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Not.irv 1'tilillo.
Now lot UH take up the now hotel pro
ject. Onmlui is ripe for the cntor-
prlsc. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
THE council can't begin to lop oil
needless expenses too soon. The tax-
caters should bo given a vacation until
spring at least.
COAL is twenty-five- dollars per ton in
some parts of California. The average
California ! ! is content to keep warm with
the "glorious climate. "
Pooit St. .Too claims to bo ahead of
Omaha in the matter of commerce , but
lior bank deposits only aggregate five
millions as against Omaha's twelve mil
lions.
IK the D tvcs bill in relation to the
Sioux reservation becomes law about
twanty-ono million acres will bo opened
to settlement. This would expedite the
' blenching process and mnko the now
generation of half-broods self-sustain-
BATTIMOUK is sulTering from an epi
demic1 of diphtheria brought into the
city by n ship-load of Italians. The
vessel landed in Now York about two
weeks ngo. The quarantine depart
ment of that eity is certainly in need of
overhauling.
CAMFOKNIANS nro talking about
making a national park of the upper
Sacramento region. It will bo time
enough to talk about another national
park when the ono wo have in Wyoming
and Montana has been improved as it
ought to bo.
WHEN ono reflects that there have
boon filed in the office of the inter-state
commerce commission one hundred and
ten thousand books , papers and docu
ments showing rates , charges and other
matters , there can bo no surprise that
the commission occasionally found its
tusk a little difficult and somewhat con
fusing.
_ _ _
KANSAS CITY expended $900,000 on
fmblio improvements in 1887. Omaha
expended over $1,300,000 , exclusive of
waterworks , gas extensions , etc.
Kansas City built 1,30(5 ( dwellings and
residences during the last year. Omaha
built 2,179. Kansas City lumber dealers
bandied 125,000,000 foot of lumber in
1887 , while Omaha dealers handled over
825,000,000 foot.
TlIE Chatsworth disaster cost the
Toledo , Peorliv & Western road three
hundred thousand dollars. When it is1
remomborcd that eighty persons
forishod in the disaster and nnd a largo
f.mount of personal property was do-
Btroyod , the company can congratulate
itself on escaping so cheaply. The
average value of a human life in this
instance is about three thousand del
lars.
IF the council desires to bo of service
to workingmen let thorn expedite the
construction of the city hall instead of
obstructing it under all sorts of pro-
texts. Lot thorn either invite now pro
posals for the superstructure , so that
the contractor can got materials ready
for beginning early in the spring , or let
them advertise for the building mate
rials necessary in the construction , and
employ skilled mechanics on the build
ing under a competent superintendent
by the day.
Dim.uixo inspection in Omaha will
Continue a farce nnd imposition so long
as the present oxtortioiwto fee system
tirovails. The otlleo of building inspector
specter was not created as a source of
revenue , nor wns it designed merely as
, n moans for raising money to give three
or four officials iv soft job. Ono compe
tent woll-pnid inspector on duty all the
year round and two assistants employed
during the building season are ample
' for all the building inspection which
this oity may require for the next live
years.
THE oil market experienced u specu
lative boom yesterday , the pi Ice in New
York advancing over three cents , while
in Pittsbnrg wiles wore made at a still
" "liltfhor reito. The Standard oil com
pany disclaim having had anything to
do with promoting the advance , ascrib
ing it to the shutting down policy of the
\ producers' association and the heavy
monthly reduction in the stock. It
would bo absurd to suppose the Standard
} > coplQ nro not actively in the speeuln-
tion , but in any event the udvanco
moans a great many millions in the
t of the grunt monopoly.
Undertaking Too Much.
Attorney General Txjeso deserves n
great deal of credit for his unswerving
fidelity to the interests of the jwople in
the discharge of his official duties con
nected with the railway traffic and
bor rd of transportation , His refusal to
ratify the compromise by which the
test case Involving the powers of
the t commission was to bu
withdrawn from the supreme court , nnd
his vigorous prosecution of thnt U'.st
case , has placed the board of transporta
tion in a position to bu of great service
to the patrons of the r.illroads , and es
pecially to the producerUut the at
torney general may , in his zeal , over
shoot the mark. The resolution.- " intro
duced by him at the last meeting of the
state board of transportation arc in some
respects more radical than the present
condition of r.illwny tralllc would war-
runt. Ills resolution to prohibit the
is ue of railroad passes to till
persons except r.illroad employes
lias our unqualified approval. The
railroad pus.s ; has foryears been n source
of corruption and favoritism in this
state. It has been the entering wedge
In systematic bribery of county officials ,
legislatures , and delegates to conven
tions. Thousands of these cheap bribes
have been scattered broadcast and dis
tributed by the political emissaries
of the railroads where they thought
they would do the most good. This
vicious system has been materially cur
tailed by the inter-state commerce law ,
but the state must take action in con
junction with congress in order to thor-
'Ughly ' uproot it.
The attorney general' * resolution
rderliig the railroads to reduce their
wronger rate to two cents a mile all
jvor the btatc is , in our opinion , somo-
ivhnt premature. We should like to see
two-cent passenger rate established in
Nebraska , and the time may not be dis-
.tint when wo .shall urge u two-cent p.is-
icnger law by our legislature.Vo
cry much doubt , however , whether a
biuldeii reduction of . ' ! . ' ! per cent in the
wssonger rate would bo reasonable , in
. iew of the fact that Now York is up to
hi.s time the only state in the union
ivhoro a two-cent passenger rate pro-
ails. A reduction at this time
> two and one-half cents a
nile would be very satisfactory. So
'nr ' as the farmers are concerned the
) onellts of n two-cent mjleago rate would
1)0 comparatively insignificant. The
BEE has always occupied advanced
ground on the question of railroad reg
ulation , but wo have no disposition to
idvocato legislation or regulation that
, vould make railroading unprofitable or
iliscourago railway extension in Ne
braska. Right here lot us add a word
of caution tothostato board of transporta
tion. The supreme court has interpreted
the law as empowering the board to fix
transportation rate.s wherever they may
ileom existing tolls unreasonable. Wo
iloubt , however , whether the court
seriously contemplated the revision by
the board of railway freight schedules
and the fixing of an arbi
trary bystem of freight rates
on all the lines of railroad
subject to their jurisdiction. The ex
orcise of such n power involves respon
sibilities that no legislature ever
dreampt of conferring on a board of com
missioners. All that could be expected
nt their hands is to enforce the fair
treatment of railroad patrons and
localities. In the discharge of this
duty it dovolvob on the board to btoj :
tlagrnnt abiibos and discriminations , by
declaring what is or is not n reasonable
rate. They may with propriety request
u railroad company to reduce freight
rates nil along its line , whore , in the
opinion of the board , such rates as a
whole are extortionate. But wo do
not believe it to bo the province of the
board to exercise the schedule-making
power , and thus practically assume the
active management of the railroads. No
anti-monopolist has over sought to con
fer such jwwors upon a commission
whether appointed by a governor or
elected by the people.
Koturn of Congress.
Congress will reassemble to-day , nnd
may bo expected to vigorously push the
business of legislation without further
until the ole < of the
interruption o < % os-
sion bomo time in midsummer. Whether
a good start shall bo made this wool *
will , however , dopund fcomcwhnt upon
the condition in which Speaker Carlisle
has the committees of thu house. Ho
should bo prepared to announce thorn ,
ntul doubtless is MI as to mo-it of Ihfiu ,
but ho is understood to have been
troubled a good deal about the mnko up
of bovernl of the committees ,
and there need bo no sur
prise if some further delay
to business should occur by reason of the
speaker' * dilatory method in committed
nuiking. It is said of Carlisle that ho is
about tlio first speaker who ha- , not
known his own mind well enough to ap
point the committees before the holiday
recess , but while tharo ihutuiuontionably
precedent for delaying the nniiouncniont
of committees until after the recess , it
is undoubtedly the fact that none of Mr.
Carlisle's predecessors made the performance -
formanco of this duty quite biioh a la
borious and difficult work as ho has
done. How much of this Is duo to his
alleged desire to bo fair and impartial ,
and how much to his anxiety to pro
mote partisan cndu it is not po&-
slblo to determine , but after all thocaro
and labor ho devotes to this work ho
does not satisfy everybody or avoid
criticism.
The loss of two weeks in a most im
portant session has renewed attention
very earnestly to the question of chang
ing the date of the meeting of congress.
It is understood that noprcsyntativo
Crain of TCMIS. who iniroduroti the sub
ject in the laht congress , uill at the first
opportunity olTi r a joint resolution pro
posing an amcnthncnt to the constitu
tion llxing December : ! ! no.t.succeeding
the election of the house of reprc onta-
tivos as thu date for thu niimm-nrumont'
of the term of congress , and the second
Wednesday in January following as the
day for the first tnnur.l mooting of ron-
gr < > s substituting the second \Vcdnus-
day in Jwnwry fur the first Monday in
'
December ns the date for tb'p annual
session. Thisru Is u ditto re nr'n of opin
ion as to whether an nmcndujeiu to the
constitution U necessary to oiloet the
proposed cJiuu e.manyiioldiuj'tliut , the ,
of a law would be sufficient , but
nn amuiiilinant would certainly bo en
tirely safe , nnd is therefore doubtless
the wiser method , There is very littles
reason to doubt the popular pontimeiit
would so generally approve the change
that no difficulty would IKS found in securing -
curing the ratification of the amend
ment by the required three-fourths of
the legislatures.
No Unit In baml Ho for'in. . .
It is entirely gratifying to learn tljnt
the vigorous policy of land reform Jn-
nuguratcd by General Sparks , and
steadily maintained by him so far ns ho
rn.s nblo to do FO against unfriendly op-
idsition nndinsidiousobstruction in the
epartincnt , is to bo continued. There
ins certainly been some doubt us to
vhother this would be the case , nnd thor
ssurnneo that it is to bo may not bo re-
oivcd universally without some mis
giving. Ono thing may bo tie-
iciided upon , and that is that
ho pcoplo will not bo satisfied
with promises. They hnvo been
rctty thoroughly educated ns to what
s necessary to bo done , and they have
jccn given nn example of aggressive
iction and what it is capable of accom
plishing. They cannot easily be misled
ind they will not tamely tolerate any
rifling with thia important matter.
I'hey demand that what little there is
emnlning of the public domain shall
1)0 kept out of the clutches of the cor
porations , and that all of it held with
out rightful claim shall bo restored to
ho people. It is very likely that the
administration fully appreciates nil this ,
: ind does not fail to estimate what it
might cost in the loss of popular confi
dence to make any dcpart-
jro from , or to seriously ro-
inguish the active prosecution of , the
; > olicy of land reform to which it is
lommittod. There is some assurance of
safety for the reform in this , but what
ever the motive for its continuance the
) ooplo will bo satisfied so long as it
ihalt not bo pormitod to halt.
AVorkiiiKincn nnd Contractors.
Three days ago a call was issued for a
nccting of trades union mechanics at
tbo city council chamber. The stated
object of this meeting was to enter pro-
, est against the employment of convict
nbor in the construction of the city ball
A committee called upon the editor of
the BKK with a request that ho attend
the meeting and give expression to his I
views. This ho cheerfully consented to
do. At the appointed hour ho
wont to the city ball nnd
found a brass band playing
lationnl airs in front of the council
chamber. This brass band made an im
pression on his mind that the meeting
was called in the interest of contractors
who wanted to make a cat's-paw of the
workingmen. Who else could afford to
liiro and pay for a brass band ? This
impression was further strengthened by
the activity exhibited by certain par-
tics connected with the city ball base
ment contract. Having no desire to bo
a party to any scheme concocted by con
tractors , the editor of the BEE decided
to keep out of the meeting.
The outcome has fully justified thnt
course. Instead of confining them
selves to the question of convict labor
the meeting was converted into a raid
on the board of public works in general ,
and its chairman in particular. Coun
cilman Hascall , who modestly pre
sented himself as the champion of the
laboring classes and the chief
guardian of the taxpayer , gave
the keynote to the meeting by
urging that the workingmen make ,
a demand on Mayor Broatch for the
head of Chairman Balcombo of the
board of public works. This was done
with a rusn and iv hurrah. The prime
object of the meeting having been car
ried out , the question of convict
labor came in only as an incidental text
for buncombe speeches.
The BEE has no nxo to grind with
workingmen or councilmen and no in
terest in Major Balcombo , beyond the
desire to see the eity government hon
estly administered. Witb the
pretended purpose of the moot
ing wo arc in full accord
and sympathy. Wo are most emphat
ically opposed to the employment of
convict labor on public works , and any
contract that would permit the use of
building 'materials quarried , dressed or
manufactured by convict labor. But
when contractors who have violated
faith with the city and tried to palm oft
inferior materials and wretched work
on the city , attempt to array workingmen -
men against the board of public works
because it has stood in their way in
order to protect the city's interests , wo
are not disposed to make common cause
with thorn. Major Balcombo was notlho
man the BEE would have chosen for the
chairmanship of the board of public
works. Ho lacked the essential ex
perience nnd technical knowledge
which the position demands. But he
has disclutrged his duty to the best of
his ability , and lias firmly sought to en
force the rights of the eity with the
contractors. It was perfectly natural ,
therefore. Hint such a course would bo
otTensivo to parties who want totakoad-
vantage of the cityThe demand
for his removal at this time is contrary
to public policy and not in the interest
of good government.
The Kevins contract , which is being
made use of by the parties who want
Balcombo out of their way , is practically
dead. It was rejected by the council
und cannot bo resurrected except by'
two-thirds of that body. With' I\iayor
Broatch publicly pledge * ! to approve no
con tract for the city-hall superstructure
which does not expressly pro
hibit convict labor' and the
mntorir.i prepared by convicts ,
Oniw.ha workingmen can rest assured
thttt their interests will not bo jeep
ardized. It is to bo hoped that they
liavo common sense enough not to allow
/their labor organizations to bo used as
cat's-paws to pull chestnuts out of the
lire for any contractors or political
bucks. When the labor Interests arc
menaced by real danger there will bo
no need of hiring brass bands and
linuon orators to call working raon to
gether , _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
j TuiuiK scorns to boa , concerted olTort
: in England to arouse the ire of the Hon.
John L. Sullivan , and there ttro indica
tions that It has boon measurably , sue-
-J , .
cossful. Somebody tnny have to pay n
severe penally If the patience of tbo
Boston boy gives entirely out , but there
really apiKsars to bo two or three parties
seriously willing to take their chances.
It remains to bo soon how much risk
they are running.
KINGS AM )
King John , of Abyssinia , doesn't like the
smell of tobacco and forbids pipes to his sub
jects.
The emperor of Brazil Is indisposed In
Paris , nnd has detained his departure for
Egypt.
Tlio prince of Naples , who has Just come of
nge , Is pronounced to bo the most ac
complished crown prince In Europe.
Prince Oscar , the second son of the king
of Sweden , is studying painting nt the Paris
Academic under the name of Oscarson.
Prince Ferdinand , of Bulgaria , Is lying
awuko nights wondering what the czar of
Russia said to the prime minister of Ger
many.
Queen Emma of Holland continually winks
While sneaking. For this reason she is
obliged to have her prescriptions put up by
the telephone.
M. Lab ou die re calls the king of the Bel
gians one of the most abandoned profligates
who ever sat on a throne. Fancy a man say
ing u thing like that about Louis XI.
The queen of Spain Is taking singing les
sons from M. Napoleon Verger , probably the
baritone who formed such a delightful mem
ber of ono of Nlllson'sfonnerconccrt ' troupes.
Prince Alfred , of Edlnburg , has been study
ing ut Coburg. Ho bud a professor for
every stndy and envied the common Httlo
boys who sat upon trees and grinned at him.
The German empress Is reported to bo in
very falling health. The dark shadow has
surely fallen upon the Imperial house of Ger
many. People arc wondering in high places
which of the royalties will go llrst.
The crown prince of Germany Is a great
admirer of Gilbert and Sullivan's operettas ,
and ho often uacd to occupy the royal box
when "The Mikado" was sung. This oper
etta has been revived four times in Berlin ,
nnd 120 performances of It have been given
there.
Prince Ferdinand , of Bulgaria , owes the
crur such a grudge for his continued antag
onism that ho is stated to have cleared out of
the palace nt Sofia every single portrait of
Alexander I nnd II , which had been placed
there in the days of Uusso-Bulgarlan friend
ship.
' There has been a complete reconciliation
between the Empress Eugenie and Prince
Victor Bonaparto8ays London Truth. "The
empress visited Brussels the other day , and
her young relative met her at the station ,
dined and breakfasted with her at the Hotel
Bellevue and escorted her to the new picture
galleries. Prince Victor is to visit the cm
press at Amsterdam , and he will come to
England to bo present nt the reinterment of
the coftius of the late Emperor Napoleon and
his son at Furn borough. "
Journalism In Mexico.
Mcflcnn financier.
Our contemporaries of the dally press are
very enterprising , some of them issuing the
paper of to-morrow the previous afternoon ,
but , somehow , the newspapers of New York
and London published the details of the new
government loan forty-oicht hours in ad
vance of any paper * issued here. In few
countries would the daily/j > rcss omit to men.
tion for two days n financial project of the
magnitude of this debt refunding measure.
No more important news Has come from con
gress for a year than this which was so un
accountably neglected :
Tilings Never Done.
Greater deeds than have ever been seen ,
Brighter songs than the poet has sung ,
Arc the things that are dreamed and tried , I
ween.
But which have never been done.
The fairest picture the artist paints
Is hung on the wall of his brain ;
On his canvass rests but the shadow faint
Of what ho wished to attain.
Above success hovers over the thought ,
Marring sadly its bliss ;
Better than this was the thing I sought
Better , far better , than this.
For , strive as wo may , wo cannot grasp
The visions that lure us on
They are ever hold in our mental clasp ,
And our best Is never done.
But this fancy does oft my senses woo ;
That pernaps in the world to come
Wo shall find the things wo have tried to do ,
But which have never been done.
STATE JOTTINGS.
Corn boa touched 40 cents in Beatrice.
Arlington expects n. wave of prosper
ity with the spring thaw.
Noligh expects to add a found to her
institutions at nn early day.
The Genoa Leader utters a painful
wail for u "load of cordwood on subscrip
tion. "
Tbo Fitzgerald claim against the city
ot I'lattjinouth has been settled for
& ! , ) ( ) .
Norfolk's now year resolution com
prises two moro railroads and the big
gest boom in the state.
Rapellce's Jnkinollo has been lurncd
loose again in Hartington and is now
"run for fun and devilment. "
The Silver Greek Times , by Charles
II. Urwin , ciuno out in a pink holiday
&uit. The youngster i.s two weeks old.
Graf ton cheerfully Iwnsts that the now
year finds the town without a dollar of
bonded debt , with excellent graded
schools and three churches to guide her
footsteps to eternity's shore.
Fremont rejoices that the court house
rookery wont up in the llames , ridding
the town of a delapidated wart and cre
mating its regular occupants. The town
1ms long prnyod for deliverance.
Grand Islanders propose to tnko anew
now grip on the wheel of progress and
by the close of the year settle all con
troversy by making it tbo chief city of
central Nebraska und the third city of
the blato.
A recent paragraph' ' in the Jottings
regarding the theft of vhurch funds in
West Point , anil referring to Rev. A.
H. Henry , of Omaha , as nn endorser of
the collector , was unfounded in names
anil jjlaccs , although jiublishcd in West
Point papers as a local eyent.
The Lincoln Democrat thinkw that
teaching the art ( if cooking in tbo
schools of Omaha is the rankest fustian ,
and intimates that -'The common run of
'advanced educators'/n / tjiis country tire
cranks who spend one-third of their
time in praising themselves , another
third in devising wnj.s and means to
perpetuate nnd increase the demand
tor their undesirable tribe , and the
other nnd worst third in trj ing to make
nil tho. youth of the country judt such
cantankerous nuisances tis themselves. "
The oldest inhabitant , a pair of'em ,
were out last night. They occupied op-
poiito sections of an avoinui car , nnd the
windows rattled significantly when they
opened up on the weather. They agreed
that this would bo un open winter. "But
wo have no tuich winters now us in the
good old dnys. Rouiombor > ' { Hint
was a model. Talk about your twenty
below ! Why the wliplo country was
buried under twenty feet of snow and
there WIIH nothing In the settlement to
record the cold.Along in .Tummry thu
nil- Was so thick with . .frost that I often
bail to cut a' bole through it to lot the
moko out of my doby. " The bell rang"
t thia moment and the twins were left
wallowing " in nn atmosphere of stale
BOARD OF EDUCATION.
T. IV. Blackburn Hi'slgns Ono Year
For U. 8. History.
The board of education held un adjourned
lectlng last evening , Alt the members were
irasent except Mcssrc. Clark and Clarke.
In the absence of the president , Mr. Gnidy
lllled the chair. The monthly report of City
reasnrcr Kush showed a balance of f 1IHI.15 :
, n favor of the board of education. The teach-
TS' examining committee reported cert 111-
atcs granted to the following persons :
> lnry E. Agcr. Lottie Burch , Clara B. Davnl ,
Margaret B. Hogan , Mrs. J. S. Horn , Kate
M. Lone , Helen M. Nave , Emma U. Hugh ,
ennle B. Hugh , Evnngellno Slbley , Vlrgh'ln
Victor , Ella M. B. White , Prlsellla Ward ,
Fannie Bhinchnrd nnd Llda Hiinnu.
The annual rcx | > rt of Hii | > < ; rlntciu1ent
James , being a voluminous document , was
referred to the committee on rules , forms
and printing , without reading. The commit
tee on claims rciortcd | favorably on bills
amounting to ? 14'JW.7 ; . Permission was
granted the Clinutuuiiuu Literary and Selen
itic circle to use the board of education
rooms another year. A petition from Hamil
ton Martin asking for higher wages for the
Davenport school was referred. The teach
er's puy roll , amounting to $15,240.U ! > , win
approved. Cassell's encyclopedia dictionary.
fourteen volumes costing $42 , was ordered
for the high school library.
The following wore elected ns teachers In
the city to bo assigned to duty ns their ser
vices slnill be rcmiirod : Clara B. Duvul ,
Emma U. Hugh , Jennie B. Uugh , Evangellno
Slbley. Priseilla Ward , Fannie Blunehard ,
Llda Hannn , Lottie Burch and Margaret F.
Goss.
Thomas J. Connor was awarded the con
tract for covering the steam pipes in the
basement of the high school.
A resolution from Mr. Blackburn . was
passed fixing the course of study so that
United States history shall be taught ut
least ono year In the high school.
The plans of Fowler & Bcludorf for the
new building to be erected on the high school
grounds , were accepted and bids for Its con
struction ordered advertised.
The committee on supplies recommended
a compromise with Jones Bros. , who had fur
nished the schools with 'J.'JOO slates of inferior
Itiiility. Jones Bros , had offered to make a
reduction of two cents on every slate not yet
used. Thoboaid did not acquiesce and the
matter was referred back again to thu com
mittee.
Mr. Blackburn , who is about to move from
the eity , tendered his resignation as a mem
ber of the iMiaru. This was accepted and the
following resolution presented by Mr. O'Con-
nell was unanimously passed :
Resolved. That this board accepts with re
gret the resignation of Mr , T. W. Blackburn ,
and takes this means as n body of testifying
to Mr. Blackburn's faithful , cftlclent and
honorable work as a member of this school
board , nnd that this resolution be spread upon
the records.
It was decided to wait until the next meet
ing before nppointtng a successor to Mr.
Blackburn.
The superintendent of school buildings
asked to be instructed as to what wages were
to bo paid to workmen and thn number of
hours to constitute a day's work. He was
instructed that the prevailing scale of prices
and hours were to be followed.
The bill of F. M. Ellis for WOO for drawing
plans for Omaha View school was allowed.
Jeweler Sania Arrested.
Walter Sams , the Jeweler in the Uoyd opera
house block , wus arrested yesterday on the
charge of obtaining goods under false pro-
tonscs from a wholesale store in Chicago.
The complainant , David Guubcrger , charges
thnt when Sams failed ho pocketed the whole
invoice und proceeds. The accused man was
arraigned before Judge Berka. but was given
u continuance until the 7th at 2 p. in. He gave
$ o,000 bonds for his appearance ut that timo.
Military Convicts Ordered Transferred
The military convicts now confined ut Fort
Omaha have been ordered sent under guard
to the Fort Leavenworth military prison.
Their names are John C. Campbell , John
Clark , John Clnv , John H. Small , John M.
Videto , Ebenwer Dorsey , Edward GrilUths.
James Bcmis , Peter A. Vandervelde and
iVugustus Montgomery.
Tim Missouri Valley.
St. Joe(3fa.Gatittc. ( ]
The development of the resources of
the Missouri valley forms the most in
teresting and remarkable chapters of
modern history. Other sections of the
western hemisphere depended upon the
antediluvian methods of the develop
ment.
The pioneer of Ohio wont there with
an axe and gun upon his shoulder. The
settlers of Kansas , Nebraska , Colorado ,
Wyoming , Dakota , Idaho , Montana and
New Mexico are going there in com
fortable cars , and take with them steam
power , planing mills , and all sort of
labor-saving machinery. Thus a man
may go to California for instance , and
tnko his house with him , nnd piano nnd
sewing machine , and bo living under a
comfortable roof quicker than ho could
have marched accroas the plains before
the days of railroads in the west. To
day the miner rides to the month of his
prospect hole in a Pullman palace ear if
lie likes , and the farmer ships his im
plements , and his household goods nnd
gods to the very land which the govern
ment gives him for the notary's fees.
In this portion of the great west tbo
Missouri valley enterprise has taken a
strong , fresh , now hold , and the "Now
South" and "Now "
the West" are boom-
ng together. Our vast resources are
bringing hither every branch of manu
facture , and the time is not far distant
when along the banks of the Big Muddy
the great manufacturing center of the
world will exist.
Only a little while ngo this region im
ported its canned vegetables from the
Atlantic coast nnd its canned fruit from
the Pacific. To-day , because of the fact
that on one acre of .Missouri bottom land
more of such vegetables can bo raised
than on twenty acres of New .lersoy
sand hills , and because our orchards
can be made as prolific as those of Cali
fornia , the trade of both the Orient and
Occident in the class of goods suggested
hns rapidly fallen oil and the Missouri
valley has become self-Mipporting1 in
that particular. Morco " , ttio land
which ' So much better is far moro
plentiful , nnd very much cheaper , and
in a little while the Missouri "alley ,
already an exporter , will bo furnishing
tbo world with canned fruit and vege
tables.
In thousands of other directions ,
among the comforts , necessaries and
luxuries of life , the Missouri Valley re
gion will become the supply depot. Our
fields of grain , flocks and herds of
sheep , cattle and swine , mines of iron ,
quarric'3 of stone , beds of sand and hun
dreds of inexhaustible resources have
already brought' hither pinning and
llourin'g mills , furniture fnctorio.s.stareh
factories , breweries and distilleries ,
moat pnckories , weaving establishments ,
foundries , and many other like enter
prises , and they will bo doubled and re
doubled , many and many times , and to
them will bo added hundreds of other
lines of nrt nnd manufacture gathering
material for their product on the
ground.
The teeming oust should nnd will
learn of this , and that there is room
and employment for countless thousands
in all this vast region ; openings for investment -
vestment where energy and enterprise
will prove the talisinanie kojs to for
tune.
To thin fair and ferUle section our hos
pitable jH-'oplu invite * industries from
everywhere. On all the banners of llm
Now West , which gracefully fold Mind
drupe in our salubrious bruo/.es. "Wel
come thu World" is emblazoned.
'LONG ' WINDED COUNClTJIEN.
Their First Session in tbo Now Year
Proves Lengthy.
LOTS OF WORK ACCOMPLISHED.
The Illds For Lowering the CUy Hall
Wnll HcIVri-c l The I'rliithiK
IJIils DctnllH of tlio
Session.
Tlio City Council.
Tlio city council held lu regular uiootliiR
lust night , President liechcl In the clmlr
All the counclUnun excepting Messru. Bed
ford unil Van Cump were present mul nil
brought their talking apparatus iilotig.
Every motion that was offered was discussed
at length , breadth , hulghth utul depth. In
this talking race Mr. Ford got the jwlo mid'
finished first. Mr. Hnscnll eiuno In n close
Bccund. The field got nwny well together
nnd not until the third quarter was reached
did Mr. Leo forgo ahead. From this until
the finish his gait was u apiinklng ono und ho
came In a good third. Below will bo found
the business transacted :
Tlio mayor sent In the following comuunii-
cationa : A circular from the board of civil
service examiners icgnrdlng promotions ; ap
proving special appropriation ordinance. ; ap
pointing E. L. Steinberg , W. A. L. Gibbon
ami W. J. Kennedy appraisers for extending
Thirtieth street ; upX | > lntlui ; tioorgo S. Smith
assistant city attorney in plnuo of H. J.
Davis , resigned.
Polleo Judge Berlcn reported 1,031 cases
before him during the mouth of December ,
and the collection of lines amounting to
2.78.l.r > 0 , less $ , " > refunded by the mayor.
Tlio roiort | of the boiler inspector was
placed on tile , ns wus that of gas inspector
and Inspector of meats.
From the board of puhllc works : Final
estimate of .T. P. Smith , gl , 1. ) . ! ! ! ) ; Wlm-
Icn & lircunan , $3,744.f > l ) , paving dis
trict 1M ! ; J. O. Corny , W.M.W ) ,
for sewer repairs ; J. D. Ureone ,
curb inspector , thirty-one days' service , or
dered paid ; claim of Stuht & Hiimel , for
grading ; grading estimate of Fitch & Co. ,
$1MW.D7 : second monthly estimate for grad
ing Dodge street , from Twentv-slxtli to
Thirty-sixth street , * 1ttV. : ) . : < 5 ; third monthly
estimate for grading Fifteenth street , from
H. & M. railroad to William stiect , $747 ; Ihuil
estimate for grading Grace street , from Six
teenth street to the Hull Line niilroml ,
? J : > .88 ; final estimate for paving Fifteenth
street , fSS ; sidewalks , # 1M.70 ; paving con
structing district No. ! ) S , Jackson street ,
SSIO.O1. ) ; paving motor railway tracks on C.iss
street , from Sixteenth and Seventeenth
streets ami California Intel section , fdTil.'Jd ;
sidewalk estimates , J. C. Smith ; J. E.
Knowlcs , to build crosswalks ; Do Laney ,
Murphy & Co. . 31,004.00. All the above were
approved or allowed. The bills for lowering
the east wall of the eity hall building were
referred to the committee on public property
and buildings.
A petition of John L. McCaguo and others
in reference to n hearing as to the levy on
their property to cover the cost of extending
Park avenue to Fanmm street was referred
to the city attorney , as was that of Emily H.
Whltlock complaining of the manner in
which her property for the extension of
Twenty-ninth avenue wns assessed ; also the
protest of the Missouri Pacific railway com
pany against building u bridge over tlio
Omaha Belt railway on Park street ; also
protcstof Matt \V. Glair in relation to paving
tax'against tax lots ' > , 22 nnd 15.
A communication from H. ICountro asking
for grades In Kount/e's addition. Uoforrcd.
The American water works asked permis
sion to remove trees now in the middle of
Lowe avenue. Granted.
The city engineer recommended that the
petition of T. Foley and others for n change
of grade on Williams street not bo granted
until a majority of the property owners
affected concur. Adopted.
Dorr D. Hoxsio's claim of ? 150 for injury
to his horse on South Tenth street at the
Union Pacific tracks was referred.
C. W. Hamilton , president of the United
States National bank , stated that they
held several waruints Issued to
Thompson. Delaney & Co. for work done
ujvon the North branch sewer , but that the
city clerk refuses to pay the same owing tea
a previous resolution passed by the city
council that Thompson , Dchiney & Co. must
tlrst settle other claims. Ueferred to eity
attorney.
The Omaha Coal , Colto & Lime company
notified that they should hold tlie city respon
sible for fiiO.U8 : for materials furnished to
Thompson , Dclauy & Co. Ueferred to city
attorney.
The request of the North American Bag
company to connect their building with the
Eleventh street viaduct by u foot bridge was
referred to the city engineer.
O. C. Johnson , in behalf of the citizens in
the vicinity of "Omaha View , " states that
there is no engine house dr alarm box In that
neighborhood and that if the city would
furnish hose and acnrtthey would organise
u volunteer company. Ueferred to Iho and
witcrwoiks committee.
Attorney W. J. Council notified the council
that the Policemen's Ueliof Fund association
had begun suit ag.ilnst the city for $3ir ; > ; i : I5
and asked that the city attorney allow Judg
ment to be entered. Koferred to committee
on police.
John Hannon , n Judge of election , nikcd
that ho bo paid for services nt the election on
school bonds , which pay lias been refused by
the school board. Ueferred to eity attor
ney.
ney.S. . Hnwovcr offered thirteen nnd one-third
acres in the sw. | 4 of sec. " (1. ( tp. 15 , r. 1 ! ) east
for a public park. Price , ? I. > , ( X)0 ) ; oiic-thiid
cash ami any time given on the balance with
interest at b per cent. Ueferred to committee
on public property.
S. Hnwovcr also offered lot S , cc. 0 , tp. in ,
r. 1 ! ! east for f4,500 per acre. Ueferred to
snmo.
Bids on printing city ndvoitlsements were
received nnd were as follows :
BKK 100 words one insertion , 2. cents ; two
insertions , 5(1 cents ; three insertions , 07
cents ; foul1 Insertions , 80 cents ; live inser
tions , 90 cents ; each subsequent insertion , 10
cents. Local notices 10 cents per line ; for
ono insertion in evening Bui ; , l/t cent per
word ; for one insertion In botli morning and
evening BKK , J ( cent per word ; for one Inser
tion in evening itr.i : and two in moinlng Bin : ,
% cent iKii- word ; for otto insertion in even
ing and three inset lions in the morning BII : ; ,
ln ) cents per woid. For local not ices one in-
seitlon in evening and morning lii'i : , 25 cents
per lino. All notices insettrd in both 1110111-
ing and evening Biu : moio than live times , j ;
cent per word for each time In evening Bun
and kf cent in the morning Bin : .
World IS cents per square , first insertion ;
M cents per squaio for second insertion ; 2s
cents per .square for third insertion , and 21
cents per hqnnro for subsequent insertions.
Herald 27 cents pur fujtmtu of ten lines
nonpareil , llrst insertion , 2.1 cents for second
insertion ; 17 cents for suqsequent insertions.
Ueimblican K perwonl foreach Insertion.
Or : 40 cents per square , llrst insertion ; 13
cents for second ; 10 cents for subsequent in
sertions. Or : 50 per Inch , llrst Insertion ; 2.1
cents for second insertion ; and 10 cents for
subsequent insertions.
A resolution oITeicd by Mr. Fonl , that the
city attoiney bejiistnietcd to take legal
means to romovn three houses standing thir
teen fret on Capitol avemio at Eleventh
sticct , was adopted.
Mr Leo's resolution to direct the gas nnd
olcrtrip lii-lit committee to examine into the
reported danger of n light , famine caused by
the recent thu at the works , was adopted.
The lltuni'o committee rc | > orted that they
\veio not in favor of accepting the offer of
Blake , Drob. A : ( Jo. , of Boston , who offered
10J.f for short timi ) paving bonds.
The llnaiHO committee reported favorably
on lliirili Murphy's iequest , who wishes to
buy $7,000 in bonds at par , In lieu of money
nli'eady due him on puving contracts.
The ihmnre commitu-o urged thu Issuing of
j-J.riim In city bonds to pay for emblng In ills-
ti ict lit and create a sinking fund for pay-
inentof same.
The police cor.imittoo i ccommondcd that
the oidiiuncj to create a dog pound bo not
passed.
The | xllcp committee recommended the
passage of the onlhinncit to license or tax
employment agencies.
Tiio oidimuric dcclaHiu nil bftnUs of earth
siv feet and over In height along anyhtioet
or alloy a nuisance and must be icmoved ,
wav p issed ,
The majority report of tbo via'lurt and
lirldiSOcommittee concerning lh rebuilding ( > f
the ei'ossliijf over tlie Un'.pn Pacific trunks oil
South Nineteenth streets rccommonilod tt4
It 1)0 done. Mr. .Lowry offered a minority ro *
port objecting to It. Then followed n lontf
debate In which much ot little lm | > ortancts
was .said. Referred to the city onglaoor tuij >
city attorney.
The special rommlttco report conccrnlnf
thu opening of Pacific street through lot
was favorable and was adopted.
The appropriation ordinance for the tffljv
ment of liabilities Incurred during December'
It > s7 , and prior theieto , was taken up ami
passed on Its third reading. The total
amount WMS $13,04,1.85.
The ordinance to net apart a portion or
Jefferson square for the erection of n public
library building passed Us second reading ,
Adjourned nt 11:30. :
MAKHIIAI/ lUCK HUsrEXDEP.
South Oninlin'N Council Uns a licit
Hot Sleeting.
Trouble ennnneneed in the South Om all a
city council last night as soon as the roll was
called , nnd Mayor ! a-age , Connelliucn
Smith , Glasgow , ItatTcrty , Loeschcr ami
Burke reported present , and Geary was men
tioned ns an absentee through serious Illness.
At tlrst It wns In a mild , subdued form , the
councilmcn smoking more or less expensive
cigars , and watching each other , while thu
spectators chewed plug and fine cut und spat
on the floor. The eloquence of the mooting
centered In Mayor Savage nnd Councilmcn *
Loescher nnd Burke. The former , la hist
suave lint positive manner , defined his posi
tion nnd declined to bo dictated to , whllo
Councilman Burke rose repeatedly to iwlnts
of order nnd calls for Justice to Ills cdnstlt-
ucnts , nnd counullman Loeschcr moved an
unlimited number of times that "Our mar
shal , Paddy Itlcc , bo djsmlsscd nt oneo. "
Uoutine business ran along with compar
ative smoothness until a cull was made for
the report of the ordinance committee on city
ordinances UU , 34 , 35 ami 3T > . Tlio city 1
clerk said they hadn't
reported. Chair
man Smith said they had , nnd u
search proved ho was right. At
the mayor's suggestion , the clerk was sent
to look up the missing documents , and thu
council took n recess , whllo the crowd nd-
Journed to their favoi He saloons. The ordi
nances were finally produced , read for n second
end and third time and can led , with the ex
ception of one granting n fianchlso to the
Nebraska Telephone company , which was
referred back.
Tlio reports of the special committees
recommending that the report of Judge
Ucuther for the months of October , Novem
ber and December bo accepted were read
and received , and declared can led , Council-
mail Burke alone dissenting. Tlio city mar
shal's reports for October and Novem
ber were similarly dealt with , but when
his report for December was read the meet
ing become red-hot. Ittallled with the rowrt |
of Judge Ueuther for the same month , but
Councilman Loeschcr said there was some
dirty work going on , and he demanded an in
vestigation and the discharge of the nmishal
nt the siiino time. Ho produced atllilavits
from the wife and daughter of JamcH Kearns ,
stating they had paid the marshal $10 in
liquidation of a fine of $10 and costs Imposed
upon ICearns by Judge Uouther and which
only amounted to $14,50 , although the Judges
books showed that only $8,50 had been paid
in. The inference was that Marshal Ulco
had retained the difference for his own
use , but when ho presented counter
affidavits , Councilman Loescher would not
nllow them to ho received , and moved that
Uieo bo dismissed "at oneo. " Councilman
Glasgow in asking thnt the matter bo leftover
over until the special committee would re
port , inadvertently referred to the Third
ward as the "bloody third" and brought both
Loescher and Burke to their feet. Looschor
refused to accept an apology or be pacified j.
nnd claimed that "as white men are In the
Third as in the First ward. " No ono denied
the statement , unit ho once more moved that
the marshal bo dismissed , but ns there wns
no second It went by default. A motion of
Councilman Burke's asking that the icport
of Marshal Ulco bo not received , was put and
no one voted oil It at all.
Mayor Savage lost his temper and said It
had reached the limit ; that ho would never
put It again , and thnt Is the same foolish anil
factious conduct was repeated they could
fight it out without him , as he would resign.
This for a time calmed matters down , nnd
Councllnion Glasgow moved that the marshal
be suspended until the charges against him
be investigated on Thursday night by the
council as a committee of the whole. This
was carried , and A. C. McCrackcn was ap
pointed to act as city marshal pro tcin , Coun
cilman Burke dissenting.
Once more things ran nlong smoothly ,
until the mayor announced that by virtue or
his authority and with the consent of the
council ho would appoint Thomas Whlttlcsev
as ono of the couiicilmen for the Fourth
ward. This was allowed to pass In quietness ,
but when ho announced his second choice to
bo Henry IJogert ; both Locsehcr and Burke
objected. Each find a candidate , and Coun
cilman Burke's remarks becoming somewhat
personal towards the mayor , that gentleman ,
announced plainly that ho would only ap
point some one that would represent the
Union Stock Ynrds company. The com
pany was no friend of Ills , but
it paid more taxes than all the rest of South
Omaha combined. It had made South Omalin
what it was , had never interfered with local
politics , and had a right to bo represented.
Councilman Burke took opposite view , and
the war of words was long and loud , but it
resulted in the council adjourning until Mon
day night without having chosen n second
representative for the new ward.
AMUSEMENTS.
< 1UANI > Ol'lillA IIOL'BK.
The second performance of "Only a
Fanner's Daughter" was given last night at
the Grand opera house before a highly
pleased audience. The piece moved very
smoothly and the performers entered Into
the spirit of their characters with an energy
which was most commendable. The heavier
scenes dragged less and the lighter ones
passed oil with case and vivacity. Miss Alj-
bolt scored a greater success than oven that
of the preceding night , and nt the close of
the heavy scene in the fourth act was en
thusiastically called before the curtain. The
recall was shared by Mr. Houston , who de
veloped considerable strength in the same
exacting scene. Miss Elliott played Justine
with tlio same care as on the preceding night
and was sympathetically appreciated by al
most every lady present. Miss Knto
Howard's. Mother Stark was forcibly ren
dered , anil Mr. Forhan's Jack Hartly was
characterized by extreme neatness and ap
preciation of the finer details of the char *
NrlirnHkn flmiinno Society.
At the meeting of the board of managers of
the Nebraska Humane society , held nt the
residence of the president , Colonel C.S.Chaso ,
the most Important business transacted after
a full discussion of the lliianeial prospects ot
the society was the passage of a resolution nil-
thorulng the picsldcnt and executive commit
tee to appoint two committees to solid llfo
memberships committee of two gentle
men and ono lady to wait upon gentlemen.
and the other committee of two ladles and
one gentleman to wait upon ladles for that
purpose. Life memberships for gentleman
mo 25 , and for ladles fill. Annual contribu
tions are also to bo solicited , those so con
tributing to bo called contributing members.
The society is icportcd 113 very successful
und prosperous.
Dyspepsia Cor .Sixteen Yrnrfl.
M. P. Holland , postmaster , Kocknway
Bcncb , Long Island , N. V. , was entirely
cured of dyHpopsiii nnd rheumatism of
sixteen yearn' btnwliiitf bv taking two
Brnnilrotb'rf I'ills fo '
ovor.v night >
month. During the month ho took
them ho gained eight pounds in weight.
Four Dnj-H Knr .Steallnff.
Lou Austin mid her landlady In a Tenth
street bagnio had some trouble over clothes
belonging to the latter female which in some
manner hud gotten into Lou's trunk , Each
charged the oilier with putting the clothes
there. After a quarrel Lou had her trunk
sccietly removed takfng with It the clothes
( ind was arre-sted for larceny. Alter u
hearing before Judge Herka bho wuti flvcu
four days In the county Jail.
JIow Women AVonlil Votc.o
Were women allowed to volt' , everyone
ono in the land whohn iincdlr.lJlorcorH
"Favorite Porsci'lption" wonM Vote it
to bo an nnfnilipg remedy for lUo dis
eases poc'j'.lar ' to her siex. By