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A sixoi'hAit tiling in connection with
Ihc rt-cont bli//.ard in Dakota was the
fact lli.-it the largest number of fatalities
occurred in the southern part of the ter
ritory. _ _ _ _
received his thirty
sholiela of bilvor by the appointment of
hiu bosom friend , John Blair Hogo , us
United States district attorney for the
District of Columbia.
THK city hall superintendent will no
longer draw $ IG ( > a month for counting
icicles on Ed Brennan's city hall base
ment. Mayor Broatch has drawn his
blue pencil through Baker's iiumu on
the pay-roll.
PAST graduates of the high school
can ohtor the cooking school. So says
the .secretary of the board of education.
Here is a long-looked-for opportunity
for tho.so dyspeptic husbands who were
caught by sweet girl graduates.
THK now postal convention with the
Dominion government will bo a great
convenience to the public. Anything
mnilublo in the United States can now
bo sent to Canada. Formerly thousands
of packages were returned from the
border because they were not inailablo
under the old agreement.
IN July last 215 building permits wcro
issued by the superintendent of build
ings , nnd 2-13 permits were issued by
him in August , a total of 458 permits in
two months. In November and Decem
ber , when the number of permits had
run down to less than 160 , the cost of in
spection was groatqr than in July and
August. These nro facts that can't bo
ignored.
THK Izard street school teachers have
contributed $15 to the fund
for Miss Louibo Royco. Miss Fees ,
principal of the I/.ard street school , de
serves much credit for her efforts in
this matter. If the teachers of all the
other schools in the city do ns well ,
there will bo no trouble in properly re
warding Nebraska's heroines , Miss
Freeman and Miss Royco.
Mil RAXDAi.L was foremost in urging
that the investigation of trusts , pools
and similar combinations should take
the broadest suopo. This would indi
cate thai the lesson taught him in
Pennsylvania last week has already had
tin improving effect , There nro multi
plying evidences of the dobiro of the
veteran servants of monopoly to got
into the camp of the people.
delegates to the Nebraska Farm
ers' alliance have laid before the ways
und moans committee of congress u
strong petition that fully expresses the
uttitudo of the agricultural classes of not
only this state , but of Illinois , Indiana ,
Pennsylvania nnd other states. Their
petition calls for u speedy revision of
the duty on iron , lumber , sugar , wool ,
salt and woolen goods , and protests em
phatically against the removal of the
tax on whisky and tobacco.
JUDOK STOKY , ox-jin > 1icu of the supreme -
promo court , says the pauperizing
educational bill of Senator Blair is un
constitutional , and believes that is the
opinion of the present bench of the su-
proino court. It is thought this view ,
together with the conviction that the
time for such legislation has passed , has
Rained'ground in the semite , and
the prospects of the measure in that
body uro loss favorable. Its persistent
author , however , clings to his pot with
unyielding tenacity.
MAYOU BHOATCH has before him the
opportunity of his life to inaugurate
economy and reform in our municipal
government. Ho must make a clean
sweep through the Augean stable , at
which so many usoles cattlu are latten-
ing at the taxpayers' expense. It is no
OXCUBO for the mayor to say "I did 'not
tlo this , " and " 1 did not do that ; " or to
throw the blame of abuses in the depart
ments upon the shoulders of ox-Mayor
Boyd. As chief executive of the city ho
is more or less responsible for the ex
travagance and unbusinesslike methods
of the city government. Were the
strong arm of the executive once felt in
correcting the abuses which huvo crept
in.-tho understrappers would bo much
moro careful in their fast nnd loHo
mothods. Mayor Broateh can profit by
the example sot by Mayor Hewitt , of
, Now York , and Mavor Roche , of Chi
cago. Both of these olllciuls' have ap
plied the axe of reform with commend-
'
'able effect , , . . ' . ' ,
The First Step Tnkon.
The passage by the house of repre
sentatives of the resolution directing the
commitleg on manufactures to inquire
into the number und extent of trusts
nnd pools , their jnothods of doing busi'
ness , and the effect of such combina
tions upon the prices of necessaries , is
the first practical stop looking toward
legislation , if that shall bo found prac
ticable , for the regulation or repression
of this form of monopoly , Very little
question was raised as to the authority
of congress to prosecute the proposed in
vestigation. There may bo .some ground
for the opinion that congress possesses
no power , or only to a very limited ex
tent , to legislate regarding these com
binations , but there can bo no
reasonable doubt of its right to inquire
into their nature , methods nnd effects.
Such an inquiry is desirable in order
that the public shall bo given thorough
and trustworthy information respecting
thco combinations , to bo obtained in no
other way , and it is necessary in order
to determine whether they can be
reached bv national legislation or must
bo dealt with only by the states. If the
investigation shall show , as there is no
doubt it will , that the effect of trusts
and pools is to repress comiHitition ,
check the free course of commercial en
terprise , destroy industry in certain
localities to their detriment , put a limit
upon production , and arbitrarily
regulate values , there would seem
to bo ample reason for the in
tervention of congress. All thebC re
sults would affect injuriously the general
welfare and prosperity , and some are
beyond remedy except by the exercise
of the national authority. When the
irresponsible creation culled a trust
destroys the business in its line in a
given locality , either by competition
specially directed against the business
in such locality or by absorbing it
through methods of questionable le
gality , there is a distinctactof discrimi
nation and of interference witli com
merce whioli' the state whoso interests
are damaged is powerless to deal with ,
and from which there can bo no relief
if the authority of congress has
no jurisdiction. Freed of all
restraint , regulation , or re
sponsibility , it wftuld bo possible for
vast combinations of capital to wipe out
the industries of most of the states and
concentrate them in localities deemed
most favorable to their operation , and
as it is industries in a number of states
have been largely reduced under the
trust policy. It is not easy to see why a
system which must huvo such consequences
quences , disastrous to communities and
inimical to the general welfare , should
not be amenable to the national author
ity. Co-operation among stales for the
suppression of these combinations would
perhaps bo most desirable , us avoiding
the objection to u too extended inter
ference of the general government
in the business affairs of the people
ple , but if such co-oporation
bo " found impracticable , " us in
all probability it would bo , must it bo
conceded that these combinations
against the public interests shall bo al
lowed to go on unchallenged nnd un
checked ?
Not the least important fact to bo as
certained by the proposed investigation
is the extent to which the objectiona
ble combinations owe their existence to
and are bulwarked by the high tariff.
The author of the resolution providing
for the investigation , himself a tariff
man , is evidently prepared for un
welcome information in this direction ,
and enough can readily bo found to convince -
vince him und other high tariff advo
cates that the most effective way to de
stroy most of those trusts is to deprive
them of the sustaining power of the tariff.
The sugar , salt , copper , rubber , and sev
eral other trusts representing well-pro
tected interests , would vanish in a day
if the tariff shield that guards them
were withdrawn. From every point of
view the proposed investigation is desirable -
sirablo nnd necessary , and it is to bo
hoped will be vigorously and thoroughly
prosecuted.
A National Finli Commissioner.
The first bill which has passed both
houses of congress at the present session
is the mcuburo for the appointment of u
salaried fish commissioner. For many
years past the government obtained the
services of Prof. Baird free of all cost.
The fund of the Smithsonian institution ,
which is a private benefaction , and
whose income is only forty thousand
dollars a year , ban boon drawn upon to
pay the combined salary of the director
and the government fi h commissioner.
Prof. Baird's services up to the
time of his death were given gratuitously
to the government. The whole country
reaped the benefit of his untiring in
dustry und energy which were freely
given without cost. Now that the work
for the propagation of food fishes bus
been placed upon u solid and substantial
foundation through Prof. Baird's long
labors , congress has scon fit to make the
office a national one with its incumbent
appointed by the president and moro
directly under the control of the na
tional government.
There is likely to bo little objection
offered to the bill which has passed and
which will undoubtedly receive the ap
proval of the president. America has
for u number of years led the world in
its investigation of the fishery question ,
especially as relating to the propagation
of food fiahos. The west moro particu
larly has reaped the benefit of the ex
haustive investigations which have been
made by the Smithsonian institution
into the habits and char
acter of the various fishes
which people our streams , and ,
by the co-oporation of various state com
missioners , wo nro rapidly being placed
in a position whore our own rivers and
brooks will make us practically inde
pendent of other sections of the coun
try , M ) far as food fishes are concerned.
Nebraska has reason to boast of one
of the best organized und cllloiont state
fish commissions in the country. The
Mute hatchery at South Bond , during
the few years it has boon in opera
tion , has proved itself one of
the best paying institutions ,
so far as actual money expended for re
sults accomplished is concerned , of any
.kindred organization. Under the su
pervision of Commissioriorti May , Liv-
and Kennedy It has done ublo ,
efficient und satisfactory work in slock
ing the streams of our state with cnrpi
pike und brook trout. Its annual exhi
bitions ut the Nebraska state fair huvo
each year shown hotter than any words
or extended reports the value of its work.
The action of congress in making the
supervision of the fish commission n
salaried olllco will commend itself es
pecially to the people of the west. There
is no question that Mr. G. Brown
Geode , already Prof. Baird's successor
us the head of the Smithsonian institu
tion , and whose fame usu student of fish
propagation is world-wide , will continue
us fish commissioner. Under his nus-
plccs the work so ably inaugurated by
Prof. Spencer Baird will bo carried
energetically forward.
IlcvlHo the War Tariff.
The republican party cannot afford to
go into the next campaign with any ud-
vocato for continuance of the war tariff
as its standard bearer. The records of
the party , its platforms nnd polltioul
policy for years have boon antagonistic
to the policy now advocated by party
leaders. The sooner these leaders are
brought to understand that the grout
mass of republican voters uro in favor of
an honest revision , und tin elimination
of the ubuses now existing in our tariff
laws , the better it will bo for them and
the success of the party. This revision
should bo based on the fundamental
starting point that no impost is to bo
exacted , counting the aggregate of
specific nnd ailvulnmn duties , higher
than fifty per cent mlvulorcm on the
honest cost in the foreign state where
the commodity is purchased. Any duty
higher than this is imposed for robbery
nnd not for protection.
When foreign countries discriminate
against American productions retalia
tion should bo exorcised to the extent ,
if necessary , that no article produced in
such country should bo permitted to
outer any American port at any rate of
duty whatever , until such discrimina
tion against us is removed. Any act
which does not clearly limit the aggre
gate duty to bo imposed will bo u fraud
on the American consumer. These
tariff cormorants are smarter in their
line than any congressman can bo.
They are exports , ho is not , and.for this
reason an absolute limit should be fixed
by congress us soon us a judicious re
vision can bo mudo.
A CHICAOO paper professes to have
discovered thai there is a quiet but
very earnest movement among the
lawyers ot that city to start a
boom at the proper time for
Judge Grcsham ns a presidential
candidate. The judge , according to
this authority , is not a parly to the plan ,
but on the contrary earnestly requests
such of his friends as speak to him on
the subject to abstain from the mention
of his name in connection with the
presidency. The idea is said to bo to
spring the name of Judge Grcsham on
Iho convention , somewhat in the way
that Cm-field's was in 1880 , with the ex
pectation of course of a similar result.
It is not incredible that republicans
anywhere should regard Judge Grcsham
with favor as u possible presi
dential candidate. There is n great
deal to bo said in his favor as possessing
available qualities , and nobody can
doubt that ho would bo an upright and
able executive , under whom the coun
try might reasonably liopo for needed
political reforms. But while it is sug
gested that his nomination might bo
effected in a similar way to that which
made Garfield Iho candidate of his
party , it is forgotten that the condi
tions this year will bo so radically dif
ferent from those of eight years ago that
the plan could not bo made to work.
Unless present signs fail there will bo
no chance in the next republican na
tional convention for any 'such surpris
ing episode as occurred in the conven
tion of 1SSO. And in the possibilities
there are several things moro to bo
feared than the nomination of Judge
Gresham.
IN the last congress the course of the
house in preparing appropriation bills
was a subject of serious complaint in the
senate , and the matter ro'appoared
at the present scssipn. The custom of
the house has been to omit from appro
priation bills certain necessary items ,
leaving them to bo supplied by the sen
ate , so that in case of any publiu com
plaint of extravagance the responsibility
could bo thrown on the upper branch.
This very contemptible device was so
fully exposed in the semite a year ago ,
nnd the feeling of the senate was at
that time so strongly expressed , that it
was supposed there would bo no further
indulgence in the practice , but it ap
pears to have boon renewed in the
deficiency bill , very likely because
Mr. Randall finds it hard to give
up his old tricks. The sonata appro
priations committee decided not to
muko any additions to the bill as it
came from the house , but this was over
ruled by the senate and the bill passed
with a number" of amendments , Sena
tor Allison , the chairman of the com
mittee , voting against all of thorn as u
rebuke to the houso. The course of the
house in this matter , the motive of
which is obvious , is anything but com
mendable nnd ought to bo understood
by the country. Such u plan of seeking
to make a reputation for economy may
suit the ideas of Randall nnd Holman ,
but the majority of democrats in the
house should decline to bo made parties
to it. The senate migtit have found tin
efficacious remedy in following the ex
ample of Mr. Allison.
ANARCHIST HASCAIL is determined
to keep the council and the board of
public works in continual hot water.
The police muddle had hardly boon set
tled to the utter rout and discomfiture
of naseull and his co-conspirators when
ho tried his hand at stirring up trouble
over the city hall building. Hnscall's
bogus labor-meeting to demand the re
moval of Major Balcombo , as chairman
of the board of public works , is fresh
in the memory of everybody us ending
in u fizzlo. But Huscnll is a man that
must ho knocked down nine times before
ho takes a hint. He has again struck
out on a now tack. The now city'hall is
too small for any use , although the build
ing will bo largor.than 'tho city , hall of
York.- , 'Ho"is ready to .abandon
plans , contracts , foundation , basement. ,
everything , nnd plant the city hall , on
Mime spot where jobbers und booillors can
huvo full play. Ilnscull knows that his1
scheme is impracticable , und ho knows
that the courts wijulil enjoin any at
tempt to relocate the city hull. But ho
has liis spite to gratify , and by delaying
the building u year or two ho thinks no
will have some satisfaction. There's
method in Iluscall's madness.
Tun average Omaha high school boy
has u bright future before him. If he
can't make his mark und get lucrative
employment us nn astronomer or geolo
gist , ho has a dead sure thing on $120 u
week and board us u pastry cook and
hotel .bottle-washer us soon us ho c-in
present a certificate from the profcs&or
of cookery.
THK FI10M ) OF INDUSTUY.
It Is fiulto encouraging to note the number
of small shops nnd factories tlmt nro running
at night. Most of them nro running on pat
ented devices or appliances of ono kind or
another.
The boot nnd shoe mnmifncturcrs nro run
ning full time in nearly nil establishments
throughout the east. Cutting of stock Is
going on vigorously everywhere. The trufllc
in morocco is heavy.
A syndicate hns Just purchased 50,000
acres of well timbered land in Florida. Most
of the timber is black cypress. A mill with
a capacity of 1X,000 ( ) feet pur day 1 * to bo
erected on the land.
Thirty million pounds of copper arc used
nnmially In Wntcrbury , Conn. Orders for
goods in whleh copper is largely used huvo
fallen off 51) ) per cent on account of the ail-
vnnco from wyt to 18 cents.
On account of the greater care taken iu
silk weaving und spinning in Italy It is
claimed that Italian raw silk possesses nn
evenness nnd finish which makes it superior
to hand-reeled Chinese silk.
Manufacturing enterprise has broken
loose in North Carolina. Subscription lists
liavo been started In about a dozen towns
within thltty days for factories and shops.
The preference is for'cotton factories.
The Illinois millers have taken the credit
question into hand and propose to demand
more prompt payments. They want a sys
tem by which they can know something
about the character of Hour dealers every
where.
English electricians nro trying to make nn
incandescent lamp which will burn without
vacuum. It will bo necessary to find aeon-
ducting mutcrl.il of high specific resistance.
A great many doubt the possibility of such a
lamp.
Homo has l,83"i telephones in use , London
1,200 , Glasglow 1,1T2 , and Liverpool 1,301) ) .
The prices ranee from ? IOO to $ , > 0. There
nro ns many telephones in Now York as in
all Italy , nnd twice us , many in New i'ork as
in London.
Notwithstanding UB that has been said
about the damage to the shoo business
it is 20 per cent bettor in several eastern es
tablishments than it was ut this time last
year. There are nolubor troubles at the
present timo.
There is a great demand for small boilers
to suit the numerous small shops and factor
ies starting up over the country. The Phil
adelphia boilormaUcrs nro oversold , and
business is coming in frequently without
'
being sought.
In some places tunnels with endless belts
or aprons have boon constructed through
yards nnd across streets between the mills
through which the cloth from the different
weaving rooms is delivered directly to the
finishing rooms.
The production of hard wood during this
year , it has been estimated , will bo fully 25
per cent in excess of that of any former year ,
nnd the heavier demand foi it will , it is bo-
hevcd by lumber authorities , prevent any
decline in prices.
Steam coal costs $2 per ton in Montgomery ,
Ala. Common labor is 75 cents u day. Free
sites are offered to nil industrial enterprises.
An abundance of yellow pine is within twenty
miles. A cotton-sued oil mill is in operation
that handles 150 tons of seed per day.
A Chicago company proposes to make nnd
sell n mixed water gas and coal gas at prices
ranging from 50 ccuts per 1,000 feet to 25
cents1 The company also agrees to furnish
incandescent electric lights at u price not ex
ceeding 1 per 1,000 for illuminating gas.
Eastern mills nro storing up with cotton
us fast ns they can pet it. About ono hun
dred thousand of the 200,000 bales of cotton
consumed ut Fall IZiver have already arrived ,
nnd there is u great want of storage capacity ,
It is proposed to build sheds for that purpose.
Would Need ' - .
a KcscuciiiK I'nt-ty.
Dctioit Frcd'icss.
The next expedition that starts out in
search of the north polo will probably go by
the way of Dakota.
A Mlsllt Garment Discarded.
Lonltvlllc Cummcictal.
The president has seven now suits of
clothes. Among thoso.discurded was a civil
service reform garment which never did fit
like it was mudo for him.
Rut the J'oukclH arc Closed.
St. Hnil Globe.
So far ns things have developed it seems
that the government will huvo to look into
the pockets of the directors of the Pacific
roads if it expects to lind any tmco of its in
terest in those corporations.
Ownership ,
Yimth's Companion.
Old Farmer Hoggs of Uoggy Urook ,
Went to the county fair ,
And with his wife ho strolled around
To see the wonders there.
"That horse , " ho bald , "Gray Eagle Wing ,
Will take the highest prize ;
But our old Dobbin loojis as well
And bolter , to my eyes.
Ho is , I know , what folks call slow ,
It's far the safest way to go ;
Some men , perhaps , might think it strange ;
1 really should not like the change.
"And those fat oxen , Buck and Bright ,
Don't have BO largo n.girtti ,
Nor mutch like them , Just to a hair ,
Hut I know what they're worth.
They're good to plow nnd good to draw ,
You stronger pullers never suw (
And always mind my 'gta nnd haw.1
Some folks , perhaps , mfght think it strange ,
1 really shouldn't wun'tlto change. "
"That Devon heifer eo < it , I heard ,
A thousand dollars. Now , "
Said Mrs. Hoggs , "inj * Crumple Horn
Is just us good n coW1 ;
Her milk I'm suro's the very best ,
Her butter is the yellowest ;
Some folks , purbups , might think it strange ,
I really shouldn't want a change.
"Those premium hogs , " said Mrs. Boggs ,
"My little Cheshire pig
Is better than the best of them ,
Although bo's not so big.
And tlmt young Jersey Is not half
So pretty as old Hrindlo's culf j
Nor is there in the poultry mm
As Speckled wings 90 good u hen. "
As Farmer Hoggs to Hoggy Hrook
Rode homeward from the fair ,
Ho said : "I wish my animals
Had all of ilit-m been there ;
And if the Judges had been wlso
I might have taken every prize 1"
Gloomy Cheerfulness.
lluffalo Krineti.
Cleveland wus not uiado for tlio mug
wumps. . The mugwumps Were .made for
Cleveland. And npw tbat Ua lias Uumvn
* * ' * ' ' - - , . . ' * ' '
nway botlrhU dark lantern and his mnsk the
duped mugwump find.t his inickels rilled nnd
his reform wnk-h stolen , and , like such vic
tim's the world over , ho seeks to his loss nnd
his chagrin under an assumed aipeet of
cheerfulness.
llcvclatlnii.
fo Trf/miif. /
This is a cold , cruel , commercial sort of n
world. The Christian nt Work is printed on
the presses of n notorious sporting paper.
This will horrify people who believe that re
ligious weeklies are published solely for the
sake of doing good , und would suspend publi
cation rather than put n dollar into the cash-
drawer of n patron of pugilism.
A City of Discontent.
llnftnn Ilcmhl.
Nobody is contented nt Washington. H is
curious , but every living soul under or in
government employ wants to bo promoted.
The president is , perhaps , the one exception.
He wishes to stay where ho is. Secretary
Lninar says the messenger is never con
tented until he is iniido secretary of the In
terior. All right. This is what is politely
termed luudnble ambition.
KfTccllvcnosH of HlKli Jjleenso.
The high liquor license has nlready re
duced the number of the saloons in Minnesota
seta over one thousand nix hundred , nnd sev
eral cities remain in which it has not taken
effect. St. Paul will contribute nearly four
hundred moro in the way of reductions
And yet prohibitionists oppose this law nnd
nre satisfied with nothing short of absolute
prohibition , which is impossible.
STATIC AM ) TKUUITOUY.
Nebraska .Jottings.
Tecumsch is talking up u waterworks
system to cost ifiOX)0. ; ( )
The properly of the defunct Union
Cattle company nt Gilmore has been
appraised al $ LKXK ) ( ) .
Final title to 35,000 acres of govern
ment lands was acquired by settlers in
Antelope county last year.
The squabble over the Wvnku funds in
Nebraska City is to bo dragged into
court and the bones of the living and
dead rattled before Iho bar.
Mary Anson has swooped down on Iho
saloonkeepers of Papillion with a claim
for $3,000 damages for lubricating her
husband after bho had warned them.
M. E. A. Brown , of the Nebraska City
'
Press , engineered u leap year party fo'r
the bashful ladies of the city Tuesday
night. It was a capital society event ,
brilliant in composition and remark
ably free from masculine errors. The
ladies ruled with gloved hands and ex
acted obedience to tlio following regula
tions : 1. The gentleman whoso boquot
is not mashed in Iho first , dance will be
ti witness to the fact that he has been
hold with propriety. 2. No gentleman
shall cross the lloor without a lady ut-
lemlunt. 8. If a gentleman goes /or a
glass of water unattended by a lady ho
willuloncobo declared out of order
and will bo compelled to bo seated. 4.
Gentlemen are expected to bo languid ,
to drop their hankerchiefs as often us
possible und make frequent calls for
water and behave in the most lady-like
munner in all things.
Iowa Items.
Preliminary surveys for a wagon
bridge uro being made in Sioux City.
Tramps are being exorcised on a
stone pile in Ottumwa. It improves
their uppetite.
Twenty enlistments in the regular
army have been made al the Daven
port stalion since il was e&lublishcd ,
December 8.
James Gallagher , of Audubon , has
boon sued by Miss Sylvester for dam
ages in the sum of $5,000 for breach of
promise of marriage. "Lot 'or go Gal
lagher. "
Burlington manifests n pardonable
pride in the completion and dedication
of the now $39,000 Presbyterian church
at that place. It is said to bo one of
the most elegant church edifices in the
state , and what is bettor , is paid for.
Notwithstanding the numerous good
promises by about all the railroads in
northwestern Iowa , there is yet very
great and urgent need of curs to ship
grain and hay , whioli have accumu
lated beyond the capacity of existing
storage. _
Dakota.
E. A. MoNair. near Do Smot , lost
twenty-seven head of cattle during the
storm.
The blockade of freight trains has
caused a scarcity of parlor matches and
keg beer at Aberdeen.
The artesian well at Aberdeen is now
in bettor condition than over before , the
pressure registering over i00 ! pounds.
A six-foot vein of coal has boon dis
covered on Fall river , eight miles from
Hot Springs. The coal resembles the
famous Rock Springs product.
OTho "Storm King" used on the North
western road to clear the track of snow ,
is a monster snowplow. With three en
gines behind it , it will plow through
eight or ten feet of snow.
Doudwood people have a perennial
and never-failing confidence in the final
outcome of the Black Hills mine , and
they nro backing their faith with their
lust nickel and the last throb of their
physical energies.
Colorado.
The Ashen mining cum ) ) ships nn av
erage of 300 tons of ore per day.
Denver's bullion output this your is
already estimated at $20,000,000.
Several prominent gentlemen in Den
ver are leading a movement to import
Chinese domestics from San Francisco.
It is a stop from the frying pan into the
furnace.
C. II. Morgan of Gunnison has in
vented and secured a patent on a Hying
machine. It is spherical in shape , re
sembles a fish , with a rudder for a tail.
The interior compartments are arranged
for gas to lift the monster , and propell
ing power is secured by double rows of
wings on each side , automatically ope
rated.
Nineteen butchers were poisoned at
n boarding house near Argo park last
week. All hands were pumped and not
seriously injured. The cook entertain
ed a hearty dislilco for the cuimcity of
the feeders and attempted to lay them
out with poisoned cotfco. Ho was wise
enough to skip before the boarders re
covered.
AWAITING A JMIOPOSITJON.
The Mechanics May Now Sny How
Much Wanes Thry Want.
A HEU reporter had n talk yesterday
with u number of the brick contractors'
union respecting the move suggested by the
lir.r. for tlio adoption of n scale of wages in
the erection of buildings during the coming
seasons. The latter said tlmt the builders
were patiently awaiting a prop
osition from the worklngmen nnd when it
was mudo It would doubtless reecivo careful
consideration. The proposition of last season
hud been treated In that manner. H was for
t-1.50 per day of nine hours for bricltlny-
ors. The projiosltion was accepted. After
the 1st of September f % u day was paid for
nine hours' work and where bricklayers
nro working now they nro being
paid at that rate. The president of the Brick
Contractors' association , ho said wus John
Field , und the secretary was Arthur John-
son. There uro twenty contractors In the us-
bociution. There 'wus another orgunl/ution
which comprised nearly nil the builders and
ull bois arfisuns in tlio city , the president of
which , lie said , wus. Ilnnry LIveMJy , und John
Oivin wjv vo ! nre.suly.nt.
MORE ABOUT THE HEROINES ,
CompleteDotnlls of the Experience-
of Miss Loulso Royco.
THE TALE A VERY SAD ONE.
Now Contribution * llccnlvcd Kor Hie
Tw 11 ltrn\ Nobi'iinka 'IVnchors From
Omaha and Other Towns A
Ijihcrnl Offer.
Mist Hoyoo'H
The complete detnlls of the experience of
Miss Louise Hoyco , the young teacher of
I'ioree eounty , during the storm of J unitary
12 , will be read with Interest. The previous
reports on the subject have from necessity
been meagre , but the Bin : is now enabled to
present to its readers a thoroughly reliable
account.
Miss Hoyco was teaching in the school of
Thompson's settlement , In the vicinity of
1'lainvlew , Pierce eounty , Nub. Thursday
morning , January 12 , the young teacher was
ut her post with an attendance of nine
scholars. At noon six of tlio children went
to their homes , none of them fur from the
school bouse , for dinner. During the ab
sence of these pupils the Htorm cumo
up , consequently they did not re
turn for the afternoon session.
The teacher with the three pupils
remained in the school house until three
o'clock in the nfternoou. It was then Miss
Koyeo realbod that there was not sulllcient
fuel to lust during the afternoon , nnd in com
pany with the three children she started out
Into the storm , Intending to take them to her
boarding house situated about fifteen rods
from tlio school house , nnd the outline of
which could occasionally bo discerned
through the blasts. The boarding bouse wus
located a little east of north from the school
house. In attempting to'reach it the four
were naturally compelled to travel against
the storm. After the little party had trav
eled for some distance the teacher en
deavored to discern the boarding house , but
the fury of the storm blinded "her vision.
Continuing in their trnvcltt they
soon eumo in sight of the stockyards ,
located a short distance southeast
of the boarding house. Knowing where she
was Miss Hoyco thought that with little ef
fort she could reach her destination and
started with her little charges In what she
supposed was the direction of her home. This
she found no small task. The storm blinded
the vision and the strong wind blew thu little
tlo party hither and thither nnd it wus only
by the groutest exertion that the teacher
kept her little brood together. The party
kept , an their course for some timewhen they
realized the fact that they were getting fur
ther and further from shelter nnd were in
deed lost in the bliz/.ard. Knowing tlut any
further attempt to gain shelter would bo
fruitless , nnd believing that the storm would
soon spend its fury , the teacher gathered the
children in her arms and sat down to await
the pleasure of the storm kinir , little dream
ing of the extent of that monarch's greed.
Among the many heurt rending exper
iences during that terrible storm it will bo
dillicult to find one equal in the inexpressible
sadness of its Incidents. The hope that the
blasts would soon subside , was destined to
be shuttered. With each moment the fury
of the storm became greater , the winds moro
cutting , nnd the suffering of the little party
more painful. Darkness came on , but
brought with it no lessening in the terrible
blasts. Weary und foot-sore nnd chilled , the
the three little ones gave vent to tears , and
unmindful of their surroundings , laid down
to secure a much needed rest. It was in
vain that their teacher tried to nrouso them ;
the rest afforded the three in her tired arms
w.is not sulllcient , nnd sinking to the snow
covered ground , the little ones sobbed them
selves into n restless sleep. The bravo
young girl realized that this exposu ro
would result in do'Uh to her little Hock , und
stretching herself ut full length upon
the snow , und to the north , she
huddled the three little ones to her breast ,
covered them with her own clouk nnd thus
shielded them from the chilling winds with
her own form. In this position the four pre
pared for the worst , and it came sooner than
expected. A few hours after dark the youngest
of the boys , Peter Pogganseo , uwoke , placed
his cold hand on his teacher's face , and with
the words "I'm so coldl" sunk into a silence
the teacher knew wus death. The feelings
of the young guurdiauherself suffering with
the coldcannot be described , und urediflicult
to imagine. She felt then that she herself
would follow , but determined to bear up in
ordcrto soothe us best she could the lust mo
ments of the remaining ones. It was per
haps midnight when the teacher discovered
that Otto Hosberg , the eldest boy , had died
without a word of warning , nnd
with nn effort the bravo woman
gathered little Hnttio Hosburg , aged seven ,
in her nrms nnd endeavored to give to her all
the comfort in her power. The poor child
became delirious and her mind wandered
uwiiy to the homo , where even nt that mo
ment u mother's heart was aching for her little
tlo ones , and between her sobs came the
plaintive appeal , "Oh , I'm so cold mamma ;
please cover mo up ; " un appeal which rent
the heart of her faithful teacher , and opened
the llood gates of her tears. Between the
sobs of the little uirl might have been heard
the supplication of her suffering toucher that
this the last of her little Hock might no' , be
taken. Thus the hours of the night was
passed , nnd when daylight broke tlio little
arms pressed tlio teacher closer ; n shudder
passed over the little form , and in the
nrms of her faithful guardian the
spirit of little Ilattie Hosberg took its Might.
With u consciousness of a duty well per
formed the young teacher arose and cover
ing the little forms ns best nho could started
in search of shelter. Her hair und clothing
wus frozen unit it was with excrutiuting pain
that the bravo girl attempted to reach u
house. At ti o'clock in the morning , nfter fif
teen hours in the terrible blust spoilt among
the suddest of surroundings , Louise Hoyco
reached shelter , A party was sent for the
little ones nnd they were tenderly taken to
their respective homes. A physician wus
called and the best of cure was given to the
young teacher , who was badly frozen.
The parents of the little ones
culled upon Miss Hoyco in bur
sick chamber nnd received nn account of her
stewardship , the narration of which wus
frequontlv Interrupted by the sobsot ull pres
ent. Those whose homes hud been bereft.und
whoso heartstrings were torn and bleeding ,
knelt ut the bedside of her whoso gentle
bunds hud performed n mother's tusk and
soothed the death damp brows of loved ones ,
and offered mid tears u prayer that she
might bo spared.
Though unsuccessful in her efforts to snvo
the lives of her little charges , Louisu Hoyco
did the best her circumstances allowed
nngels could do no moro.
Who Minn Jloyco IH.
Miss Louise Hoyco is stopping at the house
of u friend in Plulnvlow , where she is re
ceiving every possible attention. The injur
ies bustuincd during the storm will confine
her to her room for many days. Her physi
cian , however , has given her the hope that
her limbs will bo saved und that in n few
months she will bo entirely recovered.
Every one will wish for the fulfillment of
this hope yet it is difficult to foresee the re
sult of the injuries received by this young
lady.
lady.Miss Louise Hoyco was born in Allcgany
county , N. Y. , April SI , liMV.I. In December ,
ISS" ) , Miss Hoycu moved with her parents to
the vicinity of Pluinview , Neb. , where she
has resided over since. Mr. Hoyco , the fath
er , is by occupation a rail'-oad man. At a
time when the family resources were not
what they might bo owing to the father's '
Illness , Miss Hoyco sought a po
sition in the public schools , nnd
was teaching her third twin In thuTliompson
district school. Miss Hoycu is described us a
decidedly pretty girl , with ull the character
istics which make women admired by ull
with whom they come in contuut. Her edu
cation wus secured ut grout disadvuntugo ,
but with characteristic energy Mio sur
mounted ull obstacles und secured u fund of
information that has enabled her to eurn n
comfortublo living for herself. In 1'iorco
county she is known und loved by nil , uud
the words of prulso which uro uccorded her
must certainly bo embarrassing to the young
heroine.
Miss Hovco's address Is care II. T. Frost ,
Pluinview , though n letter bearing thu sim
ple address o'-Loulse. . Hoyco , Nebraska , "
would undoubtedly ruuch her.
The Teaohui'H1 Fiulil. .
The contributions for the Mmes Hoyco
and Freeman como in slowly , but It is ox- {
pected that tlio next few Wnys will * well thu
fund to u considerable amount. Kaeli con *
trlbutlon will mvlvo prompt ercdit and
acknowledgment in these columns.
The HHR 1ms received fl from the tcnchcr.i *
Of the Iznrd school for Miss Louise Hoycu.
The contributions yesterduv wcro n *
follows :
.R. Neb. , Jan , 23. To the Kdltor of
the BII : : : Wo wish to contribute our mite to
Miss Hoyeo for her heroic action during the
late storm. Wo enclose our eheck for $ . ' . .Mi.
K. M. llu.t , ft SONS.
OKNF.VA , Nob. , Jan. JM.-To the Kdltor of
the Bnu : Find herewith draft for f.V which
please credit to the following fund : For
Miss Freeman , ! ; for Miss Hoyeo. fcj.
W.M.TIIH V. FiriKUi ,
The following Is the present condition of
the fund :
For Miss Hoyeo . fiX ) M
For Miss Freeman . . . . . . H ) fo
A Mhcral OlTVr.
LINCOLN , Neb , , Jan. 21.To the ICdltorof
the UKI : ; 1 win be one of twenty tlvo
Nebraska breederof cattle to give to the
teachers , Misses Hoyco and Freeman , and
others deserving , u yearling heifer. If desired -
sired , the stock ntn time agreed upon can
nil be sent to Lincoln , uud I will
sell them at auction free of charge and pav
entire proceeds to the Oiimha Hw : for said
teachers. Should other breeders fail to re-
siHind-if the Hiu : will designate which
teacher needs aid the most 1 will send my
heifer to such point us she may order. Don't
let this matter die out. Keep ut the poopltl
till these young ludle.s are properly rewarded.
F. M. WOODS.
_
Should ho Iiihcrally llosponiloil to.
Springfield Monitor : The Omaha Bui : bus
opened n subscription list towards n fund to
be raised for the purpose of substantially re
warding IMiss Fivemi.n and Miss Hoyco for
their bravo action In saving the lives of so
many children during the Into bliz/urd.
Such bravery of those two young Indies dis
played under the trying eireumatnnces de
serves , not only the hlghe.-it recommendation ,
but something moro substantial and wo hope
the list opened by the Hr.i : will bo promptlv
nnd liberally responded to by the citizens of
this atate.
Mr. nihhon'N Plan.
Mr. W. A. L. Gibbon writes to the Omaha
Herald as follows : With reference to your
editorial : "Howarding llravo Deeds , " I wish
ns the father of six children to give expres
sion to my sentiments toward tlmt young
heroine , Miss Minnie Freeman. 1 am partic
ularly pleased to notice the general disposi
tion to reward the act of this fnithful young
school teacher , but to my mind the movement
hus not yet taken shape commensurate witli
the merit In Miss Freeman's ease. 1 would
propose rewarding this young lady substan
tially und believe un endowment for her nu-
turul life equal to her present salary us a
teacher should be made.
Her salary Is probably fciOO to $ . " 00 per
year n fund of $10,000 at fi per cent interest
would produce S-'iOO yearly. A subscription
of II ) cents from every father in tlio stiitn
would raise this amount nnd surely inuny
others would wish to contribute. 1 will cou-
tributc § 10 to such u fund.
fund.W.
W. A. L. GIIIIION- .
THK DKKAUI/TKK CAMK NOT.
Two Policemen Watch VHP Him Hut
Un Falls to Appear.
The Cnslno , that prolific source of default
ers and absconders , is again to the front with
a fresh grievance. Lust night , in accord-
unco with Instructions from their superior
ofllcor.s , Sergeant Mat/a nnd Ofllecr Johnson
patrolled thu Union Pacific ruilroud depot
nnd kept n sharp look-nut for u member of n
firm who It was represented hud made up
his mind to depart on u west bound train.
These precautions were taken on the prom
ises of u nervous little man , whoso chief
personality consisted in u skatoriul eup worn
juuntly on ono side of his head , that ho would
rctui n shortly with u warrant from Judge
Herka demanding the arrest of the man
whom ho pursued. The judge , however , re
fused to issue thu warrant , and the nervous
man rcgiorlcd the same to Mntzu and John
son , who retired from their field of watchful
ness , after seeing the train depart without
the man looucd for.
The complainant in the cnso Is ono of three
men who put in $1,000 u piece to conduct the
ice skating rink at the Casino , and which ,
from all accounts , hns been a glaring finan
cial failure , and it is alleged that the party
suspected of having decided upon becoming
nn absconder has the books and what is left
of the invested capital in his possession.
A UBK reporter visited the Casino last
night , nnd found it enveloped in darkness.
There was no ono in sight to disclose the
fuels of the existing troubles , but those seen
expressed no surprise at the sudden termina
tion of affairs , as it was well known that the
rink was a failure from the start.
Persona ) Parairnphs.
C ! . A. Kimbull , of Cheyenne , is nt the Pax-
ton.
ton.Ike
Ike Wuplc , of Kansas City , is at thu Mil
lard.
lard.W.
W. J. Biles , of Fremont , Neb. , Is at th
Millurd.
Leroy Hall , of Crawford , Neb. , is at the
I'.iNton.
C. 1) . Jones , of Independence , In , , is at the
Paxton.
C. M. LciKhton , of Lincoln , Neb. , is nt the
Paxton.
John Kieth , of North Platte , Neb , , is at the
Paxton.
E. S. Fowler , of Hustings , Neb. , if. ut the
Puxton ,
B. J. Mallory , of Hamilton , la. , is at the
Windsor.
K. H. Vinning , of Ciilluwuy , Neb. , is at the
Windsor.
Otto Iloeso , of Harlington , Neb. , is at the
Windsor.
G. F. Bailey , of Lincoln , Neb , , is at the
Windsor.
Henry J. Lcc , of Fremont , Neb. , is nt the
Mlllard.
Thomas F. Miller , of Fullerton , Neb. , is at
the Windsor.
W. O. Everett , of Milwaukee , Wis. , is ut
the Millurd.
C. W. Heed , of Ncbrusku City , Neb. , is at
the PuKton.
Thomas Ferguson , of Salt Lake City , is at
the Windsftf.
Walter O. Leach , of Minneapolis , Minn. , Is
nt the Millurd.
E. W. Hohorts und wife , of Nobgli , Neb. ,
are ut thu Puxton.
S L. Andrews lias returned from a busi
ness triple New York.
Samuel Flint mid wife of San Francisco ,
Cul. , are ut tlio Windsor.
W. H. Doddridge , of the Missouri Piicllla
railway , Is at the Millurd.
Mr. and Mrs. Peter W. Mufmllo and John
L. Hamilton und wife , of Now York , uro ut
the Millurd.
James Gibson , traveling passenger npont
of the Northwestern , uccoiniiuuiud by bis
wife and daughter , F. S. C'lipron. of thu
Grand Trunk railway , and Mr. Perkins , ol
Hockford , ill. , loft yesterday for Los Ange
les , Cul.
Kim Over.
A little Ixiy named John Brown was run
over yesterday afternoon by u sleigh on Ham
ilton street , sustaining u fracture of both hi !
legs below the knee. Tim lad was attended
by Dr. Suvillo , and it is nuld that tliodnvci
ol thu vehicle was u man named Huthbun.
Internal Itovciiuo Collectloiii.
Yesterday's Interim ! revenue collections
amounted to f 15,077 7S
WILL NOT UNHQOK WHILE , Orum WORN.
fetery ljuy who dctuo nerleclmn lit nylc ml luuu
should weir th-in. Manufactured only IIT Ui
WORCESTER CORSET COMPANY.
VVouckUr , AUu.j audits MjtVcl JUecl ( Uue s *