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    THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY , FEBRUARY 8 , 1P9I.
NO SHOW FOR THE FARMER
Agriculturists Not to Have Hearings Bo-
L fora tbo Senate Committee ,
EX-SENATOR VAN WYCK'S ' COMPLAINT
\
lln Sny * thn Producer * Hnvn Hrrn Stripped
of All 1'roti'ctlon , with Mo Clmnco of
llonril In Their
Own Ilclmlf.
WASHINGTON BUREAU OF THE BEE.
fil.1 Fourteenth Street.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 7.
Ex-Senator Charles H. Van Wyck of Ne-
bra ka , In commenting upon the remarkable
nctlon of the xcnato finance committee In re
fusing to give any hearings on the tariff bill ,
today said : '
"H In a great mistake , and the effects of
U will bo visited upon the democratic party.
The farmers especially have been given no
> opportunity by either branch of congress to
s In- heard upon tariff revision , and yet the
'NS'llBon bill idrlkcs harder blows against the
' " "Wnrmers and gives them less than any other
. class. So far as I have been able to 0s-
'certain , not n ulnglo farmer wan Invited to
, itppcor before the house committee on ways
and means , and not n word was hoard from
tlio farming class , yet the Wilson 1)111 ) places
wool and nearly everything else the farmer
produces upon the frco list and reduces to a
fraction the duties upon all duty-paying
products of the farm. The protection af
forded by the measure goes to the manufac
turers of the cast. How easy It would have
lieen for the senate finance committee to
linve Invited representative farmers In the
" -various states to express their views upon
the Wilson bill and suggest amendments In
the Interest of agriculture. A number of
them could have met here and selected their
Hpokesman , and It would have taken but
two or three days to have given the farmers
of the country a satisfactory hearing. But
I presume the democratic members of the
iltmnco committee wore afraid If they heard
from the farmers they would have to gn
them some protection , and this tlioy did no
want to do. "
DEMOCRATS ARE UNITED.
Chairman Voorhees says the tariff bill ,
which the finance committee has about com
pleted , will meet with the solid and un-
( imilincd support of every democratic scn-
nlor : that the sugar , coal , Iron nnd other
conflicting Interests have been satisfied with
duties , nnd that the bill will not bo at
tached on the democratic side by nny one
unless It Is by those who object to Income
taxes. The Louisiana senators are satisfied
with a duty of 1 cent per pound on sugars
of inll grades. Chairman Voorhees' In-
llmatcs that the bill will bo reported to the
Bcnato next week nnd taken up the week
following for discussion , nnd that It will bo
passed Into law before May. The democrats
will stand solid against the Quay amend
ments for free silver , etc. , Intended to de
feat the measure on final passage , and will
oppose the resolution for hearings. The
only hitch In the program appears to bo In
the desire to railroad the bill through the
senate. The republicans will fight this ,
and as thcro Is no limit to debate In the
Ncnate , they may bo In a measure success
ful , nut It looks as though the democrats
jxvro pretty close together now , and wore
determined to pass the bill Into law at an
parly day.
IN A GENERAL WAY.
Fourth class "postmasters wore appointed
for Iowa today as follows : Avery , Monroe
county , A. V. Campbell , vice Thomas
Scovlnger , resigned ; Fertile , Worth county ,
3Ialvor Onverson , vice N.1 W. Phillips , re
moved ; Goose Lake , Clinton county , Charles
llusch , Jr. , vice 0. II. Duscli , resigned ;
J'ago , Page county , J. W. Strlcklcr , vice A.
J. Hollenback , resigned ; Shambaugh , Page
county , I ) . L. Clayton , vice W. I. Calvin ,
removed ; Yorkshire. Harrison county , I. B.
lAtkfns , vice Ell Vlekery , removed.
Representative Molklejohn's bill" granting
U charter to the Iowa & Nebraska Pontoon
Jlrldgo company to erect a bridge across the
Missouri at Sioux City , was favorably
recommended today by the committee on
commerce. Also his hill for n site for the
rrcctlon of n school on the Omaha reserva
tion by the Presbyterian Hoard of Homo
{ Missions , from the committee on public
lands. Thin bill has passed the senate , and
vlll bo speedily passed through the house.
Webb Eaton of Lincoln Is In the city fern
n few days , looking after real bstate
matters.
Jacob Market and W. B . Mlllard of
'Omaha passed through Washington this
afternoon cnrouto to Boston for a short
visit.
S. L. Baker of Bellevue , la. , and R. S.
Bponccr of Paris , Idaho , are nt the Cochran.
nnil George W. Snow of Salt Lake City and
'Joseph Barton and C. O. Richards of
Ogden , U. T. , nro at the Ebbltt.
Ex-Senator Warren of Wyoming was on
'the floor of. the senate today.
Paul Herst , a $1,200 clerk In the pension
olllco. was given his "walking papers"
today. PERRY S. HEATH.
1IAKI > AT WORK ON THU TA III Fir.
Di.iiinrrutH of tli Scnnto Vliuuiro Committee
Trying to Tlx Up u Hill.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 7. The democratic
subcommittee of the senate committee on
finance , charged with preparing the tariff
lilll for the committee , met ngal In Senator
iVost's room at the capltol today nnd con
tinued work upon the tariff bill.
The republican members of the finance com
mittee have not ye't absolutely decided what
i-ourso they will pursue In view of the de
cision not to grant hearings on the Wilson
Mil before reporting It to the senate , but
they are very much Inclined to take no
nctlon until the bill shall bo reported to the
nenato , when , If no opportunity shall have
lieon granted for Interested partles _ to appear
before the committee , they will. In all proba
bility , move to recommit the bill for the pur
pose of taking their testimony on the merits
of the bill.
H Is understood that a draft of the tariff
1)111 ) , ns revised by the subcommittee of the
democratic members of the senate finance
. . . . committee , will ho printed. Among the
t inTorigoa which nro said to have boon made
Is 1 cent per pound on all kinds of sugar ,
2 cents per pound on coffro , 30 cents per tenon
on coal and a duty on Iron ore ; also , the
I muled period for whisky Is made llvo years.
It Is also understood that the Intention Is to
report the bill next week. The Income tax
remains In the bill.
Iteporteil favorably.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 7. The house com
mittee on public hinds made a favorable re
port today on the Baldwin bill to withdraw
from sale or settlement tlio gold and silver
bearing lands of Minnesota , and to make
them subject to disposal under the United
States mineral laws.
Favorable report was also made on the
Jtawllns bill extending to live years the law
allowing those who have filed declarations
of Intention to settle desert lands four
years time to make final proofs. The bill
ulso suspends during ISO I the requirement
that $1 an aero shall be expended toward
reclaiming desert land.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 7. ( Special to The
Ilee. ) I'oiiBlons granted , Issue of Jan , 20 ,
were : Iowa : Increaso--John W. John-
neil , DCS Moliien , Polk ; James Conway , Ot-
ttiinwa. Wapollo , Original widows , etc.
Anna M. Cakorlco , Marshalltown , Marshall ;
Husan A. Davis , Ute , Monona ; Mary Yegge ,
I'urroll , Carroll. Mexican war survivors :
Increase Samuel A. Davis , of Manchester ,
Delaware.
South Dakota : Original widows , etc ,
Ucnnlo Van Nocker , Sturgls , Meadc ,
Colorado : Original Julius M. Parker ,
Coaldtilo , Fremont.
Ituteh'n Anti-Option 11111.
WASHINGTON , Fob. 7. At the first op-
jiortuulty today or tomorrow , Mr. Hatch will
introduce his anti-option bill. The oppo-
NFS. of the bill want it to go to the ways
\ nnd menus committee , and Mr. Hatch desires
Jt to go to the committee on agriculture.
Mr Hutch Is sure ho will win The ronv
tnlttct ! on agriculture discussed the bill at
IU meeting this morning.
t'OI.MX'TKIJ ' AT TUB CAl'ITAr. .
Ml rdl ; > ! iroiii NIMT Itennnnd ( lo lp from
\Vii Islington ,
WASHINGTON , Feb. 7. All the members
were present nt yesterday's cabinet meeting.
The rirazlllan situation Is said to have
formed the subject of their discussion. The
meeting wan regarded an ono of mimclcnt Im
portance to prevent the president and Sec
retary ( Jrealmm from attending the funeral
of Mr. Chllds.
Senator Allen has Introduced a bill repeal
ing all laws which have been enacted re
lating to the coinage or use of silver since
January 1 , 1873 , and to re-enact all laws re
lating to silver nnd In force previous to that
( line , authorizing the Issue of United States
legal tender notes , and to prohibit the fur
ther use of United States Interest bearing
bonds.
Senator Pettlgrow has Introduced nn
amendment Intended to bo offered by him
to the Wilson tariff bill providing for the
appointment of n commission of five persons
to be known us the customs commission.
It Is to bo the duty of the proposed commis
sion to gather data concerning tariff rates
and their effect on Industries In this nnd
other countries and report their findings to
congress.
The bill for the reinstatement of railway
mall employes discharged during President
Harrison's term has been agreed to by the
hoiuo Judiciary committee. Some party dis
cussion was aroused and Mr. Drodcrlck of
Kansas and some others gave notice that n
minority report would bo submitted.
Petitions continue to bo presented to the
house against the passage of the Wilson
hill , although Die measure has emerged from
that body. The peculiarities of the peti
tion system was shown recently when Rep
resentative Payne , republican , of New York ,
presented several petitions urging the re
peal of the purchase clause of the Sherman
silver act. Petitions for nnd against the
repeal of the federal elections law continue
to come to the house In largo numbers ,
although the elections law passed In the last
session.
Third Assistant Postmaster General Kerr
Cralgc returned this morning from his home
In North Carolina.
Dr. Hallman , the now superintendent of
the Indian schools , has completed and sub
mitted to the secretary of the Interior who
approved them yesterday , a now set of rules
to govern all reservation schools. Tlio
most Important feature Is the provision for
the discontinuance of corporal punishment.
Tv\entv-four hlch crado clerks In the pen
sion olllco with salaries ranging from
$1,200 to $1,800 n year were dismissed today.
The notices of the deposits of gold In pay
ments of bonds are usually a day or so late
In reaching the treasury hero , consequently
the books of the department represent but
$16,171,000 as having been deposited on that
account.
The free gold In the treasury today Is re
ported to bo $04,450,292 , a loss of $2,000,000
since yesterday. The currency balance Is ,
however , $1,512,000 higher. The deficiency
In the revenues thus far this month has been
$1.771,000 , the receipts having been $4,470-
000 , and the expenditures $ CC36.000.
An Important case bearing on the position
taken by the Postofllco department against
bond Investment companies will bo heard
before Judge Hrodley of the district supreme
court , probah'y next SaturJoy. It Is the case
of the Old Colony Security company of Chicago
cage against Postmaster Sherwood of this
city , In which mandamus proceedings have
been Instituted to compel the postmaster to
receive and transmit the company's mall.
Attorney General Thomas of the Postolflce
department will act as council for the post
master.
It Is understood that the testimony taken
before the committee on forelgtr relations on
Hawaiian affairs will all be printed In a few
days , but It will not be made public until
the committee makes Its report to the sen
ate. There Is some speculation as to what
the nature of the report will bo. Senator
Morgan Is said to be drafting a report which
will bo added to the majority report , whether
It Is agreed to by the democrats or not.
Thcro Is also said to be a possibility of two
or three reports , neither severely criticising
the present administration nor criticising the
former , as In the house resolution. Tlio com
mittee rooms have been closely guarded dur
ing the Investigation.
KVIIUY STATKBIKNT UNTKUB.
Strong Criticism of Clmlrmnn AVllsuu by
Itrprnnrntiitlvu AVixlkor.
WASHINGTON , Feb. 7. Representative
J. II. Walker of Massachusetts has addressed
the following letter to Chairman Wilson of
the ways and means committee :
"The remarks made by you on January 9
being hold out of the record until January
23 deprived me of the opportunity to call
your attention and that of the houso" to them ,
us also your absence from the house because
of 111 health since they appeared. J learn
that your 111 health will detain you from the
house for some tlmo , and so I take this , the
only opportunity I have to call your atten
tion to some remarks made by you on Jnn-
ary 9.
" 'Mr. Chairman , there Is nothing differ
ent In the methods of the protected Indus
tries from what they always have boon In the
past except that with greater power , with
the command of greater wealth and the
assistance of commercial Croesuses they are
exercising over their employes a coercive
power that nils the petition boxes of this
house with their petitions. ( Applause. ) If
locking out Is not coercion In the estima
tion of the gentlemen , I would like to know
what decs constitute It. ( Laughter and ap
plause on the democratic side. ) It Is u
system of bulldozing that Is resorted to on
such occasions. The manufacturers lock out
their employes , and they can afford to do it
because they have accumulated a surplus
that needs a market , and nro falsely and
brutally attempting to make men believe
that It Is done by reason of the pendency of
a new tariff bill. ( Applause on the demo
cratic side. ) '
"As a representative In part of the
Massachusetts manufacturers nnd employers
who are criticized In your remarks above
quoted , and In their behalf and In behalf of
all the manufacturers In the north who are
members with mo In various business organ
izations , nnd more especially the wage-
workers who petitioned you , I deny In
whole and In part your statements made In
the extracts from , the address above quoted.
I pronounce each and all of them , aside
from your statement that letters have boon
received by you purporting to sustain such
statements , ns unqualifiedly untrue.
"With all deference to your truthfulness
and accuracy I ask for the proof to bo made
public that purports to sustain any such
wholesale statement and charge of bulldoz
ing upon the part of manufacturers and of
submission to such bulldozing on
the part of the employes of any
manufacturers In any northern state. For
the purpose of this contention and to de
velop the proof of your statements above
quoted , I not only pronounce every ono
untrue , but assort that they wore deliber
ately made up by you to discredit , to break
the force of and destroy the rightful and
legitimate Influence of the petitions cf the
wage workers employed in manufacturing
Industries then being presented to the house
of representatives. As n representative of
the thousands of worklngmon you thus as
saulted and attempted to deprive of all the
value of their right to appeal to this house ,
I demand of you that you prove the charges
you have made against the wage workers and
manufacturers to which I hereby call your
attention , or withdraw them.
"Your assumption that It la your duty to
protect the writers of letters to you , upon
the contents of which you make any biich
statements , Is wholly unwarranted , being
based , as are the statements complained of ,
upon wholly untrue assumptions. Respect
fully , JOHN II. WALKER. "
I''or thu Ku force input of the Kxcliitlon Act ,
WASHINGTON , Fob. 7. The urgent de
ficiency appropriation bill was reported by
the appropriations committee today making
among other appropriations $50,000 for the
enforcement of the Chlucso exclusion act.
111 Fill Ills Owu ro lton. |
WASHINGTON , Feb. 7. Justice Brewer
has designated David I ) . Miller to continue
to act ns United States marshal for tbo
southern district of Iowa.
Little pills for great Ilia : Dewltt's Little
Early
PERKINS COUNTY DISTURBED
Several Ex-Officials Declared to Bo Delin
quent in Largo Amounts.
MANY PROMINENT NEBRASKA MEN SUED
They Inslut ( hut tlm Mtlgntlon U Implred
by Irresponsible 1'cnioiii History of
tlio Cii e-eoa ldenibly Mined
with Politics.
MADRID , Nob. , Fob. 7.-Sncclnt ( Tele
gram to Tlio Bcu , ) Pcrklus county Is now In
tlio throes of a gonulno sensation , Involving
in n greater or loss degree u largo proportion
of tlio ex-county officials and the loading
business men of the county. In order to
giro n connected statement of tbo matter It
Is necessary to go back to the organization
of tlio county , It Oonig formed out of IColth
county , November 8 , 1887. From that tlmo
until about two years ngo the county was
largely republican. Then the pop * gained
the supremacy. This wns accomplished
largely through repeated charges by the pop
ulist orators and papers against the repub
lican ofllclals of shamelessly looting the
county ovnr since its organization. This was
carried to such nn extent that the county
commissioners felt justified In having n thor
ough Investigation made of the books and
records of the county , which they proceeded
to do , nt alleged by the parties charged , In
tlio following manner :
Last July ono Phillips was employed by
the commissioners , at u salary of $1.50 per
day , to examine the books and accounts of
the county. In addition to this dally sti
pend which Phillips was to receive it is
said ho was offered , as an Incentive to his
patriotic undoavors , 10 per cent unou nil
amounts ho could discover and which his
statement would show was duo to the county
from the delinquent officials.
Having no carrs , public or private , Phil
lips accepted the responsibility and each
night since has sot down his $1.5U against
the county.
A day or two slnco the disinterested serv
ices of tnis export resulted in the bringing
of civil actions against the following ex-
oftlclals and their bondsmen for the sums
mtmod : II , C. Edwards , ox-county clerk ,
$2COO ; j. K. Miller , ox-county clerk for two
terms , $10,4K ! ( ) : J. N. Dempse.y , ox-county
treasurer , f500 ; N. T. Potter , ox-county
clerk ( pop. ) , ono term , $15i07 ; > .87 ; E. M. Harrison
risen , ox-countv trn.iani-nr fnnti.l- two f.nrms.
1,000 ; later discoveries , about $3,000 ; total
alleged deficiencies , M4S05.87.
Honusmen for the officials involved include
the bankers , merchants and many responsi
ble parties nt and in the vicinity of Madrid ,
Klsle and Grant. To thorn as well as their
principals , these suits ore of serious import ,
as whllo pending tneir credit Is affected and
all transfers of realty prevented. The Boo
correspondent has talked with several of
the defendants , each of whom emphatically
denies tfiatanvshortagocan boshown. They
say farther that they have frequently de
manded settlements with the county , stat
ing that If it could bo shown that they owed
the county anything they were prepared to
pay it , and if the county was indebted to
them they wanted It. This , however , did
not seem the proper method to the commis
sioners.
Several of the parties Involved Insist that
they are charged with shortages which far
exceed the aggregate receipts of their of
fices for tholrelitiro lorm. The county com
missioners are unstintedly censured by the
citizens as having acted hastily and with the
exercise of but little good business judg
ment.
HANK CASE SETTJ.KD.
Important Cuss County Litigation AV1U Not
Como to Trlitl.
PLATTSMOUTH. Neb. . Feb. 7. ( Special
Telegram to The Bee. ) Monday last was the
appointed day for the Lincoln law firm of
Marquette , Doweeso & Hall to appear before
the supreme court at Lincoln and ask for a
writ of mandamus to compel County Treas
urer Elckhoff to readvertlse and lot the
Cass county funds. The' application was to
bo made on behalf of certain taxpayers of
the county. The move , however , failed to
materialize , and It is now stated by the at
torneys Interested In the matter that the
proceedings have been dropped. The cessa
tion of hostilities In the matter thus Insures
the depositing of the county funds In the
Bank of Commerce of Louisville for the
coming two years and brings to an end ono
of the warmest legal contests over waged in
the county.
Tlio annual grand lodge of the United
Order of Troubund for Nebraska and Iowa
was concluded In this city last evening with
a grand masquerade ball , given by the local
society at the Turnvereln hall to the visiting
delegates , and a royal good tlmo was enjoyed
by the largo throng In attendance. This
morning the visiting delegates returned to
their homes , but before departing they were
not slow In complimenting the members of
the local society for the excellent manner
In which they had boon entertained. The
election of ofllcers for the grand lodge was
field late yesterday afternoon and resulted as
follows : Grand T. M. , Julius Hoffman ,
Omaha ; grand marshal , Fred Berger , Pllgor ;
grand secretary , August Schlrbach , Arion ,
la. ; grand treasurer , Rudolph Hartse South
Omaha ; grand marshal ) , Fred Berger , Pllger ;
I. G. , F. Bolf , Madison ; O. G. , P. Kraut ,
Demilson , la. ; representatives to sovereign
grand lodge to bo held next Ajirll at St.
Louis , I * . O. Evans , Demilson , la. ; Peter
Klsor , Omaha ; August Schlrbach , Arion , la. ;
W. Maclmm , Council Bluffs ,
The next grand lodge session for the two
states was fixed to occur at Norfolk , Nob. ,
during February , 1895.
The man who stole Conductor Barren's
overcoat from a B. & M. train yesterday
afternoon was released by the police this
morning , for the reason that the conductor
telegraphed that ho would'not lese tlio tlmo
to appear and prosecute , and Inasmuch as
ho had recovered his property ho had no
longer an Interest In the case. The police
had a clear case against the man and are
not , exactly pleased with the Idea of letting
Mm escape punishment. .
I'livlng liomfg Sold.
HASTINGS , Fob. 7. ( Special Telegram
to The Boo. ) About n year ago Spltzor' &
Co. bought 130,000 of Hastings district No.
3 paving bonds and posted a $750 forfeit , con
ditioned upon their fulfillment of the con
tract on tnclr nart. Owing to the financial
panio the firm wns unable to pay the prlco
agreed upon for the bonds , and so the money
posted wns declared fortoitod to the city.
Hathor than lese the money the firm today
mndo the council n proposition to tnka the
bonds at par , somewhat loss ihnn the origi
nal bid , and at a special session of the coun
cil the proposition was accepted. As soon
as the snarl caused by the death of the
paving contractor Is unraveled thcro will
now bo no obstacles to prevent n speedy re
sumption of paving In district No. a , Nos. I
and ! 1 being comploteu.
Sleclo City's Diiiimglng Illuio.
STERLE CITY , Nob. , Fob. 7. ( Special
Telegram to The Beo. ) Fire broke out
about 'J o'clock this morning in the saloon of
\V. II , Carpenter , and , spreading , burned
the furniture store of AL G. Evans , Peter
son's grocery store and Gcorgo iiurtlctt's
carpenter shop. The tire it supposed to
have started from a defective 11 uo. Ix > ss :
B. 11 Pickering , saloon building , $500 , insur
ance J300 in Phoenix of Brooklyn ; \V. H.
Carpenter , saloon , stocli and fixtures , $1M)0 ,
Insurance $250 In Oakland Homo ; M. G.
Evans , stock and building , 1,500 , Insurance
fCOOtn Manchester ; N. Peterson , stock and
building , $400 , no Insurance ; George Bartlett -
lott , building , $150 , no Insurance
Allegi'il Kmhoxzlur Arreitiul ,
GRAND ISLAND , Fob. 7. ( Special Telegram -
gram to Tno Bee , ) E. O. Hockenborger ,
whoso additional shortage as secretary of the
school board was reported yesterday , wan ar-
rcstod this eveningchargod with embezzling
$ 4,000 of school innnoj. Up to 8 o'clock to
night ho had scoured no bond , though it Is
bollved he will bo ublo to do so.
Compelled to 1'uy llunmges.
NOUTII PLATTE , Nob. , Fob.7.poclal (
Telegram to The Beo. ) The case of James
Whorland against Henry Schuff was today
submitted to a jury mid a verdict for ? 75
rendered In favor of the plaintiff. This is
the first case trie J In the district court ncro
under thn garnuhc * law1 , bclntr n suit to re
cover dam.igos by Tnnoii-'Of tlio snlo of nn
account by the defend nit . parlies in Iowa ,
who gnrntsliucd the \vafira of the plaintiff ,
an employe of the Union PAMllc.
litAplgj
I'AIOIIMtH AT NUIIAWK.V.
Siihjritn of rnrtlrntitr ifiUfrrU to Agricul
turist * of MYbrttikn ,
NnitAWKA , Neb. , Fob1. 7. ( Special Tclo-
grani to The Dec. ) Tffd'farmers ' Institute
held In Newhawka yesltHlny and today was
a great success. The wen' that were Rent
by the Nebraska State'milvcrslty gave the
farmers a great deal 6t practical Informa
tion. The meetings wcrt , wcll attended and
n great deal of Intcrcs ) . shown. Prof. Card
gave some very profitable Information about
grafting and planting ) .Iroos. Hon. S. C.
Basset of Gibbon discussed "Dairying" In a
huslncis way that aroused an Interest which
brought forth a number of questions. Prof ,
limner of the State university talked to the
school children about tlio different bugs and
their habits of life and generation. Ho gave
the farmers some remedies for destroying
the cutworm , chinch bug and potato hug.
Hon. Charles Stcelo of Norfolk talked on
the "Sugar Beet Industry. ' He showed the
manner In which boots are raised , how to
care for them and the financial gain to bo
derived. It wan clearly brought out that It
will be Impossible to continue the beet Indus
try If the tariff "and bounty are both removed
from sugar. Professor Ingersol came to fill
the place made vacant by the Inability of
Governor Furnas to be present. The pro
fessor spoke upon the general theme of the
university. Ho showed the ro'atlon It bears
to the people of the state. The State uni
versity Is a child of the slate , ho thought ,
and all Its citizens ought to feel frco to ap
ply to the university upon any subject. The
benefits to bo derived from an education and
the need particularly of books on agriculture
for every young man and woman was set
forth very clearly.
Nehawkn possesses some local talent that
added much to the Interest of things. Among
the different papers read were : "Tho Trim
ming of Fruit Trees , " Isaac C. Pollard ; "Se
lecting Seed , " Uev. Mr. Fulcomore ; "Moral
Culture for BoyV1 E. A. Klrkpatrlck ; "How
to Make Farming Popular , " I ) . \ \ \ Foster ;
"Farmers Institutes , " G. F. Swltzcr ; "Stock
Kalslng , " L. C. Todd. Some choice music
Interspersed here and there added much to
the enjoyment. This Is Nohawka's first In
stitute , but judging from present Indications
It will not bo her last. Every ono was well
pleased with the meeting and departed with
a kinder feeling for the head of Nebraska's
great school system.
nonui : COUNTY rioi : > Li : COMPLAIN.
Itourd of SupervisorSulcl to Ho Doing llus-
lnrs Vrry Slowly.
FREMONT , Feb. 7. ( Special to The Beo. )
The committee of the Board of Supervisors
on bonds and settlement has been In session
the past live weens , with the prospect ol
continuing for ono to two weeks longer.
The people who ara posted ou the matter arc
finding very much fault that so much ex
pense is being Incurred in a mere formal
matter , as neither member of the committee
claims to bo an export accountant and
neither has had any experience In keeping
books. While the members were settling
with the treasurer the latter was their
constant attendant , and he had to post them
in ovary detail of the work. And it was thug
with the clerk , the judSo and other county
Qlllcers , each superintending his own case ,
and hence It should bo well done , regardless
of the in oflleiency of the ommitteo.
An irregularity In the proceedings of the
ex-clork of the county 'Has ' been discovered.
It seems that ho had employed Billy Thomas
us a clerk in his ofllcoiat nsamry of $53 pot
month and had regularly drawn that much
from the county , but Had retained $11.33 ol
It for himself. ' s
The faliuroof Nesbltti&Jtogcrs , hardware
merchants , will show liabilities of about
$10,000 with about tno name amount ol
assets. ' '
The amount of grain now coming In here
at present is unprecedented iu the last de-
cad o.
Some of the mercharils of the city declare
that trade is greatly rovWIng and that col
lections uro bettor than before for a year
and that the geperal..flhauclql condition ol
the people is improving. *
Kxtendcil tlio City Limits.
BLAIR , Nob. , Feb. 7. ( Special to The
Beo. ) Tuesday evening the city council by
ordinance extended the city limits and took
In all adjoining residences. Several fine
residences , such as C. C. C. Mull's , A. P.
Hours' and C. McMennemy's , and others
were brought In. 'Ino mayor and city attor
ney have beei. working on this for some
time and succeeded in getting n majority of
the property owners to siirn n petition.
This will give quite an additional revenue to
tlio city , as some of the residences are quite
costly , and adds about 200 to the city's ' popu
lation.
Last night the Knights Templar , Jordan
commandory , gave u dunce and banquet to
Several Invited guests.
At the last mooting the contract for put
ting In a sot of Uro alarms was lot. An
alarm box will bo placed Iti each ward of the
city.
Hank Stockholder * Sued ,
GRAND ISLAND , Nob. , Nob. 7. ( Special
to The Bee. ) Receiver Westeivolt of the
Citizens National bank filed suits In the dls-
tnct court yesterday against the following
parties in the sums named , to recover on
notes. All the parties named except Will-
lam G. Goddos were stockholders of the
bank ; William A. Haggo , A. II. Baker and
II. A. ICoenig , * 1OM .7U ; A. II. Baker and
Mary J. Baker , $3,157.7:1 : ; William A. Hnggo ,
$4.581.17 ; G. A. Mohrcnstcchcr , J'JGG ' ; G. A.
Mohrenstechor and A. II. Baker , $0,000 ;
Mary Mohrcnstechor and G. A. Mohren-
stccher , $ r > ,0'.X ' ) ; G. A. Mohrenstochor. A. II.
Baker and Mary J. Baker , $4 , ! lo.SO ; G. A.
Mohrcnstcchcr , A. II. Baker and William H.
Goddes , $200 : Mary J. Baker , $183.35 ; total ,
$31 433.81.
V lunl > l < ) Horse Stolen ,
TECUMSEIt , Fob. U. ( Special to The
Boo. ) A thief entered the barn of Jacob
Peters , n farmer residing near this city , last
night and made away with a valuable driv
ing horso. A reward of $50 has been offered
for the apprehension of the thlof.
The Knights of Pythias of this city hold
their anniversary ball and banquet at the
opera house last night. It was a grand so
cial success and well attended , many guests
from neighboring towns boinir present , The
Tccumsoh orchestra furnished the music.
I-nwrenco llrtjvllleH.
LAWRENCE , Nob. , Fob. 7.-Special ( to
The Bee. ) High mass wns observed Thurs
day In the Catholic church.
Walter , the 2-yoar-old son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. M , Sheppard , died Friday of lung fover.
The youngest son of Mr. and Mrs , Joseph
Rodinger died of croup thu Same day.
A dry goods peddler lms"boen salting the
green farmers licivuboiit , with $15 packages
which , when delivered , prove to bo worth
less than half that vulua : '
Improving rirnlci CJrounds.
M'COOL ' JUNCTION , Jtj&b . , Fob. 0. ( Spe
cial to The Boo. ) At yyj annual mootIng -
Ing of the Blue I\iy.9yr Park associa
tion of this plr.co the following ofllcom weru
elected : M. Ho well , president ; F. H.
Knights treasurer , and Wl W. Sing secre
tary. 1'ho association QVOIS the McCool pic
nic grounds. It has already , mudo n number
of improvements and this'summer It proposes
'
poses to have grounds'in'condition ' for holdIng -
Ing plunlcs. i d )
Johnson County'H CllVlrit'Citizen Dracl.
TECUMSEH , Nob. , "FeVj 7. ( Special to
The Bee. ) RIley Parkor-.tie | oldest man In
Johnson county , dlod at the homo of his son ,
U S. Parker , In thls clty List night. Ho was
SO years of ngo , having boon born in Ontario
county , Now York , In the year 180) . A wlfo
and a luvgu f.unlly of children survive him ,
Mr. Parker hud boon married four times.
Mitrrlngo
The following marriage licenses were Is
sued yesterday :
Nntnu and Address. Age.
Kltner Agae , . Fort Omaha , , , . , . , . . . . 21
l.tzzlu Herchard , Omaha , . , 23
Gustuve Itergqulst , Omaha , ' . 27
Clara , Peterson , Omaha . . . . . , . , , 25
T , F. Mlngers. Irvlngton , Neb , . . . . 21
Phoebe TimberIrvlngton ! , Neb 25
The careful mother always keeps Salva
tion Oil handy , for cuts and bruises.
HITIIKME COt IIT
Syllabi of tlio Opinion * Ilmulcd Dotrn tiy I ho
ilitilgr * nt Lincoln.
LINCOLN , Feb. 7.-tSPoct.il to The Beo. )
Following nro the ayllnbtot tlio opinions ol
the supreme court In cases adjudicated :
Bloifgott against MoMyrtry. Appeal from
Luu'iistcr county , Afltrmcd , Opinion by
Mr. Commissioner IrVlho.
In an action having for Its object the declar
ation ntu ( rust In land In favor of the plain-
thT and thu < | iili > tlii of tltlo In him It Is Incuin-
buntupon the plnltUllTto alllrnmtlvidi estab
lish an cqiillnhi | > t It In in hlinsnlf , mid If ho fulls
lodoso tno nature of defendant' * tlllo or the
oxhtmicoof any tltlo In defendant In Imma
terial.
U. Under the code two or moro dpfomos can
lo ) Interposed to thu mttnp CIUKO of action pro
vided tlioy nro not Inconsistent with ono an
other , nud they tire not Inconsistent unlo-ss
the proof of ono no-nssarlly disproves the
other.
! ) . A plea of nstnppol may bo joined with a
general denial when llm iirermuuts by u-.iy of
uslopptM nru not IncoiisNlenl withsiicn denial ,
4. 1 ho conclusion of tint court In tlio former
opinion In this luiso , 3V Nebraska , 7fl'J. as to
thu sufficiency of thoevlduncu lealllriuud.
Bird against Cochran. Aupcal from Douglas
county. Dccrco of district court sot asldn ,
decision reversed and Judgment ordered
for the principal defendant * us to both
claims. Opinion by Mr. Justice Harrison.
Wlinro nn nllldnvH attached to a mechanic' ) *
Hen purports to have been snorn to before u
notary public unit shows upon ltsfitcollmt.lt
wiislulicnornmdu without I ho jurisdiction of
the notary public It Is Invalid , Instifllclont to
perfect thu lien and lenders H Incompetent as
evidence.
'J. When a subcontraefor p.ilnls two'separato
houses and furiiMit'd thu paint and other ma
terials necessary for iisn In thu painting , con
tracting for Mtuh uoiknml materials with thu
oclgliml contractor , the consideration for such
nxruutiipntbuliiK In ono sum for both Jobs , In
order to lecover upon a mechanic's lieu Hied
against ono of the houses and the lot upon
which It stands , It must bo shown that thu
amount cnargud against thu one house and lot
Is tlio value of thu labor performed upon and
muteilals funulslied for xuch liousu or an esll-
mate niadu by .somo motliod or plan which will
produce u certain dullnitu icsiilt , and a inure
approximation or guess work will not stilllcu to
establish the lieu.
3. Tliuovldunro examined and lield Insiifll-
elenl to establish mechanic's Humor to sup
port a decree for their enforcement.
Crnno Company against Spccht. Error from
Douglas countj. Afllrmod. Opinion by
Mr , Justice Harrison.
A contract of guaranty entered Into with
ono person or corporation cannot bo extended
to another person or corporation ,
2. A contract of Rimrunty will bo slrlctly
construed and the guarantor held bound only
according to.thn terms of the Instrument con
taining bis contract , and the tonns of his con
tract will not bo extended by implication or
otherwise , nor will ovldencu bo received to
vary Its terms or moaning when It is not In
any sensu or portion ambiguous or uncertain ,
! ) , \\heru S. guaranteed tlio arconnf. of lj.
with the t'ranu Ilros. Manufacturing com
pany , a corporation , for goods supplied and to
bo furnished by It to I/ , and tin ; corporation
afterward changed It.s numo to Crane company
and after tlio change furnished goods to I' . ,
hold In an action by the ( 'rano company on the
guaranty to recover the vuluu of said goods
that S. was not bound.
USUKV DKKINKI ) .
Doyle acalnst Holland. Appeal from Sallno
county. Afllrmcd. Opinion by Mr. Chlof
Justice Norval.
On September 17 , 1887 , plaintiff loaned
the defendants JiiOO for ono year at 1' ! pur
cent Interest , the defendants giving their note
secured by mortgage fof07U , thu saino being
the sum borrowed and ono year's Interest
thereon , payable In one your from date
thereof , with 8 per cent from maturity. In an
action to foreclose thu mortgage It was field
that thu contract was usurious.
2. It Is a wiill bottled rule that where the
original loan Is usurious every subsequent ex
tension of the same , even at u lawful rate of
lnlotestls Ukowlsu tainted with tlio vice of
usury.
Fremont , ElKhorn ft Missouri Vnlloy Rail
road company against MatthoU. Error
from Douglas. Reversed. Opinion by Mr.
Justice Post.
A county jndpe , In a proceeding by a rail
road company to acquire the right of way by
condemnation , may lequlro the petition pro-
rented to hint to bu amended HO as to contain
a inoro speclllc description of the property
which It is sought to appropriate.
" . A condemnation proceeding will not be
declared void In a subsequent action by a land
owner who has notice thereof In the man
ner provided by law , on the solo ground tnat
the property described In the petition Is the
tract through which tno road Is located and
not the particular purt thereof appropriated
for right of way purposes.
3. whore u petition for appraisers to assess
damage on account , of the appropriation for
right of way purposes of n strip 1UO , foot wldo
through a particular tract of land refers for n
more specific description to an accompanying
plat which HhowH the location of the road
through such tract , but without loiters or HK-
nres to Indicate courses mid distances , .such
description will be hold nulllclent when as
sailed Iu a collateral proceeding.
4. The conclusion announced on a former
hearing of this case , 3D Nebraska , 48 , adhered
to.
to.First
First National bank of Omaha against Krug.
Error from Douglas county. Affirmed.
Opinion by Mr. Commissioner Ragan.
There Iiolng nc question of law Involved In
thu consideration of this case , the evidence
examined and hold to support the v&rdlct.
First National bank of Dorchester against
Smith. Error from Saline county. Re
versed and remanded. Opinion by Mr.
Chief Justice Norval.
Where on the review of u ludgmont of the
district court. In an action at law , the nncon-
tradlcted evidence shows that the plulntllT
in cnor should luivo recovered u larger sum ,
this court wilt reverse the caaso.
Haverly against Elliott. Error from Doug
las county. Affirmed. Opinion by Mr.
Commissioner Ragan.
Plaintiff owned and conducted a confec
tionery store ; manufactured and sold Ice
cream and soda water j she also owned a stock
of confections and a miscellaneous lot of
furniture and fixtures , used in her business ,
such as titblus , clmlr.s , shelving , countois , Ice
cruani froc/ors , tablowuto and soda fountain.
One Haverly held u lien against this property
for about S'JfiO and brought u suit In equity to
foreclose It and obtained thu appointment of a
receiver , who took possession of plaintiff's
property and place jf business , and held them
for some days and then sold the properly to
pay Ilaverly's lien. It having been finally do-
clucd that thu order appointing the u-cuivor
ought not to have been grunted , the plalntllf
sued Huvorly and his sureties on the bond
given by them to obtain the appointment of
such recelvor. Hold , that the Instructions of
thu'dlstrlct court that the pliilutin'a measure
of damages was : (1) ( ) The value of her In
terest in the property sold by the receiver at
thu time ha took possession of the same , and
(1 ( ! ) thu actual loss she sustained by tno
suspension of her business during thu tlmo she
was prevented from currying It on by reason
of the possession hold by thu recelvor of her
property and place of business were correct.
2. A motion for a now trial In the language
of the statutes Is KUtllclent , but no error will
bo considered In this court which Is not. spo-
clllcally assigned as siifh iu the petition In
error.
3 , Objections to the admission or exclusion
of uvldenco , to bo available , should bu made
at the time such ovldencu Isolfored , and n
motion made after thu trial closes to Ktrlko
out certain evidence .should bu ovuriulud.
BANK is NOT UAIIM : .
3. When the district court has not otherwise
obtained JuiIsdlctton of the person of a de
fendant , he deus nit submit himself to Its jur
isdiction by appealing or inosecutlng unor to
this court , and the c.tso of Kliawang against
l.ovo , 16 Nobruuku , 14'Jholding the contrary
doctrine Is oven tiled as In contravention of
the provisions of section i4 ! , article I , of the
constitution of this state.
Nichols against Barnes. Error from Gage
county. Reversed and remanded. Opin
ion by Mr. Justice Harrison.
Where an agreement for the lease of a piece
of real estate Is reduced to writing and hours
thu signatures uf thu lessees , but not that of
thu lessor , and possession taken under such
agreement by aald lessees , and the payment of
runt mudo by them and by said lessor ac
cepted , and said lease , hud It been properly
executed would have boon for thu term of one
year , though payments of lent finder such
agreement are to be niadu monthly , held that
said louse U valid as an oral lease for one
year , and said lessees nro thereby mudo ten
ants for one your.
'J. Former decision In this , reported 32 Ne
braska , I'J&ovuriuled ,
1'luunix Insurance company against Bachel-
dur. Error from Sarpy county. Reversed.
Opinion by Mr. Justice Post ,
A general donlul In the reply puts In Issue
only thu truth of allegations of now mutter
In thu answer , facts in thu nature of a confes
sion and uvoiduncu must bo specially pleaded.
'J. The conclusion nnnouncecV on u former
hearing of this case. a2 Nebraska , 4UO , ud-
hured to.
Reynolds ugalnst Dloti et nl. Appeal from
Adams county. Afllrmed , Opinion by
Air. Commissioner Ryan.
Where several parlies purchased real prop
erty , the title belli ; ; taken In the name of
onu of them us trunca for all the purchasers
and the deed of conveyance to him recited us
part of the consideration for thu conveyance
that the gruuteu named us trustee , agreed and
assumed to pay u mortgage In existence upon
the premise ! ! conveyed , held that upon an
nvurniontof the above tacts In the petition
there should not bo Inferred of necessity thu
conclusion that the costuU quu Irust for whom
tlio trustcu wns acting wuru individually lia
ble for u dellcluney which might remain un-
satlsllod upon the forecloxmu halo of thu
mortgaged promises , ( Following Heuves
against Wllcox , U& Nebraska , 77U. )
2 , An agreement to pay an existing uiort-
Boys and Girls
QUAKER CHALK TALKS.
Child : ( Holding out its saucer ) Maiunu , please give me
some more Quaker Oats }
Jifamtiiat My dear child 1 This is your fifth saucer.
Child : Tlease , Mamma , I love them.
At last we luivc free sugar -now let u.s mix free sugsir with n
cup full of sorrow , sit down by the ( irestde and consult tlio pros
perous times to come. Talk of prosperity an.1 free sugar you
should have seen scenes nt our suit pants sale the other day. It
appeared like every one bein nnxuHistogct rid of his sugar. The
man who bought the $1.50 pants was as proud of his appearance
as an Indian hi his red striped blanket. 15 hundred bought pants
and a thousand more will , this week bcciut.se wo concluded to
Consolidate the Three-Fifty and Two-Fifty Pants ,
ALI , TO GO AT
i i
NO MATTER WHICH PAIR.
Yon take trouble to point us out a pair worth less than $5.00
and we'll trouble you with figures that will show even less than
half the proportionate value of the suit they hail from and about
1-3 of the real value of a single pants : Upon the reputation of the
Nebraska "pants never sold at such paltry prices ever since man
has concluded to wear the breeches. "
Close at 6:30 : evening's Saturday at 10.
as part of the consideration for a convoy-
nice of mnrtpiixoil premises , need not bu In-
icrted In the deed , neither must It nucos-mrlly
in Invrltlnu" . Such an aKrouinont Is an Imlu-
) onlont ( undertaking "f the party mitklnx It ,
: hn convuyancu iilTnrdliiK SHllli'lrnl consider
ation to sustain It u hen Its uxlstcnce Is us-
tuhlUhod by 11 pruponderance of evidence.
Following HocU\\ell u alnat Itlulr Savings
mink. Ul Nebraska , 128. )
3. In thu trial cntirt there wan evidence flmt
the agreement of tlio trustee , In whom
was vested the title , that ho would
assume and pay tin oxMIng mortgage ,
was made upon thu authority of and to hind
thu costuU line trust , contiiidlcled by other
uvldunce upon that proposition , held that
the finding ; of the trial court In favor of mild
custuls ( | ito trust should not lie dlstnibed.
t. A clerk can settle u bill of exceptions
u on agreement of parties only when the
unanimous consent of all the parties Inter
ested Is shown by a stipulation to that mroct
attached to the proposed bill of inceptions ,
Hlsnod olthor by the parlies themselves or
their attorney of record In the case wheiem
the hill H proposed , or by an attorney or
agent whose hpcolal authority to algn Is
ulllrmiitlvoly shown.
0 , A billet exceptions to he nettled by the
clerk upon agreement of parties must bu
acted upon by sucli rferk within the time fixed
hyhtatuU ) , or within the tlmo allowed by thu
court or Judge for tliosultlemont of bitch 1)111 )
of exceptions ,
llobb against Howltt. Krror from Otoo
county. Afllnnud. Opinion by Irvine , O.
The complainant In a bastardy proceeding ,
where It charges the ditto of tlm birth of thu
child , need not not out the time or place when
or where It was begotten.
2. An offer made by the defendant to the
father of the prosectitrK to contribute money
for the purpose of " .sending the prosucutrlx
luvixy" Is not tin otter to cotiipiomlse and Is
admissible In ovIUcnre.
a. In u bastardy proceeding only n prepon
derance of the ovldencu Is necessary to u con
viction , and u verdict nmy bo sustained upon
the uncorroborated testimony of the pro u-
cntrlx ulone ,
t. O'ertaln evidence In rebuttal of nvldencn
of good reputation examined und Its admis
sion held not to bu error.
BKM'ING" KSTATia.
Schroder against Wllcox. Appeal from
Douglas county. Afllrmud. Opinion by
Uyan , C.
When anadmlnlstriitor'H petition fornuthor-
ty to hell rent property of the dorcilont for
the paymentof hU debts \\iu duly filed In
thu district court of thn proper county und
duo notice of such implication wns published
in pre.scrlbcd by thu order mudo upon thu pre-
bcutatlon of such application , thu dlstilct
court obtained Miii'h JiiiNdlctlonof the subject
natter for the purpo-.es of the application re-
furred to , us that ItH Judgment or order Is not
subject to attack or question In u collateral
ic lion.
'J. Where tlm order of the court required
publication of notice of an application to Hell
eul property to bo made In a newspaper doxlx-
itited by name , It was pioper , as ULMIIIH u
collateral uttiu'k upon the order tluully made ,
to show by competent , evidence Independently
it the record that thu publication was In
fact made In strict accordance with thu re-
pilremuntsof thu mild order of the court.
Sweet breath , aweot Htomach , sweet tem
per ? Then use DeWltt'a Little Early Klscra.
This extraordinary Rejuvenator Is the mo t
\\oiulcrliildltcovery of the a o. It linn hccii
vuduiscd by the leading Bclcntltlo men ofEuiopo
und America.
Iluilynn la
purely vege
table.
Ilmlyan stops
Ptemalureness
Inftliodlschurgcjj
{ Hi 20 days.
Cures
AfTBU
Coiifltlpntlon , Dlzzlne.-s , Kulllnx Sensation * ,
Nervous Twitch.UK of the eyes nnd oilier parts ,
Strengthens , Invigorates and tones tl.o cntlro
pyhtem. lluilyim cures Debility , Nervousness ,
Emissions , und dovelopcii and rcstorei weulc
organs. 1'olns In the back , lo'sca by dny 01
Might nro ( topped quickly. Over 2,000 piivato
tndorteinenw.
PfeinatiironcRi means Impotenry In the first
Bingo , it -ymptomofenihinlwcaknitsaid :
liarrcnncKS. It can be stopped In 20 ditys by the
llfOOflllldTHll ,
The nev/ulecovcry wes made by the Special-
fstnof thoold fumouilliulHiin Bloillcnl Inntl-
tutu , it H thoetroiiRcst vllalUer made. Ills
very powerful , but harmless. Bold for $1.00 a
pacKugeor G packngrs fur 8S.(0 ( plain scalrd
boxen ) . Written gimrnntro given for a cure. If
youbuyslxlx > xenaiid are not entirely cured ,
six more will bo sent to you I roe of allclmrKen.
Bend fur circulars and testimonials. Addrcu
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