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OMAHA DAILY BEIfl ; WEDNESDAY. JFEBRtTARY 1. 188S. THE DAILY BEE. PVDLI9HED MOKNINO. tKRMS OK BtJUSCIUraON. Dftlly ( Morning Edition ) Including Bundsy IlKK.One Yew . . . .4. . i . Kor Six Month * . r , 00 ForTlireMoiith . . . . . . . . "W The Onmha Kunflny 1) ) K , mailed to nny nd- dresn , Ono Vcor. . . , . . , . . . . . 200 OMAiiAOrwcr. , Nos 14 AnuOlfi FAUNAM STREET. Nitw VoiiKUmce , Moon a * . HUBBUB IIIIILD- 1NO. 1VA8IIIMUTOX OmCB , NO. 6U tOUE- TKENTII tJTIIKST. _ COHgESl'ONDKNCB. All cnwmnntcHtlons rcUtlnK to news and editorial matter should be udreMed to tue KUITOUOrTIIK IlKK. llOSlNESfl I.KTTKHS. All liuilnna Intern and remittances should bo addressed to TUB lire I'l'iu.iniuso COMP\NY , OMAHA. Drafts , rbocki and poitofflco onlers to be mnd parable to the order of the company. The Bee PnWisMnglSiaiiy , Proprietors , E. ROSEWATER. EDITOB. THE DAILY UtiB. Sworn Htntcmcnt oroironlatlon. State of Ndu-RHka. ) B . Count } of Douglass f * ' _ _ Oco. II. Tzkcbnck , Hticretary of The Bee I'uli- tlnlilnp coimmur , Aova lolumnlr swmr that the ncttialclrcumtlon of the Dntlr lice for tliovcok mdinp Jan. 'M , l 88 , m uv followk ! Hnttmlny , Jan. 14 Vv : : > Sunday. Inn. 15 ir > .li2.'i MonrtRy , Jmi. 15 1A"A- , TnwtOax , Jan. IT H. ' . ' > Wodncnduy. Jan. H 1 " ' , ' - ' I Thurbdny. Jan. 10 14.nr , Friday , Jun. SO .ir.,03) Average 15.1m OKO. II. TXaUIIUCK. flworn to nnrt auliscrllicd In my iirefeticc this S4th day of Jnnuiiry , A. I ) . , 18N. . 1' . KRI I , . Notary i ubllc. Btato of Ncbraika , I . . County of IKniRlnsK , ? * ' ( loo. II. Tzhchuck..b lng flret duly sworn , deposes - poses nnd gnys thnt ho IK secretary of The lice Publishing company , that the uctunl a\cragn dnlly circulation of Inn Dally lleo for the month of January. 1W7 , KWiB conies ; for February , 1W , 14.17S copies ; for March , IfMT. 14,400 copies ; for April , JN > 7.14,810 copied ; for J4ay , 1HW ) , 14 , ± n oopleM ! for June , IwtT , 14,147 ropUw ; for July , 1H87.14f ii ; ropies ; for Aummt , 1887,14,151 copies ; for Buntcinher , IV87 , 14,340 copies ; for October , 1WT , 14-cn ; for November , 1887,15.S30 copies ; for December , WH7,15,041 copies. OKI ) , n. TZSCHUCK. Pvrorn and nnbgcrlbed to in my preitenco this 2d day of January , A. It. 1888. N. P. FKlli , Notary l'\MA. "THUST" is a mlsnomor for fcdoratcd monopolioa. Bolter write it "distrust. " DON'T bo nshnmod to contribute n small sum to the BEK'H fund for Mise Shattuck. Every little helps. TilK World say it has a pinno in He editorial rooms , but the general public iuclines to the belief that it is un organ. THIS charity bull will not bo a masked affair. In these days the right hand does not want the loft hand to be mis taken in the identity of the donor. Tins principal streets of the city are very dirty , and if the open woathercon. tinuca the city authorities should promptly act about cloirning them. Till' high license law of Pennsylvania bids fair to reduce the saloons of Phila delphia alone from six thousand to three thousand. Could prohibition do as well ? A "I'KO-LKaoKD" - prisoner has es caped from the Douglas county jail. II a cripple can accomplish this feat , an able-bodied man ought to have no difll- > culty in doing the same thing. THE teachers of three of the Omaha schools have rendered substantial assist ance to the BKK'S "Nebraska heroine fund. " Tills , however , is a very small number out of the two hundred teachers employed in this city at good salaries. Perhaps some of thorn in the course ol lime will bo overtaken by miefortuno , and will need assistance. The people ol Omaha will not forgot them. Mu. CONNRLL , attorney of the board of education , given it as his opinion thai ns bonds wore voted for an addition tc the high school building , a separate "building cannot bo erected on the grounds. This is in all probability cor rect , so far as those.particular bonds arc concerned. If an addition Is built il should bo in strict architectural con formity with the main structure. JonxM. TiiunsTOX begins to-morrow whore Andrew Jackson Popploton lofl off , and | x > pular report has It that at the same time Mr. Thurston lays his polit ical ambitions in a quiet little tomb in his closet. He is a wise man if ho docs it. The taste ot the Dead Sea apple which ho got last winter when the re publican legislative caucus failed tc carry out the secret ballot scheme prob ably convinced him that ho didn't want any more ashes in his. A SPECIAL of recent date to the BEI credited Dan Lament with laying pipe for the democratic nomination for governor ornor of Now York. If It bo true , the scheme probably originates with a cer tain temporary resident of Washington to whom David Bennett Hill's popular ity nnd strength in New York state arc not sources of never-failing' joy. Mr Cleveland bettor not monkey with the old Tildon machine too much not , a least , in this year of grace , 1888. IT is to bo hoped that Suporintondon Nash , of the railway service , on his recent cent visit to this city was sufllcientlj Impressed with Omaha's importance a n center of distribution , and its rallwa ; advantages , to convince 'him thnt il should be made a division headquarters There is not at present a division head quarter * ) west of Chicago , and the grea growth and development of the trans Mississippi has overtaxed and compll catod the service until a further branch ing out It necessary. The purpose c Mr. Nash'a trip was to look over tlio ad vantages of St. Paul , Omaha and Kan eas City. Geographically spoakliifi Omaha la certainly the most doslrabl } x > int for a now base of railway mall o oration. THE republicans of the eleventh con prcsslonal district of Michigan are no going to elect their candidate withou u hard light. They selected a man i every way of good repute , but there wn n great deal of feeling as , the rcbiilt ( the long fctrugglo in convention and i is not unlikely that the disaffection show itself at the polls. Meanwhile th democrats have hhrowdly , as it no eccms , nominated a representative c the labor element , which is very stron in the district , and if the democrac support him with the promised zeal li will run his opponent a hard race. II : election would place Michigan In th list of tied status in the house , whic would not bo agreeable in the remot event of the next presidential oloctlo being thrown into the houso. . , . A * * - & - * J. llcpubllcftn Testimony. Ono of Ihomost valuable contributions to the meeting hold in Philadelphia last week to promote tlio OAUBO ot tariff reform wua the letter of Mr. Hugh Mc- Oulloch , ox-secretary of the treasury. The mooting , it should bo remarked , was a notable one in its numbers nnd character. It embraced merchants , manufacturers and workingmcn , and was in no Hcnso n pnrtiRan assemblage. It was called for n well-defined purpose , which wns Bolcly that of giving expres sion and encouragement to the growing Bciitiinenl in favor of a revision and re duction of the excessive tariff. TliiH was accomplished' by the passage of resolutions declaring "thnt the existing duties upon raw materials which are to bo iiM > d in 'mtinufiiotures should bo removed , " and "that the duties upon the articles to bo used or consumed by these who nro luaHt able to hour the burden of taxation should bo reduced. " These simple declarations really com prehend nil that IB sought by intelligent advocates of tariff reform. The views of Mr. McCullooh are .loctilinrly . Interesting nnd valuable at this time , because lie is a republican who was twice honored with the treasury lortfollo , nnd who in that capacity worthily commanded the confidence of lid party and of the country. Ho says of the pro ont tariff that having been created when the government was engaged in a war of unpar alleled magnitude , it has accomplished the object for which it was created , and now needs careful revision to uccommo- ilato it to the present conditions of the country. "Tho surplus which it pro duces ana locks up in the treasury , to the detriment of business , is only ono of. . the many serious objections to it. It is roatly prejudicial to our great farming interests by gradually but effectively di minishing tho'.foreign demand lor our agricultural productions at remunera tive prices. It stands in the way of the restoration of our shipping interests bj duties upon many articles which arc needed in ship-building. It fosters mo nopolies. " Such being eomo of the prominent faults of the existing tariff , Mr. McCulloch regards it as imperatively required for the promo tion of the best interests of the country , and the whole country , thnt such changes slmll-bo made in the tariff a ! will make it a tariff for revenue , witli incidental protection "a tariff bj which the highest duties consistent with rovwnue will bo imposed upon the articles that como into competition with our own manufactures. " Ho re' marks that "largo revenues must al ways bo derived from duties upon inr ports , and these duties , if judiciously imposed , would never fall to glvo tc homo manufacturers all the protectior which they might need to enable then : to compete with foreigners in our owr markets , and at the same time to opei tlio way for a frco trade with othei nations , especially with the Soutl American states. " This is in nccorc with every candid and unprojudicoi view of the situation , and implies r watchful concern for the proservntioi of American industries and the welfare of American labor. It calls for such < revision of the tariff ns shall not with draw adequate protection from oui manufacturers , but which while relieving ing the consumers of the unjust nnd op presslvo burden involved in taxntioi beyond the requirements of ample pro tection , will enable American inanu facturers to retain control of the home market nnd materially increase theii business in other markets , a consideration tion growing steadily moro urgent ai our industrial interests increase. It would bo easy to supplement thii republican testimony favorable to tarif revision and reduction with moro thn is equally authoritative. Presidcn Arthur was among these republican who believed that the war tariff havinf accomplished the object for which i was created ought to bo readjusted ti the changed conditions of tlio country and it was largely duo to hisrocommon dations that the tax and tariff reduc tions of 1883 wore effected. Socrotnri Folgor was in full sympathy with tin views of President Arthur , ns indcet were republicans very generally nt tha time. This sentiment in favor of a reform form of the tariff found its most sig nilicant expression in the plodgi given by 'the republican party , ii the national convention of 1884 , to cor root the inequalities of the tariff am i-cducp the surplus. The coiyitry wil soon have an opportunity to learn ho\ many republicans in congress regan that pledge as still binding. Worktnjemcn and the Tariff. American workingmen are rapidl ; having their eyes opened to the nbsun pretensions of the tariff kings. The ; are intelligent enough to know that tin purchasing power of a dollar is the triu test of its value. They have had oxpc rionco enough to learn that the Amor lean manufacturer IB no different fron the foreign employer in buying hi labor in tho. cheapest marke and selling its product in the dent est. That is business , not phi ! anthropy ; and U obtains in Amoric just as it does in Europe , Compotitio for work makes wages low ; and competition tion for workmen makes wages higli This is an old nnd well established nil of political economy which the hlghes tariffs cannot overrule. The tariff has been of value in pine ing American Industries on a footin where they are now , in hundreds c lines , able to compote with these of los fa'vorcd nations. It has diversified ir dustry and stimulated invention. ] has shown us our possibilities as a main facturing people. In short It has tu eomplished just what its original advt cates intended that It should. But th most ardent advocates of the tariff prii ciplo of forty years ago would stnn aghast nt the development which thoi theory has received under the stimuli of war taxes which are now sought to I made perpetual. . There is a wide difference botwco a tariff for the protection of America industry and a tariff for the onrichmoi of American Industrial millionaires. Overlaps Arc . Although the present assessment ridiculously small for the property vali atlon of Omaha , until the legal an > roper methods are observed in raising his valuation on tlio assessor's rolls , the ntnyor and council have no' , other alter native but to accept the assessor's ro- xirt of Junc16 , ' 1887 , which llxcs the axablo value of the city for the year 887 nt * 10WO,000. On this principal the city is allowed 1 } mills on the dollar for the support of ts fire department. How then is nn overlap in this or any other department o bo mot ? No relief cnn bo expected from raising ho assessors ) ' valuation until after llio Irst regular meeting of the council In Tuly , 1888. At this session a levy for .he six months commencing July 1,1888 , , s made on the property valuation as re- urncd by the assessors for thoyoar 18S8. The assessors' rolls will most probably ix the taxable value of Omaha between twenty and twenty-five millions for thiH year. Hut between .January 1,1888 , and Tuly i , 1888 , a deficit remains whollyun- irovidod for. The payment of overlaps is not pro vided for by the charter. Overlaps are llegal , and BO clearly sot forth in sec tion 125 : "Any councilman voting to ncur any liability or to create any debt n excels of the amount limited or au thorized by law , or if the mayor shall ipprovo any ordinance or contract in volving the expenditure of money In ex cess of the amount limited or author- zed by law , such oilleer shall thereby ondcr his bond liable for such unlawful ixccss. " The charter has carefully lodged In the tnx-payers' Interests against the extravagant expenditures of .he council and mayor. The council ins set those restrictions at naught. If the council can make up the dofiuit without violating the provisions of thu barter , well and good. If not , that x > dy must stand the consequence's of iti folly. The charter Is the anchor of the city's solvency. IT is reported that the ways and means committee will recommend that duty on copper bo reduced from four icnts per pound to two cents. But why should there bo any duly on an nrtlclu of which this country is a largo export er ? What Is accomplished thereby ex cept to enable the copper trusl to charge a higher price to American consumers than the } do to foreign-buyorsV It is Btatod to bo a fact well known to the trade that ai one time the difference as againsl American crnsumcrs was so great thai Calumet and Hecla copper wns boughi in London , imported to Now York , nnd sold there in competition with ooppoi of the same minosthut had never cresset the ocean. This the copper monopolist' put a stop to by buying up nil the Calumet and Hecla copper in foroigr markets and refusing to sell nny except to foreign consumers. Twenty year : ago there were several largo copper- smelting works on the Atlantic sea board , but they wore crushed out. We noted a few days ago that the Fronci syndicate had obtained from the coppci trust the control of the product of the Calumet and Hoola mines for three years. This means that American consumers sumors will bo at the morey of the foreign oign corporation for n period of three years , and is it probable such would be the ease but for the monopoly that flndi its bulwark in the tariff V At all event : it would seem to bo a wholly unnecessary sary conservatism which proposes tc retain any tariff on a product that ii largely exported from this country. TUB senate postolllco committee verj properly concluded that it is not ex pedicnt at present to reduce lottei postage to ono cent. There IB no pop uhir demand for such a reduction , nne with the mall service as inellluicnt as i' ' has boon for a year past in the west it ii absurd to talk of cutting down the resources sources of tlio postolllco department which would of course result from re ducing the postage. Mr. Viliis cripploe the mail sol-vice in the west in order l < make a reputation for economy , tine congress should compel his successor t < put it on a proper basis of cfTicienoy In order to do tnis a very considerable expenditure will bo required thnt miii create a largo deficit in the flnancia account of the department for the cur rent year. The service , however , mus bo had , and until it is supplied in satis factory shape there ought to bo m thought of reducing resources. The people of > ho country are not croraplal ing about the two-cent letter postage and the subject does not in any waj offer a chance for making political cap ital. What the public , and particu Inrly tho. western public , is concornoi about is to have a thoroughly ofllcion Borvioo , and this it has not had for i year or moro past. TIIK Omaha board of education ha adopted a resolution instructing the HU porintendont of schools "to have tin story of the heroic and terrible suffer ings of several teachers in this stati during the storm of January 12 , 188S published in every school in thi city , special reference being had to thi experiences of Misses Freeman , Shat tuck and Royce.1 This resolution i entirely superfluous. The , story hn boon told in the Daily BEE much botte than nny Omaha school teacher can tel It , and it has Loon road in this paper b ; nearly every intelligent man , womni and child in this city. As evidence c this statement it is only necessary t refer to the long list of contributors t the Biu'S heroine fund. Had the boar of education passed 'a resolution , criti cising the Omaha school teachers , wit ! a few exceptions , for their heartless in difference to the welfare of dcsorvln , members of their own profession , j would huvo done a much moro sensibl thing. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ IF the house of representatives shnl take any action on a bill introduced b n California member to encourage th development of silk culture In th United States it will probably oxton its scope so that the benefits of th measure shall not go altogether to Call fornia , as would practically bo the cas if it passed as introduced. The bil provides for the establishment of thro experimental silk-culture stations i California , and for thu appointment c a general superintendent of silk cultur for the PnoiUa coast. Without consie oring whether it is expedient at preoon for congress to tuko any action in th matter , if it is thought to be m , there arc portions of the exnmtry Itcsidcs Cali fornia . where experiments in silk cul ture might bo ad vantngeou'flly carried on. KINGS AND King John , of Abyssinia , claims to be a descendant of the queen of Shcbu. They any thnt the queen regent of Spain has nskctl President Cleveland's wife for her photograph , , \ A monument to the Cznr Alexander II. Is to bo erected in Moscow lit a e-ost of n quar ter of a million dollar ? . The empress of Hfiizll In ouUiioken in her denunciation of the .slaughter of birds for the manufacture of feather trimmings. ' The ex-Euiprsss Eugenie , who is not yet sixty , is said to look much older anil Is very infirm , and pale. She has been obliged to use a cano In walking ever ulnoo 1S7V . Princess Clementina of Orlojins , mother of IMiK'o Ferdinand ot' Dulguriit , is a superb woman of mvat resolution nnd strong char acter. She is not unllko the queen of England tu uppcarunco. Emperor William , the czar , Prince Ferdi nand nnd other European potentates nro busy distributing orders nt present. They lire thus providing for disorders In the spring. A decoration adds greatly to the courage of u European ofHccr. fcTho empress of Russia has bcpn presented with a sewing machine of solid silver , stud ded with sapphires and ineloscd In a case m act o In thp form of un Imperial crown. The fittings are of gold. It Is tbo gift of the so ciety for the promotion of the use of Russian materials , which her majesty has recently brought jnto fashion. King Oscar of Sweden , has Just had a nar row escape. Ho was seated with his son In a private room when ho was called out. Ho had hardly risen from his seat in tlio center of the room when the chandelier came down with great force , crushing the scat on which the king had been sitting nnd being itself broken into a thousand bits. The Emperor William is said to hnvo lost the faculty of counting. Figure * , dates , or the cost of anything no longer convey any meaning to him. Prince Oscar , the second son of the king of Sweden , whose engagement to Miss Munk , formerly a maid to the crown princess of Sweden , was announced a few weeks ago. will forfeit by this marrlapo all right to the throne , ns well as hte yearly stipend granted by parliament and his palulaco nt Stockholm. Hut ho will probably stand quite as good a chance of being a happy and a useful man. Tbo youmr "invsror of China will not bo married Until next year , but meantime ! - col lecting presents for his bride , among wfeich are 200 ounces of gold , 10.000 of silver , one gold tea eorvleo , consisting of teapot and one cup with u lid , ono silver service , two silver wash basins , 1,000 pieces of satin , twenty horses with complete trappings , twenty horses without trappings , and twenty saddles for pack horses aiul.mules. If the throat trouble of the crown prince of Germany causes his death soon , the heir to the throne will bo hjA oldest son , Prince Wll- holni , of whom thq .fcountcss von Krockow writes : "Tho Germans can not forgive an heir apparent of thc'thronc having been born modioeroin figure "and imperfectly formed , Prince \Vllholm hns. a crippled arm. The fin gers are mere knobjL \ In the hussar uniform there is n pocket , and ho wears it because the three lingers of JSho holplcss member can bo hung In the pockot. Otherwise it hangs awkwardly und helplessly Jn its sloovo. Hit horses nro especially Drained , nnd before the prince is to mount 4r4 ridden tliroc-quartei s of an hour to'we&r ttipm down. " The Modern NcinUca. Wmhiwitim Star , If the press did not hunt out tha wrong- does , half the tlmo nobody would , nnd they would go unwhlppcd of Justice. Corporate Dropsy Cured. Alia ( 'iiff/iirfiffi. Sometimes it does a railroad peed to tap It for dropsy. Ono in Illinois has reduced Its volumes of stock from 1,000,000 , , to $400,000 , mid is already feeling bettor. UoneloHfl Statesmen In Danger. /JiijTnlo Courier. The Pacific railroads lobby Is showing signs of desperation , and the outlook is thnt se > voral congressional statesmen of limber character will bo led into temptation before the end of the present session. How to lie Happy. HumcCtiiariKcm. Are you nlmost disgusted , With life , llttlo man ? I will toll you n wonderful trlok That will bring you contentment If anything can- Do something for somebody , nuick. Do something for somebody , qulukl Are you awfully tlrod With play , little girl ! Weary , discouraged uud sick ? I'll ' toll you the loveliest Oamo In the world- Do something for somebody , quick ; Do somebody for somebody , quick t Though it rains like the rain * Of the flood , llttlo man , And the clouds are forbodlng and thick , You can niaku thn Run shine In your soul , llttlo man- Do something for somebody , qulak : ra Do something for somebody , quick 1 Though the skies are like brats Overhead , littio girl , And the walk lllco n whlto boated brick ; And all earthly affairs In a terrible whirl ? Do something for Homebody , quick ; Do something for somobotly , qulukl STATIC JOTTINGS. Lincoln county expects to pull through the year with about $1,1,000. The expenses of Webster county for 188S are estimated & 4 ! > ,700. Dr. Winter , of Wymoro , is in luck. A well-shod horseTmindod him in the Htomuch last week und spoiled his appe tite for several da.Yf. , Blessed'are they ; who give , promptly and willingly. Al-contributlon to the fund } for the hoieiSues of the storm is one of the best poljd.es of future lifo in surance , ii The latest froakiW the fashionable broke out in Norfolk ono evening last week. It wns a "flonkey party. " It partook of the nntifru of a family gath ering and pasBod oJMicaeofully. The regular se tupn of the Dodge county district court : with Judge Mar shall presiding , optjAed Monday after noon in FremonftjcThero are on the docket seventy-five bivil and fourteen criminal cases. The resurrection of the Omaha & Yankton railroad scheme lias enthused the Elkhorn Valley people , and several significant extensions are planned for spring. The Creighton branch is to bo extended to Niobrura and the Harting- ton brunch of the Omaha 'will probably bo extended across the path of tlio Yankton road. The surveyors for the Lincoln nnd Des Mollies railroad Imvi run a line for the proposed road about six miles south of Greenwood , and are headed for Jinn- ley , which would bring thorn out of the Missouri river at or ncur Rock Bluffs. It is deemed n certainty that the road will strike Hock Bluffs if it isbvor built. The engineers now engaged in select ing the proposed route are making their headquarters now at El in wood , Cns county. They toll it in Hastings , as a sample of the rush and push of a rival cltv , tlint a Grand Islander captured a wlio in Nebraska City recently. Tlio selec tion wns a credit to his judgment , ns Nebraska City girls are excessively lovenblo. Iminetnatoly nftor the cere mony the husband went down town to transact n littio business at one of tlio banks , Ills busliions transacted he wont to a hotel , registered and wont to bed nnd to sleep in blissful forgetful * iicsH of the fuel that an expectant but disconsolate bride tiwallcd his coming in another part of the cltv. In the morning ho suddenly cumo to himself while at the breakfast table , and after seeking his nowly-mudo wife explained everything and was forgiven. Hut ho hasn't forgiven himself yet. * The Rapid City Journal Bonds greet ings to the Omaha gnu club , and invites the organization to take "cognizance of tlio fact that thousands of prairie chickens nnd gray grouse are being trapped in northern Nebraska and Hhippud to eastern markets. Tlio game law of Nebraska is quite strict in pro hibition of this work and provides severe penalties for violation. The cx- nrcss company , too , is liable for carry ing the birds thus trapped at this sea son of the year. The information cemujs through u source beyond ques tion , and if tlie Omnliu gun club or any club of the kind whoHO ramifications extend throughout northern Nebraska will Uikc the matter in hand Htifliciont evidence can bo furnl hed to put u qlop to the wholesale slaughter of these game birds. " * TWELVK YKAHH A AVANDKIIKH. The Hcnmrknblo tilfb History of a HorNO Oar Driver. A boy , or u young man rather , eighteen years of ago , who has been roving over the United States for nearly thirteen years , not having the remotest idea who ho was or where ho c.imu Irom , lias just found his par ents here in Omaha , und last evening left for Fontnnellc , la. His parents are Mr. and Mrs. Howard U. Alford , of the town men tioned , and f'O restoration of their long-lost son was effected through a story published in u Dos Molnos pajor. He never even hud a name until two years ago , when ho was abandoned In the city of Pittsburg , Pa. , by a man with whom ho hud been peregrinating over the country for years , und whom ho knew simply ly the cognomen of Keke. At the suggestion of this individual ho called himself < Zeke Alford , and by that uamo he has gone ever since. A 13m : reporter had a talk with him at the City hotel yesterday , and ho saya the first he remembers of hlg varied curcer is of his wandering through the southern states with this Zcko and a gang of other men. He said they were thieves of lliu no madic , petty ilk , ar.u That they tried to make a thief of him. When he refused to steal they would tlo his hands and feet and boat him und treat him like some fiutmal. Ko first remembered hanging around the out skirts of St. AuguNtlne , Fla. From hero they strolled to Mobile mid other gulf shore cities. At Oalvoston , Tek. , ho run uwny from his heartless custodians and went to work on A ranch owned by u young north' erner named Frank Btovcson. Hero ho wns treated kindly und received tne only school ing he over knew" . In 1882 he enmO north , stopping first nt St. Louis. There he remained * until a year und n half ugo. working in the Clarendon hotel. Quitting 91. Louis ho next brought up nt Council Bluffs , and securing n iwsitlon in the Ogdcn house ho roumtffud there for a few weeks , then wunt to work upon the farm of John J. Jamison , Four months ugo he milt Jamison und cauio to Omaha. Ho remained here , however , but a day , when ho went to DCS Molncs. Here ho was sot to work In Hawley's saloon , near the depot. A newspaper reporter ferreted him out and wrote up the history of his life , giving his name as Ezckiel Alford. Shortly after that Alford came to Omaha and took a hortio car elrlvership. Ho was hero but a few weeks when ho received n letter from Font.incllo , la. , but which had been for warded to the postoftlco hero , from one Emanuel Alford , urging him to send his pic ture and as much of the history of his lifo as possible. Ho rcnlicd to this lottor. enclosing a tin-typo of himself. Three days ago ho received n second letter from Mr. Alford. It began by stating that there was n striking iv- semblance between his picture and the writer's children , und that ho believed that ho was. u long-lost son. The letter stated that Alfred's eldest son. Willinrd Orr Alford , had disappeared from hla homo at Cairo , 111. , when ho wa < , but six nnd u half years of ago , or nearly thirteen years ago , und de.splto a long nnd arduous search no oluo to his where abouts Was ever discovered. The letter also contained two photographs of Alford's younger sons , Frank nnd Steward , and an old- tlmo ferrotype of his wife. There is a most striking resemblance between Xekonnd tlioso picture ? , nnd yesterday ho exhibited them to fully twenty people at the station and list ened with much eagerness to all that each had to say. Tlio unanimous opinion of all who saw the pictures wns that the young mini is the long-lost son. The letter from Mr. Alford also describes a peculiar mole or blotch upon the neuk of his lost boy , uud u similar murk , only a trillo larger , is found upon the neck of Xeleo. "Yes , " said the excited young man , "I'm going homo this evening I foci In my ho.irt tluft I nm going homo there can be no mistake , und I um so hapiiy I don't know what to do.1' Of course the mutter of Alford'n disap pearance from his Illinois homo still remains u mystery. But it looks like u CURD of abduc tion , und that the abductor must huvo been the man Xeke , who gave young Alford his own family name for sonu > unaccountable reason. Ho was closely questioned but know absolutely nothing about bin family history. United Btutea Court , A I.AJIII SUIT. Yesterday Charles D. Parker filed a peti tion to recover possession of u quarter sec tion of lund in HlchfirJson county , which ho clnlnm luin been unlawfully hold by Arto- inoslu und John Henry Wilson for four years past. SUID rou i.nict , . Rov. Jcsso L. Whitln , of Edporton , John son county , Kansas , bus brought suit against the Omaha World Publishing company to recover $10XX ( ) damages for alleged libellous charges contained In u dispatch from Oluthe , Kan. TUB mmuxoTON' SURD. Adnlino V. Fnrry , of St. Joseph , has brought action ngaltiRt the H. ft M. nnd Chicago cage llurlington & Quincy railway company to recover ? 4WX ) for Injuries received and ex penses Incurred by an accident happening upon alighting from defendants' cars at Ashland , Nob. This occurred on tlio night of February 1 , 18a4 , there being no light of nny kind at the station , she could not sea the platform while getting off the c.irs and HIC stumbled nnd fell between the platform and caih , injuring herself badly. She nsks fet $4,50U damages and $400 for doctor bills , Police Court , The following cases wore disposed At in the police court yesterday : Vagrants Lorenzo Ulshoff , Frank Law > rcnco , Peter Gulway , 'continued ; John Me Carty , Tom .Whltlock , Ed. Wronn , dls charged ; John WlllUms , ono day. Disorderly It. Hill , two days ; Will Ed. inumla , 2 and costs ; John Foley , discharged , Indecent Conduct John Foley , continued , Tlio nrloklnycr * Union. Last night the bricklayers union held a late nnd Interesting session , nnd it is reported that nn amicable arrangement wus decided upon us to the number of hours to constitute u day's work during the approaching build , ing season. Nine hours has been the basH decided upon und approved. Messrs. Mum- funl and Murphy , the delegates to the ; national convention of bricklayers in Boston , Mows. , made their rciwrts. The next conven tion will bo held in Cincinnati , O. K. of 1' . Promotions. Captain W. S. Sponoer has boon appointed uldo-do-camp to Colonel Thomas Hurrel , ol iho Second ( Omaha ) rciflmcnt. Colonel II. F. Downs , of the First regiment , has been ordered to Inspect Iho division under his command. A VERY POP.UIAR MOVEMENT , Nearly $1,8OO Paid Into the ' -Boo" Fund. SOME VERY GENEROUS OFFERS. Encouragement From All Pnrts of Nebraska Iowa Primula Hub- Htnntlnl Sympathy The Chil dren's Work Notes. At RttnHlintttick'H Homo. SKWAIIP , Nob. , Jnu. ill. [ Special'IVlcgram to the UP.K. ] Tlio eltlrens hero huvo up- ixjlnted William Hertford as trustee of the Etta Shuttuck fuiid nuil County Suporln- tciulcnt George F. Uurkelt trustee of the Lena Webboku fund. Kncli has tiled n bond with the county clerk nnd will receipt for all money remitted to them. The Hlmltuck Hprclnl F.tinel. Miss Kttn Shattuck , the young school teacher who lost both limbs from the ex posure In the recent storm will bo Ine-upucl- tatcd for any service by which nho inity do- rlvo n living. It Is desired thnt * , ( MO bo raised. If DM persons will onch subscribe not less than 10 this amount can bo raised. The money need not bo paid until the full amount Is subscribed. This Is to bo known ns the "Shnttuck Kpechil Fund. " The following pledges to this fund huvo been received : John J. Monell * no 00 nennlson 1 Jron. , cash paid mi 00 W. G. Albright 80 ( X ) Misses Annie nnd Maggie Trulund. . . . 30 00 Who will Join them I Fremont ARIIII. | FiiKMoXT , Nob. , Jan. 30. [ Special to the HHI : . ] The benefit fund belug raised by the Tribune and Herald , of this city , for Miss KU Bhiittuok , reached f 100 to-day. The young ladles of Fremont huvo Jdeclded upon giving n benefit entertainment for the suf ferer at an early date. Mr. Norrln' Offer. A very lllniral proi oslUon was inndc by Mr. Norri , proprietor of the eating house on Fourteenth street , between Fur- nam and Hnrney. Mr. Norris says ho will give to the fund the entire receipts for din ner next Saturday. 50 ) > cr cent of the amount to en to Miss Shut ( .tick and 2 , " per cent etich to Miss Hoyco and Miss Freeman. At Fort Ontnha. FOIIT OMAHA , Jan. 31. To the Editor of the BKK : As an ox-teacher I am heartily in sym pathy with the generous movement of the BKK to reward those three young women , who , in the heroic discharge of duty , Imper iled lifo and limb In defense of the children entrusted to their charge. I am getting up n subscript ion among the good people of Fort Omaha , which I will bring in to-morrow or the following day , CIIAHT.ES D. TOWSI.EV , U. S. A. No Sympathy There. OMAHA , Neb. , Jan. 31. To the Editor of the linn : As a patron of the Farnam street public school I dcslro to call attention to an Incident thnt occurred in the above named school yesterday. A young miss in the eighth grade proposed to take up n subscrip tion for the benefit of Miss Slmttucft , and was told to take her seat. Do the imtrons of this school desire their children taught by teachorz who have no sympathy for their fellow beings I Turn her out and employ Miss Freeman or lloyco to take her place , nnd the other the place of Superintendent James. U. H. W. To the Vctcransi. Miss Etta Bhattuek , who lost her limbs in the performance of a sacred duty in the re cent terrible storm , being the only support of an aged father , WO earnestly request of every soldier , to send In his mlto , bo It over BO small , ns a fund to. bo presented to MlssShat tuck , in appreciation of her heroic : conduct ) and as u token of esteem for nn old soldier" nnd comrade. Subscriptions will bo received at Kaufman HI-OB' , cigar store , 1207 South Fifteenth street. Give name of company and regi ment. Tlia Grand OpcrA HOUHO. Mr. C. D. Sutphen , who has boon BO suc cessful in securing contributions to the Hn N fund for the Nebraska heroines , Mon day received a very generous proposition from Mr. W. G. Potetsou , advance agent for Au uslino Daly1 * "Night Oft. " Mr. Peter son offers to donate to the fund 'M per cent of the proceeds of an afternoon mntineo to bo given ono week from to-day. Manager Jones of the Grand , where the piny is to bo presented , promised to give another 20 per cent of the receipts , making n total of 40 per cent , so that those who attend on that oc casion will not only enjoy a charming com edy but will have the added satlnfaetion of contributing to a noble cause. A HiigKPHtlon. To the Editor of the Hms : I notice Mr. Monell'8 proposition to ralso n fund of 0,000 for Miss Shuttuck , by the contribution of 10 each by 'JOO persons. The suggestion in com mendable , but is It feasible ) Would not fail ure result from the clfort to souuru such a largo number of contributions. It appears tome mo that it would bo moro practicable to reduce - duce the number of contributors to fifty , and make the amount of the subscription $50 each. This $2,500 , which , of itself would yield quite nn income if properly handled , could be made the basis of a largo fund , Up to any amount to which any ono might con tribute whatever they felt incllndcd. The advantages of this plan Is a certainty of u fund of at least iR.nOO , with the possibility of n much larger ono. I should like to hear from Mr. Monell on the subject , nnd If this plan Is adopted , my cheek for MO In ready. If. however , it is thought that $200 can cer tainly bo found to contrlbutu * K ) each' , I shall tuko pleasure In being ono of them. Yours truly , W. G. Ai.iminiiT , The Children's Work. To the Editor of the Ben : Enclosed I send you fi.10 , a donation from forty-two members of St. Paul's mis iou Sunday school , which please credit to the fund started In your paper for the purpose of erecting u mon ument to the littio girls who perished In the late storm. Wo IIOKJ | thnt the members of other Sunday schools will glvo the s.uno amount , 5 cents each , towards erecting a proper monument to her who , In following the teachings of the Christian church , was willing to sacrltlco her own lifo In the at tempt to save her llttlo sister. W. M. Y.ATIM , Warden. Llttlo Jeaiino Wakoilold sends llfty pennies to bo given to the monument fund for the llttlo Wcstphalen children. "VeHtcrelny'H Contribution * ! . The St. Paul Mission Sunday school sends $2.10 for the Wostphalon children's fund , J. C. Worth son-Is 51 for ICtta Shuttuck. Dr. H. P. Jensen contributes W for the Slmttuck fund. Mr. Andrew Ilosewntcr contributes $15 to bo divided as follows : Mls Slmttuek , * 7 ; Miss Koyco , * ; Miss Freeman , M. Walter Bramloin sends ? l for Miss Shat- tucjc.W. . W. A. Howland adds ) to the Shattuck fund. fund.W. Arthur sends fi , J for Miss Shattuck , f.3 for Miss Hoyco , l for Miss Froumnn. J. II. Dell , president of tbo First National bank of Aurora , Nob. , nuuiUfo for Miss Shat tuck. tuck.Mr. Mr. F. M. Wolcott of Weeping Water , Neb , , wjnds * 15 to bo equally divided between Misses Slmttujk , Freeman and Koyco. Tinners Union No. 1 , of Onmha , generously sends > for Miss Stmltuck. The Metropolitan club by Julius Meyer $20 to bo divided as follow * : Miss Sliattuck * 10j Miss Itoyco $5 ; Miss Freeman $5. J. W. Hoffman , of Lincoln , sends J3 , to bo equally divided butwccii the three teachers. A friend at Valentino homls | 3 for Miss ShuttucU. The clerks in the UnltwtSUtwi National bank , Omaha , send f-15 for Miss Shattuck. The Citizens' bank , Ulysses , | Neb. , sends $10 , to bo c pmlly divided between thoMisac * Shattuck and Ko.voo. A. B. Snowden contributes f3 to Miss Shattuck. O. 1J. Havens A Co. add to the funds Irvlno St Latoy ( sends for Miss Slmttuck f. " . J. F. Shecly sends f 15 to bo divided equally between the three teachers. E. F. trwln , Crolghton , sends $1.3.1 for Miss Shnttuck. A. Elchelhorger , Stuart , sends $ ' 1 to bo equally distributed. The employes of Hurmclstor's tin shop contribute $5 for Etta Shnttuck. Morris H. Slomuii sends fi for Miss Sliftt- tuck. K. 1C. Ur.ulbury sends f 1 for Miss Shnt- tuck. Clark & Howard , Weeping Water , sends f J for Minnie Freeman. JOHN r , t.uiMvxjf , v ro. To the Editor of the BKK : Enclosed find our check for $10 , which pleas. ) ndd to the fund for our heroic touchers Miss Shuttuek fi > , Miss Freeman $ .1 , Mm Hoyco ft. May the fund Increase to an amount to uinko these ladles independent. JOHN H. F. LKIIMANX & Co. A I.ITTI.K ( lllll.'rt TIlimiTK. Littio Inez Burnham has for some tlnm been saving her pennies for the purchase of a much coveted doll. The tale of Etta Slmt- tuck's misforttino touched thu heart of the little woman to such nu extent that she gath ered her savings to the amount of $1 and sent the same to thu Bm for the Deiu'lit of Miss Shuttock , with the remark : "Sho will need it more than 1 need my dolly. " Can the men and women of Omaha who hnvo contributed piniltliy this example ! Surely among the many tokens which Etta Shattuek will receive - ceivo none will bo moro appreciated than this the tribute of little luei Burnham. r.Mi'i.oii'.i or v. j. siMi'-iOX , The following fund of $12.50 was made up bv the employes of A. J. Simpson , uud In cludes every person employed about the fac tory. These gentlemen take tills manner of expressing their svmpathy for Miss Etta Shattuck In hormlsforlune. The contributors to this list nro ns fol lows : W. W. MeMullon r.i ) J. W. Hnydcn 50 F. A. HIHe no L. 11. Pearson * no C , A. Peterson M ) Eugetio Hnrtcry Mi Bin ry Frost r > 0 U. W. Grosh 50 II. F.W. Pfelffer - John W. Foley 2.i M. Jncobson 50 Ed Smith 50 C , P. Metcalf 50 Chnrllo Tyner M H.W. Keishler 50 Mntliow Martz no J. W. Morehouso 50 W. LuPage no Aug. Llua 50 Fred Shnfcr A WillnrdC. MntUiison , . . . ! . . ! ! fa George YH'.SS 50 Samuel I. Hamilton ] ( xi A.J.Simpson i ix > Total $12 50 I'llRSS ItOOM KMI'I.OIF * . The employes of thu BBK press room contribute - tribute the sum of fr$3 for Etta Slmttuck , $1 for Lnuiso Hoyco and ? 1 for Minnie Free man. The contributors nro as follows : " j. . Young $ 1 00 E. Jones 1 00 J. D.ikin 1 ( X ) J. Penny , . . 50 J. Kleinhen 1 00 D. B. Hoover fit ) Total , $ 5 00 EMPLOYES OK It. 0. HUN A CO. The employes of H. G. Dun & Co. have contributed W..fiO to bo equally divided be tween the Misses Shaltuck. Freeman uud Hoycc. The following Is the list : H. O. Dun & Co C 00 Thos. H. Moffutt 1 ( ) ( ) John Lmulcll. Jr 1 ( X ) E. W. PoVerson 1 00 Frank Fahcrty 1 00 T. A. L 50 Samuel .1. Uumcl 50 Helen C. Happ 1 00 Etta Bowman * 1 00 Eva Hurslnll 100 ICinnui Ellsbcrry 1 00 Mary Straight 1 00 Mary Oxnnin 1 00 Bessie Flint 100 C. A. Turner 1 00 E. M. Prnss UK ) Bertram Ynlo ur Wllllo Walker , r Ohns. J. Boll 00 Total $32 50 IIIIN V1 OX IIIIOTHEHS. ThoBr.n received yesteiday a most gen erous response from the well known dry goods firm of Bcnnison Bros. , on Douglas street. The liberal offer of this firm Is ono which should bo Imitated by other houses of this city. The following letter was received from this house this morning ! To thu Editor of the Bun ! The heroism of Etta Slmttuck. Louise Hoyco , nnd Mlnnio Ficcmun appeals to the heart of every man who admires the characteristics of courage nnd devotion. Enclosed find our check for WO to bo disposed of nn follows ! To the Shnttuck special fund * : ) ; to the Hoyco fund $10 ; to the Freeman fund $10. In case the Shattuck special fund is not raised , oitr con tribution of $ iU ) can go to the general Shat tuek fund. In addition to this wo will on Monday Feb ruary 0 , give for the benefit of these three funds B per cent of our gross receipts on thnt day , to bo distributed us follows : Thrco- llfths to Miss Slmttuck , nnd the other Uvo- llfths to bo equally divided between Misses Freeman and Hoyco , . On the same day wo will charge nt our door an admission of live cants , the total amount so raised to bo distributed the jamo ns the 5 per cent of our sales. If any person objects to paying the ilvo cents admission hoer or Mio cnn hnvo the sumo roturncd by slmnly asking for it ut the cashier's desk. Wo heartily commend the Br.B'H enterprise In this good work uud wish for your plans the greatest success. HKNNIXON Uuus. ANOTIIRll SUTI-ltliX LIST. Mr. C. D. Sutphon , not content with the good work already performed by him , made another tour yesterday nnd collected In a short timaltW > , which ho has paid Into the Uni : fund , to bo distributed as follous : Etta Shnttuck $10.25 ; Louise Hoycu $1.50 ; Mlnnio Freeman $1.50. The following Is the Hut ; C. V. Gallagher $ 5 00 M.D.LoGoyt 100 John Duughorty 1 00 John Lock wood. . . . 50 O. O. Franuisoo 1 ( M ) O. S. Torbitt 50 Cash 50 H. L. Hnmucciott 1 00 Havens it Hhodos 1 00 F. C. Sou born & Co 1 IX ) Cash 25 J. Mulvihlll 50 W F Stoctzell 50 P. F. Willsehlcger 25 G. S. Smith 1 00 Hussoy Day company 1 00 Cash 50 Mm tin Ifelloy 1 00 Mcughor it Leuuh . , . , , 1 00 Dlek Kitchoi 1 00 D. E.Kimball 1 00 J. W. Munn 1 00 Cash 50 Canh 50 J. F. Miijjuiro 100 B. B. Lewis 1 00 H. H. Knights 100 H. A. Tuylor 1 00 Cash 1 IK ) HughMcCnfTory. , 1 00 Alfred Mulnburg ' . 1 00 Cash 1 00 H. M. Stryor 100 Cash 5D Cash 1 DO Cash 1 < T. Mulvihlll 1 < X > F.W Hluhards 100 C. W. Joan 1 IX' J. M. Conrad 100 Cash 1 IW F.M. Kills I " " Win. E , Hnxvluy 'i 00 Ca.h . - > Olms Harvey 1 IK ) W. II Uoimcll I 00 John Smiley 1 00 E A Cooper 1 W Moiighur A : Leach 1 OJ F. M. Ellis - ) Menghor Ac Loich 100 F.M. Kill * , 50 Total . .10 25 tsr roisr's AiTiircuTiov. To the Editor of the BII : : In unison wilt )