Image provided by: University of Nebraska-Lincoln Libraries, Lincoln, NE
About The Sioux County journal. (Harrison, Nebraska) 1888-1899 | View Entire Issue (March 27, 1890)
Sioux County Journal. HAKSISON, - t NEBRASKA Tha WotM's W. Washisgto, March 18. There another live meet in of the world's fair committee to-day. Mesr Frank Missouri and Stiver of Ne v York were absent from tha city and Wilson waa en gaged in tba ballot boi investigation. Aa a oonaaqoanoa Chicago temporarily loat two of tha members favorable to bar and tha committee was tied up so aa to be unable to make any progress. When action 8, which leave blank the date for holding the fair, waa reached, ChairJ man Candler propoaad to fill in the blank ao aa to provide for a dedication and celebration on October 12, 1893, and for holding'tbe fair in 1893. When the question waa put on Candler' motion the member of the cecum it tee refused to vote and it waa at last agreed that the date be filled in so aa to require the fair to open April 10, 1392, and close in October of the aame year. The entire bill waa then read over and agreed upon with the exception of section , which will be acted upon at another meeting to be held to-morrow. Belden called up hi motion relative to the 110,000,000 fund and there was an animated discussion. The Cihcagc men insisted upon tha sufficiency of the sub scription, but Belden wished to aee the subscription list. The Chairman pro duced a list of names, to which the New Yorker objected on the ground that the names were unattached to the bead ing and therefore the list was worthless unaucially.GThe Chicago men explained that this list a copy of the original list which was properly headed and had been seen by the chairman and the sub committee. This failed to satisfy the New York representative. Springer re marked in a facetious manner that he and Hitt would assume the $10,000,000 obligation and reminded Flower and Belden that they had tried t- bluff the house by the'same remark when the bill was under diacuasion. Brta tnm th rieod. St. Louis, March 16. Report from the lower Mississippi regarding the flood say that part of the country between the Arkansas line and Vickaburg, on bath side of the river, ia in immineLt danger of inundation. The water is running over the Arkansas levee in sev eral places and they have been aband oned. Thia means that tha Tensas ba sin in Louisiana will be flooded, ah efforts are being concentrated to aave the teveea in Louisiana between Vicka burg and tha Arkansas line and those on tba Mississippi shore between Vicka burg and Greenville. On each of the river tha moat heroic actions have been wade for weeks and are now being re doubted. Rain baa fallen in torrents everywhere. At all the endangered paint work ia kept up day and night, lira stock and movable are being taken to place of aafety. Over 200 miles of levee are endangered and a general overflow is considered inevitable. There ia no cause to apprehend the losa of life, but the destruction of property will be great A dispatch from Natchez says seven inches of rain fell there during forty eight hours and it still continues. The planters in the low landa are counting upon their plantations being overflowed, aa they expect a break at any moment in tha week in the levees below Lake Provi dence. Thia would send the water to tha Tensas basin and flood the planta tions all the way to the mouth of the Red rive-. Later reports from the up levea indicate that a general overflow into tha Louisiana and lower Yazoo del ta may be expected. N bw OKLEAH8,March 17. The Time Democrat' Vicksburg ipecial aays: A paraonsl visit made to Raleigh and Pe can Grove satisfied your correspondent that tha reports had not been exagger alad aa to the extent of tba damage. At 3 o'clock to-day tha crevasse wss 1, 000 fast or mora wide and the snds were caving in so rapidly that it was fool hardy to approach them. Tba levee ii nearly fifteen feat high and the im msncs volume of water waa rushing through it in a stream ten or mora feat deep. Tha extent of the crevasse and the immens amount of water delivered by it may be estimated by tha fact that in the twenty, four hours ending this eveamg tba river has fallsa three inches at Vusksburg and four inches at Lake Providence, though rising steadily prior , to the crevaesa. aa lateeJr. Nxw Yomt, March 18. The naval court of Inquiry to examine into tba oLarge nun against Commander Bow man H. MeOalla, of tba United States steamer Intotwtieo, was opened at tha Brootdva navy yard this morning. After tha oourt had organised tha ssssnbote proooodod shored tba Eater pries an Adsairal Kimberly celled on sAtheefloanaaerew who had ear eeensjieiata to make to eoaee forward, Abeet a dassa man stepped out ot tha mm taken down. Tha , then erfjoe nod. Karen Ml A young QtzzzztGU kfitnyd by mm THE CORN RATE. littrrrstiug Letters from Three IHttiiiguWIied brakaitK. HOLKKE'' t i-r-E Omaha, XA, March 13.-To Hon. William Leese.'Liiiooln, Neb. Dear Sir: You have caused to be pubhalied iu the newspapers a socalled complaint against the railroads of Nebraska, before the interstate commerce commission, which in all its important charges, is either false or misleading. 1 address this let ter to you trusting that your regard for the truth may lead you to either destroy the complaint without presenting it to the members of the interstate commerce commission when they arrive here this week, or to correct the misstatements before filing it. The people in this state, for their own interest, desire that the railroads which serve them should maintain good tracks and offer good accommodations for both freight and passenger business. As a railroad commissioner or member of the state board of transportation, it is your duty to deal justice to all interested. If you will pause in your unwarranted raid upon the railroads to consider the facts herein mentioned, the proof for which is and has been in your reach at any time, yoif wilflind that it is due to tlie public and the railroads that you should retract the false charges that you have made in this complaint and at other times for the public ear. You allege that since the interstate commerce law took effect rates ujKtn Nebraska railroads have been ''greatly increased." The reverse is true. You allege that, taking into consider ation the rebates prior to the interstate commerce law, the rates, upon corn in particular, were less before the law took effect than now. The fact is that, de ducting the customary rebates from the tariff rates prior to the law, the net re sult gave considerably higher rates be fore the law took effect than now. If you base yourstatement on figures pre vailing during some teinjxirary rate w ar or emergency of competition, it is scarce ly worthy of serious consideration. You allege that the net rate from Lincoln before the law took effect was 14 cents per lflo. This statement is un true. You allege that the rates "upon corn from Nebraska points to Chicago are so high, unreasonable, exorbitant and ex cessive that the producers of Nebraska are unable to ship their corn to said market and said exorbitant and exces sive rates amount to prohibition upon corn shipments." You contradict this latter statement yourself in a paragraph of your complaint headed "Third Cause of Action." wherein yon state that tlie roads have neglected and refused to fur nish a sufficient number of cars for the transportation of corn offered for ship ment from points in Nebraska to points without the state." For four weeks fol lowing February 15, upon which date a reduction of 10 per cent was made in the corn rate, and during which period you state the rate is prohibitory, from twenty thousand to thirty thousand car loads have been moved from Nebraska points, or more than 12,000,000 bushels. The reduction of 10 per cent made by the railroads upon these sliipments amounts to 200,000 in four weeks. Your complaint, furthermore, that the rates charged by Nebraska railroads are excessive can be refuted by what you yourself have at different times ad mitted to be a fair measure of reason able rates. You have admitted that railroads should be permitted to earn a fair rate of interest upon cost, or a fair valuation. The sworn statement of all of the railroads of Nebraska in the state auditor's office show that in 187 there were 4.621.83 miles of railroad in the state; that their net earnings in 1887 amounted to 7,007,3rtO.O. With their buildings, shops, tools, cars, engines and terminal facilities, I do not believe the railroads of this state can be duplicated for 825,000 per mile at the present time. If it should be admitted for the sake of the argument that 25,000 per mile is a fair valuation, this would give a total valuation of SI 15,545,750. The railroads earned in 1887 6.1 per cent upon its val uation. In 1888 the mileage was 5,01 1.7 1 miles, which, atf25,000 per mite, would give a valuation of 128,292,600. The net earnings of all railroads in Nebras ka in 1888 amounted to fto,302,57O.2, showing 4 per cent on this valuation. If, to make the matter still clearer, we should admit that the railroads of this state are worth only 990,000 per mile, the interest earned in 1888 upon that valuation would be only 5.3 per cent, out of which the interest on the bonded in debtedness must be paid before the stockholders could receive anything. ' Since 1888 rates hare been materially decreased, and it ia not probable that the bowing for 1890 for the railroads will be as favorable aa that of 1888. You certainly, considering these facta should not ask for a further reduction in rates at the present time. The railroads of Nebraska have, at different times, voluntarily reduced the through rates upon corn and other pro doett. The corn rata for example, from Hastings, Neb, to Chicago has been re duced from 48 cents per 100 in 1875, to Mssrtiu 1879, to B certain 1881, to a cents ia 1137, and U ZSH cent par KB at the present time, which to X eeasi par M0 higher than the rate from western lows points, - The present rate from western Iowa and from Missouri river points to Chi cago upon corn is SUceuts per 100. This rate is made upon a basis that is lower than the tariffs of Illinois ami Iowa, which are universally admitted to b low. The same rate of 30 cents r 100 is extended westward for Nebraska points sixty miles from the Missouri river, and only 5 rents per t0 is added to Iowa rates in forming through rates from the most distant Nebraska points to Chicago, the maximum rate upon corn from Nebraska points now being 25 cents per 100, or about one-half as much per ton per mile from western Nebras ka points to Chicago as is charged from central Iowa points to Chicago. As tonnage increases in the f ut ure the railroads will doubtless continue to make similar gradual reductions ujkmi the pro ducts of this state, when they can afford to do so. These future reductions will certainly be materially interferred with or entirely prevented if the states of Iowa and Nebraska continue to force down rates upon general merchandise, accomplishing thereby no practical good for the producers, but preventing the reductions he desires. Your resolution, repeatedly intro duced at the meeting of the state board of transportation, if enforced would not reduce rates upon corn or the important products of this state to Chicago or eastern markets the rates now added to the Iowa rates in forming the through rates from Nebraska points to the markets being much less than the local Iowa tariff. Your resolution, therefore, if enforced would do harm to the far mers of Nebraska, for the reason tliat if you lower the tariff upon general mer chandise, upon which the average far mer pays in a year probably less than 1.50 er man, you will cripple the rail roads in their power to carry the pro ducts of this state at low rates in the future, upon which many individual farmers pay from 1,0TJ0 to 2.000 jer year. To summarize this whole matter, your complaint before the interstate j commerce commission is based upon misapprehension and misstatements. Your demand upon the state board of transportation for lower rates if carried out to the letter, can accomplish no practical good for this state, but w ill in terfere with its future growth and pros jierity. I venture to suggest that your duty as a railroad commissioner requires you to protect railroad property as well as other property in this state, Railroads are certainly important to this country They have done more to enhance the value of farm property than any other agency. The western counties are anxious for more railroads today. Railroad construction ic this state has been completely stoppeaJergely on ac- holders and their places of residence, and I will select my witnesses from count of the raid upon railroads which you have lead for several years past. I would father say that the cry of "Crucify Him," although it may be started by priests and scribes and followed by the populace, is not always right. Yours Truly, (J. W. IIOLDKKGE, Oii'l. Manager B. & M. It. 15. Co. LEKfE'S KKPLV. Lincoln, Neb, March 14.-To George W. Hoktrege, Omaha, Neb. Dear Sir: l'our communication lias been received, and in answer thereto I will say that I will prove every allegation alleged in my petition before the interstate com merce commission. The board of transportation ordered me to commence proceedings before the interstate commerce commission, and I have done so. I have gathered up what testimony I could since that time and formulated a complaint. The witnesses that I have talked to will make tlie same statements before the commission. In regard to the watered stock, I have asked the commission to require these defendants to furnish a list of thestock them on this proposition and prove by them that the stock upon which they are receiving big dividends did not cost them a single dollar. The case before the board of trans portation today will prove one allegation where they refused to furnish cars. It is sufficient to say that when the ques tion is at issue I will be on hand, William Leksk. Gov. Thayer to thk Railroad M an aoers. State of Nebraska, Executive Department, Lincoln, March 14, 1890. To the Interstate Com merce Railway Association : When you made a reduction of cents per bush on corn to Chicago, it was given out at once that the price of corn would be re duced by just so much as the' freight rate on corn was reduced. Jn other words, that the farmers would not have any benefit from the reduction. Well, the gamblers, speculators and railroad men owning elevators in Chicago, never intended they should. Y'oumadeanom inal redaction, and the price of corn went down just that much. Then those who predicted a depression of eorn were enabled to say, "I totdjyou so; and the railway were enabled to say that any lowering of corn rates which we may make will bring no good to the farmer. The men In Chicago to whom I haver f erred were ready to stand the risk of bearing down corn according to the tri Mnf lessening of the rate made. But had you made a redaction ot I esnUper hnadrsd M I deaasfflded, there were not mt in tutor and boards of trade ia Chicago to have dared to break thej market. They mould never have dared to depress tlie price of corn at that rate. On the contrary, self preservation w ould have compelled them to stiffen the mar ket and send up the pru-e of corn. I wss not at all satisfied itli the re duction made, and w aited to see the re sult which is by no means satisfactory. 1 now renew my demand at a much higher figure, namely, a reduction of 10 cents a hundred pounds from oiiit in Nebraska to Chicago. I am convinced that the freight ratetheu remaining w ill lay a fair proflit to the companies. The railroads are now pnieroui, slid have been prospering; their receijrtssliow this; they are paving dividends; w hile the condition of the fanners has been growing worse. They are depressed. You depress them because you deprive them of the means of getting their corn to market at a living price. This state of things must not, cannot continue. You are inflicting a great and grevious wrong upon the fanners. They have a right to their full share of the proter ity is enjoyed at the expense of the far mers. The ieople of Nebraska do not want to fight the railroads; they desire that the railroads shall prosper, but they de mand also that the railroads shall no longer oppress them as they have done. They demand that tlie roads shall give them fair and reasonable rates so that they may obtain a just return for their labors and investment. The jieople are aroused now as they never were liefore. The farmers of Ne braska are aroused now as they never were before. They demand justice and just treatment and will not cea; that de mand till they get it. I again warn you of the disastrous consequences to the roads if their just demand is refused. I say this not by way of a threat, but as a friendly warning. Hesjiect fully, John M. Tii vvi:i:. Mve Rendered a ItoriaittM. Wasiiimctos, March 18. Tlie United States supreme court today rendered a decision in an interesting case growing out of the a U of the fifteenth seaaion of the Idaho Legislature. Tlie appellants alleged that they declated the council and bouse of representatives adjourned at midnight after a session of sitxy days, this being the limit of the legislative ses sion under the congressional law. They sseert thst.rooie of the members of each house remained behind, elected new pre siding officers snd passed a number of acts. They sued to have these acts de clared null and void and the proceedings xpunged from the record. The Idaho upreme court denied the application and thia court affirm the judgement The oourt aays, in part : The. aafety of onr institutions depends in a consid erable measure upon the legislative, executive and Judicial departments being kept separate, and upon none of them infringing on the others. It is not one of the functions of s court to inquire into the records of a legislative body snd to determine whether a body aesuraiag to be legislative is legator not A suit presenting this question might, perhaps, arise in some case growing out of an act passed by the legislature, but the oourt does not pass in the present case upon how far it would be justified in such a suit in inquiring into the val idity of the legislature, as the esse st issue does not require it to do so. trmm The PraaaUe Lanl. Arkansas Cinr,KAS.,Msrch 18. All day yesterday the disappointed, deluded boomers alighted from the heavily lade.) trains which brought them from the promised land. R sport from Caldwell and hunniwell state there has been little excitement beyond the sdvent of a few settlers who had not herd of the presi dent's proclamation. A member of Gen era! Merritt's staff, who arrived here from Leavenworth yesterday, said it waa conceded that a large number of the boomers now located on the strip would vacate voluntarily when they lerned of the condition. Ira A.Burnett, a large cattle owner near here, ha returned from an extend ed trip over hi ranch and reports that no cattle have been killed by the prairie fires or boomers. He estimates the num ber of acres burned over to be 100,000, but thinks enough remains to feed the cattle until! the new grass sprouts. Bur nett also reported that large number of the colonist are leaving the strip and waa of the opinion that but few would be left for the military to displace. - Sasfortaf ladlajw. Mikseapolis, March 18. Bishop Han ly of the Catholic diocese of North Da kota, in an interview here stated that there are 2100 Indians on the Turtle Mountain reservation destitute and suf fering, owing to a mimunderstanding with the government These Indians get altogether stvOOO per year from th gov. arament for their support and some poor rations. Since January Ant he says fully fifteen hand red of them have been left to shift for themselves. TH mm4 SabUdiag. ; New OautAjra, March 16. The gov erameet guage at 1-30 thia morniag showed aeught fall ia the river from the highest point reached yesterday after noon. TbeUta here this morning are fiw from overflow wster alone the river front, except at 8t Patera street, aad there the flew will sooa be stopped. It rained all night and ia driullng this morniag. STATE MSWS. NlraL Auburn is to have electric .siht. Orand Idmi wants a new city char ter. Kearney bootblacks have formed a I union. j A K. P. lili has been organized at , Armada. Madison has children of school h'k to s the n umber of ;t0T. A Son of Veterans camp is to be or-' ganized at Sterling. j A Charity ball lost evening was Sew ard's rx-ial event of the woek. j Nebraska City ha good protiie'is oft getting a X!O,0O0 opera house. Hauling hopes the interstate fun uierce commission will viait that city. As a starter Kearney has raised i'n to guurautee eipenaeii of a bull r.lub. Brick and tile works to coot I0. t are among the possibilities f jr IxiuiavilUt. Ainsworth has flattering prospects of. a seventy-five barrel Hour mill Boon. Conia'l Kaiinel fell from tlie roof f a house at Diller and was seriously in jured. Tlie Brown county nitricultural so ciety has purchased grounds for the an nual show. Fire at Fremont Thursday umrninif ceufd damage in a barber shop Ut the extent of fi'i. Sheridan county is trying to raise money to purchase real estate for its agricultural society. Ths Ifrrahl note with pleasure a growing sentiment in favor of u svxtem of waterworks for Wayne. A Why more man was arretted an. I fined 11.1 for being unneceneurilj' hilar iou at a Salvation army meeting. Wheeler county has a man shnatniul.u six feet seven inches tall in his stockings and is as large otherwise in proportion. Kearney ladies desire to be repre sented on the board of education. Their demand appears to meet with approval. The beet sua-nr factory craze has struck Madison. An Omaha gentleman has submitted n proposition to erect works The commissioner of Rjck county have advertised to receive bids for the erection of a new court house in that county. Four electric street can have Im hipped from St Louis and will arrive this week at Kearney where they lire to be used. The people of Fremont and the farm ers of Dodge county are contributing generously to the relief of the Dakata sufferers. The enterprising citizens of Paddock have subscribed $1,800 for the purpose of erecting a bridge across the Niobrara at that place. At the regular hionthly meeting of the board of trustees of Hebron a reso lution to take the suburbs into the corporation waa unanimously adopted' At the regular monthly mealing of the board of trustees of Hebron a resolution to tske the suburban addition into the corporation was unanimously adopted. The Madison Chronkle believes there ia danger of the town being destroyed by Are some night, the residents being ignorant of th fact, and urges the neces sity of so alarm bell. John Smith was arrested at Grand Island charged with stealing $W0 from a German fanner in the buck room of a saloon. The money was recovered and Smith pleaded guilty. Ashland has ten or twelve citizens who have reached their three score year and ten and they propose to hold a meeting sometime in the sear future for the purpose of exchanging ex periences. The following numlier of seres of land still remain open for settlement in the Valentin land district: Keya Paha county, 70,000; Rock county, 1M0.000; Brown county, rW.1,000; Cherry county, 2,100,000. John Lsmborn is having some cchre taken out of his mine. He has sold six hundred pounds to one man on the Benv er, and will ship some to Lincoln and Omaha. John Reiter has charge of the work. Indianola Courier. A. K. Gunn, a ranchman living near Chappel was attempting to cross Lodge Pole creek when the ice droke and he drowned before help could arrive. The deceased was about forty-five years old and leaves a wife and six children. There are 175 pupils in the Indian school at Genoa, 103 boys snd seventy, two girls. Tlie health record of this school is far above that of any other Indian school in the country, the death rate being only 5 per ceot for the past six years. A very smooth gentleman arrived at Kimball the other day and prooseded st one to the drug store and purchased a doaen empty bottl'whichjie filled with linceed oil. After adding an ingredient to give it osier he quickly sold his stock ot "a new variety of varnish" at only 30 cents a bottle. An effort should be msde to have Commissioner John Jenkins deliver ao address ia thi' city on the beet sugar qeeeUon, a subject which be has given much attention, aud one which vitally iaterseU Lincoln count. Mr Jsnkios has by request : -ed asrersl lect ures in the eastern part of the state and we be Wive would come to our city if au invitation wa extended him. Lincoln County Tribune. Wedding are numerous at Hebron. Thy linvo iin overplus of dog at Ojralalla. Phelps county hunters ate slaughter iug wild gJene by thesco'e. It is reported that 30 alliances were chartered in Nebraska during February. The Wdber village board has entered into a mn tract for a chemical lire en gine. St. Pat rick's day waa celebrated st O'Connor with n fine programme hurting nearly all duy. The Ancient Order of lliliern'iHiis off Teciimaeh celebrated SI. Patrick's day in an appropriate manner. M rs Jolinaon of ( ou.U.r.li.xme county, w as bitten few Jay Ago by s supposed mud dotf She i trying the mudstone cure. It is reported that lusuoon an the Short Line leuies the Hand hills it will locs'ea divimon station on the went line of Sher idan county. It is reKrted that the Imnrd of direct o the Sioux City AOgden railroad have decided to build 3H) inilin west from O'Neill this summer. Clifford Austin, n llemingford youth, slipped from a log while cutting wood and received a severe wound in the leg by falling against the axe. So much oorn is being moved from Riiskin and Desliler that the Ruck Inland has hud to run two extra trains the past week with which to move il. The Hebron Jnirniil nays the Imard of trade at that place is not deail.1t is simply resting from the futiguing labors of meeting once in three yearn. Workmen on an eighty foot well neur Taylor let n bucket of dirs fall on the mnnwhonas digging at the Ixittom, lie was probably fatally injured. Ruisness s:en of Grand Island have been victimized by a travling advertis ing fraud.who got his money and silent ly departed without fullllling his part of the contract. The light for '.he mnyorality in Kear ney is becoming rather warm. The mut ter is somew hut simplified by the positive declination of Mayor Finch to be a can didate for re-election. There seems to be a settled determin ation on the part of farmers around Deehler to build an elevator there. At a meeting held limt week strong resolu tions were passed and n list of subscrib ers was taken. The barn of W. D. Potion, in Buffalo county, was burned to the ground '"Yrj- uay. jure, valuable norses perished In the dimes, besides a quanity of grain and hay. The origin 'of the fire is a mystery. After the expenses of the lost encamp ment of the state militia were paid there was but 11,003 left, and this w ill have to be parcelled out between twenty-two companies. Foch company in the state has UHnally received C10O per year to pay its expenses. Cuptin Mohler of Alcove was attacked by a vicious bull, and it was only by superhuman efforts that he escaped be ing gored to death. As it wus he was bruised and cut in numerous plocestnd when he succeeded in getting out of the savage creature's reach he w as carried half unconscious to the house. A bug crawled in Pete Kerker'a ear on the night of June 5,1880,and caused him terrible agony for a few hours, but he finally got the Unskilled and it has not given him any pain ince,On Wednesday night of lout week ho w as picking his ear when out came the dead bug. It wstj over half an inch in length and had been in his ear for n.'no months and seven days. He feels relieved to think It is out now,nlthough il bus caused him no pain except a slight feeling of fullness in that enr nt times.- Nemaha City Adier liner. Colorado. The nrUnittn well nt Rouse Junction is down I, lit) feet. The Baptists of Canon City proimseto put up a new lo,000 church this year. j no uiiiiar ilcalera in agricultural im piemenU report salt-H I wi. e b large aa tlioae of loat yeai'. The board of trudo of Lamar pro- nniAB in eArtr.rfmlv iluulP n.i.1 II..... . ..i I v.wi I Ml 1 14 1 1 ll-IJ FI O- ceed to advertise the town. The mercury went to 2 degrees below zero st Walaenburg lust Thursday, th coldest for three years. Mr.Charle Magnus will soon put a force of men to work on a driveway us tween Sheridan ond Military Pork to be 100 feet wide. The morul element at Canon City pro- . pose to nominate a municipal ticket this spring absolutely op(H wed to saloons, gambling, ect The Fairplsy Flume declares that the losses of cattle in South Park this winter, like many other thing in this world, has been greatly exagersled. The aggregate of taxes psi.l in Kit vpinjumunij una year will ue SliOUl 47,000. Of this the Hock Island ami Uuion Pacific roads pay 93OJ0O0. uongmont shows a rapidly growing .i0 laoiouu irtTiffiit ieeinsi for Fsbuary this year exoeeded by fi6t 801$ pound those of Fsbuary, 1830. And ia th freight sent out the excess wae 712,881.