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The Stale's Brief In the < A , & N ,
Consolidation Cases.
COMPLAINTS OF OVERCHARGES ,
Yesterday's Session of tlio Moartl of
XrntiNportntlou IrruirliiR | For
tlio Next Bfnte l < 'nlr A'
Generous Girt.
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Attorney General Loebo yesterday
filed Ills brief in tlio case brought before
tlio supreme court to have the franchise
of the Atohlson A ! Nebraska roud for
feited to the state. The case io brought
under the section of the constitution
which prohibit ; ) the consolidation of
competing lines in the statot The brief
is pointed and backed by voluminous
citations of authorities bearing on the
cn.sc. It ! In answer to the demurrer
filed by the Chicago , Blirling.ton &
Quincy road. In the course of his argu
ment the attorney general says :
The respondent/ilumuM to the Information
and thereby admits the Icaso of its franchise
for W)9 ) years , to a competing llao of railroad.
and that it has not operated or maintained
any railroad for Ihcvplfdit years lost past.
Those fnctB admitted is to admitof udlrcct
violation of the contract with the state , by
Avhlcli It wus clothed with a part of the sov
ereign | > owcr of the state , that taking the
public domain for 11 public highway , and col
lecting toll from those whom they offered
their services for the transportation of their
jMjrsoas or property.
Thin respondent having failed to pc :
onj' of these duties for eight years , the state
now comes and demands back the' rights and
privileges that It lias given. It wants the
contract enforced. It is not breaking it. The
company has violated its part of the contract ,
and lias no right now to complain.
Continuing , it stated that "tho con *
tract nmdo by the state was with < ho
Atchison & Nebraska railroad , which
company , for privileges granted , agreed
to operate and maintain a railroad , and
the grant became exhausted when the
company ceased to perform the object
for which it was created. * * *
A grant of corporate powers
in to bo strictly construed. V *
There IB no authority for one corpora
tion to lease a competing line. "
In regard to the section of the consti
tution forbidding these consolidations ,
the attorney general says :
Section 3 of article 11 of our constitution
was inserted in that instrument for a nur'-
pose. The law has ever favored competition ;
and mouojoly in every form has over been
odious , and this section was to carry into
effect the principle of competition , by prohib
iting competing and parallel lines from con-
olldating their stock , property , franchise or
earnings , in whole or in part , and to say that
this respondent can avoid this broad principle
by taking all the earnings , and all the prop
erty and calling It a loose , Is but a subter
fuge. The grand object was to prevent the
mingling of property or earnings of compet
ing lines , and if the spirit of our constitution
can bo avoided in this manner , it certainly is
but a snare and a delusion.
The brief holds Unit the violation of
law docs not make law.
It cannot bo said that because this defend
ant has violated the law for eight years that
the contract has ripened into a valid one.
This would bo giving a premium on crime to
those who could break the law , and maintain ,
their Illegal advantage by strength or strat
egy , if they should bo exempt from punish
ment. Is this the law )
"Well , then , if I should kill a man ,
. I'd kill one hundred more ;
Then I'd be great , and not bo hung ,
Like Abdcl Young before. "
Continuing the argument the brief says :
"That the Atchtaon & Nebraska was a
competing line with the 13. & M. there is no
doubt , and being competing lines there is no
power in the legislature to ratify or anlrm a
contract void under the constitution. The
act'of the respondent in leasing1 its franchise
was a misuscr of the same and was an aban
donment of the contract with the state. "
The brief concludes :
The prayer of the petition , la for the appoint
ment of three trustees. This the statute re
quires , under section 710 title code of civil
procedure , C , S. , pp. 830 , and there can bo no
doubt but what the respondent has outlived
its usefulness to the people of this state ; dis
regarding every principle of right and justice.
It has by its own band , .committed an act ot
elf-dcatructlon.
\Vo protest la the name of an outraged people
ple , against the farther continuance of this
company : Wo plant ourselves fairly upon
the language of our constitution. It is the
foundation of this proceeding , and on this
rock wo nave bulldod our complaint , and all
the power of the railroad corporations of our
state , or the gates of private malice , shall not
prevail against it. W.M. LKESK ,
O. Q. DAWES , Attorney General ,
of Counsel.
Counsel.THE
THE UiaOS CASE.
Before the secretaries of the board ol
transportation yesterday the complaint
of John Biggs , of Hcartwoll , against
Charges mndo by the B. & M , was con
sidered and taken under advisement.
The complaint of Mr. Biggs was that
the local freight tariffs were too high ,
and ho cites several iuBtancosot charges
taado on shipments to hlra Ono ship
ment of 7,500 pounds , ten miles , cost
him 90.76 , and" another of 80,000 brick
the same distance , cost him 90. Mr ,
Biggs was not able to bo present but he
sent the following latter :
HKARTWKLL , Nob. , Fob. 15 , 1883. To the
Board of Railroad Commissioners : In further
thor replying in regard to my charges against
the U. & M. as to rates , I wish to say that the
rate on building material and lumber frou
Chicago to the Missouri river is 14 cents pei
100 pounds when the pool la la force , a uls
tanraof 480 miles. In this state the rate froir
the Missouri river to Heartwell , 173 miles , is
10 cents per 100 pounds. The fact is then
should not bo this difference in rate :
. because wo live in Nebraska. Tito Nobraski
fanner pays dearly for his privilege this sidi
of the river. I wi h to call your attention to
the fact that the railroad commission is a re
publican measure , and the republicans am
farmers have v succeeded ia establishing i
commission , by which they might secure full
And Just rates in Nebraska. The matter nevis
is in the business men's hands , and it seem
there are few who wish to enforce the right
which the farmer has long labored for.
The railroad commission is not to blame fo
high rates so long as the merchants and bus !
men pay the charges Imposed upon them am
in turn charge the , farmer tha advance rat
without a murmur to the commission. Th
democrats throughout the country claim th >
commission is a republican measure and ;
failure. It is only a failure on the part of th
business mcu not having the courage to mak
complaint to the commission. I do not wisi
tlio railroad companies to bo compelled t
carry freight for a sum less than is Just t
thorn for the labor per formed. The railroad
are our friends and we wish them to treat u
as friends ami. not as servants. In my com
plaint I wish you to fairly consider this matter
tor and compare the charges with the charge
in Iowa , Illinois and other states.
Wishing to do Justice to 0,11 men , I rcmali
yours truly , Jens Diaas.
jioAitn OF TnANsroirf-ATioN.
The secretaries of the board of trans
portatiou bold , a business session a
their rooms at the cupltol building yes
tordoy. Tbo principal case up for hear
ing was that of the complaint of th
Lincoln lumber dealers against the 13
t& M. railroad , tile complaint ohorgini
discrimination in rates to the dotrimon
ot Lincoln. Assistant Freight Agon
Sntith of the B. & M. appeared and tot
titled a * to the rates in force and th
reasons governing thoin. Mr. ! J. A
Buckfitall testified for the Lincoln luit
bor dealers , the principal part of hi
testimony being that the B. & M. de
livore'd lumber in Kansas City at a los
rate than to Lincoln and gave an equn
distributing tariff to the two places fa
Nebraska points , The complaint wa
taken under advisement by the score
twlcs.
JIAKAOE1I6' MKKTINO.
Tha oourd of managers of tha stat
board of agriculture closed a busiuos
session yesterday at the Windsor hotel
devoted largely to preliminaries for tlio
slate fair of 1888. There wore present
at the mooting S. M. Baker , of Silver
Creek , president of the board ; It. W.
Furring , ot Brown vile , secretary and of
the board of managers ; E. Mclntyrc , of
Sownrd , chairman ; R. II. Henry , of
Columbus ; .T. B. Dinmnorc , of Button ,
and R. II. Greor. of Konrnoy. The-man
agers made the following appointments
of superintendents for the coming fair :
General superintendent , Austin
Humphrey , ot Lincoln ; superintendent
of gates and tickets , William R. Bowcn ,
of Omaha ; superintendent of police ,
James Hamilton , ot York : superintend
ent of agricultural hall , Ell A. Barnes ,
of Grand Island : superintendent of
nmphithentroJ.S.Hughc3ofIIayo8Cen-
tor. The class superlntendentsappointed
for the exhibits nro largely parties of
experience in farmer fairs , who have
been tried and proven. Following are
the names of those appointed : Horses ,
Ilonry Fryc , York ; cattle , J. B. Dins-
more , Lutton ; sheep , W. Dunlny , Gar
diner ; swine , M. L. Trestor , Lincoln ;
) Kultry , Timothy O. Moon , Greenwood ;
farm products.V. . D. Wildman , Cul-
bortHon ; textile department , Miss Net
tie Von Alstyno , Columbus ; fine arts ,
Mrs. S. C. Langworthy , Sownrd ; dairy
products , S. C. Bassott , Gibbon ; educa
tion , II. H. Wing , Lincoln ; boos , honey
and apiary goods , E. Whitcomb , Friend ;
champion classes , W. M. Robertson ,
Mnaibon ; mechanical arts. W. II. Smith ,
Crete ; machinery , .T. R. Doolittlo , Lin
coln ; instruments , etc. , John Jensen ,
Geneva ; agricultural societies. S. H.
WobstorOrddiscretionary ; , . ! . T. Mull-
alon , Kearney ; special premiums , J. M.
Leo , Oxford ; speed department , Judge
M. L. Howard , Nebraska City.
A largo portion of the time of the
meotlng'wns given over to the question
of judicious advertising , ' one plan sug
gested being a general advertising
through hangers in connection with the
fairs of the northwestern states , the
dates of all the fairs in the circuit hav
ing a place on common hangers. The
number of tickets , labels , curds , etc. ,
wcro agreed upon and the entire print
ing work of the year was placed in the
hands of a special committee on print
ing who will aslc bids for all work done.
The special committee consists of J. B.
Dinsmoro , R. W. Furnns and E. Mcln-
tyro. Expert judges will pass upon the
exhibits in all stock departments and in
fine art hall , the secretary being em
powered to secure them as early as pos
sible. Among the attractions for the
fair the board expect to arrange for a
series of ostrich races.
aiiXKUOUS RECOGNITION- .
At the meeting of the board of mana
gers of the state fair Mr. Mclntyro in
troduced the following'resolution : '
Kcsolved , That in recognition ot the gener
ous and gratuitous services rendered the Ne
braska state board of agriculture by the
press of the state in advertising and advanc
ing the interests of. the state fairs heretofore
held and assisting largely in making them
successful , that the secretary Is hereby au
thorized and instructed to draw a warrant
in favor of the Nebraska Press association
for the sum of 100 and present the same ,
with the compliments of the board , that the
association with the sum voted may extin
guish the debt against their building at their
Clmutuuqua assembly grounds.
The resolution was unanimously
adopted and Secretary Furnas , at the
close of the meeting , presented the
check for the amount to the president of
the association. The gift will bo greatly
apnreciatod both because of its recogni
tion of the services given liberally in
aid of the state board and because It
wipes out the remaining debt upon their
handsome homo at the Crete assembly
grounds.
NEW NOTARIES.
With the opening of the spring and
its attendant booms the applications for
commissions as notaries fall thick and
fast at the governor's oflico. The fol
lowing commissions were issued yester
day : Isaac Van Horn , Norfolk , Madi
son county ; Loren Jenkins , Imperial ,
Chase county ; James A. Stewart , Hom-
crvlllo , Gospor county ; William C.
Elder , Wollfoet , Lincoln county ; Matt
Goodwin , Omaha ; Marion Newman ,
Greenwood , Cass county ; A. B..PorldnB ,
Clay Center , Cloy county ; Randolph R.
Randlo , Elmer , Hayes county ; Edward
Corf , Lincoln ; George Lyon , jr. , Nol-
Bon , Nuckolls county ; S. E. Smith , Paw
nee City , Pawnee county ; John A. Bet
ter , Nenango , Perkins county ; J. A.
Phillips , Grant , Perkins county ? P. F.
H. Sonars , Kearney , Buffalo county ;
George W. Stocking , Grant , Perkins
county ; John M. McKenzie , Madrid ,
Perkins county ; John F. Abbott , Una-
dilla , Otoo county ; George C. Whit-
lock , Omaha.
SL'l'HBMC COUUT PROCEEDINGS.
In the supreme court yesterday the case of
Ryan vs' Perry was dismissed ; -Eiseloy va
Spooncr , argued and submitted ; Black vs
Caban , reinstated ; Fisher vs Herron , motion
for security overruled and receiver ordered
to collect rents ; Merriam vs Dovey , rehear
ing allowed.
Motions for rehearing were overruled in
the following cases : State ox rol 13. & M. R.
Co. , vs Scott , Forbes vs Thomas , First Na
tional bank of Orleans vs State bank , Savage
vs Aikcn.
Court adjourned to Tuesday , February 31 ,
when the docke" of causes from the Fifth Judicial /
dicial district Will be called.
Doe * the Ghost Gqard the Treasure ?
A dispatch to to the St. Louis Globe-
Democrat from Plainfield , Ind. , Bays :
RobertBruer. , a wealthy farmer , living
seventeen miles northeast from this
place , died nearly a year ago. Ho was
owner of several hundred acres of rich
farming land and was supposed to have
about $ 5,000 in money , but when his
estate came to be settled no will ot
paper of any kind was found stating
where the money was kept. Bruor was
a bachelor and made his name with the
family ot ,0110 of his tenants named
Bairo. Soon after his death this family
begun to complain of hearing
strange and unusual noises at all
hours of the night and that
they came from the apartments
of the deceased. No credence was
given these reports by the people of the
neighborhood until the lady of the
house declared' that eho had soon the
ghost of the departed Bruor. Tliii
startling statement caused intense excitement
citemont , and two unbollevers of the
supernatural agreed to spend a night a'
the house in watching for the supposei
ghost. Though the spirit did not up
pear on the night of their visit , yo
those two men , who are honest and intelligent
tolligent , say they are confidon
that something is wrong about th <
house. Doors would open and shu
quietly by some invisible power
sounds as if some one was walking in ai
adjoining room were hoard , but iin in
vcstigation failed to discover any caus *
for the mysterious sounds.
Not long ago relatives of the doai
man , living in Ohio , consulted a spir
itual medium in regard to the where
abouts ot the missing money. The ;
were told by the medium tliat the ;
would find the money in a strong iroi
box buried within thirty foot of tin
rear door of the honso occupied by thi
Bairo family. The relatives won
greatly elated at the prospect' of find
ing the hidden fortune , and lost in
time in coming on bore for that pur
pose. The ceiling and flooring ot tin
whole building were torn off ; tin
ground underneath the house and tin
entire yard was dug up , but so far ai
could bo learned by the Globo-Domocra
correspondent , not the least sign of an ;
money was discovered. The seekers o
the mifeslog treasure were greatly dU
appointed , and have returned to thoi
homes.
FACTS'FOIl
Signs offspring.
Tick's Magazine : The years fly rap
idly ; the winter has only well be
gun before indications of the coming
spring are seen ; the seedsmen's cata
logues , bright with chromo-llthography
and wood engravings , are hero , and as
wo turn their glowing pages beneath
the lamplight , while the drifts are pil
ing out of doors , with what visions of
floral wealth to be evolved from nmglo
packages of seeds or roots do wo fill the
coming summer. The light that never
was on oca or land shines upon our pros
pective flower borders ; the floods ,
drouths , frosts , Insects , and the total de
pravity of things in general that have
clipped the wings of our success in the
past nro too far uwuy and too shadowy
to bo of much account ; wo almost believe -
liovo , whatever may have boon our fail
ures in former years , that the coining
season will utono for them all. We maybe
bo a little sadder , by the by , but not
much wiser ; the seedsman has only to
bait his hook with a new catalogue with
n fresh chromo on the cover , to catch us
again. Artor all , wo tyirdly wish it
otherwise : our imaginary garden is a
most delightful possession all through
the winter ; the coming of the weed pack
age is an agreeable event , and when
planting time has finally arrived wo are
lot down very gently. Most of the seeds
will start , and if the little plants dto
afterward , they do not all die at once.
Many will livoto flower , and wo will delight -
light in them ; some of themmaybo now
to us , and wo watch their growth with
interest.
Roadoklc Nat Trees.
Orchard and Gardener : Suppose the
people of the older states , when laying
out their highways through the country
nnd streets in villages fifty or. a hun
dred years ago , had planted hardy nut-
bearing trees instead of maples , clins ,
catalpus , poplars and similar kinds now
been on every side , doing service only
for shudo and ornament. Yes.suppose
it had been suggested that nut trees
live to a great ago , are handsome ,
afford as good shade us other kinds , be
sides bearing seeds that are valuable us
food , and suppose these suggestions bad
been acted upon by u largo majority of
those who were about planting wayside
trees. It certainly requires , no- great
stretch of imagination to see what
would have been the result. Rows of
fruitful nnd noble shell-back hickories
would now bo growing in hundreds of
New England villages instead of the
insect-infested elms , poplars and lin
dens , the wood of which is down , not
worth one-fourth , as much when cut as
hickory , or that in tact of any of the
walnuts. It is true that the small
boy might have enjoyed the nuts from
these trees , and occasionally loitered by
the way when going to or coming from
school , in order to till his pockets , still
the possession of such treasures usually
gives more pleasure than their cost in
time. What might have been now maybe
bo realized twenty-live or fifty years
hence if those who are about planting
street trees in cities and villages and
along the highways in the country will
plant the best nut-bearing trees instead
of the other kinds , which yield nothing
of value , and do not afford any better
shade than trees bear ing delicious fruits
or nuts.
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Dehorning Cattle
Denver Field and Farm : The subject
of dehorning cattle has often been
broached in those columnsand our only
purpose in calling it uj > again is to give
the experience of a friend in the San
Luis valley. The information may beef
of some benefit to readers who are
thinking about employing the saw and
gouging-knifo in their herds. The San
Luis man writes : , "You must under
stand , to begin with , I am not an cx-
Sert , nnd this was my first attempt , but
i proved a very successful one. I fol
lowed closely the advice of a friend who
is living in another part of this valley ,
and who was familiar with the business ,
which was to saw the horns off as close
to the head as possible , oven wetting
or oiling the hair near the horns so that
it could bo pasted buck put of the way
of the saw.
"I dehorned the first one that waybut
it was turning cold very fust , with the
mercury already below the freezing
point. I thought on this account I had
better tie the stubs up. 1 found consid
erable trouble in tying them up when
sawed so closely. So the remain
der wcro sawed off an inch from the
skin , which enabled mo to tic them up
easily. I made a paste of tar nnd clean
lard nnd daubed on the stubs freely ,
and then tied them up securely with
cotton rags. I used a stiff-backed tenon
saw , oiled before each operation with
castor oil , and very sharp. I would not
advise that the operation be performed
in extremities of weather , either very
hot or very cold , but in mild weather.
"Uso the same discretion that you
would exorcise with any other wound.
The most difficult point is to get the an
imal securely confined and the head
steady. I used a "chute , " a V-shaped
pen made very strong , getting the ani
mal in the narrow end and fastening
the head against ono of the posts by
means of ropes wrapped around both
and the loose ends hold by strongmen
Four men can preform the operation
very fust after a little practice , dishorn
ing an animal in five minutes. Do not
bo scared if some of them bleed freely.
My old ones bled the worse. Some of
them bled a small stream for a few min
utes , but it did not last long , and they
all did well. I am more than pleased
with the result. "
Corn and Cob Steal.
In his experiments in feeding cattle
at the Kansas College farm , Professor
Shelton says : "A considerable general
experience in the use of corn nnd cob
5 meal ns feed for a herd of sixty odd
) head of cattle has greatly strengthened
) not only the writer but those having
the practical management of the herd
in the conviction of the superior value
of corn and cob meal was , apparontlynt
3 least , bettor digested than was clear
t corn alone when used ; it was eaten cer-
l tainly with as great relish ; the cattle
were 'off their feet' less often ; while
coses of diarrhoea caused by overfeed
ing all too common when corn meal
t was used were practically unknown
5 when the grain food was the ground
t oar corn. "
; A Brooklyn hdrse-car company focd-
i ina over 1,000 horses gives its methods
- which it claims to be the best in a long
3 experience with feedlug horses : "Tho
regular meals of the horses consist of
1 corn and oats in winter ono part , of the
oats to four of corn , and in Bummer
equal parts of each. This food is
bought in the grain and ground on the
pyomisos. The average consumption
i by each animal is fifteen pounds of meal
a and nine pounds of bay a day.
B The hay is prepared in a cutting box
o and mixed wth { the meal which is mois
tened so as to stick to the hay , and thus
fed together. With such feeding the
company reports that it has not had a
o case of colic among its 1,400 horses in a
o year or more and that they thrive and
o otherwise do better on this ration than
3 upon any other it has tried , The dan-
t per of feeding horses meal olono is well
y known to experienced feeders. But wet
if a little and mixed with cut hay the mass
when masticated is spongy iu the
stomach , and admits the gabtrio juices
through it and thus it is well digested.
S3&S
" THE MIDWAY , " Corner Grand and Wyoming Avenues , Kearney , Nebraska.
Finest in the State outside of Omaha. Opened. Wednesday , February 15th , 1888. T. C. Brainard ,
Proprietor.
Hints and Suggestions.
Keep your ducks and gosllns away
from ponds until they shall bo well ,
fledged , as they easily become chilled
and perish.
Feeding broken oil cake to fowls twice
a week will often promote laying when
other food shall fail to give" good re
sults.
Lettuce ia a hardy plant nnd will en
dure severe cold for a short time. It
can bo made a paying crop if grown in
cold frames and got into the market
early.
As far as possible see to It that drink
ing water passes through iron pipes and
not through wood , which decays and
favors germs of disease , nor lead , which
is n subtle poison.
Use every precaution to avoid fire.
Have a convenient peg for each lantern'
in use in the barn. ' nnd never place a
light whore it may'accidontally sot fire
to anything. Bo cKPcful in leaving hot
ashes around. t' ' '
A western farmer states that ho
easily prepares hia cornstalks for cows
by running them through a threshing
machine , by which they are torn into
shreds , the straw-carrier depositing
them in the mow wh'cro they are to bo
stored for winter food.
The ground may bo plowed nt any
time after the frostf shall bo out. The
value of good harrowing ia often over
looked. The harrow should be passed'
over the ground a "dozen times , if nec
essary , as the finer- the seed-bed the
better. - > J
It does not pay io sow dovorsoed on
tha snow , as is sometimes dono. Many
seeds are dcstroypd by cold , the birds
secure a portion , while , some are washed
away or drawn into clusters. The bet
tor mode is to sow the seed evenly , and
lightly brush it in. By so doing so the
"catch" will be bettor , and the seeds
will germinate uniformly.
The feed is a very-important factor
in cattle-raising , bnt the breed is also
important. A good animal is like a good
machine it secures the greatest pro
duction at the least expense and in the
shortest possible time. The capacity depends -
ponds upon the breed , the feed being
only the raw material to be changed into
something more valuable.
Spread plenty of manure over the as
paragus bed now nnd allow the melting
snow to carry down the soluble matter
to the roots. Asparagus shoots come up
early , nnd nro on the table before the
seeds of some vegetables are in the
ground. Soapsuds are excellent for as
paragus beds.
Salt.hay is said to be more valuable
than has been heretofore supposed , but
it is only serviceable when fed in con
nection with ground grain of some kind.
When used for bedding it should first
bo cut up , in order to facilitate its use
ns manure , and in spreading it over the
land.
In skinning animals that have died of
disease too much care cannot bo exor
cised. If there bo any sere or abrasion
of the skin , whereby the poisonous dis
ease may come in contact with the blood
of the individual , results endangering
lifo are liable to be produced.
Clever CoanterfteltlnR.
Now Orleans Times-Democrat : A few
days ago the Times-Democrat published
the fact that some rogue was extensively
circulating dollar silver certificates ,
which wore quito ingeniously raised to
represent $50 bills. Yesterday ono of
these bills , which had successfully
passed through the hands of numerous
experts and had. been accepted by them ,
wus seen by the writer. Over the vig
nette of Martha Washington on the loft-
hand aide of a $1 silver bill 'a head of
George Washington is pasted. In the
loft-hand uppermost corner the figures
" 50" is pasted over the " 1. " The lower
left-hand corner is treated in the same *
manner. Next all the "ones" ( there
being four of them on the left-hand
margin ) nro onised , , or removed with
acid. Oven the "ono'in the center of
the bill the word ' 'fifty" in similar letters -
tors ia' pasted. 'This ' makes the
fiace of the bill rend "Fifty
Silver Dollur" 'and not dollars ,
as appears on th6 real bill. Up
to this point the work is neatly done ,
and but for. the absence of the "s , "
making the dollar d6llars it is almost
impossible to detect the swindle. When
the alternation of the largo figure " 1"
on the rignt handtond , of the bill is
reached , however , yje operator experi
the dark groundwork is almost round ,
while in the one-dollar bill it is quito
long , hence to complete the deception
it is necessary to erase the upper and
lower ends of the " 1" nnd the upper
and lower ends of the dark background.
In the bill seen yesterday the work was
excellently done. In altering the back
of the bills the marks of the fraud are
more plainly seen. In the first place ,
the "I" on either end of the bill ex
tends almost from top to bottom. Di
rectly in the centre of this ono the fig
ures " 60" are pasted , and the upper and
lower ends of the " 1" nro erased , or ,
rather , removed in some manner known
to the operator. A close examination of
the bill shows the erasure of the word
"one , " which appears on both ends of
the scrollwork on the back of the bill.
After thirteen years' litigation an
Albany estate has realized 85 cents
apiece for the heirs. The lawyers got
about $11,000 each. ' .
TRIBUTE TO MISS FREEMAN.
Honor to the Brave Girl as Ex
pressed at Her Home.
ST. PAUL KNIGHTS OF LABOR.
They Adopt a Scries of Resolutions
Praising the Heroism Displayed
During the Terrible Storm
"The Bee" Fund.
From Minnie Frceman'd Home.
At a regular meeting ot the Knights of
Labor of St. Paul , Nob. , on February 13'
1888 , the following recognition was read by-
the committee , previously appointed , and
Wo , the assembly of the Knights of Labor
of St. Paul , Neb. , gladly claim tha privilege
of KivioR an expression of our sentiment to
wards Miss Minnie Freeman , who with her
parents are residents of our city. It is now a
month since an unprecedented blizzard
spread over these western states , and held
possession of the country for a period of
'
eleven or twelve hours' It seemed to be a
sudden and complete inversion of the ele
ments surrounding us the usually friundly
elements that sustain human life , combining
in an unlookcd for , hostile manner , to destroy
it , requiring strength , mind and soul to main
tain life , and a stronger to help the weaker
to save them from going tdown before the
fury of the elements and perishing. A
month has gone by interspersed with calm
and beautiful days the skies give no marker
or sign of the commotion that : has passed ,
hut it is not forgotten by us.
Attempting to express the sentiment de
veloped by the conduct of Miss Freeman at
the Mlna Valley district , In her conflict with
that memorable storm ( an event so largely
mentioned throughout the country ) we ac
knowledge the presence of human sympathy
weakness , if wo please to call it such and
find our hearts to become tender , our eyes
fill with tears , and our utterance choked
that she should have gone through such cir
cumstances of peril , with sixteen others in
her charge and keeping such eminent peril
as to call up in her the activity of the highest
faculties and iiuolities that can be found to
exist iu connection with human being quali
ties iu truth divine hidden and dormant it
may have been heretofore , hut now impcrl-
tlvcly called forth , as the only power to help
and save. It is as true now as when Cicero
said it , that "Men resemble the
gods in nothing so much as In
doing good to their follow creatures. "
Many of us sitting in warm , pleasant quar
ters , could , contrive an escape from a fancied
catastrophe , and the saving of lives : hut how
many of us would retain the first glimpse of
our fabricated plans when struck with a
catastrophe itself i
Minnie's plans were made on the moment ,
on the basic idea that their livo'i must bo
saved , and she steadily and intently worked
on that idea amid all the terrors roaring and
raging about her.subduing the children and
everything but herself all unconscious her
self that her action was heroic ; albeit It was
this that saved her. The work of saving the
other was the saving of her own lifo.
[ "Ho that loseth his lifo for my sake shall
find lt."l
With Tennyson the poet wo exclaim ,
"When can her glory fadel
O why was she not dismayed !
All the world wondered. "
Having the honor of living in the
same city with Miss Freeman , wo
think hotter of ourselves that these
qualities which wo most adore
when found , have boon displayed in our very
midst. It is this divine quality and spirit
displayed in man which , under extraordinary
circumstances , we call genuine heroism , that
we Knights of Labor and many others wish
to see , not exceptionally only , but universally
displayed in ordinary circumstances In every
day lifo even in this world rather than the
baser , selfish spirit , in which there is no help
and which flourishes in the millionaire and
his imitators and exalts itself in the world.
Were this heroic spirit at homo in the world ,
our familiar and constant helper , instead of
unly making its appearance to help us out on
extraordinary occasions wcro it predomi
nating society , and in the common affairs of
men , instead of bolnp so much of a stranger
in the world , wo would not have boon com
pelled to leave society and our birth place in
the far distance and encounter the Isolation
and exposure of separation , and the
osscs of safety and comfort and
suffer all the thousand and ono
nnmclcss tribulations , that every where fol
low the dominations of the baser spirit , sep
arating and weakening instead of uniting
and strengthening us even grudging us the
the enjoyments of the barbarians.
The discovery that the clement in man ,
divine or heroic , as to bo Intangible as
electricity or magnetism ; and generally re
garded as an exotic can bo utilized for the
common use of man in making a congenial
homo on the earth , is the crowning discovery ,
for human beings Christ sounded thisdliT
covcry to the world and maintained that on
this element of interests of man wcro based.
Over fifty generations of mcu have passed
-through the world since , and still the baser
spirit holds sway , and the premise of Christ
to the world is still mot with a sneer , as being
a premise of-what , is unattainable on the
earth. It needs no ro-dlscovcry , but only the
element to ho utilized , to bo the
foremost power in 'the world , to
work out the destined interests of man ; when
all men bolnir helpers wo would all bo rich
indeed , and millionaires would bo a lost race.
Wo have heretofore known Miss Freeman
only as a delightful girl , preparing , with the
help of her parents during her growth , for
the duties and accomplishments of life.
Though poor in purse we are rich la devotion
to the spirit that moved Mlnnio Frecmau and
sustained her In that terrible struggle. The
charm of her heroism will abide with us
through the world.
JOHN D.unir ,
JOHN M.iciux ,
J. U. PACKAHD.
Committee.
The "Bee" Fnnd.
The present condition of the funds opened
by the HEE is as follows :
LQloRoyco , 8,219 ft ?
Lena Woobbccko fund 0)3 ! ) 87
Minnie Freeman , ' . . . . . . GG3 U3
Westphalcn monument fund 100 33
Etta Shattuck 4,05051
Grand total WJ73 37
DIDN'T APPEAR.
Mrs. MoNamara .Represented to Bo
81111 Hick a Bed.
Yesterday afternoon was the time cited for
Mrs. Nellie MoNamara to appear before
Judge Shields and make an accounting as ex
ecutrix of her deceased husband's estate ,
amounting to between (30,000 and (40,000. ,
Attorney Keyscr , who recently succeeded
Mrs. MoNamara as executor of the estate ,
was on hand promptly , but the charming
widow came not. However , she was repre
sented by proxy in the person of Attorney
Eller , who explained the absence of his
client. Ho said that she was still confined to
her bed by illness , and that while she was
anxious to appear and have the entangle
ment in which the estate hod been involved
straightened out , her condition was such
tha her physicians forbade uer leaving her
house.
This explanation the judge accepted with
some allowance of credulity , and Mr. Ellcr
then turned over to the Judge what was rep
resented to bo an accounting from Mrs.
McNamara. The statements were rather
vague and somewhat mixed , and wcro in no
wise satisfactory to Mr. Koysor or the judge ,
and finally an agreement was reached whereby
Mrs. McNamara was again to bo summoned.
A final order was then issued , and in import
calls upon the widow to make a final and
complete report and to turn over all the prop
erty of the estate to Mr. Kcyser by March 1.
The next day , March 'J , will bo occupied in
hearing her defense , if she has any to odor.
Monday next was the ( lav set apart for the
formal hearing of Mrs. McNainara's father's
petition charging her with Insanity , but it is
not likely that it will take place as the cita
tion has not yet been served upon her to nP-
l > ear. On the day the citation was procured
the father asked that it not be served , and
tils request was complied with. The next
day ho again appeared at the offlco of the
sheriff , and renewed his request , giving as
[ us excuse that his daughter was too sick to
entertain and was physically incapable of
undergoing the shock that would naturally
follow. Ho further enjoined the sheriff from
prosecuting the service of the papers until ho
irdered U done , and since that-time the father
lias not moved in the matter.
Grand Court Martlals.
The detail of court for the general court
martial to meet at Fort McKinney , Wyo. ,
Monday , February 27 , is Captain Ucnhurn ,
Captain Sanno , Captain Dlmmlck , Lieuten
ant Young , Lieutenant Jackson , Lieutenant
Powell , Lieutenant Sutor , Lieutenant Har
bour , Lieutenant Gardner , judge advocate.
A court martial is to bo held at Fort Doug
las , Utah , Thursday , the S3rd of February.
The detail for court is Captain Powell , Jr. ,
Captain Kinzlo , Captain Britton , Captain
Bauer , Captain Badger , Lieutenant Byrne ,
Lieutenant Bordcn , Lieutenant Stevens ,
Lieutenant Massey , Lieutenant Allen , Lieu
tenant Young Lieutenant Morton , Lieuten
ant Shattuck , Lieutenant Torrcy , Judge ad
vocate.
Took a Whisker Hold.
Henry BIrely was arrested last evening
for assaulting Fred Mills , the manager of a
lodging house on the corner of Sixteenth and
Farnam streets. Bircly had been a roomer
there , hut several days ago he was forbidden
the accommodations of the house because of
his inclination to get drunk frequently. Yes
terday while Intoxicated Birely slipped into
ono of the rooms and throw himself upon a
bed. Ho was thus found by Mills , who
ordered him out. Bircly arose very wrathfully -
fully , seized Mills by the whiskers and struck
him several times. Ho then went back to
bed , while Mills hurried to the police station
and caused the arrest of the belligerent in
truder.
Colonel C. M. Terrell , chief paymaster de
partment of the Platte , has been summoned
to Chester , Pa. , on account of the serious ill
ness of his daughter , Mrs. Bartlott. Major
W. C. Creary is actiug paymaster during his
absence.
CREAM
IAKIH ?
ItMtiparlorexcolIencB proven In m
homes for moro thun a quarter of a century , u
it uiert by the United btutos Government Kn-
dorsed by tbo liemlnof tlio ( Ireat UnlverMtlca ai
the Stroiifreiit , Purest Hud most Healthful. r > r
Price's Cream IlaklnK Powder does not contain
Ammonia , Ume or Alum. Sold only in cans ,
PmcEllAKiNd I'nwucituo.
NEWYOIIK , CHICAGO. BT. rOUIS
JIDIOIOUS AND PERSISTENT
Advertising haj nltrnyn proven
ucoeBStul. Ueforo placing nnr
Newt paper Advertising consvij
LORD 4V THOMAS.
iDTiWTiiua iuim , J
41 U i * Urk Mmt , CHICAGO ,
UKPBECEDENTED ATTRACTION.
OVElt A MILLION UlSTUinUTKD.
CAPITAL PRIZE , $300,000
L.S.L
Louisiana State Lottery Company.
Incorporated br the Legislature In IPOfl , for Kducal
loiml anil Cluiritnlilo imrpimw , anil Iu franchise
nmilo it part of the present btnto Constitution , In 1S7D ,
by an overwhelming popular roto.
Its Grand Single Number Urawlnm Uko place
monthly , anil tha Grand Oimrlorlj Drawings regu
larly eTorjr tliroo mouths ( March , Juno , September
and December. )
"Wo do hereby certify that wn supervise the ar
rangements for all the monthly nml quarterly
llranlngs of The ilalaiin Hate I-ottory Company ,
and In person manage nnd control the drawing * them-
selves , and that tha sama are conducted with honesty
fairness ami In Rood faith toward all parties , aadwa
autboritotbo Company to use this cortlflcat * wltU
lac similes of our signature attached , ' '
mouts. "
COMMISSIONERS.
We , the undersigned Banks and Bankers wilt pay all
Prlics drawn In tlio Ixmlilunu State Lotteries whlcu
moy be presented nt our counters.
J. II. OOLK8BV , Pros. Louisiana National Bank.
1'IKHKK LANAUX , lrev Ptato National Bank.
A. BALDWIN , Pros. New Orleans National Bank.
CARL KOUN , Pros. Union National Bank.
GRAND QUARTERLY DRAWIH6
In the Academy of Music , New Or *
loans , Tuciday , March 13 , 1888.
CAPITAL PRIZE. $300,000.
10O.OOO Tickets at Twenty Dollars
each. Halve * , $1O | Quarters , $5 ;
Tenths , $2 ; Twentieths , $1.
MOT or PRIZES.
i rni/.K or .ani.uii is pno.noo
1 I'Kl/.K OK lUUHl Is . .I I'JUU ( )
1 IMII7.K OF WJHIls W ( W
1 1MM/.H OK Z8.UDIS I KillM )
2 IMtl/.KS OK 1IM1UI are S
_ _ . A.IUI are ; !
25 I'lllXICS OK l.dllaru . , . ,
100 IMtl/.KS OK ll are . . . total
JU ) I'lll/.KS OK HI ) nro UWO
UU 1'UIZES OK AJUnro 1W.UN
Al'PBOXIMATIOJf rillZCtj.
, . ,
100 Prizes of s.ai approzlmatlnv to
RUI.OUI I'rliu are 60,005
100 Prize * of t.lU approxluiatlng to
flUUMI 1'rlio uro 00,003
IOOIrlresoffaiUaiproxlinatlng | to
I50.UOO I'rlzo are 90,003
TUItMIXAf. PltlZKH.
1.000 Prizes of 1100 decided by. . . .FJUO.OOO
1,000 Prizes of 1100 decided bjr..tlW,000 (
Priionrc 100,000
3.W1 Prizes amounting to . ll,06iOUO
I'or club rates , or nuy further Information apply to
the undersigned. Your luimlwrltlnu ruu t bo distinct
Hnd signature plain , oror.ipld return mull delivery
will bo assured by your enclosing an envelope bearing
your full address.
Heml lOSTAIi NOTKS , express money orders , or
New York exchange In ordinary letter. Currency by
express ( ut our expense ) addressed to
M. A. DAUPHIN.
"V OULBAK * . LA ,
Or M. A. DAUPHIN."V
WASHINGTON , D. C
Address Begistered Letton to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK ,
_ NEW 011U5AN3 , LA.
REMEMBER 258tt8ffi3ES Siof ft *
Karly , who are In churgaof tha drawings , is a cuar.
anteo of absolute fairness and Integrity , that the
chances are all equal , and that no ono can possibly
divine what number will draw a Price.
KKMKM111C11 that the payment of nil prUes U
OUAUANTKEl ) Iir TOVIt NATIONAL BANKS Olf NEW
UUIJCAKH , and the tickets are signed by the president
of an Institution whoso chartered rights are rooog.
nixed In the highest courU ; therefore , bawara of auf
Itatlons or anonymous schemes.
OFTOH
Chicago , Milwaukee & St. Paul R'y ,
Tke Best Route from Omaha
Blulb to
- = = THE EAST
i WO TBAIN8 DAILY BETWEEN OMAHA AN& Si
COUNCIL ULOTFS
if1
Chicago , AND * " Milwaukee ,
St. Paul , Minneapolis , Cedar Rapids , 4
Bock Island Rockford
, Frccport , ,
Clinton , ' Dubuqae , , Darenport ,
Madison , Janestllle ,
Bcloit , Wlnons , La Crosse ,
Ana all otktr Important points Kast , Northeast an !
BonthMat.
rorthroach ticket * call on th ticket agsnt at 1191
nroam atnet , in Paxton Ilota ) , or at Unto Pacing
tollman Bl p rs smd to * flnsit Dlnlni Can la th *
world ar * run on the main line of the Chicago , Mil *
kuke * A Bt. I'aul Hallway , and rery attention la
aid to passenger * by courteous employ * * of tba
" "
R. M1U.RR , Gn ral MaoMtr.
J7F. TUCKER , Assistant Quootn. aun.g.r.
_ A. v. it. CAIU'KNTEU , Osnsrat l'au nt r an !
Tlck.t Agiint.
OKO. tf. HKArrOBD , AHlftant O ortl PMMBOr
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after etfecta. Hoqulros
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II , O. WILUUU & 80JMS.
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