watched with interest
by other states , It has authorized Its rail
road commission to regulate the prices for
the son ding of telegraph messages. Tlio or
der has gene forth fixing tbo rules at " 5
cunts for mmsngos of tan words to bo sinl
within the state , 2 cents for oaoh extra word
on day mossagostand 1 cent tor each extra
word on nighV ngssagos. The tarill hereto
fore has boon HO cents for messages of ton
words. Tt Uj'nijsuinod that the tolograpu
service , which Is ODD sort of transportation ,
naturally fiilli'ji'Ador ' the snmo noad as rail
road freight and passenger service , which is
another sort , UndJ that it therefore follows
that It should jjoj/iubjoct to Ibo snmo Idnd of
supervision , IT Ho results of this suparvls.
on In tlio case ] lhoso other lines of public
service have noUiuhvuys been satlslfacto ry ,
but the prlnci 'has bocomn an established
ono of publlou policy and it has ooUainly
worked well liittio cases where the legislative
Interfeioncohgfs Rou contlnod to Its legiti
mate limits. luis well that corporations of
this ox'.onsivOj'n } ! powerful nature should
feel that they , ar subject , to soma extent , to
regulation by ihd'ijUtto The Goyrylan exper
iment of applying" thU siirvollla'ioa to tolo-
grunh companies wilt ba walchud with Inter
est.
fiumr.TiKx i.imrKMtr ,
Hutter picks for butter nau uro pretty
trillos for the table. _
For the skewer ti the skewer extractor ,
which Is a pretty weapon of silver.
\Valllo Unlvoi upi | ar with the awakonlmr
taito for walllos. Wndiu nuppo and \\alllo
luncheons are aometliiK's given.
From tbo Cnlnoso wo huvo learned the I'Om
forlof hundvarm < M. TuoCtunrsoholit ilium
In their linker ] slcovoj. Tlio American woman
ueops thorn In her inn IT.
Tbu striuiMiitf of small coin * 10 fir n bun-
Kirs of brivcclgts but lico.i d cld'i to bo a
fraudulent inutiUlou | | of liw'ul unrinv , ami
ovun the pierouip of u ruin lur u < .u us n vv iti-n
chirm p'tidaitt U hold i > u > tin ofm * .
Huuco Iho fulrMU must mru ttu-lr uttu.a'iu '
to some otlior form of levying upon Iholr
friend * .
Chnsed silver boxes txro used to surround
Iho sardine box of commerce. This obviates
the ronJIiig of smiill llsh In the effort to servo
It , nnd olhorwlio the silver boxh a doslrablo
audition to Iho tfiblo service.
Silver weights for scales nro nlwnvs pro
fttirnblo. Women , with tbo correspondence
ontnllco. by their charities , nnd ! > c.ilcs for
mailing letters essential , Thoic sculoi are
iiiado dainty ntul ornamental for their writ
ing tables.
The mostcovotrd Jewels now nro the Sugar
river ponns from Wisconsin , which rival the
Oriental pearls In some respects , nnti cotho In
rnro colors , pink , blacu and hronzo. They nro
much used in rings , set In rows of three or
llvo , oronclrcloil with small diamonds to set
off the natural tints of the pearl ,
mn CO.M/I/.NKO.V.
Option * Smircil by it Sjmllcnto on
onltunil Implement Miinufnrlnrlr * .
CHICAGO Uuitavu opTnu Br.u , I
Ctmnoo , IIJL , Fob. SI. f
Two representatives of n syndicate of east
ern capitalists have been ut work in tilts city
for the lust two days nml their mission has
Just been divulged in the report that they
have seen rod options on the plants of the
Duoro Plow company , the Mollno Plow com
pany niul the Doe re > V Mansur Corn 1'lantor
company. They are also negotiating for the
Mollno Wniton works , niul U Is bollovoil that
It will bo Included In the deal. Several
months ngo n Unthh syndicate paid $10,000
for nu option on these snmo properties and
then bncltcd out of their bargain.
Neirro rinul Strung Up.
Miss Carrto Lmvis , the hnudsomo daughter
of thu postmlstruss of Lebanon , was returnIng -
Ing homo from church at that plnco Sunday
nlfiht whim Mat llondnckson , n negro ,
sprung oui ! from a side street , soi/ed her unit
was dragging nor to an nllo.v when aid nr-
nvcu. The noiiro was hanged three times
and then taken to Jail.
lll\riJitlliU ( | : a MjstrrlniiH Dn.ith ,
Lust fall Mrs. Post , a wealthy widow of
Lttchlleld , foil In love with a music dealer
named M. A. Wilson. Tocothor they wont
to St. Louts to bo married , Mrs. Post drawIng -
Ing from hnr binlc account some 1,000. The
next hnnrd from them was n telegram re
ceived by Mrs. Poll's mother , Informing her
of the ( loath of her daughter at Ualvoston ,
Tex. Wilson has not been scon since. No
record has been found In St. Louis of a
marriage between Wilson and Mrs. Post
In that cltv , nor Is there any record that any
railroad brought a oorpiu from ( jalvoston lo
St. Louis at the llmo Iho telegram said the
body roavhod St. Louis. Thn mystery sur
rounding her doalh has caused her rolallvns
to iimlio the present Investigation. At Iho
post mnrtom examination no marks of violence
lence were found , but tlio stomach has been
sent to the University of Illinois tor chemical
examination. .
OiliN and Knil * .
Tack DaUor , a Chicago middleweight *
knocked out Charles Voight , a local celebrity
In throe bard rounds last iilgnt.
Chicago's colored 40J is In a llultcr and the
cause lliorcof Is the announcement thai a
grand cuko walk ! > to talio place at Battery
D on the evening of March 1. The manager
of the affair Is William A. Brady of Now
York , who so successfully conducted
the recent "walk" In Madison Square
g.irdon , Now York City. At that
cake walk IM.OOO of Gotham's best people , be
sides Ward McAllister and his ultra blue-
blooded favorites , saw the unlijuo contest.
WuHteru People In Chicago.
The following western people are in the
city :
At the Urand PnclOc-Frnnk Boll , Du-
buquc , Ia. ; William Wadswortu , Daven
port , In. ; Dr. Bailey , Sioux I'-alls , S. D. ; .1.
F. Housor , Iowa City , la , ; J. Francis ,
Omaha.
At the Palmer A. Frankel , Oskaloosa , la. ;
Mr. and Mrs. Jamns C. Davis. Kookuk , Ia. ;
Charles Barlter , Miss Ella Barker , Omaha ;
il. W. Dowse , Frnmont ; Mr. nnd Mrs. F. T.
Evans , Sioux City , la. ; Clifford Woscott ,
Platlsmoutb ; Mrs. K. Taylor , Dubuque , Ia.
At the Wellington L. P. Bosl , Daven
port , Iu. ; J. N. C.isidy , Council Bluffs.
At the Auditorium Allen Johnston , J. T.
Hockwerlh , Ottumwn , In. F. A.
There U a cool touch of grim Humor In the
romuik of tlio Nuw Vork Cnmmnrchil Adver
tiser that "at W Ilie Jouii upont the bnld-
liendcd man In the front row does not seem
Imlf so funny us It did at 15. "
llrooUlyn Life : "Did I toll you what my
boy said to Illcks ? " uskcd Murboirv.
ye1'onr times lust nlgnt and three tins
morning. " suld Itarton wearily.
AHK OU A KMIIT.
Xcw Ynil ; Meicury.
"Aro you a flirt ? " s.iln she to me.
" 1 know you are. How can you bo
So bad anil hold ? Thouuh I've boon told
All men me Mills by aplnlsters old , "
She added us she slptiod ho1 * lo.i.
Her eve.- , were bright , her plunces free ;
No fairer in. ild you'll o\orsco
Than HIU ! who asked me frank and hold :
"Are you a Illrt ? "
I swore In nor on bonded knou
My love should last eternally.
Mio hojtd me tlirmmli In manner cold ,
Mart led a follow with fir moro jxokl :
[ .oft mo to mo.in In misery :
"You nro a dirt. "
YniiKco Illiulo : Customer You cheated mo
In these .ipplcs. I have Hindu Inquiries and
discovered the fact.
Dealer ( In a hint tone ) Anil yet ' von said
you would have perfect trust Iu me , 'How dis
appointed I ata In jon.
Lowell Courier : One of Iho most persistent
forces In nut uru Is tliu needle , which ulwuyn
cnnlisltb point anil always has an syo for
business.
Now York Recorder : "Mrs. Oliutt.ili scorns
to liavo a bud cold. " "Oh , no ; her hoarseness
does not niocoi'd from ooltl. hut from futltfuu
of Milfc. " "Ah ! been HlnsliiK too iiiuchV" "No :
she was ono of a theater party last nlRht. "
Washinston Star : The woman who puh-
llshes suocovifiil novels bus money In her own
urlto.
What the country hankers tor hereabouts Is
that the futorllo sun got out of the fo/ .
lloston Nnws : Mr , Tiillclnshorn There Is n
very Ono picture of our minister iu today's
paper.
Mrs. TulltliiBhorn Indoedl What has ho
broil cured off
News : Shookod lady Do yon know
what becomes of little hoys who awour/ Little
ioy Yes'm. Won they Bits big 'nouKh they
kin earn * . ' .51 a duy drlvln' a loam.
I'lilladclphla Times : Apart fiom politics a
inun'B. silver views nro tioldom sutlsfiielory
when hoboes lliu first NtraniU of that color
oomlnx mitilii hU hair or niiistucho.
11IK ItKlt , IlKIt Wl'.ST.
Melil < n tVifmgo
I've travelled In heaps of countries and
studied all klnilH of art
Till thuiu Un'l a erllie or connoisseur who's
propui ly deemed so tmutrl , .
Anil I'm free to say that the grand rcjultsof
my c\piirallons ! show
Thut .somehow paint ueU rudder the further
out wiiit I uo'
l'\oHlppod \oluptuoiia shorbort that , the
orientals nerve.
And l'\efelt the flow of red Doralaux tingling
each supuriito tiprvo ;
I'M ) sampled your ujasslo Mnbslo under an
urhor k'i'oen.
And I've reidmil till soiii ; a whole night Ions
over a brown potcon.
Thostt.lwart binw o ! thn laud o' culies , the
Kflumppsof tlio frugal Dutuh ,
Tlio much-praised vine nf the dlsUnt Ithlno ,
nirJ I ho boor praised overmuch ,
The alu of dour ui | London Una the port of
All , ad Inlln. , have I taken In n hundred thou
sand limes.
Yctt us I uforu-monilonod , these ( ithoroharins
urn n nu i : lit
Compared with the nuriiiiiount uor eonsnoiis
with which the west U fraught ;
Tor nrt iind nature aru juat the snmo In tlio
land whuie thu porKururow * .
And the paint l eop < getting redder thu far
ther out weiloiio gous.
Our savants have never discovered the reason
why lh nil so.
And IK ) pur com nf the lavmoii euro lois than
Ihusav.inU Know
II imsxvoM evi'ry purpoio that this Is manl-
foU ;
Tliu p.ilnl Keep * cettliu redder the farthur
you iuiiil weal !
( ilvu mo no homo 'noitli the pale pluk ilomoof
Ki lopuan skies
rti > cot fur mo by the salmon ant that fai lo
thu smiinwird lies ;
Hut aw.iy oui west I would I ulld my nest ou
lopot ac.iiinluu lull ,
\Vhuro \ 1 i .ill 11 ilnt u Ilium t restraint , creation
rii'idui * i in i
RAILROADS IN THE COUNCIL
Further Action Taken Looking to the
Revocation of Certain Privileges.
RESOLUTIONS ON THE SUBJECT PASSED
.Major IteinU Itefme * to Alllrni tin Ap-
polntmcnl ( InidlnR Contracts anil
Vlitilurt .MitttrM Important
tinil
rtio city council 1ms not yet quit Solne
buMnoss with Iho railroad companies.
Ono week nco Councilman Klsassor Intro
duced an ordinance repealing nil Iho rights
nnd franchlsoi granted lo the Union Pacific
company , such ns allowing thorn to lay Iholr
Irrtclts nnd swilchos along nnd ever Iho
streets nnd alloys. '
That ordinance was referred to the commit ,
too on viaducts nnd railways. Last night
Chairman Prlnco reported Iho ordinance
back wllh some nmondmonls , The ninend-
men Is were that the rights nnd privileges
grnntotl lo each nhil every railway to use the
streets nnd alloys bo repealed.
As amended the ordinance passed , Presi
dent Davis bolne tlio onlv member who
voted "no. " In explaining his vote ho said
thai ho wns In favor of treating corporations
with tlio snmo dogrco of fairness as ho would
individuals , The ordinance did not show Ihal
Iho railway companies were not entitled to
nil of the privileges that they hnd unjoyed.
Ho did not fnvor such arbitrary loeislntlon
and wns not in fnvnr of jumping upon tlio
railroads with both foot.
Chairman Prince states that tbo ordinance
is'not for Iho purpose of Injuring the com
panies , bui merely to protect ihocily In se
curing its rights. Ilo stated thai an ordi
nance wns bolni ; prepared and would bo in
troduced at iho next council meeting. This
ordinance , ho said , would grant nil of Iho
companies equnl rights and privileges , mid
would bo so irnmoit that the cly ( would have
somclhiiig lo say about swilching charges.
Iti'HoliilloiiH by Air. ii : : i Her.
This ordlnunco was followed bv a resolu
tion Introduced by Mr. Klsasser , which was
nOoploil :
Whereas , The mayor , cltv attorney and city
council took the llrst stops toward the recov
eryof curtain lots and lands claimed bv the
Union I'uuillu Railway company ; nnd "
\v lit runs. Kvurv cltl/oii , property ou nor and
tax p.iyui Is Interi stod In every step tuKon by
the city authorities ; therefore be It
Unsohcu , That the elty attorney bo and heM
M hereby Instructed to report at each mid
every roRiilar council ineotliiK what progress
has been mi.du by him nnd what stops ho has
taken lo bring this suit against the Union i'a-
cllo ( Halhv.iy company to quiet the lltlo of
said lots anil lands In the name and for the
oily of Orimlri.
Before silling down Mr. Klsasser Inlro- .
duccil Iho following resolution , which was
adopted by a unanimous vole :
Hesohed , That Iho committee on viaducts
and rallwr.ys , .mil the city onglnuur. ho anil
ro hereby Instructed to wait upon the oil-
cl.ilsoflhu Union I'nclOo and the II. tV M.
Railroad companies In regard totheconslruu-
tlon of an Iron bridge or Maduct over Four
teenth street , and for the removal of the piles
now holding up tholr tracks.
Then the ordinance ordering Iron nnd stool
viaducts over Iho rnllroaa tracks on the line
of Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets , and order-
leg Iho cilv engineer and the members of the
Board of Public Works to prepare plans for
the same , were passed.
Some tlmo ago Superintendent of Build
ings Tilly appointed . H. Johnson plumbIng -
Ing inspector. Last Tuesday night the coun
cil approved the appointment and for ono
week Mr. Johnson hold the ofllce , but now
ho is out of a job. Last night tbo mayorsont
In a letter in which ho stated that ho had
vetoed ilia appointment. Ho gave several
reasons for bis action. The lirst reason wns
that the buildlni ; inspector had no legal
right or power to make the appointment. Ho
also staled that ho had no personal acquaint
ance with Mr. Johnson. The appointment
by Mr. Tilly was utiilcr the provision of an
ordinance that had bocn repealed.
The mayor stntod Unit ho was willing to
work in harmony with the council , but ho
proposed to assert the Hunts lliat belongea lethe
the chief executive of the city. The vote
was sustained by a unanimous voto.
Kmplnyimmt for City I'l'lionem.
The meyer again called the attention of the
council to the necessity of a woi khousn or a
stone pile , wheie city prisoners could bo put
to worlc. The matter was referred to the
committee ou polico.
The mayor called Iho attention of the coun
cil to the fact that u largo number of Interest
coupons had been sent out with lithographed
signatures attached. Ho fcarod that the
coupons might fnll into tbo hands of evil dis
posed persons.
The bonds of the national banks which
bad agreed lo keep and cro for Iho cily
funds were presented and approved.
The mayor had learned Dial O. Davis , a
subconlractor under AH Brnlnard , bud
agreed lo pav his mon 77 cents per day , but
had not dr na so. 'I h ira Ur was referred to
the Board of Public Works.
Tbo contract anil bond of J. E. ICnowlcs
for laying wooden sldow.UUs wore upuiovod.
Tbo contract of Arthur Pulaski for hauling
away dead animals was accepted and the
bond approved , Pulaski agreed to do the
work for the term of Iwo years free of cost
to the city.
Tnrnty-r.lghtli Street Oiiulo.
City Attorney Conuoll reported upon the
proposed levy lo cover Iho ons-hnlf cost of
of grading Twenty-eighth street from Uoar-
enworlh lo Woohvorth nvonuo. Ho did not
see how Iho eiillro coil could bo lawfully
levied njrnlnsi iho properly nloug the line of
Iho slroot. Ho wns advised Ihnt iho pclltlon
regarding llio grading Inched several hun
dred foot of being Iho reiiulroii Ibrco llflh *
necessary to authorize iho entire cost lo ba
levied upon Iho abutting properly. The cllv
would not hnvo the right to ntsoss moro Ihnu
the cno-hnlf cost on the nbultlng properly.
Mr. Iowry bad Inycsllgiitod the mailer
nml hnd lonrnoil Ihal iho city \vouhl hnvo to
Day something like # 1,000 on nccounl of Iho
passage of the ordinance ordering the grad-
J. M. Woolworlli nnd A. J. Popploton
offered nine acres of laud In Ibo vicinity ol
Sutnhur springs lo the city for the sum ol
S.VMWO. The bid wns referred lo Iho parl <
co'iimissloncrs. '
The Hoard of Honlth nnmoil W. H. Austin
for Iho position of diinipmaslor al l'io ' Daven
port slrcot dump. Tbo appointment , however
over , wns not ponllrinod.
Inspector Tilly of iho Hulidlng department
found fault with HIP rooms assigned him In
the now cily hall. Ho dinted thnt they were
too dark. The mailer wont lo iho committed
on public property nnd buildings.
Thu Hoiml of IMucatlou tiled n motion Hint
ll WHS ready nnd ullllng lo pay oiio-fourlh of
Iho coil of routing rooms nt the Inst election ,
but wns not ready to Day nny of Ibo In
cidental uxiionscs ,
lOnglnoor Kosowator Informed the council
Ihnl the present force of Ins olllco In the
sewer cleaning aop.irtmonl was lee smnll.
A resolution nuthorlzlnr him to employ
throe extra men was mlojnod. \
Hy resolution the Kotclmiu lAirnlluro com
pany was inslruclod to pluti n parllllon In
iho city treasurer's ' ofilco nt n cost not to
exceed GO.
The proposition to plnco four nro lights
upon the Tcnlh stix-ol viaduct \\nsroforrod
to the committee ou gas nnd electric lights ,
The city engineer was Instructed to es
tablish iho griiuo of Elghleoulh sireet from
VI n ton to Ur.nton street.
The request of Ulty Treasurer llollu for
two oxtiM clerks for sixty dnjs at tbo rnlo of
$75 per month was referred.
The rotmnltteo report to plnco nn Iron gnto
across the ulloy east of the now city hall was
ndoptod.
Uy resolution Iho cllv hull contrnctor xvas
histrticlcd lo plnco wash basins In the onicos
of the cily clerk , Iho Ire.isurcr and Iho
comptroller In the now city bull ni n coal of
Tbo Llnnbnn proposition to creel a marital
house was called up and referred lo the com-
mlttooof tbo whom , lo bo reported upou nt
Rome lutnro meeting.
The rosolutlon to lay permanent sidewalks
ulong North Twonty-fourlh at root , from
Cutnlng street to ttio Dolt line trnclis ,
placed on lllo.
NEW MKN NAMED.
Omaha's I'lro niul roller Coiiiinlislim lt -
orKaillred by < ! eel nor Itojil.
The Board of Fire nnd Police Commis
sioners ot the city of Omaha was \ostordny
reorganized by Governor Boyd , who made
Iho following appointments : C. V. ( Jaltnghor ,
vice Chris llnrtmnnn removed ; George \V.
Shields , vice G. II. Gilbert removed ; William
Coburn was appointed to succeca himself as
Iho republican inumbor of thu board nnd U.
Clem Denver will , In all probability , bo ap
pointed in place of Howard B. Smith , al
though Iho matter has not been determined
definitely.
With n single oxccpllon Iho now commis
sioners are men who bavo boon prominently
connoclod with Omaha politics In days gene
by and ucnd no Introduction to the people
whom they nro lo serve.
Mr. Gallagher was n person with consid
erable authority about the federal building
before Postmaster Clarksou negotiated a
lease of Iho ofllco.
Mr. Shields stepped down from the county
bench loss than two months ngo , nud his
sympathizing friends tried to make amends
for it by electing him president of the Satno-
sclclub.
Ex-Sheriff Coburn , who is now head
deputy under Sheriff Bennett , was up-
pointed by ox-Governor Thayer to n place on
the Fire nnd Police commission last May.
None of the ni > pointcos , with the exception
of Mr. Shields , know anything dollnito about
Iho appointments last , evening , but that gen
tleman hnd received n telegram from Lin
coln that made him suulo.
Some of the old members of the board were
Inclined to bo skeptical , though in ono ( r Iwo
instances iho report put im obvious damper
on ambitious hopes. Notu word was bald
about the matter at the evening session of
the board.
There Is n gonornl impression that nn entire -
tire reorganisation of Iho police force is soon
to follow , nnd already there mo bcnrd on
ovcry band queries as lo the nauio of Chief
Seavoy'b successor.
round Him Without nilllculty.
A merchant of fort Worth , Tox. , wnnts to V
know If there Is such a man In Omaha as \
Charles Peterson , und if ho is possessed of _
sufficient real estate or personal property to
encourage n suit.
The police have informed the applicant
that there are fourteen Charles Petersons in
Ibo city in various degrees of oppulonco and
the reverse and ho may take his choice.
Ilxjirms Iloliber I'urry Cnnti'Sirx.
Uoum.sTKit , N. Y. , Fob. S3 , The American
express car robber hns been completely
identified ns Oliver Curtis Perry of Syra
cuse , susDecieil of the Utlcn train robbery
last October , nnd hns confessed thnt he is the
man wanted for that crime.
gROWNINGKING
* & CD.
S. W. Corner 15th ami Douglas Sis.
Facts about
G. Washington
George Washington was born Monday ,
Feb. 22,1732 , and ever since
that , Monday's been Wash
day. When George was 6 he
chopped a chunk out of his
pa's cherry tree. If he'd had
on one of our suits for 6 year
old boys he wouldn't have
done it. When he was 12 his
pa died. Our 12-yr old boys'
suits are the talk of the city.
Washing tons of dirt out of old shirt waists
is wasted labor when you can get new ones
of us that Wash and don't fade for 75 c , old
price $1. Last week of cut prices on our
boys' and children's clothing. Spring goods
for boys and men will arrive soon now.
- & Co \ .
-owning , King
| , S. W. Cor. 15th and Douglas Sts