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COUNCILMAN HASCALL who is under
taking the Job of purchasing additional
grouud uiul erecting a hull million dollar
lar city hall , will find thut ho has an
elephant on his hands.
DKNIS KEAKNEY is loafing ahout
"Washington harranguing everybody on
the evils of Chinese cheap labor. lie
hates work almost as fiercely as ho hates
the celestials and is in every way quali
fied for his wordy mission.
OUMBiiY B. THOMAS , a congressman
from Wisconsin , has suddenly acquired
national reputation by giving a Pacific
railroad lobbyist a severe tonguo-lnsh-
intr. Anything so unusual should bo
duly recognized by the people.
AFTER all it seems that the city coun
cil is not quite so unanimous in favor of
Hascall's half-a'mlllion city hall Job.
Some of the councilman , who for some
unaccountable reason at first sup
ported the scheme , are beginning to
boo that it is either tv castle in the air
or a gigantic swindle.
THE Chicago gas trust is to bo taken
into court and required to show cause
why ita franchises should not bo for-
foito'd on the ground that they are
used adversely to public policy. If
trusts are vulnerable in that direction
it looks as though it might bo possible
to give them a death blow.
THE'colored people of Texas are said
to be much interested in the proposed
exodus of their race to South America.
Mr. N. W. Curry , a prominent colored
politician of Calves ton , however , does
not favor the movement. Ho does not
think anything1 could bo gained by such
a migration , but boliovoa that his people
can do bettor In this country than any
where else.
TnK republicans of Florida are first
to prepare for the coming campaign.
The Btato central committee has boon
called to meet at Jacksonville on the
'
22 < 1 of this month for the purpose of
calling a Btato convention to elect delegates -
gates to the national convention which
moots at Chicago. The republican re
vival in Florida is said to ha so decided
that the democrats fear they will lose
the state. The democratic majority
during the last presidential election
was small , and it is not at all improba
ble the state may go republican this
time.
MANY of the public buildings in this
country are a disgrace to their archi
tects. Two notable examples are the
Chicago court house and the New York
state lions * at Albany. The latter is a
costly pile of rickety magnificence.
Nearly twenty million dollars have
already boon expended in the structure ,
, but it in now found that the coiling in
the assembly chamber ia liable to fall at
any moment and crush the legislators
"below. They will .probably bo com
pelled to sock a safer place for mooting.
Ono of the needs of the thno ia more
honesty in the erection of public build-
THE pension attorneys at Washington
have drawn over two hundred thousand
dollars in foes for obtaining increases of
pensions. This sum is taken out of the
pockets of the veterans who are com
pelled to employ legal aid in obtaining
in cased pensions. Obviously this is n
Kpcclos of robbery which ought to bo
stopped , and possibly it may be. A bill
IHIH boon agreed upon by the house pen <
slon committee which will bo recom
mended for passage , prohibiting attor
neys' fees in all cases of increase. This
is a stop In the right direction but it is
questionable whether it is sufficient to
wholly protect the disabled soldiers
nguhibt the ehoal of pension sharks at
the capital.
THE BKK'S heroine fund is now nearly
$7,000 , and we are gratified to bo able to
nay that there appears to bo no abate
ment of the public intorcbt in the work.
There should not bo. There is leas than
91,800 in the fund for Miss Hoyco , and at
loa t live tlmo if possible ten times
this amount should be subscribed fer
this bravo and faithful girl. She is forever -
over helpless , having lost both foot , and
her leit arm being crippled and de
formed Then the fund for the little
;
orphan ! Lena Woobbocko , who has lost
one ot her ( eot , should bo swelled to a
handsome amount. By all means let the
good work go on until these deserving
objects of popular benevolence arc
placed above want.
An Expert Juggler in Figures. '
Mr' . Austin Corbin , president of tho'
Reading railroad , Is posing too much
at present as the high and mighty ruler
of the labor universe. His arrogant
management of the strike on the Reading -
ing road at .its beginning has boon
principally res | > onsiblo for its long con
tinuance. Like many other men of his
class who have rapidly risen to promi
nence , Mr. Corbin is doubly impressed
with a sense of his own importance. Ho
fills a number of columns n wcuk in in
terviews with reporters , statements to
the public and apologies for the action
of his company , in all of which the pub
lic are informed that the question of in-
.croaso of'wages to the minors is abso
lutely impracticable under the present
financial condition of the Heading com
pany.
Mr. Corbin is an export at juggling
figur.es. His statement that the Rend
ing coal and iron company lias lost
twelve million dollars In twelve yeara
has boon very fully exposed. The coal
and iron company which Mr. Corbin
rsp aonts as in such distressed financial
condition turn B out lobe "Imply an Inside
ring of the Reading railroad corapnny ,
which , during the same twelve years ,
has paid to-tho Reading- railroad com
pany the princely sum of $72,000,000 for
carrying its coal tb tide-water. AB the
stockholders of the Reading coal com
pany and the Reading railroad com
pany are practically the sffmo , profits
taken from the ono and given to the
other are simply money taken from ono
pocket of the same individual and
placed in another. By increasing the
rate charged to the Reading coal com
pany the Reading railroad company
could have just as well made the deficit
$124,000,000 in twelve years and have
added that amount to the profits of the
Reading railroad company without ef
fecting very materially either of these
corporations. The earnings of the ono
are virtually the earnings of the other ,
and as between themselves profits or
dividends do not count.
But , notwithstanding the pitiful finan
cial stress under which the Reading
coal ] company has labored for the twelve
years to which Mr. Corbin refers , the
statistics of the coal and iron
exchange show that during the
last year alone the Reading
coal company , which prefers to
lot its miners starve rather than grant
them a paltry advance of eight cents a
ton on coal mined , paid lost year to its
stockholders the neat sum of $1,500,000 ,
while the Reading railroad company's
last statement showed for that gigantic
and waterlogged corporation the enor
mous profits over operating expenses of
$11,000,000. The old cry that the road
is making no money because it is not
paying dividends to its stockholders is
of course raised by Mr. Corbin in this
connection , but this with those who
know the ingenious devices of stock-
watering , excessive bond issues and
overcapitalization under the direction
of the tricksters and schemers who have
bankrupted such roads , will have little
weight.
All the ingenious juggling of figures
and high and mighty toned statements
with which Austin Corbin is deluging
the country will fail to convince the
people of the justice of the present out
rageous oppression of 'tho miner slaves
of Pennsylvania at the hands of the
soulless and extortionate coal carrying
corporations.
' Cleveland's Tactics.
Every day makes it more clear thut
President Cleveland has abandoned in
practice his theory thut a public office
isa public trust , and is leaving no stone
unturned to reform the civil service in
the interests of his own renomlnation
and a successful campaign in 1888. The
recent appointments in the District of
Columbia , which were such a genuine
surprise to the residents of Washing
ton , are a cu&o in point. The district
attorney was selected from West Vir
ginia , a doubtful state at the best. In
the appointment of Mr. Hogo the presi
dent increased his popularity among
the West Virginia politicians , insured
an able political worker in a doubtful
state and paid off his debt to Mr. Rid-
dleborgor for his vote upon the confir
mation of Justice Lamar. In the nomi
nation ot Mr. Ross as postmaster , Illi
nois was selected as the favored stato.
The president has boon olacmg a great
many olllccs in Illinois lately with a
view of securing , beyond question , the
Illinois delegation at the next national
convention. The same policy has been
noted in all the appointments rondo
by tho. president during the last
six months The work of filling
the ofllccs hold by republican incum
bents has been going bravely on in the
departments ; The change of Vilas to
the interior department and the placing
of the postofllco department in the
hands of one of the shrewdest of Michi
gan politicians ia frankly admitted by
partisans of the administration to have
had for its solo object the removal of
Wisconsin and Michigan from the list
of doubtful states in the coming cam
paign. Mr. Dickinson has gone vigor
ously to work and the official guillotine
has been greased until ita action now is
rapid enough to suit the most violent
political partisan.
There is but ono story which conies
from every state where Mr. Cleveland's
friends aro-hard at work paving the
way for the approaching campaign ,
Pennsylvania is thought to bo secure
through Mr. Randall's defeat. The
missionary work which is being done by
the president's friends in every repre
sentative district in Now York Btato is
expected to soon show- results in the de
feat of Governor Hill's aspira
tions , \vhilo in Indiana , Connec
ticut and New Jersey no stone
in the way of patronage is being
left unturned to eecuro the desired
cud.
cud.Tho
The president's most intimate friends
nro among the shrewdest politicians
and political' workers , and those who
have the most influence in becurlng ap
pointments are the men who can prom
ise in every case votes in return. With
the professed high priest of civil ser
vice reform doing his best to make the
civil Eorvico a political machine , with
the civil service commission assisting
under gum-vliistio rules , which find no
difilculty in rejecting nil republican ap
plicants , with ovpry custom house and
large postofllco ( n the country a bureau
lot1 political work under the direction ot
domocr&t'U hcfllora , Mr. Glwrttland's
famous doctrine of a putrtie o-'Ucc for
u puolio trust has become a general
laughing stock. Civil service reform ,
in tlic eyes of the president , as in those
of every practical politician , moans a re
form which eradicates OH quickly tui pos
sible political opponents from public
ofilco and fills them with trlonds of the
administration.
Vllns A'crsuB Illnck.
There is an interesting struggle in
progress at Washington between Secre
tary Vilns and Pension Commissioner
Black whlou has for its' object the
coming 'democratic nomination for the
presidency.
Both of these gentlemen 'aro from
western states , General Vilas hailing
from Wisconsin and General Black re
cording himself from Illinois. Mr.
Vllns * ambition has been no secret to
his friends for some time , and his trans
fer to the Interlordopartment was made ,
it is believed , as much for the purpose
of forwarding his prospects in thi dl-
rocvlon as for giving Michigan , ropro-
6cr.tcil by Don Dickinson , a position in
the cabinet which could be used to lift
that state out of the list of doubtful
electoral votes.
General Black threw the whole wealth
of his imagination and strength of his
soul into his last pension report with a
view to counteracting , if possible ,
the generally accepted position
that he was opposed to a liberal con
struction of tlio pension laws. With
the object in view of securing the old
soldier vote ho has recently been qulto
numerously Interviewed in several of
the leading papers with regard to pen
sion legislation. General Vilas , on the
other hand , during his incumbency of
the postotfico department adopted a
course which as a practical politician ho
behoves will bo.more fruitful in results.
This was to replace as rapidly as possi
ble all republican incumbents of office
with democratic postmasters , postal
clerks and officials , each and all of
whom would feel moro or loss u strong
obligation to the postmaster general
for their salaries.
Now that Mr. Vilas haa been placed at
the head of the interior department ,
General Black has awakened to a disa
greeable realisation of the fact that the
man whom he considered as his princi
pal competitor for the vice pres
idential nomination has been
put in a position over his
head , in which he can direct moro or
loss the operations of his department.
In consequence there is considerable
friction between those two competitors ,
with the end not yet in view.
But , after all , it is merely possible
that the work of each of these aspiring
politicians may not end ns either anti
cipates. There are a number of other
candidates for the democratic nomina
tion for the second place On the ticket
who will be found very active and very
pushing when the convention meets.
Both Mr. Vilaa and General Block ha.vo
made enemies in the distribution of
patronage who will bo on hand with
their tomahawks and scalping knives
whetted very sharp , and with no other
object in view but the raising of a few
political scalps.
Mr. Vilas is a shrewd lawyer and a
fair politician. General Black is an
old soldier , who draws a pension
of ono hundred dollars a month
with untiring regularity for dis
ability contracted in the service
and manages at the same time
to draw his handsome salary as com
missioner of pensions. When the time
comes both crontlemon are likely to find
out that a public office has Its thorns ns
well as its roses , and the distribu
tion of party patronage is not an un
mixed advantage. Moan time republi
cans generally will watch with amuse
ment and satisfaction the struggles of
these two gentlemen for position before
the national democratic convention.
Legislation. Against Trusts Necessary.
The lesson of the right of regulation
by legislation , which the people wore
compelled to teach the railroad monop
olies in response to aggression and ex
tortion , should bo promptly repeated to
those monopolistic conspiracies termed
"trusts. " The intor-stato commerce
act having demonstrated that congress
can prohibit railroad pools , another law
whoso scope should extend to prevent
and prohibit monopolies in monopolies ,
aa these so-called "trusts" are in fact ,
should bo passed. The spirit of * the
"trust" Is un-American and in practice
imposes upon the consumer of almost
every product for there are "trusts"
now for almost everything.
A New York contemporary just at
hand contains a list of about a dozen
new "trusts , " which emphasizes the
growing danger of the evil and the ne
cessity of checking it by law. Among
those it names are , the steel rail
trust , controlling' price and quan
tity of all steel rails made in this coun
try ; the steel bar trust , the iron
beam trust , the Western Nail
association trust , the wrought-iron
trust , the copper trust , the load trust-
trusts in fact for all branches of metal
working the cordage trust , controlling
the manufacturoof rope and twine ; the
cotton duck trust , the paper trust , and
minor trusts in all the branches of its
manufactured articles , such as envelopes ,
baga , straw board , blank hooka , etc. ;
and a number of others. Then there
are the great sugar trust , the oil trust ,
the whisky trust and a score of other
outrageous impositions upon-the people ,
every ono of which is a conspiracy to
extort from the consumer greater profit
for the manufacturer.
Monopolistic greed is the cornerstone
of the iniquitous trust. That which the
people have already endured from the
grasping selfishness of monopolists bids
fair to bo insignificant in comparison
with the possibilities of tho' trust sys
tem unless congress shall speedily enact
punitive and prohibitory laws.
IT is proposed to pay the city physi
cian an annual salary..of 92,400. No
body will quobtion that this is very gen
erous compensation , and ought to secure
a high order of talent for this position.
We venture to say that there Is not an
other city in the United States with the
population of Omaha that pays GO mu
nificent a salary to its city physician.
Can Omaha nlTord to do so ? la there
any justification for auch extravagance ?
Is It not ; unquestionable- that n thor
oughly capable physk'lmi can bo employed -
ployed for n much loss ) . salary
than , $2,400 a' ' year certainly for
one-half of this amount ? Reckless
raids on the city..treasury have become
the order , and if a halt is not called
Omaha will Buffer in moro ways than
ono. Such cx'iravngancca moan in
creased taxation'and every practical
man knows what1 Oio olToct of that is
upon n cfty'a prosperity. The pace at
which wo are going in spending the
public money in generous salaries that
cannot bo earned by those who receive
them is altogether too rapid for such a
community as this , and it must bo re
duced if wo would not got into diffi
culty. The men who are responsible
for it are not considering the public but
their personal interests.
IT appears to bo the intention of the
council tonllow : the sovcral city officials
to retain in their olllccs all the useless
supernumeraries they now have , and to
Hllow them the liberal pay they are
now receiving. Changes up and down
in salaries have boon ngrooH upon by
the special committee on appropria
tions , hut the aggregate annual
drain on the city treasury will
not bo materially , If at all , re
duced. Thus the people are to
bo required to support perhaps a
dozen persons , including the sons of two
members ot the council , In positions
where they cannot possibly onrn the
salaries paid them unless the officials
elected to perform the work of those po
sitions wholly fall to do their duty. This
abuse the people may bo compelled to
tolerate for a time , but there will como
a reckoning with those who are responsi
ble for it that will bo summary and do-
clsivo.
THE reason given by the city hall
schemers for ancolling the Myers con
tract is that no bids have boon received
within the limit of $100,000 for the con
struction of the building , and hence it
can not bo put up for that amount. If
this bo true , the fault lies with the city
council , and not with Myers. The coun
cil did not invite bids for the orootlon
of the whole building , but began by
letting contracts in picco-meal , and did
not proceed in accordance with Myors'
plans , which had boon accepted. Fur
thermore , every possible delay was in
terposed , and meantime prices of work
and material advanced. Had the coun
cil asked for bids on the whole building
at the start , nearly two years ago , there
is every reason to .believe that responsi
ble bids within4 ' ho limit of 3190,000
would have boon received.
THE proposition 'that ' seven councilmen -
men , the chief of'tho fire department ,
and ono member of the board of public
works , make a tour of the eastern cities
to.examino the public buildings looks
very much like a junketing tour at the
expense of the Uax-riddon people of
Omaha. It is about time to cull a halt
in the squandering of the people's
money. . ,
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PUOMINKXT JEUSOX8.
Colonel Mosby , of guerrilla fume , is now
practicing law In California.
Joseph Pulitzer Is resting at Pasadena.Cal. ,
and refuses to talk politics to all interview
ers.
ers.Paul
Paul Pblllppoteaux , the cycloramlc artist ,
haa just celebrated bis thirty-eighth birth
day.
day.Do
Do Grimm , the New York cartoonist , who
claims to bo a Russian baron , is said to be a
son of one of the czar's tailors.
Speaker Carlisle who haa returned to
Washington , is still very \voak , and his phy
sician tells him that he must bcwaro of pneu
monia.
William O'Brien , now on the continent , is
greatly improved in health , and will bo pres
ent in the house of commons on the reassem
bling of parliament on the tlth inst.
Hon. George W. Schuyler , a descendant of
General Phillip Schuylcrnnd a well known
l > oliticiaii , died nt Ithaca , N. Y. , ngea sev
enty-eight , Ho was a trustee of Cornell uni
versity.
Hoscoo Conkling was recently asked if ho
believed in the existence of a heaven and this
was his reply : "If there is any place where
politics never was and never could be hoard
of it would deserve that name. "
Hannibal Hamlin refused to don an over ;
coat even during the recent severe blizzard
Maine , when the mercury sank out of sight.
Ho so far compromised himself , however , as
to put on a new pair of woolen mittens.
William H. Gladstone is having his portrait
painted in Florence by Mr. Thaddcns , the
young Irish painter , whoso picture of Pope
Leo has become famous. Mr. Gladstone says
that he will never again sit for his portrait.
Miss Ifato Willard , who is visiting Mrs.
Cleveland at the white house is a college
friend of the president's Virifo. After leav
ing Wells college Mis Willard went to Ger
many to cultivate her voice for the operatic
stage.
A few days ago Benjamin F. Butler ap
peared upon the floor of the lower house of
congress. Very few of the members seemed
to recognize him. He has grown extremely
aged in appearance and hobbles about on a
stout cauo.
President Newell , of the Pittsburg & Lake
Erie railroad , was compelled to pay his fare
by the conductor on th'o Pennsylvania rend
one day last week. Hawaii forgotten to have
his 1837 pass ronowcdaud ! the conductor re
fused to honor it.
Jay Gould has seventeen green houses and
beds of flowers of all , kinds are scattered
about the conservatory. He keeps his plants
collections perfectly classified' and a man
doesn't need to carry a' botany book along
with him to tell the names of the plants ho
looks at.
Robert Smalls , who was the lost of the
colored race to rotird' 'from ' membership of
the house of representatives , is pushing his
claims for a pension on account of his famous
capture of the confederate } steamboat
Planter , in Charleston liarbor , and its deliv
ery to union officers.
Mrs. Letitia Tyler Scmplo , daughter of the
late President Tyler , is almost totally blind ,
and Is at present an Inmate of the Louise
homo , Washington. D. O. Mrs. Sornplo Is a
handsome , distinguished-looking woman , In
manners and speech of the old school. Her
prolllo Is an exact reproduction of { hat of
her famous father ,
Glimpses of Mara Antony.
Ilochuter Errt t.
Marc Antony has been locked up In Now
York for chronlo drunkenness. The la t
time wa saw Marc he was hanging over
Cojsar's bier.
Every I'oliticiim Has One.
Kt\l > York H'orld.
Senator Hawley U the Inventor of a
pocket compass. It has this peculiarity , that'
whichever way you turn Uio casq the hixhd
l > oluts to the white house.
All Unpopular Combination.
. Clilcafa Tribune ,
The organization of n castor-oil trust In
southern Illinois will bo looked upon with
Just , SV.yplclon. No castor-oil combination of
any kind Is pics lng to contemplate , and the
projectors may us wO > ! understand nt once
tli t this sort of thing won't gO .town.
A Now Scarecrow Needed.
llontiin JIcnM.
How Iqng is it going to take the bumptious
protectionist organs to discover the fact that
shouting "free trade" whenever and wher
ever tariff-reform sentiment finds expression
doesn't ' humbug anybody ! It is about tluio
high-tariff uionoirallHta discovered a now
bogy.
Mny Ilccoino Uticniitrolablc.
The enterprising gentlemen who ore pushIng -
Ing the Phil Sheridan boom for president ,
"Just for the fun of the thing , " anoua of their
number expressed' It , should bo pu their
guard. If that boom ever gets beyond their
control they will never bo able to catch up
with It. _
A 8canonablo Idyl.
JVctr York IPirM.
There's no sound to mo so thrilling ,
Marrow-frocrlnir , horror filling ,
When it penetrates the region o * nuUutlonal
repose ,
As the voice of our Morlar,1
Who's pone down to start the fire ,
And conies back with the announcement that
"tho water pipes is froze t"
A vision of the ruin
And disaster that in brewin'
Files across my morbid fancy In the twink
ling of an eye ,
And like the ghost of Hauijuo rises
The plumber us ho sires
Up the bill we'll have to settle in the coming
by and by.
And John , unrcas'nlng creature ,
With scorn in every feature.
Lays to mo and i > oor Mariar what the ele
ments have done :
Asks how in the name of thunder
He's to stand it , 'till I woudor
If I sent to Manitoba for this weather just
for fun I
I'm dazed with hydrostatics ,
Hydraulics and pneumatics ,
And 1 wish Improvements modern were ten
thousand miles away ;
I'll hunt a flowing geyser,4
Take little Mary 'Lizor ,
And a note upon the bureau will toll John
I've ' gone to stay.
STATE AfrD TKUUITOUY.
Nebraska Jottings.
Logan county will pull along on $4,000
this your.
A farmer in Hitchcock sports a live ,
horned colt.
Pawnee City has a board of trade.
All the members are officers.
For the first time in 2OuO years , or
within the recollection of the oldest in
habitant , the moon will not got full this
month.
Herman Oltman , a ' twelve-year-old
herder In Adams county , came in con
tact with a gun last Friday and perished.
His body was found Saturday.
The Rushvillo Standard desires to cm-
phasi/.o the fact that "our caller wooden
on subscription is no chestnut. We are
really In earnest about wanting wood. ' '
Beatrice proposes to grease the wheels
and glide by rival towns the present
season. Ton individuals and firms'havo
contributed $500 each to a fund for ad
vertising the city in the oast.
John Kohoo , of Platte Center , is the
latest candidate for the federal marshal-
ship. For the benefit of .the anxious it
can bo stated confidently thatBiorhower
has another year to serve , and proposes
to hold the fort until a republican presi
dent is s vorn in.
The lower jaw bono of the Trisoculus
Bostogonicus has been dug up at Rush
villo and will be sent in' wections to the
Smithsonian reporters at Lincoln. The
body of the beast was found near Rule
two years ago. It ia believed by ex
perts that the mastodon lost its jawbone
in a joint tariff and prohibition debate
and drugged its painful frame to Rule to
die in horrible agony.
The statistics of pork packing in the
country from November 1 , 1887 , to Feb
ruary 1 , 1888 , show that Missouri river
towns , oxceptKansas City and Nebraska
City , have increased their product over
the corresponding period of the pre
vious season. Omaha loads with an
increase from 182,000 to 200,000 ; Lincoln
from 44,000 to 48,172 ; Sioux City from
73,702 to 87,8-50. and Nebraska City a
decrease of 20,000. All eastern cities
show a doorcase in product.
The Beatrice Democrat thus explains
the thundering resolve of the Lake Side
lyceum : "George A , Abbott , a farmer
( ( ) in Richardson county , who raises
moro hell than corn , and realizes moro
from the sale of his politics than all his
other crops , recently introduced a reso
lution and hud it 'adopted nt an alleged
"farmers' institute , " censuring Con
gressman McShano for introducing the
bill to pension Mrs. Logan. It's a cold
day when Abbott loses an opportunity
to 'show the full length of his ears. "
The recent boom pamphlet issued
by the Fremont board of trade has re
alized a deluge of inquiries in regard
to the temporal and spiritual wants of
the community. It has pricked the
neglectful conscience of missionary
boards , and a vigorous effort will bo
made to save the heathen. Hero is n
sample letter from Missouri : "Dear Sir
the weather is pleasant hoar all the it
has bin vorry Cold temp 81 blow zero
tims hard Stock low money scarse but
the work of the lord is progressing fine
with an abundant ingathring of Solos
for Christ. BO please send mo your map
of Nebraska , Wysmlng and Dacoto and
illustrations & oblige mo yours truly. "
Dakota.
Real estate sales are picking up at
Yankton.
It is proposed to make the Methodist
college building at Rapid City 60x80 ,
three stories.
Between $ -3,000 and $0,000 have al
ready been raised for the Norwegian
Lutheran college to bo located in Sioux
Falls.
Mrs , Jasper Railsback , of Sturgis ,
after quarreling with her husband , went
into an adjoining room and wrote a
note to Jasper about his general mean
ness , and then took up a Sharp's rillo
and shot herself through the body. She
was dead in twenty minutes.
A bulletin is hanging in the Mil
waukee depot in Yankton which says
the prospects for railroad construction
in Dakota by the Milwaukee- company
in 1888 are very poor , and thut company
will buy no ties , enough ties being on
hand to moot the requirements of the
season. The people who are engaged
in chopping ties in the forests of Da
kota will have to take a rest this year.
Montana ,
Shipments of bullion from Butte last
week amounted to $94,048.
Farmers in the Prickly Pear valley
have not only begun plowing , but are
already sowing their crops , and reports
from other counties show that a similar
elate of affairs obtains throughout the
agricultural regions.
The Montana Central tunnel through
the range between Butte and Helena
lias boon completed. The total length
of the tunnql Is about twelve hundred
and eighty feet and it has taken nine
months , an nvorogo ot 142 feet n month
to1 do the work.
' A Wnlkorvlllo toutfh challenged the
paternity of a local judge , and was flnci
$25 for contempt. The tough jampot"
up , repeated tlio ollonsn , declared ht
would not pay the fine , "and no son of i
blank blank of a judge of Walkervlllt
can make mo do it. " When the cour
got through with him the line was $10 (
And ninety dayin jail ,
A cattlomaii residing at Coltonwood
near Bcnlon , writes to a friend it
Grr.i'.ha that there have been no losses
of Block Ir that section this winter
Although the ooltl was ovoro the first
two weeks of January , the pnuvr foil was
light and cattle did not Buffer. Slock'
men nro hopeful of recovering a largi
per cent of the losses of thu previous
winter.
ItKSOMJTIONH 0V HKHPKUT.
The Mothodlnt Allnlfltrm' Tribute t <
Uov. G. W. Frost.
At n meeting of the Methodist minister :
held yesterday the following resolutions re
Apccting the late Uov. George W. 1'ros.t were
rend and unanimously adopted :
Whereas , Hy the Inscrutable will of the
great head of the church , our dear brother ,
Kov. G. W. Frost , has boon removed frun
the church militant to the church triumphant
mid.
mid.Whereas.
Whereas. His life among us 1ms left ue
many precious nnd frugrnnt memories we
sorrow , but not without hope of a glerio ; : :
reunion with him before the throne ; there
fors be it
Ucflolvcd , That In his departure from out
midst wo rocognl/o our loss by this tribute to
his cxi'ollcnco ns n num. his ability ns
preacher , his Integrity in business , his pat
riotism as a rltlrcn nnd his catholicity as o
chmtluu ,
Resolved , nlso. That wo deeply nynipn
thlze with the umlctcd family in their IK )
reuveincnt and commend them to thu illvlnt
sympathy of our Lord , who wept on human
woes , and to the comfort of the Widow's
God , nnd assure them of our sympathy uuii
prayers.
A letter from Arthur Edwards , D. I ) . ,
editor of the Northwestern Cliristiou Advo
cate , Chicago , was rend. Ho wrote :
"I urn grieved to the heart to hear of the
death of our precious friend , Frost. For
years ho 1ms been In the habit of running
into the ofilco to see me when in the city , nnd
those visits were always u joy to mo. 1 shall
miss him greatly , and his presence yonder
make the bettor world fuller of conscious
attractions. linithcr Frost had a noble
heart and loved the church to the last. My
heart aches for thu stricken family. Give
them my love and tendcrest sympathies. " "
CAPTURING TUB THIEVES
Who Robbed the Clothing House oi
Kolin & Wells.
Captain Green succeeded lost night in turn
ing up the balance of the plunder stolen from
the clothing house of Kohn & Wells , South
Eleventh street , Monday morning. Yester
day Sergeant Sign-art ai rested Monroe San-
born , a negro , with u sack full of the stolen
clothing on his shoulder as ho was
hurrying down Twelfth street. Lust
night , following up a clue ' obtained
from Sanborn , Captain Green , and
a couple of oftlccrs , visited the barn of Frank
Kinney , and In the loft found the remainder
of the stolen goods , consisting of fifty palrfl
of pants , coats , vests and woolen shirts ,
which they removed to the police station.
Later they arrested Wiley Pcttco. Charles
Mitchell and John Finney and locked them
up. Finnoy Is the hack driver who hauled
the goods from Uio burglarized store to
Kinney's barn. Mr. Kinney , the pollen say ,
had nothing whatever to do with the affair.
NEW BANKING INSTITUTION.
O. E. Mayno and Others Agrco to
Put Up the Funds.
rj"Tho Omaha Banking company" is 'the
title of a corporation that filed articles of In
corporation with the county clerk yesterday.
C. E. Mayne , Michael Lee , C. P. Nccdham ,
J. W. Dillranco , John Hobbs , J. W. Gross
and H. E. Palmer , M. D. , ore the incorporators -
tors , and the amount of capital U placed at
$250,000 , 23 per cent of which is to be paid In
within ten days after Uio organization and
election of the oflleers. The time of com
mencement of this corporation shall bo the
first day of February , 1888 , and the indebted
ness at no time shall exceed two-thirds of the
capital stock except deposits in the bank and
the other exccptlous mentioned in chapter 17
of the statutes of 1S87.
Aulmvull
To the Editor of the BKK : Seeing an item
ia last night's UKK reflecting on me person-
itlly , and saying that I hud sent a valentine tea
a iwor widow , i wish to stuto through the
lieu that the first and only knowledge 1 have
of the whole allair is what I read in the UKK ,
and I wish to state that in all of Mrs. Elliott's
misfortunes I have symiwthlzed with herund
deny that all the board bill jiuntiers worn
members of the army , nnd I would bo the
first ono to help her recover her dues , but
when it comes to Mr. John Stookwell saying
that I nm guilty of such a childish ungentlemanly -
manly act us sending valentines of any kinil ,
and trying to insult anyone , it is time to call
a halt. AVho this Mr. J. Stockwell may bo I
know notbut out of justice to my
brothers and sisters In the Salvation
Army I want yon to nay that at no time have
I said or done anything thut should tend to
wound Mrs. Elliott's feelings. I may say
that I shall see Into this matter further , as
holding the position that I do , it will glvo thtt
Impression that the Salvation Army Is up
holding those that are in thu wrong , when
wo come down on wrongdoers with a heavy
hand , and our only desire is to do men good
and get them to load better lives.
FllAXK Aifl'lXWAU. .
Man , Money and Gun.
The whereabouts of J. W. Swenoy , who
left hero BO unexpectedly last Monday mom-
Ing , are still unknown. Representatives of
thu Columbia buggy company are hero en
deavoring to find out how much they must
charge up to his peculiar ways of doing busi
ness. At this time the sum is known to bo not
fur from fi.DOO. Swenoy had previously been
in partnership with Henry Homan , und before
the dissolution of the copartnership dropped
quite un amount , and will most liltoiy have to
( jo do wn Into his pockets for some moro. On the
Jay of Swenoy's disappearance ho borrowed
Homan's gun on the claim that he was going
hunting , but neither gun nor borrower has
since been seen.
Two Years' Old.
The second anniversary of the establishment
of the local lodge of the order of Elks was
celebrated at the rooms lust night , where a
number of the charter and other meinbeis
met with social intent. Toasts and refresh
ments wore indulged in under the presiding
caroof A. B. Dnvrnport. The responses
were made by John Frances and W. N. Babcock -
cock , past exulted rulers , as did also F. It.
Morrisy , E. E. Whltmoro , Thomas Uoyd. I.
W. Miner , 1) . W. Van Cott , Harry V. Hall.
W.-J. Cartaii , C , C. Hulott , D. W. Hayes ami
others , A humorous recitation Was duhveivd
in a very successful manner by diaries Ott.
The history of the order was ufti-rwards detailed -
tailed in a most untortuing manner.
Incensed to Wed.
The following marriage licenses were
issued yesterday by Judge Shields :
Nunid and residence. Ace
Peter Uuckmon , Elkhorn , Neb 2J
) Mary Aggers , Elkhorn , Neb ' 1
( Lonndor Frcdlund , Omaha 30
( Coriu Martinson , Omaha , 2J
t John H. Masltett , Jr. , Lincoln , Nub 27
I Huttlo II. Jones , Omaha i.Y.
( Henry J. Orrell , Omaha. ID
{ Helena Simpson , Omaha IS
Judge Shields performed the ceremony in
the caao of Mr. Orrell and Miss Simpson.
Taylor a ! < > co Mnn.
Churlos Tuylor , the young man convicted
if misappropriating county warrants last
April , nnd who was sentenced to ono ynar
in the penitentiary , has been released , His
excellent conduct In the prison cut hie time
lown fully thrco months. Taylor states that
Iu > will Htuy In Omaha , and by a blameless
life wipe out the utiilii upon his character. '
THE GOOD WORK GOES ON.
Still Coming lu for the
Heroines of the Storm.
NEARLY $7,000 IN THE BEE FUND.
MuHhanc Again Itc-
ttpondu Liberally For Miss llojrcc
The lloll or Honor Htrndlly
Growing The Contributor * .
E.'tr.tiliAttuck's Funeral. .
SBWAHI > , Neli. , Fell. . [ cli l Telegram
to the HII : : . ] The funeral of Miss Etta . J'ttt-
tuck took place yesterday afternoon , nud nil
St'wanl turned out to show the honor nnd
esteem In which the dead heroine was held.
Even nature rulcntcd In the presence of the
beautiful 'dead. The cruel , biting winds of
the day before were hushed Into solemn awe
nud tlio. sun shone forth In nil Its brightness.
At 2 o'clock thu funeral cortege , presided
over by members of the G. A. H. , moved
slowly over the ftwen ground from the llttlo
cottage to the Methodist church , which was
tilled to overflowing. The casket was berne
up the aisle by MX young men Messrs. Ire
land , Hothcr , Sdmlta , Hramles , Hotzcr and
Lccse-rfollowed by the grief-stricken mother ,
brother cr.il uncle and friends , nnd the G. A.
H. The casket was a beautiful ono , ravcrcd
with brocaded velvet of spotless white. On
the pinto was engraved "At Ucst. " There
were many llorul tributes , Including n beauti
ful design , "Gates Ajur , " from the press Of
Sownrd. The Rcrviccs were conducted by
Uov. J. II. Prcs.son , assisted by the clergy of
Seward , The sermon was eloquent und
touching , nnd Its delivery was frequently in
terrupted by the sobs of the hoart-strlckcn
relatives and the sympathetic amllcnco. The
service lasted about an hour , after which the
audience viewed the remains , which were
then convoyed to the cemetery und laid at
rest , _
MHS | Hoyco IlcHtiitft Easy.
PI.AIXVIBW , Nob. , Fob. 8. { Spwlul Tolo-
grum to the HUE. ] Miss Hoyco is resting
easy this evening und the prospects of her re
covery urc quite favorable.
A Benefit Social.
This afternoon Mrs. S. K. Felton and Mrs.
Milo Van Horn will give a sociable at the
residence of the forraer,4022 Hamilton ntrcet ,
the proceeds of which will bo donated to the
13 KB heroine fund. There will be a musical
nnd literary entertainment , followed by re
freshments. _ _ _
The Etta Shattuok Funds.
The following is the condition of the Etta
Shattuck fund :
Amount received up to February 7. . 1,980 13
P. T. liirchnrd , Norfolk . 3 00
List of Nettio Hurgcr und Clara
Monroe , Douiphun . * . . . . 8 05
Mrs. I ) . J. F , Uccd , Crete . 1 00
Kathleen Erskinc , St. Paul . 1 93
J. II. Stiekcl and M. H. Wols , He
bron . 0 00
Pawnee City M. E. church . 8 SO
Loup City list . 54 2.- .
Employes G , II. und J. S. Collins. . . 7 S3
Auditor Puss , uccts' oftleo U.P.K.H. 12 87
Harry Gilmore , DIv. 1LM O. . C. . . . 10 00
E. Connlry , Unadilla , Neb . 1 00
F. H. Orcutt , Council Uluffs . 1 00
Citizens of Albion . 47 2"i
Arlington , Nob. , list . 0005
U. D. Cobb , Cedar Uapida , Neb . 3 fit )
Citizens of Ansclmo , Neb . 14 CM
Haptist church , Ashldnd . 1 80
C. Thompson . 33
Employes C. & N. W. local freight
oftlcc , Missouri Valley . 1000
Total . * 4 , ' , > 'U 50
My check sent Miss Shuttuck . $3,753 01
By cash on hand . 47V 55
Total
St. Stephen's Church.
ASIII.AMI , Neb. , Feb. ( J. To the Editor of
the Hin ; Enclosed ulcasa find draft for
$13.50 , the amount of the offering ou Sunday
evening at St. Stephen's church , Ashland
( Episcopal ) , for Miss Hoyeo. God speed you
in your uoblo work. A. A. MOHHISO.V ,
Uoctor.
_
The Secret Orders.
OUAHA , Fob. 0. To the Editor of the BKK :
Enclosed please llud chock on Omaha Na
tional bunk for $30 , for which please place
equally to the funds of Misses Shattuck ,
Hoyco and Freeman , us the contribution of
Harry Gilmore Division 12UOrdor of Ituilwuy
Conductors. HAIIIIY GII.MOUE , Soo.
OMAHA , Fob. 0. To the Editor of the BEK :
Omaha ledge No. S'.l ) , K. of H. , nt its regular
meeting this evening contributed $10 to Miss
Louise Roycc.
JAMIM B. BKUSEH , F. U.
GcncrouN Soldiers.
To the Editor of the BKK : In view of the
fact that at the time a
contribution of $37.50 was made by
Captain John Simpson and his em
ployes at the Q. M. corral In this city for the
thrco Nebraska heroines , Misses Shnttuck ,
Uoyec und Freeman , it was not known that
Miss Hoyco would be pcmmntly disabled , a
further contribution of $12.50 from the same
source is herewith enclosed , which please
place to the credit of Miss Uoyco.
Generous Printers.
The compositors of the news room of the
Omaha Hopublican very generously donated
a portion of their receipts on yesterday to
the Lolc Uoyco fund. Each of these gave
1,000 cms , and the result was $3.25 , which has
been paid to the Ben fund. This is most
penorous onthopanof the Kcpublican comps ,
and their oxcnllcnt example Hhould bo fol
lowed by others. The donors nro : Messrs.
1) , J. Caiman , W. Can an , Ermer G. Smith.
Furroli , Bradley , Hartley , Ouvls , Long.Mar-
tm , Anderson , Boyle , Chase , Fisher , Wil
liams , Robinson , George Oehn , Dorraociy ,
Clark , Albion , Burke.
1 'Tlio Heroine. "
Mr. T. N. Parker , the florist , has formu
lated n plan by which quito. n neat sum will
bo derived for the Uoyco and Woebbcoiro
funds. Mr. Parker has constructed a beauti
ful floral ship , made of the most choice and
expensive flowers. This ship Is named "Tho
Ilerolno" and is n perfect work of art. On a
day to lib determined on later the floral de
sign will bo rnflled with two other similar de
signs , the cutlro proceoda to go to the Uoyco
and Woebbecko funds. Gcorgo Hoyn the
photographer has very generously furnished
the photographs free of cost und thuso will
be distributed In conspicuous places through
out the city. After the radio the designs will
again bo constructed out of fresh Howrra and
dullveicd to the persons entitled to them.
Pole role /.apadu's Fund.
John Uoslcky , editor of the Polemic Zap-
adu , Is doing going good work In behalf of
sufferers by the late bll/.zanl in raising sub
scriptions , which promise , to reach a respect-
nblo llgure , for several needy persons. Ono
of these Is In Flllmoro county , a family of
live children , with an invalid father , named
Musok. The mother of the former loft her
homo ut the commencement of the storm nnd
wulkcd to the Hchool-houso to siifflv conduct
homo of her children home. School , how
ever had boon dismissed , und the llttlo ones.
In some miinncr , hnd Inft for other places of
shelter. In returning homo the mother WUH
fror.cn to death. In Madison county n innu
named J. Voli was nlso frozen to death , leav
ing u wife and own children. The Pokrok
X.apaJu will u < : kwi\vlo < lgo all contributions
for the relief of thuso families.
Mr.
OMAHA , Feb. 7. To the Editor of the Btn : ;
Feeling thut tlio death of Miss Shattuck ,
which ull must slncoroly lament , may have
the effect of preventing the completion of the
special Shiitlut'U f unil , and fcollug also uhut
Lho exceedingly and unexpectedly unCm'tun-
ntu results of Miss Koyco's injuries make as
xtrong'un appeal as unmerited misfortune ) In
curred In the disinterested and heroic dig.
clmi-tro of duty can make to human- sympa
thy , I am willing , with the consent pt tuoM