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' " * " . " ' ? . * u- . - . . - - . a. , * . , . , . .w.WM. . - . V , , . - - - - * - - . , ; - . . , . . v- , , , , i THE OMAHA DAILY BBSflr FKIDAY. FEBRUARY 24 , 1888 , ' " TV THE DAILY BEE. PUIIM81IKD KVJJHY MORNINU. TF.KM8 OP n llr ( Morning Edition ) Including Sunday IlKK. One Ymr . . . . MO OJJ Tor Hlx Month.i. . . . . . . C < J'orThreo Months . . -'CO 'Jim Oinahn Sunday llr.r , matted to any ml- ( IrcsK , Ono Yenr . 300 OMAHA Orricn. Nos.nH tiiiinirt FAUN'AM HTIIBBT. NKW YOIIK OrKicr. KOOMR It AMI l5TimnJNE HL'ii.Dt.sn. WASHI.VOTOS OrriCE , No. C13 COHIinsroNDKXCR. All communications rt-lntincto news nnd edi torial matter should bo addressed to the I.nmm msiNis.s : : . . should be Alt business letters nnd remittances addressed to TIIK Itr.B Firni. niNn Co r-Awr. ( ) > IAII.Draftm checks and poxtolllce orders to be mailo payable to the onler of the company. The Bee PuWisMnjfcipany , Proprietors K. RO3KWATKU , Editor. TIIK DAILY DEIS. Sworn Statement of Circulation. Btnto of Nebraska , I . . County of IoiiKlns . ( " " ' a co. II. Tz-sclmck. Rccrctnry of The Ileo Pub- JIMiInu cmnpnny , do * * Kolemnly swear that the actuiuclrculfiUon of the Dully lloe for tlio week ending Feb. 17. JH * , was us follows ; Patunlay. Fol > . II . 10,1 < . > 5 Sunday. Fell. 12 . JWTiiO Monday , Full. it : . 10.040 Tuesday , Feb. H . 15. * * Wednesday , Feb. 15 . _ . 16JTJ1 Thursday , Feb. 18 . > . J\fiO Friday , Feb. IT . .15. 4 Average . IS.fGO OKI ) . ll.TZSCHUCK. Pvrorn to uml subscribed In my presence this 16th day of February , A. IX , 18BS. N. P. FK1L , Notary Public. State of Nebraska , I . County of Douglass. fs > s > ( Jco. lJ. Txscnuck. being llrst duly sworn , < 1o- po es nnd nays that ho Is secretary of The Ilee Publishing company , that thn actual average dally circulation of inn Dally Ilee for the mouth of February. I1 * " . * . ' " copies ; for March , IKK" , 14,400 copies : for April , 1SHT , 14.310 copies : for May , 1HW1 , 14.227 copies ; for June , IHff , 14,147 copies ; for July , ItM , 14.MQ copies : for August , 18h7 , 14,161 copies ; for September. Ibh7. 14,349 copies ; for October , 1H57. U.JK1 : for November ; IW. 15,22(1 ( copies ; for December , 1W7 , 15,041 coplCH ; for January , 188K , 15.208 copies : OKU. 11. TzscmrcK. Bworn and subscribed to In my presence this 2ddsy of January , A. 1) . less. N. P. FE1L , Notary Public THEIIE ia vitality In the Allison boom. It is growing rapidly nnd will soon ox- ptind beyond the limits of its native Btuto. _ . THE presidential race course is full of , would-bo dark horses. This dark hue is notnatural , however. It has been put on by artificial means , and the in dividuals are easily recognized below the black paint. The real dark horse docs not prance into the arena until the last moment. THAT union depot chestnut comes to the front again smiling at the credulity of Omahn tax-payers who contributed $200,000 in city bonds for putting up that magnificent cow-shed on Tenth-street , and $250,000 in county bonds with which Sidney Dillon built that depot on the bunks of Spoon lake. ST. Louis for once has got away with Chicago. This is not so much on ac count of St. Louis as a summer resort as on account of the salubrity of Missis sippi , neverfilteredwater. . That fluid mixes bettor with the pure Bourbon juice than docs the water drawn out of the Lake Michigan tunnel. TIIK Now York produce exchange has discovered through an investigating committee that western flour can bo purchased more cheaply in Europe than on the Atlantic seaboard. Such dis crimination against American mer chants by the railroads is a nefarious piece of business. The interstate com mission should take some decided ac tion in this matter. IT is not the grand jury alone that is getting impatient to welcome home Jay Gould. The professional Wall street speculators are counting the days on their fingers when ho will again put loot on American soil. Since the 1st of January the lambs have fought shy of "corners , " and the result has been that the brokers are literally dead broke. If the wizard will only take a hand in the1 game and stir up the market the brokers wont care whether ho is bull or ITear. _ _ _ WHILE the democratic national committee ' mittee hold Washington , President Cleveland , quietly slipped off to Florida without oven asking the boys up to the white house to tafjto his Kentucky sour imish. This is such a departure from Jacksonian principles that defeat for rcnomination at the St. Louis conven tion stares the president in the face. It will not do for prospective candidates to ullow such time-honored democratic customs to fall into "Innocuous des uetude. " Tine sugar trust was put upon the dis secting table of the Now York senate committee- the llrst subject for inves tigation. The first day's procedure mndo the trust wriggle and squirm under - dor the scorching scalpel of the com mittee. But nothing else was accomp lished. The fact became very quickly ovldont that it will take considerable knifing before the true inwards of the trust are laid baro. But the probing will go on , and if the heart of the trust can be got at the truth'of the nefarious combinations to rob the people will come out. THK Beatrice board of trndo has voted ono hundred dollars to the relief fund for the sufferers from the cyclone at Ml. Vernon , Illinois , and notified Governor Oglesby that it is prepared to do more il necessary. This must commendable Bctioj deserves moro than passing atten tion , to the end that other boards ot trade in Nebraska may bo moved to em ulate the example. The cause is a worthy ono , and the action of the mer chants of Beatrice , identified with the board of trade , shows that they are men of the right spirit. TnK cities of St. Paul and Minneapo lis have been agitating the question ol uniting into ono city for the purpose of getting out ono grand edition of the census aud for other reasons. The latest scheme is suggested by Mr. J. W. JtlcClurg , who proposer , as the first etop in the matter , to form a now board of trade , consisting of twenty members from each city. The only obstacle in the way appears to' bo the choice of n president for the proposed board. Each city is too Jealous to concede the honor to the other , nnd the dilemma might force the board to cull on their invet erate enemy , Chicago , to send up a figuro-houd. .Tho Democratic National ConYentlori. The national convention of the demo cratic party will meet at St. Louis ori the 6th of Juno. There was a vigorous struggle between the five cities that do * sired the convention , and the victory of the representatives of St. Louis should commend them to the heartiest regard of their constituents. The selection of Hint city rendered necessary n recon sideration of the earlier action of the national committee designating July 3 as the data of holding the convention , and it will meet n month earlier nnd l\yo weeks in advance of the republican na tional convention. The result indicates that Mr. Cleveland hud either expressed no wish as to when and where the con vention should bo hold or that his desire was disregarded. The suppo sition has been that he felt n good deal of concern about the mutter , but it now bccms probable that this was a mistake , and that the committee was enabled to act free from any administration in fluence. , . Except for the possible local infiucnco to bo exerted by the convention , the ( place of meeting is perhaps not a mat ter of very great importance , and on this ono ground the committee would ( doubtless have acted moro wisely if it hud chosen Chicago or San Francisco , nnd particularly the latter. .It will meet in n democratic stronghold where its presence will have no other olTcct' than to intensify the ardor nnd en thusiasm of democrats , who do not need any" such stimulus , and whore perhaps the greatest gratification of the delegates will bo in the knowledge that they arc not , as the fucctiouS Senator Vest cxuresscd it , "feeding a republican city on demo cratic sponge cuke. " So fur ns the chief work of the convention is concerned , it will undoubtedly bo as well done in St. Louis as it could bo done in any other city. Unless nil signs fail the business of re-nominating Mr. Cleveland and un reservedly endorsing his administra tion will bo performed with all the heartiness and enthusiasm which so per functory a duty can inspire. There are intimations of an opposition to this pro gramme which may prove more or loss formidable , but it. is not ap parent that they have any substantial basis. Democrats can bo found everywhere who are not in favor of Cleveland , and some of these will doubtless get into the convention. There is talk about the machinations of Gorman and Randall to defeat a rouomi- nation of the president , and very likely those politicians , who have nothing to expect of 'the administration , would bo very glad to accomplish this. There is an element of the party in Now York which would very much prefer Gov ernor Hill as a candidate. But the great majority of the party feel that its cause would bo utterly hopeless without Cleveland , and it is not to bo doubted that tlio representatives of this ma jority will bo strong enough in the con vention to carry everything as they wish. The fact that the convention will beheld hold earlier than usual , and in advance of the republican convention , possesses no groht significance. It simply assures a long campaign , which , however satis factory to the politicians , will not bo welcome to the business of the country. The quadrennial political contest is always moro or less disastrous to busi ness , and of course the moro prolonged it is the greater the damage. The next campaign promises to bo ono of the most active and heated that the country has known for many years , and it would doubtless have been bettor for the gen eral welfare to have confined it to two months instead of extending it over nearly five , as-will now have to be done. There will certainly bo enough politics this year to satisfy the most inordinate appetite. Not Wholly SatiHfactory. It may be regarded as quite certain that the reply of'tho secretary of war to the house resolution asking information regarding the battle flags in the cus tody of that department will not bo uni versally accepted as a satisfactory vin dication of the course which it hud boon proposed to take respecting those tro phies. The soldiers of the country , whoso indignant protest against the pro posal to return thcso flags caused the president to'promptly revoke -the au thority ho had given to do this , will not bo convinced by the statement of the secretary of war that there were any sufficient precedents giving warrant for the proposal to surrender the flags , and n great many other people less deeply interested in the subject will bo com pelled in candor to reach the same con clusion. It was not ingenuous on the part of the secretary o'f war to imply that his predecessors , mid' particularly Mr. Stanton , were responsible for instituting the policy of returning confederate flags , for the facts ho was compelled to present are against any suoh implica tion ; besides which nobody will believe , so far at least as Mr. Stanton is con cerned , tlpt ho could have been induced under any circumstances to favor a gen eral return of those flags. But the sim ple truth Is that the confederate flags which were removed from the war de partment during the incumbency of Mr. Stanton wore merely loaned , except such ns'worobont to military organizations by which they had been captured. Whatever significance this mutter may have in a political way has not been removed by the reply of the secretary of war to the house resolution. t/Tho fact remains that there was no precedent to justify the proposal to return the con federate flags , n proceeding in any event for which the executive department had no authority , and that the president in approving1 the proposal exhibited a spirit offensive to the loyal sentiment of the country. In revoking the order for thro return of the flags ho did not mani fest the least consideration for this of fended sentiment , but rather allowed it to bo inferred that had ho possessed the authority the order would have been carried out. It was n mistake that will not bo forgotten. Act Prudently. The mechanics employed in the build ing trudoa will make a very serious blunder if they do not come to an amica ble understanding with the builders nnd contractors before the building season opens. it is the manifest interest of workingmen - men to get the highest wages nnd jnpst liberal hours ot labor that can bo sc- cured from employers. Labor unions nnd federations of trades are the most effective agencies for upholding wages nnd enforcing the demands of working- men. There are times nnd seasons when skilled labor can command its own price nnd dictate its own terms , and seasons when the mechanics en gaged in building trades must take pru dent counsels. Such n season is now before - fore us. The past season has witnessed an overgrowth of American cities. Tlio building boom lust your was not con fined to the .west nnd south. Now York , Philadelphia , Boston and Balti more hhowed extraordinary building activity in 1887. It is but natural that n reaction should follow the overpro duction of buildings. Theprcsontyear , independent of the usual dullness of presidential election years , will witness a general slackness in building opera tions , not only in the largo cities , but also in cities of the second nnd third class. It is a well established principle in commerce that you can not raise prices on a declining market. The bame natural law of demand and supply governs industry. When there is an active demand for mechanics and laborers high wages can bo maintained , and the demands of workingmen for reduced hours and ex tras can readily bo enforced , But in n season of general dullness , when there is a surplus of unemployed mechanics and laborers , it is up hill work to com- muna or enforce the highest ruto of wages and a reduction of tno hours of labor. Lust year nearly eight millions wcro spent in Omaha for building improvements. The con struction of mammoth business blocks , banks nnd packing houses employed thousands of skilled mechanics. This year the outlook so far is not very prom ising. With the exception of two largo blocks already under construction , the business buildings so far projected will not employ one-half the building force which' was at work last season. The abandonment of work on the city hall , the failure of the new hotel pro ject , and the break up of the Knights of Pythias building scheme 'havo discour aged property owners who wcro dis posed to invest in costly building enter prises. Tills state of facts should not bo lost sight of by workingmort. If they can come to nn agreement with the builders on last year's scale1 of wages they should bo content. There is strength in union , but unless there is prudence in the counsels of workingmen - men , they are liable to mako'vory ' seri ous and costly blunders. On the other hand the contractors and builders should exhibit fairness and liberality in treating with the working mon. They should endeavor , , if possi ble , to come to terms mutually agreo- 'ablo. They must recognizo'tho ' right of workingmcn to act in concert oven when they do not fool able to yield to all of their demands. LAST Saturday's meeting of'tho ' county commissioners was attended chiefly by the paving , grading , sewer and sweep ing contractors , who appeared to bo very anxious that the proposition for the Yankton road should bo modified in some way. The true inwardncssof _ that call on the commissioners was , however , a desire on the part of these contractors , to have the special county election post poned until after the city sewer bond election. If this railroad project cannot bo carried out without combining with contractors and boodlors , it had better bo abandoned altogether. It is high time that Omaha should break up the corrupt contractors' ring which manipulated the last legislature to tlio detriment of this city , has exerted such a baneful influ ence upon the city council and is trying its level best to control the county board. At yesterday's mooting of the commissioners the same gang was pres ent and listened with satisfaction to the report against calling-tho election. * THAT a corrupt combination exists between Omaha councilman nnd con tractors is an open secret. No conceal ment of their intimate relations has boon attempted. The enormous sums which certain of those contraatbVs have drawn out of the city treasury aro. matters - tors of notoriety. The raids"which they are making successfully at every session by voting themselves extras through their dummies in thd council , who -arc continually overriding the board of public works , afford sufficient cause for alarm. Twecdlsm has become rampant , and unless it receives effective check , wo shall roll up n mountain of debt without having anything moro to show for it.tha.ii a few miles of rotten wooden pavement , tumble-down sewers , nnd deep gashes through the hillsides which have been graded' to accommo date contractors and land sharks. Now that Omaha has been made a point of immediate transportation an opportunity is given for local capitalists to build a bonded warehouse. There will bo ample employment for such a structure nnd its use will increase with the growth of the city. Under the new regime importers can have their goods sent in bond directly from the wharf to this city whore the appraisement nnd collection of duties will bomado. Until stores are provided our merchants will bo compelled to take their goods imme diately upon arrival whether it is con venient or not. Often it pays business men to allow goods to remain in store nnd pay storage charges until such time as they are roiuly to place them on sale , when duties nro paid and Cho goods re moved. Who will build the first bonded storehouse for Omaha ? THE city of Omaha is a corporation whoso property , estimated at its lowest yaluo , exceeds ono hundred millions of dollars , The mayor nnd council are the managers of this corporation with power to impose assessments in the shape of taxes amounting to fully ono million a year on the property owners. When this tremendous power is in .such hands as Put Ford , Tom Lowry , Man- vlllo , Van Camp , nnd others of that ilk , it becomes a mutter of vital neces sity to the taxpayers and property owners to enforce the charter limita tions ngnl'nst overlaps nnd lawless con spiracies with contractors. Is there any corporation , in Omaha that would allow such men to manage Its affairs , even if it only amounted to art expendi ture of $50,000 rrycnr ? AFTKU expending over $ .30,000 for grading Elovonlh'strcot to its full width , it is now proposed"to narrow the street nnd to sell abouonethird \ of the graded street. The contractor for this grading , Mr. Stuht , is said to bo the prime mover for this proposed land grub. The ques tion nnturully urines , where will the taxpayers ' payers get back'dio money expended for grading that part of Eleventh street which is to bo abandoned'1 ; Why was not the scheme to narrow the street carried out before any grading was done at the public expense , nnd lot the purchasers of the abandoned strips pay for their own grading ? Doesn't this little scheme strikingly exhibit the peculiar enter prise of the council bell-wether and his King ? Mn. CoitiiiN bus given the striking coal miners , whoso demand for higher wages ho has resisted , twenty thousand dollars to bo distributed among the most needy of them. This is a vicious gift. It is adding insult to injury. What the strikers asked for was living , wages for their work. This was refused them and a money gift substituted. There could not be n moro degrading course of action adopted by Mr. Corbin and his co-monopolists. It is a deliber ate attempt to break down all Independ ence and manhood in their workmen and should bo hissed down by public sentiment. AT the last mooting of the council , Hascnll introduced an ordinance to re peal the ordinance directing the treas urer to soil $25,000 city hull bonds , the proceeds of which wore to bo used for paying the Contractor's claim for work done on the city hull basement. The object of this move is evidently to mis lead the public and the courts ns re gards the collusion of the council job bers with tno contractors. It is also in the nature of n threat that the council docs not propose to spend another dollar on the city hall in its present location. MK. ANDKBW CAKNKOIE is both an intelligent nnd candid man. Ho hns been one of the strongest friends of Mr. Blaine , but ho now admits that the with drawal of the Maine statesman has made the republican party much strongcrand ho thinks it is the duty of the party to take Mr. Blaine aVhis word and to re gard him as who iyjout of the race. Mr. Carnegie expresses strong confidence in republican success .under any ono of the able leaders who tire now most promi nently inentioncdhspossible candidates. HASCAJVL bus thrown a sop to the un employed workingijion by proposing a scheme .to build a city jail. Where ho is to get the monojf for building this structure is not njaHifcst unless ho pro poses to lot the 'ijtjildors ' charge three pricessuo the cityjafld take their chances of getting their pttyjout of the judgment fund , into which'bull the questionable claims are dumped' . ' ' " ' THE FIELD OP INDUSTRY. The construction of railroads through the mining regions of the far west has led to tlio projection of quite a number of new mining companies. The original Inventor of the two-wheeled grain drill , which has such a wide acceptance throughout the west , died not long since in an alinshouso. The cut nnd wire nail manufacturers throughout the west are making one moro effort to divide the trade among themselves upon a remunerative basis. The general prosperity of the cotton goods industry of New England is shown by the en largement of various plants and the introduc tion of improved machinery. The Italian government has ordered the construction of a dynamite gun In Philadel phia that will send a projectile weighing COO pounds a distance of four miles. An Illinois manufacturer recently shipped nine carloads of corn-shellers to South America , nnd several to South Africa , New Zealand und the Sandwich Islands. A Callowhill street firm has Just put in operation - , oration the largest riveting machine made in this country. It can rivet boiler shells niado from plates up to ninety-six inches in width , Many country boot and shoo factories nro far behind on orders , and the tendency is to keep them busy nnd let the big town factor ies , with their labor-organizations , run slack. The people of Atlanta have secured an abundant supply of filtered water , over 4,000,000 , gallons per day , by thousp of twelve " filters ten feet high and thirteen" feet in di ameter. A new building material called stone brick is made by the grinding together of limo and sand in a dry state. It is then heated by steam nnd transformed into burned hydraulic cement. A largo steve manufacturer in Albany has secured the consent of his workmen to retain 10 per coat of their wages until the end of the year , to bo forfeited to the linn in the event of a strike. The borers after oil In the Indian territory have been going thrdugh oil-bearing strata nnd arc all standinfi- , around their wells on tiptoe , waiting for the year that ia to make millionaires out of them. The people of Cleveland , O. , have dec.ded to Invest $300,000 in rf'trinnol , to be built out into-tho lake , oho ar.da | ! half miles long , which will'bo seventy feet below its surface and seven feet in diameter. - The dealers In pU hcrs' supplies have fanned a combination by which they will ob tain better discounts ( from manufacturers , and have secured promises from the latter not to sell to their customers. A largo lathe has Just been turned out from the Pennsylvania' fonndry that will turn a piece sixteen feet long between the centers. Never bcford ! tvas as much heavy machinery made as nt tltls time. Ono hundred thousand acres of valuable coal land in West Virginia have been pur chased by Eastern capitalists for immediate development. Hard timber , splint , caniiel and bituminous coal are abundant. A Or < rat Oversight. rhfliultlphta Latter. There ia ono unfortunatn ornmlssion from the Ulalr bill. Millions are offered for com mon-school education , and not ono cent for the education of Senator lilair himself , though ills final speech , with Its indefinite nonsense about Jesuits , shows that ho needs _ a great deal. The llcul Situation. Kt. Lmili aiobc-rtemocral. A Philadelphia democratic paper says : "Mr. Ulalno'a retirement produces a per- ccptiblo sUuklaess in. the _ ranks of the re publican party. " There Is evidently a mls- take hero. The republicans have not , ni any other time since 1872 , felt-BO confident or suc cess ns they do nt this moment. A Valuable Suggestion. C7iftti0o Time * . Not only ought every congressman to hnvo n clerk , but niott of the congressmen ought to go homo nud let their clerks run the country. FnntrtstlcnUr Improbable. iMUitvtllt Courier-Journal. * If nn cntifo base ball club can alutaln for a whole season from intoxicating ilrlnks.wlio can s.iy'tlmt at some future day a legislature or a congress nmy not go through n session on Ico-watcrl Chance fora AVorin-trust. /Joilon Glnbe. Tlio now fisheries treaty , as far ns it has been published , docs not seem to give our fishermen the right to buy bait in Canada , and the American angler must still dig his worms in American soil. Pcrlmps 8lio Wan There. Si > rlngfleld Ifcjmullcati. The Sheridan family nro divided on the question. Phil's mother says ho was born nt Somerset , O. And certain circumstances connected with tlio occasion add a good deal of weight to her evidence. Progress. Io/fi / ( llnnentng. 'Tisrln the advance of individual minds That the slow crowd should ground their ex pectations Eventually to follow ns tlio sea Waits nges In its bed , till some ono wave Hut or tlio multitude aspires , extends The emplro of the wh'olo , some feet , per haps , Over the strip of sand which could conflno Its fellows so long time ; thenceforth the rest , Even to the meanest hurry in at once , And so much is clear gain. STATE AND TEUniTOItt" . Nebraska -Jottings. Hebron is moving enthusiastically for electric lights und water works. Plnttsmouth wrenches the purses of dtummcrs by slapping tlio occupation tux on them. Beatrice has discovered that the -gus motor is the nearest approach to perpet ual motion in the city. Thd second trial of Jeff Long for the murder of the Bascombo family will coma off in the district court at North Plntte , April 11. Nebraska City is rustling for $10,000 to educate , the mossbacks of the east with luminous pictures of the city's growth and prospects. The Vidotto is the name of a neat and discursive monthly magazine started by the students of Hastings college. It has n stnIT of nine editors and managers. A reward of $100 is offered by the sheriff of Hall county for the arrest of Gustavo Moellor , tlio supposed mur- dcroV of Valentine Gulchcr , at Grand Island. The election in Nebraska City Tues day proved that but five rcsiddnts prefer walking to riding street curs. The franchise for a street railway was granted by a vote of 46 ( > to C. ' Richardson county will have another chtinco to put the legal screws to Dr. Gundy. The supreme court has granted him a now trial. The luxury comes high , but the people will have his room rather than his company. Hon. J. Sterling. Morton's gift of a park to Nebraska City is a most valu able ono. Tlio tract comprises twenty- three acres of undulating , broken land , beautifully wooded , and with the ex penditure of a small sum of money can bo made in a few years a refreshing breathing place for the people. The North Platte authorities have discovered a storehouse loaded with stolen goods cigars , dross goods , gro ceries and canned goods taken from the curs of the Union Pacific. Churlos E. Brooks' , a mail carrier between North Platte and Logan , and John Ttlford , jr. , have boon arrested , charged with lar ceny , and John Tilford , sr. , has been found guilty of receiving the goods. Last October Mr. B. P. Carson moved Jrom.Emly City , Mich. , to Dundycounty and brought a valuable Newfoundland dog with him- The dog disappeared in n few days. Three months later Mr. Carson received a letter from homo stating that the dog had returned , but reduced in flesh to a moro skeleton. It took the dog just 100 days to make the trip of 2,000 miles. After remaining on the old farm thrco days and not lind- ing his muster the dog again disap peared and it is believed that ho has started on "his return trip. Mr. Carson offers a reward of SoO for the dog. His great intorcbt in the dog is owing to the fact that the animal had once saved the life of his wife , who hud boon at tacked in an open field by a vicious horse. Iowa Items. Farms in Scott county rent for $5 per acre. acre.Tho'Morchunts Social and Protective union has been organized in Davenport. Coal thieves have boon arrested at Gilford. Among the number was the new railroad agent of that place. Marion has n broom bricudo composed of ton young- Indies ot that city. During leap year they propose to sweep all the old bachelors off the face of the earth , , The wife of. Joseph Bavin , residing near Union , gave birth to triplets Sun day night , all boys , weighing seven and one-half pounds each. Two of them are living. _ . * Dakota. The crematory established at Valley City is nearly completed , and will bo ready for business in u few days. The city council of Rapid City have ordered a special election March 16 for tlio purpose of reineorporution under the general law of the territory. Tlio bcliool of mines in Rapid City is n valuable adjunct to the mineral do- yelopincnt of the hills. All the differ ent cluss.cs of ores are tested there and their value made known by competent professors. Tlio supreme court of Dakota has bunded down its decision in the local option cases before it , holding the law to bo constitutional. All the judges concur except .ludgo Thomas , who dis sents on the ground that the law is in -conflict with the organic aqt of tlio ter ritory , which forbids the legislature from passing any act impairing the rights of private property. Wyoming. Governor Moonlight is making free use of the veto , The Maverick bill was. snulTod out by a veto a few days ago. Tlio newspapers are not enthusiastic in praiho of the legislative assembly. Its existence is regarded as a public calamity. The losses to the crovcrnmont in the recent fire nt Fort McKinney foot up as follows : Stores , $9,000 ; property , $1,500 ; building , $5,000 ; total , $15,500. The real estate business is picking up at u profitable ruto in Luramlo. The glass works , rolling mills nnd soda works are attracting largo numbers of settlers. Hero is luck by the buahol. Ed. Daniels , a cowboy working for the "C. Y. " outfit , is said to have inherited $01,000 by the death of an almost forgot ten uuclo in Indiana. UBERAUTY OF TIIE PEOPLE , The "Boo'a" Heroine Fund Beaches Over $10,800 ; AND THE feoOD WORK GOES ON. Tim Koll of Honor Steadily Incrons- iiifr The hntcst Contributor * lethe the Heroines I'rom Various 1'nrts of Nebraska. Tlio Hull or Honor. I.OIU HOICK FUND. Previously reported $3,013 T4 Citizens Hralnard , Neb r. aft T. M. Shnllcnbcrger , Hrndshnw.Ncb 1 00 Collected by J. U. Ferguson , Jr. , Aurora , Neb M 25 O. W. Cnss' list , Aurora , Nub 10 0 J. H. Rogers' list. Aurora , Neb 125 US Trinity Episcopal church mission , Norfolk , Neb 1000 Bricklayers'union ball 'JO or Total 4,015 NJ l.P.XA WOKIIIIKCKC 1'UNH. Previously reported * 1,211 8t Horn-dura , Tuttle house , Aurora , Neb 9 51) Maxwell , NOD. , list. . . ' . 15 40 Mabel Campbell , 5 SO Bricklayers' union ball 2(5 ( M Total 1,200 18 MIXNIK ritiiMAN : : ruxu. Previously reported $ C93 81 0. W. Cass'list 3 4i ! Bricklayers' union ball 0 00 Total $ 703 20 Tim CIIII.DKCX'S FUND. Total to dole $ 102 S8 ETTA Sll\TTUCK I'L'XU. Previously reported $4,719 99 Bricklayers' union ball 20 ( .0 . Total $4,740 05 The "Uiso" Fund. The present condition at the funds opened by tlio HIM : Is as follows : LolcHoyco 4,045 , Vi Lena Woebbcckc fund 1,209 18 Minnlo freeman . ' 70.1 20 Wostphalun monument fund 102 88 Etta Shattuclc 4,742 GTS Grand total $10,807.53 Norfolk Liberality. NOIIFOI.K , Neb. , Feb. 18. To the Editor of the Bnn : Enclosed Und draft for $184.0'J , which is a part of the amount contributed In Norfolk to the heroine fund. The wliolo amount Is to go to Miss Iloycc , except $5 , $2 of which is to go the Etta Shattuclc fund and $3 to Lena Woebbecko. The amount raised In Norfolk so far foots up us follows : Enclosed list $184 03 Creighton Dramatic club cntcrtain- . incut 52 .35 M. E. church collection 51 85 Congregational church collection 15 10 Episcopal church collection 10 ( X ) T. A. Scarl's conductors' list 24 30 Paciilc hotel traveling men's list 80 50 Total $ 3 78 M. B. Fosmi. A LITTLE nor. YOIIK , Neb. , Feb. 21. To the Editor of the Ben : Enclosed find draft for $4.50 which was raised by me for little Lena Woebbcoko. I am only eight years old. WALTKH WAitn. LIST OF COXTKIDUTOHS. D. U. Daniel 9 R 00N. , A. Italnbolt. . . . 5 CO 1. G. Wcstervelt. . . B 1)0,8. ) , 8. Cotton 5 DO C. li. llnrro\va C 00 P. Schwonk & Co. . 5 00 A , k.Miieomber. . , . C 00 Isaac Van Horn. . 500 A.J.Durlnnd 5 00 8. W. Hays n 00 A NEI1IUSKA C1TV LIST. The scholars of Zion school , district No. 37 , of which A. B. Mutz is toacnor , sends the Nebraska City News SJ.25 to bo forwarded to Miss Koyce , that being the amount contri buted by that school to uld that heroic teacher. Following are those who contri buted : Kdna Mason OCIAnnlo IJ. Mason. . . Ot Aimlo Whellnc 25Mary | Oelka 10 Tim Wliellng 25CarlOelKa 15 Jolm Murphy 10 Lewis Oelka in Chrlht Ueljui 10 limlolphlleccard. . 10 Tim Oolka 10 Willie Oelka II ) Gee , Uolka 15 Lyntan Kocd 05' WIllloMitzner 05 Max Flunky 05 Leo Heed 05 Am ; . Vallmann. . . . 25 M. Tallmann 2.VKdwanl Wade 2.5 AIIB. TeKtmyro IfifWilllo Wallace 05 Joseph Waflaco. . . . ttilLydla Wallace U" Kinma Reed 05 A TcKtmyro 05 Fritz ToRtmyre. . . . 05 H. T > Ktinyro in H'iba Mltzner 10 Martha Henry. . . . ( fi Josie Mltzner 05 Harry Mitzner. . . . 05 Auuust Mltzner . . . 05 Mollie Mltzner 0" ) Total n 25 CIIAIHION' , XBIl. , LIST. John Paul 2 00A. | if. Wright. . . . 200 Lottlo Wilson 25Hwl80il Mead. . . . 25 E.L. Hamilton. . . . 25ClouduGlnvur. . . . 25 W. G. Uurke 25 F. ll.GlCMhell. . . . 75 Iloyil Ilros CO White A : Stanton. CD T. C. WlKBln 2W ) W. L. Mcl'heely. . 2 CD H. P. Simmons. . , , l m Wni. Wllxon 1 < > Mary K. Smith. . . . l ( M K. llottimsor t ixi J. K.Ilrailway l on Mrs. H. M. Maxtor 1 W ) M. V. I law-ley. . rt. Hi L. V. Howman. . . . CO J.L.Paul. . . . . CO A. L. Miller 75 Mlunlo linchnnan. 25 Gottsteln&Owcm 1 OU U. C. llarnanl 1 no ; W. C. llrown CO W. A. Smoot 'COj H. II. lllanchard. . 25 W. A. gulden . . . . CO ChailronUcmocrat 1 A. A. ItiTord 1 0) ) II. llross M liartlctt Itlclmrds. 1 > P. K. llalnl 1 00 L. Harriett 1 OUChadron Hanking DuwesUn. Journal 201 Co 100 W. A. lllrdHull. . . . 1 OU L. A. llrowi-r 1 ) George Ulrdsull. . . 1 tfi Frank Van Horn. 125 Caahf. COO Total tBOO lUMI'TOX , KE11. Joshua Cox 9 1 OO'.las.M. Cox 1 00 L. K.illckley : COT. C. ilo.slow Hen Uutkley. CO H. H. Crunsberg. . 25 H. W. Hohlen CO Geo. K. Lane M Total . . l 75 Above was left with us too late to go In our first remittance. HOLDF.N & LANK. BTIHNO , KEIl. , LIST. Collected by MyrtleLyon for ctlio little sufferer , Lena Woebbecko.l Myrtle Lynn I A. Kdehler 25 Macula William. . , 25 A. G. llflttenuer. . 25 F. VV7. Flomlni ? . . . . - J. G. Hetteugur. . . 25 O.K. Vernstrum. . G. Wltmau ! 2i O. L. Whitman. . . 25 II. Koehler ! ! 5 O.W. Slmlns 25 J. S. Uaillng * * " * C , A . Stevena . 25 W. J. Watt 25 J.O. Ilnilder .lames millllng. . . . 25 T. J. Mlllor i ) . W. YanUoni. . . 25 W , A. bhultz . 25 B.M. Ouell . 23 Total..I 600 Mixtr.r , NP.n. , LIST , I ) . D. Andnis. . , . , , ! 1 oo'.tohn fin-iOn. . . . . . . 10 A , Jenkins 1 OO'Jnmra ' TlRUf J.Shelhom. . . . . . . rfl.Wm Stohltnart. . , . Mat Lanliani . . . . . 85 W. H.Sstcrday. . ! . I ) . KockHoll HI Albert J. Koc J , Gury 2T , I'oter Ai'koraon. . . 25 0.1) . Palmier co o. A. Own > ° 5 J. Korkwell 25111. II. Cnrlrle Si Gus Kri-cklow 2.V.I. A. Miller 25 J.V. . tllly .1511.1' , Manat 25 M. K. Karle * BOW. G.Tabcr 25M Fred A. Hart CO A. M. llockwell. . . 25 W. A.llouton CO llcubcn Je op. . . . 25S ) 11. W. Olenson. . . . 1 00 JntiH's W. Carey. . . 25 G.V. . Hrofkway. . BV.I.W Van Clove. . 25M tl. K. Chandler , . . COGertte BehwnlTn. . 10 C. Mockonholt. . . . 28 J. I. . ClmmlKT.s. . . . 25 A.Globerts COMnOLKorfewcll . CD ( 'has Tl he- . . . . CO.O. A. Vaber. . 2ft I' . Slnnilor CO.'U. . ' A. llronn 2.5 N.J.Mailson . COMls 0. Amlrns. . . . ID Ii. S. Parker . ta Fr xl Amlnis 15 Gee MhnfiT . 25 0. M. Alutru.s 25 1 > . 1) . Hi an . JiVMra. O..T. llaekus. 23 K. H. Boot thorn. . . co John Mockenhoir. 10 Total U2J AV. S. lennutt. ! . . . 25 | . IIKMII CMAII \ Feb. "O.-To the Editor of the Dnn : Within please II ml my check fos * 11.W ) for the heroine fund , half for Miss Uoyeo nnd the balance whcro you think It is needed n t. J. A. J. A. Ollloipta.j & 00 , W. K. Taylor. . . . . . 1 ,00 Mnry Jami-Min. . . . 1 00 Mrs. W. I : . Taylor 111) ) l"li H. Blow art. . 1 . IMF. _ i L. Hold. . . . . . . . * W . II. McFurlnud. F. M. Henderson. 1 oo | Total fit CO CITtr.KX < < OP HTIIOMSIiniO. Collected by L , H. Headstrom : Post & Headbtrom IChas. Wloklund. . . CO andclerks ft 00 Klex Llnd M Park bank 2 ft ) J. II. Potormm Farmers and Mor- John DM. . . chants'bank. . . . 2 Oi ) Daniel UIil. Striunsbtirg bank. 00H. ) . i.Stunt : < m lt.GotdA.-eo 1 00 L. U , Stiuitou. . . . . . CarlsQji Ilros 200 John Colemati Herman Ic Lun- John llnlstedt 1 00.1.1. Hongy 25 JoluiMon &Imvls. , 1 ( { . ! . A. Kecd 25 Scott & Woods. . . . 1 OOClws. Njgulsh . , . 2.5 J.O.Grcflti 1 00.1.11. Day ? . . 25 II. l-.McConaUBhy : 1 rut ' u . McKe'oVer ; ; ; ; " . ; o * 0. Mccnno 1 00 A. G. Hoffman. . . . 25 lltU'kley * lloss. . . l IM A. M. Amlorson. . . y > N. II. Gallant 1 00'lia.s , , Knairo Si Dr. Owens 1 OolN. r. Peterson. . . . 25 MUM Jennie Irvluo 1 ( M Pctnr Norberu. . . . 25 Mrs.a.W.Fcrgusotl 100 I. llon.strom . . . . . . 2i F. M. llursch 1 00 Itov. Hnskcll . , 25 W. U.SImrp I 00 I. M. Wood 25 H. P. Cutting 1 O'lll. | Folslead 25 ( 'larl.KHii Ommell. . C0i Wm. OslK > rn 25 W. II. Shnltz Cil Geo. Ilrlcson 25 A. Ntujiilst COJoeNetsell Hov. c. S. Dudley. CO A. P. Amlei Anton Anilernon. . CO A. Shoemaker 2.5 Geo. OHDorn 00 K. H. Fuller 25 lU'atl.stromirJohn- Alfred Anderson. . son. . . , CO JouWood H. J. Lludstroin. . . CO A. P. Ilucklcy SB - . - - . - . CO l.co linrtlioloniew. ' A. Mildner W'P.N. ' Klarth o- Jolm Thompson. . CO W. E. Nlchol ere H..Jomw COIL W. Ptfinio ro Charlie Kroo . CO.Ous llybenj * j A. Miller. MC. ) H. ftonlnmn. . . . 23 W.l > . Fisher CO A. Palen 21 Jonn Haniierand. . fin Jolm Holmgrist. . 2.1 . y" " A. Peterson. W A. IMJuilburg. . . . 22 Frank Halilin M it. o. Query. . . . . . . Si I } . Murphy CO James Styer 2.1 ( .0(11. Ann COiJoe Cordell K hd l.allue CO N , Crciislmw 25 SaundersiCretRh- James Dunn ton L. ilecklund , 25 Harvey Hartman. Andrew Lutman. . 25 J. W. James v. A. Lakne. . . . . 25 Carlson , v Lund. . . Huv. H.Schnltz. . . Total 15500 E. Uowman. . . . . CO Real Kstuto Trnnsftorfl. Jas M Kinney nnd wife to Thomas A Cobry , lot 1 blk "U' ' Lowe's add , wd 25,000 , A S Patrick to E Nllsson , blk 7 A S Patrick's add , w d 2,500 C J Ualconi and wife to K A I3onson , , lot 15 it ) , ir , 18 North Side add , w d 8,000 { E J H Wohlera to Henry Holln , und. Jf H and wi lot 12 blk 5 Hoggs & ' Hill's , wd 0,000 Henry Ambler ct nl to Emma Knapp , .lot nnd 10 blk 2 Ambler place , w d. 700 W B Puller nnd wife totloro L Bleycr lot 11 bile80South Omaha , wd 3,000 < Wm E Hawley und wife to O II Gor- dun , lot 8 to 15 inelusivo , nnd lot 24 to 30 inclusive , IJuckoyo place , n d. . 1 O H Gordun to Wm E Hawley , lot 1 to 7 and 10 to 23 Inclusive , Huckcyo place.qc j . David Kaufman and wife to Henry Hplln , lot 1 , 0 , 7 blk 1 lot 1 , 2 , 3 bile a Wavorly add , wd 1.800 David C Blair and wife to Jas 1C Chambers , lot 0 blk 10 Bedford placo.wd 000 Jno W Uccco nnd wife to Larmon P ' Pruyn , n 80 ft of s 00 f t of lot 8 nnd - 9 blk 2 , A S Patrick's add , w d 8,300 John H Grossman to same , s 80 ft of / lots 8 and , blk 2 , Bnino , w d 8,500 n Norman H Brown to Thos E Darling- l 5 ton , lots 1 , Flack's sub of lota 11. is. landl4Catalpa's2mlwd. ! ! . . . . . . . 0,000 I L P Pruyn and wife to Sophn E Dar'J llngton , n 29 foot lot 24 } , Mlllard & ' Caldwoll's add , w d rnoo * ' Nicholas M Cmmo nnd wife to John P Cluck , uudlv K of lot 21 , blk 87 , Florence , w d SOO Henry Splglo nnd wife to J A Wichtcr4 man , lot 15 , bile 8 , Albright's annex , ' w d - . DO/ . F Doorwold and wife to Augusta Door- weld , lot 28 , blk 13 , Kountzo & Ruth's add , w d J 090 B Brown nnd husband to Samuel Jacobs , undiv yt of lota 10 , 15 , 10 , 21 , Bellnirc , ( | cd 1250 Jacob A Wlchtermnn nnd wife to Henry Snigle , e of lot 2 , Arlington add. w d aooo John Spollman to Jcnnlo Creeley , lots 30 , 31 , North Side add , W d 000 D C Patterson and wife to Win Emer son , lota 10,17 , blk 3 , Fayetto 1'ark add , w d 073 Alice G Howard and husband to Alice Wells , lot 42 blk 1 , Howard , situated In sec 15-10-12 , w d 100 i Win B. Cowles nnd wife to Jolm Spell- J man , lots 30 , 31 , North Sldo add , * w d , ; 800 fl Alice G Howard nnd husband to Kuto * ' M Bunchcr , lot 25 blk l , town of t\ \ Howardwd 100 I Safety MorlR-apo company of Omaha I to Henry M Price , o 62 ft of R 150 ft I of lot 8 , blk 5 , Park Place add , w d. . 1,000 1 Charles B Kountzo and wife to T II 1 Ward , lot 0 , blk 8 nnd w X lot 5 , blk LI 8 , Kountze Place , w d 2,325 f Palmer KBolden and wife toO TUan- t kin , lot 18 , blk 1 , Jerome Park , w d. 2,500 Exaver A Stone to same , lot H , blk 1 , ' same , w d 2,500 Egbert E French and wife to Chris topher C Cary , lots 5 and 0 , blk 18 , Central Park , wd 1400 Louis G Schwalenberp to Gcorco J Paul , lot 14 , blk 0 , Bedford Place , w d 750 \ Harry H Miller to Jcromo Hitchcock , I lots 8,15 mid 14 , blk 1 , Tipton Place. j w d 1800 George E Barker et al to Joslo Crouch , lot 10 , blk 12 , Orchard Hill , w d. . . . . C50 Clifton E Mayno und wife to Mrs. Mary Uojtcr , lot 9 blk 2 , Mnyno's add , wd 200 ' Bnlthns Jetter and wife to Silas W McCoy , lot 8'bllc 7 , Jotter's add , w d 3,500 Frank Coipot/er et ul to L P Pruyn , tiS xlOi ft In sw cor of lot 24J < / , Millard - lard & Caldwoll's add , w d 5,750 Mycr Ilellman and wife to Edgar , ( Hothcry , lots 2.1,24 blk ) , Hollman's t proposed add , w d 300 * * C. Total $04,232 HiilldliiK Permits. Tlio following building permits wore issued yesterday by the superintendent of buildings , nnd nro the best showing tnado for ovpr two months : Fred Herzko. repairs to building , Elov- ' cnthncar Dodge $ 250 L. P. Pruviii citrtingo shed , Izardncur Twenty-second 200 John W. Percival , two-story dwelling , ' Wirt near Twenty-first 8,500 E. G. Merrill , one nnd ono-hnlf story j ' frauio dwelling , Hamilton near / ' Eureka 1,000 I Jj ( N. O. Brawn , frame Htablu , Twenty- } first and Spencer 500 , i E. G , Merrill , cottage , Hamilton near I Eureka 1,000 I ] Gilbert Fraser , addition to dwelling , I Twenty-ninth near Walnut 100 Charles Huxhold , addition to dwelling , Miami near Thirty-sixth 100 John Solderborg , addition to dwelling , Miami near Thirty-sixth 450 Nine permits aggregating $7,100 In tlio Hrltrow Ton ( inc. On March 11 the Chicago Oriental Opera company will present a comic opcratta en titled "Tho Honest Thief ; or the Miser Uncle. " The play will bo presented In the Hebrew language. The company consUts of thirty persons , the costumes are new nnd ole ara and all who attend may expect m treat * . >
