Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, March 10, 1887, Page 4, Image 4
THE OMAHA DAILY BEE : THURSDAY MARCH 10. 1887. DAILY BEE. 15. ItCmnWATEll , I'.BJTC.n. THE DAILY BEE. PUBLISHED EVERY MORNING. OP Runscnrrrio * s Pnlljr ( Mnralntr Kdltlon ) including Sunday Tlr.p. , Onii Your . . . . . . $10 01 ForBlxMontli * . . li 11 rnr'J'hron Month * . a CO U'lie Omnlm Htunlny HKK , in nil oil to nuy addict * , Ouo Year. , . . . 800 OMAHA Orrirr , No. 914 ANII 911 FAIWAM STHRRV. Hr.vr roiiK omrr , HOOK THIIMINK inm.nisa. WAMUI.VUIU.V umcu , N All communications rclnthiff to news nndcdl- torUI niattur nhould bo mJ'hossod to tlio Kin- ion of TUB DEC. \f \ BCSINCSSLtlTEIlSJ i All hulncns lottorn unflromlttanoonphould bfl ! addressed lo THE linn I'uiu.iHitiNn COMIMNIT , . OMAHA. Druftn , checks and po'tolllco or dors L lo bo made payable to ttio ordtr of the company. IHE BEE POBLIJHlSliPlllT , PROPRIETORS , E. nO3BVYATFn. KDITOH. TUB DAHjY UEE , Sworn StAtcnicnt or Circulation. Btnteof Nebraska , County ot Douglas. | Oeo. B. Tzschuck , secretary of The nee Publishing company , does solemnly swear that the actual circulation of the Dally Bee tor the week ending Mar. 4ih , 1SS7. was as follows : Baturdav. Feb. 20 14.SOO Bunflav. Fob. S7 ! 13.050 Monday , Feb. ! J8 14.MO Tuesday. Mar , 1 11.210 Wednesday , Mar. 2 14,205 Thursday , Mar. 3 14,150 Friday , Alar. 4 14.2 : Avoraeo 14.UT4 Oco. B , Tzschuck , be I nc first duly sworn , deposes and says that ho is secretary of The Bee I'liiilislilni : company , that the actual av erage datlv circulation of the Dally Bee for the month of March , 1B80 , 11,537 copies ; for April , 1SSO , 12,191 copies : forfor May , 1880,13- 180 copies ; for Juno , 18SO , 10,203 copies ; for July , 18SO , 1014 ! ! copies ; for Aucust , HWO , 12,404 copies ; for Septomlwr. 1BSC , 13.030 ropipf > ; for October. 18MO. 12'JSO copies ; for Novembor. 18SO , 13,343 ooplcs ; for December. 1880,13.2n ; rnpies ; for January. 1887. 10,200 copies ; for February , 1887 , u , 10 copies. . . , , . OHO. U. TZSCHUCK. Subscribed and sworn to before mo this Oth day of March , A . I ) . 18-S7. ( SEAL. I N. P. FEU , . Notary Public. GOVEUNOH TiiAYKitvisely asked for time to review carefully the evidence In tlio Marion murder cnso. IP the Now York boodlomon will Rive Now forte reporters n chance , a choloru scare will bo the next thing on the list. Tin : great and good Carter Harrison will again bo a candidate for mayor of Chicago. St. Louis may boast of Us spectral horses , but Mr. Harrison is no spook. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ GHAND ISLAND started out to banquet the monitors of the legislature. Before the /east was half over thov found they wcro entertaining nine lobbyists to one legislator. IN the book of destiny , where it wns written "Grovor Cleveland shall bo president , " the sentence also occurs that thoocuentno Virginia gentleman. Mr. lUddloborger , "shall have the balance of power in the fiftieth congress. " ACTORS and actresses who make their "farewell tours" sometimes return again. It Is a refreshing fact that some uctors do not attempt this. This winter will prove Mr. Agoo'a farewell tour and end his political career. Tin ? bill appropriating Mr. Furnas $3,000 for his New Orleans exposition hus passed the houso. The two bills passed by our legislature to reimburse the ox- governor make a grander exhibit than the ox-governor's entertainment at New Orleans. WHEN Mrs. Colby's husband said to the senate the other day that a wife could testify agninst the husband In everything but criminal matters , the Gage county statesman demonstrated the fact that woman's rights are stronger in the state of Beatrice than they are in tho'stato con stitution. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ THE Hamilton county dodo continues to paw the air in the lower houso. His uprmal school bill remains his hobby. Every member of the legislature now re- crots that ho was not made speaker. They please themselves by thinking that had he secured that position ho would have made less noise. However , antici pation was always more beautiful than realization. THE inflation system is being worked lor all It is worth in Kansas City , and eastern people are beginning : to see through it. The Somervllle ( Mass. ) Journal - nal says : "Real estate transfers m Kan sas City aggregated f 1,500,000 last week , i'ooplo out there may do something else besides swapping their properly all around , and then swapping it back fifty- two times a year , butwodon'tbohuvoit. " NOTHING ought to bo allowed to stand in the way of the passage by the legis lature of the bill compelling railroad companies to discard the stoves from passenger and baggage cars. Recent equipments on southern roads prove that to heat by steam is practicable. Lot Ne braska lead the northern stales on a mat ter of suoh grave importance. IT would seem as if Carter Harrison absolutely owned the city of Chicago , or it not that , that he is as ( irmly seated . , upon. Its shoulders as the Old Man of the K , Sea was upon those of Sinbad the Sailor , and cannot bo thrown off. Ho has been an incubus upon the Like : Side City for eonio ton years. Demagogical in all his pretense of principles , corrupt in all his practices , sustained by aud sustaining the worst elements of the city's popula tion , the gamblers , keepers of low rum shops , ballot box stutVors , ropnators , forgers of election returns , ho has boon able to doty all attempts by the bettor class of citizens to loose his hold upon the ohlof executive office of the city , and . it would seem as If only death oould relieve lievo the city of his baleful rule. But death loves a shining mark , not a dirty ono , and so Carter is likely to be spared 1 those many yours to allllet Chicago. He has effected a compromise with the Iro- t quoia club , which makes him solid again with the democratic party , and he Is scheming to capture the labor party , vrhloh developed suoh unexpected strength at the last uleotlon. His "frleuds , " who are no friends of the city , 0 already feel jubilant over his chances of I ro'olecllon , and no they htivo everything [ i At stake , often their personal liberty generally the privilege of preying upon the clty/they nro not apt to make a mis- ' take. Alasl for Chicago. Tlio Hill Should 1'nM. The scnhle bill No. 40 , requiring foreign corporations to bccomo corporations under the laws of this slate to the extent of making thorn clti/.ons , thus preventing the removal of suits between them and citizens of this state to federal courts , is one of the important bills before the leg islature. It was on Tuesday recom mended by the senate to pa.i , and it will doubtless pass botli houses and be come a law. The HKK. gave the text of this bill yesterday , and from it our read ers will bo able to judge of the bcnellts to the citizens of Nebraska designed to bo secured by Us passage. There Is no hostility to other states , or the citl/.cns of other states , contemplated by this bill ; Its intent is simply to place foreign cor porations doing business in our state , de riving revenues from our citizens , upon an equal footing with tlioso citizens before our stiite courts. If our state is a good enough state to make money infer for foreign corporations , our courts should bo hold good enough to determine causes between our clti/.ons and these corporations. Notwithstanding it is a notorious fact that the United States courts are over burdened with business , that the supreme court of the United States is years behind Its docket , and that congress has 1,011 g been considering some method of relief without arriving at a solution per haps , indeed , for tins very reason citizens - zens and corporations of other states rarely if ever submit their oatwos to the courts of the state in which the ground of action arises. As these foreign citizens and corporations are usually defendants , the plea is made that state courts would not give them justice , but the real reason in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred is that those foreign defendants , corpora tions and capitalists , hope to worry the plaintiffs by tlio greater expense and dc- lays in United Slates courts , into com promising or abandoning their claims. And this is very often the result. Thus , n nractical denial of justice , not only to tlio citizens of Nebraska , but to those of other states , often results from re moval of causes from state to United Slates courts. In view of the fact that judges of fed eral courts arc so hardly worked , it would seem reasonable to expect that they would discourage , so far as they could , any increase of their labors , but the fact is that for years there has been a steady encroachment by the federal courts upon the jurisdiction of state courts. Appeals from the latter to the former have greatly of late increased in frequency , and by apparently strained constructions of law , jurisdiction is now assumed by federal courts that years ago would have been denied. There is neither justice nor propriety in this. It is tine that if John Smith , of Nebraska , sues Capitalist Urown , of New York , or a Now York corporation , in our stale courts , and the cause is removed to a federal court , a Nebraska jury has still to pass primarily upon the case , but the delays and the costs in the federal court are both greater. And then if it is a case involving a large amount , appeal from the latter court would lie to the supreme court at Washington , with im mensely increased expense and delay , while otherwise it would bo to our supreme court at Lincoln , with moderate expense and delay. The constitution of the United States secures to citizens of each state the rights and privileges of citizens in other states not greater , but the same. It is there fore the right of our legislature , in ex tending the protection of our laws to citizens and corporations of other states locating hero for business purposes , to require them , like citizens of Nebraska , to bo subject to our laws and courts. A Nebraska Insurance company , if sued by a citizen of Omaha , cannot remove the cause to a toacral court in order to wear out the plaintiff's patience or exhaust his resources. Why , then should a New York company competing hero with our homo company , have that right ? The bill is right ; let it pass. Mules ARalnnt Unllroacln. The following communication speaks for itself , in plain words and figures , and directly to the point : IlnnnoNT , Nob. , March 7. 1887.-Editor Omaha UKK : Last month wo had an invoice of seven corn planters , seven chock rowers anil two stalk cutters shipped from Galesburg - burg , III. ; freight from ( lalosburp to Lincoln , S 14.73 ; freight from Lincoln to Hebron , 334.03 on the aamo goods , llavlntr about 6,500 pounds more of goods at Lincoln , we hired two teams and giving railroad rates (56 ( cents per hundred ) , they started and matin the round trip In six days , thereby making a little over 88.00 per day , find saving us drayage at both.cnds. Since then wo have had several applications from farmers want- 'Ing to haul freight .from Lincoln at railroad rates. Respectfully yours , MALOWMKY & WILSON. The Hebron Journal , of March 3 , gives the teamster's statement in regard to the above , as follows : S. II. Andrews reports that ho hauled machinery from Lincoln for Malownoy & Wilson at the same rate as charged by the railroad , and mule with two teams SO.00 a day , being two days Rolmc and four rtays ro- turninc. This Is a practical demonstration that freight rates are too high. This Is a fair sample of the local freight charges of Nebraska railroads. It is a convincing argument for the necessity of a stringent law regulating railroad rates in this stato. The intcr-stato commerce law does not touch a case like this ; it af fects only rates between states. .It rests with the legislature of uaoh state , there fore , to protect Its citizens from the op pression of exorbitant taria's within its jurisdiction. When mule teams can at this season of the year , when roads are often very bad , haul goods at .railroad rates between railroad stations and make living wages at it , _ can it bo pretended that the railroads could * not greatly re duce thosu rates and still make fair earn ings upon their capital ? Of course railroad managers may re ply that there is no law prohibiting coun try merchants from employing imilo rex ox teams to haul their freight if they choose to do so. Hut that is not the point. The point is that the people of this state have given valuable franchises to railroad companies not primarily for the purpose of making stockholders of those companies millionaires , but avow edly for the purposj of developing the stato's resources by quickening travel and transportation and reducing the cost thereof , thus directly benoliting the people of the whole state , whoso right it wns and is to grant or withhold these franchises. The people had no right to oxpeot that after those roads were built they would still be oblighcd to pay old stage rates for travel or ox-team rates for carrying their crops and merchandise. They did not abdicate their right to use stagq coaches and ox- teams , but In Ihe granllng and accept ance of railroad franchises and the pro tection of the slate's laws extended over railroad property , there was not only an implied but a legal obligation on the part of companies accepting tlioso fran chises and enjoying that protection to give the people quicker , better , cheaper transportation. IJut they have violated the contract. After driving oil Hie coaches and the teamsters they havotaknii whatever rates they chose. They have taken a half or two thirds of the farmer's crib for carry ing the rest ; they have taken a larger part of a merchant's fair percentage of profit for carrying his goods , thus compelling the farmer to pay the greater part of what remained of his crib in excessive coat on his family supplies. If a farmer has occasion to travel lifty milles on the roads ho permitted to built , they clean out his thin wallet for the privilege , and if ho sends his representative to the legis lature to put a curb on these cormoraenls , they go there and with the farmer's hard earned money they nnblushingly , by ways that are dark and tricks that are efTtictive , defeat the people's will and lighten their grasp on the people's throats. In conclusion we express the earnest hope that every member of the legislature will carefully road and consider this nr- tiolo. Wo say to each member individu ally that wo ir.can him personally. Wo say to each that his duty is first and above all to the people , and as a journal supported by the people for the express purpose of maintaining and defending the people's rights , it is our privilege and our duty lo demand that the pcoolo shall be protcclod from the outrageous extor tion of the corporations Iho creatures to which they have give life and the priv ilege of existence on Nebraska soli. A Great Rnllrnail Deal. Now York and IJaltimoro dispatches announce ono of the most extensive and important railroad deals that has over taken place in this country. This is the projected purchase of the Baltimore & Ohio railroad , with its telegraph lines and express service , by a syndicate em bracing the Jersey Central , the Heading , the Richmond Teiminal , and perhaps some other corporations not named. The project , according to the advices at hand , is not yet consummated , bat the indefi nite statements that could be obtained from the reticent members of the syndi cate make it pretty certain that tlio nego tiations have proceeded so far that the deal will bo carried out. The inference from the dispatches is that the negotia tions have been in progress for some time , but they have been carried on with the profoundest socresy , and the divulgence of the scheme yesterday caused a good deal of excitement throughout railroad circles and something very like conster nation in Baltimore , to which city the selling corporation has been for many years the business backbone , while hold ing also laigc public and private invest ments. No conceivable event would be so grievous to Baltimore as the transfer of fhe control of the great railroad that has had so much to do with the progress and prosperity of that city to another aud outside control. The wnolc country , however , has an in terest in this transaction as another for midable concentration of corporate power As an independent corporation the Balti more & Ohio company , under the pro gressive and enterprising management of the Garrctts , father and son , lias been a great restraining force in opposition to the plundering schemes of rival corpora tions , and Us power has boon necessarily exerted In public interests. This has not unfrequently been done , undoubtedly , at a serious sacrifice to the company , and the floating debt , estimated variously from $0,000,000 to $15,000,000 , attcsls the cost of such enterprise , but Its value to the business interests of the country must bo estimaled by much larger figures. Under Ihe new control it would of course cease to be a force in this direction , and would bccomo instead an added instru ment in the hands of the consolidated corporations to aid in carrying out what ever plans against the public might be dcemeo in their interest. It is said that the consummation of this project will give the combination ami the roads in harmony with it complete con trol of all the anthracite territory in the country , anrt undoubtedly this is one of the chief objects sought. What such a condition means Iho country has had a fair opportunity to learn from the opera tions of the anthracite pool the present year. But the great object is' to. remove the power that has hitherto hold the grasping designs of other corporations in check , and as a member of the syndi cate expressed it , to bring about rela tions that will "assure harmony and co operation" in other words , that will enable the combination to have its own way regardless of the interests or wish of tlio publio. From every point of view relating to the publio welfare .the ab sorption of the Baltimore & Ohio road by this syndicate of corporations would bo cause for great regret. A Wlso Judge. A case of moro than usual interest , be cause of the very sensible ruling of tlio judge , is just now before ono of the Chicago cage courts. A Mrs. Shea shot and seri ously wounded ono Matthew Clynch , a grocer , whom she claimed was trying to effect an entrance Into her houso. At the preliminary hearing on Tuesday last , some ovidcnco was introduced indicating that Clynch went to Mrs. Shea's house by her invitation. Judge White , how ever , brushed that all aside by saying : If it Is true that Clynch had an appoint ment with Mrs. Shea , then lie Is a disreputa ble man and 1 would not bulluvo him under oath if ho was here. Ilu tried to break'up another man's family. I don't believe he ever made such an appointment. If ho did there Is little to bo regretted If he Is killed , it's no loss at all If lie dies. Continue this nutter for ton days , when wo can find out whether ho ales or not If he dies I'll nolle pros this case. This is the soundest kind of comnjpn sense. It holds a man responsible for the consequences of his Illegal presence at another's houso. Granted that ho wns there by the woman's invitation or con sent , tlio purpose was destructive of pub lie morality and domestic peace , and the judge wisely held that even if the woman had previously made the appointment , she had the right to repent in her cooler moments and to resist the man's en trance , oven to the extent ot killing him if necessary , and that the killing of A man engaged in aiinttompt to break up another man's family % and wreck ills domestic peace is. nij crime. If tills Is not goott.law , it should bo. It Is true thati i the law docs , not in words hold a man guiltless for the killing another for the seduction of a wife or daughter , but juries do , and always will , 'ihc killing of Key by Sickles , of Cole by Hiscock , of Rich ardson by McFarlaml and many others are cases in point. Why then should not a woman and wife'.who ' may have listened to the tempting 'Of a libertine bo hold equally guiltless if'in ' her rcpcntcnco or resistance slio shpols and kills the base wreteh who seeks her ruin , the disgrace of her children and the wiccklug of her husband's domestic life ? By public opin ion she would be , and It is gratifying to know that at least in ono court she" will bo by the ruling of a judge. The same rule of law or common sense would apply to other cases. For in stance , a trusted clerk or watchman might bo induced by a robber to assist in the robbery of his employer. On the night agreed upon , the tempted employe , having repented , might bo on guard to defend that which lie had consented to aid In stealing , p.ml in so doing might have to kill Ins whilom confederate. In the face of the clearest evidence of the previous conspiracy , probably in the face of the employe's admission of it , this rul ing of Judg'o While would hold him harmless for the killing , in view of his subsequent rcpcnlcnoo , or at least any jury would , for the greater criminal would bo held responsible for the consequence quence to him of his own crime. The li'lter of the law it is which kills ; the spirit maketh alive. Lot us have more of the spirit and less of the letter , and we shall have more justice. Southern Towns. The party of congressmen of which Senator Sherman is tlio central figure is on its w y to Cuba. After a brief season in the "queen of the Antilles" this com pany of congenial statesmen will return to Ihoir native land cither by way of Florida or Louisiana , and agreeably to a pro-arranged programme , not yet definit ely known , will honor with their special attention .several of the southern states. Herein lies the real interest and signifi cance of this southern tour , from the point of view of the politicians. It is cer tain that no action or movement of Sena tor bhcrman during the next eighteen months , not strictly within the line of his personal affairs or his official duties , will fail to bo given a political coloring. Hence the real purpose of this tour is as sumed to bo political a plan to enable Mr. Sherman to tesi republican senti ment in the south with respect to himself , to give the republicans of that section a chance to know binj , and at the same time to give a stimulus to the growth of republican feeling ji 'the ' south. It is not improbable that there may be something in this view. The statement is made that the friends of Senator Sherman in the south have advisedjhim that in half a dozen southern state | the democrats are wolully disorganized , and that the oppor tunity is most propitious for strengthen ing republicanism in those localities. North Carolina , Tcnt essco and Virginia are especially indicated as promising fluids for republioan..worlr. In the first 'named ' the democracy is divided on Cleve land and anti-Cleveland lines , witn their ablest leaders and best lighters in opposi tion to tlio administration. This division gave the legislature to the republicans and independents. If it continues until the presidential election moro unlikely things have happened than would be the casting of the electoral votes of North Carolina for the republican candidates. In Tennessee the democrats are far from being harmonious , and the election of brother Bob Taylor for governor intensi fied their troubles and created new ones. Tennessee is not the most certain among the democratic states for 1883. The de moralized condition of the Virginia demo cracy was demonstrated in the last elec tions , and the situation has not since im proved. There are several newspapers in North Carolina which have announced their preference for Senator Sherman. Tennessee is said to have n compact Sherman organization , and he is believed to stand at least as well with the repub licans of Virginia as any other man. With these facts in mind it is quite conceivable that Mr. Sherman saw the ex pediency of improving the only good op portunity he will have to make southern republicans acquainted with him , to in vigorate their y.eal , and to impress the policy of his party , as he authoritatively can do , upon the people of that section. Suoh a mission would bo entirely proper and commendable. Republican leaders have made a mistake in keeping aloof from the south and leaving to their op ponents the unquestioned control of the political sentiment of that section. They have been too willing to bclicvo that the political solidity of the south could not be broken. But if there was at some time an excuse for this conduct and feel ing there is none now. There is evidence that the now south is not irredeemably wedded to the old idols , but on the con trary is growing very tired of them , and In the moro populous and prosperous sections is about ready to cast them out. It is beginning to bo clearly seen and un derstood that they are obstacles to pro gress in every direction. This tooling needs to bo encouraged and stimulated. Material advancement is working toward tlio desired result , but attainment maybe bo expedited by a judicious policy of po litical instruction that would convoy to tlioso people a great many now ideas and remove from tljojr minds a great many false notioiiS | , Perhaps there is no man tottpr. qualified to wisely perform , this task than Senator Sherman , and if his southern tour really has a poliliqul purpose It can not bo doubted that good results will fol low. , It is said that another interesting south ern tour is contemplated. A Washing ton dispatch announces that after getting through with his unfinished work the president and Mrs. Cleveland may take a trip southward. It Is thought that such a trip might remove some unfavorable impressions entertained of Mr. Cleveland in the south. It might heal the wound caused by the Richmond incident. It might remove the ill-feeling caused by the heartless indifference of the president to the sufferings of the people ot Charles ton at the time of the earthquake. It might placate tlioso southern democrats who do not regard with admiration the appointments of Matthews and Trotter. There are good reasons why the presi dent might find it expedient to take a trip to the south , but It is hardly likely that ho will do so. If ho has any time lo spare from olllcial duties for junketing ho would betlcr employ il in New York , where Just now there seems to be the greatest danger lo his political future. IN the hurried history of the day the name of Mr. Church Howe has of lalo been omilcd. Tin : hotels at Nice during the earth quake tumbled down. The prices re mained the same. WITH all her other fallings it can bo said of Miss Van /ant , that as yet she 1ms not taken to Iho lecture field. Tin ; coming rise of tlio Missouri may possibly irrigate Koine of the recent addi tions to Omaha and Council Bluffs. IN' the city campaign only men with clear records can be elected. There can be no contractor's ring forced on this city of 80,000 peoplo. NOT satisfied with .defeating all rail way legislation , the railroad companies take a hand in defeating nil bills calcu lated lo relieve a burdened people. Mit. Ci.ivr.iAXi : > is now explaining why ho vetoed so many bills. The presi dent's explanations are hardly strong enough to make a good coast defense. Till ! Omaha charter is getting a na tional reputation. The Xntiomil Ih'pnb- lican says Omaha "appears lo bo as ner vous about the matter as an aged spinster when being lilted to her first set of store teeth. " BY very shrewd management the bill appropriating $330,000 , for the purchase of a site for a postofiicc at San Francisco was passed in the house on the last day but ono of the late session. The senate passed it at the first session , but Holman fought It determinedly in the house. Day and night for the last two weeks of the session Representatives Morrow and Fcl- ton has the promise of the speaker's recog nition for a motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill , but Holman was obdurate , declaring that if ho let that bill through ho must let others. On the day before adjournment , however , Morrow's opportunity came. Ilolman was absent on a conference , and Morrow being recognized by the speaker promptly moved the passage of the bill under a suspension of the rules. Half an hour ivas allowed for debate , during which not a word was said for or against tlio bill , and then it passed without a dis senting vote. It was promptly taken to the senate , immediately enrolled and sent to the president , who signed it in the evening. Thus tlio great objector was for once outwitted. We sincerely regret that similar good fortune did not attend Senator Mnuderson's bill appropriating $100,000 for tiio enlarge ment of our postolliee. Possibly , Judge Weaver did not have the speaker's promibc of recognition , or if he did , Holman may have returned too soon. Mr. McShanc maybe moro fortunate in the next congress. STATE AND TEUUIXORY. Nebraska Jottings. The Nebraska City schools had an at tendance of 88 ; { last month. A building and loan association is being organized in Nebraska City. A gang of four vagrant burglars have been jailed in Nebraska City. Stanton is discussing ways and means to raise $1,000 and plant it in water works. Palmyra holds out her hand to the Omaha Southern and promises aid if the road comes that way. The Knights of Labor Co-operative as sociation , capital $35,000 , has been or ganized in Beatrice. The It. & M. proposes to put Lincoln on its metal by building a circle railway. It has the true ring. The board of education of Nebraska City has deferred the introduction of the German language in the high school for one year. The Gage county fair association has invested $1,000 in fitly acres of land , which will bo fitted up for permanent ex hibition grounds. The little ( laughter of Dan Stephens , of Slromsburg , was thrown down and severely mutilated about the face by a ferocious dog. The bark was promptly tanned with a shotgun. A MeCook chap vyilh both eyes on number one , is organizing branches of "Knights of the Golden Cross" in neigh boring towns. The organizer takes the gold , $10 a head , while the members bear tlio cross. The Holdrege Nugget is just out with a tinted boom edition illustrating thn prominent - inont business blocks and residences , and picturing the future prospects of the town in glowing colors. The paper is a splendid advertisement for Holdrego and i'hclps county. Norfolk papers dcolaro that the yardmaster - master who smashed James Davy's nose aud skipped the town to avoid prosecu tion , is working in Omaha. The charge of assault with intent to kill , which had been made against him , will be dropped , as Davoy does not want to prosecute. The "imperial edition" of the Hast ings Gazette-Journal is a spring blossom ot surprising beauty. It is the neatest thing of the kind issued this year , and is a credit to the enterprising publishers and the metropolis of the southwest. It contains twenty-four pages of well-sea- soucd statistics of the growth of the city , illustrations of business blocks and rcni- deuces and a glowing pun portrait of the future. Coal finds are now so numerous that the demands on the state treasury for the $4,000 premium is liable to ruin the sur plus. The town of Gordon , on the west ern border , is the latest claimant for boodle. Veins are so thick out there that children had been making playhouses on them before their value was discovered. Chadron tips her beaver to Gordon and coal reigns on the Minnocadusa. The museum at Fort Robinson has been enriched with a whiskered "Cardiff Giant , " a local product , measuring twenty-two feet in height and seven feet across the breast. Hin teeth are throe inches in length and his jaw resembles the basement of a trip hammer. Local exports declare the stiff to bo the remains of one of the soldiers who camped there in the early day a. His enormous size is doubtless duo to his struggles with gov ernment beef and pea soup. The incident mentioned in tlio BF.K a few days ago , that a passentrcr was bounced from a B. & M. train for pay- hi" liis fare , has taken a new aud inter esting lurn. The victim was J.M.Rob erts , of Vt coping Water , who , while In Lincoln , neglected to procure a pass and purchased a ticket to Ashland , ax ho sup posed , The sight of the money nearly paralyzed the ticket seller. Ho recov ered his perpendicular and handed Mr. Roberts a ticket to n western station. The ticket was refused by the conductor and Roberts was bounced between sta tions. Ho hus now sued the company for $10,030 damages. lown Item * . An association of ox-prisoners of the war has been formed in Sioux. Deposits in the banks of Sioux City In creased $ ; ! 30.000 In tlio last two weeks , showing that outsider * are squatting on the edge of the real estate boom. The semi-annual report of Ihc1 slate auditor shows that there are OD7.H78 youths of school ago in the state. The npportlonmunt ot the school fund amount * to yo cents each. lid Berrias , a livery stable hostler In Diibuqiio , hustled out of lo.vn Saturday night with his employer' * hired girl. 'Ihe event would have passed the "corroding tooth of time" without a sqiieczn had not Berrias noglectcd to take his legal wife nlontr. . The latter sent n warrant and an mi olliccr after the runaways and they were captured and jailed , The Union Stoek Yards company , of Sioux City , has increased its capital stock from $100,000 with S'.Vi.OOO paiil up , to $1,000,000 with < ! 00,000 , paid up , ami has amended its articles of incorporation so as to enlarge its. powers , and provide for thu building ami operating of pork and beef packing houses. The com pany's fugleman brags that an even $ i5,00,00i ( ) ) will bo planted where it will grow into corner lots this summer. The Dos Moines Leader , in an editorial on the shooting of Constable Logan , says : "It is fortunate for the public , fortunate for Dos Moines , fortunate for Iowa , fortunate for the whole country , that UK : lir.st man killed in the prohib- itiod warfare in this city was killed in self-defense. The man who was killed fired Iho first shot. * * Everybody felt that the tragedy was coming. The depth and agonof this feeling has been unutterable. To-day wo stand In the awful presence of the tragedy itself. It shocks us all the more because it was so generally expected ami so often talked about with bated breath. God grant it may bo the last one. Meekly indued have the loyal people of this city berne the outrages that have been perpetrated upon it in the name of law. Our people have said , not trom terror but from loy alty , "let the law at all hazzards bo obeyed. " On our peaceful citi/.ens no officer has had cause to draw a revolver nnd shoot. Yet it has several times been done. This time the citizen was missed and the officer shot. " AYyotntng. Cheyenne is talking up a new court liou.se. Douglas is slowly emerging from the snow drifts of winter. Laramie is confident of securing con nection with two new railroads this year. Cheyenne has struck rock bottom ol hard times and an carlv bound upward is looked for. A company with a capital of $10,000 has been formed in Douglas to sink an artesian well. The Sundance Gazette advertises , "C. Ilchl , dealer in ammunition , etc. " The average reader will in all probability C Hehl sooner than he desires aud have a splendid opportunity to test the qualitj of the ammunition dealt in , at that time IVVO IjOVCH. / ; a Wlitelcr jrtfcor. The woman he loved , while he dreamed of her , * Danced on till the stars grew dim ; But alone with her heart , trom the world apart , Sat the woman who loved him. The woman ho worshiped only smiled When ho poured out his passionate lovn , While the other somewhere kissed her troas- urn most rare A book he had touched with his dove. The woman he loved betrayed his trust , And ho wore the scars thro' life ; Anil he cared not , nor knew , that the other was trim ; But no man called her wife. Tlio woman ho lovrrt trod festal halls While tlii'y sang his funeral liyuiu ; But the sad cells lolled ore the year was old O'er the woman who loved him. FORTUNATE P1SKSONS. Congressman McMillan's wife is heir to about seven million dollars. Vlto Cercolone , who died recently at Milan , has lett by his will his entire fortune , amounting to 3100,000 , to King Humbert. Sir Charles Dilke's great aunt in 1801 mar ried a Mr. Snooke , and they hail two chil dren , both of whom are now dead. The Snooke family fortune has thus been be queathed to Sir Charles Dlllco , and It amounts to something more than (500,000. Coon hunting seems to bo a lucrative sport in some parts of Missouri. Two hunters re cently chopped down an evident f'coon tree" near Trenton and got three coons , 400 pounds nt honey anil an oyster can In which were SU8U in gold. Misses btclia Hays and Irwln Laughlin are two wealthy little woman ot Pittsbunt. The former Is fourteen year. ? ot ase , and one of four heirs to SS.OOO.OOO left by her grand father. Irwin Lanixhlin , ten years of ape , is an orphan anil solo heiress to many mill ions. General IJeale of Washington , Is one of the largest landed proprietors In the United States. His cattle ranch , Tejou , embraces 350,000 acres , eighty miles north of Los An geles , Cal. , upon which are 40,000 head of cattle and horses. He has a farm of several hundred acres eight miles from Washington , wherct bo has a stud of bloaded stock , lie also possesses a largo estate In Chester , Pa. floss R. WlnanR , of Baltimore Is noted for his generosity to his tenants , lie is now In Kurope , and every two weeks sends homo S100 tor the poor of his city. William WInans , his grandfather , Is the owner of vast estates IP Scotland , and is noted for his tyranny and unpopularity. II. Q. Head , prcsiilcnt of the International Range association , has capacity to get ahead in the world. He was once a cowboy ut a salary of 815a month ; later he had charge of the Prairie Land & Cattle association at 530,000 a year , and since then he has accumu lated a vast fortune In business for himself. W. Caspar Stewart , an employe of a Pitts- burg linn ot glass umnufucturcrs , who twees his ancestry back to thn Stuarts of Scotland and Knglaml. has hoard that an cstato of over lilty thousand dollars Is awaiting a branch of that family in Ureat lldtain. So far twelve heirs have been discovered in Ameiica. ANAMOSA ITEMS. Tim Short Corn Crop and Its llonultH Home Old I'ooplo. ANAMOSA , la. , March 7. ( .Correspon dence of the BEU. ] Since the lust corn crop was Injured in Jones county , 150 carloads of corn have been whipped into Anamosa from other parts of the state to supply the needs of the farming country tributary to this market. The corn crop last year amounted to but three-fourths of a full crop. Three hundred and fitly carloads additional will bo required to supply the requirements of the farmers until the next corn harvest , making a total of 500 carloads , or 250,000 bushels the farmers of this vicinity will have to buy lo carry them from corn harvest 1S0 to corn harvest 1BS7. Figuring the cost of the above at M cents per bushel laid doivn In AnatnoFa , it would amount to $87,500 a very largo amount of money to bo drawn out of a community purely tig. ricultural in its rielu-.s. The far- mem are in no small dcgrfl to Ittamn for this deficit. They have overlooked the value of r. siifcftiilon of. orons In growing corn , and JiaVo reduced Ihclr average to engngo In dairying. Tlio re sult Is they have been obliged to pay < nit I more niuno.v for corn than they have i realized for their pastures This year I the plows will bo put Into the paslures mid the cornfields will bo enlarged , with I butter result * , wo trtii > t , next year. I Last week there was a birthday party hold at the home of Mr. J. 1 * . Glllman , of this county , in honor of his seventy * fourth birthday. There were fourteen guests present , their heads having scon the frosts of many winters , and whoso aggregate age was OM years , or an aver- iigo of tioventv-oni ! years each. Anamosa claims to have within its borders as old a citizen as the state a fibrils. He is the father of our well known carriage manu facturers of siato reputation , and is now iiiiiuty-nino years of age , and Is still of sound mind and good bodily vigor , and so far as can bo seen bids fair to live many years .vet. Wo have u half dozen or moro people hero who are eighty-six and upwards. Who can beat it ? Our business men nro greatly annoyed by an inllux of counterfeit moncy.mostly ot the half-dollar denomination. Whore it comes from is yet a mystery. GAlll'ENTEItS AM ) JOINK119. They Sleet and Dolltiorato A General Organization Dcmnndcd , About Iwo hundred and fifty carponlors and joiners met at 1310 Douglas street Tuesday night pursuant to a call to dis cuss measures to better unite the several hundred carpenters in Omaha for moro cflcetivo service and for the praolical promotion of inuthods of co-operation. The president , G. N. Coats , explained the objects of the mccling and called on Mr. Lewis , of the Truth , who delivered an address , and counselled all to join , in veighed against unskilled laborers be coming contractors , and spoke of the re duction of the standard of carponterv through machine prepared wood-work. Mr. McCarillo , chairman of the Central Labor union , strongly urged all to put their names on the roll. Ho said the line between skilled and unskilled labor must bo wiped out , and all laborers joined in one united force. Air. Black said ho had boon n member ot the Carpenters' union for three years , aud believed that all were bcnefitted by the union , whether members or not. In some cities carpenters are thoroughly or ganized , and they reap benefits in shorter hours and moro wages. This gives moro men work and a larger percentage of their wages. Ho spoke of the help given to members by the organization. He would like to see more belong to it in Omaha. If all would join good carpenters would not So working for 15 cents an hour. Mr. Toft read an address counselling organization as a remedy of the evils suf fered by producers. His article was well prepared and compared the condition of carpenters with bricklayers and other la borers who wore organized. Ho de nounced advertising for carpenters to reduce wages. Mr. Mapregor counselled organization in a forcible and pleasant manner. Ho said it was the only way to begin. Ho made ono of the most effective talks of the evening. Mr. Green spoke of the duty of each man to bccomo a member and better him self and his fellow workmen. Mr. Rood spoke about the benefit of es tablishing a Jaboringiuan's library but was opposed to strikes. Chark-s Wioro was called on and made an eloquent appeal f6r organization. Ho is atmuer. Several others spoke , some favoring a unity of all trades unions , others favor ing separate organization. An explanation was made of the con stitution and laws and many joined the organization. Creichtoii College Items , Crcighlon college , a few days ago , re ceived as a donation from John A. Crcighton his valuable lot on the north- cast corner of Nineteenth and Chicago , with the church standing on the ground. This donation was made the basis for the purchase of the house and lot in front of the college. The property thus acquired belonged to Mr. John Mc Creary , who valued il at $18,000. Ho re ceived from the college the lot on Nine teenth and Chicago and n bonus of $3,000 besides , making in all the value of § 18,000 for the lot 104x133 and the building upon the lot. The college intends to remove the barn and laundry and use the resi dence for scientific purposes. A spiritual ntreat for the students has been going on for the last three days at Creighton college. It is conducted by Rev. II. Moellor , president of St. Louis university , St. Louis , Mo. Being a very fine 'speaker and a scholarly man in many departments he makes the exorcises ex ceedingly interesting for all who attend. The retreat will close with general communion on Thursday morning at 7:80 : n. m. It is noticeable that very fnw of the Catholic students have missed the discourses of Dr. Moellor. "L.onKfollow'8 Day. * ' In November last a Chautauqua Liter ary circle was organized in the southern part of the city by Mrs. T. C. Clondoning , wife of the pastor of the Tenth Street Methodist Episcopal church. The society is in n prosperous condition , mooting regularly once in two weeks for recita tions and work. Tuesday evening the so ciety met nt the homo of the president , Mrs. Clcndening. It' was the oirclo's "Longfellow's Day. " The programme was as follows : Roll Call Quotations from Longfellow. . Sketch of Longfellow's life Mrs. K. A. Jackson Selection from Hiawatha.Wilson Clmidonlng ThoStorvof Miles Stanillsh Mrs. Scare "Tho Chfldrmi's Hour" . .Miss Clara Jackson "Elizabeth" Reading "Elizabeth"Jtev. . T. C. Clemleniiifc Music "Tho Bridge" Mr. James lloitge "The Old Clock on the Stairs" MissMattlo Mason Essay "Lonil'illow In Song"Mrs. Mrs. domiciling "Tho HuilUinb'ot the Ship" Mr. Alexander floiU'o Ksviy "Kvanuulfno" Miss Coodman Recitation "The Wreck of the JIcspnrus" Miss Allro Harmnn Music "The Day Is lono".Mis Cora Smith Tlio C7nrl > n o Ordinance , Henry Coombcs , a , ' ; arl > age man , was arrested yesterday for dumping garbage on the bottoms , instead of at the dump provided for that purpose. Judge Stenberg said yesterday that the uncndcd garbage ordinance as passed list night by the council would make : hings moro satisfactory all around. "This will enable any licunsod oxpre s- man1 ho continued , "to cart away ashes , offal and manure on yards. Ail slop must bo carried away by thn regular garbage man , This will .save a good many complications that have arisen un der tlio old ordinance , " Bernard Doran , who met with the frightful acoidont Tuesday , Is nt St. lo < rtph's hospital , where ho was removed jrslordivy avoning. The physlouns can- lot say wholliar he will die from hi * in juries or not. Fleming , tlio B. * M , 'roljjht conductor , who had his foot cut iirin thii union depot , on Monday night , by iv moving car , is also in the hospital uid doing nvoll m could bo oxpoctnd. Dm lmtpii.il is bning repainted and gen erally brightened up. A large number of .utH'iiu . mo ioiujUiatudlu ) ; in out , iJSS